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Amiga Game Guide Volume One and Two
« on: May 06, 2014, 10:16:51 PM »
Hi everyone,  I have finally finished volume 2 of my incredibly ambitious project to play through and catalogue every single Amiga game.  I realise that there are sites out there who have done that already, but I hope many will see a use (as I do) for an offline book, that is geared to be nice and readable on a tablet or Kindle Fire.  

My hope is eventually to provide the Halliwell Film Guide equivalent to Amiga Games and so allow people to browse through all Amiga games of yesteryear and all the box art, reviews all in one place.

The books are totally free and is done simply because I am enjoying doing them.  All I ask is give some comments, feedback or highlight mistakes on this forum if you spot any.  Its just nice to know peoples views especially when you have put quite a bit of effort into something.

If anyone wants to have it directly on their own website or make copies, then I would be honoured (particularly as it would be nice to find a permanent home for it), the only stipulation I have is no one attempts to charge for the book.

Here are the links to the first two volumes,  if you downloaded the Work in Progress link I posted earlier for volume 1 then it is well worth re-downloading as this is now the final version (except undoubted proof read fixes) and so has a full introduction and covers now.

Amiga Game Guide - Volume 01 - # -A
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzvd4KYph8BNS2dMcEl6Z0xfVzQ/edit?usp=sharing

Amiga Game Guide - Volume 02 - B
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzvd4KYph8BNT2RncXoyVmxlQTA/edit?usp=sharing

These are big books (Volume 2, came in at 739 pages... so that is a lot of reading  :D  .. enjoy.)
 

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Re: Amiga Game Guide Volume One and Two
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2014, 09:13:13 PM »
43,6 Mo for the 1st volume as pdf !
thats huge and I hope my system can display it (I have an A1XEG4).
Is the second volume complete or work in progress ?
thats for the effort, as it seems like a huge task to keep one busy for the next decades !

EDIT: really impressive ! for each game there is a summary of scores from several Amiga magazines, pictures of the game box and the advice of The Drisk !
what is missing is the list of the games to quickly find a specific game !
Once again, thanks a lot for this and is definately a enormous work but a worth read !
« Last Edit: May 07, 2014, 09:35:29 PM by lionstorm »
 

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Re: Amiga Game Guide Volume One and Two
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2014, 06:59:10 AM »
Thanks Lionstorm...  Yes will have a consideration about an index.. just not sure how to do it (I am using Powerpoint you see  lol ).   Glad you enjoyed it.
 

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Re: Amiga Game Guide Volume One and Two
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2014, 08:18:34 AM »
Thanks you for your hard work there TheDrisk! Ive had some nice reading so far and I will print this to be able to flip trough it :D I hope there will be more volumes and keep up the good work!
 

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Re: Amiga Game Guide Volume One and Two
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2014, 08:34:14 AM »
I have these both on my Ipad it makes great reading when I'm away from home or out and about. Thanks for all your hard work. Look forward to the next installments
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Re: Amiga Game Guide Volume One and Two
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2014, 08:55:10 AM »
Impressive, I commend your efforts TheDrisk!