SEGA Mega Drive is still number one, Streets of Rage anyone, Yuzo Koshiro was magnificent 😊

Awesome video John! Just a secret though (There’s no such thing as a worse Sega console. They are all best) 👍

Being from France, I will put the Master System much higher in the ranking. I have an infinite love for the SEGA 8bits: SG-1000, SC-3000, SG-1000 II, Mark III/Master System... My biggest crush being the Japanese version with the FM Sound unit even if the best games came in Europe as Japan stopped the Mark III quite early. Love SEGA!

Resting after work and I see this new video. You just made the rest of my day.

Sega Dreamcast is number one. Amazing games and ground breaking features like the vmu . Genesis 2nd because I was blown away by it when I first saw Altered beast parallax. Saturn 3rd because it was a lot better than people give it credit for.

Most people who grew up with Sega would list the Genesis as number 1. It was the system for great franchises (Sonic, Streets of Rage) that still hold up.

Sega Genesis always, I still own the one since I was a kid and have been creating videos from it since!

Good video! Nice ranking of Sega's best systems to Worst! I remember picking up a used Sega 32x system in Babbages for about $19.99 plus tax!

Master system will always be my personal favourite.

#1 for me has to be the Sega Saturn. Not because I grew up playing it, not because I played it more, and not because it has better games. It's number one on my list for ONE reason, and that is Panzer Dragoon Saga. It was well over a decade old when I first played it but it still managed to be an exceptional game. If I have to describe this game in one word it's MAJESTIC. It may not be very impressive visually but the atmosphere this game creates is breathtaking. I've never really played the Sega Saturn up until that point and that game instantly made the Saturn my favorite Sega console. That's how good Panzer Dragoon Saga is!

Ok John you got me. I need a video or a couple about your experiences at Software Etc, especially on Dreamcast launch day.

That Altered Beast cap is so sweet

Nailed it again with your list John. Sega Consoles were what I grew up with then went straight to PlayStation but looking back I do regret not trying to get a snes or N64.

Great list!! As a Nintendo kid my best friend owned a Genesis, sega cd, 32x and my neighbor had a sega cd. I loved playing Genesis so much and the parents didn't go for a second system at the time. I remember odd fmv titles for the cd and they blew me away at the time. Eventually I would own a Game Gear instead of the Game Boy my cousin had and fell in love with that as well even with that blurry screen. The dreamcast I saved up for with my own money working at a Best Buy stood in line on release day and was enamored with the games and even the odd accessories. It's my number one console but I can see my list changing as I go through more of the Genesis library. As an adult I am slowly collecting Saturn, Genesis, dreamcast, some last more rare game gear games and imports (game gear McWill molded of course so gorgeous!) masters syatem and some Sega CD games. Really great systems. Found a good deal on a cdx and might have to pick it up. I COULD go on and on. Love the channel John ❤ I also want to give a shout out to Sega Lord X also for starting my passion for collecting on the Genesis and Saturn.

Hey man your editing's getting much tighter, great vid!

Due to being in Europe I have to rank the Master System / Game Gear in second place. Rest of the list is spot on

I got a Genesis on Christmas of '92 and to this day it's my favorite console. I still buy games for it, not a hardcore collector because I only buy stuff I like or always wanted to have. In fact, the most I have ever paid for a game is Castlevania Bloodlines (like 56 bucks!). The Dreamcast is another one I love, but I only got it about 4 years ago and do not have too many games. Those are harder to find and quite more expensive.

Love them all, but the Dreamcast just spoke to me.

I only every owned one Sega handheld and that was the GameGear. I loves it at the time and got the rechargeable battery pack for it. I also got the TV Add-On for it to, but I never got it to work properly. I love my Gamegear. Used to play it in bed. A bit like I do with the Vita today! That is an amazing console too! How about ding a Sony Console best to worst, too John. Just a thought. Amazing video as always. One of the very few channels I can press the like button before I even watch it because I know I am going to enjoy it! Thank you for taking the time out to entertain us!

Excellent video! My list would look the same except the Master System I’d put in second place.

I don't think there's a better qualified person to do a video on Sega as Mr. Hancock.

Congrats on 100k John! I always learn something new from your videos. Keep up the exceptional work!

You are the reason I bought Dark Wizard and man is it ever fun

I didnt think there could be 2 bad consoles... til i got to the end! Never seen those before! Like leapfrog... lol glad you had the saturn so high up. Uncle had one back in the day - one of the coolest consoles ever made!

I literally just started diving back into Dreamcast, this video is posted at a perfect time! Thanks John!

Sega Genesis was my first gaming system and I loved it growing up. My sisters and I got it for Christmas one year and it had Sonic and Tails as the pack in game. We also got Mrs Pacman that as well. My sisters and I played the heck our of both those games until we were able to start building our library. Lots of memories with the genesis growing up, I remember buying my 32x and Menecer both on closeout at Kaybee toys. Although both accessories didn't live up to my expectations I was happy being able to play Doom and T2 arcade. Sega Genesis is the only system that I still hunt games for and will always have a special place in my heart.

Congrats on 100K Subs !

Dreamcast........hands down, #1, saved best for last, went out with a “mic” drop!!

I played Master System at a friend's house back when it was new (as you said - Alex Kid), but Famicom Family had already taken over the mainstream market in my region. My next run in with SEGA home consoles was the Megadrive. Loved it from day one. Back then, SEGA just had a feel that I cannot explain. To me, SEGA is its own thing - games wise. A hardcore, beautiful, indescribable experience. I sound like a 90's advert don't I? (sorry!) but SEGA fans will probably agree with me. Wish I'd had the Dreamcast, but it was not readily available where I live, so had to stick with PS1 then later PS2. By then, SEGA had passed as a hardware manufacturer, and a new era was being ushered in... Thanks for the video!

Sega Genesis is Segas best home gaming console. I grew up with the system, there are so many great games released for the system. Second best is Saturn i didn't have one or play one in the 90s. Third Dreamcast my best friend had one and we played that one summer in 2001. Great video John.

I love hearing you talk about gaming, but I wish this video had specific games highlighted and some footage of the games and physical consoles.

SG-1000 doesn't have very many games but it has Girl's Garden as an exclusive and that makes it a winner in my book.

Congrats on 100,000 subscribers!

Genesis/MD for the win with the Dreamcast a very close second. Nothing was more satisfying back in those days as when you accidentally and for the first time grabbed an enemy from behind with Maxx in Streets of Rage 2 and gave it the knee drop... The damage, look and sound both made me laugh and go _"Oof!"_ . Or when I got myself trounced for the first time in an aerial battle in Skies of Arcadia and got my first ever _"DLC"_ by connecting to the game's website to download Aika's, Dreacast branded, lollipop weapon which is still in my VMU to this day.

I LOVED my Sega GameGear! I found it a few months ago and it still works!

That battery pack on the nomad always slipped off while I was playing it ugh the most frustrating thing ever

Got my SG in early 90s with Sonic 2 packed in..loved Sega and still do.

The first SEGA console I had was the Genesis, so many amazing classic games for that system and I really loved the controllers because my hands are on the bigger side. I really wish DreamCast got more love and was able to take-off and compete more when it first came out, another pretty remarkable console system that I thought the controllers felt really good once you got used to the design!

In sweden we rented Sega Master System games att gas stations, it was awesome.

My list speaks for only what I owned. Genesis, Dreamcast, Master System, Sega Cd, and 32X.

This was the closest that I could agree with you so far.. though I would trade positions with the saturn and the genisis. I had every sega system from the master system to the gamegear. From the Genisis onward including the Sega CD and the 32X I got them within the first month of launch.

Great video. I was a Nintendo kid growing up but I did manage to play some SEGA consoles and handhelds over the years via friends. Now as a adult I proudly own a sega genesis. Looking into expanding my video game collection with some of the other consoles. There’s usually one game per system that comes to mind that makes it worth it to own the system (example nights for Sega Saturn) If I had to rank them I’d say this. 1. Sega genesis 2. Sega dreamcast 3. Sega Master System 4. Sega Saturn 5. Sega CD 6. Sega 32x 7. Sega Game Gear 8. Sega Nomad I’m not familiar with pre-master systems consoles or the educational ones. One thing I will say is that even though about the 6th generation of consoles is that even though the dreamcast was their last console, it is by far the best of all the consoles released that region in my opinion (were still friends) I think of the arcade ports (capcom vs snk comes to mind) that came to the system I literally could not tell the difference between the arcade version and the dreamcast version. It was that flawless.

Hard to disagree with your the top 2. Although Sega Dreamcast is my number 1 system of ALL TIME, the Genesis had a much bigger impact. I'd also put the Sega CD above the Saturn mainly because I was not an original Sega Saturn owner. I instead opted for the Sony Playstation. The Sega CD made such an impact on me for a number of reasons and had some really good games on it. I still play it religiously to this day. I do own and really appreciate the Sega Saturn today, but Sega CD gets the nod for me. The rest of your list I agree!!!! Another great video John. Keep up the good work.

Great Job! I agree with you on pretty much everything. The dreamcast was so great. It was the first console I bought with my own money. And Sonic CD is so great just for the soundtrack!

Congrats on 100K Subs. Agree with this list!

Another awesome video! Let me say that I’m Portuguese and here Master System, Mega Drive, Saturn and Dreamcast are a lot more remembered than Nintendo consoles, except for Game Boy! In early 90s every kid had a Mega Drive and a Game Boy. I think it’s the same reality for the majority of the rest of Europe. The problem was...Sony.

Only 3 I collect are Genesis/Saturn/Dreamcast so I'm totally on board with your ranking!

Good video John and it pretty much mirrors my views. Megadrive is definitely number 1 for me. I picked up a Japanese import in Jan 1990 and it just blew me away at the time. I was a fan of the Amiga at the time (which was a great computer) but the MD was a great step up from there. Sprites were bigger, games ran better and were much closer to the arcade games. I remember first playing Super Hang on, Altered Beast, Ghouls & Ghosts, Super Shinobi and Golden Axe and was just gobsmacked by how good they were. They are still amazing games today and the games library went on to develop into one of the richest and best in video game history. I was a huge fan of the Dreamcast (more so than the Saturn back in the day), but since I picked up a Japanese Saturn, it has become one of my all time favourite consoles. As such my DC is boxed up now and I have the Jp Saturn hooked up to a 29" Sony 4:3 CRT in the kitchen. Love that console! I guess that whilst the DC improves some of the games like Daytona and Sega Rally (with SR2) visually, I still prefer the Saturn versions. Loved the likes of Soul Calibur, Crazy Taxi, F355, MSR, Power Stone 1 & 2 etc. on the DC though and it was one of the few consoles that I queued at a midnight launch for. Overall i'd put my list like this now - Megadrive (including add ons like 32X/MegaCD), Saturn, Dreamcast, GameGear, Master System. I've not played on the Nomad or the SG1000. I put GG ahead of MS, as I never really dabbled with the MS back in the day (was all Spectrum and then Amiga back then), but I owned and loved my GG. I just really like it as a device and the quality of games for a handheld was superb back in the day. I have a Master System now and quite a few games for it. There's certainly some decent stuff on it, and I do like it, but it's the Sega console I want to play the least and look back on the least fondly.

Game Gear has to be my top. Fantastic library with multiple unique regions which makes collecting so fun. So many amazing add ons, and exclusives, and it doesn't break the bank to collect for. Absolutely my favorite system. Dreamcaste second - my favorite system of it's generation Sg-1000 - I don't know why, but this system speaks to me. It's library is so quirky and unique. Love it! Genesis - This was my Sega system growing up. Love it Master System - if the Game Gear didn't have the Master Converter I'd place this much higher. CDX - I listened to music in it more than I played games on it, but I got some great hours of gaming out of it. 32X - the system I kept hooked up for one game for years. Kolibri is one of my go to games to chill and relax. Sega Saturn - I don't have a ton of experience with this system. I recognize it had great games, but I went Atari at the time. Not the best choice

Many Lego fans from the 90s believed Lego Island was the first Lego video game, only to find out many years later it was actually Lego Fun with Building for the Sega Pico back in 1995. I know, because I was one of those people.

Actually, the SG-1000 Mark II did not add Mycard and keyboard support, those were both supported by the Sg-1000 Mark I. They were released around the time of the Mark II, but were both fully backwards compatible.

A few years ago my co-worker told me about the Sega Saturn and Game Gear and as I was looking into it, it looked very promising to me and so I managed to get a japan model Saturn and CIB Game Gear on eBay. Sadly though the Saturn games were expensive as hell here in the US so I got a handful from Japan on cheap but it will be difficult to play them in Japanese though but oh well. The game gear was something else, this handheld to me was made for a mature crowd and it had very good games and very cheap too. On a side note, I really had good experiences playing the Genesis and Dreamcast and I pre-ordered at the time the genesis mini and a CIB Dreamcast that was barely used on eBay with a handful of sega arcade games.

My Favorite sega CD game is Final Fight CD, I know it's just a port of the original arcade game but it was so well done

Aww John you breaking my heart dude, poor old 32x so low on the list. But agree with the game gear. I traded my original game boy back in the day for one. Had to have that colour screen with the magnifying screen!

Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Sega CD, Sega Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Sega 32X, and lastly the Master System. Saturn is horrendously underrated and has sooooooo many great games.

Please dont sleep on the Sega Nomad. It could sub as a Genesis real quick on the road. It had Joystick ports on the bottom, power adapter availability and A/V out. If you were short on space and couldn't bring a whole Genesis, the Nomad was a life saver....

Great Video sir. To this DAY, I always felt like SEGA should've made just 1 MORE handheld. Something special. 🤷🏾‍♂️

I love my Master System. In 1988 i saw it in a store here in Germany. You can compare the store with your American Sears. Unfortunately i got some months before a Commodore 64. So, no chance to get Master System. I bought my Master System in 2002. In the 80s and middle 90s the Master System had a good position in Europe.

My favorite for the saturn is definitely Bulk Slash. So many good games on the saturn.

100k!! Congrats!!!!

I would have to go with the Sega Saturn, since it was the first game console I bought with my own money. It still works, and some double-gun Virtua Cop 2 is unbeatable.

A nice solid list John!

In the uk where i am sega mega drive is an great console next to super nintendo the golden years of gaming in the 90s and still to this day you download homebrew games for the mega drive and snes which is an real treat as well 😊

Awesome. I also worked at Software Etc before GameStop bought em out. Good memories of that 1st job being a "Game Advisor" lol!

I grew up rocking my Atari 2600, and never for another console after that. However, all of my college friends had the Genesis, so Team Sega won me over for life!

I love collecting for the Master System because it's still relatively unknown to a lot of people. Love showing people the system and their reaction that there was a system before the Genesis!

CooL list. I normally think of the Sega CD and 32X as extensions of the Sega Genesis, along with the Power Base Converter. Treating the Sega CD as a individual system I’d place it 2nd between (1) The Genesis and (3) the Dreamcast. I’d (if thinking of the Nomad as a separate system) place the Nomad as one notch above the Game Gear, I really like the Game Gear but I prefer the Nomad. However to me the Nomad is an alternate Sega Genesis. I liked both the 32X and SG-1000, but I’d put the 32X a head of the SG-1000, both would be low on my list due to limited number of games, but I actually got a lot of usage out of my 32X during it’s short life, compared to the SG-1000 I’d rank it higher. I do like playing around with the SG-1000, and enjoy it’s version of Zaxxon quite a bit even with a very slow frame rate. I’d rank it lower due to just how many more games I enjoyed on the 32X and even one 32X-CD. Over all my all time top 5 system were (5) Game Cube, (4) Dreamcast, (3) Super Nintendo, (2) original Xbox, and (1) Sega Genesis (including Sega CD) outside of my top 5 it’s hard to pick favourites, but Saturn and original PlayStation would also be high on my list.

Getting a little grey there Immortal John Hancock...great video keep up the good work.

Sega Genesis was my favourite console growing up, but the Sega Saturn is a fantastic system as well, lots of games you couldn't get anywhere else and it had The Horde one of the greatest games ever made.

My list would be nearly identical but with Game Gear and Master System switched because I got a Game Gear for Christmas in 93 or 94 with Sonic 2 and Aladdin!

The first console I ever bought was the Sega dreamcast as a teenager. I've been in love ever since. The vmus were cool and so many amazing fighting games. Thanks for the video, sega has always been a favorite of mine too.

I keep wishing that Dark Wizard will show up in a Sega classics collection, or Sega Ages on Switch. Just somewhere.. I have a lot of nostalgia for my Genesis/CD/32X rig that needed its own power strip for 3 wall warts. It was like for car guys who get a nice car and then add stuff to it a little at a time, even though the Genesis will always be the best part of that rig, the fact that we got all this stuff and added them one at a time.. I don't know, it just really further bonded me to the system. It just seemed more MINE all the time. And Dark Wizard was my favorite Sega CD game! I need a new legit copy of that game on some kind of modern hardware. Great video!

10: Sega Pico 9: Sega Nomad 8: Sega 32X 7: Sega Game Gear 6: Sega SG-1000 5: Sega Master System 4: Sega CD 3: Sega Saturn 2: Sega Dreamcast 1: Sega Genesis

I personally would put the genesis and the nomad as a tie for me. I absolutely love the fact that you can play genesis cartridges portably with the nomad, but I also have some great memories with the genesis (also the first console I bought with my own money, even though it came out 12 years before I was born lol). The only gripes I have with the nomad is the price of entry is high because it's rather expensive to get one now. And the screen's blurry. And it's near impossible to find one that doesn't have dead pixels. And it decimates batteries. You know, on second thought, maybe the genesis wins lol.

Sega Genesis is my favorite console of all time. I keep going back to these games. Also Sega master system for Wonder Boy. Sega Cd, Then Saturn, 32X and Dreamcast. I did like the Game Gear that's cool. I'm trying to remember the shinobi game that had like 7 crystals to get in each level and you can do the levels in any order to get them to access the last level. So kind of like the Mega man concept. I forget which Shinobi it was on Game gear.

Sega Cd will forever be my go to when talking about Sega consoles. My numero uno is Rise of the Dragon! But Double Switch and Snatcher are freaking amazing!

the SG 1000 IS a Coleco Vision, is actually the same console, the master system or Mark III is the first console sega actually made

In my Sega list it would be hard for me to choose between Genesis, and Saturn for first but probably would go with Saturn at the moment. Probably Sega cd next followed by 32x, Nomad, Game Gear, Dreamcast. I'd probably put Dreamcast up higher but haven't spent quality time with it. 😁👍

My first console with paper Round money was master system with Alex kid built in lol

My fav Sega system is the Genesis and then Dreamcast. I got a Japanese Master system because it has the built in FM sound and can play Sg-1000 as well and built in RGB.

I wanted a Saturn SO BAD and then got a PlayStation for Christmas that year. I loved it and have been a PlayStation guy ever since.

I never did much with Sega outside of the Genesis/CD/32X, Game Gear and Master System. I’d love to try out an SG1000.

I never had a Sega console when they were current but I made up for lost time by getting a Saturn recently. I also have a mod cartridge that will allow me to play Japanese games.

I still remember getting my Sega Saturn. One year for Christmas I go with my dad to his buddies and they had a ps1 and Saturn and I had my choice. Fondest memory is hearing the kneck break on tomb raider a sound effect the ps1 was missing can't forget bug or three dirty dwarves. I love my Saturn.

I'm from Europe and I can guarantee you that the Master System was huge where I live. It sold so well that nowadays, it is very easy to find games at a decent price. I love sonic in 8 bit.

My favorite Sega Saturn game is Dragon Force! May be my favorite game of all time.

It's so interesting to see how consoles are more or less famous, so to speak, depending on the region. Here, in Spain, for instance, I'm sure that Sega fans would choose Mega Drive and then Master System... MS was as succesful as the NES, believe it or not xD

Sega CD really got me excited for the future of videogames when it came out. Though the FMV games ended up being pretty bad over all when it all was new it was great for a little while anyway. Great video! \m/

I feel like the Sega Genesis and Dreamcast are 2 opposite extremes of a spectrum; Sega really brought their A-game on the Genesis, and there were many really amazing 1st-party titles. Contrast that with the Dreamcast, where the real standouts were 3rd-party titles.

That's about right but I would put the CD over the Master System.

Megadrive was the first console I bought, but the saturn is my all time favourite console. So many good games i still play to this day!

Me personally I like the Saturn over the Dreamcast. I came to the Saturn like 12 years after the fact and it had a lot of cool old school FPS’s like power slave quake and duke nuke that I really dug. Also love the first two panzer games. (Never played or could afford SAGA)

Master System is my fave. Its what i grew up with. Have a soft spot for the 8 bit graphics and sound chip

I love the Sega Saturn but I don't love the cost of the games! Would love if Sega did more classic consoles outside of the Genesis!

Mega drive with Mega CD for me. Still have it obviously.. love it to death. Mastersystem continued to be manufactured in South America up until very recently.

Nice video John, my rankings are the same as yours

The 32X was awesome and ideal for superscalers. They should have ported GIJoe, Steel Gunner, Galaxy Force 2, Power Drift Steel Gunner 2, Dark Edge and many others to it....

I would place the master system higher, but it’s probably because my cousin had it. We played it a lot when we would visit. It was the first everdrive I ever bought also.

The Sega Genesis was my second console bit my favorite for life, I got my boys an old one and love playing golden axe II and Mortal Kombat!

I pretty much agree with your list, but I’d place the GameGear at 3rd. Then I’d put the Nomad at 4th. The rest, it’s exactly how I’d rank them.