Classic Game Room - STEEL EMPIRE review for Sega Genesis

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Classic Game Room reviews STEEL EMPIRE for Sega Genesis from Flying Edge, Acclaim and Hot B, a 1992 side scrolling shoot 'em up with a blimp! Steel Empire is called Empire of Steel for the Sega Mega Drive and CGR has both versions! Blow up bad guys with a blimp or an airplane while rocking out to some Strider-inspired 16 bit tunes, Both vehicles shoot forwards and backwards to destroy enemies all over the screen. Drop the lightning bomb and watch out for tricky boss battles, Steel Empire (or Empire of Steel) is a solid, 2D side scrolling shooter or SHMUP for the Sega Genesis / Sega Megadrive!! Steel Empire features awesome cartridge and packaging artwork from artist, Marc Ericksen, who signed my copy (hooray!). He also did packaging work for Steel Talons, G-Loc, Ikari III, P.O.W., Xybots, Atari 7800 Galaga, Thunder Force II and Herzog Zwei! CGR Steel Empire video review has Sega Genesis Steel Empire gameplay and Empire of Steel Mega Drive game play in HD awesome-town.

[@LdeinerProductions]

"You shouldn't Have a Sega if you don't like fun". Words to live by.

[@4dhumaninstrumentality789]

This game has so much swag. From the atmosphere to the soundtrack, a true masterpiece. I can still feel my heart palpating from my cousin and I turning the bass all the way up during the boss battles to fully feel the kick.

[@leespacey5809]

I’ve been looking for this game for so long,remember playing it as a kid

[@leespacey5809]

From the uk

[@spspear81]

My dad friend gave me a free sega genesis with a bunch of games, Steel empire, thunderforce and hellfire were the 3 shmups I own with it and they were awesome. It got me into the shoot em up genre along with contra and other shooters as well. Thank you dad!

[@salozmen29]

At 3:00 that background is beautiful.

[@PolygonGTC]

This is still one of my favorite Genesis games. Thanks for the great review!

[@retrosoul8770]

One of the best horizontal scrollers on the the Gen in my personal experience. Great shooter, recommend playing it on at least Normal difficulty though, I think easy mode slows down more...for it to be easier lol. Awesome game.

[@biggusdickus7089]

It's cool to see these games I used to play as a young teenager. I'm now 45

[@MrBacchus18]

My favorite CGR reviews are for Sega Genesis!

[@HerrFinsternis]

We had a NES, so I missed out on most of the Sega games. This one seems like a lot of fun, and those layered cloudeffects look surprisingly sweet even now. Love it.

[@HE360]

This was one of my favorite games.

[@RONSTAR8]

LED ZEPPELIN THE FUCKING GAME!!!

[@MrWackywilson]

The soundtrack was so steam punk 16bit glory, literally loved this game x

[@Epsilonsama]

This game is such an obscure masterpiece. It was one of my favorite shooters growing up.

[@DoubleATam]

2:38 The William Shatner-style pause just enhanced the joke there. "It's a GoodYear... to fly a blimp."

[@PixelOutlaw]

I quite like this game, mostly for taking a chance with the visual style and steam punk overtones.

[@PaladinDusty]

One of the first shooters I could actually beat!

[@whildhair83]

I just got Steel Empire, highly impressed. It's coming up on the anniversary of the fall of the R1-01, ya know, one of the most ambitious and disastrous dirigible crashes... The blimp on this games is Z-01...coincidence??

[@CaptainLumpyDog]

I need to start rebuilding my Sega tape collection. All of my tapes and the system were given away years ago :(

[@WyreWizard]

I really love this game.

[@ThePablitoChan]

awesome review Mark like always!

[@scottjackson369]

I would listen to Seal, any day regardless of what I am doing!

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

I missed out on this game back in the days even though the screen shots looked very interesting, because by that time, I had learned to stay away from any Acclaim/Flying Edge/Arena games. Didn't realize that they just published this Japanese shmup gem. Picked it up recently and really enjoyed it.

[@mcFreaki]

to be honest, both consoles have their merits- i prefer the SNES's sounds but the megadrive just has that quality and that nostalgia that i don't get from the super nintendo.

[@zwallop]

I love this game.

[@1mm0rt4lXsH4d3]

Awesome Sauce

[@pinballmonk115]

the new 3DS version of this is great

[@zanychelly]

CGR Undertow did a review of it

[@pinballmonk115]

oh, I can't stand CGR Undertow.

[@aaronbuffalo7769]

difficulty is nerfed somewhat.

[@tartuffethesprywonderdog5883]

Word up.

[@op2001]

Mark your moving up in the world you are actually RECEIVING autographs. Well played!!

[@Wolfdragon92584]

Best Genny shooter ever, as well as Acclaim game.

[@jeremym9011]

I agree. Actually, the game was developed by HOT-B in Japan.

[@xcrack6364]

Man, I absolutely loved this game. It was just about perfect

[@TheWaller]

The music is just great

[@JackDaScarecrow]

OH YES A TRULY SLEPT ON CLASSIC EVERYTHING ABOUT IT FROM THE GAMEPLAY TO THE SOUNDTRACK IS AMAZING!!!

[@megabolton8764]

God you have the worlds GREATEST voice!! i love watching the classics.

[@Jollimark]

just so everyone knows, in the American and European versions of this game that came from Japan which had the original title of ''Laputa castle in the sky'' , so as you can see this is a game adaptation of this Hayao Miyazaki movie. The title changed because at the time no one knew miyazaki in the west. It's a very good film and I highly recommend it!

[@16BitBrothers]

Nice review Mark as always. When I grow up I want to be a Blimp with rocket launchers and have access to different kinds of laser beams

[@Jodie842]

This just occurred to me! Is that PACMAN holding a beer in the intro?! He's let himself go...

[@CalebMichaelRiley]

Great review! Lord Karnage, you have the best voice in the biz!

[@cosmic25sheep]

that mothership level round about 4 minutes looks exactly the same as one of the levels on r-type with the giant spaceship.

[@CrossoverGameReviews]

Nope. Looking at GameFaqs, the box clearly shows that it's called "Steel Empire". In wikipedia, it states the original japanese name "Koutetsu Teikoku" and it says it was inspired by Castle in the Sky but was not supposed to be an adaption as there is a blurb from the creator of the game who explains the inspirations that he drew from to make this game.

[@gIantsSuk18]

watching this in 240p makes it feel like a 90's Sega comercial

[@nidhoggstrike]

I love this game, I have loved it as long as I've been a sega fanboy. Dad picked up this and ghouls 'n ghosts the same day he bought a mega drive. I was 8, so I hated the difficulty of ghouls 'n ghosts, but loved the feeling of mastery Empire of Steel gave me.

[@Khan-bq8qc]

I miss this channel

[@ryujijitei]

I've been waiting for this review for years!

[@vanessamorey3812]

Beautiful game!! So love this title 😍 must play!!

[@HerrFinsternis]

Wow, I really love the design they'v got going here, what a beautiful game.

[@StLounatic]

I'm going to dig out my copy of Crue Ball on the Genesis, and have you review that.

[@chrismeservey]

Love these cgr sega genesis reviews!

[@1mm0rt4lXsH4d3]

I am surprised that it wasn't on sonic's ultimate genesis collection.

[@86c5corvette]

just seen Mark on Retroware tv on the video game years 1980

[@TheHijyn]

0:14 Mark finally gets it right XD

[@Trusteft]

This is VERY different from Steel Empire for the Atari ST/Amiga/DOS. That was a mix of strategy-wargame and action game with giant robots (think of Total War only with more active participation of the battle). Strange that they use the same title.

[@monkehm]

Do a tour of the intergalactic space arcade!

[@WillyML4]

For a 1992 release, this looks really good!

[@japie68]

i just love your intro music :)

[@TimSmithWordSmith]

Great game. Played it through multiple times. I’m sure I preferred the plane, though...

[@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler]

The grandfather of the Kirov airship!

[@ConjUK]

Great vid as always, I love this game, infact I'm gonna play it now. :)

[@terrancebrooks4742]

Damn this was my game!!

[@G20GAN]

Brilliant!

[@digioverlord]

lol old school shoot em ups, the only time i welcome frame rate slow down xD

[@Isuzu96Hombre]

I bet an overclocked Genesis console would take care of that slow down.

[@megabot80]

Theres a good GBA version too

[@aaronbuffalo7769]

happy 31st anniversary !

[@Battleganz]

I'm not a fan of this genre but I did play Raptor a few years back.

[@KevinTwiner]

Empiretastic....Awesome!!!

[@MASOFENT]

I own this game for both Genesis and Mega Drive :D

[@JimmyValmer85]

Your channel rocks.

[@Imozart0341I]

You got to be hardcore to fuck up an army with a Blimp.

[@chaggo21]

play HELL YEAH! you'll love it mark

[@lastvaquero]

Mark is awesome ;D

[@stillgaming]

I feel the need to play Gate of Thunder for TGCD and Wii Virtual Console now. That game arguably has better music than MUSHA

[@SurgeCess]

dude, this game is the blimps!

[@TronPachioftheDynamo]

@DomIstKrieg Because people would cry.

[@ClandestineSnowman]

that's one agile dirigable.

[@fares6315]

mark i love you

[@mcFreaki]

i got this game because of this review :3

[@Shinyafreak]

Is anyone else reminded of Rocket Knight when they hear this music?

[@Battleganz]

A warm bed.

[@RetroClash95]

I love fun!

[@Number-6]

Damn straight.

[@headbangermat930]

Has anyone else heard of the petition to get a TimeSplitters HD? change . org/en-GB/petitions/crytek-uk-create-a-timesplitters-hd-collection It is every CGR fan's duty to help out in this most noble of causes.

[@Greatfox54]

I like fun. That's why I own 24 Genesis consoles.

[@Dukefazon]

Haven't we seen this before?

[@Battleganz]

I don't know he may be holding out for Wii U games first.

[@EndUser2090]

has he done a review of Rez?

[@Rider0fLightning]

I love this game. :-)

[@beegchunguz7425]

80s Comics Steel Empire Review: It's not Truxton

[@JackDaScarecrow]

The End bosses aren't the same some of the bosses just come back as normal enemies during the later levels thats how bad ass this game is

[@duffman18]

Yeah it's like a boss rush mode later on into the game. Really bloomin difficult to beat them all one after the other, but it's fun as hell

[@Zappafaux]

My moms favourite game

[@v3teran75]

Hi InecomCompany can you do a review on Elite Dangerous Its ok Kickstarter, Its a new game by David Braben.

[@interpol007]

anyone else get an einhander feel?

[@DragonSpikeXIII]

CACan't wait for the re iew of empire of steel lolol

[@RobertKade]

DeeeezBorgs!

[@StuartMarchetti]

Reminds me of UN Squadron

[@alwaysxnever]

Low-key mad that my copy no longer works.

[@HarriHaffi]

looks like a fun game....is it? MVHH

[@EmeraldWarrior420]

It looks fun, I mean it is a 16-bit shmup so it's hard not to be fun. But as far as 16-bit shmups go, it looks pretty average.

[@maggitPL]

Naughty bits.

[@CutBackDropTurn]

Hard to believe that this is based off of Studio Ghibli's "Laputa: Castle in the Sky." I mean, it's a cool game, but it's the farthest thing from the animated classic!

[@GuitarAnthony]

This game is like 75% Ordyne, 25% Vangaurd.

[@cenorexia]

DUISBURG!! :D