How A Viral Game Vanished Overnight | Flappy Bird
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Flappy Bird accidentally became the biggest game of 2014 and was on its way to becoming one of the most successful games of all time. Until one day, it all just disappeared, leaving many people scratching their heads, demanding an explanation.
The thing is, they never really got one.
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@@Beanzopshave a good funeral 🥰
Flappy Bird lasted only 2 weeks?! It felt much longer back in high school
A variety of fake copies of the game appeared, which helped give the impression that the game was still alive, when in fact within two weeks the developer pulled the game from stores.
about 11-12(ish)months
Also have to keep in mind that because it stayed on your phone if you already downloaded it, many people were still playing the game for months after it was taken down. I don't think I even knew it was nuked until I'd been playing it far past the point of availability.
@@BlueSparxLPs If the game would've come out nowadays, I wouldn't have deleted it. One of my many regrets in life lmao.
@@BlueSparxLPs Ya I was gonna say even if the game was even removed in a day there would obviously still be people playing it who haven't deleted it yet.
_"Flappy Bird -- a game I used to own, but then I lost my temper and now, I need a new phone."_
The Flappy Bird rap that came out on Vine will always be in my memory.
*"Frig... Frig... Frig... 5C :D"*
I really wish there was a rewritten version of the game like they did with Club Penguin.
You forgot to mention one important thing about Flappy Bird's gameplay, or the world has forgotten. The bird had a horrible hitbox making it harder and more frustrating than it appeared it should be. I seriously think this is a major contributing factor to the game's viral success.
Yeah, and the bird's movement was just wonky, especially the way it would nosedive once it lost momentum. There was something subtly enraging about all of Flappy Bird's mechanics, which counterintuitively somehow added to its addictiveness. Arguably it's a rare case of kusoge going mainstream.
@@jasonblalock4429That’s a bit of a harsh take don’t you think? I mean you’re entitled for your own opinions but Flappy Bird was intended to be a more casual experience then your average mobile game that people took too seriously, it’s not a masterpiece but it is a fun past time game when you’re on the go and shouldn’t be treated as anything but, it’s just a small indie game that was made for enjoyment and hating on it just seems a bit negative.
Was quite easy for me, spend an hour and get like 50.
I miss the era when apps were a novelty. Apps and mobile games were so new and “there’s an app for that” was the culture lol.
Now apps are second nature. I can’t even remember the last time I opened the App Store to just download games
It's kind of hilarious that Nintendo has such a (well-earned) reputation for being heartless copyright predators that they often have to go "Hey, we _swear_ this one wasn't us this time!"
11:09 Hey Apple, Google, Mobile Game Devs, Mobile App Devs. THIS. THIS is how you do ads. THIS is what "ads" should be in the digital world. Minimal; enough to maybe get your attention for a moment, but NOT interrupt anything. It works into the subconscious instead of actively demanding your attention and pissing people off.
Real talk. 💯
intrusive ads only serve to guarantee I won't buy your product
This! I was really drawn to the simplicity and convenience of mobile gaming in 2012/13, at the time it felt like the beginning of the next big phase for gaming. Around that time i felt like there was a lot of potential for mobile gaming. I haven't been a mobile phone gamer since 2017/18 bc after that all these app companies got too greedy and sadly most of them have ruined their own products with ads and even worse, shameless begging and pushing for people to buy "subscriptions" to them. Up until a year or two ago, there were still a small handful of mobile games i enjoyed and played, but the list kept getting smaller and smaller as they all cranked up the number of ads, length of ads, and frequency of ads in their games. As those factors went up, my tolerance for ads went down and i deleted them one by one until today, when i only have a couple versions of solitaire left on my phone and ipad and have mostly abandoned phone games. It's a shame, because the only games left on the app store that are worth playing are the $15 mobile versions of pre existing steam/computer games, like stardew valley, minecraft, ect. And i'd rather play such games on bigger screens, they weren't meant for smartphones and while they are perfectly playable, it feels crammed to me and i don't enjoy playing "big" games on a small device.
On the bright side, i use my Nintendo switch a lot more these days.
@@alecrutz6979agree I refuse to give anything a chance that aggressively advertises
Flappy Bird, Temple Run, OG Angry Birds, and Fruit Ninja. The four pillars of mobile games to get through study hall when I was in highschool
I miss that era. Mario run was cool too
Papi Jump 😎
@@k1773nsYou can still download the original APKs if you know some good sources that aren't sketchy and just waiting to give you a virus and if you happen to be lucky, those games might still work on Android 15. Personally just downloaded original Flappy Bird in version 1.3 and even though I do use very outdated phone (Android 10, Huawei P30 Pro) because of very little cash for an upgrade to something more modern, the game still works.
Subway Sufers?
Candy Crush?
"your iphone is more powerful than the computers that put us on the moon in 1969" So is my dad's old Apple //C. I'd be shocked if the Atari 2600 wasn't more powerful than the Apollo guidance computer.
That is true, yet the phone is designed for a totally different person and mindset then those computers
loser modern computer: *has 1 terabyte of storage, still crashes* chad Apollo Guidance Computer: *has 2 kilobytes of storage, is able to guide lander to the moon, only having one hiccup that the astronauts were able to ignore*
The Gameboy is lol
AFAIK anything that has any form of modern microcontroller(no matter how low spec) in it is more powerful than the AGC.
I still have this game, on my most recent phone. Which was released years after it vanished from the Google play store. If you've downloaded it before, you can find the game on your apps list. It's very nostalgic.
This game will stay with me forever.
I thought bro was going back to the 1700's to explain flappy bird
Me too 😂
The case of Flappy Bird is just another reason for me to hate video game journalists. They scolded the guy for making the game, & then they did it again when he took it down because god forbid someone puts their own mental health over a game.
I still have it on my phone. The official, original Android version, not a remake or some sideloaded thing. I downloaded it when it was out and never uninstalled it. Every time I get a new phone, I always back up my apps and so I keep taking it from phone to phone. It just kind of hangs out there on my apps menu like a relic of the past. I recently tried it and it does still work somehow.
Missed opportunity to call the video "How A Viral Game Flapped Away From Existance"
how a hotdog sanviched away from existance
That's dumb
@@Soup69Godgotta respect the hate man
If viral things in general where known for flapping then, or ifnitbwas a term for deleting/removing something, it might be a little clever
Including the app store's old interface and iphones of the time period was a nice touch. i appreciate you taking the time to do so
I really think it was largely the joke of "This game is so frustrating you'll throw your phone" that helped it get as popular as it did. People hear about a simple arcade game that enduces that much rage, they gotta check it out, and even if it doesn't make them THAT angry, it's fun to overreact whenever you lose and playact rage quitting.
I don't think it's nostalgia or a feeling that it was "gone too soon" that give people happy memories of Flappy Bird. I think it's just the connection of a shared experience.
"You too? I though I was the only one!"
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There wasn't a single person in my high school that wasn't playing this game during its peak in January 2014. EVERYONE was obsessed in trying to beat not only their own high scores, but the high scores of everyone else. Even though Apple stopped supporting 32-bit apps in 2017, Flappy Bird lasted on my iPhone until 2021 when I finally decided to delete it. What a wild ride it was - thanks for the memories!
Iconic time. I was in the 6th grade and I also remember everyone talking about the game, crowding around the tables at lunch and screaming about everyones high score. I remember when this one kid named Chase had the highest score in the whole school
"I just kept-" *Spontaneous Ice Attack!*
ice jumpscare
what
To anyone interested, Dong Nguyen has this other game called "Swing Copters 2" which is still available on the app stores. In my opinion it is just a better version of Flappy Bird, yet is very underrated.
12:39
"I cannot take this anymore."
Damn, that was harsh. Poor guy.
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Oh those were the good old days! I remember playing flappy bird as a little kid.
I still have flappy bird on my phone. I didn't expect it to transfer over when getting new phones, twice at that, but it did and I'm not about to delete it. lmao.
I’m curious, are you on an android? Have seen several cases myself when switching to a new iPhone where apps haven’t transferred and I can’t download them anymore
I had it on my old iPhone SE, the first generation, it stopped running on iOS 10 a long time ago but I just kept it. I do still have that phone and it works but I finally retired it last June after it was starting to fall apart.
Yes the SE was released in 2016, 2 years after Flappy Bird was pulled from the App Store, but you can still install all apps you ever downloaded on any compatible device and I had it way back in 2013 on an iPhone 4S before briefly switching to an Android phone.
Flappy Bird is the game not only ruined the game but the person who created the game
bro english?
I never saw anyone playing this offline. I just remember scrolling online during that time and thinking "wait what?"
I was in high school when the game blew up, and in that setting it was everywhere. It was hard to find a student who *wasn't* playing it at some point during their day. Lots of them would get their phones taken in class for playing it as well.
@@BlueSparxLPsI think it’s just a case of this guy being much older than we were
@@Azurethewolf168 I was in Uni at the time, I didn't see anyone there playing it.
@@myhandleiswhat I mean do you think college students would really have time for that? This was mostly contained to teenagers to kids
I downloaded flappy bird way back then. And I have a couple old iPhone 4 and 4s that I was somehow still able to get my Apple ID on so I downloaded flappy bird on 2 iPhone 4’s and last year I brought them both to school to have “flappy bird battles” and the amount of people that wanted to play flappy bird still is amazing. I had so many people and their friends try to beat each others scores which is amazing since many of them haven’t played the game since 2014. The simplicity get cultural impact the game had on our society will never be replicated again
Pretty good ad 👌🏼 nice that you showed what we would see on results day
Nice video! It's super good🔥🔥🔥🔥
Wonderful video like always, havent even watched it yet.
Haven’t been this early since I was born premature 😂😭
Relatable
Saw that clip of The Droput... its just an amazing series!
Anyone else play that helicopter online game that was basically just Flappy Bird before Flappy Bird?
Yes I was about to say! Helicopter was the OG
Absolutely, I spent way to much time on addictinggames in Jr high
Man this feels like it was yesterday, how is it 10 years ago already
Unrelated but my Scottishness came right out when Sir James Watt was mentioned. I am from a town called Greenock in Scotland where James was born and bred. Makes me so proud!
I'd only begun to hear about this when I was in further education when it was beginning to die off. I must've been nearing 20 at the time.
I don't remember ever downloading it because I was still using an older generation phone (no android or ios) but I do remember one of the cooler guys that let me try it.
Once was enough.
i remember one time back in early 2014 that i play the game from my cousin's tablet. and now, i play it on my actual phone using the original APK file for Android haha. too sad it was gone too fast
I think what is really interesting is many listicles still (incorrectly) claim a Mario boss fight is at a score of 999. This comes from an obviously fake youtube video where that happens.
My main memory of this game was playing it while on coach journeys I used to take cross country back in 2014.
I got so excited when you mentioned TWAU 😁
Still waiting for season 2 Telltale...😩
Finally new video in almost a month!
I remember all of this like it was yesterday. It’s a shame that people got out of hand with that game to the point of getting it removed. I miss it so much 10 (long) years later.
i remember back in elementary school, i stayed inside for recess to play flappy bird on the computers. what a crazy time
I never played this game, but I remember it being huge with my friends and then there was absolutely not a peep about it after a little while.
It was weird.
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Great video though. :D
I swear you're the only youtuber that's so naturally charismatic that I always watch your ads and personal plugs without feeling any type of way. This fella just has a way about him.
Funny this video came out. On my Facebook memories the other day was a post I made 10 years ago about finally achieving a score of 15 on Flappy Bird and then deciding to delete the game.
I remember this vividly.
Yay a new video!
Hey! You got your couch back!
I didn't even have a supported phone when this was the thing, I was still running a Symbian phone. :D
I remember playing Flappy Bird in 5th grade! (as an Hour of Code game) My friend liked to say, "Go fly in a hole!" when the bird fell ;D
Miss that game LOL
5:03 Dong Nguyen => Nguyễn Hà Đông
This is such a "die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a villain" moment
Could you make a new video about the history of Windows NT OSes and how the architecture was created, please ?
Or Windows NT 4.0.
did yall ever play flappy crush I fw that shit so hard
I remember only scoring like 4 because the fps was so low on my dad's old phone which he got for free from a friend.
Hey Cool Video!
My local dominoes has a flappy bird arcade machine? Just a big tablet in an arcade case with a button to hit.
The developer first name is Dong, not Nguyen. I’m Vietnamese so I can give you a guaranteed information. I’m aware that his first name may triggered some inappropriate meaning, may I suggested each time his name mentioned, it will be called as Dong Nguyen, not Nguyen.
YAY new vid ❤️
my day has been made
Flappy Plane September Edition for the win
I miss the day when ads were little banners and not 30 second full screen ads every minute of gameplay
I remember all the parodies of Flappy Bird. Especially the one released officially by Fall Out Boy.
Let's all take a second and thank Metroid Dread's Experiment Z-57 boss fight for continuing the legacy of Flappy Bird.
Damn, 10 years already. I remember this blowing up in high school. I was bad and still suck at the game. I randomly play it on my Android phone because you can sideload apps
I played this clone called Flappy Bee, just an hour ago & CZcams recommend me this.. 😳
can you share link?
I still have the app downloaded on my phone, became unplayable around 2017
it's been ten years?!
"No, No idea why my phone is broken"
of course there is a lawsuit from nintendo
when isn't there a lawsuit from nintendo
The way he accidentally dropped the cup made me chuckle
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i remember paying a kid in school tickets when i was in 4th grade to play flappy bird on his ipad back in april of 2014.
Before 1 hour gang
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I still have the apk of the game and tried to install this on my Android 14 phone but it won't install unfortunately. I still have it on my older phone.
My aunt had the game on her phone and remember she told about this story when I was a kid. I wonder if she still has that phone, and if so she could definitely make some money off of it.
i still have my ipad 3 that currently runs on ios 6.1.3 and still has flappy bird
I still have the original game on my phone today. 😉
I was a mobile app developer right at the start. It was a bit like the old Commodore 64 days, where a single guy in his bedroom could write a smash hit game and get rich 99c at a time (well 66c, apple kept 1/3rd). Then it all started going wrong first when EA got involved , and then the marketing people started getting involved and suddenly you where up against super slick professional games that where free and loaded up to the eyeballs with microtransactions and nonsense. You couldnt get a genuine honest game marketed without them trying to stuff it full of shovelware and ads, and so indepent gaming died on the iphone. And its a shame. There where some great games back then. Now its just gambling slot machines for children.
The Flappy Bird craze in my high school was insane. Kids didn't like the game, they despised it to a completely irrational degree. For the time that it was out, kids were getting bulled for playing it at best, to getting beat up and/or their phones destroyed at worst. It wasn't about high scores to them, it was simply playing the game.
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It's weird. I was just thinking about this cause someone made a version for the Flipper 0
I rememeber saying it didn't look fun and got called a loser for my opinion....I didn't have a phone so I couldn't play it either so...
Hello Everyone, From The UK 👋
I never knew how it vanished.
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Flappy Bird is also the reason why the UFO mode in Geometry Dash exists
I remember flappy bird Since 2013
And then there's a realization that 2013 was 11 years ago. Jeez Louise, my hair turned white and the clock grew wings.
Watt's grandson????? NOW THAT'S COOL!!!!
What were the death threats for? I’d assume they did it because he was getting so much attention from creating something so simple that it bothered some of the most miserable people to where they felt the need to bring it down
I'm glad I found this comment because I was about to mention these too.
I thought that the sudden negative press and death threats sounded suspicious, especially right when the game was largely overshadowing the other apps at the time.
I don't necessarily think it could've only been due to just misery but rather a way to pressure the author to stop "hogging the profits" or something.
There was a game called Ribbon on Samsung back in the day… same idea
I wish the original dev come back and continue to have what he deserves not the copycats
It still exists in the wild via arcade.
Fun fact: Flappy Bird has an end. Believe it or not, after you reach level 999, the bird stops, and Mario emerges from the last pipe and jumps on the bird, killing it. So the highest score you can reach is 999.
That might be the reason why people say that it's violating digital rights of Nintendo, because it literally has a character of Mario, which is copyrighted by Nintendo. And Nintendo is known for pretty aggressive lawsuits towards those who copy their assets. Not to mention that the pipes really look awfully similar to the pipes from Super Mario Bros. I wouldn't say that it was ridiculous of people to think that Nintendo was after him.
That's faked unfortunately. The reason why it had copyright issues was because of the pipes being ripped off from Mario 1.
Also wow I didn’t quite imagine lots of people having skill issues with this game, I didn’t play this game that much as a kid but thankfully I didn’t rage quit, so I played this game pretty normally