CGQ SuperCut Vol. 1 - The Sega Launch Videos
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- Опубліковано 19 гру 2021
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On this "supercut" episode of Classic Gaming Quarterly, we take a look at all four of Sega's major home console releases, from the Master System all the way through to the Dreamcast.
Check out Eric Fraga's channel, Cosmic Effect, here: / cosmiceffect
Paul Driscoll can be heard on the RGDS podcast, which you can find here: / rgdspodcast
Compilation videos on other channels like Game Sack, My Life in Gaming, Kim Justice, etc. are being well-received, so I thought I'd try doing one here. Since I've covered the launch of every "major" Sega console, that seemed like a logical set of videos to group together. I created a new intro as well as transition segments between each launch video to help turn it into a more cohesive story. I also made some tweaks to both the SMS and Genesis launch videos to clean up some of the edits, and added a bunch of background music where there was none. The Saturn video I left alone, because it's so old that the only way to really "fix" it would be to completely remake it.
Fun Facts:
- A Sega Genesis launch video was the first launch video I ever made. At that time it was called "The Sega Genesis Launch Spectacular", which in hindsight is a dumb name but this was back when I didn't know what I was doing and no one watched my show anyway. That video is actually unlisted now, though you can still watch it if you have a link to it.
- In late 2016 I created the Master System launch video, which for the time was a much better-quality video than a lot of my older stuff (although watching it now, it's obvious that I still had a lot to learn). I was concerned that people would watch that video, then watch the Genesis launch video, which was much worse quality. Therefore I completely remade the Genesis launch video from scratch, released that first, then a week later released the Master System video.
- The Sega Saturn video was the first episode of the show for which I captured gameplay footage in RGB, using a Framemeister and an Elgato game capture device. Prior to that everything was recorded to a DVD in s-video, which I then had to rip on my computer and deinterlace using some video processing software.
- The Saturn video was released on Christmas morning in 2015. That wasn't by design, it just so happened that I didn't get the video done until Christmas Eve. Whenever I finish a video, I'm always really excited to get it uploaded, so I often don't release them at the best time. I figured that releasing a video on Christmas morning was a horrible idea, because aren't people too busy to watch UA-cam? It ended up being my most successful video release to date, and had something like 10,000 views by the end of the day, which was a LOT for me at the time.
- The Dreamcast launch video was a stressful one for a couple of reasons. I really wanted to have the video out in time for the 20th anniversary of the console's release, but I was also traveling to my first gaming convention as an invited guest that weekend. It took a lot of long days and nights to get that video out, and it was released on the same morning that I stepped on the plane to fly to New Jersey for the convention.
- I think the Dreamcast video is probably the episode of the show of which I'm most proud. With every new video, I try to do something to make it better than the last one. Better editing, better sounding voiceover, more interesting visual material, etc. and I think that the Dreamcast video was in a way the culmination of everything that I had learned about making these videos up to that point. It also has by far my favorite ending to any of my shows.
- In some ways I have the fondest memories of working on the Master System launch video. It was really a thrill to work with other people on one of my launch videos, and Eric Fraga in particular was a great partner. On top of recording the "talking head" video segment (which was much longer than what you see in the final video) he recorded tons of b-roll of him looking at consoles, games, contemporaneous magazines, etc. and also sent me a bunch of Sega music that he had rearranged and played on his synthesizer (some of which you can hear in the background in this video). I literally could not have asked for a better person to collaborate with, and for that I will be forever grateful to him.
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When it's cold and dark outside there is nothing better than chilling out and watching one of these epic trips down memory lane.
I know the feeling! I am gonna have to figure out how to get these videos on dvd... yeah I’m old school... but I would be watching these the same way I watch Star Wars or other favorites !
if its cold outside and there's no kind of atmosphere, more or less, and you're all alone,, then a few episodes of Red Dwarf also helps! 👍😁
@@ShamrockParticle gotta get some fresh mango juice too :)
Try going for a run each night, build up your distance change to a clean diet and in 6 months you will be a different person
I don’t know if you mean literally or metaphorically, but either works...
As an old man, industry veteran, and active gamer I love this channel. I wish you would actually produce more content. Thanks for this, you just made my day.
You should join his Patreon. He puts countless hours of work and a launch video requires a ton of research. We all wish our favorite UA-camrs had more content but it doesn't just magically happen.
Gotta have the middle man to get to the masses man
Here, Here !!! Agreed!!!!
Yea, one of the few things that has brought me joy in this hellscape holiday.
gorilla jam i won't gum bump the comment section, sega was such a huge part of my life, my pickle would swell to generous proportions at the slightest release, toe jam and earl, nba jam etc... i was ready to buck off a hot gooey rope shot, but i was prepubescent, but the yearning was there, that's the point to remember
15 years on youtube and your channel gets into my top 10 channels EASILY
What an awesome early Christmas present.
Hey Tommy! Merry Christmas, man!
@@CGQuarterly Hey Chris, Thank you! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Merry Christmas from Ireland, love the channel ❤
This was a surprise video, almost 3hrs long... lets do this!!!
i was wondering how i was going to pass my time at work today, the CGQ gods answered
Old man here, sega is my childhood. I had every console growing up. I'm on Christmas vacation right now and this is just the perfect thing to watch. Thank you and merry Christmas.
i feel old watching too my man
I just turned 41 years Young.... I feel 18... and these videos make me feel like my 13 yr old self !!! Epic Memories!!!
Your content is diamond in the dirt, if we could only have more of this.
I’ve worked in the industry for a couple years creating AAA games with Ubisoft Montreal and you are the best to explain and give a real nostalgia feeling to your videos! Happy holidays Bro!
I don't think the Wii is in CGQ's wheelhouse but I would love to watch a CGQ Wii launch video. The Wii takes "pick up and play" to a new level and I like that kind of thing from time to time.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! Wow! What a gift! Thank you!
These videos are so well put together and nostalgic. Really captures the era nicely. Awesome content. Wish more content was available. But appreciate what is available. Thank you
Love this guy, perfect voice for this kind of video. Always informative and entertaining
Wow this dives deeper than the Grand Canyon, wasn't expecting the whole history. This channel is quality!
This channel is just pure gold. Thank you for putting this together ❤
This is a great episode. Gonna watch it again.
These videos are So Excellent!!! These are my favorites on UA-cam. I really think these documentaries deserve to to called “ The Best” when it comes to this era of video gaming.
I was born in 1980... so my video game experience match what is shown in these videos.. this is my younger life... NES , then SNES, then PlayStation.... I didn’t own a Sega system until the Dreamcast... BUT the Sega Genesis was basically a huge part of my gaming world.
So much Respect for the Sega Genesis! So much Respect for CGQ !!
Huge Fan here that hopes you have an Excellent 2022 !!!!
I love this channel ❤️ if they posted a vid a day idk that I'd watch much else
Finally, something to pass the time while each stage loads in a Neo Geo CD game!
Awesome! Can't wait for the Nintendo one ;) Christmas came early
My favorite part is that this is "Vol. 1"
AKA: More great CGQ content to look forward to!
I LOVE THAT YOU MADE AN OMNIBUS!!
Quality over quantity and always something worth the time ❤️ thanks for all the good content this year CGQ!
Something about you saying “weekend rental” just sounds oh so right!!
your effort in research, and obviously presenting in a wonderful way helps us to take this beautiful trip down the memory lane.
Please keep making these wonderful treasures. Going now to become a supporter of CGQ on Patreon. Thank you!
Love everything on your channel, pure gaming nostalgia bliss. Watching and listening to your videos is the closest and most accurate feeling and hype as I experienced back in the day, your channel is a truly brilliant beautiful time capsule and makes it all seem as new as it was back then, you have captured the retro gamer perspective from the time perfectly!!
This is excellent. Definitely will be viewed over the Christmas break in full
Thank you for making this awesome collection of videos. I often find myself watching this when I am doing some mundane tasks such as washing the dishes. I particularly liked how you also took the effort to make new video transitions in between each of the original videos to make them more cohesive.
Perfect for long drives at work. GameSack did a similar thing and I'm thrilled with this right now.
would love if CGQ became the next "Dave" and Co hosted Game Sack as a guest.
Awesome man incredible work!!
another CGQ video! awesome !
I was a Sega and PlayStation fan back in the 90s!
Great Video!
Absolutely brilliant video . Thanks for taking the time as per usual.
Great stuff !!
Very informative video even though I know most of the story behind Sega.
Merry Christmas. I'm already looking forward to more content in the new year🙂
Quite like a full movie. SEGA is the best but possibly unforgettable.
Crazy that the Sega master video came out in 2016. Feels like yesterday I just got notified that the video dropped. Haha one of the best channels on UA-cam no doubt.
This would have taken quite some time to create, and as usual you've knocked it out the park! Great work! Really appreciate the time you've invested to create this episode, bravo! ❤️
WOOO ! Awesome ! Thanks Chris!
This is awesome work! Thanks for sharing this! It’s such an educational and nostalgic trip! I always enjoy hearing the history of how these wonderful consoles and games came to be!
I love your uploads, such great work.
Can't get enough of this channel. Re-watched every video 3 times.
I was a sega guy during the genesis days but I quickly went back to nintendo once the N64 hit. Although i did buy a dreamcast on the first day it came out and loved it.
That was awesome - umteenth time I have watched these episodes - great to have them in one video - thanks again for all your videos and happy holidays 🎄🎄🎄🎄😁😁
I love your videos and your style. At WE your content is often running in a endless loop on my tv, while iam programming stuff. And i often listen to your voice to fall asleep. Great stuff! thank you, keep it up.
Thanks! What's WE?
@@CGQuarterly WeekEnd. Hope you make more videos like this in future. But you covered so much stuff already, sure its hard to come up with new video ideas. Great content.
This video has one million mega power!
Excellent video ! Love to hear how different places in the world experienced the 80’s and 90’s . Brazil’s history with Sega during this time period is so interesting. Every time I visit there I am always looking around for master system and Megadrive stuff
Your content is outstanding sir. Such thorough history and excellent presentation, this is one of a few game history channels I enjoy like a syndicated series.
Slight desync in audio introducing the genesis/MD segment. Love the content! Keep up the great work!
Great video Chris, enjoyed these in this format
Hearing the first line just made me think of "remember the nineties?"
Another banger by CGQ!
If Sega ever makes another console again, they should do the Sega Neptune, followed by Sega Mars. Just so they can do consoles again, someday.
BTW< this is just a video of re-releasing CGQ's old Launch videos, from 2016 all the way until 2020.
Love your videos man!
SEGA is interesting and will come to watch again
As a sega fan boy, I appreciate the time and effort put into this video into sega's history. Thanks. I actually watched the almost 3 hour documentary in one sitting
This is great while playing the Sega Genesis mini. Thanks Chris 😊😊😊
My favorite Dreamcast games were sonic adventure, power stone, hydro thunder, ready 2 rumble boxing, resident evil 2, street fighter 3 double impact, marvel vs Capcom 2, WWF Royal Rumble, house of the dead 2, and grandia 2.
Tommy Lasorda ranting about Kurt Bevacqua is a different man than the loving grandpa in the commercials
Thank you for this documentary!
👏👏✊ thank you
Watched all of these multiple times before, but never in succession. Time for CGQ background vibes.
Ur videos are always informative and awesome thank u very much for ur content!!
Man I loved my sega master system. The memories!!!
wow wow wow the amount of information in this video is staggering. I could keep watching like no tomorrow. I gotta sub for this awesome channel.
Excellent video. Thank you.
master System is probably the most underrated/underappeciated console of all-time, at least in the US.
Your videos are very very very very very good. More launch videos please. And I hope you get a billion subs
Love the supercut.
Grande Cosmic Effect representando o Brasil!
Good stuff. Watched it all!
Hoping for more of these SuperCuts!
I said "whoa" out loud to myself when I heard that FM sound unit
I was all sega. Was hart broken when they stop making consoles. Great video, I learned a lot.
Much appreciated that you call it the American Video Game Crash, and not continuing the weird narrative that Nintendo saved gaming all over the world
This is a random comment but I’m looking forward to you next video! I know it takes a long time but it’s worth it, your content is great. Also hoping for a “Sega Saturn in 1995” video hehe.
There will be more content coming. Just took a little break from the show, but have been uploading to the side channel... Thanks for watching!
No offense (this is a great video), but you've got a few gaps here. For one thing, before the Saturn was launched, Kalinske actually got in touch with SGI and proposed a hardware platform based on their technology to Sega of Japan. SOJ of course rejected this and it apparently was Kalinske who suggested to SGI that Nintendo might be interested. Of course, that technology eventually turned into the Nintendo 64.
Second, there was the rumored hardware add-on cartridge for the Saturn that was supposed to have either shipped with VF3 on Saturn or been available separately for $99. Sega of Europe seemed to be the most vocal about this cartridge in both its existence and its potential release. Everything I've dug up about it suggests that VF3 either was or was not running on the cart at some point. Someone from Core Design actually claimed to have seen the hardware and seen something running on it, so I'm pretty sure it existed in some form. However, I have to go with what Yu Suzuki himself has said, which is that both VF3 and Shenmue for Saturn were running only on the base Saturn hardware. We've seen video of Shenmue Saturn and IMO it looks downright amazing for a Saturn game, I would have loved to have played it.
Likewise, from everything I can find, there were actually two versions of VF3 Saturn that were basically ready for retail that never made it to market (I am not sure if the first one used the hardware cart, but it seems likely that if VF3 ever DID use the cart, then it would have been this first version). At least one of them, the second one, would have been a technological masterpiece for the Saturn. Apparently Yu Suzuki really believed in the power of the Saturn and wanted nothing more than to give Saturn owners one final hurrah. And I believed he achieved this. However, Sega did not release the game as they were worried that it would compete with the "superior" Dreamcast port (which was handled by Genki... I mean, it's an alright game, but it was very late from the arcade release and Soul Calibur kinda blew it out of the water). Funny that they had no such concerns when releasing 3 different versions of Virtua Racing or 2 versions of Virtua Fighter. It's worth noting that this version probably would have shipped in 1998, meaning it was pretty late, but still a year before the (US) launch of the Dreamcast. Had I owned a Saturn back then, I would have bought both versions.
Having said all that, the question remains what the hardware inside the cart would have been (and my god, how complex would that have been to utilize given the already-complex Saturn architecture?). Next Generation mentioned Sega partnering with Lockheed on a scaled down version of their Real3D hardware which powered the Model 2. This would eventually be sold off to Intel and arrive in the form of the terrible Intel i740 graphics cards, but the basic concepts around the hardware sounds like it was essentially the same idea (maybe it would have worked better in a console, I'm not sure). There seems to have been a lot of speculation that the Real3D hardware was inside the add-on cart. But there's also some evidence to suggest that no, Sega was working with them for a Saturn successor. This was pretty early on, and Lockheed had a problem with delivering stuff on time, so I'm not sure how long this actually lasted. I'm not sure whether this was dead before or after Kalinske contacted SGI.
Sega had also been working with Nvidia using a follow-up to NV1 that might have used the SH-3 as its main CPU. Nvidia's hardware wasn't actually limited to quadratic polygons but could in fact do a lot of really cool stuff in addition to triangles, which resulted in curves that weren't otherwise possible on other 3D hardware. Optimus6128 (aka BugotheCat) has a demo video showing what kind of crazy capabilities were possible using NV1 here: ua-cam.com/video/Hi6lNEufBmQ/v-deo.html This follows what was said in an interview with ex-STI people who worked on Sonic X-treme and actually got to see the Nvidia hardware that was being worked on. According to them, it was like NV1 in its capabilities, but faster and more capable, and it seemed very promising, albeit it really wasn't doing 3D graphics in the same way the industry was starting to more towards, and Sega didn't share Nvidia's enthusiasm for quads, so they dropped it. This was most likely Nvidia's never-released NV2 hardware. Interesting to think how the future of graphics would have evolved had NV2 become the standard.
Then there's M2. Sega was apparently VERY close to buying M2 from 3DO to create a Saturn successor before they pulled out. There's plenty of evidence for this as well, as Sega did some demos on M2 hardware, which shows they were actually developing on it for some time before they chose not to use it.
As far as I know, all of this was well before 3dfx and Blackbelt. Sega was literally looking at EVERYTHING. There was an interview with a hardware engineer that I read recently (unfortunately I haven't been able to find it again, but I'm sure it's out there) where he casually references evaluating all of these different combinations of hardware and then some. It's amazing to me the amount of hardware that Sega was evaluating and even testing development for. Meanwhile their potential console hardware was equally insane: there was the Genesis/32X combo Neptune, the cartridge-only Saturn called Jupiter, the now famous Neptune, etc. I think people also don't understand that Sega was actively trying to develop a Saturn 2, that is a console successor to the Saturn that WAS NOT the Dreamcast. The M2 or Real3D hardware, for instance, would not have been released as the Dreamcast but as the Saturn 2 (whatever they would have called it) and would have arrived at least a year or two before Dreamcast.
Also, Hideki Sato has gone on record to explain why they chose Dural over Blackbelt. Essentially they were already on friendly terms with NEC and Hitachi and already knew the SuperH architecture from their work with it previously. Overall it was more favorable to Sega, and from a business perspective, I think that makes sense, especially at the time. However, as much as I love the Dreamcast and think it's great hardware, I think they chose the wrong path. 3dfx's 3D technology was superior in most respects and was already popular in arcade boards, that's how they grew their business. I think it could have drastically changed the fortunes of both companies had they partnered together on the Dreamcast hardware.
Sega truly failed because they were not only extremely innovative, but ahead of their time. They were also too willing to give gamers exactly what they wanted. Ask me, a SNES owner back in 1992 what I wanted more than anything, and I'd probably say "Sega CD or an equivalent for my Super NES!" A 32-bit add-on for my 16-bit console? YES PLEASE! What could possibly go wrong? Other than the fact that I couldn't afford those add-ons anyway. But I sure loved the concept of them. I was begging for Nintendo to release something awesome that would beef up the SNES. Genesis owners had it all, or at least I thought they did at the time, with all these awesome add-ons. Hell, even TG-16 owners had a CD add-on! I was missing out! Old, slow Nintendo just never delivered!
Obviously in hindsight that's not how the industry works. And with Sony getting involved, the game was stepped up immensely.
get a life
I wish I could go back in time and releave those moments when I first got my old master system
Awesome Video. I always wanted to know the story on why the Master System was so popular in Europe and South America. Now I know! I remember picking up my console with Phantasy Star...and that game at that time was $75 at launch! In the late 80's! Still one of the best RPG's ever made. Ahh the memories........
This videos are the perfect antidote to my anxiety.
Glad to hear it. I suffer from anxiety as well so I know how important that is. Take it easy!
I used to love playing Golden Axe at the local pizza shop.
Really great coverage on the Sega launches, They have been out of the hardware game for so long it really speaks volumes about the passionate Sega fanbase. I was mostly a Nintendo kid, but I gotta be honest. I was bitten by the Sega bug quite a few times!
Thank u!!!!
great vid, ty
brazil guy was my favorite
Eric is an awesome dude.
Ahh.. The Xbox, AKA "The Sega Dreamcast 2". One of my favorite, newer systems.
Ahh Sega.. we miss you. :P
i can confirm that blue stinger is the best game ever made.
33:18 - El Chapulin Colorado (Legendary TV Series known across all Spanish speaking and Portuguese Countries)
Was that Stephen Dorff as a sega kid
Awesome, thank you for creating such in depth content.
Please consider a similar video for Nintendo consoles
Regarding AeroWings, "Blue Impulse" is the Japanese Air Force aerobatic team.
Edit: Ah, sorry, upon further comment search, I see that bbfrankie has already shared the info.
SEGA! , I love SEGA
Being "yellow carded" in football is called being booked. Impress us Europeans with that one next time 😉
I’ll try to remember that for next time!
Recent sub, looking forward to this one
Blue Impulse were the JASDF demo team. I was stationed in Misawa in 93-95.
So like the Japanese version of the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds?
@@CGQuarterly yes sir!
at 13:17 there's an obvious typo on Super Tennis' price :)
21:21 So, Quickshot had a partnership with SEGA in Brazil, interesting. Here in Europe Quickshot was a very popular brand, but it was mostly associated with microcomputers (Commodore 64, Amiga, Amstrad, ecc...).
nice