UPDATE: This is a repost from my Twitter! Hi guys! I'm still working towards having the Mean Girls game debugged and released as it was my main goal to share the game in its entirety. I hit a bit of a moral dilemma when the source asked me not to share it for reasons of their own that id like to respect. Honestly it makes sense, if I shared sensitive information from an old company I would be worried it would be traced back to me and that other dev teams wouldn't want to work with me in the fear their stuff would be leaked, so I can see why the person had asked me not to. I want to make sure a maintain a trusting relationship with the people who share lost media with me, whether they give permission for me to release stuff or not. I want to find more lost media and I feel like betraying the trust of people who share stuff with me just is not a good look, and i hope people understand. But that doesn't mean I was looking to hoard anything for myself, if I was doing that, I never would have released Clueless. I just wanna make sure I do everything respectfully, but I guess I'm just writing this to let anyone curious know, that I'm still attempting to either get their permission a second time around, or get in touch with someone who can give me the okay So much has already been found in such a short amount of time for a game we barely had any information about prior, and I feel like that in itself is already a huge step closer. ❤❤ im not done, and thank you for the kind words

@beefyappa

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Bobdunga! I have loved your content for the last few years and this lost media stuff really took my interest in your channel to a whole new level! I completely understand not feeling comfortable releasing someone else's content, and I believe that finding the media is the most important part so thank you for sharing and all the hard work you have put into t his!

@20000dino

3 жыл бұрын

I completly understand and agree with your judgment ! This is why I quickly fell in love with your channel. Not only are your editing, directing, investigation and journalism skills fantastic, you seem to be really kind, honest, well-intentioned and just pleasant to be around! Thank you so much for your engaging content, I can't wait for the next chapters on this journey

@timbo303official9

3 жыл бұрын

There are two more things you should try with the rom: 1. Try it on the melonds emulator instead. 2. Try it on a r4 flashcart for the ds (works for 3ds too). You could play it on a hacked 3ds too.

@annarrogance

3 жыл бұрын

As much as I’d lobe for this to ultimately become publicly available, I 100% respect and approve of your decision not to release the rom. It’s one thing if it’s given to you by a source who says it’s OK to post or says nothing about posting it, but since your source specifically asked you not to publish it you are absolutely doing the right thing. That’s a hard sacrifice to make, especially when people are clamoring for it, but it shows real journalistic integrity and respect for your sources. I applaud your decision and will just hope for a future scenario where the rom may be allowed to be released. Until then, your videos are at least preserving gameplay. I applaud you and all your hard work and integrity!

@allenslucher8555

3 жыл бұрын

I respect you SO MUCH for this!!! Stick to it!! This is the respect you've earned, and why they opt to give ONLY you things! I do have a suspicion that the CEO GR was actually the guy who wanted to remain anonymous with Clueless Fashion DS. I bet he just didn't want it known and public he did it, due to NDA. I mean it had to be at least a manager to have ALL the design documents, and not just one..... ONLY a guess! I'm a computer nerd so I hope this next part helps? Seriously, a multi-threaded CPU of todays standards should show you EVERYTHING running on the DS ROM, en masse lol, and also within the emulator lies debug tools that can run frame by frame and such... This is is how they "polish" the game, you can fix anything with the right know how here. Its just really complex to understand(FYI most any machine/computer today is really capable doing this thought). Don't even try running it on real hardware, or anything retail, if its not working(nothing bad will happen, it just prob isn't finished somehow). Renaming the file sometimes is all it takes, though. More than likely there are too many debug tools running in ram and it hits an overhead/limit or something of that sort. It probably needs something with a higher allocation of memory. Which is what developer units have. If dev units aren't computer based, they are "consoles" that look like their retail counter-parts, but under the hood have improvements to help ease game development. They need the extra overhead/extra fancy parts, that just aren't feasible in mass market devices.

Epic. You should submit your gameplay time as a speed run lol

@RayMona

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my god😂😂😂

@mattwolf7698

3 жыл бұрын

I wasn't expecting to see you here.

@jockohomosexual

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattwolf7698 man he was in part 1

@ViktorErikFade

3 жыл бұрын

Omg! That would be wicked as the game DOES exist and literally no one could ever best that time YESSSSSSS Full agree

@shrimpyalfredo3933

2 жыл бұрын

Did....did she ever do it? Please tell me she did it

This is so cool! But forreal tho I want my pink shirt back

@Number15Official

2 жыл бұрын

Schaffrillas is here

First the McDonald's DSi game, now the Mean Girls from the DS, it's like these lost media games are coming back to life.

@eeveepacini

3 жыл бұрын

The power of the Internet

@BluesCluesTheWigglesFTW

3 жыл бұрын

Except the latter can't be shared online due to respecting the anonymous's wish and also because the game is incomplete. Even if the ROM gets shared online, we wouldn't get pass the first minigame due to a glitch.

@ddjsoyenby

3 жыл бұрын

she's the wolds greatest lost game detective.

@missybarbour6885

3 жыл бұрын

The fact that the first is by a guy famous for mistreating women and the next is by a woman digging up disrespected girl games? Poetic cinema...

@SolsticePeltier

3 жыл бұрын

@@missybarbour6885 who was it that found the McDonald’s game and what did they do/say?

Okay but when is this getting on Netflix

@RayMona

3 жыл бұрын

🥺🥺🥺🥺

@matthewlister3755

3 жыл бұрын

Right? This beats what's on there now. I want to hear that this got picked up as a miniseries.

@thesparks00

3 жыл бұрын

THIS! QUALITY CONTENT.

@animaniacsfan7288

3 жыл бұрын

FR this video DESERVES a netflix documentary!

This is better than E3

@Ambergrisss

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@brnne

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@supersample7743

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, but thats not hard

@ramuneglass9233

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao 🤣🤣 ur right tho

@MariusKennedy

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

I can't even describe the absolute CHILLS I got seeing just the title screen... This is, genuinely, a historic discovery. I'm SO GLAD you were able to find it due to the attention of the first documentary, and I hope this one gets even more love and leads you to someone who can fix up the rom. I can tell the road to finding this game is something the lost media community will be talking about for years to come

@KitCabaret

3 жыл бұрын

Also I gotta say, just like the first one the production value and editing in this was just SPECTACULAR, and the guest voices blew me away (Saberspark and blameitonjorge are two of my go-tos for lost and obscure media, exquisite casting there)

Raven is out here pulling off the DREAM. Digging up not one, but TWO lost games? She's putting in work that would make both retro game enthusiasts and lost media fans blush, and we love to see it! 👏🏽👏🏽

@Carriedeeznutz

3 жыл бұрын

And not just any lost games, she found THE lost game! The holy grail! As she said, “from the top of the lost media ice berg”. She’s fantastic!

@gamepad3173

Жыл бұрын

it was the same when a cancelled PSP version of DN Critical mass was unearthed, same with the 2001 build of DN Forever.

@TwoWholeWorms

Жыл бұрын

And she now brought us the wizard from the MOOOONNNNNN!!!

So happy to finally see this second part. Such a shame it had to get cut short like that, but what you've shown is already big on its own. 😭 Hopefully the rom will be able to get fixed sooner rather than later. 🤞

I loved the doc and I'm sorry about the issues with the ROM legality and bugs. I just want you to know that despite some of the toxic comments I've seen your posts getting on reddit and here on youtube, many of us are thrilled to see what you have uncovered and understand finding lost media can be tricky. I have a hard time understanding why some members of the community are giving you so much hate for taking care with the process of uncovering the full ROM. It seems awfully immature and selfish to be angry with someone who uncovered the ROM of a game many thought was not even real. I hate that some members of the community are alleging that you have not found the real game and are giving you hate for respecting the leaker's wishes. But regardless, I believe in what you are doing and I respect your integrity and care you take with your work. I sincerely hope that you are able to work out the issues with the ROM, and that maybe one day a playable ROM will be released. Thank you for all you have done Raven, and I look forward to your future videos!

@RayMona

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly thank you so much

@ghostgirl7089

3 жыл бұрын

@@RayMona honestly sad to see they asked for it to not be put on like Internet archives, but at the same time I understand completely. Maybe someday it’s possible to have it so everyone can play it, but until then, this is like absolute perfection and its incredible you were able to even get it, and to be able to show the entire gameplay, which is incredible

@Zulf85

3 жыл бұрын

@@ghostgirl7089 ikr? It's honestly all we need for our collective sanities lmao

@Trilo-Kh2D

3 жыл бұрын

@@RayMona ive suffered too with sexism on online spaces, and it sucks... also its ironic that they would harass you for not posting a "game for girls" that most of them wouldnt play and will not play even if you release it. I really like your work and i wish you luck

slowly all the nintendo ds lost media is becoming found (McDonalds eCDP, Clueless, and now Mean Girls) and its just an amazing sight to see

You literally just made internet history

IM SLEEPY, BRB

@KitCabaret

3 жыл бұрын

REST UP QUEEN, YOU'VE EARNED IT

@pixeldood605

3 жыл бұрын

LMAOOO OK

Great work on this. Just for the sake of the rule of three, I hope one day it's unearthed that Capcom made a Legally Blonde game in the style of Ace Attorney that got canned before release.

@ikethethotslayercertifiedw5782

3 жыл бұрын

god that'd be funny as hell

This is insane. For so many years, Mean Girls DS has just been this rumor, this legend. I didn’t think it even existed. To think that now, in 2021, it’s finally been found, is crazy.

YOU ARE A INTERNET HERO

It's a shame the ROM can't be shared but I think you're in the right for respecting that person's wishes. Looking forward to seeing if you can get the rest of the game revealed!

YES THIS IS THE TYPE OF DEEP DIVING RESEARCH AND JOURNALISM I WANT TO SEE!!!!!

The only thing that sucks about this is that you aren't allowed to publish the rom. One day, this game will get out there in a playable state I hope.

The development of story has been more thrilling than any Mexican telenovela.

First Clueless and now Mean Girls?! You’ve definitely cemented your status as a legend in the internet history books. Way to make the lost media iceberg creator have to update the iceberg to remove mean girls ds lol

@Exalted_Sw1tcher

3 жыл бұрын

Yo, I don’t care if this makes me sound like a loser but this is my first comment to ever get hearted and I’m honestly really hype about it lmao. Also tho I hope you ain’t staying up too late, especially if you’re in the Midwest or east coast lol. Anyways keep up the amazing work!

@RayMona

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!😊❤

I had never seen Mean Girls before. So after watching Part 1 of your documentary, I tracked down a copy of the movie on DVD in preparation for this.

@wanderlustiest

3 жыл бұрын

Omg, I'm so jealous... You get to see the film for the first time 🥺

Girl this is legendary it would be cool if you looked at more lost/unreleased games like maybe next you can look into the Alice madness returns beta because there is a good bit of stuff that has been found like a couple of beta clips beta pictures and unused ost and voice lines and also unsused sfx so there's a lot to go of so in a since that's the proof the beta exist the unused 3D models are also in the files of the game and a clip called blink test I wanna see if you can find even more remnants of the beta what do you think

Hyped to see Part 2!

@SouthRails

2 жыл бұрын

This is part 2.

I'm ready for Bobdunga's Nintendo DS debugging tutorial.

Man, Mean Girls DS was my lost media white whale and it’s so incredible to see it found. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the work you’ve done :)

I'm so proud of you! Seriously, it's so cool to see a one decade old mystery being solved, also by a woman! You're inspiring, congratulations, and keep the good work!

So happy to see this game finally get found!!! Not far in the video yet but I love how it's edited. Didn't expect Saberspark.

@chayden153

3 жыл бұрын

Me either!! I've been waiting for this since at least 2015, when I first heard of the game being lost.

Blameitonjorge, Saberspark and YMS in the same video?! Im already hyped!!! Holy cow I cannot believe that this has been found, this is amazing!!!!

12 year later and our prayers are finally answered. The game no one asked for has finally been found.

he probably doesn't actually care if you release it--just had to protect himself in case the communication gets traced back to him....but since he said that, your hands are tied for your own protection too i guess

@sbanner428

3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@Mageman17

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't there a 3D earthworm Jim or something title that was found on a Dreamcast devkit? While the creator doesn't really approve of it coming out and being shared online, he IS turning the other cheek and choosing to willfully ignore it so long as it doesn't get sold for profit. I think the person in contact for the Mean Girls DS game could have taken the same approach, but I guess he/she is too important that it can jeopardize his/her career.

SHE DID IT. SHE FOUND THE GAME. LETS FREAKING GOOOOOOO

And I remember people saying that this game never existed and the found screenshots were fake. You are an icon tbh

You got Schafrillas, Girlfriend Reviews and Saberspark to do the narration ?? What universe is this ????

@realquestforgreatness

3 жыл бұрын

Mean girls ds brings everyone together

the amount of work it took you to uncover all this then the level of polish putting it all together in a video super commendable. amazing documentary keep up the great work

And so it begins... again!

I’m doing to be starting my Masters degree in Media next year, and because of your incredible work, I’m honestly tempted to write my thesis on lost media and it’s community. Thank you for this fascinating journey!! Can’t wait to see some more gameplay when the timing works out ❤️

Surprised no one else is suggesting you ask your dev contacts for a debug room, cheat codes, or test saves. If you can't fix the ROM, you may still be able to access more content with any of those if they exist.

ICONIC. A lost media queen. 😭

its a shame the rom cant be shared but its incredible the game has surfaced at all! you and anon are amazing!

FINALLY QUEEN! YOUR PART OF HISTORY NOW! ÙwÚ

Been super-hyped for this video, and I'm delighted to report that it's indeed a banger! I adore the found footage-style elements of this installment, they feel like such a natural and fun progression of the prequel's style and pacing, particularly of the prequel's ending clip! While there's definitely stylistic similarities in both installments' visuals (love the return of the nostalgic 80's-00's aesthetics!), I noticed that this one leaned more into the digital, "cybersleuth" kinda vibes in comparison with its footage and edits, which really fits the more tense tone of this point in the investigation. I'm a bit of a visuals nerd, admittedly lol! While it's a shame that the ROM file cannot be shared, the fact that footage of the Mean Girls game in action is in some way available is truly one hell of an achievement! It's incredible to see lost gaming media being uncovered, and I have to note that there's a particular wonder to watching the uncovering of games lost to time unfold during E3, amongst announcements of new games on the horizon. This docuseries honestly has been so fun to watch unfold over the past while, and I'm really feeling the anticipation to see how the story ends! I really hope everything works out with debugging the ROM eventually, and that even more footage of this game will finally see the light of day!

Just knowing that this game existed and wasn't just a troll is absolutely amazing. The dates that are always cited for the games released are dates commonly used by trolls. It's only a matter of time before you get the video we've all been waiting for released. Keep up the awesome

Nancy Drew can pack her bags, there's a new master detective in town and she's absolutely killing it

I can't imagine how frustrating it must've been to have it glitch out, but there's definitely still hope that it'll eventually be playable and I'm greatly looking forward to that success. ♥ What you did find is still absolutely incredible, and correct me if I'm wrong, but the fact that it doesn't run probably indicates it never actually made it to shelves, right? Whatever the case on that though, what you've done is so cool, and the production quality on these videos are amazing; can't wait to see what topic you go into next!

TYSM FOR DISCOVERING THIS QUEEENNNN 😎 TIME TO LISTEN TO THE OST NON STOP 👍 TYSSMMM

Just wondering, have you tried running it on a flash cart? I know some DS emulation isn't perfect, and can result in issues that don't occur on actual hardware.

That's amazing you were able to even find this game in the first place! It just majorly sucks that you can't share the game and that the game was left unfinished in a buggy state. As someone who has a weird nostalgia for shovelware "girly" games, this is awesome to see! Despite never seeing the movie, I totally would've loved this game if I got it as a kid.

Honey wake up Bobdunga just dropped the second part of girl games of lost media

Just saying that if I really didn't want a ROM to get out, I'd make the recipient agree to that BEFORE sending the file. Hopefully this mysteriously leaks sometime in the next few years.

@Zulf85

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised, but at the same time feel like I'm mostly just interested in the journey up to this point. As is, we were very fortunate someone was nice enough to give bobdunga the Clueless one and so much more, not to mention any real proof that either of these games exist.

@sakuraryuji01

3 жыл бұрын

Remember Viacom has some stakes in the mean girl property. The copystrikes are real. Pepperidge farms Remembers when Viacom would flag every other spongebob meme video and prevent us from cataloguing the Icarly web exclusive shorts after the site shut down in 2018 to the point channels were mass claimed or deleted for copyright issues. So the legality of who owns the Roms is probably the biggest concern.

I *J U S T* Finished watching a 3 *HOUR* Documentary about Fred & now I'm watching this!

@eeveepacini

3 жыл бұрын

Omg I added that to my watch later lol

Oh my god she really did it y’all. The fact that you needed to uncover the Clueless game in order to find the Mean Girls game is just wild to me. It’s been a great ride though

this is crazy! after over 10 years, you found the mean girls ds game! you are a legend for this

It’s crazy how I didn’t think I needed these games in my life until .. your videos

I'll admit, that "trailer" actually had me for a second until SaberSpark started talking

Girl this is INSANE, you just made history

I just finished part 1 and I gotta say, becoming a patreon support of your channel was a hell of a good call. Amazing stuff so far, and I know part 2 will be just as good if not, better! Congrats!

Nice Work! Besides this glitch, one mystery still remains: was this game accidentally released (or leaked probably) somewhere before by some game retailer, or people who claim to have seen it or even have played it are just some kind of Mandela Effect, as said in your previous video?

It was worth the wait AND YET I'm still hurt inside 😭 we got there y'all and then we didn't omg I loved this ❤️

This has in its own way become like one of those old school shows lol. Can't praise the editing enough fantastic work and the voice over with the on screen parts you have made an incredible series of videos.

YES IVE BEEN WAITING SOO LONG FOR ANY INFO ON THIS GAME!! THANK YOU!!

You've officially become my favorite lost media content creator. The work you do is incredible!

i feel like this video is not as viral as it deserves to be??? i feel like this has always been one of the biggest mysteries that i'd always hear about on the internet like, why is this not the biggest thing ever???

I'm still new to lost media but OH MY GOD! This is insane and I don't understand why there aren't more people talking about this! Congrats!!!

im going INSANE i cant believe it’s real

This was so so worth the wait ~~~ great video !

im literally so excited to watch this!!!!!! thank you for your continuous effort for this the first doc was AMAZING and i know this one is going to be just as perf💖

I am so impressed with you, your detective skills are unmatched and your documentary is super entertaining!

this is so epic! congrats on all your hard work and your amazing discovery!

So excited! I have Goosebumps over this!! You did it!

Your work on this series is breathtaking. I have been enthralled from start to finish. So glad I got to watch 1&2 today. Looking forward to what you find next.

Fantastic working you've done here! Seriously, this is quite the breakthrough in lost media discovery.

blameitonjorge voicing the ROM distributor is everything. Thanks Raven

I’m so excited to watch! Your last part was phenomenal! One of the best videos I’ve ever watched on KZread & this is def my niche bc I’m obsessed with mean girls, clueless, and nostalgia .. your content is amazing ❤️

I found your channel with the Clueless video and I love how you presented everything, it was really interesting and I got really excited when you released the trailer for this. Great job! I can't wait to see the story unfold. I am really sad to see people pushing you about releasing the game. If the game had been released when it was meant to there would never have been so much hype to play it, and I think it is great you are sticking to your guns and respecting your source. That kind of thing getting out could ruin someone's career.

I absolutely adore your editing style! I loved the first part and the second part is bound to be even better! I could listen to you talk about literally anything.

this is such a good find!! great work Raven!! i always thought that this game was lost to the sands of time. it's so good to see that such an iconic piece of lost media was found!

Hearing Saberspark in the ad you did at the beginning was super fun and a surprise. Also you've done amazing work on all this.

FINALLY 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Congratulations. After so long, you found the answer to a burning question in the hearts of millions of people Now you have an awesome story to tell your grandchildren

I was so excited when I got the notification for the sequel of your lost media of girl games. Thank you so much for your time and effort. This video is everything!

This genuinely feels so surreal! Congrats queen on documentation ❤️❤️❤️

been so excited for this!!!! adore your videos so much bobdunga

I super love the editing, and it feels like a RELIEF to find two lost games in two documentaries! Here, you dropped this: 👑

I WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS

I love your channel is amazing I can’t believe the amount of lost media you have found!

The editing game in these videos have been on-point. Great work as always!

Been looking forward to this!!

Wow what a treat this was to watch. Some of the best content I’ve ever seen on KZread!

I’m absolutely going to watch your other content soon this little series is amazing and I’m excited to see more

Finally found the time to see this, and this is great for what you've uncovered! You a real sleuth in the lost gaming community in this! Here's to hoping when the world gets much better that the game can be properly fixed!

this has been my very favorite lost media for SO long!! SUCH a great video!!!

*leaving a comment to increase interaction of the video cause I see you’ve put a lot of effort here

what a journey! your search and doumentation has been amazing to follow. amazing job searching and researching everything. very satisfying overall

Love it! I didn't even know this game existed until your first video showed up in my recommended two months ago, but ever since then I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. I love your content and I love roller coaster this has been. Another banger!

This particular game has been on so many lost media lists so this is crazy to me! I can't believe you were able to get your hands on the ROM. I didn't even think it existed at one point.

This is amazing!! Already hyped for Part 3.

Thank you for your efforts and hard work in finding these lost pieces of media! It's a good day when a new piece of media gets found again after being lost for a long time.

This is so good, when I saw in my sub box I was ecstatic, I was hell yes Mean Girls DS! I'm glad you're getting closer and closer to completing your reports I'm rooting for you

Finally here!! Congrats on your major find!