I'm not dead. One last thing I could've mentioned in the trivia section is that in the trailer footage at 39:25 you can see the Elf Apartments in the inventory but they have no Elf character showing with them, and I have no idea what that's about.

@HarryTheLoser

5 күн бұрын

Thank god, by the way (I don't expect anything) have there been any updates on the pg tips flash games?

@AubreyHolmes

5 күн бұрын

@HarryTheLoser Unfortunately all I've found since the last video is another photo, this time showing the inside of the fridge from what I think was an ad agency website originally static.wikia.nocookie.net/lostmedia/images/7/70/ERN_-1.png/revision/latest?cb=20240607012214

@quipt1

4 күн бұрын

you managed to bring back Spongebob Moves in I can't believe that I love you, can you fix the game Monopoly Hotel for Android and iOS, too? because the servers for that game have shut down, I think it can be played offline. PS: Monopoly Hotel is not a board game I know that when you search it on Google it shows a board game but it is also a mobile game

@SillyTheReallyCoolGuy

4 күн бұрын

Can you remake SpongeBob Diner Dash?

@SempieXD

3 күн бұрын

@@SillyTheReallyCoolGuy AGREE!!!! i miss spongebob diner dash

I love it when people do this! Saying "screw you big companies, I'm going to keep playing your game!" and playing a dead game is one of my favorite thing to do. I am still trying to revive the _Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles_ game, which I haven't been able to do yet because I need the cache data.

@crownefarious8436

3 күн бұрын

@@jakedoesyoutube I actually have it on my tablet from YEARS back, it still works

@Alexa_mapping

3 күн бұрын

⁠@@crownefarious8436is there any chance you would be able to put the cache data on internet archive by hacking your device

@jakedoesyoutube

2 күн бұрын

@@crownefarious8436 can you make the cache data public somewhere? I am so close to getting the game working.

@crusaderforchrist

2 күн бұрын

I still wanna play that Star Wars: Commander game again. It was like Star Wars Clash of Clans.

@coolguydoesstuff7876

Күн бұрын

I really wish I could play Rayman adventures again ☹️

I’m glad I ain’t the only one who thinks “JASON” whenever I see a .json file

@TealTheCuteness

Күн бұрын

I always call them JASON too

@MacBack123

Күн бұрын

.json derulo

@CaptnShrek

16 сағат бұрын

I have a .json with Jason vorhes in it

All of the savedata being in a .json is. Fucking insane

@acactusnamedjosh708

3 күн бұрын

@@everybodylmao I believe even plants vs zombies 2 does this. And that's how I didn't spend a single cent lmao

@2mono7

14 сағат бұрын

@@acactusnamedjosh708 same lol. It's nice having all the unavailable or money plants

ah yes back when facebook had 100s of sims type games for everything like cars and dragons and the simpsons and i guess spongeboi

@Jethcon

4 күн бұрын

i remember the simpsons one lol

@timelesspoultry8849

2 күн бұрын

@@Jethcon ah yes Tapped out, i also played a Family Guy one called The Quest For Stuff

@thespud1094

Күн бұрын

there was also a toy story one on the console if I remember correctly lol

@Calvin_Coolage

18 сағат бұрын

Y'all remember Empires and Allies?

"Your not getting the game." "But I want the game I want SpongeBob" A few quotes from a certain video referencing this game that caused someone to end up on the news!

Got very engrossed in this video only to find out it had 700 views. Definitely deserves more

@SuperFloxes

3 күн бұрын

You'll be happy to know that in a mere 22 hours, it now has 26k views!

@RipRLeeErmey

2 күн бұрын

And the next day, the views doubled! Here's to them quadrupling tomorrow!

@fawfulthegreat64

Күн бұрын

Now it has 69k. Nice

My mom and I used to be obsessed with this game. I actually still have it on my iPad, it still works and I have Gary unlocked. He, along with every other character, wants these birthday cake items from the birthday blowout event… which are literally impossible to make now, lol. My mom says it still works on her phone, but some of the graphics, (such as most of the buildings.) are corrupted and show up as a weird garbled mess of graphics. This was a fantastic video, really hoping it gets more traction, great work man.

@geniuslynormal7213

3 күн бұрын

nice, it just broke for me. it said “needs to update” when I was updating the app it just stopped

@ochaco_the_moon_watcher

2 күн бұрын

@@DaNoob1485 dude! You should really try to get the files off your device, maybe then we can get a complete game! And I wish you luck if you do try!

@GummyBoi

Күн бұрын

i still have the game from my purchased apps but besides the graphics being corrupted it still works

@evilflippy4495

20 сағат бұрын

Try to get the files from there!​@@GummyBoi

I think the fact that you explicitly remember so much about small details and exact operations of the game making this entire video possible is pretty damn wild lol

The virgin SpongeBob: Adventures In A Jam. The Chad SpongeBob Moves In

@BellandPantisCorperation

18 сағат бұрын

if only you could still play moves in

I used to love playing this game as a kid, but MAN, was it so broken and unpolished. This game really deserved more love and support.

I remember this game! I feel sorry that the algorithm didn't work on you, this deserves way more views! edit: woah the view count has accelerated!

@Nittle69420

4 күн бұрын

dude its been 2 days

@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121

4 күн бұрын

I just found this in my recommended so algoritm is doing something right

@SpireFNBR

3 күн бұрын

@@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121 same here

@magicdolphin3090

3 күн бұрын

you have to wait for people to actually find the video XD

@BanishforCost

2 күн бұрын

Algorithm check ✅

one of the best 40 minutes i've wasted watching content about a game i've never played in my life. Presentation is really nice

Him uploading everything to the internet archive so nobody has to go through all this again is such a boss move that rarely happens, thank you for this

i played simpsons tapped out a long time ago and then stopped for a few years and then i tried logging on again and my entire city was gone...

@lShishkaBerryl

Күн бұрын

Ohhhh that sucks! I should download it and see if mine still exists. I play once a year get bored uninstall and repeat lol.

@StraytheSkies

Күн бұрын

same. i used to have friends that paid to get everything.

@monkeygaming2841

Күн бұрын

same i had an event building and i was gutted

I have so much nostalgia for this game, I died of nostalgia when I saw the opening cutscene. My little child heart was destroyed after I saw that it was closing down. I remember exactly where I was when it happened (I was in the car having my tablet out near a motel)

Good video man i like when you reanimated spongebobs corpse

I still remember watching the ads for this game that’d air inbetween commercial breaks, it really was just a kid friendly version of Simpsons Tapped Out! with maybe a little bit of The Quest for Stuff from Family Guy

@DigitizedGalaxyAlt

2 күн бұрын

I read this whole comment in a lapis voice in my mind because of your profile lol

I'm glad to see someone not only take the time to talk about this quirky little bit of Spongebob history (one myself I enjoyed when it existed), but also fully archive it as best they can for people to still play and get a close look into at least some of the inner workings of the app. Amazing video, absolutely criminal this hasn't even broken 10k views yes. Hope that changes!

@PhoebeTheFairy56

3 күн бұрын

It's at 16k views now so it seems like the algorithm really stepped up its game

@StrawberryShartCak3

3 күн бұрын

35k views now

As someone who participated in the Fry Cook Games event, I believe the Colosseum was either directly given at some point (like a community prize or smth) or just plopped right in the land expansion with the Health Store at the beginning. I don't remember being able to move or store it, though.

wait i remember watching ads of this game on tv so many times as a kid

@AubreyHolmes

3 күн бұрын

That's funny, what country are you from if you don't mind me asking because I only remember seeing it advertised like twice, I'm wondering if they pushed it more in different places. Not that it matters at all but really I suppose none of this does.

@zombiedakiller

3 күн бұрын

@@AubreyHolmes im from the u.s.,,

@AubreyHolmes

3 күн бұрын

Interesting. I guess they just promoted it a lot more over there than they did in the UK. 🤷‍♂️

@Pokeys

Күн бұрын

I'm from Jamaica but had US cable. I vividly remember seeing commercials for this game and begging my mom to buy it but she wouldn't let me ​@@AubreyHolmes

I remember I stopped playing this game as a child only because it randomly reset my progress. Good times

If this never happened, it would've became forever lost media, but thanks to you, we will remember this game. 😊

Was just kinda expecting a retrospective on the game (i played it a ton growing up) but honestly this was really engaging and fun, nice work, hopefully this video pops off.

I had forgotten about this game's existing but the moment I saw the title I knew exactly what it was, very fascinating video! The fact this only have 1k views is a crime, the video is very well put together and interesting. Had no idea the game received official support for nearly 10 years...

I played this on an old Amazon fire tablet so much years ago as a child! This video gave me nostalgia, and it brought back so much memories!

The sounds of this game's commercial still rings in my ears...

god this feels like i time traveled. i used to play spongebob moves in to death as a kid on my dad's phone, glad to see im not the only one who remembered it (and also not the only one who felt defeated when it did eventually close down). insanely good video! love the editing and pacing, and the general info as well is just as entertaining

Games based on licensed IPs should allow offline play even if servers shut down and reinstall from the app library if delisted from digital storefronts. I have a few games that I can still download and play that were delisted (Ski Safari: Adventure Time), but this is probably the first time a game that you would have to pay, be almost remotely useless or broken (mobile game-wise).

this game was a core memory for me. i remember playing it, god, ten years ago? it was on a hand-me-down phone and i remember having fun with it until one day, i got my first "real" smartphone, (i.e. with cellular service) and i forgot it existed. to hear that it's just gone was a little upsetting, glad to see what you've done here.

I didn’t even realize the game shut down! I remember seeing so many ads for it when watching Spongebob. This was definitely a trip down memory lane.

It’s a good thing I still have SpongeBob moves in. I’ll make gameplay videos of it soon.

I used to be obsessed with this game..... So thanks for covering it! :D

I remember getting ads of this game on TV! I never downloaded it as I never had my own phone myself but it's nostalgic seeing that AD

bro unlocked a memory i forgot i had

I never knew the game left the app store, but I totally remember it, along with Smurfs Village and the Ice Age game.

I remember this was the first phone game I bought and I begged so much to get it (we were poor 💀) only for the game to take FOREVER to launch. thank you for reviving these memories.

21:35 this is true up to a point. while the sonic racer decomp video by mattkc goes into more detail about unity decomps, the gist of it is that unity added a feature to the engine in version 5 called il2cpp (intermediate language to cpp). this basically turns the jit bytecode into true machine code by doing exactly what it says on the tin - converting it to c++ before compiling. this makes reverse engineering a lot harder, but could theoretically decrease file size and improve performance since it's running native code, not a just in time compiler

This is awesome! There are many games that have been removed that I wished I could get back up working. This scratches the itch a little, and I'm just impressive you got it working. Great stuff!

bro, this game and simpsons tapped out were the shit back then. i will always remember these games. it was so sad to hear this game got completely wiped from existence.

Thank you so much for jogging my memory about playing this game! I remember playing this game because I couldn't find my favorite Town Builder game anymore!

@hsdkitty-chan_official

2 күн бұрын

Speaking of which, this game having a fully offline mode remind me of my favorite Town Builder game that had an official conversion by the company who made it to be entirely offline and playable without internet. This basically means that you can download the app and still be able to play it to this day, just with all the social features ripped out. I don't remember when the game still had service if there was an option to switch the servers off or not put in general , as for the general video it was so cool to see you go in depth on all this tech stuff, it was really cool that you still got the game working all these years later! Thank you so much for all of your hard work and thank the Developers for not hiding their code super discreetly and slapping it into an easily accessible json.

Reminds me a lot of my personal experiences messing with ios file directories of my favorite games back in the day. Your archival efforts don't go unnoticed! Thank you!

I just watched that Minecraft Apple TV video! Trollstore is the best! Great video subbed :D

Commenting to help the video do better in the algorithm - this deserves a million views. Absolutely goated video.

The Spongebob: Tapped Out

Bro you are super underrated, thank you for this amazing 40 minutes of my time.

I played the hell out of this game growing up and I remember when the game shut down I tried getting it back up and running with the OBBs and such but to no prevail. Amazing video, can't wait for the next one!

underrated channel, wish the algorithm would promote this more and hey, thanks to it i got here so good going on that end. 16:25 and yes i instantly thought of this albeit I knew this game had to be Unity based so you'd need a bit more work to get the assets out, good thing you did

I remember having this game. Unfortunately i didn’t go too far into it before it closed. Because i first had it in…2020? I don’t remember. But i didn’t know it was THAT old.

Oh my god I remember this game!! I played it a ton as a kid!! I’m so glad you revived it!!

absolutely banger video, thankyou so much for putting this together

This is some good work dude I'm loving the editing and jokes.

Scott Cramer jumpscare I remember this game, glad this came into my recommended, I’m liking it :) subbing

I remember when it closed, how sad. At least Spongebob Adventures in a Jam, while being worse, kind of fill it's place in my heart

Man, this really brings me back, very entertaining video!

i vaguely remember this game existing as a kid but my parents didnt believe in spending money on the app stores so i never played it. im immediately loading it onto my phone as im typing this comment. great video, agree with all the other comments saying this deserves to have way more views than it does. hope this blows up, you deserve as much

ultimatespongebobfan101 mentioned + peak game mentioned also very good video! also back in the day, you were required to have wifi on iOS, it was agonizingly slow too :)

@AubreyHolmes

4 күн бұрын

Thanks - I'm glad it wasn't just me being impatient as an 8-year-old that I'm remembering and it really was that slow back in the day!

@pbscatcher

4 күн бұрын

⁠@@AubreyHolmesIt was definitely better back in the day; I used to change date and time to get infinite coins and food

good video, interesting stuff. love the presentation and the music you chose, especially the classical music.

That's some impressive work you've done there mate!

Hey! This was a really awesome video. I personally have always been fascinated with old iOS games and I really enjoyed your efforts to preserve and to show off this game to still be playable long after it has been offline. Me personally I’ve always wanted to get Zuma’s Revenge for iOS working since it’s a really great version of the game. (Haven’t had much success unfortunately). That being said this was a fantastic video and I definitely wouldn’t mind seeing more stuff like this.

thank you SO MUCH for making a whole video about this spongebob game. it released right into my 2013 ipad kid phase, and it sucked a ton for the fact that it was paid both in iOS and Android :( so i had limited gameplay experiences but those few devices which had the game dowloaded... was very pleasing, and nostalgic to remember nowadays. in my case, i first dowloaded probably in 2013/2014 (??) (can't put my finger on exactly) and my dad paid using some old international card. he lost that card some years later and i couldn't install the game again on my new tablet, until 2017 when i've already switched to android and finally bought it again using gift cards! i even recorded some gameplay on my channel during that year, but since these were in my opnion "cringy" i've deleted all of them. yikes, it would be better to just private them thinking about everything now

Briefly heard of this game a long time ago and didn't think much of it. Never once thought there'd be a video delving into its weirdly rich history and bizarre inner workings, all nearly lost to time. And presented so well. 10:27 "Let's get into the weeds" got me excited.

Yeah, I remembered this game. I just noticed how weird Spongebob was literally squared out in his design here…

There is NO WAY this video only has 3 thousand views, this video was genuinely so entertaining

Your video imhas hit the algorithm! Now that you ripped the files to the internet archive hopefully someone can mod the game to be less jank

Your editing style scratches my brain so nice

@SonicTheFantastic

4 күн бұрын

Mine too. I love the whole "Jason!" thing

Genuinely shocked you have such a low subscriber and view count for this otherwise very impressive video! Digital necromancy just isn't as appreciated as it should be, I suppose

This video makes me so happy. I played this game so much when I was a kid and I did the same thing (minus the infinite money) and was devastated to see it shut down

I remember this game, I used to have it and I loved it! Admittedly, it was essentially The Simpsons: Tapped Out with SpongeBob, but I used to like that game and I liked this one too when I still had it. Good times, good times

This used to be one of my favorite games! I cant believe I forgot about it. This was really a blast from the past.

In part 5, you mention the game acting weird now, and that's because the servers still hosting any data at all (aka the shutdown message) has itself been shut down, and the game hangs as it trys to get any server connection, eventually failling over to the offline mode.

@AubreyHolmes

3 күн бұрын

I was starting to think this was what's happened as well, but the Android version at the very least is still able to kill itself sometimes.

I remember this game! Thank you for reviving this

Really good video man :)

Fun fact: this game was in "sml short: jeffy's tantrum" (the video that made a kid tie a noose around his neck)

I honestly didn’t pay attention to the first part of the video bc I thought it was a real ad and I had to go back and rewatch it once I realized

I remember this game! So many SpongeBob games become lost apparently…

This is awsome, thanks for doing this

thank you so much for finding this! i wanted to play this again but i could not find the link to the working apk file i found years ago! So happy i can play this again!

YOU LEGEND, I MISSED THIS GAME SOOO MUCH

Amazing video I can’t believe it had such low views. You earned a subscriber

omg i remember this!! i always thought the sound effects were rlly satistfying in this game

This is sad. I thought it was still running

How convenient, i was actually just thinking about this game and was sad that it was removed

The game got a sequel, SpongeBob adventures in a jam

I forgot about this game! I played it a little bit, have a couple childhood memories, I made a little bit of progress, had some fun, but life moved on

Underrated. This video is so good

please bring this back life hasn’t been the same since it went away

Thanks for sharing! It came out around same time as Simpsons mobile tap game with similar play structure. And I think ultimately they all came as a result of games like Age of Empires and FarmVille. lol

34:38 32767 is the maximum signed 16-bit integer. It's probably capped there since it takes way less bytes to store and is probably very hard to reach by normal means.

Really nice video. Despite the game functioning like a spoon in a garbage disposal, its still nostalgic!

I respect you for using windows 7 in 2024.

Fire video, hope more people will see it

Thank you for reminding me about this game I loved this game

I remember this game. I used to play it a lot. It's cool to see it being mentioned again.

I love these Restoring old mobile game type videos

God i loved this game, thanks for this

I remember playing this growing up. Thanks man

this is inspiring me to wanna try getting back high school story. a game with a similar world building premise but was high school based, obviously. the game shut down awhile ago and cannot be downloaded and im pretty sure it was also made unplayable for people who did have it downloaded. alas i am but a stupid 21 year old who knows nothing about anything.

I REMEMBER THIS

How the hell does this only have ~400 views???? this video rocks!