The Forgotten Sega Arcade Games
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- While Sega has made some unforgettable games in the arcade, there are some that received little to no recognition at all. We look at some games here that many people don't know about, or haven't seen an update in so long, it has simply been forgotten.
A.B. Cop
Arabian Fight
Burning Rival
Cool Riders
D.D. Crew
Desert Breaker
Enduro Racer
Rail Chase
Sonic Boom
Strike Fighter
Time Scanner
Title Fight
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When I was 10 years old, I was an odd ball among my friends. Everyone I knew were hardcore NES fanatics. I could care less about Nintendo. When I went to the arcades, I knew there was a power and presence that could not be copied or hoped to be ported. It was SEGA's arcade hardware. I owned the Sega Master System, I was an outcast, however, I was a Sega fanatic because of what Sega did in the arcades. I always wanted to know what Sega hardware was. Why couldn't the home game systems and the most expensive computers couldn't port Sega's arcade hardware. It wasn't until I went to System-16's website that all the dots were finally connected.
In 1998, I witnessed Sega's Power Drift, in other words, Sega's Y-board. It took game systems over 10 years to be able to mimic this arcade hardware. In retrospect, when the 16-bit home systems (Sega Genesis, SNES, and forth) were released with the their Motorola 68000 CPU hardware, I knew, deep inside that it still couldn't mimic Sega's powerful hardware. I was right. While Sega's Y-board was technically 16-bit, it was pushing 32-bit level graphical output because the arcade hardware had 3 CPU's (Motorola 68000's running at 12.5 MHz with dedicated mother boards for graphics and sounds while the home system incorporated a SINGLE 68000 running at 7.8MHz). It wasn't until the Playstation-2 that Galaxy Force (Sega's Y-board) was released that game systems could finally produced Sega's arcade hardware from ten years prior.
For me, Sega was better than Disney or any other toy company in the world. They sparked a magic that no other company could. They were capable of anything. Sega will always have a special place in my heart. I always thought I was the only one that noticed this. So watching this video I now realize I wasn't the only one. Thank you, Sega Lord X. I just wish I knew other 11 year old kids that had that same spark.
I had (still have) the SMS, and while Nintendo had a lot of the great arcade licenses, Sega still had a damned good catalog, based on their own arcade hits, that I thought was great. Still think most games on the SMS trounced most of NES's offerings.
Yeah.... I was a Nintendo boy myself growing up. But uh.... there was just NO COMPARISSON between Nintendo games and The Arcades in those days. It's interesting that you mention SEGA arcade games, because those were the games I'd play at the mall in the giant arcade studios they had back then. Come to think of it.... SEGA games in the arcades back then were usually the ones I'd play. I had like.... ZERO knowledge of the video game community in those days outside of our NES, tv commercials, Kmart and KayBee, and the Arcade in the mall we'd go to.
It's cool to see the history and the community that arose back then now to which I had no idea even existed. I lived in a small cow town (back when we actually had cows on the farms) so a lot of what was "outside" just was absolutely either foreign and unknown to me. I do miss those days though. People weren't completely completely insane back then.... Lol
My god you sound like my echo!
Just wanted to say I love your videos; informative and chill. This particular video was really great; never heard of most of these, yet they look incredible. Thanks and keep up the great work.
Glad you enjoyed the video. :)
He's the greatest isn't he!!
So many of these would've been great on 32X. I do remember playing that Title Fight game a few times in the arcades.
I agree. I woulda killed for a Thunderblade and Golden Axe RoDA on the 32X.
I love so much the 32x, it had so much potential! Too bad Sega let it down.
Rail Chase literally made my jaw drop seeing it today on this video for the first time. I didn't spend much time in the arcade as a youngster. I was pretty much only gaming on home consoles. However, had I seen games like that back then I think it would have been a different story altogether.
Oh my word, I played A.B. Cop in the wild as a kid, in a Butlins in Pwllheli, Wales! This was about 1991/92. I never, ever saw it in any other arcade, and this video has explained why!
I realise this is a 3 year old video, but it’s reminded me of a game I forgot even existed!
Just recently “discovered” that I could use a DualShock 4 on Mame for all those racing games and am currently loving Sega’s back catalogue. Racing Hero is a particular favourite of mine. Desert Breaker is a good shout though, time to give it a go.
Man i love M.A.M.E. ive played so many great games i never even heard of on there.
MAME has preserved an entire generations worth of arcade gaming. It is invaluable.
I got more games than sense
Arabian fight on the Saturn could have been pretty awesome
I agree. 4 players too.
That was a nice little journey. I have really come to appreciate your casual and straightforward presentation.
You deserve a lot more subs, your channel is definitely one of the best game channels on UA-cam.
I agree Sega Lord X rules! I get much more enjoyment from his chill and informative presentation than obnoxious gamers who scream non-stop.
Not being a MAME player, most of these are 'new' to me. Great research and great vid. Keep it up! ;)
Thanks man. I really wanted to show that Sega did have some hidden games worth looking at in the arcades. Some of these Japanese only releases likely haven't been played by most in the west.
You're one of the best retro game UA-camrs. It's good that your channel is back!
Ah man I have been out of the UA-cam loop for awhile and then I stumbled upon your new channel! So good to see you back my man. Thanks to your old channel and videos I have since picked up a whole bunch of great Sega classics.
Really looking forward to seeing what other gems you find.
Glad to have you back as a subscriber. Thank you. :)
Thanks for covering these obscure games. Title Fight looks really cool. There's another called Last Survivor that looks neat, it's like an early third person deathmatch game with split screen.
Awww man I played Title Fight so much as a kid! They had a copy at River Falls Mall in Indiana when I was little. That place was THE BEST
Great list of games I've never played.
Thanks for another great video!
No problem. Glad you enjoyed it. :)
Man, this is what I love about your channel! Keep it up!
Thank you. Glad you like the content. :)
Sega made every single arcade game i love. Starting with Space Harrier in 1985 through to Rambo in 2008.
Sega kept popping out classic’s like The House Of The Dead and Star Wars Trilogy Arcade. Sega are arcade awesomeness
I like the intro. Just the "SEGA" and your logo is just perfect. 👍
I fell in love with that start up the second I heard it in the Japanese Astal. I had to use it as my intro. :)
There is something about it that's just magical, You hear it and you get this feeling/sensation that can't be explained!
Where does the voice saying "SEGA" come from? (I haven't heard it in Astal.)
There was one arcade in my city (Madras, India) that featured A.B.Cop. It featured a handlebar setup with a dedicated boost button. Good times.
Afterburner was in my hometown Handy Andy arcade room.
I ran the 4th floor arcade in Mall of America years ago and we had a Title Fight Machine. Those joysticks hurt your hands like Crazy but it was fun.
I actualy played AB Cop in the Netherlands .. back in 92 i was blown away..
Dude it's like you can read my mind. You seem to know the kind of games and content I want to play and watch. Thanks Sega Lord!
Desert breaker looks so dope.
No problem, man. Glad you liked it. And Desert Breaker is a good game. Try it out on MAME if you get the chance.
I also have a channel about SEGA (mine is in Portuguese and intended for a brazilian audience, though) where I like to talk about some obscure stuff too and I found this video to be very well made and informative. Glad to know someone else has a channel about my favorite video game company too. Great video, man! I'm subscribed!
Thanks. Appreciate the message. In a world of retro controlled by Nintendo fans, us Sega guys have a tough road in front of us.
I remember playing Cool Riders in an arcade when I was in holiday in the 90's, and loved it. I tried to look for a console version when I got back home. No wonder I couldn't find one! I MUST get MAME!
Of the games mentioned - Galloping Ghost Arcade in Chicago has Arbarian Nights and AB Cop.
So what’s the age restriction on that place? As someone under 21 who loves retro games, I’ve come to learn that all the good arcades with the really obscure games tend to be 21+
@@leroyvisiongames2294 There is no age restriction. It's all ages. There's no adult beverages served there - the age restricted places are Bar/BeerCades.
Unfortunelly, SEGA itself seems to have forgotten almost all of their arcade games. Year after year, we see Genesis/Mega Drive compilation being launched, but arcades (and all other Sega systems) seems to be left aside. Rad Mobile, Revenge of Death Adder, Alienstorm, and so much more...
I used to play all of these in the arcades here in the Philippines. ABCop was really fun.
I used to love playing enduro racer in the arcade with those handlebars!
Heck yeah. That was 75% of the experience in that game. Being able to simulate the feeling of having control of the bike was awesome.
For me, it was sega’s Jurassic Park cabinet that I have the most fond memories with. 🦖
I played Title Fight at Cedar Point theme part when I was a kid. I never found it anywhere else and forgot it existed.
Man I enjoyed Title Fight versus my brother, that was an unusual & cool game back then, the dual "fist" joysticks. I don't remember ANY of these others, so thank you for the education, now I'm off to find these on Mame!!
I enjoyed Title Fight multiplayer, myself. Having the opponent right next to you throwing punches was exciting. You could almost feel the punch coming.
Sega Lord X I don’t know why but I was always intimidated by title fighters huge fancy presentation for its time. I think I remember it looking a little like a Japanese Sega crane game, with the cabinet being painted white and the glove things having see through plastic almost brass knuckle looking things over the arcade sticks.
Title Fight was so awesome, one of my favorite movies is Blank Check and I remember Preston and Henry played it in one scene and I wanted to play it so badly when I was a kid.
Lucky on my 21st birthday when I went to Vegas, the Circus Circus hotel I was staying at had it(along with F Zero AX, Holy crap)
I was so pysched to play it.
Very informative! Some titles on here I did not know about. Another great video!
Thank you. I think a part 2 could be done as well, as I had an initial list of about 20 games.
There's one that is totally forgotten and that's POWER DRIFT. A go-kart arcade racer that drifts you when you steer left or right. In a Rollercoaster style setting the game was fun and soundtrack was really very good
It was a damn good game, too. The Saturn got a port of it, as well as the 3DS, Dreamcast, and PC Engine.
just found bank panic the other day cant get enough of it now
G-LoC 360. The most advanced Sega cabinet ever. I loved it
The one Sega arcade that I never hear anyone mention (and is painfully missing from any of the big arcade tours I've seen in recent years), is the R-360 version of g-loc, which for those who don't know had a fully rotational cockpit allowing for you spin upside down!
Best arcade experience ever!
It's really difficult to cover the R360 machines primarily because they are rare as hell and I have no way to actually show you the thing. I have only ever seen 2 in my entire life, and that was 20+ years ago. I can mention it and show flyers, but man does that do so little justice to the thing. if I ever find another, you can bet I'll get some video of it, though.
@@SegaLordX, ain't that the truth, I don't even remember seeing one in any clips from the Sega arcade in Japan! Cheers bud and really enjoying your vids, find out about a lot of Sega that I didn't know about, especially for saturn (really wasn't popular in the UK which is a surprise considering the amount of megadrives over here). I'm also surprised at how many so called Japanese exclusive arcade games that we had/have in old blighty. Some of my local arcades would have imports from time to time, generally in Japanese, but a lot of the bigger more mainstream type arcades would get machines like ab cop (I'm pretty sure I've seen that more than once). Also I'm sure I remember an enduro racer that had almost a full size dirt bike complete with wheels, though I may be tripping because there is a different bike game I remember that had a legit looking bike to sit on.
Cheers again mate.
G'day! Brian from "...Since Spacies" here. I have to say that even as a life time Sega Head I've not seen some of these in the wild. Fantastic work here. Subbed, belled liked. Looking forward to seeing more of your content!
Thanks, Brian. Appreciate the feedback. :)
We had an AB-Cop machine in our local arcade (Stockport - England). I had no idea it was rare
WOW some forgotten treasure's in there, Enduro Racer was cool back in the day, i seem to remember playing a stand up version, maybe a paperboy conversion kit? Arabian fight, and Title fight were cool as well. That outrunish type Racing Hero looks awesome as does Rail Chase. the Saturn missed out for sure on some of these, too bad. Great video!!!!
There was a stand up Enduro racer. Good memory.
I was sure a few of these would land on Saturn, myself. Had the system been more successful, they probably would have.
I played ab cop in an arcade in the family friendly center parcs in holland. It was an actual bike machine where ud sit on an rev the handlebars to pull of the extra boosts. So awesome
We had a Title Fight arcade unit at our local Cap'n Bogey's. It was awesome. It wasn't uncommon to break a sweat while duking it out with your friends, either.
Well Made. I remember 5 titles you explained, and well done. Keep up with the Best Subjects.
You are doing the Lord's Work! Best Channel on UA-cam! And I mean it!
I loved enduro racer in the arcades when you used to pull back the unit to do a wheelie, great back in the day!
Ah Enduro-Racer. That machine was in the arcades in Girvan amusements all those years ago
Title Fight had a crowd in the background, but MAME couldn't emulate it.
I've been fortunate enough to play Enduro Racer in the arcades when I was a kid. I had the Amstrad CPC version at home. But I've seen the arcade in a few places in the UK when I was a kid. You could pull back on the bike to perform a wheelie. It was so much fun.
One game that was not mention but I can understand why, is Time Traveler. The Hologram game was pretty impressive back then.
There are a TON here that I've never even heard of. I remember EGM talking about Arabian Fight when I was a kid and that stood out a lot, and both Strike Fighter & Cool Racers look fantastic. Sega keeps surprising me to this day.
I actually play A.B. Cop in an arcade just outside Chicago named Galloping Ghost arcade. Didn't know it was Japan exclusive to
Thanks for covering Cool Riders, that game deserves more recognition than it gets. It may be lacking in depth, but it's incredibly fun to just blast through some of the insanely wacky courses pulling off huge jumps and beating your rivals.
Maybe sometime you could cover Slipstream, a really cool System 32 game with an interesting mechanic. It's not actually made by Sega, Capcom did this one strangely enough (and only released it in South and Central American countries). It's still a very fun game.
That gives me an idea for a new episode. 3rd party games on Sega arcade hardware.
I know I’m one of the only people who actually liked digitized art in games but man it could be so cool with today’s tech the amount of animation they could put in say a new mortal kombat or killer instinct would be so cool
And Sonic Boom was not the only Sega Vertical shooter , in 1988 they also made Scramble Spirits, in 1991 Hammer Away, a helicopter based shooter in the same vein as Twin Cobra or Tiger Heli.
I never said it was the only vertical shooter. I said I wished Sega had tried again with Sonic Boom. I'm well aware of the other games.
I do remember Cool Ryder's In the arcade. I remember born to be wild playing as the loop song and having to sit on the bike.
It's an odd one. It sorta reminds me of Midways Cruis'n USA games. The digitized presentation being something Sega didn't do very often.
I see Desert Breaker and my very first thought is, "Saturn. Could have been awesome on the Saturn."
Same. Should have been a Sega Ages in Japan.
Wasn't aware of any of these. Would have loved to have played Arabian Fight. Sega really need to port these games.
"Title Fight " looks amazballs. You can apparently fight Val Kilmer
When someone used to ask me what side of the console war I was on my reply was always The Arcade Side
Great insight; also I don’t think your writing gets enough credit, always so cohesive and direct. Plus I nearly choked at “rare as rocking horse shit” lol
7:33 so that grasshopper type mecha was actually a minboss in Michael Jacksons Moonwalker arcade (round 3 stage 1)
Oh & A.B.Cop made its way over here in the U.K....only a few arcades had it tho. loved the throttle mechanic to enable the turbo boost!
Arabian Fight, I forgot this game exist! A local arcade in my city used to have this game, it was only 2 players cabinet tho..
GP Rider and Racing Hero are really good often forgotten Sega arcade racers and l especially love the music from the first stage in Racing Hero.Sega need to do a collection for these overlooked games,c'mon Sega for God's sake!
Lovely stuff yet again Segalord X ,l bow down before thee.
Definite considerations for a part 2. Glad you enjoyed the video. :)
Sega Lord X Cheers.
I remember playing title fight in the arcade. It looks quite a tactical game, but I just randomly mashed the controller back then.
Haha, I think most of us did. Title Fight reminded me of Virtual On in that way. You were completely out of your element at first, but a little understanding really made a difference.
I grew up with Title Fight as one of my faves! Whenever I saw it I would play it because it was semi rare around here
Great video! Sega had a lot of cool, oddball racers/skiing games in the '90s. I've never played Cool Riders or Enduro Racer in an arcade, but I've ran them in MAME with my little Thrustmaster Freestyler Bike wheel and it's pretty dang accurate once you adjust the emulator.
There's many other obscure games not in this video pretty worthy of mentioning - SEGA WaterSki, Ski Super G, Ski Champ, and maybe Harley-Davidson LA Riders (but to be fair, that game was fairly common when it was released). These games are sadly overlooked nowadays :\
I agree. I could easily do a part 2 to this.
AB Cop arcade games were very common in Malta for whatever reason...seen at least 4 in different places back in the day
"rare as rocking horse shyt in the wild" lmao that's good I'm using that one. :D
Amazing but crazy games reviews wow that's awesome
If you ever get a chance to play some of them, don't pass them up.
Sonic Boom also looks surprisingly similar to Konami's Flak Attack, one of my favourite shmups of that era. Oh and Rail Chase still looks so impressive. Amazing what SEGA did actually achieve with their Super Scaler tech.
Sega's Super Scaler boards never ceased to amaze me. The level of depth created with 2D images was truly impressive.
Enduro Racer just threw me back to being 7 years old and trying to play that shit in the game room at the campground my grandparents camped at
Memories like that make the hobby for me.
Sega put out a silly amount of arcade games, particularly in the 80's. I trawled through quite a few on MAME back in the day but only scratching the surface. Would love to see another installment in this series.
I definitely plan on it. Sega has a wealth of awesome arcade content.
Title Fight is so great!! I remember playing it at my local theme park’s arcade.
New sub. Great video. The only one I ever played was title fight at nickel nickel in Anaheim ca. Thanks for shedding light on the other obscure games. Good stuff.
I played AB Cop at a theme park arcade in Singapore 25 years ago xD
I played ab cop many times in the uk at a holiday camp probably around 1994 96 only ever seen it there had no idea it was rare as you say but I can count myself lucky to play it outside of japan
EnduroRacer was in the Girvan arcade for years near the harbour.
I ran into Title Fight when in 1999 when I was 13. I beat it twice tho. Not to boast, but I found it quite easy.
I love the intro to this video I subcribed as soon as I saw it. I LOVE SEGA
6:02 That's the strangest punch animation I have ever seen. Is he trying to punch God or something?
Man I Forgotten Cool Riders, such a good game. That takes me back. I used to go to a arcade in weston super mare (it's a seaside town in the UK) and I would always go straight the Cool Riders before anything else. Such a shame it never got a Saturn port.
Many of these Arcade titles made it into Europe... Been a SEGA fanboy from the age of about 5, playing the Arcades from the early to mid 80's through to the mid to late 90's.. back then every time I see a cabinet with SEGA on it I had to play it.. Sonic Boom was on Commodore 64, Spectrum and other 8 bit computers.. A few of them Arcade titles I missed. Do more Arcade ports so I know if I missed stuff back in the day.
Great video. D.d. crew had potential. I beat it on mame back in the day and I couldn't wait till it was over.
"Rare as rocking horse shit" is the phrase itself; I have heard that two, maybe three times in my life.
My boss utters it regularly. English bloke.
It’s a common U.K. saying, but it’s actually hilarious that I grew up here and due to the northern accent I always (for 36 years) thought it was “rare as a rock in horse shit” 😂😂😂 it took a Brit to tell an American to tell a Brit the correct saying
That's crazy, I've never heard of any of these games at all.
Most haven't. I wish Sega would release them again so more would.
Awesome compilation of titles i really enjoy this video!
Excellent video. You do such a nice job with all of them.
You should have mentioned FlashGal and Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom. The latter was ported to like every home computer in existence but the arcade version is relatively obscure despite featuring great sprite scaling for 1982, rivaled only by the sprite scaling in Namco’s Pole Position. As for FlashGal, that game never got a single home port or official release even to this day, and from what I can tell SEGA doesn’t even know that game exists anymore. That’s a shame, because it’s one of the earliest games to feature a human female lead character and a mix of multiple game genres, and the graphics are very bright and colorful and look like they would have transitioned well to the Master System.
The reason the games are hard is because arcade operators tend to set it at high difficulty level.
You can just go to DIP switch/service menu and change to easy, don't need Sega to specifically re-release an easier version.
My local arcade actually still has a few Cool Riders in it from like 20 years ago, but they've been poorly maintained, the steering is way off and if you stick your fingers in the coin reject, you get an electric shock, haha!
We have an arcade here like that. They have a few great Sega arcade games but they are in various states of disrepair. It's hard seeing them like that.
Totally gon a fire up Mame and have a go at some of these hidden gems. Thanks for hunting out the gold.
No problem. Glad you appreciated the video. :)
glad to see you back mate
Thanks. Appreciate that. :)
A.B cop was Japan only? I used to play it in the early 90s at a community club in the UK. It was in a dedicated cab. kids got pretty good at it, we would take turns and keep the credits going. it was the first arcade game i ever saw the end credits on.
"rare as rocking horse shit" I like that a lot.
if i could play any game ever itd be all the unreleased sega arcade ones
Title Fight should have contended with Super Punch Out throw in an few extra fighters and an home port would have been made
UA-cam is weird. Im here thinking that you just stopped uploading videos and little did I know. You were suddenly unsubscribed for some odd reason. I'm glad to be able to see your content again. I clicked on the bell icon too.
Thanks man. Appreciate that. :)
12:53secs - Damn! That sure looks like fun! I didn't know that G-Loc 2 existed! Man, I'm loving that badass Sega good loving music too.