Gwimbly CD-i (HD Version) 

Unfortunately, I could only upscale this to 720p if I wanted to keep the individual pixel size perfectly square. I tried a 960p version, but YT just crunched it back down to 720p anyway. Check the description if you wanna download the individual files for yourself. Also, I do plan on putting together a making-of video at some point in the near future.

Oh yeah. This was definitely the dark age of the Gwimbly series. I wouldn't be surprised if this is why the company stopped making games for him. That cdi deal really killed the franchise.

I love how the boss fight, even though its a oneshot, it still looks more like an actual boss compared to the real cdi games.

The deranged designs, the corny dialogue, the awkward-looking gameplay, yep, this is CD-i distilled to its very essence.

I just figured it out: Gwimbly's voice is Zach's impersonation of Corey's impersonation of Sonic.

Man, you just can't imagine all the suffering behind that smile...Mr. Milipede needed help and so do so many others around the world in his shoes...fuck Fentanyl.

The Gwinbily 2010 YTP era was something else XD

I find it funny that despite it trying to replicate CDI Zelda, it still has better animation

the final fight with Groxia always scared me as a kid. I've had a massive fear of large purple people ever since.

Damn, Mr. Millipede was so full of life before he got hooked on fentanyl...

So sad seeing Mr. Millipede here. He looked so young and healthy. America truly does a a fentanyl crisis. R.I.P. Mr. Milipede

Such an interesting piece of Gwimbly history. The fact THIS is the reason why the Playstation exists, because Johnathan Station got into a fistfight with Gwimbly himself due to disagreements between them, will always be fascinating

Now YTPers have more fuel to work with

I loved the gwimbly ytps from back in the day

I love the detail of CD-I making Grimbly uncanny-looking.

Better than gwimbly goes missing

I like how remarkably high effort a lot of SF fan content is.

I still can’t believe that you’ve come so far from the YTP community to actually help animate game cutscenes based off of those crappy CDI animations. Sometimes I feel like memes really do have more of an impact on us than I thought

Aw man, why'd you have to make Mr. Millipede so endearing? Now I'm just reminded of America's opioid crisis

Too bad you couldn't get famed voice actor Joshua Tomar to reprise his roll as Count Groxia. But then again I'm thankful Interpol finally caught him.

This is one of the best non-Zelda CDI animations I have seen you do. Great Job!

if this was actually released, this would’ve been RU-vid Poop GOLDMINE. (HD version)

While I never played the Gwimbley games myself, My Dad was always a hardcore gwimbley Fan, even though he never owned a single game. at school, he and his friends would constantly talk about Gwimbley, and so imagine the Excitement in his eyes when on his 16th birthday, he got a new game console, The Phillips CDI, and the newest gwimbley Game, "Gwimbley: Cream if the crop". Of course, as any true gwimbley fan would know, Thinks got Ugly real fast. the Gameplay was slow and generic, plus it played nothing and looked nothing like the games he played at his friend's house. The Disappointment hit him so hard, that he never played a gwimbley game again. However, the story did have a Happy ending, as I managed to find an emulator online for the original Gwimbley and Gwimbley 2: Count Groxia's Revenge, and he played his Heart out to both of them. I've only seen some All Bosses compilations of the original gwimbley trilogy, But thanks to this, I can feel the large amount of disappointment he felt.

Mam, its been so long since we've had a proper Gwimbly game (as in collectathon, none of these crossovers or cheap mobile games) that I'm almost nostalgic for this. At least it had jumping and item collecting.

"Directed by Alan Smithee" fucking genius!

I love the fact that Jimmy Davis worked on [as] & now has made an actual cartoon in the style of the old cdi games using on of the most iconic [as] mascots of 2024. Amazing work!

All of your acquired CD-i knowledge has led to the creation of this. This is just beautiful.

Get ready for this to be on YTPs.

I remember there being another gwimbly cdi game starring mr millipede It was called Mr. Millipede: Lost in spamtopia

Zach needs to see this, good lord. You absolutely knocked this out of the park.

It's nice Zach saw your work on T×itter

I always loved the weird interpretations of the franchises featured in these old CD-i games. The choice to have the Creamed Corn be made in a factory owned by Gwimbly rather than a naturally occurring power source was such a weird decision, but it's part of the charm of Cream of the Crop

dude doesn't feel like making stuff anymore; suddenly starts making the best content he's made to date

Internet gaslighting aside, this is genuinely a spectacular video. You did a fantastic job at emulating the feel of the CDI. I’ve never seen anyone come THIS close to that. If I didn’t know better, I genuinely would have thought this was real

Smiling friends should acknowledge this thing's existence and make it canon--

I hate breaking the joke, but all these different iterations and imaginings of Gwimbly really shows how much dedication there is within the Smiling Friends community. And im just gonna say what no one else is willing to say, theres a damn fentanyl crisis in america dude.

Never even watched Smiling Friends but the algorithm fed me this and honestly its so well done I thought it was a real game. Had to google it and found the show in a roundabout way. So, thanks for expanding my horizons and great job on a super-convincing fake!

The Conection gwimbly and Mr Millipede shared was so specie, truly one of the greatest duos in gaming history.

“Wait… thats it?! THE FINAL BOSS IS A ONESHOT?!?” -AVGN

RIP Mr. Millipede, you were a real one.

I'm going to get a lot of hate for this, but I actually loved Gwimbly CDI as a kid. My parents bought me a CD-I for Christmas one year thinking it was a PlayStation, and I had to make do with a lot of the games that came with it. Gwimbly was, without a doubt, my favorite. There were a few bugs here and there (not including Mr. Millipede), and the gameplay was nearly impossible for me to get a grasp on at first, but I still made do. If I got stuck somewhere, my older brother would come and play through a screen for me. I don't know when he had the time to get so good, but I never asked him about it. I never got to the end of the game though. Not even my brother could get through the final area. This is the first time I'm seeing the ending cutscene. It sucked that they couldn't get Gwimbly's original voice actor, but I think this guy did a decent job. The CDI version of Gwimbly eventually led me to try out other Gwimbly games on different consoles when I was in Highschool. I realized very quickly that the one I grew up with was the black sheep of the franchise, and that it was pretty much universally hated. Still, it meant a lot to me and my brother growing up, and I'm glad I got to see the ending all these years later. Thank you for sharing this.

I didn’t grow up in the age of gwimbly but I can still respect the the effect he made in modern gaming today 👍

I always hated when my friends would pick up the tin can in the secret level. One shotting the boss totally robs you of a sense of victory.

Dayum, Groxia is dangerously stacked!

Imagine a CD-i inspired character in Smiling Friends because of this video as an inspiration? That would be perfect.

Jimmy, you are the one of the few people who's a biggest fan of the CD-i videogames. Now I can hear the Philips CD-i startup playing in my head

I actually had a CD-i as a kid and I've played a shit ton of Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon. This video is perfection. The sound effects from the game... the shitty jumping... I love it. Only thing is the animation is TOO good lmao

I remember watching so much ytp of this cutscene specifically back in the day. Man, got a bit emotional there, nostalgia is one helluva emotion...

Its hard to believe this was the game before the beloved and iconic N64 Gwimbly.

Absolutely stunning quality, fantastic effortpost!

honestly surprised smiling friends hasn't had a cd-i reference in the show. feels like it'd fit right in.

Thanks for posting this! We couldn't afford the CD-i as a kid and I was so desperate to play the sequel to my fav game. But now at least I can finally see it myself and though yeah the CD-i may not have been the best fit, the team still knocked it out the park because they had so much passion for Gwimbly.

This is really an amazing piece of work. You went all in on the accuracy and I'm all for it.

I remember watching HOURS of Gwimbly CD-i youtube poops back in the 2010s. So many amazing maymays

Love the use of the factory founder’s memorial plaque. Reminds me of all the “In loving memory” end cards from the show

A true masterpiece, I expected nothing less from you. Well done.

This is genuinely amazing

I always appreciate how you give us the files so we can do things with them =)

Meta-Jokes aside... HUGE props for putting together this piece of art! Traditional animation is hard enough. But fluidly combining it with a niche art style? INCREDIBLE!

Mate, this is spot-on! You nailed the three art-styles, animation, character sprites, and backgrounds. Good work!!

This is almost too well animated to be convincing, I'm so impressed! 🙈

Why is this so good? Incredible job!

Wow, love seeing all the detail in the sprite work that was difficult to see in the original down-scaled version. Also, I just noticed the "Directed by Alan Smithee" gag at the end. That's some clever detail!

You've been addicted to those cutscenes for YEARS you already know how to imitate them 😭

This is like the only one of these I’ve ever seen that’s done well all the way through. I think the mic audio for Gwimbly/Mr Millepede could have been a hair shittier but it’s still really incredibly done. The drawings are really perfectly uncanny in how they look and feel and move around. Great work! 🎉

Man this is incredible - also huge huge congratulations for 100K Jimmy! Hitting that milestone’s a nice note to end on

dude this is so good

You know I always remember between the late 2000s people were just making memes of this. There aren’t any more Gwimbly games anymore but hey you could say he was one of the founders that started Internet culture.

This was so well done. I really love this!😂

Congrats on 100K Jimmy!

I just love how this looks like a genuine cdi game. You even nailed the random awkward closeups in the cutscenes

Never made it to the last level. Good job! Thanks for uploading the ending

congrats on 100k!!

Idk why people hating on this, this was my most favorite Gwimbly game growing up ❤

Genuinely an impressive animation and production 😮

You nailed it, dude.

Excellent use of perspective shifts and characters needlessly pointing at you and eachother. Very period accurate

Great CD-i Video!

Oh hey, you're almost at 100k subscribers! Congratulations!

Nice that there is new cdi context being made, games animations etc in the style of cdi animations

This is well done!

This is amazing!

I would unironically try this out, it does look a lot of fun

This is way too good, dude.

I'm sure glad Mr. Smithee ventured into animation

Jesus you NAILED the aesthetic to a T

This is just incredibly impressive I would have to imagine if someone made a homebrew game of CDI like this, that will deserve to had a new community shall be born

It’s not until you go back and watch clips like this that you realize Creamed Corn Quest wasn’t nearly as bad as people remember

This is insane. One thing that was actually nailed was the music. CD-i music for games was always this odd funky beat that never really fit the game but wasn't bad.

Congrats on reaching 100,000 subs!

Really good voice acting!

Outstanding work

I love it, the animation is way too good though :D

This guy understood the assignment. The cutscenes are both under and over animated. It’s great.

damn, that's was well made work!

This brings me back.

It’s amazing how mister millipede’s first major role as a sidekick was in this game. Such an integral piece to the franchise that came from the thing that almost destroyed it.

wow this is incredible!!

How is my man so good at this.

I unironically enjoy this style!