Editing Cabal (video game) (section)

== Reception and legacy ==
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| award1Pub = ''Crash''
| award1 = Crash Smash
| award2Pub = ''Sinclair User''
| award2 = SU Classic
| award3Pub = ''Your Sinclair''
| award3 = Megagame 
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In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Cabal'' on their November 1, 1988, issue as being the eighth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=343|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=November 1, 1988|page=25|lang=ja}}</ref>

The arcade version was reviewed by Clare Edgeley in ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' magazine. She gave it a positive review, while comparing it favorably with ''[[Operation Wolf]]'' (1987) and ''[[Combat School]]'' (1987).<ref name="CVG">{{cite magazine |last1=Edgeley |first1=Clare |title=Arcade Action |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=September 16, 1988 |issue=84 (October 1988) |publisher=[[EMAP]] |location=United Kingdom |pages=114–6 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-084/page/n113/mode/2up}}</ref> Nick Kelly of ''[[Commodore User]]'' rated ''Cabal'' seven out of ten, comparing it favorably with ''[[Gryzor]]'' (1987) and ''[[Devastators]]'' (1988).<ref name="CU">{{cite magazine |last1=Kelly |first1=Nick |title=Arcades: Cabal |magazine=[[Commodore User]] |date=September 26, 1988 |issue=61 (October 1988) |page=99 |url=https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-61/page/n98/mode/1up}}</ref>

The ZX Spectrum version won the award for best advert of the year according to the readers of ''[[Crash (magazine)|Crash]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.crashonline.org.uk/75/awards.htm |magazine=Crash: The Online Edition |title=Crash Reader's Award Ceremony|last1=Roberts|first1=Nick|display-authors=et al|issue=75}}</ref>

The game's success inspired many ''Cabal'' clones, such as ''[[NAM-1975]]'' (1990) and ''[[Wild Guns]]'' (1994).<ref name="Retro163" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Wild Guns|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wildguns/wildguns.htm|work=Hardcore Gaming 101|accessdate=April 24, 2012|archive-date=May 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516125246/http://hardcoregaming101.net/wildguns/wildguns.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>