Just hearing the Gamesack opening theme makes me happy. I love this show. Brings back so many good memories.

@texboy98

4 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing gamesack every other Sunday (here in Brazil the episodes are always out on Sunday morning). Is was still in school at the time (2014, 2016) and I remember downloading games that they reviwed to play during class on my PSP. God dammit, where those years went?

@Filipe_agb

4 жыл бұрын

This music it's a instant rush of fun on my day 😊

@KokoTheGorilla69

4 жыл бұрын

@@texboy98 that was 4 years ago hahaha, "where did the time go?" 🤡

@Jesse__H

4 жыл бұрын

@@KokoTheGorilla69 When you're school-age four years is a HUGE stretch of time. Just think how much changed, and all that happened, between freshman and senior year of high school!

@jmatt781

4 жыл бұрын

@@texboy98 Me too, I lived in Recife, PE, on business from 2012-2016, and Gamesack was always something that I looked forward to on Sundays. Well, it still is, LOL!

Joe: Did you see that? I'm gonna do it again. Me, clapping like a moron: Again, again!

@cumulushalo576

4 жыл бұрын

I'll be clapping when this fire crotch brings back dave

@scottp.548

4 жыл бұрын

Like a stupid seal. Haha

Joe...being sarcastic?! Noooo, he's never done that before, he absolutely 100% means nearly everything he says...

@GameSack

4 жыл бұрын

You'd be surprised how many people don't get sarcasm.

@cueball981

4 жыл бұрын

Too many...sad world nowadays. Everybody gets their feelings hurt.

@mistersomaru

4 жыл бұрын

friend of mine doesn't get sarcasm in text form, but then again he's sleep and calorie deprived and mods Mechwarrior 5, so his sadness keeps that from being applicable.

@Wykesidefruitmachine

4 жыл бұрын

@@GameSack ...was that sarcasm?

@Brendanasdfdsf

4 жыл бұрын

@@GameSack ????????????? :P

According to Krikzz's changelog there's been a bunch of updates since this review. It's now in V4.04 and for example multi bin support for CD games was added in 4.01. My own cartridge is in the mail at the moment, upgraded after good experiences with the budget model X3.

@MrBlizzard769

2 жыл бұрын

It’s prob the absolute best everdrive and mose advanced everdrive in his entire lineup . They all rock but this one in particular just really stands out .

@tabsntoot

6 ай бұрын

I really need this in my life

A new GameSack video ALWAYS makes me happy . Great job as always Joe !!!! Quality and informative videos every time .

Man... So many little disappointing bugs. It sounds like Krikzz rushed this one a bit. Seems like it needed a bit more time in the oven before release. This is most definitely not quite up to Krikzz's usual quality standards. Kind of a shame. Hope these issues get fixed soon!

@dacypher22

4 жыл бұрын

It is and I hope they are fixed soon as well. But I also do hugely respect what they are doing here and how much more difficult this is than just making an Everdrive-type device to run ROMs on the system they were designed for. A lot of the Sega CD was just using the power of the Genesis but there were quite a few custom chips as well and to handle those through FPGA? Well, that is complex.

@SmaMan

4 жыл бұрын

I seem to remember most of these products (both Krikzz and Terraonion) launching with hardware/software issues. It's hard for such a small team of people to test *every* scenario. It usually has to go out to the public before most things get ironed out. I remember getting my SuperSDSystem from Terraonion only for them to have to recall them since one of the capacitors were installed backwards.

@skins4thewin

4 жыл бұрын

@@SmaMan Well yeah, some very small issues usually with the Krikzz Everdrives. They've never had issues to this extent though. And the Super SD is a whole different can of worms as that thing was supremely flawed from the getgo. The video circuit was a complete mess, and those in the community even tried to help them fix it, but they copped an attitude and tried bashing the community that tried to help them. Ever since then TerraOnion has kind of had a bad rap with me personally, but I did still give them the benefit of the doubt and bought the Mega SD which is a quality product. The Super SD 3 is still flawed tho even today, they still haven't fixed all of the video circuit issues and they refuse to do so which is why I refuse to buy one.

@bigwut123

4 жыл бұрын

skins4thewin doesn’t the current revision of the SSDS3 have all the video and audio fixes from voultar and fbx?

@skins4thewin

4 жыл бұрын

@@bigwut123 No, not at all. I mean yeah they did a revision that fixed some of the issues, but some issues still remain, and they refused to do a 2nd revision. In fact Voultar still sells a RGB bypass mod for it that many ppl like to do. I'd recommend doing the mod to yours if you know how to solder. The remaining issues may be considered minor to some, but they are indeed present. For me I just refuse to buy one as I am not going to pay for a device that needs modwork to function properly when the thing already costs nearly 300 bucks. I don't like that you need to mod it to get a proper RGB signal out of it. Mistakes were clearly made, and they just plain didn't know how to design a proper RGB circuit. Voultar tried to help them and they copped an attitude. Not very smart on their part. Besides, I already have a nice working PC Engine Duo-R with an RGB mod, so I don't really need one of these anyway.

Homeless Beardy Joe with another great review. Thanks Homeless Joe.

@GameSack

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know why but your comment is making me laugh pretty good. :)

Can we all just appreciate the "GAME OVER YEEEEEAAAH" shirt Joe is wearing in this episode, guys?

@thatryeguy6145

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao, that's all I kept thinking. Sega Rally Championship!!

@octonami_

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@BladeBlur

4 жыл бұрын

I want one

@sic6664

4 жыл бұрын

No.

@retrogamer41_sepiamta

4 жыл бұрын

@@sic6664 Okay, Zoomer.

Think of all the hidden GEMS you could put on there!

@reploid2953

4 жыл бұрын

MJR edition

@MocnyBrowarek

4 жыл бұрын

Did someone said something about... HIDDEN GEEEEMMMSSSS???!!!!1111oneone

@csukosd

4 жыл бұрын

MocnyBrowarek yes 😂

@MocnyBrowarek

4 жыл бұрын

@@csukosd Do you know any HIDDEN GEMS?! I have this game for my pink Playstation 2 (which is HIDDEN GEEEEM) - it's called Call of Duty Big Red One - is it... hidden gem?

@Nathan_H1gg3rz

Жыл бұрын

your mom was a hidden gem

I just got the Mega Everdrive Pro and most of these issues have been fixed already. Multi-bin Sega CD images work, FM sound for SMS works, MSU-MD hacks available and nearly all MD+ hacks have been converted to MSU-MD, and menu now supports custom themes.

Joe threw the cartridge in the air and caught it three times in a row. That's the very definition of a professional. I tried doing that, and my hair got caught in the ceiling fan.

@jonniefast

2 жыл бұрын

He's a professional professional

If you've ever used CHDman to convert bin cues to CHD, it is a good way to convert multi bin to single bin. If your multi bin is converted to CHD, when you click on convert CHD to bin cue, it will result with a single bin.

@brunovilela6072

4 жыл бұрын

You can also use Daemon Tools and IMGBurn...

@stublazinsky5690

4 жыл бұрын

R1SKbreaker I agree, but you shouldn’t have to...

@ScottWozniak

4 жыл бұрын

Who wants to go through that for a full library of games?

@spartansfan1026

4 жыл бұрын

@@ScottWozniak you don't have to do it one at a time! chdman does it as a batch for all applicable files in the directory,

@SmaMan

4 жыл бұрын

I've never been able to get CHDman to work. But maybe now that I have good PC I can try it again.

Sunday is perfect with a cup of hot coffee and a new episode of GAME SACK. Thank you, Joe :-) ...

I got a MegaSD last year. It's a bit expensive, but worth every penny.

@Clay3613

4 жыл бұрын

They should lower the price now to compete.

@tabsntoot

6 ай бұрын

No alternatives out there. No cheap Chinese clone with an fpga from my searches. Big hole in the market. Virgin territory for someone

I appreciate how much work you do in comparing similar products.

Thanks for cranking out all of this great content Joe! It's great getting off work and seeing Gamesack has a new video.

It's nice to know that the Mega SD plays audio CD images, I tend to use emulators on my phone to play music as those interfaces have a great bit of nostalgia for me.

He seems to like the radio buddy telling him he's a professional.

11:04 That's such a little thing but I always notice it too. I appreciate it when it's there and miss it when it's not!

Great review Joe! Great to see you're well and still rocking.

It's nice that people have another option since many people just don't want to mess with Terraonion, but i think this new one from Krikzz could maybe use a bit more time baking in the oven so to speak. When you are already spending $200 on a product, going up another $60 doesn't seem like a big deal to get everything you want and working in good order. The file format stuff alone on the Mega Everdrive Pro would be an annoyance. With MegaSD also being available at StoneAgeGamer so you don't have to ship in from overseas, it seems like the best option still. Hopefully Krikzz can fix some things up in time for the holidays.

@volo870

4 жыл бұрын

Don't think that file format shall become an issue. I am used to gluing CD images for POPStarter. Krikzz option is better for me as he has a shady online shop here in Ukraine. Delivered within couple of days with only 1-2$ for postage. Though I would invest in SNES cart now, as my cheapo Everdrive X3 is pretty sufficient for my sporadic SEGA gaming.

@noop9k

4 жыл бұрын

Volo stuffpoint or another one?

Wow I haven't actually been up late enough to see a new vid release like this, Thanks guys I actually really wanted to see more info on this cart.

8:05 - "Genesis DOES... what Nintendon't.... AND what Nintendoes!"

@SmaMan

4 жыл бұрын

Genesis Denesis what Nintendenesis

@shivasthong4924

4 жыл бұрын

can you imagine having one of these back then.

@johneygd

4 жыл бұрын

Just Wow , once the standard everdrive was released, i could,ve only hope that people would mode existing mega cd games in a compremised form to run trough that old everdrive, (by deviding those nega cd roms into sections of 4MB aka clusterchain format, while the CD audio could,ve bern mixed and converted to just 8bit pcm), sure having a mega everdrive save all the all such impractical needs for such hurdle, but still it would,ve been cool anyway and i still see lots of untapped potential in them.

WTH was Krikzz thinking when he chose to support only single bin/cue format??? He has to already know the rips that are most likely going to be used with his product. Terraonion has way better file support with their products.

@NoshAbroad

4 жыл бұрын

Krikzz decided to give the MEDP only 64 KB of ram & 256KB flash.. . MSD has 192 KB & 1 Mb flash. It may very well be there is not enough memory in the MEDP to store the file names of all the bins AND do everything else it needs to in RAM.

I was curious about these ROM carts for years. Now I know what to look for, like being able to load Sega CD games with multiple bins- which it seems like the vast ocean of roms out there are like. Thanks for showing these off. And entertaining me this Sunday morning. Keep up the good work out there, my brudda.

Got a MegaSD and have been perfectly happy with it so far. If anyone is interested in the Krikzz product though, more power to them.

So much detail in your videos is awesome, you're a real PRO no joke!

Great to see that aleast Game Sack hasn't been affected by this bloody lockdown, and I can get my fix of retro game news and reviews. PS you look very tired in the Skit at the end hope your Ok Joe.

Even the MD now has a way to play NES games and there's no NES emulator on Sega Saturn as 2020.

@221b

4 жыл бұрын

That's cause Genesis does what Saturn't.

@laurafear3853

4 жыл бұрын

221b Wow

@shaggymcdaniel3216

4 жыл бұрын

Is there a Genesis emulator on the Saturn? That would be kick ass.

@heilong79

4 жыл бұрын

oh...does the snes have a way to play nes games?

Time to play with my sack.

Thanks for keeping up the show Joe, GREAT REVIEW!

Aw yeah! Total professional coming through! So much professionaling going on here, you don't even know!

Hello from Australia. Always happy to see a new video.

"You're a professional,professional!" These outros always get me! 😅

Problem is the Everdrives seem to be available longer than these other flashcards and receive updates long after other flashcarts development seem to have died. Everdrives seem to be very basic in menus but I get these to play games, not spend time in the menus.

Very informative and entertaining video as always ! The post credit scenes always crack me up !

Just finished the new Summoning Salt and hello, heres a new Game Sack!

@InternetTAB

4 жыл бұрын

yeah boi that youtube wave

@tuffasgong

4 жыл бұрын

I will have to check out the new summoning salt, it didnt show up on my feed, TY. Two of the finest most thorough youtubers.

@roskelld

4 жыл бұрын

tuffasgong it’s awesome. Really enjoyed it. But then I enjoyed them all. The new one has some added humor though.

Best channel on KZread.

I only recently got my Mega SD, I wasn't aware that Krikzz was working on an alternative. It's good that there's some competition in this space. Sounds like the Mega SD is the more mature product at the moment, which isn't surprising as it's been out for a good while longer. The Mega SD had plenty of minor issues that needed to be ironed out too when it first came out. Krikzz has got some catching up to do, but the Mega Everdrive Pro is looking very promising.

@NoshAbroad

4 жыл бұрын

the MEDP does have some technical limitations it will have to overcome. Here's hoping KriKzz fixes them and doesn't just release a Mega Everdrive 2 or Mega Everdrive 3

Gamesack at 2am. Always a treat!

Oh nice, I've been waiting for you to cover this!

It's clear that the MEGASD is the better choice even at a higher price, and if I was going to get a real Genesis again, and not just emulation, it would be the one cart solution I'd have.

@retrosoul8770

4 жыл бұрын

@@black.iczelion I agree, not a fan of the really tall cart but with all the tech required for it is understandable.

@retrosoul8770

4 жыл бұрын

@@black.iczelion afaik at least someone correct if wrong but the Mega SD is an "fpga" based Sega CD motherboard. Basically it's a Sega CD in a Genesis cartridge so it's impressive none the less.

Finally we can play Sewer Shark with glitched audio!

Good overview thx for that. I can stick with my MegaSD but it’s good to know there’s a less expensive good option out there to also point others to.

Just want to say a big thank you, you make amazing videos and I love all of them. Please do keep up the good work.

Dave, please do an updated review of this now that many of the issues have beem fixed.

Good call on the SMS Pro Wrestling game.

This is easily the most professional episode of Game Sack yet.

Love to see competition on this niche products. I kinda hope this makes the MegaSD go on sale.

Sack is getting hairy.

@werdna_sir

4 жыл бұрын

I think his name is Jake.

@volo870

4 жыл бұрын

@@werdna_sir Joe? Dave? Ah! Jave!

@Jesse__H

4 жыл бұрын

@@volo870 No no, Jave is the one who quit. This is Doe.

@craigjuan5744

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

I'm a big fan of Krikkzzzzizzzz (or whatever) and his work, but it would appear that he needs to step up his game. When I first saw the Mega SD, I thought "sweet. Kkkkzzzzr is sure to top it soon, as he is king of the flash carts." But I am surprised at how much better the SD seems than the ED Pro. I don't want my Genesis to play NES games with wierd colors and sounds or not at all. Just no thanks. I have an NES. It seems wierd to me that he would bother with that when there are already enough issues to work out with the Sega consoles. It's obnoxious that I would have to look for a specific repack of an image file, rather than just use any type. And why is the audio so much better on the SD? FM channel works and everything... I love my Everdrive MD. But it looks like I might upgrade to the SD over the Pro...

Loved the review! Thanks, Joe!

The not being compatible with multiple bin files was almost a dealbreaker, but then I discovered a handy dandy tool called CD Mage that will let you collapse them into one single bin.

Not everyone can be a professional professional. Congratulations!

imagine getting one of those, fill the sd card with every single MD and MS and NES game known to man, and sending it back in time to your younger self....that would be crazy , huh ?

It’s Sunday morning 8.23am here in the UK and Joe has dropped his sack on my KZread... today’s a good day!

"I kick ass" Joe, 2020. For a more kickass America.

I’d still probably go with the MegaSD just for the ease of Sega CD games and compatibility. Very cool to see a new everdrive though and what they do with it

@dsgitlin

4 жыл бұрын

The MegaSD is a really great product. Unless you really need 100 save states or NES compatibility (which is cool!), I think the SD is with the $60 extra compared to the Everdrive pro.

after all this time, i just noticed the ascii turbo snes pad in the opening that you swapped with purple and lavender buttons. Nice. also I WANT THAT SHIRT.

Hello, and Welcome to Game Sack!

I accidentally left CC on from a previous video. This is now my preferred method for Game Sack videos. ;-)

I miss the bald guy

@_zoinks2554

4 жыл бұрын

SAY HIS NAME

@Nitrobotti

4 жыл бұрын

You don't deserve to miss him if you can't say his name!

@Mimi.1001

4 жыл бұрын

Joe! His name was Joe, wasn't it? It must be. Or was it Green Dog?

Thanks for taking a look at these! The idea of playing Sega CD games on a Genesis without a Sega CD is very appealing to me. Sega CDs are a pain in the ass to keep running these days and that is in stark contrast to the nearly bullet-proof core Genesis system.

I recall hitting up game force boulder cuz of this show like 6 years ago. Lived right down the road from it.

Mmm, I think the extra cash for the mega sd is totally worth it. But hopefully the prices will go down.

Prob time to upgrade my lonely old regular Everdrive MD. First flashcart i bought over 7 years ago...

@NoshAbroad

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you have time before the Mega Everdrive 2 or Mega Everdrive 3 or maybe Mega Everdrive 4

@tuffasgong

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoshAbroad haha ya, i do want to get one with sega cd support because i had a power surge in my house and it burnt out part of the mobo where i had bypassed the fuse that is known to be faulty on the model 2s. Luckily i had another model 2 that had damage to the cd reading daughterboard so i swapped out mobos and it works but now i am all hella sketch that something might happen to this one so i keep it unplugged till i want to use it.

@NoshAbroad

4 жыл бұрын

@@tuffasgong About 25 years ago when i was in HS my friend's home caught fire and burned down as a result of a Sega PSU being left plugged in while not in use. There was a very lengthy lawsuit and in the end Sega had to pay for the damages. However, later revisions of the Genesis manual say to unplug the Genesis after use as a result of the lawsuit.

Just got an FXPAK PRO and it is of just tremendous quality. This dude delivers.

@JohnSheppard1

4 жыл бұрын

Krikzz only manufactures them. It was designed by ikari_01 and the firmware is mostly his as well, with some contributions for special chip firmwares from redguy (SuperFX & SA-1), magno (S-DD1) and redacted173 (Super Game Boy 2).

This review was very....professional

CD mage will help with all those Bins for CD.

Gamesack is my absolute favorite show for the classics, and Tim Rogers of Action Button Entertainment for the current releases. It’s a good time to be a game liker.

I'm sure that since Dave has left this has gotten much harder to do with one man. But please don't stop.

Content edited with love is much appreciated here

Sewer Shark is an absolute must have for me. It's my favorite Sega CD game. I look forward to whatever update the Everdrive Pro comes out with.

I might have to invest in one of these.. I did try throwing an SD card filled with ROMs at my mega drive but nothing happened. I don't really know what I expected to happen.. and now I can't find my SD card.

this channel is a service.

9:37 LOL you had me going there too

Hearing nes music on genesis hardware is really interesting.

There is an utility called Binmerge that, as the name implies, merges various bin files in just one. It even generates another cue file matching the merged bin.

@NoshAbroad

4 жыл бұрын

Now to do that to the 200 Sega CD games.

I am in awe of your magic powers.

Thank you for an unbiased review. Key notes for me personally. The bootup times ARE better with the Pro, and the cartridge is compact and natural. Though the Mega SD has game menu support with MCD games. And better cheat support for Pro-Action Replay.

@jbfarley

4 жыл бұрын

There is no such thing as an unbiased review, bud. All you can do is try to limit your biases making an impression, which he does a pretty good job of

I get a much bigger kick out of collecting and playing the actual carts/discs, so these devices are not really for me. They do have some really cool features though & I totally understand how people would find them way more convenient. Thanks for another entertaining episode.

I'm pretty satisfied with the performance of my Mega SD, I have it coupled with the Mega SG and it's about as good as it gets. I wouldn't get too excited about the NES core on the MEP, MadLittlePixel showcased it on his channel live and it was very buggy, many games had bad glitches or wouldn't run at all. Hopefully some of the kinks with the MEP get worked out because it looks like a promising product, but as of now i'd give the edge to the MSD, even with it being a pricey device it gives you outstanding performance and options.

@tabsntoot

6 ай бұрын

Nothing can run nes games properly not even that mini device or anouloige only a nes or famicom .

Joe - You sound exhausted. If you need to take another break - that's cool. We'll be here when you come back.

@Ralph_Sandwich

4 жыл бұрын

???... He sounds completely fine. He makes KZread videos for a living 2-4 times a month. I think he'll be ok.

I own all Krikzz products but this is sloppy by his standards. Glad I bought a MegaSD on release.

Now to get SNES to work on it. Remembering a past episode when Joe said, “And it runs just as slow as a REAL SNES!!!” haha

Awesome and informative as always 👍 Also, that Daytona tshirt 😎

Big Boss Joe is a good look, and its always pleasant to see the return of Radio Joe. What kind of beard does Radio Joe have though, that is the real question.

I want a "Game Over Yeah!" T-shirt NOW!

RADIO BUDDY VOICE RETURNS!

I just want the MegaSD to come back in stock...been waiting for what like a year, now?

like the new style transitions!

I declare MegaSD the winner

Great video joe

This is exactly what I need to keep me hard at work in a server room ......at 1:30 in the morning :-( lol but thank you for the amazing content :-)

@ZBR_ProXP

4 жыл бұрын

Why you wanna be hard when you’re at work?

That ‘GAME OVER YEEEEEAAAAHHH’ shirt though.

Hey Joe, due to your love of most things Sega, I wanted to give you a heads up on a sega themed book in kickstarter. It is called the Mega Book Collection and it compiles the mega drive, mega cd, and 32x into one book. It looks pretty cool and seems like something you would dig.

We still miss Dave. Another great review tho 👍

I'll be waiting for that 'Left in Japan 13'.

Never stop Gamesacking Joe.

Man I will never forget the first time I saw sewer shark!!! I was absolutely blown away!!!! Still play it now and then...and hear metal munching monsters bearing six three six.... in my head almost constantly?? Is that normal?? Now shoot the tubes rat breath!!!