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Any chance of a Neon Genesis Evangelion review? Would appreciate it as it's my favorite anime of all times next to Armored Trooper VOTOMS.

This game is so much superior to FFVII, especially for the storytelling and world-building. FFVII is still a good game, but Panzer Dragoon Saga is just so much more ambitious. Come to think of it, I'd say were it not for Xenogears, the Panzer Dragoon series would've been my favorite game of all times.

13:46 looks like Akira has fists during win animation but has plain cubes during gameplay, I don’t quite get it

Saturn the arcade goddess with the neo geo being the arcade god!🙏

I gave this one a thumbs up solely for you saying "a real fucking pain in the ass" without censoring it. In fact, I think that deserves a sub.

I keep replaying @8:10 this match. I have never played VF, my favorite fighting games are 3rd Strike, MvC, SFEX2/3..I play Tekken..But this match, especially round 3 made my jaw drop! The way the camera moves, the stage depth, but the way Sarah dodged @9:08 and did that kick, every thing from there, that clothesline, then the fucking SUPLEX, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I could only imagine the complexity to the controls to do this kind of fighting. It seems so realistic and dynamic.

I think Gabriel knight 2 the beast within was the greatest of all time when it comes to FMV games

You get to see Kowloon in game form before they demolished it IRL.

I disagree fighting games do need some semblance of a narrative I agree that they don’t need something on the level The Silmarillion but they need something. Also now that I think of it I kinda want to see a Tolkien based fighting game even if it’s shit. Especially if it’s shit

*moon physics*

Great video. Brings me back to the days where VF was complete sci-fi and just so ahead of the game, that it was practically unbelievable. I also had those reactions with big hits, where I almost felt it. And I agree that the weight and impact of the movements in VF1 are unique. Super observations. Good job!

I always preferred the first two series for the same reason, the bleakness and emptiness really appealed to me. That being said Marooned is one of my all time favourite episodes as I think it captured that vibe too (and when the show’s best stuff is Lister/Rimmer back and forths and entire episode just about that is going to be golden).

This video deserves wayyyy more views.

Higher quality capture (and a much better playthrough) available here: ruclips.net/video/fxbCD-1safg/видео.html

Higher quality capture of VF3 available here: ruclips.net/video/hMFZ_bcexTI/видео.html

So this video is supposed to be the real arcade hardware but the video quality even at 1080p looks worse then most 480p videos of the same game.

Damn you almost beat Dural man 😭😭😭

Any chance of covering Shenmue 3?

Is that Malcolm McLaren doing the voiceover on the Dreamcast ad?

The detail blew me away on the Dreamcast. The fact that in Ryu’s house you could look in every drawer or cupboard and inspect all items was amazing. I loved the slow pace which allowed you to soak up the atmosphere.

Do you think the Dreamcast era, say 2000, is the first time home consoles truly caught up with the arcade?

Excellent video - really enjoyed it - echoes my experience. I find this game has become my favourite videogame over time - I think about it more than any other - it really lingers in the mind. I listen to the music regularly. Found my copy in Gamestation in Doncaster in about 2003/4 for £70. As a holy grail of Saturn collecting back in the 2000s (and now to an extent) there was an air of mystery, intrigue and expectation around the game - obtaining a copy was something really special. I would agree that the game is a masterpiece within the medium and think that the process of tracking a copy down enhanced my experience. It felt like real treasure hunting with a genuine big reward for your efforts. The story around its development is astonishing - such incredible art from such a tortured process. Stands as a true testament to the developers and the Sega of old. The price now is unfortunate - I would hope that many folks could find a different way to play it so they can also experience it. I think some would not enjoy it, some would enjoy it and for a few it would be transformative, as only the best pieces of media can be. I've subscribed - look forward to seeing more videos in the future.

can you do a new vf1 video with the demo?

The design of Dural was such a fucking flex :)

Is the music playing during the game you are showing at the time from the actual game or do you add other music to it as well? Thank you

I remember how I excited was when VF3 arcade got announced and checked out the screenshots and videos. and then I bought VF3tb for Dreamcast......immediately felt like "wait a second......"

Dreamcast was amazing, though! I spent north of $450 on 9/9/99. I bought it at a Toys R Us in Chicago.

“It’s really smooth, I didn’t see any errors!” 😅

Streets of rage remake best

Not sure if spiderman vs kingpin + xmen game counts as a beat em ups? perhaps the hulk (you're not missing out by including it lol), great vid as usual 👍

I’ll always have fond memories of Batman Forever (yes I bought it). At the time pre-rendered graphics were in vogue and i stupidly succumbed to the hype. Plus it was co-op. Anyway I remember my younger brothers came to blows over this game, arguing over ‘stolen’ health. ‘That was my health’, ‘it dropped on my head’ . It still gets bought up now, some thirty years later. The Megadrive was THE machine for scrolling beat em ups.

Excellent list that I broadly agree with, am glad that you didn't try to give some bizarre number one like some lists like to do. Played most of these over the years but you mentioned a few gems I hadn't heard of before (sailor moon). Always wondered how SOR hasn't been made into a film, it has it all, style, characters, music! Oh and I don't think it was here on your list but Dragon the Bruce Lee story was a so so beat em up, decent graphics but clunky gameplay. Anyway great narration and insight., oh and I too can remember half of the damn scores games received in Megatech thirty years later! Can't remember my own postcode though!!!

1997 - FFVII (psx) 1998 - Ocarina of Time (n64) 1999 - Shenmue (dreamcast) I struggle to think of an equivalent 3 years of console defining masterpieces. At the same time they are leap fowards in complexity and hardware technology. This relates to the comment you made around 53-54 mins. Modern gaming has just not got that awesome (in the literal sense of the word) quality anymore. As you say, modern consoles are just like PC upgrades now with proprietary operating systems. Maybe I'm getting old but I can barely tell the difference between the PS4 and the PS5 outside of the obvious increase to 4K. I wonder what the experience is like for a teenager these days who has lived through the PS4 to PS5 era. Is there the same shock of the new? My suspicious is no, the Ballardian death of affect is everywhere. One final thing I've noticed as well is that the gap left for the imagination with early 3d graphics was immense. This may be down to my youth at the time but with today's photo realistic graphics and over saturated use of cinematic cut scenes there is little left to the imagination. Playing games in the PS1/N64/Saturn era I'd argue helped stimulate the imagination rather than replace it.

Aah how beautiful this era was. It truly felt like the future was invading the present and the young were posituined to inherit the world.

For me I only remember Streets of Rage, it was like Goldeneye for the Megadrive, the only game anyone wanted to play when friends came round. I wish I had more nostalgia for this era, but it wasn't until 3D where I became really interested in gaming, I think it was being able to see the technological advancement is what excited me most...... Which is why I'm so bored of gaming today as it feels like it has mostly stopped. What's weird is areas I thought we'd advance in like AI (character AI, not the fluff word it is today) and physics just haven't happened. I'd thought polygons would have been a thing of the past and everything would be made from materials and that characters would have their daily lives and AI smart enough to think for themselves. Instead we're essentially making the same games that existed 20 years ago :/

It's an amazing looking game. However, I consider Playstation's Sould Edge to play in the same league. Yes, I know it's an unpopular opinion, but it had fully 3D somewhat rich backdrops, which no Saturn game was able to achieve.

Wow. Phenomenal video. Best I've seen on Shenmue all these long cuts and personal musings really encapsulate the experience of playing this game in those halcyon days. Pack of dog eared King skins in the last remnants of the analogue era. Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was heaven!

Sega Rally is still my all time favourite racing game even in these days of 4K simrig extravaganzas. Game over yeeeeeah!

Love everything about your Mega Drive videos, amazing effort and quality - nice one dude keep them coming.

Muel, I've got a Megadrive question! I've got a PAL Megadrive 2 in my loft that's been sitting there for years. Worth modding or should I hoof it to CeX and try and get a Megadrive 1 instead? I've heard the sound chips are better on the first revision.

I'm also on the camp that likes SoR3 music. I didn't at the time, but now it's my favorite of them.

Man, Cyborg Justice is one of my favorite bad games. It's incredibly repetitive, but I really do love the depth of the combat. You can pull the enemies' arms mid combat. You you defeat an enemy you can kick their legs before they explore, and they prop back up for a few seconds, which you can then snap a torso on and make them live for a little longer. It's insane!

I just started watching this and must say I love it already. It's funny and dumb, and I wanted you to know the fart sound at 3:00 earned you a subscriber.

We need to create Dreamcast 2 aka Dream quest

Great video, keep em coming. Mega Drive was peak gaming. I love some of the experimentation that occured in the PS1/N64 era (and at least until PS2) but for pure unadulterated gameplay it is hard to beat this era. Modern games have sort of lost their identity for the most part, they have leaned too far into interactive movies which i think is a mistep for the medium. What are games afterall but their gameplay.

Another excellent video, as always- really impressive stuff with a lot of effort on show- bravo! I did my part and made a thread on Resetera promoting your wares- more people need to see your stuff! However, I can’t help but feel like you did Maximum Carnage the dirty…Lumping it with Separation Anxiety, and placing it so low makes me sad. As you say it looks great, but it’s got tonnes of moves and variety, variety in levels, branching paths and different levels depending on the character you pick, summons like Golden Axe- the whole shebang. The only complaint to me is its rock solid difficulty, and lack of two player mode. Ironically, it’s semi-sequel Separation Anxiety adds those things but makes a much worse game with it- though at a glance the game kinda “feels” the same initially- so I understand the placing of them together. Horses for courses and all that. Worth giving Maximum Carnage a second look though :) Keep it up bud, love your content!

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Wow, this might be the worst gameplay footage I've ever seen. First time playing a Genesis game? Or any game for that matter?

I really like the quality of the video game capture you make. Very good scanline effects that really show how games looked back then. It's a pleasure to watch. :)

Of course Streets of Rage 2 is the number 1. It's not just the best beat em up on the Mega Drive, it may well be the best GAME on the console. Would really love to play Paprium at some point, despite the controversies and the maker's desire to have as few people in the world play it