First Amiga game you ever witnessed........... - Page 12

26 September 2007, 23:29

Hi all, its so long ago now and i cant remember exactly which was the first game (i was about 6), but i remember when my brother got his A500 on his birthday, god what a machine it was.

If i think really hard i reckon the first few games must have been Firepower, Defender of The Crown and Wizball.

Quality

WD

microslave · 27 September 2007, 00:58

First game I saw in '86: Defender of the Crown (fantastic gfx)
First game I played: Mindwalker, which came bundled with my A1000 the same year. Interesting game with simple vector gfx but a mystic story. ("They're listening, you know..." I remember)
Damn, I'm also sure I posted that already... (well don't mind the redundancy)

Andec · 28 September 2007, 01:53

First game that I saw was SWIV. I was impressed mostly by the explosion sounds. Don't know why though.

I had come from C64 and System-80 (TRS-80 clone) before that. I was also impressed by the game's resolution.

Cheers
Andec

28 September 2007, 07:24

WorkBench.

Ok, really, it was at a friend's flat (who wasn't into computers at all) and his father had just gotten A500 and I was blown away by WB (I had C64 with GEOS & lightpen myself, so GUI wasn't an unknown concept for me).

He only had one game at the time: Surgeon, so that was the first I saw.

But, after that I just had to get A500 myself. It quickly happened I was spending more time with my friend's father than the friend itself.

I believe this happened sometime between '87-89.

Thorham · 30 September 2007, 18:41

Alienbreed. Just wicked.

Stokey · 30 September 2007, 19:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by MethodGit

Not sure about the first Amiga game I saw with my own eyes, but the first Amiga game I actually played was The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants - the first game we loaded up on our (then) brand new A500. Back then I thought it was okay, but nowadays, as you may have seen from one of my old posts, it turns out to be *very* disappointing in terms of design, thought and content. Ocean and Acclaim could surely have made a far better Simpsons game than this. Same goes with Virgin's "Bart vs. The World" as well...

BvTSM was part of the Cartoon Capers bundle that came with the A500+, the first Amiga I bought. The game wasn't great, but back in 1990/91 the intro movie looked amazing, and sounded even better. It was way better than the other bundled games though - Captain Planet and something even less memorable.

Can you believe I had to make 3 trips back to the store the day I bought it, because I kept finding something faulty or missing. The best bit was the power supply was faulty, so I got my younger brother to run in while I waited in the car, because I was on double yellows and always got a ticket. He took about 30 minutes to go across the road. When he got back I asked why he had taken so long. It turned out he had gone to the wrong store, and even had them fit a plug to the replacement.

Graham Humphrey · 30 September 2007, 19:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stokey

BvTSM was part of the Cartoon Capers bundle that came with the A500+, the first Amiga I bought. The game wasn't great, but back in 1990/91 the intro movie looked amazing, and sounded even better. It was way better than the other bundled games though - Captain Planet and something even less memorable.

The other game was Lemmings, by the way...

Stokey · 30 September 2007, 19:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maccara

It quickly happened I was spending more time with my friend's father than the friend itself.

It's okay, just show us on the doll where he touched you.

Stokey · 30 September 2007, 19:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

The other game was Lemmings, by the way...

Really? Lemmings was good, but I just wasn't into that type of puzzle game.

Graham Humphrey · 30 September 2007, 19:31

Probably why you don't remember it then

I got that pack as well and I remember spending the most time with Lemmings. The Simpsons game was okay (and that intro was ace, as you say) and CP was terrible.

Also spent a lot of time with Deluxe Paint too

WAKAMA · 01 October 2007, 23:30

Zany Golf

04 October 2007, 14:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stokey

It's okay, just show us on the doll where he touched you.

Luckily, that never happened - usually at least their mother was there too at the same time and she was mostly joking "that it's good Henry (her husband) has finally found some friends with the same level of maturity".

Steve · 04 October 2007, 14:50

I believe the first Amiga game I witnessed was Shadow of the Beast II back in 87/88 when my mate got his new A500. I still had a C64 so the graphics were mindblowing. We also played the other games included in the pack which were the abysmal Days of Chunder, Night Breed, Robocop and R-Type which wasn't too bad. My favourite game was the rather excellent Rick Dangerous. We played this one the most.

I then had to wait three years to get my Amiga! It was Christmas 1993 and the machine was the shiny new A1200. First game I played on the A1200 was Oscar. The scrolling intro screen was really beautiful back in 1993. Still looks quite nice today.

s2325 · 04 October 2007, 16:00

Shadow of the Beast II is from 1990

Steve · 04 October 2007, 18:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by s2325

Shadow of the Beast II is from 1990

I errrr was playing an early beta version. Yeah thats it. lol. Must have been a bit later than I thought then.

05 October 2007, 13:31

The first games I played was Switchblade II, it was a great game! When I got my own Amiga 600 I was impressed by Colonization, Settlers and Beneath a steel sky.

benscoobert · 05 October 2007, 22:31

E-Swat, rainbow island, wings, magic pockets, speedball II, super hang on, gods, gauntlet II, Leander to name just a few.

I borrowed an A500+ from a friend for £5 per week, robbery back then!!!!

matthew · 05 October 2007, 22:41

The first Amiga game I witnessed then got to play was Jimmy White's Snooker.

But being partially colour blind meant that I wasn't very good at it.

On several occasions when I thought I was aiming at a Red ball, I was actually aiming at the Brown ball, lol.

Muerto · 06 October 2007, 16:00

.. i think the first game i ever saw on the Amiga was SOTB - it ran on 10 machines in a store called "merlin"

21 October 2007, 10:56

I think the first I ever saw was "Defender of the crown". Used to play it with my friend's computer.

Shortly after that, I bought my first Amiga.... and I've been hooked every since

01 October 2007, 23:30	#231
WAKAMA Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Earth Posts: 14	First Amiga Game witnessed Zany Golf

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Steve I Identify as an Ewok Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: North Lincolnshire Age: 45 Posts: 2,356	I believe the first Amiga game I witnessed was Shadow of the Beast II back in 87/88 when my mate got his new A500. I still had a C64 so the graphics were mindblowing. We also played the other games included in the pack which were the abysmal Days of Chunder, Night Breed, Robocop and R-Type which wasn't too bad. My favourite game was the rather excellent Rick Dangerous. We played this one the most. I then had to wait three years to get my Amiga! It was Christmas 1993 and the machine was the shiny new A1200. First game I played on the A1200 was Oscar. The scrolling intro screen was really beautiful back in 1993. Still looks quite nice today. Last edited by Steve; 05 October 2007 at 22:48.

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26 September 2007, 23:29	#221
WDeranged Posts: n/a	Hi all, its so long ago now and i cant remember exactly which was the first game (i was about 6), but i remember when my brother got his A500 on his birthday, god what a machine it was. If i think really hard i reckon the first few games must have been Firepower, Defender of The Crown and Wizball. Quality WD

27 September 2007, 00:58	#222
microslave Amiga 1000 [1986] Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mönchengladbach/Germany Age: 52 Posts: 62	First game I saw in '86: Defender of the Crown (fantastic gfx) First game I played: Mindwalker, which came bundled with my A1000 the same year. Interesting game with simple vector gfx but a mystic story. ("They're listening, you know..." I remember) Damn, I'm also sure I posted that already... (well don't mind the redundancy)

28 September 2007, 01:53	#223
Andec Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Australia Age: 53 Posts: 83	First game that I saw was SWIV. I was impressed mostly by the explosion sounds. Don't know why though. I had come from C64 and System-80 (TRS-80 clone) before that. I was also impressed by the game's resolution. Cheers Andec

28 September 2007, 07:24	#224
Maccara Posts: n/a	WorkBench. Ok, really, it was at a friend's flat (who wasn't into computers at all) and his father had just gotten A500 and I was blown away by WB (I had C64 with GEOS & lightpen myself, so GUI wasn't an unknown concept for me). He only had one game at the time: Surgeon, so that was the first I saw. But, after that I just had to get A500 myself. It quickly happened I was spending more time with my friend's father than the friend itself. I believe this happened sometime between '87-89.

30 September 2007, 18:41	#225
Thorham Computer Nerd Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Rotterdam/Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 3,753	Alienbreed. Just wicked.

30 September 2007, 19:31	#230
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	Probably why you don't remember it then I got that pack as well and I remember spending the most time with Lemmings. The Simpsons game was okay (and that intro was ace, as you say) and CP was terrible. Also spent a lot of time with Deluxe Paint too

04 October 2007, 16:00	#234
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Shadow of the Beast II is from 1990

05 October 2007, 13:31	#236
ajb Posts: n/a	The first games I played was Switchblade II, it was a great game! When I got my own Amiga 600 I was impressed by Colonization, Settlers and Beneath a steel sky.

05 October 2007, 22:31	#237
benscoobert Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Halifax UK Posts: 35	E-Swat, rainbow island, wings, magic pockets, speedball II, super hang on, gods, gauntlet II, Leander to name just a few. I borrowed an A500+ from a friend for £5 per week, robbery back then!!!!

05 October 2007, 22:41	#238
matthew Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: England Age: 46 Posts: 108	The first Amiga game I witnessed then got to play was Jimmy White's Snooker. But being partially colour blind meant that I wasn't very good at it. On several occasions when I thought I was aiming at a Red ball, I was actually aiming at the Brown ball, lol.

06 October 2007, 16:00	#239
Muerto Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kerteminde / Denmark Age: 48 Posts: 146	.. i think the first game i ever saw on the Amiga was SOTB - it ran on 10 machines in a store called "merlin"

21 October 2007, 10:56	#240
JTH Posts: n/a	I think the first I ever saw was "Defender of the crown". Used to play it with my friend's computer. Shortly after that, I bought my first Amiga.... and I've been hooked every since

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