Games That Push Hardware Limits Crunch 1

[@Ronsonator]

Every time I fall asleep watching KZbin, I ALWAYS seem to wake up to Game Sack's Console Crunchs lol.

[@whiterabbit1632]

because it bores you to sleep!

[@thunderm00se88]

Game Sack Everywhere! But really if I leave my autoplay going it always ends up at Game Sack. It happened just now as I walked in before typing this comment 😂

[@cooppp]

Yeah it's crazy how it happens. I'll watch something video game related and if I fall asleep it'll always autoplay to a Game Sack crunch

[@Jesse__H]

Yeah the Crunches are great going-to-sleep watchin'.

[@theseabass]

The modern day George Lopez experience.

[@dallows3235]

You guys really lucked out on the gaming KZbin algorithm. I swear that you get about 2-3 hours of video views from me alone after I fall asleep. Doesn’t matter who I watch, I always wake up to this channel playing 😂

[@ItsDeebs]

Same.

[@bornwisedistruction]

@@ItsDeebs especially on the weekend I love waking up at 5am to a marathon of Gamesack grab some coffee and french toast sticks and sit back n relax!

[@ItsDeebs]

@@bornwisedistruction Falling asleep with Auto-play on has also lead to my KZbin homepage being flooded with recommendations for content I wouldn't normally watch. Which has been both good and annoying.

[@liukang3545]

me too LMAO

[@basshead2722]

Yep, same here😂

[@Kingsleybeard]

"I need to be entertained RIGHT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW" underrated skit 🤣🤣🤣

[@willkelmanpenapena3551]

You know that a youtube channel is good when doesn't matter how many times you watched a video is still enjoyable to watch like its the first time

[@UNIRockLIVE]

Yep

[@lucaswallo8127]

why

[@jrchmgn.]

Miss dave love both your voice and humor. Play all console crunch while sleeping. Been watching this episodes for the nth time.

[@poopiepants1564]

Cool story bro

[@yittmashups]

Yes, always miss his Garfield voice.

[@jrchmgn.]

@@yittmashups hahaha yes I love garfield.

[@liukang3545]

his humor is cringe as fuq

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Yeah, it's hilarious how he calls developmentally disabled people "retards" That's funny if you're an a$$hole. Haw haw ! Cringe.

[@Diskoboy1974]

The David Lynch bit is gold. 😂

[@dbzeh6837]

Time to buy some beer and watch 3+ hours of GameSack!

[@chano7053]

I've said it before but damn... I miss Dave so much... These "Crunch" episodes make me feel terribly nostalgic in that respect.

[@brianagatonovic4984]

Game Sack Crunch - It's what's for breakfast! NOW WITH 30% MORE BLAST PROCESSING! Your show makes my day! Thank you for years of entertainment.

[@brianmcdonald7017]

Miss Dave. Love your work. Never quit

[@Kage5868]

This video is pushing my capabilities to the limit

[@yittmashups]

Yes, one of my favorite type of Game Sack episode. I've always enjoyed those games that blow you away how well they look/sound compared to other games on the system. I've noticed the last few years of any console's lifetime is the prime time to find a good selection of these hardware pushing games, as the developers by this point really know their way around the systems and pull out all the tricks to blow us away.

[@DJ_POOP_IT_OUT_FEAT_LIL_WiiWii]

The end of 16 bit was especially great because the next generation 3D graphics wasn't too hot.

[@krono5el]

Remember booting up Sega Channel and having Red Zone blow me away with how the props blew away and disrupted the smoke from fires appropriately, still impressive.

[@MatthewHolevinski]

I used to tear beyond oasis up on sega channel, that game was my jam for awhile

[@krono5el]

@@MatthewHolevinski only place i was able to play it too, loved that gauntlet : D

[@josecarlosxyz]

this guy technically is one of the best experts in games we have in the entire youtube

[@downscale]

Shh! (Slap) Don't go tellin' everyone!

[@GaryLiddington]

Chatting Parodius part of this is very funny - the 'subtitles' are hilarious.

[@StormsparkPegasus]

Dang, for a second I thought Dave was back until I saw how much younger they both looked.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Dave never left

[@alx42013]

Me 2. I Miss Dave.

[@StormsparkPegasus]

@Boco Corwin I wonder how many people today will get Cheech & Chong references, lol.

[@budyll1]

Dave only comes back when he needs money ;).

[@DaveVoyles]

Same

[@guardianbeardizer6361]

I remember the SF Alpha 2 SNES port getting really hot, to the point I opened it up & added heatsinks to help it not explode...remained cool after that

[@Grind24hours]

Wow! One of the games had 64 mega power! I watch the show every day. Keep up the good work, Game Sack!

[@Boogie_the_cat]

64 megabits is only 8 megabytes. I don't care if it was the way they did things in the 90's to make the numbers sound more impressive. Nobody wants to do a bunch of math, so unless you're an ISP, you talk in megaBYTES not megabits Now go to your room and think about your misleading choice of words, dad. Or go grind a pole or whatever it is you're grinding on for 24 hours, that's not my business. One megabyte is 8 megabits, but nobody uses bits anymore, they were antiquated (in PC terminology at least) by 1994 Our $2000 PC had a 120 megabyte hard drive, not even the sleaziest retailer had the audacity to call it a 960 megabit hard drive, because math is stupid.

[@matthewstone5310]

I really enjoy these Crunch videos! 8-) Joe, you're doing a great job with "Game Sack." I hope Dave is doing okay.

[@mentalnebulosity896]

"Game Sack" show is really growing on me... Really Enjoying the humor & encyclopedic gaming knowledge! Lol

[@martinrc80]

OMG it’s Dave!!! Checks calendar, oh… it’s Weds it’s not a new episode 😂😂😂

[@AzumiRM]

Happy to see Dave again❤

[@64kram]

I've missed Dave telling Joe that he's right.

[@Jesse__H]

_exactly_ right.

[@damagedgears]

You’re right Joe!

[@jaymz6473]

I need a Dave in my life to do the same.

[@jrchmgn.]

Love their "did you just say TITS?" jokes.

[@MCJdiz]

@@jaymz6473 That's right, Joe

[@SukreLopezBeats]

I see these videos so much that I dont even know how this channel doesnt have more subscribers

[@stevenewsome5306]

Red zone went from $10 complete to 90-100 complete. Wild how times have changed. The good old days.

[@MankyGit]

Lol, I’m one of the 16 people that bought a copy of Faceball 2000 when it came out and it blew my mind back then.

[@mrbeanbeany]

I love Joe but I've missed Dave and his Daveness.

[@joeb2588]

Catch me up, what happened to Dave?

[@Jesse__H]

@@joeb2588 He stepped back to spend more time with his family. Game Sack became too big a commitment for him, on top of work and being a dad. He still shows up occasionally for an episode here and there tho

[@joeb2588]

@@Jesse__H thanks!

[@getgle]

@@joeb2588 he died

[@woozie40]

@@Jesse__H thank god for explaining this i thought they falling out or somthing and it almost ruined the rest of video for me

[@hortchester1255]

This needs to be a section for games of the year

[@vision821k4]

I love your channel ball sack. im an old man who finds your content fascinating. ill suggest Ball Sack to my friends to watch as well. Good job!

[@ChaossX77]

Dave made this channel so much better.

[@jbfarley]

🤡

[@ChaossX77]

@@jbfarley 💩

[@jhighturntup5558]

The music is like an opioid for your ears kind sir you just earned my subscription 👍

[@Atlink]

Craig Stadler skits will always... ALWAYS be funny.

[@teen_laqueefa]

Think you can get yours inside mine?

[@elijahvincent985]

You know that the audio samples in older video games are good when the words spoken are correctly showing up in auto captions without error.

[@Dac_vak]

I’ve watched this video 400 times, and I’ll watch it 4000 more

[@rockdesu]

Joe and Dave classic episodes 👍

[@mystrdat]

All roads lead to Game Sack

[@subtledemisefox]

And for me it's always this particular video. Hearing that theme from Down the World in my dreams is really surreal every time it happens.

[@steven3240]

Game sack is my favorite gaming couple on youtube

[@JrockSmackTalk]

Heck yes, You guys are so awesome thanks for making my Friday night!

[@NickTaylor-Phantom-Works2]

In its own daft way, this's world class. Only channel im still subbed to 12 years after first getting KZbin mobile.

[@gary609]

Yep. A day off of work, a beer, well many beers, and some old school throw back games, and I feel like I'm in my twenties again, that was thirty years ago, I need another beer.

[@ayinwisdom]

"Alright, just stay old" really made me laugh 😂

[@rufusray]

Dudes got a sad toe lol

[@zecur]

☕______☕

[@myworldview999]

the big 3 = game sack, my life in gaming, and digital foundry

[@gameplaylick9346]

This is my first time watching Crunch series keep up the good work Game Sack 👍

[@rufusray]

Go joe !!!Youre so close to 300k , and you deserve every sub :) Best yt channel bar none!!! Cheers my brother, heres to another 300k !!!

[@slimebuck]

I love it when you let the bald dude out of your basement every once in awhile to make a video, your too nice to him

[@JanosTheHedgehog]

Cosmic Epsilon is one of the 4 Famicom cartridges that work with the Famicom 3D-System (I have them all and the 3D-system as well), the 3D-System only works on a CRT screen and gives a really good 3D effect, tho it's 8bit famicom games

[@josephcampbell9298]

Joe's sparing the rod and spoiling us again.

[@cbrdealer]

We need Dave back. You guys were so good together. I wish he could find a way to do a video with you once in a while.

[@raafmaat]

yeah, ever since he left i only watch the videos that im really interested in, but skip over half!

[@nizamaamer]

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the soundtrack?

[@benaires07]

The ECHO behind the "64 MEGA Power" phrase just takes me back to the old school. It's CHOPPY and slap-stick COMEDY, but it's just CLASSIC and a ton of GIGGLES and fun!!! Game Sack is always up to something in THAT SACK!!! =)

[@teguhogeph]

I don't understand why u guys only have 270k subs with such a great content.

[@jbfarley]

So many retro gaming youtubers

[@dangunheadachron1603]

Nerds simp for Destiny Fomo or every XXX OnlyFans "gamer girl". Or ghey losers like Sarumaru.

[@KirkGoodman]

They are too real.

[@christopherhorne8665]

They aren't way over the top with theatrics or a bunch of profanity. They should have the success of metal Jesus at a minimum. They definitely deserve to be able to do this and not work regular jobs.

[@jbfarley]

​@@dangunheadachron1603 🤡

[@nickdirienzo2849]

World Driver is a gas lighting sim. The game tells you you're going 100 MPH, but everything is going by at jogging speed.

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

"Think you can get it inside mine? -Craig Stadler

[@ModernRetroGameplay]

HEY JOE! Here is an episode idea on something overlooked in the entire Genesis vs SNES debate. You want FULL 3D POLYGONAL graphics in a Sega Genesis game just play(with alot of patience for the controls before quitting), LHX attack chopper, or F117 Stealth, for some full 3D simulation in a combat aircraft that actually works in a normal Genesis cart(slowly with patience and a list of controls). Or Super Battle Tank/Abrams Battle Tank, but that is also on SNES. They are all full 3D. Maybe for a pushing limits episode? lol The F117 game gives you an idea of what Starfox would of been like with no helper chips. Out of those 3 id say the LHX game is the most playable. Camera guided bombs in F117 are really cool for the time since you can literally drive a bomb in 3D, and the Battletank there was large hills and stuff to drive up on.

[@daisukegori2112]

Blast processing is real. And that is no joke. The only joke was nintendo fans believing that it wasn't real.

[@MiguelPaulettePerez-bj8ml]

I just went through all these episodes in the past two weeks... Joe knows....

[@ironchef3500]

ditto

[@brichan1851]

Ninja Gaiden III is one of the most visually impressive NES games, reminding me of Batman : Return of the Joker. It pushed the NES further than anything else I can think of.

[@BURRITO44]

Awesome video. !!

[@elHosed]

Voxels are exactly as you described in #7. The advantage is that instead of being limited to, say, 1000 polys for a landscape, with voxels, each pixel on the screen is a polygon worth of detail for the landscape. These days it's used for modeling highly destructive environments (and usually are converted into polys at render time anyways), but in the 90s it was the only way to do detailed landscapes.

[@brichan1851]

This is a fantastic video! I am late to the Shante series, but I have 4 of the 5 games on my Switch. You’re so right about it being fantastic. Mega Turrican is a lot of fun, too. Street Fighter Zero 3 for Saturn is the freakin’ BOMBDIGITY!!!!

[@Vaxovillion]

How have I never heard about alien soldier before that looks amazing!!

[@The_Wandering_Nerd]

Traveller's Tales were always so good at pushing the limits of the hardware they programmed for, even if the games themselves weren't the best. It's a shame they mostly only do Lego games these days.

[@inarieon8531]

We need a PC games episode! PC SACK!

[@84slimer]

I love these episodes Joe; the gba has some of the more successful conversions due to its time of release and fairly impressive capabilities. Given the era, I'm surprised they didn't attempt Quake and Descent conversions at the time

[@Zontar82]

descent would run fine, quake ehhh...required way more power than that

[@frodosfrostbite]

Tetrastar was my fav retro space shooter! Amazing to hear someone else knows it!

[@BaneKing57]

Watching your videos is awesome

[@RSK412]

Oh man when a reup just feels like a tease. good episode tho.

[@barrelracer318]

That pokemon go bit always gets me. LOL

[@chrisd6287]

Daves synopsis of Gran Turismo 2 kills me everytime 😂

[@spookydonkey42]

Dang 3½ hours of MEGA POWER!

[@punchabunchabuttons]

53:53 you just need to pause and it feels blurry. nice explanation Joe.

[@jiujester5717]

This made my day!

[@chadseiter6929]

46:07 "Direct Hit! Target: Destroyed!" I think that's Tommy Tallarico's voice.

[@teen_laqueefa]

Does sound A LOT like him

[@RoyAlWhicheez]

When I used to smoke alot of weed I would sit and watch the entirety of every replay in GT... anyway how's Dave dude??

[@NathanChisholm041]

Ill smoke up one for you!! lol

[@KirkGoodman]

Do you identify with your white side now?

[@RoyAlWhicheez]

@@KirkGoodman Huh!?

[@teen_laqueefa]

@@RoyAlWhicheez I'm also confused

[@jerrylynn2523]

World Driver Championship is an awesome game . It takes a few hours to learn the physics and it is so much fun once you do. The environments are beautiful too. Some people just have the attention span of a gnat.

[@JavierHernandez94236]

Thanks for everything Dave

[@GVGames1986]

Couple I think of off the top of my head..Lion King on the ZX Spectrum (the same platform game as on newer consoles but with simpler graphics, it was very good for the Spectrum), Toy Story on the Genesis, Virtua Fighter on the Genesis, Metal Gear Solid on the Playstation, A simplified version of Quake 2 on the Playstation, Doom on the Snes.

[@mendez704]

"You play as an undecover cop. Don´t worry thought, you can still steal any car you want and kill people without any repercussions". Like cops in real life.

[@revalution1965]

Yes that was the joke good job 👏

[@KirkGoodman]

Ah normie humor. You gotta watch about 100,000 hours of mainstream media to think this is a good joke.

[@mendez704]

@@KirkGoodman A joke? What joke?

[@KirkGoodman]

​@@mendez704 Your "joke". It's not based in reality but in propaganda. But I am not expecting a decent intellect and ability to see beyond propaganda from a normie with a TV-addled brain.​ Next you'll tell me cops go around locking up colored people for no reason.

[@mendez704]

@@KirkGoodman Well, this is not a joke. I was dead serious, which tells me that you of all people don't have any right to expect a "decent intellect and the ability to see beyond propaganda", when you are stupid enough that you can't tell the difference. That and that you have the nerve to say that anybody who do not see the cops as the murderous racists bastards with license they are ,is brainwashed with "propaganda from a normie with a TV-addled brain" : Specially after decades of movies and tv shows glorifying cops and police brutality (from "Dirty harry" to all its repulsive progeny in the media).

[@sebastianhurst958]

4:33 - 4:47 cracks me up every time!

[@AppliedCryogenics]

The gba does not have any hardware 3D capabilities unless they use sprite rotation and scaling in some clever way. As far as I know every time you see textured polys on a gba it's a software renderer. It helps that the screen is only 240x160 and the CPU is 16 mhz x 32 bits.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Panorama Cotton is what Rainbow Cotton should have been, with updated graphics. Rainbow Cotton mostly blows because your character is too large, obscuring the screen but also its background and level design is boring compared to the stuff in Panorama Cotton.

[@robinr2740]

I love this topic and episodes! So far, thanks to these episodes, I've gotten Amok (Saturn), Jurassic Park Rampage Edition (Genesis) and just now I ordered Red Zone. Oh, and my favorite...Moto Racer for GameBoy Advance--what a technical showpiece and what a game! Looking forward to more! Thanks, Game Sack!

[@Leesin6767]

I have missed this channel so much.

[@kincamell2]

Much Gratitude

[@subtledemisefox]

Down the World really needs a translation. From what I read about it, it was originally meant to be a movie, and Steven Spielberg was even interested in doing it!

[@CBaskins420]

Freaking super awesome video that I can't wait to watch after a super long day's work on hump day. It's a long one too so I know it's going to be good

[@ysensei587]

Great video guys

[@antongerard273]

The Driver games by Reflections, were the first out. GTA were top down games back then. Driver was best played using the analogue sticks. The replay value of Driver 2 was incredible. Also Power Slave was called Exhumed on the PlayStation. Great video. 😉👍👍

[@FirepitGaming]

It was actually called Power Slave in NTSC regions and Exhumed in PAL regions 😉

[@johnvaldez90]

I had a subscription to Sega vision magazine for a couple years and read about the Sega 33x but never owned one or played one. Great video

[@commonsensei8719]

18:45 Not only great voice samples but also perfect lip-synching lol

[@JR-gl1nx]

Woo! Dave’s back! Oh it’s an old episode 😔

[@whiterabbit1632]

yep same old recycled crap getting real old now!

[@PikaLink91]

I felt the same way.

[@whiterabbit1632]

@@craigmcghee4 wow are they that stupid?

[@GameSack]

@@whiterabbit1632 These literally do better than anything else on the channel.

[@geovane19]

@@GameSack these crunch videos are my excuse to rewatch some of the older stuff, and there's always a episode or two I missed, keem them coming

[@fritzeyok]

33:30 this is 2D background, but when you get closer, the model is fully 3D. GOW2 used a lot of these tricks.

[@cliffchampion5501]

Snes rules don’t ever forget that Joe!

[@ABGABGABG1]

1:53:03 that reminds me Joe, how has Dave not cut off your head by now? Lol, its really weird to watch this and see you guys do a skit about Dave being fired and then hes literally gone the next episode. Anyways, Keep up the great work Joe 👍

[@earlyculyer4103]

Definitely my favorite topic!

[@TheMicWillExperiment]

Could I sleep to this? Yes.

[@jfwfreo]

There was a Big Bird game on the NES that had really really good digitized speech of Big Bird.

[@esppiral]

Amazing video, thanks!

[@ianthompson6288]

Great video .really entertaining

[@TheFLOMAN76]

The SACK RULES!!