Great Visual Effects on the Sega Genesis - Part 3

[@SegaLordX]

For those of you wondering why game X wasn’t covered, this is part 3. The links to parts 1 and 2 are in the description where I cover many other games for the Genesis.

[@shipwreckedonapopulatedisland]

Snooker you have to sink a red ball then nominate the colour you wish to sink. Colours are scored differently and thats about all i know haha

[@gojohnniegogo]

@Chris Also worth pointing out the game works with Sega mouse too

[@secretysecret1551]

your compilation videos are the BEST!

[@icehulk2]

What's the song at the end of the video? Which game is that song from?

[@morderknodel5281]

Are there any good looking voxel based games on the genesis?

[@TheNiltoncgm]

Man, that motorola 68000 was just a marvelous powerhouse back in the day. No wonder it powered so many things, from Arcade hardware like cps1-2, system 16 and neo geo to home consoles and computers like the mega drive, sharp x68k, amiga, atari-ST, etc. The things you could do with it visually without the need of additional hardware was just mind blowing.

[@MaxOakland]

It powered the first Macintosh

[@Thor-Orion]

Like the intro to Alien Soldier says!

[@terrylodge4846]

As an Englishman, your "I'm not sure what a snooker is" made me chuckle 😆

[@SilverAxe13]

Ristar is such an underrated gem.

[@PH96Official]

Is it actually that good?

[@reptilez13]

I've been playing it a bit on Genesis Ultimate Collection - it's Def fun and unique.

[@SENTRYXX]

@@PH96Official is amazing

[@Guernicaman]

Is it really pronounced "Riss-star"? I've always pronounced it "Rye-Star".

[@MANOFGOD9000]

@@Guernicaman Americans usually pronounce it Rih-star while Europeans say it Rye-star. I don't know why it would be pronounced Rye-star in the US anyway.

[@claudiotapiaf.7194]

I love how Ristar has a different waiting animation depending of the stage.

[@goldenlightning8842]

I SEE RISTAR I CLICK bro Ristar is hands down one of the most gorgeous games on the genesis it my favorite gane of all time and i wasn't even alive when it came out like no where near but its just such a fun and grand game with amazing animations and gorgeous visuals, interesting characters,worlds and just oozing with pure potential i hope on day they bring it back

[@chrisgude1091]

🤘😃👍

[@duffman18]

I never heard of it when it came out originally. I was a huge sonic fan, had all the sonics. Plus some of the spin off sonic games. So you'd think I would have heard of a sonic team game like Ristar I'm just glad I know it now, it's such a brilliant game. One of the best 16 bit games, period

[@chrisgude1091]

Rocket League Adventure is a great Game too.

[@MaxOakland]

I keep seeing Ristar around and I’m starting to want to play it. I love the way it looks

[@maroon9273]

With the right hands the genesis can software graphics effects that grabs the eye. I wish sega developed a sequel of ristar and more sequels from majority of Genesis titles to the Saturn

[@duffman18]

They should make a modern Ristar sequel. I thought streets of rage 4 was brilliant, one of the best beat em ups I've ever played, so they can do the same with Ristar, hand it over to a great indie developer who knows what they're doing

[@maroon9273]

@@duffman18 Yes, along other IP sega titles for the genesis, Saturn and dreamcast era.

[@Thor-Orion]

Not having a Sonic or Streets of Rage really hurt the Saturn in the west. I loved my Saturn as a boy, but knowing what was left in Japan as an adult I know it could have done a lot better over here.

[@artisticthief23]

When I see “Awesome, Baby!” I have war flashbacks of Scott the Woz...

[@System_Sega]

Snooker is very popular in the UK. During the 80s and 90s Jimmy White was a household name over here. He also has a game on the Dreamcast which is worth looking at.

[@PaleHorse73]

I miss the console wars in the early days. I was a diehard Sega fan. I bought all the Sega consoles (I bought others too, but Sega came first), loved the games for the systems. I started moving slightly to the PC platform pretty early, but was still mainly a console gamer. Then came the demise of the Dreamcast. After this, I switched my focus 100% to the PC platform. It's safe to say, had the Dreamcast survived, and Sega continued to bring out competing consoles, I would have stuck with consoles as my main platform. Now there is no real console battle or war. The systems seem to just share the space. Hats of to Nintendo for staying very true to their roots, and being just as quirky now, as they ever were.

[@rainehappy7097]

I keep saying all the time that if Sega were to make another console and port over all their previous console and arcade titles along with new exclusives, they could totally pull it off.

[@PaleHorse73]

@@rainehappy7097 I agree 100%. I would buy that right up, as soon as it arrived.

[@ryzmaker11]

@@rainehappy7097 exactly, it's almost 100% sure that it'd be successful. they could also bring lost games such as after burner climax. sega has sooo much potential yet half of it is still untapped...

[@jc.1191]

I ended up loving Nintendo first and accepted Sega later because it was all fun stuff. Good times as a kid.

[@StanislaoMoulinsky79]

What I find the most impressive about F1 is the draw distance. Having the track go up and down and being able to see it in the distance was very uncommon back then.

[@DreamcastQ]

Some of these graphics look amazing, hadn't seen them before!

[@bigladmatt6769]

F1 is my favourite MegaDrive game. Great to see that it's cool 3D effects are on this list

[@balaam_7087]

Gotta thank you man. For like 25 years I’ve had this action figure that I loved as a kid but had no idea what it was from. Exo-Squad! You’ve solved that life riddle for me👍

[@ManillaHeep]

How did I miss parts 1 & 2 of this? Really enjoy these technical deep dives.

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

I asked myself the exact same thing! 🤔

[@SegaLordX]

The links to parts 1 and 2 are in the description.

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

@@SegaLordX Thanks!

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

🤣🤣🤣 I already had them "liked" 👍

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

@Franky Padilla Are you also a survivor of the 16-bit wars? 😆

[@atilamert4140]

Good Lord, that Street Racer runs buttersmooth!

[@hairy_cornflake]

I think Flink deserves a spot in a future video, visually that game absolutely blew my mind back in the day.

[@felipepereira214]

I would like to see a Saturn and/or Dreamcast series like this too.

[@Vetal83]

Lost World always looked great to me!!

[@savedbygracead6]

I agree. It doesn't seem to get the attention it deserves. I'm pretty sure TLW was the last new release Genesis game I got.

[@shuruff904]

I've never played it, but man did this video make me check it out on my emulator...cough* I mean, the cartridge I got from my local flea market *cough

[@jonpirovsky]

Outlander was originally planned to be a Mad Max game, but they lost the license before the release... I really enjoyed this game back then, even though it was a little bit difficult for a 10 year old...

[@benprastitis3341]

very basic guide to snooker (just enough to get you started): at beginning of every turn, you aim to pot a red ball. if you pot one, you then aim for a (non-red) coloured ball (which are worth different points. From the yellow worth 2 points, to the black worth 7 points) if you succeed in potting a (non-red) coloured ball, you then have to pot a red again. then rinse and repeat. red, colour, red, colour etc

[@philmason9653]

Oh man...the worldlines have shifted again. I've woken up in a timeline where the Genesis could do polygons.

[@ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC]

Ristar is truly underrated. 25 years later, and he doesn't even get ONE SEQUEL. 😑

[@SilverAxe13]

@@gaylordfocker7990 I doubt that. There’s a big market lately for revivals of classic franchises. Ristar may have only had one game, but it’s well known enough in the SEGA fanbase to make a comeback.

[@jc.1191]

Maybe it's time for a fan made game. All my favorite games are Indies pretty much nowadays.

[@priscilam.9808]

I see a 15 minute episode of Sega Lord X. I click instantly! YES!!! Thanks for taking the time to make it!

[@LorenHelgeson]

Having played my fair share of Road Rash and Hard Drivin, I'm very impressed with that Formula One game. Is it just me, or is it even smoother than Virtua Racing? Remember when that game cost about $100 brand new because of the extra chips they had to put on the cartridge?

[@shuruff904]

Virtua racing looked much better lol....but yeah F1 did look good (I had both)

[@RolandoMarreroPR]

I would not mind having Virtua racing made with the same engine as F1 $50 cheaper!

[@ThePoorMansRetroGameRoom]

Man thanks for showing street racer! I’m going to have to import it. I’m a big fan X keep doing what you do.

[@thereeteam]

Nice selection of video games! RISTAR has so beautiful colors and great effects.

[@vicchopin]

Exo Squad is fantastic. Loved this game back in the day

[@joups]

you should check 1993's "Greatest Heavyweights" had some impressive sprite size, animation color use and digitalised voices

[@StankMask]

Agreed! The intro alone was impressive

[@MizfitZer0]

For a console made in the 80’s to compete with the 8 Bit Nintendo it still stood toe to toe with the Snes and more often than not, beat it every time

[@VenusHeadTrap2]

Saw Ristar on the thumbnail and had to check this out! and wow, there's some very cool titles here I've never seen.

[@matthewwonks2534]

If they had Ristar 2 on Saturn, I would have gotten that system no questions asked.

[@mrlaidback83]

I don't remember if Flash Back was already covered in part 1 or 2 but I remember being blown away by the graphics and effects of that game and because of these reasons, I think it deserves to be on this list imho.

[@ShadowArtist]

Street Racer is impressive as hell! I'm going to add that game to my Mega Everdrive X7 cart, hopefully it will play on my Wondermega. Some PAL games have weird compatibility issues if it detects a CD Drive, like Shadow Of the Beast will not run at all.

[@Truxzord]

Awesome video! Ristar is so good, It should be more popular.

[@TheLegendofRenegade]

I love your content as a long time SEGA fanboy! Best reviews I've come across for these games!

[@wraithcadmus]

Jimmy White's was made by the very talented Archer MacLean, who worked mainly on home micros, hence the mouse pointer in screenshots. He did make a pool game bearing his game with the same engine the next year, but that only came out on various computers. Snooker's not _too_ complicated, basically you need to pot a red (which gets you one point), then a non-red (which gets you 2-7 depending on colour), the non-red gets put back on its starting spot afterwards. This repeats until there's no reds left, then you need to pot the non-reds in sequence finishing with the black. There's a turnover if you fail to pot or make a foul (which also gives the other player some points). Most points at the end wins. The one time I played snooker for real the biggest change from pool is the table is way bigger, (nearly 12' long), so if you're the sort of guy who wins more games of bar pool than he loses you'll find yourself making a lot of near-misses. The term 'snooker' is intentionally putting the ball somewhere it can't make the pot the other player needs to, say next up is blue and you've got no easy way to pot it, well screw the other guy by putting the cue ball somewhere he'll be damn-near forced to make a foul. This has become slang, albeit dated, if someone's 'snookered' they're in a really difficult position with regards to their choices.

[@RetroGameNova]

I remember I used to love playing the tomato toss and dinosaur segments in Virtual Bart, I just can’t bring myself to play that game anymore XD

[@jessop-]

I had Jimmy White's whirlwind snooker for my mega drive. I played that & PGA golf 2 loads, both sports that I wouldn't think would work as a console game.

[@borrellipatrick]

Had Outlander on the snes back in the day. Was a little rough but as kids, we only gotten a few games per year. So i played it enough that i beaten it 👀🤣

[@lazarushernandez5827]

It looks like that game could have been pitched as a Mad Max/Road Warrior game.

[@agentchris1482]

@@lazarushernandez5827 I think it was originally going to be a mad max game but lost the license to it.

[@iCABALi]

Snooker, Soccer and F1 games are a dime a dozen on older consoles over here in the UK. Almost every single person selling these consoles/games together will have one or more of them. If you ever come here, always worth checking out car boot sales and bigger outdoor markets. One of the things I'm most looking forward to when Covid restrictions are lifted.

[@devmech]

I love the monologue at the end. I think a lot of people take for granted the amount of power that consoles have today, but there was some real innovation that had to go into making these older consoles do their thing. And I'm with you, so much respect for those developers who put the time in and made these things work on consoles and never should have been able to run on.

[@iconoclasttastic9258]

Hey man - great video as always. Snooker rules.... Taking turns, each player tries to: Sink all 7 red balls (gaining 1 point for each). When all 7 are sunk - either player can move onto potting the coloured balls in this exact order: Yellow (2 points) Green (3 points) Brown (4 points) Blue (5 points) Pink (6 points) Black (7 points) Balls potted in the wrong order (or the cue ball) are placed back on the table with no points awarded and the further punishment of the opposing player granted 2 shots on their next turn. The winner is the player with the highest score when all balls are sunk. Watch a video of Jimmy White during the 70's and 80's. The man was legendary.

[@Gaming_since_the_eighties]

I agree with those: Virtual Bart Ristar Outlander Street Racer This episode brought back good memories.

[@doctorrobotnik4209]

'Snooker' means to confuse, trick or trap. In the context of the billiards like game a snooker is a shot that transfers control of play from a player to their opponent in a situation where they have no clear sight of a legal ball. This is done in the hope they will miss and be forced to retake the shot, yielding foul points. Snooker is really hard irl, i had this game as a kid in Britain, kudos to whoever did the capture!

[@doctorrobotnik4209]

.... And given that the origin of the game was from British army officers in 19th century India, the word snooker is probably an English corruption of an Indian original (nabob, pyjama, and bungalow are other examples)

[@draculaman]

Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker was such a great game and really unexpected to be highlighted in a list like this - the physics in the game were really great too Also, just in case you want to go back to it, the way you play snooker is you have to go red - colour, red - colour, etc when you're potting the balls. The red is worth 1 point, the colours are worth between 2-7 - Yellow is 2, Green 3, brown 4, Blue 5, Pink 6, Black 7, so the idea way to go is red/black/red/black, etc to get the highest score possible. Once all the reds are gone, you have to pot the colours in order from lowest value to highest. There are other rules with certain fouls and stuff, but you'll know most of them if you play pool. If you scratch, pot the wrong ball, etc, your opponent gets 4 points, unless you foul on a ball worth more than 4, where your opponent gets that value instead Enjoy!

[@andysee6996]

Having recently researched worldwide race tracks, I can tell what those tracks are. 3:10-3:23 Silverstone Circuit 3:24-4:01 Hockenheimring 4:01-4:21 Circuit Paul Ricard

[@alvinbautista1450]

Street Racer on the Genesis is so awesome, this what could've been a great version of Sonic Drift over their original Game Gear versions we have.

[@CoalCoalJames]

That snooker game reminded me of 3D cool pool by Serria. I was blown away back in the day playing pool online with crazy tables and balls in 3D. I always put that game onto PC's I build instead of the generic windows solitaire ect~

[@vanhalenbr]

I am missing Flashback here. Always thought it looked really good on Genesis.

[@Lord_Deimos]

I remember Sega trying to cast Sonic aside and make Ristar its mascot, something that always stroke me as extremely weird.

[@chrisfern4699]

That’s interesting. Why would they do that?

[@jakescartoons6045]

9:03 Hey look! It's that game that sits in Scott the Woz's Genesis every single episode!

[@rubyrogers8879]

Lmao I thought the same instantly

[@MrCoreslash]

The nostalgia in this video,old great memories ,great content as always

[@mflipflava]

Aladdin and it's fluid animation and how it accurately captures the look and feel off the film.

[@PONTOCRITICO]

That was the power of the M68000 processor, doubt it whoever you want, but never doubt its results.

[@stewartbladensb]

For someone who doesn’t know what snooker is you sure were playing it almost perfectly! I’m English and have watched and played snooker all my life, think of it like a game of chess but with balls. You have to score as much as possible while taking turns but balls have to be hit in a very specific order, if you can’t score then you have to try and make your opponent not score on his turn by positioning your shot to leave him with nothing to go for. Very much a strategy game.

[@auronsin1]

I miss Exo Squad so much. There really should have been a movie series for this show.

[@PodcastOGRU]

Great video as usual! Fast polygonal graphics on that hardware is always impressive, and parallax effects in Ristar is something not many retro-inspired games today can show. Also, Outlander is a very cool game and unique at that, but it lacks the variety in later stages IIRC. Reminds me of Mad Max 2014 title.

[@feelsbad6312]

i bought Gargoyles the other day CIB for 90 bucks. Also i love my genesis!

[@aceassn716]

Congrats I only have the loose cartridge haha The game is a gem though

[@exitplanetduster]

Ristar has a cool pseudo3d sequence between levels that merits a place in this video, because of the software driven technical achievement. In the Jimmy White game: that's the Windows 95 pointer!

[@Guernicaman]

It still surprises me to this day, what devs back then were capable of pulling off thru a combination of hardware & software of platforms like the SEGA Genesis/Mega-Drive. Shame they didn't make more games w/these tricks they learned. I could see another, better & smoother versions or sequels to Out Run, Super Thunderblade & Space Harrier.

[@sndwav2049]

Great video! Going to watch parts 1 and 2 now!

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

SLX turned a crappy night at the smoke shop into a good time on KZbin. Thanks 😊

[@iraplikeyoubreathe]

Great video, as usual from segalordx. When i played pier solar it was sooo much for the genesis i thought it might catch on fire, lol.

[@renegadedjinn5325]

YOU FOOL!!! You dare invoke "Dick Vitale's Awesome Baby! College Hoops" are you insane? Have you learned what Scott The Woz had to do to save us from that Orwellian alternate timeline?

[@johnknight9150]

That F1 game with 2D racing mixed with some 3D polygon models is really clever. I would never have thought of that, and the effect is impressive. I would like to see one of the Need For Speed games from the late '90s remade in that style as a fan port.

[@affansonicfan]

I think Formula One is the best looking racing game on the Genesis. I've been playing that game since I was six and I still find it impressive

[@Diwasho]

I loved Snooker, the visuals and gameplay really come together nicely. I too had no idea how to play initially but once I learned the rules it was great fun.

[@leemason666]

Great video Sega Lord X. Snooker is a really big game here in the United Kingdom where I am from. I remember playing Jimmy White Whirlwind Snooker when I was a kid and was blown away with the graphics for the era it was released in. You would love Snooker if you try it one day.

[@ChristianFernandoPerucchi]

Outlander was meant to be Mad Max videogame but something happened negociating the rights so they put outlander as its name

[@andrewmaasch1724]

That Outlander game looks pretty cool 🖒 Might have to fire-up my Everdrive and give it a jam 😎 That's why i love these types of video's where you cover multiple games as there's always 1 or 2 gems that I've never seen or heard of. Great video! 🖒🖒

[@dab7465]

Dear Mister X I want to thank your for all your hard work. Because of you i have a wonderful playlist on my Everdrive ^^

[@FatNorthernBigot]

Early 90's 3D was like the talking dog... People liked the dog, not because it spoke well, but because it said anything at all.

[@DeludedOne]

Quite a number of the games covered in this one are either racing games or have racing game elements. I guess that's one area for games to produce quality graphics.

[@brandonharding118]

Great video! I love this series. I really like that you're highlighting visually interesting games good or bad rather than games that are both good and look graphically impressive.

[@lurkerrekrul]

Formula One started life as an Amiga game named Vroom. Then they released a data disk the following year, and then upgraded it into Formula One, which was released on a variety of systems. I always thought it was visually impressive, but hard to control. It was extremely easy to swerve off the track and crash. There was a sequel to Whirlwind Snooker that played regular pool, but it was only released for computers.

[@msd5808]

That snooker game looks neat. Hadn't heard of that one after all these years.

[@Solidier1]

I remember renting "Virtual Bart" on the snes back in the mid 90s. Even though the game was considered "terrible", I enjoyed the hell out of it. This was back when the simpsons was watchable unlike today. The sliding level always comes to my mind every once in a while.

[@Canadian_Gamer]

One of the best examples is Mike Tyson's Punch Out! The part where little mac is running, the water looks incredible.

[@hamedizadishirvan9487]

Many of these also have good sound.

[@wolffactor56]

I remember renting Virtual Bart a few times, it was fun for the simplicity.

[@JLAvey]

Ristar is such a fun game. Too bad I didn't learn about it until twenty years after its release.

[@MaxwelThuThu]

2:36 Lol Why the SNES would require a special chip for that? That's a color cycling effect, it uses 16 colors with only 4 colors being different, by scrolling them, it can create movement. The same goes to Street Racer effect. The distortion for turning is just like every racing game. I think you should see "Super Off Road - The Baja" that actualy uses scalling effects with hills. And no, no special chip.

[@SegaLordX]

The SNES used Mode 7(it's specialized hardware mode) for Virtual Bart(which looks radically different). It didn't use a software based solution like the Genesis. The point was the Genesis had to do these things differently because it didn't have the luxury of hardware based solutions.

[@MaxwelThuThu]

@@SegaLordX Actually, Mode 7 is just scalling and rotation, so a 3D perspective effect always needs a software trick (H-DMA coding most of the time), but it was used a lot, so I understand what you mean.

[@64-Bit-Gamer]

I made the same point. I don't think that's a valid comment. Mode 7 was part of SNES hardware, not a fancy add-on chip.

[@joeplaysvr6510]

Love your „Great Visual Effects on the Sega Genesis“ series! Suggestions for Part 4: Skitchin‘ (amazing sprite scaling), Chuck Rock 2 (burning tree & dinosaur climb), Dynamite Headdy, F-22 Interceptor, Star Cruiser (dogfights, Intro, mazes & towns), Greatest Heavyweights (ring & audience „rotation“), The Lawnmower Man („polygonal“ stages & Space Harrier-style stages), Out Run 2019 (overhead highways & racing through forest sections), Battle Mania 2 (stage 6), Shinobi III, Sub-Terrania (dive into water, last boss), Earthworm Jim 1 (stage 3) & EJ 2, Ecco The Tides of Time (Tube of Medusa), Virtua Figter 2 (3d-ish floors), Pier Solar (over-world map on dragon), ResQ 3d bonus stage, G-zero, Starfox 3d tech demos, TiTAN Overdrive 1&2!

[@woodenpints]

Every video you put out is a banger.

[@SebastianoCuffari]

Formula One from Domark was actually a port of Wroom, already released on Amiga and Atari ST.

[@HungarianDerrickRose]

Formula One was known a Vroom on my trusty old Atari ST - it's one of my favourite racers ever, looks pretty similar to the Genesis version.

[@SaschaAsh]

Yeah it came on the Amiga too. 👍🏻😊

[@mjbeltran9429]

Something off topic you have a geeky voice but the other day I saw you in a video and you look like a biker! That was unexpectedly mindblowing!

[@BigB70]

Street Racer was Rocket leagues great grand father

[@fplgregfrost]

I'm amazed it didn't get a US release.

[@Shadowbann3d]

It was also available on the SNES

[@josecabre1]

Exo Squad actually had three types of gameplay. The third one is a one on one fighter (with a two player mode included).

[@Dex99SS]

Wow, this episode showed me a few new ones... Really impressive!

[@duckpwnd]

You're Sega Lord X. And I will catch you next time.

[@Craplatte]

Ah, you're gonna LOVE Snooker once you first tried it in real life. The rules aren't too hard either.

[@DannyWilliamH]

The Bart tomato throwing section was just a reskin of Acclaim's NFL QB Club/Challenge. I loved that game despite the QB Challenge being the only fun part.

[@ravagingwolverine]

I've also long had a fascination with seeing developers do things on systems that didn't seem possible. A lot of the time, it hurt the game play, but not always. Still, it was cool to see them push the limits. I wasn't even into the Game Boy and GB Color in the late '90s, but I really liked seeing them try things you didn't see much. Metal Gear on the GBC is one example of that. While I'm not super fond of its level design, it's an impressive game in a lot of ways.

[@sotnec1596]

It’s amazing that the Genesis released in 1989 but didn’t hit its stride until around 1994.

[@Omelander]

Awesome baby

[@entertainmentwizard2703]

Ristar deserves another shoot and never heard of Street Racer it looks impressive!

[@Cafeman_2D]

I never saw several of these before. Interesting. I'd vote Ristar as the best of these. I remember stumbling across a cheap copy of Ristar and plugging it in, and being frankly amazed at the visuals and music, some of which seems to have foreshadowed Nights.

[@richfan10]

I’ve alway thought that Ristar should have been a Saturn game as it was released so close to its launch