My 30 year old brother who played the game back in the 90s turned into a kid when I showed him it was re-released. I bought it right then and there. He was watching play it and directing me where to go haha. Even after not playing this game for like 15+ years he still remembers it.
Crap, been a quarter of a century. God, times flies. I remember playing Lord of the Realm 2 and Warcraft 2 and what not on my dad's PC room in the 90s. Didn't get PS1 and 64 until like the very end of their life. We were outdoor kids.
This game kicked my ass back in the day. I got stuck on the Theed(?) level. Was a platforming section that felt impossible due to the limited camera controls iirc.
I remember it fondly, both this game and Jedi Power Battles were great, though I remember JPB having a bit of a sharp difficulty spike? I might have just been rubbish at it, just remember it being fairly hard in some bits, great game though!
That game was awesome. And reason why i was probably the saltiest mofo when adi galia got killed in some clone wars episode many years later. Most people didn’t care about her, she was some random jedi with almost no screen time in anything. But she was a beast in jedi power battles!
For as unhealthy as they were for the industry (tight deadlines, poor working condtions, etc.) I kind of miss these kind of tie-in games that used to be all over the place. The vibes and gameplay these sort of games are unique in a way that makes them super memorable.
You really never knew what you were in for. Sometimes the game was horrible. Occasionally they were amazing. Sometimes the games really didn't even try to stay close to the subject material (which ironically was kind of fun in its own way). Now everything is so closely vetted for "authenticity".
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e how are they right? they provide now evidence to support their claim that this and other star wars tie-in games from this era were bad for the industry. Don't pretend this is like EA and Blizzard without proof
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e they often gave valuable projects to smaller studios, this game for example was developed by a dozen or so people. crunch and poor conditions are very much still a thing, except now in megastudios that have industry monopolies. So I don't see how we got the happy ending...
Imagine the voice actors in the sound booth having to do death noises for the NPCs in case the player just decides to strike them down with a lightsaber.
Fun fact: Captain Panaka in brazilian portuguese can be roughly translated to "Captain Idiot". Star Wars is infamous for having a very concerning number of names that means funny/inconvenient things in brazilian portuguese.
@@liamcullen3035 The most infamous one is probably Count Dooku, in portuguese, "do" is an preposition which usually means "from" or "belongs to" and the word "cu" is slang for ass, so he's the "Count Of the Ass". The official translation changed his name to Count Dookan. Another one is the Planet Utapau where Obi-wan fights General Grievous in Episode 3, there's the Pau City located in the Pau Sinkhole, "pau" is another slang, but for dick, so Obi-wan fought Grievous in "Dick City" inside the "Dick Sinkhole".
@Twillek1019_ Only Ratchet and Clank and Spiderman are first party games from what you listed. First party means they were developed directly by Sony for the PS5.
Fun fact: we most likely would have gotten an amazing Attack of the Clones tie-in game from BioWare... were they not given the choice between doing a tie-in and a game with a setting with an almost unrestricted creative freedom. That's how we got KotOR. Sure, I can't think of a universe in which an AotC-based RPG would ever come close to the KotOR level of quality so we've gotten the better end of the deal anyway... but it'd have been great had BioWare actually been able to clone themselves (no pun intended) just to have one copy of the team work on the tie-in. And I'll never forgive LucasArts for not releasing the RotS tie-in on Windows. It looked so awesome on screenshots, but even this late in the PS2 lifecycle, actually being able to afford both it and games for it was beyond the reach of some 90% gamers in my country, whereas PC releases we could at the very least pirate easily (X-box wasn't that hard, but even then, the idea of mom and dad getting us a super-expensive piece of gear that wouldn't even help us with our lessons was our wet dream at best) and sometimes parents would get us a legit copy of a game for Christmas. There's no way I would have missed it had it been available on Windows back then, one way or the other.
Fun fact: we most likely would have gotten an amazing Attack of the Clones tie-in game from BioWare... were they not given the choice between doing a tie-in and a game with a setting with an almost unrestricted creative freedom. That's how we got KotOR. Sure, I can't think of a universe in which an AotC-based RPG would ever come close to the KotOR level of quality so we've gotten the better end of the deal anyway... but it'd have been great had BioWare actually been able to clone themselves (no pun intended) just to have one copy of the team work on the tie-in. And I'll never forgive LucasArts for not releasing the RotS tie-in on Windows. It looked so awesome on screenshots, but even this late in the PS2 lifecycle, actually being able to afford both it and games for it was beyond the reach of some 90% gamers in my country, whereas PC releases we could at the very least pirate easily (X-box wasn't that hard, but even then, the idea of mom and dad getting us a super-expensive piece of gear that wouldn't even help us with our lessons was our wet dream at best) and sometimes parents would get us a legit copy of a game for Christmas. There's no way I would have missed it had it been available on Windows back then, one way or the other.
Demolition was released exactly a year ago, I wouldn't be surprised if Jedi Power Battles get released next January in the same style as the previous 2.
i would totally like modern version remake with all the great graphical stuff we have today like ray tracing and so.. would love to see this remade in newest unreal engine. but ofcourse the gameplay is even more important. as most games were very janky on controls so i would like to have very smooth controls and smooth animations on characters etc beside the graphics :) @@ghost656metal8
I loved this game. Me and my sister would quote from it all the time, "Everybody stand back I'm about to SLASH... all my prices!" This game wasn't great but it had character.
I got this when it came out, and still have my original disc, guidebook (which I got before the game), and mousepad. I cant tell you how many hours i poured into this game and replaying it, but being on Tatooine as Qui-Gon is probably one of my favorite experiences in a Star Wars game due to the many choices the developers allowed. 1999 was a fantastic time to be a Star Wars fan, it felt like there were endless possibilities in a vast galaxy. It was a wonderful introduction to the Prequel world through the media the surrounded the actual movies. They are some of my best memories and I'll always cherish them.
All of the pre-disney Star Wars games had a soul. I remember I had this 2D Original Trilogy game for Game Boy Advanced, where you played as Luke all the way from Tatooine to the final duel on the second Death Star.
My local library used to have PC games you can rent out and I think I had fond memories playing such games as Dark Forces and X-Wing vs TIE fighter. Oh and Yoda stories too XD
8:49, not sure it occurs on the PS version, but on PC, if you jump on stage... you may have a surprise... a violent one. Loved the game as a kid. Looking back, it was quite unique that you could influence the game through a choice of dialogues. The violence though... also unique for a game, especially a one for the wider public.
Back then we had a few moments of devs pushing things past the censors, dismemberment in Jedi Outcast/Academy was rare enough to pass the rating boards (you could cheat it to max tho it ruins all balance since now running into enemies exploded them), and in Force Unleashed 2 they _blatantly lied_ and claimed Stormtroopers were all totally robots, so we got the last proper Star Wars game with libs flying around.
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5:26 as a kid i always used to throw a flash grenade at the decoys (which includes the real Queen) just as the cutscene triggers with Qui Gon. The ending cutscene would trigger normaly with the ship flying out of the hangar, but this time leaving the handmaiden corpses behind 😂 ooops! (It also works with Anakin on encounter in the desert! Leave his corpse in the sand as QuiGon flies off with his new T-14 😅 Cheers Watto!)
Once the rancor and Qui Gon killed each other at the exact same time. Triggering both a game over title screen and post victory dialogue. I also once remember a droid tripping over the lightsaber of Obi Wan's dead corpse and it died 😂. He literally killed somebody after the game over screen.
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e Steam Deck blows every modern console out of the water, PS5, Xbox, Switch, can't compete with Steam Deck. Hell I originally just got a Steam Deck to have Halo the Master Chief Collection on the go and a few small Pokemon randomizers and rom hacks, but now I actually have a decent library, intent can change over time.
@@rynobehnke8289 Gog use to rerelease old star wars games every May the 4th. They haven't done it in the last 2 years. Hope they go back to doing that. I would really like Phantom Menace and Battle for Naboo to get digital releases since their installers are 16-bit. 16-bit installers don't work on modern 64-bit systems so you have to do workarounds to install them.
...to be honest... I really liked the game. I played it with my dad when I was a kid. ...was a bit bummed out that you didn't get to take part in the race, but it was still a good fun. Also, cheesing the final battle with Darth Maul by shooting rockets at him instead of pushing him into a hole was the moment when I became a gaming munchkin, heh.
@@RogueDragon05 haha, to be honest I already 100% completed the PS4 version of Racer, but it's nice to know about racer revenge being there too! Thanks!
@@Hodyna Yea Super Star Wars, Jedi Starfighter, Bounty Hunter are also on PSN, Demolition too but no trophies for that one. Can't wait for the Dark Forces Remaster coming out in March. Glad your enjoying.
@@RogueDragon05I have Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 on switch however asper didn't finish on a director's cut of number two on switch which is a big disappointment I have both episode 1 racer in this game on my PlayStation 4 now waiting for dark Forces but I've been also waiting for a remake or enhanced version of Shadows of the empire and Battlefront 1 and 2
There is a level in this game when you land on tatooine and you have to run around Mos Eisley and solve everyone’s problems. It was my favorite level in any game ever cause it really felt like you were a Jedi and this was your day to day life . God I miss being a kid
I remember playing this when it first came out on PS1. So many frustrating parts, but I still enjoyed it. It gives you a rating out of 10 of your overall performance upon completing the game. I got Level 4: Cantina Dancer. That really pissed me off.
Still my favorite SW game to this day. Wish Ep 2 & 3 (heck, even 4,5 & 6) got games in this style with refined controls and a manual camera, and vehicles. Out of all the games, the laser deflection in it feels the best to me.
I played this game on PC. It was really quite fun back in the day, and also some quite interesting and weird cheat codes too. I hope they've been ported along too, more people need to BEHOLD THE NECK SPIKE
@@TREVORVADER All of the PS1 games that had cheats back in the day still have them on the PS5, if the PS1 game has trophy support the cheats disable the trophies
NO WAY. I LOVE this game! It might actually be the first ever game I ever played in my entire life. Utterly iconic, was thinking about it yesterday actually. Glad to see it's getting new life. :) Although I am adamant that they should keep the PS1 pixel graphics, as opposed to the smooth PC version.
I played this game on PC as a kid with a logitech rumblepad. I think I remember it more because of the weird gamepad, I never got past the Obi-Wan bit in the city at the beginning. 10/10
one thing i loved about movie licensed games like this one is that show what you haven't seen on camera, like wandering about the federation ship or the gungan city, in the movie it cuts from entering the gungan city to being with the boss nass
Good to see this classic come to modern consoles, I guess it was head of its time. Now if we can just get a port of og battlefront 2 and KOTOR 2 w restored content mod, that would be amazing
Honestly, KOTOR 2 is real good on PC now, what we need is a good remaster of the first game, they have different devs so might be rights holder conflict (the Obsidian one got updated, Bioware first Knights did not).
A Battlefront 2 classic port was planned, but it was going to be the PSP version, which is objectively the WORST version as it's missing so much stuff including several maps, capital ship interiors, several game modes, and the entire 501st campaign (which was replaced by a challenge mode).
@@-CrimsoN-hot take but I’d be ok with that because the PS2 version is inferior to the Xbox port, so having a slightly different version on modern hardware would be really cool
@@varsityreviews707 It would have been the PSP version. Not the PS2 version. The PS2 version wouldn't have been so bad since about the only thing you'd lose are AI heroes (which are also absent on the PC version, but can be restored with mods). The PSP version was entirely different and easily the worst version since you'd be losing actual maps and content in the form of game modes plus the entire 501st campaign.
@@Gamesta100 it is unfortunate that you have to pay more but as you stated it's still a good price for a fun game. Slicing up some jar jar for less than $10 what's not to love.
I love this game and have a save on every memory card right at the start of the Mos Espa level. I must have played that level at least 100 times over, challenging myself in various ways to see how much of the town I could take out while still completing the level. It's the most fun I've had in any video game.
This is a pleasant surprise! I used to play this game in the house of a friend, so, my experience was basically playing the best parts of the game and wishing for one day to own it. Well, my time has come!.
I finally got to try Dreamcast version after playing GBA and PS1 Jedi Power Battles and BIO it is unfinished... New character Ki Adi Mundi reuses other people's animations for combos, has purple lightsaber that he should swap with Mace Windu's blue, and they cut a bunch of stuff on first level to make it less frustrating, but now computers don't destroy, glass doesn't break, and it is generally feels unpolished. Still it has graphics leaps above PlayStation and extra modes. We need a modern port on all systems, Episode 1: Jedi Power Battles will do well in modern climate where people love to stream difficult games. It needs achievements too!
I hate the attitude of the headlines you showed. It's a heavily flawed game, but it did more than enough interesting things to deserve preservation. Game preservation isn't given enough respect.
I used to go over to my friends house, and we'd play this for hours. I never had a console, so it was my only chance to play. LOVED IT. Its still fun to this day! HAppy we got a PS5 port. Even though it would have been nice if we got a remaster instead. But regardless, happy to play this game again!
My friend and I played this like mad back in the day. The Episode I hype train was in full steam. We still talk about it and I still have the burned copy he made for me. I loved playing Racer too.
@@Rschr101Considering Rey barely clears the bar for bare minimum definition of a character in the first place, every other character in every other story is by default. How a multi-billion dollar company thought it was a good idea to buy Star Wars and then make a trilogy with no writing team and no plan, I'll certainly never know.
Years later did I finally discover Grey DeLisle (who voiced Princess Azula in ATLA) did Padme's voice in this game. Feels odd to hear Azula crying for help in this game lol. I think she also voiced the Gungan kids in this game
This game is unironically brilliant, especially the two Tatooine levels. What the f*ck is wrong with journalists who stil try to pretend that the PT and everything related to them is bad. TPM on PS1/PC f*cking mogs anything released in the last few years. Modern gaming sucks. The level of soul put into TPM on PS1 is unreal, PC version is even better.
TPM game is rushed, broken, unfinished mess that has you stuck in walls and lightsabers looking like triangles. There are MANY good Episode 1 games, from racing ones to obscure Gungan planet ecosystem simulator, but Phantom Menace is genuinely poorly made. Just because we enjoy it _despite_ how broken it is doesn't change the fact it was Mass Effect Andromeda of the time.
@@KasumiRINA Awful take. I've never had a game breaking glitch or become stuck on walls. The amount of soul put into the TPM game is amazing. What's broken about it? The lightsaber combat is second to none, still no Star Wars game has come up with a more satisfying deflection combat system. I've played a lot of the Phantom Menace's games and Lego Star Wars is the only one that rivals it really. The only issues with the TPM game is no podrace, and the last two levels of Theed Palace are rushed unfortunately. But everything up until then is absolutely not rushed. Every time I replay it I discover new secret areas or little hidden things. I don't understand how people can dislike this game. It had so much effort put into it. And in terms of level design and sense of exploration, few games surpass it.
Dunno if it'll be re-released on other platforms but I still have the PC version that I got for christmas in '99. It was the first Star Wars game I've owned. I remember beating Jabba's Champion by repeatedly force pushing him onto the spikes.
Well I think people prefer pc port or somewhat a "Nightdive studios remaster" able to play in OG or Modern remaster with optional standards or enhance changes in the menu settings, as that would be nice.
It's insane selling emulated PS1 games with basically no emu config options as a "modern remaster" instead of doing proper ports of _existing_ PC versions... Didn't KONAMI just do the same with MGS?
i remember playing this game when i was like 8 years old, i had no idea what star wars was.. i wasn't even into the game, i thought it was weird.. now in my 30's, im the biggest fan you could ever be..the graphics slap.
I'm so glad they rereleased this. I ordered a copy for PC last year and was dragging my feet about getting it running. That's where I played it originally though 25 years ago so I'll probably fire it up on Windows at some point, but for now this is faster
Downloaded this a few days ago. I'm 36 and had the original at launch. Want to know how much I played it? Approximately 25 years later I not only remembered the master cheat code by heart, but that SOB still works lol!
I thought I was the only one that loved this game everyone preferred the similar star wars games on the 64. This game was so much joy and so much pain. I miss that prequel star wars hype the old and new gen both could at least enjoy or find a way to enjoy it (the phantom edit) but star wars now is just collectively hated on ahah
Speaking as someone who worked in britains premier gaming outlet of the turn of the century , seeing this release i cant help but yearn for a realease compiling the games of premier ps1 software powerhouse cryo interactive, their licence of the virus movie whose enemy AI runs towards player regardleff of walks and obstacles is fond memory
I admit I DID love this on the original on Playstation, so much so it was one of the first ever games I got a burned CD copy of, I think I used that with a spring and little gadget that fit in the back port of my PS1, it worked great besides the bad burned copies the place I went to get them done would do on occasion, a little Chinese electronics store around the corner from me did this on the down-low for I think a $1 each or something.
I find the analog stick sensitivity too high on these ps5 ports, I can't walk in a straight line. Seems like an simple thing for them to tweak or add a option in the emulator settings.
I loved this game as a kid. When I discovered the cheats it made it a whole new game as well. When you murder everyone in in the podracing level thermal detonators eventually just start flying out of nowhere to try to kill you but when you can't die they just murder everyone else
I remember liking jedai power battles a lot! When I discovered it has a dreamcast port is is almost like a 4k remake compared to the ps1 original hahaha
There's something very charming about old school PC games, they're what I consider to be "pure". They were all about giving you the best experience for your money and weren't shamelessly greedy like so many game companies today. I remember my parents buying me this game at Costco because I was so obsessed with Star Wars since I had watched and recorded the trilogy from a TNT marathon around that time and I kept watching them over and over. Time flies by too quickly. If you still have your parents, don't forget to hug them.
Flandrew, you may be the only one to be able go answer this. If you do the Jabba confrontation and fight the monster, there's a room where the monster comes out of lined with spikes. Theres something in there (maybe a health pack? Or maybe the part you need for the quest? It's been a long time). I could never figure out how to get it without cheat codes. Is there a way you're 'supposed' to get into that room? Also, you never mention cheat codes in your reviews. I recall HAPPY made the minigun launch rapid-fire rockets. Were cheats that PC exclusive?
A good game part of my childhood. My only complaint is why they changed some of the sound effects compared to the pc version like Panaka's blaster, Gungan energy ball, Padme's stunner
Funny enough, the alien who you said sounds like Bill from accounting, hes actually voiced by Dominic Armato whos is most known for voicing Guybrush Threepwood in the Monkey Island games.
I loved this game when it released despite its flaws. It really was ahead of its time. I loved how you could complete the missions in various and sometimes hilarious ways. It was a glimpse of the later far far superior Knights of the Old Republic.
I love this game. I’m casually playing it atm on PS5 as currently working towards the platinum for Alien Fireteam elite, but using this game as the nice break in between that.
At 1:10 my internet was having issues leading to the zoomed in frame of obi-wan’s health being stuck on screen for like 3 mins and I legit thought it was a joke about how slowly he takes damage or something lolll only found out afterwards when rewinding that this pause wasn’t a part of the actual video lol
My 30 year old brother who played the game back in the 90s turned into a kid when I showed him it was re-released. I bought it right then and there. He was watching play it and directing me where to go haha. Even after not playing this game for like 15+ years he still remembers it.
Bin 35 und das war eines meiner ersten spiele. Sowas vergisst man nicht glaub mir 😂
Crap, been a quarter of a century. God, times flies. I remember playing Lord of the Realm 2 and Warcraft 2 and what not on my dad's PC room in the 90s. Didn't get PS1 and 64 until like the very end of their life. We were outdoor kids.
I have the cheat code locked in my memory from when I was 9 years old 😂
33yo, can confirm played the absolute hell out of this game
This game was the first SW game I ever played. So many good memories.
Till this day I can remember the reactor guy screaming as I struck him down.
This game kicked my ass back in the day. I got stuck on the Theed(?) level. Was a platforming section that felt impossible due to the limited camera controls iirc.
This was amazing on release.
Same. I just bought this. What a weird game i couls never beat
Same. What a weird game i could never beat
Amazing game!
Anyone else remember "Jedi Power Battles"? It had co-op and a handful of the Ep. Jedi to pick from. Great game that seems largely unknown now.
I remember it fondly, both this game and Jedi Power Battles were great, though I remember JPB having a bit of a sharp difficulty spike? I might have just been rubbish at it, just remember it being fairly hard in some bits, great game though!
It was one of the FIRST EVER video games!
I still own it lol
@@pimpinkeen19 Me too, it’s in a drawer with old valuable stuff.
That game was awesome. And reason why i was probably the saltiest mofo when adi galia got killed in some clone wars episode many years later. Most people didn’t care about her, she was some random jedi with almost no screen time in anything.
But she was a beast in jedi power battles!
For as unhealthy as they were for the industry (tight deadlines, poor working condtions, etc.) I kind of miss these kind of tie-in games that used to be all over the place. The vibes and gameplay these sort of games are unique in a way that makes them super memorable.
You really never knew what you were in for. Sometimes the game was horrible. Occasionally they were amazing. Sometimes the games really didn't even try to stay close to the subject material (which ironically was kind of fun in its own way). Now everything is so closely vetted for "authenticity".
“They’re unhealthy for the industry” -🤓
@@goodstuff8156How are they wrong
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e how are they right? they provide now evidence to support their claim that this and other star wars tie-in games from this era were bad for the industry. Don't pretend this is like EA and Blizzard without proof
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e they often gave valuable projects to smaller studios, this game for example was developed by a dozen or so people. crunch and poor conditions are very much still a thing, except now in megastudios that have industry monopolies. So I don't see how we got the happy ending...
Imagine the voice actors in the sound booth having to do death noises for the NPCs in case the player just decides to strike them down with a lightsaber.
"I need more room, Obi Wan!"
More room to give birth
@@jasperfox6821the fuck...
@@jasperfox6821 How so?
@@jasperfox6821 you're stepping on my dress
This, Episode I: Racer (the podracing game), and Rogue Squadron 3D were the defining games of my young-childhood. Just fantastic.
Same. Rogue Squadron is still my favorite of all time.
"You're no Jedi" as the guy dies is the line that stuck with me since childhood. I'm pleased you got that in there.
Fun fact: Captain Panaka in brazilian portuguese can be roughly translated to "Captain Idiot". Star Wars is infamous for having a very concerning number of names that means funny/inconvenient things in brazilian portuguese.
Haha, that’s pretty funny! 😂 What are some of the other names?
@@liamcullen3035 The most infamous one is probably Count Dooku, in portuguese, "do" is an preposition which usually means "from" or "belongs to" and the word "cu" is slang for ass, so he's the "Count Of the Ass". The official translation changed his name to Count Dookan.
Another one is the Planet Utapau where Obi-wan fights General Grievous in Episode 3, there's the Pau City located in the Pau Sinkhole, "pau" is another slang, but for dick, so Obi-wan fought Grievous in "Dick City" inside the "Dick Sinkhole".
@@WewVanVic Oh my god, that's incredibly funny! Thankyou for sharing this!
Reading those name translations, I am convinced that the people who came up with those names knew what they were doing.🤣
@@WewVanVicUnderrated comment lmao 😂
and they say the ps5 has no games
NOBODY says that. Get your head outta your a*s🤣🤣🤣
I don’t get it, I’ve heard that so many times but ps5 does have games
still
No first party
@Twillek1019_ Only Ratchet and Clank and Spiderman are first party games from what you listed. First party means they were developed directly by Sony for the PS5.
Who else here wishes that Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith had got a game in the same style as this one?
Me, but also wanted a Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones in the same style as Revenge of the Sith in PS2.
Clone Wars had Ana amazing tie in game
@@tibsky1396 that would be Jedi Power Battles.
Fun fact: we most likely would have gotten an amazing Attack of the Clones tie-in game from BioWare... were they not given the choice between doing a tie-in and a game with a setting with an almost unrestricted creative freedom. That's how we got KotOR. Sure, I can't think of a universe in which an AotC-based RPG would ever come close to the KotOR level of quality so we've gotten the better end of the deal anyway... but it'd have been great had BioWare actually been able to clone themselves (no pun intended) just to have one copy of the team work on the tie-in.
And I'll never forgive LucasArts for not releasing the RotS tie-in on Windows. It looked so awesome on screenshots, but even this late in the PS2 lifecycle, actually being able to afford both it and games for it was beyond the reach of some 90% gamers in my country, whereas PC releases we could at the very least pirate easily (X-box wasn't that hard, but even then, the idea of mom and dad getting us a super-expensive piece of gear that wouldn't even help us with our lessons was our wet dream at best) and sometimes parents would get us a legit copy of a game for Christmas. There's no way I would have missed it had it been available on Windows back then, one way or the other.
Fun fact: we most likely would have gotten an amazing Attack of the Clones tie-in game from BioWare... were they not given the choice between doing a tie-in and a game with a setting with an almost unrestricted creative freedom. That's how we got KotOR. Sure, I can't think of a universe in which an AotC-based RPG would ever come close to the KotOR level of quality so we've gotten the better end of the deal anyway... but it'd have been great had BioWare actually been able to clone themselves (no pun intended) just to have one copy of the team work on the tie-in.
And I'll never forgive LucasArts for not releasing the RotS tie-in on Windows. It looked so awesome on screenshots, but even this late in the PS2 lifecycle, actually being able to afford both it and games for it was beyond the reach of some 90% gamers in my country, whereas PC releases we could at the very least pirate easily (X-box wasn't that hard, but even then, the idea of mom and dad getting us a super-expensive piece of gear that wouldn't even help us with our lessons was our wet dream at best) and sometimes parents would get us a legit copy of a game for Christmas. There's no way I would have missed it had it been available on Windows back then, one way or the other.
Played this game like crazy, when I was 10. If it ever shows up on Steam, I'm buying it without a second thought.
Now I hope Jedi Power battles comes to the PS store
Demolition was released exactly a year ago, I wouldn't be surprised if Jedi Power Battles get released next January in the same style as the previous 2.
That'd be SICK.
Power battles was great but it was sooo hard without cheats
I hope for the Dreamcast version since it's has stronger graphics that actually give Maul double blades when playable.
Same. I’ve never had the opportunity to play that one and have always wanted to
This game is an treasure , hopefully it’ll makes it’s way onto other platforms as to spread the joy it brings.
The only way this game will make it on to other platforms is if it gets a remake
i would totally like modern version remake with all the great graphical stuff we have today like ray tracing and so.. would love to see this remade in newest unreal engine. but ofcourse the gameplay is even more important. as most games were very janky on controls so i would like to have very smooth controls and smooth animations on characters etc beside the graphics :)
@@ghost656metal8
Well technically you can play the OG on newer windows systems. You just need a modded installer
I loved this game. Me and my sister would quote from it all the time, "Everybody stand back I'm about to SLASH... all my prices!"
This game wasn't great but it had character.
I got this when it came out, and still have my original disc, guidebook (which I got before the game), and mousepad. I cant tell you how many hours i poured into this game and replaying it, but being on Tatooine as Qui-Gon is probably one of my favorite experiences in a Star Wars game due to the many choices the developers allowed. 1999 was a fantastic time to be a Star Wars fan, it felt like there were endless possibilities in a vast galaxy. It was a wonderful introduction to the Prequel world through the media the surrounded the actual movies. They are some of my best memories and I'll always cherish them.
It really was the best time
And then the movies came out and it all came crashing down
All of the pre-disney Star Wars games had a soul.
I remember I had this 2D Original Trilogy game for Game Boy Advanced, where you played as Luke all the way from Tatooine to the final duel on the second Death Star.
That game was awesome!
Star Wars fans not whinging about Disney for five fucking seconds challenge: *IMPOSSIBLE.*
@@WTFisTingispingis It's undeniable that Disney has tanked Star Wars. The best of the Disney canon is barely above the lowest points of the old EU.
You try to play AOTC or the New Droid Army for GBA and tell me those games were anything but low effort movie tie-ins.
@@WTFisTingispingis Maybe if they would put out actual quality it would be possible.
My love for Star Wars began with this game.
It changed my life 😂
Same, dude. They gave me this game as a gift and I wanted to watch the movie and the rest is history...
My local library used to have PC games you can rent out and I think I had fond memories playing such games as Dark Forces and X-Wing vs TIE fighter. Oh and Yoda stories too XD
haha no way, did it get you into the movies?
@@egontokessy1610Yep. My father and brother liked it, but never did I find it interesting until I played this game
Same
Every time I see this game, I think of a particular quote from Team Four Star's playthrough: "Door's open, let's go!"
Oh man I can still hear it 😂
8:49, not sure it occurs on the PS version, but on PC, if you jump on stage... you may have a surprise... a violent one.
Loved the game as a kid. Looking back, it was quite unique that you could influence the game through a choice of dialogues. The violence though... also unique for a game, especially a one for the wider public.
It did happen on PS. I fondly remember being killed when I played as a child…
Back then we had a few moments of devs pushing things past the censors, dismemberment in Jedi Outcast/Academy was rare enough to pass the rating boards (you could cheat it to max tho it ruins all balance since now running into enemies exploded them), and in Force Unleashed 2 they _blatantly lied_ and claimed Stormtroopers were all totally robots, so we got the last proper Star Wars game with libs flying around.
I recall being killed on PS, but I forget how. Does one of the performers bust out a machine gun basically?
@@PirateoftheTouYube If I remember correctly, the wookie uses his guitar to shoot at you. Not sure though.
Obsessed with your videos!! Been stuck in hospital for a few months and I seriously can’t stop watching them! Made up your back to releasing weekly content!! Keep up the amazing work brah
Thank you, hope you get better soon
5:26 as a kid i always used to throw a flash grenade at the decoys (which includes the real Queen) just as the cutscene triggers with Qui Gon. The ending cutscene would trigger normaly with the ship flying out of the hangar, but this time leaving the handmaiden corpses behind 😂 ooops!
(It also works with Anakin on encounter in the desert! Leave his corpse in the sand as QuiGon flies off with his new T-14 😅 Cheers Watto!)
Once the rancor and Qui Gon killed each other at the exact same time. Triggering both a game over title screen and post victory dialogue.
I also once remember a droid tripping over the lightsaber of Obi Wan's dead corpse and it died 😂. He literally killed somebody after the game over screen.
I literally bought a steam deck for the soul purpose of being able to play this game. I forgot how damn hard this game was. I love it so much
Wow. A whole system just to play this mediocre game? You must have tons of disposable income.
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e Steam Deck blows every modern console out of the water, PS5, Xbox, Switch, can't compete with Steam Deck. Hell I originally just got a Steam Deck to have Halo the Master Chief Collection on the go and a few small Pokemon randomizers and rom hacks, but now I actually have a decent library, intent can change over time.
It really is, escorting the Queen having to kill tons of droids and droidekas while keeping her safe was hard.
It costs about one days wage are you an adult or not? @@user-vi4xy1jw7e
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e you okay buddy? You sound upset. I'll be your friend.
I hope the PC version gets a digital release one day. It's a little bit of a pain to get running on a modern PC.
If yes i hope it be on Gog because steam is less trustworthy in actually make the old games work
@@rynobehnke8289 Gog use to rerelease old star wars games every May the 4th. They haven't done it in the last 2 years. Hope they go back to doing that. I would really like Phantom Menace and Battle for Naboo to get digital releases since their installers are 16-bit. 16-bit installers don't work on modern 64-bit systems so you have to do workarounds to install them.
...to be honest... I really liked the game. I played it with my dad when I was a kid.
...was a bit bummed out that you didn't get to take part in the race, but it was still a good fun.
Also, cheesing the final battle with Darth Maul by shooting rockets at him instead of pushing him into a hole was the moment when I became a gaming munchkin, heh.
Episode 1 Racer and Racer Revenge are both on PSN as well and they have trophy support. So there you got all your racing needs met!
@@RogueDragon05 haha, to be honest I already 100% completed the PS4 version of Racer, but it's nice to know about racer revenge being there too! Thanks!
@@Hodyna Yea Super Star Wars, Jedi Starfighter, Bounty Hunter are also on PSN, Demolition too but no trophies for that one. Can't wait for the Dark Forces Remaster coming out in March. Glad your enjoying.
@@RogueDragon05I have Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 on switch however asper didn't finish on a director's cut of number two on switch which is a big disappointment I have both episode 1 racer in this game on my PlayStation 4 now waiting for dark Forces but I've been also waiting for a remake or enhanced version of Shadows of the empire and Battlefront 1 and 2
i still have this game on ps1, case is a bit knackered but i do remember enjoying this one alot 🤙
I can't hate this game, played it for hours upon hours as a kid. Looking back it's kind of insane some of they stuff they let you get away with
There is a level in this game when you land on tatooine and you have to run around Mos Eisley and solve everyone’s problems. It was my favorite level in any game ever cause it really felt like you were a Jedi and this was your day to day life . God I miss being a kid
I remember playing this when it first came out on PS1. So many frustrating parts, but I still enjoyed it. It gives you a rating out of 10 of your overall performance upon completing the game. I got Level 4: Cantina Dancer. That really pissed me off.
Still my favorite SW game to this day. Wish Ep 2 & 3 (heck, even 4,5 & 6) got games in this style with refined controls and a manual camera, and vehicles. Out of all the games, the laser deflection in it feels the best to me.
I played this game on PC.
It was really quite fun back in the day, and also some quite interesting and weird cheat codes too.
I hope they've been ported along too, more people need to BEHOLD THE NECK SPIKE
I hate when ports remove cheats and stuff. It seems to be super common nowadays though. No fun allowed anymore
@@TREVORVADER All of the PS1 games that had cheats back in the day still have them on the PS5, if the PS1 game has trophy support the cheats disable the trophies
NO WAY. I LOVE this game! It might actually be the first ever game I ever played in my entire life. Utterly iconic, was thinking about it yesterday actually. Glad to see it's getting new life. :) Although I am adamant that they should keep the PS1 pixel graphics, as opposed to the smooth PC version.
Hello fellow slig lover
I played this game many many years ago. Still have the box and cd at home. Absolute classic.
I played this game on PC as a kid with a logitech rumblepad. I think I remember it more because of the weird gamepad, I never got past the Obi-Wan bit in the city at the beginning. 10/10
I'm impressed by how deep it was, and that it had dialogue options.
one thing i loved about movie licensed games like this one is that show what you haven't seen on camera, like wandering about the federation ship or the gungan city, in the movie it cuts from entering the gungan city to being with the boss nass
This is an insane game to port
And they can’t even fix the bugs? Like cmon PlayStation.. it’s an old game.
It would be so nice to have a Remaster released on all consoles.
And not tied to a stupid service like gamepass or PS plus premuim. 🙄
@coreymckee4844 You can buy it on ps5. I don't know about xbox
Man played the PC version back in the day. Forgot how deep the gameplay was. Definitely played that one beginning to end more than I'd like to admit 😅
I played this when it first came out and is one of the few i still revisit till this day!! Thank you for giving some light to this little gem!
I loved this game as a kid. I'mm gonna have to check this remastered version out!
Good to see this classic come to modern consoles, I guess it was head of its time.
Now if we can just get a port of og battlefront 2 and KOTOR 2 w restored content mod, that would be amazing
Honestly, KOTOR 2 is real good on PC now, what we need is a good remaster of the first game, they have different devs so might be rights holder conflict (the Obsidian one got updated, Bioware first Knights did not).
@@KasumiRINAWell, yeah, but what we need is to give the TSLRCM for KotOR II to also become multiplatform.
og battlefront 2 on PS5 would make my year.
i dont get what Star Wars is doing with their games Xbox has both Battlefront 1 and 2, Ep1 Podracing and the Starfighter games and we get... this?
@@paralleloctagon7062 same but since I don’t have a ps5 id love a port of the game on ps4. Would make my 2024
It’s still amazing you can kill literally every character and basically soft lock the game, it’s fantastic
That rewind function that they have added is an absolute (literate) life saver!
I absolutely loved that game growing up, played the Demo on PS1 and was lucky enough to be able to play it on PC aswell
Still questioning why Kotor, Kotor 2, star wars battlefront 2003 and battlefront 2 2005 are still not on the Ps5.
Same if we can get those classics back on modern consoles, that would be awesome. It’s a mystery why they haven’t been ported already
A Battlefront 2 classic port was planned, but it was going to be the PSP version, which is objectively the WORST version as it's missing so much stuff including several maps, capital ship interiors, several game modes, and the entire 501st campaign (which was replaced by a challenge mode).
@@-CrimsoN-hot take but I’d be ok with that because the PS2 version is inferior to the Xbox port, so having a slightly different version on modern hardware would be really cool
@@varsityreviews707 It would have been the PSP version. Not the PS2 version. The PS2 version wouldn't have been so bad since about the only thing you'd lose are AI heroes (which are also absent on the PC version, but can be restored with mods). The PSP version was entirely different and easily the worst version since you'd be losing actual maps and content in the form of game modes plus the entire 501st campaign.
Meatbags just prefer more little Anakin action and escorting 12 year old Keira Knightley cosplaying as teenage Natalie through droids.
Hell yes i love this game. Although i could just play my PS1 copy i have but, It'll be cool to play it with a PS5 controller.
I bought the PS5 version even with owning the physical copy. It's handy having it on PS5 and it was nice and cheap.
@@Gamesta100 yeah I went and looked it up after making my comment and I had to get it as well. For five bucks it really is worth it.
@@bigkmoviesandgames it's a bit more for me because I'm in Australia but still $7.55 is a good price to me
@@Gamesta100 it is unfortunate that you have to pay more but as you stated it's still a good price for a fun game. Slicing up some jar jar for less than $10 what's not to love.
Well not to mention the obvious resolution increase you get with the PS5 port. Million times better than how it looks on PS5
I love this game and have a save on every memory card right at the start of the Mos Espa level. I must have played that level at least 100 times over, challenging myself in various ways to see how much of the town I could take out while still completing the level. It's the most fun I've had in any video game.
This is a pleasant surprise! I used to play this game in the house of a friend, so, my experience was basically playing the best parts of the game and wishing for one day to own it. Well, my time has come!.
Gungan Murder Simulator HD!
Should have done power battles instead
Another great nostalgic one
Should have done Kotor like they did on switch
I finally got to try Dreamcast version after playing GBA and PS1 Jedi Power Battles and BIO it is unfinished... New character Ki Adi Mundi reuses other people's animations for combos, has purple lightsaber that he should swap with Mace Windu's blue, and they cut a bunch of stuff on first level to make it less frustrating, but now computers don't destroy, glass doesn't break, and it is generally feels unpolished. Still it has graphics leaps above PlayStation and extra modes. We need a modern port on all systems, Episode 1: Jedi Power Battles will do well in modern climate where people love to stream difficult games. It needs achievements too!
This is crazy!! Literally my favorite childhood game (high school) on PC. Wanted to pick up the PS1 again just to revisit this and now it's on PS5!
You made my day. this was my first Star Wars game. I played it in school and loved it.
I hate the attitude of the headlines you showed. It's a heavily flawed game, but it did more than enough interesting things to deserve preservation. Game preservation isn't given enough respect.
Weird thing is, in the german Version Qui Gon has the Movie voice of Mace Windu and Cptn Panaka the Voice of Cptn Rex and his siblings
I used to go over to my friends house, and we'd play this for hours. I never had a console, so it was my only chance to play. LOVED IT. Its still fun to this day! HAppy we got a PS5 port. Even though it would have been nice if we got a remaster instead. But regardless, happy to play this game again!
My friend and I played this like mad back in the day. The Episode I hype train was in full steam. We still talk about it and I still have the burned copy he made for me. I loved playing Racer too.
killing jar jar binks in 8k
Still a better character than Rey.😂
@@Rschr101 obviously, for me i only hated jar jar when i was like 7, now i think he's honestly okay. but that grogu thing? yeah that can die in a fire
@@Rschr101Considering Rey barely clears the bar for bare minimum definition of a character in the first place, every other character in every other story is by default.
How a multi-billion dollar company thought it was a good idea to buy Star Wars and then make a trilogy with no writing team and no plan, I'll certainly never know.
You should do a video on the different versions of Mortal Kombat. I know thats been done by others but I think you could make it pretty fun
Years later did I finally discover Grey DeLisle (who voiced Princess Azula in ATLA) did Padme's voice in this game. Feels odd to hear Azula crying for help in this game lol. I think she also voiced the Gungan kids in this game
This game is unironically brilliant, especially the two Tatooine levels. What the f*ck is wrong with journalists who stil try to pretend that the PT and everything related to them is bad. TPM on PS1/PC f*cking mogs anything released in the last few years. Modern gaming sucks. The level of soul put into TPM on PS1 is unreal, PC version is even better.
TPM game is rushed, broken, unfinished mess that has you stuck in walls and lightsabers looking like triangles. There are MANY good Episode 1 games, from racing ones to obscure Gungan planet ecosystem simulator, but Phantom Menace is genuinely poorly made. Just because we enjoy it _despite_ how broken it is doesn't change the fact it was Mass Effect Andromeda of the time.
@@KasumiRINA Awful take. I've never had a game breaking glitch or become stuck on walls. The amount of soul put into the TPM game is amazing. What's broken about it? The lightsaber combat is second to none, still no Star Wars game has come up with a more satisfying deflection combat system. I've played a lot of the Phantom Menace's games and Lego Star Wars is the only one that rivals it really. The only issues with the TPM game is no podrace, and the last two levels of Theed Palace are rushed unfortunately. But everything up until then is absolutely not rushed. Every time I replay it I discover new secret areas or little hidden things. I don't understand how people can dislike this game. It had so much effort put into it. And in terms of level design and sense of exploration, few games surpass it.
*finds out that the Phantom Menace is being remade into PS5*
"I'm looking forward to this."
Dunno if it'll be re-released on other platforms but I still have the PC version that I got for christmas in '99. It was the first Star Wars game I've owned. I remember beating Jabba's Champion by repeatedly force pushing him onto the spikes.
I really like how old Star War games are making a resurgence
Port of The Clone Wars, Rogue Squadron, Force Unleashed, Battlefront ? No port of Phantom Menace...
nuh uh uhhhhhhhh #jarjarbinksforlife
At least most of those games have PC versions, I got them except Clone Wars on Steam on sale.
And Rogue Squadron 2 and 3 and Battle for Naboo@@KasumiRINA
Well I think people prefer pc port
or somewhat a "Nightdive studios remaster"
able to play in OG or Modern remaster with optional standards or enhance changes
in the menu settings,
as that would be nice.
It's insane selling emulated PS1 games with basically no emu config options as a "modern remaster" instead of doing proper ports of _existing_ PC versions... Didn't KONAMI just do the same with MGS?
Man I still have all the market characters voices stuck in my head. DEWBACK STEEW.
Love this game. The Garden of Theed mission is a really fun challenge. And wheeling and dealing on Tatooine is really cool.
Had this in ‘99! This game was way ahead of its time!
Thank you for this video! I had no idea that one of my favorite ps1 games of all time was out on ps5! THANK YOU!
My ps1 save got corrupted and I never went back to it. I still have the disc so maybe I will play it someday. Excellent video.
i remember playing this game when i was like 8 years old, i had no idea what star wars was.. i wasn't even into the game, i thought it was weird.. now in my 30's, im the biggest fan you could ever be..the graphics slap.
Does this version of the game include the cutscenes that were only on the PC version?
One of the best SW games ever made with it's non linear, semi open world Action platformer. Wish the ep 2 and 3 games were like this.
Absolutely great content, can't get enough of your videos. I wish your channel to get even bigger and every success for the future
I'm so glad they rereleased this. I ordered a copy for PC last year and was dragging my feet about getting it running. That's where I played it originally though 25 years ago so I'll probably fire it up on Windows at some point, but for now this is faster
One of my favourite games and great replaying it on the ps5 update and upscale
Downloaded this a few days ago. I'm 36 and had the original at launch. Want to know how much I played it? Approximately 25 years later I not only remembered the master cheat code by heart, but that SOB still works lol!
I thought I was the only one that loved this game everyone preferred the similar star wars games on the 64. This game was so much joy and so much pain. I miss that prequel star wars hype the old and new gen both could at least enjoy or find a way to enjoy it (the phantom edit) but star wars now is just collectively hated on ahah
Speaking as someone who worked in britains premier gaming outlet of the turn of the century , seeing this release i cant help but yearn for a realease compiling the games of premier ps1 software powerhouse cryo interactive, their licence of the virus movie whose enemy AI runs towards player regardleff of walks and obstacles is fond memory
I admit I DID love this on the original on Playstation, so much so it was one of the first ever games I got a burned CD copy of, I think I used that with a spring and little gadget that fit in the back port of my PS1, it worked great besides the bad burned copies the place I went to get them done would do on occasion, a little Chinese electronics store around the corner from me did this on the down-low for I think a $1 each or something.
7:49 that is an actual SW character, species called a Chevin. One notably called Ephant Mon.
I had this on Windows back in the day - I wish they would have ported THAT one - it looked significantly better
I find the analog stick sensitivity too high on these ps5 ports, I can't walk in a straight line. Seems like an simple thing for them to tweak or add a option in the emulator settings.
So much nostalgia for this classic game.
I loved this game as a kid. When I discovered the cheats it made it a whole new game as well. When you murder everyone in in the podracing level thermal detonators eventually just start flying out of nowhere to try to kill you but when you can't die they just murder everyone else
I remember liking jedai power battles a lot! When I discovered it has a dreamcast port is is almost like a 4k remake compared to the ps1 original hahaha
There's something very charming about old school PC games, they're what I consider to be "pure". They were all about giving you the best experience for your money and weren't shamelessly greedy like so many game companies today. I remember my parents buying me this game at Costco because I was so obsessed with Star Wars since I had watched and recorded the trilogy from a TNT marathon around that time and I kept watching them over and over. Time flies by too quickly.
If you still have your parents, don't forget to hug them.
This game came out at such a special time. I remember appreciating what the game was trying to be when I had rented it back when it released.
Flandrew, you may be the only one to be able go answer this. If you do the Jabba confrontation and fight the monster, there's a room where the monster comes out of lined with spikes. Theres something in there (maybe a health pack? Or maybe the part you need for the quest? It's been a long time). I could never figure out how to get it without cheat codes. Is there a way you're 'supposed' to get into that room? Also, you never mention cheat codes in your reviews. I recall HAPPY made the minigun launch rapid-fire rockets. Were cheats that PC exclusive?
Thanks for making this video, I went and bought the game. I have to use the d pads, joy stick is a mess on it haha
A good game part of my childhood. My only complaint is why they changed some of the sound effects compared to the pc version like Panaka's blaster, Gungan energy ball, Padme's stunner
They need to port Jedi Power Battles, and the rogue squadron games
One of my absolute favorites
Funny enough, the alien who you said sounds like Bill from accounting, hes actually voiced by Dominic Armato whos is most known for voicing Guybrush Threepwood in the Monkey Island games.
I played this game on pc when I was a kid. I loved it
I loved this game when it released despite its flaws. It really was ahead of its time. I loved how you could complete the missions in various and sometimes hilarious ways. It was a glimpse of the later far far superior Knights of the Old Republic.
I love this game. I’m casually playing it atm on PS5 as currently working towards the platinum for Alien Fireteam elite, but using this game as the nice break in between that.
now i really need them to port the first jedi knight games, pleaseee!! i love those games 😭
At 1:10 my internet was having issues leading to the zoomed in frame of obi-wan’s health being stuck on screen for like 3 mins and I legit thought it was a joke about how slowly he takes damage or something lolll only found out afterwards when rewinding that this pause wasn’t a part of the actual video lol
I played this game for hours as a kid. I'm glad someone else "enjoyed" the game like I did growing up.