Our next door neighbor was a lady who had no kids, but her husband had a Genesis hooked up to an extra TV. She let us come over whenever we wanted for as long as we wanted. There was Sonic, Altered Beast, Joe Montana Sports Talk Football, and some other sports games. She even bought Sonic 2 when it came out just for us to play.
I knew a lady like that across the street. They were much older, and their kids had long moved away, but they had either an NES or Genesis. Good times.
Damn man so many awesome memories of the Genesis when it hit. My brother was the one to pick it up since I had the NES already. Playing Sonic 1 and 2, Altered Beast, Mutant League Football, Ghouls n Ghosts, Streets of Rage 2. Just man.....so much fun. Seriously man great vid
Exactly, I am from 1981 grow in late 80s early 90s begining of videogames 8-16 bits and arcades all memories are like gold. Also music, movies even comics were special
@@anibalmunoz5569exactly. 4 years younger than you and I experienced it all from the early days too. Nintendo in 89 Genesis in early 91 BEFORE Sonic(and I’m damn thankful for that) and I got to play the early hits too and experience Genesis in its great early arcade days(Altered Beast, Ghouls ‘N Ghosts, Space Harrier II, Rambo III, Revenge Of Shinobi, After Burner II, Strider, such great games).
Can't believe I'm watching this video and it's somehow 10 years later. Classic gaming RUclips was my home away from home. Channels like yours brought me so much...comfort, I think is the best word, actually. Dunno if you'll read this, but I can't tell you what sharing your perspective, nostalgia, and memories as I grow up means to me, man. I'm a fan to this day.
Great vid! I still remember drooling over the Sears Christmas Wish Catalog in the build up to finally owning a Genesis. We got the base Model 1 in 1990 I think with Golden Axe & Forgotten Worlds. My brother and I sunk so many hours into those two games and we quickly amassed a huge collection of great games soon after.
The genesis was my first console growing up in the 90's, me being born in 1993 I didn't get to experience much arcades but my genesis is what made me a gamer today, I spent endless hours playing Sonic 1, 2, and 3. RoadRash 1 and 2, and all kinds of other great games. I owe it to Sega for making me the gamer I am today.
i dont often "like" vids, but your honest nostalga while showing the original streets of rage just resonated in me. i watch all the retro review/youtube crowd, but this is the first time iv ever felt the need to say "fuck ye, i get it.. other people dont get it, but i get it"... happy times long ago, not quite forgotten. oh and kid chameleon, best platform game ever!
The first time I ever played the Genesis was in 1991, right after Sonic the Hedgehog came out. I saw a commercial on TV for Sonic, and I just had to play it. So my mom rented a Genesis from the local store, along with Sonic. That was the first time I had ever played a 16-bit console.
I got the Sega Genesis in 1993 when I was seven, after my house had been robbed and my NES and all its games stolen (along with jewelry and other things, but I didn't care about that at the time). My parents asked me what new system I wanted because they felt bad for me, and because at that time I loved both Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons I wanted a Sega Genesis. So I got a Model 2, which I still have to this day, and was an avid Sega fan and have been ever since, though I did come back to Nintendo later.
There are two ABSOLUTE master pieces in the Sega Genesis that I can still play today and get as much enjoyment out of them as I did as a kid... these games, they are so good I can’t even describe it: - Rings of Power - Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday Rings of Power has been my favorite game of all time for almost my entire life. This game was so ground breaking at the time it was released I think most people were unable to grasp how above everything else it was. What a great time it was to be a kid back then.
When I was young I had Nintendos, not that I had anything against Sega. To tell the truth I never even saw a Sega growing up. no one I knew had one. Everyone had Nintendo. But since I have started collecting I have bought a Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast. And I have fallen in love with all three. On the Genesis Decap Attack has become one of my favorite games of all time. I really wish I would have been into Sega back in the day, but I would not trade my Nintendo memories for anything.
I remember when i was 10, my dad had promised to buy me a game console if i did well in my exams. I did, in fact i got the best grades in my class. So he took me to toys r us one day and i was really excited thinking that i'm gonna get the NES system. To my wonderful surprise, my dad bought for me a Mega Drive instead! I couldn't describe how insanely happy i was at the time..lol My dad told me to choose 2 games for a start. So i picked Altered Beast & Golden Axe. Oh how i miss those good ol' days. BTW, you've earned another subscriber +HappyConsoleGamer for your awesome videos!
I also remember the day Golden Axe came out like it was yesterday! We had a ton of snow that day. My brother and I went out and shoveled driveways until we had enough to buy the brand new $50 cart. Our backs were sore, but it was WELL worth it to play Golden Axe for hours and hours. The 2 extra levels were a complete surprise to us too. We thought we had beaten the game and then, instead of the credits scroll, this brand new stage appears! So many fond memories with the Genesis.
You're so amazingly upbeat man ! You're like "I LOVED AND WAS BLOWN AWAY BY LAST BATTLE AND SUPER THUNDER BLADE.". Personally, I think that's awesome. Because I felt the exact same way being young and seeing a Genesis in action for the first time : ) Kids have it crazy nowadays. Oh and on a side note, Forgotten Worlds was the game I got with mine on Christmas of 89' and I will forever love that game to death. Amazing arcade shooter.
First console I ever played on, I remember we had a cartridge with 6 games on it; Sonic 1, Golden Axe, Super Monaco GP, Super Hang On, Columns and a football game of some sort I think. Sonic 1 was the first game I ever played, so hearing "Se-gaaaa" and the Green Hill Zone theme are the most nostalgic things ever to me.
Thank you so much for making this video, because I don't think the Genesis gets enough love. I was one of the few that grew up a Sega boy back in the day and man did I play whatever I could on that console.
Great Genesis review! You could go on for an hour or more and many of us would watch as your excitement is infectious. I look forward to more of your reviews.
Christmas that year was awesome. Ripping the wrapping paper to see the Sega Genesis box and reading the description in the back over and over then finally, playing the system. Awesome memories. I had an 19" Zenith with the wood surrounded. Lol.
when my mom and dad bought me my Genesis, they chose 2 games for me, and it was earthworm jim and battletoads. their both excellent but i battletoads resukted in much more drama and tring to hold my screams in me. keep making videos man, im glad i got someone with similar gaming memories as i do
The Genesis will always be an awesome console. I got my first Genesis for Christmas in 1991, which was the first year Sega packaged it with Sonic the Hedgehog.
It was the end of summer. I picked up the same magazine you have and read it over and over until school started. The Genesis was like a dream come true with 16-bit graphics, dual plane backgrounds, stereo sound via the jack, and arcade size sprites. Hey, Sega. Why not repeat that magic again for this generation?
I had the NES and SMS. Then I got Genesis for my Birthday. I got the one that came with Sonic and said "Not fer resale" on the box. The first thing I noticed when I played it was how heavy and weighted down all the sprites felt. The digital sound. It all had this high quality expensive look to it. I was used to the flickery floaty 8-bit graphics. I remember thinking my crappy 1982, 13 inch RCA TV wasn't worthy of playing Genesis games. I stayed up all night playing Sonic. I'll never forget it.
Great video! It's great to hear from the perspective of a gamer of similar age. I also got a Sega Genesis in 1989 for Christmas in my senior yr. of high school.
My first experience with the Genesis was with Strider! I went to a friend's house and he had a Genesis and WOW, I was blown away by the graphics and the music and EVERYTHING about it. It was hooked up to a nice home theater too. This was back in like... 1990? The Genesis looked at home with the rest of the big black bulky entertainment equipment covered with knobs and dials :)
All those game(among others like Truxton and Rambo III) were also my first few Genesis games I played. A friend of the family brought his over and played it and I was blown away back then. I remember seeing the opening from the Rambo III video game with the near photo-realistic of Stallone and being blown away. He also had the Power base converter as well, so we had the opportunity to play Master systems games as well, like Phantasy Star and Cyborg Hunter. Genesis does what Nintendon't!
Yeah man Genesis was big, I used to play games at the local bowling alley and when arcade came into home consoles it was a great time. I remember when chuck-E-cheese was known mostly for their giant arcade room haha
i absolutely love your enthusiasm in this video, the genesis was my first console ever and i still have it, and also remember my first reactions on the games it had and how original the design of it was.
I'll never forget the time I got my Genesis. It was Christmas of 1991 and I got Spiderman, Altered Beast, Golden Axe, and Sonic the Hedgehog. I'll never forget staying up late playing it for the first time. Really wish my nephews could experience magic like that. Video games just don't seem magically like that anymore.
My friend, you rock. I was a SEGA boy all throughout my childhood. The Genesis/Megadrive as us Aussies called it was easily to this day the most fun I've ever had on a console. I had a Master System, Megadrive and a Dreamcast and they all rocked. I even had a Game Gear......well the most I got out of that was the fact that it was also a TV. So I still got mileage out of it.
Wow dude. I want to thank you becasue you just put my words in your mouth and say it to thw whole world. I'm very happy to bo a half 80's and 90's kid. I had the same feeling as you, it blew my mind when i first had the true arcade experience in my home. God, what a great and wonderful era it was!!!! Thanks again bro!!
I loved my SNES, but I had to have a Genesis, too. Sonic, Streets of Rage, Road Rash... there were so many great exclusive series on that system. I actually traded my SNES with a friend back in school, and my parents got so pissed. I had to trade back! So I saved up and bought my own. Worth every penny.
Anyone remember Thunder Force 2? I remember going to Toys R Us to get NES Baseball Stars and saw the Genesis out (found out about in the same magazine in vid above) and there was the Genesis. I got it, some other games, and... Thunder Force 2. Thunder Force 2 was THE game for be in the day, that just blew me away. Later on, it was Herzog Zwei.
I have my older brother's Genesis, got it as a Hand-me down, only got a few games. Luckily, i got Altered Beast, a wonderful game. I also got a game I've never been able to beat, King's Bounty. What a great game, Hard as hell, but it was my childhood growing up.
Look back at 1995, I got Sega Genesis/Mega Drive due to influenced by Sega Channel was available at my home. They had awesome library games out there than renting from the store before high-speed internet days. It was awesome!
I got my Genesis for my 13th birthday in 1995. It came with Sonic 2 which I loved. My mother bought me a 6 button controller to go with it, which was essentially useless, but I also got a lot of birthday money that year so like 1-2 days later, I bought myself a copy of MK II. Sonic 2 and Mortal Kombat II = one awesome time.
Truly the most exciting time for video games there ever will be.. from 8 to 16 to 32 bit The excitement and amazement of the next gen console and the graphically superior games was just on another level to what it is now.. Really since the PS1 and to a lesser extent PS2 the excitement in new advances in graphics is just not the same as it used to be, and I dont think it will until a real new technology for home gaming is produced...
Awesome point, don't forget the differences each system had back then that gave it it's character and charm! Totally different designs in cartridges and boxes vs snap cases, what a time it was. These days, nothing really sets apart a ps4 from an Xbox...
Johnny, Youre videos i always look forward too, especially going over your memories of playing these GEMS! Really man, you always hit that Nostalgia switch in my head and i swear as i watch your videos i can feel your emotions as a kid like they were mine as well(theyre very similar!) Thanks for the awesome videos brother!
I when to NY for vacation in 1989, I just remembered see the Genesis in the mall of 42nd St. Manhattan. When I saw the transformation into a wolf in Altered Beast I die for almost 5 seconds! I couldn't believe it! ...At the end my Dad bough the system for me, that was my first happy vacation continuing of the Turbografx 16 in another vacation to NY in 1990. The SNES in 1991 in another vacation to Puerto Rico! ...And my Neogeo in another SHOCKING vacation in Miami back to 1993 ...I LOVE MY PAST!
We went from floaty characters and flickering graphics on NES and SMS, to characters that now had weight to them and backgrounds with parallax scrolling. The Sega Genesis was the first console to bring home a true Arcade experience.
In the early 90s, my grandma got me a model 2 Genesis for my birthday. We didn't have a whole lot of money, so we never had a ton of games. There were so many more I wanted. My brother and I loved Sonic 2, Aladdin, WWF Royal Rumble, and Mortal Kombat 2 especially. We also had Sol Deace, Chakan, Cyborg Justice, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Street Fighter 2, Chakan, Road Rash, and Boxing Legends of the Ring. One of our favorites to rent was Toy Story and we also liked Cool Spot.
I really remember being blown away by the FM Synthesis music back in 89. Wow! last Battle (Fist of the North Star) has some amazing tunes and when I put it in it just brings me back. Johnny, I'm suprized that you do not have Rambo for Genesis on display in this video. This was one of the first games I played of rate system as was blow away! God damn I loves me some Genesis!
I was 19 in 1989 and was able to buy my own Genesis for $189.99 at the now defunct Child World (Toys R Us' competition.) I was hooked on Revenge of Shinobi, Ghouls and Ghosts, Super Hang On, and of course Altered Beast which came with the Genesis. I remember not being too thrilled with Phantasy Star 2 after loving the 1st one on the Master System.
I thought I was out but they keep pulling me back in! I bought a Wii last year. My first console since 1995 when I bought a Sega Saturn. Metroid Prime Trilogy is the balls!
I've been making custom Dreamcast mods for the past few months. I really need to do some Sega Genesis custom paint jobs. Thanks for sharing your Genesis memories. Love the Genesis!! SEGA!!!!
I wasn't even around in 1989, and I only first experienced the Genesis in 2006 when I got my first Genesis Model 1 with a copy of Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II. I wasn't too impressed at first, but when I got Sonic 2, Thunder Force II MD, Thunder Force IV, Virtua Racing, After Burner II and a ton more games, it quickly became one of my favorite pieces of gaming hardware of all time, so much so that I own numerous variants of the Genesis as well as a European and Japanese MegaDrive Model 1.
The first time I played the Genesis, it was at a Eaton's department store in Christmas season of 1992 . After playing a demo of (also known as my favourite Video game of all time!) Sonic the hedgehog 2 I was hooked, asked for it & on x-mas morning Santa delivered the Sega Genesis with Sonic 2 included just for me. Now in present times my Genesis is still kicking (suprisingly). I have 34 boxed games & 23 loose cartriges (got rid of alot of bad Genesis games including Batman Forever). The no#1 game I want in my collection for Genesis is Pulseman.
Altered Beast was great. We never heard music and voices like it before on NES/SMS. But Golden Axe was the game that made me want the Genesis. I would sit and draw the characters fighting on paper before that Christmas. I'd cut out all the Toys R Us adds with any pictures of the game. Golden Axe will always be a treasure to me. I bought the Master System version later just because it was Golden Axe. I had to have both.
Super Thunder Blade was one of my favorite Genesis games when I was younger. I actually got really good at it. The music is amazing too. My first Sega game was Sonic. Sonic 2 and Toejam & Earl 2: Panic on Funkotron were some of my favorites.
I wish i kept my old magazines LOL. The Genesis holds special memories for me too. I bugged mine and got it on Christmas as well! i had to do a treasure hunt for it. One of my favorite memories in life.
I first played the Genesis in the mid-1990s and I still play it today. I own 3 different models and a Sega Nomad, but I made the model 1 my primary Genesis.
I was more a SNES gamer, but I remember a cousin of mine had a Genesis, and each weekend he came to my house and stay the whole weekend and of course we play a lot SNES and Genesis. We use to debate which console was the best. ahhh so much good memories. The games that I remember the best in the Genesis are Decapatack, Rocket Knight Adventure, Sonic 1 and 2, and Golden Axe of course. So many good memories. Now with the PS3 and Xbox360 is imposible to have that blast of fun. Love the 16bit era...
My very favourite game for the Genisis was Light Crusader. When I first played it back in 98 when I was 8 I felt so enveloped in the fantasy and story of the game that I played so much of it.
When I got my Sega Genesis for Xmas, which was the newer model from the one you showed, Man, there has yet to be a day since, that I was SOO unbelievably excited. It is still to this day my most beloved game system. The games I owned were,Sonic 1-3 and Sonic & Knuckles (I'm a HUGE sonic fan), Aladdin, Both Ecco the Dolphins, Phantasy Star 2, Earthworm Jim, Jurassic Park, X-Men and MK 1 and 2. Such great memories, great time to be a gamer. There will never be another time like it.
The Mega Drive (I am from Europe/Germany) was my first console I've got for christmas. It was an amazing machine and I am still loving it today. Ghouls N Ghosts,Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Castlevania Bloodlines and many more games that grew on me and are masterpieces of their time. I still love those games and playing them If I have some time to spare. The Genesis/Mega Drive is still my most favourite console of all time.
Your dead on right. Genesis was the FIRST true 16 Bit system. When i first subscribed to a franzine mag, I heard Sega was coming out with a new system. When read the specs and what it was capable of doing i was sooo excited and couldnt wait to get my hand on this beast. Sega really brought the arcade experience home. My first bought titles were Space Harrier, Super Hang On, Last Battle, Thunder Force II, and Ghouls & Ghost. Thease were trulty aweso
June 1992 we bought the Genesis Sonic System at Babbages. During the next few months the Sega CD came along and they were sold out. It would be a couple of weeks until more came in, but if you wanted something available there was the TurboDuo with the Bonk pak- about 6 games I think, but I held out and got the Sega CD and bought Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch and Chopper Command. Chopper Command blew but everything else was cool. This was about the time I discovered Sega Power and Mega from UK
The first time I played the Genesis was at my friends house I was in elementary school. My friends had a variety of game consoles. They had an SNES, Playstation 2, Gameboy handhelds, and finally the genesis. This was during the sixth generation of game systems. I would borrow that system and the game my friends were playing was sonic the hedgehog 2 first time playing sonic loved it and eventually I got sonic mega collection for the Gamecube. Good memories.
I am pretty much the same age as Johnny and i agree we grew up all through these consoles together and i loved seeing the evolution and to this day i love the old consoles.
And the Last Battle...I loved this game. Though I completely forgot about it. I remember clocking this. Very difficult. Now I look back on it it is very much Fist of the North Star. Honorable mentions go to Landstalker, Altered Beast (which I could beat without losing a single life) Shadowrun (Best Genesis game ever), the Immortal (incredible RPG), the Shining Force games and Golden Axe! (the Dwarf was unstoppable :) ) Streets of Effin Rage I and II, Desert, Jungle and Urban Srike...DAMN!
I wasnt born when the sega Megadrive/Genesis came out. but i can remember it being the first console I played whilst my older brothers played on the Saturn I still play on it. Freaking Love Streets Of Rage 3 makes my day :D
I got the Genesis for my sixth birthday in 1994. The game was Sonic the Hedgehog and it was the coolest game i had ever seen. 20 years later I remain a hardcore Sonic fan! Sonic forever! \m/
Used to go to my Grandmother's house to play G&G b/c we had Space Harrier II & Golden Axe & Sonic... Love the Genesis! COME ON SEGA MAKE ANOTHER CONSOLE DONE RIGHT!!!
I got a Genesis collection on PS2 and when Sonics ultimate Genesis collection came out on PS3 I got that too. It's got a ton of great games in it, a ton. including Golden Axe all the Sonic ones, The Streets of Rage games the shining force games you name it. It's pretty freaking sweet. I was about 10 when I got mine and my bro and I litteraly freaked out when he got it. I still only had a Nintendo and we got our Genesis in 1993 right around the peak of it's popularity.
megadrive is the most aesthetically pleasing console ever, just love its shape. I didnt like the two games I got with it for christmas (altered beast & sword of sodan) but before long I had quackshot, and was able to borrow the likes of golden axe and forgotten worlds of a friend. good times
I remember getting the Genesis a few weeks before Christmas in 1989 and only having Altered Beast to play on it for those few weeks. Which was a great game but as said, too short. Then for Christmas I got Space Harrier II and Last Battle which were both disappointing for me. Last Battle because it was too difficult and Space Harrier just didn't seem that fun. Then like a week after Christmas my mom was asking me about my new games and I was like "meh". She said "even the ghouls one?" and I'm ???, never got a ghouls one, and she says wait a minute and 5 minutes later comes out with Ghouls and Ghosts, somehow it had got left out of the presents she wrapped and put under the tree for me. So getting that game was just like Christmas all over again and it made the Genesis console great for me. But the game I loved most of all came a few years later, Star Control. I didn't have a pc, so never played it or even heard of it before. Learning to play it on Genesis was the greatest thing ever.
I remember going to Canadian Tire with my aunt to purchase a new Genesis for my uncle. The pack-in game was Sonic 2. This was before the release of the Model 2 console.
i remember that 1989 year walking into toy r us and seing this system with altered beast displayed on a moniter screen ,, i was like its just like the arcade wow it was 8pm at night so i told my mom to get it for me and wow she said yes and got me last battle the only game that was available at the time, i still remember the feeling of owning a super machine that no one had yet , half of my school wanted to come over after i use to show the box art at lunch. awesome time....
Great vid, man! I was a SEGA fanboy growing up, and I have some great memories of the Genesis just like you. Got mine Xmas morning with I think 3 to 4 games. Played it constantly. Built up my library early on. I think I had about 30 games at the time that I (regretfully) sold it. Why did I sell it? I have no damn clue other than I probably just wanted money for something else. What a stupid kid I was. lol
Born in 88 so I missed out on a lot of this but I just bought a Genesis off of eBay and I'm having the time of my life! Looks nice next to nes and snes :)
OMFG, Dude thx for this video, The Genesis was pretty much my first console I got when I was around 5. What I am thanking you for is showing "Last Battle" I've been looking for that game for so long, and forgot the name. I've told all kinds of people about it and they could never understand what I was talking about.
Gosh this one brought back memories, I played the Megadrive so much I wore out the contacts. The Games would only start half the time. Bundle game we got in New Zealand was Thunder Force 2. Awesome little shooter, but so hard. Never found out why we didn't get Altered Beast. That was bundled with system about a yeat later. Anyway thanks for this walk down memory lane, and also you must of had the best parents ever.
Sometimes when I watch these videos I wanna cry,the memories n nostalgia when it comes to the early consoles is overwhelming...What a time to be alive
Our next door neighbor was a lady who had no kids, but her husband had a Genesis hooked up to an extra TV. She let us come over whenever we wanted for as long as we wanted. There was Sonic, Altered Beast, Joe Montana Sports Talk Football, and some other sports games. She even bought Sonic 2 when it came out just for us to play.
Thnx for sharing, such awesome neighbours! Seems like such an innocent time back then...can't even imagine stuff like this happening today.
I knew a lady like that across the street. They were much older, and their kids had long moved away, but they had either an NES or Genesis. Good times.
Damn man so many awesome memories of the Genesis when it hit. My brother was the one to pick it up since I had the NES already. Playing Sonic 1 and 2, Altered Beast, Mutant League Football, Ghouls n Ghosts, Streets of Rage 2. Just man.....so much fun. Seriously man great vid
I wish I could have grown up in the 80s. Such an awesome decade of great music, movies, and video games.
Exactly, I am from 1981 grow in late 80s early 90s begining of videogames 8-16 bits and arcades all memories are like gold. Also music, movies even comics were special
@@anibalmunoz5569exactly. 4 years younger than you and I experienced it all from the early days too. Nintendo in 89 Genesis in early 91 BEFORE Sonic(and I’m damn thankful for that) and I got to play the early hits too and experience Genesis in its great early arcade days(Altered Beast, Ghouls ‘N Ghosts, Space Harrier II, Rambo III, Revenge Of Shinobi, After Burner II, Strider, such great games).
Can't believe I'm watching this video and it's somehow 10 years later. Classic gaming RUclips was my home away from home. Channels like yours brought me so much...comfort, I think is the best word, actually. Dunno if you'll read this, but I can't tell you what sharing your perspective, nostalgia, and memories as I grow up means to me, man. I'm a fan to this day.
Great era to be a kid through the late 80s and 90s - golden age of video games, movies and cartoons
dreamcast was the last system where "arcade perfect port" was a selling point
afterwards, arcades pretty much went to DDR and eventually died
The Genesis is my all-time favorite system, along with the Sega CD attachment :)
Great vid! I still remember drooling over the Sears Christmas Wish Catalog in the build up to finally owning a Genesis. We got the base Model 1 in 1990 I think with Golden Axe & Forgotten Worlds. My brother and I sunk so many hours into those two games and we quickly amassed a huge collection of great games soon after.
The genesis was my first console growing up in the 90's, me being born in 1993 I didn't get to experience much arcades but my genesis is what made me a gamer today, I spent endless hours playing Sonic 1, 2, and 3. RoadRash 1 and 2, and all kinds of other great games. I owe it to Sega for making me the gamer I am today.
i dont often "like" vids, but your honest nostalga while showing the original streets of rage just resonated in me. i watch all the retro review/youtube crowd, but this is the first time iv ever felt the need to say "fuck ye, i get it.. other people dont get it, but i get it"... happy times long ago, not quite forgotten.
oh and kid chameleon, best platform game ever!
The first time I ever played the Genesis was in 1991, right after Sonic the Hedgehog came out. I saw a commercial on TV for Sonic, and I just had to play it. So my mom rented a Genesis from the local store, along with Sonic. That was the first time I had ever played a 16-bit console.
I got the Sega Genesis in 1993 when I was seven, after my house had been robbed and my NES and all its games stolen (along with jewelry and other things, but I didn't care about that at the time). My parents asked me what new system I wanted because they felt bad for me, and because at that time I loved both Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons I wanted a Sega Genesis. So I got a Model 2, which I still have to this day, and was an avid Sega fan and have been ever since, though I did come back to Nintendo later.
There are two ABSOLUTE master pieces in the Sega Genesis that I can still play today and get as much enjoyment out of them as I did as a kid... these games, they are so good I can’t even describe it:
- Rings of Power
- Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
Rings of Power has been my favorite game of all time for almost my entire life. This game was so ground breaking at the time it was released I think most people were unable to grasp how above everything else it was.
What a great time it was to be a kid back then.
When I was young I had Nintendos, not that I had anything against Sega. To tell the truth I never even saw a Sega growing up. no one I knew had one. Everyone had Nintendo. But since I have started collecting I have bought a Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast. And I have fallen in love with all three. On the Genesis Decap Attack has become one of my favorite games of all time. I really wish I would have been into Sega back in the day, but I would not trade my Nintendo memories for anything.
I remember when i was 10, my dad had promised to buy me a game console if i did well in my exams. I did, in fact i got the best grades in my class.
So he took me to toys r us one day and i was really excited thinking that i'm gonna get the NES system. To my wonderful surprise, my dad bought for me a Mega Drive instead! I couldn't describe how insanely happy i was at the time..lol
My dad told me to choose 2 games for a start. So i picked Altered Beast & Golden Axe. Oh how i miss those good ol' days.
BTW, you've earned another subscriber +HappyConsoleGamer for your awesome videos!
I also remember the day Golden Axe came out like it was yesterday!
We had a ton of snow that day. My brother and I went out and shoveled driveways until we had enough to buy the brand new $50 cart. Our backs were sore, but it was WELL worth it to play Golden Axe for hours and hours. The 2 extra levels were a complete surprise to us too. We thought we had beaten the game and then, instead of the credits scroll, this brand new stage appears! So many fond memories with the Genesis.
You're so amazingly upbeat man ! You're like "I LOVED AND WAS BLOWN AWAY BY LAST BATTLE AND SUPER THUNDER BLADE.". Personally, I think that's awesome.
Because I felt the exact same way being young and seeing a Genesis in action for the first time : )
Kids have it crazy nowadays.
Oh and on a side note, Forgotten Worlds was the game I got with mine on Christmas of 89' and I will forever love that game to death. Amazing arcade shooter.
First console I ever played on, I remember we had a cartridge with 6 games on it; Sonic 1, Golden Axe, Super Monaco GP, Super Hang On, Columns and a football game of some sort I think. Sonic 1 was the first game I ever played, so hearing "Se-gaaaa" and the Green Hill Zone theme are the most nostalgic things ever to me.
I was 8 years old. On Christmas morning of 1993 i opened up (the big box) which contained the sega genesis model 2 bundled with Sonic 2.
Thank you so much for making this video, because I don't think the Genesis gets enough love. I was one of the few that grew up a Sega boy back in the day and man did I play whatever I could on that console.
"I like this whole round thing here." Quote of the year.
Great Genesis review!
You could go on for an hour or more and many of us would watch as your excitement is infectious. I look forward to more of your reviews.
Christmas that year was awesome. Ripping the wrapping paper to see the Sega Genesis box and reading the description in the back over and over then finally, playing the system. Awesome memories. I had an 19" Zenith with the wood surrounded. Lol.
when my mom and dad bought me my Genesis, they chose 2 games for me, and it was earthworm jim and battletoads. their both excellent but i battletoads resukted in much more drama and tring to hold my screams in me. keep making videos man, im glad i got someone with similar gaming memories as i do
The Genesis will always be an awesome console. I got my first Genesis for Christmas in 1991, which was the first year Sega packaged it with Sonic the Hedgehog.
It was the end of summer. I picked up the same magazine you have and read it over and over until school started. The Genesis was like a dream come true with 16-bit graphics, dual plane backgrounds, stereo sound via the jack, and arcade size sprites. Hey, Sega. Why not repeat that magic again for this generation?
I had the NES and SMS. Then I got Genesis for my Birthday. I got the one that came with Sonic and said "Not fer resale" on the box. The first thing I noticed when I played it was how heavy and weighted down all the sprites felt. The digital sound. It all had this high quality expensive look to it. I was used to the flickery floaty 8-bit graphics. I remember thinking my crappy 1982, 13 inch RCA TV wasn't worthy of playing Genesis games. I stayed up all night playing Sonic. I'll never forget it.
I can’t believe this video is now 9 years olds! The nostalgia for you talking about nostalgia is real 🤣
Great video! It's great to hear from the perspective of a gamer of similar age. I also got a Sega Genesis in 1989 for Christmas in my senior yr. of high school.
this guys is the best .. genesis till the end of time in my game room!!
"You're damn rights I could!" That was good, felt that one my man.
My first experience with the Genesis was with Strider! I went to a friend's house and he had a Genesis and WOW, I was blown away by the graphics and the music and EVERYTHING about it. It was hooked up to a nice home theater too. This was back in like... 1990? The Genesis looked at home with the rest of the big black bulky entertainment equipment covered with knobs and dials :)
All those game(among others like Truxton and Rambo III) were also my first few Genesis games I played. A friend of the family brought his over and played it and I was blown away back then.
I remember seeing the opening from the Rambo III video game with the near photo-realistic of Stallone and being blown away.
He also had the Power base converter as well, so we had the opportunity to play Master systems games as well, like Phantasy Star and Cyborg Hunter.
Genesis does what Nintendon't!
Yeah man Genesis was big, I used to play games at the local bowling alley and when arcade came into home consoles it was a great time. I remember when chuck-E-cheese was known mostly for their giant arcade room haha
i absolutely love your enthusiasm in this video, the genesis was my first console ever and i still have it, and also remember my first reactions on the games it had and how original the design of it was.
I'll never forget the time I got my Genesis. It was Christmas of 1991 and I got Spiderman, Altered Beast, Golden Axe, and Sonic the Hedgehog. I'll never forget staying up late playing it for the first time. Really wish my nephews could experience magic like that. Video games just don't seem magically like that anymore.
as someone who grew up in the 80s/90s, the sega genesis was the bomb. Probably my third favorite system.
The Genesis was the first 16bit system I owned. The games at the time were incredible. It's ashame that generation can never be capured again. :(
My friend, you rock. I was a SEGA boy all throughout my childhood. The Genesis/Megadrive as us Aussies called it was easily to this day the most fun I've ever had on a console. I had a Master System, Megadrive and a Dreamcast and they all rocked.
I even had a Game Gear......well the most I got out of that was the fact that it was also a TV. So I still got mileage out of it.
SEGA Genesis(Mega Drive) is definitely The Best Console of all time.
Wow dude. I want to thank you becasue you just put my words in your mouth and say it to thw whole world. I'm very happy to bo a half 80's and 90's kid. I had the same feeling as you, it blew my mind when i first had the true arcade experience in my home. God, what a great and wonderful era it was!!!! Thanks again bro!!
The 16-bit wars were an awesome era. Didn't matter which you had you won.
I loved my SNES, but I had to have a Genesis, too. Sonic, Streets of Rage, Road Rash... there were so many great exclusive series on that system. I actually traded my SNES with a friend back in school, and my parents got so pissed. I had to trade back! So I saved up and bought my own. Worth every penny.
I really like to rewatch your old videos Jhonny….thank you!!!!!😢
I love videos when Johnny tells stories. Its so great to hear about a generation I wasnt alive for.
Anyone remember Thunder Force 2? I remember going to Toys R Us to get NES Baseball Stars and saw the Genesis out (found out about in the same magazine in vid above) and there was the Genesis. I got it, some other games, and... Thunder Force 2. Thunder Force 2 was THE game for be in the day, that just blew me away. Later on, it was Herzog Zwei.
I have my older brother's Genesis, got it as a Hand-me down, only got a few games. Luckily, i got Altered Beast, a wonderful game. I also got a game I've never been able to beat, King's Bounty. What a great game, Hard as hell, but it was my childhood growing up.
I loved my Genesis. I played it for years. one of my favorite consoles, maybe my favorite ever.
Mike Martin I agree the sega Genesis was awesome.Streets of rage 1 and 2,super hang on,sonic the hedgehog just so many excellent game's.
***** Why I'm interested in why you think so.
Look back at 1995, I got Sega Genesis/Mega Drive due to influenced by Sega Channel was available at my home. They had awesome library games out there than renting from the store before high-speed internet days. It was awesome!
I got my Genesis for my 13th birthday in 1995. It came with Sonic 2 which I loved. My mother bought me a 6 button controller to go with it, which was essentially useless, but I also got a lot of birthday money that year so like 1-2 days later, I bought myself a copy of MK II. Sonic 2 and Mortal Kombat II = one awesome time.
Truly the most exciting time for video games there ever will be.. from 8 to 16 to 32 bit The excitement and amazement of the next gen console and the graphically superior games was just on another level to what it is now.. Really since the PS1 and to a lesser extent PS2 the excitement in new advances in graphics is just not the same as it used to be, and I dont think it will until a real new technology for home gaming is produced...
Awesome point, don't forget the differences each system had back then that gave it it's character and charm! Totally different designs in cartridges and boxes vs snap cases, what a time it was. These days, nothing really sets apart a ps4 from an Xbox...
so true... the thought of playing Golden Axe at home (after spilling so many coins into it at the arcade) was just mind blowing!!
I love the excitement you show for the Genesis. I agree that the Genesis was mind blowing when it came out. It really felt like the arcade at home.
Model 1 Genesis for life!
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I agree. SEGA always made sexy consoles.
Johnny, Youre videos i always look forward too, especially going over your memories of playing these GEMS! Really man, you always hit that Nostalgia switch in my head and i swear as i watch your videos i can feel your emotions as a kid like they were mine as well(theyre very similar!) Thanks for the awesome videos brother!
I grew up a Sega Fanboy, and will be till the day i die. Brought tears to my eyes when they stopped making consoles.
4:13 Made my day lol. Great video johnny! Always love hearing old stories about the Genesis.
My favorite Console of all time!!!
SEGA MEGA DRIVE/GENESIS ROCKS!!!
I when to NY for vacation in 1989, I just remembered see the Genesis in the mall of 42nd St. Manhattan. When I saw the transformation into a wolf in Altered Beast I die for almost 5 seconds! I couldn't believe it! ...At the end my Dad bough the system for me, that was my first happy vacation continuing of the Turbografx 16 in another vacation to NY in 1990. The SNES in 1991 in another vacation to Puerto Rico! ...And my Neogeo in another SHOCKING vacation in Miami back to 1993 ...I LOVE MY PAST!
We went from floaty characters and flickering graphics on NES and SMS, to characters that now had weight to them and backgrounds with parallax scrolling. The Sega Genesis was the first console to bring home a true Arcade experience.
In the early 90s, my grandma got me a model 2 Genesis for my birthday. We didn't have a whole lot of money, so we never had a ton of games. There were so many more I wanted. My brother and I loved Sonic 2, Aladdin, WWF Royal Rumble, and Mortal Kombat 2 especially. We also had Sol Deace, Chakan, Cyborg Justice, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Street Fighter 2, Chakan, Road Rash, and Boxing Legends of the Ring. One of our favorites to rent was Toy Story and we also liked Cool Spot.
I really remember being blown away by the FM Synthesis music back in 89. Wow! last Battle (Fist of the North Star) has some amazing tunes and when I put it in it just brings me back. Johnny, I'm suprized that you do not have Rambo for Genesis on display in this video. This was one of the first games I played of rate system as was blow away! God damn I loves me some Genesis!
I just turned 30 and I remember everything in this video, from back in the day! Cool stuff man!
I was 19 in 1989 and was able to buy my own Genesis for $189.99 at the now defunct Child World (Toys R Us' competition.) I was hooked on Revenge of Shinobi, Ghouls and Ghosts, Super Hang On, and of course Altered Beast which came with the Genesis. I remember not being too thrilled with Phantasy Star 2 after loving the 1st one on the Master System.
Lol do you still game these days man?
I thought I was out but they keep pulling me back in! I bought a Wii last year. My first console since 1995 when I bought a Sega Saturn. Metroid Prime Trilogy is the balls!
Phantasy star 2 is one of my favorite games aside from mapping out the buildings.
I've been making custom Dreamcast mods for the past few months. I really need to do some Sega Genesis custom paint jobs. Thanks for sharing your Genesis memories. Love the Genesis!!
SEGA!!!!
I wasn't even around in 1989, and I only first experienced the Genesis in 2006 when I got my first Genesis Model 1 with a copy of Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II. I wasn't too impressed at first, but when I got Sonic 2, Thunder Force II MD, Thunder Force IV, Virtua Racing, After Burner II and a ton more games, it quickly became one of my favorite pieces of gaming hardware of all time, so much so that I own numerous variants of the Genesis as well as a European and Japanese MegaDrive Model 1.
I am not blown away with the graphics of today... I expect it.
The first time I played the Genesis, it was at a Eaton's department store in Christmas season of 1992 . After playing a demo of (also known as my favourite Video game of all time!) Sonic the hedgehog 2 I was hooked, asked for it & on x-mas morning Santa delivered the Sega Genesis with Sonic 2 included just for me. Now in present times my Genesis is still kicking (suprisingly). I have 34 boxed games & 23 loose cartriges (got rid of alot of bad Genesis games including Batman Forever). The no#1 game I want in my collection for Genesis is Pulseman.
Altered Beast was great. We never heard music and voices like it before on NES/SMS. But Golden Axe was the game that made me want the Genesis. I would sit and draw the characters fighting on paper before that Christmas. I'd cut out all the Toys R Us adds with any pictures of the game. Golden Axe will always be a treasure to me. I bought the Master System version later just because it was Golden Axe. I had to have both.
Super Thunder Blade was one of my favorite Genesis games when I was younger. I actually got really good at it. The music is amazing too. My first Sega game was Sonic. Sonic 2 and Toejam & Earl 2: Panic on Funkotron were some of my favorites.
is it just me or is this your best episode yet?? really enjoyed the commentary and the footage!!
Genesis does.
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I wish i kept my old magazines LOL. The Genesis holds special memories for me too. I bugged mine and got it on Christmas as well! i had to do a treasure hunt for it. One of my favorite memories in life.
I first played the Genesis in the mid-1990s and I still play it today. I own 3 different models and a Sega Nomad, but I made the model 1 my primary Genesis.
I was more a SNES gamer, but I remember a cousin of mine had a Genesis, and each weekend he came to my house and stay the whole weekend and of course we play a lot SNES and Genesis. We use to debate which console was the best. ahhh so much good memories. The games that I remember the best in the Genesis are Decapatack, Rocket Knight Adventure, Sonic 1 and 2, and Golden Axe of course. So many good memories. Now with the PS3 and Xbox360 is imposible to have that blast of fun. Love the 16bit era...
My very favourite game for the Genisis was Light Crusader. When I first played it back in 98 when I was 8 I felt so enveloped in the fantasy and story of the game that I played so much of it.
When I got my Sega Genesis for Xmas, which was the newer model from the one you showed, Man, there has yet to be a day since, that I was SOO unbelievably excited. It is still to this day my most beloved game system.
The games I owned were,Sonic 1-3 and Sonic & Knuckles (I'm a HUGE sonic fan), Aladdin, Both Ecco the Dolphins, Phantasy Star 2, Earthworm Jim, Jurassic Park, X-Men and MK 1 and 2. Such great memories, great time to be a gamer. There will never be another time like it.
The Mega Drive (I am from Europe/Germany) was my first console I've got for christmas.
It was an amazing machine and I am still loving it today.
Ghouls N Ghosts,Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Castlevania Bloodlines and many more games that grew on me and are masterpieces of their time.
I still love those games and playing them If I have some time to spare.
The Genesis/Mega Drive is still my most favourite console of all time.
Your dead on right. Genesis was the FIRST true 16 Bit system. When i first subscribed to a franzine mag, I heard Sega was coming out with a new system. When read the specs and what it was capable of doing i was sooo excited and couldnt wait to get my hand on this beast. Sega really brought the arcade experience home. My first bought titles were Space Harrier, Super Hang On, Last Battle, Thunder Force II, and Ghouls & Ghost. Thease were trulty aweso
June 1992 we bought the Genesis Sonic System at Babbages. During the next few months the Sega CD came along and they were sold out. It would be a couple of weeks until more came in, but if you wanted something available there was the TurboDuo with the Bonk pak- about 6 games I think, but I held out and got the Sega CD and bought Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch and Chopper Command. Chopper Command blew but everything else was cool. This was about the time I discovered Sega Power and Mega from UK
The first time I played the Genesis was at my friends house I was in elementary school. My friends had a variety of game consoles. They had an SNES, Playstation 2, Gameboy handhelds, and finally the genesis. This was during the sixth generation of game systems. I would borrow that system and the game my friends were playing was sonic the hedgehog 2 first time playing sonic loved it and eventually I got sonic mega collection for the Gamecube. Good memories.
I am pretty much the same age as Johnny and i agree we grew up all through these consoles together and i loved seeing the evolution and to this day i love the old consoles.
And the Last Battle...I loved this game. Though I completely forgot about it.
I remember clocking this. Very difficult. Now I look back on it it is very much Fist of the North Star.
Honorable mentions go to Landstalker, Altered Beast (which I could beat without losing a single life) Shadowrun (Best Genesis game ever), the Immortal (incredible RPG), the Shining Force games and Golden Axe! (the Dwarf was unstoppable :) ) Streets of Effin Rage I and II, Desert, Jungle and Urban Srike...DAMN!
I wasnt born when the sega Megadrive/Genesis came out. but i can remember it being the first console I played whilst my older brothers played on the Saturn I still play on it. Freaking Love Streets Of Rage 3 makes my day :D
I got the Genesis for my sixth birthday in 1994. The game was Sonic the Hedgehog and it was the coolest game i had ever seen. 20 years later I remain a hardcore Sonic fan! Sonic forever! \m/
Used to go to my Grandmother's house to play G&G b/c we had Space Harrier II & Golden Axe & Sonic... Love the Genesis! COME ON SEGA MAKE ANOTHER CONSOLE DONE RIGHT!!!
I got a Genesis collection on PS2 and when Sonics ultimate Genesis collection came out on PS3 I got that too.
It's got a ton of great games in it, a ton. including Golden Axe all the Sonic ones, The Streets of Rage games the shining force games you name it. It's pretty freaking sweet. I was about 10 when I got mine and my bro and I litteraly freaked out when he got it. I still only had a Nintendo and we got our Genesis in 1993 right around the peak of it's popularity.
megadrive is the most aesthetically pleasing console ever, just love its shape. I didnt like the two games I got with it for christmas (altered beast & sword of sodan) but before long I had quackshot, and was able to borrow the likes of golden axe and forgotten worlds of a friend. good times
I remember getting the Genesis a few weeks before Christmas in 1989 and only having Altered Beast to play on it for those few weeks. Which was a great game but as said, too short. Then for Christmas I got Space Harrier II and Last Battle which were both disappointing for me. Last Battle because it was too difficult and Space Harrier just didn't seem that fun. Then like a week after Christmas my mom was asking me about my new games and I was like "meh". She said "even the ghouls one?" and I'm ???, never got a ghouls one, and she says wait a minute and 5 minutes later comes out with Ghouls and Ghosts, somehow it had got left out of the presents she wrapped and put under the tree for me. So getting that game was just like Christmas all over again and it made the Genesis console great for me. But the game I loved most of all came a few years later, Star Control. I didn't have a pc, so never played it or even heard of it before. Learning to play it on Genesis was the greatest thing ever.
I have a huge soft spot for the launch-era games, too. Dick Tracy, Dynamite Duke, Rambo III, Mystic Defender, Alien Storm. THE BUSINESS!
I remember going to Canadian Tire with my aunt to purchase a new Genesis for my uncle. The pack-in game was Sonic 2. This was before the release of the Model 2 console.
i remember that 1989 year walking into toy r us and seing this system with altered beast displayed on a moniter screen ,, i was like its just like the arcade wow it was 8pm at night so i told my mom to get it for me and wow she said yes and got me last battle the only game that was available at the time, i still remember the feeling of owning a super machine that no one had yet , half of my school wanted to come over after i use to show the box art at lunch. awesome time....
Damn I only owned 3 systems when i was a kid. A gameboy, gameboy advance, and a playstation1. You had so many as a kid, your childhood must've rocked!
Great vid, man! I was a SEGA fanboy growing up, and I have some great memories of the Genesis just like you. Got mine Xmas morning with I think 3 to 4 games. Played it constantly. Built up my library early on. I think I had about 30 games at the time that I (regretfully) sold it. Why did I sell it? I have no damn clue other than I probably just wanted money for something else. What a stupid kid I was. lol
I got mine later and bought road rash. still one of my favorite games of all time! awesome video
Born in 88 so I missed out on a lot of this but I just bought a Genesis off of eBay and I'm having the time of my life! Looks nice next to nes and snes :)
I also got mine on Christmas morning. Lived up to all the expectations I had and then some, was like having an arcade at home.
OMFG, Dude thx for this video, The Genesis was pretty much my first console I got when I was around 5. What I am thanking you for is showing "Last Battle" I've been looking for that game for so long, and forgot the name. I've told all kinds of people about it and they could never understand what I was talking about.
Gosh this one brought back memories, I played the Megadrive so much I wore out the contacts. The Games would only start half the time.
Bundle game we got in New Zealand was Thunder Force 2. Awesome little shooter, but so hard. Never found out why we didn't get Altered Beast. That was bundled with system about a yeat later.
Anyway thanks for this walk down memory lane, and also you must of had the best parents ever.