PD Games

[s2325]

CodeCracker (Master Mind):



Don's Minesweeper:



Lines:



Crypto-King:

[s2325]

M-Brasure (Deathmatch for 2 players only, not bad graphics.):




Game from http://www.back2roots.org/Games/ADF-Games//00/

Strategic Planetary Command (Space strategy, no sound):

[s2325]

Tatort - Nachtexpress (German board (?) game in Amiga Basic.):



Game from http://www.back2roots.org/Games/ADF-Games//00/

World Team Championships - England's Challenge (Speedway manager with nice title music and simple AMOS sounds.):

[lilalurl]

Originally Posted by s2325

Tatort - Nachtexpress (German board (?) game in Amiga Basic.)

It is the German version of Orient Express:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2363/orient-express

[lilalurl]

Originally Posted by s2325

and second part for various platforms, Amiga also: http://www.sqrxz2.de/

Opus 3 of the series is now available. Sadly, the Amiga port is only for OS4 (which was also the case for 1 & 2):
http://www.sqrxz.de/

Sqrxz 3 (Download) by Retroguru is here and comes in 17 flavors! Amiga OS4, AROS, Caanoo, Dingoo A320 (OpenDingux), Dreamcast, GP2x, Mac OS X, Motomagx, MorphOS, NetBSD (Intel), Pandora, Playstation Portable (unsigned), Symbian OS Series 60, Symbian OS UIQ3, Ubuntu, Windows and Wiz. Beside the Dreamcast version all other ports are initial releases to the public.

Well, I guess with that many platforms, people will have one that can run the game.

I will try to find a bit of time to try the PSP version this week-end or early next week and will post a quick review by editing this post, in case someone is interested.



Edit: Test it a bit. Pretty nice. Pretty difficult too (but still playable IMO, at least as far as I went).
I'd describe it as a sort of mix of Rick Dangerous with a more intense platformer.

Basically, it is a rather fast-paced platformer, in which you will sometimes fall into traps or create situations that will force you to suicide.
For instance, at the start of the game, there is a location that has two boxes that you can push into the water. The aim is to put the two boxes on top of each other so that you can go into the water, collect something and then jump on the boxes and then back to the land.
However, the first time, you probably won't be able to guess that you need to put one box on top of the other and will probably push each one separately (or only one). With only one box, you don't have enough height to get back to the top.

As for the platform part, it can be difficult but not too much. There are a lot of pit traps. However, you usually have enough margin to do jumps and avoid the traps without doing pixel perfect jumps as is required in some other platform games.
Another example is a bridge near the start of the game. You have things to collect on the bridge. Bridge parts collapse a bit after you stand on them. And there are enemies crossing the bridge.
Each element is actually rather easy by itself. However, the combination of the three makes things more difficult, but in an interesting sense. And as I said it is not too difficult, you can still make small mistakes and manage to get out well.


As a conclusion, I'd say it is a game at least worth a try. Play 5 minutes and if you find it is too frustrating, you can quit since it will only get worse.
On the other hand, if you can cope with such a type of gameplay, you will probably enjoy it a lot.

[s2325]

I'm not sure if these 3 german games are PD or not. I found them on EAB server in ~Public_User_Uploads/Sea7/Tosec UNK/ AmigaSession3 - Schatztruhe - Aergern+Bowlen+Atome (german - rare).zip

Atome (Somethig like Atomix or Atomino but with more items. Great music from some demo.):




Nur Nicht Argern (Board game for 4 players with good music.):



Bowlen (Card game with same music as Atome.):

[lilalurl]

Originally Posted by s2325

I'm not sure if these 3 german games are PD or not.

If we suppose that this is the same Harald Müller:
http://hol.abime.net/hol_search.php?...itstart=&find=

the games are probably not PD, since he seems to specialize in making commercial releases of "small" games.

The titles were probably budget titles. For instance, Alien Hunter was sold 19 DeutschMarks:
http://hol.abime.net/3496/miscshot

Converting in Francs (French money), based on what I remember to be the rate, it would be the price range of budget titles here.

[s2325]

Yes, it' s the same guy - mouse pointer in Bowlen is same as in Flotte or Filou.

[lilalurl]

Originally Posted by s2325

Yes, it' s the same guy - mouse pointer in Bowlen is same as in Flotte or Filou.

You probably have not checked Serie yet :
http://hol.abime.net/5245

[s2325]

Aardvarks (Nice Lemmings clone.): [ Show youtube player ]

This is "Galaga Wars" Ver. 1.5 for the Commodore Amiga released back in 1999 as Public Domain/Freeware by Michael Rosskopf and Wiremu Te Kani.
It's a fast paced vertical shoot 'em up but it has nothing in common with Namco's Galaga.
The graphics are very simple but the sprites are well drawn and they are moving smooth and fast. [ Show youtube player ]

This is "Lance-A-Lot" released back in 1996 by Gordon Smith as a public domain/freeware game.
It's a "Joust" clone and one of the best i have played on Amiga.
The game's controls and mechanics are excellent and many extras have been included to enhance the gameplay (power ups and a bonus level).
Although the Pterodactyl is nowhere to be seen, the game remains extremely addictive and great fun to play. [ Show youtube player ]

[AntiPontifex]

I hope you don't mind this interjection, but I sincerely appreciate you going through all of these PD games. Thanks.

[silkworm]

Originally Posted by AntiPontifex

I hope you don't mind this interjection, but I sincerely appreciate you going through all of these PD games. Thanks.

same here. thanks s2325.
I found a few games new to me because of your screens.

[AntiPontifex]

Btw, Silkworm, is that bear in your avatar _eating_ that disk? LOL

[silkworm]

Originally Posted by AntiPontifex

Btw, Silkworm, is that bear in your avatar _eating_ that disk? LOL

Don't know if it's even a bear, I think it was called a slowpoke or something.

[lilalurl]

Originally Posted by AntiPontifex

Btw, Silkworm, is that bear in your avatar _eating_ that disk? LOL

Floppy disks are indeed an endangered species because of silkworm and Pinball Fantasies:


Taken from that thread about extra RAM detected screens:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=44073

[Predseda]

s2325, maybe this could help you with your project?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Amiga-Memo...item1c25f2f22e

[s2325]

Thank you but it's not project, I have fun playing and sharing, nothing more. Now I'm searching for video codec for WinUAE which allow recording in real time (no slowdowns). Like in emulators CPCE or Altirra.

[Predseda]

I only though there could be some games listed that you dont know yet. I really appreciate your work, this is one of the most interesting threads.

[s2325]

Shooter (Simple crosshair shooting made on unexpanded Amiga 500 with AMOS.): [ Show youtube player ]

Stupid game with funny samples aka Felix Holzmann (by Tuleby/ESA). Made by me back in the days in AMOS Professional 2.0 on my beloved Amiga 500. Recorded from real Amiga 600 computer.

[s2325]

Blood Brawl Remix (Fighting game in AMOS, bad music and controls but I saw worse. You can see "Amiga 1200" in CLI but it's ECS game, just not compatible with Kickstart 1.3): [ Show youtube player ]

July 2011
www.parkproductions.btinternet.co.uk

                              "BLOOD BRAWL" Remix
                              -------------------
                                                        23.10.96

Remix version includes...

   New Title Screen
   Title Music
   Screen Bounce
   Lightning Effect
   Dog Bark
   All New Sound Effects
   Brawl Timer
   Short Sprite Demos After Title Screen
   1 Player Option - Computer Intelligence
   New Game Options
   Squashed To One Disk (POWER PACKER)
   Hard Disk Installer


                                 LOADING
                                 -------

Insert "BloodBrawl" Disk in drive and Reset Amiga.(Requires 2MB)

"BloodBrawl" has been squashed on to one disk with the use of POWER PACKER.
        (POWER-PACKER 2.2a. Written by Nico François (POWER PEAK))

The file "Spritebank.pp" on the disk has been crunched with POWER PACKER and
upon loading will automatically be decrunched to RAM DISK:, where it will be
deleted after "BloodBrawl" has completed is loading sequence.

If loading problems arise try to load through WorkBench -
   Unpack "Spritebank.pp" to RAM DISK: - Renaming it "Spritebank.Abk"
   Double-Click "BloodBrawl" from it's disk.

                          Installing to Hard Disk:
                          ------------------------

From the WorkBench open the "BloodBrawl" disk and choose "Show All Files"
from the "Window" menu. Double-Click the "InstallHD" icon from the disk.
"InstallHD" will create a directory on RAM DISK: named "BloodBrawlHD".
Copy the "BloodBrawlHD" directory to the Hard Disk.

To run "BloodBrawl" from Hard Disk, Double-Click the "BloodHD" icon which
is in the "BloodBrawlHD" directory.

 * Make sure to delete the "BloodBrawlHD" directory from RAM DISK: Before
   running the game.

 
                               DESCRIPTION
                               -----------

This is a 2D one-on-one Beat'em-up game for 1 or 2 players. During the fight
the energy marker will move left & right as hits are registered. The fight
is won by the player who gets the energy marker over to their opponents side
and then knocks them over first.


                               THE SCREEN
                               ----------

At the top of the screen there are three main parts.

   - ENERGY BAR
   - FIRST BLOOD MARKER
   - PLAYER WIN COUNTERS

The energy bar is one long darkened bar which lights only one position at a
time to display who is closest to winning.
"First Blood" appears under the energy bar next to the player who struck the
first blow.
The Win Counters keep a record of fights won by each fighter.


                                CONTROLS
                                --------

At the Title Screen:-

   F1 - Player Vs. CPU                      F5 - DARK on/off (Fight in Dark)
   F2 - Player Vs. Player                   F6 - EASY
   F3 - CLEAN up blood (Needs Disk Present) F7 - NORMAL (Default)
   F4 - HIT on/off     (Screen Flashes)     F8 - HARD

Each fighter is controlled by joystick/joypad only.
During the fight press P to PAUSE/UNPAUSE. While Paused ESCAPE key will Quit.


WITHOUT FIRE BUTTON                 WITH FIRE BUTTON
===================                 ================

UP      :   Jump                    UP           :   Head Butt
DOWN    :   Quick Duck              BACK         :   Uppercut
BACK    :   Walk Back               FORWARD      :   High Thrust Kick
FORWARD :   Walk Forward            UP-FORWARD   :   High Spin Kick
UP-BACK :   Jump Back               DOWN-FORWARD :   Low Sweep Kick
                                    DOWN-BACK    :   (Grapple)

FIRE BUTTON  :  Punch


                                GRAPPLE
                                -------

For a more powerful attack attempt to win a grapple after which your
opponent will not be able to defend himself.

To enter a grapple, get close to your opponent and when he is standing
still - press the grapple combination.(See "CONTROLS" Above)

Both fighters will now attempt to over power each other by rapidly pressing
FORWARD and FIRE. For a better chance of winning the grapple, alternately
press FORWARD then FIRE in a steady rhythm. When won your fighter will
automatically perform the Drop Punch.


                                DEFENCE
                                -------

During the fight try to learn what moves to use which will counter attack
your opponents moves. For example, when your opponent tries a Low Sweep Kick
simply Jump to avoid it.

If there is no way to avoid an attack try using a more powerful move, certain
attacks can be more powerful than others therefore blocking your opponents
attack.

Try to get a combination of several hits on your opponent, as this will knock
him over causing more damage to him when he hits the ground.

Do not stand and perform the same move several times in the hope that your
opponent will simply walk into it, as this will only tire you and waste your
own energy.


                                 BLOOD
                                 =====

When blood from a successful grapple sticks to the ground it will stay there
for future fights, see how much of the ground you cover. Select "CLEAN" (F3)
at the title screen to mop it up.


                                THE KILL
                                --------

After defeating your opponent you have the choice of either letting him live
or killing him.

To kill your opponent wait until the word "KILL" appears on screen then:

PLAYER 1:   As Player 2 lies on the ground
            walk over until you are above his
            legs and then press DOWN-FORWARD
            and FIRE.

PLAYER 2:   As player 1 lies on the ground
            walk over until you are above his
            waist and then press DOWN-FORWARD
            and FIRE.



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