Is Firestriker Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk
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Dude you just made my day, week, & year. This was a game I played with my friend when I must have been around 5. As an adult, I only had vague recollections of it and after searching for it in vain, eventually gave up. I thought I was crazy trying to remember some obviously dreamed up game that combined pinball and fantasy elements.
Not anymore. I'm finally vindicated. The search is over. You sir, are a prince. You sir, are nostalgia's scion- a curator of bygone delights. Thank you for this long awaited insight.
10/10 comment
Great to hear, have a good rest of your day
SNES drunk so a bit off topic, but are you ever going to get back to playing Chrono Trigger? Been looking forward to part 7.
That's a great feeling to find from where come some vague memories, imagery etc.
I’d like to make a better version of a game like this.
Ok... so THIS is where the idea of Strikey Sisters (Steam) came from!
thx for the suggestion!
How have I never heard of this game until now? This looks right up my alley
Watchesyousleep ....well played 🍻
I might give this game another shot. I love the concept, but I didn't implementation. You're spot on about about inconsistent movement of the "ball" and it I felt parts of the game were painfully slow.
Closest modern comparisons to this that I can think of would be something like Wizorb or Strikey Sisters on Steam, but even those more resemble a stricter adherence to Breakout mechanics/physics than this. I always felt like I was terrible at Firestriker, where I'm not usually terrible at something like Breakout. I think this game's wacky physics have a lot to do with that, not a lot of correlation between momentum or angle when hitting the "ball", and the hit detection is not great. Still fun with a friend(s).
Wow, a game I've actually never even heard of. It looks really fun! Especially the two player mode!
Man, your content is always soo good and the frequency of your uploads is even better. I'm looking forward to marathoning all your stuff for hours in the future.
Man, I wish I had known about this game when I was a kid. My brother and I would have loved it
Dang Alex it’s like you know me. Just bought this game last week! Love the channel - one of my absolute favorites. Keep it up!
This game reminds me of Devilish for the Sega Genesis and Game Gear, except that game involved the protagonist being turned into a paddle (hence, the "Breakout" element).
Yeah, I was thinking about Devilish the whole time while watching this video.
wow never heard about this game, now this is the definition of a HIDDEN GEM.
don't look on ebay for ist so 180€ - 3999 xD
Wish I knew about Firestriker when I was a kid, could’ve had some amazing fun co-op nights with this game!
Oh man. I've been thinking about building my home arcade and thought I would want to build my own pinball machine from scratch. I now have a goal - make a real-life Firestriker style pinball machine.
Left hand would be joystick with a push button to swing. This would control a carriage with a flipper. Maybe two buttons, one for swing left and the other for swing right. Right hand would be a spinner that controls a paddle with a bumper.
This game is called Holy Striker in Japan, and is developed by Axes Art Amuse (which also developed Dream Maze the Kigurumi Adventure) and published by Hect in Japan and DTMC (the company infamous for Lester the Unlikely) in the US. My first experience with this game was a PS2 SNES emulator DVD that had 900+ games and this game was one of them.
The controls sound tricky and being SNES it would definitely be a hard game.
Nice..!
Odama for the GameCube used a similiar theme and they added the use of the microphone
Absolutely looks like something I’d love. Can’t believe I have never heard of it.
0:45 I think, they meant "stone" in the English translation. But, somebody on the production team forgot to check the spelling.
wow! so that's where Strikey Sisters' creators got the inspiration from!!
Wow... now I can see where some of the inspiration for Strikey Sisters came from
Yeeeees!!!! I have been searching for this video for a year. I remember seeing this video, wanted to try the game out but needed to figure out what the game was called.
Mission accomplished!
Oh nice, had this game as a kid. Never remembered what it was, thank you!
It still amazes me that after all these years I'm still learning of games for the SNES that I never knew of.
What an interesting title. Thanks for finding this. Keep this up
This looks great! Original, fresh and good-looking!
I remember a review of this game. They said it was the poster child for not judging a game by its looks. They rated its graphics and music as average, but they found its gameplay refreshingly different. It was summed up as good fun in a decent package.
The d pad controls the trilight upon contact.
This remembers me of the indie game Wizord. I will definitely try.
Mangatom I was thinking the same thing.
This is a great little gem, there's a couple of games like this out there, I like them a lot. they get a basic concept like arkanoid and really make something more fun and dynamic out of it.
Reminds me a bit of steam game Death's Hangover.
Never heard of this. This is an awesome concept.
SNESdrunk and lunch. The new Netflix and chill.
My friend lent me his SNES one summer when we were in our late teens. I had a blast playing this until I could finally beat it.
this game is SO. FUN! was looking for an arkanoid type game to play, i love the story and fantasy elements
Couldn’t find Firestriker, but I did find Strikey Sisters on the Switch that looks like it was inspired by Firestriker. It’s different but kind of addictive
Wow this an innovative game for its time
I owned this game as a kid. Unfortunately all of my old SNES games were lost in a storage incident.
Reminds me of Creature in the Well. It will be the free game on Epic next week.
You could compare it to The World Ends With You, there, you also control two characters on two screens.
it seems to have a nice OST as well, im definetly adding it to my rom list
I love block breaking games. I'll have to check this out.
I making a assumption that you receive many requests for games to review but I was curious as weather or not you had heard of Sweet Home for NES rom. It came out in Japan and was never released here in America officially. It’s supposed to be a survival horror game before the term was used before it. I was amazed to see you hadn’t done a review for it seeming how you tend to also dabble in unofficial game ports with English translation. It a interesting game. Highly recommended 👍🏼
This game looks sick!
Thank you for this video. Some months back I was trying to remember the name of this game, but I couldn't get it. I had played this some years back, and was trying to find it again. In addition, this game is very much like Devilish for the Sega Genesis and Game Gear. Thanks again!
Thanks for watching Luis
This reminds me of Devilish/Bad Omen for the Genesis. While that game mostly stood out and has an amazing and underrated ost this game has an actual character to control. Definitely worth a play and maybe a cheap game to import one day.
The Breakout style reminds me of a more developed version of Devilish/Bad Omen for the Sega Genesis.
Now there's a new game just been released called Creature in the Well that's a modern version of this, hack and slash pinball
Very interesting. Seems like a fun game.
Like others have said, you should give a shot to Devilish: The Next Possession for the Sega Genesis. It's a very similar concept.
Good luck finding a copy. I paid $70 for mine. Rare game.
I like this game, it’s really fun and engrossing. I don’t mind the physics too much, but they could definitely be better
Huh....I have never heard of this game before....It looks like something to check out....
My Man, SNESDrunk
Does this mean you'll cover Wizorb on a future Steamdrunk episode because it a real spiritual successor to this game. It's also just a good fit for the format.
Lol I still have this at my moms house. Dope game
worth every penny, love this game
great review man
Honestly this reminds me A LOT of Devilish (also known as Bad Omen in some regions) on the Genesis/Megadrive. The game is honestly kind of mediocre, but the presentation, visuals, and especially the music are FANTASTIC! Honestly one of my favorite Sega Genesis soundtracks.
It's still pretty inexpensive (only around $30 on Ebay) and I never hear anybody mention it so you should review it sometime.
I had this for quite awhile but the negatives messed it all up for me. Really neat concept but the execution wasn’t great.
I didn't know Raoh was in this game.
Seems like a unique game, but its pinball gimmick style sounds like it can get tedious after a while. I might give it a shot someday just for curiosity.
WizOrb is a similar game to this that I bought off Steam (or GOG? ) a little while back. 16-bit fantasy style Arkanoid clone. Sounds like Firestriker has about similar strengths and weaknesses to that one, although from your description, WizOrb seems to have more balanced physics.
Really cool concept, but yeah it should have an option to save.
Will you ever make a top 100 Snes games?
I like the Zelda/mario outro scramble, but who does the little snowman remind me of?
Sort of like Witch and Hero maybe, a little.
It's surprisingly good
Albert Christopher!
Thanks you
I remember this game. I bought this game from FuncoLand back in...93? 94? Anyways...I had fun with my brother. But alone? It wasn't as fun.
Slightly looks like the old Bomberman.
I’m a guy, simple. I hear that opening “SNNNNNNES DRUNK,” I shit my pants
Epic games is giving creature in the well this week. Which is similar to this.
They tried an idea and it had some legs so they built a game around it.
Today this would be an indie title.
I would like to see a sequel for this game, at least it has unique gameplay.
I love this game (though i've only played the japanese version)
Zach wylde and olivia wylde had a child named it fire stryker
This game is so good
Looks fun, good to hear the SFC version is affordable. I will make an excuse to buy almost any 3+ player SNES games that aren't sport titles
there are a few of us who never ever wanted more than the super nintendo
You know, with a little fixing here and there, and with this current era of the internet with indie devs and all people trying out new things, this game's gameplay style might actually pique at least some interest.
Try Strikey Sisters
love your videos! Please review super robot wars!
This game is good, but it’s definitely flawed. The camera is wonky and having to constantly juggle the ball gets tiring.
What exactly do you mean with the stage complaint? I don't quite understand it.
Do you mean you have to beat a stage again if you want to move to the next one behind it...?
He means you can enter "later" stages whenever you want, but are arbitrarily prevented from progressing through them, only getting a status message like "The ROCK GATE will not open without GARUM", GARUM presumably being an earlier stage.
Oh ok; so there is a certain order to the stages but you're allowed to go everywhere from the start?
How do you get to the 4 player soccer mode?
Zig Zag Cat
Do a review of final fantasy mystic quest.
You'd compare it to The World Ends With You.
sounds interesting
Not too long ago, I saw this game at a store, and yeah it's pricey.
Strikey sisters is alot like this
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Me: 😂
I've tried this game several times but I always find the controls and physics to just be frustrating.
Two player!
wasnt' there a gamecube game kinda like this...but maybe with a microphone. It was weird
D. San Odama
remake?
Hell hath no fury like a woman storned.
So this is multi tap compatible?
Yes
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TheShortMan Who hurt you
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Hope you get to feeling better fella.
Very 2018 comment there
Hey snes drunk can you make a video talking about the dragon ball games or anime games on snes please? :D
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Damn, a loose copy of this for the SNES costs around 100USD. :/
Yeah I thought that four player mode looked fun and might have made a fun video but I ain't about to drop hundos on a game cart.
Even the SFC version is 40 and that's kind of steep for any retro game not a long form RPG in my opinion.
Right?! I feel like these days SNES and SFC games have had an unjustifiable price spike, especially on RPGs.
Yeah, it makes it hard to even want to bother with carts sometimes.