http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDX4yjRv2RI
Another great YouTube upload from Grooveraider. This time, it's a US promotional video for the Sega Genesis from March 1990. Enjoy.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDX4yjRv2RI
Another great YouTube upload from Grooveraider. This time, it's a US promotional video for the Sega Genesis from March 1990. Enjoy.
That Rocky game on the Sega Master System, doesn't look any worse than a lot of similar Super Nintendo games. Just goes to show you how far behind Nintendo really was, but just covered it up with the usage of more colors and phoney hi-fi sound.
The Model 1 Genesis zooming across the screen made me continuously LOL. Reminds me of one of Joe's vids that I've seen.
Nice video shilling the Genny's first-gen library. Take a look at that horrendous list of third-parties they had working for them circa-March 1990. I don't recall Microprose or Spectrum Holobyte developing anything for the Genesis in that time period, or Epyx. Those early days looked quite sad and barren in retrospect. How did you early Genny adopters get by with such a drought in software???
All this promotional work was a product of the Michael Katz regime wasn't it???
too many sports games there
That video was awesome.
However, to me the New Generation is Alex, Dudley, Sean, Elena, Yun, Yang, Oro, Necro and Ibuki. :p
The Rambo part made me cringe.
Perhaps that simply meant that they had been signed as a third-party publisher, not that they actually had anything out. Or maybe they each had an early game that was canceled, or delayed. For Microprose, perhaps the original F-15 Strike Eagle was meant to get a Genesis port (the sequel eventually did, and the original was put on Game Gear). For Epyx, maybe California Games was supposed to come out earlier (it came out in early '91). Maybe Spectrum Holobyte had planned a Genesis port of Falcon AT or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aarzak
What's really weird is that their list excludes a bunch: Namco, Renovation, Sage's Creation, Taito, Midway, Toaplan, Data East. All of those companies released a Genesis game in 1990.
I was somewhat amused by the video, the game announcer tries to make the games sound better than they are.
Or in the case of Golden Axe gives a slightly inaccurate description >.>
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Originally Posted by j_factor
Well, I meant horrendous in that it was pathetically small and included B & C-list developers. And we all know the reason for all of that.
I wasn't responding to the "horrendous" comment, I was responding to "I don't recall Microprose or Spectrum Holobyte developing anything for the Genesis in that time period, or Epyx."
And actually, we don't know the reason for all of that -- that's the point I was making in my last two sentences. Why didn't they mention those other companies?
The rest of the companies were first mentioned I believe when Sega introduced their "Sega Genesis Seal of Quality" and modified Genesis logo (w/the "16-Bit Cartridge" at the bottom, even though some companies didn't use it and used the old, 1st-gen one) in mid-1990. At least that's when Sega began advertising them. Third-party development for the Mega Drive in Japan was JUST starting to pick up in 1990, as it was Sega alone for the most part that was releasing software for the MD in its first year.
- Notice all the companies are American.
- Surprised nobody mentioned Activision. They never released anything for the Genesis until 1994. They were supposed to release Tongue of the Fatman/Mondu's Fight Palace and Hard Yardage around the time of this video, but never did, most likely because they were having financial problems. I think Tongue/Mondu was the first American third-party game announced. It was eventually released by Razorsoft as Slaughter Sport.
- Epyx: An old Usenet post from February 1990 mentions California Games II. There's also Slime World, published by Renovation.
- Spectrum Holobyte: A conversion of 'Vette! was on tap, but not released.
I never gave a flying fuck about third party games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aarzak
Besides: Revenge of Shinobi, Golden Axe, Mystic Defender, Forgotten Worlds, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Phantasy Star II, Thunder Force II.... - Doesn't look so bad if you ask me... :p
"We've got you your Golden Axe!"
If I had the choice between the arcade cabinet and the megadrive, I know which one I'D pick! :p
I love how they did the side-by-side arcade-genesis comparisons. Only a half a second for each game. Just enough time to not notice the difference between them.