The Early Days of Sega's Genesis

[@JPHarringtonJr]

Truxton will forever make me think of Classic Game Room. Every game Mark reviewed had a micro review of Truxton in it lol

[@Fluoride_Jones]

I wish he still did game reviews, but I guess all good things must eventually come to an end. 😔

[@moveyourbody101]

Great video as always, I have loved all my Sega consoles from the Master System, Mega Drive, Saturn and of course the powerhouse that was Dreamcast, it's such a shame that Sega don't make consoles anymore... as I have so many memorable moments that I shall never forget, more so than any other company SEGA got me into gaming... Keep up the good work Sega Lord X.

[@SchutzBoysband]

You do great job of combining factual information as well as oral history and are doing a lot more to preserve the history of the hobby than most other youtubers (especially ones who put historian in their names and upload a few videos a year full of stuff everyone knows anyway). Sales, ip disputes, and hardware specs are all very minor parts of videogaming; the interesting thing about them is how they make us feel.

[@Bloodreign1]

It's all about the games, these days who gives a crap about hardware specs, we didn't even know any tech mumbo jumbo back then, we thought a game looked awesome, we played it.

[@slamjackson2137]

This channel has so much heart.

[@Dzumeister]

The thing I like about this channel is how the game reviews are honest. He isn’t always praising every Sega game-there’s a good mix of constructive criticism for everything

[@Chemical_Ali]

True, but I dont understand his reaction to Space Harrier 2. I much prefer it to the arcade original, and for a launch title the graphics were insanely good. It was the highlight for me on the Mini. Only wish there was a Sega-CD version that used the scaling and rotation.

[@peterfairchild258]

Totally agree, fantastic knowledge on the black beast🤟

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

He also gives some lesser known games some time in the spotlight, stuff like Master System ports of Mega Drive games or forgotten arcade ports and smaller releases that don’t end up on top 10 lists but are pretty fun. I’m also a big fan of how he gives his own opinion on a lot of games that have developed bad reputations in popular culture, but doesn’t make a big thing about him going against the mould and it being a controversial opinion.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

@@Chemical_Ali I’m not the biggest fan of it as it looks and feels much choppier than the arcade game which is one of my favourite games ever, I even poured loads of time and virtual money into during my play through of the Shenmue games. I understand his point but I don’t think it’s as bad as he said either. I would love to own a copy someday still though, and I also hope it gets fan-ported to the Sega CD or modded into the arcade engine.

[@EdsterIII]

Well put. There are quite a few "reviewers" who are GIVEN products for better reviews. That is especially true with Hasbro Marvel Legends and Star Wars Black Series figures. There are a few higher end reviewers who get cases of early bird specials that they can show before others. Now with Retro Gaming, that's usually not even an issue since their all out of business or have stopped producing games and systems. But either way you can tell if a reviewer is "shilling" for the parent company. This channel is a perfect example of decent and honest reviews!

[@ravagingwolverine]

I love how at the end, in that last Ghouls and Ghosts clip, Arthur runs past the first Red Arremer then finds the second one standing there calmly knowing he won't be needed to finish the job because the first Arremer's got things under control.

[@feelsbad6312]

the sega genesis will always be my favorite console. i got it towards the end of its life but got so many games to play it on as a result of them being on sale. i think i was 5 or 6 years old? i still have the same console and currently on a mission to collect all the games CIB baby..

[@joegutierrez8248]

Of the games mentioned here, Revenge of Shinobi and Ghouls 'N Ghosts are in my top 10 Genesis games.

[@joeboo8626]

Same. The music in these games never gets old either.

[@MikeC-ps1tc]

I really wanted to love Ghouls n Ghosts, it is the one platformer I was never good at!

[@rodmunch69]

89-99, what an amazing 10 years for Sega - they released the Genesis, the Game Gear, the Sega CD, the 32X, the Nomad, the Saturn and the Dreamcast. Now one cycle of consoles is almost 10-years. I asked my nephew if the kids at his middle school were hyped about the new XBS1 and PS5, and he said no, everyone wants a Switch so they can play Minecraft and Fortnite. What boring little pukes.

[@Bloodreign1]

They came up on a generation of games that play it too safe, and have little to no creativity to them, unlike the old days, where devs took chances, they either worked, or bombed, so the programmers would go back to the drawing board coming up with the next unique idea. We think it's bad now with kids and young adults playing boring crap like Fortnite and Minecraft, and the yearly Activision version of Madden, known as Call of Duty, but it'll only continue to roll further and faster downhill.

[@bmx7596]

VR is the only thing that made me feel like those old 90s years again. Playing Alyx and Asgard's Wrath blew my fucking mind again

[@vsear5911]

There is no point to new generations anymore. Consoles are just PC architecture with DRM at this point, and raytracing or higher resolutions doesn't exactly add much of any exciting new design possibilities for games. At least the Switch hardware offers a novel experience to play in its handheld mode. We won't see a blatantly revolutionary generational leap like 8 bit -> 16 bit or 2D -> 3D until Elon gets those things to hook up to our brains...

[@chrisfern4699]

Lol

[@lazarushernandez5827]

I can appreciate their preferences, Minecraft is all about the creativity, and isn't making cutting edge graphics and power the priority. While Fortnite also runs on just about anything these days, so it doesn't leverage the latest most powerful machines out there. As for the Switch, it's a portable when you want it to be, much easier to take on the go. The new consoles are very impressive, and I can't wait to see what new experiences they will host in the coming years, but right now they are very hard to get (if you want to pay normal prices), do not really have exclusive games and won't truly for a while. I like what Sony is doing with the Dual Sense controllers and their haptic feedback, hopefully they will incorporate this into the next gen PSVR controls.

[@jpaleologos1]

Me and my friends all had the system. We'd spend our weekends going over to each others houses and spend hours playing all of the different games. Those were fun times that I really miss.

[@Rayza_X]

Love your vids dude, keep it up!

[@priscilam.9808]

Me and my brothers got our Genesis in 1992. So we got our hands on Sonic and Streets of Rage right away. I was blown away. I have never realized before some of the launch titles were not that good. I also remember seeing Road Rash around the time we got it. Solid titles were around already.

[@homiedclown]

They were great at the time, because that level of sound and graphics was so new, and because that's all there was to play (Alex Kidd however was and remains one of the worst games ever made.) I think it shows just how great the system was when some of the earliest titles (Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Revenge of Shinobi, Golden Axe) are still considered all-time classics for the console.

[@zamhar]

i love what you said about how you earned money by working so you can buy the games you wanted... and that you transferred that experience to your daughter. you're an awesome parent for teaching the importance of hard work. i am also trying the same with my kids. all the best!

[@robmason5799]

Seeing these videos and watching your channel made me love sega again. I don’t own a actual genesis but have the genesis mini and the this is loaded with its rich library. I did end up getting a Saturn again. I remember seeing the genesis for the first time at my friends house and watching the intro to revenge of shinobi. I was hooked. Ended up being a sega fan since

[@mikef8846]

I really enjoyed Space Harrier 2 at the time. What I like most about it even today is how the levels blend into each other, as one continuous game. Not a lot games do that, even today. In that sense, it is very immersive, and you can really zone out when playing it.

[@Hoahmarufugudoku]

The last bit of your narration literally swelled me up enough to bring tears. Happy tears based on how similar the memories and much of what yiu said was for me and based on how much people love your content, i'm sure there are many others that share this opinion. And mostly like they all swelled up too. Unfortunately, i wasnt part of this generation, my first console with earned money was an xbox 360 when i was 15. But since i was a small child my cheap parents only got my 2nd hand hammy downs which for me amazingly was the genesis. And man when i played Altered Beast for the first time like u i was amazed. I truly dont understand where the "bad reviews" for that game come from? Its really awesome the only thing that sucked was that it was too short. How bad can a game be when the biggest complaint is that you cant play it anymore? It must be awesome enough to crave more of it. Anyways brother, love your content and honestly if wasnt for you and your videos i would of never gotten into youtube retro game content creators. Again im pretty sure im not alone on this and I wish you much continued success for your great research that in the sega world is 2nd to none. Much love to you and your family bro. -Albert

[@krelakuma]

The Mega Drive is one of my all time favourite consoles, my first gaming console was an atari 2600 then a master system followed by the mega drive. The excitement and awe of gaming back then was one of the best feelings ever! I've just gotten a PlayStation 5 and it can't compare to the feelings the old games still give me. Oh and I still love Altered beast SLX! Another brilliant video keep em coming, my favourite channel on KZbin!

[@jasonbuckenberger3122]

Really fantastic episode dude!! It was great to see some love for Tommy Lasorda Baseball and Arnold Palmer Golf. Those two games plus Altered Beast and Golden Axe, plus great memories of relatives since passed on, made my 12 year old Christmas perhaps the top Christmas of my childhood. I like you played the hell out of baseball and golf and loved every minute of it. THANK YOU for the fantastic memories man!! Hope you have a nice holiday season! Love your stuff!!

[@frazzleboy]

Fantastic video my friend, I had the same experience on the Snes when i started work and could afford one, I will never forget the whole experience and the games were awesome as are the megadrive games too

[@Shannon-ul5re]

Entertaining video, I can remember getting my MD with Sonic 1, Decap-attack and Castle of Illusion saving up for 8 months, doing a paper run. The first time I saw sonic on the MD, I was in disbelieve coming from the master system version of the game, it was day and night difference which just didn't compare. The graphical and sound leap was unlike anything I had ever seen before and a feeling I haven't experience video games.

[@deflepmarc]

Sega genesis was my favorite system of that time, I remember putting it on layaway at the local toy shop and it was the original altered beast console that I bought. It took me sometime to get it but it was amazing. My original system was the sega master system that I had loads of fun playing. I had phantasy star, vigilante, afterburner and a few other titles. I remember a few games I bought on the genesis were last battle, sonic, tommy lasorda baseball, joe Montana football, herzog zweii and a few others. I simple loved this system. I have such fond memories of that time.

[@x.kalibre]

The Genesis/Mega Drive only got to my country a couple of years later, but I can certainly relate to your experiences with a lot of these games =) Altered Beast, Mystic Defender, Ghouls'n Ghosts, Forgotten Worlds, Revenge of Shinobi and Golden Axe were all early favorites of mine as well ^^

[@Johnlmooring]

I remember when I first got my genesis, I played the Heck out of Moonwalker, Lakers Vs Celtics, Golden Axe, Altered Beast, NHL Hockey, Hard Drivin, Strider, Buster Douglas Boxing, but my all time favorite Genesis game I believe was Quackshot. Those hard shell plastic boxes with the plaid squares were super classy. My Genesis days were brief due to the Super Nintendo release, but they sure were fun!

[@VOAN]

I was not there during the Sega Genesis early days as I didn't had one until 1992 a year after the SNES came out so by the time I did got a Genesis, games like Sonic 2, Golden Axe, Revenge of Shinobi, and Streets of Rage were already out brighten my childhood.

[@Michaelmaddsicc]

This a cool video. in 91 I was in first grade. I at that time all I knew was NES until I went to a friends house and eh was playing Sonic 1. My mind was blown and my head exploded,. I was amazed at the sure amazing graphics and gameplay. 1 year later I got my Genesis and became a sega fan for life.

[@diegofloor]

Your experience with most of these titles mirrors mine. Even altered beast! It's an overly simple game, for sure, but it was fun and very impressive graphically.

[@spiderjerusalem100]

Great video guy, thanks for the nostalgia injection. Me and my brother had a Master System for a while and when we got a Mega Drive it felt like such an upgrade, it blew my tiny mind and how big the sprites in some games were.

[@apocalypticminister1369]

Altered Beast was the game I most waited for back then too SegaLordX! I am there with you on those who didn't even have a Genesis, trying to understand our love for the thing... Golden Axe, and Ghouls, and Ghosts were always on my wish list for a long time😎

[@homiedclown]

Ghouls 'n Ghosts remains one of my top 5 all-time favorite games. I never get tired of playing it, even though I can beat it in my sleep.

[@Gorilla_Jones]

As an old man and purchaser of a Genesis my senior year in college at launch, the Genesis has a special place in my heart. Still have my launch Genesis, and the SegaCD and 32X. I emulate everything now on a Genesis mini that is hacked with every Genesis, Sega cd, 32X game. I keep my original hardware archived.

[@matttherrien9608]

Do you have any love for the SNES mini?

[@NEONTRASHPRODUCTIONS]

Nice break down my man! I played most of these games myself once I got the Sega Genesis back in the day. One of my personal favorites was a ball buster called INSECTOR-X! I was excellent at it when I was younger. I played it about a year or two ago and it totally handed me my ass. LOL!

[@RomuloEllery]

Congrats, man! Awesome as always!

[@Thor-Orion]

3:00 that’s a Flatwoods Monster. That’s SO weird that it shows up in so much stuff from Japan.

[@Slightly_Sadistic]

This is a magnificent video. I got my Genesis in 1991 with Sonic but was playing it at friends' houses a couple years prior along with lots of TG-16 games as well. My friends were weird. I only knew one person who had an NES. A girl I liked. But we lost touch in 1989. But, I was still happy to finally get a Genesis after playing mostly TI-99 and old Atari games for years. PARSEC, Espial, Adventure, Choplifter, Robot Tank, and Xevious still rule. I was never a sports fan (and still am not) but lately I've been bouncing around the idea of adding a very select few sports titles to my Genesis Mini. But, I am in over my head as I have never been familiar with those game, although I do have a great memory of playing a baseball game on the Master System with a friend of mine in 1989. BTW I LOOOOVE Altered Beast. Pure nostalgia.

[@Syntox]

I was there for the launch. Altered Beast was a genius pack-in title, because in that era nothing was more important than bringing home the arcade. The rest of the launch titles (not including Golden Axe, Ghouls and Ghosts and Shinobi), eh, rose colored lenses and such!

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

I really didn't even get my Sega Genesis until about 1992, along with a copy of Streets of Rage 2--my first ever game for the console. And truth be told, I missed out on getting the original Sonic the Hedgehog but DID get my hands on the sequel.

[@yestinchong]

Been watching your videos for a few months now, really enjoyable. Grew up in the UK and the Megadrive was amazing. I played the death out of a lot of the games mentioned here, no word on the hidden Fantasy Zone game in Arnold Palmer??

[@frankfortfcgoc]

Brilliant video dude love your uploads. Always full of variety and interesting features, how about a feature on sega games that hit home micros here in Europe like on the c64, speccy, Amiga etc. Big fan wish you continued success and growth, hats off to you dude. Gary Dublin Ireland

[@b.o.353]

I remember getting this after I graduated from High School in ‘89. Altered Beast was a great packin’. Bent the pins putting in an EA cart.

[@matthewhall6288]

I couldn't agree more about Altered Beast for the Genesis. I loved the arcade game and was stoked to have it at home, though it wasn't perfect.

[@stephandolby]

250,000 colours and actual sprite-scaling? That article made me chuckle.

[@caiuscezar]

I haven't noticed the Flatwoods Monster on Space Harrier before! Nice Easter Egg!

[@turbinegraphics16]

At the time I thought the building scaling in thunder blade was really bad but I saw super hang on in a store and it looked amazing to me. Just having the multilayered scrolling was super impressive.

[@chucklos391]

I was a Nintendo fanboy and missed the whole Sega beginning. A couple of friends had it and I dabbled in it a couple of times, but missed out.

[@ShinobiShowdown]

I got my Genesis for Christmas in 1989 with Altered Beast and Thunderblade and of course I had to get Golden Axe and Alienstorm.

[@_TheElMan]

I really enjoy your videos for your comments about what you did as a kid. I think you're a similar age to me, but despite growing up in US Vs UK we had similar experiences. Fancy a trip to Blockbuster on Friday night to see what game can rent? Haha

[@theconsolekiller7113]

Mystic Defender looks good. Will have to check that one out.

[@roccomitchell7938]

Streets of Rage was one of my favorites on Genesis....I want to see something about that!!

[@googleblows4016]

3:00 hahaha Special guest appearance by the Flatwoods Monster! :D

[@JorgeLourenco000]

The memories, thank you

[@Simon-ik1kb]

I got my hands on Sega console quite late... And it was Sega Mega Drive 2 with six button controllers. So for me Sega is and always was - Earth Worm Jim 2, Beyond Oasis, Lion King, Jungle Book, Jurassic Park The Lost World, Comix Zone, X-Men 2: Clone Wars, Jungle Strike, Asterix and the Power of the Gods, Contra: Hard Corps. I remember trying older titles and I was horrified by choppy gameplay and bad graphics :)

[@paulngo4631]

My first game was space harrier 2. I played it so much but none of my friends wanted to exchange games with me. Oh well. thats my memory

[@HelloSwiftful]

Early days of the Sega Genesis KZbin shows Nintendo ad.

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

I was luck enough to work at a video game store when the Genesis was launched so I basically had all of the games.

[@jacobwebb2623]

there was a title I really liked, "King's Bounty," which is one I don't hear a lot about.

[@HeavenOrHell74]

You just got yourself a subscriber. 💯

[@Galgomite]

Genesis looked like a legit arcade machine when it ported a side scroller but I’m with you- those choppy superscaler conversions gave them away. The smart move would’ve been to not port them at all.

[@HenryPadilla]

I got mine used in 95 for $20 at a yard sale with two controllers, madden, hardball and one more game, just can’t remember

[@PortableXombie]

I was not a fan of the genesis version of altered beast back then. But playing it recently it is not as bad as I remember it. That may have to do with me not playing the arcade version since I was a teenager though.

[@1madzilla]

loved altered beast and still do

[@ShadowArtist]

The first batch of Mega Drive/Genesis games were only given around four months or six months to develop back in *1987* or in very early 1988.. so the development teams were given almost NO time to learn how to utilize the full capabilities of the console, and they were not given the the time to improve the games visually and technically. This was to rush them to release of the Mega Drive in Japan in 1988. ROM chips larger than the one's they used in 1987~1990 were pricey. Games developed in 1989 and 1990 with longer development had much better visuals and less technical flaws. So when these early games got released here in the US and EU, they were already over a year or more old, since some had started development as early as 1987 and being rushed through development... IMO Space Harrier II was pretty awesome though. I used a cart swap trick to make Alex invincible in Alex Kidd on the Genesis, and I beat they whole game, I enjoyed it. I did replay a lot of my Master System games using the Power Base Converter until some impressive games like Mystic Defender was released, and eventually got Sword of Vermilion. That RPG was pretty fun IMO, and the music in the game was as impressive as Revenge of Shinobi's music.

[@shiningphantasy1393]

One of the best periods of time with gaming for me was having the Genesis and Turbografx-16 being launched almost simultaneously; I picked up the Genesis one week after release day. Ghouls and Ghosts and Thunder Force II were the best of the immediate launch games, and Altered Beast was fine as a pack in; Last Battle (Still played it and tried to like the game) and Alex Kidd-EC (Lost interest quickly) did not measure up to Black Belt and Miracle World, so they were pretty disappointing. Super Thunder Blade was the worst of the launch titles; I bought it because it was the only game that my circle of friends collectively did not have yet; big, bitter waste of fifty bucks right there. Revenge of Shinobi in January of 1990 was truly awesome in every way, and the console(s) euphoria continued on for a couple of years from there. Good Times!

[@yuvraj01]

Just think whilst Alex Kidd was taking shape for the Genesis, at Nintendo they were building out Super Mario for the SNES

[@retrogamaniac3673]

I've always loved this channel. I'm kinda mad for the SEGA 16-bit generation, but this video confirms my personal impression about the very first generation of games for the Mega Drive (sorry, I'm european): in 1989, some developers still never knew how to program well on a 16-bit home machine (or just on the SEGA console, maybe) and the results were garbage like Space Harrier II, Last Blade and some other titles mentioned here. A series that I've never liked was Golden Axe: the first game was programmed with a lot of unfair CPU tricks, and the two following chapter was the same game at the end. But I personally found the third installment to be particularly choppy...I mean, it plays BAAAAAAD, even for the standards of its era. Just a personal opinion. Cheers, Mr. Sega Lord!

[@enamias]

This is becoming a fav chann

[@miguelroman4294]

Revenge of Shinobi was the best!

[@SilverAxe13]

For some reason, I always forget the Genesis was out for 2 whole years before Sonic. Imagine if the NES launched 2 years before Super Mario Bros.!

[@grimmfandango832]

Hallelujah

[@willmistretta]

It did...in Japan. It was still a colossal hit.

[@PaperBanjo64]

44 seconds Mark Bussler is cheering.

[@random_gamer_guy82]

I actually didn't know altered beast was an arcade game until a watched one of your previous videos.

[@sfspmusic]

Hey, Lord! Are you going to review a new Genesis game named Demons of Asteborg? New games for Genesis are not a usual thing nowadays, so it would be interesting to watch a review from you! If it's good, I might end up buying it on Steam or for my Mega Drive.

[@SegaLordX]

I may in the future. Right now I'm not buying games like this after being ripped off by the Paprium people. I still have no game and no way to get a refund. I'll see how distribution goes with DoA and make a decision later. It's an $80 preorder and I just don't trust these small guys anymore.

[@sfspmusic]

@@SegaLordX Ask them if they provide free press cartridges, I saw they sent them to some smaller channels, but I'm really interested in your opinion, as you are a hardcore gamer!

[@99Vood99]

Thanks for the video SLX, I'm from the camp that thought Altered Beast was a mediocre game, not even sure how it got so popular over time vs. some of the better early launch games. Rambo III and Golden Axe are appreciated though.

[@noaht2005]

I've always found it strange the MD didn't have sprite scaling as it was kinda Sega's USP. Must have been cost or time related

[@boofisgod]

My genesis came with altered beast. What year was that? Maybe 91 or 92? I also loved sports talk baseball and all the FIFA games!

[@jayartist_]

11:11 How are you fighting loki with the spear? I'd swear that enemy is only reachable with the special weapon

[@jeffleake1960]

it sucked in Europe back then as we used to have to wait months if not longer before new systems were released over here compared to japan and the US

[@googleblows4016]

5:10 The music was so bad-ass, though!

[@thisistheend_777]

Shinobi 3 was one of THE BEST.

[@worldfallmusic]

I remember the demon boss from stage 1 on altered beast used to scare the hell out of me. I was 4 years old 😑

[@dennismartin5821]

Altered Beast was pretty good. I don't understood why people put it down like they do.

[@stormshadow75x]

Mystic Defender! Finally 😂

[@ShanGamer1981]

Do you remember the timeeeeee?

[@miguelroman4294]

Ohhhhhhh jam on it!

[@diegomourao2343]

18:22 is that Eric's father from that 70's show?

[@SegaLordX]

That’s Clarence Boddicker, crime boss of old Detroit.

[@matttherrien9608]

@@SegaLordX GREATEST BAD GUY EVER!

[@metalmat3651]

The best games on launch were easily Tommy Baseball and Altered Beast. I dont understand why people hated on Altered Beast, its a good game

[@superlbc]

World Championship Soccer AKA World Cup Italy '90

[@daymondcain2903]

Altered Beast was the reason I bought the TurboGrafx-16 first...

[@michaeloffgrid]

Haha! Ouch! Was Keith Courage that much better?

[@daymondcain2903]

@@michaeloffgrid No, but Bonk's Adventure, which I bought with it, was! Don't get me started on the best shooter of all time as well....R-Type! Legendary Axe? Legendary!

[@michaeloffgrid]

@@daymondcain2903 I'm jealous. I wish I could have experienced the TG-16 as well!

[@daymondcain2903]

@@michaeloffgrid I'm sure many would disagree, but every game I bought on that system was great in hindsight...Blazing Lazers, Bloody Wolf, Alien Crush, Neutopia, Splatterhouse. Looking back it was my favorite system. Great variety, and not a single first person shooter which saturates the market nowadays.

[@1madzilla]

aw man golden axe

[@djanthony9759]

Sega all day

[@JustPeasant]

Was three any packed in game with the Genesis (Mega Drive)?

[@homiedclown]

I don't know about the Mega Drive, but in the US and Canada Altered Beast was packed in with the Genesis.

[@JustPeasant]

@@homiedclown That's good.

[@CaramelisedNipples]

I absolutely loved Altered Beast on the mega drive as a kid. I didn't even realise until recent years that so many people absolutely hate it for whatever reason. I still play it every now and then to this day although I usually go for the arcade rom these days.

[@ScottWozniak]

I bought my Genesis Model 1 with Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Golden Axe and Castle of Illusion. Those games blew my socks off. To this day they still hold a special place in my heart and it's still my favorite console. Seemed like magic. Awesome times. ❤️

[@funnyshorts1353]

Bart vs the spaces mutants - sega genesis mega drive kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXrXgXx8iLGCfqM

[@krisfrederick5001]

Streets of Rage 2 pack in for me, such a great Christmas. The next year I got an SNES with A Link to the Past. Luck kid

[@williamdrum9899]

I'm a huge fan of Addams Family on Genesis (it's a 16 bit remake of Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt for NES)

[@wills.364]

Castle of Illusion was the game that convinced my Dad to get me a Genesis! I really enjoyed the sequel the World of Illusion!

[@ncapone87]

We used to have that, but my little brother peed on it so it never worked again

[@KREllis-vr1ix]

When I got a Genesis for Christmas, I hadn't heard of it. Was disappointed until I actually turned it on.

[@Aragorn7884]

...that's what she said.

[@mattfahringer442]

@@Aragorn7884 an idiot says ''what''?

[@oaf-77]

That must have been mind blowing

[@Aragorn7884]

@@mattfahringer442 "what"?

[@69pigliver]

What games did you get?

[@jamiecampbell8855]

I really love this generation of gaming. I had a snes but have recently bought the megadrive mini and turbo grafx mini. The turbo had no presence in Australia. Each console had different strengths and unique hardware, unlike today where all three consoles are similar in design. This meant we received games tailored to the hardware's respective strengths. This channel and nes works do important work in preserving the history of games..

[@LorenHelgeson]

I missed the very beginning of the Genesis launch. I was introduced to the system in 91 when a roommate showed me Phantasy Star 3 and Sonic the Hedgehog. I was hooked, and that NES I owned suddenly became old hat. Of all the games you featured, I feel Revenge of Shinobi has aged the best, followed by Super Hang-On and Truxton.

[@Bloodreign1]

Yet today, the NES, SNES, and the Genesis are fondly remembered by old school gamers and collectors, and in some degree the SMS as well, and the Game Boy and Game Gear,

[@reclaimer1178]

@@Bloodreign1 nes and snes gave me some great childhood memories. I'm an xbox guy now, but nintendo will always be remembered. Corny I know, but gaming was a big part of my life growing up.

[@LorenHelgeson]

@@reclaimer1178 Nostalgia is a fickle thing. My last console generation was PS3. Any modern games I do nowadays are on PC, and I mostly stick to NES and Genesis games. In fact, I'm just about to wrap up a full playthrough of the Phantasy Star tetralogy which has occupied almoat all of my free time for the last three weeks. Feels nice to play them again.

[@gregorysmith3572]

Now do a video on Late era genesis games for contrast.

[@opaljk4835]

Lol, let the dude take a breath

[@Hawkins75-gamertag]

@Brian Babin same. Maybe only ever played the first stage.

[@gc3k]

I didn't care for the concept, but Vectorman's gameplay is rock-solid. The smooth 60fps felt great to play before I even knew what that meant

[@magicjohnson3121]

Vectorman is awesome

[@michaeloffgrid]

The real problem with Vectorman is the camera is too zoomed in. You end up getting hit by enemies and projectiles before you realize they are on screen. With a camera that showed more of the surrounding area, I think you'd have a really solid action platformer.

[@tonyisgolden5136]

The sega genesis is definitely my favorite sega console. It had some great exclusive's and I liked the controller alot.

[@dire51]

Thank you for doing your part to remind the world that yes, the Genesis did exist before Sonic.

[@SegaLordX]

Many Sonic fans certainly don’t understand that.

[@HOWLWOLF]

@@SegaLordX as a massive Sonic fan, I can agree that the sonic Fandom doesn't understand much. They can't accept criticism and whatnot. Sonic is great, but isn't perfect. Sega has a life outside of Sonic. I just wish Sega understood that nowadays too.

[@Laynel8]

@@HOWLWOLF Also be careful of what you read of Fandom sites, sometimes the people who write these articles won't cite their sources.

[@Marcus_K]

Some of these games like Revenge of Shinobi, Hang-On, G & G, Truxton and Golden Axe are still awesome. But without Sonic and the EA Sports games, the Genesis wouldn't have become a mainstream console. It could've been more like the TG-16 - more of a niche system even with a great game library.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

I love Sonic but I find the early days before Sonic just as fascinating as the evolution of that series on the Mega Drive.

[@cocamen78]

SEGA: lets put a old man in every sport game cover

[@gtrzdaddy]

The Japanese Fist of the North was so much better than the US Last Battle. My favorite launch title of Genesis was Thunder Force 2 by a huge margin. I was simply blown away by the graphics and sound.

[@quatjohn4375]

The voice over in Thunder Force 2 by today's standard might be considered cheesey but I LOVED it back in the day and still get excited today by it when I play it

[@lazarushernandez5827]

While I knew Last Battle had something to do with Hokuto No Ken, I couldn't place it because the game covers events after the first series/movie (I had only seen the movie at that point). I was impressed with the size of the sprites in Last Battle, the logic back then was 'if the Genesis can handle this, it should be able to do a port of Final Fight' and with several Capcom games on the system I always held hope it would show up. I loved Thunder Force 2, it led me to get other Tecnosoft titles, which included Herzog Zwei, that was one of my favorites back then.

[@jfermins]

Thunder Force 2 was my favorite game of those early games. Loved the graphics and music.

[@shiningphantasy1393]

@@quatjohn4375 Eeer veer veer veer vrr,; ladder; Good Luck! Yep, I love it too.

[@oxogood9018]

Remeber buying Rambo 3 second hand from a video store for around £14 in about 1992,realy liked,played the hell out of it.

[@jeffreys431]

I remember playing these titles all the time at my friend's house, he got the Genesis before me. The first game I purchased was Shadow Dancer, and I still admire how great it looks on this system.

[@joshuabennett7321]

Shadow Dancer was the first game I purchased too! We didn't get a Genesis until winter 1991, and rentals were the order of the day. I still think that game has a certain combination of graphics and music that kicks so much ass.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@joshuabennett7321 All the Genesis / Mega drive shinobi games were fantastic and still hold up really well to this day. The arcade ports hold up much worse than almost any game made for the console and only for the console.

[@DUFFYISBACK]

shadow dancer is my most favourite game ever

[@terrylodge4846]

Dam the music in that game is good. Replayed it on emulator recently. Still a great game

[@Aragorn7884]

The Early Days of Sega's *Dreamcast* next? 💕

[@darthwisner47]

Dreamcast had some great launch games!

[@mattfahringer442]

@@darthwisner47 some of which dont hold up today

[@darthwisner47]

@@mattfahringer442 Yeah but Soul Calibur, Power Stone, Hydro Thunder and House of the Dead 2 are awesome. I don't like sports games but 2K Football was mighty impressive at the time.

[@mattfahringer442]

@@darthwisner47 ones that dont hold up are the SA games

[@user-yk1cw8im4h]

It was a failed console right from launch

[@Diskoboy1974]

Got my Genesis on Sunday November 12, 1989. I remember it like it was yesterday. I also got Thunder Force 2 as well. My best friend was there that day, and we immediately went to my room, unhooked my SMS, and plugged in the Genesis. Spent the rest of the day playing TF2. He came over again the following weekend, and we spent all Friday, Saturday, and most of Sunday switching between Altered Beast and TF2. That Christmas, I hit the jackpot with games. I got Space Harrier 2, Ghouls N Ghosts, and Revenge of Shinobi.