PSX Longplay [204] Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire

[@InkySquid17]

Live-action combined with pre-rendered CG and green screen -- I love the creativity of classic game designs. This whole era is so charming.

[@Austroid]

I agree! The FMV era with its lovably-hokey acting and the primitive 3D environments they inhabit, always felt so unique and otherworldly compared to more "regular" videogames.

[@MrDerya94]

Well said my friends, still playing this game on my PSP with Jedi Power Battles and Rouge Sqaudron one of the best games ever made

[@houstonhelicoptertours1006]

Blue Screen actually

[@rickymoranjr9609]

JRabbit IKR!! that's why i loved this game when i first played it!

[@kaihedgie1747]

Hate to break it to you but people actually got tired of FMV games around this time

[@pkwiva]

For 1995, this game was way ahead of its time. Playing this as a kid, I didn't fully understand how the graphics in this game were so far ahead of the competition. The blend of pre-rendered graphics and FMV was done so well, that even going back and watching it now, it still looks impressive considering the era when this was released.

[@JuanCarlos-ne9bq]

Totalmente de acuerdo...El 3D de la Play Station ha envejecido con dignidad, cosa contraria a lo que pasó con el N64 .

[@oddfox6776]

​@@JuanCarlos-ne9bqpero de que hablas?? Si la N64 tiene mejores graficos que la play 😂

[@LazarusRemains]

Since there were only 3 films, the footage in these games like Dark Forces II and Rebel Assault were basically like an entire new movie that added 30% more to the Star Wars franchise - it was really special. This was back when they made new heroes, like Kyle Katarn, who did their own adventures not dependent on the films. They were just adventures, without pretensions to being a psychological drama.

[@Lord_Aussem]

Yes absolutely! This is exactly how I got into Star Wars as this huge universe. All the random other adventures from the video games. This game, Dark Forces, Shadows of the Empire, X-Wing, Tie Fighter, X-Wing Alliance, Kotor 1 and 2, the original Clone Wars game for Xbox. So many adventures outside the movies. It made it feel like it had so many moving parts.

[@gnbman]

What is the psychological drama thing referring to?

[@bloodguzzler]

The guy who played the admiral who reports to Vader, I think did a very good job. He always looked genuinely afraid to report to Vader whenever he spoke.

[@aurorauplinks]

Vaders actor was also in charge of payroll :D Joke :D

[@2008FORDF450V8]

what is the song called when there escaping the super star destroyer any ideas

[@bub777]

@@2008FORDF450V8Sail Barge Assault (the same one that plays during the Flight to Imdaar).

[@2008FORDF450V8]

@@bub777 can you find that on iTunes or not sorry typo

[@bub777]

@@2008FORDF450V8 likely. I don't know what "Night" is, but on iTunes or wherever, it will be a part of any number of Star Wars Return of the Jedi soundtracks.

[@spark4039]

this game brings back so many great memories! early mornings on weekends at my grandma's house playing on her computer and then jumping into the pool right after lol. the 90s were a great time indeed!

[@luisb9862]

Awesome, I remember playing this after school.

[@Klinjent]

I was given a CD with this game for my 8th birthday and I still remember my father's laptop (it was the first laptop I saw), the room where this laptop stood and three VCS with Indiana Johnes I got then. And I still remember every detail of the game.

[@SadAndVengeful]

This game felt so realistic, like you were in an actual movie.

[@tridentvibes]

Was so great for me as a kid

[@sweetdeal68]

Ah. Back when non-arcade games kept a score for no real reason.

[@obi-potobi790]

No real reason, you could try and beat the high score... Aaand type your name in, as long as it was three letters..

[@suchiuomizu]

@@obi-potobi790 It was only three letters because the idea was to put your initials in, not your name.

[@Armaron06]

LIke that show "Who's line is it anyway?" Where the points don't really matter.

[@obi-potobi790]

@@suchiuomizu Yeah I know, but my names nob, so it fits...

[@sovereign4107]

Well some games did that, sure. However, in this game you did get extra lives based on score.

[@marlongasparotto5867]

I remember that Millennium Falcon level to this day, the most impossible thing ever

[@wccman107]

I always had trouble with Chapter 9 really!

[@emanuelrivera8048]

@@wccman107 It was a mix of both, I learned how to fly inverted, to be honest the hardest part of the falcon was the second part where you still have to aim and shoot lol

[@calv0papi]

Wasn't that hard tbh lol

[@EnemyAce88]

What a classic. This game was actually very advanced for its time.

[@christhenerdyderg3916]

That's true.

[@joeiibaker-gutierrez1047]

Man I loved this game back in the day. Thanks for doing a walkthrough. Brings back so many memories

[@sanabriaadrian]

Remember when star wars games were were this cool?

[@msw0322]

Yeah, then EA bought the rights to the franchise and that was the end, at least for me.

[@Miller_Lite]

Before the dark times before EA

[@dookie_12]

Before the dark times before Disney

[@lloyd9710]

dookie_12 a company called Disney was a nice company before it turned to evil helped Lucas arts hunt down and destroy the fan base they betrayed and murdered the expanded universe

[@nonh1]

@@lloyd9710 Good reference from A New Hope, except for one thing: Disney has never been a nice company. It was born evil.

[@Mr3DLC]

before the dark times before jar jar binks.

[@dearsirdearyou4153]

Really?

[@evanstein3011]

That bit at 7:00 on as you approach the planet absolutely amazed me as a child. Seeing the planet get larger in real time as you approach it was something I had never seen before in a game and felt so epic. Now we have No Man's Sky :P

[@gustavopacheco919]

The PS1 intro was epic, it brings back great memories. Resident Evil!!!!

[@TheRebornExpert]

The *NOSTALGIA* is strong with this one!

[@crankymcgee]

Somehow they make low-budget and bad acting seem cool

[@4nDr3X667Mad]

better than the last jedi xD

[@sicilianbeddu123]

I would take bad acting over full CGI ANYDAY

[@Nzg41]

Really? Low budget? This is almost on par with the movies imo

[@emanuelrivera8048]

Lucasfilm was behind also, they did used legit movie props for this game

[@houstonhelicoptertours1006]

Low-budget he says. That game had a higher budget than some movie productions at the time, mainly due to Lucasfilm being involved.

[@Strange-en4qd]

Finally after 15 years I found the game

[@jmiller09brophy]

This was me today! Nostalgia

[@CeebraBeats]

Same for me today! cheers

[@felinomc8144]

Where you found it?

[@JJ91939]

The mining tunnel levels were impossible

[@AllGamingStarred]

the controls were impossible

[@ITsATRAPPPP]

yet we all somehow beat the game

[@hermeticdragon2643]

If by mining tunnel you mean the millenium falcon flight...the trick is to stay in the centre of the screen and not move so much.

[@patrickstivers7387]

The TIE Fighter training mission was the impossible one.

[@sanabriaadrian]

That's so true

[@Wastedtrait]

I played this every morning before going to school! good times...

[@AnnNightNoxana]

I remember one day before kindergarten playing this with my dad. We hit mission six (the mining facility thing) and since neither of us spoke English, the point of the mission was kind of vague. I was pretty oblivious to game mechanics at that time but my dad quickly figured you had to destroy those battery cells around the gateways. And oh boy, shooting those was tough! He told me to keep going and once I finally broke through them, I was quite surprised to see a cutscene popping out, indicating the X-wings flew into the tunnel. It must have been like twenty years ago and I still remember that, good old days.

[@StFidjnr]

13:42 we're dead

[@JonesDylan874]

That's my favorite part.

[@andreaso8886]

I LOVED!!!! this game. One of the most Star Wars feeling games I ever possessed. Thx for this.

[@luisb9862]

Thank you world of longplays. I often come and watch old psx gameplays with no commentary

[@szaszdavid]

I was born in 96 and this was the scariest/hardest game I ever played in my childhood. I was about 5-6 years old and I always played with it at night when my parents where a sleep...greetings from Hungary, love this throwhback to my gold memories😀😀👍

[@PonderousEclectica4383]

That mining tunnel section was a nightmare

[@jdncoke2]

god another nostalgia video, loved this as a kid

[@moisesvaladez8162]

I love this game to death, I wish they would make a rebel assault 3 with FMV in 4K!!

[@hsuehhs1]

Moises Valadez yes they should where Rookie one find s that he is a Jedi

[@Gadtoa]

Omg I miss this game. I still have the original case and 2 disc but no ps1 sadly. Thanks for posting this.

[@Clay3613]

Any PS3 and PS2 can play it.

[@michaelmurietta3089]

Gadtoa why not use the ps3 to play these fucking badass psx classics with it's psx based backwards compatibility. Huge deal so deal with it because I'm a huge fan of it.

[@aihsanasl]

Buy a PS Vita and enjoy it anywhere you want.

[@AllGamingStarred]

not the 320 GB version

[@michaelmurietta3089]

Gadtoa you should play this and other classic psx game's on ps3 via backwards compatibility in full HD.

[@chrispacheco8590]

Man this game use to amaze the heck out of me when it had just come out on the PlayStation, I rented it like 3 times before I got my own new copy that I still have😊

[@AresLeviathan]

When I got this in '99. As an 8 year old I got so good at this game I memorized every target, every movement and could play this game like I was just watching a movie.

[@jadmaster]

PSX Intro Sound is the best sound ever

[@mrstevens70]

The force is strong with this one.

[@FranciscoShibata]

50:51 I have a bad feeling about this. Masterpiece

[@alanjamesh.zamorano1677]

What a charming game. I really enjoyed playing this as an 8 year old when I was recently getting big into Star Wars stuff. I replayed some of those missions over and over ´cause I kept dying. Mad respects for doing a 1 hour long complete gameplay of it. This game took me weeks to finish lol.

[@bonnierabbit1413]

This is way better than the last Jedi👍👍👍👍🐇

[@darianolivares408]

I remember every cutscene and line… but I didn’t remember until I watched this. This is unlocking so much of my core childhood memories

[@sevrengrey3689]

I enjoyed this game so much when i was a kid. Thanks for posting this.

[@pferreira1983]

Of course as we all know this is the Citizen Kane of video games.

[@nintendorakyamato1859]

Sevren Grey is it more bette than first? In terms of cutscenes

[@tridentvibes]

This was such an incredible game and I am so happy to be watching this years later

[@likeclockwork6473]

when i was little these graphics blew me away

[@Andrew-el8xi]

This was the game to have back in the day

[@IMDRanged]

5:44 I always had that "Is that David Schwimmer?" moments.

[@maykogilabert2158]

Gracias por subir este tipo de material. Confirma todos los juegos que he terminado y también se disfruta sin la adrenalina cuando se juega apasionadamente, mi comienzo con esto fue Asteroides en los 70s, en el que rompimos en chispa un record en Arcade de jugar con una moneda desde las 10 am. que abrian el Chispas hasta las 10 la noche que cerraban, una sola moneda en todo el día, esos eran retos porque no había pausa, no existia la pausa. Era un reto verdadero, por eso mí agradecimiento.

[@marcelo06]

I played the hell out of this.... so ahead of its time this one!

[@LilReikoGold]

This game brings back so many memories. chapter 7 was so hard to beat but, i completed it though

[@StFidjnr]

MAD-MATT got a 2500 bonus points the most you can get

[@Tryambakam108]

The SW galaxy has the thickest asteroid belts in the known universe.

[@FranciscoShibata]

This is Canon

[@frozenray0079]

So...I'm PRETTY sure this was the first PSX game I've ever owned.

[@stephenl2571]

Zippity Zop it’s a ps1 you fucking twat

[@GhostEye31]

Man I remember having such a hard time with the mine shaft mission when I was a little kid playing this game.

[@deafmusician2]

I always LOVED the PS1 opening sequence.. I had a GREAT stereo that would BOOM that bass!

[@phillip_rogers]

Love this game so much!! The actress who played Ru Murleen played Harrison Ford’s teacher’s assistant in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade :)

[@tlev9602]

At 5:38 it always bothered me how uninterested that commander was with that message. Also “Corellia Star” looks an “awful lot” like a certain illegally modified YT-1300 freighter I know.

[@tedgruver7618]

T Lev FMV videos always had terrible acting.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

I mean, both of these games scream "budget New Hope/Empire" when you have Rookie One doing literally everything Luke could outside of actually being a Jedi, haha.

[@tracytron7162]

Honestly that’s common with so many old 90's Star Wars games, they always forgot the “heavily modified” part of the Millenium Falcon and just made literally every YT-1300 look completely identical, despite their already incredibly modular design

[@luisb9862]

I just loved the actors blending with the environment in this game. It was awesome back in those days.

[@christianrobledo6172]

So many memories of this awesome childhood game!

[@franciscop1192]

I love LOVE really looove this game a LOT!!!

[@danielclark241]

5:33-5:38 The first time I got to this part, I remember thinking my disc was messed up. LoL "Oh, come on! A brand new disc!?"

[@lloyd9710]

Il hide behind this log whilst wearing a bright orange flight suit 😂👌

[@TheWildbill247]

Watching back on games like this makes you realize just how much the games industry has gone backwards.

[@flockofseagulls2518]

Yeah I’m really not sure what you mean here. I’ve got tons of fond memories of this game, but this is practically unplayable by modern standards

[@patrickbateman312]

Backwards? This is an on rails shooter that really doesn't require any skill at all.

[@TheWildbill247]

@@patrickbateman312 Stop being a troll bateman.

[@Simmymind360]

I agree..Please Game developer's this is what we want..Imagine a Ray Traced Version..

[@simonwillis1529]

Man I love Star Wars had a ps 1 yet I never got this one thank you for uploading

[@jimhults2490]

I miss this game. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@tomservo5347]

I bought this with my then new PS1. If I remember right it was a double disc game. An Army buddy borrowed it while I was in Germany and I never got it back...oh well I hope he still enjoys it after 20 years.

[@rafaelramos6762]

I remember playing this on my computer in the early 2000’s. Great memories!

[@Mr.Spongecake]

LOLOL That stormtrooper: "....We're dead..."

[@jaylenhioe2868]

Knowing that a rebel escaped with a ship that has vital information.

[@scootza1]

Wow theres a lot of assets I recognize... Like the blaster rifle from Dark Forces, and the stormtrooper death grunts that'd later be used for the Clones in Battlefront (the good one)

[@ROFLobster4884]

This game was the bomb back in the day. Still remember playing it on my fathers PlayStation. XD

[@Skater6453]

I could watch the falcon part all day I swear

[@sovereign4107]

I remember renting this game as a kid. I know It doesn't look that great now but I was blown away back then. The playstation had a lot of hit or miss games in the early days but I was really pleased with this one. I probably would have purchased the game but it was a little too easy and I beat it before having to take it back.

[@415dboiz510]

My uncle who just passed away 😞 had this and we would always play this game, need for speed , and bugs bunny for PS1. Miss those times..

[@guyonabudget5209]

This is better then Star Wars Battlefront on PS4

[@FranciscoShibata]

Yes!!!!

[@tunkunrunk]

please , explain , you've made me want to try Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire , I'm gonna download it at once and play on my tablet

[@spiritofzen7022]

This got panned at the time , but I thought it was really ahead of it time and I loved it. But those mining tunnel levels 😱yikes 😮😧😧

[@john.infinite78]

10:37 "All is clear sir, nothing here but, wow really good blue screen work!"

[@CongaLineMonkey]

I remember that Tie Fighter training mission as a kid. That level just refused to end.

[@2008FORDF450V8]

funny thing is this game is two discs weird also bad acting no health regeneration etc could of been done better least lord of the rings the third age was better than this any day.

[@ProbablyOkay]

Such a cool game! Was just playing this on my PS2!

[@joshmedina5471]

I used to play this with my dad when it came out! We actually did beat it too, those last few levels though 😤

[@Dreaklock]

This is more legitimately Star Wars than anything Disney has done.

[@artofnocula]

Captain Needa: No ship that small has a cloaking device! Rebel Assault II: Hold my beer.

[@goobygoo3253]

13:56 was the bane of my childhood existence

[@Dios67]

May the rails be with you... always.

[@gabrielarruda6309]

The image of E-11 is the same of that used in Dark Forces trilogy.

[@shxdowkreep5480]

This video game was ahead of it's time!!! Good timez playing this video game in my childhood.

[@luisman369]

My first PlayStation game. I was 4 years old. It was 1997.

[@luisman369]

@@monk9803 Hard af.

[@LouSassoleSledgecock_III]

An incredible and very hard game. Loved it when I was a kid.

[@fatbelly2438]

fantastic game lots of atmosphere

[@clairemadeinheaven]

28:55 For me, it's this scene that has the best acting in all of Star Wars. The look in her eyes after she asked Rookie One where she was being shot at, and the Tie Fighters roaring in the background. Half smiling because Rookie One didn't die, half crying because they're being pushed towards death. Best I've ever seen. And there's a lot more to the scene as well. I don't think her brilliance can be captured in one scene. I don't think I've ever seen better character development in a game. The way she goes from a clean-cut, relatively "normal" woman with morals to a fearful but fearless leader is just incredible.

[@r.rajabally1865]

Thanks so much for posting this.

[@davidmurphy8364]

3 Y Wings taking out a squad of interceptors, I love it😂

[@Fujin風神TV]

I still remember the first controller I threw on the Mning Tunnels part. Good times.

[@adinocc2042]

Great stuff! I never got to see this game until now! Thanks!

[@Plutonia001]

41:27 Does this version have a glitch or something? The mynocks aren't attacking Ru at all. On the PC version you need to keep them off of her.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

They actually run pretty differently despite seeming like identical games. You don't get a third person view for any vehicle that has a cockpit on PC (I assume you only start that way on the PS1 version just to highlight that very difference), which also means anything about your character that moves at 60 FPS more so matches the pre-rendered scenes. Plus it's kinda funny the PC one has a filling Damage meter yet a regular Health/Shield bar on PS1, though I'm not sure if either is more generous.

[@Luis-tu4ux]

Finally after 8 years I found the game of my childhood

[@KGODSMACKC]

Those Rebel pilots are using the original flight suits used in the original movie.. Really helped set the immersion at the time..

[@rippingtons60]

45:38 "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"

[@michaelkotcher5491]

Remember losing so many lives on speeder bikes. A lot of fun though.

[@shoresean1237]

1:01:11 - "You will not have an opportunity to do so again." "Yessss---kind-of---picked up---on that---ahhhhh."

[@FranciscoShibata]

My first game in PSX

[@NegiTaiMetal011]

I've played this game as a kid. It was a lot of fun despite being short. Very nostalgic; I miss this kind of Star Wars storytelling and atmosphere. This is sure to make a great movie.

[@backpacking314]

This game looks fantastic on psx❤❤❤❤

[@verypositive.]

it's amazing that in 95 they created a game that looked better than most of the ones released later

[@Hilversumborn]

I always liked how some games like this one and Dark Forces where about stopping the Empire from unleashing an weapon that could turn the tide in their favor.

[@herron321]

I swear the first dude was Michael Bay

[@jimhults2490]

That not Michael Bay, that is Chopper Bernet as Kirby.

[@volosami]

I've heard of useless companion AI but wow the b-wing pilot just move from side to side

[@apcsox]

OMG!!! I used to play the shit out of this game at summer camp in the Mac and could never remember the name of it, just the game play (and those fucking mining tunnels). *13:49**, PTSD kicks in*

[@Tigerman1138]

apcsox me too!!