Those early days of the Sega arcade scene, master system and the Genesis era, are memories that can't be replaced.

Still remember the day they went third party. I am not a sports fan on any level but on that day I found out the hard way, what being in the losing team feels like.

WHen I was a kid, my mom grabbed a bunch of empty Genesis boxes, and she would cut the cardboard cases, and place them into the hard cases. Something I didn't appreciate until years later. I guess you could argue she ruined those cases, but it never, and still doesn't bother me.

I was pretty stoked when Sonic & Knuckles was released. The lock-on technology was rad and it felt innovative and unique that you could get new functionality with some of your old sonic games.

The best channel on KZfaq. Hands down. No bullshit, just great content. SLX, will you ever review more modern SEGA games? Like a Dragon, Valkyria Chronicles, the ATLUS/Vanillaware games and so on?

Interesting fact, in the UK the only cardboard megadrive box we got was sonic and knuckles because of the cart shape.

I'll never forget the day I got my copy of Sega Visions that officially announced Street Fighter 2 CE. I was blown away that we were finally getting SF2!

I still play my 32X at least once every 20 years.

One of my biggest letdowns was the platform-exclusive titles that Sega spread amongst the GCN, Xbox, and PS2. I could only afford one console and chose the GameCube, and it bothered me that games/series I loved on the Dreamcast--namely Shenmue, Jet Grind Radio, and Crazy Taxi--were not going to get new games on the GCN, as Shenmue II, JSR Future, and Crazy Taxi 3 were Xbox exclusives. Not only that, Shenmue and JSR were niche games that could have used a broad exposure to new audiences on both GCN and PS2.

Skys of Arcadia was so damn good i really regret not finishing it back in the day smh and the music was so special.

As a lifelong Sega fan lots of ups and downs, but I do remember the crummy capacitors and power socket finally killing my beloved Game Gear and it breaking my heart a little after saving up for it at age 10. That said, it was a fantastic platform and I loved being able to play my Master System titles on it. Other highlights were London's F1 car cabinets for Virtua Racing, all linked for party play, and that first time turning on my Saturn and hearing the Panzer Dragoon score.

Sega was my favorite arcade creator. I remember going to my cousin's house and they just received the master system .... This was before I played an NES, I was completely blown away by space harrier , out run and Astro warriors. I still remember the day we finally got our own master system and playing space harrier . Our NES came about a year later in '89 . I bought the Genesis with altered beast and the Mail in offer of sonic.. I remember waiting for the game to arrive and finally coming home after school and my dad hands me over a package with my name on it ! My biggest disappointment with Sega was how they did little support for us Saturn and Dreamcast owners....

I love that Sega licensed it's controllers to Retro-Bit so I can play their USB gamepads on my MiSTer. They also just Released the BIG6 controller, which is a hybrid of the original 3-button and 6-button controller.

I've always been a huge Sega fan and have to say that is really a very difficult task. The japanese Mega Drive was my first videogame ever, back in 1991 so it's always been closer to my hear than any other console or company. I'd say my top sega let downs are: 1 - Sega abandoning my beloved franchises on Saturn - especially Streets of Rage and Sonic the Hedegehog. I always imagine what would be like to see the games I loved so much (and still play to this day) on the mega drive/genesis on the next generation(s) and was immensely disappointed when there was no Sonic, no SoR, no Toejam & Earl, no (real) Golden Axe and even a Comix Zone sequel on the Saturn. 2 - Still no Streets of Rage on the Dreamcast: when the Dreamcast came to life it filled me with many hopes that Sega would do it right and I would finally see my beloved games on their new console, but nah. 3 - Streets of Rage 3: I love SoR 1 and 2 so much that I could not wait to play SoR 3 when i first heard about them on magazines. I hard a hard time trying to rent it from my local store because they only had the one cartridge and it was always rented. Until one day I finally came across it and it was another huge deception. The american version is HORRIBLE, to this day I can't play it and still think that it looks like a rom hack of SOR2. Also, they kept my all time favorite sor character - Adam Hunter - out of it again 4 - Pulling the plug on the Dreamcast and console making altogether: I've felt REALLY betrayed and abandoned when this happened. I could not believe what the magazines were saying. And the first time I saw Sonic on a nintendo platform (Sonic Adventure 2 Battle on the Gamecube) it really made me sad.

I have watched most of your videos now, and I find it amazing how close your stories are to mine. When watching, I nod my head in complete agreement and just laugh at the similarities!!! I ordered a lot of my systems from Japan and was a die-hard Sgea kid!! Now, I'm a much older gamer but will never forget the highs and lows of being a Sega fan. When Sega got it right, I was riding high with them, but when they screwed up and I paid hard earned cash for their poor releases, it pissed me off sooooo much. I just love hearing such parallels with your videos. You have a great way with words, and I thought that no one else felt the way I did back in the days. Still have all my systems and games so glad of that no matter how good they were....or how let down I was. Keep up the great work!!

One time Sega let me down... 2020 when they split with Demiurge and shutdown their Sega Heroes iOS game. That game to me was the best as it brought together all the Sega Heroes into one game. Legendary heroes from games like Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Altered Beast, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Shinobi (among many others) coming together on one team was EPIC. I am still very very upset that this game was not given an offline option and was shutdown.

It's never easy to be a Sega fan. KZfaqrs like Arlo lament having to wait four years to get news on a game. Some of us Sega fans have been waiting for over 20 years to get updates to some Sega classics. Sonic Mania and Streets of Rage 4 prove that some new blood and passion can see beloved games return back to life. I never bothered with RPG games in the Mega Drive era, those slow-paced dialogue-heavy games never appealed to me. Panzer Dragoon Saga was my first foray into the genre and I loved it. I think it is a travesty that Saga and later on Skies of Arcadia never got proper sequels. I think another bone-headed move by Sega was refusing to release Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram in Europe. I had to wait until the Xbox 360 before I got to play that. Okay, so the controls would be a bit fiddly but I can confirm that people in the UK like big stompy robots and I'm sure continental Europe won't be that different.

I grew up with Sega from Master system all the way through the Arcades to the Dreamcast, Segas style and experience was unique and still is, they will endure forever.

I had my sega saturn on the closet stored. This weekend i hooked it up again, been playing golden axe duel and im hooked. So good. Bought a mode and a blu-ray player/recorder for my pc to back up all my disc games. Im loving it.

PDSAGA big fan here! I can totally understand Sega Lord X reason for not enjoying it that much. I'm younger (36 years) and I live in a small place in Portugal where there wasn't many people with consoles or games. For some odd reason the Saturn was fairly successful in its early years here in Portugal and that's the console kids would normally had. My chance to experience PDSaga was thanks to a friend of a brother of a friend. I can't express how I adored that game and how it´s still my favourite game ever. Many people forget to mention that every single character that live in the game's world is fully voiced at every single word, not to mention the dragon's transformations and...well, it was my very first RPG. I have the original copy that I bought from that friend of a brother of a friend and it's my "precious".

I was never a sega fan until the dreamcast. In fact I remember always arguing with my friends about the merits of the super nintendo. Since I've been watching your channel I've bought a few different emulation systems and have been checking out all the old school sega games. Now you're the only channel I have a patreon account with and I'm a huge sega fan. My brother said "that is fucking weird" but we've been both tearing into sega's old school library and enjoying the shit out of it. Weirdly enough, the japanese version of contra hard corps is my fave retro game of all time. My bother and I learned it and tore through every path in a single afternoon while we were visiting our parents for xmas. The fact that the genesis could do everything it did in that game with multiple paths and endings is proof alone that it could go blow to blow with the super nes. The japanese version made it so much more accessible to beat. The crazy thing is that it was never even on my radar until I had subscribed to your channel. So thank you Sega Lord X. I love your content and will always be a loyal member of your community. You kick ass

Maybe this has already been done but I would love to see a developer make a game for the Sega CD and push the hardware to the limit so we could see what may have been.

To this day, we still haven't received arcade ports of Outrunners, Scud Racer, and Daytona USA 2... such a damn travesty.

My biggest let down was when Street Fighter 3 was allegedly rumored to be in development for N64 as a Nintendo fan I was excited but the development was scrapped.

One of my biggest Sega letdowns in modern times is how they have treated sonic for the past decade and how they treated the Sonic Mania developers after their game. We will probably never get a Sonic Mania 2.

I remember reading about games like Skies of Arcadia in the gaming magazines and getting excited. I was a major JRPG fan. However my local stores never had it in stock. The shelves were full of the latest Madden or NBA titles. The more obscure and niche games were never even ordered. Thankfully this isn’t a problem in the modern era with internet shopping but I wonder how badly this affected sales of more onsite games that should have been successful.

Growing up a Sonic nut, my biggest dissapointment was when Sonic Boom for Wii U turned out the way it did. It was the straw that broke the camels back so to speak, I was just getting into Pokemon due to friends at school and it completley took over as my special interest from then on. But when Sonic Frontiers came out I was so overjoyed, it really gave me the feeling of what I loved about Sonic growing up. Mania was very exciting but I have played many good 2D sonics, both fan made and official. But Frontiers was the first 3D sonic I thought was great without any caveats.

For me the biggest letdown as a Saturn owner back then was that I couldn't find any games for it. Saturn was not selling at all, so retailers wouldn't bother to put Saturn games and accessories in their shops. I could see amazing games like Dragon Force, Dark Saviour Fighter's Megamix etc on magazines like GamePro, but no one was selling them in my region. You could find everywhere Playstation and N64 games because they were selling like hot cakes, but no Saturn. Of course back in the late 90's we didn't have online sales so all I could do was go from shop to shop hoping to find something good at a reasonable price.

Letdown-I remember standing in an Electronics Boutique and hearing from the person behind the counter that EA was no longer bringing sports games to the Saturn. It was at that moment I knew my Saturn was dead (I still have it though and play it constantly) Happiness-the first time I played nfl 2k2 with a friend and could choose my plays via the VMU. I thought that was just amazing. I also really loved playing games in the dreamcast via the internet and being able to chat via the keyboard. Happiness on the Saturn was hands down with Panzer Dragoon 1 and 2. Those games made me chase that franchise to the Xbox to get Orta and I still have that on my Xbox One.

I was totally nodding along to most of these, the only thing I can't agree on is PDS. I too loved the first two games but being able to live in that world was a dream come true for me as a 14 year old kid. Also, I was one of only two guys in my school to have a Saturn, and I heard so many people going on and on about their Playstations and FFVII - it was nice to have something comparable (or in my eyes, better)

I had SNES all my friends had Genesis. I was lucky to play lots of great SEGA games growing up.

Shadow Squadron for 32x was incredible especially multiplayer. Knuckles Chaotix was also awesome multiplayer.

Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed was a major Up with the varied gameplay and all those classic IPs

I think my biggest Sega disappointment was lack of availability of Saturn Games when I got mine around '96. Besides the 3-in-1 pack in games, all I could find were demos and SFA2. They were great games but it was hard to find new ones in my area

We NEED a port of Scud Race, ASAP!!!

I'm so mad we never got a Planet Harriers either. Space harrier is my favorite game and there was one arcade near me with a sit down PH cabinet. Amazing game!

For me Sega really dropped the ball with Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown. Released in the middle of the pandemic with the worst netcode I've experienced in a fighting game in recent memory. Sega of America even warned the Japanese branch about the importance of good rollback netcode and we still ended up with a game that's nearly unplayable a lot of the time. Apparently VF5US was profitable though, so hopefully we'll get VF6 one day.

I remember an article from the 2000s that nailed the whys of Sega's failures. Serious lack of understanding between Sega of America and Sega of Japan that drove to silly things like 32x or the premature killing of the Saturn; Awesome IPs that never left Japan just because Sega of America didn't see the potential; Huge arcades like Lost World Jurassic Park or Star Wars Racer Arcade (much better graphics than the Lucasfilm game) that never saw the light just because they didn't get the licensing to the Dreamcast; They didn't push enough the sports section on the Dreamcast era ruling out EA Sports which was a big selling point (here in Europe all people was looking to play FIFA). The ease of pirating games, and the abilty of the PS2 of playing DVD movies which was the big thing then, put the last nail in the coffin of the hardware run of our beloved company which otherwise could have competed with the PS2 head to head.

Born in 83. I was a pot smoking, highschool drop out working at Arby's with all my homies. I couldn't afford a 32x, Sega CD, or Saturn. I had a SNES, a Genesis and a PS1 my dad bought. Okay, I'm rambling. Basically I saved all my money to buy my Dreamcast. When I bought MVC2, me and all my dudes quit our job. Charging ⭐

SEGA: "Here's the best game you will ever play." Fan: "Holy shit, this game is amazing. There's going to be a sequal, right!?" SEGA: 👀 Fan: "SEGA, There's going to be a sequal... right!?"

Kind of mixed on the fate of Skies of Arcadia. Sometimes games (or movies or books) just need to be one story, written and done. There's always a chance the sequel could be horrible. Of course it could be great as well.

As a Brazilian gamer i can attest that tec toy still releases new hardware, lots of versions of master system and mega drive here. Even portable versions (i myself have one with game gear games) they also re-released the og mega drive model in the original box for cheap. You can buy new mega drive controllers and games officially as well in 2023. We are just crazy about sega down here.

Biggest let down hands down is not using the 4MB RAM cart in Europe. All those triple AAA games Saturn games not making to Europe breaks my heart

I think the real reason the Sega CD hardware was so under-utilised was the data bus connecting it to the Mega Drive, every game that uses scaling and rotation runs at 256x224@20fps, and games that have both scaling and standard sections will often switch between that lower resolution 20fps mode for scaling and a full 320x240@60fps in the standard section. This issue isn’t actually due to the hardware in the Mega CD being limited, it’s just the Genesis data bus being unable to handle any more pixels per second. This also limits the frame rate of Mega CD videos, and makes it more difficult to include more colours, since the bus can’t handle sending video data to multiple layers. Sega built an incredibly powerful console then bodged it onto an older system that constantly held it back, if it was stand alone it could’ve handled arcade ports in much better condition as well as much more colourful video…

I agree the Model 2 & 3 era of Sega brings back some of my fondest memories.

It still hurts not having a actual 3d sonic game on the saturn

I'm pretty sure the way you felt when you found out about how different Panzer Dragoon Saga is how I felt when I found out about PSO Episode III being a card game lol. 😩 Then to add insult to injury, Episode IV/Blue Burst ends up being the game I wanted III to be at a time I didn't have a gaming PC.

I absolutely agree with the very first part of this video regarding a Master System Mini. I see no good reason for Sega not to release one. I don't own a Master System but there are quite a few games for it I would like to play. I would pre-order a Mini for sure if they ever announced one. A Saturn Mini would also be welcome, as well as a Game Gear Mini.

Not surprised turbo 16 mini sold well. When i was a kid in the school yard turbo grafics 16, neo Geo etc. We talked about those consoles like they were the stuff of legends

I remember as a kid I saved up almost 2 years to get the Dreamcast for Christmas, only to hear that they discounted it a month later. I've never been so disappointed

Man those sega game soundtracks are so unique and instantly recognisable. So cool that your keeping Sega consoles and games alive with your videos. My childhood console was the master system, wanted a mega drive back then but never got one and remember feeling really sad when they stopped making consoles. I hated that in the end they lost to Nintendo but will always love them for so many great memories.

As a HUGE Sega guy going all the way back to the release of the Genesis I can identify a lot with this video.

The Genesis was such a success and the Dreamcast has a colt following that it doesn’t matter if the Saturn failed in the US.

You forgot that Sega lost a lot of Saturn games source codes and they have to do remakes of them for current consoles from scratch with mixed results (luckily Night into Dreams is the only one who survived and got ported for PS2 with original and new graphics)

I still want my Master System Mini console. And I agree 100% with this video's disappointments, yet I'm still Sega fan

I agree with what you said regarding the sega cd. That was a new system completely, and it wasn't utilised because developers didn't or could afford two versions of a game. If a game came out, it had to just for that system hence all the fmv games that the carts didn't have the storage for.

As a Sega Saturn fan I was hoping for a tonne of model 3 conversions to the Dreamcast but I was left disappointed with notable titles such as Daytona USA 2 and Scud Race never coming out

Piracy is what caused the Dreamcast's premature death in the United States vs Japan. At the point of them going third party, it had become rampant to the point that any new US Dreamcast title released would have been a loss for them. With the SegaCD, I completely agree all the extra hardware was not needed. The one issue they should have addressed was the number of displayed colors; which wasn't done giving it its crappy, grainy look.

Yeah, being a Sega fan was always an emotional rollercoaster. These were all very good points! I, too, despised the shift to those cheap cardboard Genesis boxes compared to the excellent clam shell box design! One thing that always bothered me is that Sega always seems to forget about their popular series. I agree that Sega should continue to allow their fans to develop more games from lost franchises. Sonic Mania and Streets of Rage 4 were great examples of fan creators knowing exactly what made those classic games special! As a kid, the Sega Genesis was one thing that made me an instant Sega fan. The system just got better and better with age! It got some great exclusives and was one of the few to stand toe to toe with Nintendo! One thing that was a downer about Sega was their questionable business decisions throughout the 90's. After the Genesis, it felt like Sega kept dropping support of their systems quicker than their competitors. Sega was like that friend that sometimes pissed you off, but they're still generally good to you. The fact that such a good game like *Golden Axe Revenge of Death Adder* never got ported to pretty much any console (classic and modern) is downright criminal. I played it when I was kid back 1993 in a mini golf arcade only once, but my fond memories of it still stuck with me to this day! The Golden Axe series deserves a grand comeback!

Word on the street was that Sony wouldnt let Sega release any games stateside after a certain time if they wanted to be a 3rd party.

I was always disappointed Sega missed many opportunities to continue installments on some bonafide banger franchises. The price on the Sega CD was a major hurdle at the time. Plus, it felt there weren’t enough must play games. The 32X felt like it was over before it really ever started, back in there day. We all know about the disappointments around the Saturn & Dreamcast consoles - which both have a special place in my heart. Very early on in the Genesis era, I had heard of the modem for the but had never seen it in person. Many years later, I’d learned the story. That would have been an astonishing next level accessory. They absolutely need a Master System Mini. And a Saturn Mini. AND a Dreamcast Mini. For real. Thanks for all your videos. Man, I truly appreciate your efforts! Is Patreon the best way to lend a little financial appreciation?

The Dream Blaster: what an appropriate name for that replacement light gun!

I love Sega more than my modern consoles, but I agree they have a lot of franchises and premises they keep dormant for whatever reason. Your content fills the Sega void we all need. Thanks for your vids. I always look forward to the "I'm Sega Lord X, and I'll see you next time" after each video.

Skies and Grandia 2 for the DC.. was so good. Hearing that battle music again in skies.. 🤌💙

I was a PC kid back on the 90s, but I remember playing the heck out of the first games, it was cool to have them on my PC. Sega made me very happy those years.

The UPS for me was when I saw Sonic The Hedgehog on Sega Genesis as a kid in 1991. I never owned a Sega Master System as I was raised on NES in 1989. The Downs was when Sega went third party and stopped producing their own consoles. PS2 probably had the better Sega exclusives as I remember discovering Virtua Fighter 4 which I would have never given it a chance as I always liked Tekken and Street Fighter as a kid.

The abandonment of the Dreamcast…. That shit hit hard in the us. I loved the ps2 and all but I would’ve grabbed up every good dreamcast game too, if support didn’t drop off the face of the earth.

My ups with Sega was getting a taste of the next generation with the Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast. Nothing on the previous generation looked as good as the initial crop of games.

Sega should’ve put ALL of their 1980’s super scaler games into one cartridge for the 32X. Hang On, Super Hang On, Space Harrier, Enduro Racer, Thunder Blade, OutRun, AfterBurner, and AfterBurner II. Or onto two cartridges. Did I miss any super scalers from the 1980’s that would’ve been doable on the 32X?

Hey, love the content and videos! Your work is amazing! I have been thru the highs and lows with you. Since the master system days and agree with a lot. One of the lows of being a sega fan for me is the change to the Shining series after 3 on the Saturn. No Dreamcast game, then to not get a strategy game until the Japan only Feather, which seemed to be a distant relative. We had souls, neo and EXA and a remake of the first game on the GBA. So it was kept alive in the west, but with Tears the direction was taken in a dating/ diablo games. We received Resonance on switch in the west but it's a different style and game from the 16 and 32 bit generation.

It was strange how Sega handled the Lightgun in America we here in Europe got a official release. But I also think Sega drop the ball with Skies of Arcadia Legend it should have been on all platforms not just the gamecube.

The Sega Atomiswave part was intriguing, it would’ve been nice of them to stay in the hardware market.

I was so pumped to get a 32x for Christmas as a kid, I got doom with it and it ended up being the only game I ever got for it. I played one other, Motocross, meh .

I don't have a problem with how Sega changed from plastic to paper considering how much plastic waste we have in our oceans today and how much pollution it creates in the manufacturing process. It was a great forward-thinking decision to make the switch

Not continuing the Eternal Champions series. I absolutely loved that game because it was such a complete contrast to MKII at the time. They really could have gone deep with the game's lore like MK eventually did. Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side was the only reason I wanted the Sega CD, such a waste of a summer's worth of cutting grass money, lol...

Where I lived basically skipped the Saturn, and in fact I don't think I even knew what it was as a kid, but I was awaiting the Dreamcast like nothing else. I was massively disappointed when I went into a game store to try out Sonic Adventure and the clunky gameplay turned me off buying the console. On the flip side I went on to buy a Xbox based solely on Jet Set Radio Future.

Sega never should have abandoned the grey grid and black motif of the Genesis. The red label and the cardboard boxes just makes your collection look like a mess.

The biggest down of being a Sega fan: knowing they are...was... once...one of the very best makers of cutting-edge arcade games that set the bar for quality. Now, shamefully every game released is another Sonic game.

It's really curious how Sega keep neglecting their 90s arcade output. Why is Virtua Racing on the Switch, but not PS5 and XS? Why are Outrun and Daytona stuck on PS3 and 360? Why can't I buy a VF collection, or play SCUD Race outside of an emulator? Where are my arcade perfect home console versions of Last Bronx, Fighting Vipers, Daytona 2 and Sega Rally 2?

Some great points made there but I have to challenge one of them. Panzer Dragoon Saga, I know you acknowledged it has its fans but as someone who loved the first two games I still managed to love Saga, its the first rpg game I ever played through and if I'm really honest, how different would a 3rd rail shooter have been! The Saturn needed Saga more than another rail shooter, as good as the panzer games were. I admit, I was initially disappointed until I played the first disc as a demo from a magazine, and I was hooked, I hopped onto the bus to the local game store and became the proud owner of Saga. Ironically, the guy at the store said they only received 3 copies of the game (this was way after release day, too). That was the first time I realised this wasn't gonna be a big seller, and I felt even more lucky to have nabbed a copy and still am to this day 😀.

Yeah, it can be tough being a sega fan, but there are good times too. One disappointment for me, is when Yu Suzuki said that Virtua Fighter 4 was coming to the dreamcast, and then a few months later, sega said it was being released for the PS2 instead.😵 Outrun 2, Fighters Megamix 2, and Panzer Dragoon 3 not coming to the dreamcast, were other disappointments for me too. But I think Sega dropping the dreamcast, like they did with the Saturn, was a huge KO for alot of sega fans, and gamers like me.😧 Anyway, good two in one video. I enjoyed watching the entire thing.👍😄

I agree that one of the best things Sega has done was to allow the creation of Sonic Mania. It was the Sonic 4 we wanted and deserved. But, as far as I know, they've cancelled the sequel, which is so maddening. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

It's interesting to think about how the last generation of games on any console tends to show us what the console can really do but often gets less sales due to self competition with a newer system by the same company or a new generation hardware competitor which prevents them from making a larger library of well marketed games that really make most of the hardware. Thankfully we have 3rd party upgrades like flash carts and home brews, but it's always interesting to wonder what could have been if older gen. consoles kept somehow being supported and promoted anyway.

I maybe a sega fan myself but it doesn’t bother me either good or bad I’ll enjoy it no matter what

In Europe the Mega Drive game cases had always been made of plastic, right until the console's end. Apparently Sega only cheaped out on the American market.

As a life life long loyal SEGA fan I cant count how many times they let me down. I guess one of my main reasons is why they never imported so many awesome Japanese titles. Plus no Golden Axe :The Revenge Of Death Adder killed me.

There are definitely high highs...like the joy of watching the sonic movies with my nephews and then there are low lows....like sonichu

As a Sega fan, the Daytona USA port on the Saturn ...

I miss everything SEGA. Mega Drive was my favorite console growing up. I am happy SEGA will be releasing several remakes like Golden Axe, Shinobi, Streets of Rage, and more.

As a kid I looked at the cartridge slot on the Saturn and through, "cool they included a genesis slot," Boy was I mistaken. Just disappointing when I realized what the cartridge slot was not for backwards compatibility. Also Sega leaving all their best software in Japan was a huge disappointment. So many great IPs never saw the light of day in the US. Living in a small town before internet meant I would only see them in magazines.

No save memory on most Mega Drive/Genesis games is my biggest gripe with Sega.

PSO2 was planned to release worldwide in 2013. It took another 7 years to finally release in North America and other regions due to licensing hell. During that time, the only Sega product I bought was Sonic Mania. Thank goodness for the PSO2 Tweaker.

I don’t understand the amount of loose carts that had the plastic case baffles me to this day. What did people do…..

Sega Never Died Sega Is Here With Us Today WE ARE SEGA NOW I’m In My 40s Guess I’m Old

I too would’ve loved the dreamcast to continue to get some releases into 2002, 3 and 4. But I think it’s forgotten about how poorly dc games were selling in 2001+. Look at sales of sonic adventure 2. Game sold about 250,000 copies when it launched on dc. Considering it’s the sequel to the best selling sonic adventure and received universal acclaim. I think In the west games were just not selling at all. There must’ve been some sort of small traction in Japan I assume.

Skies of Arcadia has always been my favourite game on the dreamcast, and to this day I still get the old beast out and fire it up. Totally criminal there was never a sequel, such a wasted opertunity.

The worst part of being a Sega fan was when everyone else would equate Sonic with Sega at large. If a recent Sonic game sucked, then it meant that all Sega games always were terrible. I also hated how the Sega Genesis was "the Sega" to so many. In 2007 I told someone about buying Viking: Battle for Asgard, and I said it's a new Sega game. She goes "Sega still makes games?" And I'm like, yeah? Of course? They never stopped? Just saying "Sega" means "Genesis" to too many.

My biggest let down was when Sega started making Game Gear games, but not Master System anymore...

Gunblade New York is one of my favorite games of all time.

One minor nitpick the change to cardboard boxes was only in the North America region, we in europe had plastic boxes all the way up to the end