The 20th Anniversary Megadrive Project - Part 1

Grandprix

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For those that don't know what this is, November 30th 2010 is the 20th anniversary of the Megadrive in Europe. It was a very important console for me gaming wise and I thought (crazily) to celebrate this, I'm going to play through every game released on the Megadrive with a few exceptions.

A couple of exceptions - I'm not going to play any compliations as that would be pointless, no 32x or Mega CD games, a few unlicensed games (as I don't have them) and some of the more recent 'home made' games. Not going to play any of them.

That should be around 900 games that I'll have to play through. For a list of games, which is my rough guide for going through these games, Click Here

I'm not going to go through the list in order. I'm going to shake it up a bit so I don't play through endless sequals. Most of the games, I'll play through for about 10 minutes. There will be a few exceptions and I'll leave my favourite games towards the end of the run as something to look forward to.

I'll try to post a mini review of the game after I post the video.

The first video will be Zool, just so you know, and I'll update this with the first batch of 50 videos and reviews.

Wish me luck. :D

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Grandprix

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on 05/11/2009 at 3:54:30PM

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Okay, the mic test didn't go well so there will be more private tests ready for the 30th. Just in the process of getting through more games now.

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on 28/10/2009 at 5:57:50PM

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Cool. Still very interested :D

Grandprix

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on 28/10/2009 at 5:27:58PM

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Update: The project will begin on November 30th and hopefully there will be a video or 2 each day until November 30 2010.

Going to the Eurogamer Expo on Friday so I might do a microphone test to see how that goes and I may even post the results of that test. :)

Grandprix

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on 14/10/2009 at 2:42:06PM

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A quick update: Had a few sniffles so work has slowed a little but I'm well into double figures on the video front. I'm debating whether to start putting videos up on Nov 30 because then it would be a year until the 20th anniversary. It's that or until I've got a bunch of videos I'm happy with.

It is going to be a project that will last over a long period so I suppose I need to be smart about this.

I did work out that if I do 5 videos a day, I'll be done in around 4 months. :S

Grandprix

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on 08/10/2009 at 4:10:56PM

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Yeah, I've been ill for varying lengths of time the last 3 winters so it is inevitable. :(

Working out how to play some of these Japanese games is a challenge. :)

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Which inevitably you will now you have said :(

Interested in this so keep us posted.

Grandprix

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A quick update. Got 5 games done and I'm just playing through some Japanese games to get an idea on how they play. My target is still to start getting videos up this month but I'm not in too much of a hurry at this point. I want around 75 videos stored up as that would give me a couple of months leeway if I get struck with illness this winter.

Grandprix

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My Youtube profile page could use a bit of work. :D Seriously though, my profile page is bare bones at the moment and will probably need spicing up when I start posting videos and it is not my strongest area.

As for videos, I finished recording the gameplay of game 1 - Zool. It's come out around 12 minutes so it'll probably be a 2 parter as Youtube restrict video length. It'll give me a chance to introduce the project as I don't have to worry about being under 10 minutes now.

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on 28/09/2009 at 9:48:18AM

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Excellent. Let me know if there is anything you need that I can help with.

And stay in touch with the "Mystery member" :P

Grandprix

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I've been in touch with a member of the Freeola family and sent them a test video to look at.

As for the main project, I'm looking to start sometime this month and the first videos will be up in October as I want to build a little stockpile of videos because my health is usually bad during the winter months. I'll keep everyone updated though. :)

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on 26/09/2009 at 3:36:04PM

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Any updates yet? How's it all going?

Grandprix

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on 23/09/2009 at 8:59:15PM

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I'll let you know when I start putting videos up. There are no videos on my account at the moment so there is nothing to look at. :)

Sonic Chris

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on 23/09/2009 at 8:01:56PM

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Do it for the SEGA Grandprix! :D (by the way, what's your youtube name so i can check the videos out?)

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on 23/09/2009 at 3:15:04PM

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Good luck, GP, I'll keep an eye out for your progress!

Grandprix

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on 23/09/2009 at 2:44:10PM

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Sure, go for it.

McLong

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on 23/09/2009 at 11:29:01AM

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Hey GP, do you mind if I drop you an e-mail regarding the possibility of showing a logo on your videos?

Grandprix

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I'll be playing through them on Youtube and then reviewing them here but I am open to suggestions.

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on 22/09/2009 at 6:57:57PM

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Haha excellent. Good luck.

As a note I have spoke to our marketing department about this. Are you going to be reviewing them on youtube and blogging it all etc?

Grandprix

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