The Snake and the Mongoose | GameCube Retrospectives | 18 Wheeler & Smashing Drive

[@TheUballe]

This channel has quickly become a weekly staple for me.

[@seannborba8416]

One of the most fun intros to a channel

[@GameCubeGalaxy]

Smashing Drive is a hidden gem for me personally. I got it for $10 brand new months after it released, and while very short, I loved arcade racers like this. I can’t stress how many times I’ve replayed it to find every shortcut 🤣. 18 Wheeler was a fun one too, but I do recall being baffled the game ran at 30fps lol. I think these games needed to retail for $20 at launch to actually sell better for the time. Great episode man!

[@ChronCube]

Yea I really tried to be as kind as I could even though I didn’t personally vibe with Smashing Drive. But it *really* says something if this game was down to $10 shortly after release 👀 looking forward to checking out the new Batman review later today! 👌

[@StrikerF2]

Really appreciate all the work you do on these videos, keep it up!

[@majoraman03]

I'm so glad I was recommended this channel! I love videos like this and I'm really excited to see what else you have coming down the line!

[@ChronCube]

If you want full on spoilers of what’s literally coming up next check out the “Really Big List” in the description. All the GameCube games I plan to cover are laid out there and folks can weigh in on ones I should cover if I don’t plan to. Of course ignore this page if you want the releases to remain a surprise. Next one coming up this coming Friday 🤫

[@stevepanna9827]

$50 MSRP would have been quite a tough sell for such straightforward arcade ports, back in the day. You really need a brand or a movie/television/sports licence attached to such games in order to push sufficient volumes in sales.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

Smashing Drive is better remembered as a GBA showcase. It plays better in short bursts, and with the lowered standards of the platform? It won a pretty good reputation. .

[@ChronCube]

Absolutely right. I just don’t want to open the Pandora’s box of creating the expectation I’ll be covering every GBA game that goes with a GameCube game. The order I’ve set for myself is tall enough 😆

[@leecroft1983]

I have it for the Xbox, really fun game.

[@leecroft1983]

I have both of these games, but neither for the GameCube. I have the original version of 18 Wheeler for the Dreamcast and Smashing Drive for the Xbox.

[@ChronCube]

I’ll always be a Dreamcast fan at heart since it was my first sixth gen console. Easy advantage over the other 2 versions is the Dreamcasts beautiful VGA output 👌takes the cake for that version