This was an amazing game on the humble Speccy. As well as great gameplay, I loved the little touches... the hand putting the siren on the car, the different intros, the shadow underneath the car. Truly a work of passion.
One of the most famous conversions seen on an 8-bit, it even includes a nice little end sequence along with samples speech and sound from the arcade, just wonderful. They tried the same with the ST and Amiga version, sadly they played terrible.
We were younger, days felt longer, living at home as teens, no rent and video gaming weekends,....then we leave school and belong to the tax man, all fun terminated.
ZEUSDAZ - THE UNEMULATED RETRO GAME CHANNEL Yes, Ocean really did hit a purple patch in the late 80's on the Spectrum with the likes of this, Robocop, Op. Wolf & Thunderbolt, Cabal, Midnight Resistance, Batman, Untouchables. I loved them all.
This was my favourite game as a kid. Back then, everybody was obsessed with games having "arcade quality graphics". This was about as close to the arcades as the speccy came. It was such a step up from the traditional spectrum platform games such as manic miner, chuckie egg etc.
Probably the best conversation I even seen on Spectrum. The programmer made a miracle in my opinion: everything achieved via software by the poor spectrum cpu. Incredible.
Kids today should play this at school and realise the progress that's been made. I remember when this game was first reviewed and it got something like 97%. Thanks to these guys we can play the incredible games like Metal gear and GTA.
I really like how they replaced the speech from the arcade game with the text at the top of the screen, so the player doesn't miss the banter you keep hearing during the game on the original. Spot on.
Loved this game and the follow up. Tumbleweed coconuts never understood, more points. The arcade follow up was great fun. Much less of a sim like out run and more arcadey and forgiving.
Had it back in the day before upgrading to the Amiga. Speccy version so much better than the Amiga AND had more content(boxes in road, helicopter and the escape ending, all missing in Amiga) which was simply unforgivable really. Best game in the speccy
I had this on 48K Spectrum, and even on that there was a great intro tune on that title screen. There was no sampled speech on that version, and the sound was not as good as here, but it played so fantastically well that it did not bother me at all. Superb conversion.
Took me years to discover my 128k+ had a knackered sound chip & played all "notes" much lower in scale, always wondered why my mates +3 sounded different and mostly due to this title music!
Zeusdaz - The Unemulated Retro Game Channel US Gold did have the occasional decent outing, but for the most part they were more miss than hit. Bruce Lee comes to my mind.
Certainly puts the C64 version to shame, that was abysmal. I will be uploading a very special work in progress spectrum game (promo), I am the official game tester for the guys at Death Squad, the game is Willy The Wasp II...nothing has been seen of it yet, my name is also on the main title page, so keep an eye out :-)
OMG! I just googled it. It was also on 48k! Holy shit. I have always thought that the conversion was amazing for the system I had which was a +2. But now i learn that they also did it for 48k! WTFFFF
Yes, it definitely *was* on 48K, because I had it. Admittedly the sound on that version is not as good as what is in this video, and the 48K version also lacked the sampled speech, but it was still every bit as playable and enjoyable. (I think one side of the cassette had the 48K version and the other had the 128K version.)
The emulator even covers the large volume difference between the AY and the ULA audio output. I was wondering how you were doing so well, as i always found this a really hard game. Then I noticed the clock frozen at 60 >:\
Ha lol, my best UNcheated run is getting to the last boss (level 5) without continuing, you can see that on my "8-bit Challenge #29", check it out, It's the second game in the video.
Except it looks like someone dipped it in custard. But I do think this is the best game (personally) on the ZX and I was amazed as a kid when I heard the digitised speech on the 128k version compared to the CPC.
***** It was in most cases that the Speccy 128 had the better games over Amstrad, problem with the Amstrad was usually down to the same two issues,...jerky push through scrolling on horizontal games and much less music than the speccy. Gotta give it to Ocean, they did some cracking conversions.
The speech is impressive of course, the 128k cpc version had the same though. I agree with EmJay, this is one of the best, if not the best Speccy game. :)
This was an old quick run, I did a far better run during a challenge video where I had to beat a youtuber at his score, here: th-cam.com/video/QiAYxYqRm7U/w-d-xo.html
This game is a technical miracle. And for me - the only existing playable version of ChaseHQ. The arcade version is bad and frustrating. Here in Speccy version this game is wonderfully balanced and very pretty.
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This was an amazing game on the humble Speccy. As well as great gameplay, I loved the little touches... the hand putting the siren on the car, the different intros, the shadow underneath the car. Truly a work of passion.
One of the most famous conversions seen on an 8-bit, it even includes a nice little end sequence along with samples speech and sound from the arcade, just wonderful.
They tried the same with the ST and Amiga version, sadly they played terrible.
@@ZEUSDAZ I thought the Amiga version played very well. Fast, smooth, and not impossible.
@@robertmiles9942 I played Amiga version. It was ok but it should have been better. Graphics were a bit weedy for the Amiga
Always remember getting the 128K+ for Christmas. I got this game, Batman and Robocop with it. Amazing times. Life was so simple back then. :)
We were younger, days felt longer, living at home as teens, no rent and video gaming weekends,....then we leave school and belong to the tax man, all fun terminated.
Quite possibly the best game ever on the speccy. It had absolutely everything. A superb conversion.
Plus a good ending which I always demand :-)
ZEUSDAZ - THE UNEMULATED RETRO GAME CHANNEL Yes, Ocean really did hit a purple patch in the late 80's on the Spectrum with the likes of this, Robocop, Op. Wolf & Thunderbolt, Cabal, Midnight Resistance, Batman, Untouchables. I loved them all.
One of the best arcade conversions on the Spectrum, which is saying a lot considering how many good ones there were on the system.
This was my favourite game as a kid. Back then, everybody was obsessed with games having "arcade quality graphics".
This was about as close to the arcades as the speccy came. It was such a step up from the traditional spectrum platform games such as manic miner, chuckie egg etc.
Brilliant conversion which is so much fun to play.
Had this version way back. Always amused me how the bushes looked like coconuts. It is a top conversion.
Probably the best conversation I even seen on Spectrum. The programmer made a miracle in my opinion: everything achieved via software by the poor spectrum cpu. Incredible.
Yes it can happen on all systems when a team put's the effort in and the software house gives them space to breath.
So true. This conversion was genius. The guys who programmed this were legends.
@@wishworm123 I think the guy behind this conversation is John O'Brian also programmer of Wec LeMans.
For me, definitely up there. But I also absolutely love the conversions of commando, Smash tv and midnight resistance
@@whatamalike I would also add the miracle made by Keith Burkhill with Space Harrier.
I used to absolutely love this game at the time. It still looks pretty cool now. I love the way the car bounces off the car you're chasing.
licence2kill Yes it was certainly a beauty from Ocean software.
Amazing how the songs are always in our memory even years later
Because they're better than chart songs :-D
Used to love restarting the title sequence to see the different ways the letters would form brilliant game...
I think I had this on a Ocean game collection, it had a great sense of speed. Hearing that siren sound again triggered many happy memories, thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Kids today should play this at school and realise the progress that's been made. I remember when this game was first reviewed and it got something like 97%. Thanks to these guys we can play the incredible games like Metal gear and GTA.
I really like how they replaced the speech from the arcade game with the text at the top of the screen, so the player doesn't miss the banter you keep hearing during the game on the original.
Spot on.
Loved this game and the follow up. Tumbleweed coconuts never understood, more points. The arcade follow up was great fun. Much less of a sim like out run and more arcadey and forgiving.
Had it back in the day before upgrading to the Amiga. Speccy version so much better than the Amiga AND had more content(boxes in road, helicopter and the escape ending, all missing in Amiga) which was simply unforgivable really. Best game in the speccy
Yes I even placed the Amiga version into my "Shit Game Time" section, it handled terribly and scrolled badly.
Same loved this on my plus2 then got a600
I had this on 48K Spectrum, and even on that there was a great intro tune on that title screen. There was no sampled speech on that version, and the sound was not as good as here, but it played so fantastically well that it did not bother me at all. Superb conversion.
Yes one of Ocean's proudest moments,...U.S Gold could have learnt much from this.
This game needs to be remade today for all platforms.
All hail to Jon O'Brien for this work of art ♥
Took me years to discover my 128k+ had a knackered sound chip & played all "notes" much lower in scale, always wondered why my mates +3 sounded different and mostly due to this title music!
woah. amazing this is smoother than most amiga driving games!
Yep, very impressive from those chaps at Ocean.
I have no words for describing what a masterpiece of coding this is.
Ocean / Imagine did some cool stuff,...unlike U.S. Gold.
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US Gold did have the occasional decent outing, but for the most part they were more miss than hit. Bruce Lee comes to my mind.
@@scottbreon9448 You know I hold the WR speedrun record on zx version?! :-)
Very impressed by this version.
Certainly puts the C64 version to shame, that was abysmal.
I will be uploading a very special work in progress spectrum game (promo), I am the official game tester for the guys at Death Squad, the game is Willy The Wasp II...nothing has been seen of it yet, my name is also on the main title page, so keep an eye out :-)
ZEUSDAZ - THE UNEMULATED RETRO GAME CHANNEL it puts also AMIGA version to shame (that was easy though since is a ST port)
I remember back in the day everybody would say the spectrum version was the best . Still got mine boxed .very fun game
How the hell they fitted this into 48k RAM? Stunning conversion. Ocean/Imagine really knew spectrum inside/out and they had excellent coders.
I'm pretty sure this was 128k only? No way they could do this on Spectrum 48k
OMG! I just googled it. It was also on 48k! Holy shit. I have always thought that the conversion was amazing for the system I had which was a +2. But now i learn that they also did it for 48k! WTFFFF
Yes, it definitely *was* on 48K, because I had it. Admittedly the sound on that version is not as good as what is in this video, and the 48K version also lacked the sampled speech, but it was still every bit as playable and enjoyable. (I think one side of the cassette had the 48K version and the other had the 128K version.)
For the ZX Spectrum, this looks pretty good
It's an incredible conversion.
Absolute quality.
Leave it to us Nancy baby....... Let's GO mister driver !!
Really loved this
Yep incredible conversion.
superb conversion!!!
Yep, Ocean really hit gold with this one.
This game was awesome back in the day
Still is.
God I loved this game in the 80s
the sound of the car is much like a 90s rave tune
For the record, Jonathan Dunn adapted the original arcade musical theme for the speccy.
Many hours of fun
Thanks. I never got to finish this game.
Class conversion.
Only completable with pokes etc?
The emulator even covers the large volume difference between the AY and the ULA audio output. I was wondering how you were doing so well, as i always found this a really hard game. Then I noticed the clock frozen at 60 >:\
Ha lol, my best UNcheated run is getting to the last boss (level 5) without continuing, you can see that on my "8-bit Challenge #29", check it out, It's the second game in the video.
Could you choose another vehicles to play as in this version?
Nope, same as arcade.
Waw, impressive!!!!!
Yes an amzing piece of coding.
So much faster than outrun on the spectrum
Because with this there was a decent software house doing the conversion unlike Outrun.
Well, that certainly shows.
Guy Thomas To be fair pretty much every port of outrun with the possible exception of the Saturn port sucked.
PassiveSmoking I've always used MAME since the the PC era.
@@PassiveSmoking The MSX2 version is probably the pick of the bunch from the time period, and even that's too easy.
A brilliant conversation, almost beats the CPC version. Almost. ;)
Almost?!...c'mon ;-) Listen to the speech, the AY music and ending,...gotta give it to the Speccy!!! ;-)
Except it looks like someone dipped it in custard. But I do think this is the best game (personally) on the ZX and I was amazed as a kid when I heard the digitised speech on the 128k version compared to the CPC.
*****
It was in most cases that the Speccy 128 had the better games over Amstrad, problem with the Amstrad was usually down to the same two issues,...jerky push through scrolling on horizontal games and much less music than the speccy.
Gotta give it to Ocean, they did some cracking conversions.
Well, to some extent yes. Scrolling certainly, but not with this. The greater colours on the CPC are offset by the inclusion of music on this version.
The speech is impressive of course, the 128k cpc version had the same though. I agree with EmJay, this is one of the best, if not the best Speccy game. :)
Hands up who still has a Spectrum that works ? >RAISES MY HAND CONFIDENTLY - LOOKS AROUND< oO Come on, guys !
Me, all 3 toastracks
U can run this full 6mhz on Sam coupé with 1mb ram interface
Not bad for the Spectrum.
Very good conversion. Much better than OutRun. That's not an opinion. That's fact. Also, why does everyone say conversation instead of conversion?
I was wondering the same thing :S "Conversation" HUH???
+Iso Tonik Yeah, I thought people were talking to games :P.
I never said that lol, not in the description anyway.
I guess It's just down to people typing fast ;-/
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Yeah, I know, I just saw it a lot in the comments. And it was way too common to be typing too fast.
Bloody school leavers eh?! lol
nice, but you should take advice to what the chopper says! :D
This was an old quick run, I did a far better run during a challenge video where I had to beat a youtuber at his score, here: th-cam.com/video/QiAYxYqRm7U/w-d-xo.html
Why is the time limit stuck at 60?
Read video description buddy.
@@ZEUSDAZ Ah, didn't notice. Thank you, buddy.
@@Bammer2001 ;-)
@@ZEUSDAZ 😝😁
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Now if only Ocean never hired a bunch of lazy coders for the C64 port...what an abomination
This game is a technical miracle. And for me - the only existing playable version of ChaseHQ. The arcade version is bad and frustrating. Here in Speccy version this game is wonderfully balanced and very pretty.
This talented team should of converted Outrun. The sense of speed is fantastic. Outrun looked great on speccy but the frame rate wasn't.
SHOCKED ;)
SHOCKED!
Anyone else thing the intro sounds like a farting competition?
which I won!
if only it did have infinate time without cheating :P
Well I did pretty well in this without pokes :-) th-cam.com/video/QiAYxYqRm7U/w-d-xo.html
@@ZEUSDAZ using original hardware, how do you add pokes for this game?
@@woorusty I have a multiface 128 plugged into it, press red button and ad the pokes.
@@ZEUSDAZ oh ok, didn’t know they were a thing. I’ll look into it. Thank you!