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Title: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: TFM on 04:06, 06 October 11
Try to beat this:

Fres Fighter II Turbo (Bollaware) (Intro e Demo) per Amstrad CPC by Ataru'75 [023] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPnA8Qrge48#)

Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: Xyphoe on 08:20, 06 October 11
Was "Bob Winner" mode 1?

Amstrad CPC Gems 1 - Bob Winner [1/2] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLYGn8V34rI#)
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: MacDeath on 12:27, 06 October 11
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.
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: TFM on 17:01, 06 October 11
This is one I like:

Thundercats - Amstrad CPC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8GtLSvA5BA#)



But this is just great:

Driller - Amstrad CPC - Gameplay by Ataru'75 - [90] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAQafIrNn4#)
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: tastefulmrship on 17:17, 06 October 11
Quote from: TFM/FS on 17:01, 06 October 11
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 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPQRPukAhRg#)

Total Eclipse (& Sphinx Jinx)Total Eclipse per Amstrad CPC by Ataru'75 [030] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aac2Eo5b288#) 
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: TFM on 17:25, 06 October 11
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 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i25Mi7fx7JU#)
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: EgoTrip on 17:30, 06 October 11
Switchblade:


[Amstrad Cpc] Switchblade Longplay part 1/5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdJHfsgo4vM#)
Amstrad CPC - Magicland Dizzy - 1991 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlMziH4Urbs#)
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: TFM on 17:54, 06 October 11
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 ;-)
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: tastefulmrship on 18:05, 06 October 11
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)
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: EgoTrip on 18:34, 06 October 11
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 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgm2biUQO2Y#)




How could I forget Spindizzy? Ranarama is another decent game, Blues Brothers is ok but its way too blue, needs a better colour scheme.
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: TFM on 19:40, 06 October 11
And Black Land, I know somebody is working on a walk through ;-)
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: MacDeath on 21:58, 06 October 11
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 ? ;D
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: TFM on 22:02, 06 October 11
Actually, your video is neither in Mode 1, nor CPC related. You will be banned for five relative units into the nameless zone.  :P
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: AMSDOS on 12:13, 07 October 11
I enjoy Twin World and Midnight Resistance, though another nice looking Mode 1 game is Zeppelins Monument.

(http://www.oldgamesclub.com/snap/cpc/monument.png)
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: SyX on 15:32, 07 October 11
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 :) (http://www.cpc-power.com/images/ecran_jeu1/1922.png)
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: TFM on 17:16, 07 October 11
Beautiful choice  :)
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: SyX on 21:44, 07 October 11
It's a nice little game, although it's not in the same level that the one of the Bollaware's masterpiece ;)
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: AMSDOS on 22:36, 07 October 11
Quote from: SyX on 15:32, 07 October 11
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 :) (http://www.cpc-power.com/images/ecran_jeu1/1922.png)


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.
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: Grumbler on 22:40, 07 October 11
it took me a long time to realize that Roland Goes Digging was actually Mode 1.


Roland Goes Digging on the Amstrad CPC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wvHPqMKi3Y#)


just a bit sunburnt the guy looks doesnt he  :laugh:
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: dragon on 22:53, 07 October 11
I like The iss:

http://www.olivertwins.com/IncredibleShrinkingSphere (http://www.olivertwins.com/IncredibleShrinkingSphere)

And:

+
Amstrad CPC Deflektor Tape Loader (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQfKH22__74#)
+
martianoids
+
loopz.
+e-motion(¿use mode 0 or 1?).
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: MacDeath on 14:49, 08 October 11
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.


Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: Gryzor on 19:05, 08 October 11
Wow, some great offerings here for me to play tomorrow... thanks, guys!
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: Nich on 09:59, 09 October 11
Quote from: TFM/FS on 17:54, 06 October 11
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! :laugh:
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: Gryzor on 11:03, 09 October 11
MacDeath would have been a powerful voice if he  had a column in AA back on the 80s :D
Title: Re: Best Mode 1 Game ever!?!
Post by: dragon on 17:29, 09 October 11
:)

La Abadía del Crimen Amstrad cpc HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDBDAVxwIxo#ws)
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