About
Hotline Miami is a 2D action video game featuring a top-down perspective and pixel art graphics, created by Jonatan Söderström and Dennis Wedin of Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital.
History
In October 2012, Hotline Miami was released. On March 10th, 2015, the sequel Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number was released.
Online Presence
On November 17th, 2012, YouTuber SoundtrackVideoGame uploaded the entire soundtrack from Hotline Miami, gathering upwards of 3.2 million views and 5,800 comments in the next three years (shown below, left). On June 13th, 2013, the “Rooster Teeth”: YouTube channel uploaded a video featuring gameplay footage of Hotline Miami (shown below, right). In the next two years, the video accumulated more than 1.1 million views and 2,900 comments.
On May 29th, 2014, YouTuber Markiplier uploaded footage of himself playing Hotline Miami (shown below).
On March 14th, 2015, YouTuber jacksepticeye uploaded a video in which he plays Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (shown below). In the first two weeks, the video gained over 1.1 million views and 4,800 comments.
Related Memes
Gotta Get a Grip
In the final level of Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number the player takes an unknown substance and begins experiencing a psychedelic trip. After clearing part of the level, the player hallucinates several men in white suits dying at a table and says “Gotta get a grip…” before being sucked into his own mouth (shown below).