Looking for Old Xbox Themed User Map From Google Video

bh1002

#1 Posted 14 July 2023 - 09:56 AM

Hey all. It's been quite a while since I've been on here, but I wanted to see if someone might be able to shed some light on something that's been on my mind for over a decade.

I used to watch all the custom map gameplay I can find back before I played on PC, and when Google Video was a thing there was one that stuck out in particular.

It was Xbox themed. The video started in an outside area that led to a building with the Xbox logo on it. The building was kind of like a base with many different areas. One of these areas was a movie theater that was projecting Halo on the big screen. At some point while exploring the player eventually finds a teleport that takes him to a red matrix-like area before finding another teleporter that takes him to the moon where he immediately dies. This was around 2008, so it was the peak of the red ring of death.

That map has always been in the back of my head. It had a cool atmosphere and the ending is still a vivid memory. By the time I was actively playing user maps Google Video was gone, and it doesn't seem like one video that made the move over to Youtube. Trying to find it has always given standard Duke 3D walkthrough videos played on Xbox, so I was wondering if anyone here might know what I'm talking about and knows if it and the mapper are known at all.

Let me know if there's anymore details I can provide.

bh1002

#2 Posted 15 July 2023 - 02:51 PM

Quick bump to this thread since I got a lot more info on this.

After posting I wound up falling down a rabbit hole digging into the archived Google Video metadata. I honestly wasn't expecting to find much but I ended up with a 4GB text file seemingly listing each video that was on the site. Of these was 'Duke Nukem 3D Area Xbox' which I immediately knew was the one.

Included was the description, ''This is my final xbox level with a cool soundtrack (Tool - Schism)." Amazingly this even included Wayback Machine link to the original video! I posted it to Youtube:

https://youtu.be/YINMF03xuX8

Genuinely crazy to see my memory held up in a lot of regards... I started to wonder if I imagined most of it. although I completely forgot it was using the High Resolution Pack. Guess the low video quality helped with forgetting that lol

The metadata didn't save the uploader, but the author decals in the level point to Mia Max. After getting all this info I thought finding a download to the map it would be easy, but Mia Max's map uploads online don't have anything about this map or the supposed other Xbox levels the og description alludes to. It could be they weren't uploaded and just for videos. They sadly haven't been active on these forums in quite a long time now and don't seem active in the community anymore, but if anyone else knows more about this let me know!

If not I hope this relic of a video is enjoyed lol

This post has been edited by bh1002: 15 July 2023 - 03:04 PM

Aleks

#3 Posted 16 July 2023 - 02:42 AM

I've tried looking through Steam Workshops of Megaton and Anniversary World Tour, as these may sometimes host maps that are otherwise unavailable - but unfortunately to no avail. I've also went through Mia Max's older posts and saw him publish maps for Duke Plus mod, so maybe you could check there or just message him directly if he still has it. I know how it feels to just crave a map you've played as a kid/many years ago for solely nostalgic purposes, so hopefully you'll find it!

This post has been edited by Aleks: 16 July 2023 - 02:47 AM