The MinnMax Show - Our Favorite Demos Of All Time
Added 2023-03-08 20:00:05 +0000 UTCWelcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Jeff Marchiafava to reminisce about our favorite demos and demo discs of all time. Let us know your favorites in the comments. Then we unpack some great games with generous demos like Team Ninja's Sekiro-inspired Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Humanity from Enhance Games, and Octopath Traveler 2. Then we also talk about the new Dead Cells DLC that's Castlevania-themed and JeffM falling in love with Kerbal Space Program 2. After that we dive into wonderful questions submitted by the community on Patreon!
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:25 - Our favorite demos of all time
00:33:4 - Demos for upcoming games available now
00:35:03 - Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
01:02:39 - Humanity
01:06:49 - Octopath Traveler 2
01:09:49 - Dead Cells: Return To Castlevania
01:18:25 - Kerbal Space Program 2
01:27:19 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters
01:31:25 - Community questions
02:11:27 - Get A Load Of This
JeffM's GALOT - exrx.net
Janet's GALOT - https://twitter.com/DoomscrollDOOM
Hanson's GALOT - https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/origins-theatrhythm
Kyle's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAbiHtV7A0g
Community GALOT - https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/0156035219/ref=acr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar
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Comments
The PlayStation era was great for demos I remember subscribing to “PlayStation Underground” and got a new CD crammed with demos every month.
Kevin Korpi
2023-03-10 03:33:14 +0000 UTCJust got to the end of the podcast, how did none of y'all mention Barney as their first exposure to dinosaurs?
Jordan Brown
2023-03-09 19:36:30 +0000 UTCI just have two demo shootouts: Fuzion Frenzy on Xbox was a demo I players for hours with my brothers and loved every minute of it. Devil May Cry had a demo that came with Code Veronica on PS2 that completely blew my mind as a kid. EDIT: Also a fun tidbit, Smash Bros Brawl had demos for classic games on it to promote the Virtual Console store on Wii and a couple years ago speedrunners were able to beat Ocarina of Time before the trial ran out for it's demo. Really fun video to watch on it. https://youtu.be/jusgAEW4soo
Jordan Brown
2023-03-09 17:23:14 +0000 UTCWhatever was the demo disc that had The Legend of Dragoon on it, my brothers and I played on repeat and eventually did get our parents to purchase the full game. Another ps1 game we bought solely due to the demo was Tomba. Better game than you’d think. Was very happy to see Dragoon just recently get trophy support and added to ps+
2023-03-09 13:26:30 +0000 UTCOctopath Traveler 2 is one of the best games I've ever played.
Lorenzo
2023-03-09 01:46:52 +0000 UTCThat was peak pizza hut. As a kid who loved both books and pizza, book it was the shit
Randolph Sparks
2023-03-09 00:11:26 +0000 UTCThe demos that stick put most to me are the ones that really showed off a new console generations capabilities so Metal Gear Solid 2 and Uncharted Drakes Fortune really stick out in my mind
Randolph Sparks
2023-03-09 00:10:38 +0000 UTCShoutout to the THPS PS1 demo delivered exclusively via Pizza Hut delivery order. It had maybe one map and we played it so much that we invented a mode we called "wrestling" but was just us knocking each other off our skateboards.
Victor Romero
2023-03-08 21:55:50 +0000 UTCAnd countless demos at kiosks at Best Buy, GameStop, Funcoland, etc
Dustin Davis
2023-03-08 20:10:49 +0000 UTCSome favorite demos: the first Halo PC demo; the demo for Pariah on PC; Battlefield 1942 on PC; Max Payne; No One Lives Forever 2
Dustin Davis
2023-03-08 20:05:29 +0000 UTC
