10 Times Sega Got It Very Right

[@SuperNintendoMii]

The importance of Tom Kalinske cannot be underestimated, if they listened to him then the situation would have been very different. Reduced to a constantly overruled figurehead, you can't blame him for walking

[@rainehappy7097]

Can you imagine Sega without Sonic? Would they even still be around today? Thank Tom for that.

[@BobbyHo2022]

Tom was like peace out. Sega can burn to the ground w o me.

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

@@rainehappy7097 You really going to give credit for creating Sonic to a guy who marketed it in the US?

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

He was a marketing exe who didn't know much about gaming. He got some things right and some things wrong.I wish that people would stop fellating this guy based off of his self-promotion.

[@pooksthepossum]

@@Prizrak-hv6qk Self promotion? You're dreaming. A majority of a games success in sales comes from successful marketing. Without Kalinske, it would have been a much different story for the little blue blur. A strong marketing exec is KEY to success and getting word out to the masses. People aren't just praising Kalinske out of nowhere for no reason. You just wanna be different and say that he didn't actually do much, when in actuality he did a ton for the brand. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mrbig2648]

Great, positive episode. Some other things Sega got right: 1. Buying Atlus, Creative Assembly, Relic, Technosoft IPs etc. 2. Aggressive Genesis marketing campaign 3. Choosing the Motorola 68000 as the Genesis/Megadrive CPU 4. Allowing fans/indie developers to make Sonic Mania

[@Mr3DLC]

I dont think streets of rage remake got the same condoning though

[@mrbig2648]

@@Mr3DLC They didn't, but Sega had a different mindset back then. I hope they one day officially publish the Remake.

[@mrlaidback83]

Don't forget the massively successful Yakuza series. That franchise became a world-wide hit and its definitely one of my favorite IPs that Sega has recently produced imho.

[@davidwatkins6307]

I remember waking up on Christmas morning, and opening my Sega genesis with sonic and streets of rage, ong the music and gameplay had me in bliss soooo happy lol .

[@rwdplz1]

Same, that was the best Christmas present ever.

[@AustinDTA]

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[@AustinDTA]

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[@AustinDTA]

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[@AustinDTA]

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[@mambatabac]

"Being a Sega fan was like being on a roller coaster". Absolutely nailed it with that comment

[@exception360]

And it was the best roller coaster ride i've ever made. SEGA! :)

[@manuccu]

Except for the Megadrive era...I remember all the cool kids owned it back then and out of a sudden nobone wanted to play NES anymore XD

[@chrisfern4699]

I wasn’t around for the master system, but I came in during the Genesis days. I remember my mom had came home to surprise me with the Genesis bundle and my step dad had gotten his son/my little brother a Snes. That was the day I met Sonic and life was beautiful.

[@niahoad]

And having 2 current generstion consoles gives the possibility, to play games on a console you wouldn't have otherwise.

[@opaljk4835]

I think their failures have been so mythologized that people forget just how many successes they’ve had throughout their entire existence

[@assassindelasaucisse.4039]

Yeah, also kids are not that bright nowadays and will repeat everything they read on the internet, bullshit or not.

[@Nwhhhhh]

I agree.

[@awakenedsoul2638]

People always look at your failures instead of remembering the success you had.

[@Halbared]

Well the failures were significant enough to end them in the hardware market. Anyone who played Sega back in the day knew what they did right back then.

[@UnrealNeoBat]

It's human nature for you. It's easier because our brains are wired to be cynical. You're attention span is more focused on the negative side because of human survival instincts.

[@Kos4Evr]

If not for the 32x and the absurd Saturn launch & price it may have fared better. It had a library that eclipsed the N64 and a controller I prefered over the original PlayStation pad. Saturn deserved better than it got.

[@MrChadsimoneaux]

As a pretty big Sega fan, I can't see the Saturn having a library to beat the N64. N64 had a lot of stinkers but the good ones were nearly perfect.

[@HexenStar]

@@MrChadsimoneaux I'd say that the audience that Saturn was mostly oriented toward - could either get much more and much better elsewhere in gaming, or - would have to settle for some poorly made scraps. I remember that during my time with Saturn, - it was the system that established the ultimate truth, that newer system does not equal better system. Saturn, despite the fact that i did have fun with some of its titles, has indicated beyond any doubt, - that time has come do abandon ship and move to PC gaming. Especially with the rise of Emulators, ensuring that my Megadrive and MegaCD (and even the arcades!) are not going anywhere, and join the ride through the PC gaming just as if they were there since day one.

[@jbbrolic]

Outside of fighting games and having more than a single good RPG (Paper Mario) the Saturn library isn't close to being competitive to N64. Coming from someone who's favorite system ever was Dreamcast and prefers Genesis to SNES the Saturn lost that generation for a reason. It is a decent system for Japanese importers (I've never gotten into that personally.)

[@charlibiris]

If my grandma had handlebars she would been a bike

[@MaxAbramson3]

Sega CD was already well established a d capable of 3300 polygons/sec and some very decent 3D graphics in M2 mode--much better than Mode 7 for SNES. Adding a standard SVP for $50, the combo could've lasted another 2-3 years, giving Daturm more time to develop a solid library.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

I wouldn't say the SVP is something they got "right". It was another case of them squandering a fantastic idea. I actually owned a copy of the Genesis port of Virtua Racing, and it was faster and smoother than anything the SuperFX chip could pull off.

[@58jharris]

That should have been their answer to upgrading the Genesis not the CD or 32X.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

@@58jharris Yes! That statement is 150% correct!

[@caseyhayes4590]

@@58jharris depends on the genre...for RPGs the Sega CD was great. For arcade games the SVP was way more cost effective than the enhanced scaling included in Sega CD or what 32X gave you for $150. Sega promoted the wrong games for the Sega CD, it was an A+ machine fore people who bought the right games. I loved the Virtua Racing genesis cart so much...but I just rented it several times. The other crazy expensive cart in those days, Phantasy Star IV, I did eventually buy in 32 bit era for $40 slashed from it's $90 price.

[@ultimateman55]

​@@58jharris Agreed. I was 100% a Genesis kid and if they'd marketed a $50 SVP lock-on cartridge and advertised Virtua Racing and Virtua Fighter with more games to come I definitely would have been asking my parents for that. If they'd have taken their time with it, they could have had nice a nice port of DOOM on there as well.

[@Thor-Orion]

@@ultimateman55they could have just made the damn Virtua racing a lock on cartridge, so you’d have a built in game and the chip to be used for other games via the lock on technology for 100$ since the Virtua Racing cost that anyway because it already had the chip built in.

[@bogartwilley]

Am I the only person who would love to see a collaboration video with Sega Lord X, and Classic Gaming Quarterly? The 2 most epic voices on all of KZbin

[@sev2300]

Man the SEGA logo screams “classic”

[@krankymann]

that one sample was an act of pure genius. there's even a big story behind it. the sample took 1/8th of the storage of the cart!! xbox.gamespy.com/articles/654/654750p5.html

[@Cafeman_2D]

@@krankymann I never knew that! So if Sonic was 4 megabits = 125K * 4 = 500K, the SEGA sound was 1/8th of that ... over 60K of data!

[@hondo3948]

Sega=ageS

[@chrismooney71]

What an amazing company! Sega we love you!!!!! 😁

[@officerzed1344]

Fundamentally, Sega's strategy was their biggest success: being different, always thinking outside of the box. To be a Sega fan was an act of rebellion against the PC culture embodied by Nintendo. That they did very right!

[@Asterion608]

Exactly, Nintendo was always playing safe while Sega risked with more mature and controversial topics for their games. You would never get something as amazingly and violent as Streets Of Rage2 as first party from Nintendo.

[@Asterion608]

@Dean Satan EXACTLY, thank you very much. As someone that owned both a Megadrive and Snes among others, I can't deny the Snes had some masterpieces like Demon's Crest and Castlevania IV. But when I put the catalog of both consoles side to side, the Megadrive wins both by appeal and average quality and in general Sega consoles granted me much more joy and forever favourite games. The commercial success of Nintendo is almost entirely based on marketing and a borderline Social engineering that created cultists that still fanatized to this day.

[@albatross990]

@Dean Satan Well that's pretty subjective and otherwise plain false. However, I will state that ultimately more fast paced action games were king on Mega Drive while for those who wanted slower paced methodical RPGs the SNES was a good option, aside from Japanese PCs, since it was backed by well known RPG studios. Not to say the Mega Drive didn't have good RPGs or say the SNES was completely lacking in good fast paced action.

[@ikagura]

"PC culture embodied by Nintendo" No

[@officerzed1344]

Nintendo was indeed the embodiment of everything Politically Correct. Look at their IP's, their marketing campaigns and how these were activated: they always played safe. SEGA on the other hand had a different message: it was for the rebels

[@Rasdock]

I was in that initial 1.5M systems. I bought my Genesis because I had to have the sequel to one of my favorite arcade games, Shinobi. It was probably the most expensive thing I bought with my own money to that point. I still remember sitting in science class, calculating when I would have enough money saved up and dreaming about Revenge of Shinobi. I barely passed that class.

[@SegaLordX]

I was there as well. Some of that systems best days were in that first 2 years.

[@Rasdock]

Sega Lord X Altered Beast doesn’t have a great reputation now, but you know as well as I how amazing it was to launch that game after plugging in our systems for the first time. It sure seemed like the arcade at home. I miss those days. If I had it to do over again, I would have bought Musha.

[@sergeleon1163]

As someone from Europe who had (still have my original unit) a Master System I can say it's still my favourite console with my most nostalgic feelings to date.

[@JohnDoe-yf9wk]

Unfortunately here in the states games for the Master system are not super easy to find anymore. I deeply regret not buying a copy of psycho Fox I saw at a thrift shop for like $3 a number of years ago.

[@jmagination228]

master systems never took off where im at so im not sure how or why i have nostalgia for them. their boxes were weird they looked like book cases to me. i love how 80s aethestic a lot of the games on the system were like maze walker

[@Scorpionbe]

Here in Belgium, the master system was very popular

[@djberryhardkore]

it did OK in Australia too

[@Livingtree32]

Funny, in your neighbour country Germany it was basically unknown, not even in the slightest on par with the NES

[@nikoskalandas4686]

In Greece too

[@Scorpionbe]

@@Livingtree32, very weird. Whe had even a Sega tour bus, back in the day.

[@Livingtree32]

@@Scorpionbe It's the same with all of the Sega consoles. None of them were really successful here.

[@ViciousAlienKlown]

I bought a Master System when it first came out, bought a Genesis before I got a SNES. Picked up a 32X. Purchased a Saturn long before a Playstation. Got a Dreamcast and enjoyed it long after the PS2 came out. Though Sega had some mistakes I always enjoyed their games and systems.

[@Miakel]

You are dedicated to Sega! We had Master System then Mega Drive but went to PlayStation after that. I collect for Master System and Mega Drive now

[@ViciousAlienKlown]

@@Miakel Saturn and the Dreamcast were awesome. You missed out.

[@fredhurst2528]

Even before I finished watching: Road Rash on Genesis

[@Target00smile]

They’ve always excelled at creating awesome mascots, from Sonic’s 90s hegemony to Sony’s bane - and Alex Kidd’s badass godfather - Segata Sanshiro (RIP).

[@StRoRo]

SEGA have created great mascots, characters and IP, but what Sega is not good at is keeping them in the limelight. which (although I'm not a Nintendo fan) is something that Nintendo are very good at.

[@pradamik]

Don't forget Sonic's posse, i.e, top wingman Tails and too-cool-for-school Knuckles helped him bring his A-game back then. NiGHTS and Daytona's Hornet were underrated Saturn mascots, too.

[@Jo3Musashi]

Bought a copy of Virtua Racing for the Japanese Mega Drive with case and manual just for the aesthetics. Love how bold and stylish it is!

[@gabe9346]

I had many friends in middle school who just wanted to come over and play Virtua Cop 2 🤔

[@jaymzx2587]

LOVE the Shinobi III music 🥰

[@SegaLordX]

Some of the best.

[@HexenStar]

@@SegaLordX Whirlwind track.

[@DDRUTOU]

I so miss hearing this music for the end of all your videos. It's so fitting. Please go back to using this for all your new content

[@twiceonsundays]

Man, we were diehard sega fans back in the day. I remember getting a genesis for xmas and staying up playing sonic for like 7 hours straight!

[@carolinehusky]

One of the best things Sega did in our region (France) was to not discontinue the Master System, but to offer it as a cheaper alternative to the Mega Drive. Consoles were overpriced at that time... so few people had experience with them. Having a cheaper alternative with a slightly reduced version of their flagship franchise (Sonic) meant not only sold Master Systems, but Mega Drives as well, as people would aspire to own the real deal. They could even keep their old games as they upgraded from the budget to the flagship experience, thanks to the power base converter. Yes, the Master System (and the similarly priced Gameboy) finally caused the French market to open up for consoles, and I know of many people who love theirs to this day!

[@kingbeef5076]

Packing Sonic in with the Megadrive was one of Sega’s greatest moves, and may just be one of the best business decisions ever made.

[@klaudijevtrkaciteritorij4301]

Sega have a lot excited things for his consoles,his joystick and steering wheel was something what interested me than others

[@RetroGamePlayers]

Yeah those clamshells did make a difference, I love how the cover art looks when in a crisp genesis case. The only cases that seemed more impressive to me are the shock boxes for the AES

[@SegaLordX]

Sega did it first! ;)

[@xChris_Kentx]

Oh true.

[@xChris_Kentx]

@stephen schneider And so does Shinobi III (The Super Shinobi).

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

Here in the UK and Europe we had Clamshells for the Saturn too! Originally we had a kind of semi Clamshell affair with a piece of thick card glued to 2 halves of plastic which were a bit naff but after a year or so of the Saturn's UK release they were changed to a full plastic Clamshell that is really are solid, imo are even better than the Mega Drive ones.

[@sergeleon1163]

Yeah I never got why Sega Europe decided to use the cardboard/paper shell cases for the Saturn games, the later plastic ones where good and more in line with what we where used to with Master System and Mega-Drive. Also when you want to add games in current date to your Saturn library you can see many of the cardboard ones didn't hold up so well.

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

Serge Leon The Majority of mine are in good shape because ive always looked after my stuff so any i bought new are near mint but yes, searching online you do see many of those carded boxes looking good enough for the bin. There are actually quite a few instances where games have been released with both cases, (Sega Rally, Manx TT, Daytona CE, Saturn Bomber Man, Virtua Fighter 2, Athlete Kings) i went and bought them all Second hand and swapped the cases with my carded ones. ;-)

[@Thor-Orion]

Our US cases were SO fragile. The worst.

[@DreamcastQ]

Sega! A man can dream about an alternate timeline where they still made killer hardware :)

[@chrisne1080]

You damn right we would hop back on that Sega ride

[@rwdplz1]

The Saturn 3D control pad was the best controller ever. The D-Pad on the US launch controller was what really made it terrible. The worst part of being a Saturn owner in the 90's was waiting for the Sonic Xtreme game that never materialized.

[@zolphar]

Seriously this is my favorite Retro Channel ever way better than any of the others out there i love the passion you put in your videos and they are something i look forward to every time one pops up keep up the work man

[@axilmar254]

If SEGA had any brains, the Genesis/Megadrive would have packed sprite scaling technology in order to play good versions of SEGA's most popular arcade games at that time. If only Outrun on the Genesis was on par with the arcade, the Megadrive would have sold at least ten times more consoles.

[@maroon9273]

Or just increase the color pallete to 15 bits and the color on screen to 128 to 256 including doing away with the compatibility of the master system.

[@Anjin-qg3ie]

I remember setting my Saturn clock and realizing it went up to some crazy year like 3000. I never thought in the mid 90s that I would still be setting that date in 2019.

[@jontytran]

Those clamshell cases made a huge difference - it protects the Master System/Genesis/Mega Drive cartridges from dust and damage.

[@SegaLordX]

Trademark Sega thinking about more than just an easy profit back then.

[@RainePhoenix]

Honestly, an honorable mention would be hiring Tom Kalinske in general. Several other things Sega got right in my opinion was targeting maturing gamers with the release of the Genesis, and creating an environment that promoted creativity risk-taking in its first and third party developers (games such as Toejam and Earl, Road Rash, Decap Attack, Comix Zone, Mutant League Football/Hockey and Ecco the Dolphin to name a few, would likely never have seen the light of day on other consoles).

[@Haganeren]

The return of the Japanese Saturn pad is a bit strange since it's still a Sega mistake and people still had those American pad. If Sega offered to exchange the old pad for the new, it would be a "thing that Sega got right" indeed. It's a bit too bad most of those things are marketing campaign related though. We could talk about the way Sega handled censorship which they definitely got right, the way they handled their arcade development. ( even if i still think this is why their marketing was "too much" concentrated on arcade which interested fewer and fewer people as times passes) You talked about the controller but didn't talked about how the Megadrive was the first one to take into consideration the shape of the hardware in order to not hurt the player hand... Those NES Controllers were spiky in comparison ! Sega also got the online right on Dreamcast since that's what would be implemented on Xbox, saving that legacy. There is a lot of things Sega got right compared to their competitor even outside of marketing campaigns which are.. Always hard to see if they were a real success or not. ( well, the commercials are the exception since they really defined the Megadrive success ) I mean, yeah, it sell consoles but if the company loses money in the process, maybe it's not a real success ? I prefer more concrete things that Sega got right. Even the way that Sega handled the Brazil market is something they got definitely right compared to Nintendo ! Even after Dreamcast's "death", Sega is really an exemple of buying other companies and, contrary to Microsoft, let them do what they do the best. Total War, Football Manager is really what made Sega bread and butter today and Atlus don't seems to be handicapped by the fact they are under Sega and Persona 5 was a very good success. Let's not even talk about the successful manner Sega handle their fans and how it leads to the excellent Sonic Mania. A success good enough to make everyone forget about Sonic Team's own failure. If THAT's not something Sega's done right compared to Nintendo, nothing else will be !

[@SegaLordX]

I think Sega making the Japanese controller design available was still a really good move, especially since it became the pack in with all systems in 1996. At least the Saturn owners from that point were done right.

[@Haganeren]

@@SegaLordX It was a good move but it feels bitter since it's out of an initial failure which is why i proposed those other things that Sega got right to compensate !

[@chrisne1080]

The 3 game pack in was when I got a Saturn. It’s funny they picture the old controller on the flyer but it came with the new conty

[@Lightblue2222]

Nice I didn't know the mouse worked with Virtua Cop. That's somewhat of a solution to not having a CRT. I enjoyed the crap out of Virtua Squad for PC using the mouse. Far better than a directional pad.

[@solangedias5631]

The subject of Sega's failures and success always come back to my mind, they spent 18 years in the console market and that was a great ride, they teached some lessons to other companies about what to do and not to do, i'm also very grateful to all those years, and their hardware are one of the reasons i became a gamer, and i play until today, although the void Sega left in my heart never will be filled.

[@StRoRo]

Sega thought it was actually crazy to have what was meant to be their prized game to be packed-in with the console; now it is industry standard.

[@SegaLordX]

It was kinda crazy, especially with the hype around Sonic.

[@Cafeman_2D]

That reduced price + pack-in Sonic is what made me decide on a Genesis in Fall of 1991. I skipped the NES years of gaming, so going from Atari era to 16-bit Sonic was amazing to me. I couldn't believe what I was playing!

[@duhdeedee]

@giftofgab247 I remember not caring about Genesis until Sonic was packed in. But I also didn't care it had more games than SNES with SMW being around.

[@patrickbrooks7435]

The packed in game thing actually started with Atari. Atari did it for quite a years with their 5200, 2600, and i think a little with their 7800 for a while back then before Sega. Kind of giving away my age. LOL!

[@StRoRo]

Just a little before my time ;) and I dont think Atari consoles were that popular in the UK. I bearly remember any Atari when I was young. I remember having a go on them on the odd occasion but I get the feeling the console was quite old by that time. Was the pack-in game on the Atari console the latest game and greatest release or were they older, middling games?

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

Makes me wish I still had a Sega Saturn.

[@mathewlang7436]

One day good sir would love to see your updated game room tour. Cheers love the content

[@SegaLordX]

Been thinking about it.

[@jotakux7489]

Wish Sega would make a new system and use your intro as their system startup screen.

[@vicior55]

Sega revolutionized Brazil. The partnership with Tectoy was responsible for bring another companies like Nintendo and show that Brazil was a big opportunity to sale consoles and games. Before here, the only consoles was the famous "Famiclones" like "Phantom System" and "Turbo Game".

[@crashman4759]

My first intro into video games was the master system but the genesis will always be my fav

[@patrickbrooks7435]

That sonic the Hedgehog commercial came out in my 7th grade year. Where do the time go? Good memories. LOL!

[@BeeTeeGee]

I think if Sega of Japan and Sega of America were able to get along, work together and not butt heads with each other, Sega would still be producing consoles to this day, or at the very least a couple more after the Dreamcast released.

[@johnellis3383]

Great video as always! One thing that Sega always did really well that stood out to me was innovation. Whether it was pushing hardware and software or new crative ways to play games Sega was always at the front of the pack for good and for bad. I miss this kind of almost reckless innovation in gaming today.

[@jamesnewman4351]

Great video!!! And don't forget... Tuesday is the big day!! One of the things Sega did right thanks to legendary Yu Suzuki Shenmue lll !!!!!!!!!!

[@SegaLordX]

Indeed. :)

[@mrbig2648]

Sega gave a lot of creative freedom to their young employees back then (they needed to produce many games and fast, in order to make up for the stranglehold Nintendo had on third parties). Yu Suzuki was one of the beneficiaries of that company culture.

[@andrewortiz9226]

OMGOSH I can't sleep since Sega announced the Dreamcast mini when they announced it Monday I practically creamed my pants!! But my question is why didn't they make a Saturn mini, they skipped that console!!

[@belmont_gr]

I loved the Master System vhs like cases. I have never understood why Sega used the nes like paper cases with the Game Gear. Cool video looking forward to the top 10 bad decisions one.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

The game gear tho did have those plastic see through cases just slightly bigger than the cart to carry the games around in...that's probably why - its meant to be portable.

[@belmont_gr]

@@orderofmagnitude-TPATP For some reason some PAL games like Legend of Illusion, Mortal Kombat 3 etc. don't have those plastic cases!! This is mostly on games released late in the system's life.

[@mrbig2648]

Yeah, that was a strange decision. My boxes all ended up crushed and ripped (careless kid that I was), and I was just left with those (admittedly cool) little plastic cartridge holders.

[@moandaindesigns]

Great video. I remember the Dreamcast launch. Man they knew how to launch a system back then.

[@XbandTv]

I always preferred the bulky NA Saturn controller to the JP style controller.

[@maroon9273]

Even the SVP chip should have been a lock on cartridge with Virtual Racing Included doing it's release date. Sega dropped the ball during there meeting during early 1994. They could discuss about making plans for the SVP chip to SOA and communication on the update of the Saturn.

[@livebyfaith74]

I am with you, if Sega ever tried to do hardware again, I would be in. I think they do better, when they don't have to worry about supporting multiple systems. Plus I don't like having to own every platform to get their games.

[@timespacedub]

Ahh.. if only the svp was packaged into a game genie or sonic and knuckles style cartridge. Also, six button controller rocks!

[@albatross990]

I remember seeing somewhere that the SVP was eventually going to develop into a lock-on type cart! Would've been cool if it took off IMO!

[@chrisne1080]

Doing things right?!? Hell yes the Dreamcast. I bought it day one. 9-9-99. Wont ever forget

[@Thor-Orion]

2:54 or even just making the Virtua Racing cart a damn lock on!

[@JohnDoe-yf9wk]

I still have my launch 9-9-99 Dreamcast and a number of games and controllers and I treasure it to this day. That said whenever I look at anything sega related their death as a console maker is sadly the first thing on my mind. I will cherish my years of enjoyment with the Genesis and my Dreamcast and I will continue to play enjoy their games as long as they continue to work. Also I will deeply continue to regret selling my nomad back when I think I got fifty bucks for it.

[@worldofretrogameplay6963]

It’s strange. I was a Master System kid and my younger brother loved his NES. I loved all the games on the NES that are now classics today, but there was just something about the Master System. It had better graphics, incredible games (Phantasy Star, Zillion, etc.) and those 3D glasses.

[@MarkyV83]

Seeeeeegaaaaaaa

[@hegyak]

"And have them in Stock" Hear that Nintendo? THAT is how you launch a product.

[@joeb2588]

I'm Sega fan boy till the very end....when someone says, "and it's in stock." It usually means...."It isn't selling" where the competitor who has a shortage is...

[@Mitjitsu]

Blast processing should have been #1 IMO.

[@jsttv]

Thanks for the trip to SEGA memory lane.

[@Anjin-qg3ie]

The Saturn 3 pack started in November. However it did not end that soon. My mom bought me one from Toys R Us in July for my birthday.

[@SegaLordX]

I don't know when it officially ended, but I know some retailers kept giving away the 3 game pack because they had so many. My Toys R Us had a wall of them for months after that holiday season.

[@Anjin-qg3ie]

@@SegaLordX Absolutely. I think we also paid $99 by the time I got it. I remember getting my Sega CD for like $16 as well. Same with Jaguar. My mom was like "the guy at the store told me this console was dead. Are you sure you want it"? I was like "yeah! You know how many games i can get for like 40 bucks!?" "All of them!" I really apprciate videos about old world Sega. Keep em coming! Thanks!

[@LorenHelgeson]

As much as I love the Saturn, I hated the American controller. You had to press the triggers DOWN, not in, to get them to work. I was very glad to see the Japanese controller when it made its way over here.

[@TwilightCage]

I've played virtua on and can confirm the best way to play is with those joysticks.

[@MarquisDeSang]

Daily reminder that Nintendo is absolute Trash : They sell a rebranded150$ "nvidia shield tablet" at 300$ with a smaller screen.

[@Busternutt69]

lol nintendo touch your peepee or what? 😂

[@MarquisDeSang]

@Dean Satan That is why Nintendo will never make a decent VR product. To do that it needs to be at least powerful as an Atari Jaguar.

[@felman87]

As an addition to #10, I love the Sega CD cases. Yeah, they cracked a bit too often but there's just something awesome about looking at that faux glass plastic. Cosmic Star Heroine had a printing from Limited Run Games and it came in a case like that. It's fitting because the game feels like a Sega CD JRPG.

[@Liam3072]

Regarding the Dreamcast's US release, it's also worth noting how well marketed it was. From the 9/9/99 date to the edgy MTV "it's thinking" ad campaign. It really nailed the Dreamcast as a cool, futuristic, modern, "edgy" system. For a brief moment, Sega was back at being relevant and appealing to the "cool kids" and Sony appeared almost naff. I was so mad at the bland european ads in contrast.

[@AnarchistCatGrrl]

Your "I'm Sega Lord X, thanks for watching, Catcha next time" is so iconic that I can do an impersonation of it.

[@crash5522]

Id jump on that roller coaster too.

[@kellinwinslow1988]

As much as I like Sega, many of their products like the SVP,a waste of a chip being used only once,typified their mistakes and bad business decisions. It's crazy that at one point they had 6 or 7 systems out at the same time. Their only success was with the Genesis and they didn't know how to handle it. Yes they were ahead of the curve with some things,like the Dreamcast's modem and releasing games like Phantasy Star Online,but a lot of the time they just played catch up to everyone else. The 6 button pad is nice but the 3 button pad didn't cut it in the first place. The entire company was just poorly run and has slowly lost relevance with each passing year. I still play Sega games,Fist of the Northstar and Yakuza games mostly, and have since their games were being released on Colecovision. But most people I know have no idea what Sega has even done for quite awhile now. My 14 year old cousin had no idea that they even existed until I showed him some games. Sadly their victories were just not enough to overcome their massive failures.

[@bit-ishbulldog2089]

SEGA just hit the spot for me.. Never found the appeal for Nintendo, I don't hate Nintendo but never understood why so many people across the world rated them so high. I have always said the Mega Drive was better than the SNes because it was out in the shops 2 years before the SNes and ran games faster, plus the bonus of playing my fav Arcade SEGA games at home.. My go to companies in the early days were SEGA and Commodore.

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

Matt Eskandari The 32x was a great product, just a bad idea when two far more powerful consoles were on the horizon.

[@VincentsVideoVisions]

Here in the US the Master System was basically unheard of. I didn't even know that they existed until 32-bit systems were a thing. To this day I've never played one or even seen one in person, which is weird because I used to be quite the collector. I have come across Master System games for sale a bunch though. As far as the 16-bit wars go, I didn't choose one side over the other as they both had exclusive titles that were sweet. Overall I liked the Genesis more for some reason I can't put my finger on. The Saturn was a cool enough system but the problem was that everyone was jizzing about 3D games at that time and the PS1 simply had more horsepower, and eventually had a super solid lineup.

[@Halbared]

Same, I had both, preferred the snes, but loved both.

[@Cafeman_2D]

Thanks for the show!

[@SegaLordX]

No problem. Thanks for watching it.

[@ShinobiShowdown]

Sonic The Movie vs. Mario Bros = Huge Success vs. Epic Failure!

[@HexenStar]

One the best things about watching these videos, - is instantly recognizing 99% of the music segments that are used here.

[@RobsonRoverRepair]

I was a big fan of the original UK / USA pad, however I won't argue the d pad on the later version was far superior.

[@99prbs]

I loved calling the tip line back in the day. 1 800 USA SEGA. I still have it in my muscle memory. They sent me a typed two page guide for Phantasy Star with a little map drawn on it.

[@Retro_Royal]

How did they do it Right concerning #9 ? Anyhow, nice episode! And every day is a great day to be a SEGA Fan :)

[@SegaLordX]

The technology. It was such a powerful chip that drew hardly any power. I wish more games had used it.

[@Retro_Royal]

@@SegaLordX I see! I agree that the Chip made the Super FX Chip look like it belongs in a 70s calculator, but the 32x offered a wider color Palette and was close to the Saturn Architecture to make ports easier (which didn´t came). Also the MegaDrive / Genesis Architecture was impressive, the versatile 68k and fast DMA (aka Blast Processing) gave the System Mode 7 like effects and scaled well during it´s lifetime. Alien Soldier puts many (most) Neogeo Title to shame. And if SEGA ever decide to make a new Console, you find me in the forefront camping in front of the store. :)

[@ScottWozniak]

I was confused by #9 as well but I understand SLX's explanation.

[@Retro_Royal]

@@ScottWozniak Glad I was not the only one :)

[@SegaLordX]

I mentioned in the description that some may not agree with number 9. I saw the chip itself as a great design and it was implemented in VR really well I felt. To get a Model 1 arcade game recognizable on the 16-bit Genesis was no small thing. I just wish that Sega's original plan had happened with it.

[@bloodykenshiro8218]

The MD/JP Saturn pad is indeed a dream. It saddens me that almost every controller nowadays abides to a SNES like layout on some level.

[@bjraleigh1439]

They should have had a final version of the genesis called the SONICBOX with every sonic title built into the unit and colored blue with a sonic badge on the unit. Could have sold at least a hundred thousand units I recon.

[@cannyfocus]

Never understood why the new more spacy europe and usa sega saturn joypad was considered as bad. It's acually very precise ('knackig und exakt zu steuern'), the d-pad. An Arcade kind of quality feel, the d-pad. And well manufactured, in quality, nothing cheep on and about it.

[@neobogard]

Although i like it now, The Master System was the only console I didn't like at its original run because the nes just had a far superior game library. But i always loved Sega's consoles over the others. Genesis over the Snes because of Sonic, Shinobi, Streets of rage, shmups and all other exclusives and better versions of the games that were also on the SNES. Saturn over the Ps1 (Although i did love the ps1) Because as a Arcade and SNK fan, The Saturn almost did a better job than the Neo Geo on bringing the arcade home with all the big title arcade games coming to the saturn such as Sega Rally, Virtua fighter, House of the dead, Virtua Cop and so on. And as a huge SNK and Capcom fan at the time, The saturn was the best way to have SNK games at home for a reasonable price. Even better that the Neo Geo CD because the saturn had better load times and a better controller. Also the Capcom and SNK fighters were to us at the time was arcade perfect. Dreamcast over ps2 and all the other consoles that came after it because it's my favourite console of all time. The Dreamcast did every thing the saturn did and more like Bringing home arcade games and arcade perfect SNK an Capcom fighters as well as having its own unique library of awesome games. I'm actually playing The Dreamcast now with the awesome Blue Stinger. I let my nephew play the Dreamcast for the first time and he thought it was awesome and couldn't believe it was a 20 year old console. He was amazed by the VMU memory card and how it interacts with the games. I showed him the Chao on the VMU from Sonic adventure and he loved it. Now he wants a Dreamcast for himself. We always play Quake 3 when he comes over. Sega Forever!.

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

TrueSinister Yes Nintendo's Monopoly over the gaming industry screwed Sega over good and proper. Sega had a system that beat the Nes in practically every department but couldn't compete because they had all the top 3rd party devs under contracts that prevented them from making games for anyone else and bribed the big chain stores with threats of breaking ties if they sold competing hardware and software. Just imagine all those top titles the Nes had being available on a Master System, Nintendo would have had to cut prices to compete!

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

D core Well its well known these practice's went on and were stopped in 1990 which is why Sega's consoles finally got games from the likes of Capcom, Konami, Tiato etc. When you look at the bigger picture it doesn't take an Einstein to work out what was going on.

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

TrueSinister I couldn't find any evidence of that but Weather that be the case or not, until Nintendo quit there dodgy licencing practices Sega were only able to aquire two 3rd party developers for the master system and Nintendo practically had ever other dev in their pocket. In todays world you would have to pay a developer to gain exclusivity like Nintendo had with 3rd party devs, they basically said "if you don't sign the licencing agreement, you dont make games for us"

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

D core You must some mega Nintendo fanboy to deny actual Facts, you're talking as if Nintendo did you some kind of favour but thier interest is just making money and remain amongst the greediest of all the video game industry. Something you're forgetting is that this 'video game crash' only happened in North America, the rest of the world carried on as normal and by many accounts of Americans, the 'video game crash' wasn't something they were even aware of, they were still playing video games and going to arcades, it was more of a financial crash for the companies involved.

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

D core North America accounted for 60% of all Nes sales and all that early Nintendo indoctrination in the US has proven very lucrative for them because when you check the figures you find it has stayed pretty much the same for their hardware to this day! Oh and you think gaming today is all down to Nintendo and its Nes? Thats a big claim and certainly not one i'd agree with.

[@andersonrodrigo63]

VR!!!! Still the most amazing conversion for me ❤

[@cessnaace]

I'd add build quality. I have both an American SMS and an imported Japanese SMS. Both still going strong after 30+ decades. Meanwhile I've had 4 NES consoles die on me.

[@Omega579.]

Great video. That SEGA roller coaster ride was great to experience first hand and I'd jump aboard again with you.

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

Omega579 100% with you there bud!

[@mephosto]

i get flashbacks watching your videos. this one alone made me think i need to look who needs medals to boost their troop numbers. now i have to go play dragonforce.

[@Harkness78]

Yup, my parents got me a Genesis a couple of months after Sonic debuted and was a pack in, I am guessing they bit the bullet with the price drop. I bought myself a Saturn once they did the 3 game pack in. I already owned a PSX (mainly for Squaresoft games and Castlevania) but probably spent 70% of my time with the Saturn from 96 until the system died with Panzer Dragoon Saga.

[@BenJi2DxD]

Great video! Gotta ask tho, can you make a video about the game that was supposed to be the next Sonic for Sega - *Ristar* but failed because it came out too late, in 1995 when people were excited to jump on the next big thing - 3D Graphics and the Playstation 1.

[@SegaLordX]

I'll get around to covering Ristar in depth at some point.

[@BenJi2DxD]

Sega Lord X REALLY :O ... oh my god. This game deserves it. Even it's two end game credits do, Thank You man!! I'm happy that you think it deserves it ^^!

[@IMDLEGEND]

I was actually ok with the American Saturn Controller. I liked it more than the SNES controller which hurt my hands after a while. You should do a whole Sega Sports/EA sports episode! I missed the Saturn promotion and made my own by trading in my SNES and Game gear and games to get my Saturn with VF2, Sega Rally and Panzer Dragoon. No regrets.

[@DTM-Books]

It is weird how so many gamers out there remember Sega only for their "failures." It's like remembering a rock star only for his suicide or drug overdose.

[@mariusbelluci5918]

Here in Brazil the Saturn was bundled with Virtua Fighter, Daytona USA and Sega Worldwide Soccer. Unfortunately I was only able to get mine on a big sale, later I knew that it was because Sega was soon getting out of console business... and with it, all local support. As you said, rollercoaster.

[@Demon_Derek]

The thing is if Sega built up a decent enough library they could do well in the current gaming climate. I mean Nintendo have proved that you don't need the most powerful console to get sales

[@verficationaccount]

These Master System game boxes looked as if they wanted to avoid anyone being excited about the game inside though. I mean: they´re easily recognizable, good job on that... but man could they use some color and bigger and better drawn graphics!

[@mole28]

Cool video! When i saw the title, i immediately thought of your number 1 item! People always say the Master system was populair in Europe, but i never heard of the system before the Megadrive launch (i live in the Netherlands by the way). I wanted to buy the Megadrive with Sonic but in our country the pack-in game was still Altered beast (Not that it mattered, because i didn't have enough money to buy the console anyway). However, sometime (and a bit of saving) later, i finally could buy my Megadrive and at that time the pack-in game was Sonic! I couldn't have been happier! The first six months or so i had only Sonic to play with but man, wat a great game it was! I always thought that Sega was very innovative with their consoles, cool idea's and peripherals, maybe it didn't always worked out as intended but i liked Sega for being a bit more experimental en taking more risks than Nintendo did at the time.

[@sergeleon1163]

Aww as someone from the Netherlands myself I did have a Master System and knew quiet some people who had one as well. We where lending each other games that we finished, so even on a smaller budget we could play more games.

[@mole28]

@@sergeleon1163 Okay, maybe the Master system was populair, but i never heard of it before the Megadrive. I never even heard of Sega before the Megadrive, but it appeared later that i already had played a lot of Sega games, without me knowing it, in the arcade (Ponypark Slagharen ;-) ) . Almost all the kids that i knew had a NES at the time, except for me, i had a Philips G7000 Videopac (also known as the Magnavox Odyssey 2)...

[@sergeleon1163]

@@mole28 I loved the arcade and that's where I found my love for Sega games, it was the reason for me buying that Master System where I had some great arcade ports. Most kids in my street where also on the NES where some where still on systems like the Atari. I started myself on a telesports pong and then my father brought home a C64 before I got my Master Sytem. It's great memories on the old systems and playing the games back in the day.

[@daxxhex8546]

Sega waht is the biggest games sizes on all sega consoles from 1mp to 4gp I love the sound of the stage clear from streets of rage 💃🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬🌬👍✌

[@SteveCirelli]

Imagine if they had packed in the Sega CD I stead of coming out with the 32x. And also cut the Sega CD price in half to get a Sega CD into all Genesis owners hands. I wonder how much longer the Sega CD would have lasted...and I wonder ow far that hardware could have been pushed.

[@maroon9273]

Meaning have the same graphics similar to the 32x?

[@SteveCirelli]

@@maroon9273 no not have even sold the 32x. Skip it and wait for the Saturn. Just push the Sega CD.