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Frontline - Amstrad CPC
20 October 2013, 10:10 pm

Getting a real strong Who Dares Wins 2 vibe from this one but at the same time it has things from Commando and some other shooters too. Fairly straight forward gameplay where the goal is to...[/t][/t] From: CholoCPC Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 17:59 More in Gaming Source: Uploads by CholoCPC ... This vid has been pulled from Cholo's YouTube channel

[Sykobee (Briggsy)]

Ah, good old jerky software scrolling done via redrawing the entire playfield.  But at least it wasn't a straight Spectrum port.


But maybe a hardware scrolling version of this (or similar) would be quite neat to have - even if it was a little jerky still.

[Bryce]

It looks like a badly done Commando or Ikari Warriors.

Bryce.

[Puresox]

It looks better than the arcade original mind you!

Taito Front Line Arcade 1982

[Bryce]

Can you remove the "mailto:" from your link. Otherwise it will only open peoples mail program

Bryce.

[Sykobee (Briggsy)]

It looks better than the arcade original mind you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOpYN3vWmHw

Whoa, the walking animation...

[Puresox]

I wonder how that Mailro ? thing got there?

[Gryzor]

What do you mean? Scrolling is butter-smooth and the playing area is huge! I wonder how they did that!


The arcade, on the other hand... oh my god, I really laughed with that.

[Bryce]

The arcade version is just wrong. He looks like he's downed a bottle of whisky, or someone has broken his knees. Who signed that off?

Bryce.

[Gryzor]

Yeah, it doesn't make any sense. It could pass as comical and it'd be hilarious indeed, but the game's premise is not that humorous.