I loved going to the grocery store and laundry mat because I could play this game.

C64 - We wrecked a couple joysticks on this game! Thanks for this great memeory Patman!

Track Balls turned my hands red, especially on sports titles.

Loved that Konami managed to re-invent Track & Field/Hyper Sports/Hyper Olympic during their 1987 offering. It's a shame seeing such a beloved dev/publisher completely lose their collective marbles. Sega did the same. They forgot what it is about their brand that people love.

My dad's favorite arcade Game, we used to play a lot of mame together when I was 4 back at '99, he Also loved playing track and field, he sadly passed away in may after struggling with leukemia for a few years, thank you Patman for bringing back such nice memories of my childhood

Here in the U.K., I only ever saw this as ‘Combat School’ and with a track ball. Only. Didn’t even know it was available with a joystick. That track ball was a nightmare.

I loved the graphical look of Konami games. This was one I had on my trusty, dusty C64 and remember it as a joystick killer! The drill instructor fight I think pays homage to An Officer and a Gentleman where Richard Gere and his instructor Lou Gossett Jr fight on a raised platform in a hangar.

Ah yes I had this on the C64, and you’re damn right about that music blasting you in the face, and what a tune it was! The game was not kind to any of my joysticks though and I could never pass the iron man stage. I do recall seeing Combat School in the arcade once though and it did have a trackball. I think it was an amusement park arcade but it was a very long time ago now…

Nice video. I vaguely remember playing this on my C64.

When my dad was stationed in Italy, this was one of the 3 games at the Inn we would eat at. It had the stick, not the ball though.

I always thought this game was based on the popular movie An Officer and a Gentleman. Since there is a fight scene with the Drill instructor in that movie and in the game it's very similar but Stripes does make perfect sense. Love your videos

I have never heard of this game. Pretty cool looking.

I played the arcade, actually, either in July 1987 or august 1989, can't recall, at one of the bars in the main square of Prades, Tarragona, in Spain. Yet I can't remember what I ate yesterday.

Thanks for another entertaining video! Minor detail: Martin Galway’s last name is pronounced ”Gall” as in ”de Gaulle” (or the bladder, whichever you prefer), confirmed this in e-mail conversation with the man himself.

This is so awesome patty

Wow I had forgotten about this game what a blast from the past. Great video.

I've seen this game use a trackball and, a few years later, a joystick. Since I played it first in Germany using a trackball, I guess it was called boot camp. The game is a lot easier using a stick, IMO. Could never beat the final stage.

What I love about PatmanQC is that he either reminds me of games I grew up with, or introduces me to stuff I've never even heard of. I've frequented a number of arcades in my youth, and I don't recall seeing Combat School anywhere.

Boy you can really see the influence this game and Contra had on each other in the Level 4 shooting range. Everything from the player strafing animation, to the music, and even the sound of the gun. It looks like this game and the arcade Contra, then the NES Contra, were all developed right around the same time by Konami, so there must have been a number of the same artists and game developers working on all three.

Never seen this one in the arcades back in the day. But I do remember sitting in my bedroom in complete silence, waggling my stick, as you put it. 😁 Thanks for the video, introducing me to a great "new" game I wouldn't otherwise had heard of.

Awesome vid. Thank u. Not only did u bring back memories. Ur insights and commentary are very detailed.

Cant believe I forgot about this one. You are really pulling out ones from the forgotten past. Love it!

Yaaay! The conversions!!

While a rare game in arcades, thank you for covering it as this is the first time I've noticed it. Looks challenging with the basic training and top secret missions. Good to see there are conversions of it too for systems. Thanks PatmanQC!

Cheers pmqc great video

Another great one, Patman! The only thing missing is the 'shark attack' when you first start the game😅

Loved this on c64..what a blast from the past..

Love this channel

I had this on the spectrum. Total joystick destroyer and I found it so hard

Lol I JUST finished watching your earlier one, and commented... What happened, why ya gotta redo? I hjppe not to take out your comments during that hilarious "man on man, anything goes STRUGGLE, during the arm wrestling part lmao....I was dyin EDIT ADDED--- read the description, now i remember at the end you talking and the game sound effects drowning u out... will still get an automatic "LIKE" from me

New Patman vid! Shweet!

My father's friend owned a submarine shop ( not franchised so it was really good.) He would sometimes have an arcade machine that he would change out every so often. Plenty of old games and one was Boot Camp. Another short lived one was Demon Stone

That finger poke of doom is brutal. Ask Kevin Nash

Ahh, Track and field... where you're pretty much guaranteed the run button is flaky and doesn't register all the button presses. At least that's how they always were on the machines I played on - worn out button.

Hadn't hit me that Green Beret was the original name for Rush-N-Attack , but I absolutely knew that alarm in the beginning 👌

Boot Camp at our local arcade.

I've never seen this game, it seems cool. I'm interested in a doc on the other games mentioned @ 5:56 Green Beret and Devastators. Good job Pat💪

I remember seeing ads for this and then bought the Boot Camp version on the Commodore128 and man it was challenging. Thanks to MAME got to play it again under the Combat School title. Konami just to rip off likeness of celebrities and lucky enough to avoid lawsuits.

didn't know this one existed, thanks for sharing.

Yup, i remember playing this on my 48Kb ZX-Spectrum, good game, fantastic conversion by Mike Lamb (one of the best 80's coders) who made also other Speccy gems: Target Renegade, Arkanoid Revenge of Doh, Arkanoid, Batman The Movie, WEC Le Mans, Renegade, Robocop.

I like how most of the combat training doesn't prepare you for the final mission.

6:00 - “one of these things is not like the others ♫ one of these things just isn’t the same ♩”

I love this game, I would have loved to have a proper arcade conversion for the home... sadly I never saw it in arcades

The fight with the drill seargent was borrowed from the movie Officer and a Gentleman.

what you mean booger free ?

I never saw this one out in the wild. Hey pat, have you ever seen the show "don't hug me Im scared"? It's a messed up puppet show. It seems like something you would like given your sense of humor. Someone took all of the episodes and put them on YT. I believe you can find it if you search for DHMIS movie. Thanks for another awesome documentary sir.

I remember playing this a few times as a kid and wondering why the military is rescuing the hostage instead of the police parked outside.

Hi! I came across your channel. I play many original arcade machines in clubs in Germany and put them online as videos. Since I would like to know the background, I think the historical information about these games is awesome. Could you also get the historical information about Pinballaitomat? There are, of course, tables with certain themes that are easy to recognize, such as Star Wars or Star Trek... But many old tables are difficult to identify. I added your channel as a channel recommendation....

Awesome thanks 👍👍

14:51 is the sound effect from Haunted Castle when Simon gets hurt hehe

I’ve only seen two cabinets of this game in my life, and it’s fun, but difficult to play with the trackball. A joystick would have made it so much easier.

I remember having this on the Speccy and never really giving it much though as it didn't look like a "proper" wargame.

Really enjoy your videos,any chance you can do Forgotten Worlds by Capcom.

Konami were so prolific and had such a high standards... RIP old Konami

Combat School is new to me and I will play the arcade version first for the fun of it. 😀👍🎮

knew of it from the home versions never saw it in an arcade and never even emulated it either, nice 👍

Any chance about the collaboration video. I’m doing one now on guilty pleasures. I only need a 1 minute video. I got some big names on board but your my favorite 😃

All I can hear at 5:32 is "You go hamburger date nighting!"

Ah yes, nothing like Tom Cruise getting yelled at by Sergeant Slaughter. 😂😂 Oh, the 1980's, how I miss you sometimes.

love it . nostalgia city.

Also, I guessed wrong that this was leeching off full metal jacket. It makes sense either way but stripes was a much lighter tone!

I’m a 70’s born kid grew up in the 80’s. You dug down deep for this one because I have never heard of this game. Great content covering the history of this game. I’m a Army Veteran and can appreciate this game. 🪖🇺🇸👍🏽

Subbed =D

There was a game like this but, it involved super heroes jumping up buildings and stopping trains. Can't remember the name of it.

I saw this one at Peter Piper Pizza way back in the 80s. I never played it, but watched others play it.

Could you do the history of Missile Command? It must be very interesting!

Have you ever done any of the Time Crisis arcade games? Those were some of the best ever!!!

Interesting. Never heard of this game before and never saw the arcade. The city I grew up in was too small I guess.

I remember this vaguely on the C64. :)

Not a ripoff, it’s a rehash. A track and field rehash.

Hahaha beefy and queefy, just the way I like it!!🤣🤣🤣

The model on the devastators poster looks like Courtney Thorne-Smith

Drill sgt art looks like R Lee Ermy

In terms of how often this was seen in real life arcades compared to other Konami games, between Boot Camp and Combat School, KLOV lists 40 cabinets/PCBs. This compares to 557 Track and Field/Hyper Olympic, 187 Hyper Sports/Hyper Olympic '84, 145 Rush'n Attack/Green Beret, 135 Contra/Gryzor, 95 Jackal/Top Gunner, and 45 Gradius/Nemesis (PlayChoice not included). Also, Konami: Pick a title. Americans and Brits don't need different English names. It's like they couldn't remember if it was a NA or EU cabinet unless they stuck a different name on it.

Pretty good ports. Maybe I missed it but I didn't hear you talk about whether the home ports had an easier last level than the arcade game or it was still just as hard. 🤔

I had this on the ZX Spectrum and I never managed to get past the second event.

A great game but sadly never managed to save the hostage as that level was just too damn hard.

happy little games.

Happy little games

WC4L 😁Take care brother.

16:45 Quote of the Day 👍 EDIT: 17:51 to 18:02 Jeez..... 🤣

It was easier if you had someone helping you with a jump while someone smacked the run buttons 🧐

You know I should make you drop and give me 20, 20 times over. That was Marines colors at the 3:30-3:40 not army. They don't have red.

wonder why the reupload? either KZfaq being KZfaq again or Konami copyright claiming again.

WARNING INCOMING PADANTIC NERD COMMENT: Welll... Actually he looks like.. uh..um...yeah... you are correct... Yes.... Ogre... Nevermind... carry on! (*Put in teeth retainer and continues painting D&D miniature figurine)

4:23 by same you mean totally different?

Lol did Nintendo really get on you about the Donkey Kong screenshot? That’s completely absurd. Change your intro from “happy little games” to “Donkey Kong sucks” so it falls under fair use as a review.

I played this arcade in the UK, it was Combat School and it had the track ball. I also had it on the ZX Spectrum on +3 Disk….played it to death, it was the sound of Christmas as I bought it on Boxing Day using Christmas money and gift vouchers for The Computer Store which was a computer game chain at the time. I think it was £14.95 for the +3 Disk.