Maybe someone secretly made a prototype for Greendog 2?
@noakesy3164 жыл бұрын
I would have taken on some extra paper rounds to buy that Akira game! It looks way better than the abomination that is the Amiga game. Luckily I didn't have to pay for that one if you catch my drift ;)
@trevorbozeman4 жыл бұрын
Resident Evil 1.5
@Nezuji4 жыл бұрын
The "smile" option in Fantasy Zone's "Weaponald's" isn't you smiling at the cashier; it's you asking for a smile from the cashier. I can't seem to find any solid details, but sometime in the 80s McDonald's Japan had a slogan/campaign with a tagline that translated to something like, "The smiles are free." Apparently some McDonald's restaurants here still have "Smile" listed on the menu for 0円. I haven't seen it but I don't eat McDonald's much and don't remember to look when I do. I did find some news stories about people ordering smiles for home delivery, and a video of some guys going into various McDonald's restaurants and asking for a smile (they usually got one with a clearly rehearsed response, so it must still be a thing at corporate). Anyway, I've seen references to this in quite a few Japanese games. One that comes to mind is visiting burger restaurants in River City Ransom.
@bricegaillard67804 жыл бұрын
Exactly, and you Can Ask for a smile in yakuza zero witch takes place during the 80's.
@CommodoreFan644 жыл бұрын
Awesome bit of insight, thanks for sharing 👍😁👍
@stopmikeandjim31964 жыл бұрын
The same thing happens at one of the restaurants in the NES release of River City Ransom
@KidNato4 жыл бұрын
The Smiles are Free promo was universal for McDonald's. They did it in the states too but we don't give a crap about smiles at any price so most of us just don't recall.
@LeviathanRX4 жыл бұрын
I worked at a McDonald's when we still had the smile button on the register. The best part was that you could put in grill orders on it. I would ring in a smile with extra onions.
@reagandow8504 жыл бұрын
Joe, once again you’ve saved us from boredom. Long Live Game Sack!!! ❤️
@cinnamondan49844 жыл бұрын
Reagan Dow I am starting to miss being bored
@cinnamondan49844 жыл бұрын
matt fahringer 🤣
@dachers12384 жыл бұрын
Man. Akira on the Genesis seems like it would have been pretty neat, especially at the time.
@xxxBURSTANGELxxx4 жыл бұрын
I remember totally hyped watchin' screenshots @ that time
@Jellycakelap4 жыл бұрын
I had the SEGA CD version on back order the second it entered our SKU system at Blockbuster.
@mogo24334 жыл бұрын
@@Jellycakelap I think it would be better if they had it on 32x close to it's release.
@gc8972b4 жыл бұрын
Wish I had the same feeling, it looks too pretentious for the time. Probably would suck
@Ralph_Sandwich4 жыл бұрын
A beat 'em up without an elevator stage is like Gamesack without a Greendog! reference.
@ih77292 жыл бұрын
That sucked.
@HerecomestheCalavera4 жыл бұрын
I'm from the future. You look about the same in Unreleased Games 5.
@jordanc72633 жыл бұрын
You mean like Ron Perlman's son?
@gamedad73363 жыл бұрын
@@jordanc7263 holy shit, you just answered a question I didn't know I needed answered. Thank you
@EhrenLoudermilk3 ай бұрын
cant unsee it @@jordanc7263
@NoSpamForYou4 жыл бұрын
Space Fantasy Zone looks amazing, SEGA should have polished that game up and included it on the Genesis Mini.
@GenesHand4 жыл бұрын
Or maybe on the PC engine mini, do something like Nintendo did with starfox 2.
@mogo24334 жыл бұрын
Sega usually only do the minimum or average, rarely if ever do they exceed expectations.
@chinito774 жыл бұрын
Perhaps in a future Yakuza game?
@AlucardsQuest4 жыл бұрын
@@mogo2433 Probably because they have no money.
@Prizrak-hv6qk2 ай бұрын
It's not a Sega game or even on a Sega system. The IPs were licensed from Sega by NEC Avenue. It doesn't look particularly great either. I mean, compare it to Panorama Cotton on the Genesis. It still blows my mind that Panorama didn't get much exposure and that Sega didn't instantly commission more games based on its excellent superscaler like faux 3D engine.
@vix_in_japan4 жыл бұрын
When I lived in the UK this was always my Sunday morning treat, now I live in Japan it's my Sunday afternoon treat. Doesn't matter where I am in the world, there's always GameSack, thanks Joe!
@louiesavvy4 жыл бұрын
hmmm that was a james brown sound clip in stone protectors he yells and says hit me maybe thats why it was pulled
@williammoore10304 жыл бұрын
SWEET, Sacks on the tube tonight.
@l.e.miller12084 жыл бұрын
That Akira game looks ambitious as all hell. Wow
@datamouth4 жыл бұрын
Game Sack always gives me the feel goods.
@antoninocamillo12234 жыл бұрын
No way the cantina theme the whole time?! That has to be a cruel joke.
@GameSack4 жыл бұрын
Seriously. Of ALL the songs...
@allhailthelegs4 жыл бұрын
@@GameSack That's my favourite star wars song :(
@wraithcadmus4 жыл бұрын
The genre is called "Jizz Music", yes really.
@Shorai_34 жыл бұрын
"Thank you! We're the cantina band. If you have any requests, just shout'em out. Play that same song. Alright, same song! Here we go"!
@Not-Great-at-Gaming4 жыл бұрын
I think Virgin's issue wasn't that dinosaurs were extinct. It was that scientists had just uncovered evidence that dinosaurs never actually played hockey, contrary to popular opinion at the time.
@HarryTipper7774 жыл бұрын
How about canadian dinosaurs?
@costby11054 жыл бұрын
Dinosaurs aren't extinct though, birds are dinosaurs.
@jasonhubbard67754 жыл бұрын
If Greendog appeared in "Rise of Skywalker," it probably would have been a much better movie.
@JeffYPbPr4 жыл бұрын
@stephen schneider dont listen to the internet fool's that are brainwashed the vocal neckbeard minority. The movie wasn't bad at all. Perfect? No. Fun and enjoyable absolutely
@jasonhubbard67754 жыл бұрын
@@JeffYPbPr I saw the movie and formed an opinion on my own--no "brainwashing" involved.
@the-NightStar4 жыл бұрын
It's already a great movie.
@vladv5126 Жыл бұрын
Not even greendog could have saved that turd.
@Ry_814 жыл бұрын
Big respect Joe for keeping the random funnies at the end. I look forward to them every episode. Thank you.
@Googlesucksballs4 жыл бұрын
See, not even the makers of Greendog can make as game as good as GREENDOG!!!!!!!
@Holammer4 жыл бұрын
23:15 Pretty sure the smile thing is a reference to "ordering a 0 yen smile" (smile kudasai). Not sure if it's still a thing, but it used to be on the menu at Japanese McDonalds and it's often referenced in Manga and Anime.
@darrinfromvault8014 жыл бұрын
Not many people know but Virgin Interactive changed their name to Scored Interactive after they finally got lucky. Your move on bad jokes Joe.
@GameSack4 жыл бұрын
Ouch!
@ScottWozniak4 жыл бұрын
16:44 Complete with James Brown samples! 😂 I wonder if those were cleared?
@kenrickeason3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂 And James Brown and His Record Company was super ruthless wit the Copyright Law Suits back then.
@BugsyFoga4 жыл бұрын
Nice to see Game Sack still delivering content while we're all in quarantine.
@Blueflag044 жыл бұрын
Watching Game Sack and play video games
@Jesse__H4 жыл бұрын
@@Blueflag04 My idea of a good time!
@jameswalt14 жыл бұрын
Akira's vision is on another lever. Insane variety for a 16bit game.
@davebladegun30094 жыл бұрын
“Let’s just get straight into it.” With that sort of confidence, you have to know that Joe does extremely well with the ladies.
@markkoetsier64754 жыл бұрын
11:34 TETSUOOOOO! KANEDAAAA!
@Andres33AU4 жыл бұрын
"The controls in Star Wars feel clunky." You mean, maclunkey?
@mabs95034 жыл бұрын
That briefcase in the Socks game is a real thing. It's called the Nuclear Briefcase and it's carried with the president's staff when abroad in case the president has to authorize a nuclear strike while away from the White House.
@gozinta824 жыл бұрын
Love dis channel! It's great to see that both the SNES and Genesis being brought up...even after the split. Love you guys!
@CorporalDanLives4 жыл бұрын
16:45 can you just steal James Brown samples and stick ‘em in a game?
@kamikazeclaymore3 жыл бұрын
*Dragons Lair overview* “The goal is to make it to the end of the stage while still alive.” 🤔 This is why I love Game Sack. I swear Joe does stuff like that just to see if we catch it or not. Quality content. 👍😀
@mottzilla48584 жыл бұрын
4:45 You can actually swing across certain things while jumping. There are no impossible jumps. The game is playable completely from beginning to end, no cheats or debug features are required to do so.
@TonyDeCoste4 жыл бұрын
Lives in Colorado, says stuff like "the word W starts with a D".... doesn't smoke pot.
@rafasreds53244 жыл бұрын
Great show Joe! Pity show of these games never saw the light of day. But with the advent of Dreams, with all the super talented creators, you never know!
@coreyannis30884 жыл бұрын
Wow that Wacky Races game looks pretty impressive. I would have liked to seen that 'fake mode7' used in other ways.
@bou22204 жыл бұрын
Really interesting to see these titles. I found the Akira one fascinating having so many game types. Thanks for a rare look into gaming history.
@SylveonTrapito4 жыл бұрын
The soundtrack of Space Fantasy Zone is amazing. I listen to it every now and then
@robinhatherall67794 жыл бұрын
Rumour has it Stone Protectors was based on the Olsen Twins.
@IdealIdeas1004 жыл бұрын
That wacky racers game looks really hard to play. Compared to Super Mario Kart, you can hardly see that far ahead of your kart.
@UltimateGamerCC4 жыл бұрын
@DejaVoodooDoll obviously the game was going to be too short, so they did that to make it harder and therefore take longer to finish. game companies used this particular crutch a lot and thats why you dont really see unnecessary difficulty spikes anymore. as games can be longer since they have the space on the cart/CD to be longer by way of more stages and/or more story.
@UltimateGamerCC4 жыл бұрын
@matt fahringer Mario Kart wasnt short either, 4 Cups at 4 Tracks each, Mirror Mode, Ghost Trials, Couch VS, Battle Mode, hardly needed the padding of difficulty, thats why its so memorable.
@rayzaramon65984 жыл бұрын
That Space Fantasy Zone looks GREAT! Iwas lovin' the colors and the music. Gotta find that rom, dammit!😭
@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial4 жыл бұрын
SNES Richard Nixon is a thing I didn’t know I needed until now
@shaggydee914 жыл бұрын
Ppssst I'm a long time fan hahah ✌️💗🍕🎮
@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial4 жыл бұрын
Shaggy Dee cheers 🍻
@schtive814 жыл бұрын
4:19 "I did not have sexual relations with that portable nuclear missile-launcher" - Bill Clinton
@blessuu4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for providing quality content during this tough time!!!
@kadosho024 жыл бұрын
So many unreleased titles. It's fascinating how many were close to being released. But dang I had no idea there were that many 😶 Thanks for the awesome episode
@n0isyturtle4 жыл бұрын
I've had Socks The Cat for like 15 years on cart, today I learned it's actually a repro of an unreleased game. Go figure!
@JMFSpike4 жыл бұрын
It was finally officially released 2 years ago.
@HouseOfFunQM4 жыл бұрын
Dynoblaze has Robocop vs Terminator music? Ah yes, as soon as I posted this, it comes up in the video. Yep.
@WhatsOnMyShelf4 жыл бұрын
Placeholder.
@knifeteeth4 жыл бұрын
Still my favorite show on all of KZfaq. I kinda miss Joe tho
@Ralph_Sandwich4 жыл бұрын
Lol Dave is the one who left. Joe is onscreen in this very video. For your "favorite show on KZfaq" you sure don't know much about it lol
@knifeteeth4 жыл бұрын
@@Ralph_Sandwich it's a joke, dude...you blew it :(
@olbimbler4 жыл бұрын
Pretty deep cut reference for an unreleased Genesis game to include a nod to THX 1138.
@hdofu4 жыл бұрын
Cooly Skunk has an English patch just throwing that out there.
@juiceala4 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill completed and released last year on SNES? I seem to remember hearing about it getting a kickstarter and releasing last year, saw some gameplays of the finished version as well.
@gamingrelated52334 жыл бұрын
juice hedgehog Yeah, I bought it. In the finished version you can jump along the ropes in the background to traverse those large gaps.
@Heroinedown4 жыл бұрын
That ending, it was just priceless...
@videogameobsession4 жыл бұрын
16:07 Those are some wicked guitar harmonics on the SNES version. :)
@GenesHand4 жыл бұрын
Yeah that game has a surprisingly neat soundtrack
@ChaseWSanders4 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine developing a game to near completion and being told by my publisher that we didn't have the rights to release the game. I bet the developers were livid.
@houstonhelicoptertours10064 жыл бұрын
On that Star Wars game; looks like a lot of the palettes aren't set correctly in this early build
@emarskineel4 жыл бұрын
That socks the cat game was probably a money laundering ploy
@MyRetroLife4 жыл бұрын
That ending tripped me up! ;-)
@DeformedConscience4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I needed this. I must have spent the past few days straight there watching the Game Sack Console Crunch episodes on an endless loop....
@polariuzz4 жыл бұрын
I hope JOE, DAVE and your family are just fine amidst all this trouble were all facing now,and also thanks for the upload amidst all of this
@halblow4484 жыл бұрын
No, I think the people from the future will say, "Wow, he had hair!?"
@nox-qu1bm4 жыл бұрын
That visual effect in the Mega Drive Akira game instantly reminded me of Ranger X, where they made those tunnels in the background (very early in the game) look three-dimensional in a similar fashion.
@jakster164 жыл бұрын
Yep, they used a similar effect for The Adventures of Batman & Robin.
@nox-qu1bm4 жыл бұрын
@@jakster16 oh yes, that's another gem with nice, rarely seen graphical effects
@gurleyman1044 жыл бұрын
What a shame about the Akira game. After seeing it I would say it would make a good candidate for games that push hardware limits. Great episode!
@vahnmegamanx4 жыл бұрын
I miss seeing Dave in the videos. Its been almost a year now. Where are our Dave comedies?
@FoxMcCloudFF74 жыл бұрын
A Game Sack episode just isn't a Game Sack episode without mentioning GREEEENNNNN DOG!
@mr.vidjagamez98964 жыл бұрын
I am sure its been mentioned a thousand times already, but Socks the Cat DID get an official release of sorts a few years ago via a Kickstarter. I say "of sorts", because there was apparently some confusion over if the person who bought the rights to the IP and the game rom actually did have the legal rights to it or not, though they assured that they did. It was released on a SNES cartridge and finished to a fully playable state by 2nd Dimension Games I believe.
@r3trobox Жыл бұрын
Greeeeedog! Love the recurring joke along with the Snatcher one lol I know this video is old but I keep rewatching all your videos. Keep it up cheers! 😎
@juanmartinstehle50474 жыл бұрын
I need more episodes of 'Left in Japan' to see games like Nekketsu Oyako, Ghost Chaser Densei, Two-Tenkaku, Night Striker, among others.
@maxmatson15784 жыл бұрын
It would be awesome to see you do a retrospective on the software designer "Warp". "D" & "enemy Zero" are some of my favorite games of all time!
@AnthonyFlack4 жыл бұрын
Trivia: they were the first games that Fumito Ueda worked on. He animated quite a lot of the scenes in Enemy Zero.
@maxmatson15784 жыл бұрын
@@AnthonyFlack Awesome! I love those scenes.👍
@philosophyoftrucking4 жыл бұрын
Socks is the hero we needed but didn't deserve.
@mdoggie824 жыл бұрын
Weponald’s is the best unreleased joke
@balboa06214 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, that Ted Kennedy joke was pretty funny.
@SWIFTO_SCYTHE4 жыл бұрын
Best retro channel on KZfaq
@nomadicmonkey31864 жыл бұрын
A beat 'em up game without an elevator stage is like Joe not mentioning obligatory parallax scrolling or Greendog.
@ilikecurry2345 Жыл бұрын
The characters in Stone Protectors are supposed to be glam-rock Trolls, but they honestly look more like Aztec royalty and nobility.
@Born2Rune4 жыл бұрын
I'm from the future, thanks to Gamesack being the most popular channel on KZfaq and Joe making millions of dollars in ad revenue, Greendog is the most sought after game of all time. Joe also bought Dave hair implants.
@Nukle0n4 жыл бұрын
16:45 I wonder if they licensed that from James Brown, or maybe he sued and that's why the Genesis version was cancelled?
@Swoll8264 жыл бұрын
I just wrote a comment wondering about James Brown as well with that game.
@pabletoday97824 жыл бұрын
I love that the subtitles say (Gamesack theme)
@Gambit7714 жыл бұрын
The graphics look really good for Star Wars and the cantina theme sounds great in their unfinished states.
@anasbakhit43034 жыл бұрын
I really love Game Sack's " after credits " parts, I always watch Game Sack's videos to the end just to see those extra funny parts.
@F0nkyNinja4 жыл бұрын
3:50 that transition
@Scrillazay4 жыл бұрын
I had some of those ripped Trolls. The memories bro
@tawdryhepburn46864 жыл бұрын
Epic Joser loved that show as a 6 year old.
@derekdash21794 жыл бұрын
Nice to finally see TTTAAAAAAIIIIIITTTTTOOOOO make a return to GameSack.
@colecantos32734 жыл бұрын
Game Sack was just recommended to me by a friend. You seemed famiIiar and I attempted to pinpoint where I recognized you from. It was film-tech. I like this show so far.
@theguardian83174 жыл бұрын
The majoroty of the stuff in the Star Wars demo (like the music) are clearly placeholder elements. It looks more like a "tech demo" to see how a port of the Super Nintendo game would work on the Megadrive. Obviously that demo wasn't considered to be released as it was
@scottcowan73434 жыл бұрын
The story behind Socks the Cats rom is more interesting than the game itself honestly.
@sirkastic4 жыл бұрын
6:10 You take pleasure in Dead Cats. Well, I will say at least you always do manage to surprise me in the depths you sink to
@thepickles88334 жыл бұрын
Akira looks super impressive for the Genesis
@Ralph_Sandwich4 жыл бұрын
There's an Akira for the NES that is basically just a read along of the movie with 8 bit screenshots. I'm not sure if it was ever released in the US but there is a English translation available online.
@Boonehams4 жыл бұрын
Space Fantasy Zone not being released feels like a crime.
@neddreadmaynard4 жыл бұрын
Joe there's an enormous green phallus in the Troll game and not a whisper from you. Come on! Great video mate.
@merchius4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another great episode of Gamesack Joe! Love from Norway
@JugglerOfWords4 жыл бұрын
did that skunk in a parachute just float around in a stage from Skyblazer?
@bortzanator30184 жыл бұрын
Dude I lost it when you chucked the Genesis cart into the NES hahaha
@superpaul794 жыл бұрын
You should do an episode about games than never existed, like Cyborg Hunter 2, Michael Jackson's Moon Fighter, and The Adventures of Poochie the Rockin' Dog.
@Jesse__H4 жыл бұрын
NICE. I've been binging 'Sack eps literally all afternoon and into the night, just trying to stave off the boredom of the apocalypse ... ... y'know, regular Saturday night stuff. Then BAM Joe drops a brand new sack. Thanks Joe 😅👍
@evilash5704 жыл бұрын
It’s a crime that Space Fantasy Zone and Akira were never finished or released!
@RobertSeeJen4 жыл бұрын
That ending was so stupid. And I loved it.
@GameSack4 жыл бұрын
Agree, it is incredibly stupid.
@90sGasPrices4 жыл бұрын
God I love game sack and hope you guys never go away.
@TwoBlackMarks4 жыл бұрын
It is kind of strange how SEGA kept launching games on other consoles and computers, atleast for a time.
@cluckfrey79954 жыл бұрын
Nice! Watch this when I get home.
@G.L.999Ай бұрын
Sega really should've made a Sonic Kart game during the 16-bit era to try and compete against Mario Kart back in those days. Things certainly could've been very interesting.
@LobsterPuncher4 жыл бұрын
The Akira game looks pretty rad honestly. It looks like they were trying to stay true to the movie.
@WhatsOnMyShelf4 жыл бұрын
12:53 Scaling done via software since hardware support is non-existent. Movement is restricted to up or down so the scaling effect is easier to replicate without noticeable problems.