The story of the Sega Genesis launch, Sega's battle with EA, and the Michael Katz Years.

Episode 21 - Sega Systems and Physical Game Formats - Part 3. The sega Mega Drive Launch. EA vs Sega and the Michael Katz years.

This is a multi-part series looking at the systems Sega produced along with the physical media that was released for them.
-Jenovi

Thanks to the following people for lending voice support to this episode.
I highly recommend you check them out.

Wrestling with gaming

St1ka

Historic Nerd

Original hardware is always used when capturing console footage.

::::: Hardware Breakdown ::::
The following hardware was used to capture footage for this episode
Sega Genesis Model 1
Sega CD Model 1
Arcade captured via MAME

Video was Captured using:
RBG and YPbPr via the Framemeister though the Elgato HD 60

Michael Katz was kind enough to answer a number of question in preparation for this video.
Some video’s Used.

Some sources used for this video.

A number of Sega 16 Interviews.
The ultimate History of Video Games
EGM
Sega Visions Magazine
Numerous other interviews and books were used to
compile and verify the information in this video.
Retro Impressions
-Jenovi

[viewtifuljoe]

This is the most interesting period in gaming history to me personally. Really enjoyed hearing some new details I didn't know!

[superkaes]

I'm in the thick of the Console Wars audio book so this is a nice visual complement. Love the use of the Snatcher OST as well.

[WrestlingWithGaming]

Great job as usual. I've never even heard of Power Drift before. It looks pretty impressive.

[shmupshmuppewpew]

Amazed you aren't 10k+ subs yet. If you keep up this kind of quality, it's just a matter of time!

[DaveVoyles]

You do so much research for these videos, I love it. Keep up the fantastic work.

[townlinetim]

Great video! You are on a roll! Keep them coming.

[BioPhoenixReviews]

i just discovered your channel. really great video. infact i never knew about the reason why EA carts were different. good shit my friend

[TheSuperPlayer]

Wow this is mind blowing... SEGA get a load of problems with the license violations with so many companies.
It's incredible to think it was EA the more problematic company with SEGA in the games development kit.
Also I impressed of that Michael Katz is featuring in this video, this is the greatest SEGA Genesis documental I ever seen yet. Keep it great

[MegaDriveProfile]

Some great coverage Jenovi! Quality videos here on your channel man :)

[SaveDataTeam]

I'm working on a video right now from EA's perspective, and this was an excellent primer for what Sega was going through at the time. Great job!

[unknown_Noname]

Wow, happy to be subscribed before you get hugely famous!!

[johnbowles]

Your work is excellent and I recently posted links to a couple of your vids on the Sega-16 forum so that others can enjoy your work.

[endokuken]

Some great info, thank you for posting

[davidwilkinson]

Not sure if it's just me, but the background music is too loud compared to the voiceover?

[malant]

I remember owning the 16 bit sega (megadrive/genesis) and always wondered why their cartridges looked different to the regular 16 bit carts. There was one issue with this agreement in 1994. Both sega and EA released a 4 player adaptor which weren't compatible with each others games. Yet tengen were able to release games that were compatible with both companies titles

[jacklazzaro]

0:24 Uh, the Taiwan part, the SG-1000 was more popular there than the famicom. I learned that from another youtuber Gamester81. He didn't mention anything about the Mark 3, but I assumed that it dominated.

[cyberfrank-bxnv]

those games rocked, and were also quite diverse in gaming experience.
a few of them were difficult to get on time, never could buy the tank game.

[MobileDecay]

I remember when I popped in Road rash and I couldn't beat the game unless I grinded hard or bought loot boxes. Lol. =P

[chris.bilson]

Never knew the EA and Sega story. Great video buddy.

[Sinn]

Great video, very informative that kept me intrigued throughout its duration. I knew bits and pieces of the story and even held a virtual pyre for Nintendo during that time...thinking they deserved to be torched. Who would have ever thought back in '89 that EA would become the monstrous bastards they are today, killing everything they touch. I have to say, if Trip had been able to keep the business we might be seeing a very different EA today.