Kazza
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I think you can pay a dollar or two to make the adds go away.
Kazza
Member
Wait, why isn't he assaulting people in this video? While it's good that they got his son on board as the new mascot, how do they expect more people to play Sega games without the threat of extreme violence
. This pop idol boy just isn't going to cut it.
Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
I will never forget HIS ULTIMATE SACRIFICE!
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Based but sad at the same time.
Kazza
Member
Good choice. you can pretty much spend as much time as you want playing a Yakuza game. The 3-5 collection could easily keep a person entertained throughout the quarantine.
Laconian Sword
Member
I'm nearing the end of Judgment and it's been incredible. I think I like Yagami as the main character even more than Kiryu.
Still have Yakuza 3-5, 6, 7 and Fist of the North Star to go. I've never seen story quality like this ever in games; even the critically acclaimed ones are usually pretty cringey and my tolerance for that is low.
Still have Yakuza 3-5, 6, 7 and Fist of the North Star to go. I've never seen story quality like this ever in games; even the critically acclaimed ones are usually pretty cringey and my tolerance for that is low.
Mista
Banned
Mind you they are all replays. Had to get the collection just to support the series
I still find Yakuza 3 weak unfortunately
I like Yagami too but Kiryu is the top man. Have fun! You're in for an intense story and amazing games
Starlight Lotice
Member
I still need to finish Shining Force: SoH on the Game Gear Virtual Console but currently trying to finish up Crimsom Shroud.
drganon
Member
Fist of the north star is the only game of theirs I never beat. The final gauntlet of enemies before you actually get to the final boss was too much for me.
Kazza
Member
I remember 5 being the roughest in terms of framerate. Just walking around that first city with Kyriu, it must have been 25 tops.
Speaking of Yakuza, it's been a while since Kiwami 2 was released on PC. Yakuza 3 is long overdue.
Kazza
Member
It's good to see Super Hang On getting a little bit of attention. It was an important game for Sega, but is often overshadowed by Outrun.
It's funny when he tells the story of the Sega of America employee thinking he was going to get sacked, where actually they were calling him in to show off Super Hang On, which went on to become a massive success in the US.
Home ports of super-scaler arcade games tended to be a little hit or miss, but both the Master System and Megadrive ports of this were very solid (a liked the added depth they gave the 16-bit port, with the ability to buy bike parts etc).
The soundtrack is great too. I think this might be my favourite:
It's funny when he tells the story of the Sega of America employee thinking he was going to get sacked, where actually they were calling him in to show off Super Hang On, which went on to become a massive success in the US.
Home ports of super-scaler arcade games tended to be a little hit or miss, but both the Master System and Megadrive ports of this were very solid (a liked the added depth they gave the 16-bit port, with the ability to buy bike parts etc).
The soundtrack is great too. I think this might be my favourite:
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Kazza
Member
Here is a twitter thread from one of the animators currently working on TLOU2. It talks about how AM2 helped pioneer many modern 3D animation techniques still used today. It's good to see AM2 getting some recognition:
There is more, so it's worth clicking through to the thread if interested. Many of the clips used in the thread appear to be from this video:
There is more, so it's worth clicking through to the thread if interested. Many of the clips used in the thread appear to be from this video:
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Kazza
Member
It's rare to get an insight into Sega Europe in the 90s, so this recent translation of a 1992 interview with the head of Sega Spain is pretty interesting
www.sega-16.com
Sega ended up getting screwed by both Sony and Microsoft soon after collaboration! It's interesting what he says about the Game Gear. I guess he thought the price would just be too high, so wanted to market it as the premium handheld.
Sega-16 – Classic Interview: Paco Pastor (Sega Spain President)
www.sega-16.com
Sega ended up getting screwed by both Sony and Microsoft soon after collaboration! It's interesting what he says about the Game Gear. I guess he thought the price would just be too high, so wanted to market it as the premium handheld.
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Afro Messiah
Neo Member
I grow up in the USA, my parents 1st brought a NES for gaming. They brought a couple and felt it was too expensive, cuz me & siblings was always bugging them for more games. While they was shopping for games, a game owner brought up how cheap the games were for the Sega Master System. So they brought the system, many games for it and we became a Sega crew. My top 5 in order are:
Wonder Boy In Monster Land
The Disney's Illusion series & Donald Duck games
Outrun
House Of The Dead
Virtua Tennis
Wonder Boy In Monster Land
The Disney's Illusion series & Donald Duck games
Outrun
House Of The Dead
Virtua Tennis
Kazza
Member
I hear that the Master System wasn't a massive thing in the US (compared to the NES anyway). It was still a fine system though. Sega Lord X has been producing some nice videos about the system recently, if you fancy a trip down memory lane:
Kazza
Member
I have to confess, I have no memory of the Sega Channel at all. Maybe it wasn't promoted so much in the UK, or maybe I was just too focused on the next gen 32-bit systems by then. It sounded like a neat concept, and worked pretty well by all accounts. I suppose the advent of CD games put an end to games delivered online until the internet bandwidth became big enough to handle them.
cireza
Member
Played some PSO2 this evening on XBox. I had a few disconnections, but otherwise it was a great, fun time.
The game runs really well on Xbox, and I am really surprised that Sega finally translated the absurdly huge quantity of content this game offers, be it text or voices. I really wonder if this will be worth the effort, but I do intend to play regularly during the coming year.
I enjoyed the first two areas, Forest and Volcan. I know there are many more to discover, I had a glimpse at 3 other areas during the Beta.
Also decided to try a new class (I am used to PSO on Dreamcast) with Braver. Pretty great class actually, where you play both katana and bow. Katana requires quick combos, and allows for parying as well as counter attacks (which leads to stats bonuses), and the bow is very versatile, with single or multiple shot, that you can charge as well. Great potential, and really good feeling for this class.
The game runs really well on Xbox, and I am really surprised that Sega finally translated the absurdly huge quantity of content this game offers, be it text or voices. I really wonder if this will be worth the effort, but I do intend to play regularly during the coming year.
I enjoyed the first two areas, Forest and Volcan. I know there are many more to discover, I had a glimpse at 3 other areas during the Beta.
Also decided to try a new class (I am used to PSO on Dreamcast) with Braver. Pretty great class actually, where you play both katana and bow. Katana requires quick combos, and allows for parying as well as counter attacks (which leads to stats bonuses), and the bow is very versatile, with single or multiple shot, that you can charge as well. Great potential, and really good feeling for this class.
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Kazza
Member
Anyone here ever tried Sega Heroes? Well, you've got just over a month to try:
segabits.com
SEGA to shut down SEGA Heroes servers on May 21st
SEGA and Demiurge's SEGA Heroes mobile game is one of the few titles I pop in everyday to collec…
segabits.com
Starlight Lotice
Member
I have come to really appreciate Japanese Mega Drive Box Artwork lately. (I sadly bought Puyo Puyo 1 because of Artwork alone)
I also absolutely love Alisia Dragoon and Arrow Flash as well. It really felt like SEGA were trying to attract the Manga/Anime audience of the day!
I mean....the West got Dungeons/Dragons art because apparently we ALL LOVE THAT!
+(En,Ja)-image.jpg)
(Needs a SEGA AGES release)
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Of course, SEGA seem to be going back to this style as of late. Feels like perhaps the Seniors want to capture that 90's Japanese Artwork or something.
Due note that Sonic Mania is the ONLY 2D Sonic game where Americans got the Japanese Sonic Artwork on the front instead of the American look he had in the 90s, and it is the first time the West gets the weird Artsy Coloured Shaped Background as well. (although the rear cover has Sonic in Studiopolis, mimicing the EU/UK release of Sonic 3)
Pretty sad that the Puyo Puyo series never shows the characters anymore, as the older games had that style of showing the Protag as well as the Puyos in a Manga style.
I am glad we are getting the same artwork most of the time compared to Japan to be honest. Prefer Resonance of Fate over End of Eternity though.
I also absolutely love Alisia Dragoon and Arrow Flash as well. It really felt like SEGA were trying to attract the Manga/Anime audience of the day!
I mean....the West got Dungeons/Dragons art because apparently we ALL LOVE THAT!
(Needs a SEGA AGES release)
Of course, SEGA seem to be going back to this style as of late. Feels like perhaps the Seniors want to capture that 90's Japanese Artwork or something.
Due note that Sonic Mania is the ONLY 2D Sonic game where Americans got the Japanese Sonic Artwork on the front instead of the American look he had in the 90s, and it is the first time the West gets the weird Artsy Coloured Shaped Background as well. (although the rear cover has Sonic in Studiopolis, mimicing the EU/UK release of Sonic 3)
Pretty sad that the Puyo Puyo series never shows the characters anymore, as the older games had that style of showing the Protag as well as the Puyos in a Manga style.
I am glad we are getting the same artwork most of the time compared to Japan to be honest. Prefer Resonance of Fate over End of Eternity though.
Kazza
Member
I think both the Japanese and Western box art is great in its own way for Alisia.
Overall, I think that Japanese box art tends to be better. This is my personal favourite:
Kazza
Member
Sega of Japan has a simple (short) form letting you choose your favourite Sega image from a selection (went for the Saturn myself), as well as leave a little message. Google translate works great, so why not leave Sega a 60th anniversary message:
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Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
It was certainly better than the last one.
Kazza
Member
It was, I'm starting to warm to the character a little now.
Kazza
Member
Some cool Sonic level design secrets currently being shared around:
I had no idea about that Chemical Plant one until very recently. Also, I'm sure there's a spring somewhere underneath where you can grab that Green Hill Zone 1 up (maybe that's a different zone?). I only found that spring myself while playing it on the Mini recently, I could never work it out as a kid.
I had no idea about that Chemical Plant one until very recently. Also, I'm sure there's a spring somewhere underneath where you can grab that Green Hill Zone 1 up (maybe that's a different zone?). I only found that spring myself while playing it on the Mini recently, I could never work it out as a kid.
Starlight Lotice
Member
That shortcut one I heard about 2 years ago but my preferred method is using that booster and jumping at the right time to skip the Water section instead! It's really cool and discovered it when I was a kid.You have to do it on the first up-slope and you have to time it in order to get that height, you should land on the section before those moving platforms moving left and right (you go left of course after that Water Section). You can also do it on Sonic Mania's level as well.
Kazza
Member
I have come to really appreciate Japanese Mega Drive Box Artwork lately. (I sadly bought Puyo Puyo 1 because of Artwork alone)
I also absolutely love Alisia Dragoon and Arrow Flash as well. It really felt like SEGA were trying to attract the Manga/Anime audience of the day!
I mean....the West got Dungeons/Dragons art because apparently we ALL LOVE THAT!
(Needs a SEGA AGES release)
Of course, SEGA seem to be going back to this style as of late. Feels like perhaps the Seniors want to capture that 90's Japanese Artwork or something.
Due note that Sonic Mania is the ONLY 2D Sonic game where Americans got the Japanese Sonic Artwork on the front instead of the American look he had in the 90s, and it is the first time the West gets the weird Artsy Coloured Shaped Background as well. (although the rear cover has Sonic in Studiopolis, mimicing the EU/UK release of Sonic 3)
Pretty sad that the Puyo Puyo series never shows the characters anymore, as the older games had that style of showing the Protag as well as the Puyos in a Manga style.
I am glad we are getting the same artwork most of the time compared to Japan to be honest. Prefer Resonance of Fate over End of Eternity though.
D dark10x seems to be a fan of the Megadrive box art too, he's always posting his new Japanese purchases:
That new Sakura Wars one is great too.
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Starlight Lotice
Member
I am sadly going to wait for awhile to get the New Sakura Wars games as I don't have much money coming in, as well as the fear of not enjoying it.
Still hoping they do a SEGA FES but online. Not heard of anything as of yet as to whether they plan on showing off new stuff in the next few weeks but I am interested in seeing their Financial Numbers (although I wish they shown sales per game rather than round them all up together, Nintendo never does this).
I was told by one of my gaming friends a few days ago that SEGA had a dodgy accountant in the 90s and he got done for some crime in 1995 thus was sacked. It makes you wonder if that is the reason why we don't have accurate Mega Drive numbers as well as sales of their best selling games?
Still hoping they do a SEGA FES but online. Not heard of anything as of yet as to whether they plan on showing off new stuff in the next few weeks but I am interested in seeing their Financial Numbers (although I wish they shown sales per game rather than round them all up together, Nintendo never does this).
I was told by one of my gaming friends a few days ago that SEGA had a dodgy accountant in the 90s and he got done for some crime in 1995 thus was sacked. It makes you wonder if that is the reason why we don't have accurate Mega Drive numbers as well as sales of their best selling games?
SirTerry-T
Member
I'm a child of the seventies so when I think of "video games" as a thing my first thoughts are of the arcades in the late seventies through to the eighties and nineties....Sega territory!
However, my first experience with the name Sega and the imagery of their games was from these things ...
Zaxxon!
That title font, the cool isometric aesthetic.
I was sold.
Later, when the early 8-bit home computers and consoles became popular it was games like this...
(I desperately wanted the steering wheel attachment that went with the Colecovision home version of this...alas, my aging Atari VCS would come up short)
Another Sega oldie (but goodie)
I remember it having a really catchy tune...
Years later I realised why!
Only Sega were cool but enough to have a Ryuichi Sakamoto composition in their game
Later on of course, it would be Hang-On, OutRun, Fantasy Zone, Golden Axe, Shinobi, those...all those other great titles that would solidify Sega as being my "side". There was just something so effortlessly cool about that company back then even if their boardroom antics would suggest otherwise.
I kept up with everything they did...for good or bad. I had the Tower Of Power and never regretted it!
Sega are right up there with Nintendo as far as their importance to the video game industry as far as I'm concerned. It used to irritate me that there was this modern day narrative of Sega being a bit naff that seemed to gain traction since their demise as a hardware manufacturer but it does seem that the tide is turning somewhat there....hell people even rave about the Megadrive's sound these days!
God bless those Blue Skies.
However, my first experience with the name Sega and the imagery of their games was from these things ...
Zaxxon!
That title font, the cool isometric aesthetic.
I was sold.
Later, when the early 8-bit home computers and consoles became popular it was games like this...
(I desperately wanted the steering wheel attachment that went with the Colecovision home version of this...alas, my aging Atari VCS would come up short)
Another Sega oldie (but goodie)
I remember it having a really catchy tune...
Years later I realised why!
Only Sega were cool but enough to have a Ryuichi Sakamoto composition in their game
Later on of course, it would be Hang-On, OutRun, Fantasy Zone, Golden Axe, Shinobi, those...all those other great titles that would solidify Sega as being my "side". There was just something so effortlessly cool about that company back then even if their boardroom antics would suggest otherwise.
I kept up with everything they did...for good or bad. I had the Tower Of Power and never regretted it!
Sega are right up there with Nintendo as far as their importance to the video game industry as far as I'm concerned. It used to irritate me that there was this modern day narrative of Sega being a bit naff that seemed to gain traction since their demise as a hardware manufacturer but it does seem that the tide is turning somewhat there....hell people even rave about the Megadrive's sound these days!
God bless those Blue Skies.
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Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
My first experience with Skies of Arcadia was not the full game but the playable demo which came with the official Dreamcast magazine. It wasn't just the beginning portion of the game but also a couple boss battles (Antonio, Sentinel, Rokwyrm), an airship battle against a Valuan Gunboat, and several cutscenes - one where you're onboard the Little Jack and encounter Rhaknam and another cutscene where Vyse and his friends are talking to Belleza in the desert. It was pretty cool because most game demos didn't have that kind of content variety. I remember afterwards I would draw airships and maps and write short stories. I can't think of any other game growing up that captured my imagination like that as much as Skies of Arcadia did.
Replaying it years later on the GameCube was such a great experience too. It just has a very distinct, charming identity to it, and I've always believed it had the potential to be as big as Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest if more people gave it a chance.
Replaying it years later on the GameCube was such a great experience too. It just has a very distinct, charming identity to it, and I've always believed it had the potential to be as big as Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest if more people gave it a chance.
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Kazza
Member
In terms of Sega IPs which have yet to get some kind of modern remake or sequel, I think SoA is probably near the top of Sega's priorities list, just behind VF6, JSR and Nights. I think there is hope.
Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
I would be happy just to see SEGA re-release the GameCube port on modern platforms, since it has the additional story content and lower rate of random battles compared to the Dreamcast version. I would also like to see them re-release Jet Set Radio Future but I know that's impossible due to music licensing.
As a potential flagship JRPG series, I can see every new mainline entry of Skies of Arcadia introduce new worlds with the player continuing to make discoveries in the overworld, updated airship battles, and expanding on what you can do with crew members.
As a potential flagship JRPG series, I can see every new mainline entry of Skies of Arcadia introduce new worlds with the player continuing to make discoveries in the overworld, updated airship battles, and expanding on what you can do with crew members.
Starlight Lotice
Member
Someone has made a great Coffin Meme with Yakuza characters.
I have been making a few funny images with them.
I have been making a few funny images with them.
Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
I have never played a Yakuza game apart from a demo for the third entry on the
PlayStation 3
but I pretty much exclusively play games on
PC
nowadays so maybe I should give Yakuza Kiwami a try? Most likely when it goes on sale anyway. But for anyone that has played the series from the beginning how does it compare to the original on
PlayStation 2
?
PlayStation 3
but I pretty much exclusively play games on
PC
nowadays so maybe I should give Yakuza Kiwami a try? Most likely when it goes on sale anyway. But for anyone that has played the series from the beginning how does it compare to the original on
PlayStation 2
?
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Kazza
Member
I have never played a Yakuza game apart from a demo for the third entry on the
Just grab Yakuza 0 and start from there. I personally enjoyed the PS2 version, but most people today will be put off by the long loading screens and fixed camera angles.
cireza
Member
Yakuza Kiwami is available on Xbox, in the Game Pass as well.
Playing PSO2 on Xbox, my character is level 40 at the moment. Enjoying my ride for now.
I have been playing some G-Loc Air Battle as well, my (French) review will be published in the coming days.
There is also Streets of rage 4 releasing in a couple days.
Sakura Wars releasing on PS4 today, I really hope that it will come on other platforms.
And finally, an English patch for Catherine Full Body is available for Vita, and I have been playing the game on the console (already completed it twice on Xbox One, game is BC, game is currently 5$ on Xbox, go for it).
Panzer Dragoon will soon get a patch that improves a number of things, will give it another playthrough once that it is available.
Great times to be a Sega fan.
Playing PSO2 on Xbox, my character is level 40 at the moment. Enjoying my ride for now.
I have been playing some G-Loc Air Battle as well, my (French) review will be published in the coming days.
There is also Streets of rage 4 releasing in a couple days.
Sakura Wars releasing on PS4 today, I really hope that it will come on other platforms.
And finally, an English patch for Catherine Full Body is available for Vita, and I have been playing the game on the console (already completed it twice on Xbox One, game is BC, game is currently 5$ on Xbox, go for it).
Panzer Dragoon will soon get a patch that improves a number of things, will give it another playthrough once that it is available.
Great times to be a Sega fan.
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Kazza
Member
I'd be interested in a short English summary, if you get the time. Sometimes, those type of arcade games relied a lot on the cabinet and overall arcade experience and don't hold up so well at home. Hopefully there is gyro-aiming, which should help it feel more arcadey.