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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: arkpandora on February 17, 2008, 06:21:44 PM
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Can you help me find the name of the following Amiga game I played in the 80's ? I can't remember the exact year but it was before 1990. If I remember well, the game takes place in some nuclear war scenery : at some point in the game you are presented with a map of operations showing the northern hemisphere. It's an action game at least in the first level : in a first-person view, you are running in a corridor, having to avoid or shoot pedestrian enemies coming from side ways. At the end of this level or maybe another, you meet a woman for some kind of love scene.
Does it ring any bell ?
Thank you for any remembrance.
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nuclear war (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_War_(computer_game))
(http://dailyscreenshots.de/screenshot/nuclear-war/amiga-1345022)
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Thanks for your hint.
No, unfortunately it's not Nuclear War. The north hemisphere view however is similar, but the style is darker.
It's not impossible that I am mixing two games. In that case, only the level 1 description I gave belongs to the game I'm looking for, not the hemisphere view or nuclear war scenery, which might as well come from other games I was playing at the time, such as Raid Over Moscow on the C64.
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mayday squad heroess or narco police?
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A really old suggestion would be Balance of Power.
Check out http://hol.abime.net/17
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Thanks again.
Narco Police is too recent.
Balance of Power is a strategy game in 640x200 while the game I'm looking for is an arcade game in 320x200.
I don't recall having played Mayday Squad so a priori it may be it, but the look is very different and probably the scenery : the game I'm looking for had rather futuristic scenery and backgrounds.
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beast Busters? Space Gun? Punisher? Zombie?
give another clue
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Hostages? (http://hol.abime.net/738) or its sequel Alcatraz? (http://hol.abime.net/3226)
Varthall
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Do you mean Mata Hari? :-D
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I played this game before 1990, so it can't be Beast Busters, Space Gun, Punisher or Alcatraz, all released in the 90's. It's not Zombi either, which is a game I know well. I don't remember Hostages, but according to the screenshots is has a different look and scenery as well, so I'm pretty sure it's not Hostages either.
Phantom wrote:
Do you mean Mata Hari? :-D
Well, not exactly : she was not my type.
Trying to be more precise about that level, I seem to remember that you weren't able to control your speed : you were just moving forward in the way of "Operation Thunderbolt" (which it was not). The corridor had a metal look, was well lit up, and was suggesting the interior of a space ship or base. The love scene at the end had a light and shade look, which maybe could remind the love meeting in "Defender of the Crown".
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Can you remember anything from the intro? Logos, music?
Controls, mouse, keyboard or joystick? One or two players? If so, turns, shared screen or splitscreen?
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Well, no, I cannot say much more, unfortunately. Whether it was a one or two player game, in any case it was one player at a time : the action took the full screen.
It could be like in Lotus II - full screen in one player mode and splitscreen in two players mode : I can't tell. However the concept and design of the love scene makes me think of a one player only game.
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Try browsing screen grabs on sites like:
http://www.classicamiga.com
http://hol.abime.net/
http://www.lemonamiga.com/
Maybe you'll see something on these sites then that'll spark the old gray? :)
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Could it be Burntime (http://members.chello.at/theodor.lauppert/games/burntime.htm) ?
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giturox wrote:
Could it be Burntime (http://members.chello.at/theodor.lauppert/games/burntime.htm) ?
No it couldn't be, as Burntime dates from 1993.
@arnljot
I browsed these sites from time to time, without success until now, hence this thread. I have just browsed all the Hall of Light games that have screenshots and are older than 1990 : the game I'm looking for is not among them.
I played this game at a cousin's home, who has since thrown his Amiga and games to the bin (no I don't forgive him). He remembers the game (and could confirm my memory) but not the name.
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You're thinking of Cinemaware's S.D.I. =)
Fun game (and unfortunately shared its name with a game from Activision)
http://hol.abime.net/1851
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Am I ? Yes, I am !
I didn't see that level among the HOL screenshots, but now I remember the map and the control center.
When I said "Defender of the Crown", I should have thought "Cinemaware".
Wow, thank you very much.
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Yup -- the level you're thinking of is when you fly to the Soviet space station and have to fight off KGB agents as you try to get to the girl.
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And I suppose that it's more the last level than the first, although it is the only one I have seen.
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IIRC it's not the last level -- it's just one of the more advanced events in the game (and if I recall correctly you have to do it more than once sometimes).
Of course it's been forever so don't quote me on this.
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Anyway my word "level" doesn't suit Cinemaware games.