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Federation storage depots have been raided by pirates, taking valuable minerals, jewels, ammunition and the latest battle weaponry. You have been commissioned by the Federation to retrieve the cargo and return it to a storage within a specified time limit. Extra points and an extra ship will be awarded if you succeed.

The pirate craft have activated all planetary defence systems which you will have to negotiate as well as the pirates themselves. If you fail to reach the depot within the time limit or the value of your retrieved cargo is insufficient you must forfeit one of your Cybernoid ships

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USA Fri, 27 Jun 2008 by Dion Guy

Part shooter, part maze game, you are tasked to track down and retrieve stolen cargo from pirates, returning it to a storage depot at the end of each level (of which there are 3) before time runs out. Not that the pirates are going to sit back and let..

Part shooter, part maze game, you are tasked to track down and retrieve stolen cargo from pirates, returning it to a storage depot at the end of each level (of which there are 3) before time runs out. Not that the pirates are going to sit back and let..

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1. Bass X0 United Kingdom 23 Jun 2008, 10:22 GMT

yawn. another shoot 'em up. if anyone wanted a good shoot 'em up, they would have already downloaded one of the widely acknowledged great shoot 'em up games.

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2. KeeperBvK Germany 23 Jun 2008, 10:30 GMT

I'm looking forward to it. Some poeple tend to look at the genre, see it's a shooter and mourn about the high amount of shooters already on the VC, even though there is not even a single one like this on the Wii so far...

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3. Dazza United Kingdom 23 Jun 2008, 10:53 GMT

@Bass - I am quite fond of this one. Its an exploration game as much as it is a shmup. It offers a very different experience from the shmup games already on VC. Good choice for Commodore to release this one.

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4. Bass X0 United Kingdom 23 Jun 2008, 12:43 GMT

Yeah. I have to admit I don't know much about this one.

DrApostropheX

5. DrApostropheX United States 23 Jun 2008, 18:50 GMT

Awesome! I remember playing Cybernoid for HOURS on the C-64 back in the day. It may look like a shooter, but it has as much exploration involved as the origindal Zelda or Metroid games did. Watching that video I can remember vividly a lot of those enemies and power-ups... so I guess they're still burned into my mind even 15-20 years later!

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6. Smileoscar Sweden 23 Jun 2008, 21:01 GMT

Um...looks at IK. Eh...looks at this game
Did the C64 have good or bad grapich?

Joxe

7. Joxe Sweden 23 Jun 2008, 21:35 GMT

I really, really love this song! One of the best from the C64 period, so good that I have it on my mp3 player ;)

Haven't played the game though but would probably buy this one for the song, lol...

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8. DEMON212 United Kingdom 24 Jun 2008, 05:10 GMT

Metroid meets SHMUP... ME WANTEE NOW! :D

aphexbr

9. aphexbr Spain 24 Jun 2008, 08:19 GMT

Yeah I remember this one, pretty good though i can't remember if I preferred this or the sequel on the Spectrum. This was designed by Raffaele Cecco, one of my favourite old school game designers who also did Exolon, Stormlord and First Samurai.

@BassX0: yeah, probably a good idea to check the game out before blasting it for being something it's not. At least check out a video - it's clearly a flip screen exploration game with some shooting elements, not a shooter.

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10. Charco Ireland 24 Jun 2008, 18:27 GMT

No thanks. I'll go for one of the TG-16 shmups.

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11. deggs Canada 24 Jun 2008, 21:30 GMT

yeah, calling this a shmup doesn't do it justice. like what has already been said, exploration was a big part of it. it was fun in the 80s... don't know how it stacks up these days though

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12. Ragnor New Zealand 26 Jun 2008, 03:08 GMT

I love the soundtrack.

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13. Ry-Type United Kingdom 27 Jun 2008, 10:43 GMT

Looks pretty cool, I may download it.

Betagam7

14. Betagam7 United Kingdom 27 Jun 2008, 20:42 GMT

I somehow managed to get the game to reset to the blue C64 startup screen where you can type stuff in (programmes, pokes etc). It seemed random as I'd just started the second level. Has this happened to anyone else and is it in anyway an important discovery as it seems that behind every game there must be a fully working C64 emulator in which case...can't we just have that Nintendo?

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15. RoninDennis Netherlands 29 Jun 2008, 09:50 GMT

Music is by Jeroen Tel, who also did the music for Lemmings. Guy's a genius in his own right, methinks!

Edit: spelling

Mr 64

16. Mr 64 United Kingdom 01 Jul 2008, 13:34 GMT

This and it's sequel were truly great (if somewhat hard) games. The exploration/shoot 'em up gameplay, along with the ludicrous amount of weapons and upgrades on offer make it a really interesting game. The soundtrack and graphics are further proof that in the world of the 8-bit machines, the C64 was king!

Lets hope the Hewson back-catalog gets extended to include Exolon, Lightforce and Eliminator. They too were favourites of mine back in the day!

AMP

17. AMP United States 02 Jul 2008, 16:37 GMT

It's like the very first Metroid game, with a spceship instead!

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18. ICEknight Spain 04 Jul 2008, 14:38 GMT

I loved this game... but the Spectrum and Amstrad versions, I'm not getting this one. =(

Dehumanizer

19. Dehumanizer Portugal 05 Jul 2008, 23:49 GMT

"Exploration" is not the term I'd use to describe this game, as, unlike Metroid, it's completely linear. Each screen has one entrance and one exit. However, it's not a shoot'em up either; it's more of an action puzzler. Again, the player in the video plays a perfect game and makes it look easier than it is; play it yourself, and you'll see that many screens require some thinking, you can't just rush in.

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20. jesus 666 United Kingdom 07 Jul 2008, 04:56 GMT

Don't believe the hype, this was always a truely abysmal game that relied more on the high quality graphics and sound (for it's time) than any kind of merit gameplay wise. The game is basicaly a flick screen shooter, where you travel from screen to screen shooting enemies and dodging dangers, there is no difficulty curve to speak of, and surviving many of the screens is completely reliant on luck.

Mr 64

21. Mr 64 United Kingdom 07 Jul 2008, 09:19 GMT

Jesus! That's a harsh critique! I think you'll find an element of luck is involved in the fundamentals of most shoot 'em ups, otherwise you'd just be able to plot your route though the levels. I admit the game is an acquired taste, but it's not exactly an abysmal game is it? You've obviously not played Double Dragon on the C64!

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22. jesus 666 United Kingdom 07 Jul 2008, 20:27 GMT

When I play Double Dragon on the C64 I feel mildly bored, when I play Cybernoid I feel as though a seven year old is making me punch myself weakly whilst repeating "stop hitting yourself" over and over for half hour whilst Joe Pasquale is doing a rendition of "I know a song that'll get on your nerves"

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23. jesus 666 United Kingdom 07 Jul 2008, 20:35 GMT

I may of strayed off the point a bit with that last comment so here is the shortened version

Double Dragon C64 = boring
Cybernoid = Unnecessary pain

There a youtube video on the NES version that I think shows why I hate the game pretty well but goes a bit over the top so don't take it seriously http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LR5DPHGLQo

Mr 64

24. Mr 64 United Kingdom 08 Jul 2008, 08:36 GMT

Lets agree to disagree. I personally think the Cybernoids are great games, though maybe as a VC upgrade, the aforementioned Joe Pasquale soundtrack would be an added bonus.

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25. Mickeymac United States 12 Jul 2008, 06:22 GMT

Wow, a shmup and a Metroid ripoff all in one, woopee...

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26. JRAPOCALYPSE United States 15 Jul 2008, 06:04 GMT

This game is crap! i've seen better than this on the 2600.

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27. Adamant Norway 21 Jul 2008, 02:20 GMT

How does that make it crap? The 2600 had tons of great games.

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28. Eltigro United States 25 Jul 2008, 03:32 GMT

Thanks Jesus 666, I thought that this looked familiar. I remember the NES version, but I never played it. I just remember seeing it in Nintendo Power and thinking it looked hard.

Betagam7

29. Betagam7 United Kingdom 29 Sep 2008, 14:03 GMT

Overrated, a waste of 500 points in my opinion. Awful frustrating difficulty and very short

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