The Final Days of Sega's Consoles - The Series

[@greenkoopa]

Start - Master System 24:07 - Genesis 38:58 - Saturn 56:45 - Dreamcast Sega forever 🐢

[@MaxAbramson3]

Thank you, GK.

[@gamesystemaddict3949]

I always have trouble watching videos like this without getting sad. I loved Sega consoles, and it seems like a tragedy they failed like that EDIT: I'm glad this comment sparked such good conversation. Sega has touched a lot of people. In some ways, bad and in some ways good.

[@greenkoopa]

Depending on your age, if you played a Sega console during that Era of Sega then we're all pretty cynical and jaded. Expect nothing but disappointment. Mom went to go get milk too 😂😂😂 It's not sad really because there is a wide and dedicated fan community, and there are still retail-quality releases for the (Genesis at least) coming out each year

[@themeangene]

I feel incredible nostalgia for this era because of the innovative spirits that not only went into the games but the consoles. Nintendo is really the only company keeping that spirit alive. Every other console in the world has just copied the Xbox model of mimicking PC architecture. The HD era has given us beautiful graphics but it feels like innovation in other realms have lagged.

[@maxxdahl6062]

It was a bunch of cases of them shooting themselves in the foot sadly.

[@TBONE_2004]

@@greenkoopa It's like the grunge era of music. Green Day, Nirvana, Weezer, Live, Spacehog, Better Than Ezra, all the GOOD SHIT! And then when 2000 hit, it's like everything died.

[@gamesystemaddict3949]

@Green Koopa I mean, you're quite right. They really burned people, the Dreamcast is the real tragedy though.

[@tursilion]

Towards the end of the Dreamcast, we actually had a Sega rep on the homebrew mailing list. He was trying to find a way the homebrew community and Sega could work together for commercial benefit. But the only ideas thrown out were basically "Sega should open the platform", and even the serious developers didn't have any good ideas. But I'll never forget that they reached out, and engaged us for quite a while.

[@ARCSYS4049]

Imagine how cool your life would be now if you didn't waste that opportunity.

[@Johneyap]

Some of us just got take down letters Thank God I was 13

[@tiredastired]

@@ARCSYS4049hahah that’s harsh, but yeah, kind of crazy that nothing came from that…

[@maxxdahl6062]

@@tiredastired Yeah they were never going to take "open the platform" seriously but was cool they reached out anyway.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Watching these back-to-back, it really feels like the Genesis was the only system of theirs that could be absolutely considered a home run all across the board. Everything else either failed to find it's footing, or died early.

[@PaperBanjo64]

Even then the Genesis sold poorly in Japan.

[@Patsfan1987]

I still remember the Dreamcast sounding like a vacuum machine when running every tike lol still loved every second of playing it!

[@shadowopsairman1583]

Never did for me

[@chrissymc886]

Not for me. My PS4 Pro on the other hand... Sounds like a jet engine.

[@ImWithTeamTrinity]

My Dreamcast was quiet as a whisper. I loved that console.

[@1908fcim]

I never owned one but my best friend did and his was super quiet

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

Your Dreamcast was fucked up.

[@n0isyturtle]

I always loved and appreciated the weirdness and vibes of Sega exclusives. You felt like an underdog being the Sega kid in school while everyone else was Club Nintendo.

[@HollowRick]

Funny as a person from the UK it was the opposite here haha nintendo was never popular here with their consoles but their handhelds sold extremely well

[@emiel333]

Nobody with an Atari Jaguar and Atari Lynx?

[@Thor-Orion]

@@emiel333only the kids who ate crayons and glue.

[@emiel333]

@@Thor-Orion haha 😂

[@markmorris7123]

​@@HollowRickI'm from uk and completely disagree..Sega and Nintendo were both on an even playing field..Though I agree that most preferred sega as a company..Personally I had the master system, then snes, then the N64, then the Dreamcast...The Dreamcast was amazing, its so weird how it lost out to the other consoles...Dreamcast was just a far better machine with better games than everything else at the time.

[@EddieAesir]

Speaking of someone who has always had Nintendo consoles, I have to say, I have no nostalgia for the Master, because I wasn't even born, I have no nostalgia for the Mega because I had a super Nintendo and I didn't play the Mega much as a child, the Saturn I saw once in my life, (it wasn't a hit here in Brazil), but the Dreamcast, that one, what a wonderful console, I was luck enough to find it in the arcades here, I'll never forget the first time I played it, I put on Sonic Adventure 2, when the Sonic gets out of the helicopter, running over the cars, with a big black truck behind him, and starts playing "Escaping from the city", there was no way not to love the Dreamcast, a lot of people say it's one of the best failed consoles in history, I honestly think the Dreamcast is just one of the best consoles in history. PS: Playing on emulators i learned to love Mega and Saturn too.

[@sheeplenk]

And yet in every Sega fan’s heart is an illogical, but unshakeable belief that they WILL re-enter the hardware market one day. I can’t wait.

[@TBONE_2004]

This really kills me, because my family was poor, and we had to settle for Sega rather than continue with SNES in 1992. I grew up with all the Genesis titles, and when it was time to let go, it really hurt me deeply. I had to move on to Playstation at that point, and while I enjoyed many of their titles, namely Gran Turismo and Duke Nukem, I just couldn't move on. It felt like childhood had ended, and it was time to grow up... I'm 37 now, and it makes me sad watching this, knowing childhood is so far away now...

[@DavidRomanKC]

I moved on too quickly without appreciating the times I had with each console. Now I spend way too much time and money reminiscing and buying old games.

[@drunkensailor112]

​@@DavidRomanKC nothing wrong with that. I still feel like a child, but a child with a bigger wallet. Couldn't be happier

[@TBONE_2004]

@Mister Supersonic It's just when I think of Sega, I think of a hot Saturday afternoon during the summer. Playing Sonic 3, jamming to Green Day and Live, drinking Cherry Coke, eating Totino's pizza rolls. A simpler time, when all we worried about was what was going to happen on WWF Monday Night Raw, what music video was going to be #1 on TRL, and what you and the guys were gonna do on Saturday Night. Of course, when I start to feel sad about my Genesis days, I put on my 90s playlist and go back to that simpler time...

[@lennybrewster4673]

I think the reason everyone gets nostalgic about the "good old days" of their childhood is because it seems like every decade just gets worse and worse. People become far less social and everyone communicating through screens has become the norm. Us older guys miss old tech and a more social world I think. That's all. Hell, even KZbin was better before Google bought it.

[@TBONE_2004]

@@lennybrewster4673 THIS GUY! HE GETS IT!

[@W3S3333]

Somewhere between the Sega Saturn and the Sega Dreamcast I discovered Sega published flat out some of the most interesting and unique video games I've ever played. Even the Sega CD and the 32X have games I've enjoyed and found far more unique than Nintendo's offerings and even Sony's offerings at the time. Sega provided you with a lot of unique experiences.

[@Mpsieber]

Atari was my jam when I was a kid, but the Genesis era was something else. So many great memories of gaming during this time. I miss it.

[@lemaro1977]

yeah... the 16 bit era , for me, was the golden age of video games..!!

[@sogero2]

Thanks for this series! I must recommend the anime "Uncle from Another World" if you haven't seen it because it's about a huge Sega fan who went into a coma during Saturn times, and woke up in current day, having spent the whole time in a fantasy world where he used his strengths from playing Sega games to save the day.

[@edponpon]

They all still live on for me - still have them all. Love Sega!

[@yourfreakingrayofsunshine]

If you re-recorded some of your earlier videos in your current style I think you would hit some higher numbers, you just keep getting better at this, my dude

[@SegaLordX]

I've actually considered this, myself. Thanks for the feedback.

[@bmac2814]

​​@@SegaLordX I agree 100%. Remake some of those older videos you have. They are genuinely entertaining and informative

[@JLAvey]

Not to mention that Grandia II runs far better on the Dreamcast than its port to the PS2. Yeah, Dreamcast was noisy but that's better than feeling like your characters are moving through molasses.

[@greenkoopa]

I can't remember if Grandia 1 was on the DC or just the ps1...but me and my friend Frank both played them on a Dreamcast and a Playstation but we can't remember which was on which. Lettuce will do that 🐢

[@JamezMorrizProjectz]

Yeah but that was a programming issue.

[@feelingevaporated2912]

@@RJTM1991if the Dreamcast was better why can’t it play DVDs

[@PaperBanjo64]

I definitely think not having EA hurt the Dreamcast badly, one thing I've learned from this channel is sports games, especially good sports games actually matter.

[@segasaturn6800]

Please come back SEGA 😢

[@DFX4509B]

They'd have no chance in today's market in terms of making hardware again given they'd have to compete against the Switch, Series X/S, PS5, and the multitude of PC handhelds that have been coming out since the Steam Deck debuted, as well as the Steam Deck itself. Their best bet would be re-releasing all of their old titles on Steam or GOG via officially-sanctioned emulation, and riding on the Steam Deck and other PC handhelds' success that way.

[@ericp631]

What? They're still around, they put out tons of games every year on every platform

[@ITSBL00DLINES]

I'm sad I didn't get to grow up with the masters system but I lived and breathed genesis and Saturn 🫡

[@skycloud4802]

Master system was great. I feel regret I never got to experience the Saturn or Dreamcast though.

[@devmag52]

I never heard of the Master System until a friend showed me one in ‘91.

[@EnygmaRecords]

Thank you so much for all the content you make in the name of Sega’s legacy!

[@rgm4646]

My very first console as a kid, the Sega Master System!

[@MaxAbramson3]

Intellivision--then Master System!

[@stevesteve0521]

Cool compilation, I bought both the Saturn and Dreamcast in their dying games, (early 1998 for Saturn and summer 2001 for Dreamcast). I guess you can say I didn’t help support those consoles during their run which is correct but I was a broke kid like everyone else so I just took advantage of buying them when they were going clearance along with the games. I love both consoles and wish I could’ve supported them during their peak run but I was just happy to own the consoles when I had the chance to

[@micksroversmg558]

Megadrive and Saturn I done on pre-owned end of sega support! I got Dreamcast Christmas 99 it's the only sega console I supported during its production run all rest was collected when they was dead as new retail! All bought cheap when was all just old tat! I knew writing was on the wall before bought the Dreamcast but megadrive mastersystem etc all just had something Nintendont and had too have the Dreamcast as was like arcade at home 100%

[@themadatheist1976]

I only had the Dreamcast, bought after it was disco'd and priced to go at 99 bucks, soon after getting the PS2. Picked up the broadband adaptor, mouse and keyboard cheap, got a light-gun, a few controllers and VMUs. Never went online and only played mostly Lodoss War, Sonic 1/2 and Phantasy Star Online out of the had few of games I had for it. My family had the Intelivision, which my brother took with him as he moved out, and fully spec out TI-994a. I was a Nintendo kid, owned the NES, SNES after my parents divorced, and N64 from my Jr. high days to tech school. I don't remember seeing or hearing of the Master System till years later. Traded my roommate my N64 for an his Playstation and that marked the last time I owned a Nintendo system. The PS1, PS2 and Dreamcast were my last home systems I owned once I got my first PC, now I'm just a Master PC Race guy. Thinking on getting a SteamDeck mostly for emulation, not sure if I'll install Windows on it tho. The Lost World JP for the SG look good for the system. I always saw the SG controller compared to the SNES makes it looks primitive with it's 3 action buttons, pretty much a glorified NES and other 8-bit controller that swaps the Select button for another action one.

[@WWammyy]

I really loved my Sega Saturn. I waited for games all the games that were announced in Sega Saturn magazine. We got some great games like Shining Force 3, Dragon Force , Street Fighter Collection, Burning Rangers etc. However a great many games I was looking forward to remained in Japan and that hit hard. I wanted games like Grandia, Xmen vs Street Fighter, Marvel vs Street Fighter, Dead or Alive and Radiant Silvergun but they never came out in the UK and as a kid I didn't have the means to Mod my console to play import games combined with the cost of importing the games. I ended up buying the PS1 versions of games except the exclusives of course. This kept me interested in the Sega Saturn for many years. I purchased and installed a chip to play backups. But this chip did not make games region free so patching games before burning was required. Even getting a hold of Sega Saturn backups was difficult. I remember downloading through mIRC through a 512kbs broadband connection. It took forever downloading P2P from someone on 56kbps. Then you had the issues with burning the game itself @ coasters. These days the Sega Saturn scene is live but back then if it was an RPG in Japanese you could forget about a translation. Some people even learned Japanese or used a guide to play Grandia Sega Saturn version. But yeah the end of the Sega Saturn was tough when Sony was pushing out some their best games on the PS1 the Sega Saturn had a lot of it's best games left in Japan

[@Des_Zee]

The final console the Dreamcast, was a decent machine but Sega had burned too many bridges and too much internal fighting meant it was too little too late.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Yeah, ticking off EA was a gut shot for the thing. Sega decided they were gonna go with a different 3D chip manufacturer than the one EA had a vested interest in, so EA was like "See ya!"

[@craftymulligar]

When sony playstation got on the market...Sega was already doomed..sony was already a electronic appliance manufacturer..similar to little Ceasars pizza they can uncut pizza hut and dominoes because they own their own trucking distribution...so it's build it cheaper. Or lose less money. Sega have to recover its money from game sales because they sell the console at a loss. But Sega was into the arcade universe.

[@gc3k]

Sega could have made all the right moves after Genesis, and kept their financials in the black throughout the 1990s, then they'd have to face two tech giants willing to spend and lose billions to win. Sega's last console would have to be Dreamcast one way or another

[@MaxAbramson3]

@@gc3k I beg to differ. SEGA could've released the 32X and a Neptune CD, then kept game development going on that platform until Dreamcast was ready. Capable of drawing 180,000 flat-shaded polygons/sec (or about 40,000 Gouraud-shaded, textured polygons/sec), the Neptune CD would've been 30% less expensive that PS1 or N64 and benefitted from a library of 1300+ existing games and hundreds of developers that maintained a vested interest in backing SEGA. The company's constantly changing roadmap meant that makers of games like MGS, FF7 & 8, Crash Bandicoot, and others would look briefly at SEGA and just keep on moving... mostly to the PS1.

[@gc3k]

@@MaxAbramson3 This is such a contentious topic that I think I got muted on this channel, but 5th gen console 3d wasn't powerful enough to keep many of Sega's popular IPs relevant. That's why the Saturn library was so different, while Dreamcast and post-Dreamcast saw a return to some pre-Saturn IPs, most notably but not limited to Sonic. The best that could be done was make amazing next-gen 2d games of previously system-selling IPs, and hope that would be successful at a time when Sony along with the media were calling 2d gaming passe As for Sony and Microsoft, Sega's hopes for remaining in the console business past 6th gen was a low-cost Wii-like console, or merging with Sony or MS (both of which were on the table in the 1990s)

[@PredatorUpHill]

The SG-1000 came out in Australia and parts of Europe too, not just Asia, America was the only other main market that it did not come out in because the American industry collapsed then after the Atari 1983 crash. The SG-1000 was essentially the base Master System. You need to see the GTV video on SG-1000 to understand it fully, it was technically not a failure. Where Nintendo upgraded their software, Sega would instead upgrade hardware, that's why Nintendo software was more generally more expensive but their hardware was surprisingly cheaper, while Sega did the opposite strategy which meant their software was generally more often backwards compatible.

[@SegaLordX]

The SG-1000 was actually only officially released in New Zealand and Taiwan outside of Japan. That batch was then spread to a few other regions. In terms of success, it's hard to argue it saw any real meaningful sales, especially considering how bad the Famicom outsold it in Japan. Elsewhere, its sales were minuscule and hardly of note.

[@Timmywii]

Sega was always a step ahead in gaming. We did not deserve and majorly ignored its qualitive I.P.s. We need a new Bug Too, ECCO the Dolphin 3D, Panzer Dragoon Saga or the Shining Force 3. Dreamcast was like a new generation far ahead from the competition.

[@fabiosemino2214]

I agree on burning rangers, it's a really great concept imho. I would really love a remake or a remaster of Deep Fear also, the atmosphere (or sometimes the lack of) was great.

[@faithful_otaku7339]

I don't care what anyone says, the Dreamcast will always be my favorite gaming console!

[@bonusmemez2739]

Huge respect to the ppl who grew up with only the failing Sega consoles

[@smashonlamez]

sega dreamcast still the most proper way to play MVC2, its what they use when they run big tournaments

[@bluewaterdiggers5970]

I have seen this covered by many youtubers, and every single time, I cross my fingers at the end and hope for that last-minute change of mind by sega. It's such a sad story.❤

[@WWammyy]

On the subject of the Dreamcast. It was an awesome system. Even though the Dreamcast was ended early I feel that I was never left wanting. For me at that time the Dreamcast was not a failed console. It was Sega at it's peak of Arcade in the home. After Sega became multiplatform software developer I looked for Sega games on all the other consoles. It was a strange time where you could never find all of the Sega games on one console. Virtua Fighter 4 was exclusive to PS2. Panzer Dragoon was exclusive to the Xbox. Skies of Arcadia and Virtua Striker exclusive to the GameCube. Then you had some regional only games. Sega Rally was Japan only. Then you had most of the Sega ages label mostly in Japan. The Dreamcast was the last time you could find all of the Sega games all in one place This trend of being bitzy with their releases continues till this day. Virtua Racing is Switch only. Virtua Fighter 5 is PS4 / 5 only no PC release.

[@mjdf122]

Guess I’m staying up now thanks Sega Lord X for another classic trip down memory lane

[@dgblkbelt]

From almost day 1 of Dreamcast I used the VGA adapter because I only had a PC monitor. Playing at that resolution really added to the system's cutting edge feel, as well as my willingness to skip classes as a college freshman in 1999.

[@hobnoblegend6646]

Sega were always overly ambitious, particularly in the 90s (xband, the absurd accessories, 32x and CD to name a few) but were maybe a decade too early. I'll always respect Sega and remember all the joy my Mega Drive brought me.

[@alfonsobonzo3782]

Loved my Master System as a kid. Here in the U.K, the vast majority of my friends owned one, over the NES, which I only played a handful of times back then. Great memories. Simple games, for much simpler times.

[@bigdoggy6650]

What could've been.....

[@gurgamous]

in 1990 i was able to choose between a genesis with 1 game and a master system with 5. My 8 year old brain went with the inferior system with more games. In retrospect, I shouldve got a genesis but I still really enjoyed my master system that came with vigilante, rastan, afterburner 2, altered beast and one other I cant remember.

[@daisukegori2112]

Sega has this amazing feeling when enjoying their games.

[@jamesschulziii9098]

Man, me and my cousin used to go head to head, stoned, just worked a twelve hour shift production painter, dude he would have me figured out when in reality he made his own plays for Madden 94 95 on the Sega Genesis. Dude let's just say he kicked it hardcore. He is still really good at Madden type football. I loved the mid 90s with those sports games such as NHL Madden and the soccer one too can't remember was it FIFA? Oh heck yes NHL rules on the Genesis hands down. Love it

[@cliffchampion5501]

I think what killed Dreamcast was also the bootlegging of its games being sold in retail. Many sellers would pirate the games. I became a true Sega Fan when the Dreamcast was released.

[@davidbanner9001]

I owned a master system here in the UK. But was always a computer guy and soon sold it. However over the years I have come to appreciate the system more and more. Especially for the time it was released. There really are some great games on the system.

[@Oysterblade84]

Thank you for the episodes my lord. I remember watching all these the first time in their original runs.

[@MicahBuzanMUSIC]

Sega has such an incredibly rich and powerful library of games. It's a joy to dig into the history of all this with your channel.

[@redkefka]

It's a shame that Sega consoles didn't survive. Mega Drive was my first console and I played Master System back in the day too. A lot of fond memories there.

[@Virtualnerd101]

Gotta love how all 5 gunshots are perfectly timed with the music at 42:00

[@pda1799]

My biggest gaming advances were c64 to Snes. And then Dreamcast. I can’t believe how good it’s games looked compared to n64/ps1 when it arrived.

[@foreignhorrorandmore-uf2zl]

I was fortunate enough to have the NES and a Sega master system. I'm really glad I had the master system because There were some great games: phantasy star, space harrier, zillion...

[@bradallen8909]

Could easily argue the Master System was the superior console. Unfortunately the game library was far inferior to the NES.

[@user-pf9mt7tz5u]

Now’s the time for them to come back to the console biz.

[@drunkinmaster1]

I wish Sega would come back with some more retail hardware. They where such a powerhouse back in the day.

[@oscarzxn4067]

That thumbnail is funny 😆

[@andrewhudson7108]

It was the werehog!

[@DavidRomanKC]

I would cut out the outro so we can move on to the next episode more quickly. Otherwise, great stuff as always. This is one of the best gaming channels and grossly under-subscribed.

[@Chillywilly8818]

Thing i love about master system is some games are close to megadrive counterparts ie moonwalker and road rash and if u couldnt afford the upgrade youbcould still have a great time

[@Cloud971]

I'll never forget all the good times i had with my Genesis and Dreamcast.... I can't count how many hours iv'e spend on both systems.

[@MrMartellSincere]

I missed Sega's consoles

[@lennybrewster4673]

I might be crazy but my favorite version of columns was the game gear variety. Loved the background and soundtrack.

[@leeg12000]

I've had every SEGA console, love them so much. My family were working class so it was a big deal getting a console. Luckily I had brothers so one got a PC and the other got the Nintendo's. Got to play them all. Great times, but I don't regret going down the SEGA route, they were the kings. Love the video bro'. Much love from the UK.

[@shyshotcaller27]

I still remember playing mortal kombat on the sega genesis and playing NBA 2k on the dreamcast with my friends. Good times!!

[@peterbruin5154]

For the Brits, did the columns in the sonic master system bonus levels REALLY make you fancy a twister ice lolly or was it just me? 😂

[@superbritbros.5793]

Twister ice lolly or sometimes just a haircut 😅

[@eppskevin]

We def took sega for granted back then. I remember when the Dreamcast came out and I just didn’t have money to get it. I didn’t expect sega to close shortly after. I had gotten the genesis and saturn when the came out so when Dreamcast came out it was a big thing in my area for sure

[@tiberiusbrain]

All right guys, im out, going into hiding. He WILL catch me next time.....

[@rigues]

Funny how things change with perspective. In Brazil the Master System was released at the end of 1990, so for us Castle of Illusion, Outrun, Choplifter and Golden Axe were EARLY titles that made a heck of an impression on a market at the time used to the Atari VCS. This, combined with stellar marketing from TecToy, made for a system that was wildly successful for many more years.

[@themeangene]

The Saturn could have been turned around even as late as 97-98. It was still the 2nd most prominent console in Japan and 3rd in PAL & N. America. Instead of investing in the Dreamcast (which cost $150 million just to get to production with tons of scrapped content) they should have realized that 3D platformers were what pushed console sales. Mario 64 almost singlehandedly made the N64 launch a success. They needed a Sonic title. Sonic Team had already built a great engine via Dreams and they could have applied newly discovered optimization tricks to get some quality mascot platformers out the door. Remember the Genesis wasn't really competitive until 3 years after its launch. You can turn around a console's trajectory with exclusives & marketing. Sega had a solid Saturn lineup prepared for 98 if they didn't cancel and they could have spent a fraction of the Dreamcast R&D localizing some of those great Japanese exclusives. SNK, Tecmo, Sunsoft etc. were also open to merging with Sega at the time or providing exclusivity deals. Just imagine.

[@supersexysega]

This is what blind love and wishful thinking can do. The Saturn was completely irrelevant in North America. It was dead at the end of 1996. Turning things around in late 1997 or 1998 when the PS1 and N64 had taken the market over would have been impossible. The Saturn was outsold by the Genesis 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 in the United States. The minute casual sports gamers flocked to the PS1 to play Madden instead of the Saturn "game over man."

[@drunkensailor112]

Bull shit. The Saturn had less than 5% market share in 1997 and 1998 in western markets. It stood no chance.

[@lyrand6408]

The Sega Saturn, in North America, was nearly 'dead on arrival', sorry to burst your bubble. It was rushed out in a panic, the few developers that were working on Launch titles were also taken by surprise by that for the worse. Most games that were released during the first year of the North American release were either incomplete or filled with glitches because the dev teams were pressured to 'deliver' in order to compete and stay afloat. Additionally, something that is rarely discussed, concerns the absolute lack of proper information from Sega of Japan's engineers on the documentation given to the development teams (outside of Japan). A lot of developers 'suffered' by ways of simply not fully understanding how to properly develop games on the then-very-unique Saturn hardware. Many games within the first year were not only rushed out, or barely tested internally, but the developers were limited in their visions for their Saturn games simply because they couldn't get certain features done not necessarily because the system couldn't handle it, but because they simply weren't informed on how to do it. And Sega of Japan either ignored the situation or downplayed it thinking that the developers would 'catch on' soon. They didn't. Most didn't. Only a very few select games, from a very small number of developers actually understood the system. However, even in THOSE cases their respective games couldn't keep the entire console on the market by themselves. To keep a console afloat and popular you need a full combination of elements and planets need to be aligned so to speak. The higher ups need to understand the needs of the engineers, the engineers need to communicate properly to the artists and the developers, and the developers need to make games that work in genres that work during their active years. Not to mention how the system performs, its price point, and what are the controllers and other peripherals like. The Sega Saturn absolutely could not have been 'turned around' by 1997, let alone 1998 when already in Japan the Dreamcast was on its way; which speaks volumes. If the Dreamcast was already out by the end of '98 in Japan it means that the development of the system was already in full force right when the Saturn was being released in North America. It means that Sega already knew very well by '96 that the Saturn would fail outside of Japan and, once again, panicked and pushed on to make yet another console. The Dreamcast was actually a great console, but other elements played against it. However, if anything Sega can be very proud of their last venture in the hardware market with the Dreamcast, it truly was an excellent system.

[@SegaLordX]

I'd argue Saturn was dead on arrival. It couldn't have been turned around any point with the games that Sega had. They were simply wrong for the direction the western markets were headed.

[@maroon9273]

​@Benjamin Jagun plus, the suprise launch

[@SportsPlug-cp1eq]

Crazy how good their last two consoles are and how they still went under

[@M0HAK0]

I love that intro the music and the jingle at the end are so good!

[@ncapone87]

Born in the late 80s and Sega was always by my side as a kid. I was sad when the Dreamcast stopped production and I was never super interested in anything they made after that.

[@wadewilson5712]

the DREAMCAST was the only Sega console i bought and it was awesome i got it for 99 dollars new and got a arcade stick with it and 2 games to start Sonic and MvC1 follow by code veronica and MvC2 and a few other games and even Seaman which was strange but fun. I still have my games and controls and memory cards and rebought the console not that long ago and my saves are still there and the games still fun. while i loved my snes and still have my og console and games the dreamcast was a system to me that finally brought the arcade experience home and being a gamer meant playing and enjoying consoles and games no matter who makes them. as for today i stend most of my gfaming on pc and have been there for 15 years now but i do break out the consoles for retro gaming .

[@maxxdahl6062]

Mine was the genesis, parents first got me the master system.

[@BALDOGON]

Awesome review. Sega, if your reading this or seeing this chapter, YOU owe us a big one(the Sega Gamers)

[@c331hunt]

I still maintain that the Dreamcast has more classics in its short lifespan than most other consoles. They threw the kitchen sink at that console and I was incredulous that it didn’t succeed. One of the best consoles for outright playability and variety ever made.

[@thomaselers7416]

Aaaah SLX..... I'd almost say this was hard to watch, especially the Dreamcast part. You summed it up perfectly, and to me the DC era was borth my happiest and saddest time to be a hardcore Sega fan. So many amazing titles from it's release and until the end of 2020, making it so much harder to understand (and accept) that they pulled the plug. And I'm not exaggerating when saying, it changed my life as a gamer, as the company I loved (and still love) the most, was out of the console market. I still keep all my Sega consoles, but now or less stopped buying new consoles, except for a Switch and PS3. But console gaming was never the same again for me. Thanks for a terrific, nostalgic, sad, happy and well made video SLX!!! You do awesome content, please keep it up. 🙏⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@andymireau1646]

I appreciate your dedication and share the feelings related to golden age of Sega gaming. Amazing job bro!

[@TRJ2241987]

I was playing NBA2K2 and Alien Front Online on Seganet well into 2002 and loving it

[@TRJ2241987]

Also 2K2 was the third installment, not the second. There was definitely an NBA2K. The sprites were used in several of the early Dreamcast commercials

[@volvoguy804]

Not a big fan of baseball (I do find it very enjoyable to watch in the stands), but World Series Baseball '98 on the Saturn is really good!

[@tiredastired]

that’s a really good point. the genesis and the saturn basically died at the same time in the US…that’s crazy

[@emiel333]

Metropolis Street Racer on Dreamcast was my favorite racing game at that time. Vanishing Point was also quite cool, but MSR was racing heaven.

[@Arthur19-v3y]

33:17 What a throw to third base!! Not even close to the ground. Damn 😅

[@bifftannen1598]

Would've been cool if Sega had put compilations of their best games from previous consoles on the Dreamcast with minor enhancements. What a system it was though!

[@matthewgreen3101]

Dreamcast was such an untreated console. Powerstone 1/2, sonic adventure, Capcom vs snk needs a remake. Soul calibre, better than the arcade, virus fighter 3. so so many great games.

[@Neo......]

I had a lot of fun and good times with the Sega dreamcast

[@fluttershystayshigh4202]

I'd love to see Sega make a comeback into the console market but i doubt it'll ever happen, there was once a rumor going around of a new Sega console but Sega confirmed it to be false.

[@JeremyLeePotocki]

In regards to the middle finger to Sega fans during the fall of the Saturn I'm not solely going to put the blame of Sega of America the retailers are also the problem. During the SMS days when Tonka was the distributor they had bargaining muscle to have retailers carry the SMS despite the lack of sales. When Sega got back the rights thought the major retailers that carried it solely due to Tonka's influence suddenly clearance them out all at the same time with massive discounts in fact that is how I got my SMS and all of my 20 games in a month with my allowance (Walmart was selling some games for as little as a dollar each like SDI & Transbot.) Heck even ordering from Sears was a pain in the neck, and I could not get the last titles cause they pulled the plug. The Saturn was even worse in my area (a 100 mile radius) the stores stopped carrying any Saturn systems/accessories nor games by early 96 this even included Toys R Us in my town and another town 70 miles away, and the software was just scarce at best... gone at worse. There were some local game stores, but they did not have the last few titles in my area. Most only had the big retailers to rely on, and they were to quick to pull the plug of anything that was failing that included Dreamcast. I owned every major system excluding the add-ons and combo units so I struggled with getting games during their death throes. This was not only a "Sega" thing either TG-16, Atari 7800, Neo Geo Pocket, etc when they start to fail the retailer are quick to drop them.

[@madson-web]

E-Swat is one of my favorite Master System games

[@arthurwulfrun]

Master System Sonic the Hedgehog was my first Sonic game. I had seen the original on the Megadrive on the Games Master tv show. I was jealous of anyone who had a Megadrive.

[@sypharorigin]

I loved the Master System! Sadly wasn't a big fan of the Genesis (Mega Drive where I live) because of the sound even though some games were gameplay-wise absolutely fantastic. Liked the Saturn. Absolutely adored the Dreamcast!! It was and still is one of my favorite consoles of all time. I've always wished it had been the same hit for others that it was for me. The market today had been completely different if Sega was still here to rock the boat!

[@PaperBanjo64]

The Master System looks like it actually had some really cool games, but the NES was such a behemoth nothing could touch it, I wish Sega would make a Master System Mini and load it up with about 50 games especially the Disney ones, Alex Kidd in Shinobi World and 8 bit Sonic.

[@KovesVids]

I absolutely loved Grandia II on Dreamcast. I still walk past churches saying "not the church!" lol. The summons were up there with Final Fantasy.

[@aceofhearts573]

There should have been a 32X port of Virtua Fighter 2

[@JoeBuk724]

Wow, I actually like how the Mark III looks over the US Master system

[@Doubleohstevo]

Panzer Dragoon Orta has a deep story. At least when you keep unlocking parts of Pandoras Box. Brilliant game with a few irritating flaws.

[@projectmayhem6898]

Thanks!

[@SegaLordX]

No problem!

[@PicksterTG]

I have mentioned this previously. But it's always worth saying. House of the Dead could have looked better, certainly in terms of textures. I read something from one of the developers once, I wish I knew where so I could reference it, where the higher ups wanted to see progress or something like that. The developer showed them the game basically saying its feature complete but the textures are mostly temporary and need to be finished off. They were basically told no, just ship it. Such a shame!

[@pauagramunt8370]

Great videos man, thanks for your dedication

[@thecunninlynguist]

this is a nice holiday treat.

[@anthonypadlo3509]

Virtua Fighter 2 for Genesis is a guilty pleasure of mine, lol. I get the disappointment of no 3D graphics, but the gameplay felt more methodic and deliberate, which at the time felt refreshing after the "make it faster" phase of 16 bit fighters.

[@carlbloke8797]

I legit never knew that Vectorman 1&2 were meant to be the answer to Nintendo’s Donkey Kong Country. Looking at it now, I see the connection.

[@RyllenKriel]

Hum, it is Strider Hiryu. He will never leave the Sega Master System alive!

[@andreacrippa7220]

Always played Black Belt when i was a kid...and my father played too..never been able to beat boss Rita.

[@matttumberman2191]

I liked the museum intro better but the new one is still an ok thing to have.

[@Wowzers2006]

Me by the holidays of 2000: Feels good man :)