Mission in Snowdriftland: Nintendo's forgotten Flash game

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  • čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
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    Music used:
    Dylan Sitts - Christmas House
    Mission in Snowdriftland - World 1-1 (Fabian Del Priore)
    Guustavv - Stocking Stuffer
    Jobii - All the Jingle Ladies
    Animal Crossing: Wild World - Title Screen
    Howard Harper-Barnes - I Know Those Birds
    Gavin Luke - I Will Remember
    Revel Day - Rose Petals (Instrumental Version)
    DJ DENZ The Rooser - Hot Winter
    Mission in Snowdriftland - Menu Theme (Fabian Del Priore)
    Howard Harper-Barnes - Eyecatcher
    Think Logiktrainer - Ingame 02 (Fabian Del Priore)
    Stefan Mothander - Winter Time 2
    Mission in Snowdriftland - World 2-3 (Fabian Del Priore)
    Mission in Snowdriftland - Intro (Unused Beta Mix)
    Mission in Snowdriftland - World 2-1 (Fabian Del Priore)
    Mama Zula - Trust Me (Instrumental Version)
    Brandon Moeller - Soaring
    Jon Bjork - The Launch
    albie - i just felt
    Howard Harper-Barnes - Eyecatcher
    Chill Cole - Amber Lights
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Komentáře • 6K

  • @babylonian
    @babylonian  Před 3 lety +1209

    ⛄⛄⛄ The new "Mission in Snowdriftland" Kickstarter campaign is launching soon! Head here and click "Notify me on launch" to get a message when the new campaign begins: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tons-of-bits/mission-in-snowdriftland-pixelart-platformer

    • @polcyon
      @polcyon Před 3 lety +10

      Woah

    • @Morilix
      @Morilix Před 3 lety +4

      Did you know: I'm the 2end reply ever!

    • @adhirajdeshmukh6813
      @adhirajdeshmukh6813 Před 3 lety +17

      Dude, I am so excited for this game. Never thought I could get a flash game on steam that I used to play when I was 10yrs old.

    • @MariHalo
      @MariHalo Před 3 lety +2

      4th reply woo

    • @castlewhite1577
      @castlewhite1577 Před 3 lety

      Just felt I wanna watch this video and sure enough you decided on commenting in it as well

  • @yvngtrost1686
    @yvngtrost1686 Před 3 lety +3233

    shoutout to P-P for starting this, just imagine if that link was never found

    • @Uniontrizleo
      @Uniontrizleo Před 3 lety +159

      Thanks pp

    • @othersideguy16
      @othersideguy16 Před 3 lety +278

      P-P has biggest pp

    • @aname4700
      @aname4700 Před 3 lety +156

      P-P truly dropped this 👑

    • @ethyn
      @ethyn Před 3 lety +10

      @@othersideguy16 yEs

    • @__1201
      @__1201 Před 3 lety +30

      @@othersideguy16 My childhood self definitely laughed at this.

  • @jakepriddy3709
    @jakepriddy3709 Před 3 lety +4986

    It’s amazing how much he does to save games like this one. And he didn’t even have to fly to Japan.

    • @lordofthesmall
      @lordofthesmall Před 3 lety +175

      He definitely thought about it, though

    • @roganfrazer256
      @roganfrazer256 Před 3 lety +48

      Or get it out of Japan

    • @kos2919
      @kos2919 Před 3 lety +36

      Japan is in panic mode now. They have 5 cities in lockdown after thousands of new covid findings. Also they bar all foreigners from entering Japan for a month or more.

    • @ayaanamin3339
      @ayaanamin3339 Před 3 lety +4

      ah yes mcdonalds

    • @laplongejunior
      @laplongejunior Před 3 lety +33

      @@kos2919 Didn't stop him from saving the McDonalds game...

  • @KnuckleHunkybuck
    @KnuckleHunkybuck Před 3 lety +1110

    This man takes "Would you like to save your game?" to a whole new level.

    • @qsyki
      @qsyki Před 3 lety +42

      this is so fucking underrated

    • @des_aim
      @des_aim Před rokem +2

      666 likes :O

    • @emmetlorenz4393
      @emmetlorenz4393 Před rokem

      @@qsyki shut up

    • @qsyki
      @qsyki Před rokem

      @@emmetlorenz4393 i only sent 1 reply but ok bro

    • @emmetlorenz4393
      @emmetlorenz4393 Před rokem

      @@qsyki go have ADHD somewhere else

  • @PA551ON
    @PA551ON Před 3 lety +643

    Nick: "there was an old obscure childhood game I loved that was going away, so I willed a HD Remaster into existence"

    • @BlueSusAmigosYT
      @BlueSusAmigosYT Před 3 lety +38

      "Oh no"
      "Anyways..."

    • @colinv.2691
      @colinv.2691 Před 3 lety +17

      Nick: ! merry Christmas. Here's a remaster of a long lost game

  • @fiandra.
    @fiandra. Před 3 lety +580

    My man's convinced a dev to make a Steam remaster of a 14 year-old game. Very cool indeed!

    • @dermathze700
      @dermathze700 Před 3 lety +36

      Really felt like a "They pulled me back in for one last job" - moment.

    • @DanateDMC
      @DanateDMC Před 3 lety +6

      @@dermathze700 that actually happen in McDonald's ds video which is hilarious

  • @skirdus367
    @skirdus367 Před 3 lety +3297

    Ironically, the team "Extra Toxic" honestly seems like anything but

  • @tradeofalljacks4358
    @tradeofalljacks4358 Před 3 lety +1158

    For a flash game, it's pretty damn impressive for it's time.

  • @pwnedbygex7934
    @pwnedbygex7934 Před 3 lety +515

    Nick at 8 minutes: “and then the game disappeared forever”
    me: checks to see how long the video is

  • @SkyGrizzzley
    @SkyGrizzzley Před 3 lety +1100

    *Nick calls*
    Random outsourcing company: Oh not this guy again.
    Boss: No wait, I see opportunity.

  • @Cyranek
    @Cyranek Před 3 lety +3757

    the lost media life-giver

  • @elemomnialpha
    @elemomnialpha Před 3 lety +927

    Broke: Geno for Smash
    Woke: Chubby Snow for Smash

    • @DaMonster
      @DaMonster Před 3 lety +67

      Stroke: Pepsiman for Smash

    • @fongyuinjing9756
      @fongyuinjing9756 Před 3 lety +54

      Bloke: The Queen for Smash

    • @sam4gaming135
      @sam4gaming135 Před 3 lety +29

      Choke: new super mario bros u deluxe switch cartridge (PAL version) for smash

    • @cyancolorful
      @cyancolorful Před 3 lety +10

      YESSSSS!!! WE NEED CHUBBY SNOW IN SMASH!!!

    • @StafkiGTN
      @StafkiGTN Před 3 lety +15

      @@fongyuinjing9756 Too OP, she'll never die

  • @sorenthegaymer
    @sorenthegaymer Před 3 lety +192

    this dude literally almost singlehandedly saved this game and is more then likely the main reason they revived it to begin with.

    • @ScreamingLikeABaby
      @ScreamingLikeABaby Před 3 lety +2

      Flash point saved the game, not him

    • @shan8130
      @shan8130 Před 2 lety +12

      @@ScreamingLikeABaby He basically prevented it from ever being lost. If the server it was hosted on shut down for any reason, there would be no way to play it ever again.

    • @ScreamingLikeABaby
      @ScreamingLikeABaby Před 2 lety +1

      @@shan8130 the levels are alredy stored in flash point, and anyone can download them

    • @ScreamingLikeABaby
      @ScreamingLikeABaby Před 2 lety

      @@shan8130 it was all just a video to sell a game

    • @Syndiate__
      @Syndiate__ Před rokem +3

      ​@@shan8130 The most commonly used version of Flashpoint, Flashpoint Infinity, downloads the game from Flashpoint's own servers. However, once you've already downloaded the assets, then you can play it offline. This means that Flashpoint already had the original game archived.
      There's also Flashpoint Ultimate, which downloads all the games its ever archived onto your hard drive

  • @TackDanzi
    @TackDanzi Před 3 lety +2208

    Imagine getting him to be a spirit in smash ultimate.

  • @LouisSubearth
    @LouisSubearth Před 3 lety +826

    At this point, Nick could find the Ark of the Covenant, a living sasquatch, and all the dads who went to buy cigarettes with his wonderful talents of finding those things once thought lost forever.

    • @Helicopter7
      @Helicopter7 Před 3 lety +22

      And even find Atlantis

    • @freddier47
      @freddier47 Před 3 lety +3

      Spear of destiny

    • @saltedwounds
      @saltedwounds Před 3 lety +5

      Ngl the dads who went to buy cigarettes hit me hard, once my mom left to get “milk” she came back though. With a cat.

    • @wellsilver3972
      @wellsilver3972 Před 3 lety +1

      Went to buy milk*

    • @LouisSubearth
      @LouisSubearth Před 3 lety

      @@wellsilver3972 those too

  • @jasdanvm3845
    @jasdanvm3845 Před 3 lety +21

    17:49
    Someone flew to Japan, and this time it wasn't Nick!

  • @last2go313
    @last2go313 Před 3 lety +131

    I'm not sure how it works, but Nick is able to get me to sit through 30+min videos on topics and games I never heard of or cared about, and begin to care to top it all off

    • @KickflipJesus
      @KickflipJesus Před rokem

      dude same! i even bought the game on steam after watching this LOL

  • @thanatoast
    @thanatoast Před 3 lety +7902

    This man really is the Indiana Jones of semi obscure media.

  • @luthient2605
    @luthient2605 Před 3 lety +3209

    This sounds like the plot of a Christmas movie.
    Think about it, “ A young man rediscovers a precious childhood game of his, presumed lost for over a decade, has been found, only to find that it may soon be taken from him again; this time permanently. His only hope is to convince the game’s original creator to save it, and make it available to the public. But can a Christmas miracle save this little snowman?” Add in some forced drama between the team, and you’ve got “Chubby’s Special Christmas: Coming this holiday season”

    • @Pluveus
      @Pluveus Před 3 lety +108

      Not gonna lie, it's actually very similar to the plot of most of Hallmark's catalog.

    • @JNSStudios
      @JNSStudios Před 3 lety +41

      @@Pluveus this could’ve been the plot of Jacksfilm’s Hallmark Christmas Movie YIAY if the stars aligned.

    • @TibTobTom
      @TibTobTom Před 3 lety +16

      ...How much you charge?

    • @id10cyy
      @id10cyy Před 3 lety +10

      I would want to watch this ngl

    • @godself.6881
      @godself.6881 Před 3 lety +11

      “chubbys special christmas” lmao did him dirty

  • @fatfurie
    @fatfurie Před 3 lety +54

    the pandemic and the way interviews are done now make everything so much more real and entertaining.. i cant explain why. people are just more relaxed and its more like a conversation than an interview. i love it.

  • @dombo479
    @dombo479 Před 3 lety +100

    So the game died, came back, died AGAIN, then came back, then has a chance to die.

    • @xeonbladev18
      @xeonbladev18 Před 3 lety +13

      But then comes back again!

    • @LordDiscord
      @LordDiscord Před rokem +2

      Me: did you die
      Mission in Snowdriftland: Sadly yes, but I lived

  • @sweetasbloodredjam
    @sweetasbloodredjam Před 3 lety +2439

    I love how this series inexplicably keeps leading to obscure German developers/modders, who turn out to be super helpful nice guys.

    • @domeen0gt895
      @domeen0gt895 Před 3 lety +124

      It appears that germany is a fisherman, bait is games and the fish is him

    • @zio4590
      @zio4590 Před 3 lety +35

      That's what we are. :3

    • @okidgaf7643
      @okidgaf7643 Před 3 lety +45

      us germans r nice asf

    • @phoenixgoss55
      @phoenixgoss55 Před 3 lety +10

      @@okidgaf7643 boy that's probably a hard concept to get across with the past reputation and all

    • @Termina_
      @Termina_ Před 3 lety +94

      @@phoenixgoss55 You really didn't need to say that.

  • @muffinzetta3670
    @muffinzetta3670 Před 3 lety +684

    one of these times nick is going to find out, that the person that leaves clues for him in random places on the internet is actually him from the future.

    • @watt0455
      @watt0455 Před 3 lety +35

      Love this so much

    • @lolkayleen2757
      @lolkayleen2757 Před 3 lety +33

      This actually was really heartwarming to read for some reason

    • @lyl3069
      @lyl3069 Před 3 lety +4

      Woah

    • @ch3rrysoda626
      @ch3rrysoda626 Před 3 lety +7

      @@lolkayleen2757 ya, I said "aww" in my head and then realized "wtf why" lol

    • @redshirtveteran5688
      @redshirtveteran5688 Před 3 lety

      That has some real Steins;Gate vibes.

  • @Paul--W
    @Paul--W Před 3 lety +68

    FFS I've been on a binge of these videos ever since stumbling on to this channel last night and I can't tell you the amount times you've made me feel. With what you do, you truly are a special person.

  • @cgk1276
    @cgk1276 Před rokem +8

    A promotion that allows you to play a flash game and win a free ringtone on your phone is such an insanely 2000s thing. Where did all the SOUL go???

  • @maximusthedude8305
    @maximusthedude8305 Před 3 lety +6123

    Why does Nick revitalise everything he touches. He literally saved this game

    • @Arcadenblog
      @Arcadenblog Před 3 lety +280

      Because he's a CZcamsr with a sizable following. Plain and simple.

    • @user-cj4fu8qq9b
      @user-cj4fu8qq9b Před 3 lety +73

      now he needs to save kill switch

    • @peculiarjack617
      @peculiarjack617 Před 3 lety +43

      Now there's 2 more games I know
      Tremulous and No heroes allowed

    • @bobkinect5254
      @bobkinect5254 Před 3 lety +43

      are you complaining about him saving stuff

    • @spoon7053
      @spoon7053 Před 3 lety +141

      @@bobkinect5254 i think it’s more disbelief and surprise, its not a bad thing tho!!

  • @babble-on
    @babble-on Před 3 lety +576

    fun fact: they still have merchandise for that game, the website is still up, the merch is still in stock :)

    • @jackwilliams8399
      @jackwilliams8399 Před 3 lety +86

      Now that you’ve said that, it won’t be for much longer

    • @be_an_rm
      @be_an_rm Před 3 lety +11

      Do you have a link?

    • @babble-on
      @babble-on Před 3 lety +16

      @@be_an_rm youtube won't let me post it, but you can look up cafepress and search for the game on there!

    • @PointsofData
      @PointsofData Před 3 lety +30

      @@babble-on I can't find what you're talking about, but if its on cafepress it may not be official. Anyone can set up a cafepress store and like redbubble, its super easy to sell copyright infringing products.

    • @qwiem6658
      @qwiem6658 Před 3 lety +1

      Hmmmmm

  • @Melanie-uq8vh
    @Melanie-uq8vh Před 3 lety +20

    You put into words what I've been thinking after seeing the remastered day of the tentacle game - we know it never looked this good, but this is how we remember it. It's like they reached into my brain & created it the way I remembered it

    • @babylonian
      @babylonian  Před 3 lety +7

      exactly! i think the 3DS version of Ocarina of Time is another great example of this

  • @Nuskybeach
    @Nuskybeach Před 3 lety +1005

    The fact that in a 40 min videos, I learned the existence of a game, felt nostalgia for it even though I never played it, got so worked up to the fact that it was going to dissapear forever and then got very emotional when the dev team said they where going to rerelease the game from scratch tells you a lot about the power of this single man and his videos

    • @jobbing7642
      @jobbing7642 Před 3 lety +38

      That’s how I felt too 💯 I never heard of this game but now I want to buy it in 2021.

    • @Kristenkore
      @Kristenkore Před 3 lety +9

      Lol I was only 1 month old in December of 2006 so I wouldn't know what this game is

    • @MouseSkull
      @MouseSkull Před 3 lety +14

      It's not actually going to disappear though. It will continue to work on Flashpoint. Nick was wrong about how Flashpoint works, they have their own methods of making games like this work, which were apparently blocked by the kill switch thing he used. So, yeah, it will work forever with Flashpoint.

    • @johnshoemakerpbc
      @johnshoemakerpbc Před 3 lety +4

      Omg same!!!! Made me wanna throw money at them to get it made. Kickstarter anyone???

    • @saaros
      @saaros Před 3 lety +5

      seriously, same experience, by the end of the video i was on the brink of tears; the passion of this man _feels_ me with joy

  • @jacobdb03
    @jacobdb03 Před 3 lety +1668

    “Tip: Game running slow? Best played on Microsoft’s internet explorer”
    Lol

  • @hasoony5544
    @hasoony5544 Před 3 lety +21

    Nintendo: **designs game to be forgotten**
    Nick: *i recommend you actually try*

  • @chaoticcordi
    @chaoticcordi Před 2 lety +11

    I'm relatively young. I have no memories of most of the things you talk about. But I get major anxiety at the thought of losing something forever. I want things to be remembered. And though i have no nostalgia for any of the things you cover, watching you recover them makes me feel like I haven't missed a thing, that I've been there playing these games since the day they debuted. Thank you.

  • @TigerFucker
    @TigerFucker Před 3 lety +1176

    Watching a video of game I never played:
    "Ah yes, all those memories come back I never had."

    • @emiddiosalzano3732
      @emiddiosalzano3732 Před 3 lety +5

      Wait do you know who is the caracter is in your pfp

    • @TigerFucker
      @TigerFucker Před 3 lety +10

      @@emiddiosalzano3732 Yes of course, it's demencia. why?

    • @emiddiosalzano3732
      @emiddiosalzano3732 Před 3 lety +3

      @@TigerFucker ok but are you ita (italian) she was of villanios and i discovered that series on youtobe i cud wach only the pilot episode (i found only that one) (because in italy it never showd up)

    • @emiddiosalzano3732
      @emiddiosalzano3732 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TigerFucker why? Boh ( italy's corrispondent to i dont know) btw just joking just to be sure

    • @TigerFucker
      @TigerFucker Před 3 lety +4

      @@emiddiosalzano3732 I'm kinda german sorry ^^'. I watched all there is from villainous just with subtitles. I just loved the "show" since the shorts from 2012. :)

  • @mestrepanda
    @mestrepanda Před 3 lety +352

    I like how Nick can make us care deeply about a game we've never heard about

    • @Pokemon32961
      @Pokemon32961 Před 3 lety +6

      I’m so happy for himmm he’s doing so many great things and he’s fulfilling his dreams and having fun! I bet this feels so fulfilling and so exciting for himmm and I get that feeling whenever I play games like Pokémon

    • @bluedog10
      @bluedog10 Před 3 lety +1

      Ikr and I am not sure how

    • @Adeyum64
      @Adeyum64 Před 3 lety +1

      He literally unlocked a memory of mine I didn‘t even know of. And seeing this game getting a remaster just now... is like the perfect opportunity to try this game, I forgot, again! :)

  • @blufox20
    @blufox20 Před 2 lety +17

    I was up until 5 AM last night and came across this video and your channel while I was in bed. I've watched a dozen videos since then, and I found you at the perfect time, since the remaster of this game comes out on steam tomorrow. I will be buying it. Thanks for a great video Nick

  • @ceruelion815
    @ceruelion815 Před 3 lety +12

    I have been binging your preservation videos, and you genuinely seem like such a cool person. Out of the blue, you had a passing thought about an old-school Flash game, and ended up inspiring the creators to remaster it! You are phenomenal, and you Charisma stat is ridiculous! Stay that way.

  • @justas423
    @justas423 Před 3 lety +1147

    "So I booked a flight to Germany."

    • @timegear6322
      @timegear6322 Před 3 lety +3

      Where is your pfp from

    • @sayaka260
      @sayaka260 Před 3 lety +25

      @@timegear6322 Nichijou

    • @mrgamewatch9635
      @mrgamewatch9635 Před 3 lety +49

      “So I booked a flight to Antarctica and now I’m gonna freeze to death from frostbite. Whoops.”

    • @Ricoxemani
      @Ricoxemani Před 3 lety +23

      So I booked a flight to japan. From there, I booked a flight to Germany.

    • @clownfromclowntown
      @clownfromclowntown Před 3 lety +1

      Awww Sakamoto!! I love your pfp

  • @Mobium
    @Mobium Před 3 lety +383

    "We're just obscure Flash games sir, we're meant to be expendable"
    Nick: "Not to me."

    • @Nintendude.
      @Nintendude. Před 3 lety

      Dang.

    • @jorceshaman
      @jorceshaman Před 3 lety

      "This was just an advertisement with Domino's."
      "NOT TO ME!!!"

    • @abby8754
      @abby8754 Před 3 lety +1

      Is this a clone wars quote omg

  • @user-nq1lt1tw8n
    @user-nq1lt1tw8n Před 3 lety +10

    i remember this slightly. i was still incredibly young but my dad wanted to show me this type of stuff for the first time. i remember watching him show me controls!!! i wasnt old enought to remember or have the same memories as older fans but i still cherish it as one of the first video games i ever laid my eyes on😆

  • @HeatherMantica
    @HeatherMantica Před 3 lety +11

    Okay this is soooo wholesome!!! I feel like Nick really brought a life changing project back into Steve’s life!

  • @RedPandaTables
    @RedPandaTables Před 3 lety +1669

    The devs seem super wholesome. Like how many devs are so proud of their simple flash game to hang the full levels on their walls? AAA companies be trying to sell a product and merch related to the product while these wholesome guys just printed the levels out for themselves.

    • @btf_flotsam478
      @btf_flotsam478 Před 3 lety +105

      Just because there's an industry, doesn't mean there are the artists, the smaller people making their games with their own heart and soul.

    • @WolfArtizan
      @WolfArtizan Před rokem +7

      @@btf_flotsam478 I absolutely agree, this was heartwarming to watch ^w^

  • @FormulaFanboy
    @FormulaFanboy Před 3 lety +685

    Nick is literally the king of reviving old and otherwise dead games. First Monkey Ball, then McDonalds and now this. For real we need to celebrate this man and what he's done for the videogame community as a whole.

    • @itzhack0861
      @itzhack0861 Před 3 lety +46

      I wouldn’t call super monkey ball “dead”, he just discovered a big mystery between the community, which is still a huge accomplishment. The one I would say he revived is Rusty’s real deal baseball

    • @FormulaFanboy
      @FormulaFanboy Před 3 lety +39

      @@itzhack0861 Nah, he literally revived the series. The series was dead for a good while with no new games except that strange remake, but now they're making a new one, and even the monkey ball announcer VA himself said that Nick was the one who 'lit the fire of interest'.

    • @LimeyLassen
      @LimeyLassen Před 3 lety +31

      He even recovered lost Hatsune Miku songs

    • @callmezeldaonemoartime
      @callmezeldaonemoartime Před 3 lety +5

      Well Monkey Ball was never really dead though

    • @CapsUnlocked
      @CapsUnlocked Před 3 lety +2

      “Monkey ball dead”
      It’s not dead. It’s just not for normies like you, lol

  • @Corn0nTheCobb
    @Corn0nTheCobb Před 3 lety +15

    Wow, not only did you singlehandedly save this game from extinction, you also sparked a remastered version! Well done

  • @BlazerT48
    @BlazerT48 Před 3 lety +10

    never played this in my life but damn even I feel so happy and nostalgic. But honestly those devs must be so happy to know someone actually cared so much for a game they made a long time ago that is supposed to be forgotten. So wholesome

  • @Kelvoraax
    @Kelvoraax Před 3 lety +718

    Can we take a second to appreciate “do people care about it and enjoy it? Then I’m fine with it.” It’s so beautiful to see a game dev that actively wants their projects to give joy to others.

    • @ylondes9927
      @ylondes9927 Před 3 lety +5

      Isnt that the point?

    • @arandomsupra
      @arandomsupra Před 3 lety +21

      @@ylondes9927 yes, but unfortunately seeing a game now thats actually made for the players is starting to become a very rare occurrence

    • @jejemiados1947
      @jejemiados1947 Před 3 lety +10

      @@ylondes9927 Nintendo disagrees with that which is why we love hearing it

    • @dombo479
      @dombo479 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ylondes9927 well yes but actually no

    • @MrTonglong
      @MrTonglong Před 3 lety +7

      I think devs mainly care, it’s execs that are focused more on making money.

  • @BlackPearl27
    @BlackPearl27 Před 3 lety +1236

    Glimpses of one's childhood are so precious. People don't realize just how important are the formative years and often dismiss children for their ignorance, when it's children who hold so much potential. If you remember something from your childhood like this, hold on to it and never let it go. Pursue it, keep dreaming on it. I'm so touched by Nick's stories, not only because he becomes so passionate about the various themes he covers in his videos, but because it's so genuine, so childlike in the best way. All of his adventures and stories are whimsical and majestic. He makes his dreams come true and cares about the darkest stuff on the internet. Stuff a few like become loved by millions. Thanks for bringing so much to the light.

    • @peculiarjack617
      @peculiarjack617 Před 3 lety +2

      Then boi I have 2 games for u

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku Před 3 lety +1

      One thing! Just one thing! Please tell IT to me: WHY tf do I have so many fans even though no CZcamsr is unprettier than I am? WORLDWIDE!!!! WHY??? Tell me, dear pea

    • @conic2721
      @conic2721 Před 3 lety +4

      @@AxxLAfriku Charisma.

    • @SonakaG
      @SonakaG Před 3 lety +12

      I agree, plus the way he goes about editing the videos makes it so enjoyable to watch and fun to be watching from start to finish, with each video I feel like clicking on another, and my issue is, I've already seen the others xDDD so I just have to patiently wait for each video.

    • @gam3260
      @gam3260 Před 3 lety +1

      Jack's unfinished main pub what are the games?

  • @mauritspuggaard4689
    @mauritspuggaard4689 Před 3 lety +12

    11:49
    “TIP: Game to slow? Best performance with Microsoft Internet Explorer”
    Found that funny

  • @echeng20552
    @echeng20552 Před 3 lety +12

    I just spent 40 minutes watching a video about a game I’ve never heard of and couldn’t care less about...and I enjoyed every minute of it. You love these games and it really shows.

  • @angelvu
    @angelvu Před 3 lety +170

    Nick is literally turning into a video game restorationist hero. I love the idea of permanently preserving nostalgic games for re-living memories, it’s like seeing your relative wake up from a coma

  • @sunaybhatt1878
    @sunaybhatt1878 Před 3 lety +1111

    I dont understand how nick is able to write two emails, and get the attention of the big game dev, while it takes me ten emails to tell my literacy teacher to tell me the homework.

    • @prodjoshkta
      @prodjoshkta Před 3 lety +86

      because he has roughly 1 million CZcams subscribers. Simple. Not to discredit his awesome work ethic and perseverance though.

    • @sunaybhatt1878
      @sunaybhatt1878 Před 3 lety +7

      @@prodjoshkta Yea that makes sense

    • @Goombario37
      @Goombario37 Před 3 lety +45

      Teachers don't get paid enough to check emails everyday lol

    • @natingle
      @natingle Před 3 lety +48

      Well, to be fair, your teacher must receive loads of emails from your classmate and has struggle answering to all of them, even sometimes forgetting some... (I'm a teacher, we are flawed, sorry :D) But here these game creators receive an email from someone who is genuinely interested in one of their first major games, one that disappeared and they believed no one care about anymore. It's obvious that they are really happy to talk about it again, they feel that they didn't work for nothing more than a decade ago, so I'm quite sure they were very happy to answer as soon as they could, however big they are today! It's always rewarding to feel that your work had some impact on someone, especially when you think no one cared anymore :)

    • @pokemonundertale9178
      @pokemonundertale9178 Před 3 lety +2

      IKR

  • @extrasalt9053
    @extrasalt9053 Před 3 lety +9

    "Imagine it's November 2006"
    *Lights cigar and reminisces about the good old days*

  • @Annwn106
    @Annwn106 Před 2 lety +8

    Oh my god... it's now on steam... amazing!

    • @1dk95
      @1dk95 Před 2 lety

      Its been on steam lol

  • @dragonfruit6124
    @dragonfruit6124 Před 3 lety +633

    Game: Is lost in obscurity.
    Nick: Come, this is no place to die.

  • @phineas7423
    @phineas7423 Před 3 lety +381

    They should 100% make a kickstarter for this if they need money.

    • @KnockOut101inc
      @KnockOut101inc Před 3 lety +12

      It is coming to steam as we speak

    • @SethAshcraft
      @SethAshcraft Před 3 lety +15

      If they remake this game, it should include round 2 (the wii ware levels) as well as the original ones

    • @ancientone5903
      @ancientone5903 Před 3 lety +23

      People should suggest for Chubby Snow for Smash Ultimate.

    • @MrLegendofLP
      @MrLegendofLP Před 3 lety +10

      @@ancientone5903 fuck imagine if Chubby got even a Spirit in Smash Ultimate. That’d be wild.

    • @Ihaveagasmask
      @Ihaveagasmask Před 2 lety

      @@SethAshcraft and more levels

  • @umbraluna8387
    @umbraluna8387 Před 3 lety +9

    This is a really dope video dude. You literally just avoided a timeline where this game died out completely.

  • @oXMadManXo
    @oXMadManXo Před 3 lety +7

    Absolutely fantastic job there Nick, really proud to have you as part of our community. Watch the vid and went right onto steam and added it to my wishlist. Im so grateful for your work in game preservation. Keep up the awesome work!

  • @willypro4949
    @willypro4949 Před 3 lety +1693

    I wouldn't be surprised if Nick finds the Malaysia airplane in the near future

  • @cubedude8690
    @cubedude8690 Před 3 lety +463

    How has he just launched another speedrunning community

    • @angela.luntian
      @angela.luntian Před 3 lety +17

      Speedrunning flash games xD

    • @cubedude8690
      @cubedude8690 Před 3 lety +17

      @@angela.luntian eh, flash games in *general* are nothing new

    • @Carmisci
      @Carmisci Před 3 lety +20

      He launched the McDonald’s eCDP speedrun community and now he’s also started the Mission in Snowdriftland speedrun community

    • @kryph1
      @kryph1 Před 3 lety +3

      Nick has powers beyond what our feeble human minds can comprehend

    • @cubedude8690
      @cubedude8690 Před 3 lety

      @@Carmisci yeah, that's what I said.

  • @Sirrx
    @Sirrx Před 3 lety +12

    Im sure the developers never tought this game might get this type of return. An amazing story

  • @Insert_Creativity_Here
    @Insert_Creativity_Here Před 3 lety +4

    You managed to give me emotional whiplash 5 separate times in the span of 38 minutes for a game that first released when I was a year old.
    GG.

  • @EveryCrazyDay
    @EveryCrazyDay Před 3 lety +789

    How? Just how does Nick always get this deep? Always impressed. Says to himself, hey I miss this game from my childhood and literally wills it back into existence.

    • @Kaori_Suzuki
      @Kaori_Suzuki Před 3 lety +62

      Because he always tries to make connections. Had he not talked to the programmers of snowdriftland the game definitely would've pretty much disappeared. But nick seems to always be persistent when it comes to trying to make connections and finding or preserving any lost media. It would be nice if more people tried to dig and search as deep as nick, and few other lost media search tubers (such as kenny lauderdale, notelu, and red mango. {or his youtube name mangomation} All of whom have been helping find obscure anime) in some cases all it takes is asking the right person. Whether they were someone who worked closely on whichever media or if they're someone who does actually have a rare copy of something such as a dvd, game disk/cartridge, or vhs. Other times it takes more work to actually search but persistence *is* key. Too many people give up just because of a search taking longer than they want. And that's how media becomes lost forever.

    • @shadowwwwwwwwwww
      @shadowwwwwwwwwww Před 3 lety +21

      from the look of it, email is nick's greatest tool when it comes to digging for info. email and skype.

    • @laurinneff4304
      @laurinneff4304 Před 3 lety +2

      There are probably many things he tries to recover but can't do it. He only posts his successes

    • @arjix8738
      @arjix8738 Před 3 lety

      @@shadowwwwwwwwwww he said skype, but that looked like discord....

    • @shadowwwwwwwwwww
      @shadowwwwwwwwwww Před 3 lety +1

      @@arjix8738 the skype ringtone played so i just assumed.

  • @kristimartin6526
    @kristimartin6526 Před 3 lety +701

    Imagine if the snowdriftland link from ExtraToxic was a rickroll link.

  • @kingtimmy88
    @kingtimmy88 Před rokem +6

    Just bought this game on Steam. Thank you for all your work 🙏. Games should never be lost. They are beautiful art.

  • @MLSApprrett99
    @MLSApprrett99 Před 2 lety +3

    Almost one year later I went and bought the game on Steam today and beat the first level with all of the snowflakes. Game feels like a really simple but fun platformer. Gonna try and beat one level a day and have it be my advent calendar this year. Thank you Nick for bringing light to this game!

  • @jazminakarainy
    @jazminakarainy Před 3 lety +1106

    "best performance with Microsoft Internet Explorer"
    well that did not age well

    • @Flrere
      @Flrere Před 3 lety +48

      legit has trouble running youtube nowadays

    • @wwyvernn
      @wwyvernn Před 3 lety +38

      It doesn’t even support CZcams anymore lmao

    • @jmtrad1906
      @jmtrad1906 Před 3 lety +6

      I was using Firefox that time.

    • @LiEnby
      @LiEnby Před 3 lety +23

      It's acturally still true when it comes to flash content anyway .

    • @RaptureMusicOfficial
      @RaptureMusicOfficial Před 3 lety +11

      Netscape Navigator ftw! \o/ :D

  • @isupposethisismynmw640
    @isupposethisismynmw640 Před 3 lety +1223

    “Because we are GAMER, and we know what’s important.” Words to live by

  • @capclip9
    @capclip9 Před rokem +3

    About a year ago I had my first major surgery, I had to get my turbinites (which carry the mucus in your nose) reduced. The night before I wasn't very scared (and I'm a strong believer in Murphy's Law) but as I was in the car I just got SOOO nervous. I didn't know what to expect and I didn't know how the anesthesia would go. I decided to put this video on, and my nerves went away, I don't know how, but Nick helped me be less afraid, and the surgery went 100% swimmingly.

  • @Itsyagirl_Eve
    @Itsyagirl_Eve Před 2 lety +6

    Sir, you are incredible. You reignited this passion of theirs. You brought this game back to life.
    I will be playing this game when it comes out this year.

  • @cartoongrump
    @cartoongrump Před 3 lety +513

    Can’t believe I’m crying over a lost promotional Flash game from 2006

    • @LimeyLassen
      @LimeyLassen Před 3 lety +29

      Dude promotion games from that period were weirdly good. Anyone remember Nightfall Incident?

    • @shrubby8967
      @shrubby8967 Před 3 lety +18

      @@LimeyLassen *never have I thought I’d find someone... so... cultured*

    • @andywest5773
      @andywest5773 Před 3 lety +14

      Frosty the Snowman had to hurry on his way
      But he waved goodbye, sayin', "Don't you cry
      I'll be back again some day"

    • @peshomighty5051
      @peshomighty5051 Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah ads were good back then. When u beat a level you get ringtones and posters and screenshots of games you might want to play

  • @quillllly
    @quillllly Před 3 lety +670

    "Mission in Snowdriftland is getting its "Sonic CD" moment"

    • @cooperartsmith
      @cooperartsmith Před 3 lety +59

      Only one's good and the other is Sonic CD

    • @stuff31
      @stuff31 Před 3 lety +17

      @@cooperartsmith HEY!

    • @octakhan4673
      @octakhan4673 Před 3 lety +10

      @@cooperartsmith Haha! True.

    • @Helicopter7
      @Helicopter7 Před 3 lety +8

      Am I the only one who enjoyed sonic cd? (Especially that amazing soundtrack)

    • @helloworld4990
      @helloworld4990 Před 3 lety +15

      @@Helicopter7 no people just say it’s bad because it doesn’t live up to the extremely ridiculous hype people give it

  • @Ihaveagasmask
    @Ihaveagasmask Před 2 lety +6

    I love how just looking at the game it’s clear they had a lot of fun making it

  • @MinecrafterPictures
    @MinecrafterPictures Před 3 lety +12

    I always enjoy all sorts of forgotten and unique games like this.
    Some of the others that I know are Emeraldia, Success' Zoo Keeper (known in Japan (at least for the arcade and PS1 versions) as Zooo), Sumtori Deams, Soccer Physics (the original 2014 version) and Goofball Soccer.

  • @enzochoi923
    @enzochoi923 Před 3 lety +663

    "hello! yumi?"
    "she is half japanese"
    * pauses as he remembers going to japan to revive trivial yet important to him things *
    "ah!"

    • @nicestpancake
      @nicestpancake Před 3 lety +55

      Even in a video with almost zero connection to Japan (Nintendo is very briefly and not truly connected) there's still small traces. :')

  • @revaex1
    @revaex1 Před 3 lety +171

    R.I.P Adobe Flash. Godspeed on your journey to the afterlife...

    • @Meepswonder
      @Meepswonder Před 3 lety +9

      BlueMaxima's Flashpoint has collected some of the flash games. Around 500GB for to download all or lighter version with launcher itself.

  • @charajaznao2829
    @charajaznao2829 Před 2 lety +5

    Almost cried for like 6 or 7 time, i bought it instantly after watching this video, if this is some kind of advertisement for a game, i think its the correct one, avocating to the feeling of a startup developtment, the fear of losing it, the nostalgia of being on the moment it happened, the joy of reunion and the events that, with the effort of their creators, their fans and mutual dream of preserving this content that had give so much happiness led us to this miraculous reality that we are living right now about this game. I'm heartwarmingly thankful for you and everybody that help this to be real. Love you from the most sincere part of my heart. ♥

  • @EverythingAndAnythingGoes24

    I’m watching this and I’m somehow getting nostalgia for a game I’ve just now found out about and never played.

  • @bubblenugget3528
    @bubblenugget3528 Před 3 lety +504

    “So I booked a trip to Japan to find Nintendo’s forgotten mascot”

    • @Feiku
      @Feiku Před 3 lety +8

      *to german

    • @aaaabababa
      @aaaabababa Před 3 lety +28

      @@Feiku *germany

    • @YurieSnowie
      @YurieSnowie Před 3 lety +9

      Nick will do everything to achieve something, what an absolute madman

    • @jomarcentermjm
      @jomarcentermjm Před 3 lety +2

      It not even owned by nintendo

  • @adynnar
    @adynnar Před 3 lety +768

    The way he almost singlehandedly reignites people's love for the things they created, developed, gave voices to, etc. is inspiring. Truly amazing

    • @colinv.2691
      @colinv.2691 Před 3 lety +3

      Ikr?

    • @davidjulian8643
      @davidjulian8643 Před 2 lety +9

      Crazy to think had he hadn’t gone done the rabbit hole, they wouldn’t have remade the game.

    • @Ihaveagasmask
      @Ihaveagasmask Před 2 lety

      @@davidjulian8643depression

  • @kittentheboss2796
    @kittentheboss2796 Před 2 lety +6

    Man, i never heard of this game till now and you can tell the devs are passionate about it. So i bought it on steam and will be playing it. I wish other companies like adult swim would do the same treatment for their flash titles. I remember playing house of dead ninjas constantly. If i had that ported over with controller support that would be fantastic.

  • @Tsukinotaku
    @Tsukinotaku Před 3 lety +8

    Love how his kid randomly walked in while he was explaining how painful it was to make the game lol

  • @LobbsterSockrates
    @LobbsterSockrates Před 3 lety +425

    Things like this make me think about ....just the impact we have on each other
    Some small group of people made a little game
    It impacts some kids lives so much that one day one kid reaches out a decade later
    The love he felt for the game impacts the creators so much the decide to bring it back
    And now the those same kids who loved this game so much all those years ago get to see it get revived
    Ya....humans are pretty cool sometimes

    • @daffydj
      @daffydj Před 3 lety

      *toontown 2.0 sad noises*

  • @ScottFreeSBP
    @ScottFreeSBP Před 3 lety +71

    So having run out of options, i booked plane tickets to snowdriftland to try and convince the characters to come back to the real world and re-enact the entire game so we could film it

  • @herrflantier3739
    @herrflantier3739 Před 3 lety +6

    I've rarely seen a channel with such good production quality and storytelling on youtube. You rock!

  • @pokekiller787x
    @pokekiller787x Před 2 lety +7

    This really goes to show how impactful video games can be to people.

  • @evlshoots
    @evlshoots Před 3 lety +473

    Nick is now directly responsible for bringing this game back, as they most likely would not have thought about it at all had he not contacted them.

    • @Gust3883
      @Gust3883 Před 3 lety +6

      Totally true

    • @avantail
      @avantail Před 3 lety +3

      they had posters up homie, he was just the boost of how much people wanted it.

    • @evlshoots
      @evlshoots Před 3 lety +5

      @@avantail It’s a game studio, they most likely have posters of every game they’ve made, that’s why, also I doubt they’ve seen much about how much people wanted the games back, before Nick contacted them

    • @Khathaar
      @Khathaar Před 3 lety +5

      they wont get a better advert for it than this, either.

  • @Povilaz
    @Povilaz Před 3 lety +471

    You can tell this game was actually made in 2006 from the tip.
    "Tip: Game running slow? Best played on Microsoft's internet explorer"

  • @carlacarlilla7187
    @carlacarlilla7187 Před rokem +3

    Idk why but when you said they were literally going to remaster it I felt just so happy. I never played this flash game, but just the fact that you made possibly to get in contact with the devs of this tiny flash game and make them get the idea of remastering so the new generations could have it to play, it's all just so wonderful, this is what internet was made for damnit

  • @MaximNightFury
    @MaximNightFury Před 3 lety +8

    The prologue is now available on Steam as of 3 DAYS AGO!

  • @babylonian
    @babylonian  Před 3 lety +4673

    Hey, everyone! Quick correction:
    During the section discussing the Flashpoint version of Mission in Snowdriftland, I mistakenly concluded that the Flashpoint version of MiS still tries to download the game from the original ExtraToxic servers. I was wrong about that: it turns out that Flashpoint backed up not only the original .SWF, but the level files, too - and the Flashpoint Infinity version actually points to a page on Flashpoint's own servers that has all the stages backed up!
    That's why, in the video, it didn't work when I disconnected my internet: the Flashpoint Infinity version of MiS was still trying and failing to download the stages - but it was trying to grab them from Flashpoint's servers, *NOT* ExtraToxic's. This is great, because it means the stages themselves are actually very safely preserved by Flashpoint. (Especially cool: once you've downloaded a stage once in the Flashpoint Infinity version of MiS, the level is saved locally and is, from that point on, playable completely offline!)
    TLDR: the Flashpoint version is actually WAY more robust than I thought, and the original version of Mission in Snowdriftland has officially been safely preserved. Sorry about the error!

    • @MouseSkull
      @MouseSkull Před 3 lety +182

      Thanks for admitting to your mistake.

    • @tombomb47
      @tombomb47 Před 3 lety +66

      You never see big CZcamsrs do this stuff.

    • @gammaboost
      @gammaboost Před 3 lety +14

      yay... maybe i shouldn't use Microsoft Edge to play the game anymore

    • @porkstamina
      @porkstamina Před 3 lety +111

      That's great news, but it's still a hugely positive thing that ExtraToxic is doing the remaster and breathing new life into the IP. A lot more people will get to experience it on Steam. I really hope it does well.

    • @ziko4589
      @ziko4589 Před 3 lety +6

      Nice

  • @The_Pikaboi
    @The_Pikaboi Před 3 lety +151

    This dude literally made a remaster happen the absolute lad

  • @henryentertainmentsystem9923

    I'm so glad you were able to save this game, especially since I wasn't around to play it back in the day, and I along with a lot of other people can finally experience it. While I would absolutely love a switch port, I don't want the developers to have to rush that. I would want them to take all the time they need to make it the best it can possibly be.

  • @LiqwdE
    @LiqwdE Před 2 lety +5

    Epic man. I'm glad the game was saved. This touchs the feels in so many ways. We get the game, creators get more attention, they get some capital. It's a win, win, win. Keep it up man.

  • @AlexReynard
    @AlexReynard Před 3 lety +139

    "I needed to stop the snowman from melting. So I bought a plane ticket and flew to the sun."

    • @LuEz49
      @LuEz49 Před 3 lety +3

      Deadly lazers

    • @bamahornplayer
      @bamahornplayer Před 3 lety +2

      @@LuEz49 Not anymore, there’s a blanket

  • @slowpoke6882
    @slowpoke6882 Před 3 lety +331

    Petition for Mission in Snowdriftland Speedruns

  • @LucSkyOCT
    @LucSkyOCT Před 2 lety +3

    Your videos remind me of the heartbreaking feeling of realizing that something from your childhood will never be restored and will be lost forever. The only thing being left, the memories of the people who experienced it. This is how it is for me, no way of restoring the videos of badoulin.

  • @akkorosie
    @akkorosie Před 3 lety +6

    plot twist: this is just an ARG 14 years in the making to kick off his new game

  • @Pigness7
    @Pigness7 Před 3 lety +663

    I'm surprised he didnt book a flight to germany, then again, CURRENT WORLD EVENT.

    • @neoshenlong
      @neoshenlong Před 3 lety +58

      TBH one of the biggest tragedies of the year is the lack of absurd travels in Nick Robinson's videos.

    • @rsbval
      @rsbval Před 3 lety +19

      Man if he actually flew here I would have died to meet him

    • @rdmsnds
      @rdmsnds Před 3 lety +7

      literally

    • @b3ns
      @b3ns Před 3 lety +1

      Corona Kirbu

    • @videogamesarecool9280
      @videogamesarecool9280 Před 3 lety +8

      the way he was building up the email's I actually thought he was gonna go

  • @akirbyobsessee7396
    @akirbyobsessee7396 Před 3 lety +65

    Between the McDonalds and the Snowdriftland episodes being so close together, Nick’s life is like a constant, nerdy movie franchise. I love it

  • @plutototoh
    @plutototoh Před 2 lety +4

    This is such a sweet journey!! It's amazing how connecting with those who created what we hold in our hearts as children can lend itself to something new.

  • @Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan
    @Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan Před 3 lety +5

    Thanks for letting people like me learn about awesome random facts like this! I've been watching since your video on pappy von poodle. The McDonald's ds game was really cool to even hear about, and it shows how much you care about game preservation. Thanks for doing things that really help more people learn about little bits of gaming history! I hope you have a nice day!