I keep hanging a candle praying that one day the planets will align so that SEGA will one day open its eyes and return to the top with an incredible console.
Good ranking, Lady Decade, and I like your reasoning for your choices. I'm glad to see some love for Saturn. However, ranking lists are subjective, and this is how I would rank them: 9. Pico 8. SG1000 7. 32x 6. Game Gear 5. Master System 4. Mega CD 3. Mega Drive 2. Dreamcast 1. Saturn
I totally agree with the Saturn occupying the second spot, I'd even put it in the first spot, as it's my favorite SEGA system ever, but I can't ignore the special status of the Megadrive/Genesis as the first big 16 bit system, the war with the SNES, even though I never was that much into the MD (back in the day, I choose the PC Engine over the MD as my first "christmas console" lol). But the Saturn was more special to me (and thinking about it, it was the first console I bought with my first job's money lol), it was a special time, shared with special people, it was the begining of 3D gaming, with all those arcade hits (Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Cop, Virtual On, SEGA Rally etc), it never felt so much "arcade at home", especially if you count in the near arcade-perfect conversions of Capcom and SNK fighting games... too bad most of the best stuff was only in japanese.
Sega really should come out with some kind of device with a service that lets people play every Sega game created. Or a Dreamcast Mini. Saturn Mini too!
@deagleninja china has made it already, they are better off doing it digitally with (x) gigabytes inside, 1 gb can hold every single US release sega genesis game in compressed format
Was a Snes kid back in the 90's. All the new Mega Drive Homebrew stuff bring me to the platform I now I Know what I have missed. It's like discovering a paralel world of different games, even in the same franchise from Snes, sometimes. Not that I'm regret of playing Snes at those days, Snes are great to and now I do love both. I'm just loving to explore and living some of those days now again. I do recomend Everdrives. Man they're great. Have you ever tougth to do video on them? Homebrew videos would be cool to!
I can agree with the Saturn as 2nd. I mean, while I'm not able enjoy its library right now, I think it's plausible that there are a lot of hidden gems.
This list is actually very refreshing because I can't remember if I've ever seen a video of listing the worst to the best Sega consoles. I see that the more recent ones that are plug and Play you didn't include but I'm honestly okay with that. I've heard good things about the Genesis mini that came out in 2019 since Sega got rid of that awful company ATGames who had made a plug-and-play console I got suckered into through false advertising that was just called The Genesis classic. I personally would have put that dead last unless because that thing hardly ever works on the sound is very weird and doesn't sound like the Sega Genesis at all and the controllers are total garbage
In retro perpective the SEGA consoles were always my favorite gaming machines from Master System, to Mega Drive, Game Gear, Saturn and finally Dreamcast. I and me with my friends had so much cool gaming experiences with each machine. With the Saturn the games changed dramatically, but it wasn't bad or better, it just fits. We played hundreds of hours Toy Commander four player multiplayer on Dreamcast, this game was a great party game, later I went to PC and Nintendo!
Fanboy :D Jk grew up with Mega Drive myself and only had great games, my cousin had a SNES but only shitty games! Both consoles have great games though!
I loved the Master System, and while most of the kids on my neighbourhood had a Nintendo "clone" system called Phantom system (in Brazil) I wanted the Master System mostly because of the arcade conversions. It was natural to me being a Sega kid to buy a Mega drive when it came out and I was blown away with that system, I loved the arcade conversions on the Master system and playing the same games now in a 16bit console was amazing. When the Saturn came out I had very little time to play video games (studying at the university and working) so I never picked up any of the Sega consoles after the Mega drive. If I were to rank the Sega consoles, I would agree with you and say the number one was the Mega drive and Master system in second. I still want to buy a Saturn mostly because of the shooters. :)
No SEGA Multi-Mega (1992)? No SEGA Nomad (1995)? Fun Fact: What you do with the Nintendo Switch - Playing as a handheld, or on TV - You actually also could do this with the SEGA Nomad (With Genesis cartridges) 22 years earlier 😁 Due to the lack of success of the Game Gear elsewhere, the Nomad was only sold in the US...
My list: 1. Dreamcast 2. Saturn 3. Mega Drive/ Genesis 4. Master System 5. Game Gear 6. Mega CD 6. 32X 7. SG-1000 The Pico Beena is not interesting enough for me, so I don't rank it. The Original Xbox is kinda the Dreamcast 2 for me, because the controller is clearly an inspired by the Dreamcast controller, there are many SEGA games on it (some were made for the Dreamcast but released for the Xbox instead), and the hardware is very similar to the SEGA Model 3 arcade board.
I still feel like Sega should have never released the Sega CD, and went ahead with the 32X instead, just to extend the life of the Genesis. And then they could have used that extra time to perfect the Saturn and not rush it's release.
Dreamcast, Game Gear, Megadrive, Master System, The rest. I think Megadrive might go higher, but when I bought one I was too young and too poor to make the most of it. Ive still not gotten over the buyers remorse I had when I got it as a kid. I blew what at the time was over a years savings and struggled to get many games. (Id later buy another Megadrive with multiple attachments, but outside of Silpheed I cant think of a single game I was particularly in to on any of the add-ons.) Probably not even fair of me to compare it to the Game Gear which my brother bought and multiple family members contributed games to, or the Dreamcast, where I had the resources to play a sizeable chunk of its entire catalogue putting in an ungodly amount of play time. (4 player Quake 3 on a Dreamcast remains one of the best times, and one of the single most impressive ports Ive ever seen.)
i have some here in my collection you forgot NOMAD MULTIMEGA WONDERMEGA TERADRIVE MEGAJET MASTER SYTEM 3 ; -) ... a lot to learn you have, young padawan
Well I did specify that I would only be covering consoles and add ons with their own libraries of games otherwise we'd have been there all day as there are about 50 more in Brazil alone.
I also played a SEGA game Gear back in the day, I'm a SEGA kid, I love SEGA. SEGA Game Gear was not the only color handheld, SEGA Nomad and Atari Linux, and SNK NEO GEO Pocket.
It was actually not the only full-color handheld at the time, nor was it the 1st. Atari claims that title with the Lynx. Released later in 1989, the same year Nintendo released their Game Boy, the Lynx was not only the 1st handheld system to play games in full color, but was also the 1st 16-bit handheld system. Atari's Lynx also had a noticeably better battery life than Sega's Game Gear, even though the Game Boy still had it beat in that regard, as well as requiring 2 fewer batteries for its operation. It really is a shame that this amazing system so often gets the "Rodney Dangerfield" treatment. I am a proud Atari Lynx owner!
In the console race, all Sega did was capitalize on the success of Nintendo only to fail in their execution. The only exception was the Sega Genesis. It wasn't surprising the Sega Genesis would end up #1. Unlike other console rivals, Sega got the worst karma. Well, outside of Japan anyway.
Those feelings of anticipation to know if we have the same ordered list... Almost! Swap Dreamcast as number 2 and we're in agreement 😂. You're very right that as a North American I look at the master system as the "huh?" I really need to explore that library
Yeah, I'm floored Dreamcast isn't No. 2. It's my No. 1 but I expected Genesis to get that spot anyway. Saturn above Dreamcast though? The most I can say is I understand her logic. I just disagree! She made a good case though, and that's the beauty of opinions.
@@creatorsubscriptions7821trust me go play some of the amazing games on the Saturn and then get back to me... Japanese Saturn libary is 👌 especially if you enjoy 2D fighters and shooters :D
I love SEGA, I'm a SEGA kid, SEGA Game Gear, SEGA Master Sistem, SEGA Genesis, SEGA Nomad, SEGA 32X, SEGA CD, SEGA Saturn, SEGA Dreamcast, 9:25 SEGA Dreamcast had only Soul Caliber one it is was better than the Arcade, Soul Caliber 2 was on PS2 Nintendo game Qube and, OG Xbox.
Right off the bat, without having started the video, I'm calling the 32X will be last. EDIT: Completely forgot about the Pico and da "Beena." P.S. You dec should've put the Dreamcast ahead of the Saturn and its fugly polygon graphics.
As a big fan of Nintendo, I must say the power of SEGA console's is always blows my mind. My favourite is SEGA Megamodem that can play games online in 1991! Crazy!
Do you have the rare MK-2000 Master System? It was released in Japan replacing the Mark III, and had rapid fire, 3d glasses support, and fm sound built in.
Yooooo. I love the vid as always, but that's not why I'm commenting. Your hair is looking friggin godly! I just cut 14 inches off of mine and it was the first time I's grown my hair out since my teenage years. Learning to care for it was an experience, but since then I've been paying much more attention to people with long hair. Yours is shiny and healthy af, so good job dude. It's not easy. Hope that wasn't weird. Thanks for the constant quality and for regularly expanding my gaming history knowledge.
You covered the CD and the 32x, but not the Sega CD 32x! Just a handful of games were released that required the entire Master System tower megazord console
As the list was counting down, I was thinking, “yep, they’re gonna say Saturn or Dreamcast as no.1” glad it was the Genesis. And your reasons would be the same as mine. And it’s my favourite console of all time
I agree with this list. The Genesis has such a great library. I have a lot of fun memories playing Mortal Kombat and other games with my friends. I had the second version, and I always thought that was the only one until many years later. Does the Nomad count as The Genesis/Mega Drive 4? :) I also had a Game Gear. Good times.
Despite currently owning an Xbox Series X and a Nintendo Switch, the Sega Dreamcast is still my favorite console of all time. Although it had a short life cycle, the Dreamcast was still very innovative and it had a huge lineup of awesome games I still play today.
For me it's Megadrive, Dreamcast, Mega CD and then Saturn. Don't care about the others at all. The reason the Saturn is low on the list is because I much prefered the PS1.
I had the Master System 2 with Alex Kidd in the Miracle World integrated You forgot to talk about the FM Mod in Master System 1 which wasn't available in Europe, only in Japan and about USA i don't know ^^ Knowing the existence of FM Mod, this is outrageous because it upgrades audio overhall significatively. I have some examples in my mind, like Shinobi, Rastan which are hybrid, if you enable FM Mod you'll hear the difference. I had Megadrive II without CD Player, i played that for years but i liked very much my Master System too We never bought 32X neither Saturn and Dreamcast, i stayed on the Megadrive and on MS-DOS Games on PC. When Playstation was released i didn't like polygone and first 3D games.
Ayeeee Lady Decade properly placing the Saturn higher than the Dreamcast, I get so exhausted of people saying otherwise even though I love both; 7 years of support for great games vs 4 years.
If Lady Decade said “Let’s Get’R Ranked!”, it would be a little more clear she got her inspiration for doing this video from Nathaniel Bandy and his ranking series
The Sega Master System was a good console, however it didn’t come anywhere close to the number of excellent games on the NES. The Sega Genesis, however, was truly worthy of being called the rival of the Super Nintendo.
Thats because Nintendo had most of game developers working exclusively for them. Which is why Sega Master System failed. The SMS was waaay more powerful than the NES, but it all comes down to software.
I can agree with this rank. All the top three consoles had to fight an uphill battle against that Sega with multiple personalities, but the Dreamcast had both Segas working together... kinda. Saturn was really a Japanese exclusive, almost, and since the "cool" console was the Playstation, I think SoA didn't managed to have the first full weeb console, which Saturn would gladly be having the Japanese library brought overseas.
It’s really no surprise that the mega drive is without a doubt Segas biggest accomplishment of all time! With all the glorious memories of the Sonic The Hedgehog series and add ons like Sonic CD and Knuckles Chaotix. I personally hope that Sonic Origins receives a dlc plus physical release this year so I have the excuse for finally playing Knuckles Chaotix.
