Making them crouch and pressing the grab button to make them look like they were tying their shoelaces never got old for us :D

You can always make up for lost time with an emulator! We're all filling the holes in our childhoods here lol.

@@brownshoeblues2014 Guilty, lol ✋

A lot of them were down to when they were released. A number of games would have benefited greatly probably by having more megs. Genesis was notorious for releasing early games on really tiny carts (memory-wise obviously)

@@JohnDoe-kv3kd I agree, all the reason why I believe the Gen should have launched a yr later at least. Would have benefited the overall hardware package as well. Sega had the bad habit of releasing too much hardware and/or releasing prematurely before the ideal time. At least in my perspective, and history supports.

They usually do a great job on everything. I even love their pinball tables.

I'm really curious to hear this music. Sorry to hear about your friend as well.

justin goers Thanks, I think I still haven’t digested it yet even after all this time, but it’s good to remember the nice parts. For the music, just search for Road Avenger Sega theme. Here’s one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hc6qn9mXr8C-YKc.html It’s in “Japanenglish”, lyrics are laughable but I really like it (“Wolfteam” voiceover by George Takei, didn’t know at the time because I’m from Brazil and saw Star Trek dubbed in Portuguese).

They need more game collections, there was the one on the Wii and that's it.

@@JohnDoe-kv3kd Well the problem is that not only does the company no longer exist but now all of their assets belong to various different companies.

@@kingboobs20 G-Mode and Paon

Data East needs a compilation on switch and all other modern platforms and I would buy it in a heartbeat.

Data East compilations are everywhere. They even have their own multicarts for the NES and SNES at least (SNES is notable, it has a "yet to be released in final form" Aeon Genesis translation of Magical Drop 2).

Seriously I want another big collection like the Wii got. I would think at this point they could put out a 50 or more game collection. I don't know who currently owns the majority of these games but they could put out even a digital collection and people would probably snap it.

Agree!!!

We got the one on Wii and that's it which is ridiculous. How they haven't put out at least like a digital compilation of like 50 plus games I don't know.

People literally $pent quarters in the arcades to play before the home console release of a arcade game back in the 90s

@Daishin no Dōro The sad thing is it would probably be easier to do the arcade version because they wouldn't have to deal with Sega. I mean who owns the rights to these games?! who owns the Data East catalogue?!

I liked the game though

Daishin no Dōro Totally true. I found A) Shoot left B) Jump C) shoot right to be the best option. None of that turning around nonsense.

@@kingbeef5076 That's my config as well :)

How much is it worth these days? Price has always been a barrier of entry there for me.

Hope you got a good deal. I’ve seen that thing go upwards of 60 bucks

Cody Hall it’s a bad time for genesis fans. Sega stuff has really gone up in price

@@opaljk4835 Yeah that is what i figured. Crusader of Centy is probably ridiculous. Wish I had more money and foresight in the year 2000!

Totally agree, I feel like the MD/Gen version's music is a testament to what kind of sound was capable on the system, pretty much makes it my favorite game on the system. If a game is only gonna have 1 main song for the stages, it has to be as epic as Vapor Trail's.

But as with all things it's always better sound but otherwise inferior to the arcade. I mean I feel like if it had come out later in the lifespan of the Genesis it might have gotten a better port.

I was really looking forward to this port when it was released, because Genesis really needed a competent Contra game and this looked like it would fit the bill. Sadly they kinda neutered the port, between it being single-player only, and (understandably) replacing the unique radial control scheme of the arcade with a much jankier adaptation for the control pad. This wasn't an unforgivable sin, but the game was significantly less interesting/fun to play as the arcade had obviously been designed around that radial stick. In the end I just rented it and shrugged at what could have been - if they went a different route with the level design, this could have been an endearing classic!

I like the Avengers game on the Genesis too, very retro! I'm surprised it was never re-released in HD for the Switch. I can't wait for the new Avengers game for the PS4! 🎮

The music in Darwin 4081 has some tracks that sound identical to another arcade game they released that year, Gondomania. I'm not sure which came first, but I like Gondomania better with its quirky shopping system and rotary stick control.

SP was one of the first games I bought for Saga Genesis. Played the hell outta it.

Oh yeah.

There was a company called Data West, and they made games for the PC Engine and Sharp X68000, like shooters for exanple

@@oscarzxn4067 Oh wow! I googled them and their last game, Brave Prove, looks really good, very Zelda like. And they started with a back to the future adventure game. It's amazing how many games we missed out on over here.

What sucked is as far as I know every version outside Japan got censored.

@@JohnDoe-kv3kd Yes I 've heard of that even though I had the Japanese version.

I feel like Data East was intrinsically connected to the American arcade scene. Once that pretty much was over aka the end of the 90s early 2000s they basically became useless. The fact their death came at the end of the 90s felt very much like the end of an era.

I mean not only are they going time traveling again and at least from the trailer to hell but yeah it is fun To have the old Keanu Reeves back not the super serious one. It's good to see that he can slip back into that character so easily.

I love a good success story. Or at least a story that doesn't end with everyone being fired and basically nothing ever comes of it.

@@JohnDoe-kv3kd Well theres a legacy for bullet hell... kind of

@@NB-1 Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. you are correct.