7 Ways Technical Limitations Accidentally Made Great Games
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Instead of cursing technical limitations, we should be thanking them, as they lead to creative thinking and workarounds that created some of the most iconic moments, characters and even genres in videogame history. Here are 7 times that technical limitations accidentally made great games. Enjoy, and subscribe for a video like this from Outside Xbox every Thursday!
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Bunny Mike is terrifying, thanks.
@ashf4200
3 жыл бұрын
Terrifyingly slick. I want 2021 to be the year of full bunny.
@gothmissstress
3 жыл бұрын
Disagree, he's great!
@brentage5000
3 жыл бұрын
Your keyboard must be broken. It said terrifying instead of gorgeous.
@KirbyCom
3 жыл бұрын
I first saw this comment only a few seconds into the video and I was like "what do you mean? Bunny ears Mike is adorable!" And then...
@Rognik
3 жыл бұрын
@@brentage5000 I blame autocorrect
Mike with bunny ears: kinda cute Mike with bunny face: NO NO NO KILL IT WITH FIRE
@michaelandreipalon359
3 жыл бұрын
No, nuke it! If not that, fire cordium missiles at it! On second thought, use a Sith thought bomb against it, if not one of those Kingdom Hearts superspells!
@nunyobidniz
3 жыл бұрын
My eyes are *soiled*
@stephenlitten1789
3 жыл бұрын
SEND FOR THE NAZGUL!
@michaelandreipalon359
3 жыл бұрын
@@stephenlitten1789 No, they too will fear it!
@thewholecircus
3 жыл бұрын
Were not gonna mention that he said Mike with bunny ears is kinda cute and I agree for some reason
“It’s this or read a book” Andy would pick the game because as we now know, “Dune” is the only book he owns
@teaformoo6932
3 жыл бұрын
And a notebook! Credit where credit's due...
@michaelandreipalon359
3 жыл бұрын
Actually, it's this, play the game sequels, read the first book, and/or read the sequel books.
@EclipsisTenebris
3 жыл бұрын
Dune is, believe it or not, a really good book.
@michaelandreipalon359
3 жыл бұрын
@@EclipsisTenebris Of course it is. Hope Denis Villaneuve's adaptation will be worth it.
@michaelandreipalon359
3 жыл бұрын
@@EclipsisTenebris Of course, Andy really needs to collect more good books so he'll stop playing Space Invaders and, I don't know, start playing FreeSpace 2 and/or Star Wars: TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM Edition and X-Wing Alliance Upgrade after reading those books.
"Amorphous blob with a rudimentary face" describes Kirby perfectly.
@nathangoedeke694
3 жыл бұрын
That's also my Tinder bio
@MisterJackTheAttack
3 жыл бұрын
That's also why Kirby exists. He was a place-holder sprite while creators decided on a better one, but they grew to like Kirby's Kirby face.
@Zoronick
3 жыл бұрын
It also helps that he's shaped like a friend
@fabianlaibin6956
3 жыл бұрын
@@Zoronick or so they claim
@invincitank
3 жыл бұрын
@@Zoronick first you draw a circle
"All the speedy quickness of a sedated banana slug" is such a good description.
@NikkiBudders
3 жыл бұрын
every time we go down stairs i can never tell if we're ascending or descending and it hurts my brain XD
@stormboss57
3 жыл бұрын
Still better than the 40+ seconds it takes to walk outside in Fallout 4
@michaelchallis4129
3 жыл бұрын
Pedants might complain about the tautology.
Amorphous blob with rudimentary face is my whole aesthetic.
@loganyancey8696
3 жыл бұрын
Mine too buddy..mine too
@chuckdontjudge
3 жыл бұрын
Lol idky but your pfp just makes this comment all the more hilarious 😂😂😂😂
@julienthijs1271
3 жыл бұрын
Amorphous blob with rudimentary face ... kirby ? : D
@ashf4200
3 жыл бұрын
@@chuckdontjudge Wee while ago I got a new phone, and the AR emoji camera thought I looked like this. I decided to lean into it :)
@chuckdontjudge
3 жыл бұрын
@@ashf4200 it's FUCKING AWESOME DUDE!!!!! 10/10!!!!😂😂😂
I think the oxventurers should have to face nightmare Mike rabbit someday... He should at least be a quest giver casually sitting in a tavern.
@nunyobidniz
3 жыл бұрын
Bunny-Mike 🐇 with his future path protrding from his chest
@jaives
3 жыл бұрын
for a second there, i read it as "Mike rabbit casually SHITTING in a tavern" but I was like, "yeah, i'd watch that adventure".
@Falcon-doing-doodles
3 жыл бұрын
Mike Rabbit and Coraswan team up
@Alsebra
Ай бұрын
Screw that...just have the party catch a glimpse of him every once in a while just on the outskirts of whatever they're doing.
The terrifying rabbit is terrifying. Especially since I had forgotten about it by the end, only to suddenly be confronted by it again.
Mike, when we got you that Altered Beast shirt, this wasn't what we meant.
@cactustactics
3 жыл бұрын
Wise fwom your gwave, wabbit
@shepardren8006
3 жыл бұрын
What exactly is that shirt from 👀👀
@Alsebra
Ай бұрын
@@shepardren8006, a 1988 beat-'em-up game that was the pack-in game with the Mega Drive when that system released (it was ported to several other platforms, though).
"Violent Hill, am I right? 😆 ...oh, I'm dead." really deserved a laugh track.
How did I not know there was a literal movie length cut scene in a metal gear game?
that bunny filter shall forever haunt my worst nightmares I don't think I'll ever be able to look at Mike's face the same way ever again
What about sub zero and scorpion...a legendary grudge match made because of a pallet swap
@Chris_Sizemore
3 жыл бұрын
Hey, they had entire MK games where half of the characters were rainbow ninjas.
@matthewhamilton2913
3 жыл бұрын
True
::Rise from your Grave!!:: Mike's Altered Beast form is a Bunny apparently
@misterthegeoff9767
3 жыл бұрын
was gonna say this was not the Altered Beast remake I was expecting but I'm gonna roll with it anyway.
@aidan6471
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@cybersiku6846
3 жыл бұрын
Like Link from LOZ Link to the past. His ultimate form has been revealed.... a giant bunny
@Ramsey276one
3 жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS
Congrats to Mike on finally getting rid of that annoying filter. That thing must've been bugging him for years.
@Kingtron5464
3 жыл бұрын
But he came back with the bunny ears
Therapist: "Bunny Mike isn't real. Bunny Mike can't hurt you." Bunny Mike: 0:33
"Altered Beast". That's some space brain wardrobe choice.
In Punch-Out, I never thought of the boxer you play as being shorter than average, but rather all your opponents being bigger than average. Huh.
@marhawkman303
3 жыл бұрын
Well kinda both, I mean Mac is smaller than the Ref.
Wow. Can you imagine if Portal had actually gone with a fantasy setting? I honestly don't hate the idea.
@tyrannicpuppy
3 жыл бұрын
Question is: what's stopping them now?
@dragnl0rd
3 жыл бұрын
@@tyrannicpuppy Narbacular Drop was created as a student project at Digipen Institute of Technology for a class (not sure of GAM300\350 or GAM400\450), and part of the paperwork you sign when you attend is that Digipen owns all IP created in those projects is owned wholly by the school.
@Kingtron5464
3 жыл бұрын
@@dragnl0rd had a seizure reading this cuz I’m dum but ok thx
@revolver265
2 жыл бұрын
@@Kingtron5464 basically, they couldn't recreate or push out the exact same game that they had made in that programming class at the school, because when you make a project at that school, the school technically owns all the rights to the game assets and basically the whole game. The makers recreated the basic idea very differently to dodge that.
"the 70 minute unskippable cutscene in Metal Gear Solid 4" that's nothing compared to the 2 hour long cutscene at the end of Death Stranding
This is definitely a video that could have a follow up or two, there are alot of game mechanics that were a result of technical limitations like turn based combat in rpgs.
mom the british easter bunny is scary , make him go away!
Prince of Persia in 1989, due to the memory limitations the game had already reached its memory allocation limit for the Apple IIe and couldn't fit anymore into it. So creator Jordan Mechner used a few lines of an XOR formula to turn the hero character to create the Shadow-Man that makes up most of the games suspense and best mechanic... which is just a clone that echoed you.
Also 8-bit music is really limiting. Gave us some great sound design and musical design. Musically this lead to a lot of simple catchy melodies, cleverly creating percussive elements out of double/triple stops, and that distinct square-wave synth vibe. Gave us beloved gems like the music in Mario, Sonic, Zelda and Pokemon.
I love that Mike’s shirt foreshadows his ultimate change
I could imagine Bunny Mike creeping out of silent hills fog. (Shudders)
@marhawkman303
3 жыл бұрын
Or s a killer in Dead by Daylight...
@Alsebra
Ай бұрын
He's gonna pop out of the storm drain instead of Pennywise...
Not sure if true or not... but I was once told that video games as a whole were accidentally created because of a glitch involving magnets and an oscilloscope thus inspiring the creator of Pong to actually create the first video game ever. Basically, magnets caused the scope to go haywire and the soon to he father of gaming realized he could control, to a small extent, a dot that would appear on the screen... If true, that would be the ultimate in hardware limitations resulting in breakthroughs in video games. Lol
You should absolutely do a Top 10 Longest Cutscenes in Gaming episode!
@Zoso14892
3 жыл бұрын
71 minutes though? What was he thinking? Also it would likely just be a video of MGS, maybe peeing fed ex simulator (whatever it's called)
@tyrannicpuppy
3 жыл бұрын
@@Zoso14892 That's easy fixed by only allowing one entry from Kojima. It'll be first because... well obviously, but will leave room for other entries too.
@michaelandreipalon359
3 жыл бұрын
MGS4. Boom!
@James-gj8rn
3 жыл бұрын
@@Zoso14892 it was the last game on the MGS timeline (as far as I’m aware) though so he needed to wrap up loose ends
@Zoso14892
3 жыл бұрын
@@James-gj8rn I never had a PS3 so never played that one but that's ridiculous. I loved MGS1-3 cut scenes and all but I think 71 minutes would leave even me wanting to stab kojima in the eye
"Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds" - Norman Vincent Peale
Most memorable moment in the original Metal Gear, for me... "Uh oh. The truck have started to move." The great English translation. 😆
@katherinebarber711
3 жыл бұрын
I FEEL ASLEEP! Spot-on translation work.
@michaelandreipalon359
3 жыл бұрын
Good thing we got this and MG2 on the HD Edition of MGS3: Snake Eater - Subsistence.
You forgot one of the most famous examples. Final Fantasy Tatics had the spells take certain amount of turns so they could load the animation.
Bunny Mike will haunt my nightmares forever, so thanks for that.
Perfect shirt for the into.
@thatmusicplayer
3 жыл бұрын
Intro?
@Kingtron5464
3 жыл бұрын
F o r t h e I n t o
On the one hand, I expected the outtro of this video to contain Mike's voice dubbing over a literal rabbit, but on the other hand, *THAT CHOICE OF SHIRT IS ABSOLUTELY ON POINT.*
The proper term for Valve's whole deal is "triskophobia", the irrational fear of the number 3.
god I'm imagining someone using these anamorphic filters on dnd episodes. Merilwen is suddenly more terrifying.
Rabbit Mike is now a new cursed image for the internet to listen to while Earthbound music plays in the background.
@Alsebra
Ай бұрын
How about the BGM to the Sonic CD "evil" secret?
@9:24 “it was the 70s. It was either this or read a book” 😂😂
Castlevania deserves a spot on this list. All of the crisscrossing of the map needed to unlock every section of the castle (and the reverse castle) was due to the desire to make a bigger game but memory limitations forcing the developer to get more creative with asset use.
That intro killed me lol
As of the 2009 Punch-Out!! game, they made Little Mac 5'7"
@sgtraytango
3 жыл бұрын
Thus meaning that he's the same height as both Tom Cruise and Cillian Murphy, which puts the onus on either of them to commit to playing him in a movie adaption.
I love a good video about nostalgic throwback games that enlightens us about the early days. As gamers, we seriously take for granted the programming prowess and talent that produces the graphic marvels we currently play.
Can every list feature from now on randomly have those bunny ears appear on mikes head?
@Ramsey276one
3 жыл бұрын
Say Do you know why/how Facebook streaming ended up triggering the filters and even cycle through them? Saw it in one of those end of year Special Because Facebook is only for game logins for me XD
The Mass Effect elevators were great. You got to hear news or unique conversations with squad mates while the game loaded areas of the Citadel. It really helped you get to know your squadmates and their relationships with each other.
Rabbit Mike reminds me of something I would see in Catherine. Way to keep me up tonight buddies
@Ramsey276one
3 жыл бұрын
Catherine 2
Handful of Feet, the title of my debut album
Presumably that is the killer rabbit from the holy grail also KILL IT WITH FIRE!!! 😱
@sgtraytango
3 жыл бұрын
No, we need the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!
@michaelandreipalon359
3 жыл бұрын
@@sgtraytango Yes, please do use that thing against that unholy creature!
The metal gear series is my favorite stealth style game and finding out the it was originally gonna be a shootem up is kinda mind blowing
Mike with bunny ears followed by bunny-Mike hybrid, instant like
Heya from Upstate NY! Want to give a huge conragts on creating the new Mario tagline AKA "an entire franchise based around a Brooklyn plumber". Sales in NY are about to skyrocket. Well done, folks!
Well, I guess I’m never sleeping again. Thanks Bunny Mike. Also, brilliant choice of T-shirt.
Bunny ears filter on Mike? How can I subscribe the second time??
@ddjsoyenby
3 жыл бұрын
how can i give them all my money.
Well that intro is going to haunt my nightmares for a while.
Kirby's a pink, round blob, and everyone loves him!
@Yawnford
3 жыл бұрын
Who was named after a nintendo defense lawyer
has Mike accidentally made it so now he must appear as a bunny more of the time?
I thought I was watching American McGee's Alice Madness for the last 20 sec of this video. Can't wait for 3 to come out.
3:40 “yo buddy you got the time?- Alright no worries..” *Sigh* “Wish I could see where I was going..”
Cyberpunk 2077. All of the glitches are actually a fault with the chip in V's head. It really makes the game more immersive.
@TheCivildecay
3 жыл бұрын
well eternal darkness got praise for deleting your savegame or messing with your settings... Cyberpunk just took it a bit further
@misterthegeoff9767
3 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna assume V T posing out of the sunroof of her car is just Johnny taking control and fucking with her.
@notoriousbmc1
3 жыл бұрын
@@misterthegeoff9767 yes. My sources tell me it was Keanu's idea.
I remember reading somewhere that the reason Samus turns into a ball instead of crawling was that they didn't have time to animate a crawl animation for the first game. Perhaps something to include for part 2 if it's correct?
Now we need to see the others with animal parts. Jane may have some spares, well some spare body parts laying around. Might not be "animal" though.
@joenesvick7043
3 жыл бұрын
Would Ellen from sister channel Outside Xtra be a laughing hyena
Lmao mike did the ending in the rabbit filter top class content
I’ve just started this video and I’m *so* eager to see why Mike is wearing pink bunny ears.
@bitsy__
3 жыл бұрын
Technical limitations
Andy: "Why are you wearing a rabbit costume?" Mike: "Why are you wearing a human costume?"
Samus Aran's morph ball was a similar thing too, apparently they were not able to make crawling animations with different directions so they just made her curl into a ball.
My memory has been quite limited lately too. So, from now on I will try and stealth around all day, thanks for the tip.
7:01 Jill talks like she capitalized the beginning letter of all her words. "I Didn't Know That Was Going To Happen"
“Mac is an inspirational character, showing that you can over come anything through perseverance, belief, and if those fail, moves he learned from jojos bizarre adventure” I friking laughed out loud. I have no shame of what I did, would laugh at the same joke again.
@Mendrawza24
3 жыл бұрын
ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!
@Ramsey276one
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@patheticplague9359
3 жыл бұрын
@@Mendrawza24 Dorarararararararararararararararara!
I learned something new today about some of the most famous and beloved video games ever made. Thanks, Terrifying Rabbit!
The irony of wearing an "Altered Beast" shirt is perfect
Well, my nightmares are decided for the next couple months.
I still suspect Gabe Newl not being able to count to three
use this format more mate! it's hilarious lol
@Ramsey276one
3 жыл бұрын
Fully agree
Petition for Bunny Ears Mike in every video
I love how games always pushing what is possible. As someone who started gaming in 1992 on a sega megadrive to now it blows my mind how far we have come, I can't wait to see how far it goes in my lifetime. Hopefully we will all have our own matrix box 🤣
@RuddsReels
3 жыл бұрын
Do you still have your old consoles?
@dbfzato-1327
3 жыл бұрын
@@RuddsReels I wish most from my childhood are long gone lol. I still have my fat PS1 and 2 tho, tho most the classic games I have on different systems now, I wish I had taken better care of my stuff as a kid tho I had zedla ocarina of time boxed and other rare collectibles that are worth something now days lol
@RuddsReels
3 жыл бұрын
@@dbfzato-1327 That's a shame! Although you could start up a collection again! You can buy old consoles for a decent price on Ebay. I showed my young nephew NBA Jam and Zombies on the Mega Drive. After the moan about bad graphics, once he played the games he loved them! I have so many games I need to go back to, But being busy I don't have much time! I need to make time!
This video is a brilliant idea. Well done!
I like to pretend that eventually valve will release a game where chel meets up with Gordon freeman and serves as the ultimate physics based shooter to wrap up both series.
@zjoee
3 жыл бұрын
I bet their conversation would be riveting.
that shirt mike was wearing was perfect with that face
Plz keep doing this!! The filter is amazing
I love that y'all referenced Narbacular Drop. I played that back in high school when they were still working on it. Still kind of wish I could get a full version, but there's no arguing that Portal was worth it.
my brain immediately went to silent hill 2
@PristianoPenaldoSUIIII
3 жыл бұрын
I'd say I called it, but it was an obvious choice
Wow, that one about the original Metal Gear game inventing the stealth genre because of limited processing power is a very cool piece of trivia! I'll have to remember that!
@tapulator
Жыл бұрын
Though don't remember the bullshit part about Metal Gear inventing the stealth genre. 😄 There were several stealth games before Metal Gear.
Bunny Mike joins Cyber-Jane as an Oxbox presenters' nightmare form.
@petesamways4590
3 жыл бұрын
Now we just need a lovecraftian Andy and we'll be well on our way to a Universal classic monsters style crossover
@nunyobidniz
3 жыл бұрын
Along with egg-Ellen🥚
What about Hitman redesigning a lot of Codename: 47 from shooter to what it is now mainly based on the ragdoll physics and the disguises revamping it?
Can we have more of the terrifying rabbit?
You do realise that bunny Mike is now part of the Internet, and will remain here forever, right? Are you sure it was a good idea? :D
this was a really educational video! you did some cool research!
Hardware limitations were essentially the cause for most of Nintendos classic lineup as far as character design goes. Hell "amorphous blob with a rudimentary face" is literally Kirby
"It was this or read a book" lol
Technically the "rap" from the end of Rogue Warrior counts on this list, since it's just random sound clips from the game edited into a song to fill up credit space
@Ramsey276one
3 жыл бұрын
That's creativity! XD
"including that bit where you incinerate your best friend, who was a cube. What he had it coming!" Andy 'the heartless'
Good time to pick an Altered Beast shirt.
_Now I know what to watch while doing months of homework in one night_
Yo that Mario run at 12:05 was a work of art 👌
Wow, that Bunny Filter really suits you Mike. I hope it makes a reappearance down the line. Very cool indeed.
My favorite example of a creator taking a physical limitation and turning it into a strength (Besides the already mentioned fog from silent hill) is from horror manga author Junji Ito, who uses the fact that you have to turn a page as a way to prep you for the scary image you are about to see. This is probably why his manga didn't adapt as well for the anime they made (Also the animation was straight up bad, but that's another thing entirely).
1:14 "Oh ho you're approaching me" "Damu damu damu damu damu damu damu damu damu damu damu damu damu damu damu damu damu damu"
Space Invaders was only hard for people who don't know how to lead a target.
Nice shirt Scary bunny Mike. Altered beast indeed!
Very inspiring video! All developpers should watch this!
3:54 LOL Nightmare Creatured was exactly the game I was thinking that did it terribly.