In this episode we dare to compare the two official light guns for the SNES and Sega Genesis. Plus we babble a lot. Which plastic light gun is the best? Games shown: SNES - Super Scope 6 in 1, Yoshi's Safari, Battleclash, X-Zone Genesis - Menacer 6-in-1, T2 The Arcade Game. Sega CD 32X - Corpse Killer Notes: *First episode. We thought of the name "Game Sack" about 5 minutes before we shot the episode. *480p only. Shot with the old Canon XL1. *This is the only episode which has an unboxing.
We compare Street Fighter II for the various 16-bit systems of the day (but not Super SF2) plus we briefly give our thoughts on the new 3DS system which is in 3D. Crazy! Games shown: SNES - Street Fighter II Turbo. Genesis - Street Fighter II Special Champion Edition. PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 - Street Fighter II Champion Edition. 3DS - Pilotwings Resort. Notes: *Quick look at the 3DS system in the beginning. *Shot before episode 1 was released on Youtube. *First episode in HD (720p). *First episode shot with the Canon 7D which would be used in many future episodes.
Both the NES and Sega Master System offered games in 3D looooong before the 3DS was an itch in Nintendo's pants. But how do they compare? Here we examine the games that were released in 3D in the 8-bit era for the NES and SMS. *Please note: We did not include Famicom LCD shutter goggle games because we do not have that. Sad but true. NES - Rad Racer, 3-D World Runner SMS - Blade Eagle 3-D, Space Harrier 3-D, Out Run 3-D, Zaxxon 3-D, Poseidon Wars 3-D, Maze Hunter 3-D, Line of Fire, Missile Defense 3-D
This is our first Random Battle episode. Jen randomly pulls out a game for Dave to endorse and one for Joe to endorse. Which of these two randomly selected games is better than the other? This episode: Rambo III (Sega Master System) vs Panzer Dragoon Saga (Sega Saturn). SMS - Rambo III, Rambo: First Blood Part 2, Operation Wolf Saturn - Panzer Dragoon, Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Panzer Dragoon Saga Genesis - Rambo III Xbox - Panzer Dragoon Orta
This time we talk about the best video pinball games ever, Alien Crush, Devil's Crush and Jaki Crush! Which one is best? TurboGrafx-16 - Alien Crush, Devil's Crush. SNES - Jackie Crush. Genesis - Dragon's Fury, Dragon's Revenge. Wii - Alien Crush Returns
We compare Mario video games to Sonic video games. Who is the better character and who has the better games? What do YOU think? Games Shown: Genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, 3, Knuckles. Master System - Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2. Sega CD - Sonic CD. Saturn - Sonic R, Sonic Jam. PS3 - Sonic 4 Episode 1, Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing. NES - Super Mario Bros 1, 2. SNES - Super Mario World, Super Mario All Stars, Super Mario Kart. Nintendo 64 - Super Mario 64, Super Mario Kart 64. Gamecube - Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Kart Double Dash. Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure 1, 2. Wii - Sonic & the Secret Rings, Super Mario Galaxy ,Super Mario Galaxy 2, Super Mario Kart Wii, New Super Mario Bros Wii Note: *Made solely to attract new viewers and invite controversy. It worked! It's also the first episode which required any sort of complex editing. *This is also the most viewed episode to date.
This time we give you our thoughts on some of the many available controllers for the 8 and 16-bit systems.
Puzzle games are an enticing genre for many. So we're here to babble about it. Dave handles mostly Tetris games and Joe handles mostly non-Tetris games. Also, Dave reveals an idea for next week's episode... NES - Tetris (Nintendo & Tengen), Dr. Mario. GameBoy - Tetris, Dr. Mario. Virtual Boy - V-Tetris, 3D Tetris. SNES - Tetris & Dr. Mario, Tetris 2, Kirby's Avalanche, Wario's Woods. Nintendo 64 - The New Tetris, Dr. Mario 64, Pokemon Puzzle League. Dreamcast - Sega Tetris. DS - Tetris DS, Meteos. Wii - Tetris Party Deluxe. Genesis - Colums, Columns 3, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. PSP - Tetris
Like rally racing games? So do we. Don't like rally racing games? Well, you should. Saturn - Sega Rally Championship. Dreamcast - Sega Rally Championship 2. PS3 - Sega Rally Revo, Dirt 3. Xbox - Rallisport Challenge, Rallisport Challenge 2.
Shooting guns at games on your TV screen was an awesome thing to do back in the late 80's. Here we look at many games available for the popular Zapper and Light Phaser guns. Which has better games? Which is the better gun? NES - Duck Hunt, Gumshoe, Wild Gunman, Hogan's Alley, To the Earth, Mechanized Attack, Freedom Force, Shooting Range, Operation Wolf, The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Bayou Billy. SMS - Safari Hunt, Marksman Shooting & Trap Shooting, Operation Wolf, Laser Ghost, Gangster Town, Rescue Mission, Shooting Gallery, Assault City, Space Gun, Wanted, Rambo III, Missile Defense 3-D.
Want to hook that old-school gaming console up to your spiffy new LCD or Plasma HDTV? Or would a standard definition CRT be better for your retro gaming needs? NES - Kid Kool, Gumshoe, Marble Madness, Mega Man 2. SNES - Castlevania Dracula X. Genesis - Ys III, Sonic
What happens when your obsession with video games goes beyond the games themselves? Find out the sad truth in this episode. *No games were featured at all in this episode, only game-related items. *Shortest episode
Not nearly enough people appreciate the TurboGrafx-16. Here we take a look at a few of the many things that make it so special. TurboGrafx-16 HuCard/CD - Splatterhouse, Military Madness, Dracula X, Magical Chase (JP version), Star Parodia, The Legendary Axe, The Legendary Axe II, R-Type, Ys Book 1&2, Ys III Wanderers from Ys, Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys, Gate of Thunder, Lords of Thunder, JB Harold Murder Club. Turbo games shown briefly: Street Fighter II Champion Edition, Fatal Fury 2, Art of Fighting, Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire.
A first look at the new RPG for the Genesis/Mega Drive as well as another Random Battle. Which two games fight it out this time? R-Type (Master System) and Axelay (SNES). If you are interested in Star Odyssey, check out: http://www.starodysseygame.com Genesis - Star Odyssey, Blue Almanac SNES - Axelay SMS - R-Type
This week we take a look at two of the most popular beat 'em ups from the 16-bit era and also a little-seen game. Arcade - Final Fight. SNES - Final Fight, Final Fight Guy, Final Fight 2, Final Fight 3. Sega CD - Final Fight CD. Genesis - Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 2, Streets of Rage 3. Saturn - Final Fight Revenge
This time we take a look at some (not all) ninja games on 16-bit systems. Which system has the best ninja games? And which particular ninja game rules them all? Games Shown: Genesis - Revenge of Shinobi, Shadow Dancer, Shinobi III. TurboGrafx-16 - Shinobi, Ninja Spirit. SNES - Hagane, Legend of the Mystical Ninja
This is a re-release of an older episode. This one was originally banned in Germany because of a song used in the intermission. Now that segment has been reworked and re-edited (for the better, in my opinion) and the entire world can see it. We'll be back next week with an all-new episode! This time we give you our thoughts on some of the many available controllers for the 32-bit systems and beyond, the ones that we have, anyway.
This time we take an in-depth look into the awesome Road Rash series (16-Bit and up) and also tour an awesome video game store which is very refreshing in contrast to most crappy stores these days. http://www.gameforceboulder.com Game Force Boulder song and lyrics written by Joe Redifer. Lyrics available upon request. No wait... scratch that. It'd be amusing to see what people *think* the lyrics are saying. Genesis - Road Rash, Road Rash 2, Road Rash 3. Sega CD - Road Rash. 3DO - Road Rash. Saturn - Road Rash. Playstation - Road Rash, Road Rash 3D, Road Rash Jailbreak. Nintendo 64 - Road Rash 64. GameBoy Advance - Road Rash Jailbreak.
Welcome to the first installment of Arcade vs Console. This is where we dare to compare two arcade games to the home console ports of that same game. In this episode it's Earth Defense Force by Jaleco vs Super Earth Defense Force for the SNES and Fantasy Zone by Sega vs a whole bunch o' home console ports of that particular game. Saturn - Space Harrier, After Burner
We all know what Contra is, or at least we should. So let's take a look at it and some other run n gun games that are somewhat similar. This is a fantastic genre that is more crowded than we initially thought! NES - Contra, Super C. Genesis - Gunstar Heroes, Midnight Resistance, Contra Hard Corps. GameBoy Advance - Gunstar Super Heroes. SNES - Contra III, Gun Force. Neo Geo - Cyber Lip, Metal Slug 4. Saturn - Metal Slug. DS - Contra 4. Playstation - Gunners Heaven. Wii - Contra ReBirth. PS2 - Contra: Shattered Soldier. PS3 - Hard Corps Uprising MONTAGE: E-SWAT, Contra Force, The Terminator, Demolition Man, Alien Soldie, Realm, Operation C, Rolling Thunder 3, Rendering Ranger R2, Journey to Silius, E-SWAT, Contra Advance, C: The Contra Adventure, Dinosaurs for Hire, Earthworm Jim, Turrican, Nightmare Busters, The Adventures of Batman & Robin
We take a look at the Wonder Boy series as well as Adventure Island. Is the Adventure Island series always trying to play catch up? Arcade - Wonder Boy, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair. SMS - Wonder Boy, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, Wonder Boy in Monster World. NES - Hudson's Adventure Island, Hudson's Adventure Island II, Hudson's Adventure Island III, Adventure Island IV. GameBoy - Adventure Island, Adventure Island II. SNES - Super Adventure Island, Super Adventure Island II. Game Gear - Revenge of Drancon, Wonder Boy III. Genesis - Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair, Wonder Boy in Monster World, Monster World IV. TurboGrafx-16 - Bikurriman World, Monster Lair, Dragon's Curse, Dynastic Hero, New Adventure Island. Wii - Adventure Island: The Beginning
This is our first Dare to Compare episode. Here we dare to compare the various versions of Blackthorne against each other as well as versions of Batman games based on the 1989 Batman movie. However, we never get around to comparing Blackthorne to Batman as that would be too... random SNES - Blackthorne. 32X - Blackthorne. GameBoy Advance - Blackthorne. Arcade - Batman. NES - Batman. Genesis - Batman. PC Engine - Batman. GameBoy - Batman
Ever play a great game when a sequel is announced and you get really excited for it because the first game was so great? The game finally comes along and it's, well... not quite what you had hoped for? Arcade - Rastan, Space Harrier, Planet Harriers. SMS - Rastan, Space Harrier, Space Harrier. Genesis - Rastan Saga 2, Strider, Strider Returns, Space Harrier II. Playstation - Strider 2. NES - Tetris. SNES - Tetris 2. 32X - Space Harrier. Game Gear - Space Harrier. NES - Space Harrier PS2 - Space Harrier Saturn - Space Harrier.
A followup from our last episode where we looked at games with disappointing sequels, here we take a look at a few games where the sequels outshined the original. NES - Ghosts 'n Goblins, Mike Tyson's Punch Out/Punch Out. Saturn - Ghosts 'n Goblins. Genesis - Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Street Fighter II Special Champion Edition, Super Street Fighter II. Saturn - Virtua Fighter, Virtua Fighter Remix, Virtua Fighter 2, Super Street Fighter II X. 32X - Virtua Fighter. SNES - Super Punch Out, Street Fighter II, Street Fighter II Turbo, Super Street Fighter II. Arcade - Street Fighter. TurboGrafx-16 - Fighting Street, Street Fighter II Champion Edition. 3DO - Super Street Fighter II Turbo. SMS - Street Fighter II. PS3 - Street Fighter IV.
As requested, this time we take a look at as many portable game systems as we could get a hold of. Which is your favorite portable system for your on-the-go entertainment? GameBoy - TMNT. GameBoy Color - Metal Gear. GameBoy Advance - Super Hang-On, Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland, Legend of Zelda Four Swords. DS - Feel the Magic XX XY. 3DS - Super Monkeyball 3D. Game Gear - Ristar. TurboGrafx-16 - Soldier Blade. Genesis - Barney's Hide and Seek Game. Lynx - Rygar. Neo Geo Pocket Color - Neo Turf Masters. Wonderswan - Final Fantasy II. PSP - Ys Seven. iOS - Angry Birds
Sometimes we have a hard time deciding which games we want to talk about in a given episode. But there are quite a few we don't want to talk about, some of them may even be pretty popular games. Of course, some are just bad games, period. We're ready for that THUMBS DOWN button to catch on fire once everyone hears of a certain series we don't want to mention on the show. Hey, we all have opinions! :) SNES - Bubsy. Genesis - Bubsy, Bubsy II, John Madden Football, Jeopardy, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. 3DO - John Madden Football. 32X - Mortal Kombat II. Arcade - Mortal Kombat.
Halloween is an awesome time of year, but what are some games which will help you get in the Halloween mood? SNES - Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Ghoul Patrol, Super Castlevania IV, Demon's Crest. Genesis - Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Haunting Starring Poulterguy. GameBoy - Gargoyle's Quest. NES - Gargoyle's Quest. Xbox - Silent Hill 2. PS3 - Limbo. MONTAGE: Demon Souls, Nosferatu, Uninvited, Kid Dracula, House of the Dead, Devil's Crush, Jaki Crush, Maniac Mansion, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Splatterhouse, Splatterhouse Wanpaku Grafitti, Ghostbusters, Mansion of Hidden Souls, Ghosts n' Goblins, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins, Friday the 13th, Fester's Quest, Resident Evil 5, Monster in my Pocket, Mr. Bones, Cotton, Alan Wake, Decapattack, Master of Darkness, Dead Rising, Vampire Savior
In this episode we look at two great shooter series'. Cotton isn't tremendously well-known and Thunder Force is, but they both still need more love. Shooters are great. What is your favorite shooter series and why? Games Shown: Arcade - Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams. Neo Geo Pocket Color - Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams. TurboGrafx CD - Cotton Fantastic Night Dream. Playstation - Cotton: Fantastic Niight Dreams. SNES - Cotton 100%, Thunder Spirits. Genesis - Panorama Cotton, Thunder Force II, Thunder Force III, Thunder Force IV/Lightening Force. Saturn - Cotton 2, Cotton Boomerang, Thunder Force V, Thunder Force Gold Pack 2. Dreamcast - Rainbow Cotton. Sharp X1 - Thunder Force. Sharp X68000 - Thunder Force II. PS2 - Thunder Force VI.
Here we look at 4 games that really should get more attention than they originally did and currently do. Even though these might have been popular games, they should have been MORE popular. What games do you think are underrated? Games Shown: Gamecube - Pikmin. Genesis - Ghostbusters, Gain Ground, Road Blasters. Arcade - Gain Ground. SMS - Gain Ground. TurboGrafx CD - Gain Ground. PS2 - Gain Ground. Sega CD - Road Avenger. Saturn - Road Blasters. iOS - Road Blaster
Do you have any games that you enjoy more than you think you should? So do we! Games Shown: GameBoy Advance - Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland. NES - Kirby's Adventure. Genesis - Hard Drivin', Race Drivin', NHL '94, Curse, Crystal's Pony Tale. SNES - NHL '94.
Dave loves his FPS games, but Joe isn't a huge fan of the genre yet. Will Joe try to somehow wedge some retro games into this episode? Games Shown: PS3 - Battlefield 3, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. 32X - Wolfenstein 3D, Doom. Genesis - Zero Tolerance, Beyond Tolerance, Battle Frenzy, Cybercop, Toy Story, Duke Nuk 'Em 3D
This time we take a look at four impressive overhead/vertical shooters that you should check out to see if you enjoy. It's a vast genre with many games. Which ones do you like to see on the show? Also, do you prefer vertical or horizontal shoot-em-ups? Games Shown: TurboGrafx-16 - Soldier Blade, Raiden. Genesis - MUSHA, Raiden Trad, Divine Sealing. Playstation - Raystorm, The Raiden Project. Saturn - Galactic Attack, Layer Section 2. SNES - Raiden Trad. Jaguar - Raiden. Lynx - Raiden.
Ever have a strong opinion of a game only to find out that quite a few people have the exact opposite opinion and feel just as strongly about it as you do? This time we look at some games that seem to cause plenty of internet fights. Games Shown: SNES - Yoshi's Island. Sega CD - Sonic CD. Gamecube - Super Mario Sunshine. Dreamcast - Shenmue, Shenmue II. Xbox - Shenmue2.
What are some of the best Disney games made in the 8 and 16-bit era? What is the worst? These aren't rhetorical questions, we're really wondering! Maybe we'll find out in this episode. Games Shown: Genesis - Aladdin, The Great Circus Mystery, Castle of Illusion, World of Illusion, Fantasia. SNES - Aladdin, The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse, Magical Quest 3. NES - Aladdin, Duck Tales, Duck Tales 2. GameBoy Color - Aladdin. SMS - Aladdin, Castle of Illusion, Land of Illusion, Legend of Illusion.
We try our hands at the "Let's Play" genre of YouTube, if there is such a thing. It's not a permanent change, so don't worry. We picked a Japan-only vertical shooter called Soukyugurentai for the Saturn which offers two-player simultaneous play. Let us know what you think of this episode even if you hate it so much that it causes you chronic constipation. Games Shown: Saturn - Soukyugurentai. Genesis - Forgotten Worlds
We spend Christmas taking a look at a lot of (though not all) shoot-em-ups for the SNES. There might be more good ones than you think. Games Shown: SNES - Gradius III, UN Squadron, Phalanx, Parodius, Chatting Parodius Live, Super R-Type, R-Type III, Space Megaforce, Firepower 2000, Axelay. TurboGrafx-16 - Blazing Lazers, R-Type. SMS - Power Strike.
This time we talk about the popular jet fighter game! Games Shown: Arcade - After Burner, After Burner II NES - After Burner (Tengen & Sunsoft) SMS - After Burner Genesis - After Burner II PC Engine - After Burner II Sega CD - After Burner III 32X - After Burner II Complete GameBoy Advance - Sega Arcade Gallery - After Burner Saturn - Sega Ages After Burner Dreamcast - Shenmue 2, Yu Suzuki Gameworks PS2 - 3D Ages - After Burner II PSP - After Burner Black Falcon PS3 - After Burner Climax
This time around we look at one of the most influential racing games ever... Sega's Out Run! Games Shown: Arcade - Out Run, Turbo Out Run, Outrunners SMS - Out Run, Out Run 3D, Battle Out Run, Out Run Europa Genesis - Out Run, Turbo Out Run, Out Run 2019, Outrunners PC Engine - Out Run Game Gear - Out Run GameBoy Advance - Sega Arcade Gallery - Out Run Saturn - Sega Ages Out Run Dreamcast - Shenmue 2, Yu Suzuki Gameworks PS2 - Sega Classics Collection - Out Run Xbox - Out Run 2, Out Run 2006: Coast 2 Coast Xbox 360 - Outrun Online Arcade
How about some rail shooters (or shoot-em-ups)? While obviously we can't cover ALL rail shooters in a single episode, we look at a few notable and worthy ones. Ahh, so many rails, so little time. Games Shown: SNES - Starfox Sega CD - Silpheed N64 - Starfox 64, Sin and Punishment Saturn - Panzer Dragoon, Panzer Dragoon Zwei Xbox - Panzer Dragoon Orta Dreamcast - Rez PS2 - Rez, Silpheed The Lost Planet Xbox 360 - Rez HD Wii - Sin and Punishment Star Successor
When Game Sack was exactly half as old as it is now, we covered side-scrolling run and gun games. So naturally now it's time to cover the overhead variety. Games must meet all 3 criteria: 1: Overhead (ish), 2: running around on foot (either real feet or robo-feet) and 3: shooting things. Games Shown: Arcade - Ikari Warriors Saturn - Commando, MERCS, Gun.Smoke NES - Commando, Gun.Smoke, Ikari Warriors, Ikari Warrirors 2 Victory Road SMS - MERCS Genesis - MERCS TurboGrafx CD - Last Alert Neo Geo - Shock Troopers, Shock Troopers 2nd Squad Xbox 360 - Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3
A LaserDisc player that plays Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 games as well as giant, LaserDisc-based games? Yup. Games Shown: LaserActive Mega LD - Space Berzerker, Pyramid Patrol, Hyperion, Triad Stone, Road Blaster/Prosecutor, 3D Museum, I Will: The Story of London, Rocket Coaster, Virtual Cameraman, Virtual Cameraman 2, The Great Pyramid. LaserActive LD-ROM2 - Vajra, Manhattan Requiem, Quiz Econosaurus, Angel Mate Genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog TurboGrafx-16 - Legendary Axe Sega CD - Road Avenger iOS - Manhattan Requiem
Everything from games for the casual gamer or games that are themselves casual that are meant to be played at your leisure. Not every casual game is meant for grandma. Do you have any favorite casual games or do you hate the concept altogether? Games Shown: Wii - Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, Animal Crossing City Folk SNES - Mario Paint Genesis - Art Alive! N64 - Animal Crossing Gamecube - Animal Crossing DS - Animal Crossing Wild World Xbox 360 - Test Drive: Unlimited
Here we talk about games that didn't get a western release and were on sale only in Japan (and other parts of Asia). These games should have had a wider audience in their time. What games do you think were unjustly left in Japan? Games Shown: Genesis - Golden Axe III, Gleylancer SNES - Cosmo Game: The Video Playstation - Hermie Hopperhead Saturn - Bulk Slash, Battle Garegga Arcade - Cosmo Gang: The Video
We're back and this time we're looking specifically at platforming games on 8-bit systems. Dave chooses three for his dear NES and Joe chooses 3 for the venerable Master System. Will we choose exactly what most people first think of? Games Shown: NES - Wizards and Warriors, Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania SMS - Kenseiden, Ninja Gaiden, Masters of Darkness
We're revisiting an old topic this week and dishing out some more underrated games. These games need more love. Games Shown: SNES - Batman Returns NES - Jackie Chan's Action Kung-Fu, Bucky O' Hare TurboGrafx-16 - Jackie Chan's Action Kung-Fu Genesis - Sonic Crackers 32X - Knuckles' Chaotix PlayStation - Jumping Flash! Xbox - Gunvalkyrie
That's right, another episode dedicated entirely to the TurboGrafx-16 system! But this time we're focusing strictly on the shoot-em-up genre. And this system has TONS of shooters, most of which never left Japan. Games Shown: TurboGrafx-16 - Air Zonk, Side Arms TurboGrafx CD/Duo - Super Air Zonk, L-Dis, Gate of Thunder, Lords of Thunder, Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire, Side Arms Special, Forgotten Worlds, Rayxanber II, Rayxanber III, Spriggan, Spriggan Mark 2 Genesis - Forgotten Worlds Sega CD - Lords of Thunder Montage: Blazing Lazers, Sinistron, R-Type, Gradius II, Soldier Blade, Super Raiden, Zero Wing, Metamor Jupiter, Psychic Storm, Image Fight II, Dragon Spirit, Fantasy Zone, Download 2, Galaga '88/'90, Super Darius, Super Darius 2, Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams, Magical Chase, Ai Cho Aniki, God Panic, Sylphia, Ordyne, Psychosis, Avenger, Aero Blasters, Star Parodia
Two once-promising series abruptly came to a grinding halt. We look at all of the games and possible reasons for their discontinuance. Games Shown: SNES - ActRaiser, ActRaiser 2. SMS - Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Alex Kidd The Lost Stars, Alex Kidd High Tech World, Alex Kidd BMX Trial, Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, Anmitsu Hime. Genesis - Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle. Arcade - Alex Kidd The Lost Stars. Saturn - The Yakyuken Special
We're taking a look at even more fine import games for retro consoles this time! Games Shown: SNES - The Firemen Genesis - Devil Hunter Yohko Sega CD - Keio Flying Squadron SMS - Megumi Rescue NES - Kid Dracula GameBoy - Kid Dracula Saturn - Keio Yuugekitai, Sengoku Blade, Burning Rangers Playstation - Wonder 3 Arcade Gears
The GameCube as a system was a really overlooked and under-regarded by the mass gaming public in its time. Here we take a look at some of the exclusives you may have missed. NOTE: We should have had Super Mario Sunshine in this video, at least in the montage. We had covered it a couple of times before so that's why it's not in here. But still, it should be. So know you know why. :) Games Shown GameCube - Luigi's Mansion, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metroid Prime, Rougue Leader, Wave Race Blue Storm, F-Zero GX, Super Monkey Ball, Super Monkey Ball 2 Nintendo 64 - Wave Race 64 Xbox - Super Monkey Ball Deluxe
We decided to take a closer look at two unrelated series and this time it's all about Donkey Kong Country and the lesser-known Valis series. 16-Bit platforming action! Games Shown: SNES - Donkey Kong Country, Dounkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble, Super Valis IV Genesis - Valis, Syd of Valis, Valis III NES - Valis TurboGrafx CD - Valis, Valis II, Valis III, Valis IV
We've covered games that were wrongfully left in Japan before, but what about games that should have stayed in Japan? Everything from Japan can't be awesome and some of it can be downright horrible. This time we focus on the Genesis because despite there being tons of awesome games for the system, there were plenty of bad games that were brought over. Games Shown: Genesis - Pac Man 2: The New Adventures, Jewel Master, Toki: Going Ape Spit, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters, Beast Wrestler, Heavy Nova, Earnest Evans. Sega CD - Heavy Nova, Black Hole Assault, Earnest Evans 32X - Cosmic Carnage
This is all about the Sega Dreamcast! The Dreamcast rules! Games Shown: Dreamcast - Samba de Amigo, Soul Calibur, Jet Grind Radio, Ikaruga, Power Stone, Dead or Alive 2, Confidential Mission, Virtua Tennis, Outtrigger, The Typing of the Dead, Toy Commander Wii - Samba de Amigo
Ever play a game that made you want to break the controller into pieces? Unless you have an amazingly calm personality, then you likely have. Here we talk about some games that are, for some reason or another, frustrating to us. Games Shown: Saturn - Steamgear Mash, Shining Wisdom, Rayman PlayStation - Rayman NES - Solstice, Battletoads, Ghosts 'n Goblins SNES - Equinox Genesis - Mutant League Hockey, Mutant League Football Master System - Power Strike Sega CD - Batman Returns, The Adventures of Batman & Robin TurboGrafx-CD - Exile, Exile Wicked Phenomenon 32X - Star Wars Arcade
Let's take a close look at some lesser-seen consoles and many of their games, the SuperGrafx by NEC and the Jaguar by the now-defunct Atari Corp. Games Shown: SuperGrafx - 1941 Counter Attack, Aldynes, Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Daimakaimura), Granzort Jaguar - Alien vs Predator, Checkered Flag, Club Drive, Cybermorph, Fight for Life, Flashback, Iron Soldier, Kasumi Ninja, Raiden, Tempest 2000, Ultra Vortek, Wolfenstein 3D Genesis - Flaskback, Ghouls n' Ghosts, Virtua Racing 32X - Virtua Racing Deluxe, Virtua Fighter, Metal Head TurboGrafx-16 - Keith Courage in Alpha Zones
Once again we take a look to see what awesome games they never released in our neck of the woods. Games Shown: Genesis - Dangerous Seed, Dahna, Rent-a-Hero, Pulseman Saturn - Blast Wind, Hyper Duel, Princess Crown, Dungeons & Dragons Collections: Tower of Doom & Shadow Over Mystara NES - Mr. Gimmick, Splatterhouse Grafitti Wakpun SNES - Ghost Sweeper Mikami PS2 - Odin's Sphere PS3 - Splatterhouse
This time were focusing on games made in the UK, Canada, US and all other western regions. Get comfy. Games Shown: NES - Marble Madness Master System - Strider II, Marble Madness, Earthworm Jim Genesis - Awesome Possum Kicks Dr Machino's Butt, Batman Forever, Dark Castle, Earthworm Jim, Earthworm Jim 2, Normy's Beach Babe-o-Rama, Marble Madness, Strider, Strider Returns, Sword of Sodan, Dave White Forever Sega CD - Flink, Earthworm Jim Special Edition 32X - Motocross Championship SNES - Earthworm Jim, Earthworm Jim 2 Saturn - Earthworm Jim 2, PowerSlave PlayStation - The Adventures of Lomax, Bubsy 3D, Crash Bandicoot Arcade - Marble Madness PlayStation 3 - Burnout Paradise, Earthworm Jim HD 3DO - Way of the Warrior
Some games just never got a chance to be brought home. Games Shown: Arcade - Gang Busters, Devastators, GI Joe, Psycho NICS Oscar, Superman, Dynamite Duke, Tecmo Knight, Macross Plus, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Gate of Doom, Spiderman the Video Game, Willow, Metamorphic Force, R-Type Leo, Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder NES - GI Joe, GI Joe - The Atlantis Factor Sega CD - Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
What did we get with CD-ROM systems? That's right, Full Motion Video. Let's take a look at some of these FMV games that we love to hate. Games Shown: TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM - Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Volume 2 Sega CD - Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Volume 1, Night Trap, Sewer Shark, Double Switch, Tomcat Alley, Midnight Raiders, Ground Zero Texas, NFL's Greatest: San Francisco vs Dallas, Prize Fighter, Slam City with Scottie Pippin, Marky Mark Make My Video, Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, Cobra Command, Road Avenger, Time Gal, Revenge of the Ninja Montage: The Masked Rider Kamen Rider Zo, Microcosm, Mansion of the Hidden Souls, Fahrenheit (32X), Mad Dog McCree, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Who Shot Johnny Rock?, Corpse Killer (32X), The Exterminators, Megarace, Wirehead, Surgical Strike
We take a look at some weird games this time. PlayStation - Incredible Crisis Saturn - Cho Aniki Sega CD - Wild Woody, Panic! PlayStation 2 - Katamari Damacy, Stretch Panic TurboGrafx 16 CD-ROM - It Came From the Desert 32X - Kolibri
So let's look at the shoot-em-up games for the Genesis, Sega CD and even the 32X. Yes, all of them! Games Shown: Genesis - Super Fantasy Zone, Adventurous Boy, Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf, Gaiares, Trouble Shooter, Battlemania 2, Fire Shark, Wings of Wor, Eliminate Down, Sagaia, Slap Fight MD, Thunder Force 2, Thunder Force 3, Thunder Force 4/Lightening Force Sega CD - Android Assault PC Engine Super CD-ROM - Super Darius II Sega Master System - Sagaia NES - S.C.A.T. Arcade - Darius 2
Let's take a look at the N64 and a bunch of its games. Maybe it'll even impress Joe as he really likes racing games. NOTE: This is not one of our best episodes. If this is your first time watching Game Sack, it might leave a bad first impression. Also neither of us are huge N64 fans so take everything with a grain of salt. Games Shown: Nintendo 64 - Beetle Adventure Racing, F-Zero X, Blast Corps, MRC: Multi-Racing Championhip, Diddy Kong Racing, Wave Race 64, Star Soldier Vanishing Earth, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Banjoe Kazooie, Super Mario World, The Ledgend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Let's look at some more arcade games that unfortunately never got ported to home consoles. Games Shown: Arcade - Osman, Strider, Aliens, Dead Connection, Aliens vs Predator, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, Gun Force 2, Gun Force, Ninja Baseball Bat Man, The Cliffhanger Edward Randy, The Outfoxies, Wild West C.O.W.boys of Moo Mesa, Sunset Riders Genesis - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse TurboGrafx-16 - Air Zonk
Ever have a game not live up to your expectations? Or how about games that exceeded them? Here we talk about some of our experiences with such games. How about you? Games Shown: Genesis - Super Monaco GP, Last Battle, Altered Beast, Stormlord, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Road Rash, Herzog Zwei SNES - Final Fight, Contra III, Castlevania Dracula X TurboGrafx-16 - Jack Nicklaus' Turbo Golf PC Engine Super CD - Dracula X: Rondo of Blood NES - Mighty Final Fight, Super C Master System - World Grand Prix, Road Rash Neo Geo - Neo Turf Masters Neo Geo Pocket Color - Neo Turf Masters PlayStation - Motor Toon Grand Prix PlayStation 3 - Gran Turismo 5 3DS - Mario Kart 7 MSX - Herzog
It's Halloween time again and that means more games that fit perfectly in the season. Games Shown: Genesis - Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Devilish SNES - Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts TurboGrafx-16 - Ghost Manor Game Boy - Super Marioland 2: 6 Golden Coins Game Boy Advance - The Pinball of the Dead PlayStation - Castlevania Chronicles, Darkstalkers, Darkstalkers 3 Saturn - Night Warriors, Vampire Savior Dreamcast - Vampire Cronicles For Matching Service Xbox 360 - Alan Wake Mac - Amnesia: The Dark Descent
The world would be a better place if these games had never been made. But they were, so we made this episode. Games Shown: Genesis - Pit Fighter, Shaq-Fu, Slaughter Sport, Stormlord, Back to the Future Part 3, Sonic the Hedgehog, Nightmare Circus, Wayne's World SNES - The Lord of the Rings Volume One TurboGrafx-16 - Impossamole, Darkwing Duck Arcade - Pit Fighter
Double Dragon was one of the most influential games of the mid to late 80's. So let's look at the series! Games Shown: Arcade - Renegade, Double Dragon, Double Dragon 2, Double Dragon 3 NES - Double Dragon, Double Dragon 2, Double Dragon 3 Sega Master System - Double Dragon Genesis - Double Dragon, Double Dragon 2, Double Dragon 3, Double Dragon 5, Battletoads and Double Dragon SNES - Super Double Dragon GameBoy - Double Dragon, Double Dragon 2, Double Dragon 3 Game Gear - Double Dragon Lynx - Double Dragon GameBoy Advance - Double Dragon Advance Atari 2600 - Double Dragon Atari 7800 - Double Dragon Neo Geo - Double Dragon PlayStation 3 - Double Dragon Neon
Here are some games that can't really be wedged into certain classifications or game types. Let us know if you know of any games which are hard to categorize. Games Shown: NES - Balloon Fight Genesis - Ranger X TurboGrafx-16 - Somer Assault SNES - Kirby's Dream Course Saturn - Nights, Christmas Nights Wii - Boom Blox, Nights: Jouney of Dreams, Kororinpa Marble Mania, Marble Saga Kororinpa PS3 - Flower, Heavy Rain Wii U - Nintendo Land/Balloon Trip Breeze
Nothing like an extra brand attached to your game to help make it sell. But not all games rely on their license, many also rely on good gameplay! Games Shown: NES - Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout, Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off-Road, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The Goonies, The Goonies 2, Rambo Sega Master System - Rambo: First Blood Part 2, Rambo III, Super Off Road Genesis - Rambo III, Super Off Road SNES - Super Off Road, Super Off Road: The Baja Saturn - Daytona USA, Daytona USA Circuit Edition Dreamcast - Daytona USA Arcade - Super Off Road, Daytona USA 2
The Sega Saturn may have lost the retail battle, but that doesn't mean it wasn't insanely awesome! Games Shown: Saturn - Clockwork Knight, Clockwork Knight 2, Psychic Killer Taromaru, Pebble Beach Golf Links, The King of Fighters '95, The King of Fighters '96, The King of Fighters '97, Metal Slug, Cotton 2, Marvel Super Heroes, X-Men vs Street Fighter, Vampire Savior, Street Fighter Zero 3, Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter, Saturn Bomberman, Radiant Silvergun, Die Hard Arcade, Virtua Cop, Virtua Cop 2, The House of the Dead, Guardian Heroes, Virtua Fighter, Virtua Fighter Remix, Fighting Vipers, Virtua Fighter Kids, Last Bronx, Fighters Megamix, Solar Eclipse
How about we look at some games you play with a friend. Hopefully that friend doesn't quickly turn into an enemy. Games Shown: Genesis - Gauntlet 4, Crack Down SNES - The King of Dragons, Pocky & Rocky, Pocky & Rocky 2, Super Smash TV, Super Mario Kart, Metal Warriors NES - North and South, Archon Nintendo 64 - Mario Kart 64, Mario Party 2
More goodies from Japan that we never got to enjoy abroad in their time without importing. And a look at the Twin Famicom system by Sharp! Games Shown: Famicom/NES - Wai Wai World, Wai Wai World 2 Famicom Disk System - Castlevania, Castlevania 2, Kid Icarus, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Bio Miracle Bokkute Upa Super Famicom/SNES - Mickey no Tokyo Daibouken, Umihara Kiwase, Do Re Mi Fantasy, Mario & Wario PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 - Gekibo/Photograph Boy, Coryoon
Let's take a look at some good games that flew under the radar in their time. Games Shown: Genesis - Mystic Defender, Predator 2, Air Diver Sega CD - The Space Adventure Cobra SNES - Super Chase H.Q., Lock-On, Super Air Diver 2 Game Boy Advance - Drill Dozer Sega Master System - Predator 2 PlayStation - Skullmonkeys, Pocket Fighter, Klonoa Wii - Klonoa PlayStation 3 - 3D Dot Game Heroes
Let's take a look at some popular games and how they represent or differ from the arcade originals! Games Shown: Arcade - Super Contra, E-SWAT, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Thunder Blade, Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi NES - Super C, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game, Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi Sega Master System - E-SWAT, Thunder Blade, Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi GameBoy - Operation C Genesis - E-SWAT, Super Thunder Blade, Ninja Gaiden PC Engine - Thunder Blade, Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi Lynx - Ninja Gaiden
FINALLY we are taking a look at some awesome turn-based JRPGs! Games Shown: NES - Mother Sega Master System - Phantasy Star Genesis - Phantasy Star 2, Phantasy Star 3, Phantasy Star 4 SNES - Earthbound, Chrono Trigger Sega CD - Lunar: The Silver Star, Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Saturn - Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete PlayStation - Chrono Cross
Here's some more games that are not worth your time... at all. Games Shown: NES - Contra Force Genesis - Blaster Master 2, Time Killers, No Escape, Revolution X, Aero the Acro-Bat SNES - Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball, Aero the Acro-Bat, Revolution X, No Escape TurboGrafx-16 - Night Creatures Nintendo 64 - South Park 64
You don't have to spend a lot of money to get good games, so in this episode we take a look at great games for lots of different systems that you can find for cheap. Games Shown: NES - Jackal, Rampage, Super Mario Bros. 2 Sega Master System - Rampage Genesis - Dynamite Headdy Sega CD - Rise of the Dragon Neo Geo - Magician Lord, Nam 1975 Dreamcast - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Wii - A Boy and His Blob
By popular demand we show both of our collections and game room setups! *We initially didn't want to do room tours because we thought they were a bit self-serving, but we continually got requests for them so we'd thought we'd have fun with it and at least try to make it entertaining. *The cat from episode 3 makes a brief appearance. *A Glidecam was used for much of the footage of all the rooms. These can get quite heavy! YouTube also seems to have issues with the smooth motion on computers that aren't very new. *Only one game was shown and only briefly, Devil World, a reproduction cart for the NES. It was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and is the only one of his games never to be released in the USA.
We're back to discuss more RPGs!Episode 78 - Here we are with part 2 of our RPG special! Lots of good stuff this time. Not that last time was full of bad stuff or anything. Games Shown: Genesis - Pier Solar SNES - Breath of Fire, Super Mario RPG, Final Fantasy 6/3 Sega Saturn - Panzer Dragoon Saga PlayStation 3 - Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
So they crammed the Neo Geo on a handheld device and are selling it for $200. Is it worth it? Games Shown: Neo Geo X - King of the Monsters, Alpha Mission 2, World Heroes Perfect, Fatal Fury, League Bowling, Fatal Fury Special, Magician Lord, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, Baseball Stars 2, Cyber Lip, Art of Fighting, Metal Slug, Mutation Nation, The King of Fighters '95, Puzzled, 3 Count Bout, Nam 1975, Super Sidekicks, Samurai Shodown II, Last Resort, Ninja Master's Firmware Update Episode: - The King of Fighters '96, Blazing Star, Kizuna Encounter
This time we take a look at some games that might be difficult to add to your collection. Games Shown: TurboGrafx-16 - Magical Chase Game Boy - Castlevania Legends Mega Drive/Genesis - Marble Madness (both EA and Tengen versions) PlayStation - Einhander Sega Master System - Sonic the Hedgehog Super Nintendo - E.V.O. NES - Little Samson, Duck Tales 2 Sega 32X - Spider-Man Web of Fire
We're back with more games that deserve far more than the attention they currently receive. Games Shown: Genesis - Quackshot starring Donald Duck, Granada, Elemental Master TurboGrafx-16 Super CD-ROM - Beyond Shadowgate Game Boy - Kirby's Block Ball GameCube - Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Master System - Black Belt PlayStation - Tomba, International Track and Field Saturn - Shinobi Legions / Shinobi X
Ys is a great series that has a lot of amazing games that most people don't know much about. As usual, all games recorded from real hardware. Games Shown: Sega Master System - Ys: The Vanished Omens NES - Ys, Ys 2: The Final Chapter, Ys 3: Wanderers from Ys Sharp X68000 - Ys, Ys 3: Wanderers from Ys TurboGrafx-16 CD - Ys Book 1 and 2, Ys 3: Wanderers from Ys, Ys 4: The Dawn of Ys Saturn - Falcom Classics, Falcom Classics II Nintendo DS - Legacy of Ys Books 1 & 2 PSP - Ys 1&2 Chronicles, Ys The Oath in Felghana, Ys 6: The Ark of Napishtim, Ys Seven SNES - Ys 3: Wanderers from Ys, Ys 4: Mask of the Sun, Ys 5 Genesis - Ys 3: Wanderers from Ys PlayStation 2 - Ys 3: Wanderers from Ys, Ys 5: Lost Kefin Kindom of Sand, Ys 6: The Ark of Napishtim
The Master System was Sega's first attempt at a home console in the US. This video explores many of the games on that system and the system itself. Games Shown: Sega Master System - Space Harrier, Choplifter, Deep Duck Trouble starring Donald Duck, Golden Axe, Golden Axe Warrior, Golvellius, Fantasy Zone, Fantasy Zone II, Fantasy Zone: The Maze, Galaxy Force, Wanted, Wonder Boy, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, Wonder Boy in Monster World, Kung-Fu Kid, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Cloud Master, Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 2, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
This is how we got our information when retro games were current and it as a really fun way of doing it! These are some of the greatest mags in the US. What is your favorite gaming magazine? How about least favorite? Why? *Over 143 pages scanned for this episode. *Some magazines were so big that each page had to be scanned in multiple passes just to get the entire image. *Gameplay from Snail Maze (Master System), Batman (Genesis), Ecco the Dolphin (Dreamcast) and Jet Grind Radio (Dreamcast) are all shown briefly. *First episode released partnered with Screenwave Media.
If you've watched the show for awhile, you probably know that we like our racing games. Well, here's some of our favorites! What are your favorites? Games Shown: Dreamcast - Daytona USA, Hydro Thunder PlayStation 2 - World Rally Championship (WRC), Out Run 2006: Coast 2 Coast Xbox - Burnout 3: Takedown, MotoGP 3 SNES - F-Zero PlayStation - Road Rash Nintendo 64 - Wave Race 64 Saturn - Sega Rally Championship Game Boy Advance - Mario Kart Super Circuit
Ever have a game or series that you're dying for a proper sequel to be made? Yeah, us too. Genesis - Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 2, Streets of Rage 3, Golden Axe, Golden Axe 2, Golden Axe 3, Shining Force, Shining Force II Sega CD - Shining Force CD, Popful Mail, Golden Axe (from Sega Arcade Classics Collection) TurboGrafx-16 - JJ & Jeff (Ken Chan and Kato Chan) SNES - Axelay PlayStation - Return Fire, Jumping Flash 2 PlayStation 2 - Okami PSP - LocoRoco, LocoRoco 2
Whatever happened to that one game? Why did some games just not get remembered very well by the masses or the companies that made them? Are they good games? Bad games? Let's find out! Games Shown: Genesis - Ristar SNES - Stunt Race FX, Uniracers Sega CD - Wonder Dog PlayStation 2 - The Mark of Kri TurboGrafx-16 - Bravoman PlayStation - Crash Team Racing Saturn - Bug!, Astal Game Boy - Solar Striker
Let's take a look at Sega's 32X add-on for the Genesis/Mega Drive and all of its games. Is it as horrible as the internet would lead you to believe or the best thing that has ever happened to gaming? Perhaps somewhere in between? Games Shown: 32X - Kolibri, Star Wars Arcade, Shadow Squadron, Darxide, Knuckles' Chaotix, Virtua Racing Deluxe, Virtua Fighter, Metal Head, Tempo, Zaxxon Motherbase 2000, Star Trek Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator, World Series Baseball, RBI Baseball '95, Space Harrier, After Burner II Complete, WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game, WWF Raw, FIFA Soccer 96, Cosmic Carnage, Pitfall The Mayan Adventure, Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw, NFL Quarterback Club, T-Mek, Mortal Kombat II, Primal Rage, BC Racers, Toughman Contest, Doom, Spider-Man: Web of Fire, Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV, Motocross Championship, NBA Jam Tournament Edition, Golf Magazine Presents 36 Great Holes starring Fred Couples
Another Game Sack Halloween Special with games that will permanently paralyze you with fear as well as another scary Game Sack movie! Games Shown: Arcade - Splatterhouse NES - Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti Sega Master System - Ghost House TurboGrafx-16 - Splatterhouse Genesis - Splatterhouse 2, Splatterhouse 3 Super Nintendo - Majyūō (King of Demons) Saturn - D, Deep Fear Xbox - Otogi, Otogi 2 PlayStation 3 - Splatterhouse
Every wonder how a remake of a game compares to the original? So do we! So in this episode we check some of them out! Games Shown: Arcade - Chuka Taisen PC Engine - Chuka Taisen PC Engine Super CD - Dracula X - Rondo of Blood Sega Master System - Cloud Master PSP - Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, Mega Man Powered Up NES - Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2 (US), Super Mario Bros 2 (JP), Super Mario Bros 3, Duck Tales, Mega Man, Mega Man 2, Mega Man 3, Chuka Taisen, Metroid SNES - Super Mario All-Stars Genesis - Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse, Flashback: The Quest for Identity, Mega Man: The Wiley Wars Game Boy Advance - Metroid Zero Mission PlayStation 3 - Castle of Illusion, Ducktales Remastered Xbox 360 - Flashback Wii - The Monkey King: The Legend Begins
Sometimes a sequel or a follow-up just doesn't live up to the standards of the original. Do people expect too much or did the developer make changes they shouldn't have? Games Shown: NES - The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II:The Adventure of Link, Blaster Master Genesis - Toejam & Earl, ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron, El Viento, Rocket Knight Adventures, Sparkster, Cool Spot, Spot Goes to Hollywood SNES - Sparkster, Cool Spot Sega CD - Annet Futatabi PlayStation - Blaster Master Blasting Again, ESPN Xtreme Games, 2Xtreme Wii - Excite Truck, Excite Bots
Let's take a look at some sequels which actually improve upon the original! Games Shown: Sega Master System - Wonder Boy, Wonder Boy in Monster Land TurboGrafx-16 - The Legendary Axe, The Legendary Axe II, Alien Crush, Devil's Crush Genesis - Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park Rampage Edition SNES - Pilotwings Game Boy - The Castlevania Adventure, Castlevania II: Belmosnt's Revenge, Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Nintendo 64 - Pilotwings 64 PlayStation 2 - God of War, God of War II
Oh c'mon, don't be such a curmudgeon! Just watch, it's fun! Sports games are videogames too and despite what most of us may think about them, they do deserve a bit of time in the spotlight. What are some of YOUR favorite sports games and why? Games Shown: NES - Bases Loaded, Bases Loaded 2, Tecmo Bowl Sega Master System - Reggie Jackson Baseball, Super Tennis Genesis - Tommy Lasorda Baseball, Sports Talk Baseball, John Madden Football (all of them for the system), Pat Riley Basketball, Lakers vs Celtics and the NBA Playoffs, Bulls vs Blazers, David Robinson's Supreme Court, NBA Live 95, James "Buster" Douglas Knockout Boxing/Final Blow, Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing, Greatest Heavyweights SNES - Hal's Hole in One Golf, Super Tennis, Super Bases Loaded, Tecmo Super Bowl, Tecmo Super Bowl III Neo Geo - Baseball Stars Professional Saturn - Decathlete, Winter Heat, Worldwide Soccer/Sega International Victory Goal Dreamcast - Virtua Athlete 2000
Sometimes fans take it upon themselves to make some cool stuff for our favorite game consoles. Games Shown: NES - Sir Ababol, Battle Kid, Castlevania 2 (hack) Sega Master System - Digger Chan Genesis - Sacred Line Genesis, Glass Breaker MD, Project MD, Bad Apple SNES - Road Blaster, Super Mario Odyssey, SNES Test Program, Star Ocean (English hack), Seiken Densetsu 3 (English hack), Ys V (English hack) TurboGrafx-16 - Tongueman's Logic, Reflectron TurboGrafx CD - Mysterious Song, Insanity
In this episode we review the Retro Duo Portable which plays SNES cartridges and also includes an adapter to play NES games. We also take a look at some of Retrobit's accessories like the Super Retroadvance GBA adapter and the RetroGEN Genesis adapter. No game reviews but quick, direct-feed footage is shown of Contra 3 (RDP and SNES), Mega Man 2 (RDP), Castle of Illusion (RetroGEN and Genesis), Karnaaj (Super Retro Advance) and Rastan (RetroGEN and Sega Master System)
NO we didn't have Starfox 2 when we made this episode! Anyway, many games are planned, designed and made. But not all are released for one reason or another. So let's take a look at some of the games which were planned for consumers but never made it to store shelves. Games Shown: NES - Star Trek V The Final Frontier, Sunman Genesis - ResQ, Fido Dido, Time Trax, Mr. Nutz 2: Hoppin' Mad, Jim Power: The Arcade Game SNES - Mr. Bloopy, Jelly Boy 2, Mr Tuff, Wile E. Coyote's Revenge, Steven Seagal is The Final Option Saturn - Major Damage Dreamcast - Toejam & Earl 3, Half Life
Let's take a look at the awesome, Japan-exclusive Sharp X68000 PC which played a hell of a lot of great games. Games Shown: Sharp X68000 - Star Wars: Attack on the Death Star, Gradius, Salamander, Gradius 2, Nemesis 90 Kai, Super Hang-On, Akumajou Dracula, Thunder Force II, Etoile Princesse, Aquales, Mad Stalker, The Cockpit, Geograph Seal Shorter Reviews: Genocide, Genocide 2, Crossfire EX, The Return of Ishtar, After Burner II, Space Harrier, Alien Syndrome, Cotton Fantastic Night Dreams, Akazukin Cha Cha Cha, Gemini Wing, Daimakaimura (Ghouls 'n Ghosts), Naious, Marble Madness, Strider, Granada, Star Trader, Street Fighter II' Champion Edition, Super Street Fighter II The New Challengers, Thunder Blade, Sol Feace, Final Fight, Arcus Odyssey, Overtake, Undeadline
More great arcade games that never saw the light of day on a home console! Games Shown: Arcade - B.Rap Boys, Battletoads, Mystic Warriors, Bucky O'Hare, Blood Bros., Hook, Boogie Wings, Night Slashers, Nitro Ball, Thunder Cross II
Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat were sure popular when the 16-bit console era was in full swing. Not every game can be either of those, so let's take a look at some of the other fighting games from that era. Games Shown: SNES - Ranma ½ Hard Battle, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters, Dragon Ball Z Super Butouden 2, Clay Fighter, Killer Instinct Genesis - Budokan, Fighting Masters, Eternal Champions, Virtua Fighter 2 Sega CD - Eternal Champions Challenge From the Dark Side TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine - Strip Fighter 2
It's our 100th episode! So this is our top 10 favorite 16-bit games.
Some mascots just didn't catch the world on fire like Mario, Sonic or Captain Novolin, so let's take a look at some who tried and failed.
Let's take a look at the first PlayStation console and a bunch of its games! What are some of your favorite games on the PlayStation 1?
Here's some more import-only games that publishers didn't see fit to release outside of Japan.
The Neo Geo was an amazing console that had perfect versions of the arcade game playable at home. They eventually released a CD version of the console to help more people to be able to afford it. So let's look at the system and a bunch of its games!
No episode theme here. Just games we wanna talk about! Let us know if you'd like to see more episodes like this.
Ever notice how some games on different systems are called the exact same thing, but feature completely different stages or even play styles?
The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer was manufactured by several different companies and tried to push the envelope in its time. So let's look at the system and a bunch of its games! What do you think of the 3DO? Games Shown: Shockwave, Shockwave 2, Super Street Fighter 2, PO'ed, Crash 'N Burn, Trip'D, Total Eclipse, Cyberdillo, Guardian War, Stellar 7, Space Hulk, Road Rash, Plumbers Don't Wear Ties, Way of the Warrior, Captain Quazar, The Need for Speed, Star Control 2, Burning Soldier, Cannon Fodder, Return Fire, Virtuoso, Gex, Strahl, Killing Time, Bladeforce, The Horde, Lucienne's Quest
Our review of the Retron 5! *Thanks to Eric Lappe for loaning the Retron 5!
We talk about some more fighting games. Which games would you like to see us talk about next? Games Shown: Genesis - Justice League Task Force PC Engine Super CD-ROM - Advanced VG Super Nintendo - Super VG, Justice League Task Force Neo Geo - The King of Fighters '99 Neo Geo CD - Gangan / Aggressors of Dark Kombat, The King of Fighters '94, The King of Fighters '95, The King of Fighters '96, The King of Fighters '97, The King of Fighters '98 Saturn - Marvel Super Heroes, Dead or Alive PlayStation - Rival Schools, Guilty Gear, Soul Blade Dreamcast - Soul Calibur, Dead or Alive 2 PlayStation 2 - Soul Calibur III Xbox - Soul Calibur II, Dead or Alive 3 GameCube - Soul Calibur II Xbox 360 - Soul Calibur IV, Dead or Alive 4
It's finally time to talk about some of the games that were never released outside of Europe and the PAL region. You might be surprised at how good some of the games are! What are some other ones that would be interesting for us to try?... That is if we can get them running. Games Shown: NES - Noah's Ark Sega Master System - Asterix, Running Battle Mega Drive - The Second Samurai SNES - Asterix, Hanna-Barbera Turbo Toons, Jelly Boy, Super Dany Nintendo 64 - Taz Express PlayStation 2 - Masters of the Universe: He-Man Defender of Grayskull
Ever want to fix your broken systems or maybe add something that wasn't originally there? It's your console, you have a right to do that. Our friend Bill mods 2 consoles while chatting with Joe.
Joe and Dave assign each other games to review. Are they trying to get the other to see their rival system in a new light or will they just give them bad games to punish them?
There are games that do more than you'd think possible on the consoles they run on. These are some of those games. Which games do you think push consoles or handhelds to their limits? Games Shown: NES - Cosmic Epsilon, Sesame Street Countdown, Recca: Summer Carnival '92, Batman: Return of the Joker Genesis - Red Zone, Mega Turrican, Alien Soldier SNES - Street Fighter Alpha 2 Game Boy Color - Shantae Saturn - Street Fighter Zero 3 PlayStation - Gran Turismo 2
This time we look at some titles that only gamers in North America got to enjoy. Should we be proud? Are these import-worthy games for those outside of North America?
Ever wonder how different the game you're playing is in another country? Every wonder WHY they made the changes that they did? One thing's for sure, changes are fascinating and sometimes baffling. *The Adventures of Bayou Billy/Mad City was to be included, but Dave chose Tetris Attack/Panel de Pon instead as gameplay footage had already been recorded. *A few examples of regional differences in Splatterhouse were also mentioned in the Gaming on Halloween 3 episode and are reiterated here.
Some movies get novelizations, comic book adaptations and of course videogames based on their premise. How do they hold up? Well let's take a look at some of them! Star Wars Arcade (32X), Jedi Power Battles (Dreamcast) and Rogue Leader (GameCube) make brief appearances in the Star Wars segment.
This is our panel from Retropalooza where we take questions from the audience. This was really fun for both of us!
More games that share the same name but are quite different or even completely different games... yeah kinda like the title says I guess. Which version comes to your mind first when someone mentions certain game names? Games Shown: Arcade - Shinobi, Shadow Dancer NES - NIghtshade, Darkwing Duck Game Boy - Alien 3, Beavis & Butt-Head Genesis - The Jungle Book, Power Rangers: The Movie, Alien 3, Beavis & Butt-Head, The Adventures of Batman & Robin, Shadow Dancer, Shadowrun TurboGrafx-16 - Darkwing Duck SNES - The Jungle Book, Power Rangers: The Movie, Alien 3, Beavis & Butt-Head, The Adventures of Batman & Robin, Shadowrun Sega CD - The Adventures of Batman & Robin, Shadowrun PlayStation 2 - Shinobi, Nightshade 3DS - Shinobi
Mechs and videogames seem like they were made for each other. There's nothing like using a mech to blow your enemies away. What are some of your favorite mech games? Games Shown: NES - Metal Storm Genesis - Target Earth Sega CD - Battlecorps SNES - Front Mission: Gun Hazard, Cybernator, Xardion Saturn - Gungriffon, Assault Suit Leynos 2 Nintendo 64 - Bangai-O Dreamcast - Bangai-O PlayStation 2 - Zone of the Enders
Sometimes sequels just aren't content with being plain sequels. Instead they almost try to be a different game entirely!
The exciting trailer for the moderately exciting show Game Sack.
Welcome to the next level! Let's take a good look at the Sega CD. It's not just an FMV-only machine. Games Shown: Snatcher, Spider-Man vs The Kingpin, AH3 ThunderStrike, Final Fight CD, Dark Wizard, Shining Force CD, Soul Star, The Terminator, Lunar: The Silver Star, Lunar: Eternal Blue, Vay, Devastator, Cliffhanger, Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco: Tides of Time, 3 Ninjas Kick Back, Battlecorps, Silpheed, Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari Arm, The Ninja Warriors, Dungeon Explorer, BC Racers, Jaguar XJ220, Formula One: Beyond the Limit, The Adventures of Batman & Robin, Popful Mail, Eye of the Beholder, Sonic CD, Rise of the Dragon, Space Adventure Cobra, Keio Flying Squadron, Robo Aleste, Panic, Batman Returns, Road Avenger
Sometimes a game gives a bad impression and you don't want anything more to do with it. But after enough time has passed, how about giving that game another try with a fresh state-of-mind and see if it grows on you.
This was part of our Halloween episode in 2013. Shot and edited in less than 36 hours (along with all of the other live-action parts of the episode). The Halloween episodes don't tend to do super well, so here's a stand-alone release for those of you who haven't seen it.
Let's take a close look at defunct developer and publisher Data East and the games they made.
Here we look at some of our favorite arcade-to-home conversions. What are some of yours?
More games that never saw release outside of Japan! Games Shown: Famicom - Nuts & Milk Game Boy - Fortified Zone 2 PC Engine - Bonze Adventure PC Engine CD - Ane-San Mega Drive - Twinkle Tale Mega CD - Urusei Yatsura: Dear My Friends, Warau Salesman/The Laughing Salesman Saturn - Lunar Magic School, Saturn Bomberman Fight!! PlayStation - Harmful Park, The Adventure of Little Ralph *Fortified Zone (Game Boy), Operation: Logic Bomb (SNES), Parodius (PC Engine), Air Zonk (TurboGrafx-16) and Lunar Magic School (Game Gear) make brief appearances. *Yes, Nuts & Milk is a real game. *Special appearance by The Game Chasers in the ending skit.
Here we focus on the CD-i, widely known for its educational software and bad Zelda games. But is there anything more to the system? Games Shown: Tetris, Hotel Mario, Pac-Panic, Burn Cycle, Zenith, The Apprentice, Link: The Faces of Evil, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, Tetsuo Gaiden, Zelda's Adventure, Kingdom: The Far Reaches, Kindom: Shadoin, Micro Machines, Solar Crusade, Escape from Cyber City, Kether, Mutant Rampage Body Slam, Thunder in Paradise Interactive, Atlantis: The Last Resort, The 7th Guest *Quick side-by-side of Micro Machines on CD-I, NES, and Genesis. *First episode with gameplay recorded entirely in composite video, since that's all the CD-I unit we used offered. *Thanks to BlueBMW for supplying the CD-I and games. He was not eager to get it back.
So how has Sega been doing since they stopped making consoles? Let's look at some of their games since then and see if they still have any magic left in them. Games Shown: Xbox - Out Run 2, Out Run 2006: Coast 2 Coast GameCube - Super Monkey Ball Adventure Wii - Sega Superstars Tennis, Sonic Colors, Nights: Journey of Dreams, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll, The House of the Dead 2&3 Return, The House of the Dead Overkill Xbox 360 - Sonic Generations, Virtua Fighter 5, Vanquish PlayStation 3 - Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Sonic & All*Stars Racing Transformed, The House of the Dead 4, Valkyria Chronicles PSP - Valkyria Chronicles 2
Sunsoft has long been a purveyor of quality games and franchises. Let's take a look at a bunch of 'em here! Games Shown: NES - Blaster Master, Fester's Quest, Batman: The Video Game, Batman: Return of the Joker, Fantasy Zone, Journey to Silius, Ufouria, Freedom Force Game Boy - Blaster Master Boy, Batman, Trip World Game Boy Color - Blaster Master Enemy Below, Project S-11 Genesis - Blaster Master 2, Batman, Superman, The Death and Return of Superman, Super Fantasy Zone SNES - Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel TurboGrafx-16 - Batman Saturn - Galaxy Fight, Waku Waku 7, Albert Odyssey PlayStation - Blaster Master: Blasting Again Wii - Blaster Master Overdrive
Do you feel like less of a man when you play a game starring a girl? Or perhaps it fulfills some desires? Or maybe it doesn't make a bit of difference whatsoever! Let's take a quick look at some games with the fairer sex in the leading role. Games Shown: Sega Master System - Phantasy Star Genesis - Monster World IV, Valis 3 SNES - Super Metroid Nintendo 64 - Perfect Dark, Mischief Makers PlayStation 2 - Tomb Raider Anniversary, Space Channel 5: Part 2 PlayStation 3 - Heavenly Sword PlayStation 4 - Alien Isolation *Syd of Valis (Genesis) appears briefly in the Valis 3 segment. *The ending sketch originally went on for a bit longer back and forth between Joe and Dave, but it ended up being cut as it just worked better as it is, super short. *First time we've covered a PS4 game! *Joe bought Alien Isolation just to cover in this episode. Good thing he ended up liking it!
Another interesting system that never left Japan! The NEC PC-FX was the sequel to the TurboGrafx-16 also known as the PC Engine. This system is definitely odd. Would you ever want one of these? Games Shown: PC-FX - Team Innocent, Zeroigar, Boundary Gate, Battle Heat, Tengai Makyo Karakui Kakutouden, Blue Breaker, Welcome to Pia Carrot, Miraculum, Power Dolls FX, Raruli Ra Rura, Der Langrisser FX, Last Imperial Prince, Zenki FX, Fire Woman Matoigumi, Farland Story FX, Dragon Knight 4, Chip Chan Kick, Nirgends *Thanks to Blu BMW for providing the PC-FX system and SamIam for providing some usefull info and PC-FX music!
Let's take a look at more games that seem to do more than you might think a certain platform would be able to do! Games Shown: NES - Kirby's Adventure, Super Mario Bros. 3 Genesis - Gunstar Hereos, Contra Hard Corps Game Boy - Race Drivin', Faceball 2000, Zas Game Boy Color - Dragon's Lair SNES - Rendering Ranger R2, StarFox, Doom, Stunt Race FX, Yoshi's Island PlayStation - Tekken 3 Nintendo 64 - Resident Evil 2, Conker's Bad Fur Day, F-Zero X PlayStation 2 - Shadow of the Colossus, God of War II, Tekken 5, Gran Turismo 4 GameCube - Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II
Like many other companies, SNK tried to take on the Game Boy in the late 90's with this interesting handheld. It didn't last long but it was pretty cool while it was around. So let's look at the system and a bunch of games for it! Games Shown: Metal Slug 1st Mission, Metal Slug 2nd Mission, Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure, King of Fighters R-1, King of Fighters R-2, Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999, Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown 2, Rockman: Battle and Fighters, The Last Blade, The Match of the Millennium: SNK vs Capcom, Neo Turf Masters, Baseball Stars Color, Dynamite Slugger, Pocket Tennis Color, Fatal Fury First Contact, SNK Gals Fighters, Cardfighters' Clash: SNK vs Capcom SNK version, Cardfighters 2 Expand Edition, Biomotor Unitron, Faselei!, Pac-Man, Bust-A-Move Pocket, Puyo Pop, Magical Drop Pocket, Puzzle Link, Puzzle Link 2, Big Bang Pro Wrestling, Cool Boarders Pocket, Evolution: Eternal Dungeons, Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams
Do you like collecting repros of popular, more expensive and harder to find games? Let's look at the ones we have. Games Shown: NES - Sweet Home TurboGrafx-16 CD - Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire, Bonk 3 CD, Dungeon Explorer 2, Godzilla, Dynastic Hero, Cycho Rider, Startling Odyssey 2, Xak III Genesis - Alien Soldier SNES - Starfox 2, BS The Legend of Zelda Ancient Stone Tablets, Shodai Nekketsu Koha Kunio-kun (River City Ransom 2), BS Excitebike, Shockman BS, Magical Pop'n *There were over 130 different camera shots done for this episode which lengthened the production time.
Some games are only available via digital download. But some of these are so good that we'd love physical copies. What games would you like to see physical copies of? Games Shown: Wii - Gradius ReBirth, Contra ReBirth, Castlevania The Adventure ReBirth, Lost Winds, Lost Winds 2 Xbox 360 - Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon PlayStation 3 - After Burner Climax, Daytona USA, Scott Pilgrim vs The Word: The Game, Hard Corps Uprising, Dead Nation 3DS - 3D Space Harrier, 3D Out Run, 3D Super Hang-On, 3D Thunderblade PlayStation 4 - Shovel Knight, FEZ, Axiom Verge *Many games were recorded, edited and then removed because they had physical releases in Japan. Removed segments include the new Strider, Urban Trial Freestyle and Limbo. Urban Trial Freestyle will appear in a future episode. *The ending skit was shot at Dave's house in a timespan of about 45 minutes.
In the most recent episode "Games That Need a Physical Release" we removed several game reviews. One after the episode was released and 3 before it was released. That's because all of these games had physical releases that our research team didn't find. We have since fired all of our researchers and fed them to alligators. We fed a few to crocodiles just to cover all the bases. Anyway now for the first or possibly second time EVER you can watch these reviews online from the extreme comfort of your own current location. Unless you're in jail. You can still watch them, it just won't be comfortable. Enjoy anyway!
Most consoles require you to obtain an official license to produce games for it and to meet certain quality standards. Not every publisher is willing to do that. So let's take a look at some of the games that were released without the license. Games Shown: NES - Camerica Quattro Adventure and Quattro Arcade, Chiller, Bubble Bath Babes, Tetris (Tengen), Fantasy Zone (Tengen), Shinobi, After Burner, Alien Syndrome, Bee 52, Toobin' Genesis - Barver Battle Saga, V.R. Fighter vs Taken 2, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Sonic Jam 6, Lion King 2, Lion King 3, Shui Hu Feng Yun Zhuan
Yes, I am a grown man. Back Shenmue 3!
Don't you love getting one disc with multiple games on it? Yes? No? Well we take a look at a few notable compilations here in this episode. Let us know of some good compilations that we should check out! Games Shown: Sega CD - Sega Classics Arcade Collection PlayStation 2 - Megaman X Collection, Taito Legends, Taito Legends 2, Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2, Fantasy Zone Complete Collection Wii - SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1, Metal Slug Anthology, Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition Xbox - Capcom Classics Collection Xbox 360 - Namco Museum Virtual Arcade PlayStation 3 - Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
Thanks to everyone who attended the panel. We know that it was overcrowded and not air-conditioned at all. Sticking through it all the way really meant a lot to us. And mega-apologies to those of you who couldn't get in! We addressed the convention multiple times in the months leading up about getting a bigger room and never got a response. Again thank you guys so much for coming to see us and ask us questions.
Kart racers added very fun aspects to the normal "Go faster to win" aspect of most racing games. Here we take a look at some of the more interesting ones. What's your favorite kart racer? How about least favorite? Games Shown: SNES - Super Mario Kart Game Boy Color - Mickey's Speedway USA Game Boy Advance - Mario Kart Super Circuit, Konami Krazy Racers PlayStation - Chocobo Racing Nintendo 64 - Mario Kart 64, South Park Rally, Diddy Kong Racing, Mickey's Speedway USA PlayStation 2 - Pac-Man World Rally, Bomberman Kart Xbox - Crash Nitro Kart GameCube - Mario Kart Double Dash Nintendo DS - Mario Kart DS PSP - Modnation Racers PlayStation 3 - Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing, Little Big Planet Karting Wii - Mario Kart Wii 3DS - Mario Kart 7 Wii U - Mario Kart 8, Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed Arcade - Mario Kart Arcade
Sometimes we just can't figure how to fit certain games into an episode. Well here are some of those games! Guest starring Pat Kilbane as the Humor Coach. Games Shown: NES - Mega Man, Whomp 'Em Game Boy - Gargoyle's Quest Genesis - McDonald's Treasureland Adventure PlayStation - Loaded PlayStation 2 - Downhill Domination PlayStation 3 - Demon's Souls, Urban Trial Freestyle, Dragon's Crown Wii - Muramasa - The Demon Blade PC - Ys Origin *Shot simultaneously with the Gaming Compilations episode.
We've done regular ol' sports games, now lets look at some which are a bit different for the better or worse. Games Shown: NES - Caveman Games, Super Dodge Ball, Punch-Out!! TurboGrafx-16 - Ballistix Genesis - Arch Rivals, NBA Jam, American Gladiators, Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, Mutant League Football, Mutant League Hockey SNES - Super Punch-Out!! 32X - NBA Jam: Tournament Edition Neo Geo CD - Super Baseball 2020 GameCube - Sega Soccer Slam, Mario Superstar Baseball Wii - Punch-Out!! *Game Sack returned to being weekly starting wit this episode! *This one has been on the burner for a while. Once the previous sports episode hit 60,000+ views we decided it was time to go ahead with this one. Hopefully this one will do much better. *Super Baseball 2020 was recorded specifically for this episode back when the Neo Geo CD episode was made.
Sample or demo discs come in all shapes and sizes. Well actually they're pretty much all the same size and definitely the same shape. But you know what we mean! Let's take a look at some cool demo discs! Games Shown: Turbo Duo - Air Zonk 3-in-1 Kiosk Demo Sega CD - Dragon's Lair Demo CD Saturn - Choice Cuts Sega Saturn Video Sampler, Panzer Dragoon Playable Preview PlayStation - Spyro the Dragon Demo Disc, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete Demo Disc, Squaresoft Collector's CD, PlayStation Underground Jampack Winter 1998 3DO - 3DO Interactive Sampler #'s 1, 2 and 4 Dreamcast - November 1999, September 2000, December 2000, February 2001 PlayStation 2 - Skygunner Demo CD, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Konami Preview Disc GameCube - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc, Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike Limited Edition Preview Disc, Mario Kart: Double Dash Bonus Disc
Commodore released this peculiar system in September of 1993 and it was marketed as 32-bit. It only lasted until April of 1994. Let's take a look at the system and some of its games! Games Shown: Amiga CD32 - Arabian Nights, Bubble and Squeak, The Chaos Engine, Beneath a Steel Sky, Bump and Burn, Top Gear 2, Guardian, Super Stardust, Overkill, Lunar-C, Deep Core, Gloom, Roadkill, Pinball Illusions, Pinball Fantasies, Alien Breed Tower Assault, Alien Breed 2, Alien Breed 3D, Zool, Zool 2, Simon the Sorcerer, Superfrog, Battletoads, Skeleton Krew, Liberation, James Pond 2 Codename Robocod, James Pond 3 Operation Starfish, Heimdall 2, Pierre Le Chef is Out to Lunch, Naughty Ones, Disposable Hero, Banshee, Fightin' Spirit
Let's check out some more interesting one-on-one fightin' games! Games Shown: Neo Geo - SvC Chaos: SNK vs Capcom PlayStation - Ehrgeiz, Battle Arena Toshinden 2, Bloody Roar, Bloody Roar 2 Dreamcast - Guilty Gear X Wii - Castlevania Judgment *The arcade versions of Battle Arena Toshinden 2, Erhgeiz and Beastorizer are shown briefly. *A fly was bothering Joe which made him do an animation about punching a fly. The ending was built around this just to use the clip.
Even more great games that were only ever released in Japan. Get your wallet ready. Or your emulator if your wallet is crying for mercy. Games Shown: Game Boy - Noobow SNES - Flying Hero, Ganbare Goemon 2 Saturn - The Game Paradise!, Gale Racer GameCube - Kururin Squash! *Power Drift (Saturn) is shown breifly in the Gale Racer segment. *I don't care what anyone says, Sword of Vermilion is enjoyable!
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An extremely large number of video games that originate in Japan are licensed from properties that started as a manga and/or anime. Games Shown: NES - Hokuto No Ken, Hokuto no Ken 3, Hokuto no Ken 4. Fist of the North Star, Golgo 13 Sega Master System - Hokuto no Ken, Black Belt Genesis - Shin Seikimatsu Kyuseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken, Last Battle SNES - U.N. Squadron Game Boy Advance - Shamen King: Master of Spirits, Astro Boy Dreamcast - Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage *U.N. Squadron (Arcade), Forgotten Worlds (Turbo Duo) and Lords of Thunder (Turbo Duo) show up briefly in the U.N. Squadron segment. *Both Game Boy Advance games had to be re-recorded as the original videos were of very low quality.
There's been lots and lots of games that have been controversial. So let's look at a few that made some headlines. Games Shown: Genesis - Mortal Kombat SNES - Fighter's History Sega CD - Night Trap PlayStation - Thrill Kill PC - Doom PlayStation 4 - Grand Theft Auto V *Lots of footage from both Senate Hearings Committee meetings from C-SPAN used. *Both Mortal Kombat (SNES) and Mortal Kombat 2 (SNES) make a brief appearance in the Mortal Kombat segment and Fighter's History (Arcade) makes an appearance in it's own segment, obviously.
The Game Boy was a juggernaut for Nintendo despite it's blurry, greenish screen and black and white graphics. So let's take a quick look at a bunch of different Game Boy games and see what all the hubbub was about. Games Shown: Game Boy - Burai Fighter Deluxe, Bionic Commando, Duck Tales 2, The Castlevania Adventure, Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge, Castlevania Legends, Kid Dracula, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, Pokemon Red Version, The Sword of Hope, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Land, Donkey Kong Land 2, Tetris, Dr. Mario, Solomon's Club, Balloon Kid, Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters, Trax, Revenge of the Gator, Kirby's Pinball Land, Kirby's Dream Land, Kirby's Dream Land 2, Operation C, Contra The Alien Wars, Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Nemesis, Gradius: The Interstellar Assault, Metroid II: Return of Samus, Ninja Gaiden Shadow, Space Invaders, Small Soldiers
More arcade games that never got ported to a console. Why not?
Some games that don't get released outside of Japan just aren't very playable to us English-speaking folk. But some dedicated bilingual fans have fixed that for us. You can often play these games on an emulator, an EverDrive-type flash drive on a real console or burning a CD if your console can run that. Games Shown: NES - Akira, Fire Emblem, Cocoron Genesis - Rent A Hero, King Colossus Saturn - Shining Force III: Scenario 2 - Target Child of God, Shining Force 3: Scenario 3 - Bulzome Rising *Shining Force 3: Scenario 1 - God Warrior of the Kingdom (Saturn) makes a brief appearance in the Shining Force 3 segment (duh). *First episode using the Zoom H5 mic which replaced the old Zoom H4n.
Sometimes it sucks to be a gamer in North America as even Europe will get some games from Japan that we don't. Let's take a look at some of them here. Games Shown: NES - Devil World, Trolls in Crazyland, Crackout, Over Horizon Genesis - Zero Wing Game Boy - Hammerin' Harry: Ghost Building Company SNES - Twin Bee: Rainbow Bell Adventure, Terranigma Game Boy Advance - Kuru Kuru Kururin *Joe really enjoyed making the Zero Wing intro voiceover, but Cat's voice in particular caused a bit of vocal strain and he could not finish the rest of the episode's recording until 2 days later.
Let's check out some 3D platformers. Do you prefer 2D or 3D platformers? What 3D platformers would you like us to look at next? Games Shown: Dreamcast - Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2 PlayStation 2 - Jak II, Maximo PlayStation 3 - Mirror's Edge Wii - Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2 *Dave originally wanted to cover Journey as a 3D platformer but we decided it was not really much of a platformer. He chose Mirror's Edge instead. Same difference?
You may have heard some bad stuff about certain games or look at them and think that they probably won't deliver much fun. We're here to tell you otherwise. You are required to change all of your opinions after watching this episode. Or not. Games Shown: NES - Milon's Secret Castle TurboGrafx-16 - China Warrior Genesis - Altered Beast, Shadow Blasters SNES - Hook Nintendo 64 - Yoshi's Story *Altered Beast (Arcade, Sega Master System, Famicom, PC Engine and PC Engine CD) all appear briefly in the Altered Beast segment and are involved in a sexy side-by-side comparison. Hook (Sega CD) appears briefly in the Hook segment. Zoom (Genesis) appears briefly in the Shadow Blasters segment. *Dave and Joe both feel that the ending segment sucks almost as much as Beast Wrestler does.
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We're both big fans of video pinball. Are you? Video pinball has the capability of doing things that no real pinball table could ever dream of doing. But is that always a good thing? Games Shown: Genesis - Sonic Spinball, Crüe Ball TurboGrafx-16 - Time Cruise Game Boy Advance - Sonic Pinball Party, Pokémon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire Saturn - Digital Pinball: The Necronomicon PlayStation 2 - Flipnic *Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and also Sonic the Hedgehog 2 appear briefly in the Sonic Spinball segment. *Both Joe and Dave really love video pinball. There are a couple references to the early Naxat Pinball episode if you look closely enough.
We take a look at more shooters on the SNES. Games Shown: SNES - Darius Twin, Super Nova, Strike Gunner STG, D-Force, The Hunt for Red October, Biometal, Imperium, Aero Fighters *Aero Fighters (Arcade) appears briefly in the Aero Fighters segment. *The Super Nova segment was added a week after Joe and Dave got back from Portland and just as Joe was getting over his cold. The rest of Joe's dialog was recorded before the trip to Portland. If you listen closely you can tell. *The controller at the end is real and is the Dempa Micomsoft XE-1AP. The footage of M.U.S.H.A. being played is actual footage of the controller being used with the game. M.U.S.H.A. is one of the few games that are compatible with the analog controller.
Ever have a game (or games) that you just couldn't finish but always wanted to? They taunt you from the shelf, knowing that they are better than you. Will they forever remain unbeaten? Games Shown: NES - Ninja Gaiden, Legendary Wings Sega Master System - Alex Kidd in Shinobi, Lord of the Sword TurboGrafx-16 - The Legendary Axe SNES - Earthworm Jim 2 *Damn these games for getting the best of us! Still, this was a very enjoyable episode to make.
This time we check out some games that Japan missed out on but that multiple other regions enjoyed. How bad do you think Japan felt about not getting these? Games Shown: NES - Adventures in the Magic Kingdom, Batman Returns Genesis - Greendog - The Beached Surfer Dude, Pocahontas, Boogerman SNES - Secret of Evermore, Boogerman *Murumasa (Wii) appears VERY briefly in the Secret of Evermore segment. Batman (Genesis) appears briefly in the Batman Returns segment. *Features some stop motion animation of the Greendog cart inserted into the Genesis
This is it! The most powerful system ever created in the history of time!! At least that's what Chad the mighty Game Lord at SNK would have you believe. Correspondence with him back in the day as well as SNK's ads are what prompted the 'tude of this episode.
Lots of games are released as download-only titles. But hat happens when the service goes offline in the future and you want to play your game on a different system? Physical copies to the rescue! Let's take a look at some games that we were lucky enough to get hard copies of.
So many polygons, so little time. Why not make room for some 2D action which didn't get as much love in the 32-bit era as it should have. Here's some of those games.
There are a lot of fighting games out there and inour quest to cover a good majority of them we bring you the third (actually fourth) installment in our episodes dedicated to one-on-one fighting games.
Time for more kart racing games including one that some REALLY want us to cover.
Due to popular request we bring you some wrestling games on various systems. Which is your favorite wrestling game?
Games don't NEED violence to be good. Let's take a look at some of the ones that accomplish this. What are some of your favorite non-violent games?
Now it's time for some really violent games, so we picked some that definitely deliver. What other violent games do you enjoy?
We take a look at publisher Renovation Products and ALL of the games they ever released... including a couple they were planning to but never did.
We continue taking a look at publisher Renovation Products and ALL of the games they ever released... including a couple they were planning to but never did.
We're back and we bring you an overview of the PS2 and some of it's games. This is not a greatest hits compilation. What are some of your favorite PS2 games? What does the system mean to you?
Once again we take a look at some cool things the gaming community is doing themselves on the retro scene, from modifying existing games to making new ones from the ground up. Retro games will always be alive!
We take a break from our normal formula to make fun of other Youtube gaming channels like AVGN Irate Gamer HappyConsoleGamer Metal Jesus and more! Who should we parody next?
Mmmmm this is a tasty episode that is sure to satisfy your hunger and quench your thirst!
Do some games take perhaps a bit too much inspiration from other, more popular games? Let's find out!
Joe and Dave pick some games that feature some great music. If this episode is well-received we will be sure to cover this topic again (we really, really want to!) What's some of your favorite game music?
Sometimes publishers take a franchise and rebuild it from scratch for whatever reason. Let's check out some of those games and see how they compare with the originals!
It's time to cover one of the greatest consoles in history. We look at the system and a lot of it's more exclusive games. What are your favorite memories of the 16-bit Nintendo console?
Time to check out some more games that do things with the console you might not have originally thought possible! NES - Crisis Force, BattleToads, Metal Storm GameBoy - Toy Story, X Genesis - The Adventures of Batman & Robin, Toy Story SNES - Toy Story Nintendo 64 - World Driver Championship Gamecube - F-Zero GX PlayStation 3 - Grand Theft Auto V *The Pokémon Go ending skit was intended for a later episode but quickly attached to this one before release. We didn't want to be late jumping on the Pokémon Go bandwagon. The ending skit that was originally made for this episode will appear in a later one. *The Pokémon Go ending skit was shot at 24 frames per second for no particular reason. *The Adventures of Batman & Robin (Sega CD) appears briefly in it's own segment. Resident Evil 4 (or is that 4 Resident Evil?) appears in the F-Zero GX segment. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4 version) appears in its own segment.
TurboGrafx-16 - Keith Courage in Alpha Zones, Alien Crush, Dungeon Explorer, Victory Run, Blazing Lazers, R-Type, Vigilante, China Warrior. The Legendary Axe, Power Golf, World Class Baseball GameBoy - Tetris, Tennis, Baseball, Alleyway, Super Mario Land Saturn - Virtua Fighter, Clockwork Knight, Bug!, Daytona USA, Worldwide Soccer Sega International Victory Goal, NHL All Star Hockey, Panzer Dragoon Xbox - Halo, Dead or Alive 3, Project Gotham Racing, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure, Soul Calibur, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, Power Stone, Hydro Thunder, Blue Stinger, The House of the Dead 2 Gamecube - Waverace Blue Storm, Luigi's Mansion, Star Wars Rougue Leader Rougue Squadron II, Super Monkey Ball, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Sometimes life gets in the way and games sit around unplayed. These are our first time playing the games in this episode. TurboGrafx-16 Super CD - Shape Shifter SNES - Legend Dreamcast - Carrier, Spawn: In the Demon's Hand PlayStation 2 - Gun Xbox - ToeJam & Earl III: Mission to Earth *Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (arcade) appears briefly in the Legend segment. Recorded from the real acrade PCB. *The camera scenes (except the inserts and ending skit) were shot at 24 frames per second for no particular reason. 2 people actually noticed! *The ending skit for this episode was originally shot for episode 173 and the Pokemon Go skit was shot during the production of this one.
Time to talk about more interesting games released only in Japan that YOU missed out on... unless you imported them. Famicom - Getsu Fuma Den Super Famicom - Zenki Battle Raiden, Battle Zeque Den Saturn - Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari PlayStation - Robbit mon Dieu PlayStation 2 - DreamMix TV: World Fighters *Zenki FX (PC-FX) appears briefly during the Zenki Battle Raiden segment. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) appears briefly during the Getsu Fuma Den segment. *There is no Game Sack logo when Joe and Dave first appear. *Ronnit mon Dieu was played on a PlayStation 3 and purchased from the Japanese PS3 online store.
*Insector X (Famicom) and Virtua Racing (Genesis, 32X, PS2) appear briefly. *Virtual Hydlide was fun to do. Not fun to play though. GAMES SHOWN- NES - Athena, Fist of the North Star Genesis - Flicky, The New Zealand Story, Insector X, Traysia SNES - Bebe's Kids, Ninja Gaiden Trilogy Mega CD - Game no Kanzume Vol 1, Game no Kanzume Vol 2 Saturn - Virtua Racing, Battle Monsters, Virtual Hydlide
Like some 2D (ish) gameplay with some 3D (ish) visuals? Well coincidentally we take a look at a few games like this in this very episode. What are some of your favorite 2.5D games? *Clockwork Knight and Mega Man 2 appear briefly in the Napple Tale and Mighty No. 9 segments, respectively. GAMES SHOWN- PlayStation - Pandemonium, G Darius Dreamcast - Napple Tale PSP - Ultimate Ghosts n' Goblins PlayStation 3 - Puppeteer PlayStation 4 - Mighty No. 9 Wii U - Yoshi's Woolly World
We take another exciting look at the Nintendo 64 and some of it's games we find interesting. GAMES SHOWN Nintendo 64 - Mystical Ninja starring Goemon, Goemon's Great Adventure, Castlevania, Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness, Body Harvest, Quest 64, Ogre Battle 64, Paper Mario, Star Fox 64, Hybrid Heaven, Mario Party, Mario Party 2, Mario Party 3, Pokemon Snap, Star Wars Rogue Squadron, Star Wars Shadow of the Empire, 1080°, Snowboard Kids, Rocket: Robot on Wheels, Wave Race 64, Mario Kart 64, F-Zero X, Road Rash 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Super Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Donkey Kong 64, Conker's Bad Fur Day
Wanna get rich quick? It's easy!!! Just spend less on videogames and you'll be a high roller in no time! Checkout some games worth considering in this episode if you don't want to spend a lot of money. GAMES SHOWN Genesis - Death Duel, Mickey Mania, Lotus Turbo Challenge, Lotus 2, Skitchin' Neo Geo - Art of Fighting 2 SNES - Top Gear, Top Gear 2 Saturn - Ghen War Xbox - Black
Spiritual sequel, successor, offshoot, etc. These are all terms to describe a game that is... well... a spiritual successor. Not a true follow-up game in the same series. GAMES SHOWN TurboGrafx-16 - Side Arms, Forgotten Worlds SNES - Pocky & Rocky Saturn - Radiant Silvergun Dreamcast - Metropolis Street Racer, Ikaruga Xbox - Project Gotham Racing, Project Gotham Racing 2 Xbox 360 - Project Gotham Racing 3, Project Gotham Racing 4, Forza Horizon, Rez HD, Omega Five Wii - Heavenly Guardian PlayStation 3 - Child of Eden, Limbo PlayStation 4 - Inside
Sometimes games are re-released in HD. Kind of like a Blu-ray version of a movie that was only on VHS or DVD before. But is it just a cash grab??? GAMES SHOWN - PlayStation 3 - Devil May Cry, God of War Origins Colllection, Prince of Persia Trilogy 3D, Silent Hill HD Collection, ICO and Shadow of Collossus Collection Xbox One - Resident Evil 4 PlayStation 2 - Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, Devil May Cry 3, Silent Hill 3, ICO, Shadow of the Collossus GameCube - Resident Evil 4, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones Xbox - Silent Hill 2 PSP - God of War: Chains of Olympus, God of War: Ghosts of Sparta *Joe really enjoyed doing this episode as it gave him a chance to nitpick differences in different versions. *Greendog!
Let's check out the original Xbox. It was a powerhouse of a console during its time, but not many people talk about this one much any more. They really should. Could this be the best Xbox console that ever was? GAMES SHOWN - Xbox - Panzer Dragoon Orta, Jet Set Radio Future, Jade Empire, Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Blinx: The Time Sweeper, Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space, Soul Calibur 2, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freedom Fighters, The Warriors, Enter the Matrix, Dragon's Lair 3D, MX vs ATV Unleashed, Crimson Skies, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, Forza Motorsport, Voodoo Vince, Red Dead Revolver, Conker: Live & Reloaded, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Mechassault, Mechassault 2: Lone Wolf, Burnout Revenge, Dead Man's Hand, Halo, Halo 2, Cold Fear, Shenmue 2, Spikeout: Battle Street
Sometimes ports of games to other consoles just don't work out as well as they should. GAMES SHOWN - NES - Ninja Gaiden, Rad Racer, The 3D Batles of World Runner, Super Mario Bros. Sega Master System - Shinobi, Out Run, Space Harrier, Alex Kidd in Miracle World Genesis - Thunder Force III, Streets of Rage SNES - Gradius III, Final Fight
This is an example of one of the exclusive series we have over at Final Bosses.
This time Joe and Dave take on the obscure Metal Slug-like arcade game from China called Demon Front.
Episode 01 of Playing with Sacks originally on Final Bosses. Shot back when the site was in the planning stages (February of 2015) and didn't even have a name yet.
Episode 02 - Made the same day as the Golden Axe PWS (February of 2015), we take Night Warriors on the Saturn for a head-to-head spin.
Episode 03 - We're back playing the Monkey Target minigame from the original Super Monkey Ball on the Gamecube. Dave's really good at it.
Episode 05 - We play some Total Carnage on the Super Nintendo!
Episode 06 - The arcade sequel to Golden Axe that never made it to a home console!
Episode 07 - Another great Konami beat-em-up that never appeared on home consoles.
This time we play the arcade version of Double Dragon from beginning to end using an actual arcade PCB.
Episode 1 - Welcome to the reboot of Playing with Sacks! We're going to do our best to deliver a new episode of PWS every Wednesday, released at 12:00am Mountain Time. We have a slightly new editing format compared to the old Final Bosses Playing with Sacks and we feel it works much better. These will only get better so we hope that you enjoy! And don't forget to suggest games you'd like to see on Playing with Sacks!
Episode 2 - For our second episode we tae on one of dave's favorites on the GameBoy, the super-slow Castlevania Adventure. It may be primitive but it's fun and has great music. Can we put an end to Dracula once and for all? Watch to find out!
Episode 3 - This week we play Streets of Rage 2 cooperatively. One of the best sequels to one of the best games of its time and often regarded as the pinnacle of the series. Will we beat it?
Episode 4 - Super Adventure Island was an early release for the Super Nintendo from Hudson Soft and is one of our favorites in the series! So let's give it a good, honest effort today!
Episode 5 - We give Contra III for the Super Nintendo a go, two players simultaneously which can actually make it tougher if one (or both) players does something dumb. Like what? Well, watch and find out!
Episode 6 - We beat the first Castlevania Adventure on GameBoy waaaaaay back in episode 2 if you can remember that far back. Now we take on its FAR superior sequel and have a lot more fun doing it. We think you'll have more fun with this episode as well. Can we beat it?
Episode 7 - We play the two-player mode of Chatting Parodius, aka Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius, aka Parodius ~Forever With Me~ on the Sega Saturn from Konami. This is a really fun shooter that doesn't get talked about (no pun intended) very much and was never released outside of Japan!
Episode 08 - Splatterhouse is super scary! BOO!! Aaaahh!!! Many stuffy parents didn't want their kids playing this one because then they'd worship Satan!!! We sacrifice our eternal souls to play this one for you! We play the more evil PC Engine version since the TurboGrafx version was ever-so-slightly changed.
Episode 9 - Jackie Chan is an amazing person who's been in some amazing movies and he's also the star of this amazing videogame. The NES version is awesome, but this one is that much better!
Episode 10 - We play through Joe's arcade PCB of The Astyanax, which was inspired by The Legendary Axe on the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 and they shared the same designer. This is radically different from the NES game of the same name. Will we have enough quarters to beat this one?
Episode 11 - Boo! That's really the gist of what you do as Polterguy, try to scare people out of the house in this exclusive game for the Sega Genesis. This is a very unique game and we haven't seen much like it anywhere else. So we give it our best here.
Episode 12 - Hardly anyone ever talks about Alien Storm much any more. It's a shame to because it's a great beat-em-up that's even better with two players. Originally a Sega arcade game, it received a decently faithful port to the Genesis in 1991.
Episode 13 - Time for some Magician Lord, one of the few side-scrolling platformers on the console, sadly. Played on the Neo Geo AES with Universe BIOS.
Episode 14 - Revenge of Shinobi is perhaps the best early Genesis game, one of the best games on the console and one of the best ninja games ever. Here we play Joe's copy which is the original version with Batman and Godzilla and other characters that were changed in later revisions of the game.
Episode 15 - The Master System version of this game doesn't get much love, especially from Joe who's all about the Genesis version. But Dave really enjoys this one. Will he be able to convince Joe that it's better than he thinks?
Episode 16 - We take on the NES port of the decently-popular arcade game from Data East and work cooperatively towards a common goal... the elimination of all evil!
This is a throwback episode, originally released for the now-defunct website Final Bosses back in April of '16 so it's pretty rough in comparison with modern episodes of Playing with Sacks. Playing with Sacks originated on Final Bosses on August 31, 2015. This is the only one of the original 13-episode Playing With Sacks run that hasn't been uploaded to YouTube, so here we are! Played on a real arcade PCB.
Episode 17 - Rastan was always a favorite arcade for both of us. Joe bought the arcade PCB a couple of years ago. Watch us do our best, no continues are allowed on the last level!
Episode 18 - We check out the Japanese version of The Adventures of Bayou Billy called Mad City. Konami made some interesting changes, especially to the game's difficulty. But did they go to far when they brought it over to the US?
Episode 19 - Astal was a very early 2D platformer for the Saturn with some wonderful graphics. Does the game itself hold up? Watch and find out!
Episode 20 - We're joined by special guest VFX artist Yoshi Vu and he wants us all to play Overcooked together! This is the most modern game we've played yet on Playing with Sacks. Will be be able to overcome the chaos and get people their food?
Episode 21 - Joe, Dave, and Yoshi try out different versions of Paperboy on Sega platforms!
Episode 22 - We're joined by Yoshi one last time to play some competitive Pocket Fighter! The player who loses must hand off the controller to the next person. This was really fun to make and I hope you have fun watching us compete!
Episode 23 - We're playing Windjammers on Joe's Neo Geo MVS. Who will win the most matches in this flying disc masterpiece? Is this just a fancy version of Pong? Doesn't matter because it's an absolute blast with two players!
Episode 24 - This time around we play through a recent homebrew port that was released for the Turbo last year. It's a love letter to many different games on the platform!
Episode 25 - Although it's a sports-based game, this one is actually SUPER fun with multiple players. Watch the weird faces we make as we play that we don't even know we're making! Who will win the decathlon, Joe or Dave?
Episode 26 - It's the last episode of Playing with Sacks for now and what better way to sign off than with a Castlevania game?
Episode 27 - Surprise Playing with Sacks episode! We really wanted to play Xeno Crisis on the Genesis on Youtube as we both love the game so naturally an episode of Playing with Sacks makes sense. This one's also available on pretty much every modern platform as well with more voices 'n stuff (though we haven't played those versions).
Some more games we've had for a while and never got around to playing... UNTIL NOW! These are our first impressions with these games. GAMES SHOWN - Genesis - Outlander PlayStation - Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle Dreamcast - Illbleed Wii - Counter Force, Lost in Shadow PlayStation 3 - Alice: Madness Returns, Red Dead Redemption
We look at the AVS which is a great NES alternative which plays games over HDMI with next to no lag! This is NOT a sponsored video. GAMES SHOWN - NES - Lots of various games shown for illustrative and test purposes, but not reviewed.
We compare games to each other and pick a winner. There can only be one survivor in these comparisons. What games would you like to see us to put into battle? GAMES SHOWN - NES - Ninja Gaiden, Rad Racer, The 3D Batles of World Runner, Super Mario Bros. Sega Master System - Shinobi, Out Run, Space Harrier, Alex Kidd in Miracle World Genesis - Thunder Force III, Streets of Rage SNES - Gradius III, Final Fight
More goodies that were never released outside of the fine land of Japan, including Policenauts! GAMES SHOWN - GameBoy - Chalvo 55 Mega Drive - Star Cruiser Super Famicom - Super Mad Champ Saturn - Policenauts Xbox - Metal Wolf Chaos GameBoy Advance - Densetsu no Sarfy
Analogue sent us this so we could review it. So we gave it a detailed inspection as we usually do. Is this something you would consider owning? GAMES SHOWN - NES - Lots of various games shown for illustrative and test purposes, but not reviewed.
Sometimes franchises come to an abrupt end. Why? We take a look at some games that could possibly be the cause of the death to certain franchises. GAMES SHOWN- GameBoy Advance - F-Zero GP Legend, F-Zero Climax Nintendo DS - Lunar: Dragon Song Xbox - Final Fight Streetwise Wii - Metroid: Other M Xbox 360 - Golden Axe: Beast Rider PlayStation 3 - Burnout: Crash
Time to have these systems battle it out and pick a winner once and for all! Games Sony PlayStation - Crash Bandicoot, Tomba, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Metal Gear Solid, MediEvil, Final Fantasy VII, Suikoden, Vandal Hearts, Final Fantasy Tactics, Alundra, Gran Turismo 2, Ridge Racer Type 4, CTR - Crash Team Racing, Motor Toon Grand Prix, Twisted Metal, Guilty Gear, Tekken 3, Soul Blade, Gradius Gaiden, Einhander, The Raiden Project and more. Saturn - Daytona USA, Sega Rally Championship, Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Super Street Fighter IIX, X-Men vs Street Fighter, Virtua Fighter 2, Fighting Vipers, Fighters Megamix, Dead or Alive, Metal Slug, The Legend of Oasis, Guardian Heroes, Saturn Bomberman, Galactic Attack, Radiant Silvergun, Nights, Burning Rangers, Quake, Steep Slope Sliders, Shining the Holy Ark, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Panzer dragoon, Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Dark Savior, Shining Force III, Dragon Force and more
We take another look at some more great games which originally were download-only that got releases on disc. *Defender 2 (NES) appears briefly in the Aqua Kitty segment. *Jen had to hold up Shantae in the ending skit as Dave was already using both hands to hold the PS4 and Joe was also on the camera too far away from Dave. Games shown - PlayStation 4 - Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, Lumo, Aqua Kitty, XeoDrifter Xbox One - Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition, Ori and the Blind Forest: The Definitive Edition
One wonders what goes through the minds of certain publishers when choosing the names to their games. What works in the meeting room doesn't always work in reality with gamers and their wallets.
We're back taking a look at more crappy ports that bring shame to the original versions they're based on.
Sometimes people like arguing about a game more than they like playing it. Let's take a look at some more games that cause great debate over how good they are... or aren't!
Now is the time to pit games head to head and see which one is better. There can be no ties. The winner is absolute and will go down in history as FACT.
We talk about every single light gun game available for the Saturn and even the PlayStation. Get ready for some screen flashing!
Some arcade games turn out to be quite different when they get ported home. If it weren't for the name, you might not even know it's the same game. Or is it even the same game? Let's check some of these games out!
We take a look at some more games that were remastered for the HD generation. Is this practice worthwhile or just a cash grab?
In the 90's, having a bad attitude was seen as a surefire way to success. It worked for Sonic, and if you want YOUR product to have that kind of prosperity then you need to pile on the Tude!. More Tude = More $$$. GAMES Genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog, Bubsy, Bubsy II, Socket, Chester Cheetah Too Cool to Fool, Chester Cheetah Wild Wild Quest, Earthworm Jim, Kid Chameleon, Awesome Possum, Greendog The Beached Surfer Dude, Toejam & Earl, Dinosaurs for Hire, Boogerman SNES - Radical Rex, Zombies Ate my Neighbors, Rocky Rodent, Mo Hawk & Jeadphone Jack Sega CD - Wild Woody 32X - Primal Rage Saturn - Bug!, Gex PlayStation - Bubsy 3D, Blasto, Crash Bandicoot Nintendo 64 - Gex 2, Gex 3 PlayStation 2- Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Xbox - Conker Live & Reloaded PlayStation 4 - Duke Nukem
We take another look at some video game magazines from the past!
We're back looking at the the underrated and overlooked games for the Turbo! GAMES TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine - Tiger Road, Samurai Ghost, Bonk's Adventure, Bonk's Revenge, Bonk 3, Gomola Speed, Liquid Kids, Son Son II, Bloody Wolf, Valkyrie no Densetsu, Super Star Soldier, Final Soldier, Soldier Blade, Ordyne, Galaga '90, Hana Taka Dana!?, New Adventure Island, Falcon, Gunboat, Marchen Maze, Final Lap Twin CD/Super CD/Duo - Bonk 3 CD, Last Alert, Shadow of the Beast, John Madden Duo CD Football, Godzilla, Pop 'n Magic, Cotton, Faussete Amour SuperGrafx - 1941 Counter Attack, Aldynes, Granzort, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Battle Ace, Darius Plus *This is a follow-up to episode 13 which was released over 6 years before this episode.
So we're looking at some accessories that are being made for your old consoles and we're taking a look at a few clone consoles as well!
We finally take a look at Sega's original portable system designed to take on the GameBoy. It's a curious little system that didn't quite reach the same levels of success but still has some fun stuff! GAMES: Game Gear - Ristar, Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2, Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe, Defenders of Oasis, Phantasy Star Gaiden, Sylvan Tale, Deep Duck Trouble, The Lucky Dime Caper, Land of Illusion, Legend of Illusion, Greendog, Alien Syndrome, Gunstar Heroes, Coca-Cola Kid, Fantasy Zone Gear, Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 2, GG Aleste, Power Strike 2, GG Doraemon, Shinobi, Shinobi 2, Panzer Dragoon Mini, Road Rash, Space Harrier, G-LOC Air Battle, Mega Man, Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco 2: Tides of Time, Devilish, Ninja Gaiden, Batman Returns, Tempo Jr.
We take another look at the last games in popular franchises that have seemed to die off. GAMES: NES - Castlevania Genesis - Earthworm Jim, Castlevania Bloodlines GameBoy - Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge SNES - The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse, Magical Quest 2 starring Mickey and Minnie/The Great Circus Mystery, Magical Quest 3 Saturn - Earthworm Jim 2 Nintendo 64 - Earthworm Jim 3D, Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Castlevania GameBoy Color - Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy GameBoy Advance - Banjo Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance PlayStation - Silent Hill, Dino Crisis, Dino Crisis 2 PlayStation 2 - Silent Hill 2, Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, Dino Stalker Xbox - Dino Crisis 3 Wii - Castlevania the Adventure Rebirth Xbox 360 - Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts PlayStation 3 - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 PlayStation Vita - Silent Hill: Book of Memories PlayStation 4 - P.T.
Let's check out some games that combine driving and fighting with weapons all the while! GAMES: Genesis - Car Combat, Rock 'n Roll Racing SNES - Rock 'n Roll Racing PlayStation - Twisted Metal, Twisted Metal 3, Twisted Metal: Small Brawl, Vigilante 8, Vigilante 8: Second Offense, Wipeout Dreamcast - Vigilante 8: Second Offense PlayStation 3 - Full Auto 2: Battlelines, Twisted Metal GameBoy Advance - Karnaaj Rally PlayStation 4 - Wipeout: Omega Collection
We take a look at some more games that do much more than one might expect them to with the hardware that they run on! GAMES: NES - Bible Buffet, Skate of Die 2, Elite, Tetrastar, Moon Crystal TurboGrafx-CD/PC Engine CD/Duo - Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire Genesis - Panorama Cotton GameBoy - Days of Thunder GameBoy Color - Street Fighter Alpha Super Nintendo - Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius Sega CD - Soul Star 32X - Darxide, Metal Head GameBoy Advance - Driver 3 PlayStation 3 - The Last of Us, Okami HD
We take a look at some more arcade games that were never ported to play on home consoles or computers. These are great games, they should have come home! GAMES: Arcade - Martial Masters, Crime Fighters, Battle Circuit, Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II, ESP R.A.D.E., Shadow Force, Guardians, Joe & Mac Returns, Pirates, Gundhara
We show you our haul from the last few conventions we've been to and PLAY the games! GAMES: NES - Kid Klown in Night Mayor World Saturn - Super Tempo, Last Bronx, The Horde, Pocket Fighter, Road Rash PlayStation - Wing Commander III, Silverload, Gran Turismo 2 Dreamcast - Bleemcast: Gran Turismo 2 PlayStation 3 - Need for Speed: The Run
We're back taking another look at more games that were never released outside of Japan! GAMES: Super Famicom - Super Ninja Kun, Wrecking Crew '98, Go Go Ackman, Go Go Ackman 2, Go Go Ackman 3 Saturn - Vatlva, Linkle Liver Story PlayStation 2 - Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star
Watch as I stream Castlevania Dracula X Rondo of Blood for the TurboGrafx-16 CD/PC Engine Super CD. I found some glitches in the game so bear with me!
I'm also playing my childhood copy of the game! However I am no longer a child. Can I do it? Can I get through the game TWICE on PROFESSIONAL difficulty? Am I powerful enough? I'll try to keep up with the chat this time! + bonus Greendog!
Gonna play these back to back. Probably won't beat 2. Will beat 3. Definitely can't beat 4! Too out of practice!
I am a professional. I only play games that offer a professional mode. Other games are for amateurs unless they specifically offer a professional mode... or at least a "Pro" mode. Also, eat me!
This is one of my favorite games of all time. I will go through on Beginner first just as a warm up. Then on to EXPERT! It's been a while since I've played so I will likely die and probably continue.
Playing this one for the first time since I just picked it up today.... used! I'm joined by AlphaOmegaSin who you either love, kinda like, kinda dislike, hate, are indifferent to, or are not sure who he is.
We're looking at some good compilations that promise to give you a lot of bang for your buck! Do they? GAMES: Saturn - Capcom Generation Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. PlayStation - Midway presents Arcade's Greatest Hits The Atari Collection 2, Namco Mueseum Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Atari Anniversary Edition Redux, Arcade Party Pak Dreamcast - Sega Smash Pack Volume 1
It's always fun to play games on their original consoles, but lots of people never had the chance to play even semi-recent games for one reason or another. And with many other games getting HD makeovers, here are some that companies and sometimes even gamers themselves have forgotten about that definitely need some modern love. Special thanks to Yoshi Vu for the conceptualized Wave Race HD visuals! GAMES: Saturn - Grandia PlayStation - Jumping Flash!, Jumping Flash 2, Robbit Mon Dieu Nintendo 64 - Wave Race 64 Dreamcast - Shenmue, Shenmue 2, Grandia 2, Skies of Acradia PlayStation 2 - Grandia 3, Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Shinobi, Nightshade GameCube - Wave Race Blue Storm Wii - Metroid Prime Trilogy
Not every game gets released. The reasons for their cancellations vary all over the place. In this episode we take a look at several and some of the circumstances that caused them not to be released. GAMES: NES - Titan Warriors Genesis - Jesse "The Body" Ventura Wrestling Superstars Super Nintendo - Super Shadow of the Beast, Pinkie GameBoy Color - Resident Evil Saturn - Return Fire Nintendo 64 - Mini Racers Dreamcast - Propeller Arena, Hellgate, Geist Force
Here are some more of our "recent" pickups we've gotten. And we might as well review them while we're at it! Always a good excuse to play and talk about random games and our circumstances for getting them! GAMES: NES - Power Blade, Rockin' Kats Genesis - Zany Golf PlayStation - Floating Runner, Wild Arms PlayStation 2 - GhostBusters: The Video Game Dreamcast - 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker PlayStation 3 - Binary Domain Wii U - Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Edition
Ever get sick of rescuing the princess? Wanna maybe try to kidnap the princess instead? Then perhaps games like these are for you. Here we focus on games where the main protagonist is concentrating on doing evil things for evil reasons, a few of which you may never have heard of until now! GAMES: GameBoy - Warioland: Super Mario Land 3 Dreamcast - Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver PSP - What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord 2, Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? PlayStation 3 - Destroy All Humans!, Overlord: Raising Hell, Darksiders Vita - Army Corps of Hell
The MSX line of home computers were popular between 1983 and 1995. In this episode we focus solely on many of the games that were released for the computer. From some of the more popular ones to some of the obscure ones, there's lots of great stuff to play! GAMES: MSX - Sky Jaguar, Front Line, Contra, Penguin Adventure, Black Onyx II, Fantasy Zone, Rastan Saga, Golvellius (cart), Golvellius (disk), Ikari, Ys, Ys II, Ys III, Aleste, Aleste 2, Aleste Gaiden, Scion, Super Laydock, Exerion, Vampire Killer (Castlevania), Space Manbow, Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, SD Snatcher
We're taking a look at games that were spun off from popular franchises in an effort to milk some more cash out of the IP. But are they any good? Let's find out together! GAMES MSX - Metal Gear Genesis - Eternal Champions, X-perts Sega CD - Eternal Champions PlayStation - Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider Dreamcast - House of the Dead 2, Zombie Revenge, Typing of the Dead, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2 PlayStation 2 - Metal Gear Solid 2 Xbox - Ninja Gaiden, Shadow the Hedgehog GameBoy Advance - Pinball of the Dead PSP - Persona Xbox 360 - Ninja Gaiden 2, Ninja Gaiden 3 PlayStation 3 - Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, Persona 4 Arena, Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, Tomb Raider Vita - Persona 4 Golden Xbox One - Rise of the Tomb Raider PlayStation 4 - Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Sometimes life doesn't let you sit down with a game that requires 480 hours of grinding just to get past the first boss. And sometimes you just want a quick game fix on more modern systems. Here's a few we recommend you check out for those times. GAMES PlayStation 3 - Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes PlayStation 4 - Rez Infinite, Abzu, Firewatch, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, Call of Duty: WW2
Ever wonder what the BEST game in a particular series is? How about the WORST one? Well in this episode we take a few different series and find the best and the worst examples from those series! GAMES Master System - The Cyber Shinobi Genesis - The Revenge of Shinobi, Shadow Dancer Super Famicom - Ys V: Kefin, Lost Kingdon of Sand Saturn - Saturn Bimberman PlayStation 2 - Crash: Mind Over Mutant Gamecube - Animal Crossing Xbox 360 - Bomberman Act : Zero PlayStation 3 - Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic '06) Wii U - Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival PlayStation 4 - Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana Switch - Sonic Mania
We're not really reviewing games this time. Instead we're talking about special memories and stories surrounding our history with these games. We hope you like hearing about these as much as we like telling them! Do you have a great gaming story you'd like to tell? GAMES NES - Jackal, Dr. Mario Master System - Black Belt TurboGrafx-CD - Lords of Thunder Genesis - Sword of Vermilion, Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf, Gaiares SNES - Street Fighter II' Turbo, Super Mario All*Stars Wii U - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Some games lend themselves to being pulled down from the shelf played quickly and often. These are some of our favorites as it's hard not to be in the mood to play these! GAMES NES - Gun.Smoke Master System - Ghost House, Castle of Illusion TurboGrafx-16 - The Legendary Axe, The Legendary Axe 2, R-Type 1, R-Type 2 Genesis - Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Golden Axe, Shadow Dancer SNES - Super Mario Kart GameBoy Color - Wendy Every Witch Way
Finally, a video on Youtube showing the CORRECT way to clean your games! If you use any other method other than those described in this video, you're cleaning your games wrong and damaging them!
More games that only remind us of how good the originals are, and how sad you'll be if you waste your money on any of these! GAMES Arcade - Strider, Pit Fighter, Golden Axe, Turbo Out Run, Mortal Kombat Master System - Strider, Golden Axe PC Engine Arcade CD - Strider Genesis - Pit Fighter, Turbo Out Run GameBoy - Mortal Kombat SNES - Pit Fighter Saturn - X-Men vs Street Fighter PlayStation - X-Men vs Street Fighter GameBoy Advance - Golden Axe
Plastering a celebrity's name on a product helps it sell. Especially sports games, but we're not talking about sports games here. But are they games that you'll wanna play after the novelty of the big name wears off? GAMES Arcade - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker NES - Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu Master System - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker TurboGrafx-16 - Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu Genesis - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker SNES - Shaq-Fu, Michael Jordan Chaos in the Windy City Sega CD - Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors Saturn - Revolution X featuring Aerosmith PlayStation - Jackie Chan Stuntmaster GameBoy Advance - Kiss Pinball Dreamcast - Kiss Psycho Circus PlayStation 3 - Fast Draw Showdown with Wes Flowers Xbox One - Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn
So many games, so little time! So here we go again, playing games for the first time that we've owned for quite a while! These are our first impressions! GAMES SHOWN: NES - Monsters in My Pocket PlayStation - Ace Combat 2 GameBoy Advance - Medal of Honor: Infiltrator Xbox 360 - Nier PlayStation 3 - Catherine PS Vita - Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax
3D platforming used to be big back in the days of the N64 and PlayStation 2, etc. But some of these you may have missed and they're worth a play! You could say that they're hidden gems! Some of them are even a lot more modern than you'd think, but hardly anyone mentions or will review them. GAMES SHOWN: Dreamcast - Toy Story 2, 102 Dalmatians PlayStation 2 - Tak and the Power of Juju, i-Ninja, Vexx PlayStation 3 - Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Xbox One - Super Lucky's Tale
We track down some of the worst examples of hilariously bad, ridiculous, and outright awful examples of voice acting in gaming. And this is only the beginning! GAMES SHOWN: TurboGrafx-CD - Valis 2, Valis 3, Last Alert, Final Zone 2, Ys III: Wanderers From Ys, JB Harold Murder Club Sega CD - Final Fight CD PlayStation - Time Crisis, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Mega Man 8, Resident Evil Dreamcast - The House of the Dead 2 PlayStation 2 - Chaos Wars, Vampire Night, Michigan: Report From Hell, Dynasty Warriors 3 Gamecube - Resident Evil Wii - Ghost Squad
Tons of different games from both Capcom and Konami for various systems from early arcade up to modern consoles. No actual reviews per se.
We're back looking at more recent developments you can get to improve, augment, or being your adventures in retro gaming! Tons of different games for PC Engine/TurboGrafx HuCard and CD, Genesis, Super Nintendo and Gamecube. No actual reviews. 0:30 Terraonion Super SD System 3 Review 6:30 Analogue Super Nt Review 13:03 AtGames Sega Genesis Flashback Review 19:48 Gamecube Action Replay SD Media Launcher Review
More Franchise Killers... games that put a franchise on hold.... and EXTENDED hold, that is! But a couple of these franchises will actually be back pretty soon. GAMES SHOWN: Master System - Alex Kidd Series Genesis - Streets of Rage Series, Rocket Knight Adventures, Sparkster, Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle Neo-Geo - Samurai Shodown Series SNES - Sparkster Saturn - Fighting Force, Samurai Spirits RPG PlayStation - Fighting Force, Bloody Roar, Bloody Roar 2 Nintendo 64 - Fighting Force, Turok Dinosaur Hunter Dreamcast - Fighting Force 2 Neo Geo Pocket Color - Samurai Shodown 2 PlayStation 2 - Bloody Roar 3, Bloody Roar 4, Samurai Shodown Anthology, Samurai Shodown Warrior's Rage Xbox - Turok Evolution, Bloody Roar Extreme Xbox 360 - Samurai Shodown Sen PlayStation 3 - Turok, Rocket Knight
Is it a shooter? Is it a platformer? Here are some games that just can't stick to a single genre. GAMES SHOWN: NES - The Guardian Legend, The Adventures of Bayou Billy, Blaster Master Genesis - Toy Story, Back to the Future III, CrossFire, Thunder Force 2 TurboGrafx-16 - Final Lap Twin, World Court Tennis GameBoy Advance - Sigma Star Switch - Blaster Master Zero
There's been a lot of games based on the various Star Trek franchises over the years. Are any of them any good? We play a bunch of them trying to find something that offers some videogame enjoyment not only for Star Trek fans, but videogame fans in general. With special guest Manu Intiraymi, Icheb from Star Trek Voyager.
Sometimes you're just in the mood for a good scare. You can't get that so you decide to play videogames instead! We take a look at some more games that attempt to scare the player... some of them may even succeed! Boo! Are you scared? GAMES NES - Haunted Halloween'85 PlayStation - Swagman PlayStation 2 - Fatal Frame PlayStation 3 - Dead Space PlayStation 4 - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Until Dawn, Slain
Comic book heroes are always popular to try to translate into other forms of media,like movies and, yes, videogames. So we take a look at a few of them here. GAMES Genesis - X-Men, X-Men 2, Wolverine: Adamantium Rage, Phantom 2040 SNES - Jim Lee's Wild C.A.T.S., Wolverine: Adamantium Rage, Phantom 2040 GameBoy Advance - Daredevil PlayStation 2 - The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction Xbox - The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction PlayStation 3 - Batman: Arkham City PlayStation 4 - Marvel Spider-Man
The Sega Genesis was immensely popular in North America, outselling Nintendo for a while and fully riding the 'tude era. Nintendo finally had some real competition. There are many fantastic games on the console that a lot of retro game fans these days may have overlooked because they weren't on a Nintendo system. And that's primarily what we're focusing on in this episode, the games that made the Genesis great that you really couldn't get anywhere else at home.
Usually games licensed from TV shows and/or movies tend to suck. Well we looked long and hard and came up with some that are totally worth playing! Check it out! GAMES NES - New Ghostbusters 2 SNES - Goof Troop PlayStation - Blazing Dragons PlayStation 2 - The Warriors PlayStation 4 - Transformers: Devastation, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, South Park: The Stick of Truth
It's always easier to find games based on licensed properties that suck. These are some really bad games. Sit back and let us play them so you don't have to!
Here is me editing the MSX episode of Game Sack which was released on March 18 2018. This was originally streamed on January 28 2018. Yes we make these waaaay in advance. This one is pretty casual.
Checking out the Analogue Super Nt FPGA system
Shinobi is one of my favorite arcade games. Let's see how far I can get before it freezes or I run out of credits! I'll try at least twice!
Some games get a bad reputation simply because people expect so much more from a given series. But are these games really that bad??
Once again we look into our collections for games we haven't gotten around to playing yet. And why haven't we? Well here you'll see us playing them for the first time and giving our thoughts.
Beginning in the late 16-bit era and even into the 32-bit era game studios often felt the need to render their characters and whatnot on fancy Silicon Graphics workstations and whatnot, and then digitize the result into the game. The thought was that this made the graphics look better. Do you agree? Join us as we take a look at a few different examples of this technique.
Once again we go down memory lane and dig up stuff from the past that somehow pertains to video games! This was a really fun episode to make.
Join us as we take a look at several of the "classic" or "mini" systems that you can buy which come preloaded with games such as the Nintendo NES Classic Edition, the Famicom Classic Mini, the Super NES Classic Edition, The Super Famicom Classic Mini, the Neo Geo Mini, the PlayStation Classic, and the C64 Mini. How do they perform? Are they worth your money?
No game reviews, instead lots of games are shown as examples of things that piss us off. The Pet Peeves listed in this episode are: -The Unnecessarily Annoying Noise -The Greedy Second Player -The Radio Buddy -Knocked Back Into Frustration -Too Close to the Edge -Unintentionally Friendly Damage -Unskippable Cutscenes -Bosses Without Life Bars -Water Drops of Death -Only Death is Offscreen
No game reviews, instead many Genesis, Sega CD, and Master System games are shown to demonstrate the quality and functionality of the Mega Sg which is an FPGA-based Sega Genesis clone.
Once again we're looking at the best game in a series and also the worst game in that same series. Only this time around it's not just series. Arcade - Virtua Racing NES - Mickey's Safari in Letterland, Attack Animal Gakuen Master System - OutRun, OutRun Europa, Space Harrier 3-D Genesis - Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse, Fantasia GameBoy - Race Drivin' Lynx - Hard Drivin' Saturn - OutRun, Space Harrier, Night Striker S PlayStation 2 - Virtua Racing Flatout, Sega Rally Championship, Galaxy Force Xbox - OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast Xbox 360 - OutRun Online Arcade PlayStation 3 - Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Theives PSP - Uncharted: Golden Abyss PlayStation 4 - Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Shovel Knight: Sword of Hope, Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows PC - Strike Blazinger
The GameBoy had competition in the form of the Atari Lynx color handheld system. The GameBoy was underpowered and black and white, but the Lynx was COLOR and super powerful! Why didn't it win? Well... check out the games in this video! Lynx - California Games, Batman Returns, Blue Lightning, Gauntlet: The Third Encounter, Chip's Challenge, Xenophobe, Electrocop, Ninja Gaiden, Ninja Gaiden III, The Gates of Zendocon, Double Dragon, Gordo 106, Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf, RoadBlasters, Rygar, Pac-Land, Dirty Larry: Renegade Cop, S.T.U.N. Runner, Checkered Flag, Hydra, Klax, Todd's Adventures in Slime World, Warbirds, Scrapyard Dog
Dave's final episode and he wanted to take a look at some good 2D games that exist for the various modern consoles. So we choose a few that we haven't talked about before for you to check out! And thanks to Dave for so many years of Game Sack and bringing his personality to the show. See you soon, Dave! PlayStation 4 - Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap, Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition, Wild Guns Reloaded Switch - Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, Owlboy, Guacamelee! 2, Golf Story Xbox One - Cuphead
The MiSTer is an FPGA-based device that runs cores for many different platforms. It originates from the MiST project which had an initial goal of creating an FPGA version of the Atari ST computer. Curiously, there is no Atari ST core for the MiSTer at the time this video is being released, but I fully expect one in the future. Lots of different games shown for different arcaden, console, and computer platforms running on the MiSTer. The only game that ran on a real console was a few seconds of Dragon's Curse for the TurboGrafx-16 for illustrative purposes.
The 16-bit era was a grand time for the Castlevania series, but which game is the best... and which is the worst? From the SNES to the Genesis to the PC Engine Super CD / TurboDuo to the Sharp X68000... Let's look at all of them! Arcade - Haunted Castle PC Engine Super CD - Akumajo Dracula X Chi no Rondo aka Castlevania Rondo of Blood Genesis - Castlevania Bloodlines SNES - Super Castlevania IV, Castlevania Dracula X Sharp X68000 - Akumajou Dracula
Continuing to look at some interesting games that were only ever released in Japan, including one game that I should have played a LONG time ago! Heck, we all should have. Saturn - Willy Wombat PlayStation - LSD: Dream Emulator, Fantastic Pinball Kyuutenkai Dreamcast - Segagaga Nintendo DS - Soma Bringer PSP - Ys vs Sora no Kiseki Alternative Saga
In this episode I look at some titles which are for all intents and purposes, broken in one way or another. These games could have used much more time in the cooker, so to speak. Games Shown: Genesis - Slaughter Sport SNES - Rise of the Robots 3DO - Rise of the Robots Saturn - Crimewave, Rise 2: Resurrection, Pinball Graffiti Nintendo 64 - Superman PlayStation 3 - Ride to Hell: Retribution
*WARNING - SOME VERY VERY SLIGHT SPOILERS* This time I take a focused review at Bloodstained Ritual of the Night for PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC. I also take a quick look at Bloodstained Curse of the Moon. These are both great homages to classic-style and Metrodvania-style Castlevania games! Games Shown: PlayStation 4 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Switch - Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Time to look at more games that were started and never finished. Actually some of them WERE finished, just never released! Games Shown: Genesis - It Came From the Desert, Zombie High, Swamp Thing SNES - Tom vs Jerry: The Chase is On, Atmosfear, Batman, Batman Revenge of the Joker, Power Slide GameBoy Color - Gekido 32X - Pinocchio, X-Men, Clayfighter 2 Saturn - Armed, Atomic Runner Chelnov GameBoy Advance - Battletoads
Let's look at some console games that turned out BETTER than the arcade games that preceded them. Is this even legal? Games Shown: Arcade - Soul Calibur, Punch-Out!!, Super Punch-Out!! Tekken Tag Tournament, Contra, Super Contra, Super Hang-On, Super Monaco GP, Double Dragon II, Ninja Gaiden, Shadow Dancer, Bionic Commando, Gun.Smoke, Rygar NES - Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, Contra, Super C, Double Dragon II, Ninja Gaiden, Bionic Commando, Gun.Smoke, Rygar PC Engine - Double Dragon II Genesis - Super Hang-On, Super Monaco GP, Shadow Dancer Dreamcast - Soul Calibur PlayStation 2 - Tekken Tag Tournament Xbox 360 - Soul Calibur PlayStation 3 - Tekken Hybrid
Retro gaming is still alive and new products are being made to enhance your retro experience in one way or another all the time. So let's check out some of these products! Products reviewed - Retropad 32, Submodule GB01, DC HDMI, EON GCHD MK II, CARBY Gamecube HDMI, EON Super 64
Sega of America sent in the brand new Sega Genesis Mini. I aim to give you the best information so you can decide if you want one or not. Games Shown: All 42 games that are on the console are shown briefly.
Just because a console is old doesn't mean there can't be new games released for it. Many homebrew crews go out of their way to provide new games fo rthe consoles we love. Games Shown: NES - Haunted Halloween '86 TurboDuo - FX Unit Yuki Genesis - Tanglewood, FX Unit Yuki Dreamcast - 4x4 Jam, Alice's Mom's Rescue, Dux version 1.5, Redux, Last Hope, Fast Striker, Gunlord, Neo XYX, FX Unit Yuki, Ghost Blade Switch - Gunlord X
Did you miss out on certain games the first time around and interested in buying the new HD versions? Or just want to upgrade your old copy just for fun? Well check out how some of them compare to the originals in this episode. Games Shown: Dreamcast - Jet Grind Radio, Under Defeat PlayStation 2 - Zone of the Enders, Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner Gamecube - Resident Evil Zero, Resident Evil Wii - The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess PlayStation 3 - Jet Set Radio, Under Defeat HD Deluxe Edition, Zone of the Enders HD Collection Wii U - The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess HD PlayStation 4- Resident Evil: Origins Collection
Games go through a lot as they're developed and it's always fun to look at an early build of a game we know and love to see what changed throughout its life. Games Shown: NES - Dr. Mario, Batman Genesis - The Revenge of Shinobi, Shinobi III, Aladdin, Castlevania Bloodlines, Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition SNES - The Lion King
Another focused look at the Castlevania series, this time the 2D ones that fall into the "Metroidvania" style of gameplay. Which is the best and which is the worst? Games Shown: PlayStation - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Saturn - Akumajo Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight Game Boy Advance - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow DS - Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
More cool new things to help you enjoy your games! Are they worth your time and money? Check out how well they work in this video! Products reviewed - mClassic HDMI upscaler, GBA Consolizer, Level Hike HDMI cables for Neo Geo TurboGrafx-16 and PSP, RetroTINK 2x, Terraonion Mega SD
The sound quality of the Genesis / Mega Drive has always been up for debate. Some love it, others hate it. But one thing that can't be argued is that there are some games that sound very, very bad. Do these games hurt the console's reputation? You bet they do. Let's listen! Games Shown: Genesis - Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition, Super Street Fighter 2, Double Dragon, Super Off Road, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Bible Adventures, Chakan The Forever Man, Marble Madness, Barney's Hide and Seek, Ultimate Qix, Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball, Turbo OutRun, X-Men, Osomatsu-Kun
Let's take a focused look at Nintendo's 32-bit handheld wonder. Is it worthy of the Game Boy lineage? Games Shown: Game Boy Advance - Mario Kart Super Circuit, Ninja Five-O, Sonic Advance, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, Advance Guardian Heroes, Gunstar Super Heroes, Astro Boy The Omega Factor, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Metroid Fusion, Metroid Zero Mission, Super Monkey Ball Jr, Golden Sun, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Advance Wars, Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, Fire Emblem, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Wario Ware Inc, Warioland 4, Metal Slug Advance, Car Battler Joe, Iridion II
It's time to once again look at some games that you likely didn't think were possible on their respective platforms. Some of these games are actually fun to play, too!
VERY MINOR SPOILERS! Shenmue 3 is finally here! For the longest time we never thought that this game would ever get made in a million years. Well here we are. So, how is it?
Here are some games I feel just don't get the love they deserve. Some are obscure, some aren't, but all deserve more than to just be a footnote in videogame history.
It's time to focus on the NES as well as a small sampling of its many great and unique games. The videogame industry owes so much to this console as it forever changed the gaming landscape.
3D platforming used to be big back in the days of the N64 and PlayStation 2, etc. We've shown you some good ones before but here are some more you might want to give a try. Or maybe avoid altogether. At least now you'll know that these games exist and what thet're are about!
I've been collecting arcade games for a few years and I figured I'd show you what I have, and how I play them at home.
It's time to look at some more games that were only ever released in North America. A lot of these are better than you might think!
Today let's take a look at various ways to gain an advantage while playing games. Some are definitely cheating, others not so much.Can you brag to your friends about beating a game if you used any of the methods employed here? Does it matter? I'm even asking questions in the description too?
More games that were never released anywhere outside of Japan! There are so many worth talking about.
Let's check out the 8-bit Castlevanias. Yes, all of them. Sure, lots has been said about some of these, but in my quest to cover ALL of the Castlevania series, I've gotta give my take on these as well. And there are some absolutely outstanding games here!
RGB is generally the best video quality for older game consoles. But such inputs were rarely ever offered on consumer TV sets in North America, and professional monitors with RGB inputs can be expensive and hard to come by! Guest Nick McCraken takes a composite video-only Sony TV found in a thrift store and mods it to accept an RGB signal for immensely improved video quality for your retro consoles, and the result is fantastic! Want to contact Nick? Search for Nick McCracken from Canton, SD on Facebook.
More games that were being made, but canceled at one point in another, never seeing a release.
Some more games that don't get mentioned enough... or even at all when it comes to talking about great games. Check out what you may have missed! Games Shown: NES - Dragon Fighter, Super Spy Hunter Genesis - Two Crude Dudes, Growl PlayStation 2 - Sub Rebellion, Genji: Dawn of the Samurai
The Evercade from Blaze Entertainment is a cartridge-based portable system that also allows you to play games on your HDTV via HDMI. Several games are included on each cartridge. So let's check out how this thing is! Games Shown: Evercade - Atari Collection 1, Atari Collection 2, Interplay Collection 1, Interplay Collection 2, Data East Collection 1, Technos Collection 1, Piko Interactive Collection 1, Namco Museum Collection 1, Namco Museum Collection 2, Mega Cat Studios Collection 1
This time around I take a look at various games which feature claymation, just like the title says! Also I decided that this episode needs to be claymation as well, because why not? Games Shown: PC - The Neverhood Chronicles, Nux, Platypus, Platipus 2 Mac - Armikrog, The Dream Machine SNES - ClayFighter, ClayFighter Tournament Edition, ClayFighter 2: Judgment Clay, Claymates PlayStation - Skullmonkeys Nintendo 64 - ClayFighter 63 1/3, ClayFighter: Sculptor's Cut
Many great games never get ported to home consoles for one reason or another. So let's check out some games that you can ONLY play in an actual arcade... or MAME or whatever. Games Shown: Arcade - A.B. Cop, Desert Assault, CarnEvil, Arabian Fight, Violent Storm, Aurail, F1 Exhaust Note, F1 Super Lap, Burning Rival
You've seen all of the other 548 reviews of the TurbobGrafx-16 Mini on Youtube, now it's time to watch mine! Is this mini system worth it?
Let's check out more impressive feats that some games pull off on the hardware they run on! Games Shown: NES - Super Spy Hunter, Sword Master TurboGrafx-16 - Ninja Spirit PC Engine Arcade Card CD - Ryuuko no Ken Genesis - Richard Scarry's Busytown Game Boy - Ninja Spirit Neo Geo - Art of Fighting SNES - Touge Densetsu Saisoku Battle, Super Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back, Super Off Road: The Baja, Race Drivin', Speed Racer, Art of Fighting Sega CD - Virtua Fighter, 32X, 32X - Virtua Fighter Game Boy Advance - Motoracer Advance
Let's take a close look at the Mega Everdrive Pro from krikzz and also see how it compares to the Mega SD from Terraonion. Games Shown: Lots of Genesis, Master System, and Sega CD games are shown to demonstrate functionality of the Mega Everdrive Pro. Oh and one 32X game.
It's becomming more and more common for certain games to obtain their production funding from their fans. So let's take a look at some of these and find out if they lived up to their intial hype! Games Shown: Switch - Battle Princess Madelyn, Battle Princess Madelyn Royal Edition, Yooka-Laylee, Freedom Planet, Road Redemption, Timespinner, Paprium (kind of)
I've always been fascinated with Bonk since Bonk's Adventure popped up on the TurboGrafx-16. It was so peculiar since we now had three really good consoles fighting for a share of the marketplace and that meant Bonk was extremely important for NEC. But as fate would have it, Bonk didn't stay on that console for very long. Games Shown: NES - Bonk's Adventure TurboGrafx-16 - Bonk's Adventure, Bonk's Revenge, Bonk III: Bonk's Big Adventure, Air Zonk TuboGrafx Super CD/Turbo Duo Bonk III: Bonk's Big Adventure, Super Air Zonk Amiga - BC Kid Game Boy - Bonk's Adventure, Bonk's Revenge, GB Genjin Land Viva! Chikkun Kingdom, Genjin Collection Arcade - Bonk's Adventure: Arcade Version SNES - Super Bonk, Super Genjin 2 Gamecube - Hudson Collection Vol 3 Mobile - Bonk's Return Xbox 360 - Bonk Brink of Extinction PlayStation 3 - Bonk Brink of Extinction
Sony's first portable system really tried to do things different. It seemed to focus more on giving players the premium home game experience on the go compared to having severely watered down ports and games. Let's take a look at the system and a bunch of its games! Games Shown: PSP - Hot Shots Golf Open Tee, Jeanne D'arc, Prinny Can I Really Be the Hero?, Prinny 2 Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!, Hexyz Force, God of War Chains of Olympus, God of War Ghost of Sparta, Ridge Racer, Ridge Racer 2, Burnout Legends, Burnout Dominator, WipEout Pure, WipEout Pulse, OutRun 2006 Coast 2 Coast, Gran Turismo, Killzone Liberation, Mega Man Powered Up, Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, Half-Minute Hero, Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII, Ys I & II Chronicles, Ys The Oath in Felghana, Ys The Ark of Napishtim, Ys Seven, Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories, Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins, Hammerin' Hero
Terraonion's MODE is an optical disc emulator for Sega Saturn and Sega Dreamcast that lets you play games on real hardware without the original discs. how does it work? Is it worth the investment? Let's find out! Games Shown: Many different games shown to demonstrate the functionality of the MODE.
It's been 8 years since there was a dedicated controller episode. And these are some good ones. Well, a few are so bad/dumb that they're good. Thank you to the few of you who sent in some crappy controllers! Games Shown: Many different games are shown being played with the various controllers.
Let's take a focused look at the PS Vita from Sony. This is the most modern gaming platform ever given it's very own episode on the show (so far) as there are still games officially being made for it! And for good reason, fans absolutely adore this machine! Games Shown: Vita - Gravity Rush, Killzone Mercenary, Ridge Racer, Air Race Speed, Tales of Hearts R, Dead or Alive 5+, Hot Shots Golf World Invitational, Wipeout 2048, Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme vs Force, TxK, Ys Memories of Celceta, Ys 8 Lacrimosa of Dana, Ys Origin, Uncharted Golden Abyss, Tearaway, Lost Dimension, Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc, Danganronpa Ultra Despair Girls, Super Monkey Ball Banana Splitz, Soul Sacrifice
One of Nintendo's few console flops, the Virtual Boy was marketed as a portable 3D gaming system with stunning red and black graphics. Let's look at every single game for the system, and then some! Games Shown: Virtual Boy - Mario's Tennis, Red Alarm, Golf, Mario Clash, Galactic Pinball, 3D Tetris, V-Tetris, Jack Bros, Virtual League Baseball, SD Gundam Dimension War, Space Invaders Virtual Collection, Teleroboxer, Virtual Fishing, Vertical Force, Panic Bomber, Nester's Funky Bowling, Virtual Bowling, Waterworld, Virtual Lab, Innsmouth no Yakata, Space Squash, Virtual Boy Wario Land, Faceball, Bound High!, Snatcher, Mario Combat, Mario Kart Virtual Cup, VB Racing, Hyper Fighting (Street Fighter 2)
Let's check out the newly released Super Mario 3D All*Stars on the Switch and see how Super Mario 64 Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy hold up compared to the original versions. Is this a cash grab? Games Shown: Switch - Super Mario 3D All-Stars Nintendo 64 - Super Mario 64 Gamecube - Super Mario Sunshine Wii - Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2
Sega Ages is a line of games from Sega's past ported over to newer hardware. In this episode we;ll be taking a look at all of the games in the Sega Ages series on the Saturn. Of course most of these were only released in Japan. Games Shown: Saturn - Syukudai ga Tant-R, Space Harrier, Out Run, After Burner II, Rouka ni Ichidant-R, Fantasy Zone, Memorial Selection Vol 1, Columns Arcade Collection, Memorial Selection Vol 2, Power Drift, Phantasy Star Collection, Galaxy Force II, I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibouken / I Love Donald Duck: Guruzia Ou no Hihou
Here we take a third, and possibly final look at games that were only ever released in the North American region. Games Shown: Genesis - Cal. 50, A Dinosaur's Tale PlayStation - Cool Boarders 2001, Jet Moto 3 PlayStation 2 - Cool Boarders 2001 Game Boy Advance - Blender Bros Xbox - Xyanide, Aquaman Battle for Atlantis
I spent a lot of money for this thing so of course I have to talk about it. The version I have is for the Neo Geo MVS arcade system, but an AES version of the cart also exists. Games Shown: Lots of Neo Geo and Neo Geo CD games shown for demonstrative purposes.
Let's take a few established franchises and discuss the best and the worst game in each! This is always fun. Games Shown: Arcade - Soul Edge Master System - Virtua Fighter Animation Genesis - Virtua Fighter 2 Saturn - Virtua Fighter Kids PlayStation - Soul Blade PlayStation 2 - Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2, Need for Speed Pro Street, Soul Calibur 2 Xbox - Soul Calibur 2, Burnout 3 Takedown, Burnout Revenge Gamecube - Soul Calibur 2, Burnout Nintendo DS - Need for Speed Most Wanted, Burnout Legends Xbox 360 - Virtua Fighter 5 Final Shodown, Burnout Revenge PlayStation 3 - Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Burnout Paradise, Burnout Crash Wii - Soul Calibur Legends PlayStation 4 - Soul Calibur 6, Burnout Paradise Remastered
It's been 6 months since my video on the Evercade. Let's check out four new carts released for it and see how the firmware has evolved.
The look at the Sega Ages continues with all of the titles released on the PlayStation 2. Most of them were only released in Japan. So many games were released that I have to divide this up into two long parts.
It's time for that classic battle of the two main 16-bit consoles! Of course this battle wouldn't be complete without Dave's help! What a time it was to be alive with two absolutely excellent videogame choices!
Why not check out some games based on The Simpsons? There are a ton of these and most are awful, but there are some gems here and there!
Here are some more games that really do deserve more attention than they usually get. Everyone should play these to see if they're something they don't wanna miss out on!
Sega is celebrating their 60th anniversary with the release of the Sega Astro City Mini in Japan. I imported it even though I'm not really into "Mini" consoles, but being all arcade games by Sega, I couldn't resist.
After 8 long years of near silence, the crowdfunded game Paprium finally arrives in customer's hands. Does it live up to the hype? Let's find out!
Some more really cool hacks and hombrews! Fans take it upon themselves to fixor improve existing games. Sometimes they even create new stuff from scratch! Check this stuff out!
It's time once again to take a look at more interesting games that were never released outside of Japan. You're missing out if you haven't played some of these games!
3D platformers are always interesting to me. They're not always good but I feel that the majority of them are at least worth trying out. Some of them don't get much attention any more so let's revisit them!
Let's check out every single game released in the Sega Ages line on the Nintendo Switch in the order they were released! Lots of good stuff here and for cheap!
BONUS EPISODE! I take a look at the functionality, compatibility, and options of this device which lets you run your Saturn games from an SD card on a real console.
Let's check out some new (ish) releases for retro consoles. Some of these games are pretty good!
Let's take a look at some hilariously poorly developed Taiwanese and Korean (mostly) games!
Generally you get an idea of what to expect technically from a console. Some games exceed that which are covered in the "Pushing Hardware Limits" episodes, and some games don't even come close to meeting those expectations. That's what this episode's about!
Let's check out some games that weren't quite fortunate enough to be completed and released for the public, but were fortunate enough to have been leaked over the years for everyone to try out!
I love games in the Ys series so I thought I'd spend a little time talking about the newest one that was released not long ago. But this game is just didn't look as appealing as Ys 8. Presented in 4K 60 frames per second with HDR for the 12 people who will watch it that way.
Time once again to look at several more games doing things on their respective consoles that you might not thought possible at the time... or maybe doing things under the hood that you never realized!
Let's take a look at the launch lineup for 6 different consoles. Which one had the best games available on day 1?
With HDTVs common and bulky CRTs often difficult to find and maintain, video upscalers are often the best way to enjoy your retro consoles. So which ones are good? I show you the ones I've used.
Sometimes we have fond memories of a game but when we go back to them... well... they're not necessarily bad but certainly not as amazing as you once thought they were. Here are some games that didn't age particularly well.
Games don't capture themselves and there are many different ways to do it and hardware to use. Here, with the help of Coury and Try from My Life in Gaming which all about this kind of stuff, we show you several different types of capture hardware along with our thoughts.
Some games don't shine as brightly in their time as we thought they would. What we take for granted as a classic today may not have been as highly regarded back when it was release. Other games you may not have thought much of only to come to find that they're much better than you thought. These are some of those games.
The remake of Sega's Alex Kidd in Miracle World was recently released and I share my thoughts on if it delivers... or not.
Konami cheated to get around Nintendo's rules and created Ultra Games. Today we take a look at games they published under that label.
It seems like cool new stuff is always coming out to enhance out retro gaming experiences. Not that I'm complaining! Let's check some newer products out!
That's right EVERY US-released Master System game reviewed in a single video! This was the first console I bought on my own and I never regretted it even though the NES objectively has a better game library.
Remember the first true HD console generation? That's ancient history now. This episode is dedicated to the amazing PlayStation 3 console.
With new technology emerging and everything going 3D, the creators of many popular 2D franchises had a tough decision to make when it came to evolving the series to 3D. Sometimes it didn't work out that well.
Actraiser Renaissance surprised everyone with its existence and everyone including me was excited. But does it live up?
Super Monkey Ball is one of my favorite video games, so let's see how this remake for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X is!
The TurboGrafx-16 stayed far behind Nintendo and Sega during the 16-bit days and only had 138 games total which were released in North America. Outside of North America the console was known as the PC Engine.
Consoles have beginnings and ends. It's fun to look at launch games, so let's see how some consoles ended up with their final officially released games in each of the major three regions.
Some games that are Left in Japan can be tough to play because of the language barrier. But some great fans have come through so you can now play these in English!
There are lots of arcade games that never get ported to a home platform that are absolutely worth playing. Let's check out some more of them in this episode!
The PlayStation VR brought virtual reality home for console owners. Let's check out some of the many games that are worth playing in VR!
Analogue just released their Pocket portable FPGA game system that plays Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and even Game Gear games with an optional adapter. In the future it will also play Atari Lynx and Neo Geo Pocket Color cartridges. But is this device any good or it simply a money grab?
Time to take a look at some more games that do somewhat exceptional things given the platforms that they're running on.
Sometimes I play games just for fun and not for the show. Well...now they're for the show too since I talk about them here!
I've looked at the 8-bit Castlevanias, the 16-bit Castlevanias, and the 2D Metroidvanias. Time to finish this up with the rest of the Castlevania franchise!
Let's check out some more games that more people need to be playing!
Some popular games have sequels that sometimes fly under the radar, so let's check a few of them out!
The Evercade is a handheld device that plays dedicated cartridges, and the $130 Evercade VS is a stand-alone console that lives connected to your display. There's also a $100 version that comes with only one controller and only the Technos cartridge. So let's see how this thing works!
Sega's very first home console never came to North America and it only saw limited release in Europe. How does it stack up? Let's take a look at the console as well as every game released for it!
It's time for me to take my first dedicated look at Nintendo's Wii, a console which sold over a million units! Wow!
Taito has a new miniature arcade cabinet featuring a bunch of their arcade games that play in a crazy roTATEing screen!
New consoles used to mean "out with the old in with the new" when it came to the styles of games they played. but these days that's just not the case and 2D games are quite prevalent in the gaming landscape. This is a good thing. So let's check out some of these games.
Let's look at the last officially released games for a bunch more consoles.
It's Left in Japan 14, but with a twist! This time let's look at games with IPs that originated in the West that we didn't get to play because they were only released in Japan.
Old consoles are still coming out with brand new games physically. Let's take a look at several.
Sometimes they make minor changes when bringing games to the west from Japan... and something they make pretty big changes. Let's check out some of those changes which I find interesting.
Anyone remember that oooold console called the Xbox 360? You must be 90+ years old if you do. Well let's look at the console and a bunch of games I find interesting, listening to the 5.1 surround sound that many of these games natively provided!
The Neo Geo was an interesting arcade and home system that was very expensive, and the games weren't cheap either! So let's take a look at every game officially released in its lifetime, all played on real Neo Geo hardware!
Here's a review of the new 2D beat 'em up for modern consoles from Bitmap Bureau and Numskull Games.
Time to check out some more games that might make you think the console is less capable than it really is, if you didn't know any better.
Ports to home consoles from the arcade often require great sacrifices due to hardware limitations. what was lost and which version holds up the best? Let's find out!
This episode focuses on controversial publisher/localizer Working Designs and all of the games they released here in North America. Check out some addendums in the pinned comment.
More new releases for these ancient game systems that you can physically buy. How are they? Let's see!
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is quite the enduring franchise, and it spawned a ton of different videogames for about every platform you can imagine. So let's take a look at a bunch of the games released on various consoles and handhelds.
D&D aficionado and all around cool guy Pat Kilbane (MadTV, Evolution, The Dreams in Gary's Basement, etc) shows up to discuss how faithful a few games are to the Dungeons & Dragons world while videogame aficionado and all around bore-fest Joe (Game Sack, etc) evaluates if they are decent videogames or not.
Ever wonder what difference the Expansion Pak makes in certain games? Well let's look at the changes it makes to each game that uses it.
Let's look at some new(ish) community hacks for some of your favorite (and perhaps no so favorite) games and as well as some community homebrew which is new software made mostly from the ground up, and offered for free. I love seeing what fans come up with.
Games that push the hardware they run on significantly more than usual is always a treat to see, even when the game itself might not be very enjoyable.
Time to look at some more games that were never released outside of Japan. Once again we'll be looking at games that featured Western IPs that for some reason stayed in Japan.
Sega recently released the Genesis Mini 2 and Mega Drive Mini 2 in their respective regions. 61 games are on this thing so let's see how it is.
The Sega CD had a lot of good games and a lot of bad ones as well. 145 games were released in the North American region, so let's look at each and every one of them!
Sometimes games get made but don't get released. Or at least partially made. Or partially localized for release in this language that I'm typing this in right now. Let's look at some more of these games!
2D gaming will never die, nor is it in any kind of danger with tons of 2D games coming out every year. Let's take a look at some choice titles!
More games that we could only play in an arcade and were never blessed with being officially ported to a home platform. Thankfully there's always ways to play this stuff at home these days via emulation.
The Sega Saturn utilized expansion ROM, RAM, and even video cards to enhance some of their games. In this episode we look at each of those games and what the expansion did for each title.
Some series/franchises don't make a very good jump to 3D, but the ones in this episode sure did!
Sometimes games just don't get the love and attention that they deserve, usually because they're not big names like Mario, Sonic, Zelda, Metroid, Pokemon, Pokémon, Roblox, Minecraft, or others I should probably put in this description to theoretically improve this video's reach. Anyway let's look at some more games that people should talk about at least a little bit more than they do.
Let's take a look at some same-named games for the Genesis, Super Nintendo, Master System, NES, Game Boy, Sega CD, Arcade, Game Gear, and even the PlayStation 3 and Xbox!
Some games can put the console in a bad light, that is if you're not savvy enough to know any better. These are some of those games.
This odd peripheral for the N64 was only released in Japan, though it was planned for release in other regions. Only 10 disks ever made it to retail. Let's check it out!
It's Game Sack's 12th anniversary episode! Here we take a look at every compatible game that works with the SuperScope and Menacer light guns for their respective 16-bit consoles.
This time let's focus on games that push 16-bit hardware by using polygons to try to make true 3D games! 3D gaming has sure come a long way since then, but these games are fun to look back on. We'll even check out some that use enhancement chips for their 3D because why not?
Let's check out a new (at the time of this video) flash cart from Krikzz for the PC Engine and TurboGrafx line of consoles.
The Sega Channel was ahead of its time, offering downloadable games that were often changed out. What games were on the Sega Channel that weren't released in North America? Let's find out.
Let's take a look at some games that were only ever released in Japan, leaving no hope to be enjoyed by outsiders unless you dabbled in importing.
Let's look at games that originated in the arcade and see what changes were made when they arrived on home platforms. SPOILER: They all had changes.
Sometimes a franchise can get followups even if they aren't official. Let's check out some of these interesting games!
The Arcade Card came late in the console's life and added a ton of memory for CD games. What games took advantage of the card? Let's check 'em out!
There's some confusion and even misinformation out there about the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive's 6 button controller and it's MODE button. Why is it there? What does it do? answer these exciting questions in this not-quite-exciting video!
There are some great games that were never released in our native tongue and because of that they were extremely tough to play through. But now you can play these games. Do you see anything you'd want to play through?
Some games never see life outside of the arcade, and here's a bunch of good ones that you should find a way to play.
Time to snoop inside of my house, see what I've got and how I arrange it all. This isn't embarrassing at all!
Sometimes Franchises go away for a while, then get resurrected... for good or for bad. Let's check some out!
Sega was a force to be reckoned with in the arcades, and their Model 1 and later Model 2 boards were revolutionary for their time, bringing us crazy 3D games we didn't think were possible only a few years before. So let's check 'em all out!
Sometimes ports from one platform to another don't hold up to the original. Sometimes it's laughably bad! So let's check out some ports that didn't live up.
Playing retro games on modern displays can be tricky, but there are a few devices out there which can help. One of them is the RetroTINK 4K, looking to go on sale in late 2023.
High framerates weren't common in the 32-bit era, so let's take a look at two of the consoles from back then and see what they had to offer in the realm of 60fps.
Remember the 32-bit generation of gaming? Well how about the sub-generation just before that? This episode pits the three most appealing platforms of that sub-generation against each other. Sorry CD-i and Amiga CD-32, you didn't make the cut with these amazing consoles.
Nintendo's Game Boy was an absolute sales juggernaut and obviously gamers loved it. Would the color follow-up prove to be just as successful and loved? Let's check out some of the many games on the handheld.
The 32-bit generation, which the N64 was part of, was primarily one of 3D polygonal graphics. It was the hot new trick that people loved to see. But 2D was still hanging on despite being disapproved of by much of the gaming press of the time. Let's take a look at what 2D games we got for the N64.
Sometimes a game franchise will just kind of fizzle out only to get reintroduced tot he gaming audience, often being reinvented in the process. This doesn't always work out well, but other times it proves to be way more successful than the series was originally.
Games with high framerates that used polygons where a bit rare in the 32-bit generation, so let's check out the games on the original PlayStation that achieved the highest frame rates it could do.
There are lots of fantastic games out there that don't seem to get the love they deserve. This episode hopes to remedy some of that.
Analogue sent me their Duo for review... along with a bunch of other people who will have their videos out at the same time (sorry!). Anyway as a HUGE fan of the TurboGrafx-16, Turbo Duo and PC Engine platforms, you just know I was itching to get my hands on this one and see how it works.Let's see how it works with the launch v1.0a firmware.
2D was going out of style fast in the 32-bit era and most people didn't want to play such games. We know better now, so let's check out how much of a 2D Monster the Saturn really is!
Many games get released to the arcades and then practically forgotten after that, as they never got ported to a home console in their day. So let's look at some of those games!
There were a lot of great games that never got released in North America. But what are some games exclusive to the region that the rest of the world is deprived of? Let's check some of them out.
The Sega "3D Control Pad" was introduced in the summer of 1996 midway into the console's life. This was an optional controller, so let's see what games take advantage of it.
It's always fun to see what's changed when a game got ported from its original arcade version to various home consoles. So let's take a look at some of those differences on various games!
Many great series started out completely in 3D, ready for the future! But eventually some of them would get games that were completely 2D. So let's take a look at some of those 2D entries!
New games are still being released for these 30+ year old video game systems, and it's awesome! Some games are pretty simple homebrew affairs, while many are full-fledged properties that would stand above the rest back in the day. Let's check some recent-ish titles out!
The Polymega from Playmaji is an interesting emulation device that hooks up to your HDTV which enables you to play your old physical NES, SNES, Super Famicom, Genesis, Mega Drive, 32X, Sega CD, 32XCD, PlayStation, Saturn, Neo Geo CD, TurboGrafx-16, TurboGrafx-CD, Turbo Duo. PC Engine, PC Engine Arcade Card CD, SuperGrafx, and Nintendo 64 games as well as use their controllers. Let's check how good or not good this is!
Games that went beyond the normal 4x3 aspect ratio in the 32-bit days were pretty rare, but some dared to do it! Many didn't do it very well. Let's check out all of the games on the original PlayStation that are in 16:9 widescreen!
Some companies release a lot more good games than others, but no single company is without at least a few stinkers. So let's take a look at some of these publishers and some of their games most people might rather forget about.
The first volume of Game Sack is now on Blu-ray! First 20 episodes in HD, lots of special features, 5.1 surround sound menus, hidden videos for you to find and REGION FREE (of course).
Episode 04 - We play some Vigilante on the TurboGrafx-16.
Here's something new I'd like to try, taking a nod from Cinemassacre who does similar things to great success with AVGN seasons. I want to offer more of these types of videos in the future with console episodes and other themes episodes, while keeping them at or around the 3 hours or so. What would you like to see? Or do you hate this idea with every fiber of your being? Timestamps: TurboGrafx-16 episode 1 - 0:00 TurboGrafx-16 episode 2 - 13:56 Pioneer LaserActive - 56:07 Nintendo Gamecube - 1:13:00 Sega Dreamcast - 1:35:10 Nintendo 64 episode 1 - 2:02:14 Nintendo 64 episode 2 - 2:27:40
I figured it might be fun to capture an edit of a shorter episode via time lapse for people who'd enjoy seeing that, and here we go! Editing Criminally Overlooked Games 6.
Over 474 different games covered in a single video! This is 4 rather long episodes combined covering every US game for the Sega Master System, TurnoGrafx-16/CD/Duo, every official Neo Geo ever released, and every Nintendo 64 game that uses the Expansion Pak.