Demolition Man - Sega Genesis & CD Review

[@philleotardo8760]

Demolition man is one of the best 90’s action movies. That museum shootout was incredible.

[@pharmtek]

Or do you just like to see nude Stallone in jelly?

[@alkohallick2901]

Was it?

[@kerw321]

It's also funny as fuck !!

[@edenhummel882]

Also, under the action it was also thought provoking about the subject of the conflict between personal freedom and social safety.

[@mrxpexplorer6318]

@@kerw321 You are fined two credits for violation of the morality statute

[@bananarama6808]

Crazy how close and realistic they predicted the future

[@rustymixer2886]

Exactly or was it predictive programming too

[@senordataanalyst460]

Just eight and a half more years...

[@clash113]

Ikr, who'd thunk we'd all be wiping our arses with sea shells and eating rat burgers. Uncanny

[@rustymixer2886]

@clash113 police are useless, crimes are ok, politicians are weak rich psychos that use violent people as agenda, being a man is a toxic caveman, vr sex, should I go on?

[@StaxxSeattle]

@@rustymixer2886predictive programming for sure

[@Dorelaxen]

Enhance your calm, Sega Lord X. Let us eat at Taco Bell.

[@Pegfoxx]

Sega Lord X has had it with enhancing his calm, so he is going to eat a rat burger instead hahaha!

[@ricepony33]

Fun fact: Bring a VHS copy of demolition man to any participating Taco Bell and you’ll receive a Franchise Warriors Welcome.

[@avivmizrachi4382]

What does that even mean? Sorry

[@admiralAlfonso9001]

@@avivmizrachi4382reference to the movie

[@theayatollahofrockandrolla]

It means you don't know how to use the 3 seashells..

[@creativeusername7951]

Wait what? Please explain.

[@JP47471]

@@avivmizrachi4382 Taco Bell is the only food restaurant in the Demolition Man universe

[@FloridaEbikes]

We were obsessed with the movie and I remember loaning my cousin the cash to buy the Sega CD version. I was holding out for the 3D0 version 😂

[@archive3do769]

The 3do version is pretty darn fun. I love the light gun sequences with the light gun itself.

[@648C47]

3D0, 3do... here are the remaining permutations: 3DO, 3Do, 3dO, 3d0

[@FloridaEbikes]

@@archive3do769 yup. I have the light gun for it still but it needs a micro switch for the trigger.

[@FloridaEbikes]

@@648C47 indeed

[@archive3do769]

@@648C47 3do is the same thing as 3DO. What are you on about lol

[@MrMegaManFan]

One of my favorite childhood movies. Friends my age still get a laugh when we talk about the "three seashells" and Sandra Bullock saying "let's go blow this guy."

[@ShaneRimmerWorld]

Take this job and shovel it

[@Norman-Bates-60]

What are the 3 sea shells?

[@danjohnson2296]

@@Norman-Bates-60Jesus…go rent the movie Muffin

[@SolCresta3405]

Love how the Sega CD version uses footage from the movie.

[@MaxAbramson3]

The Sega CD almost always got the best versions of these games, yet most of those could've been upmade for the Saturn, then bundled together. Saturn could've launched with 20-30 of these Sega CD games just to have something on shelves, but SoJ wasn't listening to SoA, gamers, nor devs.

[@SolCresta3405]

@@MaxAbramson3 That’s true.

[@jr2904]

The 3DO version looked even better

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

@@MaxAbramson3 Sorry but I don't remember anyone wanting to play Sega CD ports on their Saturn when it launched. In fact that's a terrible idea to introduce a new system. Sure, some of the best Sega CD had to offer on complications would've been nice down the road. I'm still pissed about Sonic Jam not having Sonic CD and the US version of the Lunar remake being cancelled (thanks Stollar/SoA!)

[@MaxAbramson3]

@@Prizrak-hv6qk Streets of Rage? After Burner II? Golden Axe? On the Saturn? Hell yeah.

[@joshoshea3194]

I used to love reading Mean Machines magazine when I was a kid. I still have a lot of those still tucked away in the loft (attic) but a lot of those pages have screen shots missing from where I cut them out with a pair of scissors to glue stick into my our "special review book" that I made from an old blank school text book. I think all my reviews gained a 10 out of 10- Sonic, Streets of Rage, Road Rash, Desert Strike.... at that age I couldn't complain about any of them. I didn't become a professional writer however.

[@l11l1venom1l11l]

You and I will never agree when it comes to soundtracks lol. This is one of the absolute best on the Genesis, but I had no idea there was a difference on the Sega CD until this video. Thank you for that - I must go blast it into my ears right now.

[@JJKoester]

1:05 - Love that there's the cigarette burn in the digitized footage.

[@kri249]

You really have to appreciate the work that went into the animation frames. I can't help but notice the muzzle flash light up his figure with each shot. Little details like that make all the difference.

[@MuJoNeSs]

"Send a maniac, to catch a maniac".

[@KrisTheBatSpider21]

heads up.......UGH! john died in the game. i love doing that in the begnning at the 1st level. makes me laugh.

[@lldjslim]

Is it cold in here, or is it just me And how do you use the 3 sea shells

[@georged7627]

Mean machine, Game Pro and Nintendo Power were some of my favourite mags back in the 90,s i wish i had some now i also had the VHS promotional Sega Mega CD Tape before it came out i watched that tape over and over again like 500 times oh the memories 🙏🏽I’m George D76 and i will see you next time

[@darkchild130]

Just remember that John is running around these levels with his ass caked in shit as he never figured out the 3 sea shells.

[@jordanhoughton1948]

🤣🤣

[@Peeps7468]

That’s the best comment I’m going to read today. I’m logging off now. 😂

[@CagedSUPERMAN]

He used paper citations

[@darkchild130]

@@CagedSUPERMAN once

[@trapjaw1396]

So much for the seashells.

[@cinnamondan4984]

Remember loving the vibe of the CD version. The music when you see Phoenix in level 1 is dope.

[@j.goggels9115]

Surprisingly, this game is awesome on the Mega-CD. Fast Top-Down shooter, action packed platform, great cutscene. This is the best the Mega-CD has to offer.

[@joshoshea3194]

I dare say that the SNES comparison looked slightly better in the stage visuals with a bit more blending of the sprites of the stage layout?

[@ArjanSnijder]

but the music was sh...t in the snes one.

[@BassForever]

Hope you review the 3DO version down the road. That version is far more infamous between all the new footage shot for it and the crazy amount of gameplay variety.

[@goranisacson2502]

Legit did not know there was a 3DO version with extra material- now I really want to see him tackle that one!

[@jr2904]

I've only ever seen the 3DO version, but that was so long ago now that I don't remember much firsthand

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

@@goranisacson2502 it's a completely different game. It tries to have different styles of gameplay for each scene that it recreates, so you have light gun style sections, fighting game sections and FPS levels. It's also a gold mine for clips of Sylvester Stallone awkwardly pretending to sneak around in front of a green screen and reading out playground insults with an energy that is rarely seen outside of a mortuary

[@goranisacson2502]

@@casanovafunkenstein5090 That sounds like just the kind of unrestrained and far too optimistic attitude I remember from the days of "multimedia" hype when people felt amazed at all the possibilities that CD's brought and dreamed WAY too big for what the hardware of the time could handle. so many magical disasters.... and it sounds like this is one too.

[@Aragorn7884]

To play this game you have to unlock the 3 shells first *IYKYK* 😏

[@c.l.7525]

Sandra Bullock personally taught me how to use the three shells.

[@spencerstevens2175]

Demolition Man was very misunderstood when it came out. Most saw it as an action movie, but it was really just a look into the future we were laying down for ourselves

[@thatradiogeek]

Most sci-fi media is, in some form or another.

[@jr2904]

Much smarter than it was given credit for back then; but those that remember it have spread the word about it and it's more popular now, thankfully.

[@TheSliderW]

you can tell this game was made to look amazing on a CRT TV. The vertical lines on the art is an artist trick to get sub pixel color mixing. If you have a nice CRT TV, please include a segment where you film the screen for a minute or two. It would be worth it if only to showcase some of the cool effect.

[@tigerwarsaw99]

Demolition Man predicted the future with unsettling accuracy.

[@Oysterblade84]

Yeah no toilet paper, no hunka chunkas and only Pizza Hut/Taco Bell restaurants.

[@tigerwarsaw99]

@@Oysterblade84 😂@no hunka chunkas. Recently read that Taco Bell is opening its first franchise here in Australia. Cause for concern.

[@jr2904]

​@@tigerwarsaw99 only order a chalupa if you go, that's all that's good there haha

[@thenuclearsandwich]

Yeah. It's like some people are using that movie as a template.

[@khululyp]

And Arnold Schwarzenegger entering politics.

[@cd5sircoupe]

I loved this game as a kid, still have my genesis copy in the collection. It definitely felt like this was two separate games sold as one, between the side scrolling & top down sections.

[@themelbornememer9575]

Man im always learning about new games when watching your channel. Keep up the good work as always

[@Patsfan1987]

Oddly enough i still own the laser disc of this movie lol, always loved this movie!!

[@tigerwarsaw99]

True fan right there.

[@diamondhands0111]

I haven’t clicked on a video so fast! Thank you for reviewing this classic! I loved both versions. Judge Dredd is another classic!

[@DP12321]

This was a good game paired with an excellent movie. In fact nowadays the movie hits a bit too close to home with its satire. The prescient nature of it can be a bit much at times. ❤ I saw it again recently and the scene where they gleefully listen to the radio station of old commercials is funny... but I found myself doing something similar watching old commercials on KZbin. 😅 Nostalgia is comforting I suppose.

[@mrnicktoyou]

It's interesting how much more dithering games used in the later stages of the Mega Drives life. Eternal Champions especially used it a lot.

[@maroon9273]

Lack of hardware transperscies and low amount of color count.

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

Western devs back liked to go for the exact type of graphics that the MD wasn't designed for: "gritty and realistic". You really had to know what you're doing to pull it off without everything looking like a dithered mess.

[@TrusteftRetroWeekend]

The GEMS music sounds like a mix of Adlib and Soundblaster on PC. I like that. Cool video.

[@MrOllievator]

LOVED this game as a kid. Rented it all the time, just found it hard as balls.

[@nofate2951]

One of my all time beloved games on the Genesis! I've only beat it on the highest difficulty once. Had no idea until this video it was also released on the CD. Thank you for this video. Gonna keep my out for it.

[@Akiga_games]

Awesome video! I really enjoyed learning about another game! Awesome review SLX!

[@joseirimia]

It reminded me to the gameplay of alien 3 and the terminator. Both of them also from acclaim and highly enjoyable albeit difficult.

[@TrashPandamonium]

One of my absolute favorite Sega Genesis games. This game was SO GOOD! :) The gunshot sound effects were pretty great. SEND A MANIAC TO CATCH HIM - HEAD'S UP!!!

[@yuvraj01]

The 3DO version was probably the best version out of the lot

[@jr2904]

Definitely, the beginning section where you have to shoot down the gunship left an imprint on my young mind haha

[@C3phoe]

This guy is very relatable, his blue collar story i can identify with so much. Things as infinitely more valuable when they take considerable work to get! 🎉

[@67LOCsiNYC]

I remember watching this in the movies and Taco Bell becomes Pizza hut in some versions I thought it was a Mandela Effect 😂😂

[@WarioSaysSo]

Growing up with both Nintendo & Sega, so I loved both systems. When it comes to Demolition Man, I had a better time with the SNES version. The slow-down was easier to work with then the faster paced Mega Drive/Genesis version and the sound and music was more my taste. That said, the Sega CD should have been the BEAST version. It should have been better at all aspects, yet they bugged out, not even giving it better music :-/

[@ReanimatorsMutilations]

You had both versions as a kid?

[@WarioSaysSo]

@@ReanimatorsMutilations No I never owned for myself any version. I played on others. When you love SLY's movies you want to see all games of his movies as well ;-) Jost to bad I have never been able to play "Cobra" on any micro computer

[@leighdappa]

❗️Three things; 1️⃣'Demolition Man' is my second-favourite film of all time (after T2:JD). 2️⃣I was only playing this a few days ago on my SNES: Mini. 3️⃣This game always reminds me of 'Judge Dredd', also on the SNES.

[@juanrios4030]

Pitch meeting exec: WAIT FOR IT… A 3 shells🐚 mini-game in the vein of MK’s TEST YOUR MIGHT! We’ll sell millions!

[@SAM-ru4vx]

Side quest: Play as Dennis Leary as he 🚬☕🥩🧈🧂

[@stephenmontgomery5807]

I loved this movie, saw it later in life (was 17 and a bum in 96). Glad to see this was a game, too!

[@nekoeko500]

Maybe not a highlight by fhese days' standards, but I was surprised by the voices back in the day, even if they were very short clips. The fact that the movie predicted the future is mildly amazing too.

[@OMGmyFACE]

I had a lizard who was fascinated by the violence in this game. Whenever I played it, he was glued to the screen the second he heard the nonstop shooting.

[@streetmagik3105]

This makes me want to play Huntdown again. If you haven't played it, i highly recommend it. Tons of old-school influences like this and pretty cheap on every platform.

[@MrZed82]

I'm from Europe and I bought a Genesis copy overseas (Megadrive version is quite expensive). Can't wait to play it :)

[@TheSnoopyclone]

Man I love this game. Got it for $6 back in the day and played the hell out of it. It is a fast paced action game. At first I didn’t like it because I was playing it like a slow action game. But after playing it for a while, I understood the play mechanics and the play style. As it says, send a maniac to catch one. So play it like a maniac. Lol

[@KrisTheBatSpider21]

i use to own this game for my genesis back in the day. good times. phoenix: the hell with the hostages this is between you and me.

[@ziadmamlouk]

That was a forgotten find! Brilliant! Even the film spots were FMV!

[@amerikaOnFire]

The Gems sound did come through, but whomever did the tracks at least knew what they were doing to not make it grating. So you hit the nail on the head with your descriptions. Also, the CD version of Rooftops is a BOP!

[@NEONTRASHPRODUCTIONS]

Great review my man! This was one of those games released back in the day that was designed to be so difficult to curb the video game rental market. A lot of games were made that hard so they couldn’t be beaten on a single weekend.

[@jessehayes8052]

Awesome movie and game, had it for the Genesis as a kid

[@KrisTheBatSpider21]

me too.

[@ady3328]

Watched you for years bro brilliant channel, question. Is it you, or YT increasing the frequency of ads? 2/3 minutes apart now highly frustrating 😮

[@SegaLordX]

My ad settings have always been the KZbin default. Some videos get hammered while others not so much. I wish I could turn them off but I put full time hours into my channel. It's an unfortunate necessity.

[@jenisia3600]

Ikr

[@Pyro-Moloch]

In 2000, when I was turning 6, my parents bought me a Sega Genesis for my birthday, and this was the game that came with it.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

For me, the best game based on this movie was for the 3DO.

[@RockyBergen]

The only game I ever played on an actual 3DO. :D

[@dadrising6464]

Awesome movie, and kinda prophetic

[@brandonharding118]

I had this on Sega CD and thought the FMV was the most amazing feature. Overall, I really liked this game and was able to memorize enough of the stage layouts to beat it consistently.

[@philipnapier3382]

I’d like to see you do a review of the 3do version of this game . It was a completely different game then on the other systems

[@michaelwhitacre8499]

Ah i love the windowed grainy video of the Sega CD ❤

[@zanegandini5350]

I like how this one uses GEMS, and that makes sense given that Virgin Interactive was behind it. Most of their composers were pretty good with the GEMS sound driver. The CD version also sounds nice, and keeps a lot of the FM twang from the cartridge version. Not sure if it's using the YM2612 or just one of the various FM keyboards that were popular at the time.

[@adamfn7086]

Probably the best Stallone movie based game on the Genesis, although Rambo 3 wasn't too bad

[@89sigma43]

Demolition Man is actually a very intelligent and surprising funny Sci-Fi Action film.

[@alexanderdorsey6400]

On a streaming network they changed taco bell to pizza hut ironically weird 😂

[@juggalo4life247]

I remember playing demolition man on the 3do...

[@dan_loup]

I'm convinced that this game is basically a parody of every system it is on. On the genesis it has a painful lack of colors, on the snes it has a LOT of slowdown and the 3DO one is a movie.

[@Shyning77]

And the movie is a parody of the world we were leaning towards ;)

[@PhantomHarlock78]

The sci-fi movie that most correctly predicted the future.

[@rustymixer2886]

This movie predicted the future

[@StevenBertuglia]

Or it’s predictive programming.

[@rustymixer2886]

@StevenBertuglia I said that in another post here too :)

[@brittislove]

Ahhh game magazines around that time just straight up started shooting out positive reviews on all games. Even as a kid I was like, "yo... that game does NOT deserve a 5." Gamepro was always the worst offender for me on that issue. Sushi X would NEVER tell me a lie though. He is honorable

[@dr.charlesedwardflorendobr3952]

Both the CD and GEMS sound like MIDI except the GEMS was played back / sampled using the Yamaha FM chip synth, while the CD version was played back / sampled using a high end synthesizer.

[@thetechn1que518]

I always find it funny when only the SNES version has a transparency effect, but it’s just a spotlight that could have easily been done on the Genesis using the highlight/shadow function. Seems like most Sega devs were unaware of that hardware feature.

[@RCWatson]

Wicked! Love finding a new channel to watch and sub to.

[@ericcornish3773]

One of my favorite game on the Sega Genesis

[@Whyteeford]

This game was pretty awesome for an early 90s action shooter

[@Detroit_Dawg]

Ive only ever played this game on the 3DO and man was I impressed by that game back in the day! It is completely different from either of these versions lol

[@Camtrack]

now we are on that future

[@ady3328]

I don’t think I’ve seen you review syndicate, I loved that game I never knew it was on the sega as I played it on the snes years ago. The top down section reminded me of it 9:33

[@Shannon-ul5re]

The sega cd versions at the time were so disappointing. The sega cd was a system on its own and was never really take seriously. Hence the cut backs and many cart ports.

[@darkman4811]

It would have been funny if the game had a timed mini-game puzzle with the 3 seashells that lets you solve it before John Spartan gets the runs from having too much Taco Bell. 😂

[@AllardRT]

A surprisingly great action platformer, exactly the kind I love on the ol' Mega Drive

[@markula_4040]

No 3 seashells No fines for foul language No thank you

[@aceassn716]

Do any of your apartments have wooden paneling in 2032?!? Along with no gas leaks I hope

[@splicedframes]

I always assumed that the Sega CD version had the same gameplay as the 3DO version.

[@zhengistasbolatov8480]

Damn, you guys are fast.

[@Aragorn7884]

That's what she said? 🤔😏

[@J45yu456]

First R rated movie I watched as a kid 🤘

[@lazarushernandez5827]

I was focused on the 32 bit generation when this game came out, the action does look fluid and fast paced.

[@anon_y_mousse]

I wish Sega was still making hardware. As far as I'm concerned they were the best back in the 90's and I don't understand how they could lose the console wars so badly, even with the missteps made with the 32X and all the weirdo peripherals.

[@nick-8013]

Loved this on SNES. Great movie too

[@az_tinkerer_gamer]

Must say, it makes me happy you did this review. I loved the movie and i thought the game was fun.

[@JaggedMercenary]

Why can't we have good games like that anymore? 😭

[@HrvojeGrahovac]

I'm shocked the 3DO version is not mentioned here

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

Yeah, I remember playing it back in the day and quite liking it for the most part (though the FPS section where you're tracking down Phoenix was a bit awkward to work out. I remember that I'd be wandering around, only for him to saunter by with a machine gun and then completely annihilate me. I was just a kid, so I was probably not paying proper attention). The 3DO game is admittedly several mediocre games frankensteined together, with barely any overlap between the controls of the different sections, but it's surprisingly ambitious and I do respect it for that at least. When you make a game that's a rail shooter, a fighting game, and an FPS you're probably going to have a tough time making that feel coherent but the fact that they did actually give it an earnest go of it and you never see that kind of experimental game design nowadays

[@goranisacson2502]

Game seems servicable enough, but what I'm REALLY interested in now is what's up with the delay- why would they do that? Was it not coming together, or did the previous publisher not think the game would sell or what?

[@retrooutput]

I really loved this game. Good to know that Acclaim actually had little to do with this one... Explains why it's actually decent !

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

Demolition Man is one of my favourite movies of all time, I’ve never played the games, but the Mega Drive and Mega CD versions are pretty decent as far as movie to video game adaptations go from what I’ve seen and those 64 colour limitations aren’t too much of an issue due to sprites being used and compares favourably to the SNES version and the music is very good especially in the Mega Drive version with Tommy Tallerico doing the sound design which is why the voice samples are really clear. And speaking of the SNES version, the Mega CD shares some of the music tracks with the SNES version which in my opinion sounds better than the Mega Drive version which is pretty decent.

[@famousfigures]

One of my all-time favorites. I feel like this kind of run & gun with larger sprites was a very short-lived subgenre that hasn't been seen since. But big question for Sega Lord X: Does the audio track on the 1st level of the Sega CD version keep stopping & repeating after about 30 seconds? Every version online does that.

[@GameSack]

The retail version does that. Multiple tracks on the disc are incomplete. Not sure how they didn't catch that before release.

[@famousfigures]

Thanks for confirming,@@GameSack. Love your work BTW!

[@jeffm5056]

I look forward to a similar Genesis/Sega CD review of Cliffhanger. Lol

[@ricepony33]

Anyone know the story of the Sega graph paper box art?

[@teknomax7883]

I had this cartridge back in the late 90s and it blew me away... And my nerves too. Game was infuriating!!! Nevertheless I persevered and got to the ending. Btw, in Argentina, local magazines absolutely trashed it, specially Action Games. The game wasn't that bad at all and your review is on point.

[@madyak6669]

I preferred the 3do version with the light gun shooting and video they filmed just for the game

[@ZenCorvus]

Its pizza hut internationally, not taco bell.

[@jordanhoughton1948]

John Spartan still won't know how to use the 3 seashells no matter what he eats.

[@iamlegend1482]

I had this game for snes and I loved it

[@ДмитрийДимаков-р3о]

I actually can't recognize the level with the sewer pipes! Is it in the CD version only or it's my memory lettig me down?) Nice comporation vid) P.S. Music in Genesis version is better although it's a kinda paradox)