Sega and More Mature Video Games: Crash Course Games #8
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- So we ended the last episode nearing the close of the 1980s and Nintendo had become the dominant player in the home console market, but Sega, originally a slot machine game company during World War 2, was looking to get its own console into players’ homes. Sega’s first console wouldn't see much success, but with the introduction of Sonic the Hedgehog on the technologically superior Sega Genesis, Sega established itself as the new best thing in video games. This would be the start of a new round of console wars and the era that brought us more mature games including fighting games, 1st person shooters, and lots of sports games. This maturation of games also led us to the software ratings system by the ESRB. But Sega and Nintendo would not be the alone in the market for long, next week we’re going to talk about the entrance of technology monolith Sony and their introduction of the Playstation.
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The quality of this video is amazing!
Yeah! So amazing!
Totally Dude!
said no one ever
I think this is the worst CC yet
unsubbed on patreon till this series is over.
No mention of Sonic's introduction of the very first idle animation? That annoyed folded arms and toe tapping made video game history!
yee
they didn't mention Mega Man's blinking in the last episode either, so...
revolutionary.
Yes! Yes it did.
First idle animation in a game was almost a decade earlier with the 1983 game Maziacs.
SEGA! Thanks for another fun episode! This one and the Nintendo one before it definitely brought back some childhood memories. And thanks everyone who's enjoying the series... even with the cheesy jokes ;) I'm really enjoying learning and having fun times with a fun topic. More to come :)
Oh how Sega has fallen in terms of quality in the modern day. I am still a die hard Sonic the Hedgehog fan and always will be but . . well I need not speak of Sonic Boon (Cartoon wasn't too bad though)
+StephySon I'm guessing you're not familiar with the yakuza / ryu ga gotoku games
they're keeping sega alive
Kaz Kinnikuman I mean overall as a dev, lets be honest here.
This is currently my favourite youtube series, it's so interesting.
TOTALLY AGREE
this has already been done, its called "the video game years"
"Still didn't look as good as nes"
wut
Glad you like it! We've had a blast producing it! -brandon
Good! I'm glad you enjoy your work!
This comment section is so much more cringy than the video. The humor is not forced, he actually looks like he's having a lot of fun, but in a dorky and free way you're not used to, that's all. They don't take their own jokes very seriously, they're being light-hearted, and it's so much better than if they were too rigid and overly professionnal.
Also, to all the people complaining under each video about missing infos: crash course videos are only 10 minutes long... important stuff will always be cut. Why do you have to be rude? You could present it as "hey, if you're interested in the subject, you can check out this thing that is related to it". That would be a good comment to leave.
Well, Andre does seem to condense information more than the others; however, I think (for one) that's because a lot of us are already very familiar with this stuff. CC Games seems to draw people familiar with the topics discussed. The other courses do that as well, but they also draw a lot of people who have never heard of the topics before (or just didn't pay attention in class). The other courses seem to have a more balanced audience than this one; you aren't going to have people watching this because their history unit test on gaming is coming up and they haven't studied.
Also (for two), the series is only going to be in the ballpark of twenty episodes, and that's not much time to cover all the things they want to cover. I guess Andre didn't have much time to spare.
well he stop with the jokes so there's that
@@georgeandrews1394 That's how you express your concerns.
Anyone else watching this even though you already know 99% of video game history? Though I didn't know Sega started off as an American company so that's interesting.
I was watching this hoping to learn something new. Oh well, I guess I dove a little too deep into video games.
All your history are belong to us
Well, it's a crash course, not an in-depth history lesson. But I still think even people who already know a lot about the history of games can learn a few new things in these videos, so I'm continuing to watch. Also it's entertaining.
Yeah, that was the ONLY thing I learned from this video.
Yep, there are people on youtube who have gone far more in depth, but CC has a really entertaining style.
Console war... Console war never changes...
But Fallout does.
Console war... IS HELL.
"doing console things"
Don't you mean jack all important?
Ayyyyyyyyy! I was wondering when someone would mention Neptunia!
Stanley I am terribly sorry for not commenting about Neptunia last episode then... I have made you wait a week longer than necessary.
And before you ask, no, we don't talk about Tari...
Hey there, to the people that run Crash Course, I hope you get to read this. Its a bit ranty and I am sorry but I feel like needed to get it out of my chest. I enjoy all your CCs and the work you put in them, but I feel there is so much to improve here, so here it goes. sorry sorry sorry:
I'm sorry I have to speak my mind here. I want to LIKE this CC, but I fucking hate it. From its titles to its content.
First off the title: "CC Sega and More Mature video games". So missleading! They barely talked about that. This is a CC about the early 90s in the gaming industry. Not SEGA. They almost didn't talk about Sega. Who founded it? Who owns it now? How did they manage to move from 8bits to 16bits consoles? What about the other consoles Sega had, what about the end of Sega? If this is a CC about Sega, they should talk about the entirety of Sega, not Sega in the early 90s.
I understand what this series is. This is a chronological narration of the highlights of gamming over time. And so we are now in the early 90s. I get that. I understand they are going to talk more about Nintendo or Sega in the future as the timeline moves along but then change the freaking titles man! They are so missleading.
And the content. Again I get the format that we are going here is kinda like a timeline based CC where move along the events in the history of gaming. But there are so many things and repercussions and PEOPLE involved that don't get any mention. Who promoted the ESRB? Why it had such an impact on games? What about arcades? (THEY had the dominant market in this era, not consoles, why even talk about them?) What about founders or developers that had major impact in gamming at the time? In CC History or CC Chemestry or CC Astronomy we had all these people and important names that had huge impact in them, but here nothing? Things just... happened?
I understand this is a CRASH Course, and it is not supposed to be too deep. But dang it, at least I am expecting the same quality and content than the other CCs. I learned things from the other CCs. This one? Just goes over things from waaay to far and never dives into any subject.
I am sorry for my rant, as I said I really really want to like this CC, that's why I watch every single one of them. But I just can't. This one in particular and the Nintendo one are so basic and they lack so many events and data. The titles should be changed as well. I hope for playstation we at least get some names or we get some explanations on how consoles moved from 8bits to 16bits or something other than "Here is Sony, and they never got a cool mascot like the others and games got cooler but Nintendo and Sega were still around see you next time".
/rant
If you get this sorry again for the toxicity, I really just hope for the best of you and this videos.
Lots of love
Hey. Brandon here (director, producer, and editor) I always read the comments as toxic as they tend to be, and I appreciate the feedback.
+CrashCourse Hey there. So awsome to hear from you. Sorry again for my rant I was a little bit flustered. I do still stand by the fact that the titles of these cc could be more accurate to the subject presentes. And also, the content could have some improvements and not just state bits of facts of each era. Like engine development or technological improvements explanation. Also mention the names of developers or designers that made the history of gamming. Also from what I read in the comments lots of people find the geeky nerdy jokes too forced and kinda cringy.
I agree with this, it feels very rushed to the content that you could bring to the table.
I agree with this, it feels very rushed to the content that you could bring to the table.
+CrashCourse For the love of god please don't change anything. This is quickly becoming my favorite CC series. I've enjoyed all of them, but this is one has been a lot of fun and super interesting since it relates to things I've personally experienced.
Haha.. This is the most entitled comment section ever. "Boohoo, I didnt like that last joke, the way he moved his hand that one time and he didnt mention obscure fact #103 in this 10 min video. I hope you are happy with yourself because you ruined my LIFE with this free and informative content that I was in no way forced to watch. "
Yes, because human beings are entitled to their opinion.
Just as you are entitled to mock them. Welcome to freedom of speech in action, boyo.
Fronku exactly, freedom of speech. but that also means i get to point out that i find these whiny bitches extremely annoying, entitled and nitpicky for the sake of boosting their ego. The point im making is not that they arent allowed to voice their opinion, but rather that i find them repulsive for their behaviour. just as your passive aggressive and condescending reply is taking what I said personally.
Fronku boyo
:)
*slow clap* My thoughts exactly.
"First reason, no one died."
That all matters.
Andre is the best host they could have chosen! He's the right amount of goofy, while still sounding extremely knowledgeable and entertaining! Love this series
Am I the only one thinking the attempts at humor in Crash Course Games is many levels more cringe worthy than the usual Crash Course throws at us?
No you are not, definately not.
Andre can't hope to match the cringe of John Greene. I miss history, though.
I have NEVER seen a single ce or A rated game. I never even knew they existed!
Most retailers won't stock A rated games so very few game companies develop with an A rating in mind. IIRC some games had to be toned down due to the threat of receiving an A rating.
GTA San Andreas received an A rating due to the Hot Coffee Mod. All A rated games are listed on the ESRB website.
I believe the Spawn video games had an Ao (Adult Only) rating...
AO is like NC-17; very few retailers will agree to stock them so they almost never get made. EC is pretty common; those are for educational kid's games (like Dora the Explorer or whatever) and you'll see them a lot. EC meaning Early Childhood ofc.
+Taraalcar Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have all banned AO games for their consoles, also. Only platforms with AO games that were originally rated as AO are Windows, Mac OS X and Linux by the ESRB
I have to say the host of this series is stellar. He has the right blend of silly nerd and knowledge geek. He's also very charismatic and you can tell he enjoys the level up demos. I like him! Though I would have loved to be his friend in the 90's. Thanks for the great video!
"Sonic was made to appeal to an older crowd."
And he ended up appealing to furries. Well done Sega.
***** Are you trying to defend furries?
Well, they are an older crowd.
***** Pretty sure those aren't furries, just folks that likes the animal characters.
***** Oh, sure, let them do what they want - hell, regardless of humanoid or not they want to do. They're people they can do what they want to, and they're individuals, they can like what they want to. I'm still gonna say it's weird as hell and call them out on being weird, though.
Just don't cross any of those lines where fiction meets reality.
He's a popular mascot character who is a humanoid animal with a large supporting cast of primarily other humanoid animals. Those characters are designed to be visually appealing but not cute. There aren't many franchises with a lot of visually appealing humanoid animal characters that are also intended for older audiences (the older the target audience, the more wonky and unappealing the designs usually get).
Why does the furry interest surprise you?
10:03 we both started laughing at the same time. That was a good impression imo xD
If you don't like the way Andre presents I suggest you go elsewhere, no one is making you watch the series.
I like the jokes, I also think he says them with a bit of irony and self awareness, so he's just having fun making bad puns, y'all need to not get so mad about something so small.
Well said. Kids and people these days are so overly opinionated and self-entitled thinking the world owes them their own way or nothing at all...
It's an interesting topic that will draw in a pool of people who probably don't know that much about gaming's history. They'll get that, but sprinkled in are these cringy catchphrases, trying to eek out a laugh in a "I get that reference" way. I imagine it's like big bang theory, which is appreciable if you're not really a part of it.
Ultimately, we have two audiences here. I'm sure the majority enjoys that sort of thing, but some of us are so familiar with these things that expecting to laugh or even smile at a reference we've seen a thousand times is irritating.
I mostly like the videos, I just don't like the cringey jokes and giggling. It's not enough to put me off completely so I'm still going to watch.
Brikoth This is why I noted Andre saying these puns with a hint of irony and self awareness.
The Big Bang Theory, which I am not a fan of, has very much made comedy out of laughing at nerds and "nerd" culture and, more offensively, laughing at Sheldon for having what is effectively autism.
So many jokes in that show revolve around Sheldon not being able to conduct himself like a normal person and every time he does so the canned laughter errupts.
Garcian Smith
Ironic or not, the joke is still "haha seeigaa guys". I'm gonna cringe at that when he's doing stuff on that level every scene.
This series is great! I love videogames so much, and this is a great compliment to them. I also think the fun easy going attitude of the show (compared to other CC videos) is perfect for this because the topic itself is laid back
So happy I'm a 90's kid. This was my childhood.
Andre is such a cool dude, he seems genuinely nice.
This show is such a throwback style. It's slightly reminiscent of 90's PBS programs, but done the proper justice. Fantastic series. Here because I saw this guy on Movie FIghts and remembered his laugh. Keep it going!!!
Just wanted to say Andre is a fantastic host! I can tell he's very passionate about games. Keep 'em coming, CC!
Andre, thank you for hosting this show! I cannot think of anyone better for the job. You bring so much enthusiasm and energy to the series. I'm so glad to see you here!
I really like this series. As someone whose never really played that many video games, this has shown me a new sub culture and history. Thanks Crash Course!
The amount of nostalgia I got from this video is off the freaking scale. Re-lived some of the best parts of my childhood right there.
I found a SEGA Genesis at one of my local flea markets a few weeks ago. Had never seen one in person. Thing isn't even from my generation. Somehow still felt incredible nostalgia. And _that's_ how you know something is great - when it's recognized and appreciated and dare I say enjoyed many decades after its release, by not just old fans but (especially) by new ones, too.
I love this series, please keep it up!!,
Considering that these are 10-minute episodes that can only cover so much material each week, they're doing a good job covering the basics. I'm sure they wanted to cover more, but there's only so much you can do. Sometimes you have to leave things out to make it all fit. Welcome to online content creation! Great job CC team, keep it up!
this series is way better than i thought it would be. I'm lovin the console wars build up. I hope the Dream Cast gets an honorable mention, it was ahead of its time.
About the gameboy "some people even said it was green" the screen is an off green color, not grey.
yes the screen was, but the programming lit up pixels in 4 shades of grey. C
Gameboy sucked. Game Gear was where it was at.
It was really good as long as you had enough batteries
"Some people even said it was green"... No it really was, no nice grey till the pocket
"Some even said it was green." It was green, I had one.
A lot of people don't realize this, but the 90's was a period of tremendous evolution for video games. In that ten year period, we saw the 8-bit era come to an end, and the entirety of the 16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit eras. We also saw the beginning of what would become the Sixth generation of console games. That's a whopping FIVE console generations in one decade.
In contrast, since the year 2000 we've only seen three console generations (and a metric fuckload of Call of Duty games). No wonder the 90's is known as "The Golden Age of Gaming."
I love this series. Can't wait for next week! Thanks for all the hard work. 🔨
Doom wasn't 3-D, it used 2-D perspective trickery to make it look 3-D.
All 3d games use 2d perspective trickery to make themselves look 3d. Screens are flat.
It used 2D graphics yes. But the rooms themselves were 3D. You could walk in any direction instead of going left to right on a single screen.
binary space partitioning ftw!
+Imreadytorock doom is 2d. That's why it doesn't have any stairs and the walls are the same height because the computer is rendering a 2d map look on game theory got a whole video about it
You're thinking of the original Wolfenstein 3D. Doom did indeed have stairs and variable wall/floor heights. What it didn't have was levels with multiple floors, there was only one horizontal plane (whose height could vary).
I love that, of all the content CC has covered, it's *this* series that people get really heated about. Good job internet.
A note on the blood type thing from Street Fighter: The Japanese believe that different blood types denote different traits. Type O's are confident but self-centered, for example. That's why you always see them in character bios.
The Master System was actually pretty popular in Brazil. People who are now in their 30s [some late 20s, some 40s] remember it fondly.
This is the first CC Games I've watched in full and Andre gets so excited about the topic! It's really cute, like a nerd in their element. :)
This guy is awesome but the little scene at the end reminded me of a friend from elementary. You know the one that you don't answer when he knocks at the front door.
Yeah, every time he uses that high-pitched voice I die a little inside
As he stared into the camera after that, I fully expected him to apologize sincerely. Instead he just laughed it off.
I have to say, that Yoda impression was perfect
your laugh is so friendly and genuine.
you seem like such a nice guy
i wanna play video games with you
Instead Alex Kid don't was the first mascot of Sega, that honor was wielded by Opa-opa, the ship from Fantasy Zone!
Oh Fantasy Zone that game... I spent HOURS on that colorful, impossible game. It was so infuriating, but the colors were just so pretty I couldn't hate it...
Woah, this dude's parents knew the difference between Mortal Kombat on SNES and Genesis? Cool parents
Series is getting better and better...... Looking forward to next episodes 👍🏻
So many good games back then! I played every single one of these.
Yes, excellent work. The Fly reference did not go unnoticed.
Yes! Another channel where I can watch Andre; another great and educational vid.
Not that I didn't enjoy this very well made video, but I was expecting more direct focus on SEGA
Me too. :/
I'm starting to thing we're not going to get the critically important episode on D&D and other tabletop RPGS.
It's already up to the second half of the 1990s, since there's been a recent boom in PnP RPGs and tabletop games, they might be saving it for a second unit.
MC Mosfet modern tabletop gaming started in the 1970s, and had a massive boom then,and then again in the 80s which was followed by the moral outcry in the 90s and the second boom at the turn of the century. The current boom is a normalization of the passtime, but isn't anything new to the industry.
Giving only lip service to the foundation of modern gaming industry, and saving exploration of it or a second unit is bad teaching.
I've been playing DnD since the early 90s, I'm aware of the long history, it just makes more sense to split RPGs into a different unit, instead of skipping around each decade with no focus. Or better yet, give RPGs their own series.
Or the critical "in-between" step between board games and video-gaming, the electro-mechanical games of the 50s-70s. Beyond the obvious pinball games, there were a HUGE range of these things, and it's an area of gaming that's almost completely forgotten about today.
(Funfact: Nintendo simultaneously invented the FMV game and the QTE game in 1974 with the *original* version of Wild Gunman. It used 35mm film. Really.)
MC Mosfet This show is a timeline-based overview. Shifting tabletop gaming to a different unit does't jive. Especially in light with the first episode covering ancietn games.
The video game wars of the early 90s were fierce and there many casualties. You either had an Snes or Sega. And you were loyal.
"Who's the MAN? I'm the MAN! I'm a Bad MAN! How Bad? Real Bad! I'm a 12.0 on the 10.0 scale of Badness! Don't need a gun... ...guns are for wusses!"
"Rip and Tear your guts! You are HUGE! That means YOU have Huge Guts! Rip and Tear!"
"Ah, Chainsaw! The great communicator!"
"Death surrounds me. Yet, in my head I hear something that sounds like angels! Look, I have found the holy grail of firepower! Mine eyes can but weep as they bear witness to the majesty...The BFG9000!"
What the AK-47???
Thanks to those who created this series!!
Nitpick: It was actually Doom's predecessor, Wolfenstein 3D, that was the real pioneer in fan-based modding. Doom's mod support was directly inspired by the gigantic range of fan-made programs created to mod every element of Wolf3D. There was even a big controversy in '92 or so, when Apogee (W3D's publisher) started trying to come down on homebrew level creators legally, and it was one of the things that inspired Id Software to split away from them, because Id loved the mod scene.
MORTAL COMBAT!
*DUN DUN DUN DUN-DUN dun dun dun dun-dun*
lui kang
Kombat*
Fixed for you.
Kano, then Liu Kang
The continuity between the videos makes me feel like Harry Potter in the Half-Blood prince, when he has extra lessons with Dumbledore... like they were a "Crash Course Lord Voldemort" thing, complete with the thought bubble (the pensieve) and stuff... It's kinda cool !
Still own my Sega Master system, along with about 60 games :)
I love that thing
I personally cannot wait till they begin talking about the GTA series in the late 90's. It's impossible to miss it, as it has a huge impact on modern gaming and still dominates as a top seller. Not to mention it's controversy and technology improvements it's made in the game market alone. Keep it up crash course!
The TV looks like a flat screen in a old TV shell, with the picture of an older TV on it to look like an old TV. I swear I'm not crazy.
Well I guess we're done talking about consoles. PC Master race from this point on and forever more.
I'm thinking they'll cover Sony Playstation first, Sony had just as much impact on the industry.
Commodore 64 the start of the PC Master race.
These videos keep getting better! Surprised you didn't mention the Sega TV channel. That was the first time I'd ever seen streaming games.
that was not street fighter on the arcade. that was some old pc port.
And no mention of the port of it to the Turbo Grafx-16. Or any other early 90s consoles.
The 16-bit era was the pinnacle of pixel art. Even today with a lot of indie games rediscovering their appreciation of pixel art, it's still mostly 8-bit pixel art because 16-bit is just too damn expensive.
That was a surprisingly convincing Yoda impression.
I love Andre as a host. He's so damn likable.
This video pretty much goes over my childhood (without Pokemon being referred to, but perhaps next week).
Also, Doom wasn't 3D. It's not that some people say it isn't really 3D, it's a fact that it isn't 3D. It's a 2D game that make you think that it is 3D. Same with wolfenstein 3D.
That's right, I think Descent was actually the first game to enter the market that was truly 3D, and it actually came out a year before Doom so I don't know why people always talk about Doom instead...
Gaijin Goombah covered this.
Gaijin Goombah covered this.
Doom is talk about because it was so influential. It was really huge. There where more copies of Doom then windows. Something that said inspired Gabe Newell, a former microsoft employ to break out on his own and found Valve with Mike Harrington.
So while Doom was not the first 3D game it was the big one. The one that is the father of FPS games (And grandfather would he Wolfenstein 3D)
Descent was not the first 3D game I would say. I mean there where several flight simulators out before that. Some where quite popular to at the time. And Doom came out in 1993 while Descent came out in 1994. Descent was however quite a technical achievement. Not only did it use full 3D maps with six degrees of freedom which made it quite unique. But it also used texture mapping on all those polygons. Something flight sims in the past did not do in general. But even Descent use some sprites. (So by some people definition it would not be a 3D game :P)
Also I do not like the notion that Doom is 2D game. No. It is not a strictly 2D game. It is better to call it a 2.5D game to actually convey that it used a lot of clever tricks to create it 3D world. So while yes. The game does take place in what is especially a 2D map it actually utilize a 3D element to these maps. A projectile you fine can actually hit a ledge. And you can to some degree pull off "jumps". It actually do check height. But of course is not truly 3D. Why is just better to call it 2.5D then go around making people confused, often just to be pretentious.
And if I may go off on a bit of a tangent. I often hear that because such and such is using Ray Tracing that it not using true 3D. This is just plain wrong. Ray Tracing it self can be used to create fully 3D environments. So please if you are one of those that say that for example Wolfenstein was not a 3D game because it used a Ray tracing engine then pleas stop that. It was how it used Ray Tracing that matters. Ray Tracing is actually use sometimes to make fully 3D environments but it actually take a insane amount of power to do so. But it had to compete with the technique when you trying to draw complex reflections. Real Time rending using Ray Tracing for a fully 3D environment (rather then the 2D ones use in for example Wolfenstein) is something we have not been able to pull of until quite recently. And even then it tend to be quite constraint. And that is why is not used for full 3D rendering. Ray Tracing techniques however are use for things like hit scans and even interacting with UI elements in a 3D environment. Today's games often use a large amount of different techniques to make the magic happen on the screen.
In the end all game development is iterative. So often trying to determine who was first becomes rather hard and often end up as a argument over definitions. Was I, Robot from 1984 the first commercial 3D game? What about about Battlezone that was released all way back in 1980?
That's because Doom looked 3D and that was reason enough in that time. Plus, the texture mapping tech that id Software created for Doom is still used to this day. Doom changed the industry of games in a way that Descend wouldn't dream of doing.
I really like how the host seems to ease up. He is doing a good job there!
Still got my original GameBoy, and the Tetris cartridge that came with it~
Still works too, now there's some quality craftsmanship, I'd like to see a PS3
still working 27 years from now after more than one kid's had a go at it.
Also it's as old as I am (born in 89)... I feel really old for some reason.
omg the thought bubble Terra was adorable!
I'm loving this series! Keep up the great work guys...
at the time of Street Fighter II's release in Japan, it was still a widely held belief there that blood type was a major factor in personality. You also see this in a lot of 80s and early 90s anime.
We used our modems to connect to friends to play doom. We didn't have that fancy internet thingy.
So many gems were on the Sega Dreamcast, it's crazy.
Great video! I was always under the impression that 'mod' originally was short for 'module' as that was the term for campaigns in table top rpgs, and that it entered the video game lexicon when video game rpgs were 'moddable.' I used to write Baldur's Gate and Planescape and Neverwinter campaigns back in the day and that's how everyone I ran into referred to them.
now these were the days when gaming was genuinely exciting, the cross over period into true 3d gaming, kids today will never realise what a giant leap it was as it is all theyve ever known... but in the days before 3d seeing the first examples in the 90s made you feel like... I don't even know... it just felt mind bogglingly amazingly futuristic!! 😅 especially when your ten years old lol
When I was growing up I had a master system, and then a genesis. Then my family had a house fire, and my genesis never worked despite taking it apart and cleaning it.
BUT.. my SMS did work, and I still have the 30-40 games for it that still work. I even had the unit that plugged into a Genesis to play SMS games, but that didn't work.
Now I just need to make my SMS controlers work again.
Yep the Sports connection was a real strongsuit of the Genesis, but that animated hotdog needed more chilli
The early 90s. I miss video games from them. I still have my Genesis and it still works. I am not sure about the games because it has been about 3 or 4 years since I checked them.
I'm just loving this series!
It is a honor to learn about our history ;)
The mascot of Crash Course is the Mongol...
I enjoy this series so much!
Fun Fact: The combo system in Street Fighter 2 was a glitch. Capcom didn't intend for players to be able to string attacks together.
Andre! I didn't know you had a crash course show. And I subscribe to Crash Course. AND TO YOU. I think RUclips is filtering my subscriptions. I wonder what else I'm missing.
To really cover that time frame you also need to look at Commodore computers. The C64 had a huge impact on personal computing and at home gaming. It also basically started the computer piracy industry. Using the disk or tape drive you could copy someone else's game. The C64 games circulated with it not uncommon for people to have purchased only a small fraction of their games. C64 with its keyboard also introduced people to computer programming which the SEGA or Nintendo consoles did not. Those programmers going on to make more games. C64 also became known for several 2 player co-op games using a joystick. One karate game using the 8 joystick directions plus the button allowed for 16 moves without the use of whacky combo buttons.
It would be really nice to transition this series from the history of games to the design of games. Whether you're playing board games or video games, there are a lot of interesting problems you face when trying to make a game that is fun.
It would have been nice if you mentioned that Doom gave rise to the game engine. You sort of said that with the mods but it's the game engine that allowed mods. Maybe you should do an episode on game engines since they really helped with the creation of games, modern games and will be used forever as long as video games exist.
This show is great like Andre as the host
Achievement Unlocked: Using the SEGA title song when introducing SEEEEEGAA.
I hope he does a whole show on Home Computers.
Nice video although you could show a little bit more games, at least those that were mega popular. I used to play both consoles but prefered SNES... so did most of my friends back then. What a great times...
I'm loving this series!
cool video mate
I remember watching Game Grumps play Super Mario 64, where Danny said i was mind-blowing see 'up' becoming 'forward'
Indeed. I was 10 years old when Super Mario 64 came out, and I can honestly say that playing it for the first time was absolutely magical. It really felt like I had personally been transported to another universe, thats how immersive the 3D gameplay was.
Just a quick note. The reason behind sharing character's blood types in many Japanese video games is that this distinction is used similarly to horoscopes or other shorthands for personality/other individual characteristics.
That's not quite how I remember it guy. When doom was released the internet may have existed in some form, but there was no online play as we know it today. The net play stuff was for people on LAN (local area network) who could play locally with another player if they had 2 capable computers in the same house, and one was a tech geek (networking used to be very hard). Not long after that LAN party's were the standard for network multi-player. People would bring their entire computer systems over to each others houses to play video games. It was a huge hassle but was worth it especially for party's lasting several days. It would be 2 console generations after this before main stream consoles integrated any sort of networking, so for a while anything other than split screen multi-player and fighting games was strictly a home computer thing.
Ah, Doom mods. I spent so much of my childhood murdering Barney and the Energizer Bunny.
Sega Master System was not void of great games, but they obviously didn't have as many. One in particular though set a precedent for a genre of games which still is seen today in the modern versions: the Japanese RPG. Obviously the big name everybody knows is Final Fantasy series, and it was released back in 1987, but two days later came Phantasy Star. It had a more in-depth world and storyline, as well as devoted characters with backgrounds. On top of that, it was in a futuristic setting, not many treaded into that area with RPG's before.
It's core gameplay mechancs set the precedent for JRPGs, and all that followed took something from Phantasy Star and incorporated into it's own: including multiple Final Fantasy titles.
So while Sega didn't have the big market push it's first console, it had a few games that had a HUGE impact on gaming as a whole across it's several platforms.
Another example of impact: Peripherals. With the Sega Genesis, they tried add-on peripherals as it was something that would be a future piece to gaming consoles (at least for a while), but it did not take off on Sega. Instead, Sony and the PS2 really is where it started to see a rise. Sega had many attempts at innovation, but usually were too early to the game when the technology was still too clunky to be marketable.
and dont get rid of Andre,hes freakin awesome,dont listen to the haters,im lovin this course and the host!