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While hanging out with some friends and browsing memes on a call I got nostalgic about roblox.
Specifically this meme
The menu ui and sound effects reminded me of a PvE game that blew my kid brain. I tried looking for the same game as a teenager, but had no luck recovering.
performing the search
an initial internet search
Armed with more experience, I tried going through my place history on roblox and tried searching old roblox pve game where you fought yourself as the final boss, roblox 2010 pve games, on the internet. Some results directed me to old reddit threads, but the linked games did not match the one of my memory
- Veterans of Roblox, what is a now defunct game that you absolutely miss? : roblox
- [TOMT][ROBLOX GAME][2016-2019] Roblox Wave Based PvE Game In a Large Corridor : tipofmytongue
- Here’s a list of classic ROBLOX games. : roblox
- Anybody know this old roblox game? : roblox
a potential lead??
The previous search didn’t yield any results so I needed to refine my terms. I recall playing roblox 2008-2012, so while searching popular roblox games in 2008 I came across the following profile
When I browsed through the favorites, Soul Wars was the only one that seemed close to PvE.
confirming the lead
I didn’t have the roblox client, so youtube was the best way to validate the experiences, so I searched the term roblox Soul Wars Classic [2010] the first result, had a familiar gameplay loop
This frame sealed the deal for me because the players fought against their NPC counterparts
timestamped
With this lead, I decided to search for youtube for footage with audio as the game used a unique dramatic soundtrack. Searching Roblox: Soul Wars Bosses helped me find this video with the audio
it has been found!
When the music came on timestamped, a wave of nostalgia and closure came through
the search for the soundtrack
With the nostalgia and closure set in, I wanted to find the name of the audio track, as it was catchy and eluded me for a long time. Unfortunately, Shazam didn’t recognize the track so I needed to look for it on the web. At the very least I confirmed the name of the roblox, so it was a matter of searching across the web to find the name of the track. Fortunately, it wasn’t too long when I came across this wiki page on the game, within the trivia section
I found the track on youtube
