Super Cobra
| Relationship | Randy comments on Super Cobra as a game he played and judged, comparing the arcade release with a home-console version he preferred. |
|---|---|
| Sentiment | Mixed |
| Assessment | He criticizes the arcade version as too hard and lacking continues, but he speaks positively about the home-console version and says he would rather play it. |
Super Cobra is a 1981 arcade game by Stern and Konami. Randy discusses it as an arcade title and compares it with a home-console version, saying the arcade release is very hard while the console version is the one he would rather play.
Arcade version
Randy describes Super Cobra as a helicopter game with 10 stages that repeat after you clear them. He says you shoot lasers or drop bombs, and he compares its fuel-tank mechanics to Scramble.
His view of the arcade version is negative: he says it is too hard, gives no continues, and leaves the player with only three lives to finish the game.
Home-console version
Randy contrasts the arcade game with the version he calls the "Cleico Vision" release. He says that version gives continues, even infinite continues, and that he would rather play it despite weaker graphics.
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Source note: The transcript is clear about Randy's comparison and preference, but the home-console platform name is transcribed inconsistently as "KCO vision" / "Cleico Vision".
References
- Randy Johnson, Super Cobra (randy commentary), archived transcript.