Classic Game Room - VECTORMAN review for Sega Genesis
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Classic Game Room reviews VECTORMAN for Sega Genesis from 1995 by Blue Sky Software. Stunning platformer shows what the Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) could do later in its life with brilliant level designs, stunning music and solid game play. Vectorman fights robots to save future Earth while smashing TVs and collecting things for big points.
got this game for christmas 95 with a a JVC x-eye, because my dad played it for like 30 minutes at toys r us and loved it. great game. fond memories. i even had a vectorman birthday cake that year! :)
Your childhood sounds better than my entire life
your dad seems like a boss
I got this game for Christmas 95 as well, we already had a Saturn and Panzer Dragoon and such for the Saturn, but I saw this game in action and asked for it from my dad, he was like “are you sure you don’t want a new Saturn game instead?” And I said “all the good Saturn games are coming out next year anyway, this looks really cool, so yeah, I’ll take this.” And I remember when we fired it up he was super impressed with it, “wow, this looks as good as any of the 2-D games the Saturn has so far!” The sequel was great too, my dad got that one as a surprise for me, because we only had a Saturn at his house, but I had a genesis at my mom’s and my brother and I shared a nomad.
This game is so awesome that it even got me to rent a Sega Genesis console just to play this game. Still love it today. :D
I just realized that the Vectrex sounds like the dominatrix girlfriend of Vectorman. There's your movie gimmick, right there.
Fifty Shades of Vect.
ShogunGin0 Someone make a Kickstarter.
+Napalm Blaziken I can provide ropes and Vaseline.
I feel like right now would be the time to bring back Vectorman. Nostalgic properties are all the rage, it's becoming increasingly easy for games to be developed cheaply and quickly, and it would be a great digital download. (Package the original two games and a new third game for $15 or so... I'd pay for it.) They could easily find any one of a number of indie developers to create a kick-ass new 2D (or 2.5D) Vectorman, and have it turn out quite good. (And they could have a lot of fun with it by really playing up the 90's-ness of the property with it's visuals, techno-soundtrack, etc. Make it a loving tribute to old 90's cheese and classic platformers.)
Vectorman is awesome! I'm lucky enough to own both 1 and 2. ♡♡♡
same here.
Was introduced to this via Sega channel commercials. I was a SNES boy in the 90s, so I never got to play it until recently. I really like it... Crisp graphics and smooth animation. This game took advantage of the Genesis' power.
The environmental effects in this game are brilliant.
What happened to the Altered Beast on the Master System video?
It was in my subscription list a while ago but now its gone :-(
Funny that you mention the ill fate of Vectorman. I kind of know what happened to him.
It was in an old gameinformer magazine but I think it's also cataloged on Wikipedia.
They had plans to make a third vectorman game and even just some publicity photos for it and everything but a couple problems arrived.
Like Mark stated the change to 3d was being pushed on the design so it was going out of the vector 2d graphics to be 3d. Was it going to keep the vector style in 3d? Hard to say from stills.
The change in dimension wasn't the only thing though. Vectorman was made into more of a 3rd person shooter if memory serves.
This leads up to the last problem with Vectorman that got it shelved and why it may never return. The lack of detail on the character in the first two titles was doable but approaching the changes he started to look like another green man on campus. Yes that's right. There was a problem coming up with him appearing like Master Chief from Halo and in the face of this problem they opted to just not finish development of the game.
Yet another classic Sega icon relegated to the past without a chance.
Yea...truly one of my favorites as a kid. Was sad to see vectorman go. Todays 3d just wouldnt work with that platform. Earthworm jim either
One of my favorite late-era Genesis games. It's one of the first games I think of when I think of the console.
I don't know, when this game came out platformers were on their way out in popularity. Fighting games were getting their time in the sun and RPGs were getting bigger thanks to the CD format. If Sega had taken Vectorman to the Saturn as a launch title I think he would have had a stronger presence today.
What's with shooting the intro in your office? Some work being done in the space arcade, perhaps?
Vectorman! One of my favorites! I actually did a playthrough of this game not too long ago on my channel. Still need to do the 2nd one though. I loved playing this as a kid. So colorful and looks amazing.
I played this game everyday after work for hours trying to perfect it. After beating the game my goal was to beat the game using one life. Well I succeeded and since 1995 I haven't played any video games at all. I have never even played Madden Football with my sons , that shows how addictive Vectorman was to me.
What the heck?
This is one of my favorite games on the Genesis. This is also my father's favorite Genesis game. The action is fast and smooth. I don't like the top down levels (especially the one that resembles Frogger) and I don't like the randomness of this game but it is still a legendary classic that deserves more sequels and to be a household name.
Vectorman..... Now those were some memories.
One of the best things to ever grace itself as a game. they really really should have kept up with Vectorman. Hell is not too late, they still could bring it back.
Reagen Lionel still waiting in 2019 :(
Also still waiting in 2021 :(
Sega of America was allergic to good decisions during the Saturn era. They obviously should have codeveloped Vectorman 2 for Mega Drive and Saturn with some exclusive content for each version. No Streets of Rage on Saturn either.
Vectorman is a great and one of my favorite games on the Mega Drive. And it's also one of the few games that actually runs on more than the Mega Drive's 64 color limit. Up to 80-90 colors on screen at once.
I wish Sega utilized Vectorman more. He was such a unique character that I wanted to see more of.
Is the object of the game to get Vectorman home to the Vectrex?
Oh the memories!
I still got vectorman 1 and 2
I have this on the sonic gems collection for ps2 (idk why it's there either, but I love it)
Why didn't I play this game back then because I would have LOVED IT? I must play this immediately!
xOmniCloudx The good thing is u found it on CGR, now rock on with Mr. Vector! Loved these games on the Nomad/Mega-Drive
xOmniCloudx You can get it on steam I think. You can atleast get the second one. Just make sure you have a controller :p.
I like that Vectormans character is not fleshed out at all, I think that's completely intentional.
I think they were trying to make a game that celebrated video games in a kind of general generic way.
It was late enough in the history of video games to have the perspective to do that, much like how at the start of the seventies you started having rock songs about the Rock and roll life style, the genre had traversed just far enough to gaze back and contemplate its own footprints, to regard the paths it had taken.
I mean, Vectormans name makes me think of Vector graphics, for instance, and he *is* green...but he's round, and maybe that's more of a cyberpunk green which would speak of both the future and the games present in the fact that that had been a trend in those days.
But much like how it's in the mold of a flashy arcade game while embracing it's home television venue, almost reminding one of some kind of earlier decade computer fiction (the arcades are in our dwellings in future!)
I think it's an attempt to embrace the present and imagine a future and past.
It reminds me of how, after the summer of love period in 66-67 bands like The Beatles and The Stones returned to Rock leaving psychedelia behind them, but Rock was different, and they were different.
So they rocked different.
Basically I'm saying he's an American Rock man...
Heh.
I'd hate to hear some flat go nowhere story like most games have about where he came from and where he's going.
He's Vectorman and he lives in his computer world.
Even to say that is too much.
Vectorman doesn't have a story because he's like Pac-Man.
He just _is._
I remember this game. In fact I have it right here. It was good. For the time the graphics were great, sound was great, lighting was great, and it was fun. Vectorman also had a bit of attitude which helped. I too wondered why they did not do anything more with the character.
Because Sega of America is dumb. Vectorman DID the sales number that should have spawned a franchise. There WAS almost a movie about it though. Then when that got canceled they changed his name and design into Wall-E.
I loved this game as a kid. I never had the sequel though.
Same here, one of the first games I actually beat. Good times.
Dimension Bomb You haven't missed anything because Vectorman 2 isn't half as good as the first game: Graphics, sound, leveldesign, gameplay is totally boring and uninspired. Overall Vectorman 2 imho is mediocre and not worth the money...
Thunder Force IV
You pretty much described the first vectorman there.
Great timing with the review! I just so happened to have it currently plugged into my Genesis. Great game!
One of the best Sega Genesis/Megadrive games
I remember this game. One of the best for the Genesis. I couldn't help but think that Pixar may have taken this concept and watered it down to create Wall-E....
Just came all over myself because of the nostalgia. Thanks Mark.
I bloody loved this game! Didn't know why it was so underrated.
I remember renting this shit at blockbuster and having a fucking aneurism on the way home because I was so excited to play this. One of my favorite childhood games.
Wish I could go back I'n time, and kept all my video games systems that I had or bought throughout the years.. love your videos.
I remember those nights playing this damn game. Love it.
Not on the genesis, though, since I wasn't alive yet at tha age, but the SEGA collections for ps2.
Vectorman is still an awesome game. I still play it from time to time and love it all the time :). Pretty much America's Megaman.
I still have Vectorman since 2005 when I bought it at the Berryessa Flea Market for $5.00. Awesome game.
The fact that this game is running on a machine with a 12MHz processor blows my mind. The low colour palette and resolution may have helped it run at top speed.
I'd love to just see a VM3, or a remake in HD of VM1.
7.6 MHz processor.
7.6 MHz processor.
Thanks for uploading this!
I played Vectorman and EWJ for a LONG time after it was cool to do so.
Holy balls, I remember playing this game so much back in elementary school! I think my first grade teacher got me into a conference with my parents because I had written and drawn a book about Vectorman during class, and how he "fighted and fighted". Didn't help that the main boss is a damn nuclear weapon. Fight on, Vectorman!
One of the best parts about this game is that you can find the original carts easily for around $5.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS
VIVA LA VECTOR MAN!!!
Picked up this game today at a garage sale. Lots of fun.
Such an overlooked game. I just recently got the sequel.
Vectorman was radical!
Wow, this used to be one of my favorites back then! The graphics and gameplay were awesome.
Shining Force 3 fan? Can we be friends? Will you fear my arctic blast?
HitmonleeDeluxe Haha, indeed. And I see you're one too :)
Oh yes indeed, im a big Shining fan. The entire reason why I even have a burned cd modded Sega Saturn is so I can play SF3 as well as the fan translated remaining 2 scenarios. :D
you wouldn't happen to be on Shining Force Centraal forums, would you?
I'm pretty sure I've visited them in the past, but I never really posted anything. It's nice to see the community is alive and kicking!
I just beat this game not too long ago. I'm working on beating Vectorman 2 now. Nice Review!
Nice, I just bought this game a few weeks ago but haven't started it yet.
My friends and I played this all again while peaking on several hits of acid.
Probably the greatest video game experience of my life.
This game is criminally underrated.
This is probably the hundredth time its been asked, but what is that samba track in the very beginning of the opening credits?
I love this channel been watching for years.Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Been waiting for a third game in the series since the '90s! Maybe it'll arrive on the Vectrex 2..
Played this on the Sega Channel back in the day and it was rad
This game has one of my favourite death sounds in gaming!
Yay! The intro is back!
Wow I didn't know the Genesis (mega drive) was capable of this many colors. Now if I could just find my damn Genesis, and get me vector man that'd be greeeeat.
Mohammed did it again! :)
He's the man. Have you seen the interview he did?
yes
Tommy TwoTacos Where may I find this interview?
Baires Moreno Just search for "mohammed" on this channel. Should fill the first results.
Thanks brrother
My god, I remember playing this game when I was young with my cousins at their house in Fort Collins, I love this game!
Ive got a sega box and games in a cupboard... I think I should learn how to play them... AFTER 20 FUCKING YEARS of it gathering dust..
I even have the Ren and Stimpy game to mach my maturity (geezers.. I have earthworm Jim as well.... weird)
sigh.. stimpy was so frikken KEWL
Love this game back in the day!
This is a great game. I have this too. Last time I played it was actually on an emulator
Dat blast-processing.
About damn time we got to this review.
Vectorman has better graphics than 90% of PS1 p.o.s. games.
Sprites age better than polygons, this is a given. The PS1 did have some nice pixel art when there were 2D games made, like Gradius Gaiden.
@@Bloodreign1 and Symphony of the Night? Haha. But it’s actually art direction that determines how well a game ages. A lot of games and devs made the jump to 3-D but didn’t have a solid art direction in mind so they have aged very poorly. But look at something like Panzer Dragoon and despite being clearly limited by the tech it was on, it still looks solid and plays great so has aged very well.
maybe Sega was trying to make a second mascot compared to donkey kong I
think that's why Vectorman born.
Was that 1995? Wow... I loved this game. Definitely a great one to send off the 16-bit era. My only complaint is how immensely challenging it can be at times. Even to this day both this and the 2nd game do not screw around. Especially the 2nd game from what I gathered from it.
Love it. I'm gonna play. Play it now!!
This is SOO ODD because I LITERALLY searched for and watched an earlier review for VectorMan a week ago, so I thought I was going crazy when I saw this in my feed! I loved this as a kid! I was born in the N64 age, but I played Genesis, NES, Gameboy, etc. at the right time, too! I love it! I wish it would return! VectorMan could have been in Smash! Hell, he could have been giving Mario a run for his money if SEGA would give him a chance! It's so cool! Never played the sequel, though.
The Sequel is great too.
@@Lilbroda I’m a millennial. An older one though, so I played Sega Genesis and Saturn growing up. Genesis was my first console.
Vectorman wasn't my first game, but it was the first game that was *mine.* An old pawn shop owner let me and my sister pick out one game apiece for free. She chose a My Little Pony ripoff game (which was actually enjoyable, even if I felt ashamed playing it for her) and I chose... wisely. I still remember digging out my two broken SEGAs some years later to find that the oldest of the two worked. Briefly. For one day. Managed to get all the way past that damnable boss you were fighting at 3:07. Several years after that, some friends visited from out of state and brought BOTH Vectorman games. I beat them both in one night. It was a damn good night.
I was probably five when I got the game. Maybe four. It was the late 90s. I didn't even know 3D games existed. Probably for the best, since even Mario 64 was overwhelming at age six.
I used to sit on the floor in our kitchen and draw stuff like the railroad boss (it took me almost a year to beat the first level, so that second level seemed crazy... and awesome). Probably drew a hundred Vectormans in school and elsewhere. Vectorman was my shit. EDIT: And you know what? I think I'll draw him again. Right now.
Dude, you finally got a game in the right console!
Time to hook up my gamecube and insert sonic gems collection for some childhood nostalgia
VECTORMEH!
I bought this game for my MegaDrive just 2 years ago and it rocks! Unfortunately Vectorman 2 was only released in NA...
Oh, and Mohammed is back!!
That startling intro
Great games!! Both games are super fun and super well made. You can get them both on the Mega Drive (Genesis) collection for the PS3 and Xbox360. Its really worth it!
I still remember the 'CALLACAB' cheat. :)
GREAT CLASSIC GAME ROOM - ON VECTORMAN REVIEW ON SEGA GENESIS !!!
On of my favourite games.
and when will we get Ms. Vectorman?
I love that game. I got it on the Wii U
He is one of the characters I recommended for SSB4.
Imagine an new game on next gen consoles! Also,vectorman for smash bros.?
I played this game some years ago. Is very good, it have some funny moments, good controls, good graphics... I recommend it.
Sega needs to re-release Vectorman with a good port and rekindle the love for Vectorman.
I wish this dude still did reviews :/
I rented this game and I really enjoyed it, but you are right, it was so late in release that my Sega Saturn was coming up that Christmas so I was interested in that.
Whoa. You actually put it in the right console. Are you feeling okay, Mark?
This is back when they'd push the games without overshooting the hardware's limitations. Great visuals and music complement challenging and fun gameplay but they made sure the game came first and it didn't play at lower framerates where platforming becomes more difficult for no reason.
I remember the contest for this game back in the day. It was hard as shit. So Sega had a contest going on. First person to beat the game got around $25,000. I came pretty close to wining the price money. It was the only time my old man approved of me sitting down in front of he TV all day long. Another thins is they tired turning Vectorman into a third person shooter back in the PS2 era. It was horrible and the project was scrapped. He had more of a Boba Fett vibe than Vectorman.
Great game. Been waiting to see this.
Ray-man VS Vector-man NEEDS to happen. It's a geometry thing. Tangent-man can be a final boss, or like have two bosses, maybe tag-team battle with Sine and Cosine.
Wow the animation on this game is flipping tight. Some might say better than some games released now
My favorite intro :')
You need to review a game for the Sega Saturn or Playstation (PSX) called ''Herc's Adventures"
GREAT REVIEW ON VECTORMAN !!!
I remember this getting good reviews.
am I the only one who wanted Vectorman on Sonic and allstars racing transformed?
ABACABB... I can't remember what it does, but if you enter that at the title screen it does something like infinite lives, or continues. I loved this game back in the day. Too bad it has been lost to obscurity, because it's a freaking awesome game.
I didn't even own a Genesis. I owned a Sega Nomad. I thought it was the coolest. I spent so much time playing this game on it.
when you're at the wavy Saga part at the very beginning you can actually move vectorman around and shoot and stuff
vectorman 2 Was a great sequel and improved on things from the original. Both vectorman 2 and its predecessor were still pretty damn badass though.
If only it had a 32x sequel. ..that really pushed it's limits! That would had been awesome.
Hard but a classic. Would like an hd release.
holy shit that animation quality.
Review starts at 2:53 You're welcome,