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CaptSlow

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Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« on: May 04, 2018, 03:31:22 AM »
I remember playing Sidearms at a local convenience store when I was a kid, a few years before the TG16 was launched in the US. But I had no idea it was on the C64 as well. I found this while going through a big lot of stuff I recently picked up.

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tbone3969

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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2018, 03:40:57 AM »
Pretty cool.  I like Sidearms.
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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2018, 04:05:47 AM »
Heh, neat.  How's it compare to the Turbob version?
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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2018, 04:12:19 AM »
Quote from: Necromancer on May 04, 2018, 04:05:47 AM
Heh, neat.  How's it compare to the Turbob version?
Oh that I don't know. It is just the manual unfortunately.
Maybe I'll stick it with my PCE version of Sidearms I have since it is the hucard only.  :lol:
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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2018, 06:31:43 AM »
really cool.  would love to see it in action.
looks like the 5.25 floppy is asking ~$100 for current active listings
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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2018, 06:42:42 AM »
It was a 1986 arcade title. It hit C64 only a year before the Turbo.
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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2018, 06:51:14 AM »
Quote from: spenoza on May 04, 2018, 06:42:42 AM
It was a 1986 arcade title. It hit C64 only a year before the Turbo.
Oh, well damn.
I was thinking it was earlier. I keep forgetting the C64 ran games into the 90s.
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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2018, 02:42:16 PM »
Funny I just bought sidearms special for cheap. Which is weird getting use to the controls.

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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2018, 03:49:03 AM »
One of my arcade fav's.

...better than Ordyne!
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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2019, 01:25:58 PM »
Quote from: majors on May 05, 2018, 03:49:03 AM
One of my arcade fav's.

...better than Ordyne!

This is incorrect.  :mrgreen:
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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2019, 05:40:39 PM »
I love those early CPS sales flyers Capcom did which just translated the Japanese-y style catchphrases across the page verbatim. ULTIMATE COMBINATION ALPHA AND BETA!!!

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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2019, 05:41:56 PM »
This is the full color art from that manual btw:

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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2019, 09:56:22 AM »
The fold out manual poster for Sidearms Special was real treat bitd.
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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2019, 12:50:57 AM »
Quote from: Black Tiger on March 02, 2019, 09:56:22 AM
The fold out manual poster for Sidearms Special was real treat bitd.
Oh what, NA SideArms came with a poster?
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Re: Sidearms has been around longer than I realized.
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2019, 08:02:37 AM »
Quote from: gex on March 04, 2019, 12:50:57 AM
Quote from: Black Tiger on March 02, 2019, 09:56:22 AM
The fold out manual poster for Sidearms Special was real treat bitd.
Oh what, NA SideArms came with a poster?

A local store in my hometown brought in some PC Engine CD games. They were the first CD games I bought for me Turbo-CD. It worked out great for me as a fan of the arcade version, as Sidearms for TG-16 was only released in the U.S.

The silkscreened discs and art-filled manual/cases really made Turbo-CD packaging feel dull.
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