The 10-Year Hunt for the Lost McDonald's DS Game

code1038 (aka "Coddy Trentuit")'s original video:

Other videos referenced:

Additional thanks:
• Mark Robinson
• obskyr
• sczther
• nanvata_0122
• Coddy Trentuit
• ItsMeMario
• BlameItOnJorge
• everyone else
• and you, for sharing this video, downloading the ROM, and helping to preserve a piece of history :)

Music:
Lovren - Contraband
Czar Donic - Kebnekaise
Polar Nights - Beyond the Rainbow
Jo Wandrini - Puzzle Of Complexity
Niklas Johansson - One Last Mission
Thip Trong - Many Moons
Focality - Above and Beyond
Aaron Kenny - The New Order
Edgar Hopp - Phoenix Rising
Kikoru - Honesty Matters
Hampus Naeselius - Byrr
Dream Cave - Hydra
Hampus Naeselius - Hold on Tight
Hampus Naeselius - Close to the Edge
Flat Theory - Outer Circle
A P O L L O - Litty
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Quartet No. 19 In C Major, K. 465 I. Adagio Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Lacrimosa (Requiem)
Johannes Bornlof - Salvation
Peter Sandberg - Supine
mosu beats - black cherry

Jennifer Walton - McDonald's eCDP Main Menu (cover):

Portuguese (Brazilian) subtitles by THIVENTURE; OZZY;
FROR; JOÃO H. L. CORRÊA

[ArthurNunes]

“That person... is me”

And that’s when I realized that there was 30 minutes of video remaining

[braindeadwatermelon]

imagine playing a game and getting a world record speedrun and nobody being able to beat it because nobody else can play it because you are the only one with a copy of that game

[mickvd]

I like how he refuses to dump the rom yet he expects someone else to give up his unique password that he needs for free.

[metalgrinch]

$3, 000+ was actually a LOT cheaper than I expected and im pretty shocked that auction didn't have more buyers. It's quite possible NO ONE who actually went on that site even knew what the hell this game was or that it even existed or that it was even rare in the least. There's definitely a lot of luck in you getting that game, but I'm glad you did. 😊

[TheVectornaut]

When he was talking about the Japanese travel restrictions, I was seriously expecting him to say something like “But you know what country Japan can ship to? Pakistan. So I booked a flight to Karachi.”

[Eevee]

"The quest hit a deadend, so I flew to Japan to speak to Ronald McDonald himself"

[oatmeal_reads]

the SECOND i watched him place that game into a checked luggage, i was overcome with an intense feeling of dread and despair.

[cko]

I'm so curious as to why your brother would put such a rare and expensive item into his checked luggage instead of carrying it in his backpack, where he could personally monitor and assure its safety.

[Cyranek]

still amazed by the insane lengths this man will go to in order to uncover a video game secret

[koreboredom]

This man could find a decommissioned Polybius machine behind his local Walmart.

[fubi]

The German guy who had to "get out of the game", had me in stitches. So shady the world of nds modding

[HighOnZa]

Bro, cody over here yapping that dumping is illegal, like dude, my boi Nick here DUMP IT, AND HAVE A PASSWORD, AND GOT TWO OF EM!

[randomname]

This is so movie like that it even has the trope of the thing

[Lyo]

_When he says that this is where the story ends, but there are still 37 minutes left_
*Something‘s wrong, I can feel it*

[jerardoevaristo]

damn cody really thought he was gonna get to keep this game all to himself lmaoooo

[redspear]

Cody was such a fantastic villain in the mcdonalds ds arc

[b-battledroid]

Mark: *gets back*
his family: Good to see you again!
Him: WHERE ARE THE GOODS MARK?!

[CZsWorld]

Perhaps one of the best twists I've seen in a YouTube video.

[yubcreepin]

Reminds me of my ethics in game teacher, who made a game boy game for teaching kids math (I think) with a small group of independent developers, but has now been completely lost so much so that he can’t find any of the original files even by asking the other developers

[thepenultimateninja]

Thank you for dumping and uploading the rom, that's the best way to preserve these things for posterity.
I kind of understand why collectors buy stuff like this and sit on it without sharing, but all it takes is a house fire, or perhaps a relative discarding 'junk' after the owner dies, for these things to be lost forever.
I really enjoyed the video too, very well-paced and suspenseful.
It was fun to follow the twists and turns of the journey of that cartridge, and really cool to think that, thanks to your generosity and sense of community, I now own a little piece of it.