Desert Strike intro (Mega Drive/Genesis)

[TonyF67]

Ahh Xavier Thomas, wonder what he's up to now. 

[ghostmedic171]

Seriously though; If only this had been released a year or so earlier. When it finally did come out, my older brother tricked me into thinkin' this was based on actual events... I remember getting all hyped while playin' it like, "YeAHHH that's right, Saddam! WE ONLY NEEDED ONE! Chump!"

[ghostmedic171]

I bet General Kilbaba knows what blast processing is

[Zaetix]

Anytime I knew I was going to finish a level and still had missiles left over, I'd find a single militant and blast his ass to pieces!

[SQUIZZLER24]

1:52 Megadrive Dubstep?

[Funkdogg]

desrt strike, jungle strike were the best! urban strike was still a great game.

soviet strike kinda lost it and i never played nuclear strike. there wold come a future strike but never came out

[PrimalWolf2006]

@Funkdogg actually Future Strike became Future Cop LAPD 2100

[davegorack]

O_O 20 years later and this theme still kicks ass.

[Colton5]

man, I miss the pro American game era

[JackDaScarecrow]

MAN THIS GAME WAS HARD!!!!!!!!!

[Zer0XModZ]

Probably one of my favourite games, do you know the name of a game where you had a sord and a shield and you had two animal companions that gave you different abilities ???

[zeusgb]

@Zer0XModZ

I know the one and it's a great game. It's called Crusader of Centy and it was also released as Soleil. w w w(dot)giantbomb(dot)com/crusad­er-of-centy/61-7763/

[Zer0XModZ]

@zeusgb OMG you are the best, i knew it began with an s but couldnt remember the rest of it. Now tme to download the rom and let the good times begin again

[thesparewheel]

@mellowNdark its chuck norris lowering a man into a barrel of acid you can tell when he turns round at the end with the chuck grin!

[hatchedarea]

One of the greatest games ever made and one of the greatest soundtracks/intros to boot.

[Anotora]

I've been looking at the censored SNES cutscene my whole life.... damn...

[Cjl99]

Hey madman you're fuckin dead....whoops guess I hit the ambassador...what's that, return to frigate??? Fuck 'em.

[tkhushrenada]

they made US Airforce pilots play this game. Not for training. They just knew they wouldnt be causing friendly fire incidents to deployed ground forces if a Sega Genesis kept them busy

[ResurrectedTemplar]

WTF, Amy Hennig worked on Desert Strike? Awesome.

[spidermastermind100]

What's reputation ?

[ryanmcneil09]

i remember way back about the year 2000 i was like 8 or something & my brother was 5 & every time when i used to try & get to sleep through in the other room all you heard was the intro music playing LOL..

[Kruchev]

Those were really good games, lot of gameplay and fun after school!

[ResurrectedTemplar]

The music in this game fucking OWNS!

[RRFCaptain]

Muammar is a bitch!

[Cjl99]

i think i like the mega drive version of the opening theme better than the snes, snes though had way better in game sound effects....i don't remember in the beginning the woman being dipped in acid or the soldier being bitch slapped, was this only on the sega version??

[xStrobeLx]

Lmao that bitch slap is Epic!!!!! 

[kyl3ru13s]

Wow. I used to watch my dad playing this all the time, and never actually understood the point of the game :D

[tubecheck34]

will start ww3...or even worse...WHAT COULD BE WORSE??

[DragonNexus]

BQQQAEZ....that code will never leave my brain.

[RipaMoramee1]

Ahhhhh man, I'm gonna have to get a Mega Drive n this game now

[knicksfan89]

and there is a real lesley mansford BTW who works for ea isn't that a coincedence?

[jagovRUS]

My inner geek really wants to hear an actual 'real' version of this with electric guitar, etc. I think it would kick major ass.

[NaglfarCommando]

You're not alone.

[FreeLicensedSkittles]

2:17 Pride Obliterating Bitch Slap!

[Thenewyorkjob]

@FreeLicensedSkittles Best comment posted. EVER.

[Zolg08]

sounds like Duke Nukem 2' second level

[wroteforlucks]

Are we awake yet. Oh fuck, we are not.

[blackparader222]

Omg ownage

[Adunn88]

The intro theme is one of my faves still gives me goosebumps listening to it

[Guardian38]

Oh làlà! ca ne rajeunit pas tout ça! Le pire c'est que... je l'ai encore et il marche très bien! Allez, j'y rejoue!

[Edd731]

What a game. I have this along with Jungle and Urban. Classic! I gotta dust my Megadrive off and re-play these wicked games.

[5master11111]

you could fire missiles in the intro sequence if you tapped A! ^^

[johnnyrckt]

squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak

I wouldnt fly a helo making that sound lol

[TurgeonFan77132]

Start game with five lives: TQQQLOM

[zeusgb]

BQQQAEZ - 10 lives cheat

[GfCommando]

@TurgeonFan77132 Youre 17 years late

[zeusgb]

It's a man. On the PAL version is looks like acid but on the US it almost looks like boiling water.

[5master11111]

looked like a nun when i first saw it.

maybe it was to represent opposition from a church...

or maybe i just saw it wrong :/

still, great game.

[JohnWayneStafford1]

@zeusgb I thought it was acid.

[das81]

Stop the madman?, shouldn't we go to destroy The White House?.

[Beetwospirit]

Man, this thing makes me cry, i loved this... 1992, i had ten to eleven years old. Thanks a lot for this video, i was looking for the main title song for years... Desert Strike Rocks!!!

[zeusgb]

Best one of the franchise.

[DragonNexus]

@zeusgb

Closely followed by Jungle....and then trailing waaaaay in third was Urban.

It had a good beat before it got into the main theme, but the rest was meh ¬¬

The game kinda was too.

[Racing600RR]

Yeah... i was fourteen... gold era man... i would like to play it again :)

[Qrinz]

Years later, I still find myself humming this theme.

[stukabomber44]

dude my exact thought! its been like 10 years !

[pyrnrd]

This game started my OBSESSION with the AH-64 Apache. little did i know that the images were inaccurate, the apache's tail rotor is exposed, it's not built into the tail like that. It CANNOT hold up to 6 passengers.....

but i was a kid and believed it. *head-desk*

[teratossa]

that guy looks saddam to me

[BraIrma]

Password lvl 2: THVMSG :D

Damn man I loved this game!

[doomboy536]

Desert Strike fucking rocks!!

[Racing600RR]

Great memories. I remember that my brother used to love this game... was one of the best games for Mega for sure.

[davetek490]

General Kilbaba! lol Oh the memories...  thanks for this.

[alanboro]

Awesome game