Good thing we have widescreens nowadays, otherwise it'd be impossible to show the whole of the mighty Amstrad. That was a very nice and touching story, how you acquired your Amstrad, sure nice it has found a cozy new home!
I loved this! Head over Heels was the first game I ever completed on any system (at about 75% though, I could never do better than that!). I also remember a game called Duel where you played a wizard that had to fight his brother. You went around a maze collecting herbs, which in different combinations gave different spells. So bloody difficult but great fun!
Great video, for most of those games I had moved from my cpc onto the 16bits. The games I remember, so many would be earlier, are Renegade (and Target Renegade), exolon, Cybernoid, Gryus, Elite, ikari Warriors, ATF, Amagedon man, and one I discovered much later: Chase HQ.
I still have my old amstrad cpc 464 with green screen, and it still works great after 40 years. I gave it a good spring clean and even played some Turrican 2 last week to celebrate its birthday. So many hours and fond memories I don't think I could ever part with it ❤
4:29 No Joke... I think I genuinely used to pull that face when My Parents bought me my Amstrad CPC 464 for Christmas ... It wasn't the Computer - OH NO! My Dad and My Grandad both GOT SODDING HOOKED on the Amsoft Fruit Machine Game, The Wild Bunch, and Harrier Attack... I COULD NOT GET ON MY OWN SODDING COMPUTER!!!! It was even worse when I upgraded (?) to an Atari ST and I bought PIRATES! - The bloody high score table was just full of E TEACH... My Dad being a History buff ... And Yes, He completed that game SO MANY F**KING TIMES as Kings Counsel ... I was lucky to make Baron!!!
@@SebsPlaceYT LOL! I look back and laugh now... But back then, God it P**SED ME OFF! LOL! Still, When my sisters were bought a Spectrum +2... I could always bugger off upstairs' and play Everyone's a Wally... Or Hyper Active... :) I may be an Amstrad CPC Neeeeeerd, but I have a great appreciation for the old Spectrum!
I was an Amstrad kid. Well actually I had a 6128 with the funky little floppy. But really the 464, 664 and 6128 where all variations of a theme. Before that I had a "Dick Smith Wizzard" , a 4k Australian funvision rebrand, though I did learn basic on it, but this was my first "Proper" computer. As for my favorite games. Probably Sorcery+ (I'm mystified this isnt on the list , to be honest), and I guess Jet Set Willy?
If you want more (better) suggestions for CPC games to cover check Xyphoe's community; you'll end up with more suggestions than you know what to do with. I don't think many of these would be in my personal top list, and Amstrad Action did sometimes massively underrate some real games (Dr Destructo is easily one of the best games on the platform for example) Some of these simply haven't aged well also. The Freescape games were revolutionary at the time, even Doom didn't have that level of 3D in terms of being able to fully move around objects in 3D space, but now you can simply take that for granted the games are left with very little to offer. Simpler games, which just got everything they did right on the other hand were sometimes overlooked at the time; personally I can spend a long time playing Beach Buggy Simulator for example (and it doesn't look like Amstrad Action even bothered to review that one) - admittedly it has no sound fx, only music, but that was the case for many games.
I upgraded to the CPC 464 from my Speccy. Got the colour version of it, there was also the 664 with built in disc drive but that was soon superseded by the 6128 which had more memory for about the same price.
same here... went from the 48k Speccy to the 464. Given the non-colour clash graphics, the paletter of 26 colours (if I recall), and a "proper" keyboard, it definitely felt like an upgrade at the time.
The Amstrad CPC themselves didn't have cables as such, they were powered by either the supplied Green / Colour screen or via a chunky modulator box. But you probably knew that.
I’ve been playing some Amstrad games on my MiSTer FPGA device. As a C64 kid from back in the day, I appreciate the superior CPC-versions of Exolon and Bomb Jack. Freddy Hardest and Donkey Kong are not too shabby either.
Cheers for the recommendations. I now have a ULIfAC disk drive thing for mine, so I'm filling the USB pen drive up with game recommendations in the comments 😍
Some really good looking games there. Shows what the system could do, and that there did appear to be a lot of lazy ports from the Spectrum. I remember playing Freddy Hardest on a friends CPC 6128 and being ever so slightly jealous that my Spectrum didn't look or sounds this good!
Hi Seb, I've just done the same thing and got a CPC. New territory as I'm mostly Spectrum and Atari ST 👍 I've enjoyed playing Switchblade on it, better than the Spectrum and just as playable as the ST. I have put a Bluetooth audio mod in the CPC so I can load games from CDT files 👍
Chase HQ is actually superior on the Spectrum, although it doesn't look as nice. Chase HQ on the CPC is closer to the arcade game, but the gameplay is shallow and its physics are cartoony. Chase HQ on the Speccy feels much more like actual racing.
The Amstrad was brilliant if the game was written directly for the machine as you Showed with Savage. The machines strength was its colour palette especially the oranges, so lush. Games to look at if you want to see it at it's best are Renegade, which now has an updated version, Gryzor, Trantor the last stormtrooper and the Dan Dare games. There was an Arcade conversion of Slap Fight called Alcon in it's other region's name which is stunning. You getting a nice little collection of retro stuff Stu, the Amstrad looks like its been looked after. Another well put together video and love the editing especially the text introducing each game in the amstrad font with the typing noise. Little things like that are fantastic and add to the overall presentation 👍
Cheers Denny, really appreciate it mate. I was always a little dismissive of the CPC but I'm growing to love it. Cheers for the recommendations as always 👍 👌
I subscribed to Amstrad Actrion back in the day, with the sole intent of getting the new Superman game for free, as part of the deal. Only, Superman got scrapped, so was sent Gilligan's Gold instead... which was a reasonably decent game for the time.
My mate had one of these back in the day. Enjoyed playing snooker simulator on it or whatever it was called. Wasn't good enough to make me buy one though, think I had a speccy or atari 800 at the time. Happy days.
Towards the end of the CPCs life review scores went to hell. I remember Amstrad Action gave Final Fight something like 93%. Golden age of CPC gaming for me was from about 88 to 90. Early CPC games were primitive and after 1990 nobody really cared. Standout CPC titles for me were games like Batman the Movie, Robocop, Renegade, Gryzor and my favourite Rainbow Islands. Games which actually used the CPCs capabilities and didn't move like treacle.
Yeah, there were some reviews with vastly inflated scores in the later life of all the 8 bit machines which can be seen in this list. No Chase HQ, The Eidolon, Ikari warriors, Xeno, Sorcery + etc.
That's a woman, Seb. You had them in the 1980s, always clinging to blokes legs like that like barnacles. That's why they had those adverts, "The Spirit of Lonely Water", otherwise lads would go swimming and end up neck deep in clunge.... what a way to go.
That's a slightly depressing list tbh, just for the number of them that are better on other machines. The CPC had great exclusives that apparently just didn't get as much love from AA. Rick Dangerous though is genuinely awful and it's a hill I've been dying on for 2 decades now.
It's interesting that Amstrad Action laid it on quite heavily about Spindizzy being a CPC game and that it was a breakthrough moment but as you rightly point out, didn't back this up with top end scores of other exclusives or games written for the CPC first. I do think a lot of these games are equal to or better than other 8 bit versions on the whole though but I agree with Rick Dangerous. It's OK, but it's openly mean to the player, fiddly to control and offers very little that a million platformers before it did better.
Indian Jones fans: "Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull was rubbish... surviving a nuclear explosion by climbing in a fridge? please"... also Indiana Jones fans @ 0:28 "I see NOTHING wrong or ludicrous about this"
I hated Driller when I bought it, it was just such a boring, slow game. I think AA were just amazed there was 3D graphics in the game.Also is that AI generated speech?
Yeah I hated Driller on the speccy but was slightly more interesting to look at here at least. Yeah, my voice using ai voice changer. Thoughts? Good or bad?
Yeah I get that. I do like splitting reviews up with different voices and can lean on people to help me with that but it is more hassle. It's probably something I'll do every now and again rather than all the time. Cheers.
Love seeing my old amstrad now in all its glory! Watching Prince of Persia brings back memories!!
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Good thing we have widescreens nowadays, otherwise it'd be impossible to show the whole of the mighty Amstrad. That was a very nice and touching story, how you acquired your Amstrad, sure nice it has found a cozy new home!
Cheers, it really was touching 👍
Thanks for this video - brings back good memories! Dunno if you’ve heard of it but one really cool game that probably still stands up is Sorcery+
Thank you. I will defo check that out.
I loved this! Head over Heels was the first game I ever completed on any system (at about 75% though, I could never do better than that!).
I also remember a game called Duel where you played a wizard that had to fight his brother. You went around a maze collecting herbs, which in different combinations gave different spells. So bloody difficult but great fun!
Cheers! Game you described sounds like Feud! Great game. You got further in Head Over Heels than I ever did!
@@SebsPlaceYTyes! Feud! Thanks for jogging my memory 😊
Great video, for most of those games I had moved from my cpc onto the 16bits.
The games I remember, so many would be earlier, are Renegade (and Target Renegade), exolon, Cybernoid, Gryus, Elite, ikari Warriors, ATF, Amagedon man, and one I discovered much later: Chase HQ.
Great list, thank you!
I think your list is better than the top 10 in the video. My favourites are Cybernoid, Ikari Warriors, IK+ and ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighter.
I still have my old amstrad cpc 464 with green screen, and it still works great after 40 years. I gave it a good spring clean and even played some Turrican 2 last week to celebrate its birthday. So many hours and fond memories I don't think I could ever part with it ❤
love this!
Thank you for little dose of nostalgia. For me this platform always brings one game to my mind and that was Fruity Frank. Take care
I will check that out! Thank you 😊
4:29 No Joke... I think I genuinely used to pull that face when My Parents bought me my Amstrad CPC 464 for Christmas ... It wasn't the Computer - OH NO! My Dad and My Grandad both GOT SODDING HOOKED on the Amsoft Fruit Machine Game, The Wild Bunch, and Harrier Attack... I COULD NOT GET ON MY OWN SODDING COMPUTER!!!!
It was even worse when I upgraded (?) to an Atari ST and I bought PIRATES! - The bloody high score table was just full of E TEACH... My Dad being a History buff ... And Yes, He completed that game SO MANY F**KING TIMES as Kings Counsel ... I was lucky to make Baron!!!
😂😂 brilliant! Amsoft fruit machine 😂😂 thanks for sharing. Made me laugh.
@@SebsPlaceYT LOL! I look back and laugh now... But back then, God it P**SED ME OFF! LOL!
Still, When my sisters were bought a Spectrum +2... I could always bugger off upstairs' and play Everyone's a Wally... Or Hyper Active... :) I may be an Amstrad CPC Neeeeeerd, but I have a great appreciation for the old Spectrum!
😂😂 CPC and a Speccy +2. Amstrad heaven!
Great vid! Would like to see Knight Tyme and Halloween 2. And maybe Stairway to hell and the amazing Starquake :)
Great thanks, will check them out.
I was an Amstrad kid. Well actually I had a 6128 with the funky little floppy. But really the 464, 664 and 6128 where all variations of a theme. Before that I had a "Dick Smith Wizzard" , a 4k Australian funvision rebrand, though I did learn basic on it, but this was my first "Proper" computer. As for my favorite games. Probably Sorcery+ (I'm mystified this isnt on the list , to be honest), and I guess Jet Set Willy?
If you want more (better) suggestions for CPC games to cover check Xyphoe's community; you'll end up with more suggestions than you know what to do with.
I don't think many of these would be in my personal top list, and Amstrad Action did sometimes massively underrate some real games (Dr Destructo is easily one of the best games on the platform for example)
Some of these simply haven't aged well also. The Freescape games were revolutionary at the time, even Doom didn't have that level of 3D in terms of being able to fully move around objects in 3D space, but now you can simply take that for granted the games are left with very little to offer. Simpler games, which just got everything they did right on the other hand were sometimes overlooked at the time; personally I can spend a long time playing Beach Buggy Simulator for example (and it doesn't look like Amstrad Action even bothered to review that one) - admittedly it has no sound fx, only music, but that was the case for many games.
Thank you 😊 really great comment, appreciate it.
I upgraded to the CPC 464 from my Speccy. Got the colour version of it, there was also the 664 with built in disc drive but that was soon superseded by the 6128 which had more memory for about the same price.
Nice!
same here... went from the 48k Speccy to the 464. Given the non-colour clash graphics, the paletter of 26 colours (if I recall), and a "proper" keyboard, it definitely felt like an upgrade at the time.
The Amstrad CPC themselves didn't have cables as such, they were powered by either the supplied Green / Colour screen or via a chunky modulator box. But you probably knew that.
Yeah I had to buy some funky cable to bypass all that. Cheers!
I’ve been playing some Amstrad games on my MiSTer FPGA device. As a C64 kid from back in the day, I appreciate the superior CPC-versions of Exolon and Bomb Jack. Freddy Hardest and Donkey Kong are not too shabby either.
Cheers for the recommendations. I now have a ULIfAC disk drive thing for mine, so I'm filling the USB pen drive up with game recommendations in the comments 😍
Some really good looking games there. Shows what the system could do, and that there did appear to be a lot of lazy ports from the Spectrum. I remember playing Freddy Hardest on a friends CPC 6128 and being ever so slightly jealous that my Spectrum didn't look or sounds this good!
Yeah when a game is done well on the cpc it's rarely bettered!
Hi Seb, I've just done the same thing and got a CPC. New territory as I'm mostly Spectrum and Atari ST 👍 I've enjoyed playing Switchblade on it, better than the Spectrum and just as playable as the ST. I have put a Bluetooth audio mod in the CPC so I can load games from CDT files 👍
Ooooh nice! Enjoy, it's loads of fun!
Chase Hq, Robocop, Renegade, Bad Dudes vs Dragon ninja and Operation Wolf are all vastly superior on the CPC.
All must plays.
Thank you! 😊
Chase HQ is actually superior on the Spectrum, although it doesn't look as nice. Chase HQ on the CPC is closer to the arcade game, but the gameplay is shallow and its physics are cartoony. Chase HQ on the Speccy feels much more like actual racing.
The Amstrad was brilliant if the game was written directly for the machine as you Showed with Savage.
The machines strength was its colour palette especially the oranges, so lush.
Games to look at if you want to see it at it's best are Renegade, which now has an updated version, Gryzor, Trantor the last stormtrooper and the Dan Dare games.
There was an Arcade conversion of Slap Fight called Alcon in it's other region's name which is stunning.
You getting a nice little collection of retro stuff Stu, the Amstrad looks like its been looked after.
Another well put together video and love the editing especially the text introducing each game in the amstrad font with the typing noise. Little things like that are fantastic and add to the overall presentation 👍
Cheers Denny, really appreciate it mate. I was always a little dismissive of the CPC but I'm growing to love it. Cheers for the recommendations as always 👍 👌
@@SebsPlaceYT I was the same but can see there are some fantastic titles on the machine I need to check out 👍
Escape from the planet of the robot monsters, Bloodwyche, and all the dizzy games. But this list has some gems for sure.
Thank you! I will check those out for sure!
Had a CPC 6128, still the best computer me bob, I've ever owned
Lovely 😍
Great video, it was my first computer and the best one.
I subscribed to Amstrad Actrion back in the day, with the sole intent of getting the new Superman game for free, as part of the deal. Only, Superman got scrapped, so was sent Gilligan's Gold instead... which was a reasonably decent game for the time.
Oh dear! Well probably a good thing as Superman games have generally been best avoided.
My mate had one of these back in the day. Enjoyed playing snooker simulator on it or whatever it was called. Wasn't good enough to make me buy one though, think I had a speccy or atari 800 at the time. Happy days.
I think the Atari 800 will be a future purchase for sure!
@@SebsPlaceYT I loved so many games on that machine. Mercenary, Electraglide, Rescue on Fractalus, Solo Flight to name a few. Oh and The Goonies
Cheers
Towards the end of the CPCs life review scores went to hell. I remember Amstrad Action gave Final Fight something like 93%. Golden age of CPC gaming for me was from about 88 to 90. Early CPC games were primitive and after 1990 nobody really cared. Standout CPC titles for me were games like Batman the Movie, Robocop, Renegade, Gryzor and my favourite Rainbow Islands. Games which actually used the CPCs capabilities and didn't move like treacle.
Rainbow islands is a great game, will definitely check that out - cheers!
Rainbow Islands on Spectrum is the 2nd best version for me after TG16CD but not tried Amstrad
Gauntlet of the CPC was a fairly decent port.
Chase HQ
Robocop
Gauntlet 2
Sorcery+
Manic Miner
Jet Set Willy
Batman the movie
Bad dudes
Gryzor
Thank you!!
The best Amstrad game was actually Bloodwych (2player ofc)
Ok, I'll take a look, cheers
Though probably not a common top game, I loved Zombi when it came out. Other than that, a few good ones on that list but also Gryzor anyone ?
A few have mentioned Gryzor. I'll check Zombi out too. Cheers!
Yeah, there were some reviews with vastly inflated scores in the later life of all the 8 bit machines which can be seen in this list. No Chase HQ, The Eidolon, Ikari warriors, Xeno, Sorcery + etc.
Yeah you are probably right. They were clinging on at that point. I have an Ikari Warriors video incoming on Friday 👊
Would have had WDW2 and Ikari Warriors on here too
Nice! Cheers
That's a woman, Seb. You had them in the 1980s, always clinging to blokes legs like that like barnacles.
That's why they had those adverts, "The Spirit of Lonely Water", otherwise lads would go swimming and end up neck deep in clunge.... what a way to go.
Haha! What is going on with her midrift? Also, I'd not seen that spirit information film before..... haunting!!!
That's a slightly depressing list tbh, just for the number of them that are better on other machines. The CPC had great exclusives that apparently just didn't get as much love from AA.
Rick Dangerous though is genuinely awful and it's a hill I've been dying on for 2 decades now.
It's interesting that Amstrad Action laid it on quite heavily about Spindizzy being a CPC game and that it was a breakthrough moment but as you rightly point out, didn't back this up with top end scores of other exclusives or games written for the CPC first. I do think a lot of these games are equal to or better than other 8 bit versions on the whole though but I agree with Rick Dangerous. It's OK, but it's openly mean to the player, fiddly to control and offers very little that a million platformers before it did better.
Indian Jones fans: "Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull was rubbish... surviving a nuclear explosion by climbing in a fridge? please"... also Indiana Jones fans @ 0:28 "I see NOTHING wrong or ludicrous about this"
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All my actions are dictated by amstrad action
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Never had an amstrad, never played on an amstrad.
Why on earth would anyone want to when you could play on the mighty zx spectrum instead 🥰
😂😂😂😂 can always rely on you mate 🤣
I hated Driller when I bought it, it was just such a boring, slow game. I think AA were just amazed there was 3D graphics in the game.Also is that AI generated speech?
Yeah I hated Driller on the speccy but was slightly more interesting to look at here at least. Yeah, my voice using ai voice changer. Thoughts? Good or bad?
@@SebsPlaceYT I just have "AI now does everything" fatigue 😂
Yeah I get that. I do like splitting reviews up with different voices and can lean on people to help me with that but it is more hassle. It's probably something I'll do every now and again rather than all the time. Cheers.
I used to use one to practise the Pole Vault
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