Originating in the arcades, Cabal is a shooter where the protagonist runs back and forth along the bottom of the screen, ducking and dodging bullets and grenades from the enemy. The roll maneuver from the arcade was not implemented in the PC version. The player returns fire by moving a target around the screen which also moves the player character and may expose him to enemy fire.

The enemies throughout the five levels come thick and fast and there are many of them. They include normal foot soldiers, tanks, helicopters and end of level bosses such as submarines and war machines. Just about everything on the screen can be blown up or shot. There are bonus points to be picked up for destroying buildings and weapons to be picked up from the enemy, such as machine guns and shotguns. Two-player mode is available.

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Cabal variants

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Cabal	NES	$0.57
	Cabal	DOS
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Kill all enemies and dodge their bullets

Amiga

*Katakis* (37454)

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The Press Says

The Games Machine (UK)	Commodore 64	Dec, 1989	87 out of 100	87
The Games Machine (UK)	ZX Spectrum	Dec, 1989	86 out of 100	86
The One	Amiga	Feb, 1990	81 out of 100	81
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Feb, 1990	78 out of 100	78
ST Action	Atari ST	Nov, 1991	67 out of 100	67
All Game Guide	Commodore 64	1998		60
The Video Game Critic	NES	Nov 17, 2004	C	50

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Trivia

Version differences

For reasons unknown the Amiga and Atari ST versions do not have the original level 2, with the scuba divers and a submarine end boss. Instead it skips to the harbour docks level, calling it level 2. Due to this missing level, there only are 4 levels in total.

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This entry was contributed by Kabushi (104489), Martin Smith (63217), Macintrash