Sega Saturn Longplay [009] Astal
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
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Kisuishou Densetsu Asutaru, (Shining Crystal Legend Astal) is Sega Saturn exclusive 2D platform game released in Japan and USA, but not in Europe.
There is minor audio cracking caused by emulation at the beginning of two stages (The River of Dreams and The Forest Fiend), but not very serious imo.
05:29 The Journey Begins
07:37 Into the Darkness
09:11 The Evil Eye (boss)
10:39 Cutscene
11:45 The Deep Forest
13:06 The River of Dreams
15:00 The Forest Fiend (boss)
16:37 Cutscene
17:45 Volcanic Valley
19:13 Guardian of Fire (boss)
20:28 Sea of Clouds
21:43 The Behemoth (boss)
23:37 Cutscene
24:44 Glacial Rift
26:15 The Crystal Palace
27:47 Frostbite! (boss)
30:16 Cutscene
31:23 The Plains of Destiny
33:14 Destiny Unfolds (boss)
36:12 Cutscene
38:44 The Fight for the Future (boss)
43:48 Ending
46:29 Credits -
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Y’know to be honest, this is one of those kinds of games that are absolutely splendid with the visuals and such. And fun fact: Astal made a cameo in the Archie comics of sonic
Because Archie Sonic artist Patrick Spaziante is actually a fan of the game.
@@beauwalker9820 no kidding!
Now that you mentioned, Astal reminds me of Knuckles in some aspects of personality
@@bv1825 actually I also was thinking the same thing as well
@@masterdrewt6698I suppose that the developers or the developer took Knuckles as inspiration, also what I say cannot be considered official, it is just my assumption, nothing more.
I still have this gem. Glad there are many others who got the chance to experience this title
Thank you, i agree
This game is absolutely beautiful for the Sega Saturn.
I love how there is crystal everywhere, even on the people and animals and plants. Makes for a really whimsical fairytale feel
Man, I missed when SEGA tried to be original and creative. Their past games contain so many interesting characters and adventures besides from Sonic and Yakuza.
Well there are rumours that Microsoft is going to buy Sega, and with Microsoft's "aid" they can probably can revive any abandoned franchise
@@thomasedwardharrison2879 ah shit now not nintendo or playstation with sega
@@thomasedwardharrison2879 Microsoft ever requiring a big Japanese company would be major since Japan’s culture and laws make it very hard for companies to be bought out by foreign markets. Not sure how excited I’d be to see Sega ever with Microsoft either. Microsoft’s handling of Japanese developers and games hasn’t been very impressive
Pura nostalgia ASTAL, anos 90 foram os melhores anos para a Sega e para o mundo dos games.
I agree. I miss those day lol. 😢
@@charlieg6913 i love the visuals/aesthetics of 90s games a lot. Current games seem to prioritize having the best graphics too much
My uncle got me this this game along with Sega Saturn for my birthday
Good Memories!!!
Ah I love this game. While the Saturn may still have some impressive 3D titles, this is the kind of thing it was really designed for.
Actually, it was retooled in order to compete with Sony, since the PlayStation was getting sooooo much attention before its release. It's what made the Saturn difficult to program for due to the last minute changes
@@DDRUTOU No. That's not what happened.
Yes, this is what happened@@Tornado1994
I like how they still had him shout YATTA!! At the end of a level instead of something like ALRIGHT!!
Yeah,this game has good gameplay,but a poor english translation,as some of astal's voice is japenese
@@systemshocker2875 Some of us prefer certain aspects about games not be altered. Having him shout OK in Japanese is no big deal, nor is it poor translation.I feel the same way about fighting games and competitive puzzle games like Puyo Puyo and Magical Drop, keep the voices in Japanese, the games literally need no translation to play. You can translate text sure, but the voices should remain unchanged. Most of the time western voice acting was horrible, studios just got Joe Schmoe or employees to voice act, while in Japan, they tended to use professional voice actors.
When I was a kid I must have rented this 2-3 times. Never could beat it though. Sega... re-release this please!
I had this game. I don't care what anyone says this game was awesome
Downfallofyou Yeah it was. I still have my copy in the original case and it's one of those titles I refuse to part with. From the luscious hand-painted watercolor backgrounds to that finely crafted traditional animation to those intricately refined character desgns to the haunting musical score (the River of Dreams, Sea of Clouds, and the Crystal Palace come to mind) to the storyboarded cutscenes between levels - this game is nothing short of a masterpiece, and I have no shame admitting my love for it. It's so good to see this title getting the love it so richly deserves.
One of the best looking 2D games ever made. It's so painfully underrated.
yessss 🙌🏿
This game was one of the reasons to have a Saturn
I miss these days. This was when the "feel" of story telling and animation was still alive. You can tell that these were hand drawn instead of digitized as Rich Moore (Director) and David Silverman (Supervision Director) when they talked about the animatic in the Simpsons when they talked about the reverse negatives they used to use in the early 90s. This was the period of when things started to crossover to the digital world. The opening of this feels like the opening to Sonic CD. Sonic CD cross arcade.
it turns out for this version,Lani Minella(the voice of Rouge the Bat from Sonic Adventure 2) did the voices for the characters of this game. *_every._* *_single._* *_one of them._*
The English ones at least. Some of the Japanese voice clips were kept in.
had this game when i was a teenager, loved it.
I just spent well over an hour trying to remember this game and I'm so happy you've got this play through on here. Time to get nostalgic!
A spectacular showcase of Sega Saturn’s 2D powers, which unfortunately were completely shunned by gamers in 1995, who only wanted 3D polygons. Also, this game was far too easy to beat. It was a great demo of future potential that was never realized.
Easy to beat! what? that raft level I never got past it, lol
I never heard of this game before but it sounds and looks amazing! I just bought a Saturn so I think I’ll add this to my collection!
This Game was beautiful .. good memories
This game was so badass, brings back so many memories.
I love the music, visual and general world. The game is just too short though.
Same problem with Clockwork Knight.
What about Clockwork Knight 2?
@@joshuatimbol696 Iirc, CK 1 and 2 were originally intended to be the same game, but Sega chopped it in half to have a game ready for the system launch in some form.
This game destroys the notion that a Saturn 2D Sonic game wouldn’t have been sufficiently ‘next gen’. Crash Bandicoot and Mario 64 were marvels at the time but this has aged considerably better.
I think more or less the problem was the need to push 3D. Sega had shifting priorities because Saturn was supposed to be a top of the line 2D console, quite similar to the neo geo AES. But at the last minute they put in a 3D chip to compete with playstation. At the time 3D was the hot shit and if their Sonic game didn't have it, then at the time it wasn't worth doing, which sucks because a 2D Sonic game on the 2D behemoth Saturn would've been amazing. Oh well. At least we got nights
I would certainly agree, but the videogame public's opinion was completely different in 1995. Back then, they lost all interest with 2D games and wanted only 3D polygon games. Early Saturn titles like Astal, Shinobi Legions, Golden Axe: The Duel, Clockwork Knight, Darius Gaiden and Galactic Attack went over like lead balloons. Nobody wanted to touch any of 'em, and nobody wanted to pay $300-$400 for side-scrolling sprite games they already had on Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. Unfair, yes. But that was the mood at the time, and a 2D Sonic the Hedgehog would have not only failed spectacularly, it would have buried Saturn as well.
That is the popular wisdom but I think the problem with those 2D titles is that they either weren’t that good or didn’t use the technology to enhance the gameplay experience. Astal probably didn’t sell particularly well because it didn’t really appeal to western aesthetic preferences at the time. Oddworld was a 2D game and was the 21st top selling title on PS1 because it was a great game and Rayman sold 4m copies, more than Resident Evil or Driver.
@@EOTA564 Trust me, there were people that would ignore a 2D game just for being 2D, regardless of quality. I even once saw a bit of a magazine comparing SotN to Castlevania 64, with the writer praising the latter and treating SotN like crap purely due to graphics.
Not to say aesthetics didn't matter. I've seen people pass over Skullgirls and Guilty gear because they, and I quote, "look like cartoons".
@@DestroyerTriple There's no way Sega ever planned to make Saturn a 2D only console. Their entire thing since they first entered the console market was all about bringing their arcade experience into the home. You can't tell me they were going to release a new console in 1994 that couldn't run Daytona, Virtua Fighter, etc.
This reminds me a lot of Ristar, Rayman and Klonoa. "Volcano Valley" is also the name of a level in Sonic 3D.
Funny enough - Tatsuyuki Maeda composed "Volcano Valley Zone" and he's the main composer of this game (including the Volcanic Valley stage).
I will always love this game and it also reminds me so much of the Dark Crystal
I remember this game. I had this game. If I ever buy a sega saturn I'm definitely buying this game.
I remember owning both the playstation and the Saturn those days. I always enjoyed the Saturn more cause it appreciated more 2d games than the Playstation. Damn SEGA! why did you have to blow it????
Programming difficulties caused the Saturn's demise in 1998. Magic Knight Rayearth was the final game made.
I looked this up after almost two decades because the memory resurfaced and I was curious as to what happened after the first couple levels, as I only rented the game.
I love the BGM for Sea of Clouds and Glacial Rift.
Astal's situation at the beginning totally sucks! He's created to protect Lida. When he actually protects her, he gets banished. And yet, if he didn't protect her, he probably would have been banished for that as well! Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Also, LMAO at the bird ending up to be Lida. WHAT A TWIST!!!
Well, to be fair, they established that he was a little...no....WAY too protective of Lida, resulting in him going around hurting any innocent animals that got anywhere near her (Much to Lida's dismay).
They also established that Astal basically destroyed the world while trying to save Lida the first time.
So yeah, you can see why Antowas was pretty frustrated at Astal there.
I remember this game being one of the earliest releases for the Saturn over 20 years ago but couldn't for the life of me remember the title. I loved this game! Nostalgia at 100% so thank you for this
Dang you make this game look super easy!! This game was so freaking hard the first time I played through it.
Sega need to re-release this great memories makes me want to hook up the old Saturn again 👍
This one of the games I think about when I think of Sega Saturn.
Long live 2d sprites
i am sad it is a genre that it is like second class nowadays
@@homejonny9326 doesn't matter cause they are always top quality now
I remember this old game! Great memories!
Thanks for posting this. Sega blew it when they didn't release a sequel or an update to this awesome title. I was a big Sega fan back in the day. But sometimes it was like hanging out with a friend that was really talented but would do incredibly stupid things at times. Like they simply wanted to lose. Astal, Sonic, Nights, Panzer Dragoon, Gun Valkyrie, Shinobi, Virtua Fighter...How did Sega lose when they have an exclusive IP portfolio that's as strong if not stronger than Nintendo's?
Pathetic marketing and releasing too much hardware too fast. "sigh"
Can't really blame Sega for not making a sequel for a game that sold so bad that they even didn't release it in Europe. But it was the 3D poly craze at the time and when was the last time "gamers" know what they want.
It's sad because it's a beautiful game and you can see why SOJ wanted a console that could take sprites to the next level. But sprites was "old" and we all know what happened to the poor old Saturn :c
Maybe if Sega would re-release this now as a downloadable title it could work. People seem to have found a new love for sprites in the last few years. And there are some Saturn games that need some love and playtime.
But Sega seems to be playing it INCREDIBLY safe when it comes to any of the IP's they hold. The only thing of the "old" Sega IP's that's seeing the light of day these days is Sonic.
CrazyDuckBE Okay. Let's look at that from a different perspective. The original Street Fighter was a failure. But that didn't stop Capcom from making a SF2. How'd the sequels turn out?
The original Monster Hunter was a failure. How's the series doing now?
Capcom didn't finally take Street Fighter into the 3D realm until 2009. Street Fighter 2 debuted in 1991. Street Fighter EX doesn't count because Capcom didn't develop it, Arika did, which is why it sucked.
Here we are in 2014 and 2D bitmapped games are all the rage especially with indie groups. Actually, 2D games never died regardless of how popular polygon games became. Also keep in mind that every single portable ever released since 1998 is powerful enough to run Astal or a possible sequel. So Sega has no excuse. Sonic has been a dog's lunch for the last 4 generations. The reboot of Nights sucked. Sega won't do anything with Gun Valkyrie. Panzer Dragoon's best days were on Saturn with Zwei. Virtual Fighter is the only great series that's still active that Sega has left.
But for platformers, Astal is a total no brainer for anything from 3DS to tablets or smartphones. I know we're making the same points essentially but the adoption of 3D during the PS1 era was no excuse when 2D based games were still popular even then.
*****
Sega couldn't afford another fuck up they were already in dying straights trying to make profit. Sony, and Nintendo could afford there loses. But a lose for sega was another stab wound. Was already looking like gg after the 32x they actually poured the same amount of money into that as the sega genesis launch.
***** The 2D sprite games were rare in that generation of consoles compared to the new 3d model games. I can't imagine any of the 2d sprite games in that era being in a top 10 sales chart. And the Saturn couldn't do 3D as well or in the same way as N64 or PS1 (If I heard correctly something about the the models not having a triangle poly's but a diamond shape.) It may be popular now again, but back then, it sure wasn't and video game companies are still companies and want to must bang for their buck.
As for not trying again straight away with their newer IP's, it's like steve says. Sega started to bleed money from hardware not doing well after the Mega Drive. And if a new IP doesn't sell your hardware, what's the point of making a sequel when ppl still have not bought more systems.
But as for NOW today I said it in the original post as well. Sega should really let Sonic rest for a few years (even tough I love that blue bastard :) ) and bring back remakes/sequels of their other IP's, because again, they are sitting on some awesome IP's that they are just doing nothing with. And a few year break for Sonic might do him and Sonic Team some good as well.
I disagree personally. I know the popular opinion these days is only rose-tinted when it comes to the saturn, but from my experience, bar a few games the PSX had a better library period. Saturn my have been superior machine tech wise but it's best criterias are based around arcade ports, racers, shooters and tournament fighters. Personally I hate fighters besides brawlers, racers date horribly, arcade ports are surpassed by Mame which leaves shooters (for which there are admittedly some great titles, tho rail shooters, to me, like panzer dragoon are frankly meh!). PSX has a far more impressive list of titles that stand-up today imo. but hey i stress its just my opinion
One of the best forgotten games such an OG!
The dub for Astal was quite good for its time. The acting is very well done.
What even more impressive about the dub is that all the voices was done by one person
@@Darkchao_berserko22 I'll say. Lani Minella should have gotten a hefty paycheck for voicing everyone. Just goes to show how versatile she is. I'm amazed she hasn't done much in the way of anime.
thank you for bringing back memories for me!
I love this game. Best game I have ever played.
@videogamekiller3
no, but in the english version of astal, the voice actor for rouge the bat did the voice for astal in the cutscenes
I still have the GameFan issue where they reviewed this, and River of Dreams still sticks out to me powerfully, both in that same review and here.
Pretty happy to still see this longplay here so many years after it was first published. Your work will always be immortalized in my mind, Eino!
I still have this game locked away in mint condition, I only played a few times.
It was a joy and their is a true feeling of weight when controlling the character, top level graphics for the time.
Great job sega.
Brings back memories, thanks for the upload.
This game is a masterpiece.
Yep....forever later this game still stands out to me as an inspiration for not only art but game dev stuff too.
Wish I could get the iso running on emu...
Lani Minella does all the English voices but in game Astal’s grunts were not dubbed, they were still done in Ai Orikasa’s voice.
I bought this game before I bought a Saturn. Pure sense of wonder and splendor upgrading to this from 16bit. The music and art were magic for their time.
Que saudade desse tempo, Sega Saturn na minha opinião foi o melhor console , Playstation era legal, mas a sega marcou época.
Cannot believe that we never got this in the PAL region.
Astal is one of the greatest games ever created. Why a sequel was never released or the character carried over to xbox like Shenmue or Panzer Dragoon is beyond me cause i absolutely fucking adore this game.
Probably sold badly. 2D games weren't doing too hot back in the "3D craze", Castlevania Symphony of The Night is another victim of that despite its status as a classic now.
i grew up with playstation and never knew what the sega saturn was until now but after seeing this game...how the fuck did they fail? this game looks better than any other ps1 or n64 game i have ever seen!
I had this game, I thought it was pretty amazing
Same (y)
This, alongside Rayman, is tied for the visually appealing game from the 90s
Props to Lani Minella for voicing ALL of the characters. People disagree but I really think she sets the dreamy nostalgic tone of the game. She went on to make lots of voice roles in video games including tons of female roles in Skyrim as well as Rouge the Bat.
For some reason astal reminds me of knuckles.
Knightclsh6 and rayman 1 for me
Always reminded me of mighty
Marina Liteyears over here.
I found my copy
I recall playing this before i was 10yo and because I couldn't save I had to play many levels over and over again. We just have fruits instead of hearts... man this nolstagia though. I sorta got my sister to play 2p lol.
thanks for showing how to clear stages in Astal because I have the Sega Saturn as my 15th birthday present and I got Astal as a late 15th birthday present
Dude awesome! Enjoy your Sega Saturn man :)
I miss this game...
This game will be one of the games to get if I ever get a Sega Saturn again.
i played this game so much when I was like 6. crazy thing was that player 2 could control the bird
Omg I been lookin for this game for ages. Never remembered the name but always tried to describe it to my friends with no luck haha
I never played this game before as a kid
So ahead of its time.
Amazing how at the end of each stage, this guy celebrates like he's won the f***ing lottery.
Proud to have owned a saturn in 1995...life was so good
Somewhere in the universe, the Goddess Antowas created a world from a single jewel. On the world, Ouartilia, she created the sky, earth, and air. To inhabit the world, she created two humans-from a green jewel, a girl: Leda, who has the power to make things live on Quartilia. And from a red Jewel, a boy: Astal, whose purpose was to protect Leda. Content with her creation, Antowas slept. While she slept, the evil Jerado tried to take over Quartilia. To ensure victory, Jerado created a warrior: Geist. Geist kidnapped Leda, and held her at the bottom of the ocean. In an effort to get her back, Astal tore Quartilia apart, awakening Antowas. As punishment, Antowas banished Astal to Quartilia's room Leda took pity on Astal, and gave him her jewel. Once Astal and Jerado were dealt with, Antowas went back to sleep. However, Geist was still free, and Quartilia was not restored from the changes Jerado wrought. From his prison on the moon, Astal witnessed Geist kidnap Leda again. Consumed with the need to protect her, he freed himself and returned to Quartilia. Now Astal journeys in search of Leda through a Quartilia transformed by Jerado's dark design, along with a strange bird who for some reason just won't leave him alone.
and the heroic theme too. everytime i see heroicness in japanese video games or anime. it feels more heroic there more than anything other fiction i've seen in my life and i actually agree too. sometimes i love anime the most and retro video gaming :) :D ^_^ ! ! ! ! !
it's like a mix of Mischief makers and Rayman
Oh god.. I'm picturing a person trying to run the way this guy does! xDDD
Up, Y, Left, A, Down, B, Right, C for invincibility. I still remember that cheat to this very day 😅
Oh the memories,,
hell. yes. i still have this wonderfully short game :D
Awesome game I love
This game is so cool.
I like the cutscenes.
25:31 didn't know you could run in Astal. Lucky these videos are around to help out.
Who remembers seeing a trailer of this on the Bootleg Sampler disc?
I knew this character looked familiar. I see him in the sonic comics whenever there's a crowd of people.
How can a Beat Em Up be called a platform game? It's like calling double dragon a platformer because there are a few platforms in there also.
Que saudades desse jogo
im high right now. i miss this game. it was amazing
A love story in three acts.
Still got's my copy.
Reason to own a Saturn
Astal , Clock work knight, and nights into dreams all my childhood miss those games I do got nights on Xbox bit they need to remake these two I mean they remade panzer dragon they could do this as well
Very beautiful
i never expected the bird turning out to be leeda
2:58-3:12 so that's where RUclipsr Sega Lord X uses that for his intro!
😢 blockbuster video... Wow what a difference!
I remember buying this game, playing through like half of it and got to a part where the game would just freeze every single time, and then being so angry I couldn't finish the game that I smashed the disc with a mini baseball bat.
I still have the case and the manual, but no disc.
so was the bird really astal girl that he was trying to find
"The power of creation", eh?
I think it's due to the ability to "procreate" lmao
07:37 is very calm.
The music soundtrack was perfect.
Imagine if Sega focused more on 2D games for the Saturn…
My first introduction to this character was his appearance some Archie Sonic covers. Didn't know who he was til much later
I really wanna to belive that astal and his world are existing in sonic universe but it set on very far place from earth
Fun fact: in the Sonic (Archie) comics, Astal has appeared in some cameos on the Archie covers.
how did games like these fail against the playstation?
27pocket
They didn’t failed didn’t failed against the Playstation. Sega failed them...
I know this reply is six years late, but it was effectively a battle against the true rise of polygonal games. People were used to seeing 2D sprites, and even though the Saturn was a particular powerhouse in that regard, there was just no competing against the eye popping quality of seeing a WipeOut for the first time. Believe me, as a dyed in the wool Saturn fan back then, I tried! :D
Because Sony are better than Sega when it comes to corporate decisions... Also the Saturn sucked at 3D
Memories.....
I always thought this game was so strange. Beautiful music and graphics. Terrible voice acting from the main character. Opening cutscene seemed to hint that this was a Japanese cartoon series at one point? Or they were hoping it would really take off but didn't?
It was a common practice to contract an animation studio to do an intro for games in the early-mid ninety's. Tons of sega cd and saturn games have anime intro's
looks great i will download it
the jesterboy in my head says "this game is important to me. i couldnt get very far when i had control of the body back in the 90s so im glad to see how it ends. the bird was lida all along I HAD NO IDEA!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 poor lida, in the beginning astal treated her not very nice as a bird!! but then he cried alongside her cuz he loved her......"
@FuckThemPigeons Thats the first thing that came to mind as well. also a bit of Odin Sphere too.