The Super Monkey Ball Flash Games that Were Lost for Over a Decade

Here I've written a brief description of the video, outlined some minor mistakes and provided some links to clips used and other useful information:
Super Monkey Ball's Biggest Milestone has been Achieved (G117)
• Super Monkey Ball's Bi...
エイエイプ〜！ / Ei-Ei-Poo! - The Japan Exclusive Super Monkey Ball CD (G120)
• エイエイプ〜！ / Ei-Ei-Poo! -...
𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
This video is part one of a three part series documenting the Super Monkey Ball games that were lost to time.
Over the past 19 years, the Super Monkey Ball series has seen installments over a wide range of platforms, but have you ever heard about the lost Super Monkey Ball flash games? After the official AmusementVision and SEGA websites which hosted these games shut down in the mid-2000s, they were considered lost media since. While a couple of the games had since resurfaced in 2017, one of which was still incomplete, and another was still completely missing until the making of this video. With less than a month remaining before Adobe flash support for browsers ends, these relics of Super Monkey Ball history were rescued from being lost to time.
𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
As far as I know, there are no mistakes in the video. If you notice any, please inform me and I will update the description accordingly.
𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝:
Gonquai:
• [TAS] Super Monkey Bal...
Johnny English:
• Johnny English (5/10) ...
𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜:
Sam Butler:
open.spotify.com/artist/1y05P...
/ sam-butler-76042138
Super Monkey Ball OST:
• Super Monkey Ball - Co...
Super Monkey Ball 2 OST:
• Super Monkeyball 2 OST
Super Monkey Ball Adventure OST:
• Super Monkey Ball Adve...
𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬:
Super Monkey Ball Mini:
web.archive.org/web/200407071...
www.donpixel.com/play/05062804...
www.wondertrio.com/games/monke...
Super Monkey Ball 2 Mini:
web.archive.org/web/200305110...
www.donpixel.com/play/en/05070...
Super Monkey Disco Ball:
web.archive.org/web/200806101...
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Mini:
www.wondertrio.com/games/banan...
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬:
00:00 - Introduction
02:52 - Super Monkey Ball Mini
13:25 - Super Monkey Ball 2 Mini
16:26 - Super Monkey Disco Ball
23:50 - Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Mini
26:20 - Conclusion
27:39 - Credits
𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬:
The Voice of My Balls:
/ fenothefox
/ @fenothefox
Kardino DX's Video:
• Exploring the Original...
BlueMaxima's Flashpoint Project:
bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/
Mike Dobbins' Website:
www.wondertrio.com/mike/
Monkey Ball Website Archives:
web.archive.org/web/2002022315...
web.archive.org/web/2003052521...
web.archive.org/web/200402020...
Mike Dobbins Interview Archive:
web.archive.org/web/200209200...
Monkey Ball Websites:
www.wondertrio.com/games/super...
www.wondertrio.com/mike/websit...
Super Monkey Ball Wiki Articles:
supermonkeyball.fandom.com/wi...
supermonkeyball.fandom.com/wi...
supermonkeyball.fandom.com/wi...
LostMediaWiki Articles:
www.lostmediawiki.com/Super_M...)

[@Goober13md]

Don't click "show more" as there are spoilers! If anyone here is planning to update the SMB Wiki or LostMediaWiki: I found the 10th floor of Super Monkey Ball Mini along with Banana Blitz Mini on the 3rd of December. wondertrio.com/mike r543 then found Super Monkey Disco Ball in the open directory of the same website on the 4th, however gunter '-' also found it on the 24th of November in an Internet Archive dump.

[@vickigillott2554]

16:26 My son's favorite Monkey Ball game. Super Monkey Disco Ball! Hey Goober13md, Happy New Year, amigo.

[@GremmarYT]

​@CALEB SHAMO Hey maybe we had the same orthodontist because mine had super monkey ball too (I failed miserably at it)

[@toon10001two]

i love how you not only own 3 copies of monkey ball N gage, but also own 3 N gages for some reason

[@joq214]

Shame that a quality video like this doesn't have more views. Looking forward to the sequels!

[@SPVLaboratories]

My mom had a cellphone that looked like a Samsung X 100 back in 2004 and I downloaded some games on it; one of those games was a really shitty top-down version of Super Monkey Ball, I think it was just called Monkey Ball. I've never seen anyone talk about this it's probably lost in the sands of time only to be remembered by myself and a few other people. I like the vid.

[@Kardino]

Woah, your mom might actually have one of the rarest Monkey Ball games out there! Do you or your mom still have it, by chance?

[@user-xe9dc6is1z]

I could be sega monkey ball or some other java game! Not many of them have been archived! Can you dump the jar file?

[@Faris_V5]

"I was told to leave for asking where the wicket keeper was." Leaving me dying of laughter here holy crap the deadpan on that was pitch perfect.

[@RyderPlatinumWarpstar]

Yeah I had no idea these flash games existed and were official. I think Super Monkey Ball Mini is probably the coolest one imo. Can't wait for the next two parts!

[@marioobsessed03]

I can't believe floor 10 of the first Super Monkey Ball Mini has been found! That's a nice discovery to close the game on! By the way, you should do a Super Monkey Ball iceberg video, if you want. I don't think anyone has done that yet and you'd probably do a really good one.

[@Goober13md]

I'll maybe consider it... I'm not really one for hopping on trends like that, but if I feel like it and come up with something good after I finish this series I might do.

[@marioobsessed03]

@@Goober13md Sounds good to me. I actually have created my own Super Monkey Ball iceberg on Reddit. I doubt it's the best though, although I haven't seen any others, expect one which didn't have a lot on it. I'm surprised SMB doesn't have a lot of iceberg following since, at least as someone who grew up with it on Gamecube and Wii, there's a lot of mystery to them, especially with the unused stages.

[@RetroBreak]

Amazing video! Very well researched! Really cool you managed to track these down! Very cool to see disco ball being played! Back when I made my video I couldn't find anything at all so this was really exciting to see, even if it's super janky and probably best left forgotten. Can't wait to see parts 2 and 3! :D

[@Goober13md]

Haha, I remember watching your video covering the flash games and you said you thought you might've been getting trolled about Disco Ball lmao. Honestly, I wish you were being trolled; that game is abhorrent rubbish! Cheers for the kind words pal. :)

[@vickigillott2554]

Sadly, I bet to differ to Aiai's Adventure design, so does Meemee, Baby and Gongon. Oh yes, including Future Aiai.

[@starmic1852]

Ohmygod Super Monkey Ball Mini, I definitely remember playing this before. This is probably the first time for me where I played something to then become lost media (but not it's been found I guess?) Honestly, I couldn't get past the first levels. It was so hard for me.

[@BerniePunished]

still waiting for part 2 :(

[@Part_Time_Fox]

Thank you for documenting this via video, i had no idea these existed!

[@RandomBlbosti]

I never played a single Monkey Ball game, but this is entertaining and I love it

[@vickigillott2554]

Super Monkey Disco Ball is the best design of flash games with Aiai and his friends. My son loves Super Monkey Ball Adventure Aiai. And his friends.

[@garnerfishy]

DUDE! I remember looking for ages for these!!!

[@littlemac5942]

as a kid i played monkey ball 2 mini and disco ball, and i loved the true adventures of chad and read his notes on how to make a monkey ball on the adventure site as it was promoting super monkey ball deluxe

[@freakglitcha8390]

Absolutely smashing video!!

[@TheEclipsedLock]

Fantastic video! That wtf-aiai image seems like it should become a meme of in itself lol. I look forward to see the others :)

[@user-xe9dc6is1z]

Cool video! I didn’t know anything about the last game before this video. Also, I first heard of these flash games from the SMB jr manual.

[@Goober13md]

Thanks for your work on the wiki! Even if you think the article was half-arsed, without it I'd have never known Disco Ball ever existed. I'll have to take a look at the Jr. manual. Can't say I've ever read it so I'm interested to see what it has in there about the flash games.

[@user-xe9dc6is1z]

@@Goober13md I removed that part of the comment because the edit I added to the wiki was talking about how gunter found super monkey disco ball, and I thought you figured out about gunter from that, even though you found out about it from somewhere else. Also, here is the picture of the smb jr manual. bluepload.unstable(dot)life/a107c6c4-c0a2-472e-adfd-f58da5657f8a.jpeg

[@amychristian7688]

I was watching a video from 7 years ago and ur voice has changed alot

[@matt13classic]

How do I keep ending up in these youtube videos? Fantastic video, I am now a Super Monkey Ball lorehead! 👍

[@Tyler-fs7zl]

So interesting! Thanks for sharing

[@mythstical]

omg i have a vague childhood memory of playing SMB mini (particularly the title screen) - im glad they were able to be found!!

[@silverboxxer]

11:51 click to contiue

[@braincasetm6649]

Great video - did you ever release parts 2 and 3?

[@cloudy7971]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, i was just watching your 'top 10 hardest stages in smb1' and now coming to this video you can see the absolute improvement in video quality it is fantastic to see. also have you seen the super monkey ball iceberg image?

[@Goober13md]

Hahaha, thank you for the kind words! I have seen the iceberg image, yeah. No plans to make a video about it. I've got enough on my plate as is and part 2 of this series is taking way, way longer to finish than I anticipated.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Lost obscure games? Time to get Nick Robinson on board. Just let him travel to Japan to meet one of the devs in person and come back with a copy of the game ;)

[@JoSephGD]

If the next episode is what I think it is, then I only knew of one of them before this video's release and learned of one from the Discord server afterwards.

[@HeyItsRonHere]

I bought the McDonalds LCD game for like 5 dollars on eBay a few years ago and still have it

[@mikeyg9958]

The Monkey Disco game over screen is basically a jumpscare.

[@TigThreeR]

Wow that's absolutely bonkers!

[@charvari]

Off the top of my head, the only game not on the timeline i can think of is SMB: SE, which i think i still have on my phone, and that one peggle clone.

[@100Darkspine]

Very interesting video! Will Parts 2 and 3 be coming out?

[@Goober13md]

Eventually, I promise!

[@ToastBombHalo]

@@Goober13md I imagine you've accounted for it but just in case it has been completely lost my mom's very old cellphone had a trial for a 2d top down monkey ball game on it. This would have been somewhere around 2003ish, don't remember the title though.

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

​@@ToastBombHalo Do you still have the phone? Does it still work? Is the trial still installed?

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

​@@Goober13md pls, I need more big fat balls with cute little cartoon monkeys in 'em.

[@ToastBombHalo]

@@MDLuffy1234YT It's possible my mom still has that old phone, I'll ask about it, my parents usually hold onto stuff like that. Do you think this game is lost media?

[@Omachronic8326]

I HAD THAT HAPPY MEAL HANDHELD HOLY CRAP THE MEMORIES. i wonder if my mom has it somewhere

[@alimexus]

Great video! Is there a chance you still know the site to get the cursors? I try to find it but i only find icons and an ugly aiai hand that looks terryfying 😅

[@Goober13md]

I think I have them downloaded somewhere. If I remember when I wake up tomorrow I’ll post a link.

[@denizo9263]

my first though of the missing floor 10 was. "if av was in 9 probably sega is in 10th" i was right

[@Goober13md]

Yeah, I thought the same thing before I ended up finding it.

[@Ericman100]

Hey, that Banana Milkshake sound really familar! They just a very similar Milkshake for Twitter Videos for Banana Mania!

[@toll2087]

I wonder if they reused that idea all these years later or if it's just a coincidence

[@TeraunceFoaloke]

interesting video.

[@thejazzo3595]

Nice minidoc.

[@CherryColaCake]

Wait this was released on my 14th birthday!

[@berdstep]

Omg a new video

[@khalilthehistorian7454]

Why have you not Uploaded part 2 yet?

[@Bk1gamer]

So it seems as is part 2 and 3 of this series is also lost smb media.

[@Goober13md]

To be frank and brief, certain things happened that killed my motivation to continue working on this series. That said, I made a promise that I would finish it (eventually) and I intend to uphold that, but I don't know when that may be. I know there are people who've been asking for part 2 and 3 for a long time and I feel bad making you all wait so long, but I really appreciate yous bearing with me.

[@Bk1gamer]

@@Goober13md all good. I remember seeing this awhile ago, and It got recommended again and saw you haven’t posted it in almost a year. I figured you lost motivation, something happened irl, something along those lines. Or it was going to be such supreme content, it takes years to finish. Either way you hold a monopoly on smb long form content, so you’ll still have us even if it takes another year ☺️.

[@keiyakins]

​@@Goober13md well hey, the delay means Super Monkey Ball iOS was effectively unlost, at least!

[@spyczech]

Damn flexing those three monkey ball copies on n-gage, okay mr street cred

[@DE23]

I only recognized Sakura Edition, iOS Monkey Ball 1&2, and Monkey Ball Bounce.

[@beatziegraham6928]

The only lost game I knew of was the Sakura version for mobile. I think there were 2 versions too. Maybe. And the monkey ball portion of the saga casino app.

[@silverboxxer]

Yeah Sakura edition was weird, I think it's been removed multiple times but now it's back on the google play store again!

[@lakitu6422]

Monkey ball adventure is still my favorite

[@OhKayEl]

It's been 6 months, where's part 2?

[@Goober13md]

Still working on it... :)

[@seepTV]

WAIT WHAAT!, I REMEMBER PLAYING THESE HAHAHA

[@Maxxieuguu]

goober just pulled a nick robinson!

[@near5148]

There's monkey ball for phones today

[@gunter.]

N I C E !

[@tacoman3725]

know anything about a monkey ball game that existed on early color screen mobile flip phones?

[@BlackWerewolf27]

I'm the founder of the SMB wiki (JediWolf29). I'm trying to find working versions of the SMBA sit and Disco Ball but can't find them on the Flashpoint launcher. Link?

[@Goober13md]

Hey, it's nice to hear from you. Great work with the Wiki, it's been really helpful so far doing research for this series. If you add me on discord I can send over the .swf files to play the game in standalone flash. At the time it was added, the curation list for Flashpoint was pretty hefty so to my understanding it'll take a little while before it's added to the list there.

[@BlackWerewolf27]

@@Goober13md Alright, thanks! My discord is starfroot#5433

[@ky-gp4sz]

Why are the other two videos in the description unavailable?

[@Goober13md]

Weird, looks like the links are broken. Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHucl2mDrZeSrpI kzbin.info/www/bejne/foiuZqtrgspsjpo

[@domlee5902]

part 2 ?

[@peteypariah6603]

What's the song that plays during the outro?

[@Goober13md]

soundcloud.com/sadboysalvia/sam-butler-welcome-to-banana-heaven

[@theunkillablecat8458]

There's a delisted iPhone Game too

[@sgas]

17:39 this bit was hilarious lmao. Why do you hate that word so much

[@bingusbongus9807]

1:20 ELECTRONICS IN HAPPY MEALS WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHY DIDNT I GET THAT SHIT I WOULD HAVE LOVED IT HELL I STILL WOULD IF THEY HAD ELECTRONICS IN HAPPY MEALS IM RUNNING DOWN THE STREAT RIGHT NOW WHAT THE HELL WHAT THE HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL WGHY WHY HOW!

[@H04DZ]

Why are there so many monkey ball games?

[@jonny9365]

GWON MATE BANG

[@silvally5464]

21:48 new creepypasta/exe anyone

[@rikustorm13]

You didn't even include Deluxe on your original timeline? Wtf bro

[@Goober13md]

Deluxe is an extremely lazy (and bad) port of the first two games. There are so many annoying and completely avoidable errors with it - such as SMB1 floors with moving parts having terrible cycles, SMB1 Ice theme using Sky High music and SMB1 Extra theme using Ice music or Tub (level with a bunch of rising inclines) and Rising Inclines (level which looks like a huge tub) clearly having the wrong names - it reeks a foetid odour of devs not giving a toss. I have the Xbox version and play on an original Xbox and it controls terribly in comparison to the GameCube games and I've only heard the PS2 version is even worse. I mean, it only takes a minute of gameplay to see how SMBDX brings the PS2 to its knees. The vast majority of the exclusive levels are boring and not fun, a good number of which were clearly not designed to be beginner floors but were adapted to be beginner floors by adding safety nets so that you don't die if you fall off the obstacle. Super Monkey Ball Deluxe could've been SO MUCH better than it is if it had only had a little bit of care put into it, but sadly what we got was a pretty bloody shoddy port.

[@cng-hcheitdononoweves]

That British was like a foreign language to me

[@kommisar_chiptune]

trailer park boys propane propane

[@theofficialchannelofoffici7962]

“Flat out impossible by level 3” uh- maybe its my 8 years of rhythm game experience- but that shit aint even hard lmao Correction: i am so sorry this shit sucks, i was wrong to judge too quickly, i had to discover the hit window and animation thing for myself. What an abomination

[@lulugamer8082]

100TH COMMENT!

[@OhKayEl]

Make part 2, you coward.