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Title: Games that defined the Amiga? Please join in ...
Post by: 4ppleseed on March 27, 2008, 12:25:46 AM
Righty, thanks for all your suggestions for my other thread Hidden Gems of the Amiga (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34749)

I'm thinking of writing another article entitled 'Games That Defined the Amiga' and I'd like to hear your suggestions.

When you think of 'Amiga game' what's the first thing that pops in your head?

For me:
Shadow of the beast, Sensible Soccer, Lemmings and Pinball Dreams/Illusion/Fantasies.

How about you?
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Post by: DaBest on March 27, 2008, 02:08:40 AM
EA F-18 Interceptor :-D  :-D
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Post by: TjLaZer on March 27, 2008, 02:22:43 AM
Blood Money
Menace
Defender of the Crown
Feary Tale Adventure
Battle Squadron
Super Frog
Turrican
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Post by: Eclipse on March 27, 2008, 04:48:23 AM
Speedball 2
Zool
Nitro
Lotus (All)
There is more.
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Post by: rkauer on March 27, 2008, 04:59:02 AM
 Walker
 Sensible Soccer
 Turrican series
 Pinball Illusions
 Skidmarks AGA (that green cow with wheels have no price!):lol:

 Maybe some more, but those are what immediately pops on my mind!
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Post by: B00tDisk on March 27, 2008, 05:29:20 AM
Falcon
Test Drive II, The Duel
The Bard's Tale
Starflight

...

Hm.  That's about it really.
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Post by: Darklight on March 27, 2008, 07:11:34 AM
Lemmings
Faery Tale Adventure
Test Drive I/II
It Came From The Desert
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Post by: 4ppleseed on March 27, 2008, 08:50:42 AM
Cool! Some more good ones there. Completely forgot about Secret of Monkey Island.  :idea:

I suppose the only rule is the game had to be released on the Amiga first. So any more for any more?
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Post by: Popstar on March 27, 2008, 08:57:24 AM
Populous
Sim City
Wings
Rocket Ranger

And less defining, but still worth mentioning:

Mega-Lo-Mania
Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders
Millennium 2.2
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Post by: motorollin on March 27, 2008, 08:58:03 AM
Alien Breed
Another World
Cannon Fodder
Chaos Engine
Civilization
Elite
Lemmings
Pinball Dreams
Pinball Fantasies
Populous
Project X
Sensible Soccer
Stardust
Superfrog
Syndicate
Worms
XTreme Racing
Zool

--
moto
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Post by: motorollin on March 27, 2008, 08:59:38 AM
Actually pretty much anything by Team17, The Bitmap Brothers or Bullfrog should really be on your list.

[EDIT]
Oh and Psygnosis, EA and Renegade, plus a couple by Ocean :-) There are so many!
[/EDIT]

--
moto
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Post by: Pertinax on March 27, 2008, 09:02:17 AM
Xenon2?

One game I have never actually played...



Jason
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Post by: Popstar on March 27, 2008, 09:06:15 AM
Oh, and in Denmark and Germany:

Hugo the TV Troll.

When the game came out in Denmark, the sales of memory expansions for the A500 exploded, because it wouldn't run without it.
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Post by: larsef on March 27, 2008, 11:33:09 AM
Rock'nRoll.  :-)
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Post by: Ilwrath on March 27, 2008, 11:56:13 AM
All of the above, plus "Another World" and "Flashback" of course.  :-)

Oh, and "Stunt Track Racer" of course...  

Can't forget the "Body Blows" series....

"Fighter Duel" (P51 Mustang vs. Zero) great linked fun!

"Wings" by Cinemaware...

Yeah, there's a lot.  And I'm sure I'm forgetting other obvious ones...  :-)
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Post by: Phantom on March 27, 2008, 01:18:33 PM
My list starts with Flashback and continues with...

Turrican 2
Xenon 2 Megablast
Sensible World of Soccer
Project-X
.
.
.

What are you talking about? There are too many to mention... :-o  :-D
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Post by: Tahoe on March 27, 2008, 01:24:35 PM
Deluxe Galaga
Hybris
Jaguar XJ220
Agony
Shadow of the Beast
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Post by: darksun9210 on March 27, 2008, 02:29:06 PM
Hmmm,
Starglider 2
Shadow of the beast. (honestly, myself and friends were picking our jaws up off the floor after seeing the GFX)
lotus2. fast. 4 player serial link mayhem!
bomberman. 4 player on one machine crazyness
stuntcar racer. link up dueling!
monkey island 1/2. even my mum got into playing these
indiana jones and the fate of atlantis.
flight of the amazone queen.
ledgend of kyrindia.
battle cars. excellent playability. linkable!
xtreme racing. multiplayer kept my A4000 alive while at university.
superskidmarksAGA, dual machine, dual screen racing!
pinball dreams/fantasies/illusions. awesome GFX and music
slamtilt. GFX/music, and HD installable!
populous 1/2. link up battles!
the settlers!!! more link up battles, or co-op play!
the CUamiga coverdisk JagXJ220 demo was fantastic. fast GFX, music and SFX at the same time, but the game itself have slower/jerkier GFX, and only music or sound FX, so felt a little let down on that one to be honest.
Zany Golf. who remembers seeing it on gamesmaster way back when? :-)
Lemmings!
worms!
kights of the sky. link up dog fights..
flashback.
no second prize.

god this is a right trip down memory lane!  :-D  :-D
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Post by: Effy on March 27, 2008, 02:38:45 PM
Nobody loves Genetic Species ?

http://aminet.net/search?query=genetic+species

Compared to Doom it may be low resolution but this game ran great on my 1230/4 !!!!!!!!  :destroy:
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Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on March 27, 2008, 02:57:59 PM
AFAIK:
Defender of the Crown
Lotus (all)
Xenon 2
Alien Breed (all)
Turrican 2
the Settlers
Zool (1 & 2)
Superfrog
Supercars (all)
Sensible Soccer
Speedball (all)
Monkey Island (1 & 2)
Cannon Fodder
Pirates!
Syndicate
North&South
Mega lo Mania
Flashback
Out Of This World
International Karate+
Stunt Car Racer
Chaos Engine
Worms
Fire & Ice
Rick Dangerous (1 & 2)
Titus the Fox
Zeewolf (1 & 2)
Supaplex
Exile
Gods
Blues Brothers
Prehistorik
Magic Pockets
Lemmings
First Samurai
Desert/Jungle Strike
Pinball Dreams/Fantasies/Illusions
Moonstone
Operation Wolf
Brian the Lion
Mr. Nutz
Elite (1 & 2)
Wolfchild
Ski or Die
Dune (1 & 2)
Civilization
Buggy Boy
Test Drive (1 & 2)
Prince of Persia
Rodland
Nitro
Soccer Kid
Wizzball/Wizzkid
Ironman Offroad Racing
Bubba & Sticks
Humans
Lost Vikings
Cisco Heat
Yo! Joe!
Future Wars
Elvira
Shadow of the Beast (all)
Populous (1 & 2)
Zany Golf
Lollypop
Skidmarks
All Terrain Racing
Body Blows
Fire Force
Navy Seals
Sleepwalker
Alfred Chicken
Dynablaster
Street Rod (1 & 2)
Traps 'n Treasures
BC Kid
Chuck Rock
Putty
Gobliiins
R-Type (1 & 2)
Cadaver (1 & 2)
X-Out
Cruise for a Corpse
Crazy Cars 3
Ugh!
Shufflepuck Cafe
Virus
James Pond (all)

These games are really Amiga-ish, IMHO :-)
Not necessarily classics, nor are all the classics being mentioned, just the most Amiga-defining games...

(/me is starting up my a500 :oops: )
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Post by: bison on March 27, 2008, 03:35:00 PM
Firepower!
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Post by: bloodline on March 27, 2008, 03:50:48 PM
I think in future the topic should limit the poster to one title, otherwise people like speel are just going to list every single Amiga game ever...

I vote for Megalomania... it was the first game I ever bought.
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Post by: rkauer on March 27, 2008, 05:22:32 PM
Quote

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
AFAIK:
--snip--
Out Of This World
--snip--

These games are really Amiga-ish, IMHO :-)
Not necessarily classics, nor are all the classics being mentioned, just the most Amiga-defining games...

(/me is starting up my a500 :oops: )


 "Out Of This World" is the other platform's name (peecee, msx, etc)! The Amiga version was named "Another World"!
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Post by: redrumloa on March 27, 2008, 05:46:52 PM
Nuclear War
Battle Chess
Xenon II
Leisure Suit Larry 1,2,3 & 5
Sim City
Lemmings
7-Up Spot
Dragon's Lair
Flashback
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Post by: Phantom on March 27, 2008, 06:09:44 PM
I think "Out of this World" was the name in USA, not in other platforms. The name in Europe was "Another World".
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Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on March 27, 2008, 06:31:40 PM
Quote

Phantom wrote:
I think "Out of this World" was the name in USA, not in other platforms. The name in Europe was "Another World".

Yes that's also what I thought.
But anyway, I was just browsing through some game databases...
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Post by: tokyoracer on March 27, 2008, 06:41:31 PM
Why hasn't it been said yet? BANSHEE! Possibly the best top down shoot-em-up there is and it's Amiga only.
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Post by: Edpon on March 27, 2008, 06:42:40 PM
In my opinion, it's not necessarily the games but the publishers that defined Amiga.

Psygnosis
Cinemaware
Electronic Arts ( At that time anyhow )
Bullfrog
US Gold

These are the ones that made Amiga great for me.

Ed
 :roll:
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Post by: asymetrix on March 27, 2008, 06:48:33 PM
Superfrog
Alienbreed
Project-X
Pushover
Desert strike
BombJacky
Lotus (all)
Fears
Bump'n Burn
Flimbos' Quest
Springtime
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Post by: RMK305 on March 27, 2008, 07:17:58 PM
For me some of the best were:

Hired Guns!!!!
Pirates!
Syndicate
Settlers
Lord of the Realms *surprised no one else mentioned this*
Zeewolf 1 & 2
Another  world
Alien Breed series
Jaguar XJ220
Supercars 2
Midnight resistance
The Dizzy games

Quality coin-op conversions also made the machine in my mind. Compared to what everyone else had (spectrum, C64) seeing Chase HQ and Turbo Outrun look so close to the arcade counterparts was what told me thhe machine  was special...and I was only about 10.
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Post by: Sig999 on March 27, 2008, 10:47:15 PM
I was going to buy an Amiga the second that I saw it released at the Australian PC show...  What made it from a 'want' to 'need - must have!' was when I first saw Defender of the Crown.

Games that continued to solidify the Ami's place as the premier graphics game machine during it's history:

FA-18 Inteceptor - made my RAAF Pilot brother sell his PC and buy an Amiga.

Lemmings - taking puzzle games to the next level

Populous - Taking strategy games to the next level

As far as 'full on screens of electric death' go -- for their day:

Silkwork (original)
Uridium 2
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Post by: Andeda on March 28, 2008, 08:46:30 AM
Wings is definitely one game that need to be added to this list. After all these years it is still one of my favorite games.
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Post by: pVC on March 28, 2008, 08:59:00 AM
Interceptor and Xenon2 made me to buy Amiga (along with Deathstar and Red Sector megademos ;). Later on there came lots of other games, but I'm too lazy to list them... well ok.. here's couple.. Lemmings, Shadow of the beasts, North and South, Speedball, Superfrog, The Settlers, Supercars2, Pinball Dreams, Wings, SWIV, Syndicate, Nuclear war, BattleChess, Virus, Another World, Stunt Car Racer, Kick Off, Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder, Oil Imperium! And lots of average (now bad) games, which attracted at the time :) Oh and Microprose Formula One Grand Prix.. year (or so) before the PC version :)
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Post by: darksun9210 on March 28, 2008, 10:06:21 AM
i think i'm going to agree with Edpon on this one...
the publishers and developers really seemed to have earned their crust at this time.
when ever you saw the psygnosis owl face on boot up you knew you were in for a treat.
Bullfrog too, for doing the populous series, theme park, syndicate...
Electronic Arts actualy ment something back then...

makes me think that these days of corperate money, infinite ram, massive processors, pixel/vertex shaders, GPU's ... something has been lost along the way...?

its almost like asking, why are hollwood blockbusters all crap re-hashes these days? i get games off steam these days. don't bother with shops. the last thing i got that was actually interesting was portal. maybe i'm growing up  :-o  :lol: "in my day...."
 :lol:
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Post by: DrDekker on March 28, 2008, 10:16:50 AM
Although it didn't strictly 'define' the Amiga - Switchblade 2 is a great platformer with very stylish graphics and rock hard gameplay (for me anyway) and deserves a mention I think.
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Post by: Xamiche on March 28, 2008, 10:51:01 AM
For me...

Speedball 2 (The joystick destroyer)
Eye of the Beholder I&II
Lemmings
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Post by: Argus on March 28, 2008, 11:18:41 AM
For me, I bought my first Amiga, an A2000 with A2090 card to play Dungeon Master.  Yeah, I know this game was a port from the AtariST but the Amiga version was better, imho.  I liked it so much I then bought Chaos Strikes Back.  I never upgraded to an AGA machine until maybe 1998 and therefore never bought Dungeon MasterII, as it was reportedly AGA only.  Little did I know all these years later it'll actually run on any 68020+ ECS Amiga w/ 1Mb Chip and some fast ram.  :cry:

I remember also getting hold of a Hired Guns demo in the early 1990s and thought it was awesome, though I never bought the full game.  It was Doom before that game took off on the PC.  Of course, it used the old dungeon master type interface, not the pseudo3d of doom.

Funny, but I never did like Captive, Knightmare or any of the Tony Crowther games.

My favorite PD game has to be either Deluxe Galaga or Scorched Tanks....great stuff.
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Post by: onkelarie on March 28, 2008, 12:43:58 PM
Tough one, because there were so many games and so many names...

Here's my indefinite list:

Hybris
Speedball 1
Superfrog
Sidewinder
Super Skweek
Quantox
Stunt car racer
Faerytale adventure
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Post by: Phantom on March 28, 2008, 12:45:33 PM
Quote
Funny, but I never did like Captive, Knightmare or any of the Tony Crowther games.


I agree with you, Captive games (Captive and Liberation after) were nice games at the start, but later became very boring for me. All the same again and again. As for the Knightmare game, please stay away... :-D
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Post by: mrnutz on April 04, 2008, 10:06:35 PM
Cannon Fodder
The Settlers
The Lemmings
Nebulus II