With PlayStation and Xbox consoles everywhere, it’s easy to forget just how damn hard it was to actually have gaming devices in this country. Most times, folks had to import them, a costly venture and an option that wasn’t open to people with more normal revenues of income. But of there’s one console maker that was always present, it was Sega. From Master System to Dreamcast, Sega made some fantastic hardware.
And I’ve got such a soft spot for those ancient days. Hell, I somehow remember K-TV inserts that had players phoning to shout instructions at Sonic as he ran around the screen, something that was clearly before my time or actual birth. Thank you VHS tapes. I remember seeing a Sega Saturn in a specialty shop, and wondering what that stirring sensation was in my pants.
I even managed to hold a Dreamcast controller at one point, even though the damn thing was bigger than a dinner plate. Good times man, good times. Of course, Sega would eventually close shop on making consoles, after losing hundreds of millions of dollars year after year. It just wasn’t profitable to continue to make these machines, with their future laying in creating games exclusively.
So what’s your favourite Sega memory?
Last Updated: August 28, 2014
FreddyBear
August 28, 2014 at 15:38
Still have my MD2, with the sonic games (slot in Sonic & Knuckles), and Mortal Kombat. Best console I’ve ever had!
Mossel
August 28, 2014 at 15:40
Playing Mortal Kombat 2 and hiding your controller when you’re about to do a fatality so your friend doesn’t see how you did it!
Sith JJ
August 28, 2014 at 15:59
Dude. This comment. Yes
Hammersteyn
August 29, 2014 at 09:18
LOL I rember getting the game for christmas but the fatalities weren’t in the booklet, so I had to look for a magazine at CNA to get the move list. This was before we had internet
Mossel
August 29, 2014 at 11:17
Haha yeah I never had the booklet, we had “rumours” that travelled by word of mouth on the playground that if you press a certain combination Scorpion will rip the opponants heart out!
CypherGate
August 29, 2014 at 11:25
LOL I remember when me and my brother played MK2 non stop building up quite the rivalry between us that when he started losing so much that when fatality time came he would grab my controller out my hand and throw it one side just so that i cant do a fatality on him lol Good times.
Great Teacher Umar
August 28, 2014 at 15:48
Fave memory.Shenmue…also my saddest memory
Admiral Chief Assassin
August 28, 2014 at 15:51
Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 that could FIT INTO Sonic & Knuckles to create a whole NEW game!
Norm
August 28, 2014 at 15:52
Epicsauce!
Admiral Chief Assassin
August 28, 2014 at 15:53
Yeah, and the savegame feature of S3 that ties into S&K, dem memories!
Admiral Chief Assassin
August 28, 2014 at 15:52
Dat SEEEEEGAAAAAAAAAA logo sound
Sith JJ
August 28, 2014 at 15:58
PC evolution
http://img.directindustry.com/images_di/photo-g/industrial-box-pcs-85155-2474909.jpg
to this
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2013/08/pre-order-your-red-harbinger-cross-pc-desk/extra-1280×1024.jpg
Seriously though. Even PC-gamers cannot deny the awesomeness of the SEGA Consoles of their day.
Admiral Chief Assassin
August 28, 2014 at 15:59
Man, Sonic had a soft spot in my childhood. Pity he turned out the way he did
Sith JJ
August 28, 2014 at 15:59
Mortal Kombat is just that game that I’ll always remember from SEGA
loftie
August 28, 2014 at 16:01
dungeons and dragons warriors of the eternal sun!
WarframedSquirrel
August 28, 2014 at 16:03
I had a MD2… was an awesome console… games were a bit pricey at the time (i was just a kid ok)
Sith JJ
August 28, 2014 at 16:06
The first console I ever owned was a PS 1, but I played on a lot my friend’s SEGA before then and they always had such cool games we didn’t have on pc.
That actually shows you that exclusives were never really much of an issue. Until they gave it a name.
WarframedSquirrel
August 28, 2014 at 16:18
First console we had was an ancient Atari, then the Golden China NES, then the Mega Drive 2… my parents would get them to shut us up and if they couldn’t get any games we liked on the 286 we had at the time.
Sith JJ
August 28, 2014 at 16:25
Ah, excellent. My dad just returned with a random pc game from work every once in a while. One of which I remember so well was Hexen, oddly enough.
WarframedSquirrel
August 28, 2014 at 16:40
lol, we’d get things like golf, soccer, rugby, etc, but mostly the quest games (Kings quest, space quest, police quest) and Keen Dreams (and the like).
If we wanted Hexen, Duke Nukem, Doom, etc. we’d have to make our own plans to get them, but my brother and I always had friends that could organize for us.
Sith JJ
August 28, 2014 at 16:52
The memories of gaming man.
Mossel
August 29, 2014 at 07:59
Haha dude my dad did the same! I’ll never forget, my brother and I were in Incredible Connection and Worms 2 just came out! That afternoon my dad came home from work and lo and behold…a pirated copy of worms 2! I lost my shit.
Jonah Cash
August 28, 2014 at 16:47
I went from a Sega Genesis to a PS1… But all the games you have in this video I have played some time or another!! The memories of playing Rugby 1995 World Cup on my Genisis will forever be with me!!
Hammersteyn
August 29, 2014 at 09:16
Brian Lara Cricket!
Jonah Cash
August 29, 2014 at 13:46
That was also such a cool game!!! Where you been this week? You working or something? Very weird…. Hahahaha
Rinceable
August 28, 2014 at 17:38
Ahhh, the SEGA NES wars, I remember those days. Luckily I was on the winning team…
Hammersteyn
August 29, 2014 at 09:16
Did we even have SNES in South Africa?
Stanley Watson
August 28, 2014 at 21:51
I also remember those K-TV inserts – ROFL! The best, however, was when the guy/girl playing the game didn’t listen at all to the caller, and obviously knew the level and game extremely well, collecting a bajillion coins in the process. The caller would still share in the prize…LOL
Xcalibersa
August 29, 2014 at 07:14
Nice video guys.
CypherGate
August 29, 2014 at 11:24
The Sega Saturn ad is hilarious lol That martial artist guy throwing the other and as he hits the ground he explodes all in the advertising of Bomberman lol
The D
August 29, 2014 at 13:31
SEGATA SANSHIRO!
Ryanza
August 29, 2014 at 13:11
Why don’t you talk in these evolution videos?
The D
August 29, 2014 at 13:28
I generally feel that the evolution videos don’t need my hated vocals in them. Now if I were to do a proper history video, going in depth and all that, that would most definitely require some voice work.
Aussious
August 29, 2014 at 14:01
SEGA!
Skyblue
August 30, 2014 at 09:47
Road Rash 2
Streets of Rage 2
Jungle Strike
Sonic the Hedgehog