The Early Days of the Sega CD

[@bardofsteel]

Hey man. I rarely comment on KZbin but I wanted to tell you I appreciate your videos. You work hard on these and it shows. Thank you.

[@SegaLordX]

I appreciate that!

[@h_ymusicgroup5051]

1000% agree. My first system was the genesis i was 5 yrs old in 1993. You were the cool older kids that could do fatalities and cheats on mk and that i was in awe of. First time i saw sega cd was at one of thier houses they had afterburner..id also venture to guess sega lord x has been a thing since aol instant messenger. Big props bro fr

[@rustyshackleford7265]

Ghey

[@diamondhands0111]

Well said! Thank you, Sega Lord X!

[@princesssprinklesthecat4192]

Hey bard, you're super gay

[@DreamcastQ]

The early season of the Sega CD was so exciting, I was blown away by the kiosk they installed early in our mall's EB store

[@xhizornl3204]

Everytime when i see these old games it brings me back to how i really enjoyed games. It was something magical compared to now

[@simon41978]

I wonder if KZbin actually killed gaming. Now you can watch any game being played through from start to finish before you buy it. In the 90's and even up until about 2010, all you had was magazines and maybe a quick look at the game in the shop before you bought it. I remember playing through Valkyria Chronicles on PS3, getting stuck here and there, trying to come up with strategies (no KZbin guides to help me) I still really enjoy gaming...I spend most of my time with Super Famicom and arcade games but not much time at all with modern games.

[@terrylodge4846]

Sonic CD is STILL my most played and replayed platformer. Any Ground Zero Texas fans?

[@montanastranger]

So true. I honestly wonder many times if IT was a different time video game time for society as a whole or if it was me being young and my "rose colored-video game glasses". Rarely do I get that same feeling of time standing still when I power on a system.

[@terrylodge4846]

Core design really stepped it up later on with titles like SolStar.

[@simon41978]

@@montanastranger You might need a break. I was so jaded in 1996, I took a 4 year break from gaming. When I started playing again with Dreamcast, the old excitement came back and the technology was brand new.

[@mikef8846]

With a title like "Blackhole Assault" I was expecting it to be an adults only game.

[@videogamepolak0]

they shoulda released some vivid games on the sega cd like the 3do :lolol:

[@emilyflink6908]

Lol

[@bananonymouslastname5693]

That probably would have been an improvement...

[@arcadianlhadattshirotsughW33Z]

heeze got jungle feeva

[@emotionz3]

The funny thing is this is the worst version of the game. It really is embarrassing. The version later released on the PC Engine CD\TurboGrafx-CD (ironic because the PC Engine CD was released 4 years before the Mega CD!) played better on weaker hardware with 2 buttons and the story\cut scenes are better. Don't get me wrong, this game is terrible no matter how you play it, but it's funny it was improved on a much weaker system.

[@JasonMontell2501]

Thank you for listening to the fan requests for the sega CD!

[@pabloanania7415]

I think that this video summarizes why Nintendo cancelled it's CD addon

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

You mean you STILL don't have a Sega CD!? What'd'ya waitin' for, Nintendo to make one? :D

[@meanmole3212]

@@JohnSmith-zw8vp "tcheh..."

[@ManillaHeep]

The RPGs are my fondest memories of this system. Unique games like Vay, Dark Wizard, Shining Force CD and more. I wish there would have been a Phantasy Star release for the platform.

[@adfury]

CD Rom was across the board, a technology that came out before the industry wasn't ready for it.

[@JamesChessman]

well it was awesome though lol.

[@brandonmuse5532]

Agreed

[@rcgamer]

I've always felt that it wasn't the hardware that started to kill Sega it was how Sega didn't support all the new hardware. Sega Cd was basically FMV and regurgitated Genesis games. 32X was the same. While there were a few original games for the most part it was just quick cash grabs. And they would quickly abandon the new hardware. It just got to the point where you couldn't trust them.

[@retrosoul8770]

Exactly because the new hardware wasn't necessary and they struggled to support platforms that shouldn't have happened to begin with. Remove the hardware and you don't have a software problem anymore.

[@petewillson205]

True except Genesis 2.5 years was master system, cd, 32x was a little over a year Saturn and dreamcast 2 years, Master System got an extended life because it was big in Europe and game gear was just a mini version of it.

[@Bellthorian]

With the extra hardware in the Sega CD it would have been nice to see them push it to the max. With twin 16 bit processors, increased storage and scaling hardware I wonder what a game that squeezed out every ounce of power would look like.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

@@Bellthorian Me too, but I think the fact that it was an add on really gimped it. Sonic CD made much better use of all the features than most games for the console, you got CD audio, PCM audio using the new chip, FMV, loads of new stage themes and artwork filling the CD, plus 3D sprite scaling and mode7 like effects. The Sega CD could do a lot more scaling than the SNES, but it was heavily limited in terms of framerate and resolution. The lack of bandwidth on the connector between the Sega CD and the Mega Drive limited the video framerate & resolution massively (plus lack of CPU power to decode the video), and the MD’s colour palette limited the FMVs to 16 colours. The lack of bandwidth also limited the framerate and resolution of scaling effects, Sonic CD’s Special Stages and Title Screen run at 256x224@20fps whereas the rest of the game runs at 320x224@60fps(roughly, it drops a lot into the 50s), because the bandwidth limitation held it back. You can also see that in the famous Batman & Robin game, there’s a lot more scaling going on than any SNES game, but the framerate is much lower, 30 at the most but it feels lower to me.

[@Thor-Orion]

The SegaCD was actually pretty cool if you got the right games. Snatcher, the Lunar games, Shining Force, SoulStar, etc. There was a lot of not great software, but there was enough good software to make it worthwhile depending on when you got it and what you paid for it.

[@Imgema]

Nice idea this one, you should do the "Late days" as well, the Genesis was awesome in 95-96 with Vectorman, EWJ 2, Comix Zone, Toy Story, Sonic 3D, etc

[@greenkoopa]

Except for that sonic game I agree

[@Top-Kek]

3D Blast was terrible 😂

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Genesis sucked but at least it wasnt an overpriced doorstop like Sega CD

[@michaeltertelyi8479]

I never grew up with Sega’s hardware. It wasn’t until I was an adult did I become fond of and familiarize myself with Sega’s content. It’s good to see Sega fans still keeping their passion alive. Thank you, Sega Lord X, keep doing your thing! 😊

[@madaction9373]

Thank you Sega Lord X! I remember getting the Sega Cd just for Night Trap. As a kid that blew my mind.

[@SegaLordX]

My sister and I use to sit for hours mapping out the times of the traps and code changes. Good times.

[@madaction9373]

@@SegaLordX I hear ya man. Did the same thing with my brother and we would write down the times and areas. Thanks again for the nestolgia and keep up the great work!

[@uno3863]

Wow this brings back memories I had the Sega CD as a kid, was confused af playing Sherlock 🤣🤣but had games like sewer shark, and I remember a buddyyof mine had Silpheed

[@uno3863]

I remember being disappointed that the Sega CD didn't have the little lights underneath the access lights like the Mega cd had 🤣🤣

[@IamMarkSmith]

@Sega Lord X I am so happy you put this episode together. It has been a long time since I revisited the launch of this add on. A $300 price tag, no Sonic, and a one player pack in Golden Axe?! I don't understand what Sega was thinking with the launch of this. I wanted it because I thought Sega was going to bring us the future. Unfortunately not so much and not enough when they did have a decent game release.

[@maroon9273]

Including no Sprite rotation game during launch.

[@officialnofriendo]

God i love the sound fx of those old school shooters on genesis and sega cd!

[@officialnofriendo]

@@jsprunger6246 ?

[@jsprunger6246]

@@officialnofriendo I know you meant no harm but read Old - on and see what i mean lol

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

@@jsprunger6246 context. Your brain went there.... nobody elses And nothing offensive. Old school shooter sound effects are great.

[@StaypoEtic]

@@jsprunger6246 Please never become an editor, and don't act like one in your free time ever again.

[@StaypoEtic]

@@jsprunger6246 Then please keep your jokes and critiques separated until you know how to do either one. And maybe just accept you made a mistake.

[@Choralone422]

I was one of those gamers that was really interested in the Sega CD until I saw the lackluster lineup of initial games. One thing that many people don't acknowledge is that up until around 1994 -95 many developers didn't have computers that had hard drives large enough to accommodate the storage a single CD could provide. That made it hard to develop a game that truly took advantage of the CD medium outside of FMV (which was mostly scripted) or plain old Redbook audio which was easy to add during mastering. I also wonder what kind of development tools Sega provided and if those tools could take advantage of the additional hardware from the start or if the developers had to figure that out on their own.

[@WelcomToTheNextLevel]

I’m a huge Sega CD fan, I really enjoyed launch games and many that came after.

[@retroworld8090]

The OG PlayStation and Nintendo 64 were the first systems that actually blew me away. The Sega CD was all hype.

[@germanname1990]

Nice to see a video from you about the SEGA CD.

[@TheGemini5]

Man, the potential that this thing had is unreal! I STILL don't think it was fully realized. Are there any homebrew games for this? At this day and age, I'm sure they'd at least be very decent. It's ok though, Sega is STILL my favorite game company. I just wish they'd get off their asses and release those games we haven't seen for literally decades.

[@wrena79]

Now don’t get me wrong I’ve enjoyed a fair few mega cd titles - Robo Aleste, Bari arm, Keio etc but I think ultimately with the unit Sega definitely ‘over promised’ and ‘under delivered’.

[@masterneme]

6:18 When the 32X was about to be released I bought a console magazine which came with a VHS promotional tape. It had footage of Doom and that music was playing. Much later I found out that the real Doom 32X music was awful, so it (kinda) was false advertising. But this awesome tune has been in my memory and I couldn't find out where it was from. Now, 25 effing years later, I finally know that the music is from Blackhole Assault for Sega/Mega CD. Thanks for helping me solve the mystery.

[@Cafeman_2D]

Other than the pack ins, I wasn't interested in any of those. It was Batman Returns CD that convinced me to buy the system. On a side note, I never minded that the same games would be on Genesis and Sega CD, because the CD was usually 5 bucks cheaper and had wayyy better sound quality which made me happy to buy the CD versions of many games. I was just playing my model 1 Sega CD earlier today! Thanks for the hard work and interesting Sega videos!

[@RichardCraig]

That's the annoying part is I'm sure publishers were saving a LOT more than $5 to produce a game on CD than on a cart, and if they had done a better job passing that savings on to consumers and advertising CDs as a cheaper media, it might have brought more people on board who were looking to save on games over time. If CDs had been priced at half the price of carts, they would've moved.

[@Thor-Orion]

@@RichardCraigthat’s absolutely true, you’d have to buy 60 games to make back what you spent on the console, meanwhile the publishers were saving $25+ per disc they sold compared to carts.

[@TransKingFormers]

my friend had got a sega cd and i remember it coming with 4 in 1 genesis games,sherlock holmes,sol feace and a music cd that had 80s music i belive

[@robkalbach]

Yep, the cd had a couple songs each from Fleetwood Mac, Information Society, They Might Be Giants, etc.

[@MrMegaManFan]

You've just given me an idea for another "Worst Of" episode. Thanks Mr. X!

[@demonsty]

sherlock holmes was also on turbo grafx cd before sega cd. worth mentioning because tgcd didnt have many fmv games

[@SuperHns]

IN its defense of Hook and Chuck Rock, BACK in the 90s that shit was epic. I remember having Larry 6 on the PC the floppy version which had no cd voices or music, then I got a CD ROM for my PC and the voices and music really changed the experience for me. I think the best FMV video game is Star Wars Rebel Assault 1 and 2

[@tyronedrane8394]

I got one i think someone owed me money and gave me this and some games, this was back in the mid nineties and its still here to this day haunting around.

[@robertlawrence9000]

Some good memories of the SEGA CD Silpheed Prize Fighter Sonic CD Revenge Of The Ninja Snatcher Terminator Iron Helix Sewer Shark Eternal Champions

[@mattpowell8369]

Dune was fantastic too, my favourite Sega CD title

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

No Final Fight CD?

[@robertlawrence9000]

@@sargonsblackgrandfather2072 I think I rented it. Trying to remember. It's been so long ago

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

@@robertlawrence9000 and Thunderhawk? The helicopter sim was great.

[@joshdietrich5080]

Man, I could watch your vids for hours!

[@TaylorShearin]

I have enjoyed watching your videos on the early days of the Genesis and Sega CD. Looking back on these consoles with the convenience of emulation, I see the libraries as a whole instead of individual releases and the market at the time. This was a great idea for a video series; please keep up the great work!

[@jonyoungmusic]

The main draw for me was the FMV lol. I was 10 when I got my model 1 so what did I know. Sewer Shark, Kriss Kross Make My Video, Lethal Enforcers (loved it in the arcade), Night Trap, etc. Just the idea of CD-ROM technology intrigued me. The highlight of my week at school back then was going to the media center to use the Macintosh computers and browsing interactive encyclopedias and playing Amazon Trail.

[@gametourny4ever627]

This was an awesome video! I would love a Sega Cd Video per year. The history and games of each year the Sega Cd still got games. 1 Video per year.

[@ManillaHeep]

The FMV resolution was tiny, I guess to avoid being super pixellated

[@SegaLordX]

Actually there are full screen FMV games on the Sega CD. It just depended on the game.

[@SteliosStylianou]

Tomcat Alley pulled it off surprisingly.

[@MrSmriley]

But at the time it was amazing. For Megadrive owners it was completely new and had a certain 'magic' about it.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Colour was more the issue ~ hence it was "grainy" looking.

[@emotionz3]

The hardware was capable of full screen video, but it shows most devs had no idea what they were doing in the early days of FMV. Maybe it was a devkit issue or something, but I don't know why most Sega CD FMV 160x112 instead of the native 320x224 when some games were the later. It wasn't like storage space was an issue, most of these games grossly underutilized the storage capacity of CD-ROM's and instead padded it with redbook audio.

[@LocoGringo8898]

Sega was def ahead of its time. I had my genesis from 93-97 great times, I never had the sega CD. My cousin did have the 32x ,and the CD so I played a few things on it it wasn't bad. Hey SegaLordX you think you could do a video on the Sega Channel? That was really ahead of its time thanks man enjoy ur vids

[@jumobeats9002]

For sure the sega channel was the first video game streaming service

[@jamesmoss3424]

The Sega CD is a very good console and I wish that a Sega CD mini would come out. 😀👍🎮

[@jamescameron149]

That would be fun. I'd buy that.

[@ashleydortch2445]

Me too

[@ag3ntorange164]

Great job. Captures that era perfectly. I experienced the launch here in the UK and it was pretty much the same story. You are definitely the You Tube king of Sega history.

[@montanastranger]

Back at launch this was for the rich kids and way beyond my means. My buddy had one though and he rarely let our group of friends touch it! FMV blew me away back then. Oh how simple my video game knowledge was then. After my 3DO ownership experience I now shudder at grainy FMV.

[@AntiHeroFett]

I loved my Sega CD! I definitely missed out on a bunch of great titles looking back, but I enjoyed the ones I did have for hours on end. One thing that always frustrated me is that they didn't expand the color palette. You take the CD quality sound, scaling and rotation capabilities and throw in at least what the SNES was capable of displaying color wise and this would have really been the ultimate 16bit system for that era. Especially in the hands of top notch developers. I'd love to see some brave indie developer with a set of balls the size of coconuts take a crack at developing a Sega CD/32X platformer using every bell and whistle possible with that Frankenstein combination of hardware lol

[@maroon9273]

M68k really bump the price of the add-on. The color expansion would have been better than having a scaling and rotation graphics on the add-on. Sega cd definitely would have had colorful graphics like the 32x did and even more software titles to back it up if sega play there cards right.

[@IamMarkSmith]

"Cobra Command" and "Road Avenger" were great for their time. I am still nostalgic about them. Especially "Road Avenger." Its art style reminded me so much of the "Pole Position" 80's Saturday morning cartoon.

[@Shinobi33]

Man this brings back memories. Loved the compilation disc. Night Trap was sooo bad but I couldn't put it down because of the FMV.

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

Been meaning to get into the Sega CD for a while now. I bought a Sega CDX brand new and I just can’t open it. There’s a used Tectoy Sega CD on EBay that I definitely want, but I just picked up a McWill modded Game Gear instead.

[@truthteller5521]

Love your channel!

[@JamesChessman]

Awesome vid and great topic. Early Sega CD years, I was reading gaming magazines and daydreaming about how amazing it probably was, lol. I only bought one much later as an adult. I'm a fan of most of the library, and the FMV games are interesting imo. And a few are great: Road Avenger, Wirehead, Panic, Tides of Time has great FMV, etc.

[@deependcuration]

I love this channel late at night when I wanna feel like im falling asleep with the tv on in the mid 2000's again

[@jamesaitchison9478]

Very nostalgic video for me personally. I remember the launch of the Mega-CD in the UK (in 1993). The machine was hyped and advertised quite heavily on TV and in Video Game Magazines for some time beforehand. It was a great era for Video Games in the early 90's. Cool video bro 👍

[@OtakuDYT]

Thanks so much for introducing me to Night Trap, never had it as a kid but I bought the 25th anniversary edition now and loved it to death!

[@sloppynyuszi]

Retro core did a battle of the ports with Chuck Rock. It seemed like according to him there was quite more added to the CD version with extra levels and added detail. And a snazzy little intro. It seemed like it wasn’t the worst culprit of putting mega drive games onto CD with a video clip and some sound enhancements.

[@Savitor]

Picked up my Sega CD on day one, along with Cobra Command and I still love both to this day. That game is often overlooked and underrated. I love it! 🎮👍

[@jarrod499]

Great video, one of my friends had a sega cd at launch when I was growing up. I remember that I was distinctly unimpressed with the FMV focus. One thing is that the PC CD-Rom was popular at the time and somewhat cost competitive if you had a pc. The pc was perfectly capable of playing those types of games and it could also display much higher resolution support graphics as well as use a mouse for input.

[@crosstie417]

When Sega cd came out my neighbor got one. Me and my brother had a nes and Sega genesis but decided to go for the super Nintendo instead of getting Sega cd and I'm glad I did. I like the Sega cd but that steep price for mostly fmv and genesis ports just didn't appeal to me.

[@dire51]

I remember buying a VHS head cleaner in 2000 because my VCR was in desperate need of a cleaning, and when the picture started to clear up, who appeared on the screen? Wonder Dog, "cleaning" the screen. I was not expecting that.

[@dire51]

And here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYuck6uVrs91Y6M

[@fakeshemp9599]

Golden axe was only one player for some God awful reason lol.. still never understood why that decision was made

[@Lightblue2222]

Exactly. Made zero sense to me. Would love to hear an explanation for that.

[@Lightblue2222]

@@BeakFace_ interesting. Especially since Streets Of Rage still has 2 player.

[@dougkaplan1449]

I still don’t remember how I afforded this thing. I probably traded in thousands of dollars worth of games to Funcoland. Damn you, Funcoland!!!

[@SegaLordX]

It was a big expense for me too. I was working at a restaurant called Shoney's when it hit the US. Cost me 3 paychecks.

[@arcadianlhadattshirotsughW33Z]

@@SegaLordX i remember you... you stiffed me on my hash browns i ordered with my steak and eggs... and your cook didnt understand "medium rare"... ya bastards...

[@amokerts1611]

@@SegaLordX holy crap you comment on people’s comments? And Shoney’s lol wish I had had it .

[@johndewberryiii9925]

Funcoland wow that takes me back lol

[@Thor-Orion]

@@SegaLordXyou ever run into Rick Sanchez when you were working there?

[@Str8From215]

I was a huge sonic fan when I was younger and my uncle had a sega CD and I begged him to come over every day to play sonic cd

[@RubenLra]

I remember getting the Sega CD the Christmas it came out after reading about it in a JC Penny catalog. Being only 13 years old and only playing games on consoles and not pc, it was amazing to see actual full motion video on a game console. Now its seen as cheesy but being a kid in the early 90s it was so cool seeing games like Sewer Shark and any of the digital pictures games in motion.

[@BigBoy-bx1dw]

This is one of my favorite KZbin channels. Your videos are so well done. The Sega heyday brings me so much nostalgia.

[@waverazor]

My dad found a sega saturn ( he worked at sanitation) and it was magical connecting it together to finally see the games! It came with some football game, sol deace, real boxing, sewer shark and Dracula. I miss it..

[@AntonioRodriguezSilver]

Love your content man! Awesome video; I have a special place in my heart for the Sega CD, even if all those FMV games were disappointing more often than not. I actually really liked Sol-Feace. Yes, the scrolling was oddly janky, especially when compared to Technosoft shooters, but the soundtrack was just amazing and that opening cinema blew me away. One important detail about the version of Golden Axe in the CD collection is that it doesn't support 2 player simultaneous play. That always left me scratching my head. Also, thanks for including the Sega CD Prince of Persia! It's an amazing version of the classic!

[@EricJacobusOfficial]

The Sega CD wasn't the best game console ever, but the first one to bridge games and cinema. It had some amazing console exclusives: the one and only English-audio Snatcher port (with fantastic voice acting), Heart of the Alien (love it or hate it), Dark Wizard, Keio Flying Squadron, a half-decent Jurassic Park point-n-click, Sega CD, and Lunar: The Silver Star. The pack-in titles were awesome and held us over until we saved enough allowance to buy more games. And it had amazing ports of point-n-click adventures like Rise of the Dragon, Willy Beamish (both also with amazing voice acting), and Monkey Island. The FMV titles weren't bad either: Road Avenger, Time Gal, Revenge of the Ninja, and Cobra Command were stellar FMV titles. Power Rangers, Night Trap, and Kamen Rider Zo were less technically impressive but still fun. Despite a lot of shovelware and gruesome load times, to the Gen X / Millennial generation this system captured our imaginations and was a sign of things to come with cinematic gaming.

[@MilesMariae]

completely agree

[@TheDutchGhost]

I agree with you on a lot of the titles that focus on regular/traditional gameplay, action titles, strategy, and adventure games such as Snatcher which I feel works well on a console. I am not so sure about titles that were clearly more intended to be played with a mouse such as Willy Beamish and Secret of Monkey Island. I should know this as I am old enough but I don't recall if there was ever a mouse peripheral for the Sega 16 bit/Sega CD. But the FMV titles, that is where my opinion really differs from yours. I feel these were some of the worst titles on the machine. (not an attack on your opinion) Perhaps interesting from a visual point of view but gameplay wise these games simply were not fun. I think Sega wasted too much money on titles such as these. It would have been better to focus on more traditional gameplay games and use the extra space for more/bigger levels and music. Cutscenes and and voices of course would still be fine. Focus also should have been mostly on games exclusive for the Sega CD and not enhanced ports from the regular 16 bit, and ports from other machines that would never work on a regular 16 bit. That might still not have saved the machine as it was also quite expensive, and face it, most parents would not buy an addition to a console that is as expensive as the machine itself. But perhaps the Sega CD would have come out better this way.

[@caseyhayes4590]

@@TheDutchGhost Genesis/Sega CD has a mouse but not great compatibility across library. The mouse also would have made FMV games where you shoot with a target better. Agree that Snatcher is designed so it works great with a controller and some of these others don't, the shooting gallery areas especially are fun with just a control pad. The late released strategy RPGs and JRPGs were as good as anything on SNES but that was such a niche group of gamers back then pre FFVII. A SNES CDRom with Square/Enix support would have been an insane gift to gamers.

[@darthwisner47]

I hope you do a follow-up episode showcasing the must play titles also. 👍

[@CousinHubertRetrogaming]

Im always amazed at the amount of tech details japanese show on their ads. Have you seen the tv ad even shows cd buffer ram, access time and Processor make and clock ?

[@jt0l3r]

I remember how proud I was when I finally beat Sewer Shark on the Sega CD I had back when I was like 13

[@vlc9521]

im loving ur content more and more!

[@ironmanTetsuoTV]

The Mega CD was my first actual CD player, before then I could only play tapes and records on my dad's giant hi-fi in the living room. Snatcher, Silpheed and Battlecorps were my favourites.

[@elfiebranford9330]

The early days of the Sega CD certainly had a plethora of FMV games, but I never knew about these other hidden gems. The Prince of Persia game actually looks really good. The cutscenes alone made me smile, something about that 90s anime aesthetic and design just made me fall in love lol.

[@TransCanadaPhil]

I too was an early adopter of the Sega CD back in 1992. There are good games such as: Robo Aleste (amazing sequal to MUSHA), Final Fight CD (the best home conversion), Lunar The Silver Star (terrific RPG), The Terminator (a seriously underrated game that is completely different than the Genesis game with an amazing soundtrack), Sonic CD.

[@kristianbinder4612]

I wanted a Sega CD so bad, I was definitely way too attracted to gimmicks as a kid and I got sucked right in. I got one for Christmas on release year and kinda tread water with it but once stuff like Lunar and Snatcher hit I finally felt vindicated.

[@refinedsugar]

My local radio shack had a demo unit set up where you could watch Ground Zero Texas being played. I was young and mesmerized by FMV so it excited me. I never ended up getting one and that title turned out to be not as cool as I thought in hindsight.

[@Thor-Orion]

Between the Lunar series, SoulStar, Snatcher, etc (the higher end experiences on the system) and then the fact that a lot of Genesis games were released on CD for cheaper with better audio Sega CD definitely ended up being worthwhile for those who owned one in it’s lifetime.

[@curtmeister45451]

Dam! Awesome video! Brings back so much memories. Now if Konami would remaster Snatcher that would be awesome.

[@cristianmastrocicco4552]

Amazing video! I bought a Mega CD when it launched, but it was quite expensive. It was a great add-on, and I really wish the CD32X had more games

[@thomaselers7416]

Even I have to say, the Sega CD is the only Sega Hardware I've never had any interest in, I really appreciate watching this little part of history of my favourite videogame company. Thanks SLX for continuing producing quality content.

[@Shannon-ul5re]

When the mega cd released here in Australia, it was around $700 which came with 6 MD games on a disc. This first game i saw being demonstrated was sol fierce, which took me by surprise. Then it was sonic cd, I then knew then had to get one and did what ever it took to do so. I loved Sega in its glory days, the excitement was intense and the battle with Nintendo was epic..

[@tommorris5042]

Went to the 92 CES and was extremely hyped for the Sega CD promo video Sega showed. Got my Sega CD day one at the local Babbage’s (GameStop) with Night Trap. Waited a long time for games in between like Batman Returns. I enjoyed the system in the end, but wished they would have added an extra Graphics chip for more colors and had brought over Street Fighter 2 like EGM always rumored was coming. Great video, and always look forward to your content.

[@menhirmike]

I owned an Amiga CD32 back in the day, and it kinda suffered from the same issue of so many games just being the regular Amiga Floppy version, but on CD with no or only little enhancements. 650 MB seemed like such a huge amount of capacity, so underutilized outside of FMV games. That's why Star Wars Rebel Assault was also such a big deal, one of the earliest CD-ROM games that really made good use of the medium and were a great game. As a side-note, one of my "What-if?" questions would be what they could've done if the Sega CD included just a bit more RAM for the main system.

[@Jaytecx]

Was feeling as massive re-interest in the Sega CD, then along comes this awesome video. Thanks ✌️

[@entezami777]

Another great video on the sega cd. thx sega lord x

[@RegalPixelKing]

The Sega CD was plagued with live action FMV games and ports that made so few enhancements that they were not worth playing over the cartridge version. Even games that were more effective at using the hardware often were not system sellers either. It had some real gems in the rough, but overall it was probably a bit too early for its time.

[@maroon9273]

Mortal kombat on the sega cd really disappointment me a lot including the side scrolling stages for batman returns. Minor improvements with horrible graphics and some horrible sound efx.

[@StevieDrawStuff]

I played the heck out of Sewer Shark, Willy Beamish and Time Gal. I loved, loved Eternal Champions CD and unlocked everything for it. I even went as far as recording every stage kill, Cinematic kill and character specific for it on vhs .

[@itallgonemad]

I remember getting this soon after launch with sewer shark and one with a red car that was a quick time event type thing, my god we were dissappointed. Me and my brother did a straight swap for an Amiga 1200 a few weeks later. I dont know what we were expecting at the time but i remeber it beimg marketed as improving everything. It came with sega classics, we put it in and they were identical to the normal versions.

[@Rountree1985]

Road avenger

[@jayhouston7054]

Sega CD man, what made me realize CD was the future. Went Playstation thanks to this system. I have a fond memory of sega cd though it was the bomb and could have been more.

[@IamMarkSmith]

I was an early adopter and I have always been a fan of "Sol Feace" except for the firing and hit sounds. With the sound abilities of the Sega Cd they could have easily done a better job with that aspect.

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

I bought one on launch day when I lived in Hawaii. I also bought Final Fight cd with it. I really loved the Sega Cd and have wonderful memories of it and especially Eternal Champions cd and Dune.

[@aiwaloki]

The limited color palette and the small screen video were what i remembered. I sold my Golden Axe thinking i was going to get this system add on and was disappointed when my friend got it to find Golden Axe as a solo player game

[@Xifihas]

Japanese developers: We can make much bigger games with high quality audio and much more animation. American developers: wE CaN HaVe MoViEs IN GaEmS!

[@ENiceGeo]

If only Dance Dance Revolution type games came out sooner, both could have been used together on it.

[@johntracy72]

I bought a Sega CD again earlier this year. I love the old school feel to it and shortly after getting it, I found Lunar Eternal Blue for $95 at a used video game store compared to $190 on EBay and Amazon.

[@johnny19817]

I enjoy every single video Lord! Keep up the good work 💪💪

[@davidmreyes77]

I had the first generation Sega CD and definitely had fun with it. I really loved the pack in games since I never owned their cartridge versions.

[@MrLommelommelomme]

Always great content! Informative and entertaining in Every upload:) keep it up!

[@erik5309]

I have been trying to remember the name of Sewer Shark for 20 years, thank you

[@75edainsworth]

i know lots of people didn't care for sol-feace but i loved playing that game, it was one of my first sega cd games i owned.

[@wills.364]

I remember my dad getting me a Sega cd but I don’t remember what games that really stood out to me other than Sonic CD. I managed to get a copy of Popful Mail and Snatcher later on as a adult.

[@roberthornibrook6344]

I only knew one kid that had one while growing up and I decided to get a Turbo Duo instead. Nowadays both get some loving since I got an Xeye years ago for cheap. :)

[@fraps4dinner831]

Man the segacd was really awessome and it was a special time during the 90s when it released. I remember staying up all night with my bestfriend playing nighttrap and many others. One of my favorites on segacd was Adventures of Willy Beamish, love that game. Hopefully it gets a remaster at some point

[@mikelucash1881]

I have nothing but good memories of the Sega CD. I got it the first Christmas it was out. Always felt Sol-Fece was a pack in bc the Turbo Duo had Gates of Thunder as a pack in and they were out at the same time

[@oliverwoj2]

This is my Favorite console. I still have it hooked up. It’s better having something that u like rather than listening what’s no.1

[@diegocrusius]

it was a real struggle for my mom to give me a sega genesis for christmas, so asking for a sega cd was truly out of question. I really really wanted to play Silpheed and Sonic CD, along with those RPGs (even though I couldnt speak english), but to be honest we all forgot real quick about the Sega CD. Not even my wealthy friends wanted it.

[@bartsimpson83]

If Dragons Lair and Space Ace had been there at launch, it might have helped sell the add on to arcade fans.

[@moandaindesigns]

I was a late adopter of the Sega CD. I think around 2000 or 2001. While I love the system, you are 100% correct. The launch was almost a joke when I was in Middle school. There were the Sega kids bragging about how they were getting a CD attachment before it came out, and then after launch, they got quiet while all the SNES kids pointed and laughed.

[@carlosgarza329]

Just found this one, another winner!! Thanks man!!🤘

[@rasputinsbeard3899]

Golden Axe only being single player was a pisser, though...

[@nicotoscani8270]

Every single Sega CD game should’ve had scaling and rotation imo.

[@JamesChessman]

lol no way. Each game did use the Sega CD's extra capabilities, in some way, even if it was only the music and FMV's, it's all legit imo. Every game didn't need to use the same things. But I do wish Sega CD lived longer and received more games with better use of the system, in general...

[@lazarushernandez5827]

@@JamesChessman I would have loved it if Sega actually gave some of their arcade titles some extra Sega CD love, especially their super scalars; Outrun was already a pretty good port on the Genesis, but After Burner 2, ThunderBlade, Super Monaco GP, Outrunners and a few others had more compromised versions on the 16 bit console, the Sega CD should have been able to get them closer to the arcade originals.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@lazarushernandez5827 I think that is the unfortunate part about Sega CD, untapped potential. Especially early in it's lifespan. By the time 94 and 95 rolled around nobody cared. People were hearing about Saturn about whatever Sony was up to with this PlayStation thing. The potential was gone at that point, people had moved on and attention was lost. Oh what could have been.

[@greenkoopa]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu yeah that's not just the Sega CD...its Sega in general

[@lazarushernandez5827]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Yeah, early on would have made a difference. The SNES rode the mode 7 wave from the get go; Super Mario World use the scaling effects for the boss encounters, F-Zero, Mario Kart and Pilotwings were bringing a fresh coat of paint to racing and flying games, I recall early efforts to bring something new with Contra 3 (the over head stages and boss battles). The Sega CD launched a year after the SNES in most markets, and a lot of people were expecting something similar considering the promotion that was done for it. I would have taken blatant F-Zero, and Pilotwings knock offs on the Sega CD early on.

[@mscottjohnson3424]

It's interesting to compare this to the PC Engine CD. The TurboGrafx-16 was a flop in the US, so of course the $400 TurboGrafx CD didn't push any units. But the Japanese PC Engine CD, despite it's high price tag, did so well that in the end there were more CD based PC Engine games than Hu Card games. Part of it might have just been the Japanese market for add ons. I also think the early launch of the PC Engine and the PC Engine CD meant NEC had to push CD games in order to compete with the Super Famicom's more than 3 year hardware advantage. While the American base Genesis unit could compete with the SNES, I think the NEC just started putting a lot of their effort into CD games, meaning you had to get one to play their many awesome RPG and graphic novel games based on popular anime. My guess is that because the PC Engine CD was first on the Japanese market, that niche was already filled when Sega launched their Mega CD there. With the Mega Drive selling poorly in Japan and the Genesis doing really well against the SNES on its own, I bet there was just no need for Sega or 3rd party developers to put time and money into the Sega/Mega CD. But there was money to be made developing PC Engine CD games in Japan that did things Super Famicom cartridges just couldn't. The $300 PC Engine DUO made the price more reasonable (the Turbo DUO was less than a Genesis and Sega CD for sure), but the TurboGrafx was already dead in the US at that point.