Sega Master System Movie Games - 27 Titles!

[@GameSack]

I think the Game Gear version of Batman Returns is even better than the SMS one. They are similar but still a bit different from what I recall.

[@SegaLordX]

I remember the GG version having a life bar. SMS was a one hit wonder.

[@execation]

Joe stepping up for the GG here! Love GS and SLX (and letters apparantly...)

[@josephdelacruz6830]

@@execation I definitely second this. Both of them get me through many a grueling task with the escapism of nostalgia.

[@andersgale9544]

I loved batman returns on the Sega master system

[@rDanny]

Shut up Joe

[@Larry]

Probe were also working on a Die Hard game for the Master System, the ROM was leaked not too long ago, but bizarrely it's only the soundtrack.

[@Nov-5062]

Maybe the composer was really proud of it

[@meatballmeatwad5730]

From what I've heard, it was going to be a port of the micro computer versions of the game that was a 2d scrolling shooter like T2 the arcade game. It was also advertised in the In the instruction manual of the flintstones on sega master system. U.S gold was also gonna release a last action hero and god father game on the master system. Probe was going to be releasing hook and Indiana Jones fate of Atlantis on the SMS

[@PNNYWZEPRODUCTIONS]

Here u are again, sir lol

[@thunderchild1083]

Being from England I gotta say I love the fact that you talk about the PAL releases and not just the NTSC ones

[@MarceloOmegaAGDM]

Sega reigned supreme in Europe so talking about it without touching the library of exclusives we got for their consoles would be kinda lackluster, specially for the SMS.

[@RGT85]

I just played through Aladdin a couple months ago and it's a very fun game that's pretty easy. But pretty to look at.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

i guess SEGA thought the same thing when they had Virgin make the Genesis version, just as nice to look at and hear it play, but 10x harder. XD

[@rvfiasco]

Great Sprite animation on that title for sure.

[@rainbowagenda6261]

Is it a 1:1 demake or does it have unique level design?

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@rainbowagenda6261 it has a few similar levels, but a lot of the levels play different, much like the Genesis and SNES versions are a little similar but different and so far i've not encountered an Aladdin port that i didnt like.

[@rainbowagenda6261]

@@UltimateGamerCC Hm, worth a look then, thanks.

[@LorenHelgeson]

Don't apologize for the content, SLX. It was a very enjoyable episode.

[@thaismagalhaes5928]

That Tom and Jerry game is actually one of my favorites games on the Master System.

[@ChaunceyGardener]

I also had fun back then too despite the stiff controls. It's possible to speedrun and catch Jerry before the level ends. The GG version has bosses and bonus levels.

[@elblanco5]

I can't describe how much I appreciate this channel.

[@MarceloOmegaAGDM]

Tom & Jerry feels more like a cinmematic platformer with a chase gimmick, and thats pretty innovative and fun. If you get good at the game you can just speedrun and see how fast you can catch Jerry in each level.

[@davidmuldowney]

The magazine high scores probably came because they were sick of the endless platformers and wanted to reward it’s originality

[@gr33ked]

I always love to watch these videos before work, then when i get home i try out cool sega games i find out about from these videos, keep up the good work

[@Myako]

You know, I actually have fond memories of the Tom & Jerry game. I rented it, and played it enough to discover ways to speed through it. I remember one day putting it on the SMS and beating it in a matter of minutes.

[@mcbfilms22]

I loved that Ghostbusters game as a kid, and I was incredibly shocked with just how bad the NES version of it was when I finally played it in my late teens. I always tell people the SMS version of “that” Ghostbusters game is the only one they should ever play.

[@jay1177]

I had the c64 version. I quite enjoyed it, but the sms version looks a hell of a lot better

[@bananonymouslastname5693]

It's true, it's remarkably better on Master System. Once I played that version, the NES game was retired.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@bananonymouslastname5693 definitely, SEGA created the best version to be sure.

[@mcbfilms22]

@@jay1177 you know how the NES version has the infamous stairway section? Well in the SMS version you can move using the cross pad, you move fast, and you can shoot the ghosts. It’s my favorite part of the game.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

@@mcbfilms22 I don't think the Commodore 64 version even had the stairs. There was a part where the Marshmallow Man hopped from one foot to the other in front of the "Zuul" building, and you had to get the Ghostbusters past him without getting stepped on. That might have been the last part before the ending, but I'm not sure. I never got this far myself, I only saw my brother do it once or twice, and that was back in the 80s or maybe the early 90s.

[@gamegenie4617]

Every Master System video gets him closer to closer to the Angry Video Game Nerd

[@DkViking1]

Haha! 😄 So true! 😅

[@kinketsu9103]

"Death comes fast and often" True life facts from Sega Lord

[@ChknHugga]

So glad someone is making master system content, thank you. Gotta say though, I loved the Tom and Jerry game when it came out. It was slow but it was all about trying to catch Jerry as soon as possible. It may have just been a case that the gameplay was adequate for when it was released? Or I was dumb?

[@risboturbide9396]

Every upload from you is amazing 🍻🍻 cheers, your channel helps me enjoy this hard dark life

[@vincentt2309]

For once I’m happy to be born in Europe and have the SMS as my childhood console

[@Gui.Vieira_]

The Terminator was the first game I've played ever. I remember feeling really acomplished after beating it. Really fun game but hard as hell.

[@mcbfilms22]

The weirdest part of that game is when you have to jump from that tall building to a lower building, but jumping it actually kills you. You have to take a leap off faith off the tall building to survive. Also, the final 10-foot-tall Endoskeketon that throws fireballs at you is pretty weird too.

[@TaylorZanderFrancis]

I've always found Tom & Jerry to be a classic

[@rainbowagenda6261]

Nostalgia?

[@38kob]

your delivery really shines when you're dumping on stuff, this was a joy

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

It’s so cool to see two of my other favorite retro KZbinrs commenting on your video. Like a family reunion

[@DanielS_Floripa]

Lord...this is your best dialog intro 😂 i really love it

[@josephfranzen5626]

I absolutely loved my Genesis as a kid. I was a quiet shy youngster and was the only Asian in my rural Missouri town and really didn’t come out of my shell until I moved to New England in high school. During those times I have so many great memories from the Sega games of that era. Aladdin was one of my favorites with all of the Sonic games being on my top 10. I was blown away by X-Men Clone Wars and had so much fun with Robocop vs Terminator. Great channel! Good memories!

[@Redeemartstudios]

Thanks for your dedication SLX!

[@infernal_monkey]

I dunno, I think the positive reviews of Tom and Jerry back then were well deserved. The game tried something completely different in a time where virtually every single cartoon licensed Master System game was a bog standard platformer. It's *very* difficult and requires some pretty hardcore memorization to get through the levels, but it made for a fun rental. It also contains a Sonic and Opa-Opa easter egg in the city level which is pretty cute.

[@Hektols]

Agree, with so many platformers around this game was quite innovative, a chase game were you were the chaser. It was not a platformer game that used the cartoon characters, it was a game that recreated the cartoons.

[@benyboybob]

Tbh i don't think he knows what's he's talking about, I find thats mostly true for people who weren't around back then... like that Jungle Book review, way off base.

[@codydfwn]

@@benyboybob but that's just the thing, he was around back then. But yes, some things I do not agree with him on... Still respect him though. Can't agree on everything... Such as him _not_ liking the Batman & Robin soundtrack for Genesis but liking the Genesis Ghostbusters' one. That baffled me too, but oh well... haven't played Tom & Jerry SMS or Jungle Book SMS but they don't look bad from what he showed... Could of shown better visual representations on why the games were bad as well, imo. But I do love his videos and his insight from being around during those times/era can prove to be informative + interesting at times. But yes, sometimes he will say things that will throw anyone off. That's just the nature of having an opinion and preference.

[@reagandow850]

I think it’s a cool video still. It’s great looking at these old games, even if many of them are pretty bad. Thumbs up for the great idea my friend.

[@aprichman]

Would love to see you do the same thing with arcade games from the 80s and 90s!

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

I feel like arcade games for the most part are subjective. It wasn't like the experience with home console games where it could vary greatly. I swear some of even some of the "worst" games from the '80s and 90s are still better than some of the best console games of the time. That's not a blanket statement of course but there's definitely a few that were far and away way better.

[@djstyles97]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Especially since the arcade would always get earlier and much better looking, sounding and playing versions of games. Being someone who was pretty much a daily arcade player back then, by the time the home version would come out I was already playing the next thing that was hot in the arcades. Like by the time MK1 was released for consoles I'm pretty sure I was already playing MK2 in the arcade. Or Virtua Racing finally hit the Genesis, Daytona USA was in arcades.

[@enigma776]

From what I can tell Ghostbusters came to the home micros (C64, ZX spectrum and Amstrad CPC) After that they were all ports to the consoles. The SMS version is closer to those 8bit micro versions than the NES version is by a long shot.

[@jackofallgamesTV]

I never heard of (back at that time, now I know ) the ZX Sprctrum or Amstrad CPC. But they were available for the Atari 800 and Apple IIe and Commodore 64. Maybe there was a TRS 80 version. Activision was programming on anything that could be hooked up to a TV, including the Sega Master System and the Atari 7800. Speaking of which, when you talk about competition for the Master System, it was actually THIRD saleswise within the United States, behind even the 7800. But I knew 2 friends dueing that time. One owned a 7800. The other owned an SMS.

[@jasonblalock4429]

Yeah, the original version was released on C-64. It was actually designed by David Crane, one of the first great game designers. (Pitfall 1 & 2 in particular.) The cool thing is, it wasn't an assignment. He saw the movie and loved it so much that he went out and got the license specifically so he could make a game of it.

[@Drez47]

The roasting of some of these games is hilarious. 😆

[@joncollins7730]

Lol love this. The only ones I can really remember are rocky, rambo and star wars. Love how honest these reviews were 👍

[@RoyAlWhicheez]

I was arguing with my wife and in a bad mood when I watched this. It made me smile, needed that. Thanks dude

[@HybridAngelZero]

It breaks my heart that the one decent Back to the Future game from the time, Super Back to the Future II, was never released outside Japan ;~;

[@Hektols]

True. And to make things weirder it used the aesthetics of the animated series.

[@Hektols]

Wonder how things would have turned if Sega made the Megadrive/Genesis fully retrocompatible with the Master System, using the same cartridge slot without requiring the adapter, more developers would have made games for the system and the US would have gotten releases that appeared in other territories.

[@jaredwhite200]

Even with very bad games u still make some of the best reviews ever. I love this channel so much

[@visionop8]

I do appreciate you exploring and playing games like this so that the vast majority of us don't ever have to. I'm not trying to be a smartass I really do mean that. I would only play these games if I was forced to chose between that and boofing Dave's Insanity Sauce.

[@mauriciomedeiros4679]

Actually, I really love Tom & Jerry The Movie. Seems to me that there was a gap between your expectations about it being an action platformer (which it isn’t), and what it really is, that is a puzzle platformer. You are not supposed to try and play it like a slow Mario. It’s meant to be played like a fast paced Prince of Persia. The controls are a little stiff, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes second nature. I concede that it is an acquired taste, but once you get it, it is very engaging, creative and lots of fun. And I also love the presentation, with great sprites, animation, use of color and a very fun soundtrack.

[@Bushidounohana]

Your intro here is strong-well scripted and voiced-and though the games may have been painful, it made me want to stick with it!

[@brazilmugenteam]

8:24 i think you should give Home Alone another chance. I remember i loving that game when I was a kid, thanks to the the weapon building system

[@Kaledarkwind6151]

Love your stuff bro, keep em coming

[@mtshark7]

Awesome video man! I'm glad the game I enjoy, you enjoyed as well, that's what counts 😁

[@markmental6665]

Great vid! I played that Tom and Jerry game and I get why you don't like it but I think it did a good job of capturing the feel of the cartoon. It's definitely not your typical platformer and quite literally a cat and mouse game!

[@asilver50]

Aladdin looked cool. The buildings had a 3d look to them when you ran past.

[@jasonz7788]

Thank you segalordx great work

[@dbzeh6837]

It was far better than I've expected after the warning.

[@farleysmoke5130]

It’s actually good to hear a to avoid type list. Thanks 😊

[@Equint77]

I always loved the rambo game as a kid. Im tempted to rebuy it to play again.

[@CaptRobau]

Could the SMS Aladdin game be the first autorunner?

[@CasperEgas]

Not the majority of the game.

[@SixtySixHundred-1982]

I love you, man. ❤️😂 I'm a long suffering PAL region resident. I've no idea why we got so many turds over here. Bless you for making this video. 👍

[@SFJPMoonGames]

Jurassic Park is one of my favourite MS and platform games of all time.

[@steeltownbrown52]

For Game Gear it's a sleeper for sure (maybe cause of the hype the Genesis version received). But solid game with a dope soundtrack.

[@ColinCropley]

the Genesis version of Aladdin was in the States in 1993 and people would play this day and night. I was only 2 years old! but you were lucky to get it on the Master System in Europe.

[@shiningphantasy1393]

Rambo was difficult to get into at first because as you correctly stated "It was a little slow" and especially compared to NES Contra or Commando. After getting in sync with the game speed and adapting it is a solid game to play through, certainly better than the title sharing the same name on NES.

[@mcbfilms22]

At least it’s faster then Ikari Warriors on NES

[@shiningphantasy1393]

@@mcbfilms22 and definitely a better play-through over that one or its sequel Victory "This Is Stuff" Road

[@dbnpoldermans4120]

Excellent video. Funny stuff I thought almost all of them would be bad, but some are okay and a few pretty good ones in here

[@AltimaNEO]

I recall playing Ghostbusters at a cousins house back in the day. Mario Bros was still all the rage. I just remember being frustrated with the map and not knowing where to go or what to do. I don't think i could even read back then, actually. I just wanted those driving segments, it looked so cool.

[@Lord_Deimos]

When Sega Lord X starts swearing, you know you're in for a treat.

[@jeffrokkz2k1]

This was hilarious man! And at least for the games I played in this least (like Rambo and Ghostbusters) you feel the same lol Nice work!

[@MOLTEN0]

Jurassic Park on the Master System is a hidden gem, underestimated game.

[@megamarsonic]

Aww I actually like Predator 2. I'll admit some of those levels do go on a bit longer than they probably should have but I guess I was having too much fun for it to be a deal breaker. On the flipside, we're definitely on the same page when it comes to Batman Returns. Like Predator 2, I own the Game Gear version and expected it to be nothing special thanks to the middling reviews it got but was pleasantly surprised how solid the game actually is. Highly recommended to anyone that owns a working Game Gear.

[@MrClockw3rk]

The fact that you’re saying they are that bad means I’m going to go load a few up now.

[@kaimagazine8221]

I enjoyed the "Angry Video Nerd" approach on this episode, I enjoyed it a lot.

[@radbuster4403]

thanks for the flashing lights warning, the house of the dead video was too much for me lol, and also whenever you show operation wolf footage heh

[@alexjohnston8889]

Star was was pretty good on MS better than the nes version but I believe it was only on the nes in the USA shame as its just more fun and seemed a bit easier on MS I owned both versions at various points in my life and I couldn't get any where near as far on the nes version.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

It was on the Game Gear in the US, but the GG version was a bit different even from the Master System version shown in this video. The first level in the GG version you play as Princess Leia on her ship, trying to make it to R2-D2 to give him the Death Star plans. The overhead landspeeder driving sections were not present in the GG version, either.

[@jtothebell]

Star Wars was my favorite game gear game, and I think the first game I ever beat. It’s definitely not the best game ever, but it was solid enough and I remember it having great music.

[@bdanka50]

Hahaha what a great video! I just noticed you hit 100k subs... Well deserved. Even though you are a Sega fan, you're not afraid to bash them a bit too. Well done, hilarious.

[@jediknightgeo]

Great video once again X, though I'd have to personally disagree with Predator 2. For something that was published by Acclaim I thought it was a very decent movie based tie in by developer Teeny Weeny Games (Wolverine Adamantium Rage, WWF Wrestlemania Steel Cage Challenge). The Genesis version was decent as well.

[@johnnada6855]

Was the song at the intro from Phantasy Star 1 ?

[@lurkerrekrul]

6:20 - American detective, European train cars. 7:40 - Are those ghosts or flying bananas?

[@zevenenzeta]

This was a great video and really looking forward to that jp master system video

[@Phi1981]

I love the Ghostbusters Version. It´s an upgraded Version of the C64 game I used to play as a kid all the time. IMHO it is the best version of this game.

[@RetroRewind77]

Great video dude

[@3D_Printing_PA]

i had the ghostbusters and the 2 rambo games and remember enjoying those.

[@MuaadElSharif]

Showing Predator right after Michael Jackson's Moon Walker is a subtle joke.

[@Hidyman]

Rambo: First Blood Part II was one of my first games. Loved it, beat it many times, even with the track ball controller.

[@onenessseeker5683]

I really miss the good old days I could cry.

[@RengaBeats]

"Smacked across the face with a wet beg of cold sh*t... " This made me Laugh out loud for real! 😂

[@FireyPaperMario]

Hey Sega Lord X, I'd like to see you do a episode on the Chinese Sega Genesis bootlegs that were later found, and licensed by Piko Interactive internationally. ^^"

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! (But no seriously what?!)

[@camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc.]

The Incredibles & The Shawshank Redemption. Two of my favourite movies ever.

[@jonbourgoin182]

Good lord that intro had me howling. Mostly because I knew how much I was going to enjoy this vid. At the expense of your suffering.

[@lucasn0tch]

Secret Commando is one of the twelve playable Master System games in the recently-released Lost Judgement.

[@jbmaru]

Lots of fun memories on the SMS's Moonwalker.

[@michaeltertelyi8479]

I see you unleashed your inner AVGN in this episode.

[@JopieHaargel]

Yeah, that was the best intro ever.

[@BeB02090]

Rambo and Ghostbusters (watch out for them stairs) some of my favorite MS games. Although on PC, I would love to retrieve the actual system, fire it up, and play these bad boys properly. Thank you SLX!

[@djstyles97]

SLX has that effect. Because of him I bought my first Saturn last year (actually imported 2 for myself as I couldn't decide between white and grey, and 3 more to sell cause I thought people might want them as they're a little harder to find here in Canada)

[@BeB02090]

@@djstyles97 Enjoy that Saturn and that's very nice of you. I didn't realize it was more difficult to obtain a Sega Saturn in Canada

[@matrixguardian4539]

I actually enjoyed watching this. Man I’d love to hear what you think of the Flintstones on the Master System, Austin’s worst nightmare. I want to see a TV/Cartoon licensed Master System games.

[@Alucard1191]

Don't apologize for the episode, seeing bad games experienced so I don't have to is fantastic!

[@samihanski4086]

Great. Rambo 3 one of my earliest gaming memories from the beginning of the 90s. Can’t remember for sure but I don’t think there was any other movie licensed Master System game that we owned.

[@drwhotvwam]

for a minute I thought I had clicked on an AVGN episode by mistake :p Im joking, great video as always

[@josealmeida8731]

Back in the days of my old master system I used too have batman return and was great after all, I joind it

[@johnpenguinthe3rd13]

I grew up with Rambo 3 on Sega Master System. Good game but BRUTALLY HARD!!! 😱The type of Light Phaser game you stick the light gun super close to the TV screen to survive. 💀 But I did enjoy the game when I wasn't screaming angry crap at the TV screen. LOL. 😲

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

Terminator 2 on the Master System was basically exactly the same as Terminator 2 on the NES which was developed by Software Creations which later on became Acclaim Studios Manchester.

[@miketate3445]

6:44 wait. Acclaim stole the Big Ben sprite from Streets of Rage 2? He even has the same fall animation. I've never seen something like this outside of bootlegs.

[@1977Bonishow-man]

Loved this honest opinion video mate

[@JerBearGaming90]

I owned the game gear version of "Tom & Jerry The Movie". While it's not the best game and all, I had a blast with it as a kid and can still beat it in 30 minutes when I got a bit of time to kill. Nostalgia might be blinding me but I still love it to this day.

[@vladpiranha]

You should do a video on the game adaptations of comic book characters on Sega systems. Even with selections limited to the Genesis, it would be an absolute roller coaster of quality.

[@duckhive]

so much nostalgia for RAMBO games, it's crazy.

[@jamesmoss3424]

The master system version of Ghostbusters is better than the nes version. 😀👍👻🎮

[@BearfootBob]

The Sega Lord hath spoken.

[@CassiDS]

5:04 Yeh, let's give kids some credit - even _they_ knew when they were in for a bad time.

[@_TheElMan]

I never knew what to do on the Ghostbusters game back in the day. Loved Rambo 3 though

[@darc192]

Do a vedio on SNK'S fall and rise please

[@silentfanatic]

Re: light gun games. The MiSTer lets you use a mouse in place of a light gun, so that’s a nice option if you ever take the plunge.

[@philosophyoftrucking]

Today I learned that my CDX will accept the Power Base Converter. Game on.

[@ravagingwolverine]

I had Ghostbusters back in the day. I liked it as well and still do. Thanks to emulation and save states, I finally got to see the end a few years ago. I managed to get to the end a few times as a kid, but never managed to beat it then. The stair section was pretty tough back then. I like the SMS and GG Star Wars. It's not amazing, but it's fun. I've pointed out elsewhere that it shows Tiertex wasn't always horrible. It helps that they were porting an existing game rather than designing their own. I'm glad they toned the difficulty down because the NES version has some massive difficulty spikes. Regarding Robocop and enemies firing off screen, I remember having that issue in Metal Gear Solid on Playstation in spots. Despite the high reviews at the time and how it's considered a Playstation classic, I hate that game. There were other things that brought it down as well, but having to deal with being shot from off screen was one of the earlier red flags. Rambo was and still is one of my SMS favorites. I did have it back in the day. Having gone back to it, I was surprised how much more ahead it felt compared to other overhead run-and-gun games of the time. Back in 1986 and 1987, those games were often brutal. Rambo is tough, but it doesn't feel as primitive to me as other games. This was two years before MERCS hit arcades, so I'm surprised how balanced, playable, and fun Rambo was in its day.