I got your point of view, but my list would be different. The worst game that I've seen in Sega console were Alex Kidd in Hightech World and The Flintstones.

ye dont like Gale Racer arrrrrgh!! :O

It would have changed everything. Maybe for the better if you took all the personal history out of it. But Sega consoles defined much of my gaming world for well over a decade. I can't imagine not having been exposed to all that goodness.

Dark Castle was atrocious too IMO.

You kind of contradict your disclaimer that people aren't wrong for liking these games but Sega should be ashamed for releasing them. people shouldn't feel bad for liking a product that a company should be ashamed of releasing? LOL. haven't even watched thee video yet, going to watch it now.

Indeed. Especially an all purple one.

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Streets of Rage has a soundtrack too good to be muddled.

Maybe because you didn't heard the sound for golden axe, that is the greatest insult to mankind...

@@feederunderground Well, Golden Axe's music isn't QUITE as iconic for me, but granted, the Smash Pack turns a pretty classic soundtrack into a Master System-esque nightmare.

...... Consider ATGAMES....

Those games are 5 stars compared to the trash showcased in this video.

Indeed. I wanted to keep the theme actually on Sega hardware for this one.

Hope you do a video like this for games not on Sega hardware in future.

Ugly duckling of the Sonic port stereo so you can fight Sonic 1 on the PSP is a the on Xbox is available on the Nintendo switch it's on Android it's on it's on the eye is on the iPod and the iPod Touch the Belleville on Kindle Fires the on on the PS2 it's bearable on the original Xbox packaging with Sonic a generation is it play is it playing the Bobo born at this time you're speaking of on the GameCube

If only Sonic 06 was an exception...

@@JuanGomez-ke5py What the heck am I reading

Batman Returns had the unenviable task of following up Batman by Sunsoft for me. I was expecting a game of similar style and quality.

I hear you on that, Batman and Robin on Genesis is the best of the bunch in my opinion. Great video by the way!

I still love Returns' soundtrack, never really understood the dislike for the music. The graphics used a pretty unique approach in scanned-in hand drawn art rather than the standard pixel artwork - like many adventure games on computers did at the time - but passed through the Mega Drive's low palette it doesn't look amazing... I always thought it captured the look of the Batman comics of the time pretty well though, and like many games that rely heavily on dithering it looks a bit better on real hardware on a CRT TV.

Is that the technique they used? Makes sense, I did think they did a good job capturing the feeling of that era of the comics.

Batman Returns was better on SNES, I was just playing it today on my fire stick

There's actually worse deeper in the game.

There's messed up sound in all the Sega Genesis collections

@@altfact5179 Wait what? Including PS2, 3 and PSP versions?

The inclusion of Virtua Cop 2 entirely validated the existence of the disk though....I used to play that nearly every night in Summer 2001

@@Nestalgba92023 nah, the versions in Gen 7 and beyond are pretty spot on emulation wise. Sega Smash Pack Vol. 1 was an absolute rush job.

We all buy games like that and enjoy them. I got Independence Day for Saturn mint for $10 a while back. Was a great pick up.

Sega lord X didn't even do any of the tricks so how can he say this game is that bad. Its got graphics like virtua racing.

@@SegaLordX Independence Day was one of those gems you didn't know you wanted but then once you got it... you were hooked trying to beat the game. Fox did a good job on the Independence Day games in general which is pretty shocking.

Dunno about those compilations but said games are arcade games anyway and the Mega Drive has many quality ports or exclusive remakes (e.g. Shadow Dancer) some of which better than the arcade versions so that's legit (even though I understand that it can be annoying for those who expect to get the arcade versions).

It was the first 8-bit I have ever seen. And I loved it

I played quite a bit of SMS portage myself, but a lot of them played really good. Can't say the same for Altered Beast.

So what regions got the bad SMS ports? Was it only Europe and Brazil?

@@SAM-ru4vx Which bad SMS ports?

Well, Model 2 was way ahead of its time compared to the Saturn (or probably any other platform back in the day), 3D wise. Ridge Racer, on the other hand, ran on a less powerful system, closer to the PS1 specs, so the differences weren't as drastic. Or at least that's what I remember.

I don't feel the Mega CD game improved it with the driving sections.

Man I was so sad when I saw footage of Konami SNES game as we didn't have SNES in my country

sms had to use background tiles to do larger sprites

I think Sega went a bit crazy with Altered Beast. The SMS was capable of great color, so all they really needed to do was adjust sprite size across the board so that it ran smoothly. Something along the lines of the Shinobi engine would have done it justice.

Sms cannot show sprites so big without a flickering or character-parts-disappearing fest, unfortunately

Or maybe even using tiny sprites like the NES version could have been a good solution too. The NES version was definitely a not a looker, but the gameplay sure was fast as heck (and it even added two extra levels, instead of removing one).

@@KittyMeow1984 this would be the sensible alternative I think.

We're your ears good? Because the music is a big turn off for me.

They probably just made an emulator for a "one size fits all" approach with their emulation.

I guess soooooooo... UNTIL THE SEGA GENESIS COLLECTION ON PS2 COMPLETELY BLEW IT OUT OF THE WATER, KICKED ITS TEETH IN, SHOT IT IN THE HEAD, PISSED ON ITS CORPSE AND LEFT IT TO GATHER FLIES IN THE SUN.

The remaster of Virtua Cop 2 alone was worth it. Not sure why they didn't release it as a stand alone in North America.....I had the pack in 2001 and have gotten many years of enjoyment out of my light guns

Meh, even two more months wouldn't have saved it imo. I mean ,Fantasia entirely revolves around classical music. And the game uses the GEMS sound driver... using that driver for such a game would be like using Kinect to play Sonic 2... it's just not fit for the purpose.

I agree.

Even most versions of the Genesis 1 and 2 have terrible sound......if only the original wave 'High Definition Graphics' Model 1 sound chip was when Sega used throughout

It really is. I could have lived with the graphics and sound, but man, that gameplay.

To be fair to this game - had you not played ANYTHING beyond master/Nes, then this game is actually an incredible port. It could've been better, agreed. But you've already played through the Genesis version.

I have to agree with Evil intsection. I loved Altered Beast on Sega Master System, but I didn't play anything beyond a Master System and NES until about three years after I played Altered Beast on Sega Master System. Given what I had during 1989, I thought Altered Beast on Master System was fun and was 100 billion times better than Master System games like F-16 Fighting Falcon (which is the worse SMS game).

@@evilinsecticon3813 but I hadn't played anything past 8 bit games when I first played this. Still...perhaps its time to go back and take another look at it as its been a few years.

@@johnpenguinthe3rd13 I can't argue with that.

I work at argos and got asked about the at sega megadrive plug and play yesterday and told the lad he would have better results and more nostalgia trying to play his megadrive childhood games on his toaster. He bought it anyway. He's probably on ebay this minute looking for a megadrive.

@@random_gamer_guy82 hahaha classic!!

@@random_gamer_guy82 - INB4 someone makes a Mega Drive toaster. 😆

The music was amazing in the Sega CD version, so there is that. But I do agree, Batman Returns on the Genny absolutely sucked.

It certainly broke my heart.

I actually enjoyed Fantasia back then, I would throw it in my rotation of games I would complete in a sitting quite often.

Well... for me it was amazing. I always loved Fantasia, the only problem is it's extreme difficulty. Even nowadays it's better than the Great Circus for me.

I never really thought it was any more difficult than most games back then. Things might be hard or seem hard initially, but the game never changes so once you nail a level you're only going to keep getting better at it.

Yeah, it was Castle of illusion that got me excited for Fantasia. Needless to say, I knew it was a mistake by the end of the second stage. Awful game.

Jaekoff probably not. By 2001, Sega just didn’t give a shit with some of their lower end games, so I can see them barely putting effort into something as a compilation.

Sega Smash Pack came out the same day the Dreamcast was discontinued.

The Smash Pack was not even a game you could buy separately if I remember correctly, it only came as a console bundle. I remember having to buy it through eBay, back when I hardly bought anything online.

Oh man, they aren't even close. Motocross Championship is a turd in comparison.

I think it's because the FM sound chip, that is exclusive to the Genesis, is not emulated correctly, but the PSG, which is both part of the Master System AND the Genesis, is emulated alright.

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@@SegaLordX oh shock!!! 😎😁 So cool to hear Sega Lord X reply to me and it's awesome to hear from you. What's your favorite Sega console of all time? Are you looking for the Sega Genesis classics for Nintendo Switch? 😊😊😊

Saturn by a mile. I plan on buying some of the Sega Ages games I do not have a direct equivalent of, like Virtua Racing.

@@SegaLordX I love virtual racing and Daytona USA

He's not saying Altered Beast is a bad game. He's saying it's bad on Sega Master System, the predecessor to the Genesis.

@@smartacus88 Maybe he was talking about the Master System version?

If you compared the SMS version to the Mega Drive/Genesis version, you'll realise the graphics was scaled down.

I also agree. I bought this blind back in the day because I have played all the other SEGA arcade racing gems and was so disappointed by this (and every Daytona USA homeversion up to the PS3 & 360 versions where they finally managed to do it right). The only good thing about SEGA Touring Car Championship is the soundtrack: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jNeeiZeKurqUZ4k.html

@Patrick - I also have all Daytona USA versions and I can tell you all the Saturn, PC and Dreamcast versions are terrible compared to the arcrade original. The SAT & PC versions have aweful graphics and frame rate and the DC game is only playable with a wheel, with a controller it's a completely unplayable mess. When I saw Daytona USA in the arcade in 1994 the graphics and sound absolutely blew me away and it always made me sad not having a decent home version of it. With the PS3 and Xbox360 versions that came out in 2011 SEGA finally managed to give us a proper port of the game - and it's even better than the arcade version with it's enhanced graphics and game modes. Watch this video and you believe me: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ityPerR_zZ-oZmw.html

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I agree. There's no excuse for it.

super monaco gp? seriously? one of my all time favourite genesis games.I hated Thunder Blade though. awful

The Ooze is annoying at times but it has a lot going for it.

The Mega CD version of Batman Returns lets you choose to have JUST the driving sections in the options menu, making it a great game after a tiny bit of fiddling.

Sega CD Batman Return's driving parts completely made up for the piss poor action game. I'm not even sure why they included that part.

is a complete garbage emulation pack..i bought this too for the dreamcast..after playing the original genesis version .

@@xtremegold2950 I agree the sound effects and music were utter garbage and should've been done proper.

Of the modern rail shooters, the Wii, Wii U, PS3, and PS4 have the best support. The Wii wands and the PS Move controllers are fair substitutes, and there are a number of good games for those systems.

My vids aren't one offs. I covered what I wanted in this episode. If people like it, I'll do more.

Thank you. Appreciate that. :)