Definitely underrated among other FMV games. This one actually played like a game, had interesting visuals entertaining cut scenes. The balance between well-produced sci-fi movie and hammy acting kept my interest and made me want to see it through to the end. The challenge was fair and rewarding to those who took the time to get better at the game.
I love these early FMV games. Sega cd, even as wonky as it is, is one of my favorite ways to play these. The poor compression and limited color palette adds to the nostalgia of it. Lots of fun back in the day.
The compression at the time did not bother me the lack of color in video did. So I definitely know which bothers me the most today and back in the day. Everything looks so washed out when not drawn as sprites.
Good review, just learned that Mark Mothersbaugh did the soundtrack, There is more than just one song also, changes with your call sign as you go. Turn and Burn!
@@devo076 Yes, but that was later. The earlier version of the Sega CD (with the tray that would come out instead of a lid that opened and closed) didn't have it as a pack-in.
The only Sega CD game I've ever played. I was terrible at the navigation and I also got caught by the mid-point 'afk check', but did eventually beat it! Great review!
@@eskanda3434 it's not really. There were lots of good games on the system. Lots of good exclusive improved versions of other games. And some pretty great exclusive games too
Its mine to as well as ground zero texas and Corpse killer i love the fmv shooters on sega cd i just beat the remaster of ground zero texas that came out on steam a few days ago
When this game came out, my roomies and I played it non-stop for a month or so until we beat. We never stopped laughing at the dialog, and the music was awesome.
I actually had a sega cd in the early 90s. I remember playing it a lot. Its kind of a good system. Especially for the time. Like your green eye makeup.
This was the first sega CD game I ever played. It was the pack in game with my friends console. I never thought it was a horrible title. Definitely playable
I only ever got to play this game at a Best Buy when I was a kid. We could never afford a Sega CD (or even a Genesis, after we got an SNES), and the displays they had at the stores like that were the only ways I could play. That was back when Best Buy had an entire section cordoned off just for sampling games and systems, back in the '90s. (Christ, I feel old now at 37....)
I remember watch a VHS which had trailers from Sega CD games on it when I was a kid. Sewer Shark looked crazy impressive at the time, Ive never played it but hopefully one day I’ll get to.
What a blast from the past! I remember a friend of mine at college had a Sega CD, and I believe we rented this game from Blockbuster and played it all weekend. We had a blast with it too - lightweight but a lot of fun.
I loved this game! To this day, I still hear my Dad yell out, "Track it through the tubes!" : ) Great memories of this game! Thanks for the coverage! : )
The compression on the video clips looks so good! That low resolution gives everything such a great texture. And the sound quality! Everything about the look and sound of this game is so cool!
I was amazed by this pack in with my sega cd. Once you got used to the gameplay and controls, you get addicted. I spoke to the fmv director here on youtube about the game. Hope that vid is still up.
Wow this brings back memories! Back in 1995 While in the USMC my friend next door in the barracks had a Sega Saturn. We had a lot of fun with this game! I still remember the hilarious cut scenes and of course the “Danny Devito” guy!! 😀😂 Thanks for the cool review!!
I think it would have been better if it came with a full manual that actually told you what to do, I could never figure out the tunnel navigation thing as a kid and it since it was a pack in game it didn't come with the full manual that explains it. That's probably where a lot of the bad rep comes from.
Bringing back so many memories! When I was a kid my grandfather came over to my house with a Sega CD and a whole stack of games. One of the guys at his work was punishing his child by selling off his Sega, Sega CD, 32x, GameGear and all his games for like $200. That was in 1996 (or 1997) and I still have all of it to this day. The first game I played was sewer sharks and I loved it so much!
In the CD game era just like there were "Myst clones" there were also several games inspired by "Rebel Assault". The one this one reminds me the most is "Loadstar: the Legend of Tully Bodine"
I just discovered you and have been binge watching your content. I’m already a fan and I’m subbed. You are awesome! Sewer Shark was the first Sega CD game I played when I received the console as a gift on Easter ‘94. Me and my brother, coming from the Genesis, played it for hours and were blown away. We loved it. I’ll always cherish those memories. Good times. I’m not a fan of FMV games in general, but some of them (Sewer Shark, Double Switch, Mad Dog McCree) were fantastic. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Relax pretend its a game maybe it'll even be fun SHOOT THE TUBES DOGMEAT!! and Don't you love the smell of the sewers in the morning? They smell like Victory
So happy you liked this game. One of my favorites on the Sega CD. Had no idea it was filmed in the mid 80s. Always felt it had a Terminator/Aliens/Running Man vibe.
I actually really like hearing thoughtful explanations of positions different from mine. I don’t dislike Sewer Shark specifically, just was never taken by FMV games even though I grew up in their heyday. I especially really like when someone had a different reaction to my own at the time the thing released and has then had an opposite history with the thing. Lots of people who didn’t buy the stuff at the time with their own money will look at older games and find them amusing now. As someone who also loved a lot of hated games, I just honestly like hearing it from someone else on something I was never very into.
I remember playing sewer shark and tomcat alley on the sega cd. Thanks for the nostalgic memories! Love the channel already and look forward to more videos
I remember getting this game as a bundle with the Sega CD as a kid. I could never beat the first board, but loved watching the video and shooting the big rats. Thanks, for reviewing this game. 🥰🐭
It's funny I used to hate that game when I first got the Sega CD but then I went back when I got better at gaming, and I absolutely love it now. Awesome vid!
#CannotBeTamed "#SewerShark is my ALL time favorites, I'm just glad that you give it a review here & me & my cousin #RichardAndrewThomas3rd played the game back then since the early & mid 90s as well too, thanks #Pam." 😏🎮🕹️👾🎞️🎬🎥💖♈💭📱🔮 #MiddlebrooksFanatics
My favorite FMV game is "Mad Dog McGee" I believe it's called. It was a light gun FMV game. It's super cheesy, but I really liked it back in the day. Another great video, and that eye shadow is cool!
I remember going to a friends house and renting this system with Sewer Shark and Night Trap. This was the future and those were the times. Blowing my mind telling me the games were actually from the 80's but that makes sense since Dana Plato was fresh off Diffrent strokes. I always wondered how she disappeared but popped up in a video game out of the blue.
I think if they made the game to take itself serious it wouldn't have been appealing to those who admits to liking it. And I also think many more like it as a guilty pleasure and didn't want to be seen playing it lol. The main reason I had fun with it when it released is because I seen it as an interactive comedy skit lol.
There's a space combat sim I fell in love with years ago but never got around to finishing called Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star. Have you had a look at that one yet? I remember the music was next level and it had pilots you could pick as wingmen who all had these in depth bios, which was totally my jam as a kid in the 90's. A similar one was Star Crusader, where you could train up wingmen pilots and then send them to train others. When one of your best pilots died who had been with you from the start of the game it was pretty wrenching. You could also capture alien ships and use them as your own and change sides and join the enemy in the middle of the story. Two shining stars from my childhood where I'd be playing space combat sims with a helmet on, wishing I was a space fighter pilot.
Playing Sewer Shark for the first time in 2015 was a blast. I actually bought a 3DO for better FMV in this game, and it’s worth it- the gags as it goes on, with on-location filming(!) are bizarre and hilarious.
i saw a sega cd only once in my life. On that occasion I saw Night Trap (classic), Corpse Killer and an incredible conversion from Final Fight. It's the first time I've heard about sewer shark.
Holy nostalgia!!! This game and others of its kind blew my mind back in the day. It is actually heartbreaking to see how terrible they looked and played since the memories fail to hold those flaws. That's also a big reason I don't go back and plays these old titles - most of the time when I do, I'm disappointed. I think I'll just remember them fondly and plow ahead with the new classics.
I was 13 when the Mega CD was out in 1993. I remember a lot about this game along with Night Trap. They were featured a lot in the video game magazines at the time. The general initial buzz was that these FMV games were a little underwhelming. I never got to play them at the time, but to me they always looked really good and exciting at the time. I had though, no idea that both Night Trap and Sewer Shark's film footage was shot a few years before their sega releases. That was a very interesting point I learned here. Really enjoyed this retrospective!
I had this game in the 80's. It's some of my better memories. The video imaging is crap by today standards but back then it was a big deal in the home market. I legit liked this game. The jandra was ill-conceived but this game proved it could work on some level.
I'm not a huge FMV fan but I still love Sewer Shark. Teeth marks all over the scenery, music by Mark Mothersbaugh, a nervous robot and simple gameplay make it the rare FMV treat. And yes, with the HD remakes of Night Trap, Ground Zero: Texas, Double Switch, I am still baffled how this one is overlooked.
Yep, it was a pack in along with , I THINK Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective and a multi disc including Columns and some others? Anyway, grainy low resolution video and all, I LOVED IT.
I played the hell out of this game when it was current. My gf at the time would take care of the navigation. Made a huge difference. Game was still pretty hard. I loved this game
I can't stop thinking of Tainted love when I hear that track. But those cut scenes are very reminiscent of the direct to video action films I grew up on in the 80s and 90s. And some of those special effects really do look like the style used by ILM. Especially that scene of the sewer shark moving through the tunnel, so it doesn't surprise me. 80s quality practical special effects are as much of a lost art as the self aware comical acting in those days.
@@Cannotbetamed1 personally I think some classic practical effects still out do a lot of modern digital effects. But I have noticed cheap and high quality in both techniques. However, I am more partial towards practical because I love the clever and innovative tricks used to get the result.
Glad to see this genuine fmv and mini b movie classic get some love , it deserves more . I was enamored with this game's charms and characters from the moment i loaded it up for the first time , i think i bought it the first week of release , all these years later i still love it , the 3do version is even better in some respects because of the higher quality visuals but this one has some minor subtle differences that i appreciate more plus it has potent nostalgia feels for me
WOW I remember this! I got a little taste of it when I played it on my friends Sega CD. For the time it looked amazing. I’d like to see a non compressed version of the game play. I did not know John Dykstra directed!! But it makes sense since the footage of the sewers looks so good. It has that Star Wars feel to it.
God I loved this hot mess so much. You can’t really understand why this was impressive unless you were coming off 16 bit like we were back then. Kinda funny that now 16 bit rules again and games like this are considered absolute garbage.
Sewer Shark was often considered garbage, even in 2004/2005, when I got my first Sega CD system. The game's biggest problem is there's no in-game tutorial, and you would have to *read the manual.* Anyone who didn't thought the game was trash, because *they* didn't know better. I've played far worse, though.
This actually looks like a playable fun game, Sega Cd made a few of these games with real people in it and i remember Double Switch with Corey Haim in it, Was like watching a movie rather than playing a game.
@@Cannotbetamed1 I at least knew HOW to play Night Trap, Double Switch I have no idea what I'm doing, I can't even set one trap. I mean I'm pretty sure last time I attempted it, I set one trap to max power, then set it off when there was no reason to. Come to think of it, I've got the remake of Double Switch on Steam, I'll give it another try later, see if there's some kind of manual for it.
In Double Switch there are multiple traps in each room so you need to memorize which one is which to set and activate when someone walks over it. The timing is really fussy too. It’s bad.
I actually enjoyed this game quite a lot when it was released. This one and Novastorm from Psygnosis which was very similar and released on the Sega CD a little later than Sewer Shark.
The thing about these old FMV games is that unless you bought the original physical copy which came with a manual, you won't know what to actually do in the game to advance further into it as there are no tutorial or training section in-game to help prepare you.
I really enjoy Sewer Shark since I first played it when my friend got a Sega CD. There is also a 3DO version that has updated interface and much higher video quality, its like the definitive version! Great video :)
Spot on comparison with the Space Mountain stage from AITMK. I still gotta give the nod to Night Trap personally, but this was one of my favorite Sega CD games back in the 90's.
I think pack in games tend to get overlooked and Sewer Shark embodies that. Really enjoying these wonderful Sega CD reviews. PS that eye makeup is on point
Pam, thanks for that wonderful review of one of my all time favourites. I still love to play it on my Smartphone using Lemuroid, so the cutscenes finally look good on the small screen. 🙂And using a Switch controller you'll even have your stick instead of a D-Pad. 🙂
Thanks for the review. I used to own this game back in the mid 90s. The only thing that made it so popular wasn't for its game play but for its movie like game. This was big in the 90s gaming world. It's sad that SEGA hardware went bye bye because they had the right ideas just way too many consoles. Sega Saturn and DreamCast will always be my fav.
Thank you for making this video. When I was a kid, my older brother bought the Sega CD and this was the only game that we kept coming back to. The security camera games were not fun. I never came close to beating Sewer Sark but it was genuinely fun even if it was frustrating.
Yes! I loved Sewer Shark so much back when I got the Sega CD in.... 1993 it must have been? wow 28 years geez... and nowadays I only seem to see it get dismissed, but it was *such* a fun game. Beating it felt like such an accomplishment too. So great to see a positive review like this. Only quibble with the video, not enough Catfish. One of my favorite parts of the game, I swear I still have some of lines burned into brain after all this time. "Catfish to Ghost, the dang thing bit me! Vector niner.... six... twelve."
Definitely underrated among other FMV games. This one actually played like a game, had interesting visuals entertaining cut scenes. The balance between well-produced sci-fi movie and hammy acting kept my interest and made me want to see it through to the end. The challenge was fair and rewarding to those who took the time to get better at the game.
I have the sega cd that I got in the 90s and about 15 games. i love the FMV. Love that you reviewed this. I wish the PS4 would make this.
I love these early FMV games. Sega cd, even as wonky as it is, is one of my favorite ways to play these. The poor compression and limited color palette adds to the nostalgia of it. Lots of fun back in the day.
The compression at the time did not bother me the lack of color in video did. So I definitely know which bothers me the most today and back in the day. Everything looks so washed out when not drawn as sprites.
Same here. I still have mine and I'm 56 My buddies would come over when we were younger and we would love to play Night Trap or Ground zero
Take a deep breath rookie. Don’t you like the smell of sewers in the morning? It smells like victory!
amen
"Relax, pretend it's a game. Maybe it'll even be fun...SHOOT THE TUBES DOGMEAT!" lol
Good review, just learned that Mark Mothersbaugh did the soundtrack, There is more than just one song also, changes with your call sign as you go. Turn and Burn!
I got Sewer Shark as the pack-in game with my Sega CD. I will always have being called "dogmeat" seared into my mind.
Everyone did, it was the pack-in.
You can get promoted to 'Rat Breath' with a bit of effort. Totally worth it lol
@@devo076 Yes, but that was later. The earlier version of the Sega CD (with the tray that would come out instead of a lid that opened and closed) didn't have it as a pack-in.
Having DOGMEAT actually written on the dashboard alone makes me like this game
From DogMeat to RatBreath. Thanks for the memories!
The only Sega CD game I've ever played. I was terrible at the navigation and I also got caught by the mid-point 'afk check', but did eventually beat it! Great review!
Thank you! I think that afk check got everyone at least once.
@@Cannotbetamed1 I just didn't expect it. I was watching, up until... "You didn't fire, _did you?"_
I absolutely unironically love this game! It's actually my favorite Sega CD game.
Favorite Sega CD game is a pretty low bar to be honest.
@@eskanda3434 it's not really. There were lots of good games on the system. Lots of good exclusive improved versions of other games. And some pretty great exclusive games too
Its mine to as well as ground zero texas and Corpse killer i love the fmv shooters on sega cd i just beat the remaster of ground zero texas that came out on steam a few days ago
@@orinanime Come on, pull the other one, the Sega CD was full of stinkers.
There are lots of good Sega CD games, especially considering how small the library is.
When this game came out, my roomies and I played it non-stop for a month or so until we beat. We never stopped laughing at the dialog, and the music was awesome.
This game takes me back to late high school! And I appreciate your review style. Thorough, concise, and calm. Best to you!
Much appreciated!
I liked this game. It came packed in with my Model 2 Sega CD.
I actually had a sega cd in the early 90s. I remember playing it a lot. Its kind of a good system. Especially for the time. Like your green eye makeup.
Thank you.
I always liked Sewer Shark as a game, I could never beat it though always could get to the end where you chase down the phoenix thing or whatever.
This was the first sega CD game I ever played. It was the pack in game with my friends console. I never thought it was a horrible title. Definitely playable
Of all the FMV games getting remastered this is the one I want the most.
This and Night Trap. Must have classics.
@@hi8tus707 night trap did get the remaster. I own the physical releases from limited run games… we need sewer shark remastered!
@@AvoidingHumanSociety Snatcher, Rise of the Dragon, Mad Dog Mcree.
I only ever got to play this game at a Best Buy when I was a kid. We could never afford a Sega CD (or even a Genesis, after we got an SNES), and the displays they had at the stores like that were the only ways I could play. That was back when Best Buy had an entire section cordoned off just for sampling games and systems, back in the '90s. (Christ, I feel old now at 37....)
I remember watch a VHS which had trailers from Sega CD games on it when I was a kid. Sewer Shark looked crazy impressive at the time, Ive never played it but hopefully one day I’ll get to.
What a blast from the past! I remember a friend of mine at college had a Sega CD, and I believe we rented this game from Blockbuster and played it all weekend. We had a blast with it too - lightweight but a lot of fun.
I loved this game! To this day, I still hear my Dad yell out, "Track it through the tubes!" : ) Great memories of this game! Thanks for the coverage! : )
No problem, glad it brought back some good memories.
I love this game. I have my original SegaCD copy since 1995.
OMG, I grew up with Adventures in the Magic Kingdom and Sewer Shark and never made that connection about the Space Mountain level. I totally agree.
It has the same feel when you turn a corner.
The compression on the video clips looks so good! That low resolution gives everything such a great texture. And the sound quality! Everything about the look and sound of this game is so cool!
I was amazed by this pack in with my sega cd. Once you got used to the gameplay and controls, you get addicted. I spoke to the fmv director here on youtube about the game. Hope that vid is still up.
Wow this brings back memories! Back in 1995 While in the USMC my friend next door in the barracks had a Sega Saturn. We had a lot of fun with this game! I still remember the hilarious cut scenes and of course the “Danny Devito” guy!! 😀😂 Thanks for the cool review!!
Finally. Someone who agrees with me that Sewer Shark isn't that bad. Yer awesome, keep up the great work!
Thank you! I think this is a much better game than its reputation would suggest.
@@darthkai8242 lol!
Games with old 1980s/1990s B-movie aesthetics are a guilty pleasure of mine. Xeno Crisis, which is Smash TV meets Aliens, is an example of this.
I agree. It's not a bad game at all!
I think it would have been better if it came with a full manual that actually told you what to do, I could never figure out the tunnel navigation thing as a kid and it since it was a pack in game it didn't come with the full manual that explains it. That's probably where a lot of the bad rep comes from.
Bringing back so many memories! When I was a kid my grandfather came over to my house with a Sega CD and a whole stack of games. One of the guys at his work was punishing his child by selling off his Sega, Sega CD, 32x, GameGear and all his games for like $200. That was in 1996 (or 1997) and I still have all of it to this day. The first game I played was sewer sharks and I loved it so much!
Crazy how Costanzo sounds and looks like DeVito.
he was in Total Recall , i can't watch that movie now without thinking , it's Commissioner Stenchler
Costanzo is fantastic!
I think he dubbed Devito's part in the "Hercules" cartoon. Guy can just make a living doing that. I love him
@@joshsweet7512 I believe he did in Kingdom Hearts, too.
@@clownprince88 He was Harry.
@@landismithCOJ Nice!
He's always going to be "Merry Christmas" cop from Die Hard 2 to me. Love that actor so much
In the CD game era just like there were "Myst clones" there were also several games inspired by "Rebel Assault". The one this one reminds me the most is "Loadstar: the Legend of Tully Bodine"
I loved FMV games and always thought it was an admirable attempt at making a more lifelike gaming experience. Dracula Unleashed was also cool.
Fuck yes... fuck yes. Nailed it yo.
Maybe with VR, we will see something similar... wild. hahaha
Dracula was so scary for the times. Loved all the FVM games
This game was so much fun to play over and over again.
It was easily the most consistent game I played on my Sega CD.
Its a good game it also shows why FMV sucks. Sewer Shark is about as good as FMV could get so you knew it was a dead format right then
I just discovered you and have been binge watching your content. I’m already a fan and I’m subbed. You are awesome!
Sewer Shark was the first Sega CD game I played when I received the console as a gift on Easter ‘94. Me and my brother, coming from the Genesis, played it for hours and were blown away. We loved it. I’ll always cherish those memories. Good times.
I’m not a fan of FMV games in general, but some of them (Sewer Shark, Double Switch, Mad Dog McCree) were fantastic. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Thanks so much, welcome to the channel.
I've always had a soft spot for Sega CD it was my most anticipated console as a child after the NES of course lol!
Cheers FMV for life! 🍻🥂🥤
Catfish to Hole Hog: the dang thang bit me!
Relax pretend its a game maybe it'll even be fun SHOOT THE TUBES DOGMEAT!! and Don't you love the smell of the sewers in the morning? They smell like Victory
So happy you liked this game. One of my favorites on the Sega CD. Had no idea it was filmed in the mid 80s. Always felt it had a Terminator/Aliens/Running Man vibe.
I actually really like hearing thoughtful explanations of positions different from mine. I don’t dislike Sewer Shark specifically, just was never taken by FMV games even though I grew up in their heyday.
I especially really like when someone had a different reaction to my own at the time the thing released and has then had an opposite history with the thing. Lots of people who didn’t buy the stuff at the time with their own money will look at older games and find them amusing now. As someone who also loved a lot of hated games, I just honestly like hearing it from someone else on something I was never very into.
Hi Pam, I’m here to watch you talk aboot retro video games.
I remember playing sewer shark and tomcat alley on the sega cd. Thanks for the nostalgic memories! Love the channel already and look forward to more videos
Thanks so much!
I want to see a movie based on this game. The acting is so perfectly cheesey in those fmvs.
CLIMB ABOARD DOG MEAT!
I remember getting this game as a bundle with the Sega CD as a kid. I could never beat the first board, but loved watching the video and shooting the big rats. Thanks, for reviewing this game. 🥰🐭
No problem :)
It's funny I used to hate that game when I first got the Sega CD but then I went back when I got better at gaming, and I absolutely love it now. Awesome vid!
#CannotBeTamed "#SewerShark is my ALL time favorites, I'm just glad that you give it a review here & me & my cousin #RichardAndrewThomas3rd played the game back then since the early & mid 90s as well too, thanks #Pam." 😏🎮🕹️👾🎞️🎬🎥💖♈💭📱🔮 #MiddlebrooksFanatics
The commissioner is the actor from Total Recall. I love this game.
Seeing screenshots for Sewer Shark in a gaming magazine I can't remember the name of back in the day felt like looking at the future.
Love me some FMV games and I played Sewer Shark a ton as it was the pack in for my Sega CD. Glad to find more people who enjoy the game!
It was a lot of fun!
I really want to play this game now thank you lmao 😂
My favorite FMV game is "Mad Dog McGee" I believe it's called. It was a light gun FMV game. It's super cheesy, but I really liked it back in the day. Another great video, and that eye shadow is cool!
Thanks!
I actually still remembered the intro after all these years.😀
I remember going to a friends house and renting this system with Sewer Shark and Night Trap. This was the future and those were the times.
Blowing my mind telling me the games were actually from the 80's but that makes sense since Dana Plato was fresh off Diffrent strokes. I always wondered how she disappeared but popped up in a video game out of the blue.
I just looked up this game about 2 weeks ago, couldn't even remember the name and now this nice vid.
I remember this game, I enjoyed it back in the day!
Yes sewer sharks. I remember this one. I used to go over to a friend's house and watch him play this.
Oh hell no!! Sewer shark is classic. It's fun and cheesy. I do miss this one. Kool review
I think if they made the game to take itself serious it wouldn't have been appealing to those who admits to liking it. And I also think many more like it as a guilty pleasure and didn't want to be seen playing it lol. The main reason I had fun with it when it released is because I seen it as an interactive comedy skit lol.
always appreciated when you see real life actors even in modern video games
That game I remember buying this game day one. Played the daylights out of this game🕹️🕹️🕹️
Stenchler is awesome and his secretary takes off her clothes and is smokin hot lots to like
Commissioner Stenchler is the best name for a bad guy I’ve heard since General Grievous. I need to get a Mega SD and throw this on there
There's a space combat sim I fell in love with years ago but never got around to finishing called Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star. Have you had a look at that one yet? I remember the music was next level and it had pilots you could pick as wingmen who all had these in depth bios, which was totally my jam as a kid in the 90's.
A similar one was Star Crusader, where you could train up wingmen pilots and then send them to train others. When one of your best pilots died who had been with you from the start of the game it was pretty wrenching. You could also capture alien ships and use them as your own and change sides and join the enemy in the middle of the story.
Two shining stars from my childhood where I'd be playing space combat sims with a helmet on, wishing I was a space fighter pilot.
I haven't heard of that before.
Playing Sewer Shark for the first time in 2015 was a blast. I actually bought a 3DO for better FMV in this game, and it’s worth it- the gags as it goes on, with on-location filming(!) are bizarre and hilarious.
Oh man, I remember my dad playing this campy ass game on our sega cd back in the mid-late 90s.
i saw a sega cd only once in my life. On that occasion I saw Night Trap (classic), Corpse Killer and an incredible conversion from Final Fight. It's the first time I've heard about sewer shark.
My favorites are this Corpse Killer and Ground Zero Texas my top 3 favorite sega cd fmv shooters
Holy nostalgia!!! This game and others of its kind blew my mind back in the day. It is actually heartbreaking to see how terrible they looked and played since the memories fail to hold those flaws. That's also a big reason I don't go back and plays these old titles - most of the time when I do, I'm disappointed. I think I'll just remember them fondly and plow ahead with the new classics.
I was 13 when the Mega CD was out in 1993. I remember a lot about this game along with Night Trap. They were featured a lot in the video game magazines at the time. The general initial buzz was that these FMV games were a little underwhelming. I never got to play them at the time, but to me they always looked really good and exciting at the time. I had though, no idea that both Night Trap and Sewer Shark's film footage was shot a few years before their sega releases. That was a very interesting point I learned here. Really enjoyed this retrospective!
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it
I had this game in the 80's. It's some of my better memories. The video imaging is crap by today standards but back then it was a big deal in the home market. I legit liked this game. The jandra was ill-conceived but this game proved it could work on some level.
Turn and burn! Love this game, and when I got better at it, loved the alternate cut scenes of praise.
I am sorry to say I missed out on these cool Sega games. Another great video. Plus you look great.
"The dang thing bit me" a line i will never forget lol
I'm not a huge FMV fan but I still love Sewer Shark. Teeth marks all over the scenery, music by Mark Mothersbaugh, a nervous robot and simple gameplay make it the rare FMV treat. And yes, with the HD remakes of Night Trap, Ground Zero: Texas, Double Switch, I am still baffled how this one is overlooked.
I think this will get a remake soon.
Yep, it was a pack in along with , I THINK Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective and a multi disc including Columns and some others? Anyway, grainy low resolution video and all, I LOVED IT.
I played the hell out of this game when it was current. My gf at the time would take care of the navigation. Made a huge difference. Game was still pretty hard. I loved this game
I can't stop thinking of Tainted love when I hear that track.
But those cut scenes are very reminiscent of the direct to video action films I grew up on in the 80s and 90s. And some of those special effects really do look like the style used by ILM. Especially that scene of the sewer shark moving through the tunnel, so it doesn't surprise me.
80s quality practical special effects are as much of a lost art as the self aware comical acting in those days.
I love practical effects, they look so much cooler, and hold up way better than the earlier digital effects.
@@Cannotbetamed1 personally I think some classic practical effects still out do a lot of modern digital effects.
But I have noticed cheap and high quality in both techniques. However, I am more partial towards practical because I love the clever and innovative tricks used to get the result.
Oh god I remember when we originally owned the Sega CD and Sewer Shark was a game I recall all too well at around the age of 5.
Holy shit, I found a community of people who also love this game. I’ve love it since release and am now playing it on the Polymega.
Glad to see this genuine fmv and mini b movie classic get some love , it deserves more .
I was enamored with this game's charms and characters from the moment i loaded it up for the first time , i think i bought it the first week of release , all these years later i still love it , the 3do version is even better in some respects because of the higher quality visuals but this one has some minor subtle differences that i appreciate more plus it has potent nostalgia feels for me
WOW I remember this! I got a little taste of it when I played it on my friends Sega CD. For the time it looked amazing. I’d like to see a non compressed version of the game play. I did not know John Dykstra directed!! But it makes sense since the footage of the sewers looks so good. It has that Star Wars feel to it.
im beyond happy you covered this game, I wish I seen this video sooner
Well, glad you found it now
@@Cannotbetamed1 I had a Sega CD when I was about 7 years old, this brings back good memories lol
Beat the game when it came out. Most difficult part, any finger prints on the disc would mess it up bad.
God I loved this hot mess so much. You can’t really understand why this was impressive unless you were coming off 16 bit like we were back then. Kinda funny that now 16 bit rules again and games like this are considered absolute garbage.
I think it's because FMV games are the exact opposite of the current retrogaming thing.
Sewer Shark was often considered garbage, even in 2004/2005, when I got my first Sega CD system. The game's biggest problem is there's no in-game tutorial, and you would have to *read the manual.* Anyone who didn't thought the game was trash, because *they* didn't know better. I've played far worse, though.
I love this game. One of the few FMV games I could finish.
Love your videos, so many great retro games
Thanks :)
This actually looks like a playable fun game, Sega Cd made a few of these games with real people in it and i remember Double Switch with Corey Haim in it, Was like watching a movie rather than playing a game.
Night Trap had Dana Plato
Double Switch was so badly designed for gameplay.
@@Cannotbetamed1 I at least knew HOW to play Night Trap, Double Switch I have no idea what I'm doing, I can't even set one trap. I mean I'm pretty sure last time I attempted it, I set one trap to max power, then set it off when there was no reason to. Come to think of it, I've got the remake of Double Switch on Steam, I'll give it another try later, see if there's some kind of manual for it.
In Double Switch there are multiple traps in each room so you need to memorize which one is which to set and activate when someone walks over it. The timing is really fussy too. It’s bad.
This game was amazing and one of the best FMV games ever made. I love the guy who played Ghost he was great.
Hey, stenchler’s Harry from the 1990 Total Recall! Also awesome video Pam!
I actually enjoyed this game quite a lot when it was released. This one and Novastorm from Psygnosis which was very similar and released on the Sega CD a little later than Sewer Shark.
The thing about these old FMV games is that unless you bought the original physical copy which came with a manual, you won't know what to actually do in the game to advance further into it as there are no tutorial or training section in-game to help prepare you.
I loved this game as a kid - thanks for your review
I really enjoy Sewer Shark since I first played it when my friend got a Sega CD. There is also a 3DO version that has updated interface and much higher video quality, its like the definitive version! Great video :)
Spot on comparison with the Space Mountain stage from AITMK. I still gotta give the nod to Night Trap personally, but this was one of my favorite Sega CD games back in the 90's.
This video contains an outstanding review and awesome cheekbones.
Oh thank you!
I owned this back in the day, I never did beat the damn thing. Man I miss the 90's.......
Awesome video! Always kinda liked the old FMV games lol and your makeup always looks amazing! You should do tutorials on um...oh wait you do!😱
sewer shark was a classic and i loved it especially the 3do version
I think pack in games tend to get overlooked and Sewer Shark embodies that. Really enjoying these wonderful Sega CD reviews. PS that eye makeup is on point
Thank you :)
Downloading it rn, luckily I can rewind on my games so i literally can't lose
this game used to creep me out when i was young, that damn unkillabe rat/bat thing
Always had a soft spot for this game
Pam, thanks for that wonderful review of one of my all time favourites. I still love to play it on my Smartphone using Lemuroid, so the cutscenes finally look good on the small screen. 🙂And using a Switch controller you'll even have your stick instead of a D-Pad. 🙂
The spaceship, underground, in the sewers scene in The Matrix - was inspired by this. I'm convinced. It's just too similar.
This game was insanely hard for us as kids. Very fond memories of beating it. Ground Zero Texas was another cool fmv.
Thanks for the review. I used to own this game back in the mid 90s. The only thing that made it so popular wasn't for its game play but for its movie like game. This was big in the 90s gaming world. It's sad that SEGA hardware went bye bye because they had the right ideas just way too many consoles. Sega Saturn and DreamCast will always be my fav.
Thank you for making this video. When I was a kid, my older brother bought the Sega CD and this was the only game that we kept coming back to. The security camera games were not fun. I never came close to beating Sewer Sark but it was genuinely fun even if it was frustrating.
Yes! I loved Sewer Shark so much back when I got the Sega CD in.... 1993 it must have been? wow 28 years geez... and nowadays I only seem to see it get dismissed, but it was *such* a fun game. Beating it felt like such an accomplishment too. So great to see a positive review like this. Only quibble with the video, not enough Catfish. One of my favorite parts of the game, I swear I still have some of lines burned into brain after all this time. "Catfish to Ghost, the dang thing bit me! Vector niner.... six... twelve."
Catfish is pretty fun.