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[Krathoon]

I just found out about this old series of games that are very 90s.

It is the Outlaw series back on the XBox and PS2.
They are these snarky games aimed at adults and late teens.

Outlaw Golf


Outlaw Volleyball. Steve Carell is the announcer.


Outlaw Tennis. Stephen Colbert as the announcer.


What very 90s games do you remember?

 

[Dacvak]

None of those games released in the 90s


Solid mod edit

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Yeah, those were an early 2000s, post BMX-XXX and The Guy Game sorta thing. That sort of edginess didn't become a thing until the new millennium.

 

[Krathoon]

Yeah, those were an early 2000s, post BMX-XXX and The Guy Game sorta thing. That sort of edginess didn't become a thing until the new millennium.

Ok. I can't change the thread title, but you know what I mean. Those snarky edgy games before things got politically correct.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Yeah, so there were two pretty distinct brands of it:

You had the west, which pumped out stuff like BMX XXX, Outlaw Golf, Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, Playboy: The Mansion, and The Guy Game (until it got pulled from sale when they found out one of the topless girls was underaged). Prior to that, all of that sort of boundary-pushing was on the PC, where you had games like Riana Rouge and Duke Screw'Em (which... let's be honest, is a genuinely funny name). These games were typically mediocre, but had some tits slapped onto them in order to make them sell. And to some extent, that worked... but probably not as much as publishers had anticipated at the time. The fact that BMX XXX was even greenlit is a little shocking, given how there was basically no precedent for this kind of content on a mainstream console.

Then you had Japan, which had already been producing smut games for decades, starting to push the envelope on consoles with stuff like Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball and Rumble Roses. I feel like the Japanese approach was more upfront and honest - you know what you're there for... but the games, themselves, were actually still fun.

 

[mild sriracha]

 

[Krathoon]

For some reason, I associate that stuff with the late 90s.

It is really in the early 2000s.

 

[Fart Knight]

Cmon dawg. Xbox didn't even exist in the 90s

 

[Krathoon]

The funny part about BMX XXX is that the uncensored version is on the Gamecube.

 

[Krathoon]

If a moderator could change the thread title to "Very Early 2000s Video Games". That would be great.

 

[FeralEcho]

I remember those games Gmanlives did a video on them a while back,they looked pretty fun and entertaining.

 

[Kuranghi]

If a moderator could change the thread title to "Very Early 2000s Video Games". That would be great.

*that weren't on Xbox because it didn't exist.

Just joshing ya pal, these games remind me of a simpler time when I actually played sports games because they were fun despite not liking any sports.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

*that weren't on Xbox because it didn't exist.

Just joshing ya pal, these games remind me of a simpler time when I actually played sports games because they were fun despite not liking any sports.

And I miss that. Sports games used to be so fun.

 

[Krathoon]

I found the Outlaw games for dirt cheap. I will have to fire up the XBox and see if it still works.

I get paranoid about the ruptured clock capacitor issue some XBoxes have.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

2000 but still was conceptualised and in the 90s lol.

Some people think Tetsuya Nomura peaked with Kingdom Hearts, but we all really know it was with the Bouncer.

 

[Krathoon]

Now I have to find The Bouncer. To eBay!

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Now I have to find The Bouncer. To eBay!

You might also find it used on Amazon.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

2000 but still was conceptualised and in the 90s lol.

Some people think Tetsuya Nomura peaked with Kingdom Hearts, but we all really know it was with the Bouncer.

Imagine if Square CEO's just took a couple of weeks off and let their developers run rampant in the office on the drawing boards. Bet they'd come up with some weird never seen before shit.

 

[Krathoon]

Final Fantasy 12 has some really bizzare monsters in it. Some of them are abstract.

 

[IAmRei]

2000 but still was conceptualised and in the 90s lol.

Some people think Tetsuya Nomura peaked with Kingdom Hearts, but we all really know it was with the Bouncer.

I remember this game, the art and concept is solid 8/10 <3

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

I remember this game, the art and concept is solid 8/10 <3

I was just watching this and does indeed have very fun and quirky aesthetics that still look appealing.

 

[Krappadizzle]

2000 but still was conceptualised and in the 90s lol.

Some people think Tetsuya Nomura peaked with Kingdom Hearts, but we all really know it was with the Bouncer.

Gosh, I remember thinking the graphics for The Bouncer were incredible in the magazine previews I saw. I don't think I ever got around to actually playing it...or if I did, I don't remember.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Final Fantasy 12 has some really bizzare monsters in it. Some of them are abstract.

For example?

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

This is the era where everything was novel.

Every concept seemed fresh.

I remember Bouncer was supposed to be a flagship title for Ps2, huge magazine previews, that I'd read and then re-read.

Turned out to be whack, of course.

But at least studios were still trying things outside their wheelhouse back then.

90s and 2000s were the golden age of gaming.

Disclaimer: in no way shape or form am I suggesting games were better back then. They weren't, we just didn't know what we didn't know, yet.

 

[Krathoon]

For example?

At the beginning of the game they have elementals that are very abstract. Then you have this weird horse construct in one of the early dungeons.

They had some very eccentric monster designs.

 

[butane bob]

I remember seeing that cover art for The Bouncer back in the day, and it was the first time i thought to myself "square have absolutely lost their minds".

 

[Kuranghi]

2000 but still was conceptualised and in the 90s lol.

Some people think Tetsuya Nomura peaked with Kingdom Hearts, but we all really know it was with the Bouncer.

Gosh, I remember thinking the graphics for The Bouncer were incredible in the magazine previews I saw. I don't think I ever got around to actually playing it...or if I did, I don't remember.

I remember those previews as well, I kept playing it basically because of the ragdolls.

 

[NeverYouMind]

At the beginning of the game they have elementals that are very abstract. Then you have this weird horse construct in one of the early dungeons.

They had some very eccentric monster designs.

You mean like these:

How are those different outside of fidelity?

 

[Krathoon]

You mean like these:

How are those different outside of fidelity?

I am talking about FF12. That is FF10. There is some weird stuff in 12.

 

[tusharngf]

Project igi


Nfs underground


Max payne


Top spin


Wwe here comes the pain

 

[NeverYouMind]

I am talking about FF12. That is FF10. There is some weird stuff in 12.

I have trouble thinking of anything excessively wierd in FFXII that does not make an appearance in earlier games.

 

[Krathoon]

Yeah. NFS Most Wanted and Carbon are very much campy snarky games. GTA games would also fit.

 

[Rudius]

Great times. I feel sorry for my son that gaming when he grows up will be a worse version of the slop we have now.

 

[Krathoon]

Something happened with entertainment later in the 2000s where they stopped making raunchy comedies and video games.

Not totally certain what happened. You still have comedians like Bill Burr and Dave Chappelle that buck the political correctness.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

 

[Ian Henry]

For some reason, I associate that stuff with the late 90s.

It is really in the early 2000s.

In some instances, I feel like the early 2000s was an extension of the late 90s, culturally.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Something happened with entertainment later in the 2000s where they stopped making raunchy comedies and video games.

Not totally certain what happened. You still have comedians like Bill Burr and Dave Chappelle that buck the political correctness.

A global economic downturn after decades of prosperity. Misery loves company.

 

[poppabk]

First thing that came to mind and actually scraped into the 90s.

 

[Hypereides]

Something happened with entertainment later in the 2000s where they stopped making raunchy comedies and video games.

Not totally certain what happened. You still have comedians like Bill Burr and Dave Chappelle that buck the political correctness.

A global economic downturn after decades of prosperity. Misery loves company.

I miss stupid and absurd stuff like this. You could tell the devs had a giggle working on these games regardless of how they might've turned out. "Redneck-core"/"trailerpark trash" games were fun and can still be entertaining in their own right frankly speaking.

 

[semiconscious]

I was just watching this and does indeed have very fun and quirky aesthetics that still look appealing.

this looks so much better than final fantasy 15 to me...

 

[gaming_again]

In some instances, I feel like the early 2000s was an extension of the late 90s, culturally.

The 90s ended in about 2003. My theory is because stuff that was in production pre-9/11 ran out then. 09/11 made everything dark and cynical.

 

[Hudo]

Stop making me feel old, you fuckers.

 

[Duchess]

Stop making me feel old, you fuckers.

Bonus video:

 

[GymWolf]

2000 but still was conceptualised and in the 90s lol.

Some people think Tetsuya Nomura peaked with Kingdom Hearts, but we all really know it was with the Bouncer.

Peak trash stories.

 

[Kuranghi]

Bonus video:

Fuck sake I loved this, the island ruins levels that ends with dropping down the waterfalls was great.

I remember learning how to fly at my uncles house in Wales in the sun room.

 

[Krathoon]

The 90s ended in about 2003. My theory is because stuff that was in production pre-9/11 ran out then. 09/11 made everything dark and cynical.

OOOOHH. That is right. I forgot about 9/11. That is what did it. It made everything serious.

 

[Krathoon]

Remember those early comedies with Ryan Reynolds? He has always been a comedic actor.

 

[NeverYouMind]

OOOOHH. That is right. I forgot about 9/11. That is what did it. It made everything serious.

No. Its effects were localized. The 2007 problems were world wide. Just for reference, here are 2004 titles that likely started development after 9/11:

 

[Krathoon]

No. Its effects were localized. The 2007 problems were world wide. Just for reference, here are 2004 titles that likely started development after 9/11:

Yeah. I agree with you. It was the economic downturn later on.

 

[Krathoon]

Who can forget Conker's Bad Fur Day?