We are planning a retrogamingcozyday some time in the future, where a bunch of mates will show up bringing the machine they grew up with as a kid. I'll be bringing my CPC ofcourse, the girlfriend her C64, and some will bring their Amiga, ZX Spectrum, Nintendo etc etc.
Mainly we'll just be playing the old games, and not much else. And then we thought it could be fun to see the same game (or equivalent) on all the platforms. Some games are made for all platforms. Some are only made for some platforms, but then a similar game with a different title exists on the other platforms.
To find out which games everyone should dig up for that day, I'm asking all participants to mail me a list of the games they feel most nostalgic about on their computer/console. Then it's up to each participant to find those games on that list on their own platform.
I'd like to help the participants by figuring out which games are actually available for their platform, or if a similar game with another title exists.
For starters, I need this help myself though. So I present a list of games sent to me by an Amiga participant. Can anyone here help me identify which games exists for the CPC, and which similar games was made for the CPC with a different name?
For example, I know that the CPC has the games 1942, 1943, Bubble Bobble, etc etc. It doesn't have the Alien Breed games, but maybe "Into the eagles nest" could be used as an alternative in such cases.
Thanks!
The (first) list:
1942
1943
Aladdin
Alien Breed
Alien Breed II
Assassin
Atomic
Battle Isle
Bubble Bobble
Cannon Fodder
Dessert Strike
Dune
Dune II
Dynablaster
Final Fight
Fire and Ice
Fire Force
Flashback
Golden Axe
Ghost n' Goblins
Gods
Guldkorn Expressen
Heimdall
Heimdall 2
Hugo på nye eventyr
IK+
James Pond
James Pond 2
Lemmings
Lemmings 2
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
Lotus Turbo Challange
Lotus III
Moonstone
Nitro
North & South
Oswald
Outrun
P47
PacMania
Pang
Pirates!
Pinball Dreams
Pinball Fantasies
Pinball Illusions
Ports of Call
Prince of Persia
Project X
R-Type
R-Type II
Rainbow Island
Rodland
Sensible Soccer
Shadow of the beast
Skærmtrolden Hugo
Speedball
Speedball II
Stunt Car Racers
Steet Fighter
Steet Fighter II
Super Cars
SuperFrog
Syndicate
The Great Giana Sisters
The Lost Vikings
The Settlers
Toki
Turrican
Turrican II
Turrican 3
TwinTris
Worms
Zool
Zool 2
QuoteI'll be bringing my CPC ofcourse, the girlfriend her C64
and you are still in couple despite her being a C64 girl ?
i dated a speccy girl once... very bad affair. :)
That's why I chose a neutral one: my gal is a VCS/SMS/SMG one, no conflicts there :D
Awesome project, wish I could join...
These are on cpc:
1942
1943
Bubble Bobble
Final Fight
Golden Axe
Ghost n' Goblins
IK+
Lemmings
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
North & South
Outrun
P47
PacMania
Pang
Pirates!
Prince of Persia
R-Type
Rainbow Island
Rodland
Shadow of the beast
Stunt Car Racers
Steet Fighter
Steet Fighter II
Super Cars
The Great Giana Sisters
Turrican
Turrican II
Alien Breed... Alien Syndrome maybe? Although I'd pretend that didn't exist and show Eagles Nest anyway. :)
Quote from: arnoldemu on 13:52, 14 June 12
These are on cpc:
Thanks! (But aren't Pang only for CPC+?)
Quote from: Axelay on 13:55, 14 June 12
Alien Breed... Alien Syndrome maybe? Although I'd pretend that didn't exist and show Eagles Nest anyway. :)
Nice suggestion! Didn't know about that one. Sadly, because the title also exists for Amiga (as do Into the Eagles Nest I've learned), then it can't be used as a "similar game with another title", but more like "alternative game in lack of other".
Quote from: mr_lou on 14:22, 14 June 12
Thanks! (But aren't Pang only for CPC+?)
Only other thing like it I can think of is Zap't'balls.
Oh, and you could use MegaBlasters for DynaBlaster.
Quote from: Axelay on 14:47, 14 June 12Only other thing like it I can think of is Zap't'balls.
That'll do! :)
Quote from: Axelay on 14:47, 14 June 12Oh, and you could use MegaBlasters for DynaBlaster.
Yes, that one I did know about, but only just. Haven't even played Megablasters on the CPC yet.
Quote from: arnoldemu on 13:52, 14 June 12
These are on cpc:
The Great Giana Sisters
Um.... found this:
Amstrad CPC Longplay [009] The Great Giana Sisters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_aHOc7g8rE#)
What gives? Isn't that also a CPC+ game?
And what's up with the music? Is that for real?
Quote from: arnoldemu on 13:52, 14 June 12
Steet Fighter II
Wha? When did this happen?
Can't imagine it would work terribly well surely? Though saying that I had Street Fighter Alpha on Gameboy and that played surprisingly well so it's not impossible.
Quote from: mr_lou on 15:00, 14 June 12
What gives? Isn't that also a CPC+ game?
And what's up with the music? Is that for real?
On the youtube comments it's said that the music is from the C64 version of Bad Cat.
The game looks terrible...
Quote from: Carnivac on 16:03, 14 June 12
Though saying that I had Street Fighter Alpha on Gameboy and that played surprisingly well so it's not impossible.
The big challenge to make a "street fighter like" game, is the same as making a Mario like.
If you don't understand what is doing the game great, you make a poor clone. (Body Blows, Great Giana Sister)
The Gameboy version is nice because the gameplay is good, not graphics or music. :)
If the game engine don't respect "rules", it's better to abort the project instead of releasing a bullshit.
When it look to be good, you can begin to think GFx and Music to improve it, but you already got 75% of fun without. :D
Quote from: Carnivac on 16:03, 14 June 12
Wha? When did this happen?
Can't imagine it would work terribly well surely? Though saying that I had Street Fighter Alpha on Gameboy and that played surprisingly well so it's not impossible.
there was an unofficial hack by hermol.
but that's about it.
Quote from: mr_lou on 15:00, 14 June 12
Um.... found this:
Amstrad CPC Longplay [009] The Great Giana Sisters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_aHOc7g8rE#)
What gives? Isn't that also a CPC+ game?
And what's up with the music? Is that for real?
The score panel looks broken, like it's in the wrong mode???
Which Tetris game for the CPC resembles TwinTris the most?
Alright, attached a PDF with the current list of games we might check out. Can you help filling out some of the empty slots anywhere?
For example, does anyone know of an "Ice Climber" clone for the CPC? Someone apparently made it for the ZX Spectrum.
And is "Jungle Jane" the only Pooyan clone for the CPC?
Is there really no Centipede version for the Nintendo NES?
Suggestion, do a vote for best version and publish the result here after the party
I might use the list sometime too in future :)
Arabian Nights is two different games on the CPC, maybe they payed two programmers for the job and included both versions on the tape?
Quote from: ivarf on 21:09, 15 June 12
Suggestion, do a vote for best version and publish the result here after the party
Not a bad idea. Although, at the moment, I'm mostly after the version that resembles TwinTris the most.
The best Tetris version would also be interesting though.
Quote from: ivarf on 21:09, 15 June 12Arabian Nights is two different games on the CPC, maybe they payed two programmers for the job and included both versions on the tape?
What do you mean? Are there two CPC versions of Arabian Nights? Similar or completely different?
The only Arabian games I know of are 'Interceptor soft' and maybe 'Aladdins Cave' Arctic.
I can't find any variant of Arabian Nights?
Does the CPC has anything like Crossfire for the C64?
Crossfire, Commodore 64, 6,830 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3s6p2fWQyA#)
Quote from: mr_lou on 11:19, 16 June 12
Does the CPC has anything like Crossfire for the C64?
Crossfire, Commodore 64, 6,830 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3s6p2fWQyA#)
It remembered me a few to Astro Attack, but nothing to do: Crossfire seems more playable and sound is greater :D
I think these games exist on CPC..... just realized that someone else made a list (I didn't read the whole thread) so I modify this because there is no need for twice.
Retro computer girlfriends, how do you even find them? I wouldn't mind if mine was even C64 :)
Thanks Optimus.
In order to show off the CPC, it would be nice to load Dead on Time and Star Sabre. But which games on the other 4 platforms resembles these games?
Which space shooters on Amiga, C64, ZX Spectrum and Nintendo NES reminds you of Dead on Time and Star Sabre?
Quote from: mr_lou on 07:37, 16 June 12
What do you mean? Are there two CPC versions of Arabian Nights? Similar or completely different?
I have them both on the same original tape, one version on each side. So different that my guess is that they are done by two different people. One game is in mode 1 and the other in mode 0
The games is by Interceptor Software - Tales of the Arabian Nights
Tales of the Arabian Nights - CPCWiki - The Ultimate Amstrad CPC Community & (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Tales_of_the_Arabian_Nights)
^^^^^^Do you know whether there are copies available online? Have you come across any ?
Quote from: ivarf on 21:27, 16 June 12
I have them both on the same original tape, one version on each side. So different that my guess is that they are done by two different people. One game is in mode 1 and the other in mode 0
The games is by Interceptor Software - Tales of the Arabian Nights
Tales of the Arabian Nights - CPCWiki - The Ultimate Amstrad CPC Community & (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Tales_of_the_Arabian_Nights)
If you haven't already done so, a CDT should be made for archiving purposes and put up on CPC-Power for the rest of us to check out :)
Quote from: Puresox on 01:40, 17 June 12
^^^^^^Do you know whether there are copies available online? Have you come across any ?
I haven't looked so I do not know.
Quote from: Devlin on 03:08, 17 June 12
If you haven't already done so, a CDT should be made for archiving purposes and put up on CPC-Power for the rest of us to check out :)
So I guess whats online there doesn't have both versions? I do not have access to my Amstrad collection at the moment due to space restrictions. Most of it is packed up and out of reach unfortuneately
Quote from: mr_lou on 17:28, 16 June 12
Thanks Optimus.
In order to show off the CPC, it would be nice to load Dead on Time and Star Sabre. But which games on the other 4 platforms resembles these games?
Which space shooters on Amiga, C64, ZX Spectrum and Nintendo NES reminds you of Dead on Time and Star Sabre?
For Dead on Time, try Mega Apocalypse.
Quote from: Axelay on 14:47, 18 June 12For Dead on Time, try Mega Apocalypse.
Nice! That'll do! Thanks. :-)
Quote from: ivarf on 21:57, 17 June 12
I haven't looked so I do not know.
So I guess whats online there doesn't have both versions? I do not have access to my Amstrad collection at the moment due to space restrictions. Most of it is packed up and out of reach unfortuneately
Well that's fine, you can do it at your own leisure - but specifically re:completeness , there's not a CDT - Disk/Tape versions sometimes differ greatly due to different loader code ingame (see laser squad f.ex - the disk version loads data directly* instead of invoking the usual loading routines) so even if it's not significant, there will be enough difference to warrant a CDT being made.
*not entirely sure, but I do know that a "converted" disk copy of laser squad to cdt will not work due to the way it pulls data (we tried it in irc to our failure).
Quote from: Devlin on 03:08, 17 June 12
If you haven't already done so, a CDT should be made for archiving purposes and put up on CPC-Power for the rest of us to check out :)
A week ago,
conker_rare wrote in the spanish forum about his mode 0 version of Tales of Arabian Night, and today he has published a CDT of this version in the spanish forum (http://www.amstrad.es/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3551&p=50382), and of course, in a few days will be appear in the usual places.
Quote from: SyX on 17:10, 17 September 14
A week ago, conker_rare wrote in the spanish forum about his mode 0 version of Tales of Arabian Night, and today he has published a CDT of this version in the spanish forum (http://www.amstrad.es/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3551&p=50382), and of course, in a few days will be appear in the usual places.
Aaargh! I bought a copy of the MODE 0 version of this game a few months ago on eBay but I forgot to upload the CDT to CPC-POWER at the time. Ah well, it looks like you've beaten me to it! ;)
Quote from: Nich on 19:47, 17 September 14
Aaargh! I bought a copy of the MODE 0 version of this game a few months ago on eBay but I forgot to upload the CDT to CPC-POWER at the time. Ah well, it looks like you've beaten me to it! ;)
Well, you can beat me and make a nice floppy version ;) I'm too busy with work and studies for the next days, ayysss...
The strange thing is the
conker_rare's tape is in mode 0 in both faces and
ivarf wrote that his version is mode 0 in one face and mode 1 in the other one. There is a lot of hidden text in both versions that make clear than the mode 0 version was made after the mode 1.
Quote from: SyX on 20:38, 17 September 14
The strange thing is the conker_rare's tape is in mode 0 in both faces and ivarf wrote that his version is mode 0 in one face and mode 1 in the other one. There is a lot of hidden text in both versions that make clear than the mode 0 version was made after the mode 1.
My copy contains the MODE 0 version on both sides of the cassette.
According to
Amstrad Action's review of the game in issue 4, the original version was in MODE 1 and 2,000-3,000 copies were sold before Interceptor decided to release a new version in MODE 0, programmed by someone else, as they "weren't 100% happy with the game".
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Thanks for clarify the story about the game, Nich :)
WTF with the mode 0 color clash? ???
I know that some games emulate the spectrum screen but... in mode 0? ???
I'm not pretty sure on what version is the best judging the first level...
Color clash? It's only routine for printing sprites using XOR and it's used in a lot of CPC games, for example, "Billy, El Barriobajero 1", "Classic Axiens", "Zorro", "Exolon", "3 Weeks in Paradise", ... with the difference that those games took more care and have a mainly black background for minimising the FX (FX Emborrachamiento de Colores :P).
I played this game a lot, but I can't remember wich version I had. It was a pirate copy.
Well, that fit's to the ship (level 1).
Quote from: SyX on 20:31, 18 September 14
Color clash? It's only routine for printing sprites using XOR and it's used in a lot of CPC games, for example, "Billy, El Barriobajero 1", "Classic Axiens", "Zorro", "Exolon", "3 Weeks in Paradise", ... with the difference that those games took more care and have a mainly black background for minimising the FX (FX Emborrachamiento de Colores :P ).
mmm, maybe i saw this in the past and now my memory is playing tricks with me :laugh:
Anyway it's curious that they tried to make a new "best" version and do that, no?
And what's the reason that in one game the main character can go upstairs and in the other only jump through it? it's a big diference in gameplay and i'm not sure that it's the best way in the second version. What's the general consensus in other versions, the character can or cant' go upstairs? ;D
In the mode 1 version the character can jump to the sea and walk through it like Jesus...
The two versions are very odd don't you think?
Skweek?
Quote from: Joseman on 23:15, 18 September 14The two versions are very odd don't you think?
I agreed totally, the game is nothing special, i can only imagine in those days, that company was a big mess :P