Sly Cooper - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Caddicarus

In this video, Did You Know Gaming takes a look at some facts, secrets, and history of Sly Cooper. Sly Cooper is a series of platforming games for the PlayStation 2 (PS2), PlayStation 3 (PS3) and PlayStation Vita. Through our analysis of Sly, the series' gameplay and beta builds, we hope to show some of the more interesting facts from the making of the game and have its history explained.

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Video Editing by Luis Illingworth @HeyRaguio
Research/Writing by Seumidh MacDonald
Script Editing by Liam Robertson

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[DarknessViper]

Jak, Sly, & Ratchet; the holy trinity of PS2 mascots right there. Wish they could make some more games with them, but oh well.

[HubPie]

Who else agrees with me that Sly Cooper is their favorite of the PS2 mascot platformer trinity?

[persondude]

What i *_wouldn't_* give to try out those beta versions of Sly 1. I still remember unlocking that "Behind the Scenes" video in Sly 3 and being mesmerized by how Sly 1 looked a couple years before the final game would ship.

[ConradTheLonelyStump]

There's also a cheat code for Sly 2: Band of Thieves that lets you use TOM from Toonami as a gadget for Sly. You'd basically throw out a miniature TOM that would yell "Hey!" and distract guards like the alarm clock gadget.

Similarly, in the third game, Honor Among Thieves, there's a cheat code to alter the skin of Sly's fighter plane to that of a more Toonami-themed design.

[VazzyCow]

Sly 2 and Crash Twinsanity were the best games on the PS2 (IMO)

[starpower]

Did you know? Sly cooper can steal just about anything, He even stole Bently's ability to walk.

[jspags]

I love the Sly Cooper series so much. Part of me wishes that more superhero games would follow more ideas from the Sly games, such as having individual hubs and levels devoted to a villain instead of just a big dumb sandbox with side quests thrown in

[Cri_Jackal]

I've never played a Sly Cooper game, but watching them being played is still wildly entertaining, everything to the way Sly moves the the ambience of the levels to the way you get new abilities, it's all very tactile even from a spectator perspective, that's a stand-out mark of good game design in my book.


_I'm thinking of convincing my mom to buy a bunch of old PS2 games, the Ratchet and Clank & Sly Cooper series' are among that list. __-Also the original Spyro games for the PlayStation because FUCK YES for backwards compatibility.-_

[Pearlmetheus]

Awww.. my childhood, Sly an Crash were always there when I needed them the most an there adventures never failed to put a big smile on my face. Wish Sly would come back again just ones so we could finally finish the story the right way.

[NetheusNull]

I NEED a new Sly Cooper game. They are far beyond the best platformers of all time. The satisfaction you get when you pick pocket or land on something with the circle button, right on the tip with a spin.

[berrytimee]

Did you know i'm still waiting for the fifth game? Where is it, sony?

[LPLY]

Caddy is such a great narrator. Have him on more often.

[gramplegust]

Couldn't help but notice you forgot to put "(AKA The greatest videogame franchise of all time)" between "Cooper" and "Did" in the title.

[SytiouriousOfficial]

After years and years, my dreams come true. Thank you, DYKG. :)

[fjgaming]

Oh yes video on my favorite game as child thank you did you know gaming?

[jchorsky]

0:02 oh how this theme brings back memories....

[septarap]

They did a great job porting all 4 Sly games to PS Vita, though. One of the well-made game ports for PS Vita console.

[hassanghanim]

4:01 love how this concept art looks exactly like the Sly 4 design.

[WolfyMelon]

One of my favourite video game series :) I really enjoyed Sly 2's change in gameplay and mechanics from Sly 1

[suprAVATARtlafAN]

One of my all time favourite series! And voiced by Caddy, can't get better then this.