Completely new to the Amiga

01 July 2009, 03:26

Hi! I had no idea about amigas until a couple of months ago, when my boyfriend (a bit older than me, used amigas when he was a kid) told me about various strategy games he used to play, we found WinUAE, I played some games - I'm well impressed. The programming on some of these games is incredible; it's awesome, the complexity of games that only take up such a very small space. Yeah, that's real programming skill in my opinion.

I have a love for strategy games like Rules of Engagement and Balance of Power (Balance of Power is one of my favourite things in the world), so if anyone wants to recommend games along those lines, that would be greatly appreciated.

So, yeah, hi. It's lovely to see so many people here still caring about a very cool step in computing history.

NovaCoder · 01 July 2009, 06:03

Hi and welcome to the freak show

skateblind · 01 July 2009, 14:16

Hello, welcome to the site and the community. You are probably looking for more realistic or complicated games, but I would suggest Mega 'lo Mania, Civilization, North and South, Supremacy and Starlord.

I would suggest reading the manual for Starlord because it is a very complex game. The rest should be easy enough to work out, but I am sure you could probably find the manuals for them at the Hall of Light or Lemon Amiga websites.

Have fun!

amigakit.com · 01 July 2009, 14:29

Welcome!

Shoonay · 01 July 2009, 14:35

Hello and welcome to EAB, kiwi_from_hell!

Gibbersan · 01 July 2009, 16:48

Welcome to the fold!

AlfaRomeo · 02 July 2009, 02:07

Welcome to EAB, hope you like it here

and..stay forever if you want to

Yoto · 02 July 2009, 03:31

Yes, stay...and like us you too can haunt this place!

NovaCoder · 02 July 2009, 05:34

Start playing Dune 2 and see a few weeks of your life disappear

Slayer · 02 July 2009, 06:00

For some light hearted addictive fun try warlords... too bad the AI isn't exactly top notch...

btw, there is no such thing as a Kiwi from hell, don't you know New Zealand is the closest country to Heaven, why life here is far better than any other place in the world... ;-)

EreWeGo · 02 July 2009, 12:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

Start playing Dune 2 and see a few weeks of your life disappear

NovaCoder speaks the truth! Oh, and welcome by the way!

*Edit* - Just noticed Slayers comment - he speaks the truth too!

Gibbersan · 02 July 2009, 16:21

Many a night spent playing Civilization here.

Shoonay · 02 July 2009, 16:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slayer

btw, there is no such thing as a Kiwi from hell, don't you know New Zealand is the closest country to Heaven, why life here is far better than any other place in the world... ;-)

he probably means the muthaphukenkiwibastard some other kiwi used to be

seuden · 02 July 2009, 16:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

Start playing Dune 2 and see a few weeks of your life disappear

Quote:

Originally Posted by EreWeGo

NovaCoder speaks the truth! Oh, and welcome by the way!

*Edit* - Just noticed Slayers comment - he speaks the truth too!

+2

01 July 2009, 03:26	#1
kiwi_from_hell Posts: n/a	Completely new to the Amiga Hi! I had no idea about amigas until a couple of months ago, when my boyfriend (a bit older than me, used amigas when he was a kid) told me about various strategy games he used to play, we found WinUAE, I played some games - I'm well impressed. The programming on some of these games is incredible; it's awesome, the complexity of games that only take up such a very small space. Yeah, that's real programming skill in my opinion. I have a love for strategy games like Rules of Engagement and Balance of Power (Balance of Power is one of my favourite things in the world), so if anyone wants to recommend games along those lines, that would be greatly appreciated. So, yeah, hi. It's lovely to see so many people here still caring about a very cool step in computing history.

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skateblind Village Idiot Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: UK, England Age: 38 Posts: 580	Hello, welcome to the site and the community. You are probably looking for more realistic or complicated games, but I would suggest Mega 'lo Mania, Civilization, North and South, Supremacy and Starlord. I would suggest reading the manual for Starlord because it is a very complex game. The rest should be easy enough to work out, but I am sure you could probably find the manuals for them at the Hall of Light or Lemon Amiga websites. Have fun!

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