Twisted Metal: The Complete History | The Golden Bolt 

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As a lifelong Twisted Metal fan, who was born in 1995, who's taste in art, action, and music was heavily shaped by the series. Thank you for covering this. It's often a forgotten series. As a fan I hope to someday make my own car combat game, because nobody else will make what I want, even Twisted Metal.

“You don’t care about Jumping Flash!” But… I do…

I won’t lie as somebody that loves TM 2, Black and Small Brawl, I actually really liked how over the top the show was. It’s so campy, it borders on cheap but it was so damn fun. That underdog scrappiness somehow got into the show and it works so damn well for me at least imo.

My only experience with Twisted Metal is when I tried to buy a complete in box black label copy of Twisted Metal Black from a local used game shop and when I got home I opened the case and discovered it was only the 2nd disc of the Greatest Hits version of Twisted Metal Black Online and it was so scratched it wouldn't even boot on my PS2

I love this stupid series so much. ...of course you mentioned the pizza boy/Sonic connection.

Twisted Metal, Sly Cooper, Rachet and Clank and War of the Monsters were some of the all time favorite ps2 games! Way better than any call of duty games out today lol

The show ended up being much better than expected and im really looking forward to a season 2 announcement soon.

My sister and I were just playing Twisted Metal Black the other day and cant beat the NPCs in the 3rd level. No idea how we did it as kids lol. I also remember playing the PS3 one with my friend in highschool and loved it, we Platinumed it together. Always loved the edgy whacky destruction this series had.

Dude I cannot express how much I'm excited for the show. Love that they're going full blown camp.

Damn, this retrospective really makes Jaffe out to be a more visionary-yet-incapable games producer than I had realized. Very interesting.

Twisted metal is the ultimate example of the monkey paw

TM4 was my favorite. Basically every level had a shortcut, hidden area or easter egg. Along with being in the golden era of cheat codes, once memorized, could give you a big advantage during gameplay.

I loved TM2 as a kid. Felt very counter culture at the time, grungey and unpolished but a blast. The rest were solid too, Black being the other major highlight. Thanks for the trip down memory lane and the back story!

I would love to see a new game in the vein of 1, 2, and Head-On, but with some kind of innovation.

@TheGoldenBolt Great video! It wouldn't be fair to give Jaffee heat for Small Brawl. After I worked on the Vigilante 8 and Star Wars Demolition series, I was hired by Incognito to work on Twisted Metal franchise but was given Small Brawl and after it was down rezed to PS1, it became an unfortunate domino effect for that game. So Small Brawl was not him since he was off on God of War at that time.

Hopefully the release of the new show can give people interests in playing the series

I literally burst out laughing when, out of nowhere, you said "subscribe, this is all I have". Subscribed.

Twisted metal is my everything. Especially growing up. When I first got a PS1, the first game I got was twisted metal 1 I was 5 years old. Now I’m 31. Watching the show of peacock, I was like a kid in a candy store haha😂 Hoping Peacock makes a season 2 of the show, & hope there will be a new Twisted Metal game!

I bought the first TM for PS4 and enjoyed it (can be bought PS Store with 10 bucks, so non-PS Plus Premium-people can get it too) And by the way, Gravity Rush 2 was on sale there. And TM2 with the same price as TM1. But I bought TM1. I won't regret it. Now hunting trophies. I have previously played Black (it was the PAL censored version that actually isn't too bad because RU-vid exists) and unlocked everything except Minion.

Yet another reminder that I'm supposed to get off my lazy ass and make a videogame, so I can single handedly revive car combat and be a hero. But I'm tired and don't know how to do that so.

That Parappa edit was absolutely, dare I say,.....Golden.

Hearing Twisted Metal 4 compared to the WWF New Generation era was not something I expected to hear today but its a perfect comparison. Was quite surprised though that you didn't talk about the various Twisted Metal clones that are out there, in particular WWE Crush Hour and Star Wars Demolition. Some are pretty decent, others not so much.

Twisted Metal 4 being called the WWF New Generation of Twisted Metal, is actually very perfect

I was 10 when twisted metal 2 came out and still remember hearing about it from my brother who played it at a friends. We got our own PlayStation that Christmas with a copy of TM2. So I have literally grown up with this franchise. Good video sir.

Great video man, I do believe in the chance of a Twisted Metal revival. People thought God of War ran out of stream with Ascension in 2013 but it got a whole new audience that's bigger than the original with GOW 2018. That's proof that all you need to bring a previously thought dead IP to life is the right direction to get players into it.

Rogue trip is a hidden gem for ps1 deserved alot more than it got

A european here (danish) I did not know the Twisted metal series until I had a psp and bought Head on. And the reason for me buying Head on, was because it reminded me of Rouge Trip, a game me, my sister and friends played when we were kids, and honestly I prefer Rouge Trip over Twisted metal. I think it is because Rouge trip is more silly, less David Jaffe (if that makes sense) and because of the tourist mechanic: It meant that you had an A and B goal. A: defeat your opponents, B: Get the tourist and as much money as possible so you have the advantage in the game.

I still got fond memories of twisted metal 4. Me and my brother used to play that game to death

The show made me go back and play TMBlack again! My Fiancee never heard of the game and her kids never played it either. She felt the show was very easy to follow and fun. I loved all the easter eggs they threw in. I think this revitalized my loved for TM.

I miss twisted metal so badly they need to bring this game series back

I'm glad I went back to watch this before checking out your GoW retrospective, amazing work! As always I'm glad to see you really analyze the human element of game development, which a lot of long-form video game analysis writers leave out.

Thank you for the video, growing up in Australia, TM1 and TM2 especially were my childhood

Honestly it's not that surprising that Twisted Metal beat Chrono Trigger for Game of the Year, RPGs didn't get much mainstream attention until FF7.

I love the video man, you should do War of the Monsters next!

Man twisted metal soundtrack is where most of my music taste comes from.

Small Brawl didn't deserve the hate

Hey! You should do the history of War of the Monsters that was a great game!

Ive been playing Twisted Metal 2 all last week. But geez the game can be so unfair. Spammed specials and then getting spam frozen, so I'm glad there's a rewind function when I'm spammed frozen special to death. Playing as Twister for the first time seriously i never knew how broken her special was 😳

“You don’t care about Jumping Flash.” I STRONGLY beg to differ, sir. Think again.

As a life long fan of the games, I gotta say the show was unexpectedly really good.

i’ve learned that i don’t actually like twisted metal, i just really like the atmosphere of tm black

Wow, they are WAY more Twisted Metal games than I thought. I loved the first two and heard good things about Black when it came out, but the rest were basically news to me. Might be worth it to try and go back to one or two of the older titles, and I've thought about giving the show a shot, too. Great work as always!

Lol wow, combing the drivers lesson song from Parappa with footage from TW, that was genius and hilarious!

Love Twisted Metal! Been a fan of the series since the first game. I think Head On might be my favorite. As far as Rogue Trip, i remember really enjoying that game as well. I didn't hate 3 and 4, but i was disappointed with them. So i was definitely ready to put some time into a game made by the original team. Oh, and it sent a shiver down my spine every time you said nine eighty-nine. Nine eight nine! Finally, and perhaps most importantly. I adore Jumping Flash!

Do the 2003 game “War of the Monsters”! It was one of my favorite games on playstation. It has connections to Twisted Metal with a cool sweet tooth skin!

This is a freaking dream dude! I absolutely love your channel and Twisted Metal is one of my favorite series. Thank you!

That reverb fart 😂

I didn't knew fans didn't like that much Black considering it seems to be the most talked about game of the series.

I grew up with the Twisted Metal series, but did stop after the 3rd game (watched a family member play 4) and didn't play again until Black. Kevin comparing TM 3 and 4 to the New Generation era of WWF/WWE is a VERY good comparison in terms of Sony thinking that changing things in those games was going to resolve all their issues.

The Twisted Metal show on Peacock is awesome and every bit of what it was supposed to be, CRAZY! LOL I can't wait for season 2

I love it when people give me information that I did not know, you earned yourself a sub!

Well damn... Now I wish I had a PSP. I've been a fan since the first Twisted Metal, but never had a chance to play Head On. Also, i definitely remember seeing Rogue Trip ads everywhere for a while, but never played it either... This video gave me retroactive fomo. Thanks for that. Lol

What I like from both 3 and 4, which were the games that initiated me in the series, and also because I got to know Rob Zombie's music which I listen to this very day, is that they're very fun to play for me. If they weren't, I wouldn't be talking about them. I suppose I'm in the minority, aren't I?

I don't know a lot about Twisted Metal, but I've watched the TV show and I was thoroughly impressed. The storyline alone is good enough for Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures and Paramount to back it up - something many major features cannot claim!!! Extremely impressive for a franchise that never quite broke into the mainstream. Normally, no executives would ever care about something that isn't a major world known success. The only exception to that rule would be Blade Runner, which was long forgotten before it's resurgence, again through Sony, and perhaps Mad Max, clearly an inspiration here. I love to see such a massive corporation pulling *actual* risks to get lesser known or forgotten stories to the forefront. Honestly, I am a massive cinema geek, the kind of person who watched a movie per day during the pandemic, as well as many series, and if I had to choose one show as the absolute best non-stop I've seen in the past three years, it would be Twisted Metal. Can't wait to play it!!!

Someone should archive those David Jaffe videos, I would not be surprised if he took them down due to all the attention they might get now that people are aware they, ya know, exist.

Twisted Metal 2 and Black are masterpieces.

Command and Conquer needs a complete history documentary :(

I'm not expecting this TV show to do well I'm the slightest but I hope it does well enough to open a door for a new twisted metal and hope that game is made with passion

Whoa hold on. I loved both Jumping Flash games. They were my first games I ever had on my own

Literally just discovered your channel, like... today. WTF. How'd I miss this?

When PS was released here in New Zealand it didn't have many games... Mostly demo discs but Twisted Metal 1 totally blew up over here. I really enjoyed it and spent many hours zoned in

Jumping flash is so fun

Jaafe pretty much already all but confirmed a remake is already in works. Made by the developer that did destruction allstars. Cant wait!!

David "get's stuck in one room in metroid and blames the game design" Jaffe

i've been back into twisted metal recently, what timing. my favorite is head on

Great video on the series! I hope Jaffe has seen this, I like his RU-vid channel a lot but I hope Sony let’s him make one more twisted

I started playing Twisted Metal back in either 2010 or 2011, but my earliest memory of it was back in 1999, when I saw it advertised with other games on the back of a PS1 game booklet. My first game was TM Black, but I soon started collecting more of them. I do have fun with the games time to time, but I do have to be in a very specific mood to play these games. Honestly I enjoy the story and lore, more than the gameplay, but that's not saying the gameplay is bad. Again, I have to be in a specific mood to enjoy playing Twisted Metal. Nice video btw. I knew a lot of this stuff already, but there were also things here that I didn't know about the franchise. Also, while I don't usually agree with "fan favorites" of certain franchises being the best in those franchises (like Sonic 2 on Genesis. I think it's good, but not the best), this is one of the few times where I agree with the majority that say Twisted Metal 2 is the best, and I didn't grow up with it, so it's not nostalgia. While there are things in later games that were better, there's just something about 2 that's really great.

Twisted Metal 1 must have been released well before 1995 because I recall playing it when I was "little". I definitely wasn't 17 years old (I was born in '78). My older cousin and brother rented it, probably from Hollywood Video (they didn't take me along). I do remember getting to play some parts of the game, and I was absolutely blown away by the split-screen gameplay and everything about it. If you do a google search it also has a release for the game for 2012. The game might have been available to rent before the unleash, but thinking now my older cousin had game consoles before the playstation came out, so IDK. It's no biggie - it was 'way before' 1995 when I played some of the original TM tho.

I always got more of a tales from the crypt/darkside vibe from the first 2 and black twisted metals characters lifes. When I rented my first ps1 I got twisted metal. I was hooked since then. It’s damn shame we never got a black 2. That game sold ps2’s

I did not even have it in my mind that a "Twisted Metal III" existed. Thought it just went from 2 to Black.

I'm a lifelong Twisted Metal Fan (born in the 80's and grew up in the 90's) I had no clue the game never sold well. The show is PHENOMICAL so hopefully we get a new game/series based off the show. Maybe then it'll have legs and AT LEAST do as well as the show has.

Twisted Metal Black was my PS2 system seller, my excuse to upgrade to move on from the PS1. Twisted Metal would be my PS5 system seller.

Twisted Metal is my favorite game ever played it at 5 years old on NES in my friend Brenden's Basement. The game was amazing smoked every other title for years to come and they made titles like twisted metal 2 that just made everything even more challenging and in my opinion more fun! The sad truth is the entire development team was aboard a jet airliner that went down and no one survived. This is also the first open world game without loading screens. No other game was as iconic or as game changing for the gaming industry. Elite 84 maybe a largely unknown PC title but it was the first open world game by definition you could fly throughout outer space and shoot other players down in real time online! That blows my mind in 1984 how is that possible not too sure if it was online probably me just over embellishing the facts there. But no game until twisted metal even considered having an entire map without loading screens that players could freely travel through. Vice city had these terrible loading screens from island to island that took forever to load in. Many people wonder what happened to twisted metal it was awesome sold like wildfire and suddenly died off out of nowhere. Sadly they all died and the rights are with them maybe the tv show is worth watching Idk but aside from TV shows or movies Twisted Metal cannot be produced because of the legal ramifications. That in my opinion is the worst stab to gaming in history they cut the heart of out of playstation while it was just started to really get beating. Turns out Twisted metal was never on NES or SNES i do remember the game being on playstation now it just looked like it was on NES because the graphics and my memory must have just thought it was an NES. My friend Brenden did have NES but now I'm remembering he did also have a PlayStation and it ran on discs while i had cartridges somehow I managed to remember a cartridge with twisted metal but it just is a wrong memory I also have to include Until I was 9 years old I didn't wear glasses so i could have just not seen correctly which console we were playing I was basically blind from far away.

Car Combat as a whole is a sub-genre that seemed to live and die with Twisted Metal. A new game would be welcome just to have a new car combat game in general.

woooooo here we gooo!

This is so funny! I was just watching a Bunch of Twisted metal lore and timeline videos today because I was curious about th franchise from seeing the new TV show trailer and now you post this! The universe is telling me something

Hey I'm one of those that loved Jumping Flash! and Jumping Flash 2. It had a serene beat for the ice stages. I also loved the Japanese version of Motor-Toon Grand Prix. However, it is interesting to see a documentary on a loved series.

It's hilarious to hear someones opinion that doesn't like it.. Twisted metal 3 was what introduced me to Rob Zombie, and it was quite the experience... Twisted metal 4 was released and I made a custom named car named Yauker. I've been using this name for 21 years now! All from twisted metal.

This video is awesome. I’m commenting again now that Sweet Tooth is being heralded as the only marketable character. He is awesome. One of my favorite characters in video game history honestly. But am I the only one ready to give Twister some love? An Indy racer that has opposite facing rockets pop out on the sides of her car that make her spin so fast she creates a tornado to damage opponents and rip them off the ground? THATS BADASS

Twisted metal is hands down one of the best series for ps. I played so much twisted metal, metal gear solid, driver, need for speed and gran turismo as a kid...absolutely loved every minute of everyone of those games. There's nothing diminishing about the fan base. We have been waiting a lifetime for a new game...they better put one on the ps5.

Twisted Metal Season 1 was great. Can't wait for Season 2.

Ngl i grew up on the very original one but Black will always be my personal favorite. All the nightmares No Face gave Lil Dark made sure it will always hold a special place in my heart

Good god im old. Did time really go by so quick? Feels like yesterday when david jaffe looked like some college nerd and not old and moldy like he does now. Also sony had an impressive studio lineup back then, insomniac, naughty dog, sucker punch studios, zipper interactive, and more. They still have alot across the pacific states.

Twisted Metal needs new people in charge like the TV show did. Take this world and characters a do something new but familiar with it.

The numbers that flash on screen at 2:05 are 16 19 20 08 18 05 05; that's a simple cipher that decodes to 'PSTHREE'. Pretty neat!

Small Brawl is amazing and I will die on this hill

With the success that the show was hopefully we'll be getting more games

You're a fool, Jumping Flash was awesome!

I requested and got a launch Playstation back in Christmas of 1995. The only games I received with it were the Purple Playstation Picks disc and Kileak: The DNA Imperative. I hated Kileak, found it dull, so I would play that demo disc, and it drove me insane that the Twisted Metal demo wasn't playable, because I would obsess with that demo video for weeks. January 1996, my local videostore gets a copy of Twisted Metal, and my brother and I fell in love immediately. I'm lucky to have been in on the groundfloor, and as a diehard TM fan, I have to say....the show is actually good.

Love the content bro! You keep releasing banger after banger. Hope you're doing well!

I literally just wanted to find a good video abt TM lmao. I guess I'm lucky today!

I had Jumping Flash (and/or Jumping Flash 2) on my mind since its print advertisements, and if memory serves, picked it up on PS3, which provided me the free download for PS4, which...I tried once, didn't get that much of a hang for the controls, and it's been on my "Future Me will surely some day feel ready to sit down for that" backlog.

I am one of the handful that does care about jumping flash, and I didn't even grow up with it

And btw jumping flash was awesome for its time lol

Ok but how come Japan had exclusive stuff if the game was never popular outside the US...?!

Just watched a video going over all the endings, pretty wild roller coaster.

Us '90s kids definitely remember this game because who the hell never played the demo of twisted metal 1 or 2?! I found the demos to be fun and kept playing them and have played the 1 & 2 before. Maybe it's because I played the original but those are what appealed to me more and if a new game was done I would like to see them go back to the basics. It wasn't a series that appealed to me compared to what I'm a fan of gaming but it was fun and entertaining game. It was interesting with the villain who started the competition and the short descriptions for the characters you chose to play as which I liked about it. Since there was just the new show that dropped that's a sign that the series could make a come back. This definitely was a game to do a video about since the show dropped and interested me being a kid when this game first debuted.

Loved the vid men thank you for all the amazing work you put into this ❤️

It feels like every now and then, someone once again makes this video about the timeline and story of TM, with varying titles and detail. From the countless "remember Twisted metal?" Or "what happened to twisted metal?" To retrospectives with or without Jaffe. A part of me thinks that people find the legacy of the games more interesting than the actual games sometimes. A bit of a pity.