nothingIs that emulated or on real hardware?
Personally I'd rather see a Zelda-style adventure ;)
Pwning the entire world on the SNES version of Sensible Soccer.Maybe as "Mundial de Futbol (http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1483)", but without all the bugs and a little faster, jejeje.
Whilst wondering how a CPC version might be possible. Honest.
Personally I'd rather see a Zelda-style adventure ;)The last Zelda clone for zx, Brunilda (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/other-retro/goty-2013-for-spectrum-soon-on-cpc/), has its sources free for somebody take a look and try the conversion to CPC or make a new game.
Sensible Soccer would be cool on the CPC, but isn't someone already working on a football game?
Personally I'd rather see a Zelda-style adventure ;)
didn't hermol begin a zelda remake on cpc a while back im sure he posted a screen shot or 2 of his work somewhere i thought it looked rather promising and was keen to play it when completed but i never heard if the project was completed or abandoned ?You may be referring to Demoniak's Zelda project (http://cpc-aventure.chez-alice.fr/divers/zelda/zelda.htm). I can't remember when he started work on it but I've heard nothing at all about it for several years; the page hasn't been modified since September 2006. :( It's a shame, because the graphics look really beautiful - but I never saw any actual code.
You may be referring to Demoniak's Zelda project (http://cpc-aventure.chez-alice.fr/divers/zelda/zelda.htm). I can't remember when he started work on it but I've heard nothing at all about it for several years; the page hasn't been modified since September 2006. :( It's a shame, because the graphics look really beautiful - but I never saw any actual code.
Now my menu disks have been completed probably a bit of rebelstar and Laser squad :D
Playing Orion Prime and Pac-Man emu on a 464... :Pyour ram expansion must be working ! :)
I've not played on mine this week but will be playing Shadow of the Beast, The Pawn and Lord of the Rings when they get here.
Alien Breed Tower Assault on my 1200 and Bare knuckle on my WonderMega. My FM Towns Marty should hopefully be with me next week before my 6128 should is back from having the disk drive refurbished and Parados installed. So nothing I guess...
I think Gryzor likes his Sega machines so here's some eye candy of the WonderMega, SG-1000 II Bryce RGB modded, My Megadrive with language and 50/60hz switch, MegaCD and Everdrive, and my hot-rodded ZX81 from BluesBrothers and TheCortfiot with ZXPand hanging off the back. Soon I'll have my modded SMS2 and SMS1 with its 50/60hz switch on it as well :laugh:
Sorry for hijacking another thread...
Now my menu disks have been completed probably a bit of rebelstar and Laser squad :D
Oh and enjoying another blast on UN Squadron which I still think is among the very finest arcade conversions ever done especially on the CPC
Sadly not a lot :(
Too busy still going through all the machines from my pallet. Last night I played Final Fight and Ghouls and Ghosts on my x68000, A bit of Galaga 88 on my PC Engine LT, AvP on my Jag after I still couldn't get the CD unit to spin up, Battle Heat or something like that on my PC-FX and some Doom on my 32x. My SD2IEC for the C16 turned up today so the plan is to play some of that and go down and get a CF card for my Final Expansion then try out the Vic20...
Did play some Zelda on the Philips CDi earlier in the week but the less said about that the better :laugh: .... I did love the TRS-80 though. Some nice games I've not played before and the speech is a scream.
Hopefully by the end of the week I'll be able to try out the CPC Plus monitor with my 6128+ and put the Pet SD on the CMB Pet.... but I have the Enterprise 64 still to mess around with, Oric 1 and about half a dozen other machines :'(
It loads by itself doesn't it. I am sure you just have to use the Expansion pack and everything runs automatically.
Home Runner and Supergran
Well that's what I thought... using Winape - I insert the LSQDKIT1.DSK file and it appears to do nothing / have nothing on the disk. Nothing to "run". Whereas LASERSQ.DSK the normal game is fine.I remember having completed the normal LS Game . Then avid for more I got the Ext pack , and I'm sure I didn't have any issues , I will give it a burn in a bit to check procedure on it.
That's why I was wondering if you need to load Laser Squad first, then choose load saved game or something....
Yes it just boots up from Laser Squad Ext pack .
Ok - I believe you! I've got the lsqdkit.zip file which contains LSQDKIT1.DSK & LASERSQ.DSK. So I do the usual (WINAPE) insert disc image thing, If I pick LASERSQ.DSK - I can play Laser Squad. If I do this again I try to use LSQDKIT1.DSK - nothing, zip - no action, CAT gives me no files... I'm just not sure what exactly I'm doing wrong...1.Try getting a new Rom Dump from CPC Power of Laser Squad-Kit 1, (which is what I did yesterday)
Try as I might, I can't seem to get anything happening with LSQDKIT1.DSK
Can you list out you exact steps? or heck, even upload a snapshot file (.sna) of the Expansion pack loaded!!
Thanks
Sadly it's a speccy port, that makes it slow, the screen area small and the scrolling jerky.
Hm, I never played the Speccy version of UN Squadron, but I don't see colour clash or monochrome screen in the CPC version, it's MODE 0 all the way (or I am confused and thinking of another game?). It could probably have been done better on the CPC by utilising the CRTC, but the game as such is fine and playable.
Now everyone has 512k it would be awesome if we could convert it to the CPC :laugh:
Meteor Mission 2 on the TRS-80 and Metal Gear Solid 2 on the MSX2.... Now everyone has 512k it would be awesome if we could convert it to the CPC :laugh:
1.Try getting a new Rom Dump from CPC Power of Laser Squad-Kit 1, (which is what I did yesterday)
2. Load up WinApe
3. Select the Disc File LaserSquad-Kit 1.open up that file.
4. WinApe does the auto load thing and Bobs your Uncle .Et Voila .
The only problem I can see that you have is that Rom you have is not the right?
Ghostbusters
Batman The Caped Crusader
Fast Food
Well I've mostly been playing with 5v 3inch floppy drives. I now have 2 6128plus's and 2 Cpc 6128's all with 5v drives. No more 12v powerleads for me. Yippee.Is that a modded original drive, or a "new" drive?
Is that a modded original drive, or a "new" drive?They are 6128plus drives.
Ghostbusters is a bit of good fun!
Croco Magneto. I am determined to finish this bloody game.LOL. I have been saying that since AA gave it away all those years ago. I've got very very close on several occasions but never got all the bloody targets.
Croco Magneto. I am determined to finish this bloody game.
Croco Magneto. I am determined to finish this bloody game.Is Ball Bearing by the same people? It has a similar idea but scrolls doesn't it? Great game
i dusted off the Duct the other day that was funOh WOW, that was a game.
'Invasion of the Zombie Monsters'
smooth animationLol not really.
Lol not really.
But yeah those "character" based engines can actually get nice result and this game has sweet intro and so on... And good to have a game quite comparable on those 3 machines.
should do Enterprise version as well...
I fired up Into the Eagles Nest yesterday and ended up playing it for over an hour, such a great game and the better color on the cPC makes it look much better than the C64 with its washed out colors.
Still wander if a CPC vesion of Doom or wolfenstein 3D is possible.
Perhaps the 512KB of rom in a cartridge could make it possible (fast screen copying), with sprites and DMA sound to help the processor.Doom on a GX Cart then... Ready for release next year... who would be up for writing it? LOL
Doom on a GX Cart then... Ready for release next year... who would be up for writing it? LOL
I'd buy a copy for sure.
Out of interest, have any other 8 bit machines got doom port? So long as the result is not anything like the awful speccy ported Space Gun.
You finished RD without cheats? :)
Welcome to the club!
Mother of all versions, Dragon Ninja!!!on my CPC? This week, nothing unfortunately, but this is because my JXD S7800b arrived. Wow, what a handheld. I am amazed it can emulate a Sega Dreamcast, and more so that virtua tennis is playable.
A bit better hit detection when while changing platforms but the game is awesome on my beloved 6128.
Yes very, they now seem to be shipping with the android 4.4.4 upgrade pre installed.Last question are the Joypad and controls good quality? Without wishing to hyjack the thread too much.
The emulator selection is amazing. I am a bit suspect over the legality of their free downloads of apps that are paid for in the play store, the same goes for the emulator ROMs.
Yes. Above what I was expecting. The range of movement on the analog sticks is wonderful. I just played smash TV in mame and it has working proper arcade controls. Meaning 2 joysticks.OK this will be the last S7800b comment in this thread... This is such a good device it just proves that android is crying out for a plus/gx emulator. I would live to play the best pang home port on my new toy, but can't. I wonder if there would be interest in a S7800b as as prize for an android plus emulator. I'd donate £30 towards the purchase price of the prize console.
@VincentGR (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1053) : I've always maintained that RD was not that hard. It was a memory game. Of course you need time and patience, both of which tend to be lacking as we grow older, but Rick Dangerous can definitely be finished...
Gryzor, on the other hand, I think I hadn't finished it back in the day :D Got back to it a few years back and dusted my skills off :)
Los Inhumanos- Been checking this out ,pretty nicely programmed game.
Oh and giving Audiogenics World Class Rugby a spin, I'm amazed at how well they pulled off , quite a complex style of game. I think it plays better than most of the football games on the cpc..
Dunno if you can call it 'playing' but I been loading up more recent RoboCop Prime stuff to check it all looks fine on a real CPC. And it does. So that's nice.
Oh and some blasty fun on UN Squadron!
Show off.
hope its unplayable.
Well this week, I am working through the Spanish coding compo 2014 tape. So far I just live 2048.... The music is wonderful, anyone know who wrote it?
And where is this mode 0 version? I am really impressed with the music and dithering shades. I feel a cart image coming up here.
Hmmm Starfox , yes that one needs to be checked out , not really looked at that one, Starglider, I really want to enjoy more than I do , whenever I play it . I never seem to get very far in it ? I'd like to see a playthrough/guide of it.
Yes, that's awesome! Also they may fascinate you: Starglider, StarFox and so.Yep Starfox turns out to be a great game for sure , I would have turned this off in the past , had I not given it a good chance to show what good shit it had to offer, best find in ages.
Talk about football games on a CPC group on Facebook got me digging out the Soccer Stars compilation to play Gazza 2.. Great games. about the only footie game I can play!I have never been a footie fan. If you cannot pick the ball up and run with it, what's the point ;)
I have never been a footie fan. If you cannot pick the ball up and run with it, what's the point ;)
However I do love the occasional kick about on Manchester United Europe.
I've been playing B.A.T by UBISoft. Good game.
Well in Kick Off, i could take the ball and run in "8" around the opponents players...
How bad was his game (also it was far greater than it's sequel!).
There is only three soccer game i still play on CPC : Emilio Butrageno (too easy but really fun), Matchday II (i like to play two player at once by redefining the keys to the same configuration) and Emlyn Hughes (the best amstrad soccer game imho).
And one day i'll add the game sigh is (slowly) creating.
Catch 23, he Armageddon Man and Battlefield GermanyArmageddon man, are you fluent with this game? I don't think I understood it when I looked , admittedly not read instructions or paid close attention.. Is it any good?
It was one of 4 Mastergames when it was reviewed in AA68. The other 3 was a Flight Simulator game (don't remember the name), Switchblade for Cass/Disc (I think) & Total Recall. :)
I like both the Space harriers probably mentioned it before , Don't find it particularly sluggish on SH2 .
SH2 yeah it's not the quickest thing in the world , but can you really see an Amstrad throwing all those sprites around any faster ? Apart from doing it with wire frame like the first one? don't think it's a bad effort really , Especially when sluggish comes to mind with most games on the amstrad .
F16 Combat Pilot (Digital Intergration), Switchblade cass/disc (Gremlin), B.A.T (Ubi Soft) and Total Recall (Ocean)
Super michel skills you do not like ? Screen small but fairly fast game
Did anyone manage to land in F16 combat pilot? I had some pretty long flights, but they always ended crashing. Maybe it is me, though, because I also had a horrible time to land the planes in the much easier Gran Thief Auto V :D :D
I am basically testing and coding my own text adventure instead of being with the PS4 and the Whitcher 3 or Mad Max :picard2:
Yes, but don't you feel complete with this? ;D
Resurrecting this thread for the gamers.I am playing lots at the moment, all in the name of "playtesting" my PiGRRL 2. but really enjoying 'a prelude to chaos' and feud.
Playing Karnov at present. Although the cracked version won't bring you back to the start of the game when you run out of lives. Thankfully there's an original image I can load with a Gotek.
What you playing?
Been playing Monty on the Run (poorly) for some reason.Respect for taking on the moley one.
This was my best attempt - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/237373276 (don't laugh ;))
Agreed it isn't a bad game but i think my disappointment stemmed from finding it very hard as a youngster. I'm still finding it hard even with the weapon upgrades, I'm not convinced i ever got past the first level as a kid but have got to the second level now. How many levels are there?
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Been playing jail break. I wanted this game so much back in the day and eventually got it to be ever so disappointed, however playing it again now have been enjoying it.
Antiriad & The Great Escape.Great Escape was one of my favourite games, there were a few items i never worked out what they were for. Might have to fire it up for another session sometime soon.
Agreed it isn't a bad game but i think my disappointment stemmed from finding it very hard as a youngster. I'm still finding it hard even with the weapon upgrades, I'm not convinced i ever got past the first level as a kid but have got to the second level now. How many levels are there?
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I've got quite far into level 2 now and came across a vehicle too, definately never got this far back in the day. The level 1 situation with the machine gun guys seems almost a bug, they can't be killed with any other weapons.
Almost made it to level 2 but lost a life towards the end of level one and couldn't get grenades to get past the machine gun guys. Lose your weapons before there and forget it, its game over! :'(
One downside i find to replaying games from my childhood is that the new memories over write the old memories a little.
I can honestly say, I don't have that problem. If anything, i'm adding to them.
On topic: I've actually got an itching to play Everyone's A Wally. Despite that game frustrating the hell out of me back in the day.
Mr. Freeze. Sooooo sloooow, but not a bad little game once perseverance (and stubbornness) kicks in.poke 7c05,0
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Too fast now? ;D
When you fire in breaktrhu is like the CPC is trying to tell you something.
So I was browsing around looking at this and that, and I came across a review for 'After the war' its a Spanish game, no problem I may have to swot up on Google translate for some bits but what the hell, a good game is a good game.
Then I discovered it was released in UK and reviewed in AA52. Could this get any better?
I downloaded the dsk and then a lightbulb went on..... I had a look at my ancient tape collection and lo there it was as handy as you like. No need to download the instructions then!
How odd I had it all these years. And totally loving it for this week and the next 😎
Robocop: After 30 years, I finally finished the thing. Bucket list!
Your next task is to do the same on the Commodore 64 version ;)
Batman on cartridge is an abortion. I won't go near it, the slowdown is just too distracting.
I was playing batman again last night, I've got to the batwing level. I do pefer the coloring of the gx4000 version but the slow down is annoying on level 1. Oddly the slowdown seems to happen most when batman is at the top of the level. Maybe the original game code was optimised, while the code for gx4000 used an early code release before optimisation, i think they were released a couple of years apart so quite possible the code releases were different.
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As i was told by an expert coder (i dont know if he want his name here cause i know that he wanted to do something related), the ocean code for batman, robocop, darkman etc, is anything but optimized, it's wasting memory having the scoreboard twice, and he told me that can rewrite the code to make this games run at a much higher speed.
Not that I found anything wrong with the original games but I would definitely find this interesting and give them another play through. :D
As i was told by an expert coder (i dont know if he want his name here cause i know that he wanted to do something related), the ocean code for batman, robocop, darkman etc, is anything but optimized, it's wasting memory having the scoreboard twice, and he told me that can rewrite the code to make this games run at a much higher speed.
That is very interesting since for example RoboCop already packs in quite a bit into it's initial tape load on a 464. First couple of levels, nicely animated sprites (the legs being quite smoothly done), mini-games and a couple tunes all in there.
I liked the bat wing level on the Batman Movie game. I think because I found it the easiest of all the levels :P
Batman on cartridge is an abortion. I won't go near it, the slowdown is just too distracting.
So I had another play with this tonight I think the slowdown is in the music only not in the graphics difficult to tell without a side to side video but while the music labours the actual movement seems ok. I guess the laboured music gives the impression of game slowdown but it seemed to play ok. What is causing it is strange, would be good to get some answer on this and see if its possible to fix the cartridge version as the colours are much better than the original when compared side by side, a much more subtle palette.
This week I've been having a GX4000 fest, been playing Pang, Navy Seals, Fire and Forget II, Crazy Cars II, Copter 271, Pinball Magic and a bit more Batman. Copter 271 could be better and suffers horrendous slowdown, maybe some better coding could have made it so much better, Fire and Forget and Crazy Cars are ok but definitely lacking any real enhancement and even the graduated sky flickers on crazy cars. I thought pinball magic was quite good. Pang is good fun and makes good use of the enhanced capabilities and my kids were playing it, Navy Seals was a demonstrator but bang hard!
Out of that entire list for the GX4000, Pang was the only one I found enjoyable. I've said it before and I'll say it again, but the GX needed to come out a year earlier. I think it would have seen more success and Amstrad may have capitalised on that to aim to fit in with the 16bit market later on.
Out of that entire list for the GX4000, Pang was the only one I found enjoyable. I've said it before and I'll say it again, but the GX needed to come out a year earlier. I think it would have seen more success and Amstrad may have capitalised on that to aim to fit in with the 16bit market later on.
They rushed Pang, I’m not saying it isn’t good, but in later levels it’s bugged as hell, balls get trapped, collision detection is way off and it just serves to ruin what should have been a great game playing experience. I find it almost impossible to progress without cheating, I don’t have this issue with the Amiga or arcade version. So I know it’s not me. I think people like to claim it’s great without fully experiencing it to its fullest, it would be good to know how many people have actually completed it without cheating?
They rushed Pang, I’m not saying it isn’t good, but in later levels it’s bugged as hell, balls get trapped, collision detection is way off and it just serves to ruin what should have been a great game playing experience. I find it almost impossible to progress without cheating, I don’t have this issue with the Amiga or arcade version. So I know it’s not me. I think people like to claim it’s great without fully experiencing it to its fullest, it would be good to know how many people have actually completed it without cheating?
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Completed it back in the day but only doing the trick of switching to controller 2 when you're on your last life with player 1. Is that cheating? [emoji1]
Yesterday I repaired my joystick and the RGB socket on my CPC, yes a friend gave him to me in a pretty bad condition a couple of years ago.
So, Bubble Bobble (New), Bruce Lee, Magica, Rick Dangerous 1, TMHT.
Also tried some other games but my M4 WIFI didn't like the loader, oh well.
Completed it back in the day but only doing the trick of switching to controller 2 when you're on your last life with player 1. Is that cheating? ;D
Might be worth uploading to the latest beta. I had a few issues with some loaders on the m4 that recent betas have since fixed. Might be worth a go?
I'm going to be working my way through this lot. £5.50 on eBay...Only thing I had in that photo was Gremlin's Chart Attack.
I tried Green Beret again a few weeks back, still s#it! This game badly needs a remake, hopefully once Ghosts n Goblins is done.
I think the general perception of any CPC game depends on whether or not you saw the original Arcade game version first.
I never played the original Arcade version of Green Beret - loved the CPC version.
But I played a lot of Bubble Bobble on the Arcade - absolutely hated the CPC version.
An exception to the rule: Loved Mr.Do. Loved Fruity Frank. [emoji4]
It’s bad, sluggish controls, crappy sprites, crappy jingle like tune, decent background graphics, gave the CPC a bad name, definitely harmed sales as everyone from that point forward believed the CPC couldn’t scroll. I’ve completed it many times as I was stuck with it as a kid, my mum paid over a tenner for it from memory.
Well I liked it. :)
It's not like I don't understand or see what people are complaining about though.
But I remember, as a kid, thinking the bad scrolling was part of giving the player the tension.
(I also remember two mates laughing at it though).
I do recognize that the controls aren't the best - but since I didn't try out the original Arcade game, I just assumed that's how it was. And I enjoyed the game a lot. :)
It’s bad, sluggish controls, crappy sprites, crappy jingle like tune, decent background graphics, gave the CPC a bad name, definitely harmed sales as everyone from that point forward believed the CPC couldn’t scroll. I’ve completed it many times as I was stuck with it as a kid, my mum paid over a tenner for it from memory. I don’t believe anyone was that blinkered back to not know that the CPC version had major issues.
No way is it that bad. I got it as part of a Konami 6 hits pack, my main issue at the time if I recall was just how damn hard it was. I never once saw it in the arcade (and still haven't) nor played it on any other format so had/have nothing to compare it to.
Well I liked it. :)
It's not like I don't understand or see what people are complaining about though.
But I remember, as a kid, thinking the bad scrolling was part of giving the player the tension.
(I also remember two mates laughing at it though).
I do recognize that the controls aren't the best - but since I didn't try out the original Arcade game, I just assumed that's how it was. And I enjoyed the game a lot. :)
They rushed Pang, I’m not saying it isn’t good, but in later levels it’s bugged as hell, balls get trapped, collision detection is way off and it just serves to ruin what should have been a great game playing experience. I find it almost impossible to progress without cheating, I don’t have this issue with the Amiga or arcade version. So I know it’s not me. I think people like to claim it’s great without fully experiencing it to its fullest, it would be good to know how many people have actually completed it without cheating?I completed it without cheating whilst at uni. (not many games I can say that for)
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I completed it without cheating whilst at uni. (not many games I can say that for)
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What system?6128plus, the only one I had at the time.
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Sadly it's a speccy port, that makes it slow, the screen area small and the scrolling jerky.
It’s better than the crap version on the SNES...
Hm that required a bit of searching through old posts to find out what you were referring to having quoted a reply from 2014. :P
But you meant UN Squadron? The SNES game is excellent. Lacks the 2 player mode which even the CPC version does well (for some reason most of Capcom's early SNES games dropped the 2 player mode but it's less notcable here than in Final Fight, thankfully Street Fighter 2 kept it) but it's very playable, smooth, fun and has a mission based structure
Certainly one of my fave 16 bit shooters and one I go back to often. I'm a big fan of both the CPC and SNES games for different reasons.
The SNES version is less forgiving with that one life bollox. Sorry, they ruined it
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The SNES version is less forgiving with that one life bollox. Sorry, they ruined it
Proving that Konami's Gradius series wasn't the only shooter worth playing early on in the SNES library, Capcom also offered up an energetic port of their arcade game, U.N. Squadron. This game is nuts – a side-scrolling shooter starring real-world jet fighters instead of spaceships and featuring a cast of anime-styled characters, it packed in tons of power-up items, explosive boss battles and even a running cash total for your pilots. You could use that money to buy more planes and wilder weapons, of course. Even crazier was the fact that Capcom went the extra mile for this SNES port, actually infusing it with even more options and upgrades than the arcade original had. Home console ports usually go the other direction, sacrificing content in order to fit the home format. Not U.N. Squadron. It soared.and a Nintendolife review said
The opening level may seem a little too tough but the difficulty curve is otherwise well judged in what is a challenging game. The occasional instances of slowdown are unfortunate but there's not much else to fault with this excellent shooter. With some great music, varied levels, exciting action and interesting bosses, U.N. Squadron is a game that's enjoyable to play through again and again.and gave it 9/10.
I certainly consider it one of my all time fave shooters too. Definitely one of the ones I played most, particularly back in the SNES era along with Axelay. Only thing missing was the 2 player mode.
WRONG!
The arcade counterpart only had one life. And technically so did the CPC version, except it offered 3 chances to continue it. But the SNES version wasn't 'ruined' because of it. If anything, it made it more faithful to the arcade. :)
Without a continue system, like the arcade and other versions, I lost interest, found it too difficult to progress, prefer other versions. I’m not going to argue with Nintendo fanny boys.
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So let me get this straight... if the game isn't dumbed down enough for you, you lose interest?
For the record Mark, I was a Sega fanboy. :P
I’m not going to argue with Nintendo fanny boys.
Didn't know there were any here. I'm certainly not one. I bloody hate Nintendo these days. :-X
The crippling frame rate dumbed down the experience for me if that’s what you’re referring to. I loved the arcade version, just not the SNES. I’ve given my reasons, if that’s not good enough for you, tell someone who gives a #### (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji1303.png) (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji23.png)🤪(https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji6.png)
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Clearly you do give a #### as you're going out of your way to inform us!
You actually never mentioned the frame rate (didn't notice myself), only the lack of credit system which by itself is a lousy reason to crap on a game.
Spoiler: Dont ever play 1943 - it only gives you one life. ;) :laugh:
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As for 1943, in the arcade and on the CPC, it’s not crippled with being overly difficult... I remember being able to complete both. In fact the CPC version is probably too easy, there’s a balance, if you go under or over then the danger is you lose your audience. You have to find that middle ground. But Lets get back to the CPC and what people are playing 🤪
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Ok I am playing Roland on the Ropes on CPC...
actually no I'm not... I'm playing the new God of War on my PS4 Pro cos it's fookin' lovely. But hey sometimes Kratos be climbing up some kinda rope thing and I'm thinking aw hey, Roland used to do that too back in the day, probably not with as much style and grace and polygons but it was still fun in it's own ways too. :)
I do so love a nice mixture of retro and modern. A fun game is a fun game no matter how technologically advanced it may or may not be. :D
Ooooooh! I got meme'd! Wow, you certainly showed me didn't you? ::)
The 1943 comparison was strictly to prove my point that one life is not the be all and end all of games on any format. That being said, 1943 was easy on every format. C64 is even easier.
Finished Beyond The Ice Palace today... and didn't even have to use all my lives to do to it!
IMHO one life is bad game design, to bleat otherwise is foolish 🤪 I’ve never completed Beyond the Ice Palace without slightly cheating, another game that could have been great, but too difficult and not enough lives...
Games like Renegade, Shinobi, Operation Wolf, Robocop and Wec Le Mans are all good examples of games where the balance is just right and the allotted lives and energy feel as though they were dished out fairly. But there’s many examples of games where one life is never enough, especially on the CPC...
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It's called a challenge. To bleat otherwise just means you're not cut out for it.
Partially agree with you on BTIP, Mark. On the surface it's too difficult, like most games where Cecco or Perry were involved with. But persevere with it and you'll see that the monsters spawn in exactly the same place on each go. This allows you to develop a successful path. It engages your brain. To say there's not enough lives when you get nine of them, sorry but I don't get that. They're only not enough if you don't learn from mistakes which is what arcade games were kinda like anyway. If you weren't careful, you lost your credit.
Operation Wolf was one life only too, and far more difficult than UN Squadron, so you're kinda contradicting yourself there with that statement. I do agree with the rest of your examples though.
I'm gonna agree to disagree on this and leave it there because we could go around in circles on this. I'm just not the kind of guy who wants to finish a game on first load. Especially as I was a tape loader back in the day, so if I got some sort of challenge from a game, I was okay with that.
Bloody hell, are you still bleating! Please agree to disagree as you are wrong! Operation wolf was not one e’ffing life! If you died, you could continue on the level you died on, you didn’t have to go back to the eff’ing start and lose everything. Stop protecting bad game design. Next you’ll be telling me that Green Beret is a good game on the Amstrad! (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji23.png)
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I can't really remember finishing many games on the amstrad, treasure Island dizzy is about the only one i do. Green Beret was an ok game but i never finished it and only recently picked it up again. Time to climb back under my rock ;-)
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Treasure Island Dizzy took me ages to complete. Mostly due to the fact that my original tape version had the bug where the game reset as soon as you entered the water! Once I finally got the fixed version, the amount of backing and forthing got to me after a while (if only we knew what Spellbound Dizzy had in store for us a few years later!). But I got there in the end. :)Yep lots of split opinion on green beret, don't need to go there again! Good luck trying to finish it, might have a go myself later too.
Green Beret has been done to death on this forum. I still enjoyed it, sure it didn't do scrolling (neither did a lot of games), but to me, the biggest fault with Green Beret was the collision detection. Sometimes your stab wouldn't register, therefore making you lose a life when you really didn't need to. End of level 3 was also a nightmare trying to time your rockets to hit those helicopter type enemies. I think I may have finished that level once around 89, but I never finished the game. Might try today. :)
I saw God of War for sale in Game yesterday, £47.99 I was like no chance, I’ll wait until it comes down to around £25.
I don't normally buy AAA games on release day (partially cos there ain't many that seem worth it to me and also I'm unemployed so couldn't buy lots even if i wanted to) but this one is absolutely worth it. I got me the digital deluxe version for about £48 on PSN and it's a huge game of the absolute highest quality. None of these overpriced regurgitated bits of crud like call of duty, the yearly fifa and such. And these highly focused single player games like God of War with no micro-transactions and no lootboxes absolutely need the support of gamers even just to show the greedy companies like EA and Activision that there are game dev companies like Santa Monica and Naughty Dog out there who treat gamers with respect and take their time crafting a game with lots of love and care rather than having to rush out half-assed crap all the time. :)
oh forgot to say i was playing a bit of chase hq on the cpc emulator on my PSP this morning while stuck outside waiting for a guy who wanted to buy a chair i was selling and my flat is a bit tricky to find. :P
Completely agree with everything apart from price, no game is worth that much.
I would pay over the odds for a GX4000 version of Outrun!
And yet in another topic you say
How much would that be? For an 8-bit video game cartridge that even if using the Plus features will still not be quite the same as the 30 year old arcade game it's based on? How is that worth 'over the odds' yet approx £50 is far too much for a high quality state of the art video game that took at least five years of development and cost millions of dollars to make, offers many hours of gameplay and from what I've heard and read is highly replayable after the main story is completed (I haven't reached the end yet so cannot confirm but I bloody love playing it)? Console games have always been expensive but some are definitely more worth it than others. It's a lot more difficult for a system exclusive game to sell a lot than it is for a multi-platform game to do so yet a lot of exclusive games are cheaper than those (Sony's first party dev games like God of War and those from Naughty Dog such as The Last of Us and the Uncharted series have all been far cheaper than games such as those from Activision and EA). I always like to see these kinds of games do well (when they deserve it which these ones clearly do) and it pains me to see when great games don't sell well and the developers are disuaded from doing anything else in that genre. For example, Housemarque are a company who have done a lot of great arcade shooters for PlayStation and PC but their best game Nex Machina, which is a superb top down shooter made in collaboration with Eugene Jarvis of arcade classics such as Defender, Robotron and Smash TV, sold so poorly they have now quit the arcade shooter genre because they just couldn't afford to do it anymore. Their new game is apparently some kind of Battle Royal thing (like Fortnite, PUBG and all that kind of thing) which I personally have no interest in. I mean great if it can help them pay their bills but them quitting the arcade shooter genre they were so damn good at makes me wish I'd at least bought Nex Machina at full price of £15.99 rather than had waited for the sale price of £7.99. I kinda feel guilty when I play it now. Knowing I'm at least a tiny bit responsible for the non-existence of follow up titles. I like to see quality game developers rewarded. Even in the 8-bit scene I happily buy new releases when available of the digital versions of 8-bit games even for systems I don't care for (I've bought many C64 titles) even just for appreciation of the scene (even though I don't play those much I'm often impressed by their quality and ideas and such). I don't buy the physical versions for various reasons (I don't buy physical of modern system games either) but I buy almost all the digital versions and have even given a few quid each to various developers when they've released games for free. Just to show my appreciation that they'd made a game I thought was fun or interesting. I can't go nuts cos I'm long term unemployed. God of War motivated me to do a 'spring clean' of some old stuff onto eBay finally (and I made about three times the cost of the game anyways. :D ). Yes there's difference between hobbyist indie developers making 8-bit games in their spare time and those folks full time employed making AAA modern games but at the end it's all people putting a lot of their hard work into creating these things. I've been meaning to give @reidrac (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=1504) some money for the enjoyment I have got from his games. I can't recall if maybe I already offered and perhaps he declined? I shall have to check. I do have the posters of Magica and Golden Tail at least. :)
Ugh I probably babbled but anyways those be some of my reasons why I not only feel God of War is worth the money but also that quality developers of any scene should be encouraged more when they create something that clearly has so much love and effort put into it and money is gonna always come into it with these things.
Anyways I hope you do enjoy it when you decide which price you feel is worth it. It's a really good game that I'm hoping will do really well (I already know of a few Xbox folk buying a PS4 just for it so that's encouraging in itself, especially since Xbox is seriously lacking in exclusives..and the ones it does have... well... You wanna look up Sea of Thieves if you wanna see a game that is not worth the money. It could be good, but there's barely any content in it for an expensive game). Ok I'm done with this subject. I doubt I can change your mind at all but I felt I should explain why I feel about it the way I do. :)
Anyways BACK ON TOPIC. :)
Just got home from rehearsal where I ad continued my Chase HQ game from this morning while waiting for my scene. My one scene in the whole darn show. And then I played Stryker in the Crypts of Trogan (I like that it push scrolls at the edges rather than Switchblades flick screen and the character is actually still controllable during the fast scroll onto the next screen. It may be basically a pseudo-sequel of Switchblade but it does have some nice engine improvements).
That's a credit, not a life. Learn to differentiate between the two! Most of the time you lose your score by using a credit.
Go back to using cheats, you clearly suck at gaming. :laugh:
Go back to Nintendo Life or whatever Nintendo site you crawled out of and wash your mouth out, I never cheat 🤥 (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji23.png)🤪
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Man... how old are you? Because your posts read like a 12 year old keyboard warrior.
The difference between you and me? I attack your posts, you attack the poster.
But whatever helps you sleep at night, kid. [emoji23]
I’ll be the adult here and bid you farewell (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji6.png)
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Yep lots of split opinion on green beret, don't need to go there again! Good luck trying to finish it, might have a go myself later too.
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Regret to inform you that you stopped being the adult several posts ago, but sleep well.
You just can’t help yourself, it appears to me that you might be nothing more than an argumentative nasty pasty...
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Why? Because I won't take your word as gospel? Okay mate...
I'll close the book on this one Mark, here's the last word, have it. I'll give it to you on a platter. :doh:
I always win, but stop taking things as serious as cancer, gaming is supposed to be fun. If I ever meet you, be prepared to get your arse kicked at Street Fighter 2 (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji23.png)
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Please! I'll just use Blanka and keep tapping the middle punch with your ass stuck in a corner.
AND IT'LL BE ON THE SEGA VERSION!!
(Less serious for you? :laugh: )
On the Sega version, but with you using a SNES pad (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji23.png) Being good at green Beret won’t help you here...
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You're convinced I'm a Nintendo fanboy. Only Nintendo console I bother with is a WiiU. Laugh all you like but I lost 3 stone due to Wii Fit U in large part. ;)
For the record, you have admitted you never finished Beyond The Ice Palace without cheating.
So you don't ALWAYS win. And that's okay. :D
This was you earlier, playing Street Fighter 2... So stop lying (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji23.png)
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I only discovered Ice Palace later on in life, kids and a job get in the way of a single sitting these days, so I used save states, so technically cheating.
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I'm insulted. Plus I was always more a Mortal Kombat guy anyway.
I use save states occasionally when I'm really pressed for time. The way I see it, save states are redeemable of it means finishing the game in one sitting in the end.
I wish the C4CPC in conjunction with my GX allowed for save states, so many games I’d like to invest the time into, especially with a pad, but don’t have the luxury of a single gaming session.
I loved MK, but I don’t seem to play it as much as SF2, hopefully we will see the likes of SF2 on the CPC soon.
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My haul arrived today interrupting my Green Beret spree!
Well. From tonight..... This! (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180424/81dcf5ee177f3309e749630f5e92f518.jpg)
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What a great game, I was lucky enough to find this on disk for a tenner at a car bootAn I thought 20eur Inc postage was good for the tape. You got a real bargain. [emoji1]
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Is it just me, or does the Story so Far box with the 8bit logo look like a Megadrive?
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An I thought 20eur Inc postage was good for the tape. You got a real bargain. (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji1.png)
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Green Beret: ....
UPDATE: Got to end of level 3 again. End of level is badly glitched as once you run out of rockets to kill the end of level choppers, the pilots can't be stabbed. So it's either have a perfect aim for all four, or you're dead. A frustrating glitch but I'll see if I can do it again tomorrow.
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Wait, ive never had Green Beret glitch like that (cracked version?). I mean i wasnt particular good at the game at first and sometimes id enter the lvl 3 boss without picking up a rocket launcher too, but once on the screen, the blue bonus weapon trooper would away spawn & upon killing give me a new rocket launcher. Same if i ran out of shots .. just wait untill the current enemy runs off the screen or kill him, to get a new blue bonus guy run in (and kill him to get another rocket launcher). Good luck ;)
@cholo Surprised myself and managed to make it to level 4 tonight. The glitch is still present on occasion even on the original version that I loaded from an iPod, usually after you're shot down the second or third chopper, so I guess the key is to improve my aim.Ah ok, the blue guy may perhaps not respawn as fast as i remember, like outside on the normal lvls he only spawn ever so often, but with a bit of patience he always end up respawning. May take a while but as long as you arnt carrying a special weapon & wait he'll end on coming. You can also use this to your advantage on particular nasty sections .. aka before entering a particular nasty/crowded areas, simply find a nice "safe" area like on top of a ledge, carrier, catwalk, platform etc. & just kill the shooters untill the blue guy spawns & he will even gladly climb the ladder up to you just like the shooters.
Hopefully will finish it tomorrow!
Oh and good luck. You will need it on lvl 4 & on as they litterally do things to ramp up the difficulty like 800%. A bit unfair if you ask me, remembering you are still just a single guy taking on a infinite sized army with just a toothpick (Darn you devs, lol)
...Ah yes, If 1943 hadnt been that short it would have been a real classic. Its saving grace is the 2 player co-up mode thou. Dont get me wrong its not near Ikari Warriors 2 player or Silkworm 2 player but its quite ok & does give the game a difficulty level as you have to share the power-ups & its easier for 2 players to mess up and the game is only "easy" as long as you are fully upgraded with the machine guns. A good game if you have a friend visiting who arent particular "amstrad gaming savy". Still barely a hours worth of gameplay in this one.
1943 - Oh dear oh dear. Musically, it was there, graphically it was there, but four screens and a loop around makes this somewhat of a disappointing conversion. I can't help but think if a bit more time and a few more levels had been added to the mix that this could have been so much better. Still, not a bad way to kill 10-15 minutes while a Windows update was installing, but once you've done those four screens once, there's really no going back to them.
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Got a bunch of stuff in this week. 4 compilations.
SDI: First game I loaded from the Special Action compilation. Criminally underrated game that hits a very frantic pace from about level 4 onwards. Graphics are Spectrum like but it plays quite well. Made it to the defensive half of level 5 for now but will definitely return to this one before the week is out!
Xevious: Probe software before they got completely and utterly lazy. This one has all the hallmarks of coming from the design team of Slap Fight a year or so earlier. The arcade of this was fun and so is this conversion. Looks well for an old game, scrolls nicely enough for a vertical scrolling shoot em up. Easy to control and not requiring the need for a second fire button. The first choice of load from the Space Ace compilation which quite honestly, doesn't have a bad game on it!
Only got to do some proper playing on the Sunday. The weather kept me outdoors!
1943 - Oh dear oh dear. Musically, it was there, graphically it was there, but four screens and a loop around makes this somewhat of a disappointing conversion. I can't help but think if a bit more time and a few more levels had been added to the mix that this could have been so much better. Still, not a bad way to kill 10-15 minutes while a Windows update was installing, but once you've done those four screens once, there's really no going back to them.
Punchy - Complete Hunchback ripoff, but I enjoy these kind of games. I'll probably give it another couple of attempts tomorrow just to see if I can finish it. As it stands, I'm about halfway through. Late night impatience got the better of me, I guess.
While digging thru old discs a few months ago I found SlapFight, that one must win an award for having the smallest playing screen on the CPC - or was there anything worse?
The blues brothers was also super tiny ISTR.
Yes! Supergran.
Your playing area was small compared to the size of the sprite you had control of.
At least the sprites for Slap Fight matched the playing area!
The Vindicator: Am I the only person on the planet who doesn't get the idea behind this game? All I seem to do is wandering around aimlessly in and out of rooms and occasionally keying in codes (anagrams of all the programmers), wasting bullets and eventually dying. It's a game I keep coming back to despite not getting any further in!
No you're not.
I don't understand either nor my friends.
No you're not.
I don't understand either nor my friends.
Captain Blood: I will actually sit down over the weekend and read the manual for this. It looks beautiful but I don't have a foggy notion in terms of what I'm supppsed to be doing in this game at all. It looks like a steep learning curve to be honest. But in terms of presentation, it's up there with one of the best on the CPC.
A bank holiday of retrogaming begins as I finish testing some of the box sets I got this past week!
North Star: I think this came with Ten Mega Games vol 1, but I can't be sure but that's when I first played it. It's bundled with Space Ace which I'm finishing testing. I've always had a soft spot for this one.
Amazing tune once again by Jon Dunn, probably some of his best work of I'm honest. The game itself is a bit on the tricky side though, I've learned not to move too fast because you simply can't break in time in order to avoid a collision!
On the positive, I did manage to get past the second level! Which I consider an achievement for North Star!
Cybernoid: Lovely graphics, but load it for the music, because it's the only thing you'll experience from start to finish, unless you use a cheat, but fuck that!
...It's quite possibly one of the most difficult CPC games I've ever played. And to think that Ocean almost marketed this as a sequel for Green Beret. Thankfully Konami released an official sequel later that year called M.I.A!
What? My cousin and I loved Cybernoid, admittedly we never finished it, but I looked on a YouTube long play recently, we got bloody close. The 2nd game is even better.
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Before I get started, I want to correct my previous post. North Star's music wasn't Jonathan Dunn's, it's actually Ben Daglish, who did a lot of stuff for Gremlin too, but this is still up there as one of his best.
Finishing off the Space Ace compilation testing, I literally saved the best for last.
Exolon: Fuck me, how and why did I never give this game a proper chance back in the day? Typical Cecco game, so it's infuriating to play. But by the same token, it keeps dragging you back again and again. Lovely graphics, ok tune. I've made it to zone 22 so far, so I can't imagine me surviving just over 100 more. But I'll definitely give it more of a go over the bank holiday weekend.
Space Harrier: Managed to beat my personal best making it to level 10, but this game should be more aptly titled 99 ways to die! I'm not a fan of vector graphics in general, but given this game's arcade counterpart, I completely understand sacrificing full sprites for the speed. Without speed, this game would be nothing. It's frustratingly addictive though, you know you're going to die repeatedly and then you'll die some more. But when you hit screen 10, KNOWING that you've only six screens left to go. It's really difficult to put it down.
On Spacer Harrier, one of my favourite games on the Amstrad, you can pause the game and press the + key for an extra life (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji1303.png)
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Playing Speed King intensely... Trying to beat my old lap times. I did get it down to around 50.3 at Silverstone, but I forget to take a pic. Love this game.Wow! Full respect, the best I managed yesterday was 54 seconds, and I am not sure my gear changing quickly enough skill is the to get faster.
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I don't like using cheats though. Any idiot can beat a game that way, nullifying the achievement. ;)
Wow! Full respect, the best I managed yesterday was 54 seconds, and I am not sure my gear changing quickly enough skill is the to get faster.
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You’ll probably die and never complete it (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji15.png) it’s one I can complete, but trust me, there’s plenty I can’t...
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Well this is it. I'm the same, I've seen the end of many games that others haven't. It's all down to persistence at the end of the day. The respawn/infinite lives culture has killed off gaming for me these days. I love GTA for example, but let's face it, you can't lose at the game, can you?
Just back from a 2 hour cycle along the coast. So gonna have another crack at Space Harrier in a few. :D
Bloody hell! Managed to get my Silverstone lap down to 00:49:4 [emoji28] Massively addicted to this, I challenge you to better it [emoji23]More interesting is how you got *that* far off the track and did not crash. [emoji6]
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More interesting is how you got *that* far off the track and did not crash. (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji6.png)
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More interesting is how you got *that* far off the track and did not crash. [emoji6]
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Moving forward... in my vain quest to find a cassette version of Karate Ace, it turns out I have most of the games on separate compilations anyway. So played some games from it.
Work's a bit quiet at the minute so I've WinApe on a surface pro, so I got some quality gaming time in.
Bruce Lee: This one is an undisputed classic, fight me if you think otherwise! I can usually finish this one blindfolded, but for whatever reason, I bottled it on the screen with the electric floors today. A lot of sentimental value on with this one as it came as part of the very first game compilation I ever bought (They Sold A Million II, bought from some dodgy geezer selling it door to door of anyone they knew had a computer). It's so basic, but even though you can finish it, there's something very relaxing about playing this game. It's one where if you're already on autopilot, it helps pass the time, or if you're on a bad day, it can help relax you. As my signature says, forever playing Bruce Lee.
Kung Fu Master: When I first loaded this up in 1988 (when I first got my hands on it), I was bitterly disappointed with this arcade conversion. Elevators? Where's the staircases? And what's with the blocky mess in regards the guardian at level 3? That being said, it's still quite playable, although hitting the space bar to alternate between punch and kick can be a bit of an inconvenience, but thankfuly you really only need to use the punch for levels 4 and 5 (a kick for some reason knocks the 4th guardians head off, and kicks don't seem to register with the 5th one). I managed to finish this once in 88, and never again since. Today was no exception, I got completely wiped out by the end of game guy. It's just a disappointing re-loop anyway.
Have you played Bruce Lee on the C64, if so what are your thoughts?
I personally thought Kung Fu Master on the Amstrad was a half decent conversion, but no music for this type of game is criminal.
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Imagine that, a lovely thread where I could/would add quite a few posts, ruined for me by having to comb through and remove posts made by adolescent boys.
Thanks, guys!
We had Bruce Lee on the amstrad back in the day, it got alot of gameplay. I think my dad must have bought it for us, i don't really recall when it arrived, that event is lost in the depth of my mind, but played it to death and then some.
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We had Bruce Lee on the amstrad back in the day, it got alot of gameplay. I think my dad must have bought it for us, i don't really recall when it arrived, that event is lost in the depth of my mind, but played it to death and then some.
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I attempted playing IW a few years back and couldn't get very far, though it didn't seem so difficult to tell you the truth. Back when I was 13 or so I remember it being hard, indeed, but not impossible... I certainly never finished it, but I always got quite far, and it was fun indeed!
I attempted playing IW a few years back and couldn't get very far, though it didn't seem so difficult to tell you the truth. Back when I was 13 or so I remember it being hard, indeed, but not impossible... I certainly never finished it, but I always got quite far, and it was fun indeed!
*downtime , this occurs because of a loss of customers due to extended periods of cpc gaming!
I attempted playing IW a few years back and couldn't get very far, though it didn't seem so difficult to tell you the truth. Back when I was 13 or so I remember it being hard, indeed, but not impossible... I certainly never finished it, but I always got quite far, and it was fun indeed!
Was there a paperclip shortcut to pause things like the reset one? :D
Makes want to dig out my PSP and give Outrun 2006 a go...
Solder the wires to the system pause and BUY A SWITCH !
Paper clip idea is up there with inserting a metal coat hanger into the tv aerial socket to save a few quid on getting a proper one! Which I might have done in the past :P
I wish we had a decent CPC version like R-Type for the CPC (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji17.png)
I played Comando Tracer aka The Last Commando, which is a favourite of mine.
I played Comando Tracer aka The Last Commando, which is a favourite of mine.
Well I've been back playing Jail Break again this morning, managed to make it to level 3 for the first time ever and instantly got killed with no lives left so didn't get to explore the level, one day I will finish this game.
Also been playing pacman this morning.
Whoot update, got well into level 3 of Jail Break today 20/5, top score of 123500 so far.
I played Comando Tracer aka The Last Commando, which is a favourite of mine.
It came out in 1988. It would have been an extremely advanced game graphically for 1984 CPC compared to other games released that year. :P
Would love to know what AA mag the review is in. Sadly I got as far as it was released Jan '84. No idea if that is true though..... :-[
I used to love Buggy Boy back in the day, but on my big bro's Amiga. Was a little disappointed when I borrowed the CPC version from a mate...
Well I finally managed to do it, got to level 8 on Jail Break with no cheating, after level 5 where you rescue the prison warden the game loops back round to level 1 again and restarts. Level 3 is probably the hardest level, followed by level 1. Level 4 the easiest.Respect for that! That is NOT an easy task to say the least. I must revisit it, but the awkward controls put me off. Switching weapons can easily kill you. >:(
Respect for that! That is NOT an easy task to say the least. I must revisit it, but the awkward controls put me off. Switching weapons can easily kill you. >:(
I'm not sure I have the dexterity to play up to accelerate games like I used to have anymore
The last couple of days it's been Mission Genocide...Loved this game from Paul "Spindizzy" Shirley, in particularly its super soft hardware-scroll.
Oh never saw Ninja back then, seems like metro crossSame developers (Probe Software). Only they they made Ninja Scooter Simulator faster, more controllable, and shoved the difficulty way too far up the easy side.
Same developers (Probe Software). Only they they made Ninja Scooter Simulator faster, more controllable, and shoved the difficulty way too far up the easy side.I thought it had a feel to Metrocross to it when I saw it on a stream the other day!
Played some Airborne Ranger yesterday.Must dig that out sometime
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/271132746 (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/271132746)
The last couple of days it's been Mission Genocide... I recorded some footage too, but am [ahem] a little out of practise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IydvqkcuHXs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IydvqkcuHXs)
I assume there is a tehcnical reason for the low number of colours used. Maybe to gain processortime?
Have been playing far too little for far too long.
Today I wanted to play The Very Cruz Affair though. That's a game I've kinda been saving ever since I saw a cracktro for it back in the 80s. But I couldn't get it running on my CPC plus machine. So today I loaded it on my CPC464, but after the first screen it didn't work.
Does anyone have any info on this? A patched version? Does it require a CPC6128? What?
Playing Switchblade CPC old this week. Love this game, just for the superb Ingame music. :)One of my all time fave games. :)
I was thinking of finally playing Nigel Mansell’s World Championship from Gremlin. But then I noticed there’s two versions, a 64k and 128k version. The 64k version is on s CDT file, so no way of loading it on s real CPC at present. My question is, does the 64k version run smoother as it appears to have reduced graphics? (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180917/c499b3f12b012d879d11563a3e5b7a2e.png)
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Played Sultan's Maze for a playtrhough video. Got through it in 20 minutesNot much longer than it takes to load the game.
I used a disc image as I was doing a video recording for my channelWell yeah, cos it's nuts to wait the 17 minutes for the cassette tape to load for that game in this day and age. :)
Well yeah, cos it's nuts to wait the 17 minutes for the cassette tape to load for that game in this day and age. :)I don't mind waiting but because I record using an emulator, (no way of recording from real hardware yet), makes sense to use disc images where possible
Played The Covenant, and failed miserably.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/325034442 (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/325034442)
Finished Shinobi, I am officially a Ninja now.
Respect.
So I continued on with Rana Rama. Managed to finish it, and then it starts over, only a bit harder and with different glyph positioning. I did quit after 3 hours, I tend to get tired of a single game after a while (depending on how good/interesting the game is).
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/333983589
I was playing Stunt Car Racer on the CPC this week, I was curious to see how the 8bit versions played because I only had an Amiga by then.
I was playing Stunt Car Racer on the CPC this week, I was curious to see how the 8bit versions played because I only had an Amiga by then.
The Amiga has the TNT version that has some new levels and faster speed but still skipping frames.
Stuntcar racer TNT version.
Stand alone disk and WHDLoad.
Been given Who Dares Wins II a run again. A fun little game in my view.
Finally managed to source an original Alligator version which makes it all the better.... Lol
Finished Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/509564420
It only takes 20 minutes? I liked the game back in the day (shhh, don't tell @chinnyhill10 (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=984) !), but I don't remember progressing much!I think he's actually saying "I',I',I',I',I',I'm Bad!" because you are a bad enough dude.
OTOH the final boss seems ridiculous with that predictable jump...
Also, what the f does the guy say at the end? "ha-ha, ha-hah *&^$&*#@?"
For once my CPC is set up, and I have been playing a lot of Pinball Dreams in the new year, enjoying the smooth 50 hz display. (And still pondering why so many people are seemingly satisfied with 50 fps youtube videos and emulation on their 60 hz PC monitor).I'm only allowed play Pinball Dreams when the house is empty due to the game rage inducing experience that is the Ignition table. :laugh: But yeah, it's pretty awesome and was well worth the wait. I didn't even bother with the one table demo. Waited til the day it came out and regretted nothing. :D
It's getting more and more rare to re-experience that childhood mood we had when gaming on the CPC, but Pinball Dreams did it! :)
I've spent this evening enjoying the rather marvellous Super Tongue Dino from the most recent #CPCRetroDevGot to give them a try out.. just got to find them