Sega's Solar System: From Saturn to Game Gear, The Complete Guide!

In the 1990s Sega had a lot of projects in the works. Nearly all of them were named after heavenly bodies and their characteristics (Chapter markers and more below...)
Episode Information
GTV 109 "The Sega Solar System" Season 6 Episode 5
Original Airdate: May 21, 2021
Produced March-April 2020
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my 15" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, which was starting to show signs of age, though rock-solid.
Produced with Final Cut Pro and Photoshop, which my job paid for!
0:00 Pre-emption
0:13 GTV ID: The Center of the Universe!
0:20 Intro: A Far Off Exotic Place
1:07 From the Mega Drive Outward
2:27 Project Mercury
4:28 CM 1: Game Gear (Japan 1992), Super 32X (Japan 1994)
5:15 Project Venus
6:30 Project Earth
7:48 Project Mars
9:10 Project Jupiter
12:41 CM 2: Saturn From Saturn (1994) Johnny's Jr. in Pri-fun (1996)
13:36 Project Saturn
14:57 Project Uranus
15:32 Project Neptune
16:31 Project Pluto
17:29 Project Titan and Janus
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Some information in this video came from segaretro.org one of my favorite sites!
The rest came from various 90s issues of EGM and Game Fan, as well as the Sega official channel and a book called "Sega Game Labo Dai Ken Kyuu" which was a great read packed with tons of Mega Drive, Mega CD, Saturn and Dreamcast info!
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[@GTV-Japan]

What was your favorite star in the Sega Solar System or Sega Universe? Discuss below!

[@stephenbecker5936]

Algo

[@GTV-Japan]

Top comment!

[@ABPositive03]

@@stephenbecker5936 well I guess we can pack it in, this thread already got won.

[@duckhive]

Neptune: my favourite planet and 2nd-favourite Sailor.

[@GTV-Japan]

Ahh yeah I can see that!

[@thewingedavenger1007]

Sega was busy naming its consoles after other planets when it really just needed to come back down to Earth.

[@GTV-Japan]

Poetic!

[@ThatDonParker]

Good heavens, that’s a lot of hardware.

[@GTV-Japan]

The Japanese boom days in full swing! 🪐

[@JoJoZaka]

SEGA having so many machines at the same time sounds like the precursor to the modern phone market . Gamegear was pretty cool though that's my favorite just for the ambitious nature of it

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah that’s a good comparison! Thanks for watching 🪐

[@elfiebranford9330]

This is something I never knew I needed until now, but I'm really glad to have it. I always loved how Sega had planet names for consoles, and the Sega Neptune sounded the coolest IMO.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yea it really looks cool! And I’ve seen videos where people have built their own. If only there were more games for it! Thanks for watching as always 🪐

[@executor45]

Not even a few minutes in but your choice of using Phantasy Star 4s intro theme is *chefs kiss*. Now back to watching the video!!

[@GTV-Japan]

There’s a second reference if you look closely at the morning star ⭐️

[@DoYouNerd]

This was a fun watch--I was fairly familiar with many of the code name conventions, but the GG as Mercury was one of the most recent I'd learned of. I found it fascinating that they stuck to such code naming schemes for so long. Oh that Venus prototype is so cool! Okay--didn't know the Jupiter either--nice! The Neptune design looks so nifty--would've enjoyed having that one if it'd come to fruition.

[@GTV-Japan]

It looks really cool. I wonder what Neptune would’ve been called had it been released. Thanks for watching as always 🪐

[@Unquestionable]

Got some major nostalgia vibes just thinking back to gaming in the 90s. At the time I was the designated Nintendo kid in the neighborhood but thankfully my next door neighbor was all about Sega (even during the Master System days) so it wasn't hard to keep up with both companies. Much fun as I had with Sega the only console exclusive franchise I was severely jealous of was Phantasy Star, to the point I pooled my allowance money with my friend so he could afford IV.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I was a Nintendo fan who went heel and ran with Sega afterwards myself. I had a Turbo Grafx too but Sega was it! 🪐

[@NichePlays]

So pumped to watch this! Literally carving out a bit of time later in the afternoon to watch this on my TV since your videos are so high quality!

[@GTV-Japan]

Great thanks! The flying stars look great on a big tv

[@geoffreychauvin1474]

I never realized the neptunes were an April fools joke. I loved the look of it and I feel like it would have essentially been Sega’s SNES.

[@GTV-Japan]

I found a website where someone went to the website to order one in 2001. It said the welcome to the next level logo was something like “you’re a sucker” oh dag I should’ve use they way back machine. Oh well maybe next time. Thanks for watching 🪐

[@SchutzBoysband]

you do a great job of capturing the retro feel with the commercials and station breaks

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! I’m glad you liked it. 🪐

[@thepenguinsrafterme]

Always on point on this channel. Out of all the videos I watch on KZbin, nobody does it better

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks for the support!

[@Ch1n4m4nn]

I was hoping for the Neptune back in the days... sadly it never was released.

[@GTV-Japan]

Me too! It looks so cool!

[@maroon9273]

Sega prefer the add-on over the console. Then it reappeared as the console version of the add-on by that time in 95 it was too late.

[@ABPositive03]

Nice! Right as I'm in a run playing a lot of classic Sega, and having grown up as a Sega gal this hit right in the nostalgia. I did know a few of these, Saturn and Neptune famously but had no idea the Game Gear and Nomad were also in the solar system - learning all the time!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks I’m glad you liked it! For me the deciding factor to go ahead and make this video came when Sega admitted there was no project earth. Because I’ve seen a hundred theories but no. They’re all wrong. Thanks for watching as always 🪐

[@Deniii4000]

Nice video. So much nostalgia... more than usual actually. The Saturn is the best looking console case of all time for me. Whoever designed it was a genius. I'm looking forward to the 30th anniversary video of it (it's still a few years left sadly)

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeh it’s a cool case. The jp models were extra nice I think. Thanks for watching 🪐

[@grumpymonkey811]

"Only the smartest of people watch this show" Proud to be one of the few. :) Thanks for the high quality content, as always. Cheers :)

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s true! Thanks for standing by as always! 🪐

[@mariosion]

About halfway through, loving this so far! I knew about some of the code names for the systems that had managed to release, but the unreleased stuff is really interesting. Great content man! Keep it up!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks man! Basically it’s a reflection of my time reading the gossip in egm brought to life! 🪐

[@napoleonfeanor]

Ianus was the only one from a purely Roman deity that had no equivalent in Greece

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I’ve heard that! Thanks for the reminder 🪐

[@sebastienr7852]

Actually there was Terminus as well

[@DrMnike-]

One of the most happy moments of my KZbin life is watching your documentaries. I have one anecdote, my city was far from the Capital and no official Sega products were available, however American EGM was my window into the world of Sega. I was confused by the “Sega Seal of Quality” as it looked like a Golden CD, and since Then I thought the Sega Genesis games were coming one day in the form of the cool CD ROM media, and some years ahead, it happened, hehehe.

[@GTV-Japan]

Ha! That’s a funny story. Thanks for sharing it. I’m glad to know you enjoy the channel so much. Cheers 🍻

[@retrobution1262]

With this video you combined two of my biggest interest of late - obscure sega information and astronomy! Very entertaining and informative! My favorite star was project mercury. I love handhelds and segas was always out of reach financially until I was older, and now I own a restored game gear with a heap of great games...though playing sonic 2 on it was hell! That first boss..!

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s my 2 areas of interest as well! 🪐

[@Wulfpack1]

Great video like always bud. You are at the top of all the other "gaming historians" even though YTube, views and subs dont recognize it. Keep taking your time and doing things rite. Doing them on your own terms is a part of the reason you dont substitute quality for expedience. Your the best bro.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks man! I agree. A bad video is bad forever. But a late video is worth it if done right. Historian? Well they just retell what other discovered know to fit their agenda. I like to think of myself as an antiquarian. 🍺 thanks for watching as always! 🪐

[@Riz2336]

2023 and I still play sega Saturn (my favorite sega console)

[@scaredfolks5923]

Am I the only person watching retro gaming but doesn’t own anything more than a switch. I watch the videos to experience the old days but I can’t be bothered to even game anymore. I haven’t touched my switch in months. I mostly played the Genesis sonic and knuckles was the most rad thing out. The Dreamcast’s controller with that built in mini console was so cool too I wish that idea came to fruition. Digimon and Tamagotchi were all the rave at the time and it was a great expansion on that concept.

[@GTV-Japan]

That’s me to a T too! Thanks for watching 🪐

[@Rando1975]

I knew about some of these names like the Mars and Neptune, but I had no idea that the Game Gear was the Mercury! Lots of great info!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! I had the idea a long time. But actually Sega did explain some of this themselves but all my info comes from old magazines. Thanks for watching as always 🪐

[@deabreu.tattoo]

this channel is criminally underwatched

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah! Let’s make a law requiring everyone watch 24/7!! Seriously though thanks for the support and vote of confidence 🪐

[@SonOfTEHDEBIL]

Segaretro.org looked into the whole 'no project Uranus' thing and from what they were able to gleam the reason for that is as follows: 'Hiroyuki Miyazaki offered a few explanations for this, saying when pronounced in Japanese it sounds like "Uranu" or "won't sell", what he called "an ominous name for a project."' BTW this channel is incredible and the fact you don't have more subscribers make me think that the people who are behind youtube's algorithm should go to trial in the Hague.

[@GTV-Japan]

Ha! I never thought of that! 売る！　thanks for the support🪐

[@creativecatproductions]

I’ll be watching this later!

[@GTV-Japan]

Yay! 🪐

[@creativecatproductions]

@@GTV-Japan love this topic! Thanks for uploading great content as always

[@GTV-Japan]

No problem!

[@VirtuaColin]

To speak more about the Sega Pluto, there were actually 6 units produced, with 4 of them being destroyed, 1 of them being owned by a private collector as of now, and the other is going to be shown in a video going to be made in a few months, and be sold later on.

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh I see thanks! I must have read that only 2 exist and thought that’s how many were made. It is a cool idea and looks pretty neat too. Thanks for watching 🪐

[@andresbravo2003]

Sega of the Solar System... How ever it could be legendary.

[@GTV-Japan]

To look at the stars and dream…

[@TheCheat420]

Had a rough day so it's nice to settle into a great video at the end of it all. God Sega commercials were weird.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks for making GTV your weekend destination!!🪐

[@TheCheat420]

@@GTV-Japan Weekend or Weekday GTV is always a relaxing watch.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks I appreciate that!

[@Part_Time_Fox]

This was a really well made video, always love to learn about Sega's hardware history and lesser known facts, subbed!

[@GTV-Japan]

Hey thanks! When you have time why not check out the older videos in The Archive and let men know what you think ! 🪐

[@Mechanicoid]

I would have bought that Sega Venus. That's a classy looking portable.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah! It’s also colored like the planet too!

[@alexanderskinner8904]

Been watching this channel for a while now and every episode is engaging, but man, you got me with the "What could be better than playing Phantasy Star IV on the go?" - which I did back then, with the Nomad. Keep up the good work!

[@alexanderskinner8904]

I should have said, "watching and subscribed to". Anyway, looking forward to the PSIV retrospective in a couple years!

[@GTV-Japan]

Wow that’s awesome! I appreciate the support ! Yep ps4 coming someday !

[@Mikehero69_]

Wow, that Sega Toys galaxy projector actually sounds really cool!

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah! It’s not actually a “toy” and Sega in Japan has all kinds of stuff beyond games 🪐

[@killingtime4444]

Im definitely playing "Kario Mart" tonight

[@GTV-Japan]

Haha sound like fun!

[@Dongled]

This was not only a great timeline overview but was extremely informative...I had no idea about the GG being one of the earlier implementations of this naming scheme.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah since it was out in 1990 then you know they had it all planned out at least since then. Thanks for watching 🪐

[@stupidbluebird]

KZbin has been really bad about notifying me about your uploads. At least I have several to binge in a row now! Anyways, a very thoughtful and well put together video as always. Great work!

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh no! I hate KZbin! Thanks for coming back and keeping up!

[@RabbitEarsCh]

Hey now, Gintendo is a perfectly legitimate enterprise! Excellent video as always. I have been mired in Sega hardware knowledge for a long time and I still learned lots of new things here. I'm glad the unsold 32X stock found new life - I never heard of the tablet before! That's wonderful.

[@GTV-Japan]

Is that the company that makes those flasks shaped like nes carts? Yeah it’s strange that in Japan most non game stuff by Sega became the most popular 🪐

[@RabbitEarsCh]

​@@GTV-Japan It's a series of streams by Jeremy Parish, the Retronauts guy. He's a pretty great game researcher, too. These days Sega has massive pull in the arcades; Chuunithm and maimai bring in big bucks. I'm surprised they pulled out of owning game centers while other companies are sticking it out.

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh I had no idea! Haha how funny. I was just imagining a drinking contest game session!

[@BigMikePhil]

@@GTV-Japan you named your fedora wearin' fake-Jeremy Parish stand-in "George Township"

[@GTV-Japan]

@@BigMikePhil yes. That’s true. Also all the stats are common 8 bit numbers. Like 48k and 256. A very nice tribute I say

[@poopstainsmcgee3766]

Another possible theory for Project Uranus is the CDX. It's a combo unit much like Neptune would've been, so it would make some sense to put them next to each other. Plus, it was released during the time frame that Sega was still using the planetary code names.

[@GTV-Japan]

A good point ! If true there’s just never been any evidence of it unfortunately.

[@arioca]

Interestingly the name Genesis in North America can be traced to the creation of planet Earth according to the Bible.

[@GTV-Japan]

Not just the earth but all creation! But keep it under your hat I found an old Japanese book that talks about all that too. Right now I don’t have time to make that into a video but I will after summer.

[@chadtaylor3292]

Gods I miss Sega's consoles. I wish they would release a new one. I would buy it. I love Sega still to this day.

[@GTV-Japan]

Me too of course! Thanks for watching 🪐

[@chadtaylor3292]

@@GTV-Japan Your welcome, and thank you for the AMAZING content.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks no problem. I’m wrapping up the next video all about sonic. It’s over 1 hour!!

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

Sega's consoles and handhelds throughout the years were: 1. The SG-1000 (aka Sega 1000). 2. The Sega Master System. 3. The Sega Game Gear (Handheld Master System). 4. The Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis. 5. The Sega Nomad (Handheld Genesis). 6. The Sega Mega CD/Sega CD. 7. The Sega 32X. 8. The Sega Saturn. 9. The Sega Dreamcast. And 10. The Sega Pico (Educational Sega handheld).

[@GTV-Japan]

and there are hundreds of toys and odds and ends too. thanks for watching

[@rickylovesyou]

Sega Homestar Flux! Such a random machine! And yet....I want one, but even now, the current iteration is still expensive. Is a Monkey Magic video in the works? IRREPRESSIBLE! Great vid as per usual! Thankyou!

[@GTV-Japan]

Monkey magic is an old one. Did it in 18! 🪐

[@rickylovesyou]

@@GTV-Japan oh wow, looks like I'll have to check it out!

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah. Catch up man!

[@Louis-wp3fq]

I have always wanted a Saturn but never got one. I DREAMT about it multiple times. But it came out after the disappointing Sega CD (awesome system and totally worth it, but the line-up was anemic) and the 32X (the less said, the better). I couldn't justify another Sega hardware gamble after that level of failure. (Thankfully I got a Dreamcast later.) NOW I could get a Saturn... but the games I want are insanely expensive, and so I would need to mod it to play backups. And emulation has finally caught up with the Saturn, thankfully, so... maybe I'll never own one. What would be the point? Just to have it? Sigh... I know they lost the source code for a lot of their classic games, but why isn't Sega considering a Mini Saturn? Just do a bang-up job on the emulation on a few lost classics (PDS, all of the Shining Force 3 episodes, Burning Rangers, etc.) and you'll have my money!

[@GTV-Japan]

I’d love a Saturn Mini! There was a short time where the Saturn was $200 and came with three games and it really should have driven sales but I’ve always contended that once Final Fantasy VII was announced that was the end. As anyone on the fence went to PS for that game and publishers followed. Best I can recall until that Saturn and PS were almost even in the USA and the Saturn was leading in Japan. Then things turned after that. Thanks for watching 🪐

[@martinevans1206]

Get an ODE or wait for the Saturn core on MiSTer.

[@mongus2]

Another great video! Can't wait to watch your channel grow

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! Yeah me too. Maybe with this video and the next one, things will get big

[@mongus2]

@@GTV-Japan I think it's inevitable..

[@GTV-Japan]

@@mongus2 well the next video is planned to hit the right notes to expand the base. But sometimes I just make videos for topics I like. Even if they bomb out

[@mongus2]

@@GTV-Japan That's the mark of a good creator imo. Excited for the next video, good luck with expanding the channel!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks. Basically each video is an experiment. But really if I wanted a million subscribers overnight I know exactly what to do. Take a topic popular with kids 12-17 and run it into the ground. I’ll be rich in no time!! But I’d hate making that stuff 🤮

[@SabinStargem]

Did you know? The SEGA Dreamcast was originally Project Pluto, but the PR department insisted on changing the name. /j. To be honest, The SEGA Hades would be an awesome name.

[@GTV-Japan]

Aww ya had me!

[@michaelmanning9028]

They attention to detail that you give all of your videos is amazing I really look forward to and hope you do a Skies of Arcadia video like you did for for Mario, sonic, and phantasy star. Sega may not have been an RPG powerhouse but the ones that it did have were very very good 😁 Thank you so much for all of your hard work and all of the entertainment that you provide!

[@GTV-Japan]

Cheers for that. I have no plans for skies right now but who knows in the future

[@baardbi]

As always, very interesting stuff. I like how you mention details and stories that I've never heard before by any other KZbinrs. Have you ever thought about making a video about the PC-FX? It's such an interesting machine and it was the perfect successor (for me) after the 16-bit era. Too bad I never heard about it until recently. I stopped playing games when 3D became the norm 😅

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks Bärd! I’ve thought about the pc fx but just haven’t made a video about it yet

[@Pupppeteer]

Bloody interesting! The nomad prototype had a cool look in its own way lol. You done a great job with this video idea. Sega should have let some of the planet names make it to the console.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I wonder why they ended up with the names the did. I guess they make sense 🪐

[@Pupppeteer]

@@GTV-Japan sega has some of the best names for consoles all around and the prototype names were amazing too Nintendo's are things like revolution and dolphin... Wack!!! lol

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah. They called it that because what’s his name liked dolphins or something. Oh well whatever

[@Pupppeteer]

@@GTV-Japan should have just call it Nintendo Loser! lol

[@GTV-Japan]

@@Pupppeteer ha! Seriously I was full on PlayStation by then and I’d Nintendo went completely under then I wouldn’t have even known

[@Fellipe2k5]

Amazing video!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! 🪐

[@Tao-jj4zs]

Great episode. Man, I never had Sega or a Xbox, but now days I'm looking forward for a Sega console, at least a Master System or Dreamcast.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! I’m glad you liked it! There is always the Genesis Mini or why not just go on eBay and spend some money! 🪐

[@Larry]

Always remember Sony's magazine advert for the PS1 once... "If you want a Saturn, your head must be in Uranus" 😂

[@GTV-Japan]

Dang! I’d only I knew! I guess you are not ready takes on a whole new meaning there (hey-o!)

[@Larry]

@@GTV-Japan Lol, BTW the cartridge based Saturn, is there any info on if it would have fit in the Saturn's cartridge slot, or would they be like the carts for the ST-V? It was really Sega's Neo Geo is seems!!!

[@GTV-Japan]

@@Larry I really never thought about it but knowing Sega everything had to be backwards compatible as much as possible

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

@@Larry segas neogeo....now that....would be....

[@casinoroyalewcheese]

The savagery on display is impressive.

[@garlandstrife]

AMAZING VIDEO

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@StrobeFlashLite]

This vid reminded me that I never got around to doing that Sega Test mock exam they did earlier this year :(

[@GTV-Japan]

I’ll give you extra credit for choosing this video 💯

[@napoleonfeanor]

Dreamcast was my only ever SEGA console so no solar system for me. In Germany, Nintendo was more prominent than Sega after a short time where the master system was the only console in town.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah that’s what I’ve read. Actually I learned recently that Germany was the only European nation where Super Nintendo outsold Mega Drive! I’ve heard Sweden loves Nintendo too but maybe they only counted the biggest nations. Anyway can’t go wrong with DC! 🪐

[@napoleonfeanor]

@@GTV-Japan Nintendo became popular in Scandinavia through one specific entrepreneur importing consoles legally and all specific sales for Scandinavian countries as well as many other countries, have the logo of import company on them or at least had. In the 80s this was also the case in Germany but in 1990, they started Nintendo of Europe in Germany. The SNES itself however was not sold before 92 here. Do you have any comparative sales data of the consoles?

[@GTV-Japan]

I don’t have any hard numbers but there are sites out there that try to createtotals based on past information in gaming magazines

[@dorklymorkly3290]

Enjoyed the video immensely~ That said, you might want to take a look at your subtitles, the Twinbee part of it is in the CM1 Game gear section at about 4:55 and then look at the other CMs.

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh ok I might have changed things without realizing it. Thanks

[@jiryensaber6090]

Hey GTV - you have been and still are the best out there the best channel on KZbin that covers so much of what I enjoy. Thank you so much for bringing back the TOP Commenters portion at 4:16 again. That is awesome to see and I hope you'll keep it as it encourages me and others to keep writing and corresponding with you! I had heard of other Sega units with different names but nothing like this! Yes, it would have have been so awesome to take that all with me to college and sneak in a few places. 6:18 would be Venus!! I wonder - was there an American version of this that I could have taken with me?? Didn't hear of one but, I was so busy insane with year round classes. Still, I certainly would have got one during a trip to Japan but I guess I didn't know or understand the connection (would it work) for me. Ah, the 32X - now this is what I called smart marketing! The Genesis could play ALL of the older Master System Games and the 32 was another attachment away for the 32-bit and still have all your Genesis games! No switching electrical ports and ports, just a smooth switch-over and there ya go! And even though I didn't to experience the Venus, what a brilliant idea to save on funds than having to buy yet another system and then research and hope they had what you wanted on there! Too bad that one AND the Jupiter didn't came to be... the Jupiter could have been out years before the Nintendo 64 and who knows what it could have done? Maybe enough to keep Sega afloat Maybe in another Universe, we can only imagine... It very much WAS a war, from 1990 onwards, Sega and Nintendo really were head to head with Nintendo loosing in those early years... the Super Nintendo was great, no doubt, but I remember the Phillips... and for the life of me, I can't recall a SINGLE GAME ever produced on it. Ah yes, the 9th Planet PLUTO. Just like we learned there were 4 Oceans versus 5... I still think Pluto should have been grandfathered in or something. Don't you? What about Sailor Pluto from the original Sailor Moon?? "Your demoting me to WHAT? Oh, I'll show you the meaning of demotion all right! You, COME HERE... " I've heard in whispered tones this is the REAL origin on Mortal Combat with Scorpion's Attack. But I guess only Trista and Serena with ever know. (Their American Names) BTW - Love the different Sega Games background music. Awesome stuff as always man, please keep it up and especially the top commenters. Call me a bit childish but its nice to see your name up there in lights once in a while... rock on GTV!!

[@GTV-Japan]

I’ll always do the top commenters but now I can only do that each month because of the schedule I have to make videos. Some of them are made out of order and are finished before the chance to collect comments at that time

[@alexkubrat3868]

I think sega 32X is the most coolest addon for console ever! Sprite scaling and polygons! It is sad people are making fun of it.

[@GTV-Japan]

Here here! That’s what people wanted back then

[@brainfragment2975]

I loved this

[@GTV-Japan]

Great to hear! 🪐

[@KyleRuggles]

I sooooooooooo wanted the Sega Nomad!!! I was 13yo and it was amazing to have a Genesis in the palm of my hands! But I just oogled at it, it was too expensive for my parents at the time.

[@GTV-Japan]

Same here! It was unreal!

[@KyleRuggles]

@@GTV-Japan It really was a great time to be a kid, the 90's... we had sooo much choice for systems in such a short amount of time. SNES, Genesis, 3do, Jaguar, Saturn, PS1, Dreamcast, Turbo Grafix, Turbo Express! NeoGeo... they were great times, man! Great times!

[@GTV-Japan]

I liked it when there was a leap in hardware every year

[@KyleRuggles]

@@GTV-Japan YES! It was so awesome! Now we have a leap every 4 years with the same 3 companies and computers at the top.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I don’t like that

[@RewindArcade]

Really interesting topic, nice work! I always forgot 32X was actually Mars, haha.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! That would I been a cool name on its own.

[@maroon9273]

Originally it suppose to upgraded genesis variant and soa wanted add-on to satisfied current genesis users. Sega Japan agreed and the 32x was born.

[@GTV-Japan]

I can’t imagine such a thing today. Even though in the pc realm, graphics cards and such were always used upgrade. I always thought they was cool but it’s just not the nature of TV games

[@RewindArcade]

@@GTV-Japan I feel like the lack of major changes is what made consoles so much more accessible and stable than PCs. I'm kind of glad the 32X never caught on, haha.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I can see how the average 8 year old would not understand that and probably dislike it. I guess I’m just a tinkerer!

[@Sinn0100]

My friend how have you been? I see this amazing channel is still rocking hard and that puts a huge smile on my face. I am a connoisseur of all things Sega and this video has to be one of your very best. So many memories... I started gaming back in 1986 with the Nes and Master System. At that time I was very much a casual gamer that longed to have the arcade experience at home. Nothing irked me more than seeing "just like the arcade" splashed across a box only to find said claims to be a stretch at best. That is until the new super 16-bit systems started to show up in gaming mags. I am a cynic by nature and didn't trust anything EGM (for example) said about these new "super machines." Christmas was around the corner and my parents wanted to know if I wanted one of the new consoles...but which one? Almost daily I flip flopped between the TG-16 and Genesis until one fateful day in late November of 1989. I just purchased a brand new game for my Nes that was unlike anything I had ever witnessed before and I wanted to show it off (Ninja Gaiden). I took my brand new Nes game pak (remember that) to my best friends house to show him my awesome bounty. When I arrived I promptly handed him my new game and told him he needed to play this game. What struck me as odd was his reaction to it was ho-hum or meh. He told me he was playing something new that I had to see as well and it was going to smoke anything I brought over...I thought, "challenge accepted." Unfortunately for me, I walked into his room and found a game I had seen before but only in the arcades. He was playing Ghouls n' Ghosts for the Sega Genesis and my jaw quite literally hit the floor. I had never experienced graphics and sound like that before in my life. In an instant I went from casual gamer to hardcore in a matter of seconds. I knew I had to have one and was willing to do whatever it took to get one. Thankfully, my dad is a gamer like me and I had him pick me up just so he could see the Genesis in action. His reaction was one of shock and disbelief at how close to the arcade the Sega Genesis was. You better believe that Christmas I got my...ahem we got our Sega Genesis. That first day I got Altered Beast (pack-in), Ghouls n' Ghosts, and Space Harrier 2. Just after Christmas I got an IOU game (my parents couldn't find it) Phantasy Star 2...I think it was January. Even when I got my Snes on Christmas of '91 my Sega Genesis was still king in our house. I recieved Sonic The Hedgehog the very same day as Super Mario World. My friends and I held a super 16-bit showdown that holiday that lasted an entire week. My dad (school teacher) even printed out score sheets for us so we could rate them. Even though it was a close battle Sonic The Hedgehog came in with a win for being so original. Those were good times my friend, good times indeed. Ever since that Christmas of '91 I have rated gaming consoles and still carry the tradition today. Last year we (fiancee, friends, family and I) pitted the Xbox Series X and PS5 against each other...but that's a story for another time.

[@GTV-Japan]

Hey I’ve been good! What a great story! For me it turned out something the same except I got phantasy star 2 and final fantasy 2 at the same time. Oh man what an Xmas! I saw another comment but it dissolved! I guess google didn’t like it. Anyway I was referring to the rush to next gen, like 32x or fox chip or 3do of what have you through the eyes of people who weren’t there and couldn’t see how huge the change was to a new system. Sure it’s probably hard to discern now so I can see why people would be puzzled at the 32x without the right frame of context. Actually in 2011 I stopped paying attention to all new games and so since then I’ve missed out on a lot and just don’t know what’s going on with great detail. Honestly I haven’t seen an Xbox one in Japan ever let alone the new one 😂 so the lay of the land is different and my point of view in truth isn’t complete

[@Sinn0100]

@@GTV-Japan Hey no worries man. I myself stay up on all the current stuff. What's really kind of wild is seeing so many remasters and remakes. I just snagged Diablo 2 Resurrected for the Series X, Castlevania Metroidvania Collection Series X, Lost Judgement PS5 (includes 8 Master System games), Sonic Colors Series X, and Tales of Arise PS5 (the only one that doesn't have any remade content). This new console cycle is absolutely wild. Edit* I erased the first comment because I wasn't completely happy with it. I started over and decided to share my Genesis story with you. Getting Phantasy Star and Final Fantasy together sounds freaking sweet man!

[@GTV-Japan]

Wow! Life in the future looks pretty good!! 🍺

[@NoelComiX]

Ahhh new GTV video.... ❤

[@GTV-Japan]

And it’s a warm up for the next one. The big one! 🦔

[@NoelComiX]

So much of KZbin is just nerds bitching about other nerds. Its good to hear expertise about topics you like from a chill charasmatic person.

[@GTV-Japan]

The secret is to not watch those other channels so I have no idea who they even are !

[@Something-Waffle]

Imagine a flat earther being a Sega fan, and finding out about the project names. Bless their darling little hearts, they wouldn't know what to do with themselves.

[@GTV-Japan]

Of course the planets still move around up in the sky regardless of the earth’s shape! 🪐

[@Wulfpack1]

LMFAO

[@grumpymonkey811]

He did say only the smartest of people watch this channel. ;)

[@Something-Waffle]

@@GTV-Japan Very true story. The flat earthers just have a different idea of what the planets are. Well, it depends on what flat earther you talk to. There are many flat earthers who believe that the planets are more like wondering stars than actual physical planets that you can inhabit through space travel. Many flat earthers believe we can't leave the earth's atmosphere due to a giant dome known as the firmament. I've done a lot of research on what they believe. It's a very fascinating case study.

[@GTV-Japan]

Planet is Greek for “wandering star” and in Japanese planet (not earth) is 惑星 wakusei. Which is the same things

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

I used to have a magazine with a pic of an early Saturn....it was rounded; sorta like an atari jaguar... wish I still had that magazine. Along with everything else i had

[@GTV-Japan]

That’s weird! I don’t think I’ve ever seen that

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

@@GTV-Japan im trying to remember what magazine it was. It had very early blurry shots of panzer dragoon and clockwork Knight....panzer looked very weird. Lots of ",green" and the rider was almost a stick man. Im thinking this was before that knew about Sony and added lots of chips to catch up and make it awkward to program.

[@GTV-Japan]

If you find it lemme know

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

@@GTV-Japan well certainly!

[@RedBlueSpot]

6:10 - I agree! Couldn't said it better. The only thing more beautiful would be the Phantasy Star IV anniversary GTV video coming in a couple of years!! Also, Phantasy Star V. But I doubt the world could handle, less deserve, that level of beauty. At the same time, it would be nice to leave the solar system and visit Algo once more, with all horrible events happening in this world right now.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I know! I’ve been planning my escape pod for 6 months now! Yeah that ps4 video will be fun. I’ve thought about doing it now and schedule the premier years from now but then If new info came up I’d have to start over. Thanks for watching! 🪐

[@RedBlueSpot]

@@GTV-Japan Also, 14:32 I got that projector. I didn't know it was a SEGA product and a part ot the SEGA solar system-system. It's incredible! Thank you for this information! My appreciation for that star-projector just went up.

[@GTV-Japan]

You’re welcome! 💫

[@ikagura]

Phantasy Star V cannot exist because Phantasy Star IV concluded the story of Algol. You should either go with the Online series or Skies of Arcadia.

[@FaTBoYs_GaMInG_N_NoNsEnSe]

I still own the solar system another awesome video keep being awesome minus the nomad

[@Davethe3rd]

Why did the Saturn ads feature the Coneheads from SNL? (The Japanese probably did not know about the Coneheads and it was all probably a coincidence that the aliens looked that way. Then again, I imagine that the Coneheads movie did come out over there, but it probably wasn't that big of a deal... Just some obscure foreign comedy tucked away in the video store... Then again, by now, Coneheads is probably just some obscure comedy from the 90s to most people in America, too...)

[@GTV-Japan]

I looked it up and the Coneheads movie was released in Japan in 1994. No idea how popular it was though it does quickly show how the Saturnites had to disguise themselves as earthlings. As an aside there was a one off animated conheads special sometime in the mid 80s. It was strange. Thanks for watching 🪐

[@justincorber7528]

I guess I should finish the video before commenting.

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s all right 🍺

[@only1gameguru]

Phantasy Star IV on the go... Sounds like the best reason to buy a switch.

[@GTV-Japan]

That’s why I have one! Thanks for watching as always 🪐

[@Rationalific]

Sega just probably figured that "Earth" would be a terrable name for a game system...

[@GTV-Japan]

I wonder though… 🌏

[@ikagura]

Should've been called "Sega Terra" or something like that.

[@michaelmanning9028]

Great video man I have always considered myself to be a Sega kid (even though I'm 37 😅) I've always had a spot dedicated to Sega hardware on my TV stand I have a three-year-old son with autism who is just beginning to speak and one of his 1st words I am so proud was copying the intro to sonic "Sega " I'm a proud dad that's for sure 😁

[@GTV-Japan]

That’s good father son time for sure

[@Kuudere-Kun]

Someone should make Fan Art of each of the Sailor Senshi playing their corresponding Sega consol.

[@GTV-Japan]

There is the Sega hard girls. That’s pretty muchbit

[@SaigonBrit]

Thank God you are saying Sega correctly.

[@GTV-Japan]

How is it said incorrectly? I can’t imagine it

[@rickylovesyou]

So Sonic was doing galaxies long before Mario then....😏

[@GTV-Japan]

Of course!

[@gokux75]

Just imagine how it felt to see those Sonic Xtreme videos in Saturn Advertisements only for the game to never come out lol. Back then I only knew about games that had an actual full commercial or from what I saw at Blockbuster, how I know how people would have felt. When I got older and saw Zelda 64 in a Nintendo power I went to go rent it but the clerk at the counter said it wasn't out yet. I kept paying attention to any news I could find from magazines about the game because I was desperate to play it. I can only imagine how terrible it would have been if one day I heard Zelda 64 was cancelled lol.

[@GTV-Japan]

Nintendo never cancels. Just moved to nextvgen.

[@NatetheNintendofan]

I don't know how this video popped up but I'm sure glad cuz it's an interesting video I searched up Mario version Hercules stanhope's

[@GTV-Japan]

Haha well that is weird but thanks for being here

[@rustymixer2886]

11:30 and Pluto a plan D

[@akalyx]

drunktendo -- alright, i...GINuinely...get that reference

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah there’s a couple of guys like that. Drink a beer play a game. Snes drunk. I’m sure there’s a thousand more

[@thewingedavenger1007]

The 16-bit generation was the only time when Sega had the best console. The SNES, TG16 and Neo Geo were all awesome, but the Mega Drive had the best and most diverse library of games. The SNES was too heavy on (mostly bad) RPGs, the TG16 had far too many shooters, and the Neo Geo had too many fighting games. The SMD had good representation in all genres.

[@GTV-Japan]

That’s a good point. The best anyone can say is it had the most sports games. And that’s really because the others didn’t have mamy

[@thewingedavenger1007]

@@GTV-Japan Yeah, sports games were huge then, bigger than they are now, and a lot of people bought the SMD for those alone. Also, the SMD had three Shinobi games and Rolling Thunder II - there's nothing in that genre on the SNES. I mean action games where you shoot horizontally and switch between top floor and bottom floor. The TG16 had the first Shinobi at least. The SNES also had a lot of shovelware, which the SMD (and TG16) had far less of.

[@GTV-Japan]

Don’t upset Nintendo die Garda with such blasphemy! Of course there was no show even ware. Every game was unique and perfect! 😅

[@kentoad8948]

What's the music that starts after the title screen at roughly 1:10? It's so familiar, but I can't place it.

[@GTV-Japan]

Phantasy star 4!! The opening

[@kentoad8948]

@@GTV-Japan Thanks! Stellar work, as usual. :)

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m glad you liked it!!

[@edgardeitz5746]

There _was_ *going to be* a Sega Earth; it would've been a Laserdisc drive made by Pioneer. Instead, however, Sega made a "Genesis" add on for Pioneer's system. Meanwhile, a reference to the Sega Earth exists with the Mega CD; with one version of the MCD bios, just turning it on would show a view of Earth and it's moon (Terra and Luna, respectively).

[@GTV-Japan]

But the decades long Sega employee…! 🎩

[@napoleoncoronadocortes5740]

Great vídeo, i learn new things about Sega consoles. About the Sega neptuno, three o four years ago, i read about the brazilian company tec toy, Made the machine, but drop the proyecto. I think it's was the poor library of 32x. Saludos camarada.

[@GTV-Japan]

Cool! So there was a 32x all in one in Brazil?

[@napoleoncoronadocortes5740]

@@GTV-Japan,i think the company abandon the project, only one news and nothing.

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh I see

[@ikagura]

I'm maybe biased but Sega knew how to name their consoles (compared to Sony using the same name or Microsoft using bad names for the Xbox since the One). Nintendo are more or less creative but they're also recognizable.

[@GTV-Japan]

In the days when everyone was saying “Xbox 720” I was always calling that potential machine “Xbox 361” I came pretty close to guessing it 😂

[@GTV-Japan]

It would be funny but I don’t think I’d have memorize any new kings 🪐

[@justincorber7528]

There is/was also Project Neptune. All in 1 Genesis,Sega CD, & 32x.

[@GTV-Japan]

A CD with it woulda been awesome

[@TheRPGChick]

Interesting! I never knew of any of these codenames, beyond the Saturn, of course. Thanks for the informative and entertaining video. :)

[@GTV-Japan]

Hey no problem! I’m glad you liked it ! 🪐

[@daisukegori2112]

Sega Hikaru, model 3 and Naiomi arcade boards are the best. It would be cool to see some videos about those arcade games, like Planet Harrier.

[@GTV-Japan]

Sure. But the list of ideas is already a mile long!

[@NinjaKIngAce]

The Neptune may not have been released, but at least it got a series of games based on it, albeit as personified as a hyperactive anime girl (which I'd argue is an improvement)

[@GTV-Japan]

What games are those ?

[@NinjaKIngAce]

@@GTV-Japan The Hyperdimension Neptunia series

[@GTV-Japan]

Ohhh how could I forget!

[@Fattydeposit]

The name's Janus. Hugh Janus. From Uranus.

[@tomfoolery2964]

Miss Sega consoles. Maybe they should have moved closer to the Sun instead of away from it.

[@GTV-Japan]

But then they’d burn up. thanks for watching 🪐

[@RadicalRickEntertainment]

My sources tell me Sega was THIS close to bringing out Uranus to market

[@GTV-Japan]

That’s quite a source!

[@Robersora]

what was the project name of dreamcast? great video!

[@GTV-Japan]

Katana and black belt were the two projects that became Dreamcast. Sorry I don’t remember offhand which one actually became DC. Thanks for watching 🪐

[@fiskburk2908]

My man I know you might not answer but I would love to have that card you used between cuts, the one with the giant saturn and the satellite on HD for my wallpaper, awesome video and awesome content!

[@GTV-Japan]

I always answer! It’s still on my external drive. I never throw anything out. So I’ll dig it up and look for it

[@GTV-Japan]

sorry it took so long. here is the file drive.google.com/file/d/1C9j_XYzhLCtHlrR6VnyyAVcdvWLmwdcq/view?usp=sharing

[@fiskburk2908]

@@GTV-Japan Amazing dude and thanks a lot for this, will be my wallpaper until the saturn comes home

[@GTV-Japan]

You got it!

[@GTV-Japan]

By the way that’s a real nasa photo from voyager 2 when it passed Saturn. I just put a Sega Saturn overtop the real planet

[@chadtaylor3292]

Venus has to be my favorite. I have a Nomad with a screen mod and it is probably the coolest thing I own lol.

[@GTV-Japan]

The first time I saw one was a guy working at a paid parking lot was playing with one on the job. I don't know what I was more jealous of, the Nomad or the job that let him play it all day on the clock

[@chadtaylor3292]

@@GTV-Japan lol that's awesome. Everyone I ask about the Nomad, has never even heard of it. But when I show them what it is they flip their wigs. Haha

[@GTV-Japan]

@@chadtaylor3292 yeah same here. I don’t recall any promotions at all just an announcement in magazines and that’s it

[@chadtaylor3292]

@@GTV-Japan yeah I always found that odd, I mean, who wouldn't want a portable Genesis? I know it was expensive back then but still though. Promotion would have brought that little console a long way.

[@GTV-Japan]

I know!!

[@johneygd]

Every newcomer wich already don’t know all these (uninportant) things should watch this,except for smart people wich already know this, And that 1 april fool joke about the wearhouse with those stocked neptune systems in wich he would selling, is one the most offensive unforgiven april fools joke ever,GGGGRRRR.

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh I don’t think it was so bad I mean I would never fall for it Thanks for watching 🪐

[@buckroger6456]

The solar system we all want to live in 😏

[@GTV-Japan]

Mmm hmm you know it!

[@buckroger6456]

@@GTV-Japan the genesis is still my all time favorite game system.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah deservedly so! It was awesome

[@buckroger6456]

@@GTV-Japan when it comes to the genesis I never use past tense when talking about it's greatness. 😀

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah you’re right. It IS awesome!

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

Omg you almost did a movie troupe. As you know Nintendo and sony teamed up to make the playstation. 🤯🤣

[@GTV-Japan]

Well yeah we all know that right? I mean maybe some don’t know that

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

That's Neptune you're calling Uranus! Neptune is the blue planet, Uranus is a solid light green color.

[@GTV-Japan]

Well that’s true but it is Uranus in the sense that there’s a faint ring and it’s tilted 90 degrees. Thanks for the correction

[@rustymixer2886]

If titan played carts arcade thats 5 32bit sega systems 😆

[@sonictentative8141]

i had a Sega Saturn into my sister lost it lol but i got a new one so yeah :)

[@GTV-Japan]

How do you lose a saturn?! oy vey

[@sonictentative8141]

@@GTV-Japan is was at my old house

[@GTV-Japan]

…. Drag

[@Endgame10156]

So the mega drive is the sun.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yes. Certainly.