Beating EVERY N64 Game - Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (51/394) 

I'm glad he mentioned the Naboo starfighter, but I'm not sure he appreciates the cheat code for what it is. That was most likely the last great cheat code we will ever see in gaming with all the data mining anymore. The Naboo ship was in the game for a year unknown to anyone until The Phantom Menace came out, and then the code was released. That's freaking awesome and so sad that we will never get anything like it in games again.

the force is with you. TBH the games you're playing I never thought I'd see the covers of again. Thanks for doing this fun playthrough. I've been enjoying it and finally had to comment on this one.

My favourite thing is how zen thab is. unlike other you tubers, he doesn’t overreact to every little thing like a buffoon. It’s really quite refreshing

Okay so, fact n' clarification time since this is one game I played endlessly growing up Nearly every ship in the game has some sort of special function in the game by pressing the Right-C Button. The X-Wing's wings (S-Foils) fold into a closed position. You'll move faster but your weapons are disabled until you open them up again. The Y-Wing's are the aforementioned Ion Cannons. The V-Wing's is a speed booster. All except two ships have alt firing modes that trade fire rate for power and accuracy. Except for the V-Wing, which gives you speed and power with its Rapid Fire function, but this also shares a heat mechanic with the speed booster The yellow boxes are bonus upgrades that are automatically applied to all applicable ships when the mission is finished. While most are just power and homing upgrades to Secondary Weapons, there are a few applied universally such as Advanced Lasers (found in Battle Above Taloraan within the Cloud City-like area) which doubles your laser potency and Advanced Shield Technology (in The Jade Moon in an outpost just left of the trench area at the beginning.) which grants you an extra solid hit (represented by the gauge starting out as blue instead of green) The X-Wings have Proton Torpedoes but in Rescue of Kessel, they were modified to have ion cannons instead.. This is the only mission in the game to alter a ship's secondary weapon. The Beggar's Canyon Run has you fly the T-16 Skyhopper, something seen in Episode IV. It's basically a civilian craft that can be customized to have weapons. The Battle of Hoth is from Empire Strikes Back. The AT-STs and AT-ATs made their debut here in the movies. This is also the final level because this entire game was inspired by the Shadows of the Empire's rendition of this battle because of how grand it was, especially for its time. Aside from the Buick and the Naboo Starfighter, you can also unlock the Millennium Falcon and a TIE Interceptor as playable ships. This game has a grading system based on your results tally. and you can get a Bronze, Silver or Gold Medal. Getting medals on all missions will not only unlock some additional stuff but whenever you get all medals period, the ending will be extended. Getting Bronze simply unlocks Beggar's Canyon. Silver nets you the Death Star Trench Run, and Gold, Battle of Hoth. However, if you get Bronze on the secret missions, you'll unlock the Falcon permanently. Silver gets you the Interceptor. Gold will remove the ship limit on missions, letting you pilot any craft on any mission that doesn't require the Speeder. The Naboo Starfighter's existence in the game was a closely guarded secret when the game was new. In fact, only the few who put the ship in there knew of its existence and it wasn't in the PC version until it was patched in. When the Phantom Menace was close to release, Factor 5 advertised the codes as a sort of surprise cross promotion. The fact that the codes to unlock it didn't trigger a confirmation sound and had no apparent theme to them made them all the more hard to guess. Oh by the way, do not *ever* pause the game while flying the Buick or it will automatically crash the game. Don't know why it does that, it just does.

"So it creates a feedback loop where both of you are trying to get behind the other to shoot them..." I mean, you just figured out what fighter dogfighting is all about :D

I’m all caught up now, this is so awesome! I can’t even fathom how much time this is going to take to complete. I’ve also started watching your other videos waiting for this one to come out, and you are the best gamer I have ever seen. Your MM2 runs are incredible, and to be able to pick up a random game and complete it is insane!

Outside of the impressive visuals, Factor 5 developed a new type of compression ratio in order to get an unusual amount of audio onto the cartridge. There's several hours of dialogue alone.

Not only does he play the games for hours, but he makes a video of it and edits it perfectly with what he’s talking about in that moment. It’s super entertaining to watch and listen to. I hope when you finish all the games you get some type of recognition from Nintendo or other gaming companies because that’s one hell of a feet to beat.

You got something special going on here, playing games I and many other old millenials grew up on, brings back memories. Great Star Wars game on a great system. People loved the opening Hoth battle on Shadows of the Empire so much that Lucas Arts made an entire game based on that gameplay.

That volcano mission always was the hardest for me when I was younger. Eventually I figured out to just sprint through and destroy all the missile turrets first and then take out the shield generators.

So, about the Speeder and tow cable. Roping an AT-AT is actually a lot of fun, but it does take some practice. The optimal way to do it is to start with the Speed travelling tangentially to the AT-AT and then simply maintaining a constantly turn to the left or right. If you have to change your left-right input during the turns, you're very likely to either hit the AT-AT or fly too far and snap the cable. Also, I noticed you never used the air brake when shooting ground targets. You really should have.

I've noticed you don't look at the manual to these games before playing them. In fact the only time I've seen you look at a manual was to look up how to do a super move for a tennis game you ended up not being able to pull off. Most games of this era didn't have tutorial mission that held your hand while you learned how to play them. My advice for you is to find the manuals these prior to playing them and look up the controls. In the case of this game, you would've figured out about the air brakes mentioned in a previous comment.

Just subscribed yesterday and I have almost watched this entire series! Love what you're doing!

This was my first N64 game. It still holds up. Love it!

one of the best games I've ever played and one the best Star Wars experiences of my life

The history behind unlocking the Naboo starfighter was fun to find out when I owned it. They hid it in the code because the game released like 6 months before Episode 1

I'm so bummed that ThaB doesn't like wrapping the walkers. That was my favorite part as a kid 😅

Recently subscribed due to this fantastic series. I love how thorough you are in going through the game. It's a great way to experience games I missed and others I'd never heard of without having to play through them myself. Keep up the great work.

The medals actually unlock extra levels. Gotta get all top medal for all the levels

I assumed the car was a reference to American Graffiti (a movie George Lucas made before Star Wars) but apparently it's a Factor5 developer's car. Apparently it appears in all of the Rogue Squadron games (or at least 3 others, RS2, RS3, and RS Episode 1)

such a damn classic game. played this so much when I was younger. getting a gold on every mission was a tough challenge

It's interesting seeing this kid play these games and saying he has "never heard of this one before" when referring to games that were VERY popular or very well rated like Rogue Squadron. It is refreshing to see somone in discovery mode for the games. In short, I'm old. Keep playing, dude!

Great to see this game played through, I never managed to get past the volcano level as a kid, the difficulty spike was unreal. Also you missed one secret mission the code was 'CHICKEN' and you could play as an ATST and shoot up a load of civilian villages, was great fun

You didn’t show the hangar! That’s the best part

Every time he does the random number at the end: “Number ___? What the heck is that?” 😂 Don’t worry dude, you’ll get Yoshi’s Story one day. Still really enjoying the series

6:09 "Gerrard veee" lol 😂 it's a Roman numeral. Besides that great content as usual Thab

Ayyy I just got caught up on this series and I'm able to catch a premier now! I love what you're doing here man. You're a legend!

Instant click. I love this series so much

This game had the best cheatcodes. Farmboy unlocked the millennium falcon, tiedup got the tie interceptor. I don’t remember what the code was, but they even had a code for the Naboo star fighter, and this was a couple years before episode 1 came out! So cool.

I noticed for the speeder that takes down AT-ATs your slowing down with one paddle, if you use Z and R, both paddles come out and you go extra slow, which is useful.

I played this on my uncles home theatre on a massive projector with a top of the line surround sound system (for the late 90's/early 2000's) and it was freaking amazing. The surround sound effect in this game was amazing.

I just started the series last night and Im STUNED with your courage to do it. Also, Im amzed how no one inagined that task before. Keep 'em coming!

This game was AWESOME

It took many plays but I learned to love the AT-AT cable wrapping. Got to where I could turbo through most of it! Loving this series.

Love this series

Dude you should be getting an award for this! Dedicating over a year of your life to playing every single N64 game is a feat. Thanks for this I will be dropping a like on every video in this series! Pumped for Star Fox 64!!!!!

The new icon intro and new sound to it. Love it, as this series.

I can't remember if I commented it on the Shadows of the Empire video but you technically aren't forced to tow cable the AT-ATs in that game. If you spend ~20min doing fly bys, you can whittle down their health pools and they'll just blow up.

Tying up the AT-AT walkers is something many kids dream of when they grow up watching Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back. The game feeds into that dream and is so much more satisfying than in Shadows of the Empire.

I absolutely loved this game as a kid! 100% completion on this is *brutal*. That Y-wing mission you complained about is some bad memories lol. You can find lots of those yellow powerups throughout, which helps. And you unlock access to other ships in prior missions. The sequel to this game was a launch title for the Gamecube. I picked it up on launch day (saved every penny for it as a teenager) and MAN it did not disappoint. It outclasses the original in every category. Still catching up on this series, it has been great to watch when I need a break. But I had to watch this one right away - again, loved this as a kid. Thanks Thab!

I absolutely love this game. It still is a blast to play nowadays. One of my favorite Star wars games ever!

There's also a cheat to let you play as an AT-ST Walker. Kinda fun, you just walk around shooting things and destroying a town. This game reminds me of all the childlike whimsy I used to have. I could waste hours away on this game. I used to replay the Mos Eisley mission just to fly around the city in an X-Wing and chase a speeder that zips around town like I was some kind of cop chasing a runaway bad guy. I miss that.

This series is just freaking legendary!

One of the best parts of Friday are these vids. Thanks ThaB thanks Craw.

yeah im hooked on this endeavor now. i remember A LOT of the n64 games this one in particular being as fluid as star fox combat but star wars

This is the one game I've been looking forward to you playing. Such a fun and challenging game for me as a kid.

Waiting for Goldeneye, and Road Rash! Some of my favorite games. Also the Banjo Kazooie games, and naturally the Legend of Zelda games.. gosh there's just so much awesomeness to look forward to!

Watching your steady increase in subscribers due to this series, after all these years, makes me feel so happy. My fav RU-vidr is getting recognised!

I’ve always loved your endless super expert videos but these are just next level with the structure, narration and editing!

I enjoy this series, Thabest721! I'm kinda too lazy to play through these all myself, but interested enough that these videos are great, kinda exactly what I was looking for lol. Have a great day!

An extra challenge in this game is to get gold medals on each mission. That makes those missions a lot harder. You should go back and try doing that maybe.

I really liked wrapping the walkers, found it very fun

Loved this game. Got a ton of hours out of it trying to perfect every mission.

I played this game alot when I was a teen but really struggled, especially, the one with big battle with the baddie. Great memories!

Glad I discovered this series. There's so many games that I can't wait for you to play.

O my god, I miss this game soooo much. This series is sick bro! Keep it up!

I've only barely played the N64 Rogue Squadron, but the Gamecube Rogue Squadron is super similar but it looks like just overall done a bit better. I haven't played the GC version in over 15 years, but man do I have fond memories of it.

Darn, you skipped over the only two cheats I remember, playing as a tie fighter or millennium falcon. The falcon is by far the most overpowered ship in the game!!

This one was a lot of fun for me growing up. Nice to see the playthrough!

Your a champion doing this. Gonna binge all the videos. Subbed today and can't wait

Excellent narration as usually. I love how high-quality these videos are!

Rogue Leader Rogue Squadron 2 for Gamecube was a gem

Just discovered you a few weeks ago and have been addicted to these videos!

There was a way that you could get the Millennium Falcon for every mission, and I think the Naboo Starfighter. The Falcon made every mission a piece of cake, could even take down the At-At without rope.

My new favorite RU-vid series

Loved this game. Still do. Fun multiplayer, too. Great work! Keep it up!

this is one of my all time favorite n64 games. its so good! the racer game is actually fairly decent as well. great stuff!

I still have this game . Bought it the day it came out. That level with the destroyers was the first time we saw the tie/d with the square wings

Great memories playing this with childhood friends during birthday sleepovers at my house. Miss those days and the people who I've since lost touch with.

Your videos inspired me to try out more retro games. Not just the ones I grew up with.

Such fond memories of this game. I remember my brother and I trying to get gold on every mission and how hard some of them were.

Well this is nuts. I expected unedited footage but this is like proper reviews. Can't wait for beetle racing. There were so many racing games.

This game absolutely blew me away when it first came out.

The Rogue Squandron game on the Gamecube is pretty much the best looking game on that console too. And it was a launch title! It still looks amazing today.

I still have this game! This one wasn’t my favorite but I still played it here and there when I wasn’t in the mood to play hydro thunder or beat the ocarina of time again 😂 keep these up!

You can always play as a tie interceptor too which has nearly no shields, no bombs, but quad lazers and is super fast. It was my favorite.

Best part of my fridays are these THAB! Thanks for the great content!

I remember when this game came out and magazines were talking about how they managed to make it higher resolution with the expansion pack. What a difference that seems to have made here; everything from the geometry to the fonts looks significantly crisper.

12:00 Getting the gold medal on that AT-PT escort mission was one the most stressful, difficult things I ever did in my childhood. Even today, at 32 years old, I would not want to go through it again.

This video is why I started watching you. It was to see this. I haven't even watched it yet but this is the game I wanted to see.

finally youtube recommended something i like watching 👍👍 keep it up

This one is by far my favorite N64 game. I loved Starfox and Mario as well and some mario party was always fun with friends, but I gold medaled every level on this game. Only this game and Goldeneye did I do that.

All caught up! I pounded out like 20 videos yesterday! Keep it up!

Rogue squadron.., i loved this so much

Beast I like this series keep it up! 51 games in 297 days, that means 5.82 days/game. 394 games * 5.82 days/game = 2294.47 days or 6.29 years. So you just have over 5 years to go at the current rate you have been going.

Love this series sir

I was obsessed with this game as a kid. Got all gold medals and was so convince more was hiding from me that I made my mom get me the expansion pak. All because some magazine had an image of cut content so i thought there was some mission I was missing.

Wow this video is doing great in such a short time. I hope this serious blows up like crazy. Loving the content :)

This is impressive, enjoying it very much!

I wasn’t good enough to beat this game as a kid. It was great to see the unstoppable Thab wreck this game.

I can't wait to see how he does on subzero mythologies. That game used to drive me up the wall.

"About half way through, Han shows shows up and blows up a bunch of enemies. I guess that happened in the movie too?" Uh ya. That was kind of the biggest scene in all of cinima lol. Please watch Star Wars!!

Love these videos, takes me back to my childhood! Keep it up!

This was for sure my most played game on the 64 I played that first level over and over and over just flying around for ever thinking it was the coolest thing ever

The Defection at Corellia... I HATED that as a kid.. the damn harpoon haha

This brought back a lot of memories! Bought this game when I was in 7th grade and it was my first n64 game. So fun.

Love this series idea. Shadowman 64 is gonna be a crazy video lol

You must love when the selector gives you one of the stone-cold classics

Loved rogue squadron, the first level is super nostalgic. Can't wait for you to play Vigilante 8! One of my other favorites!

At the end you should list your 100 favorite games or a favorite game from each genre. And show which games scored highest in enjoyment and difficulty like a recap so people who are just getting into n64 can have a starting point. The series is great