Yes, Shadow Squadron was a friggin' AWESOME game!!! It had a very smooth frame rate, very useful 3D radar display, huge star ships you could blow apart piece by piece, and the draw distance was so far away the ships were literally too small to see except for the target indicator brackets that let you know they were there. There was no popping in & out of view.
I got the 32x from Best Buy back in the days! This was the game it came with. Man those graphics where the best back then up all night playing these games and we loved it!
Starblade, Hard Drivin', Race Drivin', and Stun Runner would have all been great on the 32X. Since its power fell short of the next generation of consoles, it would have been nice to see more 3rd party arcade conversions given how well Space Harrier and After Burner turned out!
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The problem with the jaguar was it was really 36bit not 64, but due to some weird addons to its hardware it became techically 64 on paper, but those addons also made it very hard to develop games for so most developers just chose to make games for different consoles instead.
@donthehonk yes i get you on that. but the console itself needed not an extra piece of console or ram expansion to run the Cartridge bearing the Super FX chip, was my point.
@plurp7 Technically, yes the SNES required an addon to pull off the 3d effects. Starfox contained the Super FX chip, the first 3D graphics accelerator in a consumer product.
Great Review, There is also another game very simliar to this game on the Gamecube, It's pretty awesome. I like the music at the end of the review. Everytime I here that music, I always think of Han solo blasting the green guy in the bar, lol.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Rogue Squadron II provide this too but allow different ships and 3rd person o.o. (R.S. III can unlock the arcade machines though)
Why was his never put on Saturn? Here's a key reason (among many) why 32X was a terrible, reckless idea. That said, this is a really good title for this semi-system.
I miss my Sega and my 32x i donated them around the same time i got my Xbox (maybe a year after) had almost every 32x game and probably half the genius library.
Watching this game makes me want to go back and play X-wing and Tie Fighter for PC. Also, Tie Fighter came out about 5 months before this and is still what I consider one of the best games ever. If this game is Lando, then Tie Fighter is Vader.
boy, were you on a roll with those random Star Wars jokes :P jeeeez ^^ anyhoo, I understand your problem with the limited ship control, but this was conceived as a rail shooter, don't forget to take that in consideration ;) great game, really got me going on the 32x hype back then ^^
i remember my fiend lending me the game and the 32X, the game was fun the 32x stopped working b4 long. I felt arwfull giving him back his 32x which refused to work properlly. It wasnt untyill resently when i found out some 32xs broke down when used with a MD mark 1.
On of the few 32x titles that actually pushed the system with incredible graphics and sound. Had this back in the day and was blown away just didn't like the gameplay too much.
You know what Star Wars game kicked ass? Star Wars Trilogy Arcade. The one where you sat down in front of a big rear-projection screen and used a joystick. Nowadays you can't even find one without the Star Wars logo burned into the screen.
F-15 Strike Eagle! I am so glad somebody else like that game. I dreamed about playing on Lan that game with my AT 80286 with 1 MB of ram. Today it´s posible but, there´s no good online fliying combat games :(
@cpufightclub I owned the Mega Drive (Genesis), Mega CD (Sega CD) then the 32X, and my friend had the Sega Game Gear... LOL, I gave up after that though... They were the glory days!
@MisterMacross you are clearly new to CGR. Mark is never serious about anything, he's like this all the time, and that's a damn sight better than IGN by my watch.
wow, for an old ass game, this looks pretty damn good. I would have loved to have played this
Why does Admiral Ackbar sound like arnold schwarzenegger
Yes, Shadow Squadron was a friggin' AWESOME game!!!
It had a very smooth frame rate, very useful 3D radar display, huge star ships you could blow apart piece by piece, and the draw distance was so far away the ships were literally too small to see except for the target indicator brackets that let you know they were there. There was no popping in & out of view.
I got the 32x from Best Buy back in the days! This was the game it came with. Man those graphics where the best back then up all night playing these games and we loved it!
your best video yet. I LOVED all the references to TESB
this looks really good for the era wow
everything is so polygony and so awesome
This was a great game! I spent a lot of time on it back in the day. Thanks for the upload.
amazing for the genesis to run something like that - even with the 32x
opening reminded me of lego star wars, also the theme music is awsome, i want to download it
Starblade, Hard Drivin', Race Drivin', and Stun Runner would have all been great on the 32X. Since its power fell short of the next generation of consoles, it would have been nice to see more 3rd party arcade conversions given how well Space Harrier and After Burner turned out!
This review is so Lando. Wait... I can post on my videos now and nobody knows it's me? LANDO LANDO LANDO!!!! Yeah! -CGR
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Thanks for those Barbie reviews, Derek.
got this game for xmas in 1994, it's awesome
God this game brings back memories lol. Always played it at my cousins when he had the 32x at the time.
2:53
Was that R2-D2?
Yes that was, their ship got hit. You can hear R2’s voice at several points in the game.
Wow, thats really good sound actually
I am terribly impressed!! This looks almost as good as Tie Fighter for the PC. For a console at this time that's great!
The problem with the jaguar was it was really 36bit not 64, but due to some weird addons to its hardware it became techically 64 on paper, but those addons also made it very hard to develop games for so most developers just chose to make games for different consoles instead.
This was like an arcadified version of X-Wing. I played it several times at Disneyland and it's a lot of fun.
With Star Wars Arcade, A WINNER IS YOU
Looks like so much fun, and graphically still looks good.
Really impressive for a 1994 release.
Space Harrier is also quite awesome on the 32X. Indistinguishable from the arcade.
No games like Star Fox are slow choppy and feel horribly out of date today, Star Wars Arcade is very smooth and playable.
1:45 Those are Doom's BFG sound effects.
Use the force Starfox!
I forgot about this game. So many good memories. Love all the Star Wars jokes.
Nice review... I remember playing this and thinking it was amazing
i'm selling my friends to the empire, you can't get more Lando than that!
great review Mark! don't you think its about high time you review "Starfox" for SNES?
the SNES didn't require any add-ons to pull of the 3D effects...
Even the sega svp chip. I wish they canned the 32x project and focus more on the svp chip. Even a Saturn port would have been a great port.
@donthehonk yes i get you on that. but the console itself needed not an extra piece of console or ram expansion to run the Cartridge bearing the Super FX chip, was my point.
The N64 was a much, MUCH more powerful machine than the Genesis/32X combination.
Even the ps1, saturn and jaguar (on paper)
This is one of only two games that I had / have for my 32x. Doom and Star Wars Trilogy. I should really get more games for it.
I have both this and Shadow Squadron. I was just waiting for you to bring up Shadow Squadron, which is awesome! :)
STAY AWESOME! :)
The world needs more X-Wing.
@plurp7 Technically, yes the SNES required an addon to pull off the 3d effects.
Starfox contained the Super FX chip, the first 3D graphics accelerator in a consumer product.
Great Review, There is also another game very simliar to this game on the Gamecube, It's pretty awesome. I like the music at the end of the review. Everytime I here that music, I always think of Han solo blasting the green guy in the bar, lol.
I remember my local video store selling there rental 32x units for 5 dollars and games for about 2 bucks a pop.
Wow, this is actually better than most N64 games I've seen. Too bad 32X failed. It looks like a very capable system. Very nice.
Admiral Ackbar, the character behind his now-famous line "It's A Trap!"
F-19 Stealth Fighter...awesome...you should review it some time...
Lol, the puns alone make this review worth watching^^
Also, this really reminds me of the old, but still awesome, TIE Fighter game.
after all of the years I remember Admiral Ackbar having a bad New York accent on this.
When are you going to review Shadow Squadron
Before EA ruined the Star Wars games
Say yes to commercials. Awesome review
Mark.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Rogue Squadron II provide this too but allow different ships and 3rd person o.o. (R.S. III can unlock the arcade machines though)
I wonder if they made the original "Star Wars" with vector-style graphics for the Vectrex?
I remember seeing this on either the 32X or the N64 back in the day.
Why was his never put on Saturn? Here's a key reason (among many) why 32X was a terrible, reckless idea. That said, this is a really good title for this semi-system.
6:42 what’s that sound?
R2-D2 screaming as the ship got hit.
@@justanotheryoutubechannel thanks,it’s been driving me nuts.I didn’t know if it was a Tie fighter noise or R2
holly crap R2D2s srceam f***ing scared me
I miss my Sega and my 32x i donated them around the same time i got my Xbox (maybe a year after) had almost every 32x game and probably half the genius library.
"It's a TRAP!"
@HbAvenger
Genesis is the Mega Drive, name change due to copyright reasons.
This game requires the 32X add-on, however.
"Lando" should indeed be an adjective.
Watching this game makes me want to go back and play X-wing and Tie Fighter for PC. Also, Tie Fighter came out about 5 months before this and is still what I consider one of the best games ever.
If this game is Lando, then Tie Fighter is Vader.
Hey Mark.
How many games console have really you got?
boy, were you on a roll with those random Star Wars jokes :P jeeeez ^^
anyhoo, I understand your problem with the limited ship control, but this was conceived as a rail shooter, don't forget to take that in consideration ;) great game, really got me going on the 32x hype back then ^^
I always thought the 32X was powered by a flux capacitor. Or it that the Vectrex?
@GlockNinja The arcade ports were great on the Sega 32X!
I think you need to have two shows. A Classic Game Room and a Modern Game Room.
looks great - wish they would redo this, tie fighter and battlefield
are you saying a trojan war used a wooden horse? i didnt even know that was an object. thanks for the lesson mighty and great one.
my weekend was pretty Lando i've gotta say :D
@TheMVRules I'm pretty sure he has a star fox cartridge
one of my fav 32X games
BTW which is the best star wars space shooter? i love space sims but apart from this game on the vid i havnt played any.
This game makes me wish I had the Sega 32X when I was a kid.
So it's basically an older version of rogue leader for the gamecube. That's reminds me, you should do a review of rogue leader for the gamecube.
The graphics still look pretty good too.
If it is the AT-AT then the snow speeders can still take it down. Is the Snow speeder the intelivision?
i remember my fiend lending me the game and the 32X, the game was fun the 32x stopped working b4 long. I felt arwfull giving him back his 32x which refused to work properlly. It wasnt untyill resently when i found out some 32xs broke down when used with a MD mark 1.
i wanted to see the Bush Cheney bumper sticker on the back of the ship soo badly! :(
it actually doesnt look too bad
The graphics remind me of the Star Fighter game in the The Last Star Fighter film. :D
On of the few 32x titles that actually pushed the system with incredible graphics and sound. Had this back in the day and was blown away just didn't like the gameplay too much.
you should review shadow squadron for 32x its like a 3D version of the dreadnaught factor
this game was hard As FUCK!
My weekend was so Medic Droid.
You know what Star Wars game kicked ass? Star Wars Trilogy Arcade. The one where you sat down in front of a big rear-projection screen and used a joystick. Nowadays you can't even find one without the Star Wars logo burned into the screen.
F-15 Strike Eagle! I am so glad somebody else like that game. I dreamed about playing on Lan that game with my AT 80286 with 1 MB of ram. Today it´s posible but, there´s no good online fliying combat games :(
I'm an old 'Sega head', but even I had to stop watching this vid as the commentary is UNBEARABLE!
I've only played the arcade version of this at Disneyland, which of course is a bit better. But this still looks like a good adaptation.
Best game over music since GAME OVER YEEAAAAAAAAHHH!
i loved this game in the arcades...or maybe that was trilogy. Im getting so old.
Speaking of 32X and stuff....CGR needs SEGA CD and Sega 32X CD reviews!!!
I just got brilliant ideal those guys who made HAWX should made Star Wars flying game based on its engine now that would be AWESOME!
3:24
I though it was an X-Wing? O.o
@Polanak Yeah, but I'm still a little sore about the whole "Greedo shot first" incident, so...
So this game is constant "All range mode!"
At the end: FOX!!!!
Oh, wait, wrong game!
do a review of the star wars trilogy on the SNES
i think i only got past the death star level once in the whole time that i had it.
@cpufightclub I owned the Mega Drive (Genesis), Mega CD (Sega CD) then the 32X, and my friend had the Sega Game Gear... LOL, I gave up after that though... They were the glory days!
You are a genius!
Holy shaded polygons, batman!
PEPPY: "Luke, Do a BARREL ROLL!!!"
I remember having this. Sadly, I did not have the 32X Graphics cable. So yeah, the Empire Fleet had cloaking devices.
@h20DDs
Rogue Squadren 2 and 3?
@MisterMacross you are clearly new to CGR. Mark is never serious about anything, he's like this all the time, and that's a damn sight better than IGN by my watch.
Its pretty finicy with my cdx. It works best with my model 2. Works ok with the model 1 also.