This Roman War Game Was Way Ahead Of Its Time! | Centurion: Defender Of Rome

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Centurion: Defender of Rome, was a ground breaking Roman war and strategy game released over 30 years ago, and it's still one of the most unique experiences in gaming! In this video, we take a deep dive into the game that let you command armies, rule provinces, and even face off in epic gladiator battles. From military strategy to political intrigue, this game had it all. Watch as we revisit the classic gameplay, explore why it was so ahead of its time, and discuss why it deserves a spot in every retro gamer’s collection. Whether you're a fan of Roman history or classic games, you won’t want to miss this!
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@hanli5416 День назад

For me it is really amazing this game basically fit on 2 3.5 floppy disks totalling less then 3.6 mb of disk space. Considering most games these days take more than 50 gig with almost less gameplay.

@ThanetianGaming День назад

@@hanli5416 that's it. It could easily fit on a watch these days

@danamahr3773 3 дня назад

Beautiful memories! Thank you for reminding me of this early gem 💎!

@ThanetianGaming 3 дня назад

Thanks for watching :)

@rowger8927 Час назад

I remember bringing this game to school on a 5 inch floppy. It must have been in 91-92. I put the game in the computer during class, with a few of my mates gathered around. I get to the first battle, and the PC Speaker started blasting out the music at the beginning. This immediately attracted the attention of our teacher, who came over and made us shut it down.

@ThanetianGaming Час назад

@@rowger8927 haha. They obviously didn't appreciate the historical lesson you were giving.

@novelknowledge День назад

The background sound for each stage is like 2 to 5 second loop, pretty impressive to make not an absolutely annoying bg for 2 seconds.

@ThanetianGaming День назад

@@novelknowledge and with limited audio tools as well. I think they made the music on an amiga music programme x something or other.

@KaidenOZ 3 дня назад

vercingetorix...the OG hawk tuah girl

@ThanetianGaming 3 дня назад

@@KaidenOZ lucky Julius Caesar!

@LiezAllLiez День назад

Played it on Amiga when i was a kid. Ah, the memories...

@ThanetianGaming День назад

@@LiezAllLiez ever beat it?

@LiezAllLiez День назад

@@ThanetianGaming No... i was too young at the time and didnt even know english. Still, this game was my first step in RTS, if you wanna call it that. And i frequently used other formations than a simple line - some of them made it easier to flank the enemy or funnel them into a situation they couldnt get out of (especially their leader). I was a wee bit more aggressive than you were :)

@ThanetianGaming День назад

@@LiezAllLiez haha. And didn't know the language either. Brilliant. I must've been bad!

@doctoronishispsychosislab1474 8 часов назад

Not having much cash as a kid i would get my disc's used. so upon getting a batch i would try them all to see what was already on them. This is how i found this game and man this never got copied over ^^

@ThanetianGaming 8 часов назад

@@doctoronishispsychosislab1474 a great game even today

@freestylebagua День назад

I played the hell out of that game, on the hardest level the only way was to win all your money at chariot races.

@ThanetianGaming День назад

@@freestylebagua Ben-Hur simulator!

@freestylebagua 19 часов назад

@@ThanetianGaming Turned out I just learned recently that Caesar himself started the state games tradition, both gladiators and chariot racing, before him I think it was all private, but because it was so lucrative the State took over, Caesar needed money.

@ThanetianGaming 19 часов назад

@@freestylebagua Interesting to know. I imagine it also helped with his popularity...not with the senate though.

@Maury_60 18 часов назад

The first my strategic game on the sega super mega drive. Still one of my preferite after many years.

@ThanetianGaming 18 часов назад

@@Maury_60 it aged well

@Jamesthomas12187 23 часа назад

One one the most cutting edge console games.

@ThanetianGaming 22 часа назад

@@Jamesthomas12187 and in colour too!

@JJ-ku8bm 13 часов назад

so many times conquered the entire map, the worst were the Parthain raiding parties ;) Important thing is army morale, you need to raise armies in fierce morale regions, if you strenghten in lower morale regions, you may reduce morale of entire army and make it loose more people. Also edges are unsafe, so blanced army isn't great, strenghten right/left and reducing edges and forming one block of full sized(500) kohorts with fierce morale may kill enemies without a loss, before enemy strikes, gets heavy damage. It's good to set low taxes in newly conquered provinces, give them time to increase morale then you tax them for higher money.

@ThanetianGaming 12 часов назад

@@JJ-ku8bm that's good to know thank you. It never clicked with the morale and taxes in the past, I was always too focused on getting money and drafting conscripts to send to the slaugt...join our glorious legions!

@latro8192 3 часа назад

Wow. That was a blast from the past! All I remembered from the game was a vague image of fighting the elephants. Your vid brought it all back. Must have spent hundreds of hours playing Centurion. The next thing was ‘Ancient Battles’ by SSI. Is that still floating around on the net somewhere? Had to Lol at the ‘legion aye Ital’, btw.

@ThanetianGaming Час назад

@@latro8192 yes, I'm surprised the elephants didn't crush the cohorts in the game. I think fire was used to repulse them back in the Punic Wars. I'm sure Ancient Battles is out there somewhere. I'll take a look.

@Pellerinen День назад

I do like stand fast for some battles, but it does pay to use more complex tactics and army layouts with more difficult foes. Especially ones where your cavalry sweeps past the enemy forces and attacks them in the back.

@ThanetianGaming День назад

@@Pellerinen It seems I missed a fair bit of the tactical range of the game.

@onsholo День назад

I mean, I beat the entire game by using a strong right and using the sweep right strategy and then just telling my troops to attack as they want after they are past the enemy flanks

@ThanetianGaming День назад

@@onsholo Looks like I missed a lot. I think even at 10 I was aware that the strength of the Roman Legion was standing fast. Not in this game it seems!

@BryanBear5050 6 часов назад

Game was very simple to win. During the battle, ALWAYS Stand Fast. You win every time.

@ThanetianGaming 2 часа назад

@@BryanBear5050 unless the opposing army is huge

@BryanBear5050 Час назад

Perhaps, it has been 25 years since I played that game but I was highly disappointed when I learned the stand fast trick. It was a Sun Tzu principle, to stand and let the enemy exhaust themself.

@ThanetianGaming Час назад

@@BryanBear5050 sensible tactic. I always use it on my kid!

@ZeroCGR2 День назад

I dont remember this game being so hard. Stand fast allways worked for me

@ThanetianGaming День назад

@@ZeroCGR2 it was for 10 year old me with no manual or Internet! It seems a lot easier now. Glad to finally beat it.

@ZeroCGR2 День назад

@@ThanetianGaming it was the same for me on the Amiga 600. I can't even remember when and how I learned how to cheese chairiot races and always win

@ThanetianGaming День назад

@@ZeroCGR2 Something I missed too! I don't think I ever won one of those...even if I bribed all the opponents!

@unnaturalselection8330 2 дня назад

My fave Genesis games as a kid were Centurion, Shadowrun, Pirates and Buck Rodgers. Not the most exciting gameplay, but absolutely unlimited replay value. ...And when you're on the kid budget, replay value was king, lol Btw bro, you need to be flanking in every fight.

@ThanetianGaming 2 дня назад

@@unnaturalselection8330 some great games there! Flanking works? I thought that just left the centre open whilst the flanks get slaughtered.

@unnaturalselection8330 2 дня назад

@@ThanetianGaming If you routinely develop both flanks while withdrawing the center you get those sweet 1st touch flank attacks, which crumble the enemy, pretty much automatically. ....Also, if you work dialogue right in Egypt, you get an in-bed with side boob shot of Cleopatra, which was an absolute mind blower as a kid in the 90s playing on console. Pretty sure not many ppl found or the media would have gone ape in 1990

@incorrectbeans 3 дня назад

you really got a way of finding these little gems do you

@ThanetianGaming 3 дня назад

@@incorrectbeans a misspent youth!

@jimbojangles9056 День назад

Can you find the old battle chess game, shit used to be dope.

@ThanetianGaming День назад

@@jimbojangles9056 I forgot that even existed! Thanks for reminding me

@ThanetianGaming День назад

@@jimbojangles9056 I just had a look for it. Not available for free but it's on Steam and Gog for £6

@johanj8900 38 минут назад

Great game but on easy mode its a bit to easy :) turning elefants like that... :)

@petermeter9890 3 дня назад

Man the hours I spent on this game 😁

@ThanetianGaming 3 дня назад

@@petermeter9890 did you ever finish?

@petermeter9890 3 дня назад

Hmm honestly I don't remember, it's too long ago. I also had a dodgy copy and no manual. Furthermore it was in English and back then I barely spoke any :)