Mega CD Games You May Have Missed
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- čas přidán 15. 07. 2024
- Are you a fan of the Sega CD? Don't have much experience playing imports on it? Then this episode may interest you! I go over 7 games for the Mega CD outside of the US that many don't know about.
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Episode Notes:
1. Mega SG paired with a Mega SD to do this episode.
2. There was an unofficial release of Bloodshot a few years ago by Good Deal Games called Battle Frenzy. This was for the Sega CD, but to my knowledge, had no backing by the original creator Jim Blackler, nor Domark.
3. I'm always curious to see how lower spec hardware handles certain arcade ports. I think the Mega CD did a respectable job here with The Ninja Warriors and Sengoku.
4. The Sega CD is region locked. To play these games on real hardware, you will need a means to bypass it. Emulation and flash devices are always recommended to "try before you buy".
5. The Mega CD sold terribly in Japan. It moved less units than both the US and Europe, despite having many more variants.
6. Despite not being a direct port of the original arcade, the SNES version of The Ninja Warriors is quite good. Play it. - Hry
The amount of content you're pushing out lately is crazy.
One of my favorite channels on CZcams.
Good to hear you have enjoyed it. Thank you.
@@SegaLordX Dude what is the name of this song what is it that listens to this song again in the opening theme listen to this please
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I’m pretty amazed that 50k people want to listen to me. It’s a heck of an honor.
I still LOVE my sega cd
The model 1 with a model 1 Mega Drive sitting atop still looks modern today,but the Model 2 is more reliable if someone wants to buy one nowadays
I love you Sega Lord X
Haha, I appreciate that. :)
Annet Futatabi is one of my favourite MegaCD games ever since it's El Viento sequel, I know it haves some failures but man, I love it! Thanks for including it on your video!
Bloodshot should have blown the cartridge version out of the water given how much more horse power the Mega CD was packing. The 12Mhz M68000 was completely under used.
Absolutely. The Sega CD could have taken the sprite manipulation role off the main Mega Drive CPU at the very least for improved performance. It's basically the same engine behind the cartridge release, which means the Mega Drive is doing everything itself besides playing the soundtrack.
@@FloridaEbikes your right along the the added m68k CPU.
@@SegaLordX Sega CD Powermonger ran slower than the cartridge version, despite the faster CPU
I always thought Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side was criminally underrated. It's hard as hell, absolutely gruesome, and even the wacky secret characters have their own stories.
Plus, the Senator had the best theme music ever.
Would like a highlight of Silpheed. IMO, the best game on Sega CD. Thanks again SLX.
I’m working on a SEGA CD shoot’em up episode. Soon.
@@SegaLordX look forward to it. Know that you weren't a big fan of the Arcade ports to SMS. But a good comparison would be nice. This was Sega's first golden age with Outrun, Space Harrier, Hang on, After burner, Thunder Blade. For me as a kid, any semblance of the arcade experience was satisfactory, and played those games to death.
Unfortunately I had a bit of an arcade snob in me in the 80's and early 90's. It made me judge home ports fairly harshly. It wasn't until the larger Genesis games began showing up that it all changed.
@@SegaLordX Had the same high standard that Sega once did. Sad that such a cutting edge company has now been reduced to mediocracity.
@@indierockguitar6875 My only disappointment of those arcade scalers when they were ported home was Enduro Racer on the Master System. They completely changed the game from a 3d Scaler to an isometric one. I still bought and played it. The others I bought over and over again as they showed up on subsequent Sega consoles, even picked up the 3d poly collection they brought over for PS2.
The Sega CD was so underrated and had some amazing games
I wish people made more Homebrew software for it along with the 32x
I think these add ons are rather difficult to program for. Multiple CPUs and multiple display processors likely scare most basement enthusiasts away.
It wasn't underrated. Unless we are holding it to a complete shit Nintendo Nerd standard. You have to look at cost vs good games. Your a Genesis owner in 93' You can spring for a Sega CD or grab a Super Ninteneo for half the cost with a game bundled. For half the cost you get a legit loaded library of games.
The Sega CD obviously had great games the execution was poor. Why put out am expensive add-on that doesn't improve the Genesis color limitations? Especially stupid decision when you put in a custom sound ship and Asic scaling and rotation chip instead.
The extra colors would have improved 100% of the Sega CD library. The scaling/rotation ended up being put to good use in about 10% of the library same with the extra audio chip. Sega of Japan didn't do shit with the Asic chip either.
The Sega CD would have been much better off going NEC's route with the PC Engine CD.
I think with the event of the Mega SD and the core on the MisTer the system will shortly enjoy a revival in popularity - my only complaint is the system could have used a few more shmups - the best one is probably Keio Flying Squadron, but I’ve got to be in the mood for that one, it’s a bit cute em up for me.
Vienna i have a modded ps classic with the entire sega cd library, and the entire 32x as well. Even my raspberry pi has them to, you have plenty of options.
Super Sexy Sega.I still think it's underrated.
my brother from another mother. more Sega CD games. keep them coming. thanks for all you do!!!!
No problem. Glad you enjoyed it.
"CUT THE FOODS!" --- cyborg 009 always on the lookout to cut out bad junk foods from your diet.
It's honestly disgusting that Konami never re-released Snatcher in English or made it accessible in some form like an extra on a Metal Gear Solid disc. So sad.
I think Konami may fear the modern climate of easy litigation for Snatcher. It borrows heavily from other media. They could see it as a possible lawsuit.
I actually heard that there was a saturn version of policenauts { the sequel } that was in english but never released. True or not, there are however- fan translations.
Yeah Snatch-Runner is a vulnerable target in today’s climate of suing at the drop of a hat
@MultiTarded wtf are you talking about? There's more nudity in today's games than ever before. Lol I hate SJWs too but let's not pretend that's the reason Snatcher wasn't localized. It's because it's straight up plagiarism. They never localized it because douchebag Kojima lifted everything in it from American movies. Just download the translation and play it on your PC like everyone else. Imo the game is highly overrated.
It's Kojima though he can do what he wants remember and you must ❤ or else 😂
discovered this channel recently and I'm so glad the algorithms got me here. thanks for the quality content! Sega consoles like the Genesis and Saturn give me the kind of arcade skill-based experiences that I crave since I don't have the dedicated game time I used to.I recently got the Mega SG and finally have a chance to get a Sega CD and explore it's library.
No problem. Glad you enjoy the vids.
Very glad I subscribed to this channel. Great content, and I usually learn something new too👍
Florida Bikes and Gear ha, can’t argue with that
Thanks bro. Glad you like the vids.
Dude I love the fact that you are putting out so much content. You are relentless brother! Fantastic video as always. Please don't burn out doing videos this frequently!
I’m good man. Working as much as I can to make the channel a success. Thanks for the message.
Awesome video bro. You are crushing it with the great content. You are one of my favorite channels on youtube. I read in a comment below you are working on a shmup cd video. Looking forward to that
Thank you for using that Sonic CD music at the end. I used to have that game and I would listen to the soundtrack for pleasure!🎧💫😎👌👍✌
I love your channel and find it informative and very interesting. Keep up the great work.
Been following you forever SLX, you've become my favorite channel. Awesome vid as always!
It’s good to hear you like the content. Thanks for the message.
Bari Arm is also a great game on the Sega CD that not many people know. Great video as always man.
Another great video...thanks to you and emulation I will be able to experience these games. ..thanks SLX !
Game Sack covered Cyborg 009 today... CUT THE FOODS!
Man I really enjoy your content. Keep it coming
I would like to add one thing about the Sega CD that no one has mentioned It was tough and would take a beating none could withstand. Case in point..... I was younger and played the hell out of the system every chance I could. My games were limited but I played them several times over to a point I could master them all. One night I spilled my coke and in turn dropped my food on it... I shut it off immediately and unplugged it but i KNEW IT WAS A GONER FOR SURE. Anyway, being young and doing dumb things I had to try something. I took the add-on and washed it off in the sink. I didn't completely drown it, but it was waterlogged.... definitely. I was like completely bummed out and figured if maybe I could get it dried out= just maybe I could save it. So I got like 5 big towels and wrapped it up in them and tied it up in string so it wouldn't hurt it too bad bouncing around. Yes, I did... I put it in the dryer for while. Now, any other system or peripheral would have long caved in.... and you won't believe this. It came out dry and worked. I kid you not. I realize that it should never have worked ever again, but it did. For a little while at least. That's going to extremes but it really happened.
Cool review SLX! I really enjoyed this video!
another great video. You are on a roll
Love the Sega CD, great video!
i really enjoy your videos thank you so much!
I would have loved Night Striker back in the day, its pixelated scaling graphics would have been more than acceptable to me... (I played through Space Harrier on the Master System)😂.
I think many people would have still enjoyed it at its release. The problem nowadays is that there are better home versions available, so judgement comes more harshly.
@@SegaLordX you were right about the saturn version... however= you mentioned a ps2 version of cyborg 009 that I don't see
@@muddyduck64 I think he meant PS1 instead. There's a Cyborg 009 game on that.
I still say tot his day The Adventures of Willy Beamish on Sega CD was the best game on the platform ever
Im in the proces of playing 'space adventure' on sega cd lately.
A game which has been unknown to me untill recently.
Playing it using emulator on my psvita. Used to own a sega cd but sold it after awhile.
Man, that Ninja Warriors walk. Eesh.
You keep hitting it out of the park cheers
I forgot all about Night Striker. I loved that in the arcade! Seems like Galaxy Force 2 would have been perfect with the extra sprite scalers. Or would that just have been too intense for the Sega CD?
Great vid! Yeah, I was guilty of scoffing the Mega CD version if Ninja Warriors; because I was expecting the SNES version (which was when I was aware of the series). Looking back it really was a great port a a good arcade game. I was sad about Anette Again; as the game had potential, with the visuals, music and cutscenes (also connected to a universe of my fav games at the time). The game could have been great if they fixed the game play. Again, great vid!
If I had a Sega CD, I would get Sonic CD, Final Fight CD, Fatal Fury Special and Mortal Kombat 1.
You just keep nailing it SLX! Much appreciate all the content! As for the M/S: CD games themselves, always loved Ninja Warriors and, only downside to it was You only got 1/3 of the total image in the home port. That OST though was something else! Zuntata hit it out of the park on that one! Also, those crazy new cinemas for the CD version added were another fun bonus, so 90's.. Anette Again was definitely a disappointment! So much wasted potential.. Devastator really needs more love too!! As it's a fun and underappreciated diamond in the rough. Awesome Work SLX! Thanks!
Nice vid, keep it up 👍🏼
11:38
A game featuring a dog which can perform a screw attack. Now I've seen everything.
I want to start collecting Sega consoles and cartridges. SEGA seems pretty good.
I love this channel!
I think part of the problem with Night Striker was the screen size. The bandwidth between the CD addon and the Genesis was not sufficient as I understand it, there was a lot of crosstalk and competition going on similar to getting good performance from the many chips of the Jaguar. If you look at the games for CD with good detail sprite scaling line Batman or Soul Star, they aren't full screen, there's typically a big HUD. Sonic CD's mode 7 style bonus stages ran well but had very few scaled sprites in each level, whereas basically everything in Night Striker is scaled sprites save for the raster effects used for the "floors" and occasional "ceilings".
Great video as always,,,
greetings from germany your videos are awesome
I played a demo unit of the sega cd at the blockbuster on hydraulic road where stonefeilds shopping center now sits in our hometown
I was absolutely blown away. My dad wanted to rent one for my birthday but we didn't have a Genesis so that was a no go. Never saw the system IRL too often honestly
I spent many a night at that blockbuster looking at games and movies. A few of my Saturn games came from there as they liquidated them in 98/99.
excellent games that the Sega cd has, I only played the ninja Warriors others did not even know it.
Earnest Evans! Haven't heard that name in a while 🤣
I was surprised how good the video quality was on the espn nfl game and cd music added to games such as fatal fury do make a decent difference.
ninja warriors for the snes was awesome
1:38 slowest ninja ever :D I like the hair animation tho.
Some games on the Sega CD i´ve really missed like Wolf Team, Night Striker and Sengoku.
But i´ve played Sengoku on the Neo Geo.
Gosh I miss my Sega CD. It died on me a few years ago. I still have it but been selling my games... but I was a big Night Stalker fan and remember hearing that the game was coming to Sega CD...I saw pictures... and could have sworn I saw some gameplay and really wanted it... and it never was released here... ugh.
My recommendation would be Urusei Yatsura: Dear My Friends. Fans of the anime/manga will find a lot to love in that one.
There's an English patch available?
@@Andrew_TS Sadly no.
As a Genesis owner when I was a kid, reading EGM, Gamepro, Nintendo Power etc... The Sega CD never gave me the "I NEED THAT" feeling. I remember the only things that looked slightly better to me at the time for Sega CD was MK and Sonic CD but I already had all the Sonic games out for the Genesis at the time and MK... even 32X tricked me into getting it for Virtua Fighter, Virtua Racing and Star Wars...
Mega CD had some rpgs that were not localized.The system had a revamped version of Shin Megami Tensei and Burai (tha had amazing artwork done by Shingo Araki,character designer of famous anime like Lady Oscar and Saint Seiya).
Night Striker is great and the soundtrack from Zuntata was fantastic!
great vid thank you :-)
night striker looks like an awesome lynx game
I always wanted a Sega CD. We used to rent one all l the time back then
6:50 MY EYES
Greetings:
The Sega CD version of bloodshot was released in the States... as Battle Frenzy by Good Deal Games. You can still purchase it from their website. They have other games available for the platform like Force Strikers and Bug Blasters. They also release Citizen X. Check their page.
I noted that in the description of the episode but didn’t want to advertise it. That version isn’t officially licensed nor is it backed by the original makers of the software.
Hey SLX, is this your full time job? The amount of quality content you put out is unparalleled!
You should make a video showing all the sega cd games that used all the hardware features.
@2:30 o m g........BONESTORM !
Sengoku on the Mega CD/Sega CD is an excellent port of a Neo Geo game. There's also a port of Earnest Evans on that the Mega CD/Sega CD that has some excellent music and voice acting which is only in Japanese.
Night Striker looks that way for one reason, performance, largely it tries to replicate the frame rate and sense of speed the arcade title had while retaining the same amount of sprite content the arcade hardware operated with.
Not saying it looks good but I've seen 2X graphics done better on Sega Genesis so the art conversion could have been improved. One novel comparison is Steel Gun Nyan on PC98 which has an even larger pixel upscale, like 80x60(4X) rather than 160x120(2X).
I gave up with Sega CD a few years ago. Model 1 cd failed then my CDX took a shit. Couldn't get anyone to work on them. Play some CD on Odroid now. Robo Aleste is my go to.
I’ve been there man. Of all my Sega systems over the years, the Sega CD has been the most trouble. Model 1, Model 2, CDX, they all have failed on me. Only the XEYE remained working long term.
Not sure if its been mentioned in the comments but in Europe Bullfrog's Theme Park was released on the Mega CD and wasn't released in any other region, it features FMV as well as improved sound and music but still lacks save ability.
I agree that Night Striker probably could have been done better. And Ninja Warriors is a strong port for what it is. A shame about Annet, as it looks pretty nice at first glance. But I really wanted to say that I'm glad to hear you have a similar opinion of Devastator. I thought it looked pretty cool when I first saw it, even though it's not the most impressive game graphically. I do love Japanese giant robots, so I wanted to try it. It turned out to be even more fun than I thought it would be, and a type of game the system needed. Too bad it never did get a US release. I was hoping you'd feature it in a video such as this.
And since you mentioned it in your notes. I agree with your recommendation of SNES Ninja Warriors. It may be my favorite game for the SNES. I love that one.
The Mega CD is my home boy 💙
As much as I wanted a home version of Final Fight.. The mega CD version is good.. But it’s slow AF and it has this programming error of the last frame transistioning into the walk..
Always thought that the player character animations of Ninja Warriors look sooo ridiculous. Truly looks like the ninjas take a nice sunny springtime walk in the park instead of fiercly fighting huge numbers of baddies. Look at Ninja Gaiden, THAT'S how a ninja has to move (and be animated).
So basically the port of Sengoku Basara on Mega CD was that of the equivalent of Final Fight on the SNES?! yeah, no thanks, loved the video by the way :)
Which reminds me Night Trap is on the Switch now for $1.50!
If you haven't yet, you should check out Urusei Yatsura: Dear My Friends for the Japanese Mega-CD; it's an excellent point-and-click adventure game based on the classic anime series. While, yes, knowledge of the anime and Japanese would heighten the experience it isn't totally unplayable.
cool!!!
Love Sega mega CD
4:54 Such anime, it hurts
Cyborg 009 is actually a fairly good game, if you are a fan of the original anime. In fact I daresay it is spot on in every way, but I can nderstand it is not for everyone, as the source material stems from the 60’s
That Ninja Warrior game looks kinda like Rush n Attack from Konami but in a ninja version.
3:14 now that's what I call "bottomless"! XD
The Earnest Evans/el Viento series is excellent. Such great music in all 3 games.
3:18 - Green Soldier: Eeeiiyaaa...Oh Never mind Fuck it!!!
i know where most of the secrets in bloodshot a great multiplayer
Hey Sega Lord X, do you have more information regarding Shenmue 1 on Saturn? And Virtua Fighter 3? I would love to see a video of these games..
Good video dude. I dont agree Devastator being an easy game. It kicked my ass multiple times. I cant beat the end stage with the bosses.
Just to be clear, I said it’s easy to get into :)
@@SegaLordX haha ok i must have heard it wrong. Keep up the good work. Im enjoying your content
Wish I had a Mega CD...
Oh yeah, give me that sweet Daddy Mulk.
Sega!
SEGA!
Seegggaaaaaaaahhh...
I think it's a real shame that the second game you talked about isn't that good after you reviewed it because Annet actually looks quite sexy in the game compared to how she did in "El Veinto". ;3
Bullfrog's Theme Park
Joe, you are a nut! 😆
I own every one of these.
I'm left to wonder if you plan to make an North American SEGA CD counterpart of this.
Sega's worst enemy was Sega itself. Not giving dev kit support to ordinary developers for their games, just hear the difference between most Genesis games' sound and music compared to what Sonic 3, Comix Zone and others got (games developed internally by Sega) At least it's what I heard happened.
cut the foods.....
The SegaCD had probably one of the best, and most underrated strategy games on it, Third World War.
Sega CD was way over hyped in magazines at the time and ads. It had 3 awesome games for me. Sonic CD, Dark Wizard and Shining Force CD. They werent great because of the tech of the add on though. They were just great games. None of the visuals were far beyond the genesis, especially since two of those were turn based grid like strategy games. The soundtrack was of course better sound quality but that was about it. There was full motion video but when it came to gameplay they were just great games. There were many other games that I did enjoy on the add on. I actually liked Sewer Shark at the time, Road Avenger and Time Gal. Mainly the first two of those. Still these were not worth the full price of a game back then, with super limited funds. I got Night Trap and the pack in discs with the original sega cd. So I mostly enjoyed the sega classics disc with some genesis games I didnt own. Sol Feace was fun briefly. Night Trap sucked but it was still somewhat of a novelty to see video running and being able to interact with it so I cant say I despised it. It is a bad game though. Wonder Dog was an early game that I really liked, even though gameplay wise it was nothing special. I enjoyed the level design, art style and the music was very good. Out Of This World, Heart Of The Alien compilation was great, but the first game was already on genesis. Even Wonder Dog was a port of an Amiga game. Didnt know it back then. The Sega CD version of Earthworm Jim was alot of fun, but not that much of an improvement over the genesis game. Lords Of Thunder I got used way later and really enjoyed it, but its another port of a game. It definately failed to deliver overall but I had some awesome moments with a few of the games I mentioned. Back then you also made the best out of what you had available and didnt focus on how bad a game was, unless it really stood out. I tried batman returns on Sega CD, the driving only mode and that seemed very good too and impressive use of the tech. Thats one I want to work on. 32X was a real fuck up. I enjoyed space harrier on the 32x but that was about it.
I worked in the games industry running several indie stores back then and told my Sega rep if they wanted the Mega DD to succeed then release cartridge games on CD for £10 less. Still to this day think Sega's arrogance was it's downfall, I called out the 32x's failure to one of their senior sales guys in the UK even before it was launched simply because they were being far too greedy with their launch price and refused to stock it in our stores.
I did pretty well in the games industry until I left in the early 2000's simply because the magic of the 16bit era had gone by then, left shortly after the PS2 launched.
Huh. I'd thought Annet looked interesting before but SLX's opinion on it has me wary now. Devastator looks like a lot of fun though, was that released in NA?
No. Devastator was a Japan exclusive.