Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!

[TFM]

Try to beat this:


Fres Fighter II Turbo (Bollaware) (Intro e Demo) per Amstrad CPC by Ataru'75 [023]

[Xyphoe]

Was "Bob Winner" mode 1?


Amstrad CPC Gems 1 - Bob Winner [1/2]

[MacDeath]

Head over Heels, obviously...

Seriously, this game is so deep, so cute and really makes full use of the Mode1.. with numerous palette changes along the game.
Also a lot of extra sounds effects (in 128K I guess) and so on.

[TFM]

This is one I like:


Thundercats - Amstrad CPC



But this is just great:


Driller - Amstrad CPC - Gameplay by Ataru'75 - [90]

[tastefulmrship]

But this is just great:

DRILLER

I never really liked DRILLER... or DARK SIDE either, for that matter; personally I preferred these two FREESCAPE games.

Castle Master (& The Crypt)

Castle Master - Amstrad CPC

Total Eclipse (& Sphinx Jinx)
Total Eclipse per Amstrad CPC by Ataru'75 [030] 

[TFM]

Oh yes, Castlemaster! Indeed I agree.

Hmmm.... no youtube link for Skyfox, so....

let me provide this one meanwhile ))

Earp... only crap on youtube. We need a good Starglider video!

Now... damn! All Mode 1 games I remember are missing there, now take this ;-)


Fighter Bomber - Amstrad CPC

[EgoTrip]

Switchblade:



[Amstrad Cpc] Switchblade Longplay part 1/5

Amstrad CPC - Magicland Dizzy - 1991

[TFM]

Switchblade! Yes, very good one. Also Stryker was not bad.

EDIT: Watched that Dizzy video, a great game, but the GFX would need improovement, looks like a speccy port. What a pity, that they don't use all four Mode 1 colors in all GFX, monochrome is monotone ;-)

[tastefulmrship]

Another one of my stupid lists... but it's based on the games I owned as a kiddie... (I think they're all MODE 1)

Spellbound (for the music and Florin The Dwarf!)
Hero Quest
Spindizzy
Mach 3
Blasteroids
The Blues Brothers
Manic Miner
Jet Set Willy 2 (The Final Frontier) (The proper 134 room version ONLY!)
Chuckie Egg 2
Hotshot
Joe Blade (collection)
Midnight Resistance
Thanatos
One Man And His Droid
Ranarama
Shadow Of The Beast
Twinworld
The Vindicator
Wriggler (by Romantic Robot)

[EgoTrip]

Stryker and the Crypts of Trogan is a good game too, its basically the same engine as Switchblade though.



[Amstrad Cpc] Striker in the crypts of Trogan longplay 1/4




How could I forget Spindizzy? Ranarama is another decent game, Blues Brothers is ok but its way too blue, needs a better colour scheme.

[TFM]

And Black Land, I know somebody is working on a walk through ;-)

[MacDeath]

Thundercat ? are you Craaaazy ?

Thundercat is far from being a really awesome Mode1 game.

I mean, gameplaywise, not that playable (quite fast anyway), also bad implementation of the colours with sprites and so on.


Ok, perhaps some rarely seen Raster effect... but otherwise I wasn't that much impressed.


Why not count Duckula while we're at it ?

[TFM]

Actually, your video is neither in Mode 1, nor CPC related. You will be banned for five relative units into the nameless zone. 

[AMSDOS]

I enjoy Twin World and Midnight Resistance, though another nice looking Mode 1 game is Zeppelins Monument.

[SyX]

Nice choice CP/M User, i always love too, the graphics of the other mode 1 game from the author of Monument, i'm talking about Shark

[TFM]

Beautiful choice 

[SyX]

It's a nice little game, although it's not in the same level that the one of the Bollaware's masterpiece

[AMSDOS]

Nice choice CP/M User, i always love too, the graphics of the other mode 1 game from the author of Monument, i'm talking about Shark

To be honest I only discovered Monument the other day by luck (CPC-Power had it come up as a random screenshot). Though I'll check out Shark as well!   
These games work well with the clever use of White & Grey with a 3rd colour to give it body. The little character in Monument probably could have had a little bit of Grey added to it, otherwise they stand out and the backdrops are well drawn.

[Grumbler]

it took me a long time to realize that Roland Goes Digging was actually Mode 1.



Roland Goes Digging on the Amstrad CPC


just a bit sunburnt the guy looks doesnt he 

[dragon]

I like The iss:

http://www.olivertwins.com/IncredibleShrinkingSphere

And:

+

Amstrad CPC Deflektor Tape Loader
+
martianoids
+
loopz.
+e-motion(¿use mode 0 or 1?).

[MacDeath]

Hell yeah, Deflektor was also a massive solid gold bar.


How to be a complete basterd : is it good ?
It doesn't look bad... but I haven't played it.

[Gryzor]

Wow, some great offerings here for me to play tomorrow... thanks, guys!

[Nich]

EDIT: Watched that Dizzy video, a great game, but the GFX would need improovement, looks like a speccy port. What a pity, that they don't use all four Mode 1 colors in all GFX, monochrome is monotone ;-)

You're beginning to write like MacDeath!

[Gryzor]

MacDeath would have been a powerful voice if he  had a column in AA back on the 80s

[dragon]

La Abadía del Crimen Amstrad cpc HD