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[IbizaPocholo]

E3 2001 raw tape focusing mainly on the games on display, but some other stuff too. This was when the Gamecube and Xbox were getting ready to launch, but weren't out yet. From an original Video8 camera tape covering the show in March of 2001.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Arriving at E3
00:00:27 - Crazy Taxi 2 (DC)
00:01:59 - Extermination (PS2)
00:03:00 - Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance (PS2)
00:03:39 - Crazy Chase (GBA)
00:03:45 - Sonic Advance (GBA)
00:04:41 - Virtua Fighter 4 (NAOMI Arcade)
00:08:24 - Shenmue II (DC)
00:10:30 - Phantasy Star Online (DC)
00:10:46 - NBA 2K2 (DC)
00:12:11 - NCAA Football 2K2 (DC)
00:13:17 - NHL 2k2 (DC)
00:14:13 - Tennis 2k2 (DC)
00:15:44 - Sega Bass Fishing 2 (DC)
00:16:00 - Rez (PS2)
00:17:40 - Bomberman Online (DC)
00:18:25 - Puyo Puyo (GBA)
00:19:00 - Columns (GBA)
00:19:23 - Crazy Taxi 2 (DC)
00:21:35 - Confidential Mission (DC)
00:22:40 - Jet Set Radio Future (DC)
00:24:35 - Gun Valkyrie (XB)
00:25:40 - Virtua Striker 3 (DC)
00:26:51 - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2)
00:28:47 - Herdy Gerdy (PS2)
00:30:39 - Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS2)
00:31:24 - Kinetica (PS2)
00:32:40 - Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies (PS2)
00:34:05 - Soul Reaver (PS2)
00:35:05 - Gran Turismo Concept (PS2)
00:37:23 - The Simpsons Road Rage (PS2, XB, GC)
00:38:48 - President of SEGA talks about end of Dreamcast
00:45:12 - Various peripherals
00:46:29 - F1 2001 (PS2)
00:48:31 - Bass Strike (PS2)
00:49:19 - WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It (PS2)
00:50:57 - Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (PS2, GC)
00:51:26 - New Legends (XB)
00:53:01 - MX 2002 Featuring Ricky Carmichael (PS2, XB)
00:54:23 - Red Faction (PS2)
00:56:13 - Dynasty Warriors 3 (PS2, XB)
00:56:45 - Yanya Caballista (PS2)
00:57:51 - Gitaroo Man (PS2)
00:58:15 - Kessen 2 (PS2)
00:59:41 - Yanya Caballista (PS2)
01:00:30 - Dynasty Warriors 3 (PS2, XB)
01:02:03 - Gitaroo Man (PS2)
01:03:41 - Devil May Cry (PS2)
01:05:48 - Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (PS2)
01:08:17 - The Legend of Alon D'ar (PS2)
01:11:02 - Sunny Garcia Surfing (PS2)
01:12:00 - Luigi's Mansion (GC)
01:15:55 - Pikmin (GC)
01:18:24 - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2)
01:23:05 - Gamecube demo reel
01:24:33 - Dark Cloud (PS2)
01:26:13 - Splash Down (PS2)
01:27:29 - CoolBoarders 2001 (PS2)
01:28:51 - Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (PS2)
01:32:13 - Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS2)
01:36:19 - Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory (PS2)
01:38:06 - Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (PS2)
01:39:53 - Drakan 2 (PS2)
01:41:48 - Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC)
01:46:35 - Wave Race: Blue Storm (GC)
01:50:18 - Starfox Adventures (GC)
01:55:03 - Eternal Darkness (GC)

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Some proper bangers there.

 

[AMSCD]

Those were the days.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

PSO

MGS2

Ace Combat 4

DMC

Luigi's Mansion

SSBM


What a show, must have been awesome to be there. I was just a kid but I had never been so excited for a new console before, waiting for the GCN and SSBM. I remember there was a website counting down the days and they would release new info about the items, characters, or stages in a drip feed leading up to release. A couple years after I got my GCN I ended up getting a PS2 as well, felt like the luckiest kid ever having both consoles. Gen 6 was amazing for a lot of reasons, 2001 to 2004 was one of the greatest periods the industry has ever had.

 

[Melfice7]

 

[Von Hugh]

No DLCs
No microtransactions
No always online
No pay to win
No DEI
No bullshit

You buy the game, you play the full game. Back when the companies respected the time of the consumers. And gamers were excited for almost any and all games.

Those were the days.

 

[Fart Knight]

MGS2 still looks nextgen

 

[Eimran]

Man the nostalgia hit me hard OP

 

[AMSCD]

PSO

MGS2

Ace Combat 4

DMC

Luigi's Mansion

SSBM


What a show, must have been awesome to be there. I was just a kid but I had never been so excited for a new console before, waiting for the GCN and SSBM. I remember there was a website counting down the days and they would release new info about the items, characters, or stages in a drip feed leading up to release. A couple years after I got my GCN I ended up getting a PS2 as well, felt like the luckiest kid ever having both consoles. Gen 6 was amazing for a lot of reasons, 2001 to 2004 was one of the greatest periods the industry has ever had.

Ssbm was a surprise the day after Nintendo's show. They were just like, oh ya we've got some more. It was a huge surprise.

 

[Last Hearth]

I was there, ah the memories.

 

[Esppiral]

Almost all those games became classics, nowadays....

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

I made a promise to myself years ago when I had a mortgage and not lots of money that when it was paid off and I wasn't always broke I'd treat myself, fly first class and attend E3.

Now I'm at that position and there is no E3.

FML.

 

[Damigos]

RIP E3. I once dreamed of attending one, now TGA fills the dream spot

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

PSO

MGS2

Ace Combat 4

DMC

Luigi's Mansion

SSBM


What a show, must have been awesome to be there. I was just a kid but I had never been so excited for a new console before, waiting for the GCN and SSBM. I remember there was a website counting down the days and they would release new info about the items, characters, or stages in a drip feed leading up to release. A couple years after I got my GCN I ended up getting a PS2 as well, felt like the luckiest kid ever having both consoles. Gen 6 was amazing for a lot of reasons, 2001 to 2004 was one of the greatest periods the industry has ever had.

God I miss that Era

It was something special..

 

[keepthemeyesopen]

I made a promise to myself years ago when I had a mortgage and not lots of money that when it was paid off and I wasn't always broke I'd treat myself, fly first class and attend E3.

Now I'm at that position and there is no E3.

FML.

 

[Fake]

What a time. Now we have shit like Summer Games.

 

[IDKFA]

God I miss that Era

It was something special..

The Golden Age of gaming.

 

[diffusionx]

Remember what they took from us

 

[West Texas CEO]

Wait, it looks like some of those TV screens are made from... glass?

 

[EverydayBeast]

That is a huge conference compared to what we get today, losing E3 was devastating to gaming.

 

[Success]

This was 23 years ago people. Let it go.

It is like people in 2004 romanticizing the 80's.

 

[Dacvak]

Hell yeah I was hoping someone would post this video. I watched half of it last night and it was awesome.

Also, for anyone not familiar, Game Sack is by far the best video game YouTube channel around. It’s technical, very comprehensive, extremely well-edited, and doesn’t have any annoying “YouTuber personality” shit. No sponsorships or bullshit at all.

This E3 vid is atypical to the standard vids, which are meticulously scripted and edited. I’d highly, highly recommend this channel. You can really tell how much hard work goes into it.

 

[Spyxos]

Wow, so many great games.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

00:08:24 - Shenmue II (DC)

One of the greatest games ever

Play the remaster!

 

[TVexperto]

God I miss that Era

It was something special..

if only we could RESET time and go back to that ERA

 

[AJUMP23]

Games during the second Age, before the dark times and the Age of GAAS.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Games during the second Age

wtf is the "Second Age" ?

I think you just made that term up.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

My first E3. Playing Halo there was so badass. The SEGA lounge ruled, too.

 

[AJUMP23]

wtf is the "Second Age" ?

I think you just made that term up.

I was writing a description like Tolkien would, or attempting to. But if I had to break it down the First age would be Atari, NES, 16 Bit. Second Age in 32 Bit to Internet and online, Third age is the current age, the AGE of Always Online and GAAS, and the grater extraction from the user.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Games during the second Age, before the dark times and the Age of GAAS.

They were better times

 

[rhodesianshepard]

Early 2000's is when developers finally unlocked what gaming could be. It felt like every couple months a new game would come out and do something that never came before it. Such a revolutionary time to be a gamer

 

[Quantum253]

What a special time. The golden age of gaming, I hope the younger gen gets to see videos like this. Of course, they'd probably be like us when people reflect on Pong/Pacman/etc

 

[Moriarty1889]

No DLCs
No microtransactions
No always online
No pay to win
No DEI
No bullshit

You buy the game, you play the full game. Back when the companies respected the time of the consumers. And gamers were excited for almost any and all games.

Those were the days.

Yes no DEI and no pronouns to go along with bullshit agendas from devs. Just pure gaming fun.

 

[Azelover]

I remember this. I was in highschool and I had a biology exam coming up, and I coudn't stop watching things from this event. A miracle happened and I was able to pass the exam. But instead of studying I spent the whole three days engaged with E3. Pikmin, Luigi, MGS2, the whole thing. Debating in online forums..I don't recommend doing that though..

 

[Fart Knight]

Notice how all games run at 60fps

 

[SEGAvangelist]

This couldn't have been E3 in March 2001. E3 was in May. Also, where are all the Xbox games? There were no Dreamcast games at E3 2001, as they announced going third party in Feb. of that year. I wonder what show this footage is actually from.

 

[Quantum253]

This couldn't have been E3 in March 2001. E3 was in May. Also, where are all the Xbox games? There were no Dreamcast games at E3 2001, as they announced going third party in Feb. of that year. I wonder what show this footage is actually from.

Virtua fighter 4 released in 01 on arcades but in 02 on the PS2. So it had to be around there

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Virtua fighter 4 released in 01 on arcades but in 02 on the PS2. So it had to be around there

There were no Dreamcast games at E3. I was there. Ah OK. It's all labelled incorrectly. The Crazy Taxi footage reads "May 2001." None the stuff labelled as Dreamcast was on Dreamcast there actually. I see they have Jet Set Radio Future labelled as a Dreamcast game too. That was Xbox only. Same for Shenmue 2.

 

[TGO]

PSO

MGS2

Ace Combat 4

DMC

Luigi's Mansion

SSBM


What a show, must have been awesome to be there. I was just a kid but I had never been so excited for a new console before, waiting for the GCN and SSBM. I remember there was a website counting down the days and they would release new info about the items, characters, or stages in a drip feed leading up to release. A couple years after I got my GCN I ended up getting a PS2 as well, felt like the luckiest kid ever having both consoles. Gen 6 was amazing for a lot of reasons, 2001 to 2004 was one of the greatest periods the industry has ever had.

The year after was a banger too
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
Xenosaga: Episode I - Der Wille zur Macht
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs
Doom 3
Half Life 2
Kingdom Hearts
Resident Evil.
Resident Evil Zero.
Resident Evil: Outbreak
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Ninja Gaiden
Beyond Good & Evil
Splinter Cell
MGS2 Subsistence
Silent Hill 3
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
Shenmue II
Tekken 4
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

 

[DeepEnigma]

The golden age of gaming.