Amiga Hall of Fame 1987 <THE VOTE>

Freakyweakywoo · 14 May 2004, 15:33

Okay 1987
Supreme Court rules Rotary Clubs must admit women (May 4)
Severe earthquake strikes Los Angeles, leaving 100 injured and six dead (Oct. 1). And these Amiga games area all released. Vote for your fave.

1986 Winner: Defender of the Crown

T_hairy_bootson · 14 May 2004, 15:41

I have to go with Larry but test drive was also top notch in my book

Ian · 14 May 2004, 15:42

Agreed, add Barbarian in there as joint second though for me

killergorilla · 14 May 2004, 15:43

I've had to go with Impact! cos I played it so much as a kid and I still think it's fantastic.

Pity it's only gonna get the one vote!

(yay for old smileys back)

Keep on voting people we wan't a big votage lots yes

14 May 2004, 15:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by killergorilla

I've had to go with Impact! cos I played it so much as a kid and I still think it's fantastic.

Pity it's only gonna get the one vote!

(yay for old smileys back)

Keep on voting people we wan't a big votage lots yes

Two votes

CodyJarrett · 14 May 2004, 15:49

I've edited the poll so that "The Lucking Horror" says "The Lurking Horror" instead...

Peanutuk · 14 May 2004, 15:52

Lurking Horror for me, very atmospheric and fun.

Belgarath · 14 May 2004, 15:58

Cody don't forget to fix the Three Stoges

Freakyweakywoo · 14 May 2004, 15:59

Fix all the typos Cody Please. (might take you a while)

CodyJarrett · 14 May 2004, 16:00

Cheers Bel - I've also fixed "Police Quest:In pursuit of the death angle"

Belgarath · 14 May 2004, 16:01

Apparently it's 55 degrees

Freakyweakywoo · 14 May 2004, 16:04

Thanks Cody

and Belgy, I lied its 56 degrees.

I know this is National make fun of Freaky day, so you can keep the jokes comming, just as long as you vote.

nice responce so far.

Dizzy · 14 May 2004, 20:57

I go for Larry, the funniest game of 1987, and because I'm a pathetic sexmaniac

Mr Creosote · 14 May 2004, 21:07

Definitely The Lurking Horror. It's one of my favourite Infocom games.

blackcornflake · 14 May 2004, 21:16

Tough one... lots of good games in there.

My shortlist is LCP, Powerplay and Arkanoid.

I'll go for Arkanoid, because it has a bat in it, and the others are without bat. I'm in a bat appreciative mood atm.

fisken uno · 14 May 2004, 21:58

Well, it had to be a Sierra game but it was tough to decide which one. At first I wanted to vote for SQ1 because the SQ series has had the biggest impact on me of all the Sierra titles. But I ended up putting my vote on PQ1, because it was the FIRST Sierra game I played and I can remember to this very day how much it impressed me. I was like 'WHOA, a-fuckin-mazing graphics'

Well, it doesn't look THAT amazing today.

Joe Maroni · 14 May 2004, 22:25

only arkanoid was the best...

14 May 2004, 22:50

hi i voted for Police Quest, my reason is simple... i wanted to be a police officer when i was younger (still got my pair of cuffs

teehee) and i just loved the game yet still to this day i havnt completed it (probably because my brother hogged the amiga big time

)

Joe Maroni · 14 May 2004, 22:57

bad bad brother...

Chuckles · 14 May 2004, 23:28

Though I love adventure games in general and Infocom titles in particular, I'm going to have to pass over any of those games in voting for "best game" simply because they really don't have much replay value once you've solved them. Out of the remainder, I'll have to cast my vote for Arkanoid because it's just as much fun for me to play now as it was the first time I saw it.

wakeupbomb · 15 May 2004, 01:47

Arkanoid for me as well...
ohhh i'm back again

15 May 2004, 02:41

definately arkanoid.

Titler · 15 May 2004, 19:57

I went for Starglider... I've only played it once or twice under emulation, but it was used as part of a Saturday morning television show for children in the UK ("Get Fresh" I think... one of those anyway), and it's (for the time) amazing graphics helped increase the Amiga's profile enormously. They also used Xenon 1 and Weird Dreams... Whilst maybe not the most playable (that's probably Arkanoid), of the games listed, I'd say that it was the most influential/important, with Barbarian perhaps being a close second, as it was the game all my friends locally seemed to be showing off on their brand new Amiga's at that time...

CodyJarrett · 15 May 2004, 20:44

It probably isn't very clear, but Barbarian is the shitty Psygnosis one and not the Palace game.

spiff · 15 May 2004, 21:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by CodyJarrett

It probably isn't very clear, but Barbarian is the shitty Psygnosis one and not the Palace game.

Ian · 15 May 2004, 21:19

Hmm, would you like to change your vote by any chance Spiff?

Muzkat · 16 May 2004, 02:38

Yes, I didn't like that Barbarian at all.

I'll stick to Backlash, because it sucked away hours of my youth...just shooting at things and dodging things. *trips out*

spiff · 16 May 2004, 09:31

The headchop in barbarian is such a classic, only moonstone came close in the decapitation area. To this day I still remember the panic later when mortal kombat was released for the snes. The moral bitches where about 4 year late and that was nothing when the religious fanatics saw doom for the first time

hmm.. I think this deserves a new thread.

CodyJarrett · 16 May 2004, 12:40

I've reset the Barbarian count to zero - could anybody who voted for it before try to vote again please?

killergorilla · 21 May 2004, 15:13

Come on people!

I know some of you haven't voted cos it's a public vote and a lot of names are missing :-)

Gotta give Freakyweakywoo the most comprehensive results you see. You don't see Les Dennis on Wheel of Fortune saying "We asked 19 people what you would most likely do with a ball of edam" do ya!?? Nope. It's 100 people! So get voting! We don't want an unrealistic result now do we?

dirkies · 21 May 2004, 15:16

I voted Arkanoid aswell, it was soooo close to the original, although there are some others I think were really good.

I even tweaked my monitor settings to stretch the screen as much as possible to fill the screen with just the game surface, not the hiscore or discovery software logo, just like the real arcade

the wolf · 21 May 2004, 15:24

My choice was against Arkanoid and World Games (Winter Games events seems to me almost all identical).
World Games has a better graphics, but it's a bit tricky, expecially in some events, Arkanoid is very addictive (even now) and very close to the arcade counterpart!
So, I voted for Arkanoid...

21 May 2004, 15:29

I've gone with Amegas, for reasons I shall explain.

1 - It is one of the few game on the list I know.

2 - It is better than Arkanoid, and is more original in that it is original (OK a Arkanoid clone) but not just a arcade conversion. It looks better than Arkanoid too.

3 - It has some nice music.

4 - It was one of the first Amiga games I played (included in the TenStar Pack).

5 - I like the name better than Arkanoid.

Mr Softy · 21 May 2004, 19:12

The only games I played on this list : Test drive and, er... maybe Barbarian. Test Drive was extremely bad, and Barbarian, yep I'm not certain... Maybe I never played it?

Then, I voted for "Strip poker data disk #4:Crystal & Dawn".

Because I am a real man, with huge cojones. Looks like I'm the only one, too...

[Edit] Is "Uninvited" related to this extremely shitty movie involving an evil mutant cat on a killing spree?

Marcuz · 21 May 2004, 20:57

i've gone for test drive, because it is the one i know the better. i've never played that text games nor king quest and larry. i could have voted for arkanoid, but amegas, wich i haven't playied looks better. Llooking at hol, there are many i would like to know, and some i will try. king of chicago looks impressive and that shadowgate, city defence, garrison, powerplay too.

Mr Creosote · 22 May 2004, 00:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Softy

Is "Uninvited" related to this extremely shitty movie involving an evil mutant cat on a killing spree?

It isn't directly related to any movie, just a mixture of many classic 'haunted house' movies like 'The Haunting', 'House on the Haunted Hill', 'The Legend of Hell House' and (if you really want to have a fitting name) there are probably also a few similarities with 'The Uninvited' starring Ray Milland.

By the way, everybody who voted for a Sierra game should be spanked into submission.

Freakyweakywoo · 26 May 2004, 01:00

Just a post to put this back up the top of the list

We have 44 votes I think, it would be very very nice to get a round 50.

I am running this for 1 month (from date of posting), in future I think 2 weeks is enough. A big thanks to everyone who has voted so far

Peanutuk · 26 May 2004, 01:12

How did Sierra keep going for so long? There were [I hope it isn't 'are'] consistantly shit.

Stupid.

EDIT: Unvited has nothing to do with any kind of cat. Also didn't the game save to the original floppy?

JohnnyWalker · 26 May 2004, 08:45

Little Computer People!!!

StarEye · 26 May 2004, 09:26

Police Quest, because that's one of my allt-time-favourite games ever. I could have gone with Leisure Suit Larry, because that one is also one of my all-time-favourites. But I went with PQ, because all in all it's a slightly better (and varied) game because of the realism that Jim Walls implemented.

View Poll Results: THE best game of 1987
Arkanoid	19	27.54%
Test Drive	8	11.59%
StarGlider	1	1.45%
Ninja Mission	0	0%
Impact!	3	4.35%
Police Quest:In pursuit of the death angel	4	5.80%
Backlash	1	1.45%
Beyond Zork:The coconut of Quendor	0	0%
Hollywood Hijinx	0	0%
Kings Quest:Quest for the crown	0	0%
Kings Quest 2:Romancing the throne	0	0%
Leisure suit larry in the land of the lounge lizard	8	11.59%
The Lurking Horror	2	2.90%
The Sentinel	3	4.35%
Space Quest:The sarien encounter	4	5.80%
Strip poker data disk #4:Crystal & Dawn	1	1.45%
Uninvited	0	0%
Amegas	2	2.90%
King of chicago	0	0%
Little computer people	4	5.80%
Shadow gate	1	1.45%
The three stooges	0	0%
Winter games	2	2.90%
World games	3	4.35%
Barbarian (Psygnosis)	2	2.90%
Power play:the game of the gods	1	1.45%
City Defence	0	0%
Garrison	0	0%
Voters: 69. You may not vote on this poll

14 May 2004, 15:33	#1
Freakyweakywoo (c) killergorilla 2007 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 276	Amiga Hall of Fame 1987 <THE VOTE> Okay 1987 Supreme Court rules Rotary Clubs must admit women (May 4) Severe earthquake strikes Los Angeles, leaving 100 injured and six dead (Oct. 1). And these Amiga games area all released. Vote for your fave. 1986 Winner: Defender of the Crown

14 May 2004, 15:52	#7
Peanutuk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The North, UK Age: 34 Posts: 1,067	Lurking Horror for me, very atmospheric and fun. __________________ T-shirts

14 May 2004, 21:07	#14
Mr Creosote Evil Mastermind Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 527	Definitely The Lurking Horror. It's one of my favourite Infocom games. __________________ The Good Old Days - Home of the 1773 Sacred Words

14 May 2004, 22:50	#18
Lucy Posts: n/a	hi i voted for Police Quest, my reason is simple... i wanted to be a police officer when i was younger (still got my pair of cuffs teehee) and i just loved the game yet still to this day i havnt completed it (probably because my brother hogged the amiga big time)

14 May 2004, 15:41	#2
T_hairy_bootson Workbitch 1.3 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 36 Posts: 1,923	I have to go with Larry but test drive was also top notch in my book

14 May 2004, 15:42	#3
Ian HIGH FIVE!! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Derby Age: 35 Posts: 1,745	Agreed, add Barbarian in there as joint second though for me

14 May 2004, 15:43	#4
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	I've had to go with Impact! cos I played it so much as a kid and I still think it's fantastic. Pity it's only gonna get the one vote! (yay for old smileys back) Keep on voting people we wan't a big votage lots yes __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

14 May 2004, 15:49	#6
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,442	I've edited the poll so that "The Lucking Horror" says "The Lurking Horror" instead...

14 May 2004, 15:58	#8
Belgarath HOL Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Here Posts: 2,135	Cody don't forget to fix the Three Stoges

14 May 2004, 15:59	#9
Freakyweakywoo (c) killergorilla 2007 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 276	Fix all the typos Cody Please. (might take you a while)

14 May 2004, 16:00	#10
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,442	Cheers Bel - I've also fixed "Police Quest:In pursuit of the death angle"

14 May 2004, 16:01	#11
Belgarath HOL Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Here Posts: 2,135	Apparently it's 55 degrees

14 May 2004, 16:04	#12
Freakyweakywoo (c) killergorilla 2007 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 276	Thanks Cody and Belgy, I lied its 56 degrees. I know this is National make fun of Freaky day, so you can keep the jokes comming, just as long as you vote. nice responce so far.

14 May 2004, 20:57	#13
Dizzy DEAD Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: . Posts: 3,399	I go for Larry, the funniest game of 1987, and because I'm a pathetic sexmaniac

14 May 2004, 21:16	#15
blackcornflake Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cereal box Posts: 754	Tough one... lots of good games in there. My shortlist is LCP, Powerplay and Arkanoid. I'll go for Arkanoid, because it has a bat in it, and the others are without bat. I'm in a bat appreciative mood atm.

14 May 2004, 21:58	#16
fisken uno Commodore's biatch Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sweden Age: 32 Posts: 670	Well, it had to be a Sierra game but it was tough to decide which one. At first I wanted to vote for SQ1 because the SQ series has had the biggest impact on me of all the Sierra titles. But I ended up putting my vote on PQ1, because it was the FIRST Sierra game I played and I can remember to this very day how much it impressed me. I was like 'WHOA, a-fuckin-mazing graphics' Well, it doesn't look THAT amazing today.

14 May 2004, 22:25	#17
Joe Maroni Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Germany Age: 33 Posts: 1,056	only arkanoid was the best...

14 May 2004, 22:57	#19
Joe Maroni Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Germany Age: 33 Posts: 1,056	bad bad brother...

14 May 2004, 23:28	#20
Chuckles The Ancient One Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kansas City/USA Age: 58 Posts: 684	Though I love adventure games in general and Infocom titles in particular, I'm going to have to pass over any of those games in voting for "best game" simply because they really don't have much replay value once you've solved them. Out of the remainder, I'll have to cast my vote for Arkanoid because it's just as much fun for me to play now as it was the first time I saw it.

15 May 2004, 01:47	#21
wakeupbomb Amiga Collector Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Leeds, England Age: 28 Posts: 191	Arkanoid for me as well... ohhh i'm back again

15 May 2004, 19:57	#23
Titler Zone Friend Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 259	I went for Starglider... I've only played it once or twice under emulation, but it was used as part of a Saturday morning television show for children in the UK ("Get Fresh" I think... one of those anyway), and it's (for the time) amazing graphics helped increase the Amiga's profile enormously. They also used Xenon 1 and Weird Dreams... Whilst maybe not the most playable (that's probably Arkanoid), of the games listed, I'd say that it was the most influential/important, with Barbarian perhaps being a close second, as it was the game all my friends locally seemed to be showing off on their brand new Amiga's at that time...

15 May 2004, 20:44	#24
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,442	It probably isn't very clear, but Barbarian is the shitty Psygnosis one and not the Palace game.

15 May 2004, 21:19	#26
Ian HIGH FIVE!! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Derby Age: 35 Posts: 1,745	Hmm, would you like to change your vote by any chance Spiff?

16 May 2004, 02:38	#27
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The Delta Quadrant Age: 31 Posts: 1,138	Yes, I didn't like that Barbarian at all. I'll stick to Backlash, because it sucked away hours of my youth...just shooting at things and dodging things. trips out

16 May 2004, 09:31	#28
spiff Oh noes! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Neverland Posts: 621	The headchop in barbarian is such a classic, only moonstone came close in the decapitation area. To this day I still remember the panic later when mortal kombat was released for the snes. The moral bitches where about 4 year late and that was nothing when the religious fanatics saw doom for the first time hmm.. I think this deserves a new thread.

16 May 2004, 12:40	#29
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,442	I've reset the Barbarian count to zero - could anybody who voted for it before try to vote again please?

21 May 2004, 15:13	#30
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 31 Posts: 7,888	Come on people! I know some of you haven't voted cos it's a public vote and a lot of names are missing :-) Gotta give Freakyweakywoo the most comprehensive results you see. You don't see Les Dennis on Wheel of Fortune saying "We asked 19 people what you would most likely do with a ball of edam" do ya!?? Nope. It's 100 people! So get voting! We don't want an unrealistic result now do we? __________________ I'm totally gratified that people find Interceptor worthy of being downloaded and played after so many years especially in light of its rather rudimentary visual content by standards constantly increasing over time.

21 May 2004, 15:16	#31
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Luxembourg Age: 40 Posts: 486	I voted Arkanoid aswell, it was soooo close to the original, although there are some others I think were really good. I even tweaked my monitor settings to stretch the screen as much as possible to fill the screen with just the game surface, not the hiscore or discovery software logo, just like the real arcade

21 May 2004, 15:24	#32
the wolf Just Leeching Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Italy Age: 41 Posts: 416	My choice was against Arkanoid and World Games (Winter Games events seems to me almost all identical). World Games has a better graphics, but it's a bit tricky, expecially in some events, Arkanoid is very addictive (even now) and very close to the arcade counterpart! So, I voted for Arkanoid...

21 May 2004, 15:29	#33
Jim Posts: n/a	I've gone with Amegas, for reasons I shall explain. 1 - It is one of the few game on the list I know. 2 - It is better than Arkanoid, and is more original in that it is original (OK a Arkanoid clone) but not just a arcade conversion. It looks better than Arkanoid too. 3 - It has some nice music. 4 - It was one of the first Amiga games I played (included in the TenStar Pack). 5 - I like the name better than Arkanoid.

21 May 2004, 19:12	#34
Mr Softy Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweedzerland Age: 33 Posts: 329	The only games I played on this list : Test drive and, er... maybe Barbarian. Test Drive was extremely bad, and Barbarian, yep I'm not certain... Maybe I never played it? Then, I voted for "Strip poker data disk #4:Crystal & Dawn". Because I am a real man, with huge cojones. Looks like I'm the only one, too... [Edit] Is "Uninvited" related to this extremely shitty movie involving an evil mutant cat on a killing spree? __________________ _ mister softy v0.1

21 May 2004, 20:57	#35
Marcuz Wurk??? Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 37 Posts: 4,739	i've gone for test drive, because it is the one i know the better. i've never played that text games nor king quest and larry. i could have voted for arkanoid, but amegas, wich i haven't playied looks better. Llooking at hol, there are many i would like to know, and some i will try. king of chicago looks impressive and that shadowgate, city defence, garrison, powerplay too.

26 May 2004, 01:00	#37
Freakyweakywoo (c) killergorilla 2007 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 276	Just a post to put this back up the top of the list We have 44 votes I think, it would be very very nice to get a round 50. I am running this for 1 month (from date of posting), in future I think 2 weeks is enough. A big thanks to everyone who has voted so far

26 May 2004, 01:12	#38
Peanutuk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The North, UK Age: 34 Posts: 1,067	How did Sierra keep going for so long? There were [I hope it isn't 'are'] consistantly shit. Stupid. EDIT: Unvited has nothing to do with any kind of cat. Also didn't the game save to the original floppy? __________________ T-shirts