Hardwar: The space trader the '90s forgot

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Timberwolf

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Published on March 16, 2022 2:00:04 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVXK3ENPz54

Game:

Hardwar (1998)

Duration: 14:06

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In this video, I finally buy a game I've been meaning to buy since 1998. And naturally, explain why quite a large number of other people also did not buy Hardwar in 1998 and probably are not going to buy it in 2022 either. Yes, it's yet another video with a game and title no-one is EVER going to search for! Almost like I'm bad at publicity or something.

Along the way I dig out an early DOS prototype version, explain why the gameplay didn't fit the late '90s laddish and club-bound ethos, look at the surprising amount of post-launch support, pronounce the game title as "hardware" at least twice, and fail at unboxing a graphics card due to outside interference.

Yes, we have dog content.

Manifest:

0:00 A guessing game
1:16 Slipstream 5000
2:08 256 darker and moodier colours
2:33 In-joke for 39 people
2:47 Saying more than "Find Out!"
3:06 Elite and plot
3:29 Let's talk about Hardwar then
4:55 Hardwar is difficult
6:52 Why isn't Hardwar more well-known?
7:23 We do talk about Wipeout
8:00 A Gremlin in the marketing
8:43 Bad timing, 3D engine edition
10:05 Why I took 24 years to buy it
10:40 Fandom to the rescue!
11:56 No reason for a chapter heading, I just liked this music track
12:57 Obtaining it (or not)
13:30 Timberwolf elects not to go clubbing, plays Hardwar instead

Music by Loyalty Freak Music (public domain) and Jason Shaw (CC-BY):

1. Everyone is so alive (Loyalty Freak Music)
2. Sk8board (Jason Shaw)
3. It feels good to be alive too (Loyalty Freak Music)
4. Boom (Jason Shaw)
5. Feels Good 2 B (Jason Shaw)

Games Featured:

Slipstream 5000
Hardwar
Frontier: First Encounters (FFED3D mod)
Wipeout
Hardwar (early DOS prototype)

Bonus fact: the original release version's skies matched far better with the fog effect, reducing the "draw-in" effect you see a few times during my footage.

#hardwar #findout

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