Mega Drive Longplay [011] Ecco the Dolphin

[darenot2]

I love this game very much, I still have my copy. Some of the best music on any video game.

[williamlaguma]

this game was so difficult when i was playing it years ago! but the music is great !

[xyourafunny]

PRESS THE SNOWFLAKE

[PathMidnight]

i used to have this game when I was little. That game is soooooo stupid

[1Raptor85]

Awesome video, a shame it's the genesis version though, the CD version had much better sound & music (really added to the feel of the game). I wish I still had my Sega CD so I could record a longplay of Ecco 2....that game was just amazing.

[TestAcct45]

Ecco is on a quest to save the planet, and sharks are still trying to eat him. What a bunch of blowholes.

[williamlaguma]

@TestAcct45 :) nice one. in a mysterious way.

[TestAcct45]

I passed on this game when I was younger because playing as a dolphin sounded...well...gay. Looking back it's a good thing I did, because the stuff in the game would have severely traumatized my younger self. XD

[MrMakkarapottu]

This game is AWESOME

[LeeJay800]

and after all that the japs come along and eat ecco and his pod...

[GamezMaster117]

@LeeJay800 Classy... T _ T

[OpaqueDragon4]

You serious! It only took you 1 hour and 15 mins to complete Ecco!? I still haven't completed it and I got the game 16 years ago :P Lol xD

[iamspider]

Still one of the most breathtaking games of the 16 bit era; certainly on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Both this and Tides of Time!

[dudeup1]

ALL THE #SEAPUNKS REPPIN ECCO

[EllenRebecca3]

Maybe I'm being impatient, jumping from one part of the video to the next, but, where's the level where you're rescuing the orca's babies and she's trapped on the other side of a load of boulders? It was the level I could never get past as a kid and want to know how it was done.

[EllenRebecca3]

Good god this takes me back! 8-D Needless to say I was thrilled to get this game - Dolphins have been my favourite animals since forever.

[TheFreddie373]

This video is edited check out 1:08:33

[cubex55]

@TheFreddie373

No its not, thats an emu-error

[alexdz123321]

This game is scary...

[luvweiners]

Omg who played this game? It was played like super fast

[luvweiners]

Love this..can we still play on newer consoles?

[luvweiners]

I loved this game....doesnt xbox 360 have a versiin or something like it...someone help me figure this out.....i was like 12 when.i played

[Sonic8000]

"Hard Water"

*Screen turns Red when getting crushed.*

[Sonic8000]

1:08:41

Hate those types of enemies, if I remember right, they can instant-kill you within a second if you got very close to them.

[RequiemforaTower]

This is the reason why I'm afraid of the ocean. And dolphins. :l

[SmokieRSWC]

Ecco: OW, my nose!

[carpathia808]

if you love the music from this game check out my channel for the complete ost upload!! (its NOT the sega cd ost)

[socamoto]

motherfucking crabs...

[gilardes]

Back when I had my MegaDrive, it was a pain in the ass to find games for it where I lived. Now seeing this gem for the first time, I am so damn furious for not having played it at that time. I guess I will have to visit some rom sites now.

[eruestan]

I have genuinely been scarred for life from this game. I don't know what those weird creatures are but they've given me a life time fear of squids and the like, an extremely scary game!

[SwatyChopsuey]

@eruestan YES ME TOO.. I was so fucking scared I would'nt play it and cry lol. And I hate sea creature now :(

[starboy832]

@eruestan i found it wierd not scary i started playing it when i was 4.....

[Slash0mega]

please change the title, the "011" makes me think part 11, which kept me from clicking on it.

[cubex55]

@Slash0mega

You want us to change the titles of over 2800 videos, just because YOU made a mistake? SUUUUURE ;)

[Slash0mega]

@cubex55 hm? I thoght I removed that comment... i looked over at the recommended videos and noticed some pretty high numbers.... 

[cubex55]

@Slash0mega

Nope wasnt removed it seems, and i couldnt resist commenting on it ;)

[classicgamerful]

i riley like all your videos. accept for the barbie games

[gooforeva]

This game and it's music use to scare the shit out of me back when I was a kid.

[gooforeva]

This game and it's music use to scare the shit out of me back then.

[Funkdogg]

you make this game look easy. but it took me a long time back in the days to finish it.

[titanicpiano14]

Check out my renditions of Tides of Time theme and Ecco DOTF Epilogue theme!

[TheGameInformer]

game still gives me nightmares.....

[MrBreakthewalls]

one of the weirdest boss ever :S

[Morick123]

WTF this game is harder then some final fantasys!

[BethsLyriics]

O.M.G. i totally remember this from when I was younger:O

[moccalou]

Also, I'm curious about how the password system works. Does the game generate unique passwords for every player and store progress in the memory, or do they all already exist programmed in the game with slight differences by how you played? I know some work on all systems, like how NNNNNNNN takes you to Welcome To The Machine. Is that a special code that works for all games, or is there a way to legitimately play the whole game and end up with an NNNNNNNNN when you got there?

[moccalou]

Wow, I can't believe I watched the whole thing... but I did. Pretty amazing story. I knew about the freaky machine but never understood everything that led up to it. The one thing that's kind of weird is going back in time to get that globe for the Asterite... if you'd never gone back in time to steal it, it would have had it the whole time... the whole reason it's missing is because you stole it... weird. Why wasn't Ecco around when he went back to the time of the storm to get sucked up?

[kinc1967]

I was gonna buy this on a mega drive collection for the ps3. I can remember it as a child, but that it was too difficult. Should i get it?

[Barcodeplane]

Fantastic! Thanks for bringing me back.

[gromann]

I'd kill for a remastered version of this soundtrack, such haunting music o_O frekin kid games of the 90s...

[Sh3llshock361]

Hands down the hardest game I ever played... I never understood what "Find the Key-Glyph" meant? Given I was young, but still...

[badbadkiddo]

I GOT stuck at that point towards the end of the game with that creature at 1:03:54, we never knew what happened after, we cheated for the passwords to open a level higher than that by trying millions of random passwords and nnnnnnnn was the password for the level of Welcome to the machine, nice memories!

[zumdidum]

I found that game so awful hard as a kid. Watching your vid, it seems as if it is the easiest thing in the world :-D

[badbadkiddo]

@zumdidum Me too, I GOT stuck at that point towards the end of the game with that creature at 1:03:54, we never knew what happened after, we cheated for the passwords to open a level higher than that by trying millions of random passwords and nnnnnnnn was the password for the level of Welcome to the machine, nice memories!

[mistertitanic]

Those cresendo's and in the already creepy soundtrack just haunt your soul...

[mystery5741]

my life is forever haunted by this game...

I can't even get past the 5th level :O

[sKyerxD]

so many hours playings this..90's FTW

[HelloWalterSobchak]

I remember playing this as a kid and being depressed, and even creeped out. The Neverending Story movie did that to me also.

[UKGameMaster]

Aliens, u r getting pwned by a dolphins natural ability, how does that make you feel?

[UKGameMaster]

43:54 Ecco: ok, so you want me to win a war that you lost thousands of years ago?

[UKGameMaster]

40:55 Ecco: um, ok, er, um... im leaving

[Alevamltd]

I dont care what Screwattack saws, I like this game

[SnowMozart]

i remember having this game when i was like 5 and not having a fucking clue what to do xD I'm really glad I never made it past the first level... o_O I would have had nightmares, and frankly I still find it disturbing now I'm 15.

[sKyerxD]

@SnowMozart lol same here, i didn't know what to do

[EtrnlNightmare05]

Nightmares I say....NIGHTMARESSSS!!!

[knark1222]

what a odd game :S

[franzchitarra]

a chi cazzo non piace??

[franzchitarra]

i love it

[charissa21st]

O yeah by the way, I got stuck with the level with te Orka...I played this game on the Genesis of my Cousin, so he didn' t have to babysit haha. Ow yeah and I' m from Holland :) I have an acquaintance who 's name is Ecco hahaha. He sometimes bumps his head and tumbles like a dolphin hahaha.

[charissa21st]

I skipped forward and now I remember the icelevel. :D I did came pretty far in this game. What was my age? Like eight nine years old? I tried to play this tune on an old Yamaha keyboard, but I didn' t knew where it was from, I tought I figured it out myself. Well maybe an alien put the choirs in my mind sneaky...No It was a nice game, I think I could read English at a verry young age, I hardly didn ' t do anything else than playing video games and watch television. :)

[sripathyakasrip]

'Ecco: The Tides Of Time' (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive) longplay playthrough please!

[cubex55]

@sripathyakasrip

Request games on our forums, as there all the players are able to see it :)

[1Raptor85]

@sripathyakasrip I'll second this, but the Sega CD version instead (it had crisper graphics and cleaner music)

[sripathyakasrip]

This game should always be in the top 10 of the greatest games of all time lists! It is one of the most unusual & gripping games ever! It has an excellent story! But ofcourse the idiot gaming industry & it's banile minded followers would never do that!

[JaxTH]

You should do a playthrough of Tides of Time. =P

[AXenoification]

I bought this game for my son....then got hooked on it myself. Never did beat it, but almost. Got to the part where the octopus (vortex?) was hiding in his little cubby..........managed to get one of the eyes shot out; that was it. I remember the maze to get to the vortex......could do it now, 15 years later. Watching this vid for the first time, getting ready to see the end!!!!! THANK YOU CUBEX55

[Term1874]

i loved this game on the megadrive, incredible seeing it again,

[FinalGamerJames]

Oh god yes. One of the memorable games of my childhood.

[DarkCountDooku]

When I first played this game and when you jump up in the air and everything goes flying... it startled me... hehehe!

[BrTaAl]

i remember this game, i was 6 or 7 , i didnt understood one thing about this it (game in english... i m french) so i swam, swam and swam ^^ was funny

[IBEROBarb]

The Marks On Your Head Look Like Stars In The Sky

[iowaidaho66]

this game was very difficult. never did beat the whole thing.

[CrazyJosh90]

omg ecco gave me nightmares lol

[420ny]

how come at 40:10 its say save save twice.. did they accidently mispell that

[SarahPalin4Realz]

Lisa Frank meets H.R. Geiger: A Love Story.

[magenta1000]

You kill the alien by breaking it's jaw off? Well that's....gross....D:

[TruShane69]

All the eccos always give me chills when I played them..

[Diecoss]

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[Tapepsi]

lol I'll never forget me and my cousin (I was 7 and he was 5) playing this game and we got so scared we turned off the game. We were only on the first level but the music scared us. XD

[Kahran042]

Did anyone else notice the flying trilobite at 1:00:43?

[Suckfest83]

I was laughing to myself about all the comments that this was a scary game but then I thought about it - this game really DID affect me pretty profoundly as a kid. Every time we went to the beach, I was like "Are the vortex gonna be waiting for me just offshore?" LMAO

[Numbnut10]

This game screwed up my childhood. I just pop in an innocent looking game with a dolphin on the cover. Then I'm playing in an ocean with my family, a pod of fellow dolphins. I figure out that I can talk to dolphins with sonar and learn that fishes are good and stuff like that. Then I get challenged to jump in the sky!

So I take off and leap into the sky...

AND SUDDENLY MY ENTIRE FAMILY GETS SUCKED INTO THE SKY BY A WATER SPOUT, LEAVING ME ALONE IN SHARK INFESTED WATERS!

What just happened?!

[Camsoh]

@Numbnut10

Had the very same thing. I was shocked and ran to the sega to put it out. Had nightmares and fear of water for months.

[Alfadore]

I knew this game since it came up, but never played, just remember a few things.

I didnt know it was vs aliens, lol.

Weird game

[FCule]

Is this based on a real story?

[Suckfest83]

@FCule - All computer games are based on real stories, duh.

[erghtrfgh]

I used to have nightmares about this aliens an that underwater dna thing.

[Skwisgaar4256]

Why did my comment get removed? By the way, your guide helped me, thank you.

[Myasorez]

Dolphins vs aliens? Now that is sick. Im so loved this game. But unfortunately never finished it.

[brlegend]

big blue scares me every time

[Biff110]

I couldnt get past the octopus

[chickensuicide]

Indeed a true hero to beat that game!

[mustang14ify]

Oh my goodness. you are now my hero. I have never been able to beat this game so it is nice to see that someone had the patience to beat it. Now I want to try it. Thanks for posting.

[Lifeinerinn]

you know what I find odd? this game has less loading time than my Xbox 360 with games saved to my hard drive...

[cubex55]

The reason is these games were on roms - this is the same as when you copy a game into the RAM disk and start it from there.

[TruShane69]

I was so happy when I go to the jurrasic era age and then finally at the end kicked the vortex's ass \o/. Ahhh good times =)

[xii7]

Beautiful music

[HardcoreDancr]

I always felt bad when I jammed his nose into rocks lol

[ryanplatt1991]

God dammit, i thought the bit before the title screen was the game. I had this shit when i was a little kid and i never really took an interest in the game but i remember just swimming around with nowhere to go and thinking, wow, what a stupid game. And then putting Sonic back in.

[HardcoreDancr]

me too lol

[MikkoSandt]

I too had difficulties reading the English dialog so I never quite figured out what I was supposed to do. I played all the levels though with the aid of passwords, which were revealed in some Sega gaming magazine. Loved the music and the aliens in Welcome to the Machine.

Anyways, great longplay, saves me the trouble of playing the game!

[Romuluzz]

I remember playing this game as a child, but I couldn´t get even to the Undercaves, because I couldn´t understand English at all :D

[Dome89x]

THIS GAME RAPED MY CHILDHOOD!

[DriftAddict87]

Damn yesss it diddd...

[skylightchickenbread]

the way the water got darker and that fucking octopus scared the shit outa me as a little kid.

i think that was the only time i asked someone to beat a part of the game for me. i was like "the octopuss... it wants my soul"

[lsmaddog2]

lol

[cguevara12]

I have a fear of sharks, octopus and that creature thingy, espicially that thing, from Ecco the Tides Of Time.

[Rhonda9000]

Wow. I remember playing this when I was very young but I wasn't scared of it at all. In fact I remember drowning many times just admiring the detail of it.

[ninjahermit]

@skylightchickenbread Totally. This game terrified me as a child.

[Laurenan69]

I start to understand why my mind turned out so strange when playing game slike these...

[Theoppositesex]

The sound of that storm hitting from out of nowhere fucking kills me every time.

[designerxvoodoo]

Wait..Giger aliens kidnapped all the ocean critters? I'm really glad I never made it that far on my game gear as a kid..I'm pretty sure that would have traumatized me XD

[MrTEZUKAFOREVER]

when i first saw the game it came with a 3pak sega game for gba i thought it was a normal dolphin game but then i see all these aliens and shit i think H.R.GIGER! and was like omfg this was a game presented to kids which i was and i found it really disturbing

[Xegethra]

yeah that machine bit had giger in it....not so much the water towers or the screwed up die...but the rest of it was all giger

and yeah the alien bit too

its quite a cool game, i never got far in it..i sucked at it -_-

[IndalecioCeleste]

This is the dolphin equivalent of "Ristar".

[DNAthePanda]

This is the dolphin equivalent of RAPING YOUR CHILDHOOD. This game has beautiful environments but the whole plot is mindfucking weird.

[Pergiacomo]

@DNAthePanda

And that is the LOVELY part.

[TFWC88]

@DNAthePanda it is a very unique plot. It's not.....what anyone would expect out of a dolphin video game. Seriously, you are right. But....I played this thing for years when I was just an 8 year old girl and, I wouldn't have had it any other way. It is a mysterious, oneiric and mature plot. I believe this video game is a gem and I play some of its music on a radio show.

[TFWC88]

@DNAthePanda (sighs) you know.....I forgot how disturbing "THE TUBE" level was. seriously...you have a point. Especially....that all the electric rods are placed inside that tube to kill the live food that comes in from the ocean to be delivered to the Vortex Queen who feeds every 500 years. Once I was playing this game and I found this glyph (crystal) in one of the atlantis levels and it said that the vortex queen eats but gets hungrier after each feed.

It just...gave me chills.

[ocnj179]

I remember renting this game and not figuring out I had to jump high out of the water at the beginning till the day I had to return it.

[godscuttingyoudown]

wow thanks for the upload

[ApeEscaper493]

Whoa... That waterspout at 1:34 is kinda freaky and weird!

[xToshix]

this series is pure nightmare fuel

[sarkasmi83]

@xToshix I was just about to say "Is it weird but for some reason I find something weirdly scary about these games... apparently I'm not the only one :O

I wonder why :/

[darkowl9]

The Dreamcast follow-up to this and Ecco II, Defender of the Future, was still just as tortuous, but in 3D!

In fact, I'm still trying to finish it (taken five years on and off so far). It even has two awesome "hidden" side-on levels reminiscent of the Mega Drive games here :)

[PyramidHead2000]

Ah ah ah no, the follow on was Ecco Tides Of Time :D Love that game to this day

[darkowl9]

Misread; follow-up to this and Ecco II, [was the game on the Dreamcast called] DotF. Heh.

I know Ecco II was Tides of Time, as it wasn't on the Dreamcast ;)

[mctranka]

congratulations

[p3rsian247]

never beat the first screen

[skosoris]

lol, I love this game. It was really hard, especially the last few levels, which I cannot beat without cheating! Undercaves (level 3) is tough, but passable - it took me a long time to figure out how to get through it without suffocating!

[mikexlong]

i'm amazed this guy had the patience to play this whole game in one sitting, moving shit and getting past obstacles gets so frustrating after a while

[cubex55]

Not really in one sitting - thanks to savestates you save any time ;)

[lebroleo]

@cubex55

do you know the cheat LIFEFISH?

If you do, dont read any further

...

and if you dont, its a cheat you use so you dont have to worry about breathing... at all

[Luigi84289]

@mikexlong Oh god level 4 is insane. That level gets a whole day to itself.

[jamjam182]

im sure i remember the octopus being so much scarrier as a child

[slavko123496]

Lol, I never got past through 3rd stage!

But this game is FREAKING sweet!

But I like Ecco Jr. better, because this game is hard as to poop diaria out my dick!

[gameboyredpee]

god damn this game was hard, i swear me and my friends played it for an hour straight just talking to dolphins and we were completely stumped. such a hard game, ninja gaiden has nothing on this game.

[bareirito]

Ahhh! Ecco! With Sonic he was my best hero, and I loved the concept of dolphin role. I never passed the second screen! XD

[Ravenn266]

Ecco is awesome! and hard as shit :D

[JustSueMe]

Ah memories!I was playing that on a Sega Mester System when I was a kid!Although it was kinda hard and complicated for me, I had so much fun playing this game back then.

[dioseolo]

Man, how I love this game. Brings back so many memories.

[ExaggeratedElegy]

This was one of the very first computer games I ever played through to completion. Fantastic music and environmental graphics for the time, also rather sophisticated in terms of gameplay. Excellent lonplay, as always.

[Pergiacomo]

@ExaggeratedElegy

ECCO brings me back so many memories...congratulations for completing it!

One of the most difficult games ever , IMHO.