Classic Game Room - SPACE HARRIER for Sega Saturn review 

"Get ready!" When I hear that, I'm instantly transported back to the mid eighties, and it makes me feel whole again.

I played this game on shenmue as a kid and fucking loved it, awesome game

I have super nostalgia for the Master System version. It was one of the first games i ever played. And the music in the master system version coupled with the title screen and monsters on the first level kinda frightened me as a kid. Now it just reminds me of the good old days when cyclop mammoths and langolier look alike enemies freaked me out.

This game is great. I played the SMS one and the Genesis one, but never the one for Saturn. Just to let you know this game has somewhat of a succesor (or a game that was inspired upon this one); it's called Sin & Punishment 2 and it's for the Wii. It feels just the same as playing Space Harrier. I dunno, that's just how it feels to me. For those who haven't play it yet, give it a try. I feel S&P2 pays a lot of tribute to the Space Harrier's style and gameplay, and I just love it!

This was released on the SATURN in a SEGA AGES pack which included outrun & afterburner 2 aswell.

there's Sega Ages for Sega Saturn's includes this one.Out Run and After Burner🐀

Love this game! You don't know how much you love it until you play it and keep progressing through levels seeing all the craziness. Works great with the 3D controller and just bought a mission stick today, can't wait to try it with that one too.

This is a great game still holds up today they still rock it up in the laundry mat 50 cents

I'm glad this game is finally getting some love. I played the hell out of it at the arcade back in the day. Thing is, this game was not at all popular. Until this day I was starting to think that I was the only person to ever play this game. Anyway, thanks CGR.

You can also play arcade perfect versions of this,afterburner2 & outrun on the dreamcast when you go into an arcade in SHENMUE,& also superhang on in SHENMUE 2.

Mark, you played this version quite well

Sega might not make game consoles any more but they still make great games like Bayonetta and the Total War games. This game was and still is epic. Sega fan for life.

This and other SEGA arcade games should be released on GameRoom! Imagine if they modeled the Space Harrier arcade cabinet for that.

You know the one thing that many people overlook? It's that SEGA produces some of the best gaming audio in history. I mean, you can practically hear one tune and automatically determine which game it comes from, just like the rings of the Sonic games. My personal favorite: GAME OVER YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had this for turbo grafix..I loved it...

Thanks for the Falcore Bonus round! LOL Saturn is basically God in a box.

I'm thinking this is going to be my next saturn game I order online, I never got too into this game but I love the old school Sega arcade games and I already have outrun and afterburner II for my saturn so I might as well get this one too. Good review man.

Fantastic video. The PS3 version on the Megadrive Ultimate Collection is really good but your are right that this one is even better. Don't have it one the Saturn yet so I'll have to add it to my collection of things to buy. Still love the Master System version though. For me the game is still shrouded in a hazy cloud of nostalgia. I know it's slow and choppy but there is definitely something endearing about it. The SMS struggles but I love it all the more for just giving it a go.

WHOA! On the tittle screen for space harrier There's a rick dom from Gundam!!

The WiiVC does have the arcade version available now, but at one time the only version available was the SMS version. I think the reason the SMS version was released first was because it was easier to emulate than anything else, and Sega wanted to get some money from the game sooner rather than later. The arcade version probably took longer to get emulated accurately. I don't think the Wii emulation is always plug-and-play, they sometimes have to do some debugging before a game can be released.

They released the Master System version on VC because the VC has a memory limit, which most disc games exceed, hence why Sonic CD for VC would be impossible, yet Ocarina of Time, SM64 and SF64 are all on there. CD sound takes up TONS of space, an so does FMV. The 32X version should have been put on there, though...

Yu Suzuki is the m'fing man. Can't wait for Shenmue 3.

I have the remake on the PS2's Sega Classics Collection, which graphically improves even on the Saturn/32X version, which is still great. I remember when I had Space Harrier on the Spectrum. It had the trademark weird shading colours lol Still quite fun though. I also have the Genesis version but I'm not sure if a game within a game (Shenmue) counts. :P

Outrun IS on Shenmue(I was playing outrun on it just last week) & shenmue 2,at least it is on the Dreamcast version of Shenmue along with all the other games I mentioned,the only game that's on the 2nd Shenmue that isn't on the 1st is super hang on.

@cyx7 I know right? It's a pretty decent collection. Yet GameSpot gives it a 5 or a 3 lol (then again a lot of underscored games on GameSpot I enjoy, but mostly in the 7s or 8s). I thought the Golden Axe remake was also good, if a little short. Yeah, I wish they'd do more Sega Ages remakes aswell. There was one of the first Streets Of Rage that either came out in Japan or was going to but was cancelled. Though there is Streets Of Rage Mobile, which was the first game again with a SOR2 look.

I totally agree, it looks and sounds great. The Saturn version is fantastic. However, why did they EVER release a game from 1985 on Sega Saturn? It makes no sense to me. If it came in a collection of classic games or was an unlockable on another game, it would make sense.

it also was on shenmue! i played it a LOT

If your talking about the sequal to the original Outrun I haven't come across that on the 2nd Shenmue!

It's the SEGA Saturn's sound chip that does the trick, its superior quality makes the difference.

@pilgrimMj Yes, Mark has reviewed it on only 4 out of 17 platforms it has been released on. We want 32X version review.

I have this on the Sega Classics Collection for my PS2 and everything is full 3D. And I find it a bit easier because the higher frame rate allows you to better anticipate where projectiles are going. Then again, I've only played that and the Master System version of Space Harrier.

According to wikipedia Classic Game Room is the best thing to ever happen in your life. Sources may vary however.

@hepper95 Play Vanquish or Sonic Colors. Those are recent sega GEMS. Though I can agree with you its the exception and not the rule for sega, its just that the modern sega does'nt quite follow the heavy metal urban arcade ninja style that their team used to put into everything.

@VanillaElephantEnt GENIUS!!!

HEY! At 4:05 it's a VF-1 from Macross (Robotech)!!!

All those reviews for those Space Harrier ports yet CGR still avoids reviewing Shenmue! Does CGR know you can play Space Harrier in Shenmue?

Awesome review! Thanks man!

Don't forget the Game Gear version! ^_^ Like the Master System one but harder to see, but it does have passwords!

Shenmue 1 = Space Harrier / Hang On Shenmue 2 = After Burner / Out Run

I have the second version for the genesis. And I would love this game!

I think Space Harrier 3D with the glasses on the master system is better!

you should take a look at OFF-WORLD and clock work knight!

Now review the Sega Saturn port of Outrun!

@pilgrimMj I think it is a Sega's version of StarFox 64.

@VanillaElephantEnt what a swell idea man i hope he does that.

Out Run arcade is on Shenmue 2

hello mark everytime i go youtube i go and check to see if u have made a review on dead space 2 . i hope u will soon!

@MrTheblock24 Yer this is true. At lest they are Publishing games that are 99 percent better than what most people are putting out.

Pretty sure this is the same version, on the 3ds virtual console and not the genesis one. That's from checking the eshop images display.

i have it on the sega AGES collection, it's the same game but with 3d models

0:21 Is that a Dom from the Gundam series? It sure looks like it.

This is a re-release from a 1985 game... Saturn games looks exactly like PSX games

32X Version, CMON!!! It needs a review too!

I always thought those Sega Ages discs for Saturn were compilation discs, not discs containing only one game from the past. It seems like a missed opportunity to not include more than one game on them given that games like Space Harrier don't take up more then 600 MBs.

This version and the Dreamcast (Shenmue) version is Arcade Perfect.

While you're on Space Harrier , you might want to do a quick video on Bayonetta's homage to this game. Maybe on CGR ULTRA FAIL?

@VanillaElephantEnt he might as well review the motorcycle game as well haha

I played it in Shenmue.

The 3DS version is my personal favorite version

For the Saturn, how's does Japanese version and the US Sega Ages version compare?

Check out the "Yu Suzuki Game Works" on Dreamcast, it has Space Harrier.

left the shemue arcade version, and the bayonetta version?

@VanillaElephantEnt That. Mark really needs to review Shenmue. A review with ∞ parts.

Saturn versions, the HD versions of the past

"LUCASIA," otherwise known as Naboo.

LOL Fancy pants and moon boots.

will you do a famicom SH review???

Much better than the Master Baitor System

hey he uploaded it today 3/4/2011! i was there!

Boom ! Want !

@andoc I'm not usually that hateful in my comments, but I would have thought he'd learn after the first time, and if not, at least the second time.

@MrStephen182 They didn't make either of those, they published them.

I was just playing through Space Harrier 2 on the Sega Genesis Collection for the PS4. Man it took me back...

@andoc What? No, no misunderstanding. I was just adding on to my previous comment.

My thumb is getting tired just watching this Hahaha.

Nice.

Now, if SEGA agreed to release Space Harrier (MS) for the Virtual Console, why could we not get a Vectrex version? Now THAT would be fancypants!

it's the 4th video you made of this game and I'm still not tired of it, looks like good old brainless shooter fun also STAGE 4 BE TRIPPIN BALLS

Please compare the Saturn version to the 32X version.

This was comfy, before comfy was a thing

So many memories.

The music is so good!

U should do a "lets play" video...

Supposedly the Panzer Dragoon games were made to be like Space Harrier. I definitely see it... fly around and SHOOT HAHA! All that is to it.

@alec1382 I don't really care for those and neither should you. As long as he still does video game reviews, it's all good. Although I agree, Ultra Fail is kinda weak.

What is the story in this game, why are you flying around, and is that a bazooka your holding?

now how about space harrier 32x?

Didn't they have this game in arcades?

Or the Sega ages 2 which includes it.

space harrier kick ass

Hahaha, I just got finished playing Shenmue, only togo to the arcade to play SPACE HARRIER..

what about Space harrier 3d SMS love it

oh my goood

Review the Vectrex version

Watching the patters when he is going through the tunnel like part is giving me a headache.

I'm still not gettting a sense of what Space Harrier is about. Please review it a few more times.

@TheChocodip ok, you're God now.

why is the first level named after the creater of 4chan?

Hey mark try the switch version

still think those flying heads look creepy lol