Herzog Zwei (Genesis)

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Description

The premise is that two opposing forces are in combat with one another. Each player controls a jet airplane which zooms across the screen and may turn into a ground based soldier. These ground soldiers can hurt enemy units, but can not affect bases. To take over bases scattered across the map (and ultimately, the enemy base), players must purchase new units and transport them to certain positions. In this way, the player acts more like a transport and management for different types of units rather than a combat character themselves. If the plane is ever destroyed, it restarts at the player's base location. As previously mentioned, a level is complete when either side's base is lost to the opposing forces.

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Alternate Titles

• "ヘルツォーク・ツヴァイ" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Group

• Herzog series

User Reviews

An interesting concept.

Kyle Levesque (935)

Critic Reviews

Sega-16.com	Jul 05, 2004	10 out of 10	100
neXGam	Dec 27, 2009	8.5 out of 10	85
Play Time	May, 1991	85 out of 100	85
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Apr, 1990	82 out of 100	82
Power Play	Apr, 1990	80 out of 100	80
All Game Guide	2007		80
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Mar, 1990	9.6 out of 12	80
Raze	Mar, 1991	80 out of 100	80
The Games Machine (UK)	Mar, 1990	75 out of 100	75
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	May, 1990	17 out of 40	42

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Herzog Zwei appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Real-Time Strategy

Herzog Zwei is credited by many to be the first real-time strategy game, and is rumored to be the template for that part of gameplay in the more widely known Dune 2 game. But contrary to popular belief, Herzog Zwei isn't even the first real-time strategy archetype. That honor arguably goes to Stonkers and The Ancient Art of War, both released in 1984, five years before that game seen its' spotlight in Japan. In addition, many people who consider Herzog Zwei to be the first RTS ever made, know nothing about the extremely obsucre prequel of this game, titled just Herzog.

Title Translation

The words "Herzog" and "Zwei" are German. A direct translation of the game's title to English would be "Duke Two".

Hidden message in password system cipher

"Herzog Zwei is the work of Gan-chan" is the cipher for all passwords and "Gan-chan" is likely the nickname of programmer Takeshi Iwanaga: http://www.eenerd.com/HerzogZwei.html

Additional information contributed by Katharian Berg and IndieJones.