Captain Astronaut | A Deep Dive Into Trains in Video Games: The Most Underrated Feature @CaptainAstronaut | Uploaded April 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Today I'm doing an analysis of the various ways that Choo Choo Trains are used in Video Games
Twitter while the site still exists: twitter.com/CptAstro
Thanks again to Koramora for helping with Animal Crossing knowledge:
youtube.com/@koramora
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:52 Part I: What is a Train
2:32 Part II: Video Games Trains
2:45 Train Sim Games
3:23 Train as Puzzle
3:56 Train as Transportation
4:59 Train as Chaos
6:26 Train as Demon
8:35 Train v Train Combat
9:28 Train Game of the Year
11:24 Train as Obstacle
11:45 Train as Movement
12:39 Train as Dynamicism
13:56 Train as Comfort
16:07 Train as Isolation
16:58 Train as Being Cool
17:35 Add Trains to Quirky Qualities List
17:57 Some People Do Not Like Trains
18:22 Honorary Train Levels
19:50 Mine Cart Levels
20:40 Rollorcoaster Levels
22:35 Thesis to This Whole Video
23:41 Outro
Music Used:
Opening ~ Bombing Mission - Final Fantasy VII OST
Opening ~ Bombing Mission - Distant Worlds
Thang Get - Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion OST
Shark Bytes - Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion OST
Tokyo Summer - Persona 5 OST
Maybe I'm a Lion (FFVIII) - The Black Mages
Phantom Forest (FFVI) - Distant Worlds IV
Rest in Peace (Game Over) - Final Fantasy VI OST
Eva 1.11 Decisive Banger
Zelda 25th Anniversary Opening Medley (Spirit Tracks section)
Heat Up - Danganronpa OST
Gas Gas Gas - Manuel
Super Bell Subway from Mario Kart 8 covered by J-Music Ensemble: youtu.be/Etzjh1orzkc
Kalimari Desert - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Everywhere You Look (Cover) from Full House
Riders of the Light (3rd-Climax Mix) Crazy GT Solo Version - Bayonetta 3 OST
Gas Pedal - Sage The gemini
Boarding the Train - Animal Crossing GCN OST
Animal Crossing GCN Theme Song
2PM - Animal Crossing GCN OST
Dire Dire Docks - Super Mario 64 OST
Subway Boss - Pokemon Black and White OST
A song from Umurangi Generation that I cannot find the title of, but listen to the whole soundtrack, it's really good
Opening - Super Smash Bros Melee
Main Theme - Super Smash Bros Brawl
CityPop - Laundry - Snakeybus OST
Puppet Ganon Snake Form - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker OST
Counterattack - Shadow of the Colossus OST
Quest Clear - Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate OST
Will Power - Persona 5 OST
Wario 's Gold Mine - Mario Kart 8 OST
Amusement Park Theme - Nier Automata OST
Rays of Light | Ruined City Theme
A Beautiful Song - Nier Automata OST
Grandma (Destruction) - Nier Automata OST
Rock Me To The Top - Dusty
Tied To Tomorrow - God Eater 3 OST
Price - Persona 5 but I'm trying to play the bass part but my mic is scuffed
Today I'm doing an analysis of the various ways that Choo Choo Trains are used in Video Games
Twitter while the site still exists: twitter.com/CptAstro
Thanks again to Koramora for helping with Animal Crossing knowledge:
youtube.com/@koramora
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:52 Part I: What is a Train
2:32 Part II: Video Games Trains
2:45 Train Sim Games
3:23 Train as Puzzle
3:56 Train as Transportation
4:59 Train as Chaos
6:26 Train as Demon
8:35 Train v Train Combat
9:28 Train Game of the Year
11:24 Train as Obstacle
11:45 Train as Movement
12:39 Train as Dynamicism
13:56 Train as Comfort
16:07 Train as Isolation
16:58 Train as Being Cool
17:35 Add Trains to Quirky Qualities List
17:57 Some People Do Not Like Trains
18:22 Honorary Train Levels
19:50 Mine Cart Levels
20:40 Rollorcoaster Levels
22:35 Thesis to This Whole Video
23:41 Outro
Music Used:
Opening ~ Bombing Mission - Final Fantasy VII OST
Opening ~ Bombing Mission - Distant Worlds
Thang Get - Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion OST
Shark Bytes - Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion OST
Tokyo Summer - Persona 5 OST
Maybe I'm a Lion (FFVIII) - The Black Mages
Phantom Forest (FFVI) - Distant Worlds IV
Rest in Peace (Game Over) - Final Fantasy VI OST
Eva 1.11 Decisive Banger
Zelda 25th Anniversary Opening Medley (Spirit Tracks section)
Heat Up - Danganronpa OST
Gas Gas Gas - Manuel
Super Bell Subway from Mario Kart 8 covered by J-Music Ensemble: youtu.be/Etzjh1orzkc
Kalimari Desert - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe OST
Everywhere You Look (Cover) from Full House
Riders of the Light (3rd-Climax Mix) Crazy GT Solo Version - Bayonetta 3 OST
Gas Pedal - Sage The gemini
Boarding the Train - Animal Crossing GCN OST
Animal Crossing GCN Theme Song
2PM - Animal Crossing GCN OST
Dire Dire Docks - Super Mario 64 OST
Subway Boss - Pokemon Black and White OST
A song from Umurangi Generation that I cannot find the title of, but listen to the whole soundtrack, it's really good
Opening - Super Smash Bros Melee
Main Theme - Super Smash Bros Brawl
CityPop - Laundry - Snakeybus OST
Puppet Ganon Snake Form - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker OST
Counterattack - Shadow of the Colossus OST
Quest Clear - Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate OST
Will Power - Persona 5 OST
Wario 's Gold Mine - Mario Kart 8 OST
Amusement Park Theme - Nier Automata OST
Rays of Light | Ruined City Theme
A Beautiful Song - Nier Automata OST
Grandma (Destruction) - Nier Automata OST
Rock Me To The Top - Dusty
Tied To Tomorrow - God Eater 3 OST
Price - Persona 5 but I'm trying to play the bass part but my mic is scuffed