Remember this?
Memories with Friends 2000 was a bizarre point and click memory game released for the PrismDisc II. It was designed by Memory Gate Tactile Systems Corp in the late 90’s but there’s not much you can find on the company since their dissolution in 2004.
We got in touch with someone who previously worked at Memory Gate and they provided us this old release promo from the game’s launch. We reformatted and remastered it for vertical to share here. Will post more as we dig into this strange game.
#retrogaming #nostalgiacore #backrooms
Spot for @blacksmith_store , very proud of this one 🥲
Bare with me for a moment:
Masculinity as a concept is in a really strange place, seeming to only exist as an extreme. The most popular flavor being peddled to young men is “strong man aggression” which is so detrimental to the breadth of what masculinity can and should mean. A lot of the conversations I’ve been having about what true masculinity is doesn’t fit into any of those stereotypes. I have a lot of men in my life that not only exude strong trad masc qualities, but also thoughtfulness and deep emotions. They are able to hold both strength, tenderness, and humility at the same time. Unthinkable. That’s what true masculinity is to me, quiet confidence and feeling comfortable enough in your own skin to be truthful to yourself, something that’s taken me a long time to implement into my own life.
When I was conceptualizing this spot, my lovely DP, Aaron, accurately analyzed the way I wrote these characters to be a subconscious reflection of these very tenets I’ve been thinking about so much. So many of the atrocious men that get so much attention in the media are on this disgusting, aggressive side which is why I wanted to make something about thoughtful young men that don’t just look good but also feel good. Ultimately, I think that’s why I decided to make this spot for Blacksmith Clothing because their ethos as a brand really aligns with this nuanced depiction of masculinity. If you’ve gotten this far, thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy this spot.
This piece was so much fun to make and I cannot thank my crew enough for their hard work on this.
Director/Edit: 🫡
Exec Producer: @kristaworby
Producer: @matadorprica
DP: @aaron.kohn
PD: @jacobeppy
Casting: @corylovesyou
Hardware store: @donovanwildfong
Skater: @tyndakut
Musician: @suavepunk
Color: @dylanmhageman
Song: 963 - Timo Krantz @timokrantz
Extra special thank you @cloudyytots and @applesage for opening their garage (we had so much fun cleaning) and Baller Hardware for letting us use their space and my friends that watched this and gave GREAT NOTES
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Anyone else remember this?
This advertisement ran for roughly 1 year in the US/Canada in the late 90’s. The product was a strange point and click computer game called Memories With Friends 2000 where you traverse a world that is both fantastical and fragmented in order to collect friends (and of course memories). It was released by a developer called Memory Gate Tactile Systems Corp.
The game was meant to act as a tentpole release for their original gaming system the “PrismDisc II” but failed to sell more than 10,000 copies in the first year of launch. Strangely, Memory Gate continued providing updates for the game including various peripherals and products for 5 years after its “failed release”. If you have any more information about this game or company please shoot us a DM!
#retrogaming #nostalgiacore #90scommercials
Tired of Remembering?
In 1999, Memory Gate Tactile Systems Corporation released their ambitious 3D point and click adventure game, Memories with Friends 2000.
The game became a cult hit but was mysteriously pulled from shelves a few years after release and shortly after that Memory Gate dissolved leaving nearly no trace of the company’s existence.
We have not been able to locate a functioning version of the Memory Gate flagship console the “PRISMDisc II” and progress porting the game over to PC is slow and arduous. We were able to pull this tutorial video and remaster it for vertical format. This is just one of many menu sequences and we plan to release more as soon as we can.
#retrogaming #nostalgiacore #3danimation #backrooms
Comment “I remember” if you remember
Another remastered promo from the perplexing late 90’s point and click game, Memories with Friends 2000. According to an interview we conducted with an anonymous source involved at Memory Gate Tactile Systems, the developers programmed over 35 dancing animations for the game’s mysterious on screen avatar. Many believe that these animations inspired what would become the Fortnite in-game dances that have become so popular today.
The dances themselves have no real connection to making progress in the game. They seem to randomly trigger when a player becomes idle for too long or shows other signs of boredom like yawning. Months after release, a number of players reported that they became “hypnotized” during these dancing scenes. Investigators reported the hypnotic state lasted anywhere from a few minutes to several hours, while others reported players being stuck for days, and a few rare cases cited “the player was not able to return to reality”
#retrogaming #nostalgiacore #90saesthetic
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