Cabal (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
211A playthrough of Milton Bradley's 1990 NES game, Cabal.
For the full review, including soundtrack and screenshot gallery, be sure to check out my write-up at http://www.nintendocomplete.com/cabal
Cabal (not pronounced 'cable', if you are unfamiliar with the word 'cabal') is a game that I got totally hyped up over by the TV commercials - anyone else remember it? (I can't believe someone uploaded it! See it here: http://youtu.be/oUGmG5i2YE0). That flaming skull had me at first look!
Anyways, it's a shooter that resembles light-gun games like Operation Wolf, Mechanized Attack, and Freedom Force, but you have direct control over your character and your crosshairs. It was pretty unique when it was new, and was an inspiration for many games in the years after it's arcade 1988 release (just check out the Konami GI Joe arcade game or Dynamite Duke to see the obvious resemblence). The arcade version used a trackball to aim, so clearly the controls had to be adapted to the NES controller. They're pretty responsive, but it definitely takes awhile to get a feel for the coordination to control both your physical character and your crosshairs at the same time with the same buttons.
Once you get it down, though, it's a fun, though easy, shooter than really feels close to the arcade version. Rare does it again!
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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