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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: MAD on May 18, 2004, 02:13:01 PM
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Hoya!
YES, another one by me! ;-)
I would say:
SOTB (I am the FIRST one in this thread, nah! ;-))
Unreal
SpeedBall2 ;-)
Turrican 3
Battle Squadron
MoonStone
SWIV
OK, that is all for now.
Your move, creeps! ;-)
Be funky
M A D
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Agony had the best graphics I have ever seen :-o
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Greetings,
Nice graphics comes to mind.
SOTB (really nice parallax)
Jim Powers (nice parallax too but gameplay don't like)
AlienBreed 2 and >
ChaosEngine
Turrican II and III
SuperFrog (cute)
Brian the Lion (very cute)
R-Type II (hard to play it though)
Arkanoid I
Defenders of the Crown
SIMCITY 2k(cool)
Zool 2
SuperStarDust (tunnel part only! rather play the demo)
Lotus III
Silk Worm (solid playing)
FlashBack
Thanks MAD!
Good day to all Amigans! :-D
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AntonioX wrote:
Agony had the best graphics I have ever seen :-o
I totally agree on that!
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Well, for the A500, I think:
ElfMania
Lionheart
Ruff 'n Tumble
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Nothing can beat Microcosm for graphics, which in addition to being graphically impressive is also technically impressive given the specs of the CD32. Shame about the gameplay though.
Steve.
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Rocket Ranger
It Came From the Desert
Shadow of the Beast
Who framed Roger Rabbit
Xenon 2 (great soundtrack too)
Space Ace (how many disks????)
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The detail and animation in the AGA version of Simon the Sorcerer was excellent.
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Ruff N' Tumble still amazes me.... the most slick gfx ever!
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MAD wrote:
SOTB (I am the FIRST one in this thread, nah! ;-))
Unreal
SpeedBall2 ;-)
Turrican 3
Battle Squadron
MoonStone
SWIV
I thought Turrican 2's gfx were better than 3. Turrican 3 appeared a little more clunky in comparison.
Shadow of the Beast was a definite yes, but it's a little spoiled by the four colour sprites which don't go well with the glorious backdrops - particularly on the Plains level.
Battle Squadron? Pure, old-skool shoot em up in the style of a myriad of arcade games and I liked the graphics for it.
Here's my list of games I was most impressed by - not necessarily THE best you understand.
Nebulus
Turrican II
F15 Strike Eagle II - Those copper skies were nice.
Lotus III & all the Lotus series
Shadow of the Beast
Super Stardust
The intro for Stryx
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Lionheart
No amiga OCS/ECS game had better graphics ever!!!!
regards,
tokai
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Well...no, I'd say universe is better looking. Hundreds of colours on an A500...although Lionheart comes close :) ...and super stardust's tunnels were gob smacking.
But why stay old school? Tales of Tamar, genetic species, T-zero (especially) and Napalm are all good looking too.
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I think comparing new games' gfx isn't enough exciting. today's games has just average quantity in any form unlike the all-time classics.
By the way, Shadow Of The Beast II has the best demons and environment to feel the mood
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I have sweet memories from the incredible Shadow of the Beast, it was s beautiful first time I saw it, I couldnt believe it, it looked like arcade for gods sake !!! other ones are Robocod (James Pond 2), Turrican games, Agony, MegaTwins, Project X, Leander, and moore
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On a purely graphical basis? Rise of the Robots.
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Hoya!
As usual, I forgot one of my fave, another Bitmap Bro game, the great Gods.
The gfx when you are in the temple are lovely, it DOES look like marble! :-)
And obviously I was talking about "old school" gfx.
Rendered textures cannot really be considered graphics, can they? After all, you can make them by using a digital camera and shooting a wall or using a pattern generator.
I am talking about REAL bitmap!
Hey, I forgot the Pinball series! Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies and Pinball Illusions! FANTASTIC gfx there! And NO, I do no think Slam Tilt is great!
Be funky
M A D
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Morley wrote:
AntonioX wrote:
Agony had the best graphics I have ever seen :-o
I totally agree on that!
me too !!
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A game can look great on a ZX81 if you put enough artistic effort in it.
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Ohh yea.. On the basis of gfx and all that.... Here are the games that surely take #1 in this catagory...
1.Agony
2.Shadow of the beast 1-3
3.Worms Armageddon.
I know im missing a few games that are good in gfx, but Psygnosis company titles stand. :-)
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Brian the Lion ECS/AGA
Ruff'n'Tumble ECS
Lionheart ECS
Deliverance ECS
Super Stardust AGA
Mortal Kombat 2 ECS
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Id have to say it between these:
Battlesquadron (Class top down shoot-em-up)
Silkworm
MegaLoMania
Alienbreed2
Zool2
Superfrog
Demo wise is would definately have to be
"Jesus On E's"
by watchman
(2disks only-any amiga!)
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Hoya!
Worms Armaggedon on Amiga??!!
Be funky
M A D
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@tokai wrote:
No amiga OCS/ECS game had better graphics ever!!!!
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Wanna bet? hehe, check out ElfMania. You will have a seriously hard time believing that its not AGA.
some people will agree that these are it:
Ruff N Tumble (ECS)
LionHeart (ECS)
ElfMania (ECS)
Brian The Lion (ECS)
StarDust (ECS)
Hired Guns (the presentation and menu)
all those games look AGA, and I am amazed by them.
Project X is also worhty because the grafics are superb for 32 colors!
on the AGA side here is my pics:
SlamTilt (Best game on the Amiga Period!)
SuperStarDust
Rise Of The Robots
Fightin Spirit AGA
Capital Punishment
T-Zer0
Super Street Fighter 2 TURBO (GameTek) Playing sucked tho
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Ok, here´s my list:
Super Stardust
Defender of the Crown
Premiere
Sinbad & The Throne of the Falcon
Pinball Fantasies
Pinball Ilussions
Slam Tilt
Project X
Shadow of the Beast I & II
Xenon 2
Turrican 2
Rocket Ranger
It Came from the Desert
OnEscapee
Lionheart
Soccer Kid
Flashback
Another World
Apidya
Gods
Body Blows
that´s all that cames to my mind at this moment...
cheers!
Sebastian
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ok, Project X is the first game that comes in mind (had great music too!)
- the Pinball series from digital illusions were absolutely stunning
- Speedball 2, need i say more ? :-D
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I love the countless animations
in Total Chaos.
-Battle at the Frontier of time.
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Superstar dust
Brian The Lion
Superfrog
Mr nutz
Slamtilt
T-zero
Nightlong
BUbble Heroes
Shadow of the beast 3
Pinball Illusions
Simon The sorcerer Aga + II
Ruff and tumble
Lionheart
Elfmania
Capital Punishment
FightiNg SPirits
Myst (HATE THE GAMEPLAY THOUGH)
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DEFENDER OF THE CROWN
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Missing: Screenshots of these games!
I never got to play most of these games, so please post some screenshots! Thanks! :-D
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Topaz wrote:
Morley wrote:
AntonioX wrote:
Agony had the best graphics I have ever seen :-o
I totally agree on that!
me too !!
ME THREE!!!
Agony GFX rocked
but I also loved the GFX of
AnotherWorld
OnEscape
STARDUST
moon stone
rocket ranger
ALIEN BREED 3D (the Water moved so real)
ahodow of the beast 2 (better n' 3)
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Shadow Of The Beast III
Elfmania
(Super) Stardust
Turrican II
Gravity Power/Force II :-)
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OnEscapee
The Shadow of the Third Moon
Lionheart
Beneath a Steel Sky
Desert Strike
Slamtilt
Another World
Flashback
and many other I can't think of right now...
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Well here's my opinions:
Best scrolling: Kid Chaos/Zool 1
Best pre-rendered graphics: Super Stardust/XP8
Best FMV: Microcosm/Alien Breed:Tower Assault
Best lighting: Genetic Species/OnEscapee
Best platform game graphics: Oscar/Superfrog
Best RTS graphics: Napalm/Exodus
Best FPS graphics: Quake 1/Alien Breed 3D2:TKG
Best fighting game graphics: Shadow Fighter/Body Blows:Galactic
Best 3D graphics: Heretic II/WipeOut 2097
Best 2D graphics: Myst/Monkey Island
Best explosions: Payback/Napalm
Best flight-sim graphics: TFX/Lambda
:-o :-D :-o :-D :-o :-D
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*Thinks a bit*
T-Zero, no question has superlative graphics.
Super Stardust had mouthwateringly good tunnels (better than Microcosm, too).
Darkseed had decent graphics too, but they were in hi-res so ironically made your head hurt, exactly like the game character.
I suppose I have to mention Alien Breed 3D II somewhere here, as well. Nemac iV had excellet explosions, but I didn't like the game at all. Same for Skeleton Krew.
Harlequin had evocative enemy sprites...
Ruff 'n Tumble just looks totally slick. Everything about that game just oozes fun.
Dizzy had eye-catching cartoon ones, too.
For overall beauty, I would choose between Ruff n' Tumble and T-Zero, particularly when there's a lot going on. If you want to check on which games had good graphics (if not the minor issue of any gameplay), look to Amiga Action and see the games which scored more than 90%. 92% for Rise of the Robots? Get outta here...
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I never tried T-Zero, that was a ClickBOOM 2D shoot 'em up right?
They were an excellent company I don't know what they are doing now.
Imagine how courageous you have to be to convert WipEout 2097 to
Amiga, haha... can you imagine the conversation to Psygnosis?
ClickBOOM: "Hello, yes, I would like to convert your multi-million
selling Playstation hovercraft racer to the Amiga"
Pysgnosis: "The Amiga? Ahaha"
ClickBOOM: "We just ported Quake and we've done a Command & Conquer
killer"
Psygnosis: "Err, alright, give us your money... oh and you don't get
the Firestarter music!"
ClickBOOM: "Mmmmalright"
;-) ;-) ;-)
As for Nemac IV I seem to remember it being very interesting to start
with, big guns and robots. Wasn't there some special thing in it, like
mines or something?
I'm going to have to try this Ruff 'N Tumble game. The main character
I seem to remember had a square chin, like a small kid?
More people seem to mention Ruff 'N Tumble than my favourite: Kid
Chaos...
Also, Genetic Species is sadly overlooked - don't you remember the FMV
intro on that? Amazing! And the weapons and lighting... woo!
A lot of Point 'N Click adventures had beautiful graphics because they
were mostly static bitmaps. The real test comes when you move your
beautiful graphics around the place.
Remember Settlers (/2) the intro cartoon with a knight on a
horse and his eyes were peeping out through the helmet? Those were
wonderful graphics, if just an intro.
:-D
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Blood Money (http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/gameId,6173/)
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#1 Defender of the Crown
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Er..clickboom didn't port Wipeout. That was Digitalsomething. Digital Dreams? Digital Creations? IIRC they were gonna do SpaceStation3000 after that.
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Well I think ClickBOOM was the publisher or they had something to do
with it.
I wonder whoever it was though - where'd they get the money to do
that? I know it came to PC and Saturn, and then to N64 but was Amiga
the next choice?
It would be interesting to see the sales figures for WipEout 2097 on
Amiga. Quake at least supported AGA and 68k Amigas. WipEout 2097
needed a PPC and BVision minimum!
:-o
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Here are some of my picks :)
Ruff'n'Tumble *
Deliverance
Disposable Hero AGA
R-Type 1 & 2
Banshee AGA *
Immortal
StarDust
Shadow Of The Beast
Breathless
* - top choices
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Best intro ever: the Killing Game Show.
And the intro for Birds of Prey was quite good too.
But overall, for sound and graphics, Slamtilt was the daddy.
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I think Battle Squadron for SEU, it looked better than most arcade SEUs of the time.
Shadow of the Beast 1 for platformers will always spring to mind, it was seeing that on a friends Amiga in 1989 that made me buy my first Amiga. Not to mention the sound, which compared to my Atari ST of the time, seemed light years ahead of anything I'd heard before it. Beast 2 & 3 IMHO were ugly looking.
Psygnosis games always looked good, but usually played terribly. I liked Gods better than SOTB, and it looked pretty good too.
I never played a decent looking beat 'em up (IK+ was probably my favourite to play). I got Capital Punishment, but this would neither work with my expanded A1200, or WinUAE (yes, I did try using a harfile, and after entering the security code, and it being accepted, the screen would fade, the hard drive would access briefly, and that would be as far as I ever got, both in UAE and on my O40 accelerated A1200)
Driving games, probably the Lotus series, because at least back in 1989, I thought they looked cool.
It was impressive to see Quake running on my Amiga, although in reality, 2 years after having played it on my PC, it was nowhere close the performance of my PC when I first got it, and by the time I had it on the Amiga, my Quake PC was GLquake, and I'd had Quake 2 for 9 months or so. The Genetic Species demo looked good, even in AGA mode (actually, I thought it looked better on my 1084S in AGA than on my Illyama 502 via The Cybervision at 640x480 as it looked to me to be identical to 320x250, only with the clarity and size of the monitor, and lack of scanlines, didn't help the game any)
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The killing game show and just about all other pshygnosis games then. why in the hell did they get a sponsor from jelly belly? weird marketing idea there. maybe they were from the same family or somthing.
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I'm amazed no one mentioned Leander yet, that game has seriously nice GFX, great style and all.
I also loved Simon the Sorcerer, the backgrounds where very nice.
And Superfrog was one of the better looking platformers I've ever seen!
And ofcourse:
(Super) Stardust,
Turrican II,
Elfmania,
Aladdin
& more :lol:
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Some examples of graphics that are simple, but just right:
RType I, Rodland (seriously!) IK+ and Batman the caped crusader.
Oh, and Disposable Hero of course.
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For sheer jaw dropping first impressions - Shadow of the Beast II intro. It was the first thing I loaded up on my A500 and I was totally gobsmacked.
GODS was the other one that had me transfixed...
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For awsome graphics pick up any title by clickboom - their stuff always looks very polished. I hope they come back and start making games again.
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Thanks to this thread, I discovered two awesome games I'd never heard of: Ruff'N'Tumble and Lionheart. Not only do these games have great graphics, but great music and gameplay too. Why are these games so underrated?
Here's my list of the graphically excellent(ECS):
Shadow of the Beast (obviously!)
Ruff'N'Tumble
Lionheart
Brian the Lion
Gods
The Killing Game Show
Flashback
Stardust
Zenon 2
Agony (horrible gameplay!)
The Hired Guns menu has the crispest text of any Amiga game ever! I suppose ElfMania has good graphics too, but the gameplay was so bad, I deleted it from my system.
For shareware, the best I've seen are Babeanoid and Qbic.
One thing can't figure out is why some people still insist that Battle Squadron has good graphics. Of course, everybody can have their own opinion, but I think Battle Squadron looks like chunky crap (and plays even worse). For Shoot-em-ups, Xenon 2 blows away Battle Squadron. Even the older Hybris is much better.