The Best of the Best on the Sega CD

We go beyond a simple Top 10, and instead, look at the very best games in every category.
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Opening "Sega" jingle is from Astal for the Sega Saturn.
Ending Music during the credits is from Batman for the Sega Genesis.
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By: Jan Neves
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Episode Notes:
1. Captured on the Mega SD/SG combo.
2. You'll notice in Thunderstrike the mini-map is glitched out. I'm not sure if this was a Mega SG or SD issue exactly.
3. Some of these selections could be flipped and I wouldn't have an issue with it. In fact, I had a hell of a time deciding between Shining Force CD and Dark Wizard in that category.
4. With my Wondermega repaired and operation again, I believe I will start capturing from real hardware again. The convenience of the Mega SG/SD is awesome, but I ran into a few sound and graphical issues making this video that really irritated me.
5. Final Fight CD tends to be around $50 in Japan. Less than half a complete US release.
6. Road Rash is a pain to capture from the Sega CD. The licensed music has to be turned way way down to keep the copyright hounds at bay.
7. This episode was a massive undertaking. More than 30 minutes, it took nearly 40 hours to make.

[@radbuster4403]

Final Fight CD is so much better than the SNES version, too bad Sega CD wasn't on my radar back then, and even if I wanted one I wouldn't have been able to afford one. I was able to get on the Sega Saturn train though. I'm just now re-visiting the Sega CD library over the last few years thanks in large part to Sega Lord X videos👍

[@SegaLordX]

Glad I could help. Thanks for watching.

[@adamdenardis5438]

Yeah the music sounds like a cool 80s cop movie!

[@Dessan01]

Yup, I actually prefer Final Fight CD to the Arcade version - the music is better in my opinion and I can actually get through it on a credit. The Arcade gets so unfairly difficult I find it hard to play with any feeling of skill.

[@stevesteve0521]

Well it has coop, all 6 levels, all 3 playable characters and more than 3 enemies on the screen at a time so yeah of course it’s better than the snes version which was just capcom being cheap by not using a bigger memory cartridge to at least fit coop in the game

[@hardcorexbl]

Good lord yes! I loved the FF soundtrack on Sega CD!

[@JorgeAraujo97]

I love how game developers were creative and took bold decisions so naturally. I'm glad we lived thru those great days in the 90s.

[@SegaLordX]

Best software ever.

[@MaxAbramson3]

A wonderful time where 2-3 kids with an idea could get funding and development hardware to create a bold, innovative game that changed the way we look at games. 3D effects were generated with horizontal interrupts, scanline counters, and crude scaling. That reminds me. Your father would've wanted you to have a Sega CD. A more elegant weapon for a more civilized age. For over a thousand generations, the nerd-velopers were the guardians of peace and justice in the old republic. Before the dark times. Before the PlayStation.

[@tabsntoot]

If Howard Lincoln had his way all those knarly titles would of been outlawed by senator dweeberman

[@gpl992]

We still have alot of Creativity and Innovation today.Just look at EA Games.😊❤

[@Falcnuts]

Hearing SLX say “this was incredibly fun to make” you just know as an audience member you’re in for a treat.

[@SegaLordX]

And I meant it. I really enjoyed the Sega CD.

[@gaffa2002]

I read your commentary at the exact same time he said it. No joke

[@MaxAbramson3]

​@@SegaLordXThe Sega CD actually had 30+ great titles. To this day, it was, IMO, the most criminally underused console/addon of VG history. I'd love to see what was attempted but unreleased, as well as some modern efforts to push the hardware to its very limits.

[@glenhayman8722]

yes yes yes, I cannot get enough of the sega CD so many titles that made the first jumps into CD platform

[@SegaLordX]

Yup. So many good games.

[@ColinCropley]

nobody looks at NBA Jam on the Sega CD. but it played just like it does in the Arcade!

[@jc4446]

I remember going to my friends house , he always had the latest and the greatest , he was the first to have a psx too . I remember going in his back room and his older brother and friend were playing mortal kombat on sega cd , I was mesmerized… that’s as close as it got to an arcade port back in those days . After a few rounds of MK I remember playing tomcat alley , and firing the missiles and the FMV kicking in … I was thinking I stepped into a new gen of gaming , this got me fired up for the 32 bit coming the next couple years … freaking awesome time in gaming , great video SLX good stuff

[@SegaLordX]

Thanks. Appreciate the comment.

[@malcolmar]

Agreed!

[@owlbear4928]

I'd just like to say, it's always nice to see someone who remembers that the acronym for the Playstation was originally psx

[@jc4446]

@@owlbear4928 haha amen bro

[@Rountree1985]

@@owlbear4928yeah and so many people nowadays argue that it wasn’t and most of those people weren’t alive when psx came out and never saw the magazines that referred to the ps1 as “psx”. I’m actually shocked there’s no replies to your comment trying to “correct” you.

[@Oribaa90]

This feels like a present for me. I got a day off work and my wife is working. So what did I do? I got up and the first thing I did today was watching this video. Great content! I love Sega and thanks to the MegaSD I could finally explore the whole Sega CD library.

[@michaeldorsey1394]

I remember sewer shark, snatcher, final fight, robo aleste, tomcat alley, terminator, space ace and night trap being my favorite sega cd games I used to own. Oh and Star Wars rebel assault!

[@marccaselle8108]

Also for silly FMV fun try wirehead.

[@sketchkrow]

I got my Sega CD for Xmas in '93, and absolutely loved it! Sure, it never lived up to its full potential for several reasons, but my friends were just blown away by Sonic CD, Eternal Champions, the enhanced port of NHL 94, etc...good memories!

[@graalcloud]

Dude that NHL game is one of the best sports games ever. I still have my copy. Definitely liked it better than FIFA

[@tabsntoot]

I hope homebrew developers can make some games you can play these sega cd games on everdrive pro you don’t need the hardware just roms and bios files

[@andrewdowell6474]

I just love your passion for these games. Your first hand perspective during the lifetime of these consoles is invaluable.

[@alexapignoille4217]

I used to love playing Dune and I still do every now and again. I'm surprised it's hardly ever mentioned as a strong strategy title on the Mega/Sega CD, rare to be even mentioned nowadays.

[@drunkensailor112]

Underrated masterpiece by cryo interactive. A true hybrid genre game

[@8bittimetraveler834]

I've also spent soooo many hours playing Dune. That was an epic game. At the end the Harkonnen enemies were way too strong and were easily killing my armies. We were only equipped with knives.

[@ssaunders1122]

Lunar and Eternal Blue are flat out my favorites on that system.

[@jmarx3943]

Same for me. Throw in Shining Force CD for my 3rd favorite

[@cakelies]

I'm going to toss in Vay, Dark Wizard, and Popful Mail. Working Designs was awesome!

[@johntracy72]

@@cakelies Popful Mail is very expensive now, about $1,200 on Amazon.

[@cakelies]

@@johntracy72 I had no idea the prices got so high - all the more reason to include them. I owned all of those, but sold them years ago. Even had the Brady Games guides for most of them. :/

[@GregsGameRoom]

I’ve gone a little nuts adding Sega CD games to my Genesis Mini. Fun to see what I missed out on all these years.

[@GregsGameRoom]

As for Road Avenger, it’s good but not as good as the SNES FX Pak Pro version. That one is perfect.

[@eternalthree]

knew i should have picked up the genesis mini when i had a chance. does have good compatibility with the sega cd library? any chance it has 32x compatibility as well?

[@PoweredByLS2]

@@eternalthree I have a bunch of Genesis games on my hacked SNES classic. I know, blasphemy, right?! Haha

[@RigbyIsTheMan]

Is hacking it difficult?

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

I love how SEGA CD was bragging about its FMV games and its not EVEN GOOD AT FMV. It cant do full-screen and it has only 8 colors

[@purplehaze2342]

My mate had a mega cd back in the day, he had jaguar xj220, I'd only played the amiga port and was blown away by the sprite scaling on the mega cd. To see sprite scaling on a home system always impressed me.

[@thezombiehistorian]

I remember being at a friend's house and experiencing the Sega CD shortly after its release in late 1992. We played Sewer Shark for hours. At the time, the Sega CD seemed like a time machine, showing us the future of video games.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

I mean like SLX said through the gift of hindsight we can all see how things turned out and it is odd to look back and see the perception that it had and still has versus what people thought at the time. I know I was kind of impressed at the time but the more I saw of it the less I liked. I never owned it even now and can see the best things that were available for it were never really front and center.

[@attilathehun0]

The Zombie Historian Thank God "Sewer Shark" wasn't the future!😂🤣

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@attilathehun0 Yep we can all be glad that game was "dog meat'. (That's a reference to the game in case it wasn't obvious)

[@Dorelaxen]

I LOVE my Sega CD. Always have, always will. The hours I've spent engrossed in RPGS, adventure games, and the FMV games, I can't count. Yes, I do love the FMV games, too! I picked up a complete copy of Snatcher back in 96 or so for around 10 bucks. Best decision ever. Also got Keio Flying Squadron and Popful Mail for almost nothing back then.

[@SegaLordX]

I own a lot of my favorites as well, but Snatcher eludes me.

[@malcolmar]

Nice! There were times I have been tempted to sell my original copies of Snatcher and Popful Mail but then I realized it would be next to impossible to get them back later. Again, really strange these games were never re-released.

[@DeathlessDevil]

I remember getting Snatcher new at EB Games for $6.99 around 95-96. Amazing game.

[@malcolmar]

@@DeathlessDevil Wow! What an amazing price. Enjoy.

[@ExcelMK]

Might just have to go the repro route with snatcher, I just don’t think spending 800+ bucks on a complete copy would be a good decision for my collection as much as I want to play it.

[@HatStackMike]

Sonic CD and Mortal Kombat are the games I keep coming back to when I load up my Sega CD. As well as my guilty pleasure, Sewer Shark. That game came with my system way back in the day and I have some really fond memories with it, even if I can acknowledge that it’s not a great game.

[@SegaLordX]

It’s a tough game too. You need two people to keep up with the tunnels.

[@brianharrington5353]

They're coming and they're coming fast Dogmeat! 😄

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Sewer Shark has kind of a weird feel to it you get hypnotized by the motion of the tunnels. Get a copy of SOUL STAR if you can its an amazing game with real 3D graphics thats the one I wish I could get

[@DreamcastQ]

Love me some Sega CD, those were an extremely exciting couple of years!

[@SegaLordX]

It was. I played it as much as my Genesis, easily.

[@willpowerrazorblade6436]

Same.

[@zacharyessey5904]

Seriously, you inspire me with your love for video games. Watching your content fills me with nostalgia for a time long since passed and the beauty that came with it. I didn't grow up with the Sega CD, but I did grow up with the Mega Drive and the 16 bit generation was an incredible time to and I was fortunate enough to have experienced it even if being born in 91 meant that the 32 bit consoles were when I would become a gamer.

[@hackwrench5583]

I remember as a kid, trying out RPG's from time to time and hating them. Lunar was the game that changed that for me.

[@WMARUoriginal]

I loved the Sega CD and was there right at launch. The store I got it from had only 1 early one and said it was one of the first ones in Los Angeles. Think it was supposed to be a floor demo in advance of regular stock but they had no kiosks so they sold it to me. Loved every minute of it and it genuinely felt like the next generation. Really glad you gave Jaguar a shout out. It’s not flashy but I had a ton of fun with it and it had a pretty good soundtrack.

[@bianodias2000]

I grew up with the Sega CD. A close friend I was all the time with had one, and it was not uncommon we rent a CD or two and spend a weekend at his house playing. I missed a mention to Spiderman, which for me would win the best original over Terminator. Great video.

[@braddl9442]

Sega CD was the system that i have the fondest memories of. I actually had all the stuff that is now crazy expensive now and played and beat them all. Its the one thing I honestly wish I had kept all of it.

[@mccarthy5825]

Lost all my mega drive, mega cd, saturn, psx, dream cast, PS2 stuff... And everything else, in a fire. Emulation is your friend! MEGA cd emulation is almost perfect. You just have to fiddle a bit getting the iso files mounted but it works great and you don't have to spend crazy amounts of money on games you want. There's torrents of literally the entire library for mega drive/mega cd that are easy to get. I wouldn't and couldn't spend hundreds on Snatcher for example!

[@ZanzibarBreeze]

Snatcher is such a good game. You can’t help but play Snatcher and Policenauts and start to lament that Kojima got so hung up on MGS for nearly two decades.

[@graalcloud]

I still have my 32X and SEGA CD that I got in the 90's and I personally always enjoyed both. For me it was a blast playing on these mysterious at the time pieces of hardware. I used to come home from school and play Virtua Fighter and Sonic CD.

[@quadders9198]

I traded in my megadrive and sega cd and 32x with over 100 games for a brand new saturn, regretted it years later but holding onto those things just wasn't a done thing then! You made a good decision to hold onto it John!!

[@Oysterblade84]

Congratulations on the video Sega Lord X! No doubt alot of blood, sweat and tears went into making this, well done. Just wanna point out some things like the Formula 1 racing game ''Beyond The Limit'' or ''Heavenly Symphony'' in Japan. I noticed there was no footage of that game in your video and I fully understand not all games were going to be included, but that game has some of the best scaling and rotation i've ever seen on the system. My most favourite F1 racing game of all time! Also the Core Design Mega Drive/Genesis games such as ''Chuck Rock'' and ''Wolfchild''on the add-on included extra levels and in some cases the same levels were extended to make a larger, longer playing experience, tis was briefly mentioned in the video but not those specific titles. Awesome video, loved watching it.

[@Scott.B.Chapin]

Excellent choices - I'd have chosen about 90% of what you did here. Watching this reminded me of how CORE really understood the hardware, and made several of my favorite games on the platform. Great video, sir!

[@l1uchill]

Nice compilation! One of the best gaming awards I have seen! Awesome Video SLX!

[@lukegregoryCOHBL]

Great video yet again SLX, no idea how you've managed to put out such a quantity of videos, whilst retaining the quality all this time. Refreshing to hear somebody just share their memories and experiences with some classic consoles and games, without resulting to shouting and swearing for the sake of it. Keep up the great work, we appreciate it 👍👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@JustinC721]

Regarding the Terminator. You know, AVGN's infamous Sega CD review is the only reason I ever picked up that game. Even then, I could tell that he did in fact have an appreciation for Sega and the Sega CD.

[@MatticusFinch1820]

Ive just recently gotten into collecting Sega consoles, i missed out on much of Sega as i grew up with Nintendo and then moved on to Sony and then Xbox but now i have a Sega Saturn, 32x, Sega CD, Genesis and Dreamcast and soon a Game Gear and im loving all the time im having with them. So many amazing games i missed out on and now am finding out and learning about and giving second chances too. Back in the day (im 40) we rediculed Sega CD and laughed at its VMV games but as an adult, i appreciate it now and its history and what it tried to do. Sega was so innovative back then and even though not everything stuck, it was still cool to see and look back on. And you channel has been invaluable in my Sega Education. Thanks!

[@malcolmar]

Another job well done! I too loved the Sega CD and I enjoyed every minute of this video. I am happy to say I own most of the games on this list including an original disc of Snather. The Sega CD is one of the reasons why I am a retro gamer today. Thanks for the video and I can't wait to free up some time from work to spend some quality time playing my Sega CD. I have to also give a shout-out to Jurassic Park on the Sega CD. Back in the day, it blew my mind with its immersive gameplay that takes place right after the events of the movie. This was another game that was just not possible on a cart and it is also another Sega CD exclusive.

[@Planag7]

So many of these I missed out during the time of having an actual model 2 Sega CD but I'm glad years later I can enjoy them now. Always appreciate your videos

[@SegaLordX]

And I thank you for watching them.

[@turbo8890]

I really enjoy this series, helps me expand my knowledge on some of the systems I missed out on.

[@joezep]

Great video! Always love the Sega CD videos as there truly are some amazing games on there. It's been one of my favorite libraries of games to poke around in thanks to the Everdrive Pro. I was surprised to see how much they added with the Special Edition of Earthworm Jim, and truly wish the Sega Saturn port of the second game, took the same approach. Excellent stuff, and glad to hear you sounding better. Hope the cold/allergies are behind you now!

[@CaptainGameSlayer]

This was the video I was waiting for. God tier as always. Your videos help me cope with my current living situation which unfortunately has been in my car since July of 2021. Thanks for all that you do man. You keep my childhood alive.

[@wussup12345]

Bruh get a job instead of watching KZbin😂😂

[@RengaBeats]

Man, not a lot of people talk about the MegaCD with love... it's good to hear! I really enjoyed the format of this video.. I'dd love to see it for more Sega Consoles!

[@Renk1]

Good timing on the video, I’ve been collecting for the Mega CD a lot lately. Just today I got Snatcher and Final Fight CD in the mail!

[@Shannon-ul5re]

Awesome video, you brought back some great memories sega lord x. Here in Australia the sega cd was priced at $700 dollars and only being 16 at the time, it was way out of reach. When my mates and I saw the first live demo, it was simply amazing, animation and speech coming from a game was just incredible, then to hear cd music was unbelievable. In 94, I was very fortunate to win a to play and compete in the sega championships, coming first for state and runners up for Australia. Winning a sega cd and games along the way. What a fantastic time it was for gaming back then you just get the same feeling for today games, like you did back in the day.

[@ArtofZenDigital]

You’re the MVP of the Sega community on KZbin. You’re always fair, balanced and just have a calming presence that works well so that when you get enthusiastic, it makes things stand out well. I thought I knew my Sega games, but thanks to you, I got so much more mileage out of my Saturn, with games that are now favorites of mine like Bulk Slash and Kieyo’s Flying Squadron, among many others. You also mentioned superb hacks for the Genesis, such as Mortal Kombat Arcade Edition, which is now easily the best looking and playing version of Mortal Kombat on consoles of that era, including the Sega CD version. The color hacks video put me on to how good Final Fight for the Sega CD could look, and your 32x games reviews were also very fair, highlighting how better ports of some of those games have been made by many of the talented artists and coders in thr Sega fan community. All I can say is thanks! I was the only person in my friends group with a Sega Saturn until 9th grade, where my track team had a gaming party we’d throw after practice on the school AV system, playing Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Cop 1-2, Street Fighter Alpha 2, and Sega Rally 2. I remember PS1 owning friends finally understanding why we loved the Saturn. The other cool thing about being the Sega lover on my block as a kid was getting to play the Nintendo systems at my friends houses, then they’d get a different experience at mine. My friend had his birthday recently, I’ve known him since 1st grade, he too loved Sega, so we’d trade carts, but he lived about 8 mins by bike ride, and I couldn’t ride over there too late as a kid. He had an arcade party in 3rd grade, and we took an updated photo with each other playing TMNT arcade, as well as house of the dead, despite that one coming out much later on, given that his wife rented some classic arcade machines for his birthday party. His son finally had a chance to play some of the games we grew up with, and it was amazing. He said he’d never play House of the Dead ever again after beating it with me on free to play mode, then a girl that lives next door to him came by and asked him to play it and he played through the whole game again. He’s young so he loved how overly campy it was, and despite the old school 3D graphics, it hit me as to how stunning it still looked on the perfectly crisp, refurbished CRT screen it had. Despite the age of the graphics, and the green blood, he had a few jump scares from it. Another cool thing is, despite not growing up with Sonic, he loves the movie. It’s a strangely good time to be a Sega fan, it’s almost surreal. It’s even crazier to see Sega poke fun at themselves with the appearance of Uncanny Valley Ugly Sonic in the Chip N Dale’s Rescue Rangers Disney Plus movie, which was surprisingly good.

[@death2all79zx]

Excellent! Thank you for making this, now I have a list of games to play on the Sega CD.

[@parkyreiner]

The music of ecco on sega cd, was so beautiful.

[@SegaLordX]

Relaxation fuel.

[@spiritchild9101]

Lol, I was just thinking about that. I had the SEGA CD plugged into my stereo. The soundtrack was incredible.

[@THRILLEX]

Such a great concept for a 'list' video. You should do more of these for all the Sega consoles. Great as always, my lord!

[@chrislaustin]

I normally only watch KZbin videos that are in the 10 minute range(give or take), as I find most content creators don't have much to say past that time period(if I even watch that long). SLX is one of the few, where I will watch a 30 minute plus long video, and enjoy every minute of it. So thanks again for all the amazing content, as it's greatly appreciated.

[@SegaLordX]

High praise. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@ckstafford2003]

Lord amazing content as always. Keep on bringing those great memories. Thank you!!!

[@pixhell]

Core design rule on the Sega CD. They really show some skill and love for the platform. 👍

[@rustymixer2886]

Made 16bit look like 32bit

[@tony_bologna]

They used a custom engine on almost every game back then. If they would have licensed those engines to other developers, they could have been a proto-Unity or Unreal.

[@rustymixer2886]

@@tony_bologna every 3d game they did on Sega CD was on point even tomb raider on ps1

[@tony_bologna]

@@rustymixer2886 couldn't agree more. They really did have a period there where they were on the cutting edge.

[@buckroger6456]

Absolutely killer video. I've always loved my Sega CD as well and find that most people that said the games were trash are the ones that never played on the system back when it came out. The list you put together was just great. Now sure some of my favorites didn't make your cut, but I totally see why you would choose some of the games you did. Lunar series is the perfect pick for rpg. Road avenger is another great pick for FMV game even if two others that I liked didn't make the cut, but it's a packed category. I'm just glad to see you doing more Sega CD videos.

[@f3rns]

Almost 36 minutes of pure Sega CD awesomeness, man this was expensive back in the day and still is but thanks to emulation I can have the opportunity to play your recommendations. Thank you so much for this video is really a work of art.

[@RockyP77]

your delivery and style keep me coming back....love it, man

[@SegaLordX]

Appreciate that. Thank you.

[@mattb6522]

Awesome video, Sega Lord X! This actually was something I needed. The Sega CD was such an underrated system! I only grew up with a Genesis, but never got to experience a Sega CD as a kid. Recently, I've been diving into the Sega CD to see what I missed out on and didn't know where to begin. I appreciate your summary of great Sega CD games to check out. Some of these games I have never heard of before, but they look really fun! The only Sega CD game I played as a kid was Sonic CD, but I played the version ported to the PC. I replayed Sonic CD on the Sega CD recently and I loved it even more now than I did as a kid. It may be my favorite Sonic game ever and I even grew up with the Sonic trilogy on the Genesis.

[@ROOMBAfloorvac]

This is my new favorite series. Please do more like this!

[@SegaLordX]

I was thinking that very thing.

[@pattersonkeith]

As a avid sega cd fan/collector, this was brilliant! As always, a job well done. Keep up the great work man!

[@fiskburk2908]

Dude great video, I wonder if some day we will have a Turbografx cd special like this, I would love a video with your quality over it

[@bmcwarmachine111]

Nice touch with the Batman Returns track on the intro, always loved that song lol.

[@colinbaldwin7773]

Super Glad you included Thunderhawk here. This was incredible at the time and my favourite game on the platform

[@wolventerror]

Great selections! I missed some of these games! I am still trying to get a hold of Lunar 2 myself but these are all amazing games indeed!

[@vaporsnake88]

Keep doing what your doing SLX, absolutely love your content!

[@guardianbeardizer6361]

I mean to be completely honest, Road Rash was the best racing game on any system it was on. I mean yes I wish the Sega CD version was like the PS1, 3DO, & Saturn versions but for what it was (Road Rash 3 with the new version soundtrack) it was still good. Right before I played it I'd just a week before beaten Road Rash 3 on Genesis so it was like a fresh look at a game I wish had more levels, like a RR3 expansion pack

[@scottlinux]

Great video! I loved the Sega CD Mortal Kombat release, it seemed to be one of the best home ports of the day

[@SegaLordX]

I always thought so.

[@maxxdahl6062]

I wouldn't say it was the best. PC was better, but definitely the best on console.

[@JaySmith-rf2hz]

Oh man, I was hoping you would have picked my favorite sports game on Sega CD - NHL '94 with cut scenes and upgraded sounds it was really a blast. Have my original setup and many games to this day. Glad I never sold them! Thanks for your hard work SLX.

[@mrcokez1]

this list really hits home, thanks for reminding me of my childhood keep up the great work +1Sub

[@redtrojanhorse]

Man I enjoy your content so much, still waiting for the journey through your collection.

[@manoftherainshorts9075]

Awesome video. I could really feel your passion for Sega CD watching this video. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@legionplaysretro5954]

NHL "94, Monkey Island, and Third World War were absolutely robbed.

[@jasonvoorhees1976]

I remember getting my sega cd as a Jr. High kid and I was blown away. Everybody that came over to see it I would pop in Sewer Shark and everyone was blown away. FMV on a home console, just unbelievable. I know now it looks bad and cheesy but that game has so many memories tied to it ill always love it and still play it from time to time still today. I have a series x and PS5 today but they couldn't give the absolute joy that my sega cd brings.

[@9bytehub]

thanks for the reminder on cobra command. playing that first level was so much fun

[@LogAsp11]

My first experience with SEGA was truly amazing and I will NEVER forget that day! I was born in 89 while my bro was 86.. I was around 2-3 years old in 91-92 so Christmas we got an SNES packed with Super Mario World along with Donkey Kong Country separately..I loved it and me being so young I didn’t have a clue there was another option known as Sega..UNTIL a year later when me, my bro, & Dad dropped off his friend at his house after playing basketball who happened to love video games to..He asked my Dad if we had time to come inside and check something “cool” out with a grin on his face..(My dad & his friend planned this beforehand as a surprise) My dad says “nah we better head to the house” knowing me and & my brother will say “But dad, we won’t stay long” & “Yeah Dad! I promise we won’t stay long!”PLEASE! To our surprise my dad obliges and looks at us with a stern look “10 mins and we have to go”..We go inside and his friend said he was gonna use the bathroom real quick..A few minutes later he walked out with a model 1 Genesis with the first Sonic and MK1..I was speechless and words can’t describe the excitement of seeing a brand new system at that age! He asked if we wanted to take it home and try it out and ended up letting us keep it! The same exact Genesis is hooked up as we speak and due to him being so nice and giving us the Genesis it led to us following Sega which led to my Dad purchasing A Sega CD not to long after and I fell in love with the SEGA CD and holds a special place in my heart and has such a unique charm to it! Sadly, my dad’s friend recently passed away and it has not even been a year yet 😢 I’m so glad I still have the Genesis he gave us and have something to remember him by! I miss and love you Uncle Kenny!

[@johnellis3383]

Great video! I had a blast with my Sega CD and honestly really liked most of the games I had for the system even the FMV titles. I would love to see a best of for 32X and Saturn too!

[@maxxdahl6062]

I liked the fmv games that were arcade ports. And the sherlock holmes games are a guilty pleasure of mine.

[@largus1134]

This video was spot on. I couldn't agree more with your selection.

[@segaboy1773]

I agree with you about the Sega CD. I also bought it early on and always enjoyed playing the games. All the games you chose were great, but there were still so many others you could have picked. There were plenty of great games for it. Mistakes were made, and opportunities were missed, but I don’t consider it a failed system in any way. I was in my 20’s when it came out and my friends and I all bought one. No regrets. I love it to this day, and along with the Genesis and Saturn, it’s still my most frequently played system. As you succinctly put it, it was under appreciated. Thanks for the video full of some great memories for me.

[@marccaselle8108]

I remember my friend had a Sega CD when it was new and we had a blast playing sewer shark, hook, sonic CD, WWF rage in the cage, final fight CD, rise of the dragon, lunar the silver star, shining Force CD, mortal Kombat CD and more.

[@BUTTONBASHERGAMING]

My 2 fav systems was Mega CD & 3DO still to this day your channel is becoming my fav channel i been watching your vids for 2 days straight so far i got the Mega CD when it came out loved it Great Channel do you stream at all

[@el_cores]

I sincerely appreciate your list and reviews of the SegaCD specially for the fact that you experienced the platform on its heyday. I would like to add to your list the category "Japan Only" and I definetively would say that "Captain Tsubasa CD" is the best. It's like a soccer game mixed with RPG gameplay, it mimmicks quite well the experience of watching an episode of the anime, and I couldn't tell you how amazed I was discovering a Captain Tsubasa (or "Supercampeones" if you are from Latam like me) game was officially released on the platform

[@delta7890]

Love your videos, man! Keep 'em coming!

[@8bittimetraveler834]

Oh man, that brings me back such great old souvenirs! I spent hours playing awesome games like Night Trap (writing lists of room to finish the game). Also Double Switch, Ground Zero Texas, Dune (with voices. I was in French) World War 3 (super awesome). I had a version called CD X, which was a compact version of the Genesis, and Sega CD together. Rise of the dragon: "Everybody calls me: THE JAKE!", "No weapon detected. You're clean. Go on in"

[@gametourny4ever627]

This was an awesome list. The only area I might argue is the Sports games. I would put Nba Jam and NHL 94 as best game and runner up and you could go either way. Both games are incredible and the best ports of their respective game.

[@ryanshaw7977]

Came to say this. NHL 94 had to be best sports game on the system

[@elnoel1220]

NHL ‘94 for Mega CD is one of the greatest sports games ever crafted. Amazed it didn’t occupy the top spot. I’d put NBA Jam as runner up too. And this is coming from someone who grew up in a country where Sensible Soccer ruled supreme back in the day (and yes, I still love that game too)

[@BF4pawntard]

Batman on the Sega cd is what made me buy the console. It looked absolutely phenomenal at the time

[@Cafeman_2D]

Same here.

[@derekbuckler9888]

Damn I miss sega, but I do have those same memories that you mentioned x. And thanks for playing the Batman returns CD music at the intro, which is one of my personal favorites to. I remember playing that sewer level over and over again as it was tough as hell. Still play Batman returns CD off and on till this dsy, never gets old

[@TheDogmantis]

I can't believe you brought up Thunder Strike. Love that game and has a banging soundtrack.

[@therealstaticthreat]

I loved my Sega CD! I'm happy to see that many of the games I owned back then made the list! I was one of those people that loved the FMV games, but I also had such a great time playing everything else as well! I will never forget that Christmas morning when my brother and I first witnessed the intro to Sewer Shark, some great memories were had! SEGA!

[@delbatchio]

Excellent work! Thanks!

[@billcook4768]

These are games few people played when they came out; it’s a tough system to collect for; and it’s safe to say Sega will never release a Sega CD Mini. It’s up to people like you to champion these games and people will have to play them anyway they can.

[@setttings1033]

but they just announced this exact thing...

[@Vaultboy50s]

Snatcher is one of my all-time faves! So many great memories of playing this one.

[@LunarMaster007]

Great video as always. When I saw that you picked Silpheed for your best graphics, I started laughing. I used to show it off as graphical show piece on my Sega CD. It was like Sega's best competitor to Star Fox (which looked amazing at the time). I lot of awesome choices overall.

[@SegaLordX]

Yup. I showed Silpheed to everyone that would watch.

[@MrJamesshipman]

I loved my Sega CD!! Seeing this video brings me back to the early days. And I had some of the best games. ( for real though I bought it for Sonic CD did take me a year-and-a-half or longer yes, yes it did.) Dark wizard, sonic, soul star, snatcher, silphied, and both lunars

[@jsttv]

All the games you mentioned is worth owning a Sega CD. For me it was Final Fight CD.

[@ludicrousfool7953]

The CD is something I believe has value as an add-on for the Genesis; I would personally do without most of the FMV games and request an increase in color, but the hardware for some special games is there. The Terminator, Mickey Mania, Final Fight, Snatcher, Lunar: Eternal Blue, Mortal Kombat, Sonic CD, it had it all.

[@Haywood-Jablomie]

Dune 1 was my favorite Sega CD game

[@SataniaMcDowel]

Lunar!!!

[@JamesChessman]

SLX channel consistency of great topics is incredible, in fact it seems impossible that he makes up so many excellent topics and never stops

[@SegaLordX]

As long as I have an audience, I’ll keep trying my best.

[@JamesChessman]

@@SegaLordX great vid and I appreciate your mention of Ecco, especially in the car. Late 2021 I started driving with the Sega CD game in my car CD player, it sounds fantastic on a car’s speaker system!!

[@mtshark7]

Awesome list man!

[@nonyabiz9340]

I LOVE dark wizard and shining force CD.... absolute gems, awesome vid thanks man!

[@spiritchild9101]

I loved the SEGA CD. My favorite system of all time. I had a paper route, so I could afford, what was at the time a premium game system. Great 90s memories. I had it plugged into my stereo system, as it also played music CDs.

[@ZEROCOOLLTV]

I had both Road Avenger and Night Trap and I loved them both, I own NightTrap now on PS5 and Nintendo Switch. It does have replay value and is harder to keep up with all the rooms, as a kid I had mastered it, but now I keep missing those guys. I loved my Sega CD.

[@josefdrawdy9660]

Keio Flying Squadron got robbed, that helicopter game isn't a shoot em up. Nice video though, keep up the good work!

[@TheBigDaddyDReviews1]

You've certainly timed this video well what with the recent announcement of the Megadrive Mini 2!

[@codekhalil6437]

Let's also talk about the value you got as a pack in! The underrated shooter Sol- Feace, to show off the system's speed and sound. Sherlock Holmes to show off the FMV. And a 4-in-1 Sega Classics disc (Streets of Rage, Revenge of Shinobi, Golden Axe, Columns) One of the best system pack ins imho! A great range of titles. Great vid SLX

[@crossdimension4031]

Sega CD was my first CD Player! I still have mine and a decent selection of games.

[@spiritchild9101]

Me too. It was my main CD player for years. I still remember going to the store, and buying my first CD: Mariah Carey, music box

[@zikzakfr]

I got a MegaCD2 a few months before the Saturn arrived and I loved this extension of the 16bits. Most of the game you listed I got too and I'd add titles like "Power Monger" (I spent so many hours on that one), "Theme Park", "Prince of Persia", "Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit" and "Dune". This machine had excellent games for its time and Sega could have done great things with it, imagine what a compilation of ports of "Streets of Rage" could have done to the sales.

[@JustinLeeper]

Let me say this, and I hope you see it as a compliment: I was a professional game journalist for 8 years, atop being a lifelong gamer (43 now). I know my stuff. But watching this, I concede that you know way more about Sega CD and its library than I do. My hat’s off to you, SLX!

[@DiGiTyDarKMaN]

I'm still to this day excited to play new FMV games that come out. I've always loved them for some reason.

[@drunkensailor112]

Have you ever tried wirehead on Sega cd? Imo fmv hidden gem on the system

[@CRAZYCANUCKTV]

I absolutely love Sega CD and still play it!! Bram Stokers Dracula, 3 Ninjas, Sewer Shark, so many awesome memories, it was revolutionary when it came out