dude, thank you for your vids, I love so much getting off work grabbing a drink and sitting down to enjoy your videos. Love the old school, also makes me want to get down in my retro corner. Love it! Thanks SNES DRUNK! Cheers!
This was one of my favourite rental games back in the day along with urban strike and jungle strike I remember exactly where the store is and the mcdonalds that used to be right next to it 😅 Neither are there anymore of course mcdonalds was very unsuccessful and nobody shopped there 😮 Great memories where i used to rent is where we got our snes and ps1 for our family way back then
This game is sort of a hidden gem. I found this one some years back and I eventually put it on my SNES Classic. It's really fun couch co-op with two players!
You always find a way to mention Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball and now I get it. I just played it for the first time on my quest to play every SNES game and that game is BRUTAL! It's clear we've both been psychological scarred. Only 708 more to go
@@ItsGroundhogDay I'm really glad you have positive memories of this game. That's why I wanted to play every SNES game in the first place. So I could connect with others who played the same games!
@@andrewbrowning1931 I'm playing through all the games in Chronological order but since I don't have exact release dates for every game, I'm playing them in alphabetical order month to month. I'm currently in November 1991
Speaking of helicopter games, would you consider doing a comparison video of Desert/Jungle/Urban strike on the SNES and Mega Drive? I strongly prefer the Mega Drive versions, but I would like to hear your thoughts. Little known fact is that Jungle and Urban Strike both had a DOS port, very well done DOS ports, with a unique extra level each. I've played the DOS version of Desert Strike and the 'bonus level' is absolutely brutal. I beat the 'base' game without cheating, but in this level I could barely get a look in.
Note that being named "John Helicopter" does help in the multiplayer mode, as it makes it easier to find a second player, because, who wouldn't want to hang out with a dude named John Helicopter? Then he pulls down his pants, you realise how he got that nickname, and you get the hell out of there.
I rather enjoyed this game growing up. Played the crap out of VS mode. Then I found out a trick that pissed my friends off. Grab unguided missiles, (not heat seeking) fire them and then switch to your guns. The missiles will lock on cause of your machine gun reticle. Why pick unguided missiles? Well there's more of em. This also works in Mech Warrior SNES.
I am curious to hear Drunk's opinions about Desert Strike. I rented it and the other Strike games as a kid a few times, but I never hear much about them.
There great games but they are also hard at first. Desert Strike gives you a bunch of tasks to do like rescue downed pilots, take out AA guns, destroy radar stations and so on. Plus you can blow up buildings and many have ammo or fuel in thrm for you. Later on you can find a winch upgrade that speeds up fuel and ammo pick ups.
I never really got into these games but really liked the Ace Combat games on PS2. Flying around missions with dramatic radio chatter and music was a real trip.
Gazillion is not a real unit of measure! (it's a jeep!) **Cough cough* - sorry, that just slipped out there. Thanks for the video =) this is an enjoyable review.
Unrelated, but I was today years old when I found out there are quite a few Horce Racing games on SNES & (mostly) Super Fam.... like, what? SNESdrunk, would you ever do a video exploring this oddball genre in the future? 🤔
I had an idea for a new series for you that I’d like to learn more about. With the Analogue Pocket not supporting SNES save states or sleep mode and us aging SNES kids just not having as much time to play as we used to, I’d like to know which SNES games are best to play on the go or in short bursts. Games where saving or passwords can be accessed anywhere (or saving happens automatically between each level like in Yoshi’s Island) Or just games that can be played in short bursts like Bust-a-Move Anyway just an idea!
War stuff that stands out? Okay, I fully recommend talking about Pacific Theater of Operations (P.T.O.) series on the SNES. It has you able to play events from the Pacific theater in World War II making you choose the Japanese or Allies. You can go for a long-ass play and even change the course of the war. But man is the CPU cheap-ass bastards (they'll either rebuild the ships you've sunk into subs or carriers). That or they'll invent jet airplanes or better-built ships before you (unless you've already beat them to this all). But man is it fun. There's even a sequel for the SNES (released near the end of the system's reign) P.T.O. 2 where it expands the play map to including Australia, Central America, and South America) and includes tanks for the land battles. I just remember for this one submarines were the way to go.
Strike games were much better on Mega Drive/Genesis, though. But I know there's always a certain nostalgia towards the version one grew up, especially if there was no knowledge of a better version.
Fun fact - your dad would only play one of the games mentioned in the beguinning of this vid, one of the 'strike' titles and a golf/baseball/football one, on your snes
I flew for the Air Cav… the game doesn’t seem to take the fun out of flying. Thank you for saying Cavalry correctly. You have no idea how many in the Cav butcher that.
I'm waiting for the day when Drunk gets a game and just goes, "Is game x worth playing today? No. It sucks." and just ends the video in under 30 seconds.
Might be hubris, but I'm pretty sure the games I made; the Strike Series, kicked off the tons of military shooters during the 16-bit era... probably. 😂
Wow, what a horrible rendition of Richard Wagners awesome Walkürenritt! I assume they tried to go for some sort of Apocalypse Now vibe here... Anyway, great review as always, thanks!
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I went to school with a kid named John Helicopter, he was an absolute wizard at games like this
Did.... did he have Helicopter parents?
Was he an Apache?
That's too dumb to laugh at, haha
@@sunderark Of course he did. His parents were named Herb and Susan.
Baby Huey?
I love the "Apocalypse Now" callback with the Ride of the Valkeries.
It's like the smell of napalm in the morning.
I don't usually retrogame anymore but still watch your reviews for their historical value and chill vibes
John Helicopter kicks my ass at this game every time on VS.
Always happy to see one of your drops. Short and to the point, covers all the relevant info and always entertaining.
“Just point and shoot” sounds like a very realistic military simulator
I'm not sure I want to have to oil and manually reload guns like in Red Dead Redemption all the time :P
dude, thank you for your vids, I love so much getting off work grabbing a drink and sitting down to enjoy your videos. Love the old school, also makes me want to get down in my retro corner. Love it! Thanks SNES DRUNK! Cheers!
I've never even heard of this one before. It looks like a fun time, honestly.
Glad to see you covering these titles! I loved Super BattleTank on the SNES when I was a kid.
Co-op story mode? I will definitely give it a try "any way I can" Thank you Alex, great video!
When I was a kid back in the day the Strike series (Desert,Jungle,Soviet) was my go-to chopper game. This game looks fun though.
I loved those games. They were great!
Those Strike-series games were a lot of fun.
I wish they would release those on Playstation/Xbox.
This was one of my favourite rental games back in the day along with urban strike and jungle strike
I remember exactly where the store is and the mcdonalds that used to be right next to it 😅
Neither are there anymore of course mcdonalds was very unsuccessful and nobody shopped there 😮
Great memories where i used to rent is where we got our snes and ps1 for our family way back then
This game is sort of a hidden gem. I found this one some years back and I eventually put it on my SNES Classic. It's really fun couch co-op with two players!
Thanks for all your fun nostalgic videos and your choice of mic is appreciated!
Missed you during your absence. Were you sick?
-John Helicopter
Rented this one back in the day. Solid for a weekend of fun.
You always find a way to mention Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball and now I get it. I just played it for the first time on my quest to play every SNES game and that game is BRUTAL! It's clear we've both been psychological scarred. Only 708 more to go
I remember liking that game back in the day.
@@ItsGroundhogDay I'm really glad you have positive memories of this game. That's why I wanted to play every SNES game in the first place. So I could connect with others who played the same games!
@@JakeYapsOldMovies Are you going through all the games alphabetically or by another metric?
@@andrewbrowning1931 I'm playing through all the games in Chronological order but since I don't have exact release dates for every game, I'm playing them in alphabetical order month to month. I'm currently in November 1991
@@ItsGroundhogDay yea me too I didn’t mind it but then after seeing what he said about it I was like omg it does suck
The coop is a lot of fun on this one
Speaking of helicopter games, would you consider doing a comparison video of Desert/Jungle/Urban strike on the SNES and Mega Drive? I strongly prefer the Mega Drive versions, but I would like to hear your thoughts. Little known fact is that Jungle and Urban Strike both had a DOS port, very well done DOS ports, with a unique extra level each. I've played the DOS version of Desert Strike and the 'bonus level' is absolutely brutal. I beat the 'base' game without cheating, but in this level I could barely get a look in.
Thanks for the content, keep on rocking it.
I think I'd prefer Desert Strike to this game, but it looks like this game gives more of a feeling of flying around than Desert Strike does.
I want snesdrunk to review those games, they were my childhood!
Desert strike is awesome, this reminds me of the helicopter level from pilotwings
The strike series is just awesome. I still pop in desert strike from time to time.
Note that being named "John Helicopter" does help in the multiplayer mode, as it makes it easier to find a second player, because, who wouldn't want to hang out with a dude named John Helicopter?
Then he pulls down his pants, you realise how he got that nickname, and you get the hell out of there.
Yeah, this sounds like a great series
Please go through the military games for NES, Gameboy, SNES, and Sega
I hope SNES drunk and everyone else here has a great rest of their day!
I can’t wait for the “snnnnnnnnn” in the beginning to grow to be 20 minutes long. Or at least, for Drunk to make an hour long loop.
Look up his video for Race Drivin'.
@@michaeloffgrid This is the way.
@@michaeloffgrid nnnnnnnnnnnnnnope!
@@michaeloffgrid thank you
This one was slammed on magazines at the time. I might give it a try.
Air Strike Patrol (US) or Desert Fighter (EU) is one of the best military games on the SNES
Agree 100%. Always seemed like a 16-bit Ace Combat, really fun. Great music too
Definitely !!
ASP is great! good times
Yes!
John Helicopter made me laugh out loud, well done.
I rather enjoyed this game growing up. Played the crap out of VS mode.
Then I found out a trick that pissed my friends off.
Grab unguided missiles, (not heat seeking) fire them and then switch to your guns. The missiles will lock on cause of your machine gun reticle.
Why pick unguided missiles? Well there's more of em.
This also works in Mech Warrior SNES.
Cheater
@@samholdsworth420
Is it cheating when everyone can do it with ease? XD
Always look forward to your videos.
Would have been cool if we had gotten an Airwolf game on SNES
I had Spectre VR on my Mac II VX; it was awesome for the time.
Been waiting for Carrier Aces for a while, if it's coming up soon, nice. Very fond memories of playing that with my brother.
I am curious to hear Drunk's opinions about Desert Strike. I rented it and the other Strike games as a kid a few times, but I never hear much about them.
There great games but they are also hard at first. Desert Strike gives you a bunch of tasks to do like rescue downed pilots, take out AA guns, destroy radar stations and so on. Plus you can blow up buildings and many have ammo or fuel in thrm for you. Later on you can find a winch upgrade that speeds up fuel and ammo pick ups.
@@buckroger6456 as a kid, I usually just flew around and blew stuff up.
@@bes03c I rented it a few times as a kid but somehow I got good enough and beat it. Those old games were often very hard.
Good review! I've never even heard of this game. It looks like simple, mindless fun.
I never really got into these games but really liked the Ace Combat games on PS2. Flying around missions with dramatic radio chatter and music was a real trip.
Awesome review man!
Gazillion is not a real unit of measure!
(it's a jeep!) **Cough cough* - sorry, that just slipped out there.
Thanks for the video =) this is an enjoyable review.
Some of that sweet 90s war and technology worship!
I'd love to play multiplayer with the Apache and Valkyrie and pretend they're Blue Thunder and Airwolf
Unrelated, but I was today years old when I found out there are quite a few Horce Racing games on SNES & (mostly) Super Fam.... like, what?
SNESdrunk, would you ever do a video exploring this oddball genre in the future? 🤔
This reminds me of Fire Hawk for the NES. Definitely worth checking out
Great video as usual
I had an idea for a new series for you that I’d like to learn more about.
With the Analogue Pocket not supporting SNES save states or sleep mode and us aging SNES kids just not having as much time to play as we used to, I’d like to know which SNES games are best to play on the go or in short bursts.
Games where saving or passwords can be accessed anywhere (or saving happens automatically between each level like in Yoshi’s Island)
Or just games that can be played in short bursts like Bust-a-Move
Anyway just an idea!
That music...
"Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit! Kill the wabbit!"
I might be on a small Looney Tunes binge after Road Runner's Death Valley Rally.
I hope you have a great rest of your day, too! I don't always post this to each video, but I always think it.
"It's me, John....John Helicopter."
2:52 I wish my name was John Helicopter
Desert Strike was pretty dope and Jungle Strike
I was going to legally change my name to John Helicopter, but thanks to this video now I know that I don't have to!
I’d consider this game a hidden gem and I never heard of it. I like the early mode6 games and this is no exception
A nice Ride of the Valkyries loop...that's not bad.
My name is Jon Helicopter, and I endorse this video.
Judging by the use of Wagnerian Opera, the game would have been much more fun if you got to "Kill da Wabbit."
War stuff that stands out?
Okay, I fully recommend talking about Pacific Theater of Operations (P.T.O.) series on the SNES. It has you able to play events from the Pacific theater in World War II making you choose the Japanese or Allies. You can go for a long-ass play and even change the course of the war. But man is the CPU cheap-ass bastards (they'll either rebuild the ships you've sunk into subs or carriers). That or they'll invent jet airplanes or better-built ships before you (unless you've already beat them to this all).
But man is it fun.
There's even a sequel for the SNES (released near the end of the system's reign) P.T.O. 2 where it expands the play map to including Australia, Central America, and South America) and includes tanks for the land battles. I just remember for this one submarines were the way to go.
I always see you in the Red Letter Media comments. Great taste!
This looks like something I would've loved back then
Thanks for the heads up. At least you're honest
Not mentioning Desert Strike is grounds for reporting.
Never been so early before. You're the best, man! Keep up the great videos!
Looks like snes's version of sega cds thunderhawk (in us it's called AH something or other...)
AH3 Thunderstrike
@@orinanime thats it. Couldn't think of it. Obviously AH/thunderhawk is another league compared to this and recommend it too anyone.
Is that 16-bit Ride of the Vakryires playing?
Never played it but actually graphic wise looks cool
Desert Strike for SNES was my go to.
Strike games were much better on Mega Drive/Genesis, though. But I know there's always a certain nostalgia towards the version one grew up, especially if there was no knowledge of a better version.
@@Str0b0 Soviet Strike on PS was really good too. Never played the last one, Nuclear Strike.
Fun fact - your dad would only play one of the games mentioned in the beguinning of this vid, one of the 'strike' titles and a golf/baseball/football one, on your snes
It’s like Desert Strike, Urban Strike, and Jungle Strike, but in a third-person view
My favorite military vehicle SNES game is Desert Strike.
Ah yes - "John Helicopter". I know him well.
I appreciated all games that included a Co-op. Playing together always trumped alone.
Bill Laimbeer’s Combat Helicopter
All I can think about is Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd when I hear that music.
Is that Mode7 in there too?
The name's Helicopter. John Helicopter.
We have a Donkey Kong kill screen coming up.
I flew for the Air Cav… the game doesn’t seem to take the fun out of flying. Thank you for saying Cavalry correctly. You have no idea how many in the Cav butcher that.
I had Turn and Burn as a kid and i think you'll enjoy it, it's like a better Top Gun or a 16 bit Ace Combat.
Cool game thank you snesdrunk
A good one is Desert Strike
My name is John Helicopter and I approve this video.
Wow, this looks much better than Starfox for SNES!!!
I'm waiting for the day when Drunk gets a game and just goes, "Is game x worth playing today? No. It sucks." and just ends the video in under 30 seconds.
my name is john helicopter
The strike series getting some love in the comments section!
Nice vid 👍
My name is "John Helicopter."
I’m always prepared to do a lot of cursing. No game needed!
I think I'll play this on 4th of July.
The "Bill Laimbeer Combat Basketball" slander is OUTRAGEOUS! I swear, I must be the only person that actually enjoys that game. lol
i love this game!!
-John Helicopter
John Helicopter has entered the chat.
Might be hubris, but I'm pretty sure the games I made; the Strike Series, kicked off the tons of military shooters during the 16-bit era... probably. 😂
My name is John Helicopter and I love Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball! Eff these helicoptering games!
John Helicopter? Um what about Stringfellow? You know the pilot from Airwolf...
Wow, what a horrible rendition of Richard Wagners awesome Walkürenritt! I assume they tried to go for some sort of Apocalypse Now vibe here... Anyway, great review as always, thanks!
The game music that isn't just Ride of the Valkyries sounds like a MIDI version of X Gon' Give It To Ya.
i cant help but think of this as a DS game because of the two different screens
Super Conflict is a fun semi-realistic Famicom/Advance Wars clone.
A psudo 3D Desert Strike basically.
My name is John Helicopter, thank you very much!!
AH-64A Apache FTW!
I haven't had a drink this year. I guess I'm SNES sober.
@@GretchZ are there meetings for that?🤔👍