Editing Cabal (video game) (section)

{{Short description|1988 arcade video game}}
{{about|the arcade game|other uses|Cabal (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Cabal
| image = Cabal arcadeflyer.png
| caption = Japanese arcade flyer
| developer = [[TAD Corporation]] <br/> [[Rare (company)|Rare]] (NES)
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|[[Taito]]|NA|[[Fabtek]]|EU|[[Capcom]]<ref name="CU" />}}
| composer = [[David Wise (composer)|David Wise]] (NES)
| release = {{vgrelease|JP/EU|September 1988<ref name="CVG" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=''Operation Wolf'' |url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M730480 |access-date=December 21, 2024 |website=Media Arts DB}}</ref>|NA|October 1988<ref>{{cite book |last1=Akagi |first1=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005) |date=October 13, 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |language=ja |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |page=117 |url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n118}}</ref>|EU|}}
| genre = [[Shooter game#Shooting gallery|Shooting gallery]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Amiga]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Commodore 64|C64]], [[ZX Spectrum]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
}}

{{nihongo|'''''Cabal'''''|カベール|Kabēru}} is a 1988 [[Arcade game|arcade]] [[Shooter game|shooter]] video game originally developed by [[TAD Corporation]] and published in Japan by [[Taito]], in North America by [[Fabtek]]<ref name="Retro163" /> and in Europe by [[Capcom]].<ref name="CU" /> In the game, the player controls a commando, viewed from behind, trying to destroy various enemy military bases.<ref>{{cite web|url       =http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7252|title=Cabal|work=The International Arcade Museum|accessdate=October 6, 2013}}</ref> The game was innovative for the era, but only a mild success in the arcades, and became better known for its various home conversions.<ref name="Retro163" />