Labyrinth sounds like good idea in your head, it could have worked better but the execution wasn't that great and people couldnt get past the fact sonic was so slow
...Y'know something horrible i just realized? Sonic 2's false ending...When you look up into the sky...and you see a vision of Tails... One of the stars looks like a bullet hole. Make of that what you will.
Nowadays, people talk about the Game Gear like it was some kind of failure. And it's true that the Game Boy outsold it. But here's a little secret nobody tells you about: us kids back then who had Game Boys were SUPER jealous of the kids who actually had a Game Gear. Remember, back then, graphics were EVERYTHING, so the bright colors of the Game Gear looked so amazing to us. But it was pricey. And our parents had already gotten us a "portable game thingy." But kids who had Game Gear? Yeah, they were the shit.
@@malvessidrums I was never jealous. A friend of mine had a game gear, and this thing sucked 6 batteries in 4 hours, while everybody else in our group was playing game boy all night (under the street light XD), having tournaments n stuff. So in the end, this one friend got a game boy as well and sold his game gear.
Not really. I had seen people with a Game Gear, but much like the genesis at the time I did not see a single game I wanted to play for it. These days I can look back and see quite a few interesting games I want to try out, but at the time there was nothing the GG offered that my trusty game boy didn't offer better.
I had a Game Boy growing up, whereas my best friend in school had a Game Gear. It's true the Game Gear had awesome graphics, but apart from the Sonic games, and maybe Streets of Rage, I didn't really care for the games. So no, I wasn't really jealous of him (until he got an SNES with Street Fighter II, that is)
I swear the first boss of Sonic 2 on the GameGear is next to impossible on the actual system. The screen blur makes it almost impossible to ever see the tiny balls.
It's really easy on the Master System. You have way more room to see what's coming, AND the balls all bounce at the same low height. The Game Gear's low resolution gives you MUCH less time to react, and for some reason they added variable bouncing.
In Tails Adventure, he actually uses real bombs from the start, and upgrades to shit like napalm and mini nukes Tails does NOT fuck around when he's by himself. He actually killed bird people. Not defeated, not taken prisoner, not arrested, _killed_ Who'd have thought Sonic was the moral beacon for Tails?
Sleeps are for squares and chumps. Johnny as well as the great Clement action is what's most important for the world to see no matter how late it gets even if you have to stay awake till morning.
Well in the instruction manual he did send a ransom note to Sonic saying that Sonic must give him the Chaos Emeralds if he wants his buddy Tails back. So if Sonic fell in the lava and died, then the ransom is meaningless...
Sonic never killed robotnik in both sonic 1's so he was probably being nice. Have you seen how many times Sonic could've killed eggman right then and there in the Sonic series?
It's kind of a shame that Johnny didn't mention the soundtrack to these games (least of all the fact that Green Hills Zone in Sonic 2 would later become Sonic CD's Japanese Intro Theme; I guess that is fairly common knowledge, though); they really do hold their own, and in fact I actually prefer Sonic 1 MS/GG's rendition of both Labyrinth and Scrap Brain Zone to that of the Mega Drive version.
They certainly are good tracks. It would have been nice if some of those 8-bit games were represented in the handheld version of Sonic Generations so that we could listen to them with modern instrumentation.
I'm surprised you didn't say anything about Green Hills Zone's music basically being an 8 bit rendition of Toot Toot Sonic Warrior. And that this game debuted _before_ Sonic CD.
Honestly this is one of the funniest videos you have ever made man. Like honestly it had me so weak when you said that tails died. Realizing that as a kid and knowing how badly you screwed up. Your reaction is priceless
Johnny, I've been enjoying your work for a long time... but HOW _DARE_ YOU DISPARAGE MY BELOVED BRIDGE ZONE. I just don't know how I can respect your opinions as a video game critic from here on.
The one thing I've always hated, in every Classic Sonic game I've ever played, is mandatory no-ring challenges: Final Zone in Sonic 1, Death Egg Zone in Sonic 2, the Death Egg Robot in Sonic 3&K if you fail your first try as Sonic or Tails, EVERY ACT 3 of 8-Bit Sonic 1 and 2... I HATE having to do no-damage runs. Always have, always will. Those are probably the main reason why I rarely go back to Classic Sonic nowadays, despite having been a big fan of Sonic in my childhood (even my favorite, Sonic 3 & Knuckles). I usually go for Mega Man or Metroidvania games when I feel like platforming.
+SomecallmeJohnny fair enough and I had fun with triple trouble.. Personally, anticipating that Sonic Pocket Adventure review myself, that game needs more love.
6:56 Actually Johnny a company that goes by the name of Ancient were responsible for developing this game and porting it not Sonic Team. Afterwards a company known as Aspect developed most Gamegear Sonic titles.
John's reaction to Tails death was priceless! Personally I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that Tails is dead, but I can see why he would think that. Its kind of like with Rayman Raving Rabbids which also ends with a cliffhanger. (although in that game that is the only ending you get which is just Rayman failing to save the Baby Globoxs)
Don't forget the PS2 _Sonic Mega Collection Plus_, where you start with the first three, _3D Blast_, and a handful of the Game Gear games. It was fun unlocking games, like _Ristar_ which turned out being one of my favourites on the collection.
You finally combine your personal issues with explaining the game design, what a rare treat~ and you somehow don't ramble about your personal experience when you talk about it... applauded.
1 is bland and 3 just sucks in all ways. Older people like 1 because it was the first one and younger people like 3 because of furry on furry action. 2 is lightyears ahead of both.
Corrections: 1) The hardware cannot handle loops. Later GG titles have loops, but they're scripted events with no physics involved. 2) The Sonic Team did not make these.
@@DumbBunny5328 No, they don't. If you let go while upside down, he doesn't fall out of the loop. The speed at which you enter it doesn't change whether you hold a button or not. If you enter it slowly then let go, you still don't roll back the other way. Come on, dude. Don't spread misinformation.
Sonic 1 & 2 on the Master System were the very first games I ever played, apart from Alex Kidd, and I loved them. The screen resolution makes all the difference though, I found the Game Gear versions basically unplayable. It's beyond me why they thought it was a good idea to port the Game Gear versions to Sonic Mega Collection instead of the Master System versions.
darcyzscarecrow you had sonic 1 and 2 on master system where you from? I'm American the original Nintendo out sold master system 10 to 1. so we didn't get to see the sonic on master system. genesis took off like a rocket here and gave super Nintendo a run for their money.
Thomas Reagan Probably an European, Australian or a Brazilian, there are many PAL and Brazilian exclusive Master System games like Mortal Kombat 3, Street Fighter 2, Land of Ilusion, etc.
Thomas Reagan Also in Brazil is like the universe that Sega outsold Nintendo by a large amount, the Master System sold about 5 million and the Mega Drive sold about 3 million (remember that Brazil is a third world country, videogames, especially back in the day were super expensives) the NES and SNES together didnt seld more than 1 million here.
Sonic 2 on Game Gear... FUCK THIS GAME. It was one of the first games I've owned, and GODDAMN THIS ANTLION!! If the bane of Johnny's Sonic life is the Slicers, Mine is the GODDAMN ANTLION!
Skizzy Sage One of. And even still, that damn antlion made me give up the game entirely. Plus, it was the Game gear version, which was Screen crunch central, I swear. And I agree about the handglider: How is it even controlled? I just mashed buttons randomly as a kid, and SOMEHOW got the Sky High Zone Chaos Emerald with the Handglider once. I think, my recollection is fuzzy at best.
My first gaming experience was Sonic 2 on the Master System! :) I was really young, so couldn't get past the first boss - I had to ask my brother to pass it for me. I remember vividly seeing him play Sky High Zone. I also remember being confused as to why the controller had two buttons,when both did the same thing. Thanks for talking about it, specially since it seems so overshadowed compared to the inferior Game Gear version. It brought back great memories!
As someone that owns one. Yes, it is literally a Genesis shoved into a 'small' container with a screen, a screen out port, and a second controller port.
My parents had a distraught, weeping child on their hands the day I failed to find all the emeralds in Sonic 2. The 8-bit music playing over the credits was like a corkscrew to my heart. WHY, SEGA?
Green Hills Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) is actually an early version of Sonic CD's Japanese Theme, "You can do Anything/ Toot Toot Sonic Warrior" and I love it!
To anyone wanting to play these games nowadays, I highly reccommend the SMS remakes of Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 by Creative Araya, from-the-ground-up remakes that make the level design better, put the chaos emeralds in special stages where they belong and adding super forms, more playable characters, more stages, the remakes are really the definitive versions of these games. And they're fanmade! I really love this fandom sometimes.
I'm so glad you're getting to the handheld games because even though they start off a little rocky, they get absolutely fantastic once we get to the GBA
The worst part is, they never released the MS versions anywhere else, same for Chaos and Blast. Which is a shame since those are obviously the best versions.
8-bit Sonic 2 on the Sega Master System II was my first-ever video game. Plus I can finish the first level of Sonic 1 in 24 seconds. Also thank you so much for this. I'm in agony at the moment from a car crash and this makes me feel so much better.
Thanks for uploading this at 10 Johnny. I have to choose between a good night's sleep or potentially risking me becoming enticed in these videos and watching them all night ... ok the decision is obvious.
True Pride You went out of your way to hammer in that this review is for the handhelds only despite the fact that Johnny also discussed the console versions of the games in the video (which I pointed out), then you went and repeated yourself for like the fiftieth fucking time. As for your question, I already said its a game he hasn't covered yet. I think you have difficulty with comprehension
3:10 Yeah...this sentence is only valid for a few more months til March hits, then no more Wii Points can be added to the Wii Shop; so get these two along with Sonic Chaos while you can.
my childhood right there! remember playing these two games mainly at my grans house late at night when I was about 7 or 8 both for the master system. these two sonic games were most memorable in my eyes cause at the time I didn't realize there was another version of sonic 1 and 2, (genesis). happy memories.
Sonic 2 for Master System is my childhood. I'm not a fan of Sonic, but this game is one of my most favorite games. Played the crap out of as a kid, always had so many lives because of all the rings I collected. And a first game I finished 'till the end (Also I totally feel ya, for that ending). So awesome... You win this time Johnny, I'm subscribing.
Skizzy Sage You unlock one for every 20 Emblems you collect. Adventure DX is also the only collection I'm aware of that has all twelve Game Gear Sonic games; Mega Collection Plus only has six.
Like here in the UK, Brazil had all of the Master System Sonic games (1, 2, Chaos, DRMBM, and Spinball); Brazil, most likely as a result of not having the Game Gear games, also got a Master System port of Sonic Blast too. In the case of Sonic Triple Trouble and Sonic Drift Racing (SD2), we Master System gamers have Sonic Retro's unofficial port section.
Sonic triple Trouble and Sonic Drift 2 were port for Master System in Brazil but this port is new and exclusive to master system portable(it's a plug and play) www.tectoy.com.br/master-system-portatil-amarelo-msp-30-jogos-tectoy/p/995020340825
You have four trigger words for sonic 2 8-bit? I'm sure most people only have one Antlion. I'm surprised you didn't mention that you don't get rings for antlion and the other bosses Final boss, somewhat acceptable Every boss, fuck them all, fuck em even more on the Game Gear,
There's a lot more than just that to say about them. For instance the history of them, in Europe and Brazil particularly, being insanely popular. The master system beat the NES in these regions, and so for a huge number of people, they grew up with the slower more platforming based 8 bit sonic games. As well as Alex Kidd obviously. American RUclips gaming channels don't talk about this enough, it's all about the NES to them, which is fair enough because they don't know, but there's a lot of good British channels that do talk about the history of the master system and how big the 8 bit sonic games were. They weren't just weird ports of the mega drive games, they were their own thing, and they're great in their own different way
Still don't know why, but I always come back to this video for the line "I can't process all this blast" (4:29). I can't point exactly why, but I love that line.
There's pretty much ZERO reason to play the game gear versions of these games now except curiousity. Hated portable sonic 2 with a passion! Most people don't even get past the first boss due largely to that infamious screen crunch. Also fun fact: trying to cheat on sonic 2 doesn't get you the good ending either! The game knows... D;
Giordan Diodato never said it was bad GG sonic 1 was actually my first sonic game, but is there any point to play it with the master system version around?
Bridge Zone being sampled for Janet Jackson's song 'Together Again' blew my mind when it was first released. This Sonic 1 game was my first Sonic game and hearing how she sampled the song was my first geek out moment. In the 90s you were lucky to hear of any celebrity having anything to do with gaming.
"I can't process all this blast"- SomeCallMeJohnny 2016
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that 666 Longplay =_=()
should of known better
DriftingMemer this should be on a goddamn t shirt lol
Labyrinth sounds like good idea in your head, it could have worked better but the execution wasn't that great and people couldnt get past the fact sonic was so slow
...Y'know something horrible i just realized? Sonic 2's false ending...When you look up into the sky...and you see a vision of Tails...
One of the stars looks like a bullet hole.
Make of that what you will.
Shift Fire holy shit, I never noticed that. That's fucked up
Shift Fire yo that’s fucked
Dang! That's pretty fucked up, and really dark. Now I have this quote in my mind:
"You know, for kids!"
See, when I first read this, I was like “Eh, they’re probably just reading into shit too much”
Then I saw the image
And now I’m not so sure
Oh, fuck! You're right! It's right at Tail's temple. And it is very distinctively lit up like "Look HERE. Tails got shot HERE." That is mortifying.
This video's not going anywhere. Get back to studying.
SomecallmeJohnny Sh1t, he knows.....
SomecallmeJohnny I got time have to write a research paper
review GTA and the JoJo games.
HE'S A F***ING PSYCHIC OR SOMETHING BURN THE WITCH
I already watched it
3 fast 5 u
"I can't process all this blast."
Johnny, you never cease to impress me...
Nowadays, people talk about the Game Gear like it was some kind of failure. And it's true that the Game Boy outsold it. But here's a little secret nobody tells you about: us kids back then who had Game Boys were SUPER jealous of the kids who actually had a Game Gear. Remember, back then, graphics were EVERYTHING, so the bright colors of the Game Gear looked so amazing to us. But it was pricey. And our parents had already gotten us a "portable game thingy." But kids who had Game Gear? Yeah, they were the shit.
I had both, both were really shit. Hehehe
@@malvessidrums I was never jealous. A friend of mine had a game gear, and this thing sucked 6 batteries in 4 hours, while everybody else in our group was playing game boy all night (under the street light XD), having tournaments n stuff. So in the end, this one friend got a game boy as well and sold his game gear.
Not really. I had seen people with a Game Gear, but much like the genesis at the time I did not see a single game I wanted to play for it. These days I can look back and see quite a few interesting games I want to try out, but at the time there was nothing the GG offered that my trusty game boy didn't offer better.
The game gear is awesome so is the GAMEBOY
I had a Game Boy growing up, whereas my best friend in school had a Game Gear. It's true the Game Gear had awesome graphics, but apart from the Sonic games, and maybe Streets of Rage, I didn't really care for the games. So no, I wasn't really jealous of him (until he got an SNES with Street Fighter II, that is)
"I can't process all of this blast."
-Somecallmejohnny 2016
destroyerofcomedy AHAHAHAHA
destroyerofcomedy i loled that comment
I swear the first boss of Sonic 2 on the GameGear is next to impossible on the actual system. The screen blur makes it almost impossible to ever see the tiny balls.
Screw the Antlion. I've had access to the boss through Sonic Adventure DX for years now and I still haven't beat it.
It's really easy on the Master System. You have way more room to see what's coming, AND the balls all bounce at the same low height. The Game Gear's low resolution gives you MUCH less time to react, and for some reason they added variable bouncing.
Okay, I never want to hear about Eggman's tiny balls.
not only that but why the fuck wasn't there any rings for the boss fights???
I agree, goomba. The first boss is a evil one! I cant stand it!!!
"How do you feel about...explosive devices?"
Made of rings? lol
@Umbreon25100 YESSSSSSSSSSS
Or maybe tails adventure
I never got that for the record. Bombs, sure. Bombs that throw fake rings around? Why.
How about napalms?
In Tails Adventure, he actually uses real bombs from the start, and upgrades to shit like napalm and mini nukes
Tails does NOT fuck around when he's by himself. He actually killed bird people. Not defeated, not taken prisoner, not arrested, _killed_
Who'd have thought Sonic was the moral beacon for Tails?
Well I was going to get some sleep, but fuck it. JOHNNY TIME!!!
Johnny and Sonic are WAY MORE important to sleep!
8-BitBreaker64 whenever I try to sleep, someone uploads a video and then I start watching more and accidentally stay up until 2 am.
You thought you have to sleep? *TOO BAD JOHNNY TIME!*
Sleeps are for squares and chumps. Johnny as well as the great Clement action is what's most important for the world to see no matter how late it gets even if you have to stay awake till morning.
Me too when i saw this last night, but SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK!!!
I still can't believe that robotnik saving sonic.
Well in the instruction manual he did send a ransom note to Sonic saying that Sonic must give him the Chaos Emeralds if he wants his buddy Tails back. So if Sonic fell in the lava and died, then the ransom is meaningless...
"If you're gonna die, then at least die from my creations! (It's good for the press)"
He wants Sonic to suffer instead of dying in lava.
UltraMaster2O1 Studios "suffer instead of dying in lava"
DYING IN LAVA IS SUFFERING
Sonic never killed robotnik in both sonic 1's so he was probably being nice. Have you seen how many times Sonic could've killed eggman right then and there in the Sonic series?
I'm just excited for Sonic Blast because it's obviously the best Sonic game.
Still better then Sonic Genesis or Labyrinth.
Guilty pleasure...
av4d Lol nice use of sarcasm
Labyrinth is playable it's just everything that Sonic shouldn't be.
specially the brazillian tectoy master system port of then(managed to be worst than the original)
John: "and to my knowledge, Sega's *only* handheld."
Also John: *literally mentions the Sega Nomad by name*
The Nomad is just a handheld Genesis.
@@Rabbitlord108 yes, and? You just called it a handheld
It's kind of a shame that Johnny didn't mention the soundtrack to these games (least of all the fact that Green Hills Zone in Sonic 2 would later become Sonic CD's Japanese Intro Theme; I guess that is fairly common knowledge, though); they really do hold their own, and in fact I actually prefer Sonic 1 MS/GG's rendition of both Labyrinth and Scrap Brain Zone to that of the Mega Drive version.
The music of Sonic 1 8 bit is by Yuzo Koshiro, the composer behind Streets of Rage and Actraiser.
They certainly are good tracks. It would have been nice if some of those 8-bit games were represented in the handheld version of Sonic Generations so that we could listen to them with modern instrumentation.
It's also worth noting that some of Bridge Zone's composition was used for Tails's theme in Sonic Adventure.
When I saw auto scrolling in sonic forces I honestly got pissed.
1:00 Glad to know someone other than me loves Back to Back from Sonic Rush.
Dan Nick if there was a soundtrack to define the Sonic Handhelds, it would be Rush hands down.
I'm pretty sure everyone that knows of the rush games likes back to back ngl
I'm surprised you didn't say anything about Green Hills Zone's music basically being an 8 bit rendition of Toot Toot Sonic Warrior. And that this game debuted _before_ Sonic CD.
yeah You Can Do Anything came AFTER Sonic 2 8 bit.
"I can't process all this blast!"
I think that Johnny just won the award for best thing ever said in a review. Of anything. Ever. Period.
Honestly this is one of the funniest videos you have ever made man. Like honestly it had me so weak when you said that tails died. Realizing that as a kid and knowing how badly you screwed up. Your reaction is priceless
I think this is the earliest I have been to a new Johnny video
Here Comes Bort I thought you were actually donnie for a second.
+Rose Wode Yeah, I really need to find a new profile pic
Shut up Not-Donnie! XD
You nearly tricked me, Fake-Donnie. But I'm more clever than you anticipated.
Smug Sneasel It's Donnie-Black.
Sonic 2 on the Game Gear... I never got past the first boss until I was 20 due to the screen crunch. Man!
Johnny, I've been enjoying your work for a long time... but HOW _DARE_ YOU DISPARAGE MY BELOVED BRIDGE ZONE. I just don't know how I can respect your opinions as a video game critic from here on.
When is the dread video?
The one thing I've always hated, in every Classic Sonic game I've ever played, is mandatory no-ring challenges: Final Zone in Sonic 1, Death Egg Zone in Sonic 2, the Death Egg Robot in Sonic 3&K if you fail your first try as Sonic or Tails, EVERY ACT 3 of 8-Bit Sonic 1 and 2... I HATE having to do no-damage runs. Always have, always will.
Those are probably the main reason why I rarely go back to Classic Sonic nowadays, despite having been a big fan of Sonic in my childhood (even my favorite, Sonic 3 & Knuckles). I usually go for Mega Man or Metroidvania games when I feel like platforming.
DarkEinherjar one of the reasons Sonic CD is my favorite is because those no-ring challenges are nowhere to be found in that game
How dare these boss fights have challenge!
Forcing no-damage runs on the player is a bullshit way of making the game challenging, 'nuff said.
DarkEinherjar I don't know, it works that way in other platformers.
***** Are you saying the bosses in Sonic 1-3 arent creative?
Wow, here I was just expecting you to start with Sonic Advance 1..
I'm covering those, but ya can't just ignore the Game Gear selections.
+SomecallmeJohnny fair enough and I had fun with triple trouble..
Personally, anticipating that Sonic Pocket Adventure review myself, that game needs more love.
eggman ninga
its going to ba a blast to review the trilogy...+ sonic battle
I was thinking "Is he starting with Advance or the Game Gear games?" didn't remember specificlly what he said in the last review
6:56 Actually Johnny a company that goes by the name of Ancient were responsible for developing this game and porting it not Sonic Team. Afterwards a company known as Aspect developed most Gamegear Sonic titles.
But when will you review Sonic Schoolhouse?!
Wha...
SomecallmeJohnny Have you become one with Waluigi?
SomecallmeJohnny What about Sonic Blast? That game is awful.
+SomecallmeJohnny Waluigi yeah, yeah, yeah!
Will you do other sonic games, like Knuckles Chaotix or S&ASRT or Sonic the Fighters?
John's reaction to Tails death was priceless! Personally I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that Tails is dead, but I can see why he would think that. Its kind of like with Rayman Raving Rabbids which also ends with a cliffhanger. (although in that game that is the only ending you get which is just Rayman failing to save the Baby Globoxs)
"I can't process all this blast!"
- Johnny Ortiz, 2016
That had me rolling for some reason.
" I cant process all this blast" is DEFINITELY my favorite quote from you
You should cover that Sonic fighting game.
Sonic Battle? Yeah that's a good game. Final boss can kiss my ass though.
Alexander Potec I think he means "Sonic The Fighters" ... or was it "Sonic and The Fighters"? eh whatever same thing
How about Sonic Fighters
Maybe?
I think he means Sonic The Fighters.
4:51 - Johnny was touching the grass before it was a meme
"I can't process all this blast!" A joke that flew over so many heads, but i died.
Just remember you need to UNLOCK these games in Sonic Adventure DX and Sonic Gems...
Jose Colella Sonic Gems has them by default. The unlockables there are Vectorman 1 & 2
Don't forget the PS2 _Sonic Mega Collection Plus_, where you start with the first three, _3D Blast_, and a handful of the Game Gear games. It was fun unlocking games, like _Ristar_ which turned out being one of my favourites on the collection.
D MAS Ristar?? In moments like this i would liked the Sonic Mega Collections too :'(
Agustin Leguiza You need to unlock it. I'm not sure if I'd have the patience for that sort of thing today, lmao.
And game gear games aren't in the HD versions of sa1
Dammit Johnny, I should be asleep...
You finally combine your personal issues with explaining the game design, what a rare treat~ and you somehow don't ramble about your personal experience when you talk about it... applauded.
Can't wait for him to get to the Advance series...2 and 3 is some of the best
Andrevus Whitetail me to😝
I'll warn ya now, he's shown his distaste towards 3 before..=P
Advance 1 is the best one...
1 is bland and 3 just sucks in all ways. Older people like 1 because it was the first one and younger people like 3 because of furry on furry action. 2 is lightyears ahead of both.
21kHzBANK21kHZ nice opinion there m8.I prefer 3 because of it's superior music over 2
Corrections:
1) The hardware cannot handle loops. Later GG titles have loops, but they're scripted events with no physics involved.
2) The Sonic Team did not make these.
Sonic triple trouble’s loops have proper physics
@@DumbBunny5328 No, they don't. If you let go while upside down, he doesn't fall out of the loop. The speed at which you enter it doesn't change whether you hold a button or not. If you enter it slowly then let go, you still don't roll back the other way. Come on, dude. Don't spread misinformation.
14:11 So THAT'S how Tails Adventure started.
Sonic 1 & 2 on the Master System were the very first games I ever played, apart from Alex Kidd, and I loved them. The screen resolution makes all the difference though, I found the Game Gear versions basically unplayable. It's beyond me why they thought it was a good idea to port the Game Gear versions to Sonic Mega Collection instead of the Master System versions.
darcyzscarecrow you had sonic 1 and 2 on master system where you from? I'm American the original Nintendo out sold master system 10 to 1. so we didn't get to see the sonic on master system. genesis took off like a rocket here and gave super Nintendo a run for their money.
Thomas Reagan
Probably an European, Australian or a Brazilian, there are many PAL and Brazilian exclusive Master System games like Mortal Kombat 3, Street Fighter 2, Land of Ilusion, etc.
Thomas Reagan
Also in Brazil is like the universe that Sega outsold Nintendo by a large amount, the Master System sold about 5 million and the Mega Drive sold about 3 million (remember that Brazil is a third world country, videogames, especially back in the day were super expensives) the NES and SNES together didnt seld more than 1 million here.
GeneralJ
We had, but on very later life, 1992 or 1991 we only got Punch Out with Mister Dream for example
I didn't know that, because i just saw a NES one time in my life and it was from a collector.
That was a very clever reference to that one tails game.
Great reviews. I agree that Sonic 2 can be a pain in the ass. I remember going through total hell back in the day to get that second Chaos Emerald.
Now that you've done these, you gotta do some Game Boy Mega Man games, too!
No... Mega Man X.
Or as I like to call it;
"The i series"
Megaman is my favourite Sonic character.
I don't understand, Is that a trigger word for you?
Dont forget about the Wonderswamp Games.
"I can't process all this blast"
Lovely line.
Sonic 2 on Game Gear... FUCK THIS GAME. It was one of the first games I've owned, and GODDAMN THIS ANTLION!! If the bane of Johnny's Sonic life is the Slicers, Mine is the GODDAMN ANTLION!
At least that was the first game you owned .
Skizzy Sage
One of. And even still, that damn antlion made me give up the game entirely. Plus, it was the Game gear version, which was Screen crunch central, I swear. And I agree about the handglider: How is it even controlled? I just mashed buttons randomly as a kid, and SOMEHOW got the Sky High Zone Chaos Emerald with the Handglider once. I think, my recollection is fuzzy at best.
***** Same here.
Mine are those god dam marble zone bats
My first gaming experience was Sonic 2 on the Master System! :) I was really young, so couldn't get past the first boss - I had to ask my brother to pass it for me. I remember vividly seeing him play Sky High Zone. I also remember being confused as to why the controller had two buttons,when both did the same thing.
Thanks for talking about it, specially since it seems so overshadowed compared to the inferior Game Gear version. It brought back great memories!
the game gear wasn't the only sega handheld. the nomad was a thing.
As someone that owns one. Yes, it is literally a Genesis shoved into a 'small' container with a screen, a screen out port, and a second controller port.
And is a Vampire when it comes to batteries, even more then the Game Gear.
Salty and the pico as well
What is the Nomad?
it's a handheld megadrive. never got released here in europe.
My parents had a distraught, weeping child on their hands the day I failed to find all the emeralds in Sonic 2. The 8-bit music playing over the credits was like a corkscrew to my heart. WHY, SEGA?
“My Meat Shield!” 😂
It's been 3 years since this video released?!?
It's been 3 years since this video released...
Feels like yesterday...
“Did Tails. . . die?” Lmao
Green Hills Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) is actually an early version of Sonic CD's Japanese Theme, "You can do Anything/ Toot Toot Sonic Warrior" and I love it!
"How do ya feel about, explosive devices..."
Sonic 06 or Tails' Adventure?
***** Tails' main weapons are bombs in that game.
Incredibly incredibly excited for this marathon!
“My meat shield!”
-Johnny 2016
To anyone wanting to play these games nowadays, I highly reccommend the SMS remakes of Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 by Creative Araya, from-the-ground-up remakes that make the level design better, put the chaos emeralds in special stages where they belong and adding super forms, more playable characters, more stages, the remakes are really the definitive versions of these games. And they're fanmade! I really love this fandom sometimes.
10:04 Apparently Eggman saved Sonic because Eggman wanted to see his mech kill Sonic instead. I know it's dumb. Big fan btw.
Watching your videos fills me with DETERMINATION. ♥
11:35 yet at the good ending, both are seen in the same manner, did they both die?
I loved the 8-bit Sonics, so much nostalgia for the Sega Mastersystem (which I played them on). The variations on the 16-bit games were pretty good
"I can't process all this blast!"
-Johnny, 2016
I'm so glad you're getting to the handheld games because even though they start off a little rocky, they get absolutely fantastic once we get to the GBA
"you can get the games on the Wii vertual console nowerdays"... Every night in my dreams...I see you...I feel you...rest in peace Wii shop.
The worst part is, they never released the MS versions anywhere else, same for Chaos and Blast. Which is a shame since those are obviously the best versions.
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@@DiscontinuedChannel-z1t it's the internet. Lighten up.
"I can't Process all this Blast" is still the greatest quote of all time.
My favorite part was his reaction to Tails' death.
8-bit Sonic 2 on the Sega Master System II was my first-ever video game. Plus I can finish the first level of Sonic 1 in 24 seconds.
Also thank you so much for this. I'm in agony at the moment from a car crash and this makes me feel so much better.
Sonic marathon to go edition
Wheres my fries?
IDK what to say
Thanks for uploading this at 10 Johnny. I have to choose between a good night's sleep or potentially risking me becoming enticed in these videos and watching them all night
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ok the decision is obvious.
But Johnny, what about Knuckles Chaotix?
True Pride It's a game he hasn't covered yet.
True Pride By that logic Sonic 3 is a handheld game because it was ported to the nintendo ds
True Pride He also talked about the console versions of the games anyway in the same fucking review so whats your point?
True Pride
You went out of your way to hammer in that this review is for the handhelds only despite the fact that Johnny also discussed the console versions of the games in the video (which I pointed out), then you went and repeated yourself for like the fiftieth fucking time.
As for your question, I already said its a game he hasn't covered yet. I think you have difficulty with comprehension
True Pride Why can't I suggest a review of a console Sonic game? Humor me
Another fun marathon is starting. Can't wait to see your thoughts on the Sonic Advance series.
3:10
Yeah...this sentence is only valid for a few more months til March hits, then no more Wii Points can be added to the Wii Shop; so get these two along with Sonic Chaos while you can.
my childhood right there! remember playing these two games mainly at my grans house late at night when I was about 7 or 8 both for the master system. these two sonic games were most memorable in my eyes cause at the time I didn't realize there was another version of sonic 1 and 2, (genesis). happy memories.
sonic pocket adventure
I got you bud.
+SomecallmeJohnny don't hold on marine. really bash her.
+Pat D Smith Show no mercy we have all been there even Clement.
thats rush adveture, not pocket adventure.
*****
I beg your pardon?
its always a delight to see a someonecallmejohnny video.
Kids when they realize what happened to tails : 11:27
Green Hills in the movie is secretly a reference to 8-bit Sonic 2
Johnny be my hedgepai
I'd rather be your hedge clipper.
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giggity
"how you fell about explosive devices" foreshadowing tails adventure review?
You better play sonic jam, for the game.com. i would send you one, bc you need to play the *WORST* sonic game.
you ... MONSTER
How's he even going to record that?
Jamal Mian He's gonna have to use an emulator. But I think he's gonna decide whether he covers that with a Straw poll.
Why Sonic Jam on the Game.com because Sonic Jam is a collection game with a little 3D Sonic game
Sonic 2 for Master System is my childhood. I'm not a fan of Sonic, but this game is one of my most favorite games. Played the crap out of as a kid, always had so many lives because of all the rings I collected. And a first game I finished 'till the end (Also I totally feel ya, for that ending). So awesome...
You win this time Johnny, I'm subscribing.
Gotta thank SADX for introducing me to these games! They aren't great, but I had a lot of fun playing these games as a kid! ;3
+Busterman64 - Lmao, same here.
But how did i unlocked them actually?
Skizzy Sage you unlock them by getting emblems
Skizzy Sage You unlock one for every 20 Emblems you collect.
Adventure DX is also the only collection I'm aware of that has all twelve Game Gear Sonic games; Mega Collection Plus only has six.
AdmiralOctopus Can i get them in the hd version too?
"How do you feel about Explosive Devices?"
Nice foreshadowing to Tails Adventure, haha.
I think Sonic 2 for Master was also released for Brazil.
Like here in the UK, Brazil had all of the Master System Sonic games (1, 2, Chaos, DRMBM, and Spinball); Brazil, most likely as a result of not having the Game Gear games, also got a Master System port of Sonic Blast too.
In the case of Sonic Triple Trouble and Sonic Drift Racing (SD2), we Master System gamers have Sonic Retro's unofficial port section.
Sonic triple Trouble and Sonic Drift 2 were port for Master System in Brazil but this port is new and exclusive to master system portable(it's a plug and play) www.tectoy.com.br/master-system-portatil-amarelo-msp-30-jogos-tectoy/p/995020340825
this version has tails adventure and ristar too
Who knew the Sonic movie took place in Sonic 2 8-bit
Weird the Master System versions aren’t also on Sonic Origins Plus
There was also the Sega Nomad, but that was apparently a "hybrid" system like the Switch.
I used to have a Master System II with Sonic 1 built in. Unfortunately, I lost it quite a while ago.
right down memory lane ^^ sonic 1 for the master system was my first sonic game but the music is still in my head nearly 30 years later.
So when are you going to review Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed?
CaptainViewtiful98 never muhuha
CaptainViewtiful98 He already did, is just barely anyone even watched it.
Link please? I only remember him reviewing the first one.
Oh, I apologize, their names are similar so I forgot they are separate.
“I can’t process all this blast!” Funniest. Line. EVER.
You have four trigger words for sonic 2 8-bit?
I'm sure most people only have one
Antlion.
I'm surprised you didn't mention that you don't get rings for antlion and the other bosses
Final boss, somewhat acceptable
Every boss, fuck them all, fuck em even more on the Game Gear,
he isn't that hard in the MS version, but in the GG version it can fuck off and die.
I hate the bosses so god dam much cept silver sonic he is ok
Jesus Christ, this review is a goddamn nostalgia trip for me, I was raised by Master System Sonic. Seriously, it is a gem
Ahhh another Sonic marathon......
"Oh, look at the little motobugs!"
I don't know why, but I find it hilarious the way you said it.
They're decent games, not much else to say.
Certainly a real blast.
a Sonic 3D Blast.
Sonic 2 is better in SMS, the GG version is ultra hard. And that stupid difficult version winned "Portable game of the year" o.O
There's a lot more than just that to say about them. For instance the history of them, in Europe and Brazil particularly, being insanely popular. The master system beat the NES in these regions, and so for a huge number of people, they grew up with the slower more platforming based 8 bit sonic games. As well as Alex Kidd obviously. American RUclips gaming channels don't talk about this enough, it's all about the NES to them, which is fair enough because they don't know, but there's a lot of good British channels that do talk about the history of the master system and how big the 8 bit sonic games were. They weren't just weird ports of the mega drive games, they were their own thing, and they're great in their own different way
Still don't know why, but I always come back to this video for the line "I can't process all this blast" (4:29). I can't point exactly why, but I love that line.
4:25 I'm looking at you Iron fortress from sonic forces... :(
I love your Sonic videos because I can really tell you get into and enjoy yourself.
There's pretty much ZERO reason to play the game gear versions of these games now except curiousity.
Hated portable sonic 2 with a passion! Most people don't even get past the first boss due largely to that infamious screen crunch.
Also fun fact: trying to cheat on sonic 2 doesn't get you the good ending either! The game knows... D;
Actually Sonic 1 on the GG isn't that bad.
Giordan Diodato never said it was bad GG sonic 1 was actually my first sonic game, but is there any point to play it with the master system version around?
***** only if you wanna pay $500 for a physical copy
Giordan Diodato *Jackie Chan wut face* but he showed in the video easier ways to get them D;
***** some people prefer getting physical copies
10:14Lmao john sound like hes introducing categories on a game show.Phenomenal video, im on the Sonic Rush hype train :)
11:55 And people still call this f***boy useless! WHY?!
Bridge Zone being sampled for Janet Jackson's song 'Together Again' blew my mind when it was first released. This Sonic 1 game was my first Sonic game and hearing how she sampled the song was my first geek out moment. In the 90s you were lucky to hear of any celebrity having anything to do with gaming.