new in amiga world .What should I play first?

[ivanjpm]

hello! I have recently bought an A1200 and I'm very proud and impressed of the graphics. But as I'm new in the amiga world, can you suggest me games and other soft to test them first?
thank you very much!

[amigakit]

Welcome

[ChaosLord]

What CPU do you have?
How much RAM?
How much HD space?

Amiga Rules!

p.s. Welcome to Amiga.org  :-)

[ptek]

Even on a plain A1200 go for the Lotus 2 racing game !

Turrican II is also a must

As Battle Squadron, I think it needs a patched version in order to work with the A1200 graphics chipset (someone corrects me)

[Amiduffer]

Start with some of the old classics like F/A 18 Fighter or Fighter Duel pro.

Pinball Fantasies will keep you entertained for a while.   :-)

[Rob]

@ptek

Turrican II is also a must

That's what I thought before I even open the thread, you've got great taste.  One of my favourite parts is the side scrolling shooter section got to be some the fastest scrolling I've seen in a game.

@ivanjpm

Here's a few.

Chaos Engine
Gods
Magic Pockets (I love the way the power up system works)
Speedball 2
Canon Fodder
Sensible Soccer (any version)
Alien Breed (any or all versions)
The Settlers
Populous
Syndicate
Walker

[twizzle]

 hi and welcome.
 definatly Gods  :-D
 Wolfchild
 Another world
 Then
 Flashback
 Pushover
 Desert strike
 Deep core
 but it all depends on what type o`ve games you like to    play

[Gav]

Yeah there are lots of great pinball games on the amiga..

Pinball dreams,fantasies & illusions
PP Hammer
Ruff n tumble
Fire Force
Moonstone
Turrican 2
Monkey island 1&2
Lure of the Temptress
BC Kid
Soccer kid
Zool

I could go on forever i would imagine lol the other ppl have brought up some great games which i would of wrote down also.

[ivanjpm]

I have the A1200 with 2mb and a 170mb hd. The graphics are AGA or something!

Thank you very much for all the suggestions!
And I have another one: Any program for making music? I'd like to try them also.
THANKS!!

[amigakid]

Hello and welcome- here are a few

Shadow of the Beasts 1-3
Soccer Kid
Turrican
Hybris
Alien Breed (all of them)
chaos engine
Denaris
Pinball fantasy and illusions
Walker
Speris Legacy (if you like zelda type games)
Cannon Fodder
Genetic Species (free to download now)

Just to name a few fun ones  Cheers and have fun :-D  :-D  :banana:  :banana:  :banana:

[SamuraiCrow]

ivanjpm wrote:
I have the A1200 with 2mb and a 170mb hd. The graphics are AGA or something!

Thank you very much for all the suggestions!
And I have another one: Any program for making music? I'd like to try them also.
THANKS!!

There's OctaMed Soundstudio 1.03c available for the A1200 if you sign up for the mailing list on Yahoo groups.  Email MED_Soundstudio_Amiga_Platform_Only-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to subscribe, MED_Soundstudio_Amiga_Platform_Only@yahoogroups.com to post messages once you have subscribed,    MED_Soundstudio_Amiga_Platform_Only-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com to unsubscribe when you're done.

[Rebel-CD32]

With the exception of Pinball Illusions, every game suggested so far has been an Amiga 500 game. Since you just bought an AGA Amiga, I thought I'd suggest some games a bit newer and more visually impressive.

Give these a go:

For a stock-standard A1200:

Fightin' Spirit AGA - Arcade Fighting Game
Super Stardust - Raytraced Asteroids Remake
Slam Tilt - The Pinball Simulator
Aladdin - Platform game based on the Disney film
Banshee - Arcade Style Aeroplane Shoot-em-up
Kargon - First Person Perspective Fantasy RPG
Virocop - Destroy Viruses in an Infected Amiga
Overkill - Deluxe Update of Defender
Shadow Fighter AGA - One-on-one Beat-em-up
Speris Legacy - Cute Adventure RPG
Roketz - Fantastic 2-Player Gravity Shooter
Simon the Sorcerer - Funny Fantasy Adventure
Skeleton Krew - Console-style Gritty Blaster
Blitz Bombers - Multiplayer Bomerman Game
Worms: The Director's Cut - Comedic Strategy Wargame
Nick Faldo's Golf - Easy to play Golf
Deluxe Galaga AGA - The Ultimate Remake
Lords of the Realm - Medieval Trading and Strategy
Max Rally - Multiplayer Overhead Racing Game

For an expanded A1200: (Sorry, too tired for descriptions)

Genetic Species - 3D FPS
OnEscapee - Adventure/Platformer
Land of Genesis - Platformer/Shooter
Payback - Driving
T-Zer0 - Shooter
Virtual Ball Fighters - Puzzle
XTreme Racing - Racing
Wasted Dreams - Adventure
Bubble Heroes - Puzzle
Capital Punishment - Fighting
Final Odyssey - Adventure
Foundation: Gold - Strategy
Napalm - Strategy

[Rebel-CD32]

Okay, so a few more AGA games were posted while I was typing up that list.

[amigadave]

Use the search  function in these forums and put in the words "most addictive".  You will find a thread that is 9 pages long that has the following statistics:

 Latest statistics for this thread:

276 individual games mentioned

Syndicate = 16 votes
Deluxe Galaga = 15 votes
Settlers = 14 votes
Cannon Fodder & Lemmings = 13 votes
Dune 2 = 11 votes
Slam Tilt = 10 votes
Civilization,
Frontier Elite 2 &
Pinball Fantasies = 9 votes each
Lotus 2,
Pinball Dreams &
Worms DC = 8 votes each
Gods,
Turrican II &
UFO: Enemy Unknown = 7 votes each
Chaos Engine,
Dungeon Master,
Sensible Soccer &
Wings = 6 votes each
Alien Breed,
Colonization,
Eye of the Beholder,
F18 Interceptor,
Flashback,
Formula 1 Grand Prix,
Lemmings 2,
Lotus 1,
Lotus 3,
MegaLoMania,
Monkey Island,
Ports of Call,
Silkworm,
SpeedBall 2 &
The New Zealand Story = 5 votes each
Battle Squadron,
Dogfight,
International Karate +,
Pinball Illusions,
Pirates,
Poing 4,
Populous,
Scorched Tanks,
Shadow of the Beast,
SWOS,
Test Drive II,
The Great Giana Sisters,
Turrican &
Turrican 3 = 4 votes each
Alien Breed 2,
Brutal Homicide,
Bubba'n Stix,
Defender of the Crown,
Eye of the Beholder 2,
Kick Off 2,
Klondike 1.3,
MegaBall 4 AGA,
Paradroid,
Stunt Track Racer,
Super Frog,
SWIV,
Turboraketti,
Virus &
Zool = 3 votes each
Arkanoid,
Bards Tale,
Cannon Fodder 2,
Chuck Rock 2: Son of Chuck,
Colonial Conquest II,
Crazy Cars 3,
Death Sword,
Diggers (CD32),
Dune,
Frontal Assault,
Galaga,
Gloom,
Gunship 2000,
Hybris,
Jim Power,
K240,
Laser Squad,
Llamatron,
Magic Pockets,
Midnight Resistance,
Might & Magic III,
PacMan Deluxe,
PP Hammer,
Quake 2,
R3,
Rainbow Islands,
Rick Dangerous,
Rick Dangerous 2,
Rodland,
Suffle Puck Cafe,
Side Winder,
Sim City,
Simon the Sorceror,
Space Quest,
Turbo,
Uridium,
Wing Commander,
Xtreme Racing 1.2,
Zany Golf,
Zeewolf &
Zeewolf 2 = 2 votes each
Air Warrior,
Alien Breed 3D,
Alien Breed 3D II: TKG,
Another World,
Arcade Pool,
Archer Maclean's Pool,
Asteroids II,
Asteroids TR,
Ball Raider 2,
Ballistix,
Banshee AGA,
Barbarian 2,
Bards Tale 2,
Bart vs Space Mutants,
Batman the Caped Crusader,
Battle of Britain,
Battlefort,
Beach Volley,
Bill's Tomato Game,
Biplanes,
Birds of Prey,
Blitz Bombers,
Bloodnet,
Bob's Bad Day,
Bomberman,
BombPac,
BOTSS3,
Breed'96,
Brian the Lion,
Brutal Homicide 2,
Bubble Heroes,
Buggy Boy,
Cadaver,
Capital Punishment,
City Defence,
Clown-O-Mania,
Collision Course Alpha,
Cool Spot,
Crossfire 2,
Crystal Hammer,
Datastorm,
Deliverance,
Desert Storm,
Desert Strike,
Deuteros,
Dizzy,
Doom,
Dozer,
Ducktails,
Dynablaster,
Dynamite,
Dynamite Warriors,
Ebonstar,
Egyptian Run,
Elite,
Emerald Mines,
Empire,
Extreme Violence,
Falcon,
Fantasy Forces,
FATE - Gates of Dawn,
FaYoh,
Fighting Spirit,
Final Fight,
Firepower,
Flight of the Intruder,
Flight Simulator,
Foundation,
Freecell,
Frogger,
Gem'X,
Gravity Power,
Hack,
Harpoon,
Head Over Heels,
Heretic 2,
Hired Guns,
Hunter,
Indiana Jones/Atlantis,
Jaguar XJ220,
Jetstrike,
Jump 'N' Roll,
K240,
Kampfgruppen,
Kick Off,
Kings Quest,
Knightmare,
Kumquat,
Leisure Suit Larry,
Leisure Suit Larry 4,
Lethal Weapon,
Lionheart,
Locomotion,
Lords of Chaos,
Lotus Esprit Turbo,
Major Motion,
Marble Madness,
Master Blaster 2.21,
Maupiti Island,
Mech Force,
Menace,
Millenium 2.2,
Mini-Arcanoid,
Monkey Island 2,
Monopoly,
Mortal Kombat 2,
Napalm,
Narco Police,
Naughty Ones,
Nitro,
North and South,
Obitus,
Oscar AGA,
Payback,
Poing 5,
Pool of Radiance,
Populous 2,
Psycho Killer (CDTV),
Putty Squad,
Railroad Tycoon,
Rampart,
Reach for the Stars,
Red Storm Rising,
Revenge of the Mutant Camels,
Risky Woods,
Road War 2000,
Rocket Ranger,
Ruff 'N' Tumble,
Shadow Fighter,
Shadow of the Beast 3,
Shanghai,
Ski or Die,
Skidmarks,
Skidmarks 2,
Smurf Hunt,
Sneech,
Snow Brothers,
Space Baller,
Star Ray,
Stryx,
Supaplex,
Super Skidmarks,
Super Stardust,
Super Twintris,
SWiV IV,
Sword,
Technocop,
Tetris,
TFX,
The Killing Game Show,
The Perfect General,
Theme Park,
Thunder Blade,
Time Keepers,
Top Strike,
Total Chaos,
Troddlers,
TV Sports Basketball,
Twintris,
Ultima,
Vital Light,
Volfied,
Walker,
Warlords,
Wanye Gretzky's Hockey,
Wbsteroids,
Whizz,
Wipeout 2097,
Wolfchild,
Xenon 2 &
Yo Joe = 1 vote each

617 game votes in total

[guru-666]

lightwave and maybe some ASM... these games may go on for a while!