[AMSTRAD CPC] Quick Draw McGraw - Longplay & Review

[CholoCPC]

Nice one. Got me to think of Bravestarr for some reason.

[metalcoola]

Game look very fun, only game from Hi-Tech Software that i played, was Scooby & Scrappy Doo :)

[Xyphoe]

@metalcoola I'll take a look at that one, any good?

[metalcoola]

@Xyphoe Yes, i think it`s quite good platform game :)

[Misel982001]

Αlthough it is a budget game, it sure doesnt look like a budget game. It plays very well and it is colorful and entertaining. I like it! 7/10!

[Xyphoe]

@Misel982001 Agreed! If they at least doubled the levels, put in different end of level bosses and up'd the presentation could have been a full price release

[Misel982001]

@Xyphoe do you collect amstrad games?I remember what you've told me about Xyphoes Fantasy.Also, Mega twins, is it rare too?

[squirm13]

Those games were so similar, you could put any sprite in there, the connection to the cartoons was so loose.

[Xyphoe]

@squirm13 Looks like most of them were scrolling platformers yea, a few odd exceptions like this one it seems

[LarryBundyJr]

didn't Twilight make some full price games?

[Xyphoe]

@LarryBundyJr Yea man! I talk about this in my commentary? I am now convinced you watch my videos on mute ^_^

[LarryBundyJr]

@Xyphoe You did? where abouts?

[Otouto72K]

Thanks for the shoutout mate, that was most unexpected! This is probably my favourite Hanna-Barbera game on the ZX Spectrum along with Ruff and Ready. Nice graphics here but what a shame they used the game over music as title music.

[Xyphoe]

@Otouto72K Hey man, no probs and thanks for the inspiriation! Is there a vid of the Speccy version of Ruff And Ready online anywhere? Can't find one

[Otouto72K]

@Xyphoe I'll share mine with you if you like?

[RibNSpicY]

@Otouto72K Ruff n ready...great game. Yet again another that I only had a chuffin demo for lol! If recall I couldnt even finish the Demo though.

[Otouto72K]

@RibNSpicY I never got past level one myself and in my video....yep epic fail I died at level one again lol!

[RibNSpicY]

@Otouto72K yeah,I watched your video of Ruff n Reddy after posting this last comment and it was like Id read your mind or summat! Hell I only had the demo but it didnt matter! Didnt need to buy the full game as I couldnt even finish the Demo! God Only knows I tried lol. Still a cracking game though. Im imagining £3.99 back in the day, Hanna barbera Games were usually cheap and cheerful.

[foubrat777]

Never played this one, although like you say, nice colourful graphics and smooth scrolling. Also really nice to have a sub-game built into a budget title like this. Nice. I remember spending half my childhood getting totally lost dipping in and out of random caves on Yogi Bear!

[Xyphoe]

@foubrat777 A quick search reveals there was 3 Yogi Bear games for the Amstrad!

[spiderjerusalem100]

I've never seen the cartoon but from the looks this game, Quick Draw Mcgraw is a mass murdering cowboy horse lol.

Pretty impressive graphics and smooth scrolling for a £3 Amstrad game though.

[Xyphoe]

@spiderjerusalem100 Ha yea ... I'm sure he doesn't shoot anyone in the cartoon... maybe someone who's seen it can tell us!

[TheRetroArchive]

I remember this last wave of Hi-tec games all featuring HB licences and on a budget label being released quite late in the CPC/Speccy's life, the programming seems quite competent but the games seemed to be targeted at children. I think I bought the Top-Cat game and remember Potsworth & Co being slightly more expensive.

[Xyphoe]

@TheRetroArchive I don't think I ever bought any cartoon based Hi-Tec games, there were tons of them! I think mostly because Hanna Barbera cartoons were never on in my house

[EgoShredder]

@TheRetroArchive

I remember in the early 1990s the magazines being targeted more at the eight year old approx, with the style and content being that of a comic with cheap thin paper. In the 1980s the magazines were aimed more at the casual gamers and serious users, so the content was more varied and intelligent.

[PURES3X]

Hi-tec made some nice little games ! Good company

[Xyphoe]

@PURES3X Yea I think I'll definite be looking at a few more from them! Postworth And Co should be next I reckon!

[PURES3X]

@Xyphoe Potsworth is a brilliant game , real impressive look forward to it, I'm only on level 2 And love the different characters in it, with different skills.