Nice find, Lenolol! What a coincidence, considering that I was thinking about Adam's work just before this thread. 
It's interesting to see early parts of PMW without Yoshiman's contributions (voice-overs, flashy effects).
I find it strange that the wiki article for PMW2 said that the demo (Adam's version) has five levels, when the video you linked only has two or three levels, depending on whether you consider the "boulder" chase sequence to be a separate level. Was it an overestimation, or are there some levels we have yet to see?
Also, I'm very curious on whether the demo for that Commander Keen fangame was all that's left or if Adam made more progress that wasn't shown to the public. It's probably the former since the footage shown in the Return to Paper Mario World documentary only shows what's seen in the demo, but who knows. I'd love to see what other game worlds Keen would visit! (Also, I got a good laugh when I first saw Keen flying with the pogo stick!
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@Vitiman I played PMW a few years ago, and while it's indeed not a good game, it's certainly very entertaining and memorable! I think what makes PMW stand out from other contemporary low-quality fangames is that there's clearly some ambition and passion put into the game that just somehow ends up being a beautiful mess. I think it's the same reason why some people love cheesy B-movies such as Plan 9 from Outer Space and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, except that PMW has far lower production values. It might also be due to the fact that it's often labeled as the "worst" fangame, which makes it seem more intriguing to people.
By the way, while Dodge The Shy Guys doesn't seem to get mentioned much in 2024 (which we're not even a quarter in, to be honest
), it had quite a legacy. It was going to have a fan-made sequel, and I think most of us believe that the second minigame in Mario Minigame Mayhem (which also got a fan-made sequel) was inspired by Dodge The Shy Guys.
It's interesting to see early parts of PMW without Yoshiman's contributions (voice-overs, flashy effects).I find it strange that the wiki article for PMW2 said that the demo (Adam's version) has five levels, when the video you linked only has two or three levels, depending on whether you consider the "boulder" chase sequence to be a separate level. Was it an overestimation, or are there some levels we have yet to see?
Also, I'm very curious on whether the demo for that Commander Keen fangame was all that's left or if Adam made more progress that wasn't shown to the public. It's probably the former since the footage shown in the Return to Paper Mario World documentary only shows what's seen in the demo, but who knows. I'd love to see what other game worlds Keen would visit! (Also, I got a good laugh when I first saw Keen flying with the pogo stick!
)@Vitiman I played PMW a few years ago, and while it's indeed not a good game, it's certainly very entertaining and memorable! I think what makes PMW stand out from other contemporary low-quality fangames is that there's clearly some ambition and passion put into the game that just somehow ends up being a beautiful mess. I think it's the same reason why some people love cheesy B-movies such as Plan 9 from Outer Space and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, except that PMW has far lower production values. It might also be due to the fact that it's often labeled as the "worst" fangame, which makes it seem more intriguing to people.
By the way, while Dodge The Shy Guys doesn't seem to get mentioned much in 2024 (which we're not even a quarter in, to be honest
), it had quite a legacy. It was going to have a fan-made sequel, and I think most of us believe that the second minigame in Mario Minigame Mayhem (which also got a fan-made sequel) was inspired by Dodge The Shy Guys.
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