ALL real time strategy games can trace their lineage back to Herzog Zwei as it's the game that created the genre. The developers of Command and Conquer site it as one of the main inspirations for the series.
As well as without Mega-lo-Mania (Tyrants: Fight through Time) we wouldn't have Civilization and Age of Empires. The true fathers of the genre, that many people don't even know.
This game has a ton of nostalgia for those of us who played the game back then; it was a one hell of a game especially with two player... whoa mah gawd that was almost 30 years ago. O_o! I am curious about the opinion of anyone who doesn't have that nostalgia.
I was born in '92 so I've only experienced this game recently and I must say, it really holds up. I think the 16-bit generation in general has aged extremely well, as evidenced by all of the indie games trying to recapture that era.
I remember playing this game with my dad, back then I was 7-8 years old and we used to play from a Saturday night to like 4-5 AM Sunday morning, we had so much fun!!!
Used to sweat a lot playing this game w my older bro back in the day, lol. It took us 1 -2 hours for one session to finish. We were neck and neck and the game was so tense that after a game i would actually be tired. I was twelve and my bro was 15. This was in the late 80’s.
Used to play this with my brother when we were young, in like elementary school. Neither of us understood the more complex machinations of the game so we'd mostly just spam tanks with the "charge at enemy fort" command at each other
this game needs to be remade for PlayStation 4 or 5 with similar music. so many unique tunes for an 8 bit, way better than the music on video games today.
One thing I loved about this game, apart from the brilliant mechanics - all the music and sfx were right there in the options menu to listen to whenever you felt like it. Kept a Sega for years just to blast this every now and then.
By Level: ABGRUND - There is No Time to Lose VULKAN - Take it Easy LOCH - Sleight of Hand STRAND - A Breach of Contract STADT - Back to Square One EISFREI - The Mournful War WALDUNG - Sniper OASE - The Super Fighter Invigorated Us
Finally... Thanx ;) As with every Tecno Soft releases on Mega Drive, Herzog Zwei delivers some fantastic music via some of the finest uses of the system's FM + PSG sound chips combo. Their compositions always striked with energy, emotion and originality. So yeah, many awesome tunes here with my favorite being "The Mournful War" 18:03.
I must admit, over the years I am single-handedly responsible for at least a couple hundred views. Still have the game, and still love the music. Thanks again Dustin.
I remember getting this for Christmas of 1990. I'd never heard of it until then. But it ended up being one of my most played pre-Sonic games. Got Thunder Force 3 that Christmas too. 😁
I adore this game and found it originally by complete accident in the local mom & pop games shop. The music still brings back great memories of spending hours trying to beat certain levels.
Me and my buddy used to hang a sheet off the top of the tv, right down the middle and sit on opposite sides so we couldn't peek at what the other was doing. Granted the radar in the menu just sorta showed everything but we had a gentleman's agreement to only glance at it to get the broad strokes of what was going down. Good times. Also; the soundtrack slaps hard even today. Sure the SNES had better sound in almost every technical sense but the crunchy-ass FM synth in the Genesis was amazing when used by developers that really understood it, ie Technosoft.
one of the best games of the past! first played this game back in 1991. the memories of some of the music, the adrenaline excitement, the gameplay and the title itself still lasted to this day in 2022. was so conceitedly proud to self-claim back in 1991 & 1992 that i was the best Herzog Zwei player among my circle of high schoolers. this was the first game that i've memorized all the maps, the predictability of the computer AI's starting moves. also the first game that triggered me to, i) visualize + pre-plan the first several actions that i wanted to execute before the matches began; ii) to formulate strategy/ies in what specific ways i wanted to win; and, iii) figuring out ways to be more and more efficient and effective.
I'm kinda horrible at this game (At least against the AI, I haven't played it multiplayer yet), but this is some awesome music. It's without a doubt the best soundtrack that Tomomi Otani and Naosuke Arai composed together. Epsecially Otani, I feel like this was his compositional peak. A massive improvement over Thunder Force II if you ask me. It's honestly amazing how much magic Technosoft worked out of the Genesis sound chips so early into the console's life span. It's awesome stuff.
My old friends brother (rip) recorded the soundrack on to cassette tape from the tv to a ghetto blaster. I made fun of him but was also intriged. The 90's
Besides the perfection of soundtrack in general, there is something special in it: why both of final victory themes, and especially the blue victory one sound so extremely sad, even depressing?... Gladly, they are followed by credits theme, which is perfect for maintaining that "Yeah, I've done it, I won!" feeling. But those 2... Without the following credits theme, ending the game you feel like "what have I done?... I've defeated my opponent, but why, what for, does he even deserve to be beaten?..." You feel like you've done something wrong. Like you are the evil for what you've done, not your opponent. Why did the creators make them like this? Was this feeling intended or they never wanted a player to feel like that. So many questions...
@@NotaPizzaGRLthough I am 2 years late, but still I totally agree with that. As well as I feel this statement more true than ever in my life now... Because... You know I am from Russia and my country started a war, and I have never felt worse for my country than now...
@Smartfan07 I'm from the US I think we are all ashamed of the shit our countries are doing when the people you and I would rather get together and have a beer and for us gamers play games together. The elites of the world run evthingvand make us try to hate each other when In Real life we would be friends.
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Thank you for gift on my birthday ,after dune 2 ,it is my favorite strategy game
@ben owen No. This is not the Real soundtrack of herzog!!! It listen very bad!! Is not the original. I want the songs originals of this game!!!
@@TheKeonda10 You're deranged, son
ALL real time strategy games can trace their lineage back to Herzog Zwei as it's the game that created the genre.
The developers of Command and Conquer site it as one of the main inspirations for the series.
Still one of the best games I've ever played. Still have it. Still play it.
Try playing Tecnosoft's other titles.
The Genesis / SNES is my favorite video game era of all time.
02:16 There is No Time to Lose
should be required listening in all grades, all schools, worldwide
Breakfast? A good night's sleep? Nah, just listen to this and you are ready to go. All students stand to pledge allegiance to Herzog Zwei!
yeahhhh
That really makes me pump while listening to it
It's a crime this game is not on the Genesis Mini.
at least it's in SEGA AGES on Switch
It will be on the upcoming Genesis Mini 2.
@@GiordanDiodato What's this Sega Ages thing? I've downloaded a Sega Genesis emulator from the Switch online thingie, but it didn't have this game.
Just a reminder: Without this game we probably wouldn't have Dune II, Command & Conquer, Warcraft, or Starcraft.
As well as without Mega-lo-Mania (Tyrants: Fight through Time) we wouldn't have Civilization and Age of Empires. The true fathers of the genre, that many people don't even know.
@@Smartfan07 heck we probably wouldn't have Smite or League without this game.
@@GiordanDiodato I mean... not having Smite or League would not be a loss at all.
This game has a ton of nostalgia for those of us who played the game back then; it was a one hell of a game especially with two player... whoa mah gawd that was almost 30 years ago. O_o! I am curious about the opinion of anyone who doesn't have that nostalgia.
I was born in '92 so I've only experienced this game recently and I must say, it really holds up. I think the 16-bit generation in general has aged extremely well, as evidenced by all of the indie games trying to recapture that era.
I remember playing this game with my dad, back then I was 7-8 years old and we used to play from a Saturday night to like 4-5 AM Sunday morning, we had so much fun!!!
I still love the music of this game! My cousin, brother and I would spend weekends playing this to all hours of the night. This game never got old.
Used to sweat a lot playing this game w my older bro back in the day, lol. It took us 1 -2 hours for one session to finish. We were neck and neck and the game was so tense that after a game i would actually be tired. I was twelve and my bro was 15. This was in the late 80’s.
I have so much nostalgia for this game. It was what got me into RTS games. The music is on point too. I frequently get it stuck in my head.
Never played the game. But I listened to the ost cuz TH-cam recommended it. Super heartfelt ost.
Such a great game and a pioneer in the RTS genre.
yep, without it we wouldn't have had Dune. Which in turn we wouldn't have had Command & Conquer.
Used to play this with my brother when we were young, in like elementary school. Neither of us understood the more complex machinations of the game so we'd mostly just spam tanks with the "charge at enemy fort" command at each other
One of the best strategy game and best soundtrack ever! My childhood!
Herzog Zwei is the best sega genesis game made in my opinion. It's the first game I think about besides maybe Sonic the Hedgehog. Forever classic :)
and dune)
this game needs to be remade for PlayStation 4 or 5 with similar music. so many unique tunes for an 8 bit, way better than the music on video games today.
It was 16 Bit and Checkout Airstrike If you Like the Gameplay.
One thing I loved about this game, apart from the brilliant mechanics - all the music and sfx were right there in the options menu to listen to whenever you felt like it. Kept a Sega for years just to blast this every now and then.
And then you sold it, lol.
Whoever developed this game deserve(s) awards.
Damn, Technosoft worked magic with the Genesis sound chip.
The game just oozes of earnest, effortless, badassery.
So glad this will be on the Sega Genesis model 2 mini !
Legit?
@@BakingPizza Yes, for certain
“Sniper” is just exhilarating! Reminds me how well done this game’s music was
yes, thanks for this. This is going to replace the version I have playing in my car at the moment and will sound great with my big sub-woofer.
Amazing soundtrack of this game. LOVE IT!!
An amazing game with a great soundtrack. Thank you for making this available!
By Level:
ABGRUND - There is No Time to Lose
VULKAN - Take it Easy
LOCH - Sleight of Hand
STRAND - A Breach of Contract
STADT - Back to Square One
EISFREI - The Mournful War
WALDUNG - Sniper
OASE - The Super Fighter Invigorated Us
I FINALLY FOUND IT, IT'S BEEN 84 YEARS! I KNOW A CERTAIN TRACK OF THIS OST AS "HERZOG BREACH" AND BOY, IS THE REMAKE GOOD!
amazing game and one of the best soundtracks of all time, i learned most of it on guitar when i was a teenager and it did a lot for my playing.
After listening to these songs with my headset I had no idea to the stereo complexity that they had. Just amazing what Technosoft did back then.
Finally... Thanx ;)
As with every Tecno Soft releases on Mega Drive, Herzog Zwei delivers some fantastic music via some of the finest uses of the system's FM + PSG sound chips combo. Their compositions always striked with energy, emotion and originality. So yeah, many awesome tunes here with my favorite being "The Mournful War" 18:03.
My favorite one is the one right before at around 15:00 😅
I must admit, over the years I am single-handedly responsible for at least a couple hundred views. Still have the game, and still love the music. Thanks again Dustin.
28:33 A Victorious Bell is Ringing BELL
so beautiful
2:16
This feels so Thunder Force II and III at the same time.
(Aaaand it’s made by Technosoft. That alone explains everything I just said.)
Aye, same company.
I remember getting this for Christmas of 1990. I'd never heard of it until then. But it ended up being one of my most played pre-Sonic games. Got Thunder Force 3 that Christmas too. 😁
@2:16 & @12:40 are my favorites ❤✌
I adore this game and found it originally by complete accident in the local mom & pop games shop. The music still brings back great memories of spending hours trying to beat certain levels.
Brilliant game I haven’t played it in at 32+
Me and my buddy used to hang a sheet off the top of the tv, right down the middle and sit on opposite sides so we couldn't peek at what the other was doing. Granted the radar in the menu just sorta showed everything but we had a gentleman's agreement to only glance at it to get the broad strokes of what was going down.
Good times. Also; the soundtrack slaps hard even today. Sure the SNES had better sound in almost every technical sense but the crunchy-ass FM synth in the Genesis was amazing when used by developers that really understood it, ie Technosoft.
one of the best games of the past! first played this game back in 1991. the memories of some of the music, the adrenaline excitement, the gameplay and the title itself still lasted to this day in 2022. was so conceitedly proud to self-claim back in 1991 & 1992 that i was the best Herzog Zwei player among my circle of high schoolers. this was the first game that i've memorized all the maps, the predictability of the computer AI's starting moves. also the first game that triggered me to, i) visualize + pre-plan the first several actions that i wanted to execute before the matches began; ii) to formulate strategy/ies in what specific ways i wanted to win; and, iii) figuring out ways to be more and more efficient and effective.
same here i'm the best in my area and group, but thats abt 25years old.
another master piece
I'm kinda horrible at this game (At least against the AI, I haven't played it multiplayer yet), but this is some awesome music. It's without a doubt the best soundtrack that Tomomi Otani and Naosuke Arai composed together. Epsecially Otani, I feel like this was his compositional peak. A massive improvement over Thunder Force II if you ask me. It's honestly amazing how much magic Technosoft worked out of the Genesis sound chips so early into the console's life span. It's awesome stuff.
Finally got to play this thanks to the genesis mini 2. I always end up getting lost into it for hours. very addictive.
Absolute Classic!
I love this music.
thank you very much. "take it easy" is my fav
Same
i wonder what this composer is doing right now, i hope he's thinking of me too.
whoah i forgot that i commented this on that
THAT'S CRAZY DUDE! MY GF LEFT ME JUST NOW!
This and sword of vermillion were life!!!!
one of my all time favorite game brings back a lot of memories!
26:41 i wish this song was longer. 16bit awesomeness
Same!
This game straight up reminds me of completing homework in 2nd grade just so I could play it.
Sleight of Hand goes the hardest.
Yep!
Топ
Your collection of the greatest MD music is almost complete, you should consider Splatter House 2 next.
The Super Music Invigorated Us.
excelente trilha sonora me faz lembrar dos bons tempos.
I'm hands down the best player to ever live.
Good for you, I guess
There Is No Time To Lose is an incredible tune.
Sleight of hand makes me cry a lot 😭😭
Now for switch with online play!
best game soundtrack growing up
Thank you for the memories
a true retro soundtrack.. epic times
My old friends brother (rip) recorded the soundrack on to cassette tape from the tv to a ghetto blaster. I made fun of him but was also intriged. The 90's
Some soundtracks are good, some are great, but this “holy shit it’s herzog Zwei!”
9:32 ваще шик
1990. OMG! Amazing !
なつかしいぃぃぃぃぃ
Besides the perfection of soundtrack in general, there is something special in it: why both of final victory themes, and especially the blue victory one sound so extremely sad, even depressing?...
Gladly, they are followed by credits theme, which is perfect for maintaining that "Yeah, I've done it, I won!" feeling. But those 2... Without the following credits theme, ending the game you feel like "what have I done?... I've defeated my opponent, but why, what for, does he even deserve to be beaten?..."
You feel like you've done something wrong. Like you are the evil for what you've done, not your opponent.
Why did the creators make them like this? Was this feeling intended or they never wanted a player to feel like that. So many questions...
War is hell and I guess they didn't want you to celebrate a war even if you won.
@@NotaPizzaGRLthough I am 2 years late, but still I totally agree with that. As well as I feel this statement more true than ever in my life now... Because... You know I am from Russia and my country started a war, and I have never felt worse for my country than now...
@Smartfan07 I'm from the US I think we are all ashamed of the shit our countries are doing when the people you and I would rather get together and have a beer and for us gamers play games together. The elites of the world run evthingvand make us try to hate each other when In Real life we would be friends.
21:19 for me
A Victorious Bell is Ringing BELL. Just sayin' .
hi 2023
Please do Red Zone.
Oh! that's my childhood, btw i'm hongkonger.
Played this crap out of this game with my brother as a kid.
4:52
9:06
18:04
21:19
26:41
17:18
Fuck yes!
hi 2019
Too bad there's not that girl that says "Blade, rail gun, nova, side blaster, wide shot, hunter, exloid, 1-up" from the Thunder Force games :0
Why would there be one?
666th like! 😈
9:06
It has only one single flaw. The "jagdflieger" theme is too short.
Why listen it so? Sound very very bad. Dislike. Thats not the original.
What?
@@ctg6734 jajaja. I Will traduct it better later
@@TheKeonda10 Hmm, not sure what you meant. But I have no quality issues when listening ti this. It sounds fine to me.
@@TheKeonda10Explain.
16-bit. Of course it sounds bad ONLY for you. It's great for everyone, including me