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RIP Blizzard North. So much know-how and talent lost.

the sanctity of this place has been fouled...

Diablo 1 was the miraculous game of my generation. Being able to go through the dungeons with friends was not a regular thing then. It was special and we played for hours and hours…then we played the mods.

Interesting thing about the ending of Diablo 1 when you slam the Soulstone into your own head - it wasn't planned by Blizzard. They had a separate team doing cinematics from the design team, and they were pretty wild-westing a lot of stuff. So they come up with that ending and everyone was like "WTF?!" and it caused a LOT of debate internally. But in the end they went with it because it was unexpected and super weird and memorable. And it also paved the way for all of the sequels and the idea of the wanderer leaving Hell in their wake. You can look up the interview with David Brevik (designer) on it.

Brings back so memories from hours upon hours of playing this. Just hearing the voices instantly transported me back to playing this into the wee hours. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

crazy to me that you're my age, main ARPGS, yet never played diablo 1... glad to see you getting to the OG

The comment at around 22:30 about there being a library of sounds games used is actually right. There was a general library that a lot of companies used, especially when working on smaller projects. I know for a fact that the noises of bats in Diablo 1 are the same sound effects as the bats in Daggerfall. Its always cool to hear the sounds and think of another game from the same era

Man, Diablo 1 still has the coolest looking gear out of all the Diablo's when it comes to the design especially in the inventory screen.

Since monsters stay dead permanently, you can choose new game and select your current hero, the monsters will be back, will be a new game but with your saved char, gear, gold etc

1:00 caine most famous line !

Memories. Beauty. Thanks for trying it out and sharing it!

The fun part about OG Diablo was that it was different every time. The Butcher wasn't always a quest you'd get. There were a few quests per section, but you could only get a certain number.

Bro never equipped his godly plate of whale.

watching this i just realized i hadn't got that crazy feeling of an NPC talking to me in a game in so long, but the elden ring DLC had it.

Haha thanks for this mate! You brought back a lot of fun memories and that wonderful aol dialup noise lol

Once the Acid Beast spitters in the Catacombs showed up I was like "RIP DM.".

The Spitter Boss. What a classic. There's still things in Diablo 1 that are better than later versions. See how he uses terrain to his advantage. How he can't deal with being overrun by enemies. Later on there's techniques to dealing with enemies that run as a warrior like Teleport-Strike. Building heavy Magic instead of Vitality of using Mana Shield. All sorts of fun little tricks you kinda figure out yourself to overcome what just becomes more and more brutal with difficulty tiers.

Played this at my place with mates every single day when it came out, massive nostalgia!

nothing beats diablo 1 atmosphere

12:43 kitty has a deal with Diablo himself 😭

Funny how recent games made us think that an Archdemon would fight fair and square.

It is so crazy to see someone play this game for the first time in 2024 when I played it so many times when it was launched.. hahaha!!!

I'm so old I forget there are people who didn't grow up playing the original, was a great game to play after school. Dial up internet.

Loved your candid reaction to the ending haha

Oh yes the running range enemies, as a warrior i always had a bow for them otherwise it was too annoying to fight them. Hope some day they make a remaster of it.

What's with the music and sound effects in this game omg. The ambience is unreal, wish games had this kind of immersion nowadays.

this was great hahah loved this

This game was way ahead of it's time. I remember playing it when it came out. I had nightmares for days

Love seeing this. It's still a little bizarre that, as an ARPG enthusiast, DM has still never dipped into Grim Dawn. It's top two for me, but I would imagine top 5 for most people. At least it's still going to be there whenever he finally gets to it!

The succubus... the acid spitters... the goatmen... alll firing and running away aginst WARRIOR?! ...good times! Good Times!

I have fond memories of Diablo, it was my very first online gaming experience, I was blown away especially by the music...so atmospheric and dark. Good times.

i played this when it came out on ps1. huge nostalgia

"I gotta pawn some of this stuff !" Classic.

My first time playing this was actually right before D2R came out. My OG disc was broken when I bought the battle chest back in the day. It felt like an achievement after finishing this game. Lol

Pleeeease, no hurt, no kill, keep aliiiveee 🐐

thnk you that brought back a lot of memories :) i played rogue on my runs. ;D

Oh man, this game is just brutal in some ways, like monsters stunlocking you, items disappearing if broken, and best of all, having to go get your items back if you died when playing in LAN ( no option to load a savegame). Last time I played was with a roommate 10 years ago, we got to hell and my sorc was decked out with great gear, then I teleported into a bad spot and tried to exit to get away, but I died and I exited while my items were still in the animation of falling to the ground, so my items disappeared completely. It was very unlucky timing but I learned something about the way games were made back then, your items are on you, then you die, then they are "nowhere" as long as the animation of the items dropping to the ground is playing, and then they are on the ground. If you manage to exit during the animation the items just poof :D

You slapped in your first playthrough, dude. GG

Fully voice acted characters in 1997 feels pretty impressive. I guess it was a post-DOOM world at that point, but we were still sort of working with sticks and rocks as far as computing is concerned.

used to play this on COAX lan with the boys at Uni, a huge part of this game was loading into a level which had a pile of mobs sitting at the bottom of hte stairs and tonnes of deaths trying to inch them away, and telekenising your gear back

hours and hours of playing D1 with my dad in the PS1. Never was able to beat the game because of a corrupted disc not being able to save. D1 will always hold a special place in my heart.

It's actually funny, that Diablo was not called "Diablo" in the original game, but rather the level he chilled on

Man that brings back memories.

the superior entry

The end cinematic is so insane, top tier gaming

Just got me wanting to replay this after many years, but I'm going to play the Belzebub mod!

Oh man, my all the time fav. game. This game was hard and scary and fun. I still play the Belzebub version from time to time.

It's really nice to see some modern gamer paying homage to the OG, in this particular game you just die until you learn to live with it.

When Diablo came out, I was playing it a lot. I killed Lazarus, Diablo multiple times, because I was target farming uniques from them. Once I got uniques I felt quite powerful. It was fun.

Ya know...as a KZfaq regular, really the only app i have on my phone besides the one game i have downloaded for shit sessions, i really wish you would/could post your twitch vods here or perhaps also stream simultaneously here on YT? Idk wish i could see the whole playthrough 😂 glad you enjoyed it!!! One of my favorites

This is great ❤

DM, if you are interested in playing the game more extensively, I suggest using the DevilutionX port, it greatly helps for speedfarming and has the expansion content. Also some basic pro tips I can give you for Warrior: 1. Never use a 2h weapon, sword and board is king. 2. When fighting projectile spammer champs, either reset the dungeon or use magic if desperate. 3. In single player, beware of shrines, some cause negative permanent effects to your character. Look up the shrines online, if they are bad, reload and avoid. In multiplayer, avoid altogether. 4. If you come across a zombie called the Black Death, (bright yellow, looks radioactive) save before you fight it, use ranged attacks, or avoid it altogether. Each hit from the zombie can permanently reduce your max HP PER HIT.

YES DUDE 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽this was so nostalgic! My favorite Diablo game is D2 LoD cuz of the memories tied to it.

AWh d1 great stuff! I remember my friend found a arch angel staff of apocalypse on his sorc and just dominated shit lol

I'll never get sick of that Tristam sound track.

"Why am I not hitting him??" Remember back at the beginning when you put all stats into health and you had only a 60% hit rate....

Brings back memories. Man I feel old

Can’t wait for the d2 stream 😎

Dont want to spoil this with highlights, ill wait to enjoy the full playthrough upload 🙏

I like that they used literal claymation to make the monsters in D1. Such a throwback.

ohh almost got a Tear in my eye when I head that game music again .. =)

I played this a ton back then. Imagine that it would barely run on your machine. I don't even wanna think about how many times I died...

What an amazing game, I need to play again

Game took me weeks to beat for the first time back in the day lol. Crazy how much the average gamer skill went up since then, playing it for the first time beating it in 1 session with only 5 deaths.

Glad you enjoyed it. Was my favourite for Soooo long also D-1 maps are actually random PC generated. So nobody actually said put 20 ranged dogs at the end of a hallway.

Stone Curse is your friend when it comes to runners.

Wish D1 would get an HD upgrade

I remeber playing this on my PS1 (PSX back then) having memory card ports burned and not working, every playthrough was hardcore cause lack of saving.

Best Ending of a Video Game ever

Omg no way! I literally beat diablo 1 for the first time yesterday! Going through the Beelzebub mod now

Those damn acid spitting dogs were, and continue to be, the worst.

D1 was back when games made you want to explore the dungeon.

Favorite game. Period

Would love to see you play the other 2 classes

Do you post these streams? I would love to watch you go through this game again as I can no longer do so myself lol This game is a huge part of my childhood. Heard you were doing the even better sequel too

lol i remember doing the potion dupe method for my dad in 93 😂

Awesome game!

The first time I saw the butcher scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. 😮

I remember playing this on PS1 good ol days.

I forget, does he have to repair stuff to not lose it to durability? I don't remember ever losing gear as a sorceror/wizard/mage

This was rated 18+ when it came out, I remember trying to get it and they wouldnt let me without a parent/guardian. Eventually I convinced my parents to let me get it, lol. So many hacks and dupes in the game too. Such a great game for the time.

Some of this I don’t remember at all. The looks of some of the armor for example. Is it all original?

How long did it take to beat the game?

Lol you got all the good quests.

The first part was the best. What i like most are Hell Knights.

I saw your playthrough and bought the game as I never have completed it as well 😁

best game off all time... after that diablo 2 came with a faster paced open areas that just revolutionize (destroyed) the dungeon crawling gameplay... return to hell season 5 would have been amazing if instead of fast arena action they've added a gigantic random hell dungeon for us to dive in... d1 was simple and fun... just loot hunt, chose your stats, kill demons...

damn Fresh Meat wasn't nearly as surprising as it should've been. Such a nostalgia trip seeing this played again. Pretty sure this was before "builds" so people probably carried a bow with them for those range dogs :P maybe you'll realize that later in the video.

I remember leaving this game open in online mode without being connected to the internet just so I could have infinite loot and my whole town was just full of gold I couldn't carry. lol - I played online 1 time on dialup and some guy (another player) was killing me with a bow and running 5x faster than me. It was terrible.

Sorcerer fireball is the best at the end, i loved this game when i was arround 11 years old, i dueled my friend and my nage plate was about to broke i told him to stop attacking and he didnt and broke my armor since i was not a cheater i had to find it again. You have to block monster in door that way you dont have to fight them all

Damm it, Now I have to play the game again.

Oh, u should know that magic here is so good and multi functional for all classes. Warrior with teleport, turning monsters to stone for more physical dammage etc. This game has HD mode with added difficulty and levels, hotkeys. It's a great thing to play, though torment difficulty is HARD to beat. Diablo level is so full of monsters and u got only 15 or 30 minutes timer to finish it.

video games has come a long way, I remember playing Diablo on computer with max hard drive space of 32gb in the 90’s. This game has a great story

For warrior u should start with max dex (60 point). Then Str/Vit. In early game -late game you need hit chance and dodge chance. Max Dex asap will make you through the game very easily. You may want to keep a good bow in your inventory to counter range monster, keep distance and shoot them instead of running and catching them.

This brings back memories. You kept missing because you didn't have enough dexterity. I can't believe you skipped The Butcher lmao. His area is so distinct from the rest of the map layout. But anyways, now you'll get some references that didn't make sense before lol

O ye Spiritual Journey 💯

Evil Kitty was the real enemy all along

So glad he got Arkaine Valor quest but sad he didn't get the shako

The soundtrack is amazing. Current Diablo team needs to take notice.