Sega Genesis / Mega Drive - Review - Game Sack

Episode 234 - The Sega Genesis was immensely popular in North America, outselling Nintendo for a while and fully riding the 'tude era. Nintendo finally had some real competition. There are many fantastic games on the console that a lot of retro game fans these days may have overlooked because they weren't on a Nintendo system. And that's primarily what we're focusing on in this episode, the games that made the Genesis great that you really couldn't get anywhere else at home.
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#sega #genesis #megadrive

[@GameSack]

What are YOUR favorite games for the Genesis / Mega Drive?

[@Elkplaysandpaints]

You gotta give credit to Comix Zone and Vectorman. Without a doubt, those are two of my favorite Genesis classics.

[@retrosoul8770]

You showed off a bunch of mine actually, Top faves are, Alien Soldier, Shinobi 3 (& Revenge), Thunder Force III&IV, SOR2, Shining Force 1&2, Musha, Fire Shark, Phantasy Star IV but also, Beyond Oasis, Super Hang On, Sonic 3&K, Gunstar H, Adventures of Batman, Comix Zone, Bio Hazard Battle, Rolling Thunder 2, Twinkle Tale, Dynamite Headdy, Ghouls & Ghosts, Monster World IV, Castlevania Bloodlines, Mega Turrican, Battle Mania 2, Contra HC, Rocket Knight, E Swat, Decap Attack, Hellfire, Ristar, Ranger X so many great games I could list alot more.

[@gtrzdaddy]

Everything that Sega Lord X likes

[@hugohirose]

My favorite Genesis/Mega Drive game is Langrisser 2, which is also my favorite game of all time. It was mentioned in a left in Japan episode.

[@jj72610]

Spent a lot of time playing Airbuster and Midnight Resistance as a kid ❤️

[@DJ_InYourFace]

Jesus, that 3D flyover inside the console looks AMAZING. Game Sack, still raising the bar for every other channel.

[@raafmaat]

i dont even understand how they were able to do that, did someone make a very high poly 3d model of that board or something?

[@yoshivu8236]

@@raafmaat yes

[@CharlesFigueroaJr]

Agreed. That was incredibly good. I noticed it right away.

[@kaimargonar]

Hell yeah, that flyover raised my bar big time

[@mutalix]

@@kaimargonar Raised my big bar too!

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

The whole episode but that opening was unreal! Amazing work!

[@WiiAgent007]

Based on the Console summary alone, this was an insta-LIKE.

[@prolefeed101]

I mean, how many hours of editing did that take? Incredible

[@oliverinmga]

Seriously their videos have always been quality but this was a jump up!

[@Pagaugezero]

The Best

[@RetroHousecr]

@@prolefeed101 That explains all the time it took to make the genesis episode :P

[@DrSpinDash]

29 Years and that Sega Genesis is still kicking. They definitely don't make em' like they use to.

[@matthewlane518]

Viva la tec-toy!!

[@thisisnotachannel]

@@matthewlane518 ...Makers of the best Duke Nuke 'em 3D port ever made!

[@damin9913]

They did a way better job in details and shows gameplay

[@OSW]

Your production values are always top notch, but HOOOLY SHEEET this one is incredible! Not just the mega-drive innards but the time lapse stop motion. Just wow. Well done guys!

[@TheSecondIDare]

Well helllooooooooo!

[@theoneanton]

Crate of Coke to Game Sack!

[@n64glennplant]

Sunday mornings are never complete without GameSack 😍

[@_bhp]

these are my "sunday morning cartoons"

[@n64glennplant]

Classic video game bookcase thank you so much 👍

[@n64glennplant]

Bennett Mouton haha mine too, they drop wRly Sunday morning here so I always get to watch while my wife’s still sleeping! 😂

[@gisone79]

I was about to write the same thing, then i saw your comment

[@UnclePhil73]

Well, every other Sunday.

[@odinsplaygrounds]

Game Sack is undoubtedly the best retro gaming channel.

[@fullofcaffeine]

I completely agree! They deserve much more subs than they have now. I wonder why they don't have more subscribers.

[@odinsplaygrounds]

@@fullofcaffeine Because generic pop music is the most popular music in the world. Because McDonalds is the biggest restaurant chain in the world. The masses love generic shit with the lowest possible common denominator. In youtube retro video games that would boil down to shitty reaction videos and let's plays with people screaming and overreacting at what they're playing while always showing their face through a facecam. Simply put, Game Sack is too classy.

[@jonnywalker4802]

Nope.

[@8thLife]

"It's also short, and very easy, just like my first girlfriend." *Savage* 😂

[@samir.xanmuradov]

i was like dayuuum

[@wogsykirk1156]

That internal look at the machine was amazing. You guys just get better and better.

[@drunkensailor112]

The opening alone shows how Joe loves the Megadrive more than anything.

[@damin9913]

Same here I love the Sega Genesis too

[@TheMark0217]

Dude, production value is WAY up (not that it wasn't great to begin with). That breakdown was amazing! Really outdid themselves this time 👍

[@OldManTheseDays]

Holy crap, that "zoom in" all the way inside the machine is amazing. Well done!

[@damin9913]

That was beautiful going all inside the details for the Genesis felt like Christmas came early 👍

[@UNOxDExELLOS]

I'm a Nintendo man myself, and I've thought this since I first saw this video in 2018, but I'm gonna say it now: Seeing Joe, the Sega fanboy, FINALLY review the Sega Genesis, brings a tear to my eye. He made the Genesis intro with such love and devotion...

[@damin9913]

I'm a Sega Genesis fan too it's all I play this video made me feel very old school I'm glad he did this for us Sega Genesis fans felt like Christmas

[@nik_arcade5020]

Joe, 1:30-2:10 is absolutely beautiful and visually compelling. I had to watch it several times. You can’t do THIS on Nintendo!!

[@WindyCornerTV]

You guys really outdid yourselves this time with the editing and production values. Well done! :)

[@damin9913]

Oh yeah the creativity and love that was put in to the Genesis details and gameplay was the best video ever everything they did felt like new I'm a Genesis fan and I approve of this whole experience

[@ChaossX77]

The editing was all Dave. /s

[@mylifeingaming]

LandStalker: Treasures of the King's Hole

[@thatguy8152]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@poble]

dragon wang

[@VivaLePunk1307]

Hey guys, I just want to weigh in on what the Genesis means to me. When the console was new, I was way into my NES but I gushed at all the photos of Genesis games in Gamepro magazine. I remember specifically seeing the in-depth Ghostbusters walkthrough (maybe it was EGM monthly?) and thinking how smooth the character sprites were. I craved to play that game. Other games that I want to mention that I think looked cool were James Buster Douglas Boxing and Altered Beast. This was before 16 bit Sonic for the most part. Hell, I think the Berlin wall was falling down around then. The Genesis was the coolest console out and I had to stick with my NES because my parents bought that stuff for me at that time. But man did I look at those game mags constantly. There was one time when I tried to weasel my way to a friend's house to play Genesis under the guise of getting together to study social studies, but his mom was on to us and actually made us study. She actually sat with us and made us read out loud! That was stupid. Moonwalker also looked cool. Anyway, by the time the SNES came out I looked past the Genesis and drank Nintendo's "we'll give you watered down awesome" kool aid. Now I look at the Genesis as a super cool moment in time. I'm a devoted Nintendo fan and will appreciate the Genesis (as well as the Sega CD, 32x, and Saturn) as type of coolness that wasn't my path. A friend let me borrow his Dreamcast while I recovered from a sports injury and it took weeks. Weeks of playing Soul Calibur 1! I appreciate you guys. Your magazine episode is one of my favorites. Take care.

[@tetrisdave]

Hey thanks and I enjoyed your story. Did you ever get a Genesis? I hope so..

[@Beoslasher]

Enjoyed your story! Thanks for sharing! Love that this consoles have generated so many positive memories :)

[@HollowRick]

Enjoyed you're story it's funny I'm from the UK so sega was more popular than Nintendo here so my first system was a mega drive and later the PlayStation I guess My family liked the "cool" systems at the time :D

[@wilkiedriver]

Joe finally gets his Magnum Opus

[@Thrashman138]

Bravo!

[@RetroHousecr]

Nothing better for Genesis 30th anniversary!

[@ViniVHSoares1993]

I'm more of a SNES fan however i think every fan should have respect and admiration for the Genesis specially because the console wars pushed both systems to release great games, this episode left me in a mood to play some genesis games

[@kosharskysinternalorganfee9363]

I'm more of a Genesis fan!

[@PikangsFutaba]

Yeah, I share the same feelings as you, I'm happy that I got in a contest around in 2012 a Genesis model 2 with a reproduction cart of Mega Man: The Wily Wars, since then I have loved to play on it from time to time, I really hope Sega can do a good job with it's upcoming mini-console like how Nintendo did (unlike Sony with it's "fail"station classic), but, even if it fails to deliver the intended EXP. I have the real console, and if I want, I could get a model 1 easily at a game store close to my former elementary/junior/high school.

[@Robert_Manners]

Yes you could not have put it better, without the existence of the SNES the systems would not have moved into the arena that produced the great games we had to play during the mid 1990s. I was a total Sega megadrive fan and didn't even own a SNES, however I fully agree with the fact that if we hadn't had both released in this time the SEGA Mega Drive would not have been the console it became.

[@reginaldeberhart8521]

I had both systems, and I'll tell you the best war of them all. Never understood why Sega would release both the Sega CD or 32X. When the Genesis hardware outperformed both of them.

[@GTSN38]

At the time there really wasn't a contest between the systems, me and my friends loved them both. I still play Genesis and SNES (emulated) !

[@DanDoesGame]

I loved the SNES, but there are a lot of games on the Genesis that had a bigger FoV (Field of View) than on the Super Nintendo which I liked...... Pitfall & Lion Kind being 2 games I can think of right off the top of my mind...... My favorite games on Genesis have to be Lion King, Aladdin, Batman & Robbin, Earthworm Jim & Beavis & Butthead..... I know some of those were on SNES, but they were better on Genesis... Batman and Robin is Hard AF though, I still aint beat it XD haha Awesome video as always guys!

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

Lion King did have a better soundtrack on the SNES though.

[@Number1StarSB]

@@MoviesNGames007uk A lot of people would disagree. The Genesis OST is way more energetic and upbeat, with awesome percussion.

[@monk-ld3jt]

Production quality on this video is insane! Wow! A+++++

[@marakarthegreat]

I'd give it an S rank

[@thegreathadoken6808]

I give it a U rank

[@LORDJPXX3]

Agreed. That zoom into the console was awesome.

[@PsychomachineryEBM]

And post-production as well

[@Wolfdragon92584]

Best reviewers on KZbin doing an episode on the greatest game console ever?? YES, PLEASE

[@Robert_Manners]

It's the only console in my view. Never get tired of the games.

[@serenemountain6769]

@@Robert_Manners Shinning Force : ) ... one of it's best Titles ...

[@Robert_Manners]

@@serenemountain6769 indeed 👍💫

[@jervey123]

snes > sega genesis

[@serenemountain6769]

@@jervey123 in Quality per game average Yes, But Sega has good Games even so ! Depending on your favorite Genre !

[@skins4thewin]

I want to say that it is absolutely CRIMINAL that you guys only have 200K subscribers. You are absolutely one of the best gaming KZbin channels there is and should have WAY more subscribers!

[@sozaj]

Amen to that!

[@blueowl0708]

Four years later and nearly at 300k, still CRIMINAL

[@drewb3665]

Great video! Sega Genesis is my second favorite console ever after the PS2.

[@kammyabhainn3053]

A lot of love went into making that Genesis system tour

[@LavishButtocks]

UGHHH that Streets of Rage 1 music just BLASTS, right out of the gate. That's not a blast processing joke, either, it's just an amazing soundtrack.

[@harold720]

I really think it's why I never gave the other games a chance. It was some of the first game music to get stuck in my head after turning off the console.

[@Pixel-dan]

This was my favorite post credits scene of all time. GREEEENDAAAWWWWWGGGGGGG!

[@DrWho2008t101]

Great Video!

[@Xalvador83]

I am normally all snes. But after seeing this episode, i need a sega genesis. I clearly have been missing out

[@SeekerLancer]

Yeah, regardless of if you're a SNES fanboy or a Genesis fanboy if you ignore one or the other you're missing half of what made the early 90's console gaming great. There's a lot of great titles they didn't have time to squeeze in here.

[@PointReflex]

@@SeekerLancer You're damn right, I may be a Genesis Fanboy-ish mostly thanks to Contra Hard Corps, but Metroid 3 is the shit lml By the way Xalvador if you can't reach the real hardware and its games, try the emulator KEGA FUSION.

[@supersexysega]

Naw Genesis sucks keep collecting Snes only ;)

[@kosharskysinternalorganfee9363]

Sega Genesis is better than Super Nintendo.

[@ryantimony6669]

SNES is better with some genres and Genesis was better with others.

[@arhernan2008]

Nothing like staying up late watching my sack... wait

[@flashbackfrank8781]

A Six button controller, mind you, that is still emulated to this day by game controller designers in the "fightpad" series, using a single pad (no sticks) and 6 face buttons, with the only real change being the addition of two shoulder buttons to replace L2/R2|LT/RT. It's still super ergonomic and a great controller. I actually gave anfriend of mine in college an OG Sega Genesis one that had a USB mod on it and she used it for years to play skullgirls on PC, quite well I might add.

[@imakaze]

You missed 3 gems like Dynamite Headdy (Treasure), Story of Thor (Ancient) and Soleil (Atlus, Crusader of Centy in USA).

[@urquanseven2332]

They missed Vectorman, Comix Zone, Earthworm Jim, Aladdin... but there's so many great games, it would take forever to cover them all.

[@waltersobchak7275]

Urquan Seven Comix Zone is really hard

[@urquanseven2332]

@@waltersobchak7275 Indeed it is. I beat it several times though. Watch a walkthrough, there's an ideal path to take, some routes are objectively better than others.

[@waltersobchak7275]

Urquan Seven thank you sir

[@PiousMoltar]

1:35 holy shit that camera work. Mind blown.

[@millgiass]

I love the Genesis, definitely my preferred 16-Bit console. Sorry Dave. That model 1 looks sexy AF too. Such a sleek and futuristic design.

[@almostliterally593]

millgiass turbografx-16 4lyfe

[@MrGlenbw]

4:18 Sega Exec: I told you to get Dolph Lundgren for the Dynamite Duke cover, not David Warner!

[@WillKeaton]

What, no comment on how Dynamite Duke has a giant hole in the center of his torso?

[@SharifSourour]

LOL

[@craigjuan5744]

Oh my God! You too? Glad I'm not alone in that one! That has been bugging me for quite a while now!

[@_nayrb]

Maybe it's a glitch?

[@jakejutras5420]

@@_nayrb it's not, the OP is just making a joke that they didn't comment on his odd appearance.

[@anthonyjohnson9088]

This is why I support Gamesack on Patreon...absolutely incredible work guys...thanks for all u do.

[@jeremywaltz]

Rarely does my jaw hit the ground during a KZbin video but that console summary did it. Very impressive work, Joe. Your production quality is always outstanding but here you took it to a whole new level.

[@NeoDraven757]

Easily your best video to date. Not only is your production value higher than ever, it was all very cleverly and artistically done. Outstanding.

[@matteosoncini9627]

The Sega Mega Drive has a special place in my heart cause it was my first console... this is my Top 10: 1 - Sonic The Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles 2 - Shining Force II 3 - Phantasy Star IV 4 - Crusader Of Centy (in Europe "Soleil") 5 - Mazin Saga 6 - Ristar 7 - Disney's Aladdin 8 - Shinobi III - Return Of The Ninja Master 9 - Beyond Oasis (in Europe "The Story Of Thor") 10 - Thunder Force IV

[@IkesDaddelbox]

Fun fact: For Sonic 3's Ice Cap Zone the keyboardist Brad Buxer from the Jetzons made an almost exact 16bit rendition of an 80s song they've never released (until it was featured in the "The Complete Jetzons" album in 2008). The entirety of the zone's theme is a 16bit version of the song Hard Times. Even confirmed by the man himself.

[@circleofsorrow4583]

I love this channel. These guys have great personalities and the production values are top notch.

[@MizfitZer0]

Nearly an hour dedicated to the mega drive? Best episode ever!!!

[@PicoFromTX]

The intro editing is incredible. Did it take a lot of mega power to achieve such quality ?

[@serenemountain6769]

mega power ?

[@Mimi.1001]

@@serenemountain6769 Blast Processing

[@felman87]

I love those hardware breakdowns. I actually have a video file with all of the hardware you've done. From the MSX up to the Xbox. Now I have to update that to add in Genesis (finally, it was always odd having that one out.).

[@TheKingzfan]

Perfect way to end a Holiday Weekend with a new episode of Game Sack!

[@skins4thewin]

Gauntlet 4 has one of the best soundtracks of any game ever made! Kind of surprised you guys didn't mention that. Still tho, am glad you guys covered it. They pushed the living hell out of the Genesis sound hardware with this thing. I've never heard a Genesis title sound that freaking good before. It literally sounds like CD audio at times!

[@skins4thewin]

@Ben Owen1 LOL don't be ignorant? Why, because my opinion differs from yours? Nah, none of those sound near as detailed as the Gauntlet IV soundtrack does, at least to my ears. They are good and all, sure, but they are not next level like Gauntlet IV is. Its soundtrack sounds comparable to those chiptunes you hear being made by the top guys in the scene, aka the ones who have learned to push the Genesis sound chip to the absolute limit. Some of that stuff goes above and beyond anything most thought the Genesis sound chip to be capable of. Gauntlet IV has a level of detail to the music that those games you named simply do not have. You are of course free to have your opinion, but I most certainly am not ignorant for not agreeing with yours.

[@tahustvedt]

Super impressed by the shot zooming in and entering the cartridge slot. Wow.

[@angrodii]

"It's also short and very easy just like my first girlfriend." Oh you!

[@kekeke8988]

MUH SOGGY KNEEZ

[@mattfahringer148]

@@kekeke8988 how about we learn to spell before commenting. okay there champ?

[@AlucardsQuest]

That M2 story made my jaw drop. They must be some of the most passionate Genesis/Mega Drive fans in existence. How did Gauntlet end up on a pro gamer's desk? And I can't believe that they just took his advice completely to heart. No wonder they called it Gauntlet 4! Every Gauntlet game since has emulated that style of gameplay! I wish M2 would port those Konami games to modern systems, they've already worked with Konami on the Rebirth trilogy so why not?!

[@NotaPizzaGRL]

Someday the management of Konami will change or pull their heads out of their asses and realize that people liked them for their games, not pachinko.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

@@NotaPizzaGRL Someday people will realize that the reason Konami went fulltime into pachinko is because it's profitable for them

[@medes5597]

@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN except a) Konami has made *less* profit from their Pachinko machines since they made it a main focus and is scrambling and b) with the new Pachinko laws coming into effect, they are well and truly fucked. Yes Konami were making profit short term but they were warned by their own people that Pachinko is a shrinking market (average age of Pachinko player is over 60), that Pachinko parlours are shutting down because profitability is getting thinner as their audience dies off and that heavy regulation against the "loophole" they use and machines that try to appeal to younger people (and fail) were planned. They ignored all warnings and chased short term profit and managed to do it so badly they made less money than when Pachinko was a side business for them. Konami now have no choice but to return to video games with the new regulations and the problem is they've alienated almost everyone who would work with them and have lost most of their greatest designers. They're fucked. So no. They fucked up.

[@V0YAG3R]

Terry Beardmore They done goofin' son! 👹

[@TurboNutterBastard]

@@medes5597 You're so full of shlt. Konami's profits have increased year after year. Last years earnings were a huge 18% increase over the previous year. I'd say that an increase of 18% in profits during a worldwide pandemic is pretty f-ing good. They're actually worth more and are more profitable now than they have ever been. It may suck for those of us who enjoyed their games but don't resort to making shlt up.

[@XISMZERO]

Geez, Sacks. Beautiful work on this episode.

[@craigdavidson5613]

I was lucky to find a Sega Mega Drive at a local Charity Shop here in Australia. It came in a Nuby case, and came with two controllers. The good people there gave it to me for $5AU. And I've since upgraded it with a Mega CD and a 32X. Boy, how criminally underrated are those additions?

[@verficationaccount]

That intro.. you´ve outdone yourself!

[@personavisceration371]

This episode could've gone so much longer with the excellent Genesis library, easily another hour. Mystic Defender, Vectorman, Sub Terrania, Mega Turrican, Mega Bomberman, GleyLancer, Dynamite Headdy, Lost Vikings, and many more.

[@TimelordUK]

Sub Terrainia is excellent and hardly ever mentioned. The soundtrack is incredible

[@damin9913]

The Genesis has so many great games out there

[@Meachumz]

The editing for the episode was incredible. You are a master of your craft.

[@StandingUpForBetter]

Another AMAZING episode! The Genesis was my 16 bit system growing up and is a main reason why I am a retro gamer today. Watching this episode just reminded me how much I loved the Phantasy Star series. So many good memories there. So sad we never got a follow up on modern systems. I did like Phantasty Star Online but that was not the same. Did not know about that story of M2, Chris and Gauntlet IV. Cool piece of video game history there. I will have to pick up that game now because of it. Keep up the great work!

[@joshhunt9551]

24 MEGA POWERRRRRRRRR! .... Yes, Joe, we were. All of us.

[@Latchfpv]

Aaah, the genesis will always have my heart.

[@Syke1337]

The effects and editing in this ep was amazing. Probably your best episode yet.

[@AdmiralBison]

Why did consoles lose the 6 - button face layout on control pads since the Sega Saturn? It would have been nice to have retained that AND also have the shoulder and trigger buttons.

[@hjalmarjohnson5846]

wait... you hadn't done the genesis yet?!? I'll be damned... *grabs popcorn*... BTW, your love for the system shows in the editing of the system rundown, well done gentlemen.

[@KaziBR]

There are so many good games, but if I had to go with a personal list of mine... -Shining Force series -Phantasy Star series -Desert and Jungle Strike -Rocket Knight Adventures -Mutant League Hockey -Flashback

[@ColourShedProductions]

I have been looking forward to a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis video for a while, and you guys delivered as usual! Just the intro alone, I've got a long, long way to go for my videos to reach this level of production quality! Excellent work...

[@TwinSnake777]

That Greendog ending, LOOOOOOL. Great episode as always.

[@sozaj]

Nightmares of Greendog taking over the gaming industry, and then the world!

[@kabutops87]

About time you guys made a Megadrive (Genesis) episode. So many great games on one system. Strider, Ghouls n Ghosts, New Zealand story, Gaiares, Mystic Defender, Splatterhouse 2, Streets of rage, the Sonic games,Shinobi 3(best Shinobi game IMHO) Columns, Super Hang on, Fire Shark, Thunder force games, Alien soldier,Super Fantasy Zone (one of my personal favorites)I could go on and on. Great episode guys.

[@Hyde209]

Totally agree with you. Fantastic system with tons and tons of great games with even greater soundtracks 😃 My favourite console of alltime and a BIG source of inspiration as a VGM artist 😊

[@kosharskysinternalorganfee9363]

Agreed!

[@vjspectron]

Joe, your system profile segments have always been a high-water mark, but you truly outdid yourself on the presentation here: WOW! If you told me this episode was years in the making as a labour of love I'd believe it! Awesome episode guys, and a long time coming!

[@420aire]

So many memories of taking a dump and playing road rash 3 on my nomad

[@gully1419]

Sword of vermillion, my mum bought it from a car boot sale for 50p on a rainy Sunday morning. It was my first rpg at 7 years old, didn't know what was going on but still completed it lol. Never forget.....

[@briantaylorcloe7725]

50pesos?

[@gully1419]

50 pence :)

[@Halbared]

I had that game! It's worth 50p! I wanted a Megadrive Zelda and though that would be it!

[@rguitar78]

Been waiting years for this!

[@Digi123]

You've clearly wasted your life!

[@eugenegurevich1896]

A great video! Huge respect for covering Shining Force I, II, Phantasy Star, Landstalker, Light Crusader and Gauntlet IV - these masterpieces are rarely spoken about on the internet. One of the best old school games! Thank you!

[@RedGamingTech]

I really cannot believe the quality of the intro, it is outstanding. I have watched it several times over lol. An amazing episode though, totally worth the wait.

[@RetroGameLivingRoom]

Like an hour ago my friend and I were talking about how weird it was that Game Sack never did a Genesis episode, and here we are!

[@bruciferthegamer7495]

Quick question. Why don’t you guys ever list the games talked about in the description for easy reference. I often go back to old videos to remember games I may want to check out and would be helpful to have a list. Great stuff as always and I never realized you guys never did a genesis video yet.

[@ScottX68000]

gamesack.net/gamesack.html

[@g40rc378]

Their website has the full episode list with every game - it's much easier to find a specific game on that list: www.gamesack.net/gamesack.html

[@FinalBaton]

There is a very handy "Episode Guide" containing lists of all games featured by episode, on their website ;)

[@grawman67]

This is great! I've been wondering the same thing. Thanks, guys!

[@damin9913]

2:43 this feels like a old Sega Genesis commercial 😁

[@Sinn0100]

I love your reviews and this one was exceptional. The work put into this video has to be the most professional video I have ever seen on KZbin. I am a collector of everything old-school gaming. Seriously, you have a subscriber for life. There is a pretty sweet cheat for Echo The Dolphin that gets rid of the need for air. I think its like hold A+Start. I cant remember what it was but I figured the code out by complete happenstance. I was playing Echo as it just came out the week before (magazines hyped the shit out of it and I begged my mom for it). I was actually having a tough time managing my air, I did not have any trouble solving the puzzles or exploring just the air. Once I figured it out it became an amazing experience to explore the world of Echo. My favorite was my first time in open waters...man I loved that game.

[@Naeem_El]

Being a Sega Genesis fan this is all out so exciting to see. The music is so awesome plus is the game play. Game Sack you have done it again thanks for the great video. 🤩

[@btr3k]

Absolute classic system, great episode but just scratching the surface of awesome Genesis games. And appropriate to start with Altered Beast. The Genesis version actually improved upon the arcade by adding parallax scrolling!

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@btr3k but the genesis port lost some animation in the transition. But overall damned good port.

[@Eth3realwarrior]

WTF! Was the special effects provided by Industrial Light and Magic or something!?

[@jb111082]

Or maybe Weta Workshop?

[@opaljk4835]

Finally finished landstalker recently. I really loved the diamond dimension system when paired with blast processing

[@Sinn0100]

Thunder Force IV is a shmup that literally stands toe-to-toe with literally any shmup from that console generation. This includes the mighty Neo Geo AES/MVS shmups. Thunder Force IV has amazing graphics, sound, and gameplay. It is a trifecta of perfection and shows what that console could truly do and what it takes to bring the Genesis too its knees.

[@andrewglazier8940]

My favorite console of all time. It's not even close. Great episode!

[@kosharskysinternalorganfee9363]

Agree 👍

[@Robert_Manners]

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[@justinludwig3995]

Best video by you guys EVER. My favorite Genesis game is sonic 2 and mega drive would be alien solider.

[@craigjuan5744]

Alien Soldier is tough as hell. But I love that game

[@SuperHns]

Sega Mega Drive was kind of big in Netherlands, because it came 2 whole years before the SNES. Man I Love the sound chip, just heraing the music of SOR and SOR2 takes me back

[@EnglishPolishOnline]

Your series of console reviews really hepled me choose my favourite console to collect for. Very informative. Thanks!

[@epsilonn5590]

Never closed the porn tab so quickly

[@mdqp2]

This IS my porn tab! :^

[@JCtheComicGeek]

Epsilon N really! Thought that moronic humor was only for those gamechaser videos!!!

[@spergerkang5291]

...and opened up a new one😉

[@zhbvenkhoReload]

You nasty

[@DracoBudSmith]

I'm hoping to get Sega Genesis Classics on the Switch for Christmas just because of some great games I never get to experience but mainly I really want it for Beyond Oasis, I rent it and really liking it but I can't find it when I was younger and I assume trying to get that physical copy of it on eBay and Amazon might be difficult of course so Sega Genesis Classics is the next best thing. Thank you for showing me more Genesis games that looks fun and interesting to play and amazing video!

[@odrap3884]

Your videos have a very relaxing quality to them, the only KZbin show I can fall asleep to but not from boredom 😂

[@rodmunch69]

That intro was amazingly well done. I love your stuff, been going through your episodes since episode 1 and have been watching in order, but I had to skip to real time to see this one and I'm blown away by how well that was done. Great job.

[@ElVlogdeBob]

I love the SNES but goddamn I LOVE the Genesis! Great episode guys! and I didn't know about that Gauntlet game. Looks amazing. Most add it to my collection pronto.

[@VirtualVernon]

This is why I got a Genesis, instead of an SNES for Christmas 1993. I loved my NES, and the SNES does have some great games, but the Genesis always had better overall content. Also the SNES didn't have backwards compatibility.

[@VirtualVernon]

@YTCensorsMe Poop LOL Omg yes i forgot that It was a mail in offer, I remember now that you mentioned it. We also got Streets of Rage 2 with it, but It may of not been a pack in game. I think my mom bought Streets of Rage 2 because we had to wait for Sonic 2. I was only 8, my older brother was 10, and older sister was 12. We begged for that system that Christmas. At the time we only had an NES, so it was so amazing to see the graphics. We opened all are presents and were so bummed when it wasn't there. But then she was like I think Santa left something behind the couch, and there it was. We all freaked out, and immediately set it up. My sister got the farthest that day, she was able to get to the final boss in Streets of Rage 2.

[@VonTaylan]

Better than the SNES??😂😂 luckily for me that's ur opinion

[@VirtualVernon]

@Did Niggards Do That? The Genesis had better platforming, racing, shooting, and fighting games. SNES may of had the Genesis in JRPG's, but 10 amazing SNES games doesn't beat the Genesis library. Also you need to check out Beyond Oasis, its just like Link to the Past. I'm very surprised they didn't mention it. They always say they can only show the games they own, nut you would think one of them would of owned it.

[@MEGAD-nb9uu]

Lol snes shits all over the genesis no contest

[@kingboobs20]

@Did Niggards Do That? All those SNES games you mentioned are utter garbage. As was everything that came out on the SNES. Objectively speaking the SNES is the worst console of all time. That's not a subject up for debate.

[@lfla0179]

Thunder Force 4 is the ULTIMATE ROCK N ROLL in 16 bits. NOBODY managed to reproduce it perfectly on guitar on youtube YET.

[@superamario6464]

Wow! Great opening music and awesome presentation! Especially where you are zooming about the megadrive internals! Keep up the great work!

[@RetroGamePlayers]

Best Game Sack episode ever. On par with Roadhouse!

[@fjosh6]

How the heck did it take this many years for Sega Fanboy Joe to make this episode? Thank you for this! I can't wait until April so we can all get our Analogue Mega SG's, seriously looking forward to it. Edit: I've also gotta say your video editing skills have really seem to be getting better lately, really cool stuff. (I'm not saying they were bad before hand.) Keep it up and take the crown from My Life in Gaming.

[@JetWarrior]

It took that long just to get the editing done.

[@Dex99SS]

That gold Genesis in the thumbnail looks EXACTLY like my childhood unit, which I of course tore down and sprayed gold, lol... because I was a small kid, and took everything apart to learn how it worked and "make it better", lol. Odd though, seeing it like that... That said, how long did it take to do that stop motion in the beginning?? With the Genesis coupling with it's accessories on its own, volume up then down, etc... 5 Months for 5 seconds? Man....

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

My favorite Sega Genesis/Sega Mega Drive games are: 1.Sonic 3 & Knuckles. 2. Streets of Rage 2/Bare Knuckle 2. 3. Ms. Pac-Man. 4. Pac-Mania. 5. Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. 6. Columns. 7. Pac-Attack/Pac-Panic. 8. Blue Sphere (Sonic 1 connected to the Sonic & Knuckles cartridge). And 9. Tetris.

[@99konondrums]

Wow! Joe, the video editing in this episode is pretty unreal. I've never commented here before, but that's some seriously impressive stuff there.

[@CGoody564]

2 am eastern release is perfect for me. Lol

[@sudacagamer]

My personal top 10. 1-Gunstar Heroes 2-Castlevania Bloodlines 3-Thunder Force 3 5-SOR 2 6-Dynamite Headdy 7-Splatter house 3 8-Contra Hard Corps 9-Alien Soldier 10-Shinobi 3 Excellent episode.

[@Silvergun_Raven]

So awesome that you guys always credit Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata when the games show up that they composed for.