Omg wow you pick a great game from the day ❤ ,you and me at the fair 👍, it's still the same game we lost loads games ,if I remember it cost 10p or 20p a game , me and my son played it a few years ago at our fair ground in cov 👍it cost a one pound then 👍
We used to play this at the fair too! Makes me wonder if it was the same travelling fair. I remember we would play Wolf, RoboCop, bubble bobble & Star Wars. I don't remember what other machines they had.
I can't remember most of the other games. One with 4 steering wheels sticks out in my mind. One wheel per side, looking down at the screen. Top down view. But yes the same fair(s) would tour the country I believe. Wow we may have played on the exact same op wolf.
There's no computer audio that is anything like an Amiga, and that stereo separation is something to behold! I was always disappointed with PC audio after owning an Amiga. Thanks for a new video fella. Appreciated!
Thanks mate, and yes I agree on both points :) Even when I got an SB card for my PC, it sounded worse than Paula. More channels, sure, but the actual sounds were....wet.
Hi Chris - I played this recently on a trip to the Arcade Archive and I was still blown away by it. The power of the gun as it vibrates in your hand really adds to the excitement of playing it. Love it! Cheers for the video!
I used to play this on my 128k Spectrum +2. It was a pack in game with the light gun. There’s quite a few good games like these on the Amiga. I play Die Hard 2, T2 Arcade and Cabal.
Glad the clicks brought back the feels :) In some of my videos, when I'm not talking at the same time, I increase the volume of the drive in the video edit so people can hear them clearer :)
Favourite game in the arcades as a kid(along with Outrun, Chase HQ, and Shinobi) and loved it on the Amiga, although it was much harder as the low frame rate meant your shots fail to register. The sequel Operation Thunderbolt was a much better conversion. Great vid though. 😁
Operation Wolf was maybe the first arcade game I knew by name and knew I loved. I'd play the master system port at home before I had an amiga, and that sega port might be my favourite. Its so tough but so fun. One more game! I hope you're doing good Chris.
@@005AGIMA yessir. I used to swap my Nintendo and zapper for a week with my friend who had a master system and whatever that light gun was called. Phaser maybe. I'd fill my boots with operation wolf and speedball 2, still games I love, and then get my nes back for more Captain Skyhawk and duck hunt.
They have an operation wolf cabinet at Palace arcade in Northbridge, played it recently when we went for a christmas party. I remember the amiga version always being insanely difficult, used to be able to get to the last level on the c64 version.
They do indeed. I saw it there when I was there for a Christmas do end of 2022. I need to go back there again. I went to Barcadia at Planet Royale the other week. That was cool too.
This was one of the first games i saw running on an amiga after hybris. I simply couldn't believe how good the ocean logo looked lol. And then when that sound kicked in i was blown away. Has stuck with me forever. I took on extra paper rounds so i could buy an amiga. It was true next gen. Especially coming from a spectrum 48k+ which had just impressed me at the time with rtype. But amiga was next level.
Wow thanks for sharing your story. Another one who did paper rounds for game money. I ended up doing 3 rounds all the time, and the marking up for the other paperboys and girls. And if any of them went on holiday, I'd usually cover their rounds as well lol. The guy hated it when I eventually quit.
@@005AGIMA yeah they were a great way to get income. Especially with the tips at Xmas, people were so generous : ) not much fun in the rain though. the other bonus was getting the latest copies of amiga format and cu amiga which my boss put by for me 👍
Great video Chris, I’m fairly new to the Amiga so will have to hunt this game down as I originally played it on the Amstrad CPC, also some interesting high score names flew by at the end there 😂
I can say with pride that I’m almost as good as Chris at Operation Wolf. I do remember the arcade game guzzling coins. The amiga game is hard. But I remember it being a faithful conversion. Although my copy came on a biro endorsed boxless distribution method.
It did appear that some of your mouse clicks weren't registering. Not all clicks were being followed by the bullet sprites going down. I loved this game on the Speccy. It seemed so fluid despite lots going on on the screen.
I played it for the spectrum,a new version using Kempston mouse. I played it on the ds with the stylus. It was a lot of fun. Also played the spectrum light gun version which was ok
Cool. I definitely played it in the arcade. But I never knew or heard that it was available on the Amiga. Certainly not in my pirate circle, or ever saw it for sale on the shelves of the game shops I visited at the time. Nice. I will have to search for an emulated version of this until my old Amiga 500 gets recapped before I can use it again, fingers crossed.
Out of interest, what's wrong with your A500? They seldom "need" recapping unlike the A600 and A1200, but nothing wrong with doing it as a preventative. The PSU on the other hand is a good job to test before using, or just buy a modern one.
I had OPERATION WOLF 🐺 on my Commodore 64 (tape) and Amiga 500 many years ago. The Amiga version of this game was cool, but i liked mostly the Commodore 64 version 😺👍🕹️. Also, both versions of this game were so hard and frustrating 😹🕹️, i never finished the whole game 😹🕹️.
Actually I've been meaning to tell you I've been enjoying watching some of your vids. Great info with a nice calm relaxing tone. Keep up the great work.
I'm fairly sure I've never played operation wolf on the amiga, although I played the speccy version for hours. The amiga version looks great but way too hard to be fun. The hostages definitely died ☹️
The secret on first mission is the right placement of grenades use grenades wisely and do not move to the jungle area with a high energy bar I can always get to the airport mission no further
Yep, remember this being good but hard as on the Amiga (after pumping pocket money in at the Arcade at the Warwick mop)....never tried with an analogue stick however but I suspect (from my experience docking a Cobra in elite on my BBC) it would be MUCH better and more 'natural' feeling
Glad I'm not the only one who found it hard. I dont think the Amiga version supports an analogue stick. That privilege was mostly reserved for the later flight sims, and I think Indy 500.
I may if I get round to it (and I assume you mean Microprose). It's not part of my nostalgia as I don't recall playing it. I did play Team Yankee though.
Agreed Op Thunderbolt was a joy. My fave in this genre though is Space Gun, which I used to play using the Light Phaser. That's a solid home port. Especially if you play it while listening to Roxette.....wait what?
It feels a little like the game is just running too fast, i dont remember the arcade version throwing 15 enemies onscreen at once and expecting you to live. Obviously being genuine hardware though that cant be the case (too fast), maybe it was just a bad conversion, i think the arcade one was a little easier (Although still tough)
@@005AGIMA Good call on difficulty settings, i dont think anyone would last long with it throwing that many enemies at you at once. I am pretty sure when you select mission at the start there is a difficulty option (From memory)
Yes, I've tried it on a gotek and the result is always the same. It loads as far as the mission screen then that's as far as it goes. I can only get it to work on emulator @@005AGIMA
@@kalsolarUK Have you tried using one of the *Relokick* Disks to downgrade your Kickstart Rom they were loaded into your amiga first and then you would eject the disk and replace it with the Game/Program you wanted to run. There were four different ones called *1.3 1.4 1.4a* and *1.41*
didn't like those big boxed games, most of my games where copies from the Barras Market here in Glasgow. £3 a game. I did buy some original games like budget ones and preowned games from the Barras .
Do you not think it's misleading to put Atari ST screenshots on an Amiga game when people are going to get it home and be disappointed with the washed out Amiga colours? Joking aside the reason for this is because at that point there were much more Atari ST machines out there than Amiga, of course that would change!
Good times 🤩 02:46 - OMG reverse bait-and-switch 😂 15:21 - "insert disc 1": ahh yes, that sense of defeat after having played a particular Amiga game for the first time since the 80es 🫣
Omg wow you pick a great game from the day ❤ ,you and me at the fair 👍, it's still the same game we lost loads games ,if I remember it cost 10p or 20p a game , me and my son played it a few years ago at our fair ground in cov 👍it cost a one pound then 👍
Glad you liked the video mate. Good memories. Great times. I recall we also got addicted to the bumper cars 🤣
@@005AGIMA OMG yes Wight there 👍👍👍💯😎
We used to play this at the fair too! Makes me wonder if it was the same travelling fair. I remember we would play Wolf, RoboCop, bubble bobble & Star Wars. I don't remember what other machines they had.
I can't remember most of the other games. One with 4 steering wheels sticks out in my mind. One wheel per side, looking down at the screen. Top down view. But yes the same fair(s) would tour the country I believe. Wow we may have played on the exact same op wolf.
Great gaming memories :)
There's no computer audio that is anything like an Amiga, and that stereo separation is something to behold! I was always disappointed with PC audio after owning an Amiga. Thanks for a new video fella. Appreciated!
Thanks mate, and yes I agree on both points :) Even when I got an SB card for my PC, it sounded worse than Paula. More channels, sure, but the actual sounds were....wet.
That was fun Chris. We've still got our childhood Atari ST copy.....so good when it came out.
That's awesome to still have your childhood games. Nice.
Hi Chris - I played this recently on a trip to the Arcade Archive and I was still blown away by it. The power of the gun as it vibrates in your hand really adds to the excitement of playing it. Love it! Cheers for the video!
That recoil rattle is awesome. Really adds to the feels.
I had this on my C64 on disk (or have as I still have it!). Great fun.
Nice. I may look up the c64 version
I used to play this on my 128k Spectrum +2. It was a pack in game with the light gun. There’s quite a few good games like these on the Amiga. I play Die Hard 2, T2 Arcade and Cabal.
Great to hear the disk clicks again. Probably the first time since the nineties!
Glad the clicks brought back the feels :) In some of my videos, when I'm not talking at the same time, I increase the volume of the drive in the video edit so people can hear them clearer :)
Favourite game in the arcades as a kid(along with Outrun, Chase HQ, and Shinobi) and loved it on the Amiga, although it was much harder as the low frame rate meant your shots fail to register. The sequel Operation Thunderbolt was a much better conversion. Great vid though. 😁
Operation Wolf was maybe the first arcade game I knew by name and knew I loved. I'd play the master system port at home before I had an amiga, and that sega port might be my favourite. Its so tough but so fun.
One more game!
I hope you're doing good Chris.
Nice. Does the master system port use the light gun?
@@005AGIMA yessir. I used to swap my Nintendo and zapper for a week with my friend who had a master system and whatever that light gun was called. Phaser maybe. I'd fill my boots with operation wolf and speedball 2, still games I love, and then get my nes back for more Captain Skyhawk and duck hunt.
@@atomnetton that's awesome. A master system 1 is still on my hit list.. Always loved them but never owned one.
@@005AGIMA I have my wife's family's master system 2 in the collection - but no CRT or light gun and no operation wolf. I should fix that!
They have an operation wolf cabinet at Palace arcade in Northbridge, played it recently when we went for a christmas party. I remember the amiga version always being insanely difficult, used to be able to get to the last level on the c64 version.
They do indeed. I saw it there when I was there for a Christmas do end of 2022. I need to go back there again. I went to Barcadia at Planet Royale the other week. That was cool too.
This was one of the first games i saw running on an amiga after hybris. I simply couldn't believe how good the ocean logo looked lol. And then when that sound kicked in i was blown away. Has stuck with me forever. I took on extra paper rounds so i could buy an amiga. It was true next gen. Especially coming from a spectrum 48k+ which had just impressed me at the time with rtype. But amiga was next level.
Wow thanks for sharing your story. Another one who did paper rounds for game money. I ended up doing 3 rounds all the time, and the marking up for the other paperboys and girls. And if any of them went on holiday, I'd usually cover their rounds as well lol. The guy hated it when I eventually quit.
@@005AGIMA yeah they were a great way to get income. Especially with the tips at Xmas, people were so generous : ) not much fun in the rain though. the other bonus was getting the latest copies of amiga format and cu amiga which my boss put by for me 👍
So happy to see a new video! Thanks for doing these.
Cheers mate :)
Great video Chris, I’m fairly new to the Amiga so will have to hunt this game down as I originally played it on the Amstrad CPC, also some interesting high score names flew by at the end there 😂
Haha I didn't even notice the names. I bet the CPC version was ok. Totally under rated system.
I can say with pride that I’m almost as good as Chris at Operation Wolf.
I do remember the arcade game guzzling coins.
The amiga game is hard. But I remember it being a faithful conversion. Although my copy came on a biro endorsed boxless distribution method.
Again glad I'm not the only one to find it hard. And you're a filthy pirate 🤣
@@005AGIMA arrgggh
It did appear that some of your mouse clicks weren't registering. Not all clicks were being followed by the bullet sprites going down. I loved this game on the Speccy. It seemed so fluid despite lots going on on the screen.
Yeah I thought it was hit and miss on the mouse. Shows I need to use it more often I think.
I played it for the spectrum,a new version using Kempston mouse.
I played it on the ds with the stylus. It was a lot of fun.
Also played the spectrum light gun version which was ok
Light gun would be awesome
Memory of that version is a bit vague 😊
Cool. I definitely played it in the arcade. But I never knew or heard that it was available on the Amiga. Certainly not in my pirate circle, or ever saw it for sale on the shelves of the game shops I visited at the time. Nice. I will have to search for an emulated version of this until my old Amiga 500 gets recapped before I can use it again, fingers crossed.
Out of interest, what's wrong with your A500? They seldom "need" recapping unlike the A600 and A1200, but nothing wrong with doing it as a preventative. The PSU on the other hand is a good job to test before using, or just buy a modern one.
I had OPERATION WOLF 🐺 on my
Commodore 64 (tape) and Amiga 500
many years ago.
The Amiga version of this game was cool,
but i liked mostly the Commodore 64 version 😺👍🕹️.
Also, both versions of this game were so hard and frustrating 😹🕹️,
i never finished the whole game 😹🕹️.
I'm glad it's not just me that finds it hard lol.
Hectic game. Got inspired. Using your hashtag next video
Oh nice. I look forward to it.
Actually I've been meaning to tell you I've been enjoying watching some of your vids. Great info with a nice calm relaxing tone. Keep up the great work.
@@005AGIMA thanx a lot mate. Comments like that is fuel! :)
I'm fairly sure I've never played operation wolf on the amiga, although I played the speccy version for hours.
The amiga version looks great but way too hard to be fun.
The hostages definitely died ☹️
Kaboom. 😁
The secret on first mission is the right placement of grenades use grenades wisely and do not move to the jungle area with a high energy bar I can always get to the airport mission no further
Oh airport rings a bell. I'll have to give this another crack lol
Used to play the arcade version at ‘Wizards’ here in Christchurch NZ..then had a dodgy pirated copy of the C-64 version..never saw the Amiga port.
Ah nice! I love how we've all got specific location memories when it comes to arcades.
Yep, remember this being good but hard as on the Amiga (after pumping pocket money in at the Arcade at the Warwick mop)....never tried with an analogue stick however but I suspect (from my experience docking a Cobra in elite on my BBC) it would be MUCH better and more 'natural' feeling
Glad I'm not the only one who found it hard. I dont think the Amiga version supports an analogue stick. That privilege was mostly reserved for the later flight sims, and I think Indy 500.
Another C64 game in my world but I was equally as rubbish at that version. 😉
haha oh well. At least you had chip tunes :D
Its definitely coin muncher arcade difficulty for sure by the look of it.
You got that right.
Please can you play and review, or comment on Microsofts M1 Tank Platoon? It was such a great game.
I may if I get round to it (and I assume you mean Microprose). It's not part of my nostalgia as I don't recall playing it. I did play Team Yankee though.
I haven't play this one. Having to reboot the machine to get it to load, ahh Amiga quirks.
Yeah not sure that blue screen reboot is normal lol. May be an issue with these disks.
Shame the frame rates is so low. Ocean did much better with their op thunderbolt conversion.
Agreed Op Thunderbolt was a joy. My fave in this genre though is Space Gun, which I used to play using the Light Phaser. That's a solid home port. Especially if you play it while listening to Roxette.....wait what?
It feels a little like the game is just running too fast, i dont remember the arcade version throwing 15 enemies onscreen at once and expecting you to live. Obviously being genuine hardware though that cant be the case (too fast), maybe it was just a bad conversion, i think the arcade one was a little easier (Although still tough)
hmmm maybe I should check the difficulty settings if there is one lol
@@005AGIMA Good call on difficulty settings, i dont think anyone would last long with it throwing that many enemies at you at once. I am pretty sure when you select mission at the start there is a difficulty option (From memory)
Sadly can never get this game to work on a A500 plus or A1200 no matter what method I've tried.
That's odd. Original Disk or adf on a gotek or whdload? Tried multiple copies?
Yes, I've tried it on a gotek and the result is always the same. It loads as far as the mission screen then that's as far as it goes. I can only get it to work on emulator @@005AGIMA
@@kalsolarUK
Have you tried using one of the *Relokick* Disks to downgrade your Kickstart Rom they were loaded into your amiga first and then you would eject the disk and replace it with the Game/Program you wanted to run.
There were four different ones called *1.3 1.4 1.4a* and *1.41*
didn't like those big boxed games, most of my games where copies from the Barras Market here in Glasgow. £3 a game. I did buy some original games like budget ones and preowned games from the Barras .
Oh no another filthy pirate.. I'm ringing FAST!
LOL
Do you not think it's misleading to put Atari ST screenshots on an Amiga game when people are going to get it home and be disappointed with the washed out Amiga colours?
Joking aside the reason for this is because at that point there were much more Atari ST machines out there than Amiga, of course that would change!
Yeah that makes sense to a degree, but even in my spectrum days I used to see Amiga and ST screen shots on the back of boxes. Just interesting really.
Horrible frame rate.
It was way better even on C64 ! :D
Yes, the original arcade did have uzi gun as a joystick.
Yep was an Uzi for sure.
Good times 🤩
02:46 - OMG reverse bait-and-switch 😂
15:21 - "insert disc 1": ahh yes, that sense of defeat after having played a particular Amiga game for the first time since the 80es 🫣
The disk swap of shame.
Switch & Bait
@@DavePoo2YES 😂