Teens Play Sega Genesis For The First Time! (Sonic 2, Altered Beast, Streets Of Rage 2)

[@marcoelhodev]

In case of Sonic 2, the lady is right to say it's pixelated. Sonic games were designed with pixelated graphics to make use of artifacts on a CRT Television, so the pixelated waterfall and the bushes in Sonic 2 would look transparent instead of a mesh of pixels. In fact, Sonic 2 looks way better in a television of that time, than it does in modern consoles and monitors.

[@kouroscologne1622]

You really understand✨ ......for this very reason I have more than one CRT Television to play vintage Sega cartridges on them, the colors are incredible on it✨...I only use the flat TV for the Sony 1 and Sony 2.

[@thefumigator]

Graphics were also low in resolution due to technical reasons

[@mirabilis]

Disagree.

[@LastGlimpse007]

All facts!

[@MethidMan]

Eh, I'll take a modern TV set any day, regardless of console. CRT is something from the old days I won't miss and I think it's overrated.

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

"You shoot the thing, I shoot the thing ." Solid strategy, Amelie! 🤣🤣🤣

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

There's an Adult version of react. No seriously.

[@scollurio]

@@GeminiWolfstarGaming wars have been fought and won with worse strategies…

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

@@scollurio Honestly, that's not surprising!

[@HeyLaserLips]

"It took me a while to work out the controls.." A: Jump B: Jump C: Jump 💀

[@Ghost8386]

I'm 90's kids. The Sega Genesis was the very first gaming console that I had the pleasure of owning. I used to get so frustrated and quit playing often back in the '90s when I was trying to beat Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992), and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Knuckles (1994). I also recall the Game Genie for Sega Genesis.

[@josephrogers1477]

Remember Aladdin and the Lion King?

[@sasapetroski981]

Me too... I was 10 years old in 1990

[@dmitriystoyanov933]

I'm 90s kid from Ukraine. Sega stuff is amazing, i've handled a looot of games. But in late 90s was a playstation era... In Ukraine only rich kids had playstation, so.. i played it only at my rich friends home😂

[@sasapetroski981]

@@dmitriystoyanov933 so you didn't miss anything 😉😉

[@dmitriystoyanov933]

@@sasapetroski981ahah, i remember my friend Arthur... We played from dusk till dawn;) he's father had a lot of money, so he buy good tasty food, we eating and playing;)

[@thetruedaoster8863]

Everyone who played SoR2 in the day: That's NOT the end of the first level, come on, man! Still entertaining to see

[@Spadez86]

I raised my kids on my Sega, Snes & N64 That said... Ending the Streets of Rage 2 segment at the bar is the biggest crime against humanity

[@pucksnpicks]

At least gotta get to the rain & “Come on now!” or whatever the boss says 😂

[@Anthyrion]

I still love the end music, if you reach the real ending and rescue Adam

[@Mankey619]

I love that younger generations are appreciating and enjoying these old games. I wanna see them play some SNES, N64 and PS1 games too.

[@Hola-ro6yv]

Don’t forget Neo Geo. SNK King of the arcades!

[@hgodvilla00]

The original Sega unofficial mascot from 1986 until 1991 was Alex Kidd, and not Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic only became the official mascot in 1991.

[@a_real_one2000]

As Sonic fan who grew playing Genesis it hurt a little bit to hear them say😢 “I played sonic on the DS” Sonic & Knuckles combo cartridge is still all time great gaming product.

[@gk15]

Streets of Rage is something you can play any time. So much fun and at the same time challenging.

[@cozycornerstorytime2024]

Amelie’s strategy always works. “You shoot the thing and I shoot the thing” Teamwork!

[@drowningin]

They haven’t experienced Sonic until they’ve heard the drowning music. That sound taught me what anxiety attacks were

[@thegreatshamalamadingdong9788]

The dude saying i was still trying to figure the controls lmao 🤣 Button A: jumps Button B: jumps Button C: jumps. Theres just literally one button 😅 what the actual......

[@mattjames112]

"I've got to get the controls!" Sonic is literally a one button game.

[@StrokedGT]

Yup, I've played it with an Atari 2600 controller

[@renatoacavalcante]

i Love that girl saying it's so pixelated it looks fluorescent! it really does, the colors are so vivid!

[@seafarinhare]

Never was a fan of Altered Beast. But one of them giving Streets of Rage 2 a 10 was great. One of my favorite games.

[@MrCaptainobvious77]

Problem with Streets Of Rage 2? Even if you beat it a million times, you always come back for more! It is really a masterpiece.

[@LyricalLin]

Seeing them excited while playing gives me the biggest smile. Just goes to show how timeless these games are

[@hectorfrausto9705]

Comix Zone is one of the most underrated games ever

[@UltimateGamerCC]

indeed, it was slept on and that is a sad fact. but evidently some people played it because we would get Viewtiful Joe in the future as well as Mad World which is very comic book like.

[@tdcfc]

It just went on my list. Can't believe I had never seen it before. Thanks React I guess!

[@RevanLockheart-]

It was different for it's time.

[@Shyning77]

@@UltimateGamerCC The game came out too late in the console's lifespan. At that time, heads were already turned towards the PlayStation.

[@John-du2mq]

It's so freaking hard too

[@woeshaling6421]

SOR2 has a banging soundtrack that still holds up imo

[@Nigel222]

They seem like a nice bunch of kids. It's nice to seem them enjoy some of the games I grew up playing.

[@Fetti_Sosa]

As an 80s baby this was so painful to watch

[@prodbyhostile]

Every once in awhile we’d play the Streets of Rage soundtrack at work. The whole thing slaps!

[@PenPineappleApplePen007]

I grew up with these old games. I’ve never seen Comix Zone before. That game looks really cool and unique.

[@tylerball6101]

It was one of the last Genesis games before the Saturn hit production. Critically acclaimed.

[@qmchale5130]

And it's hella difficult, too.

[@EmmettLBrown2015]

I got Sega Genesis when it released, It's an amazing console even today, Streets of Rage is my favorite series

[@DancesRainyStreets]

This was great, if a little bit clumsy, to watch! If you guys ever do another episode, here's a few great games to try out: Single Player: Alien Soldier Castle of Illusion Desert Strike Dragon's Fury (two player take turns) Dune: The Battle for Arrakis Ecco The Dolphin Flashback Kid Chameleon Musha Quackshot Rocket Knight Adventures Road Rash II (also two player, two tiny screens) Shinobi III Thunder Force IV (select order of the first four stages) Zero Tolerance Two Players: Contra: The Hard Corps Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine Speedball 2 Virtua Racing World of Illusion Multi: Columns III FIFA Soccer 95 Mega Bomberman Mutant League Hockey NBA Jam: Tournament Edition NHL 96 Pepenga Pengo Puzzle & Action The Lost Vikings Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyou Toitsusen

[@Instrulnomical]

Aww. . . No Golden Axe, Ecco The Dolphin, Battletoads, Castle Of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, The Lion King, Robo Cop Vs. Terminator, Primal Rage, Any TMNT Game?! Hoping For A Part 2 Of People Playing Sega Genesis Or Any Classic Video Games For That Matter! 🤞

[@Shyning77]

Some of those games weren't SEGA exclusives though.

[@Instrulnomical]

@@Shyning77 True, But There Are Some Differences That Makes It Worthwhile To Play On The Sega Genesis Version Than The SNES.

[@Shyning77]

@@Instrulnomical Indeed, but I think the intention here was to pick specific games that defined the console's spirit. Anyway, I agree there were many other games to pick from.

[@almighty_rivers]

Whoever picked the titles did a solid job especially GunStar Heroes! Didn't think I'd see that gem pulled up. They all did good though and my ranking is pretty on par with theirs:)

[@Timbermannetje]

Altered Beast should be replaced with Road Rash 2 or Mean Bean Machine, good list of games for the most part!

[@almighty_rivers]

@@Timbermannetje that would’ve been sweet👌

[@robone9978]

genesis the best console in the history

[@johnclon1742]

That was NOT the entire first level of Streets of Rage 2 - you had to go into that bar, beat up everyone, then go into the back alley and beat the real boss of level 1!

[@jmcclain8237]

Calm down

[@byrontate3327]

🤣

[@The_Gallowglass]

Sonic 2, Streets of Rage 2, Comic Zone were easily in my top 5 favorite Genesis games. I remember one morning I played Comic Zone and got so far before school, but I didn't wanna start over, so I let the system run all day. It was nuclear hot when I got home.

[@breakdancinfool]

They're so dependent on touch screens that they have almost no hand eye coordination with gamepads. Sadness.

[@gubbothehuggo2771]

ehh not necessarily. just probably haven’t played many games in general.

[@KenMasters.]

These kids seem like none of them even played a Nintendo Switch or PS5.

[@spartan.falbion2761]

More likely because they've taken too many boosters 💉💉💉🤢💀

[@Micro_Tyrant_Games]

"It's just moving around" Me "At the speed of sound, got places to go, gotta follow my rainbow!"

[@Micro_Tyrant_Games]

My favorite Sega game is Kid Chameleon.

[@Weatherhamshire]

Christ this makes me feel old (I'm 46). I find it hard to come to terms with the fact that many young people have never played on these consoles. The fact they missed the golden era of gaming (along with movies and music too!). I actually feel sorry for them because everything these days is legit garbage.

[@shawnanderson4283]

Im 39 come August. I'm in the same boat with the same feelings lol

[@richardbustamante8795]

I'm a 70s kid. It's cool to see the teens digging the SEGA classics.

[@VideoGameOwnage123]

Crazy that out of all games it's Comix Zone that got the highest score. It's usually to brutally hard for most people. Super underrated game though, I love it.

[@sarafontanini7051]

yeeh its super ahrd but the concept and presentation is amazing

[@Shyning77]

To be fair, they only got to play the very beginning of the game, just once.

[@rickvug]

9.5 for Comix Zone validates the need for an HD remaster that also fixes the difficulty issues.

[@kojisupaida1]

A six button controller is essential for this game. It Makes it way easier to control. You get a block button, and a single button for each of the 3 inventory slots.

[@B.D.F.]

Clearly they’re not playing Altered Beast correctly. You’re supposed to insert the Sonic 2 cartridge, yank the cartridge out when Sonic’s running past the SEGA logo, then put in Altered Beast and play with infinite 1-hit-lives. My brother and I found that out by accident when I wanted to play Sonic 2 and he wanted to play Altered Beast.

[@viniciusjesus2867]

You can do that with strider too.

[@cryssybeckman2799]

I never knew that! But that is something I miss about the Genesis was all the strange cheats/glitches you could find. My sister and I found out that you could get a screen to skip levels if you jiggled the cartridge just right for Sonic 3D 😂

[@ice_fox]

"It's very Cuphead" 😅 So glad quality platformers/shooters are still being made to introduce newer generations to stress and rage.

[@SteveODonnell]

Showing that the 90s ruled for gaming.

[@jeremyspry8578]

Mutant League Football and Mutant League Hockey were my faves as well as Home Alone. Of the ones played Comix Zone, Sonic 2 and Streets of Rage 2 were my faves as a kid

[@RevanLockheart-]

Mutant league was so good , you can find full episodes on KZbin.

[@IgorYatskiv]

Give them the Battletoads! I want to see how those poor young souls suffer!

[@FatPigTheConqueror]

The sheer power of unadulterated blast processing on display in this video.

[@TheNewDragon91]

It's good to see young people playing Sega Genesis, with the games that should interact more with 2-player games like Battletoads, Batman and Robin, Gunster Heroes, Columns 3, Golden Axe, Contra and Mortal Kombat 3. And if you want single player.. Sparkster, Road Rash 3, Shinning Force. The good and spectacular thing is that today, after more than 30 years, games (independent developers) continue to be developed. The love they have for the Sega Genesis is so much that they don't let it die. Sega forever! And for those who don't know, new games are announced in development by Sega, games like Jet Set Radio, Golden Axe, Shinobi, Crazy taxi and many more. Sega forever!

[@dstevenson445]

Sonic, the first one, Revenge of Shinobi, Dune Battle for Arrakis and Shining Force 2 were games that had a big impact on me, when I first got my Sega, Altered Beast was the game that came with it

[@metal_gear_jay]

Comix Zone is still a great game. It was so unique at the time.

[@webx135]

Plays Sonic 2 but doesn't even let them play Chemical Plant.

[@FenrirLycross]

Music for that goes hard.

[@BrunosCRF]

The water part make me desperate

[@camendiv]

It warms my hearts to see kids enjoying the games I grew up loving. It's good to have short games with no stakes, no grinding, no post game, no dlc, it's a short fun experience and that's all it has to be.

[@royalbumps]

I wanted to pull my hair out watching them use the special button to attack every move on SoR2.

[@GingerJediJammin]

Streets of Rage 2 is a phenomenal game that holds up even today. The first game I got, along with Sonic 1, with my Mega Drive (UK). I was so excited, I even dressed up like Axel in a white shirt, jeans and fingerless gloves. Great to see the younger generations enjoying it too.

[@kidmetr]

Give 'em an Sonic water level, and watch that ranking drop😅

[@dmappzoom6778]

Ikr 😂

[@cole003f]

chemical plant is a great example

[@charddickwall]

drown sound haunts my dreams

[@widdlepocketmarcy]

​@@cole003f chemical plant ain't that bad, there's only 1 real water section but it's pretty short.

[@drpeppero3]

Streets of Rage 1 and 2 are awesome games with bad ass sound tracks!

[@medmuscle]

3 is good too. It's just that the soundtrack sucks. The Japanese version is better , too.

[@ricktreas3728]

2 was the pack in for my Genesis. I played the hell out of it. The music was awesome. I had an nes too at the time and it was a hell of an upgrade.

[@EntidadLibre]

I feel old, but proud that the kids liked the games that made my childhood and teenage.

[@animatorFan74]

Love seeing this generation enjoy my generation's games..... I didn't realize they'd enjoy them as much as they did. Loved this episode.... felt refreshing :)

[@dth2brny121]

SONIC 1 AND 2, and HOME ALONE (the game) and HOME ALONE 2 (again, the game) FTFW!!! The Genesis was my console growing up in those days

[@tehshingen]

Sonic 2? Glad you guys were nice to the young folks, they at least had access to spin dash.

[@chrisjoseph6466]

Ren & Stimpy: "Stimpy's Invention" game is hilarious.

[@MosoKaiser]

3:22 How do you get confused as to "what controls did what" in Sonic 2? That's D-pad and a single button...

[@jamaalera]

I miss the react gaming episodes😩😢💯

[@SeanSebastianBeauge]

Same. RIP the OG The Last of Us part 1 playthrough

[@sonicandmarioshow-kx5jq]

Me too

[@sonicandmarioshow-kx5jq]

i want the og react back

[@Furluge]

3:24 - "Still kind of lost there on what controls do what" Well all the action buttons do the same thing. And start pauses the game. The dpad moves Sonic. Truly a complicated control scheme. :D

[@ShaimingLong]

Yeah, Yuji Naka was adamant about keeping the controls as simple as possible, even all the way up to Balan.

[@simoliz03]

The Streets Of Rage series is everything!

[@UnusualPete]

Comix Zone is an amazing game. I never played it on the console but I did play it on Windows. The first time I saw it, a schoolmate was playing it in IT class. I was mindblowed 🤯

[@jonathananderson5990]

Me over here shouting at the screen during Comic Zone: "No! Stand on top of the crate and push against the wall. Then w/ the space created, push the crate so it falls and blows up the barrels..."

[@AndyAKratz]

Not allowing them to complete the first level of Streets of Rage 2 is a crime lol.

[@cinnamondan4984]

Exactly!

[@powerbar1981]

"Yeah I know, I playing with iPhone" Teens starting grap the console "Oh my God!! Whoaaa!!! Awesome!! Nooo!! I felt powerful!!! WAAAAAA!!!" Now you know that thrills of "Adrenaline Rush" feeling playing with console so addicted from my era kids hahaha 🤣🤣🤣

[@rafablasco8906]

Really feels like we need a part 2 from both, Sega Genesis and Snes

[@Plumharambe]

Someone call Sega devs these kids enjoyed every game they played and none of them were empty open world games

[@DesmondGovender-bc8ut]

They will be bored of it within the first day,attention span and long term interest is generally missing from teens these days.

[@Plumharambe]

@@DesmondGovender-bc8ut just make phone apps

[@chinossynthesizer705]

No?Alien soilder, vector man, Castlevania, light crusader, Skeleton krew. Splatter house,Golden axe,thunder force iv, the revenge of shinobi, shadow dancer,bonanza bros,contra the hard corps. Sunset Riders,red zone,midnight resistance,Decap attack,Dynamite headdy,out run,Ristar. Im 19 years btw too.

[@187Wretched]

What got you into retro gaming?

[@chinossynthesizer705]

@187Wretched the music was awesome for old games.

[@onyour.silvia_]

The next one shoultd either be the Nintendo 64 or the Gameboy...it would also be interesting to see them try the Gamecube.

[@PInglett1]

Adventures of Batman and Robin - you want to talk about a tough sega game to play. That game is tough to play.

[@scollurio]

All of these kids seem like fun to hang with - only that I’m 42 and that would be creepy. Couch coop was the best and it’s clear they immediately felt it too.

[@raphaelhudson]

Glad you showcased comix zone. That was so underrated

[@mathewevans9706]

With how fast Sonic levels go, should've let them play through the first zone in total so they could do a Robotnik fight.

[@MauriceWilliams-v3q]

That streets of rage music was hot back in the day. That 90s club music

[@bobosmodernlife]

Genesis has so many good games. You should do a round 2 and get em playing Shinobi, Golden Axe, Outrun, Shining Force, Ecco, and Vectorman.

[@mattneilson1824]

Shining Force and Shining Force II are *amazing* games, but they don’t lend themselves to this kind of format. It takes a fair amount of time to get to the first battle… plus, it really starts to click when new characters join and existing characters level-up. Hours of time would be needed to appreciate these games (for someone new to the genre). They aren’t pick-up-and-play games. But I love them! :)

[@bobosmodernlife]

@@mattneilson1824 You could do it with Save States. Load up in the opening battle after a little context.

[@Fernando-np5vv]

If they liked Comix Zone they're going to love Earthworm Jim

[@Cossieuk]

I had the Sega Mega Drive with the Mega CD expansion. So many good games like Golden Axe, Mortal Kombat, Earthworm Jim, Conta, Road Rash, Desert Strike. Games were so much harder back them that you spent days playing the same level over and over again getting a little further each time

[@anoudegozaruna]

Streets of Rage 2 was probably my favorite game on the Sega Genesis. Such nostalgia.

[@vsanz4758]

The fact they thought Sonic 2 was tough was so cute

[@zackamania63]

Should’ve had them do the underwater Sonic level so they could experience the anxiety of the drowning music

[@SquallRanger]

I completely agree

[@MmooshH]

Ugh, Labyrinth Zone; that drowning music gave me nightmares as a child. I think they redeemed themselves in Sonic 3 though, Hydrocity is actually enjoyable as a water level with the bubble shield and all those water slides.

[@DaniloOliveira36]

0:26 If that girl said that in 1991, she would be in trouble. 😂

[@nathanwilliams9866]

I was ALL about Streets of Rage and Altered Beasts back in the day. Good times.

[@pferreira1983]

It's kind of sad to see the younger generation discovering these games like cavemen discovering fire for the first time. 😂

[@bforster2237]

Almost feels like the parents failed them a little I was born in 83 but had a older brother and sister so I experienced everything from the mid 60s to current pop culture so awesome also why I don't connect to with people my age as well as older

[@pferreira1983]

@@bforster2237 As you can probably tell I was born the same year as you. I learned about entertainment from various eras.

[@SkyFellowship]

18:30 "You're not done, that was the halfway boss" after y'all make them quit SOR2 when there was still 2 parts of the stage left.

[@JediSteveEdits]

yeah and he also said level done after they beat the second boss in the first level in gunstar heroes

[@NoMore12345-z]

Here's a few more I bet they'd like: 1. Vectorman 2. Zool 3. Sol Deace 4. Phantasy Star II 5. Sonic the Hedgehog 3

[@Keychan64]

Sonic 2

[@LucasFerreira-pp4oy]

SEGA Genesis is SO DOPE! A masterpiece. 10 in all games.

[@Jon_from_LI]

Man I remember when Sonic 2 came out. "Sonic 2'sday" across the world. Of course I got the game when it was first released. And I was among the lucky people who got BOTH Altered Beast as well as Sonic the Hedgehog (through a free voucher) with my first Genesis console.

[@ChristopherStendeck]

Sonic and Streets of Rage were two of the very best franchises of the 16-bit era and they will be with me forever. I was about 13 when they first released and I still feel magic even now.

[@solidsnakeandgrayfox]

For real. I also remember good old vectorman

[@QuertyQw33n]

Storytime: My brother had one of these. He got it, as well as a bunch of games for Christmas of 1998. Whenever he would come over to our grandmother's house to see me, her, our mother and our baby sister who was an infant at the time, we would hook his Sega up to our mother's TV in the basement where her room was.

[@The_Kiosk]

I'm loving that the ladies are getting it faster. Back in the day it was a trope that girls suck at video games. 😂😂

[@IAmMrYoungGuns]

As someone who lives in the UK “get your rat out” means something very different 😂

[@TomaszJegorow]

I can only imagine 😂

[@Matucks]

Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Rocket Knight Adventures, Outrun, Splatterhouse, Alien Soldier, Kid Chameleon, Golden Axe, Wonder Boy, Shinobi, I can keep going, I love my SEGA Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast and still own all of them

[@PAINNN666]

Segakid

[@Matucks]

@@PAINNN666 For sure since 1989.

[@syteanric]

Comix zone did stuff even modern games don't do, it was decades ahead of its time!

[@JameZel913]

Probably my favorite on the system. I don't like to narrow "favorite" down to one selection (same as music) because there's different vibes - ie: I also love Gunstar Heros, but i wouldn't compare it to Comix Zone - two totally different vibes. Just like I love Ecco and Boogerman but I wouldnt try to compare them lol It's nothing compared to where games are at today - But, I remember being in love with how you could make CHOICES on Comix. (like, using the rat and etc)

[@JameZel913]

Oh and tearing through the 'page' to go to the next section of the level was and still is awesome lol

[@permafrost2064]

Toejam & Earl is one of the coolest games on the system but you have to play it a few times to get a feel and understanding of what to do. My wife and I play this from time to time and always have a blast.

[@tempestfennac9687]

The fact that the teens appeared to be playing without being allowed to read the instructions probably didn't help either (I never owned TJ+E but based on it being a rogue-like combined with how much stuff there is in Panic on Funkotron I'd assume it's the sort of game that's hard to pick up and play without the manual).

[@permafrost2064]

@@tempestfennac9687 yeah that game takes time to understand. The presents you pick up need to be identified otherwise you just open random stuff and can just straight up die (total bummer) or get something else that's bad (like books, they put you to sleep). You have to collect money and find the Carrot Man and identify the presents. When you're playing together, you can both open your inventory and compare like presents to gain more info. Once you identify a present, any of the ones you find after will be the same thing and you can drop bad ones to make room for useful items.

[@tempestfennac9687]

@@permafrost2064 It's good that IDing one version of a specific present lets you see what others are.

[@WesleyScottOfficial]

I love that it wasn't the end of the 1st Streets of Rage 2 level but the host had probably had enough. 😂

[@MrBushmurry]

I absolutely loved Shining Force, I still revisit it. The “Strike” series was amazing too, and Road Rash. What a system

[@manafbenayache1880]

piece of advice : when playing a game for the first time , spend a moment figuring the controls out ! you hit a button and you see what it does etc...

[@Sideline1013]

"they couldnt make em long so they had to make em hard" 🤣 I wonder if he realized what he said...

[@BigBossCQCLegend]

SOR2 is an Beat Em Up MasterPiece 10/10

[@RCruz]

As is the music

[@Spadez86]

The Bar = Best music in the game. The ship is #2

[@Timbermannetje]

Mean Bean Machine, Sonic, Road Rash 2, Eartworm Jim, Streets of Rage, Comix Zone, some of my fave’s for Sega Megadrive.