Hit Squad - CPC game list?

MartynC · 11:45, 23 September 14

I wondered if anyone had ever compiled a list (partial or complete) of the Hit Squad titles on CPC?

I know people often collect these titles, what with them being numbered and having uniform sleeves (which is ironic as back in the day I can't imagine anyone choosing these budget re-releases over the originals).

If not then maybe I'll try and put something together, like they did on Lemon one time.

Carnivius · 16:15, 23 September 14

Quote from: MartynC on 11:45, 23 September 14

I know people often collect these titles, what with them being numbered and having uniform sleeves (which is ironic as back in the day I can't imagine anyone choosing these budget re-releases over the originals).

I preferred them cos having a small cassette case rather than a big box meant they fit into my sliding tape drawers all nice and neatly. I've never been a big fan of boxes being far larger than necessary to contain the item inside.

Shaun M. Neary · 18:53, 23 September 14

Quote from: Carnivac on 16:15, 23 September 14
I preferred them cos having a small cassette case rather than a big box meant they fit into my sliding tape drawers all nice and neatly. I've never been a big fan of boxes being far larger than necessary to contain the item inside.

I'm with you there. Although a lot of the boxes of mine ended up going in the bin at one point due to sheer lack of space. I used to have a LOT of tape games back in my day.

pinace · 23:03, 23 September 14

HIT SQUAD Amstrad CPC releases
---------------------------------------------

-   Fun school 2 - For the under-6s
-   Fun school 2 - For the over-8s
-   Fun School 2 - For 6-8 years olds
-   Trivial pursuit - Genus edition
- Pictionary
Arcade 01   Enduro racer
Arcade 02   Green beret
Arcade 03   Crazy cars
Arcade 04   Wizball
Arcade 05   Rampage
Arcade 06   Renegade
Arcade 07   Arkanoid
Arcade 08   Combat school
Arcade 09   Quartet
Arcade 10   Wonder boy
Arcade 11   Slap fight
Arcade 12   Head over heels
Arcade 13   Mikie
Arcade 14   The vindicator
Arcade 15   Nemesis
Arcade 16   Salamander
Arcade 17   Rastan
Arcade 18   R-type
Arcade 19   Target renegade
Arcade 20   Operation wolf
Arcade 21   After burner
Arcade 22   Driller
Arcade 23   Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh
Arcade 24   Gryzor
Arcade 25   Dragonninja
Arcade 26   SDI
Arcade 27   Xybots
Arcade 28   Vindicators
Arcade 29   APB
Arcade 30   Bubble bobble
Arcade 31   Renegade III
Arcade 32   The newzealand story
Arcade 33   Cabal
Arcade 34   Toobin'
Arcade 35   Chase HQ
Arcade 36   Dragon spirit
Arcade 37   Operation thunderbolt
Arcade 38   Altered beast
Arcade 39   Power drift
Arcade 40   Hard drivin'
Arcade 41   Rainbow islands
Arcade 42   Midnight resistance
Arcade 43   Navy moves
Arcade 44   Puffy's saga
Arcade 45   Shadow warriors
Arcade 46   Puzznic
Arcade 47   Escape from the planet of the robot monsters
Arcade 48   Sly spy
Arcade 49   Castle master
Arcade 50   Cyberball
Arcade 51   Klax
Arcade 52   NARC
Arcade 53   Badlands
Arcade 54   STUN runner
Arcade 55   Smash TV
Arcade 56   Pit-fighter
Arcade 57   Space gun
Arcade 58   Skull & crossbones
Movie 01   Rambo
Movie 02   Cobra
Movie 03   Batman
Movie 04   Top gun
Movie 05   Short circuit
Movie 06   The great escape
Movie 07   Miami vice
Movie 08   Predator
Movie 09   Platoon
Movie 10   Star wars
Movie 11   Empire strikes back
Movie 12   Return of the jedi
Movie 13   Batman - The caped crusader
Movie 14   Rambo III
Movie 15   The real ghostbusters
Movie 16   Spitting image
Movie 17   Licence to kill
Movie 18   Red heat
Movie 19   Batman - The movie
Movie 20   Ghostbusters II
Movie 21   The untouchables
Movie 22   Robocop
Movie 23   The spy who loved me
Movie 24   Night breed
Movie 25   Total recall
Movie 26   Hudson Hawk
Movie 27   Terminator II
Movie 28   The simpsons
Movie 29   Darkman
Movie 30   The Addams familiy
Sports 01   Daley Thompson's decathlon
Sports 02   Yie ar kung-fu
Sports 03   Match point
Sports 04   World series baseball
Sports 05   Hypersports
Sports 06   Konami's ping pong
Sports 07   Super sprint
Sports 08   International karate+
Sports 09   Super hang-on
Sports 10   Match day
Sports 11   Daley Thompson's supertest
Sports 12   Shao-Lin's road
Sports 13   Match day II
Sports 14   Daley Thompson's olympic challenge
Sports 15   Run the gauntlet
Sports 16   WEC Le Mans
Sports 17   Last ninja 2
Sports 18   Skate wars
Sports 19   Pro tennis tour
Sports 20   RBI baseball 2
Sports 21   WWF Wrestle mania

I think it is complete. Enjoy it

SyX · 01:28, 24 September 14

@pinace: Are those versions preserved? If they are similar to the Amiga releases then they use different tape loaders to the original/full price releases. And have you spoken to Bruno for adding this info to CPC-Power?

pinace · 07:09, 24 September 14

Yes, last versions use diferent loaders than original versions but only a little are preserved.

MartynC · 10:08, 24 September 14

pinace, that is fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

Only issue I think is Arcade 57, Space Gun, which was only released on disk on CPC. Arcade 57 should be Super Space Invaders.

If the list is complete, then it is the same as the Spectrum list except from the above, Space Gun, and Sports 03 which is Match Point on CPC and Konami's Tennis on Spec.

zeropolis79 · 16:10, 24 September 14

Actually, Super Space Invaders is Arcade 58 on the Spectrum...

arnoldemu · 17:32, 24 September 14

Nice list.

We need a double check of this list against the inlays of the cpc versions and a mark indicating if it has been dumped or not.

pinace · 22:52, 24 September 14

Quote from: MartynC on 10:08, 24 September 14
pinace, that is fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

Only issue I think is Arcade 57, Space Gun, which was only released on disk on CPC. Arcade 57 should be Super Space Invaders.

Yes, Arcade 57 is Super Space Invaders... I use an old list ^_^

pinace · 22:35, 26 September 14

I have edited the list and think it's fine and complete.

The Hit Squad Amstrad CPC
-------------------------------------

-   Fun school 2 - For the under-6s
-   Fun school 2 - For the over-8s
-   Fun School 2 - For 6-8 years olds
-   Trivial pursuit - Genus edition
-   Pictionary
Arcade 01   Enduro racer
Arcade 02   Green beret
Arcade 03   Crazy cars
Arcade 04   Wizball
Arcade 05   Rampage
Arcade 06   Renegade
Arcade 07   Arkanoid
Arcade 08   Combat school
Arcade 09   Quartet
Arcade 10   Wonder boy
Arcade 11   Slap fight
Arcade 12   Head over heels
Arcade 13   Mikie
Arcade 14   The vindicator
Arcade 15   Nemesis
Arcade 16   Salamander
Arcade 17   Rastan
Arcade 18   R-type
Arcade 19   Target renegade
Arcade 20   Operation wolf
Arcade 21   After burner
Arcade 22   Driller
Arcade 23   Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh
Arcade 24   Gryzor
Arcade 25   Dragonninja
Arcade 26   SDI
Arcade 27   Xybots
Arcade 28   Vindicators
Arcade 29   APB
Arcade 30   Bubble bobble
Arcade 31   Renegade III
Arcade 32   The newzealand story
Arcade 33   Cabal
Arcade 34   Toobin'
Arcade 35   Chase HQ
Arcade 36   Dragon spirit
Arcade 37   Operation thunderbolt
Arcade 38   Altered beast
Arcade 39   Power drift
Arcade 40   Hard drivin'
Arcade 41   Rainbow islands
Arcade 42   Midnight resistance
Arcade 43   Navy moves
Arcade 44   Puffy's saga
Arcade 45   Shadow warriors
Arcade 46   Puzznic
Arcade 47   Escape from the planet of the robot monsters
Arcade 48   Sly spy
Arcade 49   Castle master
Arcade 50   Cyberball
Arcade 51   Klax
Arcade 52   NARC
Arcade 53   Badlands
Arcade 54   STUN runner
Arcade 55   Smash TV
Arcade 56   Pit-fighter
Arcade 57   Super space invaders
Arcade 58   Skull & crossbones
Movie 01   Rambo
Movie 02   Cobra
Movie 03   Batman
Movie 04   Top gun
Movie 05   Short circuit
Movie 06   The great escape
Movie 07   Miami vice
Movie 08   Predator
Movie 09   Platoon
Movie 10   Star wars
Movie 11   Empire strikes back
Movie 12   Return of the jedi
Movie 13   Batman - The caped crusader
Movie 14   Rambo III
Movie 15   The real ghostbusters
Movie 16   Spitting image
Movie 17   Licence to kill
Movie 18   Red heat
Movie 19   Batman - The movie
Movie 20   Ghostbusters II
Movie 21   The untouchables
Movie 22   Robocop
Movie 23   The spy who loved me
Movie 24   Night breed
Movie 25   Total recall
Movie 26   Hudson Hawk
Movie 27   Terminator II
Movie 28   The simpsons
Movie 29   Darkman
Movie 30   The Addams familiy
Sports 01   Daley Thompson's decathlon
Sports 02   Yie ar kung-fu
Sports 03   Match point
Sports 04   World series baseball
Sports 05   Hypersports
Sports 06   Konami's ping pong
Sports 07   Super sprint
Sports 08   International karate+
Sports 09   Super hang-on
Sports 10   Match day
Sports 11   Daley Thompson's supertest
Sports 12   Shao-Lin's road
Sports 13   Match day II
Sports 14   Daley Thompson's olympic challenge
Sports 15   Run the gauntlet
Sports 16   WEC Le Mans
Sports 17   Last ninja 2
Sports 18   Skate wars
Sports 19   Pro tennis tour
Sports 20   RBI baseball 2
Sports 21   WWF Wrestle mania

SyX · 16:25, 27 September 14

@pinace: And do you have a list of the "Serie Leyenda" and other spanish re-releases?

pinace · 23:37, 27 September 14

@SyX: No I haven't, but I think there would be no problem in doing it if I consult my game list, deepfb game list and Abraxas game list

I only have lists of KIXX, CodeMasters, Players, Hi-Tec, Atlantis.... I made it a few years ago to complete my CPC software collection.

Gryzor · 10:10, 28 September 14

Some great releases on that list...

When I was a kid I didn't differentiate between big boxes and budget releases and indeed the latter fit into my drawers much easier (though big boxes looked much nicer). Nowadays, however, I don't bother with budget re-releases...

CraigsBar · 11:00, 28 September 14

Quote from: Gryzor on 10:10, 28 September 14
Some great releases on that list...

When I was a kid I didn't differentiate between big boxes and budget releases and indeed the latter fit into my drawers much easier (though big boxes looked much nicer). Nowadays, however, I don't bother with budget re-releases...

even as a kid I would tend towards a big box offering. Mainly because these could be found on disc and I had a Cpc 464 + dktronics 64k expansion + ddi1, and after that a 6128plus so I'd always want the disc original if available and then need the disc original for the tape socket free plus .

Lazy Dude · 14:07, 28 September 14

Quote from: Gryzor on 10:10, 28 September 14
Some great releases on that list...

When I was a kid I didn't differentiate between big boxes and budget releases and indeed the latter fit into my drawers much easier (though big boxes looked much nicer). Nowadays, however, I don't bother with budget re-releases...

wow they still do budget re-releases?!!
no doubt an impressive line up in that list, think i have half of those as original, and plenty i never got!

SyX · 15:34, 28 September 14

Quote from: pinace on 23:37, 27 September 14
@SyX: No I haven't, but I think there would be no problem in doing it if I consult my game list, deepfb game list and Abraxas game list

I only have lists of KIXX, CodeMasters, Players, Hi-Tec, Atlantis.... I made it a few years ago to complete my CPC software collection.

That is amazing!

And i think that it should be documented at least in the wiki, because when i'm looking budget games for comparing games with other 8 bits systems, i need to remember company names... and thinking about it, i don't know if Elite's budget label "Encore" (if i'm not wrong), made CPC releases.

pinace · 16:32, 28 September 14

Of course SyX, Encore made CPC releases: All the Elite and Durell catalog

Encore Amstrad CPC releases
---------------------------------------

1942
007 - Live and Let Die
3DC
A Question of Sport
ACE + ACE 2
Airwolf
Airwolf 2
Battle Ships
Batty
Beyond the Ice Palace
Bomb jack
Bomb jack II
Buggy boy
Chain reaction
Combat lynx
Commando
Critical mass
Deep strike
Dragon's Lair
Dragon's Lair II: Escape From Singe's Castle
Frank Bruno's Boxing
Frank Bruno's World Championship Boxing - Commemorative Issue Bruno vs. Tyson
Ghosts'n Goblins
Great Gurianos
Hopping mad
Ikari warriors
Kokotoni wilf
Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz
Overlander
Paperboy
Passing shot
Saboteur
Saboteur II
Scooby Doo
Sigma 7
Space harrier
Spitfire
Storm warrior
Super Trux
Thanatos
Thundercats
Turbo Esprit
Wanderer 3D

retrogameswiz · 00:43, 05 March 15

excellent guys thanks for the info i just need the addams family and skull & crossbones to complete the set.

cheers!!!!

kawickboy · 12:48, 12 March 15

i think i need 1 or 2 hitsquad to complete the set, i recently found puffy's saga.

retrogameswiz · 00:39, 29 November 16

tracked down the addams family only the 2nd 1 i have seen just need skull & crossbones if it was ever released!!!!!!!

kawickboy · 09:29, 29 November 16

When i went to England with my school in 93, i remember i saw addams family hit squad release in many shops. Amstrad Action reviewed it too.

dlfrsilver · 03:23, 05 December 16

if you want to get the full list for each hitsquad series made, check on CPC-power. (i've processed all the dumps for CPCmaniaco)

There are the full Arcade, Movie and sports collections listed by number.

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