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Title: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: DeQuevedo on August 10, 2002, 02:47:04 AM
Hi Amigans

What amiga game do you  think is the best amiga game ever?

That includes OCS/ECS and AGA games

Please! Let us know your opinion!
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Coder on August 10, 2002, 02:57:13 AM
That's easy:

Shadow of the Beast

Coder
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: _Steve_ on August 10, 2002, 03:00:58 AM
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by Coder on 2002/8/10 0:57:13

That's easy:

Shadow of the Beast

Coder


Well why SOTB had great graphics+music, it really sucked in gameplay. Turrican 2 OTOH...well you can't fault that  :-D
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Coder on August 10, 2002, 03:04:11 AM
@_Steve_

I have to disagree. It had everything. Great graphics, music and the gameplay was excellent. A perfect score according to me.

Coder
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: arcticandyb on August 10, 2002, 03:12:07 AM
Too difficult.  If you could pick one per genre then it might be easier..

Sports :-> SWOS
Sims :-> Falcon+Mission Disks
Racing :-> Lotus II
Space :-> Wing Commander
Platform :-> Flashback
Adventure :-> Beneath a Steal Sky
Weird :-> Populous
Strategy :-> Civilization
Star Trek (yes Star Trek is it's very own genre) :-> Star Trek, 25th Anniversary.
RPG :-> Black Crypt

I know everyone could replace each of these with an equally good game, and in fact I could replace most of them with games I liked just as much - like Frontier instead of Wing Commander or Pool of Radiance instead of Black Crypt or even Jaguar XJ220 instead of Lotus Turbo II - so again I say, the best Amiga gamer ever?  Not possible there are just too many to list.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: commodore_jim on August 10, 2002, 03:17:29 AM
I'm going to agree with Steve on that. Turrican II was easily the best arcade game ever developed for the Amiga and game-wise, certainly one of the platform's finest hours, full stop.

Incredible graphics, amazing music and perfectly balanced game-play which never punished you unfairly. And, incredibly, all crammed onto a single 880k floppy which ran inside 512k of RAM. Those Germans sure know how to code...

To this day I still boot the game up from time to time and play through to completion.

Going head to head with Turrican II though has to be the Secret of Monkey Island. Great humour, brilliant characters, wonderful atmosphere and above all, heart - something missing from many of the cold, clinical games on release today.

They just don't make them like that any more. Why, I can remember when this website was all fields...(fade to rant)
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: zudobug on August 10, 2002, 03:18:11 AM
Hi,

I say Rainbow Islands.  Because I didn't have many controls to remember, or many directions to travel in (up or down, but preferably up) and it's cute.  Plus all the power-ups, bonuses  and hidden things make it the best.  I also really like Bubble Bobble, but RI has the edge.

It also has longevity.  I first played it around 1990, and the last time I played it was last week.  And it's the game I've wasted the most hours of my life playing.

I don't expect it's the best Amiga game ever...  But if this were "Amiga BEST game ever as picked by zudobug" then yes.  First prize.  :-D

-zudo
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: MikesterBrau on August 10, 2002, 04:06:10 AM
Well here is my web page addressing my opinion...
http://members.windfire.net/mikelynn@windfire.net/gaming.html

Boy is that URL long enough.  
IF you do not want to go to the link here are some hightlights.

My BBS concept was drawn from my love of the Bard's Tale series as my Avatar reveals.  

Amiga Gaming Nexus'es (sp?)

Wings - Cinemaware tooking gaming to a new level in general poor Jim Sachs went a bid mad working so hard but but the coding and graphics really stood out on all they did.

UFO: Enemy Unknown aka X-Com still might be the best squad level turn based tactical game

Hired Guns:  Before Doom Amigan's got a headstart
on multiplayer first person shooters..  Ingenious...

Black Crypt - Raven software is still doing Amazing things only for the PC but the Extra Half Brite mode on this game was the first and best I experienced.

Wing Commander - I am a Wing Commander nut on all platforms, I hear the CD version for the Amiga is slightly better than disk version great port!

The Settler's aka Serf City - without it no Foundation.
To me it started it's own genre... RTS for Amiga like
Warcraft but before...

Civilization - another great port of one of the greatest
games of all times...

Both Dune games were different and stand outs and the guys that did Dune II went on to do Command and Conquer.  I wonder how many PC gamers know what they owe Amiga gaming.  

Other not on my list but well deserving of recognition:

Pirates, Lemmings, Out of this world, The Killing Game show, Alien Breed series.  Ishtar series... :-D
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: arcticandyb on August 10, 2002, 04:19:48 AM
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I wonder how many PC gamers know what they owe Amiga gaming


Actually quite a few.  Obviously many ex-Amigans are now PC owners, but also magazine writers still acknowledge the Amiga for previous versions of new games and every time a new C&C is released one of the most common statements in a review is
.."RT Strategy series that started with Dune II on the Amiga.."

Dune II is acknowledged as the forefather of the Real Time Strategy, just as Populous is often acknowledged as the forefather of God Games.

PC Gamer, PC Zone and ofcourse PC Format are the most common culprits for Amiga references, CGW is another.

Linux Format hosts a number of ex Amiga Format and Amiga Shopper writers - just stick one of your favourite writers from defunct Amiga mags into a Google search and often you'll see which magazine they're working for now.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: uncharted on August 10, 2002, 04:43:18 AM
Hmmmn, it is a tough one.  The Amiga was at it's height during probably the best period for games ever.  

Monkey Island I + II
WingCommander
Lemmings
SpeedBall 2
Dizzy (any)
Skidmarks
 Many more I've forgoten
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Akiko on August 10, 2002, 05:23:01 AM
My top ten favourite classics-

1 Monkey Island l & ll
2 Frontier Elite 2
3 Turican 2
4  Pinball Illusions (CD32)
5 Another World
6 Flash back
7 Bloodnet
8  K240
9  Obitus
10 Crystal Dragon
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Calen on August 10, 2002, 05:35:01 AM
My top 10 quickly of the top of my head:

1. Turrican 2 ( Really hard to fault this one)
2. SWOS (The King of football games)
3. Dune II
4. Flashback
5. Speedball 2
6. Superfrog
7. Wings
8. Napalm
9. Microprose F1GP
10. Project-X
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: BigD on August 10, 2002, 05:39:53 AM
I would only add Faery Tale Adventure, Deja Vu, FA/18,  too many , I'm sure I've forgotten many many great games!

-D

almost forgot.. Test Drive series...
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: GPT on August 10, 2002, 06:04:36 AM
My top 10 list:

ELITE II
Banshee
PinballIllusion
Startrek
Utopia
Superstardust
Syndicate
Knights (PD game)
SpeedBall 2
Dune II
Project-X
JWS (Snooker)
Civilization
Oops to long,

The only problem with top 10 amiga game lists is that it's only 10 games :-)
The only fare thing is to call it top 100 list :-D
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on August 10, 2002, 06:35:41 AM
Best game ever...I don't know... but some of my favorites are:
Rockstar ate my hamster
Wrath of the Demon
Cadaver
Stunt Car Racer
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: seer on August 10, 2002, 06:37:33 AM
I really liked the idea of Powermonger... Nice game, I love to see a Powermonger 2...
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: McNorris on August 10, 2002, 06:39:15 AM
Here we go... (In no certain order)

- The Chaos Engine

-Alien Breed

-Lemmings (got it)

-Shadow of the beast (got it)

-Lazer Squad (not inovative but great for beer night vs. with friends)

-Cannon Fodder (A new one for me, I just got it off some web page, what a great game).

-Chuck Rock

Honorable mention:
-Dr.Plummet's House of Flux
-Blood Money (I own it) and almost any (*) game by Pygnosis

(*) I recall a couple of stinkers, but I'll think I'll drink one tonight for those guys. :-)
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Skyraker on August 10, 2002, 07:27:26 AM
I rather liked Datastorm, could play that bugger for hours.... used to get so many enemies on  screen it would slow down......

Tes drive II was kinda fun to play as was cannon fodder.

Regards
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Ilwrath on August 10, 2002, 07:31:27 AM
There are too many great games that were on the Amiga to even name a top 10, let alone best ever.  Turrican II, SOTB, are great possibilities, but jeez...  How many other classics did Amiga have?  
You guys all missed :
WORMS
Indianapolis 500 (best racing sim, and catapulted Papyrus out of obscurity)
Microprose F1GP (which still has leagues today!)
Populus
Settlers (die Siedler for Germans)
Another World
Flashback
.... and the list can go on and on....
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: McNorris on August 10, 2002, 07:41:50 AM
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Populus


Damn, missed that one. And it all took so many days of my life.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Skyraker on August 10, 2002, 07:41:54 AM
Which game had the best Intro?

IMO it was SOTB II....

Skyraker.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Skyraker on August 10, 2002, 07:42:51 AM
Also that Magnetic fields intro (Gremlin) was excellent.... thats one thing the miggy did brilliant were movie style openings...
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Herewegoagain on August 10, 2002, 07:47:00 AM
How about the ones I wasted the most time on:

Populous  (absolutly without a doubt the most addictive for me)
Altered Beast (played day after day until beaten; great 2 player action)
Barbarian
Amegas (break out clone, very well done)
Rick Dangerous (jumped outta my chair nearly everytime I got killed, and actually broke a joystick over this one!) Waaaaahhhhhhhh!  LOL!

OMG...there were so many....I cannot even remember them all!

Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: zudobug on August 10, 2002, 07:50:56 AM
Best multiplayer game: Dynablaster.

Make use of the 2-joystick serial port thingy and you can have 5 players (one on keyboard - usually me by choice.)

Now that is a lot of fun.   :-D

A lot of other great games have been mentioned.  Thanks for reminding me how much I used to love playing games on my Amiga.

-zudo
Title: Re: the best of the best
Post by: on August 10, 2002, 08:12:11 AM
the best of the best

FRONTIER: ELITE 2
HIRED GUNS
LOTUS 3
DUNGEON MASTER 2
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Effy on August 10, 2002, 08:34:37 AM
I'm used to have a simple A1200 with 1230/50/50 and da game that really amazed me and kept me playing for weeks was Genetic Species !! 3D shooter on a 68030 !! Never expected this could be possible !

Effy
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on August 10, 2002, 09:04:26 AM
Well that should be quite a few. Hm let me think. I should say Alien Breed series,
Chaos Engine
Legends ( sure loved that one)
Flashback
well when I think about it it would be easier to name the games I didn't like. But if I have to say one and only, I say
Hired Guns .
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Coder on August 10, 2002, 06:03:55 PM
@Skyraker

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Which game had the best Intro? IMO it was SOTB II....


I agree 100% on that.

Coder
Title: Re: My Top 4.
Post by: hnl_dk on August 10, 2002, 06:27:11 PM
1. Wings
I really hope ClickBOOM gets the rights for making the Digitally Remastered version of Wings for AmigaOS 4.x, I think that would be the only game I would buy :-o
See the screenshots here: http://www.cinemaware.com/wingsremaster_main.asp?sel=screen (http://www.cinemaware.com/wingsremaster_main.asp?sel=screen)

2. Secret of Monkey Island

3. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

4. Flashback: The Quest For Identity
Title: Re: My Top 4.
Post by: teo on August 10, 2002, 06:49:05 PM
Killing game show
Armour-Geddon
Title: Re: My Top 4.
Post by: carls on August 10, 2002, 06:57:31 PM
Goddamnit, how many times have I got to tell you?
It's Silkworm!

:-)
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: ikir on August 10, 2002, 06:58:19 PM
Also cannon fodder is a great game.
Don't forget Stunt Car Racer, The Shadow of The Third Moon and many others.... Another World, flashback.... AB3D2..... 8-)
Title: Re: My Top 4.
Post by: Coder on August 10, 2002, 07:06:25 PM
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It's Silkworm!


The sound was great. Those explosions, GREAT!

Coder
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Coder on August 10, 2002, 07:07:36 PM
Apydia is a great game too. They are working on a GBA version now. There is allready a demo out.

Coder
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: browny on August 11, 2002, 03:36:08 AM
Prince of Persia
not bad at least I completed it!


Quote

DeQuevedo wrote:
Hi Amigans

What amiga game do you  think is the best amiga game ever?

That includes OCS/ECS and AGA games

Please! Let us know your opinion!
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Kay on August 11, 2002, 03:41:37 AM
The best Amiga game ever...that's gotta be a tie between Pirates and Quest for Glory 2...ah, they don't make 'em like that anymore...

Kay
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Calen on August 11, 2002, 03:42:13 AM
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Apydia is a great game too. They are working on a GBA version now. There is allready a demo out


nice!!
Fantastic music in the game to and not  bad litte manga style intro from what i remember .
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: The_Editor on August 11, 2002, 03:44:38 AM
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Browny said
Prince of Persia
not bad at least I completed it!


Blooooooooooooody hell.   You COMPLETED it  (impressed)

Still I completed Wing Commander!!   That was an achievement too.
ps..  Anyone tried to play WingCommander with an 060 installed ... Woo Hoo..  Theres the baddies .. Im dead  dead   dead    dead   dead ...Bollox to this, wheres me 030 again.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: The_Editor on August 11, 2002, 03:48:15 AM
Apart from Speedball II (in the beginning there was the Bitmap Brothers.. And God gave them an Amiga A500)

Genetic Species Blew me away .... Played that from start to ...... must be nearly finish... I couldn't get the imbalanced hydroBollockerKnackerer thingy balanced !!   :-?    :-?

Brilliant game

OnEscapee showed promise too but I could'nt get passed the puzzle!!   :-?  :-?
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: browny on August 11, 2002, 03:49:19 AM
Sacasm you can`t beat it.
People have their talents in other area`s.
Yeah! and before you ask I AM STILL LOOOOOOKING!

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The_Editor wrote:
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Browny said
Prince of Persia
not bad at least I completed it!


Blooooooooooooody hell.   You COMPLETED it  (impressed)

Still I completed Wing Commander!!   That was an achievement too.
ps..  Anyone tried to play WingCommander with an 060 installed ... Woo Hoo..  Theres the baddies .. Im dead  dead   dead    dead   dead ...Bollox to this, wheres me 030 again.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Calen on August 11, 2002, 04:01:43 AM
Something that just came to mind when i was thinking on fav games and seing alot of Dune II fans out there is alittle handy little thing on Aminet that allows ya to  select one of the "66" level files from the game, yep 66, we prolly only see 10 going threw the races.

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DuneII level selecter

Why did I write this program? I was looking at the DuneII files to see if I could make a level editor. I couldn't, but I noticed that there were 66
level files! I'd only ever played 9. So I wrote this level selecter so you
could play any of them. The method I've used is a bit cheesy and only
slightly better than doing it by hand.

You have to load up one of my saved games from the final level and select
restart. By doing this, it reloads the final level of Harkonnen. The level
selecter simply renames the old final level and renames one of the other 65
levels to it's filename. Then it renames everything back to it's original
names when you quit from the game (or run the level selecter again if DuneII
crashes). Oh, and it deletes my saved game, if you haven't wiped over it
with a new name.


Never tried this thing but sounds like something usefull to tinker with, one of those things that could have been easily forgotton about.

link (http://uk.aminet.net/pub/aminet/game/misc/DuneIILevSel.lha)

Have fun!   :-)
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: zudobug on August 11, 2002, 04:08:54 AM
Heres a few more golden greats:

Fire and Ice,
Base Jumpers  ;-)
(the 3 letter word bonus thing is genius),
Rodland,
Zool 1 + 2,
Pinball Dreams,
Silly Putty + Putty Squad,
Harlequin (spelling?),
Utopia,
Mega-lo-mania

Quote

Skyraker wrote:
Which game had the best Intro?

IMO it was SOTB II....



I love that intro.

How about Superfrog, Sleepwalker and (hehehe) llamatron (it's that funny music that does it for me.) ?

Cheers,

-zudo
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Calen on August 11, 2002, 04:13:41 AM
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Zool 1 + 2,


How could i miss that face paced platformer, Amigas answer to sonic :-)

I mixed the hell out of that music waaay back when i had nothing better to do, Octamed/SS rulez   :-D
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: hnl_dk on August 11, 2002, 04:18:31 AM
Jep, Superfrog has always been the greatest childrens game :-D

But the greatest game ever is Cinemaware's Wings :-D  :-D  :-D

Has none of you ever tried Wings???
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Calen on August 11, 2002, 04:25:44 AM
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Has none of you ever tried Wings???


I played that game to death many years ago, beat it countless times but always fun to go back to.

Since Cinemaware seem to be digitaly remastering some of there old classics "Defender Of The Crown" and "3 Stooges" maybe Wings will get a new vamped up version to (i hope)
DOFC has just recently been released i believe and was done by Clickboom.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Calen on August 11, 2002, 04:31:05 AM
Remastered version of Wings seems to be in the pipeline.

Clickboom (http://www.clickboom.com/1.shtml)

Nice!!  8-)
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: hnl_dk on August 11, 2002, 04:37:51 AM
You can see the screenshots of Wings on Cinemaware's website:
http://www.cinemaware.com/wingsremaster_main.asp?sel=screen (http://www.cinemaware.com/wingsremaster_main.asp?sel=screen)

They have been there for a while, and they look great trust me :-D  :-o  :-D
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: WelshBoy on August 11, 2002, 04:40:54 AM
My top 3 have to be

1. Settlers (ahhh the memories that go with this one - an amazing game that I spent hours and hours on!)
2. Stunt Car Racer (A great laugh with a couple of m8s and amazing realistic engine roars!)
3. Napalm (Never played this one but it looks amazing)

Payback also gets my vote as well :)

By the way - the comment about Wings being remastered - this is correct but it is being remastered for PC and MAC only :(

Da.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Calen on August 11, 2002, 04:41:17 AM
Great stuff!!  :-D
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Calen on August 11, 2002, 04:43:50 AM
Quote
By the way - the comment about Wings being remastered - this is correct but it is being remastered for PC and MAC only :(


Yeah true, but who knows what the future may hold   ;-)
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: _Steve_ on August 11, 2002, 04:49:20 AM
@zudobug
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Best multiplayer game: Dynablaster.

Make use of the 2-joystick serial port thingy and you can have 5 players (one on keyboard - usually me by choice.)


Dynablaster was fun, but our Blitzbombers has 8 player mayhem, with the option of link up games, and having the screen split over both machines monitors which was like the option in Super Skidmarks 2 - and the kind of thing they are doing with modern gfx cards with thier dualhead/triple head technology.

@Skyraker
Quote
by Skyraker on 2002/8/10 5:41:54

Which game had the best Intro?

IMO it was SOTB II....


That was a good intro, but I feel was superceeded by the excellent intros from both Another World and Flashback. Also another game whose intro I did like was the old classic Stryx.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: blobrana on August 11, 2002, 04:53:37 AM
So will you be TELLING me that you`ve finished frontier-elite?


...I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams ... glitter in the dark near Tanhauser Gate...
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: hnl_dk on August 11, 2002, 04:55:14 AM
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by Calen on 2002/8/11 3:43:50

Quote:
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By the way - the comment about Wings being remastered - this is correct but it is being remastered for PC and MAC only :(
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Yeah true, but who knows what the future may hold ;-)


It's because Cinemaware still has the licence for the Amiga :-D

ClickBOOM wants the licence, and I hope they will get it :-D

I have written an email to Cinamaware, about Wings (for the Amiga platform), but they have not answered :-(
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: KDog on August 11, 2002, 04:56:32 AM
My favorite Amiga game? Too hard to call, but here are some of my favorties, in no particular order...

Superfrog, Pirates, Turrican, Battle Squadron, Worms, Settlers, Civilization, Walker, Gloom, Zany Golf, PGA Tour Golf, Zoom!, Battle Chess, Lemmings, Banshee, Lotus 3, Chaos Engine, Roadkill, Super Stardust, Speedball 2, Populous, Archon, Archon II, Alien Breed, Tetris, Hybris, Blood Money, Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies, Pinball Illusions, Arkanoid, Soccer Kid, Shadow of the Beast...

I know there's more, but wow! that's a bunch! How many PC games could I list? Probably only a few...
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: GadgetMaster on August 11, 2002, 05:15:25 AM
Cannon Fodder is definately up there with the great classics. Sensible software had such a good sense of humour.

That song "War has never been so much fun" is unforgettable.  :-D
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Kronos on August 11, 2002, 05:21:01 AM
Never was really into games, but here is my list:

Lotus (not II or III) nights full of death-matches.

R-Type/Wing of Death for shooters.

Lemmings,Lemmings and even more green-haired bastards.

MegaBall simple but addictive.

Rick Dangerous "aooooouuuuu" waves with hands.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on August 11, 2002, 05:24:27 AM
nobody remember agony!?!
very good graphics, orchestral sounds, animations and gameplay! in only 512k OCS!!!!!!
and shadow of the beast 3?!!
and lionhart !?!?!
and, yes, many others! :-D
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: zudobug on August 11, 2002, 05:37:11 AM
Altered Beast :-)

GOLDEN AXE!!! That rocks :-)

-zudo
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: WelshBoy on August 11, 2002, 05:41:44 AM
Does anyone ever remember Sneech?

It came on the cover disk of Amiga Format once and it was amazingly addictive, even though it was basically a snake clone with a couple of added features -

The author of Sneech is Paul Burkey, who created Foundation :)

Check out Sneech.org for the Sneech homepages, or shoecake.com for Paul's homepages which contain links to his games including Foundation.

There is also the current possibility of Paul, producing Sneech2, although this is currently only likely for PCs :(

Da.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on August 11, 2002, 05:42:26 AM
In my opinion, best Amiga games:
- Shoot'em-up: Battle Squadron & Xenon 2 & Project X & Agony
- Action: Turrican 2 & Alien Breed & Chaos Engine & Shadow of the Beast
- Strategy: Dune 2 & Populous 2 & Frontier
- Sport: Microprose Golf & SWOS & Speedball 2
- Action: Parasol Stars & Bubble Bobble & Rainbow Islands
- Platform: Brian the Lion & Virocop & Gods & Super Frog
- Misc: Lemmings & Ports of Call & Sarakon & Hired Guns
- All Cinemaware games: DoC & ICFD 1-2 etc
- Lots of forgotten :)
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2002, 06:11:01 AM
Overall-Armourgeddon II
Flight sim-Jetpilot
Platformer-Turrican II
Strategy-UFO:Enemy Unknown

Sorry if I keep going on about this game, but not being able to play it is making me go MAD!
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on August 11, 2002, 06:36:33 AM
Don't forget Moonstone, another classic. And I have broken a few joysticks too on my old A500. Most of them Tac-2:s. Probably the best joystick ever :-)

Am I right?  :-?
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: odin on August 11, 2002, 08:13:05 AM
Best game: Dune II without a doubt.

And for the joystick:

Nothing beats a Suzo Arcade, proudly Dutch made ;-).
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Methuselas on August 11, 2002, 10:14:40 AM
Been a bit since I popped in, but I gotta say my all time fav game on Amiga was:



Nobunaga's Ambition.

Shame that I only found it once, lost the copy and can't seem to find another. :-(  :-?
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: hnl_dk on August 11, 2002, 10:40:38 AM
I downloaded the Amiga version of Wings on Cinemaware's website, and I have played it the whole night :-o

And now I got Captain :-D
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Argo on August 11, 2002, 12:16:19 PM
My girlfriend loved Populous. So, when she got her PC she had to get Populous III. Now she has Black & White.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Argo on August 11, 2002, 12:18:13 PM
I'd have to say Lemmings (all of them), though I did wish they had made an Amiga version of 3D Lemmings. Also, Stunt Car Racer and Maxis Skychase.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: hnl_dk on August 11, 2002, 01:07:10 PM
Now I'm Major :pint:
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Coder on August 11, 2002, 05:50:15 PM
@hnl_dk

Quote
I have written an email to Cinamaware, about Wings (for the Amiga platform), but they have not answered


I wrote them a mail some months ago about creating games for OS4 but they had no plans for that at the moment. But if things look good they might come back.

Coder
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Edit-Chick on August 11, 2002, 05:53:24 PM
I liked the first .. Shadow of the beast and Prince of Persia,  Lemmings........ Silkworm
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: hnl_dk on August 11, 2002, 06:13:04 PM
Quote
by Coder on 2002/8/11 16:50:15

@hnl_dk

Quote:
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I have written an email to Cinamaware, about Wings (for the Amiga platform), but they have not answered
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


I wrote them a mail some months ago about creating games for OS4 but they had no plans for that at the moment. But if things look good they might come back.

Coder


I sure hope they will :-D

Or that they will sell the licence to ClickBOOM ;-)

This night I began a new game in Wings, I think I will take a bit rest now ;-)

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Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2002, 06:57:38 PM
Oh yes I forgot Payback. I don't have it yet, but that and Metal Gear Solid 2 are at the top of my want list. Its cool.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Nick on August 11, 2002, 07:03:48 PM
Its hard to say which games is the best as some can't be compared. I forgot to mention Stunt Car Racer and Frontier Elite II.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on August 11, 2002, 07:46:03 PM
Well here's a short list :-)

Turrican I + II
Frontier
Grand Monster Slam
Powermonger
Utopia
Venus the Flytrap
Hard&Heavy
Megalomania
Supremacy
Nicky Boom
Deluxe Galaga
Lords of the Realm
The Settlers
Nitro
Blobz 1.1
Worms DC
Lotus II
Speedball 2
Z-out
Cannon Fodder 1+2
XCOM: Ufo enemy uknown
First Samurai
Pinball Dream&Illusions&fantasies + Slamtilt
... and WAY more



Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: cap on August 11, 2002, 08:33:59 PM
I'm surprised no ones mentioned Bloodwych yet
that game had me hook, line and sinker one summer eons ago.

Not forgetting the Eye of the Beholder series,shame no. 3
didnt make it to the Amiga.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Steady on August 11, 2002, 09:54:29 PM
For me, the ultimate Amiga game (or any computer game in my opinion) was Speedball 2. Hard to top it for hard one-on-one competition. You could have close games or score blowouts, depending on skill. The mark of a great game, electronic or otherwise... Now, where's that floppy?
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: DeQuevedo on August 12, 2002, 04:22:20 AM
Hi Dudez

My favourite amiga games, in no special order, are:

-Project X
-Scape from "Colditz"
-Gods
-Stunt car Racer
-Battle Squadron
-Lotus 1 and 2
-SpeedBall 2
-Xenon 1 and 2
-Shadow of the Beast saga

I don´t like the game, but in the OCS section I think Agony has the best Graphics and Audio. At the time, running on my A500, it impressed all the Peecee owners of my street.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: hnl_dk on August 13, 2002, 06:39:47 AM
I just got a new medal :-D

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Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: A.I on August 13, 2002, 08:06:18 PM
I have this new game called wolfenstein that i'm playing. Did anybody ever heard of it or played it.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on August 13, 2002, 08:57:52 PM
The best Amigagame ever is *definately* The Settlers by Volker Wertich!
I've never seen such a complex game running smooth even on a 512kb Ecs Amiga.
My respect to the guys involved in that game! if you played this game as long as
i did you would know what i mean ;-)

bye
 Björn
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on August 13, 2002, 09:40:07 PM
Is anybody interested that Wayne should create top 100 list and we all could vote  for our favorite games. That could be the hint which games should anybody try on emulator / Amiga to bring back old memories...
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on August 13, 2002, 09:43:12 PM
There is no contest on this one.


DUNGEON MASTER


Thats all :-)
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on August 13, 2002, 10:03:42 PM

One of mine was Gloom Deluxe, I like d/generation a lot too.. and beneath a steel sky... and simon the sorceror, carnage (pd).. jesus theres so many! super cars, indy heat, ik+, all classics! Gods! Full contact..populus, powermonger! im going mad now..
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: whabang on August 13, 2002, 10:08:28 PM
Frontier - Elite II
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Coder on August 18, 2002, 10:50:05 PM
I really like Indoor Sports. It's a fun game to play. I can recommand it to everyone.

Coder
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Jim on August 18, 2002, 11:32:07 PM
a small list from the top of my head:
Beneath A Steel Sky
Dune 2
Moonstone
Gods
Supercars 2
Venus: The Flytrap
Mega Twins
Globdule
James Pond
Lotus
Rick Dangerous
Twin World
Zool

That'll do for now.
mostly from the time when I was a kid and played them 6-8 years ago or so..
so I got a lot to discover.
am 18 now...
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Teemu on August 19, 2002, 05:43:07 AM
A short list from me:

The Settlers (probably the one game I spent most time with, you could keep playing the same game for days with the largest map size)
Turrican II (best music in a video game ever, period)
James Pond II - Robocod (best cutesy platformer)
Championship Manager (the original, the best - the later PC versions have grown too complex and too slow to be fun anymore, IMHO)
SWOS (naturally)
Paradroid 90 (Andrew Braybrook was a genius..ok, he's not dead yet, but he's not coding games anymore :)
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Kermito on August 19, 2002, 08:39:26 AM
Here is my list

1) Turrican (I,II, & III)
2) UFO
3) Lemmings
4) Monkey Island I & II
5) Bubba'n'Stix

 :pint:
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Kermito on August 19, 2002, 08:45:48 AM
Quote

Kermito wrote:
Here is my list

1) Turrican (I,II, & III)
2) UFO
3) Lemmings
4) Monkey Island I & II
5) Bubba'n'Stix

 :pint:



sorry, buy I forgot 'worms directories cut', just the "concrete donkey " was amazing!

 :-o
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on August 19, 2002, 08:50:04 AM
Best games for me:
Wings
UFO
Slam Tilt
Civilization
Mad TV
Swos
Moonstone
Pirates
and many ,many more :)

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interested in writing articles for mag-for example
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anything that you have on your minds and want to
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Sorry that I wrote about that in this post

Amiga games are great-this playability,music ehh
I'm going play Wings :)
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: spookyx on August 19, 2002, 10:51:02 AM
hmmmm,
1.  It came from the desert
2. Dungeon Master 1
3. Live and let Die
4. Arkanoid
5. Ports of call

my fav older amiga games  =)
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Coder on August 20, 2002, 01:10:23 AM
@spookyx

Quote
3. Live and let Die


Did you play it to the end? I always wondered if there is more then just the boot races.

Coder
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on August 20, 2002, 02:28:28 AM
I can`t belive that no one wrote
COLONIZATION so far!
How sad!
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: kostas on August 20, 2002, 02:55:31 AM
Mmmmm let me think... Turrican II, SWOS, SOTB, TV Sports Basketball, Lotus II... and final the best game ever (in my opinion on all platforms).. KICK OFF II! I just love it.... so many hours, days, years. 4 players one team each one and the computer the other 4 teams. Oh what a panic!
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on August 20, 2002, 03:25:19 AM
Well, in the racing category it gots to be Super Skidmarks.
Those formula cars drive at an incredible speed...Very difficult to master
Supercars2 and Stuntcarracer are also high on my list.


Souldn't forget the 4player-serial option in Lotus2 though
was loads of funn                                              :idea:
                                     :  :-o
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: DethKnight on August 30, 2002, 08:30:38 PM
all this reminds me of  a movie
High Fidelity w/John Cusack + Jack Black

Dungeon Master
Shadow ofthe Beast - well psygnosis in general
Heroes' Quest - so you wanna be a hero (sierra)
Test Drive
Targhan
Beneath a Steel Sky
Space Quest 3 - nice game atmosphere and humor
Bard's Tale
Future Wars - my first encounter with transparent   dropdown lists (very pretty)
Dragons Lair - in its time was a good machine showcaser
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Damon-Hill on September 19, 2002, 11:47:06 AM
hm.. difficult..
but i think Moonstone is one of many amazing games to the Amiga..
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: spihunter on September 19, 2002, 01:10:51 PM
STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!STUNT CAR RACER!!!!
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Lando on September 19, 2002, 01:13:52 PM
(in no particular order)
Quake II
Syndicate
SWOS
Dynablaster
Secret of Monkey Island

And so many more that I probably forgot...
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: redfox on September 19, 2002, 03:23:56 PM
I didn't collect very many games for the Amiga,
but here are 8 old favourites in alphabetical order:

Dinosaur Match (a game for young children, see note below)
Lemmings by Psygnosis Ltd.
Lore of Conquest by Mike Bryant (Shareware)
MegaBall 4.0 by Ed Mackey
Shanghai by Activision, Inc.
Solitaire by Felix R. Jeske (Shareware)
Tetris The Soviet Challenge by Spectrum HoloByte
Worms by Team 17/Ocean

Note:
A long time ago, when my son was very young ...
we liked to play Dinosaur Match with Zug the Dinosaur from The Dinosaur Discovery Kit by First Byte.
------------
redfox

Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Kermito on September 19, 2002, 04:07:13 PM
WORMS!!
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on September 19, 2002, 07:14:20 PM
- Kick Off 2 and Player Manager (many bugs, much fun!)
- The Settlers (I have spent million hours looking at those pigs rolling and grunting)
- MicroProse F1GP
- Slam Tilt
- Chuck Rock
- Zak McKracken, Monkey Island I & II
- Nightlong (that's beautiful!)
- Another World and Flashback
- Xenon 2
- the shareware's Deluxe Galaga and Gravity Power
- Dynablaster
- Elite I & II (Frontier)

...and many more!

Francesco
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on September 19, 2002, 07:21:48 PM
.... I forgot all the Cinemaware games!

- Wings was really beautiful
- It Came from the desert I & II
- Defender of the Crown
- and last but not least TV Sports Basketball which I played with other 2 friends in the same team!

Francesco
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Orgin on September 19, 2002, 07:27:52 PM
Deuteros
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: jr_bAz on September 19, 2002, 08:16:35 PM
Hi!

As Coder wrote, Shadow of the Beast..

Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Dagon on September 19, 2002, 09:29:21 PM
- Defender of the Crown
- Dune II
- Populus I-II
- Flashback
- Another world
- Universe (the adventure)
- Chaos Engine
- SWOS
- GOAL
- Silk Worm
- Pacmania
- Canon Fodder
- WORMS DC!!!! :-D
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: AmiNTT on September 19, 2002, 11:52:26 PM
My Favorite games:

The Settlers
Dune ][
Frontier Elite 2
Syndicate
UFO - X-Com
Empire
Fury of the Furries
Star Control
Worms
Deluxe Galaga

It would be hard to pick the #1 game - for me anyways.  All of those games are fantastic.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: AmiDelf on September 20, 2002, 12:04:11 AM
Here is my ranking!:

1 - Cannon Fodder
2 - SlamTilt/Pinball Illusions
3 - Katakis
4 - Napalm/Earth 2140
5 - Trapped 2
6 - R-Type
7 - Superfrog
8 - T-Zero
9 - Myst
10- Heretic II (Its for AGA also...)
11- Zool
12- Lotus 3
13- SimCity 2000

I like the Amiga version of SimCity2000 indeed. Its
got the best graphics of all the versions on any
platform. The speed dosent destroy such a game for me
and on 060 its kinda playable also.

Other than that, Napalm is great. One of the best strategy
games ever, with Earth 2140 at the same place. Its really
hard to judge those 2 titles.

Regards,
AmiDelf -: www.amitopia.tk :-
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: AdMartin on September 20, 2002, 07:57:06 AM
Nobody has mentioned Indy Heat, simple gameplay but great fun!

/Martin
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Mike_Amiga on September 24, 2002, 11:55:36 AM
:-oI could have sworn that I already replied to this post...:-o


:-oBUT it seems to have disappeared, how strange! :-o

 :-?Any answers :-?
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on September 24, 2002, 12:06:03 PM
I think Payback is the best game ever. :-D
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on September 29, 2002, 01:20:49 AM
HEIMDALL!!
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: gnarly on September 29, 2002, 02:09:18 AM
Chaos Engine, F1GP, Megaball 3, Super Foul Egg (on some random coverdisk), Rainbow Islands. Oh, and Jaguar XJ220.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on September 29, 2002, 06:22:07 AM
Damn!  :-o

There're really a lot of good games...  :-P
(without order)
- Monkey Island saga
- Maniac Mansion saga
- Indiana Jones saga
- a lot of Infocom adventures (Zork I, II & III - etc.)
- a lot of Psygnosis games (Walker, etc.)
- The Settler
- a lot of Cinemaware games (Wings, etc.)
- a lot of Delphine games (Flashback, etc.)
- ... ARG!!! There are too much more...  :-D

I still love my Amiga  :-)
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on October 06, 2002, 10:41:44 AM
For humour and sheer playability it has to be
MEGA-lo-MANIA

For sports: Sensible Soccer

For Flying: Knights of the Sky

But I also want to nominate:
Speedball2
Utopia
Sim City
Cannon Fodder 1&2
Prince of Persia :-)
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on October 06, 2002, 02:01:50 PM
I would have to say I like Wings!!!!

Yeah yeah, I still remember when I played the squeal on the SNES (Wings 2 in some places, Blazing Skies in some)

The one on Amiga was a little more mission orientated, but still beautiful.


(ps like the newer smilies!!!!) :ak47:
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Eer0 on October 06, 2002, 07:41:19 PM
Top games for me:
"The Settlers" (Great music, can someone give me the mod ?)
"Deluxe Galaga"
"Dune"
"Dune2"
"Stunt Car Racer"
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on October 06, 2002, 09:48:45 PM
I really loved *Bloodwych* in 2 player mode!

Other great games were Silkworm, Turrican, Populous, Bards Tale, Gianna Sisters/HardnHeavy, SPEEDBALL2, Black Crypt, Monkey Island x, Manic Mansion, Zak McKraken, Flight of the Amazon Queen, ... too many ...  :-o  Dungeon Master, Worms, Moonstone, Xenomorph, Xenon2 Megablast :-D, Battle Squadron, Wonderboy, Zool, Cannon Fodder, Lionheart, Pirates ....
Would it be cool to ship AmigaOne with as many classics (&uae) as possible?  :-D
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Teemu on October 07, 2002, 04:30:56 AM
Quote
"The Settlers" (Great music, can someone give me the mod ?)


Here (http://exotica.fix.no/tunes/unexotica/games/Settlers_The.html).
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: billchase on October 07, 2002, 04:43:39 AM
Megaball.

The best breakout clone ever.  It simple graphics
and music help to create very addicitive to
gameplay.  Not until modern PC games like
Baldur's Gate have I spent so many hours on one
game.  Unlike SOTB I,II, and III, Megaball lured
in the "non-gamers"along with console gamers very
sucessfully.  Many of my college friends spent more
time on this game then they did on the SNES.

Deluxe Galaga was almost as addictive.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: cyka_delik on October 08, 2002, 11:35:11 AM
with out order

Dune II
Stunt car racer
Elite II
Knights of the sky
Cannon Fodder 1&2
Master Blaster
Xenon II
 f 16 fighting falcon
Arcade Pool
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Jaruzel on October 08, 2002, 11:41:12 AM
Nuclear War.

What! you've never heard of it ??!!

Not surprised, not many people have. It was damn funny!

- Jar.

Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on October 09, 2002, 04:16:35 PM
scourghed tanks 1.85
keeps me and my friends entertained 4 hours

erik
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Mike_Amiga on October 11, 2002, 08:42:14 PM
:flame: :destroy:
MOON STONE - Totally kicked @ss!
MOON STONE - Totally kicked @ss!
MOON STONE - Totally kicked @ss!
MOON STONE - Totally kicked @ss!
MOON STONE - Totally kicked @ss!
MOON STONE - Totally kicked @ss!
MOON STONE - Totally kicked @ss!
MOON STONE - Totally kicked @ss!
:flame: :destroy:
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: baba on October 17, 2002, 12:24:03 PM
My best games by topic :
Contruction :
///////////////////////////////
/// Populous II  ///
/////////////////////////////
I've played the 999 level with my A1200
Now i play "Populous II Challenge" with my great UAE on my ####ing PC.

Driving :
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Lotus turbo esprit challenge I   ///
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
other version (2 & 3)  are not so good

Shoot :
////////////////////////////
Alien breed  ///
/////////////////////////

Alien breed , and Tower assault are verry good.

Jump :
////////////////////////////////////////
Furry of the furies  ///
/////////////////////////////////////
Jumps games like superfrog and mario sucks
But Furry of the furies ....
This is a great game i've finished

With friend we played a lot with PD games :
Deluxe Galaga, Yagg, DogFight

I've played all level of "Bob bad day", a game with a bowl in a maze, crasy gravity, and you move the maze, not the ball.
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: on October 28, 2002, 06:50:19 AM
I would say:
 Monkey Island I

CUZ IT'S SOO COOOL!!!
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: Mike_Amiga on October 29, 2002, 11:59:35 PM
:crazy: GOOD LORD ! :crazy: Is this debate still raging :pissed::-?:pissed:
Title: Re: Amiga BEST game ever
Post by: wonea on October 30, 2002, 12:38:24 AM
 Without a single doubt Wings was the best.