The Launch of the Sega Genesis (1989) | Classic Gaming Quarterly

[@CGQuarterly]

Get the ALL NEW Classic Gaming Quarterly t-shirt here: www.cgquarterly.com/shirts/ This is a completely re-written and re-produced Genesis launch video that was made from scratch. The old one was delisted after the release of the Master System episode, and I made sure to have this one ready to go to take it's place. The SMS, GEN, and SAT videos now make for a nice contiguous trilogy, with the Dreamcast episode set to finish out the series next year.

[@jobibi]

you forgot an R on shirt, thanks for the episode

[@iOZKERTV]

Classic Gaming Quarterly you forget the "R" bro lol

[@XenoParadox]

After the Sega CD episode, can please do the NES, subscribers of your channel, like me, as a retro gamer, would love to see a video based off the NES, and instead of talking about the launch titles, talk about some games you wanna talk about that were released in the years 1985-1990 because those were the times the NES was popular (I guess you can also say that it was still popular in 1991 to its death date 1995, but not that popular).

[@CGQuarterly]

Hahah, thanks for pointing it out. Fixed now.

[@XenoParadox]

Yo thanks chu a chill dude you are really chill, I like ya videos by the way, I'm not subscribed to yo channel for nuttin'

[@nigelio3]

I remember being a kid (who couldn't afford a Genesis) and going over to my friends house and we'd take a trip to the video store and rent one for the night. It was a big deal at the time. Was a lot of fun.

[@LucyFair_33]

Haha same!😅 #RelateMuch

[@dylannnnnnnnn]

I bought snes european version and probably the best desicion I have ever made

[@markvalente1347]

Yeah that was the excitement of those days I remember that!

[@quattro4468]

Yep. If you were a teen or had big brothers the genesis was the system to get. It embodied the whole 90s vibe. Terminator, robocop, batman all these 99s movires had this cool dark factor that made the 90s great.

[@joseCalderon1976]

I was lucky. My mom bought me a Genesis. I had tons of fun with it.

[@arthurwilliams6628]

I had a Sega.Genesis back then when I was still in school!! It was my favorite system back then and me and family and friends played it all the time!! SO MUCH FUN!!! STREETS OF RAGE 2 And the Sonic Games and Mortal Kombat and Altered Beast was my favorite!! Thank you Sega for all of my fun memories of back then!! Yall was the best!!

Arthur Williams likewise I still play those even on my iPad

[@damin9913]

I still have streets of rage still play it too gotta keep it old school

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@damin9913 for me i still have majority of genesis games. All of them are still milestones.

[@damin9913]

@@purwantiallan5089 thats cool its good to play them takes you back to the old days

[@millgiass]

The Genesis is a really beautiful looking piece of gear.

[@millgiass]

Yeh, they just don't make things with such visual appeal anymore. I did like the look of the remodeled Xbox 360 though and I think the PS3 fat is a pretty nice looking system. It looks premium , which is something the other revisions don't... I also like the Super Famicom/Euro SNES look too.

[@Vintiqueture]

millgiass yes it is - I usually pair the Genesis and KITT (Knight Rider fame) as two of the slickest icons from my childhood :)

[@madfinntech]

Indeed. I think European Mega Drive (and its original branding) is prettiest them all. Then the Japanese one and Genesis last (the actual logo is nice tho), mainly because of that huge Genesis logo at the wrong place. It should be down there where Mega Drive logos are on European and Japanese machines.

[@Ashura96]

JP Model 1 Mega Drive looks the best by far.

[@grahamcurran8744]

Ashura96 agree

[@chrisr529]

Pretty sure this is at least the third time I've watched this

[@chriscash9944]

Same 👍✨

[@tf1090c]

Chris R - you were in ‘the room’ right?

[@EQOAnostalgia]

God damn i loved me some Genesis back in the day. I still remember seeing Sonic for the first time at a friends, i went home and there sat my poor NES... it was once so amazing to me, now a pale, grey... shell of what it once was, good thing Christmas was a few months away.

[@matthewgibbs1366]

Man NES is still my favorite system though hands down. But I'll never forget the time my brother and I got our new Sega Genesis. My mom made us get rid of our Nintendo. I'm not sure if we did a trade-in deal or if we sold it but we had to say goodbye to the Nintendo if we wanted a Sega Genesis. It came with Sonic the Hedgehog. We stayed up damn near all night on a school night playing Sonic. Man the good old days.

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@matthewgibbs1366 Matt Gibbs, for me all games from both NES and Genesis will never be forgotten regardless of the advancements of the technologies.

[@strafer8764]

The box art was so good on some of these Genesis games.

[@Trainy2]

I still think Genesis is the coolest name ever for any video game system.

[@Perno007]

cooler than Family Computer? really?

[@TaskMaster5]

I agree. 'Family Computer' is a 'cool' name. It gets the target demographic's attention but 'Genesis' is a cool sounding name and stands for something in terms of Sega's history (As told in the video). Dreamcast was another cool title as opposed to X-Box and Playstation 2 (Just numbering your systems feels spiritless).

[@nunyabusiness896]

It seems to have an invisible touch, it reaches in and grabs right ahold of your heart.

[@jaywest3734]

sprdvx It was called the Mega Drive in Europe and Japan, as stated in this video. I'm used to saying Genesis now too as I live in the U.S. nowadays.

[@gedaman]

Per07 Family Computer sounds stupid. Genesis is such a cool sounding name.

[@pspboy7]

Loved Genesis! Probably my favorite console of all time! I miss the good ole days of gaming, invite all your friends over to play. Man...

[@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials]

Born in 1984 with an Atari 2600 already in the house, and a NES thereafter. In 1990 or 1991, my dad got me the Genesis. Not sure why we didn't get a SNES instead, but I think for my age, the Genesis had better games. As an adult, I now prefer SNES, but Sonic was just too damn cool when I was 6 or 7. Can't wait for Sonic Mania.

[@jaywest3734]

GT6SuzukaTimeTrials Aw man, as an adult I mostly prefer the Genesis, but that's down to Streets of Rage though. That is probably my favorite game franchise of all time.

[@perfectsplit5515]

My Vietnamese friend and I were a couple of horny teenage virgins when we played Streets of Rage. As you recall, there were women enemies who attacked you with a whip. They would kneel down in a defensive position, during which time you could not attack them. You had to wait for them to stand back up before you could hit them again. They were copies of Roxy and Poison from Final Fight. You could play as one of 3 fighters: a white blond guy, and black guy, or a woman. All three had jumping maneuvers, which could turn into jump kick if you pressed another button while the fighter was in midair. When the woman enemy attacked you with a whip, my firned would crack dirty jokes by saying, "Oh yeah! Whip me baby! It's sexual. She likes it rough!" When the woman enemy knelt down in her defensive position. My friend would move his character near her to where the fighter's groin was near her head, and pretend that she was sucking his dick, and emulate sounds from porn movies. My friend would play as the blond guy and hit the jump button and say, "Here comes my wiener!" I could not stop laughing.

[@mojo-eq4ln]

GT6SuzukaTimeTrials Loved my 1st console, Nes, but quickly grew tired of the unreliable hardware with the constant blinking red light and cartridge blowing, so i moved on to genesis, which looked cooler and had the arcade style games i liked, plus sonic. Mario 3 in 1990 was the last nintendo game i bought

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@perfectsplit5515 LOL that's a good story man.

[@Blakviet05]

Born in 1985 with an NES in the house my uncle had a genesis and I loved it so much I wanted it badly but for some reason I was given a SNES instead though I don’t regret getting that one bit at all but pros to sega genesis mainly for sonic 2

[@falconator3419]

One of my favorite systems of all time. I had great memories with it.

[@solaris_142]

I remember how excited my friends and I were back then to be getting this. "It's 16 bits!" Never could have fathomed back then the stuff I'd eventually be playing in VR.

[@michaeleakin3424]

The Sega Genesis was released on my actual birthday in North America🥳. Damn that’s so awesome

[@ProductOfTha90s]

The genesis holds a special place in my heart as I literally learned gaming on it 💯

[@ljacone]

Another great video -- after watching the Master System video, I had to check this one out. My brother and I's Genesis was a workhorse machine for us from the day we opened it -- Christmas 1989. By getting it at Christmas time, we had access to lots more games than at launch, and we played the living heck out of them. My Genesis is still hooked up and running to this day -- still chugging along, good as new. Countless hours were spent on that machine, including a full 162 game season on Tommy Lasorda Baseball with my brother playing as the Yankees and I playing as the rest of the AL, with stats kept in a notebook. We would do the same in NHL Hockey, which followed on from Lakers Vs Celtics as we logged too many games to count across all sorts of EA sports games. These videos really bring me back to a simpler time, thanks for your great work!

[@DisrespectfulRob]

I still have the Trapper-keepers with all my NHL Hockey (the first EA Hockey game, with Moog on the cover) with all my Bruins season stats. They are insane, I’m so glad I kept them.

[@jasonharrington5200]

I'll always be an Altered Beast fan. THat game used to scare/intimidate me for some reason I can't explain. The music mostly. The general atmosphere. The deep voices. Having that come with Genesis as the package game was actually awesome, in my opinion. It was like moving to a different video game world, from Nintendo Mario Kiddie Land to a darker, more powerful place where there were decent voices in video games now and slightly creepy Greek mythology games

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yep. I even beaten the Genesis and Arcade versions of Altered Beast in Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection.

[@damin9913]

I still play Altered beast the game is still fun❤

[@GoldStandardGames]

Genesis is my number one favorite console because of the Streets of Rage,, Street Fighter and Sonic the Hedgehog series.

[@notsunnydaysahead]

The Watchman sonic the hedgehog 1 felt very artistic at the time

[@roxtarr73]

What about the sega Mk Versions

[@JohnRBIV]

man i don't like any of those games, i just don't feel the worth in playing old platformers

[@gekara1237]

Agreed

[@ArcadianGenesis]

You're the best gaming historian on youtube. Keep up the good work!

[@supercharger_2596]

My mom bought me a Genesis Model 1 back in 93/94... It lasted about 2 years before it stopped working. in 96, my dad got me a model 2 and I recently found it in a box in my garage along with 10+ games! I dusted it off as well as the cartridges and guess what? it still works!!

[@Icosiol]

Dude, you get an automatic Like for wearing the 1994 Ayrton Senna hat! This video is great too!

[@tolust]

you are so dam talented its amazing. I love these series you produce. The style, editing, writing, voice-over, scanning, pictures, commercials (even), just amazes me. I wish you a million subs and to show you my support I'm going to order your super cool t-shirts right now on amazon. you have a fan for life.

[@CGQuarterly]

Wow, thanks! Glad you enjoy the show so much. And thanks for buying a shirt!

[@tolust]

I already left you a positive review on amazon ;)

[@CGQuarterly]

Hahah, thanks!

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

Oh no you didn't just remake probably one of your best launch videos with updated information!! Your drive to continue to dig and unearth facts speaks volumes of your integrity. I mean at this point between you, Game Sack, The Gaming Historian and others yall are doing classic gaming more justice than the few print mediums we have left! :)

[@CGQuarterly]

What's up, TDMS? Appreciate the compliments! To be honest, I always hated my Genesis launch episode. Didn't do the console justice. Much happier with this one.

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

I was floored with the first one but this one is definitely more thorough so far from what I've seen. I'm at the part where you're discussing Thunder Blade and Super Thunder Blade but I'm of the mindset that it's safe to say Sega definitely was influenced by Blue Thunder because the abundance of other instances of Sega tapping into american pop culture things at the time like Conan, Terminator, Marvel Comics characters, Michael Jackson and so on. I'm willing to bet that if somebody took the time to go back and critically analyze footage of Blue Thunder that there's probably a snippet where Sega hit pause on the VHS, brought in a graphics person to recreate that still for the title screen, and then used that in the game. Because also, notice that the "Gunship Gladiator" depicted during gameplay is far more late 80's boxy and blue color while the title screen is eerily similar to the curvy, early 80's black design of the Blue Thunder lol. On a side note you do a damn good job pronouncing Japanese releases. Are you studying Japanese like me or you had to retake those instances 10 times to get it right? lol. :D

[@CGQuarterly]

TheDrunkMonkShow Yeah, I read the thing about Thunder Blade maybe being influenced by Blue Thunder, and then I watched the intro video for BL. Obvious "influence". Did I pronounce that right in Japanese? I consulted some online pronunciation resources for that one. Usually I ask my Japanese friend but he wasn't around this week, and I don't speak any Japanese at all.

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

To me you did but I'm just some American learning Japanese. Maybe someone fluent will come behind us will critique both me and you, which I appreciate, but from my years of studying the language you did it right. You seem to have a knack for it. Do you happen to know Spanish because Español shares the shame vowel enunciation as Japanese so it's far easier for Spanish speakers to handle Japanese words than anybody else naturally.

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

Oh and sorry to be extra chatty but I also wanted to say your opinions about Super Thunder Blade greatly persuaded my opinion on the game. With that game just like Super Hang-On on the Genesis I blamed the shoddy controls on the VDP not being savy enough to handle line by line raster graphics in conjunction with the Motorola just like Super Hang-On. But you're right like I can remember the arcade version, the TG16, or Sharp X68k version having quick pixel controls while the Genesis version having floaty controls but I never could articulate it quite in the same way and that's exactly what the frustration issue is. Of course framerate would help tremendously but fundamentally on a programming level by the developers the controls seem to have incorporated this acceleration/deceleration algorithm with going up, down, left or right to where in end result your plane slides too much during non-input. The Master System had arcade controls but the frame rate caused a lot of frustrating deaths kinda like After Burner lol. But it's good to have these discussions and once again I thank you for all you do!

[@jmoreno600]

What places this head and shoulders above so much similar content on KZbin is the careful research, literate writing, the rare images and footage you've dug up, and the excellent pacing, which provides context without ever becoming distracted by side issues. I also appreciate that you are not overt with your opinions, and that you don't treat this as a comedic platform.

[@observer.b_e_l_l_i_s]

Ill never give up my Genesis model 2. Favorite console of all time been with me since the start 😎😎

[@TBullsGhost]

still got mine! with NHL 93, 94 AND 96

[@jubjub7101]

I loved playing F-22 on the Genesis. One of my favorites. SAM!

[@MrTechnoSqueek]

good stuff, I will never forget the sega commercials from childhood.

[@DominikSobolewski]

Shinobi 1 should have been a launch title. It would have pushed units.

[@johndevisser8017]

Shinobi 1 is a Master System game released before the Genesis was even out #Facepalm

[@Fattydeposit]

John De Visser Why the facepalm? Shinobi sold a ton of Master Systems. I agree it was a shame not to get a close-to-perfect arcade port on the Mega Drive but obviously Sega wanted newly designed-for-home-play versions of Shinobi at the time, hence Super Shinobi and Shadow Dancer MD

[@DominikSobolewski]

John De Visser Shinobi is an arcade game ported to Master System. Sega should have ported a near arcade version of the game, as it wasn't too old since the launch of Mega Drive in Japan (Shinobi:1987, Mega Drive: 1988).

[@DominikSobolewski]

John De Visser Shinobi in fact ran on Sega-16 hardware, which the Genesis/Mega Drive derived from. Would have showcased the powerhouse that was the Genesis, in addition to the other arcade ports that came around. I guess it's a resource thing.

[@xtremegold2950]

dont forget also tmnt II the arcade game....that title was realease ON the nes..

[@projectikaruga]

I'm new to the channel, and i really loved this video. As a brazilian, i cant help but smile everytime you remembered the sucess of Mega Drive on my country. Keep the good work.

[@psychopoison]

My favorite console of all time!

[@redseagaming7832]

I'm so proud that Sega actually had the courage to face Nintendo because without the Genesis and the fierce competition it had Nintendo would not have made their Super Nintendo.

[@CGQuarterly]

I agree. The fierce competition resulted in two amazing systems.

[@perfectsplit5515]

As a Genesis owner, I always hated how the NES owners would rag on my system. Back in late Fall 1990, I proudly told my friend John that my father was going to get me a Sega Genesis for Christmas. John was an NES owner, and immediately started bashing the Genesis. He just went on and on with his badmouthing. It really got under my skin. It was like racism. Later on, John got a Super NES and he rubbed my nose in the fact that the Super NES controller had 6 buttons, while the older Genesis had only 3. He also criticized Sonic The Hedgehog as a copy of Bonk's Adventure. Other NES lovers said that Sonic the Hedgehog was too easy and not enough of a challenge. All those bad experiences made me prejudiced against Nintendo in general. That was why I would never get a Super NES or a Nintendo 64. It wasn't until many decades later that I got over my anti-Nintendo prejudice and got a Gamecube. I got it so I could play Resident Evil: The Remake. Later on I got a Wii. In retrospect, I will now admit that the Super NES was superior and more technologically advanced (It came 2 years later, after all). The Super NES was the first to carry the legendary and groundbreaking Street Fighter II, the mother of all fighting games. You had to have a Super NES to play SFII. Super NES also carried Final Fight, which was extremely popular in the arcades. And carried the classic Art of Fighting. It managed to get all the cool games. You couldn't get any of that on the Genesis. However, I still loved playing Revenge of Shinobi, Shadow Dancer, Batman (based on the '89 movie), Pitfighter, Valis, Streets of Rage, Fighting Masters, and Sonic the Hedgehog on my Genesis in my early college days.

[@SeekerLancer]

The SNES was also in response to the PC engine stealing away market share in Japan.

[@sg-legend5244]

are u dumb? of course they would inevitably. maybe a delay mking it but they already delayed it as the NES was so popular

[@jesuszamora6949]

Or the PlayStation. Or the Xbox. Sony and MS wouldn't have wasted their time if someone hadn't proven the viability of console gaming in the adult market.

[@RaceToNowhere]

As a 9 years old at the time, Thunder Force was such a dramatically hard game. I loved every bit of it.

[@joseCalderon1976]

All 16 bits of it 👍

[@matthewhainer189]

It wasn't just your age that made it hard lol

[@iPlaySEGA]

GREAT video with a lot of old footage! Thanks for sharing!

[@CGQuarterly]

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[@JasonMontell2501]

nice... I'll be keeping my eyes out for your video on the launch of the sega cd..

[@CGQuarterly]

Will definitely make that one at some point!

[@JasonMontell2501]

What model is your pioneer receiver?

[@DatGameCollector]

you should do 32x/CD in the same episode?

[@JasonMontell2501]

DatGameCollector​ Great idea. Add in the CDX and that's a recipe for a solid episode. I'd also love to hear about project mars and neptune and how they changed over into what we now know them to be.

[@DatGameCollector]

true true.

[@robbierupac9442]

reading through ALL your comments here and it's nothing but high praise along with very few other channels mentioned here just gives away to the pure passion & knowledge you have once again done a great video . Imagine being that 1 out of 5 kids without a Nintendo and having the 8 bit SEGA Master System the feeling of euphoria of the release of Genesis was like an all-around win for us SEGA fan boys

[@jeffsep]

It's amazing how much info you put into these videos!! I learn something new every time!

[@michaelhaguet4316]

Je suis francais et un énorme fan de SEGA et jai passé un super moment j'am french man and a big fan of SEGA very great video well done classic gaming quaterty KEEP WALKING !

[@eks099]

your videos are so fun, informative, and professional so much so I could see them being on TV. Thanks and I look forward to seeing more videos in the future

[@melk3632]

Great video. Like you, we grew up poor with few games and went from the NES to a Genesis, so this is one of the consoles I have the most childhood memories of. I'd also love to see a Sega CD launch video or maybe something combined with 32x.

[@OBE1plays]

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES DUDE!!!! PLAYED SUPER THUNDERBLADE SO MANY TIMES!!!!

[@gamersunite219]

YO OBONE SUP BRO

[@mrtravoiceburges]

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[@robott6696]

Gamers Unite not saying you should try, but how many genesis cartridges could you fit in your butt?

[@dovic2293]

what the fuck is wrong with you weirdo??

[@jamescorvett]

my parents bought me the Genesis in Oct of 89 and it came with Sonic, not Altered Beast which i wanted. But after playing AB i was happy with sonic. In the late 90s i found a store that bought and sold used gaming systems that was going out of business. I bought over 75 Genesis games including the 32x adapter and what games they had for it. It did make a big difference in quality imo and loved most of the 32x tittles. Its great to play these older games and see where gaming started and all my kids get a kick out of see how things have changed(for the better) over the years. I still have my original systems and in working condition, box included. lol Thanks for sharing.

[@djpeterabreu]

Everytime you upload a video, I stop what I'm doing, I grab some popcorn and watch it. Thanks for the great upload, now I'm looking forward for a video about the launch of the 32x or Sega cd.

[@CGQuarterly]

Thanks Peter! I plan do do videos on both of those at some point.

[@ZakkHung]

I love coming back to watch this for the holidays. 😊😊

[@retrooutcast9790]

Love watching your stuff. Very informative and focuses on the facts. If you put all your console launch videos into one as a DVD...it'd be the best thing for someone new to retro gaming (or even familiar with it...I sure learned a few things) to watch before really sinking their teeth into the hobby.

[@CGQuarterly]

That might be a fun thing to think about doing at some point. Might give me a chance to go back and "remaster" some of the earlier ones, as well. Thanks!

[@ninjamaster3453]

Classic Gaming Quarterly you do good work but don't get ocd about your older stuff. it'll drive you nuts. every day youre learning more and refining. maybe other aspects or someday a really big production vs remakes.

[@demetriusdaffara]

This was AMAZING, man. Well done, I love all the information you packed in. That's surprisingly deep content and I'm just mind blown that's 25 minutes in length. I'm already a fan!! Thank you very much!!

[@waflznsyrup436]

these launch videos are so good

[@tremorchrist84]

Great video. This really takes me back. It's like I'm 8 years old again. I grew up on the Atari, NES, and PC in the 80's, but the Genesis will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@kylec171]

Play some xbox

[@hughlingard]

Shining Force II is my favorite Genesis game.

[@Galagaboy]

Brian HL try shining force cd, you wont be disapointed.

[@joeb2588]

The Genesis was released in NY first I believe. So I order and as it's in transit, it arrives a town away. I bought Space Barrier and waited a day for the system to arrive. It was a lot of fun. I will say the Dreamcast and master system are my favorite sega systems.

[@PicoFromTX]

What ? Another CGQ upload so soon? I'm going to need more popcorn :)

[@thekiddler26]

I’m 11 now, my dad kept his Genesis. I’m a big fan of retro games. I’ve been saving up to buy a PS1, and so on. But i just found my dads Sega Genesis and I love it! It’s so fun to play!

[@augustwest5356]

i was never a big "Altered Beast" fan, but the second that music started playing, I had a huge rush of awesome childhood nostalgia wash over me. The Sega Genesis just flat out kicked ass.

[@Xegethra]

I just never liked the game at all much, just can't enjoy it, but yeah I also think the Mega Drive was just great. So many memories of the system and the time it came out in.

[@kellyshea92]

My first console was a Sega Genius Model 2 in 1997. Grandma picked it up from Sears with Sonic 3 and my uncle gave me his old Sonic 1&2 carts. Feels like forever ago.

[@FightOstinFight]

Wow! A second video so soon and it's a launch video. This is great!!! Please do sega cd next!!!

[@andrewt6338]

I really appreciate the audio quality and obvious research of your channel. Very nice!

[@rodrigomolinsky]

Oh man, the nostalgia... and than BOOM! 8:29 You put an ad with Senna just for the tears. Oh, I miss those old Sundays.

[@FogLittleFog]

Loved your "Nacional's" cap. And the clips showing Ayrton Senna play Super Monaco GP II. Great video!

[@enkidux88]

my favorite console ever, i still play on it

[@SnakeX2X]

nice video, sega genesis was one of my first 16 bit console back in the day, good memories.

[@lssjgaming1599]

I love both Sega and Nintendo. They have two of the best 16 bit console and Gc Ps2 era consoles

[@lssjgaming1599]

Snes is the better console though

[@lssjgaming1599]

I'm talking tech specs.

[@rgerber]

those Console docs are very well made, i just found this yesterday and im hooked

[@scar2k158]

imo this chanel should have more subs cuz of this amazing content

[@jacklazzaro9820]

Ooh, yeah, I want to see one of those.

[@TruthBomber73]

I love these videos. It's a great remembrance of my childhood that I push on my own kids now, due to the fact that I still have my original Nintendo, Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, each with TONS of games. I am disappointed that you neglected to mention the Crowning Achievement, in my opinion anyway, for Sega Genesis: 'SHINING FORCE'! It has always been, and will always be, an AMAZING game! Thanks for the video and I look forward to tons more!!!

[@PersianImm0rtal]

I wish this channel was “Classic Gaming Weekly” instead of quarterly ... too long between videos!

[@Gorilla_Jones]

The Genesis is so f'ing good. I'm a little older than you and remember my junior year in college going to pick up my launch Genesis with Tommy Lasorda and Altered Beast. My friends and I played it for years. it still sits in my entertainment center with it's Sega CD. Still going strong all these years later. I'm just stunned the Genesis isn't a better collector's item. Fantastic game diversity, awesome manuals, and the best game cases ever. Looking forward to new Genny releases from Piko

[@CGQuarterly]

I really wish that I had been older during the 8 and 16-bit years, so that I would have had more money and freedom to buy games. Regarding your second point, I think the Genesis was one of the last systems to be affected by the popularization of retrogaming, but the prices have definitely gone up. I used to be able to pick up CIB Genesis games (good ones, not sports games and shovelware) on eBay for $5-6, and now if you want any decent game in decent condition, it's going to cost you upwards of $20. Had I known that things were going to explode like that, I would have held on to a lot more of my stuff, but at the same time I'm gad to not have so much stuff cluttering up my house (I still have way too much stuff...)

[@Gorilla_Jones]

Classic Gaming Quarterly Yeah guess I was lucky to have been an adult during NES, Genesis, 3DO, SNES, Etc. Just really appreciated the games more as well as being able to afford them. Luckily I'm old enough that a college education meant something and have a nice big house with room to have a large dedicated game room with storage for years to come. I really feel sorry for kids today. Unless you go into finance you're not going to make enough to even pay back your student loans.

[@TechSpec814]

I don't really play sport games but that baseball game looks fun! I might add it to the Genesis collection

[@dmac7128]

As one who had a Genesis at launch, I had Space Harrier II, Super Thunderblade, Tommy Lasorda Baseball and Thunderforce II. Thunderforce II was the best of the bunch and Altered Beast was a good demonstrator of the hardware's capabilities. I think as a whole, it had a weak lineup of launch titles but quickly made up for it with games like Ghouls 'n' Ghosts, Golden Axe, Revenge of Shinobi and Phantasy Star II.

[@KidLucas25]

As im getting older day by day.. its odd that i'm loving my sega genesis compare to my SNES console..

[@reginaldeberhart8521]

One of the greatest video game consoles ever

[@amiralavi6599]

I never forget the day my parents agreed to get me a Mega Drive after a big fight. Those were the days...

[@turtleanton6539]

😂😂😂

[@gorillachilla]

lol

[@herohunter81]

Love your videos. What can be more fun then classic and modern gaming. I want to live in this world.

[@turtleanton6539]

❤👏👏

[@sparkythommo]

My favourite game on the genesis was road rash, beating the shit out of the other racers never got old

[@metalgear7777]

A remake, that's what I'm talking about my man...determined to get it down 100%. This is my Christmas youtube gift, straight candy for me.

[@CGQuarterly]

Yeah? Thanks. I just wasn't happy with the original.

[@metalgear7777]

Classic Gaming Quarterly The first was very very very good and this one was a homerun, I like how you put emphasis on the true experience/reputation of Altered Beast during that time and disagreed with the mag editors...that's *exactly* how it happened, Altered Beast blew our minds when we first saw on arcade cabs and was a gem Genesis release (and even system mover at the time). Seeing it on the Genesis for the first time was jaw dropping and pushed us to scrape quick change in a hurry just to get our hands on the system asap, go figure many of these being the same titles we played at the package stores, mini marts, bodegas and at the "arcades" as we used to say. I was fortunate to have owned the original early Altered Beast [styrofoam] Genesis release and the TurboGrafx right before. The feeling of the Genesis was truly like owning a mainstream mini Neo Geo Aes if there ever was one, today I take high priority recollecting all these gems. Keep up the super vids and have yourself a blessed Christmas, I'll definitely be rewatching this over again...these are the vids that pump us up and make us run back to rescan and replay titles in our collection, the same ones I love playing in the background while messing with my collection.

[@Arcadiality]

Great work as always Chris.

[@tonycervz89]

Arcadiality yea Chris nice work

[@raytimpson3361]

Another great video. Genesis was probably my favorite console in history. I spent more time playing Tommy Lasorda Baseball than any other video game I've ever played.

[@arcadeutopia3035]

Seriously the amount of research you must of done for this. Great video mate

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

Speaking of Thunder Force, I got to remind myself to get Thunder Force II-IV for the Genesis.

[@ilovemycat7757]

I got a sega genesis at a yard sale for 5 dollars today.

[@donstarlancer]

So many memories. My dad bought all of these. Good times

[@allretroisfun9515]

funny I just hooked my model 1 genesis an been playing all week

[@gtabro1337]

16:52 look at these very 3D-looking buildings and smooth 60 fps game play, pretty impressive for its time

[@GodFamilyMoney]

I absolutely loved Sega Genesis. This time in my life was perfect. I miss these days. #TeamSega

[@damin9913]

Sega has the greatest console in there hands that is the Sega Genesis!

[@saturnargentavis1901]

Genesis did great in the US.. the Sega saturn was king in Japan over the genesis

[@jackhicks3423]

I enjoyed both versions of your Sega Genesis launch. This one seems a bit more informative for anyone new to the system. Keep up the good work.

[@FSXNOOB]

Best gaming years ever, begin 90's and around 97 with PS1 :)

[@armyofninjas9055]

FSXNOOB - GᗩᗰᕮS & ᗰOᖇᕮ Loved the ps1 era. When people started embracing the ps2, you could top ps1 games for super cheap.

[@sonikku3309]

With N64**

[@robott6696]

FSXNOOB - GᗩᗰᕮS & ᗰOᖇᕮ how many genesis carts could you fit in your puttem?

[@rockettaco]

98 was the best. Two words: Metal Gear.

[@dovic2293]

even though the PS1 camout in 1995 not 1997

[@TheDustyJoypad]

Great vid mate. I got this around 92 i think. Was and still is my all-time favourite console. Still play it now :-) Great vid mate :-)

[@SeekerLancer]

Oooh you're spoiling me with this one. Great stuff.

[@SmokeMonster]

Incredible production quality and an extremely interesting story. Thanks for your excellent content, CGQ! :)

[@CGQuarterly]

:ThumbsUp:

[@Canma890]

1989 my b-day year :D

[@bab2thebone1]

Mac Canma same

[@yanava]

Excellent acknowledgement of sega's popularity in Brazil!

[@chocolocojames213]

Thanks for the nostalgic piece. Keep up the good work. By the way, why didn't you mention MUSHA? The best shooter of all time. Lol...

[@CGQuarterly]

Thanks! Because it wasn't a launch game.

[@chocolocojames213]

I know. It was a great game though. Anyway, keep up the great work.

[@Jeancarvalho153]

I'll take my day off to watch every single video from CGQ, your production is so amazing, keep doing this amazing job!

[@RomanReigns-pm2vf]

Can you please do one of ps2 and original xbox

[@andrewglazier8940]

Sheesh, your research is impeccable! The Genesis is still my favorite system of all time.

[@CGQuarterly]

Thanks, Andrew! Glad you liked it.

[@LuxeXx]

A guy named Suzuki designed "Hang-On"? Makes sense...

[@dustintravis8791]

Holy crap, Space Harrier!!!! I always wondered what the name of the game was my sisters rented for a weekend while out at a friend's beach house in the 80s. I was starting to think it was a false memory from my childhood but it's hard to forget a game where you're constantly chasing the horizon. I'll have to play this soon!!!

[@BGizzle8098]

I hope someone redevelops MK1 and MK2 on the genesis so we could see how good they COULD HAVE been if it wasn't for probe. Sculptured did good with MK3 so imagine what they would have done for the smaller mk1 and 2.

[@SuperKokuJin916]

Yes!!! I hated Probe with a passion for the butchered Genesis ports they produced. The graphics and presentation could've been TONS better...but the worst part for me was the voice and music! Most of the iconic speech was either downsampled to garbled crap or just nonexistent at all! The music was pointlessly re-arranged. This apparently was something European developers liked to do for some reason; and in MK2 were placed in the wrong stages. Sega should've hired Software Sculptures in the first place. Probe even screwed up years later with the MK2 Saturn port. There was NO excuse for that. You can't blame it on hardware limitations; they just suck!

[@cartier1779]

wait what is probe i forgot

[@Tempora158]

It was not up to Sega for how bad Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 turned out since it was Acclaim that published the games. If Probe knew how to program the SNES, Sculptured Software would not have been hired to do the SNES ports. Ironic that the Ricoh 5A22 CPU, criticized for being slow and became fodder for the "Blast Processing" marketing of the Genesis, is what ultimately saved us from shitty SNES ports from Probe, by being an obscure 16-bit processor few European developers know how to program.

[@igorivanov299]

BGizzle8098 Probe version of MK1 was way better than SNES Sculptured MK1.

[@roysourboy4380]

hey CGQ !!! :D Hi , just wanted to say thank you for your amazing sega videos. Not too long ago I had some personal problems and I had to sell my collection of retro games and I just lost the FLAME like, I could not watch any youtube videos with collectors showing their amazing shelves. But !!!! yes BUT !!!! YOU !!! and your amazing SEGA launch videos, even after all that I just couldnt help myself. I had to embark in this journey of SEGA !!! This video and the one about Genesis in 89 made me want to buy those nice early games. They look so BEAUTIFUL. Back then I only had Sonic 1, T2 the arcade game and Golden axe . But now not only I have those but also Sonic 2, Revenge of Shinobi, Xmen, NBA JAM, Last battle, Altered beast (ALL CIB no greatest hits allowed) with also ON THE WAY !!! Space harrier 2 , Thunder force 2 and Super thunder blade. Your amazing video was enough for me to get back on track !!! SEGA FOREVER !!

[@CGQuarterly]

Thanks! Welcome back to the Sega family!

[@drunkgorilla]

crap bro, good job dude. on par with Gaming Historian. good job.

[@CGQuarterly]

Thanks!