Hello, Arek here. So, what do I have for you today? A boss run of one of my all-time favorite games. Steel Empire is a rather unique shoot'em up with steampunk aesthetics and some references to books of one of greatest writers, Jules Verne. I wanted to do this boss run for along time but some of the bosses here have patterns quite close to what would be in a bullet hell while you have almost your entire sprite as a hitbox. This makes some of the battles extremely hard to the point where you have to rely on knowledge of the boss' patternt instead of actually looking at the bullets. It is especially true for the last phase of cannon projectile fight: you don't react or even try to see fast bullets there - you have to remember when they will be shot and in which sequence and hope that you are doing correct maneuvers. It is not that hard to survive in this game since you are given quite a long HP bar but doing perfect boss fight is another story. In the end I managed to record all bosses and minibosses in this game all of which you will se in this video. I took most of the boss names from both US and japanese manuals and made up generic names for those that were not present there. The boss run is made on 'hard' difficlty setting using Striker plane. Also I did not pick up options to slightly reduce overall load: the game start to slow down quite much on latter bosses and I did not want to make it even worse. Well, that's all I wanted to say. Hope you like this video.
I can see why you would have this in your all time favourites. Thanks for sharing this hidden gem with your awesome skill. I decided not to finish the vid though cause I want to play it now ^^
I highly commend you on this! going into this game while deciding against using the orbiters/options must've been a pain not just in the glutes but the whole body! tried it myself... can't get far without them! and while your Zepp takes far more hits than the Striker, its slow pace makes it less than ideal for hard mode, let alone no-damage runs. kudos to you!
I love this game, my favorite 16-bit shooter. People gave Hot-B a lot of crap about making bad games but this was one of the most impressive of it's era. I love the level-up system and the music is awesome
In the original Japanese he's actually "General Sauron," because they just put in a bunch of random names from Western stuff they liked (same with Motorhead) after Studio Ghibli said they weren't interested in the original pitch of this as a _Castle in the Sky_ game. Also I prefer Garland's original English-translated title, "Colossus Cannon Train." Can't believe they got rid of the railroad gun in that sacrilegious modern version.
@@davianjanvierto4679 I think it's more to do with them thinking it might be copyrighted, since the direct translation would be "Saron" (hence the most likely error would be "General Salon").
Not so much a parody, as keeping with the framing device in the Japanese manual--a Japanese film based on "Steel Empire", a (non-existent) classic German novel from around Jules Verne's time.
I didn't know about this game until today. One day I will definitely try it in person, especially because of how the game looks (something similar I saw in "Boogie Wings"). And of course, thanks for another good video
actually, ALL credit goes to both StarFish Ent. and Hot-B... Flying Edge (one of Acclaim's side-branches, to avoid legal troubles with The Big N at that time) only published it.
And gradius for nes, after burner for genesis, Sunset riders for snes, genesis and the arcade, Space ivnaders for nes, snes (yes there is an snes version) gba, Commando for nes, there are more versions of this game.
Are the stages in this game sequential, or are they routed similar to Darius? Just curious because i noticed there are "Hard" versions of some of the bosses.
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Hello, Arek here. So, what do I have for you today? A boss run of one of my all-time favorite games. Steel Empire is a rather unique shoot'em up with steampunk aesthetics and some references to books of one of greatest writers, Jules Verne. I wanted to do this boss run for along time but some of the bosses here have patterns quite close to what would be in a bullet hell while you have almost your entire sprite as a hitbox. This makes some of the battles extremely hard to the point where you have to rely on knowledge of the boss' patternt instead of actually looking at the bullets. It is especially true for the last phase of cannon projectile fight: you don't react or even try to see fast bullets there - you have to remember when they will be shot and in which sequence and hope that you are doing correct maneuvers. It is not that hard to survive in this game since you are given quite a long HP bar but doing perfect boss fight is another story. In the end I managed to record all bosses and minibosses in this game all of which you will se in this video. I took most of the boss names from both US and japanese manuals and made up generic names for those that were not present there.
The boss run is made on 'hard' difficlty setting using Striker plane. Also I did not pick up options to slightly reduce overall load: the game start to slow down quite much on latter bosses and I did not want to make it even worse.
Well, that's all I wanted to say. Hope you like this video.
alright
I can see why you would have this in your all time favourites. Thanks for sharing this hidden gem with your awesome skill.
I decided not to finish the vid though cause I want to play it now ^^
I highly commend you on this! going into this game while deciding against using the orbiters/options must've been a pain not just in the glutes but the whole body! tried it myself... can't get far without them! and while your Zepp takes far more hits than the Striker, its slow pace makes it less than ideal for hard mode, let alone no-damage runs. kudos to you!
Shadowserg you make me happy when i see your vids thank you
I love this game, my favorite 16-bit shooter. People gave Hot-B a lot of crap about making bad games but this was one of the most impressive of it's era. I love the level-up system and the music is awesome
All of that negativity was caused by Stargazer on the NES.
Boss list:
00:00 01 Battle Zeppelin
01:23 02 Garland
03:14 03 Pz. kpfw IV 'Cerberus'
04:32 04 Miner
06:24 05 Battle Zeppelin mk.2
08:17 06 Dreadnought
11:53 07 A.G. Vulcan BW321 'Scharnhorst'
13:29 08 Naviair Submarine
17:13 09 Heligoland-class 'Westfalen'
22:44 10 Garland mk.2
25:11 11 Scharnhorst mk.2
26:52 12 Cannonball
31:28 13 General Styron
36:25 Ending
Pz kpfw stands for: "Panzer Kampfwagen"( armored battle vehicle )
In the original Japanese he's actually "General Sauron," because they just put in a bunch of random names from Western stuff they liked (same with Motorhead) after Studio Ghibli said they weren't interested in the original pitch of this as a _Castle in the Sky_ game.
Also I prefer Garland's original English-translated title, "Colossus Cannon Train." Can't believe they got rid of the railroad gun in that sacrilegious modern version.
@@CruelestChris Well yes it is, Styron in japanese is Sauron.
@@davianjanvierto4679
I think it's more to do with them thinking it might be copyrighted, since the direct translation would be "Saron" (hence the most likely error would be "General Salon").
Yea General Salon doesn't sound that threatening to be fair, even to little kids 😂
I love how the ending credits parody Hollywood movies, with the mock-MPAA and Dolby Digital logos.
Not so much a parody, as keeping with the framing device in the Japanese manual--a Japanese film based on "Steel Empire", a (non-existent) classic German novel from around Jules Verne's time.
That's honestly even better.
I like the Naviair Submarine's design - it looks like a mechanical Wailord.
This game was one of the games that I wanted to be recorded on the SEGA Mega Drive Mini(SEGA Genesis Mini).
Now you play my favorite game: Steel Empire! Thanks Shadowserg & Arek.
I love how the ship looks like a bird
Yep falcon or eagle like
@@gdredpumpkin2408 A very Da Vinci design
@@ikagura inspired??
I didn't know about this game until today. One day I will definitely try it in person, especially because of how the game looks (something similar I saw in "Boogie Wings"). And of course, thanks for another good video
Boogie Wings is like the dieselpunk counterpart to steampunk Steel Empire. Its plot is actually pretty interesting too.
Absolutely excellent game. Flying Edge killed it. Music, sound, graphics, playability. Perfect
actually, ALL credit goes to both StarFish Ent. and Hot-B... Flying Edge (one of Acclaim's side-branches, to avoid legal troubles with The Big N at that time) only published it.
@@triplestar100 Interesting... I forgot they had to do stuff like that back then.
@@streeterville773 yep... those were funny times, I'll tell ya, LOL!
So many memories of this game.
FINALLY A SHOOTING GAME WITH HEALTH AND NOT 1 HIT KILLS
Like SNES Macross?
Like Tyrian 2000 and Raptor: Call of the Shadows for PC DOS?
And gradius for nes, after burner for genesis, Sunset riders for snes, genesis and the arcade, Space ivnaders for nes, snes (yes there is an snes version) gba, Commando for nes, there are more versions of this game.
And i never heard of snes Macross
That and the final boss is just the leader getting their own ship and 1v1 fight you
Loved this game back in the day...
The gold pattern on Cannonball looks like it spells out Fury.
cool
Now do it with Marisa.
Looks like a good game.
We will never forget your brave sacrifice...🎌
Are the stages in this game sequential, or are they routed similar to Darius? Just curious because i noticed there are "Hard" versions of some of the bosses.
The game is linear. It is just that some bosses are repeated with slightly different patterns.
@@ArekTheDragon Ah, ok.
Sick
Lamont Coates why’s that ?
@@johnphilliptecson3793 its a good game
Please do CarnEvil Bosses no Damage You did the House of the Dead and now I wanna see CarnEvil
Hey
Oh yeah!! I remember thx.
Look what i see on the vital thing. A megaman vital wow thanks game...
Didn't fight the flying fortress :(
Замечательная игра.
Se tiver um plamo model do final boss me contatem
I've played this one, you have the option to play as a blimp which is cool
Always nicknamed the 2nd boss as Gustav train