Thread 719169495

You now remember PS1 demo disks.

>>719169495 (OP)
Ps2 also had demo discs

Physical media had a soul that can never be replaced

>>719169495 (OP)
But I hated that there were unskippable ads whenever you booted these up.

>>719169495 (OP)
What do they taste like?

>>719169495 (OP)
>win $500,000
did anyone actually ever win that?
>inb4 you did

>>719169495 (OP)
I still wish Gangway Monsters got a US release. Was an interesting concept for a game.

>now remember
Literally the pinnacle of the PS1 era. I spent hundreds of fucking hours playing CTR, Tony Hawk, and Coolboarders. I don't think I had the blue disc, or if I did, I never played it. I did have a handful of other demo discs that I spent a lot of time playing. I remember demos of Intelligent Qube, Tomb Raider 2, Parappa, and Armored Core.

>>719169495 (OP)
"KICK! PUNCH! IT'S ALL IN THE MIND!"

>>719169495 (OP)
It was magical.
you had to be there to understand.

>>719171578
Is it comforting to know that I, as a 1999 kid, have multiple of those games listed on my emulator?

How did this guy go from two or three of the best video game videos ever put on YouTube to what he's doing nowadays?

>>719169495 (OP)
I think publishers got scared at one point that people playing the game in advance, especially an even more unifinished early revision, would hurt the sales more than it helps.
There is no reason that a new console, wouldn't ship with a bunch of demos pre-installed.
Pre-builts do it, laptops do it, phones do it, Windows does it.
You could even ask money from publishers, just to be included.

>>719169495 (OP)
>Completely wipes your memory card

>>719169495 (OP)
Need Help:

there was one ps1 demo disc that had this game where it you played as this athlete/gladiator and you had to get points by getting gems or something but the gameplay was that you were in a room and it had hazards and you could spin the room to prevent other players from scoring and set yourself up to score. Anyone know what I'm taking about?

>>719171772
Find some demo disk isos to try
Those early builds had a unique charm to them sometimes

>>719169495 (OP)
PAL PS1 edition of FF6 had the demo of FFX for some reason

>>719172095
I'm very aware.

>>719171386
Anon, the whole disc was an unskippable ad.

Damn fucking right I do.

>>719172820
Should've kept the cases but eh.

>>719169495 (OP)
And people don't give Sony more shit for abandoning all that in favor of AAAA movie slop.... because why exactly?
Shouldn't SIE be one of the most hated devs/publishers/licensors?

>>719171956
>James "my wife's daughters" Caddick

Of course the legendary Demo 1.

For me it was the Saturn sampler demos.

>>719171323
No the problem is nobody puts out demos anymore because games are shit now and letting people try them is a a sales hazard rather than an opportunity to attract potential sales by offering a sample.
>Crash 8 Has a demo
>Pulls it down because everyone thinks the game is shit and got a chance to try it

>>719173454
My fav one is indie devs who put out a demo, get feedback on said demo (usually a case of "shit is rough yo, I would like to see xyz improvements....") and their response is;
>demo is like, 8 months behind the early access version so ignored
IF YOU ARE PUTTING UP A DEMO TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO BUY THE GAME WHY ARE YOU MAKING IT THE SHITTIEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE?!

>>719173454
>>719173625
Modern devs are too retarded and end up putting the full game by mistake.

>>719173625
I mean in the case of Crash's demo, that WAS the best it had to offer.
Independent developers generally don't understand what a vertical slice is and how important it is to pick out key things to show off about your game.

How come my demo discs are always haunted?

PC demo discs, PS1 and PS2 demo discs I love them all, gave me a lot of memories otherwise I wouldnt have

>>719169495 (OP)
One of these discs came with project nortubel

>>719173859
>medievil

>>719173625
They are so fucking lazy, that's all

>>719172909
I love those.

>>719172094
>>719174219
Blast Chamber

>>719171084
They must have been in the way out early in that generation.

>>719172458
PlayStation demo discs sure had memorable tracks
https://youtu.be/uDqcwtuui1A

>>719172094
I remember the game, but not the name. it was fun with little dudes running around, please someone answer the question.

>>719174219
>>719174326
>Blast Chamber
Kino.

>>719174219
>>719174326
Yeah my nigga thank you

>>719169495 (OP)
COOOOOOOL BOARDEEERS

>>719172961
>Jim "4chan account" "most dumbest Sonic characters" "hating Doug Walker set me free" Caddick

>>719171956
Same thing that happened to every partnered youtuber
>I can make horrible unwatchable dogshit and youtube will pay me Coke's money regardless?
>Guess I don't have to make good videos anymore!

>>719174509
The Sega Saturn had pure easy listening kino to fucking horror music for its demo disks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2oqW4ODibc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrXjUkaj2ps

>>719175601
That second one would've scared the shit out of me if I had encountered it back ni the day.

I will post this every chance I get. This was the shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SwQr1Xsg9E

>>719173113
Iconic videos

>>719175601
Thats some cool music, I can only imagine what some kid felt when he finally booted up that disc, like I said I love demo discs

I still have my copy of demo 1. Feels good man.

>>719174453
No, they were there the entire time, just had to subscribe to the magazine to get them. Xbox had demo discs too. Never saw demo discs for the Gamecube.

>>719175949
I ate full chocolate bar while playing Spyro demo from that disc

>>719176124
Must've been a long ass chocolate bar to take that much time to eat

https://youtu.be/toyhYOdcCHk
Das it mane

I played a truly unholy amount of the timesplitters 2 demo on ps2.

>>719169495 (OP)
I had the CTR disk. That disk introduce me to some great hits. Don't know how, don't know why but I'd play that 1 map in Tony Hawk Pro Skater like it was the end of times. Ape Escape blew me away. My PS1 came with analog controllers but I barely used the analog for games since it was optional but thanks to that game I fully learned to get accustom to analog controls. Crash Team Racing is another game I spent hours on 1 map, it was that fun.

Lastly Final Fantasy 8, this demo would introduce me to the Final Fantasy series that I'd soon to know and love. The FF8 demo made no fucking since though. I don't think the Junction system was in it so you could barely make it through the demo and the robot boss that chases you out that one town had a ridiculous amount of HP. I don't think I ever beat it in the demo. Also for some reason you had party members in events where they aren't weren't suppose to be.

It'd be later in my 20's by the time I played FF8. Just seeing and looking back how different the game originally was was really neat.

>>719175949
I can hear the music seeing that image.

>>719177490
The FF8 demo disc had a banger of a remix that I couldn't find anywhere else until recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i63z12q4yzM

>>719169495 (OP)
For me it's
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfQXq1yBLqM

>>719175601
Second one reminds me of the Doom PS1 soundtrack

>>719171586
Everybody remember this from the demo and nobody bought the actual game.

>>719179162
that's some good soundtrack

>>719179162
>Gran Turismo
>Video
Rrrreeeeeeeeeeee

I don't remember if this was the one I had but I distinctly remember playing a demo of Sled Storm listening to Rob Zombie's Dragula over and over again thinking it was the most awesome shit ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6eouvR-h7U

>>719180503
man its still is the shit

>>719180503
It was illegal for any game released in 1999 that had a licensed soundtrack to not have that song included.

>>719169495 (OP)
>Ghost in the Shell
>Crash Team Racing
>Silent Hill
All games I first learned of through demo discs

>>719174453
Huh, they were plentiful on the PS2. PS3 had demo discs even
>>719176115
GC had demos, Wii had demos briefly. You all got the Muramasa disc, right?

>>719171517
Not that. But I entered many contests. One of the Resident Evil's had some contest mail away in the manual, I won a secondary prize, a t-shirt. Also Nintendo Power had some contest and I won my N64 console + Diddy Kong Racing. Doritos had some contest giving away 360s, I failed to win it but got a HDTV (worth twice the MSRP of a 360)

>>719182136
>N64 console + Diddy Kong Racing
Blessed

I got really spooked by the nightmare creatures demo. When I did fortify myself and play it kicking zombies in half was fun but still I was scared :(

>>719169495 (OP)
They were never released here, but boy did I see a lot of Gamecube demos.