# Mission Genocide **URL:** \ **Category:** Videos\ **Created:** [September 16, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/mission-genocide/442 "2026-09-16T14:29:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/gryzor/32/7_2.png) [@Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Gryzor)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/mission-genocide/442/1 "2026-09-16T14:29:43Z")
Saw this on Facebook. Huh, didn’t know there were Light Force budget clones! Still, nice scrolling in that one. [![](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/44184ee1018e67e99bde117e1b06be638633bf09.jpeg "Mission Genocide - Amstrad CPC Longplay.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ9Cau4Q8rw) ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Flack](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/anthony_flack/32/35_2.png) [@Anthony\_Flack](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Anthony_Flack)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/mission-genocide/442/2 "2026-09-16T22:02:47Z")
This is a famous game! Pioneered the smooth vertical hardware scrolling technique which is now used in all the homebrew shmups and games like Pinball Dreams. It runs at 50hz which is seriously impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Flack](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/anthony_flack/32/35_2.png) [@Anthony\_Flack](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Anthony_Flack)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/mission-genocide/442/3 "2026-09-16T22:04:17Z")
I also had a copy back in the 80s and it got a lot of play. ---
**Author:** ![slider271](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/slider271/32/501_2.png) [@slider271](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/slider271)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/mission-genocide/442/4 "2026-09-17T00:38:29Z")
Such an impressive game, loved it back then, and still enjoy it now (especially since it’s been converted to the GX4000 and plays great with its joypad). Coded by the legendary Paul Shirley, of Locomotion and Spindizzy fame, the smooth scrolling and use of overscan made this look incredible on the Amstrad monitor I prefer the original title of ZTB (Zap The Badstars) though. ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Flack](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/anthony_flack/32/35_2.png) [@Anthony\_Flack](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Anthony_Flack)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/mission-genocide/442/5 "2026-09-17T22:00:27Z")
Funny how the publisher must have thought that having genocide in the title was less offensive than using an initial that stood for an anagram of bastards. Paul Shirley’s work on the Amstrad gave us many classics. Splat! and Quack a Jack were a couple of other great games I had in the early days. ---
**Author:** ![slider271](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/slider271/32/501_2.png) [@slider271](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/slider271)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/mission-genocide/442/6 "2026-09-17T23:35:24Z")
I’ve never played Quack a Jack but you’ve just reminded me that I watched a YouTube video on that recently and it looked great, so I need to give it a go. ---
**Author:** ![Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/gryzor/32/7_2.png) [@Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Gryzor)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/mission-genocide/442/7 "2026-09-18T06:01:16Z")
> [@Anthony\_Flack](#): > > having genocide in the title was less offensive yup! When I saw the title I was quite surprise… Maybe the sequel could’ve been “Mission Ethnic Cleansing”? > [@slider271](#): > > Quack a Jack Had never played it, but looks pretty decent for… 1984?! [![](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/0f2454ffbf24766961c375fbc3270b96a9d9f1f9.jpeg "[Amstrad CPC] Quack A Jack - Longplay") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADMMkt0P-ns) ---
**Author:** ![slider271](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/slider271/32/501_2.png) [@slider271](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/slider271)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/mission-genocide/442/8 "2026-09-30T19:15:16Z")
I didn’t realise Quack a Jack was based on an old arcade game called Checkman! I was watching this episode of The Spectrum Show (yes, I’m a traitor to the CPC as the Speccy was my first love) and it’s the same game: [![](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/1X/f62e9fcd61f063eb704760bdadb6fd97c28701f4.jpeg "The Spectrum Show EP153") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0BY0ogRG7Y) But Paul Shirley’s game is much cuter 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Flack](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/anthony_flack/32/35_2.png) [@Anthony\_Flack](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Anthony_Flack)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/mission-genocide/442/9 "2026-10-01T07:27:37Z")
I knew about Checkman but never knew there were so MANY versions of it for the Spectrum. Although QAJ seems to be a better implementation. ---
**Author:** ![Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/user_avatar/forum.cpcwiki.eu/gryzor/32/7_2.png) [@Gryzor](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/u/Gryzor)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/t/mission-genocide/442/10 "2026-10-18T10:12:19Z")
Another (!) longplay, this time by you-know-who. [![](https://forum.cpcwiki.eu/uploads/default/original/2X/1/17a6dcd24617a258883387a140ec2ecd0e6460cf.jpeg "[Amstrad CPC] Mission Genocide - Longplay") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8eNyOCB7aU)