Keio Flying Squadron - Sega CD Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- You'll often hear the Sega CD has no games. Well here is one very much worth playing.
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Episode Notes:
1. Captured via the Mega SG/Mega SD combo.
2. While the first here made it way to the US, part 2 on the Saturn did not.
3. There are a few changes between the Japanese and US versions. First, Rami is much older in the US release. Second, Spot the dragon goes from being a male to a female with associated cutscenes changed to reflect that.
4. Studio Pierrot did the cut scenes here. They were an animation studio that did countless works like Naruta and Yu Yu Hakusho. They did the work in Keio 2 as well.
5. The UK had a magazine called Sega Pro that gave away a demo disc for this at its release. To the surprise of many, it contained the full game that was accessible thanks to the still intact stage select.
6. The magazine review you saw here was from the US Next Generation. They had a habit of coming down hard on games that didn't break barriers or introduce anything new. Their reviews of games like Lords of Thunder and Snatcher on the Sega CD are criminal.
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"That means, pretty much, I'm telling you to pirate it."
Or, as SNES Drunk would say, play it "any way you can".
I'm surprised he didn't mention that it's abandonware.
Yep. Any game that is 10+ years old and expensive is fair game. Nobody should have to pay through the nose to enjoy a game that isn't being offered by the original company that made it.
@@TheThatEthanGuy Abandonware is mostly a legal myth. Copyrights in the USA persist for 70 years after the death of the author if no one else has claim to it. Usually the rights to IP pass on to another person, company, or estate, keeping them active. It could be legally argued that a copyright has been abandoned if the rightsholder fails to defend it, but that's not going to happen due to individual instances of piracy.
@@cbarger2327 True abandonware is stuff that the dev has uploaded onto their own site. There are some published games, such as Super Turrican, that are completely free now but were once sold for money. But yeah. If I had known that when I was a kid and paranoid about downloading roms, I would've totally played a lot of those true abandonware titles. There are tons of gems.
When I first started watching SLX because of the way he presented himself I thought he was all about "If you don't spend $500 to get a copy of you aren't a real Saturn fan". Then I watched the video where he showed us his game collection which included a bunch of burned disks. That is when I realized he was cool and a man after my own heart!
Just received my new issue of Retro Gamer (Subscriber here in the UK) and see you've got yourself in the new issue. Good job and kudos for the recognition you've now earnt among retro enthusiasts. Happy for you mate
Yeah it was an honor to have those guys reach out and ask me to have a small part in their feature.
@@SegaLordX its a fantastic magazine, been a reader of it since 2011 I think. But they could do a bit more Saturn coverage.
Anyway, congrats on the additional exposure to the great work you do for my favourite console.
From Surrey, England 👍
I thought you would mention the fact that there was a demo disc of this game that contained the entire game if you used the level select code and skipped to the second level.
The game has an amazing soundtrack, even to this day i listen to some of it songs in my car. Especially the soundtrack from the last stage, stuff of legends!
Everybody's favorite rare sega cd shoot em up.
I think you mean cute em up
Every time I see a video on this game, it kills me. As a long time collector, my biggest gaming regret is selling off my copy of Keio in the late 90s when I was in college and needed money. Im sure alot of us older gamers have stories like this, just wanted to share.
@retro game fan Oh yea, I know. Ive never collected for that reason either. Its just this one game that eludes me. Over the years, I've managed to get every single childhood game and every other game that meant anything to me back into my collection. Except this one lol. Its all about the nostalgia for me. I know I can emulate it, but its not the same as holding that copy in my hands and seeing it on my shelf. I could care less what it's worth.
The Sega CD system is criminally under rated. I wish there was a way to have games like Keio, Robo Alese, Lords of Thunder and Snatcher re-released. These games were amazing, they deserve to be played and enjoyed.
And Popful Mail
@@TransKingFormers pay nintendo for a monthly subscription and you can play it all you want
@@greenkoopa nintendo online has sega cd games?
Makes me wonder what the exact possibility of a Sega CD collection would be. And even if it did happen how soon like in the next 10 years.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu The success would all depend on how many nostalgic gamers are still out there. The question is, how does one go about making enough noise to make it happen?
Wow dude you are KILLING it with content. It seems that just as I finish watching one of your vids, a new one is up. I can binge watch your content without having to go to older episodes as the vids are coming so quickly. And all of top quality. Keep it up!
I love that the Demo (at least in the UK) contained the full game and you could play it all via level select. :D
Where's Guru Larry to remind us about that fumble?
It's also much cheaper than the retail release and is the exact same game!
@@ggn3 Hello you! No doubt he'll be along soon enough :D I actually paid 99p for that demo disc many years ago :D though I did also get the game itself for like a fiver such was the state of retro gaming prices in the mid 00s...
Really? Wonder how the higher ups reacted when they found out that they have been giving the game for free.
A first level demo of this was given away in a magazine back in the day. Turns out that it was a full copy of the game and a level select code could skip you past the locked first level
This is one of my all time favorite game soundtracks. Period. I still play it to this day. Unfortunately, it was stolen when I was younger (someone broke into my childhood home and stole all my video games. No lie). At least I was able to get the soundtrack back
I remember reading about this in a game magazine back in the 90's. I thought it looked neat but that's about as far as I got with it. Until this video, I completely forgot about its existence. Thanks for putting this together.
Keiko Flying Squadron 2 released on Sega Saturn was so cute and fun!
One of the most beautiful 2d games on the 5th genera gaming era.
Yes, but unfortunately it appeared in the generation that most despised 2d games.
@@Hektols I hated the 3D games back then and loved the gorgeous 2D games coming out!! I was one of the rare ones that ddn't get sucked into the ugly 3D gimick of the PS1/N64/Saturn era lol
WOuld you consider doing Popful Mail sometime in the future? Although Keio and Popful are vastly different games, they both remind me of each other and I love them both.
Love this channel and watch everyday. Should have 500k subs. Thanks man!
This game is over $2,000 now?
Holy crap!
Snatcher doesn’t seem so expensive anymore.
Yet Snathcer has way more word of mouth.
I love this game and it's sequel. They are just fun, balls off the wall crazy and win in their game play. The second game has excellent 2D Saturn visuals combining the shootemup levels and platforming levels. I enjoy part 2 better, not by a lot. I'd welcome a return of this series.
Reminds me of Harmful Park for the PS1. Fun, easy cute-em-up that is absolutely worth playing, but nothing justifies the insane price.
Love my repro......only cost me $25 and plays perfectly on my Sega CD. 👍
I would jump for joy if this got an official rerelease!
A combo pack of this and the Saturn game given the HD treatment would be really nice. It's a shame the series is basically dead but you never know I mean we're finally getting another Pocky and Rocky after like 15 years so anything's possible.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Being ported to newer consoles is a long shot but since Limited Run Games has started doing reprints of Sega CD games this game could happen, the Saturn has a complicated security layer that makes doing reprints difficult!
Mega everdrive pro and done.
@@MOLTEN0
Yep, basically that.
For some reason Limited Run is more interested in rereleasing Sega CD games that are already relatively cheap like Star Wars Rebel Assault, than rare expensive games that actually need a rerelease like Keio and Snatcher. Hell, they even did a release of the Snatcher soundtrack, but of course not the game. Makes no sense at all.
I've been a huge fan of KFS for many years and love seeing it get any attention.
Just curious where you came across the names of the music tracks, as I've never been able to come across too much info about the soundtrack aside from the composer.
Always enjoyed this one. Picked it up with The Terminator in a double pack for pennies years ago. Pal version. Sequels fun too with some great visuals. Sure you'll be reviewing that one soon!
Awesome content as usual.
Love your channel 👍
Are those nuts?!
No, those are Dragon Balls
but we later see that Spot is female....
thanks as always for your great content - it's always a pleasant surprise to go to the youtube home page and see you have posted a new video
Noticed you in Retro gamer magazine this month. Nice work.
Yeah, it was a good opportunity to share my opinion on a great game.
I bought this game for $20 shortly after the Saturn came out and they were clearancing out Genesis/Sega CD games. Still have it complete in box.
I love playing Keio and Lords of Thunder on my Everdrive Pro.
A lot of people criticize Keio, but I think it's a great game. Not the best shooter ever released, but a competent game, with nice elements, a not hostile environment for people that's not searching for a difficult shmup, but a friendly one.
Totally bizarre - I was just playing this about an hour ago and taking screenshots to upload to GameFAQs... and you upload this Keio vid around the same time?! Nice thong thumbnail BTW lol
Strangely enough, upon visually inspecting the thumbnail, the thong jumped out at me less than the dragon scrotum. Go figure!
@@Rationalific Dragons have scrotums??
@@SEiMEi_EXiSTS Well, on the thumbnail, it seems to...
Nice soundtrack, I must add it to my playlist. Shooters truly have some of the best music ever, no matter the platform.
This is actually a really fun game with awesome music and visuals. I could never get past the spiraling dragon boss though 😞
Apparently, the demo disc for this game has the full version on it by mistake, because the developers screwed up. Larry Bundy, Jr. talks about it on his channel.
I Remember hearing that the sequel on saturn was very hard, i guess they've listened to the critics
This is the types of games I wanted to see on the SegaCD back in the day. Not necessarily the cutes-y kind. I know people call these games "carts with CD music", but that's exactly what I wanted! haha. But really, it's not exactly cart game because while it might not be immediate standout, the developers didn't design the game with cart limitations. So corners weren't cut because it was a cart - kind of thing. So what you see is what they wanted to design (on a per level basis). It would have been nice to have had the sequel on the SegaCD though.
can i go back in time and get this game back, and snatcher, and dark wizard...just for sega cd..and more for other systems
And keep some sealed spare.... The thought hurts 😔
I traded all my Genesis and Sega CD games to EB in 1995 to buy a Saturn console. If I only knew how much those games are worth now would have kept them.
The most expensive genesis games are the a+ konami titles. Turtles and castlevania. I stand open to correction but last I checked 200 for turtles is no bueno. I'm a turtle and I do not approve.
@@greenkoopa I never had any rare Genesis games but I did for Sega CD and Saturn. I'm sure not replacing Keio flying squadron again with today's prices. I just bought a reproduction so I could play it again. 😁
Panorama Cotton is also expensive between €400 €800
Why are that dragon's balls visible?
Bc he isn't wearing pants.
@@MrSerpico145 which is odd considering we later see Spot is a she.
@@ENiceGeo lol it's truly odd how the creators of this game couldn't keep this single character consistent.
Rarities are usually not worth their hefty price tag, except Keio. Working Design's Cotton adaptation has a PC Engine CD / Neo Geo quality to it that makes this Mega CD exclusive a must-have, physically or illegally.
I have both this one and the Saturn sequal... highly recommended fun titles
I bought this game about 10 years ago because everyone i know said it was the bees knees. Bought it for a ridiculous amount and I personally felt it was just an average game. Didn’t realize this was in the thousands now it was in the hundreds when i got it.
there all average games, these ppl just take turns having different "takes" on them
I actually purchased for £2.99 back in the day. How I wish I kept hold of it !
Fun (terrible) story - in the early 2000's, and my work route often let me browse a multitude of awesome pawn shops. Well, one day - this and Working Design's Popful Mail were both at a shop complete - for $10 each. I only had $10 in my pocket, so picked Popful Mail. As I've watched the price skyrocket on this, I often think about that day - I can't be too sad, but it's one of those things I kinda knew I'd regret. But money was tight, and I didn't have a credit card in those days. Ah, well. I've figured out ways to play it since then, so not all is lost.
Well, it happens a lot to those who lived in those generations, if we knew how expensive would turn some games we would have emptied the shelves.
you keep saying you'll catch me next time but i keep getting away...
Need this one to complete my Sega CD collection, at its price, I’m gonna be waiting a bit.
It keeps going up. Price has doubled since I got it a couple years ago.
@@MrSerpico145 yeah it sucks, it’s one of the last handful of games I need to complete the collection
Lordes of Thunder: Exists
Kaio: $2000
Life: Genesis Mini with USB pass through
"It's a heck of a good time all the same." At the end of the day thats ultimately what you hope for in a video game.
You're beautiful 😍 x
Basically the Sega CD's Magical Chase, though still nowhere NEAR that expensive.
Great episode Sega Lord X! Now, Can you please showcase the Sega games that came out for the PC: for DOS and Windows 9x. I think it will make for a great episode as well. Just a suggestion. Thanks!😀
I've never played this game, although I do know that the bunnygirl heroine (and that woman who looks like she's wearing towels who shows up in some of the cutscenes) was something that nine year-old me felt quite strange and unfamiliar about when I was reading a feature on the game in the UK Official Sega Magazine back in the Nineties...!
In all seriousness, though, a practical detail I do welcome about the actual gameplay that you mention is how you need to stop shooting to let your satellites recharge. One thing I genuinely cannot stand about shmups as a genre is that there's rarely any reason to not just lay a paperweight on top of your fire button and you have to deal with that irritating flourescent-light buzzing of endless shots in your ear throughout your whole playthrough. Something that actually incentivises you to release the trigger every now and again is all too rare and a real bonus!
Nobody:
SegaLordX: "Pirate it"
🤣🤣I didn't expect that
There's nothing wrong with downloading an ISO of this game. JVC isn't making money off of this game anymore, so go for it!
Yes, I emulated it. To tell you the truth, I expected more from this game, is not bad but enters into the "it's ok" zone to me.
The music is really good and the graphics colorful, somehow the weapons never felt practical enough. I miss this wacky games and stories from the 90's.
On the Caspian river stage, if you stick to the deck while the ship is falling, the raccoons will walk over you without dealing any damage... a glitch but a good one.
Always such excellent videos. Cheers dude!
Great game.. i play this game on my cdx
yesterday and is amazing
Very expensive game. I wanted a copy of this a few years ago after seeing footage of it but was annoyed at the ridiculous prices that it was selling for like $1000. I immediately turned to a blank CD-R and burned the image onto it with the red-book soundtrack, printed out the front and back covers and put it all in a finished ordinary CD case, it now looks just like a retail copy.
Another great Sega Lord X production.
Waiting for your review of Dark Savior for the Saturn 👌
Looks like a very unusual gem! released in 93 but in the west in 95...oh japan why???!!! you always did that!
Japan? It was the Western distributors fault who decided to not release it earlier, the same going for the japanese only games that were never released in the West.
But is it worth $2000?
Hello Obscure Anime Man!
No game is. It's only worth that much because there are people who will pay that much. And they say drugs are an expensive hobby.
Fuck no. Ebay is full of dumbs, man.
@@VegarotFusion No-one spends two grand on a game to play it, they're buying it as an investment, in the hope that they can sell it for three grand later.
@@kapparomeo Yeah, to someone who will pay for it.
And it's still an expensive hobby.
I remember when it came out. I really wanted to play it, but I didn't have a Mega CD. Now I regret not buying it all the same.
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I bought a repo copy a few years back, both it and the the repo copy of popful mail work well on the sega cd.
My cd is burn repro. But I like It😁
Sega Lord X catches me next time every time.
A anime Cute'em up game for the Sega CD rated K-A (Kids to Adult) where the heroine is dressed like a playboy bunny.
Nothing wrong with the game that parents would complain about here in 1995 here! ^-^"
Just picked up the sequel for Saturn. Can’t possibly afford this one at this time, but maybe one day if prices ever go down.
No one says "this system doesn't have any games" because that's nonsensical. The Sega CD has some good games but not many, because it was a commercial failure.
Been doing this channel for years now and many people claim it has no good games. Some consider it utter trash.
@@SegaLordX To those who still have a Sega CD system and games, it is trash, and because I am such a nice guy, I will take of your hands, free of charge. I am such an altruistic guy.
There's a bunch of great games for the Sega CD. There's also a LOT of crap.
I got my first Sega CD (a model 2) back around 1996 in a trade, and with all the games I have played on the system, I'll never regret owning one. These days I own a Model 1 I found at a local thrift; recently replaced the little belt inside but haven't had a problem with it. With games like this, Snatcher, Sonic CD, Earthworm Jim, Panic!, Popful Mail, the two Lunar games, the fun shooters like Android Assault, Sol Feace, Robo Aleste and more I haven't named, I can ignore the FMV crap and just go with the fun stuff.
@@madcrowmaxwell There's a lot of crap on any console, but there's not a bunch of great games for the Sega CD. There's a handful. I have a Mega Sg but there's no way I can justify buying a Sega CD. I'm just going to get a Mega Everdrive Pro.
So glad I got this off a school friend who got it and found it too cutesy, paid £5 for it, still sits in my collection.
The only reason I know of this game's existence is thanks to Guru Larry
Now I have to wait until I am off my shift. 1am... definitely something to look forward to!
I never did get around this one til emulators, but it was kinda fun the little bit I played of it... may have to revisit it at some point!
Funny. Now that Sega Lord talked about it and after I looked up how much it's worth I might actually sell my copy of this game since I hardly ever play it and it's in great condition. With things being like they are it's probably the best time to sell games.
The Lord always delivers that sega content
there's also the demo cd which u can use a stage select to access the later levels.I still have mine and it's not too expensive to obtain.
So... the in-game bio says the dragon is a girl, but it clearly has balls.
I´ve never played it but for some reason it´s like a mix of Panzer Dragoon and Muchi Muchi Pork!
How did this game deserve 2 stars out of 5 back then?!?!? Its at least a 4 stars...
Nice review as always. A fun game. Lots of ways to play as you said. Thanks, MiSTer!
extremely rare. might even be rarer than Snatcher
Next Generation Magazine gave it a bad review.... I’m not surprised. It was a trash magazine anyway. No one I knew like it. And they were so misinformed about 5th gen console generation.
Love this game! One of the better Sega CD games for sure.
Good call on changing the thumbnail.
Whoa, how many other shoot'em ups actually allow you to modify your hitbox?
Sir, have you thought about perhaps also do some streaming of you playing a few games? Or record full playthroughs, in your own way?
I have the Japanese version and it is anything but a cakewalk. I struggle to even get past the boss of the second stage. Did they adjust the difficulty for the Western release or am I just rubbish?
It's a shame this game has never been rereleased. It would pretty much be a must own for any Sega CD and/or shmup fan. I'm guessing the rights to any JVC games have to be in limbo somewhere. Great game and definitely one to play any way you can.
It's not really piracy if the game isnt available for purchase anywhere except used resellers. It's now in the "abandonware" category.
Good review! Had never played (It does look very much like a Parodius game.)
Ridiculously expensive game.
I'dd love a review of the sequel :)
Seems more like an entry level shmup than anything else. At least they greatly expanded the sequel.
A couple things: I bought the game disc-only for under $3 in about 2001 at Discland in Minnesota. I sold it around 10 years later for about $200.
Keio is the name of the train line 3 minutes from my door here in Tokyo.
And the Japanese above "Push start" on the menu screen says "Push Start" in Katakana Japanese (alphabet used for foreign words).
Not to be "that guy" but I'm pretty sure that racoon is actually a tanuki but I have been known to be misinformed at times.
Edit: If Limited Run were to ever get the rights to publish another run of a SEGA CD game this one should be it...or maybe Snatcher. I have a rated copy of this game I got years ago 'cause it was the only CIB version I could get and I'm okay with taking a potential price hit just so more people can play this w/o having to resort to emulation...myself included.
The US manual refers to them as raccoons.
Fair review, thank you SLX
great soundtrack
There’s a fella selling great repros with a case on eBay
Only had the demo of this game. Then years later i found out about the level select still worked on the demo
The top Sega CD game I have on my backlog is Soulstar, then Snatcher
Soulstar is a really amazing game. I recently picked it up. It’s worth every penny.
@@shaggymcdaniel3216 Soulstar is impressive but not really fun. The space levels are great but the terrible land controls really ruin the game.
Lovely game, played it a lot. I have the PAL Mega cd version.
This game can also be enjoyed on the MiSTer FPGA.
Hope you review the sequel too!
Got it 😎