"The Rookie wasn't that sharp after all" Oh well gee good to know the Rebel Alliance has such warm caring people in it. Christ lady, someone just crashed and died in a fireball, could you save the quips till after you get his charred corpse out of the wreck?

@Darklordjadow1

2 ай бұрын

That's nothing compared to failing the TIE Training in the sequel: the guy complains to base "you've got to stop sending me these kids! I'm running out of TIE Fighters!"

@thewewguy8t88

2 ай бұрын

they had a number of quips in both the games lol.

@thewewguy8t88

2 ай бұрын

@@Darklordjadow1 I was thinking about that one but there is also the one where 1 stormtrooper is like did you hear something and the goes oh I am sure it's nothing important.

@Darklordjadow1

2 ай бұрын

@@thewewguy8t88 Levels 3 and 13 I believe actually both use that, voiced over different clips

@AlacrasEden

Ай бұрын

I swear FMV games have the Rudest NPCs ever.

"We have the Star Wars Trilogy Arcade at home." Star Wars Trilogy Arcade at home:

@shcdemolisher

2 ай бұрын

I LOVED that Arcade trilogy!

To answer your question about why Rebel Assault 2 features passwords despite having a save feature... On PC...I've got nothing... But on PS1, it was actually semi-normal for older releases to offer both saves and passwords, largely because the PS1 Memory Card was a new concept back then and the passwords were to accommodate people who didn't have one. Some games like Twisted Metal and Pandemonium didn't support Memory Cards at all. Wasn't until around 1997 when the usage of Memory Cards became more normalized and required.

@alex_-yz9to

2 ай бұрын

And then the early days of rhe ps2 had a bunch of games that used save features... right at the point where the infamous ps2 memorycard shortage crisis happened

"Oh yeah; stick the new pilot into the Alliance's fastest and most infamously uncontrollable ship!" Ah, the old "If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball" method of teaching.

@robertwoods3871

2 ай бұрын

"I ain't no helicopter parent. Sink or swim, bitch" -TFS Cell

@viscountrainbows2857

2 ай бұрын

"If you can eat an entire Carolina Reaper, you're ready for a slice of buttered toast with jam and a glass of cool milk."

> Rookie 1 has a gender select ok that actually made my day, i did not expect an old game like that to have that option

@JStryker47

2 ай бұрын

Problem with it is that while the male actor actually puts some effort into it, the female actress just sounds like a bored and tired Ru Murleen. Plus, you never see the character clearly, and have no way of even knowing unless you've got the voices turned on. And the second game takes away that option, making him officially male.

@michaelandreipalon359

2 ай бұрын

Well, Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force 1 has it too. Plus, System Shock Remake nowadays, and the Community Update mod for Deus Ex 1.

im with you on Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, i fucking love that game, im not as good where i can beat it on one life, but i still love it also i noticed your NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! was like lukes in empire strikes back

Okay, context: Rookie One’s squadron in Rebel Assault 1 is Blue Squadron. See, in Legends (aka, the pre-Disney EU), Blue Squadron was still around by the time of the Battle of Yavin. They were tasked with clearing the Death Star's surface of turrets and neutralizing its giant ion cannon so Red Squadron and Gold Squadron could begin the main phase of the assault. After that, they then launched an attempt to disable the superlaser with Green Squadron providing covering fire, though this was mainly a distraction meant to draw Imperial forces away from the exhaust port (the last mission where Rookie One blows up the Death Star instead of Luke is not canon to Legends, but everything else is). Also, that base on Hoth wasn’t Echo Base from the movies. That was Gamma Base. And no, I have no idea why the Rebels thought it was a good idea to go BACK to Hoth by Episode V after having previously being chased off during the events of Episode IV. I’m pretty sure that level was only there for fanservice.

@roguerifter9724

2 ай бұрын

They probably thought the Empire wouldn't look for them on a planet they had been chased off before. Its kind of brilliant except the Empire had enough probe droids to send them everywhere

@colonelmustang854

2 ай бұрын

Oh, one more thing I forgot to mention: “Cadet Deadmeat” is actually Blue Leader, Merrick Simms. That’s why Ru Merleen (Blue Two) orders Blue Squadron to retreat if he’s shot down.

@Darklordjadow1

2 ай бұрын

​@@colonelmustang854 yeah, I had to cut a joke during editing because I thought your weenie squadmate Harris was the one who got shot down. I only noticed the name when I was cutting the footage together.

@colonelmustang854

2 ай бұрын

@@Darklordjadow1Ah yes, Thurlow Harris, who after the Battle of Yavin returned to his homeworld Centares to spread word of the Rebellion’s victory (he thought that Han shot down Vader and that the war would soon be over), got himself captured by bounty hunters, was tortured until he revealed Luke’s name to Vader, who then flew into a rage at learning that Palpatine lied to him about his and Padmé’s child dying inside her and killed the bounty hunters to prevent the Emperor from learning that his son was now with the Rebel Alliance, and then Harris himself was killed by the one bounty hunter who evaded Vader’s purge, Mala Mala, who took that information to Palpatine anyway. In essence, he’s the whole reason that Episodes V and VI happen because his dumb ass thought the Rebels had already won.

@Darklordjadow1

2 ай бұрын

@@colonelmustang854 which is funny... because Harris gets shot down in Rebel Assault in place of Biggs.

28:21 Actually Jadow, from what I read about the Tie Phantoms, these fighters not only have the cloaking device, but they also have a shield generator and a hyperdrive.

@Darklordjadow1

2 ай бұрын

I figured that they did, but we see no proof of either in the game itself... maybe shields given they take a direct hit at the start of Chapter 14.

@michaelandreipalon359

2 ай бұрын

Still a bunch of overrated craft alongside the TIE Hunter. Am better off with the Zaarin-designed TIE Defender and the holied Missile Boat.

Surprisingly my first Rebel Assault game was 3. The one where you had on foot missions. I heard those weren't very popular.

@Darklordjadow1

2 ай бұрын

I think you're thinking of the Rogue Squadron games and in particular the third game Rebel Strike. This is something entirely different.

@claytonrios1

2 ай бұрын

@@Darklordjadow1 Oh. In this case I haven't played any of the games. There's a lot of Star Wars games to sift through.

@michaelandreipalon359

2 ай бұрын

Polished PC port for Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader when, Nintendo jerks?!

Rebel Assault 2 was one of the staples of my childhood too. I kept dying on the Falcon, TIE and speeder bike levels until I memorized them and never died on them ever again.

That sounds like a teaser to a Rebel Moon review.

@Shades14

2 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed!

I always thought it was the getting shot at by the empire part that made people not wanna join the Alliance. The dangerous training missions might be an even bigger reason.

@michaelandreipalon359

2 ай бұрын

At least the X-Wing video game training missions are safe, if a bit tiresome.

Brock Peters is the voice of Darth Vader in this and many other Star Wars related media. Amazing actor and voice actor. Seriously, check out his career sometime. Sadly he is no longer with us, but his performances live on.

@michaelandreipalon359

2 ай бұрын

He sure did well in the Original Trilogy radio dramas. Highly recommend those. What happened to Scott Lawrence, the VA from TIE Fighter to Empire at War, and then again at the Disney Alt-universe Jedi games?

My guess is they never accounted for the sensitivty we have in mices now

Im actually surprised about your review on both of these games. Cause in my review corner of hearing from Armake21 (R.I.P.) and Blondeguygamer, a good friend of mine, the second game Rebel Assault II was EXTREMELY HATED by them and even told me that the PS1 game entirely sucked and that the whole as a game it wasnt good. However, Im shocked the PC one actually isnt as bad and also IT GOT A MUTHAFUKKIN PORT ON PS5 WHAT IN DA FAK?????? You know I know Bubsy, Cyberpunk 2077 (which it got fixed let me tell you), Suicide Squad KTJL, and many many many MANY other games usually get hated these days and will be unabashably destroyed and thrashed these days (which I dont FOLLOW alot because Im trying to find a better positive outcome in 2024), and this review shockingly surprised me man. Keep up the good work since I didnt know Rebel Assault 2 was your childhood game! :0 So keep up the good work man! :)

19:43 Yeah and since it's Star Wars it's Spelled "Ruk Ewan"

As hilarious as it sounds that PC developers would think PC users wouldn’t know how to use a mouse, there were a shocking amount of games made up into the Windows 95 era that stuck to joystick or keyboard only long after the mouse became a standard feature circa Windows 3.1. Doesn’t excuse the awful attempt to emulate joystick controls with a mouse, especially not for updating a Steam release, but it would make an interesting study case of that era of PC gaming.

@michaelandreipalon359

2 ай бұрын

Well, we do live in a world where the Star Trek communicator is commonly deemed obsolete because of our iPhones and tablets...

There is one near thing about the walker level in the first Rebel Assault: Bill Farmer playing massively against type and giving your flight leader his smoothest airline pilot voice.

Hello DLJadow. My name is Isaiah and I have something important to say to you. God loves you and like any father he wants to help you and keep you safe especially from the devil. But I am not just speaking to you about this I am also talking to your fans about this. God loves you all and especially in the times we our living in we are in need of him more than ever. But the choice is ultimately yours have a nice day Shalom Shalom.

@OneRealSilverRaven

12 күн бұрын

Hello Isaiah, People call me Raven, and I wanted to gently remind you that freedom of religion, means freedom FROM religion. I am a Satanist, and I don't appreciate your choice to plaster your faith on something completely unrelated just because the mood struck you. Our father Satan teaches us that the only chains that bind you, are the ones you put on yourself. And you are chaining yourself to something that is actively making you come off as insufferable. Please reconsider your life, but ultimately the choice is yours. And from the bottom of my heart, may Satan possess you

I was never able to get very far in either game, without using the cheats that let you skip levels with the escape key or erase all your damage with the + key (on the numeric keypad). In RA1, at the Lucasarts logo, aim up and press the fire button, down and fire, left and fire, and right and fire. If you do it right, you'll hear a ringing phone and a voice singing, "♪Lucasarts♪". In RA2, go to the options menu and type "letgo" and the words "using the force" will appear; then type "isnotry" and the words "Yoda power mode activated" will appear.

Great video, as always! Also, I will ask again, can you do Legendary on the Xbox 360/PS3 and second sight on the GameCube? The first is a really mediocre FPS and the second is legitimately good!

i tried the first game, i cant get passed the training, maybe cuz im not playing with a joystick controller but still, i did try 2 and had easier times

its name to quote caddicrus rebel ass insert here joke years later i find it funny

@viscountrainbows2857

2 ай бұрын

Ahhhhh cutscene, JABBATHEHUTT scene

If the PC version of Rebel Assault was this touchy, I'd hate to see what the Sega CD version's like.

the on hoth base mission honestly just is really stupid. like who thought it was a good idea to make give you a choice where everytime you chose you have a 50/50 chance of getting an instant game over and you have no way of knowing which choice to make because its always random.

31:44 Considering how crashing into a super star destroyer went in Return of the Jedi, that probably would help the rebels more than the empire.

I suck at flying/space shooter games for the most part but, anything Star Wars had such a grip on my baby brain's balls that if you put Star Wars on something, I probably wanted it. I even liked Masters of Teras Kasi. And yes, it was truly something LABORIOUS to love. But yeah if I had known about these games, I would have been bugging my mom to get it even if there weren't any lightsabers or ground missions that I am more comfortable with. To solidify that I suck at flying/shooting games, the Rebel Strike demo I had on Gamecube (also featuring a fully playable old Death Star run Atari game that was way better than Xevious being a bonus on SF:A)? Yeah those transports never made it off Hoth if my gameplay were to be canon. Sorry bros; I'm dead meat when pulling a U-turn in midair is much less graceful than just whipping around and shooting/swording the guy responsible for turning my screen red. I mean, I know I'm not the only one, but the dogfighting sim type games like Ace Combat have ZERO (heh) appeal to me because legit all it takes to ruin your otherwise godlike run, is some random grunt rear-ending you with several hundred peashooter bolts from behind while you're haemorrhaging armor, or, in sci-fi environments, hoping they don't kill your shields entirely in one burst. Not to mention the limited FOV that of course is discourteous to the idea of being able to see where you're being attacked for sure if it's not from directly the front. Yes I know some mini radar things detect bogeys, so gitgud isn't the issue; it's more that the computer knows to play dirty as you SHOULD, in a dogfight and, honestly to me personally that leads to asymmetrical gameplay on a coinflip of you being fortunate enough to have someone in sights of your guns, while not also being in sight of other guns all the like. "FIGHT ME PROPER, YE COWARD", is what my shite at flying shooter segments mindset says because, did I mention I suck at flying shooters, mostly?

@michaelandreipalon359

2 ай бұрын

A shame. Would have loved recommending TIE Fighter.

Also I am guessing you have a lot of BMC stuff to review at some point

Rebel Assault 1 was unplayable without a joystick, I wonder how the hell it functions on the Sega CD with a D-Pad? Same on the PS1 with Rebel Assault 2. I actually have that on PS1, tempted to try it now.

@thewewguy8t88

2 ай бұрын

rebel assault 1 is just unplayable period.

@Darklordjadow1

2 ай бұрын

Rebel Assault 2 on Playstation just uses the joystick (or D-Pad if you prefer) to move the cursor like most console ports of point-and-clicks do.

awesome new jadow vid.

That game was definitely designed for the usage of a joystick to play.

What are your thoughts on Stellar Blade?

@Darklordjadow1

2 ай бұрын

Don't know anything about the game, but Sony or whoever caving and censoring that outfit is just a shame. And considering all the complaining around MK11 actually covering up its women for a change, it's pretty clear there's no winning there.

@doctorcragmire7299

2 ай бұрын

@@Darklordjadow1 The censorship recieved a *lot* of backlash, and a #FreeStellarBlade hashtag appeared on Twitter.

I remember playing the 2nd game rented, never got too far into it

The first game looks like it made for the game boy advance

@Darklordjadow1

2 ай бұрын

Fitting, because Flight of the Falcon makes it look good.

Rebel assault was one of the worst child ruining games of my life.

Girl blows up death star instead of Luke. Luke used the force. Hence, girl also has force. My brain meats dun do logics there.

@michaelandreipalon359

2 ай бұрын

I'd rather have Keyan Farlander from X-Wing do the deed instead. Sort of.

Hey jadow have you played the jedi knight series Those are the original depiction of the rebels. They got the death star plans and I considered those games the true sequels to [7,8,9] Return of The Jedi Episode 6

@Darklordjadow1

2 ай бұрын

I had them (or at least demo editions with the first three levels) as a kid, but I never got very far in them. Funnily enough, there's a Nintendo DS game called Deadly Alliance that retcons that Kyle Katarn may have gotten the Death Star Plans, but someone else did literally all the work figuring out where they were

@NicholasLPER

2 ай бұрын

@Darklordjadow1 Rouge One basically Erased Kyle and Jan! Hmm... Dark Alliance I have to check it out!

@NicholasLPER

2 ай бұрын

@Darklordjadow1 I remember I had jedi Knight 2 jedi outcast for GameCube And i'm thinking about getting jedi academy for PlayStation

@jeebus2313

2 ай бұрын

@@Darklordjadow1 In the words of Pablo Hidalgo: "if you had to throw a dinner party and invite everyone who had ever stolen the Death Star plans, you'd be surprised at how many place settings you'd have to worry about"

@Darklordjadow1

2 ай бұрын

@@NicholasLPER I didn't mind Rogue One doing a new take on the Death Star plans because a huge epic battle that galvanizes the Rebel Alliance is infinitely more compelling than "Kyle found them relatively unguarded on some random moon as the tutorial for a completely unrelated adventure."

After playing this game on sega cd back in the day, I had zero desire to play part 2.

@michaelandreipalon359

2 ай бұрын

Smart.

On the minus side, I wouldn't mourn if and when these two aged-like-milk games get delisted. On the plus, at least it should still stay canon in the Legends continuity, even as cruel lampshades akin to the Hand of Thrawn duology mocking the Dark Empire comics, the Jedi Academy novels, The Crystal Star, and so on.

17:39 You say that yet Pink Five exists.

@michaelandreipalon359

2 ай бұрын

Gotta love the occasional fan projects.

At least this game is much better than anything Star wars is doing nowadays

@Darklordjadow1

2 ай бұрын

I very nearly had Ashoka and Book of Boba Fett for that final punchline... I figured Rebel Moon would be funnier.

@michaelandreipalon359

2 ай бұрын

Not really. Even I'd rather replay the Jedi games and Squadrons rather than these messes.

You should think about doing a video on the lord of the rings gollum game And do it for terrors of the library.

yeah i love how in the pc version of rebel assault 2 if you play on easy you get made fun of for playing on easy mode lol.

Just discovered your reviews and I absolutely love your opinions and content! Want to ask: since you've covered Harry Potter games in the past, any chance of doing a video on Hogwarts Legacy? If it's out of concern for JK Rowling having gone insane (as a Potter fan, I DEEPLY apologize for to the LGBTQ+ community and Holocaust survivors for her mercifully unrelated bullshit), but she wasn't involved at all on it.

@Darklordjadow1

Ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad to have you onboard! Hogwarts Legacy hasn't really been on my radar just because it sounds like a generic sandbox and I'm not sure it does much with the Potter setting. I do have a Harry Potter Kinect game squirreled away for when I need some quick filler though.

@FillmGeekOfDoom

Ай бұрын

​@@Darklordjadow1It's honestly pretty good. At least give it a chance. All I ask.

Now you have to play Dark Forces games

@Darklordjadow1

2 ай бұрын

I actually had a box set with the original game and the initial three levels of the other two originals... never got too far in any of them. Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith have long-ass levels!

@ellnats

2 ай бұрын

@@Darklordjadow1 dude that whole series could be a whole theme month

@viscountrainbows2857

2 ай бұрын

@@ellnats Gotta save it for May The 4th 2025 for maximum "C wat u did ther" comments on that. But I also am invested in the Kyle Katarn continuity. I had Dark Forces as a kid but I was 7 so the burned out blasted corpse sprites and sewer squid scared me too bad I never went past the first level where I'm just Wolfensteining it.

@viscountrainbows2857

2 ай бұрын

@@ellnats P.S. is your screen name a reference to the Spiderman 1 game "Everything" cheat from the 90s, with a slight change in spelling?

@ellnats

2 ай бұрын

@@viscountrainbows2857 yes it is, thank you for catching that

Can't wait to see how Ubisoft ruins the series with the newest Star wars game

Kinda weird that the rebels are shown using A-Wings around the time of A New Hope as in Legends (Canon is a different story) they weren't in production until after the Battle of Yavin. Edit: I was going to say the same thing about the B-Wings in the second game but Rebel Assault II does take place after ANH so I'll give that one a pass.

@RevanNaut

2 ай бұрын

That got later retconned so that any early appearances of the A-Wing were actually R22 Spearheads.

@jeebus2313

2 ай бұрын

@@RevanNaut Hm, I wasn't aware of that, fair enough I suppose. Even I'll admit my knowledge of Star Wars lore and retcons only goes so far lmao.

@RevanNaut

2 ай бұрын

For some reason, my comment has vanished even though all I did was explain about an A-Wing retcon :/

@michaelandreipalon359

2 ай бұрын

Oh, yes, the R-22 Spearhead retcon that started with the Droids cartoon and continued on to the X-Wing video game.