Games that define Amiga

gilgamesh · 16 January 2012, 21:08

Which games are most typical for our Amiga? What would you show to somebody who has never heard of it before?
This is not just another most popular thread, but should decide on which games' compatibility with the AROS Kickstart replacement ought to be tested first.

For example

Turrican 2
Moonstone
Gods
Lemmings
Dune 2
Speedball 2
Heimdall
Shadow of the Beast 3
Cannon Fodder
Populous 2
Lotus 2

(Some of them I've never played. It's just what comes to mind when I hear Amiga.)

Reynolds · 16 January 2012, 21:12

Pinball Dreams, Another World, Flashback, F-15 Strike Eagle II, Superfrog... Or I just misunderstood the topic...? :P

Galahad/FLT · 16 January 2012, 21:14

most of those games would only use kickstart to boot in the bootblock, after that, AROS kickstart replacement would be redundant.

So long as AROS can handle booting disks, most of those games should operate fine.

Populous 2 and Dune 2 being the only AmigaDOS file loading games on that list, the rest dump the system on boot up.

Predseda · 16 January 2012, 21:31

I would also add Xenon 2, Ruff n Tumble and Chuck rock.

dex · 16 January 2012, 22:13

You have to include Defender of the Crown, Ambermoon and Lionheart as well as Elvira Mistress of the Dark (I know it was also on PC etc. but the Amiga version is where the great atmosphere is at)

lordofchaos · 16 January 2012, 23:32

1) It Came From The Desert
2) Turrican
3) Project X
4) Chaos Engine
5) Wings

Conundrum · 16 January 2012, 23:44

Sensible World of Soccer
Moonstone
Chaos Engine (still waiting for a remake, dammit!)
Speedball 2
Lionheart
Kick-Off
Janes Pond 2
Ruff n' Tumble
Worms DC
Alien Breed Series
Shadow of the Beast series
North & South
Another World
Wings
Hired Guns
Dune II
Turrican 2
Lotus 2
Cadaver
Monkey Island 1

onkelarie · 16 January 2012, 23:53

my shortlist would be:

hybris
north & south
sidewinder
rick dangerous 1 and 2
blood money
obliterator
firepower
adventure construction set
dungeon master
starglider 2
quantox
stunt car racer
flashback
ports of call
superfrog
alien breed
quack
datastorm

Amiga1992 · 17 January 2012, 00:09

Turrican 2 does it for me. It's the game that screams "AMIGAAAAAAAAAAAAA" the most. Also battle Squadron. But Turrican 2 above everything.

Oh, let's not forget Another World

Adropac2 · 17 January 2012, 03:15

I think this depends on exactly what is meant. I'd say it's easy to list a bunch of games but if we're talking what literally jumps to mind when you think of Amiga, then that's a little different

Difficult though thinking about it because although there's lots of cool games, they don't all scream Amiga

F18
Turrican 2
Speedball2
Shadow of the Beast1
Rocket Ranger
Awesome
Walker
Robocod
Blood Money

mikele · 17 January 2012, 08:19

From our folks' perspective it's platinum selling hit "Franko The Crazy Revenge"!

Solid Snake · 17 January 2012, 08:58

Wot? No one mentioned Virocop? http://hol.abime.net/1575

Simply THE best robot shoot'em up on the Amiga.

I hope some cool dude creates a Whdload slave for the ECS version.

Colourful, neat multi-directional scrolling, jazzy music and addictive!

17 January 2012, 10:23

These ones are screaming "amigaaaaa" as soon as you insert the floppy in the drive

.

Alien breed (all but especially the 1)
Agony
Arkanoid 1
Battle squadron
Kick off 2 & Goal!
Leander
Legend of faerghail
Lemmings (all except the 3rd)
Lotus 1 & 2
Pinball dreams, fantasies, illusions & Slam tilt
Populous 2
Robocod
Stun car racer
Shafow of the beast (especially the 1 & 2)
Speedball 2
Twinworld
Twintris
Unreal
Turrican II
Z-out

And so many more like All terrain racing, superfrog, spherical (my favorite "solomon keys like" ever !)... Not easy to choose, we have so many incredible titles in so much categories...

Kowalski · 17 January 2012, 10:40

I'll bite,

- It Came From the Desert
- Wings
- Alien Breed (2D episodes)
- Stunt Car Racer
- Speedball II
- Turrican II
- Lotus
- Shadow of the Beast
- Super cars I & II
- Agony

desiv · 17 January 2012, 17:29

Based on the above and the subject line (not Great Games, but games that "define" the Amiga.), I'd go with:

Faery Tale Adventure
Mindwalker
Defender of the Crown
Blood Money
It Came from the Desert
Shadow of the Beast
Stunt Car Racer
Out of this World (Another World)
Lemmings
Alien Breed
Dragon's Lair

(I suppose Turrican should be there, but I haven't played it that much actually...)

Those "defined" the Amiga for me.. Not saying they are all great and there are lots of great games that I haven't listed... But.. ;-)

desiv

DDNI · 17 January 2012, 18:40

+1 for Faery Tale Adventure.

Spellbinding game both today and back in the 80's

StingRay · 17 January 2012, 19:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vollldo

Kick off 2 & Goal!

+1

gibs · 17 January 2012, 19:54

Games that define the Amiga are games that aren't on Atari ST.

Hybris, Battle Squadron...

And... Pacmania because it's so ugly on Atari ST compared to the Amiga version.

vulture · 18 January 2012, 13:17

So, I talked to an old friend yesterday who used to have an A500 and here's what sprung to his mind when I asked him about this:

kick off 2
sensible soccer
cannon fodder
shadow of the beast
pinball dreams
gods
F-29
north and south
xenon 2
lemmings
speedball 2
another world
chaos engine
defender of the crown
wings
turrican 2
super cars 2
agony
lotus 2
project x
alien syndrome or alien breed

that was of course after a few minutes of him thinking about them and asking me about the titles after he described the game. We're still not sure if he meant alien syndrome or alien breed as he mentioned a top down alien-killing shooter with strict time limit. I asked him if it had shops where you could power-up , but he didn't recall that, so, it could be either.

If I had to add a few games to his list, I'd add rocket ranger, it came from the desert, gianna sisters, z-out, battle squadron, populus, unreal, F-18, dungeon master, moonstone and maybe megalomania, lionheart, rick dangerous 2 and flashback too.

So many games screaming amiga....no wonder the platform has survived so long after commodore's demise!

s2325 · 18 January 2012, 14:35

1986: Defender of the Crown, Mind Walker
1987: Barbarian, Bard's Tale, Goldrunner, Hollywood Poker, Test Drive

16 January 2012, 21:08	#1
gilgamesh Linux snob Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Monkey Island Posts: 997	Games that define Amiga Which games are most typical for our Amiga? What would you show to somebody who has never heard of it before? This is not just another most popular thread, but should decide on which games' compatibility with the AROS Kickstart replacement ought to be tested first. For example Turrican 2 Moonstone Gods Lemmings Dune 2 Speedball 2 Heimdall Shadow of the Beast 3 Cannon Fodder Populous 2 Lotus 2 (Some of them I've never played. It's just what comes to mind when I hear Amiga.)

16 January 2012, 23:44	#7
Conundrum Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: dunno Posts: 70	Sensible World of Soccer Moonstone Chaos Engine (still waiting for a remake, dammit!) Speedball 2 Lionheart Kick-Off Janes Pond 2 Ruff n' Tumble Worms DC Alien Breed Series Shadow of the Beast series North & South Another World Wings Hired Guns Dune II Turrican 2 Lotus 2 Cadaver Monkey Island 1 Last edited by Conundrum; 16 January 2012 at 23:51.

17 January 2012, 10:23	#13
Vollldo Posts: n/a	These ones are screaming "amigaaaaa" as soon as you insert the floppy in the drive . Alien breed (all but especially the 1) Agony Arkanoid 1 Battle squadron Kick off 2 & Goal! Leander Legend of faerghail Lemmings (all except the 3rd) Lotus 1 & 2 Pinball dreams, fantasies, illusions & Slam tilt Populous 2 Robocod Stun car racer Shafow of the beast (especially the 1 & 2) Speedball 2 Twinworld Twintris Unreal Turrican II Z-out And so many more like All terrain racing, superfrog, spherical (my favorite "solomon keys like" ever !)... Not easy to choose, we have so many incredible titles in so much categories... Last edited by Vollldo; 17 January 2012 at 10:34.

18 January 2012, 13:17	#19
vulture Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Athens , Greece Posts: 1,848	So, I talked to an old friend yesterday who used to have an A500 and here's what sprung to his mind when I asked him about this: kick off 2 sensible soccer cannon fodder shadow of the beast pinball dreams gods F-29 north and south xenon 2 lemmings speedball 2 another world chaos engine defender of the crown wings turrican 2 super cars 2 agony lotus 2 project x alien syndrome or alien breed that was of course after a few minutes of him thinking about them and asking me about the titles after he described the game. We're still not sure if he meant alien syndrome or alien breed as he mentioned a top down alien-killing shooter with strict time limit. I asked him if it had shops where you could power-up , but he didn't recall that, so, it could be either. If I had to add a few games to his list, I'd add rocket ranger, it came from the desert, gianna sisters, z-out, battle squadron, populus, unreal, F-18, dungeon master, moonstone and maybe megalomania, lionheart, rick dangerous 2 and flashback too. So many games screaming amiga....no wonder the platform has survived so long after commodore's demise! Last edited by vulture; 18 January 2012 at 13:28.

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16 January 2012, 21:12	#2
Reynolds Alien Breeder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Szigetszentmiklos / Hungary Age: 46 Posts: 1,105	Pinball Dreams, Another World, Flashback, F-15 Strike Eagle II, Superfrog... Or I just misunderstood the topic...? :P

16 January 2012, 21:14	#3
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 9,014	most of those games would only use kickstart to boot in the bootblock, after that, AROS kickstart replacement would be redundant. So long as AROS can handle booting disks, most of those games should operate fine. Populous 2 and Dune 2 being the only AmigaDOS file loading games on that list, the rest dump the system on boot up.

16 January 2012, 21:31	#4
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,551	I would also add Xenon 2, Ruff n Tumble and Chuck rock.

16 January 2012, 22:13	#5
dex Eat Electric Death Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 327	You have to include Defender of the Crown, Ambermoon and Lionheart as well as Elvira Mistress of the Dark (I know it was also on PC etc. but the Amiga version is where the great atmosphere is at)

16 January 2012, 23:32	#6
lordofchaos TinkerTailorContentMaker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bedfordshire Age: 45 Posts: 1,205	1) It Came From The Desert 2) Turrican 3) Project X 4) Chaos Engine 5) Wings

16 January 2012, 23:53	#8
onkelarie Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Spijkenisse / the Netherlands Age: 54 Posts: 525	my shortlist would be: hybris north & south sidewinder rick dangerous 1 and 2 blood money obliterator firepower adventure construction set dungeon master starglider 2 quantox stunt car racer flashback ports of call superfrog alien breed quack datastorm

17 January 2012, 00:09	#9
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	Turrican 2 does it for me. It's the game that screams "AMIGAAAAAAAAAAAAA" the most. Also battle Squadron. But Turrican 2 above everything. Oh, let's not forget Another World

17 January 2012, 03:15	#10
Adropac2 Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Age: 51 Posts: 1,066	I think this depends on exactly what is meant. I'd say it's easy to list a bunch of games but if we're talking what literally jumps to mind when you think of Amiga, then that's a little different Difficult though thinking about it because although there's lots of cool games, they don't all scream Amiga F18 Turrican 2 Speedball2 Shadow of the Beast1 Rocket Ranger Awesome Walker Robocod Blood Money

17 January 2012, 08:19	#11
mikele Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: poland Posts: 307	From our folks' perspective it's platinum selling hit "Franko The Crazy Revenge"!

17 January 2012, 08:58	#12
Solid Snake Wonderful World Of Amiga Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 359	Wot? No one mentioned Virocop? http://hol.abime.net/1575 Simply THE best robot shoot'em up on the Amiga. I hope some cool dude creates a Whdload slave for the ECS version. Colourful, neat multi-directional scrolling, jazzy music and addictive!

17 January 2012, 10:40	#14
Kowalski Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Italy Age: 48 Posts: 26	I'll bite, - It Came From the Desert - Wings - Alien Breed (2D episodes) - Stunt Car Racer - Speedball II - Turrican II - Lotus - Shadow of the Beast - Super cars I & II - Agony

17 January 2012, 17:29	#15
desiv Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 1,770	Based on the above and the subject line (not Great Games, but games that "define" the Amiga.), I'd go with: Faery Tale Adventure Mindwalker Defender of the Crown Blood Money It Came from the Desert Shadow of the Beast Stunt Car Racer Out of this World (Another World) Lemmings Alien Breed Dragon's Lair (I suppose Turrican should be there, but I haven't played it that much actually...) Those "defined" the Amiga for me.. Not saying they are all great and there are lots of great games that I haven't listed... But.. ;-) desiv

17 January 2012, 18:40	#16
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,433	+1 for Faery Tale Adventure. Spellbinding game both today and back in the 80's

17 January 2012, 19:54	#18
gibs Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: france Posts: 932	Games that define the Amiga are games that aren't on Atari ST. Hybris, Battle Squadron... And... Pacmania because it's so ugly on Atari ST compared to the Amiga version.

18 January 2012, 14:35	#20
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	1986: Defender of the Crown, Mind Walker 1987: Barbarian, Bard's Tale, Goldrunner, Hollywood Poker, Test Drive

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