Outlaw Golf - 9 Holes of X-Mas for the Xbox

Taking a look back at the holiday editions of Outlaw Golf, 9 Holes of Xmas and 9 MORE Holes! These Christmas themed demos for Xbox were exclusive to Blockbuster video rental stores in the 2000s. Prepare for snow, Santa, sand traps, and stupidity. Let the gratuitous beatings commence!
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[@chavesa5]

Listening to Colbert/Carrell slumming it is never not surreal

[@patrickbyrne5070]

Right? I knew they were buddies and colleagues -and had some odd gigs -but… outlaw golf?

[@KairuHakubi]

i miss when they were on Harvey Birdman.. and even before that, the Ambiguously Gay Duo.

[@jwdickieson]

I miss when they made jokes not being worried about losing everything because of offending......... somebody.... anybody..... everybody..... apparently?

[@jemert96]

In the mid-2000s, those guys were EVERYWHERE, so I'm surprised, but not really

[@jessragan6714]

Their early career consisted entirely of slumming! They were both on Dana Carvey's doomed sketch comedy series in the 1990s. A decade later, they played the Ambiguously Gay Duo on Saturday Night Live!

[@joeyparkhill8751]

Ah yes, Outlaw Golf. A game you really don't want to play in front of your religious grandma on XMAS day. Don't make the same mistake 9 year old Joey Parkhill did!

[@FiXato]

Lol, something tells me that my grandmother passing away when I was still young, saved her and me quite some clashes, especially when it comes to her religion and my choice of music and games. ;)

[@LonghornsLegend]

It's cool when you ask for it as a Christmas gift until everyone is in the living room and asking you to play it like uhhhhh😬

[@scripterhastogotosleepb7139]

I remember playing this game at a friend's house as a kid! I had no idea how crass it really was until now. Some of the stuff in this game feels like it's from an MTV reality show.

[@thesteelrodent1796]

a lot of games from that period felt like that. There was way too much focus on being "edgy" with little concern for whether it meant the games had no longevity

[@jojojoma3026]

@@thesteelrodent1796 It was like game makers wanted to position their products as "not for children" entertainment to widen the audience. This was the era when NIntendo was the censorship king and the big, old corporation that was the enemy of new, edgy game platforms like PSX and XBOX. Funny how now Sony's position is the bloated censoring platform and Nintendo and Microsoft are the underdog team-up (Cuphead, Ori, even Banjo shows up in his original n64 game on Switch and adult/suggestive games are somehow less censored on Switch than on Playstation)

[@trzy]

@@thesteelrodent1796 Most people tend to extrapolate trends linearly. In the 90's and early 2000's, those "end of history" times, we sincerely believed humor would only get edgier over time and that contemporary jokes would merely seem "tame" ten or twenty years later.

[@tiberiusbrain]

Ceo: lets make even extremer extreme sports games, because mid 2000's Dev: yeah, lets start with the least extreme sports imaginable, twice.

[@NightMotorcyclist]

Models and THOTs have taken up golf in droves and are treated as if they are legit athletes despite doing nothing but long drives. They dress in skimpy outfits and even the female pro golfers are following suit (though these female golfers are whining about being ogled or objectified by men yet these idiots are wearing very revealing skirts)

[@tiberiusbrain]

@@NightMotorcyclist i watch golf on tv sometimes. Great sports to watch the highest echelon of players play, much like any other sports. But extreme it is not! No matter how i put it. They can show up completely naked and it wouldnt make it more extreme whatsoever. Bit maybe its just me, some skin showing does not equal sex.

[@RiderLeangle2]

That probably was their gimmick to stand out, "Well everyone is doing Skateboarding or Football, let's find something else to make xtreme!!!"

[@coolbuffdad]

Nothing says Christmas quite like golf

[@em_birch]

Hell, it's been in the 70s and 80s in some areas of the US so why not? P.S. To be clear, I don't like golf and this warmth is very unnatural and not great.

[@swag8724]

Jeez, seeing that 2003 expiration date on that rent one get one free deal really drags you back to reality.

[@66Xeno]

"It's no wonder the Outlaw Sports series..." I literally did a double take because I couldn't believe that this was popular enough for it to spawn a series.

[@angussutherland4401]

My brother had Outlaw Golf (regular version). Summer of 2002, I couldn’t sleep before a surgery. Played it all night instead. If you look past the silliness - it’s a really solid golf game for the period. Thanks for letting me see it again. Now I don’t have to try to find and play it again… and be disappointed.

[@GGRenee14]

LGR, I have been watching you since I was 12 years old, (I will be 22 in 2022). You have brought so much joy in my life, and one of the few youtubers I actually stuck with all this time. From your sims 3 reviews, edutainment month, thrifts, and Christmas month, to now, your videos have always made me feel better if I was ever feeling down. Thank you, Clint!

[@LGR]

You bet! I'm happy that the videos have been a positive thing after all this time :)

[@rayceeya8659]

I look forward to Clint's X-mas videos almost as much as I look forward to Edutainment Month.

[@Squonk06]

Sadly, Edutainment Month has been retired, apparently due to lack of views, since KZbin's algorithm severely punishes creators for posting even a single underperforming video.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

@@Squonk06 F in the chat Press F to pay respects

[@ahniandfriends123]

@@Squonk06 I thought that was due to the COPPA thing KZbin implemented in 2020 that demonitizes all videos the algorithm thinks is for kids.

[@BakiX]

Clintmas*

[@rubz1390]

@@Squonk06 Did Clint himself say this?

[@JakeMcaulay]

This was such a classic style LGR loved it

[@pedrofelck]

Yeah, I love the "retro" intro

[@TheKrazyKat89]

I think it's interesting to see the representation of "retro gaming" used to be Atari 2600 aesthetics in the early 2000s (3:48) whereas now it would be SNES or PS1 visuals.

[@BirdmanDeuce26]

You can hear it in the evolution of “retro game music” too, there was a stronger association with Chiptune music specifically and the limited voices of the NES/Game Boy. Now the wave feels more oriented towards the broader and more expressive MIDI soundfonts

[@Zarnubius]

The Atari 2600's best selling game (Pac-Man) Was Released in 1982; 21 years prior to 2003. 21 years prior to now would be the year 2000, the year the PS2 was released. The PS2 is as old as the Atari aesthetic is to them as the PS2 is to us. The SNES and PS1 would be closer to PONG in relation to the present, time-wise. Of course time never takes aesthetic or diminishing returns in graphical fidelity into account but it's still a trip.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

I'm old enough that my definition of retro gaming ends exactly at the release of Street Fighter II.

[@kg7219]

i mean... yea thats how time works lmfao

[@mpc1mil]

I have a Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits CD from 1989

[@GoetiaTV]

Nothing yells late 90s early 00s like screaming inanimate objects.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

That hoverboard skateboarding game for the PS2 is the epitome of Sports Games in the 2000s for me. There's an idea that just wouldn't come out of either the two decades before or the two after. And I was going to ask what the hell Stephen Colbert was doing in this game, but then you explained it perfectly. I love the amount of info you have about the weirdest things that you cover.

[@benyere]

AirBlade?

[@dcard228]

Airblade babyyyyyyy

[@Zarnubius]

I made a hoverboard game demo for Blender 2.28c in 2003 that looks very similar but had a more a futuristic aesthetic. Was an amazing time for game dev as a kid, especially with blender just starting to take off.

[@gideonmele1556]

G4… now that was quite a nostalgic kick to the nads

[@Hellwyck]

"Obviously it wouldn't be a FAIRWAY to play" ... nice golf pun, Clint!

[@midimusicforever]

9 holes - Puts the X in Xmas!

[@algarcia689]

Oh Blockbuster, you were my only source of entertainment back when I couldn't afford any games for my gamecube, I still go around the corner where it used to be expecting to see the posters and screens and get sad when I see the pharmacy.

[@SniperJade71]

If it's any consolation, I also get sad whenever I see the pharmacy. (I feel you, though. I miss it too.)

[@paulreese7788]

Nothing like outlaw golf to bring back memories as I worked with the developers To bring these to the retail market. There was a whole series of these. Simon and schuster was owned by Viacom who owned mtv etc

[@jakebodnar2797]

Closest thing you'll get to a 'Happy Gilmore' game.

[@primequartz7292]

The idea of desperately trying to convince teens and young adults that GOLF of all things is totally cool and edgy is really funny to me

[@BirdmanDeuce26]

I love the sport, played it extensively in my youth, but I had no illusions about how "hardcore" it was, lmao, but it didn't stop the Tiger Woods PGA tour series from trying! They used to run ads of beautiful Pebble Beach set to Saliva's "Click Click Boom" - talk about contrast!

[@rosfell00]

I mean I once played an EA sports golf game with a friend, just plain regular golf with nothing unusual, but he had a custom character he leveled up before, to my surprise his character had the ability to break dance after a hole in one as a celebration move...

[@BilisNegra]

Was thinking the same. Calling that hilarious would be an understatement.

[@Skidward420]

It was fun to finally be able to hit the audience

[@asyourgm]

Tiger Woods made his first big splash in golf right around 2000, leading to a surge of young, would-be golf prodigies taking up a set of clubs to see if they could be next. This was more Hypnotix smooshing two trends together than a wholly original idea.

[@jrightly]

I can't believe Darkest Dungeon ripped off the stress system from a 2003 xtreme golf game

[@phobosmonolith4863]

It's sad that companies never do stuff like this anymore. Even for the game it is, it's a more than pleasant surprise seeing a quircky new 5 dollar demo game. Exactly like the 5 dollar games at Burger King back in the day.

[@Jumbleman5]

True, but at the same time, the whole industry has moved beyond the need for paid demos or demo/shareware collection discs. Direct downloads means there's no need to pay for them at all.

[@AgentTasmania]

@@Jumbleman5 Now they want full price before they've so much as shown a gameplay trailer

[@proxythe1337]

@@AgentTasmania Publishers will hold an event and show literally just the logo of a franchise and a 10 second sound clip and then demand $120. "Metroid Prime. It's happening! Money me. Money now."

[@ZX3000GT1]

@@Jumbleman5 And piracy is a thing to replace those 5 dollar demos, at least on PC.

[@sypialnia_studio]

Wacky games like this are now a domain of mobile gaming and sometimes pc.

[@fattomandeibu]

I miss dumb sleaze. Sometimes I just feel like throwing good taste out the window and having a good chuckle.

[@Lishtenbird]

I mean... The Internet meme culture is pretty much all this.

[@rcmero]

Consider this: the publisher of Outlaw Golf is also the developer (or at least the publisher) of I. M. Meen. Yes, that I. M. Meen. Such a polar opposite.

[@robertk1049]

I think all of the Outlaw games (Golf, Tennis, and Volleyball) are seriously underrated. Sure, the characters are crass and over the top, but the mechanics of the games themselves are pretty good. You’re getting surprisingly good sports games with a chuckle or two along the way.

[@professors84]

The early 2000s, along with their aesthetic were unironically a better time than today

[@Philip550c]

The title of this game would work for leisure suit Larry too

[@calsavestheworld]

Haha. Lee Carvello's Putting Challenge. The store clerk said it's what every kid wants.

[@Len1977gt]

Love these videos where you revisit the games from 2000s. I was in my mid 20s back then, and seeing these videos - especially where you add the vintge TV footage really brings back memories

[@idontevenknow9758]

God the 2000s was such a time. There has been a ton of content on people looking back on this decade and man it's just so many flashbacks Haha! Great video and happy Holidays!

[@Markimark151]

I used to rent Outlaw Golf on the PS2, it’s actually fun for the adult humor since we were in college and wanted to play the more badass games with friends.

[@stevethepocket]

I'm sure this video is going to be some people's first exposure to the fact that there used to be a program called "Nero Burning ROM", and that alone is worth the effort taken to make it.

[@SonicYM2612]

Not 'used to be', Nero is still developed and sold today actually.

[@jessecovington6639]

That Nero CD reference had me dying you got me with that one dude

[@joedogg6582]

Merry Christmas Clint! Been watching the old catalog all week! Thanks man

[@gabrielevitale9969]

Christmas LGR is legit my most anticipated season of all youtube's stuff I watch. I am so thankful, Clint!

[@jonathancossette6252]

Love the old games reviews man it's always been my favorite thing on your channel, I often re-watch the entire Playlists of your old games reviews and I'm still craving for more for sure, keep it up Clint, master of the Turbo Button and sammiches making.

[@fonesrphunny7242]

6:35 It's "kids cheering.mp3", but they completely mangled it. Now I'm waiting for a mangled version of the Wilhelm scream when you hit somebody.

[@roughneckwolf]

I used to love tapping Y while p2 was taking their turn... it vibrated the hell out of their controller.

[@happytorrentt4500]

"I'ma take the dominatrix-" Hello early 2ks 👀

[@lrmclinn]

My dad and his wife used to play outlaw golf all the time whenever I wasnt at their house but I was never aloud to play as a child lol

[@frankietowers1130]

It would be awesome if LGR reviewed Trailer Park Tycoon. It's not Christmassy, but it is a pretty wacky 2000s game, like this.

[@brianbarker2551]

Nice that you went back to the classic LGR "soda can opening", um, opening. Yes we have classic LGR now.

[@FiXato]

"Tee-riffic"... _*shakes head_ Never change Clint, never change...

[@alextirrellRI]

Colbert doing the commentary is enough to want to play this.

[@thegloriousryius]

I love Mario Golf, so there are few golf games that live up to my standards. Thanks for making another great Christmas special. Merry Christmas, Clint!

[@dogzer]

Ahh... Comfy end of the year LGR video. Just what I needed.

[@souperonion9990]

It's that time of year again when I exclusively have the LGR Christmas playlist on repeat

[@Chaos89P]

Something about the gratuitous edginess making the whole thing just silly nowadays sounds right up my alley.

[@mathius_aoc8604]

So happy to see more game reviews! I love everything Clint does but, by far my favorite part of Lazy Game Review’s are the lazily reviewed games!

[@BDSbowling]

Great episode!! I grew up with the og xbox and amped (the snowboarding game shown at 0:25) and i remember the extreme sports craze. I feel like games like these and tony hawk’s pro skater games shaped my sense of humour and my taste in music.

[@shiroiuma]

There's something about the box art that makes me eXtremely uncomfortable.

[@Rgmekanic]

Oh man, that classic intro was just lovely. Whole episode feels like a flashback. 😍😍

[@biboKralle]

omg, saturday morning, scrambled egg and PB&J toast with coffee and fresh OJ.... and an LGR christmas special. Thanks, god!

[@little_forest]

Aw man, I almost don't even need the entire video, just the throwback intro to get into christmassy LGR mood! :) Getting nostalgic about a show about nostalgia...

[@foxinab0xgaming]

Absolutely loving this return to form with the classic LGR game reviews.

[@smugshrug]

this is so painfully 2000's, even the font on the back of the box.

[@softdorothy]

"I'm gonna go with the dominatrix." Not something you hear every day, I'm sure.

[@subtledemisefox]

You don't? Weird

[@Schimnesthai]

I was thinking that they were ahead of their times because that's so of this time lol

[@bkzach]

Best Intro ever, I love you Clint, keep up the awesome work, Merry Christmas

[@lymb3914]

Yay! A console game review from LGR! Merry Christmas, indeed! :D

[@abdelali9279]

12:02 Man, that logo the ball is literally yelling "LET'S FUCKING GOLF!"

[@matthewrease2376]

The vibe of an LGR Christmas video intro. That music gets me every time man...

[@amiroray]

This was good. Would be awesome to see more early 2000's game reviews. Love that awkward time in gaming when everything was going 3d.

[@Mr_Oggie]

Interesting... this might help me in my real golf game: until now I've never considered when I'm not doing so good that my best option might be to beat up my caddy.

[@SanzaSense]

Omg! The drink intro throwback! I always loved the classic intro 😁

[@Tiicup]

can’t believe how much i miss your voice till new video pops up. thank you!

[@GRORGvideot]

I think this golf game and the vanilla golf were definitely best of the bunch

[@RealNonsonic]

Hadn’t seen this one before, another one to hunt for in the wild!

[@billybollockhead5628]

My roommate taped two pieces of cardboard on either side of the analogue stick to make each shot straight.. made the game super easy

[@davidkshow]

Thanks LGR and Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄🎄

[@neftalegorman2450]

I've enjoyed this episode, great review!

[@jamesd4223]

The weirdest thing about all the “extreme” culture of the early 2000s was that even as it was happening you couldn’t help but, think damn this is kinda embarrassing.

[@bojcio]

Because it wasnt a culture more a corporate interpretation of what teens like. An embarrasing attempt by fat guys in suits who are out of touch with reality at peddling stuff to kids.

[@chompythebeast]

That's Gaming™ for you. _"It's about ethics in journalism"_

[@robsku1]

Seeing this I realize how out of touch I was already then about the latest in the gaming market - except for the 3D FPS genre, which I still cared a lot about, even though I was pretty much stuck in the world of OG DooM and other games made with same engine (Heretic, Hexen, Strife), I did play the new games as well, if they just ran on my computer. But that was it, I could barely play Unreal with somewhat limited graphics details - I could put them on full and enjoy how awesome it looked back then, but anything larger than a small corridor would make it unplayable if there were enemies around. Then I got my new computer - and moved to Linux, having become sick of the Windows experience. There was a lot more to me being a computer hobbyist than gaming, and I kinda fell out from it - even from the _still alive_ DooM community. Running my usual editor in a DosBox just felt cumbersome. I've been meaning to get back on the track, I'm fairly certain that if there's no modern editors ported to Linux, they should be able to run under Wine - as I think should be the case with source ports, like ZDooM, which at least used to have it's own Linux port back in the days. But damn, this just proves I was right about not caring that much about what's going on with the most recent games. It's been 20 years and I still don't feel like playing the latest games - I can pick and choose the actually good ones from back then; heck, even earlier. There's a NES game that I feel I *must* play someday, it was called Earthbound or Mother 3 I think... Depends on where it was released I think, but I saw a video about it on one of the many retro gaming channels I watch, and it was just wildly crazy what's in that game. It's sort of a zelda'ish adventure game, but it's so totally on it's own plane of existence that it must be an awesome experience =) These games I never knew about, while most gamers I suppose did, these "extreme" things can give me a laugh on these videos, but that's as far it goes - I feel I didn't miss the slightest thing by not knowing about them :)

[@DragonNexus]

Mature in the most immature way possible

[@theninjamaster67]

@@robsku1 Alright I have a few things to say first would be that Earthbound is Mother 2 and Mother 3 was never released in the US but there's an amazing fan translation so you can emulate it. Second thing would be that I suggest checking out some PS3 era games cause there's some gems on there like Bioshock (the awesome spiritual successor of System Shock) and many others either directly inspired by or made by some of the same people that were making the old games like Doom for instance American Mcgee from ID Software made Alice and Alice madness returns after leaving ID and Valve had a golden age during the PS3 era with Half Life 2, Portal 1 and 2, and Left 4 Dead so basically I wouldn't write off the era after boomer shooters too hard. Third thing would be other than giving PS3 a chance I'd mostly suggest sticking to indie games since they've been cranking out 2d games and boomer shooters like crazy personal faves as of late being Eastward (very Earthbound inspired game) and Ion Fury (classic boomer shooter made in the OG Duke Nukem engine).

[@misterkefir]

Golftastic. Merry Christmas!

[@BrokeDad1]

Love the holiday software reviews. I've been putting together a Win 98 machine and forgot what a royal PIA it is dealing with drivers. But success finally !

[@sugreev2001]

I owned Outlaw Golf 2 on my PS2. I loved it and Dave Attell’s commentary was hilarious. And I just checked that Steve Carell was also one of the commentators. Now that’s something I didn’t remember.

[@squeallymaniac]

Carell voiced Outlaw Golf 1

[@JJop123]

I wish Clint would bring back the old intro in general. It's what made me love the channel

[@SkiBumMSP]

I know this is a year later, but how I remember how everything in the 90's into early '00 had to be so "Xtreme".

[@jimbox114]

I remember playing the the first and second game with a buddy back then. Had alot of fun with those games. The 2nd game has some really out there holes such as heaven, hell, death star, etc.

[@isalt5]

Can't say I was expecting you to review Outlaw Golf of all things. It's not just that it's a sports game, it's also a console title; just about every game you've covered was on the PC. I played the second Outlaw Golf on my grandfather's modded Xbox back in 2005 (or was it 2006? I can't remember). It was no Tiger Woods PGA Tour, but it was a fun enough title.

[@erniesdeck7550]

I own outlaw golf 1 and 2 for original Xbox but never knew it was Steve Carell that was doing some of the voiceover. Now that I know that I actually want to play these games!

[@Kitteh.B]

Oh wow that =3 transition screen just punched me in the chest with nostalgia feels.

[@robertsandstorm4785]

Love your Christmas videos! Best nostalgic feelings from your videos

[@MBMyers]

The christmas episodes have your best intros.

[@jekanyika]

This reminded me of the amount of games I used to rent from Blockbuster.

[@genekwagmyrsingh9433]

5:08 *boggle* someone definitely needs to troll Colbert with this.

[@Peanut_Arbuckle]

Holy shit. I never thought anyone would cover this game. I got this for Christmas when I was like 9

[@jamessmith1652]

Gotta give some credit to the dev/publishers for trying to make goal appeal to a broader audience than usual.

[@scott2696]

I remember playing this holiday golf, the fun part was trying to hit someone in the crowd with the ball because you can spot them out from the crowd because they would be given a cast and if the more you hit them the more casts they get.

[@jackmichaelchat]

The Sims Bustin' Out next, PLEASE! It is such a unique installment in The Sims series.

[@ninjapwnsatlyfe]

Thanks for showing some love to Dave Mirra 2 and BMX XXX, while having awful mechanics they're both amazing

[@Craigmaul099]

Another one? What an awesome christmas gift!!!!

[@icetraydemartini3963]

Outlaw Bowling and Street Ball would have been great fitting adds to the series.

[@jaman585]

Love your game reviews!

[@exxor9108]

I absolutely find the Holiday Hare version of Carol of the Bells to be so damn badass. Imagine, Krampus is out to ruin the Christmas season for the world, and you set out to set it right again. And come to find out, you have to save the world, too!

[@SnareX]

These we my favorite golf games for xbox. The fact you could vibrate the other players controller was great

[@SlapNuts4Life]

Aw yeah LGR Christmas episode!!

[@Law2120]

I love the Outlaw game series. I have Outlaw golf 1 and 2, and I have these two demos . I also have the Red Hot demo for outlaw volleyball. They were fun games and i still play them on occasion .

[@il_nostro_della_segreto]

Hell yeah for the classic intro!

[@keyboard_g]

RIP the buggy Christmas clones.

[@KalebKronic]

Still have my copy of Outlaw Golf and the first nine holes of xmas. Didn't even know there was a second one. OG was a really solid golf game, just with over the top silliness thrown in. Makes me wanna bust out the ole Xbox and slap some balls around.