Sega Mega Drive or Super Nintendo?

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[@youknowwho543]

Something about James’ calm voice gives the energy that you’re visiting friends and they’re showing their collection. James just exudes ol’ mate energy

[@ari_smolbean]

He's an ol' mate you can bring with you.

[@josho4228]

For me it’s the fact that there’s no “HEY GUYS WHATS GOING ON, ITS YA BOY AND I GOT A GREAT VIDEO TODAY SO REMEMBER TO SMASH THAT LIKE….” etc. Just a solid guy sharing something interesting with people.

[@antlionworkerfan2007]

@@josho4228honestly I can’t tell if there’s anyone who isn’t stuck in 2016 KZbin mindset who does that kind of intro but I certainly don’t miss it

[@miriamalmeida6687]

Snes the best

[@maverickhuntermeta4954]

​@josho4228 or the fact that they also say "BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN, THIS VIDEO IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY "Company name here"!

[@benmason937]

Not only is James just a really cool guy, he has cats 🥰

[@Markleford]

MOAR KITTIES!

[@t1995roger10]

TWO PURRING FRANKS?!?!

[@harshnemesis]

that's the only thing bad about him

[@meraak1]

i would let him do anything to me

[@Hider_2232]

Dankpods (Wade): Fronk the Chonk James: C O T S

[@Lurkley]

As someone who was born in the mid 80s, it’s funny to hear little explainers like ‘we used to rent video games from blockbusters’ or ‘we couldn’t use this port, didn’t even know what it was’. But it does make me think about how different we experience these things now, and this sort of seems like a cool historical artefact.

[@Wok86]

The Mega Drive was the first console we had as well - it was second-hand from someone my parents knew but it came with a copy of a game called Desert Strike (I loved that game and it's sequels BTW). Anyways, one of the games you showed for the SNES, Rock 'n' Roll Racing was a game we borrowed from the local newsagents (who did the whole video hire thing) - both me and my sister liked it so much we ended up convincing the folks to by a copy to keep. A hell of a lot of nostalgia here :D

[@NathanBrownisawesome]

I'm not old enough to have had a mega drive, but I remember playing desert strike and f-22 interceptor on Fusion and MD.emu. pretty fun game!

[@itsMaTt123]

SUPA NINTENDO SEGA GENASIS WHEN I WAS DEAD BROKE I COULDNT PICTURE THIS

[@thegammakat]

Twice the cat in this one. Very good. Cool to hear about your experience with getting into video games.

[@SpikedPie]

Hearing the Word Hire in place of rent is funny, is that a normal Australian thing? Also, excited for your channel! Cool history of your vidyagames

[@Millennialtomb]

I think they're used interchangeably down here. Another difference I noticed is that we never referred to them as "video stores" as Americans do, we would usually just refer to the name of the store (Video Ezy, Blockbuster, Civic Video).

[@Zerphses]

@@Millennialtomb That’s something Americans do, too. We always said “let’s go to Blockbuster”, not “The video store”. Maybe it’s a regional thing?

[@Millennialtomb]

@@Zerphses You're probably right.

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

@@Zerphses In some parts of Australia, people will put an "s" after the name of a store. "Let's go to Blockbuster" would become "let's go to Blockbusters". It probably explains why so many stores down here end in an "s" by default e.g. Coles, Woolworths, Bunnings.

[@peterclarke7240]

It depends: in the uk, we'd call it a video store unless it was a chain, like Blockbuster. In much the same way we were going for a takeaway, unless we were going to Subways or Mc-Coronary Disease.

[@msmknz]

This is the diametric opposite of youtube drama. Just a person positively and lovingly engage with something that means the world to them. It's so nice to see people turn positivity inward as opposed to negativity outward. So glad to be here on the ground floor for what I am sure will be a grand adventure!

[@HooLeePhucingSheet]

Huh?

[@Fatcat214]

the rf story really resonated with me. as a younger sibling, i was on dedicated cable wiggling duty when my brother and i were playing ocarina of time, and occasionally the picture was good enough to see

[@scorpionelite2543]

the second i saw the stickers on home alone game i just screamed “VIDEO EZYYYYYYYYY” out loud in public. I miss that store so much

[@Millennialtomb]

Me too. Streaming doesn't hold a candle to that place. Shit, neither did Blockbuster.

[@scorpionelite2543]

@@Millennialtomb i still have a copy of meet dave and a few others from video ezy

[@Millennialtomb]

@@scorpionelite2543 I've got a few Doctor Who tapes from there.

[@kweef5750]

Your collection looks freakin sick dude! I know it would be a long video, but I'd love to see a tour of your collection.

[@warpig1210]

I 2nd this request/suggestion!

[@Therealadriaanvisser]

Best of luck with your own channel James! I’m not sure if your content will be for me tbh but I love the chemistry and dynamics you guys have on Garbage time so I’m sure this will be entertaining too

[@Alacarte614]

As a European, specifically English, Nintendo in the early 90s didn’t have much of a grasp here, so I was a sega boy, master system and mega drive, though later my uncle got a SNES, and I remember I always loved playing it, Top Gear (not related to the tv show) was an amazing racing game that riffed on outrun, had an amazing soundtrack too. Good to see you have you own channel James, can’t wait to see loads of “ol’ mate” fixes

[@ngm860]

Top gear is awesome, didn't played much of the first but top gear 2 was my favorite game

[@blackroseruby]

The first ever console I have vivid memories of playing was my great grandmothers SNES. Jamming out levels and (eventually) beating Super Mario World with my brother is what I remember my world being at 5 years old. Ironically, the original SNES is 13 years older than me. The console is in my hands now, in its yellow, gray, and purple US spec glory.

[@TheArtGremblin]

God it's so refreshing to hear "seega mega drive", and even "mega CD". I swear I've spent so much time listening to Americans, I was starting to think I just hallucinated that name. I sure do remember those 90s TVs too... we had ours so long I had to buy an RF unit for my N64. Didn't realise we needed one the day I bought it of course, so I have vivid memories of that first night trying to play Ocarina of Time though just... impossible amounts of static.

[@HollowRick]

Sega genesis just sounds terrible to me being used to the word mega drive it sounds like a Phil Colin's songs gonna start playing when you boot it up lol Also I agree so many Americans on here hearing "Sega CD" over and over I actually forgot It was called mega CD over here lol 😅

[@stressedrex]

​@@HollowRickI beg to differ. Sega Genesis sounds cooler than Sega Mega Drive

[@FeatureHistory]

I used to rent PS2 games and DVD from my central Victorian town's Video Busters. No idea if the two are related or if it was just the video store equivalent of a chicken shop being called Charcoal Chicken

[@Games_for_James]

Could have been the same place! It’s likely that game came from interstate

[@gordonwiley2006]

Very nice collection. N64 and game boy color were my earliest consoles, my dad woke me up late one night to show me he bought mario kart 64 and we played for hours. Before that I always just watched him play PC strategy games.

[@PiersonMason]

Looking forward to jameschannel cause it means james has a channel

[@Tendies7645]

I've learned so much about video game history thank you so much James for all the videos!!

[@lostx_xghost4099]

bro seeing video ezy was such a nostalgia trip for me, used to go there all the time with my father and rent games and movies

[@OrthodoxPriest69]

I like this vid it’s like stories about your video gaming “adventure” through the years, nice cats 😸

[@jachymhykrda]

i never really was into oldschool games, but i really like your content, its just so janky, funny and genuinley nice to watch. but i also never was into cars, ipods and headphones, and wade got me interested in all of them, i think you will succeed too!

[@zursca]

I've just stumbled onto this account today and I must say, It's uh interesting I love it though! Keep it up james fr fr

[@tailsprower9542]

this channel is going to be awesome :), i like your story about getting your first console etc

[@EdTheNerd]

Really liking the channel James. I'd love to see a gameroom tour video

[@IR4TE]

You're going casually through your collection and my eyes glow up when I spotted LHX Attack Chopper, loved that game when I was a kid.

[@Subject3910]

Man this is a great channel. Thanks dank pods for telling us that this exists.

[@g.blackburn6906]

Great short form story, mate! Cheers on the channel 🎉

[@K9arcade]

During this era of gaming I just played my cousins systems. My family were very low income so I didn't get my own game system until the PS2. This was my first gen of real gaming I remember and what I think of when people say retro, my mind doesn't even think of NES first lol. Obviously channel grew quick but happy to be here, loved the personal retrospective

[@jan_vennegoor_of_hesselink_69]

Hyped you’ve got your own channel on the go now! Great vid to start with too lots of nostalgia. Got my dads Mega Drive given to me as my first ever console in about 94/95 and rinsed it. Still got that same one kicking around somewhere but I think I needs some soldering done Can’t wait to see some of your DDR and rhythm games dude!

[@sakurLOL]

I love stories like that, can you make a video about a console you had after the SNES? I would really love that!

[@rev8962]

What a beautiful lovely story jj❤️😭

[@ECitta]

holy crap, that green video ezy sticker on the Home Alone box brings back memories of riding my bike to my local one.

[@wyattkidd5590]

Very interesting story and I love the cat at the end of every video.

[@kinnay999]

you should put some vydia game ost you like in the background :) nice video either way ! 👌

[@Bill-lt5qf]

that link to the past cartridge hit me hard in the nostalgia

[@RichardHowe8114]

21k Subs, with only 3 vids published 🤔 Now THAT'S how you launch a channel! Loving Jamesessess Channel so far!

[@trentfreeman2373]

Love you guys. Please look after the donkey van. I am a carer for my mum. Been trying to get a van. Things are tough brother in Australia. Me and my mum loves your channel and thank you for doing other stuff

[@Furko08]

Woah 2 cats? This is even better than I thought

[@MrREDSTAR20]

That’s a hell of a collection bro

[@shotgunjackalQ]

Good video nice to see some positive content on this site. The way this title was worded I was expecting the answer to be something like the turbografx 16 or the amiga CD32, but interesting none the less.

[@tpseeker3367]

Going to enjoy old memories after seeing your collection

[@we_want_chilli_willy]

Nice collection James. I'm a little bit older than you and my first console was the Sega Master System 2 with Alex Kidd in miracle world built in, it took me 2 years to beat that dang game. I also would hire out games at the video store. Good times.

[@irrigamii]

Happy to see more from ya!

[@Underwatches]

I got best of all the worlds when I was younger. At my Grandma's, I had a retrobit 2-in-1 nes & snes console, where I mostly played Mario 3 and World with my grandma, while at my mum's, I had a Sega Genesis with sonic 2, golden axe, some manky tetris wannabe, as well as an N64 only with Mario 64 and Zelda OOT. I unfortunately only have the retrobit console today, but for a kid born in 2005, I couldn't imagine a better collection of games to grow up with. . .

[@crosshair8741]

was gonna say you as a sega and nintendo kid would probably like unirally but i see you have it, it was one of my favs

[@thebillyd00]

Referring to it as hiring the games rather than renting them is a fun dialect difference I didn't know of

[@martindunn4545]

The little cat mrows at the end of these are perfect

[@busterscrugs]

can't wait to see more retro stuff james :>

[@theobama8535]

I love this new content, reminds me a-lot of scott’s stash.

[@666Trenno]

Gave me horiffic flashbacks when u mentioned hiring Virtual Bart and never playing it again that game was pretty mental lol

[@dalaximusic2345]

Damn this somehow reminds me of going to my cousin house and seeing some of these games😂

[@Tech_Wolf52]

nice story, also your cats are cute

[@LioPrime]

This is like a weird alternate universe dankpods, even with animal at the end and all!

[@yonaloam]

Awesome stuff! I remember playing the original Sega and the Nintendo at my brother's house, as he had electricity and also had disposable income, both things I lacked.

[@kmonnier]

We had a demo of Ecco the Dolphin on our first PC, no one else has ever referenced it except for you in my entire life 😊

[@Seany06]

Growing up in the mid 90s in Scotland I think only one of my friends had a Nintendo (snes or nes), everyone had Sega and sonic, streets of rage were always the main plays. Good times

[@00wrongun]

Had some money put in my account back in the day, I bought a Mega Drive straight away The Revenge of Shinobi was my favourite game and the intro screen sounded awesome 🏅

[@tamiko2009]

Every time I refresh I swear you gain 1K subs lmao

[@leonkennedy7776]

The collection awesome! I almost feel jealous 😅

[@sangan3202]

i like the second of your cats at the end

[@AutumnalSunflower]

the mick & mack menu theme is kind of a banger ngl

[@diogenes26]

My "gaming introduction" was quite similar as well. I have an older cousin that got an used Mega Drive around 2003. I was three years old at the time, but I remember playing with him a lot of Tiny Toons and Sonic (I could never get pass the demolition ball Robotnik). A couple years later, my parents bought a Dynavision 101 for me (it's a NES knockoff sold in Brazil), and I started to learn English bit by bit with a dictionary just to understand the ending of Contra.

[@thehumbleone1983]

I grew up in Australia here in Sydney for me out of the two the Mega Drive was my first and then the SNES was my second I love both but my favourite is the Mega Drive only cause I grew up starting from Sega arcade games and then onto the Master System. Great video mate 👍

[@luheartswarm4573]

when I was a little kid I had a master system and a snes, they where hand me downs from my father funny enough, I was obsessed with the weirdo master system sonic "port" and super mario world 1 and 2, I was very young and it was my first videogame experience, but I was fortunate enough to be able to play on a older ps1 at the time, and that became like my biggest obsession, to this day it's like the fondest gaming memories I have..

[@AnonymousCaveman]

I got a mk 1 sega mega drive in the UK and I love it. My cousin gave it to me and my bro when I was really young in the early 2000. It broke eventually but about 8 months ago I got another one and I still love it. Played the hell out of sonic and golden axe. Just starting to expand my games as I have like 13 games now! Great video dude came here from dankpod's garbage time 😁

[@friedpancakes266]

Wow! James tamed an Australian cat

[@NathanBrownisawesome]

Fun little story, nice vid

[@VectorLog]

I thought this was gonna be a bait and switch where james was all like "actually i was a turbografx kid" and then the video cuts to james with like 3 arms with 7 fingers to each hand

[@Mobilis17]

I find it interesting that you say that you hired video games from video stores, here in America we would say that we rented them

[@dariomccollin5617]

Man I cant wait to see what's next

[@fantac_electronica]

Wow unlocked memory. We used to put a match box under the power cable of our mega drive 2 to hold it in place. If you bumped the console, it would reset because it wasn't contacting properly

[@alephnull127]

I didn't grow up in the 80's and 90's but i certainly did grow up with the Super Nintendo. my dad put ZSNES on my laptop back in the day and it was how I got my fascination with retro games, especially the SNES. 15 years later and I have an actual Super Nintendo, with the holy grail of JRPGs, Chrono Trigger.

[@jessica23claire]

Great memories playing Super Mario All Stars on the SNES in my house, too! Our SNES was bought by our parents and over 30 years later it STILL WORKS. I have no idea how, it's been thrown around and lovingly thrashed over the years. My mum even played SNES while in labour with me.

[@ethanisfancy]

I love ending each video with the kitties chatting :)

[@riceman00]

The side labels on the carts are superb

[@CloppingIsMyThing]

Commenting for the algorithm gods. You got this James!

[@Flkrz]

Nice to see that classic Psygnosis logo

[@TheDinkcool]

The SNES was the first console I ever used as a kid despite being a couple of years too young to have been there during its golden days. A friend of mine (who had a much older brother) had one at home and we used to always play Super Mario World on it. Today it's without a doubt my favorite retro gaming era. Mostly because the games have aged better than what came before and what came after.

[@carrioncrow8191]

Funny to hear “hire a game out”, as we would say rent. Honestly the same, just one of those things that stuck over there and not here, and vice versa

[@leonlionheart5504]

Yay cats! Also damn that collection though.

[@reptarien]

I'm a youngin so my first console was a Playstation 2, although the DS, Xbox 360 and PS3 were all out by that point. The first console I played on a whole lot, though, was my DS. I love the DS so much.

[@qeidren3215]

Finding out James was a Sega kid, too. I feel seen at last.

[@bjornschilling5551]

Such a cool Collection of every Revision and Region. nice!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrAwesome4184]

I envy the collection. It is beautiful.

[@NALTOHQ]

I have a Genesis Model 1 here. Got Virtua Racing, LHX Attack Chopper, Sonic 1 and 2, Phantom 2040… love it.

[@geniuskhan2520]

I'm glad Dank made that video about this channel

[@Chilakkuma]

Our first console was an Atari, but it was super old at the time. Can't remember which one. We were having issues with the RF too and my dad binned the entire lot. Still spewing. Not long after, we got a SNES, and I played Terranigma, my first JRPG on loan from my brother's friend, and it started a lifelong love of JRPGs.

[@radioactivelulz]

Please keep making more videos. I’m invested.

[@radioactivelulz]

Omg, now I’m super invested! 😮thanks for the heart James I’ll be here for every video.❤

[@museater8729]

My first console was my brothers Nintendo 64! I have a ton of memories playing Super Mairo 64 and Star Fox. One that was burned into my brain was Conkers Bad Fur Day. I was far too young for that game but I loved it, except chapter 4 with the zombies, that section genuinely gave me nightmares.

[@ditroia2777]

We did have AV ports in the 90’s. my TV from 95 had composite and S Video and some had Scart.

[@skateecho]

a Snes and super mario all stars was my first console and still my favorite! never had any segas but i do enjoy sonic but dont really know them like i know mario 1-3. really should snag an original sega! love the stories. also the cat camo at the very end!

[@bassic6959]

very nice video. good stuff the James!

[@filipemartins2447]

I start to realize how lucky I was to have a French SECAM mega drive and having a scart featured TV as a kid. 30 years later I still have the same tv and mega drive (and I also bought a SNES recently 😊)

[@SosiskaTheHorrible]

My mate had a game for the SNES called Super Aleste, a scrolling spaceship shooter thing. I always remember the upgraded guns just got bigger and bigger and more ridiculous and I loved it. No one else seems to remember it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Croatilillious]

My first console was a PlayStation 2 and I remember very vividly playing Manhunt, God of War 1 and 2 and GTA SA on it. I was like 5...

[@CEzikMaj]

What a voice. You have to record an audiobook one day.

[@floofaudio1403]

I actually have a Genesis I inherited from my uncle. I also never had any idea what AV was or what that port was for until rather recently actually, and the RF port on mine is finnicky as well. I keep a roll of electrical tape and a rag wedged under it so it will function properly

[@KamenRiderGumo]

I never had a Genesis until a couple of years ago, and I wanted one specifically to play the light gun game Lethal Enforcers (which also sent me on a scramble for the game, and the two light guns, and a vintage CRT television). When I finally got it all, the console wouldn't work. And it was the only one in my price range. But using my Dad's soldering iron from the late 80s, a bit of tech-detective work, a $2 power jack, and two minor first-degree burns, I got the bloody thing working. :) Now I'm amassing a collection of Genesis games I never got to play as a kid but always looked cool. I hope one day to have a collection even a fraction as cool as yours.

[@FoolOfATuque]

My first console was the NES. Man were those games ever hard!

[@kansasclocksandsirens]

Those cats are so stinking cute!