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The Hidden Origins of DICE: From Amiga Demos to Rally Masters and Battlefield

Before they created the Frostbite engine and revolutionized the FPS genre with Battlefield, DICE ( Digital Illusions ) were the kings of the dirt. In this video, we go deep into the history of the Swedish powerhouse, starting from their roots in the Amiga Demo Scene with "The Silents" to the technical marvel that was Michelin Rally Masters: Race of Champions . We explore how their obsession with physics and hardware-pushing graphics led to the legendary RallySport Challenge series on the original Xbox , and why Michelin Rally Masters remains a cult classic for racing fans today. In this video: • The Amiga Origins: Pinball Dreams and The Silents. • Michelin Rally Masters: Deep Dive into the 2000 Classic. • The jump to Xbox: RallySport Challenge 1 & 2. • Why DICE stopped making racing games to focus on Battlefield. If you enjoyed gaming documentaries like Noclip or GVMERS , you’ll love this look at the "Speed of Sound" era of Digital Illusions. ● Subscribe: ...

It's a Pixel THING Complete Season One




This is the entire first season of It's a Pixel THING, over 6 hours of content compiled into one single video for your viewing convenience and pleasure!

It's cool to watch the evolution on presentation from the host (myself!) and video and audio quality.

There's other alternative ways for watching the episodes, like using the series playlists below or go directly to the "videos" tab on my channel.

The "Pick Ups" videos and other "special" episodes are not included in this compilation.

Thanks for watching!


It's a Pixel THING Episodes PlayList (newest to oldest): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLArECn6rOyzfVqBVa8EgeZPvLt5v0kUCV


• 0:25 - Episode 1: My 4 Favorite Arcade Off Road / Rally Racing Videogames of All Time

• 10:16 - Star Wars: Dark Forces [1995, MS-DOS] Review

• 17:41 - My 4 Best Sim Racing Videogames

• 29:33 - Ocean Software: Rise and Fall of a Giant

• 40:02 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [1989, MS-DOS/Amiga] Adventure Game Review

• 46:05 - Ugh! [1992, Amiga/MS-DOS] Review

• 52:18 - Big Red Racing [1996, MS-DOS] Review

• 56:22 - Commodore and the Amiga Mistakes

• 1:11:16 - Fuzzball [1991/1992, Amiga] Review

• 1:17:10 - 5 Playstation 2 (PS2) Underrated Games

• 1:26:00 - Batman: The Movie [1989, ZX Spectrum] Review

• 1:30:24 - Top 6 Mountain Bike Videogames

• 1:39:38 - FUEL: a thought [2009, PC • XBOX360 • PS3]

• 1:44:52 - ALIEN 3 [1993, SNES] Review

• 1:49:02 - Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine [1999, PC/Windows] Review

• 1:55:40 - Rick Dangerous [1989, Amiga / ZX Spectrum / C64 / DOS] Review

• 2:01:34 - Rock'n'Roll [1989, Commodore Amiga] Review

• 2:05:54 - Deathchase [1983, ZX Spectrum] Review

• 2:12:24 - Myth - History in the Making [1992, Amiga] Review

• 2:19:28 - Micro Machines [1994, MS-DOS] Review

• 2:24:17 - ALIEN [1984, ZX Spectrum] Review

• 2:28:57 - Trials Fusion [2014, PC] Review

• 2:34:44 - The Great Escape [1986, ZX Spectrum] Review

• 2:41:21 - The First Samurai [1991, Amiga / SNES] Review

• 2:48:37 - Late 90s PC gaming Rig - IBM NetVista [type 6793]

• 2:57:39 - The Untouchables [1989, C64] Review

• 3:02:58 - 10 Must Have PS2 Games

• 3:17:03 - WolfChild [1992, Amiga / SNES] Review

• 3:23:29 - 10 Arcade Games for Xmas

• 3:34:04 - Dakar [Off-Road Rally] Games Overview

• 3:45:19 - MX vs ATV Unleashed [2006, PC] Overview

• 3:51:16 - Personal 10 Best 8 & 16 bit Intro Tunes [Home Computers]

• 4:01:31 - Assassin [1992, Amiga] Review

• 4:07:22 - 15 Video Games for Valentine's Day

• 4:19:21 - Castlevania: Spectral Interlude [2015, ZX Spectrum] Review

• 4:23:42 - Video Games based on Oscar Winning Movies for Best Picture

• 4:36:00 - Lookback at Europress Software & Mini Office Amiga Review

• 4:46:55 - Rally Trophy [2001, PC/Windows] Review

• 4:53:50 - Targa [2014/1995, Super Nintendo] Review

• 4:58:43 - Gotek Floppy Amiga Emulator Review

• 5:07:16 - Restoring my old IBM PS/1 486DX2 66MHz

• 5:17:37 - War In Middle Earth [1988, ZX Spectrum / MS-DOS / Amiga] Review

• 5:24:27 - 6 Amazing Games that are still Exclusive to the Playstation 2

• 5:33:31 - TOPO Soft and ERBE Software in the Golden Age of Spanish Video Games

• 5:50:51 - IBM Model M Mechanical Keyboard

• 2:57:50 - Celebrating 30 Years of the Amiga: My Top 26 Games


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