Overlooked Sega CD Games You Need To Revisit

[@silentfanatic]

Dark Wizard looks great, thanks for the tip!

[@marcelotakahashi520]

It sure is. If you appreciate strategy-rpgs like Shinning Force you are going to love this one. The soundtrack is also brilliant.

[@cooladee]

I love the Sega CD and it is my favorite add on to a game console. My favorite games are NBA Jam, Sonic CD, Shining Force, Lunar: The Silver Star, and The Terminator.

[@_Bits_of_Fury_]

Wonder Dog is one of my absolute favorite games of all time. I wish Sega would release a Sega CD Collection so alot of these games were more accessible. Original hardware is getting rare and unreliable and some of these games deserve to be rediscovered.

[@sloppynyuszi]

16_bits_of_furry _427 actually screw Sega, I would love to see a core design collection. They made most the good games on the Mega CD. And instead wasting time with FMV they really pushed what they could do with the systems scaling capabilities. It was way more advanced than the SNES, as it could handle sprite scaling on top of a mode 7 plane. Core then made some generally good platformers too.

[@_Bits_of_Fury_]

@@sloppynyuszi I agree!!! I think there's room for both lol. But you are totally right about Core Design. Definitely an under appreciated Game development company

[@buckroger6456]

Nice to find another fan of wonder dog. Love the game ad well, I had it mastered as a kid and knew of all its secret levels an areas. Also the music is just awesome, especially the city level.

[@socalboogie1099]

I agree about Wonderdog. It gets a lot of hate for some reason. Easily one of the most vibrant and colorful games on the Genesis platform. Great sound effects and music too. One of my favorite 16-bit platformers.

[@bashcrash9148]

My brothers and I actually had a Sega CD when it first came out. We were the only people I knew who had one at the time. Spent many hours playing Eternal Champions.

[@overlordaswang]

Finally someone else that liked Wonder Dog!

[@buckroger6456]

Hell yeah!! I always felt that wonder dog never got the love it deserves, it's really a great launch game with some amazing graphics and one killer sound track.

[@jasonshouseoffunandvideoga7169]

This is one of my favorite systems of all times. I had one not to long after it was released. My friends were so stoked to play it with me. Night trap was probably the game I played the most. I had made a little notebook of every time, room and place where augs would come up, access code change times ect. I played this everyday after school for months to perfect it. This was back in 1994 but I believe I got when somewhere in 1993. So many great titles to choose from. Those cases for the games though. Even as a young boy, I took very good care of my collection. I couldn't even avoid those cases getting damaged. Nice job with the vid John. 👍

[@TheFrugalAudiophile]

I never actually had a Sega CD as a kid, but I did play out of this world and flashback on my Mac. Very challenging games!

[@samuelsam9617]

Dark Wizard is amazing, best segacd game in my opinion

[@dudlydjarbum2045]

I'm a huge Jurassic Park fan so I picked up the Sega cd game. Doubt I will ever own a Sega CD but I am hoping to get a rom working on my raspberry pie some day. Sonic cd is good fun I've had that on steam for some years and highly recommend it.

[@awwrelic]

I first bought the model 2 Sega CD back in the mid-90s, and while the system even then was pigeonholed as an add-on for cheesy FMVs, I was playing games like Lunar, Sonic CD, Snatcher, Earthworm Jim Special Edition, Panic! , Popful Mail and plenty of other good games. These days I own the Model 1, which I found at a thrift with a Model 1 Genesis for a little over 10 bucks. And I still have it hooked up for the occasional game.

[@DreamcastQ]

man i loved Sega CD, i still do! it was amazing at the time and has some fantastic games in its small US library

[@dusanpiscevic6213]

At first glance on Wonder dog I immidiately thought: "Oh, it looks like an Amiga game!" And, I was right. Although it first appeared on Sega CD, it was developed by Amiga developer-Core Design and later ported to the Amiga. But, it can not be "hidden gem" since it's generic Amiga platformer out of the time of oversaturation of such games on this 16bit platform(s). And Sega CD should present itself as pinacle of gaming in 1992, instead introducing games that can run on already 7 year old platform (Amiga).

[@coyotekelly7143]

Gotta love some silpheed! Plus I sort of like microcosm. I definitely play my Sega CD often.

[@Savitor]

A personal favorite (but usually paned by critics) is Dracula Unleashed ... Interesting story and an ending so cool I played through a second time just to watch it again! Best Dracula kill in a game ever! 👍🎮

[@HowToX]

Road Avenger and Wirehead are good too.

[@johnmarcolini5506]

Wonderdog was a favorite for me! Forgot about Dark Wizard great to see it mentioned. I still own Android Assault and it's a good one.

[@MVLGAMING]

My favourite thing about the Sega CD (Mega CD in my region) is the CD quality music! I love it! And the FMV games are also a guilty pleasure of mine!

[@mlotens1976]

Played Final Fight on this machine. It has to be the best version available. Even better than the Arcade because of the soundtrack!

[@socalboogie1099]

Also the time attack mode!

[@DGoodhart]

Very nice list, and really glad to see both AH-3 Thundertrike and Battlecorps on it. Core Design knocked it out of the park with their Sega CD games and I also loved BC Racers and the incredible SoulStar games.

[@Spartan77]

Android Assault is a truly amazing game, lots of fun. Unfortunately, buying a used copy will cost you $90-$140 dollars. All of the games you mentioned are fun games, I enjoyed Terminator the most on this format. Thank you for another great video.

[@ian1753]

You know what, this was the first game I ever bought for the Sega CD. And I played it for about a total of 10 minutes lol. I definitely need to pull this out again and give it a real shot. Great video!

[@vrilvanir]

Lunar The Silver Star is hands down the GREATEST SCD game. eternal blue was good as well, but not as good imo.

[@maychrzak]

Dark Wizard is amazing, enough gameplay to get you through two pandemics and a zombie apocolypse...Such a forgotten gem

[@SegaCDUniverse]

Wirehead is awesome. Willy Beamish has horrible load times but is great. Rise of the Dragon, so many good games.

[@johnhancockretro]

I almost chose Rise of the Dragon for this video. Great game.

[@buckroger6456]

Oh man!! Willy Beamish is a favorite of mine, I got a bunch of my friends into that game when it first came out. Rise of the dragon was hard as heck for me as a kid but I eventually beat it, only after restarting the game many times. Who would have thought that you could make bad choices that would stop you from moving forward but not die lol.

[@mariogarchalarga7254]

The Mega CD will be my next console

[@glenhayman8722]

as always I appreciate the dose of nostalgia also I enjoy this older video is great

[@ShamanNoodles]

I just ordered my first Sega CD! im so exciteddd XD A neighbor had one when i was younger and i didnt actually know it was a system lol i always thought it was a music player add-on

[@gallantjosh]

How do you compare Dark Wizard up against the Working Design RPGs? Its is one of the few RPGs I haven't picked up for the Sega CD yet.

[@johnhancockretro]

More of a strategy RPG but very much unique. Less flash than Working Designs.

[@jedirun]

yeah The Sega CD will always be one of my favorite consoles

[@eduardorickrot4763]

Great video! No issue with the audio levels this time, keep it up! Also, I never had much interest on the Sega CD library. But now I really want to check out Dark Wizard!

[@jeff97ish]

Great video John! Hope you are enjoying time with your kids and wife during this virus situation.

[@marcelotakahashi520]

Mr. Hancock I just love Dark Wizard! It's my favorite strategy-rpg. I've got my copy back in 1994 and still own it. I've played for countless hours. The orchestrated soundtrack itself is one of the best I've ever heard in any game. The huge game manual with more than 100 pages and all the detailed info about weapons, classes of heroes/foes was equally great. That game is an underestimated gem of the genre. More people should play such masterpiece for sure...

[@amirprog]

My top 5 euro mega cd favorites: sonic cd, final fight, mickey mania (best mmouse game ever made afaic and the best version), spideman vs kingpin, wwf royal rumble

[@EugenioAngueira]

I actually got Wonder Dog recently! That's a fun game! I also have Android Assault!

[@buckroger6456]

Wonder dog has a awesome sound track.

[@LastOneLeft99]

Battlecorps blew my mind when I was a kid.

[@ralphramsey82]

I don’t own one of these, it’s been forever since I’ve seen one for sale

[@zophar1]

One of my favorite systems of all time. The Domain approves. ;)

[@gfresh007]

Thanks for this video JH, I love the Sega CD and am always looking for some gems.

[@retrogamingkings4136]

Hey John. I have a unrelated question. How is the track record on the disk drive opening and closing for the Xbox 360 slim?

[@johnhancockretro]

Gaming Kingdom I am sorry but I am not understanding your question.

[@retrogamingkings4136]

Does the disk drive on the Xbox 360 slim generally dependable.?

[@johnhancockretro]

I don’t have enough experience with the 360 slim, but my disk drive on my regular 360 had lots of problems opening and closing over time.

[@BarnyardCasanova]

Can't say enough how much I love this series. Keep it up Immortal one.

[@Renk1]

A great video, thanks! I've just gotten into Sega CD recently myself so these recommendations really help.

[@pbarratt73]

Heart of the Alien ! Christ never heard of it and I love Another World (I'm in UK so never knew) Great video... Hope you and the family stay safe and enjoying time together away from this Pandemic... we are now limited to going out once a day here in the UK unless it's for food/medical or in my case I have to work still 🙁

[@IMDLEGEND]

Great video. I have a Sega CD but never got it to work beyond the title screen. I may have to give it another try.

[@johnhancockretro]

IMDLEGEND might be a lens issue. Try another disc if you have one.

[@atranfanatic]

Yeah it's probably laser lens like John mentioned. I know how to fix them just doing some adjustments without replacing the part. It's a 50/50 but it worked on a Sega CDX I recently repaired for a friend of mine who owns a local retro video game store.

[@SirKryntik]

Huh, this is weird. I was just looking at buying my first Sega CD a few hours ago, and then this video popped up. I guess it's a sign. What are the first few games I should get for the console?

[@johnhancockretro]

Jacob Lee what games do you like to play? Arcade, platform, or RPG? Are you on a budget?

[@SirKryntik]

@@johnhancockretro I'm on a grad student budget, so yeah, it'll be slim pickings for my game library for a while. And I'm really into arcade style games, vertical shooters, and the occasional platformer if the art style is interesting.

[@johnhancockretro]

Jacob Lee sonic cd, flink, final fight, and robo aleste. To save money you could pursue disk only if you still want original software.

[@SirKryntik]

@@johnhancockretro Thanks! I'll consider the disk only route, and maybe just make custom cases for them. I already make custom cases for my SNES and 32X games so I can't imagine it being too difficult to adapt to Sega CD.

[@wolvenar]

I recommend Earthworm Jim special edition. It's probably the best version of that game.

[@joek1978atyahoo]

I freaking love me Sega cd

[@mikebroussard3594]

Great to see Dark Wizard on here! One of my favorites on the system.

[@emobassist]

I remember always wanting a Sega CD

[@majorhavok9423]

Thank you for the show! Keep safe my friend!❤️

[@jongibson4866]

I would have loved to try Time Gal. I also missed out on Popful Mail... I cursed Gamespot for making that exclusive. I missed out on a lot of games thanks to them in the 90's... >_

[@Sinn0100]

Mr. Hancock, I am a retro collector just like you. Unfortunately, I have a problem you might be able to help me solve. A game has eluded my grasp for 28 years and I'm hoping you will know its name if I describe it to you. The game was on a Sega CD and had you flying biplanes? It had too have been an early Sega CD release...I'm thinking first year. The one and only time I saw it was at my local Blockbuster when the Sega CD first dropped and everyone wanted one. The 3d graphics blew me away and it was extremely colorful for the time.

[@johnhancockretro]

Racing Aces, look that up.

[@Sinn0100]

@@johnhancockretro Wow! Thank you my good sir, you nailed it!

[@Sinn0100]

@@johnhancockretro Brother, this has bothered me for over 28 years. I even began questioning the memory. Was this a dream or maybe some ripple in the space time continuum? Did I get Mandela'd and saw it from another...I guess reality?! I should have asked you this question years ago...after all you're the master at this. Time to hit up my sources and see about adding it to my collection. ;)

[@john-uf4jh]

Check out VAY for the Sega cd if ur looking for a nice Jrpg, used to love that game back in the days :)

[@zevzero]

John thanks for the video. Sega CD was always a rich kid system. Only one kid on my block had it. Hope you and your family are well!

[@theconsolekiller7113]

Great video. My two favorite games on the add on were Dark Wizard and Sonic CD. Loved both. Dark Wizard I spent countless hours going through 2 of the 4 character's playthroughs. My good friend played through some of the other characters and was always better at navigating some of the menus. Military Madness and Nectaris games are a more refined strategy game in this style with better AI but this game felt epic with how it progressed and the soundtrack is some of the best Ive heard in any game. My real introduction to RPG/Strategy games was actually Final Fantasy 3 on SNES and Dark Wizard. Prior to that I was very dismissive to both games, but a friend eventually convinced me to try them and I got hooked on RPGs. Prior to that I got Dragon Warrior for free on the NES with a sub to Nintendo Power and while I liked that I wasnt really sucked in until those two games.

[@dharmadoused1749]

Thank you, John, for these great videos, about classic games! Now when I go to the retro game stores, I get extra excited, because I actually know what games I’m looking at now.

[@Brandewey]

correct me if im wrong but bari-arm reminds me more of gun-nac for nes at least weapons/power ups? hugs and love :D

[@TechWizard28]

AH3 is my favorite game, I'm looking for similar games.

[@danestegman155]

Good video! There are some Sega CD games mentioned here, that I will have to look for!

[@bENOFFICIALMASSIVE]

Awesome John!!!!! Def checkout some of these! :)

[@richardmcconnell4822]

Soul Star, Robo Aleste, Lords of Thunder

[@jheatherly3702]

Wild Woody

[@MrTonyKratos]

Great video!! loved it!!

[@dude2968]

Have you ever made a live stream and if you have, when is your next live stream

[@bengomez9343]

It was a great treat thank you John 😊

[@KB-ep6gy]

Sega CD prices must be dropping, gotta drive those prices back up with yet another "hidden gems" style video...🙄

[@ian1753]

Settle down, a complete working Sega Cd is damn expensive. It was a few years ago and will continue to be because less and less will be working in the future.

[@JLMtime]

sega CD "Vay" looks cool

[@dennistaylor5065]

Defend your Worlds. And may the Power protect you all.

[@entezami777]

Too bad they don’t make more home brew games

[@mikewhitfield7000]

Nice,was thinking of picking up a mega-sd soon

[@baalfgames5318]

You seemed a little nervous in this video. Your sentences didn't seem as clean and consistent as they were in other videos. Was something wrong when you were recording this one?

[@alexjara2302]

S N A T C H E R !!!!!!

[@LanDi2006]

I like arcade style games.. 😀

[@friendlyjunco6836]

Thank you for the video. Your beard is a power up.

[@spock_elvis]

Must. Close. Video. Must...

[@matthewpordes3224]

When are people going to understand that Sega CD is the best system? Shout it from the rooftops!

[@justintubbs8872]

like all your input but i dont care for those cd games.

[@nightruler666]

Hey john good job *Thumbs up*

[@bigandyt-man3010]

I loved desert strike for snes, I'm gonna check out thunder strike, thanks John

[@asclepeus-games]

these games look awesome ty

[@Kstrader23]

Ha ha!!! John getting some quarantine game time in

[@nimrodlevy]

Waiting patiently to the jaguar and 32x overlooked games..just sayin... Wink wink! 😉

[@eskimojoe6564]

I can see why the sega cd was a flop.The graphics look horrible compared to the sega genesis or pc engine cd.

[@dude2968]

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