Sega Channel Promo 1993

[SovietMasterFunk]

before "the cloud" sega was a visionarie.

[fitz663]

why does this sound like a gamefly commercial

[r4rev2]

@fitz663 i agree :P

[Themerc240]

does this still exist?

[leonardrou]

0:40 ... and it keeps my kids at home! disgusting!

[pkflyers]

i was born in the 80s but i never heard of this until today o_o

[jawtramp]

Nick Arcade

[rickspinellicool]

im still mad at my dad because he didnt get me sega channel

[dubz39]

the bitch wouldnt babysit her brother for sega channle who she think she is!

[Notwilber3]

The dad says " and it keeps my kids at home". That wouldn't work too well with the "get out and play campaign" that's out now days.

[Jamesdalbright]

The fee was 14.95 a month

[samjs721]

@Jamesdalbright

wow that was a lot for back than. no wonder it was never really that big.

[RockoJulian]

Xbox 360 doesn't even have their own rental channel. Whats wrong with today? Sega was ahead of their time in so many ways and today we don't even have a rental channel? We got Gamefly and Netflix which isn't bad but luckily Neflix has something coming up for this type of concept.

[samjs721]

@RockoJulian

funny thing is that Onlive service is kind of like this lol

[randomted]

So how much was the low monthly fee?

[wangtang32000]

at 1st it was about keeping kids at home now they want them to gtfo of their house! lol

[MrNicktheparakeet]

DAMMIT SEGA JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE FIRST DIDNT MEAN YOU HAD TO LEAVE FIRST! I WANT YOU BAAAAAAAAAAAACK.

[Anarchist86ed]

fill more

[JoRoja81]

damm i should of got cable instead of satellite

[SEAnimeForever]

Sega was always thinking "one-step ahead" of nintendo It took nintendo several years to have a similar service like this

[EhCloserLook]

I'm going to go order this right now!

I thought it was kind of funny that the little was holding the entire Sega Genesis in her arms while she was explainging how downloading games works.

[sonicheroes777]

Man, that sounds-wait I don't have a Sega Genesis. And the service was shut down several years ago.

[80ezbaby]

almost 70 games for $10/month

[80ezbaby]

checkout the Onlive Microconsole it does exactly this for todays games

[captfalcon7]

Let's go wireless!

[ironboardking]

I love sega, but this video is scary on so many levels!

[Biankito]

Sega was always ahead of their time, this and the Dreamcast are clear examples.

[r4rev2]

@Biankito i still have my dream cast :P its mint but no box or mannuwals

[Enraged10]

3:56 holy shit guys it's black Seinfeld!

[xan1242]

I thought that was Brock from Pokemon at the beginning.

[KillaTones1]

I remember i beg my parents for this but they wouldnt buy it for shit. I was so pissed that all my friends had it but me

[azz578]

Yes, but if I get Sega channel, will I be able to play whatever I want, whenever I want, for as long as I want?

[snakes3425]

So were the games on Sega Channel the full game or simply a Demo verson, reason I ask is that the game line up changed every month

[relentlesshate]

@snakes3425 It was full games.

[Chirpachirp]

Sorry OnLive, Sega was there first!

[AgileMJOLNIR]

I subscribed to this back in 1993 or 1994. I remember staying up until midnight at the end of each month waiting for the games to refresh so I could play other stuff. Damn this was the hay day of video games:)

[lolaalyssia08]

wtf we never had this in the uk :( and all the kids think online gaming is only 6 years old lol

[ToXicTubeTV]

Netflix and Gamefly can SUCK IT! lol

[Ponimaju]

she'd do anything for sega channel wooo

[georgethe09]

that girl is hot

[Chaoitcme]

I remember seeing commercials for this when I was a kid. My Mom would not let me get it. That is alright because I do not believe that it lasted for very long.

[hjarnar3]

everyone was so grungie! I love it xD

[hectec69]

wow iam looking at whats now called Onlive lol

[cod5x]

I never knew you had to turn on the game system and tv to play it.

[gmoneystyle85]

I like how the one parent says he likes it, because it keeps his kids at home, shouldn't he want his kids to I don't know, like go outside or something.

And the one guy says it's for the whole family, parents didn't understand/play games back in the day, there was no Wii..

[DarklingX]

@gmoneystyle85 Actually the only thing parents played were games on the Atari. These were to complicated for them. Also parents wanted to keep there kids at home due to fear mongering by people like Geraldo and other day time talk shows about satanic cults and such. Which were all lies btw. Kids were treated way differently back then.

[showman8694]

@gmoneystyle85 that's not accurate, My grandmother bought an NES when it was brand new and played it till she died but through the course of time she also bought the snes and the 64 (which gave her a headache...me to for that matter) but she loved the NES and the SNES very much. After the grand kids went to bed her my uncle, father and mother would all play the various Mario games. She got a kick out of Battletoads and TMNT IV Turtles in Time, which was an awesome game!!! Yes its true most

[showman8694]

@showman8694 parents didnt play, but i know several who did and its not limited to just my family

[Joemamma69000]

Playstation 3 store you can play demos, in SEGA Channel you can play the whole fucking game.

[TinyTitian]

can u use the sega channel sega 32 x sega cd all at the same time to make voltron ????

[PowerlineWC]

@TinyTitian There is a video of someone starting an old sega channel adapter to see what would happen. He had to take the 32X out but he could keep the Sega CD on. All he got was a popup that there is no connection (of course).

[F13rce187]

Didn't last long and they started repeating games after awhile

[angryjoy]

SEGA went out of the console rat race with a bang. Console online gaming is the greatest thing ever!

[kirbyyasha]

I was sad my Cable Provider never offered this back in the days... However, I wish Sega would re-release Sega Channel, but onto the new mediums such as Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360. Have a Sega program downloaded, that brings you back to the good ol' days of Sega Channel with Genesis programming. Ya know, for those less fortunate who were still huge Sega fans, but....Got screwed over on tiny cable providers that eventually got taken over by Time Warner Cable, and when that happened, it was too late :(

[923thebeast]

and now theres onlive look how tech evolved thumbs up if ya think im right hum hum

[mafejr]

people were stupid back then

[killercarlson000]

This was probably the best invention ever.

[ghostmouthzach56]

I'd fuck every girl on this commerical, just saying. Hot as fuck 90's chicks.

[WebVMan]

Good thing I didn't have Sega Channel. Or I would have NEVER left my house.

[tuswraith]

IS THAT THE GUY FROM READING RAINBOW LOLZ?!!? 1:37

[critThreat]

@tuswraith no. you're thinking of Lavarr Burton. Phil Moore was the host of Nick Arcade on Nickelodeon back in the day.

[pladampa]

@tuswraith i think so wasn't he kunta kinte too lol

[rbmsig04]

@tuswraith

No, he's the guy from a show called Nick Arcade.

[beyondstitches]

I used to have Sega Channel. The games changed every month and it gave you a good variety. I played hours of it and never had to rent games again. haha. This was way before it's time. Put SNES to shame. Wish Sega was still around..

[rbmsig04]

@beyondstitches

Thanks for explaining the commercial in your comment.

[RawwestHide]

this is brilliant technology, holy shit

I hope they do thisagain, the technology is there with On Live. This NEEDS to happen.

[aflyingturd]

Shit! I was around back then, and now i'm pissed! I totally missed this growing up.

[o0oColdfireo0o]

I remember this. SEGA failed because it was far ahead of it's time. Just download the complete ROM pack off a torrent site and you will have all of the games. Beat that Sega Channel!

[rayomatic3000]

wtf i never saw this as a kid, i would have loved it :(

[xHAZELRAHx]

holy f, this was before ON DEMAND and V-Chip O.o

[s2Trigga]

someone count the number of times "Sega" is said.

[EmperorEva0001]

@s2Trigga 69 times

[s2Trigga]

@EmperorEva0001 lmao! wow

[EmperorEva0001]

@s2Trigga I know; right?

[SeiferKai]

LOL look at all the cool kids...oh god the retro clothing..>_<

[chrihsahn]

Phil Moore, haha! I haven't heard that asshole's name since I was a kid! Man, I kinda miss Nick Arcade now lol.

Seriously though, I want to know how the hell I grew up in the 90's and never heard about this Sega Channel. This makes me depressed :(

[icelord89]

@chrihsahn I'm wondering the same thing...it probably wasn't available in our areas :(

[clone63742]

this combined with surge was....amazing,lol!

[Ambzelia89]

just betuz i r sleep-deprived and feelin' a little bit troll-ish....

this is funnay. and girls do, in-fact play games. and lotz uv us is guud!

(alright, enough butchering the English language!)

A lot of us just don't care for people to know our gender. Thus when I'm head-shotting people on MW2, I don't speak. A laugh may escape every once in a while, but it happens. When I'm tanking hardmodes in ICC, I don't speak unless necessary. SHIT! RAWRGHRRRAWWRR

[PloK00nsClone]

wow...thisd takes me back. I cant believe I forgot when there was commercials not just promonting the games, but the parents saying how much they like their kids playing the games cause that sure as heck isnt how it works now. On top of that is that I dont know more then a few girls who play video games and only a few of them actually are good, I miss those days

[jadonSteve]

why are they keep showing gumby lifting and tv and holding a sega controller in the backgrond and in the ad sonic vs gumby flexable green giant vs the fast spiky animal

[synicalenigma]

these were the good ol' days... i miss them

[StormTiberius]

My family had cable tv and i saw sega channel advertisement and NO it was not available in this forsaken land... it really made me pissed

[homiex04]

god i miss it

[jettrails2]

This is a 1996 ad. Games like Sonic and Knuckles and Comix Zome came out in 95

[naggedd]

back in the good ol' days. the 90s was the best decade ever !!!

[euthanasia00001984]

I remember Having the sega channel, it was the best! so i'm not crazy!!! lol my friends think i'm crazy cause they never heard of the sega channel as a kid ...

[soulreaver91]

Man I got this when it first came out. I still have the T-shirt that came with the adaptor. To think this was one of the first On Demand things around. Truely a Golden Age for its time.

[Jastenmale]

At 0:33 ComixZone came out in 1995, how is this '93?

[TheLiquidBlaze]

Lol did people know back then what downloading was?

[Nero51]

@TheLiquidBlaze people knew what downloading was in the 50's. Do you think computers or internet were just invented or something?

[isqfan]

The guy at 2:15 looks like Thomas Lennon in Reno 911.

[ShadowTheHedgehog157]

I still have the Sega Channel cartridge. lolz. Fond memories, I have it preserved in a glass case. xD

[7footballfanatic7]

That's how people dressed in the 90's!!! Wow!!

[youknowwhoyouare8]

Man, talking about old school haha Very innovative for its time

[DANfan69]

I remember this, the precursor to Xbox LIVE and many other online gaming services.

I wanted to get this, but the catch with the Sega Channel was that it only worked with Genesis models 2 and 3. Seeing as I owned the Genesis model 1 (The one that came with Altered Beast) I couldn't play it.

[jjosey7641]

"You know how many lawns you gotta mow to get that?!!!"

I loved my sega channel. Golden Axe 3 4 life

[xtremeboy91]

0:37 actors?

[DA4CE]

its not like u lost the data... u get 50 games a month and even if the games changed a game would come back in a rotation sooner or later... sega channel was da shit! kept me entertained for hella long at 9 years old! remember this is before the dreaded word of pwn! lol

[quitecomely]

Startstruck by the Phil Moore cameo! Nick Arcade for life!

[VikutaaChyaaruzu]

@quitecomely

Never expected him to pop up here. :D

Somebody make a petition to bring back the old-school Nick Arcade in its entirety. Viacom apparently thought it was a good idea to take Nick GAS off the air.

[cam5478]

i miss the sega channel

[majinsnake]

I owned the sega channel but they never broadcasted that commercial in my area. Must have been the west coast where Sega was stationed for USA. When sega quit doing the sega channel, my cable company came and took the adapter. However when i bought my dreamcast a couple years ago, it came with the sega channel adapter. Good ol nostalgia.

[Samsonite4188]

lol its funny how 50 genesis video games were worth $2500 back then now 50 are worth about $25 right now.

[sadeviant]

@Samsonite4188 things devalue when they haven't been in demand for 20 years?? how weird...

[Samsonite4188]

@sadeviant yeah weird like trolling a comment that was posted over a year ago.

[sadeviant]

@Samsonite4188 does the stupidity devalue over the course of a year?

[TwinCityKillaz]

I remember waiting till midnight at the end of the month for new games. I would have never known about games like General Chaos, Aerobiz Supersonic, ATP Tour Tennis, Battletech, Pirates! Gold, Skitchin', Theme Park...(I could go on and on) if it wern't for Sega Channel. Cool as S*it it was

[lucaseason]

keeps my kids at home?! over protective father. outside BAD.

[meppapeppa101]

@lucaseason its like he wants his kids to be lazy and fat(no offense anyone)

[sonicsnake44]

inerd40593 This is how it worked once you selected a game. The game would be downloaded from your cable company thorough coaxial cable into your Sega Channel adapter. Once the game finish downloading it would then be stored in your adapters memory. From this point on you can play the game as if you had the real cartridge. when you turn the system off the game would be erased from the adapters memory.

[AlbanianMan]

LOL, I remember Phil Moore. He was the dude from Nick Arcade. Sega Channel was awesome. I remember it was basically this cartrdige that you put in the Genesis, and it had a port for a cable wire that you would plug into your cable

[oofoe]

lmfao at another goddamn failed add-on.

It does seem way ahead of it's time, though. And I hear the people who bought it had a lot of fun with it. Poor Sega just couldn't catch a break.

[inerd40593]

wait.... how can you play games on cable? please explain this..... im confused

[pacmancdi2]

Silly rabbit! Girls don't play video games!

[Biankito]

@pacmancdi2 Someone hasn't left their mom's basement since their teen years hmm?

[Dimebag204]

0:42 i recognise him from something.....

[wcatdoor]

he looks like chris frly. alittle

[REZBLUE22]

Kinda reminded me of Andy Richter from the tonight show.

[Chaniyth]

The Sega Channel signal was carried over the Galaxy 7 satellite, using transponder 1 with horizontal polarization.

The uplink signal was at a carrier frequency of 1.435 GHz and occupies 8 MHz bandwidth using QPSK modulation.

The downlink signal was at a frequency of 1.1 GHz and occupies 6 MHz bandwidth using QPSK. Data rate was 6 Mbps.

The adapter contained 4 MB DRAM, which holds a game up to 32 Mb in size. Once the game is downloaded, it responds exactly as if it were a cartridge.

[inerd40593]

how did it download? no internet, so how did it download?

[Chaniyth]

For a monthly subscription fee usually $14.95, along with a $25 activation fee, the subscriber would get an adapter, which plugged into the Genesis cartridge slot, and was connected to their cable television connection. The service would provide them with unlimited access to 50 games, selectable through an on-screen menu, with new games appearing every month and later every two weeks. The games would be downloaded in about 1 minute and play just like the retail versions.

[thenintendogamer]

ripped right off wikipedia!

[jlf2032]

it was broadcast into the systems memory where it could be played, but when you turned the system off it erased and had to be downloaded again each time you used it

[Nero51]

@inerd40593 .."internet" does not mean you need a computer or browser. it's data transfer, not.."internet"..I think this is technically over your head O.o

[Nero51]

@inerd40593

people have also been "downloading" since the early 60's after the first computer was put together by Texas Instruments....I don't get why you get 3 upvotes..youtube is pretty mainstream so I can understand your question.

[brickmaster24]

this was cool but like the dreamcast it was kinda ahead of its time

[EnglishTurtle]

Wait a minute, so this is like PSN right? Or Wii Virtual Console, where you download games and play them on your Sega Genesis?

I never knew technology like that was even invented back then!

[snakes3425]

Unlike PSN, LIVE Arcarde, and Virutal Console, which use the Internet and harddrives to download and store games, Sega Channel used cable TV, and from what I'm awhare of, they were more like demos, once the games changed at the end of the month you lost all your data, so you had to go out and buy the cartridge to play the game after it's month's run on Sega Channel was up

[chadzorz]

man it was asome ^_^ though

[jaketheman091]

Lolololol look at all the 90s kids

[BigAssController]

this is the most awesome thing ever!

xbla, psn or onlive aint got shit on sega lol

[psphackerowned]

where did you get this, its awesome you uploaded this LOL is that black guy the actor that plays "Geordi La Forge" in Star Trek TNG? also i thought is was hilarious when the girl is showing how to hook it up there is a loud plastic hiting plastic sound at 2:54 LMFAO

[brmanuk]

early example of 'on demand' content

[Mapleholic]

Sega is GOD!

[shoemanbundy]

this is so cheap its hilarious XD

[DLC77]

SEGA Channel was THE reason I'm glad I lived in the '90's. Seriously.

When I'm a grumpy old man I'll always be able to tell my grandchildren, "Oh, back in the '90's there was SEGA Channel etc."

=D

[ilbv5]

haha I love these wacky 90's,80's commercials.

[ComedyKids08]

oh yaa i think i heard about that mini game.i think i seen on the news that becouse of that hillary clinton wanted to colse down rockstar

[ComedyKids08]

ok sweet ill look out for the first edition!! thanks

[ComedyKids08]

ive never ever played or heard of a Adults Only Video game please tell me some Ao titles

[JerryTerrifying]

I think it's very economical!

[chosentonessournotes]

HOLY SHIT PHIL FROM NICK ARCADE!!!

[saturnstar718]

I'm sold, I'm going to go get sega channel right now!

[ssjfighter2000]

hahahahaha...the dreams of a 90s kid....

[mannymanuel259]

I remember wanting this so bad as a kid lol.

[JackContraband]

lol adult rated games back then? wow

Thanks parental block!

[Garboth]

Download? Sorry this is 1994 and I don't know what the fuck that means...

[aunkabeatmon]

shit was crack when I was kid.

[kibjohn]

if only i had a sega genesis back in the day and get the sega channel add-on!

[kargaroc386]

this commercial could have been produced in 1993. although this seems to be a infomercial, like the ones you see on broadcast channels at night.

[thenintendogamer]

nope, '94. look at sonic and knuckles and earthworm jim.

[cuervorockero]

always ahead of its time.

sega is missed now

[jplaya2023]

this shit was goat

[buccieri]

change the title. Sega Channel wasn't made in 93