The "Strike" trilogy on Sega Genesis

[kainemaxwell]

Which of the 3 "Strike" games was your favorite for the Genesis?

-Desert Strike
-Jungle Strike
-Urban Strike

[MrSparkle]

For me its always been desert strike, then urban, and finally jungle strike. great games all around the one on n64 was the axe that finally killed this off.

[Ed Oscuro]

I have one of these and it never gets played. Boring and awkward to control - but hey, it beats getting shot at for real, I guess! The only problem is I had to pay (not much) for it.

[Pantechnicon]

I'll say Desert Strike, although I prefer the version that was ported to the Atari Lynx because it has less clumsy control.

[Push Upstairs]

I always liked "Jungle Strike" most.

[Misto]

I liked Jungle Stike the most too, maybe because it was the first I played and remember it the most. However I liked all three, and still enjoy playing them from time to time.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I loved Urban Strike on the SNES. I remember the Genesis versions being very buggy, though.

[Leo_A]

My favorite overall is Jungle Strike, but on the SuperNes. The Genesis version wasn't nearly as good.

On the Genesis, my favorite is Desert Strike.

[icbrkr]

Desert Strike. I played it to death on the Amiga. The control scheme probably works a bit better on that system since it used a joystick (which is almost necessary since the game worked in isometric.. the D-Pad was hard to use on this).

[MASTERWEEDO]

Desert Strike. I dont think i ever beat the game, but i still liked to play it.

[Haoie]

For completion's sake, don't forget Soviet Strike and Nuclear Strike for the PS1.

[Push Upstairs]

I have "Soviet Strike" but I quit on the mission where a guy is taking off in a plane.

I'd go back to it, but I don't have my Playstation here.

[retrobenj]

hey has to be desert strike just because this was the first game which introduced me to the series! its pretty difficult for me anyway.. but a great game.

[Greg2600]

Played Desert and Jungle Strike for Genesis quite a bit back in the day. Eventually, when PC sims like Longbow came out, it was a lot more fun to blow stuff up with a Chopper in that. Favorite is probably Jungle Strike.

[CosmicMonkey]

I remember having the first three games on the Megadrive. I know I definitely completed the first two; I seem to remember them being pretty damn hard at the end. I never had a chance to play Soviet or Nuclear.

I'd really like to see the Strike series remade or something similar for the current generation. Or are there any new games with this type of gameplay available on the PS3?

[boatofcar]

They must have made tons of Desert Strike for Genesis. They were still for sale NEW at Toys R Us in 2006.

[Poofta!]

i liked jungle strike for the genesis the most. it was the first of the series i played. i didnt like desert strike because of the boring environments and i didnt like urban strike cause i kept hitting all the buildings and it just looked too crowded.

i also really liked soviet strike for the ps1, never played nuclear strike. out of curiousity, what was the n64 one?

what was the differences between the genensis and the snes versions, to all whom say the snes was best? i only played the genesis ones (with desert strike in DOS)

[crazyjackcsa]

For completion's sake, don't forget Soviet Strike and Nuclear Strike for the PS1.

And Saturn, well at least Soviet.

[j_factor]

Soviet Strike was awesome, not sure about Nuclear Strike. I also dug Future Cop: LAPD, which supposedly was originally to be a Strike game.

My favorite of the Genesis ones was Jungle Strike.

[Haoie]

How does Future Cop have anything to do with helicopters?

If there really was a 3D form of the Strikes, the closest approximation for the 32B era I can name is of course the G-Police series.

Those 2 are very underlooked, I'll add, ditto with Colony Wars.

[Rob2600]

what was the n64 one?

Nuclear Strike:

http://ign64.ign.com/articles/152/152000p1.html

[j_factor]

How does Future Cop have anything to do with helicopters?

It was originally developed as a Strike sequel, called Future Strike. If you beat Nuclear Strike, at the end it shows you a little teaser of Future Strike, and shows a mech. Starting with Urban Strike, the series wasn't strictly helicopter gameplay. With Future Strike they were intending on branching out even further, with the mech. I'll bet they originally intended to have a helicopter too, but either cut it or replaced it with the "hovercar". I guess as development went on, some changes were made, and they felt it became too different from the Strike games to be titled as such. But it was developed by the same team and the core gameplay is along the same lines. It's also a damn good game.

[Haoie]

I'll look into the resemblence if I ever find Future Cop.

It's not nearly as common as the other 2.

[kupomogli]

PSP homebrew but maybe some of you might want to check it out. http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/f141/homebrew-idol-2-apollonia-v0-04-t239928/

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8804/screenie1.jpg

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/411/screenie2b.jpg

[A Black Falcon]

Future Cop is a fantastic game,I liked it a lot on the PC... very difficult campaign because of how long the levels were and that you could only save at the end, not during levels (very frustrating for a PC game!), but great. The 2-player co-op campaign and versus modes were also fantastic, some of the best ever really, though I also loved the versus mode against the computer... the way it worked, with those bases to control, attack/defense drones to make, etc, was just really interesting and well done and extremely fun. I didn't know that it was originally supposed to be a Strike game, though... interesting.

As for Nuclear Strike 64, I've heard it's the best version of the game, with improvements versus the earlier PSX and PC releases, but haven't played it on the N64 myself. I'd like to, though, I'd rather have it there. :)

As for the original three, I've only played much of the first one, really. I really should play Urban and Jungle Strikes sometime.

[Baloo]

I never really liked the Strike games on the Genesis. Playing them with the D-Pad was always a hassle, the controls felt really bad.

[Leo_A]

I thought they controlled beautifully, I'm not sure I understand your complaint.

[Iron Draggon]

For completion's sake, don't forget Soviet Strike and Nuclear Strike for the PS1.

and the Lost Missions demo disc for Nuclear Strike

[Leo_A]

What's the Lost Missions demo disc? I'm assuming it has content cut out of the final product?

Is there anything else like that for the Strike series? I know the PC release of Jungle Strike had a exclusive bonus level set in Alaska that the console/handheld ports lacked.