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Cabal

DOS - 1989
Also available on: Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Arcade - Atari ST - Commodore 64

Cabal is a fun early commando shooter that doesn't stand the test of time very well, although it was well ahead of its time in terms of well-animated enemies and the sheer variety of them.

The goal is straightforward: penetrate the terrorists' stronghold and shoot everything in sight. There are 5 progressively harder levels that will take you from the beach, to inside the stronghold and into the scorching desert. Enemies range from terrorists, to tanks, choppers, and the final "war machine" that will take a lot of reflexes and determination to defeat. As a shoot-everything-that-moves (and even those that don't, such as warehouses), Cabal is quite entertaining.

It doesn't have the same staying power as, say, Metal Gear due to simplistic gameplay, but the endless streams of enemies and attractive 3D third-person view should keep any shooter fans happy for quite some time, especially joystick experts... the last 2 levels are almost impossible (for an action wimp like me, of course). Two players can also play in a co-operative mode to help blast enemies to oblivion. Fun!

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

Boleros78 18 Mar. 2025

Keys:

Use the numeric key pad to move
X- Shoots.
Z- Grenade.
ESC - pauses game, any key after restarts.
M - toggles music on/off.
S - toggles sound on/off.
Q - quits the game.

0
Yes, My Nickname 23 May. 2024

Got introduced to this game via a local kids bouncy house inside out local mall. It was the only place in town that had an actual arcade inside, except for the bowling alley, which it was nothing compared (Now that I think about it, I should have bought the machine as they were closing. Oh well, not that I could even afford it anyways.). Let me tell you this, nothing beats the arcade's track pad. It was the most fun I had at any arcade. Spent all of my tokens, and most of my time, playing it. If only I can get it working on MAME :(.

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kashif 13 Jun. 2017

This game i would recommed playing on MAMe - the arcade version is awesome. plzzzzzzz

1
shankao 11 Mar. 2016

What are the key controls? Can you dodge the enemy bullets with some key like in other similar games?

2
Mika 09 Jul. 2014

This game I would recommend playing on MAME - the arcade version is awesome.

0
kram veliz gonzalez 24 Oct. 2013

buen juego

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halcon 24 Sep. 2013

gracias:)

0
barabenje 04 Jul. 2013

it doesn't work!

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Rehan 06 Mar. 2013

Outstanding

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asensi 31 Jan. 2012

verry good game

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Downloads

DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
589 KB
Commodore 64 version
Game file
United Kingdom English
223 KB
Amiga version
Game file
United Kingdom English
7 MB
Amstrad CPC version
Game file
United Kingdom English
66 KB
Atari ST version
Game file
United Kingdom English
936 KB
Arcade version
US set 1, Trackball
United Kingdom English
401 KB
US set 2, Trackball
United Kingdom English
397 KB
Joystick
United Kingdom English
518 KB
Neo-Geo Conversion
United Kingdom English
2 MB
Joystick
United Kingdom English
27 KB
Trackball
United Kingdom English
397 KB
Korea?, Joystick
South Korea Korean
368 KB

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