Amiga games with sampled speech

PixelsAtDawn · 28 July 2023, 17:52

OK, time to build a new list. One of things that was always cool in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras was when the game had sampled speech. Obviously a bit easier to achieve on the Amiga with the power of Paula, but it was still awesome when it happened.

So which Amiga games do you remember having awesome sampled speech? I'm excluding mods with sampled vocals - we're just talking about SFX here. I'm also excluding things where it's just sampled grunts and groans - needs to be audible speech.

Aladdin
Alien Breed 1/2/Tower Assault
APB
Assassin/SE
Ballistix
Barbarian I/II (Palace)
Bart vs the Space Mutants
Beach Volley
Beneath a Steel Sky CD32
Blood Money
Bob's Bad Day
Body Blows
Brat
Bump n Burn
Captain Blood
The Chaos Engine 1/2
Chase H.Q.
Cover Girl Strip Poker
Cybernetix
Datastorm
Deluxe Galaga
Deluxe Strip Poker 3
Denaris
Descent: Freespace
Desert Strike
Dragon Ninja
Dune II
Earth: 2140
Elfmania
Elvira Mistress of the Dark
Exodus: The Last War
Falcon
Fighting Soccer
First Samurai
Follix
Forgotten Worlds
Foundation
Franko
Fright Night
Gauntlet II
GemX
G-LOC
Goldrunner
Great Courts 2
Gunship 2000
Inherit the Earth
Insanity Fight
Inviyya
It Came From the Desert
Jaguar XJ220
Kick Off
Landfill
Last Ninja 3
Lemmings
Links: The Challenge of Golf
The Lion King
Llamatron
Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
Manic Miner
Mean Arenas
Mega Lo Mania
Monsters of Terror
Mortal Kombat
Myth
NARC
One Day International Cricket
Operation Thunderbolt
Operation Wolf
Out Run
Perihelion: The Prophecy
Persian Gulf Inferno
Pinball Dreams
Pinball Fantasies
Pinball Illusions
Project X/SE
Putty
Putty Squad
Reunion AGA
Roadkill
Robocop
Rocket Ranger
The Running Man
Seek and Destroy
The Settlers
Sierra Soccer
Skillgrid
Slam Tilt
Space Quest 3
Speedball II
Star Crusader
Star Wars
Street Fighter II
Strider
Super Methane Bros
Super Skweek
Super Stardust
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
Sword of Sodan
Tanx
Test Drive
Tetris Pro
TFX
Three Stooges
Tie Break
Turrican I/II/III
TV Sports Basketball
Uridium 2
Valhalla And The Lord of Infinity/Fortress of Eve/Before the War
Walker
Wipeout 2097
Worms
Xybots

TCD · 28 July 2023, 17:56

Mega-Lo-Mania, Chaos Engine, Mortal Kombat.

kremiso · 28 July 2023, 18:08

Alien Breed 1,2, and Tower Assault
Assassin & special edition
Project X & special edition
Elfmania

Maybe Lemmings just for the OH NO! thing

Seiya · 28 July 2023, 18:39

games that use narrator device to "speech" could be used for this list or only digitized sample?

edit:
i read the topic too fast and answered too fast again
you search only SFX digitized speech

to return in topic i say:
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers AGA

Predseda · 28 July 2023, 21:26

Walker

RichL · 28 July 2023, 21:37

Speedball II

pandy71 · 28 July 2023, 21:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichL

Speedball II

ditto
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Predseda · 28 July 2023, 21:50

Body Blows
Dune II
Jag XJ220
Putty
Putty Squad
Myth
Gods
Gunship 2000
Turrican I, II, 3

Predseda · 28 July 2023, 22:01

Manic Miner
Gobliiins, Gobliins 2
Reunion
Bump n Burn
Most pinballs from 21st century
Barbarian 1 and 2
Uridium 2

Predseda · 28 July 2023, 22:11

Cannon fodder
Globdule (when you die)
Seek and Destroy
Worms
Monsters of Terror
Nuclear War (when you win)

Snoopy1234 · 29 July 2023, 00:31

Goldrunner of course.

gimbal · 29 July 2023, 01:39

Don't forget Space Quest 3, Roger says a whole three words in it!

Valhalla 1/2/3 from the talky thread hasn't been re-mentioned yet.

Never released but the demo version of Son of Zeus has speech when you die. "Forgive me father, I have FAAAAAAAAAAILED!". Always loved that.

Super Methane Brothers. "Get a Move On Buddy".

Xybots. "One Intruder destroyed. Intruder Alert".

Super Skweek. "Welcome to Super Skweek" - followed by maybe some of the worst music in a commercial game ever to come out of an Amiga.

Eh what else. Lotus hasn't been mentioned yet. "On Your Marks. Get Set. GO! Checkpoint!"

The Chaos Engine has been mentioned. Didn't it have some sort of sequel/spin off? Hm. When I try to remember it all I see is a dark void and a lot of sadness.

Friggin' Elvira Mistress of the Dark. Like nails on a chalkboard that one but you can't help but feel perplexed when she first starts... talking.

Tanx. "All Guns Commence Firing!"

Brat. Terrible game, cool intro.

Bart VS the Space Mutants. So-so game, cool intro.

Does It Came From The Desert count, the opening crawl? It was bitcrushed to hell but it did sound really cool nonetheless.

Last Ninja 3 never entertained me as a game but the game starts with the epic line "REAL hatred... is TIMELESS". It sets the tone. Unfortunately what follows is a weird illogical mess.

CCCP alert · 29 July 2023, 02:30

Blood Money intro

wasn't there a few yelps of short speech in Global Gladiators too?

jotd · 29 July 2023, 10:31

Beneath a Steel Sky CD32
Full Contact
Lotus 2 and 3 ("congratulations!")

lmimmfn · 29 July 2023, 12:12

Dragon Ninja - "I'm bad"

RichL · 29 July 2023, 13:43

Kick Off.

kremiso · 29 July 2023, 17:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichL

Kick Off.

completely forgot about the 'Penalty!' speech

A500 · 29 July 2023, 18:50

Test Drive's "Game Over, man!" comes to mind. Was that sampled from Aliens?

TCD · 29 July 2023, 18:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by A500

Test Drive's "Game Over, man!" comes to mind. Was that sampled from Aliens?

Yep: [ Show youtube player ]

A500 · 29 July 2023, 19:04

Thanks TCD!

Targhan also has sampled grunts and oofs, not sure if they can be counted as speech though!

28 July 2023, 17:52	#1
PixelsAtDawn Amiga Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: Shropshire/UK Age: 42 Posts: 256	Amiga games with sampled speech OK, time to build a new list. One of things that was always cool in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras was when the game had sampled speech. Obviously a bit easier to achieve on the Amiga with the power of Paula, but it was still awesome when it happened. So which Amiga games do you remember having awesome sampled speech? I'm excluding mods with sampled vocals - we're just talking about SFX here. I'm also excluding things where it's just sampled grunts and groans - needs to be audible speech. Aladdin Alien Breed 1/2/Tower Assault APB Assassin/SE Ballistix Barbarian I/II (Palace) Bart vs the Space Mutants Beach Volley Beneath a Steel Sky CD32 Blood Money Bob's Bad Day Body Blows Brat Bump n Burn Captain Blood The Chaos Engine 1/2 Chase H.Q. Cover Girl Strip Poker Cybernetix Datastorm Deluxe Galaga Deluxe Strip Poker 3 Denaris Descent: Freespace Desert Strike Dragon Ninja Dune II Earth: 2140 Elfmania Elvira Mistress of the Dark Exodus: The Last War Falcon Fighting Soccer First Samurai Follix Forgotten Worlds Foundation Franko Fright Night Gauntlet II GemX G-LOC Goldrunner Great Courts 2 Gunship 2000 Inherit the Earth Insanity Fight Inviyya It Came From the Desert Jaguar XJ220 Kick Off Landfill Last Ninja 3 Lemmings Links: The Challenge of Golf The Lion King Llamatron Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 Manic Miner Mean Arenas Mega Lo Mania Monsters of Terror Mortal Kombat Myth NARC One Day International Cricket Operation Thunderbolt Operation Wolf Out Run Perihelion: The Prophecy Persian Gulf Inferno Pinball Dreams Pinball Fantasies Pinball Illusions Project X/SE Putty Putty Squad Reunion AGA Roadkill Robocop Rocket Ranger The Running Man Seek and Destroy The Settlers Sierra Soccer Skillgrid Slam Tilt Space Quest 3 Speedball II Star Crusader Star Wars Street Fighter II Strider Super Methane Bros Super Skweek Super Stardust Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers Sword of Sodan Tanx Test Drive Tetris Pro TFX Three Stooges Tie Break Turrican I/II/III TV Sports Basketball Uridium 2 Valhalla And The Lord of Infinity/Fortress of Eve/Before the War Walker Wipeout 2097 Worms Xybots Last edited by PixelsAtDawn; 30 August 2023 at 13:30.

28 July 2023, 18:08	#3
kremiso Registered User Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Italy Posts: 1,925	Alien Breed 1,2, and Tower Assault Assassin & special edition Project X & special edition Elfmania Maybe Lemmings just for the OH NO! thing Last edited by kremiso; 28 July 2023 at 18:22.

28 July 2023, 18:39	#4
Seiya Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Italy Posts: 2,399	games that use narrator device to "speech" could be used for this list or only digitized sample? edit: i read the topic too fast and answered too fast again you search only SFX digitized speech to return in topic i say: Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers AGA Last edited by Seiya; 28 July 2023 at 18:48.

29 July 2023, 01:39	#12
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,946	Don't forget Space Quest 3, Roger says a whole three words in it! Valhalla 1/2/3 from the talky thread hasn't been re-mentioned yet. Never released but the demo version of Son of Zeus has speech when you die. "Forgive me father, I have FAAAAAAAAAAILED!". Always loved that. Super Methane Brothers. "Get a Move On Buddy". Xybots. "One Intruder destroyed. Intruder Alert". Super Skweek. "Welcome to Super Skweek" - followed by maybe some of the worst music in a commercial game ever to come out of an Amiga. Eh what else. Lotus hasn't been mentioned yet. "On Your Marks. Get Set. GO! Checkpoint!" The Chaos Engine has been mentioned. Didn't it have some sort of sequel/spin off? Hm. When I try to remember it all I see is a dark void and a lot of sadness. Friggin' Elvira Mistress of the Dark. Like nails on a chalkboard that one but you can't help but feel perplexed when she first starts... talking. Tanx. "All Guns Commence Firing!" Brat. Terrible game, cool intro. Bart VS the Space Mutants. So-so game, cool intro. Does It Came From The Desert count, the opening crawl? It was bitcrushed to hell but it did sound really cool nonetheless. Last Ninja 3 never entertained me as a game but the game starts with the epic line "REAL hatred... is TIMELESS". It sets the tone. Unfortunately what follows is a weird illogical mess. Last edited by gimbal; 29 July 2023 at 01:52.

29 July 2023, 02:30	#13
CCCP alert Registered User Join Date: May 2023 Location: essex Posts: 463	Blood Money intro wasn't there a few yelps of short speech in Global Gladiators too? Last edited by CCCP alert; 29 July 2023 at 03:26.

28 July 2023, 17:56	#2
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,759	Mega-Lo-Mania, Chaos Engine, Mortal Kombat.

28 July 2023, 21:26	#5
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,556	Walker

28 July 2023, 21:37	#6
RichL Registered User Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Birmingham, UK Age: 50 Posts: 216	Speedball II

28 July 2023, 21:50	#8
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,556	Body Blows Dune II Jag XJ220 Putty Putty Squad Myth Gods Gunship 2000 Turrican I, II, 3

28 July 2023, 22:01	#9
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,556	Manic Miner Gobliiins, Gobliins 2 Reunion Bump n Burn Most pinballs from 21st century Barbarian 1 and 2 Uridium 2

28 July 2023, 22:11	#10
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,556	Cannon fodder Globdule (when you die) Seek and Destroy Worms Monsters of Terror Nuclear War (when you win)

29 July 2023, 00:31	#11
Snoopy1234 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Australia Age: 52 Posts: 867	Goldrunner of course.

29 July 2023, 10:31	#14
jotd This cat is no more Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: FRANCE Age: 52 Posts: 8,308	Beneath a Steel Sky CD32 Full Contact Lotus 2 and 3 ("congratulations!")

29 July 2023, 12:12	#15
lmimmfn Registered User Join Date: May 2018 Location: Ireland Posts: 684	Dragon Ninja - "I'm bad"

29 July 2023, 13:43	#16
RichL Registered User Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Birmingham, UK Age: 50 Posts: 216	Kick Off.

29 July 2023, 18:50	#18
A500 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Finland Posts: 364	Test Drive's "Game Over, man!" comes to mind. Was that sampled from Aliens?

29 July 2023, 19:04	#20
A500 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Finland Posts: 364	Thanks TCD! Targhan also has sampled grunts and oofs, not sure if they can be counted as speech though!

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