I Played Every Greg Hastings' Paintball Game

[@3rdlineplug]

I cannot say enough good things about the first two games on Xbox. Like you said, these games were released in the golden era of paintball when it was at its height of popularity easily. The best feature was playing online seven vs. seven. I can’t tell you how many friends I made just by playing Xbox live. I legitimately joined a division 2 NPPL team from the networking on that game. Not only was the online gameplay, addicting, but maxed, allowed you to create your own tournaments and have other teams compete for leaderboard. There was even leagues made on gamebattles. To this day, I have never had more fun playing video games online than with Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball.

[@MJB360]

Hey, just a heads up since you mentioned being an OG GHTP XBL player... If you still have your original XBOX or a PC capable of running the XEMU emulator, GHTP 1 is now playable online again thanks to the original XBL revival project called "Insignia". GHTP Max'd isn't playable yet, however it should become supported any day now since the Insignia development team just re-enabled clan support very recently, which GHTP Max'd relies on.

[@ashton6280]

Same! My online name was like twig1 loll

[@Wuqz]

​@@MJB360 gonna check this out.. thanks for the info

[@Wuqz]

@@MJB360 besides Halo 2 all the games on Insignia are completely dead, so it would be really challenging getting enough people together to make it worth while. would be cool if someone started a discord but I doubt there's enough nostalgia for this game to attract enough people to start playing.

[@MajinBam21]

Now to do the non Greg Hastings games lol. At least NPPL 2009.

[@Jstock1992]

Best one ever

[@MattTheGymRat]

It's already in the works 💪 if this video does well I will spend some more time on the other games

[@MJB360]

Don't forget about Splat Magazine's Renegade Paintball too! I loved playing it growing up, and I believe its what got me interested in the sport to begin with besides the old TV light gun game Mission Paintball. Unfortunately, while I enjoyed SRPB it was the only paintball game I had access to until many years later when I found a used copy of NPPL '09 from my local GameStop. Suffice to say, I played it for a little bit, but I didn't really like it. I went back to playing SRPB and never touched it again. A couple years ago I finally got around to burning a copy of GHTP for my softmodded XBOX, and while I love SRPB, this game is definitely superior and easily the definitive Paintball video game. Also, a heads up to original XBOX users! GHTP is now playable on XBOX LIVE again via a free revival service called Insignia. If you wish to learn more about it, please visit their website: insignia.live Please keep in mind though that an ORIGINAL XBOX, OR the XEMU emulator is required in order to play. You cannot use an XBOX 360.

[@MJB360]

@@MattTheGymRatPlease do, the PB community could use more content like this!

[@Thegrim1996]

@@MattTheGymRathey I’m in the market for some paintball pants and have seen so many different opinions on different brands. Do you have any recommendations? I love the look and feel of of the HK TRK AIR so I was looking at JT Pro but also saw great opinions on Kinetic (don’t know how I feel about the Velcro belt tho) and Dyzana but don’t love the look of them

[@ryanhw12]

Oh man I loved playing maxed and ghtp2 as a kid. Scratched that itch while I waited for Saturday to come for paintball

[@MattTheGymRat]

I'm sure you and every other player used those games for that exact same reason

[@Hostility1812]

Back in the day on Gamespy Arcade we played Extreme Paintbrawl 4. Many hours on this game too I believe we played it the first day it came out!

[@Caveira138]

The OG Greg Hastings paintball was great when you were a kid that couldn't afford to ball every weekend. Good vid

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

2003-2007 was the peak of console gaming and paintball imo. I had so much ridiculous fun on greg hastings and halo 2. I even made irl teammates and went to tryouts through meeting people on greg hastings! Being able to glitch up and down the tape and spawn kill everyone off the break was so stupid busted lol. You could get outside the map and snipe people from outside too. Even more ironic everybody that played hardcore used turbo triggers for full auto guns, which coincided perfectly with pros running cheater boards on their guns.

[@snowscout1018]

Here is a little known fact, GHTP had a "street team" To help promote the game. These were comprised from players from all over America that were selected out of a ton of people who sent in applications. If I recall correctly there was about 18 people. They (Greg and company) sent out ton's of swag that was given out at GameStop's and fields by these players. There was physical copies of the games, posters, ghtp goggle straps, and various advertising items by really advertising from players to players, Which made this a much more unorthodox way to advertise but turned out to work successfully. The street team members received a free signed copy of the game and a personalized jersey made for each one of them.

[@MattTheGymRat]

That's really cool detail. I'm sure that wasn't cheap but helped in the long run.

[@Tabris172015]

I was photographed for this game for Team Exile back in the day. The photos were taken up at Boston Paintball with my team and others that wanted to be in the game.

[@beansh00ter]

Just dropping in to say Greg Hastings' tournament paintball is now online again on the original xbox thru the Insignia live project. We just played it last night.

[@MJB360]

Thanks for the heads up for all who still don't know. I tried leaving a comment about this earlier when I was talking about my history with PB games but it seems YT deleted it. Maybe it was because I left a link to the official website? I don't know. Still very annoying and ridiculous regardless. I put a lot of effort into that comment and I didn't say anything bad at all. YT get your $#1T together!

[@MattTheGymRat]

Really 👀

[@beansh00ter]

@@MattTheGymRat The project has really picked up over the last year, big games like Forza Motorsport and Halo 2 were just brought back online.

[@TheAtomicSpoon]

I remember playing GHTP on Xbox back in 2004/05. Taking me baaaaaaaack. There was a paintball game on PC back in 07-08 that I got onto my highschool storage server, could play it from any PC in the building. So much class was skipped with 8 or so of us playing that game against each other. Wish I could recall the name.

[@gabejurmanovich9023]

Digital paintball

[@ShowMeVirtual]

Love it. Very interesting to see how things have changed vs carried across generations of games. It’s never been easier to make a game than it is today, but still very difficult to make a game that both looks + feels good. Whether strategic or not, the original Greg Hastings hit the market at a perfect time, being early on the Xbox platform just 3 years after its launch. It was a great game even by today’s standards and no doubt grew paintball massively, but matured gaming platforms like console and PC are significantly more crowded now, which is tough. I had never seen the gameboy / ds version before, that’s wild! 😄

[@MattTheGymRat]

The gba version pushed me to my limits 😂

[@OnThaSticks]

That randomly generated character was pretty accurate.

[@MattTheGymRat]

Nailed it. Got to change my avatar and everything 😂

[@unisonosc1617]

im still playing max’d on OG xbox. Great game that really holds up.

[@TheChewy813]

I really hope Paintballers is going to be a great game with all the good features. Like great movement mechanics, real gear/players, a strong multiplayer base and solid career mode. I guess we will find out on the 10th of this month. Fingers crossed

[@MattTheGymRat]

So close to release

[@HopeRunsDeep22]

Love the video man! I remember playing the first Greg Hastings game on Xbox Live when it first came out. Id play Halo 2 and that game A LOT online lol. Such good times! The first game was really good, and I actually have no idea how I never even thought about another Greg Hastings game after that. From the video, seems that was the right call anyways haha! Love to see the Sport growing again. Just getting back into it this year myself! ETHA 3, with Carbon FL Barrel kit JUST showed up in the mail today actually! And I also created a new team in my local scene for this summer! I'm so stoked to play this year! If you are from Utah and you see this post. This is your sign to get back out this year!

[@MattTheGymRat]

That awesome to hear! Your doing all the right things. Best of luck balling this year 💪

[@MJB360]

Hey, just a heads up since you mentioned being an OG GHTP XBL player... If you still have your original XBOX or a PC capable of running the XEMU emulator, GHTP 1 is now playable online again thanks to the original XBL revival project called "Insignia". GHTP Max'd isn't playable yet, however it should become supported any day now since the Insignia development team just re-enabled clan support very recently, which is what helped Halo 2 become supported just recently as well.

[@CloakerGZ]

Great video Matt!! loved it :D definetly should include Digital Paintball Redux and INK: Tournament Paintball next!!

[@MattTheGymRat]

Going to add them to the list now ✅️

[@PlayedSun]

I remember randomly going to Pev's one weekend, and Greg Hastings was there promoting one of the first two games. Got him to sign my mask, and I got to play a pre-release build on a crt in the pro shop. Still one of my favorite paintball memories

[@dustinb.77]

It's mind-blowing when you look back at things and never realized it then that you were in the presence of greatness and now lucky enough to still possess greatness, which now is legend.

[@GetEmOutPaintball]

I got into paintball because of Greg Hastings tournament paintball. So much fun

[@MattTheGymRat]

That's so cool to know it actually was good enough to get people to actually play 🔥

[@willl_dabeast]

Loved these games, I had them all on Xbox and ps2!

[@MattTheGymRat]

They were awesome 🔥

[@stevenpeterson3717]

GHTP Max'd is EASILY the best one in the series. I liked the Xbox version more than the PS2, but I know a lot of people disagree with me. There was nothing like playing in online lobbies with the golden gun and a turbo controller. Literally was 15 bps, it was amazing!

[@Carstoast]

Talk about digital paintball redux next.

[@paintballdad908]

Take me back to the golden age! 😭

[@DOCKPB]

Ghtp 1 was my favorite video game ever, max’d was great, I only bought nppl for the case

[@MattTheGymRat]

Nppl does have a cool cover 😂

[@SeanLewisMedia]

I loved this video man. All the nostalgia!

[@fivetwogames]

Max’d is still a blast to this day! Great video and thanks for the mention!

[@MattTheGymRat]

Definitely! Keep up the good work!

[@ididnthaveagoodname]

I was reffing at a local field when Greg Hastings came out on Xbox and EVERYONE was super stoked. The team I played on at the time all crashed together, bought a bunch on Bawls and played it for a day straight.

[@ZabelGameZ]

Great video dude, was fun watching you play some on stream.

[@MattTheGymRat]

Thank you, Zabel. I'm really glad I could put all the hours of playing video games to use on this channel

[@kelseyrivera3588]

Very informative video👏🏼 I love it! Nice work my love ❤ I’m proud of you 🤗🫶🏻

[@MattTheGymRat]

Thank you beautiful ❤

[@antimattah]

This makes me want to bust out my old copy of GHTP and take it for a spin. Those really were the golden days, I wish I were a little older at the time and had a chance to play more, but thank you Greg for giving me the ability to play at home for virtually free - that's a gift you can't just get anywhere!

[@TheMemeMachineMatt]

Great vid Matt. Now you're getting outside paintball sponsorships!

[@Arekusanda31]

This was cool to watch!! Brought me back. the 1v6 bit was hilarious.

[@MattTheGymRat]

Yeah that was so much fun to pull off. Made me realize why people liked the game play so much

[@alexismarmol305]

We all have a cesar in our teams. If you can't identify yours......guess what ? You are😂 Nice video Matt. See you in jersey

[@MattTheGymRat]

Ceasar was so confident in his picture 😂

[@ThePlaceForThings]

man your channel is so damn good. loved this episode

[@MattTheGymRat]

Thanks Dillion. I really liked making this one

[@SteelCityBombers]

Max'd on PS2 is the GOAT paintball video game. I remember that game having a massive player base and laders with hundreds of teams on GameBattles.

[@techlorknight338]

Dude, the soundtrack of the first game was so good. I would literally boot the game up just to listen to it. Octane and Sinch had some bangers

[@goofybynature]

Great Video bro. There was also a few more console games released like NPPL 2009 but believe the games you covered were definitely the last ones with Grag Hastings name attached to it. Keep it up.

[@dopemopey]

These games were such a huge deal back in the day. It made the sport feel more legitimate. Before GHPTP, we had, like Extreme Paintbrawl, which sucked hard. 2005 Max'd blew up, 2006 Smart Parts had a televised tournament series, Pb2X had a weekly TV show, etc. Paintball was on the up and up.

[@MattTheGymRat]

It is still impressive to hear about all the thing we used to get

[@surertaxkillz]

Still waiting for Greg Hastings Paintball 3.

[@Tht1guy63]

Sadly never coming. It was scrapped

[@MattTheGymRat]

We all are 😮‍💨

[@DSUL85]

Paintballers will be close/good enough

[@mikek904]

the turbo controller was a game changer

[@Crispy_VA]

I remember saving up and then using all of my Christmas money to buy the original Xbox just so I could play GHTP. Man my brother and I spent a lot of time playing that and Max’d

[@MattTheGymRat]

I can see endless hours being spent in front of the TV playing this game

[@connorwhatley2513]

GHP2 was my game! I still have it and play it from time to time

[@Check_Your_Hopper]

Makes my day every time I see a new video! Keep it up Matt! 💪🏻 Edit: That sponsor might be looking at a new customer 👀

[@MattTheGymRat]

You're the real MVP

[@johnmckenzie9885]

Greg hastings was how I got introduced to paintball. 7th grade, blockbuster I picked up Greg hastings maxd tournament paintball. What an amazing game, ANYONE REMEMBER PLAYING ONLINE ON PS2?

[@donavann21]

Max'd was my favorite Greg Hastings game!!

[@MattTheGymRat]

Such an awesome game 🔥

[@DSUL85]

Paintballers MLPB will be legit!!!

[@40mikemike9]

I used to play the heck outta this game, Wish they'd make a new one! But rarely make great games anymore so 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@MattTheGymRat]

Yeah I think the same approach with modern graphics would be awesome

[@MaritimePaintballPodcast]

Great video. I appreciated the non-biased reviewing. I think a lot of us who played these games when we were young view them with rose coloured glasses.

[@MattTheGymRat]

I can see the nostalgia covering alot of the blemishes

[@JoRchT-909]

What a GREAT VIDEO! I always wondered where the name Greg Hatings came from, not only that but what a great channel I just found PLEASE KEEP IT UP!!! :)

[@MattTheGymRat]

Thanks for that! This is my favorite video I've made this year for sure.

[@JoRchT-909]

Didn't noticed my misspelling 'til now lmao I'm 💀

[@Robert-ou5pf]

I thought he only had GHTP and GHTP MAXD. I missed out. Don't forget the mechanic in maxd where you can set lanes before the point just like how you can tell the players where to go.

[@nutsoloso]

Paintball Playground?? We need this video Matt. 😅

[@tylerrobinson6158]

The first couple of greg hasting games were so good. The last ones were blah. The first mobile game was good the second one made no sense.

[@MattTheGymRat]

You're right. Seems like the sequels never live up to there predecessors

[@530dynasty1]

Max'd was the best game in the series. It made decent improvements on the first one.

[@MattTheGymRat]

It was so much fun to play

[@Craytonex]

Greg Hastings Paintball on xbox live went crazy.. I remember doing an out of bounds glitch by diving into the wall and facing upwards eventually you'd be able to get out of the map.

[@MattTheGymRat]

@@Craytonex that's wild. I'm sure that made a few people mad 😂

[@gaberamos2575]

Duuudeeee this was exactly what I needed! I was wondering what these games were like

[@MattTheGymRat]

The first two were awesome! I have nothing bad to say about them. Glad you enjoyed the video 💪

[@91Bronco]

Loved the Greg Hasting games. So much fun

[@Wuqz]

I had so much fun with these games as a kid. I was obsessed with paintball but not really old enough to play. Only chances I got was lying about my age to get into those 2v2 games with rubber balls at my local fair. I had a few shitty guns I'd shoot at trees with and eventually got what I think was an old Spyder XTRA. Wasn't very good for the times but as a kid I thought it was the best gun ever. Sadly only got to use it a couple times and never got to play a game with it.

[@dank2289]

Digital paintball (DPB) was a steam skin for counterstrike back in the late 90s and early 2000s. This was before GHTP and was great. Too bad I'm sure there's no way to play it these days. These games really helped through the long winter in the Midwest. Lol

[@MattTheGymRat]

I can only imagine playing on an old CRT TV while its completely white outside with snow.

[@DeygudBoyes]

You can still get DPB! It is basically dead though. Truly some of the best memories on that game, met so many players at tournaments who became meaningful friends all because of that game and ventrilo voice chat.

[@katkrasher]

I’m 90% sure I have the most hours on ghp2 in the world lol

[@MattTheGymRat]

I would love to see those stats 😂

[@JuanNOnly123]

Greg Hastings tournament paintball Maxd game was my favorite growing up on ps2. Wish they still made some games these days

[@MattTheGymRat]

I iwsh they would remaster it. I think just being able to play it on modern hardware would be awesome.

[@Angel.Garcia1]

I’ll find y’all on the mobile game! 🎨 🏀

[@ativan7328]

Man, I need these games back in my life. How did you play them? I don’t have my old Xbox from 20 years ago and I can’t find any playable versions of the first one or Max’d.

[@tmartian8362]

Great video

[@MattTheGymRat]

Thank you, friend!

[@michelangeloiacono1136]

killing the content

[@MattTheGymRat]

Thank you 🙏

[@ardacalisir8715]

Dope video matt!

[@privateinformation198]

This game was awesome back in the day!

[@OneAnOnlyCas]

Can't forget a lit nppl 2009 was a fire game too

[@DSUL85]

That game was awful

[@MJB360]

@@DSUL85Seriously, I don't understand the praise. It was almost as bad as GHTP 2, and the graphics were just as ugly. I'd rather play Splat Magazine's Renegade Paintball instead.

[@DSUL85]

@@MJB360 play paintballers it's so effing fun!

[@Doc_Roe]

The real OGs will remember splatterball lol Ngl though Greg Hastings paintball was so much fun

[@crispchaos]

I used to destroy people online back in high school on the first Greg Hastings on Xbox with my off brand controller I found online with the macro button. It would shoot full speed with 1 button press without having to manually pull the triggers as fast as I can 😂

[@MATTKBAN]

200k units sold?? Amazing how that’s considered good for the time. 1 million isn’t even enough today for a sequel. I loved the first game and Max’d. 2 is another story hehee

[@SM-ec1zl]

the game that got me into competitive gaming, started me on gamebattles

[@MattTheGymRat]

@@SM-ec1zl that's crazy to see how far we've come and this game still had such good mechanics

[@SM-ec1zl]

@@MattTheGymRat its crazy how the first one was so good & they werent able to build off that but I didnt know so many others came a long after, I was too wrapped up in Halo by then, that Paintballers game does look good though

[@MattTheGymRat]

@@SM-ec1zl they had a good blue print for people to follow but no one ever capitalized on it. I haven't played Paintballers yet tbh. Planning to do that in a new video.

[@CHURCHISAWESUM]

I love how FOB 2 straight up brought back Nintendo 64 fugly characters lmao

[@Lemmingpc]

I'm not saying they were great games. But I am saying we had a great time. @11:49

[@joeydripp]

Ghp 2 was so good to me back in the day

[@dblevins343]

I remember these. I liked them haha. It the reason I still play double claw to this day

[@jesseysalazar911]

Its a resurgence in paintball all the kids who played in golden era and now can afford good stuff haha or just have good jobs now

[@existinginaspace8347]

I played this late. On 360, met one player online and we stayed friends for like 6 years playing other games.

[@MattTheGymRat]

Got to love online gaming and the friendships you make from it

[@paintballdad908]

I smashed the like button and suddenly my calves got SWOLE!

[@MattTheGymRat]

I don't say it for no reason 🤣

[@illmuskyhunter3313]

Digital paintball back in the 00s was the best. So many fun nights on the call of duty mod

[@andreweames2186]

I have the Ghp2 disc and its backwards compatible but my nppl championships game is not backwards compatible. waiting patiently probably will never happen. I wonder if the new Virtua game got sued to death?

[@LuccianoNova]

Why dont you just emulate it

[@andreweames2186]

@@LuccianoNova the Xbox does that? My potato computer won’t.

[@MattTheGymRat]

I played all the console games on the 360. They have GHTP2 on PS Plus too.

[@DSUL85]

Paintballs MLPB 24 is funnnn affffff

[@VGDomination]

The way you didn’t mention Keely Watson is criminal

[@zeropb]

Are you planning on being at PB Fit this weekend? My team will be repping Wichita State University in College XBall. Would love to see and have a 1 on 1 conversation with you.

[@MattTheGymRat]

No I won't be there but best of luck on the tournament!

[@austin1334]

Try Infinite Tournament Paintball on PC

[@MattTheGymRat]

I have before

[@smiley_joe]

All this video game playing and you could have been curling in the curl rack.

[@MattTheGymRat]

But did you calves grow?

[@smiley_joe]

@@MattTheGymRat I think Will is gaining all our calve growth

[@scmsean]

Paintball died mostly when guns started coming with boards that allowed people to shoot 20 balls a sec. Using "electronic bounce" and calling it semi. It keep new players from wanting to play, and current ones tried of spending that kind of money. Not sure what paint costs now, but back then it was about $60 a box. Remember that min wage was also around $5 an hour. Dropping a case a game to be competitive wasn't something people could afford. Now that I'm older I could easily afford paintball, but I'm too old for it now. Once you get to be 30+ you age out of it. I would like it if paintball went back to auto cockers. I think I would come back for that.

[@MattTheGymRat]

10 man tournaments are all mechanical. You should look into it.

[@scmsean]

@@MattTheGymRat I would be interested if they had teams that would include older people. It does look like you can still get a cocker. I know they aren't the best gun out there, but they are the most fun to use.

[@MattTheGymRat]

@@scmsean the league is full of old pros. Ton of guys from the 90s playing with cockers at the tournaments.

[@stephenzuckerman4689]

He was part of WXP , an investment group of industry & players who he later didn’t pay

[@BrownAlan07]

is there any way to play the old ones without an OG Xbox?

[@MattTheGymRat]

you can download an emulator on your PC or phone

[@BrownAlan07]

@@MattTheGymRat gotcha. Never dove into it, so wasn’t sure how hard it was

[@johnc8209]

that game fuckin rocked

[@LOWKAN]

I always thought it was crazy they didnt make paintball games great enough lol

[@mariomoralez691]

I spend tooo many hours playing both games

[@OldSoulNewLife]

No seriously, we NEED a next gen console paintball game

[@openshot]

Greg hastings maxed was the best paintball game definitely online play

[@tylerkennedy2797]

Man that game was so fun I wore the game out !!

[@xxxx5000xx]

Gregcraft?

[@DramaZc]

You should play snapshot VR and Paintball playgrounds on Vr.

[@chrishansen8201]

Thanks i was up drunk bored on ps5 one night and was like hmm?... So surprising to see a wellade video i expected nothing but crap vids on this game. Thanks

[@MattTheGymRat]

Thanks Chris, that means alot. Enjoy your beer and gaming session 💪

[@Damonnanashi]

2:07 C'mon man, how you gonna leave THPS out of that list?

[@STAF0S805]

I played Greg Hastings Paintball but it was on PC and before Xbox even came out

[@mannyfresh1087]

I only played it on the ds and got really used to it