The History of Cabal - arcade documentary

[@whoami7721]

My lifelong friend and I had some great times playing this at the local arcade in junior high. It probably influenced our decision to join the Army for real. I just did a few years and he made a career of it, ending up a decorated combat veteran. Every time I see Cabal I think of those days at the arcade.

[@residentelect]

Yo Patman! Am so grateful for you taking the time to do this, and it certainly did not disappoint! Have so many happy memories of growing up with this game (and terrible ones of that Amstrad port 😉) Thanks to Cabal I grew up convinced it's possible to take down a fast jet or attack helicopter with one single lob of a grenade! I'm sure it's happened somewhere, right? Thanks again mate, you're a legend! 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, thank you so much for supporting me on patreon. Always happy to do reviews for people who support me. Cheers

[@mrf19741]

Thanks for the reference to Shootout! I played that game all the time when I was kid until I got really good at it, but I forgot the name of the game. The soundtrack to that game has been stuck in my head for decades!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, thanks for watching

[@PinHeadzBlackson]

That was Rambo not Ikari Warriors

[@Buck3366]

Another trip down memory lane with the Patman. I’d totally forgotten about this title and played it way back and it all came flooding back.These kind of games were very enjoyable and I also remember the game Dynamite Duke that scrolled along with a character in the foreground and the awesome Wild Guns on the SNES.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you my friend. Dynamite Duke was one that I forgot about And should have included At the very end. I loved wild guns, that was a definite classic.

[@torarinvik4920]

You have a fantastic documentary narrator voice. I have now the Pandora 5s hooked up to my big TV, and man oh man is it fun. Cabal is my favorite game at this moment.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That's very nice of you to say, thank you. I've heard good things about the Pandora. Thank you for watching

[@torarinvik4920]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries :) Unless you have the real deal it is as good as it gets IMO

[@hauntedspaceship4175]

This is my new favorite KZbin channel! Please keep making these! Some I would love to see; Golden Axe Spy Hunter Black Tiger Gauntlet Ivan Stewart’s Off Road Magic Sword Players Choice Road Blasters Outrun

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you, check my channel because I've done a few of those already. And spy Hunter you say? Stay tuned! :-)

[@0BRAINS0]

I LOVE GAUNTLET!

[@Larry]

The chibi style sprites of the Spectrum and Amstrad version were done intententially, having accurate sprites in the game would mean less on screen and would be harder to see. Ocean also did the same thing with their port of Midnight Resistance.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Oh really? That is interesting. I never knew that. Thanks for sharing Larry

[@Larry]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries No worries, think Mighty Final Fight on the NES, the hardware can't really run an exact replica, so they go for a stylized version instead. I think it was a developer called Special FX who did these games for Ocean, Retro Gamer magazine did a great article on them once.

[@residentelect]

@@Larry Yo, Larry! Nice to see a fellow Brit checking out Patman's content. Thanks for the information re Special FX and Ocean. I grew up with a C64, and Ocean Software was by far the publisher who released the best movie & TV tie in games. The Untouchables, Blaze Out, Operation Wolf, and (despite the massive bug) Robocop, were a few of my favourites.

[@ChemSteve]

My friend and I loved to play this game in high school. Something adult me notices about this game is that in order to be playable, all the enemies' bullets and weapons appear to travel at roughly 10 mph. 😆

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL,I hear you :-)

[@joups]

the gameplay of this game was just beautiful. hard to belive there were so few games like that

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I agree, it doesn't make any sense

[@dub2536]

For the time it was incredible to me. I loved the game.

[@dub2536]

I remember this arcade shooter that for its time was impressive graphically and enticing for me to spend quarters on. Great video.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much

[@ApplesauceNinja]

I am so glad I ran across your channel!! This is a great video series! I played the Hell out of Cabal back in the day! I sucked at it, but damn it was a lot of fun!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed my content. Please subscribe and share it around if you would. Thanks again

[@Albert8044]

Also speaking of war movie's and games, for future episode's please do a history of P.O.W. Prisoners Of War the arcade game by SNK.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That's a good one, I'll see what I could dig up

[@residentelect]

I loved the beginning of that game, when you blow the cell door off of its hinges 😁 when you're 9 (or 40) you find stuff like that simply awesome!

[@Albert8044]

P.O.W. had a pretty good in-game music soundtrack.

[@robertlong6027]

@@residentelecton what I couldn't figure out on p.o.w. how you get the bomb or grenade if you're locked up in a prison camp cell or I wonder who gave the grenade or bomb to you

[@residentelect]

@@robertlong6027 Exactly! All I can imagine is he'd been crafting his own potassium nitrate by collecting urine from the latrines, and mixing it with grass from the exercise yard? The added bonus of constantly smelling of piss would no doubt keep the suspicious guards at bay? Damn... I really do spend too much time thinking of these things?

[@Albert8044]

I definitely remember playing the arcade port of Cabal with the trackball. For the home version I rented the Nes game at my local Blockbuster Video back in the day.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I thought the NES version was very good

[@markchenery7837]

Also the game has a dive roll button or activated by the trackball which enables you to pass through bullets!

[@bobfromsoireegames4309]

This was a fantastic game. Again especially in two player. I loved the fact you could use some cover. The game was also well-converted especially for the Amiga computers

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes, I talked about all of the home conversions

[@nux2831]

Excellent video, I like the first thumbnail of your intros, this might sound weird but it kinda reminds me the Venezuela's flag for some reason, the country I am from. (the yellow, blue and the red colours, plus the stars) lol, thumbs up for that.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much, did not know you are from Venezuela so greetings from the United States :-)

[@nux2831]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries 👍

[@AngryCalvin]

It was the trackball that made this game so enjoyable in the arcade. Some games are made to be played with certain controllers. This is especially true with arcade games. This is the one game I was disappointed was not included in the Taito collections. It's a classic!

[@VHShit]

I loved Cabal! I used to play it and Black Tiger at a pizza place when I was a kid.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Those are both classic games

[@JustinSevenTwo]

Your thorough research is so appreciated! Data East Shootout as the predecessor... Of course!

[@nemesis656]

just played this for the first time today. what an excellent shooter that is surprisingly fair. on that note the characters death sound cracks me up!

[@nervaaugustus7089]

I'm more familiar with Blood Brothers than I ever was with Cabal. I didn't even know the games were related until now, which is great - I always appreciate learning a little more about gaming history.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, glad my silly little videos could help

[@DeathShouldTakeMeNow]

No trip to the arcade was complete without hearing the Cabal skull laughing at me while in demo mode, and it was usually when I was losing badly while playing another game.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, that's hilarious

[@lytruong8844]

Is no one going to talk about the iconic cackle when the game was in demo mode?

[@hgodvilla00]

I remember that iconic cackle as well from the laughing skull at the title screen.

[@rickycole4061]

Hi pat fantastic video had this for c64 & speccy but never played arcade version Thanks for the history GREAT VIDEO .

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks Ricky, glad you enjoyed it. Growing up I never saw the arcade either. I was only familiar with the Commodore 64 and Amiga ports

[@ChrisPence1972]

I love Cabal. It was one of the first arcade games I owned. My history with this type of gameplay started with Empire City 1931, and included Shoot Out, G.I. Joe and eventually would include Nam 1975.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Those are all great games especially G.I. Joe. Thanks for sharing

[@SinisterTarheel]

Enjoying history of and port of the games you covered. Far as Cabal goes I like the arcade version the best

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you so much for the nice words, I agree the arcade version is superior

[@SinisterTarheel]

PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries I subbed to your channel cause I’m enjoying the content. Great work sir

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

@@SinisterTarheel Welcome aboard, glad you are enjoying my content. Thank you so much for subscribing and hope you continue to enjoy my videos.

[@tehf00n]

My lord I loved this game at release. Both in the arcade and on home computer.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

So did I it was a great game

[@mascisken]

Gi joe the arcade game had a similar concept only the characters were always moving forward. Didn't even knew it existed until I got into Mame.

[@Cpt_Tylor]

I loved playing Cabal. I would recommend checking out the Rambo III arcade game by Taito and the GI Joe arcade game by Konami.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Both games that took a big influence from cabal

[@jojst1]

When The Punisher for the NES came out in 1990, it reminded me of this game. But in the Punisher, the screen isn't static and is instead scrolling left to right.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

The punisher is very reminiscent of this game. Good call

[@gerbilsmith]

There is also an arcade game like Cabal but had a pirate theme simply called Pirates

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I have never seen that thanks for the tip

[@gerbilsmith]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries quite welcome! I got in the habit of trying to find old arcade games I knew as a kid but couldn't recall the names. It spread to include looking for clones & such. I actually found Pirates when looking for a different game that is actually called Skull & Crossbones, but as I loved Cabal it intrigued me. I later found the others.

[@Seoulwanderer]

I loved this game on the NES. I’m going to have to check out the arcade original. I was hoping you’d mention Wild Guns. Definitely a worthy successor. Wild Guns remains one of my favorite SNES games to this day.

[@franciscor390]

Check out wild guns reloaded for switch, ps4 and steam. Its a terrific remake, with new levels, characters and weapons.

[@emperorjames794]

My brother and I loved this game. Definitely an all time favorite.

[@aaronbruceladner1983]

I Want the Histories of SUPER MARIO BROS., SUPER MARIO BROS. 2, and SUPER MARIO BROS. 3

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

So do I

[@NeoAmericanRealism]

This was one of the first arcade games I remember along with missile command

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Both all-time classic games

[@curtissalyers9640]

I played this years ago, a arcade at a resort. Awesome job

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Are you going to do an in-depth history of GAUNTLET? just to find out if the wizard really did eat the food. I always thought it was the elf he always looks auspicious. And GAUNTLET was the first 2d dungeon crawler.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It's in my list to do, but if you want to request a game donate to my patreon and you'll get your request pushed up

[@brettharrison2133]

Green elf is about to die?? Aaaarrgghh?

[@WarKing77]

My brothers and I LOVED this game! Maximum carnage.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It was always a lot of fun :-)

[@TheMathius78]

Thank you, Pat!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you for watching, glad you liked it

[@Gemini3K]

the G.I Joe arcade game took this concept to it's furthest possible ends by combining rail shooter elements.

[@salaciouscreations4323]

Destructible cover systems all the way back in the 80's. That's actually a huge feature in today's shooters to up the pressure on the player and make them think fast pick targets.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

This game was definitely ahead of its time

[@hyperpuppy2]

Another great job.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you so much

[@mattyrab3477]

Love your videos mate I’m uk and was about 10 when these games were about 10p got you a go thank god for MAME

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much. Mame has given us the opportunity to play games that we otherwise may have never been able to experience. Gotta love it :-)

[@MrAllekzander]

I don't see if it came up previously in the comments, but there's a game in a similar formula thats been released across the Wii, 3DS, and Switch called "Zombie Panic in Wonderland" where apparently... Alice, Dorothy, and Snow White shoot zombies, in Wonderland. I just tripped over a trailer for it today, and that made me nostalgic for Cabal, which lead me here. lol.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I will check it out, thanks

[@mr.pavone9719]

I played Cabal every time we got to go to the PX while I was in basic training. I got really good at it. I'd usually be able to get really far on one coin and could finish it on less than a dollar.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Nice

[@chadmolitor6691]

My friend and I had this arcade cabinet in our house when we were 19, it was awesome. Got to the point where we could easily 1cc the game but it was a blast!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Very cool, always wanted one

[@nemesis656]

wow, do you know what happened to the cab? fairly rare now

[@chadmolitor6691]

@@nemesis656 no idea, but probably ended up somewhere sad. I know he doesn't have it now. I dont think they came in dedicated cabinets, but I believe it was just a conversion kit.

[@reagandow850]

I never saw this game with a joystick. That’s pure sacrilege....who in their right mind decided that it would play better without the trackball? I loved this game. I still Remember the day one of my local arcades got it. Great game!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I agree 100%, trackball all the way

[@Adam-qv2bd]

I love the Beretta 12s image on the poster.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

So do I it's very cool

[@CaptainHIT2]

I loved to play this game on my Amiga. That were lovely times.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It wasn't excellent conversion

[@Mikey-zj8bn]

One of my earliest memories is playing this on the arcade with my dad it had a gun like operation wolf

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I never saw this game with the gun, only with the joystick

[@c64konami96]

I have the NTSC version on Commodore 64. I noticed when I die and run out of lives the games freezes up for some reason so if I want to play it again I have to reload it. I played the pal version on Commodore 64 and thought it was way better.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That is odd

[@Djclyve]

I’m almost done watching all the Patman videos! AAAARGH NOW WHAT

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, sorry about that but I appreciate all the views :-)

[@littlegreengamer]

I have a copy of Cabal on the NES. I love that game! I managed to beat it with no cheat codes, as challenging as it was.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Excellent, I was never that good at it

[@littlegreengamer]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It's definitely challenging. In fact, I'm surprised I even beat it. BTW, I subbed to your channel recently. These documentaries are addictive.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

@@littlegreengamer Thank you very much, glad you enjoy the content :-)

[@spineknife2386]

My favorite game that cabal inspired was the gi joe arcade game. I remember being so blown away by the graphics the 1st time i saw it. I wonder why there were no home ports.

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

That game rocks! Devastators is good too

[@residentelect]

My memory is a little rusty (I'm old) but wasn't there a Rambo game which had a similar format??

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

@@residentelect Devastators is probably what your thinking of, actually I think there was a Rambo game too now that I think of it. I know Rambo 3 on the genesis had a scene like Cabal where you fought a heli

[@residentelect]

@@PlasticCogLiquid Excellent! Thanks for the help! I knew I'd seen it on the Mega Drive! You used his bow didn't you! I never played Devastators, or have seen it in the wild 😟

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

@@residentelect Yep! That's the one. I love that game

[@OmarM8055]

SWEET AS ALWAYS!

[@Jimmy-B-]

Ah well to a 9yr old on his amstrad it was still good in the 80s

[@ricky-sanchez]

If you had never played the arcade version, the amstrad version would have been kinda fun to play.

[@dustincongello5802]

Was that a victory dance between levels at war was that supposed to be him running

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I think it's supposed to be him running

[@Some-kid-called-David]

Loved this game. Please make a video on Karnov

[@elroysamuel9044]

My cousin and I would duck Sunday school, to play this game... The rush and adrenaline and explosions was amazing.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes they were especially for the time

[@Risperdali]

Played it 2 player in the arcade on a joystick machine it was great. I also played the PC port, but in my memory it had two player mode. Am I wrong about that?

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

The MS-DOS version was missing the two player mode. The Amiga and Atari ST versions had it though

[@pferreira1983]

I'm impressed with the European C64 and Amiga versions. They really turned out nice.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

They did turn out really well

[@marceltiel7919]

Great game First played it on C64 then later Amiga And later on Mame....still play this game ( and blood brothers) quite often... Also if you like this genre...Taito's arcade game Dead Connection might be something wortwhile also!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I sort of recall Dead connection but I'll have to go back and check it out

[@GameFanaTICK386]

Had this game on NES as a kid. I loved it! Lol

[@MrCalverino]

That rolling ball was nice

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I neverr got a chance to play it in the arcades

[@MrCalverino]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I only played it once, that ball was solid

[@ryanh9262]

new sub here. your channel looks good!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you so much for subscribing. Hope you enjoy the channel

[@TheAnkMan]

For some reason I always thought Operation Wolf would be a prequel to Cabal since it appeared a year earlier. But I cannot find any evidence. I miss something like "The history of platformers" where Space Panic was probably the first, followed by Donkey Kong. If you need more ideas I have some of the classic 80s games listed at www.ankman.de/mame/

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Okay, I'll check it out. Thanks

[@Hektols]

The Dick Tracy game for Megadrive was also inluenced by this game, it combined the mechanics seen here with a more traditional run and gun platformer. One button for jump, other to use the gun against enemies on the same plane as Dick and the other to shot enemies in background with the machine gun.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That's a good one, which I completely forgot about. I really like Dick Tracy game as well

[@THEONLYGORE]

Amstrad is Spectrum ?

[@typar6431]

A great game that's very similar to this is punisher on nes. One of my all time favorite games.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It is very similar

[@Ming1975]

I remember cheating on this game because the basic gun shoots as fast as you can press the button so my button rubbing Technic made it like I'm using the MG power up all the way. Too bad the second game where you play a cowboy and indian can't let me do that.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I didn't know that, that's hilarious

[@JeremyLeePotocki]

We had a Laundromat in my town that had this wonderful game when it came out, and it remained there until it got shutdown in 2010 I really miss that game. Oh well I can still MAME it, but it feels much better using the Trackball. :D

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, there are some games that are just much better played on real hardware with real controls

[@flipniclives1244]

I loved this game on ZX Spectrum.

[@toddmichaeljohnson7139]

Are there any good Amstrad games I wonder? 🤔

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Chase HQ is an amazing conversion for the system. There are lots of good games For the platform though

[@ACanOfBakedBeans]

The recent homebrewed remake (not the original) of R-Type is pretty awesome

[@DrGamelove]

All I can think when you show all these ports in your videos is, man, I feel sorry for Spectrum owners back then.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

The spectrum had a few good games but for the most part I don't know how they could stand not having any color

[@DrGamelove]

PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries not to mention the color they did have looked like it was done by a four year old with a few crayons.

[@TheFilthyGoTDirt]

I never knew about those spiritual successors. I'll be hunting them down.

[@roleplayingpain4349]

ahh..another sunny day at the Beachhead2000

[@MrCalverino]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE ☝🏾

[@PANTYEATR1]

i don't remember this in the arcade, but i do remember it for the NES. I'd like to see Quartec and Xenophobia arcade games💪

[@dontcallmechris8677]

Can you do Daytona USA

[@danielplowright5701]

Pretty sure the few people that dislike this video are from the companies that made poor quality ports.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL! You could be right, I had never thought of that :-)

[@evilash570]

Where’s the sms version?

[@ACanOfBakedBeans]

It was never on the SMS www.mobygames.com/game/cabal Mobygames is your friend

[@OfficialTruDru]

I like this and hope you do Konami Devastators Arcade Game (1988).

[@raymxslappedyall3660]

i loved this arcade game

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

So did I, it was a lot of fun

[@Sinn0100]

I've never seen this game before (I know, I said FFVII but one more). I thought Nam 1975 for the MVS/AES was the first of its kind...I was wrong.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes, it was definitely inspired by this game

[@obatron1]

Trackball was king for this game.

[@smalldoggymike]

Blood Brothers is my game.

[@charlesfiler5058]

He should do the arcade of Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom that was my favorite arcade game

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I will put it on the list

[@brittislove]

he keeps saying hot and heavy, and I keep thinking of Elaine fro Seinfeld who had a boyfriend who said things were.....hot ... and heavy

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you

[@Alianger]

"Even if titlescreen says 1990, Blood Bros. was released in January 1991 in Japan." - Arcade-history.com Good video though!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I read it as 1990 but okay :-) thanks

[@FabioSpelta]

I find blood bros to be much easier. Is it me, or does anyone else share this feeling?

[@MrCalverino]

I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I always enjoyed it as well

[@MrCalverino]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I have it on Nintendo and I love all the jingles... takes me back to my childhood instantly... that music is super nice too

[@DirkDierickx]

call me crazy but i just like the eu c64 version more then the amiga one.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Oh really? I thought the Amiga one was well done especially with the speed and the sound effects

[@memyopinionsche6610]

I always thought the ZX spectrum and the amstrad has some ugly grafix. I mean I understand the technology at the time wasn't very good. But damn those games like tiger electronic handheld games.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, that's a good comparison

[@Artur-vh3nk]

Spectrum was simply not lucky enough to conversion from Arcade system (without R-Type and Chase HQ), but it had its exclusive titles that looked great.

[@ACanOfBakedBeans]

I wouldn't say the Amstrad had bad graphics. In fact the color palette was similar to the Master System as it used a similar graphics chip. The probem with the Amstrad was that there was way too many lazy DIRECT ZX Spectrum ports

[@memyopinionsche6610]

I know. I wasn't shitting on the amstrad or zx spectrum. The Atari 2600 was much better. It's the technology of that day. But some of those games look like tiger electronics handheld games. Just saying.

[@connorkenway2808]

To me, C64 resembles more Atari 2600 graphics. Low res, big ugly pixels, hideous colors and translucent sprites .

[@etanneriii]

top drawer

[@atrealdino6667]

When was this f ING everyone? 1800

[@robertlong6027]

Sega made dead aim and dynamite Duke they was about to same

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I mentioned that name but forgot about dynamite Duke

[@officialtruvotru-druvevoch7049]

Hard but nice game.😊

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I agree

[@etanneriii]

o7