Sega's Forgotten Motion Game: Sega Pods - Rare Obscure Or Retro - Rerez

[@MarkyDav]

This is why I love your channel. Gaming stuff I never would have known about otherwise and you present it in such as clean way.

[@dentonscheibal3]

I'd sure like to see the AVGN try to play this thing!

[@AceJackWagon885]

Me too You should comment on a AVGN episode

[@TheGameGrinder]

Shane, as much as I love all these videos, you're killing me! Every time you show me a new peripheral, I feel the need to track them down to add to the collection. Keep them coming!

[@GameRevo]

Can't really imagine these things being entertaining for long. It probably made a good conversation starter though. Great video, I love these videos on obscure hardware. Feels like I'm learning something new every time.

[@nicopaqman]

me too

[@GeekGamerGui]

Hey, I didn't know about that obscure Sega toy... Nice video Mr. Rerez ! :D

[@NEVdD]

in the 90s Sega released infra red guns so kids could play lazer tag anywhere... seems more fun than this, right?

[@JohnRiggs]

Awesome video! I've NEVER heard of this... gotta find it!!

[@Sidescroller64]

Man, you never cease to surprise with the crazy stuff you manage to get your hands on. Well done.

[@darkcoeficient]

I have to say, this channel goes above and beyond to give content that is very varied from what is available. Been watching some of the vids over time and it is obvious you put an effort on what you do. Keep it up!

[@dotcomGone]

really enjoyed the vid, finally a device so obscure even I haven't heard of it!

[@MEGAREAPERTV]

I used to have this and it was amazing. I'm pretty sure my mom threw this out which is kind of sad considering it might be a rare item

[@CommodoreFan64]

really cool stuff, I love seeing odd random products from major game companies, which is why I've gotten into collecting plug N Play consoles as of late.

[@ConanVictor]

Do you plug them into your ass?

[@trashymootoo3997]

I could see this thing being used for replicating music.

[@Furlisha_official]

Raegan Stronghart me too

[@MikeydCT]

oh my God I had this when I was a kid. I use to pretend it was space armor and have the end pod over my shoulders. I never really played the games on it.

[@obsoletegeek]

This and a Sega Flash Beats arcade machine are high on the want list!

[@kgh237]

I'm sure Sega fan boy Mark would love this from CGR lol.

[@rachelmarieLMT]

it's a lot like Simon Air...which is incredibly addictive I might add

[@Sapphiresoul2]

*JonTron in the distance* More like Sega pogs huehuehuehue.

[@DanteToska]

Eddie The Head that's how you get yourself killed online

[@sunnydfangirl]

Nice bait

[@Agent0range9]

i really enjoy the unique content on your channel

[@xash06]

congratulations on 100k Rerez!

[@archally717]

Love these types of videos. I'm a sucker for wacky peripherals

[@Riz2336]

Weird, never knew that thing existed.

[@Gambs305]

Seems like a great present for my armless brother, thanks Rerez!

[@AmaroqStarwind]

0:49 As Ross Scott once said... note that it has been a while, so I'm going to paraphrase; "If aliens came to try taking our jobs as game designers, I'm not sure we'd have much to worry about."

[@GabMacedoo]

Your channel is awesome! Keep up the good work!!!

[@jmatt781]

It's like they stumbled upon a whole bunch of those motion toilet sensors sold for cheap through wholesale, and thought "Hey, what can we do with these things?".

[@redstonecommander5190]

I also like that the bulbs are replaceable so you can easily swap them into colored LEDs or just white LEDs if you want them to just as long as you find the right bulb size that actually has LEDs in them

[@highpineapple]

"Rare, obscure or retro" In this case, all three brother.

[@thegamingphile]

Cool! Thanks for sharing as always

[@Goldenkitten1]

I had this thing and I can confirm as a child it maintained my interest for all of fifteen minutes. There just wasn't enough here. It was interesting technology but it just didn't come packaged with enough to actually DO with that technology to have any sort of longevity.

[@ManawatuFlyFishing]

You need to get the sega lock-on, I always wanted that when I was a kid.

[@StrobeFlashLite]

Simon meets the Sega Activator.

[@TheConcertCruizer]

So when are you gonna do the Sega Pico System?

[@SuperPawsitive]

Those are pretty cool all things being said. I would have loved to have had those when I was a kid!

[@cartmann94]

Suggestion for an episode: Sega Activator- the positives.

[@GAMESYSTEMHUNTER]

i just came back from my weekly flea market scavenger hunt and found one of these in mint condition. what an oddity

[@3DJapan]

I've actually never seen this before. It actually looks kind of cool and fun to me.

[@PS4sos21]

The Dreamcast is one of my fave systems ever. Phantasy Star Online I played to death. Thousands of hours played between 1 and 2.

[@metalhead83192]

with this, and the dreamcast in mind, it's a damn shame sega stopped making consoles. i'd LOVE to see what they bring to the table

[@professor_peculiar619]

Great vid mr.shane

[@TheDoopliss2]

And the Saturn, that was a great system too...

[@Redkarmaa]

I love the intro for it

[@YourNewBuddy]

Wow! I never heard of this, good sir. What a cool discovery. They should have made Super Theramin.

[@mechashadow]

I want some kinda DJ system with a similar concept.

[@Redhotsmasher]

I wouldn't say it's *completely* unlike anything else by SEGA, in a way it kinda is Activator (or whatever it was called, that useless sensor ring "motion control" thing for the Genesis/MD) meets Simon. Kinda.

[@aztecwrrior1997]

Yeah but the activator really sucked

[@danr.5017]

If you flipped one of the pods vertical you could build a pretty neat Theremin Synth hybrid.

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

Looks like a budget Para Para Paradise, and that is pretty cool.

[@The1uptriforce]

Man that really is the next level Sega was really ahead of there time the X band ,The Sega Channel and now this they never seize to amaze

[@bluehero4467]

I played something like that once as a teen. It was fun

[@TortureVisionTV]

I see from the comment section I wasn't the only person who instantly though of the movie Existenz when seeing this pod device.

[@Cassiepult]

Alright, I've made my choice. I subbed.

[@alynicholls3230]

the noise it makes reminds me of one of those spirit box things.

[@brandonnetwork]

Hello, I missed the last stream. When's the next one?

[@johneygd]

Sega was mega ahead of it's time,it paved the way for cinnect for xbox360.

[@a-a-ron97]

Last time I was this early..... I sat and watched the video

[@kei_nishimaru]

Why not about the Sega Pico?

[@caliklepto1316]

Looks like a freaking Uterus

[@raedrahman6188]

Oh my gosh! I never knew this existes. And i was a huge Sega fan in the 90s

[@jasonblalock4429]

I'd love to see you get your hands on "I Took A Lickin' From A Chicken," which may be the strangest portable game ever created. (Look it up if you've never heard of it; it's AMAZING. For, you know, 1980s electronics.)

[@simonlabaj9581]

Nice Video :D

[@RBunctious]

Are those two holes that are under each pod an Ethernet port? If not, it sure looks like one!

[@RetroGamePlayers]

I wonder if you could swap out the bulbs for different colored LED's, similar to a pinball game...

[@PunakiviAddikti]

If it doesn't use LEDs, then I imagine it senses height by using either ultrasound or Doppler radars. Both are used for motion sensing.

[@jacobbaranowski]

I’m a SEGA kid, I love SEGA, I never new this existed.

[@ConanVictor]

You "never new"!? Are you retarded? Did your mom get banged by a raindeer?

[@kurisu7885]

Even playing the thing looks like something out of Star Trek.

[@ryderakashermhead8527]

Best channel ever

[@ryderakashermhead8527]

Lets do a toy battle Simon vs Sega Pods

[@VaughnJogVlog]

"Kind of Sucks" - T-shirts coming soon.

[@RichardServello]

you keep saying system... it's more a toy or board game.

[@billybollockhead5628]

How do you define system? It’s a system

[@Rat-Man]

Can someone make a remix of that sound effect

[@PharaohKitty69]

Seriously dude you should just specialise in abstract games and game accessories I enjoy those videos a lot Also the positives are good too

[@Artista_Frustrado]

is a shame it doesn't work on regular SEGA games, that would have been interesting to see XD

[@JRocktheGameRocker]

Whaaaa?!?! In the future... games will be in pod form...

[@kgh237]

Yup and we will have teleporters and lazer weapons :) lol

[@TheZekeZeke1]

This seem like something I would have wanted SOOO bad but HATED once I got it...lol

[@ConanVictor]

It's because of this kind of genius idea that Sega left the console market in a humiliating way.

[@Skyk0rn]

sega activator was cool too though. one of my dreams is to see somebody performing a brutality in umk3 with that thing. that must be a beautiful sight.

[@CommodoreFan64]

+Skyk0rn I think this is where this item came from since they put a good bit of development dollars into the Activator which ended up not selling too well, and they thought maybe they could make back some of the money from that project by reusing, and repackaging the tech.

[@ITZ_eSPy]

So sad sega didn't make it. This shows they had tenacity...it just wasn't in the right place

[@RealmsCrossMyths]

Rerez, could you talk about the knitting machine and software Nintendo made for… I think it was the SNES, though might have been the NES…?

[@bsharpmajorscale]

Weird. Probably more accurate than Kinect! :P

[@zedorda1337]

Sucks how so many people don't know the difference between motion detection and motion control. This is NOT motion control this IS motion detection.

[@mushman1395]

That's really weird!

[@isaacbrinson8904]

So basically this thing is the germophobe's Simon Says?

[@redstonecommander5190]

Now the reason why it just detected not so good accuracy is probably because you played pods in very bright light. Make sure that whenever you want to have the highest accuracy, don’t play pods in bright light and don’t play in the sun outside just play it indoors in light..That’s kinda dim

[@redstonecommander5190]

As long as you do that, then the sensors will have no problem measuring the accuracy of hand height and you might have a possibility of beating pro mode

[@1Thunderfire]

Credit where credit is due, Sega are creative and have tried a lot of stuff over the years.

[@jacobtuley2573]

Last time I came this early I saw a shitty joke just like this one

[@TheLazurus]

i...i want one

[@POKEGAMERZ-uy5lv]

LOL AVGN should review this with Board James.

[@shadic1988]

This is Motion controls done right.

[@DeathsNitemareShepardOfHope]

i Loved the Dreamcast.👍

[@KWKBOX]

Sega Simon! I bet Joe is all over it.

[@rogersherman3546]

+KWKBOX I have a Sega Pico I found, seems like a kids system but something sort of in line with this.

[@falondonahue8457]

This looks like something straight out of Rick and Morty!

[@plecebomc]

This was probably a by product of some Sega R&D likely their arcade division as this wouldn't make sense to research and develop for home consoles.

[@mattwo7]

The incentive of multiplayer is playing with friends. Isn't that incentive enough?

[@TophatPie]

Its basically loops but without the loops

[@littlebugp]

A space oddity...

[@lurkerrekrul]

Are the points counted in quatloos? :)

[@SailorMaxie]

Reminds me of Simon Air.

[@redstonecommander5190]

Even though Sega pods is extremely strange, and some people might think it’s the worst game that was ever released by Sega. I think it’s pretty unique is when Sega first takes on having an actual electronic game. That’s lights, and sounds only and not having a screen, almost like they are falling into Milton Bradley or Tigger electronics footsteps

[@redstonecommander5190]

But they didn’t go that very heavily and they decided to just stick with video games

[@some-online-dude]

No, it isn't a "really strange system unlike anything else they've made". It's a reduced version of the SEGA Activator.

[@derpd6578]

Sega pod challenge!

[@Josue143803]

Reminds me of a laser harp.