Left in Europe - Game Sack 

Hey everyone. Please keep in mind that Japan isn't in Europe. So if it was released in Japan, it can't be in a Left in Europe episode. But thanks for the suggestions!

We got 50hz, you got 60hz, we got scart, you got s-video, I'd call that about even Joe.

Really love these guys - a very moderate and unhyped, yet professional and non-corporate reviews. Subscribed.

For the SNES: Tintin in Tibet and Tintin: prisoners of the Sun. pretty hard games but they're also based on an belgian- franco comic series, that is very popular over here.

French territories use SECAM. System Entirely Contrary to the Accepted Method.

Been very pleased with Game Sack lately. The quality is very high in each episode, the writing and narration has improved dramatically from the old days, and all in all, I find Game Sack is a very enjoyable, underrated series.

I love sitting down with a cup of tea to watch game sack. I am from the EU, so a left in the USA video would appeal to me. Great work guys.

Since Im European I have to say that I love asterix and obelix

True fact : A decent PAL conversion (rare!) can be better than the NTSC version, since it has more lines in the display. DOA 2 on Dreamcast is full speed, and full screen PAL on the 50Hz option. Shame more developers didn't make the effort.

Taz Express accurately explains why parcels take forever to arrive between Tasmania and the rest of Australia. also did the developers ever visit Australia, because I'm pretty sure we drive on the left side of the road not the right.

He-man was very big in Ireland. I was born in Ireland in '89 and I remember being obsessed with the show.

There are a lot more NTSC countries but you guys are getting way better at these videos! The endings are just getting better and better. Thanks for the upload guys. It was a pleasure.

You should make an "left in Latin América". We have a bunch of really weird stuff, like Fido Dido, Harry Potter, Lord of the Ring, all for Sega Génesis and all super pireted and bootleggy.

Another plus to the Retron 5 is that it has a 50hz mode for PAL games. I'm really glad you guys did this episode. I've been curious about PAL games especially since they're usually in English.

Another great episode! For whatever reason it never dawns on me to think of Europe when looking for good imports, my mind always goes to Japan, but I guess that's for good reason. If you guys are ever hurting for games to feature in your left in Japan series, I'd love to be of assistance once I'm settled in back in the states.

Got a ticket yesterday for pulling over on the side of the highway to avoid distracted drivers and watch fireworks. So far the only highlight of my weekend was this video, love ya game sack!

Master System Asterix is epic, including the soundtrack.

Someone here (or both of you) are very, very good at taking a short bit of your struggles with certain bits of gameplay and giving the viewer a really good sense of how frustrating that part is, etc (when trying to jump off the waves was a great example). I felt like I was playing that part!

I don't know if someone already said about this, but Asterix was released for the Master System here in Brazil too. It was a popular console with good sales and that's why many european exclusives were available in the country. And there's more: the publisher from Brazil (Tec Toy) made a partnership with Sega and created many "hacked games" for the console with famous cartoon characters. They made one Asterix hack called "TV Colosso", based on a famous TV show with the same name.

I was about to say that North America may be the only continent where all of its countries use NTSC, but I didn't notice that you corrected yourself. However, that's only the case if you don't count Greenland, which is considered part of Europe due to being part of the Danish Realm. South Korea, among other countries, use NTSC as well, but no one thinks about those countries. Also, France has their own standard called SECAM, which is also used in Russia and Mongolia. Also, they changed the name from Mega Drive to Genesis to signify a new beginning as well, not just because of Trademarks. Basically, they changed the name because of trademarks, and they chose Genesis to signify a new beginning.

I have no no idea if they're available in the US, but if you get your hands on an Asterix-Comic, I really recommend you to read it! They're nicely drawn and very fun to read. A lot of people in Europe grew up with them. :)

Besides being slower PAL is higher resolution than NTSC. Most video game systems didn't utilize this but instead squashed the picture so that the pixels weren't square. Later video games are only in 60Hz even in Europe as most later PAL systems accepted lower resolution 60Hz with thicker scanlines just as well as native 50Hz.

That was the sissiest "by the power of Grayskull" I've ever heard.

You're show is pretty fuckin' radical and it's always a pleasant surprise when I see it in my inbox. Thanks, guys.

Waiting for a "Left in Brazil" episode. A lot of Master System games like Street Fighter II, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, Férias Frustradas do Pica-Pau (Wody WoodPeecker) and some GameGear ports to Master System.

Hi guys! I'm very happy you mentioned "Second Samurai". It was the very first game I got with my Mega Drive and I simply LOVED it. I never knew this game was not released outside Europe, since I got my copy here in Brazil, but in fact (I checked) it wasn't. By the way, congratulations! Your show is amazing!

Asterix on Master System = The Best

Thanks for this series Joe and Dave. I ran through all 110 episodes while studying for boards and I owe a big thank you to Game Sack for keeping me sane these past two months.

A few random Europe only titles that might be worth noting Maken Shao - Demon Sword (PS2) Ghoul Panic (PS1) Another Code R (Wii) Overblood 2 (PS1) Disaster Day of Crisis (Wii) Fighting Vipers 2 (Dreamcast) Bodycount (Megadrive) Terranigma (SNES)

I love your corny little post-credit skits. They're so funny. They always make me lol. ^_^

It's a darned shame that the He-Man game wasn't very good. It's a decent license that lends itself to a good hack & slash game or maybe even a light action RPG. But that game you showed? It puts the "cringe" in Cringer (the tiger). Great run of episodes over these past three weeks, guys. It's no small feat to put that kind of work together-- I enjoyed them all!

Love the channel fellas, you help me find fun stuff on my old systems.

"Next time on Game Sack: Games We Can't Pronounce"

I sit and have my snack, while watching game sack, on the big screen. Yeah you guys are THAT great.

So, interestingly, I'm pretty sure Gradius is supposed to be " Gladius", as in the roman sword, and it got engrished....

Game Sack episodes never get old!!.

I for some reason thought you guys were going to put in the Smurfs on Mega CD, unless you've covered it before...I can't recall. =) I helped getting it to Good Deal Games for production and re-release in America at one point.

Astérix comics are awesome, I've been collecting them since I was a kid, I own a bunch of the games. If you don't know Obélix, he is Astérix's buddy, he fell in the magic potion when he was a kid so he has permanent super powers, he is hilarious in the comics.

This video was too fast for my PAL brain to comprehend.

Great to see you guys highlight some of the games that we only got over here in Europe :) I didn't realize that Asterix wasn't known in the US :)

Still have my Master System copy of Asterix from 1990. Great game.

Always great to see a new episode of Game Sack. Ever though of doing a Left in Development episode. So many great games that could of been.

We keep all the good games for ourselves. hahahahahaaamwahahaHAWUHAHAHAHAHAHA.... *ahem*. Excuse me.

Thanks for another great video guys . I went straight on ebay after I'd watched and picked up second samurai for £5 . That's like around $7 . I always try and pick these games up quickly because every time either of you say you like a game it's value seems to shoot up lol . Proves how much all your subscribers value your opinion . Thanks again

The Asterix part made me nostalgic. Not just because of the franchise itself, which was a significant part of my childhood, but also because the Master System game was one of the video games I ever owned (along with Land of Illusion and Sonic the Hedgehog, which was built into my MS). It's funny how a console with a not very impressive game library had some really good licensed games.

Oh man, 2 weeks? I swear i ate lunch while watching Game Sack for the last month, am i the only one? its like saturday morning cartoons to me

Oh geeeeez I hope you guys cover European games in this

He Man's cats' name is Battle Cat. The creators must've really been burning the midnight oil to come up with such a deep and resonate name, eh?

Game Sack - Left in Europe Epilogue - AKA Experimentations in Soft Focus

Good gawd please make another of these. I recently moved to Sweden from NYC and I wish I'd seen this episode earlier cause I've passed on the Asterix SMS game and some others in this episode out of sheer not-knowingness

Really really enjoyed this...sure there are quite a few more NES games but im sure they are pretty well known like Mr. Gimmick or New Ghostbusters 2 but both games id love to hear your opinion on...on the Master System there is Master of Darkness however it did make it to NA on the Game Gear

Asterix for the Master System was one of my absolute favorite games as a child. So many wonderful memories of playing it for hours. :D

Great video guys. Keep'em coming. As for left in Europe I was thinking WHIZ on the Saturn but that did actually get a Japanese release :( How about Formula Karts Special Edition also for the Saturn? That was a Euro only release. Here's a video of it on my site that I made before the days of HD - www.segagagadomain.com/movie-pages/formulakarts.htm

Never get tired of watching your guys' show, Thanks for the good time!

Guys you haven't heard of Asterix?!!! now tell me you don't know Tin Tin.

Keep up the good work guys.. You guys have no ego and are real game fans!

PAL is a pretty terrible standard honestly. The resolution is ok, but the refresh is absolutely awful. I can't stand to look at 50Hz, it gives me a headache. I only own one PAL game...Metroid Prime for the Gamecube (the PAL version is far superior to the US release, it has finished/completed lore, improved graphics, and a couple of the boss fights were fixed/finished). Fortunately, it runs just fine on a US Gamecube and will run in 60Hz (and you can use Swiss to force it to 480p if you have an HDMI adapter).

Your little skit at the end was actually genuinely funny this time. Well done!

You should do, left in Africa

The Asterix games are funny, because they didn't want to release them here in US, but if they did, word would have spread and people would have bought them, and some of the kids who bought them would have found their way to the comics, thus increasing the popularity of the property in general. Sigh.

yes I'm an australian so this is relevent for me

Another obscure game that has been only released in Europe would be Gift for PC/PS2. It's a platformer, that parodies both games and movies alike. It's actually pretty playable and has a good art style!

NTSC and metric for the win!!!!

From Italy, I love Game Sack!

you seriously want to tell me you never heard of asterix before? everyone here in europe knows them. i mean, we also know your awful comic characters like spiderman, wolverine and what not.

A smile comes across my face everytime I see a new Game Sack episode in my news feed! Love your show!

Hi guys, very good episode. Not only north america and japan use NTSC system, also central america and south america (except Brazill)

HOLD IT! IIRC, we received 4 Asterix games total in North America: - That crappy Genesis game you mentionned (Great Rescue) - That Asterix beat-em-up arcade game by Konami - An Asterix SNES/PC platformer game by Infogrames - Asterix & Obelix: Kick Buttix for PS2 The rest... yeah, pretty much land-locked in Europe. However, there's a good reason for that: comic books in Europe are different than in the US, with different art styles, stories, genres and of course characters, so if one would make a video game with a European comic book, it would be wiser to release it in Europe first, since it's the main market. If the popularity doesn't catch on in America, well... what,s the point of releasing it there?

Awesome as always guys :-) being from England it was cool to see this as we also miss out on quite a few games. Especially for certain retro consoles

Game Sack is the best video game show on youtube

We had Asterix for the Master System here in Brasil. I loved it!

Best Game Sack intro yet!

The Smurfs for the SNES and Mega Drive is a game that was left in Europe, even when Nintendo Power made a big fuss over advertising it like it was going to come out in North America in 1996.

I was almost sad to see your video in my sub box - because I knew I wouldn't be playing Shovel Knight for at least 23 more minutes. Great Episode Guys!!!

Love this episode! Interesting fact: There was in fact a Japanese game for Super Famicom called "Jelly Boy" released by Sony Imagesoft. Entirely different from the European release. The Japanese Jelly Boy came to America as our Smart Ball!

The best video game show on the net; GAME SACK!......but as far as these games go I think a lot of them were left in Europe for good reason.

Always look forward to the ending, good work and thanks for making my Sunday better.

I would like to thank Joe & Dave for taking the time to make these videos they are great for helping fight off boredom & reliving childhood memories. Cheers fellas :)

There are a lot of bande dessinée/franco-belgian comics video games exclusive to Europa. A ton of Asterix( and Obelix) games, the only series that puts out games to this day, The Smurf, a few of them actually found their way to the US, Lucky Luke, Tintin and Spirou et Fantasio. Can't tell you if all of them are good, but the Infogrames tend to be good. And there is Papyrus for the GBC which is also pretty good. Hard to market those games to you since you don't appreciate the bande dessinee.

i think this was probably the best post-show skit u guys ever did. (i like the rest too tho but this one was awesome)

Finally The Second Samurai! I played that game back then and have great memories about it, but didn't remember the name of the game and have always waited it to pop up on Game Sack and it finally did! I didn't know it was European exclusive though. Good episode. Now do an episode about games that never came to Europe! You'll find out it's full of best games ever and the list is long.

Best thing about sundays, Game Sack.

Another awesome video that brightened my day! You guys are the best

I adore that you guys put in Apidya and Turrican III music (at least their CD renditions).

Such a good episode. Lots of game I knew nothing about. You guys are closing in on 100,00 fast!

I had to pause the video after 10 seconds to say grey choice of background music from The mighty chris huelsbeck! Apydia 2 on the Amiga and the track is war on the meadows if I remember rightly

Another slammin episode. Thanks again guys

Greetz from Europe ;). Love the Snatcher shirt btw! Another classic! And another great episode.

Being able to play european imports on my Master System is just awesome. Great episode guys.

I love your videos, very well made and informative. Plus you two have a great chemistry! "Make me look stupid!" LOL

God, THANK YOU for covering the Master System Asterix! I've loved that game since I was a wee nipper.

The music on Running Battle seems pretty good. Thanks for including some SMS games!

Terranigma is the only PAL title that I really, REALLY want. Good thing people make reproduction cartridges tweaked for NTSC systems.

Awesome music picks in this episode. Meadow's Edge from Apidya is one of my favourite tracks, and that particular remix is my favourite version!

He-Man was massive in Europe probably even more so than the US. The 2002 series was made in the US though and it isn't French Anime in any shape or form so it does indeed seem very odd indeed.

In the Salamander anime they pronounce it Grad (as in graduation) -E-us. The same way everyone I knew said it when I was growing up. Just putting that out there.

Very nice choice for an episode! Another game that was only released in Europe for the PS2, GameCube and Xbox is: Conan (2004 video game).

Interesting games. I'd say the samurai one at the beginning looks to be the coolest of the bunch, I'm definitely going to have to try that one.

Chris Huelsbeck's "Stage 1 Theme" from Apidya playing in the background at the beginning, nice touch guys ! Reminds me of my good old times with Amiga :)

Dodonpachi Resurrection Deluxe Edition for the 360. I'm sure there is a version for Japan but the PAL version runs great on US 360s and right now Play Asia has a killer deal on it.!