These were surprisingly popular in New Zealand of all countries. Heck my uncle programmed a game for it which got sold and distributed by grandstand New Zealand (the game was called bit byte)

Any video that highlights H.E.R.O. automatically gets a Thumbs Up from me!

Ah! But this WASN'T the last Sega computer! The Sega Teradrive! It's an IBM compatible with a Mega Drive cart slot on the front. It can play Truxton, which is all that matters.

I can't believe that was 7 years ago already. I never have found the Sega Printer we had talked about doing a follow-up for. Hope whatever path life took you had worked. CGR may not be active but EDF members never die!

I have one of these and love it. With the Card Catcher, in addition, there really is a great selection of games for the system. A lot of which are rare ports, like Exerion, Bank Panic and Flicky or unique versions of popular titles such as Congo Bongo and H.E.R.O.. It's a shame that it was never released over here in the US.

It's Friday night here in the UK great time to watch a new CGR video 😎

For 1983 the graphics are GREAT! (and sound too)

Fun fact: Girl's Garden (the one that played Mendelssohn's march) is the first game by Yuji Naka, one of the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog.

Fun little tidbit: Girl's Garden was developed by Yuji Naka, who later helped create and Develop Sonic the Hedgehog.

I love that the keyboard has a Carriage Return button instead of a regular Enter key. I only wish there had been a separate Line Feed button as well.

Sc-3000h was released in Australia & New Zealand I just got one for $100

Its BASIC was really good. One mile ahead compared to competitors at the time. I used to develop my own games. It featured real 16 colors sprites and pixel perfect collision. Also the drawing API wasn't bad at all. I was just in love of it. It pushed me into game developement only 11 years old. It also featured a 4 channel sound chip, I used to convert classical scores into milliseconds/hz code.

Came here because of Isekai Ojisan. Stays because now i understands his love for Sega. Subscribed.

A home computer I never heard of, that's rare. Thanks for sharing.

Big thumbs up for the SEGA Retro shout out! It's our wiki! Great resource for obscure stuff like this.

*NEW JERSEY* never gets old

I picked one of these up in a bundle of random consoles. Never heard of it before. Came with several boxed games. Plugged a power brick into it and it works perfect!

It's only since you redid the intro that I've been able to understand what on earth it says. Thank you!

One of these (and the fact that it had Star Jacker and Congo Bongo plugged into it) almost made me switch from getting a Spectravideo SV-318. I think it was a discount by my boss at the time that made the final decision for me (and the SV-318 had an inbuilt red joystick - who could say no :)). Plus Spectravideo basic was better - ah well. Hardly any cartridges came out in Australia other than the original release titles (about ten of them). It has been fun slowly collecting the SG-1000/SC-3000 library, so many great games. The SC-3000 has 16k of normal Ram, 16k of VRam, the SC-3000H has 64k of normal Ram, 16k of VRam and all the SG-1000 models have 2k of normal Ram and 16k of Ram. I am making it my goal in life to back port Truxton to the SG-1000/MSX/Coleco - you heard it here first :)

My very first games system! I bought mine as a young brat in 1986 with pocket money that I had earnt from jobs like mowing lawns, selling lollies door to door and this machine blew my mind. I knew that it was graphically limited but the games were so cool and playable. I then skipped a generation and moved to Sega Mega Drive. Man I miss THIS Sega.

That thing sure has some amazing sound quality!

as usual great video dude, and don't forget the computer which they produced in corporation with AMSTRAD the Amstrad Mega PC

...But does it have BLAST PROCESSING built into it?

I love it when Mark shows consoles I had no clue about. :)

Several computers and consoles back then used the same exact chip combo consisting of a Z80 CPU, a TMS9918 video chip and some sort of generic 3channel square wave+noise chip because was the best cost/benefit possible. Back then, you could choose between DRAM memory or SRAM memory, and SRAM was a lot more expensive because it was made out of pure transistor logic, so each bit needed like 8 transistors to represent it. DRAM on other hand took basically the space of one transistor to store a whole bit, but it did it by having this microscopic capacitor(think on a battery that can be charged and discharged REAL quickly), thus was much cheaper per KB, but those capacitors did leaked their power over time, so the hardware needed to constantly "refresh" the memory by reading it to refill the caps, which required a lot of extra circuitry on the computer/console which added more chips and layout complexity to the system. But both the Z80 and the TMS9918 had DRAM refreshing capabilities built in, which allowed you to use the cheaper DRAM chips without all the extra cost of the intel branded chips or 74xx glue logic mess.

The SG1000 and SG3000 used a Texas Instruments TMS9928A This is the same chip used in the Colecovision and MSX (early MSX models used a slightly less capable version of this chip).

So glad to see someone give such a positive review of my childhood computer. :) - especially the nice things you said about the music in H.E.R.O. Incidentally, if you break all the lights in a level (except for the first 2-3 levels) you will get the girl at the end, AND an extra life.

That sound is incredible!

You always bring us the most cool stuff. PC and gaming without the idiotic, addictive internet. I should have just stuck to playing consoles and older pcs. Thanks Lord Karnage for this great video.

There was an Amstrad computer with a built in SEGA Mega Drive in Europe, known as the Amstrad Mega PC, and in Japan there was the SEGA TeraDrive made by IBM, both were basically IBM compatible 386(Amstrad), and 286(IBM) computers. So not the last computer from SEGA, but yes SC-3000 was the last one fully designed, and built fully by SEGA itself with no outside help. The prices for either of those machines are crazy expensive as well because they flopped big time, because it was still cheaper, and easier to just go get an IBM clone PC of the 286SX and 386 variety, and a stand alone SEGA Mega Drive.

Roof ninjas are tough. Really cool computer, would love to find one.

happy to see the map again :)

I had no idea this even existed! Seeing the Orguss game cart made me instantly want to see it... but, dear oh dear does it ever look ugly.

Man, I picked up one of these in a box of random consoles. Had no idea what it was! Came with five or six boxed carts too.

Man, that little computer is all kinds of awesomeness!

Dat computer ( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)

Interesting who we have a whole sub culture for old games and console collectors who when we have consoles and system now that are 100x better than in the 80's and 90's. I think it so cool and showcases that we don't need fancy tricks and effects to wow us over, just guy nostalgia of the" good old days."

Hardware wise it's very similar to the Coleco Adam.

the funny thing is i looked at these on ebay last night after another review of one of these

You don't know how hard I popped when you mentioned Typing of the Dead...one of my all time favs Also, great review, this is so cool

I need that version of H.E.R.O. -- and ALL that music -- in my life.

These games look great for '83!

Mark, what do you use for your sound hook ups? It's very apparent you're not using that you're not using the tv output! Sounds awesome

Congratulations!!! I want too this console! I will do my best!

SEGA was always ahead of the game.

I want one! I have nowhere to put one of these, but I want one!!

awesome review mark

It seems to resemble a Timex-Sinclair 2068, which I used to write games for. Same Z80 processor. Better graphics. Less memory.

I wonder, now that CGR has steady revenue thanks to fan funding if there is any chance of Undertow coming back?

krazy - i didnt know Ninja Princess was on the SC-1000. amazing. its a superb game

Awsome review! You are definitely right about the music. It rocks!

Another great video wish I could get old gems like these

wow cool, so it plays SG-1000 games, I never heard of this system before cool

Sega knows you a fan, they even named a console after you 👍

It would have been competing against the Commodore 64, the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro and the Apple II..

Ninja Princess is by far my favorite SG-1000 game

There was also the Dreamcast Development Kit which kind of looks like a computer but plays like a Dreamcast. It is compatible with either a controller or keyboard, it has a VGA port on the back as well as a composite port and finally the internet browser runs under Windows CE. Please do a review on the Dreamcast Development Kit if U happen to find one as well as Linux on PS2 if U find that as well.

Who would dislike CGR? Come on bro!

The coolest thing you can do with a Sega SC3000 is plug an aux cord into the system from your PC, and used the BASIC cartridge to "Listen" to a ROM...... Sega Survivors has the dumps of several games.....

I NEED A SEGA SC-3000 FOR MY COLLECTION!!

Nice review,for those who did not know Girls Garden was Yuji naka´s of Sonic fame first game,kawaii^^

Wasn't there a sega mega drive computer?

Never heard of this PC before. Must've been before my time.

I would've liked to see you stumble about in the non-gaming features, which I'm sure are in Japanese. The way the keys are labeled reminds me of Texas Instruments.

This is pretty awesome. I wonder if there are any exclusives for it

That thing is so Lando. And the 3000H is even sweeter.

Keep Up the great work Mark #CGR4LIFE

Mark, I saw one of your videos at Watchmojo. Do they use your videos with permission?

WOW! I want a SEGA SC-3000!

This however is a spectacular version of Hero! ..... (looks at camera) This is a great version of Hero. - Mark 3

Does it sound better than the Commodore 64?

i have to admit. That computer sounds excellent, Most computers of the same era sounded like crap but this one... is late 80's sound quality

A sega PC, did not know that existed

Awesome stuff!

Achieving world piece thru SEGA.

How friggin cool is that: a Sega computer! *drools*

I had one-for a while. Long story.

Very good Sega pc

Isn't there a keyboard add-on for the SG-1000 and Mark III that gives them SC-3000 functionality?

Technically all consoles are computers anyway. They're just running their own OS and, at the time, could only execute programs through Discs and cartridges. It's like the autorun feature on your PC when you insert a CD, just take away everything else and you have a console.

That version of hero looks better than the one on Atari!

Same sound chip was also used in Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Well, it's no Atari to cure him of his Sony fever, but it is a good alternate brand of medication :P.

someone needs to make ports of both metal gear, and metal gear 2 that run on this

Hey, LGR, send Mark a woodgrain'd Dreamcast! Like, now!

It’s actually pretty interesting that sega did made a computer version of their SG1000 system, it makes me wish that nintendo just released their avs system (a computerized famicom ) alongside the nes in the us just in case if the nes didn’t cetch on and to also target business audiences with it,but sadly they didn’t☹️☹️but the game HERO for the sc3000 really destroy the atari 2600 version of it with waay better graphics.

Technically a dreamcast could also act as a computer it’s compatible with windows CE it has some games that were originally pc exclusives you could get a webcam for the Dreamcast (only in japan) and you could get a dreamcast keyboard and mouse and not to mention a web browser

I found 3 new old stock in a store last year, 1 km from my house.

Actually there's also a Tera Drive, a PC that plays Japanese Sega Mega Drive games...THAT PLAYS TRUXTON! Sadly, it wasn't as popular. The SC-3000 looks pretty cool! :)

Good stuff, man - most interesting. Thx.

can't wait for the review of the steering wheel that works with this and works with the megadrive no I'm not joking it actually exist

I had a vic 20 from that generation. The games on this look better than the Vic 20.

review the new mortal kombat easter egg found after 20 years

Sc-3000 safari race plus steering wheel, spent my childhood playing... As a pure games machine, you were maybe better off with the Atari or Commodore 64 playing cassettes!!

I want one now just for the audio output o_o It sounds gorgeous. Also, what is the game being played at 6:10 ?

Cool, I have a PAL SEGA SC-3000H.

If the galactic space force ever assassinate you, who would take of the intergalactic space arcade?

I want one !

WOW!!!! Killer CPU yo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got mine for $5.... 13 years ago