Did The Sega SC-3000 Fail!? - Sega's First Home Computer! - JAPANESE SEGA HISTORY
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Today, Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of the Sega SC-3000, Sega's First Home Computer.
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A man in a top hat, with a dashing moustache or a highly distinguished beard, reviews rare video games in his massive collection. Appreciate the finer things in life! Top Hat Gaming Man travels around the globe, playing the best games for the handhelds around the world. The best games are like fine wines and only get better with age. Today, Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of the Sega SC-3000 - Sega's first home computer.
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I'm from Italy, and the SC-3000 was pretty popular here. I owned a Commodore 128 when I was a kid, but many of my classmates had Sega's computer
Mio padre lo ha comprato alla metro è stato il mio primo computer poi lo ha venduto non sò a chi. Ovviamente ci giocavo e basta e i giochi erano bellissimi ai miei occhi di bambino.
I am a yank. I grew up in the 80's. I owned a SEGA Master System back in the day. I certify this Limey as King of Console information. This is a worthless certification, but you have it none-the-less sir.
The SC 3000H was my first "computer" and it had the best touch typing program I have ever tried.
Sega may have been horrible decision makers but you can't accuse them of not being try hards. Great video as usual.
Yeah. Now you could call them try softs.
I have a Sega SC-3000 that I imported from Japan several years ago and a bunch of carts and cards for it. I have a lot of fun with it. It is very similar to the ColecoVision which is another system that I deeply enjoy. There are several games for the SC/SG line that were directly ported to the MSX that are near identical, much like the Speccy games that got ported to the Amstrad CPC.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to talk about Sega's first outing in the home market. It's a great computer to have started out with and I'm personally glad that I discovered this system back when I did as it helped me to become the gamer that I am today.
Was the SC 3000 your first gaming machine?
@@Vienna3080 Yes it sure was. Glad that I did pick it up because it led to a series of events that landed me a job at Sega.
Great to get the Aussie view of that era/period.
It's not made by Sega, but I managed to get a good deal on a Bally Astrocade today WOO-HOO. My collection of pre North American Video Game Crash consoles is now complete. I'm technically missing the RCA Studio II and an Emerson Arcadia 2001 but I'm not wasting my money on crap.
The SC-3000 was my first computer (I still have my first unit)! I've been dumping and digitally fixing homebrew tape games for it for a while now. You can download them here (they'll play on emulators or on a real SC-3000 via a simple audio connection from your phone/PC to the SC-3000): stickfreaks.com/
Thanks for share buddy! :D
The way you and your father managed to save your tapes was quite genius!
I can confirm the sega computer did o.k here in New Zealand in the early 80s. My friend owned one and we would often play it around 1985. PAC car was petty decent.
Pacar was the first game I ever owned.
"Lucky for you, big daddy top hat is here!"
I want it as a shirt.
I concur! LOL.
The SG-1000 And SC-3000 Are Awesome Underated Systems That I Love
This is the first time I’ve heard someone pronounce the name See-ga for a long time. I used to pronounce it that way myself when I was a Master System-owning child, until I heard the “Do me a favour, plug me into a Say-ga” advert.
I always pronounced it "Ze( like in Zeth but without the th part) guh(like gut without the t and adding a silent H at the end or like Ga as in lady Gaga but just one Ga ). SAYGa makes me want to chop my ears off.
I’ve learned so much from you Top Hat Gaming Man. Keep the obscure stuff coming!
Keep up the good work Richie. Proud of you. If you make it back stateside again we need to hang out sometime.
Love these obscure console history videos, well done.
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The market was already overflowing with many home computers that were all similar with processing power and amount of RAM. Everything has changed when Amiga 500 came out. It was years ahead with multitasking, great graphics and amazing audio out of the box.
I remember seeing these in BigW as a kid. The master system was positioned next to it, but there was always something alluring about the SEGA SC3000, because it looked really cool.
I have one now, which I picked up off ebay and repaired and modded. It's BASIC was pretty well developed, and so it's a pity that more software wasn't written for it.
Now this is something I had no idea existed. But I want one 🙂 thanks for the good vid TopHat!!!
Its was sold Finland back in the days and it was same level pop like ZX Spectrum
How absolutely interesting, thank you for sharing!
Also, an extra thumbs up for using Bomberman Hero music lol.
yo, is that bomberman hero music i hear?
you truly are a man of culture.
I have a PAL one. I really like it. Only have about 20 cartridge games for it, never had the tape drive or SC 3000 exclusive games.
Sydney Sega Users Group? What a missed opportunity. Could've been Sega Users Group of Australia or SUGA!
SUUUUUUGGGGGAAAAAAAAAA
cool episode. Please feature all shmups on GB, gbc, and other handhelds...from best to worst. thanks
I can't believe the sc-3000 had a transforming jet type game. Americans missed out on most Macross games
It was called Gyrus and quite frankly was a bit boring. I actually traded it back for another game.
We had the commadore here in the USA Texas instruments too, but microcomputers never took off and it's too bad. We missed out on so much gaming because we relied on carts and their limited storage.
I own one, it lives just accross the pond from you, in the Netherlands, much closer to come by than go to Aussie land :-)
I had the SC3000H was my Christmas present in '85 the only difference from memory was a bit more memory and it had hard keys. It was the first thing I learn't to program and I use to do little sprite animations and scenes.
Great content as always, any future plans for the X68000 and FM Towns PC's ?
I want one now. It was a BFD for me when I got a Master System of my own just a few years ago, and to now realize Sega's forays into home hardware goes back further...
Turrican 2 soundtrack in the background
Would be really cool if you could make a video on the Action Max vhs based video game console. I just bought 5 unopened copies of the Rescue of the Ghostly for $1 each and am interested in seeing what console was like
I’m from the U.S., but we never got access to the SEGA SC-3000.
He didn't use my footage showing off the games I owned! Waaaah! LOL
8:46 nani top hatless gaming man :d
What is that beige colored console at 0:24? I've never seen it before. I've never heard of some of the obscure consoles that have been featured like the Tomy Pyuta or Game Wave but I do know about the vast majority of them: Interton VC4000 , APF Imagination Machine, emerson arcadia 2001, or RCA Studio II anyone?
Hey I'm an Aussie with heaps of SC 3000shit .. so if that Aussie fella who helped out with the video. If he wants more sc3000 stuff get back to me
G'day! You certainly have my attention. I've been trying to track down both local Aussie and Japanese carts for the system. I'm on Facebook and Twitter under Since Spacies if you would like to reach out to me. Glad you liked the video.
i wrote my first games and apps on that computer!
You should also mention the Creativision, another system with similar hardware to Sega, Spectravideo, coleco and MSX
By the way there was a friend of my brother that had the SC-3000 in Italy in 1983; there were few of it but were well known
Do you think Sega made too much hardware ? Nice video 😎 good to see Since Spacies 👍
In general, Id say yes lol.
But for this particular instance, I think Sega just really wanted to test the waters to see which direction they wanted to take their company next, Home Computers or Home Consoles and let the consumers decide lol.
I think if I ever wanted to master a computer language again it would be John Sands Basic
as you know im in australia and ive only ever seen 2 in the wild. ive bought both of them cheap. i wish id never sold the first one i had games in box and everything.
Love the John sands Sega systems mate
I have the sc 3000H and is a very nice micro computer
Let me guess 🤔
I reckon it did fail. Time to watch and find out...
"Big Daddy Top Hat". LOL
SEGA with BASIC? Hell yeah!
10 LET ALEX=KIDD
20 JANKEN
30 PAUSE AGES
yeah for sure am tempted to buy a kit and make a Sega game
My parents bought the SC3000H from Norman Ross for my christmas AND birthday, because it cost as much as a car at the time! I was too young for the sydney users group mentioned so just programmed from BASIC magazines of the era, backed up to cassette. I Remember gaming hard when the space shuttle crashed in 86 and used it until leaving school in 93. Was pretty unreliable by the time it was sold in garage sale 2003 (mainly cartridge slot issues), the 2 joysticks were on their way out too but the steering wheel was working well. Only had congo bongo, safari race, pop flamer, borderline, champion tennis plus basic on cartridge. Couple of other kids in town had Sega and was popular considering how expensive video gaming was in Australia, only due to the prosperity of young families. I get the feeling John sands took on this overpriced product and paid with their own demise. Future consoles were much cheaper to get you into the system but kept the pricing of the games the same.
Got most of the Sega systems except the SG-1000, and about 100 different other consoles (Vectrex, Collecovission, Intellivission, Magnavox Odyseey,...) Sega has always been remaining the best in my eyes....
I'm guessing that's a yes. Still, I want to own that piece of Sega history someday.
Can you look at Yoshi Safari🐊
If they have them in your neck of the woods, look into getting a Private Mailbox rather than a PO Box. At least in the US, they are waaaay better at around the same price.
Not crazy about the depth of "history" in this clip, though it was cool that you outsourced a chunk of the video to an enthusiast. Also, TOO MANY COMMERCIALS! I get it, you need to monetize, but dude... this video did NOT warrant all the ad interruptions. Alright, got that off my chest. Please keep up the great work and THANK YOU for sharing.
Only 3 commercials in the middle of 17 minutes is a low amount, especially considering I have no corporate sponsors yet. The only TV channels I can think of that would include less in such a time frame is the BBC but that is because it is funded by the TV licensing fee instead. Anyway glad you enjoy the show!
cant believe you chucked it lol
everyone did, to everything. collector cards, marbles, transformers. if only you could buy a landfill and marvel at what precious items are there.
14:43 the name of the game, please?
Can you look at the first Mario RPG Game🐢
3:31 Umm is anyone gonna explain the Japanese men Sieg Heiling inside an SC-3000
I knew someone would comment on this. LOL
Because they were an axis power. Despite all the revionist history in Japanese museums trying to excuse them of any wrong doing in the war.
I love the way Aussies say Sega
We (UK) also used to say sEEga in the '80s. I remember the exact time that changed, when Sonic 1 came out and we heard the famous SAY-ger chant for the first time. Pre-internet it's amazing how 'regional' ways of pronouncing things remained, before all this stuff was mainstream on TV etc there was literally no way to hear how certain things were pronounced coz all we had were magazines.
@@TheRestartPoint that is it, you didnt see foreigners in regional australia as they didnt just pop in over the border on holiday. you learnt about new things via tv, I can still remember the scandal when aussies were told to change the pronunciation of nestle.
oh its called Ninja Princess of course thanks
I found one in a op shop circa 2001 for 5 bucks (boxed). I'd rather own a MXS2 but better than nothing
Are you going to cover why the wonder swan failed?
Yes, I have reviewed it in the past on the channel but intend to make a video focused on its failings later this year.
@@TopHatGamingManChannel yeah, I saw the review, but I like your in depth 'why it failed' videos
this show should be on the History Channel. That would be so rad.
jerrica benton It’s great isn’t it? Sadly though it doesn’t have enough nazis or sharks!
@@michaelplatt1959 The last time I got to talk about the Nazis in one of these videos was about the Korean Super Comboy - where I compared Nintendo working around the Korea/Japan trade embargo to the Story of Coca Cola inventing Fanta to quench the thirst of the Nazis after the Coca Cola ban. So Nazis are covered here too!
love the sg-1000
but not enough to justify a 2021 purchase of insanely rare microcomputer hardware 😅
sega mark 3 & flashcart is your best bet for overall compatibility (your wallet will thank u haha)
Wait, wait. Back up. Who was that Clickbait Cutie in the thumbnail? I mean, what game or anime is she from?
Off topic: Who is the girl in the thumbnail preview?
ooh mmmmm hmmmn
cool finally at last. now that impresses me.
do you remember Ninja Garden ? not (not Gaiden)
yes it did
Yaknow, I know what caused the video game crash: PARENTS! They would only go for these systems if there was *urp* education involved, or in the case of 1970s parents, that fear that the moment you ran a VCS * (Atari 2600) gaming console through their precious TVs, they'd have burn in, even though said VCS had functions built in to prevent that. Seriously, TVs were like their weight in gold to Boomers (I'm a gen Xer, don't confuse us for them!).
Which is the hidden reason why they came up with the Vectrex. No TV needed!
this SEGA console was super expensive, so you dont think a kid is going to buy one? It was $3000 rrp. Companies learnt with john sands demise that you sell consoles cheap and gouge with games. I think you are a bit jaded by your own parents, I was allowed to use the colour sanyo tv during the day no issue. Night time was when my working parents wanted the tv and bedtime was 8pm.
so today i very like you videos ...but never say anything about the design of the first two nintendo consoles :P fun aside ...greetings from germany
O MSX da Sega.
How can this man afford so many consoles and gaming computers? it's like all the money he gains falls from the sky every day and directly into his bank account.
they are a bit cheaper now champ. dont worry about him too much, saves plenty of money in rent
Love your content! But I feel uncomfortable, when I see the pressed ears of your alter ego. Well, that says probably, how much I like these videos.
And I don't think, the girls in the thumbnails are necerssery. But that's jut my taste, I guess.
Keep up!!
You may have seen me type this before, but the girls in the thumbnails imitate the gaming magazines of the past. Many are literally ripped straight from front covers, this one for example from a cover of PC Engine Fan. Like to keep my thumbs looking as retro as possible!
When I was a kid in the 80s I use to have a Atari 2600 with 20 built in games it had a big roadshow logo and the console was black and silver. It was exclusive to Australia, distribution was done by roadshow and it was the last release of the 2600. Have thrown my system away long ago and to this day I can't find any information online. Like it never existed until Metal Jesus mentioned it once on a video but it was just a word of mouth story he was going from. can help track down this mystery top hat gaming man?
Thanks, Ill add it to my long list of things to cover!
That’s not how you wear a top hat wtf
Sega, they were their own worst enemy. These early multiple revisions should have been a foreshadowing of the monstrosity that was the megadrive/cd/32X system.
Interesting video though, keep up the good work fella!
The thing is though, if it wasn't Sega of Japan not understanding foreign markets and destroying things from within... then it was usually Sega going above and beyond to make sure that the customers they had, had inexpensive options to carry their prior platforms into the future. The SegaCD, the 32x, the VR ideas, the Activator, and so on... all more so seen as ways to allow folks who have older systems, to get into the newer generations capabilities... but without paying the absorbent price of the newer gen ecosystem. Rather, just adding what was needed to get what they already had up to that new level, but for the incremental price of the incremental hardware rather than the all in price of the new system overall.
The audience never perceived things this way though. Not sure why however... It's not like Sega was telling everyone to buy everything, but merely saying "here's a giant menu, buy what makes sense for you in your specific needs case". Allowing Genesis owners to go 32 bit for a hundred bucks.... to get FMV back when computers with multimedia support were thousands, for hundreds instead... To allow those who had no rigs what so ever to go 32 bit when the time came, via getting a Saturn. Basically they were attempting to grant previous gen owners the ability to skip generations overall. With the act of adding simple upgrades to what they already had for fractional pricing. I always saw this as something amazing, everyone else felt like Sega was beating them over the head saying Buy this, ITS OLD, now buy this, DUMMY ITS NOW OLD, buy this, now this, now this... but that was never it.
except that the "Tower of Power" i.e. the Mega Drive + Mega-CD + 32X is amazing. The Mega Drive and Mega-CD are stellar systems and even the flawed 32X is an interesting piece of hardware in many ways
but the 32X and saturn duality was a massive problem...
and sega should have avoided wasting their time and money with the reskinned sg-1000 II and same when it comes to the mark III/master system, they should have stuck with only one revision and brought the fm sound unit worldwide instead of bothering about second importance things
basically sega always had great material but often lacked a solid focus and many and I mean MANY great games on their systems were poorly marketed if marketed at all which obviously doesn't help either
You threw it all out, but you complete breast!
Yeeeeaaaaaaaaaah!
AU$100=£0.025 Pound Sterling
Big daddy top hat holla if u hear him
First
What, you had one in 1983? wait a minute, your name doesnt check out. total millennial fraudster I bet
Sega copy capcom
and Nintendo