Worst to Best Sega System 18 to 32 Arcade Games: The Strangest Hidden Treasures | Kim Justice

[@Giantwaspface]

I do enjoy sitting down with a cup of tea, a bacon sandwich, and watching a Kim Justice vid. Damn good stuff.

[@TykeYT]

Same here ;-)

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

I've gone with the ol' cheese and ham toastie for this :P

[@bentrue7788]

Welsh rarebit...cheese on toast with attitude! An old arcade game that cost me lots of pocket money was Hit The Ice.two on two violent ice hockey it was great. And why have EA not blessed us with another FightNite coz not everybody enjoyed that UFC bullshit

[@joezar33]

Yes indeed , but think he was a little too harsh on D.D Crew tho lol

[@badwrongfun5541]

That gain ground music at the start always warms my heart.

[@tonyvo3432]

Too bad the soundtrack changes as u progress further

[@googleboughtmee]

Bit unfair on Rad Mobile saying it had nothing going for it - it had a lot of things that you didn't see elsewhere such as controls for windscreen wipers and headlights, cross roads with traffic going side to side, oncoming traffic, police that chase you and pull you over, secret shortcuts where you drive along a railway complete with the approaching train in your rear view mirror, banked corners, etc. And the cabinet was a full on hydraulic jobbie.

[@bombjack1984]

Kim just did the usual here - played it for 5 minutes, couldn't be arsed to configure the controls properly, so called it a day and stuck it near the bottom of the list.

[@arioca]

@@bombjack1984 Probably. I played this in the arcade and it was amazing, there wasn't anything close to this game back in the day.

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

Played it back in the early 90s in a super tiny arcade in what was essentially a wooden shack. Really wish I had spent more time with it to see all its secrets, instead of shoveling the majority of my quarters into Bucky O' Hare. Definitely remember the car-shaped moving cabinet though.

[@0svvan0]

rad mobile is nothing without the cabinet

[@Eshaktaar]

Whenever I watch one of your Sega arcade videos, I'm practically guaranteed to add another couple of games to my favorites list in MAME.

[@End0fLevelBoss]

I never actually spotted a Gain Ground arcade cabinet... Back in the day I discovered it on the Master System quite randomly and loved it. I truly unique blend of action and strategy.

[@bf0189]

I seriously love your channel. It's so underrated. You like a a DJ that crate digs for great obscure music but for old games and document it well.

[@LeeONardo]

Gain Ground I remember not being liked by game magazines back in the day. I randomly rented it on Master system and fell in love, picking it up for Megadrive afterwards. I still have that copy with manual to this day - I ADORE Gain Ground.

[@vinnycochrane5139]

I feel it beholden upon me to say that, although my life is shredded to bits in short order, you are such a beautiful panacea. Over the past few weeks, your soothing geekery has been more help than I dare to say.

[@tuffasgong]

I always find if I have trouble falling asleep i put on a kim justice video. Keep your chin up.

[@BillB808]

Great video! I love moonwalker...the way you hold and charge his shots it just feels great to me...and the music is ace of course

[@JohnnyProctor9]

Glad to see that Gain Ground was so highly ranked...I absolutely LOVED both the Megadrive and Master System ports of this game! I used to play this game regularly growing up...

[@nimira43]

I haven't seen this documentary yet but I've already liked it because I know that it is going to be another quality doc by you. You are brilliant. Now it's time to watch 🙂

[@DaveMcGarry]

Yay! An hour of Sega reviews from Kim.... Happy Mondays

[@MR7604]

I have just set up my superscaler games list on my retroid pocket plus, using mame4droid, and then i found this video. I enjoyed every minute of it.

[@rozzbozzgames]

Thanks Kim, a brilliant and very entertaining hour forgetting about more worrying things much appreciated!

[@jaynotmusic]

Great vid. Love the fact you have included the in game sound and music :-) you a ledge young Kim.

[@doctorhino8736]

Hour long countdowns are just better with Kim Justice at the helm. Sit down behind launchbox and try along is my favorite way to watch them.

[@LuchadorMasque]

14:49 I LOVE isometric stuff. I'll never know why. Also, solid Cake reference.

[@nickmalcom6360]

there's actually one miner difference in the sound hardware between the megadrive/genesis and cystem c/c2. the YM2612 is replaced with a CMOS version (ym3438) and is accompenied by a NEC UPD7110 dac for digitised sounds instead of the ym3438/2612's internal dac, which explains the clearer voice samples in Thunder Force AC over TF3.

[@Vancegeoffmen2]

DD crew is a total guilty pleasure among me and my friends. We love the ridiculous opening theme/boss theme. We also love the "yo gotta bomb in ya park" cutscene.

[@ninjapirate47]

46:35 "anyone wanna switch seats?"

[@ultor7654]

Wonderful channel, great quality content. Thank you so much Sir for your hard work and humorist comment!

[@AdmiralBison]

Kim I appreciate your work and others like minded that have a passion for gaming, it's technologies and history that it makes me advocate and support *Game Preservation* and *Public Domain* even more. Games as are a form of electronic and interactive medium that ought be as respected and understood (at least by those who partake in it) as much as films, books and music.

[@ColonelScottMorris]

Great to see another video going the distance...

[@naviamiga]

Love these videos. So many games I hadn't see before.

[@skijumpnose]

The work Kim puts into videos is awesome, I always discover something new, Even though the games are old but they are news to me some of them lol

[@bumwipe42]

Her research and knowledge is second to none, I have such a better understanding of the gaming world that was around when I was a kid thanks to Kim.

[@skijumpnose]

@@bumwipe42 Absolutely, I always like that she showcases little known retro games, Especially Amiga stuff!

[@bumwipe42]

@@skijumpnose I love the Amiga, I got a second hand 500 for Christmas when i was 10, with 3 disk boxes full of pirated games, best Christmas ever going through all the games

[@kins749]

The brilliant series continues, excellent work again. Can't wait for next week. Did you say discrete logic games as well, it will be good to see Fonz and the real old school stuff. Only one game to disagree with its placing on this list - Hot Rod. I used to love playing that 4-player with mates in the arcade.

[@realtrisk]

Kim - I actually love Rad Mobile and its sequel. I think the big thing you are missing is a steering wheel. With a wheel, they are both a really fun time. I can't imagine trying to play them with a controller or keyboard. With a wheel, they are nail-biting, white knuckle racing games that really feel incredibly to play.

[@PopMusicKiller]

Great list, Kim! Revenge of Death Adder needs a Sega Ages rerelease as ASAP as possible! My only issue... Puyo Puyo Tsuu and Columns should exchange places. In Japan, at least, Puyo Puyo Tsuu is the gold standard of competitive puzzlers, rivalling Street Fighter 2 in player count during the 90s. More sequels, tons of spinoffs, and a legacy leading to amazing competitors like Panel de Pon and Super Puzzle Fighter. There's a very good reason we never got "Ichidant-R Tetris" or "Columns Tetris".

[@tattoodude232]

I just have to say, love the theme tune on these videos

[@mademedothis424]

The Puzzle & Action games were very popular in Spain. It seemed like every arcade had one of those sitting alongside an old Puzzle Bobble cabinet. They were not localized, though, so people kinda muscled through the Japanese instructions to figure out what to do. I have no idea if they were all bootlegs or if arcades were importing them from Sega, but they were definitely there.

[@Monkey_SK]

Great video Kim.

[@BigJuffer]

Great vid Kim, definitely going to check out some of these

[@NewportBox100s]

Another great video chock full of obscure gaming facts!

[@retrogamesinflames6796]

Thanks for inspiring me to start my own channel, Kim!

[@the.internet]

Nice one Kim. One from way down on your list I'm gonna have to play is Scramble Spirits... I was (and still am) a huge fan of Bomber Raid on the Master System and it seems this game ticks many of the boxes, at the very least in aesthetics.

[@waysilentbob6976]

Deep “Going the distance” by Cake pull, Kim!

[@mikewhiles4635]

Love your intro - very similar to the BBC intro on Dr Who VHS videos from the 80's.😎😎😎

[@RyanParreno]

What you may not know about Title Fight is the coolest thing about it. The cabinet had glove controllers for both hands, and the directions you move your hands would determine what actions your character would do Now unfortunately you had to do things like pull both hands forward to block, so it wasn't very sim like. Punch-Out Wii feels more like real boxing. Wii Sports Boxing feels more like real boxing. But it's still quite a novelty, more so if you can actually find a cabinet

[@ravagingwolverine]

As usual, this was enjoyable to watch. I've always liked the Spider-Man beat-em-up game. It has some issues and I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to everyone, but I still enjoy that one. I've always had issues with Alien Storm. I actually found some of the voice samples in the arcade annoying. Can't win them all, I guess. Good to hear your take on all these games. Recently, there was news regarding the release of a lost game from Westone, Aquario of the Clockwork. It was apparently running on System 18 when it was location tested, so it's an interesting detail that corresponds with this topic. It's kind of cool to think of a lost System 18 game coming out, hopefully, soon. I don't know if there was ever more uncovered, but I remember reading some years ago that Desert Breaker may not have ever received an official arcade release. It does feel like it lacks a little something as if it's an unfinished game.

[@RobsonRoverRepair]

Who's came back here after the Sega astro mini announcement

[@heavysystemsinc.]

I always enjoy your long form videos. I never understood that whole myth of 'you tube videos should only be 5 minutes cause people can't be bothered to have an attention span'...gimme long form, this is my tv that's on in the background while I work and I can't trust YT to not start sending me to extremely stupid stuff with auto play..cause that's exactly what it does.

[@ryanl.9341]

I believe longer-form content that keeps the viewer there is actually that which pays the most, too.

[@MrStamford78]

Quality viewing. Good stuff.

[@chadmolitor6691]

YES. GAIN GROUND KICKS ASS. I just "discovered" it a few years back and it's BRILLIANT.

[@kaboomgamer333]

Keep in mind, not ALL System C games are included. There is a TON of them. System C was being used a ton in Japan, and most of them aren't even games! Since it's easy to produce, many kiddie rides, pachinko machines, and gambling machines used it.

[@dluxx7283]

Another banger video Kim!. Great work!.

[@sjake333]

First time I played Ichidant-R was the recent Sega Ages port on Switch which contains both the arcade and Mega Drive game. I had no idea what to expect but bought it blind because it's Sega Ages. It's excellent, one of my favourite Sega Ages games. Go grab it.

[@ImTheCrew]

Just subbed! Great content!

[@KuraIthys]

Slipstream is proof that we went through an era where things had to be 3d for 3d's sake to get by. I mean, even though it's 2d trickery, by rights it's so close to a proper 3d game it barely matters and given the tech of the day arguably looks better than some of the early 3d racers... But no, it's not using the cool new tech, so people didn't care...

[@slopesgameroom]

I'm still happy with moonwalker being in the top 5 :P

[@bluebull399]

That intro is the best.

[@mamehaze]

Poto Poto is one I found myself spending a lot of time with too, definitely overlooked. I think the only thing that really lets it down is that the high scores are entirely 'complete time' based, there's no other scoring system, which seems odd for a puzzle game where there's often a secondary focus on getting big sores - actually clearing it takes a while.

[@Koho7]

Awww I have a soft spot for Rad Mobile, mainly as it was in the arcade I frequented as a kid @3@

[@TheInfiniteMiseryJumper]

my mate Jay and I played Alien 3 - The Gun from start to finish at SegaWorld when it first opened...serious fun when you're just a little 'un!

[@nickmalcom6360]

kimb: the next video will be on the super scaler, vector and discreet logic games. me: so that means you finally get to talk about the original 1976 version of heavyweight champ!

[@Larry]

My memory of Ribbit was playing it in Windsor Safari Park as a kid while Terry Nutkins stood behind me! Also, did Sega ever release that Looney Tunes racing game? That would have been a System 32 title.

[@bumwipe42]

I'm currently not cutting my hair for lockdown and will have a Nutkins skullet soon

[@mamehaze]

There's little evidence that the Looney Tunes game was ever released, even in Japan. No collectors have come forward as saying they own it, nobody has claimed to have ever played it..

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Bundy-boi!

[@COLOFIDUTI]

im actually building an mame arcade to try some of these superscalers games, im a huge fan of hang on and afterburner

[@stickershock66]

"Rad Mobile" is also the answer to the trivia question "What video game was Encino Man obsessed with? :)

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

In my opinion, Outrunners will always be #1 on this list. Such a perfect driving game. I think Turbo Outrun is also heavily underrated by most as an inferior game to Outrun too.

[@chrisg7613]

If you ever get chance to visit Arcade Club again you should definitely give Hot Rod another go, with 4 players and a couple of beers it is a blast!

[@dranimations7902]

Really interesting video - haven't heard of a lot of these.

[@8bvg300]

I enjoyed Alien Storm on my Master System but i love the extra quality in the arcades graphics. I also had Gain Ground and that remains one of my faves. I prefer the master system version over the mega drive one to be honest. You played that version much Kim?

[@Imgema]

Tab/video settings, choose a single screen one (for the dual screen MAME games)

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

I used to play a lot of Jurassic Park at my local Chuck E Cheese. Until they replaced it with a coin dozer!😠

[@StRoRo]

There's an F1 arcade game I've been trying to find for years. I thought it was a Sega game but after watching this and it not on the list, I obviously wasn't done by Sega. I really need to find it. Great video again.

[@Jamie-yp7qz]

Final Lap?

[@predaking2wings]

Wow 2,320 views least than one day, i didnt know that so many watch these arcade game videos, thanks Kim Justice your showing videos that we all are interested in.

[@-0-getliffe476]

great work here.

[@nosferadu]

Bit unfair picking on Radmobile for poor controls when you're playing it with a keyboard in an emulator. The cabinet had a steering wheel.

[@laurafear3853]

Quality as usual this channel stands out. Grant narration and sound reproduction. After the Commodore 64 Amiga possibly the Amstrad..Sega have had the best arcades and consoles might be biased tho🦉

[@mightyfilm]

The Where's Waldo and Segasonic games really SHOULD have been localized in the West. They would have been massive hits, especially if they were altered to be ticket redemption machines, Waldo especially, and released them to Chuck E. Cheese type places. There were certainly worse games they had in said kid friendly type arcades that got an audience with that demographic.

[@LeeONardo]

Segasonic could be found at the Segaworld in London (now long gone sadly). I thought myself very lucky to have had a chance to play it, no one else even seemed to notice or care it was there.

[@Holammer]

You really need a proper steering wheel to enjoy Hot Rod, it's obvious from the gameplay video that you're not going to have a good time. On the real deal you drift all over place with ease. With some tinkering in the analogue controls/digital sensitivity options in MAME you can almost get a passable experience with a joypad.

[@okami242]

I remember playing hot rod on a 4 player tabletop setup, great fun.

[@LeeONardo]

I always remember it as the very first arcade game I played on my first visit to Skegness in the pier arcade. I loved it.

[@cassettelord]

Kim, can you do a robot special? Classic games where you play robots/gunsuits.. could include everything from Capcom's impossibly hard Side Arms to Assault suit Leynos on the Megadrive, Hagane n Assault Suit Valkan on the Snes, Armored Warriors Arcade.. Paradroid 90 on the Amiga.. rich pickings indeed!

[@CodGodess]

Kim you might be able to help me. I’m looking for a game which was on the Amiga early 90s, it was a street fighter type beat me up but one of the characters had a Predator Cloaking Device. I’m going out of my mind what was it called? Thanks in advance

[@christschin3708]

Body Blows?

[@bombjack1984]

Looks like you were playing Rad Mobile and Rad Rally with the keyboard, as you're steering all over the place. Configure the analogue controls properly and they're fun games.

[@andy6576]

Hey, didn't you used to post on Mamemeister's channel a few years back? I remember having some real laughs with you, where'd you go, man?

[@atomicskull6405]

System C didn't use the internal color encoder hardware and color RAM on the Megadrive VDP. Instead it used the external pixel buss and CRAM address lines on the VDP with an external color encoder (the same used in system 16) and an external color RAM so it had more available colors and color pallets than a Megadrive. Those pins on the VDP were left unconnected on the Megadrive mainboad, who knows why they went to the trouble to design the VDP to be expandable like that and then removed that ability by not connecting the pins to anything.

[@sungketpatel30]

So Kim how do you feel about most of these games now going be available on the Astro City Mini? I’m looking forward to it, being able to play these games on a proper arcade style stick and hooked up to a projector. It’s almost as if Sega have listened to its fans!

[@kommissar.murphy]

31:30 I never heard of this. Looks like a lost classic if ever I saw one!

[@tuffasgong]

What MAME romset version are you using?

[@coen123]

16:08 Air Rescue, or as i know of it, a Classic of Game

[@nickmalcom6360]

also puzzle and action did leave japan, but not in the way you'd expect. a remastered version of the first game with extra content from the second was part of the sega ages 3d bonanza bros remake, which was one of the games included on the western Sega Classic collection.

[@avideogamemaster]

18:53 Phantasy Star 3 music?

[@j.goggels9115]

Now I understand why System 24 runs slow on emulation. The resolution. There's a megatech bios online somewhere.

[@WeirdWonderful]

Can I ask how long this took to export ? I'm interested due to me faffing around with free video making software.

[@paulpetroleum]

Great list, but you've been very harsh on Rad Mobile/Rally.... They need to be played in their original form. With a wheel. In a moving cabinet. They were awesome games.

[@LuchadorMasque]

53:08 I love these games

[@Pesthauch666]

9:40: As far as I know "Holosseum" was more some kind of conversion kit for the ill-fated laser disc arcade game "Hologram Time Traveler" from one year prior, so people could use that pseudo hologram components of the cabinet without the apparently fault-prone laser disc unit. Yeah, it's just some repurposed tech from another game. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHqZmWOJnJxmr9k

[@KuraIthys]

I remember that time traveller game, and didn't think there was another arcade game like it until I saw this video. And now you've kind of clarified why. XD This is what you put on your machine if your equipment breaks...

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

I thought I remember playing Holosseum back in the day, but was more then likely thinking of Time Traveler when I mulled it over more.

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Nice. Remember seeing that at a theme park as a kid and always being intrigued.

[@djvoid1]

8:51 - Having had a premonition about his future titles post 1994, Sonic hung himself. RIP

[@LuchadorMasque]

26:15 says the britt obviously not a fan of gridiron football or the amazing in the 90s Madden series. Madden 95 in particular is great. Odd how sega is KNOWN for sports games stateside, but quite the contrary in the uk

[@jcardboard]

Ichidant R is available on Switch. I think that's the first Western release of any of those games.

[@classiccustoms2010]

Is it just me or does that Hotrod theme sound really similar to the main Doom theme?

[@retrovideogamejunkie]

Fun fact: In mostly in south america, "Poto" means "butt" or "arse hole" ....so, I guess that's why I never saw that game down here XD

[@CandyHatsuneWolff]

7:38 Please tell me that's an emulation bug, because those sprite layers HURT to watch.

[@AllHailDiskordia]

Revenge of Black Adder would be fun

[@jaethemanchild]

Stack Columns... was that the Iron Sheik as a villain?!

[@Maik-D]

When I first heard your voice, I imagined a skinny Asian dude who recently moved to Australia. I gotta get out more. Love the vids Kim!!!!

[@kandigloss6438]

I think it should be noted that Ribbit! is an extremely unchallenging game. I got through the first two loops in my first play and the only reason I didn't get any further is because I got bored with it and turned it off.

[@williamwright9079]

Double thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!

[@19822andy]

Missed u Kim!

[@MichaelMcGrathangrywasp]

"Wuff Wacer" doesn't look too bad.

[@bonggzilla]

the rad racer game is not bad with a racing wheel. but its unplayable with a pad 😅

[@AdamCoate]

Loving these comprehensive arcade videos. I recommend going through whole genres, i.e. rank every arcade beat em up (there are maybe 75-100) or platform shooters, etc. Of course doing complete MAME reviews for Capcom, Konami, Data East, Irem, etc would be quite welcome as well. It seems that MAME is the final frontier for undiscovered retro gaming gold. If you don't already have genre category sortable in MAME, you can use this site to sort by genre. I've been doing this to check out the entire MAME catalog of a particular genre. adb.arcadeitalia.net/