As a Brazilian whose earliest gaming memories were on the Master System, I seriously can't wait for that nostalgia trip. Great research and video as usual!!
13:53 If anyone's wondering why Psycho Soldier is here, it's (arguably) the first game to have an actual vocal theme song, sung by an idol from the time. Although it was so heavily compressed that it was only barely audible in-game.
Nice to see Segaiden has entered the Mark III era. Teddy Boy Blues has a nice chiptune theme and is pretty good arcade port action for 1985. And the Mark III coverage is a nice Christmas gift. As is the Miku invented Minecraft joke/meme.
I grew up in France, where the Master System wasn't nearly as hot as it was in the UK or Brazil. I do remember having one friend who had a Master System and a whole bunch of games. I always loved the system myself, particularly the gorgeous, bright colour palette that was quite similar to the Amstrad CPC's (the gaming device of choice for most French gamers at the time). The SMS feels like a story of lost potential to me. Although it clearly has superior graphics and a decent number of worthwhile games, there's no doubt the NES has a superior library of games, just by virtue of it having so many more games and many by better developer (no matter which way you look at it, Capcom, Konami and Sunsoft were simply better than the likes of Infogrames). If only the Master System had been more popular in Japan, it could have been a treasure trove of great arcade conversions like the PC-Engine. Heck, a lot of Sega's own arcade conversions on the system are thoroughly decent. I finally got myself a Master System in 2013, and I use it fairly regularly. The Monster World series alone is worth the price of admission. It also has a better playing conversion of the almighty Outrun than the Mega Drive, imo, and Hang-On, which was the built-in game on my system, is just a stunning game for its time. So smooth. It's a cool little system, and I wish it had a bigger homebrew scene to show us what could have been.
@@Larry No, I didn't. I went from the 464 to the 6128plus, and then on to the Amiga. Although I vaguely remember seeing the GX4000 in stores, I don't believe I ever saw the system in action until Xyphoe played through the entire game catalogue on one of his livestreams (apart from the elusive Chase HQ, of course :P). As far as I know it flopped every bit as hard in France as it did in the UK. The GX4000 does have a pretty great Robocop II game, though! And Pang and Switchblade are good conversions.
I'd say the Master System was a pretty strong upgrade over the SG-1000. So many consoles from the early 1980s used that same basic ColecoVision/MSX template, but the SMS is a considerable step up, to the point where its later games and a few titles on its cousin the Game Gear approach 16-bit quality in color and detail. They even put Gunstar Heroes on the Game Gear... I imagine if you tried the same on the SG-1000, the damn thing would smoke and explode!
An interesting thing about Teddy Boy Blues was it got not one, not two, but THREE releases on the Mega Drive/Genesis. First as a downloadable title from Sega's Meganet service, second on a Sega CD compilation of some of those downloadable games and third on another Sega CD compilation; a collection of Mega Drive titles whose music has been swapped out with melodic covers of Sega games from the J-pop group B.B. Queens. Funny how Teddy Boy Blues effectively bounced from one musical talent to another at the end of the game's life.
Seeing Sonic in the clips just reminds me how it looked and sounded so much better than anything I'd ever played at the time. I think it still stands up today.
I never post on your videos because I watch all of them on my Xbox. I recently got a job at a PC where I can get youtube in here and there on my lunch. So I just wanted to drop a message that I have enjoyed your videos for years now. I love the way you do the games in order and I appreciate the extra effort to find out real information about the games that a lot do not know. In short, thanks for the great entertainment. P.S. - Thank you for not giving into the "making a silly face at a game" thumbnail stuff that so many youtubers have gone to.
re: 4:21: Both the FC/NES and SMS required expansion chips on the cart, in as much the game was larger than 32KB (NES) and 48KB (SMS). There are two ways the SMS definitely trumps the NES: -NES has eight, 3 color palettes; 4 go to the BG, 4 for sprites. A sprite or BG tile is limited to the 3 colors of a single palette. SMS has two, 16-color palettes. A tile can use any combination of the 16 colors. -SMS can put 512 different tiles on the BG. In practice, it's probably not possible to have 512 tiles in vram and a proper tile map, but at least you won't go mad trying to fit all the BG assets in 256 tiles. While you can use some tricks to get around the limit, the NES is basically limited to 256 BG tiles by default.
Love this series. I hope the odd European exclusive makes the cut. The licensed games like Lucky Dime Caper, Deep Duck Trouble, Aladdin, and Asterix are great.
Alex Kidd lifts so much from Teddy Boy Blues... Even the death animation! The Mark III is awesome. It looks better than the Master System, in my opinion. It was a nice companion system to the more popular Famicom, in my opinion. I love it to death. I don't get why Sega decided to rebrand it later as the Master System in Japan too. They should've went from the Mark III directly to the Mega Drive. Unfortunately, they have a history of coming up with too many consoles in a short period of time.
"Someone else will have to cover the system's nearly 200 European and Brazillian exclusives" is about as nice of a way of saying, "Have fun with that, Dr. Sparkle" as you can get. :D
Shame that "Hang-On" has no music but I always thought the doppler sound effect you hear as you pass by other bikes was so cool. Two channels(maybe more?) are already out for the roar of the engine and maybe there just wasn't room. Also 'teddy boys' were mainly a UK phenomenon, they were the British equivalent of USA's greasers and rockers, but they were much more style-conscious, and wore neat, cloth suits like Elvis and Little Richard did in many of their formal television appearances when they had to look at least decently professional - and more importantly the teds were the precursors to the mod subculture of the 60s, when they took the fancy suit idea and expanded on it, bringing us the decade where everybody wanted to dress like James Bond or the Beatles... or Austin Powers.
All's I know is that Benny the Bouncer was a ted who would cut your granny's face off for half a quid until he got murdered by Savage Sid at the Palais de Dance.
@@JeremyParish Huh, I never put together "The end of a Ted?" from that song in that way. Sidney was described as a greaser, so I thought he was the Ted, and it was the end of him because he was going to prison forever. I didn't think it was describing Benny, who hadn't been noted as being part of that culture before, just really mean.
I'm constantly astonished when I see how good the Mk. III/Master System looked back in its day. I never really got to see much of it when I was a kid, only ever once getting to play a bit on a demonstration copy of a Master System II that had been set up in an electronics store with the built-in game (pretty sure it was Alex Kidd in Miracle World) running on it, and I didn't get very far, being only about maybe 5 or 6 years old at the time. But I'm stunned at how much better its graphics were than the NES. Honestly, they were almost as good as the Genesis/Mega Drive, which I've always considered _significantly_ weaker than the SNES by comparison. Have you ever actually compared Phantasy Star on the Master System to Phantasy Star II on the Genesis? The original actually looks MUCH better!
Oh hell yeah, I’ve been waiting for this, the Mark III or Master System just doesn’t get as much love as I think it should, there’s some damn good games on that thing, but it still remains relatively obscure, and worse, seemingly largely unresearched. Can’t wait to see where and how this is gonna go.
Ufo Senshi Yoko Chan came out in 1988, was developed by Vic Tokai and published by Sega on their System 2 hardware. This time it was Yoko Minamino as a playable character, who was known for her role in the Sukeban Deka TV series.
One of my most dominate memories of the Master System is of my neighbor going on nonstop about Teddy Boy Blues, to the point it wasn't all that impressive when I played it. Meanwhile it slipped my mind for decades only to come up as some kind of fever dream, there with other forgotten titles like Midnight Resistance.
Who knew Jeremy was a Miku stan? Also the minecraft joke at the end made me laugh harder than it probably should have. Fantastic video, really enjoyed the info in this one.
One flaw with the design of the Mark III/Master System is that the pause button is on the console instead of on the controllers. That might not have been a problem in Japan where controller cords were shorter and players were used to sitting close to the console, but it was annoying for western players who sat farther away from the console. It's especially annoying when playing games in which the pause button is used to access menus.
Excellent, Jeremy. Hang-On was a pack-in with my Master System, and although it was not the arcade game I'd played a few times, it was pretty exciting as a racing game and a lot more up my alley than Safari (the co-inhabitant of the Hang-On cart). Mark IIIs look so future classic, white with black accents and bright blue pause button. Probably made Triumphs TR7 a little jealous.
sega's been long rumored to have yakuza ties - i imagine that pop star who sang teddy boy blues was managed by a yakuza owned entertainment company. they were probably in the same yakuza group "umbrella" of controlled enterprises - a lot of those cross promotional deals were. large chunks of the entertainment industry were heavily controlled by the yakuza in the bubble economy days. just a hunch, but it wouldn't surprise me video on sega's links to the yakuza th-cam.com/video/G8YNB4-k2E0/w-d-xo.html
Fantastic episode! I didn’t realise the Teddy Boy Blues connection and your presentation of the story really helps frame things. I also had no idea about the palette disparity with SG1000 and Master System. This explains a lot, especially in terms of screenshots. I always enjoyed the pastel tones of Girl’s Garden. Unfortunately it looks Sonic mega drive footage snuck in there in lieu of the Master System version. Thanks for your hard work on this Segaiden series!
When it comes to some good music, the theme for the Master System game Zillion, Pure Stone, is quite spectacular. I'm sure you'll get to that one when you continue the series.
Some of the best games for the Sega Master System were European and Brazilian exclusives, such as Land of Illusion, The Lucky Dime Caper, and Asterix. Fortunately, most PAL region Master System games can be played on an NTSC Master System or a Sega Genesis with a Power Base Converter.
I fondly remember playing games on my Master System. I was the only one I knew that had one at the time, so I didn’t get exposed to too many games, but I played the hell outta games like Phantasy Star and Miracle Warriors.
First I love Macross. Second I fell sorry for Parish, every single time a game had a brazilian version someone gonna come here and say "you didnt say that X game have a brazilian version named Y" or something like that. Its gonna be tought
That's easy enough: Someone else can cover the Brazilian and European markets, as it's way beyond my means. This series is strictly about U.S./JP releases.
A system I've heard a lot about but never seen. I knew it was a big deal. But 200 European and Brazilian exclusives wasn't something I expected, especially since when looking through local retro game stores (most of them online), they mostly have Nintendo and Sony, but no Sega.
Teddy Boy I think might be the 2nd to tie in pop music star likeness into a game with Journey being the first. "One of the first" could be an understatement as it appears it is the first for Japanese star/game altogether. Marketing would only get stranger and stranger with celebrity and sports tie ins from here! :P
@@JeremyParish Good call, I haven't internalized Euro games as well as Japanese and American releases. I forget they even had a game since it wasn't a thing stateside! :)
Judging from some of the Japanese comments left on Teddy Boy Blues vocal performances, the song is difficult to sing, and her live performances were a bit rocky, as a result? I can't be sure of the translation, and context is difficult to come by. (Anyone better informed, please step in.) But. It still seems the perfect metaphor for both the music industry and the gaming industry. Take promising talent, make impossible demands, and then build up the next big thing before anyone investigates the crime scene.
I grew up on the Master System and remember playing the shit out of Hang On, which was the pack-in on the Hang On/Safari Hunt cart. Teddy Boy is one of the few games for the MS I never owned. Good stuff, Jeremy!
Nice bit of Mark3/SMS jump in history, but I've been wondering how thin you're being spread as I miss the constant releases of NES and Gameboy Works which seem to have trickled or halted, same with SNES Works that got a start and stopped.
Compared to seeing the vast amount of crap the SG1000 and it's successor produced, seeing the Master System games is like an oasis in a desert. Mind you, I never grew up with the Master System. An NES and the Genesis were my first systems. But I can appreciate the technological leap here, for sure.
what puzzles me more about the lack of soundtrack in hang on is the fact that sega in the time seemed to dedicate so much attention to the sound part of their games, like even making an fm sound chip add-on for god's sake
Maybe the soundtrack wasn't included so the game could fit on the card format. Hang On was also released on combo cartridges with Safari Hunt or Astro Warrior. Sega is known to have made cuts to other Master System games, most likely to reduce memory size. The North American and European versions of Enduro Racer are missing half the tracks and other images found in the Japanese version. The US version of Captain Silver is missing stages and enemies found in the Japanese, European, and Canadian versions.
I just bought a SEGA MARK III and some games..i already own a SMS, but some of the japanese exlusives such as the TECMO/SALIO games pushed me to buy it :P
There are a lot of similarities between Teddy Boy and Alex Kidd in Miracle World, including them both turning into a very similar angel-ghost upon death, and even the weird moustache-wearing red ball enemy appearing in both games. Although I've rarely seen anyone else touch upon it, it kind of appears like Teddy Boy Blues was a rough draft of what would become Alex Kidd.
@@todesziege Mick, the protagonist of the Sega Master System game Ghost House, also looks like he could be a relative of Alex Kidd. Both of them punch with an oversized fist as their main attack. Alex Kidd in Miracle World was originally going to be a Dragon Ball game, but the developers were told they couldn't use the license anymore, so Alex Kidd was created to replace Goku.
The death angel animation appeared in a LOT of 8-bit Sega games, and the red ball is a daruma, which is something that also shows up in a lot of Japanese games. I don't doubt they were refining their ideas here, but I'm reluctant to say this was Alex Kidd Zero or something.
Sega I don't know how you pulled off success by selling the same I.P. like 5 times to the same customer base. Example in the USA we had the choice Atari, Sega or. Nintendo. Atari fresh looking ports of game's that we had sitting in a box. Or take a chance on something different. No one had an Atari.
@@JeremyParish Why have you abandoned NES works? Bring back NES Works! Bring Back NES WORKS! Gattica Gattaca! jk man, this is an amazing episode. The startling depth of reportage into background to Teddyboy Blues is really appreciated. I played that game once on a multi-cart thing and I thought it was great, but I never knew any of that. Totally get the connection to Flicky now. Love the details about Hang On as well. I never liked that one because it was too easy, now I understand why. Thanks for all you do!
Ohhh, THAT'S why that character in Earthbound Beginnings is named Teddy!
As a Brazilian whose earliest gaming memories were on the Master System, I seriously can't wait for that nostalgia trip. Great research and video as usual!!
I would love to hear a Brazilian growing up with the Master System's account. The cultural impact with your friends, the great games and the duds.
13:53 If anyone's wondering why Psycho Soldier is here, it's (arguably) the first game to have an actual vocal theme song, sung by an idol from the time. Although it was so heavily compressed that it was only barely audible in-game.
Nice to see Segaiden has entered the Mark III era. Teddy Boy Blues has a nice chiptune theme and is pretty good arcade port action for 1985. And the Mark III coverage is a nice Christmas gift. As is the Miku invented Minecraft joke/meme.
I grew up in France, where the Master System wasn't nearly as hot as it was in the UK or Brazil. I do remember having one friend who had a Master System and a whole bunch of games. I always loved the system myself, particularly the gorgeous, bright colour palette that was quite similar to the Amstrad CPC's (the gaming device of choice for most French gamers at the time). The SMS feels like a story of lost potential to me. Although it clearly has superior graphics and a decent number of worthwhile games, there's no doubt the NES has a superior library of games, just by virtue of it having so many more games and many by better developer (no matter which way you look at it, Capcom, Konami and Sunsoft were simply better than the likes of Infogrames). If only the Master System had been more popular in Japan, it could have been a treasure trove of great arcade conversions like the PC-Engine. Heck, a lot of Sega's own arcade conversions on the system are thoroughly decent.
I finally got myself a Master System in 2013, and I use it fairly regularly. The Monster World series alone is worth the price of admission. It also has a better playing conversion of the almighty Outrun than the Mega Drive, imo, and Hang-On, which was the built-in game on my system, is just a stunning game for its time. So smooth.
It's a cool little system, and I wish it had a bigger homebrew scene to show us what could have been.
Did you ever buy an Amstrad GX4000? They were really counting on France for sales as the CPC was so popular there.
@@Larry No, I didn't. I went from the 464 to the 6128plus, and then on to the Amiga. Although I vaguely remember seeing the GX4000 in stores, I don't believe I ever saw the system in action until Xyphoe played through the entire game catalogue on one of his livestreams (apart from the elusive Chase HQ, of course :P).
As far as I know it flopped every bit as hard in France as it did in the UK. The GX4000 does have a pretty great Robocop II game, though! And Pang and Switchblade are good conversions.
I've been waiting for Segaiden to reach the Master System since the spin-off show started. Very excited for every single one of these.
I'd say the Master System was a pretty strong upgrade over the SG-1000. So many consoles from the early 1980s used that same basic ColecoVision/MSX template, but the SMS is a considerable step up, to the point where its later games and a few titles on its cousin the Game Gear approach 16-bit quality in color and detail. They even put Gunstar Heroes on the Game Gear... I imagine if you tried the same on the SG-1000, the damn thing would smoke and explode!
An interesting thing about Teddy Boy Blues was it got not one, not two, but THREE releases on the Mega Drive/Genesis. First as a downloadable title from Sega's Meganet service, second on a Sega CD compilation of some of those downloadable games and third on another Sega CD compilation; a collection of Mega Drive titles whose music has been swapped out with melodic covers of Sega games from the J-pop group B.B. Queens. Funny how Teddy Boy Blues effectively bounced from one musical talent to another at the end of the game's life.
Americans/Japaneses: "Master what?"
Some Europeans: "Good times"
Brazilians (I'm one): "Master System never dies"
Seeing Sonic in the clips just reminds me how it looked and sounded so much better than anything I'd ever played at the time. I think it still stands up today.
Teddy Boy’s sprite looks like he’s wearing a yarmulke rather than a beret. Maybe Teddy is short for Theodore!
Teddy Boy Blustein
I never post on your videos because I watch all of them on my Xbox. I recently got a job at a PC where I can get youtube in here and there on my lunch. So I just wanted to drop a message that I have enjoyed your videos for years now. I love the way you do the games in order and I appreciate the extra effort to find out real information about the games that a lot do not know. In short, thanks for the great entertainment.
P.S. - Thank you for not giving into the "making a silly face at a game" thumbnail stuff that so many youtubers have gone to.
re: 4:21: Both the FC/NES and SMS required expansion chips on the cart, in as much the game was larger than 32KB (NES) and 48KB (SMS). There are two ways the SMS definitely trumps the NES:
-NES has eight, 3 color palettes; 4 go to the BG, 4 for sprites. A sprite or BG tile is limited to the 3 colors of a single palette. SMS has two, 16-color palettes. A tile can use any combination of the 16 colors.
-SMS can put 512 different tiles on the BG. In practice, it's probably not possible to have 512 tiles in vram and a proper tile map, but at least you won't go mad trying to fit all the BG assets in 256 tiles. While you can use some tricks to get around the limit, the NES is basically limited to 256 BG tiles by default.
Love this series. I hope the odd European exclusive makes the cut. The licensed games like Lucky Dime Caper, Deep Duck Trouble, Aladdin, and Asterix are great.
Alex Kidd lifts so much from Teddy Boy Blues... Even the death animation!
The Mark III is awesome. It looks better than the Master System, in my opinion. It was a nice companion system to the more popular Famicom, in my opinion. I love it to death. I don't get why Sega decided to rebrand it later as the Master System in Japan too. They should've went from the Mark III directly to the Mega Drive. Unfortunately, they have a history of coming up with too many consoles in a short period of time.
"Someone else will have to cover the system's nearly 200 European and Brazillian exclusives" is about as nice of a way of saying, "Have fun with that, Dr. Sparkle" as you can get. :D
Dang. Teddy Boy even has the Chuck Taylor gym shoe product placements. Lol
Shame that "Hang-On" has no music but I always thought the doppler sound effect you hear as you pass by other bikes was so cool. Two channels(maybe more?) are already out for the roar of the engine and maybe there just wasn't room.
Also 'teddy boys' were mainly a UK phenomenon, they were the British equivalent of USA's greasers and rockers, but they were much more style-conscious, and wore neat, cloth suits like Elvis and Little Richard did in many of their formal television appearances when they had to look at least decently professional - and more importantly the teds were the precursors to the mod subculture of the 60s, when they took the fancy suit idea and expanded on it, bringing us the decade where everybody wanted to dress like James Bond or the Beatles... or Austin Powers.
All's I know is that Benny the Bouncer was a ted who would cut your granny's face off for half a quid until he got murdered by Savage Sid at the Palais de Dance.
@@JeremyParish Never bring a meat pie to a knife fight.
@@JeremyParish Huh, I never put together "The end of a Ted?" from that song in that way. Sidney was described as a greaser, so I thought he was the Ted, and it was the end of him because he was going to prison forever. I didn't think it was describing Benny, who hadn't been noted as being part of that culture before, just really mean.
Teddy Boys wore clothes inspired by Edwardian era fashion ("Teddy" being a pet form of the name "Edward").
Fun Fact: Rockstar Games were going to release a sequel to their The Warriors game based on Quadrophenia a few years ago, but was sadly cancelled.
I'm constantly astonished when I see how good the Mk. III/Master System looked back in its day. I never really got to see much of it when I was a kid, only ever once getting to play a bit on a demonstration copy of a Master System II that had been set up in an electronics store with the built-in game (pretty sure it was Alex Kidd in Miracle World) running on it, and I didn't get very far, being only about maybe 5 or 6 years old at the time. But I'm stunned at how much better its graphics were than the NES. Honestly, they were almost as good as the Genesis/Mega Drive, which I've always considered _significantly_ weaker than the SNES by comparison. Have you ever actually compared Phantasy Star on the Master System to Phantasy Star II on the Genesis? The original actually looks MUCH better!
Oh hell yeah, I’ve been waiting for this, the Mark III or Master System just doesn’t get as much love as I think it should, there’s some damn good games on that thing, but it still remains relatively obscure, and worse, seemingly largely unresearched. Can’t wait to see where and how this is gonna go.
Ufo Senshi Yoko Chan came out in 1988, was developed by Vic Tokai and published by Sega on their System 2 hardware. This time it was Yoko Minamino as a playable character, who was known for her role in the Sukeban Deka TV series.
One of my most dominate memories of the Master System is of my neighbor going on nonstop about Teddy Boy Blues, to the point it wasn't all that impressive when I played it. Meanwhile it slipped my mind for decades only to come up as some kind of fever dream, there with other forgotten titles like Midnight Resistance.
Who knew Jeremy was a Miku stan? Also the minecraft joke at the end made me laugh harder than it probably should have. Fantastic video, really enjoyed the info in this one.
Always a good morning when your videos show up in the subscription queue, Jeremy.
One flaw with the design of the Mark III/Master System is that the pause button is on the console instead of on the controllers. That might not have been a problem in Japan where controller cords were shorter and players were used to sitting close to the console, but it was annoying for western players who sat farther away from the console. It's especially annoying when playing games in which the pause button is used to access menus.
this is my favorite channel on youtube
Thank you for your always impeccable work.
oh so THAT's why Ninten's ruffian friend in Mother 1 was named Teddy!
Excellent, Jeremy. Hang-On was a pack-in with my Master System, and although it was not the arcade game I'd played a few times, it was pretty exciting as a racing game and a lot more up my alley than Safari (the co-inhabitant of the Hang-On cart). Mark IIIs look so future classic, white with black accents and bright blue pause button. Probably made Triumphs TR7 a little jealous.
I just looked up the TR7 since we don't really have Triumph in the U.S., and yeah, that is a beautiful piece of design.
Oh boy! That means the Castle is coming! It's one of my favorite games of all time, and it deserves some more press.
sega's been long rumored to have yakuza ties - i imagine that pop star who sang teddy boy blues was managed by a yakuza owned entertainment company. they were probably in the same yakuza group "umbrella" of controlled enterprises - a lot of those cross promotional deals were. large chunks of the entertainment industry were heavily controlled by the yakuza in the bubble economy days. just a hunch, but it wouldn't surprise me
video on sega's links to the yakuza
th-cam.com/video/G8YNB4-k2E0/w-d-xo.html
As you might imagine, that is territory I don't have enough knowledge about to comfortably speculate over in a video like this. But yes.
@@JeremyParish You clearly have enough knowledge about idols though.
Idols aren't gonna cut off my face and serve it to the jellyfish if I get my facts mixed up
@@JeremyParish oh yeah, i wouldn't either. i'd much rather the jeremy parish of the jeremy parish media empire remain unmurdered
14:18 is this in reference to Ishino not appearing in the mark III port? The arcade version does have her in the attract mode and some bonus levels.
Yes, correct.
Fantastic episode! I didn’t realise the Teddy Boy Blues connection and your presentation of the story really helps frame things. I also had no idea about the palette disparity with SG1000 and Master System. This explains a lot, especially in terms of screenshots. I always enjoyed the pastel tones of Girl’s Garden.
Unfortunately it looks Sonic mega drive footage snuck in there in lieu of the Master System version.
Thanks for your hard work on this Segaiden series!
Finally, the Master System!
I never played this system but I find this recaps enjoyable and informative. Thank you for making them
When it comes to some good music, the theme for the Master System game Zillion, Pure Stone, is quite spectacular. I'm sure you'll get to that one when you continue the series.
See also: Metroidvania Works
Some of the best games for the Sega Master System were European and Brazilian exclusives, such as Land of Illusion, The Lucky Dime Caper, and Asterix. Fortunately, most PAL region Master System games can be played on an NTSC Master System or a Sega Genesis with a Power Base Converter.
The first 18 minutes were pretty good, but that Minecraft punchline is fingertip-kiss-worthy.
I let out a loud "HA!" hearing a zoomer meme escape the lips of our gen-X guy here.
Memes transcend generations, except Boomer Facebook memes involving Minions; they can keep those
@@JeremyParish Let's not rule out the possibility you're just exceptionally hip.
No, I think we can safely rule that one out
I fondly remember playing games on my Master System. I was the only one I knew that had one at the time, so I didn’t get exposed to too many games, but I played the hell outta games like Phantasy Star and Miracle Warriors.
It could be that I'm not yet fully awake but I'm pretty sure I heard you say Teddy Bear several times XD
First I love Macross. Second I fell sorry for Parish, every single time a game had a brazilian version someone gonna come here and say "you didnt say that X game have a brazilian version named Y" or something like that. Its gonna be tought
That's easy enough: Someone else can cover the Brazilian and European markets, as it's way beyond my means. This series is strictly about U.S./JP releases.
@@JeremyParishYou said it in the video. Its a pain because people dosent pay atention
That's for sure, whew
A system I've heard a lot about but never seen. I knew it was a big deal. But 200 European and Brazilian exclusives wasn't something I expected, especially since when looking through local retro game stores (most of them online), they mostly have Nintendo and Sony, but no Sega.
Sega mark 3 aka Sega master system is still excellent today. 😀👍🎮
15:34 One simple slip of the tongue and now it’s a game about cuddly toys as opposed to violent gang members.
Teddy Boy I think might be the 2nd to tie in pop music star likeness into a game with Journey being the first. "One of the first" could be an understatement as it appears it is the first for Japanese star/game altogether. Marketing would only get stranger and stranger with celebrity and sports tie ins from here! :P
I do believe Frankie Goes to Hollywood for ZX Spectrum predates Teddy Boy Blues.
@@JeremyParish Good call, I haven't internalized Euro games as well as Japanese and American releases. I forget they even had a game since it wasn't a thing stateside! :)
Mark III/Master System reviews are something I can't wait for! Great start!
Was that the fire tripper OVA in the intro?
Nice catch!
Yōko Ishino was the younger sister of a big idol so that why they tried
Judging from some of the Japanese comments left on Teddy Boy Blues vocal performances, the song is difficult to sing, and her live performances were a bit rocky, as a result?
I can't be sure of the translation, and context is difficult to come by. (Anyone better informed, please step in.)
But.
It still seems the perfect metaphor for both the music industry and the gaming industry. Take promising talent, make impossible demands, and then build up the next big thing before anyone investigates the crime scene.
I grew up on the Master System and remember playing the shit out of Hang On, which was the pack-in on the Hang On/Safari Hunt cart.
Teddy Boy is one of the few games for the MS I never owned. Good stuff, Jeremy!
"Adequate" is a good way to describe MD Galaxy Force 2
Can’t wait for when you eventually reach Black Belt/Hokuto no Ken.
Perhaps an overview video of the European MS and games might be possible?
I leave it to an expert!
Was that Shimura Ken in the segment about moving on to acting?
17:10 Oh, that’s what the Trademark or Technical Machine meter means.
Nice bit of Mark3/SMS jump in history, but I've been wondering how thin you're being spread as I miss the constant releases of NES and Gameboy Works which seem to have trickled or halted, same with SNES Works that got a start and stopped.
Compared to seeing the vast amount of crap the SG1000 and it's successor produced, seeing the Master System games is like an oasis in a desert. Mind you, I never grew up with the Master System. An NES and the Genesis were my first systems. But I can appreciate the technological leap here, for sure.
what puzzles me more about the lack of soundtrack in hang on is the fact that sega in the time seemed to dedicate so much attention to the sound part of their games, like even making an fm sound chip add-on for god's sake
Maybe the soundtrack wasn't included so the game could fit on the card format. Hang On was also released on combo cartridges with Safari Hunt or Astro Warrior. Sega is known to have made cuts to other Master System games, most likely to reduce memory size. The North American and European versions of Enduro Racer are missing half the tracks and other images found in the Japanese version. The US version of Captain Silver is missing stages and enemies found in the Japanese, European, and Canadian versions.
I just bought a SEGA MARK III and some games..i already own a SMS, but some of the japanese exlusives such as the TECMO/SALIO games pushed me to buy it :P
Wasn't expecting that last joke there!
No one expects that last joke there. Amongst our chief weapons are surprise, and a fanatical devotion to Miku
this is killer
I effing love this channel. What anime was that at the beginning??
Those raw ass RGB background colors in Teddy Boy sure are harsh, though. One wasn't meant to see in pure #FF0000 and #FF00FF.
If the color selections don’t damage your eyes at some point, is it REALLY a Master System game?
Love the videos. Great job as usual Jeremy.
Teddy Boy's sprite looks oddly familiar, could it be he's not really a "boy" but a "Kid"(d), as in _Alex?_ 🤔
There are a lot of similarities between Teddy Boy and Alex Kidd in Miracle World, including them both turning into a very similar angel-ghost upon death, and even the weird moustache-wearing red ball enemy appearing in both games. Although I've rarely seen anyone else touch upon it, it kind of appears like Teddy Boy Blues was a rough draft of what would become Alex Kidd.
@@todesziege Mick, the protagonist of the Sega Master System game Ghost House, also looks like he could be a relative of Alex Kidd. Both of them punch with an oversized fist as their main attack.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World was originally going to be a Dragon Ball game, but the developers were told they couldn't use the license anymore, so Alex Kidd was created to replace Goku.
The death angel animation appeared in a LOT of 8-bit Sega games, and the red ball is a daruma, which is something that also shows up in a lot of Japanese games. I don't doubt they were refining their ideas here, but I'm reluctant to say this was Alex Kidd Zero or something.
Love the mention of Minecraft's creator Hatsune Miku
She's so talented!
Interesting I never knew teddy boy was based on a pop singers song
Am I the only one who really didn't care if there was music in games or not? I'd always play a CD from my own collection anyway.
"Europe and Brazil".
Aw man, Australia getting snubbed again. 😔
You mean Europe Jr.?
It still blows my mind that Miku invented minecraft, what an achievement
She's more than just a cute face with a penchant for root vegetables!
great video
DO THE BRAZILIAN GAMES JEREMY
No u
Sega I don't know how you pulled off success by selling the same I.P. like 5 times to the same customer base. Example in the USA we had the choice Atari, Sega or. Nintendo. Atari fresh looking ports of game's that we had sitting in a box. Or take a chance on something different. No one had an Atari.
So are NES, SNES, and Game Boy Works abandoned?
No,
Yes, I have definitely abandoned NES Works, which got a new episode a few weeks ago... excellent sleuthing there
@@JeremyParish Why have you abandoned NES works? Bring back NES Works! Bring Back NES WORKS! Gattica Gattaca!
jk man, this is an amazing episode. The startling depth of reportage into background to Teddyboy Blues is really appreciated. I played that game once on a multi-cart thing and I thought it was great, but I never knew any of that. Totally get the connection to Flicky now. Love the details about Hang On as well. I never liked that one because it was too easy, now I understand why. Thanks for all you do!
So, this is how we got Space Michael!
Don't call me Teddy.