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This is gameplay from Socket on the Sega Genesis. This is a nice platformer with hints of Sonic the Hedgehog. After allowing the attract mode to play, I beat the game and show a little bit of the time attack stages.

There are nice and unique stage elements, not a bad game at all. I'd go as far as saying it's a Genesis "hidden gem." A pretty solid "B." The US game cover clearly shows Socket to be a duck-like animal with a bill, but in the game, he clearly has a pointed beak instead. This Vic Tokai game is known as Time Dominator 1st in Japan.

**NOTICE**
This footage was recorded by me, a gamer of average skill. The recorded video is novel only because of its age, taped before the benefit of GameFAQs or access to other online assistance. The only help available came in the form of gaming magazines and word of mouth. Otherwise, expect an unremarkable run through the game featured.

The original tapes were recorded in EP (SLP), transferred to DVD recorded in LP (four hours per single-density DVD), ripped using a lossy video format, split, combined, stretched to standard SD, and reencoded with another lossy format, and then finally YouTube adds its own compression. Each transfer introduces more degradation of quality. On CRT, the original tapes and first-generation DVD recordings look clearer and more vibrant than what's being shown here. Reference quality transfer wasn't required, my old tapes are only important to me.

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