Hidden Gems of Amiga Gaming? Please join in!

[4ppleseed]

Hello, I'd like to get a list together of some more 'off the beaten track' Amiga releases. Games that are great but didn't quite get absorbed by the mainstream. This is potentially for an article for over here RacketBoy Hidden Gems depending on how the list comes out. So which games do you think should be on the list?

Post them here and I'll add them to the list :rtfm:


To get things started I'd say Base Jumpers is pretty fun for a platform mash-up and didn't seem to be picked up my the magazines at the time.

[4ppleseed]

This is great! Thanks for your suggestions so far.

When it comes to hidden gems you can say that certain games, although well respected now were kinda missed in their day. So for example you could argue that Apidya is a hidden gem because it was over shadowed by Project-X, Agony and a whole load of other earlier Amiga SHMUPS. I never saw it on the shelf in a box either and I'm pretty sure it never sold as many copies as it deserved to.

Slam Tilt is another good example. Released too late when most people had migrated to other systems and it was always going to be difficult to follow in the Pinball Dream/ Fantasies/ Illusions footsteps.

So taking that into consideration could you say game like Hired Guns, Benefactor and Wizkid could be considered hidden gems as they were overshadowed by Eye Of The Beholder and Lemmings?

I'll be checking out some of those PD games and will include a PD game in the final selection.

Sooooo... anymore for consideration?  :idea:

[4ppleseed]

Cool, thanks for these suggestions. I'm gonna have a crack at writing a little article about them next week.

Thanks again and if you've got anymore I'd love to hear about them