Visiting the FORGOTTEN Sega World at Disney's EPCOT in 1994 and 1996 - My Retro Life

When my family visited Disney World in 1994 and 1996, Dad made sure to bring us to the amazing SEGA display at EPCOT's Innoventions!
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[@MortalKombatVita]

It's very rare to find footage like this from back in the day, never mind 15 straight minutes of it! Your dad was definitely way ahead of the time.

[@MyRetroLife]

So grateful he recorded it

[@tarasybnios5356]

@@MyRetroLife Yeap we all are! =)

[@KirkLee1983]

Great Dad

[@ninveh1]

Your father was the first youtuber

[@thetrin]

My dad sadly never got into video games because of where and when he grew up, but he introduced me to games, comics, movies and cartoons, and it's invaluable to be able to share any of that with him.

[@MSDGAMEZ]

Your dad loves you so much. Him filming you wake up was special

[@zakiahmad4024]

Not every child is that lucky...

[@stevesharpe3370]

@@zakiahmad4024 ya most dads are upset they had kids lol

[@cristophersartain1257]

Found your channel a few weeks ago, and I can't stop watching such a gem of a channel. You're Dad is an absolute legend for filming all these moments. It's made me start filming my daughter so much more so we can one day look back and see all the fun we had. ❤

[@Skyrim321]

His dad was making KZbin videos before KZbin 😎 absolute visionary!

[@gracekim25]

@@Skyrim321 indeed😊

[@cubedstudios]

In the same boat

[@ThePatman1980]

I wonder if Tyler still plays video games as often as before? He did sell his gaming collection. I'm 5 years older than him and I lost some of my gaming interests by 2007. I would still consider myself a semi-casual gamer. I think every person will reach an age when gaming isn't as fun as before. The most fun parts of our life in gaming is always when we look back. But as Tyler and Aly Mills said in Cobra Kai, we could look back at the past but we can't always be stuck living in it. We do have to evolve as people. We do need to grow up. Would be cool if Tyler told us which modern franchises does he still play? This channel is really dedicated to his father which is one of the nicest things a son could ever do. Keep your dad's memories alive. 8-Bit Christmas (2021). That ending was bittersweet but heartwarming and this channel reminds me of that and The Goldbergs at the end of each episode. This upload is the best video seeing Tyler's mom happy and playing an arcade game with her son. She deserves just as much praises. Tyler has two of the best parents you can ever have. The late-80s to early-90s are some of my favorite years in my life. Wish it was still 1989-1993 again.

[@justanobody0]

"I wonder if Tyler still plays video games as often as before? " I can't really answer this, but I can throw this out there, he has a channel called "my retro live" which had a bunch of livestreams of him playing games (and some with his cousin).

[@Astrotrain99]

My family went to Disney World in the summer of "94 &'96. Innoventions was awesome. We went in early July both times, didn't realize it was so close to the grand opening on the 1st trip. '96 was awesome too cause I got to see all the Saturn stuff.

[@sega-kid]

This footage is so good, especially for those of us who never got to go there. It's crazy there wasn't more Saturn focus in the 1996 visit, seems like such a miss to not make the whole thing Saturn Branded at that time

[@MyRetroLife]

Hey guys! Man did Dad ever capture some magic with this footage at EPCOT Sega exhibit. It’s one of my most favorite memories and so perfectly shows the peak SEGA fandom at the height of their run as console leaders. Did you family ever take you to Innoventions as a kid? Let me know in the comments! Thanks guys

[@SonicTopaz]

No, sadly....

[@heathconrad212]

Nope, I wasn't born until 2008

[@veronichat]

I remember being blown away by Sega Channel (and Rocket Knight Adventures which I played on it) at Innoventions. I also, probably on a later visit, played and was blown away by the car chase from Virtua Cop 2 on the Sega Saturn.

[@HeyLoIo]

@@veronichat my neighbor had sega channel i lived across the street playing all day lmao. rocket night adventures was also one i played a lot at home. good times

[@maddumass]

I'm new to your videos. So your dad carried a big camera around and he passed?

[@AtlasEcliptica]

I was there in 1995! It was an absolutely overwhelming experience for a kid!

[@karmad.twelve6613]

The "watch it buddy" moment from your childhood self is priceless to me. I love it so much!

[@cpl.barbarusc4814]

Footage from events like this really made me think I was born a little too late. This convention was really up to the SEGA slogan, Welcome to the next level, indeed.

[@CTRS777]

Pure, uncut, retro-grade, nostalgia. The good stuff

[@nuclearjones7072]

I remember playing Sonic CD for the first time here and being blown away when the perspective changed on the boost ramp at the beginning of level one…. I wanted to stay forever but my parents pulled me away after what seemed like only minutes… this place was the highlight of our family trip for me. Thank you for making this video ❤

[@mackinblack]

Fighting Vipers!!! Man I loved that game back in the day!!

[@AllboroLCD]

The one time I went to Disney/Epcot was 96... I remember seeing the "nights into dreams" demo running there and being blown away!

[@opo3628]

I have *very* fond memories of Epcot's Innoventions, too. I had always assumed that Innoventions didn't last very long past the 90's, so I was surprised to hear that it had still been operating all the way until 2019. It really hung in there!

[@jesseA6588]

This is insane! I cannot tell you how amazing this is for people like me born years after this. I cannot believe how much your dad filmed, it’s like looking at a different world, thank you for sharing this with us and all your other videos!

[@dameTHEname]

I'm 32 years old born in 1991 and man let me tell you GOD I MISS THOSE DAYS as a kid in the 90s I still have my original Sega Genesis,SNES,N64 and PS1 still plug 'em up and play them from time to time......NOSTALGIA!!!

[@Weybrix]

I remember playing Aladdin there in November '94. Amazing memories- really felt like you were seeing the future of video games

[@priest-maholmes2839]

Ahhh the Sega Channel ..way before it's time..I can remember coming home from middle school and playing;"TheArt Of Fighting "....great memories

[@claudiotapiaf.7194]

10:19 That is probably the only existing footage of Garfield The Lost Levels, Those stages were not included in the retail game and were exclusive to the Sega Channel service

[@eetfuk4664]

What a hidden gem of a channel. Im sure you have heard this before but your dad was incredible. Thank you for sharing this footage.

[@OldSchoolLife]

Wow, your dad tooks some great footage of this! One thing I spotted in the vid was what looks like a prototype level from Garfield: Caught in the Act that we didn't get in the final release. It's too bad, a Viking level would have been a nice addition. But that Sega area was very cool, I wish I could have gone.

[@karimcheese7257]

Give me so much joy to know that you had a father who was so passionate about video games and he love nothing more than to share that with you. My father never cared for games and thought they were a waste of time. I can't wait to grow up playing games with my son so he can appreciate the medium like I do

[@adidas1984x]

This is like a time capsule being opened !! Fantastic work !!

[@MyRetroLife]

Thank you 🙏

[@VirtualVernon]

I When Epcot in the summer of 2000 when I was 15 years old. i had no idea that The Sega Innoventions exhibit was there. It was the coolest place and I spent at least 3 or 4 hours there while my parents walked around. The Sega Dreamcast was the main focus for the upcoming games schedule. They still had the history of Sega with all the original consoles including the Master System, Game Gear, Nomad, Genesis, 32X, Saturn, and Dreamcast. The Sega Dreamcast was the first console I bought with my own money I earned from working at Farmer Jacks bagging groceries in 1999.

[@nima5398]

also went here in the early 90's was the first time i had seen sega cd. Thanks for the memories bro.

[@shokfox]

That place looks awesome! I can't get enough of this footage every time I watch it it's like a movie with tons of references lol. Your dad captured some really cool moments in time

[@MyRetroLife]

Thanks man - Yeah he truly did! Grateful for it

[@jdsmith1740]

Just want to thank You for posting this. We are the same age, and I went on my 1st Disney World Trip when I was 8 and the memories just came flooding back to me. I absolutely adore this channel. Thank You for sharing your videos with us. I love that I can show my daughter what it was like when we were growing up. Keep up the great work! .

[@madaction9373]

Omg this takes me back when I walked into Epcot Innoventions in 1994 and I didn’t want to leave. I stayed all day playing Prize Fighter for the Sega CD and the big Virtua Racing machine with 8 racers. I didn’t ride any rides and came back the next day to play more video games lol

[@Cuenta-ry4bm]

Its amazing how your dad camera recorded at 60 fps in 1991 60 fps videos would be like 8k nowadays

[@M0TAvation]

I usually don’t get nostalgic but when you were playing Lion King that really hit me in the feels. My mom always out my games/consoles on layaway and that game was my Christmas present one year. Thank you

[@westonmeyer3110]

It was the first video game I ever played.

[@MrLivewire1970]

I forgot all about Sega World at Epcot. My wife and I went to Disney in 93 or 94 for our honeymoon. I didn't get to spend as time as I would have liked but I remember they had a demo of a new VR experience for Aladdin. I never got to try it out but it looked pretty cool.

[@veronichat]

I was blown away by Innoventions though my favorite Sega memory in Walt Disney World was at DisneyQuest, surrounded by stranger kids all hanging together, united by the innovative, fun, and hilariously over-the-top Sega game, Brave Firefighters. Us random assortment of kids, we played through the entire game together. (it helped that the only cost was the ticket to get in the building)

[@reidloveland6069]

I opened that attraction at Epcot and was at the Sega section until I left a few years later to actually work for Sega out in Las Vegas.

[@TRJ2241987]

I was here in 1997, was just talking about this place with friends a few days ago

[@Nintendofan-yk4cd]

Innoventions was one of the coolest places I've ever been to. I've been fortunate to have been there when they had Genesis displays and then later on when they had Dreamcast displays. I remember my cousin playing Virtua Formula when we went down there in '95. I got to see Innoventions one more time a few months before they closed in '19.

[@johnsgamingandmore1237]

I remember Eternal Champions! Larson was my favorite character. That and Sonic 3 were my first two games

[@Mike14264]

Oh, now this is just crazy! Once I heard of SEGA World at London and Sydney, I couldn't stop thinking about them! Rocket Escalators and themed levels... Time Travel and time period zones... Everything about them just looked so alluring... It's things like these that made me wish I was a kid of the 90s in these places.

[@TheBigExclusive]

It's insane how rare a lot of those Sega arcade machines and game kiosks are now.

[@ronsilk6212]

Great to see your mom there too having a good time.

[@AnalogOcean]

i remember telling my mom and dad to leave me there and that id meet them at the mexican pavillion for lunch...i spent my whole day in future world that day... i was there during these special times...i was 13-14

[@Slash90ita]

that virtual formula stand is insane!

[@Moyanskiondaspatyoriskiyow]

I am new at your channel man... just wanna say that I love ur content.... you and your Dad are legendaries

[@MyRetroLife]

Thanks Neil! 😃

[@Cuenta-ry4bm]

All those 90s videos your dad had in a hard drive or on various vhs? Its amazing how you preserved so many family videos

[@BrandonPenson]

I remember playing SO much SEGA as a kid, but even I never knew about this place! So many memories of playing Sonic 2 & 3, Streets of Rage 2, Aladdin, The Lion King, Toejam & Earl, Batman Forever and COUNTLESS others! 🎮

[@Recon1500]

wow that version of Fighting Vipers had Honey with her original name instead of the US/Pal release that changed her name to candy

[@frankavelli3640]

My dad used to record a lot of our holidays and vacations as well. I have a good amount of gaming memories on camera, although he hated video games, but he was a good sport supporting my love for it. I've definitely been here! I have to go back and look if he had the camera going here too.

[@DJKILLZOWNJONES314]

Bro your dad was the greatest. My aunt took me here when right before or after you and I loved every minute of it

[@MugenLord_inNeonLights]

Best developer of all time.Goosebumps for me...reminds me of my Sega Childhood.

[@RetroGamesCouple]

Seems like very nice memories in retrospect :) We love the original footage!!

[@Gaming-Enthusiast]

Great footage from your visit . Really enjoyed looking back at the 1990s , with your dad. Awesome video as always

[@BrokTheLoneWolf]

So lucky that you had that childhood and your dad captured it all on vhs. And so cool for us to relive the nostalgia 2nd hand.

[@WadeLife]

I was a gamer in general and still am at 42 years old, but Genesis was by far my favorite, but this place would've been a dream to me back in the day... Great upload Tyler

[@iliketrainskid541]

One thing a like about this video is that we have footage of Garfield caught in the act the lost level’s

[@Mandilore89]

5:30 SEGA CHANNEL!!! I had this back then too! Good memories!

[@black2785]

I’ll never forget that place. Vector Man kiosk was like staring into the future

[@Spikero2]

I can barely remember checking this out as a kid. It was indeed like an e3 event. I wish I could go back in time to experience this again properly.

[@SonnyBone]

I went there around the same time but my dad would only let me stay for 15 minutes. Thanks for this video!

[@stigee]

That is amazing your dad captured this moment in time. I remember the robot from the video, but don't recall the Sega display. I might not have been into games at the time or my parents purposefully avoided that area. I wish I got to experience it.

[@IAMNAUTICAAA]

Its crazy to think that I miss such a wonderful person that I never met your dad is making me smile from beyond the grave he was such a great dad anytime he pulled out that camera he lit up the whole room!

[@Roxxxxxxxbottttter]

I always wanted to go to Epcot, but never realized they had a Sega display. On the other side of the country for me...

[@sourapple6604]

I can't believe this channel has soooo little subs he deserves Millions of subs what an amazing channel your dad loved you left you soooooo much amazing content your dad was waaaay ahead of the game

[@JustDontPls]

I swear you had the coolest childhood awesome parents etc etc I’m glad your dad was ahead of the curve and recorded everything vlog style

[@TheFunfinder86]

First off I wanna say so cool your family had a love for gaming and even cooler you dad recorded everything.. he kept your memories now you share them to the world fire bro... now a days I feel like this is missing everything is on a phone cloud ect... no physical copy.. and r.i.p to your dad I'm really close to mine..

[@VirtualRobotsRevolt]

This is incredible! I can't believe this was a thing at Disney.

[@XChronicHash]

Omg I spent hours here as a kid, I didnt even want to go anywhere else in Epcot

[@sural89]

playing virtua racing and daytona usa for the first time in the early 90's was something i'll never forget it was mind blowing

[@gi_nattak]

This is unbelievable! It’s enough to make a grown man cry.

[@rcg38]

I must have gone to Innoventions around 1997 since when I went there, they had Sega Saturns setup with games like Sonic Jam and Sonic R. I had no idea the Saturn even existed until I went there and I remember that being a very special moment to discover it for myself.

[@cardman1031]

Man o man I remember doing that many times. Innoventions was were I first saw and played the Dreamcast and will always remember that.

[@EriolGaurhoth]

What I wouldn't give to have footage of the Sega exhibit at Innoventions in 2000, the first time I played the Dreamcast. I have such good memories of Sega at Epcot.

[@JacksTurner89]

Sega was King of the arcade when i was younger, full sit down machines replicating a car or bike. Daytona and Hang on were the main ones.

[@RicardoGaspariniLage]

I was there... It was Sega Heaven indeed. Wonderful vídeo man! As always!

[@RostoGamesLester]

Such a great look back at such a nostalgic time. It makes me so sad that things like these are just myths now with no hype other than what's in the next super gaming pc or video card. I miss the innocence of these. These were really great time capsules. I'm so glad your dad was able to capture it all on tapes and you were able to digitally transfer it to new media for us. My dad use to want to do the same, but we had one of those HUGE camcorders that had to take the VHS tapes and it was too heavy. We spent more time with that than actually having fun at the places. Thank you for sharing these memories, it totally reminds me of my own at times. Glad I found the channel!

[@HoLeeFuk317]

I was there but i was very young. I vaguely remember my older brother playing one of the games while my mother was holding me. Haven't thought of that in years.

[@CaptAwesumNo1Zone]

Garfield Caught in the Act had a snow level WHAT!!??

[@MyRetroLife]

Rare footage of the lost Snow level!

[@cgimovieman]

I’m a few years older than you, born mid 1979, and was at Disney World 2 times in the late 80’s. (‘87 and ‘89), and 3 times in the 90’s (‘94, ‘95, and ‘97). Like you, I grew up playing video games a LOT too. Although I had nowhere the amount that you had, and neither of my parents had any interest in them. I’ve always loved theme parks and amusement parks though, and have actually lived in Orlando now for over 25 years.. Epcot has always been my favorite park though. In the 90’s, Innoventions had such promise. I always wanted it to be a constantly updated, cutting edge place. But overall over its years, it just never was. Maybe in its earliest years, but it gradually got more and more outdated, and more and more abandoned as areas were closed off. Sort of like Disneyquest was at Downtown Disney too. But I really wish I could have been this place that was a cutting edge showcase. Maybe a place where news organizations even came too for reports and said “Hey, look what Sega, or Sony, or any other tech company was showing now.” Just never seemed like it was. But it’s earliest days and the promise of it? So cool.

[@MaxwellAlexxis]

I work at Epcot now. Had no idea how massive that exhibit was.

[@joe6699]

I really enjoy watching these videos when we were kids it was a better time in life

[@patrickduke226]

Beautiful channel! The 90s definitely was a magical time to be a gamer. You've earned yourself a new subscriber!

[@oggamer735]

Oh man, you had the best father. I would have been so happy to be there. Seems like so cool dude in every video. Love you’re video’s man. Just like magic and take’s me back to better times and better games.

[@TheJustin905]

I went to Epcot as a kid in 94 and I don't remember this. I do remember we use to have a SEGA CITY near me as a kid but then they both got renamed playdium when sega stopped owning them. i'm not sure if they are even around anymore

[@derrickstevens6777]

I heard the phantasy star online at the end bud! Loved this video!

[@Lightblue2222]

Heck yea. I was here. 96 likely. Saturn was in. I remember playing Clockwork night in a kids waiting room at whatever hotel i was at too. I had Sega Channel at home, so it was mind blowing seeing the NEXT LEVEL.

[@brandonloaiza8595]

I remember playing kingdom hearts there when it first came out when i was a kid, you unlocked a memory i forgot about

[@TooBokoo]

Man, watching this particular point in Sega's history is especially sad. It takes a lot of effort to fck up a company that is this on top! Tom Kalinske is a genius, but Sega of Japan was just dead set on doing everything they could to kill the company.

[@nokindofhome1096]

God damn man this is awesome footage thank yiu

[@dennj]

6:21 Wait what? They were advertising the pilot that would eventually become Satam? That's crazy, and even more crazy to have a video recording of it !

[@paranoidgenius9164]

Not many people can boast on having a privileged childhood like you have had, so I hope you don't take anything for granted in the future. Combat Cars for the Mega Drive\Genesis, the soundtrack is awesome!!😊

[@macuser7048]

That early version of Sonic SatAM is really hard to find. So far people only got snippets of some animation but not the whole thing.

[@billybob884]

Daaang, amazing piece of history here! Look at all those old kiosks XD Thank you very much for sharing this

[@Saturny2X_SONIC_GAMER]

영상들이 하나같이 너무 행복해보여서 보기 좋네요. 잠시동안이나마 실제로 EPCOT 96으로 시간 여행을 한 기분이었습니다 좋은 영상들 올려줘서 고마워요!

[@z0m813]

I was the only person I knew that had sega channel man it was ahead of its time

[@user-bk2ni9xg6p]

This is amazing as close to time travel as we can get i miss the 90s somedays i just wish to go back to a simpler time keep up the nostalgia

[@Squiggles95]

This video was so damn cool. One of the best I've ever seen. I was such a huge fan of Sega growing up. A lot of my childhood nostalgia comes from the Genesis. So many classics. Wish I could've went to one of these Innovation events. Looked like Heaven on Earth.

[@countrylifewithderek]

We went when they had the Dreamcast display. I loved it.

[@chunkacheese2702]

They need to bring back sega channel!

[@MyRetroLife]

Completely agree

[@seanthegamer5552]

We my family went to Sega World in 1995 June not long after you. I loved it. It's One of the Best Days of My life Too!!! We have tons of video content and tons of photos Too!!!

[@eggmcsmurfin]

always love seeing the 90s fashion haha

[@82habit]

That’s what’s up your pops was/is super fun.