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...or greatest Genesis game?

>> No.5377640

>>5377636
Younger me was obsessed with the Strike series, but could never make it far in any of them. Today I can plow right through without trouble.

>> No.5377662
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>>5377636
Yes, yes, well done, Desert Strike. Well done. HOWEVER....

>> No.5377672

>>5377662
comparing apples and oranges

>> No.5377742

>>5377636
Let's make this a "Strike" series thread. Should I play the SNES or Genesis versions? Is there a clear winner?

>> No.5377773

>>5377742
Genny versions are fine.

>> No.5377785
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>>5377636

>> No.5377786

>>5377773
But which one is BEST?

>> No.5377792

>>5377786
Music on SNES is kinda weak. Some say Amiga, some say DOS. I don't know.

>> No.5377808

>>5377785
Thanks, I have been trying to remember the name of this game for awhile. I have fond memories playing it with my cousin.

>> No.5377842

>>5377786
https://youtu.be/rjir-_1dRZI
see for yourself

>> No.5377852

>>5377742
Let's not forget the spin-offs, Mechwarrior 3050 and Future Cop: LAPD.

>> No.5377874

>>5377662
That one game no one wanted to buy and got returned by those who did dot jaypeg

>> No.5377917

>>5377785

Rocker launcher > everything else.

>> No.5377965

>>5377742
Urban Strike was so fucking cool in that you could blow up DC landmarks. Almost like a proto GTA sandbox persay.

>> No.5377971

>>5377965
Fuck yeah. Didn't play Urban Strike much, but played a good amount of Desert Strike. Once you got a hang of the controls and weapons, oh fuck boys.

>> No.5377985

>>5377786
>16bit EA title
there's only one choice and that's always genesis

>> No.5378007

>>5377636
Love the series. I always enjoyed the levels where you'd fight enemy aircraft. What did /vr/ think of the addition of other vehicles to pilot in Jungle and Urban Strike?

I also have a massive soft spot for Soviet and Nuclear Strike, FMV and all.

>> No.5378153

>>5377636
Jungle Strike > Urban Strike > Desert Strike

Desert Strike is an excellent game, but the sequels are excellenterer

>> No.5378156

>go to friend's house
>all excited to finally play some BLAST PROCESSING on his mega drive
>he puts desert strike
>slow ass green turd moving like molasses through a light-brown colored background
>everything is tiny as fuck
>BOOOORING, just put Sonic bro

>> No.5378157

>>5377965
My favourite part of Urban Strike were the missions on foot.

Surprised the shit out of me when first encountered all those years ago

>>5377786
For this series, Genesis by far

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5378167

try this

>> No.5378168
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5378168

I liked the way Urban strike predicted Drumpf.

>> No.5378189

>>5377672
He did ask for a greater game.

>> No.5378193

>>5378167
I want to love this game, but I'm a Battletech grog, and this has too much that isn't right.

MegaMek is where I get my Battletech vidya fix

>> No.5378286
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>>5378167
Try this

>> No.5378292

>>5378168
Nope, Emmanuel Macron actually.

>> No.5378293

>>5378286
>apples and oranges

>> No.5378361

>>5377742
SNES is censored in the cutscenes. The sounds aren’t right and the scrolling is funky. ONLY play the Genesis version.

>> No.5378365

>>5377636
>Desert Strike
Based and awesome

>> No.5378381

>>5378361
>SNES is censored in the cutscenes. The sounds aren’t right and the scrolling is funky. ONLY play the Genesis version.

SNES has a cropped screen as well.

>> No.5378402

>>5377636
>or greatest Genesis game?
ITT: OP forgets Red Zone existed and is the best Genesis helicopter game. Strike series is really great though.

>> No.5378456

>>5378361
>ONLY play the Genesis version.
Never played the SNES versions myself but heard they didn't use the shoulder buttons for how you strafe. What a fuck up.

>> No.5378479

>>5378286
god I wish

>> No.5378591

>>5378456
I think the super famicom localization does tho

>> No.5378601
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Man, I have a lot of weird nostalgia for the yellow-tabbed EA cartridges.

>> No.5378680
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>> No.5378717

>>5378601
Back when EA was one of the best publishers on the market.

>> No.5378789

>>5378479
If you visit Houston, you can.

>> No.5378826

>>5378680
Lightening Farce?

>> No.5378829

>>5378286
>>5378789
I wish to know more.

>> No.5378870

>>5378292
Based

>> No.5378890

>>5377662
Awesome game.

>> No.5378893

>>5378789
>>5378829
Dallas too. It's really, really really fun.

>> No.5378897

>>5377874
Game that was literally ahead of it's time and laid the groundwork for modern RTS and is beloved years later.Jpg

>> No.5378901

>>5378829
>>5378789
http://podtracker.battletech.com/ Not a complete list. These games were way ahead of their time and always getting upgrades.

>> No.5378917

>>5378601

I have nostalgia for when the EA logo was a promise of a very well-made, polished and creative game experience, well worth my money.

>> No.5378925

>>5378917
Lol, so never.

>> No.5378927

>>5377874
NPCs literally couldn't handle how far ahead of the curve Herzog Zwei was.

>> No.5379008

>>5378925
>Lol, so never.

EA released more than 100 games on the Sega Genesis/ Mega Drive, making them one of the most active third party publishers on the console.

Trip Hawkins at EA basically threatened that they would publish their own unlicensed games on the Genesis/ Mega Drive with their own reverse engineered development kits if Sega wouldn't play ball and give them favorable royalties on each cartridge sold. Sega, who really didn't have many third party developers signed on in 1989 agreed and as part of the deal EA manufactured their own cartridges. hence the yellow tabs.

Because of EA's publishing deal they managed to publish a lot of games for that console. They've definitely released some stinkers like Shaq-Fu, but did also develop/ published a lot of good games too. The Road Rash series, The Strike series, The NHL series for me, General Chaos, Starflight, The Mutant League games, Rings of Power, Blades of Vengeance and others.

>> No.5379078

>>5378717
Maybe if you have shit taste

>> No.5379119

>>5377636
How many guys do you think there are in that helicopter? And how many do you think fit in that boat?

>> No.5379503

>>5378925
Nope. Back in the 90s, EA with that blue logo and ELECTRONIC ARTS was a sign of quality; believe it or not they actually used to be a really good publisher, or at least their games always seemed to be good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9tNMakEKqA

>> No.5379541

>>5379119
>How many guys do you think there are in that helicopter?
Can't remember exactly but either 5 or 6 pows fit, + pilot, and gunner sooooo 7 or 8?

>> No.5379573

>>5377662
I really want to love Herzog Zwei but it's got some ridiculously tough AI and some clunky management systems so I can never get anywhere...

>> No.5380315

>>5378897
This.
>>5379573
The AI is retarded.

>> No.5380319

>>5379503
>90’s Electronic Arts
Top shelf and based.

>> No.5380324

>>5377636
I had it for the snes, but yea, it was a family favorite.

>> No.5380353

>>5378456
The SNES version used B to strafe.

>> No.5380358

Reminder that Urban Strike will never be re-released because of the unfortunate coincidence of the villain blowing up the World Trade Center in 2001.

>> No.5381097

For me, it’s NHL 96

>> No.5382580

>>5378901
>all these systems in private hands
fuck you hoarding pieces of shit

>> No.5382805

>>5377985
Pretty sure B.O.B. was better on the SNES.

>> No.5382974

Just watched a 1 hour let's play of Desert Strike. Fuck Yeah, that was sick!

>> No.5383048
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>>5377636

>> No.5383493

>>5379541
I've counted 20 already, so I guess they're clowncarring this mission.

>> No.5383662

I played it first on gameboy so I wanted to see how much better the genesis one was but it was exactly the same. It only has 4 levels while pc flightsims could have 30 missions. Still a fun game, it was one of those games that was really hyped in its day, I remember getting a play guide from a magazine that made the game seem epic.
Snes version of jungle and urban were really half assed but there was a snes games called ASP which is a bit of a knock off and has some high rez screens before a level.

>> No.5383680

>>5382580
What? They're arcades you can go play them at. We should encourage people to buy them, there aren't enough around. I don't own one.

>> No.5383965

>>5377636
I played Jungle Strike when I was a kid, the memory of the Capitol in ruins stayed with me.

>> No.5384405

Desert is the most enjoyable, despite some oversights and length (understable being the 1st in serie)
Jungle is amazing, up until the last 2-3 missions that suck all the fun.
Urban is mostly solid, foot sections bring it down a bit. Intro is mega badass tho. 6button mode is bugged, a shame.

desert>urban>jungle for me

>> No.5384524

>>5384405
>Urban is mostly solid, foot sections bring it down a bit.
Seriously, was adding the same strafe function from the normal helicopter segments too much to ask?

>> No.5384564
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>>5384405
>Jungle is amazing, up until the last 2-3 missions that suck all the fun.

You can also blow up the white house in the first level. But yeah, Desert is the best one. I generally put Jungle Strike as number 2.

>> No.5384603

>>5384564
>Blowing up any landmark building in D.C. forfeits the whole level.
>The IRS building, however, is fair game.

Cheeky.

>> No.5384669

>>5384603
>Cheeky.

Yeah, the devs had a good sense of humor with that one.

>> No.5384795 [DELETED] 

I remember enjoying Soviet Strike on the Sega Saturn. I rented this game on quite a few different occasions back in the day. I never played the PS1 version, but I am sure it had a better framerate.

Then there is also Nuclear Strike on the PS1 and N64.

>> No.5384796
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I remember enjoying Soviet Strike on the Sega Saturn. I rented this game on quite a few different occasions back in the day. I never played the PS1 version, but I am sure it had a better framerate.

Then there is also Nuclear Strike on the PS1 and N64.

>> No.5384815

>>5379503
>90's EA and early 80's Actvision
I miss them

>> No.5384821

>>5379078
>>>/v/
Origin Systems, and populous on genesis says Hi contrarian shitface

>> No.5384824

>>5384815
Activision used to shit good stuff until CoD2 at most

then wallstreet and a certain redhead jew took over, and managed to screw everything else.

>> No.5384863

>>5384796
The N64 version of Nuke was terrible. The maps were smaller and missions were missing. It also changes a major plot point about halfway through the game. Plus there's no cutscenes, which were a huge part of the game.

>> No.5385009

>>5377636
One of my favorite Amiga games.
I used to just fly around and kill everything on the map

>> No.5385439

I had Desert Strike and Jungle Strike on MS-DOS. They were pretty good ports, from what I remember.

>> No.5386704

>>5385009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcJaph0D7UM

Dat James Brown sampling

>> No.5387642

>>5384821
1 dev doesn't account for the rest of all the shitty EA games

>> No.5387651

>>5384821
You have the guts to name Origin Systems as an example of EA being good?
EA harassed Origin for years until they final allowed for a hostile takeover and once the deal was sealed they did their best to ruin the company.

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Uhh sorry to break it to you bros but this is actually the greatest genesis game of all time

2 fags can fuck off

>> No.5389752

>>5389698
>realtime action meets roleplaying strategy
Lying whores.