My friend (who was a compulsive liar) described these games when we were children. I honestly never knew they actually existed.

The difference between these games and stuff like BMXXX is that on top of the humor and violence they’re actually solid in the gameplay department.

Always gets me in a funny mood seeing Takeshi's Castle referenced with a different name and different voice over

Generation 6 consoles was definitely peak gaming. So many high quality titles that defined multiple genres. This was my college years so I'm very nostalgic for this era.

Most of my family is now passed and gone and coming back to some of these old games is the only way I can relive those long gone days, they are the only thing thats still here and unchanged from those days, and I'll always be thankful that I can step back into these places, if like you said, only for a moment, to just remember what the world was like at that time...thanks gman.

The funniest thing to me is that the wild characters in games this old seem to have more personality than many in something like Starfield.

Dave atell is a great comedian. his insomniac series was GOATED

The absolute best content. Never let this era of media die!

Ps2 era games felt like every developer wanted to make the best game ever, like every game was trying to one up the last one. Then someone realized how profitable games were becoming and there was a shift from art to commercial product. Call of Duty is a great example of this.

This is exactly the early 2000's tone that is miss so much. I would love a PC port of those games, not even a remake because they would "modernize" the fun out of it. I mean, it basically what EA did to the studio.

As if I could forget one of the games that got me in trouble when it was on the cover of that months gaming magazine. This and DoA Beach Volleyball threatened my ability to keep getting gaming magazines as a teen.

the problem with games like this trying to market hot girls is that you still spend the entire game time thinking about balls.

Me and my friends actually really got into Outlaw Volleyball. Once we got past all the ogling; the mechanics, side games, and progression systems made it the perfect "Hey come over and hangout" couch competitive game. It would rotate in somewhere between taking turns on GTA and playing SSX Tricky.

It was the period where making games was easy enough for anyone to make it but not profitable enough to become a giant industry.

I spent sooooo many hours playing Outlaw Golf 2 back in the day. It was fun to play alone, and even more fun with friends. To this day it is my favorite Golf game of all time. I was really surprised back then that the game was actually a pretty good Golf Sim and not just some trash game with offensive humor.

I miss these type of games and just out right mindless fun.

I want the vibe of the 90s and 2000s back so bad.

I rented one of the Outlaw Golf games as a kid, and the line that always stuck with me is "I haven't seen a hook that bad since I saw my grandpa naked".

"No one remembers"? How dare you sir! Outlaw Golf 2 was probably my favourite golf game on the original X-Box. It played pretty well, and beating up Puddin' with Mistress Suki never got old. The humor is VERY dated, but I grew up with Beavis & Butthead. So it suits my generation beautifully.

I think of the early to mid 2000s as a sort of golden age of gaming. Game studios just took so many risks and there was a wide variety of games because it wasn’t the multi trillion dollar enterprise it is today. We don’t get games like this anymore or other games from that time. I want another outlaw sport game or even NBA & NFL street, Blitz, and even the “serious” sports games had some fun aspects. Some of the best series of games came out during this time too. It was just a great time. The variety is what I miss most. Now I gotta play pga 2k for a golf game now and it just does not have the same charm and I can’t remember the last triple A studio that put something out that wasn’t guaranteed to sell well but was fun and had charm. Maybe “High on Life” but that’s all I can think of.

The beating of the caddy minigame is so outrageous, I love it lmao.

This is a perfect example of what i loved about video games & entertainment when i was growing up. I never would have thought things would have changed the way they did to where things are nowadays. The early 2000's-90's vibe was the best and I'll miss it forever.

These games were constantly in rental stores when i was kid. Saw them all the time but was never allowed to rent them

This video is how you know gman is an OG.

Wow, this comment section is the absolute best. It's nothing but nostalgia, happy thoughts, and well wishes. Who knew the Outlaw games brought out the best in people.

I had Outlaw tennis on the ps2 and man I played it to death, even my sister liked it, hard to believe but it was one of those games that brought the household together for some good laughs

I had two of those games and still had them to this day. A shame there wouldn’t be more of those, but man, the era they stood on was so much fun, oddly enough

That DOA Volleyball is still looking good

Best part is Steve Carell is the announcer.

I remember getting an OXM demo disc in the mail with the demo for Outlaw Golf 2 on it. On thanksgiving day, my cousin and I spent hours playing it, even though there was only one course and you could only play as Harley and Ice Trey. We would later rent it from Blockbuster and stay up late playing the extra modes since the main tour was super hard. We never even got close to unlocking everything, and at the time we didnt know about the cheat code to have it all available (It's very conveniently called "I Have No Time")

We’re seeing a reemergence of 6th generation console gaming. Developers are more experienced than ever with 3D graphics allowing for budget titles that are very much AA. This year and a half alone we got a new Gungrave game, Wanted Dead (from ex-Team Ninja developers,) and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk i.e. Jet Set Radio 3. It’s a good year to be a PS2/Xbox/GameCube/Dreamcast fan. Heck, on the GameCube side of things, we’re getting a remake of Thousand Year Door.

Been binge watching your videos lately... I love your commentary, editing and the interesting games that you feature. Keep it up, man!

in the good timeline we keep getting arcadey games with sexy presentation every year in this one.... well, lets just say spiderman and his aunt have a bizzarro relationship

I’m not sure why you’re so baffled that DOA characters have great reflexes! They’re literally all martial artists lol

Seeing Burnout 3 Takedown for whopping couple seconds brought me unbridled joy. Thank you.

Love your retro review coverage. Takes me back to old days.

Man I loved these games. Being a 15-16yo male around the time it's clear to see why I loved them so much. My Dad was even quite partial to them at the time as well.

I knew you were a man of culture, but mentioning MXC just took you to a whole new level. My dad and I religiously watched that show.

Love these retrospectives of odd classic early 2000 games! Thank you for all you do 😊

Those cases were formative images at your local Blockbuster and you know it.

Never heard of these games before. Now I wanna play all of them.

Okay I know Gman avoided some obvious jokes but someone needs to tweet Colbert's commentary at him

that opening is wild my brother!!!! I really like how you write and edit these gaming content

the true unsung hero of the PS2 era: the Impact font

Steve Carrell doing the commentary is hilarious!

Definitely the timiest time of all time

I remember picking up Outlaw Golf from a bargain bin, and yeah, it was fun. Outlaw Tennis is also great with pals.

Absolutely loved these games. Still have my physical copies. I wish these types of games would still be made.

Nobody remembers them, until Gmanlives brought them up.

Don't you worry Gman. I never forgot these games. I still have hard copies on a rack on display. Outlaw Volleyball was my favorite :)

They were my favorite spots games. Funny easy and arcade style games

Me and 3 of my friends use to meet up and play 4 players in outlaw volleyball, and do the 1v1 fights when we got tired of each other. I miss it so much.

I miss that wacky era of games so much. Games were so fun.

"They made fun of pretty much every race class and gender" So it's applied evenly, the definition of equality, which comedy doesn't even need to adhere to.

Outlaw golf 2 is pretty timeless, its the one golf game you can always go back to as most others are lacking, be it because they focus too much on the simulation, or just have little content where you done it once and you dont see the point in doing it again, and i think the difficulty holds up so well to the point its just right, you know the AI will often sink the 20ft putts in like any other pro, that means when your on the green, sure you might be chilling and playing a game, but you gotta have that bit of focus still, really keeps you on your toes.

Natashe from Outlaw Volleyball is blatantly Brigitte Nielsen. One of the devs obviously had a crush as a kid.

Ah yes that good old T&A. Tennis and Astroturf

God outlaw golf 2 was a hidden memory you just unlocked, my dad and I played the hell out of this when I was a kid. Such a great game.

There is nothing more early to mid 2000s than female characters wearing jeans and they have a thong that is really high. That and midriff, God, I miss Lindsey Lohan in her prime and her middiff

21:00 lmao that reaction clip is GOLD.

I remember them. They were a lot of weekend couch coop fun.

I had the first outlaw golf. Absolutely loved it

The reason Why I still playing Golf. Thank you Outlaw Golf. And thank you for the memories

I was at work the other day daydreaming about playing a volleyball gane when I was a kid where I would just start fights and barely play the volleyball. Thanks for reminding me of the title.

That Stephen Colbert comment about his current audience couldn't be more accurate lmao

This reminds me, I'm still missing Outlaw Tennis for my Xbox collection. I liked Outlaw Golf 2!

outlaw golf 2 is, unironically a better golf game than the latest mario golf, we live in sad sad times.

A female version of Dolph Lundgren is Brigitte Nielsen!

one of my first xbox games was outlaw volleyball, played the living hell out of them. eventually came across the holiday demos of them and they were fun just wish those stages and such were transferable in some way

We need more games like this

I was just talking about these games to a friend I’m so glad your posted it

When I got my og Xbox from my mom for christmas she had got me Outlaw Golf with it. That game was the most played game on that Xbox.

We've now hit the point where if a woman isn't built like a refrigerator, it's considered unrealistic.

Seeing you call Takeshis castle MXC but i can understand it was probably named differently for different regions

0:09 Outrun Coast2Coast on the PS2 was my childhood, used to play it religiously everyday. Brought a lot of memories seeing that short clip 😅

0:16 Ho come on... Doom 3 isn't that old... 2004 was like 10 years ago...

Oh thank gawd, another Gman video! Everything else seems so dour these days; the world absolutely NEEDS your work!

I think that Russian character in Outlaw Volleyball was supposed to be based on Brigitte Nielsen (Red Sonja, and also in Rocky IV with Dolph Lundgren).

I remember seeing Outlaw Golf on the shelf at my local video game store around 2007 with my friends and just laughing at the shitty premise. The box art, alone, was pretty amusing. Always wanted to try it out.

I was just thinking of these games 2 days ago and then you posted this

I love these games. They're a prefect time capsule for a bygone era that I wish would make a comeback. Also in regards to Outlaw Golf, you're pulling back way too much on the stick and then waiting for the power meter to come back down to the correct percentage. Just pull it back slowly and wait for it to hit the correct amount of power the first time in one smooth motion. It'll help tremendously with the short game, especially the putting.

Outlaw Golf 2 was one of the many games I played as a kid. It was on my grandfather's modded Xbox and I had the PS2 version. I was really into golf at the time, so something like this was right up my alley. Fun, but tough as nails. Even performing poorly was entertaining, as there were some funny animations and dialog to accompany it. My favorite golfers were Summer, as even my six year-old self could recognize her hotness, and Ice Trey, as I was enamored with his wigger mannerisms and hip-hoppish sense of fashion. I was never able to unlock the others back then, though. Like you said, it was easy to pick up, but hard to master. I picked up a used copy at my local CeX last week, mostly for a bit of nostalgia (it was only $4, so why not). I ended up getting a good bit of mileage out of it; even managed to complete the Tour for the first time with Harley, then doing the same with Ice Trey, and eventually beating the entire game after a long while. It's a shame Hypnotix got snatched up by EA and merged with one of their studios. Their games were brimming with personality, however crass and politically incorrect they may be, and it was clear they were passionate about what they did. I guess EA just didn't want any competition. Oh, and about what you said regarding Bunny, Trixie's mom and caddy; I didn't think too much of her back then, as I only saw her during the intro cinematic and credits. As a 25 year-old, however, I find myself in agreement with you. Bunny can absolutely get it.

Outlaw Golf remains, to this day, the best golf game I've ever played. THANK YOU for recognizing this series, I constantly wish Outlaw Golf would get a remaster or reboot.

Those "oiled up bimbos" in the DOA Beach Volleyball games are a collection of professional martial artists, ninjas and assassins, that's how they're able to have reflexes like that. It's not as far-fetched as you make it sound.

I always smile ear to ear when I see footage from a game that wouldn't in a MILLION YEARS get greenlit today for reasons we all know but aren't allowed to say.

"Female version of Dolph Lundgren".....you were so close, G. You obviously meant Brigitte Nielsen, lol. They even played husband and wife in Rocky IV. :P

My god. This is the most offensive, half decent game series I ever seen. I love it. You'd never be able to get away with this stuff today.

Every time I see one of these games from my past it just reminds me of how good we had it.....

I remember finding Outlaw Golf 2 in a EB bargain bin for 2 bucks growing up. That game was seriously the only game I've ever 100%'ed.. Also. Hypnotix actually made one of the jokes reality. The Vanilla Ice stereotype's Ice Trey's single that they mention in Outlaw Golf 2 "Me Rap Good" is actually a track in Outlaw Tennis

I remember these very well especially volleyball and golf

I love the fact that a then unknown Steve Carell voices the announcer in outlaw golf and volleyball

Dude I love these games. I still talk about them now. Wish they would come back

God, what has the gaming industry gone to? We need to go back where people actually had fun

AFRO-dite, Navahoe? Dang these are clever and hilarious ahahaha

I remember outlaw volleyball AND doax very well thank you

Outlaw Golf 2 is the main reason I still have my old Xbox 360 hooked up. Many years ago my original Xbox was stolen, along with all the games. Outlaw Golf 2 was one of those games. A bunch of years later I was browsing through used Xbox games at a game store, and found the first Outlaw Golf. A little bit disappointed it wasn't OG2, I still bought the game. When I got home and took the disk out of the case, it turned out to be the disk for Outlaw Golf 2. That certainly made my day. Cheers!

Reviewing some obscure game series on ancient hardware is really what gman does best

Is this a reupload? I'm sure I had a video in my watch later list that was covering this as well as BMX XXX etc.

my favorite golf game of all time..never forgotten

that intro was gold