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Sega releases new emulation collections on a near-yearly basis. This game just doesn't get included.

ROM fan translation does what Official Localization don't.

Tbh having tried it years ago emulated.. I gotta say this game feels like a bad tech demo. Gameplay is not balanced or really fun. Difficulty is not balanced, even the music felt super barebones and unfinished. Level design (and the backrounds) are horrendous expessially to the eyes

@@ShadowEl it's clear to see why it's not included lol. Game had alot of potential but in its current state its terrible and kind of a headache

so like Sakurai to include an aspect of a character that respects its developer's roots.

they did that because pokemon gave it to pikachu first. volt tackle has been pikachu's move ever since ruby and sapphire. and yeah it's definitely a pulseman reference because the japanese names are identical.

The move being on Pikachu in the Pokemon games in the first place is a reference to Pulseman

Fun fact on the fun fact: The Japanese name pays homage (or rips off) Tekkaman. However, the original Voltekka is a little shuriken-like star symbol that flies off Tekkaman's forehead in the 60s show, or a powerful energy laser from the shoulders in the Tekkaman Blade "reboot" in the 90s. Both characters would later show on Tatsunoko vs Capcom, where the og 60s Tekkaman's Voltekka was changed to also be an energy beam. As far as I know, the katakana for Voltekka, Volteccer and Volt Tackle is the exact same.

​@@GKoopa makes sense they developed pokemon and pulseman. Even made a pokemon inspired by it which I'd rotom that has multiple diff forms

Isn't the design of Rotom also a reference to Pulseman?

Is this true of the games/anime or only how Volt Tackle is represented in Super Smash Bros?

@@ShadowEl Both, though the Smash Brothers version is more exaggerated

@@Arehexes Honestly I wouldnt be surprised with Rotom's design and it being able to possess electronics

@@Arehexes Indeed it is. The color of Rotom echoes the color of Pulseman himself.

Barry? Where's Barry?!

Not to mention Pikachu's Volt Tackle is lifted directly from Pulseman. Ledian has a similar design to Pulseman as well. Also the concept of being able to live in cyberspace and the real world just like Pokemon.

The Pokémon world is the past counterpart of the earth that Pulseman was created in. And the Pokémon world is also supposed to be a part of the real world, what with mentions of Minnesota and Columbia. Pulseman is real, but he only exists present as data. Perhaps a while after the World Crime Event, he found the means to time travel, and sent the Rotom into the past to search for something…or to make sure that crime hadn’t transcended time and space. That’s my head canon.

The different teams in pokemon are called gangs in Japan. Team Galactic was known as Galaxy gang and was the same name as the villain organization in Pulseman.

It has references to earlier Pokemon games too. Dunno why people keep bringing up Diamond and Pearl, guess it was because Pulseman was ported to the Wii at the same time as Diamond and Pearl being on DS so kids made that comparison. There's plenty of references to the first two gens here too.

Ironically the snes allowed for far more colors. No wonder they emphasized that so much for the 32X - for better or worse.

@@ShadowEl good point. i felt like when there were games that appeared on both systems, the SNES version needlessly added more colors and shading than needed, while the Genesis version looked much better with its cartoony approach. one example is Donald Duck's Quackshot on Genesis vs Donald Duck's Maho no Boshi on the Super Famicom (Japan only)

@@nimaiiikun The Genesis had a better resolution than the SNES, with a good color palette it gave fantastic results with cartoony graphics.

This game looks especially good and crisp for some reason. Almost like a GBA game even!

Another good example was the hand drawn graphics for Aladdin on the Genesis over the SNES game. Both great games but I preferred the Genesis version.

There used to be a Mega Man fans site called atomic fire that had a pulseman fan site. Had all the music rips as well as some character art. Probably still find it on internet archives.

For years I've been blaming Sega of America for the 32X I guess that was totally wrong. I'm glad I've got my facts straight now.

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu true talk, they forced it on sega of America Then they made the awful decision .! Of releasing virtua racing as a $100.00 game . Instead of making the svp chip a lock on cartridge like sonic and knuckles for .$49.99 And launching 4 games with it . $49.99 each Virtua racing ,virtua fighter ,virtua cop,Star Wars The

Sega beating itself up is so Sega it hurts man...

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu To be fair, it was a lot more than the 32X: Sega created a lot of platforms around that time that they dropped official support for very quickly (the aforementioned 32X, the Mega CD, the Game Gear and later the Saturn). And don't forget that when the Saturn launched, it was less powerful than the PSX, retailed at £100 more than it and was more difficult to develop for. Sega didn't really get its act together until the Dreamcast, and it was sadly too late by then.

Sega of Japan was jealous of Sega of America's success and wanted to sabotage them with the 32x and gems sound driver.

There were none reported or the game would of been banned.

Now that I think of it, it's a bit ironic how this was a must-have for emulator gamers (it was on any rom collection CD or zip-file), while console gamers consider it a hidden or lost gem.

@@parrata A cruel irony indeed.

Yeah I have to admit it is a bit mind blowing to think game freak made a game for the Genesis/Mega Drive back in the day. It's kind of sad to see a company that had so much talent basically get used just for Pokemon.

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu it's what keeps the lights on. they haven't expanded as a developer so they don't have a lot of capacity to develop multiple projects. they did do HarmoKnight, Pocket Card Jockey, Tembo the Badass Elephant (published by SEGA!), and Little Town Hero in the last decade. Drill Dozer on GBA was also criminally underrated - it came out in that sunset period after the DS launch. Probably their best since Pulseman and hasn't been topped since.

@@ShadowEl Yeah drilldozer is an absolute classic. And the badass elephant isn't a horrible game either. Mostly I'm just shocked that postman has never gotten another release. I mean not even as a extra game on the Genesis mini or something. I do as I said in another comment hope they put it on the NSO Genesis service at least. That would hopefully at least get it out to more people as so few people have been able to enjoy this game. As for why game freak do what they do yeah I understand. Coors Pokemon is there Big money Maker and it's what they use to keep the lights on I get it. I do wish they would use it as an excuse to branch out more and make more games you would think they were getting pretty sick and tired of the same Pokemon stuff and we wanted to do something else but I don't know I guess not.

There were none reported by anyone.

Porygon go brr

He's basically already in there if you just look at the comment directly above you.

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Comments don't appear in the same order for everyone.

NoU.

Just emulate it lol. It's not really a good game to be completely honest, and yeah I have played it.

Great picks!!!, also got same said games downloaded on the wii VC, along with a ton of turbo grafix, neo geo, Genesis, snes,nes,master system & arcade roms. Man I miss the VC.

Certified gamer moment

I wish "Water can destroy Pulseman" was a more widespread meme on the internet.

@@SobmicSSBB if only

@@cornpop2630 I didn't see the N word?

Cotton would not have been successful in mid-90s America. Anything remotely "cute-em-up" was roundly rejected. This and Wiley Wars absolutely deserved a retail release.

America was the only place with a 'Genesis' fan base 😆

@@goatbone Canada 😂

@@supersexysega Sorry, North America. When people just say 'America' does that usually mean 'United States of America'?

As a connoisseur of fine genesis music, I find this soundtrack enducing more headaches than good times. A couple of these tracks are alright techno loops but this soundtrack clearly needed a year or two in the oven, or a better composer entirely.

GEMS wasn't the problem and was actually a pretty neat tool. It was the users of GEMS who abused provided preset sounds. They didn't have the willpower or maybe time to create new sounds.

For the most part I don't miss the fact I never had cable as a kid except for that channel. I think I had seen it offered and I know they had it and stuff like hotels and stuff too but I was never lucky enough to actually get to experience it. But yeah the concept alone is still mind-blowing even now all these years later. Sega really was one of a kind. It's a shame the company that exists now is just a shell of it's former self.

Sega should have used it to preview games, But still release physical cartridges

@@48hourrecordsteam45 Yep, that would have been a smart business move. Unfortunately, Sega was always bad at the business part.

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu look at the backwards ness Game gear has a 12-bit color palette Sega genesis has a 9-bit color palette Release genesis model 2 in Japan with a 6-button controller Release genes model 2 in america with a 3-button controller 🤦🏾‍♂️ I don’t. See what nobody says, the sega cd was just too damn early and a real bandaid For not keeping the genesis in the shop for one more year and expanding on its capabilities like the lead tech had beggged them. More colors , hardware scaling and rotating, better sound quality and capabilities. Sega just like to rush too damn much . It wasn’t even 1990 yet. Imagine releasing the the genesis in January 1990 with close to the capabilities of the snes with less hardware just a little added and tweaking to be more efficient. The damn turbo graphics 16-had the same size color pallets and the genesis ,but displayed more colors on screen and clearer better quality sound voice samples. The master system could have had 2/3 more years to ramp up marketing. Imagine if sonic was introduced on master system with the comics and cartoon And streets of rage Now imagine the genesis releasing with the genesis version of those games on release day .!!! Instead of damn altered beast and those release date games they had as a highlight When the snes released in 1991 Sega release sonic 2,streets of rage 2, phantasy star 2 and the genesis model 2 and the 6-button controller in 1992 .!!!delivering a haymaker to Nintend.!! All the genesis hardware needed was a little bit of tweaking. U throw in a 32kbt ram chip in there. Additionall to the 64 it already has Give 8 to the sound dept making a good 16kbt of memory, less compression,more audio throw in 2 more Audio Channels so no sounds had to be cut and muted The rest 24kbt to the vdp Opening the ability for more color ram to show at least double the colors per sprite.. Now we have 128 colors on screen limit before needing dithering and space for more game data, more sprites per character and smoother less cut animation and assets. And the scaling and rotation the designer asked for. Different ballgame. U come in the game with not just horsepower to crush those less powered, but enough to punch toe to toe with competition to come.

@@48hourrecordsteam45 Rushing the Mega Drive to market was a business decision that ironically didn't pay off in Japan but DID when it became the Genesis in North America. Because it launched early, it was positioned against the NES instead of the Super Nintendo; Genesis does what Nintendon't, etc. It got them a lot of lead traction that was buoyed when the SNES finally did launch by the Genesis's larger existing software catalog and a spiky blue secret weapon. And what did SEGA's Japanese headquarters do with this profitable horse? Look it in the mouth and spit right down its throat.

And if the mother was created by his father, isn't that like some kind of incest?

Mst3k jokes now they're ripping off spaceballs,watch out for snakes,slim goodbody2525,gallifreyan cruises,crow she's changing Into a oompah loompah, Tom Servo: Wow, you hardly ever get to see Jawas in the nude. Tom Servo: [as Mac blows a bubble gum bubble] Wanna see my spleen? It's pretty cool. [Eric pops the bubble] Tom Servo: Ahh! I need that to live! [a garbage can begins to shake] Crow T. Robot: Remember: When you throw away your Tickle-Me Elmo, you've got to remove the batteries. [Mac makes Eric's hands into an V-shape] Crow T. Robot: That's neither the church nor the steeple. Crow T. Robot: I think we landed too far from the movie. Jonah Heston: This reminds me of the summer my dad hit a deer. Tom Servo: [imitating Mr. Bill] Oh, no! [Mac's pale, skinny hand reaches for a Coca-Cola] Crow T. Robot: My precious. Crow T. Robot: Yeah, keep trying, music. This isn't that interesting. Crow T. Robot: That is some next-level beekeeping. Jonah Heston: It's a smart move. Distract the dogs with some Peter Cetera music. Tom Servo: Alright, this 80's movie has fulfilled its sweatbands-and-a-montage quota. Very nice job Meeting with Floyd the Barber." "Ooo, the car is so wonderful... ooo..."Who is that rapping, rapping behind my chamber door? Huh, darkness there, and nothing more."We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of dreams."It's Talos with breasts!Your crappy effects are powerless against meIt's a Peter Gabriel video!" "Yeah, somebody hit that kid on the head with a SLEDGEHAMMER!"Wow, this is like a Pixar film! In that it exists, and has a title!Are those the Blue Meanies?"due to the blood boiling away in his face like pudding in a copper... OH THE HUMANITY.You look like Goldie Hawn on Laugh-In."Is this a Pink Panther movie?"You know... there are certain flaws in this film. we made it doc I mean mac,it stinks,hello nurse, whatever happened to impartiability the milkman the paperboy mac and/or me?Can you stir the tanks without killing us this time?" More like Hands Across Him-Eric-A..."Chewie is that you is it life day already Jonah: "Autobots, roll out!""I think this is where all those E.T. games get buried."Crow: (as Dr. Smith) Oh, the pain, the pain😆🤣🤣 🤣

@@mikesilva3868 are you ok

No. I want to say that would be EVE from Megazone 23 (or Omegazone 23 as it's sometimes known), but I could be mistaken. Of course, I'm limiting my definition here to women in computers, not robots or androids that can pass for human females.

If she's anything like Olivia Wilde's Quorra in TRON: Legacy, I can understand where Pulseman's father was coming from, but that doesn't make it right!

Except when it gives you seizures

@@gotdangedcommiesitellyahwa6298 Squinting doesn't let me see the enemies in the Casino section or the platforms well enough in the "outdoors" section with the sky static. And I get a headache even in some of the last levels like the one with spiraled blue and white walls. Thank god for the level select cheat and emulators allowing to resume after resting

@@thewindthatblows There were no reports of epilepsy with this game or they would of banned it duh!

@@thewindthatblows There no reports of enhanced epilepsy episodes playing this game it has the standard warning of most games.

@@StaticTV80 There are no REPORTED cases but that doesn't mean no one had seizures or headaches (as I told you). After all, if that Pokemon episode didn't affect SO MANY Japanese children it wouldn't have been nearly as infamous or notorious. Also, I've heard the Virtual Console version edits the background in some way (I think reducing the brightness), so someone did take notice.

Really? There's many games that put the Mega Drive's sound hardware to far better use. PulseMan's audio is below average IMO.

Yeah I already did that with Secret of Evermore. I'd like to do that with Secret of Mana as well. There will be lots more Genesis, arcade and PC stuff in the future. Lots of ROMhack and improvement patch stuff too

And it still should be. Even if it was just put on the NSO service with the Genesis games that would be huge.

Pulseman also should've been released in 16-bit cartridge form on the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) in the PAL region (Europe, Australia, Brazil) as well.

I imagined it as more of an Eric Pulseman, RB on his 4th team in 3 years, backing up Earnest Byner and Ricky Ervins

Hey, you gotta play it anyway you can. I think I might just have to track down a copy.

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu I got it at a flea market ages ago I thought it was a normal game until later when I found out it was only a Sega channel game