Any of the museum titles. I wasn't a console gamer in the NES/SNES/Genesis era (I played Amiga/C64), but when I got a PS1... I LOVED the Midway collections. :) I still do... even if some of the titles don't remind me of the good old days of the Arcade (yes, I'm old.) 🙂
My local arcade had Undercover Cops and I loved playing it. I loved pulling out those random poles. Unfortunately so did my girlfriend which is why we're no longer together :D
One Interesting thing about Undercover Cops, there's an updated version for the Arcades called Undercover Cops Alpha Renewal (It has the alpha symbol in the front of the logo) which came out later the same year. It features even better graphics, like the second level intro has a beautiful new background, better controls (including jump dash attacks and some extra desperation movies) but most important, the music is MUCH better, with a better soundfont and some voices added, If the original version was already rather unknown, then this one was even more hidden!
@@buckeyechad1 I know the second one is done by Irem, and yeah it share's a really similar arstyle, like just before they got the hang of it for Metal Slug
The renewal version is what the Japanese version was. For some reason the move selection was cut down, and music, sprites and backgrounds changed for the original US release.
I remember playing chop lifter on my master system for the first time. The first stage going underground and the music changed I thought to myself. Shit just got real
I've said it before but I'll say it again: the quality of the gameplay footage is miles ahead of any other retro gaming channel. The scanlines look so incredibly good!
You didnt mention the INSANE and RADICAL arcade machine the r360 that sometimes housed the gloc game. Maybe further coverage in a “specialty arcade machines” episode.
2 things i love : ''hello and welcome'' , it is such a good greeting. the after credit skit, they are always funny and creative. wish they make an ep every sunday, but we can't ask for the impossible.
I love how some modern console games that barely use all the buttons on a gamepad have tutorials that are more invasive than TIE Fighter, a game that had an entire keyboard worth of commands. The funny thing is that invasive tutorials that block your gameplay often have the opposite effect because people's brain go "ooh, game" then "huh, not game, ignoreskip" when a tutorial like that happens, but some devs/publishers must be really worried about people putting down a game because they don't get how to play it.
The new GS episodes on Saturdays are the sign im up late and need to go to sleep after its over lol. Gonna play some games and watch til then tho! (And then throw a playlist of old episodes to fall asleep to of course)
That end video skit where that one guy talking to you over the radio who lectures you for the first couple minutes during the beginning of the game, telling you how to play the game. Like hey!! Listen!! I know you want to help me on my journey, but c'mon now, could I just like, you know, play the game without you having to give me drill instructions like I'm in boot camp or in a classroom?
Forgotten worlds was one of my fav genesis games, highly underrated. Im not much of a shooter fan but i loved this game. Even better when playing with a friend!
I have two suggestions for a future Left in the Arcade episode. The first is Space Gun by Taito and the second is Dragon Gun by Data East. They're both light gun shooters with really cool 2D pixel art and lots of impressive scaling which I think would be right up your alley!
Sunday Sack Time Remember, when you're feeling down about the state of modern gaming there is always three lifetimes of games you haven't touched from the last thirty years
Excellent video as always Joe and I love your shirt! Speaking of Air Buster...while it didn't feature many special effects 1990 was all about huge sprites and parallax scrolling! ;)
Amiga conversion of Forgotten Worlds is bad, but the system had plenty of "arcade perfect" ports like Rainbow Islands, Toki, Rodland & Pang. One problem several ports suffered was zero communication with Japan or access to original art assets so they had to play the game, take photographs and recreate the art. Some of the more crafty developers actually extracted the files from the arcade ROMs themselves.
I appreciate you Joe, I honestly look forward to your uploads. Suffering from stiff person syndrome. I really rely on RUclips content to keep me entertained. Again, thank you so much!.
I am a huge fan of the music of Undercover Cops for the Super Famicom. I consider the music the be arranged versions of the arcade music I have spent hours listening to these tunes. That ending was so hilarious
If the PCE version of Forgotten Worlds just had some parallax, it would have been the definitive version for me. Love the soundtrack. Emulation is the order of the day with this one as you can assign the run and one button to the left & right bumper. If you love this game like I do, there's another way to play it that's a bit special. In the PSP compilation from Capcom, you can actually use the left stick for movement and the right buttons to automatically fire in the direction you want, no rotation delay needed. It becomes a twin stick, but with the 4 face buttons for the right stick. But that's ok cause their layout is ideal for this, much like the Snes controller was for Smash TV. You could also assign the buttons to the right stick in PPSSPP and make it a true twin stick shooter. Also, the PSP version allows you to change the level of sound effects and music independently which is unique and incredible for arcade games, as the SFX were way too loud on many of them. The only caveat with the PPSSPP method is input lag, but that's the fault of the emulator. You'll need every latency reducing trick in the book for that one. Direct X API for one helps. There's a clock sync tweak as well that you need to do. If using an Nvidia card, try enabling low latency ultra mode also.
Undercover Cops becomes way more interesting (and less boring) once you learn the Street Fighter-style special moves. Japan only (Retro-bit english version retains them though)
I love this channel tho I must admit I never actively seek to watch this channel. Oddly enough the only time it comes up is whenever I fall asleep watching RUclips and in the middle of the night my feed ALWAYS ENDS UP ON CONSOLECRUNCH. I end up hearing Joe talking into my dreams about retro games and consoles😂😂
Inter State was Kaneko's home game division; they did most of Kaneko's in-house home ports (including the Genesis Air Buster port). Surprised they used the Aero Blasters name for the TG-16 version in the US; Turbo Technologies needed to learn the hard way they couldn't have full control of everything, I guess... (Aero Blasters was the Japanese name in all versions.) And yes, Sega did go all out on arcade G-LOC; I still want to try the R360 one day.
TG16's Aero Blasters' sound tracks were awesome! Much better than the arcade and other consoles like Mechanized Caves! However, the game was too hard. I got to phase 5 (The Borderline), but that was crazy hard. :(
I noticed little quirky thing that Fantasy Zone, G-loc on Game Gear and Super Hang-on on Gensis share music at their shopping screens. Take a listen yourself.
This episode was very pleasant to watch. Yes indeed, the Amiga 500 often got poor arcade conversion and this was not due to the system, indeed many games were excellent by their own right such as ninja warriors, operation wolf, turrican and many strategy or simulation or adventure games. The winning argument for a teen was also the copied games which allows to have a lot of games for a few money compared to the expensive cartridges on the console. I could just afford 2 games on the SNES at that time by comparison.
When it comes to Arcade vs Console the Arcade version of Forgotten Worlds is the defiantly the best. If you do a fifth episode on this topic i would recommend Bubble Bobble, Raiden, Wardner and Smash tv. Great episode 👍
What arcade ports to what platforms do you find interesting?
Street Fighter Alpha 2 to SNES has always been impressive.
@@VulpasI highly agree
Arcade to Nes. The games were almost completely new.
Any of the museum titles. I wasn't a console gamer in the NES/SNES/Genesis era (I played Amiga/C64), but when I got a PS1... I LOVED the Midway collections. :) I still do... even if some of the titles don't remind me of the good old days of the Arcade (yes, I'm old.) 🙂
Gwanghe , for any 32 bit platform
The end skit properly summed up modern gaming.
I think the radio buddy was more popular during the PS3 era. Metal Gear Rising comes to mind,
@@KevenLC It came back this generation as the talking weapon or something
@@l3rvn0 people always want easier games I guess.
very true! The old games didnt tell you squat. You just had to figure it out.
@@destructodisk9074 Well the games of that generation were the beginning of modern slop.
I hope Joe makes his own Game Sack branded Video Glove. It's specifically made to work with Greendog and Greendog alone.
“I love the Greendog Glove, it’s so bad”
GREEN-GLOVEEEE!!!!
I think you meant GREEEEEEEEN-DAAAWG.
I say add a second glove that is compatible for Pebble Beach Golf Links...
_"Think you can get it inside mine?" -Craig Stadler_
Yawn. Who cares.
A true Game Sack fan never misses the end credit scenes! Great video as always, Joe!
The credits sequence with the game footage on the cube walls always fascinates me. It's hypnotic.
@@Quimbyrbg That is pretty cool too.
Being awake at 2am to see a new GameSack video as it's uploaded feels like catching Santa Claus in the act.
3:09am
3am in my country. Totally worth it!
My local arcade had Undercover Cops and I loved playing it. I loved pulling out those random poles. Unfortunately so did my girlfriend which is why we're no longer together :D
Ouch
Hopefully not at the arcade.
well, that joke was short and easy.
Those ARE fun to play with
BAHAHA, love it
Can’t believe we’re already about to get into the fourth year of robotic, explosive baseball. The future is awesome!
Lol I might actually watch baseball if it was.
One Interesting thing about Undercover Cops, there's an updated version for the Arcades called Undercover Cops Alpha Renewal (It has the alpha symbol in the front of the logo) which came out later the same year. It features even better graphics, like the second level intro has a beautiful new background, better controls (including jump dash attacks and some extra desperation movies) but most important, the music is MUCH better, with a better soundfont and some voices added, If the original version was already rather unknown, then this one was even more hidden!
Did the same team do the Gunforce Arcade games? It sure looks like it, graphicly.
@@buckeyechad1 I know the second one is done by Irem, and yeah it share's a really similar arstyle, like just before they got the hang of it for Metal Slug
@@alster546 I believe, they also made In the Hunt - a very beautiful underwater shooter.
The renewal version is what the Japanese version was.
For some reason the move selection was cut down, and music, sprites and backgrounds changed for the original US release.
Always watch the end sketch!
I remember playing chop lifter on my master system for the first time. The first stage going underground and the music changed I thought to myself. Shit just got real
Game Sack forever!
✊
I would love to get into retro gaming, but it's so hard without Radio Buddy®. Sonic really was ahead of its time.
You outdid yourself with Forgotten Worlds here. Thanks!
I've said it before but I'll say it again: the quality of the gameplay footage is miles ahead of any other retro gaming channel. The scanlines look so incredibly good!
I always stay for the end credits. I love goofy stuff.
That ending skit was funny as hell.
He should do an entire playthrough like that.
69th like.
You didnt mention the INSANE and RADICAL arcade machine the r360 that sometimes housed the gloc game. Maybe further coverage in a “specialty arcade machines” episode.
Who doesn't watch the end sketches? They're great.
Also impressed that you got through all of Air Busters back-to-back-to-back. That game is tough.
Sometimes I just watch the sketches. I often play " The Package" when I get a real package in the mail.
2 things i love :
''hello and welcome'' , it is such a good greeting.
the after credit skit, they are always funny and creative.
wish they make an ep every sunday, but we can't ask for the impossible.
That end sketch was excellent. Teenagers watching it probably didn't think anything was strange about the game.
I could watch you play Sonic all day. Especially with that damn good video quality.
I watch every minute. Especially the end. Appreciate your content immensely. A fan.
Got me with that Kaneko glove gag 😂 well played.
I love how some modern console games that barely use all the buttons on a gamepad have tutorials that are more invasive than TIE Fighter, a game that had an entire keyboard worth of commands.
The funny thing is that invasive tutorials that block your gameplay often have the opposite effect because people's brain go "ooh, game" then "huh, not game, ignoreskip" when a tutorial like that happens, but some devs/publishers must be really worried about people putting down a game because they don't get how to play it.
The new GS episodes on Saturdays are the sign im up late and need to go to sleep after its over lol. Gonna play some games and watch til then tho! (And then throw a playlist of old episodes to fall asleep to of course)
I like how Cone Head's crotch coughs at you.
That end video skit where that one guy talking to you over the radio who lectures you for the first couple minutes during the beginning of the game, telling you how to play the game. Like hey!! Listen!! I know you want to help me on my journey, but c'mon now, could I just like, you know, play the game without you having to give me drill instructions like I'm in boot camp or in a classroom?
That ending skit was sublime.
LOL I always stick around for the end gag, it’s all part of the fun!
I had the same surprise as Joe when I Played G-Loc on the Master System.
I used to play Undercover cops all the time at the pizza place down the street
OMG what in the hellish hell was that end skit? Radio buddy AND tutorial at the same time??
Why do you hate us, Joe? 😂
Forgotten worlds was one of my fav genesis games, highly underrated. Im not much of a shooter fan but i loved this game. Even better when playing with a friend!
I have two suggestions for a future Left in the Arcade episode. The first is Space Gun by Taito and the second is Dragon Gun by Data East. They're both light gun shooters with really cool 2D pixel art and lots of impressive scaling which I think would be right up your alley!
Sunday Sack Time
Remember, when you're feeling down about the state of modern gaming there is always three lifetimes of games you haven't touched from the last thirty years
Excellent video as always Joe and I love your shirt! Speaking of Air Buster...while it didn't feature many special effects 1990 was all about huge sprites and parallax scrolling! ;)
Arcade ruled back in the day, it was literally no contest 💡
That stage in Aeroblasters with the blocks looks like absolute murder.
It's not so bad. The player hitbox is pretty lenient in that game.
The end skit sums up FFVII Remake perfectly. The characters never shut up in that game!
My weekend is complete with a new Game Sack video 👍
GAME SACK maintains its LEGENDARY status 😎
I remember playing Undercover Cops in the arcades back in 93, great game, I like the dust effect that appear whenever you hit something :)
Joe, thank YOU for creating Game Sack!
That sketch is exactly what Sonic would be today... Thanks for another great video!
Amiga conversion of Forgotten Worlds is bad, but the system had plenty of "arcade perfect" ports like Rainbow Islands, Toki, Rodland & Pang.
One problem several ports suffered was zero communication with Japan or access to original art assets so they had to play the game, take photographs and recreate the art. Some of the more crafty developers actually extracted the files from the arcade ROMs themselves.
Yup. I ALWAYS stay for the end skit! Great as always.
Good ol' exposition. The end made me laugh pretty hard 😂
That damn last skit is beyond gold...
Watching an episode of Game Sack without watching the end credits would be rubbish!
no, the first part is actually good
Great, now Green Hill Zone track is gonna be stuck in my head all day, thanks Joe!
I always stick around for the sketch :D
glad i stayed for the closing skit! one of the funniest!
G-Loc on Game Gear has the same shop menu music as Super Hang-On.
That end skit was quality, haha. Sums up today's gaming perfectly.
When u about to fall asleep then boom a new upload
I live for the post-episode sketches and I greatly appreciate the amount of work and creativity that you put into them!
The only retro content I still watch. No idea why I fell off watching other retro channels.
Super Baseball 2020 is legit one of my favorite games on SNES. I only found out years later that it was scaled back compared to the Genesis version.
Those block sections of Air Blaster where you have to squeeze through before being crushed gave me anxiety.
glad sonic finally has a radio buddy
Sack - please never stop making content. Dry Sundays are the worst. This episode was great. From the uk peace 🤟
Joe you know the reason why we watch your videos is for your skits, right xD
Hi Joe Rotifer,
Just want to let you know that I hung around after the credits to watch the skit.
Thank you
Thanks for covering so many Master System games . It was a special episode for the SMS lovers
I appreciate you Joe, I honestly look forward to your uploads. Suffering from stiff person syndrome. I really rely on RUclips content to keep me entertained. Again, thank you so much!.
The end sketches are the best part imo so I will never skip them
They need to change the name of Canada to Caneko.
While we're at it, let's make DJ Boy the prime minister, and give free copies of Air Buster to everyone!
I am a huge fan of the music of Undercover Cops for the Super Famicom. I consider the music the be arranged versions of the arcade music I have spent hours listening to these tunes.
That ending was so hilarious
If the PCE version of Forgotten Worlds just had some parallax, it would have been the definitive version for me. Love the soundtrack.
Emulation is the order of the day with this one as you can assign the run and one button to the left & right bumper.
If you love this game like I do, there's another way to play it that's a bit special.
In the PSP compilation from Capcom, you can actually use the left stick for movement and the right buttons to automatically fire in the direction you want, no rotation delay needed. It becomes a twin stick, but with the 4 face buttons for the right stick. But that's ok cause their layout is ideal for this, much like the Snes controller was for Smash TV.
You could also assign the buttons to the right stick in PPSSPP and make it a true twin stick shooter.
Also, the PSP version allows you to change the level of sound effects and music independently which is unique and incredible for arcade games, as the SFX were way too loud on many of them.
The only caveat with the PPSSPP method is input lag, but that's the fault of the emulator. You'll need every latency reducing trick in the book for that one. Direct X API for one helps. There's a clock sync tweak as well that you need to do. If using an Nvidia card, try enabling low latency ultra mode also.
The best end sketch, you killed it.
The evil Dr. Robotic
I played Forgotten Worlds a few weeks ago for the first time. It was pretty cool. The dial also pushes in as a button. Never seen a game with that.
I actually stayed up for this!
Long
Live
Game
Sack!
Glorious Game Sack, and one of my favorite topics too!
There was also a bundle with the Avenue 3 controller for Forgotten Worlds on Super CD-ROM².
THAT ENDING SKIT, IM ROLLIN!!!!!
AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND
I cannot believe you have that glove.
That skit was EVERYTHING! Thank you!
My mans put the same videos side by side like we wouldnt notice
16:34 Man that Air Rescue on the SEGA gives me Atari Lynx vibes. Killer chip tune!
The turbochip tunes on aeroblasters are brilliant
Undercover Cops becomes way more interesting (and less boring) once you learn the Street Fighter-style special moves. Japan only (Retro-bit english version retains them though)
I love the glove joke, made me chuckle. As usual top notch video.
I love this channel tho I must admit I never actively seek to watch this channel. Oddly enough the only time it comes up is whenever I fall asleep watching RUclips and in the middle of the night my feed ALWAYS ENDS UP ON CONSOLECRUNCH. I end up hearing Joe talking into my dreams about retro games and consoles😂😂
Point and click adventure games perhaps? Day of the tentacle, broken sword series, leisure suit larry etc.
I like how the end skit references the Pet Peeves episode
Inter State was Kaneko's home game division; they did most of Kaneko's in-house home ports (including the Genesis Air Buster port). Surprised they used the Aero Blasters name for the TG-16 version in the US; Turbo Technologies needed to learn the hard way they couldn't have full control of everything, I guess... (Aero Blasters was the Japanese name in all versions.)
And yes, Sega did go all out on arcade G-LOC; I still want to try the R360 one day.
My favorite type of unintentional ASMR...But I always come back and pick up where I left off at
9:23 When a problem comes along, you must whip it!
That Kaneko glove is dangerous!
TG16's Aero Blasters' sound tracks were awesome! Much better than the arcade and other consoles like Mechanized Caves! However, the game was too hard. I got to phase 5 (The Borderline), but that was crazy hard. :(
Joe, under NO circumstances are you to EVER design a video game with a radio buddy. EVER!!!
The end is best thing i seens in years! good job man!
I noticed little quirky thing that Fantasy Zone, G-loc on Game Gear and Super Hang-on on Gensis share music at their shopping screens. Take a listen yourself.
36:00 yay the radio buddy is back.
Love the modern tutorial for Sonic in the end sketch.
This episode was very pleasant to watch. Yes indeed, the Amiga 500 often got poor arcade conversion and this was not due to the system, indeed many games were excellent by their own right such as ninja warriors, operation wolf, turrican and many strategy or simulation or adventure games. The winning argument for a teen was also the copied games which allows to have a lot of games for a few money compared to the expensive cartridges on the console. I could just afford 2 games on the SNES at that time by comparison.
that end skit is every modern AAA game.
Outside of Fromsoft games lol
When it comes to Arcade vs Console the Arcade version of Forgotten Worlds is the defiantly the best. If you do a fifth episode on this topic i would recommend Bubble Bobble, Raiden, Wardner and Smash tv. Great episode 👍
Radio Buddies are the only reason I play games :D
I loved the GG version of G-LOC! Also, I didn't remember it had the same shop tune as Fantasy Zone!
Great comparisons!!! I really need to give these games a whirl!
Joe is just a treasure with that glove.