Mega Splatterhouse - Sega Genesis Demo Preview

[@dire51]

Rob from West Mansion (you know, the Splatterhouse fan site that's been around for over twenty years?) here. I'm involved in this too, as a tester.

[@guilhermehank4938]

I love that site, great job

[@greenkoopa]

Hello Rob from West Mansion, I'm the Green Koopa from destroyed world Thea⁴⁴

[@Wizbitsrandomgaming]

Legend

[@TimBitten]

Tell the devs to add a “little buddy mode” where a second player controls a little ghost or something that can just tie up certain enemies for a second and slightly damage bosses if it picks up enough upgrades!

[@dire51]

@@TimBitten sorry, it's going to be a one player game.

[@albert09]

The missing Splatterhouse arcade port is finally on the Genesis. Now the original trilogy it's complete. Nice work.

[@RetroPiero]

While it may not have been ported to the Genny back then. At least now we're guaranteed a close to arcade perfect AND uncensored port in the works! I love it!

[@Ness_and_Sonic]

Probably could be upgraded with extra skins/masks such as the ones from Splatterhouse 2, 3, and the Remake for PS3 and Xbox 360 along with an attempt to make it feel like a definitive edition.

[@dcboys4195]

Had a feeling the Splatterhouse 16-bit era trilogy would be completed for the Sega Genesis.

[@EvilMyers]

The colors look brighter, makes the game pop more

[@daveruda]

This could be the definitive version of Splatterhouse. Looks fantastic already!

[@WMARUoriginal]

Wow the Genesis is getting some killer fan ports!

[@joeyjo-joshabadu9636]

Genesis is the homebrewers choice

[@ajsingh4545]

​@joeyjo-joshabadu9636 all thanks to the SGDK development kit

[@MonsterBathGamesInc]

@@ajsingh4545 I'm using Scorpion Engine, not SGDK. It is also amazing though!

[@forcedfeedbackclassicgamer5499]

Holy hell in a hand basket. This looks incredible! I need this on a cart like yesterday.

[@heilong79]

They are doing great work on porting these games, Final Fight, R-Type and now this.

[@ironinthesoul]

I'd love a Double Dragon 1 & 2 remake, Time Soldiers port, Ninja Turtles Arcade port.

[@yousefslimani99]

OMG OMG it finally happened! I cannot believe they finally make splatterhouse 1 on SEGA Genesis after all these years! I’m so happy rn 😱😭

[@JIreland1992]

I love that the example of a tame arcade game was Missile Command, one of the darkest games thematically.

[@ajsingh4545]

Nah

[@GadgetUK164]

This is looking amazing!!! Cannot wait for this to complete!

[@francoalmiron5107]

Seriously, is amazing how many new games are getting ported to the Sega Genesis!

[@The90sGamingGuy]

This looks amazing. I must play this when it is finished.

[@Mankey619]

This looks way better than the PC Engine. It's faithful to the arcade version here, right down to its terror hockey mask. The opening where Rick smashes the SEGA logo is downright awesome. Makes me wonder that why they didn't ported this on the Mega Drive to begin with.

[@douglasmurphy3266]

The hardware is more than capable as the arcade isn't using any higher resolution or crazy color depth. In 1988-1990 the main issue was the cost of cartridge ROM, so most early Megadrive games were 1 Mbit to 2 Mbit. Games got better over time largely due to ROM budgets getting larger. This game could probably be done nicely on 8 Mbits to 16 Mbits if they kept every single frame of animation.

[@MonsterBathGamesInc]

​@@douglasmurphy3266 While the art isn't eating up much of the rom space - the music and SFX are. I've probably fit in about 15 of the samples from the arcade so far, and with the music (there is a lot of music) and artwork it's already sitting just over 1.5MB. I do have to clean up some unused bits but it's probably going to end up being a hefty rom regardless. I'm going to try my best to keep it under 4MB.

[@jeffm5056]

That looks incredible. I'm always amazed and even a little saddened when we get these homebrews because I feel like the Genesis was fully capable of games that were better than the ones we got.

[@danmakuman]

The real problem back then was the lack of bigger ROM size and time development. There's great games on the console that took advantage of the system, specially original titles but we have to consider that it was a business and they couldn't take the time to polish a lot of details or working more the color palettes. The console was indeed capable of this and more but those were mostly the reasons it wasn't that way back then.

[@mattb6522]

This is amazing! I always wondered why Namco never ported the original Splatterhouse to the Genesis/Mega Drive. This looks like an official release! Very impressive! Kudos to the hacking team working on this conversion! I'm looking forward to this and more of these 16-bit projects!

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

I know Arcade Splatterhouse like the back of my hand and aside from the color reduction that's expected from the genesis hardware, this is pixel perfect and I'm shocked there's no flicker. That Sega intro was brilliant and reminded me that not a lot of homebrews, if any, have done that. I really, really want to listen to the music to see how faithful it is because while Namco System 1 and Genesis both have FM chips, System 1 uses OPM which uses different algorithms to the Genesis OPN YM2612. This might also be the most impressive usage of the Scorpion Engine too I've seen thus far and is very polished for such an early beta.

[@dwightdixon8508]

The last few years my original Sega Genesis gets played more often than my recent generation consoles. Seriously

[@NaikaVideo]

This looks absolutely fantastic. Thanks for covering this SLX!

[@rvfiasco]

Sweet!!! I love Splatterhouse! I got a TurboGrafx just for that mostly!

[@McLOV1NS1]

This is nothing short of glorious thus far! My hats off to the skill and dedication that I'm witnessing with this project. 👌 😮

[@thegreatshamalamadingdong9788]

Oh happy days 😄🎊 First time i ever played splatterhouse eas number 2 on the mega drive, uk. Always thought the first one should have always been on the sega home system. Glad it finally made it.

[@Fattydeposit]

I had no idea that Cyberdeous were doing the music in this but I sure am glad they are as they never disappoint.

[@Nobunaga1983]

Love all these mega projects

[@Cloxer]

Oh goodness I am shocked i couldn't find anything to even nitpick which for a early demo that's really impressive! This makes me wanna see more from the engine mentioned that was used to make this, this brings me so much joy because it potentially can bring more fantastic projects like this one if we can get this kind of result!

[@arcaderacer586]

This channel is great for the history of sega. Love the passion! Great job man

[@danielrecommends]

Very exciting news! The game looks and sounds great! So glad for developers like this.

[@rodneyabrett]

Damn. This looks great! Splatterhouse for the Megadrive? I'll all for it! Now we can soon play the entire trilogy on the same platform!

[@dustingreene3273]

This looks amazing! Been a huge splatterhouse fan since part 3 on Genesis. It's interesting to see some of the details that the genesis color palette brought out.

[@masterofreality1687]

That attack noice sounds like tennis 🎾

[@ajsingh4545]

Perfect sound

[@charlieg6913]

Wow. It honestly looks better on the Genesis than the arcade on certain scenes. Impressive. Thanks for sharing this. Had no idea.

[@renver6667]

Your content is well researched and well-founded... however, I will praise you for another reason, your channel is very helpful for those who want to learn English, your pronunciation and diction are adequate, you don't speak too fast and you speak clearly... Thank you for the content and the way your channel was designed, keep it up.

[@sethmartin2588]

A fan and childhood dream, comes true 35 years in the making, finally The Splatter House Trilogy will be complete in my Genesis collection. Thanks to the wonderful retro teams and developers making these game's a reality and Thank you Sega Lord X for bringing joy to my life with all your Awesome Content creation, game on brother 😎😎😎

[@javaly78]

Man, I remember asking master linkuei some three years back if he was able to put together a small demo of the original splatter house, and he whipped it up using some of the Mortal Kombat arcade edition sound effects in no time. And then these developers just end up making three completed stages. I’m just glad that some sort of ball was rolling to get the original splatter house on the Sega Genesis. I had commented to master linkuei that the genesis had the sequels why not have the originals as well to make it a completed trilogy? I had also asked for a Magic Sword demo. I think that would be a great genesis game. The Genesis had a closer CPS 1 music sound to it.

[@BMANTIS1]

One of my fav arcade games

[@Offramp-z7p]

The sheer amount of skill shown off in these projects is mind blowing. Compare something like this to 'Sonic Spinball', an actual licensed game from professional programmers, and you can see the love that goes into these projects.

[@Ness_and_Sonic]

Namco should consider asking the team if they want to try to remake the NES game as a Genesis game with the same art style after they're done with this project and then release it as a Splatterhouse Genesis compilation.

[@Nexus9_KD6-4.8]

Pure awesome. Can't wait for the finished product.

[@RetroStillAlive]

A Mega-CD version would be awesome, or a futur patch for a MD+ version. Incredible Work ! ❤

[@ajsingh4545]

Nah ... The awesome Genesis synth is all we need

[@digsbious]

i recall seeing pictures of this game in gaming magazines when it first came out. I was hooked from that moment on.

[@bentasticplays]

Not gonna lie, that side by side comparison made me like this Sega build even more!

[@KageMaxwell]

That Sega boot screen alone was worth it.

[@DamienThimons-rv1wj]

Wow. That's some pretty impressive workI remember playing that on I remember playing that on theTG16 when it came out. Those were the days

[@mjdf122]

Splatterhouse time with Sega Lord X for the Halloween season

[@ThatOldSchoolMagic]

This looks awesome! I hope the developers decide to make an MD+ version so we could get the arcade music or music made by fans.

[@Yuuretsu]

Splatterhouse was the reason I bought a PC Engine so I'm very excited about this project.

[@onewheelson9956]

Thanks for the heads up about Scorpion Engine! Already dove in.

[@johneygd]

Even in it’s demo stage, it’s a mind blowing conversion from the arcade😁

[@dnj79]

I've yet to play the PCE release of Splatter House (let alone the arcade version), but this seems like an amazing port job! Excited to give it a go after I do my first playthrough (PCEngine release) soon

[@Ghost-Chatting]

This looks great thanks I have a new found appreciation for this game

[@adrianotrancoso1303]

I can see why the mega version is clearer, they had fewer colors at the same time to work with all the shades of green the game demands - but the can circumvent it using the "light" effect built in, to make it darker and almost duplicate the simultaneous color on screen.

[@GameSack]

Where are you getting these demos?

[@yousefslimani99]

No idea but he tell us they gonna release the demo lol 😂

[@TheYouTubeAlgorithmIsAJoke]

Nightwolve 😂

[@cottonmouthdre]

Love the work

[@АлексейРасторгуев-р8ь]

Опенбор, ещё портирывать на сегу, и сплатерхаус 3D

[@MetallicOrwell]

So this is the storm that Hayato's Journey has unleashed. I'm not complaining.

[@SotNist]

Digging these recent vids about homebrew Genesis ports and the like. I've seen some videos of the Symphony of the Night conversion and that's looking pretty impressive so far.

[@brazilmugenteam]

They are doing an amazing work for sure.

[@evilash570]

Wow this looks amazing! Just a bit more spraying green goo when the ghouls are cleaved in half and this will b a perfect port!

[@jamc0201]

Can't wait to play this on my sega genesis ❤

[@RenzoGamesAndMetalMusic]

amazing work!

[@GYTCommnts]

This is AWESOME! And I like the speed!

[@andrewheard3099]

If they keep it up I'd buy this on cart for my Genesis for sure 😻

[@sega20x80]

Splatterhouse was ported on Java phone and fm towns. Plus the Fm Towns was arcade perfect too.

[@Golecom2]

Is a dream to someday see a game fully utilize the GEN/SCD/32X combined and see what the trifecta is capable off.

[@cedric1138]

Love Splatterhouse! Spent so much money in the arcades back in the day (good times) I even like the Xbox 360 version, it's so flawed but I love it

[@roberto1519]

Wow, a 0.2 fan effort feeling complete and professional, quite the contrast to the current AAA gaming industry. I wonder if someone will pick up the torch and finally bring the original Shinobi to the Mega Drive at some point. I didn't know about this engine, I thought the SGDK was the only alternative for projects like these, I'm happy that this isn't the case, as the more options, the better.

[@jason.kchantziaras8456]

The Turbografx is the best !!!! It came out when I was a kid That Turbografx 16 music ! Unfortunatesble Turbografx music !!

[@vega8956]

Yes, finally!

[@yousefslimani99]

I was waiting this for years and it’s finally happened 😭

[@nickc4087]

It's cool how it looks and feels exactly like how Namco would've handle this port back then.

[@SipherX05]

Wow this looks amazing 🤩

[@tychodragon]

SegaLord X is an absolute GEM of youtube

[@StudDioxide]

Agreed

[@cruzin1383]

Amazing !!

[@SomeOrangeCat]

To me, this makes much more sense than that Super Castlevania IV port.

[@superstaramyrosethehardcoreyt]

Magnificent video.

[@jasonking3182]

Narc is a game that would just feel right on Sega Genesis

[@OriginalMasters]

If the second boss is true to the arcade, it’s gonna be harder! We show it off…a lot.

[@ironinthesoul]

Wow, I really hope this gets finished. I've been working on and off on sprites for Rick from the 2010 remake in the old style. Be cool to have that in there too. I hope this game gets finished for sure. Top three franchise game for me.

[@NEONTRASHPRODUCTIONS]

I’m one of the weirdos who actually liked home ports back in the day because (to me) the colors and details “popped” more than the arcades. Were there limitations? Of course. But sometimes the old home ports are my preference.

[@DeathsNitemareShepardOfHope]

The side by side looks great, both versions appear to have features I like more than the other. Some of the coloring is nicer in the arcade, but some things look nicer in the Mega Drive. 😄👍

[@michaelriley8966]

Looks great 👍

[@elodvezer1790]

best SEGA intro EVER!!!! ❤

[@thecunninlynguist]

this looks fantastic

[@eurosoe]

Looks great so far!

[@MrMartellSincere]

I can't wait for this game/hack for this game for Halloween whenever it coems soon

[@tonykay3117]

Looks awesome! ❤

[@DanielBessaOnline]

Looks awesome!

[@RoboCop-zn8bt]

I play splatter house every October. Fun creepy games.

[@MCastleberry1980]

As a kid I wanted a TG-16 JUST to play Splatterhouse.

[@mixedhairless]

Oh yeah….. This is epic..

[@judsongaiden9878]

I've always loved how these games pay homage to some of the more obscure horror icons like 'The Deadly Spawn'. 0:52 Something that's always irritated me about side-scrolling games from this era is that your character always jumps too high but not far enough compared to how a regular person jumps. Contrast with 'Out of This World' and the original Flashback (but that was the early '90s).

[@albey1816]

This is awesome - Great work by the Devs. I wonder though if they are going to speed up the Genesis version, as its running a little slower than the Arcade version.

[@Reprogrammed_By_SEGA]

Now we just need a trilogy cart release. Like those other SEGA Compilations.

[@Cagearmy1031]

Identical side by side nice 👌

[@slappymcphee]

Would actually love to see a modern remaster of the trilogy

[@jeremyf1901]

I wish we could get a new entry in this franchise

[@ronaldbooher9622]

Demo lord x

[@SCIN]

está ficando muito bom esse porte para MD

[@captainhawdon937]

Looks great!

[@Gunh3d1]

Looks already fantastic. With 2 sequels on the genesis i always wondered why the first one never was ported to it.😟

[@Game-The-System]

Never played Splatterhouse, as I was all about the Genesis...and Ghouls and Ghosts scratched that itch for me. That said, have to admit the port here looks pretty darn clean. Like the newest fan-beta of Ghouls and Ghosts, the visuals are really really impressive.