Watched this back again, and would like to make a small correction. The Silk icons used in Roblox Studio from early 2007 to 2022 *were* used with credit. However, as far as I know, the credit was completely removed from Studio, a few years later. Before that, in 2006, Roblox Studio used default Windows 95 icons.

I honestly really liked the use of random internet images as assets it gave the games a certain feel to it

the game was designed to look like a kid went into his room and smacked some toys together, so thats probably why so much stuff was stolen

I miss the older art and assets dearly. Too bad they had to get rid of them.

The only reason Roblox used to be so careless about reusing assets is probably because yes they created the game hoping for a playerbase but they never expected it to grow so exponentially. So by the time it already had, the stuff they stole became most integral to their game than it ever was even towards the source material they were “borrowing” from.

the button.wav sound also appears in psychonauts when you pick up a collectible iirc, so that makes me think that the button.wav sound doesn't come from windows but from a sound library.

I'll just make a correction regarding the Oof sound. It actually wasn't removed immediately when Tommy Tallarico found out about it in early 2020, they managed to come to an agreement during that time that allowed ROBLOX to continue using the Oof sound. However Tommy Tallarico in mid 2022, presumably due to financial troubles he ran into while developing the Intellivision Amico (which has often been described as a scam), likely demanded even more money from ROBLOX to allow them to continue using the Oof sound, which they refused to accept and instead created a new Oof sound.

It’s crazy how far they’ve gotten

Old roblox looked as one big placeholder, but that's had a special vibe

This explains a lot about why the icon graphics are so disjointed style-wise. I have to admit tho it adds a massive amount of charm to the whole thing. If it were too polished it might have come off cold and disingenuous when I first played >10 years ago (geez I'm old)

6:37 The silk icons are used everywhere because they are free and good looking, also my favorite instance of the icons are in Garry's mod.

Fun fact, the death sound wasn't used until early 2007. The sound can't be heard in any footage from 2006.

2:30 DUDE DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT

Really superb job with the editing here! A topic I've also been quite curious about, and I'm glad you covered it.

making roblox is like sketching out a drawing but instead of using a pen for line art u just keep adding on to the sketch and use it as the final product

Surprised you didnt mention how some of the Roblox Studio icons were used in Garrys Mod aswell, its pretty interesting!

A lot of these assets from free asset cds and the like are totally legal to use and to call them stolen is a bit of a stretch. Many of these do seem to be stolen but many more aren’t. I think that’s an important distinction to make.

wandering around abandoned and malfunctioning sites from 2006 and before searching for an forgotten asset is a vibe for me, specially if im doing this on windows xp idk why prob the fact that i collect old operative systems may attribute this

"My boy, I owned the slingshot" - David Baszuki, 2009

wow man, I've been noticing the huge buff in quality with your content. awesome stuff you've been pumping out these past few months, it's been so great watching it all and seeing your channel grow! :)

roblox is such a drastically different game and community than it was when i played as a kid from 2010-2013. it's so damn bizarre it became this massive thing.

I honestly don’t blame them, they didn’t know how far roblox would go, so they just stole stuff. I know it’s illegal but it could be seen from the other point as well.

8:02 Technically, the snowballs icon isn't stolen. It's Creative Commons, please read the license.

Another great informative video toastedcherries :) The only thing that got me is that some of these assets aren't "stolen" really. If you go to 8:02, you can see that picture of snowballs is actually under CC0, meaning anybody can use that photo (even commercially) without having to ask to use it. I wish you were a bit more clearer on which assets were under what kind of liscencing and if Roblox followed said licensing, but I still quite liked the video dude. Super interesting stuff

I'm still mourning the loss of the oof. Its legacy will never be forgotten

pretty fascinating stuff. it also reminds me of that rumor where one of the weld textures was stolen from Goldeneye 64. although I've only seen that on that roblox iceberg and can't find anything about it anywhere else.

This is actually mind-blowing to me for somebody that's a 2009 user.

CC0/public domain licenses allow you to take something without even requiring that you give credit, so not every uncredited asset is stolen many of these havent been proven to be stolen, so i think its a little weird to include them.

Stolen and credited or not what with how small Roblox was, I still love the old assets and sound effects from the earlier days of the internet, still has a charm of the mishmash of random internet stuff in the developing engine at the time like it was supposed to be a 3D engine art project only to turn into mainstream because the appeal certainly was felt by kids more and more by the years now to be buried in obbies, tycoons and simulators.

I was mad at the fact they changed Studio's icons, but now I understand why they did it. Edit: They changed the icons back to their old counterpart.

1:29 you don't understand the ptsd i have from hearing that "pu-tuh pu-tuh pu-tuh" sound for hours while playing yume nikki

2:57 There's sound in this CD which was used for the 1995 song Da Funk by the French EDM duo Daft Punk, same with the opening drum which was from I'm Just Gonna Love You a Little More by Barry White. Zero-G also stole sound effects from obscure songs, so the base.wav sound effect could be from a obscure 70s funk song.

Fun fact: The music from the Crossroads game is actually stolen, there is actuially an HD stereo upload on spotify! Credits to Badliz for aknowledging that it was taken and being perfectly fine with it.

not many talking about the new editing style in this regarding old cliparts and stuff , I love this please keep it up

I would honestly love to see you go more in-depth on topics like these, they're really interesting and there's so much to cover.

0:31 builderman/David Baszucki, Matt Dusek, Erik Cassel, Shedletsky.

been waiting for a video like this for YEARS, thank you!

I found out about Roblox around late 2006 or early 2007. I was a kid at the time. Roblox was a VERY indie game, something that was considered negative back then. The original trailer didn't look promising at all, and it took me ages to finally try it out. I thought it wasn't going to last. I remember I discovered Blockland around the same time, but that one was always shareware. I tested it only a few times. It doesn't surprise me that Roblox's developers stole assets, including the "oof" sound from Messiah. The game was relatively unknown in its early years (compared to other popular MMOGs with 10 million users+) and they had little budget to make their own content, so they didn't care about copyright infringement. I believe that in 2008 they had 1 million sign-ups, not concurrent players. Early Roblox was better, in my opinion. Very anarchic and fun, even though I'd die in 10 seconds because everyone attacked me. 😂 I used to love watching videos by Fleskhjerta and JJx15 (or whatever he was called).

The tripmine sound being used for old horror games is the roblox equivalent of the HL2 stalker scream used in almost every gmod horror map.

I played a lot of Roblox when I was a kid and ended up accounting most of this stuff as "Oh like from Roblox?" Like the Microsoft 3.1 start-up sound, I legitimately would think "Ah, the Roblox badge sound effect" Nice video, was nice looking back at my childhood nostalgia a bit and picking it apart.

Your editing style has changed kinda into a way of polygon donut from the vast use of funnies and what not. Did you get inspiration from something to have these changes?

Friend of Phantom Forces dev here. 3 or so years ago Jailbreak stole the inverse kinematics source code of Phantom Forces, put it in their own game. This code was used for connecting the character's arms to weapons and so on. Anyways, once my friend found out, he reached out to Badimo and received a settlement. I won't go into more detail than that but you get the gist.

I just realised, the silk icons pack is also used for the gmod in-game menus

5:23 this scared me so much as a kid

i really hope this video doesn't make people go apeshit like last time when they realized that the hockey mask texture was from walmart, causing roblox to change it after 11 years, ruining the hat (and prices) forever.

Finally, some good damn content

Couldn’t they have just made… their own version of oof? Just record it themselves and make it a little different

alot of the models seen in games on roblox including new ones use ripped Half Life 2 models. Big example is "Cult of the cryptids" which has a half life asset in every building. I also remember alot of the Icons that were used in studio were also packaged in LUA software and other engines that use it.

please do more with this kind of editing my adhd is laughing so hard rn

Man, that oof sound effect was so nostalgic, it was my childhood sound. Alot of those original sounds were. I used to play alot of roblox when I was a kid.

just in case you didn’t mention it or did and I just missed it, the slingshot sound is used in shows like SpongeBob, meaning they ripped THAT too. Found it while binge-watching up to season 6 of SpongeBob just because

Some icons from the silk pack are used in gmod for the spawn menu

There’s something so retro and comforting about the old assets. Perhaps it was because the sound fonts were cartoony, and decals were unoriginal, that it felt familiar in an ironically innocent way. Now when you look at Roblox, you remember the wickedness behind the mask. Apart of growing up, I guess. Having nostalgia ruined by new discovery and insight.

Finally a video we needed for years.

the pre-2007 studio icons were most likely made by microsoft and are found in the visual studio 2005 (and 2008) image library which is what roblox used at the time for the client

Had to go back as soon as I heard that the builders club hat was a stock image. Can't believe this Loved the classic feel to this video, awesome stuff!!

This video relaxes me and completely takes me back to the early noughties

I’m so glad I can finally know where those retro Roblox symbols are from! I tried to look for that stupid horse on the lavender baseball cap for so long. Thank you.

What's more interesting is that there is a channel (Roblox Gear Sounds) that puts videos of gear sound effects and I got to say, my favorite sound if the Boo sound effect from the soccer ball gear.

I had been playing Roblox since the early days and haven't played in a few years now so alot of these textures and sounds are quite nostalgic actually

Hellar toastedcherry I originally ordered my food to eat and watch your video and leave when I finished ate, I watch a your video all the way through, this one and many others. I had not gone out yet, I still might but I still watch your video. Very nice videos keep it up chery

I mean.. the internet was a huge place with a lot of stuff floating around back then. I couldn't entirely blame them for doing this; I know young me ripped assets from everywhere all the time to accomplish things because copyright isn't always so obvious when you're first on the internet lol. Good history stuff tho.

7:30 “There’s nothing funny about this by the way” I still find it funny

Well done, This video had great edits, good research and it was extremely entertaining. It's always a great day when you upload a video.

ur vids are so high quality and interesting, i love them! keep it up

2:08 you use the 3ds internet connection theme you are a w bro

It's so fascinating to learn about the history of Roblox before I was even alive. It's so intriguing to me, yet i dont have a reason as to why it is. It simply just is

I had this question for awhile since your editing style is really good and your videos are very informative What editing software do you use?

A+ for the editing on this one

Never noticed that the old Roblox Studio icons and Gmod's spawn menu icons were the same until now.

bass.wav still hits me like a truck when I'm not expecting it

The old sounds and textures and even shadows made roblox dream like which make it look unique.

>Titled 'stolen assets' >Has no idea what stock assets are.

royalty free creators may not require credit for their work, just like you dont credit earthbound for your outro

4:12 WHY DOES THAT IMAGE LOOK LIKE THE BACKGROUNDS FROM WOLF tracers dinosaur island? Is it the same software they used in that film?

We should shame Roblox for replacing the OOF sound.

Stewie getting jumpscared by the mine was funny, i really love the editing in these videos.

i used to make props and stuff on roblox when i was a kid and a bunch of my stuff showed up in really famous and popular maps but i never saw a lick of credit for them so i just stopped making stuff

i really wish i could go back in time and play roblox again. i played 2013(as a guest) and in 2014-present day. 2014-2016 had a lot of really fun and good games. and ik this is a common complaint, but im really tired of simulator/pet collector games. its hard to find smth fun without being recommended it by someone else or tiktok bc the discovery page is awful.

hey, I really love your editing and I was wondering where you find the cool backdrops you use, like the one in your outro etc.

A video that mentions Tommy without stopping to go on a tangent about how he's le evil christian. Amazing work.

Not to mention, the pumpkin bomb laughing sound effect comes from the horror character Chucky, and his laugh has continued to be used all over Roblox and is mostly used as a clown laugh.

@Bruner, The font wasn't stoled from Gorrilaz album, it is called Gill Sans Ultra Bold.

Keep up the growth, love you :)

iirc roblox only had a limited selection of music you could put in your places for a time, all if not most of these were stolen from other games or media. A highlight from me is that the song "tunnel" on roblox was taken directly from the rhythm game DJMax Trilogy. The song's original title is Zet, made by Bexter.

I still wont forget Roblox's stolen revolver texture from Le Tranger from tf2

4:13 that clip gotta be the smoothest clip from old roblox

damn that was pretty cool, the baby jump scares i surprisingly never saw my whole town playing roblox from 2011

To this roblox came out that long ago is crazy, just think how old the myths are that people still believe in

great videos man what editor do you use

you have good editing :)

coming from october 15th happy birthday toast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The old assets definitely used to give Roblox more of a humble feeling, and it was nice because it wasn't seriously corporate as it is today.

Honestly after realizing how many people took from who, I don't really feel so bad about taking assests from the left tab

the kid saying ouch is a full classic

This man's editing is just getting better with each video he uploads

The glassbreak sound is actually used in Half-life too

Roblox: the all stolen edition

I hear Joel G's works in the background, good on you.

Another banger from the toastedcherries channel