Hi all
I'm Chris, co-host of the Retro Asylum.
If you follow our podcast, you may have heard that we will shortly be staging the fourth 8-Bit Wars. This is where we choose games which show off the best the 8-bit computers have to offer and let the platforms battle it out to be the best. In the past, a host has been nominated to represent a platform and then games were chosen which were common across the platforms.
This time, we are doing it slightly different. We are going to pitch the best the system had to offer in particular genres against the best the other platforms had to offer in those genres. The five genres chosen are:
Shooter
Platform
Arcade adventure
Racing / driving
Fighting / beat 'em up
I will be representing the Amstrad CPC 464, going up against the Speccy (Dean Swain), C64 (Matt Wilsher) and Atari 8 bit (Steve Erickson).
So, what do you think is the best the CPC has to offer in those five genres?
Chris
I wonder where Pinball Dreams would fit...
Best car game so far, Wec Le Mans.
Fighting game - Renegade
Arcade adventure - Sorcery
3D isometric ?
3D shooter?
Adventure game?
Quote from: RetroClarence on 20:16, 19 January 20
Shooter
Platform
Arcade adventure
Racing / driving
Fighting / beat 'em up
The question here is: are you restricted to back in the day? :)
My favs, or the titles I think that would be good contenders BUT only from the commercial era of the CPC; so this excludes homebrew titles that may be superior to some of these.
Shooter: Gryzor (gun & run is a shooter, isn't it?)
Platform: The Addams Family
Arcade adventure: Prince of Persia (it HAD release on the CPC BITD)
Racing / driving: Chase HQ
Fighting / beat 'em up: Golden Axe (because is the best version of all 8-bit systems on your list)
I think all these are 64K, so CPC 464.
My 2 cents!
Sorry, I should have been clear: it's only commercially released during the system's life that counts. So, unfortunately, Reidrac, I can't choose your or any other homebrew / indie games (shame, I'd have won for sure :) ).
Chris
Quote from: RetroClarence on 20:45, 19 January 20
Sorry, I should have been clear: it's only commercially released during the system's life that counts. So, unfortunately, Reidrac, I can't choose your or any other homebrew / indie games (shame, I'd have won for sure :) ).
ALL systems have homebrew, may be there's material for a 8-bit wars homebrew edition ;)
Anyway, my list is OK I think (again: double check all the games are 64K). I'm sure other people here can offer other suggestions.
Quote from: RetroClarence on 20:16, 19 January 20
... We are going to pitch the best the system had to offer in particular genres against the best the other platforms had to offer in those genres. The five genres chosen are:
Shooter
You could take a look at Cyber Chicken ;D :)
Quote from: RetroClarence on 20:45, 19 January 20Sorry, I should have been clear: it's only commercially released during the system's life that counts. So, unfortunately, Reidrac, I can't choose your or any other homebrew / indie games (shame, I'd have won for sure :) ).
Chris
Uups? Why that? So the result will be very imbalanced. For assessing the 'best' system it's IMHO mandatory to take scene productions in account. :) Quote from: reidrac on 20:51, 19 January 20ALL systems have homebrew, may be there's material for a 8-bit wars homebrew edition ;) Anyway, my list is OK I think (again: double check all the games are 64K). I'm sure other people here can offer other suggestions.
Why to limit to 64 KB? The C128 for example has 128 KB RAM too. In CPC world most great games do use 128 KB.
If this is like previous episodes, they stick to the base models. And mind that the system that suffers most from that is the speccy (48K and beeper only).
@GUNHED (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2029) honestly, I don't think they're going to change *their rules* because you complain here. It would be more useful if you could suggest good games on each category keeping in mind: from the commercial era of the CPC and must run on a stock 464.
Well, I don't complain. I do share my opinion to make things better.
Quote from: GUNHED on 21:04, 19 January 20
Uups? Why that? So the result will be very imbalanced. For assessing the 'best' system it's IMHO mandatory to take scene productions in account. :)
Why to limit to 64 KB? The C128 for example has 128 KB RAM too. In CPC world most great games do use 128 KB.
If you don't include newer productions, the CPC looks like a weaker computer than it really is. People that like to downtalk the CPC likes this.
Quote from: ivarf on 00:00, 20 January 20
If you don't include newer productions, the CPC looks like a weaker computer than it really is. People that like to downtalk the CPC likes this.
I think that is because they don't know the system.
The Retro Asylum has run 3 episodes of "8-bit wars". If you haven't listen to them, may be you should: you would be surprised! A different Chris represented the CPC and I don't always agree with his approach (let's say :D), but in any case they are good fun.
Actually, the reason why I bought a CPC and started making games for it was because the first 8-bi wars (and the CPC special they run shortly after it). So there you are. Definitely not misrepresenting the system, even if some of the most recent games are probably the best on the system.
Shooter - Sonic Boom
Platformer - Prince of Peria
Arcade Adventure - Super Cauldron/Back To The Golden Age
Racing/Driving - Martechs Nigel Mansell
Fighting/Beatemup - Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Quote from: sigh on 12:00, 20 January 20
Fighting/Beatemup - Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Now that you mention that one, probably even better than Golden Axe :+1:
Quote from: reidrac on 19:21, 20 January 20
Now that you mention that one, probably even better than Golden Axe :+1:
I was trying to find games that were better on the cpc than their counterparts:
TMNT was nicer on the CPC than on the other 8 bits.
Martechs Nigel Mansell was also better than the spectrum version, though I haven't seen the c64 version.
Super Cauldron is a large adventure of a game with decent scrolling and interesting coding techniques such as overscan.
Prince of Persia on the CPC was the only version commercially released. Good game.
I'm having trouble in regards to shooter. I put Sonic Boom - but the C64 version looks to play nicer and has music...
I think I would choose Operation Wolf for Shooter:
Shooter - Operation Wolf
Platformer - Prince of Persia
Arcade Adventure - Super Cauldron
Racing/Driving - Martechs Nigel Mansell
Fighting/Beatemup - Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Quote from: sigh on 21:42, 20 January 20
I was trying to find games that were better on the cpc than their counterparts:
See, that's the thing! They have changed the format, so each game won't compete with the same game in other systems but
the same genre.
So I think TMNT (or Golden Axe) are excellent games on the CPC on their genre, but they won't be compared with the same game in the other systems. I agree that psychologically it has impact if the game is the best of all the 4 8-bit systems ;D
I wouldn't say Prince of Persia is a platformer, for me it was more like an adventure, or less "pure" platformer than for example The Addams Family (that is hard but it is an excellent platforms game on the CPC).
I thought Super Cauldron was a 128K game! That could go as platform game, actually.
Under which category would be nice to add Trantor or Savage, which are great examples of what the CPC could do at the time?
Quote from: reidrac on 22:16, 20 January 20
See, that's the thing! They have changed the format, so each game won't compete with the same game in other systems but the same genre.
So I think TMNT (or Golden Axe) are excellent games on the CPC on their genre, but they won't be compared with the same game in the other systems. I agree that psychologically it has impact if the game is the best of all the 4 8-bit systems ;D
I wouldn't say Prince of Persia is a platformer, for me it was more like an adventure, or less "pure" platformer than for example The Addams Family (that is hard but it is an excellent platforms game on the CPC).
I thought Super Cauldron was a 128K game! That could go as platform game, actually.
Super Cauldron was also a cassette game on the 464 too. Super Cauldron had a lot of secret areas and could also work as a platformer too.
I definitely see POP as a platformer as it was all about distance, timing and positioning of your jumps on ledges/platforms and falling to your death if your jumps weren't on point.
Quote from: RetroClarence on 20:16, 19 January 20
Hi all
I'm Chris, co-host of the Retro Asylum.
If you follow our podcast, you may have heard that we will shortly be staging the fourth 8-Bit Wars. This is where we choose games which show off the best the 8-bit computers have to offer and let the platforms battle it out to be the best. In the past, a host has been nominated to represent a platform and then games were chosen which were common across the platforms.
This time, we are doing it slightly different. We are going to pitch the best the system had to offer in particular genres against the best the other platforms had to offer in those genres. The five genres chosen are:
Shooter
Platform
Arcade adventure
Racing / driving
Fighting / beat 'em up
I will be representing the Amstrad CPC 464, going up against the Speccy (Dean Swain), C64 (Matt Wilsher) and Atari 8 bit (Steve Erickson).
So, what do you think is the best the CPC has to offer in those five genres?
Chris
Hi Chris,
I'll bite on this one.
Shooter: Tied - Classic era: X-Out (US Gold) / Modern era: R-Type 128k remake (Easter Egg)
X-Out takes a bit of a hit for having little or no background, unfair as it was only written with 64k in mind. But it's fast! I always find myself coming back to it.
The 128K remake of R-Type is an absolute triumph on the CPC. While not arcade perfect (especially the end of level 2's 'snake movement', it's still a belter of a game that demonstrates all of the Amstrads capabilities. And even better yet, it didn't require a Plus.
Platform: Rainbow IslandsI wasn't overly a massive fan of this one in the arcade. But when I loaded it (from tape!) in 1990, I kept going back to it again and again. I think I've only ever finished Monster Island once, and that was last year. My attention span isn't what it once was now that I'm a world weary 44 year old now though!
Arcade adventure: Fantasy World DizzyWay too many to choose from, but this one gets the nod from me because it introduced me into a whole new world of gaming. Platforming while having to use my brain to solve puzzles. That's something that's almost a given in todays games (look, there are elements of that in Rockstars modern games today!), but I hadn't played any Dizzy games prior to 1990. So this blew my mind at the time, and people still talk about Dizzy to this very day. He's even on a UK stamp now!
Racing / driving: Chase HQUndisputed winner. While not a racer, but the speed, the colours, and even the speech if you're lucky enough to have 128k. I remember being terrified looking at the awful spectrum loading screen and not expecting much (this was before the Amstrad Action review, for whatever reason they were a couple of months late in getting their review copy and the game had already hit the shelves), and being pleasantly surprised when the final product loaded. I actually only finished it for the first time last year. Great feeling of achievement almost 30 years on.
Fighting / beat 'em up: Target RenegadeFor me, another undisputed winner, but the music does tend to go very ropey on every level, the channels go out of sync. But it's a great one or two player beat 'em up, and it gets VERY challenging after you pass the first loop. I think I've managed two loops (by dumb luck!), and then got absolutely massacred on the third one.
There's my votes. Enjoy!
Quote from: GUNHED on 21:04, 19 January 20
Uups? Why that? So the result will be very imbalanced. For assessing the 'best' system it's IMHO mandatory to take scene productions in account. :)
Nah it's not. He's talking about a time when Amstrad were shifting units as a games machine.
I get where you're coming from, it's just not the direction his piece is going. And that's okay.
Sure, the Amstrad has had some stellar stuff since it's commercial heyday, but so have the other systems too (Crystal Kingdom Dizzy remake on the Speccy anyone?). It's a whole new territory and probably for a different podcast.
Hmmm - now I'm thinking that Donkey Kong is a good contender for platformer. :)
Rick Dangerous or its sequel have to be contenders for either platform or arcade/adventure, while Barbarian lops the head off most fighting games (although Renegade might get a knee to the groin in first).
Damn that's a hard choice. Op Wolf is indeed a great choice for shooters, I think. PoP is definitely a platform - so many platforms in that one! But also indeed Rainbow Islands looks sublime.
Trantor looks great and very impressive, but is it a great game?
The thing I'm concerned about with these 8 bit Wars, is hearing the same old games (usual supects) which most of the Retro Asylum hosts are familiar with such as Gryzor, Renegade, Chase HQ etc. Of course these are great games, but it would be good to offer other alternatives which are just as good and introduce them to an audience that may not be familiar with the CPC. While I think Rick Dangerous is a good game - you hardly ever hear about Super Cauldon, due to it being delivered at the end of the CPC's life, as well as being a game that pushes hardware limits. This could make for good conversation for the podcast too, as the other contenders usually have to play the games their rivals have selected.
Chase HQ was already chosen in one of the earlier 8 bit wars if I remember correctly. Sure - we can vote it in again, but it's been spoken about countless of times and Xyphoe is probably sick of playing it by now :D . What about games like Super Cycle or Martech Nigel Mansell - which is probably one of the best, fastest and smoothest 8 bit formula 1 games?
Even with the games I chose in regards to platforming - Donkey Kong, was already selected in one of the previous episodes, so I have now changed my mind about it and will be looking to offer other alternatives.
Quote from: sigh on 00:31, 21 January 20
Hmmm - now I'm thinking that Donkey Kong is a good contender for platformer. :)
Donkey Kong was so good for it's time. One of the earlier examples of overscan on the Amstrad.
So playable too, but so frustrating at times too.
I loved how the manual basically told you how to cheat the barrel stages though, sadly I discovered that *after* I spent weeks high score chasing! ;D
Quote from: SharkusMaximus on 01:08, 21 January 20
Rick Dangerous or its sequel have to be contenders for either platform or arcade/adventure, while Barbarian lops the head off most fighting games (although Renegade might get a knee to the groin in first).
Rick Dangerous is a good shout, I found the final level of the second way too difficult though.
Barbarian looks sounds and plays the part, but I also found it repetitive after a while. Once I finished it, it was rare that I went back to it.
Snipped this simply because I agreed with the first half!
Super Cycle is a bit of a one horse race though. It's bloody dire on the C64 and Speccy versions!
Quote from: sigh on 11:04, 21 January 20
Chase HQ was already chosen in one of the earlier 8 bit wars if I remember correctly. Sure - we can vote it in again, but it's been spoken about countless of times and Xyphoe is probably sick of playing it by now :D . What about games like Super Cycle or Martech Nigel Mansell - which is probably one of the best, fastest and smoothest 8 bit formula 1 games?
Even with the games I chose in regards to platforming - Donkey Kong, was already selected in one of the previous episodes, so I have now changed my mind about it and will be looking to offer other alternatives.
Super Cycle? Really?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spq1m7M-V9g
:D
Honestly asking, never played it.
Quote from: Gryzor on 12:37, 21 January 20
Super Cycle? Really?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spq1m7M-V9g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spq1m7M-V9g)
:D
Honestly asking, never played it.
I really gotta give this a go. I've the next few days off work so I'll probably try it tonight. :D
Speed King?
An early title, quite primitive. I have a special place in my heart for it though, since I used to play it with my dad... I think its JBC* is similar to Dalley Thomson's, with those turns!
*JBC=Joystick Breaking Coefficient
It looks like it has a nice Pole Position type feel to it though, and I've been enjoying that a lot recently on the Atari 800XL.
Quote from: Gryzor on 13:43, 21 January 20
Speed King?
An early title, quite primitive. I have a special place in my heart for it though, since I used to play it with my dad... I think its JBC* is similar to Dalley Thomson's, with those turns!
*JBC=Joystick Breaking Coefficient
Quote from: Gryzor on 12:37, 21 January 20
Super Cycle? Really?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spq1m7M-V9g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spq1m7M-V9g)
:D
Honestly asking, never played it.
I actually preferred Super Cycle by Martech to Speed King as it felt much smoother:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlHZ0W-IBmI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlHZ0W-IBmI)
However - Martech went onto create this very fast F1 game, which I feel is only a little behind the Amiga version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRMe7G_bSHI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRMe7G_bSHI)
Amiga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK8mgL5kRh0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK8mgL5kRh0)
My reference to Speed King was a joke really, because Super Cycle looks so primitive...
Quote from: Gryzor on 15:30, 21 January 20
My reference to Speed King was a joke really, because Super Cycle looks so primitive...
Aaaahh! ;D
Yes - graphically it's definitely no Chase HQ. I do think that Mansell holds up very well.
Ah.😆
Quote from: sigh on 15:27, 21 January 20
I actually preferred Super Cycle by Martech to Speed King as it felt much smoother:
Super Cycle was Epyx. Mansell was Martech. :)
Quote from: Shaun M. Neary on 15:38, 21 January 20
Super Cycle was Epyx. Mansell was Martech. :)
Ahh - yes, your right. A different publishing house.
I wonder if the programmers are the same as the techniques feel similar...
Quote from: sigh on 16:08, 21 January 20
Ahh - yes, your right. A different publishing house.
I wonder if the programmers are the same as the techniques feel similar...
They are. Dave and John Looker were responsible for both, as well as the equally awesome Road Blasters.
I'd always vote for Super Cycle. Forever! Had so much fun with it!
What category would P-47 fit in?
Oh, and IK+ also wasn't a bad one. Right?
Quote from: villain on 17:39, 21 January 20
I'd always vote for Super Cycle. Forever! Had so much fun with it!
What category would P-47 fit in?
Oh, and IK+ also wasn't a bad one. Right?
P-47 would be shooter.
IK+ on CPC is great, but not as good as the C64 version as System 3 where known to favour the C64 more than the other 8 bits. In my opinion - I would try to choose games that are either exclusive to the CPC or games that are clearly leagues ahead of the competition. Choosing games such as IK+ or Barbarian, may have a tough time against their counter parts if they are also selected by the opposition. You probably want to avoid any game that has the potential of the phrase:
"Yeah - it's not bad on the CPC but the <insert other 8 bit machine> does it better"
That definitely would happen with IK + and any Last Ninja game:D
Quote from: sigh on 19:52, 21 January 20
You probably want to avoid any game that has the potential of the phrase:
"Yeah - it's not bad on the CPC but the <insert other 8 bit machine> does it better"
That definitely would happen with IK + and any Last Ninja game:D
That's spot-on. I don't think it is a problem if the game has appeared on a previous EP of the 8-bit wars, but perhaps it would make things more interesting if people bring titles that are less known (even if the best games are the best games).
@RetroClarence (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3507) what do you think? :)
Quote from: sigh on 19:52, 21 January 20
P-47 would be shooter.
IK+ on CPC is great, but not as good as the C64 version as System 3 where known to favour the C64 more than the other 8 bits. In my opinion - I would try to choose games that are either exclusive to the CPC or games that are clearly leagues ahead of the competition. Choosing games such as IK+ or Barbarian, may have a tough time against their counter parts if they are also selected by the opposition. You probably want to avoid any game that has the potential of the phrase:
"Yeah - it's not bad on the CPC but the <insert other 8 bit machine> does it better"
That definitely would happen with IK + and any Last Ninja game:D
Think that's a bit unfair to IK+, The CPC version is still a lot nicer than the grey clashing mess that was the Speccy version. I actually prefer it to the C64 version, but the overrated SID chip never swayed my decision to gameplay. But back then, I often played my games with my sound down as I usually had my music on over it. Proper arcade feel, music drowning out the video game sounds lol.
I do understand your point though.
I would easily use any of the lists you guys showed, but just to broaden the choice I will go a few different ones
fighting - panza kick boxing
shooter out of this world
platform - stormlord
arcade adventure - Savage
racing 3D Grand Prix (first person racing game with huuuuuge sprites) , although Continental circus is quite good IMO
I could also name others for example striker scrypts of trojan for platform or even oriental games for fighting and also Prohibition or Operation Wolf for shooting
Quote from: Shaun M. Neary on 17:06, 21 January 20
They are. Dave and John Looker were responsible for both, as well as the equally awesome Road Blasters.
Thats the guys that made Alan Sugars Bus Jumpers too. I quite enjoyed that game, although its very simple
Quote from: sigh on 19:52, 21 January 20
any Last Ninja game:D
Are there more than one on the CPC? To my knowledge there is only one, a bad one. Did anyone here get any enjoyment out of CPC Last Ninja 2?
Quote from: ivarf on 22:29, 21 January 20
Are there more than one on the CPC? To my knowledge there is only one, a bad one. Did anyone here get any enjoyment out of CPC Last Ninja 2?
Nope. Ninja Remix was pretty much a re-release!
I actually enjoyed it, despite it being a sluggish Speccy port. Actually finished it for the first time last year.
Quote from: Shaun M. Neary on 22:02, 21 January 20
Proper arcade feel, music drowning out the video game sounds lol.
;D :D !
Quote from: trocoloco on 22:20, 21 January 20
I would easily use any of the lists you guys showed, but just to broaden the choice I will go a few different ones
fighting - panza kick boxing
shooter out of this world
platform - stormlord
arcade adventure - Savage
racing 3D Grand Prix (first person racing game with huuuuuge sprites) , although Continental circus is quite good IMO
I could also name others for example striker scrypts of trojan for platform or even oriental games for fighting and also Prohibition or Operation Wolf for shooting
Some great suggestions in there. Panza was, I find, very fluid and entertaining, and its gfx were very near the ST version I used to play. I'm surprised it doesn't get more recognition.
Out of this World - had never heard of this one! Cute-em-up on the CPC :D It looks lovely, but scrolling is... meh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Ea7lPjfiQ
Stormlord is really good too, wish I was good at it!
And Savage looks savage!
Quote from: Gryzor on 09:48, 22 January 20
Out of this World - had never heard of this one! Cute-em-up on the CPC :D It looks lovely, but scrolling is... meh.
Very cute indeed, the cartoonish theme suits very well the CPC palette, it believe it is a version (bootlet perhaps?) of the Master System game Fantasy Zone. I think it uses hardware scroll and although is not as smooth as expected it feels a tad smoother on a CTM monitor tho
Quote from: Gryzor on 09:48, 22 January 20
Out of this World - had never heard of this one! Cute-em-up on the CPC :D It looks lovely, but scrolling is... meh.
That video appears to be off an emulator that doesn't implement CRTC R3 scrolling. It should look more like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-gdONnoTXA
Damn, that looks much much better.
Couple of the usual suspects: AMC, Turrican 1/2, Mr. Heli, West Bank, Conbat School, Werewolves of London, Ikari Warriors, Batman the Movie, Robocop Dr. Destructo, Bomb Jack & Arcanoid, donno if they fit the categories thou. Also these may have been done a lot already "aka lets compare Chase HQ once again" may be a bit repetitive.
So here is a few alternatives ive enjoyed: N.e.x.u.s, Elevator Action, Sai Combat, Mission Genoside, Ninja Scooter Simulator, Crazy Cars 3, After The War, Satan, Death Wish 3, Lightforce, Phantis, Dragons Lair 2 & Silkworm. These may not win any awards, but i think they all has that "easy to jump into" vibe going fun (casual) gameplay
Quote from: Cholo on 21:05, 23 January 20
Couple of the usual suspects: AMC, Turrican 1/2, Mr. Heli, West Bank, Conbat School, Werewolves of London, Ikari Warriors, Batman the Movie, Robocop Dr. Destructo, Bomb Jack & Arcanoid, donno if they fit the categories thou. Also these may have been done a lot already "aka lets compare Chase HQ once again" may be a bit repetitive.
So here is a few alternatives ive enjoyed: N.e.x.u.s, Elevator Action, Sai Combat, Mission Genoside, Ninja Scooter Simulator, Crazy Cars 3, After The War, Satan, Death Wish 3, Lightforce, Phantis, Dragons Lair 2 & Silkworm. These may not win any awards, but i think they all has that "easy to jump into" vibe going fun (casual) gameplay
Definitely.
Ikari Warriors! D'oh!
But do they (Retro Asylum) actually try the games in the 8 bit wars? I haven't had that impression hearing the banter(?) in the first two 8 bit wars podcasts. It would be nice if all of them actually sat down and played every game a couple of hours on real hardware before the show
One of the Get Dexter games might be worth considering for the arcade adventure category, as they're only available on the Amstrad (in terms of 8-bit formats). They're not to everyone's taste but they are generally well regarded.
Quote from: ivarf on 17:36, 24 January 20
But do they (Retro Asylum) actually try the games in the 8 bit wars? I haven't had that impression hearing the banter(?) in the first two 8 bit wars podcasts. It would be nice if all of them actually sat down and played every game a couple of hours on real hardware before the show
Yes - they usually play the games in order to make a judgement, though I think there may have been a couple of times when they had watched a video.
Quote from: sigh on 12:06, 25 January 20
Yes - they usually play the games in order to make a judgement, though I think there may have been a couple of times when they had watched a video.
I think in some of the episodes one of the hosts (Chris O'Regan) streamed all the games for most formats using real hardware.
Anyway, this is for the laughs and not super-serious. It helps to promote the CPC though.
EDIT: not sure this is it, but it is edited to show all games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtLaOBhG1Zg
Thank you for all your posts guys. I'll go through and makes some choices. I have until the end of week to decide :D
I'll let you know once the decision has been made.
Chris
Quote from: RetroClarence on 20:45, 19 January 20
Sorry, I should have been clear: it's only commercially released during the system's life that counts. So, unfortunately, Reidrac, I can't choose your or any other homebrew / indie games (shame, I'd have won for sure :) ).
Chris
When is the system's life? Mine still works? or was it up to the last unit that rolled off the floor of Amstrad's manufacturing? CPC still get's commercial games too so, isn't it still alive?
It appears that we will be including sports as a genre too. I struggle a little with 8 bit sports titles as I think as a genre, it probably holds up worst. Does anybody have any golden nuggets?
Quote from: RetroClarence on 17:02, 02 February 20
It appears that we will be including sports as a genre too. I struggle a little with 8 bit sports titles as I think as a genre, it probably holds up worst. Does anybody have any golden nuggets?
Bad Cat, Combat School or the already mentioned Panza Kick Boxing are games I like.
Although I'm not sure about your definition of "sport games".
Quote from: RetroClarence on 17:02, 02 February 20
It appears that we will be including sports as a genre too. I struggle a little with 8 bit sports titles as I think as a genre, it probably holds up worst. Does anybody have any golden nuggets?
3D Pool (it seems better on the CPC than the other versions), but not sure if that would be classified more of a game than a sport?It's a tricky one as the C64 has so many strong contenders in Football, Tennis, Karate and not forgetting the legendary Speedball.