Browsing Sega Dreamcast games at a Hollywood Video store in 1999
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- čas přidán 15. 03. 2024
- Footage from a Hollywood Video store in California in September.
Shots of some of the games, a customer playing "Ready 2 Rumble Boxing" at the kiosk and employees standing around the in background.
Not much to see here, unless you're a diehard Dreamcast fan, like myself
This video last around 8 minutes or so.
#sonic
#dreamcast
#sega
The poor staff had to listen to that for HOURS each day XD
I have PTSD from working at FuncoLand during that era with that game in the kiosk.
Yeah, I would've surreptitiously switched out that game/demo disc for something less annoying. And if management said something, we'd be in for a patented late 90s public freakout
If I worked there I would probably go in and press start and just leave it on one of the ingame menus paused unless it automatically reset if idle
That tune is irritating me right now
I don't think they were ever ready to rumble
The employees that worked there are still haunted by that Ready 2 rumble intro in their dreams in 2024.
Sadly, Their Dreams Had To Cast Away. 😔.
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What an obnoxiously loud kiosk 😂
I think they could change the volume.
What a bad ass loud kiosk machine. I rather hear that all day then all the annoying rappers who have came out in the last 20 years
I have the kiosk and it really is, also the fans are HORRENDOUSLY loud so probably to cover up the noise of them.
I still have my Dreamcast from 9/9/99 to this day! SEGA was firing on all cylinders for their finale with consoles and CAPCOM played a major role with their incredible library of games.
Same! You are 100% right about Capcom on DC, my brother! 🤝
@@badcp455 who started the console wars ?
That black kiosk was the GOAT
What killed the Dreamcast was its own fans for pirating Sega games instead of buying them.
Same. It's my favorite console of all time
seeing this makes me miss Late 1999 -early 2000
I would even go as far and say that those were the greatest years in history of humanity
@breadandcircuses8127 Not at all. I remember these years clearly. Most people were much happier than they're nowadays. There was less humans on this planet and the cities weren't as overcrowded as they're now. People didn't pretend to be social by locking themselves up in rooms to be on a digital device for the whole day. Many actually went outside, met each other, and spent time with each other. The media wasn't oversaturated like it's now. Some of the best shows/movies/serieses were produced in the 90s and early 00s. There was innovation and creativity all over the place. People were much more individual, cause they weren't following influencers 24/7. People were much more relaxed and less worried. You could visit your friends at their homes while their parents were at home. Everyone and their mother tries to hide themselves behind masks nowadays and most people are super stiff. Most malls and stores are also either gone or dead nowadays. We used to have street festivals where they'd close down the road. They'd turn the road into a small amusment park. People didn't need to work as much to make a living. Nowadays most people need to work 2-3 jobs just to keep up with the cost of living. Less people on drugs unlike today where there's an epidemic of drug consumption in many cities, cause more and more people are looking for an escape from todays reality.
I agree@@Quenux-
Sure, this the best moment of humanity.
Good lord that's a loud display for a small store
Those kiosks were the best
@@ironhell813 Unless you worked there.
The Dreamcast was too ahead of its time. The thought that a console from the 90’s had online play is crazy to think about.
For consoles yes, that was kind of crazy. Most of us enjoyed online gaming before then with our computers. PC the master race.
Going back further in time, you had online play for the Genesis and SNES with the X-band modem
@@LocoRodeoBozo Interesting I've never heard of that! So back then you could play with the 3 other people who were playing online 😁
The Super famicom had a online service in japan you could download extra levels and shit
I miss Hollywood Video and Blockbuster so much this video really takes me back to my childhood.
Blockbuster had no character, Hollywood had some character, and the mom-and-pop video stores had a LOT of character. Those are the places I truly miss
@@flutebasket4294 That's because Blockbuster started out as a soulless corporation from day one, Hollywood Video had smaller and more humble beginnings.
Guess what? Blockbuster is coming back, but I don't know the details when.
@@VictorGonzalez-xs9ochow does blockbuster coming back when It was shut down in 2010?
many mom-and-pop video stores had a porn section in the back@@flutebasket4294
You'd have to had been there during that time to witness the Dreamcast in the stores when it first came out.
Never before had there been a home console that had games that looked just like Sega arcade versions.
Yep.... to this day the Dreamcast has a very unique and colorful look
What an amazing time to be around even if it was bittersweet that it was Sega’s last console. Here’s hoping their new slate of reboots of their classic ips like Jet set radio and crazy taxi live up to their originals while being respectful.
I hope that was just sega to surprise all of us about the new game console, that was my theories.
@@VictorGonzalez-xs9oc it’s too late for that. They made up their minds a long time ago. 1999 was their last chance and things didn’t work out.
This takes me back to when I briefly worked at a GameStop during the time of the Dreamcast’s launch. Had a lot of people turn out for the release, and was a fun experience. Of course, we had some jokers, like the guy who said he saw the Dreamcast on sale for $50 at Toys R Us and wanted me to sell him one at that price, and got angry at me when I refused, and the person who brought in multiple jars of pennies and wanted me to count them to see if there was enough for a Dreamcast.
Pennies! Hillarious .. 🤣🤣🤣
At the time in my hometown we didn’t have GameStop. We had EB games and Funcoland as our retail video game stores.
🤣
is your name a maison ikkoku reference? thanks for the funny story
@@frandoruscarlet Yes it is, and my CZcams Avatar is from Oh My Goddess. Both are two of my favorite anime/manga from my youth in the 90s.
Thanks for sharing this! Brought back memories when my Son was 10 and I got Him a Dreamcast! He passed away in 2020, so these flashback memories that you post from back in the day mean so much to me~
No. Didn't die from coof or shot@@kevin2400
I deleted that comment. I am so very sorry for your loss.
@@vampirerobot thank you so much 💓 love your channel ❤️
@@elledriver1678 Happy it brings some joy for you.
@@vampirerobotYou’re a wonderful person ❤
4:17 someone got ready to finally rumble.
I remember in early 2000 being at Best Buy and passing by a kid at a video game kiosk playing what looked like a Sonic game I hadn't seen before (It turned out to be Sonic Adventure). I was like, "Wait, there's a new Sonic game? There's a new Sega system?" As soon as the kid walked away, I started playing around with it, and I realized I had a birthday coming up and knew exactly what I wanted. I got the Dreamcast for my birthday as well as a Game Boy Color with Pokemon Yellow. It was the best birthday ever.
I also remember Ready 2 Rumble being featured at that kiosk around the same time, and I've never gotten the song out of my head even though I never played the game.
Also, this video has two things I miss: Hollywood Video and being able to rent video games at video stores.
Lol I said the same thing when I saw it and played it, good times
You got 2 new video game consoles?? So jealous
Dang you made out good that year! I'd say the best "haul" I ever got was Christmas 2001-January 2002 (I was 11). My uncle got me a GBA, my dad got me a PS2, and my older brother gave me his Saturn along with his step-kid's old tv where the color wasn't right unless you were lucky. Still, it was MY tv. Miss those days so much.
1999 was such a happy year... It hasn't got better than that
You're speaking from your experiences not everyone's lol
@@nes96he speaking facts
@felixw5637 not really
@@robroy6374 yes really
I mean, it's arguably true. In 1999, people were very excited about the new millennium, the economy was good, there were no major wars yet, no recession... There were so many promises about the future. It's fair to say that the world (or at least the USA) hasn't experienced the same level of stability since then.
Take a shot everytime “let’s get ready to rumble” is heard
The peak years of my youth. God I wish I could go back sometimes.
This channel is a time machine! Amazing throwback!
I would have gone insane if I had to work at that store and hear that Ready 2 Rumble start screen music over and over and over and over and over again
YES!
I had a Dreamcast at age 10 and I was so amped up Xmas 99’ getting soul calobur and sonic adventure, Dreamcast was ahead of its time.
Back when video game stores were just calm, and innocent toy stores.
Soulcalibur on the Sega Dreamcast still looks and plays incredible. There's a reason it's still, to this day.. the highest rated fighting game ever made.
It to me is more than a game. It's silicon perfection. A digital masterpiece.
Shenmue 1 and 2 are also (in my opinion) flawless.
9/9/99 was a very important and historic day in gaming.
The Thief commercial was magnificent.
So good!
Used to play as Taki
I miss the Dreamcast...
Sega Dreamcast is what booted my life into gaming. ❤
One of the best consoles!
As a very young child, I played with my older siblings' NES and SNES way back when, but the Dreamcast was MY first console.
It's hard to see it now through modern lenses, but the graphics that machine could produce were far beyond what its competition could produce. It was a flawed console, but it'll always hold a special place in my heart and memories.
Thank you for giving us this wonderful little glimpse back into the past! What I would give to be back in 1999 again!
Incredible. This still seems like yesterday to me. This was a massive leap in gaming. Got my mom to go halves on the console with me after we saw how good the games were at the kiosk. Best day
2:08, guess he didn't wanna rumble.
LMFAO
Those demo controllers were so dirty in the stores 😅 Kids everywhere, good times.
McDonalds used to have them too. Some rural areas in the Southern States even still have them
The poor McDonald's Play Place ones, their analog sticks never stood a chance
I use to go to my local Hollywood video all the time in the 90’s to rent games and movies. The good old days. I miss them! Thank you for the reminder that there was a time that Hollywood Video was in the world strong!
Okay now I’m gonna have to connect my Dreamcast and play some Code Veronica. What a console!!
Do you how to get past the yellow things that stretch their arms out to hit you without getting hit? I’m playing on Dreamcast
@@admiralAlfonso9001Bandersnatch enemies were a pain on the first few run-ins with them, but once you know their movement, you can do a zig-zag type run to dodge and use your knife (which is really powerful and most people don't realize it) or use bowgun from far away, but try NOT to waste your grenade rounds on them if you can.
I love that the first reply was a question about the game and that somebody else has already answered you. RE fans unite!!! :D @@admiralAlfonso9001
oh my gooooood this is what i've been waiting for the second i subscribed to your channel, more Dreamcast content please!!!
Walking into my cousins house on a Friday night pizza boxes out soda cans poppin and ready 2 rumble playing on the living room TV man being a kid those days was epic 😭
I liked those kiosks at Gamestop and other game stores.
Im glad these time capsules are on yt so i know what stuff was like before i was born in 06
Loved GameCrazy! Great prices, and the chick who worked there was hot. 😭 Way better than GameStop!
Yeah, GameStop/Electronics Boutique metastasized into something evil
@@flutebasket4294 They did, and I was in the middle of
it. I bailed, thankfully. EB's leadership was questionable, but I still didn't agree with the merger. Software ETC. had equally sleazy dudes who came into and ruined stores that were doing fine.
Somebody needs to put this lets get ready to rumble on a 24 hour loop with this girls dance 7:02 lol. Amazing footage!!! love it.
The boxing game had good graphics/ animation for being 1999 ,
*My Daddy was a Store Manager at a Hollywood Video. I miss going to video stores to rent games*
The Sega Dreamcast deserved to last much longer than it did. I blame Sony and Microsoft for Sega leaving the console wars in 2001, especially since both those companies rely way too heavily on third-party support, whereas Sega has the decency to make their own games.
It was more SEGA than anyone why they stopped making consoles; mistakes from the Saturn, SEGA CD/32X (I love the games on them regardless) and higher-ups in Japan were to blame. Also, the upcoming launch of the PlayStation 2 didn't help things, either.
Were you stomping your feet as you were writing your comment
The constant iterations of the Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, and Sega 32X, the disputes between Sega of America and Sega of Japan, and the outright biased censorship in favor of conservative organizations is what killed Sega. By the time they realized their mistake and correcting with the Dreamcast, it was too late.
They should have listened to their customer base.
I remember my wife worked at Hollywood video. She was allowed to check out up to three titles at a time for free, games or movies. She would call and let me know once new games would arrive. I would then hurry to store and get first dibs on them. Such good times.
Love it. I’m very lucky enough to have one of those exact Dreamcast kiosks in my game room today. Also R2R was a great game, I actually was playing it just a few weeks ago and it holds up pretty well lol.
Staff probably didn't have much choice. Either Ready 2 Rumble or Sonic Adventure's Open Your Heart playing on full blast.
ready to rumble was such a good game! michael jackson was in it too 🔥
Those were the days.
A local Video Game store here imported the Dreamcast from Japan when it was released around November/December 1998 and I remember renting it along with Sonic Adventure, Godzilla and Marvel VS Capcom. Had some fun times with it and couldn’t wait for the North American release. I ended up lining up at midnight to get it from a local EB Games as it was known back then. Fun times and probably 1 of my favourite consoles to date.
Take me back bros 🥺
Funny thing is we never got tired of hearing the Crazy Taxi soundtrack on repeat every day at my EB Games back then.
Boy, could I have used this footage for my "How I (May Have Accidentally) Killed the Dreamcast" video from last year.
Hollywood Video footage has become so hard to find these days and Dreamcast era stuff is almost non-existent.
Kudos, Vampire Robot! You're doing the Lord's work preserving these videos!
I don't know of any Hollywood Video stores near me, but I remember my mom rented a Dreamcast console with Sonic Adventure from Blockbuster for my brother's ninth birthday sleepover party in March 2000. We bought a Dreamcast later that year.
Brings back the memories!
Dreamcast was so ahead of its time. I think the large controller killed it for some people. I got arthritis at a young age but it was worth it
Funny enough, I think controller was one of the biggest downfalls of the dreamcast, but not for the same reason you mentioned.
Ultimately, it's fatal flaw was the lack of dual thumbsticks. It was perfect for racing games, arcade ports, jrpgs and similar games ...... But not for shooters. Those required either tank controls or movement with the ABYX buttons. And considering that free movement shooter games were on the horizon to take over, it meant the console wasn't geared to properly handle them.
I like to think that, with a 2nd thumbstick and a little bit more 3rd party support, the console might have lived a longer and healthier life. We might have even gotten the cancelled Half-Life port, and perhaps even the rumored GTA3 release for it.
Lol!
I still have my Dreamcast, though I rarely played it. I miss the days when Sega actually made their consoles and competed with their old rival Nintendo.
My favourite console of all time nothing but amazing memories!
LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!! 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊
I remember the Hollywood Video near me having the same Sega Dreamcast kiosk with the same game running on it, as well as me going up to it and playing it. I also remember playing Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast that was on display in a kiosk inside my nearest Nobody Beats The Wiz store.
The excitement was clearly palpable
This video brought back so many memories! I remember renting consoles all the time back in the day since I couldn't afford to buy one at the time.
Ahhh the Time Machine has returned ❤
Kind words 😀
Played Metropolis Street Racer at Christmas. One of the first games I got for Dreamcast.
Can not edit the text. Christmas around year 1999 or 2000.
OMG good game to show off because that title screen animation is super smooth!
That has to be the worst theme music I've heard for any game. I feel bad for the employees that had to listen to that all day.
😂😂😂😂
Probably wanted to smash that demo
All the more reason why we need to becareful about Nostalgia....
Was just about to comment the same thing. I would have lost my mind 😂
Lol that song it will stuck their head forever 😂
Oh, look, Sonic looks slimmer and has green eyes now.
3:33 Seeing PowerStone lit a lot of old neurons in my head when I used to have the SEGA Dreamcast. 😮
Lord, this is hitting me in the nostalgia. I remember visiting my only local Hollywood Video a few months before it closed. I really do miss the days of video stores and renting video games.
Man, this brings back memories. We had a Hollywood video nearby as well. The last video of yours that I saw (mall in november '96) took me right back to the season my grandmom took us to the mall, let us wander around, and tried to secretly buy us a N64 at Electronics Boutique (maybe it was EB games then?), but you could clearly see the N64 box through the flimsy white plastic bag.
I miss the past. I'm sure 20 years from now, I'll miss being 40. Weird.
I remember as a kid not knowing anything about the dreamcast release. Went into an electronic boutique and saw the dreamcast kiosk with sonic on it. I purchased one as soon as i had enough money.
God I wish Sonic’s design looked more like that again 0:35
Kid me never got tired of that Ready 2 Rumble intro
What a blast to the past
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing?
Wow. Brings back memories.
I have that kiosk amongst others. Still love to play on it but never want to hear "let's get ready to rumble" again.
The goat of kiosks
I miss Hollywood Video so much! The smell was something else. It makes me sad the world won’t see days like this ever again.
When we asked for him, he returns for some more nostalgic goodness! Glad to see you back VR.
Gee wiz Mark. Thank you 😃
Let’s get ready to rumbleeeee!
Man, Dreamcast is still in my top 3 consoles of all time, so sad that pirates killed it, it was so ahead of it's time, never got to reach it's true POTENTIAL!!!...
I think everyone has their own gaming peak experience at some point. There’s gamers who say SEGA MasterSystem, SNES, PS1 was theirs, but for me the SEGA Dreamcast was mine. I had an absolute blast playing this thing and I was floored with each game I played, never being let down. SA1&2, Shenmue 1&2, JetSetRadio,PowerStone1&2, Skies of Arcadia, Phantasy Star. I mean just hit after hit. So many great memories running home from school watching Toonami and then playing my Dreamcast.
P.S. My friend Caleb, him and I would connect our DC memory card and the play mini games, also with our Chaos, good times 😢
The era of Y2K roll over ❤.
Let's get ready to rumble!
I Bet Employees Went Home With That Rumble Stuck in There Heads LOL
brings back memories, i worked at hollywood video from 2000-2001. I dont remember our store having games probably because of the location and crime.. but i do remember keeping the store clean, the movies aligned and checked across the floor and wall. "The wall" as we called it, was a nightmare to maintain after friday and saturday nights.. people would hide movies in the cartoons and classic section. good old days. The candy and cracker jacks lol. I remember putting together the "bundle" which was movie rental+bucket of candy and drinks, then shrink wrapping it. Once employees started selling copied dvds out of their trunks in the front parking lot, i bailed out.. it had gone downhill and shut down after i left.
Back then while my friends has the Sega Dreamcast I was chilling with the Nintendo GameCube we would talk about our games and have fun.Ready 2 Rumble Boxing is a must have when It comes to the Sega Dreamcast to me It's like Super Nintendo with Street Fighter 2 Turbo a must have. Good times back then. I hope Sega revives or does a Sega Saturn and Sega Dreamcast collection edition disc compilation for modern gaming consoles. They have done great with Sonic and Yakuza series throughout the years but not with their other games. Capcom is showing everyone how it's done with their collections but the other gaming companies are sleeping or something. Retro games are expensive and having a way to play these games with online multiplayer would be amazing. Capcom has been doing it and I hope Sega starts doing it with their other beloved classics. I love these classic vintage videos they make my day. Cool video. ^_^
I can assure you guys that in 1999, with a New Games Console, no one was tired if listen to the same new game over and over.
1999 wasnt as Toxic as it is now, given how we are all Bombareded by Ads and these Gaming Companies at all hours of the day.
Back in 1999, Things were still tied to Physical Locations, so places like Video Stores, Toy Stores were places were you could indulge in all things Vixeo Games.
Thr moment you leave the store the Fun stays there.
Gaming wasnt Tainted back then it was still fun and For The Gamer.
Now everything has a Corporate aspect to it, so now we see some music olaying over and over as some Corporate Poly to grt you to buy something.
Even though that was a thing back then, thr suits were invisible. In fact, you didn't get a sense if the Business of Gaming until Microsoft came in.
But that was more due to Perception of MS more than anything else.
You know... now that I look back at this I think I may understand one of Sega's problems. They were VERY Japanese for the time. I think that may have limited their appeal internationally.
It wasn't that - it was the Saturn that created an issue for them - so they brought out the amazing Dreamcast earlier than the PS2 - Then with people turned off by what happened with the Saturn, they were waiting and looking forward to the PS2. It's a pity because the Dreamcast was super cool.
@@MKu64 Note that I said ONE of their problems...
what if some other company made the Dreamcast like Samsung?@@MKu64
Yup, got my Dreamcast on Christmas of that year :)
Thank you for sharing my friend 😊
Always happy your there
This looks just like the one i went to only the floor was more concrete than carpet. this is the place i went to get Test Drive 6 for the first time and i had so much fun with it (even though the more superior version was PS1, i ended up getting that version instead for reasons.) i didn't get my dreamcast until a year later, remember getting 5 games for it (Ready 2 Rumble was one of them). i remember my Hollywood video was sitting across the street from a competing blockbuster and one of them had the better deal than the other eventually you could rent for an entire week than just 2 Days. best time spent! i miss those days.
This is amazing
They had cracker jacks!! That was when crack jacks actually tasted like cracker jacks and didn't taste like a pile of crap.
That Sonic standee: this guy kept it! Because the store I ran was *way* too small to display it, I kept it in back until this promo time was over. Once it was, the box & all came with!
imagine working there and listening to that all day
I had to listen to that same kiosk when I worked at GameStop lol love the Dreamcast though!
i wish there's more michigan location footages of chuck e. cheese's, mcdonald's, burger king, movies, grocery stores, malls and others from 1990's, 2000's & 2010's.
That rumble thing is so annoying! I had to pause the video. How did anybody stand that for hours on end?
John Belushi would of LOVED this game!
Let’s get ready 2 rumble
This is old life of playing video games.
GTA wasn't even at the height of it's popularity yet
LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!
I am envious seeing all those copies of Power Stone just sitting there on the shelves. It's impossible to find that game today for anything less than $100 if you want it with its manual and case art.