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Classic Game Room HD - HERZOG ZWEI on Sega Genesis Part 1
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Күн бұрынPart 1 of 4. Classic Game Room was the FIRST classic video game review show on the Internet in 1999. Returning in 2008 with new episodes, Classic Game Room breaks out a review of HERZOG ZWEI, the realtime strategy game for the Sega Genesis. Herzog Zwei is a game where you play realtime strategy against an opponent as a transformable jet fighter that turns into a giant robot, like a Transformer (Jetfire anyone?) or a Veritech fighter from Robotech (Jetfire anyone?). Similar in style to Command and Conquer yet different in every way from Command and Conquer, Herzog Zwei is a challenging game that allows you to command an army of tanks, missile launchers, bikes, armored cars and gun turrets and wage war against a mysterious blue alien race of tanks and transforming robots. Capture bases, waste enemy units with your giant Go Bot and blow their headquarters to bits. If you want to learn some tips and tricks and how to play Herzog Zwei watch the four part review for gameplay. Tips and tricks flow out of this gameplay rich review because CGRHD is a master of Herzog Zwei and believes that it needs to come out on Xbox Live Arcade XBLA or PS3 Playstation 3 Network so that the rich multiplayer mode of the game can be brought back to life. Technosoft created this game in 1989 and it was released for the United States version of the Mega Drive (Megadrive) in 1990. The Mega Drive had many games from Technosoft including THUNDER FORCE 2, Thunder Force 3 and Thunder Force 4 (Lightning Force aka Lightening Force). Save your game with codes from Herzog Zwei, and this video series shows some codes for Herzog Zwei along with gameplay tips, tricks and strategy! Classic Game Room was the original classic video game review show on the Internet in 1999-2000, now on DVD. The reviews on the HD series are reviewing PS3, PS2, Genesis, NES, Atari and Xbox 360. XBLA. videos review reviews show
@Siluvian 11 жыл бұрын
Just bought this at the flea market, PERFECT condition! With the hard case and manual for three dollars!! Guy did not know he had treasure on his hands!
@monolithgeometry3221 10 жыл бұрын
I think with nearly 45,000 views for this upload alone, Herzog Zwei should be solidified as one of the all -time all great games, not only on Sega Genesis but on any console, any era.....Herzog is obscure and that is the ONLY REASON it hasn't soared into more mainstream popularity. I would love to see this game back in some capacity, and I know i'm not alone.
@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube 3 жыл бұрын
65k.... 👍✌️
@allieboy181 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I don’t think so bro lol
@GameDeath 16 жыл бұрын
Herzog Zwei is one of the first RTS games in the world produced in 1989. That title itself makes the game kickass up-to-date.
@niklasekelof7319 10 жыл бұрын
I had a 4 hour long battle with my brother which ended in a stalemate due to fully upgraded turrets on all positions. It was epic. Sadly the cartridge stopped working not long after that.
@SlowDaddie 7 жыл бұрын
I remember this game. It was like the OG Starcraft. Really awesome. Can't believe my brother and I managed to play it split screen, RTS game with Genesis controllers! Kids nowdays be cryin about Xbox/PS4 controllers for RTS I'm like BITCH back in MY day we had HERZOGZWEI!
@eduardobaez1599 7 жыл бұрын
I still love this game to this day.
@Grooveraider 15 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget when I picked up Herzog Zwei for $9 from a bargain bin at "The Good Guys" the same year it released in the U.S. It was the best money I ever spent. Zwei got me loving strategic war games like Dune: Battle for Arrakis.
@kaox44 9 жыл бұрын
Lord Karnage, I would crush you in this game. I played this game since 1991 to this day.
@pumataino 13 жыл бұрын
This game is also on my top ten all-time list. I used to spend many hours of my youth playing this game over and over memorizing every level and finding different ways to destroy the enemy base. My best friend in middle school and I could literally spend an entire day locked in an all out battle. Great memories! I wish they would have released this on the Wii's Virtual Console because unlike you, I did sell my original cartridge though I held on to it for over 10 years!
@aerodigital 11 жыл бұрын
This was a true childhood gem, never played it enough. Very advanced for its time. It is like Starcraft but you man one of the vessels, the main vessel. So many wonderful things to say about it. Im going to play on emulator tonight at work.
@insanepopcorn 13 жыл бұрын
i loved this game so much, you could individually select tracks from the options menu at the start of the game... I put them on a cassette for my walkman when i was 11.
@jdunnatl 12 жыл бұрын
I used to play this endlessly back in the day. Excellent game!
@tonyrodrigues9425 2 жыл бұрын
I have fond memories of this game👍
@ronelm 10 жыл бұрын
Anyone who played this game fell in love with it. It was non stop action and fun till bitter end. Split screen with a friend led to some awesome epic matches.
@stranger030577 9 жыл бұрын
This is still my favorite game ever. Just watching it makes me want to play it and I haven't played any video games for several years.
@Fresjr66 13 жыл бұрын
Wow talk about memories. As a kid I remember wanting to buy this game soo bad but the game store only had 1 copy only for rent. So I rented it as much as I could and played it for hours and hours lol This is by far my most favourite game I played on my sega back in the day lol thx for the post, good memories :)
@Gamer12250366 12 жыл бұрын
I still spend hours playing this game. It's awesome.
@MrBito862 14 жыл бұрын
Hours of fun back in da day..miss playing this game
@TresobYr 14 жыл бұрын
I concur! This is one of the best, most satisfying games ever made. Not only is the 1P mode utterly addictive, I wasted countless hours playing against friends in the VS. mode. I have no idea why this game hasn't been remade for new systems other than it being a kind of cult classic and no one knowing how to pronounce the title. It also has one of the best musical scores outside of FF and Zelda.
@Skriak 14 жыл бұрын
I didn't realise playing this that it was the first of a new genre! Makes you think... I can't help but wonder if Mark likes many other RTSes now.
@FireSmithJo 14 жыл бұрын
Was Addicted to this as a kid
@xos 16 жыл бұрын
I love how you actually take time to write in the description box so when I've missed the game in the past I can find out even more about it :D
@SonicFortress 4 жыл бұрын
Still one of my favourites. I was late to it but not by much.was on the megadrive poster and saw the reviews in 89 and it looked great but i didnt pick a copy up until the 90s-might have got it for just £10.and we all played it constantly!
@arkan5000 8 жыл бұрын
This and Future Cop LAPD were the games that basically made the MOBA genre of today
@sinistermoon 16 жыл бұрын
Awesome video man! I can not wait for part 2.
@neonana74 15 жыл бұрын
Many people always say Dune II was the first to invent the RTS genre, but imo it was Herzog Zwei. (I loved both games btw)
@Skriak 15 жыл бұрын
4 parts? Wow, Mark loves this game. I feel compelled to give it a go, at the very least.
@hemidesign 10 жыл бұрын
best game ever...
@kaox44 9 жыл бұрын
Very underrated game...just like The Guardian of Legend.
@DillTurnips 12 жыл бұрын
Used to play this ALL THE TIME with my cousin. great memories, and great game.
@JDGuitar82 15 жыл бұрын
Playing this game in two player is so exciting.
@Foreststrike 15 жыл бұрын
Possibly THE first and grandfather of all RTS Strategy Games, this is the game that set it off for the genre. =D
@Skriak 15 жыл бұрын
I've played this. It's certainly entertaining, and I can understand Mark's love of it, even if I don't find myself enthralled for too long.
@RB271 15 жыл бұрын
This game is leaps and bounds ahead of it's time.
@importon 15 жыл бұрын
This really is an awesome game. for them to put this complex fun and balanced game together in the late 80's when most games were about as deep as a puddle is amazing. I remember winning some matches agains my 4th grade friends that would last all day. very satisfying
@TheRealSpoony 11 жыл бұрын
Oh and was one of my favs of all time as well
@redxsage 12 жыл бұрын
It always astounds me when game reviewers have over the years stated, "You can't do a Real Time Simulator on a console..." Each time I've noted they obviously had never played 'Herzog Zwei'.
@EZDoes1t 12 жыл бұрын
Agreed, one of the best game ever made... I still have my original copy as well. Great review, looking forward to watching the rest now.
@Ton369 3 жыл бұрын
I spent hundreds of hours playing this game. It was amazing in its epic simplicity.
@GhostOfSide3 11 жыл бұрын
Just bought this off of Ebay, complete, for $30. Taking your recommendation and it looks pretty cool. Never got to play this one "back in the day."
@Grooveraider 15 жыл бұрын
That's hilarious, Herzog Zwei was out long before the Dune strategy games.
@JCMac777 15 жыл бұрын
Oh man. I used to play this game a lot.
@Relugus 16 жыл бұрын
With so many online games and MMORPGs available, its amazing that no one has used the concept of this game to make an online RTs. Just thinking of what could be done with this game, with the potential for improved A.I. and interface (imagine a DS version; that could totally trump any other RTS by having you controlling the robot/jet AND being able to point and click on the map using the pen).
@20Lord 11 жыл бұрын
Great game on Sega Mega Drive. I used to love it.
@Synthnode 16 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I missed out on this game. It looks like so much fun. I remember always seeing the title, but I guess I never took an interest, because I couldn't tell what it was about.
@PuppetMasterKuruku 15 жыл бұрын
Herzog Zwei is, indisputably, a must-play. The kind of thing where you just quit your websurfing and review reading, give the game some time to learn how to play, and probably end up adding it to your list of personal favorites. The fact that it hasn't appeared on any services like GameTap, XBLA, or the Virtual Console is disappointing. I wish it could've been in Sega Genesis Collection (though it would've been 3rd-party) along with Toejam & Earl, which was absent for no good reason.
@oejam 15 жыл бұрын
this is my fav megadrive (genesis) game, i still play this game up to today with a friend of mine, it seems where not the only 2 nuts who love this game to bits, nice
@jashugan007 16 жыл бұрын
Wow, I remember Thexder. I played that on my friend's computer back in the day. The intro played Moonlight Sonata.
@saigokun 15 жыл бұрын
This looks like a good game. 'Herzog' (One) first appeared on the MSX system in 1988.
@Schabistyle 11 жыл бұрын
WOW I just found my Mega Drive Cartdridge of Herzog Zwei. I fortog the name and Im so happy i have found it. Great Game
@punjab380 7 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten all about this game I was a Sega guy back in the day I loved this title was good on 2 player mode lol I remembered the music soon as the video started thanks for the nostalgia trip
@Theorendil 11 жыл бұрын
I bought this game for my Genesis, or MageDrive as it was caled in my country, because of the amazing cover art when I was eight or nine years old. ME and my younger brother played it for a couple of hours and returned it to the store because we couldn't understand what the Frak was going on! We got Fantasia instead... As you can probably tell, I wasn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed when I was a kid.
@neonana74 15 жыл бұрын
I know, but many video game magazines don't seem to share our opinion. For them the RTS genre starts with Dune II, for me it starts with Herzog Zwei. Maybe there was even a niche product I didn't know that had the first RTS elements.
@Relugus 11 жыл бұрын
Running out of fuel or damage cause your plane to explode; hovering over one of your bases will repair and refuel you. You make vehicles and units by switching to the menu screen and selecting a unit and command for the unit then pressing A. You then have to wait for them to be made. Once made you carry them and drop them to where you want to put them, you can also pick them up and repair/refuel them by hovering over a base you control.
@okeep1 11 жыл бұрын
one of my all-time favorites...
@TheRealSpoony 11 жыл бұрын
This game is now called = AIR MECH free-to-play on steam...not an ad just started playing it....fun fun!!!
@Kemahudson 11 жыл бұрын
I used to love this game.
@AnnoyingAssassin 16 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is like Supreme Commander's dad with how the concept works!
@Xevonarin 16 жыл бұрын
Wow awesome music, sadly I no longer have a genesis, but I will download this for an emulator :)
@YadonTheCat 14 жыл бұрын
Wow, what an interesting game!
@OddballAZ 14 жыл бұрын
This was a game before its time.
@LocoGlimmerMan 12 жыл бұрын
Great Video and awesome memories of Herzog Zwei. The remake is called "Airmech." check it out on google chrome. it's great to see it again in today's graphics.
@ThisIsEDX 16 жыл бұрын
Herzog Drei would be an awesome game.
@aquapendulum 14 жыл бұрын
Wow, the first RTS ever made!
@HoosierLine 9 жыл бұрын
I actually like this game too and thought it was pretty cool for the time. would like to see a remake of it with today's graphics and gameplay.
@Cosmic_Abraxas 9 жыл бұрын
HoosierLine There is a pseudo remake of this game on Steam. It's called Airmech.
@HoosierLine 9 жыл бұрын
Herzog Zwei is German for Duke 2 The last word is pronounced as " Zu-Vi ". In the German language the "W" would be pronounced as a "V" . Thought I would clear that up. Actually studied the German language in grade school way back when. ;-)
@RetroBirdGaming 12 жыл бұрын
After hunting this game on ebay for so long, I finally got it for 15 bucks.
@Windsail7 15 жыл бұрын
wow ive been looking for this game
@ultris07 10 жыл бұрын
There's apparently a Remake of this game on the Xbox 360 under the title of "AirMech Arena", as it is very similar and offers different styles of fighting. Check it out if you can. It's currently free and is multi-player, you can also have more than two people in a match. It offers a level up system which is unique, in that it only works per map. Meaning you can't take your stats into the next map. There are some challenges, but you are not required to do them, EXCEPT for the solo mission intro challenges. It's really challenging and highly worth the grab, in my opinion.
@Grooveraider 15 жыл бұрын
Oh god, my favorite gaming magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly gave Herzog Zwei such low ratings that year in their Review Crew section - I was pissed. Trust me, there were no other RTS games like Zwei at the time. But then the RTS games started springing up on the PC Engine. NEC soon got Nectaris / Military Madness and a few others before Dune II.
@ImperialPimp 15 жыл бұрын
Its really hard ! Best to play it against a friend. Some of our highschool-era battles lasted 6, 8 even 10 HOURS !! The Sega Genesis transformer & machine would get REALLY HOT then!!
@vittau 14 жыл бұрын
This game reminds me of Unreal Tournament's Onslaught mode. Also, that intro was soooo Thunder Force hehe (also by Techno Soft). =P
@IcarusAsbestos 14 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite Genesis game ever. I wish I still had my old genesis cart. I should have never sold this game.
@IdeonFukkatsu 14 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of warhawk on ps3. Mainly the base capturing part.
@Wexfyf 14 жыл бұрын
My favorite genesis game is thunder force 2, but I've never seen the first one.
@godsadog 15 жыл бұрын
well true there are not many games with german titles but i used to see a few during my lifespan xD But I figuered out that Japanese like to use German titles, f.e. for mangas ("Elfenlied") and computer games. Yeah German sounds pretty strange if it's not ur mother language, that's the reason why I don't see why to use German game titles at all. Once again: I love your reviews, you are the best game reviewer for me on youtube and you are getting better at it every episode! Thx!
@Humster 9 жыл бұрын
The memories....
@IcefrenzyXD 14 жыл бұрын
We need a sequel
@CrashNicker 14 жыл бұрын
@aquapendulum Wrong! At least because Herzog Zwei is a sequel to Herzog on the MSX. And Stonkers on ZX Spectrum is often considered to be the first because of... well, it's age.
@Jebula999 10 жыл бұрын
Airmech is the modern version of this game
@Indead 16 жыл бұрын
Yeah at my nearby classic game store, they sell this game with box and manual for 50 dollars.
@stephenaremu78 Жыл бұрын
The Sega genesis mini 2Not only has this game But truxton as well
@nilocke 14 жыл бұрын
Good memories of being destroyed by my big brother for entire weekends at a time with this game.
@synthem9389 16 жыл бұрын
ahh, been looking forward to this review. heard you talk about it so often i became very, very curious indeed. one bit of criticism, though: i'm afraid that after all the parts, i'll probably want to buy this game. once again. yes, CGR directs me straight to the gutter. and don't tell me you didn't put that gutter there, Marc. if i push you into the Grand Canyon, and i shouted at you, while you're falling, "i didn't put the Canyon there!!!", you wouldn't shout back, "oh, okay then!". would you?
@Soulmindseeker 13 жыл бұрын
@immaculatus - COOL , Thanks , it´s so nice know the meaning of games´names .
@jetpackman01 11 жыл бұрын
Took me a long time to figure out just what the hell I was doing for a while in this game (I don't have the manual). However, when I did, I had hours of enjoyment.
@ryanc519 11 жыл бұрын
what causes your plane to explode? What are the functions of the different robots? How do you make them? I am pretty much clueless.
@DEFkon001 15 жыл бұрын
I had this game! I loaned it to a friend.. who loaned to a friend.. that moved roughly 1,500 miles away. Except I never knew it... I just thought i lost it or it was stolen.. Happy ending to that story is that nearly 20 years later he tracked me down on facebook - said "dude I got something of yours I need to mail to you, I've had for far too long." So he mailed me a secret package and when I opened it.. My jaw hit the ground.. OMG OMG OMG I was 12 years old again!! =)
@felicity4711 15 жыл бұрын
I have unpleasant memories of this game. My friend and I rented it. I just wanted to fly the Veritech around, and was depressed when it was more of a strategy game where you manage resources. Im no good at that.
@Aberusugi 14 жыл бұрын
Well those people arguing that would fail to realize that Dune 2 came out after HZ. It's a common misconception. HZ is definitely real-time strategy.
@nibelung34343 14 жыл бұрын
my top 5 favorite games 1ddr 2gradius 3 flightsimulator 4street fighter 5 metroid
@ZILOGz80VIDEOS 15 жыл бұрын
why diddnt you record it in sterio? i bought the game because of the review... now i'm saving up for a sega gennisis model 1 because of how good it sounds in sterio...
@cheef825 11 жыл бұрын
also on steam!
@CaptainLumpyDog 13 жыл бұрын
@LegendaryMysticGohan Yesss! Yesss! Best Transforming Police Game EVAR.
@punjab380 7 жыл бұрын
You should do "gain ground" it was another of my favorite Sega games I'd like to see it reviewed by someone
@adamsholzhaus8196 8 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that equipment i.e. tanks, boats, etc have limited fuel and ammo and you can pick them up and hover over a base to resupply them.
@VentKerel 13 жыл бұрын
@kurojin97 It's 'Hertsog tswy' with the 'e' pronnounced like the 1st 'e' in 'everything'.
@thesynthguy_1428 9 жыл бұрын
2:49 Is crap flashing all over the screen supposed to happen? Or is it just my macbook? EDIT: I don't see it anymore, odd
@rapforlifeman2875 8 жыл бұрын
+asher collier im sorry to say bro but it must be your skux macbook
@thesynthguy_1428 8 жыл бұрын
No it's not my MacBook I played the video on my phone and it's still there
@rapforlifeman2875 8 жыл бұрын
asher collier i was joking mr minecraft
@thesynthguy_1428 8 жыл бұрын
Eh, I'm not a huge fan of minecraft anymore. I just won't bother to change the profile pic
@rapforlifeman2875 8 жыл бұрын
asher collier if ur wondering why my profile is mlp my sis trolled me lol
@isurus0 16 жыл бұрын
i have to say you dont see that great of a player. constantly running out of fuel, not dropping off soldiers to take over closer enemy bases. my brother and i played this game a ton and i think we would wipe the floor with you :)
@macrossjs 15 жыл бұрын
the jet looks like VF-1D :)