Beating EVERY N64 Game - Hydro Thunder (152/394)

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Beating EVERY N64 Game - Hydro Thunder (152/394)

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Wave Race was an amazing water racer on the N64. It's not too surprising that someone wanted to take their own approach to it. Hydro Thunder was a massive success in arcades, but how did it perform on consoles?
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@BR-jw7pm 7 ай бұрын

Once you beat every N64 game, you NEED to make a ranking video 😂

@rcoh4 7 ай бұрын

The ranking is in his google doc though.

@nitePhyyre 7 ай бұрын

Then do 100% runs on the top 10. Or top 5 and bottom 5. Something like that.

@nonungus 7 ай бұрын

Give the man a damn break after this.

@bbbbbzzzzzzzzzz5431 7 ай бұрын

"Every N64 game", does that mean all of em 📯

@danielgordon2907 7 ай бұрын

@@bbbbbzzzzzzzzzz5431 Thabeast is beating every n64 game, and he means all of them

@turkeyman631 7 ай бұрын

'Dude, I dont know what you're trying to tell me, I'm just a tourist' Lol I love this series man

@professoroak1920 7 ай бұрын

takes me back to childhood hearing HYDRO THUNDER!!! as soon as you enter any arcade

@ZerotheWanderer 6 ай бұрын

I always miss the loading screen driver/crew chief checklist.

@crism8868 7 ай бұрын

Fun trivia fact: the beta for Wave Race 64 looked a lot like this. Miyamoto cancelled that version of the game because he thought it was too similar to F-Zero.

@Buddy47 7 ай бұрын

Your dedication to the N64 Every Game Challenge is truly impressive! I love how you bring nostalgia to life with each game. Keep it up!

@SlimCharles17 7 ай бұрын

I had this for Dreamcast, the graphics were so insane for the time. That console in general was pretty ahead of its time, sad it had such a short life.

@TanookiOshawott64 7 ай бұрын

12:28 I only watch this channel for the travel tips so thank you!

@jryancarpenter 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for continuing this challenge! I know you're ahead of the videos in real time, but I just wanted to say that these videos are one of the things I look forward to and signal the start of my weekend!

@HalfAboveMid 7 ай бұрын

I remember playing an arcade version of this in Orlando back when Disney Quest still existed. Once you were in, the games were "free". I spent hours on it.

@D3LTRON92 7 ай бұрын

Venice is sinking and sections of it have flooded over the years so you can actually see water marks inside some of the old churches from when they were partly underwater. That’s why they added the section through the building. Kind of a cool detail.

@reimi742 7 ай бұрын

This looks super fun, very impressive sense of weight and momentum for an N64 game too.

@jhkuno88 Ай бұрын

It's a port of an arcade game

@FYCY 7 ай бұрын

Lake Powell is a big reservoir in Utah, Arizona and Colorado. It actually looks kind of like the track.

@smj460 4 ай бұрын

The same river just upstream of the Grand Canyon

@kirsedalekill 7 ай бұрын

I played this so much on the dreamcast. It was probably my favorite game on that.

@munkytaint666 7 ай бұрын

same. Hydro Thunder Hurricane was an absolute blast. Still play it from time to time on my Series X in back compat mode. still awesome.

@sc3ku 7 ай бұрын

Same, but tied at 1st with Crazy Taxi. finally getting disc rot in 2023 😞

@Teruko666 7 ай бұрын

I've always wanted a Hydro Thunder cabinet. It's a pretty simple game, but easily one of, if not absolutely, my favorite arcade game of all time.

@ivan_pozdeev_u 7 ай бұрын

"Can't exactly bring that giant thing [an arcade cabinet] home with you!" Panga: "Watch me."

@mike91mdk45 7 ай бұрын

Idk which i played more as a kid, SW episode 1 racer or this. Always loved the crazy jumps and feel of the physics. That "GO! GO! GO!!!" from the announcer will never leave my brain

@mizer9510 7 ай бұрын

One of my all time favorite games. Used to play it all the time in the arcade back in the day. So glad I own it for the N64.

@unkono 6 ай бұрын

Me too!!!!!!

@Bigd2k 7 ай бұрын

I miss Midway. They made such fun games.

@DeskOfDean 7 ай бұрын

Surprised no one has filled the void. Arcade style games are my favorite. Blitz, mortal kombat, even old Mario parties had the same feeling

@mizer9510 7 ай бұрын

Yeah Midway was amazing in the 90's

@encycl07pedia- 7 ай бұрын

@@DeskOfDean Microtransactions have ruined gaming. The dregs who buy into those systems are just as culpable. The only microtransactions for arcade-style games are worth paying for credits in actual arcades that people mostly don't visit anymore in dead malls. Whenever I feel down, I remember that at least I'm too smart to buy season passes, loot crates, and virtual currency.

@jspringer86 6 ай бұрын

@@encycl07pedia- "Microtransactions have ruined gaming." Proceeds to glorify spending $0.25 cent for each life... with inflation per CPI's own calculator that $0.25 in 1985 is $0.75 now. Take off those rose color shades they're blinding you.

@encycl07pedia- 6 ай бұрын

@@jspringer86 You must be one of the dregs I was talking about. Essentially renting an arcade cabinet is far different than paying money to gamble, buy skins, or get a competitive advantage in a game you already bought and own. I'm not here knocking Blockbuster for renting out video games 30 years ago, either. But you wouldn't understand that, would you? At least their business model was meant to siphon literal nickels and dimes in definite transactions for an hour or two instead of creating addicts while siphoning tons of money over long periods of time. It's also much different playing an arcade cabinet with gearshifts, leaning bikes, and custom controls than tapping a phone screen. I don't think paying for virtual currency to buy in-game costumes is quite the same as spending a few quarters to play one of your favorite games for 3-5 minutes.

@YemmyTheFerret 7 ай бұрын

I played this in the PS1 about a year ago and it's such a blast! A GOAT for sure

@jilaelennio6944 7 ай бұрын

The HD remake on the 360 was so fun. I almost booted it up when I saw you uploaded this.

@mischiefmikeyo 7 ай бұрын

I did the same thing I got it for free years ago, but it's a really solid sequel

@blalesnail3098 7 ай бұрын

@@mischiefmikeyoExcept they removed the mechanic where boosting lets you knock around the other boats. 0/10

@harryh536 7 ай бұрын

Recommending going to NY for pizza right after a race in Italy got to be the most American thing I've ever seen. But as a non-italian who hasn't had pizza in neither of those places Thab might not be wrong.

@DaveAdams222 7 ай бұрын

Dude I remember playing this game CONSTANTLY on the Dreamcast. I had no idea it was available on N64, I'll have to look into that just for the heck of it. It's definitely a good time on the DC, though.

@breathstealer5486 7 ай бұрын

I'm not the biggest when it comes to racing games but even I couldn't deny the power of hydro thunder. In reality I prefer racers with weapons which most do not have.

@Dillfaro 7 ай бұрын

The final map was too cool. Game devs had a lot of fun putting that together.

@neveroddoreven6116 7 ай бұрын

This guy has the hardest challenge. Imagine having to play through the crappy ones, ahhh mind numbing 😅

@toolisgod6 7 ай бұрын

This game looks a blast to play

@Himmaniac666 7 ай бұрын

It is

@mizer9510 7 ай бұрын

You've never played it? You're missing out.

@toolisgod6 7 ай бұрын

@@mizer9510 never have, now I want to

@fo-ef8qo 7 ай бұрын

the "HYDRO THUNDER!!!" Shout is permanently embedded into my mind between my local arcade and the n64 version

@robdogracing 7 ай бұрын

I loved the shortcuts in this game. Thanks for the memories

@AwesometownUSA 7 ай бұрын

I still have that booming “HYDROOO THUNDER!!” burned into my head from every arcade I ever stepped into as a kid haha

@davidt3563 7 ай бұрын

Dang this game looked pretty good for the N64! I miss playing this in the arcade with friends. It's pretty awesome that you can still find some cabinets running it in the wild.

@opp31337 7 ай бұрын

7:48 bro you hit the ramp in the middle of the dam... it couldn't be more obvious.

@darrellgardner4561 7 ай бұрын

While I haven't played a ton of it, I've always loved Hydro Thunder. Its just high quality over the top arcadey goodness. The announcer and the engine noises always get you hyped. Doing big jumps and launching boats into the air is always a ton of fun. Maybe its because I haven't played it much but, I always thought this game was super hard on the arcade machine. something is definitely lost on the console ports, or at least it seemed like it the couple of races i've played on console. I used to play it when we would rarely go to Walmart.

@rtyuik7 7 ай бұрын

i remember thinking i was such a 'rebel' playing this game, since it was the first game (especially an E-Rated one) to include the word Damn, as in the boat named "DAMN the Torpedoes!!" (the announcer's voice has been burned into my memory)...but i also wanted to say that the HydroJump method makes a lot more sense on the arcade controls, since the brake was triggered by pulling the throttle stick all the way back, which makes the stern of your boat dip into the water, which means boosting (straight "forward") will launch you upward...

@dechangeman 6 ай бұрын

This is my feelgood channel. Really like the humor.

@junctionwr 7 ай бұрын

The Grand Canyon has water in it and it's the same water that runs through Lake Powell.

@HaakonAnderson 7 ай бұрын

11:40 Somebody who worked at that church was like, "I told them we shouldn't allow boat races here!"

@73685 7 ай бұрын

This is the best series on KZfaq. So dedicated, thorough, and full of harmless nostalgia. Brings back great memories of games with friends and having no responsibilities (aside from keeping my room and teeth clean).

@joshmeads 7 ай бұрын

Seems like one of the better racing games. It's nice to see a decent number of tracks. They all seem to be pretty interesting as well.

@encycl07pedia- 7 ай бұрын

The Neo Geo was basically a cartridge-based arcade machine. As a general rule, I didn't like the home console ports of arcade games. Most of the arcade games were made to be extremely difficult in order to burn through quarters. That same greed meant they put minimal effort into making the game work for the home consoles so they were still brutally hard. There were some exceptions I enjoyed like Rush 2049 and NFL Blitz that weren't made ridiculously difficult to bankrupt the players. The timer in the NFL Blitz 2000 video is a rollover from the arcade cabinet in order to increase profit efficiency that they were too cheap/careless to edit out. I distinctly remember an NFL Blitz (maybe Blitz 2000) cabinet taking $2 per 2-to-3-minute quarter, so to play a single short game would cost eight freaking dollars. I remember feeling guilty afterwards that I asked my dad for that much money to play one game. I initially thought it would be $2 for four quarters.

@TheIncredible2IC 7 ай бұрын

"Lake Powell kind of looks like the Grand Canyon but it's filled with water for some reason" Same river and state!

@bryanbischof4351 7 ай бұрын

“Next was lake Powell, and it kinda looks like we are racing through the Grand Canyon” 😅 Thab needs to check a map.

@Konarcoffee 7 ай бұрын

Grand canyon is ~100 miles from Lake Powell, which is part of the GLEN Canyon area

@bryanbischof4351 7 ай бұрын

@@Konarcoffee we know…

@Konarcoffee 7 ай бұрын

@@bryanbischof4351 Do you though?

@bryanbischof4351 7 ай бұрын

@@Konarcoffee this is like a textbook example of knowledge vs information. 😆 Allow me to quote Google to you: “One of two dams and artificial lakes that bookend the Grand Canyon…”

@Konarcoffee 7 ай бұрын

100 miles away DOES kinda look like the grand canyon, so why would Thab need to check a map? You're trying to say he's like way off, but he's absolutely not and it's a pretty accurate statement. And no one who's been there would say lake powell is connected to any part of the grand canyon. It's a totally different area.

@newironside 7 ай бұрын

The Hydro Jump and boosted start make a lot more sense in the arcade. You had a bar you moved up and down to change speeds. Moving it all the way then all the way up was how you jumped. Showing it to older kids was one of my favorite memories of the arcade.

@cavendishbandana8706 7 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this one a bunch. The game seems quite fun. I remember playing it a couple of times in an arcade but I was so bad at it. I've never won a race on Hydro Thunder.

@FuzedBox 5 ай бұрын

As arcade-goer in the 90s, I was shocked at how well they managed to make this game look and play on the N64. The Dreamcast version may have looked almost indistinguishable from the arcade, but the 64 version was so much more responsive and had more charm. I could never consistently do boost jumps with the Dreamcast version. In the N64 version, I could perfectly time any jump to the exact height I needed. It's a pivotal skill. As much as I love the game, I have a huge gripe with it: The cheesy, arcade rubber-band scaling of the AI. It's abysmal; the harder class of boat you pick, the harder it scales until it becomes impossible to reach 1st place. In the Easy class of boats, Damn the Torpedoes is the most consistent boat for winning- plain and boring, but responsive and reliable. Midway is alright too, if you prefer its more "boaty" controls and your goal is to win. Miss Behave for some reason has tougher AI scaling and you won't win easily, even if you're adept with controlling it. The Medium class of boats are still winnable choices. Thresher is their version of Damn the Torpedoes; very solid with gentler AI scaling. Banshee is a blast to control and has scaling about on par with Miss Behave. Tidal Blade is not a consistent performer and has some tough AI scaling. If your boat of choice is in Hard, then tough shit; your races are now glorified time trials that you WILL LOSE to the other racers. A real shame, because those three are awesome and super fun to play as. The Bonus boats are weird. I've been able to hit first with Tinytanic and Chumdinger, but Armed Response and Blowfish seem to take on the Hard boats' scaling.

@randomwowjunkie 7 ай бұрын

Started watching a bit out of order to catch up, just Quake 64 and Dezamon or w/e it is and I'm all caught up. Favorite series on youtube!

@browncow5210 6 ай бұрын

HYDRO THUNDER! Man, I haven't heard that yelled since the arcade days. Good times.

@mgnoodle2589 5 ай бұрын

Graphics were great on that game. No fog! I loved how the tourist boat was as fast as your powerboat

@coreykelley9441 3 ай бұрын

"Lake Powell sort of looks like we're racing through the Grand Canyon" They're about two hours drive apart, so that makes sense. Loved this game as a kid but always sucked at the hard tracks and gave up.

@seantaft3853 7 ай бұрын

12:37 don't worry, the turtles already dealt with the killer rats.

@Joker-fj8hg 7 ай бұрын

I’m surprised he didn’t make a 🐢reference

@Old-ded-memes 7 ай бұрын

I was sure that you’ve played this one before, but then I realized; no… I’VE played this before. Your videos are blurring my nostalgia!!

@rhysm.5915 7 ай бұрын

I could have sworn I remembered this game being 60fps.

@syncmonism 7 ай бұрын

Well, it looks higher than 30. Might not be a totally consistent 60fps.

@nojuanatall3281 7 ай бұрын

I think it is on dreamcast and arcade.

@arancione8336 7 ай бұрын

It was on Dreamcast, Arcade, and in its ports in the Midway collection on GameCube, PS2, and Xbox.

@Yourmomgoestocolledge 7 ай бұрын

Probably was on Arcade

@YourPalJamieEllis 7 ай бұрын

This was one of the first two games I remember seeing played on a Sega Dreamcast, this and SoulCalibur. They completely blew my mind with their graphics--glad to see some measure of that graphical prowess made it even into the N64 port for this one!

@Cheeseburger_mage Ай бұрын

Omg this is pure nostalgia. Me and my dad used to play this at the arcade all the time!

@Folsomdsf2 3 ай бұрын

'through the grand canyon for some reason, though it's full of water' The grand canyon has a river at the bottom broskie

@thejunkmanlives 4 ай бұрын

i remember the machine at my local arcade had the deepest/heaviest bass. idling before the race would shake the seat.

@BobbyMiller64 7 ай бұрын

I enjoyed playing this in arcades too. I never played it on consoles, though. Anyway, neat video. The bonus boats were funny. :)

@Mrnotpib 7 ай бұрын

The buffalo wild wings down the street from my apartment has a hydro thunder machine. Great game.

@GamesAreGood-re3eq 7 ай бұрын

This game was ported to PS1, N64, and Dreamcast. The N64 version is the only home version that supports 4 player mulitplayer even tho the Dreamcast also has 4 controller ports.

@pupperjackcheese 2 ай бұрын

Refreshing to see an N64 racer that doesn’t recycle the same four tracks!

@travismorgan3252 7 ай бұрын

For what it's worth, Lake Powell is along the Colorado River, right outside of The Grand Canyon.

@tanmad21 7 ай бұрын

Lake Powell is amazing. You should visit it IRL.

@frmjewduhh 7 ай бұрын

This is my favorite racer of all time! BTW There is a ramp in the middle of the Dam in Lake Powell to get the 9sec boost on the bridge

@samallen9105 7 ай бұрын

This is the only thing that I have to look forward to every week. I used to watch Game of Thrones every Sunday, When I was a kid it was X-files. Now it's Beating EVERY N64 Game on Friday. I'm gonna be so bummed when we all finally reach the end.

@nightzelmods 7 ай бұрын

For anyone wondering how to get that boost you couldn’t reach, you use the concrete ramp just to the left of where you went.

@olympicjbrag5913 7 ай бұрын

This series rocks man

@ericcook2423 7 ай бұрын

Loved this in the arcade with the actual thing you could sit on lol.

@nojuanatall3281 7 ай бұрын

There's an arcade one town over from me Calle The Game Preserve in North Houston. That place has tons of pinball machines and arcade games. All free play, you just buy a membership up front. They have Rush 2049 and hydra thunder cabinets. The arcade is so loud and intense. Such a great game.

@pirana6 7 ай бұрын

"this exited to... space?!" Ha! All of the ideas just shoved into the last track

@316Autos 7 ай бұрын

Loved Hydro Thunder, but the N64 doesn't do it justice. Dreamcast version was awesome.

@SailorCheryl 7 ай бұрын

That last course was obviously ancient egypt ruins with alien technology underneath, inspired by Stargate, I guess.

@shouryuuken4147 6 ай бұрын

Good job on beating this one. When I tried this Hydro Thunder it took me many hours. But I agree that it is a fun game.

@mattbattaglia4694 7 ай бұрын

Cannot wait for Extreme-G racing... one of my favorite games of all time

@jarrod1766 7 ай бұрын

My favorite part of hydro thunder is that being on water is always the slowest, you are always faster on land or getting air from a ramp

@inthefade 7 ай бұрын

This game looks really awesome. It is very impressive for N64.

@asymptoticspatula 7 ай бұрын

That looks like a fun game! great video, thab!

@arikjacobson5771 7 ай бұрын

what a game! cant wait for you to play the RUSH GAMES. especially RUSH 2049!

@MusicSkeletonKeys 7 ай бұрын

What I like about this game is you really need to eke out everything from the boat and course secrets to finish 1st. Almost like a time trial, and the top computer boat is just a time to beat.

@neveroddoreven6116 7 ай бұрын

Your videos are so good. The shadow man one was the best. Keep it up

@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus 7 ай бұрын

The xbox 360 version of hydro thunder is awesome too! The bonus boats in this one are way funnier though lol

@lmno567 7 ай бұрын

For New York Disaster, it was a meteor/asteroid not a volcano.

@brendanmalley2772 7 ай бұрын

put the train outfit back on

@gustavocve1779 7 ай бұрын

I LOVE this game on the N64. Played it so much but could never unlock the bonus levels, amazing to see them here. Also worth mentioning is that the N64 version of this game is the only one to support 4 players splitscreen. No other version has that.

@MasterRoshi8974 7 ай бұрын

Love your channel!

@calcarTV 7 ай бұрын

that last course with all the random weird stuff reminds me of the tony hawks bermuda triangle XD

@JimTheEditor 7 ай бұрын

12:25 One of THAB's classic hot takes. Stay weird, friend!

@aleckermit 7 ай бұрын

Fun little game. The grey cartrige North American variant for N64 is one of the rarer ganes on the console.

@RoyceMarcus 7 ай бұрын

Found the arcade version at a local laser tag place and had a blast (but was terrible at it). My next door neighbor got this for his dreamcast and when I found out it was on the N64 I had to get it! Obviously no match against the dreamcast, but I still played the hell out of this as a kid. It was a high difficulty for me then, but never felt totally out of reach. And it felt so good when you got that track and boat mastery.

@mika161ultrainstinct 7 ай бұрын

I always forget these come out on Fridays, fun surprise

@xaphon89 7 ай бұрын

Lake Powell looks like the Grand Canyon because they're both somewhat close to each other and connected by the Colorado River.

@kylebarclay9352 7 ай бұрын

I loved this game so much. I remember my cousin got this for us off ebay when he was staying with us and we played it so much. I couldnt beat the cathedral level though, so i never did see the final courses. Surprised to see you not struggle as hard as we did 😅 i thought i was pretty good at the time.