The Sega Genesis in 1989 | Classic Gaming Quarterly

I like this guy's videos for the following reasons: he doesn't have an annoying typical YouTube gamer 'whasssup Guyeeeesss' voice, he's not sarcastic or condescending and doesn't commentate when not necessary. Very fun and relaxing to watch :-)

There's nothing worse than finding out games you sold 20 years at a garage sale are really expensive now.

The fact that this show has "quarterly" in the title it makes me feel classy for watching.

1989 Genesis titles are in my opinion the best examples of the power of advertising through box art. The box art was fantastic, and in those days, when we wanted to rent or buy a game, that’s all we had to go on.

Man, I remember when I fired up The Revenge of Shinobi for the first time in the winter of 1990. I was totally blown away with the opening and when I heard the music, that's when I knew that the Genesis was a huge upgrade from the Sega Master System. I still have the original version of the game. Video games has sure come a long way. 😉

Leader of the 16 bit revolution

[Coury] A very special Christmas in 1989. I have a birthday the day after so my '89 haul was Altered Beast, which I actually like quite a bit, Ghouls 'n Ghosts which was the start of the show for me. Absolutely amazing. Last Battle, which looked good with its huge sprites but I never got far with it. Thunder Force II  which I didn't care too much for it at first, but came to love it over time and Rambo III, which I really love and still play pretty often. Amazing episode!

I adore The Revenge of Shinobi. It was the first 16-bit game that really blew my mind back in 1990. I loved the music so much I recorded the soundtrack using the microphone from my tape player.

I lived on Super Hang On's Campaign mode as a kid lol

I remember buying those two VG&CE magazines at a local grocery store (and still have them) just so I could read the articles about the TG16 and Genesis.  I was always partial to the Genesis having been a Master System fan, and I intended to pick up Space Harrier 2 as my first game as soon as I could afford to buy the system for myself (which I eventually saved up enough for, but then decided to spend my money on a CD player instead).  Any way, love Ghouls 'n' Ghosts and Revenge of Shinobi. Forgotten Worlds was another favorite that I got to check out when I rented a Genesis once.  I'd like to get my hands on Mystic Defender, too, being as it's a sequel to Spellcaster.  Thanks for the video!

Dude, your video's are exactly what I need. Especially for understanding the launch and surrounding nostalgia to consoles I was too young for.

I love the Genesis so much! Great video!

I logged so many hours playing Arnold Palmer golf. Good times.

Nice job with the video. I also purchased Tommy Lasorta Baseball and Space Harrier II at launch. The first 2 years of the Genesis will always remain my favorite. Such great and innovative games.

I like the rating system for the games, you either buy it when it comes out, or is it worth a rental. That was our thing back in the day, renting games on the weekends, some stores had 3-4 night rentals other had weekly rentals. If you rented a terrible game, the weekend was over. I remember renting some crappy game, the weekend OJ Simpson hijacked the TV on the bronco, all the channels had him on and I had a shit game at home. FML. There's always next week.

Revenge of Shinobi was on its own level, especially with that music. I questioned as a kid why all the other games didn't sound nearly as good- and now we know.

I own the Ghouls n Ghosts arcade PCB. I'd rather play the Genesis version over the SuperGrafx version any day of the week. The music is almost identical to the arcade and most of the sounds are pretty close. The SG is waaaay off in that department. They even botched the scrolling in the first part of level 3 in the SG version. All versions (even those on compilation discs) are much harder than the actual arcade game. The real arcade has tons of checkpoints throughout any given level even with the dips set to the most difficult mode. The Genesis has 2 throughout each level and the SG has but one for some odd reason.

Thank you so much for making these videos. I NEVER usually post, but I absolutley LOVE your shows format; tackling the games AND context for when they were released. After almost a decade of watching Youtube, you're the only show I've encountered that tackles retro gaming like this, and I love it! I can watch gameplay or reviews of old games from dozens of hacks online, but whats even more important to me is learning about is what it was like playing those games at launch, or early in the console cycle; and how the graphical leaps actually effected customers and their perceptions of the games and consoles. Sega Genesis had a TOTALLY different vibe during 1989 (The Arcade Port Era) compared to 1991 (The Sonic Era)..and then in 1993 (Post Mortal Kombat Era). So Thank you Classic Gaming Quarterly. Please keep doing what you're doing! I also love how down-to-earth you are compared to other pretentious gaming history channels!!

I'll never forget the launch of the Genesis. I was in grade 5 and one of my classmates was lucky enough to get one on launch day. I was lucky enough to get invited to his place to try it out and IT BLEW ME AWAY. I had just got the NES so when I saw the Genesis for the first time, it was like being in the future! Altered Beast, Golden Axe and Ghost N Goblins were the first games I got to play on the Genesis and man did those games have a huge impact on me. The graphics, sound and just the overall scale of everything just seemed incredible. I was so jealous!

Arnold Palmer tournament golf is still my favorite golf game of all time and im not even slightly ashamed. Palmer was an unstoppable hero.