Good to hear you could play one of the best versions out there.

Thanks for watching, Javier.

Haha, I understand why :)

Especially the CPC and C64 Ports. They're really good.

Mr. Helicopter is one of the true great CPC Arcade ports. I was plesently surprised at how good it was.

The first and only Sega machine I owned was the Dreamcast. Coming from the Amstrad back in the days, the Dreamcast's vibrant colours made me feel like coming home

The PC Engine versions of many shooters were quite impressive for the time.

It not only looks good but also plays good :)

Thanks for the input, Turbo Gear 777. The C64 version was a pleasure to play. So smooth unlike what we normally see on western home computers. Sounds like you made a lucky purchase buying yours back in the day :)

Yep, the St and Amiga need to hang their heads in shame. They got showed up but 8bit systems.

Just imagine what an Amstrad GX 4000 could have done if it had coders like this. It could probably beaten many of the ST games

Thanks for watching, Robert Danker.

I hope they grow too, A War. Thanks for watching!

It sure did. Just imagine if you owned an Amiga then went round to a mates house who had a C64 and he put Mr. Heli on. You'd be very sad.

I think I some day will make a list of games that are better on the Amstrad CPC than the Amiga 500. The list could start with Outrun, ... Sorry 😎 The real list would include Sorcery, Renegade, Mr Heli, Donkey Kong, Bomb Jack, Chase HQ(?) Any more games that are better on the Amstrad that were released on both platforms?

Some good information there on blood money. I know the name DMA Design though.

It sure is. The built in hardware for scrolling really helps.

Cool. I didn't know that.

Hi Gnozalo Ares. Thanks for your reply and for translating my videos. I am curious as to how you are letting people know about my videos in Spanish. Are you adding subtitles to my shows? Or are you hosting them on your own channel?

Retro Core adding an option for the spanish subtitles!

Oh, cool. Thanks!

Let me know all the videos you add th Spanish subtitles too and I'll put a credit note in to the discription for you.

Retro Core the translations are under revision by KZfaq, when they approved them i'll let You know. Thanks for the note. Til Now, , i've translated Arkanoid, Mr. Heli and bombjack shows.

That would require more effort I guess 😏

I can see that us in the Hunt is kind of related.

PIXEL ART talking, the color of the ships are similar too :)

Irem shooters I think will make you want to play a different SHMUP because of how they connect in how they play. In the Hunt, merely saying it, makes me want to play it again.

Man, that is an upgrade but at least you had a C64 and not one of the other two main 8bit computers of the time.

Retro Core We never had the Spectrum or Amstrad in NZ. Too shit. I got an Amiga a few months after the PCE as I could pirate the software on that. Of the 3 probably most nostalgic for the 64.

Duane Jose Sure about that? I believe some Amstrad CPCs were sold there

Thank you very much for your translation work. I've approved them so they should be available for all to choose now. If you are able to I'd be more than happy to add more translations to other videos.

It sure is but be aware that it is very difficult.

Haha, I never thought about it being a robotic Kirby.

In most cases you can find hints on Gamefaqs. Com

Well, it doesnt have hardware support for sprites or backgrounds, it does everything on software. More or less.

The Atari ST was not designed as a gaming computer but as a cheap but versatile office computer or workstation with audio and video capabilities. So a smooth scrolling, sprites or a good frame rate were out of its reach. The best developers (eg. Thalion) managed to achieve them anyways.

It is an incredibly difficult game that's for sure but with a little persevering you can get quite far.

I wonder which was first? I need to check the dates.

Ah, the black background came from the ST version which could only use 16 colours. Using blue was not an option apparently so they went with black.

****ing atari ST screwing up everyone else :D I think then went with black because most enemies are blue, and they they would need one more shade of blue just for the background. With black background they can use the same black for everything :) It really kills me to see the Amiga version running so choppy just because it's an ST port. This could be done using the Dual Playfield + HW sprites + Blitter scrolling on Amiga and the game would fly. But you are probably tired to see me ranting about the same thing over and over everytime Amiga and ST port appear together :D

Actually just noticed the CPC version is not really coded by the same guy who made the 16 bits versions. It just uses the same loading screen, which shows "Code: Jim Baguley" But then the title screen shows "Code: A R Lill" which is the same guy who did the Spectrum version. Confusing and screwed up as hell :D This kind of stuff is hilariously bad. The Amiga version of Shaq Fu* uses the same title screen of the Mega-Drive version, up to the "Licensed by Sega Enterprises" text even though obviously the Amiga version had nothing to do with Sega. * It's a SHAME Shaq Fu isn't an arcade game, because it would be awesome seeing you going through the pain of reviewing all of its versions, hahaha :D

You have to wait for answers. Dont t forget I live in a different time zone. When you are awake I'm asleep.

I bet there's quite a few of them out there. Many a time the 8bit ports laugh at the Amiga and ST efforts.

Congratulations on being the 100th comment :)

Ah, you're probably thinking of Atomic Robokid which I covered a long time ago. I do know Tiger Helion very well. Own that for my Mega Drive.

I guess the Game was getting to old plus Irem were kind of loyal to NEC before moving to the SNES. I doubt the SNES could handle Mr. Heli if Irem programmed it. Every one of their SNES games suffers badly from slow down.

Hmm, I'm not sure I've played Exterminator before. I'll check it out some time. I can't do it this week since I've already started this week's show but maybe in the next few weeks I can do it.

Thanks. It's a interestingly bizarre Arcade game.

There's nothing wrong with that :) Mr. Helicopter is a great game.

Most of it is taken from the actual games. You can find some on KZfaq by typing "game name soundtrack" in to the search bar. If it's not on KZfaq then I would have recorded the music myself. I don't keep the files after making the videos though.

In the Hunt is really nice. The developers of that went on to make Metal Slug.

Retro Core What else?

Yep, I agree with you there.

Cutting back on the soundtrack was very common practice for western home computers. The developer quite often had no musical talent or had limited resources. So they'd just compose one track (if any) and leave it at that. Thank God the Japanese had higher standards.

Yep, just goes to show there are good Arcade ports for those systems.

Retro Core Actually, I love this game in general.

Mario G Hernandez Try Donkey Kong on the Amstrad CPC

What's so great or terrible about that?

Its another good Amstrad version. By many considered the best port of Donkey Kong

The funny thing is that the CPC version was developed by the same person who did the ST port.

Retro Core It wasn't coded by the same coder. They just converted the title screen badly from the ST-version... The ST coder, Jim Bagley is BTW a well known and highly held Spectrum coder

Nope, Irem are long gone. The name still exists but it's not the same company.

Ah, I wouldn't say it's as bad as a 2600 but it's sure not a favourite of mine.

Ah, I wouldn't say it's as bad as a 2600 but it's sure not a favourite of mine.

Oh no, don't use that horrid term :p

Yep, they are pathetic especially when put up against the Amstrad CPC and C64 Ports.

It's more a case of them being made by a developer who wasn't particularly familiar with their capabilities and on a tight schedule than any deficiencies in the hardware. As others have mentioned, just look at Blood Money on either machine; it really shows that they could have made of the game given the chance.