Completely agree, if the arcade used darker tones it'd been better

@@asturides Maybe it's an issue with the emulation, or the arcade's monitor is calibrated differently.

Agree.

That is good news. Maybe one day I’ll do a video on it.

I was gonna do that but the video was already getting long.

Thanks. So you think that the drive was just a waste of hardware?

@@playnalisis The 32X was good at doing what the Genesis couldn't: basic 3D (Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter, Doom) and sprite scaling games (like Space Harrier, Afterburner). In conventional 2D games the Genesis still had to do most of the heavy lifting. They could have shipped the 32X with some more 2D capable hardware, but then if the Genesis wasn't needed that much to make it run why sell it as an add-on and not a stand alone console in the first place? It was too niche to actually work. The only two options were either an add-on that still needed to rely heavily on the host console's hardware to keep costs down with all the limitations it implies or a more powerful system that would question its own the relevance as an add-on and not a stand alone console and that would also compete with the Saturn on top of that. They went with the former which is the lesser of two evils, but still a pretty bad solution. If we're playing "what if", I would have done what NEC did with their PC Engine: no 32X, just a RAM expansion for the SEGA CD instead and call it a day. Most CD consoles back then were held back by a lack of memory. Way less wasted R&D resources, much cheaper to produce, more affordable and no internal competition with the Saturn.

@kathleendelcourt8136 I wished they didn’t release it and stuck with the SVP Chip for a little more games.

@playnalisis So do I, but it would have been fatal, financially. Sega couldn't get a good deal on chips the way Nintendo could. It's why they had to charge so much for Virtua Racing and games like Phantasy Star IV, just to turn a profit. And why they preferred add-ons, which were just a one time investment for a future library. But it's worse than that makes it sound. Leaked financial documents reveal retailers overestimated demand for late release Genesis titles, and Sega had to both meet that demand and buy back any unsold stock. They were bleeding money, and Sega of America's generous contracts were to blame. Perhaps this helps to explain why Sega of Japan wasn't their biggest fan...though they'd soon have their own chance to screw themselves over with American retailers.

​@@kathleendelcourt8136yeah I always thought Sega should have made Sega CD and 32x into a single add-on. Maybe things would be different

Glad you liked it!

Sorry but I disagree.

@@playnalisis it's my option

@damin9913 that is fine by me.❤️

I mean it looks Like a huge fungus toe. 😂😂😂😂😂

Thank you. 😊

the genesis colors look terrible in some of the skin tones, but especially in the neon lime green or purple armors. this is clearly due to the genesis' limited color pallete and not in any way an advantage

Yep it was a great port. I am sure with a bigger cart they would of done more

Thank you.

Yea it was for being a 4 megacart game

Just imagine if Sega allowed a bigger ROM size, like 8 MB...

@brazilmugenteam Oh yes, a bigger ROM is all the game needs to reach arcade perfection. Would 8MB be enough? Probably. Honestly, I don't think there was an arcade game from 1988/1989 that the Genesis couldn't do with the right amount of memory. Addendum- Can you imagine releasing Thunder Force IV and Streets of Rage II in 1989? Sega would have to change their marketing strategy completely. From The Sega Genesis brings the arcade home...to the Genesis murders the arcades completely.

@Sinn0100 the Genesis doesn't murder arcades at all. It has its limitations.

@playnalisis No, you need to reread what I said and look at the context. The Sega Genesis launched in 1989 with the tagline "bringing the arcade home." They even had a ridiculous commercial featuring parents getting their son a Golden Axe arcade can- "Ted, your Golden Axe finally arrived!" The commercial follows with "or you can get the Genesis and play the full arcade experience in your home." Having said that, with a larger ROM, the commercial would have been 100% accurate. If you factor in the Genesis port has an extra level and a verses mode....that's what I call murdering the arcades. Arcade perfect (of which the Genesis can absolutely do) with bonus content and no quarter munching. Now, you throw the incredibly close Ghouls n' Ghosts with a 16meg ROM, and you have yourself another arcade perfect port. Do you not understand now? The Genesis has the chops to do this for most arcade hits of 1988/1989. I would say Strider is where it hits a brick wall, and while it might get close to arcade accurate, it can not match the CPS-1 when it is pushed. The number of sprites in certain areas would have to be faked, and then it's not the same thing. For reference- Golden Axe Arcade Edition exists right now on the Genesis. There is an indy developer doing the exact same thing with Final Fight as I type this, and it looks fantastic. There is an arcade perfect port of Final Fight on the Sega CD right now. Just to throw this in here but you should also check out Mortal Kombat Arcade for the Genesis as well. That last one is actually shocking.

Weird.

@@playnalisis watch some longplays of it on KZfaq. It has the arcade background and also the clouds on the title screen!

Yeah the contrast is high.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Which part?

I don’t understand.

@@playnalisis In the genesis version, in the later levels, some doorways and windows in the bg have strange street numbers and things written above them. Thought you might have some answers as to where these came from or what they're in reference to. As far as I'm aware, these didn't appear in the other versions of the game.

The extra level but it’s not in the other version to compare it to. I did mention it but didn’t cover it.

The extra level is just a big room. No big deal.

Oh i did. I apologize.

Btw what part of the video is the “why Sega removed it from 32x”

Thank you. 🙏

I was looking at Golden Axe 2 and it looks really good b

8 mgbt would of been amazing.

I think I got a version that doesn’t have it

It's an inn, but the devs wrote it as BED. However, they wrote it from right to left as in Japanese writing.

Weird. Maybe because Japan read book from right to left?

@@3jane821 lifelong mystery solved! Thanks kind stranger

@@playnalisis Correct.

I don’t think it would have. Maybe close but not perfect.

Awesome. Need to check out this update

For me is a lifesaver because I write the script, but then I have a hard time reading the script. It makes my life easier. I did a video a while back of me talking and it was really bad.

Confesso que esperava que tivesse tbem

Yeah, I noticed that when the video went live. Sorry. 😞

Totally forgot when I got to the end as I was editing the video. They look like king and queen.

Thank you 😊

Thanks I got more videos coming.

Which micro computers? Speccy?

@@playnalisis ZX Spectrum

Of Golden Axe?

@@playnalisis Yes

@yoshi_da_nenelandia_CE my problem is that the GBA is, probably running on some type of emulator and not ported directly. Its a collection. It's basically a Genesis port. It should of looked better with more accurate to the arcade.

@@playnalisis I agree, I played it a while ago but I had a different gaming experience compared to the Sega Genesis even though it was a port. The Sonic's port was more faithful to the original game

7:02 the reason the doors are not circular is very easy to answer... they are saving space and memory by not adding different pixel tiles, they simply rehuse the same sprite and utilize less memory (even when the cartridge can hold a LOT more space than the space they used for golden axe, this is an early genesis game in a small rom).

The 32x relied on Genesis. So it can’t work along. Maybe for 3D games

32X version is fanmade and free, I'd never call them "lazy"