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Dream Life is a plug-and-play game developed by Hasbro and Tiger Electronics in 2005! It lets you live out your dream life as a high schooler with a whole lot of money! It's really weird, check it out!
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Dream Life also has two sequels, Dream Life Superstar and Designer's World!

[@idk-ov9oh]

Damn, persona 6 sure is looking kinda strange

[@joshmcgootermier2301]

Lol glad others thought this.

[@crimzon16]

The lack of dungeon crawling is kinda a bummer

[@daneacecopeland6098]

no

[@alakazamlover4908]

after seeing some of the video i can concent as a persona fan this is true

[@gowongodmom4851]

Haufbd

[@TuberculosisRose]

I was a proud tomboy of a child and hated all things girly. Naturally, I made fun of my sister so hard for getting this game. But then, my Playstation stopped working so I played this in secret. And I LOVED it. It was very much like Harvest Moon where it gives you that, "I'll just play through one more day!" incentive, and next thing you know, the sun is rising. Dream Life was an awesome little plug and play game, and Tyler was the only good boyfriend candidate.

[@moonpool3041]

Brandon will remember that -jk, but in all seriousness when I realized depending on the face you start with the npcs are different I was *devastated*

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

My wife found hers in the attic a few months ago and went BANANAS “we need to bring it down”

[@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450]

I’m so happy that a buck bumble fan got married :))

[@playertoo9730]

@@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450 XXGDBXHSJNSHSJ IM DEAD

[@kikiohearts]

@@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450 it's the theme song. Gets all the ladies.

[@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450]

@@kikiohearts I played the buck bumble theme out in public and now I have a BF now, so thanks for the advice

[@hobqueer]

@@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450 your bf is a lady?!?

[@jackm.j.3549]

Dream Life and the Persona series are eerily similar. Most of the gameplay is going to school and working a job? Same game.

[@rainstarsworld9429]

The villain wants to make everyone to be the exact same to stop conflict in the world, hence using the whatever the subconscious world is in this game to give the two boys the exact same dialogue.

[@Blu_Moon_VA]

Dream Life + JoJo = Persona

[@AJplaysgames8907]

There's even shitty confidants like persona 😂

[@iantaran3681]

Yea and the most recent persona just drops a text box on you instead of any fulfilling content... Juuuuuust like this game

[@HoboGirl09]

Now all we need to do is see dream life dungeon crawler.

[@Jack-sy8mr]

Billiam: “This is Dream Life, where even if you’re sad and have no friends, and no job, and no money-“ Me: “Oh so it’s just my life?” Billiam: “-You still have to go to high school every day” Me: “Oh so it’s just my nightmares”

[@DeconvertedMan]

also you are constantly fighting weird impulses and dry humping everything in cite. Oh wait also still just me.

[@AdhamHossam165]

Ok JACK

[@nicloren2220]

can it be both ?

[@Mandalore06]

@@nicloren2220 Yes. Yes it can.

[@katzeartist5833]

I had one for Christmas one year, and it was corrupted when plugging it in for the second time. My parents told me Santa didn't send new ones because they were sold out in store.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

"That's rough buddy" - Zuko

[@lilithlaney1759]

That reminds me of how when I was little my parents would eat a bunch of my Halloween candy and then tell me the candy monster took it. I really believed there was a Halloween candy monster that came and stole 3/4ths of your candy every Halloween until I had said something about it in 2cd grade and everyone was like "lol what" 😂😂😂

[@azurekuzma3598]

@@lilithlaney1759 That was just parent-tax for me.

[@holyshard530]

@@lilithlaney1759 Alright, new rule! Tell you're kids about the candy monster to make sure they don't eat too much candy.

[@aiodensghost8645]

@@lilithlaney1759 my parents made that excuse and each time Halloween rolled round I'd find a new place to hide my candy. I once came home from school to catch my mother looking for my Halloween candy because of that

[@Mikeanglo]

Sir, where were you on the night your wife was found dead? *"Yes I've been taking private lessons"* Sir, I'm tired of going around in circles with you here...did you have anything to do with your wife's murder?! *"Butterfly"*

[@gostigoo6706]

Atlus is pretending that Persona 6 hasn't released when this exists

[@majacleo862]

Girl: "Are you working on the school paper?" Boy: "Yeah, I´m a photographer." Girl: "I´m a reporter." Boy: "What are you reporting on?" Girl: "I wanna find out who that guy is that gives private swimming lessons to all the boys."

[@SolUFO]

😶

[@onijester56]

Like, this literally looks like a cheaper version of the free dating-sim games I would play on Newgrounds in the early 00's.

[@SirBlackReeds]

Talk about a rip-off, huh?

[@heath6802]

The days series? I was so addicted to them in elementary school

[@Wishfull171]

Patchesis is life but this game has much less romantic depth, still gold

[@JellyFilledEmpanada]

I played this with my sister every Christmas eve until I was like 13 and she was 11. We played it again last year (25 and 23) and it was still amazing.

[@18themxxn_]

Wholesome

[@adriansilvestre]

Are you going out for swim team?

[@bryh555]

“Mom, I cleaned the kitchen for you” “You’re the one that trashed it in the first place making all those cakes, you spoiled pri-“ “That’ll be $250 please”

[@XhanAnimations]

"If he's wearing this hoodie at the Fall Ball, I'll be so pissed. I just spent like $500 on my dress" Why'd that come off o genuine like you had the dress irl?😂

[@BroadwayBrittany]

My best friend had Dream Life Super Star, and we used to always play it together, setting each other as our best friends. It was very similar to the original, but much more streamlined and polished. Plus, it took the whole “going to high school and studying” part out of the equation. Cause like, that ain’t anybody’s dream, lol. If anyone is interested in these games, I definitely recommend this version of it!

[@jewels3846]

I found mine a few weeks ago. I am plugging it in tonight. I spent so many hours on it.

[@VirtualCheetah]

This looks like the blueprint for a modern day ren'py eroge

[@auqustfire]

DreamLife walked so Ren'py could SWIM

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

"Remember people, before you do anything for yourself , try to mooch of your friends " - Billiam (2021)

[@Moon__Bunny__]

Please make a Designer's World video! That game had the most arbitrary rating system on designs and possibly made me cry as a child.

[@chaylse5248]

oh I definitely "tried" to beat Designer's world but never could.......

[@savannahellis8888]

I loved both of these games!!! Lol

[@thisissshe]

Honesty though.. those judges were mean..

[@Moon__Bunny__]

@@thisissshe They were BRUTAL

[@kaemincha]

oh my god I had Dream Life and Designers World!!

[@kylekreep2887]

Im always fascinated by 2000s Girls oriented content. Love these types of videos, please keep making em 🥺

[@heath6802]

I always wished that malls would be how there were in those type of games, but to the utter disappointment to my 5 year old self, they were nothing at all like the games

[@angethedumbone]

@@heath6802 They sort of are, at least in small towns they're like the towns utopia haha. But alas I realised this long after it was cool to hang out there.

[@Afroshoujo]

This is my favorite billiam vid

[@weelzneal4768]

Are you gay? I have a theory that guys who use that emoji are gay

[@RhysezPieces]

Yesssss this was my JAM as a kid. Funny enough I distinctly remember avoiding the boys in the game and focusing exclusively on buying stuff for my in-game bedroom. Lil ace me was flashing her colors even back then.

[@JonahBj]

Woo! Ace!

[@pianobooks42]

Lol moooood

[@TheRealBlazingDiamond]

Fuck i lost the medal i was preparing for this situation, mind if I pull a "dad with the milk"? Thanks, be right back

[@shortybeck6901]

Hi, fellow ace!

[@vidoquen111]

Oh man, if I had known it was valuable, I wouldn't have given away my Dream Life with remote for free a few years back. Man, I wish I could play it again.

[@TiaBelle123]

Same here! Ugh I think I still even had the directions in my room too.

[@ILoveWomen]

It's available via MAME emulation if you wanna play it, as well as nearly every plug and play. All use the same internals

[@vidoquen111]

@@ILoveWomen Thanks! Now I just have to figure out how to work the MAME emulator and get the game.

[@vidoquen111]

@@ILoveWomen oh my god! I figured it out! Thanks so much! Here comes nostalgia!

[@shortybeck6901]

@@vidoquen111 Did you end up playing it again?

[@cthallborgtheineffable5583]

I could've had a PS3 with the money my family spent on plug and play games for me as a kid.

[@AgherDeadpan]

Everytime he says "Yeahhhh, this is Billiam" I feel like he is gonna deliver bad news like my TV is being repossesed or something.

[@crackerjack0349]

Yeah this is Billiam. Your kidney is mine now

[@figgynewton3138]

🤣👏🤣

[@figgynewton3138]

@@crackerjack0349 (insert) waking up in a tub of ice

[@kcastro4497]

My cousin had one when she was younger and we will play with it for hours, this was deep in my memory but your video reminded of the fun times me and my little cousin will joke about the dialogue as well. It's been a week since she passed away. It's been difficult but this video made me remember those fun days we spent as kids. Thank you Billiam, your videos are really fun to watch and brings good memories of my childhood. :)

[@sibtainafridi9197]

RIP to your cousin 💔

[@kcastro4497]

@@sibtainafridi9197 thank you 🙂

[@kcastro4497]

@Avtin The Watermelon lol that's cool, it's a pretty long comment so I can see some missing out that detail

[@jamesduncan6729]

Sorry for your loss... That's never easy. 😭

[@tanayanottanyabrooks8085]

Rip💔🕊 to your cousin❤️

[@mayanightstar]

If there's one thing I remember about Designer's World its "if you're gonna dare to wear all black, make sure your blacks match!" or well something like that.

[@SnailSnail622]

I remember *ACTIVITOES* also being mentioned a lot in Designer's World

[@vandythevandy]

Ohhh my god I was obsessed with this game. I had a bunk bed but the bottom bunk was just a hangout spot with an old, fat tv on the ground among a bunch of pillows and blankets, and I would play this game literally all night. My dad would come in to find me still playing and thought I woke up early to play.....lol. This was the beginning of my visual novel/life sim/video game obsession tbh

[@yeoldegeorgemac]

i loved Designer's World as a kid, so much that i wrote down all of the judge's favourite combinations in a notebook that i would reference to maximize points lol

[@Wolfkaosaun]

Honestly I forgot all about this game until this video. Now I just got hit with a wave of nostalgia and remembered sitting in my living room playing this along with Dig Dug

[@Jack-sy8mr]

I love how invested in the story Billiam gets😂

[@LagrimaArdiente]

The swap from the Hasbro logo to Hetero was chef's kiss. Edit: Oh God, I have a bad toothache, and watching a video this funny does not help. 😂

[@Gatorade69]

Hope it gets better. I am also sitting here in pain. Not a toothache but an earache. Ugh.

[@LagrimaArdiente]

@@Gatorade69 thanks and sorry you've got your own ache. Hope you feel better soon, too!

[@oil-and-water]

Dream Life really was the poor man's Sims. Also, fully got rid of mine as a child, but luckily found another copy of it when I worked at Goodwill in high school for like $6.00 with my employee discount. Did not realize how much of a steal that was until now.

[@171QA]

Wow, I’m more invested with the love triangle between Billiam, Josh and Tyler than in any show I’ve ever watched. XD

[@that_rhobot]

My little sister had this game! I think my brothers and I played it more than her just trying to see how bad we could mess up our character's life.

[@sanashi27]

This somewhat reminds me of stat-raising otome games lol.

[@arlekino0792]

TokiMemo GS? I kinda want to know what are these stat-rising otome games?

[@sanashi27]

​@@arlekino0792 Yeah, Tokimemo GS (1-3) for the DS is actually one of the games this reminds me off (except TokiMemo doesn't have room customization and stuff. There's also free PC games like Re:Alistair++ and Heartstring Bugs. And the free browser flash game Memory Days (if you can find a way to play it after adobe flash shut down).

[@thekimfiles]

@@sanashi27 Memory Days is so good. Go to Pacthesis Games. She has her otome games for download to play without flash. I originally found her on Deviant Art a while back.

[@sanashi27]

@@thekimfiles They still work? I better go check then. I love all her games and I was sad that I might not be able to play them anymore when flash stopped working.

[@rawrdino7046]

@@sanashi27 do they work?

[@jojameson5264]

This has the unhinged energy of a man on the edge and I am here for it.

[@kronemerj]

How's your job at the early to mid 2000s? Is it going well?

[@CodeAndGin]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that caught that line

[@carriecrayon7277]

God, I played both this and Designer’s World an embarrassing amount of times as a kid (despite the fact it made for SUPER repetitive playthroughs lol). Fortunately, I’ve still kept them all these years later! Edit: Holy crap, I forgot how bad the “dialogue” was in this game bwahaha

[@autumn5286]

Not me as a young repressed lesbian playing this game and subconsciously customizing my best friend to look like my dream girlfriend

[@Bobaily]

I was bi and did the same LOL

[@jodipearson567]

Me modelling people off my crushes because I am too nervous and gay to ask actually talk to them

[@pianobooks42]

I DID THAT! I think I always picked Joshua to date cause he seemed more femme, but the bestie was 100% my real crush lol

[@BackAlleyMerchant]

Didn't come here for a personal attack. But here we are!

[@andrewvillarreal4415]

Not me being trans and struggling to make my character a boy xD

[@stellaluna280]

I had the purple version of this same game that was a fashion design game and I was obsessed

[@Mermain123]

designer's world!! i loved that one as a kid

[@luminvader8911]

I actually wanted dream life so badly as a kid but no one ever bought it for me 😔 and at the time i was too young to have my own money. Thanks for making this so i could see what it was like 🤣

[@lisaburrows1253]

Dream life crawled so "episode- choose your story" can walk

[@leon46295]

Anyone else see his scooby doo plug and play and immediately heard jontron going "scoob no its a kids show"

[@Rudepetsclub]

I loved the "producer" as a small laugh track during the gameplay. Thought it was a fun addition that brought some of that couch co-op feel the game probably encouraged.

[@lazyhammerwieldingpenguin2247]

I wasn't looking at the screen at 3:45, and I could swear that girl said, "now go blind." That is just such an eerie thing for a little girl like her to say with such excitement in her voice.

[@laurenjones321]

You literally took me on a journey from ready to drop $100 on ebay for a slice of nostalgia to "you know what, I'm good I think I've seen it all."

[@awesomepossumdude]

Putting "Dream" in the title right now is a brilliant strategy lol

[@matcha6710]

"oMg i sTaN dReAm i'M gOnNa bUy tHiS"

[@bellabug2717]

“Scooby Doo games,” * Zooms on Scooby Doo controller “Iron man games,” *Zooms on Spider man controller

[@PatchworkRose567]

This is the kind of game I would have played for hours as a kid. I had DS games like this and I was so invested in all of the shallow conversations. I’m pretty sure games like these are why I love life simulation games like the sims, animal crossing, and stardew valley today.

[@gamingkaelyn5101]

Wait but what DS games are similar though?

[@AttackOnAlchemist]

I vaguely remember having this as a kid. The only thing I can remember is the customization. May or may not have started my early love for Sims type games and my crippling addiction to the Sims.

[@carrotlegs1752]

18:19 sounded like a cool rap for a second.

[@el_joshp]

I need to use "you're either in the pool or you're looking like a fool" in my daily life

[@bugaboo_daisy9000]

I was OBSESSED with this game growing up. The Superstar sequel is even better.

[@JoJo-oc8zf]

I remember when Highschool seemed like the greatest thing ever. The people who decided this had to have peeked in HS i'm finishing it now and it's very much not tubular do not recommend 👎🏾

[@thetoythief8940]

I'd say school is the easiest thing in life after that it kinda sucks

[@tankedwarthog6424]

Who says tubular anymore 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 haven't heard that one since the 90's

[@purplehood8418]

Absolutely very not tubular dude 1/10 def would not recommend 0 stars

[@ellewoodford262]

Still much better than adult life

[@BayLeaf64]

College is way better than high school for sure

[@noahgettheark]

Billiam: plugs it in Random cat: *proceeds to act high af*

[@annashumate7988]

One of my close friends while growing up had this game and I played it frequently at her house. I didn’t remember anything about this game aside from doing chores that gave you a shit ton of money which even as a dumb 10 year old I was suspicious of lol

[@StupidHead-ur6um]

This has just made me realize dream life superstar was so much better.

[@BugsyFoga]

A plug n plwy life simulator , now those are two things I never expected to see together.

[@nintendodsiLL]

the hasbro more like hetero joke was priceless lmao.

[@CullenCraft]

Holy shit this was locked deep within my brain. What in the hell Billiam!

[@CullenCraft]

I played this as a joke at my cousins house once... Then ended up sitting in front of the TV with the little remote for 5 or 6 hours lol Seeing those little + signs light up took me WAYYYYY back

[@TheAbigailDee]

God I haven't thought of this game in way over a decade... I poured so many hours into this little plug and play, trying to see if there were any unique outcomes. Wish I'd held onto mine!

[@dr.gorklinwormingtoniii9436]

When I first spotted this video the title and thumbnail immediately reminded me of this game I couldn’t ever quite remember. It was similarly a plug and play, but it was clearly different so I thought to myself: maybe it’s just an unrelated game, so I went on watching the video just to learn more. Then the epilogue occurred and I saw the exact game I was thinking of, which emotionally shook me. The fact that the thing that would finally help me figure out what that ancient relic from my past was would be so far in was borderline frustrating. I’ve been trying to figure this out for years and then you just plopped it right on screen. Thank you. (It was dream life superstar btw)

[@devynwolff5201]

Just reading the title of this video unlocked a memory I forgot I had. I spent an immensely grotesque amount of time on this game and completely forgot about it, oh my lord.

[@iansharrock6546]

Billiam, Aka: Scott The Woz that gives me anxiety.

[@matcha6710]

Scott The Woz but he can grow facial hair

[@holyshard530]

@@matcha6710 Scott but he's more nostalgic???

[@noaegyo]

my parents never should have bought me this. it kicked off my obsession with games like yakuza, shen mue, ys, tales of, assassins creed and persona (and countless otome games) 😩😩😩

[@HandmadeGoose97]

Lol that gossip girl reference at the end 😂

[@AnnaMorgause]

This is the first time I’ve seen someone covered one of these old plug and plays targeted at girls specifically. I definitely think I had dream life but I have much clearer memories of a Hannah Montana plug and play I got for Christmas in 2006 that was basically the same thing but Hannah Montana themed

[@JacobMRobinson]

As a high school graduate as of last week, This game is completely accurate

[@peacheslikeapples]

I had this when I was a kid and it was super fun, I remember loving the fact that the remote fit in the console itself! The game is really just a dating sim lmao

[@ShanelleConnell]

OH. MY. GOSH. I’ve been having insane nostalgia since COVID. And last fall - like almost a YEAR AGO - fragment memories of this game came back into my brain and I forgot the name of this game. It’s been bugging me for a year. And it pops into my head as frequently as a song that you know the tune of but can’t remember the name of... and now? You have solved my problem. That’s insane. Thank you for this video. Nostalgia cured.

[@StarlitGlitch]

Wow, I was just looking up this game a couple of weeks ago! So many good memories with this game. I never got it because I was too embarrassed to ask my parents for it (because of the dating lol) but one of my friends had it and we’d play it together. I remember a group of us playing it at her birthday party and swapping info, like the boy in the game that a mother girl in our class liked. It really was exactly what a lot of us were into, even if it was simple and had bad graphics. I wish there were more games like it for girls Also there was one guy that was universally agreed on to be the hottest guy and there was a trick when setting your personality to try to get him I did get the designer’s world one

[@nachoburger1]

Getting to watch Billiam content every week is my Dream Life if you know what I mean

[@tierraylunastore]

This filled me with an immense nostalgia for parts of my childhood that felt like fever dreams

[@megadoesstuff1164]

This is EASILY one of the best Billiam videos, so rewatchable

[@joshuaadams8240]

"I'm tired. I'm stressed." Me to Billy. Me to.

[@laurab7754]

Wow, I remember having this and playing it all the time when I was young! I can always count on your videos to bring back such random memories. I of course didn't know how much it cost originally but knowing that now I'm still surprised at it's value today.

[@thesolidestsnake]

I love the story of Billy. Reporter who knows literally everything about everyone in SwimCity and has a best friend who is just her but Cooler.

[@nsta5796]

I've been trying to remember the name of this for years. Thank you for bringing it back into my life i literally used to stay up all night playing with my sister

[@MagicalGirlFia]

Please make a sequel,this is the most I’ve laughed in a month

[@catherinetyndale1734]

Dream life conversations are the awkward conversations I have with people when I completely fail, BUT WORSE.

[@panfluteskeleton]

While I didnt play this as a kid, my friends and I played THE SHIT out of this in college. Sober, drunk or between classes, we made extended backgrounds and traits for the characters. Dont even get me started with glitter makeup.

[@opeala]

I have never heard of this thing in my life but this video has me cry laughing thank you Billiam

[@amber1271]

I wanted the dream life so badly as a kid, when I got designer's world me and my cousin played it for an entire summer until it broke

[@Kittenfox_55]

I remember I had a plug and Play called VS Maxx, had a few reskins of a Speed Racer games.

[@Z_trigger1344]

Get that knock off dream cast controller out of this video

[@spellinwaiting5290]

I loved this game when I was a kid! I remember your best friend actually made it hard to stay loyal to just one guy if you wanted to- any guy you talked to, she'd ask you over and over if you had a crush on him, no matter how many times you said no. I would always say yes just to get her to talk about something else!

[@strangeduckling]

I clicked this video expecting to learn about a random plug-and-play game only to damn near have a seizure from the absolute brain blast to the past I got when he he showed the console and first clip of gameplay. I had this, how had I forgotten. This game was so much fun! I hope my dad still has my old p-and-p games somewhere, I'd love to play them again. Also, you should totally play the plug-and-play games Giga Pets Explorer (I loved it as a kid!) and VMigo (I wanted it soo bad as a kid)!

[@Awesomeness785]

When your mom didn't love you enough to get you the Nintendo 64 :(

[@jodipearson567]

She always loved you Amar, she was just poor :(

[@Vic_Coco]

Woooow these brings back some deep brain memories

[@SethWistful]

Luv ya Billiam, great video! It was nice to see you so chill as you played through this one

[@laurenschmidt4880]

All of these videos are unlocking parts of my memory I haven't accessed in probably 10 years. So many memories of playing this game with my sister

[@vaporwave2345]

Billiam: Thanks for listening. Me: *YOU'RE WELCOME.*

[@TiaBelle123]

God I used to love this game! So sad that I donated it just a couple years ago 😢😢. I remember wasting away my summers playing it and living my fantasy of getting in a relationship with my crush and him actually having a crush on me. Ugh the nostalgia.

[@jennyschroeder1717]

When the trailer came on a very old memory of it came out from the depths of my mind

[@LordRayken]

I love these kinds of videos Billiam. These strange early 2000s "sim" games and handheld games and virtual pets and stuff are so weird and are things that could only exist for such a small period of time while technology was evolving and before cell phones became ubiquitous for kids.

[@CarlMakesVideos]

American Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You.

[@agata6337]

as dankpods would say: "I CANT BELIEVE NO ONE BOUGHT THIS!!!!! c: "

[@pisspoorpuppy3460]

this gave me so much nostalgia & serotonin, thank you

[@theVoxvirus]

Always glad to see your videos pop up in my feed

[@aprr5393]

Woah the first Persona game looks different than I remembered.

[@Klonoahedgehog]

Not enough depression and doors.

[@aprr5393]

@@Klonoahedgehog that's the third persona game!!! Silly!

[@aprr5393]

Or, the fourth . I guess

[@isaiahnaegi645]

Can you talk about Monsuno? Also, have you done the Digital Monster Virtual Pet yet?

[@TurtlesPancake]

Oh man I would love to see a video about Monsuno!

[@BeautyByLizzy13]

Hearing the music and sound effects of the game is taking me BACK! I used to loveeeee this game

[@BlueGeen]

I freaking LOVED this game. There were so many cool toys I would see commercials for but never really expected to ever get the toy, and Dream Life was one of those; I wanted it particularly bad though because I loved the ~techy~ part of it. My grandpa actually was able to get it for me, and I will NEVER FORGET IT!