Genesis Does - Sega Sports Games

[@joeboo8626]

I miss the SNES vs Genesis era. Each system had their own technological limitations and thus, the games had their own style/identity. You can immediately tell what system a game is for just by seeing the graphics and hearing the sound.

[@dennismolina9033]

I hear u, I'm a 90s teen lol, the SNES vs Genesis era were much better than today's PlayStation vs XBOX vs Switch

[@ricky-sanchez]

@@dennismolina9033 While I was also a nineties teen, I do think that the console war of ps3 vs. xbox 360 was on the same page. From over charging at launch, to each system having it's own hardware failures and features, even the exclusive franchise title wars. Also, the sega vs nintendo war was over when the n64 was released. It became nintendo vs sony. Sega Saturn was a massive flop world wide. And dreamcast was late to the party at that point.

[@brunor.1127]

every since the 6th gen it's been quality of life, features and exclusives that consoles fight on games across platforms look the same

[@billsimms2511]

I’m not saying they don’t make cool games these days but the 16 bit era I remember the fondest. Hours spent hooked on many of those genesis games

[@smoothALOE]

There will never be a rivalry like that ever again and, to me, that makes it more special. I’m happy I got to be a part of that.

[@boomerdosertao]

Random comment not related with the video topic : I'm not exactly fluent in English so i only can watch chanels where the host speaks clearly. Thank you for your good diction.

[@boomerdosertao]

@matt fahringer and you don't know any word in my language, so i think I won.

[@ronindebeatrice]

@matt fahringer don't be like Matt, kids. Be like Vinícius.

[@UuddlerLeRoyBaStart]

@matt fahringer We don't speak American. In America. Fuck YeAh

[@LordXelion]

@matt fahringer "the only the only", lol. Can't you go five seconds without embarrassing yourself?

[@happyspaceinvader508]

It’s also nice to hear a KZbinr pronounce “Sega” the same way you hear it at the beginning of Sonic The Hedghog.... “Say-gah” rather than “Seggah”. Always irritates me when I hear the latter.

[@icewolf1974]

Joe Montana's Football ranks as the best video game football game of all-time for me. I used to play this and Joe Montana II: Sport's Talk Football so much back when the Genesis was in its prime. I miss football games as accesible for gamers back in the day. Everything was just so simple back then. I miss the 80s and 90s.

[@DanielSong39]

The game absolutely delivered! Definitely a top-tier football game in the early 90's, along with Tecmo Super Bowl (1991), John Madden Football (92 and onward), and Joe Montana Football for DOS (1990).

[@DanielSong39]

@MultiTarded That came much later though.

[@c0rr0s10n]

still my favorite football game too.

[@hippityhoppity3800]

If you took a team with a good RB in Montana Football you could literally run circles around the other team for minutes

[@politic1148]

You remember on Montana 1 where the stretcher would come on the field when you got injured?

[@cadencordell9717]

This kinda makes me think about an alternate universe where Sega is still making consoles and has exclusive sports games that would challenge EA and 2k to make better games

[@jadosa29]

2k evolved from the Sega sports games

[@cadencordell9717]

@@jadosa29 Oh yeah I forgot, regardless I think sports games would be in a way better place if Sega was making good ones to sell their console

[@jcchaconjr]

@@jadosa29 Eh, you can say that it has "Devolved"... Football was lost with the exclusivity after the FANTASTIC 2K5, They let the Baseball franchise go to crap with increasingly bad mechanics year over year, they pretty much just let the Hockey wither away, and NBA 2K? Well, that's just become a yearly cash grab designed to force you into buying the new one when it comes out.

[@jadosa29]

@JCChaconJr you’ll get no arguments from me because you’re spot on. The shame of everything is EA let their sports franchises get stale as well. With the 2k5 games being such high quality at such a great price point it was the best competition EA would ever face and all the sports games were better for it. Would’ve loved to see where that went in the future. Losing the NFL license killed them because at least in the US the NFL game most likely was Sega’s best selling sports game

[@Sega_Dreams]

@@jcchaconjr I never understood what happened to World Series Baseball. It was the gold standard on the Genesis and Saturn, but the Dreamcast games were a huge step down. Especially 2k1, which had automatic fielding. LOL! What nonsense!

[@Fogoat]

Being a sports videogame fan back in the 90s was an amazing time. So many great games like Tecmo Super Bowl, NHL 94, World Series Baseball, and John Madden Football.

[@whitdog3184]

16:15 Big shout-out to Adam Vinatieri for being the only currently active (as of 4/30/20) NFL player, that you can still play with in a Sega game.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Crazy that he played one more season after your post. Now that he's retired there's no players left from the 90s. I think Brady is the closest and he started in 2000 or 2001

[@Thor-Orion]

@@chiarosuburekeni9325na, probably some ancient kicker somewhere that everyone has forgotten about because he’s played for a losing team his entire 25 season career.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

@@Thor-Orion bro my post is two years old 😳

[@lvitntnmrcls]

Loved Holyfield boxing. I remember the beast code for it

[@ricky-sanchez]

There was also a blood code for it.

[@BlondeMcGuinn]

13:30 Greatest Heavyweights is my favorite boxing game ever. Me and my brother would have hours long tournaments with our cousin and uncle. Magical times. The balance in the game is awesome. We’d have matchups like Marciano versus Holmes, in which you’d think Holmes would wreck because of his reach, but the game compensated for this by giving short-armed fighters like Marciano immense power. You could pick anyone and have a chance if you used your head. And the fights, between fairly evenly matched players, would go deep into the championship rounds. Great game. Thank you for these videos SLX. I enjoy them so much and they bring back awesome memories.

[@jadosa29]

Man this video takes me back. I was a Super Nintendo kid but my neighbor had a Genesis and the sports games were just top notch on there. I tried to find SNES alternatives but they always seemed to be missing something. I loved my SNES and I still have it. It’s still hooked up even. But Road Rash and the awesome sports games really made me appreciate and covet the Genesis. If I’d had the money I would’ve had both

[@1ButtonDash]

yup i was a sega genesis kid. back in the 90's it was like you had 1 or the other haha I remember goin to the store and my mom was like you gotta chose, you're not gettin both! Loved the genesis for sports games especially the NHL games. I played them at my friends house on the SNES and they weren't the same. SNES had better games thou for other non sporting games.

[@ofmannotmachine3012]

Sports titles are important. Especially at a consoles launch. Sony had NFL GameDay at launch, and NHL Faceoff etc... Why Sega didn't apply the same launch strategy for the Saturn as they did the Genesis is beyond me. Great video man. I hope you do an episode finishing off what Sega Sports did on the Saturn (what little there is) and cap it off with the Dreamcast Sega Sports titles

[@chadcox2052]

NBA Action 94' and NHLPA Hockey 93' was two of my favs on the Genesis.. Till this day NHLPA Hockey 93' is one my favorite hockey games & I use to love play w/my Orlando Magic Shaq & Penny on NBA Action 94' it was a fun well playable game for its time

[@AnthonyRiddle]

The Genesis I got for Christmas back in the 90s was a Sega Sports bundle. It came with Greatest Heavyweights and Tennis. They were the only two games I had for the first few months. I played the absolute hell out them and they probably contributed to my love for Fight Night and Virtua Tennis franchises. To this day I still love simulation boxing/MMA and Tennis games.

[@slash1039]

Yo SLX you forgot Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP 2, a great racing game and representation of a real sport, with a HUGE endorsement from the greatest F1 driver of all time

[@Savitor]

Ahh memories... I bought Joe Montana SportsTalk Football the day after Thanksgiving when it first came out. My nephews and I played for three days straight! Awesome good fun! We still talk fondly of this game to this day! 👍🎮

[@thomasnavejas500]

My sister and her boyfriend bought joe Montana sportalk football for me when i was a kid. Now he's my brother in law 😆. Wow time flys!

[@happyspaceinvader508]

I liked the cartoony graphics as well - I still play this game from time to time.

[@InsomniacRocker]

I was 8 years old in 93 and used to love that game! That and NBA Jam were my 2 go-to sports games! Still have those games and my old Sega from the 90's. Thing still works unbelievably.

[@JCdragon81]

Oh man. The amount of hours myself and both brothers put into sports talk baseball and World Series baseball was insane. What incredible good memories those games bring back.

[@smoothALOE]

Sega Sports games have become legendary; not just from the 16-bit era, but the 128-bit era, as well. They were distinctive and excellent quality. More gamers ought to be aware of it.

[@jay_ay_why]

Best Christmas ever, was getting Heavyweight Boxing and the football game with Primetime on the cover. Talk about happy. Loved those games.

[@Cafeman_2D]

I very much enjoyed this episode, thanks for the thorough coverage. Sports games were so enriched by 16 bit tech. It would be nice to se a Sega CD episode and Saturn episode on sports games / Sega Sports games.

[@mikef8846]

I love how exasperated Sega Lord sounds at the end of the video over the incompetence of Sega's handling of the Saturn launch.

[@ricky-sanchez]

Sega lord x is expressing his real true to life disappointment when his favorite company slipped up back in 94. I loved sega too, but ended buying an snes in 95 and later an n64 in 96. Glad I dodged that saturn bullet.

[@Cro-EYE]

I don't know any other content creator on KZbin currently that is making quality video game content as quickly as you do

[@iankempster7007]

Evander Holyfield's real deal boxing is the best boxing game on Genesis , still play it. As always great video 👍.

[@estebancruz6194]

Never played it, but that game & heavyweights look great. Will have to find a way to play them.

[@iankempster7007]

@@estebancruz6194 I have that too . It's also pretty good.

[@notice_the_nose]

greatest heavyweights is better than real deal boxing. one of my favorite boxing games

[@johndickerdown9225]

The one where you could talk trash was the best. "Mama's boy!" "Chicken!" "Pansy!"

[@48hourrecordsteam45]

Ian Kempster heavyweights is better Two things killed be about those games 1.no body health regeneration with breaks 2.no stamina gauge to regulate spamming and have realism

[@theblueoctopus4494]

Man I loved NHL hockey by EA Sports. I bought that game in the summer of 1991. I remember it had the San Jose Sharks who were an expansion team and didn't begin play until that October. If you could win the Stanley Cup with them (which was difficult since all the players were super slow) you got a secret message that said "The Fierce Fish Take The Cup".

[@DD-sh1oy]

I remember picking up a Saturn for dirt cheap in 97 and enjoying all the high quality polygonal sports games that FINALLY came out for it such as NBA Action 98, NHL All Star Hockey 98, and World Series Baseball 98. It really was a great system that got outplayed by the Sony Juggernaut. The Dreamcast was an even more AWESOME system but unfortunately for Sega, the ship was sinking.

[@markmental6665]

still playing all star hockey and world series baseball 98, awesome games!

[@nod32ia]

Great video. Being a huge fan of sports games, I have felt that the genre is often not taken seriously by other gamers, so this is amazing to see. And as well - having never grown up with SEGA consoles, your videos have been invaluable to me learning about SEGA's history.

[@RomuloEllery]

Long time fan here. In these times of social isolation, you and your videos are helping a lot, man! Big thanks to you!

[@ravagingwolverine]

Back in the 8-bit and 16-bit days, sports games were an important part of a gaming library, in my opinion. I had lots of fun with Bases Loaded and Baseball Stars on the NES, Walter Payton Football and Reggie Jackson Baseball on Master System, and Joe Montana Football and EA's NHL games on Genesis. Sports games were good to have when you were in the mood to play some video games, but not necessarily something specific or something that would require more time or focus. The Genesis was a great platform for that. I wasn't hugely into sports games, but my brother was. I did, however, get NBA Live '95 myself. But I remember trying to prevent my brother from getting EA's NHL '95, I believe it was, and get Sega's NHL All Star Hockey instead. I knew maybe three people who already had NHL '95, and in every case it was a glitchy mess. My brother ended up getting it anyway -- he had to get it every year for a while -- and he ended up with lots of glitches too. They definitely did not play test that game much.

[@Pych0t3ddy]

It’s almost like SEGA wanted to lose. They did every single thing they could to make themselves fail over and over again. It’s like they just gave up on success and purposefully killed off their brand. Wtf were they thinking?

[@ryzmaker11]

yeah, sega is easily the gaming company with the biggest potential (despite being younger than many other companies at the time) but it's like they just didn't want to succeed in the long run "nah it's too ez, let's just struggle instead!". it's such a weird thing to be a sega fan, just as thrilling as it is frustrating...

[@Old_Man_Jay]

That was mostly Sega of America. The Mega Drive did very well in Japan. In the states, SOA kept making shitty decisions and it ultimately screwed them in the end.

[@NoSpamForYou]

@@Old_Man_Jay The Mega Drive was actually behind in Japan. The Famicom and the PC Engine were both bigger there, and Super Famicom overshadowed it as well. And it wasn't SEGA of America that screwed the company, it was Japanese pride and conceit. It really is good for them that sepuku isn't a thing anymore or SEGA would have become extinct instead of just becoming a 3rd party software developer. SoJ basically resisted any good idea proposed by SoA. The 32X was originally going to be an actual full on console, but SoA leader suggested making it an add-on. So it was only a $150 failure instead of a $300 failure right before the $400 failure that was Saturn. SoA also wanted to go with Silicon Graphics for their Next Gen platform. SoJ played around with the idea for a while wasting time for everyone, then made the POS 3D saturn architecture. Nintendo slid in and partnered with SGI and the N64 was born. TRUE, Bernie Stolar did mess up the longevity and variety of games for Saturn (and dreamcast) in America. For Dreamcast, SoJ also jacked around with development. They wasted time and resources having SoA develop a competing platform (3Dfx based hardware codenamed 'Black Belt' ) before "deciding" to go with the all Japanese based 'Katana' design. So SEGA contributed to screwing 3Dfx over and driving them out of business. We might have had a competitive 3 company graphics card industry with fair prices but for SEGA of Japan

[@the757general2]

@@Old_Man_Jay the Megadrive sold terribly in Japan. The only Sega console that even sold well in that region was the Saturn which only sold good in that region.

[@Thor-Orion]

@@the757general2yeah, he was exactly wrong. Mega Drive struggled hard in Japan, being far more successful in NA and PAL territories.

[@Gorilla_Jones]

Joe Montana 94 still play well to this day! I also love World Series baseball, it also plays fantastic to this day.

[@Arz2003]

I still have the game with its original game case and instruction booklet :) My parents bought it for me at the Los Angeles Convention Center some kind of flea market for 14$ back in mid 90's . Imma take a picture with the game lol

[@SegaDream131]

I play NFL Football 94 Staring Joe Montana.....

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

I collect sports games but they’re definitely not on the top of my list. I’m just glad SLX is still making great episodes.

[@DanielSong39]

Sega Sports and EA Sports games were the true killer apps for the Genesis. It was the system you wanted if you wanted to play sports games in the early 90's. Sonic the Hedgehog was an awesome game and there were a handful of hits but for the most part genres like platforming, action/adventure, and role playing games lagged behind the SNES.

[@SilverAxe13]

What’s up, SEGA nation? What’s everyone been playing during quarantine? I’ve been plowing through the Castlevania series. I-IV and Bloodlines have been beaten, with Rondo of Blood and SotN up next. Awesome content as always, SLX. Thanks for the entertainment during these rough times!

[@buckroger6456]

I've been crushing my way through Persona 5 royal. I'm trying to finish it before Sakura Wars comes out later this month. Long live Sega! The genesis is still my all time favorite console.

[@amdcolon1]

Been rocking Bare Knuckle 3 in anticipation of Streets Of Rage 4 coming out l8tr this month. Panzer Dragoon remastered on Switch, Halo Master Chief Collection on Xbox 1, Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution on the PS2 Marvel Super Heroes VS. Capcom on Sega Saturn and finally a litlle Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 on the Xbox 360.

[@jasonhovel2911]

I've gone back to play the phantasy star series 1 through 4

[@marciopinho6100]

I've recently beaten the original Resident Evil for the Saturn to get the rocket launcher. I'm going to try to do the same thing for Code: Veronica on the Dreamcast. Before all that I was having fun at Virtua Cop 1&2 and before that I replayed my beloved Panzer Dragoon Saga. And I'll continue to play Saturn because...well...I lost all my saves. Until I got something new for the PC like Streets of Rage 4 or Doom or the new Resident Evil remakes.

[@iheartdonut]

Been going between Catch and Release on psvr, and Slime World on Genesis.

[@lightdark28]

World Championship Soccer was actually called World Cup Italia 90 in its PAL release, Its a decent game , though Sega's football games would only get really good with the Worldwide Soccer games on the Saturn (particularly 97 and 98). I will never understand why Sega didn't port Virtua Striker to the Saturn though , it was a great arcade football game for those of us who aren't fussed about total realism and such.

[@MelodiesZone]

@Marc Carran Same. I didn't know that they licensed that game as World Cup '90 only for Europe and Australia until now. I just assumed that was the Worldwide release just like the future World Cup games.

[@Luxuriousentertainment]

Great video. You said what we all been thinkin for over 15 years. Why did Sega keep coming out with new videogame systems (32x, Sega CD, Saturn, Dreamcast) with no new entries from their most popular game franchises (Streets of Rage, Ecco, Sonic, Altered Beast, Phantasy Star, Toejam & Earl, Golden Axe, Sega Sports, etc.)?!!!! This is the main reason, all of their systems failed and how they lost their elite place in the videogame market. Smh 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@bonesjackson81]

You know how I feel. As a kid sports games were my favorite genre. Sega seemed to be the only console maker that thought the same. I still play old sports games and try to play new ones but choices are all but gone.

[@mrbig2648]

It's good to see sports games getting some deserved limelight. The well justified rant at the end was a nice bonus.

[@zenoftupac9096]

I liked a lot of these games , but one in particular that probably won’t be mentioned as much is “David Robinson’s Supreme Court”. I liked it so much and played it enough that I remember my favorite fake player. I can’t remember which fake team he was on , but his name was Walter Bond and he’s was a guard with a bald head .... I shot a lot of 3 pointers with him. Montana 94 was the best football game , I remember renting 95 from blockbuster and feeling very confused and ripped off. Getting 94 for the first time was one of my fondest memories of being excited to get a specific game. The commercials looked great.

[@Riz2336]

I'm not crazy about sports games, but damn Sega went crazy with those on the Genesis

[@Vienna3080]

The Genesis and it’s add ons will always be my favorite console of all time, SEGA after the Genesis sadly became total knob heads

[@cnk9822]

I'd say Sega of Japan was responsible of that, and I think Sega did great with the Dreamcast, too bad Sony stole their reputation.

[@Old_Man_Jay]

@@cnk9822 Sega of America were the reason for most of Sega's shitty decisions. Sega, for the most part, did really well in Japan

[@cnk9822]

@@Old_Man_Jay No, the only shity decision they made was to release the saturn early. Other mistakes like the 32X and make the Saturn's library shit in USA and Europe was Sega of Japan's decisions.

[@dennismolina9033]

I still have my Dreamcast! It's true, Sega released too many add ons, Sega CD, 32X then a few months later, the Saturn, the Dreamcast was hot but it was released late, the PS2 killed it with their DVD player

[@vh9network]

@@cnk9822 context is important OP is taking about the Genesis/Megadrive era. That system was not doing well in Japan.

[@Albert8044]

I'm a huge Hockey and lifelong Detroit Red Wings fan, I really enjoyed NHL All-Star 95 by Sega Sports.

[@wurlitzer78]

doesnt compare at all to EA hockey games

[@aceassn716]

Thanks for making this classic video! This was the system that started my sports craze. Tecmo Super Bowl RBI/Baseball Wars on Nes too haha I can hear the pain confusion and frustration of how we went from the sports games ever, to a barren wasteland on Saturn. I'll never figure it out either the people in charge sure couldn't. A strong foundation laid down only for them not to build upon it a damn shame

[@Ericizlike]

Greatest Heavyweights was such a good game!

[@85shadowlaw]

I just loooooove the intro to your videos...gives me such a warm feeling of nostalgia

[@videogameobsession]

2:25 I've always loved how the basketball is much larger than the player's heads.

[@DreamcastQ]

Cool video! A lot of these old Genesis sports games still play great nowadays and are dirt cheap

[@johndickerdown9225]

Absolutely loved all of their sports games. From Wimbledon tennis, to coach K, to legends of the ring 😍😍😍

[@TomCruiseRisky]

awesome video. fond memories of playing these sports games with my older brother when I was a young whipper snapper.

[@jrez8225]

I loved the NHL games on Genesis. Those were some of the best, in my options. Also, Greatest Heavyweights was a great boxing game.

[@ricky-sanchez]

The only boxing franchise that could compare to holyfield and greatest heavyweights was Fight night round 1-3.(The fight night prison game wasn't that bad either.)

[@jcchaconjr]

For me, the Genesis was hands down "THE" Sports console... I kept myself busy with Tommy Lasorda Baseball after launch when Altered Beast quickly got a little boring as an arcade port... WCS wasn't too bad for its time either... It's just one of those games that you can re-analyze after so many years. You can definitely say that EA Sports had its Golden Age during this era... Madden and Madden '92? Gold. Lakers vs. Celtics and it's follow-up Bulls vs. Lakers (and the NBA Playoffs) each kept me entertained for months! I had such a good experience with those games that when NHL Hockey came out, I bought it the week it came out. Even renting the PGA Golf games they released were pretty solid and entertaining, IMHO. The sports games of that era were immersive (at least as much as they needed to be), and yet still simple enough to play. With the advent of technology (and more buttons on the controllers), at some point, most Sports games just became too difficult to play competitively in the years that followed... That's not to say of the "roster update" (and shut down the online servers right after the season ends) mentality that most sports games have adopted these days - that's why most have list their lustre over the years. The only one that keeps me coming back is the Show franchise, but that's because I've always been a huge baseball fan.

[@conceptcheck]

Extremely glad you made this! I still love playing all my Sega Sports classics! 🏈 🏀 🏒⚾️ 🎾 ⚽️ 🥊

[@JetFire0422]

NFL 94 was my favorite Genesis sports title. I loved that game when I got it on Christmas morning.

[@cinnamondan4984]

I think one of Sega’s most interesting attempt with their Sega Sports brand was on the Sega CD

[@TheEddieJ1984]

With which game?

[@cinnamondan4984]

Eddie J If my memory serves me there was a full-motion video NFL game on the Sega CD.

[@lazygamer4746]

Primetime NFL 96 is my all time favorite football game. I used to keep handwritten notebooks of stats from that game. I'd use those stats to update the rosters and made my own franchise mode.

[@pacbilly]

Great video! I was hoping you'd include College Football's National Championship, and you didn't disappoint.

[@sb6482]

Love the rant. The Saturn featured none of these things at launch: Sonic, Streets of Rage, Shinobi, Ecco, Toejam+Earl, Golden Axe or any decent sports games. Why were EA not courted properly to make games for launch? Instead the company obsessed about a bunch of arcade games (Virtua Fighter 1/Remix/2, Virtua Cop, Daytona, Sega Rally) during 1995 when they weren’t that big a deal in the West

[@ricky-sanchez]

Because the sega saturn's hardware was based off of the am-g 2 arcade hardware that ran all of their arcade games at the time. So I guess their idea of what people wanted for a brand new system wasn't tried and true franchise titles, but brand new arcade games that no one really cared about at the time. I remember only enjoying virtua cop on pc, like 3 years after it came out, and I never liked virtua fighter. I had tekken for that. It was a bad time for sega fans after 95.

[@DesertRainReads]

I miss Sega Sports, World Series Baseball '98 in particular was my jam on the Saturn and the NFL 2K franchise blew Madden out of the water. Would love to see 2K Sports make a full-on comeback. Madden needs competition, and we need more baseball Sims again. MLB 2K could've been amazing and if brought back and done right? Could easily rival The Show. Again, we need competition.

[@rodmunch69]

Another excellent video - you're a natural! Also love the Tecmo Super Bowl reference.

[@djstyles97]

I used to play Sega's Clutch Hitter all the time in the arcade and always wanted a home port on the Genesis...

[@tigeruppercuttime1450]

#191. That's practically 1st now that SLX is the KZbin King of Sega!

[@hyper_sam9812]

SLX your knowledge of the sega brand always amazes me. I'm a huge sega fan myself and always find knew information about sega every time I watch your videos. Thank you for all the work you do, putting out these videos.

[@jeremyfredenburg3827]

I have said it before but I appreciate how much more love you give sports games than almost any retro personality out there that I know of anyways so thank you...these games were legendary especially sports talk football 93 and evander holyfields boxing and world series baseball those for me and my circle back then still memorable for me at 45 years old lol

[@brentgranger7856]

Sports games were why I owned a Genesis since my SNES had too few good ones. I still love "Joe Montana NFL Sportstalk Football '94," "NHL '95," "Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing," "WWF Royal Rumble," and "World Series Baseball" to this day.

[@jiggynights]

Agreed with the end rant 100% My group of friends were all hardcore sports fans the SNES at the time was lol for us. When the Saturn was released we were waiting for those killer sports games. I was the only one that purchased the Saturn out of 14 friends. The Playstation was release and so was NFL game day and EA games. All my friends got the playstation Sega lost us all. Once we switch there was no turning back. I'm sure there were other groups just like us mainly interested in Sports games. Of course I still kept my Saturn cause I love Sega to death and struggle with them, but I did purchased the playstation and all its sport games

[@ricky-sanchez]

I wasn't too big on sports titles, But I did indeed play all of them. Gameday was very big at the time, and was enough to sell the ps1 alone. The graphics were mind blowing at the time, and so was the sound. But no sega follow up from the amazing sega sports folks was a "nail in the coffin". Also nfl blitz on n64 was dope.

[@ricky-sanchez]

@@chrisgotgames6405 Can't imagine what that must have been like...

[@Kingepticon]

Sega Sports Talk Baseball is still one of my favorite baseball games. It's up there with Base Wars on the NES.

[@jasonbeach345]

I love how you come to support the saturn but aren't afraid to speak on its flaws, I too had a saturn and understand it wasn't perfect but that didn't stop me from enjoying my time with it over the playstation.

[@silentfanatic]

Sega Lord X saves us all in these trying times.

[@stepheng8061]

Legendary monologue at the end dude I really enjoyed it so glad I stayed till the last second!

[@mcintosh182]

They made some great sports games. Downside years later was finding genesis games at yard sales and they were almost always all sports.

[@Naeem_El]

Ive been playing SportTalk Baseball and College Slam on my Sega Genesis

[@timm_3r]

I never did get to play that version of Joe Mantana from the commercial. Also, there was an exclusive NCAA basketball game on Genesis featuring Coach K of Duke. Ran on the NBA Live engine and was likely the best bball on the platform.

[@politic1148]

Wowwww, talk about nostalgia. I got my Genesis for Christmas of 88, altered beast came with it and I got tmy lsrda, such a great memory thanks for the video.

[@HandyKoesnadie]

In the movie Swingers (1995) they are playing NHL on the Sega Genesis.

[@kitsunemetal]

Evander Holyfield boxing was so much fun to play but it was really hard to get up when you get knocked down.

[@buckroger6456]

Definitely one of the best boxing games. Loved how when you finally became the champ the game still kept going. Then once you were past your prime it got harder to keep your stats up.

[@buckroger6456]

Use to play the Arnold golf game a ton at a friend's house with his dad. Never cared about golf at all till I started playing the game with him and his dad.

[@shinigami146]

Lots of memories playing Arnold Palmer's Tournament Golf at my brother's house. We weren't very close in our youth as he was 7 years older but we got some good bonding time in with this game later on in the 90s before he passed away.

[@SDChargers93]

IVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS EPISODE, I LOVE IT

[@brandonkeisler86]

If I'd of played Joe Montana 94 anymore than I did I'm pretty sure my dad would have kicked me out of the house. It didn't hurt that like you say 95 sucked. I remember being so hyped and getting it the first day. The next day I bought Madden 95. Great video, however I prefer the Jennifer Capriati Tennis on Genesis.

[@jamesburchill7522]

However...the original 2K sports for the Dreamcast became the standard everyone else emulated in future endeavors.

[@strictlynineties]

Joe Montana 94 was my childhood

[@javierdavidferreiros8834]

The International Superstar Soccer Deluxe game was the one we admired the most because it looked the closest to a Play Station 1 soccer game. The NBA games were also excellent.

[@christopherrobinmarriott7218]

This dude forgot about the coolest feature of the NFL95, primetime, and '98 football games: TRASH TALKING on Defense! Pressing the C button (or whatever) made the player you're controlling taunt the offense.

[@miguelvieira9223]

I love how knowledgeable you are about the history of sega, I always was an nintendo gamer, but I always wondered what the he'll happened to sega, its so sad that they didn't survive, the battle, I always wanted a sega genesis, but i stuck with my nintendo snes and nes 64, I was disappointed with the nes 64, thought the system was weak, compared to the Sony Playstation, eventually, I just became a Playstation gamer, to this day, I love you're videos, man there awesome, thank you!

[@acepilot87]

Awesome video, especially from an Australian perspective. The Sega Sports titles were not as big here (especially Joe Montana, because American football is quite niche in Australia), but as the Master System was a big hit Sega were able to parlay that into Mega Drive success. I do have one quibble - which is rare for your videos - Mediagenic, mentioned as failing to develop the engine for Joe Montana Football, actually was Activision. They ill-advisedly rebranded themselves in the late '80s/early '90s. It wasn't until about 1993 that they fully re-established the Activision brand, around when Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure was first announced alongside River Raid and Kaboom remakes.

[@happyspaceinvader508]

The basket ball in Pat Riley Basketball is comically large! I could never get into the sports titles that followed the 16-bit generation, so I still play these games to this day. Favourite is the original PGA Tour Golf... such a chill game.

[@Septer_Sever]

That's funny, Adam Vinatieri was kicking field goals on the Genesis up to the PS4!

[@imissmycerealasmr1681]

I use to just run around in a square and wind the clock down in Joe Montana 93 Sports Talk Football. Lol. Good times. I also remember it being one of the only games I could randomly guess the passcode to get access to the playoffs.

[@jokersinurface]

Brought back great memories watching this video. I owned a lot of these titles. To this day the World Series Baseball series is one of the greatest baseball games of all time.

[@SamuraiSam]

That's a very interesting and valid point about the Saturn that I haven't really heard anybody make. Great job.

[@jsttv]

Sega Genesis was the sports machine, but dropped the ball w/the Saturn. Sega how could you!?

[@48hourrecordsteam45]

jsttv they didn’t launch with a 3D sonic.. say sonic adventure just with 32 but graphics and full all sports sim line up .. With their virtua finger & Daytona .. Saturn should have been a 64 bit dreamcast. With analog added to the six button and shoulder buttons without changing the shape too much .. that’s as all we damn needed ..

[@jsttv]

kiam- 48hour records don’t forget releasing the Saturn 4 months early w/o much notice. Moreover, the high price point, and lack of third party support.

[@flrpitflrp1965]

I was on board with the Genesis by the first week it was released. I loved sports games. Though I would gravitate to EA over Sega. I did really enjoy David Robinson basketball though

[@iheartdonut]

I need a video like this on my guilty pleasure. Fishing games.

[@jamiegsweeney]

World Championship Soccer was also released in Europe (at least in the UK) as World Cup Italia '90. It was one of the 3 games on the first Mega Games pack, and I spent hours playing it with my dad the morning he brought home my first Mega Drive. Despite that, I can't really give it much love looking back.

[@z0m813]

I loved the genesis sports games I played any and all of them

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

David Robinson's Supreme Court is the most slept on Sega sports game. Air Allnite FTW. 3's from all over the court.

[@TheMultiGunMan]

Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf all the way baby! I LOVE that game.

[@orbitaskew]

Sega always had some great sports titles. What I really liked about NFL '98 was the ability to custom pretty much every aspect like running speed.

[@mullinsjm1]

I enjoyed a lot of these sports titles as a teenager. Took me back to the good ol days!

[@rcgamer]

NFL 94 is one of the best sports games ever imho.

[@Delburr]

Loooved Sports Talk football! If you ran around enough and got an instant replay, it wouldnt play back correctly and make up its own stuff lol

[@chaospoet]

Never was a big sports guy but I remember playing NFL 94 with friends back in the day and loved it. Also is Tyson in the Greatest Heavyweights? If not that's disappointing. I want to recreate Tyson destroying Larry Holmes.

[@the757general2]

Tyson was in jail for rape during that time so nope.

[@thebfg836]

One of the few sports games I own is NFL 95. My dad and i used to play it every day. The only play I used was hail Mary. Used to piss my dad off!

[@topshotta2000]

Lol