Sega Ages for the Sega Saturn - Game Sack 

Good to see Joe can finally convert the channel to SEGA only now that that Nintendo guy is gone. (Just kidding, miss ya Dave)💘

0:50 - piracy may be wrong but not everyone has money stacked to the sky to buy an actual physical copy of a certain game.

The one interesting thing about the OutRun 60fps mode on Saturn compared to the 3DS or Switch is that it give you points in the extra frames, making it likely you will in a score ending with 5 instead of 0. Would love to see a side by side comparison of each port's 60fps mode because they do feel different.

I hear that Joe carries a picture of Yuzo Koshiro in his wallet.

Fun Fact! Do you know that Sega Ages spelled backwards, means Sega Ages? Yes! Thank you, thank you.

Sunday mornings in the UK, just suck without a little sack to watch! YAY!

I wish Sega had ported Outrunners to Saturn on a Sega Ages or even a regular release and removed the stupid split screen from the Genesis version.

Good old Game Sack. Videos you know you can "like" before actually watching them.

Pretty great lineup of games. Shame they never ported Outrunners to the Saturn though. I would have much preferred that over Power Drift. But I guess at least we did get Power Drift.

I had no idea there were so many SEGA AGES-releases on the Saturn. This was an awesome video, and I'll be looking forward to your PS2- and Switch-videos!

The 3DS versions of these games are pretty sweet & they are some of the few games where the 3D effect makes them better.

The PS2 episode is gonna be 6 hours long.

It's always a good day when there's a new GameSack.

The word "really" was used 8 times in the narration. The word "honestly" was used four times.

I see you mentioned Phantasy Star’s Dark Phallus. I’ve been scared of Dark Phallus my entire life. In my dreams he’s so huge and can penetrate my very being. Everyone is scared of something. I guess you could say everyone has their own personal Dark Phallus, I’m just used to mine

I live in the UK. The only version we got was Sega Ages Volume 1. It has After Burner 2, Space Harrier and Outrun. It's pretty much the only collection we needed outside of Japan. Always popping it into my Saturn, amazing collection of the best home ports of these games. Everyone Saturn owner should own a copy of this collection.

I've had tons of fun playing Outrun on my 3DS.

I'm looking forward to you covering the PS2 line. I have a bunch of them and they're pretty good.

Discovered Game Sack ever since Classic Game Room fell apart and got shitty!

"they're probably camping illegally" ............. ............. "Send the f-16"

When I watched Sega Saturn's Sega Aguez series, it was interesting because it overlapped with the games that came out in the Astro City Mini, and I didn't have "Star Jacker", "Outrun", "Afterburner" or "Fantasister".

7:23 Easily my favorite line in this episode! "You think you can out run me?! Eat my thrust, loser!" - Joe Redifer

Seeing outrun without Dave pains me so much, we miss you sweet prince! Love the topic, thanks for yet another greatly edited episode Joe! :D

Thank you so much for putting the ad at the end, I wish all RU-vidrs would do this.

"I mean they're probably camping there illegally" hahahaha I lost it

4 player Gauntlet (along with the automatic soda dispenser with the crushed ice mmm) at the bowling alley was what I lived for back in the mid-80s.

"It sounds really bad and it gets annoying to listen to after a few minutes.... just like myself" -joe

Hell yah thanks man!! i always try to watch these episodes right when they come out..

I imported almost all of these back in the day (I have like 3/4 of them, all still on my shelf). My Saturn still has the MPEG card too. Unfortunately I have no way to actually use the Saturn right now, because my setup does not support analog audio or video of any kind. If I can ever HDMI mod my Saturn I definitely will.

The Afterburner segment was hilarious :-D

Tonight on Joe sabotages my chances of a healthy sleep pattern:

I was quite surprised to hear about the comments about Power Drift. Overall, of all the games Sega ever released that utilized super scaler technology, Power Drift (along with Galaxy Force) were the most impressive due to their utilization of Sega's powerful Y-Board. Respectfully, Joe, I'm not sure were you making your statements about the release on the Sega Ages or about Power Drift in general? Even when Sega released System-32, even thou the pixelation was smaller, it didn't have psuedo realistic scaling/rotation the X and Y boards had. Even games like Rad Mobile, even thou they were technological more advanced, the number of sprites were much smaller and they had more pop up. Even thou Y-board was technically 16-bit, the fact that it had 3 Motorola's running at 12.5MHz and dedicated chip sets, it had greater output of latter 24 and 32 bit systems. Sega's hardware was just that advanced. One of the reasons why we had to wait for the Playstation 2 (32bit) to get an impressive release of Galaxy Force that did the arcade justice.

Wow! Your energy constantly depletes in Galaxy Force II just like that game Gauntlet. Does anyone remember that game?

Think it's about time to have a special episode with Dave again. Be great to see more content in the future with you both working together again. The show is great but you guys together are always very entertaining to watch. 👍👍

The saturn is a beast and the best console from Sega ( the Dreamcast is just behind)

Super Hang On with super smooth scaling like on Outrun would have been awesome. Bet the Saturn could do it no problem perfectly.

I'd really like to see more games that pushed the Saturn to its limits. I know there are videos of different systems but I've always been interested in what the Saturn can do given its complicated creation history.

Fantastic vid! Love seeing things like this. I'm a relatively new Saturn adopter, and it's nice to have references like this vid to know what to look out for!

Damn late night upload huh? Keep it up Gamesack!! Y'all are the best with everything retro!!

They's been making these compilations for ages!😊

In Fantasy Zone there are extra options to unlock as you play - one of which lets you adjust the rapid fire. Another lets you disable inflation in the shop. :)

Love the SA line on the Saturn! Agreed they could've released some more arcade titles, like Golden Axe The Revenge of Death Adder instead of the memorial collections, but even still.

That After Burner 2 segment was awesome! 🤣

Power drift is awesome in the arcade, you absolutely need the steering controls to get the true experience, it also has some fun secrets!

such analog stick abuse, someone call this man's controllers some help

After Burner, Space Harrier and Out Run... HUGE Classic Arcade Games!!

Joe, you didn't notice it seems that you can select between original movement speed and double speed for both Phantasy Star 2 and 3 from the main menu (The hiragana and katana choice is only applicable to PS1). I could never play the originals with the super slow movement speed after playing all 4 games first on the Saturn collection! A huge quality of life improvement! The load times in and out of battle for PS4 are a bit of bummer but it's only like 2 seconds going into battle, not a big deal. All in all, its a phantastic collection!

I always liked when past games are ported to newer systems as its often cheaper than buying a new system and the games on it. I got my 1st system in Xmas 95 Jan 96 as a Model 2 Genesis and I was only able to do NES and Snes games on ports like the Mega Man Anniversary collection or playing Contra and Super C on Contra 4 or the GBA ports of Breath of Fire and Castlevania. Sega Ages did some pretty good stuff over the years and we are lucky to have had it.

wow, I remember playing some Sega Ages compilations on PS2, never tried Saturn version, good chance to see what they're like.

I wasn't a sega fan boy back then but that damn Out Run was just too fun.. Love Out Run..

Yeah!...I remember Gauntlet. The best part was the sound test in Gauntlet 4 for the Genesis. The BGM tracks with their titles written within < > are amazing. I’ve started the game just to listen to that music a few times!!

Loved seeing me some Space Harrier, and OutRun in these collections, 2 of my most favorite games of all time!! 👍👍

Star Jacker and Fantasy Zone rock; two of my absolute favorites from Sega! I have the PCBs of both as well. Love the rest of the Saturn Ages stuff as well. I wish they would have kept it going with more of their G80, VCO and System 1/2/8 games. Who wouldn’t want to play Zoom 909, Tac/Scan or Turbo on the Saturn?

Loved this episode + funny skit, Joe! Big thumbs up 👍

The delivery on that final Flicky joke was perfection

Nothing like a sack of games to start my morning right!

OMG Power drift ! I loved that on the ZX Spectrum, ah memories

I remember Gauntlet! Good memories of local multiplayer Gauntlet II on the Atari ST

Quick appreciation post for how sick the transitions between games always are

That 2nd half of the 1st game reminds me of Quiz and Dragons, by Capcom. I played it on one of the Capcom Arcade Collections on PS2 (which I really like, it has a great version of Forgotten Worlds, where you can use the right analog stick to aim instead of a left and right with 2 buttons) and found it pretty entertaining, especially since all the questions were from like 92 and before.

Everytime you upload I get this nagging to try and get my brother to bring some Master System and Saturn stuff to swap for the SNES and 3DO. My coworker is adamant that I should emulate as my ctr isn't very big either so maybe it is an option. Thanks for the memories!

It's always struck me that the majority of the Super Scaler games were only worth experiencing in their original arcade format, especially Power Drift and Galaxy Force - even if the home platform had the grunt to run them, the very heart of the title was lost.

I just noticed in After Burner 2, one of the explosion sound effects is the same stock sound effect used in Star Fox on the SNES when you crash.

The cart racer had a sweet arcade booth modelled after the cart which tilted by turning

Powerdrift was one of the most impressive looking games at the time

33:21 Part of me really hopes that Shigeru Miyamoto starts signing his name like that, followed up by a big ol' **it eating grin. It makes me treasure him even more.

Thank you for the episode, I actually learned a lot, like how the music in Power Drift is the same one used in Vocaloid (I knew about Outrun and Afterburner but not this one) I also learned that the arcade Flicky was released on the saturn too, I never seen it before, I even didn’t know about Columns 97, I gotta check those out. Now, to teach you something you may not have known, Tant-R and Ichidant-R were actually released on the Switch in the west, and they belong to the Ponanza Bros series, also I prefer the Switch port of Outrun and Space Harrier because not only do they support wide screen but they have extra music, extra levels, and extra enhancements, but of course it’s to be expected from M2 at this point.

Congo Bongo should of been on that Early Sega one, as its one of their best early arcade games. Its on the 360/ps3 Sega Classic but I think you have to unlock it.

I love your call on Power Drift. I can't decide if I like or dislike the game either. I think my biggest gripe about the game is the camera movement in the corners. It shifts away from the turn, and I feel it would be better if the camera shifted into the turn, almost like a look ahead or apex cam.

I always seem to like the videos about games I've never played (aka most Sega stuff) on consoles I've never owned (aka...all Sega stuff). I especially like retrospectives, just big chunks of history on one particular topic. So I got high hopes for this episode.

I have the arcade versions of sega ninja for mister and I really enjoy it. Fast simple action, good after a hard day of thinking

There was an ice cream place up in Loveland that had a Pengo machine in perfect condition. Outside of that, I've never seen it before.

I have both Memorial Selections mostly because I love UpnDown on the C64 and Atari 800.

12:43 *APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD*

Sega games look so raw and syntetic

The bonus rounds in Gunstar Heroes are Treasure's little nod to Flicky.

Love me some Sega Ages. 👌😌 The US missed out on a bunch of them but at least we got a good collection.

Weirdly Hang-On exists as a Sega Ages title on Shenmue. Wonder if they originally planned a Saturn version.

Columns is a notoriously adequate game.

I own the (PAL) compilation Sega Ages Vol. 1, comprising Out Run, Space Harrier and After Burner II. My preciousssss!

I remember gauntlet. I played gauntlet 2 a lot at my cousin's house since it was a 4 player game. We used game genie though for infinite life since we sucked at the game and never completed the it. A few years ago I found out that there is no ending which explains why we always stopped from boredom and never finished it.

I had the PS2 rerelease of the 3D remakes in this series Sega Classics Collection, the one that had the terrible Golden Axe remake on it. The Space Harrier one and Tant R were my favorites on that.

Always good to see some Sega Ages. Looking forward to the PS2 video.

Fingers crossed for a Gameshack overview of Sega 3D Classics Collection, which includes some of the SuperScaler games in this episode.

Oh this is awesome. I always wondered about this collection. Plus lots of amazing titles. So many series that were part of a legacy. Never owned a Saturn, but this is fantastic to see coverage of in one video Hey who dislikes this cornucopia of awesome sauce?! Shame on them

Picked up my US working designs - sega ages on saturn a few years back. Good call considering the price now.

They released 8 Sega Ages Collections on the PS4. Yakuza 0 - 6 and Judgement

I love the ending of your videos you crack me up

Yes, I think you will find that there are quite a few folk who remember Gauntlet... Also, I have seen a Head On arcade machine - in the Searle's Holiday Camp (in Hunstanton, UK) arcade circa 1982. I seem to recall it was in black and white, though... anyone know if there were both B&W and colour versions?

Awesome episode as always. Would be nice to have an episode dedicated to super scaler games like from Sega, Konomi and others.

That Galaxy Force game almost gives me some Descent vibes.

Thanks for this, I've known about the Saturn Sega Ages games for a while, but stayed away from the unique Japanese ones because I was worried about the language barrier, but now I will!

Wow, I'm amazed Sega Ages is coming to an end. Hope you do release more Sega Ages videos!

When you say, "goes straight to hell," or "go to hell." Lol! 🤘❤

About the Phantasy Star FM soundtrack: like 99% of the SMS games, soundtrack was made for BSG, then just adapted to run on FM. I think the only game that really got some attention to the FM soundtrack is Kenseiden.

I had no idea about these releases, this was a great episode, thanks!

Head On was published by Gremlin here in the US. My brother has a cab. It looks pretty cool.

The SEGA AGES Wonder Boy collection is fantastic but I ended up just buying carts anyway, lol. Love that series.

Samurai looks like something you'd find on the ZX Spectrum.

I absokutly love you are just playing your back ups . That’s me to the t with my Saturn collection