Games on other platforms => Equivalent on the CPC

[mr_lou]

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

[MacDeath]

I'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.

[Gryzor]

That's why I chose a neutral one: my gal is a VCS/SMS/SMG one, no conflicts there


Awesome project, wish I could join...

[arnoldemu]

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

[Axelay]

Alien Breed... Alien Syndrome maybe?  Although I'd pretend that didn't exist and show Eagles Nest anyway.   

[mr_lou]

These are on cpc:

Thanks! (But aren't Pang only for CPC+?)

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".

[Axelay]

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.

[mr_lou]

Only other thing like it I can think of is Zap't'balls.

That'll do! 

Oh, 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.

[mr_lou]

These are on cpc:
The Great Giana Sisters

Um....  found this:


What gives? Isn't that also a CPC+ game?
And what's up with the music? Is that for real?

[Carnivius]

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.

[McKlain]

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...

[TotO]

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.

[arnoldemu]

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.

[arnoldemu]

Um....  found this:


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???

[mr_lou]

Which Tetris game for the CPC resembles TwinTris the most?

[mr_lou]

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?

[ivarf]

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?

[mr_lou]

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.

Arabian 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?

[Puresox]

The only Arabian games I know of are 'Interceptor soft' and maybe 'Aladdins Cave' Arctic.
I can't find any variant of Arabian Nights?

[mr_lou]

Does the CPC has anything like Crossfire for the C64?

[MiguelSky]

Does the CPC has anything like Crossfire for the C64?

It remembered me a few to Astro Attack, but nothing to do: Crossfire seems more playable and sound is greater

[Optimus]

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

[mr_lou]

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?

[ivarf]

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 &

[Puresox]

^^^^^^Do you know whether there are copies available online? Have you come across any ?