Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Retrospective Extravaganza

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  • Опубліковано 30 чер 2023
  • CeX Website: webuy.com, YT / cex
    Let's tickle the nostalgia bone with a look back at Sega's most beautiful baby: The Mega Drive! AKA the Genesis if you're in North America, or the Klakhammus if you're in Berbintua.
    I'd forgotten just how many things there are to potentially plug into the Mega Drive. And, perhaps more precisely, that you need 3 plug sockets to play those few Mega 32X games. Must get a 3-in1 adapter or something.
    Anyway, we throw our eyes over the Mega Drive, the Mega CD, the 32X, various accessories, and then ten games of interest that you can't play on any other system. And then an eleventh game because reasons.
    On another note, I'm so pleased that the Activator was never released here so I didn't have to faff about with one. Thanks past Sega.
    Note! All dates mentioned refer to the UK releases of stuff. I'm sure you've worked that out though, mostly as I mention it several times.
    Thanks and more thanks to Matthew Stogdon who played all the games while I cranked up the footage-record-o-tron. (Setup for those interested: Mega Drive to Retrotink 5X via RGB cable, then into an Elgato HD60 S.)
    Also big thanks to the awesome Quang (Asobitech) for giving me photos of some of his amazing console collection, and the mighty @Mentski for fact checking and technical gubbins. Also a further tip 'o' the hat to CeX for trusting me to borrow some of their stuff and not get jam all over it.
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  • @drunkenhobo8020
    @drunkenhobo8020 11 місяців тому +1154

    This CEX sponsorship has been the most significant thing to happen to this channel since Ashens was sent a packet of expired Jelly Babies.

    • @MarcoDotIO
      @MarcoDotIO 11 місяців тому +45

      If only Americans could get access to CEX stores 😭

    • @IntegerOfDoom
      @IntegerOfDoom 11 місяців тому +62

      Most exciting thing since Stay Fresh Cheese Bags.

    • @TheWesen18
      @TheWesen18 11 місяців тому +5

      I fully agree!

    • @brentw.2574
      @brentw.2574 11 місяців тому +15

      They were sent by a man with a very long scarf.

    • @queazocotal
      @queazocotal 11 місяців тому +23

      @@IntegerOfDoom Stay fresh, cheese bag.

  • @MGlBlaze
    @MGlBlaze 11 місяців тому +227

    Those cartridges with the yellow bit on them from Electronic Arts were actually when the EA of the time reverse-engineered the Sega console lockout system to get around the unfavorable and restrictive licensing terms and fees Sega mandated at the time. They were unlicensed cartridges, like the baby blue Wisdom Tree cartridges for the SNES. I think they made that visual change so Sega couldn't sue them for trademark infringement for the actual cartridge design.

    • @Rando1975
      @Rando1975 11 місяців тому +8

      The blue cartridges were for the NES not SNES.

    • @SullySideUp
      @SullySideUp 11 місяців тому +3

      Came here to say this

    • @simplesimonhadapie
      @simplesimonhadapie 11 місяців тому +23

      ​@@yourdrinking
      They did indeed as reverse engineering isn't illegal. Ditto for Sony when they took bleem to court and lost over emulation

    • @shalashaska68
      @shalashaska68 11 місяців тому +14

      The larger EA carts were also a guarantee of quality on the Megadrive. They had some quality titles back in the day. What happened EA?

    • @jc_dogen
      @jc_dogen 11 місяців тому +1

      they reverse engineered the whole system, and made their own development tools.

  • @HoZKiNZ
    @HoZKiNZ 11 місяців тому +88

    Don't forget, you could actually have up to 8 players in Micro Machines 2, if you were willing to share half the controller between each 2 people, because it only needs 3 buttons to play. Absolutely stellar release, good times.

    • @lowhangingreviews
      @lowhangingreviews 7 місяців тому

      Dude I thought that everyone forgot about that capability 🤯 You’re the ONE!!!

    • @enchantededition6879
      @enchantededition6879 7 місяців тому

      Worked better on the SNES due to the controller layout. Great days sharing a pad indeed.

    • @HoZKiNZ
      @HoZKiNZ 7 місяців тому

      Did the SNES carts have 2 extra controller slots too?@@enchantededition6879

  • @c1v1lwar24
    @c1v1lwar24 11 місяців тому +149

    In the UK this was massive. It brought 16 bit gaming into houses, like mine, that couldn't afford the Amiga.

    • @thethirdrail8397
      @thethirdrail8397 11 місяців тому +3

      I am in the US, but I still have my NES with quite a few games. As well as a nice SNES and now a PS1, Game cube, ps2, Xbox, Xbox 360... I think that is all...N64 Maybe... if It is still around!

    • @valley_robot
      @valley_robot 11 місяців тому +5

      The megadrive pissed all over the Amiga mate, I was an Amiga guy , the megadrive had almost perfect arcade ports , the Amiga was a home computer with its own scene , I loved my Amiga but I really wanted a megadrive

    • @SpeccyHorace
      @SpeccyHorace 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@valley_robotYep, if you wanted to do other clever stuff, or games with a mouse then the Amiga was great but for pure games it was all about the Mega Drive.

    • @ozmond
      @ozmond 10 місяців тому +3

      @@thethirdrail8397ok?

    • @skylined5534
      @skylined5534 8 місяців тому +1

      @@valley_robot
      Oh mate, that's hilarious. The Megadrive was a great little console but the Amiga was lightyears ahead in ability.

  • @KurosakiYukigo
    @KurosakiYukigo 11 місяців тому +402

    CEX has ushered in a new era of Ashens videos and demonitisation.

    • @Okurka.
      @Okurka. 11 місяців тому +11

      He's a shill.

    • @Dingbat42069
      @Dingbat42069 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Okurka.he’s one of the best and most consistent content creators on the whole damn site. I’m glad he can make a living.

    • @Bebopopotamus
      @Bebopopotamus 11 місяців тому

      ​@@Okurka.getting paid to do what you like is selling out

    • @MoleUK1
      @MoleUK1 11 місяців тому

      @@Okurka. He's OUR shill.

    • @crackedemerald4930
      @crackedemerald4930 11 місяців тому +99

      He was never the same after he had CEX

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam 11 місяців тому +79

    4:55 "you can play Streets of Rage 2, what more do you want, absolutely nothing" wise words from a wise man

    • @ItzSneakyMinecraft
      @ItzSneakyMinecraft 11 місяців тому

      oh my god you are pushing me to the brink of insanity

    • @charlesswansonii9319
      @charlesswansonii9319 11 місяців тому +2

      Sonic 3 and Knuckles.

    • @SteveBrandon
      @SteveBrandon 11 місяців тому +2

      I know it's an improvement in terms of larger character sprites and gameplay but I always preferred the original Streets of Rage. Something about the first game just felt more "atmospheric" to me, particularly the level with the waves lapping on the beach. Obviously, the sequel is still great, I just wish the whole Streets of Rage trilogy had been included on the original Genesis Mini instead of just the sequel.

    • @gyrz19
      @gyrz19 11 місяців тому +3

      @@SteveBrandon yeah both the first 2 are great. Sor 3, at least the US version isnt great. The JP version Bare Knuckle 3 is much better,.

    • @pigmentpeddler5811
      @pigmentpeddler5811 11 місяців тому

      ​@@ItzSneakyMinecraftsilence Minecraft account

  • @BucketOfFail
    @BucketOfFail 11 місяців тому +37

    I had a Genesis growing up and it had one of my favorite series of games ever, Toejam and Earl. It was fun and weird and my sister and I used to play it together.

    • @richardjames3356
      @richardjames3356 11 місяців тому +7

      With no ability to save, you were comitted to the game for hours on end!

    • @BanditBen13
      @BanditBen13 10 місяців тому +2

      1 and 2 were the greatest games of my childhood! I still love to escape to their colorful, funky lands

    • @squidracerX
      @squidracerX 5 місяців тому +2

      Ah yes, I forgot Toe Jam and Earl for a moment, it was one of the 5 carts i bought after I got rid of Sega Channel and still had the Genesis!

  • @hypethekomodo6495
    @hypethekomodo6495 11 місяців тому +32

    Man. This brings me way back. I remember my parents asking me to wish upon a star and I said, "I want a Sega Genesis" because I seen one in a store and was real impressed with it.
    Then next morning I got one, right in my room with Sonic the Hedgehog. Still a memory I cherish to this day. Owe a lot of my childhood to that there Genesis.

    • @ElderSnake90
      @ElderSnake90 7 місяців тому +3

      Your parents sound awesome haha

    • @Beauweir
      @Beauweir 6 місяців тому +1

      Did you say thanks? 😂

    • @squidracerX
      @squidracerX 5 місяців тому +1

      @@Beauweir No - a star brought it to him, it was magic.

    • @squidlover7615
      @squidlover7615 5 місяців тому

      That's awesome

  • @freddiejohnson6137
    @freddiejohnson6137 11 місяців тому +16

    Now when I think of Ashens I think of CEX too I think I have finally hit that age those thoughts just come into my mind.

  • @jamesb.6177
    @jamesb.6177 11 місяців тому +176

    Ashens does what other channels don’t.

    • @Marci124
      @Marci124 11 місяців тому +13

      He does it so you don't have to.

    • @Cuuuuuuurtis
      @Cuuuuuuurtis 11 місяців тому +2

      @@Marci124Nostalgia critic reference?

    • @DmitriiGlandarius
      @DmitriiGlandarius 11 місяців тому +7

      CEX

    • @thatguythatdoesstuff5899
      @thatguythatdoesstuff5899 11 місяців тому +6

      YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON A TECHMOAN!

    • @MathewHaswell
      @MathewHaswell 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Marci124 He stays addicted - to tat - so you can stay away.

  • @tripdefect87
    @tripdefect87 11 місяців тому +46

    I honestly can't describe how much I love the Genesis/Mega-Drive. I might not have had a lot of games growing up, but man, all you needed was a 6-Pak cart and you were good for the rest of your life

  • @K4RN4GE911
    @K4RN4GE911 11 місяців тому +8

    The Genesis was a core memory for me as a six and seven year old, because my uncle owned it with SO MANY GAMES. Sonic 1 and 2, X-Men 1 and 2, Vectorman, Mortal Kombat, Golden Axe II, Aladdin and many freaking others. I wouldn't eat my dinner while visiting my grandparents unless I was promised that we could play Sonic 2 afterwards.

  • @ThunderTHR
    @ThunderTHR 11 місяців тому +82

    I've been really enjoying these retrospective videos.
    Hoping you've got more planned. :)

    • @puisnode
      @puisnode 11 місяців тому

      probaly planned as an unplanned as an hysterical pregnancy

  • @sniperjoe58
    @sniperjoe58 11 місяців тому +6

    I remember opening up my first Klakhammus on my fourth Squansday party. Thanks for remembering to include Berbintua in your description - not many talk about us after the second major war.

  • @caretakergaming21A
    @caretakergaming21A 11 місяців тому +6

    Ashens is the ONLY youtuber where ill be like "i dont think im gonna watch this whole thing" then immediately after go "holy shit only 20 minutes left!?"

  • @tamaramacadam8650
    @tamaramacadam8650 11 місяців тому +31

    Goddamn, the animation on _Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter_ is absolutely stunning. It's so fluid and quick, I love it.

    • @washurbrik2848
      @washurbrik2848 12 днів тому

      I love the proper title formatting lmao

  • @painreliever83
    @painreliever83 11 місяців тому +15

    I had Skitchin' on my Mega Drive back in the day, absolutely loved it. I think I'd seen it played on Gamesmaster or Bad Influence or something and fell in love with it.

    • @shadowharu
      @shadowharu 11 місяців тому +5

      Wish I'd played it. I just remembered the ads for it. "Skitchin'. It's Bitchin'." I missed out, seems like.

    • @DaRealKing303
      @DaRealKing303 11 місяців тому

      Had a ton of fun with that game at my older cousins house.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 11 місяців тому +1

      @@shadowharu Damn it ! You just had to say it.
      I was going to come in here saying "Skitchin'. Was it Bitchin' ?"

  • @Jamie-vj4wd
    @Jamie-vj4wd 11 місяців тому +118

    1 hour Ashens retro gaming video... This is as good as it gets

    • @Tillyard86
      @Tillyard86 11 місяців тому +5

      Two years from now we will get: PS2 review 1 hour, SEGA Saturn review 1 hour 15 minutes, Dreamcast review 10 minutes.

  • @DeadxReckon
    @DeadxReckon 11 місяців тому +4

    I have seen the cover of General Chaos many times over the years. When seeing the gameplay though, I suddenly remembered playing it at the neighbors house a lifetime ago. Yea, That is a fun game.

  • @nunchuk28
    @nunchuk28 11 місяців тому +11

    Boy, that Ranger X unlocked some childhood memories that I thought were long lost. Don't think I ever got too far but I always found how you could fuse with your sort of bird shaped bike really cool.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 11 місяців тому +1

      That game is definitely underrated.

    • @bdel80
      @bdel80 7 місяців тому

      Have it on my shelf. No manual :-(

  • @OneOfTheStorms
    @OneOfTheStorms 11 місяців тому +9

    Ooh, proper, manual subtitles on this one! I don't strictly need them but they're always nice to have and a very pleasant surprise on this channel.

  • @Farimere
    @Farimere 11 місяців тому +4

    Ah yes the good old days. Had many hours playing Shining Force, Shadowrun, Eternal Champions, Phantasy Star IV, and General Chaos. Truly a console worth the hype.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 11 місяців тому +1

      General Chaos was definitely underrated. One of the characters in the game looked like the dad of a hillbilly kid in our school. My friend and I played it pretending that character was Kinney's dad, laughing about him being blown up. Morbid, I know, but both Kinney and his dad were real jerks.

    • @bearcubd3900
      @bearcubd3900 8 місяців тому

      That’s some funny shit !!

  • @wyndblayde6103
    @wyndblayde6103 11 місяців тому +11

    One thing I liked about Megadrive carts was they were about the same size as audio cassette cases so they could be stored in one of those storage things with drawers.
    Also, the Megadrive version of Speedball 2 was fantastic.
    Turns out I was much better at playing the game with a controller rather than a joystick.

    • @pseudonayme7717
      @pseudonayme7717 11 місяців тому +1

      Speedball 2 🧡 I couldn't possibly recall how many hours I put into that game. Played it on and off for about 15 years lmao, and the latter part of that was playing only as manager because after you master the game it's the only challenge left. It is SUPER hard to win, for anyone who never tried manager, you missed out on a great challenge. Give it a go if you can 👍

  • @NoirAngel921
    @NoirAngel921 11 місяців тому +22

    Ive been watching old videos, and I mean 2006-08 videos of Ashens until the next upload. Still never disappoints. The proof that never changing a thing is a good thing.

    • @Zontar82
      @Zontar82 11 місяців тому +2

      he changed, and changed a lot, for the better fortunately

    • @jonnystrange3617
      @jonnystrange3617 11 місяців тому +1

      ​​​​@@Zontar82definitely, he has bloomed from something extraordinary to something exceptional, he's so unproblematic and an excellent chap. I think the man is the tits.

    • @MisterCasket
      @MisterCasket 10 місяців тому

      @@Zontar82 Maybe he meant the concept? Reviewing stuff from the sofa instead of some fancy studio.

  • @IanFlavin
    @IanFlavin 11 місяців тому +4

    The memories. Here in Ireland, we could rent a Megadrive and games from our local video shop. Cue a shopping trip to stock up on crisps, choccy, sweets and TK Cola, 5 or 6 of us landing at one of our homes, and Sonic until the sun came up. Good times. I'll never forget my dad's face at handing over the deposit, and declaring that if he didn't get it back, I'd be his slave for the rest of his life. He's still alive. I mean, you spill 1 glass of coke in the wrong place.....................

    • @tamaramacadam8650
      @tamaramacadam8650 11 місяців тому +2

      GET BACK TO SWEEPING LAD

    • @IanFlavin
      @IanFlavin 11 місяців тому +1

      @@tamaramacadam8650 ALRIGHT, DAD!!
      FFS.

  • @oscodains
    @oscodains 11 місяців тому +3

    This is like those hour long scam videos that are aimed at old people that go on and on without getting to the point to get you to buy into it.
    I have now spent all of my money at CEX. I have a large retro collection but stuffed in my trunk as I had to sell the house. Thanks, Ashen’s.

  • @IStoleYourSandwich
    @IStoleYourSandwich 11 місяців тому +2

    You literally still record on the same couch, with the same style and the same intro. I love that!

  • @andrewsmith1204
    @andrewsmith1204 11 місяців тому +5

    32:53 oh man Revolution X was at the local bowling alley. When you think of Rockin' Rollercoaster queue story line as part of the same universe, it all makes sense.

    • @MisterCasket
      @MisterCasket 10 місяців тому

      I had that game on pc. I played it with the mouse but forced my friend to play with the keyboard. We talk sometimes about it to this day how much he hated me for it :)

  • @pancookieplays
    @pancookieplays 11 місяців тому +28

    man I am really loving these videos of old game systems, perfect for listening to while doing stuff

  • @lucasm20
    @lucasm20 11 місяців тому +10

    I had a Brazilian Mega Drive 1 with a Sega CD 2, it was the coolest thing ever to me as a kid.
    And then mom got rid of it one day, sad.

  • @Domarius64
    @Domarius64 10 місяців тому +2

    15:30 "The Terradrive, sounds like something Krang would be trying to kill the TMNT with" I audibly chuckled :)
    Been watching this hour long masterpiece bit by bit, I love it.

  • @ObsessiveGeek
    @ObsessiveGeek 11 місяців тому +9

    This is the video I have been waiting for once I realised you were covering retro consoles.
    I was a die-hard Sega fan back in the day.
    The Mega Drive era was Sega in their prime
    Sonic was and still is my go-to game!

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 11 місяців тому +2

      Yeah, it's sad what happened to SEGA. I mean the Saturn wasn't a bad console but it was much harder to work with. SEGA (of America and Japan) just made a lot of awful choices and were both incredibly petty with each other. Really led to their downfall.

    • @ObsessiveGeek
      @ObsessiveGeek 11 місяців тому +2

      @Gatorade69 Yeah, the Saturn was a great concept, same as the Dremcast, though Sega didn't market their machines well.
      I always wonder what a Sega console would look like nowadays if the two divisions managed to work together properly.

  • @2tailedfox711
    @2tailedfox711 11 місяців тому +12

    Genesis Shadowrun is definitely one of my favorites. I haven't played the new ones yet, but I've not really seen another game handle cyberspace hacking in such an fun and interesting way. I usually play as a decker.

    • @LordChesalot
      @LordChesalot 7 місяців тому +1

      The new ones are great

    • @squidracerX
      @squidracerX 5 місяців тому +1

      @@LordChesalot SNES one is great too - I had them both and preferred that one. Genesis had some great atmosphere though. it was one of the 5 games I ended up buying. Glad the new ones exist!!!!

  • @Irene-qk6qm
    @Irene-qk6qm 11 місяців тому +37

    Every time Ashen makes the unavoidable jokes about CeX, I remember that the bad guys in the Rune Factory series are the Sechs Empire, which makes me giggle every time a character mentions them.

    • @romeocharliegolf
      @romeocharliegolf 11 місяців тому +3

      ....how did I miss that? My younger self is very innocent, it seems.

    • @kevinm5940
      @kevinm5940 11 місяців тому

      The magical ancient civilization from the Myst games is called D'ni, which is pronounced "Dah-Nee" by most characters. This seems to change in the last game, presumably because someone realized it sounded like "dunny", which is slang for a toilet.

  • @JamboP26
    @JamboP26 11 місяців тому +2

    1997 on my 7th birthday, I got a Sega Mega Drive as my first ever games console. The PS5 that I'm watching this video on has the Mega Drive to thank for kicking off my love of games all those years ago

  • @-NateTheGreat
    @-NateTheGreat 11 місяців тому +6

    I loved my Sega Genesis. So many good games. Loved Golden Axe.

  • @frank97865
    @frank97865 11 місяців тому +10

    3 console retrospectives back to back? such a treat! love these vids, have rewatched the gameboy ones many times over!

  • @ginjaico_6132
    @ginjaico_6132 11 місяців тому +11

    You could have 8 players on Micro Machines 2. Two people can share a pad. One on buttons, one on the pad

  • @kronos6948
    @kronos6948 11 місяців тому +5

    My SegaCD had a pop open lid and was a side by side thingy. I didn't know they made one with a mechanical CD insert. I remember one night staying up all night with a few friends, one of them was determined to beat Sewer Shark, and he finally did it just as the sun was coming up.

    • @AdamIsUrqed
      @AdamIsUrqed 11 місяців тому +1

      Aye. The first run Sega CD with the mechanical drive came with 2-3 games and a video music CD with Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, and a few other groups on it. It was also bloody $299.99.

    • @anonamatron
      @anonamatron 11 місяців тому +1

      I don't think I ever played Sewer Shark for more than three minutes.

    • @Esauofisaac
      @Esauofisaac 11 місяців тому +1

      I remember playing Sewer Shark when I was like 6 and thinking it was the future of games lmao

    • @anonamatron
      @anonamatron 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Esauofisaac I saw it on TV with a kid showing a reporter all about how Sewer Shark worked, and it looked really awesome there. Later I got the game myself and holy shit was it a waste of time.

    • @anonamatron
      @anonamatron 11 місяців тому

      @@AdamIsUrqed It had a CD+G disc, which is the Jimi Hendrix thing you're remembering. They also had a plain audio CD.
      Games were the Sega Classics collection of Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Columns and Revenge of Shinobi.
      On another disc you had Sol-Feace.
      On another disc (or is it two discs?) Was Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective vol. 1.
      Sherlock Holmes was a very good inclusion since it shows off the multimedia capabilities.
      Sol-Feace is a game I wouldn't have bought otherwise so it's really cool it was in there because it's fun. It has some cool stuff in the intro. Animations and voices, but the actual game is absolutely nothing you need a Sega CD for.
      Sega classics was awesome because I didn't have any of those games for my Genesis, and they're all good, but it obviously doesn't show off what the Sega CD can do.
      The audio and CD+g discs are clearly to demonstrate those features of the machine.
      You got the "CD" gaming demo from Sherlock Holmes, then you had a side scroller, two beat-em ups, a puzzle game and a shmup. None of which really showed off the CD stuff but that's a pretty decent variety of stuff to get right out of the box.
      I'm always disappointed when consoles don't have cool pack-ins like this.

  • @PPGIRL420
    @PPGIRL420 11 місяців тому +8

    Loving these videos! Perfect chill videos for when I'm feeling low energy.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 11 місяців тому +1

      I know... Too bad I'm feeling low on energy all the time now though :(

  • @HeinousinAppearance
    @HeinousinAppearance 11 місяців тому +5

    I loved my Genesis, my first console and still my favorite.

  • @hughmc1133
    @hughmc1133 11 місяців тому +6

    As someone who's played sword of sodan and owns mazin wars, this video made me smile.

  • @theflipflapchannelcreatedb8160
    @theflipflapchannelcreatedb8160 11 місяців тому +6

    Sega's
    Old
    Nostalgia
    Is
    Consistent

  • @TheVaultIsMine
    @TheVaultIsMine 11 місяців тому +19

    That de-paged science book was one of the best visual jokes ever 😂

  • @totallytidmouth
    @totallytidmouth 11 місяців тому +11

    Man, how badly I want the Sega CD and 32x despite having very little in terms of games, just way too expensive though

    • @DoubleMonoLR
      @DoubleMonoLR 11 місяців тому +2

      Not so much at the time(at least once they weren't selling), I can remember a major chain store(which itself went bankrupt years later) clearing out the MegaCD at something like nz$50(about u$30) How I wish I bought a bunch of them and put them in storage...

    • @Captain_Eyeball
      @Captain_Eyeball 10 місяців тому

      ​@@DoubleMonoLRThere's warehouses abroad that are sticked with Sega and Nintendo accessories

  • @maxmattt
    @maxmattt 11 місяців тому +3

    The reason it was called Genesis in America was because an American computer company already had the copyright to the name Mega Drive.
    To this day I still remember the cheat code for Sktichin, because the button combination spells the word "badass" B,A,Down,A,Start,Start

  • @ZonicMirage
    @ZonicMirage 11 місяців тому +3

    The side lock thing on the Mega CD 1 is meant to keep the flat-cabled stereo mixing AUX out of the way of the drive tray. Feed the cable through the indentation and push lock into place. Now, you really don't have to do that. The MD1 does the audio mixing internally, so you just need a 3.5mm phones-phono adapter.

  • @craigdavidson5613
    @craigdavidson5613 11 місяців тому +1

    I, myself, am a major fan of the Sega Mega Drive. I once found one in good condition in a Charity shop here in Australia. It came in a Nuby carry case with two controllers. And it only cost $5AU! I checked it out, and it still works perfectly. Now that’s good technology! I also got a Sega Mega CD and a 32X to attach to it, and they all work great. I still play it from time to time, and it’s a worthwhile investment. Lucky!

  • @earthwormsally5211
    @earthwormsally5211 11 місяців тому +4

    Wow the rarely seen tower of power and a bonus top of the sofa reveal, thanks stu , made my bloody day 😊

  • @SlasherMiniFilms
    @SlasherMiniFilms 11 місяців тому +3

    Oh man, these retrospectives have been totally classic Ashens. Never gets old:)

  • @XrisD147
    @XrisD147 11 місяців тому +4

    I use a scart to hdmi powered adapter with a high quality srgb md scart cable.
    It gets pretty nice results, nice color not washed out, great stereo.
    I love streets of rage series, toe jam & Earl and Gauntlet IV.
    I have a mega drive II that has been refurbished with new capacitors. Works great, I got it for 120 quid with 4 games included.

  • @EstaticYT
    @EstaticYT 10 місяців тому +1

    i used to watch this guy around 5 years ago and he just came back up ion my recommended nice to see hes still going

  • @exodous02
    @exodous02 11 місяців тому +3

    I had the turbo touch 360 for the SNES and loved it. I was kinda shocked when UA-cam came about and everyone had long rants on how much they hated it.

  • @ceejayszee
    @ceejayszee 11 місяців тому +8

    Hoyl crap I just want to say, hope Stuart sees this: I ADORE these retrospective videos, Ashens is so smart and informative, not to mention funny! Thank you mate!

  • @seamusmac777
    @seamusmac777 11 місяців тому +1

    These videos on retro consoles that you do are so cool, they bring me right back to my childhood!!! I had no clue that even half of these accessories existed for these consoles!

  • @barovelli
    @barovelli 11 місяців тому +1

    I worked at a USA cable company that offered Sega Channel. It was a one way download thing that stored the games in memory. A catalog of games to choose from with a new hit game every month and demos of new games. There was a kiosk in the customer lobby running a demo. Yah, no one subscribed.

  • @prplzbr
    @prplzbr 11 місяців тому +10

    It never got any better than this. The Mega Drive was peak of gaming.

    • @scottneil1187
      @scottneil1187 11 місяців тому +2

      SNES was far superior my dude, had a far better joypad too.

    • @SonofSethoitae
      @SonofSethoitae 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@scottneil1187"Far superior" is a gross overstatement, to put it lightly

    • @fictionalmediabully9830
      @fictionalmediabully9830 2 місяці тому

      ​@@scottneil1187
      The joypad is better than the Mega Drive's 3-button one. Better than the 6-button joypad? Nope.

  • @SproutyPottedPlant
    @SproutyPottedPlant 11 місяців тому +2

    There is so much to love about the Mega Drive and you showed it off perfectly! 👍

  • @evilSapphie
    @evilSapphie 11 місяців тому +2

    Fun fact about the 9 pin controller ports that I learned the hard way back in the day; though the physical shape is the same across devices, the pin out of the internal wiring was different. I got curious about it myself and plugged an Atari ST compatible joystick into my mega drive while it was running. It instantly locked up the system and erased the save data on the cartridge. The cartridge in question was Sword of Vermillion, which is, shall we say, quite a lengthy game? Needless to say, I didn't try it again.

  • @UnforgivenGambler
    @UnforgivenGambler 8 місяців тому +1

    I look forward to every upload and this one brought me a wave of nostalgia ❤ cheers mate

  • @raven_of_zoso455
    @raven_of_zoso455 11 місяців тому +4

    I am so frustrated right now it's bringing forth my depression and pissed-offness. But this is a light in dark times. And there's a nod to LOTR too. Yaay. In a bit I'm gonna take a couple of wicked bong hits and zone out while watching this. Thank you Ashens.

  • @biglol4ever
    @biglol4ever 9 місяців тому +8

    its been almost two months where has ashens gone has he finally been swallowed up by a giant mountain of tat and retro electronics?????

    • @TheRivieraKid
      @TheRivieraKid 9 місяців тому +1

      Twitch

    • @LoisGriffin8
      @LoisGriffin8 8 місяців тому

      He doesn't care about his UA-cam fans, never did

  • @Justadonkey
    @Justadonkey 7 місяців тому +1

    1.6 million subscribers and he's still filming kneeling on the floor in front of his old couch I love it haha

  • @adamneko
    @adamneko 11 місяців тому +2

    man, Shadow Squadron, that game was an absolutely brilliant game. For what it's worth, the game was worth the music alone.

  • @kokocostanza2036
    @kokocostanza2036 11 місяців тому +8

    Sega's biggest problems in the mid 90's were that the U.S. and Japanese offices were both trying to make the decisions and didn't get along very well.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 7 місяців тому +3

      oh, that issue persisted quite a bit after the 90s as well. Like when they decided that Sega of America and Sega of Japan take care of Sonic games for their respective markets separately, only for then SoJ to show up and tell SoA that their sonic game needs to be changed
      But on the 90s Sega's biggest competitor was Sega.

  • @ffnbbq
    @ffnbbq 11 місяців тому +8

    For people pining for a Streets of Rage sequel by Sega themselves - the Yakuza/Like A Dragon series has been staring at you this whole time! Created by veteran Sega dev Toshihiro Nagoshi, thee director of Daytona USA and creator of Super Monkey Ball and F-Zero GX!

    • @hydro_storm4527
      @hydro_storm4527 11 місяців тому +2

      I mean Streets of Rage 4 is a thing and it's very good.

    • @ffnbbq
      @ffnbbq 11 місяців тому +2

      @@hydro_storm4527 Yeah, bit apparently some people won't accept Sega property sequels and spin-offs that weren't made by Sega themselves. There's another subset of Sega fans who bitterly complain because Sega won't make older property games or Shenmue sequels (despite the latter being a financial disaster for Sega).

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 11 місяців тому

      @@ffnbbq There's some really stupid SEGA fans. I owned a Genesis when I was a kid and later on had partial access to a Dreamcast so I have a lot of love/nostalgia for SEGA but some fans are simply rabid and stupid. They have never progressed past the early 90s console wars.
      Like there's a decent retro gaming youtuber named SegaLord X who has a lot of love for SEGA but has said he also had a NES and loved it as a kid. When he made any NES themed videos there was literally a handful of people having a fit in the comments. Then there's those people that still think SEGA is just going to somehow come back and make a new console. Lol.
      Those people really seem like they drank leaded gasoline.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 11 місяців тому

      @@hydro_storm4527 I'm glad to see more beat em ups recently. Streets of Rage and River City girls were both very good.

    • @LonelySpaceDetective
      @LonelySpaceDetective 5 місяців тому

      Wouldn't someone _that_ inclined to split hairs discount the Yakuza/LAD titles? I mean, they're developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku rather than Sega themselves.
      Or are they an in-house development team/studio? I'm not a Yakuzahead yet, so I wouldn't know their precise relationship to Sega.

  • @Yuzoboy
    @Yuzoboy 11 місяців тому +2

    The Genesis was groundbreaking and came out at the perfect time where the 90s was starting to introduce the world too cool tech. Will always prefer it over the SNES!

    • @thebesto7787
      @thebesto7787 11 місяців тому +1

      Good to see you here mate, love your Mega Drive remixes!

  • @shawkorror
    @shawkorror 11 місяців тому

    Spent the first 20 minutes saying "Ah, but did you know about the....oh, you did...". What a happy trip down memory lane.

  • @KGBSpyGeorgeCostanza
    @KGBSpyGeorgeCostanza 11 місяців тому +3

    Ahh the beautiful look into retro gaming and its accessories

  • @SteTechGaming
    @SteTechGaming 11 місяців тому +3

    My understanding of the Genesis name in North America is that there was already a company called Mega Drive and they'd trademarked the name in USA and Canada
    Anyway, I've had my MD2 since 1996, so obviously was very late to it, and only had a handful of games which i still have to this day

    • @SonofSethoitae
      @SonofSethoitae 11 місяців тому +2

      David Rosen denies this version of the story, saying he asked for the name change because he didn't think "Mega Drive" would sell well in North America

  • @SMG-II-Gaming
    @SMG-II-Gaming 11 місяців тому +2

    That intro has not changed at all in the past decade or so! And it’s still fresh

    • @MathewHaswell
      @MathewHaswell 11 місяців тому +1

      Hello! Cheapo! Celery! I can see perfectly! *honk-honk!* *boing!* Bloody hell, are we still doing these?

  • @aggred
    @aggred 11 місяців тому +2

    This was the 2nd console we had, after the commodore console that took carts? SOOOOO many memories

    • @scottneil1187
      @scottneil1187 11 місяців тому

      I remember that console, the computers took the carts too, I had one for my Amiga.

  • @Caz_2087
    @Caz_2087 9 місяців тому +4

    Arent we overdue a food special Ashens? 😩 withdrawal symptoms

    • @Joeharden92
      @Joeharden92 9 місяців тому +2

      I keep rewatching them. Hoping for some more soon

    • @Caz_2087
      @Caz_2087 9 місяців тому +2

      @@Joeharden92 I rewatch them too haha. A new foodie review fix would be great though, especially an expired food one

  • @eduardojean1993
    @eduardojean1993 8 місяців тому +1

    I just can't stop thinking about the pretty neat looking science book that was sacrified for the sake of that one Streets of Rage 2 joke.

  • @endlesstidesofphyrexia4357
    @endlesstidesofphyrexia4357 11 місяців тому +1

    I remember getting a Japanese Import Mega Drive for Christmas, I think around 1989. We had family friends that did business out there and bought one back for my brother and I. And it was glorious beyond imagination. PGA Tour Golf, Super Monaco GP and M1 Abrams Battle Tank had me
    transfixed as a 10 year old. To the point where I now have all three games on my MD Mini. 🤔

  • @Tragically_Tony
    @Tragically_Tony 11 місяців тому +8

    When I was a kid I had a Mega Drive II and got my hands on a Japanese Arcus Odyssey cartridge somehow (I think it was in a box of assorted guff my parents bought at an auction?). My Dad's solution was to just literally cut/file away at the plastic casing of the cartridge until it fit in the Mega Drive, at which point the game worked perfectly.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 11 місяців тому

      That seems like a cool game from what little I saw of it.

  • @saruki0132
    @saruki0132 11 місяців тому +2

    Man, has had breakfast, done some chores and more chores and still going, quality content here, thanks Ashens, Thanks CEX.

  • @davidlofton9820
    @davidlofton9820 11 місяців тому

    I forgot about your channel. I used to watch it a long time ago. I’m glad you’re still here!

  • @RHD
    @RHD 11 місяців тому +3

    You had to be careful ordering Genesis surround sound because some people would get Phil Collins

  • @RichardDzien
    @RichardDzien 11 місяців тому +3

    Wasn't the yellow tabby thing to indicate that EA, who were underdogs at this time had found a way to make unlicensed carts for the Mega drive by reverse engineering the whole console.

  • @313aak
    @313aak 10 місяців тому

    Been watching these since I was around 5 ( yes not the most practical age to watch Ashens) and now I’m 15 turning 16 in August and about to go to college, glad to see you still uploading as you were a part of me growing up. I specifically remember one of your videos with a terminator that you would make out of some mold haha

  • @gigteevee6118
    @gigteevee6118 11 місяців тому +1

    Ridiculously good overview ❤ What a journey!

  • @beanoit
    @beanoit 11 місяців тому +3

    You may /or may not have forgot to mention that there are some games that require both the Mega CD and the 32X. Though goin by the gradual decline in games available for each add on, there may not be many at all

    • @anonamatron
      @anonamatron 11 місяців тому +1

      I think it's just a few FMV games. Night Trap is on it. The FMV is better, though still not great.

  • @Neo7_
    @Neo7_ 11 місяців тому +4

    Sega was cool and embraced the Game Genie in stark contrast to Nintendo's attitude towards it.
    Those yellow tabbed carts, I always thought was just Electronic Arts plastering their logo on everything as an aesthetic choice. Only their games had them to my knowledge. Road Rash 2 has it and it uses a password system over saving to battery backed up memory.

  • @kobalt_ren01
    @kobalt_ren01 11 місяців тому +1

    46:12 Whoa, I love the wobbly deformation segmented thing with the sprites that game does! Reminds me of the Swords and Sandals flash games.

  • @DaveMcGarry
    @DaveMcGarry 11 місяців тому +1

    Just love the Megadrive, loved it then love it now.
    I wish I had bought my friend's Multi-Mega off him when he'd gotten bored of it!

  • @anon7661
    @anon7661 8 місяців тому +4

    are you okay?

  • @CricketEngland
    @CricketEngland 10 місяців тому +2

    Hay Stuart I see Mr Pegg has joined the writers strike so if your clever and get in their quick you could take over his film rolls at a fraction of the cost now you have the acting experience

  • @noneofyourbusiness4616
    @noneofyourbusiness4616 11 місяців тому

    Those of us with a vinyl copy of your smooth jazz album "Cex in Barcelona" could never forget you've been there

  • @LaughingMan008
    @LaughingMan008 11 місяців тому +1

    I. LOVE. Shadowrun.
    It is my favorite Genesis game by far, and in my teens I must have played like 200 hours of it.
    I still revisit it and just play forever. Like its Skyrim or something.

  • @Stuffies2022
    @Stuffies2022 11 місяців тому +7

    Playing Sonic on this thing is my life.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 11 місяців тому +1

      How are you able to play Sonic 06 on the Mega Drive/Genesis ?

    • @Stuffies2022
      @Stuffies2022 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Gatorade69 What? I never said that.

  • @ArmandoDy
    @ArmandoDy 11 місяців тому +3

    I remember using a Dremel tool and trimming the case on the Genesis, to fit Japanese carts.😮

    • @JamesLMason
      @JamesLMason 11 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, that was quite a common "fix".

  • @pcb123lol
    @pcb123lol 11 місяців тому +1

    Really great genesis recommendations, some stuff I never heard of!

  • @scottanderson6131
    @scottanderson6131 11 місяців тому +1

    Love a hour long plus video can listen to Ashens for days 😍

  • @icedbun101
    @icedbun101 8 місяців тому +3

    Where are you?

  • @Twintania
    @Twintania 11 місяців тому +4

    since ashens seems to be in love with doing retrospectives lately he should do one about his own channel

  • @scotty_blocks
    @scotty_blocks 9 місяців тому +1

    'Look at the size of these things, absolutely massive', as the actress said to the Bishop.

  • @i_hate_stupid_username_rules
    @i_hate_stupid_username_rules 11 місяців тому +2

    please do more of these 🙏 these are my fav videos of yours ♥😭

  • @Hysteria98
    @Hysteria98 9 місяців тому +3

    CeX are bloody awful. Overpriced on a lot of games, pay fuck-all in return for your goods. Sod em.

    • @ozmond
      @ozmond 8 місяців тому

      Bro get over it

  • @joelegue182
    @joelegue182 11 місяців тому

    Thank you for taking the time to explain the CEX Trade.