The Most Important Vaporwave Aesthetic/Outrun/Retro video games

[@tazkerino]

and also outdrive has letter achievements for those who likes fancy steam profiles.

[@fico8400]

Yep, I have that, pretty cool :D

[@rodger2414]

But the game itself is shit tbh

[@macintosh2008]

Trust me I love steam profile design

[@chronostech6470]

If you like the Hotline Miami aesthetic I’d highly recommend Katana Zero

[@julianwulian6547]

ChronosTech Oh hell yeah! That game is awesome!

[@julianwulian6547]

Also, username checks out

[@anewdeep]

This game is a gem. Completed the game with all the announcements and finished the normal speedrun. Yet to complete the hard mode speedrun.

[@AssistirYou]

I like Friday the 13th its a bit aesthetic

[@Mii.2.0]

@@anewdeep Did you complete the hard mode?

[@kristyolsen447]

Outrun video games are way harder to find than Vaporwave video games suprisingly..

[@delksbwg3777]

Which is sad, because i think the outrun asthetic Works better for video games than vaporwave

[@officern6496]

No

[@vimlow]

@@delksbwg3777 true man

[@mariairlete6754]

I played a game in a site that was an outrun aesthetic, 80's sports cars, gradient Sun, grid mountains and low poly cities and other bunch of cool stuff. Unfortunately, I forgot it's name, i wish i could have a DeLorean to know it's name..

[@Ekiboy1]

Awesome video, especially the soundtrack. It's a shame Outrun/Retro Aesthetic games are pretty rare. I would say that for a lot of gamers Vice City was part of the reason for the love of Retro Aesthetics, before it was cool. I was expecting that this style would gain a lot of popularity after Vice City, but it kind of faded away until Drive. Now it's almost mainstream style.

[@PINKAS1]

Thanks for the awesome comment! Yeah i agree, i tried to focus on the 2 games that in my opinion contributed the most to the Outrun/retro aesthetic(Hotline and blood dragon) the others mostly were derived of the popularised outrun aesthetic

[@julianwulian6547]

Katana zero is pretty damn great

[@xenon2325]

I think VA-11 HALL-A could also be considered an aesthetic game as it has some cyberpunk/outrun elements to it

[@xenon2325]

@silvercell yeahh it definetly deserves more love, also I think theyre going to release a spin off called N1RV ANN-A

[@Totsuu]

Katana Zero it is considerate an "Aesthetic game"?

[@SenpxiVFX]

Fantastic game, I think it's much closer to outrun than vaporwave given its darker color environment.

[@Writhingblackmass]

I think it’s considered outrun because of its use of neon colors and storyline,also the thematic new Mecca environment

[@pweaseadoptme5312]

Yeah but its a very new game maybe he missed it while making this video

[@kaneda4780]

It's not outrun but cyberpunk because of the futuristic environment

[@pweaseadoptme5312]

@@kaneda4780 its is futuristic but it 100% is not cyberpunk, the environment dosent look like it at all, maybe some other district that we didn't see looks like it but the 3rd one dose nit

[@hzlink]

I wish you were more popular man, you deserve to be

[@Kostaras4444]

Furi could also fit in this category I think, and it looks dope!

[@eduporpoise]

Definitely agree. Some really boppin tracks in that game

[@kyrixlolifier545]

agree

[@Silver-Rexy]

Yeah, Furi is dope.

[@calebclunie4001]

I love that French Touch musician "Danger", did some of the soundtrack for "Furi".

[@alitnk306]

Enjoyed watching. Katana Zero, Furi and Ruiner are recommended too but the games mentioned in the video are the most important ones.

[@sheamac7823]

You couldn't make a retro video gamelist without Hotline Miami

[@santiagoreynoso3223]

Im a complete outsider to these things but you give me hundreeeeeds of references of aesthethics, music, games, artists, everything, to investigate and get inspired for my own artistic pursuit. Thank you so much! keep up the good work.

[@goombashoes9997]

Dood, your content just keeps getting better and better. Keep it up, man!

[@PINKAS1]

Thanks guys, means a lot coming from you! Hope to see more videos from your channel soon!

[@seafireofatlantis]

Broken Reality is probably one of the most aesthitically dedicated vaporwave games I have ever played, give it a look!

[@marshallemmet1366]

This channel is gureato Daze, you have earned a sub!

[@rajamajapetraea]

Now I see the references outside jojo related videos

[@guilhermeantonucci9403]

You should really play Broken Reality. It's the best homage to vaporwave yet. Oh, and check out the last event from Rocket League - totally rad outrun/retrowave vibes.

[@PINKAS1]

Yeah i saw that new Retro Rocket League stuff, it looks awesome!

[@MADNESSCOMBAT10]

Hotline Miami probably is the best game I have ever played. The gameplay is fun and challenging, the artstyle is gorgeous, the synthwave music (especially the dark synth in HM2) is fantastic and keeps you motivated, the characters and their different reasons for their actions are interesting and the story is just incredible if you're willing to spend a little time figuring out what the hell actually happened and how everything fits together in those two games.

[@krishacz]

Nitronic Rush is a pretty damn good outrun game for a freebie made by students. And its "sequel" Distance, while not as Outrun, is even better.

[@jibble6729]

Amazing video mate!

[@Draco100Round]

Love your videos man, still don’t understand how you don’t have more subscribers

[@PINKAS1]

Haha, thank you. They'll come soon i hope!

[@WaveCommotion]

Wow tysm for putting the songs in the description

[@PINKAS1]

You're welcome!

[@FreemanBR]

Nice subtle zelda song there, loved it!

[@solidjames5704]

That fact that there is no mention of Broken Reality is genuinely upsetting. It is literally "the vaporwave game"

[@SliceJosiah]

*Laughs in the second video*

[@endofscenarios]

Exactly. I was so pissed off about this. Like, it's the most vaporwave thing you could find AND YOU DON'T MENTION IT

[@BUMPER_DUMP]

Top notch Outrun content, love it

[@PINKAS1]

Thank you, love to hear that!

[@Makasu]

Just found your channel and you're exactly what I've looked for a good new channel to see. Man, you're so underrated. really.

[@PINKAS1]

Thanks man, truly appreciate that!

[@sejr2458]

Whats the name of the movie mentioned at 0:18? The one where he says "and that new one coming out."

[@khaledrehan5397]

Idk but now I want to know

[@habibingmaligaya]

Commenting for notif

[@Faz-Mania]

Blande Runner 2049

[@elekspricc104]

what was the movie after drive?

[@khaledrehan5397]

@@Faz-Mania we were talking about the one after blade runner

[@sammaxgoof8507]

Love the quality and way you handle the subject matter its cool to see another person who cares about and acknowledges the sub-cultures

[@manooxi327]

I think outdrive is more of a {playing with dope music that u prefer in the background and chillin}

[@aristichus1109]

you're a legend for putting the music links in the description, good shit

[@PINKAS1]

No problem! I’ll keep doing it going forward

[@jonnymrk1450]

I feel like katana zero is gonna be a model game for outrun/retro wave/vaporwave fans. It deserves the recognition at least

[@PINKAS1]

Wow, I`m glad you mentioned it. Looked it up and it looks awesome, kind of visually similair with hotline miami

[@jonnymrk1450]

@@PINKAS1 yeah, i think it's quite heavily inspired, it has the same fast pace combat one hit death difficulty as well, so the gameplay is pretty similar

[@beasoup4023]

Really great video. I recommend you check out the game Get to the Orange Door. It's heavily outrun inspired and just genuinely good.

[@PINKAS1]

Awesome, thanks! I'll look into it

[@flotterotter1202]

Blood dragon is god level of 80's style

[@peaceworld2875]

Looks like I have to watch Drive

[@frankdeutan]

Maximum Action it's kinda outrun with the 80's action movies aesthetics

[@bun_66]

Outrun games? Hm... so why you don't include Out Run (1986)?

[@TheFel0x]

wait... The Witness is a hard game? Time to write "pro gamer" in my steam bio.

[@saisameer8771]

You are not a pro until you get an s rank in every single megaman zero game.

[@randomamericansoldier8586]

Good to see Hotline Miami, such a cool game.

[@Badguy292]

Scarface: The World Is Yours. This game really catches the 80's Miami aesthetic well, sometimes better than GTA: Vice City does, I highly recommend it!

[@NotAvailablexd]

I would say that GTA Vice City Stories is better due to the empire building feature but it's a matter of opinion. xd

[@Badguy292]

@@NotAvailablexd Yeah but that game felt lackluster in other departments instead, it felt like a bit of a downgrade from the original Vice City even, but maybe that's because I went from VC on PC to VCS on PSP.

[@NotAvailablexd]

@@Badguy292 Maybe but I still think VCS is better than VC because of the following reason: better story (subjective but I found Vic to be a better protag than Tommy), the map (more neons so it felt more 80s imo and more improvements), cool empire building mechanic, better missions. Just my opinion tho. Yeah, the transition from using the mouse for aiming to a controller is pretty bad but I got used to it fast (played it on PPSSPP on PC with higher resolution as well).

[@Badguy292]

@@NotAvailablexd Not a bad choice, I don't have a PSP emulator but yeah, the Story was less cliché but I guess I just enjoy the Scarface-like ending of VC with Tony blasting all his enemies down. it was satisfying.

[@NotAvailablexd]

@@Badguy292 It's all good man :) Nice conversation. Hope you have a great day!

[@aleksijevujovic7262]

he was putting out this video with only 300 subs maaan

[@dicemm5544]

You're breathtaking.

[@ceciliatavarez5655]

I highly recommend playing data wing A vaporwave game where you play as a "data wing" in a computer plus it has a good story The game is on mobile (They also have a soundtrack of music that was in game)(none of the songs played in game are theirs though but that's not a bad thing,the music is really good too)

[@themayhemera3046]

When he said the year is 2011 I’m expecting to go on a nostalgia trip about how I had no worries and was playing video games. What I got instead was.. 10 million times FUNNIER 👍😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@PINKAS1]

Haha,thanks! glad you enjoyed it mate!

[@bretteuselaurent1923]

Exactly! That's what I loved the most from this video. Gives an introduction as prelude, explaining the context or beginning of them, so it has an interpretation which makes it more immersive than just jumping right into the games.

[@kingdomofmochi]

Hyper Light Drifter is also another vaporwave/outrun visually styled game

[@thecoltonboogie]

Verlet Swing, Black Future '88, Furi, Slipstream, maybe Void Bastards to name a few more sweet little gems

[@yepcockiguess21]

Love your videos keep it up :)

[@cranimatedfandom2508]

vice city is such a beauty

[@Klont123]

Crime Wave IS the 80s and godfather of outrun/vaporwave. It should be mentioned.

[@extol2247]

Never give up on hard games. Thats the point. In dark souls it's to find the nature of humanity.

[@gabrij12]

broken reality is so so aesthetic

[@Serac111]

Well i'm late to this video but i need to talk about other game with a very Vaporwave style (at least in presentation) and is one of the most real games i ever played, Hypnospace Outlaw, is a detective/graphic adventure simulation of a 90's computer but this thing is loaded when you are dreaming, the journey happen in a version of the internet for that computer where you can read the other people blogs and all of that feels so real.

[@GodsDogICXC]

“Heimat Defender: Rebellion” should be in there tbf. It presented a dystopian future, it’s the only game ever banned from Steam for political dissidence. Others have been banned for being gross of course, but even assassination simulations games involving “the orange man” aren’t banned.

[@gregspencer3225]

Get to the Orange Door is a great, super aesthetic game

[@joseguilhermesindeaux4466]

Nice video bro :)

[@vm9117]

That fucking cod level up sound killed me lmao

[@zweiihanderr]

10.Hotline Miami 9.Hotline Miami 8.Hotline Miami 7.Hotline Miami 6.Hotline Miami 5.Hotline Miami 4.Hotline Miami 3.Hotline Miami 2.Hotline Miami 1.Hotline Miami 2:Wrong Number

[@thesteaksaignant]

Riff Racer is a good racing game if you want. And it creates tracks from any song or tune you give it

[@driellx6640]

also Stranger Things give me aesthethic vibes

[@alfredosauce1]

Vice city started the whole 80s revivial. Throughout the 2000s the 80s started making a come back eventually exploding in 2011

[@jokezm5982]

Can’t wait for Narita Boy

[@YoQ]

what can i say, im sucker for these things. i buy every retrowave theme thats original for my ps4

[@themayhemera3046]

No body has better intros than Pinkas

[@skrovan5180]

Miami Vice and Outrun. ;)

[@cattamalon]

katana zero?

[@anewdeep]

Yes

[@teamcybr8375]

@Richter That's cyberpunk. Not vaporwave or outrun.

[@Synthwavu]

There needs to be more video games based or themed on these genres.

[@reitrace]

hypnospace outlaw kinda comes to my mind

[@D_Vice88]

blood dragon

[@idiotkeisyo222]

N I c e

[@isaacezekielthecolorblindg7343]

Infamous can be pretty outrun at times

[@travis51killer01]

i was introduced to this world thanks to hot line miami but also FURI, why no one talks about that awesome game?

[@RiinzL]

Great Synth track but that's the only thing they got Synth wise. The aesthetic isn't the good one

[@SlimeThe1st]

Synthwave Retrowave

[@kingdomofmochi]

Also Crackdown 3 in the further levels is like vaporwave inspired architecture!! It's really cool. I'd honestly just skip the game play and steal a car and drive. Just explore the city. Don't stop moving or the cops will find you and kill you.

[@kingdomofmochi]

Hyper Light Drifter

[@Suddgy]

Nice intro

[@IdkWhatShouldIWriteHere]

I recommend Shadow Warrior 2 it has a good outrun vibe

[@rustedlemon3834]

I’ve been playing it for about 4 months and I don’t really get a outrun vibe

[@magnuskevinsen2380]

++++++++U forgot++++++++ Hyper Light Drifter Neon Drive Furi Ruiner Super Night Riders ...and upcoming gems such as VirtuaVerse Tales of the Neon Sea Night Runners Drift Stage Power Drive 2000 Electro Ride ... +++++You can thank me later++++

[@teamcybr8375]

Ruiner is cyberpunk. Not outrun or vaporwave at all.

[@lainki7942]

their a game call broken reality its the best vaperwave game

[@Jaxan-dq2jy]

DATA WING! :) That's a good game

[@alteriwnet5805]

Call of Duty infinite warfare Zombies in Spaceland

[@andrzejwanoski86]

Outrun is more like a subgenre of synthwave nowdays. There is Dark Synth, Summer Synth, Space Synth and so on.

[@andrzejwanoski86]

@Phoenix 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚢 PROFILE I thinke the AESTHETIC ( with all caps always) meme is from the Vaporwave scope. Katana Zero is on the same tier as Hotline Miami. True AESTHETIC would be things like Hypnospace Outlaw and Broken Reality.

[@TheCherrypoppin]

Rip your child hood, I’m 23 and I played the shit out of Vice City when It came out. My older brother got it and I would play it any time he wasn’t home.

[@CartoonTriper]

surprising we didn't have a game with New City Pop aesthetic

[@chesterstevens8870]

Don't feel bad, TofBD frustrated me as well. The premise and aesthetic of the game were wonderful, taking inspiration from comics of the period rather than film. But the gameplay really did feel like it was tailored more towards fans of the Trials series rather fans of synth or outrun.

[@berzerk-_-fury5470]

Horizon Chase Turbo is a pretty good Outrun game

[@Justiceinabarrel]

I played Vice city when it came out and i hope to god they do a new one

[@elios7623]

that 2077 reference lol

[@meppeatsch5518]

For Cyberpunk Fans:Ghostrunner

[@NonApplicable1983]

Hardcoded is NSFW but an excellent example of an Outrun LGBT videogame.

[@EdgieAlias]

Hotline Miami takes inspiration from 80s styled genres similar to vaporwave and outrun, but it is not either of those. I would know, I make music in the same style.

[@codeisme]

You need to bump up the bitrate of your gameplay recordings, low bitrate makes them look low quality pixelated fuzzy messes. If you are recording with OBS, pretty sure there is an option in the video settings to change it. Not sure exactly how much you should set it for, as it will increase the size of the file, but a bitrate of 5000 is standard unless you have an older CPU. you can see a how to here: watch?v=iTCcDkftylE

[@PINKAS1]

Thanks mate, i was wondering why it looked shitty!

[@saifbakri8625]

OMFGITZCODEISME hey it’s not that bad !!!

[@Ben-qh1nc]

College and Electric Youth.

[@hyablusa517]

Don't forget about the inspiration that is Kung Fury.

[@jacobfarris6347]

imagine not having VA-11 HALL-A on the list 😍😍😍

[@PINKAS1]

Will be in part 2!

[@Alicaso]

Maximum action and music racer are awesome, well music racer used to be.

[@TheSchmuck2]

You could Livestream your first play of GTA VC on Twitch, that would be rad. Somethin to think about :)

[@lordjellyfish4745]

Katana Zerooo

[@sergeykin9935]

Some people would like out drive like me

[@steventan2754]

I think Mass Effect deserves a mention. At least the first and second ones.

[@retr0420]

Waddup

[@elkyubi4281]

You forgot to mention the special clip of the simpsons with aesthetic and the next coming cyberpunk

[@RiinzL]

Cyberphnk is, well, Cyberpunk, not Outrun

[@dasdo1256]

Where's the rest of the games!? Stuff like Broken Reality and Verlet swing should be on the list!!!

[@antideus9389]

Music Racer is also a game Vaporwave influenced.

[@hugosouza1993]

I have a vaporwave/synthwave inspired game project