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If you anyone could throw out some suggestions for cool 2D Amiga games
Your wish is my command. None of these games will disapoint you, but ofcourse some are especially good. All are A500 compatible. Here we go:
Platformers:
Addams Family (Very good)
Arabian Nights
B.C. Kid
Beyond the Ice Palace (Tough one)
Brian the Lion
Car-Vup
Chuck Rock
Chuck Rock 2: Son of Chuck
Cool Spot
Elf
Fire and Ice
First Samurai, The
Fury of the Furries
Gods (Must have)
Great Giana Sisters, The
Harlequin
Horror Zombies from the Crypt
James Pond
James Pond II: Robocod (Brilliant)
Kid Chaos
Killing Game Show, The
Leander (Beautiful)
Lion Heart (Beautiful)
Magic Pockets (Must have)
Mr. Nutz
Myth
P.P Hammer and his Pneumatic Weapon
Parasol Stars
Premiere
Prince of Persia (Must have)
Rainbow Islands (Very good)
Rick Dangerous (Almost a must have)
Rick Dangerous II (Very good)
Rick Dangerous II 1/2 (Very good)
Rodland (Cute)
Ruff'n Tumble
Second Samurai
Soccer Kid
Super Methane Bros.
Super Frog (Very good)
Toki
Venus the Flytrap
Wolfchild
Zool
Zool 2
Shooters:
Agony (Beautiful)
Alien Breed (Very good)
Alien Breed 2 OCS/ECS (Must have)
Alien Breed - Tower Assault (Brilliant)
Apidya
Apidya II
Apocalypse
Awesome (Once an Amiga showcase)
Battle Squadron (Brilliant)
Blood Money (tough one)
Cabal
Cannon Fodder (Must have)
Cannon Fodder - X-mas Edition
Cannon Fodder 2
Cannon Fodder 2 - Alien Levels
Chaos Engine (Must have)
Commando
Data Storm
Deluxe Galaga
Desert Strike
Disposable Hero
Dogs of War
Executioner, The
Fire Power (Needs 2 players)
Fire Power II (Needs 2 players)
Fly Harder
Gloom Deluxe (3D)
Hired Guns
Hybris (Brilliant)
Jetstrike (A bit of strategy too)
Menace
Narc
Narco Police
Operation Thunderbolt
Operation Wolf
Project X (Brilliant)
Project X - Special Edition '93 (Brilliant)
Rampart
R-Type (Must have)
R-Type II (Very good)
Saint Dragon
Scorched Tanks (Needs 2 players, Very good)
Silkworm (Must have)
Smash T.V. (Mayhem)
Starcontrol (Brilliant, atleast with 2 players)
Stardust (Showcase)
Starwoids
Swiv (Brilliant)
Take 'em out
Transplant
TurboRAKETTI
Walker (Very good)
Warzone (Very good)
Wings of Fury (Strategic and very good)
Virus (Very good but extremely difficult)
Worms (Must have)
Xenon II (Very good)
X-Out (Very good)
Z-Out (Very good)
Zarathrusta
Zombie Apocalypse II
Platform shooters:
Assassin
Assassin - Special Edition
Navy Seals
Night Breed - The Arcade Game
Persian Gulf Inferno
Robocop 2
Switchblade II (Brilliant)
Turrican (Very good)
Turrican II (Brilliant)
Turrican 3 (Very good)
Action adventures:
Another World (Must have)
Antheads
Bubba 'n Stix
Cadaver (Tough but nice)
Cadaver - The Payoff
Chambers of Shaolin
D/Generation
Dragonstone
Elvira II
Entity (Nice atmosphere)
Exile (Tough)
Flashback (Brilliant)
Heimdall (Very good)
Hostages
Hunter (3D)
Immortal, The
Indiana Jones III - The Arcade Game
It Came from the Desert
Jim Power
Last Ninja
Last Ninja II
Last Ninja Remix
Last Ninja III
Lethal Weapon
Lost Patrol, The
Moonstone (Very good)
Robocop 3
Sabre Team (Very good)
Shadow Dancer
Shadow of the Beast (Very good, beautiful)
Shadow of the Beast II (tough)
Shadow of the Beast III
Shinobi
Syndicate (Very good)
Syndicate - American Revolt
Unreal (Nice looking)
Voodoo Nightmare
Paradroid '90
Driving:
Badlands
Indianapolis 500 (Very good)
Indy Heat
Jaguar XJ 220
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (Very good)
Lotus III
Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Brilliant)
Major Motion
Miami Chase
Micro Machines
Microprose Formula One Grand Prix (Very good)
Nitro (Very good)
No Second Prize
Overdrive
Stunt Car Racer (Must have)
Super Cars (Very good)
Super Cars II (Must have)
Super Off Road (Very good)
Fighting:
Barbarian (Palace)
Best of the Best
Body Blows
Elfmania
Final Fight
Golden Axe
IK+ (3-player mayhem)
Mortal Kombat (Very good)
Mortal Kombat II (Very good)
Panza Kickboxing
Sports:
Aquatic Games, The
Archer Maclean Pool
Brutal Sports Series Football
Football Glory
Goal! (Brilliant)
Great Courts II a.k.a Pro Tennis Tour II (Brilliant)
Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker (Brilliant)
John Madden American Football
Kick Off 2 (Brilliant)
Kick Off 2 - Return to Europe (Brilliant)
Kick Off 2 - The Final Whistle (Brilliant)
Nick Faldo's Championship Golf
PGA Tour Golf (Brilliant)
Projectyle
Sensible Soccer (Brilliant)
Sensible World of Soccer (Brilliant)
Sierra Soccer
Ski or Die
Speedball 2 (Must have)
Wild Wheels
Winter Games
Zany Golf (Brilliant)
Strategy/RPGs:
Battle Isle (Very good)
Battle Isle - The Moon of Chromos (Very good)
Black Crypt
Captive
Carthage
Castles
Celtic Legends
Centurion
Chaos Strikes Back
Civilization (Brilliant)
Defender of the Crown
Dune II (Brilliant)
Dungeon Master
Elite
Escape from Colditz (Very good)
Eye of the Beholder
Eye of the Beholder II
Frontier
Genesia
HeroQuest
K240 (Must have)
Knightmare
Lord of the Rings
Mega-Lo-Mania (Very good)
North & South
Pirates (Brilliant)
Populous (Must have)
Populous - Final Frontier
Populous - Promised Lands
Populous II (Must have)
Populous II - Challenge disk
Ports of Call
Power Monger (Very good)
Power Monger - 1st World War
Railroad Tycoon
Settlers, The (Brilliant)
Shadow Lands
Silent Service
Silent Service II
Sim City (Very good)
Space Crusade (Brilliant)
Space Crusade - The Voyage Beyond
Space Hulk
Supremacy
Theme Park
UFO: Enemy Unknown (Very good)
Utopia (Very good)
Utopia - The New Worlds
Warlords
Flight Sims:
Combat Air Patrol
Dog Fight
Epic
F/A-18 Interceptor (Runs nicely on the A500 and probably the best one too)
F-15 Strike Eagle II
F-29 Retalliator
Falcon
Gunship 2000
Killing Cloud, The
Knights of the Sky
Wings (A classic)
Graphic Adventures:
Beneath a steel sky (heavy disk swapping involved but a brilliant game)
Conquest of Camelot
Conquest of the Longbow
Cruise for a Corpse
Curse of Enchantia
Dark Seed
Deja Vu (Mostly text based, but nice)
Deja Vu II
Dune
Flight of the Amazon Queen (Lotsa disks)
Future Wars (Must have)
Heart of China
Hero's Quest: Quest for Glory
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Indy III - The Graphic Adventure (Very good)
KGB
Kings Quest VI
Leisure Suit Larry (Brilliant)
Leisure Suit Larry 2
Loom (Very good)
Lure of the Temptress (Very good)
Manhunter: New York
Manhunter: San Francisco
Monkey Island 2 (Must have)
Operation Stealth (Must have)
Perihelion
Police Quest 2
Rise of the Dragon
Secret of Monkey Island, The (Must have)
Space Quest (Ugly but brilliant)
Space Quest II (Very good)
Space Quest III
Uninvited
Universe (Very good)
Valhalla
Valhalla II
Valhalla III
Puzzlers, thinkers and misc. arcade:
Arkanoid
Arkanoid 2
Bill's Tomato Game
Brat
Chip's Challenge
Corx
Cover Girl Strip Poker (If this stuff appeals to you;))
Dynablaster (5-player bonanza)
E-Motion
Hollywood Poker Pro (If this stuff appeals to you;))
Klax
Lemmings (Must have)
Lemmings 2 (Brilliant)
Light Corridor, The
Logical
Marble Madness (Very good)
Megaball
Nebulus
Nebulus 2
Night Shift
Oh No! More Lemmings (Brilliant)
One Step Beyond
Paperboy
Paperboy 2
Pinball Dreams (Brilliant)
Pinball Fantasies (Brilliant)
Pong '91 (Needs 2 players)
Push Over
Puzznic
Rock'n Roll
Spindizzy Worlds
Twintris (Brilliant)
Vaxine
X-mas Lemmings '92 (Brilliant)