My favorite thing about The Computer Chronicles is that it documents the computer revolution so well. It starts in the early 80s when mini computers were still larger than desks, and here we are in 1999 with 3D graphics. It's amazing seeing that evolution in such great detail.

@luislizano7025

11 ай бұрын

Where your pp is from? A manga?

@NorbertNipken

9 ай бұрын

Yup that's the "chronicles" part

@RetroJack

7 ай бұрын

Well said!

@Qunyc1985

7 ай бұрын

"chronicles" I ammore amaxed at what happene to humans - we were doing well. Gen z is the worst gen proably in human history.

Can you imagine if you showed these people at that time a glimpse of what games look like today and what vr is capable of doing? Their heads would literally explode

Wow, Baldurs Gate 1! And all these years later we finally get BG 3! Cool

1999 was absolute gold when it comes to games I still love to play. Especially PC games...

@nrdesign1991

7 жыл бұрын

Age of Empire II - I play it almost every day (The HD rerelease on Steam)

@crossfarm4146

4 жыл бұрын

EVERQUEST P99 DOWNLOAD NOW

@ALittleSnowFairySaga

2 жыл бұрын

Unreal and Quake 3. Oh yeah! Good times.

@ShadowAngel1860

8 ай бұрын

Yeah 1999 was definitely one of the absolute peak years for PC Gaming. Jagged Alliance 2, Heroes of Might & Magic 3, Unreal Tournament, Thief, System Shock 2, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Planescape Torment, Freespace, Homeworld, Quake 3, NHL 2000, Dungeon Keeper 2, Outcast, Re-Volt, Worms Armageddon, Midtown Madness, NFS High Stakes, you can just go on and on. Absolutely amazing.

When I first saw NFL2K back in 1999 my jaw hit the floor.

I would have LOVED watching the Computer Chronicles, if only it aired where I live

@totallybonkers76

3 жыл бұрын

Same here :)

@amanlateef7773

3 жыл бұрын

Same here :(

@hankmesker

2 жыл бұрын

Where they used to air the episodes?

@nrdesign1991

2 жыл бұрын

@@hankmesker USA

@johnjames7332

Жыл бұрын

Aired in South Africa on Saturday mornings

Dreamcast is such an underrated console. Still use mine today.

@Chubzdoomer

9 жыл бұрын

Alexandria Thorne It was ridiculously far ahead of its time, and even sported online play! One of the best consoles ever!

@AlyxxTheRat

9 жыл бұрын

Word!

@VINCENTDARKLY

8 жыл бұрын

+Alexandria “Alyxx” Thorne If it had just came with a DVD player gaming today would be different.

@AlyxxTheRat

8 жыл бұрын

With how badly it was marketed I doubt it would make a difference to be honest but it would've helped...

@AlyxxTheRat

8 жыл бұрын

***** It's not underrated now but back when it was new, I knew NO ONE who had one... if I did I would be all over it back then. When I said underrated I wasn't referring to its current cult status but rather how unknown it was at the time it came out.

Took the dog outside to go to the bathroom, taking a break of Baldurs Gate 3. This video is talking about the OG. What a damn coincidence.

I wish I could go back in time show these guys Baldur's Gate 3.

@davejay6855

8 ай бұрын

They’d hate it. Baldur’s Gate was fun, proper, real-time combat… Baldur’s Gate 3 goes back to “okay I hit you, okay now it’s your turn you hit me… okay now wait a moment and stand still while I hit you” and became the laughing stock of 2023 for anyone who had played a game in the past two decades… even Final Fantasy moved on from turn based combat to real-time… there’s a reason for that. Because it’s not a bunch of nerds sitting around a table in their parents basement playing dungeons and dragons on a piece of paper, it’s a video game that can actually represent real combat as it would have been, but instead is a laughable joke.

@BuddyStromboliDrums

8 ай бұрын

​@@davejay6855boomer

@darkwraithcovenantindustries

8 ай бұрын

It absolutely did NOT become the laughingstock of 2023 by any measure. It is one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time from gamers of all stripes. @@davejay6855

@matternicuss

8 ай бұрын

⁠@@davejay6855nah we would have liked it then. You have to remember that hardcore roleplaying fans still enjoyed turn based combat in those days; Jagged Alliance, Wizardry, and of course Final Fantasy were all using turn based systems in the late 90s and early 2000s. Action fans might’ve been harder to convert though. And that’s not even mentioning the obvious wow factor of seeing graphics tech of the 2020s more than two decades before. And fully voiced characters with hundreds of hours worth of dialogue. It would’ve been revolutionary simply on account of its presentation.

Back when pc games used to come in boxes AND come with a booklet. I still remember buying Lords of the Realm 2 Royal edition at Costco back in 1998.

@camraid9

8 ай бұрын

For honor and glory!

@ScentlessSun

6 ай бұрын

That game was awesome

Cheifet certainly knew what to look at and what to discuss. No nonsense and certainly no time wasting.

Kinda preplexing how the Game of The Year and awarded Best PC Game of All time, Half-Life, isn't mentioned at all in this episode. Also around this time Minh Le was just tinkering with Half-Life SDK for a little mod called Counter-Strike.

What's interesting is how prescient the show was in predicting from the future of 1980s tech (like optical) but here in 1999 he's talking about the NeoGeo handheld and Dreamcast 😂

@Owen-hg3cu

8 ай бұрын

They also got lots of things wrong in the early 80s. And that's fine

Jerry Seinfeld showing off a 1999 Kinect, there.

@ultimatehistoryofvideogame4160

4 жыл бұрын

cyber pong from 1996 did that first ultimatehistoryvideogames.jimdofree.com/cyber-pong/

@sternkrieger1950

3 жыл бұрын

It's actually more akin to PS2 EyeToy, if anyone remembers that.

@matthewstone9360

2 жыл бұрын

Dang, you said EXACTLY what I was thinking during that segment, lol.

@commando21

9 ай бұрын

Whattsss uppp withhhh thatttt

Rainbow 6 for n64 was probably my favorite game as a kid.

We need a modern version of Computer Chronicles.

@PaulusdeKenezy

7 ай бұрын

There is nothing to show nowadays.

DREAMCAST!!!! I still use mine alost daily... Playing PSO online still in 2013.

I love that they thought you would be able to buy a PS2 in September 2000. I was managing a Babbage's at the time. They sent us 8 PS2'S for launch day. We didn't see any more until around May 2001. And even then, we were only getting about 3 to 6 consoles each shipment. We didn't fulfill all our pre-orders until late 2002.

@lhamersley8025

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that.

@javidThoman

Жыл бұрын

That's a cool bit of gaming History,thanks. Interesting.

@stuvo1977

8 ай бұрын

I bought one at Toys R Us in early 2001. I just walked in and bought one without any problem.

Look at that a young Chris Parker talking about Baldurs Gate.

Dreamcast was a generation ahead of its time.

@ebridgewater

11 ай бұрын

You're saying it could compete with the PS3 and Xbox 360? Not a chance.

@chipsanddipswitches8061

11 ай бұрын

@@ebridgewater Ah, but you have to take into account what I mean by "its time". Dreamcast came out prior to the PS2 and was definitely ahead of the curve in many ways. Dreamcast launched in 1998 in Japan and 1999 in NA. PS2 didn't come out until 2000 in the US. PS3 and 360 were next gen console half a decade later.

I still have my Dreamcast and I love it. Crazy Taxi baby!! Dreamcast is super fast. Amazing console

Just found out the SNK Pocket plugs into the Dreamcast.

And now all the buzz is BG3. The more things change the more they stay the same.

The gamecam looks like absolute crap. What were they thinking?

Compaq Deskpro DP4000 with PII MMX 233MHz, 96 MB RAM, 6.4 GB hard drive, and a 4MB ATI Rage Pro Turbo, best time of my life...

Baldur's Gate.

I love how that one presenter talks about the incredible graphics of Kessen while a pre-rendered cinematic is shown, lol, but the turn of the century was a very exciting time for gaming/tech.

@lmtliam

7 ай бұрын

People used to stand in front of display kiosks in awe of pre-rendered cutscenes as if they were playable parts of the game.

12:30 Nope, my PS2 (I bought it like 3-4 months after its US release) did NOT come with a modem.

@lmcgregoruk

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know any PS2 that came with a built-in modem, the only way I ever heard of to get online with one, was to get the Network Adapter sold separately.

@JaredConnell

2 жыл бұрын

They were talking about the PS2 unveiling at the Tokyo game show in September 1999 which was 6 months before it launched in Japan so some things weren't finalized, like how they called it Gran Turismo 2000, so Sony might have said the PS2 was going to come bundled with a modem but I actually think the reporter did get it wrong and that Sony really said it will have the ability to have a modem added to it via the expansion slot/bay. It was a Japanese show so maybe whoever translated it got it wrong or something because I actually looked it up and other reports I saw from the time said it would not come with a modem.

24:26 Hhhhhandheld gaming devices, which all started of course with Nintendo's G A M E B O I

@BrooklynLuke

2 жыл бұрын

An oratory powerhouse

Just think, we are a few weeks away from the release of the PS 5.

I had a Dreamcast, but just learned a lot about the system to include the mating of VMUs and NeoGeo compatability. Cool stuff.

When consoles were still considered part of computer family

From the original Baldur's gate to Baldur's Gate 3 which is fully releasing in 4 more days. Amazing.

I miss you Dreamcast.

The Bouncer is my favorite fight game. And fight game is my favorite genre.

Dreamcast had so many innovations.. My favorite console of all time. A shame that it died way earlier than it deserved

@ShadowAngel1860

8 ай бұрын

Where were the innovations? The only thing might be the VGA support but that was such a niche thing it's no wonder only one other system ever supported that. Otherwise? Crappiest first party controller of all time, with a distinct lack of buttons. The VMU was just a copy of the Pocket Station. In most games the display is completely useless and even in the few games its use, it's use is more a unneeded novelty than anything else. 4 Controller Ports? Atari 2600, Bally Astrocade, that was actually the norm in the 70's already before Nintendo standardized 2 ports out of greed. Online gaming? Was already a thing on the Mega Drive and SNES, especially in Japan and by the Dreamcast rolled in the standard in PC Gaming. What else is there? Actually not much. Complete lack of third party support, a pretty mediocre library because of that and also the fact that most games are just half-assed arcade ports. If anything, it was completely outdated the second Sony announced the PS2 to be DVD compatible. Sega completely dropped the ball there (like usual, which is sad, as i grew up with their consoles from the Master System onwards)

@Owen-hg3cu

8 ай бұрын

​@@ShadowAngel1860nah you're wrong. It was innovative.

@ShadowAngel1860

8 ай бұрын

@@Owen-hg3cu Wow, what a well thought out reply, with so many great arguments. In all seriousness: The fact you can't even name anything that was supposedly innovative about a very generic console that didn't do things not any different than any console before, says all. Thanks for proving me right :)

It's surreal to see this middle-aged man from 90s TV mention the NeoGeo Pocket Color.

@matthewstone9360

2 жыл бұрын

Why, the NGPC was awesome at the time.

@matthewstone9360

Жыл бұрын

@@roberto1519 technically, I didn't say amazing, I said it was awesome, cause it was. Back in 98-99, NGPC was the best handheld gaming experience you could get. Nintendo still hadn't even released the Gameboy Color yet. I had a ton of fun with the NGPC with my friends. Get lost in the specs if you want to, it was still awesome to play.

Still love my dreamcast

Stewart must really like the Dreamcast as it was presented three times on this show!

@mfaizsyahmi

Жыл бұрын

Or Dreamcast must have really liked the show to pay for their consoles to be featured thrice!

@javidThoman

Жыл бұрын

He seems like he would be cool to hang out with.

I got my first look at the Internet through the dreamcast.

This is their best episode bar none. I remember the 6th generation so well as it was the biggest improvement in gaming history that we had ever witnessed. That stood long after the 6th generation and has only recently been surpassed by the 9th. The 6th generation of gaming meant so much to me. It was the first time I was out on my own and could get whatever game/console I wanted starting with the Sega Dreamcast on 9/9/99. That next year I was lucky enough to snag a launch PS2. I did it again when the Xbox launched with Halo. The GameCube I waited awhile for but I got it within the first year. To this day I remain an early adopter of all things gaming. I got both our (fiancee and I) Xbox Series X and PS5 at launch...

I feel bad for the guy that has to talk about the reality fusion game cam like it is good.

Classic neo Geo pocket PlayStation 2 baldur's gate great episode

Great seeing baldurs gate back then and the release of BG3

PowerVR baby!

the guy in the back just keep on playing rainbow six hahaha

still love using my dreamcast

19:15 gamecam = an early version of the kinect

@ultimatehistoryofvideogame4160

4 жыл бұрын

cyber pong from 1996 did that first ultimatehistoryvideogames.jimdofree.com/cyber-pong/

@lastofusclips5291

4 жыл бұрын

@@ultimatehistoryofvideogame4160 ah, cool. wasn't aware of that.

@justsomeguyiguess

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty impressive with the background removal, not like they had a depth sensor or machine learning to fall back on. (I'm guessing that the setup required them to forst take a snapshot of the background with nobody in it to diff against?)

Oh they're talking about Baldur's Gate today alright.

Feel of real wrestling 🤣

Mr. Steward really didn't care much for fluff in this one his interview skills are more action packed than those videogames :D

In Whiz Math you are in a room with randomly scattered blocks you have to form an equation and there is a bad guy you have to trap with the blocks. The equations can get quite challenging and some times you can form more the one. You go up an elevator to each floor you choose. In Whiz Type you have different skill levels and if you are taking too long he will look at his stop watch and tap his foot. Pretty good for the 1980s.

That camera game thing was never going to take off 😂

I wanted one of the NeoGeo Pocket Colors so bad. Never got one and then one day they just gave up on them. Guess I dodged a bullet.

So funny to see Mr. Cheifet's face on an opponent in a fighting game!

Baldurs Gate..that aged really well

Omg baby Ryan Macdonald

The Sega Dreamcast it is not cd rom ,it is GD ROM which can store up to 1 gigabyte o data instead of cd roms just store 700mbs

They sure talked a lot of smack even back then. I had put up my 64 by this time and concentrated on my work and entertaining my girlfriend of those days.

Rainbow Six on n64??!!! Rainbow Six on PC!!! Zone or mplayer Shout out to EBK SST FTS and Dead Prez Homiefrog here

Here we are 23 years later with boulders gate 3 and they still compare it to diablo.

That WCW game was balls...

Showing the N64 game right after presentation of upcoming PS2 power was… meeeh :D No comparison. Sign of time like everything other.

Baldurs Gate was lagging and then he says let's thank the folks at so and so for providing this great computer ahaha

1:56 What about DESKTOP PUBLISHING, which always seemed to be the standard everybody were struggling to achieve some years prior to this.

This show just wasn’t the same without Gary Kildall.

Nintendo is a Dinosaur compared to the Neo-Geo! That aged like fine milk.

"Bigstar" is definitely not about family video anymore. XD

Baulder's Gate 3 entered the chat...

Ooh i looove dreamcast

Speaking as a WCW fan, I would've picked up Wrestlemania 2000 on N64 instead

@matthewstone9360

2 жыл бұрын

Mayhem was terribly rated at the time as well so I'm really shocked Gamespot chose to show it off. Must have gotten a nice check from EA for that one.

i got the same blue playstion 1 dev 14:45

wow Gamecam is Eyetoy before Eyetoy

gamecam was so hilariously bad!

Resident Evil Nemesis! the presenter kinda looks like a budget cosplay leon kennedy

I member :)

They left out the Saturn. 😭

@ALittleSnowFairySaga

9 ай бұрын

To be fair, Sega wasn’t really releasing Saturn games in 1999.

LOL that GameCam was horrible. Btw the best of the show was the NGPC still got mine

Dreamcast made the ps1 and n64 look pitiful in this show, almost hard to believe they were on the market at the same time.

On the Dreamcast: “And the OS? Windows CE from Microsoft” - Well, nope. It supports a subset of Windows CE APIs for rapid software development. But it’s not a very good API for games.

Lol, the hot shit new game, Baldurs gate. Now just a dusty big box on my office bookshelf.

today: MICROTRANSACTIONS

The game cam theory at the time was great, but execution was a joke and still is kind of a joke today with Kinect....and the dude’s new geo pocket game pick of the week went absolutely nowhere.

NFL games still haven't improved much since then.

Virtual reality back in 1999

Some still say that those gentlemen remained virgins up until the present day….

It's sad that today computer gaming means crappy console ports or stupid indie games. In these days we had independent software COMPANIES like Edmark/BroderBund. Do those names ring a bell anyone? Or were you all in diapers in those days? Schools took too long getting into computers and only treated them casually as reward time instead of seeing their true potential. Dad got me into education on the Commodore 64 believe it or not. There were some interesting software titles like Wiz Math/Type series.

@yellowblanka6058

4 жыл бұрын

I was born in the mid 80's in the US, and we frequently used computers in the labs/classrooms etc. with a fairly wide variety of educational and productivity software. There were a few games (though even most games available were educational in nature) that you could play at recess etc, but the primary usage was educational. This was at a small town public school.