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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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Time to take Nightcrawler out for a spin! His power is waaay overpowered in this game 'cause not only can you use it near infinitely compared to the others, you can take huge shortcuts through walls! If there's any one character you want to keep alive, it's Nightcrawler! He's your ace in the hole against bosses and the like.

So... Shi'ar Empire. I guess that's a place. With spacestuffs. And space enemies. And space... elevators. And whaddya know! Spaceships! Again, the point is to get from start to finish, though this place will throw some locked doors and the like in your way. How to open these doors? With "keys". That look WAY TOO MUCH like health pick-ups. Who's smart idea was that? It took me a while in my first playthrough to figure out just how to deal with proceeding.

Another thing to mention... "Layers". The layers in the game. Like, whether you are in a door or not. And are walking behind scenery or not. For the most part it's simple enough to figure out, but... at some parts, like at the area with the boss, you have to jump on the door ledge, then hold DOWN and jump to tip behind into the door. This is counterintuitive 'cause you mostly associate this action with down or out. Blah~!

TL;DR: Nightcrawler is the best character.
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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.