The Search For The Lost "Disturbing Princess App"

[@Izzzyzzz]

UPDATE!! You guys are so amazing, after only like a day you've already found playable versions and uploaded both the good and bad ending! These should be available on youtube (look them up at your own risk because the bad ending is very graphic) and the discovery has been made that the in-app purchase was actually a fake-out- if you agreed to pay the money, it would tell you that you passed the test and would allow you to give the knight a continue for free. Thank you all so much for your dedication to uncovering this game after all these years, you're all awesome!! :)

[@lpshorselover1949]

Hooray!!!! Glad to hear you’ll get to experience the game :)

[@garbagedayy2705]

yaya!!!

[@nevemcguinness6045]

I just clicked on this video and saw this, what good timing!

[@meowspo]

What's the bad ending called??

[@ter2364]

@kade ! huh

[@bread7865]

"The only three actions are slowly walking, crying and sighing." Too real, man, too real.

[@knifedbykeith]

its literally that game bo burnham played in inside

[@Fanimati0n]

Me too, sis

[@Shinyrobin0245]

@@knifedbykeith thats What I thought

[@vickactualreal9383]

@@knifedbykeith i was gonna say

[@L0rdOfThePies]

I play that game all the time

[@gemwolfz2860]

i love how you said that maybe the icon was "a key, a rose, a princess in a cage?" and then it turned out to be all of the above. amazing memory right there

[@aphrog649]

i literally gasped

[@rokamayonoh3rt362]

fr what a twist!

[@lucielafai]

Actually the icon was a keyhole and Izzy drew a key. Which is even better!!! So beautiful!! So poetic!!!

[@yohnnyjames]

she couldn't remember a game from a few years back, yeah what a fantastic memory she has XD

[@timohara7717]

​@@yohnnyjamesthat's 7 earth cycles the earth has traveled many solar units

[@404bennotfound]

Why it was really removed: In 2015, Apple required developers to update their apps to support 64-bit, or else be removed automatically. This caused an extinction-level event and is the reason so many old apps are lost media. One of the old iOS apps I miss the most is Rhythm Spirit.

[@Nikku4211]

Did Google eventually impose a similar restriction at around the same time?

[@mightysoybean]

I miss that God finger app

[@durxndal.]

There was this one game simulation about an ice princess that looked similar to sofia the first, and you just help people and get loved.

[@UrbanUni]

I miss surviving high school

[@ashleyannak]

Damn, that explains why I can't find that one p&c game from like 2013

[@blueberrymikusoda]

fun fact: you dont actually have to pay for the good ending, it's just to show that you genuinely care enough about alyssa to pay for her and want her to be happy. you dont have to pay at all.

[@rowdyruffy]

her name is... alyssa?? 😭 lawd help that's my bestie's name

[@cherubs777]

@@rowdyruffy it's a very common name.

[@rowdyruffy]

@@cherubs777 common sure but i wouldn't say very

[@cherubs777]

@@rowdyruffy surely not uncommon enough to be shocked when someone else or a character has the same name lol

[@rowdyruffy]

@@cherubs777 from where i came from, it is lmaoo

[@Sunny-ek8sx]

IZZYZZ!! THE GOOD ENDING IS FREE!!!!! (spoiler warning) The good ending pretends to be behind a pay wall but it's actually fake. If you press on it it says they will not charge you and just wanted to see if you cared enough about the princess to spend money to save her. I personally don't like the message, but there is a good ending for free.

[@pogpogpurinn]

Oh how interesting!

[@piaia9414]

They broke the 4th wall. Cool! I hope your comment receives more likes so everyone can read this!

[@louise629]

That's actually so cool

[@lailahpope4768]

@Izzzyzzz

[@fayesan6094]

😲 wait so what happens to the Princess then? Just want to know if she gets out of the hellhole

[@Aviarmew]

I personally think it's fascinating that what you remembered the logo being was a key, while the actual logo was a keyhole, a lock. You definitely remembered it being related to a key or keyhole, but ended up with the other part of the key and lock in your memories. I think it's pretty cool subconscious symbolism to remember what could free a trapped, miserable princess from a room instead of what would keep her locked away.

[@pewricospaceshipper]

I FOUND THAT SO COOL AS WELL

[@meepthescorpio6367]

Yep!

[@gregmcgregginton574]

Huh. Haven't really looked at it that way. That was insightful, thanks.

[@Galvatron102]

deep as mariana trench

[@1WEareBUFO1]

It's the Key to The Embedded

[@mollyheadycarroll]

App developer here. Games have to be updated to be supported by new versions of the Google Play/App Store every couple of years or they get deleted. Since the studio is not around this is probably the reason why its gone. Love your vids! :)

[@skeeeeet5954]

Yooooo this right here is a nice confirmation

[@satoshiwasareptiloid3777]

Does stuff really get nuked on the play store? "Unfortunately" I have gotten other people to take over maintainership for my own stuff, but there's a ton of stuff I find there that hasn't been updated for years. I know apple is very aggressive with removing stuff, though.

[@asapling]

@@satoshiwasareptiloid3777 yes under some circumstances the company that made rolling sky, dancing line, and the og piano tiles got their apps nuked because of a security thing

[@Yeonquette]

So what your saying is…if I can find a phone from 2015 with an not updated App Store I can play it?

[@lostinthestars_]

@@Yeonquette quite possibly

[@emilyfarfadet9131]

Ok- having watched the play throughs- The happy ending is kind of the most haunting thing! It's there to remind you of the absurdity of the Knight thinking that it's a happy ending- like she didn't just endure permanent trauma. I think it's the real critique of this game trope- the culminating moment.

[@goddoesntbelieveinyou2459]

what was the happy ending?

[@emilyfarfadet9131]

@@goddoesntbelieveinyou2459 It's just a happy little song from the knight's perspective- but there's a bitter undertone- he professes to love her- and encourages her to celebrate- but he doesn't even question what she's been through and how far from removed from joy she is.

[@erickflores458]

Which one is it critiquing?

[@drissouwg9649]

​@@erickflores458The knight saves princess trope

[@erickflores458]

@@drissouwg9649 No, I meant which game?

[@depressedcakke3877]

I honestly feel like we never talk about how actually traumatic and terrible the damsels in distress have it

[@soggy_stringbean]

I feel like it would be interesting to see how princess fiona from Shrek did being locked in that tower for so long. Her mental health must have been in shambles.

[@tonyjames3541]

@@soggy_stringbean They tackle it a bit in the musical. She literally tallies every day she's been in the tower.

[@AlexPastGrey]

I like to think it's because the kidnapped princesses are kinda given some of the best treatment (Princess Peach is able to wander Bowser's castlle in Paper Mario)

[@Witchy_Hoo]

@@AlexPastGrey that doesn’t change the fact that the princesses in captivity in these stories are still trapped and can’t access their family, friends, belongings, the outside world, etc.. Even though the conditions in the places they’re being held captive may be fairly decent, it still doesn’t change the fact that being isolated somewhere for so long in a place they don’t want to be in is definitely going to impact these characters’ mental health.

[@lemonlimeeee]

Because tools for the hero's glory don't have feelings

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Whats really scary is how easy it is for media to be lost in the internet age. We were told as kids that the internet was going to make sure that knowledge and information would be preserved forever, and it seems like its actually the opposite. If there was a physical copy it would at least have a chance of surviving the decades, but being nearly lost in only 8 years? Thats awful

[@LikaLaruku]

If you want it to be lost & forgotten, the internet will make sure it's archived into oblivion. If you want it to be preserved & remembered, external forces will go out of their way to DMCA it.

[@DefyReality-ll2cg]

@@LikaLaruku TRUE!!!!

[@intrepidhero]

I know how you feel, but I don't believe we actually lose more media because of it. The internet have given us the mean to preserves so much media that the lose of any just feels preposterous. Without the internet you never would have even heard of this game, or for that matter this game may have never been made in the first place.

[@renatal.129]

but at the end it isn't exactly lost, the game still left a footprint that you can trace back

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@renatal.129 Yeah.

[@venturereclipse6833]

This is the first time I’ve ever heard of lost media being actually as dark as people remembered. Compared to cracks or clockman this is horrifying!

[@ddjsoyenby]

agreed that was disturbing.

[@Schrobenius_Avindor]

I know about clockman, but what's cracks?

[@venturereclipse6833]

@@Schrobenius_Avindor “cracks” or “crackmaster” was a short animation appearing on Sesame Street in the 1970s. It is unknown why it was taken out of circulation, but it is believed by some to be because the title “cracks” is reminiscent of the drug, and the war on drugs was in full swing at that point in time.

[@Schrobenius_Avindor]

@@venturereclipse6833 Oh ok thx

[@erikdaniels0n]

@@Schrobenius_Avindor basically the OP remembered it being this really creepy short about a girl going into her wall and interacting with these creepy crack monsters, but in actuality, it’s about a girl imagining that the crack in her wall looks like a camel and the camel takes her on a ride into the wall and they meet other crack aninals and nothing scary happens

[@spookieolive]

ive literally never even considered the princess's side of the story in all of these games/shows/stories/etc. honestly just in that regard i really love this game because i feel like the princess is always just seen as a "prize" when the knight reaches her. yes, it's disturbing, but it's also just realistic enough to completely change your perspective on this trope.

[@leahpeachie]

this is kind-of related, but your comment reminded me of the move Ever After starring Drew Barrymore. It's a live action adaptation of the Cinderella fairytale but a little bit more serious. Spoilers, but towards the end when she is sold off to a creepy man by her evil step-mother, it shows her experience when she had to go live with the man and then how she subsequently fought her way out of the man's house before the prince tried to come and rescue her. I just always liked that she was the one who saved herself and accepted the prince's declaration of love not because he saved her, but because he actually promised he loved her for her true self. Sorry this is so long lol

[@Cute___E]

I always liked the orginal Paper Mario for this reason, as after each chapter you got to briefly play as Peach who was trapped inside of her castle. It wasn't ground breaking and she was still a damsel in distress, but it was cool to see what she was up to all the while.

[@chloe-mq6ql]

In all seriousness this reminds me of princess Fionas story from shrek, except it's less in depth.

[@evelynnjones5442]

I do see that maybe even Mario might think that since their was a theory by matpat.

[@WkdWtchOTWst]

@spookieolive I kinda had the opposite of that, having been a fan of fantasy even as a child, I always wondered what the damsels had to endure while waiting to be saved. I remember playing with my dolls and panned most of the story in their perspective and occasionally showing the knight on their journey. I’m not sure why I did this as a child, I think it was because I thought there were too many fantasy stories where it was from the heroes perspective and didn’t give much details or attention to the princess’s perspective.

[@andrebarbosa5374]

I can’t help but laugh at this kind of situation because it reminds me of the “evil farming game” that was actually just a vargskelethor joel clip

[@emmanuel5897]

The longest bit

[@trentm5125]

The fact that the long search just lead to the Fecal Funny man himself never fails to make me laugh. Of all people, of course it was Joel

[@bingle2484]

@@emmanuel5897 ALERTA

[@missmolly3744]

@K A L I S A !!!!!!! what the hell is this

[@brightestblue19971]

Uncle Jobel strikes again

[@mabelsan1133]

I adore seeing people talk about the media that they consumed as a child. There's something magical about the way that the memories get distorted, you remember what you loved a lot, or what you hated, or found scary. And that feeling grows and grows until you've filled in details that never existed

[@mabelsan1133]

I used to be obsessed with the one fanfiction that I found online as a kid. I thought the plot was really interesting and wished there was more of it. I wound up showing it to a friend many years later, who promptly said "this is 1 for 1 a ripoff of the plot of Anastasia." If I'd known that, I would have consumed the "better content", but up until then, that movie just didn't exist. This fanfiction was the closest thing I had to the full story. Idk where I'm going with this lol. There's something really cool about how the scarcity of media, that exists when your a kid that can't pick and choose what to consume effectively, makes things that an older kid would call "trash" into "treasure"

[@ferrets_arecool]

@Abom1nalgirl2802 wait what is it called lol

[@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz9097]

I remember when I was young I had a Wii-U. My dad had gotten me a copy of Splatoon for me and I was terrified😅. I found it so scary. I recently went back and played the game again. It's a very good game.

[@garfieldfan100]

ive played minecraft my entire life, and i can't tell what i remember or what was a "old minecraft features" "only ogs remember this" fact anymore! i swear i remember some features, but i would've been like 2 at the time!!

[@otchii106]

i remember trying to look for a vocaloid song called ‘triple baka’ but due to the distorted and incorrect way i remembered it i had trouble finding it. i pictured the tune and visuals differently, and then because of rewatching frogpoles / thisisfrogs social media humans version, i eventually realised that this music video was triple baka

[@sageseancore]

one time i remembered a show from my childhood. i asked a friend if anyone had heard of the "groovy smoothie show"😭😭turns out it was just icarly edit: it was fresh beat band

[@Howdyasdo]

lol

[@cookierunkingdom8553]

GROOVY SMOOTHIE SHOW

[@charlotteno.5332]

That sounds like The Goofy Movie. XD

[@OttrPopAnimations]

lol

[@zarchsount3506]

OML GROOVY SMOOTHIE SHOW JESADFHAKJLHFHDJ

[@ScoutLaViolette]

To share my own "Was that real?" story, I had a memory when I was a kid of watching the Pokémon series, and there was a scene of Ash on a swing with a girl who suddenly turned into some kind of dragon pokémon. I told people about this scene, but nobody ever recalled it, and my searches for it came up empty. I remember I even brought it up to my mom, but she told me I had probably just imagined it, so that was my conclusion. Then in my teen years, I was talking about Pokémon with a friend, and she brought up how Latias shapeshifted as a human girl in one of the movies, and I immediately googled it to find the scene I remembered. I then went straight into my mom's room and basically said "I TOLD YOU SO."

[@bugsmith3395]

I REMEMBER THAT! It was the Pokémon movie! My favorite part was always the water race. I bought the DVD as a kid and I remember coming home and watching it after school every day

[@lillyanaduff3864]

AH, it's from Pokemon, I think it was the 5th movie...

[@ScoutLaViolette]

@@maggiebland1194 I think she was initially, but I explained to her what I was talking about.

[@snail2electricboogaloo]

@@bugsmith3395 omg that movies my fav. I also had the dvd and I watched it so often it started wearing. Got another one my freshman year and got to relive that lol

[@sophies26]

i just watched that movie a month or two ago!! the kids i babysit for got it from the library so we all watched it together :D

[@unfathomable3434]

I love online questing, it's like reading a fantasy epic but it never ends for years on end

[@clev7989]

And unlike in traditional fantasy epics, the noble heros often completely forget their goal for a while and then get back on it later

[@unfathomable3434]

@@clev7989 I mean more than half of the 2 towers is just like forgetting about frodo and just helping the Rohirrim

[@KeithBallardA]

I get the feeling the game simply wasn't maintained and updated? I'm certainly no expert but I think I've heard that phone games are only certified to be played on certain devices, so as new phones come out older apps are phased out and aren't available in the updated store if they aren't actively updated to work on the new devices. I think I remember reading an article about "the best phone games you can't play anymore" that had an explanation along those lines. With how old smartphones are now, I imagine the majority of all apps might be unavailable by now.

[@satoshiwasareptiloid3777]

If it was iOS only it is probably gone forever. It isn't that long ago Apple basically nuked the entire app store and required people to rebuild their apps for their new devices. And since there isn't anything like sideloading on iOS there isn't any third-party mirrors like there is e. g. apkmirror for Android.

[@ayrientom]

Yea, I tried sideloading the game on my Android phone, only for it to say a warning about being made for an older version of Android, and after a while it just crashes.

[@929er13]

yeah, i have an old tablet from like 2012 that has certain apps that i can't even find in my current phone's playstore. and if you sileload the apk in a current phone, they crash a hell lot or simply fail to install.

[@vwts]

Doing a quick Google search, seems someone already found an apk and made it run and made videos of the endings after seeing this video :D

[@SummerAlleriaWindrunner]

That's absolutely a thing but the fact that the app got banned from the app store was also probably a main issue...

[@pavloverboy]

It's stories like this that make me wish that video game preservation was taken more seriously. It's all too common that app store games go missing without a trace, and it just isn't right that so much media is gone forever.

[@naranciagaming]

It's honestly kinda depressing that most mobile games are doomed to become lost media or unplayable. Even big games like the og Angry Birds would be unplayable if it weren't for the ports to consoles and DS, unless there's a PC version I'm unaware of.

[@Teaaa12]

@@naranciagaming The treadmill in my local gym literally has those OG mobile games like Angry birds. I remember being on the treadmill for hours since I was so lost into playing the game 💀💀

[@cheerio4000]

W pfp

[@marir.s3620]

A lot of games in the app stores are lost media, even the "Baby shaker" app is STILL lost

[@naranciagaming]

@@marir.s3620 I'll probably regret asking, but what's the "Baby Shaker" app?

[@victoriangm7774]

I'm fascinated by "lost media" like this. It's why "Candle Cove" is my favourite creepypasta. The scarcity of information, the stories from people you've never met but vividly remember this thing from your childhood that you thought you might be imagining BUT they remember it slightly differently from you, and having to follow a trail of internet breadcrumbs to even find confirmation of it's existence always makes it seem eerie and unsettling and vaguely forbidden, even if the thing doesn't actually turn out to be disturbing or creepy in and of itself. Plus, it's SO satisfying finally finding that that thing from your childhood was actually real and other people remember it after years of frantically googling to no avail and thinking it was some kind of bizarre fever dream.

[@nosmartyr]

I was born in the 80s. That screaming episode of candle cove aired over channels so staticky that no adult could make out anything on the screen. Like the Bernstein bear phenomenon i went my whole life filtering thru people , asking if they remembered that. It didn't horrify me as a child. There was nothing else on tv & it was just an annoying and strange episode from an already strange program.

[@absolutelygoobing]

And there’s no “conveniently lost VHS tapes”

[@dumbunny8828]

When I heard about that story the first time I thought “hey I remember that show” and then drove myself crazy trying to find it before discovering it was fake and reading the whole pasta (I heard part in a top ten scary kid show video)

[@Vexxel256]

candle cove is a hoax

[@koiifsh]

i remember googling over and over again trying to find this show called "clangers" lmao

[@grimzlegory]

Izzy should make a series on finding other weird lost childhood media

[@ddjsoyenby]

i second that.

[@giant_internet_nerd]

yes

[@user-kz9rq1ej4l]

I would love that since I can't find mine

[@valentine.c4ndy127]

@@user-kz9rq1ej4l what was it if you don’t mind me asking

[@user-kz9rq1ej4l]

@@valentine.c4ndy127 I made a post so If ya don't mind I'll just copy paste it since I'm lazy but it's a bit long

[@briangallegolondono1341]

Oh, I am so freaking happy that someone has reviewed "Hope: the other side of the adventure". I kinda screamed once I saw the Princess in the miniature :D. It was one of my favorite games and I downloaded it later once it was taken down trough some shady pages (?). Speaking about the payment in the game... there wasn't one. Actually, that was a joke made by the developers so you would be driven to the bad ending. If you tried to pay there was a message of the devs saying: "we wouldn't make you pay for anything, lol" and then go to the good ending. Which consisted of the Princess hearing the fight trough the door, then silence, and then the Prince would open the door and they would dance and spin in a cheesy way going back to pixel art. I think that the reason it was taken down by Mr. Roboto Studios is that they had a fight with some groups in the Internet and I think the real life of the developers who said that the game was misogynist and an apology to machism because the princess couldn't save herself and was an object to the Prince. I see their point, but that wasn't the intention of the story...

[@namity1305]

"the game was misoygnist and an apology to machism" Yikes. It's almost like the game is criticizing the damsel in distress trope and how misogynist it is. Some people really have no critical thinking skills, and completely miss the main theme of stories, as you said.

[@vampiriclove]

tysm for describing what actually happens at the end, i’ve been looking for an explanation like this lol

[@castlesteinway7741]

What about the bad ending?

[@tired690]

@@castlesteinway7741 tw s*icide ment the princess hangs herself in the bad ending

[@talb.1805]

I'm so curious do you by chance remember the "bad ending"?

[@vitormelomedeiros]

I'd just like to restate how thoughtful the game actually is. This story is so generic but I often overlooked how _awful_ it would be to be kidnapped and trapped in a tower for a long time. I always thought the "damsel in distress" trope was lazy and sexist, but I never really realized how _horrifying_ it could be. I guess we've been experiencing Mario and Rapunzel for so long we've been desensitized to it, but it was a really clever decision to show "the other side of the story" in this case!

[@dyrr836]

At least with Mario we're shown that it's not quite as awful as it could be, since Bowser is pretty incompetent and not that malicious. And some games even show Peach is capable of defending herself.

[@gomotion]

ive spent literally over ten years trying to find this one random ass video we were shown in year 3 that was nothing but a series of creepy looking tunnels that faded into the next like a powerpoint slideshow accompanied by this haunting string symphony in the back - ive literally never forgotten how that music sounds, it was so eerie, but ive literally never been able to find the song, let alone the video on its own lol. it was for some english writing prompt or some shit so the video mightve just been slapped together by our teacher but there's no way the music doesnt exist somewhere on the internet. its so goddamn distinct

[@elsienova4269]

when is the next fnaf merch video coming out just jk, love ur videos gomotion

[@TempestKrimps]

wake up wake up wake up wake up

[@PartnershipsForYou]

This comment hits me hard as hell. I relate heavily

[@qwertyuiop.lkjhgfdsa]

:o verify but not 500 reply!? its not even a super new comment???? its from like an hour ago

[@puzzles406]

@@rosie_mew ok

[@justinecourtneysgavel89]

Personal lost media is always so odd. You know it's probably not actually lost media, but you can't find it ANYWHERE. For me, it's a videogame I saw in a let's play years ago & haven't found since. The game was 3D & first person. It had a very simplistic, clean art style for it's world design, but the character models were 2d & billboarded (always facing the camera), similar to older versions of Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion. The game started with you in front of a sinkhole, blocking you from exiting the town you're in. There was no way across it. After that, you started making your way through & up the city you were trapped in. Each segment of the game resulted in you climbing higher & higher, via some very simple parkour. You jumped over vents, through windows, through buildings, etc. As you got higher, the color of the city changed, it was always a light color, like pastel green, blues, and purples, but it helped to show you when you made it to the next segment. As for characters, there were two I remember. One who I can only recall the existence of, and that they were sorta your guide through the game. Whenever you met them, it would be on the main path. The other character in this game is what I remember the clearest. As you made your way through the game, you could catch glimpses of them in some seemingly unreachable spot (for example, on a roof). By exploring, you could eventually find your way up there, one I remember in particular was taking a leap of face off one of the building ledges and into a window. When you met them, you could talk to them and ask who they are. They were hidden in every single stage of the game. I believe they wore a hoodie, but can't recall what color or if their face was visible. I also remember an Easter egg where of you walked into a wall somewhere, you'd clip into the building & there'd be the hidden character, who'd tell you that you weren't supposed to be there. The game was scary in an existential way. The city was giant, but there was barely anyone in it, no cars, no bikes, no nothing, and the white gaze obscuring the render distance only added to that vibe. I recall the game was from before 2018, as that's when I began my search, and it was most likely made after 2004. I think it was a PC or app game, simply because it had a very indie vibe & didn't suit a console that well. I've been searching for this game for almost four years now, and I know for a FACT it wasn't a dream, though I could be mixing together two different games in my head. If this even sounds REMOTELY like something you've heard of, PLEASE tell me! I've looked everywhere with no luck.

[@ballslover77]

I dont remember what it was called. But I know exactly what you're talking about and the character in unreachable places wore a green hoodie. DanTDM played it. I'm unsure who else played it but I remember watching a couple different people play. The town was very foggy, and there was no running mechanic. there were only a couple characters at all you could see. It was called something like No Way Out but i dont think that was exactly it.

[@justinecourtneysgavel89]

@@ballslover77 THAT'S IT, THAT'S THE SAME GAME THANK YOU SO MUCH, IMMA GO LOOK THROUGH DAN'S OLD VIDEOS TO FIND IT!!

[@justinecourtneysgavel89]

@@ballslover77 You just ended a three year long search. The game is called Going Nowhere! Thank you so much!!!

[@ballslover77]

@@justinecourtneysgavel89 you're welcome!!!!! ahh! I was searching for it for a while and found it a couple years ago, saw this comment and almost died when i couldnt remember the name !!! :D I'm glad you found it!!!!!!

[@angieeena4848]

omg i remember going nowhere!! u guys just unlocked childhood memories

[@spacenerd4959]

EDIT: it autocorrected to sarah instead of izzy thats weird lmao hello izzy!! im the ApprehensiveLimit5 and _vendettaone_ redditor that asked about the game!! i actually lost the password to the reddit account and asked again using a different account. however, both posts did not go anywhere because nobody seemed to remember. i actually forgot that i made the post until i came to check!! thank you so much for helping find the game again!!

[@HOGSOOEY]

this is so epic

[@jenniferchaulam]

/YOOO WE FOUND EM LES GOO

[@tapchoke2363]

Wait.. is IzzzYzzz’s real name Sarah? 😳

[@ansun1987]

Oo

[@spacenerd4959]

@@tapchoke2363 my mistake, i write izzy but it mustve autocorrected. i didnt notice until now. thanks ! 😅

[@CaitlinGoodale]

Omg- I worked with the guy who made this! Did some freelance design work for him back in 2015. He’s now a successful designer/product manager in VR, I think. Probably took the game down to clean up his internet presence.

[@vxcvxmcrposfdsdfulpdfg]

cap

[@TaffyCat6712]

They should’ve kept the game

[@superpandaidol_3]

Pretty sure he just didn’t update it

[@TennelleFlowers]

I can't tell you how many times people have stumbled onto my videos and found things they thought were some childhood fever dream. I love that feeling of finding something like that for people. I'd never heard of this game but holy cow, I get why that would have stuck with you as a kid! O.o

[@wolfofnightmare2629]

Oh wow. Didn't expect to see you here Tennelle!

[@Cylidae]

:00 Two of my favorite KZbinrs in the same place!

[@Jaybirdski]

wow, and through your comment I re-discovered the movie I used to watch on repeat all the time visiting my aunts when I was 5, vuk the little fox!! thank you for that ^_^

[@saulgoodmanbodypillow]

Oh man, I've just checked out your channel and I gotta say thank you for the work that you do! Have you ever come across an animated film/short/series where a girl found a white stoat and kept it as a pet, but then its eyes started glowing red and it became evil or something like that? I watched it as a kid 20 odd years ago and got scared to death but I haven't been able to find it online despite my best efforts. TOMT couldn't find it either. I swear it exists, my dad remembers it too!

[@TennelleFlowers]

@@saulgoodmanbodypillow Can't say I have, but I def will keep an eye out for it now that you've mentioned it lol

[@NymphaeumVA]

I'm particularly curious about whoever the voice actor of that princess was. It's probably in the credits somewhere but her scenes sound like... a lot. I'd like to ask that person what they thought about the project. Also that app icon is hauntingly pretty, you were completely on point about it having a key, a rose, _and_ a trapped princess.

[@hw5064]

I watched the video of the good ending. The English VA is credited as “Grace Emery”. Good luck!

[@J_Lynn]

@@hw5064 Good luck, indeed. Trying to google that, you're only going to find legendary voice actor Gideon Emery. Wonder if they're related. :)

[@genericname8727]

@@J_Lynn if you type: “Grace Emery” voice -Gideon Then someone comes up who’s an audio designer who appears to have a focus on games, based on what I see of her LinkedIn. I wonder whether, instead of just being the voice actor, she was sound designer for that project? She’s from the UK so I think it could be the same person based on this info at least

[@cassiet6174]

I've had this game come up to my brain occasionally for years as well, and freaked a little when I saw the thumbnail! And I actually got the good end! Honestly, I don't know how, because I didn't HAVE any money for apps at that age, so maybe there was a little bit of luck? I didn't even know it HAD a bad end tbh. I don't remember the knight section, I assume it's not unlike the bad end but he, y'know, wins instead. But I remember it well when it cuts back to the princess for the last time. The knight, now in 3d, busts into the room she's being held captive in, the two clasp hands and start spinning around joyfully. I think there were some generic heart effects floating around them and the background might have faded into what you expect a 'happily ever after' setting to look like, or maybe just to white. There is not a single bit of narration or dialogue or text after he finds her, and the game abruptly ends. It stuck with me because it was so obvious that after all this time we've spent listening to the princess, the second the knight shows up it turns back into His Story that the game was critiquing, the princess's torment is suddenly never heard from again because it didn't play a part in the Knight's Adventure. Obviously that's how I interpreted it at least, lol. I think if you tried to play it after that, you either had an empty room, or it reverted to one of the princess's models you could make walk around, but no more dialogue would play. Ummm the only thing I can think to add is that the flavor texts describing the knight's adventure were really mean to him lmao. One of them was like 'this is the first time he'd ever gotten his boots dirty' then hard-cut to the princess's torture. Even then I was like, "Jeez, game, I get it already."

[@gretablackwell495]

Thank you for solving that mystery!! I was wondering what about the good ending was so unsatisfactory according to some of the reviews.

[@jonathanlgill]

This makes a lot of sense.

[@Zeldaa0]

Make izzzyzzz see this comment

[@kaliravel9832]

I interpreted the good ending at the time as bittersweet, like, yes, she's rescued, but she'll never be truly free again after that.

[@AlexPastGrey]

It was a fake paywall

[@princeapoopoo5787]

I feel like if this game was less divisive, it would have been a cult classic and praised for being ahead of it's time. Something about it just gives me those vibes.

[@erinmcintosh3969]

My “lost media” story is about a 1980’s Strawberry Shortcake VHS tape I had as a kid in the 90’s. It was a story about camping, and they sing this song that legit gets stuck in my head randomly to this day. I tried finding a copy of it for years and I finally did! There’s a KZbin rip of the whole episode including the song! 😂

[@Ri-zx6ph]

By chance is it the 2003 strawberry shortcake "blueberry beast" DVD? That's the only one I can think of that had a campfire setting off the top of my head that might've also had a VHS release since it was the early 2000nds

[@devildoesntcare5549]

@@Ri-zx6ph I second this

[@sky_aiko]

i love strawberry shortcake so muchh

[@LikaLaruku]

@@Ri-zx6ph No, it has to be 1984's "Strawberry Shortcake & the Baby Without a Name." Synopsis from Wikipedia: "Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name chronicles Strawberry Shortcake's annual summer camping trip, where she and her friends encounter a monster in the woods. The Peculiar Purple Pie Man and Sour Grapes attempt to capture it to become rich and famous."

[@pyraffin]

oh damn is it that one where they're walkign through the woods at night singing about how scary it is? That one SLAPS I used to watch it on the car dvd player every time we went somewhere just to listen to that song. That and the old MLP Minty's Christmas

[@zelliestarre6734]

this game reminds me a bit of "dreaming mary" a similar concept where (spoilers) you start off in a beautiful fantasy pink fairytale land and do some quests for the "animals" and eventually it reveals a darker side, where mary is being abused by her father and sleeps to escape as she can not leave her room. in the end she gets a key from her dream which she wakes up with and is able to run away and leave her room. i think the developer planned to make a sequel but im not sure as i havent kept up with the game. edit: also the animals in her dream represent the various adults in her life who sit by and let the abuse happen (like the maid, a woman at the bar i think? etc) the one who helps her (its been a while since i played) is the uncle character, who i think gives her the key to escape. but again its been like 10 years since i touched the game lol.

[@creatorof4wall332]

Petscop, I think.

[@dreamycarnival4400]

@@creatorof4wall332 both are completely different mediums made by different creators

[@MushyRoom77]

@@honkstheclown8631 It was actually an original RPG maker game (around the time RPG maker horror was really popular) and the creator planned to make several games that took place in the same universe revolving around different protagonists (If I'm remembering correctly) but aside from some prerelease stuff on tumblr, never ended up doing so. So aside from them both being RPG maker horror games, I don't think there was a direct inspiration aside from everyone just being inspired by that genre in general at the time.

[@MagnoliaWisteria]

That is dreaming Mary I think

[@naolucillerandom5280]

@@honkstheclown8631 it's from the same era, but the concepts and aesthetic are completely different. Yume Nikki was full on into the abstract nightmare concept and I saw the craziest theories on it, Dreaming Mary was much more lineal and was a "cute game slowly turns disturbing" type.

[@EmmmaHhhhh]

My guess is that the game was removed (at least from iOS) because I think that around that time all apps that hadn't been updated by the developers after a certain amount of time were automatically removed from the app store since an iOS update would render them unusable. I could be wrong though, but I do remember games like Sims Medieval being removed sometime around then.

[@Thatposer444]

Yeah I remember someone talking about this. I believe it’s also what happened to the Spore mobile game

[@tabuu9]

I’m pretty sure it’d still be on the App Store, just not downloadable.

[@EmmmaHhhhh]

@@tabuu9 You might be right. I also don't remember the exact date it happened so I could very well be wrong.

[@tyler9378]

@@tabuu9 i agree, i used to be obsessed with this game called pretty pet salon when i was a kid. its still on the app store, it just says it needs to be updated to run with the new ios, so its not actually able to be downloaded.

[@CardCaptorLoki]

That sounds about right; The Yamishibai game got removed too I think because of inactivity. I liked playing that as a time waster.

[@explosive_t1ger415]

After watching the full play-through of the game that showed all of the endings, the paying for credits part is actually false. If you click it, is says something along the lines of "We aren't actually going to charge you, this is a free game. We just wanted to know if you cared about the princess enough." And the good ending ensues.

[@hycree9373]

It's crazy how vividly we can remember things to seem, only to find that we were way off or mixing things together. I have the same problem with a lot of games and movies in general. The brain is wild

[@itscris01]

@josh raid Well, technically, Jasmine gives that boy something to eat, and the vendor accuses her of being a thief because she can’t immediately pay for it

[@monicacreator3168]

The paywall in the game was a fake one, to see if the player cared enough about the princess. (From what I understood) It's pretty messed up in my opinion. Like punishing the poor.

[@jeffpeepee3684]

That's neato

[@nyatistik]

As a poor person I think I would pay 4 it

[@DropOfMidnightOfficial]

yeahh even if it was a fake guilt trip, i don't see how it contributes to the story they're trying to tell

[@Angel12068]

Woah! Aside from the fake guilt trip you might get out of it, that feature is really really cool. I'm impressed the game dev thought of that.

[@why7928]

it isn't?? as a literal poor person, it's 1.99, and it turned out to be a fakeout. it's not that big of a deal imo.

[@BrokenFingerParadise]

Interesting story, I'm guessing there are a lot of cases of unique app store games that have simply vanished (seemingly) forever. I did the art and animation for an app store game at some point, I don't think it was very popular since at one point it suddenly disappeared from the app store and I sort of lost contact with the guy who did all the programming and technical side to it and was in charge of the project. I guess it costs some amount of money to keep these things up and it wasn't worth it for him to do so. I've got a copy of it downloaded on my phone that I transfer from phone to phone but apart from that it's kind of lost to the world. It wasn't as strange of a game as the one mentioned in this video but reminded me of that situation I guess.

[@steam_junk]

can I play 👹👹

[@iswearimnotafurry4953]

Ooo what’s it called?

[@BrokenFingerParadise]

@@iswearimnotafurry4953 It was called Yam Yam Puzzle Guardians, it was a puzzle game (as you may have guessed) It was a long time ago and I like to think my art has improved since then, so if you find it don't be too harsh haha

[@iswearimnotafurry4953]

@@BrokenFingerParadise I looked it up and it looks really cute!! As well as vaguely familiar, like I might have stumbled across an ad or something for it a while ago. I wish it was still playable!

[@ilta222]

this is extremely common lol. i'm a pixel artist and 9/10 games i get paid to make never come out

[@reverie6306]

I remember installing the game when I was younger! I thought the icon was pretty and I saw a princess and wanted to play immediately, but once It loaded up I felt really anxious and uneasy and started to get so scared so I deleted it asap 🗿

[@anne.8756]

What is the name of the game?

[@VesperDoesStuff]

@@anne.8756 I think they're talking about the game in the vid

[@neobell9511]

@@anne.8756 they mean the game in the video i think

[@thefunkiestswag]

@@anne.8756 hope: the other side of adventure

[@Judgmental_Cat]

I dont remember where I heard this but its something along the lines of “The cruelest thing you can do to a person who's living in panic is to offer him or her hope that turns out false. When the crash comes its intolerable.”

[@vultivenom1750]

That quote is from the movie "The Bourne Supremacy". The movie released in July of 2004. Hope this helps!

[@yesnutches]

Hearing "false hope" makes me think of danganronpa lol

[@alfredopirangabertoni426]

It remembers me of that horrible colombian earthquake of the girl who died trapped

[@Crystre]

I know I probably didn’t play it as a kid, but it gives off a lot of nostalgia. It feels like a game my parents would let me download as a kid and then delete it insanely because they realize I shouldn’t play it.

[@Apple_Bapple]

were there any games like that when you were younger?

[@Crystre]

@@Apple_Bapple kinda, I played a lot of weird cgi games and princess games as a kid. I distinctly remember being obsessed with a princess tower game completely different from the one in video. But considering how many games I downloaded when I was younger and my childhood obsession with them, it really wouldn’t surprise me.

[@Lunxiia]

@@Apple_Bapple i used to play yandere simulator when I was like 9 because I thought it was an innocent schoolgirl game, well nope I was all wrong since it was mainly of killing people for your senpai

[@iinraged2258]

@@Lunxiia wait, are you talking about the actual game or the unity “Girl A” and “Highschool Simulator” games on mobile?

[@minarai313]

@@iinraged2258 I love those types of games! School Girls Simulator and Sakura School Simulator are my favorites right now

[@skarletcharity]

This story sounds remarkably similar to the plot for Deerskin by Robin McKinley, one of my favorite novels of all time. This is a retelling of an old fable called Donkeyskin. I strongly recommend buying Deerskin, it's a beautiful read!

[@Shanook28]

Omg I just read that one for the first time a few months ago! I was listening to the audiobook at work and had to pause a few times because it made me cry and I didn’t want my coworkers to think I was a weirdo lmao. Such a good book!

[@skarletcharity]

@@Shanook28 right?? I think I read it in 8th or 9th grade, after reading both of Mckinley's retellings of Beauty and the beast. Deerskin is special though, and I LOVE watching her survive with her dog!

[@diamandcharme-kerhorest7221]

I love Donkeyskin! Will definetly check out Deerskin

[@fallenflame1940]

@@skarletcharity it sounds interesting! Can u maybe explain what its about, its fine if not tho!!

[@Shanook28]

@@fallenflame1940 it’s about a princess whose father goes insane after the death of her mother and tries to force the princess to marry him. He assaults and nearly kills her and her dog, and the rest of the book is about the two of them escaping, healing from their trauma, and trying to make a new life for themselves in a new kingdom.

[@melodream10]

I think the happy ending is so cheerful bcuz the princes is just so happy that she isn't doomed as it seems she genuinely thought she was, I mean, SHE HAD THE NOOSE READY. Also her body language she seems really shocked when the prince shows up first. So she was still traumatized but happy that the night saved her. Also I like to think she kicked the dead body of the duke on her way out.

[@amandahunt3197]

I wanted to add onto what you’ve said about the paid part of this game. From what I remember, the game faked you out and pretended to charge you. I remember not paying and still getting the good ending (which was really underwhelming). It’s why some of the reviews on the App Store hint that you should at least tap on the option to pay. I don’t like this weird mechanic because it confused a lot of people and prevented them from actually experiencing the good ending.

[@ashp3783]

what was the good ending?

[@axdonat]

what happened in the ending?

[@ashp3783]

@@axdonat ok so at the good ending its the basic thing, the knight finds her and kills the bad guy, but she has no dialogue in that ending, the bad ending its that she kills herself

[@namity1305]

I think that was the point, though. The good ending was truly only for those that cared for the princess.

[@peachesncharlotte]

@@namity1305 Eh... some people can't really pay for one reason or another, so I wouldn't generalize that statement to most people

[@Lebicoochie]

Ah I remember that game. I absolutely love horror games, and even though this game isnt a horror game, it gave me literal nightmares. The princess constantly crying was driving me insane... it was super unsettling and even when I was scared, I continued playing, thinking that there might be a good ending... never got one, always the got traumatizing bad ending. One time, I decided that this is the last time id try to get a good ending. Failed. I was talking to my friend while playing it and stopped paying attention to it... the princesses,suddenly loud, cry jumpscared me really bad that I deleted the game and couldnt sleep for days. Could be making this up, but I always felt like I heard the princesses cries. Might have been just some "hearing hallucinations".

[@allurajane4979]

that's so sad wth have u seen the good ending? i think one of these commenters said that it is here on youtube somewhere

[@idkanymorewhatdoIput]

If you don't mind me asking what happened in the bad ending if you remember

[@Lebicoochie]

@@idkanymorewhatdoIput Well, after a few monologues the screen will turn black (that's how I remember it? Maybe I'm wrong) and then the princess is not very clearly seen. She will keep talking tho. After a few minutes, you'll notice that she is slightly moving in the air, meaning that she hanged herself

[@esmegigigenevievesqualor6029]

@@Lebicoochie oh🙁

[@smookiekinskuma]

The euphoria being released the moment you find a game that you have been finding for years since it played a role on your childhood is probably the best yet rarest feelings you will ever get, and I felt that way before ! !

[@Lovinia1]

I didn’t finish the game. The princess sounded really young.... Also I just noticed, in the first cutscene she’s wearing a floor length ball gown. In the next day the dress is torn off at the knee.

[@goddoesntbelieveinyou2459]

jesus.. thats-

[@gracewilks3505]

what does that mean

[@goddoesntbelieveinyou2459]

@@gracewilks3505 maybe you’re better off

[@gracewilks3505]

@@goddoesntbelieveinyou2459 WAIT....oh my i get it now...

[@Lovinia1]

@@gracewilks3505 yeah. That’s why getting the good end is so poignant. We may have been the only ones to ever listen to her. You know based on the princes POV that he doesn’t really notice/care, cuz he’s fulfilled the quest.

[@kieravermeal9127]

Now I'm tempted to make a throwaway Reddit account to try to find a few items from my childhood: 1. An animated film about a young girl and her little sister getting transported to a magical realm where they have to defeat an evil queen/witch. If you want me to go further in depth, I'll do so. 2. A book about a young girl who's family moves to a town cursed with an eternal winter. She meets a boy behind a keyhole and has to defeat the snow witch. Meanwhile her older sister is being brainwashed by these girls to act more feminine and go into a tube, I think. The young girl ends up stabbing the witch (not in detail; "The tip of the sword poked into the witch's chest. A thin line of blood trickled down," or something like that). Edit: Ok, so some have asked about the first one. While I did end up making a throwaway Reddit account, I'm gonna explain it here (it's a long one, so buckle up): It started with a family moving into a new house. There was a mom, a dad, an older sister (about 10-ish), and a little sister (toddler age). The parents ask the older sister to look after the toddler, which she bemoans about. She says some pretty mean things to the baby sister, which she cries about and leaves the older sister. The older sister reads a book for a bit before realizing what she was supposed to do in the first place and feels remorse. She finds this little door in the stairs and goes through it, only to find herself in a fantasy world.There she finds a young prince her age, and they go to defeat the villain, an evil witch (I think). The middle is a blank to me, but I do remember the ending. The kids (the baby sister included) face the villain. The baby sister has a jewel and is in front of a hole in the floor, and both sides re trying to tell her what to do. The older sister yells something along the lines of, "Come on! It's like a puzzle! You love puzzles!" (It's established earlier on that baby sister enjoyed puzzles). The baby sister listens to her older sister, and puts the jewel in the hole, defeating the villain. All the furniture turns back into people (which is why I think it was made in the 90's), and everyone is happy. It turns out that the whole journey was a dream the older sister had. The parents aren't mad at her, surprisingly, and tell both of them to play outside. When they go outside, they meet a young boy, who looks like the prince. Roll credits. Edit #2: The movie has been found! It's apparently called Princess Castle. It's available on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zn-xpI2slNCNe9k Edit 3: The book has been found! It's called Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy.

[@supercoollily]

can you explain the first one

[@sisterkosho9319]

Bro I need more details about the first one this sounds vaguely familiar

[@elizabethjackson1783]

Number 2 sounds vaguely like Snow Walker but i wouldn't be too sure

[@mycomnithegreat434]

Ditto for the first one, it sounds super familiar

[@kieravermeal9127]

@@mycomnithegreat434 Explained it

[@cmmusic4721]

There’s something so peaceful and almost nostalgic about finding something you’ve been looking for for years

[@mr.milquetoast9043]

The glitter makeup on your cheeks looks so gorgeous, also haven't watched the video yet but I love your topics.

[@EnderPanReigns]

I think that the copious (and pretty uncanny) happy nature of the ending was more of a representation of how the princess feels. While there realistically would be a lot of recovery needed over a long time, mental and physical, right now she feels as if nothing was ever wrong, if only for a second. At the very last hour, she's finally rescued, long after she had given up hope. She's not longer doomed to be r@p3d and wed by a man she doesn't love, and that is more than she had ever hoped for for a bit of time now. While no ending could ever be purely joyful after such a miserable few days of suffering, the princess is momentarily blinded by relief and joy. For the first time in days, she's seen someone who has purely good intentions. For the first time in days, she's felt some form of touch that wasn't meant to hurt her. I can't imagine how euphoric it would be to hug your dear friend after days and days of being physically (and I do imagine verbally and quite likely s3xually as well) abused by strange, foreign men. While it isn't truly a perfect ending, it IS a good ending, and that's more than she would've dared to hope for.

[@Gru..-]

What if its just a dream? Who came to save she?

[@debymello4756]

My interpretation as well! People are so weird about happy endings. If the game doesn't have one, they cry about it being unfair to the Woobie of the week and how they deserved a chance, if the game has one, they fish for reasons to say it's actually bad. She's freed, she have a chance to recover, you can even take the change of scenario and lack of bruises as a subtle time skip to when she's well enough to play in the fields carefreely again. Not enough?

[@bm_burger]

YES! I know I'm responding to a year old comment but I 100% agree! I just watched this video and went down a huge rabbit hole, and was shocked to find a large number of people interpret the ending as an illusion, or a sign that the knight is an abuser, or some kind of spiral into despair... Its really interesting to me, because I kind of get it. The contrast between the princess's story and the knights almost makes the knight feel "off" in a way. He's struggling to double-jump and the princess is going through real-world trauma. There's commentary on how the typical gaming audience sees the world only in one side, and the princess only as an object. But there's something also telling about the final scene, where the "hero" and "villain" have this very cheesy video gamey final boss fight with each other, but its in the princess's world. That goofy video game world is still the princess's world too, and its both how we're introduced to her and how we part ways with her in the happy ending. As the title is called "The Other Side of Adventure", I think it shows that the world is both of these, not one or the other. It is both grimdark and silly. and idk, as someone who deals with depression, its kind of a powerful reminder that those days where you feel trapped in a tower don't exclude the possibility that you might feel silly and happy and dance again like you used to. We're not all locked to the bad ending just because it looks like we're at a point of no return. Thats not to say the story is PERFECT imo, you could argue its a bit reductive or tasteless or confusing with some of its themes (using a fake pay-to-win mechanic as a way of gauging investment is an INTERESTING choice), but I 100% think its a bit more complex of a story then just "what if if video game sad and bad" lol

[@weebmatics]

I have a somewhat similar story. I took French for my freshman and sophomore years of High School and I vividly remembered this movie we watched about this art student and her obsessive attraction to a cardiologist who was married. She did alot of crazy things like gift him a painting anonymously, gave him a real heart as a present, and killed his child, who was still in his wife's woumb. I wanted to watch it with some friends for Valentines day, bu I forgot the name, so I did what you did and googled descriptions of the movie, eventually giving up since I couldn't find anything. Then one day, I found it on my recommended page on KZbin. I didn't know it was the movie until I clicked on it and fast forward to a scene where the cardiologist had a painting of himself in his office. That's when I found my movie. It's called "He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not" or "À la folie... pas du tout" for anybody interested in watching it. Its one hell of a ride

[@bethm5852]

That sounds like a strange movie to watch in class

[@weebmatics]

@@bethm5852 Oh, it was. The teacher had a peculiar sense of humor. It wasn't bad, per say, but just weird

[@simos01]

Oh man i also watched that in freshman year french. Absolutely jarring going into it blind

[@weebmatics]

@@simos01 fr fr

[@elizabethwheeler8691]

Is that the one where at the end when she leaves the hospital and they're cleaning the room and then they move back the wardrobe and behind it is a drawing of him in all the medicine she was ment to have been taking?

[@RPGMaker2003]

I just played it (Found an APK on a shady ass website) and the Prince apparently always dies at the fire caves. Also I pressed the purchase button out of curiosity and it just said: "Don't worry. We won't charge you anything. This is a free game. We just wanted to know if you were brave enough, if you care enough for the princess. With all our heart, thanks."

[@sarinabina5487]

aw thats sweet:D

[@youaremydarlin3620]

… don’t really like how the developers subtly equate courage = purchasing to win, but, okay…

[@YukiKoyuki]

share the apk pls pls pls

[@arlovskaya]

pls share the apk man

[@rachelb3089]

Wait send the link lowkey wanna play

[@catherineecatherine]

i love the people in the comments and replies finding other people’s lost media. it makes me so happy to see people reunited with something they’ve been looking for for so long, and it makes me even happier that others want to help with that search. izzy’s community is really so wholesome

[@C4T_Z]

One thing i think is cool is if you look at her stomach throughout the game her stomach gets smaller showing that she is starving

[@Burning_studio]

(Ur Name got me Ngl) also that’s horrible, I didn’t even notice 😢

[@liannederuijter3199]

You can see trays of food on the floor so she is doing it willingly

[@asleepforeverever]

​@@liannederuijter3199I wouldn't wanna eat if I was kidnapped and having.. stuff happening to me on the daily

[@kittymae335]

For years my 'tip of my tongue' media was: 'a disturbing low budget British cartoon where every time a different kid gets some horrible comeuppance for minor misbehaviour, and the one I remember most is a girl who pulled an entire 'bogeyman' out of her nose as there was an echoing voice telling her "deeper, deeper, you will find gold", and I also remembered one about the Famous Five getting poisoned and dying?' Recently I got a video in my recommended about CITV's Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids, and it was that. As soon as I saw the clip of the popcorn bucket full of worms tilting towards the screen the memory flooded back.

[@mississippirose5026]

DUDE I REMEMBER THAT I FUCKING HATED IT AS A KID

[@MissZerglot]

I looked for that show for years as well! I found it roughly two years ago and rewatched all of it. I loved that show.

[@SambaDeAmigosGato]

Was the video made by steve reviews?

[@kittymae335]

@@SambaDeAmigosGato yes that’s the one!

[@Grim_Sister]

Mine was this vampire who was tossed to the void and came out ugly with no wings (Legacy of Kain)

[@YearOfTheCanine]

I was able to find the apk file with the last version of this game (1.2) on one of the scammy sites you mentioned and look into the contents of that file. From doing so, I was able to determine, that it was made in a way, that made it work only on the really old versions of Android and since the developers never updated it pay this version, since as you found out, the studio "fell apart", Google and Apple eventually had to take it down, once it was no longer able to run on the newer versions of their operating systems.

[@CourtOrderedThiccBitch]

So basically we won't ever be able to see the ending if we missed it back then? Or can it still run somehow?

[@tomboywarrior3229]

@@CourtOrderedThiccBitch just use an Android emulator, I'm pretty sure you can change the version of the android to play old unsupported games

[@CourtOrderedThiccBitch]

@@tomboywarrior3229 I downloaded it, although I think the apk we found is only in spanish, or at least I don't know how to change the language. But I think I also found it on amazon, for the amazon app or something?

[@based980]

Can you post it online

[@YukiKoyuki]

pls share pls shareeee

[@snazzy9175]

My personal "tip of my tongue" story was of a book I read back in elementary school. For years I only remembered it as a kinda weird book about a girl who's brother got shot by his best friend on accident while they were playing with a parent's gun. The main girl was convinced her brother had been murdered and I think almost kills the best friend? Other scenes I remembered were her getting her first period and being disgusted by her brother's embalmed body. I remembered it more for the imagery it created in my head than anything else. After like an hour of feverishly googling variations of "girl's brother gets shot by best friend book" I managed to find the title- The Last Payback by James VanoOsting. Still need to get a new copy, I really wanna reread it.

[@rosielps1818]

I FOUND IT ON AMAZON THERES ONLY TWO LEFT GO QUICKKKKKK

[@eh.440]

Oh my goodness THANK YOU

[@-_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_-]

Wait, that sounds similar to me. Imma check it out

[@proverbialloaf]

Some of those elementary school books were wild, man. I’m currently trying to find a “lost” book from my middle school years. It’s been a while of off-and-on searching but you’ve inspired me to keep looking 🫡

[@riversong4997]

Commenting here so I get notifications-I'm so curious!

[@TehLB]

I respect Hope for what it was trying to do. Usually in these kind of stories the Princess is treated more like a trophy to win and so I appreciate that this game's message is about considering her as a human being and lending legitimacy to her perspective. THAT BEING SAID, from the way it's described it sounds like it just goes on way too long. Like I got the point after the first castle segment, but then it just keeps going for 5 more segments after that. I agree with the comments that it's more likely that the game just wasn't maintained. I've downloaded a lot of "older" (it's weird saying that when they're less than 10 years old) mobile games that straight up don't launch anymore because for whatever reason the developer decided it wasn't worth updating them. iOS is particularly bad about that. A great video as always, and thank you for sharing!

[@eagledove9]

I'm 47 years old. There was a story that I remembered, and I was talking about it with some people online, and somebody finally came up with the name for it. Several of us were remembering a story about a kid who used his thumb to push the food onto his fork. The story was meant to teach kids how to eat without being rude and without touching their food with their hands. The kid in the story ended up with all kinds of things growing out of his thumb, because of how he kept touching his food. Somebody finally remembered the title, 'Gaston's Ghastly Green Thumb.'

[@MaddixYT]

Speaking of bedtime stories about thumbs I know a creepy kids bedtime story called The Story Of Little Suck a Thumb where a mom tells her son shes leaving and tells him not to suck his thumbs when shes gone or a tailor will cut them off and of course he sucks his thumbs the tailor cuts them off the mom comes back and doesnt care that the kid lost his thumbs.

[@eagledove9]

@@MaddixYT Omg, lol, yeah, that's exactly the kind of fairy tale that I'm talking about. So many fairy tales are just terrifying to the point of being evil.

[@Obsessive_cartoon_drawer]

Wow, reminds me of a kids book I used to read called “ no kids jumping on the bed” it was about this kid who breaks the apartment floor while jumping on the bed, it was a fever dream, man

[@eagledove9]

@@Obsessive_cartoon_drawer What else do you remember that happened in the story? It does sound like a fever dream. I have nightmares every once in a while where I am climbing up into a very tall building, but the upper floors are crumbling and rotten, so that you fall through when you're walking over the floor.

[@zer0stars]

This is kinda funny out of my perspective, in the Philippines, even though we use spoon and forks, it's part of our culture to eat with our hands. So it's kinda funny that there is a tale where something normal to me is punishes behavior.

[@wfjhDUI]

Waiting until the player is invested in the story and then springing an in-app purchase shakedown to get the good ending is hilariously devious. And honestly, considering the modest price I wouldn't even be mad, I'd admire the chutzpah.

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

the purchase was actually a fake out, it doesnt charge ur account, thanks you for wanting to see how the story ends and just keeps going

[@theimplications635]

@@iwakeupandboomimarat woah what?

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

@@theimplications635 yeah it wouldnt actually charge anything, u just click the button and wait a bit and itll do the same thing

[@bugsmith3395]

For my story - i remember watching Gnomeo and Juliet as a kid CONSTANTLY. I loved the movie, and always cried when it got sad. If i felt sick, I’d lay on the couch, get a lot of blankets, and watch it on repeat. I haven’t seen it in years, and had totally forgotten about it as I grew up. That was until I heard one of the songs on TikTok that they played from the movie. It was “Hello Hello” by Elton John. I remember hearing it and freaking out cause i remembered it from somewhere, looking it up, and realizing it was from the movie I was obsessed with. I watched it at least three different times after I found it on Disney Plus LMAO

[@twi2262]

gnomeo?

[@hollyelizabethrose]

@@twi2262 They were gnomes

[@justchilling1506]

omygod i used to watch it with my sister! i had it in DVD, who the hell uses that anymore, lol. thanks you for the nostalgia trip

[@juniperw3613]

this made me think about the idea of "a story has to fit its medium". if you're writing a play, why is it a play? if you're writing a book, why is it a book? since I didn't play this game I cant speak for how GOOD the story is but from a gameplay point, it seems like a major problem was making it a game. a game where you, as the player, literally can't do anything but walk around a small room sounds *so frustrating* and it probably could have worked better in a different medium (like as a short film). or maybe not! idk! much to think about EDIT: I JUST REMEMBERED VISUAL NOVELS EXIST and I think the game could've worked better like that!! preserve the interactive elements without the frustration of no real gameplay

[@emmalinekim9822]

I think the concept has potential as a game! Maybe if they actually intercut it with playable games as the knight character and depending on how quickly you beat the levels then the princess would be in captivity for longer and longer? And there could be choices like forks in the road, etc that could lead to the happy or sad ending?

[@windy8544]

it's intentional

[@itsanna0735]

I think it’s kind of the point that you can’t do anything, you’re kinda just trapped and helpless, forced to wait for something to happen, anything; like the Princess is.

[@1WEareBUFO1]

Visual novels have no real gameplay , doh

[@EC-jd9ej]

Actually, I think the gameplay is actually a pro if you consider what the story's message is. You're a princess trapped in a room and you have the false experience of free will while knowing you can't do anything at all.

[@milevapuentedura831]

OKAY this is such a big coincidence but I was looking for the exact same thing a minute ago and boom this video is out X") amazing content as always Izzy

[@Juknn]

i dont think its a coincidence considering how KZbin and Google monitor your activity to best serve your needs.

[@milevapuentedura831]

@@Juknn The fact that this video is out the day of me searching for this specific game is a coincidence

[@lukecasselman1140]

@@milevapuentedura831 turns out Izzy monitors your activity to make sure this coincidence happened :P

[@flour6808]

Hearing what a creator is passionate about is always more interesting than hearing anything else imo. Don’t be sorry.

[@THEo_oSILLY]

My "lost media" is this game I played in elementary on my Windows phone (now broken). I forgot the genre, I always thought of it as horror - but looking back, it wasn't that scary - I just found it scary. It had a bit of action though. I don't remember when it was released, but it still existed around 2017ish. Its graphics/art style were in 3D, not very detailed nor shaded I remember very few characters: Brother (MC), Sister (who gets kidnapped), main bad guy and their lackeys, 2-4 characters (?) the MC had to save. Gameplay mechanics I remember: • Walking, lots of it. • The MC can also choose to equip a stick as a weapon, or not if preferred. • There was a map on the upper left. Remaining details I remember: • The MC had a circular (?) body, brown clothes, and dark hair. • The MC and his sister were definitely kids/children. • The environment was super brown. • The environment was desert-ish and empty. • The map on the upper left had an indicator on where to go next, and the story won't progress until the player goes there. • The MC saves these 2-4 characters, then the sister gets kidnapped (?). • After the sister gets kidnapped, an indicator on the map appears which is the sister's location, and the MC has to go there. • When the MC arrives there, the sister is in a cage, and he frees her. • I don't remember the ending, but it was a pretty short game. I'm still looking for it. 🥲 One of the main reason why I remembered it though is because I was stagnant in my gameplay, choosing not to move (after the sister was kidnapped) because I was too scared to do anything else at the time, then my classmate told me to just do it and follow the indicator at the map - which I did, and it caused me to finish the game.

[@Youraverageyoutubeaccount]

If you’re still in contact with the classmate than you could ask them

[@nikkidiot]

I remember playing this one chinese, japanese or korean game where you were supposed to take care of a hamster, and you could put it in a cup. It was great

[@otchii106]

spoon pet collector?

[@TEPPITreeseed]

you're talking about Spoon Pet Collector (I think), it's a spinoff of the original game where instead of hamsters it would've been cats. The spinoff was probably created to advertise the toys.

[@creaturenamedalistair]

The thought of a tiny hamster chilling in a cup is oddly heart warming 😄

[@charlottemarianna8408]

Oh yeah, there's a game called "Can your cat?" And it's absolutely terrifying :) enjoy

[@dianacortes4253]

@@charlottemarianna8408 isn't it "Can your pet"?

[@lokimemes4694]

I had a book that I read as a child, and I only remembered two scenes: A scene where the two main characters rip off a young woman's glove to reveal it's old and wrinkled, implying she's not young but rather an old woman with immortality, and a scene where a bunch of weirdoes try to perform a lobotomy on a child with synthesia. I spent YEARS looking for this book. Then I described it to a friend of mine who found it in, like, two minutes. It's called "The Name Of This Book Is Secret". I know that's the right one because while I didn't remember the names of the protagonists when I was asking about it, as soon as I saw "Max-Earnest" it UNLOCKED something in my nostalgia.

[@rissiuniverse2072]

damn wtf

[@Cecily_Smith4]

OMFG I REMEMBER THOSE BOOKS I read all 5 of them in like 2 weeks and genuinely don’t remember the plot bruh no wat

[@lokimemes4694]

@@Cecily_Smith4 OMG YOU READ THEM, TOO???

[@ll.fleischer1736]

The book was name of this book is a secret series by phenymous Boch I think

[@ll.fleischer1736]

Was there recipes in the back of the book and a suitcase of scents?

[@KestrelDC]

Not sure I agree with people saying it's depowering. TBH, I think it's arguably EMpowering for actually acknowledging what she'd actually be going through and just how horrible and traumatic these experiences that so many modern fairytale works kinda gloss over really are. These things so often get pretty downplayed or totally ignored both in a lot of "mainstream" fairytale-based media like Disney movies or a lot of video games using the whole kidnapped princess trope and in real life. I mean, just looking at politics and social problems over the last few decades, even just the two decades I've been alive for, it's distressingly apparent just how bad we can be about these things. In a way, making people actually consider them is kinda empowering to the people that may have gone through their own versions of it. Their trauma and suffering is acknowledged and for once treated like that part matters, not just the brave hero and the happily ever after parts, which many never even get, anyway.

[@J_Lynn]

Yeah. I think it's kinda crappy to suggest that it's "depowering" because the princess couldn't save herself, tbh. Since... irl there are scenarios that you might not be able to save yourself from. Simply having the courage to get through them is enough, even if you don't do it all by yourself. You'll find you need help in life, whether it's a therapist or a plumber or etc. empowerment shouldn't always mean doing it by yourself. That's a very unrealistic standard. Like, yes, I enjoy strong female characters, but it's not misogynistic if they aren't all that way.

[@jamie1602]

@Indigo Rodent This sort of stuff bothers me. I survived a stalker... while in diapers. And it makes me think, what the hell did you want me to do? How did you expect me to survive those death threats? The cops weren't taking it serious and the fact I survived is probably a miracle. The fact the guy's family still contacts me to tell me it was "just a grave misunderstanding" and "but you have to forgive your family right" makes my skin crawl. It's just another way to victimize us, especially women who survived. Apparently I was supposed to roll out of the womb with an ak-47 and mow down people... Which sickens me. The very thought sickens me. That's not who I am as a person and I celebrate my survival. I am strong and my kindness is not a weakness. Don't mistake it for one. If such advice was good enough to be dispensed by Al Capone, it's good enough for a pipsqueak of a lady like myself... Because I have clearly survived and endured more than these buttercups ever will. We all have.

[@vi0let831]

@@jamie1602 YO WTF?!?!! A MAN STALKED YOU WHEN YOU WERE A LITERAL *BABY?!?!!!* WHAT THE FUCK. JUST- WHAT- WHY. HOW. WTF. I’M SO SORRY YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT DUDE HOLY SHIT. AND THE FACT THAT HIS FAMILY IS STILL HARASSING YOU TO THIS DAY IS DISGUSTING. WHY HASN’T HE BEEN ARRESTED?!?!!!!

[@SmogValley]

I agree. The princess’ segments remind me of Offred’s narration in The Handmaid’s Tale as she also endured trauma, plus characters don’t get happy endings in the show. Terminator 1 also had Sarah Connor who tried escaping the relentless T-800 stalking her, but he’s powerful and embodies many reasons why everyone fears walking alone at night.

[@fishainsley]

TOMT is a godsend tbh. I had vague memories of a graphic novel i’d read about sheep that went into people’s dreams to solve their nightmares and they found it within like a day after i’d been searching for weeks! the comic was called Sleepwalkers btw, it’s pretty fun

[@katieb8718]

it’s so weird how memory works, one time i was telling my friend a story of something i thought happened when i was a kid, then realized mid sentence it was from a show i’d seen. i was so convinced that that was my experience, wtf

[@2natrix]

Your videos feel like national holidays please never stop uploading

[@alyssafleischer8449]

my personal "lost game" was a newgrounds-y browser flash game from the mid 00s, which was basically a johnny the homicidal maniac thing where a murderous goth kid finds himself trapped in the layers of his own mind which are like over the top cutesy candyscapes and later grotty industrial settings until he fights his way to the end and realizes he's in an insane asylum. it was a pretty bad game but it's so iconic of the time period in my memories lol

[@nosmartyr]

U had me at nny. Must find game

[@yourgovtmandatedgothgf]

I'm not sure if this helps any, but this sounds like something OneyNG made and talked about in one of his Let's Plays. He mentioned one of the games he made on Newgrounds was a JTHM rip off because I believe he thought it was kind of cringey and wanted to make a parody (I don't remember if he thought it was cringey at the time, but he definitely does now lol)

[@alyssafleischer8449]

@@yourgovtmandatedgothgf hmmm, unless he's deleted it i don't see the game i'm thinking of on his newgrounds. the original game had big jthm vibes but it was extremely earnest about it

[@elizabethramirezthezenshii9691]

@@alyssafleischer8449 what is jthm

[@alyssafleischer8449]

@@elizabethramirezthezenshii9691 johnny the homicidal maniac, it's a comic by jhonen vasquez (guy who made zim) from the mid 90s, it's like an edgy randomcore thing

[@Ghost5O5]

This reminds me of the time I told my mom about a picture book I had read in preschool. It was about a butterfly that had been hurt, and a little girl had to help it with her mother's guidance. I remember the butterfly was a Monarch Butterfly because I thought it was really pretty while reading it. The book had plagued my mind for years, so my mom and I sat in the same place for two hours trying to find the book😅 We eventually found it, and she bought it for nostalgia purposes, it was called "Hannah's Butterfly"

[@renoodle2694]

God your story about the search really reminds me of when I had my own buck wild search. It was for this 2007 Filipino show called "Agua Bendita" and all of my memories about the show was so weird that for a while I thought it wasn't real. I sadly can't find any of the episodes online and can barely find clips but I need to tell yall about the buck wild story. So the gist of Agua Bendita (translation: "holy water"). It starts off with this pregnant woman who was dealing with pregnancy problems going to church to try to pray, but while there was so thirsty she resorted to drinking the holy water there. She gets better and gives birth to twins but find out that one of them looks like they're made out of water whenever they're not in contact with water. (They named her Agua btw which is absolutely hilarious) I swear I'm not tripping and you can actually find the plot synopsis for the 3 seasons on Wikipedia. It's such a ride, please look into it if you can

[@g9nevieve]

hi, i read ur comment and went looking for it, and the whole series is on yt and uploaded by the channel jeepney tv

[@katsicin5264]

zamn

[@gabriellel.3969]

OH SHIT AGUA BENDITA!!!! loved mocking that show as a kid and used to joke "ano ka, si agua bendita?" whenever my little sister doesnt want to stop swimming but im already tired of keeping watch ahshdjdk i kinda miss that show, the scene where the mom chugs the holy water while the husband and priest watches in horror is so damn funny xD

[@yourlocalanna3154]

oh hey i remember that show too!!!

[@ariscotch_]

WAIT I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS ON TV (actually i thought it was some kind of acid trip since. y'know. a human made out of water)

[@morganhumphrey6352]

I remember reading a book in elementary school and spent over 5 years trying to find it. Then a couple of months ago the title of the book finally popped into my head as I was trying to fall asleep.

[@laurabohlander5985]

Claiming this energy. It's been like 10 years of trying to remember for me 😂

[@thisisapictureofmydog.isnt9208]

nice! what was it?

[@KaylaKasel]

Same, but instead I recently got suddenly lucky with a Google search result of a book review blog. For me it was Dusssie, a book about the niece of Medusa set in modern New York. I'd been misspelling it this whole time!

[@Cohozuner]

Hearing the story of you finding that after searching for so long was more hopeful than the game itself lol

[@maxifire32]

0:03 i remember watching an old minecraft video when i was a kid, i loved that video and i would watch it over and over again, i don't remember the name, version or youtube channel but i think i watched it in 2012-2013 or something like that

[@darthmauve]

what was it about

[@maxifire32]

@@darthmauve it was a multiplayer survival let's play of minecraft, i remember that the render distance was very low and you could hear the mouse and keyboard clicks

[@daisyblueofficial]

​@@maxifire32 awww old Minecraft vids by 10 year olds lol

[@maxifire32]

​@daisyblueofficial It wasn't made by 10 year olds, the guy recording sounded like he was in his 20 and the other player too

[@realitychanger2.058]

Was it by any of the OG Minecraft KZbinrs, like Skydoesminecraft, Captain Sparkles, ASFJerome, BajanCanadian etc etc?​@@maxifire32

[@kittymae335]

"The only actions are slowly walking, crying and sighing" this reminds me of that one Bo Burnham bit from Inside where he's playing his own experience of depression as a game

[@Nanthecowdog]

Episode: Choose Your Story had some gems that got removed, and I still mourn them. The Pregnant Mexican was so wild and bad it shot the moon and came back awesome. And Death and Clamor at Heartscream Manor was a genuinely funny mystery/whodunit.

[@Karragh]

wild that he only gameplay footage of this now abandoned game doesn't have the ending. A real commitment to keeping the mystery alive.

[@oliviamacarthur18]

I've find the good and bad endings on KZbin if you're interested. They were both uploaded a few hours after this video.

[@cthulhu8079]

@@oliviamacarthur18 link?

[@superdoodlecat47]

@@cthulhu8079 good ending: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKWZZIaMrKykjNU

[@eddieravenwood]

They're both on this channel: m.kzbin.info/door/x_vF6RSyMMeGBNES4QINhQ

[@superdoodlecat47]

@@cthulhu8079 bad ending: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnKwmpKDdtWHb80

[@-aspen_official-]

When i was younger (like around 6-8) i remember watching one specific episode of adventure time where it was fiona and cake, and i never heard anyone ralk about it until recently and ever since then I've thought that the old fiona and cake was never real and i can see into the future, because no one talks about the old one (if it even exists that is) and the only thing i can find now is the new one.

[@ChelseyFuredi]

Izzy: *says two words* me: *Pauses for five minutes to read every reddit post that is put on screen as an example*

[@01petrov]

I had a similar situation with a novel I didn't finish before my mom returned it to the library. Finally found it after searching 20+ years after reading it. So fulfilling to find what it was and then find a copy to buy.

[@cyraenea2476]

the game is actually available on amazon and uptodown, and both the good and bad endings have been uploaded to youtube today! this is such a fascinating video and game, thanks for making this!

[@realestofthereals]

whats it called

[@katsicin5264]

@@realestofthereals hope : the other side of adventure

[@sebforce1165]

0:28 oh gods I'm the exact same with quite a few tv shows, like, seriously. Growing up in the 2000's has made it so annoying to remember anything because it's either from the 90's or much later than I thought...

[@juntoringo]

This is so cool! I can't imagine how satisfying it was to find. Years and years ago I played this red riding hood choose your own adventure text game. Just a black screen where you had to input command prompts to try and find a way to move the story forward without any hints whatsoever. It was unsettling and atmospheric, a dark take on the fairy tale, and I remember how badly I wanted to find it again. I never did; but maybe I'll try again. Super cool, Izzy!!

[@nosmartyr]

What year? Sounds like a project that could have been funded based on American mcgee alice in wonderland game.

[@bluebones8518]

I don't think this is what you're talking about but the dark little red riding hood concept reminded me of another game she made a video about, The Path: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH7Sf6NqpqqLgZY

[@juntoringo]

@@nosmartyr i think i played it around 2017. Give or take a couple years - im sorry im so vague! I’ll forever regret losing it. It was super Brothers Grimm. You had no command prompts at all; so you had to guess what to do. By just typing random actions. Grab axe/go north/go south/sit etc.

[@juntoringo]

@@bluebones8518 it’s not unfortunately, but it matches the feel pretty well! Thanks so much for sharing regardless. Had a great time rewatching it!

[@emerald559]

ai dungeon? like an older version of that maybe without all the new stuff ?

[@i_forgotted]

21:35 “it’s just half and hour of sad music and depressing monologues. If I wanted that I’d just live my real life” lmao

[@wrenbeck3370]

Ah yes, the old adage of "I can't remember that one thing I experienced as a kid"; my most recent metaphorical white whale of that type was the TV show Team Galaxy; all I could remember about it was the premise, some character names, a couple of scenes and the fact that it was made by the same studio as Totally Spies. I ended up checking the studio's Wikipedia page.

[@ArsonOnNeptune]

The story you explained at the beginning, Both me and my friend back in the day were on KZbin kids and we found this video called bendy trips over a rock. It was 7 seconds long, and the peak of comedy at the time. We try finding it the next day, gone. Regular KZbin, gone. It was so weird- I’m still questioning if it was a dream or not

[@nottoptext]

found it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmmqfZ97i7Srqq8

[@mustelideo5201]

Childhood lost media hunting is such a fun thing to do. I have no words to describe how it feels like when you finally find out said piece after so many years. My personal story with it is of an obscure PC release of a game my uncle gave me in the 2000s when at an old-school PC store. It had a PS1 kind of vibe with characters and objects being goofy polygons and I used to play it with a PS1/2 controller. The game started with a cutscene of a kind of a sci-fi committee discussing something and then the playable part started with our orange-ish main character with a ridiculous onion shaped haircut and his flying companion trying to re-build something at a beach park. This game had some awful stuff considering it was probably for children, like using fat sunbathers as a trampoline and female NPCs that were kind of receptionists and had giant polygon breasts. When the player finished building a spaceship on the beach the game completely changed its vibe, and we could go to space. It had kind of an eerie vibe to me because I was a child but the tone was probably goofy as well. You went into spaceships and fought inside them and there were platform stages as well. I posted this highly specific description on so many forums for years until I found out very recently the game was Starshot: Space Circus Fever, an obscure N64 game released in 1998 that for some reason had a PC port as well. I have no idea whether mine was pirated or not but it gave me CHILLS to watch a complete playthrough of it, especially because as a child I had not completed it due to finding it too difficult. It's kind of a tasteless game but I wanted to be sure it wasn't a fever dream and had actual confirmation that my description was almost 100% correct.

[@jemcat5125]

Since this video has a topic of obscure games, I’ll share my story. When I was around 7-10 years old I would play this puppy game all the time. I loved games that would have you run around an open world as an animals, maybe doing quests or just having fun. But this game wasn’t your typical animal RPG game. There were about 3-4 different maps where you ran around doing quests, the graphics were super bad and your character glitched through stuff often. But the main point were the quests. Some quests involved: waking up a terrifying monster who chases your slow puppy down, mating with a female dog (twice, and it was uncensored), and going to the underworld and escape satan. It was weird, but a few years ago I found this game again. It’s called Puppyland Online Free. I don’t think you can play it on your phone, but my iPad still runs with it. I still think about this game often, it’s super bad but hilarious.

[@squishysealio]

I played the cat version of that game! It was made by the same developer,

[@hw5064]

When I was about 8-11 and obsessed with Pokémon, I downloaded a ton of free Pokémon clone games onto my iPod Touch from the App Store. They were all pretty badly made, but one in particular haunts me at night, because I was convinced I found a ghost inside it. My best guess is that I left/returned to an area of the map too quickly, and one of the overworld trainer sprites didn’t load in correctly. So I was just staring at a blank, white, faceless humanoid figure where the sprite should have been. I was so terrified that I deleted the app, and of course, now I have no way of ever finding it again. It’s definitely not the kind of thing that would have been updated and maintained so probably no longer exists :(

[@bewearstar9462]

That really interesting to me.

[@ohokeyiguess35]

Yeah that sounds freaky af

[@daisybryar2737]

My Tip Of My Tongue moment was a kids show in a magic school with 3 main characters: a goth witch with purple hair and dress a spider in her hair, an elf boy who kinda looked like Reece from Malcolm in the Middle, and a human boy wearing a big white button up shirt over a t shirt. The main thing I remember was this book with a face. After YEARS of people saying I imagined this show and they’ve never heard it, I FINALLY found it - it was ULtimate Book Of Spells and it was awesome

[@dairymold]

my 'tip of my tongue' mystery is so obscure, I've posted to tomt several times about it, posted on tumblr about it, twitter, scoured vimeo and youtube, but I've never been able to locate a (I believe senior thesis) short animated film I saw in 2014 or 2015. it had no dialogue, it was in the style of a text-based rpg, the main character was a little kid (they were a family of cat people kind of like animal crossing style?) who played videogames and didn't do their homework and incrementally would come home from school, not do homework, get scolded, get things taken away from them like their handheld game device, until the only thing left in their room was homework on their desk, at which point they went downstairs to their parents and the scene of the kid crying and parents hugging them and comforting them has always stuck with me. again, zero dialogue, pretty sure this was a student film, it was... I believe 3D but made to look 2D-with-shading, if that makes sense? the kid's bedroom scenes was like a 3/4 view of a square room. if literally anyone knows where I can find this film again... I would be so grateful.

[@bills1968]

Omg wait, let me see if I know what this is.hold on, I’m gonna send u a link

[@bills1968]

Nevermind, I thought it could be this but I know that’s wrong kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYvWeqt7o7NjoZI

[@dairymold]

@@bills1968 this is one that comes up a lot when i try to find it but is sadly not the same - the cat in the short film i saw was definitely black or orange.. i remember them blending in with the bedroom as it progressively got darker with each thing the parents took away. but the style and tone was VERY similar to this one - and tysm for sending this and suggesting it. sometimes idk if i'll ever find it bc so many student and short films get released every year but i'm holding out hope 😭

[@poiuppx]

Went looking for Hope because this video really intrigued me, and oddly, I found the Amazon page for it. Not linking it here for fear of being filtered out, but Hope: The other side of adventure (at least according to the amazon page) does seem to still be available through it for a free download. There's also some interesting reviews there, including a clear description of the 'good' (?) ending. So if anyone wants to take a stab at it or get some more info, there you go.

[@RailocSTC]

I did! It doesn't run on modern Android phones, however. It just crashes whenever I open it.

[@duckyducktm9197]

I'm really curious to hear descriptions of the good and bad ending

[@MrMonochromatic]

So it works on my Fire HD8 from 2016 (6th gen). Gonna try newer ones, but this is the oldest I had. There's so many features it refuses to get despite updates, I could see where the change in OS would csuse problems on new devices. Edit: Works on the Fire HD 10 (2019 9th gen) and Fire HD 10 plus (2021 11th gen). Would try the 7 and other 8 we got floating around, but if the newest and oldest we got work, it should be fine for anything in between. Just not 100% sure for the 7 with only 1gb RAM, if that's all someone had, 3D games tend to stutter on there, but I use mine for books anyway.

[@shigarakitherat6483]

@@duckyducktm9197 SPOILERS I GUESS In the good ending (which you do NOT have to pay for - once you click on the button to make the in app purchase you will be told that they simply wanted to test your bravery and commitment to saving the princess) the knight will simply free her. A very basic happy ending. The bad ending however will show her having hung herself in the tower while a last voiceover part plays of her talking. It has a terribly dark atmosphere.

[@coffeepotoo]

since a bunch of other people are bringing up things they remember but can't find anymore, i remember reading this one book in elementary school. the cover had been ripped off, so i never knew the title, but the plot was about a boy who gets bitten by a vampire and then has to kill him to turn himself back. i remember it ended with the implication that it didn't work, and the boy was secretly still a vampire. there's still a couple of other fragmented scenes i remember, but i could never find the book because googling anything about it just gets me a bunch of young adult novels and i think it was definitely middle grade. i mostly just wanna see if anyone else remembers it; i would've read it back in maybe 2011-ish? however it was fairly old, so it could've been before then.

[@PantsOHara]

I don't know if you've tried this yet, but Goodreads has a great community for finding forgotten books. If you can remember any other details, like where in the world or what year the story was set in, or other little things like that, you can post about it in What's the Name of That Book??? (a group discussion board). I hope you can find it!

[@Mari-sc4mg]

And it's not book one in the cirque du freak series ? Doesn't sound like it but it had a somewhat similar scene I guess 🤷

[@abcdisaster]

Maybe a goosebumps title? I kinda feel like I've read something like that, and I read A LOT of goosebumps so

[@AsterInDis]

Gosh, that kind of reminds me of the Goosebumps CYOA named "Please Don't Feed the Vampire!"

[@elizabeth4532]

Definitely book one of the cirque du freak series! I recently went down a Google hole trying to find this very book myself as well

[@jeffbrownstain]

I had two. First was Re:Boot. The character from that series Hexadecimal has been in my dreams for decades and I had no idea who she was until about a year ago. The other was Toonami Lockdown. Played it once all day when I was stuck in my aunts work office as a kid and never got the chance to again until I could remember the name, a decade later.

[@mi1kguts]

the only "lost media" from my childhood that interests me is a youtube series made by some girl who i was sort of an acquaintance of (not friends. i was very obnoxious and she probably didn't like me lol) sadly she deleted all the videos (out of embarrassment i assume because they were silly and she was young when they were made) but idk, i wish i could go back and watch them one last time. those videos are what inspired me to make art and ocs. idk if i would be where i am if it wasn't for some goofy sonic oc series i found at age nine on youtube. lowkey i wanna contact her but i worry i would come across as weird or creepy for being like "hey bestie we knew each other like a decade ago and i searched for your account to talk to you lol"

[@karak962]

it's amazing how inspiration can come like that!!!

[@SGWendy166]

I thought it was “yum soda” for a second, until you said “sonic”

[@calmao666]

by chance was the main character of that series orange with long wavy hair, a green headband and had a crush on Knuckles?and the whole thing was made with a very distictive moviemaker style of editing???like with the typical amv style and all?????

[@mi1kguts]

@@calmao666 no the main character was a brown cat with black and purple hair lol

[@alexsamuel3372]

I’m not sure how the site works because I’ve never used it lol, but maybe you could try that “way back machine” to find the account?