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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: stefcep2 on January 21, 2008, 11:36:36 AM
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Nintendo had the Mario-exclusive games, Sega had Sonic: What was your favourite Amiga-only game?
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I will vote for Total Chaos AGA
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Seriously: Xtreme Racing
not sure: Kid Chaos?
Sarcasm: Car Vup :-D
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SuperFrog!
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F/A-18 Interceptor
I remember playing it deep into the night :-D
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pVC wrote:
SuperFrog!
I wanted to say that too, but it wasn't Amiga-exclusive.
Most of my favourites are either arcade ports or they have been released on other platforms.
The only favourite Amiga-exclusive title I can think of atm is Dogs of War. That wasn't released on any other platforms, was it?
Edit: No, it was also released for the Atari ST.. :crazy:
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Car-Vup is a very cool game for the moment 1991 I think of its release. :-P
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That's a difficult question, since many of the best Amiga games were ported to (or from) other platforms. Another vote for XTReme Racing. All of the others I am thinking of (Cannon Fodder, Worms, Nebulus, Zool to name a few) were available on other platforms.
Actually, wasn't Worms: The Directors Cut an Amiga only version? If so then that would be a definite favourite Amiga-only game. It was, and still is, the best version of Worms.
I wonder if it would have made any difference to the Amiga's fate if all those classics which were ported to other platforms had been left as Amiga-only titles. It might have brought in more users and funded the platform sufficiently to keep it alive.
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I would like to point out that hearing my PC-owning friends bragging about this great new DOS game they can play, then seeing that it was a conversion of Zool with crap graphics and awful sound made me furious! :lol: They didn't seem to understand that these games had been around for ages on the Amiga, and were much better!
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moto
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Kick Off 2!!!
Maybe it's not Amiga exclusive but its a perfect simulation of soccer.
Others can be Operation Stealth,Monkey Island 2 or Shadow Fighter.
I also love Battle Squadron and Lotus 1,2 and 3. :-D
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motorollin wrote:
I wonder if it would have made any difference to the Amiga's fate if all those classics which were ported to other platforms had been left as Amiga-only titles. It might have brought in more users and funded the platform sufficiently to keep it alive.
On the other hand, it's kind of sad that Superfrog wasn't ported to SNES/Megadrive. A bigger audience could have given it the publicity it really deserved. :-)
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madsjm wrote:
On the other hand, it's kind of sad that Superfrog wasn't ported to SNES/Megadrive. A bigger audience could have given it the publicity it really deserved. :-)
Yes it would have given that game more publicity, and would have made more money for Team 17, but it wouldn't have promoted the Amiga, since games for other platforms rarely advertised that they were Amiga originals. So porting more games to other platforms would only serve to permit non-Amiga users to play games which were intended for the Amiga, and probably reduce the Amiga's user base even further.
Some time I ago I saw one of those DTV joysticks. It apparently had several ORIGINAL Sega games on it, but upon inspection, ALL of the games were Amiga originals. I can't remember what they all were, but one of them was Sensible Soccer. Hardly a Sega original :roll:
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moto
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Mindwalker.
Such a messed idea for a game.
I even have a 15 minute long mp3 of the soundtrack I listen to occasionally. :)
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maybe Wings? or Ruff'n' Tumble
no wait, Traps'n' Treasures... is it Amiga only?
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Well, I have to admit that I am into shooters (perfect for relaxing, which for me is the motivation of playing a game). I recently rediscovered Hybris. Quite an oldie (1988 by Discovery software), but I'd say one of the best shooters ever made. Cool graphics, great playability, awesome demoscene style music and massive destruction... :-D
Any other recommended shooters? (I know R-Type and the like, but I think I prefer V-scrolling.)
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@moto: I think the Amiga would have died sooner or later anyway, because of bad management and whatnot.
But it truly makes me sad that this gem of a game is relatively unknown.
Oh! Oh! Ruff N' Tumble may be Amiga-exclusive?
Edit: Doh! Someone beat me to it. :-(
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i got into amiga partly for the games that don't exist on other platforms...
gloom?
testament?
breathless?
tinytroops?
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Ruff 'n' Tumble is a definite favourite of mine too, and AFAIK an Amiga only. This could have been a real killer-game if it had been marketed right. As madsjm says, it all comes down to management :-(
Breathless was also a wicked game.
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moto
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Fury of the furriest
Pushover
Alien breed
Gloom
Breathless
Nemac IV
Galaga (have not seen them on other platforms)
Hostages
Those are the ones i come to think of....
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Battle Squadron. Period
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pyrre: Pushover was ported to SNES or Megadrive. Galaga is one of the most famous arcade games ever.
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Hired Guns ?
Frontier ?
Super Stardust ?
Were they ported to other platforms ?
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oooh... did not know that...
Yea galaga is kinda cool...
but i have never seen it on other platforms...
Not as Galaga, at least...
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Gloom Deluxe
Nemac IV
Genetic Species
FaYoh 2
Battle Squadron
Alien Breed 3d and Killing Grounds
Extreme Violence 6.9 (best 2-player game ever!)
Sensible Massacre 2 (there's something about running people over with a bulldozer)
Smurf Hunt (OK, suckers!)
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Of the current ones I'd say Total Chaos AGA.
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Of the older ones I'd have to say I don't know.
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pyrre wrote:
oooh... did not know that...
Yea galaga is kinda cool...
but i have never seen it on other platforms...
Not as Galaga, at least...
Galaga was released as Galaga for the MSX. It is one of the better Arcade conversions I ever played.
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X-treme racing
Drip (pd)
Sys (pd-Yehar!!!)
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AeroMan wrote:
Hired Guns ?
Frontier ?
Super Stardust ?
Were they ported to other platforms ?
Don't know about Hired Guns, but the other two definitely were ported to other platforms (apparently Super Stardust has just been re-released for PS3!).
I don't know if it was ported elsewhere, but I'd say Wizkid for me, great game! Anyone else remember it?
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A lot of people have mentioned Battle Squadron. It's a badass game... although not exclusive... It also made an appearance on the Sega Genesis...
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MY vote is for Total Chaos AGA (still in development, BTW!).
Oldies 'n' goodies:
- Xtreme Racing;
- Wings
- Desert Strike
- Genetic Species
- Wasted Dreams
- Gloom
- Alien Breed 3D
- Putty Squadron
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Deliverance.
Way back when I had my Amiga 500 I found this game at some garage sale or something. I think it was from Europe as I'd never seen it in the US, and I think it's Amiga exclusive. Best graphics I'd seen on the system.
If anyone has one with a box and manual that they'd like to sell, PM me please :)
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Zeewolf I guess...
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@bloodline
Wasn't Zeewolf written by former Future Publishing staff (creators of Amiga Format, etc...)?
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K240 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K240)
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HenryCase wrote:
@bloodline
Wasn't Zeewolf written by former Future Publishing staff (creators of Amiga Format, etc...)?
Indeed, called BinaryAsylum
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AeroMan wrote:
Hired Guns ?
Frontier ?
Super Stardust ?
Were they ported to other platforms ?
Super Stardust recently made it to the PS3....
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/797/797913p1.html
Plaz
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Banshee.
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Deliverance was really great, but... I saw it on C64 after emulation became extremely popular in PCs
And about Galaga, It was ported to MSX (as already said) but it was originally created to Arcades. I agree, it's one of the most popular games ever released! :)
*PS* Anyone knows what's the DTV Joystick (with "Sega" exclusively games, that in fact contain Amiga games???)
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pyrre wrote:
Yea galaga is kinda cool...
but i have never seen it on other platforms...
Not as Galaga, at least...
Damn, I spent a fortune on the coin up as a kid even before I owned a computer myself. That even caused me trouble with my parents. :-o :lol: I still play it on Mame from time to time... If I could choose one original arcade cabinet for my home, it would certainly be Galaga.
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Most of my alltime favourite games are on the Amiga, but most weren't exclusive:
Frontier EliteII
Stuntcar racer
Armourgeddon 1 + 2 (exclusive I think)
Dune II
Worms:Directors cut
etc
This is difficult!
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bloodline wrote:
HenryCase wrote:
@bloodline
Wasn't Zeewolf written by former Future Publishing staff (creators of Amiga Format, etc...)?
Indeed, called BinaryAsylum
Cool, thought so.
Always thought it would be cool to write/work for Future Publishing, play games all day, etc... Plus I live in Bath so I wouldn't have too travel far to work, always a bonus. :-)
Back to the original subject...
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I would have to say that Alien Breed and Chaos Engine, I guess they are no longer exclusives to the Amiga but they felt like Amiga only games :) Alien Breed used to the scare the sh*te out of me when I played it at night time ... hmmm gotta find that game again sometime.
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well... it is really really hard,
but I think I will have to vote for:
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>... huh? TC? what is that?
Short for Total Chaos, and is the best game ever conceived.
:-o :-o :-o :roll: :roll: :roll: :angry: :angry: :angry: :-o :-o :-o :madashell: :madashell: :madashell: :roll: :roll: :roll:
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I suddenly remembered.. Supercars II!! :-D
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Alien Breed 3D and Alien Breed 3D II -were fantastic in their day.
Can't believe nobody has mentioned 'Genetic Species' -it was a great game.
What about 'Gloom'- great fun and ran nicely on a standard A1200.
T-Zero, Disposable Hero, Shadow of the third Moon, Fire and Ice, Uridium II and Foundation. -all great games that I spent a lot of time playing. -All worth picking up and playing if you don't have them already.
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Oh yeah Zeewolf! That was an excellent game! Genetic Species was ok, but I wouldn't say it was great.
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@orange
Dang! I was just playing Traps&treasures last night! love the way that game was made............its so...........so, video gamey :-)
I like the sounds and everything and the fact the the intor is all Overscan. the game feals kind of complete.
I L-O-V-E Ruff N Tumble.......absoltely amazing game. Shame about the slugish frame rate, but nevertheless looks awesome.
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Deluxe Galaga.....lost many many hours of my life to that game.
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Delux Galaga was Amiga only but it wasent a major title but shareware! however its re-appeard on Windows now known as Warblade (http://www.warblade.as/index.asp).
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Plaz wrote:
AeroMan wrote:
Hired Guns ?
Frontier ?
Super Stardust ?
Were they ported to other platforms ?
Super Stardust recently made it to the PS3....
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/797/797913p1.html
Plaz
Damn....now I going to have to by a PS3, only a new Chaos Engine (best game EVER)could have beat that news!!
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Tripitaka wrote:
Plaz wrote:
AeroMan wrote:
Hired Guns ?
Frontier ?
Super Stardust ?
Were they ported to other platforms ?
Super Stardust recently made it to the PS3....
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/797/797913p1.html
Plaz
Damn....now I going to have to by a PS3, only a new Chaos Engine (best game EVER)could have beat that news!!
http://www.playfuls.com/gamespace_3424_The_Chaos_Engine_remake.html
:)
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4pLaY wrote:
Delux Galaga was Amiga only but it wasent a major title but shareware! however its re-appeard on Windows now known as Warblade (http://www.warblade.as/index.asp).
Dude, you made me happy, I'll be buying that!!!
Old school shooters with new GFX are what I love best (after my kids & cats of course).
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4pLaY wrote:
Tripitaka wrote:
Plaz wrote:
AeroMan wrote:
Hired Guns ?
Frontier ?
Super Stardust ?
Were they ported to other platforms ?
Super Stardust recently made it to the PS3....
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/797/797913p1.html
Plaz
Damn....now I going to have to by a PS3, only a new Chaos Engine (best game EVER)could have beat that news!!
http://www.playfuls.com/gamespace_3424_The_Chaos_Engine_remake.html
:)
:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:
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Tripitaka wrote:
4pLaY wrote:
Delux Galaga was Amiga only but it wasent a major title but shareware! however its re-appeard on Windows now known as Warblade (http://www.warblade.as/index.asp).
Dude, you made me happy, I'll be buying that!!!
Old school shooters with new GFX are what I love best (after my kids & cats of course).
Glad i could be of service :).
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I'm not too keen on remakes, but warblade was made by Edgar vigdal....the man himself who made the original deluxe galaga......and he has done a tremendous job!
its the same game with new features and wonderous graphics, playability is still top notch although it feels a little easier than the original.
I reccomend all DG fans to try the pc version...and lose more hours of your life :lol:
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I don't think the original The Settlers ever got ported anywhere. The latest versions were non-Amiga, though. :-/
Didn't a lot of Amiga games get released on that Atari thing at the same time, too? I don't think there were really any Amiga exclusive games at all until after Commodore went bankrupt because after then, what you got were games made by people in their basements that didn't seem to get released in a box on a shelf, but online only.
Anyhoo, it never got released anywhere I hear, but I played the Zeewolf II demo thing and that was pretty good.
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weirdami wrote:
I don't think the original The Settlers ever got ported anywhere. The latest versions were non-Amiga, though. :-/
Didn't a lot of Amiga games get released on that Atari thing at the same time, too? I don't think there were really any Amiga exclusive games at all until after Commodore went bankrupt because after then, what you got were games made by people in their basements that didn't seem to get released in a box on a shelf, but online only.
Anyhoo, it never got released anywhere I hear, but I played the Zeewolf II demo thing and that was pretty good.
My friend had a PC... and he had a DOS version of Settlers.
Actually it's Zeewolf 2 that I have not Zeewolf... but it's still a great game and one that would probably do well now on modern platforms
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Chaos Engine Remakes and other games of this type always suck!
You know why? they always try to make them3D wich ruins the look...
perfect examples....StreetFighter EX.....what major crap!
but look at the new StreetFighter 4! they went back to 2D but super enhanced Sprites.
Thats what Chaos Engine needs and SpeedBall 2
Speedball for Playstation is Garbage. The look is not the same nor the feel. I bought it and returned it.
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@leirbag28
Street Fighter 4 has 3D graphics, it's just played out on a 2D plane.
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>what you got were games made by people in their basements that didn't seem to get released in a box on a shelf, but online only.
Yes, that era spawned such classics as "Droidwars5"
and the hugely popular "2Decide" modular strategy game,
and gave birth to the multipurpose franchise
starting with "watchNplay",
and began the revolutionary
fileshare multiplayer technology
when "Secrecy" was put on aminet.
Those are my second favourite
amiga exclusive games.
It was those games that really
boosted the amiga community
into the 400 million users it has today.
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400 million? wow wee!
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Tripitaka wrote:
Super Stardust recently made it to the PS3....
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/797/797913p1.html
Plaz
Damn....now I going to have to by a PS3, only a new Chaos Engine (best game EVER)could have beat that news!!
You have to buy Super Stardust HD on the PS3... it helps if you have a surround sound system to hook it up to as well. It's amazingly well done and really addictive... Also don't forget to buy Lemmings from the PS store. :-D
As for Amiga-only exclusive I have to say Lotus 1, I still haven't found a racing game that is as good or as addictive. Need for speed is all about graphics but there is no challenge, no fun whatsoever.
-EDIT: Also try Worms Open Warfare 2 on the PSP, that was actually the main reason I bought the PSP. :-D
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In case there are any poor souls who have not yet witnessed
the awesomity of Total Chaos,
here are some links:
Total Chaos Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Chaos)
Total Chaos review (http://de5.aminet.net/docs/rview/TotalChaosAGA-Review.jpg)
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@Im>bE
your icon says TOTAL CYROS.
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Genre weren´t specified.
Action-adventure: Beast I. Definitely.
Racing: Lotus trilogy
Sport: Great Courts II.
Adventure: Lure of the temptress
Logical: Pick ´N´ Pile
Strategy: Powermonger (Populous II)
Jump ´N´ Run: Superfrog (Ruff ´N´ Tumble)
RPG/Fantasy: Eye of Beholder II (Total Chaos AGA / Perihelion)
Arcade sim: Pinball Dreams
Wargame: Pacific Islands
3D action: Alien Breed 3D
Shoot ´em up: Project-X
Management sim.: ThemePARK
Beat ´em up: Capital Punishment
Am I forgot anything?
Reynolds
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*PS* Anyone knows what's the DTV Joystick (with "Sega" exclusively games, that in fact contain Amiga games???)
They were made by a @ companiies one which was a company called Radica I believe and they advertised them as Sega Megadrive ports. You could also get Sonic and Street Fighter, as well as SWOS. But defiantely NOT Amiga versions
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Disposable Hero (amazing shoot'em up)
Shadow Fighter (amazing beat'em up)
Slam Tilt (also released on PC, but definitely seems to be tailor made for AGA/2 MB Amigas. (incredible flipper)
Still playing them, 15 years later. Bored by recent games / relentless hardware progress / waste / hundreds of Watts consumed for nothing / disposable machines... :)
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Reynolds wrote:
Genre weren´t specified.
Action-adventure: Beast I. Definitely.
Racing: Lotus trilogy
Sport: Great Courts II.
Adventure: Lure of the temptress
Logical: Pick ´N´ Pile
Strategy: Powermonger (Populous II)
None of the above games are Amiga-exclusive.
Jump ´N´ Run: Superfrog (Ruff ´N´ Tumble)
RPG/Fantasy: Eye of Beholder II (Total Chaos AGA / Perihelion)
Eye of Beholder II is not Amiga exclusive.
I stopped checking your list at this point.
Am I forgot anything?
You forgot to read the topic. :-)
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while no amiga exclusive, but certainly amiga original and while not the best games in the world, the series that defined A500 was Shadow of the Beast 1,2,3.
After all, original Mario is there for spectrum and sonic has been released to many platforms lately.
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alenppc wrote:
As for Amiga-only exclusive I have to say Lotus 1
Lotus 1 is certainly not Amiga-only. I got here an Commodore 64 port, and AFAIK it was also on the AtariST
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OMG!!!!
Everybody forgot to mention WALKER!
One of the best action games I ever saw in my life!
What a shame!
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I see some ppl strongly polling for a certain game.
*many* of the Amiga-classics as we remember them. were ported to the peecee in the mid 90's.
These were often utterly crap and bad ports.
Some Amiga-games still live on, like Worms or Lemmings among (many) others, on consoles.
This game I'm opting for *is* an Amiga-exclusive which still is in development (improvements and user-suggestions).
But for the moment, "-Only Amiga...." ;)
-> Total Chaos - AGA! <-
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How hard is it for some of you people just to check first before you post? 90% of the games suggested so far are available on other systems. Just go to Lemon Amiga or Hall of Light ( http://www.lemonamiga.com and http://hol.abime.net ) and search for the game you THINK only came out on the Amiga, and you'll most likely see that it's also on the Atari ST, PC, Mega Drive, or a bunch of other systems.
As for my favourite Amiga-ONLY games, here's a short list:
Fightin' Spirit
Ruff 'n' Tumble
Mr. Nutz: Hoppin' Mad
Agony
Banshee
Lionheart
Disposable Hero
Shadow Fighter
Breathless
Kid Chaos
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Lionheart and Apidya im pretty sure these were Amiga only.
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i was going to say stunt car racer, but that got an outing on the ST, c64, and speccy! :-o
so i'm just going to trot out the usual suspects that i don't think made it to any other platform
lotus2
slamtilt
extreme racing
and walker! thanks to someone else mentioning it, i'd forget how many hours of my life it ate!
all my others got releases on PC and console...
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Lotus 2 was released on the ST and Megadrive,
Slam Tilt was released on the PC :)
I think the others were Amiga only.
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Gravity Force 2 :-D
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Stardust (BTW the new Super Stardust HD on PS3 is awesome)
Chaos Engine
Alien Breed
Super Frog
Skid Marks
and the non exclusive games that I prefer to play on Amiga:
UFO:Enemy Unknown
The Settlers
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Alien Breed & Superfrog were released on the PC
Chaos Engine on the ST & PC
Stardust on the ST
:)
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@Mahen,
oh maaaan, i guess that leaves me with walker and xtreme racing then. :-)
guess that goes to show, if you can, multiplatform it, maximize the cash from the development investment. and by the time Walker and XTR came out, everything else had moved on... :roll:
@painkiller
Ah, that reminds me, i've had a settlers game running for a few days now... i wonder how its getting on...
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Shot em up: T-Zero
Thats ever Amiga only!
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Walker was great, and I spent a long time playing the demo of Qwak, not sure if that was out on other platfroms tho...
Can't beleive no-one's mentioned Payback yet?
Before GTA3 came out on the PS2 I had friends coming over and getting me to let them have a go on it, now that's the kind of games/app needed if there's going to be any kind of resurgence in interest in the Amiga..
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Payback is not Amiga only.
I have a NDS version.... :-D
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netrot wrote:
Payback is not Amiga only.
I have a NDS version.... :-D
Oh yeah... :idea:
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Deluxe Galaga...my fav shooter :-D
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Dang, 'favorite amiga-exclusive game' ?? Harder to answer than I thought :-D
Well, another vote for Walker, Apidya, XTreme Racing ..
Someone mentioned shooters, how about Wings of Death? Kinda strange, but pretty sure it was Amiga-only...
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Turboraketti2
AdventureMiniDash
:-P
Both @ aminet