Amiga games you intend to beat but never have

lordofchaos · 11 September 2014, 20:44

The thread says it all really, there's loads of Amiga games I keep saying to myself, yeah one day I`ll come back and finish you, but never do. Although one recent game I did say that about was Seek & Destroy, but I finally did finish the bastard, and the weird thing was it was easier than I remember..

Well there's still lots to finish starting with, Moonstone, Robocop III, Kings Quest IV and Lure Of The Temptress, to name but a few..

I think it's important to get that sense of closure with some of those games that kicked your arse as a youth.

Gzegzolka · 11 September 2014, 22:16

Marvelus Marvin, Super Methane Bross, Prey alien encouter... and few more, usually I pick one game and play till I finish it or stop playing near end when I know it's not worth to spend more time and finish it.

liviux76 · 11 September 2014, 23:03

I remember that I got to level 98 out of 100 of Push Over back in the days but for some reasons I didn't finish it...
From then on I tried the game many times arriving at level 20 , 30 or so but I never became again enough good to go ahead...
There are many other games that I wanted to finish but Push Over is certainly "The One" for me... maybe one day I'll do it!

lordofchaos · 11 September 2014, 23:35

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Originally Posted by liviux76

I remember that I got to level 98 out of 100 of Push Over back in the days but for some reasons I didn't finish it...
From then on I tried the game many times arriving at level 20 , 30 or so but I never became again enough good to go ahead...
There are many other games that I wanted to finish but Push Over is certainly "The One" for me... maybe one day I'll do it!

Ouch! That must have been soul destroying

Well I admire you stamina, best of luck beating it!

Leffmann · 11 September 2014, 23:51

I want to complete some of the really good adventure games at some point: Monkey Island 1 & 2, Lure of the Temptress, Legend of Kyrandia, both of the Elvira games, and both of the Indiana Jones games.

vitux · 12 September 2014, 00:17

Dune progressed in the game, saved games, but have not been back

TCD · 12 September 2014, 00:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leffmann

I want to complete some of the really good adventure games at some point: Monkey Island 1 & 2, Lure of the Temptress, Legend of Kyrandia, both of the Elvira games, and both of the Indiana Jones games.

I'm also having 3 of those on my list to complete still. For the later Lucasarts games you might want to try them on PC though. It's really a better experience.

LieutLaww · 12 September 2014, 10:17

Batman the Movie, I never did finish the final level and I am sure there are plenty of others that I can't quite remember atm.

s2325 · 12 September 2014, 10:22

Too many levels but I liked gameplay: Qwak, Benefactor, Parasol Stars, Cannon Fodder. Tried to finish all of them.

brett71 · 12 September 2014, 16:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leffmann

I want to complete some of the really good adventure games at some point: Monkey Island 1 & 2, Lure of the Temptress, Legend of Kyrandia, both of the Elvira games, and both of the Indiana Jones games.

Just FYI about "Lure of the Temptress"...

I always wanted to finish Lure of the Temptress, but the only copy I ever had was the Version 1 which has a bug at the end that makes the game un-finishable (not a crack-related bug, it was actually an error by the authors). In another thread, someone had a copy of the fixed Version 2 that Virgin released, Galahad was going to do a proper crack of it, apparently did, but then last thing I heard was that he was waiting for a cracktro. Dunno if he ever did release it. Supposedly, a working WHDLoad version exists.

hansel75 · 12 September 2014, 18:12

Shadow of the beast 1, 2 and 3 without cheating!

demoniac · 12 September 2014, 18:40

Perihelion, Hunter, Black Crypt and It Came from the Desert are what I haven't made a real effort in trying to complete.

Marcuz · 13 September 2014, 00:48

Lure of the Temptress, I was stuck at 3/4 of the game, retried and didn't even get there, and thought to retry sometime.

Black Crypt, I wasn't able to beat the final battle, restarted the game many times, and benched it for better times.

Lotus I, Deflektor... same story.

SWIV · 13 September 2014, 10:10

Dungeon Master,Nebulus (just tower one would be great!) and Carrier Command, I have destroyed the enemy carrier it is just a case of retaking all the remaining islands once I have found where my disk save is ;/

Gzegzolka · 13 September 2014, 10:24

sometimes I play game not to beat them, just to play, enjoy mayhem and cool music

spiff · 13 September 2014, 11:53

I tend to cheat and "youtube finish" them... after about 10 minutes of omfgStupidDesign I get cured of any notion if actually doing it.
With that said:

Infestation, midwinter II, Hunter and monkey island, I loved exploring in these games, just never got very far with that approach.

solarice · 13 September 2014, 12:15

Some have already been mentioned, but i'd say Syndicate is probably the most obvious one that springs to mind but there's a few others (another world, flashback to mention a couple). I usually ended up playing games (knights, lotus turbo challange, north and south etc etc) against my brother most of the time.

I did complete Beneath a steel sky back in the day, even with all the disk swapping. If you haven't played it, you may as well seeing as its a free download now on pc.

Leffmann · 13 September 2014, 12:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by brett71

Just FYI about "Lure of the Temptress"...

I always wanted to finish Lure of the Temptress, but the only copy I ever had was the Version 1 which has a bug at the end that makes the game un-finishable (not a crack-related bug, it was actually an error by the authors). In another thread, someone had a copy of the fixed Version 2 that Virgin released, Galahad was going to do a proper crack of it, apparently did, but then last thing I heard was that he was waiting for a cracktro. Dunno if he ever did release it. Supposedly, a working WHDLoad version exists.

I think that bug is what stopped me from finishing it the first time around. Thanks for the reminder, I'll look out for that next time.

I just ran into a similar game-stopper in Monkey Island 1. I bought the treasure map from that shady guy in the street, and after another hour of playing without saving I "Look at map" and the game just freezes...

lordofchaos · 13 September 2014, 12:33

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Originally Posted by hansel75

Shadow of the beast 1, 2 and 3 without cheating!

Good luck! That would be quite an undertaking

I got about half way on the first game, even less on the second and close to completion with the third.

It's a shame the series ended where it did, they were almost becoming playable by the end, they had discovered humans played games too not just memorising machines, I`m kidding but they were pretty evil with their difficulty curves.. Although curve would suggest there was something gradual to the difficulty levels, not always the case with psygnosis games

Torisoft · 07 October 2014, 09:17

Most of all Shadow of the Beast I, having finished the two sequels I am still angry that I did not finish the first! Though I came upon it last. Also, lure of temptress, Hook and GOBLINS! I finished Flashback with codes of last levels and regret not completing it myself.

11 September 2014, 20:44	#1
lordofchaos TinkerTailorContentMaker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bedfordshire Age: 45 Posts: 1,205	Amiga games you intend to beat but never have The thread says it all really, there's loads of Amiga games I keep saying to myself, yeah one day I`ll come back and finish you, but never do. Although one recent game I did say that about was Seek & Destroy, but I finally did finish the bastard, and the weird thing was it was easier than I remember.. Well there's still lots to finish starting with, Moonstone, Robocop III, Kings Quest IV and Lure Of The Temptress, to name but a few.. I think it's important to get that sense of closure with some of those games that kicked your arse as a youth.

13 September 2014, 10:10	#14
SWIV Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: West Bromwich UK Posts: 74	Dungeon Master,Nebulus (just tower one would be great!) and Carrier Command, I have destroyed the enemy carrier it is just a case of retaking all the remaining islands once I have found where my disk save is ;/ Last edited by SWIV; 10 October 2014 at 22:19.

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11 September 2014, 22:16	#2
Gzegzolka Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Warszawa / Polska Posts: 1,858	Marvelus Marvin, Super Methane Bross, Prey alien encouter... and few more, usually I pick one game and play till I finish it or stop playing near end when I know it's not worth to spend more time and finish it.

11 September 2014, 23:03	#3
liviux76 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: BO/Italy Posts: 711	I remember that I got to level 98 out of 100 of Push Over back in the days but for some reasons I didn't finish it... From then on I tried the game many times arriving at level 20 , 30 or so but I never became again enough good to go ahead... There are many other games that I wanted to finish but Push Over is certainly "The One" for me... maybe one day I'll do it!

11 September 2014, 23:51	#5
Leffmann Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,269	I want to complete some of the really good adventure games at some point: Monkey Island 1 & 2, Lure of the Temptress, Legend of Kyrandia, both of the Elvira games, and both of the Indiana Jones games.

12 September 2014, 00:17	#6
vitux Banned Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Spain Posts: 495	Dune progressed in the game, saved games, but have not been back

12 September 2014, 10:17	#8
LieutLaww Registered User Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Uckfield, UK Age: 53 Posts: 195	Batman the Movie, I never did finish the final level and I am sure there are plenty of others that I can't quite remember atm.

12 September 2014, 10:22	#9
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Too many levels but I liked gameplay: Qwak, Benefactor, Parasol Stars, Cannon Fodder. Tried to finish all of them.

12 September 2014, 18:12	#11
hansel75 Walk Off? Boolander! Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Gladstone Australia Age: 48 Posts: 628	Shadow of the beast 1, 2 and 3 without cheating!

12 September 2014, 18:40	#12
demoniac Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: - Posts: 1,687	Perihelion, Hunter, Black Crypt and It Came from the Desert are what I haven't made a real effort in trying to complete.

13 September 2014, 00:48	#13
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	Lure of the Temptress, I was stuck at 3/4 of the game, retried and didn't even get there, and thought to retry sometime. Black Crypt, I wasn't able to beat the final battle, restarted the game many times, and benched it for better times. Lotus I, Deflektor... same story.

13 September 2014, 10:24	#15
Gzegzolka Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Warszawa / Polska Posts: 1,858	sometimes I play game not to beat them, just to play, enjoy mayhem and cool music

13 September 2014, 11:53	#16
spiff Oh noes! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Neverland Posts: 766	I tend to cheat and "youtube finish" them... after about 10 minutes of omfgStupidDesign I get cured of any notion if actually doing it. With that said: Infestation, midwinter II, Hunter and monkey island, I loved exploring in these games, just never got very far with that approach.

13 September 2014, 12:15	#17
solarice Registered User Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: UK Posts: 38	Some have already been mentioned, but i'd say Syndicate is probably the most obvious one that springs to mind but there's a few others (another world, flashback to mention a couple). I usually ended up playing games (knights, lotus turbo challange, north and south etc etc) against my brother most of the time. I did complete Beneath a steel sky back in the day, even with all the disk swapping. If you haven't played it, you may as well seeing as its a free download now on pc.

07 October 2014, 09:17	#20
Torisoft Registered User Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Mashhad, Iran Posts: 16	Most of all Shadow of the Beast I, having finished the two sequels I am still angry that I did not finish the first! Though I came upon it last. Also, lure of temptress, Hook and GOBLINS! I finished Flashback with codes of last levels and regret not completing it myself.

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