Vectorman 2 - Sega Mega Drive - Intro and stages 1-5 Gameplay [720p 60fps]
4Release: 1996
Developer: Drooling Dogs Studio / BlueSky Software
Publisher: Ballistic / Sega
A classic case of the sequel not being as good as the original and what happens when you outsource it to a different developer. Vectorman 2 is a decent affair but nowhere as good as the first game and you can see why both Sega of Europe and Japan didn't release it, making this a US exclusive. Since then it has gone on to appear in a couple of retro collections, but the darkly lit first few stages make the opening world rather boring to play. On an interesting side note the game in the US appears to have been published or co-published by Ballistic, it's not clear why Sega didn't fully publish Vectorman 2 in the US, but it's worth mentioning as every website on the net fails to discuss this fact. The box carries a Ballistic sticker on the back which can easily be peeled off, but all new and sealed copies appear to have it.
Vectorman 2 is currently available on steam and is included on the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection for PS3 & Xbox 360. It was also included on the Sonic Gems Collection for Gamecube and PS2.
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Captured directly from a European Sega Mega Drive at 50hz using an RGB Scart connected via a scart upscaler in order for it to work with an Elgato Game Capture HD, note the background hum is due to a design flaw of the Mega Drive hardware, only very late model 2 unit totally remove this issue.