8bit wars - Cauldron

[MadCommodore]

C64 has the best version of the picture of the witch, also the flip screen scrolling makes the other two versions unplayable. The colour clash on the speccy means you can hardly see the keys too and that's on an emulator not the god awful dot crawling colour bleeding RF output from a real speccy on a real TV)

Also the constant remark about low saturation on 64 colour palette is a non-issue, everyone had a C64 with a composite monitor or bog standard TV which means you turned the colour nob up!

[Simon0]

cant remember if i ever played this.

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@Simon0 it was a good game, tough as nails though

[Emrendil]

Nevere played this game before, but from this video my choise is CPC version too.

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@Emrendil the amstrad had a really nice colours

[Xyphoe]

Super Cauldron on the Amstrad was awesome!!!

(essentially Cauldron 3)

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@Xyphoe now thats a game i have never played! im so gonna try that once i play the 2nd game again:)

[SarahKreuz78]

Oh, it`s "Witches` Kitchen" - or so - muahaha. "Hexenküche" was it called in Germany. Nice Game, but too difficult imo (don`t get very far) - the Sequel`s also a tough one. :/

The C64 Version wins this Battle. no doubt about that. X)

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@SarahKreuz78 you are so right it was a witches kitchen:)

everyone mentions the 2nd game, i just cant seem to remember it at all??

im gonna play it in a bit

[dartsma464]

@SarahKreuz78

Some are gonna disagree with you on that, at least Loco and me and probably many others.

[SarahKreuz78]

@dartsma464 X) i just play this Game nowadays for the nostalgia. Nothing more. Good gfx, catchy music...but it isn`t Giana Sisters, Katakis or similar Games, where you can spend hours and hours even nowadays and have some f****n fun. ;) So...it`s a battle that wins the C64 IMO. But to choose between all these frustrating conversions is kinda like to choose between Pestilence and Cholera, you know ? XD and,yeah,it`s the difficult that make this game a fail - nothing else.

[andyukmonkey]

I too used to play this quite a lot without ever really getting anywhere. Same goes for no.2 lol.

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@andyukmonkey i think after all these year this is this is the best ive actually played on this game lol.

i will be playing the 2nd game today as its been years since i played it last

[metalcoola]

I loved to play Cauldron 1&2 on my C64{i like how witch hair move when you fly},i never finished it,i just enjoyed flying around,nice use of Old English in the game,yes,Amstrad version is the best one

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@metalcoola it had quite nice animation in it.

the flying around bit was so much fun,

[malc1976]

its a cool game but i liked Cauldron2 better myself are you going to do that aswell?

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@malc1976 not played the sequel in years malc, gonna play later today:)

[Laoch111]

10:12 Jaws!

What game is the outro music from?

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@Laoch111 ive forgotten lol im gonna have another listen to it:)

[Glenn83100]

Cauldron I had that for c64 it was so difficult but in strange way I like it.

good work locomaniacs1hmps.

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@Glenn83100 cheers Glenn:) this game is really hard, can it be finished?

[ZXAmiga64]

Magic bit wars, hard to choose really, i never got far in this game either, but loved playing it.

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@ZXAmiga64 thats pretty much what i would do in games that i couldnt get very far in, i would just have fun

[vinnieblacklodge]

i watched Spinnyfu*k's 3-5 part playthrough of this a few months back. looks like a great game !

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@vinnieblacklodge i havent checked those vids out yet, will do that once ive finished replying back to everyone.

[PSI236]

What would you do for 16-bit wars, Amiga and ST or any consoles?

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@PSI236 16bit wars Megadrive Vs Super Nintendo.

i never owneda amiga or a st and dont really know much about the games

[LarryBundyJr]

Heres a question for your podcast Andy, was there ever a game you had a kid that scared you so much, that you refused to load it up?

I was like that with FEUD on the Amstrad, because if you ever saw the rival Wizard on screen (your brother) he'd kill you instantly, so that would have my heart racing all the time whilst playing it.

But for some reason,this game always confused me with Wizball for some reason, and that one where you're a flying/bouncing pumpkin.

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@LarryBundyJr cheers for the question larry:)

speaking about Feud next month 8bit wars on it:)

[RomeoKGT]

Like the video and I will probably watch it again on Halloween :). Amstrad version looks and sounds quite impressive.

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@RomeoKGT yep the amstrad version is a great game

[Lemmy556]

Amstrad won.Yay, Are you also going to play a sequel of this?

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@Lemmy556 you know what i havent played the sequel in years, i completely forgotten about it, i will get round to doing it at some point but not this month

[ash81b4u]

Yeah a close one. Never got into the Cauldron games. Looks a hard game.

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@ash81b4u the flying around bit is fun but the other part is a right pain

[CholoCPC]

Pretty close this one as they all look very much alike. And yes! I think we all hate those dungeons where you get no clues about if you should jump, walk or fall into the next screen.

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@CholoCPC totally agree with Cholo

[LarryBundyJr]

Where's my E-SWAT war? :D

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@LarryBundyJr novemeber matey, this month just spooky games:)

[mrgamer1]

man this going to be a hard one right the zx color clash make it a bit harder to find the keys but the Amstrad and c64 make it easy but the magic meatier as your heath is a little unfair but is look like a really nice platform

[locomaniacs1hmps]

@mrgamer1 it was a close war this time as they are very similer