My lifelong friend and I had some great times playing this at the local arcade in junior high. It probably influenced our decision to join the Army for real. I just did a few years and he made a career of it, ending up a decorated combat veteran. Every time I see Cabal I think of those days at the arcade.
Yo Patman! Am so grateful for you taking the time to do this, and it certainly did not disappoint! Have so many happy memories of growing up with this game (and terrible ones of that Amstrad port 😉) Thanks to Cabal I grew up convinced it's possible to take down a fast jet or attack helicopter with one single lob of a grenade! I'm sure it's happened somewhere, right? Thanks again mate, you're a legend! 🇬🇧🇺🇸
My friend and I loved to play this game in high school. Something adult me notices about this game is that in order to be playable, all the enemies' bullets and weapons appear to travel at roughly 10 mph. 😆
Thanks for the reference to Shootout! I played that game all the time when I was kid until I got really good at it, but I forgot the name of the game. The soundtrack to that game has been stuck in my head for decades!
Another trip down memory lane with the Patman. I’d totally forgotten about this title and played it way back and it all came flooding back.These kind of games were very enjoyable and I also remember the game Dynamite Duke that scrolled along with a character in the foreground and the awesome Wild Guns on the SNES.
Thank you my friend. Dynamite Duke was one that I forgot about And should have included At the very end. I loved wild guns, that was a definite classic.
The chibi style sprites of the Spectrum and Amstrad version were done intententially, having accurate sprites in the game would mean less on screen and would be harder to see. Ocean also did the same thing with their port of Midnight Resistance.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries No worries, think Mighty Final Fight on the NES, the hardware can't really run an exact replica, so they go for a stylized version instead. I think it was a developer called Special FX who did these games for Ocean, Retro Gamer magazine did a great article on them once.
@@Larry Yo, Larry! Nice to see a fellow Brit checking out Patman's content. Thanks for the information re Special FX and Ocean. I grew up with a C64, and Ocean Software was by far the publisher who released the best movie & TV tie in games. The Untouchables, Blaze Out, Operation Wolf, and (despite the massive bug) Robocop, were a few of my favourites.
It was the trackball that made this game so enjoyable in the arcade. Some games are made to be played with certain controllers. This is especially true with arcade games. This is the one game I was disappointed was not included in the Taito collections. It's a classic!
This is my new favorite TH-cam channel! Please keep making these! Some I would love to see; Golden Axe Spy Hunter Black Tiger Gauntlet Ivan Stewart’s Off Road Magic Sword Players Choice Road Blasters Outrun
You have a fantastic documentary narrator voice. I have now the Pandora 5s hooked up to my big TV, and man oh man is it fun. Cabal is my favorite game at this moment.
@@residentelecton what I couldn't figure out on p.o.w. how you get the bomb or grenade if you're locked up in a prison camp cell or I wonder who gave the grenade or bomb to you
@@robertlong6027 Exactly! All I can imagine is he'd been crafting his own potassium nitrate by collecting urine from the latrines, and mixing it with grass from the exercise yard? The added bonus of constantly smelling of piss would no doubt keep the suspicious guards at bay? Damn... I really do spend too much time thinking of these things?
I am so glad I ran across your channel!! This is a great video series! I played the Hell out of Cabal back in the day! I sucked at it, but damn it was a lot of fun!
I love Cabal. It was one of the first arcade games I owned. My history with this type of gameplay started with Empire City 1931, and included Shoot Out, G.I. Joe and eventually would include Nam 1975.
Destructible cover systems all the way back in the 80's. That's actually a huge feature in today's shooters to up the pressure on the player and make them think fast pick targets.
I definitely remember playing the arcade port of Cabal with the trackball. For the home version I rented the Nes game at my local Blockbuster Video back in the day.
This was a fantastic game. Again especially in two player. I loved the fact you could use some cover. The game was also well-converted especially for the Amiga computers
No trip to the arcade was complete without hearing the Cabal skull laughing at me while in demo mode, and it was usually when I was losing badly while playing another game.
Excellent video, I like the first thumbnail of your intros, this might sound weird but it kinda reminds me the Venezuela's flag for some reason, the country I am from. (the yellow, blue and the red colours, plus the stars) lol, thumbs up for that.
I loved this game on the NES. I’m going to have to check out the arcade original. I was hoping you’d mention Wild Guns. Definitely a worthy successor. Wild Guns remains one of my favorite SNES games to this day.
I don't see if it came up previously in the comments, but there's a game in a similar formula thats been released across the Wii, 3DS, and Switch called "Zombie Panic in Wonderland" where apparently... Alice, Dorothy, and Snow White shoot zombies, in Wonderland. I just tripped over a trailer for it today, and that made me nostalgic for Cabal, which lead me here. lol.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries quite welcome! I got in the habit of trying to find old arcade games I knew as a kid but couldn't recall the names. It spread to include looking for clones & such. I actually found Pirates when looking for a different game that is actually called Skull & Crossbones, but as I loved Cabal it intrigued me. I later found the others.
I played Cabal every time we got to go to the PX while I was in basic training. I got really good at it. I'd usually be able to get really far on one coin and could finish it on less than a dollar.
The Dick Tracy game for Megadrive was also inluenced by this game, it combined the mechanics seen here with a more traditional run and gun platformer. One button for jump, other to use the gun against enemies on the same plane as Dick and the other to shot enemies in background with the machine gun.
I never saw this game with a joystick. That’s pure sacrilege....who in their right mind decided that it would play better without the trackball? I loved this game. I still Remember the day one of my local arcades got it. Great game!
My friend and I had this arcade cabinet in our house when we were 19, it was awesome. Got to the point where we could easily 1cc the game but it was a blast!
@@nemesis656 no idea, but probably ended up somewhere sad. I know he doesn't have it now. I dont think they came in dedicated cabinets, but I believe it was just a conversion kit.
When The Punisher for the NES came out in 1990, it reminded me of this game. But in the Punisher, the screen isn't static and is instead scrolling left to right.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It's definitely challenging. In fact, I'm surprised I even beat it. BTW, I subbed to your channel recently. These documentaries are addictive.
My favorite game that cabal inspired was the gi joe arcade game. I remember being so blown away by the graphics the 1st time i saw it. I wonder why there were no home ports.
@@residentelect Devastators is probably what your thinking of, actually I think there was a Rambo game too now that I think of it. I know Rambo 3 on the genesis had a scene like Cabal where you fought a heli
@@PlasticCogLiquid Excellent! Thanks for the help! I knew I'd seen it on the Mega Drive! You used his bow didn't you! I never played Devastators, or have seen it in the wild 😟
Are you going to do an in-depth history of GAUNTLET? just to find out if the wizard really did eat the food. I always thought it was the elf he always looks auspicious. And GAUNTLET was the first 2d dungeon crawler.
I remember cheating on this game because the basic gun shoots as fast as you can press the button so my button rubbing Technic made it like I'm using the MG power up all the way. Too bad the second game where you play a cowboy and indian can't let me do that.
Great game First played it on C64 then later Amiga And later on Mame....still play this game ( and blood brothers) quite often... Also if you like this genre...Taito's arcade game Dead Connection might be something wortwhile also!
For some reason I always thought Operation Wolf would be a prequel to Cabal since it appeared a year earlier. But I cannot find any evidence. I miss something like "The history of platformers" where Space Panic was probably the first, followed by Donkey Kong. If you need more ideas I have some of the classic 80s games listed at www.ankman.de/mame/
We had a Laundromat in my town that had this wonderful game when it came out, and it remained there until it got shutdown in 2010 I really miss that game. Oh well I can still MAME it, but it feels much better using the Trackball. :D
I have the NTSC version on Commodore 64. I noticed when I die and run out of lives the games freezes up for some reason so if I want to play it again I have to reload it. I played the pal version on Commodore 64 and thought it was way better.
Played it 2 player in the arcade on a joystick machine it was great. I also played the PC port, but in my memory it had two player mode. Am I wrong about that?
I always thought the ZX spectrum and the amstrad has some ugly grafix. I mean I understand the technology at the time wasn't very good. But damn those games like tiger electronic handheld games.
Spectrum was simply not lucky enough to conversion from Arcade system (without R-Type and Chase HQ), but it had its exclusive titles that looked great.
I wouldn't say the Amstrad had bad graphics. In fact the color palette was similar to the Master System as it used a similar graphics chip. The probem with the Amstrad was that there was way too many lazy DIRECT ZX Spectrum ports
I know. I wasn't shitting on the amstrad or zx spectrum. The Atari 2600 was much better. It's the technology of that day. But some of those games look like tiger electronics handheld games. Just saying.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I have it on Nintendo and I love all the jingles... takes me back to my childhood instantly... that music is super nice too
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My lifelong friend and I had some great times playing this at the local arcade in junior high. It probably influenced our decision to join the Army for real. I just did a few years and he made a career of it, ending up a decorated combat veteran. Every time I see Cabal I think of those days at the arcade.
Yo Patman!
Am so grateful for you taking the time to do this, and it certainly did not disappoint!
Have so many happy memories of growing up with this game (and terrible ones of that Amstrad port 😉)
Thanks to Cabal I grew up convinced it's possible to take down a fast jet or attack helicopter with one single lob of a grenade!
I'm sure it's happened somewhere, right?
Thanks again mate, you're a legend! 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Absolutely, thank you so much for supporting me on patreon. Always happy to do reviews for people who support me. Cheers
My friend and I loved to play this game in high school. Something adult me notices about this game is that in order to be playable, all the enemies' bullets and weapons appear to travel at roughly 10 mph. 😆
LOL,I hear you :-)
Thanks for the reference to Shootout! I played that game all the time when I was kid until I got really good at it, but I forgot the name of the game. The soundtrack to that game has been stuck in my head for decades!
Absolutely, thanks for watching
That was Rambo not Ikari Warriors
Another trip down memory lane with the Patman. I’d totally forgotten about this title and played it way back and it all came flooding back.These kind of games were very enjoyable and I also remember the
game Dynamite Duke that scrolled along with a character in the foreground and the awesome Wild Guns on the SNES.
Thank you my friend. Dynamite Duke was one that I forgot about And should have included At the very end. I loved wild guns, that was a definite classic.
The chibi style sprites of the Spectrum and Amstrad version were done intententially, having accurate sprites in the game would mean less on screen and would be harder to see. Ocean also did the same thing with their port of Midnight Resistance.
Oh really? That is interesting. I never knew that. Thanks for sharing Larry
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries No worries, think Mighty Final Fight on the NES, the hardware can't really run an exact replica, so they go for a stylized version instead.
I think it was a developer called Special FX who did these games for Ocean, Retro Gamer magazine did a great article on them once.
@@Larry
Yo, Larry! Nice to see a fellow Brit checking out Patman's content.
Thanks for the information re Special FX and Ocean.
I grew up with a C64, and Ocean Software was by far the publisher who released the best movie & TV tie in games.
The Untouchables, Blaze Out, Operation Wolf, and (despite the massive bug) Robocop, were a few of my favourites.
the gameplay of this game was just beautiful. hard to belive there were so few games like that
I agree, it doesn't make any sense
For the time it was incredible to me. I loved the game.
It was the trackball that made this game so enjoyable in the arcade. Some games are made to be played with certain controllers. This is especially true with arcade games.
This is the one game I was disappointed was not included in the Taito collections. It's a classic!
This is my new favorite TH-cam channel! Please keep making these! Some I would love to see;
Golden Axe
Spy Hunter
Black Tiger
Gauntlet
Ivan Stewart’s Off Road
Magic Sword
Players Choice
Road Blasters
Outrun
Thank you, check my channel because I've done a few of those already. And spy Hunter you say? Stay tuned! :-)
I LOVE GAUNTLET!
You have a fantastic documentary narrator voice. I have now the Pandora 5s hooked up to my big TV, and man oh man is it fun. Cabal is my favorite game at this moment.
That's very nice of you to say, thank you. I've heard good things about the Pandora. Thank you for watching
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries :) Unless you have the real deal it is as good as it gets IMO
I loved Cabal! I used to play it and Black Tiger at a pizza place when I was a kid.
Those are both classic games
Also speaking of war movie's and games, for future episode's please do a history of P.O.W. Prisoners Of War the arcade game by SNK.
That's a good one, I'll see what I could dig up
I loved the beginning of that game, when you blow the cell door off of its hinges 😁 when you're 9 (or 40) you find stuff like that simply awesome!
P.O.W. had a pretty good in-game music soundtrack.
@@residentelecton what I couldn't figure out on p.o.w. how you get the bomb or grenade if you're locked up in a prison camp cell or I wonder who gave the grenade or bomb to you
@@robertlong6027
Exactly!
All I can imagine is he'd been crafting his own potassium nitrate by collecting urine from the latrines, and mixing it with grass from the exercise yard?
The added bonus of constantly smelling of piss would no doubt keep the suspicious guards at bay?
Damn... I really do spend too much time thinking of these things?
I am so glad I ran across your channel!! This is a great video series! I played the Hell out of Cabal back in the day! I sucked at it, but damn it was a lot of fun!
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Is no one going to talk about the iconic cackle when the game was in demo mode?
I remember that iconic cackle as well from the laughing skull at the title screen.
Also the game has a dive roll button or activated by the trackball which enables you to pass through bullets!
I remember this arcade shooter that for its time was impressive graphically and enticing for me to spend quarters on. Great video.
Thank you very much
I love Cabal. It was one of the first arcade games I owned. My history with this type of gameplay started with Empire City 1931, and included Shoot Out, G.I. Joe and eventually would include Nam 1975.
Those are all great games especially G.I. Joe. Thanks for sharing
Destructible cover systems all the way back in the 80's. That's actually a huge feature in today's shooters to up the pressure on the player and make them think fast pick targets.
This game was definitely ahead of its time
I definitely remember playing the arcade port of Cabal with the trackball.
For the home version I rented the Nes game at my local Blockbuster Video back in the day.
I thought the NES version was very good
I loved playing Cabal. I would recommend checking out the Rambo III arcade game by Taito and the GI Joe arcade game by Konami.
Both games that took a big influence from cabal
This was a fantastic game. Again especially in two player. I loved the fact you could use some cover. The game was also well-converted especially for the Amiga computers
Yes, I talked about all of the home conversions
No trip to the arcade was complete without hearing the Cabal skull laughing at me while in demo mode, and it was usually when I was losing badly while playing another game.
LOL, that's hilarious
just played this for the first time today. what an excellent shooter that is surprisingly fair. on that note the characters death sound cracks me up!
My lord I loved this game at release. Both in the arcade and on home computer.
So did I it was a great game
Gi joe the arcade game had a similar concept only the characters were always moving forward. Didn't even knew it existed until I got into Mame.
Excellent video, I like the first thumbnail of your intros, this might sound weird but it kinda reminds me the Venezuela's flag for some reason, the country I am from. (the yellow, blue and the red colours, plus the stars) lol, thumbs up for that.
Thank you very much, did not know you are from Venezuela so greetings from the United States :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries 👍
I loved this game on the NES. I’m going to have to check out the arcade original. I was hoping you’d mention Wild Guns. Definitely a worthy successor. Wild Guns remains one of my favorite SNES games to this day.
Check out wild guns reloaded for switch, ps4 and steam. Its a terrific remake, with new levels, characters and weapons.
Your thorough research is so appreciated! Data East Shootout as the predecessor... Of course!
Enjoying history of and port of the games you covered. Far as Cabal goes I like the arcade version the best
Thank you so much for the nice words, I agree the arcade version is superior
PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries I subbed to your channel cause I’m enjoying the content. Great work sir
@@SinisterTarheel Welcome aboard, glad you are enjoying my content. Thank you so much for subscribing and hope you continue to enjoy my videos.
I don't see if it came up previously in the comments, but there's a game in a similar formula thats been released across the Wii, 3DS, and Switch called "Zombie Panic in Wonderland" where apparently... Alice, Dorothy, and Snow White shoot zombies, in Wonderland. I just tripped over a trailer for it today, and that made me nostalgic for Cabal, which lead me here. lol.
I will check it out, thanks
the G.I Joe arcade game took this concept to it's furthest possible ends by combining rail shooter elements.
There is also an arcade game like Cabal but had a pirate theme simply called Pirates
I have never seen that thanks for the tip
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries quite welcome! I got in the habit of trying to find old arcade games I knew as a kid but couldn't recall the names. It spread to include looking for clones & such. I actually found Pirates when looking for a different game that is actually called Skull & Crossbones, but as I loved Cabal it intrigued me. I later found the others.
I played Cabal every time we got to go to the PX while I was in basic training. I got really good at it. I'd usually be able to get really far on one coin and could finish it on less than a dollar.
Nice
The Dick Tracy game for Megadrive was also inluenced by this game, it combined the mechanics seen here with a more traditional run and gun platformer. One button for jump, other to use the gun against enemies on the same plane as Dick and the other to shot enemies in background with the machine gun.
That's a good one, which I completely forgot about. I really like Dick Tracy game as well
I never saw this game with a joystick. That’s pure sacrilege....who in their right mind decided that it would play better without the trackball? I loved this game. I still
Remember the day one of my local arcades got it. Great game!
I agree 100%, trackball all the way
Hi pat fantastic video had this for c64 & speccy but never played arcade version Thanks for the history GREAT VIDEO .
Thanks Ricky, glad you enjoyed it. Growing up I never saw the arcade either. I was only familiar with the Commodore 64 and Amiga ports
Ah well to a 9yr old on his amstrad it was still good in the 80s
If you had never played the arcade version, the amstrad version would have been kinda fun to play.
My brothers and I LOVED this game! Maximum carnage.
It was always a lot of fun :-)
My friend and I had this arcade cabinet in our house when we were 19, it was awesome. Got to the point where we could easily 1cc the game but it was a blast!
Very cool, always wanted one
wow, do you know what happened to the cab? fairly rare now
@@nemesis656 no idea, but probably ended up somewhere sad. I know he doesn't have it now. I dont think they came in dedicated cabinets, but I believe it was just a conversion kit.
I played this years ago, a arcade at a resort. Awesome job
Another great job.
Thank you so much
When The Punisher for the NES came out in 1990, it reminded me of this game. But in the Punisher, the screen isn't static and is instead scrolling left to right.
The punisher is very reminiscent of this game. Good call
My cousin and I would duck Sunday school, to play this game... The rush and adrenaline and explosions was amazing.
Yes they were especially for the time
One of my earliest memories is playing this on the arcade with my dad it had a gun like operation wolf
I never saw this game with the gun, only with the joystick
This was one of the first arcade games I remember along with missile command
Both all-time classic games
I have a copy of Cabal on the NES. I love that game! I managed to beat it with no cheat codes, as challenging as it was.
Excellent, I was never that good at it
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It's definitely challenging. In fact, I'm surprised I even beat it. BTW, I subbed to your channel recently. These documentaries are addictive.
@@littlegreengamer Thank you very much, glad you enjoy the content :-)
I'm impressed with the European C64 and Amiga versions. They really turned out nice.
They did turn out really well
Love your videos mate I’m uk and was about 10 when these games were about 10p got you a go thank god for MAME
Thank you very much. Mame has given us the opportunity to play games that we otherwise may have never been able to experience. Gotta love it :-)
My brother and I loved this game. Definitely an all time favorite.
My favorite game that cabal inspired was the gi joe arcade game. I remember being so blown away by the graphics the 1st time i saw it. I wonder why there were no home ports.
That game rocks! Devastators is good too
My memory is a little rusty (I'm old) but wasn't there a Rambo game which had a similar format??
@@residentelect Devastators is probably what your thinking of, actually I think there was a Rambo game too now that I think of it. I know Rambo 3 on the genesis had a scene like Cabal where you fought a heli
@@PlasticCogLiquid
Excellent! Thanks for the help!
I knew I'd seen it on the Mega Drive! You used his bow didn't you!
I never played Devastators, or have seen it in the wild 😟
@@residentelect Yep! That's the one. I love that game
Pretty sure the few people that dislike this video are from the companies that made poor quality ports.
LOL! You could be right, I had never thought of that :-)
Are you going to do an in-depth history of GAUNTLET?
just to find out if the wizard really did eat the food.
I always thought it was the elf he always looks auspicious.
And GAUNTLET was the first 2d dungeon crawler.
It's in my list to do, but if you want to request a game donate to my patreon and you'll get your request pushed up
Green elf is about to die?? Aaaarrgghh?
I remember cheating on this game because the basic gun shoots as fast as you can press the button so my button rubbing Technic made it like I'm using the MG power up all the way. Too bad the second game where you play a cowboy and indian can't let me do that.
I didn't know that, that's hilarious
I loved to play this game on my Amiga. That were lovely times.
It wasn't excellent conversion
I’m almost done watching all the Patman videos! AAAARGH NOW WHAT
LOL, sorry about that but I appreciate all the views :-)
I love the Beretta 12s image on the poster.
So do I it's very cool
Great game
First played it on C64 then later Amiga
And later on Mame....still play this game ( and blood brothers) quite often...
Also if you like this genre...Taito's arcade game Dead Connection might be something wortwhile also!
I sort of recall Dead connection but I'll have to go back and check it out
i don't remember this in the arcade, but i do remember it for the NES. I'd like to see Quartec and Xenophobia arcade games💪
A great game that's very similar to this is punisher on nes. One of my all time favorite games.
It is very similar
For some reason I always thought Operation Wolf would be a prequel to Cabal since it appeared a year earlier. But I cannot find any evidence.
I miss something like "The history of platformers" where Space Panic was probably the first, followed by Donkey Kong.
If you need more ideas I have some of the classic 80s games listed at www.ankman.de/mame/
Okay, I'll check it out. Thanks
That rolling ball was nice
I neverr got a chance to play it in the arcades
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I only played it once, that ball was solid
I Want the Histories of SUPER MARIO BROS., SUPER MARIO BROS. 2, and SUPER MARIO BROS. 3
So do I
Loved this game. Please make a video on Karnov
I loved this game on ZX Spectrum.
We had a Laundromat in my town that had this wonderful game when it came out, and it remained there until it got shutdown in 2010 I really miss that game. Oh well I can still MAME it, but it feels much better using the Trackball. :D
Absolutely, there are some games that are just much better played on real hardware with real controls
Thank you, Pat!
Thank you for watching, glad you liked it
I have the NTSC version on Commodore 64. I noticed when I die and run out of lives the games freezes up for some reason so if I want to play it again I have to reload it. I played the pal version on Commodore 64 and thought it was way better.
That is odd
I never knew about those spiritual successors. I'll be hunting them down.
I've never seen this game before (I know, I said FFVII but one more). I thought Nam 1975 for the MVS/AES was the first of its kind...I was wrong.
Yes, it was definitely inspired by this game
All I can think when you show all these ports in your videos is, man, I feel sorry for Spectrum owners back then.
The spectrum had a few good games but for the most part I don't know how they could stand not having any color
PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries not to mention the color they did have looked like it was done by a four year old with a few crayons.
ahh..another sunny day at the Beachhead2000
I like this and hope you do Konami Devastators Arcade Game (1988).
Had this game on NES as a kid. I loved it! Lol
Played it 2 player in the arcade on a joystick machine it was great. I also played the PC port, but in my memory it had two player mode. Am I wrong about that?
The MS-DOS version was missing the two player mode. The Amiga and Atari ST versions had it though
SWEET AS ALWAYS!
Was that a victory dance between levels at war was that supposed to be him running
I think it's supposed to be him running
Trackball was king for this game.
new sub here. your channel looks good!
Thank you so much for subscribing. Hope you enjoy the channel
He should do the arcade of Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom that was my favorite arcade game
I will put it on the list
ONE OF MY FAVORITE ☝🏾
i loved this arcade game
So did I, it was a lot of fun
Amstrad is Spectrum ?
Blood Brothers is my game.
he keeps saying hot and heavy, and I keep thinking of Elaine fro Seinfeld who had a boyfriend who said things were.....hot ... and heavy
Thank you
"Even if titlescreen says 1990, Blood Bros. was released in January 1991 in Japan." - Arcade-history.com
Good video though!
I read it as 1990 but okay :-) thanks
I always thought the ZX spectrum and the amstrad has some ugly grafix.
I mean I understand the technology at the time wasn't very good.
But damn those games like tiger electronic handheld games.
LOL, that's a good comparison
Spectrum was simply not lucky enough to conversion from Arcade system (without R-Type and Chase HQ), but it had its exclusive titles that looked great.
I wouldn't say the Amstrad had bad graphics. In fact the color palette was similar to the Master System as it used a similar graphics chip. The probem with the Amstrad was that there was way too many lazy DIRECT ZX Spectrum ports
I know.
I wasn't shitting on the amstrad or zx spectrum.
The Atari 2600 was much better.
It's the technology of that day.
But some of those games look like tiger electronics handheld games.
Just saying.
To me, C64 resembles more Atari 2600 graphics. Low res, big ugly pixels, hideous colors and translucent sprites .
I find blood bros to be much easier. Is it me, or does anyone else share this feeling?
Are there any good Amstrad games I wonder? 🤔
Chase HQ is an amazing conversion for the system. There are lots of good games For the platform though
The recent homebrewed remake (not the original) of R-Type is pretty awesome
Can you do Daytona USA
call me crazy but i just like the eu c64 version more then the amiga one.
Oh really? I thought the Amiga one was well done especially with the speed and the sound effects
top drawer
I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!!
I always enjoyed it as well
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I have it on Nintendo and I love all the jingles... takes me back to my childhood instantly... that music is super nice too
Where’s the sms version?
It was never on the SMS
www.mobygames.com/game/cabal
Mobygames is your friend
When was this f ING everyone? 1800
Sega made dead aim and dynamite Duke they was about to same
I mentioned that name but forgot about dynamite Duke
Hard but nice game.😊
I agree
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