What Quattro Games did you have for C64??

djsim · 07-04-2009 8:00am #1

Hey guys,

Just had a flash back of a couple of these that I owned back in the day.

This one, prop my favourite one of them all:

What fond memories I had of Olli & Lissa 3.

LoGiE · 07-04-2009 5:50pm

I had Combat and Sports for the c64. I think I picked them up for about £2.99 back in the day! Arcade flight was actually pretty good :pac:

djsim · 08-04-2009 2:40pm

ahh Quattro Combat, wasnt there a game on that called Ninja Massacre which was very like gauntlet?
SAS Combat Simulator wasnt a bad game either

Retr0gamer · 08-04-2009 3:00pm

Not sure if it was a quattro release but i had one with Jet Set Willy, Beach Head, some weird castle of something game that was **** and another game I can't think of.

ShawnRaven · 05-05-2009 3:19am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Not sure if it was a quattro release but i had one with Jet Set Willy, Beach Head, some weird castle of something game that was **** and another game I can't think of.

That wasn't part of the quattro series. That sounds like it was the first They Sold A Million comp by Hitsquad, which were a bunch of full priced games thrown into compilation form before being placed on the budget market.

http://www.commodorehdcovers.com/spgm/gal/09Compilations/The%20sold%20a%20million%201%20(hitsquad).jpg
This look familiar?

I didn't want to embed it cos the image was too big.

The quattro series was issued out by Codemasters. These guys were the kings of budget releases and when they sold all they could in the budget market, they threw a four pack worth of budget comps for the price of one budget game.

I had a few, quattro adventure, sports, combat and whatever the racing one was called for the Amstrad.

ShawnRaven · 05-05-2009 3:22am

djsim wrote: »

ahh Quattro Combat, wasnt there a game on that called Ninja Massacre which was very like gauntlet?

Yeah, Adam Waring was the guy responsible for it. He was tech writer of sorts for Amstrad Action magazine from 89-91. Like most of his games, they were fairly rubbish speccy ports. Gauntlet spawned several good 8 bit clones, but that definitely wasn't one of them.

Thargor · 14-05-2009 9:17pm

OMG I remember Little Puff on C64, never could finish it but kept going back to it anyway, same for Johnny Quest and the Dizzy games, couldn't finish any puzzle game back then once you got stuck and there was no internet to look up a walkthrough.

ShawnRaven · 15-05-2009 9:44am

Thargor wrote: »

and there was no internet to look up a walkthrough.

Nope, there was the trip to Easons once a month with £5 in your hand, and ten minutes later you walked home with your monthly comp magazine. You were broke for weeks and your feet were sore from spending your bus fare when Easons hiked up the price again, but at least you got to finish that game through either the walkthrough or a cheat printed in the mag.

Worztron · 06-07-2024 7:31am

I still have the Quattro Adventure and Quattro Combat cassette tapes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quattro_compilations

Worztron · 07-07-2024 7:28am

There seems to be different game compilations with the same Quattro name. Here's the Quattro Adventure tape I had. I love that original Dizzy game. Happy days.

Inviere · 07-07-2024 10:02am

This thread is borderline retro, I'd like to get it graded....

Thargor · 09-07-2024 12:20am

I forgot this forum existed after the changeover tbh!

Worztron · 09-07-2024 6:22am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/60250722#Comment_60250722

I still have Little Puff and most of the Dizzy games on cassette tapes. There was always great mags like Zzap!64 [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzap%2164 ] for hints and tips. Happy days. 🕹️

ellyU · 09-07-2024 6:27am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/59744488#Comment_59744488

Quattro Combat and Ninja Massacre were some of the first games I played. They're really very similar to Gauntlet, but each had its own unique atmosphere and gameplay features.