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Getting SNES-like Colours on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive With Shadow and Highlight Mode
This video is absolutely crushing it right now—people are obsessed with this deep dive into getting SNES colors running on Genesis hardware, and it's blowing past what this channel normally does.
Key facts
- •14.8x Pigsy's Retro Game Dev Tutorials's own 90-day median — this channel normally draws about 1.2K views at the same age.
- •17.3K views so far, published 15 days ago.
- •Category: Gaming · Language: en · Quality: HD
- •"Breakout" is measured against this exact channel's trailing 90-day median at matching video age — not a generic niche average.
Updated 2026-08-02 04:40 UTC
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Views this upload has gathered since it published, last measured about 168h in — from our own tracking.
Published Aug 1, 2026 · 15 days ago. How breakouts are measured →
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Category: Gaming · Language: en · Quality: HD
Topics: Action game · Video game culture
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