Welcome to the Next Level! At The SEGAGuys we relive SEGA’s glory days by recounting memories from our time growing up playing their games and systems when new, merging that knowledge with topical discussions and debates around various SEGA topics.
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You know, I once pondered "how many Sega games were on PS1" before realising, duh, they were competing at the time 😂 but glad to know I was only half wrong!
The game on the left is Scud Race, SEGA’s model 3 arcade game. The OutRun 2 footage on the right is the bonus tracks which take players through back-to-back segments of the Scud Race tracks. - James.
Great idea for a video. Enjoyed this one. After reading bit-ishbulldog2089's comment below, would you ever consider doing a PS2 Sega Ages2500 episode/series of videos? Lots of classics in that subset of games.
"With turbo handling!" You'll find that specific animated Movie is referenced a number of times here at the SEGAGuys, since we're also massive fans of Transformers - Dan
Fair play for breaking with the norm on the one, I know very little on Warhammer so was an interesting podcast. Football Manger would be a good follow up. 👍
Always felt a deep Bittersweet appreciation for Dreamcast- still have my original console & I've bought 2 more (one hard-modded). Yes; the PS2 dominated the era but Dreamcast has always been an overlooked gem. Im beyond glad that the community is still active so I have the opportunity to enjoy the Dreamcast as an adult- Looking forward to see how we're able to revitalize a +20 year old gaming system further. I'll be tinkering to get my Dreamcast connected to the internet for Phantasy Star Online multiplayer- it's still Dreaming 🌀
The Saturn could not do 3d blah blah blah, let's be honest here if not for how much the gaming mags of the time made out that the extra chips were an afterthought and that the system's 3d capabilities were not that great would people have even noticed? I doubt it, and why? Because it could pull off 3d fantastically! Just as much as a myth as the 'Megadrive/Gen cannot do or mimic mode 7' that we heard back in the 16bit era lol. Sega's machines often had a rep of not being able to do certain things, UNTIL someone actually did them on the systems lol.
For me it comes down to how it feels when playing. I really don't mind any minor differences in the tracks and would be completely ok with all new original tracks as long as it controlled the same as the original or SR2. Even if it doesn't nail it, I do feel compelled to support the developer and all developers making homages to SEGA's finest racers. A few Virtua Racing inspired games are on their way and I feel like they are must-buys even though they don't feel like VR controls/physics wise.
The progress on this has been insane. I'm super impressed by how good such a relatively modern game looks already given the limitations of the hardware. I really look forward to playing a finished version in the future
Nice one Dan. Some great titles there. I keep meaning to do a video covering the Sega Ages collection we got but my ps2 is unconnectable currently. Id love to cover the entire Japanese AGES set at some point (like my two Saturn vids) as i dont think they get enough coverage.
So many Sony games Frogbull is providing us ,coming into Saturn Resident Evil 2 and Tomb Raider 2 are the ones - in a parallel universe these still came to Saturn like they was always suppose to
SONY killed the Dreamcast, and then got tons of SEGA games, and it was all on lies about how powerful the PS2 was in comparison to Dreamcast. It's why every game on both platforms is noticeably better on Dreamcast. I was at the ECTS just before Dreamcast launched in the west (it was out in Japan) and SONY's showcase had the 'ballroom scene' from Final Fantasy VIII, running at 720p, claiming that it was in game PS2 graphics. They also had a high level GT build running on a PC that they said was demonstrating what it would look like on PS2, and it as WAY better than GT4 ended up looking, never mind GT3, and they were telling everyone how the emotion engine made it so you didn't have to design the world, you just told the emotion engine what a tree was and it would populate the world with 3D models of trees that it rendered on the fly, and each one would be unique, with different branches and bark and everything. And devs after the presentation were all talking about how there was no need to support the Dreamcast because it was 'old tech' in comparison. When we know in hindsight it wasn't. Hell, even by the time GT4 came out on PS2, the trees were still two flat sprites in an X, and they definitely weren't running 60fps games in 720p that looked like Square's CGI animations even by the end of PS3, arguably not even PS4.
I really tried to like the first Like a Dragon on the PS2, but couldn't get past the horrible (in my opinion) voice acting. Now that there's an Undub ISO with the Japanese voice actors available, I'm planning to play that instead. :)
No Dustin, it's not fake. It's a bespoke Saturn demo level built from the ground up by Frogbull and we're in possession of the ISO which is on both our Fenrir ODE's (which you see on the opening to the video with the cover artwork I created in Pixelmator). - James.
I've got basically a full SEGA library on PlayStation 2, including Japanese exclusive imports. SEGA AGES Japanese collection is mostly good or excellent. The Outrun 2 version (NTSC-J) has force feedback support on steering wheel, the force feedback isn't on PAL or NTSC versions. Force feedback is on 18 Wheeler and a few other SEGA racers..
Great video Dan. It was a bitter pill to swallow when Sega went multiplatform and the industry hasn't been the same since, but many of the games they released back then were still fantastic. I'll praise VF4 all day, incredible game on the PS2 which me and my friend rinsed.
Gotta say, while I kind of preferred their output on Xbox, there's a lot to like from SEGA on the PS2. I do also remember playing Shadow the Hedgehog though...😅
Yeah I preferred Sega's Xbox output too, I think if I had access to the Japanese library though, PS2 may have nicked it. I'm a bit of a Shadow apologist, though it's awful on PS2 compared to Xbox, kind of like Sonic Heroes - Dan
Virtua Fighter 4 has an absolutely sensational one-player mode. One of the best home fighting ports ever made. As a Sega head I didn’t have a PS2 until much later but it’s my most played console these days.
So the same guy is trying to handle programming GTA 3 on Sega Dreamcast, Metal Gear Solid on Sega Saturn but also Final Fantasy VII and now Crash Bandicoot also on Sega Saturn? I understand that he seems genuine in trying to use his knowledge to what seems like handle three games but sorry this seems rather scattered. It just makes more sense to focus on ONE game at a time and require the use of the 4MB RAM Cartridge for these games to enhance the overall gameplay experience because the additional 4MB RAM Cartridge can help in cutting down all the constant loading off CD-ROM and also boost texture quality and overall efficiency of the Sega Saturn native hardware.
This might be slightly blasphemous lol, but: I just got the Crazy Taxi port for my iPad (the Sega Forever version), and I've gotta say: With my PS4 controller, the control is so precise, I instantly destroyed my all time best score from the Dreamcast original my very first try on this port, and got a CRAZY rank. Like zipping between cars to earn those crazy combos, I felt like a god lol. Aside from the audio not being mixed perfectly (music is too loud compared to the sound effects, with no option to lower the music volume; So it's almost impossible to hear the characters you pick up talking), it's a surprisingly amazing port. I mainly got it so I can play Crazy Taxi while I wait at our studio for my band mates to show up for practice lol, really not expecting anything great from this port. But MAN I was just blown away at how well it plays and controls. It's kind of a game changer for me, and (here's the blasphemous part): this might be the way I play it from now on haha; even at home, I'll just hdmi it to the TV and play it that way lol I tried the Android version before, but it was pretty broken and you couldn't do the crazy boost. But this version on my iPad.. unbelievably, very surprisingly good. Plus it's only $2 Anyways, just thought I'd mention it! And I'd be curious if you guys try it / have tried it, if you see what I'm talking about here. (I'm Shift Happens on Twitter btw!)
You can get access to the latest build by signing up to Mauro Xavier's Patreon. Mauro has said that basically from this point on, his Patreon's are beta testers for Final Fight MD. You can sign up here: www.patreon.com/mauroxavier James.
I'd love to see Tenchu, Bushido Blade, Einhander, RC De Go, Incredible Crisis or R4 ported to the Saturn. Mario 64 or Mischief Makers would really be cool to see too!
