Christmas 1989: I get bought the ZX Spectrum lightgun pack and with it comes Operation Wolf. My family didn't see me again until March...

@MarkMcDaniel

4 жыл бұрын

@@rosselliswilkinson -- LOL!

@kenshironeo7254

3 жыл бұрын

The gun for Amstrad was awful, was the spectrum gun better? I wish I had got the joystick version honestly.

The Way Those Uzi's Actually "Popped" When Ya Pulled TheTrigger, Was So Cool,& Had Me Wanting to Play Again&Again, just for The Simulation Effect.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely it was a classic

@0BRAINS0

4 жыл бұрын

Didn't the uzis on the T2 arcade game do that too?

@pecker2692

4 жыл бұрын

I remember when it came out in the arcade & it was all any of my friends were talking about. That gun made the game. No matter how good the graphics were on the home systems it just wasn't the same as having that gun in your hand blasting away.

I LOVE Operation Wolf~! If I ever find a cabinet again, I am definitely playing it. Even hearing: 'You have sustained a lethal injury. Sorry, but you are finished, HERE' is satisfying~!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

LOL, those words are forever ingrained in my memory :-)

@ianashby6294

3 жыл бұрын

Totally I'm doing a roy adams cosplay

story time: after getting an nes, i was blown away, and i was promised to get some new games on christmas , so the months passed and xmas came and i got 2 new games...this and back to the earth....for a kid who was like 10 years old, who only had mario and duck hunt, these 2 games, that were only light guns games, were like a kick to the shin, i hated them both , i was dreaming of mario 2 and zelda and all i got was crappy light gun games....the family noticed i was upset, so the promised me to get better games on my birthday, a couple of months passed and i got 3 new games....MARIO 2, WRATH OF THE BLACK MANTA and SNAKE'S REVENGE...now , say what u like about the games, but a new mario game, a ninja game and a metal gear game ? that was the happiest day of my life...

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your memories. That sounds like a pretty good birthday to me. All classic gamesThat I would have loved to have owned back in the day

@TV-Tony

2 жыл бұрын

Black Manta I got a few years ago. Was hard, but finally beat it. Was kind of weird with having to rescue kids trapped in walls and ice and the final boss is tough, having to use all your special abilities to defeat him. Snake's Revenge I believe was a part of Metal Gear. I'll have to try that one again. The 3 Mario games I did recently too, only finishing the original in my youth.

Yes this is a good game. They have this on the PlayStation VR too. It’s good too.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome to Try

This game blew my MIND back in the day! The violence and intensity was off the charts, it was filled with vivid combat action, you had an urgency you were about to die and its one of the first games to have memorable multiple endings.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, it was excellent feeling that gun in your hand with the recoil effect.

Played this one in the arcades. The uzi feedback and jolting back then was truly awesome. Later i had the Amiga version at home. Operation Thunderbolt was also very good. Great game, great video👍

I'll never forget the excitement I felt as a kid seeing this arcade cabinet for the first time! Such a brilliant game. I dream of owning one now I'm in my 40s lol

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

Жыл бұрын

That machine gun in your hand was so cool

One of the coolest games games ever, when you booted up the cassette and the title screen appeared one of the best feelings i've ever had, in the realization that i was playing operation wolf at home!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

It was definitely a classic arcade game and I can recall getting it from the Commodore 64 back in the day. :-)

@spongeknock7387

4 жыл бұрын

@Micah Mcgaffin err tape cassette is a thing

@cryptolord9826

2 жыл бұрын

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries yeah same I was like 6 years old walked into arcade room my parents put money into the machine I think my old man had to lift me to play it lol still remember it then years later purchased it on the 64 was very disappointed lol

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

2 жыл бұрын

@@cryptolord9826 That's very cool, I can recall my dad putting me up on the bowling lane when I was one or two and I would push the ball down the lane. Great memories :-) I was disappointed with the 64 version as well and couldn't believe how small the sprites were LOL

@beyond72deepsoulfulhousemixes

Жыл бұрын

Not to downplay your nostalgia but nothing could compare to the arcade game, one of those WOW moments.

Oh wow, I remember playing this back in the day.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

It's probably my all-time favorite arcade shooter

Loved the video! Thank you! OW is one of my top ten all time arcade favs! One comment, I personally feel the game pays homage 1978's all star Merc adventure, The Wild Geese. I'd always pretend to be the doomed RSM "Sandy" , fighting to the last cartridge!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

5 жыл бұрын

It's probably my all-time favorite shooter. Thanks for the nice words.

The sound effects in the PC version support speaker, adlib, Tandy, and CMS. They are not pc speaker only, and the footage you included is playing adlib sound effects.

Great video. I totally forgot about this game until I saw this and recognized the screens and realized I spent a decent amount of time playing this in the arcade. Your capture of the arcade version was perfectly composed and edited, with just the right amount of footage and detail without getting monotonous, and without that I might not have been sure if I'd really played this. Thanks!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, I'm glad you liked it. I really appreciate the kind words. I try to keep my videos just short enough so they'll get boring but filled with enough detail. Also, thanks for subscribing

7 seconds into the video and midways top gun game flashes up...i have been trying to find this game for close to 40 yrs..a memory from my youth that i couldnt find anywhere...

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome glad I could Help

@fatbelly2438

4 жыл бұрын

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries it was the gunfighter you shot when the saloon doors opened..the hologram would spin round from him standing with a gun to him dying... isle of man 1978....

I Totally had forgotten about this GEM. This game was one of the favorites at the Arcades, when it was open. Only played the Arcade version. Didn't know there were sequels. Very Cool as always. 🤘🤠

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

This is Actually the first Arcade Game I ever played back in 1987 when I debuted in the Arcades.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

It is my all-time favorite shooter

Absolutely LOVED this game at the arcade. Saw it was coming to NES and saved up all my money. Called Toys R Us every day to see if it was in yet. Finally came in and I bought it. Popped it into the Nintendo and started to play. Home version was so shitty i damn near cried!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

LOL, that's terrible. I know how you feel, most home conversions were not that great. Thanks for sharing though

@beyond72deepsoulfulhousemixes

Жыл бұрын

Don't think anything could be as bad as Double Dragon on the Commodore 64, early screenshots and an amazing manual really got my hopes up. Still burns to this day!😂

This is my favorite shooter of all time! Can't believe the game still looks like it would be as fun to play now as it was when I played it as a little kid with a pocketful of quarters at the arcade. Awesome video!

I've forgotten so many of these games thanks for jarring my memory! Spent alot of time hanging out with other kids at the arcade and playing games pre internet when people actually met other people and socialized with one another.😃

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, back in the good old days of the arcades :-)

Love these videos , man your hitting my spot with every upload

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, glad you enjoy them. Thanks

The Arcade had that awesome vibrating Uzi that just blew any other game away!.....Best game ever!

Been binging your vids over the past few days. The fact that you don't have more subs is egregious

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

That's very nice of you to say, thank you

I loved this and “Area 51”.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

That's another excellent shooter

@brian_b_music

3 жыл бұрын

Area 51 was awesome. That one got a lot of my quarters back in the day!!

@waxlthegreat

3 жыл бұрын

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries try punisher

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

3 жыл бұрын

@@waxlthegreat I already did a video on that game

@waxlthegreat

3 жыл бұрын

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries thank you

I remember playing this at a local 7-11 across the street from my middle school. I go over, get a Big Gulp and put a bunch of quarters into this game. It was a fun game at the time, I didn’t play any of the sequels, a buddy of mine had it on his NES but I didn’t like it, thanks for the review.

I played this at my pizza shop back in the mid 90s! This was such a memorable game because the gun recoil and sound effects felt so real! It was super fun and arcadey

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

3 жыл бұрын

As soon is it debutedAt our local bowling alley I was hooked :-)

Arcade Club in Bury, England has Operation Wolf, Thunderbolt and 3 machines all running. Only 16 English pounds to get in and you get to play all day

Nice to see someone looking at Operation Wolf: it was a fantastic game at the time, but a little supplementary info: Nishikado was credited on Chase HQ II, etc but he was in a management role by then, so likely little to no creative input. This goes for Darius II/Sagaia on the Megadrive (your video shows the arcade ver), Parasol Stars (PCE) and Bust a Move (PS ports) too. On to Op Wolf: I'm interested in your source for his involvement; he was defintely still at Taito at the time, but I have a feeling he'd already shifted into management, and may have been overseeing console development (that might have been a few years later). I have a feeling he had little to do with its design, but the game has no staff list, so researching it is not easy :D

I wish I could reclaim the money i dumped in to this game. I probably could buy a house ...

@RetroMMA

4 жыл бұрын

Well, if it's that much, surely you possess much needed mercenary skills - you can do it..!

@DrMurdercock

4 жыл бұрын

Glad I am not the only one remembering this as a quarter killer

Unless there are 2 different types of machines, i think you are mistaken about calling this a light gun game. The joystick to control the on-screen crosshairs is built into the base where the gun is attached to the machine. I found this out when my brother attempted to mess up my game by putting his hand in front of the gun to prevent it from reading the screen, to no effect.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

That could be, I've always read it was a light gun though. Thanks for the info though

@sjellenoff

4 жыл бұрын

No it is a light gun game. I own the real machine. Notice how the screen flashes white when trigger is pulled this allows the light sensor to detect where the gun is aimed.

Played the hell out of this on NES. Never used my lightgun for some reason. Never got passed the last level.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

When I played with a light gun as a kid the accuracy wasn't that great.

Operation wolf 3? Wow I never knew that. Great video.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

Awesome Video, indeed series... Operation Wolf was one of my favorites on my c64, although lackluster... :)

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

Ah this game was just fantastic and really got the adrenaline going. Nothing compares to it today.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, it's probably my favorite all-time shooter

I remember buying a lottery ticket with hopes that I'd win so I could purchase the arcade machine. Then I discovered Operation Thunderbolt which I very much prefer. The innocence of childhood 😂

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

They were both great games that's for sure

@classicpesps4400

4 жыл бұрын

What about operation bear?

If I have a seizure watching this video can someone make sure I don't swallow my tongue? My God, the flashing lights in this game should be illegal. Great video by the way. First video of yours I have seen. Just subscribed

Great video! I would love to see a series on the Darius IP. One of my favorite SHMUPs ever!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, all depends on what I can dig up

@wanderandargo

Жыл бұрын

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries awesome! there are many great collections and remasters available for all platforms. It may not help with the history much but it's something.

Just discovered your channel and videos. I absolutely love your work!!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much :-)

I been trying to remember the name of this game for SO long! Oh mannnnnn this is game my quarters! Used to go to this bar with my parents to play this and mario. Oh great upload man

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help, Thanks for watching

I like that you can hear the mouse click in the audio.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry I'm disabled and have my trackball next to my microphone which is the only spot it can go

@xn0gaming

4 жыл бұрын

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Ah, the more you know. Thanks for clearing that one up. :)

I like how you always give the Spectrum an encouraging pat on the back.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

I try not to be too harsh in my videos but sometimes I can't help myself :-)

I loved this game when it was released in the arcade. Prior to this I mostly remember games with gun controllers that were on huge projected screens while you stood at least 6 feet back to play. I never got into the 8bit/16bit versions because it didn't come close to the arcade experience with the Uzi controller. Same as Operation Thunderbolt. I don't recall seeing OW3 in the wild where I was now that I think of it and Operation Tiger I didn't even hear of previously, though that's not a surprise, as by that point I'd left my days as an arcade rat behind long before. I loved the one I went to most often. It was small, it was dingy, it always had a fog of cigarette smoke and it's entrance was up a dark alley. That place was fun as hell as they always seemed to have something new coming in every month or so. It wasn't set up for kids, but that made it even better as there was never a time where it was absolutely packed, but the business was steady. The owner was a real character as well. Great times. I haven't thought about that place in years. Thanks for the video mate :)

Operation Wolf is in my top 5 as to what arcade machine I will be adding to the work lunchroom. I am sure it is 1 of the more expensive to purchase but for a 10-15 minute run I can think of few games that are better to pass the time. I only wish I had been better at the game as a 12-14 year old as O.Wolf did eat up the quarters. Thanks for the Vid. I have been appreciating the images from of the Sega Master System lately. It was not financially viable to have NES and Master S. as a kid since my parents granted me the Commodore64. I have subbed. Keep up the good work. All the ports are amazing, I had no idea at that time they existed.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice words. I had a Commodore and the NES so was not able to try the SMS version Although the graphics did look nice. The arcade game was an instant classic to me. Thanks again

@sjellenoff

4 жыл бұрын

I would have thought the same but when you find them for sale they are often pretty cheap. Mine was 250 although it had some issues. Of course you can find overpriced ones also. The biggest thing is that it's hard to find a fully working one. But boy is it worth it. Nothing like mowing the enemy down as the recoil is going crazy.

Operation Wolf, Knights of The Round, and, The Simpson's were my favorite arcade games of this era until Street Fighter II, Darkstalkers, and XMEN came out a few years later. My all time favorites are still the early Atari and Namco hits of the early 80's though.

Totally forgot about that game.Love it

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Holy smokes Patman. I'm from Indianola, Iowa!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Well hello, so it nice to meet a local yokel on here :-)

Great review, much respect :D

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it

I just found your channel a d subscribed, you are bringing me back to my childhood and the 80s with all these classic arcade games. Operation Wolf was so much fun. I didn't know they made a Chase HQ 2, I played Chase HQ but never saw a sequel. Did you review Shinobi or Blades of Steel?

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for subscribing. I have not done either of those games yet but they are on the list. Thanks

$3000 for FM towns, wow !. Just discovered this channel and addicted, great work, watching it in between a few games on my homemade mame arcade machine :) top stuff.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the nice words that you enjoy the content

There was 3 games I knew in this series. Operation wolf is where you fight a millitary. Operation thunderbolt is where you fight the terrorists. Operation wolf 3 is where you fight the power rangers.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

There was actually four but information is very limited on the fourth one

@DarthcrackbabY

4 жыл бұрын

Operation Tiger?

When this first came out in the arcades, I couldn't play it because I was too short.

I remember having trouble with this one in the arcade, but finally being able to beat the sequel Operation Thunderbolt on about my second or third try. I was finally able to save the pilot yay. Picking up the laser sight power up really helped. I later beat it again on a co op playthrough with a friend as well. I think I usually either died or ran out of ammo playing Wolf though haha. I just realized the light gun game Target: Terror did the same thing at the end where they didn't let you continue once you reached the end. Except it was the last checkpoint of the final stage, so the game let you put in one last credit to replenish your health before continuing if you wanted to, which I usually did. At least, that's what Target: Terror did.

One of my favorite things about old school arcades is the art on the machine!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

It's really good, the entire cabinet is a classic

Hey I just found your channel recently and you're incredibly great. Thank you for this great content

@mikedierickx6405

4 жыл бұрын

WAIT YOU'RE FROM THE QUAD CITIES?! I went to Davenport North High School holy fuk

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, glad you enjoy the content

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

LOL, well hello fellow quad citizen. It's a small world :-)

I wish I had this style of game in my basement

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

You and me both :-)

Great video sir. I'm from Chicago and yea, its POP! SUBSCRIBED!

Being sadly born past the days of the Arcade I still had the great fortune to actually catch countless games of this at our local pizza joint. My adult sense of responsibility I have since gained weeps for all the money, quarter by quarter, I dumped into the damn thing but the child in me has no regrets.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I spent so many quarters it was absolutely ridiculous

Great to see a new video.

Oh man this game was the bomb in the arcade. Everyone wanted to play this that I knew.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

It's probably my all-time favorite shooter

Cheyenne was one of my fave light gunners

I miss the arcades

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

So do I

Next year Taito is releasing a collection of games previously made available by Arcade Archives on Switch. They say there will be more than 8 games, so I hope they add Operation Wolf

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

3 жыл бұрын

That would be very cool

I was thinking about this classic '80s arcade game during my 9-5 work shift. Last time played this game was in 1990.By the '90s other 1st person game having a controller resembling a firearm/gun were taking over like Lethal Enforcer and T2:Judgment Day.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

5 жыл бұрын

Lethal enforcers and T2 or both classics I'm sure I'll cover both of those in the future

I had the zx spectrum version, i remember it cost me alot of money at the time and it was rubbish. Great video once again.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed :-)

Thank you for posting this and your many other awesome videos. Opwolf is one of my all time favorites. I sucked at the game when I was a kid so didn't get to enjoy it as much as I do now in my basement. Gun is definitely one of the best made for recoil and sound. I also have T2 and while Iove that game too the gun experience isn't nearly as good. Of course T2 isn't supposed to feel like an Uzi. 😀

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, I would love to own an original. Thanks for the nice words

Good memories of this in the arcades.

Thank u for this video.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, thanks for watching

I like how the game says he cut off reinforcements, from one man with submachine gun. Wow!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

I have a real nerdy picture of my getting the Nes version of this game on my Birthday. I wasn't as good as the arcade sadly.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

LOL, I was pretty good at the arcade game

I sometimes see Operation Wolf at some arcades but I keep forgetting to give it a shot, too late for that now. :( BTW: really like how detailed you get with the ports on your videos.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, some people don't really care about the different ports but I always found them very interesting

@r2332w

Жыл бұрын

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries what about the game overs

Operation Wolf was very much influenced by Rambo: First Blood Part II, right down to the opening montage, which was also similar to Commando, as well as the game beginning with you parachuting into a jungle, you going on a rescue mission to save some POWs in a jungle, and a climactic helicopter chase as you escape from enemy territory. Operation Thunderbolt, in the meantime, was more like The Delta Force since it had you rescuing hostages kidnapped by terrorists after their flight was hijacked.

@SolCresta3405

Жыл бұрын

Did you hear a new Operation Wolf game came out not too long ago?

You're going in and hitting hard!

One thing to note about the C64 version is that you could use the 1351 mouse.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

Жыл бұрын

Excellent, I'm sure that would've helped out

loved this game when I was a kid!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

It's still one of my all-time favorite shooters

this game creeped me out as a kid...i was creeped out that i was getting shot up and could pay the game well😕

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

I used to play this game in early 1990 or late 1989, I think in my local mall arcade game area. I missed the good old memory once that mall was shut down after all in late 1999.

Sorry I keep commenting like a know-it-all, but you have the wrong version of Operation Wolf for the MSX. That version was an unofficial homebrew version, while the official version was just the spectrum port, albeit slower.

I love this game I am trying to get the world record frim galloping Ghost Arcade Right now I am number two in the world thank you for posting this !

This and its sequel really rubs in the failure when the player loses, and I LOVE it! Makes me so angry in a good way and want to play even harder! Operation Wolf is a hit in my local arcade!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

LOL "you are finished….Here!"

@TylerMcNamer

4 жыл бұрын

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries AUGH! *DANG IT!* Along with that, it does make you feel like you are the protagonist when they do those cut-scenes. Addressing YOU, not just the guy you're playing as. Fantastic detail!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

@@TylerMcNamer It really is one of my all-time favorite shooters. It's a classic

I remember playing this in the arcade at a fairground that would show up at the grounds at the bottom of my street every Easter. There really was nothing else like it at the time. I had the C64 version and I thought it was pretty decent, in spite of its shortcomings.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

It is probably my all-time favorite shooter

I loved this game as a kid

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

It's probably my all-time favorite shooter

Are you going to do a complete history of "Choplifter"? Loved playing that one on the C-64, then loved it even more when we got to play it in arcades later. The Sega Master System version still rocks =) I think "F-15 Strike Eagle" was another one we got to play on home systems _before_ it hit the arcades.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Chop lifter would be good so I will added to the ever expanding request list. F - 15 was definitely one I played on my Commodore and never did see the actual arcade unit

@jamesanthony8438

4 жыл бұрын

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I ran across a sit-down model once and it was _a lot of fun._ Kind'a wish I could play it, again. The graphics were much improved over the C-64 original (think "F-15 Strike Eagle" meets "Gunship 2000").

great vid. it was a potentiometer combo in the gun base. they werent light guns.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the correction

@DJSures

4 жыл бұрын

anytime :). I’m a fan of your channel - brings back a lot of memories. My father owned one of the largest arcade companies in Canada. I grew up fixing and of course testing (playing) them. Operation wolf was an interesting one because of the potentiometer setup. You’d have to setup the range in settings. And a bad potentiometer would bounce the target around. A few of my favorite games were mikie, exciting hour, Galaga, time pilot, Popeye, Arabian, jungle hunt, and rope man.

Weird, I played this in the arcade as a kid, and I remember the death screen being a LOT gorier and more disturbing.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

No it was always this way unless you thinking of a different game

@maddumass

4 жыл бұрын

Your memory has sustained a lethal injury here. Lol

Awesome video keep up the good work!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

Жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend

1987 my Arcade Debut year, i loved this game it has released on next generation consoles recently. I'd get the PS5 version but light guns don't exist anymore. Idk why!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

Жыл бұрын

Well you can't use the traditional light guns on LCD screens

I was playing Operation Wolf on the PS2 Midway Arcade Treasures 2, and got wiped out before the first round was over. Is there a continue button in this game? I can't see to progress. High difficulty. Thanks for covering this tough game series. EDIT: Taito Legends on PS2, sorry.

Weird. I rented the NES version and I don't remember it having Zapper support but both you and Wikipedia say that it did. - I guess I tried it with the Zapper and found it performed poorly compared to the controller and I put it out of my mind. : /

For the record this game has been beaten over 16 Million points.

You forgot to mention that the C64 had the best soundtrack. Oh, but now I'm being silly, C64 always has the best music! Seriously though, Jonathan Dunn did a great a job. Hearing that intro part was always worth the load.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

It did, it just goes without saying you going to get good sounds and music on the Commodore 64

I drank a lotta *pop* playing Operation: Wolf at my neighborhood 7-11 here in the Pacific Northwest.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Is it pop up there or is it soda?Here in the Midwest is pop, down in Florida where my nephew lives it soda

@warpartyattheoutpost4987

4 жыл бұрын

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries, it's *pop* to most people who grew up here, but I live in a college town so a lotta people are from outta town and say "soda". Thanks for the trip down memory lane with these arcade classics!

I have vague memories of seeing the arcade Operation Thunderbolt back in 1994. I think the glass on the lightgun was busted. Anyway I recently completed the arcade version of the original on AntStream with 20% lag. Amazed I managed to complete it with that issue.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

2 жыл бұрын

I have never heard of that service but I just checked it out and it looks intriguing.

@pferreira1983

2 жыл бұрын

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It's free. 😊

Level 6 (airport) always makes me remember the final scene from the movie: The Delta Force. BTW this game is one of my forever top favorites arcade machine, so many good memories and good times.

Great job!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

This was my favorite arcade game back in the day.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

My all time favorite arcade shooter

I loved operation wolf at the arcade!

The dos version had a bug. If you died over and over and over (i was 7 at the time ish) Then suddenly your next game started with some kind of bug where you cant take damage and never run out of ammo. Me and my friends would on purpose just die over and over and over until this occurred. Never failed us :P

I played this on cromer pier arcade as a kid before it all fell in the sea ...i lay in bed at night thinking ...dam that cool uzi is going to waste at the bottom of the sea it must still be up for grabs ...all I need is a snorkel a hack saw ...and a visit to cromer beach...lol

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

The whole peer collapsed? How did that happen

@davidherron9151

4 жыл бұрын

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries just disrepair and neglect

Loved the kicking of that arcade UZI when I was a kid XD

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, it was intense

The problem with the nintendo version was that the light gun couldn't be played in automode. You had to individually pull the trigger every time. There was NO way you could even pass the first level. Imagine pulling the trigger 300 times? Nintendo really needed to release an auto version of their lightgun. Then it would've been awesome.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

4 ай бұрын

I seem to recall having quite a bit of fun with it

Had the Amstrad version as a kid. Could never get off the first level!

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries

7 ай бұрын

YIKES