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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: runequester on July 22, 2011, 08:22:17 PM
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Been a while..
Let's talk about amiga games that you objectively know aren't all that great, but you liked them anyways.
A few to kick the discussion off:
Dogs of War - Pretty much a terrible ikari warriors clone. Yet, with 2 players, we wasted hours on this thing.
Death mask - terrible controls, terrible graphics, terrible sounds. Wasted hours in 2 player on this one too.
Amiga versions of Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat. GUess the console versions were faster and better but we still had a good time. Not sure if these count since we didn't have a console at the time though.
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I would just say the only real reason the console versions of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat were better than the Amiga versions is due to only having one (or even two) buttons on the Amiga.
Graphics may have been slightly better on the SNES, Genesis, but at least Mortal Kombat didn't have purple blood or 'sweat'.
Can we also mention games we want to love, but either suck at so we hate them, or they are just too difficult for their own damn good?
I'd put Shadow of the Beast in that category!
I do love Xenon 2, probably a bit more than it deserves.
slaapliedje
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Lost Dutchman Mine
Loved that game way back in the day, for some reason, lol.
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Final Fight - It was just awesome to be able to play this at home.
Blood Money - Although disk1 (intro) got more use than disk2
Sword of Sodan - Again, mostly for its amazing graphics
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I would just say the only real reason the console versions of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat were better than the Amiga versions is due to only having one (or even two) buttons on the Amiga.
Graphics may have been slightly better on the SNES, Genesis, but at least Mortal Kombat didn't have purple blood or 'sweat'.
Can we also mention games we want to love, but either suck at so we hate them, or they are just too difficult for their own damn good?
I'd put Shadow of the Beast in that category!
I do love Xenon 2, probably a bit more than it deserves.
slaapliedje
yeah, I felt the graphics were decent on the amiga versions.
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Flyin' High and Racer.
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I do love Xenon 2, probably a bit more than it deserves.
Oh come now, it deserves love for the sound track alone. I played that through two grands worth of stereo and it was AWESOME! Now you've gone and reminded me about it I'm gonna have to play it again.
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The first game of this type that comes to mind...
Super Bob Dylan on Aminet.
A totally horrible looking, but fun and true to form Super Mario clone on Aminet.
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Oh come now, it deserves love for the sound track alone. I played that through two grands worth of stereo and it was AWESOME! Now you've gone and reminded me about it I'm gonna have to play it again.
I remember many years ago Radio 1 announced that it would be transmitting the Xenon 2 theme tune as an experiment in "pseudo surround sound" one Saturday night... :)
Me and the mates all gathered in my bedroom with the hi fi tuned to Radio 1 and the speakers placed at roughly six feet either side as instructed, then the music started and gawd were we disappointed, two people reckon they heard the occasional bit of base that sounded like it came from behind them while the other four of us never heard a thing... :(
Suffice to say after the DJ was inundated with angry listeners asking if this was a wind up they never played that tune again... :-)
As for the game itself, even though it was pretty naff I still played it quite often, dunno why I did but that's what this thread is about... :)
PS: Days Of Thunder has to be the worst Amiga game of all time, there is nothing good that can be said about that piece of crap... :)
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I Used to play dogs of war for hours and hours and hours when I was a lot younger.
Now, I don't know why I played it that much.. :)
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Sword of Sodan - Again, mostly for its amazing graphics
I agree with that one :)
I was amazed when i saw it first time running at the local market, so i had to buy it, something to brag about to my friends (Oh, yes i actually bought many games, just because i wanted working games, original boxes and without tons of viruses :D )
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I don't think I liked any game on the Amiga more than it deserved to be honest... ..I have completed Chaos Engine about 40 odd times, but it deserves it.
@Franko, LMAO,I had loads of bass on that game but it was an awesome stereo I used. Shame it belonged to my (now long time in the past ex) girlfriend.
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Never been a big fan of Amiga games but Typhoon Thomson is one I go back to every now and then just to see if I can actually get anywhere in it, it's one of those games where the controls are awful but you just have to go back to try and get a bit further to see what comes next... :)
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I actually liked, and still like, most of the games that I am supposed to like more than they deserve.
I still enjoy SotB. Yes, it's really hard.
Same with Blood Money.
And Dragon's Lair too..
I personally think people are too hard on them, because they want them to be pure action games.
They aren't. They are memory / reflex games, and I like those...
I also like Sword of Sodan. Yeah, it has it's faults, but one of my favorite arcade games was Gladiator, and it was the closest I could find. ;-)
I remember accidentally booting the Amiga when disk 3(???) was in and it booted and displayed.. something kual... Can't remember what now.. ;-) I have to find an image and try that again...
desiv
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I Used to play dogs of war for hours and hours and hours when I was a lot younger.
Now, I don't know why I played it that much.. :)
Miniguns for the win :)
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Indy 500, just because it was 4 left hand turns over and over and over again, but, I love that game...
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F1GP(on my old A500), because the worlds most advanced motorsport in slow-mo is just not F1...
I wasted soooo many hours playing them two alone...
F1GP was the nuts with the patches and an accelerator!
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Frontal Assault (http://apex-designs.net/frontalassault.html) was a fun artillery war game. I liked it better than Scorched Tanks but at the end of the day, it's just an AmosPro program with source available. That's the only reason it's better.
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My guilty fav. is 'Town with no Name" for the CDTV. Terrible graphics, game play was formulaic (you knew where to shoot every time for each bad guy) but the humor was right up my alley!
If your not a fan of westerns, you won't get half the jokes, but if you are...:roflmao:
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I'll have to put Wings of Death on this thread. I used to absolutely love it back when I played it on my Atari ST. But I tried it recently on my A4000 and it felt a little off.
Of course that could be that I'm just terribly rusty at it!
slaapliedje
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F1GP, I remember my cousin playing that 'slideshow' really hard. :)
Indianapolis 500, so many hours with that game.
I don't understand why anyone would put Blood Money and Dogs of War on objectively not so great list.
Blood Money has not only incredible intro, and breathtaking in game graphics, but it is also a very playable and fun game, with a little bit of humour too (remember that snowman?). I finished 3 planets without cheats many times. Although I can hardly believe anyone could finish the fourth one without them.
Dogs Of War is great with two players, also the idea that you can do the missions in the order you wish is great. It has one good feature which many other similiar games don't, which constantly let me down. In DoW when you fire a weapon, the character stays in place. For me it is very important.
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Rise Of The Robots AGA, what an intro! Game FAIL though...
Nightbreed The Movie Game... only because it was the first game I ever played on my 500 in 92'.
Street Fighter II....... FAIL
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Oh yeah! I also LOVED the intro music to FULL METAL PLANET. I would load it just for that. Still have no clue how to play the game... :(
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For some reason, I really liked the "Hook" adventure game by Ocean...
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LLamatron. I still play the crap out of that game.
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LLamatron. I still play the crap out of that game.
Llamatron is cool and difficult. My vote goes to Rainbow Islands. I played it the other month with all the cheats on and couldn't get beyond the 3rd or 4th island. Just too hard mind you I suck !
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I love a lot of the Sierra games that were made for PC and ported (poorly) to the Amiga...even though the screens look better on PC, for some reason, I like to play them on my a4k more then in DosBox :)
My favorites are the Hero's Quest/Quest for Glory series. Those games are awesome! After that, Space Quest, and Leisure Suit Larry. They are timeless. There haven't really been any games like that since, unfortunately.
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Indy 500, just because it was 4 left hand turns over and over and over again, but, I love that game...
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F1GP(on my old A500), because the worlds most advanced motorsport in slow-mo is just not F1...
I wasted soooo many hours playing them two alone...
F1GP was the nuts with the patches and an accelerator!
Indy 500 is even better if you simply did a 180 and go round the track backwards, try doing any more than 3 laps like that without a spectacular head on collision... :)
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Red Lightning.
Terrible game... I loved it.
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Discovery - in the steps of columbus (Impressions, 1992)
For me, the first "discover new land and settle on it" game in real-time! I loved this game so incredibly much, i think i spent months of my lifetime on it back then.
Also, Mega Lo Mania - replaying level after level until i found out how many people *exactly* i needed to just beat the CPU. Also, months of my young life... gone :)
- Gil
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Great topic :)
Rockstar Ate My Hamster: very dumb, but somehow funny... i play it at times.
Turrican 3: sounds odd, but maybe I'm one of the very few who likes the third part as much as the first and the second.
Oldtimer: nice graphics, and interesting historical background. But the game itself is very boring...
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Trick Or Treat, a 3D two player game where two wizards run around in a sort of maze trying to kill each other, while picking up teleport potions, speedups, etc. My brother and I spent hours playing it, great fun :)
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Manhattan Dealers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxG0QIigYIA
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All time classics were
01 Elite - played this till 4 or 5 in the morning then had to be at work the next day.
02 Shadow of the Beast - The first release.
03 F1 Grand Prix - played at computer club with multiple (five of us) player mode.
04 Frontier - Long time playing this game
Best all time multi player mode with parallell cable,
A Stunt Car Racer
B Lotus 3 - had a computer club competition on this game one saturday from 9 in the morning to 11 at night & Claire beat all of the blokes for the prize of a Golden Joystick (Speedking).
C Falcon
Memories :)
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Great topic :)
Rockstar Ate My Hamster: very dumb, but somehow funny... i play it at times.
Turrican 3: sounds odd, but maybe I'm one of the very few who likes the third part as much as the first and the second.
Oldtimer: nice graphics, and interesting historical background. But the game itself is very boring...
Turrican 3 is awesome. Sure, its not 2, but its a damn fine game in my opinion.
I never could get into the 1st one all that much for some reason.
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Technocop, Oswald, Zoom, Geebee Air Rally and a James Bond on a boat movie tie in (Live and Let Die?).
All pretty grim but I played them loads (I think Oswald and Zoom are two of the first games I got for my Amiga but that's no excuse).
Oh, and a 2 player bi-plane Atari 2600 Combat rip-off that we played for hours (I'm sure it was on a cover disk).