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A playthrough of Extreme Entertainment Group's 1994 strategy game for the Sega CD, Third World War.
In this video, I play through "The Third World War" scenario as the United States.
Third World War, created by Japanese developer Micronet, is a tactical strategy game that places you in control of one of sixteen nations engaged in an all-out race for global domination.
Victory can be achieved in one of two ways:
If you opt for military conquest, you'll need to build up your armed forces, invest in developing new technologies, broker strategic alliances, and invade vulnerable territories in order to expand your influence and gain access to valuable resources, all while protecting your interests at home.
Or, if you prefer a less bloody path, you can rule the world through economic might by investing in foreign markets, forming trade agreements, and funding activities that cultivate civil unrest in order to undermine your competitors' ability to compete on a global scale.
The game feels a lot like Koei's strategy sims - it involves a lot of micromanagement and wading through screens filled with abstract statistics - but it's more streamlined and easily digestible than Koei's games tend to be. The consequences of your decisions are immediate and their impacts are made clear, and even though there are a lot of things to juggle at once, the game doesn't leave you feeling like you're spinning your wheels. As someone who generally avoids this sort of game, I thought Third World War struck a good balance between complexity and playability, and I appreciated its comparatively gentle learning curve.
The game's real-time battle scenes are a novel and engaging standout, too. The awkward cursor movement, the stupid AI, and the excruciatingly slow pace of combat aren't ideal, but each territory has its own charmingly rendered, SimCity 2000-like isometric map, and having direct control over battles means that success isn't entirely dependent on invisible RNG-based factors.
Third World War isn't a game that'll scratch an itchy trigger finger, but I loved its sense of scale, use of real-world settings, and approachability. If the premise appeals to you, this niche Sega CD exclusive would be worth pouring some time into.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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A playthrough of Extreme Entertainment Group's 1994 strategy game for the Sega CD, Third World War.
In this video, I play through "The Third World War" scenario as the United States.
Third World War, created by Japanese developer Micronet, is a tactical strategy game that places you in control of one of sixteen nations engaged in an all-out race for global domination.
Victory can be achieved in one of two ways:
If you opt for military conquest, you'll need to build up your armed forces, invest in developing new technologies, broker strategic alliances, and invade vulnerable territories in order to expand your influence and gain access to valuable resources, all while protecting your interests at home.
Or, if you prefer a less bloody path, you can rule the world through economic might by investing in foreign markets, forming trade agreements, and funding activities that cultivate civil unrest in order to undermine your competitors' ability to compete on a global scale.
The game feels a lot like Koei's strategy sims - it involves a lot of micromanagement and wading through screens filled with abstract statistics - but it's more streamlined and easily digestible than Koei's games tend to be. The consequences of your decisions are immediate and their impacts are made clear, and even though there are a lot of things to juggle at once, the game doesn't leave you feeling like you're spinning your wheels. As someone who generally avoids this sort of game, I thought Third World War struck a good balance between complexity and playability, and I appreciated its comparatively gentle learning curve.
The game's real-time battle scenes are a novel and engaging standout, too. The awkward cursor movement, the stupid AI, and the excruciatingly slow pace of combat aren't ideal, but each territory has its own charmingly rendered, SimCity 2000-like isometric map, and having direct control over battles means that success isn't entirely dependent on invisible RNG-based factors.
Third World War isn't a game that'll scratch an itchy trigger finger, but I loved its sense of scale, use of real-world settings, and approachability. If the premise appeals to you, this niche Sega CD exclusive would be worth pouring some time into.
_____________
No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
NintendoComplete (http://www.nintendocomplete.com) punches you in the face with in-depth reviews, screenshot archives, and music from classic 8-bit NES games!
![Ninja Ryukenden (PC Engine) Playthrough [English]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jMyVHSvqnJA/hqdefault.jpg "Ninja Ryukenden (PC Engine) Playthrough [English]
A playthrough of Hudsons 1992 action-platformer for the NEC PC Engine, Ninja Ryukenden.
Tecmos Ninja Gaiden (https://youtu.be/V822oMzJQSg), known as Ninja Ryukenden in Japan and Shadow Warriors in PAL territories, was one of the NESs seminal classics, and its a game thats still remembered fondly... and sometimes with a barely-contained sense of rage... by most anyone who played it when it was still fresh.
It marked a huge departure from the 1988 arcade release of the same name, and it ended up a much better game because of it. Instead of playing itself off as an uber-violent Double Dragon clone, the NES version of Ninja Gaiden was a fluid, fast-paced 2D platformer with a multitude of special weapons, brilliantly realized story cutscenes, and a level of difficulty that would make the best players fling controllers across the room. It was everything you could want from a big budget action game of the era, and beating it became a big point of pride for players.
While North America did see a release of a remake with the lackluster 1995 release Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, a lot of westerners dont seem to be aware that the trilogy version of NG1 was actually the *second* 16-bit remake to be made.
This 1992 Hudson release was a Japanese-exclusive release for the PC Engine, and while it does take some liberties, it does little to mess with the gameplay that made the original so good. Its also perfect for anyone who likes import games but cant read Japanese. Im sure that youve already noticed that video shows the game in English: the game contains a code that allows you to change all of the in-game text between Japanese, English, and Chinese. The English translation is different from that in the NES game, but it compares surprisingly well in its quality.
You can switch languages by holding down buttons I and II and pushing Select at the title screen. The logo will change to reflect the current setting.
In terms of gameplay, the controls are slightly looser (jump slashes take longer to come out), the originals ridiculous enemy respawn rate has been trimmed back slightly, and the spinning ninja jump move has been nerfed, but overall, it still feels quite similar to the NES game.
Whether or not you see the updated graphics as an improvement is going to be a matter of taste. There is much more detail and color and everything was redrawn, but there will inevitably be those who prefer the look of the original. The only real negative for the visuals pops up during the games ill-advised attempts at parallax scrolling, which are slow, choppy, and distracting until you get used to it.
The same goes for the audio. Most of the fantastic NES soundtrack has been replaced with a selection of original tunes that, while well written and catchy, dont live up to the originals. I liked the music, though, and thought it sounded much better than the Ninja Gaiden Trilogy mixes did.
If youre a fan of the NES game, you might find it worth your while to check out this novel TurboGrafx remake. I wouldnt call it better than the original, but I still enjoyed it.
No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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