The Strike Series: The Complete History (DESERT, JUNGLE, URBAN, SOVIET, NUCLEAR)

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[@thekornreeper]

Nice 👍🏼

[@lancashirered]

2 mega BYTE cartridge, that's 16 mega BITS.

[@MateusAuri]

Hey, the music & footage list doc is not set for public viewing!

[@yudhiadhyatmikosiswono9082]

This game is my childhood but it's expensive to get game cartidges in my country so the only way i can play it is either borrow or rent.

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

Hey, I really liked the intro bit featuring your Dad. Would love to hear more about those memories.

[@tonybarnes2920]

Hi, Tony Barnes here, co-Director of The Strike Series. As a long-time subscriber, really excited to see games I've made show up on the channel, even if I've been written out of the history. I guess I should've done more interviews, like Mike did. Still glad to see coverage and always happy to see people enjoy something I've made! Great vid. BTW, it's "Beirut BREAKOUT" not "Beirut BREAKDOWN". And if you ever want the real scoop about the Strike Series (especially Future Strike/Cop), from someone's perspective other than Posehn's interviews, let me know.

[@jasonbrown467]

i couldnt imagine how hard it was to code before the internet and not everyone even had a computer of any type in the house back in those days. well done

[@tonybarnes2920]

@@jasonbrown467 Well, I mean I did live/grow up in The Bay Area (Silicon Valley) and was working for Electronic Arts, so we had access to this NEW thing called "The World Wide Web". But there wasn't anything on it. It was all text and certainly not a place to search for answers, code snippets, game engines, nifty videos. But we created most of our own tools and the engine for Strike was written in Assembly, as were the levels. I started coding in BASIC at 12 and was into 6502 Assembly by 15. It was NOT easy AT ALL back then, but it was fun bringing ideas to life.

[@budaroddy]

@@tonybarnes2920 thanks for the awesome games, i'm kind of glad the series didnt turn into the games we see today from EA and hope they never touch it again

[@tonybarnes2920]

@@budaroddy thanks for being a fan. I've posted in this thread about my own indie company and a game I'm working on, called CHAOS CHASSIS. But it seems if I put a link to the vid, it won't post here. So, search KZbin for CHAOS CHASSIS and check out the teaser.

[@pchien31707]

@@tonybarnes2920 Your take on Strider was awesome too

[@GameHammerCG]

Urban Strike was set in 2001 and featured a destroyed World Trade Centre? Holy crap, I never noticed that before. Wow.

[@mediawarrior5957]

Video Game Prophecy

[@tensevo]

Yeah, the terrorists hated the game, they burnt copies of it. I doubt it was a coincidence.

[@shifty2755]

That's where Bush got the idea from

[@johnbowles5399]

Not only that but Urban Strike's main protagonist, H. R Malone, is a populist who is running for the US Presidency with very similar promises and policies that a certain Donald Trump ran on. He promises to clean up the streets and make the country great again. Urban Strike is definitely an oddly prophetic game.

[@tensevo]

@@shifty2755 Yeah, except Bush wasn't triggered by the game, but quite a few turban heads were. World Trade Centre was a symbol of America. Only somebody who hated the actual values of the country would destroy it. Or it could have been simply envy or jealousy.

[@mchief190]

I played Nuclear Strike on my PS1 religiously, the story, gameplay, and the soundtrack was the complete package and those cinematics were amazing, it really pulled me into the world that the game was potraying. I also loved how there was a tease in the game for Future Strike.

[@vahlok1426]

For me, the PS1 games' amount of information on everything in game, from your choppers and other vehicles, to enemy units, etc. all narrated with footage to go along was awesome.

[@forcelightningcable9639]

This was my buddy’s and mine favorite childhood game after crash (bandicoot). We made it our mission (no pun intended) to beat the game, parts of which were honestly pretty tough for two 10 year olds lol

[@mattteee2973]

I still think the DMZ mission is great, it feels so tense as you're trying to stem the tide of DPRK armour while waiting for the B-52's to show up. The radio chatter voice acting was brilliant and made it feel 'real time' compared to the cutscenes the other missions used more of. I got major flashbacks this rising tension when I first played the Modern Warfare campaign too.

[@TheBronyBraeburn]

The Strike series always makes me think of my older cousin, RIP. He was always introducing me, when we were kids, to the more "mature" games on the NES and Genesis.

[@korgied]

The snare drum intro keeps making me think of REM's "It's the End of the World As We Know It"

[@sladeb134]

Do you know the name of the intro track by chance?

[@1985slipstream]

ha ha same

[@JasonGuySmiley]

Yep, it's REM edging hahah

[@michiganjack1337]

Whenever I think of Desert Strike it always takes me back to playing it on my grandmothers Zenith tv during the hot summer days trying to stay cool with a little oscillating fan.

[@nickyblue4866]

Citizen tv here

[@hyenafur]

Thank you for making a video about the Strike series. Desert Strike holds a lot of great memories for me, and it’s still my favorite of all time. I used to play it every Thanksgiving with my older brother before he passed away in a motorcycle accident.

[@Bollibompa]

Happy memories and then sad memories.

[@We.dont.snitch.X]

Yeah man, similar to me. Except me and my brother we're playing Nuclear Strike. Good memories we get to hold on to of them. Peace from NZ

[@vahlok1426]

I remember playing Desert Strike on the Genesis, but since I was a dumb kid I didn't understand it at all. Then I played Soviet and Nuclear for PS1 and even my parents wanted to watch because of the FMVs and the story. They thought it was based on a movie or something. Still have Soviet and Nuclear somewhere, and would love to play them again. Love those two.

[@MrNegativecreep07]

Soviet Strike was the first game I'd played where it felt like actual effort went into the FMVs, rather than just getting the programmers or their mates to play the parts.

[@AzraelThanatos]

I had the Genesis games, but didn't really play them that much and got them all used. The fuel part of it just irritated me as it felt like there was far to little of it compared to the reaction there. The game that I loved for chopper combat was LHX which could be awesome there and felt more interesting in what it did.

[@paddington1670]

@@AzraelThanatos i always had a problem with fuel too, but when I watch others playthroughs they never have issues, maybe I just needed to know where to go, i dont know

[@tgdm]

The first three Strike games on Genesis and C&C Red Alert are the reason I learned to love heavy and industrial metal music. That said, the menu song for Urban Strike is the incarnation of 90s arcade music.

[@residentelect]

I've just replied to a post by Tony Barnes (one of the directors of the 'Strike series) telling him about how when I was deployed to Afghanistan it became a standing gag that when any of the AW AH1's would roll out on a Quick Reaction job, those of us near the pad would start singing/humming the opening theme to Desert Strike lol it certainly boosted morale for a few minutes (or at least till we were deafened and blasted by sand as the "Monster" went airborne) The music was absolutely awesome and I still think DS has one of the best opening screens ever produced.

[@childlover4091]

I ported a lot of the Desert Strike concept to my 10 gig Ra2 mod. I litetally recreate the Desert Strike missions in RA2 which is an idea I have already copy written 12 years ago.

[@childlover4091]

@@residentelect Its ironic how America names its most murderous flying chariots after the tribes that were subjected to mass genocide. Its also ironic that a black developer promote such white imperialist gaming fiction.

[@tomarmadiyer2698]

Frank Klepacki and the Tiberian Sons Yeah

[@Dime_time333]

Do you remember the cheats for C&C that called in a nuke? Or those weird parachute bombs that destroyed bridges and buildings instantly?

[@BobExcalibur]

Future Cop is tragically forgotten and quite underrated. The Precinct Assault game mode basically invented the MOBA genre fifteen years early, and it even has some concepts that would later appear in the Dead Space games (Check out the monuments in the Cult level).

[@Invidente7]

"Hello Mr.Criminal, my gun is bigger than yours" Greatest advertisement ever.

[@osurpless]

Yep, first read about it in Gamepro upon release, and was glad they made connections with the larger Strike series. Ended up picking it up on the PSN store, and now that the store apparently isn’t actually closing, everyone should pick it up.

[@steelreign1773]

Definitely a hidden gem

[@JT_WARCRIME]

What a genuinely pleasant surprise to see this Complete history.

[@carlosrueda9204]

Holy crap me too!

[@dandastardly2792]

Im excited. I had jungle strike and eventually urban strike

[@SunChipss]

Not liking your comment out of respect ✊

[@GottaLoveCheese]

Some serious nostalgia in this video. I'd completely forgotten about how much I adored Future Cop LAPD as a kid!

[@carlosrueda9204]

YESSSS I loved that game

[@VoxFelis]

I played the demo on repeat!

[@BlazeC90]

Honestly couldn’t remember for the life of me the name of Future Cop for so many years! Had it on PC and PlayStation! Hours and hours of my childhood playing that battle mode against the AI! So many great memories

[@jackkoffin1]

Jungle Strike was probably the one Genesis game I absolutely mastered. I could consistently play through it in a single sitting given enough time to do so, when I was 12 or so. I tried it again many, many years later and I couldn't retrain my brain to adapt to its unique control scheme. Fond memories, but it's tough to go back to.

[@delphaneuxlacroix]

I can't be the only person who was triggered constantly by trying to get the fuel at the last minute, only to crash and burn while it was still being winched up...

[@lesterlute10]

Many, many, times. 😢😢😢

[@neddy1287]

Yeah had happen to me just before getting shot down at the same time

[@paulmulks]

Yes!!!! 😂

[@ndld4955]

OOOOOOoooo yess the memories the slite not so slite panic.. Get is in get it in.. Come on come on ..dam 😅😂

[@RaulDukeKnife]

What about this one for my Strike Vets: Pressing pause at 0 fuel when you know the winch wont reel it in in time. Hoping to save it. Turns out it wont work, the model of the barrels has to disappear before crediting the fuel.

[@refundreplay]

My father LOVED Desert Strike. And to be honest, so did I...

[@TheSuperuser49]

Jungle Strike starts in Washington and Urban Strike starts in the jungle......Thought that was weird as a kid

[@njalsand133]

I find the sheer number of primitive huts in Hawaii more odd

[@residentelect]

@@njalsand133 Lol I just wanted to riddle the White House and most of Washington DC with Hellfires' and Hydras! Upon reflection that was probably not very respectful to my country's closest ally 😳 Apologies Mr President...

[@njalsand133]

@@residentelect to be fair me and a friend wiped out the Hawaii map and somehow managed to win

[@EduFirenze]

LOL so true!

[@33Dannyb]

Similarly the chopper was brown in Jungle Strike, and green in Desert Strike.

[@stevesmithx]

Only recently discovered this channel, but absolutely love the content. This stuff was my childhood , yet I'm slowly discovering just how little I know about the history of the games I love. The history as an adult now is just as interesting as playing the games themselves.

[@TommyCrosby]

Future Cop LAPD was one of my favorite game back then. The Multi-player mode of defending your base was really good. I didn't knew about the link to Strike series.

[@Invidente7]

It is alvaible in the PSN, I think.

[@geesterfunk]

This on the Amiga was mind blowing to me, I was only 9 lol still finished it

[@Evilgrebo]

I had no idea about the LAPD/Strike backstory. I used to love LAPD as a kid

[@TheFenrir666]

Urban Strike was a game I remember playing so much, but never getting past the second level.

[@carlosrueda9204]

Ditto

[@samfrito]

What a blast! I started replaying my old Genesis games during the pandemic and Desert Strike was actually a favorite to pop in and try to get better at. It does take strategy and since placement of enemies, resources and objectives remain the same its a good work out for your memory too. Great video Slopes!

[@Tclans]

Watching this video 3 years after release I can happily say there are two Strike-Like games in the works. Cleared hot and Megacopter.

[@bingo5694]

i wish-listed this last week. Looking forward to it.

[@DanLongworth]

Thanks for this comment. I just wish listed them too. This video just made me want to go back and find a way to play the series again

[@Quasiguambo]

I was gonna ask! Yoooooooooooouuuuuuuu legend!

[@ShadowMk3]

Oh man dude, Desert Strike was my jam

[@residentelect]

Nice baguette mate... Freshly baked, or is it just a display one..?

[@ShadowMk3]

@@residentelect always fresh my friend, always fresh!

[@residentelect]

@@ShadowMk3 Excellent my good man! Britain may have spent hundreds of years scrapping with France, but when it comes to the battle of the breads, our Gallic cousins win hands down! Also, when the baguette goes stale it can be repurposed as a vicious weapon... I'm sure I once read that during WW1 French troops wielded stale baguettes as trench clubs when storming German positions. The horror... The horror... 🇫🇷🥖🤕

[@OfficialPhazeMusic]

Bro your description of dad in the 90s playing man games at night….. so spot on. Except in my house the consoles were in my room so he would come in and play alllllll night while I watched him and eventually fell asleep and he’d be up til like 3-4am on a game. I loved those days

[@BrokenCircle1]

I LOVED Soviet Strike. The main theme made me want to sit on a folding metal chair, put on aviator glasses and lean back nodding my head slowly.

[@themapmaker5374]

I bought Desert Strike on a whim at Toys ‘R Us back in ‘92, for the Sega Genesis. I was 18 at that time, and this was right after the Gulf War of course. The box art was cool, seemed like it would be fun, plus it had the EA name. I was all about sports games mostly back then. I was hooked on the game straight away, and eventually would have and play all of the Strike series games. There wasn’t one that I didn’t like. I felt they got better with each new release. Thanks for posting this. It brought back some good memories.

[@Retrobution]

instantly recognised Oliver Harpers voice there, nice! Great video, am a huge Desert Strike fan (have collected the first game on every format!) Love the details covered in this video. Iwas planning to do a detailed video of the first game and all of the ports of it but looks like I pretty much dont need to now haha! Baffles me why EA havent brought this series back with the battlefield engine. I would love to see it with those graphics, same isometric view with cinematic angles etc (night vision etc) and the ability to be a pilot and have an online co pilot and others that you can control within the same apache, drop them off into the warzone and they would control their character in FPS mode, infiltrate a camp or command other road vehicles whilst the other player pilots the apache and takes out other targets etc. teamwork. Would just be awesome and would sell well imo

[@salud7432]

Desert Strike was my favorite MD Game, along Shinning Force

[@duncanself5111]

Ah man, I used to love Desert and Jungle Strike back in the day. Such an addictive and satisfying game

[@danielschmaderer]

I remember playing Desert Strike and Jungle Strike as a kid. It was such a blast to play. Years later I picked up Future Cop and loved it. Never actually knew they were all connected. Great video.

[@justysilverman]

Sweet! I was just about to write a review on this series. Soviet Strike might be my favorite PS1 game. Really bummed Future Strike got cancelled.

[@slopesgameroom]

Glad you liked it :D I was really shocked at how accessable the PS1 games were all these years later

[@dustheg]

Yes my dad played all of these and beat them all these were a few of the games my dad played that wasnt football. He passed away a couple years ago and I have been thinking about the times watching him play this series thank you this video brings a smile to me thinking of those times

[@SPac316]

I loved this series. First played Urban Strike because there weren't anything else to rent at the video store. I was surprised I liked it when I played and I was hooked. I wish a new one would be made or at least a similar game by a capable team.

[@katenunyabizness9221]

I always took this series as the love child between Raid on Bungling Bay and Choplifter. Loved it and thanks for all the extra history on it!

[@HybridAngelZero]

It's always a good day when Slopes uploads a new Complete History

[@mafiousbj]

This kind of documentaries not only bring me back to game memories that I had stored in some dark corner of my mind, but also have the perfect lenght to watch while having dinner. Love the format!!!

[@MrStrikecentral]

I absolutely LOVED the Strike series from beginning to end. Heck, I named my alter ego from this series. I'm somewhat pissed that EA decided to just drop a successful franchise and didn't at least attempt to keep it going as long as it made money. I had no idea about the Future Cop development. If I would have known, I would have picked it up.

[@sh2157]

Wow! You've just activated some long dormant memories with this video! Good job as always sir! 😎

[@thehumbleone1983]

Desert Strike is one of my favourite Mega Drive / Genesis game

[@truehare]

Desert Strike holds a special place in my heart for a simple reason, besides being a great game in itself: it's the game I was playing right before going to the hospital for the birth of my first son. I was only 17 at the time (teen pregnancy is not a joke, guys!), and the memory of playing that game became forever entwined with the indescribable emotion of seeing my baby boy for the first time. He's turning 29 next month, and is as much a geek as me, if not more. Yeah, I know you can tell, but for the record: you couldn't find a prouder parent than me if you searched the whole world.

[@Far2Sega4U]

Woah now this is a series I thought nobody knew existed. Only ever beat Jungle Strike on Genesis

[@happyspaceinvader508]

It was extremely well known back when it was released, due to its theme being a war that that only recently finished. It got high review scores in gaming magazines, but there were also news/televsion articles complaining about the insensitivity. Each follow-up game was less and less covered though. I was 20 when Desert Strike was released… but I’ve never heard of “Soviet Strike”.

[@PACKYCSONE80]

Two of my favorite channels in one awesome video...cheers mates!

[@HunterAtheist]

Title: Desert, Jungle, Urban, Soviet, Jungle.... Pretty sure the last one was supposed to be Nuclear.

[@aegoulette]

Very happy to see this. I miss the strike series terribly. I replay all of them every year.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

16:00 you mean 2 megabyte. As in 16 megabit....8 bits in a byte. There is a difference between MB and Mb.

[@Perseid]

Yeah, I had to double-check that, too. 2 megabit is 256K and I was like, all that game in 256K? No way. lol Even 2MB is kind of impressive, to be honest.

[@allothernamesbutthis]

to think one photo nowadays uses more memory than a whole game with audio, graphics and coding back then.

[@peterbruin5154]

I've been waiting so long for someone to do a dedicated strike series doc. Bravo!

[@mikethetowns]

Great vid this one. Lookin' damn clear in the cam footage too. So fresh and so clean haha.

[@SaberusTerras]

The entire strike series was a big hit for me, my bro and my dad when I was younger. It was one of the last game series that all of us enjoyed before our different preferences drew our gaming times apart.

[@EchoWhiskey11]

This game holds a very special place for me. My mom used to play this when I was a kid and it's one of the reasons why I became a pilot. Thanks for covering it's history 👍

[@Autotrope]

So glad I found this channel, it's one of the ones that bring me joy when something pops up on my recommendations

[@Destroier534]

I loved Future Cop LAPD as a kid. Glad to see it mentioned. And by the way, it had two game modes: a regular one, and a versus mode (Precinct Assault), where you and a friend (or the cpu) fight over terrain with the objective being to escort a minion you created to the enemy base. I spent a lot of time in that mode, it was great. It is rumored to have served as inspiration for the Aeon of Strife map of Starcraft, which then lead to the Defense of the Ancients map of Warcraft III, or DotA.

[@shinjinanahara]

Thanks for this Complete History. I didnt know anything about this series before. Will have to check it out

[@System_Sega]

Can't believe you didn't mention the Saturn version of Soviet Strike. Extra Weapons, More difficulty settings, Extra music and sound effects and analog contoller support. The definitive version.

[@scottcollins5240]

I have been waiting for this one. I really love these complete history videos. Never tried the PS1 games, always played on the Genesis. Now I want to try them.

[@socillizt4life]

The 1st time I put the ‘Desert Strike’ cartridge into my Megadrive(Genesis)it remained 1 of my favourite series & the most played games on my megadrive.Gr8 games!

[@UnkindledTheUndying]

The intro is so accurate. My step dad had nuclear strike, but he used to let me play it back when I was like 10. Completely forgot about it til' now, I even still have the disc. Great video, I love learning game history, in all shapes and forms.

[@benistingray6097]

Absolutly loved the Strike series as a kid and played countless hours! And i didnt know Future Cop LAPD was also from them, still one of my favourite games till this day and i still play it from time to time.

[@eggius]

Really love this series ever from the first time I saw it run on an amiga. Never understood why it just vanished. What a shame. Great video!

[@TheEagleofSteel]

You nailed it with the intro. When I was about 7 I remember my dad playing desert and jungle strike on the mega drive, I used to try having a go myself but didn't understand how to refuel the chopper.

[@AmuroRae]

I always loved these games. Great little insight to one of my favorite 'underrated' series!

[@corkbulb2895]

Desert Strike was such a huge part of my childhood I cannot fully describe. I was playing that game when I was 4 years old. Finally beat it when I was 6. I used to make my own hand drawn maps of the 4 campaigns with secrets and unmarked things and use them during future playthroughs. I will never forget the night I finally beat Desert Strike. I got so good at the game when I was 8/9 years old that I could play through the entire game in one sitting and not get hit once by anything! If you know where all the enemies are and which way they face, that's actually not too hard. My favorite thing to do was a backup turnaround to dodge a missile! Can only do that with momentum on, which was the only way I played, and is the *real* way to play the game. Still to this day I play on emulator. I could beat Desert Strike in my sleep. It is up there with Doom and Super Mario World as my all time favorite games. I had no idea there was a Genesis (Megadrive) version of the game until I saw this video. The music does not fly with me in that version. The SNES version has FANTASTIC music. If that is *really* the presidential credits victory music at the end of your video for the Genesis, that is just SAD! Turning the presidential theme music into victory credits music was incredible and it sounds SO GOOD on the SNES it is one of my favorite pieces of video game music. Anybody who doesn't know what I mean, please go look it up! Draws a tear from my eye and brings me back. Anyway, I've played all the Strike games and Desert Strike is by far my favorite. Jungle Strike was WAY too hard. Also, the bomber section is painful to play, especially lining up those damn shots with the pyramids *without* crashing. Urban Strike was more fun and interesting, also had a better difficulty balance but I absolutely hate and dread the on foot sections. Nuclear Strike was a bit too complicated and I can never get enough ammo to play properly.

[@Dan19870]

It must be at least 20 years since I've thought about the strike series. First time I played Desert Strike was on a friends Amega and I instantly fell in love with the series. The first Strike game I owned was Soviet Strike for the PS1 and I was blown away by the amount of content it had, like fully voiced character dosiers, breakdowns of enemy vehicles, briefing's what country you'd be operating in. Next I purchased Nuclear Strike which I also loved.

[@TheEnLighteN1]

Loved this. Such a throw back to my childhood with my father. Waiting patiently for my turn. And then the day he brought home Urban Strike.

[@tomhools1605]

YES!! I've been waiting for a long time for someone to make a documentary about Strike series. Thanks.

[@bubbleboyspot]

Mate you're a legend for giving us content we didn't know we needed :-)!!

[@VoxFelis]

I have been subbed to you for years. Pretty sure I requested this from day 1 haha Finally. The Strike series.

[@mattm7798]

Loved this series. I always had to enter cheat codes because the games were pretty difficult, but even on invincible mode, the games were still a ton of fun! Each game really did improve on the previous. I loved switching vehicles in the later games!

[@IntriguedGaming]

I loved Desert Strike and still plays remarkable well. Great video once again!

[@embergamedev]

Thank you so much for sharing the history of this series in such detail. I personally had never played any of the games in the series even though I owned a lot of the retro consoles mentioned here. I have recently been building my own game with an isometric perspective and a drifting / strafing car controller and wasn't really sure what to do with the game or what genre it fit into. Then someone mentioned it felt like the game Renegade Ops. After digging deeper I found that game was inspired by this series. It has been a very enlightening research period where I can see what makes this style of game fun! Let me know if I'm missing anything important!!! But core mechanics that seem important for this series are: - isometric perspective - loose, swinging / strafing physics that feel good - shooting and destructible environments - diverse missions spread across an open world environment - cohesive graphics and scenery that immerse you into the setting (desert, jumgle, urban) (how important / fun is resource management as compared to a more a run and gun style???)

[@zeusapollo6504]

Only played Desert Strike on the Mega Drive during the early 90ies. It was released right on time with all the gulf war news, well about 1 year later after operation Desert Storm. I think its a piece of art, with its story and missions, its just very well made. Hard to imagine better, but i will try the others at one point.

[@nachos1162]

Hey man I wanted to thank you for making these videos. I watch your channel pretty frequently and I get game recommendations through them. I was never huge on pac man before but after seeing your pac man series video it caused me to get the pac man 256 ps4 release and ignited my love for the series. Thank you!

[@xSolarPhantomx]

This game has popped in to my head a couple times over the past few years, remembering that I played it as a kid. Could not for the life of me think of the games name and then suddenly today this video shows up.

[@jackspence6061]

I had Jungle Strike on game boy as a youngster. It took me literal years to do the first level and then I blasted through the whole game in a weekend.

[@GeovaneSanciniSR]

Played a lot of Desert Strike on my childhood, and believe or not, spent hours playing the Future Cop demo I had on PC. I even played on co-op with a friend, 2 kids, each one with a part of the keyboard. Good times.

[@DrGreenThumbNZL]

I was always more of a Nes and Snes fan back in the day , but i still vividly remember seeing a Megadrive Desert Stike Kiosk setup in a shop back in the 90's and it really impressed me

[@krisfrederick5001]

Thank you, we grew up on these games and loved them, always overlooked. Jungle Strike was the first we played then went back to discover Desert...miss the Live Streams🔴❗ P.S. Reminds me of the original Command and Conquer Red Alert 2 cover art in 2000, with the plane flying towards the World Trade Center...

[@Ditchy69]

I loved how soviet and nuclear had these awesome stylised fmv scenes that covered everything from mission updates, briefings, information on enemy units etc.

[@laidtorest387]

Great video on a great series. I have fond memories of playing the first 3 games with my cousin quite a lot.

[@roglar]

Excellent video mate. I played Jungle Strike on the Megadrive back in the day. The intro still gives me shiwers down my spine.

[@jeremycortese]

I played this so much when I was younger. One of my fav games!

[@treyjohnson82]

It's about time that someone did a history! My late father loved the Strike series,we had desert and jungle On genesis,he bought the first edition Atari 2600 ,the 77one ,it was a demo model the early 80s model,at a rent to own place,we know that the black front or Vader model,Raider of the Lost Ark was the first one he bought,I have Indy on top of the pedestal as a tattoo

[@EduFirenze]

The sound of the crane is embedded in my brain. I used to rent jungle strike so much one day I got a copy from my parents. Great memories.

[@metalfan9000]

I used go play Desert Strike on my friend's Amiga as a kid, then later got Nuclear Strike on the PS1 and Soviet Strike after that. Such awesome series I'd love to see brought back with up-to-date graphics...

[@SirSkud]

Desert strike was definitely a major part of my early gaming history! Thank you!

[@shabmaster7128]

This just makes me want to pickup the strike style game I was working on years ago. Due to my lack of experience, it wasn't really isometric, but more top down. It was a bit more like Choplifter, as you landed to get power ups. A decent game like the strike series is Battletech for Megadrive / Mechwarrior 3050 for the SNES. Not quite as good, but still fun. And it is Battletech.

[@MarceloOmegaAGDM]

My introduction to the series was actually an army men game for the gameboy color. It reminded me of this game series and I trying it i fell in love!

[@musickid43]

I played the first 3 a lot as a kid many years ago, was never able to beat them because I kept running out of ammo and fuel. Didn't even know there was 2 more in the series.

[@SonofSethoitae]

I'm glad that Genesis/Mega Drive games are getting more coverage on the internet these days. When I first fell in love with Sega's 16 bit system a decade ago, it was almost all SNES.

[@slopesgameroom]

Couldn't agree more mate

[@NaglfarCommando]

Desert Strike I loved so much. The music was amazing and the game play was so much fun.

[@kayeplaguedoc9054]

Holy hell this unlocked a memory I had never played the originals, but I had Nuclear Strike due to an EA collection I had. I played it tons

[@AbstractM0use]

Desert and Urban Strike were my go-to rentals on the weekends

[@quetzadrake]

Wow, that was a nostalgic memory that came out of nowhere. I'd completely forgotten I had played Soviet Strike as a kid, I had no idea it was part of a series and didn't even remember what it was called until seeing it again here, I just remembered that it was a surprisingly-fun helicopter game where you went around blowing up buildings and throwing a ladder down to save people.

[@VirajKathwadia]

You were spot on about it being a proper dad's game, I remember my old man being addicted to the MD trilogy of games. I had Nuclear for the PS1 but I dunno man it just didn't have the same magic the 16bit style games had for me. Urban was my fav, I actually liked the top down walking run and gun missions but hey thats me, with Jungle strike I found the difficulty curve (especially on the night strike mission) to be just a little hard but I have beaten that game all the same. Desert Strike is always a fun pick up and play for me and I typically like to replay it because even though it only has 4 levels the length of them is still quite long all on my modded MD mini ha those games are so timeless and awesome props to everyone involved and here is to another great game in future! Come on EA do it, do it now!

[@dominicsmith5588]

Duuuuude! Frickin AWESOME! Completing the original Desert Strike back in the day ranks as one of my top video game achievements. I owned all the other games but could never get more than a few levels in on each of them, I just didn't have the skills. Now that I think about it I really should go back an re-visit the series and see if I can actually get them them.

[@justinginn1475]

Your intro described my childhood exactly. Cigarette burning in the ashtray, smelly armchair pulled up to the old wooden console TV and Desert Strike (or NHL 94) in the Genesis.

[@digsbious]

I was just playing Desert Strike last week. Bravo on this video good sir.

[@6Stevo]

My Dad did indeed love these games. I remember him kicking me off the Amiga 500 so he could play Desert Strike for hours at a time.

[@skyirwin1445]

I still have Desert and Jungle Strike, both on Genesis. Never knew there was sequels.