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UnfairRepresent
12/02/17 2:12:36 PM
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The classic Sega game?






One of the most classic and iconic games of it's era that quickly got overshadowed historically by the goliaths of Mario, Zelda, Sonic, Pokemon, Kirby, etc to the extent that few remember or talk about it

It was Sega Genesis, Master System, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Game Gear, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, iOS

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But what about CE?

Have they played it? Have yoooooou?
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Error1355
12/02/17 2:15:28 PM
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I've never played it but I did remember thinking it looked really great when I saw ads and magazine articles about it.
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triplecactus
12/02/17 2:28:28 PM
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The original no. But the rare times I set my dreamcast up I'll have a swim around in the dreamcast Ecco.
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MegaTech
12/02/17 2:29:28 PM
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Yes, and as a kid it terrified me
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SuperExcitebike
12/02/17 2:30:12 PM
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I played it at Target or something
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yusiko
12/02/17 2:30:57 PM
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yeah i didnt play it as a kid but in my early 20s i got a ps2 game full of sega classics and it was on it
i usually just played phantasy star 2 and 4 on it
for some reason phantasy star 1 and 3 werent included
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Thompson
12/02/17 2:33:04 PM
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Great and very unique game, but sadly held back by its difficulty. The Mega CD port is a tad easier, and its soundtrack is beyond amazing.
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Jiek_Fafn
12/02/17 2:33:23 PM
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I loved it when I was a kid. The graphics were amazing to me at the time. I remember spending hours just making him jump out of the water.
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UnfairRepresent
12/02/17 2:33:38 PM
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yusiko posted...
yeah i didnt play it as a kid but in my early 20s i got a ps2 game full of sega classics and it was on it
i usually just played phantasy star 2 and 4 on it
for some reason phantasy star 1 and 3 werent included

Probably because Phantasy Star 1 and 3 were poop
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Spidey5
12/02/17 2:33:51 PM
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I played the 3d one on the ps2. Too hard for me.
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TheBiggerWiggle
12/02/17 2:36:59 PM
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I think calling it "iconic" is pushing it, but yes I played it. We owned it on the game gear. I don't know how far I made it but I never beat it.
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butthole666
12/02/17 2:40:59 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaDnDja6fi0

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UnfairRepresent
12/02/17 2:52:34 PM
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TheBiggerWiggle posted...
I think calling it "iconic" is pushing it,

Only because it got overshadowed by other games.

It was same iconic until 2005 where they best Mario and sonic into he ground and the likes of ecgo, gex, crash and spyro where left in the mud.

If you were a little older you'd balk at those who don't call it iconic
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Smashingpmkns
12/02/17 2:59:54 PM
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I played it but never got far. The sci-fi, almost Lovecraftian shit was always interesting to me though. Definitely a weird game.
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Questionmarktarius
12/02/17 3:00:54 PM
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Wasn't in on Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection?
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Zikten
12/02/17 3:01:13 PM
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played it but never beat it. I remember being stuck on a level filled with sharks
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yusiko
12/02/17 3:04:49 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Probably because Phantasy Star 1 and 3 were poop


to be fair phantasy star 2 was only marginally better
it was like a bare bones concept of what phantasy star 4 was going to be
its a long game with only 4 boss fights and one of them is unwinnable

but i suppose it was going for the dungeons themselves being the real challenges of the game since they were all large and maze like that took forever to get through
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WilliamPorygon
12/02/17 4:23:49 PM
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Well of course I have!

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I've also completed Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures, which was significantly less good of a game.
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gguirao
12/02/17 4:32:59 PM
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No, but I've heard of it.
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DifferentialEquation
12/02/17 4:34:31 PM
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I tried it, but thought it was shit and couldn't get into it.
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UnfairRepresent
12/02/17 6:07:36 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Wasn't in on Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection?

Yes
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12/02/17 6:08:36 PM
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ImTheMacheteGuy
12/02/17 6:24:22 PM
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Played, never beat. Also played and did beat tides of time. Enjoyed it better than the original, but holy fuck that medusa chase level. So hard for an early level and that track that plays in it... I loved and hated that stage.

Favorite part about the original was fucking around with passwords. So many different things I inputted legit worked and brought me to random levels.
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Behaviorism
12/02/17 6:45:05 PM
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Welcome to the machine
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DevsBro
12/02/17 6:48:14 PM
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I beat it

Abused savestates to do so but.
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Behaviorism
12/02/17 6:49:16 PM
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DevsBro posted...
I beat it

Abused savestates to do so but.

Liar. No one can beat welcome to the machine
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Shotgunnova
12/02/17 7:22:55 PM
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Aye.
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Ushiromiya
12/02/17 7:28:36 PM
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poop_corn
12/02/17 7:37:57 PM
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I played it but never got very far. I remember the game being pretty hard
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Hexenherz
12/02/17 7:39:51 PM
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That was the hardest friggin' game. And then come to find out decades later that there's like this whole actual plot to it about aliens and here I was just thinking the game was about ramming sharks and trying to get fresh air.
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SavenForever
12/02/17 8:06:27 PM
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Loved it and the sequel very very much! I always smile whenever Ecco is brought up.

Welcome to the Machine is one of the hardest levels in any video game I've ever played. First time I've ever inflicted violence on something else besides my game controller (a desk).

The sequel, Tides of Time, is one of the most underrated games I have ever played. More people need to play it! It improves so much over the original and is one of the Top 20 video games I have ever played.
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DirkDiggles
12/02/17 8:10:20 PM
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yusiko posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Probably because Phantasy Star 1 and 3 were poop


to be fair phantasy star 2 was only marginally better
it was like a bare bones concept of what phantasy star 4 was going to be
its a long game with only 4 boss fights and one of them is unwinnable

but i suppose it was going for the dungeons themselves being the real challenges of the game since they were all large and maze like that took forever to get through


PS 1 wasn't on the Genesis. It was only on the Master System.
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KFHEWUI
12/02/17 8:15:25 PM
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I love the series!
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Lil_Bit83
12/02/17 8:27:49 PM
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Love the fuck outta this game! My favorite Sega game ever. I have beaten it, but never finished it all the way through. Trilobyte Circle, Dark Water and Welcome to the Machine are eeevil! I've also played Ecco Jr and the horrible Tides of Time.
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SavenForever
12/02/17 8:47:49 PM
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Lil_Bit83 posted...
Love the fuck outta this game! My favorite Sega game ever. I have beaten it, but never finished it all the way through. Trilobyte Circle, Dark Water and Welcome to the Machine are eeevil! I've also played Ecco Jr and the horrible Tides of Time.


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ImTheMacheteGuy
12/02/17 11:55:58 PM
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SavenForever posted...
Loved it and the sequel very very much! I always smile whenever Ecco is brought up.

Welcome to the Machine is one of the hardest levels in any video game I've ever played. First time I've ever inflicted violence on something else besides my game controller (a desk).

The sequel, Tides of Time, is one of the most underrated games I have ever played. More people need to play it! It improves so much over the original and is one of the Top 20 video games I have ever played.


Vouching for this post in regard to tides of tine
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DevsBro
12/02/17 11:57:00 PM
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Tides was p good too, yeah.

I hated the level with the big jellyfish though.
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ImTheMacheteGuy
12/02/17 11:59:18 PM
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DevsBro posted...
Tides was p good too, yeah.

I hated the level with the big jellyfish though.


Yep that was my first post about it. Nightmare to fuckin deal but awesome music :)
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MabusIncarnate
12/03/17 12:00:24 AM
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Yeah I owned it on Genesis, I got it for my birthday one year. Never beat it but feel like I got pretty damn far.
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UnfairRepresent
12/03/17 5:19:27 AM
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DevsBro posted...
Tides was p good too, yeah.

I hated the level with the big jellyfish though.

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12/03/17 5:40:09 AM
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Lil_Bit83
12/04/17 12:19:51 PM
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SavenForever posted...
Lil_Bit83 posted...
Love the fuck outta this game! My favorite Sega game ever. I have beaten it, but never finished it all the way through. Trilobyte Circle, Dark Water and Welcome to the Machine are eeevil! I've also played Ecco Jr and the horrible Tides of Time.


Ed4LdEW


Cranked the difficulty up to the point where I personally found it more aggravating then fun, the soundtrack was a major step down. Had a lot of amazing ideas though.
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AurochSpirit
12/04/17 12:38:04 PM
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Had the first game on the PC and loved it. Finished it several times.

Got it on the 360 arcade too. I preferred the music on the PC version though.

Never played any of the sequels.
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Behaviorism
12/04/17 12:52:21 PM
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AurochSpirit posted...
Had the first game on the PC and loved it. Finished it several times.

Got it on the 360 arcade too. I preferred the music on the PC version though.

Never played any of the sequels.

Again, you lie. No one can beat welcome to the machine
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TheBiggerWiggle
12/04/17 1:02:04 PM
#45:


UnfairRepresent posted...
TheBiggerWiggle posted...
I think calling it "iconic" is pushing it,

Only because it got overshadowed by other games.

It was same iconic until 2005 where they best Mario and sonic into he ground and the likes of ecgo, gex, crash and spyro where left in the mud.

If you were a little older you'd balk at those who don't call it iconic


I'm 30 years old, bro. Ecco was about as iconic as fucking Bubsy.
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UnfairRepresent
12/04/17 1:03:37 PM
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TheBiggerWiggle posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
TheBiggerWiggle posted...
I think calling it "iconic" is pushing it,

Only because it got overshadowed by other games.

It was same iconic until 2005 where they best Mario and sonic into he ground and the likes of ecgo, gex, crash and spyro where left in the mud.

If you were a little older you'd balk at those who don't call it iconic


I'm 30 years old, bro. Ecco was about as iconic as fucking Bubsy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkPbJIlEXow

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HeyPuff
12/04/17 1:12:25 PM
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wtf I thought this game was about swimming around as a dolphin and doing dolphin things. Turns out its about an alien invasion
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Stagmar
12/04/17 1:21:54 PM
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Played both the original and Tides of Time on Game Gear. I don't think I finished either. I seem to remember Tides was the easier of the two?
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ChainedRedone
12/04/17 1:25:14 PM
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To those wondering why the game is so hard, the creator was paranoid about kids renting the game and beating it in a weekend. So he made it really hard. Idiot.
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SavenForever
12/04/17 1:31:16 PM
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Lil_Bit83 posted...
SavenForever posted...
Lil_Bit83 posted...
Love the fuck outta this game! My favorite Sega game ever. I have beaten it, but never finished it all the way through. Trilobyte Circle, Dark Water and Welcome to the Machine are eeevil! I've also played Ecco Jr and the horrible Tides of Time.


Ed4LdEW


Cranked the difficulty up to the point where I personally found it more aggravating then fun, the soundtrack was a major step down. Had a lot of amazing ideas though.


Are you sure we played the same game? It was a helluva lot easier than the first game. Welcome to the Machine alone is harder than that entire game. Not saying Tides of Time was easy, but one of the most improved things about that game was laying off on the difficulty a bit, not to mention giving you a difficulty selection before you start. Especially in the levels that do Welcome to the Machine again. They actually give you hints on what direction to go instead of guessing and most likely getting crushed by the screen like you did in the original.

You should try it again. Seriously.

HeyPuff posted...
wtf I thought this game was about swimming around as a dolphin and doing dolphin things. Turns out its about an alien invasion


I always love reading comments like this online. Whenever someone new to the series tries it out or hears about the crazy shit in it, I always love following along lol. The only other series that I like to do this is with Metal Gear.
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