Let's create one. What would be your takes?
Orion Prime (2009). Not only is it exclusive but extremely limited. 175 physical copies produced, most of them in French and all sold out now. :)
I asked the mods for permission to edit the first message of the topic. I suggest we use this method to create the top 10: every mention of a game gets the game a vote. Of course, a single user can't mention a game twice!
Before I check some French and Spanish games, I will mention Sorcery and Roland in Space so we can at least have a list of 3 good games to start with (even if I hate Sorcery! And I had it as a kid). Also, I'd love to say "Baba's Palace", but it was released for Android.
Updated list:
(1) Orion Prime
(1) Sorcery
(1) Roland in Space*
* Roland in Space and Roland in Time, I believe they are unofficial ports of other games with other names for other system by the same devs, possibly the system was the BBC Micro.
I'll see if we can have a poll with open answers for this purpose.
- Xyphoes Fantasy
Quote from: Gryzor on 14:58, 28 November 23I'll see if we can have a poll with open answers for this purpose.
Sounds good! But just to be clear, do you mean each user can write new answers? Never saw a poll like that, would be cool. (Otherwise we would need a 25-50 game list of exclusives including some modern homebrews to add to the fixed answers.
Updated list:
(1) Orion Prime
(1) Sorcery
(1) Roland in Space*
(1) Xyphoes Fantasy
* Roland in Space and Roland in Time, I believe they are unofficial ports of other games with other names for other system by the same devs, possibly the system was the BBC Micro.
El tesoro perdido de Cuauhtemoc. Graphics, music, gameplay, it has everything. 10/10.
Quote from: cwpab on 15:22, 28 November 23Quote from: Gryzor on 14:58, 28 November 23I'll see if we can have a poll with open answers for this purpose.
Sounds good! But just to be clear, do you mean each user can write new answers? Never saw a poll like that, would be cool. (Otherwise we would need a 25-50 game list of exclusives including some modern homebrews to add to the fixed answers.
Updated list:
(1) Orion Prime
(1) Sorcery
(1) Roland in Space*
(1) Xyphoes Fantasy
* Roland in Space and Roland in Time, I believe they are unofficial ports of other games with other names for other system by the same devs, possibly the system was the BBC Micro.
Facebook polls work like that, it's really handy, but FB is the only place I've seen it.
Unfortunately that is not an option here. What's more, I can't add a poll to this thread - had forgotten that you can only add a poll if you create a new POLL instead of a new POST... This should've been better thought out beforehand. If you want we can close the thread and post a new one with a poll.
Thanks, Gryzor! I guess we can continue counting the games manually for now. But it would be great if I could just edit the first message multiple times, is that an option?
The list will probably mostly contain recent releases as there are very few exclusive games from the commercial era.
E.g. Sorcery is no exclusive.
Quote from: eto on 18:29, 28 November 23there are very few exclusive games from the commercial era.
Kinda sad. Was the situation similar with other 8 bits? Or did Speccy and C64 have more commercial era exclusives?
Many winners of CPCRetrodev.., Operation Alexandra, Space Moves, Outlaws, The abduction of Oscar Z...
Quote from: dodogildo on 18:41, 28 November 23Kinda sad. Was the situation similar with other 8 bits? Or did Speccy and C64 have more commercial era exclusives?
The CPC was very late to the market and its market share was probably not big enough to focus exclusively on the CPC for a game.
In the UK we had Speccy ports - and the few game that were developed on the CPC were developed with a conversion to the Spectrum in mind (Oliver twins games e.g.).
In France many games were developed on the CPC but were later converted to other systems. If not to other 8bits, then at least to the Atari ST and/or DOS.
Maybe in Spain there are a few exclusives...
Quote from: cwpab on 17:30, 28 November 23Thanks, Gryzor! I guess we can continue counting the games manually for now. But it would be great if I could just edit the first message multiple times, is that an option?
I sent you a PM earlier, unfortunately not technically possible...
Updated list:
(1) Orion Prime
(1) Roland in Space*
(1) Xyphoes Fantasy
(1) Operation Alexandra
(1) Space Moves
(1) Outlaws
(1) The Abduction of Oscar Z
* Roland in Space and Roland in Time, I believe they are unofficial ports of other games with other names for other system by the same devs, possibly the system was the BBC Micro.
Billy 2 was exclusive, right?
Showdown in Tombstone City (a Type in with a little mistske)
Karl Treasures Hunt
xesrjb
Ground Zero - is that exclusive?
Sorcery isn't exclusive, but Sorcery+ was.
I think Fly Spy is exclusive? Had fun playing that back in the day (once figured out).
Defence
Quote from: mahlemiut on 22:36, 28 November 23Sorcery isn't exclusive, but Sorcery+ was.
Sorcery+ was released for the Atari ST and Amiga.
I think, before voting we need a list of exclusive CPC games. Maybe it would end up to a solid CPCWiki article eventually.
Here's a very timid starting point:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Amstrad_CPC-only_games
Well, lets add "El Tesoro Perdido de Cuauhtemoc"
Red Sunset,
Galactic Tomb:
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YYpC2fm-ooM/WuNXZRZPi2I/AAAAAAABUo0/wMpJQmkTLV8oM9ULX7EOrYL2Xg08ewA_ACLcBGAs/s1600/captura1.jpg)
Of course, Alcon 2020... although you may say this is a "conversion" only of Slap fight.., but well done..
(https://abalore.com/images/screenshots/ss2.png)
Space Chicken II ;-)
Six games I can think of that are CPC exclusives (as far as I know):
- Activator (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=231)
- Dr Scrime's Spook School (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=756)
- Mazie (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1380)
- Palitron (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1595)
- Questor (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1739)
- Turbo Chopper Simulator (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2312)
Killer Cobra is an awesome Super Cobra (Scramble) clone and Amstrad exclusive!
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=159
Zap'T'Balls (and the 'The Advanced Edition)
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1333
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1322
Burnin' Rubber ;D If we're counting GX4000 games!
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=3564
There's the interesting question of whether the "Roland" games count. Roland on the Ropes is obviously just Fred rebadged etc. Roland In Time is, as far as I know, a proper exclusive though.
Quote from: andycadley on 12:24, 30 November 23There's the interesting question of whether the "Roland" games count. Roland on the Ropes is obviously just Fred rebadged etc. Roland In Time is, as far as I know, a proper exclusive though.
Roland In The Caves is Bugaboo The Flea repackaged as well.
Roland Goes Digging has a big question mark over it. It's a Space Panic clone, but I'm unsure if it ever got released on any other format, even under a different name.
(nope! title was inspired by Dragon32's Cuthbert Goes Digging... every day's a school day huh?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21ngG7YlPEY
Quote from: andycadley on 12:24, 30 November 23There's the interesting question of whether the "Roland" games count. Roland on the Ropes is obviously just Fred rebadged etc. Roland In Time is, as far as I know, a proper exclusive though.
Recently, I discovered that
Roland in Time was ported to the Tatung Einstein. The name was changed to
Time Trap.Check out at 3"30.
Alligata made 2 exclusive games, if I'm not mistaken. And good ones : Doppleganger and Meltdown.
Many early french games are exclusive too : Buggy 2, Rally 2, Sram, Orphée, Billy la banlieue, Fusion 2, Pacific, ...
The Top 10 will probably be "all exclusives" as there are so few - unless we count in the homebrew stuff after 2000. But then it will become a "best of homebrew" list, as most exlusives from 198x are rubbish compared to the new stuff.
We need to think of at least 10 good exclusives or Bridge It is going to have to go on the list...
Quote from: Xyphoe on 12:02, 30 November 23Burnin' Rubber ;D If we're counting GX4000 games!
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=3564
Burnin' Rubber is not an exclusive, it also existed on the Commodore Amiga. ;)
They are both from Ocean, but look different.
Same license, same company, but 2 different implementations yes!
1983 C64 Burnin' Rubber from Colosoftware :P
(https://www.lemon64.com/assets/images/games/screens/burnin_rubber/burnin_rubber_02.png)
Quote from: norecess464 on 19:14, 30 November 23Same license, same company, but 2 different implementations yes!
Totally different game, don't think that counts.
Quote from: dodogildo on 20:42, 30 November 231983 C64 Burnin' Rubber from Colosoftware :P
(https://www.lemon64.com/assets/images/games/screens/burnin_rubber/burnin_rubber_02.png)
Looks like a port of the Data East arcade game (which was aka Bump 'n Jump)
I think if you look at the time before licensed multiformat titles became the norm there's perhaps quite a few, or at least a lot more than 10, as well as a few after those big publishers moved on.
Just thinking about some early games I played, read about or became aware of later, and couldn't see anything obvious about having versions on other platforms in some quick searches, I think these might be possibilities:
- Macrocosmica (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1326)
- Satellite Warrior (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1878)
- The Game of Dragons (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=948)
- Tank Command (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2174)
- Star Avenger (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=2047)
- Fruity Frank (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=930)
- Galaxia (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=943)
- Radzone (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1747)
- Scout Steps Out (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=1888)
- Bio Spheres (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=918)
- Ball Bearing (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=747)
- Star Driver (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=42)
- Masters of Space (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=3296)
- Megablasters (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=81)
Regret to inform that Fruity Frank isn't an Amstrad exclusive. The MSX got it as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-6kDNuVSwg
Quote from: Shaun M. Neary on 12:38, 01 December 23Regret to inform that Fruity Frank isn't an Amstrad exclusive. The MSX got it as well.
Same for
- Galaxia (MSX)
- Star Avenger (MSX)
- Radzone (C64)
At least we can update the Wiki page for CPC Exclusives.
For CPC only: Burnin Wheels! ;)
Quote from: GUNHED on 23:40, 01 December 23For CPC only: Burnin Wheels! ;)
Do you mean the type-in?
Raahhh I was about to suggest Basket Master. (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=866) ... it has Amstrad logos in the background after all ! but after some research it also exists on other platforms :picard: (https://www.lemon64.com/game/basket-master)
Ah, I did know there was a Speccy version but I didn't know about the c64 one - probably best left alone...
Quote from: eto on 00:26, 02 December 23Quote from: GUNHED on 23:40, 01 December 23For CPC only: Burnin Wheels! ;)
Do you mean the type-in?
Yes. I couldn't find another one though.
Quote from: norecess464 on 15:27, 02 December 23Raahhh I was about to suggest Basket Master. (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=866) ... it has Amstrad logos in the background after all ! but after some research it also exists on other platforms :picard: (https://www.lemon64.com/game/basket-master)
Nah, that was on the Game, Set and Match II compilation on practically every format. :D
Guys, I hate to dare suggest this, I REALLY hate to dare suggest this but...
Was the abomination better known as Bridge-It released on any other platforms? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
(Hey! At least it's December now and we can play it for the Amstrad rendition of Jingle Bells and it'll still sound better than Buble!)
Hi,
I think Billy la banlieue & Billy 2 are CPC exclusive.
Love these games back in the dayz.
Roland in Time/Space weren't Amstrad exclusives. They were also released by Gem Software under the Einsoft label for the Tatung Einstein as Time Trap/Space Trap. Interestingly, at least some the Dr Who references seem to have been removed. Perhaps someone 'had a quiet word.'
So 1/3rd of the Einstein library are CPC ports? :D
Interesting to learn that some "exclusives" are actually not exclusive at all, but received obscure ports. Even Tubaruba got a Spectrum port. I can't find any record of Radzone on c64, though? I'm pretty sure Flyspy at least was a one-off for the CPC.
I just checked out BurninG Rubber on the Amiga and not only is it a different game, it's nowhere near as good.
Highway Encounter is on Atari ST, it is pretty cool on there also.
Is UBI Soft's Aslphalt CPC only?
I think all the games by Damir Petkovic are CPC exclusives. Suicidal Tendencies and Hardmare are pretty cool.
I like this thread - it seems to be incredibly hard to actually come up with a list of 10 CPC-only games, something I would not have thought back in the days. This seems to be implying that any mediocre (or better) game concept was ported to other systems, presumably to milk as much money as possible out of it.
What's the actual list btw?
Quote from: BSC on 13:38, 17 December 23I like this thread - it seems to be incredibly hard to actually come up with a list of 10 CPC-only games, something I would not have thought back in the days. This seems to be implying that any mediocre (or better) game concept was ported to other systems, presumably to milk as much money as possible out of it.
What's the actual list btw?
We should organize teams to check each game in CPC Power year-by-year opening hundreds of tabs on the browser to create a full list of Amstrad CPC exclusives, honestly. I currently don't have the time, but it would be interesting.
When it comes down to I think being the lead platform matters more than being exclusive.
Maybe in recent years, large console producers have been willing to pay big money to software companies not to release certain titles for other platforms, at least for a few years, because they want to have a certain game only on their console to tempt people to buy it. And they don't spare a lot of money to make the game perfect.
But years ago, in the 8-bit era, if something was exclusive, it was usually a bad title that owners of other platforms did not want to have. The more ports there were of a game to other platforms, the more it proved that the game was good. That's why I'm not sure if it's worth looking for exclusives, or worrying that there are so few of them. :)
Sometimes it indicates an obscure first game written on spec by a bedroom coder, published on a budget label, that wasn't economical to pay a professional coder to port to any other system, or maybe the port was botched. Hence a game like Flyspy.
Sometimes I think a good game like Radzone is simply overlooked.