Sixth VideoGame Generation Recap - My Thoughts Overall - Adam Koralik

[@SirGeeeO]

The last generation where you could buy a new game and immediately play it without downloading a patch

[@AdamKoralik]

Yep.

[@MikeyConz13]

The 360 didn't have that unless it was a patch to fix the game

[@One3673241]

+MikeyConz13 Which happened all the fucking time, so yes, it did have that.

[@odeiup]

SirGeeeO I don’t remember anything happening to my Wii.....

[@Gameplayer-vm5ml]

SirGeeeO Yes. I love just popping in my Disc and playing it without any Downloads or Patching. Nowadays, you have to download it. The Game isn't even in the Disc anymore. It is just a Key.

[@OldClassicGamer]

I miss 6th and 5th gen so much :( Way better than 8th gen

[@AdamKoralik]

5th and 6th are both amazing.

[@OldClassicGamer]

mast3rsword64 Well, I can understand how you look at the things, I grew with 5th Gen and I do think it is best (6th is really dear to me as well). But my younger brother for example who in theory should grew up and like 7th one best, prefers 5th Gen and PS1 classics so much better than any modern games. I think it also depends from kid to kid. Not all kids like realistic games and shooters.

[@tr1bes]

That's true. I show some kids the 4th gen snes which are much older than them and they thought it as very neat and enjoyable. They prefer the 7th gen better though.

[@DijaVlogsGames]

The 8th gen has barely started...

[@OldClassicGamer]

Rising Sun That doesn't mean we are not allowed to criticise it. Gaming has lost many charm over the years. Thats why I mainly stick to retro stuff with some exceptions from 7th Gen. As for 8th Gen, I only own 3DS from it because it has nostalgic games

[@bryce9722]

Damn you were SO RIGHT about the future pricing of these consoles. This video was posted April 2014 and now it is 2021 and the people who played these systems as kids are basically all adults. The price jumps of these consoles from the time you made this video to now is insane.. 2014 doesn’t even seem all that long ago either. Wow

[@shaungreer3350]

Exactly. I got most of these consoles in 2014 when i was like 10 lmao

[@starstarstar4643]

​@@shaungreer3350he's talking about the adults that were kids in the early 2000s

[@shaungreer3350]

@@starstarstar4643 i know i said exactly that other part was just a tangent related to the second part of the comment is all!!

[@DijaVlogsGames]

I wake up sometimes and I am sad that I'm still in a world where SEGA doesn't make consoles anymore.

[@AdamKoralik]

Yep.

[@WardenKaz]

True dat

[@mikesirman3148]

Their 4 main consoles all sucked... No one plays them anymore... Lots of Nintendo retro gamers tho

[@mrpink99]

@@mikesirman3148 plenty of Genesis collectors & retro gamers out there too

[@LeadMe2TheBliss]

@@mikesirman3148 Really?!? lol

[@iidirectxii7545]

Wow, look at the wonders laying on that table. Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox and the GameCube, what an amazing console generation. My personal favourite.

[@shaungreer3350]

same. i grew up with them even though it was at that point late xbox 360 / ps3 early xbox one / ps4, wish i’d of kept ahold of them all, but all i got now is ps2.

[@Chase_is_a_race]

All 4 consoles from this generation brought A TON of great things to the table. A great time to be a gamer. I was primarily a Dreamcast gamer, then Xbox after discontinuing From Sega.

[@myretroworld1121]

I had skipped 6th gen just about altogether. I relied on my ol N64. My lil brother had bought a ps2 and I played it when he brought it over bck in 04-05. But it was like 09 before I got a ps2 myself just because I didnt think discs were the way gaming should go. But now as a collector I have all of them. Dreamcast and xbox are my favs then gamecube followed by the ps2. For some reason I always find myself getting bored with ps2. Still a great console as all of them are in this generation. Best gen ever!

[@starstarstar4643]

​@@myretroworld1121I thought I was only one that got bored of the PS2, I even traded it for a Gamecube in 2003 and I was so happy I did that....and also that whole time I never stopped playing my Dreamcast

[@myretroworld1121]

@@starstarstar4643 yeah it's not in the top of my list for 6th gen

[@myretroworld1121]

I'll play it but mainly for wwe games

[@DeIeted]

Memory cards are cool because you could take your save over to another person's house and keep playing where you left off without taking your console.

[@caloricfoil98]

That's what I miss most of all

[@xXRenaxChanXx]

+caloricfoil98 Technically you still can if you have a USB flash drive. but you also have to take your xbox live, PSN, or nintendo account with you on that drive. Which sucks but it is there. And it has to be relatively large too given how damn huge save files can be, 10-20 game saves could say, eat up a whole 8GB flash drive.

[@mkeptrangli]

Objectified Cross That whole process is so annoying. Simply taking your game and memory card to a friend’s house and immediately being able to play your saved file is what made the 6th gen the best.

[@LonghornsLegend]

@@mkeptrangli I'd still easily take the massive HD if the Xbox that I could burn all my CDs on and never run out of save space. Doing what you suggest then losing it was never worth it

[@robitaill3]

They still sell GTA San Andreas brand-new at Walmart for the PlayStation 2

[@sconrey7]

David Robitaille where at

[@robitaill3]

Escanaba, MI

[@valkyriesprites4208]

David Robitaille oh please they been having a gta vaule pack for the ps2 in my Walmart for 4 years

[@Amishmediagroup]

Valkyrie sprites 420 same

[@jordangordon2350]

David Robitaille 2 NUMBER 9s

[@pooperscoop54321]

I grew up with this generation and it was awesome

[@DashawnJizzle]

I agree with you Adam. I find myself going back to those very consoles. This current generation lacks creativity and as you stated...charm.

[@AlphaladZXA]

I think we will be on an upswing with that this gen, the second half of the 8th gen already felt so much better than the first half

[@mikejett2733]

Its because people on 2 much opium write games now I'm like wtf

[@gregoryberrycone]

still my favorite generation of game consoles. it felt like publishers were willing to take bigger changes and would give fairly large budgets to really bizarre and outlandish games. and i agree about the ps2 not looking good on hdtvs but honestly you should play any 6th gen console on a crt in my opinion. even without progressive scan the games just look better on them.

[@gudenau]

The Wii and Gamecube discs where not technically stock DVD, they both had some small changes that made them incompatible with stock DVD drives.

[@kokotheclown2588]

What are they tho are they DVD or not

[@civilwarfare101]

The best and last great video game generation. 3-D gaming was perfected here. I will be a honest here. I didn't become the gaming enthusiast that I am untill the 7th gen. Then I went back and played and the 6th gen classics and they a lot them really hold up. There is a reason why 6th gen games still get re released to this day. I also miss the days when there was no DLC and patches. Games felt like games.

[@civilwarfare101]

***** And AAA development didn't cost nearly as much as it does now.

[@KhAnime]

+civilwarfare101 I agree, out of all the generations so far. Both 6th gen and 4th gen tops everything else. 6th gen perfected 3D and 4th gen perfected 2D.

[@PaulOniel534]

+NeoPaleoGamer you said it

[@hippiedave1362]

While eventually getting all 4 of these, at the time I was a huge Sega fan, after the fall of them, I wanted to go with Nintendo, that's what I knew. I despised the xbox. What made me blown away by it was when my friend brought his xbox to the high school xmas party. Playing the original Halo and trying to snipe my friends across the map made me a fan. To me, this was the last great gaming gen.

[@ianeons9278]

17:23 Ah,I see what you did there.Dreamcast,GameCube,Vita,and Wii U fans all understand each other very well.I love all of them👍.

[@ManiacMonkboon]

I agree. The 6th gen was the best. So many exclusives.

[@nsgames24]

I know I'm very late for commenting on this video (although to be honest, I've rewatched this video numerous times), but this generation by far was not only the greatest, but my all-time favorite video game generation period. The thing that really pissed me off about it was that it didn't last long, unless you were in the PS2 or Dreamcast camp.

[@judah_macabe]

This generation was as long as any before it except for the Xbox (4 years) and Dreamcast (2 offical years).

[@elcocho1568]

***** you got to do this for each generation. Always a joy to watch these.

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks, though I think it'd be difficult to go back much further. The fifth generation is full of crazy one and done consoles.

[@ComicBooksandVideoGameNerd96]

I finally have a GameCube now and this generation holds a special special place in my heart because this was the generation I grew up with I was born in 1996 so therefore this makes me a 6th generation gamer now all I need is the Sega Dreamcast

[@hypsomuskrat3882]

I was born around the same time. The 5th and 6th generation both hold a dear place in my heart. I was born during the 5th generation and got my first console which was the N64. My core childhood was during the 6th generation, and that’s why that also holds a special place. I’m hoping this upcoming generation will bring me back to gaming. It hasn’t been the same since the 6th generation.

[@colinmiller8824]

I was born during the 6th generation (2003), and grew up primarily during the 7th generation. Both are special to me though

[@ComicBooksandVideoGameNerd96]

@@hypsomuskrat3882 1st console I played was the Sega Genesis and the 1st one I owned was the Playstation 1

[@ComicBooksandVideoGameNerd96]

@@colinmiller8824 keep studying video game history

[@HollowRick]

I was a 92 gamer So I grew up half and half So I have just as much in nostalgia for the PS1 as I played it in the late 90s into the early 2000s as I do for the PlayStation 2 and original Xbox I will say after seeing the phantom menace in 1999 with my uncle when I was 7 and seeing the Dreamcast advertised before the movie started was crazy to see at the time I remember getting a dreamcast that Christmas with sonic adventure and power stone the graphics blew me away coming from the PS1 then my mind was blown yet again when I saw Halo combat evolved at my cousins I remember thinking graphics will never get any better than this haha

[@aetheralmeowstic2392]

Skies of Arcadia had DLC for the Tuna Cutlass, the Swirlmerang, Hamchou Island, and a giant Looper boss that you fought in a ship-to-ship battle.

[@gustavojoserodriguez7475]

The 6th Generation the best ever The Days when you bought a Game n The Whole Game was Complete.

[@izzymaedavidson1974]

Gustavo José Rodríguez yes I hate that you buy a game now and then later they release extra content that has to be downloaded and on top of that a lot of the time they charge you for it.

[@cerebralaudio]

Hey Adam, it's Impulse from dc-talk here. Great vid. I'd have to say this is my favorite gaming generation. And I'm not saying that only because of the Dreamcast ;) The bit you said about why console/game prices can rise in cycles is an excellent point that I never thought about. One good thing about the DC is there seems to be an overstock of NIB hardware and sealed games still out there. Probably due to the fact of it's short life cycle.

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks for watching dude. The Dreamcast life cycle was tragically short. :(

[@Drive-n-Vibe]

i loved the sixth generation, not too happy about the generations that followed it but for me it was definitely the best, although i wasn't around for the 4th generation.

[@retroandmoderngaming493]

this video is one of my inspirations of becoming a gaming collector, i have all 4 consoles of the generation and experienced them, i watched this series entirely, but this is my favorite gen recap video of them all. Happy 10 years to this awesome video

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks, sorry about the curse to your wallet though.

[@retroandmoderngaming493]

@@AdamKoralik your welcome, also my wallet is fine, i already had the PS2 and Gamecube by the time the video came out and the Xbox and Dreamcast that i got after the video i got them for pretty cheap, so my wallet is fine

[@ianeons9278]

11:31 The GameCube kid in 2004 on the play ground is Scott the Woz,The PS2 kid would be Mystic. They probably still have a rivalry 16 years latter.

[@Heffy_Boi]

I only noticed your Happy Console Gamer shirt half way through the video, I need to get one of those sooner or later! Anyway, great video man, I'm always in the mood to see your generation recap videos, they're always interesting and I really hope they'll continue.

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks for watching!

[@Thorolund]

Great video and I completely agree about how the 6th generation hit that sweet spot in the evolution of gaming. The technology was at a point where 3d games could be done well but gaming had not yet been fully poisoned by the business practices that would rear their ugly head in the 7th generation. It's comforting to know that 99% of the time when I buy a game for my Dreamcast or Xbox it will be a complete product. Sigh... If only the industry would go back to those days...

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks. I agree.

[@Blueflag04]

the generation where you dont have to worry about dlc

[@nerzenjaeger]

If you leave out the 16-bit nostalgia, this is easily the greatest generation software-wise. Developers had matured into the medium and made some of the best games and at the same time, the market wasn't diluted by weird pay2play and external money-making schemes.

[@EatherTrainer]

The pic at 17:24 made me tear up a bit, such a powerful message!

[@mkt568]

My brothers and I each chose one side during this war. My older brother got an XBox, my younger brother a PS2 Slim, and me a Gamecube. In the end, the XBox's AC adaptor was damaged and my older brother didn't have the money to fix or replace it, so he beat the console in the backyard with a bat. My younger brother pushed the PS2 aside when he got enough money for a 360, and now my parents use it as a DVD player. I still have my Gamecube and regularly play both Gamecube and Game Boy games (thanks to the Game Boy Player) on it. So who won that battle there?

[@DjStiv3]

xbox noone gives a crap about unless he played live on it, the other one getting a 360 was stupid, should have stuck with sony then. And as for you there are many ways to play gba games and you can play GC on a wii (hell gba too) and with component cables if you want. Ps2 had them as well. In the end noone really won, you just decided to hang onto your old system which many do. I got my original ps1 under my bed me an my bro use to play years ago, yes its laser and plastic around it is beat up and can possibly scratch cd's but hey i love it and even the controller whose analog sticks are beat up. At some point i might whip it out and play it again however the games to me are more memorable which is why i kept the ones i liked most and sold off everything else.

[@mkt568]

Well I did get a Wii too, it's just by comparison of their start up screens, the Gamecube is a little faster. As for my younger brother, once he had gotten sick of paying $50 a month for XBox Live, all the trash talk he got from other players on Modern Warfare, and needed the money for Skateboard related stuff, he sold his 360. Must've been karma telling him not to diss the PS2.

[@Tubular_dude_20y_ago]

Your brother beat it with a bat wtf man

[@Gameplayer-vm5ml]

Miles Targosz You won the battle. Seriously, your brothers aren't so bright. Still would have kept the Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube. I just love keeping consoles and playing them. It feels like my system, not Sony's, Microsoft's or Nintendo's.

[@BladeBlur]

I didn't hope I'll enjoy this, I KNEW I'll enjoy it. I have long commute to work so it was REALLY nice to listen to this series (And others) while driving to work. This generation, along with the 4th, were really near and dear to me so I loved your retrospective. Who cares about who is right and wrong, I just loved listening to you talking about one of the best generations of all time. Thanks, Adam :)

[@hippyraverocker]

Ps2 was my first dvd player, I remember being wowed by it at the time. Ps2 is still my favourite console of all time next to ps1 and x360.

[@armorwolf7934]

I agree I loved ps3 I play it the most lately but I love Xbox better because gears of war trilogy the main trilogy was the best

[@Snipereyez]

Loved the console market tips at 18:00. makes so much sense! people grow up, can afford to buy old games. all fo them do it. price rises! never tought of it that way. (the whole people aging and getting jobs influence thing)

[@AdamKoralik]

Yep, it's just the way it is. Thanks for watching.

[@Snipereyez]

always present sir! also, you mentioned you'd com to portugal in on of your videos. are youcoming on vacation? Can i met the allmighty dreamcaster!?

[@AdamKoralik]

***** I mentioned going to Portugal?

[@Snipereyez]

yes .-. don't make me question my memory... i might selfdestruct D: I'll try and find the vid

[@AdamKoralik]

***** No need, I am going there. I just don't remember saying it in a video.

[@priestpilot]

I was recently playing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess on the Game Cube on my high definition home theater projection screen. I must say that the game actually looks great on it!

[@MalikAli-tf9cg]

6th gen was the best generation of consoles

[@MrThugergnaut]

I remember growing up with the 6th generation of consoles and I got to say IMO the 6th generation was the last epic generation for video games. I first got the Dreamcast and played the shit out of it. The Dreamcast is my favorite console out of the whole generation and in gaming history. I had a demo disc for it and I remember playing the demos for Sonic Adventure (the first Sonic game I've ever played), Power Stone, Ready 2 Rumble, and The House of The Dead 2. I got more games later on like Dino Crisis, The House of The Dead 2 (full game), and Ready 2 Rumble (full game). Then one night my dad came home from work and I saw him carry a PS2 in his hands. I was so excited and happy that I had one and I remember playing GTA 3 (first GTA game I've ever played) and from then on I fell in love with the GTA series and became a die hard GTA fan. I also remembered playing Ratchet & Clank (demo), Sly Cooper (forgot which one I played and that was also a demo), Need For Speed Undergrounds 1 & 2, Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty, and I also played some PS1 games on it like Fifa and Resident Evil 2. Sadly, I don't have my PS2 anymore since it broke and I sold it a long time ago. I remember when I first got the Xbox, I was at my cousin's house and my dad was sitting in the couch and I told him about the Xbox and how much I would love to have one. He told me to get in the car and he drove me all the way to GameStop to buy one. I got 2 games with it which is Amped and Enter The Matrix (I wanted to get Halo but they didn't have it sadly). I never felt so happy and excited in my life and as soon as I came back to my cousin's house, I plugged it in and played Amped like crazy. It was a snowboarding game that was so much fun and Enter The Matrix was a lot of fun too. I have a lot more memories with the Xbox then the PS2. I eventually got even more games for it like Halo 2, MechAssault, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Doom (I rented it at BlockBuster when they were still around) and I also rented a SpongeBob video game which I thought was fun as well. I had Jet Set Radio Future that came bundled with another game that was Sega Rally 2002 I think. I also got a demo disc for the Xbox (yeah I had a lot of demo discs for the 6th gen) and I played Fusion Frenzy that was an awesome party game and Destroy All Humans which was the best demo IMO and I wanted to get the full game but I couldn't. I played Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines movie game and it was ok but it could've been better. Later on I got more games for the Xbox like GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, ESPN NFL 2K5, NBA Live 2005, Medal of Honor: Frontline and a demo for Toe Jam and Earl 3: Mission To Earth. The only console out the 6th gen that I never really owned was the Gamecube but my cousin had one. I remember going to his house to play Super Mario Sunshine, Super Smash Bros Melee, Luigi's Mansion, Metroid Prime, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Battalion Wars and Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life. The 6th generation will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@immortallix]

The 6th generation, otherwise known as the golden age.

[@AdamKoralik]

I enjoyed it.

[@MMasterDE]

3rd to 5th gen was the golden ages. 6th gen was the fall.

[@ytanonymity3585]

MMDE YOU ARE IGNORANT. 6th gen was the best of all time

[@gustavojoserodriguez7475]

6th Generation is known as the 128bit Era.

[@gerardoramirez2517]

@@MMasterDE are you kidding ? They perfected platforming, shooters and everything else on 6th gen!

[@aleksandarmilosevic4414]

The first console I bought from my first job in 2001 was the Dreamcast. Dreamcast is for me the best console and always will be. Still working, and still play. The first console with direct 4 ports for controllers, enjoying her play with my friends. I have a xbox classic, x360, xbox one, and they're good console, but I played the Dreamcast in the most beautiful period of extension of my life. Great video Adam!!!

[@dreamcastdude2398]

+aleksandar “alex83” milosevic well, technically, the N64 had four (4) controller ports as well... or do you mean that the DC was the first console YOU purchased which included four ports?

[@dreamcastdude2398]

+aleksandar “alex83” milosevic I recently purchased an Xbox One; I literally only use it now for TV, KZbin, Movies (Netflix, Blu-Ray, DVD) & music. I've been actually playing the Dreamcast way more often.

[@aleksandarmilosevic4414]

+SegaNet91 Forever Yes my first console with 4 ports, which to me is that at that time impressed, to me the Dreamcast is the best console ever made. I play Xbox one, do not have a lot of games but I like it a few titles.

[@MorrisseyMuse]

aleksandar milosevic The Dreamcast was my first purchased console too, but in hindsight it didn't have as many AAA exclusives and most of its great games came out on the original Xbox eventually. The Gamecube is the true hidden gem of this gen.

[@deen2000]

Just became a huge fan of your videos today bro. Good shit!! Keep em coming!!

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks!

[@MorrisseyMuse]

In terms of exclusives, the Gamecube was by far the best console of this gen in my opinion. I used to rate the Dreamcast as one of my all time faves, but in hindsight it didn't have as many great exclusives, but what it did have was still great too. Great memories! :)

[@MMasterDE]

0:13:00 Yeah, it's a "lost" thing, but there's some gain in it as well, like easier to use it for other things such as a PC etc.

[@bluecord5746]

This generation is the golden era of gaming because the XBOX, PS2 and GameCube had equal capabilities in terms of 3D graphics and time to load, although the GameCube uses Mini Discs, resulting in less game storage, so games had to be separated in discs, unlike the PS2 and XBOX, so less powerful in terms of storage. The PS2 also could not save without a memory card, and has 2 memory card slots, but XBOX has memory card slots in controllers and a hard drive, so in terms of storage, XBOX is the most powerful.

[@BackForwardPunch]

Glad you are doing the 6th gen, really good intro, and looking forward to each system overview! You make a lot of good points about what we lost after that generation.

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks for watching!

[@Emaline90]

My Phillips CD-i could play movies way back in the early 90's! :)

[@timmyOG]

My favorite generation. I worked at Target and Blockbuster. I played so many games on all 4 amazing systems. Awesome videos

[@colinmiller8824]

1st generation (1972-1980), 2nd generation (1976-1992) and 3rd generation (1983-2003) = Classic era 4th generation (1987-2004), 5th generation (1993-2006) and 6th generation (1998-2013) = Golden era 7th generation (2004-2017), 8th generation (2011-) and 9th generation (2019-) = Modern era

[@donfelipeofficial5055]

Yeah. The retro eras (1st gen to 6th) were the best

[@bobbysavagehill]

Born into the 5th gen, then grew up in the 6th and 7th. Initial and later experiences with these consoles + watching your vids, I have to agree this generation is the best if not 2nd best.

[@GuillinCorp]

Had a beer in hand and was about to watch something else on here 'till I saw this pop up on my subs list, definitely watched this instead. I'm looking forward to the other parts!

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks, I appreciate that. Hope the beer went well with it.

[@anime-mun]

08:35 The PS2 did have DLC on some games, a particular example is Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistance had some downloadable camo options and boxes that worked with Metal Gear Online.

[@The-Fishkeeper]

I love the 6th generation so much, probably my favourite.

[@psychobillynerd]

Great vid Adam! Im a proud owner of all four consoles, limited edition versions. Have them all hooked up to display they're best resolutions.

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks for watching!

[@KhAnime]

The last great generation! 360, XB1, Wii, Wii U, PS3, and PS4 doesn't hold a candle towards PS2, Xbox, Dreamcast, and GameCube. The last generation where it was all about fun and not who had better 3p of resolution, a time before the media brainwashed people into buying annual shooters and forget about unique titles. A time when companies could be trusted and games didn't have day one DLC. The last generation where the community actually tame and respectful. 3D gaming peaked here, just like how 2D gaming peaked during 4th generation. All consoles did well IMO in terms of having good games!

[@_Tzer]

Also the last generation where peripherals were still goo dish the multitap

[@_Tzer]

Technically the Genesis had dlc by those free games through the online modem thingy

[@_Tzer]

Technically the Genesis had dlc by those free games through the online modem thingy

[@KhAnime]

Yep good old multitaps. Interesting about the Genesis too.

[@_Tzer]

+NeoPaleoGamer also it was the first major controller that wasn't a square

[@benparker384]

17:32 man this is so true. Im one of those kids who finally has enough money to re-buy all my fav games growing up. maybe thats why this generation has risen so much in price in recents years (gamecube and ps2 for ex)

[@SECguy06]

why is it that gamecube games are more expensive now than xbox and ps2 games?

[@AdamKoralik]

Like anything, supply and demand. Less GameCube stuff was produced than PS2 or XBox stuff. But after the Wii exploded, a bunch of people wanted to check out the GameCube, only to find that there wasn't many copies of things.

[@SECguy06]

yea well it sucks cause its the only older console i collect for

[@peteralexander2941]

AdamKoralik I live in the UK and all Nintendo games (except wii) are stupidly expensive, because the Nintendo brand had its arse kicked by Sega and Sony and many others back in the day, you can find Sega master system games way more easily over here than you probably can in the US, they even have FM sound built right into them, something the us versions left out, it wasn't until the wii came out that Nintendo began to see some profit over in Europe

[@Halbared]

Peter Williams Nintendo sold well before the Wii, in the UK and scrubs Europe as whole. NES was the biggest 8bit console in Europe and SNES was the biggest 16bit seller.

[@teddybeddy123]

Great video, I'm looking forward to the rest of the series

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks.

[@TheRealFutureMillionaire]

@19:50 well in 2020 The Gamecube is super hot and the games have skyrocketed. I know you couldnt have predicted the future but well yep the gamecube is highly sought after!

[@AdamKoralik]

Not that this is an argument, but interestingly, in Japan they're still worthless.

[@Xodyak]

Thanks for making this series! Really liked your 7th gen, and can't wait for this one. Truly a great generation of consoles and a great time to be a gamer.

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks for watching.

[@digioverlord]

any chance of continuing this series all the way to the first gen? :P love to hear your thoughts on the Magnavox Odyssey xD

[@michealterrett2159]

superb adam looking forward to the rest of the series

[@AdamKoralik]

Thank you.

[@cannonballkid]

Thought I'd share this- but back in HS I used to sell pirated films (shhh dont tell anyone please). I would actually go the VCD way. Believe it or not I remember there being a huge demand from kids with Dreamcasts. I'll never forget one kid wanted 8 copies of Meet The Parents for his Dreamcast. Why 8 I'll never know... Edit: For those not in the know many DC games are still readily available to be purchased brand new. For instance I picked up Chu Chu Rocket and Space Channel 5 shrink wrapped for a grand total of 10 bucks. You cant beat that. Of course there is the price of Project Justice which just pisses me off. Especially for those bums who are selling it disk only for exorbitant prices. I keep hope alive that I'll find it in the wild for next to nothing.

[@SuperDashRendar]

FEDS are now after you. Admission of guilt. NSA siren going off.

[@shab8697]

Really enjoy the videos you put out. We're roughly the same age so I suspect suffer from a similar nostalgia for gaming before streaming, dlc etc. It's refreshing to hear someone who combines passion with knowledge and maturity. Keep it up please!

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks!

[@fireheartis1]

Man the original Xbox looks amazing compared to the 360 and even the XB1. I like the XB1 has a console, but the Xbox Classic as I like to call it looks cooler. I don't know why I had to say that but I did lol. On another note I would love to collect game consoles and games like you but there are two factors that are keeping me from doing so. 1. The neighborhood I live in kind of rough and the consoles I do own are not really that safe. 2. My wife is already upset about the 5 consoles that I own. She says we have way to many and we don't need to get anymore haha.

[@ytanonymity3585]

First Xbox were awesome design than X369 but X360 is the last great line up console

[@TheTOShow1]

Thanks for the video! I completely agree with you with this generation. I just completed my sixth generation console collection with an OG Xbox (which was the only one of this generation I had in high school) and just had it recapped to continue its lifespan. I was given a GameCube and PS2 later on in college and only had a few games for each (notably Mario Sunshine, Smash Bros Melee, Capcom vs SNK 2, God of War 2, Shadow of the Colossus, and MGS3). I now have all 4 consoles hooked up at all times (3 on a CRT) because there are so many good games out there. I had a PS3 later on but it never grabbed me like the 6th generation. Then I skipped the PS4 and Xbox One because I was still having fun with my PS3, I was busy with work and school, and the Xbox One put a bad taste in my mouth. Now I have a Switch and Xbox Series X which are both incredible but I still find myself coming back to the sixth generation!

[@NS3210]

4th, 5th, and 6th generation = golden age of gaming PS2 = Kingdom Hearts, MGS3, compilations a plenty, and pretty much the last good PS console IMO GC = gave us the best Mario Kart, Metroid Prime series, Twilgiht Princess, RE4 Xbox = Halo 1 and 2!! DC = Premature death but gave us Sonic Adventure, Power Stone, Jet Grind Radio, best version of MvC2 Cel Shaded Graphics!!

[@mecago21]

DC = SHENMUE, Ikaruga, PSO, Samba De Amigo, Rez, Soul Calibur, Space Channel 5, Skies odf Arcadia, Project Justice, Cannon Spike. Xbox = FABLE: TLC, Ninja Gaiden, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, Star Wars: KotOR. PS2 = SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS, ICO, FFX & X2, Final Fantasy XII, God of War, Devil May Cry. GC = F-ZERO GX, Paper Mario: TTYD, ToZ: Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion, Wario World, Fire Emblem: PoR.

[@Gameplayer-vm5ml]

Danville Rail Productions Not to mention the great amount of Sega games for the Xbox.

[@jumpman2326]

Danville Rail Productions 7th gen was golden age too

[@Gameplayer-vm5ml]

Trane Crowley Nope. It started to ruin gaming with stupid busisness practices and every genre becoming a grind fest.

[@mustasheolll2020]

Danville Rail Productions The Dreamcast is my favorite of this generation.

[@sauce163]

9 years later and can confirm the recent prices of the Dreamcast and especially the GameCube prices have gone through the roof 😬

[@shenmeowzo]

"the xbox had the special gimped version of it with the dongle" haha.. possibly the best sentence you have ever uttered on this channel. ;) this was a great retrospective, really enjoyed it. it was a cracking generation. ive still got hundreds of games to play on those consoles, they're gonna keep me going for most of the 8th gen, while i sit it out in disgust. lol. and yay for it being a pretty open generation.. the xbox with emulators for every retro console, the dreamcast being so easy to play copied games, lovely stuff.

[@AdamKoralik]

Thank you my friend.

[@straitJacketFashion]

I wasn't one of the viewers who requested this overview, but I was pleased to see it in my subs list. I would mention that even though the early Wii's can play Gamecube games I find it much more enjoyable to play on the Gamecube hardware. It's the combination of menu dredging and the excess noise of the Wii that really holds it back from being as good as the quick and quiet cube. Even the panasonic q suffers in that regard.

[@AdamKoralik]

I completely agree, but it's hard to portray that argument to people. "You're saying I should spend $100 on GameCube component cables because the Wii menu is slightly annoying? Fuck you! Unsubbed!" People get angry about the weirdest things.

[@straitJacketFashion]

AdamKoralik Never mind eh, I've got my cube hooked up via RGB to my tube TV. The clarity isn't much of an issue with the bold colours of Wind Waker., and you gotta love the scanlines.

[@SageOwl]

"Xbox's will pick up a bit." Say that to the Rescue Mission Thrift store I go to that have about 5 of those all stacked up on top of each other. I got mine from an Arc Thrift store for about 7 bucks plus controllers and cables.

[@kylegam3broz9]

I totally agree with you on this one! I'm so glad I got to grow up with this generation.

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks for watching.

[@ianeons9278]

The 6th gen is easily my favorite generation. Scatt the Waz is actually right,his childhood was best.Too bad I didn't grow up in the 6th gen😰,If only I was born earlier for those amazing times.

[@HollowRick]

Yep you missed out but hey at least you can go back and play these games but obviously it's not the same as playing them when they were commercial relevant

[@SonicManEXE]

17:35 That's a very interesting take on why retro games become valuable. I'm 16 and I grew up with these consoles; you're absolutely right because most of my friends don't have jobs yet, especially those who played these as kids like I did. Luckily, I still have my collection (I'm only missing some PS1 games as a matter of fact), and I've been collecting from the NES to now via second-hand game stores and such, but at my age I'm obviously an anomaly. ...It's just weird to think about. Thanks, Adam, because this a subject I wouldn't have been able to wrap my head around without this information.

[@AdamKoralik]

My pleasure.

[@venom477]

I love these videos.

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks!

[@mystiqueman366]

18:30 Watching this in 2021 and the facts are so true just we have arrived in that streaming era

[@TheGamerGRM]

Dude I know you don't know me.. But I just want to say I love your videos very informative and fun to watch. Just curious do you have any plans of doing live reactions of e3 this year ? Would love to get your take on new games being announced. But please keep up the great work

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks, I appreciate that. No, I hadn't planned on that.

[@octopusievideos]

Can't wait for the 9th gen video in 7 years. PS5 Stadia XBOX Scarlett

[@BrineyBat]

Little nightmares does DLC really really well.

[@BrineyBat]

Thanks for the high light

[@ru55ianR3AP3R]

my favorite console of the 6th gen was the gamcube, killer nintendo exclusives such as the resident evil remake and zero (rumoured to have an hd rerelease on wii-u like wind waker), mario kart, luigi's mansion, pikmin, paper mario, f-zero gx, super smash bros melee and so on

[@AdamKoralik]

I've grown to appreciate the GameCube a lot more.

[@Lost_Kappa]

DC and GCN first equal for this gen, people still play then. Cant say I know anyone who still plays an xbox or ps2

[@user-mu8er9kz8t]

What's wrong with playing PS2 or Xbox still?

[@Early2000sPs2games]

I play the ps2

[@Early2000sPs2games]

Made this btw kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHfHZmaBotqppMk

[@xan1242]

4:24 Actually, PS2 is capable of 1080p. Homebrew devs at psx-scene have figured out that overclocking the shader clock by something miniscule (like 2 MHz, can't remember) allowed them to output a progressive signal at 1920x1080 resolution. And it also depends on which version of the PS2 you're using on how clean the image will turn out. The newer ones tend to look better (especially on composite). If you wanna use it in games, you gotta get Free McBoot and GS Mode Selector, a bit of a long story.

[@hugo-garcia]

Actually that is a "Fake" 1080P and there is no shader overclock. Read GSM topucs at ps2-home.com to find this information. Because of it is a "fake" thing there was a lot of problems and so this feature was removed since Open loader Daily build 1271. The max supported resolution in PS2dev kit is 720P (because 720P is has higher pixel count than 1080i since it is actually 540 lines on screen so 720P is higher resolution than 1080i )

[@theredhattergaming]

What is VGA? Is that the thing that connects my PC to my monitor? It looks like that.

[@AdamKoralik]

Yes.

[@cloudskat3r]

The Dreamcast was not the last console to measure in bits. There was another system called the Nuon that I believe came out in 2000. It advertised itself as a 128 bit system.

[@maddyi]

With the 1080i point, PAL regions like australia (where I come from) for whatever reason had the highest signal being 480p (using Gran Turismo 4 as an example) at, for whatever reason at 50 frames per second rather than 60. Seriously, that is shit. Also, look at this ebay.com.au page for Castlevania: Symophony of the Night www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1311.R1.TR2.TRC1.A0.H0.Xcastlevania+symp&_nkw=castlevania+symphony+of+the+night&_sacat=0 Notice something? All the PAL copies are well over $100. I know this doesn't REALLY pertain to the sixth gen but I just wanted to rant about region locking.

[@SockyNoob]

I'm going to miss gaming like this. If I were making games or consoles right now, I would stick to something like the 6th gen. My idea for a game console is amazing. Let the GameStar be born!

[@officiallipsey]

Let's just call it the Dreamcast 2

[@ComicBooksandVideoGameNerd96]

this was also the last Gen to use a multitap

[@AdamKoralik]

+Elijah Pittman Huh, yeah, I guess that's true.

[@Early2000sPs2games]

@@AdamKoralik what is multitap

[@AchiragChiragg]

@@Early2000sPs2games a hub to increase number of ports(controller port,memory card)

[@CommodoreFan64]

I love this generation, and had and still have my GameCube, and think it had some of the best games ever made, like Super Mario Sunshine, Resident Evil 4, etc.. and some games on the Game Cube have been in a steady rise in value for a few years now like Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes I've seen go for as high as $100 in near mint condition, and the copy I had went for about $50 on Ebay in a bidding war(only sold it because I needed the money last year), Ikaruga on the Game Cube has held it's value of around the $30-$60 range on average, and HOLY HELL!! a complete GameBoy player with the boot disc is like insanely hard to find now at a good price, and only a few years ago I could walk into a Game Stop and they would be selling them with the boot disc for about $10-$15 used. I think the Wii has played some part in this, as people that got the Wii who did not own a GameCube and went back to the GameCube's library too see what they had missed.

[@DgonePlays]

PS2 best console imo. It has some of the best games ever made :D

[@TheLWebb100]

Back to reminisce the best console gen ever!!!

[@CoRoLLa97GLi]

And the winner is the first X-BOX i like to call it X-BOX 180 :)

[@deadsix643]

Dreamcast seems to be the design that not only Xbox learned from but also to go into the next generation. I didn't have a lot of great Dreamcast games so I'm actually seeking out cheaper Xbox games that are new to me now because sega stuff on disc consoles are so expensive now. I always had the n64 and ps2. Now that I have money to be a collector this is my favorite generation. Smooth 3d and smooth controls. It didn't necessarily look the most realistic but that's also why the games had better playability.

[@starpier]

I still feel like the fifth generation was the better one, when compared to the sixth. This is depending on what kind of player you are, I love JRPGs especially, followed by survival horrors and fighting games (mostly 2D). The library of the PS1 is in my opinion still superior to the excellent library of PS2, At that time we also had N64 and the Saturn offering great alternatives. The Dreamcast has amazing games but was crushed by the PS2 so there was not a real competition between the two consoles, and the GameCube was in many ways a flop. The Xbox here in Europe was not embraced, we very horrified by the idea of a PC masked as a console. Today that would be laughable of course.

[@PS2GAMER100]

Yes ps1 is my fav console and fav gen my fav generation and some of my fav ps1 games are crash bandicoot 1,2,3,crash team racing,resident evil 2,3,dino crisis 2, silent hill 1,duke nukem time to kill,ridge racer type 4,need for speed 3,need for speed high stakes,need for speed porche,Tekken 3,quake 2,ect

[@saynotop2w]

The nicest fad this gen had was compatibility with portable consoles. Dreamcast links up with VMU and Neo Geo Pocket Color, and Gamecube linked up with Game Boy Advance. It's quite an experience unlike anything else that has ever been done any other times besides this. Transferring my points earned from Match of the Millennium (NGPC) into Capcom Vs SNK(DC), or playing Four Swords(GC) with each GBA output. It's obviously not a profitable thing, but it was so neat.

[@x-playarchive7330]

The sixth generation was one of my favorite gaming generations. The sixth gen had the Dreamcast, best console of that gen IMO. The XBox, that console helped define online gaming. The PS2 was really good, and kinda gimmicky. Lastly, The Gamecube, the GB had all the best first party games. My favorite thing about the sixth gen, was the lack of day one DLC's, patches, and DRM. I feel that the sixth gen was the last amazing era in gaming. The seventh gen was good as well, but it had its problems.

[@DarthHelix]

Good job Adam. Can't wait for the dreamcast video, best generation ever.

[@AdamKoralik]

Thanks!

[@DoctorMinjinx]

I'm re-watching this video in 2020 and oh my God he was 100% correct about the rarity spike and how you should be collecting now (In 2014) before demand for this generation gets too high. I remember back when this video was new and it was really easy to shop for 6th generation stuff, but it's gotten much MUCH harder now. The GameCube has to be the worst offender, collecting for it in 2020 is absolutely disgusting as game prices and even some controller prices are absurdly high for the system.

[@doomtomb3]

I agree. In my experience, the sixth generation was the greatest. I was not actively involved in video games during the fourth gen though.

[@gagatai]

Canceling the Memory card is one thing that kinda step back in video games. With memory card you can easily take your game to your friend house and play with them. Nowadays we no longer play with friends face to face but instead sitting at home and just talk thought the mic, memory card could be one of the reason why we no longer to play with friends sitting beside you anymore

[@jeonginnielvr]

Memory cards for 7th/8th console gens would be extremely expensive, since games in these eras take tons of megabytes, as opposed to kilobytes for 6th gen games.

[@MrRhysReviews]

My PS3 Hard Drive is nearly completely full (500GB) and only about 2GB (and thats probably to much anyway) is Save Data, 8GB USBs (which would basically be what)...... SCREW IT, Plug a USB in and copy the fucking save, MEMORY CARD BITCH xD lol

[@One3673241]

+almighty_luigi Not really. The reason why hard drives in modern consoles are so large is to handle having actual games saved on them. Save files, inherently, do not take up that much space. To give you an example of how big a save file would be for an action game like DMC, create a text document filled with nothing but a single that reads "abcdefg". Then, look at the file size; it really doesn't get that much bigger, because save files are just containers for, more often than not, very simple lines of data.

[@One3673241]

What ultimately ruined game consoles was making online console gaming a standard. If that were to go away, a lot of modern bullshit would erode as well.

[@7jh6g547hhd]

+Gavin Tai I think the reason they dropped memory cards is because games were getting bigger, and memory cards simply just didn't have the capacity that hard drives could have.

[@AlphaladZXA]

To me this is personally the best console gen, first off you had four choices which has never really happened and they were all good viable choices in most parts of the world (cough xbox in japan). They all had unique things to them so theres lots of variety and different appeal in each system and what it does best. Their all reliable, and they all can be connected to modern TVs easier than any older systems thanks to component support and HDMI adapters. And their mostly not crippled without the internet unlike almost everything afterwards. And all of them have crap tons of games.

[@diegokasady]

Ps2 is the master race

[@BroBurg445]

That is a good theory about 3D games and the 6th generation, but I'd argue that it took even longer for a lot of Devs to get a good sense of how 3D games should work. Many of them still don't really know, but that might just be the creativity deficiency that happens when game companies get too big.