Kane - Amstrad CPC (easy mode)

Good ol' Kane by Mastertronics budget £1.99 label. I didnt expect much i recall, but what i got was really great for that kinda money. Game takes you through 4 different kinda game at 3 different difficulties. First the is the bird shooting, then the riding, then the shootout and finally the hard riding to catch the train. First part gets harder by adding faster flying birds, second part dosnt get harder at all (well perhaps you get less time?), third part the shooters get better aim and forth part gets longer and longer stage to defeat. Getting as many lives collected at the first part isnt so importent at first as you just need to get to the next difficulty. At hard "lvl 3" difficulty you really need as many lifes at possible tho.
Many people probably hasnt tried the later difficulties and so think the game to be "too easy". Using the "pratice" mode you can really see how much each part develops and gets better (like try the "shootout" bit at lvl 3).
Nice tune and audio and lovely colourfull graphics all the way with nice gameplay. And it only cost 2 quid.

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• Amstrad
• CPC
• Commodore
• Spectrum

[azshaw123]

Another thing what i can't stand about the cpc464 is the awfull loading times..I mean for even the most basic of games, why the hell do they take so damn long to load, i loaded predator on the amstrad and c64 aswell as ghosts 'n goblins , ghost hunters, wonderboy, 1946, paperboy and the great giana sisters and it was pathetic to see how much longer it took the 464 to load and to top all that they were all worse versions with no atmosphere whatsoever!

[CholoCPC]

@azshaw123 The producers of the original games are the ones who chose the loading speeds and they usually chose the safest rute (aka 1000 bps and multiple blocks). This is also the most userfiendly way as if something loads wrongly you can always just rewind one block back and wont have to reload from the beginning. Of cause if you dont like safe, then you could always just load the game and save it back at 3500-4000 bps (or faster but the limit of tapes being reliable ends there). Also you ..

[CholoCPC]

@azshaw123 can choose to not save in multiple blocks of cause and just 1-2 blocks/records instead (depending on size). I recall playing a couple of original c64 games back then those wasnt exactly fast either ;D Of cause today we know that the amstrad 6128 can cope with upto 12000 bps using the tape input. Check the "decicoder" or "otla" on youtube or google code, its a nice project for most 8bits to load faster. Of cause i think most people only loaded tapes once (to put the game onto 3" disc).

[Prolia13]

@CholoCPC you are british?

[CholoCPC]

@Prolia13 Im danish actually. But the amstrad game and cumputer is of english origin but was sold in the most of europe.

[CaptainBanglawala]

Hmm, the graphics aren't as good as I remembered them to be.

[milfhunter841]

im 38 now and use to play this game back when i was 12 i think lol...anyway thanx for uploading magical memories..

[Thyrill]

i remember the time i used to get through this game - i was simply just beyond godlike and thats no lie - i shot all the birds blindfolded

[azshaw123]

@CholoCPC Yes i suppose you have a point there as i have that block problem often especially with games by firebird..Thanks for that bit of knowledge now i am starting to understand how the amstrad operates a lot more...Nice to speak to someone with a bit of knowledge!