I love that Antdude has a kind of 'Scott's Stash' type thing with this channel where he'll just pop on stuff he wants to chat about without so much effort and pressure of a high production value vid. I wish more essay channels did it tbh

The way bugs screams "Hey" when you get hurt in lost in time is something I still say to this day

@Tuosev

4 ай бұрын

I can hear it exactly in my head

Fun fact: Voodoo Vince was actually NOT backwards compatible on Xbox 360 because of some custom code. This is probably why the remaster exists.

I played the whole "To the Moon" series this year and they were AMAZING. Beautiful stories with a really unique, mind-bending concept that turns each story into a puzzle. Definitely made me tear up more than once.

This Bugs Bunny game is my favorite game ever. The fact that it came with my Playstation helped.

"Going back to confirm a masterpiece is indeed a masterpiece" Shadow of the Colossus and Tony Hawk Underground for me 😍

Portal being considered "retro" made me feel ancient.

@BenMagargee

5 ай бұрын

I just realized that this year the original portal will have been around for half my life and I don't know how I feel about that, lol

@Hutch2Much

5 ай бұрын

i feel like “retro” has to end at like. the gamecube era, right? it’s gotta be more of an aesthetic than it is telling of age

@That_Lady_Charlie

5 ай бұрын

​@@Hutch2Muchno, it's definitely age, not just aesthetic. Portal is 3 console generations old, so yeah. it's retro 🥲

@Hutch2Much

5 ай бұрын

@@That_Lady_Charlie no u see cuz i was born before portal came out and that means it can’t be retro right?? the things around when i grew up aren’t retro, _right???_

@dapperfan44

5 ай бұрын

The game is 17 years old so yeah, that's retro.

Also can we just accept how insanely chill this man is. It’s so nice. Also, can we get an office or game room tour? I would love to see your setup!

Co op portal 2 has one very specific puzzle that is a 12/10 big brain moment. So good.

Your battle network perspective was really interesting. I hope one day I would be able to see a full on retrospective review!

Just to note about Ghost in the Shell: there's three separate continuities (four if you count the manga, as none of the adaptations translate the manga 1:1 like most anime do, five if you count the live-action movie). 1) Movie continuity - Consists of the original 1995 movie and Innocence. 2) Stand Alone Complex - Originally consisted of one season, but it got a second season, 2nd GIG. Then got a movie sequel, Solid State Society. A few years ago, there was a revival called SAC_2045. This is what's essentially the "main" anime continuity for most folks, as the first two seasons aired on Adult Swim (who have permanent broadcast rights) back in the 00's. 3) Arise - Consists of four OVAs and a movie. Is technically a prequel, but not in continuity with either the original movies or SAC.

Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time is one of the most underrated PS1 games. As an casual Looney Tunes fan, this surprised me how well the game is. Kinda reminds me of Toy Story 2 on PS1; which is also an solid game.

@MrAweeze

4 ай бұрын

Isn't it "Looney Toons"?

Please, don't stop making this sort of side videos, i love them like very very much!!

Kinda digging the laid back, “a la carte” vibe the video has going on. Highlighted some gems I’ve never heard of.

I honestly would love to see you do that Looney Tunes marathon you mentioned; if for no other reason than to have more people recognize the overlooked gem that is Sheep Raider (or Sheep, Dog, 'n Wolf if you're from the UK). No joke, that game is one of the most unique and fascinating licensed games ever made

Really fun, low-key video. This is the best time to be a gamer ever because it's so easy to play vast catalogues from the past. There is so much to play and videos like this can be a good reminder of a bunch of options to play. Good stuff.

Last year I played quite a few retro games. Played the first two DKC games, Luigi’s Mansion, Banjo Kazooie, and finally finished all the Mega Man Zero games. :)

Antdude, if you want to see a game that jumps massively in quality in a package of game 1 & 2, find the GBA combo pack for Legacy of Goku 1 & 2. Legit, Legacy of Goku 1 is considered one of the worst GBA games and Legacy of Goku 2 is considered one of the best GBA games. It's incredible how good 2 is. Just... if you want to play 1, remember the immortality glitch by flying and letting yourself get hit by a ki blast (flying again cancels it), it will save you a lot of trouble, and use guides as needed. 2 doesn't need any glitches as it's virtually the perfect DragonBall game for that style of Beat em Up RPG.

Really like this laid-back video style, it’s like a friend talking about what games he has played recently

Oh hey, that person who just played Mega Man Battle Network 1 and assumed the rest of the series was that tedious... yeah that's me. Glad to hear it gets better because the combat is fun.

@batmabel

5 ай бұрын

Oh if you enjoyed the combat especially, the rest of the series will be a treat for you. They're all miles better, so much more interesting with cool mechanics and transformations and stuff. Some even let you play as different characters, which makes the combat a lot different. Give it a chance, hopefully you'll enjoy them!

@Tingletonttu

4 ай бұрын

Personally I find 6 and 1 to be the best BN games. The pacing is just awful in 2-5.

@HowlingOneify

4 ай бұрын

@@Tingletonttu This isn't remotely true at all WHAT. The pacing is great in 2-3 and 5.

@Tingletonttu

4 ай бұрын

@@HowlingOneify No they have constant and meaningless backtracking and even some chapters that are nothing but.

@HowlingOneify

4 ай бұрын

@@Tingletonttu Yeah no that's grossly overexaggerating it. BN2 has one day that is a lot of back and forth, and there is minimal backtracking otherwise. BN3 doesn't really have anything especially bad, the worst I can think of is day 13 and the ranked navi saga but that hardly counts. BN4 doesn't really have a lot of backtracking either, or BN5 for that matter. Like what games where YOU playing. Seriously what parts of the games have this supposed "constant backtracking".

Bugs and Taz Time Busters in coop is such an unique title. A small Banjo Kazooie with a really smart share camera system. Love it.

Oh man, I still have Sheep Raider somewhere, I need to play that again. It's not a straight up platformer, it's kind of also a stealth-puzzle game

“You’re a voodoo doll, you do damage to yourself and cause harm to others around you” haha that’s my life in a nutshell

Only you can make a video with the Bomberman 64 music looping for over 30 minutes and still make it enjoyable

Ghost in the Shell the manga from the early 90s, has just 1 volume, a side-story book and a sequel book; but the game and the original 95 movie both draw from the manga in different ways, which would probably make them feel incongruous with one-another. The film also has a sequel that breaks even further from the manga's story. The Stand Alone Complex series (2 seasons and a movie) is another whole different take on the story drawing from the manga in its own way, but is easily the most-complete-feeling version of the story, even compared to the manga. Everything that's come after that is yet another take but nothing has hit like SAC.

I love Battle Network! The Legacy Collection was a 20 year dream come true. I had been clamoring for MMBN on console since the PS2 days!

Ah, retro games. With the Wii U eshop closing last year, I had bought a lot of virtual console games on it, so I was playing quite a few of them. Though I did play other games too. Replayed Super Mario Advance 2, that was nostalgic. Continued trying out Metroid games, I really enjoyed Fusion and Super. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, still love that game. Actually tried out my first Smup with Lords of Thunder, that one was fun. Actually played all 3 crash n sane trilogy games, that was fun. Had that on my PS5 for a while, finally beat it I really need to get back to P4G and finish it. I’m in November. The original Devil May Cry, that was fun to go back to. I finally got through the original Kid Icarus games! Felt so good, and I had a lot of fun. Finally got to beating Spyro 3 from the reignited trilogy, after needing a break from beating 1 and 2 so close to each other. I still prefer 2, but 3 was a blast. I actually got a decent price on a copy of Pokémon Black, so I finally got to play through that classic. And quite a few others. Played more retro games than the actual new games that came out XD.

Among indies, highly recommend Copy Kitty. It's a 2d platformer that mixes heavy amounts of Kirby 64 copy powers, Gunstar Heroes, and Megaman. Very flashy, explosive, and fun with some great boss fights. Virtually unknown game that gets better the more time you put into it.

The moment I saw this video in my feed I sighed in relief cuz I knew I'd found a good one

@kidpesto

5 ай бұрын

Yep.

I finally played Banjo Kazooie for the first time last year and also beat Rayman 2 and 3 which have been on my to finish list since I was a kid. Had a blast with all three

Here’s to next legacy collection being Star Force

“This is gonna be a laid back video” I thought that was the point of the whole channel?

You strike me as the kind of dude who would like the Doraemon movies

Love that you used the Bomber man Hero's Soundtrack for this video ! wont lie, this track is my ringtone 🤣

Bugs Bunny Lost in time is my childhood as is one of the games I most played in my PS2 despite it being a PS1 one, the music is just engraved into my brain too

MB3 has so…soooooo much more content. If you’re at the tournament you’re just scratching the surface. Just letting you know the end game is where this game shines

Eversion! I've held a flame for that for over a decade. Very hidden gem. Should replay it.

Sheep Raiders was one of my favorite games as a kid! One of the first game I ever fully completed. Great puzzles, stealth gameplay, and a lot of good humor to boot. Man, I really need to go back and play that one again.

Minish cap is sooo underrated

These are my favorite videos that you do :)

I played over 100 retro games last year and the best one I would say I've played is Elite Beat Agents. Holy crap, that game is so good and I just kept replaying it. It has become both my favorite DS game and favorite rhythm game of all time.

I had a lot of fun with retro this past year too. Played Kirby’s Dream Land 1 & 2, Kirby’s Adventure, all the sonic Genesis games, Yoshi’s Story, Super Mario Land 2, Zelda Oracles of ages and Minish Cap, Punch Out, Pokémon Puzzle League, and Star Wars Episode One racer all for the first time. This was the year that I actually decided to get the switch online library since the content finally justifies the price and I’d say I got my money’s worth.

a "retro" game i played a bit of in 2023 was RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN. HOLY SHIT ITS SO GOOD.

@Caleste

5 ай бұрын

Never thought I'd see this response. My Poppop used to play that quite a bit on his computer, I always loved sitting and watching him play that game

So glad he talked about Voodoo Vince, and I hope we get a looney tunes games video because Bugs and Taz Time Busters and Sheep Raider are some of my favorite platformers

Clicked because I saw Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time in the thumbnail

Finally Someone who knows and loves Bugy Bunny Lost in Time aswell

The best game you played in 2023: Preteding that Jirad was a good guy and attack anyone with abuses who dared to question othrrwise despite the mounting evidences, and finally jumping ship when the cat was out of the bag. You really played right. You really played everyone like a damn fiddle.

Bugs bunny lost in time is such a 10/10 game, for its time it was really as if you were playing through the cartoons, such a great GREAT game. Makes me miss classic looney tunes.

My friends and I actually did a tournament for best game of the year of the games we played in 2023. It's pretty neat to go back and talk about all the stuff we played over the past year.

2:30 SNES drunk moment

Redial is so fire. Cool vid btw

I remember playing the demo of voodoo vince on the original xbox and I love it!!! I didn't know there was a remaster available so I'm hyped!!!

Bugs Bunny Lost In Time is such a gem

Inversion! Now there's a blast from the past.

Was not expecting to hear Splatterhouse come up in this video, I did a double take to make sure I was hearing that right. Love that game even though, yeah, it's not all that good.

Hope yhe video does well, love just hearing about games that brought you joy and not just the latest thing in the news cycle. I played through the xbox release of star wars episode 1 racer last year. I loved the game as a kid and it always bothered me that I never got first place on one of the tracks. Adult me got 100% of the achievements in one enjoyable evening. Makes me want to complete some of the other unbeaten games from my childhood.

This is a great video. I am now really into yume penguin which is a cool game to play whenever.

TTYD, it was amazing. And I grew up on minish cap and thoroughly loved it

Bugs Bunny Lost in Time is a GEM

I grew up playing the Battle Network games but initially only played 3-6 and yeah, the first game is rough. I’m so glad they improved from it and while Battle Network 4 is pretty divisive, it’s still better than 1.

Incredible!

If you do a video on the Bugs and Taz time busters game that'd be great. I played it as a kid and it had to have been one of the most fleshed out coop adventure games available at the time. I was glad you could play it single player, but two player was really a neat experience for me that young.

I played Bug Fables. It's a lot of fun, but my only problem is I don't like that your attack power doesn't increase as you level up. It was annoying. The rest was super charming and fun!

I would love to watch AntDude play Portal 2 co-op with Scot the Wozz. That would be interesting to see. He should play it with anyone, I don't care who, play it! God, it's so good.

If you're going back and playing old playstation games please play Dark Cloud 2 for ps2. It remains one of my favorite games of all time. From the cheesy story, to the out dated time travel system, the town building, the massive weapon upgrade tree, and even the level to level gameplay loop of clearing a stage of hazards before playing a hole of golf in it is all just so fun to me. I know other people hated spheda (golf) but its the part of the game I look forward to most on replays. Anyway I would love to hear what someone that never played it back in the day has to say about it. It's on the ps store with trophies too.

Bugs Bunny Lost In Time and Duck Dodgers were childhood games of mine. Really liked them both. Wasn't all that into Sheep Raider and Time Busters though. My main "retro" gaming project of 2023 was playing through all 9 of the Professor Layton games - the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy, the Ace Attorney crossover, the mobile game, and Katrielle (Switch version) - in advance of the new game coming out now in 2025. I had actually only ever played Curious Village and Diabolical Box back when they came out ~15 years ago so it was nice to finally clear through the entire series in the span of one year. I also cleared Trace Memory/Another Code on DS for the first time in advance of the just released remake collection. In the remake I've finished the first game and will be starting the second game next time I pick it up.

jumping flash came out in november 1995 2 months after the north american launch of the ps1

Itd be cool if you did monthly videos recapping what you played!

My favorite retro games I played in 2023 were Ridge Racer, Ridge Racer Revolution and Ridge Racer 64! The soundtracks are exquisite and the racing is very addicting!

You should absolutely talk more about the Buggs Bunny game (and the "adjacent" buggs bunny & taz game). Loved that game as a kid, it had this... unusual vibe to it. And the Sheep Raider game was my absolute favourite, such a good game!

I can't wait for that Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time video, it's seriously underrated and one of my PS1 favorites

I loved the semi-sequel to Bugs Bunny Lost in Time when I was younger, called Bugs Bunny and Taz Time Busters I even 100% it, but the game would crash when it would play the final 100% clear cutscene (thank you KZread for letting me view the final cutscene)

Here's a random recommendation, if you'd like a great NES platformer that holds up AND is a good cartoon-based game, be sure to try Wacky Races. It's a criminally underrated game, mostly hated, because it's a platformer, not a racer, but it's still an awesone game.

I havent gone too far with either but i have been getting into both Resident Evil Outbreak games. Theyre really nice spinoffs for the ps2 involving multiple characters at once

I played kirby squeak squad and It was pretty enjoyable

Love to see Famicom classics. Yumi penguin monogatari was one of those weird games that was in a cadrige that my uncle have but with 3 other games by resetting. If i remember correctly , the games were double dragon III, Magical Doropie and Jackies chan action Kung fu. Don doko don 2 and Saiyūki World 2 will always be living in my memory for some reason.

I never played the Battle Network games until recently except for a spinoff on the Gamecube called Megaman Network Transmission which has chips but it's different from the main entries as it has platforming similar to classic Megaman.

I actually discovered this game 2 years ago, but I can't stress enough my love for Threads of Fate on PS1 It's an action RPG with loads of charm and comedy, and you should definitely look it up

I played Rhythm Heaven Fever for the first time in 2023, and it is truly one of my all-time favorite games. It's amazing!

Ummm acutely the dog and cat minigame you're talking about is called Air Rally and they are playing badminton 🤓🤓🤓

What song is used in the beginning of the video? I hear it everywhere

Bugs Bunny Lost in Time is an underrated platformer. I just did the 100% run last year and it’s still as fun as I remember from my childhood. I do agree of some of the things that are issues but just fun. I’m so overdue on playing Time Busters though.

I been playing so many retro games since I hatched my vita. I played sonic 1-3 , advance and battle , super Metroid , zero mission and fusion. Spider-Man maximum carnage and separation anxiety. All the old power rangers games especially the game gear ones. Definitely hidden gems I recommend. Especially the first one. Every ranger has their own special moves but once you unlock the green ranger you get 3 megazord options with all their own special moves. Fun short games you can run through. Definitely recommend at least a try. They’ve held up surprisingly well.

I probably played a few more retro games than I can think of at the moment but Psychonauts was one of my favorite games I played last year

I started to collect retro games in 2023, I recently got Sim City on snes.

My dude, if you are going to make a video on the Looney Tunes series, i think you should consider "Looney Tunes Racing". A simple but very charming PS1 kart racer

Now that Ant played Harmful Park, he need to try the shooter genre. There are lots of hidden gems in that genre.

For last year's Retro Games I played, I played all the main entry Kirby games. It was something that was on my bucket list for a while. So I was, heck with it, and spent the last 6 months, from July to December, playing Kirby games. The older games were very interesting to play, especially on the 3DS before the stores closed. Definitely had to use some of the NSO functions for Dream Land 3. I find that game's collectable to be a pain. Now I see why the DS games were a rough time in Kirby's history. Since the Kirby games that were released on the Switch still felt fresh in my mind, I ended it with the 3DS games. Planet Robobot still holds up to this day (just not my 3DS to PR's graphics sometimes, the frame rate was bad in certain sections). While this was a short brief on what I did, I had fun doing it. There was never a bad Kirby game from what I played in the mainline as the series has this nice condensed amount of games released over 30 years of Kirby. It was a fun time.... now I got my own backlog of games to deal with.

Random N64 recommendation: Robotron 64. It’s a sequel to the twin stick shooter Robotron, but it’s in 3D, it’s hyper colorful, and the music is intense EDM rave music. It is one of the few N64 games that allows duel wielding N64 controllers, which is fun. It also allows for a single controller play as well. It’s super simple, really easy to pick up and play, and you’ll find yourself just waiting one more level. Check it out.

@dilbertfish

5 ай бұрын

Intriguing. I love the original and have played a lot of N64 games, but missed this one.

I played Another Code: R a few months before they announced Recollection. Weird timing!

@Caleste

5 ай бұрын

Just finished Another Code Two Memories, and it still holds up the same as the DS version, been always wanting to play the sequel and finally am going start it.

I played A Link to the Past for the first time. Some of the puzzles were really cryptic and I had this jank problem where enemies would get stuck in Link dealing constant damage. I needed someone to help me get the silver arrows to beat Ganon since I had no idea I needed them nor did I know they existed. I wish I enjoyed it more than I did. Going to play Metroid Fusion this year. Hope I like that one more since I loved Super and Dread.

Yume penguin monogatari was for the famicom disk system, right? The switch actuslly received quite a bunch of ports and remakes from the fds, but that one and the other where you play as a baby are the ones I wanted to get.

Some neat stuff here, my own list are these: 1, Seabed 2, Disco Elysium Final Cut 3, Please Be Happy 4, Mary Skelter 2 5, Beacon Pines

Who the hell is saying the Battle Network series can be played in any order? Thats… blatantly false lol. There is a clear chronological order to the story that the games follow

I played Pikmin 1 and 2 after enjoying 4, and I plan on getting to 3 eventually. I also played Dragon Quest 1 and 2, and I'm making my way through 3 currently.

Would love a Battlenetwork series video

I mostly play retro games, so listing them out here would be quite the list. However, I have one in particular that i want to share - Fireball for the Atari 2600. I had never heard of it prior to this past year and it really impressed me. A breakout clone, yes, but one with a difficult-to-master mechanic of juggling the balls. A really creative but very hard game!

In megaman battle network 3 things rev up hard-core at the end of the n1 grand prix and the post-game is awesome.

The fat penguin game doesn't get talked about enough.

I had no idea the Battle Network games were better after one, I remember playing the first one and hating it and never picked up any after cuz I thought they would all be the same.