Tectoy: Brazil's Weird Obsession with SEGA

[@SegaCDUniverse]

Being a big Sega fan, I love seeing how much Brazil loved Sega and had kept it going for so long. Subbed

[@neoretropixels]

@@SegaCDUniverse there is still a lot of love for Sega over there. 🙂

[@DanielNunes-p3j]

When TecToy brought Sega consoles to Brazil they did an amazing job. We had games that wasn't avaliable anywhere else. In a place that was plagued by Grey market and game piracy it was a Labor of love.

[@neoretropixels]

@@DanielNunes-p3j indeed, they did a good job back on the day.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Got yourself a sub. I have always found the Sega Tec Toy empire in Brazil fascinating. Hi from near Chicago! 🖐️

[@neoretropixels]

@@RemoWilliams1227 glad to have you here, hope you enjoy future videos as well!

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

In Yugoslavia between wars we love playing SEGA.🤣💯🤟🏻🇲🇪

[@MetalMamemon76]

But you're Albanian

[@neoware9030]

Brazil even got a exclusive version of Street Fighter 2 for the Master System (made entirely by TecToy).

[@neoretropixels]

@@neoware9030 which was pretty good given the Masters System's limitations.

[@Haywood-Jablomie]

Hello from Ottawa ! I love the Master System !

[@neoretropixels]

It's got some really unique good games on it. Well worth visiting its library. Cheers from Montreal!

[@josecarlos11]

I’m not Brazilian but I enjoyed this video!

[@lixeiradodobbins]

Doido, seu nome é "José Carlos" kkkkk

[@neoretropixels]

@@josecarlos11 I made it for non Brazilians to let them know about the having history in Brazil. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@neoretropixels]

@@lixeiradodobbins o cara pode ser de Portugal, ou de qualquer país que fale espanhol. Ou filho de imigrantes em outro país. O que é massa! 😃

[@rodrigomarcondes5857]

I'm brazilian and i grew up in a "Nintendo/Playstation household". I feel like i missed out when i see videos like these

[@neoretropixels]

@@rodrigomarcondes5857 good thing is that now all those games are just an emulator or classic collection away 😉.

[@matherzinsstuff3410]

Eita é o PV! Muito legal seu canal em inglês!

[@neoretropixels]

Opa, sou eu sim, valeu a visita!

[@matherzinsstuff3410]

@neoretropixels que isso pô, sou fã de carteirinha dos jogos mofados fiquei surpreso de te ver em um canal em inglês, algoritmo do KZbin surpreende!

[@neoretropixels]

@@matherzinsstuff3410 agora vai ser em dose dupla, em inglês e português 😃.

[@KipC-Sway]

Pretty interesting and cool knowing how much people love Sega in Brazil.

[@neoretropixels]

@@KipC-Sway and they still do, people up to this day follow Sega games and discuss them passionately.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Really, this is more a case of what happens when you license your wares to those that capitalize on it in their own way. At least America had it pretty consistent.

[@neoretropixels]

@@ChristopherSobieniak we have it easy over here, for sure.

[@falksi3182]

SEGA rule

[@logikanet]

Back then TecToy was huge in BR, Gugu used to advertise many of their toys on the TV, I had a PenseBem and ArmaTron; I don't think Gugu ever said 'Sega' it was always 'Master System by Tectoy' or 'MegaDrive by Tectoy', poor Sega lol

[@neoretropixels]

@@logikanet exactly, it took a few years for people to recognize Sega as the original maker.

[@IzzyN0okami]

o Zeenix é a prova que a TecToy nunca aprendeu nada com os prórpios erros

[@maforo85]

Weird ? Nothing wrong with loving Sega.

[@neoretropixels]

@@maforo85 loving Sega is fine, worshipping it is a bit on the extreme.

[@ZonicMirage]

Reading some about Tec Toy's history, I've always found it equal parts cute and sketchy how they re-branded the Master System and Mega Drive 1s as revisions. Totally threw off the naming scheme for the actually-remodeled machines. lmao

[@neoretropixels]

@@ZonicMirage to their credit, when Sega was readying the Saturn , Tectoy had an exclusive revision, the Megadrive III, to further save on costs. But yeah , the sketchy bits are hard to ignore.

[@ZonicMirage]

​@@neoretropixels I definitely applaud them for bringing a lot of Game Gear games to the SMS. That must have been really cool to see.

[@neoretropixels]

@ZonicMirage today it may seem trivial, but back then, wow, nobody was familiar with the process.

[@ZonicMirage]

​@@neoretropixels Yeah, truly impressive stuff. Tec Toy definitely knew what they were doing. Really wish the Master System had that much support in the US. I only knew about the NES when I was a kid. Because they had such a monopoly, the SMS had no chance. I picked one up a few years ago and was surprised at how good it is. Even bought one of those first-generation adapters that allows you to play the games on a Mega Drive.

[@neoretropixels]

@ZonicMirage yeah, in that sense Brazil is the answer to the "what if the NES and the Master System were released at the same time" question.

[@ColdShadow7]

Brazil mentioned!

[@TheNewSoda]

Semen:All hail Sega buy another Dreamcast

[@neoretropixels]

Did you know this part of the Brazilian video games history? Do you have Tectoy games or consoles in your collection? Let us know!

[@PabloVasquesBravoVillalba]

At the time I got a Japanese Mega Drive, since it was much less expensive. Plus it's prettier and it was pretty easy to mod it to support American and pirated cartridges.

[@neoretropixels]

@PabloVasquesBravoVillalba just remove the plastic tab and it's unlocked. 😃

[@PabloVasquesBravoVillalba]

@@neoretropixels I also added a tiny switch to support games with software region lock. It even enabled English support on some games, like Midnight Resistance (not really useful, but interesting nonetheless) and Master of Monsters (made a world of difference).

[@neoretropixels]

@PabloVasquesBravoVillalba Thunder Force III was much easier on the English version as well.

[@ZonicMirage]

@PabloVasquesBravoVillalba Not needing to mutilate the shell around the cartridge slot to plug in foreign games is my favorite part about the JP/Asian version. Also the blue reset button looks much better than the gray that the west received.

[@gchijioke12]

Wasn’t the Master System only super popular in Brazil and is still being produced there?

[@neoretropixels]

@@gchijioke12 yep, it was super popular. But it's not been in production for a few years now, despite an impressive run that had it being sold as long as in the 2010s.

[@alexojideagu]

It was more popular than the NES in the UK and many European countries

[@neoretropixels]

@alexojideagu indeed, the NES was later in the European market.

[@pliniomsann]

It weird if you see what happened with MS there

[@neoretropixels]

@pliniomsann that's for another video 😉.

[@Bruce1983]

sega is the best

[@jakedasilva6847]

sabia

[@Fellipe2k5]

20:18 Xbox Series S é tão ruim quanto o Zeebo. É melhor pegar um PS5 por quase o mesmo valor. Tectoy era boa na época que a sega fabricava consoles, depois disso ficou sem rumo. Não entendo como tem gente que acha que a tectoy de hoje é a mesma dos anos 90

[@janitoalevic]

Yo diría que kkkkkkkk

[@Guilherme36594]

Dude have some respect. As a Brazilian, this is a true offense. Tectoy is a company that we have to relive the nostalgia, its not an ¨obsession¨.

[@neoretropixels]

@@Guilherme36594 as a Brazilian I say that a company's perception is directly related to their good products and core values. Long gone is the Tectoy of the Master System, it's been almost 30 years they're not what people have nostalgia for anymore. So yes, obsession is the only word to describe what people feel for the Tectoy of today in Brazil.

[@Guilherme36594]

@neoretropixels Só na tua opinião criatura, um BR falando mal dos brasileiros, fica ai no Canadá e nao volta nunca mais!!

[@Mari_Izu]

What's up with the ugly AI generated anime girl in the thumbnail?

[@neoretropixels]

She's the channel mascot, and why is she ugly?

[@marcio1yeshua]

It's a real jungle hahaha I live in Brazil and it's not easy to live with a stupid market that consumes 10 to 1000 times the cost of physical or digital products. I would say that there is no freedom due to the high cost of everything. This is our main reason for backwardness. I believe that the market reserve since the 90s has been manipulated to have a fraction of freedom of consumption. I see technology as financial rape and decrepit and too stupid to realize that opening up technology factories or purchases to everyone within the country at the same cost as other nations, everyone in Brazil, including the salaries of even those who impede growth, would be 100 times more while incompetent and stupid governments are in control. We will have another 40 years of backwardness, just like in the 80s.

[@ShaknunicPT-BR]

The guy's accent clearly is Brazilian, don't let him fool you no!

[@neoretropixels]

@@ShaknunicPT-BR sure I'm Brazilian, I even mentioned that in the video, you know? Which also lends me more credibility for experiencing all that first hand. What's the problem with discussing Tectoy and their legacy?