Eternal Champions (Sega CD) James & Mike Mondays

[@KramSacul]

Hearing James turn into AVGN for a brief moment during the pit scene was wonderful.

[@SkarrGaming]

I was kind of hoping that you'd mention that for a fighting game it has a pretty good story line. All the characters in the game are from different time periods and are actually dead. They were all killed just moments before they were about to achieve greatness. So they are all brought back by a powerful being to take part in this tournament and the winner of it will return to the moments just before they died knowing how to avoid it so they can go on living and change history.

[@shawdawg3675]

Yeah, like Larcen goes back before a bomb goes off, and ends up making a crime force that takes down organized crime forever. RAX ends up shooting a blast that destroys a remote control designed to shut down his cyborg systems to throw a fight and reveals that cyborg fights can be fixed.

[@videogamer678]

Don't forget the Cinekills, where the Dark Champ kills the fighter in an ironic or thematic way based on who they are.

[@zelg.5551]

Sooo... Fate/Stay Night, basically?

[@SuzukiHalwende]

So it's kin of like Gantz.

[@thedanhibiki6960]

@Zel G. except good

[@Zeithri]

" _Yeaa- Yeaah- YEAAAAAAAAAHHH!! THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!_ " Makes me all giddy.

[@stephenbianchi7141]

coulda milked this one for three parts and no one would be mad.

[@ym2612girl]

69 likes.

[@XGALAXYDRIFT3RX]

The Sega CD vesion of this game is def an underrated classic.

[@GojiraHarju]

100%

[@mikeacidecw1]

I'm so glad you guys liked this one. I played the hell out of it. it's crazy how many secret characters are in the game and most of them have overkills also. Awesome game, thanks for giving it some spotlight.

[@mikeacidecw1]

Haha, by far. I hated the 32x. lol. Only good game I remember was The Sonic and Knuckles game. lol. My one friend bought it the minute it came out and all he would play was Virtua Racing. That game was terrible lol.

[@ReverendCharles]

The Sega CD was awesome. It's the 32X that was a flaming disaster. But maybe you just weren't old enough to appreciate games like Snatcher, Lunar, this, and Popful Mail.

[@OneColdMonkey]

Oh my god Eternal Champions. I'd love to see a good reboot of this franchise. This was one of those games I wanted a Sega CD for.

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Same here I Wish Eternal Champions Got a reboot it's totally Badass ⭐👍🏿⭐👍🏿⭐

[@MrBreada]

DUDE. I usually don't comment on these videos, but I used to play the FUCK out of Eternal Champions a few years ago! Truly an underrated classic.

[@svcghost]

Thanks for commenting this time around. You should comment more

[@blok--head7472]

Makes me wonder what would happen if they brought this franchise back, but making it much more violent and detailed.

[@GriggsC123]

Simpleton!

[@fredlburrows]

Wasn't this the game that was supposed to replace mortal kombat, according to gamepro?

[@acewillingham]

I know right it is

[@NinjaxShadowXx]

And People say games today are too violent lol.

[@AncapOtaku]

They are wrong

[@grimm_destroyer5566]

This game was nothing lol neither was the original on the genesis

[@AngstyLou]

I've been waiting for this moment my entire life. Watching James and Mike's reactions to this game made it all worth it.

[@mattorama]

It's fucking hilarious how James and Mike both freeze with the screen during the loading sequences.

[@davidandrew3006]

I like how the body falls down the pit at a much slower pace than what it would normally do, to emphasize suffering.

[@IntroSpecktive]

Wow I just had to click on this one. This game was my life back in the day. So fun

[@gorgetheplatypus7797]

OMG INTRO WHAT R U DOING HERE MY MAN

[@ridingcdaoveritfilms8892]

The genesis or the Sega cd version? For me it was Sega

[@justinverser2102]

The story was awesome wasn't it?

[@draphking]

Watching Jame's scream with such enthusiasm over a guy being decapitated is such a wonderful thing

[@renato7184]

YES

[@BigBangBlitz]

I STILL can't believe that one guy did all the graphics for this game.

[@canaldeltiopapita3081]

really? that is amazing.

[@BigBangBlitz]

There were other artists involved, but as I understand it David C Russ designed everything and considering the amount of content the idea is staggering.

[@Linkonpark100]

Did he also do sprite work, because I would commend the dude for going through those frames.

[@ChrisBabaganoosh]

This was my fucking jam on Genesis. Xavier was my homeboy, the golden touch yo.

[@Aj-me8mo]

+hiddentomb1 lmao get em!

[@TheMegamanVX]

I've always played with Rax, he's awsome!

[@jackshea4520]

I didn't like the Genesis version so I never even tried the Sega CD version. I missed out. This should have continued on the Dreamcast.

[@CommodoreFan64]

yep, or at least the Saturn with more simple move sets to make it approachable for more people like King of Fighters series.

[@Kainsdisciples]

If you look at the box for the Saturn they advertised a new one. Then Virtua Fighter came out and Sega prioritized that.

[@tonyjackson7610]

Same, the Genesis version seemed clunky, but this upgrade should have sold shittons of copies. Its pretty much Street Fighter with MK gore, cool.

[@ReverendCharles]

There was a Saturn sequel planned, but if I remember correctly, Sega canceled it because they didn't want a Western produced game competing with Virtua Fighter.

[@kyuubinaruto17]

I think it would have been a far better game if the computer didn't blatantly cheat. Either make it like Street Fighter where both characters can use their specials as often as they want or actually make the damn computer unable to use their specials if they don't have the energy for them. It's also just ridiculously unforgiving. The AI is far too competent, and if you lose even once you go back two fights rather than getting a continue. And on top of that you have to face the final boss 4 times before winning. The stupid thing is that if you do the training bits one of the options is to choose the difficulty level of the AI opponent. Why the hell isn't this an option in the actual game???

[@HoradoTerror]

Oh my god. What an amazing game, so much graphic, funny deaths, I've got to play this >_>

[@Shadoestar]

Bought this game the day it was released. This game was my jam back then. Still looks pretty cool today. I'd like to see it get reissued.

[@K0nna13]

My god, when you showed a piece of that cover at 4:45, a massive wave of nostalgia went through me. I remember an advert of this game on the back of one of my Batman comics. I must have stared at it for ages always wondering, what that guy's wrist-light-thingy was.

[@THEGREATMAX]

I'm so glad they finally did this. I recommended this one forever ago! This game was amazing back in the day! We need a new Eternal Champions!!!

[@sepuljoe06]

Ohhhhh man I used to rent this game ALL the time back when I had my Sega CD, was freaking awesome learning all the Overkills and Sudden Deaths, so damn violent too, which I love. Awesome video, and I'm glad you guys enjoyed it as well, brought back many good memories \m/

[@oofta.gaming]

I'm really excited for Monster Madness!

[@JamesG2fo7]

the crush gun?

[@D3TOSS]

hi cutie

[@galacticzombie1942]

Me three.

[@alexl.4362]

I'm sure you are..

[@masterlee1988]

Yep, it's gonna be great. Shame it's the last though since I love the series but it's going out with a bang at least.

[@BubbleBuals]

For the "rarity" of the overkills you guys sure as hell got a lot of em!

[@vaxick]

Sega CD edition fixed that issue. ;) Sega CD edition was leaps and bounds more refined than the Genesis edition. On the surface they are similar, but they entirely overhauled the fighting system and made other changes as well.

[@THEGREATMAX]

To be fair, the Sega CD version had A LOT of different overkills per level, therefor it's easier to get them to happen

[@bradseaton257]

Just got into your shows guys keep making them and fuck ghostbusters 2016.

[@Robkinggozer]

Everyone already forgot about that movie, man.

[@ragingthunda4961]

+Rob Robberson Thank God

[@masterlee1988]

I wish that movie didn't exist TBH.

[@fremendar9659]

It doesn't.

[@EmmettXIV]

4:45 Jame Rolfe quotes

[@Untouchaable]

4:06 is one of the best deaths in retro games.

[@chadwilliams6113]

Looks like it belongs in Mortal Combat

[@rileyfosti843]

No it belongs in this game mortal Kombat has its own shit

[@murmenaattori6]

James' reaction :D ''Yea even better, now that's what im talking about! Yeah!'' :D

[@Andrew_-eu6fj]

Yeah a bit of the AVGN slipped out there. :P

[@ralphman8252]

Intimidation Mortal Kombat is pussy shit

[@frankiebeans8055]

They forgot to mention the bad ass soundtrack this game has

[@joelawson33]

I'll tell you: I have a strong love/hate relationship with the original Genesis game. It's cool if you're playing two player, but playing against the computer is fucking impossible. You can't stay too far away because they steal your power, you can't get to close or they'll block everything and throw you. Every time you lose to a person, it sends you back to the person before that person. I'm a pretty good gamer and I can't imagine ever beating that game.

[@rs52594]

King RAAAAAMMMSSEEEES! (The man in gauze, the man in gauze!)

[@CardinalKid87]

Return the slab! What's your offer?!

[@mariic2]

He's no Santa Claus!

[@YTC1234]

little known fact - Blade on this game is the Blade.. yes that Blade. and the character design is the way Blade was originally designed before Wesley Snipes portrayed him

[@bryancarpenter9426]

It might be because I'm watching this at a late hour, but that growl at 4:50 made me laugh for a really long time.

[@therush757]

I still have this. One of the best sega cd games.

[@twrmz]

YES! I never would have predicted that this would be an episode, what a great thing to wake up to lol

[@zombie9slayer0]

can we talk about how excited james gets when death happens haha the "yeaaahhhh" during the shark scene is priceless

[@TheKarui]

I remember playing this as a kid on the Genesis. I am surprised this game doesn't get mentioned more often along with Cyborg Justice.

[@1ButtonDash]

this game really flew under the radar especially the sega CD version

[@BluesPreacher89]

Cool

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

To be fair it did take MK a long time to get real gory with fatalities. This one just did it all the way earlier

[@EnforcerX71]

The main reason for that is because Mortal Kombat used digitized actors, which limited what they could do, while this used drawn animated sprites like Street Fighter did. When Mortal Kombat changed to actual animated character models in Mortal Kombat 4, the Fatalities got more brutal, which have since gone into overdrive with MK9 & MKX.

[@kev0lution]

THIS GAME WAS SO UNDERRATED AND IT NEVER GOT THE NOTORIETY IT DESERVED. Thsi game was the gold standard for me. I couldnt complain about 1 thing with this game. Too bad not many people even ever knew it existed.

[@TheHappybilmore]

LOL what on earth are you talking about????

[@sebastianriz4703]

lol this game does fatalities way bettter then MK

[@Untouchaable]

The Overkills in this game are badass. You should play A Nightmare on Elm Street (Revisted), Monster Party & Clock Tower for October.

[@jakesmith8941]

Dude I totally forgot about Monster party.

[@kanadwen]

what do you mean by ANoES (Revisted)?

[@travisbickle5381]

Sweet Home would be great.

[@kanadwen]

FoulDream gotcha

[@JamesG2fo7]

+FoulDream I was actually looking for a nightmare on elm street revisted the game on KZbin. Thanks for clarifying

[@KISSArmygroupie]

Aeesome vid! Eternal Champions is such an underrated gem. Glad to see it getting some love~

[@GameplayandTalk]

It was really fun seeing you guys play this game. This is easily one of my favorite Sega CD games, it's just such a huge improvement over the original game.

[@rsoulburnz]

played this game on genesis, and loved it. great music and look

[@pokerbeast6402]

I remember kicking someone into the fan and didn't know there were fatalities , I was like ohhhhhh shit wtf

[@IWillScoop]

Probably my 2nd favorite console fighter, I put so many hours into that game just finding all the finishers.

[@goldenheartOh]

One of my all time favorite games! This game is a masterpiece. Awesome story too. They actually thought of a reason that makes sense for all these people to be fighting in a tournament, and they explained the story and each character beautifully in the intro cinema. Usually, only a couple characters in a fighting game grab my attention, but there were manythat I played the whole thing through as. The music is great too. It's the only game I ever ripped the music from to listen to by itself. Also, wow. When did Mike get so complainy? "Would be nice if it would put their name & country on the character select screen." Is that really even worth mentioning? It's not that hard to figure out, especially if you watch the awesome cinematic intro that shows all the characters and their backstory.

[@Sharingan1230]

looking back into this video: they announced a live action movie adaptation of this game

[@michaelcorrigan6577]

omg! I've always loved this game. played it on Sega and never quite figured it out but had fun. Sega cd was bloody. I never knew that. awesome video guys!

[@GojiraHarju]

A criminally underrated game.

[@Monika-di7vv]

Loved this when it came out. Had the Genesis and Sega CD versions.

[@ReverendCharles]

It's weird to see the game being played without the, like, 20 hidden characters on the select screen. Back post-high school, pre-college, I had so many great memories of this game with a friend of mine.

[@TMAXXPUNISHER]

I dont know about this version, but Trident's stage from the original SEGA Genesis game had the most amazing music.

[@samfrito]

All the tunes and sound effects from the Genesis version were so top quality. For a cartridge it was amazing.

[@cuteherogirl15]

I love eternal champions.

[@yuihirasawa8816]

Me too :)! And nice Miku and Luka icon you're using, too ^_^!

[@cuteherogirl15]

thanks.

[@yuihirasawa8816]

+cuteherogirl15 You're welcome :)!

[@cuteherogirl15]

@@yuihirasawa8816 oh man I'm 2 years late but thanks man.

[@samfrito]

Makes me happy that my favorite game of all time still has fans. Eternal Champions is still incredible.

[@Mr_x_19922]

the stages and the characters looks really cool and weird, the fatalities are creepy and brutal, awesome!

[@lostinseganet]

I never played the Sega CD version but man the gensis version was GREAT. I reallly wish sega would make a remake of this game!

[@guitarristaexperto45]

2:03 "Ramses III used Brave Bird!" "It's super effective!"

[@timsevigney4036]

cinemassacre is life

[@ithinkihaveebola5238]

hell yea!

[@KWKBOX]

Mike & James are Eternal Champions!

[@Bazooka_Sharks]

Love this game, played it a ton as a kid and still have it today !

[@MoteofLobross]

I remember getting this at Blockbuster Video when they were selling Sega CD games for $5 apiece back in 1995. Also used to kick ass with Trident. And he was the only one I could manage to do a non-background fatality with because he had a stun move.

[@ff11dream]

I had this game and great music

[@roguecactus7]

I remember thinking Stabbing Westward's "What do I have to do" and the Atlantis characters' stage music were similar. 😀

[@Riquinni]

Yep in their song "Eternal."

[@SegaDream131]

The soundtracks on this one are kick ass.

[@SomeoneElse-]

This game is the epitome of "hidden gem".

[@producerevan88]

my friend and I loved this game when we were little, good times. I love your videos guys!

[@PaulGirdlestone]

Guys check out Weapon Lord. I remember that on SNES. Rented it so many times.

[@besttrick2]

I bought the Genesis version back in 93 when I was 12 for $53. I was so excited that day !!!!

[@goldenboyx92]

One of my favorite fighters as a kid. I remember playing this game for hours back in the early 90s. Loved the Chicago stage and the drive by shooting finisher lol

[@markodabrowski1040]

I loved playing this and the original. I completely forgot about this game. thanks for the nostalgia. only five more days for the gore to beginning. sad to know it's the last year but looking forward to it. thank you James and Mike!

[@Xearrik]

James was so hyped for those overkills. Those are some amazing quotes lol. I would have talked about this game nonstop if I had it in my day.

[@CandisClassicGameShrine]

These overkills are friggin awesome! I never heard of this game before today.

[@mokthemagicman]

Great video. I would have loved to see James and Mike go through ALL of the over-kills and see their reactions to all of them.

[@Williamstanway]

my friend had this on Genesis, we didn't even know there was finishing move because we where so young , but one day one happened by accident and it blew my mind

[@illu322]

Sega Genesis OST of this game was brilliant!

[@samfrito]

No lie. Still go thru the menus once in a while just to hear the music. And dont get me started on the sound effects. Blew everything else away.

[@ChaosPlaysBass]

I don’t know why but out of everything they showed in the video between the overkills, cinekills, good fighting mechanics, etc., the one thing that made me want to play this game the most is fighting in front of a McDonalds lol

[@000MidnightSun]

Hooray for James and Mike Mondays! I used to play this game but never realized how difficult it was.

[@BlackArroToons]

Nice review of Eternal Champions Sega CD. I only had the Genesis version, but cool to see the new stuff added. The Alchemist was a favorite character.

[@brienh63]

Thanks for another great video James and Mike!!!!!

[@DJAmtrak2]

Oh man this game was beyond difficult for me as a child of the early 90s....I liked the detective who used mantis Kung fu....but man this game was hard. Want it supposed to be used with the Sega Activator?

[@rhetro777]

Yeah, I owned it and could get nowhere in single player. The only time I had fun with it was when I had a friend over for 2 player fights.

[@CommodoreFan64]

Same here with the cart version. I tried to play this the other day via emulation on my homebrewed Wii, and still found the moves hard to pull off, but have almost zero trouble with something like King of Fighters series, or Guilty Gear pulling off moves all day long. It's a real shame they did not make the moves easier to pull off, and having not watered down the cart version, because this could have been a really special game series we might still be playing today.

[@MallyPureSmooth]

Same here, and I gave up on ever beating it once I discovered that the Eternal Champion has 5 forms that you have to beat without losing.

[@ReverendCharles]

Hahahaha. And so does the Dark Champion! Being able to eventually beat them with every character (keep in mind, you cannot continue after either fight) was something I was quite proud of years and years ago.

[@ReverendCharles]

Same here. Never beat the Genesis one.

[@erodz1892]

I spend years playing this game

[@shawdawg3675]

Nice, I remember commenting about wanting to see this game, and it's one they finally chose. Definitely underrated.

[@TyphoidBryan]

Loved this on the Genesis.

[@danielbradley6473]

This was a fun video. I would love to see some more sega Saturn games.

[@Number1StarSB]

Most underrated 16-bit fighting game by far... Only on Sega ;)

[@penvzila]

I never had Mortal Kombat. I had this, and it was awesome

[@calvinscheuerman]

this awesome game existed for the sega CD, and i had to own a 32X...

[@HopeOrDoom]

That was awesome! I never knew the Sega CD version was so different. Thanks for showing it!

[@justinearlywine5822]

Great video guys !thanks for giving us something to look forward to on Mondays ! Can't wait for monster madness !!!!

[@BubbleBuals]

Love this series

[@edy2112]

Holy moly! Those cinekills were fucking brutal! Good show I'm looking forward and forward to more to Mondays than ever because of you two.

[@BIGPUN4EVER]

I use to love this game. If only they made a modern version of this game! I think it would be a hit, it has some of the most interesting character designs.

[@MasatoHuehara]

I played this on Arcade, but there is no Arcade version, don´t know how they put a Genesis in the cabinet working on ficha (coin).

[@th1s1guysays1]

Oh man! Another classic childhood game!

[@MagneticToast]

I've been trying to remember this game for years. Thanks!

[@Dukkyjames200]

yay you played my request I'm so happy :)

[@CrackedFingersGaming]

Would love to see you guys do an extended play session of this game, I loved it as a kid.

[@dphbadboy]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh god I used to love this game as a kid...didn't know they released it on the sega cd...

[@Mosashi_EX]

Eternal champions at EVO 2017

[@RandomHajile-j7z]

This game deserves a 2nd episode with all the secret characters involved.

[@SalvettiRocco]

This game had something like 9 special moves per character in a time when having three was the average.

[@mourasantos]

Most of you will call me crazy, but I'll take this game over Street Fighter 2 any day of the week.

[@EuphoriaMetal]

Just bought this copy or my Sega CD and haven't played it yet. i played the genesis as a kid and actually just bought a copy of that too for the nostalgia. Looking forward to playing through it. Very under rated but very well made fighting game.

[@shoogles_]

Man, there was an adaption of this in the old UK Sonic comic. I had no idea it was this gory!