Game Sack

This is the exciting commercial for the Sega Dreamcast VMU featured in episode 25 of Game Sack called Portable Videogame Systems.

The awesome opening song from the Sega CD version of Road Avenger. Video and audio captured from a real Genesis + Sega CD unit.

In this tiny episode we take a look at the changes made by the Neo Geo X firmware update. Did it fix everything that was wrong? Watch and find out!

This was originally done as the ending skit for our episode reviewing the Neo Geo X portable system. But here it is as a standalone video to "enjoy" on its own. This took about 3 hours from start to finished edit.

This was featured as the ending skit for the second Game Sack Halloween Special (2012). We shot this in a couple of hours one night in the summer of 2001 and now it's here to "enjoy" on it's own. It's not scary at all but it's slightly unsettling maybe.

Just a fun little video which doesn't take the Neo Geo as stone-cold seriously as some of its fans seem to. I made this in 2010.

This is our panel from Retropalooza where we take questions from the audience. This was really fun for both of us!

The exciting trailer for the moderately exciting show Game Sack.

This was part of our Halloween episode in 2013. Shot and edited in less than 36 hours (along with all of the other live-action parts of the episode). The Halloween episodes don't tend to do super well, so here's a stand-alone release for those of you who haven't seen it.

In the most recent episode "Games That Need a Physical Release" we removed several game reviews. One after the episode was released and 3 before it was released. That's because all of these games had physical releases that our research team didn't find. We have since fired all of our researchers and fed them to alligators. We fed a few to crocodiles just to cover all the bases. Anyway now for the first or possibly second time EVER you can watch these reviews online from the extreme comfort of your own current location. Unless you're in jail. You can still watch them, it just won't be comfortable. Enjoy anyway!

Yes, I am a grown man. Back Shenmue 3!

Thanks to everyone who attended the panel. We know that it was overcrowded and not air-conditioned at all. Sticking through it all the way really meant a lot to us. And mega-apologies to those of you who couldn't get in! We addressed the convention multiple times in the months leading up about getting a bigger room and never got a response. Again thank you guys so much for coming to see us and ask us questions.

The kick-ass new site featuring Game Sack, The Game Chasers, Rerez, Happy Console Gamer, 8-Bit Eric and Alpha Omega Sin. Exclusive content! Screw other websites. They suck. Go over to Final Bosses and bookmark it right now. Delete all of your other bookmarks with prejudice (except for the one to Game Sack's YouTube channel). If it's not on Final Bosses it doesn't deserve to exist.

Do you like video game music? So do we. We REALLY like it. So join us on our new Game Music Sack adventures over at Final Bosses.

The first volume of Game Sack is now on Blu-ray! First 20 episodes in HD, lots of special features, 5.1 surround sound menus, hidden videos for you to find and REGION FREE (of course).

This is an example of one of the exclusive series we have over at Final Bosses.

This time Joe and Dave take on the obscure Metal Slug-like arcade game from China called Demon Front.

Episode 01 of Playing with Sacks originally on Final Bosses. Shot back when the site was in the planning stages (February of 2015) and didn't even have a name yet.

Episode 02 - Made the same day as the Golden Axe PWS (February of 2015), we take Night Warriors on the Saturn for a head-to-head spin.

Episode 03 - We're back playing the Monkey Target minigame from the original Super Monkey Ball on the Gamecube. Dave's really good at it.

Episode 04 - We play some Vigilante on the TurboGrafx-16.

Episode 05 - We play some Total Carnage on the Super Nintendo!

Episode 06 - The arcade sequel to Golden Axe that never made it to a home console!

Episode 07 - Another great Konami beat-em-up that never appeared on home consoles.

This time we play the arcade version of Double Dragon from beginning to end using an actual arcade PCB.

I think I'm the only person who has this game. You will not see anyone else talk about this game because nobody knows about it. I'm surely the only one streaming it. This game was released without any fanfare.

Watch as I stream Castlevania Dracula X Rondo of Blood for the TurboGrafx-16 CD/PC Engine Super CD. I found some glitches in the game so bear with me!

I'm also playing my childhood copy of the game! However I am no longer a child. Can I do it? Can I get through the game TWICE on PROFESSIONAL difficulty? Am I powerful enough? I'll try to keep up with the chat this time! + bonus Greendog!

Gonna play these back to back. Probably won't beat 2. Will beat 3. Definitely can't beat 4! Too out of practice!

I am a professional. I only play games that offer a professional mode. Other games are for amateurs unless they specifically offer a professional mode... or at least a "Pro" mode. Also, eat me!

This is one of my favorite games of all time. I will go through on Beginner first just as a warm up. Then on to EXPERT! It's been a while since I've played so I will likely die and probably continue.

Playing this one for the first time since I just picked it up today.... used! I'm joined by AlphaOmegaSin who you either love, kinda like, kinda dislike, hate, are indifferent to, or are not sure who he is.

Here is me editing the MSX episode of Game Sack which was released on March 18 2018. This was originally streamed on January 28 2018. Yes we make these waaaay in advance. This one is pretty casual.

Checking out the Analogue Super Nt FPGA system

Shinobi is one of my favorite arcade games. Let's see how far I can get before it freezes or I run out of credits! I'll try at least twice!

Finally, a video on Youtube showing the CORRECT way to clean your games! If you use any other method other than those described in this video, you're cleaning your games wrong and damaging them!

Episode 1 - Welcome to the reboot of Playing with Sacks! We're going to do our best to deliver a new episode of PWS every Wednesday, released at 12:00am Mountain Time. We have a slightly new editing format compared to the old Final Bosses Playing with Sacks and we feel it works much better. These will only get better so we hope that you enjoy! And don't forget to suggest games you'd like to see on Playing with Sacks!

Episode 2 - For our second episode we tae on one of dave's favorites on the GameBoy, the super-slow Castlevania Adventure. It may be primitive but it's fun and has great music. Can we put an end to Dracula once and for all? Watch to find out!

Episode 3 - This week we play Streets of Rage 2 cooperatively. One of the best sequels to one of the best games of its time and often regarded as the pinnacle of the series. Will we beat it?

Episode 4 - Super Adventure Island was an early release for the Super Nintendo from Hudson Soft and is one of our favorites in the series! So let's give it a good, honest effort today!

Episode 5 - We give Contra III for the Super Nintendo a go, two players simultaneously which can actually make it tougher if one (or both) players does something dumb. Like what? Well, watch and find out!

Episode 6 - We beat the first Castlevania Adventure on GameBoy waaaaaay back in episode 2 if you can remember that far back. Now we take on its FAR superior sequel and have a lot more fun doing it. We think you'll have more fun with this episode as well. Can we beat it?

Episode 7 - We play the two-player mode of Chatting Parodius, aka Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius, aka Parodius ~Forever With Me~ on the Sega Saturn from Konami. This is a really fun shooter that doesn't get talked about (no pun intended) very much and was never released outside of Japan!

Episode 08 - Splatterhouse is super scary! BOO!! Aaaahh!!! Many stuffy parents didn't want their kids playing this one because then they'd worship Satan!!! We sacrifice our eternal souls to play this one for you! We play the more evil PC Engine version since the TurboGrafx version was ever-so-slightly changed.

Episode 9 - Jackie Chan is an amazing person who's been in some amazing movies and he's also the star of this amazing videogame. The NES version is awesome, but this one is that much better!

Episode 10 - We play through Joe's arcade PCB of The Astyanax, which was inspired by The Legendary Axe on the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 and they shared the same designer. This is radically different from the NES game of the same name. Will we have enough quarters to beat this one?

Episode 11 - Boo! That's really the gist of what you do as Polterguy, try to scare people out of the house in this exclusive game for the Sega Genesis. This is a very unique game and we haven't seen much like it anywhere else. So we give it our best here.

Episode 12 - Hardly anyone ever talks about Alien Storm much any more. It's a shame to because it's a great beat-em-up that's even better with two players. Originally a Sega arcade game, it received a decently faithful port to the Genesis in 1991.

Episode 13 - Time for some Magician Lord, one of the few side-scrolling platformers on the console, sadly. Played on the Neo Geo AES with Universe BIOS.

Episode 14 - Revenge of Shinobi is perhaps the best early Genesis game, one of the best games on the console and one of the best ninja games ever. Here we play Joe's copy which is the original version with Batman and Godzilla and other characters that were changed in later revisions of the game.

Episode 15 - The Master System version of this game doesn't get much love, especially from Joe who's all about the Genesis version. But Dave really enjoys this one. Will he be able to convince Joe that it's better than he thinks?

Episode 16 - We take on the NES port of the decently-popular arcade game from Data East and work cooperatively towards a common goal... the elimination of all evil!

This is a throwback episode, originally released for the now-defunct website Final Bosses back in April of '16 so it's pretty rough in comparison with modern episodes of Playing with Sacks. Playing with Sacks originated on Final Bosses on August 31, 2015. This is the only one of the original 13-episode Playing With Sacks run that hasn't been uploaded to YouTube, so here we are! Played on a real arcade PCB.

Episode 17 - Rastan was always a favorite arcade for both of us. Joe bought the arcade PCB a couple of years ago. Watch us do our best, no continues are allowed on the last level!

Episode 18 - We check out the Japanese version of The Adventures of Bayou Billy called Mad City. Konami made some interesting changes, especially to the game's difficulty. But did they go to far when they brought it over to the US?

Episode 19 - Astal was a very early 2D platformer for the Saturn with some wonderful graphics. Does the game itself hold up? Watch and find out!

Episode 20 - We're joined by special guest VFX artist Yoshi Vu and he wants us all to play Overcooked together! This is the most modern game we've played yet on Playing with Sacks. Will be be able to overcome the chaos and get people their food?

Episode 21 - Joe, Dave, and Yoshi try out different versions of Paperboy on Sega platforms!

Episode 22 - We're joined by Yoshi one last time to play some competitive Pocket Fighter! The player who loses must hand off the controller to the next person. This was really fun to make and I hope you have fun watching us compete!

Episode 23 - We're playing Windjammers on Joe's Neo Geo MVS. Who will win the most matches in this flying disc masterpiece? Is this just a fancy version of Pong? Doesn't matter because it's an absolute blast with two players!

Episode 24 - This time around we play through a recent homebrew port that was released for the Turbo last year. It's a love letter to many different games on the platform!

Episode 25 - Although it's a sports-based game, this one is actually SUPER fun with multiple players. Watch the weird faces we make as we play that we don't even know we're making! Who will win the decathlon, Joe or Dave?

Episode 26 - It's the last episode of Playing with Sacks for now and what better way to sign off than with a Castlevania game?

Episode 27 - Surprise Playing with Sacks episode! We really wanted to play Xeno Crisis on the Genesis on Youtube as we both love the game so naturally an episode of Playing with Sacks makes sense. This one's also available on pretty much every modern platform as well with more voices 'n stuff (though we haven't played those versions).

Here's something new I'd like to try, taking a nod from Cinemassacre who does similar things to great success with AVGN seasons. I want to offer more of these types of videos in the future with console episodes and other themes episodes, while keeping them at or around the 3 hours or so. What would you like to see? Or do you hate this idea with every fiber of your being? Timestamps: TurboGrafx-16 episode 1 - 0:00 TurboGrafx-16 episode 2 - 13:56 Pioneer LaserActive - 56:07 Nintendo Gamecube - 1:13:00 Sega Dreamcast - 1:35:10 Nintendo 64 episode 1 - 2:02:14 Nintendo 64 episode 2 - 2:27:40

I figured it might be fun to capture an edit of a shorter episode via time lapse for people who'd enjoy seeing that, and here we go! Editing Criminally Overlooked Games 6.

Over 474 different games covered in a single video! This is 4 rather long episodes combined covering every US game for the Sega Master System, TurnoGrafx-16/CD/Duo, every official Neo Geo ever released, and every Nintendo 64 game that uses the Expansion Pak.

E3 2001 raw tape focusing mainly on the games on display, but some other stuff too. This was when the Gamecube and Xbox were getting ready to launch, but weren't out yet. From an original Video8 camera tape covering the show in March of 2001. This was shot by a friend of mine who contributed Gamerweb/Kikizo for many years.

Now we move on to E3 2002. Raw tape focusing mainly on the games on display. The PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube were the players here. From an original Video8 (8mm) camera tape covering the show in March of 2002. This was shot by a friend of mine who contributed Gamerweb/Kikizo for many years.

6 long previously-stand alone videos dedicated to different platforms combined into a single video!

It's the year 2003 and it's time for E3! Raw tapes focusing mainly on the games on display. From original MiniDV camera tapes covering the show in May of 2003. This was shot by a friend of mine who contributed to the websites Gamerweb/Kikizo for many years.

Let's check out this new $20 ($35 physical) 2D run and gun from Retroware.

This was uploaded yesterday, but a quick copyright issue had to be fixed. Takes a while to re-export and re-upload such a big video so we'll try again today. A compilation of previously released videos in the Criminally Overlooked Games series about games that need more love. (Part 1-8)

Just a quick video showing if the recent firmware update fixed the major issues I found with the Retron GX.