The Forgotten Japanese Counter-Strike

[@coollutz]

Thank you for finaly waking up from your coma Goldec

[@goldecc]

It was a good nap

[@NorthWestPvPlolrektnoob]

now we just need ratlobber to wake up

[@zachsilby4569]

​@@goldecc the new silly cats look pretty cute!

[@Roogadooga]

@@zachsilby4569 i still don't understand are you really able to copyright a photo you took of a cat? seems unfair

[@Traeplae]

​@@goldecc hi dad

[@dezolance]

This was super fun to explore. They really should have customized the game more with that unique aesthetic like reskinning the weapons and first person hands.

[@fourlion_everywhere]

Are you going to host a CS NEO event now? 😄

[@KeksimusMaximus]

Making different hands in GoldSrc means having a separate set of pov models for each gun. That would be A LOT considering the amount of characters

[@fourlion_everywhere]

@KeksimusMaximus it's possible to accomplish via submodels

[@gameridkGB]

Hi dezolance!

[@0range-Juice]

the dog company pics were only holding you back, this shit GASS 🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@Alucard666QC]

While I noticed that the picture of the cats were different, it still felt like a goldec video, so I didnt question it before your outro. Good job with the rebrand

[@redstar-z2f]

@1:04 transition is really cool/clever

[@breadanator]

yes

[@youngkhronic2243]

I thought the same thing! Very cool transition

[@oguiii]

I need to say, you made me watch the entire skinsmonkey ad by only putting the El Chavo theme on the background

[@Br0dt]

same

[@santiagoamado9658]

Dang didn't notice that. Pretty sure he's done this before though. Might be wrong

[@vxpdx]

@@santiagoamado9658 yeah, I can remember at least one instance of it happening

[@gamer-qk8vd]

Holy shit making the popularity graph resemble the underside of Japan was incredibly smart

[@akmen3]

Remember, This Counter Strike has Visual Novel of its own called "White Memories". T'was made by Romancework and published by Bandai. Pretty fun flash game If you ask me. It's like a continuation of this game.

[@m4rloncha]

I've played it and "unofficially" translated it and at least for what I understand the visual novel is just "there" in the lore's timeline. It can easily be before, in or after whatever you choose to call "The game's canon". Something like the normal CS maps where it's hard to know when stuff happens or even who wins or loses at the end. For example is cannon that de_cbble was bombed because in de_chateau it is mentioned that the T's won and are trying to bomb other castle. Like, in CS:Neo v1 there is both "de_forest" and "de_forest2" but just like in "de_dust" and "de_dust2" there's no knowledge of which one is after which. At least for me it is more of a "Expansion" which involves you way more into the game and also lets you "simulate" FPS gameplay inside a Visual Novel, which is crazy.

[@jess648]

it’s neat that Valve signed off on this and HL2 Survivor. they even have a machine of the latter in their office

[@WolfGangDealers]

Banger video. Loved the way you incorporated meme animals into it as a substitute for your older style. Very well done, wish I couldve played CS:Neo.

[@thesteambreaker9449]

The "success of counter strike" graph to "islands of Japan" map transition was holy gas Wtf based

[@m4rloncha]

The video quality is soooo good! One of the best ones I've seen speaking about this topic. Concise but not short, informative but not long, very practical to show it up for people who has never seen it before. And so, as always in my comments about this game, I'll comment some trivia related to what's been shown. 1) 0:03 The third row's footage is from CS:Neo, but the second version from August 2005, which is actually accurate to what's said in 3:28. That was clever. 2) 0:54 The footage shown is a Counter Strike's clone called "CrossFire", interesingly the video showcase their version of "de_cache" called "Refinery". 3) 1:11 That's correct, the machine "Namco System N2" didn't only allowed CS:Neo to be played on but other games. Those include: - Animal Kaiser: The King of Animal (A fighting game where you had to insert a card and you could battle against feral animals). - Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield 1 and 2 (Your typical mecha's shooter arcade). - MotoGP DX (Not much to say). - Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 3 (Your typical racing game). And the most important of all without counting CS:Neo... - "New Space Order", a real-time strategy arcade game where we battle against spaceships. Long story short, the game released on February 2007 and added a lot of content to the game with crazy lore (Even crazier to what was shown in 1:33) and characters. Which also had their own Flash Visual novel! Yeah, as CSNEO: White Memories (4:15), though this one could be played inside the web. But this one was also closed around the same time of CS:Neo on January 2019. By the way, the shown gameplay on 1:14 is from a game called "Phantasy Star Online" from 2001 and made by SEGA. Just to say, nothing related to those above mentioned. 4) 1:39 "C.S.F" is an acronym for "Cosmopolitan Special Forces" (NEO just stands for "NEO Corporation Monopolice", no acronyms in there for some reason, but if you want it to have some they would be "N.C.M". But it sounds worse that just NEO, doesn't it?). 5) 3:50 At the left side of the screen you can see a radar, this one looks similar to what's shown in "CS:1.6", but that's only an issue the TeknoParrot emulator has. The original game and footage (As shown very briefly in 9:40) had an actual image of the top-down view of the map which rotated depending on where you were. You can see the actual images inside the files, though some of them are low-quality (Maybe they were ported from the first version or they didn't mind that because the radar couldn't be changed). 6) 4:15 This is the original opening scene from the visual novel in the first chapter called "First Contact". Though this only appears in the first chapter and it doesn't open the game. The game opens with Maki on the floor been rescued and losing her memories (That's the main point for the name of the Visual Novel, she doesn't remember who she is). Speaking of which, it was released on May 2005, and the playable version of the 7th chapter "Truth" (An important one btw...) is lost-media. Though there's one video of someone playing it and screenshots of what's said, so at least is not lost in time what happened inside. And yeah, nobody has fully implemented a playable English version or any language just to say, though I've been able to translate it, but not something playable. 7) 4:40 The low quality video of an sniper seems to be a highlight, but it's actually a scene with cropped background buildings of the map "neo_03collision" / "Warehouse", in bombsite's B pit from the second version of the game. 8) 5:04 The cat said "ばか", also transcribed as "Baka", if you've ever seen anime you'd be used to hear this famous insult. A funny detail. 9) 6:26 Some gameplay shown in the video comes from "DeZolance" stream called "CS NEO with Goldec". Including this mission which they both lasted 13 minutes to complete it, and pretty much because they were a duo hehe. I got some time ago a score of 34,150 on 2m 30.60s alone. Definitively harder than what some people think it is, even more when you don't know the map layout. 10) 6:44 What's said is actually correct, they are not robots, neither mechas but actual Cyborgs. The NEO corporation used Nanomachines to control people's brains and emotions + enchancing their abilities. This is better explain on White Memories. 11) 7:27 It's actually not just inside the files, but inside the game in the Training mode as shown in 6:15 where it is above e20 "Downtown" and is called "Old Laboratory". Yeah, it's basically the "as_" gamemode, but the map is way trickier than you'd expect. It has a lot of angles you can even explode some parts by pressing a button. A very fun and casual map. 12) 7:53 The pictures shown are from the designer "Yoshio Sugiura", and are pure concepts, those are not found inside the game. 13) 9:18 It's not the fourth map, but the nineth as the map is called "neo_09collision". The grinder is not in B site but rather on Middle closer to Bombsite A than B (I think). And yeah, I agree with the 9:29 point. For example on "e20"/"Downtown" (9:12) in the same place where he jumps he can also get to a roof and basically eliminate the C.S.F. team with at least 3 people boosting each-other (Maybe a feature for the NEO so the map isn't so unbalanced, though I see it more as a joke thing). 14) 9:41 As mentioned in the name those were "Clan" wars, meaning, tournaments against clans, which you could create inside the game. They were so important to the game that they even created their own websites where they could talk about the game or their matches against other clans. Sadly some of these are lost in time. Now, some highlights. 3:14 * It's as in "Chew", not as in "Character", but is understandable * 3:58 Daaaaaamn! Noscope Headshot! 7:14 Yep, those are some sick bunny hopping, at least for this game. Don't expect it to be see it all over the place. 10:00 The emulator doesn't allow you to have all of them by default so you must put a console command with the exact skin so you can have it. With commands you could also add individual parts to these as shown at the right side of the screen on 10:08. 12:19 Yeeeees! It looks sooo cuute!!! Omg, I can't wait to see it all rigged! Thank you for reading all of this. If you have any other question or you want to add more just let me know below :D

[@ct3000]

I love how the counter terrorists are the evil corporation and the "Terrorist" are essentially freedom fighters, the morality switch is actually epic!

[@yusufkaanpvogameplay5542]

6:53 thats the half life 1 jetpack that allows you to dash when pressing both space and control at the same time

[@PlatinumNath]

It's a long jump module.

[@PedroMiguelJesus-d4u]

5:28 I can't handle this el chavo music!!!

[@neogmz]

Imagine sending a cease & desist over some goofy little pet pics, also on someone that uses them in a completely inoffensive manner... New critters look very cute still and the editing improved a lot since I watched a video from you a while back. Keep it up Goldec!!

[@sebiv-s2q]

The stock rising to Japan transition is unmatched

[@gimok2k5]

6:54 First one is the Half-Life 1 Long Jump Module. Rest are, indeed, weapons from Condition Zero and Deleted Scenes (not surprising if NEO was using CZ as a basis). The Shield is in 1.6 and CZ and CZDS, LAW and M60 are in CZDS.

[@Butternip.]

I can't believe he used the El Chavo theme song for the sponsored part of the video. It brought back so many old memories.

[@fancyferro4186]

Man it sucks that people actually copywrited those wunkus's you put in those videos, its fair but it really made your channel unique in a way. The critters you chose for this video still fulfil this role very well though, seriously, good job with the rebrand

[@BalcerMano]

What is a wunku

[@fancyferro4186]

@@BalcerMano r/wunkus

[@CraftyyFruit]

imagine copyright striking someone for using pictures of a cat...

[@planescaped]

Copyrighting random indistinguishable cat pictures is a thing? wat?

[@fancyferro4186]

@@planescaped Yep, some people actually copywrite them so that they are the only ones that can make content with them, its quite scummy but fair

[@alexpivniouk8421]

I was worried about the silly little cats being removed from your channel, but you've actually done an awesome job with these new ones! Hell yea!

[@doodcorner5757]

this is the best cs neo coverage ever, usually other creators would just say that this game is obscure and weird and not do much research on it

[@official.ajclaveria]

Not gonna lie, CS: Neo looks and feels like a fever dream of a game. Especially those futuristic player models, while carrying not-so futuristic weapons. And the maps, it feels like those weird Roblox mini games. Now I know why you change the animals on your videos and your pfp… I thought you got bored from it or smth? Too bad it was iconic. Either love the video man, keep up the good stuff!

[@littlecasino7025]

he got a c&d'ed over it

[@elevenade]

Sucks about the now almost iconic cat pictures you used (they should pay you lol) but i'm excited where this channel is headed. Cs Neo is bonkers and i have never heard of it having played CS since 1999. Also the spanish subtitles came in super clutch as i didn't know anything about Frutiger Aero. Very cool.

[@johnredwoods4039]

Great video as always. I love your use of little big planet songs, such an important part of my childhood

[@Supercon57]

6:57 I believe the Law and M60 are left over content from 'Condition Zero: Deleted Scenes' single player, especially if this game was built on the condition zero engine

[@esphynox]

6:54 - this is Long Jump Module from HL1.

[@milymilo]

so glad you made a video on this, I randomly fell into a rabbit hole about NEO a while back, it's a really cool thing!

[@undastelar]

Nice content and surprisingly it was a new info for me. Subscribed. :D

[@DopeThug]

it's a relief that you finally uplouded! thank you

[@DoctorPlato]

Absolute banger. Super interesting topic and it's nice seeing your editing style getting better and better.

[@SuBzZeRoGaming]

I'm glad the copyright owners allowed you to keep your previous videos up! Love the channel and am looking forward to this new chapter of cats and critters.

[@CalebHenson]

0:30 I apologize to be a stickler but it would be more accurate to just say Namco, since the merger with Bandai did not take place until 2005

[@Tobi-wt4sh]

New Goldec Video before GTA 6

[@naan-oyobizniz3168]

Ngl, kinda gonna miss the OG cat but I think this is a good opportunity for your channel/brand as a whole

[@gamecubebro]

It feels so good watching Valve's story on Half life 2 to then watch your amazing video on CS Neo. Saw the amazing concept art on your Twitter, Neo is definitely a one of a kind scenario

[@strangemodul3]

Fantastic video! I've only heard bits and pieces about this game before, so it's nice to see some of its history. It may be gone now, but it's a great thing that it got to exist for a while.

[@SpeedWeed97]

As a video editor that transiton from cs growing to the map of japan was perfect dude, love it

[@palespirit]

I had no idea! Great video! The maps actually look amazing - look at how much brushwork just for vistas! The skylines look great.

[@Fafr]

Imagine if they continued CS Neo. Arcades are still really popular in Japan (and I wish I could play them (specifically the rhythm games (specifically SDVX, IIDX, Chunithm and maimai))) so there'd probably still be people playing it

[@joseby2]

Finnally a theorie you promise in another video and i've been waiting for, thanks goldec i dont care if i need to wait for another video im very gratefull you did this.

[@raskevo]

Not only is your content high quality, I really enjoy all the LBP music and sound effects used in your videos!

[@chunkyStrike]

The thing that intrigues me the most is the fact that the first version had a "story mode" of sorts, like missions ala Half-Life. Lost media indeed.

[@Hippo844]

came from ohne on twitch

[@snowcrabb]

I cant express how happy the silly kitties and what-nots make me :) glad to see you back

[@n1conic]

What an intersting dive, thanks for that! Excited for more :)

[@EndiezYT]

A GOLDEC UPLOAD LETS GOOOOOOOOO one of my favorite videos you've made, pat yourself on the back brother

[@nelisezpasce]

Oh gosh, I love all the animations, specially Gaben's signature!

[@Marbl.]

i honestly don't know why they didn't do a full pc release when ledzone faded away.

[@m4rloncha]

I can assume it was because they paid for the rights for a certain amount of time and after that they couldn't do anything about it. Even if they released it remember that they would have to port it to a lot of systems, add servers (which are not free) and the community could or not play it as much as before. Even when we have knowledge of this game and even a playable versions not many people has tried again. Taking this types of risks have consequences and it's understandable that they decided not to. Buuut... if you don't want a sad message, you can also search for yourself people who have ported some of the maps to some versions of CS.

[@easongoldman1011]

Kinda sad to see the original dog company pics gone, but the new ones are just as good, and that rising line to Japan transition is so cool god damn🔥🔥🔥

[@planescaped]

"The year is 2000" God, I wish...

[@zeroqz]

Goated KZbinr man I look forward to all your vids best editing style

[@peketsuus]

this editing is crazy good💯!!

[@nomequema]

I've been waiting for a vid about this for a while, and u didn't disappoint. Great as always :3

[@anon_24]

Love your documentaries, keep up the good work mate!

[@Orbitblock]

Our goat returns

[@RattusScattus]

loving the new silly creatures. good work on finding a way to appease the corpos at the dog company.

[@Scopez-w8o]

new goldec upload, its gonna be a good day

[@therealmusicfan64]

6:52 Isn't that Half-Life's long jump module?

[@KeksimusMaximus]

I was an avid fan of CS in the 00's and holy shit this is the first time I see this. Amazing!

[@JustLovett0]

Watching intently to see if my cat made it in (he did not and will be beaten for it (not really)). so glad you’re back and making videos again. Great content.

[@snakezera07]

I was expecting the game to be way too weird but it actually seems pretty fun

[@McNutzz]

Another banger! Thanks for learning me something! Much love goldecc

[@puppetghost1944]

Gracias por los subtitulos en español, me ayudaron mucho./Thanks for the Spanish subtitles, they helped me a lot.

[@kalegrease]

1:03 that transition was crazy

[@tomtom98]

lol crazy to see my old gmod map in a video that got tossed my way thanks to the algorithm. Good interesting and informative video!

[@VladdyDaddy45]

babe wake up, goldec posted

[@fal3881]

"Namco start releasing flash manga Coun-" That caught me off guard, there is no way a 2 faction about bombing a site could have a manga

[@Kippeser]

i noticed you changed your pfp i like it 👍

[@DemsW]

Damn the editing is great. And the new silly goobers are great. I miss the old profile picture though :( but such is life.

[@thereal3737]

Amazing video bro

[@valentino.6k834]

Gracias por agregar subtitulos en español, ahora puedo disfrutar los videos al 100%

[@Pudderton]

thanks for adding me to ur call ♥

[@PolyJam3650]

You should do a video about the Japanese arcade version of l4d2

[@m4rloncha]

I think that L4D2: Survivors doesn't have as much original content as CS:Neo. I mean, you can quite literally play the game if you download the mods in the workshop that emulate it. Maybe you miss a little bit of the final HUD for each lvel for the score? But the original game has some of it too, so it isn't as important. I think that Goldec could combine Half Life 2: Survivor, Left 4 Dead 2: Survivors and Cyber Diver into a single video. Specially this last one because it's an interesting take on the Team Fortress 2 gameplay.

[@SaimizZ]

The editing is so fucking good

[@evankim2406]

2:35 I do believe there were a couple of official CS:GO comics that were released during some operations, but unfortunately, they're probably not go- Wait, I just remembered you're the guy that I learned about the comics from.

[@onikrux]

new character for the channel goes hard btw

[@SomniaCE]

An arcade near me - Galloping Ghosts - actually has the japanese Half Life and Left 4 Dead arcade cabs. Imma have to ask the owner the next time I see him if CS Neo is on his list of things he'd wanna get!

[@Nick_Break]

I would not be suprised if Goldec will make a video about games lke TankiOnline, out of the blue if he went THAT deep into an arcade version of CS from 00's its always really nice watching these videos

[@Mr.Brocoli.]

crazy edits and style, genius

[@nommby]

cabbit is a welcome addition,,, banger video tho, i wonder if anyone's ever ran cs neo on a hl2 survivor machine..

[@alaniumacity4375]

It was sad to hear you couldn't use your previous channel icon anymore, but the new one looks amazing

[@web4907]

Thank you for using VFX from Little Big Planet !

[@MeffTrain]

love the inclusion of the eft bags at 2:50

[@puchak97]

Lol I love the new mascot in 3D. Great video, thank you for sharing. :)

[@marceloalejandro8228]

6:55 These were from Gearbox's version of CSCZ Said sprites are laying around on CS 1.6 CS 1.6 is like a cut down version of what Gearbox had planned

[@captainroc]

That would be cool if you could talk about the white memories thing, also nice video thanks goldec

[@noliflerebynoli1132]

5:29 This is the #1 comedy investigation show on CS!! Goldsec!!! Performed by the super comedian, Goldsec

[@jonjack7841]

the king is back 👑

[@NeoCortex3]

6:53 where you put a "wtf is this" this is the original half-life hud-sprite for the longjump-module.

[@Norbertsutekman]

The japan transition was cool

[@Kalapenoo]

This was one of the coolest things to learn about ever. Here I thought I knew about all the counter strikes.

[@CsabaGamings]

the editing is fire af Wawa cat is cute too

[@zhilemann]

you've really outdone yourself goldec, that's a banger

[@Violet_Koala]

Can't believe KZbin made a Counter Strike Neo reference by hiding this video from me!

[@HONDA-ACCORD99]

GOLDEC POST(MY GOAT HAS RETURNED FULL GLAZE)

[@Not_ok338]

Oneechan wake up , Goldec uploads a video

[@migidid]

Damn you reminded me when i was a kid hearing about Neo, i saw some photos of it and thought its the next iteration of counter-strike coming out

[@martinverbeek5214]

Really love to see this side of Counter Strike. I really reminds me of a mix of Counter Strike and Combat Arms.

[@ppprime98K]

It's amazing how this was before it's time in Japan where at the time MMOs dominated most internet cafes. I hope Valve gets the chance to bring CS NEO to steam if Namco is willing to do a deal.