The Golden Era Of Activision

With Xbox acquiring Activision, this is perhaps the only avenue that can bring us back to what I call "The Golden Era of Activision." A time where the publisher was not the ridiculous madhouse it is today, but one that was responsible for pioneering meaningful IP. I know the title is a bit eye-popping given recent news, but keep in mind we're talking the early 2000s. Let me show you what I mean.
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[@retrorebound8887]

This is a comment of me face palming because I never mentioned one of the favorite Activision published games: PROTOTYPE. What a great game. Would love to talk about that on the channel at some point down the stretch.

[@chazz3167]

Can't wait!

[@theredoctopus3196]

What about the transformers cybertron games from high moon

[@theasthmatictraveller5050]

Yes please! If Xbox revive Prototype I’ll be so happy!

[@1969Makaveli]

Radical Entertainment made PROTOTYPE, which also made one of my favorite super hero games....The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction. Now that Activision is under Microsoft I hope they could do a deal with MARVEL and give us The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction 2. The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction was a high rated game back then sitting at a 8.9 in some gaming publications back then. The game was so much fun and The Hulk had so much power and they made him perfect representing his strength and overall sheer power. Radical Entertainment should do another Hulk game. those guys got it right. Cause after that all the other Hulk games sucked period. Please make it happen give us another Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.

[@lordxboss5700]

Some real gold in that line up can XBOX get away with doing complete remake/remasters without new licensing deals 🤷‍♂️ Spiderman 2, Wolverine Origins would be great 👍

[@joeherrera8826]

Activsion also published a couple of really good Transformers games like Aramada, the Cybertron series and Devastation.

[@metalsmafia3273]

yea always wanted a transformers devastation 2 to play as the bad guys

[@therealtyjr]

@@metalsmafia3273devastation definitely needed a sequel they teased the aerialbots at the end

[@TMac-os1hy]

Activison didn’t publish Transformers Armada that was published by Atari. Though the first two Cybertron games were published by them and they were top notch games… to bad Activison had to ruin that…

[@jrrocha532]

The cybertron series was so mf good

[@LegoLover117]

I bought X-Men Origins Wolverine one night on the Xbox 360 store, not having any clue what I was in for. They did Wolverine right and I still love that game to this day. Great video dude!

[@fernandorosales599]

Also, it interestingly predicted something from the movie Logan (which, if you know, you know)

[@josesosa3337]

@@fernandorosales599 ????

[@fernandorosales599]

@@josesosa3337 Wolverine fighting another Wolverine and the grim future for mutants.

[@StreamerSchool]

You made this heavily-edited video so quickly after the news. Kudos to the work ethic!

[@Cubs1719]

Actually, little known fact is they actually put matty into a retro tv. Think willy wonka.

[@retrorebound8887]

All the credit goes to the team. Lockmort was immediately on this edit yesterday and Jimmy came through with a great thumbnail. All possible through them!

[@Protoshag46]

Really hope once the deal is done they can actually work with Marvel to get the older games backwards compatible🤞

[@PlusJulianGTChEN-jw6nl]

Me too man, me too

[@abm2027]

God that would be a dream of mine and that's exactly what I was thinking about when this acquisition was announced.

[@vullord666]

Oh my god I just want to play my 360 copy of web of shadows of Xbox Series X|S with auto fps and hdr.

[@Protoshag46]

@@vullord666 yeah I feel the same about shattered dimensions

[@PlusJulianGTChEN-jw6nl]

@@vullord666 me too.

[@ps3inquisition441]

Awesome video. Brought back a lot of memories. I remember playing the demo of the Wolverine game, it was pretty awesome. I need to pick that one up, and Ultimate Alliance, somehow I missed that one.

[@ElNateGrande]

Activision ended up closing down Neversoft but I really do hope they can look into a Gun remake or sequel. That game is a Diamond in the rough.

[@thewielder3445]

The Legend of Spyro trilogy were some of my favourites on the PS2 Era, particularly Dawn of the Dragon. This is coming from someone who grew up on the OG trilogy as well and my impossible dream would be this trilogy getting a remaster collection for Xbox and PC

[@justsmell3]

Retro rebound is such a great channel, keep it up Matty!

[@kokopuphs6]

I really hope war for Cybertron makes its way back to being purchasable on the Xbox store. The PS3/360 era of Activision was amazing.

[@metalsmafia3273]

own both games we need a 3rd one

[@furrypurplehaze6837]

Perfect fit video! Nice work bro Wolverine Orgins was a blockbuster rent for me as well and stuck with me after all these years

[@ri3sch]

Ultimate alliance was a FANTASTIC game. The choices and story outcomes at the end of the game were great and gave you a reason to collect items and do side missions throughout the game. Unfortunately, the sequels never quite captured the original’s magic

[@chrisplissken4626]

Reasons why I'm so hyped up for the Activision acquisition by MS , i want raven software to gives good fucking games again and not be condemned into the mines of call of duty, would be awesome to see a remaster or sequel to singularity or a totally new IP or hell now that they might be reunited with ID and Bethesda they can bring out the ultimate Wolfenstein experience

[@juliobonetti]

Aaaah Matty, you are a visionary! Great video, great timing

[@Splicer87]

Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction. Easily the best Hulk Game. I don’t know if it was an Activision Game, but Radical Entertainment developed it and they are currently owned by Activision (now Xbox).

[@originofcomics4973]

Love the videos man 👍🏻💓👍🏻

[@ZakisDizzy]

I thought Deadpool was a different version of Spider-Man as a kid. My first introduction too. So glad someone else remembers this Classic. Remember when you had to play pitfall?

[@mickeymouse7726]

I can't wait to see your video on the x-men legends games and marvel ultimate alliance games the cutscenes from blur studios was and is awesome man

[@MonkeyspankO]

For us old gamers, the "best" of Activision, if you can call it that, is in the past. More so than fun games, they were always a company like EA that got big not so much through quality achievement, but through acquiring other, better, but smaller developers. Turning them into a publishing power house. This goes all the way back to the dawn of video games. Games are a business, but as a consumer, my impression of them as a company isn't very high. They never used, imho, what they acquired to build greatness. Just shoving mediocrity down peoples' throats and relying on new customers to fill the place of the old ones they lost along the way.

[@ccl7983]

I’m always feeling nostalgic for old school activision marvel games

[@LarryAsberryJr]

At 7:30 and 8:00, this is why I love Matty. I truly enjoyed Singularity and I picked MUA and Forza 2 in my Xbox 360 bundle. It made me a gamer again. Legends II was the first game I played with my stepson. We walked through it together and I taught him how to be a good game player.

[@spyder-man0462]

They had some great great games like Spider-Man, X-Men other Marvel games, Transformers, James Bond, Crash, Spyro, and many more games

[@stewart63]

It's a shame these old licenced game classics will likely never see the light of day again since the deals expired. Marvel, transformers with Activision, Harry potter and LotR with EA. Makes you thankful all the pre-disney star wars games didn't disappear back in 2014 😆

[@srslywhathappened]

Awesome video Matty, really enjoyed the trip down memory lane on this one

[@FlyingBitchSlap]

Man tony hawk was one of three games I was addicted to as a kid I was obsessed with skateboarding till I got in 9 grade and quit myself. American wasteland is as my all time favorite

[@coulombeQC]

Been on a binge of your channel, love your vids and this video resonate so much with me, thats litterally my childhood, even Shrek 2!

[@pdraggy]

I can just imagine little Matty like "Deadpool's a badass he's not a clown!'

[@jeremyg2245]

Respect the timeliness. I haven't thought of most of these games in such a longggg time.. Shrek Super Slam is SOOO underrated lmao.

[@tictactoc9311]

You made a great video man

[@curl08]

Shrek 2 is such a classic so many memories growin up playing that

[@TheDanimatorsChannel]

Love your content man! One thing I wanted to point out that I disagree with is that I think a lot of people miss the point of some of the stuff in Spiderman 3 that they think isn't supposed to be cringy. Sam Raimi as a director is known for his over the top weird sequences and I think at least as far as the Emo scenes in Spiderman 3 that a lot of people rip on, I think the point is missed that they are indeed supposed to be awkward, and funny and show the audience how cringy and full of himself Peter got with the symbiote. Another example is no one bats an eye at the odd raindrops are falling on my head sequence in Spiderman 2, I think it was that level of weirdness Raimi was going for in Spidey 3 with some of the cringy stuff.

[@vintagedrugrug8637]

I love your enthusiasm towards games in general, subbed

[@KhaosKontroller]

Web of Shadows, Ultimate Alliance, X-Men Origins Wolverine and the Deadpool game are my favorite games from those times.

[@WQMKE223]

Glad to see you have also played some of my favorite games growing up! X-Men Legends 2 and Ultimate Alliance are the best

[@dbiscuit8]

Great channel! Just found out about this. Love the content.

[@jorgeadame5019]

Great content dude!!!

[@MarcusSanchez2525]

I was going to buy the ultimate alliance remaster collection a few weeks ago because I had a desire to replay them, I was upset to learn that they were delisted for whatever reason, apparently Activision didn’t even give a reason, I’m hoping it will come back now.

[@toonytomas762]

Its because Activision lost the rights to marvel games. They had the rights to spiderman and marvel games, but once amazing spiderman 2 was released, the rights of spiderman went to sony and marvel went to square enix.

[@vullord666]

@@toonytomas762 This. Same thing happened with Transformers war for/fall of cybertron. And I hate it so much. I get handing it off to different publishers and money changing hands, but I don’t understand why the game needs to get delisted or how that’s even legal (before we talk about gaming monopolies, how about we talk about companies legit making it impossible to buy art that was already made after the rights go to someone else?). This is like telling me I can never buy X book again, because Y company sold the rights to Z character. Its insane. In other mediums the government understands the need to preserve art and human creativity for future generations. In gaming and the digital space its become, “lolol, screw you. We have money.”

[@spider-jonah-man7148]

@@vullord666 to be fair you can still buy physical copies.

[@fernandorosales599]

Same

[@Heru_Iluvatar]

Sail the 7 seas

[@victory4life00]

Great video Matty

[@bosswillsauce3382]

As an old head gamer. I just gotta say VIGILANTE 8.

[@PlusJulianGTChEN-jw6nl]

Maybe since Microsoft bought Activision company, maybe they will make Xbox exclusive Spider-man games. But I don't think it will ever happen.

[@flymartian33]

They can make ultimate Spider-Man games using cell shading engine I actually like the beenox Spider-Man games

[@commanderspyder5432]

X-Men Destiny seems to be overhated honestly. It's definitely an underrated superhero game IMO. Most of the Marvel games by Activision are genuinely good or great IMO.

[@tyronetnj79]

Great vid man!

[@willallclasses8585]

When you have a company that at one time published games that had variety, X-men, shriek, Spider-Man, all those you listed I won’t list again, and used their studios strengths you had success of one kind. When they took every single one of those studios and said you’re ALL doing CoD now, you have a major problem. This isn’t including Blizzard of course. But yeah, they lost the will to live and allow any type of creative freedom. I am not sure, and this can be a full conversation elsewhere, how anyone could think putting all your eggs into one basket can be tenable given the ever shifting landscape of gaming and gamers tastes. CoD can be fun but for many it isn’t fun all year, everyday, every year. Not sure I could express exactly what I was full thinking here typing on the mobile but hopefully you’ll get my general thoughts here. 😀

[@Rayden96]

Matty you gotta do an Ultimate Alliance video. I just picked up a copy of it the other day, such a legendary game.

[@TheWayloski]

Raven software also made soldier of fortune 2 on original Xbox. The multiplayer in that game was sooo much fun in the early Xbox live days. People would find ways to climb and get like 20 feet up into places you shouldn’t have been able to reach. One of my go to Xbox live games back in the day.

[@mariuspineda7420]

Great video, dude.

[@chazz3167]

I like your sweater, also great video!

[@nicolaspallini6338]

Great video! Thanks for reminding me of Activision’s former greatness!

[@colee61200]

Shrek 2 was probably my favorite game as a kid, I actually just bought it again to play on my Gamecube.

[@tyguy3876]

I had spider man 2 on PC so much fun messing around as the green goblin

[@007MrYang]

Marvel Ultimate Alliance was a fantastic game I remember only playing what is arguably the worst version, the PSP version, and I still had an amazing time.

[@motivateddad]

GBA was actually the worst one,

[@paulmarion3013]

Singularity is so good. It’s criminally underrated.

[@HefYT]

The activision Wolverine Movie game was so good back in the day. I remember the gore in that game.

[@Montykrajta]

I also loved the GBA version of Wolverine's revenge. The double dipping back then really was great

[@MARKRebels]

I really hope they bring back Marvel Ultimate Alliance. That would be an Xbox system seller if you didn’t already have a reason.

[@andrewosborne5785]

I’ve never heard of X-men Destiny but it sounds awesome

[@jacklucas2123]

Can't wait for the marvel ultimate alliance video!

[@TooDankBro]

Yes! Looking forward to the marvel ultimate alliance video. One of my favorite games. I was able to get the PS4 version before they delisted. Sadly I wasn’t able to get the second one but I’ve got the Xbox 360 version. Great games and I was surprised that Nintendo put out Ultimate Alliance 3 on switch.

[@teddynihon]

I swear as a kid I rented X men Wolverine Origins atleast more than 5 times and then my Dad decided to buy it for me

[@Shift_Salt]

I actually liked Edge of Time, even more than Shattered Dimensions. That said, it is severely cut down compared to that one. Still, Beenox was a great developer for practically all of Activision's Spider-Man games after the first movie game.

[@andrewphuck9795]

Cool video!

[@AmericanDragonSon]

the tony hawk remake is actually really good

[@alextownley9388]

Shrek 2 was so much fun man!! Lol I still have my Xbox copy too. Btw that definitely wasn’t Shrek 2 gameplay you showed.

[@Reds-Retros]

For me, the golden era of Activision was in the 90s up until the mid 360 era. Tenchu, Vigilante 8 1&2, THPS 1 - Underground, Mech Warrior, Battlezone, Heavy Gear, Dark Reign, Pitfall, Interstate 1&2, Guitar hero and the list goes on. I think their golden era ended the moment they started pumping out countless CoD games instead of continuing their already great and diverse franchises. As for Blizzard, there's not a whole lot so say other then they were awesome from the moment they formed up until the release of StarCraft 2. After that, I think they focused too much on WoW and online only games as "services" and everyone knows the rest of the story. I really hope Phil's intention is to not only bring back the glory days of both companies, but to also fix the problems there and allow the staff to work in a much safer and inclusive environment. All eyes are on Xbox now and we will all know soon enough.

[@mickeymouse7726]

Mark Hamill does a good job as wolverine in wolverines revenge his such a talented actor his played Luke Skywalker, joker and Wolverine

[@f7or1n]

Transformers the game and Spider-Man 3 are my favorite games that they ever made

[@KrustyBunion]

I've been cleaning out my storage unit and found a bunch of my old games. Imagine my surprise when I just saw Shrek 2 before you mentioned it

[@S.A.B294]

I really hope the at Activision’s Licence to Marvel is Renew so I can play the Spider-Man games again because they are so expensive to get :(

[@SeanFairgrieve]

Transformers: War for Cybertron & Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

[@PaulieWalnuts13]

Microsoft or activision couldn’t bring any of the marvel ones back without marvel games green lighting it

[@malaktourrevan5850]

Loved all those games ! Hope to see em remastered

[@JcgLounge]

Ultimate Alliance is a masterpiece in the superhero gaming genre. We may never get another game like it. I enjoyed Ultimate Alliance 3 but it definitely wasn’t up to par with the first two.

[@x0tixroads418]

Maybe we can get remakes of these games?

[@lewisgrant7622]

My only problem with x-men origins is the amount of flashback missions

[@TrueBlueMajikDewd]

You can remove the sticker and marker with the cartridge with some heat and isopropyl alcohol, probably.

[@sirvitius]

BROOOOOO Shrek 2 is the shit!! I remember the fuck out of that game. I think I replayed the game easily 8+ times as a kid.

[@leetopliff8085]

Graat video matty i too would love a new or even remake of the xmen legends games or ultimate alliance 3 was ok on the switch but i feel that the switches limitations hols that game back

[@EricMaulson]

Funny, my first real introduction to deadpool was also the ultimate alliance game and were the same age

[@beaver6d9]

I've gotten a LOT of used games on Amazon, I'd say give it another shot.

[@aquaagu2]

Ultimate Spider-Man and the Wolverine game we’re so fucking good

[@NathanMcRaye]

It's been bugging me since I first saw this video. What's the music in the first 10 seconds?? It sound soooo familiar and it's P-ing me off

[@AstralFrost]

I remember renting Wolverine's Revenge back when it came out. I thought it was decent but hard in spots.

[@joshtarpley3183]

Tony Hawk Underground is the GOAT 👑

[@dericjames2018]

We need The Spider-Man Trilogy on Xbox Series X.

[@lalitendudas9401]

And don't forget the transformer games by highmoon studios! Oh and that platinum game transformers!

[@xopasstheaux6617]

Not sure why the other Spider-Man activision games weren’t mentioned

[@TY-km8hj]

Now that Microsoft had bought Activision I hope raven softworks gets the chance to make their own games again instead of being a support for cod

[@Nix_Abyss]

Man just thinking about Gun Prototype Tony Hawk American Wasteland and X-men Wolverine/Legends/Ultimate Alliance even for the potential Xbox could raise from the dead along with so many others like Sierra stuff or even Guitar Hero lmao is insane Activision Neglected so much that Xbox could net gold with those fandoms for brining back finally. Man Spiderman PS1 too and all the licensed games that Activision took or had to take off storefronts now getting back to life is such a holy shit possibility.

[@justsmell3]

Shrek Superslam needs to make a return

[@tylerwood8710]

Activision used to have the Ghostbuster franchise, I think. They may still have them. You know, I really hope they do something awesome with it. It's been a mostly missed opportunity forever. What a cool game that could be. They could follow a storyline and use existing characters, or it could be completely "independent". You're a Ghostbusters franchise owner in another major city that isn't New York City. You've got to research and upgrade technology, pay rent, maintain your vehicle, build a team. This would be super cool in LA or Chicago or Boston. I could write a treatment for this thing, but you get the idea. How cool would that be?!

[@MalikATL]

I hope games like Tony Hawk pro skater isn’t a Xbox exclusive that would suck for us PlayStation players having to force are selfs to buy an Xbox.

[@PlusJulianGTChEN-jw6nl]

They said that some Activision games is going to be Xbox exclusive, not all. So PlayStation still have some Activision games but not all games.

[@mynameisdbo1143]

Great video as always! I think the footage used for Shrek 2 is the Shrek 1 game? Unless I am just confused, still good stuff nonetheless

[@Dandys11]

He misused the footage. It's footage from PC version of Shrek 2. PC version of Shrek 2 was different from Gamecube/Xbox/PS2 game.

[@mynameisdbo1143]

@@Dandys11 okay cool did not know that!

[@robbucky5997]

I’ve recently gotten into collecting older games and I just managed to pick up both of the Neversoft PS1 Spider-Man games for £20 🙏 I’m trying to get Shattered Dimensions but the price for it is ridiculous lmao

[@regularshowclips1639]

You can probably find it online for free if you have a PC.

[@Cheezeburgher]

American Chopper wasn't even awful to me lmao. Granted I last played it when I was 6 but damn seeing that game was some nostalgia

[@Truekingr6]

i hope vicarious visions comes back

[@patricklittle8281]

Bro me and you had the same childhood lol

[@terencecaron2922]

Shame all those spiderman games wont ever see the light of day on backcompat. Cause Sony owns the license.

[@lewisgrant7622]

There’s one game you missed out for the golden age of activision [prototype]

[@AwwwBeanz]

I wonder how many of these kinds of games were started before teams were told they had to work on CoD. Xbox might be inheriting some framework for a lot of these kinds of games.

[@hitlowftw9804]

Quick question what is the background music in the beginning called?

[@LockmortEdits]

it's the main menu theme of X-Men Origins Wolverine: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWLRlZWba7-sq7M