Sega and the Atari 2600

Before Sega had a console of its own on the North American market, it supported systems like the Atari 2600. Let's take a look at the games they were involved with.
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Episode Notes:
1. Captured using the Stella emulator.
2. I still own my fathers 2600 in its original box. It still has the original RF output, however
3. Most of these games are very affordable if you collect for the 2600.
4. The Starpath Supercharger kinda reminds me of the 32X. It has a small library as well.
5. Games Covered:
Frogger
Carnival
Zaxxon
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
Congo Bongo
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
Sub Scan
TAC/SCAN
Thunderground
Pengo
Spy Hunter
Tapper
Up'n Down
Frogger II ThreeDeep!
6. Music Selections:
Opening Monologue - Sega Ages 2500 Space Harrier
Frogger - Columns Clotho
Carnival- Shinobi Arcade Stage 2
Zaxxon- Master System Zaxxon 3D
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom- After Burner
Congo Bongo- Altered Beast Round 1
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator- Outrun Passing Breeze
Sub Scan- Super Hang On Winning Run
TAC/SCAN- Power Drift Like the Wind
Thunderground- AB Cop Stage 1
Pengo- Bonanza Bros. Duty
Spy Hunter- ESWAT Stage 1
Tapper- Golden Axe Turtle Village
Up'n Down- Space Harrier 3D Battlefield
Frogger II ThreeDeep!- Super Monaco GP Concentration
Closing Monologue- Thunderblade Type II
7. I chose to use Sega arcade music as background tracks because most of these games either had no music at all during gameplay, or the sound effects clashed terribly with the voice over.

[@lightdark28]

One has to have respect for anyone who created a playable and fun game on a system with 128 bytes of RAM and a 1.1mhz 6507

[@SegaLordX]

A feat not many accomplished in my experience.

[@MrLordpistoia]

You really had to have a imagination back the to enjoy any games.

[@wexenhex]

thats enough for gameplay

[@wexenhex]

@@SegaLordX most Atari ports like Berzerk and Battlezone are solid

[@randybradley4151]

@@MrLordpistoia Activision's offerings on the Atari 2600 were all great games in my opinion.

[@robertgolden4109]

As someone born in 1972, I got my first Atari when I was about 7 or 8 years old and loved every minute of it, while the graphics and sound weren't the best the system was just plain fun in my opinion. I still to this day hook up and play my original Atari 2600 that still works which is something modern consoles seem to struggle with nowadays but every time I do my son laughs at me and even though he's 18 now he still laughs every time I play that 2600 but I'm still having fun. Maybe it's the Nostalgia talking as it takes me back to my younger self playing video games with my father and my sister but isn't that what gaming is about anyway? A game can be graphically and technically superior but if it isn't fun then why even play in the first place?

[@CastleKnight7]

I feel the same way Robert. A whole new world was opened up when I turned on Space Invaders for the VCS and went from being a passive TV viewer to taking an active part in the game. We’re very fortunate to have had that experience.

[@Metalhead-zb9mz]

Videogames will always be thing even if evolves and I just remember that started out on the Nes before I gotten N64. I believed I have an RF adapter that had the forks and I would have to really unscrewed the back of the TV..Now days can still use some of the classic console and am still playing Sega Genesis to this day.

[@dougr.8653]

There's nothing better than a Sunday with a new Sega Lord's video. Cheers!

[@SegaLordX]

Glad you approve, Doug. :)

[@nicolasribeirodossantos6082]

@@SegaLordX 15:18 everytime i see this game i immediately think of Wreck It Ralph

[@bananonymouslastname5693]

Being a fellow old man in video game terms, I enjoy delving into the 2600 library from time to time to both play old favorites or to discover other games that hold up today on their own merits. Everyone is always surprised at just how legitimately great Warlords is as a party game, and the 2600 port of Track & Field with the arcade controller it came with is surprisingly great. Solar Fox is also a great game for people who enjoy playing for score, which is a pre-requisite for enjoying most games of that era... Seriously, though, everyone should get out paddles and play some 4 player Warlords.

[@ronindebeatrice]

My first console experience was with my dad's handed down VCS. The NES had been out for a little while, but we were poor folk. I loved this box with it's gorgeous wood trim.

[@JohnnyProctor9]

2600 Spy Hunter isn't THAT bad...sure it makes me want to play the NES port or the even better Action Fighter for the Master System, but I feel that it was actually a pretty solid title considering the 2600's limitations.

[@dbdtog6041]

Easily my favorite gaming channel on youtube. Thx for the vid!

[@SegaLordX]

Appreciate you letting me know.

[@silentfanatic]

Kind of glad I didn't see many arcade units in my earlier years. The 2600 was pretty engrossing when I was ~3 years old and had no prior expectations about video games.

[@MichaelGreen-dm2ov]

Haunted House and Adventure my favorites for the mighty 2600.

[@verficationaccount]

You really do the matter justice with your thorough approach! I like your videos a lot.

[@emmettturner9452]

You've really gotta check out the Atari 8-bit home computer fan-made port of Space Harrier. It's absolutely amazing considering the hardware is from the '70s! Unlike other Atari home computer games, it uses composite artifact colors and features music with digitized voice. Unfortunately, that means you're going to need to play it on a RF/composite display to see it with proper colors. No one on KZbin has done it justice! I used an Atari Ultimate Cart with an 800XL and an original launch version of the 800. Of course, it should run on an Atari XEGS game console just as well.

[@MrKanejoe1]

Love everything that you do. Keep it up!

[@WMARUoriginal]

Fascinating history I didn't know about before. Great job!

[@Gaming_since_the_eighties]

This is why i like this channel. You always menage to make the split between Sega releated content and gaming history content. So gamers who never experienced the older days of gaming get a better understanding of today. Keep up the good work Sega Lord X. I really much appreciate it.

[@Sut1978]

Loving these Sega on other System videos. I used to get the Sega ports for my Atari ST back in the day. Would love to see a video on that but I wouldn’t expect you to know much about predominantly Euro computers.

[@SegaLordX]

My initial experience was non existent. I have educated myself since then and have played many of the Sega games that were available on other platforms. I could probably muster an interesting video and the ST.

[@PSYK0MANT1S]

I grew up with Atari and remember some of these games fondly. I completely forgot about the crazy Zaxxon port. Also, I owned a Starpath Supercharger. Playing games like "Escape from the Mindmaster" , "DragonStomper", and "Communist Mutants from Space" was a treat on the Atari 2600. What a crazy system addition that actually IMPROVED the 2600.

[@Stevenmelamed]

I'm glad you finally were able to get to this subject. Well done 😁

[@jeremiahthomas8140]

That first board on Pengo was set up perfectly for you to line up the Jewel Blocks inside the playfield for 10,000 bonus points.

[@johnellis3383]

Great video! I was born in 81 myself and mostly missed out on the 2600 except for a few games played at my uncle's house when I was very young so a lot of this is new to me. It's really interesting to see Sega's work on this early system and some of it is pretty impressive.

[@Corys1701]

woot woot great video, just getting into the 2600 lots of great games to check out

[@DarthKidd]

When I was in elementary school, I got a 2600 with tacscan from a garage sale, came with the paddle controllers too. I was absolutely shocked to see MY beloved SEGA logo on another console's cart.

[@briancieiscki307]

So was Nintendo's... For about half of them, under the same flag of Coleco

[@ryanulrich2147]

I get off work early and a new Sega Lord video.... It is a great Sunday indeed.

[@Sinn0100]

I too was not impressed with Atari when I first saw it. My step father was a gamer from that time and could actually reach the kill screen in Pac Man. He introduced me to the 2600 when I was...3. I got the Nes in 1985 at 4 and while I liked it growing up it never moved me to being a diehard gamer. I mastered Super Mario Brothers by the time I was 6. My heart always belonged to the arcades. I had an NES and Master System growing up and though they were a good way to pass the day....that is until one faithful Autumn day in 1989. My best friend at the time came from a very dysfunctional home and his parents were very strange at times. They didn't really have any interest in their kids and usually bought their love so to speak. He was the very first person I knew to get a Sega Genesis and hoy f!#%^$#@"%$# did that thing make you feel like the arcade experience came home. I had never witnessed graphics like that in my life and from that day foward, I dedicated myself to gaming not as a way to pass the time but to be the best. I convinced my father to pick me up that night so I could show him the Genesis...I got one that Christmas with Ghouls n' Ghosts and Space Harrier 2. My step fathers reaction to the Genesis was also very interesting as well. I hooked it up to the TV in the living room and I remember the jokes. Son, they were saying the best graphics andying on covers of games since the Coleco Vision...we ran two Atari games first just so he could prove a point. Both Pitfall and Adventure...I remember saying- "Are you done." When he saw the Genesis running Space Harrier 2, Altered Beast, and then Ghouls n' Ghosts his reaction was identical to mine...in front of my mother. Hey, what Hell are you teaching my son!" He never picked up the Atari again but we wound up with two Genesis's...Genessisi's...Genesi's..what ever. Oh...and the Atari VCS audio is the most God awful, atrocious, most grating thing I have ever heard in my life. I remember thinking...."does it have to assult my ears as well, it's already stealing my eyesight."

[@Tictac-s2e]

Maybe if you started playing it in 1977, things would have been different. I know what you're saying though. I acquired my 2600 when the tech was getting way outdated. By the NES came around in 1985, the 2600 was obsolete.

[@Sinn0100]

@@Tictac-s2e You are likely correct. Further, I wanted to say that I meant no disrespect nor offence. I realized after typing that I seemed a bit flippant and that was not my intention. Sega Lord's videos generally flood me with so many memories it's like a deluge that I have to put pen to paper (so to speak). If I had been a normal kid, I likely would not have received the Genesis when I did nor any of the other machines when I did. You see, I was diagnosed with hydrocephalus at a very young age, I have had to go through numerous neurological surgeries. Unfortunately, I was not allowed to do normal things like most kids and gaming became my only outlet for years. Thankfully, you would never know by looking at me that I have these issues. I am even more grateful that my mind and drive for success have not been hampered by my many surgeries in any way. In all likelihood, Iwould have played football or baseball like my brothers. My sister for example, was a cheerleader...I would have refused that one. ;) The general consensus was that they were not spending anything on me for other activities. They knew I could not simply go out side and toss the pigskin around (I still did and do) as taking a hit...could kill me. Of course that has never stopped me and my parents knew that opting to keep me occupied. It actually got kind of ridiculous as my parents are divorced and competed with each other through me. My mother actually beat my father to the punch and got me a Genesis for Christmas. He retaliated by getting me an SNES in 1991 and my mother followed through with the Sega CD. It actually got beyond ridiculous...when your child (minor) tells you to stop you know it's gone way passed to far. My dad coming home with a 3DO in early 1994...what are you doing man?

[@CAPCOM784]

@@Sinn0100 I understand growing up not playing alot outside having stayed sick most of my childhood.I was born premature and had many operations in my childhood not counting always going back and force to the doctors offices being sick. I never owned Atari but did get the Intellivision around that time. Even back then I was fully aware the graphics looked nothing like the arcades so whenever possible I played whatever arcade I could get my hands on!When the Sega Genesis released it was like a game changer for the arcade players. We finally had (almost arcade like quality) to enjoy playing at our houses.🙂

[@bonesjackson81]

Tapper! My favorite 2600 game.

[@SegaLordX]

Definitely one of the more playable.

[@bonesjackson81]

@@SegaLordX And enjoyable! Some of those games just left me clueless. Sold all my 2600 stuff 3 years ago tho. Needed the room. Been thinking about getting the Flashback volumes for xbone. Already have Activision Anthology on ps2.

[@stevew8513]

Sega finished but never released an Atari 2600 game called Ixion. The ROM is available online. Apparently Sega were going to put out an arcade title called Ixion and they had the thought to put out simultaneous home ports at the same time. Apparently the arcade game tanked (probably due to the market crash of 1984) and everything was shelved. The ROMs for the Atari 2600 version as well as the Atari Home Computer were eventually recovered and released online, I don't know if the VIC-20 port of the game ever was. Pretty ambitious to not only make an arcade game but even before finding out if it was going to be popular making three home ports, all before even doing any market testing.

[@avivmizrachi4382]

I love your videos lord x.. each and every one. I enjoyed this one for 2 reasons: knowing about these ports, but more so, learning about cool retro sega arcade games, actually regardless of these ports. Can you please possibly do a series on GOOD retro arcade games, whether or not they got ports is a bonus, but you're knowledge is vast and I'd love to learn more about awesome retro arcade with you!

[@DreamcastQ]

I didn't know any of this! Interesting stuff. When I was a little kid I often played my uncle's 2600 and had no idea Sega was even involved!

[@SegaLordX]

First time I ever saw one was at my uncles house. My cousin was gloating about how awesome it was. Most kids back then loved the thing.

[@DreamcastQ]

@@SegaLordX Right, I grew up with NES/arcades, so seeing the 2600 at the same time (mid 80s) it was too primitive! The slightly older people loved it though

[@jacklazzaro9820]

Zippy the Porcupine is an obscure ROM hack of Sonic.

[@chadhigdon1386]

Still the best gaming channel bar none and my opinion has never changed since the first channel started. Great content SLX!

[@SegaLordX]

Thanks for the praise and glad you still like the content. :)

[@RetroGamePlayers]

The Atari 2600 was my first system and Frogger was one of the first games I ever played. That and Defender!

[@SegaLordX]

I remember a friend getting Frogger when it was released. It was pretty exciting because it played like the arcade, something that didn't happen often.

[@raymoorhouse9139]

I loved zaxxon when i was a kid. And that white cart with the sega writing on it certainly left an impression

[@lutfimakarim8258]

Just a suggestion: maybe you can do Sega on the Commodore 64.

[@SegaLordX]

I'm looking into pretty much everything as a possibility. The Amiga, the C64, the FM Towns, etc.

[@Monty-or9sb]

Golden Axe was one of my faves! Love to know if it was actually any good!

[@Embargoman]

I am glad that you did a video about Sega on the Atari 2600 and that I will say the history of Sega goes way back as it started in Hawaii.

[@bazdaniels7420]

Good show, but I must say I really enjoy Congo Bongo! Also Spy Hunter is better with the 2-controller adapter.

[@jeremiahthomas8140]

I think the 2600 VCS port of Spy Hunter is excellent. It is nicer with the Dual Controller Holder though.

[@Lightblue2222]

Ooo damn. That title. You don't think of that everyday. SEGA on ATARI

[@SegaLordX]

Yeah, I was thinking many gamers would appreciate the Sega run of games on a system it isn't really known for.

[@Lightblue2222]

Some of these games look very fun, better graphics than I'd expect too

[@Nexus9_KD6-4.8]

It's been a while since I've heard anything about the Atari 2600. Like you I started with the 2600 but I thought of it as more of a curious toy to be played with for a few minutes at a time than a game console. My career as a young gamer didn't kick off until the introduction of the NES, and went into total overdrive when I got my Sega Genesis CDX one Christmas, which is also when I became a devoted Sega fan, lol. Thanks for the entertaining video as always.

[@SegaLordX]

No problem. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@JopieHaargel]

Dude, awesome video. Again.

[@kevinstrade2752]

Nice video. This story doesn't get told enough

[@sonicmario64]

"Frogger" and "Carnival" happen to be a couple of games that I used to own for our Atari VCS game console when I was a kid. :D

[@michaeljinright2709]

Sega's game's were also on the ahead of it's time Colecovision games like Turbo Buck Roger's planet of zoom Zaxxon Space Fury Carnival love 2 see u cover Sega's game's on Colecovision thanks .

[@LanDi2006]

Michael Jinright I was thinking the same thing..

[@adamphillip5305]

Are you still planning on covering Sega on the C64, Amstrad & Spectrum, those would make great videos. This was a great vid too tho i have zero nostalgia for 2600

[@CaptAwesumNo1Zone]

Zx Spectrum for sure

[@humpadimpfe958]

this was a great history lesson. thank you

[@MossArchive]

wow. i literally just picked up a 2600 at a yard sale 2 days ago!

[@pacmancdi]

The buck rogers Atari game is awesome. Totally lives up to the tv series

[@w00dyp0p]

I played a lot of Frogger on the 2600. Tac/Scan was also fun and made good use of the paddle controller. Only played Star Trek and Tapper in the arcade, but the 2600 ports look solid!

[@johneysupergd7796]

I wish you did some hornarble mentions about sega games on the 5200 as well,but you still did a good job explaining all stuff here and in case you not didn’t it yet,please do also a nintendo on atari episode and cover all games for those atari systems of it as well,because that would be cool.

[@zombee38]

Excellent. ..thanks

[@thehumbleone1983]

Great video as always Sega 4 Ever

[@tf1090c]

I don't understand why the 2600 only has 128 bytes of RAM when the Fairchild channel F, from 1976, had 2Kb of RAM. Would it really have been so hard at the time for Atari to have included more RAM in the 2600/VCS?

[@mcorleonep]

The 2600 was my childhood and the only console my parents bought for me. From NES on I had to buy my own. Was always a fan of Sega arcade games in those days but Frogger (Parker Bros version) was the only one I had...

[@SegaLordX]

I think a number of these games were missed by 2600 owners back then because of the crash. 2600 game production slowed to a crawl right after many of these games were released.

[@DarkCylon]

I'm about the same age as you. My family got the Atari at a cheap price shorty after the videogame crash. The games were cheap ($5 for a new Space Invaders, $15 for games like Millipede and Jungle Hunt). Even back then, there was something about the Atari 2600 games that was lacking. I don't look at the system fondly the same way some people my age do. A year later, we had the Colecovision, and that system blew the 2600 away.

[@billcook4768]

Not sure if it's in your wheelhouse, but would love to see a video on Pengo. From the arcade versions, handhelds, early console ports up through the MD/SMD enhanced sequels.

[@Trialwolf]

I have a few of these games on my Atari 8-bit computer which are a nice upgrade to these versions like Buck Rogers, Star Trek and Congo Bongo.... I think I have Frogger and Pengo as well.

[@MechaJoezilla]

I really loved that Star Trek game!

[@CoolStevie]

Could you please make a Video about the Sega Classic "Periscope" Game ? Thank you

[@vaderbase]

Keep in mind that the VCS 2600's hardware was made for the combat game only. The limitations of hardware and objects were devastating. Making a enjoyable game with this hardware was like using a pot lid as a fancy unicycle.

[@darthwisner47]

I had that Buck Rogers game. 😀

[@RolandoMarreroPR]

That Zaxxon port was impressive! Sega should have just use the same engine for Buck Rogers.

[@atariboy9084]

Will you ever do a other Sega on other retro systems like the Colecovision, Commodore 64, Intellivision or Atari Home Computer units?

[@davidperri8862]

what's that music in the background (esp aroun 2-3 min mark)? I remember it but can't put my finger on where it came from.

[@SegaLordX]

Check the description for info on music selection.

[@KTJohnsonkidThunder]

Buck Rodgers & Zaxxon on Atari 2600 look interesting.

[@LanDi2006]

I played games from that era of gaming and today I can’t stand to go back to the Atari 2600 after playing the Colecovision once it dropped..

[@AnonymousFrogNG]

The SuperCharger version of Frogger were licensed to Starpath because of a legal loophole. Parker Bros only bought exclusive cartridge rights.

[@bravegamermusashi1394]

Sega Lord X you are right I just got a Saturn couple days ago in a astal is one of the best games I played on it

[@Riz2336]

That's one console I've never played, man the old 2600. I'm not sure if I'd even like it if I did. It just seems so primitive

[@SegaLordX]

I imagine it would be quite the shock playing a 2600 for the first time in 2019.

[@verficationaccount]

It is. But if you never had contact before: there´s nothing quite like buying an old 2600 with a bunch of carts you know absolutely nothing about and spend your sunday playing them all with a friend, your spouse or your kids! (Including research online as some controls are more than cryptic)

[@bazdaniels7420]

Hey, don't forget, frogs have actually rained from the sky! So it's not so far-fetched lol

[@zombee38]

Fish as well !

[@klaudijevtrkaciteritorij4301]

i have on Sega compilation games like Zaxxon and Congo Bongo,it's preatty fun,i hope i play it

[@sega_kid4288]

I wonder if any of these games wound up on the Sega Sg-1000?

[@MaidenHell1977]

I was about 2 and a half months when the 2600 came out hahaha my earliest memories of it were 1981.

[@SegaLordX]

I'd say it came into my home around 81/82, but games were infrequent until 84 when the industry came crashing down and everything got really cheap.

[@MaidenHell1977]

I never had one myself though I really wanted one. One neighbour had it and I was always over there playing it. Another neighbour later got a 7800 which i remembered being pretty rad but it was my first introduction to the NES in 1988 that changed everything and got it as my first console finally in June of 89.

[@godzilla12332]

Never knew Sega released anything on Atari systems. I'll probably never really play any of these but it's very intresting to see

[@baroncalamityplus]

I wish Sega would bring back their older 1980s arcade hits. They seem to have forgotten they existed before Sonic.

[@jetmaximum90]

When is he going to release the Sega Genesis mini video?

[@britneyspearsvillarosa]

I loved Frogger on PS1

[@MistaMaddog247]

Arcade ports on the 2600 were more like practice runs for when you do play the coin ops. The real arcade experience came from buying the ColecoVision or Atari 5200...but they were extremely expensive.

[@SegaLordX]

Years later too. It really is something when you consider the 2600 was released in 1977.

[@Danny-xm1pe]

Sega's version of Frogger on the Atari 2600 is my all-time favorite version of Frogger. I think it is more fun than even the arcade version.

[@davy_K]

Some dev houses just pushed the old 2600 too far. There are several excellent arcade ports (Berzerk and Solar Fox are 2 examples) but certain types of game, in particular those that relied on 3D looks, just couldn't really be done on the hardware. The best 2600 games are original IPs - Yars Revenge, Warlords and Beamrider to name just a few - as they are built to take advantage of the hardware. I'm sure Sega could have developed a handful of original games for the console - but I suppose that was more of a gamble with arcade game ports more likely to sell in big numbers even if they weren't very good.

[@MuffinHop]

Would be great to get a flicker filter for some of these, on a CRT these looks less flickery. On an LCD this is really jarring to look at.

[@gsilver0]

I may not have played any of the games in this video, but the Atari 2600 was my primary console for entirely too long. I picked one up in 1988 in a thrift store, and it was my primary console (I also had access to a 286 PC) until I sold it for... a Sega Saturn. I was poor, ok. I think that I managed to obtain a Genesis a year or so prior to the Saturn’s launch, but the Saturn was the first time I owned a console anywhere close to its release. I didn’t get to play anything on the Nintendo side until they were many years out of date.

[@SegaLordX]

How and when you got a console really does matter. It's why we all have different opinions on them. Even though my opinion is negative, I'd never downplay anothers love for the 2600.

[@tf1090c]

7:37 Where do I know that audio from... 🤔 Edit: It’s same audio from Altered Beast! They must’ve reused it.

[@bildo1977]

Beck-Tech also did Tapper for the 2600.

[@cristianmastrocicco4552]

I wonder how old Sega arcade games would be like on Atari 7800, using the POKEY soundchip and a 16/32KB cartridge

[@cessnaace]

And then there was Turbo. OK, it wasn't finished or released back in the day, but AtariAge sells a finished upgraded version with the original prototype on the same cartridge. It's still a tough game though.

[@christophersavart5589]

Dude, your knowledge in gaming keeps on amazing me. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@SegaLordX]

It's amazing what you soak up over the years. I'm trying to be better about fact checking myself to minimize mistakes.

[@banredassaultsuvs361]

Good video as usual. So why did the 2600 and Sega use the same controller connector? Did they make a deal or something?

[@ultrairrelevantnobody1862]

Most micro computers of the 1980s used the same controller port as the Atari and early Sega systems.

[@SegaLordX]

Yeah, the DB9 was a super popular off the shelf part in the 70s and 80s.

[@briancieiscki307]

How about other pre-crAsh US consoles, Intellivision, Colecovision, and Atari 5200?

[@Markis5150]

SubRoc and Zaxxon for Colecovision. Man that rocked when I was a kid.

[@cybernitemusic]

That intro music is familiar.... seeeeeega....where from?

[@lion-orichie398]

Wasn’t “ ACTION FIGHTER “ on the Master System a copy of “ SPY HUNTER “ ?

[@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes]

Deep scan on Diehard arcade. The better you do the more credits for the game you get.

[@randybradley4151]

Man, Pole Position was a great game on the Atari 2600.

[@rolingthunder8612]

the ports of tapper and spy hunter may be linked to then recent events at sega. Following the death of Charles Bluddern (CEO of gulf and western), gulf and western immediately began downsising and selling it's non esential acquisitions. midway, the creators of the original arcade versions of both games, ended up buying the arcade side of the company, while the console devision was acquired by it's internal staff with financial backing from csk, a japanese supplier of productivity software scene as the Japanese Microsoft. sega most likely acquired the home rights as part of the deal. Midway would return the favor by being the western distributer for bull fight, upn down and bank pannic (all but the last one being system1 games).

[@Twenty_Six_Hundred]

I know its an old video but with Carnival you need to hit the colored windmill till its destroyed then clear the board quickly until nothing left Then you go to the next round I noticed you were just hitting the objects without taking down the windmill So you're only on the first stage

[@pferreira1983]

I think Zaxxon turned out the best. Do you think you'll cover Sega ports to the computers like ZX Spectrum, Amiga, C64, etc? There were a lot of interesting ports.

[@SupremeNerd]

first off I enjoyed Zaxxon for the 2600. I found it easier to play. Second, these are YOUR opinions but some people played games for the graphics while others played for the game play. For me, I didnt care how the game looked cuz if I couldnt play it, the prettiness didnt mean jack to me. You said that you chuckled when your friend said that he no longer had to go to the arcade because he had a library of 2600 games. I can attest to that as well because I didnt always have money to play and B. I no longer had to worry about it because of my library of 2600 games. No more getting chased from the game room by neighborhood gangs no more losing money no more risk of getting jacked. I had a Coleco Gemini then Atari 5200 then NES. Thanks for the video though.

[@SegaLordX]

The channel is called Sega Lord X. You will always get my opinions and experiences. It's all I know. These videos aren't about marginalizing anyone elses journey, but instead highlighting my own. I make them so you can come with me and see gaming through my eyes. I'm not trying to convince you of anything, otherwise.

[@SupremeNerd]

@@SegaLordX i get that and thank you. That's why i recognized that your views about the games were yours and yours alone and I'm just sharing with you what might've been your friend's mindset at the time as that was a lot of other people's mindset at that time too (based off experience and talking to people). Didn't mean any harm

[@cubey]

A frog that can't touch water until reaching the other side makes no damn sense to me

[@bombfog1]

What is the song you use on your outro?

[@SegaLordX]

Batman for the Sega Genesis. Gotham City Streets.

[@bombfog1]

Thanks, Brother!

[@j.goggels9115]

From Parker Brothers, Hasbro and Mattel, to Sony and Microsoft, the rise of the video games market brought bigger sharks into the tank in the economic context of the 90s.

[@johneygd]

Same as nintendo, they too did put their games on the atari 2600 before do it all on their own with their console, but once sega had gave up with the dreamcast, they couldn’t do it on their own anymore so once again,they put their games on other systems and so there we are at full circle,in short,the history will repeat itself.

[@MarcBarkyMarta]

Hey - I'm pretty sure Konami developed Frogger for Sega/Gremlin, not Gremlin for Konami. It was even built originally on Konami hardware for the Japanese market (though the US version did have Gremlin manufacture the hardware domestically, both regions use the Konami arcade pinout - I've owned both PCBs). Gremlin DID develop the unrelated Frogs arcade game, though.

[@BBfanfun]

Ixion (prototype) never released but good (for 2600)