Mega Man Games on SEGA
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2015
- Gaming Historian covers Mega Man: The Wily Wars and Mega Man on the Game Gear, the only two games in the franchise that were exclusive to Sega. How did a franchise that was exclusive to Nintendo consoles make it's way over to Sega? Find out!
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I remember spending hours upon hours on wily wars on Sega channel. That was such an awesome service. So far ahead of it's time.
hijacking this top comment to correct information about The Wily Wars that has changed since upload - the game has been officially re-produced by Retro-Bit, was included on the Sega Genesis Mini console, and is in the Nintendo Switch Online service. this is still rather limited (2 of those are likely out of print products, and while Switch Online works for now, it's expensive and who knows what will happen to it in 10 years time), but it's better than what was around at the time of this video's upload.
Sega channel = digital download only games. It makes me fear for the future when the game download services/servers eventually and inevitably shut down. This is why I prefer physical copies.
EvanM. 777 but then you have to have the software to run it. And if you update old machines, you are making changes that might be problematic. But I totally get physical copies. You can always run emulation
The difference is, modern consoles have harddrives, which can be backed up, rather than it being wiped from the system on shutdown.
Announcing that *_Mega Man: The Wily Wars_* will be rerelease on the Sega Genesis Mini on September 19, this year...
Ahhh a fellow Physical Gamer of Culture, I have imported games such as Mother 3 (Jap/Eng), Final Fantasy X/X-2 both games on one cartridge, and I’m doing it for Collection of Mana on Switch.
Michael Alameda I’m preordering my Genesis Mini Asap
Nothing is scarier than the words, "There are no continues."
Austen Cho That's only scary to a little over half of US voters, and the rest of the world.
More than just _"a little over half."_
i am part of the rest of the world and i don't care about us president, he is not the savior and satan neither; us is not the world s bellybutton. there are no continues sounds scarier.
Especially in a MegaMan game
Not nearly as scary as "Hillary for President!" was, God-forbid (L.O.L.!)
Why does Mega man looks like he going to screw over Sonic when they are shaking hands?
josh bentley83 Because he's about to collect his fucking pelt.
Karnage Fails yikes, that’s no good! Like Sonic Sez
He's a clone of american sonic in disguise
josh bentley83 :)
Because he knows Sonic swings that way.
To explain the NTSC/PAL problem more deeply: Back in the day, the consoles had no real clock, the only way to time animations etc. were to count the FPS. PAL has 50 FPS and NTSC 60, that means that the time between one frame, one time unit, is longer, so everything is slower.
Jan Opd That is correct, though even if slightly slower PAL was far more better format overall. NTSC was know from some glitches as it was slightly older format. PAL was designed to avoid those.
*****
And we should also remind that slowdown was caused by lack of proper adaptation. Not that 25 frames instead 30 make big difference for eye. Also PAL has resolution of 768x576 when NTSC 720x480.
Today, we have digital Video and Audio signals with dynamic FPS and more worldwide, so this problem doesn't exist anymore.
Jan Opd thanks for that in a genesis/gamegear vid
+Jan Opd but what about Xbox 360 NTSC/PAL for example? i once bought "Rocksmith" not knowing that it was NTSC and couldn't play it here in Europe
The fact that Mega Man The Wily Wars will be on the Sega Genesis Mini makes it AMAZING.
Been watching a long time. Your show is among the best for Retro. I love all you guys, but your show is unique.
sound levels are perfect. I can hear, and understand you. I like that you pick topics and facts that are interesting, and fresh. You stick to a tight outline, and are a reasonable looking guy. Plus, you give us some cool graphics and gameplay to look at.
The production values are excellent, and does not strive to be cool, flashy, or obnoxious. All that energy is better ported behind the camera. Down to earth.
This is slowly becoming one of my favorite channels
I know it wasn't exclusive, but there was also Mega Man 8 on the Sega Saturn which had extra bosses that weren't in the Playstation version.
Every port was always great on Sega Saturn for some reason. Examples are Castlevania Symphony of the Night, the Japanese Saturn Version has Maria as a playable character while PS1 only has Alucard and Richter, X-Men Vs Street Fighter and the rest of the Vs. series being Arcade Perfect Ports. Sonic 3D Blast having a Adventurous and Marvelous Soundtrack and Half pipe Special Stages. Anything other Sega Saturn games that are great?
@@brandonwilliams6119 PS SotN just runs better though. Too bad, the Saturn was pretty wicked. I'll never forget coming home from school and seeing a Saturn logo sticker on my bedroom door before screaming in hype and rushing to the basement, where my dad had established the gaming HQ. NiGHTS, Virtua Fighter, Panzer Dragoon - the good stuff.
Mega Man wasn't exclusively on NES. Remember Mega Man 1 and 3 on DOS?
Nobody remembers Mega Man for DOS.
Animaniac190 Nobody WANTS to remember Mega Man on DOS.
I'll be talking about those sometime.
***** You have no idea how much I'm looking forward to that. I've barely been able to find anything on those 3 games, and I really want to learn more about them.
... I had Mega Man on DOS
Animaniac190 There are things better left forgotten.
YURIOFWIND
And now finally a US release: Sega Genesis mini.
You meant the release outside of Sega Channel.
@sicilyvito IKR
Was this really on the genesis mini?! I was not aware...
@sicilyvito Well hot damn, I know what I'm buying next lol
Now it has an official physical release
I don't understand the dislikes? This show is so FUCKING INFORMATIVE!
no bad words just man!
8,695 153
That's about less than 2% dislikes. It's still golden! There's always going to be some naysayers. Not much you can do about that.
The problem with this guy is that all his videos are verbatim copied from Wikipedia
he did not
He sort of acted ignorant of emulators, which for rare games is the obvious solution.
Wow. Stumbled onto this channel on accident. Have been binge watching for 2 hours. Awesome content, thanks!
Unmodified PAL games will only play slower on PAL systems running at 50Hz. So if you imported the European version and played in on your sweet-ass 16-bit Sega Genesis Video Entertainment System at 59.94Hz (actually closer to 59.87Hz I think) , it'd run at the same speed as Wiley Wars JP or US version. The ones who really suffer are the European gamers. To my knowledge the Mega Man games on the European NES also are not optimized for PAL speeds (I could be wrong though). Also this game runs only at 30 frames per second giving you an extra frame of lag that shouldn't be there and also the illusion that it runs slower than it does. And the control... oh god. It's basically harder to get Mega Man to start moving. If you tap the controller he'll nudge left or right instead of start running. It does this on the NES as well but I think this issue is exacerbated here by the slower frame rate. This is what happens when you farm out development to a shittier team (I'm looking at you Saturn Symphony of the Night!)
Me too thanks
+Game Sack I think only Megaman 1 was slower on PAL.
+Game Sack Not sure where you got this info that the game only runs in 30fps from, but I can assure you that the game runs in 60fps.
Is there anyone watching this video who is not aware of PAL/NTSC???
@@rap6439 most PAL crt tv's from the mid-80's onwarts are NTSC/60Hz compatible. I've never had one that wasn't.
U.S Gold is a British company, how ironic.
Not really.
Not really. The idea was to bring gold (good games) over from the US to the UK
We conquered England
@@fancychipss *UK Is it that hard?
@@foxmcfog7809 well the UK didnt exist when it conquered the North American East coast sooooooooo....... nope
Just announced for the Sega Genesis Mini!!!
The first video that won't be in the 301+ club. The new CZcams!
This is kinda strange.
***** And for the first time people don't hate it.... so far lol.
***** you hard as a brick norm
***** The game gear copy is only $20 right now. That's cheaper than all the NES MegaMans.
$20?? Where?
Troy Dietz Where??
MegaDriveMan.
*slow clap*
Para Soul I hate anything tainted by kill la kill but this comment is good. +1
What's a +1?
+Tyler Smith you from america? well in other parts its not Genesis. its Mega Drive
+Para Soul LOL Para Soul
Today's Genesis Mini announcement brought me here!
Nice man!
Way past cool!
It has wily wars
I’m hoping that they release a Saturn mini. The Genesis was never one of my fav sega consoles for me the Saturn and Dreamcast are so much better
Amazing. What else brings you to stuff?
You can play in on the Nintendo switch now using the saga genesis expansion. And it’s one of my fav games to play now.
This channel is ridiculously well done - thank you sir!
Good thing Wily Wars is being rereleased on the Genesis Mini
9:30
SEGA Mini: You rang?
Good to see that this channel has grown so much since the beginning. I feel like I’ve grown with it in a way. Great job!
This was well done! I pride myself on most things video game (especially the Mega man franchise) from the 80's onward but I had no idea about the two games for Sega. Thank you for that knowledge. I see why you have many subscribers. Kudos!!
You always make great videos Norm.
I like your profile picture.
Just found the channel...love the videos and informative approach to our childhood gaming years!
Had a big grin on my face near the start of the vid when the Elecman stage music popped up.
Shivers of nostalgia in that tune.
2:53
Why does Megaman remind me of Elmer J Fudd in this picture.
Famtomerc Why does The Gaming Historian remind me of Eddy Munster in this episode?
Famtomerc I actually had the same thought when I saw him shaking hands with Sonic. Looks like he's hunting Hedgehog.
Arthouse Anime "Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting hwedhogs."
Mah name's: el-mer... Elmer J Fapp
+Famtomerc "Cum Sanic, Weh Got to kill Docktah Wahwee"
Though the game itself isn't exclusive, Mega Man 8 on the Saturn is definitely the best version of the game and has boss fights with Wood Man and Cut Man that aren't in the other versions!
SamuraiSam MM8 on PS1 was a rushed port of the Saturn version.(Which originally it was developed for.).
I have the Saturn version. Better sound,better graphics and lots of neat extras like Cut Man and Wood Man fights.
SamuraiSam To be honest, the Saturn had the better version of many 2D games (Castlevania SotN is one of the best examples). It was a great system that, unfortunately, was on the wrong place on the wrong time.
GranMaese Oh man, seriously? Makes it all the more of a shame that these ports are the only versions getting PSN releases, whereas the Saturn versions may never see the light of day again due to both Sega no longer making consoles and Saturn emulation (and Sega CD emulation for that matter) being deemed impossible by everyone. Granted, PC-Engine/Turbo Grafx and Neo Geo games managed to be released on both PSN and Virtual Console (Virtual Console also got the Genesis versions of the first two Earthworm Jim games and Clayfighter, which is odd considering the latter's a port instead of the original), but sadly, I just don't see Saturn emulation happening in any official capacity.
***** They will eventually see light of day on "Cathode".
GranMaese Saturn was a more powerful console than PS1 and was BETTER at 3D than it too. It was just too complex of a system to program.
I discovered Mega Man on Genesis while grabbing a bunch of Genesis roms to play on a emulator running on my Xbox and was totally blown away, I fortunately got the NTSC version of the game so I never expirienced any "slow" gameplay, the game just flowed as nicely as all 3 did on the NES, albeit w/way better visiuals, it was real nice to play through these again and to this day I run an emulator on my android tablet and phone and play it still.
Can't say enough good things about your videos. Very educational and informing and I love your style of monologue. Thanks bro.
I always wondered what the heck The Wily Wars was. Thanks for the info, Norman!
2:57 I have seen that image face-swapped so many times its weird to look at this in its regular form
Love yer intro animation, respect the lack of begginf for likes/subscribes or sticking an ad into that, and the video itself was top notch. Rock on man, I will be watching for your videos now
This is awesome content at it's finest! I never got into Megaman as a kid. This might be a great starting point for me to get into the series! Great job here!
Nice Channel Dude-You should do some history on TurboGraphix and 3do
yes!
Larry Stevenson
Totally, I never heard a lot about the TurboGraphix/PC Engine!
This is a system I'd love to know furthermore.
The Turbo Graphix 16 was an awesome console. I'm glad to see a lot of there games on Wii eshop.
I know right.. I remember getting the TurboGraphix Christmas of 91, of course I was the only out of all my friends that had it so I would get teased and left out of any videogame conversation because I had what everybody else didn't or wanted. Once I got that cd add on and bought Street Fighter, I was the MAN..I also had Splatterhouse.. Wonder what happen to Splatterhouse??? I feel that it deserve a remake.. I really want to know the history behind that console-What made them design it like that, why were the games shape like a card, and why did it fail.
Larry I was in the same boat as you when I first got my Turbo Graphix 16 as well. But later friends sold there Sega genies to buy one especially since Nintrndo was king and we all owned on then two!
It's a shame you got so few subs :/ you deserve way more.
Just wanted to say I think your videos are very well done and very interesting to watch. I appreciate it! Keep up the good work.
This is such a great channel! I'm a new subscriber and I'm blown away by the quality of the 3 or 4 videos I've watched thus far! Eagerly looking forward to watching the rest of these. Nice job!
It does seem kinda audacious that Capcom could think that they could get away with re-releasing a previous generation's games that people already owned and played to death, on a new console... at full price.
Heh, I'd like to see publishers pull that same shit nowadays!!! XD
...Oh wait.
As a compilation it was pretty good value for money though.
"Oh wait..."
I think something ticked in your head, that was... Uber Ultra Duper Super Street Fraud II Arcade Console Edition 2020?
Leave me alone with the original Genesis/SNes releases, Capcom.
But people might not have access to those games or consoles.
a lot of people want their games all on one system (for some reason)
Giordan Diodato You mean you don't?! 😂 That's weird!
New intro music is awesome
I watched this video a few days ago and was overcome with an urge to buy and play Mega Man games.
12:07 🎵There's a Starman waiting in the sky! He'd like to come and meet us, but he'd think he'll bow their minds!🎵 R.I.P David Bowie.
YESSS!! THank you so much for making a video about Megaman!!
Mega man on the Genesis? My mind is blown!
I think mega man 2 on wily wars doesn't have normal mode because the game was never released physically in America
These videos are wonderful. Love your work!
Good times =) your channel brings me Joy.
The mega man and sonic art probably started the mega man and sonic comic crossover
Nice new intro music
Obvious troll is obvious
Ezequiel Gonzalez What? I like it too.
Broguy the Shy Guy ik im just being dumb
+Broguy the Shy Guy IS IT REALLY YOU?
+Flashlight A FELLOW DERP ARMY MEMBER
Such amazingly well put together videos. Channel should have over a million subscribers but I'm certain it will get there.
Just found your channel and i love them keep it up
If it wasn't for this video, MegaMan: The Wily Wars, would not have been included on the SEGA Genesis Mini and would have never come to America in offical physical form, congratulate yourself Norm.
wait are you serious?
Is that confirmed?
How so?
Not real, dont believe the bs of this guy.
@@Eaveren huh? I have the Sega genesis mini and Mega Man Wily wars is on it. So it's not BS. It's on the official website if you don't believe me.
The genesis mini has been out for 2 years now, this is not new information.
The slowdown is just Megaman using the speed gear.
Keep making these gems Man. I really enjoy your content. : )
Great video as always your videos deserve WAY more surrport then they get.
It's so weird watching a video game show that doesn't have 1.) a bunch of unfunny friends of the host running around, 2.) advertisements for a parent company, 3.) dick-stroking about how big the host's game collection is and 4.) is entertaining because of it's content and not because of a bunch of Try Hards.
Keep up the good work.
1) Nostalgia Critic/Cadcraparus
2) Angry Joe/JonTron/PewDiePie
3) Pat The Nes Punk
4) Kimble Justice
He also doesn't feel the need to swear, be vulgar, or scream and act like a spazz. Also, no schtick. It's refreshing.
its kind of funny how all of that sums up modern avgn
@@dvdcopyofsharktaleVEVO AVGN is funny.
@@louistournas120 I mean, personally he used to be, and i know its partly because i dont think poop jokes are that funny but in recent times hes seemed to have phoned in a lot of it, and i only jest around because i want him to improve. I saw somebody do a parody of AVGN and that one 20 second clip made me laugh more than the last 50 episodes from AVGN. Im just trying to be fair since the people who make these type of comments list youtubers that are guilty of doing those things when AVGN has been guilty of it for the past like 5 years now. I understand he was an influential content creator but so were Smosh and Ray William Johnson and everyone always gives them crap.
Me in 2019: it’s gonna be on the Genesis mini!
your videos are awesome. provides a lot of interesting background info to my childhood games. Do Phantasy Star next!
This video makes me extremely hyped for the Genesis Mini! It's the first time (outside of the Sega Channel) that it's being released in the U.S.
Now coming to the sega Genesis mini
You should do a review on Pulseman. A game created by Gamefreak before they created Pokemon
MrGamer1992
Title:”Gamefreak on Sega”
Hy there : )
good old times to remember! I like Gaming History and i was enjoying my part back then.
My school friend had this game on his Mega Drive. First time i played it i was shocked by the fact that it runs so bad.
I was collecting and Buying Gaming Magazines(i still have a lot of Magazines) and in one of them they offer a trick to get Mega Man a speed up boost. I do not remember all, but what i know is that we overclocked the Mega Drive! Voila you have a fine running Mega Man game on a Sega Console!
So much great games and systems to remember and enjoy again and again! Never gets old its timeless gaming fun!!!
I liked the fact that Sega gets a version of Mega Man.
Thank you for this nostalgic Gaming Historian video
Enjoyed this mate. Nice one
How is emulating wrong when you're okay giving money to people who sell online ROMs without official licenses?
I dunno i'll just grab a ROM, i mean the original developers won't get paid either way, so why pay it to some jerk that sells it for hundreds of dollars??
I don't think emulate in a games wrong if they're no longer selling it in the store. How else are you supposed to get it. But I think of it if they're available for sale and the Creator has the option to make money off it can we should pay for it if we'd like it that much. But most games that are emulated are older ones as far as I know.
Some people hate on emulation not because they hate piracy. They are just elitists who think that original hardware is the only *TRUE* way to play old games and people who play games in emulators aren't *REAL* retrogamers.
@@tehteh9893 I use emulators, but that's because it reduces wear and tear on my carts, but I use emulation as it was intended *to back up games I own*
pikistikman because there isn’t an official ntsc provided by the company. I mean, nowadays it’s on the genesis mini but after hoe many years? This also raised the question about game preservation. When companies don’t care for their old library of games and and don’t mind about preserving games for future generations that’s when this options appear (albeit illegal) but oh well.
Original game has passwords that help you save your progress in the games. The compilation has a save feature -- BUT, since Sega deleted you downloads, that meant they deleted your saves as well... I.E in this case it would have been better if the game had been using passwords instead.
I'm sure they didn't originally intend to release on the Sega Channel
I had a Sega Channel as a kid and it was the first time I got to play any Mega Man title. The best part of the Sega Channel was staying up late at night on the last day of the month for the game catalog refresh to happen.
Awesome video and gaming history I wasn’t aware of! I had both the NES and Genisis and never knew All this so thank you! I have subscribed to your channel as well!! 👍🏼
US Gold is a British company? Odd choice of name then.
Not really considering their output.
Dat irony doh.
Wow. Domark Is A British Company Too.
It's because they are importing u.s. gold
Can't wait to play Wily Wars for the first time when the Sega Genesis Classic releases this year.
Great videos! Love the nod to the oldest, greatest games!
I'been a die hard fan of the MegaMan series and now i finally have a new MegaMan to come back to... very nice
Actually, they also had Strider on the Genesis/ Mega Drive, despite not having the Capcom logo
Now that Wily Wars is on the Nintendo Switch Online, is it weird playing a NES game that was remade for Sega Genesis on a Nintendo system?
Great videos on history just subbed love your videos very interesting and you make them pleasant to watch
luv ur videos mann..keep it up
Thank god for emulators and downloadable roms.
And flashcarts.
8:33
DOUBLE GEAR SYSTEM CONFIRMED!
Great vid. Learned so much.
This game will be included in the Sega genesis mini.in years this game couldn't be played but thankfully Sega gave us a chance to play it with the mini.
You could've also mentioned Megaman 8, X3 and X4 which came out on the Sega Saturn and are considered (for the most part) the superior versions to their Playstation counterparts.
He could've, but he's talking about Genesis era, not Saturn.
I totally forgot about that, I actually finished megaman x3 and x4 on the Saturn, not even sure if x3 and x4 were on any other console.
Megaman 8 (and a little of X4 since PS1 still great and the most popular one) yeah i agree but X3 is the worst one in comparation of the SNES version the worst thing is the soundtrack
Superior or not, they weren't exclusive.
Thanks, I had no idea that Mega Man was on the Genesis
Great job on the video! I never knew about the MD/Genesis version of Mega Man.
my new favorite channel
Great video but I have a question about the Game Gear, is the Game Gear region free? I have one but I always have the interest to know this.
Thanks in advance.
Aleblasco77 I believe so. Can anyone else confirm?
Thanks for the answer, btw I'm European, so does my Game Gear
Aleblasco77 Blue in Yahoo answers says the following: Yes, the Game Gear is region free. USA games should work on your Game Gear and vice versa. You can also play Japanese games if you so desire.
Steve W. says in a forum: (...) portables aren't going to be region locked since they're not tied to different television standards like game consoles are.
I hope this helps.
***** Got you covered.
Aleblasco77 Yes its region free, I'm only going from a few articles and Yahoo answers though. So don't quote me.
Lovin' that Vegeta style hairline.
I am glad you made this video, I just purchased a repo cart just because I only have a genesis for playing earlier mega man games on native hardware.
God that Mega Man 2 music just instantly makes me feel so warm and nostalgic.
You should make a video on Sega Channel, I think that would be really interesting! I understand if you have a busy schedule though!
Also, funny how the British company is called US Gold lol
3:03 jesus christ that's the creepiest megaman I've ever seen, on some real sociopath shit.
Nice intro, looks really nice!
Great video too btw, thanks for another informative video!
I remember this game from Sega Channel. I didn’t understand back then why I never saw this collection in any other place. It was quite fun, basically my favorite way to play those classic games. Happily the upcoming Sega Genesis mini will have Wily Wars, so I’m looking forward to that.
I know you don't know it (which is a shame since it's one of the longest running RPGs series) but is there gonna be a gaming historian episode on the Megami Tensei series ?
***** It is well know just recently. But through long time it was considered as obscure. Many games in this series weren't even translated.. I still hope that they translate SMT If one day.
Those controls and slowdown kill it for me though. I'll stick with the NES originals.
Great video. I knew about the Game Gear version but not the others...had no idea back in the day.
kinda ironic that they made regular saves for the sega port, seeing that passwords for a sega channel version would be the PERFECT environment
You should be on "Drunk History" :)
This is an absolutely phenomenal idea.
I like the old intro better :(
TheKingOfTown Me too. Bring it back!
TheKingOfTown I like the new one! I hope he keeps it. To each their own :)
Duke Jaywalker Yeah I like the new one too.
TheKingOfTown Me too. Piano always manage to give some kind of nostalgic feeling on me. Fitting really well into this channel, which is all about history... gaming history...
An Unimportant Person In The Internet
Yeah but I mean the retro sounding theme just makes sense. It's a gaming channel after all, a retro gaming channel at that. I won't say I won't miss the old theme either though.
wow this is the new video for megaman! watching the first one earlier lol
best work Gaming Historian