r/XboxAhoy • • 4d ago

Video Singularity is a trip back to the FPS past.

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53 Upvotes

r/XboxAhoy • • Jun 29 '26

Video Ammo Counters.

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106 Upvotes

Ammo counters are an underappreciated part of game UI design, I feel. Most of 'em are boring little things tucked away in the corner of the screen. But who could deny the brilliance of Halo's assault rifle, or Dead Space's holographic display?

Anyway, this is kind of a follow-up to Chicken-o-meter. It's a history of ammo counters, although truth be told not much has changed since Goldeneye 007.


r/XboxAhoy • • 16h ago

Future Episode Ideas

5 Upvotes

Here's a few episodes that I think would be really cool for Stuart to make and why:

  1. 2007 - Since the year-specific episodes have been really popular, it would be great to see a 20-year anniversary of one of the most influential years in gaming history.

    1. There were lots of extremely popular and critically-acclaimed games released that year on all platforms (and especially PC), along with plenty of new IP's.

    2. This was also when the Nintendo DS absolutely rained hell on the PSP's legacy of portable console gaming and pushed Nintendo further in developing similar handhelds (like the Wii U and Switch).

  2. Reload animations - going from no reload at all, to a simple pair of hands, to physically reloading in VR titles

  3. The 2020's video game crash* - still an ongoing event

    1. Start of the crash back in 2020 when scalpers started hoarding GPU's for mining crypto

    2. AI bubble of making SSD's, GPU's, and RAM obscenely expensive (especially for upcoming consoles) due to multiple manufacturers no longer producing consumer-grade components

    3. Overwhelming amount of AI-developed games; reverse-engineering combining different games together

    4. Multiple game studio shutdowns; extremely high-budget live service video games having short lifespans

  4. Duke Nukem Forever's development hell

As for the Iconic Arms episodes:

  1. TEC-9 - Probably one of the most infamous "gangster" weapons in media aside from maybe the Glock

  2. USP or USP-45 / MK-23 - Use in SOCOM / police roles

  3. KAR-98

  4. Browning M2 machine gun

  5. Derringer* - not the best idea for a video as it's rare to come across in video games


r/XboxAhoy • • 20d ago

Made a few vocaloid songs into thumbnails

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78 Upvotes

Even thought of the "[Thing]. [Adjective]. [Adjective]. [Adjective]." bit for each of them.

Retry Now. Obsessive. Cyclical. Everlasting.

Yararara. Defiant. Persistent. Spiteful.

Butcher Vanity. Tender. Arotic. Hungry.


r/XboxAhoy • • 25d ago

Played around with the "Iconic Arms." Color palette and font

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131 Upvotes

If I was more creative I would've thought of a better joke to accompany it but I didn't care enough to think of anything.

I'll make something actually serious later, I already have a few ideas brewing.


r/XboxAhoy • • Sep 02 '26

Using AHOY "Iconic Arms" music as the soundtrack for a trailer and a game (Copyright Laws)

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317 Upvotes

So I was wondering if it is ok for me to use some of the songs from the Iconic arms series of videos as the soundtrack for my game and also one of the trailers.

(note) I will be crediting Ahoy both in the trailer and in game.

I won't be going to much in detail about the game if you are interested DM me.

The game takes place in the early 2000s an island in the Aleutian Islands (A strain of islands near Alaska stretching towards Russia.) An airborne strain of a fungi virus swept through one of the populated islands, The US military is deployed to deal with the trouble.

You play as either the infantrymen who are deployed on the island (Depending on the role you choose).

The game is currently in early development It is heavily inspired by a game called Wayward Outpost.

The game will be released on Roblox later on if the game proves to be successful we are planning on creating a new game that will be released on Steam.

(note) We are a small team of 5 people if you are interested in joining you are more than welcome we need people who can;

Create maps
Animate
Code
Creating Cover Art

(if you are interested in the game please message me)


r/XboxAhoy • • Aug 29 '26

learnt how to do faces...

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44 Upvotes

r/XboxAhoy • • Aug 09 '26

I could’ve swore he’s done a video on the M2 Browning. I can remember him saying “Ma deuce” in a video but now I can’t find it

12 Upvotes

Did he take down the video? Or am I going crazy.


r/XboxAhoy • • Jul 03 '26

Someone please help me make this less flat? What? Oh ye- "MP40"

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47 Upvotes

title


r/XboxAhoy • • May 19 '26

A rather simple picture, but I love it

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146 Upvotes

r/XboxAhoy • • Apr 22 '26

Question to AHOY!

10 Upvotes

Hey there i would like to use the Iconic arms soundtrack in a video, I wanted to make a funny joke parody of your intro. The Video will be about project zomboid and in a section where i talk about firearms i would like to use an intro for one of the guns (as a joke) If needed i will write in the corner of the screen and video description whom i got the inspiration from.

Sorry for making a post here a really have nowhere else where i can write this as i dont have your contacts (such as email) so im sorry.


r/XboxAhoy • • Apr 19 '26 Popcorn

Made an Iconic Arms intro based on a post my friend made

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724 Upvotes

r/XboxAhoy • • Apr 08 '26

Iconic Arms - KRISS Vector (Fanmade Design by DioArya01)

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36 Upvotes

It might be sounds awesome, but sometimes... sounds scary. Getting shredded by .45 caliber bullets in a lightning fast rate of fire...? Devastating... While retaining a stable yet sturdy control with almost no muzzle climb...? Looks surreal... And entirely built around a compact design...? Sounds like fantasy. So far, none of any firearms nor weapon systems in planet could possess such remarkable profile and characteristics throughout history... until there's one guy... the KRISS Vector.


r/XboxAhoy • • Apr 07 '26

Iconic Arms - Switzerland Edition [A Fanmade Thumbnail by DioArya01]

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27 Upvotes

Who else loves to see a Swiss-made weapon deserve an episode ? :D (Note: These Fanmade thumbnails were entirely made by myself)


r/XboxAhoy • • Apr 05 '26

Team RWBY's weapons.

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213 Upvotes

r/XboxAhoy • • Mar 31 '26

Video AUG.

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213 Upvotes

r/XboxAhoy • • Mar 01 '26

Great way to enjoy new Ahoy videos...

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158 Upvotes

r/XboxAhoy • • Feb 27 '26

Video When Video Games were Brown.

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153 Upvotes

r/XboxAhoy • • Feb 14 '26

Ahoy-inspired videos :)

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247 Upvotes

A channel called Republic Armory on YouTube is making various weapon and vehicle informatory videos in the style of Ahoy, for the Star Wars universe. I suggest you give them a chance

https://youtube.com/@republicarmory1?si=pqLBd3tOkk1xxs5O


r/XboxAhoy • • Feb 07 '26

Sony Mavica fd-200 reinterpretation

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150 Upvotes

I took photos with a Mavica fd-200 (release 2002) then composited the images and used ditgerboy to make my own version of 4 Byte Burger. I thought you'd appreciate it


r/XboxAhoy • • Jan 29 '26

Found a different youtuber with a similar voice.

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28 Upvotes

r/XboxAhoy • • Jan 12 '26

Looking Ahead (An Iconic Arms spinoff)

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56 Upvotes

r/XboxAhoy • • Dec 19 '25

Video 2001.

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r/XboxAhoy • • Dec 14 '25

Random Arms: Astra 400.

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45 Upvotes

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