Vectorman review - Segadrunk

[@NLasting]

This game is built on 1989 hardware. That is absolutely incredible.

[@rainehappy7097]

Tom Kalinske was right, the Genesis still had a lot of life left.

[@lnsflare1]

Am I the only one that thinks a Vectorman Metroidvania might be awesome?

[@Moostar95]

Holy hell, i would play that!

[@not2tired]

Vectroidvania ... um, yes

[@rainehappy7097]

IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

[@zigfaust]

How about one where it's the origin of Vector and he goes from scrawny ball bot to omega orb man.

[@sonicmario64]

Does anyone come to think that the plot for "Vectorman" is quite similar to that of "WALL-E"? XD

[@juliamxd9614]

You are wrong, walle story is similar to vectorman story

[@camulodunon]

Actually no. Wall-e is a story of robot love and Vectorman is a story of the badass robot who shoots other robots.

[@sonicmario64]

@@camulodunon But both franchises do take place in a future where the earth becomes so polluted that the humans end up having to leave it behind and let robots clean it up for them.

[@gabrielmarriott389]

Maybe vectorman is the son of walle and eve

[@FlyingDuckMan360]

+Casey Decker IMO, Vectorman did the concept better than Wall-E for several reasons; prior to them turning against him, Vectorman had some assistance from other Orbots in cleaning the Earth (hence why Earth looks half-decent in this game). Vectorman's also a fighter, not a lover, so he single-handedly takes on every enemy he comes across, whereas Wall-E's girlfriend did most of the fighting for him. Vectorman's villain is also a master Orbot-turned-evil dictator when a working nuclear missile gets attached to his body, whereas Wall-E's villain was a sentient steering wheel.

[@Yuuretsu]

This was one of the games that really made me a Genesis fan.

[@SkylerB]

I loved Vectorman! i came home from the airport and stopped by at this weird clothing store and across the street was this game, wow i thought he was so cool! i asked for it for my birthday and when i actually got it i was amazing and it was hard but the level select code helps you experience all the levels and the final boss is crazy haha this game is hard xD love the lighting and the sound effects. growing up not many people even knew of this guy ha thanks for making this video bro! cheers

[@jflack6]

I remember seeing this playing as a demo at Toys R Us and my jaw dropped. Back then, these graphics blew me away!

[@tortugadave8765]

Great game. This, Shinobi-3, Streets of Rage-2, Comix Zone and Earthworn Jim are my fave Genesis game and to this day I pop em in to get my nostalgia trip going.

[@SmokeBreakGaming]

The pick up and play nature/well made nature of this game is why it became the pack in game after sonic 3 was phased out.

[@Slightly_Sadistic]

I got this and Comix Zone on the exact same day. It was a good day. Vectorman rules!

[@jmyers1385]

Never owned a Genesis until a buddy just gave me one like 10 years ago, but I did play Vectorman at a Toys R Us kiosk when it came out, and I was a little jealous since I just had a SNES at that point. This was one of the first games I picked up when I did finally get a Genesis.

[@Deathlikesensation]

Vectorman 1 & 2 are two of my all time favorite games on the Sega. and dont even get me started on that unbelievable soundtrack. Amazing sound engineering

[@Numocron]

Vectorman is one of my favorite franchises ever made for the Sega Genesis.

[@SoundFantasy]

Too bad vectorman 3 for saturn was scrapped. would have been really cool based on the leaked design documents

[@rainehappy7097]

PS2 game was cancelled too. Vectorman deserves another shot.

[@zigfaust]

The only reason I got an OG Xbox was becasue it was susposed to be finished and ported to it :( Maybe I can secure the rights....

[@weeziepuff13]

I was a designer on both the original games and also did a document for the Saturn version. in 2000, we made a cool demo for a PS2 version that would have been full 3D and a Metroidvania type game. Sega said they weren't interested.

[@billcook4768]

Release the hounds, er, the demo! If there’s any way, people would love to see it.

[@Moostar95]

One of my childhood favorites as a kid. Didnt beat it until MANY years later!

[@vitaljamz]

More sega games, Been looking for reviews all over everybody else makes them selves the spotlight which is really annoying I like your reviews because your focus on the games you keep it simple and give honest opinions

[@kylehazachode]

I have a couple "Play To Win" cartridges. If you beat the game, there's a phone number you can call for a chance to win $25,000. I'm sure the contest is over by now lol

[@TheGameGrinder]

It's still slightly surprising to me when I get a reminder Vectorman isn't as popular as I thought it should be. It was a pretty big deal back in the day with my group of friends, and most of them were Genesis guys(me being Nintendo). 10+ years later and retro gaming makes a come back, and this isn't a big deal. It's really interesting how "world views" change from being a kid with a little group of gamer friends, and being an adult with the entire gaming community online. Solid review!

[@JohnSmithAprilMay]

The Game Grinder I was a Genesis guy, and I completely missed the Vectorman train until recently. I think there was just a lot happening in gaming that year, and maybe Genesis gamers were aging out of their console.

[@TheGameGrinder]

Oh yeah totally! The lack of easy access to information was a huge detriment to gaming back then too.

[@dukejaywalker5858]

I like that your reviews are always so succinct. Excellent.

[@SeafoamSmiles]

Vectorman was one of my favourite games back then. It was like a cooler, sci-fi Rayman.

[@GreenshirtMr1023]

I swore for years that I got this game the day Selena, the Latin music singer, was shot dead in my hometown, but she was shot on March 31st, 1995, and Vectorman didn't release till October 1995. Either way, this game possesses so many memories, and is my personal favorite game.

[@roudanskalamir9251]

Vectorman is a punch in the face to anyone who thinks that only Japan made good 16 bit platformers. That's right! Vectorman was developed in the good ol' U.S. of A.

[@BryanX64]

Genesis Aladdin and Earthworm Jim were also developed in America

[@Spicypuff]

Dyllyo Maybe it has to do with the "only japanese games are good hurr durr". Besides whats wrong with being proud of games your country made?

[@BryanX64]

DKC and Battletoads was UK.

[@LunaLuna-cz7er]

Dyllyo donkey Jong country and battle roads were made in europe

[@JoelRiter]

Roudansk Alamir dude... Sega is an American company. Your blind patriotism is pathetic. Do you not realize video games are an American creation? Do you not realize how shitty Japan and America have and can be? How both corporate structures are seemingly different but both work effectively to fuck people over especiaally the middle and lower class?

[@rickdavis32]

The animation was soo smooth, it reminded me of earthworm jim!

[@mafiousbj]

I remember i had this game (or maybe it was the sequel, since i recall a different opening) on a Sega Smash Pack CD for PC. I loved the gameplay and the aesthetics but it had some rollerblade levels that were faster paced that i hated. So i had my brother play them for me since he was better at the game :) Good memories!!

[@RetroGameNova]

Short and sweet and straight to the point! Love your reviews dude!

[@TomBombadil89]

I have a flash of a memory of playing this for a few minutes on a demo Sega at Toys R Us when I was little. Good times.

[@MYSEGAISBROKEN]

I remember seeing screen shots of a ps2 title that was in the works as a kid that got cancelled. Years later prototype footage came up but the game was never heard from again.

[@rainehappy7097]

There were some harsh critics of it back in the day.

[@thefrozengoat]

Absolutely loved this game back in the day!

[@boltodj]

Vectorman 2 was awesome, too

[@Jikkuryuu]

Kudos to you for having a fun time with this. I rented the Vectorman games a couple of times back in the day and I couldn't get more than 4 levels in. Cool as heck though!

[@Cragnous]

Great game, made me wish I had a Genesis back in the day.

[@johnrosie9769]

That's blast processing at work

[@digital_underground]

That boss on the train tracks was too hard for me when I was a kid.

[@rainehappy7097]

Yeah, I was always on my last life.

[@suprastevio2264]

I love your videos! Your channel is one of the very few I have my phone give me a notice when there is a new upload. Thanks SnesDrunk!!!!

[@SNESdrunk]

+Robin Hunt Thanks for watching, Robin. Lots more to come

[@92manix]

Barely got this game earlier today. This game is amazing and my personal favorite.

[@ScarletStarManor]

Bless you for making this review, short simple, lists everything one needs to know, so I can give it to friends so they can know the GLORY of Vectorman.

[@FinaleCadence]

Vectorman was a game that when I saw as a kid I dismissed it because I thought the box art looked stupid. boy was that a mistake this game looks great.

[@rainehappy7097]

My first time experiencing Vectorman 1 and 2 were the Smash Packs 1 and 2 for PC.

[@seanwilkinson7431]

I didn't have a Genesis growing up, but I used to beg my parents to rent from the "big city" Blockbuster because their demo Genesis had Vectorman. Agreed, I loved playing this.

[@RealEnglishNow]

This was the first game I ever beat on my own from start to finish as a kid. Loved this game.

[@CyrusBluebird]

This seems more like a game for the SEGA Saturn than the Mega Drive, but that's just me.

[@gameboypunk660]

nah more like 32X

[@CyrusBluebird]

GameBoy Punk I can see that, especially with the game Kolibri.

[@SpScarletSpider]

Vectorman 3 was actually going to be on the Sega Saturn, but it was cancelled. They tried to bring it back for the PS2, but it was also cancelled.

[@TravisFebruary]

Soon as I heard that level 1 music I felt my heart warming up.

[@Sneakyturtleegg]

Both Vectorman games are great and seem a bit unheralded. Some of the best looking games on the system for sure. I'm glad you shared this video, but it wasn't Shaq Fu.

[@SNESdrunk]

+Jason Egerbrecht I make these videos way, way in advance. I think this one was finished before Christmas. I've got just about every video ready to go on schedule up through March. So yeah, no Shaq Fu for a while, sorry

[@Sneakyturtleegg]

+SNES drunk I was just being sarcastic and giving you a hard time after Pit Fighter! Seriously, I appreciate all of your hard work with your videos. The "short but sweet" format is great! Thanks again for your contribution to our retro hobby!

[@SNESdrunk]

+Jason Egerbrecht Thanks for watching Jason

[@firasdarwiche5430]

My local game store has a copy for $10 (CAD). Might be worth picking up! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@rainehappy7097]

Saw one for 8 bucks at an Exchange.

[@TheRumChum]

my mom got me this game wayyy back in the day and I couldent get past that minecart level boss. "I was like 10" but the sounds, music and animation were incredible.

[@FordFourD-aka-Ford4D]

He's not so much pre-rendered as pre-computed.

[@coffeepeals3936]

Vectorman is awesome! a true Genesis game; I couldn't imagine it on snes, it would have been a sparkster/rocket knight situation.

[@BryanX64]

Sparkster was on SNES.

[@dvirarazi7351]

It was more a whole different game than a port of the Genesis game

[@louiskeiflin5858]

Vectorman is an amazing game!

[@ButcherKC]

Man I forgot all about this game, I didn't own a Sega but IIRC I got this game for Christmas so I brought it over to a friends house (Sega owner) and we would play this game for hours. Since I lacked the system to play it I just gave him the game and we would play this every time I went to visit.

[@JobimGilberto]

I always found the camera was too zoomed in (seemed to happen with many sega games). Game was fairly hard too.

[@gameboypunk660]

most geney games had this problem no idea why though

[@adesignersperspective]

+Jobim gilbert sega loved to make their platformers with a shitty always-centered-around-character camera and no save feature x_x those were two things that kept sonic from ever being quite on par with nintendo's offerings as well if you ask me. oh well, the genesis was still fun for what it had.

[@Alianger]

+Lars “B” Amble It was a problem specific to this game, Sonic has a better camera and saving as well from S3 onwards.

[@Kos4Evr]

Jobim gilbert in a lot of multiplatform games the genesis tends to have a better resolution and frame rate than the SNES version if the genesis port isn't butchered.

[@zero-theaveragegamer1159]

I remember them having a contest for the next video game and you would write in your idea on some card. I forget who is them are of course being that I was so young. But I filled out the card with the idea First Street Sharks in the video game and I remember vectorman came out. Maybe I'm screwing up my memories or maybe somebody else remembers this? I'd love to know

[@SageOwl]

You could also win 25 grand for beating it, but you had a certain variation of the cartridge I remember getting this game from my cousin and seeing that slapped right on the box, and then playing the game and realizing that I sucked ass at it. I guess that is a good way to promote the game, other games, and the Sega Saturn. I doubt it worked though.

[@rainehappy7097]

There was a contest too for the sequel, someone won by submitting a design for Vectorman to transform into. I think you can access it via the menu, right?

[@Gojiro7]

I agree that Vectorman is a good game but I do think the games biggest flaw is the high speed it runs at making it easy to take cheep hits from enemys who zoom in from off screen and plus it doesn't have particularly great level design with levels that get wide and difficult to traverse on the time limit you have.

[@kuolanen]

I didin`t know about this game. It sure is beautiful.

[@bigbaddawg101]

I'm so old I remember playing the demo of this game at a department store that no longer exists.

[@lydellfabin64]

one of the games I always wanted to like but never got into it.

[@dementedpuppy]

Nows your chance with the genesis collection on switch.

[@oscarzxn4067]

Fun game overall with some nice effects and solid bosses, though I find completely unnecesary the fact that you have no continues and you start with so few lives considering the game is like an hour long; it's still not that hard but with more lives, more continues or even unnlimited continues would have been better.

[@rainehappy7097]

Comix Zone was the same way, but you play them over and over again until you get better at it. That's something Sega players had to deal with compared to Nintendo players.

[@oscarzxn4067]

​@@rainehappy7097 I understand that but with Vectorman I feel is kind of poorly designed since you begin with too few lives, so you probably will not be able to advance much the first few times, especially since the game is not very difficult but has some memorization going on that can be annoying, Comix Zone at least is short and doesn't get too difficult until the third stage or so.

[@wrena79]

That train track boss kills me every time...I'm clearly doing something wrong lol. Tried a few times must go back and try again when I have my next Megadrive phase

[@chrisdoe3642]

Its funny to say its no donkey kong 2 then in the next sentence to say its one of those Rare platformers

[@CyberdriveAutomotive]

When this game came out I was 10 and my Mother worked in downtown Detroit, I went with her to work one day and coming home on I-75 northbound there was a pedestrian overpass that had "V-MAN" and a phone number spray painted onto it.. I thought it was the winning phone number to the Vectorman cash prize and got really excited and wanted my Mom to turn around so I could write the number down. She didn't, and looking back at it.. it was probably a drug dealer lol

[@Cabbolf]

Dang, I wish I'd given this a chance back in the day, looks like I missed out.

[@Xerpes]

Man i never play it cause i don't like the visual of the character! but if you said that this is a good platformer, maybe i take a try!

[@rig85]

Thiago Mascherpe Spinetti This is exactly how I've always felt about it, too.

[@DeckyStrikesBack]

Fair point. Dull as heck character but great game.

[@Hektols]

What really grinds my gears about this game is that Sega barely advertised it. Donkey Kong Country was all the rage due to it's graphics and lots of Megadrive/Genesis users never knew that the system had a game with similar graphics, the company was focused on the failed 32X.

[@oscarzxn4067]

It came in 95 so probably at that point they were focusing on the Saturn.

[@supersexysega]

Vectorman got a huge push from Sega of America. Consider it was a November 95' release on Genesis. The 32x had flopped already and the Saturn was out and struggling bigtime. I don't think Sega of America advertised any game more then Vectorman that year even on the Saturn.

[@Hektols]

@@supersexysega I see, in Europe the game was completely ignored.

[@supersexysega]

@@Hektols I figured it didn't do near as well considering Vectorman 2 wasn't even released there. Vectorman 2 even got a decent push by Sega of America with it's own commercial. Also became an extremely late packin maybe the last one.

[@DDRUTOU]

Suddenly Don Cheadle appears and turns you into a fricken tree....

[@JeremyNoblitt]

It's also one of the few Sega games you can screw around on the Sega screen.

[@TobeyStarburst]

LOVED this game!!!

[@tedmaster2000]

I remember there was a contest for a ton of money if you were the first person in USA to prove you beat the game

[@GOLVEL]

I REALLY wanted to like this game... and I kind of got interested in it, but soon enough just left it behind.

[@zackdufois]

do you know about the year of retro gaming from irvyne? he did this project here on youtube from 2011-2013. you should definitely check his videos out!!

[@michaelsmythe7836]

This was a great game as the great fight of the Bit wars. Nintendo won but I miss all those old commercials..We need another console war like in the 90s. Just leave Nintendo alone theve been through it..😄😂

[@MEGAD-nb9uu]

SNES won genesis lost ..sega lost every console generation they were in soooo yea lol

[@rainehappy7097]

Regardless of who won and who lost the OG console wars, we do need a new one to light a fire under Nintendo's butts. A new Sega that can be taken seriously will motivate Nintendo to do even better with exclusives.

[@camulodunon]

@@MEGAD-nb9uu simply selling less units isn't "losing". You also have to look at the merits that the product achieved, and it's impact on the industry. The whole "Sega lost get over it" is always used as an ignorant excuse to end and argument about a certain game on both systems, even when Sega's fall back from the console industry has nothing to do with the quality of a particular game on both consoles.

[@allnamesaretakenful]

I regretted getting a SEGA Genesis. I switched over to a SNES a few years later and was so much happier.

[@rainehappy7097]

Any good shooters?

[@camulodunon]

Something tells me you only played the less impressive part of the Genesis library. And it's also pretty clear you came here just to say this.

[@rig85]

I will give this game a try...finally. I actually think it's pretty ugly. The character is lame. Still, this review swayed me to dust it off and give it a go.

[@nicholascrow2076]

do a nes video on blaster master

[@adesignersperspective]

i love the vectorman games but in fairness they looked nowhere near as good as donkey kong country. the genesis' extremely limited color palette and graphical limitations still showed glaringly in comparison to DK. that said, both VG games certainly looked better than most anything else on the genesis. sega's inability to include a save feature in their platformers was really lame though and it was an annoyance with this game as much as it was with sonic. great gameplay though, and the graphics do hold up reasonably well for what they are. great video and great review (:

[@pietjebel9130]

Vectorman is a nice game, but DKC sure looks (and sounds) better

[@tedp9945]

Wow looks like a great game. Funny you never really heard about it much back in the day.

[@28Pluto]

VectorMan for president.

[@gavrielvinegrad6819]

How dare you??? I love captain planet!!! And your videos btw😉 Rock on!

[@El3ctr0Lun4]

You... hate Captain Planet?!?! It was one of my favourite shows as a kid.

[@NintendoHodge]

Nice great video. Totally forgot about this game. I have not added it to my wants list!

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

great vectorman sega genesis - 1995 -segadrunk !!!

[@starfox1]

dang not the vectorman i thought. was expecting the japanese show

[@gabrielmarriott389]

Agreed I loved Captain Planet when I was young but as an adult, wow it did not age well, can't watch it

[@chaser5616]

SEGA Drunk,thats sounds good ;)

[@311superfly]

My Sega Genesis has all those levels?

[@williampamblanco]

The first game that made me jealous of my neighbor's Genesis!

[@Cerebrum123]

Yet another Sega franchise abandoned way too early.

[@goldpieceleo]

Wall-E before Wall-E.

[@filipmartinez1162]

dislike for not liking Cpt Planet tho

[@ricardofranco7419]

It’s a cool game but I could never get that into it. The game is too difficult

[@christianjamesguevarra6257]

sir God drunk

[@orlandoserrano6107]

Top 20 Sega game? Not even close. Top 50 maybe.

[@Ragesauce]

I've watched a recent playthrough and I was not impressed, the graphics seemed a bit dated and the sound effects are just god awful in some places. That being said, if you wait a while the graphics ramp up around stage 5 or 6 and WOW does it start to look fucking incredible.

[@michaeloffgrid]

The graphics were dated? That's surprising considering it's only a 25 year old title.

[@Magnero]

Story about the earth being over polluted. Of course it was, because the 90's.

[@Plasmariel]

0:24 you know it's not true look at the specs

[@iwillnever4getu]

great game!

[@Heroinedown]

Nobody loves Captain planet man, not even nowadays.

[@charlesbronson9289]

Call a cab

[@turdzilla1675]

Sorry, but Captain. Planet was awesome lol

[@omaryusef8269]

Beat Sega game ever !!!!!

[@Simon0]

Hey vectorman looks like me! Sort of.. 😐

[@JoelRiter]

Ah Vectorman, what Wall-e ripped off... Errr... Had its inspiration from. Yeah Pixar has a tendency to completely rip off things. Wish people would be a bit more objective of Pixar. Anyway I loved Vectorman, but to make a DKC comparison is completely unfair in my opinion. If only Sega waited to compete with the SNES. I dream what would have been possible.

[@dudinacas]

Sega should have pushed the Sega CD as a logical upgrade to the Genesis just like what NEC did with the PC Engine CD in Japan.

[@Alianger]

Was a bit disappointed by this one, the camera is really annoying and the sound is subpar compared to most of Sega's later MD/GEN games. Also didn't care for the aesthetics much so, DKC>VM any day for me.