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Back at Camp Xbox where the fun never ends 😂

My opinion: The original Xbox have the best lineup of all Xbox consoles.

Obligatory positive comment for algorithmic engagement purposes.

Crimson Sea, Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter, Enclave, Brute Force, Mech Assault 1&2 Brute Force deserves a remake, though

You had me at "Tony Hawk in The Running Man-universe"!

Fun fact: To this day Elder Scrolls III Morrowind is still an Xbox (console) exclusive. Honestly people who were mad about Bethesda going to Xbox forget their console debut was on there, it's kinda poetic that they wound up together again.

Man so many memories of iron Phoenix! My brothers and I used to just play endlessly playing the sean Paul track over and over 😂

Toxic grind was the only game i had out of the bunch. Pretty sure i played it one time. Nostalgia is crazy. Thanks for the vid!

You know what? I'm subscribing. This channel is always hitting me with nostalgia for my early teenage years.

a channel dedicated to the original xbox??? I feel like Ive finally found my people

18:08 anyone else love generic buttmetal riffs in early 2000s stuff? 18:50 very much agree. Even if the game stinks, it's still good to document and use to broaden our understanding of how gaming evolves and how one disaster of a game might have prevented another game from making the same mistakes, thus leading to a great game further down the line. It's this indirect way developers kinda learn from each other

otogi 1/2 are my all time favorites on xbox, can definitely feel the early from soft design

Yessssss been waiting for Iron Phoenix to pop up on this channel. Such a cool game!

Love using this channel for a buying guide ❤

I picked up furious karting because of this video. Also indycar series 2005 was exclusive to the Xbox in North America. That game nobody ever talks about. The game is tough as nails, maybe the best simulator racer on the console. The default setup for the car at each track was typically bad and it forced you to dive deep into figuring out how to set up your car in the garage. Had a lot of fun with this one back in the day, even was part of a league that would race weekly on Xbox live back in the day.

I liked that you tried truly obscure games. I collect OG Xbox games and some of these would have tricked me out of $10. The kart racer may still get me.

Iron Phoenix does support system link. I wonder if 2-4 friends playing against each other in the same room with this LAN setup would be a better experience? Cool video. I'm definitely gonna take SeaBlade off my backlog. In this world of too many games, one less game to worry about is a good thing. Thanks for the content!

I was searching for Knight's Apprentice since i was 7 and lost the disk in a box full of nameless cds. It really itched the scratch behind my memories. What a relief

I still have my old OG Xbox and it still works, only thing is I have to get the cd reader and gaming tray fixed because it won’t come out sometimes. Once I get all that fixed I will be able to play some old Xbox games and go back and play some old games like Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, NFL Street, Blitz the League and some other games I grew up playing. Thank you for making these types of vids, soon I will have a big collection of games and then my modern systems too and have a lot of gaming consoles to play.

I remember Memorick from the German game magazine i was reading as a kid. They only tested PAL games though, so there had to be a release of it outside of North America

Always good listening to your in-depth profiles of these oddball exclusives!

Great video! Really like your delivery and cadance it's VERY pleasant.

Otogi has been referenced my soul has been recharged for the year thank you

Dont think i didnt notice that Sega GT 2000 MENU music in the BG lol

Love hearing about hidden gems, no matter the system

Great videos man. I'm always excited when you post a new one and I always vote when you put that up too

My God, obscure is right. I have not even heard of any of these

Iron Phoenix was awesome. I had a demo disc with a demo of it and I think only a few characters were playable. But I always really wanted the full game as a kid, but never did get my hands on it.

Man, I really miss platforming games.

12:37 looks like you play as postal guy here?? 😂 Anyway This is becoming one of my personal favourite gaming channels. That Iron Phoenix game looks really fast paced and runs pretty well* for the hardware. Especially since it looks like there are a lot of effects going on during the battles

Iron Phoenix was so good. Kind of like if mortal kombat, soul caliber, and super smash bros had a baby. Such a rad Xbox Live experience.

I think I’ve seen all of these except for the Merlin game at the used game store at some point lol. But yeah I can see why these are obscure lol

lol, that Iron Phoenix review, "Never understood the game well, it was a clusterfuck and it looks bad, but it was so fun that I could spend hours until dawn playing it".

Never would have heard of any of these lol, thanks for doing this big hugs and kisses

I had an Xbox and I enjoy seeing this era of engagement engagement…

Magatama (Japan only) is another forgotten gem.

I remember playing Furious Karting on a demo disc. Totally forgot about that game until today

I loved Toxic Grind when I was in high school. I keep thinking about it even tk this day, but sadly don't have an Xbox to play it. I also miss playing Deathrow. That was an awesome take on sports games.

Genuinely never heard of these title. Couple of them seem like a decent time.

Unreal II: The Awakening, It came out on Windows as well, but I still had some great Co-op memories on the OG XBOX

I think I mentioned before about the Buffy game that a must (the sequel Chaos Bleeds is also alright, but not Xbox exclusive), in terms of exclusive games, I can't think of any other really good ones left after that. Chronicals of Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay? Multiplats from the era you might want to give a go Psi-ops The Mindgate Conspiracy I loved back in the day, Bloodrayne, Tomb Raider Legend, Xmen Legends. Great content as always.

Great video. KZfaq occasionally sends me good recommendations and this one was definitely up there. Subscribed!

Knights apprentice is very colorful and a good looking game it seems

I've played all these games And they were all good games.

Blood Wake is another forgotten gem

yeah memorick game is gonna go in collection

Fun video! Legit obscure games. I don't claim to know about all games of course, but as a life time game player I'm familiar with a ton of them. Most of these were new to me! Not sure if you've checked out Yager yet, but if you like flying games I would dare to call it "a hidden gem" on the xbox. It's not perfect, but I had a good time playing it.

Yager was also a Xbox exclusive, and was pretty decent

Iron Phoenix looks fun, would do great as a remastered online game nowadays. Also how many obscure SEGA games are there 😂

Iron Phoenix does look pretty fun, I think it would be worth picking up once it's supported by insignia plus a game for my collection lol

YESSS IRON PHOENIX WAS SO AHEAD OF ITS TIME!!!! REMASTER PLZPLZPLZPLZPLZ

ooohhh man i played the shit outta toxic grind, wonky controls and all!!! the aquarium level is a fuckin chore along with the greek one but man i still loved it.

Iron Phoenix reminds me in theory to "Warpath" who hAd a similar approach but the opposite way.

Damn, I forgot about Toxic Grind. I only played it via a demo disc. Back when demo discs were a thing and fun. I used to play this and a few other games even for their short time limits or level access.

As much as I love the OG Xbox. This is where ps2 had it beat

I picked up Memorick a few weeks ago along with Robin Hood Defender of the Crown since I like both the legends, and I hadn't seen anyone talk about either yet. Robin Hood is on PS2 as well rather than being exclusive, but in the UK it seems the Xbox copy is more difficult to get at a low price.

I loved Memorik's Adventure, I wish I kept all my original Xbox games. :|

Have you ever played night caster before. I saw it at a game store and got it because it was five dollars. Its really awesome ive never heard of it before i bought it.

Gun Valkyrie comes to mind.

I played a bit of Iron Phoenix. I remember learning about it via, I think, Next Gen magazine where they had it in a feature with (the canceled game) Vultures, as some sort of "new type of fighting game" type story, since both were these arena focused team vs team type affairs rather than 8-way movement fighters like Tekken or straight-on 2D ones. Don't believe I played it back in the day, or even spent much time on it now on my modded Xbox - mostly because that sort of "behind the back" swinging wildly around combat isn't very... finessed. The Xbox *had Unreal Tournament 2* for that kind of thing as well, with better online, presentation and more content _in addition_ to letting people flimsily swing around melee weapons while bouncing off the walls in arenas. I applaud it for trying something new, but... I mean, compare to this Sega (and Platinum's) later Anarchy Reigns and you're like, "OH! _That's how the idea should've been executed!"_ lol. At least as far I'm concerned - *that* games has a really good fighting/brawler feel. I think a better modern version of Iron Phoenix would be Naraka Bladepoint, or even Naruto: Shinobi Strikers, so to Iron Phoenix's credit, props to it for somehow resembling relevant, successful titles in 2024. It's clear the devs at Sega Sammy were onto something with Iron Phoenix then, I'll give 'em that. I DEFINITELY need to check out Furious Karting though, from the sounds of it. I can look at the style of the characters in the cutscenes and immediately see the same kind of personality as something like Total Overdose, the Outlaw Sports games, State of Emergency, or Saints Row. That's actually _really_ fascinating to me to see; cart racers are 100% always cartoony fare, so seeing anything else just begs the question as to why more people don't take that kind of stab? If only to stand out in the marketplace. Hearing that it plays well is icing on the cake. I'm also happy to hear about Toxic Grind... mostly because it reminds me I need to play more _Dark Summit,_ lol. Now THAT'S an extreme sport/dystopian future story-focused hybrid game I actually enjoyed! This was a fun topic/video! Seeing Iron Phoenix (and mentioning Unreal Tournament 2 up there) reminds me of other arena/fighting/combat games that are obscure on the Xbox now. If you revisit this topic again, I suggest looking into DeathRow, WarPath, and STAKE Fortune Fighters on backlogged. I cannot, in any universe, imagine those titles having many ratings either, lol.

Great vid! Curious Farting is more obscure than Furious Karting.

7:19 i swear they got that animation right from ocarina of time lol

Great video brother

Microids making a platformer is kinda odd. They usually make adventure games like Syberia.

I'm not sure how it performed sale wise but Blood Wake is the one I always think about. I'd love to see a breakdown of that game now.

Bummer that Toxic Grind wasn’t executed better. Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 is still the GOAT

I recently got Knights Apprentice. I played maybe half an hour and had my fill. Its just a platformer with nothing unique like you said

I remember Iron Phoenix. I was really into fighting games at the time and it was billing itself as a group fighting game, so I was kinda looking forward to it. Then it came out and got terrible reviews.

fantastic video

I saw Seablade in the 5$ bin and was never sure about it, thanks for the review. I just wonder how much some of these old games could be fixed with patches, Could a patch, even a fan patch turn a 4/10 game into a 7/10 experience?

I remember reading the previews about iron phoenix and thinking it would be so damn amazing. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t live up to my internal hype. In a way anarchy reigns ending up being closer to what I wanted out of the game

Sad no mention of the true gem that is Breakdown. First person backflipping, first person vomiting, it was ground breaking.

I really like you content. Keep it up 👍

My personal faves are Whacked! And Kung Fu Chaos

Dude sea blade has alot of potential for Star Fox/ Knife Edge fans.

I never heard of any of these games.

Who remembers Kabuki Warriors?

I had both Toxic Grind and SeaBlade as a kid. Got both from a Hastings store when I lived in Southern Oklahoma back in the late 2000s; I have more memories of SeaBlade, mostly because I couldn’t finish the first level and even back when I was a kid, I could tell how cheaply made the game seemed to be, just from the CG models that moved around like they were in a PowerPoint presentation during the cutscenes. Years later, I picked up a cheap copy just to show my friends how awful the game was. I did think it was comical how the game advertised its website in the loading screen, which is still available for viewing on the Internet Archive.

Great video

Its a shame SeaBlade didnt do a better job. I just love underwater games and the idea of having airborne and underwater environments sounds great conceptually. And theres nothing wrong with hoping to find a hidden gem and then pointing out clear flaws. Especially when, in retrospect, it seems SO close to being great!

Please cover Galleon someday Great game!! 🎉

I was one of the top ranked in the world on Iron Phoenix. Gamertag Ge0v1RuS. My crew Arese, R6R. Top dogs. Good times. Hope they remake so I can reclaim my throne.

*Azurik: Rise of Perathia enters the chat*

My immediate thought was Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus

shame with seablade not being very good, looks like a mix of bloodwake and crimson skies

Nice!

I remember these

Quantum Redshift 🔥

No Gunvalkyrie?

was the music playing during the Seablade portion from the game? Because it really sounded like the Panzer Dragoon soundtrack.

The guy talking sounds like Sheldon from the big bang theory

Tao Feng.Kameo,Sudeki,Kukato Chojin.

wow I actually played a demo of that kart racing game. totally forgot about it. didn't like it though as the kart felt too realistic for an arcade racer. i was constantly flipping over my kart in tight corners :D

A good video, interesting games. Some small mistakes, though. Memorick was definetly released in Europe as well, I have the PAL version in my collection. Iron Phoenix was a NTSC exclusive, though.

People usually say the Xbox versions of multiplatform games are usually the best among them, meaning, superior to the PS2/GC/DC counterparts. I wonder if you have created videos with such comparisons or if you plan on doing them at some point?

I originally wanted an Xbox because I played a 4p ninja fighting game demo at a store but never can remember the name

You made it 15 seconds until saying "hidden gems".

Why is there runescape music in the background... 😆😅😆

Memories was also released in the UK. I like the game but the controls are frustrating and hate the riding/river sections.