Amstrad CPC 8-bit exclusive games


Have you ever wondered what Amstrad CPC games were exclusive to the Amstrad CPC? The list below is what I know of, some of the games below are truly awful, but then again, there's quite a few games I wouldn't have missed for the world. This is by no means a definitive list of exclusives, and in most cases, you can find these games on the Amiga, ST and Consoles, but you won't find 'em on the ZX Spectrum or C64 (That's if I've done my homework correctly). 

There's some real classic amongst this lot, Bumpy is brilliant, as is Bactron and D.Day is a masterclass in arcade strategy. I also found a game I never knew existed in 'Dempsey and Makepeace' a classic cop series set in the 80s. But the jewel in the crown for me is Get Dexter. Star Driver needs to be checked out if you've never played it, it scrolls along like a mode 7 game, the scrolling technique from the SNES, and if you think you're ready for a challenge, try Builderland, it needs fast reflexes and a cool head. 

Hope you enjoy...

Bumpys arcade phantasy
Baby Jo
Jim Power
Fire!
Grand Prix 500 2
3D Boxing
3D Stunt Rider
Asphalt
Atomic Driver
Star Driver
Master of Space
Bactron
Best of the Best
Billy 2
Binky
Birdie
Booly
Builderland
Bunny Bricks
Cerberus
Classic Invaders
Crazy Shot
Dark Century
D.Day
Dempsey and Makepeace
Disc
Eagles Rider
Galactic Conquerer
Get Dexter
Get Dexter 2
Golden Eagle
Guardians
Hold up
Iron Trackers
Killerball
MGT
Mission
No Exit
Panza Kick Boxing
Pinball Magic
Prehistoric
Prehistoric 2
Psyborg
Robbot
Shanghai Karate
Shufflepuck cafe
Skweek
Sliders
Sorcery +
Star Trap
Super Skweek
Targhan
Teenage Queen
Tennis Cup
Titus the Fox
West Phaser
Windsurf Willy
Wriggler
Xyphoe Fantasy
Zap T Balls

Comments

  1. Unknown16 December 2016 at 22:37

    some may have been released on Thomson TO8/MO6...

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  2. Classic Replay 16 December 2016 at 22:52

    If so, it wasn't many, and I did check, but never knew a single sole who owned one of those computers.

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  3. de passage20 December 2016 at 10:49

    lots of false results, just as examples : Shufflepuck cafe = amiga+atari+pc+apple ; Panza Kick Boxing = amiga+atari+snes+... ; Prehistoric 2 = gameboy ; Jim Power = amiga+atari+pcengine ... please check wikipedia ;)

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  4. Classic Replay 20 December 2016 at 21:46

    None of those are 8-bit computers apart from Apple? Please re-read the article. The clue is in the title...

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  5. ldir_hector7 November 2018 at 10:57

    MGT existed on thomson line of 8 bit computers. But they are quite unsuccessfull outside of France.

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