Regional Differences 2

[@GameSack]

What are some more games that feature some striking regional differences?

[@QTKT2323]

I would love to see differences between arcade games/cabinets regionally and the difference between arcade/console versions (I didn't get to go to an arcade very much growing up)

[@Vulpas]

Pokemon Crystal, they censored the female trainers.

[@gianyrivera1082]

I'm surprised Ninja Gaiden 3 for NES wasn't on here It's another example kind alike Bayou Billy where they made the north American version harder for no reason Also you should consider adding Zombie Nation next time if you haven't already

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

Since your end skit has Streets of Rage 2, Bare Knuckle 2 is also changed for the US version. The infamous white panties on Blaze.

[@Vulpas]

@@gluttonousmaximus9048 😏

[@jkajmo]

Im so freakin happy that Joe is still making awesome videos.

[@YoungBideo]

Joe's the fucking Man

[@ih7729]

Joe is my preferred GS team!!

[@socialistprofessor3206]

Yo Joe!

[@TheSpaceghost69]

Me2

[@IDHLEB]

He sure have more time than James Rolfe

[@Jayce_Alexander]

When Dave left, I was afraid Joe wouldn't enjoy making these videos anymore and GameSack would peter out. I'm really glad this channel is still around and making great content. Thanks Joe!

[@nickygwilson]

Where has Dave gone?

[@PScoopYT]

@@nickygwilson He left to spend more time with his family.

[@rafterscott]

I get a weird feeling Joe DOESN'T want to keep doing these though.

[@QunMang]

As far as I recall, he hasn't even been back as a guest, but I could be wrong on this.

[@bredmaster]

@@nickygwilson Dave is safe. Please stop asking about Dave.

[@Jesse__H]

Part of what makes Game Sack so comfy is your _consistency,_ Joe. Every other Saturday night, as sure as death and taxes, there's a new 'Sack for me to relax to, just before bed. I love it.

[@chaseman94]

Or in my case every other Sunday morning.

[@jkajmo]

"A new sack for to relax to, just before bed" 😂😂😂😂 that is hilarious 👏👏👏👏

[@Jesse__H]

@@jkajmo I said what I meant and I meant what I said! 😁

[@jkajmo]

@RockManLP_Radio if you don't like it, quit watching his channel then.

[@warchild9381]

@RockManLP_Radio more like the same dummybutt comments like yours returning too many times

[@TrevorAWilliams]

Thanks for all these videos! It took my cousin and I several days of playing Bayou Billy for hours and hours before we finally became good enough to rescue Annabelle back when we bought the game on clearance in the 1990s. Also, having lived in Louisiana, the southern part of the state is filled with swamps, gators and narrow roads.

[@GameSack]

Thanks Trevor! So the game felt like home? Also congrats on beating the game legit.

[@TrevorAWilliams]

@@GameSack I laughed when you showed how the roads were narrowed and replaced with poles - that's how I remember south Louisiana as crop dusting planes buzzed overhead. And alligators are territorial - just avoid where they are instead of trying to fight them!

[@NecroVMX]

Joe shows tremendous restraint in talking about exile and not mentioning Ys III

[@_bhp]

"Thems the brakes" might be the funniest voiced line in a retro game next to "OH NO! MOLLY!"

[@kidfazer]

Joe is the man. After over 7/8 years of watching Game Sack I can comfortably say that this channel influenced my love for retro gaming and collecting the most. Thanks for it all 🙏🏾

[@johnnykurniawanhalim4234]

Always enjoying *post credit scene" keep the good work Joe 💪😀

[@danimadrid5454]

i wonder how many people don't know it exists.

[@Agostoic]

Late Saturday early Sunday's sack is best sack.

[@Jesse__H]

Piping hot Sack, fresh from the oven.

[@DJ-Krimson-Steele]

Man, I always hate when my electricity gets shut off when playing Streets Of Rage, because of too much Mega Power. It's a very real problem.

[@3dmarth]

Try playing a game with 8 Mega Power instead. That should avoid any more incidents. My place has wimpy circuit breakers, so I have to play games like Sword of Vermilion (with just "5 MEGA MEMORY") to stop the power from going out. Or a Super Nintendo game. Those are never a problem. ;)

[@captainkarnage9874]

8 Years Ago! I was just starting college 8 years ago and Dave was still here!!! It feels like yesterday, Now I'm an adult with a job and responsibilities, AHHH!!!

[@big_ry82]

It only gets worse.

[@SFJPMoonGames]

It's Sunday morning Gamesack time, ooooh yeah !

[@EtherBoo]

Working Designs doesn't get crapped on enough in the retro gaming community. Nice work Joe!

[@ps3inquisition441]

One of the best ending skits yet.

[@TheGameChasers]

Wasnt expecting so many regional differences in this video but here we are.

[@Hchris101]

Always a good video inside the game sack

[@eastcoasteric]

I don’t know if anyone has said this in the last year or two… But thank you Joe! Thank you for continuing to do this show at the same level of quality, consistency and format that you guy(s) have done for years - even if KZbin sucks now and it’s resulted in slow growth, etc. There are tens of thousands of us out there that have watched since the early days, after the departure of Dave (though it’s awesome seeing him every now and again when he does do a show!) and amidst KZbins blatant disregard for genuinely talented creators. Keep doing what you do man. And we’ll always keep watching and supporting!

[@TheDoctorWitch]

the presentation on this channel is unparalleled. I've always got those Saturday morning cartoon feelings from this place.

[@leokeo6871]

My family knows Karnov as "that guy that spits fire at dinosaurs"

[@NES_Wizard]

The Skit at the end of the video made my day. Thank you for that Joe.

[@MSDGAMEZ]

I love Game Sack. These videos make my boring life a little more bearable.

[@shannonhill3356]

8yrs! Jesus, we’re gray now. Time flies, but I’m hella appreciative of the fact that you’re still making quality content. 🤙🏼🤘🏼

[@gamingquarterly6353]

This is the only channel in youtube where I stay till the very end to make sure i never miss the end skits. They never disappoint.

[@B8GViews]

Streets of Rage 2 had no right going that hard with the music. Definitely cranking up the speakers next time I play... take THAT lousy neighbors!!!

[@ShadoMoosess]

Then SoR3 came out and it sounded like robot farts.

[@BoozeAholic]

@@ShadoMoosess SOR3's music was good. It just wasn't pop music. It sounded more like the modern era Synthwave & EBSM, than the New Jack Swing pop that SOR1 & 2 had.

[@B8GViews]

@@ShadoMoosess it was such a sad departure from the 2nd game. I think the only tune I liked was the dance club at the beginning.

[@B8GViews]

@@BoozeAholic I couldn't vibe with it.

[@jameswalt1]

Thanks!

[@GameSack]

Thanks James! Err I mean you're welcome. :)

[@marklinstom5145]

With great mega power, comes great mega responsibility.

[@skins4thewin]

ESWAT is yet another example of a game that could be a lot better with some very minor tweaks. This is what the hacking community was made for! Someone go into the code & slow the jetpack down!

[@Boss-Bot]

Or why Game Genie was invented

[@skins4thewin]

@@Boss-Bot Ah very true! I wonder if it could be slowed down via Game Genie code. It can do a lot of things but not everything unfortunately. Now if we had unlimited code lines in the Game Genie...

[@bigduke5902]

Or don't

[@ElChocoLocoDeLaVega]

Just in time for my morning coffee. 😊

[@adamjensen295]

Thanks Joe for still having the passion to keep making videos after all these years. Love them all!

[@Ashura96]

In the 90's through early 00's Japanese games released in South Korea (especially in the arcade) were heavily censored on Japanese language content and imagery. Best example I can give is Street Fighter Alpha 3. Load up the ASIA region arcade version and you'll start to notice things right away. There's also the fact that Japanese companies couldn't even release their own games and systems in Korea without going through another company like Samsung (Mega Drive and Saturn for example).

[@alexrekzu4079]

Now that you mentioned it yeah. Cultural differences right there 🦝

[@nickfifteen]

Yeah, I remember visiting my cousins in South Korea in 1987 and being comforted that they have an NES too! Later in life when I discovered the Famicom, I started to wonder "wait, wouldn't they release the Famicom in Korea versus the NES?", and that let me down a huge rabbit hole about how Japanese merchandise was banned in South Korea until like 2000 (and as late as 2006) and therefore Korean companies would skirt around those laws by importing AMERICAN versions. Samsung/Hyundai: _"Yeah is says 'Nintendo' on it, but we're importing it from 'Nintendo of America', which is an American company, not a Japanese one, and therefore it doesn't count against the ban!"_ ROK Gov't: _"Sounds legit."_

[@omegarugal9283]

South Korea protects its market, they also hate japan for what they did in ww2

[@paxhumana2015]

@@nickfifteen , at least South Korea COULD get those things, unlike North Korea, where video games are STILL banned over there!

[@3dmarth]

Oh, yeah, like SoulCalibur replacing Mitsurugi with Arthur (who started as little more than a texture replacement, but later ended up becoming his own character with a unique backstory, IIRC).

[@KWKBOX]

Mega power should never be throttled. Especially when in the middle of some SoR 2.

[@ShadoMoosess]

Joe must live in California.

[@RazoE]

Joe, we need a compilation of all your ending skits 😂

[@GameSack]

Have you checked out the Game Sack Skits channel? I need to update it a bit, but otherwise they're all there. - kzbin.infovideos

[@RazoE]

@@GameSack Joe delivers 🙌🏼

[@philipcohen7192]

Contra, Castlevania 3, and mr gimmick always come to mind immediately. It’s a shame the us missed out on the extra audio channels.

[@Omegaxero]

I love your sense of humour. The gags are always a great part of your channel!

[@retrogamingknight]

Pandemonium on the Saturn is another one where the Japanese version is very different. It's called Magical Hoppers and features different characters that even have slightly different attacks. It also has a traditional anime intro instead of the 3d polygon rendered intro of the US version.

[@zanegandini5350]

The Playstation also got Magical Hoppers instead of Pandemonium, I own both versions. The Saturn version has brighter colors but worse textures and more slowdown. Supposedly, both versions have less slowdown than Pandemonium, but I'm only going off what I heard there, since I only own the Japanese version of both.

[@ilikecurry2345]

I bet George Wood is gonna like Nikki's BREATS.

[@Dxtuned]

It just ain't a proper Sunday morning without the ol' sack of games

[@bencox5994]

I have been watching game sack since 2013. This channel and these videos make me feel good. They help me escape to a younger mindset but yet still appreciate my older mindset. You mean a lot to me Joe, always keep me feeling at my prime. Thank you very very much.

[@martinmaguire1273]

hiya, just like to say thanks for your hard work, your back-catalogue got me through lockdown.. thanks.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Jesus joe that skit at the end cut close to home. Seriously; in the UK our electricity has shot up by 52% and in October they claim another 30% - in reality it isn't 52% its more like double!! So yeah... I felt one lol

[@_TheElMan]

Don't worry, Nvidia will save us from freezing while gaming as their 4090 apparently is over 500w.

[@sentientricecake3125]

Watched the first regional differences video so many times back in middle school. What a treat this is!

[@MakoyUnggoy]

Strider did have a continue option, you had to hold the D pad down and press A, C, B, C, A on the game over screen, it had to be timed just right though and I could never get it to work all the time!

[@RobertSeeJen]

Love the ending bit. Great music can make you lose yourself in almost any game.

[@sgtpatton]

Always a treat thanks for all the entertainment

[@Godsgood111]

@ 7:01, these comparative screen shot scenes really help me appreciate the regional differences, more please

[@terrythe2dmaniac71]

Legendary as always, you guys were and still are my favorite retro gaming channel on KZbin.

[@KevPez-IS]

Joe, I want to thank you for all the videos you do. I work for USPS, as a mail carrier. I’m outside all day, and listening to things like Game Sack and MLIG help me get through the day.

[@gaijingabber1056]

that bit at the end with the rave music got me going lol

[@segaforce8310]

That’s the music from streets of rage 2.

[@DirtyMike124x]

I appreciate your hustle man. This is a great show in the evening.

[@aewtech]

Joe its been two weeks and I still can't hear Never Return Alive without imaging you rocking out to it and I'm grateful 😂

[@masael255]

That was the best ending scene so far. I have also played SoR2 super loud in my house and jammed to the soundtrack; much to my wife's dismay. She's gonna be out of town for the weekend soon. Time to BUMP IT!

[@Beckerattacker]

I love my Sunday mornings with game sack. Greetings from Berlin Germany

[@MR.AIRWALK]

I gotta have my sack DO MORE OF THESE!!

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

"two nerds with one stone" Admit it, Mr. Redifer, you just say you dislike Working Deisgns humor because it's some serious dad joke competition.

[@nastybedazzler]

Great episode. That end sequence was funny and that music in Streets of Rage kicks ass.

[@timvanarsdel]

Shinobi on the arcade has a very satisfying _feel_ to it: the running, the jumping, and *especially* when enemies are hit by shurikens. There's something to the graphics plus audio that make everything about it feel punchy and weighty. I've never seen another game rival its "texture," but seeing E-SWAT for the first time: it came 95% close.

[@paxhumana2015]

I heard that someone is making a port of the game to the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.

[@dwood78part23]

A new Games Sack video! Let's get it on!

[@zg-it]

Well I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt. The beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, but the game sack episode was even better.

[@ilikecurry2345]

You need a trip to Alcoholics Anonymous.

[@zg-it]

@@ilikecurry2345 lol, you're not a Kris Kristofferson fan, I take it?

[@dirkdiggitydiggler89]

Maaan I love this channel so much. Thank you so much Joe for all of your hard work and dedication!

[@DJ_InYourFace]

This video makes a difference in my nether regions!

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

Would love to see more of this series! This should be fun!

[@adamadkins4028]

I feel like this show took a notable turn once you got good at stop motion and I'm 100% here for it

[@thegreatklemba]

what a joy to flip on KZbin as I'm walking 1.5 miles to work and see a new game sack episode." pure joygasm"

[@thehumbleone1983]

Eswat is one of my favourite mega drive game And the Streets of Rage 2 ending just awesome 👍😄

[@rockmanfan5104]

"Hello and welcome to gamesack." Never gets old!

[@JonathosDX]

The US version of Metal Storm doesn't have the intro because it actually came out first - the JP release came out a year later and the changes were made on top of the prior release. The recent retrobit re-release allows you to swap the direction you have to hold to flip gravity and includes all the additions, complete with english translation. It's pretty cool and worth picking up if you can find it.

[@BlackMetalChauvinist]

This is easily my favorite channel. Like.. hands down nothing comes close. Thank you so much for the years of great content. I always fear you're going to run out of stuff to talk about but luckily it just ain't happening! I would love an episode dedicated to the violence wars of the 90's.. all the games trying to out gore each other. Time Killers, NARC, Weapon Lord (such a fucking AWESOME game with online SNES multiplayer!), Mortal Kombat, Splatterhouse, Battletoads Arcade, etc.

[@vjspectron]

Incredible sketch Joe, from all of us who play SOR games just to jam to mega-powered music!

[@dominicrinaldi8241]

I dunno Joe. I thought it was HILARIOUS that a video game character calls you "poopy boy".

[@RyanCoomer]

I travel the world searching out different buffets so I can sneak corndogs into them. I carry with me 6 corndogs stuffed away in my jackey pockets. I will then sneak them into the fried food sections of the buffet. It then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the buffet enjoying my corndogs. They think they are part of the buffet. (;

[@Xyabra]

Hope this Sunday will have a video. If not then I understand the constant grinding every time to complete that scheduled routine. Keep your head up Game Sacker

[@ToxicCarnageThrash]

Just loved the comparisson screen on Metalstorm

[@mutexS4]

LOL the part at the very end after the credits was brilliant

[@BlimpCityFeeder]

Pure Nostalgia at the end. Appreciate it.

[@MrRudePolite]

Amazing work. Thank you Mr. Sack 🙏

[@gryphonofmight]

Game Sack time!

[@SrPASTILLERO]

That final skit, you're great. XD

[@katsomeday1]

When Joe mentioned how long ago it was since the first regional differences I was a bit shocked. I've been watching for that long. I guess since Joe continues to make a good show, you don't notice. Good job Joe!

[@acecarrera1]

23:43 I knew it, Joe keeps Dave's skeleton in his basement.

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Oh hell yeah, always love seeing how things were different overseas. Really gives you a perspective on how wide the world is, yknow?

[@timvanarsdel]

Nice of Dave to make a cameo in the post-credits sequence!

[@MagisterHamid]

Been a fan since 10 years. Keep it up!!

[@MrThunderwing]

I think that was one of my favourite Gamesack outros ever 😂 Regional differences: The Xbox version of Outrun 2's got graphically superior and more arcade accurate versions of the Daytona USA 2 and Scud Race bonus tracks in Japan than in the west. Also, the JPN version was tougher, because it got rid of the code input system you use to cheat and unlock stuff in the west.

[@BrickTamlandOfficial]

10/10 outro segment this week =)

[@BrickTamlandOfficial]

that's spam

[@T1BillionX]

Gotta watch that MEGA POWER usage man, it'll get ya every time.

[@GiulioMa]

Love and cheers from Italy!Keep it up Joe

[@shinjudatang1641]

The best game sack skid ever! I love it! 😊👍🏻

[@shinjudatang1641]

I love your sound system too 😊👍🏻

[@COLGrimm]

10/10 ending would watch again.

[@GuestZer0]

"Awful boxart in my opinion." Yeah, that is ugly. "And yours too." …Did he hear me?!

[@jdiluigi]

SOR 1+2 are my favorite Genesis soundtracks.

[@Greenalink]

CPS1 Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition. Name changes were not the only thing adjusted. USA came out first and then Japan released it later with a few balance changes. Boxer: Dash Straight can hit crouching opponents, has a smoother crouch animation and his Turn Around Punch gains more power for longer charge. Claw: Rolling Crystal Flash MP and HP were adjusted. Sagat; Tiger Uppercut MP and HP versions can knock down grounded oppobents. Dictator: Psycho Crusher hits less against blocking opponents (less chip dmg). Ken: Rear side of Tatsu pushes opponents away and not sucked in (so less dmg). Zangief: Spinning Piledriver dishes out more damage for a 3 hit KO instead of a 4 hit KO. Lastly the 99 second timer clocks down to 00 faster in the Japanese release.

[@Lufisyth]

Square used to annoy me by giving the Japanese versions of their games more/extra content. Fortunately we got the extra stuff eventually when they charged for the same again but now in HD.

[@squallsoft]

One of my favorite topics!

[@pointingsunglasses]

A new episode on my birthday, thanks for the surprise birthday gift Joe, you shouldn't have.

[@Protoman85]

I don't remember if you mentioned it in the first video like this but Ninja Gaiden III is a good example of a game that was made harder internationally, the famicom version has unlimited continues, passwords and you take less damage. Also Contra has more graphical effects, a pre-stage "cutscene", a Ghost 'n Goblins-style map and a level select code.

[@bennyhaha66]

The only channel I can rely on to deliver these days!

[@aewtech]

Best skit in a long time lol

[@renzokufc]

I thought it was you, Joe shouting "EEESWAAAAT"

[@villain253]

These videos make my whole day. Appreciate you man.

[@L0L247]

Keep it up! I’ve been watching your videos for years. Love the content.