Mega Drive Longplay [167] Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

[@CliffuckingBooth]

Over 25 years has passed since I played or watched this game. Nostalgia...

[@NJHC60926]

This and Jungle Strike were some of my favorite games on Genesis. Even though, at the time, I couldn't get more than 2-3 levels deep lol never stopped me from playing though

[@carloscastiano]

Yup. Sick game. Miss thoes days.

[@CliffuckingBooth]

@@carloscastiano Me too :)

[@carloscastiano]

@@CliffuckingBooth just watched video of urban strike. Awesome.

[@mallaothman]

😍👍

[@GandalftheWise]

I don't know why Nostalgia always makes me sad. But it brings me back to happier times lol. I hope life has turned out well for all of you my friends.

[@yasaman_masihiyanpour]

👏🏼👏🏼

[@shawnk3431]

Same I remember my uncle playing this game in 1994 all I got is old memories good memories though

[@DennysFrancisco]

You defined nostalgia

[@smokeybear5460]

The helicopter actually has pretty good movement for this games time

[@mallaothman]

😃👍

[@andym28]

@Cornish Fool never even heard of that controller. Incidentally which are your cornish foods? I'm a house fan of most of them.

[@Issachar-northern-kingdom]

I see you've never played the Donkey kong country series

[@ericmcmanus5179]

I agree. I didn't have anything to compare it to back then when I first played it as a kid. But now, replaying this game, I am always impressed with how nice the movement is.

[@TheTha411]

I loved this game. Me and my friend used to play it everytime we would stay the night at each other's houses. I liked how it had objectives and you could rescue people. Well designed. This is when EA really established themselves with good games. Now they're a scumbag developer.

[@TiSklmao]

The reason why it became like that is because they are moneygreedy

[@aldorfc220]

I was like 9 years old when I last played and seen this, now I'm 38 and it just flooded all these memories of been a kid with my megadrive & super Nintendo 😊❤️

[@anothergoogleaccount4500]

a 3D-world game into a 16-bit console, Sega was ahead of its time back 28 years ago

[@TuxEarth]

This EA needs to come back

[@tensevo]

Defo - - I keep coming back to the strike series.

[@syteanric1868]

Back when EA were the best devs in the world.... before the greed

[@JAS0N_M00RE]

It would be nice on the Switch

[@ButcherGrindslam]

You can get Genesis reissue for dirt cheap in ideal condition.

[@NPC-00361]

The Independent Fighter this EA is long gone. In fact any kind of EA could be long gone soon.

[@Kiryutka22]

I remember how I was blown away by the graphics of this game! Those were the days. .

[@the_scraggler]

Finally finished this game today after starting it almost 30 years ago. On to Jungle Strike!

[@MrMJmusicLover]

🤣 I beat both those games years ago 😂

[@the_scraggler]

@@MrMJmusicLover Yeah...and?

[@MrMJmusicLover]

@@the_scraggler AND they were fun to play too!😅

[@TheOldGuest]

Hope you did this and went onto Urban Strike too!

[@Rizzawriter]

Still got them all on emulator. Urban strike is my favourite

[@durianriders]

shoot the camping tents for more ammo!

[@Darkstar-rg8ze]

Except the civilian tents w the camels 🐫 you will get in trouble

[@Jomster777]

Perform war crimes for additional bonus! Ah, good times with this game

[@romeolajh1602]

@@Jomster777 so basically what USA are doing all the time. Then say it is collateral damage :)

[@SirSSau]

Loved the strike series and road rash

[@Ocelot10]

Me too! My fav games from my childhood. Mega-drive my favorite video-game

[@1zeldalover]

The road rash and destroying oil retainers was was quite a rash 3rd party political inervention, But quite the pleasure.

[@YK-fj5bj]

Sir Spencer Agreed. Great games!

[@davidcoffman9326]

My 2 favorite along with mutant league hockey and football, and skitchin

[@illinoisboy8577]

Do y’all remember the Simpsons version of Road Rash

[@TheManubarcafan]

damn on you you send me to golden days... thanks buddy... its one of the greatest games for sega

[@adub4ever]

Used to play this game as a kid at my aunts house. Honestly could never remember the name of this game. Haven’t seen this gameplay in 25 years. Thanks for the massive nostalgia!!!

[@knuclear200x]

I never did beat this game. I was too busy blowing shit up and failing missions or as i like to put it, I was too busy "having too much fun" >:D

[@HoodBatman]

knuclear200x that’s why I’m here today 😂, think I only ever got up to mission 2 or 3 tops

[@dorpth]

Yeah I remember this game being impossible if you just wanted to have fun. If you wanted to win, you practically had to memorize the most optimal path between targets and the exact number of weapons needed to destroy things. You always ran out of fuel or ammo otherwise.

[@BOG0690]

How could you NOT beat his game? Lemme guess, you keep running out of fuel, dont you? ;)

[@fusionmechanic1]

Same here lol

[@GoldenboY-DE]

😅

[@overnightdelivery]

It was always hilarious going overkill using a Hellfire Missle on an a defenseless guy with a regular gun

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

Bob Jones the best! Hahaha

[@smilenowsmileforever4226]

Thats what they get for shooting at an apache helicopter

[@shanenice5380]

​@smilenowsmileforever422lol6

[@bkw11]

My parents were separated. I used to go to my dad's house and sit in front of his TV in his house and play this all night

[@loneranger8343]

Nostalgia hittin hard here

[@davidbates3057]

That last mission brief, lol. "The embassy officials have given us the location of the Madman's nuclear weapons plant and Presidential Palace. You must prevent these weapons from being produced and sent to the Madman's bomber... BUT OUR FIRST CRISIS is to save the oil fields. So for your final missions: 1 - Save the Oil Fields 2 - Stop Oil Spill The rest of your missions are still unknown at this time." I guess they got their priorities straight, lol.

[@MrMJmusicLover]

Save the oil field while the madman is launching nukes. Great plan! 😏

[@andystrachan598]

I lost hours to this game as a kid. My one criticism was that there was a glitch that sometimes when you lowered your winch to pick up fuel barrels when you were abiut to run out it would tell you that you'd successfully collected fuel but then you'd run out and crash.

[@eh6968]

Return to the Gulf? Baby, we never left!!

[@pyrobison2002]

E H hoorah

[@canttrustasoul.]

😂😂😂😂

[@kazomazo6646]

The military equipments I recognized from the game are: Madman forces: -- Air defence equipments: *SAM: - MIM-72A/M48 Chaparral. - 9K31 Strela-1(SA-9) OR 9K33 Osa (SA-8). - 9K34 Strela-3 (SA-14). - Rapier *Air-defence guns: - ZSU-57-2 - ZU-23-2 - BTR-ZD *Tactical ballistic missiles: - SS-1e Scud-D *Armors: - BTR-60 * Rifles: - PTRD-41 or PTRS-41. *Airforce: - Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, and Su-24. - Mil Mi-8 helicopter. *Boats: - Boghammar High Speed Patrol Boat - The U.S. helicopter is a mix between AH-64 Apache and Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche

[@111222333daniel]

Please man! Could you name the frigate/base name? It's a Fletcher or hazard perry?

[@kazomazo6646]

@@111222333daniel probably Hazard Perry.

[@Ronythethird]

This puts a smile on my face.

[@dodgerXIII]

OMG 😱 I haven’t seen this for about more than 20 years!!!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheGodsrighthandman]

Wow, I'm so old. I bought this New back in the day.

[@jasonklinedinst5246]

This game was so ahead of its time. I remember playing it with my dad when I was 10. It’s a lot like Choplifter but it’s not a side scroller.

[@Sulli440]

Best thing about this game is the slap in the 1st cutscene

[@SorenDaein]

Someone getting bitch slapped is always a thumbs up in things like that.

[@goldman77700]

It's like Old EA slapping New EA for being a shadow of its former self.

[@user-td3pb6cg9q]

Sulli440 😂😂😂👍agree

[@judyhopps9380]

2:00:55 - and then the president explodes but the rest of his plane doesnt

[@Mantwawn]

@@goldman77700 damn

[@michaelflaherty1358]

What a classic. Played it to death on my old Sega mega drive back in the 90's.

[@pabloesco2007]

I love this trilogy Desert Strike / Jungle Strike / Urban Strike !!

[@-FrankCastle-]

Nuclear Strike came out for the playstation, it was the last of the series!

[@7th.trumpet]

Soviet strike was good.

[@obiwang1975]

I would love to see this series remade. Keep the concept exactly as it is but go to town on the visuals and audio.

[@REXX-STRONGSTYLE]

If they made this today they'll be so much political pushback there's so much racist overtones in this that it would never see a lot of day today LOL I mean and it's sad because this is a great game but the world is so bat shit it would never be able to look past it

[@bladerj]

it was remade a few years ago.

[@raziel510ak]

Absolutely one of my all-time favorite games

[@MeryBaterflai]

I played this game when i was 9 yo, now i am 36 :-) good memories

[@Helelification]

I remember my father playing this game and me watching him play back when we had the sega genesis. He loved this game and I enjoyed watching him; in a way you could say it was our bonding time earlier in my life. Who knew?

[@rafabern31]

Helelification that's beautiful.

[@Presley3]

Priceless Moments are the best.

[@michaelmarcello8699]

Got a similar story myself, were great times for me and miss them a lot

[@Howdy699]

Helelification thats cool! Awesome game too

[@dehadista2006]

That made me teary man. I used to play nuclear strike. Memories.

[@E-A-Z-Y]

This is the first game I ever remember playing. Very faint memories, but so much comes back as I watch it.

[@zackhartley4718]

I LOVED this game growing up!!!

[@inst1tution]

You might very well ruin your golden and sweet game memories by playing an old game after the years. Desert Strike, though, keeps looking compelling even after the decades.

[@TheBlGbadWOLF]

I remember buying this the day it came out.........£59.99

[@Redeye1983]

@@magnetohex703 Love your story thank you for sharing. Born in 83 I did some mistakes buying Mega Drive and PlayStation 1 video games.

[@britiw]

I had my Sega Mega drive in 1994 when I was 7. Parents bought it in Germany, not sure how much they spent. Games for it did cost from 5 lats to 15 lats (around 7$ - 21$). 95% of market was used before cartridges, also we had cartridge exchange and rental. Pay deposit and take game home for a month or so. The feeling was unreal, colourful design of cartridges, unforgettable scent of them and of course the games themselves. This was a true window to the Western world for me as a boy living in young, post-Soviet country of Latvia...

[@deeditmane]

Haha coming off that hard 80’s electro intro to the helicopter sounding like a squeaky desk fan 😂😂 good times

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

deeditmane I used to be an Army helicopter pilot, I flew OH-58D Kiowa Warriors; trained with Apaches because we had similar missions: reconnaissance and fire support. Honestly, the Apache’s rotors give off a high pitch sound and they kinda nailed it in this game.

[@ernesttucker4359]

Omg!!!. I haven't even thought of this game since I was a kid!!!. It was a favorite

[@astrofox1155]

Man, I played this game as a kid with absolutely NO idea what was going on or what the politics were like back then. Looking at it now, I love every detail that was put into it and the music slaps. You can tell the team had a blast making this game. Pure nostalgia.

[@2URLex]

I was 5 years old when I had this game, my grandmother always completed it for me lol glad this popped up in my recommendations

[@elvis1530]

I Love Desert Strike. I am from Brazil. Este é um grande jogo! 🇧🇷

[@linkinparksongsforever]

Concordo cara, eu fico pensando como esse jogo conseguiu rodar no mega drive parece ser tão pesado pro console, é algo incrivel

[@elvis1530]

@@linkinparksongsforever 👌😄👍🤝

[@SANGUINARIA_BR]

jogava no Pc da minha irmã era viciado mas não tinha tanta habilidade assim

[@elvis1530]

@@SANGUINARIA_BR 👌👍👊

[@Soddarkryder]

The title screen music alone kicks so much ass. Altough, it reminds me that I never managed to finish this game :(

[@bobasquid3339]

1:25:11. So cheesy yet so rad! The school bus, music, cutscene animation, everything! They don't mak'em like this anymore! 😂🎮🕹️🤘

[@CaptainGinyu]

can't be overstated how revolutionary this game was

[@allenj9038]

OMG my cousin and I played the hell outa this game. I totally forgot about it till now. Brings back so many good memories back in the day. Thank you

[@MysteryHistorydotTV]

Memories of my childhood. I had this on SNES myself and would play this everyday after school for hours. Thanks for posting.

[@ceoofchill5875]

I have no idea why this is being recommended to me now, but this was one of my favorite games from that era.

[@rayfish007]

I loved this game when it came out. But reading the missions now.. " We have to stop this mad man before he gets nuclear weapons" its like yeah.. we all heard that one before.

[@hypewilkens]

They got it from this game

[@predaking2wings]

This game is a classic i,m playing it now with a Retrovision cable and the big difference right away is the helicopters blades that swings is like a glowy red rather than a dual red, incredible balance game you can see mostly were all the fuel, ammo is located on your map too calculate your fuel consumption. A must have, sorry for the snes fans theirs just doesn't come up to the hype of this version!

[@paletskiss]

Одна из самый классный и интересных игр на Сега )))

[@aukenijdam]

This brings back memories. The good old Sega Megadrive, bought it from my first hard earned money at age 14 and still have it to this day. The EA games were brilliant. Desert, jungle and urban strike, I couldn’t believe the perfect gameplay and graphics back then. And I must say, it still is a good game.

[@TheGreatLlamaJockey]

Whoa the sega version of this game has a way more kickass soundtrack. This version outshines the snes version in a lot of ways

[@OctasLP]

Old memorys ❤❤ Against the Madman aka Sadam Husein

[@bornwithoutclothes]

This was one of my favorite games back in the day

[@Tinbopaloobop]

Man this video makes it look so easy. When I played this at 4yrs old, all I could do was pick up ammo and fuel and aimlessly shoot at the guns without any clue what was going on. It was my favourite game along side micro machines. Happy Days!

[@Nortic111]

1:32 The most menacing head turn in gaming history.

[@SeanJepson7]

Used to love firing at the aircraft carrier and getting recalled.

[@anthonyhall4462]

WOW,the memories come flooding back.

[@Vadimzuboff]

☝Интересный факт!! Когда летаешь над водой топливо не тратится (можно экономить его если цели рядом с берегом)! Почему то об этом никто не говорит. Игра конечно крутейшая и интересная, но от сложности иногда подгорает😁🔥

[@MrMJmusicLover]

It would be even better if the fuel would increase every time you fly over it.

[@Giggiyygoo]

This is just creepy. I was just thinking about this game a few days ago randomly. I never really watch gaming videos, and the last game console I owned was a PlayStation 1. Now this is in my recommend.

[@drdnout]

Glen, youtube watches your mind, use foil hat.

[@HughHoleJass]

It’s being recommended because of all the ww3 talk lately

[@MrMJmusicLover]

Didn't pop up for me, I had to search for it.

[@ElGringonius]

Wow! All these years and I never realized Rob Hubbard has a hand in this game's music. No wonder the songs would never leave my young self's mind!

[@silmeria1984]

When EA is doing something good.

[@SyRose901]

Their best game should be Another World.

[@Sahilprakash1999]

2:03:40 The President of the United States has given a Medal of Honor to the brave two pilots of the Apache helicopter for finishing the final mission in the Gulf War

[@JerBuster77]

This game is Aladeen.

[@leeblackwell7842]

Loved this played it to death it was released about the same time as the real life conflict operation desert storm led by storming Norman schwarzkopf, it was the reason I bought a mega drive I was about 24 at the time and my brother thought I was being childish spending my money on a video game then after he saw this I had to lend it to him! After completing it I tried to do the levels using only the original armour and just the machine gun (HARD) And if my memory serves me correctly you didn't use fuel if you stayed over the water, I still remember the save code to the last level to this day.

[@avguidotti]

I always used to get creeped out around the 1:34 mark when the dude turns and looks your way lol.

[@zebrino7167]

One of the few games in the world I can claim absolute expertise in. After all these years, I can still remember where everything in this game was .... I can play this whole game without ever losing a life.

[@sjoerd2444]

i still play this game on my genesis this game is so epic

[@Slinky82]

That slap at the beginning lol

[@mikethedane3279]

wouldn´t mind seeing a new version of this franchise.. had all the games back then

[@godzilladestroyscities1757]

I loved the series and loved Jungle Strike and Soviet Strike too. It would be different today because they would try to do it in 3d. It would ruin it.

[@petrusamp7792]

There is already a 3D game. Nuclear Strike on the PS1 and N64. It actually looks pretty good.

[@ebannaw]

Comanche 4 was very good.

[@89RobertB]

Nuclear strike was my childhood! Absolutely amazing!

[@_Only_Zuul]

so many other games today do a far better and more spectacular job and much more.. i mean, i'm playing just cause 3 on PS4 now and that has everything. so i think today, games like this can't really be much good or successful.. good war games where you fly choppers, blow shit up, run around and shoot, take over enemy base etc are everywhere.. i did LOVE the strike game series back in the day!

[@hmaiusculooinimitavel3705]

I just LOVE this game. I normally take more time, though, since I leave NOTHING behind, just the dry land. I destroy even the wooden blocker and flags; even the civilian buildings.

[@briantoplessbar4685]

How do you have enough fuel????

[@hmaiusculooinimitavel3705]

@@briantoplessbar4685 You have to be fast, I admit, no loafing around. But if you have played some times, you can do it. The fuel available is somewhat enough. And use the sea if possible, since fuel doesn't drop there.

[@briantoplessbar4685]

@@hmaiusculooinimitavel3705 thanks!

[@АндрейЛарин-л1щ]

Это была обалденная игра. Любил в нее играть !!!!!

[@TommAceAZ]

Thanks for uploading, could never remember the name of this game. Takes me back to Action Video and Hollywood Video days

[@jimmyjigz]

Watching my dad beat the game was epic!

[@Twisted_Code]

this video is so nostalgic. I had this on my parents' SNES, and while I wasn't very good at it (I'm about 80% sure I never got past the second mission, and it took me a while to figure out the first one. Those damn raptors kept missiling my tail rotor) it was a blast to play. Thank the creator for Internet archives and KZbin keeping my childhood alive :-)

[@ThePitcher777]

I’m sure there was similar game on NES but can’t find it

[@Verden-rv9iw]

1:30:55 look at the 'heli' and his smiling face

[@Tony-hz8ld]

That was awesome. I never completed all the missions decades ago so it was nice to see all the missions I didn't see back then.

[@amsterdamG2G]

Electronic Arts > EA Jungle Strike my favorite of the series

[@kumquat8237]

I have very foggy memories of this game, or some type of helicopter game very similar to this one. I recall playing this (I think it was this game) on the computer when I was about 6 or 7 years old back in the early 2000s. I don’t know why we had it, let alone have it on the computer, but this game has haunted my dreams for at least 13 years now. It is only tonight at 2:30 in the morning that I’d decide to look for it, and even then it just doesn’t feel how I remembered it.

[@panzerfaust187]

The memories... loved this game

[@DrKiBs]

fuck yeah, that intro gets me every time.

[@anthrax6685]

I never noticed tell now it sounds like mutant league football the intro

[@90sGAV]

Loved this game as a kid - sunk so many hours into this and streets of rage

[@PMCRetroGamer]

Music by Rob Hubbard. Thats is all im saying :) legend

[@madzen112]

Noone today would make a game where a two man helicopter would carry ten people

[@rickjames6569]

Wow! This game was amazing spent many hours playing this game. My strategy was to go in slow and kill everything. It took me many tries but I got it right. One other thing notice how you blow a building up and the pow’s always survive? 😂

[@123kane5]

I loved all the strike games as a kid, I'd love to play them again, even 30 years later watching this I can remember that it takes 2 hydra missiles to destroy AAA and rapier was 75 armour. Extra life in mountain southeast if you destroyed it, happy days. Jink and destroy lol

[@mikezimmerman9547]

goddamn I played this all night when I was in college

[@StevemanChair]

2:04:25 Humble beginnings for Amy Hennig (creator of Uncharted)

[@fcukugimmeausername]

EA: It's in the game* *DLC not included.

[@alibobsmarland9572]

Its scripted!

[@klo6are]

My father started playing videogames because of D S at the age of 49. he is now 76. We are cherishing these moments when i gladly gave him his gaming time, even insisted on that, And btw, true bonding experience since i was late second child and our age difference is 35

[@andyappleton3353]

So many cherished memories....and who ever in the world could the story-line be parodying?

[@fredsas12]

Madman with Aviators: The motherland is under siege! I thought you said we could handle anything? Madman General: The attack force is stronger than we thought! Me: Whaa? The attack force is one freaking helicopter!!

[@andyappleton3353]

@@fredsas12 But it's a very, very strong chopper.

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

I love the way targets explode and then are completely erased not leaving an ounce of rubble and pristine desert beneath

[@GoodGuy374]

wow.. games like these actually sold.. back in early 1990's.. lol.

[@Destroyreligion-42]

John Krain you have no idea son.. i would give everything to back to this era

[@GoodGuy374]

@@Destroyreligion-42 That was the era when I was happy all the time if I had access to my crt tv and super nintendo. :(

[@sharperguy]

Watching the intro i realize why my parents didnt want me playing this game...

[@coldchilln1988]

Shout out to KZbin recommendations

[@Drakkarsh]

What a soundtrack, what a game. I was always flying carefully in the Danger Zone, it was hard to dodge their shotings lol It'll be always one of my favorites mega drive games, along with Predator 2 and Jurassic Park (and Rampage edition)

[@G0odf3lla]

Oh My God I totally forgot about that game... It was so aweseome

[@insolentish4529]

Holy shit I loved these games.... Totally forgot about their existence... Thanks KZbin recommendations

[@DanielProsini]

1:16 this scene is creepy as hell.

[@RadiantSilverlighter]

Who’s here after CLEARED HOT?