Surprise 3D in GBA Games | Punching Weight [SSFF]

[@StopSkeletonsFromFighting]

Can't believe I found another GBA FPS

[@Mr.SpicyIce]

Where is chop till you drop!?!?!

[@tj5425]

I can

[@justakabinet1238]

Excited

[@doommodsplaybooghostguy6652]

that sounds so cool and rare

[@alistairmcintosh9520]

Derek knows best

[@SanctumOfTheDin]

My dad had a friend who worked extensively on the filming and post animation of Polar express and I can say the whole team was very excited to work on it in that way.

[@revalution1965]

Probably because they didn’t have to animate most of it that’s gotta be the worst part of making a movie meticulously animating every characters movement

[@Thegetitguy]

​@@revalution1965animators typically like animating.

[@Shoobster]

@@Thegetitguy Yeah for 3d stuff animating is the fun part, it takes forever to get through all the rigging and texturing and modeling and you actually get to puppet the little dood around

[@ProfDragonite]

Nothing says "ending 2020 on a high note" than Uncle Derek gleefully yelling, *"Look at those CHONKS!"*

[@recorderdude]

Great episode! Perhaps not inherently powerful/dorky 3D, but there's a TON of random licensed games on GBC that were developed by the same part of natsume that did shadow of the ninja/ninja warriors/the snes power rangers games, including an Action Man title and two power rangers games that are well worth checking out!

[@baalfgames5318]

Toy Story Racimg by Tiertex was actually pretty impressive for 3D on GBC, especially when you consider that it's one of Tiertex's better games. (Not saying much)

[@otaking3582]

Nataume could do no wrong with the Power Rangers license. Or the majority of their games, for that matter.

[@RaginYajun020]

Was not expecting you here. It is good to see how much your channel has grown because of a Newgrounds game. Love your vids.

[@gamber1497]

When I was a kid I would literally just swing in Spiderman 2 for hours and hours on car rides, I miss being entertained by just that simplicity lol

[@jamesmylife6578]

Yeah then we all became more hard to please

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@jamesmylife6578 Not everyone, you can still be entertained by that simplicity if you can allow it.

[@jamesmylife6578]

@@Gadget-Walkmen touché

[@PointZoneTelephone]

Did you know you can play 3D parts of GBA games in the emulator mGBA and render the mode7 effects in an HD internal resolution as opposed to the GBA's natural sub-240p? It'd be cool to see a video on that, these games are actually hiding a lot of hidden detail and they look really weird and interesting when you make their low-res 3D effects suddenly HD, like F-Zero Maximum Velocity with HD visuals. It's a very new feature so I don't blame anybody for having not heard of it. It also works on rotation effects in GBA games, so it can get that Giant Skeleton from Aria of Sorrow looking smoother than he ever has been before

[@christianlane1047]

Let's see it Derek 😏

[@lunarbeing4982]

very cool

[@MaybeMizuki]

That's super cool Always wondered if and when something like this would come out for a GBA emulator. The DS had it for a while by now :D

[@Knapperoni]

Do you have any videos of this?

[@martin11844]

colud a cartridge be made to hold and compute all that extra power?

[@LoveMakeShareTV]

"Celebration of the weird, ambitious and unnecessary" is my mood like 90% of the time and I am delighted to see a new Punching Weight!

[@sehtuk3953]

Holy shit though, those sprites from the Spider Man bonus sequences are insanely good. The web looks so dynamic as it comes near the screen and Spider Man animates just so absurdly smoothly. They had to cut down on some of his animation frames for the open world part of the next game which is understandable, but holy shit that bonus stage is insane for the spritework on Spidey.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

What "next game" are you refering to? Spiderman 2 gba? There was animation frames that were cut downed? I didn't notice at all but Spiderman 1 gba does seem more smoother than ever.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Oh never mind, the frames in spiderman 2 gba ARE cut down and looks REALLY choppy compared to the first game, never mind, The video showed that and it doesn't look as good as the first game but still kinda decent on it's own overall. Wish the frames were high enough to be completely smooth for spidey swinging AND the environment of the buildings.

[@UltimaShadowX]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on the GBA has some 3D flying sections and battle environments in it, that game slaps!

[@KremBotop]

Got that game following the ps1 entries of the first 2 movies back in the mid 00s. This triggered some long dormant memories...

[@StrayTato]

I constantly hear the Harry Potter games for the Color and Advance are top notch.

[@sebastiangreenan1774]

Speaking as someone who was obsessed with Action Man as kid I will gladly give you the backstory to that game. Robot Attak was direct to dvd movie to promote the third version of the Action Man toys. I got my copy of the film with the Action Man magazine.

[@paulofduty2005]

He’s got a Strongbad shirt. “Well, he was a dragon man.”

[@The__Mask]

TROOOOOOOGGDOOOOOOOORRRR!!!

[@paulofduty2005]

@@The__Mask "Trogdor was a man..."

[@paulofduty2005]

@Proxycidal "But he was still TROGDOOOR!!!!"

[@paulofduty2005]

@Proxycidal "THATCHED ROOFTOPS"

[@ShinoSarna]

@Proxycidal That might be woosh, but wasn't it "burninating"?

[@Jerhevon]

I got to say that with the Spiderman 3D, I love that they pushed what they could. Like sure the city scape is chonky. But that's some beautiful sprite work on spiderman himself, and especially those half screen filling thwips as you release on the end of your web swings. That's a gorgeous effect.

[@christopher3704]

3D on the GBA takes me back! It was always fun growing up and seeing it try to swing with the big dogs

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

That Finding Nemo 3D section is the best running voxel engine I’ve seen on the GBA

[@PikaLink91]

3:43 I like how Danish is a featured language on the back.

[@cicabeot1]

Uncle Derrick is back it’s a Festivus miracle!

[@GreenChillZone]

“Star Wars fans had it rough in the early 2000’s.” Knights of the Old Republic and Battlefront would like to have a word.

[@wirti94]

also JK2 Outcast and Academy :)

[@CricetoFunni]

Bounty Hunter, Racer Revenge, and the Starfighter games were decent too.

[@1mariomaniac]

Dude KotOR is such a good game, man I really need to finish that (I'm like halfway through.)

[@GreenChillZone]

@@1mariomaniac It's fun, but the second game has much better story and characters, even though it's obviously unfinished without mods.

[@benitosierrajr3958]

Yeah, that quote from Derek in 5:55 is an example of how Derek is an idiot.

[@cyducktv]

3:20 I knew Uncle Derek had good taste in music!

[@Chimera-man-man]

When I got that Spider-Man Eclipse game as a kid I was actually way more impressed that a handheld game had a full motion video cutscene at the beginning than I was with the 3D sections. The video must have been at like 5p but my mind was blown.

[@tubamurray]

Hi Derek! Thank you for always being so excited about all this random stuff you find in Punching Weight. You are a joy to watch.

[@MrEightThreeOne]

I always enjoy watching quirky experiments like this take place, and I doubly enjoy it when someone gives it the spotlight it deserves. Also your approach to bad games just brings a big smile to me, you still find entertainment even in the "bad" stuff and it's so much fun. One GBA 3D game you haven't covered yet is Drome Racers. It's one of the rare cases where I think the handheld downconversion is actually better than the original console version -- the console version is a bland, forgettable kart racer (which I think nobody would have even remembered had it not held the Lego license), but the GBA version goes full-on Virtua Racing esque 3D and it's VERY impressive. Please give it a look when you have a chance!

[@minignoux4566]

Taxi 3 gba is 3d too

[@harmonicafish7661]

This was great! I’d love to see a Boundary Break episode from Shesez on games like this to see how these janky 3D sections are built

[@Room-uc5se]

I love how truly excited you are by games and gaming. Literally why I watch you. I have purchased so many games after seeing your genuine reaction to games I would have never heard of. And I have a shiiiiiit ton of games. You are simply awesome.

[@brandonsanchez7465]

When I was a kid I thought webs that briefly shows up in the background was Doc Ock chasing Spider-Man 😂

[@theconsolekiller7113]

ha wa da ya clown?

[@SirenEklipso]

I think you should look at the Nancy Drew GBA game. It is an entire first-person point-and-click PC game ported to the GBA.

[@hippopominy9]

Content is like this is reason why I subscribe to your channel because there's no other channel on KZbin that celebrates games like this and give them the coverage they deserve

[@1BlueYoshi]

Wow that Spider Man 2 3D actually looks incredible for the GBA. I can't imagine how they could have possibly made it better (though this is just my impression from seeing footage, idk how it actually plays lol)

[@ValexNihilist]

Oh man so many memories flooded back when you started talking about those Spiderman games. Your videos are like haveing I.V. that just injects nostalgia highs right into my bloodstream. LOVE IT.

[@joeyparkhill8751]

Love the shirt Derek... TROGDORRRRRRRR!!!

[@FedorovAvtomat]

To my understanding a lot of the people who ended up doing some of these shovelware licensed titles are actually incredibly talented programmers. So when you see 3D sections or something like that, it is a bit of their talent coming through. Flexing their programming muscles just for the hell of it.

[@mekman4]

This show finds comfort and chaos and I’m here for that! Chaos isn’t always fun, but there’s enough of it available to appreciate it, especially when it’s delightful and at a safe distance. Merry Christmas guys!

[@jestersheep9647]

You forgot a 3D game. In fact, a pretty good 3D game. Wing Commander: Prophecy for the GBA. It's one of the few flight simulators on the GBA.

[@The_Dandyman]

So nobody is going to talk about how gorgeous that swinging animation is at 8:06? Like my god that's amazing for GBA standards.

[@dudethisusername7285]

Love ur pfp, feels like Gurren Lagan seems to have already been forgotten.

[@The_Dandyman]

@@dudethisusername7285 It was a gateway drug for me

[@Keinish79]

I am not gonna lie, Tron FPS looks very nice.

[@MrWilljthrill]

Really like the positive talking you seem happy and it rubs off. Great video too!

[@theunemployedyouth9311]

Okay, so what even is that N64 controller in the background?

[@THEONEANDONLY_2023]

M

[@1mariomaniac]

Heh. If you haven't found it at this point, he released a video showcasing the custom "franken-controller" which is basically 2 N64 controllers fused together like Siamese twins. It's purpose is to allow you to play games that support dual controllers (like goldeneye and perfect dark) without holding 2 controllers. So now you know, the N64 had Dualshock before Sony did. 😜

[@Nefi424]

Man, you mean to tell me there's been a Tron 3D FPS on the GBA of all things, and I never knew about it!? I gotta get me a copy!

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

When I discovered the 3D in Spider-Man 2’s open world hub back in like 2012 I knew if I’d known it existed when that game was new I would have played it every day.

[@docheckfire3979]

Great video! That Tron fps game is INSANE. Looks so good!

[@janeodunne9825]

the fact that you have a Trogdor shirt on makes me so happy (T-T) thx for being such an awesome person

[@fh666]

Almost 300k subs! I’m so freaking proud of you!

[@kaizenpkmn7339]

Daaaamn , i remember having the Star Wars Attack Of The Clones game back when i was a kid. My grandma bought it to me because of the movie and stuff. Completed it and had a lot of fun anyways despite the scores. Thnak you for bringing a piece of my childhood just before christmas :D

[@LatexKim794]

It was the first game i got for gba and i loved it

[@kaizenpkmn7339]

@@LatexKim794 same here, grandma got me that one with my GBA and a Racing one too. Brings back memories for sure lol

[@richardson100489]

Hi I'm Jamie it's me Jamie and I just want to say I love your energy you have for such obscure tech and video games. Keep on keepin' on!

[@badasahog]

Oh cool a new ssff video. Time to watch it hundreds of times for reasons that are not yet clear to me

[@MrMegaManFan]

Derek if I haven't already said so, thank you to you and Grace for all the content you've produced in 2020. I know I'm not a Patreon but I hope being a YT Premium member directs some subscriber revenue to you when I watch the videos!

[@rustymiller9555]

Hells yea. Been waiting on a SSFF video!!

[@rameybutler6555]

smooth audio as always, great job derrick.

[@BeardTech]

Ecks Vs Sever: a true gem!! Loved that FPS. One of my first GBA games along with Advance Wars and Tony Hawk 2!!

[@tezkhaos]

Really glad you guys are back, happy holidays!

[@OnlyEpicEmber]

Hey Derek, it’s me, not Derek. Excited to watch another SSFF video

[@BetweenTheLyons]

Absolutely loving this episode. Nothing like appreciating extra effort in our early portable systems. Speaking of effort, the GBA version of Max Payne has full voice acting and might be one of the best isometric representations of a console game on the portable system aside from Tony Hawk. Most of the levels have the same layout with many of the same puzzles intact.

[@NewWhirledSlacker42]

Awesome video and great Trogdor the burninator shirt!!

[@smellycoolbelly5015]

i completely forgot about flight of the falcon. i was so disappointed by it when i got it as a kid but now i’m inspired to go play it again. Thanks Uncle Derek! Happy holidays to all!

[@KonkeyVG]

I played and forgot about a bizarre number of these games in my childhood. I'm usually introduced to games with this series but this was super nostalgic.

[@Nope2479]

Yes!!! What an awesome Xmas surprise! These are my favorite of your vids. Been a follower since the HVGN days. Keep up the amazing work, Derek

[@blakeellis9171]

The animation on Spidey in both the side scrolling and 3d sections is really good

[@DOAHITMAN]

its still insane how good many 3d parts of gba games looked back in the day for something intended to 2d at best

[@theconsolekiller7113]

Lemma c dayatt ayes

[@T4silly]

FINALLY! The Tron Game from my Childhood gets recognition! It's one of the best!

[@ScottRobRubin]

Actually the 3D section of Spider-Man 2 GBA was done by Raylight, an italian studio. They also did Smashing Drive GBA!

[@akmaldanial67]

Oh, cool. How do you know?

[@ScottRobRubin]

@@akmaldanial67 game credits for both games

[@akmaldanial67]

@@ScottRobRubin Lol, I see. Thanks.

[@TyroKitsune]

I was always impressed with the arenas from Sonic Battle by THQ. Not so OTT but served their needs pretty well.

[@JillyMaysHere]

Do I see an N64 controller with two analog handles in the background or is it 2 controllers that happened to look conjoined at that angle?

[@Schimnesthai]

I have to say that seeing that U-Draw in the background as well as the double N64 controller is making me feel happy for the future... have a good Christmas SSFF Crew!

[@pauldadzie6991]

Driver for the GBA was full 3D. I remeber beating it on a 5 hour bus ride. It was very impressive for that little system.

[@PaKePo]

You put into words exactly what I felt back in 2004 when I first played Spider-Man 2 in the GBA emulator when the 3D level came up.

[@BadHombre-Chicho]

Darn does uncle Derek deserve a ton more subscribers, great episode

[@NickGoblin]

Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing on DS was an insanely impressive port and managed to maintain a near constant 60fps. I think that could be in a vid somewhere.

[@somebaker2613]

So ecstatic to get one more video this year!! Thank you 😄 please keep doing what you do

[@GBlastMan]

SO HAPPY that you talked about TRON 2.0 Killer App for the GBA, i played this game more times than i had played TRON 2.0 on PC is THAT GOOD. Plenty of minigames, the story might not be as good as TRON 2.0 but its a neat little thing that allows you to play with the main protagonist of the whole franchise TRON itself, and its a very competent game on top of that, no glitches, no bad controls, its always engaging and has a very cool style that no other game on the GBA has. If you are a TRON fan you own it to yourself to play this game, if you are a Sci Fi/computer geek you also own it to yourself to play this game and if you are a action game fan this is clearly a good pick as well.

[@Frietuurs]

Mentioning Danny Brown was the last thing I expected from Derek lmao

[@RoxxSmash]

THESE GBA Videos are one of my MAIN INSPIRATIONS for making Game boy videos myself! Love them!

[@brunosoares1500]

Uncle I know I asked for longer stuff some videos ago but I gotta say these are just as good. Your taste and clear passion for wacky stuff is endearing. I just love this channel. I played A LOT of GBA and can attest that it's one of the biggest treasure troves for weird stuff in existence. The only thing close to it nowadays would be Steam... I guess?

[@SoLinkSmash]

Hey it’s Derek it’s you Derek! Glad you see you back SSFF :)

[@AlanarWindblade]

Well, this was an unexpected trip down memory lane! I remember buying Tron 2.0 Killer App on impulse because I loved Tron 2.0 on PC and then proceeded to almost 100% it (was missing two or three chips). There were some odd issues with the game (like how saving and reloading a file resets all enemy spawns so you could potentially get yourself surrounded upon reloading) and remembered it being more mediocre so imagine my surprise about the glowing praise here. As good a reason as any to replay it after all these years.^^

[@hard4games]

Truly, crispy.

[@kianlittle2312]

YES, i love gba 3d and i love stop skeletons from fighting, im glad you found more gba 3d to talk about

[@KB-ib4kj]

an early christmas present from SSFF. Missed you guys!

[@user-yk1cw8im4h]

I was playing the spiderman on the gba two days ago and I was so shocked at the 3d graphics

[@SynGirl32]

I actually bought Star Wars II GBA as part of a package deal a couple of years ago, and I'm a bit ashamed of the amount of time I spent on this shit. I was genuinely impressed by the 3D however.

[@tveye363]

You gotta check out the 3D in Jimmy Neutron vs Jimmy Negatron. Also, Lego Bionicle has some 3D lava surfing.

[@Levitz9]

Merry Christmas, Uncle Derek and Producer Grace!

[@SLAVKINGRED]

One of the most impressive feats of programming happened in 1982 with the release of 1K ZX Chess for the ZX81 home computer. As its name suggests it's a full chess program running on just 1KB of RAM, which includes an AI opponent. In actuality it was even less at around 700 bytes. That's 700 bytes for rudimentary graphics, rule set and all the AI routines to play the game.

[@FarmerSlideJoeBob]

You're great Derek :D I wish you, your GF and the wonderful cuto Dogo a nicely christmas and a happy new year :)

[@Crow_Rising]

In regards to the Crash Bandicoot games on GBA, what makes the 3D sections even more impressive is that there isn't even an art style change when transitioning into those sections. They look artistically similar to the 2D sections of the levels. I do feel as though the first one did this better than N.Tranced, as in that game the entire level is chase perspective and you're just on top of the water or in space, but those ice levels in the first game handle this fantastically.

[@franciscolira2686]

Such a lovely Christmas present! Thanks ^^

[@WhiteRiceTime]

Every time he says "Hi i'm Derek. It's me Derek" in each video I hear "Hi there Derek. It's me Derek." My name is Derek. It's awesome.

[@WA_Stokins]

"There's no ads!" Well you'd HOPE so Skillshare is a PAID FOR service

[@miltonvandemerwe8006]

Hey, don't be rude with Uncle Derek man

[@clubberduck]

Payback has a 3d pause screen

[@mOOOp42]

Okay I simply must own that "This is fine" Stuffed meme dog, was that from the Kickstarter or elsewhere? I tried finding it online but no luck.

[@JomasterTheSecond]

They had ambition, *_BRITNEY._*

[@bfish89ryuhayabusa]

"Times were rough out there for Star Wars Fans in the early 2000s" not as far as video games. Rogue Leader (from which that Death Star level on Flight of the Falcon appears to be lifted), Rebel Strike, KotOR, whatever games in the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series came out in this time frame (at least the last 2), Episode 1 Podracing, Battle for Naboo, the original 2 Battlefronts, Republic Commando... There were plenty of rough games, but we weren't hurting for good ones, either.

[@Pyro-Moloch]

I had Attack of the Clones as a kid. And, trust me, that 3D looked much better on the actual GBA screen than it does on the video.

[@3DSage]

You need to see my 3D GBA programming! I'm working on 3D minecraft on the GBA.

[@cosmicjenny4508]

Hey, you’re Derrick, it’s you, Derrick! Happy holidays, everyone :)

[@MrZZ-py4pq]

Merry Christmas*

[@cosmicjenny4508]

@@MrZZ-py4pq Lmao cope.

[@Harshhaze]

The Mega Man Battle Network games for the GBA blew me away, as well as took up countless hours from my childhood

[@nathanvattes6438]

Aargh! My video game collection will grow again! have to pick up that Tron game! Happy holidays!

[@AtariTom2X00]

I remember getting Tron 2.0 for Christmas when it came out, and to this day, it's still one of my favorite GBA games that I'm so happy to own. Heck, it was worth the price back then just for the novelty of the Tron and Discs of Tron arcade games included on the cartridge, but to also have its own surprisingly decent story mode, so many surprisingly good minigames and a full FPS mode, just...damn this game is cool. :) I think this game is also responsible for the right shoulder button on my DS Lite breaking down from me playing it so much. lol

[@ANeMzero]

That GBA Crash sequence is really good. Like if you ran that footage through a CRT and told me that was a level from the PS1 version I'd probably believe it.

[@loam6740]

Punching weight has become one of my favorite series keep it up!

[@jerryjb]

I remember playing spider man as a kid and it blew me away when that 3d section came up. I spent hours just flying around the city

[@RonnstenEast]

anyone else hear the word "Help" at 6:15 ??