Cabal is an arcade video game developed by TAD Corporation in 1988.
Cabal is a war themed shoot’em up with one or simultaneous two-player gameplay in which two unnamed commandos must battle through five different stages, to reach and defeat an evil dictator.
Each stage contains four screens of play
The game is an into-the-screen shooter with the action viewed from an over-the-shoulder perspective.
Gameplay:
The commandos can move left and right to avoid incoming fire while the enemies themselves are targeted by moving an on-screen cross-hair over them and pressing fire.
If the fire button is held down, the commando remains static, allowing for more accurate targeting of the cross-hair. While static, the commandos are vulnerable to incoming enemy fire.
Initially, the commandos are armed with only a standard single shot gun (albeit with unlimited ammunition) and a limited number of grenades.
But in Cabal additional grenades and weapon power ups can be earned as play progresses.
As well as enemy troops, vehicles such as tanks, armoured cars and helicopters also appear and take numerous shots to destroy.
When destroyed or killed, some on screen targets release points bonuses and weapon power-ups that drop to the bottom of the screen and can be picked up by the commandos.
Weapon power ups include additional grenades, a rapid fire machine and an automatic shotgun, which has a slightly lower firing rate but has a larger targeting cross-hair, allowing it to strike a wider area with each shot.
Each of the game’s screens is littered with buildings and barricades that can also be destroyed.
This removes enemy cover as well as earning players bonus points.
It’s perfectly emulated by MAME.
Cabal (Arcade) infos:
| Cabal (Arcade) | |
|---|---|
| Year | 1988 |
| Developer | TAD Corporation |
| Publisher | TAD Corporation |
| Country | Japan |
| Genre | Shooter |
| CPU(s) | Motorola MC68000 10.000000 MHz Zilog Z80 3.579545 MHz |
| Video | 256 x 224 (H) 59.600000 Hz |
| Palette colours | 1024 |
| Sound | Speaker YM2151 OPM 3.579545 MHz 2 x OKI MSM5205 ADPCM 375.000 kHz 1 Channel |
| Players | 1-2 |
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