The OTHER God Tier Japanese Gaming PC! FM Towns Marty Hardware Showcase and Best Games Extravaganza!

[@METR0lD]

How can anyone not love shmups!? One of my favorite genres.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Lol I dunno I love them too but sometimes they do terribly on the channel

[@bitteralmonds666]

I love Shooters 👍🏽🚀👍🏽

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Lots of people do :)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I could see that

[@RainerK.]

Easily 🤷‍♂

[@goatbone]

I absolutely love that Splatterhouse cover, the flesh melding with the mask which is floating in the fog.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yeah the case art is legit 10/10 good

[@OMPeaRetro]

Awesome video. I'm actually working on a master spreadsheet of what FM Towns software works on Marty. A complete software list doesn't exist, but I'm at over 1,000 right now. I have tested more than half at this point. I am including info like how the software boots, how it saves, if user disks need to be formatted, what kind of input devices work, etc.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I think it does exist? I swear I saw one on a Japanese pc retro site once. I’ll take a look for it

[@OMPeaRetro]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I have seen some partial lists, but not an extensive one. If you can find another, I'd love to see it.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’ll check into it

[@therealquinnzack1819]

I remember playing PuLiRuLa on the Saturn; the FM Towns port looks so good

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s awesome. I’ll be showing it again on the channel soon

[@flink1231]

Yes, the emulation video would be great!!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’ll keep it in mind :)

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

fm towns and pc engine are hand in hand whenever i think of either

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Very similar design language

[@JacobSprenger]

For mid-October to mid-November my best friend has invited me to join him on a trip to Japan. I hope to find a working FM-Towns PC - not the Marty, though. I'm not only interested in games, but the computing culture at large, and Japan had the best home computers and PCs during the 80s and 90s, imo; they could do stuff that standard PCs only learned to do years later. And I love the product design. Does anybody here know any other retro PC shops in Japan other than Beep? KZbinrs only ever make videos about console gaming. I found Beep mentioned once, and never any others.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Good luck finding one :) I’m sure they are out there. I’ll ask around where the best place is to find them. But it’ll be a hunt for sure

[@Larry]

I own Saturday Night Slam Masters/Muscle Bomber for mine, but the games are so pricey and there's no copy protection on the Marty, I just used burned discs to play games.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

They def aren’t cheap. My most expensive Marty games were purchased while drinking 😂

[@Larry]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Haha, yeah, you don't get the cold sweat of "what have I done???" after clicking the buy it now button :D But I'd like a copy of Chase HQ as I love the arcade game, but the Marty port is pretty bad.

[@paul_daniel_gaming]

Thanks for putting this together 👍 Throughly enjoyable watching this on a Friday evening after busy work week.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hideokojimajr]

Thanks for this! I’ve recently set up my Marty + Doc Brown + The Thing. Might ping you with a couple Qs about floppies. Keep up the great work, I for one would love more super deep dives.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yeah if you need a hand lmk

[@joseluki]

PC gaming in the 80s and 90s had to be insane compared with what we got in the west.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It was wholly different in a lot of ways to what we got here

[@devilmingy]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I love exploring Japanese and European PC gaming in the early 90s. It really was a completely different world.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

So much to discover. Like the last frontier for us on the West

[@webslinger325]

I had Wolfenstein floppy disks and thought it was the best thing ever. "My name is...!!"

[@joseluki]

@@devilmingy Well, PC gaming in Europe was pretty similar, what was different for sure was the micro pc ecosystem.

[@Idelacio]

Afterburner got an awesome remix to its soundtrack on this platform. Shame more games didn't receieve that level of treatment.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes the Sega ports seem to have gotten some extra love

[@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333]

operation wolf also has best music here?

[@miguelcarneiro1192]

Amazing, amazing video you did there about Marty. In my opinion you should do more video of this size about other consoles and hardware you have showing them in more depth. Good stuff man

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Possibly I will in the future. This is a test :)

[@miguelcarneiro1192]

@@VideoGameEsoterica that and others you have are rare pieces of hardware and others are very good quality ones. I think people would like to see more of them. Do more of this kind of videos about them, people will like them, trust me. Regards

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Maybe I’ll do one more next year early. Could revisit the Pippin

[@miguelcarneiro1192]

@@VideoGameEsoterica for instance, you have alot cool hardware

[@gunsmithx]

Love that it's called Marty, such a cool little console.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s a fun console for sure. Def esoteric…which is prolly why I love it

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

That it is, I just don't know why... Marty McFly?

[@trymbjerkan387]

Scavenger 4 at 21:35 seems to be the same as Novastorm which was on the PC, 3DO, Playstation and even the Sega Mega CD

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes it’s the same :)

[@therealquinnzack1819]

I would say maybe the Rayxanber series is best known for the sequels on the pc engine cd so maybe that’s more where the acclaim is coming from🤔

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Still a series that deserves more love

[@et3737]

I’ve never heard of the system. Thanks for the upload.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to do it :)

[@chriswy697]

Out of curiosity, with the Doc Brown installed can you still get to that no-disc bouncing ball screen with the charming music?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes and no. It goes direct to the boot menu. BUT…if you put it a bad iso that won’t boot, you can get it to come up. So you can intentionally put a bad dump on the card if you want to see it

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Because if the Marty fails to read a disc it goes to that splash screen

[@Allyouknow5820]

Absolutely magnificent video, as always dude! Hell yea for an emulation guide, and I hope we'll get that MiSTer core in 2023 🙏

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@CorporalDanLives]

I remember buying a very broken Marty at the Hard Off to the south of Lake Biwa. Total nightmare to get working, didn't have the option for the Doc Brown at the time! The manager was like "this is a broken Marty, you do know what that means right" 😆

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha he warned you. They are so poorly documented even on the repair side

[@rsmith02]

Were you able to do anything with it?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’m curious too

[@weekendroady2060]

Did you have to replace the laser? Curious what you did

[@Nicklaceydood]

Great video! I’d love to see an emulation guide for this PC.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Working on it today :)

[@oscillationcommunications709]

Oh this is great! I just only discovered this system a few years back at the Houston Arcade and Pinball expo where I played a set of reworked classic arcade themes,and they have a console room and I walked past a pmv monitor and saw Pul-a-rula being played on a Marty and kinda lost it.. It looked so great! And I had never seen a port of such a favorite weird game like that in a console.. I’m hooked and looking for one myself!😅

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Marty is a rabbit hole haha. Careful what you get into

[@flink1231]

What an interesting system, thanks for showing and explaining! I've been to japan twice and don't recall seeing this, maybe I overlooked it.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to do it. I’m sure even in Japan it’s rare. They sold I think maybe 500k total

[@MattGuitarPlayer]

One of those obscure consoles I've always been interested in checking out, subbed and a plus one for that emulation guide!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Thanks for the sub. It’s a super fun console. I’ll be working on the emulation guide soon :)

[@baskenmannzwei1234]

What a coincidence! I had FM Towns Roms for years and this was the only "console" i haven't heard from so I found you! Has to be the best (if not only?) thorough review of the Marty, so thank you.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to do it. A part 2 on emulating towns will come next year as a lot of people seem to want to see it :)

[@baskenmannzwei1234]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I'm looking forward to it! I also have to say I really enjoy your well-founded comments and the background information and cross references. Sometimes other people try to be overly funny without providing critical information. I'm still stunned by the graphics for the time, I think here in Germany the 80386 combined with EGA graphics were common, and 16bit consoles couldn't match those Fm-Towns graphics. I've also seen games from Fm Towns in higher resolution or (like your example) in very high framerates - I need to find more about this! :-)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Towns was interesting with its multiple graphics modes. It did things no other system did

[@DavidGarcia-qf7gc]

Waiting for the MiSTer core (I know it is in development right now)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yep. Hopefully sometime in 2023. The core is what made we want to revisit Marty in this vid

[@Mike-B-Jackson]

Same

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’m sure it’ll happen

[@blake6615]

Hey great video! One of the consoles that has sadly eluded me over the years

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

You def don’t see them very often that’s sure sure. They didn’t even sell many so it’s not like a giant amount of them even exist

[@lupo5095]

It's pretty cool seeing others into these niche and unique consoles.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

There are a few of us out there!

[@duckpwnd]

This was a great video. Do you think you'll have the time to make similar videos covering the FM Towns Doc and the FM Towns Biff?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Something cooler is coming than the Doc Brown. Stay tuned for that vid

[@devilmingy]

Definitely a funky system with a load of fantastic games. Plus, being a consolized PC means I can attempt to load games on it that only high ends Towns PCs were made for and watch it struggle and cry uncle.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha I kind of want a Towns PC but I also don’t want a Towns PC

[@devilmingy]

@@VideoGameEsoterica On one hand, it had some terrific arcade ports. On the other hand, TOWNSOS is a dreadful operating system.

[@darthv72]

always wanted a Marty because it had great arcade ports of RType and Galaxy Force

[@Grooveraider]

You and me both 👍

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The ports are great

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Lots of people it seems!

[@darthv72]

@@VideoGameEsoterica that scavanger game is also known as novastorm on the pc and ps1

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s a fun game. Bit odd but still a solid title

[@Riz2336]

Very interesting, this format sort of reminds me of the old Neo-Geo if you were one of the lucky guys to get into it early you could get some good deals on games but now a days your screwed. Good vid man I didn't know much about this console until watching this. Doubt I'll ever play one but fun to learn about.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes the games certainly have gotten much more expensive over time. I’ve added one Towns game in the last two years

[@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333]

sometimes i feel unlucky cause due my age i only ever started learning around those systems around 2015 and up

[@MarquisDeSang]

The only thing I know about the FM Towns Marty is that Iron Soldier 2 is on that thing.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Except it’s not? Lol

[@MarquisDeSang]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Wow, so the only thing I know is wrong? lol. There is a 3D game that was exclusive to the Marty that I really wanted, so if it is not Iron Soldier, what is it? I am confused. I checked and I cannot find the game. I must have read that on a shitty webpage from the late 90's.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Hmm. Not sure. Isn’t ringing a bell

[@Ryet9]

26:49 Ray-zan-burr ??...

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes that is correct

[@visionop8]

you are officially the best classic gaming channel on KZbin. You did it. This is what I was waiting for. I'm typing this before I even see the video because I don't even care if you hate the damn thing. The subject alone makes you the best. I have an FM Towns PC that I absolutely love/hate lol. Thank you for this video and I'm going to watch it now.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha appreciate it. Now do me a favor and go find like like 80K more subs so I can keep doing this indefinitely!

[@visionop8]

@@VideoGameEsoterica 🤣 I'll try, but they're gonna want you to talk about Sonic and Mario and Street Fighter all the time.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha nobody would watch that from me

[@barndaze420]

Haha shopping while at the bar. This is the way. Maybe we need to dedicate an entire morning to Splatterhouse. Seems worth it! Especially the Engrish patches for Splatterhouse 3! It's one of the arcade games that looks perfect on a consumer CRT TV via RGB-Pi OS4 or CRT EMU DRIVER. I hope it comes to MiSTer soon.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It is not the way. Bad decisions are made due to it 😂

[@eugeneko26]

Nice retro tech video! I think original PS3 PHAT design have some similarity to this console :)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Now that you mention it I can see it

[@snesfan8935]

It's a RayXanber shooter from Data West. Pronounced as Ray Zanber.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Someone else mentioned that. Shmups get the hardest pronunciations sometimes I swear

[@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333]

i always refuse to pronounce that as "z" and iinstead i always say "ks". same with xena etc

[@lowchaomain4535]

Would love to see that RAM expansion module reproduced one day. Definitely worth the time and effort to manufacture, I think!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Who says someone isn’t working on it right now….🙃

[@JolliAllGenGamer]

My floppy drive doesn’t work on my Fm towns Marty, but I can play a lot of great games regardless. I need to get a mouse, but really hard to find.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Three mice are unfortunately hard to find

[@yakmage8085]

I just woke up so I grabbed a coffee if that’s alright with you

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Better whiskey it up

[@Elrinth]

I've owned 2 FM Towns Marty (both had broken cd drives). Simply get a standard FM Towns and not a marty if you wanna get one. It has RGB output. Not all games only work with only the controller anyways. So it's basically a PC anyways. I recommend using popolon's SNES/MSX adapter so you can use SNES controllers on the MSX/FMTowns/X68000/PC98. Also... Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis is a FANTASTIC version on the FM Towns. Sadly it's missing talkie audio.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

One day I’ll grab a Towns PC. Just not today. But eventually :)

[@weekendroady2060]

Is it possible to even fix the cd laser? I haven't found truly documented proof online yet

[@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333]

marty has more compact format though...

[@angelicoreXX]

i wonder will fm town get a mister core

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Its being worked on now!

[@kosmosyche]

I think Scavanger 4 is called Novastorm on other platforms. I played it on PC back when it came out. It seems like the same game, but with different UI elements.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes it’s the same game basically :)

[@Shiro128b]

I think it's pronounced Ray-Zan-bur.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Shmups get some hard to pronounce names sometimes

[@Shiro128b]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Sometimes they are just total nonsense.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Oh 100%

[@rvkasper]

Awesome coverage

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@chrisb1236]

Okay so I'm guessing you're going to be talking about Fixel's new ODE for the Marty shortly. My question is do you think it's worth getting the console (and the upcoming ODE) vs just waiting for Puu to iron out the bugs in the FM Towns MiSTer core? I know they're two separate beasts, but I think the Marty's (mostly) plug-n-play aesthetic is appealing to me. I'm not sure how hard it is to get games going on an FM Towns in comparison.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Fixel literally has the Marty in this video right now. I sent him mine for development. IMO...get a Marty. Worth it

[@chrisb1236]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Ah, okay. I'm trying to convince myself to get it but it looks like they go for ~$400-500 give or take + the cost of the ODE. I think holding out for the Core is wishful thinking so I'm evaluating the versions of the games on the Marty vs. other options.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes they def ARENT cheap

[@nicktaylor8032]

Great channel mate, this is my first visit too. Not sure about scaling though on the Sega Superscaler games you showed - looked a lot more like the technique used on the megadrive. To my knowledge only road rash featured genuine scaling tech, entirely done in software too.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It may be pseudo scaling but it still has the look

[@nicktaylor8032]

@Video Game Esoterica to a degree, yeah - especially the game set in space, galaxy force 2 is it? Anyway, I really enjoyed your video mate. I'll definitely be checking out some more.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Glad you enjoyed it. Plenty more fun stuff coming in 2023

[@charliefulton4639]

How comparable was the sharp X68000 to the FM towns Marty? Might be a cool video idea for ya. Do FMT Vs SX68. I've fooled with emulating the marty but got frustrated so a how to would be sweet!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Not a bad idea :)

[@trevor_mounts_music]

First time ever seeing this system...nothing really blowing me away here. I can't imagine paying several hundred dollars for ANY of these games 🤷‍♂

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Everyone gets to decide what they want to collect :)

[@DavintheTV]

Seeing view point just opened up some childhood memory.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha glad to have helped access that memory

[@RevivalHorror]

the Lady in the commercial is one brazilain actress her name is Ana Paula Arosio, a sex symbol from the 90's

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Wait for real? Lol that's a hell of a fact

[@sunderark]

Thank you.

[@RalphBarbagallo]

I would have killed for a home version of Galaxy Force like that at the time.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Lots of us would have

[@RalphBarbagallo]

@@VideoGameEsoterica GALAXY FORCE MURDER SQUAD

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Sounds like an Aqua Teen spin-off show

[@symmetrie_bruch]

are you using a cat pointer there ? that´s class... subscribed

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I am in fact using a cat pointer :)

[@symmetrie_bruch]

@@VideoGameEsoterica may it be an example to anyone pointing at anything ^^

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

😂

[@Rik-fl7wy]

Back in the mid 90s I loved seeing Fujitsu Marty games especially seeing afterburner spatterhouse etc I also loved the name I'm a big bttf fan as a 386 sx20 I think it was so much better then the West I loved the use of the first 32bit console I would need a friend like u to even consider owning one it's always been expensive the only thing rarer is the insane car Marty for car gps in 1994 u had to have a dad who was a yakusa boss to even own one still figitsu was years ahead of the West from the pc engine to Marty was awesome and I always wanted one wish I knew what utube would do to retro gaming as of 2006 up up up great video il stick w my nec duo r w arcade card cool enough for me

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The Car Marty was so odd. A GPS system you could take inside with you at night to play video games. I mean for real?

[@pyjama9556]

Very special days when my friend brought these over from Japan and we got to play microcosm & scavenger 4 not to mention the almost perfect arcade port of Splatterhouse & Tatsujin Oh. Eventually I collected this console along with many of the games, some good some very bad, moons ago and I can remember getting rainbow islands for £120. Ahhh those were the days…🤣 Really hope we see a proper finished core for this on the mister as the console could be quite unreliable and I would love to play through scavenger 4 again, the music for that game was legendary for us dudes!🥰

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Fingers crossed the core gets completed in 2023

[@gaminggoddess85]

I played Emerald Dragon on SNES and really liked it even though the battle system felt kinda primitive, I assume the Marty version is better. I love its 1990s anime art style.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes I’d presume the Marty version is more in depth. Have never gotten too far though obviously

[@Prime-1111X]

When I see the FM Towns Marty, it reminds of the PC Engine and what the PC-FX could've been.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It does feel like they somehow got combined

[@wildside4822]

Those snap lock cases are really nice. Just like aes/mvs shockbox

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Very similar but not quite as nice

[@AndyDo]

Zak McKracken up that sausage, boy.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

You my heart hurts

[@qurn]

X usually isn't pronounced in titles in Japanese, or said as "cross". So it's probably "Ray Anber" or "Ray Cross Anber" or "Ray Anber Cross"

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

So many options

[@qurn]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Cross can mean cross over, but can also be translated as Vs. often, so it might even be Ray Vs. Anber. Oh and anber might be amber, as there is a distinction between n and m sounds, but there is a stand alone n sound but not a stand alone m. Mean amber might become anberu, instead of amuberu. So there's even more options for you. I personally like Ray Amber Cross, and at this point, who's going to know the game well enough to correct you.

[@mvevitsis]

What is the best way to emulate this system?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Look up “Neo Kobe emulator pack”

[@PSYK0MANT1S]

I'd love for you to rip that soundtrack from Galaxy Force. Just DAMN!!!!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s available online :)

[@kosmosyche]

1:37 lol Isn't this how most collecting is done? You need a couple of drinks more than you should or your awesome collection isn't going anywhere! Cost of doing business, if you ask me.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Hahaha I tend to agree

[@robsmall6466]

Scavenger is on the Mega CD as Nova Storm

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

True

[@ridiculous_gaming]

I should have jumped onto this console in 2008. As you said, it's pretty pricey today.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes it’s gone up a decent amount in the last few years

[@elblanco5]

"epic hot dumpster fire garbage"....tell us what you really think about that d-pad!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s an affront to all that is good in this world

[@skeggjoldgunnr3167]

I have a question about the FM Towns Marty version of Shadow of the Beast. The music for that game, in particular. I believe Japan Victor corp. paid to hire a proper orchestra to perform their version of the awesome soundtrack and I would like to hear your input on getting a Marty and real game disc just for ther love of that soundtrack on actual hardware. I do NOT like the game! It's got great graphics, sure...but the game play is unforgiving!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Def not something I’d drop the cash on just to listen to

[@JoshKennedy-uv3yy]

Is there a big difference between the FMTowns vs the FMSTOWNS 2

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The computer or the Marty? Marty to Marty 2 is zero diff. Towns to Towns 2 is a large difference

[@sunderark]

That "budget" release of After Burner was 9800 yen. What the hell.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha budget for Towns apparently

[@chriswy697]

Is there a part number for the unicorn ram expansion module?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Not that I've ever seen

[@chriswy697]

​@@VideoGameEsotericanot sure if my first comment came through but a small batch of the new reproduction ones are on eBay

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I saw on Discord. I might grab it. If fixel needs it

[@PopeTheRevXXVIII]

One of my holy grails.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

IMO its worth it...but you've gotta get the Doc Brown

[@PopeTheRevXXVIII]

That's a given, games are expensive. My trinity would be a Marty, working X680000 and a pc98 Saturn is probably as close to those a console gets

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I still need an X68000

[@PopeTheRevXXVIII]

I have a decent Emulator that hates dpads. I don't think I've scratched the surface either. Japanese computers are my weakness if I had Money I'd be in Akihabara cleaning Beep out.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

They sadly certainly aren’t giving them away

[@TheUnlovedhomie]

8:30am Was told to grab a soda or beer Fine but only cuz you said too

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’ve granted permission

[@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333]

Is it freaking expensive to get cib nowodays? for splatterhouse etc

[@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333]

each time i see a game im intereted in for towns or marty, i see its perhaps expensive than for other platforms... doh

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Very expensive. Too expensive

[@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333]

@@VideoGameEsoterica life hurts... as usual. =/ i have a friend who has it though (just found out about it from him and ended up here, lol) he has it together with princess maker and die gekirin. and now he convince me to get into marty/towns colelcting as well, but damn teh prices are scary haha

[@ruiner_9]

I had no idea those cases were so big. How do they compare to the size of Neo Geo cart cases?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Similar size to slightly larger depending on the game

[@MySamurai77]

That port of Turbo Outrun don't look that great, it seems to be missing loads of roadside objects, like loads. Also, no parallax on Mad Stalker which means you would be better off with the PC Engine version which has a ton of extra cut scenes and super tight controls (x6800 version is the best tho).

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Oh I’d def say better than the PC Engine version

[@MySamurai77]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Looks pretty similar, no parallax backgrounds like the PCE version? Never played this version so i am just going on what you showed.

[@themightyimp08]

I'm new to the channel. Are the dead flowers sole kind of running joke or comment of some kind?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

They are dried but yes/no. Not so much a joke as my propensity to put something in the background for scale

[@amerigocosta7452]

RAM expansion or not, I think that SSF2 needs something more than a 386SX to run smoothly: I'm afraid a 486 FM Towns is still the way to go. Said that, it's an incredible machine and I like that there are some Lucasfilm Games point and click adventures as well like Monkey Island or my favourite Loom. For the longest time the FM Towns version of Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders was the highest colours available at 256, as the Amiga/Atari ST/IBM PC versions were limited to 16 colours (and as they were based on EGA graphics assets, 16 not very good colours).

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I mean the 486 is always going to be nicer for sure

[@loki.odinson]

How have I NEVER heard of this thing?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Dunno :) but now you have

[@garethbeaton8414]

Did it cume with burning rubber game I past it on Xmas I was young

[@jerryinohio1978]

What happens if you plug in those two m2 cards to this?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Nothing. You could reformat them. Bout it

[@chiefthunderhorse4430]

Awesome video! I've always have an interest in this system, however being more of a "game player" vs a "collector" I could never justify the price, awesome games for sure and I use the UNZ emulator to be able to play this collection, but I've always had a particular interest in the "car" version of this console and it would even feel natural in my daily driver which is actually a few years older than the console, sure the navigation software would be completely useless but it look awesome none the less

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The car Marty is a weird pivot. Navigate in your car…bring it inside for gaming. I’m glad it exists. So weird

[@justandardprocedure]

Bought a junk Marty on eBay a few weeks back. Just got it up and running. These ode's are way too hard to get ahold of. Guess I'll just burn out the laser on burned discs while i wait to get one. Killer video bud

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Fixel is making a new ode : 3do.dev/products/dmc88 My Marty is with the maker of the device now. He used it to develop the board

[@justandardprocedure]

@@VideoGameEsoterica yeah I just joined his discord. Keeping a close eye on it.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Just pre order it if you need it. I’ve known fixel for a long time now. His stuff is hands down top tier

[@LukeDodge916]

Is this a joke? I was a lifelong gamer from Sega Master System to Dreamcast, but I've never heard of this thing before... This is some Mandela Effect stuff happening right here.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha it’s a very real console that definitely existed

[@Jolly-Green-Steve]

I wish Sega would have released the Sega CD as a standalone next-gen console to the Genesis in late 93 based of this level of hardware with the ram expansion and also focused on mostly arcade ports. Sell it for a loss at first for 399 and it would sell like hotcakes being the only home consoles capable of arcade perfect ports. Imagine having all the Capcom/Konami/Midway games at home in 93-94 in perfect form.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Like a CPS changes just with discs

[@luciennethesorceress]

great video! :-) -add my name to the list of folks who would like an emulation guide on it. bonus points if it works in retroarch... i have that handling overscan and other settings and output to a CRT TV of mine with an HDMI to s-video box, a couple of HORI mini controllers, and optical out to a soundbar and things look and sound great. i love retro games but never have nor will have the money to physically collect -for games like street fighter 2, can you use the keyboard to make up for the lack of buttons? -are there fan translations for a lot of the games? emerald dragon interests me, looks like there was a super famicom version too thank you!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Barely any fan translations sadly. I’ll consider the emulation video :)

[@jamiec2023]

Iv poured myself a nice pint of Heverlee for this one!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

My videos are probably better with a buzz 😂

[@jamiec2023]

@@VideoGameEsoterica strangely now you mention it. I fo find my self watching your vids on my days off drinking coffee in the morning or drinking beer after work. maybe some kinda buzz is the conmen denominator lol

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’m usually drinking coffee or beer while I’m making them so!

[@mixedhairless]

I have the FM Towns Splatterhouse, and no system…🤔

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

You did that kinda backwards lol

[@LordDeBahs]

just play arcade version on emulator ?

[@davebassi7340]

Gonna have to be Retroarch on a i9 RTX-3070

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

That’ll work too lol

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Etymology of the name FM Towns Marty: FM = Fujitsu microcomputer Towns = from 1964 Nobel Prize winner Charles Townes Marty = ???

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

His cat? Lol who knows

[@Charlie-Cat.]

The FM Towns Marty is really a fantastic unit for sure VGE. But it's expensive. The prices for one off the internet makes the Neo-Geo AES console feel like it's a thrift store find. 8^) Anthony...

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

True but the most expensive Towns game Vs the most expensive Neo Geo game…wild difference lol

[@Johnnybomb1]

What's the other God-tier? X68000 and PC-88 and 98?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

PC-98 and X68000

[@LeftyPem]

Ray Zan-burr

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

My pronunciations are normally bad lol

[@dorfus]

Nuon controller vs bad Marty controller tho- which one

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Towns controller all day. It's bad...NUON is dumpster fire bad

[@slappymcphee]

Liked for buzzed eBay'ing lol

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha it’s a curse

[@LordDeBahs]

crimson clover is best shmup ever made

[@superpan218]

The Amiga CD32 done right.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

A very true statement lol

[@adventuretaco7140]

FM TOWNS CORE WHEN?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Puu is working on it...guess they have it booting into DOS prompt

[@adventuretaco7140]

@@VideoGameEsotericawow .. cool! I

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes def will be a great addition to MiSTer!

[@sunderark]

8:00 DASWHATSHESAID

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

😂

[@warrenellis1023]

This could’ve been a literal ps5 in 1989 and I still wouldn’t play a console called the “FM towns Marty”

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Then you’d be missing our :)

[@warrenellis1023]

@@VideoGameEsoterica haha, stubborn people tend to 😅