Mascot Horror's FORGOTTEN Games

[@glitchedlizard]

Heya! Modeler/Developer at IGS, creators of Slaughter Me Street (though I was not involved with the company at the time of the original games' development) here. Great video! As for a potential third entry, keep an eye out! We're currently working on remaking the first two games first, to bring them to a higher standard of quality (as well as some other things behind the scenes), but a third entry will happen eventually. We hope you look forward to it, I'll be sure to spread this video around 🙂 Edit: Thank you everyone for all the kind words! To new people seeing this, we have demo for a new game out on Itch and Gamejolt if you're interested! The game is called Slaughter Me Street: 1999, a fresh take on the series developed solely by me, and the full version will be coming to Steam before long!

[@Saigomo2024]

Hello

[@glitchedlizard]

@@Saigomo2024 Hi!

[@mossycell]

Im so excited for the remakes! 123 SMS was a part of my childhood.

[@Saigomo2024]

@@glitchedlizard I remember the game from 2021

[@supersmashseandx1991]

So like, do you guys have a gamejolt or just steam, cuz I'd give the so retro one a shot

[@skrungle215]

Fun Fact:In the first trailer for Showdown Bandit. It showed a different combat system that was scrapped for the weird aiming circles seen in the final game.

[@donniebirb]

There's a full 4 hour documentary about the insanity that was showdown bandit by Chirs Portal. Explains what happened

[@thegrandxbunny2073]

To me, 123 SMS is like the kind of more successful cousin to Alphabet Lane which also had potential in its own right. Though tbh, 123 was more reminiscent to Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal for me. There's also an entire video by the 123 dev about a scrapped third game where you fight literal demons. Also I really hope that Venge comes back. The story and gameplay both have so much potential and I can't help but feel really bad for the dev.

[@JaxonElzinga]

Your Dark Crystal comparison was spot on. I messaged one of the original devs of the game, years ago. And they told me that The Dark Crystal was a direct inspiration.

[@thegrandxbunny2073]

@@JaxonElzinga I KNEW IT!

[@williampavlik3495]

Showdown bandit actually had potential.

[@chermal7311]

Indeed... How about Venge? :/

[@williampavlik3495]

@@chermal7311 it also looks good!

[@flaregaming7002]

There actually might be making more of it but its been put on the back burner

[@charinaamparogarrido1922]

I loved that game for over 4 years

[@charinaamparogarrido1922]

And i still loved it still

[@crazyfuntimetazz]

Fun fact: there was a planned sms 3 but I haven’t heard much about that tittle in a while. I know slaughter me street is getting a new game called 123 Slaughter Me Street: Evolution which is a remake of the original game. Also I just noticed the showdown bandit merch clip at 13:45 was from my old video when I found them at Walmart. That actually gave me flashbacks since I remember that merch was flooded everywhere in Walmart. Nice review though and I’m glad to see people discussing these games despite their flaws and some not aging the best rip.

[@JBAbeloe]

How Showdown Bandit turned out was really disappointing considering that the dev team made so much content that was scrapped when theMeatly and Mike Mood took over. The game was originally meant to have a crafting system, audio logs, and the ability to shoot the cork gun without being on those pads. I wish all of that was left in, 'cause the released game was so slow and boring.

[@ParkerRat]

It's interesting viewing mascot horror as an outsider. I hear so much criticism about games like BanBan, Poppy, and the various roblox cookie cutters. It never crosses my mind that there are other games from this genre/subgenre that did it worse and fell to fate's end. Sometimes looking back on them can be an interesting way to view the current state of the genre and other genres as a whole.

[@danalynch118]

Technically it’s not always even that they did bad it’s just that they never got traction

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

I will forever be mad at how Kindly Beast treated Showdown Bandit. Mike Mood treated this game and its devs so badly and the fact the game's pretty much been canned just boils my blood because the concept was so creative and the characters had some good lore to them! It got one chapter, some merch, and then the people at Kindly Beast never did anything with the game because it never got any real attention because _they_ bastardized it. Ooohhhh it makes me so mad.

[@fusionflair5964]

Am I seriously the ONLY PERSON who liked showdown bandit? It had serious potential

[@montanajackson3713]

You’re not the only one.

[@bella_daze3092]

ME TOO!!! I fucking loved it! I still love it! I literally had a Halloween party based on the theme of that game😭 the concept was just so intriguing to me and I wanted to see more. It’s sad it didn’t do well. I knew it would improve overtime in that later chapters would improve on the earlier chapters. But I guess no one agreed on that…

[@ayyewalkdaplank]

Not the only one! I absolutely love string puppets and Showdown Bandit along with DAGames' song was an amazing grasp of fresh air for me.

[@buttercupfilled]

NOT ONE BIT!!! I was OBSESSED with this games artstyle and aesthetic when it came out and am still so sad it never got to see the light of day again 😭 it had so much potential imo

[@cassiemugs1400]

It had such a cute vibe! Was also pretty scary too, i remember quoting lorelie undertaker every time, i loved her voice!

[@playery2684]

Poppy copied Venge, but a different version of it, this is something that I have talked with the Dev behind Venge, Ekrcoaster. I already knowed about Venge even before it's controversy, back in 2018 when the project was called Glitch. back then he released a short teaser demo of the game before rebooting it into becoming Venge. When I read the document he compiled about his history with Mob Entertainment and Poppy Playtime, I noticed that something wasn't lining up. It was the release date and content of both games. Poppy released in October of 2021 and Venge in July 2020. Venge, as you have experienced, offered a fastly different experience than Poppy. I know about game development and I know that It couldn't be possible to plagerize a game with this much content in such a short amount of time When I noticed this, I began to question. "How did poppy plagiarize this game? Sure, Ekrcoaster had proof that Mob Ent. threated him wrong in the past, and I could see then plagirizing his game just to mock him, but how would then be able to do that" Then I remembered the prototype, A.K.A Glitch. I checked, and as I expected, both Glitch and Poppy were similar. similar premise, similar gameplay and similiar plot and events. I went thorught Discord and talked with Coaster, when I told him about it, he agreed it me that this was possible that they could have plagiarized the older version (Glitch) instead of the current one (Venge). That was the end of my Story with Venge Controversy. I want to quickly talk about Ekrcoaster himself, he is quite friendly and frequently post updates about the status of his game and animations on Discord, so if you were intresting about Venge, you should check his Discord for updates, and talking with him. I also want to point out that the people behind Poppy Playtime, A.K.A Mob Games, aren't responsible for anything, there are just a dev team trying to make a actual game, and the people that are (PRESUMEBLY) responsible with the decison of copying Venge, it's the owners and founders of Mob Entertainment / ZAMination.

[@Scretchyzin]

OOHHH so you know the venge prototype too and yeah they did copied poppy i played glitch rn and have the same events

[@Hemogg1]

Poppy is literally nothing like Glitch

[@Scretchyzin]

play it again💀💀@@Hemogg1

[@akaitoshion2447]

I looked at two different versions of the Glitch; it was hard to find footage for it, and it looks nothing like Poppy

[@Scretchyzin]

@@akaitoshion2447 wait you have glitch 2.0?

[@joshuameyers7840]

I think I heard of Themeatly mentioning that he kind of wants to bring back showdown bandit but the problem with it is that he kind of worried that it might fail again

[@sonicx24cool51]

It’s a shame Showdown Bandit didn’t take off, I was genuinely curious to see how the story unfolded since a giant Human hand showed up in the end of the first chapter

[@ALuckyClutzNamedTV]

I remember Showdown Bandit because I remember seeing their toys when I was looking for BATDR figures and being disappointed that I could never find the small Bendy. Funny thing was that I never knew the two games had the same company until now. As for Slaughter Me Street, I just stumbled upon an FNF mod and never understood the context, just thinking "Oh, this is cool". The fact that I recognized the character on the thumbnail was one of the main reasons I'm watching this video

[@FuzBrain]

Man I'm really glad 123 slaughter me street is still being tweeted. I was never really a fan of the game, but I really liked the Dev's channel oddstories. They have really cool puppets

[@Toon_Lucario]

I’m surprised Ice Scream wasn’t mentioned here to be honest. It had a small spotlight when DanTDM played it a few years ago but it sort of just disappeared

[@NyanTheFurry]

I remember finding out about the song after seeing people play 123 Slaughter Me Street and I loved it, I really want the third game to come out so people (hopefully) make videos about it and "revive" the game

[@kamalbora4276]

I love slaughter me street - it's such a wild series. One of my series actually started off as a VN fangame of it so it holds a special place in my heart

[@smollmoth6376]

I actually remember the second 123 slaughter me street game very fondly. I didn't play it myself, I actually found it through a long play of it from I believe shadowtoybonbongames but it is hard to tell who made what.

[@GoodeGames]

The devs of 123 sms are actually making a new game called sms evolution

[@izaahcruz5759]

Man, it is such a shame, for the longest time. I actually thought Showdown Bandit was quiet because they didn't want to spoil and surprise us when it fully released, but now, as I watch this video, I realize that the game wasn't getting updated 😔

[@nocturne_imp2014]

God knowing most of these games..just SMS 123 has the most existence in my life! I remember being in the discord and talking to some of the people even the creator! He was a funny man

[@Scretchyzin]

Venge IS honestly IS my favorite one Because it is very different from other games

[@Joshhathaway-iu3wd]

Showdown Bandit looks like it suffers the case of could have been great. And it definitely had potential. But, it fumbled the ball.

[@zotaro557]

Apparently SMS 2 was supposed to be much larger and expansive with it all taking place on one level that the player would slowly uncover as they progressed through the game, and watching some of the early trailers I can see a lot of that in there. It's crazy how many rooms/cutscenes in those trailers do not show up in the final game and I feel like if it went with what it was originally going for, it could've been a surfaceable hide n seek survival horror game with more potential to expand on the story

[@jalextheinktoon]

I remember that I really wanted Showdown Bandit to take off. :( Hopefully it returns someday.

[@austinmorrison6953]

Sigh I was so hyped for Showdown Bandit…mainly for the story. The mystery behind who’s animating Bandit and the other puppets and why they should never look up…that final shot of the otherworldly audience…

[@moosetail]

I remember a slaughter me street fansong that I listened to a ton when I was younger but that's really the only memory I had of any of these games, great video!

[@paradoxxikal7327]

I think showdown bandit being reworked into more of a survival horror game could be really cool

[@katejadi]

it was actually supposed to be more like one at first, but a few days before release the two people running the company forced the team to scrap and remove a ton of already finished content and reworked pretty much the entire game

[@alienbonez]

​@@katejadigod im never gonna forgive them for that

[@thecartoonwolf]

Do you know what's crazy, Shadow Bandit was actually supposed to be way better than it does now, but bc someone wanted to be a petty bitch and decided to sabotage it, making be want it is now and I find that hella disrespectful and disappointing

[@deadlydingus1138]

The character designs for Showdown Bandit are phenomenal. I wish the game was as good.

[@Polychi1998]

I really wish you do Zed Technician games. Trust me, it’s one of the most “unique” mascot horror games.

[@teumessiah]

The body types shown sure are unique at least

[@donniebirb]

There's a full 4 hour documentary about the insanity that was showdown bandit by Chris Portal. Basically the main devs are not good people and the scrapped the entire game 2 weeks before releease and remade it with just them two.

[@hoan-pi5dx]

No one ever forgets about 123 slaughter me street

[@ItsLightnings]

i have high hopes for venge with the new act 0 and act 1 updates and even SDB i hope that game makes a come back

[@jace-vo2xl]

i was briefly very hyperfixated on 123 SMS after the DAGames song dropped, i always knew the games wernt great but the devs are super kind and the small community was too. The 2 mobile games are nothing special but theyre the highlight of the series imo! Worth playing when youre bored. iirc a third game was scrapped pretty early in development, and one of the devs went off to do puppet stuff on youtube (Odd Stories for Odd Children i think?). There was a teaser for a remake of the first game awhile back that looked promising but I have no clue if its still in development. I feel the second game was rushed because of the sudden popularity and I have more worries that if a new one comes out it'll be similar. I will be playing regardless though. I am an evil blue elmo fan at heart

[@i.wannabe.m.e]

While I can understand why 123SMS didn’t exactly take off, its visuals and textures are actually what I deeply enjoy about it. It looks disgusting and gross and haunting. I think if it looked more “polished,” it wouldn’t stand out at all. I’m very excited to see how these games will adapt when revisited.

[@ebstudioscreator]

I already knew Venge and Showdown Bandit I've even had the action figures of Showdown Bandit ever since they came out

[@DJMKFULLER]

0:16 The Wretched is Crazy 0:29 the Earlier Wretched is Wild. Like no joke these two shouldn't have made me laugh as much as they did.

[@Wbfuhn]

I knew about Venge and the game is still being worked on. EKRCoaster has worked on Minecraft style animations during development. He's more focused on developing the game now as he's rebuilt the game from scratch and looks much better than before. I knew nothing about the other 2 prior to this video. It's really dumb to make merch when your popularity isn't anywhere close to 1/3rd the population of the country you live in.

[@muigogitoultrasonic3947]

Venge is the game that among these 3 I know more about it, since I often watch his streams on developing the game as it goes

[@SaturnHunter_]

Because of this video, whenever my partner and I see an actor we don’t recognize, we excitedly announce that it’s Dolan Kushnell

[@funtimefrightz]

I couldn’t forget Showdown Bandit, I own all the merch. And always dream of what it could have been.

[@bennyafton7004]

I will forever be sad that 123 Slaughter Me Street was forgotten, I love that game

[@MrIG511]

Slaughter me street, showdown bandit, and tattletail were awesome games.

[@aurawarrior1367]

I feel like this mascot horror boom is sort of like a 2nd version of the mascot platformer wars in the 90s. You’ve got your mainstays, some small successes people will fondly remember, and unfortunately your turds

[@HatofMemes]

if i made a tattletail sequel, it'd involve a relative of the kid from the first game (sibling, uncle, cousin... who knows?) getting a job at waygetter as a security guard (how original) you unlock more rooms of the factory and as the story goes on, you discover more about the origins of the place and what's making the mama tattletails acting this way.

[@shnorbalicious9758]

I loved showdown bandit SO MUCH and I am SO SAD that it failed

[@bashfulwolfo6499]

I actually adore 123 Slaughter Me Street! I’ve drawn the characters and drawn my own many times, I love the style of it sm

[@cb1hallow1]

I RENEMBER ALL OF THESE GAMES bro venge i remembers so badly same with 1 2 3 slaughter me street 2 the first 1 2 3 slaughter me street i didnt remembers that much

[@Motolmang]

Tattletail is still one of my favorites and I really wish it would get more I just love the little gremlin so much, hearing his voice gives me so much joy and puts a smile on my face "hee HEE hee"

[@Frostie_the_Snowmen]

I have remembered one of the frog character but i didn't know the game is called so i went to one of the game youtubers channel where i had watched it for the first time. bu i have never found it until two years ago i have FINALLY found it! Honestly I hope to see more of it and some improvements to the game. That game i am talking about is Venge

[@Crystre]

13:39 I REMEMBER SEEING THAT PLUSH! I didn't buy it because I didn't know anything about the character, but I remember just being confused.

[@sourdust6558]

Why dose nobody mention DA Games worked on the music for Slaughter me Street Retro

[@GrantsGaming]

1:55 HOLY SHIT??? THAT GUY IS EXACTLY WHY I KNOW ABOUT THESE THREE GAMES????? He's TheGameSalmon, Been watching his stuff since 2015 and really have kept watching him to keep the streak going. Plays a bunch of indie games and I feel like I vividly remember all of these. Like, in his showdown bandit one he had trouble with this part with Spiders I think askdfksdf

[@Chaotic_Overlord]

Honestly I am a bit mixed when it comes to showdown bandit's failure. On one hand, It had potential and I am a bit sad that now the studio is more than likely gonna just keep making bendy games, which while I do like, it was looking like they were gonna move forward and do more besides being the bendy guys. On the other hand the gameplay was infact really bad; and knowing the fact that the Meatly and Mike remade the game quickly and got rid of the stuff that the other devs made; seeing the game fail feels like a fitting comeuppance.

[@DocEggbotnik]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@doesthisIookinfected]

I think that the name Tim Denson is a reference to Jim Hensen because... puppets.

[@SamikazeAtk]

Showdown Bandit could have been cool if it had the moment to moment gameplay similar to the original Resident Evil 4 with the over the shoulder camera and more shooting

[@spedic2638]

Does anyone remember Wick? That game about ghost children haunting you in a forest?

[@beepybopbap]

Omg yeah! Because their mom murdered them right?

[@tessfabled4115]

I was SO curious about Showdown Bandit, and I'm sad it died because I think it really had potential...

[@suly5836]

Dagames 123 SLMS song is probably a big factor for the game to get slightly popular, and to this day its an amazing song.

[@kit_t1e]

i remember playing showdown bandit on launch day! loved the concept, hated the gameplay.

[@DeadHouseMouse]

I remember being lowkey obsessed with the DAGames' Slaughter Me Street song. It was just so catchy

[@duncanlove99]

Seeing showdown bandit in the tumbnail got me excited and watching this makes my idea of doing a review for it kinda obsolete because you make great points that I would have made. I was planning to do it this month but had no time to write never made a review before either. I love showdown bandit super sad how it turned out like that (im not an old fan only found out this september)

[@thesboi5204]

It still upsets me how big of a flop Showdown Bandit was, I loved the aesthetic, the characters were charming, the lore was pretty interesting, and overall it was a good concept. Even though my interest in this game died long ago, I would like to have a Miss Undertaker figure on my shelve lol

[@Pebbsi_official]

28:46 who knows, any one of them can do a comeback, and maybe they will even become a masterpieces

[@modernvintage2083]

Did everyone forget about the Night Blights? I never played the game myself, but I watched others make let's plays on it.

[@tradbimbo]

I actually think of Showdown Bandit fairly regularly....

[@youngtano]

I still remember 123 slaughter me street not from the song, but from the gameplay of Dagames.

[@scottpeltier3977]

123 is nostalgia overload though

[@Kattchatt]

Venge is in development as a full game. it's going through a remaster of the first chapter and a second chaper right now.

[@DaCaptainDerpy]

You know one game I will always think of as under the radar? Albino Lullaby

[@lostbabyfox4465]

Nightblights i believe its called was a gem of a game that went under the radar. I always remember it for some reason. Its like tattletail and gremlins.

[@Kyranyoutubevids]

123 slaughter me street deserves more respect and popularity and more sequels in my opinion

[@sock_fool]

the street when it is slaughtering me (idk i never played the game)

[@leethememerwolf]

It's sad in a way to see these games just vanish like they didn't exist. Tattletail for example wow! I miss it I still watch videos bout it till this day

[@liammcallister726]

Venge's gameplay concept (sparing/killing monsters changing the gameplay) is taken from undertale

[@knuckledraws]

Idk if anyone has mentioned this but i looked back at the website for the devs of 123 slaughter me street, and they also developed another horror game! It's called Midnight Evil, idk how popular it got but CoryxKenshin did a full gameplay of it.

[@BasementDweller_]

123 Slaughter Me Street has cool character designs.

[@ccottoncandyheartt]

collect my da

[@Walter_is_PS6]

Hello

[@quinnamon]

Hello Blue Berry

[@ccottoncandyheartt]

@@quinnamon hello quinna mon

[@ccottoncandyheartt]

@@Walter_is_PS6 HII WALT

[@BlueHairedYaoi]

Yes sir.

[@nash6237]

I think Tim denson was meant to be a reference to Jim Henson

[@Radek_Lemon]

Dont even mention that ban ban shit when talking about Slaughter Me Street. That game is great and its community is one of the best i ever seen.

[@voxdarling8631]

I remember I used to play Slaughter me Street all the time

[@BEEPIcons98]

The first two I remember, the last one don’t recall seeing that this game anyway at all. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@crm7n]

2:40 to 2:50 made me think i was going to have a seizure (': i'm watching with the lights off and my phone dimmed but WOW those flashes were bright

[@AceyyyTime]

bro I keep 123SMS in my HEART AND SOUL

[@DanialTarki]

**Sees thumbnail** Ah, yes, **In TheGameSalmon’s singing voice** 1, 2, 3, Slaughter Me Street, TWO-!

[@yeahbuddy7217]

Its so funny that everyone who was hounding on poppy playtime for ripping off venge had clearly never played or seen the game💀

[@thankful4youu]

We love to see a Daggz upload

[@emperordalek102]

Showdown bandit is basically clocktower.

[@thegrandxbunny2073]

That comparison makes sense now that I think about it.

[@mapleflame9027]

I was playing earthbound as I was watching this, so when Sanctuary Guardian began to play (the “what” meme music) it threw me through a loop

[@joco612]

I remember showdown bandit matpat did a game theory

[@randomplushproductions]

I remember seeing the shitty showdown bandit merch in stores like Walmart and GameStop months before anything was said about the game. There was 2 plush sets and 10 figures, the only reason I remember this is because of they mostly stayed like this for almost 2 years, no one bought this shit, I remember seeing the toys in like clearance for like 1 dollar at the end. I’m not sure if someone actually bought them or if the stores just threw them out but they lasted longer then then games shelf life

[@fivenightsatartists9641]

The ONE. TINY. THING!!! That disappointed me about 1 2 3 Slaughter Me Street 1 and 2 is that there's not a single deeper interesting facts, background information and/or story about the puppets, only to kill the player for no good reason unlike the other horror games like Fnaf, Poppy, and some others. But NO!! It's just blank, nothing, absolutely no meaning of reason to murder the player, usually any horror game have a backstory in the middle or close to the ending of playing the game and possibly giving us small hints of background when you start playing game, same thing with Fan Games as well...

[@aGoldenStew]

"Dolan Kushnell" 123 slaughtered me

[@jazzlaugh6578]

Wasn't 123Slaughterme Street a promotional game for a pitch for an Adult Swim show? Weird Tales for Weird Kids or some shit like that? I remember it being kinda entertaining.

[@sadboiinasweater6104]

Slaughter me street has a very wild youtube channel.

[@angelobarney1670]

I watched a video on showdown bandit and on there twitter i think they posted something on there maybe going to revive it

[@quinnamon]

HEY I WANTED TO BE FIRST

[@ASwitchDog]

Yah the DA Games song is pretty much the sole reason I remember 123 SMS lol

[@jaygooese4242]

I wish most of these were remade