Beating A 40 Year Old Computer...That Cheats - North & South

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  • @ctw30002000
    @ctw30002000 2 місяці тому +290

    I looooooooved this game, and still do. It was, for me, the Total War of the era when I only had an Amiga.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +11

      @@ctw30002000 way ahead of its time.

    • @wp2746
      @wp2746 2 місяці тому +4

      This was one of my favorites to 😊

    • @genericnpc7865
      @genericnpc7865 2 місяці тому +2

      i played it with my friend Stepan 1v1. my Most prominent memory is him always destroying my gun squad with the sabre cavalry

    • @aweus
      @aweus 2 місяці тому +3

      "Only"? Man, dont disrespect that legendary piece of hardware.

    • @psykosoosi8485
      @psykosoosi8485 2 місяці тому +1

      Always chose the South😎👍

  • @5RndsFFE
    @5RndsFFE 2 місяці тому +37

    This is one of the first games I recall playing as a young lad in the 90s. An absolute masterpiece of its time.

  • @fredriklundvall1894
    @fredriklundvall1894 2 місяці тому +97

    I also loved this game. I played it on the Amiga 500. I always hated that the computer could control all the forces in the battle but the player could only control one.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +11

      One day when neuralink becomes common, revenge will be ours!

    • @ulfjohnsen6203
      @ulfjohnsen6203 2 місяці тому +4

      The trick was to keep switching between inf and cannons, and ignore the inf unless you had a clear shot and/or the rest where dead…

    • @reyalPRON
      @reyalPRON 21 день тому

      if my mind doest play tricks on me there was a key to cycle the units? memeber hashing our all fights with cannon only :P it was the rush on the train that i failed if anything. those ladders steal all the time.

  • @Carlsona512
    @Carlsona512 2 місяці тому +48

    "Have that, you b*tch. Brilliant." - Some Union General
    Loved this. Thank you, algorithm.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +4

      @@Carlsona512 it's important to be authentic to the era!

  • @JonPadfield
    @JonPadfield 2 місяці тому +7

    Played this on my mate's A500, then his A1200 and loved every minute of it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

  • @Blackadder75
    @Blackadder75 2 місяці тому +13

    We played this for weeks on the C64 , one of those games that was almost as good on the humble commodore , despite crappy graphics. the gameplay was solid

  • @twisterwiper
    @twisterwiper 2 місяці тому +3

    I absolutely loved this game. The sound design is so iconic and memorable.

  • @davekincla9818
    @davekincla9818 2 місяці тому +20

    Absolute bastard of a game… Loved every minute of it.

  • @peters8512
    @peters8512 2 місяці тому +8

    Damn, that intro music and it came right back!

  • @Civ2champ
    @Civ2champ Місяць тому +5

    This game was based upon a Belgian comic following Sergeant Chesterfield and Corporal Blutch from the Union called "Les Tuniques Bleues" (the Blue Coats). Eight albums can be found in English. Almost 70 albums can be found in French and Dutch.

  • @haakonsteinsvaag
    @haakonsteinsvaag 2 місяці тому +15

    During the river battles, you can cross the river via the rocks in the top of the battle. You dont need the bridge. You can also combine small armies into larger ones. Also, during capturing forts, stay on top of the wall as much as possible.

    • @Nikioko
      @Nikioko Місяць тому +2

      Likewise, in the desert, you can use the small stone bridge near the bottom. And you should of course change the formation before crossing.

  • @ziutbryk531
    @ziutbryk531 2 місяці тому +36

    Anyone who had an Amiga and didn't play "North & South" can't call themselves an Amiga user.

    • @brostenen
      @brostenen Місяць тому +2

      Yet everyone played North And South, because it was new, highly talked about, super populair and... Well.... Everybody pirated, so it cost you only the empty noname disk's to get.

    • @notfeedynotlazy
      @notfeedynotlazy Місяць тому

      I played the MS-DOS version

    • @XlCola21
      @XlCola21 Місяць тому

      i gas voth an C64 and amiga

  • @BadWaterMotors
    @BadWaterMotors 2 місяці тому +6

    This was a regular rent for the NES from blockbuster for me. It was fantastic to see the greatness again.

  • @bucu123456789
    @bucu123456789 2 місяці тому +114

    Absolutely no clue what I've just watched, but i watched it

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +36

      @@bucu123456789 my childhood and one of the reasons I love gaming! What was your first game?

    • @thepursuer9238
      @thepursuer9238 2 місяці тому +4

      same

    • @PatrikStandar
      @PatrikStandar 2 місяці тому +4

      ​@@ThanetianGamingan awesome classic

    • @Taffer-bx7uc
      @Taffer-bx7uc 2 місяці тому

      Yeah this. WTF is this game?

    • @peterknutsen3070
      @peterknutsen3070 2 місяці тому +5

      @@Taffer-bx7ucA strategy arcade game based on a series of Franco-Belgian comic albums. With quite shallow strategy.

  • @danyoutube7491
    @danyoutube7491 Місяць тому +2

    North & South is probably the best game of the type consisting of multiple mini-games. Very fun (at least in multiplayer, with a small group crowded around the TV and taking turns), not least because of the great humour, sound effects and artwork.

  • @therustybartender
    @therustybartender Місяць тому +2

    Played this every day once I finished school! Loved the Amiga days!!

  • @LUGER1985
    @LUGER1985 2 місяці тому +6

    I got a smile on my face watching this! 😂 i played this game with my brother on our dads Amiga when we where kids. It was such a cool game 😂😂. I would love to play it again. Thank you for the vid.❤❤

  • @DogOfKrondor
    @DogOfKrondor 2 місяці тому +26

    The amount of hours I spent playing this on my Amiga500......

    • @piotrmajewski5978
      @piotrmajewski5978 19 днів тому +1

      This and Defender of the Crown. Good times.

    • @Esico6
      @Esico6 16 днів тому

      @@piotrmajewski5978me too.

  • @AleaIactaEst2009
    @AleaIactaEst2009 2 місяці тому +2

    Yes, this is a game from my childhood!

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +1

      @@AleaIactaEst2009 thanks for that. I cam from playing the new version where it was 3 bags of gold for a new army.
      I think older and possibly it is a bit faster on the emulator for forts

  • @tubros
    @tubros 2 місяці тому +10

    Was great fun with a friend, not fun with against the AI, and I was about 10 years old so the memories last.

  • @markw9679
    @markw9679 9 днів тому

    A blast from the past, loved this game as a kid. It started a bizare interest in the American Civil War in an 8 year old kid from the UK.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  9 днів тому +1

      @@markw9679 I went as far to get a degree in it!
      Old games were great for teaching snipets of history.

  • @WiltrichsMiniatureArt
    @WiltrichsMiniatureArt 2 місяці тому +1

    This was one of my favourite games as a kid. Great seeing it again, thanks for the video!

  • @D1-Games
    @D1-Games 2 місяці тому +8

    I remember playing this to death PvP on my friend's Amiga. We became pretty good at the fortress and train battles after so many hours of play too. I loved the losing cutscene with the soldier playing dead just as much btw 😁

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +1

      @@D1-Games I don't think I ever saw that...the computer would get switched off if I lost!

    • @krdxz
      @krdxz 2 місяці тому

      @@ThanetianGaming Hahaha, yea, rage quits were a thing back then too. I have also pressed the big green 'reset' button on my PC in anger!

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +1

      @@krdxz I'm not going to mention what happened to numerous joysticks!

    • @krdxz
      @krdxz 2 місяці тому

      @@ThanetianGaming In one particularly memorable (and hilarious) incident, I slammed my keyboard against the desk so hard that pretty much all the keys merrily flew off into every possible corner of the room. I then spent good portion of the day finding and placing them back correctly. For week or two afterwards my friends were asking me why I have loose pile of keys sitting on my desk- I suppose these were not critical to playing whatever game I was into at the moment. :)

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому

      @@krdxz Brilliant!
      I'd suggest to never play online poker. You'd need to know circuitry with the...ahem, "tilt" that can bring.

  • @leod-sigefast
    @leod-sigefast 2 місяці тому +1

    Wow the nostalgia! My mate at secondary school had an Amiga and tonnes of copied games - this was one of them. We had a lot of fun playing this game - despite the frustrating control (A.I. cheating) of it sometimes. It would be some time in the early 90s, about 93-94 that we played this and his recently acquired SNES..a golden time for the video game industry and kids growing up with it! Cheers for the memories!
    P.S. your dry humour commentary cracks me up!

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +1

      @@leod-sigefast thanks. My brother's mate's mum sold disks for 50p and handed out printed a4 sheets of all the games she had in stock. She must've made a killing selling to the whole town.

  • @monkfiche9384
    @monkfiche9384 2 місяці тому +3

    I remember a good way to win cavalry vs cavalry matchups was to line up your horsies just a pixel or two below their horsies. They you will ride into them, kill all 3, and have no casualties. Every time.
    That worked against infantry as well iirc, but not cannons.

  • @takethisoath
    @takethisoath 2 місяці тому +1

    Awesome. Played this a ton on Amiga 500 when I was a kid.

  • @slebbeog
    @slebbeog Місяць тому +1

    Infogrames games were golden. North & South inparticular with a bit of humor here and there, and the artwork is a bow down to French and Belgian cartoonists.
    We broke a few joysticks playing this, that's for sure.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  Місяць тому +1

      @@slebbeog whatever happened to the trusty joystick? I believe if you pushed harder in a direction with them or hit the buttons harder you did better!

    • @tomschmidt5022
      @tomschmidt5022 Місяць тому +1

      @@ThanetianGamingreminds me of just how durable those things were, almost impossible to break … almost 😂

  • @Geferulf_TAS
    @Geferulf_TAS 2 місяці тому +12

    The algorithm says hi. I used to play the NES port of this game a ton. Beilliant!

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +2

      @@Geferulf_TAS one of the best...for its time.

    • @SvenElven
      @SvenElven 2 місяці тому

      On the NES version, the fort and train capturing events don't move way too fast, making them much easier!

  • @chriskeller8262
    @chriskeller8262 2 місяці тому +14

    Always knock out the artillery first with your cavalry then take out the cavalry with your infantry and then take out the infantry with your artillery. It’s how you beat the computer on hard level every time.

    • @amorelus
      @amorelus 2 місяці тому

      Yep that's what I did. I used Calvalry to take out cannons. I use cannons to hit groups to smaller size. Then I use infantry to over power what's left.
      For Fort. I avoid the floor as much as I can. If I can I combined my armies.

    • @krdxz
      @krdxz 2 місяці тому +2

      Wasn't there a little cheat that you could do where you could start firing the artillery as it was being deployed? And since your artillery and enemy's would often be aligned you could take them out right at the start of the battle.

  • @Tore8611
    @Tore8611 2 місяці тому +2

    Thank you for the blast from the past. And yes the forts were super fast back then to 😁

  • @vibe010
    @vibe010 21 день тому

    tnx this was a nice trip down memory lane....

  • @elcid5033
    @elcid5033 2 місяці тому +2

    this takes me back 30 years

  • @eventhorizon1943
    @eventhorizon1943 8 днів тому

    This game genuinely brought me to tears. i remember playing this game with my brother and cousin late at night. sadly my cousin passed away some years ago - i miss him and those nights where he would cheat using his cavalry as a buzz saw by just moving them from the top of the screen to the bottom . Strange how at the time you never imagined that those would be the days you would miss the most.
    AD INFERNO

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  8 днів тому +1

      @@eventhorizon1943 thank you for sharing. It's good to have such memories 😊

  • @rubster1975
    @rubster1975 21 день тому

    I played this game so much when i was young! Epic!

  • @tobiasgamingOfficial
    @tobiasgamingOfficial 2 місяці тому

    Oh I remember this from back in the days of Amiga 500 ...it was son fun to play. Thnx for this 😊

  • @Eisenhammer78
    @Eisenhammer78 Місяць тому

    Ooooh, the memories.
    I haven’t played that in way over 30years 🤩

  • @embe2085
    @embe2085 22 дні тому

    One of my fav games for Amiga 500. Thanks for sharing!

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  22 дні тому

      @@embe2085 a true classic! Thanks for watching.

  • @almost_harmless
    @almost_harmless 19 днів тому

    I remember this game. Loved it. Loved the comics too.

  • @MrLuccatoni
    @MrLuccatoni Місяць тому

    I was a Portuguese 8 year old boy playing with my cousin in his Amiga 500.... I always sided with the grey coats due to their flag... It was painted on the roof of Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee!!!!! I still have the game and the Amiga!!!!!

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  Місяць тому

      @@MrLuccatoni yeeeee haaaaw! Great that you still have it.

  • @bsowers22
    @bsowers22 2 місяці тому +1

    Loved this game. Played the hell out of it on my Commodore.

  • @rumling81
    @rumling81 Місяць тому

    What memory, never forget all the sounds

  • @user-nx3zm3ln7m
    @user-nx3zm3ln7m 2 місяці тому +1

    Och boy. This one, Lemmings and Death mask, were my top bangers in the 90’s.

  • @pointdironie5832
    @pointdironie5832 2 місяці тому +1

    Excellent stuff. Played the ever loving out of this game back in the day, it was one of those love & hate relationships.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +1

      Pressing the keys harder to try and move faster.

  • @matthiasbreiter4177
    @matthiasbreiter4177 2 місяці тому +10

    You can also throttle the emulator to mimic the 500's performance - so the minigames aren't that fast.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +1

      @@matthiasbreiter4177 it's an all in one package with the game, I'm possibly too much of a ludite to fiddle with it. I will look though. Thank you.

    • @TheGXDivider
      @TheGXDivider 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@ThanetianGamingjust reduce the cycles with ctrl F11

    • @SvenElven
      @SvenElven 2 місяці тому +2

      Pretty sure the fort and train capturing stages did move this fast on the original hardware!

    • @matthiasbreiter4177
      @matthiasbreiter4177 2 місяці тому +1

      @@SvenElven really o.O ? Old computers were insane.

    • @SvenElven
      @SvenElven 2 місяці тому

      @@matthiasbreiter4177 Yes, I remember those stages being much easier and more playable on the NES port where they moved at «normal» speed, compared to the A500 and PC versions.

  • @eventhori3on
    @eventhori3on 18 днів тому +1

    Spy vs spy my fav on C64!

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  18 днів тому +1

      @@eventhori3on if I can work out/remember how to play it, that's on the way.

    • @darrenhough6721
      @darrenhough6721 18 днів тому

      😊 spy vs spy ❤

  • @Lobossumi
    @Lobossumi 2 місяці тому +13

    Its always weird how the computer cheats during battles. Moving all the units at the same time while player is stuck on moving just one.

    • @kjellegilhustad2095
      @kjellegilhustad2095 2 місяці тому +4

      The game is so easy any way. If the computer only moved one unit it would be a walk in the park. I use to play thia on my computer and i always played with 4 colors so the game was even faster. I had no change to take any fort or defend them or the train robbery but the batles was still easy even on that settings.

    • @scatz4569
      @scatz4569 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@kjellegilhustad2095you're amazing man honestly. Like wow superhuman and so cool!

    • @kjellegilhustad2095
      @kjellegilhustad2095 2 місяці тому +1

      @@scatz4569 Thanks:)

  • @maikh.7839
    @maikh.7839 Місяць тому

    I love how creative they were back in the days.
    I mean.. Those games were delivered on floppy disc. 😂
    Considering what they made from that very limited space, it's still awesome. 😊

  • @jacobklunder8552
    @jacobklunder8552 11 днів тому

    I remember this one from my Amiga days. Played the Hell out of it.

  • @dep1001
    @dep1001 17 днів тому

    I played this a lot back in the day! Good one

  • @lescud
    @lescud 16 днів тому

    I recall (and this is a memory from 1991 whilst never having played it since) that when you fight cavalry vs cavalry, riding in parallel and move from up to down while striking as they clash you’d always win. Or it was vice versa, but regardless it always worked.

  • @lordy6666
    @lordy6666 2 місяці тому

    What a blast from the past! Amiga is probably my favourite games machine of all time.

  • @mr.t6182
    @mr.t6182 21 день тому

    Played this on Amiga 500 in the 90ies - many destroyed joy sticks as a collateral damage. Wings of fury, Prince of Persia and even North & South - we were so addicted.

  • @zachburks6886
    @zachburks6886 2 місяці тому

    This was our favorite game growing up, kept renting it from the grocery store until mom finally bought it. Forts were hard but don’t remember them being that bad.

  • @TheSnellast
    @TheSnellast 2 місяці тому

    The music and sound effects in this game… so good!!!

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +1

      @@TheSnellast they really make the game.

  • @Piquet2
    @Piquet2 19 днів тому

    Loved this game as a kid. ❤

  • @KERAAK35
    @KERAAK35 2 місяці тому +1

    Yep one of my favorit game back as little kid! :D
    Beating all my friends with 3 cannons every single time, due to knowing the range in advance in my mind lol & beating all the AI´s
    Wished so more of this back in the times & sure thing we gained a few newer versions, but they should have increased the numbers & greater bigger battles & more maps, more out of everything! :)
    Well the Comics North & South was really fun to read & watch.
    Thank you sir for showing out a master piece for the younger generations & giving us old schools some memories back once more! :D

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +1

      @@KERAAK35 thanks. My troops do seem to have short lifespans!

  • @chef_Numspa75
    @chef_Numspa75 Місяць тому

    back to the past😊played this game soooo much as a kid👍

  • @rpersen
    @rpersen 2 місяці тому +1

    Lol watching thise fort fights was painful, but thanks for the trip down memory-lane.

  • @lancecougar
    @lancecougar 2 місяці тому

    My god I loved this game so much. Brilliant.

  • @nickharvey7233
    @nickharvey7233 2 місяці тому

    Loved this on my Amiga - used to play 2 player with my younger brother. F/A-18 Interceptor, F29 Retaliator, Populous, Powermonger, SimCity, Rocket Ranger, Indiana Jones aFoA, Syndicate, and last but not least...North & South...all games I eapecially loved

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +1

      @@nickharvey7233 Populous, Powermonger and Syndicate I lost hours on too. Released today they'd still be great games.

    • @nickharvey7233
      @nickharvey7233 2 місяці тому

      Agreed. I too have a simulator on my PC and dip in when I should be working. Got my old Amiga back from my parents' attic last Christmas - got to sit down sometime with a knowledgeable mate and a soldering iron to get it back up and running. Want to hear that 'buzz, whirr, click, click' again- I can still remember how certain games loading sounded - Powermonger, for example, between worlds, had a machine gun judder loading sound...happy days.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +1

      @@nickharvey7233 I'd forgotten the clicking. If a game was broken there'd be a really long clicking noise as it tried to load the disk.

  • @drigerdranzer7514
    @drigerdranzer7514 2 місяці тому

    Oh I remember this game.
    It was so fun playing on the early PCs.

  • @DH-kt8st
    @DH-kt8st Місяць тому

    This is based on a Belgian comic book series called translated the Blue shirts. It is really good.

  • @ManischerTeufel
    @ManischerTeufel 2 місяці тому

    I never made it far, I had no clue how anything worked, but this game was the most beutiful clusterfuck of minigames in my Amiga days

  • @agricolaurbanus6209
    @agricolaurbanus6209 13 днів тому

    Oh wait, I have played that! Totally forgot that game! It was great fun.😂

  • @siwhite_
    @siwhite_ 2 місяці тому +3

    Forts and trains were a lot slower on the real game.
    I've tried the emulation version and feel your pain trying to win a fort.
    Thanks for the memories

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому

      Thanks for watching :)

    • @MidlerX
      @MidlerX Місяць тому

      So its speed up by the emulator then? Could it be pal games being run faster on ntsc?

    • @rumling81
      @rumling81 Місяць тому

      The trick is to downclock your cpu :)

    • @rumling81
      @rumling81 Місяць тому

      @@MidlerX No it's your cpu clock that is to fast

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  Місяць тому +1

      @@rumling81 or play on an easier setting!

  • @arinieminen5971
    @arinieminen5971 2 місяці тому

    I still have this and Amiga 500. Great game! Thanks for the video!

  • @thornback82
    @thornback82 2 місяці тому

    Cross the river to beat the cannon. You are making my immer child mad watching this

  • @classicfrog80
    @classicfrog80 Місяць тому

    One of the great features of this game was the settings option were you could decide if you wanted to play the battles and minigames, or just focus on the strategy. Not that it's overly strategical game, but hey, the more options the better.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  Місяць тому +1

      @@classicfrog80 It became like an American Risk when doing that.

  • @Ndriana
    @Ndriana 19 днів тому

    Discovering this game today. Do people now that the cover and characters in this game came from a French comics from the late 70s called Les Tuniques Bleus? The red haired union guy is called Sgt Chesterfield and that dog was the fort’s dog called Rantanplan.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  19 днів тому

      @@Ndriana I didn't know the names but I did know it was based on a comic.
      Interesting name for a dog!

  • @Ho55Delux
    @Ho55Delux 25 днів тому

    Lol, love you never giving up the fort

  • @Geokinkladze
    @Geokinkladze Місяць тому

    This came out around the same time as Prince by Graham Everett. Would have been nice if North and South had offered the opportunity to play over serial link like Prince did. My brother and I played Prince with a homemade serial link connecting a PC and an Amiga. Happy days.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  Місяць тому

      @@Geokinkladze not as easy to punch each other that way!

  • @hulksmash6476
    @hulksmash6476 6 днів тому

    One of my absolute favourites along with pirates.

  • @saveroftheuniverse
    @saveroftheuniverse 2 місяці тому

    Well that's a blast from the past

  • @MotorsportsOnboardVideos
    @MotorsportsOnboardVideos 15 днів тому

    oh man, i remember this game!! i play with friend long long time ago

  • @mozebyciowy
    @mozebyciowy 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for trip back memory lane :) that was one of my fav games bacj then.

  • @MrArzha
    @MrArzha 2 місяці тому

    I used to play this so much! What a game!

  • @thomaskurz5617
    @thomaskurz5617 2 місяці тому

    I loved the game, and also the comics.
    MY tactic on the levels with bridges was to shoot the bridge with the cannon and watch the computer running all in the river.
    I was quite good with aiming the canon, so I could take out his canon as well, and finish the battles quick

  • @mikedrew604
    @mikedrew604 2 місяці тому

    Thank you. I had forgotten this game until I randomly saw this vid put forward by the algorithm. I have very fond memories of this on the ST when I was a kid - including poking the photographer.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +1

      @@mikedrew604 can't beat a good poke!

    • @mikedrew604
      @mikedrew604 2 місяці тому

      @@ThanetianGaming Is probably not what your gun crews were saying as the computer's cavalry rode them down again and again...

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому

      @@mikedrew604 haha. Shh, we don't talk about that.

    • @mikedrew604
      @mikedrew604 Місяць тому

      @@ThanetianGaming 😁

  • @johnnyr8737
    @johnnyr8737 21 день тому

    played this to death with my then best friend on the NES... the friendship was tested with this game

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  21 день тому

      @@johnnyr8737 haha. Someone always had to lose.

  • @sgjammer
    @sgjammer 2 місяці тому

    I had this on the NES...had a lot of fun playing against my friends...the old days 👍

  • @hexxon77
    @hexxon77 2 місяці тому

    I have played it on Commodore 64 and Amiga 500. So much fun. 👍😁

  • @commandersune5432
    @commandersune5432 4 дні тому

    This and Defenders of the Crown were my go to strategy games.

  • @toooldfortwowheels2048
    @toooldfortwowheels2048 2 місяці тому

    God the nostalgia train is here. Man this was such a great game, even down toe random sound effects.
    Not sure if you did this but if you push backwards when controlling a unit they move into column to get across the bridges and rock formations.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому

      I tried that with the cavalry but when I changed to another unit they take their starting formation...there were a few widows that day!

  • @nickpullar2788
    @nickpullar2788 2 місяці тому

    This was a great game! What wonderful nostalgia 😂😂😂

  • @tersemerkhet4633
    @tersemerkhet4633 13 днів тому

    I had this game, brings back so many memories

  • @MakerViking
    @MakerViking Місяць тому

    Loved this game. Played it on my Amiga 500 :)

  • @Nikioko
    @Nikioko Місяць тому

    One of my favourite Amiga games. Although I never managed Train Robbery and Fort intrusion on the hard level.

  • @NocturnalUrn
    @NocturnalUrn 27 днів тому

    This was so much fun as a kid. I've also played this with an emulator. The forts seem to be easier when attacked by a strong force. Shorter stage, slower clock and so on. Don't remember whether the same applied to trains, but likely yes.

  • @martincarlberg9671
    @martincarlberg9671 2 місяці тому

    Just LOVED this game!😊

  • @chrism7395
    @chrism7395 2 місяці тому

    This game was great against other people but a nightmare against the computer simply because it could control multiple units at the same time. I can still remember the best tactic 9n river maps; destroy the bridge and move your infantry directly opposite the ford (which is either at the top or bottom of the screen) and then shoot units as they cross, hopefully taking out their artillery with your cavalry

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому

      @@chrism7395 the computer can be deadly with artillery. Good thing they withdraw after 6-10 shots.

  • @ryann6067
    @ryann6067 2 місяці тому

    This game was one of my favorites to play on NES.

  • @NisseHult101
    @NisseHult101 2 місяці тому

    I played this game on Atari ST, and remember it quite fondly! The battles could be cheesed a bit by taking out the bridges with the cannon, preferably while the other sides cavalry were trying to pass over it, and then just playing defensively, a bit like you did here. Those fort attack running sequences were pretty difficult, very timing dependent.

  • @austinseven4720
    @austinseven4720 Місяць тому

    Me and my best mate played this on his Amiga 1200. Don't remember ever finishing a battle though. What I do remember is us discovering that you could click on the photographers butt and he would giggle! 😂

  • @buzzcomber
    @buzzcomber 2 місяці тому

    Not being an American or knowing much of the Civil War, I used to play this game to death on the NES. Surprisingly fun and silly at the same time.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому

      @@buzzcomber games like this (and Civilization) gave me a love of history.

    • @buzzcomber
      @buzzcomber 2 місяці тому

      @@ThanetianGaming I never got into Civilization much but Age of Empires 2 was my history game. Used to enjoy reading the in game information.

  • @panzerfaust187
    @panzerfaust187 2 місяці тому

    Damn I played this in the 90s. Didn’t know what I was doing but I had fun.
    This and moonstone were my favourites.

  • @Jallamedalla
    @Jallamedalla 2 місяці тому

    I was 9 in 1991. I remember playing this on the NES (I could be wrong) on a 4 inch black and white screen on a travel TV/radio set. I remember excelling at the game, albeit it was probably on easy mode.

  • @turbowankel1264
    @turbowankel1264 Місяць тому

    Flashbacks galore

  • @Mark-wx1ho
    @Mark-wx1ho 2 місяці тому

    Amiga 500 was my first ever decent gaming system. I also had the external floppy drive and 512k mem upgrade. Well, I think it was 512k. It was needed to play 'It came from the desert.' Great game.

    • @ThanetianGaming
      @ThanetianGaming  2 місяці тому +1

      @@Mark-wx1ho it came from the desert. I remember that. Lobbing bombs at ants. I was too young to understand it, but loved playing it.

    • @Mark-wx1ho
      @Mark-wx1ho 2 місяці тому

      @@ThanetianGaming That's the one. So addictive.

  • @michaelfetter4541
    @michaelfetter4541 2 місяці тому

    Oh man. I'd forgotten about this game. Used to play the hell out of it.

  • @teammonkey8385
    @teammonkey8385 2 місяці тому

    Grest memories of this game! Then I remembered those bloody fort raids 😂. I remeber it being fast and I plsyed this with my cousin so much we were pretty dam good at it. I seem to remember luring troops and cavalry to the deaths in the rivers and canyons. Loved this game but I think my all time favorite was Moonstone, so good!