[AMSTRAD CPC] 💎 Hidden Gems #2 - "PSYBORG" 🪐 (3D Vector Graphics First-Person Space Racing!) 💫

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💎 Amstrad CPC Hidden Gems! 💎
🕹️ #2 - "PSYBORG!"
Next up on our Amstrad CPC Hidden Gems, as chosen and voted for by the Amstream community - is a game which had one of the most unanimous polls when it came to voting whether it was indeed a hidden gem or not. With a whopping 93% of the vote in favour... "Psyborg"! From Loriciels, released in 1992 - quite late in the Amstrad's commercial life and probably why it's been overlooked a bit. A 3D vector graphic first-person space racing game, like a futuristic virtual reality bobsleigh - that finds you furiously navigating dangerous courses that rotate around your space craft at high speed! A simple concept that's brilliantly executed and highly addictive, but also criminally overlooked. Which is why it's our second Amstrad hidden gem...
(c) Loriciels 1992
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Timings -
00:00 Hidden Gems Intro
01:54 Psyborg!

[@NobletheSavage]

I was blown away when I saw this on the Amstream. If you haven't visited the stream, I suggest you drop in. I'm relatively new to the community but they are an awesome, friendly bunch.

[@technickuk]

Oh wow, this one does look good. Defo a hidden gem!

[@mashk]

By 1992 I’d left planet cpc. So I was completely unawares of this game. Looks great, it has that arcade fluidity that was very, very rare on the cpc.

[@Xyphoe]

Yea I feel this could have been a decent arcade coin-op game somewhere around the mid-80s, by early 90's standards on the 16-bits this seemed a bit old fashioned so reviewed poorly on the Amiga/ST magazines. But this is great stuff on the Amstrad!

[@Boyer316]

The first vector graphics game to really blow me away was 3D Starstrike, after playing Star Wars in the arcade I couldn't believe they'd made something so similar.

[@Xyphoe]

That was damn good too! Coded by the legendary Andy Onions, who's become quite the meme on the streams 😆 But yea being a huge fan of the Star Wars coin-op I loved that game, the official conversion by Domark was decent too.

[@einokeino303]

Nice looking game for CPC and runs at decent framerate. I did a longplay of the Amiga version long time ago, because nobody else had bothered :D OK game, but not very impressive on the Amiga. Would've been much cooler if they had the foresight to design it as a rhythm game back then, in the vein of 2016 game "Thumper".

[@8589brian]

What a great game this is. I would class this as a showcase title that shows what the amstrad is capable of ❤

[@henrimedot]

From Loric.ié.l, not Loric.ee.l 😜 Just teasing you Xyphoe. Thank you for another great video on an actual hidden gem I didn't know!

[@Xyphoe]

Damnit did I get it wrong again?! Noooo! Not after your French lessons!! 😭😂 Anyway, glad to bring this French classic to your attention! Enjoy my friend!

[@terriblecoughing4767]

Amazing vid as always, Xy

[@Xyphoe]

Thanks mate! I appreciate that! 🤟

[@ManOutOfTime-ej9yu]

1992 ? possibly one of the last official releases

[@Xyphoe]

Loriciels still put out a lot of games in 1992 I think, the CPC was still doing very well in France at the time. 1993 really was the last commercial year (Crazy Cars 3, Prehistorik 2, Super Cauldron, Nigel Mansell World Championship, etc). But yea, 1992 was the last great year!