The MOST UNIQUE Sega Game Ever! Magical Truck Adventure! An Arcade Game Like None Other

[@SRC267]

I don't know where you find these obscurities, but this is why I'm here.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

That’s what I’m here for :)

[@PopeTheRevXXVIII]

It is in the channel name

[@retrorobbgaming]

I second this

[@jerryklein3]

Kind of gives me Sonic Adventure 2 vibes. Sega really had an identity back then, that's for sure.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Sega used those same bright colors across so many games

[@Wobble2007]

Something we are sorely missing today, even Nintendo has reverted to just releasing a handful of AAA games, we no longer have the string of fantastic gameplay packed and comfort games from Sega, Nintendo, Rare, Sony, Hudson, Taito, Capcom, and so on any more sadly, even Sony used to put out amazing arcade style games, or just fun comfort games like Sky Odyssey, Pilot Academy, Dropship, ICO, Spider, Crash Bash, Bishi Bashi Special, Abes Odyssey, Ape Escape, now it's just left to the Indie devs to make these types of games, and now and then there are some great ones, like the Steamworld Dig & Heist games, but nothing like the level we used to enjoy, I mean just look at the amazing gems available on the GBA/PSP/DS, those filled the void for a while, as they often had those great arcade and just gameplay rich games, but even proper traditional handhelds don't exist any more, they exist in the same space as normal consoles, and rarely do we get the great soundtracks in games like we used to, audio is just an afterthought 90% of the time in modern games.

[@IronTiger]

5:35 When you're pumping furiously and she hollers... that line from House of the Dead

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Classic Sega

[@Fonzermish]

Never heard of this. What a great. Thank you!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Glad you found it :)

[@jniland8770]

Wow I remember this game in the arcade! I recall it being difficult to pump the device fast and also the spectacle of the thing had them charging 50 cents or more per play. But the simple short gameplay was great for playing while waiting for your turn again on one of the popular fighting games. loled at 4:26 such a great analogy ;)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes as a cabinet it’s def a workout!

[@CasepbX]

Back in the day our local mall had one. It was pretty gross and sticky though so I never wanted to play it lol

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha eww

[@benwhite5452]

I like how it starts out with mostly a semi-plausible railway and then immediately in the next stage goes into the rail track going directly over crocodile-infested waters with no bridge, floating tracks with a lion chilling on it, etc. Love the fun energy

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Classic Sega…get its hooks into you then go weird with it

[@beingsupersonic7499]

That futuristic level really pops! What a great looking game and another wonderfully esoteric video, cheers!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

They don’t call me Video Game Obvious that’s for sure 🤣 glad you enjoyed!

[@beingsupersonic7499]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Haha it’s definitely why we’re all here👍🏻

[@celiacompanyreverte6529]

Love this game. The boy’s name is Roy and the girl’s name is Alma. I am obsessed with this game, my favorite character is Alma ❤

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s such a unique game. Classic Sega doing something totally random and making a hit

[@nekonekopanicnekonekopanic7335]

I remember playing a game like this (maybe this one) in my local arcade as a kid it had a cool rail control it was amazing

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s an awesome looking cabinet

[@sunderark]

I remember this one haha. I also forgot this was actually a real mod of transport too.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

God that must have sucked in real life

[@ThomasSerruques]

love the graphic style

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s held up so well

[@pyramidal_ancestors]

I just started this on Supermodel it is AWESOME, very good graphics and sound and wholesome as heck hahaha. Oddly I am a giant Sega arcade fan (I own multiple Model 2 and 3 boards and am the admin of the Sega Model 1-3 group on FB) and never heard of this one somehow.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Ooh what’s boards do you have?

[@pyramidal_ancestors]

@@VideoGameEsoterica They're stacked deep in my closet right now, and some are in varying conditions/need of repair until I get a better workspace setup and my job gets some BGA equipment for reballing. VF2, VF3, Fighting Vipers, Bass Fishing w/ control panel, the hardest one to get was Last Bronx which took me years to find for sale, I imported it from Greece and it worked!

[@pyramidal_ancestors]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I'm definitely forgetting some games though. I need to replace an NG VRAM on one of the Virtual On stacks. :)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Nice to potentially get access to at work BGA rework stations!

[@pyramidal_ancestors]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I'm trying to bulletproof these hard to work on boards for future generations, not a lot of people work on Sega Model stuff, I'm hoping to save at least 2 of the 3 Virtual On boardsets I have to sell to someone who needs them and keep the other for myself, dream is to have my own arcade again so I can get a sit down Virtual On...they go for cheap all the time because of how heavy and big they are, I just don't have the space right now. I've probably owned 50 different cabs over the years, you buy/sell/trade because there's always something new you want. :)

[@jankmedia1985]

Oh man, I forgot about this game but I absolutely played it a bunch of times back in the day. It's such a cool game.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s just wholly unique and for Sega that’s really saying something

[@matthewrausch1837]

It's like a model 3 homage. Sorta pump your way through a model 3 greatest hits pack. All what's missing is deep space, a mountain, a city and race track. Then every game is represented

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha now that you mention it that’s kinda true

[@Pridetoons]

THIS GAME WAS MY CHILDHOOD!!! I used to play this all the time at Chucky Cheese!!!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’ve never actually been to a Chuck E Cheese

[@getingear273]

I suddenly remembered this game and love pumping it when I was a kid. I rarely got past the train part because it was hard to pump haha

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha lotta jokes could be made here

[@bryandavidasuncion9515]

I wish I played this back in the day. I saw this in a mall near where I worked and it was expensive to play.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It wasn’t a cheap play

[@supergenesisstation1991]

To me I think the levels in this game are inspired/references to other entertainment that was popular or relevant at the time. The first level is literally the island of sodor from thomas the tank engine and friends (even some of the engines you see are straight up almost the actual characters), the safari level clearly references the lion king. Especially when you're in the trench with the wildebeests (only thing missing is scar throwing mufasa off the cliff), the underwater level looks like it's meant to be jaws, the prehistoric level looks like it's meant to be jurrassic park, as for the futuristic and medieval levels I can't tell what they're meant to reference.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Not a bad theory at all. Logic checks out

[@crossover-Incorporated]

I remember playing this game in arcades in the 90s and it wasn't the best for me because my arms cramped up from shaking the handle so much. It took a week to recover. XD

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha I think you maybe went too hard

[@crossover-Incorporated]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Too hard indeed. I never played the game ever since. XD

[@Charlie-Cat.]

Great looking game this is VGE. I never seen an arcade cabinet before, bu if I did, I would've been playing on its for sure. 8^) Anthony..

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Def play it if you ever see it

[@LJ7000]

I've never seen push cars or pump cars called 'trucks' so it's a bit of a strange name to boot! Very cool looking cabinet and game

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Must have just sounded better to Sega

[@AlexRoseGames]

this game looks amazing!!!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s got that Model 3 charm

[@Jaceblue04]

I remember seeing one of the cabinets all the time at Chuck E. Cheese's in the early to mid 2000s. I never actually beat it because it's REALLY taxing on the player, even if you have a second player helping you, but DAMN was it fun. Also, neat bit of trivia, this game uses assets from a cancelled Thomas the Tank Engine game. In the first level, you can see trains that look identical to Thomas the Tank Engine characters.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

You are like maybe the 7th or 8th person to say they saw it at Chuck E Cheese. I wonder if all the locations got them

[@Jaceblue04]

@@VideoGameEsoterica It wouldn't surprise me if that were the case.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

@Jaceblue04 seemed like it

[@Riz2336]

I bet that game had a crazy looking arcade cabinet

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It was wild for sure

[@srvuk]

Visually it looks amazing. Odd to call it a truck though, when it is a handcar.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Aren’t they hand trucks some places too?

[@joseluki]

I have played this arcade and it is insane, you will be winded out in 2 minutes and you need to cop to be able to turn and dodge incoming hazards, it is fun but it is a total coin eater (I went to a free play arcade, but still did not continue or repeat because this game is exhausting).

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s def way more of a workout on the cab vs a controller

[@RedStrikerBeetleborg]

does the resistance for the pump go up when you have to get away from the train?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

In arcades the resistance changes. Obv on supermodel that’s not something that happens

[@Hinklesworth]

I played this at a Chuck E. Cheese, it always had a big crowd around it

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Def the kind of game people watch you play

[@deckofcards87]

Yet another incredible Sega arcade title that for whatever reason never saw a console port. Sega has apparently decided to disown 95 % of their Model 2 and Model 3 libraries. Literally the best stuff they ever made.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

At least it’s getting some love in the most recent Yakuza games

[@cikame]

I guess i'd put it in the endless runner genre, regardless it looks amazing.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

That seems to be the popular theory

[@raymccrae]

So what happens if you don't catch up with the bad guys on the fantasy level?

[@dorfus]

So is this like a career finale? “I found the most Esoteric game time to go”

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’m just barely getting started. I’m committed to the time waste that is VGE

[@carlossoria2773]

There is something "Power Stoney" going on this game ...

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha I could see that

[@nathanddrews]

"On Rails Platformer"? As fun as it would be to set that up on my home emulation arcade, I've got no idea what the best method would be to capture the control scheme. Does the input register only the up and down states or also the speed of the pump? Turning it into a button masher seems like the way to go...?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Up and down analog values. I’ve never figured out a device to do it in a fun way

[@terran347]

If only there was a kind of controller that was sort of like a shake weight - except you shake it vs it shaking itself.

[@nathanddrews]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I suppose using the 8-way arcade sticks in analog mode would do it? Definitely not the same level of effort... LOL

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Lolol I’d pay to see that

[@nathanddrews]

@@terran347 LOL gross

[@balaam_7087]

Needs more towers, waypoints, quest markers and fast travel.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Why not multiplayer co-op fps gameplay while we’re at it? Lol

[@balaam_7087]

XD

[@larsandresson3459]

Are this running good in sega model 3 Emulator ?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Very good

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Makes me think of Pepsiman, but with less frustration. What ever genre that is (infinite runner?) I'd say this is in the same category.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I think infinite runner or just runner

[@Hreasvalgor]

Japan always gives villains the pompadour haircut. This looks like fun game is this two player?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The official bad guy hair cut. Yes two player

[@supergenesisstation1991]

@@Hreasvalgor i don't know, there is a kamen rider protagonist who has the pompadour hair style as part of his main look and his personality is all about being friends with everyone under the sun

[@ShamanNoodles]

The aesthetic looks just like Grandia to me lol The game itself looks *very* early 2k's arcadey 🤣

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Interesting game to compare it to!

[@NickYdeGozarU]

at the 5 minute mark you will see a famous blue Tank Engine called Thomas. how did they get away with that back in the day.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha I’d have to go back and look

[@jonathanwashington9199]

Holy Crap It's Thomas The Tank Engine

[@supergenesisstation1991]

@@NickYdeGozarU it's not just thomas you see therr. At the beginning of the level you can see percy on top of the mountain bridge pulling coaches and 2 tobys surrounded by fallen trees with a breakdown train. I wouldn't be surprised if this game was gonna be a Thomas the tank engine and friends arcade game. For what you would do I don't know it would probably have been a pokemon snap type of game where you'd try to get a many pictures as possible.

[@PopeTheRevXXVIII]

Water effects You don't see that on Dreamcast I think I actually played this with my dad once at a Chuck E cheese. Nobody thought anything of two grown ass men playing a game like this.😂😂

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha nor should they

[@trzy]

They should have ported an extended version of this to iOS.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Would have been an interesting control scheme

[@trzy]

​@@VideoGameEsoterica I had Temple Run in mind. The game would have had to be changed substantially and more content added.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Def would need more content

[@remka2000]

Maybe infinite runner, à la Temple Run ?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Lot of people saying that :) so it must be

[@megan_alnico]

Kind of seems like a rhythm based temple run..

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

In a lot of ways it is a rhythm game. Closest comparison would be space channel 5 imo

[@keaton718]

This is obviously a runner genre game.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Seems like a popular choice today

[@MagmaMKII]

This looks like a Runner game, not unlike Pepsiman or Subway Surfers.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

In some ways yes it’s very similar

[@GodSkul]

Rhythm platformer

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

A brand new genre

[@METR0lD]

The weirdest pump action game ever made! 😅

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Lotta jokes to be made here

[@METR0lD]

I had to hold back. Otherwise the KZbin filter police would throw my post back in jail!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Comment jail 🤣

[@themblan]

N64 hit Update All 🥳

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Vid at 4

[@lartens]

This game kinda looks like a little nod towards laputa in some of its design

[@a.d.9825]

Wii port would have been a banger bacck in the day

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Waggle controls would have worked well. Maybe looked slightly inappropriate too 😂

[@supergenesisstation1991]

@@a.d.9825 I surprised this wasn't ported to dreamcast and had handle pump control to go with it.