First Games by Famous Developers - The Lost Era

[@austineruption]

Click below to get 30% off + Free Shipping on your Raycon Earbuds and other products! #RayconPartner www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTD56NJ2/?maas=maas_adg_3BB53E307F5AC8EAD599BAAF07F9A1FA_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas It's wild to see how different debuts can be. I'd like to imagine if I ever made a video game it would ABSOLUTELY suck, which makes some of these impressive! Or... right on par? What's your favorite debut? Lemme know here!

[@Akuretaki_Nikolay]

Big Love Big Man Austin !!! Gg !

[@alexansaldo2898]

Just so you know, Polyphony is pronounced "Puh-LIH-fuh-nee"

[@saschaberger3212]

Now that's an interesting video idea I haven't seen before. Well played

[@austineruption]

Someone said I was out of ideas so I tried to think for a second.

[@jayesun3420]

Yeah, doesn't Aust😅n rock at that?

[@KremBotop]

While not their first game in general, Arc System Works' first fighting game was a Sailor Moon S fighter for the SNES, which is insane to think about. They kept collaborating with Bandai, eventually resulting in DBFZ, and built upon their anime styled fighter niche to become the powerhouse it is now. And we have Sailor Moon to thank for that in a way, which is awesome. Their game even developed a legit competitive community too.

[@austineruption]

I love booting this up every now and then, it's good fun.

[@Takoto]

Yesssss Dark Cloud mention. One of my favourite games of all times, been meaning to replay it recently. I didn't realize it was Level-5's first game though, what a way to start a studio.

[@Tranquildbeats]

We need a Dark Cloud 3

[@markula_4040]

I worked for Neversoft when they merged with Infinity Ward. The 2 studios were literally located a mile apart so the transition was quite easy and probably a huge reason why.

[@NeoNinjaX87]

Appreciate your hard work and dedication Austin. Way to keep the Grind alive 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@austineruption]

I just want to talk about games for anyone who will listen! Thanks for sticking around for a long time!

[@jsmith3946]

@@austineruption ya it must of been hard spending 5 minutes on wiki look this up

[@BugsyFoga]

Cause we all gotta start from somewhere, no matter how old and unexpected it is.

[@TheBandoBandito]

Love hearing you yap about games. Fan since 2016. Keep putting out bangers.

[@natoriousthehopeful2786]

Viewtiful Joe will always hold a special place in my heart: since Capcom seems to be in the mood for remasters, I want to complain if that classic got remade💗

[@videogamerzero1schannel]

Very cool of you to give Lunar Knight a mention alongside the Boktai series! Really need to play the rest of the series after really liking 1 but yeah I got one developer in mind when it comes to their first game & that being Tetsuya Takahasi, before forming Monolith Soft & before being at Square at the time eventually giving us the Xeno series, he worked at Falcom & gave us games like Dragon Slayer the Legend of Heroes & Ys III which is very interesting that this was his start & why I should give one of the Ys games a shot

[@benjaws5263]

Yes bro play it on original hardware if you can. Like you can play on an emulator, but nothing beats the experience of going outside and the sunlight intensity affecting your gameplay. Shame no other game developer has replicated that feeling. Like with modern mobile gaming systems and phones, I think someone could definitely replicate that feeling

[@videogamerzero1schannel]

@@benjaws5263 unfortunately I can't do that so emulation is all I can do but at least the first boktai game is really good & look forward to the rest of the series

[@benjaws5263]

@@videogamerzero1schannel yea perfectly understandable, if you play the Boktai serieson a emulator you need the sunlight patch, otherwise you won't get the full experience

[@oliverbaba1882]

You've been busy releasing a lot of videos recently, i draw my hat with respect, sir.

[@paulcorvans5767]

Wow... thanks to you, I finally know where the Sun Light gun from MGS4 comes from. You truly learn something new every day!

[@yellowstreetlight]

Another nod to Eiffel 65 demands some form of equivalent recognition for Del the Funky Homosapien's Proto Culture

[@jamilfrost6217]

I remember the first time I played half-life. It blew me away by how engaging, tightly paced, and down right enjoyable (up to xen of course). I could not put the game down. The game was actually worth the hype.

[@austineruption]

I think you can play Half-Life in any era since it's release and it always feels good.

[@koolaid33]

Information online is kind of scarce and all over, but I believe Midway's first game was Asteroids, which is a hell of a way to kick things off, all the way back in 1973. Also, fun fact, apparently Midway started in 1958. What they did for 15 years, I have no idea, but they existed.

[@lacriaturadekentucky]

They made pinball and other things of that nature.

[@PnC_GameZnThingZ]

Nah, Asteroids was Atari and distributed in Japan by Taito. Midway licensed many games they didn't actually make. Their first original (video arcade game) release was Sea Wolf

[@TeruteruBozusama]

​@@lacriaturadekentuckywasn't pinball invented in the 1700s? I read somewhere that Marie Antoinette played it with her brother..! And the inventor had to prove that you could "win", unless he'd be executed for inventing a new way to gamble..!

[@lacriaturadekentucky]

@@TeruteruBozusama ???

[@manamaster6]

Kinetica 2 by modern day Playstation would be either a live service game or an over-the-shoulder cinematic experience for a single player where you travel through long corridors.

[@alpha493]

When you mentioned Maximo, my nostalgia hit hard. Its such a good game and didnt deserve the abrupt end it got after its sequel

[@Geeler]

Arx Fatalis is one of my most favourite games ever. I'm so happy you mentioned it. LOVE the magic system

[@monkeykidd420]

Dark cloud was an amazing game. I wish they would remaster that for modern consoles

[@blankomega6487]

I'd rather a remake tbh

[@monkeykidd420]

@@blankomega6487 I mean either way it would just be great to see that game get some love

[@masterbuilder6934]

dude thank you for showing these random games ive never heard of I definitely wanna try lunar knights

[@BardelOcio]

The whiplash of hearing Skeleton Warriors outside of a Stephanie Sterling video was not on my bingo card for today

[@jikmjuhn]

I thought I recognized the cover art for Koei's Housewife Seduction. I actually read about this in Bitmap's guide to JRPGs. Although it lists it as Koei's third game, rather than the first. The first 2 also came out in 1983 so exact release dates might be iffy. The first one, simply called "Dungeon" is sometimes cited as one of the earliest JRPGs and described as a competent, albeit unwieldy, Ultima clone. The second one, Ken to Mahou, "Sword and Sorcery" another fantasy RPG where you pick a class and venture to rescue a princess. Admittedly, of the 3 games, an Eastern Leisure Suit Larry RPG does make for better content, lol.

[@tacticaljunk1608]

It always amuses me that Remedy Entertainment, a company renown for their story telling, got started with an isometric racer starring Duke Nukem, with small story blurbs written by some dude they used to play DND with in college.

[@coolmancool]

That Infogrames info from Wikipedia is wrong since they did release Drakkhen in 1989, so they did games before 1992 and that page is just lacking

[@Ketirz]

Austin: "Have you ever heard of Skeleton Warriors?" Every Jimquisition fan: "woah I never thought I'd hear Austin call someone that"

[@Ihrgoth]

I miss the original Zoo Tycoon. I wish someone would go and re-release them.

[@LUCKYSTARS-333]

It always makes my day watching your video. They actually lot more stimulating and lead more into the obscure, niche topics.

[@FlapJacks7]

Magic Carpet kicked some major ass

[@MyWifeistheMC]

Whoa, Legend of Legaia music at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1773">29:33</a> got me all nostalgic.

[@ZekeDidNothingWrong]

You've been on a roll lately, dude! Love your stuff and how you take a look at different topics. Keep it up!

[@SALMORE]

the Raycon packing looks like cough medicine

[@godspeedyoublacknerd]

Kinetica was one of the first games I bought when I got my PS2!

[@spencerdokes6056]

Awwww hell yea dude! I caught that split second balloon shop clip! That deserves a like

[@mikkmakk901]

Shoutout to whoever at Sony remembered Moto-toon and put a reference to it in Astro Bot

[@01Zipang]

fun fact, motor toon 2 I believe contained an unlockable sim demo. Which was them testing out physics for what would become Gran turismo.

[@jakubmakalowski6428]

You were seriously amping my anxiety waiting for level 5

[@chaver28]

bakusou yankee tamashii looks dope as hell man can someone revive that game for us

[@austineruption]

there was actually a "reboot" in 2014 on mobile iirc but I don't think it lasted long.

[@chaver28]

@@austineruption bro i just seen it while googling my hardest but its dead, that original looked so dope and gave me nostalgia for the old bad mmo's we always use to get

[@liquidaria4454]

I didn't realize Dark Cloud was Level 5's first foray into games but man what an entry. As great as 2 is I come back to 1 a lot more, man I love that seaside town, Queens I think it is.

[@atmaweapon2803]

Mickey's Ultimate Challenge was a SNES game that my brother got when he was a toddler to play. Him and I had a mild to moderate amount of fun playing it together, at least until his console time ran out and I got to put Final Fantasy VI back in.

[@Drokmars]

Congratulations Austin Raycon was on my mind after talking about them with a friend. You made me aware that they we on sale, so I bought a pair through your link~

[@ThaShowStopper]

Dope Video/Topic as usual my G!🤘🏽 This is a dope one! I knew a lot of the publishers first games but definitely learned a bunch of new shit! Keep it up!✊🏾

[@twilightcrust]

Dang must be my birthday, another Austin upload

[@thattagen]

LUNAR KNIGHTS! Legit my favorite DS game and it doesn't get talked about enough!

[@davidt3563]

Excellent video! And man those were the days.

[@VeshSneaks]

The Skeleton Warriors entry sent me. The fact I’ve only ever heard of it from The Jimquisition’s recurring gag doesn’t help

[@monsterhuntermaniacy]

Austin you're making us eat good. Quality vids in a bunch of weeks. Thanks for all.

[@drewdman10]

always a good day when i get a new austin eruption video in my feed. thanks Austin!

[@austineruption]

Thanks for watching it!

[@orangeslash1667]

There are other examples. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1991 video game was Shinji Mikami's first game, he would go on to make Resident Evil, Vanquished, and Evil within. Moon Patrol was Takashi Nishiyama's first game, he would create Street Fighter and Fatal Fury. Jetpac was the first debut of Ultimate Play the Game, which become Rare. Rare is known for Donkey Country, Killer Instinct, Banjo and Kazooie. Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons was the first game from ID software. They would make Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. Gnop! was the first game made by Bungie, who created Halo.

[@kill_repeat8491]

Seriously, if for some reason you haven't played Dark Cloud (2 specifically), it's a truly incredible masterpiece.

[@Theferrell]

Descent was one of my absolute favorites as a kid.

[@Tranquildbeats]

Dark Cloud and Dark Cloud 2 are literally my favorite games ever made. Still waiting for Dark Cloud 3. I love the Georama system.

[@andrewgoeing2701]

Cool one you didn't mention, Toys for Bob got their start on a weird game for the Saturn of all systems called The Horde, a combination city sim/action game where you are a knight who has to help develop villages and defend them from Hordes of monsters. Not only is the game fun, it has fun FMV cutscenes with Kirk Cameron of all people as the main character.

[@andrewgoeing2701]

My mistake, the game came out for the 3do, the Saturn version was a port... BY SILICON KNIGHTS!

[@paradox4780]

I watch your vids on my lunch breaks keep it up lol

[@thesandman2426]

Dark Clouds amazing. The first time i saw a game city grow over time though was Digimon World 1 on the PS1

[@TheZDavi]

Viewtiful Joe is one of my favorite games of all time and I pray for a re-release during every Capcom showcase.

[@ericmontreuil2618]

Very interesting topic. Great job!

[@thomaswrightson2230]

I think my favourite debut titles from major/cult classic devs developers are from the Japanese scene: Monolith Soft, Sacnoth and Vanillaware. Monolith Soft's Xenosaga Episode 1. It's a miracle it didn't implode, considering they had to create the graphics engine during the final six months of development. THE FINAL SIX MONTHS OUT OF TWO YEARS! Sacnoth's first release was...a Neo Geo Pocket Colour-exclusive Pokemon-like called Dive Alert. It didn't release with part of its intended multiplayer element due to manufacturing/licensing issues, and it was destroyed by critics. And Vanillaware... Oh boy, they got their start on Fantasy Earth under their original Puraguru name. (EDIT: and parted with Enix post-Square merge on very poor terms leaving the half-finished Fantasy Earth in Multiterm's hands to do Odin Sphere and GrimGrimoire.)

[@thomaswrightson2230]

Oh, and @austineruption, if you want an RPG/city builder hybrid, you MIGHT try Nelke and the Legendary Alchemists.

[@BlackZynfyndel]

Have I heard of Skeleton Warriors? Yes, I watch Stephanie Sterling.

[@forever0forever]

You have been pumping out so many videos lately, we eating good.

[@vinny-zebu]

Those are good examples for indie developers starting out, nobody made an MMO RPG as their first game.

[@wilrivera2668]

... Warhawk is awesome. The bestest full motion video :)

[@steffanrubin3694]

YEAAAAAAH BABY VIEWTIFUL JOE MENTIONED LETS FUCKIN HENSHIN A GOGO BABY

[@toastrave7820]

i would kill for a penguin adventure reboot

[@Dopamine9481]

More videos from Austin! Yay!

[@makikuma91]

You mentioned dark cloud! Bro, I grinded so many hours into DC2. Still gotta try the first one, I actually think I played that when I was like 3 years old.

[@chaosdestructionlove]

The amount of nostalgia my brain was experiencing seeing the magic school bus game again. I think my family had the space game and the body one😮

[@amshigar0092]

Huh, didn’t think I’d get to see Arx Fatalis get a reference in this day and age.

[@JakeLT64]

Dark cloud rules. I love any action game with substantial management/sim things to do during down time. Some modern examples I could compare it to would be Sakuna of Rice & Ruin and Moonlighter

[@KSabot]

Harvestella is farming/rpg hybrid instead of town building, but it's definitely worth playing if only for the plot and music.

[@mementomori771]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1405">23:25</a> kung fu chaos is amazing

[@David-nd4to]

Man you cooking hard

[@austineruption]

meals for everyone!

[@kAjtji]

For me really interesting is case of Type-moon, creators of Tsukihime and (most importantly) Fate/Stay Night. Pretty much they start as some bunch of randoms making erotic visual novel game for fun and sold it on Comiket but surprise surprise it was huge success, then they make even greater hit... and now Fate frenchise is one of the most popular japanese frenchises (Fate/Grand Order made like $8bilion? Technically it's Sony's most popular game earning more money than any of their AAA console games [Fate/Grand Order was released by Aniplex that is owned by Sony]).

[@JKmadu619]

I love Dark Cloud 2 so much and I want Dark Cloud 3 so badly it hurts.

[@thechonkahedron]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Gunstar Heroes in terms of Treasure coming out all guns blazing.

[@1-eye-willy]

theres this guy on youtube who made a real like kinetica suit. that shit looks fun

[@Yomeidient]

I played the demo for Arx Fatalis back in the day. Seemed interesting. It's on Gamepass now for PC as well

[@theStepFamm]

this is a cool topic for a video. good job

[@shobitts1127]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="536">8:56</a> technically the first Square game was that lolita mansion game that it's better to not talk about

[@momadaddy123]

Thanks for the video! 👍

[@politicalchannel66]

Rune factory new game is dungeon city builder

[@SmoothieD00d]

PS1 long boxes are great.

[@GooberScotsman]

Hey, Alex! WHAT DO YOU WANT DERRICK?!

[@LakituAl]

watchu doing? I'M LISTENING TO MY RADIO DERRICK!

[@timpize8733]

The best first games are definitely from indie devs: Minecraft, Limbo, Braid, The Stanley Parable, Hollow Knight, Stardew Valley, Undertale, ... 🤩

[@lutfimakarim8258]

Kinetica sounds like a 90s one hit wonder band

[@haunting2234]

i love your stuff austin your videos are pretty fire

[@Ruinfeild1]

Man I loved Skeleton warrior on the sega saturn. Could never beat it but dammit did I try.

[@Dominion_Hawks]

I played Dark Cloud somewhat recently, as I really really like Dark Chronicles, and cant say it holds up well tbh but I can see why people liked it. Sequel is still great

[@flutterdrive4286]

man i love Dark Cloud 3- oops i mean Rouge Galaxy. :>

[@Borkinian]

If you're reading this, go play Kinetica. Seriously that games dope.

[@drewdman10]

Fine. But im going to do it because i want to, not because you told me to..lol

[@BirdNerd375]

Austin please do a forgotten 3ds games video! ❤ cheers!

[@Fools_Requiem]

Austin is spoiling us.

[@27kinglou]

Austin with an eruption of videos

[@Cleanframe]

Capcom needs its own video cause with both the CrapCom and CapGod eras, there's a lot to talk about that you didn't cover here

[@spektacles1927]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1476">24:36</a> Hid-AY-o not Hid-ee-o

[@Lionsden99]

Only eagle eyed fans will appreciate your smurfs game reference.

[@mewo6298]

Killer debut has to be grasshopper manufacture's the silver case

[@Muffinpurplegurk]

Always surprising us ❤

[@CatalystOfFire]

I’ve had Heavenly Sword and Remember Me for years and I’ve never been able to get through either of them. They play so badly that it’s just upsetting lol

[@Aragorn7884]

I liked Skeleton Warriors... The cartoon 😅

[@chosencuttlefish]

Interesting Polyphony pronunciation