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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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Now we're in the "bad future" where all mutants have been destroyed! Nooo~! What's a poor Wolverine to do? Apart from... flail about uselessly then plunge to his doom. 'cause that's what happens. Spoilers. He feels like the most "useless" of the X-Men because he HAS to get in the face of the enemy! And most baddies don't have that much health anyway! So's by and far he's kinda... bad. But~ It's my fault for letting him die. Mostly. This level is all kindsa horrible about giving you fair footing and the like. Oh, and I don't go on the roof 'cause these weird little spaceships appear that wipe you out. It's bad news.

So, you'll be seeing what happens if you lose an X-Man, here. YOU START THE LEVEL OVER. And you no longer can pick the "destroyed" X-Man. Bummer! If you're smart, you'll switch an X-Man out with another mid-level, as I do with Gambit and Nightcrawler, before the badness happens. Then heal after the mission!

Speaking of which, Professor X has a VERY important message! Be sure to remember it!

Did I mention that Wolverine can heal? He can. Sorta. Not really. He heals STUPIDLY slowly. But not when he's dead! Er, "destroyed". And you basically can't be doing anything. I guess you can cheat and leave him standing around somewhere while you make a sandwich and have a snack if that's a thing you need to do.

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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.