6. (60 FPS Genesis) Asteroid M - X-Men
7Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7IEN-HGlR45k6u7A2424ZUZ1UAssYkRd
Time to kick Magneto's Asteroid!
Hey, there! This is a series that'll be featuring the Sega Genesis at 60 frames per second captured on the original system! Why? Well... have you ever watched an older game on YouTube and noticed the main character turn invisible when hit, or some other such nonsense? That's because some older games use some ridiculously high speed flicker effects to achieve those crazy hitflashes on bosses or that "ouch I'm hurt!" flicker! These are not displayed properly at 30 fps, but now that we're able to upload at 60 fps we can see all the special effects that older games would use! (They'll be smoother, too!)
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Last level, ho~! This place can REAaaAally stink if you don't have the cheaty Nightcrawler with you. He makes the who affair a LOT simpler. I don't think I show it, 'cause I freak out and waste my mutant power, but he can actually hold still in mid-air over moving/disappearing platforms until it is safe to land. He can skip level sections, avoid traps, defeat enemies easily. In short, he rocks. I briefly considered using someone else, but I didn't want to have to replay this level/WHOLE GAME again.
There are these guys with laser-prison rifle thingies. If you get shot by one, DON'T MOVE. You lose a ton of health if you struggle! I'll upload an extra video showing what I mean.
Then at the end, there's Magneto! With Nightcrawler he's a cinch. He's pretty beatable with other men, too, but you have to watch out for his laser shots and can't stay too close to him for fear of bad-touchy and stuffs.
Anyway, once he's downed you have a neat speech from Professor X, hoping for humanity to one day accept mutants. Pretty well written, actually. Surprising to see in a video game of this age.
And that's a wrap! We get a nice splash image of the X-Men and then the credits roll! Don't leave the theater just yet! There's a couple of addendum videos you might find interesting, check them out in the playlist!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7IEN-HGlR45k6u7A2424ZUZ1UAssYkRd
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Read the game overview in the title video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTdeoS0kjp8
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Some additional notes for those technically inclined:
*NOTE* - This game is NOT 60 FPS for the most part. I captured it as such, anyway, to preserve what few instances it may have
This was captured from an original Sega Genesis system via composite output along with stereo sound to get as authentic a recording as possible. The Genesis used is one of the "good" models with proper sound and video output. Genesis can also output an RGB signal which is clearer, but I vetoed the idea because it breaks the dithering effect (color blending and transparencies) as seen here:
http://retro-sanctuary.com/comparisons%20-%20differing.html
Also, the vast majority of people could not use the RGB signal even if they wanted to, so the experience they remember would be the composite signal as shown in this video.
There are a couple things to note about the quality of the video, however. Sega Genesis has a very dirty video signal that often "breaks" attempts to capture it with a capture device. The capture device I use is considered one of the most capable when it comes to older systems, but the Genesis' video signal still introduces some inconsistencies. These usually manifest where there are extremely thin lines in game, mostly the text, and in some other places as well. As a whole, it is more than manageable, but it is worth noting.
Also, the original Sega Genesis resolution is, in essence, 240p at 60 frames per second. To take advantage of YouTube's higher bitrate offerings and to enable 60 fps I need to upscale that resolution to 1080p. There is also a step of video deinterlacing before that to create crisp video. That is a significant amount of video processing to the image, so I want to note that here as well.