DVD Games: Interactive Junk

[@Mr.Lemmington]

As a kid, I couldn't play video games on school days, so while watching the movies, this was the best I could do to pass a grey line 😂

[@LOJ777]

Sound like you had a good childhood though, responsible parents

[@Mr.Lemmington]

@@LOJ777 certainly

[@shayyuss]

​@@LOJ777 and you gathered all that from a single fact about their childhood

[@FourTenIndo]

I said this to my friends the other day and they ain’t believe that was a thing

[@PsychoCrusher46]

Same

[@Gkvfflowergirl]

I used to spend so much time playing DVD games as a kid. My favorites were the Barbie Rapunzel dress up game and art history lesson game, Lilo and Stitch's alien creation game, and the Disney Sing Along Songs games. There was some special feeling to seeing the clips from the movie as cutscenes as well.

[@SpongeBobaFett]

I remember watching commercials for the Shrek 2 DVD SPECIFICALLY advertising the Far Far Away Idol segment as a feature and wanting to see it so bad. Time passed and I got the Shrek 2 DVD for my birthday later that year. I remember being so excited to watch this extra feature and see who was the winner, and being absolutely LIVID that each ending resulted in Simon being declared the winner no matter who you chose. I felt so betrayed lol

[@kiradarkangel4563]

The main characters could win too.. the others only resulted in Simon winning (Or was it only the ones who could sing? Idk I played it ages ago)

[@joshuakorynta3385]

Now I see why Bruno Powroznik hates the twat known as Simon Fucking Cowell.

[@diomelcanuto8607]

@@kiradarkangel4563 Simon scraps the others, indeed only Fiona and Shrek, Puss and Donkey could win.

[@Scottthebassplayer98]

Regardless of the weird concept of these DVD interactive games, I still have very fond memories of Timon & Pumba's Virtual Safari on the Lion King DVDs.

[@nicolascosta1349]

I actually remember that exist 2 dvds of Lion King. The orange one was the movie and the blue one was the extras, including that Timon and Pumba Safari. I remember having a lot of fun when i was a kid!

[@Kultactivities]

First video with 30k views? This channel gots potential!

[@Sneakyslycooper69420]

Man, I miss when DVDs used to have games and interactive stuff in them

[@Corndog.474]

Bro really made one banger video and just dipped

[@STICKOMEDIA]

So many good memories of looking through all the special features and bonuses that came with DVDs, sometimes they even came with crappy DVD Rom games, it fealt like finding gold exploring the DVD menus for the first time

[@pointless529]

7:43 this is part of why those dvd games made me fell uneasy back then. like i remember being freaked out over some rocket ship dvd game from despicable me which i swear that in my memory, it made it sound like vector was gonna kill me

[@spinballwhizzkids]

Excellent video and great editing! I seem to remember the bonus features and games on the Harry Potter DVD sets were quite good at the time! Might be looking back through rose tinted nostalgia glasses!

[@Tuck_Tuck_9000]

10:06 Finally, someone mentions the Shrek character morph game! I thought everyone just forgot about it

[@toughluck8012]

I liked the dvd interactive game for lion king 1 and a half as a kid. I remember riding that roller coaster over and over again to get all endings

[@glitchy_weasel]

Don't know if this really is your first video, but judging by your channel feed it is! Fantastically done, btw! Hope you continue to make videos if you enjoy to do so, and best of luck growing your channel!

[@funkygirls12345]

THIS IS YOUR FIRST VIDEO??? you scripted this SO WELL ❤️💙 looking forward to your next works !!!

[@confettib0ts]

This was so interesting and fun to watch!! It doesn't feel at all like a flat delivery of chronological facts with nothing extra, it's put together with so much personal touch and humor and your videos tell a story very very well :D Awesome video!!! 🦐 👍

[@LiveStreamPhx]

😊😊😊

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

This was very enjoyable! I remember playing the “story mode” games using the remote. Not too exciting, but it was neat enough to entertain me.

[@landonelliott8391]

what the hell this is ur first video i thought i was watching some random popular youtuber till i checked ur account. great video amazing job

[@ElliottEntertainmentChannel]

I really liked some of the Blu-ray games, ones that are my personal favorite is the one on The Lorax blu-ray where it was basically a platforming game and the one that was on Cars where you basically watched the movie trying to spot different cars and clicking the right car. Good Job on the video!

[@mango4558]

I'm surprised anyone would mention the Lorax blu-ray I thought I was the only one who owned it.

[@SourRobo8364]

Man, those DVD games were my childhood.

[@supermike12321]

this was an incredible first video! I can’t wait to see what other content you come up with

[@Itz_Sonic57053]

As soon as I encountered this video, I had to quickly click in and let the nostalgia roll in. I remember the days when my mom would buy me a dvd from any movie that has been released after the movie premiere or "early access" from cheap DVD vendors. Now this would be a 75/25 for me because most of the DVDs are literally the films but they were illegaly recorded from a video camera inside a theater and they literally have Foreign Titles or Subtitles, while some DVDs are the real deal that carry the Main-Menu + Special Features. I have a WHOLE list of DVDs that have the Main Menu Features such as: -Disney's Robin Hood -The AristoCats -Meet the Robinsons -Cars Toons -Handy Manny -Home of the Range -The Scooby Doo Christmas Movie (I forgot the title but it included some What's new Scooby Doo episodes) -My Friends Tigger & Pooh -Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Halloween -Tom & Jerry: The Magic Ring -Garfield Gets Real -Good Boy Man... I miss those days when I had a bunch of DVDs with the menu screen and just watch em any time

[@realkingofantarctica]

I'll never forget the tough-as-nails Donald Duck snow game I played on some blank, pirated DVD when I was like 5.

[@dariopyrokollege5755]

This deserves way more attention!

[@ABCEasyas--]

Looks like the AUS adaptation of the Deal or No Deal DVD game was basically the same as the US's, except that Howie Mandel was replaced with their host.

[@Alofohos_]

You actually got me at 11:44 because I'm actually thought my phone started freezing!

[@fusionspace175]

We called them set-top games back in the day, because they were being played in the dvd player itself, which most people kept on top of their tv set. Two of the best that I remember (and keep in mind they're about as functional as cd-rom point and click adventures) were on the Who Framed Roger Rabbit disc, which had a ful tour of the movie world hosted with new narration by Benny the Cab, and a game consisting of a few different minigames somewhat replicating the movie plot. The other was a well made Superman vs Doomsday game on the disc for the animated film Superman: Doomsday, a rough first attempt at adapting Death of Superman in the Timmverse days, before the properly titled two part films Death and Reign. That was a fighting game composed of clips from the movie's fight scenes, attacks and responses played after clicks based on timing and reflexes, and it was the closest I ever saw a dvd set top game get to what feels like a real video game. They're as much a novelty as VHS board games now, but could stand some more attention. Too bad they realized that all that extra work made a better product, but didn't really help sales much.

[@Iocustkingofdecayingcorpse]

holy shit set-top I forgot about that term altogetherrrr wowwwww

[@evanschulz9704]

You seem very well versed as a youtuber. Got good writing, editing, original content. Your microphone may not be best but nobody starts with a good mike since that shit is expensive. I would like to see a sequel to this video. But it seems you could barely release this video so I wont hold it against you. Great work and instant sub

[@realtechblitz]

Ayo thank you, Evan! I haven't really bought an actual mic just yet, it's just my phone. I didn't think I was going to take this thing seriously though, I hope to change that in the following months.

[@Zedek]

Or just make it mono.

[@STICKOMEDIA]

@@realtechblitz you did good, cannot wait to see what you do next

[@flashbackfrank8781]

​​@@realtechblitzf I can make a recommendation, A Blue Snowball iCE runs about $50~$100, but is HELLA worth it as a starter mic. It's not perfect, but it's a great "in" without breaking the bank, and sounds better than some of the 200+ mics to shame in quality. I'm not sponsored or endorsed, I just use the thing personally and it's served me well.

[@Dash120z]

@@realtechblitz you recorded your voice with your phone? sounds pretty good to me

[@kayro2234]

only one video in and I’m in love with this channel

[@capt.shiner]

You have to play the tale of Despereaux bonus feature where you make the chef food! It was hilarious, and me and my sister used to play it so much as a kid

[@LetMeTellYouAbout]

this was a very good video. Straight and to the point, brought up a lot of info I had no idea about. Good pacing and goofs. I'm excited to see what other videos you put out!

[@lordjreen]

I remember when I was a kid, my dad got me and my sibling a Bratz dvd that we assumed was a movie - turns out it was an interactive game like this where you got to set up a birthday party for the Bratz and even though I was disappointed about it not being a movie, I actually ended up playing it a LOT lol. I played the Shrek 2 Far Far Away Idol a lot too, sometimes I'd put the dvd in just to play it instead of watching the movie.

[@broadwaybrook2319]

That last part about you playing the Shrek 2 game instead of watching the movie reminds me of how I owned (still do) the Disney Sing-A-Long Songs DVDs and for the "I'm on My Way" edition, I would watch it not to sing along, but to watch the scenes from the movies without having to watch the entire films.

[@KnightOfGames]

fantastic video, surprised at the low view count here considering the quality. also thanks for putting actual captions on it

[@wvnmg]

I like this video. Just makes me think of reviews that are high enough quality in editing. It's lovely.

[@bellyjelly0812]

You love to see the first video on a channel that makes the channel look like it’s been around for years

[@stinky59]

woooah i can’t believe you only have 83 subscribers this is such a high quality video. i miss elaborate themed dvd menus, and audio commentaries, and the little dvd games! my favorite thing as a kid was behind the scenes videos though. idk why but i just really liked them

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Nah I see why you're here

[@Victor1139]

I love that the captions actually say "Why is Shinji acting crinji"?

[@Frogman1212]

One day that caption will be lost media

[@Victor1139]

@@Frogman1212 Honestly, the way KZbin is going, I wouldn't be surprised

[@JillyMaysHere]

Loving the channel so far!

[@elizabethb4168]

I loved DVD games! Bonus features seen so lackluster nowadays Also I would've sworn your channel was bigger, the video is really high quality!

[@dundledoesthings3890]

This video was amazing, I really miss the DVD formats presentation. This video also brought back a memory of a DVD game that scared me. I remember being horrified by an Over the Hedge DVD Game where you played as the Squirrel trying to stealth through lasers or something? It was pretty typical for DVD games but the game over screen scared me. It was a scene from the movie of him in a cage, but where normally there was another character to hold his hand he was just alone. It disturbed the hell out of me cause he still looked down where the skunk girl was normally. I may be misremembering it though.

[@PhsycadelicHamster]

Dude same!

[@loxo5526]

That ironically was the only DVD game I played

[@franknfurter5336]

why does everyone who experienced this game as a kid have an identical experience with it

[@estherastudillo8647]

There also a skee-ball mini game.

[@milymilo]

3:22 YOOO NO WAY, I REMEMBER WATHCING THIS LIKE A BUNCH OF YEARS AGO INCREDIBLY VIVIDLY WITH ME AND MY SISTER

[@DjBasA38]

I remember Humongous Entertainment porting a few of their games onto DVD players. since they were point and click adventure type games, those were perfect for the format.

[@OnesieLightYear]

Found you through recommendations you are incredible. One of my favorite DVD menus was spy kids 3-D I dont remember it vividly but I think there was a little mini game where you could play the race from the movie either way amazing job look forward to more ❤

[@playboy-music]

yeah i remember that game, it was fun

[@FoxBlocksHere]

Now that I think about it, You Don't Know Jack would have been the perfect thing to adapt into a DVD game. Think about it. A small selection of episodes on a disc, complete with Cookie's usual witty commentary. It most likely wouldn't be able to keep track of your score, due to limitations of DVD coding, but I could imagine that it would give you a time/score conversion chart to help you keep track yourself.

[@mrvgsdoesstuff]

I'd love the Iron Maiden joke you'd put in (12:48)

[@carter333]

This is super well edited and structured, and I love the use of examples from your sources! Can't believe this is your first video. Keep it up!!

[@missybarbour6885]

I was OBSESSED with the features on my family's DVD of the third Harry Potter movie. There was a point and click tour of Honeydukes where you could go around the candy shop and a running game where you played as Ron's rat dodging obstacles to escape Hermione's cat. But the best was The Quest of Sir Cadaggon which was a point and click adventure game through Hogwarts with a few timing based sections that I had a hard time with haha

[@sergeantnet]

Since Disney DVD was introduced, the craziest part of owning a format like that began. Still having fun with some of those discs. 😊

[@august9474]

I used to do these a lot, I especially played the Madagascar one for it's DVD along with the jungle book and it's sequel

[@nosaltnolife]

Hey, great video! I was astounded to finish the whole thing and see both a low subscriber count and a low view count. It's an excellent video, and subtitles were included as well. I found this through the 'recommendations' tab, so I really hope that your video continues hitting there; it's a really high quality watch and again, I was shocked to see you're not hitting 6 digit numbers of engagement. You've earned a sub, a comment and a thumbs up! Looking forward to the next video.

[@pheechomp7536]

Love the quality of this and even the effort of the captions during the stuttering bit! keep up the great work! :D Subbed

[@HuigbertsGamed]

I remember really enjoying the extras on the Ducktales Movie dvd back in the day. Looking back at it it wasn't anything too special, it was like a point and click treasure hunt, yet as a kid it felt really cool to explore McDuck Manor like that. Another one I remember really enjoying was "It's your birthday party with Winnie the Pooh". Now this dvd was heavily focused on the interactive part, it was like the main feature of the dvd, it had like 8 different games to play. The one I remember most fondly was the personality quiz. Another interesting thing that came out on dvd were some of the Humongous Entertainment games. Which was very interesting, an entire game basically on your dvd. Sure it didn’t run as smoothly as the pc versions, but still, it was pretty impressive for a child. Personally I owned Pyjama Sam 3. Only downside really was that they removed the multiple randomised paths, so every playthrough was the same.

[@knatspray]

I ADORED every DVD, they were my life back when I didn’t have much else in terms of entertainment. I still buy my favorite movies in DVD.

[@BR3AKPOINT00]

I do it too. I am 16 y.o and still love playing them

[@Marlyjade]

I used to watch the special features more than the movies half the time lol. I miss the special features man. They were so good. The ones for Coraline and ice age made me get into sculpting and animation. Thank god laika put theirs up on KZbin. I wish bluesky did because they were the ones that got me into it of all things. They used to physically sculpt their models with clay before doing it on the computer

[@PurpleLaundry]

Shout out for using Aladdin music from the Genesis, how nostalgic. Great job on the video. It was a fun watch!

[@FTChomp9980]

When I was a kid I remember playing so many DVD games!

[@terrienr333]

My favorite dvd game was some sort of game on a winnie the pooh movie. It had a map or something, a lot of fun in my childhood

[@LGF18]

You did great on this. Great subject I haven't seen covered on KZbin yet. Looking forward to seeing what you got next.

[@SpacemanMitch]

I remember the dvd for the dreamworks Sinbad movie had a game where you had to navigate the ship through the sirens strait. If you chose the wrong path, the boat would crash and you'd get a clip of Eris laughing at you. If you chose the right path, you get a triumphant "You win!" screen. My child self thought it was fun.

[@ImTheCrew]

Great first video- subbed and notifications

[@WasatchWind]

I had a Harry Potter DVD game. It was... interesting. Now one that _was_ good, my sisters were really into Nancy Drew, and they put one of the games on DVD - because it's a slower paced mystery, I think the format works surprisingly well.

[@professordetective807]

Yeah, Blackmoor Manor, right? My mother had that one. Used a flip-phone camera to cheat some of the puzzles.

[@GokuBlackROSÉ423]

Fun Fact: As a child. I absolutely loved the extras on Shrek 2 and Madagascar but i actually developed a fear that when i woke up in the middle of the night, the eerie silence along with a character or someone in the menus staring into my soul would absolutely scare the shit outta me. After that, i couldn't be in a room by myself when these menus would play. I would either hit the eject dvd button out of unbearable fear or i would try to start the movie as quick as possible. Its just something about the looping silence or something like a character starring directly at me. Now that im 23, i thought about it for sometime and realized that i had severe anxiety when it came to being in a room completely silent by myself. I had nobody to reassure me that i was safe so it developed into anxiety.

[@spontman]

Randomly found this in my recommendations, clicked it, and was surprised to find that it was produced by a channel with even less subs than myself. But anyways, this was very well written and edited, and I hope you'll consider making more videos like this! DVD games are nostalgic to me (and a lot of other people, I'm sure), and deep-dives like this are surprisingly scarce for the niche, at least from what I've seen. I subscribed and am looking forward to whatever you make next. Best of luck with the channel!

[@_fuzzell_8231]

This was a really good video hope you keep up the quality!

[@lionspawfilmandphoto]

The deleted scenes in the first Harry Potter DVD were hidden behind an interactive game that you HAD to beat in order to see the clips.

[@ineedumonstataclobbadatder4499]

Preaching to the choir but christ this is an extremely fun and interesting video, especially for a first video. Amazing job!

[@peterpumpkineaterrr]

Finally someone talked about this. Thank you. I remember playing the lil game that was in the extras on my who framed roger rabbit dvd 🗿

[@original4046]

Great first video can't wait to see more my guy.

[@Leesmiles64]

Really great video. Good editing and knowing your stuff.

[@telemoveis6859]

Awesome video Tech :) I look forward to seeing more

[@TheRook__if]

This was a great video man, you really deserve for subs after this.

[@allowdabeef7332]

So surprised this is your only video great editing comedy and interesting video can’t wait for your next one

[@chainlinkington5278]

Very well made for a first vid. Subbed dude cant wait to see more

[@perebima]

This video scares me, despite growing up with DVDs they have always creeped me out. But that doesn’t mean I still don’t collect them.

[@Theye101499]

Simon being the winner almost everytime, was my villian origin story

[@dragonjgaming3035]

Underrated comment

[@josefoliver2874]

So proud of you for finishing this Tech! Keep at it. -Lucy

[@boojersey13]

Haha every time I went to Hollywood Video or Blcokbuster I IMMEDIATELY flipped over whatever I chose to scan desperately for the words 'Bonus Game'

[@MrBenMcLean]

"completely randomized" -- does the DVD interactive menu format have a random number generator? Nobody knows, because the spec is a trade secret, patented, copyrighted, trademarked, encrypted, obfuscated and most likely booby trapped to make sure nobody makes interactive DVD menus. You can reverse engineer it, sure, but there's no guarantee which discs with will work which players without the actual spec.

[@locogamingrocker5014]

"We will watch your career with great interest." -Palpatine Subscribed!

[@mediafox797]

I loved the dvd games as a kid. It used to be the deciding factor of whether or not we'd buy the disc. Surprisingly Disney's Dinosaur had a pretty cool game. I remember I sucked at it for awhile, and it absolutely terrified me, but I got out a notepad and wrote down every wrong descision so I wouldn't make the same mistake again. It was better than the movie

[@garjo7131]

KZbin recommendations doing their thing again! Really good video! The Evangelion section was particularly interesting to me. Subscribed

[@Corndog.474]

I know its only been 5 days but this video is criminally underrated

[@kuga_licious]

Great idea man!! You really sent me down memory lane with this vid

[@valeriehamilton7633]

Elf had my favorite features for dvd extras! I remember loving the snowball fight as a child.

[@Totally_Descendants]

Actually in Matilda, the character you kept referring to as the teacher was their principal.

[@Krezzing]

Very underrated channel

[@robin.mp4]

Wait… I have heard this intro music before in german television. This is the old Das Erste/ARD music from the 90s. Great choice, great video

[@GoogleAids]

You don't know how happy I am to see a video about games featured on dvds. So excited i commented before watching.

[@DuncanDonutzRAWRXD]

Anyone remember the Santa Clause 2? Interactive DVD game with the giant nutcrackers.. that use to fucking scared the shit out of me when I was little. I remember playing that one Mini Game where I think you need to answer true or false questions to see if Santa was a fake or not, and if you get it wrong, Those nutcrackers just APPEAR OUT OF NO WHERE! Talk about a jumpscare

[@Foend0n2i]

Far far idol was my favorite 😆 I would always laugh my ass off. When my childhood best friend first told me about at during recess I died laughing in disbelief at how he described it the teacher had to intervene and try to calm me down. Later that day I knew I had to ask my dad to take me to circuit city and he actually got me the dang thing so I rushed to do my homework and I spent rhe next hour laughing uncontrollably at the pirate singing and Simon's reactions

[@GenAqua]

God, seeing some of this makes me feel old as hell.

[@NANAbananabanar]

Loved this. Subscribed for more fun like this.

[@hgarr]

DVD games! Now that's a throwback! My favourite ones were probably: That Timon & Pumbaa one from Lion King where you drive a boat or jeep off a cliff & die like an idiot Aladdin, where you explore the inside of Genie's Lantern, and some maze with traps & stuff Sinbad, where you fight Cetus the Sea Monster (and I think there was another one, but I cant remember) And Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, where you mix random substances and feed it to an Oompa-Loompa to see what bizarre effect it makes.

[@MarcieBee]

I had totally forgotten about rap rat, thanks for bringing that back into my mind

[@finnscraps]

Dude, this high quality as hell!!

[@coolfool4439]

love the video! hoping to see more from you 💖

[@tygodejong1123]

As a kid I had a Disney dvd with a little interactive game where you run away from the headless horseman. Really gotta find it again

[@attackdoge2003]

This is great for your first video keep it up!

[@Paranoidpedantic]

I need the rest of this series rn

[@Frogman1212]

The Disney Alice in Wonderland (1951) dvd has a few little games, and they are tremendously valuable for those who appreciate the unique style of the cartoon.

[@urdadpaysmyrent]

2 minutes into this video and if the death clock from the final destination DVD is not on here i am going to SCREAM