Amstrad CPC - Top 150 games (1984-2020)

Top 150 games for the Amstrad CPC released between 1984 and 2020, in alfabetical order. No CPC+ games included. I know many good games are lacking, but I obliged myself to put a limit on 150 among those I consider being the best.

Games list:
0:07 1943
0:13 After the War
0:19 Alcon 2020
0:25 AMC - Astro Marine Corps
0:31 Arkanoid
0:37 Baba's Palace
0:43 Barbarian
0:49 Batman
0:55 Batman - The Movie
1:01 Bubble Bobble for CPC (BBCPC)
1:07 Betiled!
1:13 Bloodwych
1:26 Boulder Dash
1:38 Bruce Lee
1:44 Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy
1:50 Cauldron
1:56 Chaos Rising
2:02 Chase HQ
2:08 Cheril of the Bosque
2:14 Chevy Chase
2:20 Chibi Akumas Episode 1 - Invasion!
2:32 Commando
2:38 Continental Circus
2:44 Crystal Kingdom Dizzy
2:51 Cybernoid
2:57 Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge
3:03 Dan Dare III - The Escape
3:09 Double Dragon II - The Revenge (Virgin)
3:15 Dragon Ninja
3:21 Druid
3:27 El Capitán Trueno
3:34 El Linaje Real
3:40 El Tesoro Perdido de Cuauhtemoc
3:46 Exolon
3:52 Fire Tyre
3:58 Forgotten Worlds
4:04 Fruity Frank
4:10 Galactic Tomb
4:16 Gauntlet II
4:22 Get Dexter (Crafton & Xunk)
4:28 Golden Axe
4:34 Golden Tail
4:40 Grand Prix 500 2
4:46 Gryzor
4:58 Hydrofool
5:11 Imperial Mahjong
5:23 Iron Lord
5:29 Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road
5:35 Justin
5:41 Knight Lore
5:53 La Espada Sagrada
5:59 Laser Boy
6:06 Laser Squad
6:12 Legend of Steel
6:18 Lemmings
6:24 Magica
6:36 Marauder
6:42 Match Point (Balle de Match)
6:48 Megablasters - Escape From Castle in the Clouds
6:54 Miss Input
7:00 Mr. Heli
7:06 Myth
7:12 Nebulus
7:19 North & South - Les Tuniques Bleues
7:31 Operation Alexandra
7:37 Operation Wolf
7:43 Orion Prime
7:55 Panza Kick Boxing
8:07 Phantomas 2.0
8:13 Pinball Dreams
8:19 Power Drift
8:25 Prehistorik
8:32 Prehistorik II
8:38 Prince of Persia
8:44 Puzznic
8:50 Rainbow Islands
8:56 Rambo III
9:02 Red Sunset
9:08 Relentless
9:14 Renegade
9:20 Rescate Atlántida
9:26 Rick Dangerous
9:32 Rick Dangerous II
9:38 Robocop
9:45 R-Type (2012)
9:51 Run the Gauntlet
9:57 Rygar
10:03 Saboteur II
10:09 Satan
10:15 Savage
10:21 Sergeant Seymour Robotcop
10:27 Shadow Dancer
10:33 Shinobi
10:40 Sir Ababol NES-OM Edition
10:46 Sirwood
10:52 Skate Crazy
10:58 Skweek
11:04 Smash TV
11:10 Solomon's Key
11:16 Sorcery+
11:22 Space Moves (2020)
11:28 Space Pest Control
11:34 Spherical
11:40 Spindizzy
11:46 Star Sabre
11:53 Strider II
11:59 Striker in the Crypts of Trogan
12:05 Super Cauldron
12:11 Super Cycle
12:17 Super Edge Grinder
12:29 Super Ski
12:35 Switchblade
12:41 Target Renegade
12:47 Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles 2 - Coin Op
12:53 Tempest
12:59 Teodoro no Sabe Volar
13:12 The Addams Family
13:18 The Bard's Tale
13:24 The Dawn of Kernel
13:30 The Great Escape
13:36 The Sacred Armour of Antiriad
13:42 The Sentinel
13:48 The Shadows of Sergoth
14:01 The Way of the Exploding Fist
14:07 Throne Legacy
14:13 Times of Lore
14:25 Turbo the Tortoise
14:31 Turrican
14:37 Turrican II
14:43 Wec Le Mans
14:49 Winter Games
14:55 X-Out
15:01 Xyphoes Phantasy
15:07 Yie Ar Kung-Fu
15:13 Zap't'Balls - The Advanced Edition

[cardgamerdebu]

I had no idea Alan Sugar's baby was capable of such gorgeous graphics! 2023 has already been an eye-opener for me, regarding retro gaming; as a youngster, I saw the Amstrad being sold in a bundle with 'Burnin' Rubber', but at the time I was captivated by the Nintendo Entertainment System. Had I realized that there were such awesome things happening on the home computer scene, games consoles might not have had such a spellbinding effect on me. Great video; not only were there lots of great memories, but also new games to experience. Thank you for putting the time and effort into working on it!

[ayudatengopiedrasenlosrino]

0:08: 1. 1943
0:15: 2. After the War
0:20: 3. Alcon 2020
0:25: 4. AMC: Astro Marine Corps
0:31: 5. Arkanoid
0:37: 6. Baba's Palace
0:44: 7. Barbarian
0:51: 8. Batman
0:55: 9. Batman: The Movie
1:01: 10. Bubble Bobble 4 CPC (BB4CPC)
1:08: 11. Betiled!
1:13: 12. Bloodwych
1:21: 13. Bomb Jack
1:25: 14. Boulder Dash
1:31: 15. Brick Rick
1:38: 16. Bruce Lee
1:46: 17. Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy
1:52: 18. Cauldron
1:56: 19. Chaos Rising
2:02: 20. Chase H.Q.
2:10: 21. Cheril of the Bosque
2:15: 22. Chevy Chase
2:22: 23. Chibu Akumas Episode 1: Invasion!
2:28: 24. Chuckie Egg
2:33: 25. Commando
2:40: 26. Continental Circus
2:46: 27. Crystal Kingdom Dizzy
2:52: 28. Cybernoid
2:58: 29. Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge
3:05: 30. Dan Dare III: The Escape
3:09: 31. Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Virgin)
3:16: 32. Dragon Ninja
3:23: 33. Druid
3:27: 34. El Capitán Trueno
3:35: 35. El Linaje Real
3:41: 36. El Tesoro Perdido de Cuauhtemoc
3:50: 37. Exolon
3:53: 38. Fire Tyre
3:59: 39. Forgotten Worlds
4:05: 40. Fruity Frank
4:10: 41. Galactic Tomb
4:18: 42. Gauntlet II
4:22: 43. Get Dexter (Crafton & Xunk)
4:30: 44. Golden Axe
4:35: 45. Golden Tail
4:40: 46. Grand Prix 500 2
4:48: 47. Gryzor
4:52: 48. Head over Heels
4:59: 49. Hydrofool
5:06: 50. Ikari Warriors
5:11: 51. Imperial Mahjong
5:17: 52. Invasion of the Zombie Monsters
5:24: 53. Iron Lord
5:29: 54. Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road
5:36: 55. Justin
5:42: 56. Knight Lore
5:47: 57. La Abadía del Crimen

[boblamenace]

Les graphismes piquent les yeux aujourd'hui mais quel bonheur de retrouver des jeux ou j'ai passé des milliers d'heures. Merci pour cette sélection, merci pour ce travail.

[MarkBak]

Barbarian....Bomb Jack....Match Day Lee....Ikari how the sights and sounds of these games triggers the memory....would love to be able to play them all again...happy times

[MrPtittomtom]

I had a lot of these games, it was the best period of my life.
I’m so happy to see again all those games that are gone forever now.
Boulder dash, Rick dangerous, Crazy cars, Cauldron, Green Beret… It brings back so many good memories…

[somosdeamstrad]

You have crafted an almost perfect list... I only miss a couple of hitec games, and perhaps titles as Cheman or Vector Vaults

[gailspooner]

I had a CPC 464 with a colour screen and i spent countless hours playing Harrier Attack, Dizzy games, Famous 5 Treasure Island, WEC Le Mans, Operation Wolf, Hydrofook, Heavy on the Magik, Ghostbusters 2, Rolanx on the Ropes, Oh Mummy, Terminator 2 - the list could go on and on and on. Probably one of the greatest home computers of all time. I had one from 1998 - Chrisfmas 1993, when it was retiree by the arrival of an Amiga 600.

[BugleCoops]

Wow, this brings back some memories... Still got my old CPC 464 and many of these games in my dad's loft.

[nickolasgaspar]

I always loved the CPC even if I didn't own one back then. Looking at all these great games side by side I now realize why I always preferred it over the C64. As an Atari 8bit user I always enjoyed colorful screens.
My USIFAC II and ULIFAC cards will work overtime testing this long list of games. Thanks.

[SomeoneSmarter]

I loved my CPC 6128. I didn't realise so many games were available!

[hadorstapa]

What a list. Plenty I knew, plenty I didn't. And a few I would put on the list that weren't here. Amazing the difference in some of what they show the CPC to be capable of. Framerates, colours, dimensions, very variable.

[benhardacre]

Missing from the list:
Hot Shots, kung fu master, Cyberball, Ghosts & Goblins, Midnight Resistance, Grand Prix Simulator & Pro Ski Simulator

Apologies if they were but I missed them, such short snippets.

Great list & editing. Thank you!!!

[MustafaKulle]

So many happy childhood memories. Thank you for sharing.

[AndrewHelgeCox]

05:05 Ikari Warriors really showcases the lack of a brown colour in the CPC palette thanks to its even quantisation of the RGB space.

[matthewjdouglas]

I had an amstrad cpc464 greenscreen. Loved it. Manic minor jetset willy were the earliest games i remember. Then i got rambo karnov renegade and many more

[Buairr]

Since the only amstrad game I've played so far is burning rubber it gives me hope seeing that every racing game on this list looks a thousand times better.

[AndrewHelgeCox]

I can't help noticing the lack of text adventures. They were an important genre in those days.

[charles_carette]

I'm surprised that these games are missing: Elite, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Jet Set Willy, Prohibition, Raid Over Moscow, Rebel Star, Zombi.

[thierrygauthier]

Very nice selection! Try them on a Miyoo Mini or something like that, it's a treat!
(I would have included Kane, the Light Corridor, and especially Deflektor, but nice list nonetheless)

[robsmall]

Very, very good list. Hard to argue with any of those