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My family had the Colecovision. My friends had the Intellivision. I was kinda jealous because we had different games lol No longer have it. Don't exactly remember what happened to it. All I remember is playing Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Smurfs, Zaxxon and Looping 😂 Wish I still had it.

Oh wow, I've never seen that arcade, but I would have totally given it all my quarters back in the day just to sit in that chair

Hello there fellow trecky. I would have loved to play this back in the day or now on the arcade. The captains chair cab would be an incredible experience. I have played the MMO years back and it was ok.

I LOVE this game! It’s actually not as difficult as you may believe because you can “dock” at the starbases in order to repair shields and such. You can play for quite awhile on a single credit!

Hadoken! I first encountered SF2 in a mom and pop movie rental store, oddly enough lol. Being a kid, barely tall enough to press the buttons-the characters were so big! And the crushing sound effects of a hard leg kick! The music 🎶 too! I’d say SF2: Turbo is my favorite street fighter followed by SFA 3, and SF2: the new challengers. Turbo cause it was such a leap forward from World Warrior, and also, I just like how fighting games back then were alot shorter than fighting games of today Ryu was my favorite character-not just cause he was the easiest to learn, but because of his personality “ceremony means nothing to him. The fight is everything” Thanks for the vid, Geeks!

My God was this fun in the sit down cabinet. The Colecovision version is really good!

I'm a Trekkie and I wish I knew this game existed I would have looked for it and played it

I played the sit down version and as a big Stay Trek fan I was in geek heaven :)

this was one of the very first games I ever played in an arcade! (sit down version!) I was around 8 years old! I think I had MAYBE played pac-man before that, but saw this in our local movie theater and, not sure how, but convinced my dad to load it with quarters and let me play a game or 2! I had NO idea what I was doing, lol, but I think I remember it was fun!

this was a great part of my childhood. I remember installing unreal tournament sequels just so I could keep using this controller. it has the advantage over the PS-style controllers of being able to press a lot of buttons WHILE doing aiming. I think one of the reasons it might have seen modern versions or become the default design is because its easier and maybe more precise to use the thumb stick compared to using your wrist. still, I suddenly remembered this joystick today out of nowhere and I wished I still had it !. If I had one of these I'd 100% try it for a Skyrim run.

Woah, did you see Digital Foundry just did a 2+ hour video on Sunsoft yesterday? I wonder if you inspired them.

Activision like atari would've been great. But they've fallen from grace.

As someone who directly remembers it, and its competition, at the time, it was quite obvious that, despite the shiny "64bit" moniker, most of the games on the N64 just weren't all that visually,... Good. Some were decent but texture mapping was a real issue for the console, leading to a LOT of quite dull looking, murky polygons. There are a great many Saturn games which looked more visually interesting because they had more detailed textures. And thats the SATURN. As you say, people couldn't justify the expense of the carts when many of the games looked murky, muddy and dull.

I had both genesis and snes (im 37) and i never heard of this until the retro game "scene". From what i remember the genesis was mostly sports games to my peer groups while the snes was the rpg console. Both had fighting, shmups, puzzle, platforms, but they specialized in one or the other (sports for cool kids/rpgs on snes for baby nerds like me) I have all the mini consoles except for ps1. This turbo is like stepping into an arcade. The gameplay is similar, yet different enough, as well as the sound to what im used to that its so new and enjoyable. This probably wouldve been for the upper middle class kid, little to no friends, loved anime, etc... in my opinion. Id probably have had this +cd or the duo if i even knew about it.

Imagine going from ET on Atari, to Legend of Zelda on NES.

I was playing Bonk and splatterhouse like there was no tomorrow. Way a head of it's time. Wish it had been managed better could have been the future.

Splinter Cell is a favorite. I didn't like the first dishonored but after the 3rd one. I kinda went back to play a couple of hours of the predecessors

Always appreciate you ❤

I bought this game specifically because it was described to me as an early real-time strategy game, which is one of my favorite game genres. I’m sure HZ is a fantastic game, but I’ve yet to actually play it 😂

Sunsoft was a force to be reckoned with on the NES and even on the GameBoy to some extent. Figures that they ultimately took themselves out; being a great developer is quite a bit different from running a great business 😏

I wish Densha games got localized. There are hardly any good train simulator games out there.

This is nuts, lol. I want an air traffic controller game now.

Point and click adventures were so freaking cool. I can't remember many by name anymore, but my middle school had a computer room run by a teacher who had a lot of games that he'd make copies of and give us access to play them. One of the games may have been King's Quest? I recall the game having a knight. There was also one that had green aliens. Boy, I wish I could remember their names 😩😢

Geeks!! While this genre isn't one that I'd ever played, I've been fascinated by it ever since I first heard about it from the Japanese TV series, Game Center CX. There's a fully-translated game from Densha de Go on the Nintendo 64! I've considered importing the controller for it so I could give it a "Go!"

yes i have played a few titles from the series on psp and will try and find it on switch as im wondering if its any good on there

Love the adventures of Lolo series, rented the first two games all the time with my sister and I trying to work our way through it. I don't remember getting all that far in it when I was a kid though. Didn't beat any of them until I bought the games much later on the secondhand market. I can beat the US Lolo 1 almost in my sleep, I can beat Lolo 2 fairly easily, might take me a little longer, and I have beaten 3 once. But then I tried the Japanese Lolo 1 and 2 and the difficulty difference compared to the US versions is INSANE. I can't beat any of them. I still play it to this day and there are level editors out there for the games that are really straightforward and easy to use!

The legendary Gun Pay Tokyo.

The NegCon's biggest flaw was its plasticy, child toy-like design. The concept and function of the controller itself was actually brilliant, as it mimics a steering wheel in a strange, but oddly satisfying manner. It is to this day still baffling me that no other company has picked up the mantle and built upon this idea with hall effect sensors and what not, I'm sure it could be a great success if design and marketing is done right.

Btw, there's an error in the video title. Says Densh

All I know about the Wonderswan is that one time it made Vinny Vinesauce scream

Arcades were the best place to experiment with new ideas

This is one of those specific types of experiences we lost when arcades went extinct. I don’t know if I would enjoy it particularly… But it is quite the setup. I’m sure Train lovers greatly appreciated it. Another Cool video GeekStorian. Love this series.

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First fighting game I ever played and owned was Street Fighter II on the SNES. To this day I prefer it to modern fighting games because it doesn't have all the extra stuff. Still, MvC is always a favorite of mine too... Not sure I have a favorite character, but I do use the faster ones like Vega and Chun-Li more often.

My first introduction to the X-Men and then like a week later the cartoon was announced on Fox. Great times

Street Fighter 2 was important because it was one of the first fighting games to do everything right. Still to this day, it's a game worth playing.

Sad as it was my favorite console 😞

Video games has surpassed comic books, too.

The real battle was Atari 5200 vs. Colecovision.

Street fighter 2 was definitely the game that started the fighting game frenzy. Favorite street fighter character is Ryu. Nice video man

Great video Geekstorian! SFII is still my favorite fighting game. Ryu is my go to

Very cool

Tekken fans on suicide watch right now for not being included when you rattled off important fighting game IPs 😆😆😆😆

I've recently been playing Street Fighter Alpha 2 on the Snes and I'll be firing up the saturn later tonight when my S-Video cable comes in for it. Because of this video I'll be playing Street Fighter 2 Super Turbo on Saturn when that cable comes in :D This game helped shape my childhood, it was easily the most prestigious win when on arcade, the person who was the best at Street Fighter was considered the best over all in the arcade.

Excellent breakdown Geekstorian. Street fighter 2 absolutely defines fighting games as a genre. You can argue MK is more iconic, or that Tekken took things to the next level. But SF2 was first and that deserves recognition. Personally my favorite fighter is Killer Instinct. I just loved how it had the insane combos and unbelievable graphics style. Thanks for the excellent video! 👍

SF2 is a real game changer. As a kid Guile now Ryu. But I’m not as good as I used to be 😅

Nice Ryu edit,and loved the game too..pve and pvp got leveled..no more pong,nice vid,new..thank you

My daughter always plays as Chun Li and kicks me to death.

I have Street Fighter 2 for Super Famicom (I took the two tabs out of the cartridge slot on my SNES so I can play Japanese games).

Ken is my favorite but I can play any of the 8 very well.