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😂😅 cheers mate, yeah I normally like to have a stylus in my hand to point to things of interest but I had to make this video in a hurry so a "medium sized" knife was satisfyingly used 👀

​@@UnikronnI'd be in a hurry also if I got a PS5 Pro!

@StevenCusic 😂

Yes a Mega Drive port probably would have been very nice if the timings had matched up. It would have sold a ton of units as well, seeing as the arcade & home computer ports were so popular.

Fascinating information, thanks for sharing that, the time lonesome seemed so odd and I couldn't make sense of it at all with the sparse information that I found. The c64 circumstance was out right naughty! Video games back then was like the wild west at times 😂

Nice 👍🏽, thanks for the explanation and I do remember the difference in sound with certain games on the two different hardware models. I had the first release in the UK (1990 I believe it's been so long ) then my cousin had the revised mark 2, I think it was Altered Beast & or Thunder force 3 which sounded quite different to my ears at the time. It was so long ago that I can't remember if the difference was huge or not but I do remember noting that I preferred the mark1 sound as it tended to sound "crisper" on the older titles pre mark 2. I will assume Chakan the forever man & Greendog: the beached Surfer dude audio sounded that way because it was designed around the mark 2? Anyway thanks for watching the video, I looked at the pictures you posted 👍🏽

Those were both released in 1992 and used the GEMS sound engine that *most* American companies used. it's bassically a bunch of standard sounds with little to no effects I call it 'good enough machine sounds' lol. That's also why games using gems sound the same on the brightside for the companies it saves alot of memory. Also It was probably pretty difficult for alot of Americans to do the sound cause unlike Europeans and japanese we didn't have of systems or computers like Europe and Japan which had with specialized chips (I didn't know anyone with an amiga or atari St/ or a nec pc 88/98. Everyone either had apples and macs (mostly schools), c64 or dos) so it's a lack of skill set and equipment + lazy/cost effective. If your curious about the sound engines if you search ' Mega Drive/Genesis Sound Drivers ' it will list all the games and what sound engines they use.

@StevenCusic cheers I will do, I seems so strange to think that you guys didn't really have Amigas or Atari STs

​@Unikronn yea man, most of the people that uses them were proffesionals for audio and video. it's wild how music evolved in different places and somehow amalgamated due to people going back in forth between them. Like for instance over here like yawl we had house music and hip hop which evolved into bass music than added breaks which evolved into baltimore club music it's a 8:4 so its like 2 beats + bump i called it the double stuffed cookie(if you have the time look up a documentary on big/miss Tony) Whereas yawl evolved into drum and bass/ jungle. Eventually everyone started spinning both with hip hop lol maybe even throw in some punk or metal everyonce in a while. I used to love getting vhs turntablist videos from bmore, Chicago, LA, Detroit NY the Uk etc and tournaments seeing the different styles. A little bit off topic but I remember being at one party and my brother got to dance with DJ rap

@StevenCusic and here's thinking drum n bass and Jungle music wasn't just a European thing, I just thought it was part of certain north American club scenes. Off topic but that's the main reason why I like the wipeout series because of their sound tracks

Wow, I never knew that, Chakan the forever man is a game that tormented me, I dislike it's playability with a passion. It's so unforgiving, some of the music is odd too. Even my brother couldn't beat it and he beat almost everything on the Sega Mega Drive that he played (normally on the hardest level). For me I didn't think the game was good enough or horrendous enough to be a cult game let alone have a scene. I really don't like to speak ill of video games but that one in particular haunted me with it's enemy layout and platform sections. Oh & before I forget the odd power up things that you had to put into those yellow slots to see what random stuff you created! 😫😠😩... Thanks for watching the video.

Yep Shock Troopers should have been included as well, the later MS seem to have lost their soul compared to the first 4 games (MS 1,2,X,3). It saddened me to see the Playmore efforts compared to the OG SNK versions.

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Ninja Cop you say? Well damn you said the word "ninja" so now I'm intrigued. I'll look into this game, to be honest I haven't heard of it before. Thanks for the recommendation 👍🏽 *Edit....now that I've checked this game out on TH-cam, I do know this game but I know it as "Ninja five-0"*

@@Unikronn Les noms changent d'un territoire à l'autre, on le sait.

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Unfortunately I just couldn't gel with the Nes version, did you play it during that current generation or did you play it at a later date? Thanks for watching the video.

Nice! The music is so good 🎶, wow how long have you had it?

​@@Unikronn 15ish years

​@@Unikronn The only thing that bugs me is all my data east games display as if they're on a 19" monitor and my machines have 25" screens. So they play in a box :(

​@@PixelsNcreatureS nice 👌🏽

​@@PixelsNcreatureSthat's odd? Is the PCB somehow hard coded to not display above a certain display size? Actually that doesn't even make sense now that I've read it back to myself 😓. Is this an issue with your one or do you know if it is aimed sort of quirk with their boards?

Yes it was a big hit, I can't think of a licensed game that was this popular in 1988. Its visuals & audio are this impressive to this day...but the gameplay is it's weak point imo so for me I can't call it a masterpiece. I can call it a flawed masterpiece though.

Robocop 2 with 2 player co-op is twice the fun.

@adamkane7513 I remember having more time with RoboCop 2 and liking it but unfortunately I never got to play it co-op on the arcade 😫

I played Huntdown quite a bit when it was released but unfortunately I couldn't complete it. I remember being stuck on a particular boss fight but not exactly which one 🤔 As for Nes RoboCop that sounds like some DLC neuro implants to make it actually appealing 😂. You may have given Capcom some ideas. I generally prefer slower run and gun games, it seems like the most popular type are the contra clones these days so I don't play too many as I just get frustrated. My brain just can't seem to keep up with the 100s of bullets coming from all over the place 🤷🏽‍♂️. Once again thanks for watching the video, it's very much appreciated & I hope it was entertaining.

The home versions were first? Could very well be, I was surprised to read that it (arcade) launched in February 1988. I saw it a bit later in late 88 or 89🤔. The diagonal shooting wasn't an issue for me while I was playing it for the video but I was using my preferred controller, if I had been using some random black crappy (most of the arcade sticks back then were generally awful) arcade stick I probably would agree with you. Thanks for watching the video & leaving a comment 👍🏽

It's confusing because the only date on the NES game is the on box which says 1987. Which is the "RoboCop" licence date. But the game actually came out in 1989. Intro and ending doesn't show any copyright dates, it's very strange

Perhaps when the nes deal was made it was in 87 but they sat on the licence until they realised that the other games were a hit and quickly popped out the Nes version? Who knows, you're right though it's all rather strange with the dates or at least the registered dates we have access to 🤷🏽‍♂️

​​​@@Unikronnit's goofy because EVERY game based on the first movie says "1988" but I know the Gameboy version was 1990. I couldn't have come out a year before the GB existed 😂

@@PixelsNcreatureS 😂 RoboCop games did a Terminator and went back in time and changed the trajectory of the video game industry as we know it😱...but they didn't clean up their mess lol.

Thank you, it's very much appreciated. I hope you'll find my content entertaining 😁

🤔 a girl getting kidnapped and thrown into a van.... unfortunately I don't know it. The only ones I can think of are brawlers like Double Dragon & Final Fight 🤷🏽‍♂️

Exactly, we need more games like pets 😬. Thanks for watching

I had to look this game up, "Techno cop" looks vicious 😅. It looks like something I'll play in a future video (added to the list). Thanks for watching the video 👍🏽

@@Unikronn Def vicious lol... Always gives me a laugh tho, very much "NARC" vibes... "B-B-B-BUSTED!"

NARC! Now I haven't heard anyone mention that game in like forever 😅, I remember the violence, we loved it (my friends and I) back in the day

@@Unikronn hands-down the most outrageous final boss, EVER! Lmao

I've never got to the final boss 😭. Okay now I will put that on my "to do list" 😅

Thanks, me too 😁, I have two music intros and both are from composer Yuzo Koshiro. Some of his other works are the SoR trilogy, Game Gear Shinobi 1&2, actraiser, Ys etc.

🤔 interesting, from memory I remember RoboCop being excessively hard in the arcades but I haven't replayed it in over 20 years but I will soon... hopefully. Currently my preference would be Crime City, E-swat, RoboCop but I'm open to change if RoboCop is better than I remember 😁

Thanks for the recommendation 👍🏽

Hopefully now I can just call him 6032 because we're tight 👀😉

Heck yeah!

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Even though I don't play SF6 anymore, thank you for the matches. I had a crazy time playing sf6 season one, learning matchups with my average Honda. Hopefully you're still playing and having a great time with sf6 👍🏽

@@Unikronn I became a MASTER then I stopped, I play Tekken 8, without forgetting that with a friend we are trying to develop our own fighting game based on his afro manga. th-cam.com/video/3bcthr5LyXs/w-d-xo.html

@@Unikronn I became a MASTER then I stopped, I play Tekken 8, without forgetting that with a friend we are trying to develop our own fighting game based on his afro manga. th-cam.com/video/3bcthr5LyXs/w-d-xo.html

That's fantastic, I checked out your game's Progress and it looks really cool so far 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Thank you Steve, I was so confused as to what happened to my input lag situation. That makes sense to me 👍🏼. Yeah I had a crazy journey trying to get "that perfect NTSC shadow dancer experience" 😂 but I now have it even though Sega didn't really help me 👎🏼. Thanks for watching my video, imma pin your response as it literally answers my question in the video 😬

Trust me it has been a struggle to find Shadow Dancer and it plays correctly 😫. The years Sega treated this game with contempt and disdain but I persevered and now I have a couple versions which all play well..... finally 😂🤞🏼. Thanks for watching the video, much appreciated 👍🏼

My pleasure, thank you for watching my video, hopefully you found it enjoyable

Well Damn! That's a big patch. I think my save game issue was probably a bug and not representative of the game for everyone but I didn't know anyone else who owned the game to ask. Thank you for letting me know. I will pin your comment so that people can see the update 👍🏽.

OMG! Yes that's an excellent analogy. Rope sections just didn't need to be brought back. I'm surprised they didn't have the "slippery ice platform" stages 🫣

@@Unikronn Yeah! lol!

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Yep, very frustrating & basically put my total experience on hold because I just don't want to play it anymore after that happened. I hope it's a bug and not how the "save" system actually works as intended

Perhaps some big mid level set pieces would have helped? It does feel like it's missing something though, or maybe trim the levels down a smidge.

@@Unikronn Right on brother 👍

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You definitely should, I know I'd watch it as there just isn't enough love on TH-cam for T4. The amount of hour I played in T4 was/is ridiculous & just like yourself I love this game and the darker tone of the story in general. Thanks for watching the video 👍🏽

Me too, it was the last Tekken game that I put effort into playing honestly

I used the H7s for lengthy spells during gaming sessions of 2-4 hrs. In the end the material over the head band wore out, the foam came off as well. I currently use the PlayStation pulse elites

@@Unikronn waaaaaw thnks for honest answer you just told me my sony pulse 3D audio headphones 🎧 i bought 2020 1st edition is better 👍🏻 i over used it nd still good as new nothing wore out at all not even the colors or leather’s quality literally as perfect as i bought it i’ll keep using it then coz after 4 5 or 6 hours if its really bothering me i use my AirPods or take lil break if i can then all ok 👌🏻 thanks bro i guess im not changing at all 👍🏻

@@SUPERMAN.1985 the H7s are extremely comfortable and I treated them very carefully because they cost quite a bit of money at the time in the UK but just after a year they just quit on me, totally fell apart 😫. I'm sorry I couldn't be more helpful

@@Unikronn your answers helped me a lot sir you just told me keep using nd taking care of my pulse 3D nd don’t buy H7 👍🏻 your answer helped

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Yep, that bastard kicked my arse...I'll upload the video one of these days.

I played the third one the other day (probably a month or two ago realistically) it was pretty cool till about half way through then it got very odd with enemies (especially the bosses) with weird hit boxes and almost unavoidable attacks. I did manage to beat it but I won't be bothered with part one or two, the zero looks like that's where the franchise peaked. I'd like to see a modern retro take on the franchise today as I reckon it would be pretty good with a decent budget and competent dev team.

Yeah, Golden Axe was one of my original big 2 along with double dragon in my early days of the arcade. Obviously because the Mega Drive was so good, SoR 1&2 became the new standard for brawlers in the home space (truth be told it was better than most Capcom & Konami arcade brawlers too). As a hack n clash Golden Axe is a great co-op game on the arcade & Mega Drive which is a bit shallow by today's standards but still very enjoyable. The 8bit versions are so disappointing...damn they suck. Thanks for watching the video 👍🏽

I was the opposite, I found the circular option easier for me 😅

That's the thing I miss out on now, that 2 player experience because of ..."life". I have to say that I really enjoyed this game though 😀

@@Unikronn I feel you. I’m in my 40’s and have one friend that we still attempt to have retro game nights. We’re doing good to meet up six or seven times in a year.

@@pinkphilmingo6032 that's really good, I wish that I could currently do that, I'll have to pester some of my old school gaming cousins to see if I can get some co-op sessions in next year 🤷🏽‍♂️, We'll see I guess.

😂🤣😂 exactly, SSF2T isn't what I'd call fun at all. It's a huge skip/pass for me. I didn't mind watching experts play it back in the day though.

Ah okay thank you for breaking down the sound of cps2 & cps1 so that it's easily understandable especially with the examples you referenced. It's crazy how much "audio" can make or break a game, even if that last statement is too extreme "sound" can raise a game or at least make it mediocre to the player/gamer. Gameplay as always is king and tweaks to said gameplay systems can also make the experience far more enjoyable if done correctly but as we can both attest it can have a negative impact if implemented poorly. As always thank you for watching my video & blessing us with your audio wisdom 🫡

No problem 👍🏽, yes that GBA version is a treat to play & just an all around fun SSF2T game to play. It's got some cool modes and unique tweaks as well. The music is probably its weakest part but overall I think it's great. Thanks for watching the video.

I agree, everyone these days is worried about balance, updates, FGC (fighting game community), season passes etc which all can be a good thing but for me it's ruined what I loved about fighting games. The arcades felt pure, you against the CPU or the guy beside you. The sf2 series at its peak (probably champion edition?) in the UK was fabulous and I'm just glad I was there for it. You're also correct that it literally ate its own tale but it did like the spin offs (some of them), thank you for watching the video 👍🏽

@@Unikronn Yes bud I think Champion Edition was probably the pinnacle (in terms of building the franchise), after that it got silly. I remember with SF2 TWW it was always versus, the arcade I played at was just filled with kids constantly challenging one another and a case of winner stays on. There was always the best players in the arcade or the 'pro' friend who was called on to beat some other 'pro'. I had the privilege of being one of those pros and so was called upon to beat various people over and over on behalf of my friends which meant I could spend all day playing in the arcade and not have spent a penny (cost 10p a game back then!). Great memories - my fav character was Ken, Guile wasn't really on my radar at that point but oh boy when he did appear, well, let's just say I nearly got into a few fights over how well I could play with him, beating other pro's who were also ring leaders in small gangs was risky business. I remember one time being challenged to play some gang leader bully-type kid who was apparently the best in area (well, the nearby housing estate anyway) and when we met to play at least 5 of his mates rat mates where hanging off the side of the machine and every now and again would, when it was clear I was getting the upper hand, start slapping my buttons and grabbing at the stick in order to put me off. When I eventually came through and won thought I was in for an actual hiding because that's where it looked like it was heading as his mates started pushing about after I wo but the big leader guy quickly stepped in and told his rat mates to back off and shook my hand and then I went on my way. A proper karate kid moment. What a game, what a time!

@EvilestGem damn! Playing street fighter 2 sounded dangerous in your area😨. Thankfully it wasn't nowhere near as bad for me. I do remember having a ton of close matches with sweaty palms & brows, I'll go into more detail in a future video. It's great to hear about yours & other people's arcade cab stories with similarities plus the differences, tbh this is why I started doing these videos on TH-cam, getting to have interactions with people while sharing our "war" stories 😁

Yes sf2 & CE has excellent Parallax scrolling and if I'm being honest it was crazy how good it looked in 1992. The sound of cps1 sf2 is far better than cps2 ssf2 games imo, "Q sound" didn't do it for me when it came to ssf2 but I really liked it in alpha 2 and love it the musical scores in all of the Darkstalkers games. Thanks for watching the video 👍🏽

Exactly, it looked (and still does) so cool and is literally my first experience using a sort of air dash. Tbh Hyper Ken is that go to character for me in any game he happens to be in.

Ah nice 👍🏽, who was your favourite character or go to character back then? Did you ever get the chance to play any of the home ports? Thanks for watching the video.

Excellent point, I never thought about a netflix timeline or universe which would really be cool. Using your idea could also really add some interesting new gameplay ideas as well