Classic PD/Freeware/Shareware Games

I agree with you Tom. I preferred Nemesis to Project X. Part from great graphics, Project X was just a run of the mill horiz scroller game...been there, done that.

I dunno why but I just have a problem with Team 17 games, probably cos Martyn Brown is just a pratt and never liked him.

[Amiga1992]

Project X borrows HEAVILY from Gradius (aka Nemesis)... I would have LOVED an Amiga version of Gradius...

n all, Gradius generated Project X, and it's a damn sight better, even if only for its more balanced gameplay feel. Project X si too over-the-top, difficulty wise.

[Tim Janssen]

The discussion back in those days was not about "which game is better" but it was all about "my computer X is better than your machine Y". When I, enthusiastic Amiga owner, suddenly decided to play C64 games on an emulator, this was 'not done'. Luckily this has started to change. I think the community of people using emulators to emulate 'dead' machines will grow the next couple of years. Of course this shift can be explained because gamesplayers are getting older and the videogamesmarket becomes flooded with machines that are not supported anymore. The main reason for the uprisal of emulation is because games are not what they used to be. Nowadays many games are too boring, too complex or have a high Artificial Intelligence. I like my games simple -in terms of playability and graphics. Therefore I will stick with emulated machines.

By the way, anyone remember the Fred Fish discs? A couple of 1000+ of these discs have appeared throughout the years. These were crammed with (un)useful utilities like screensavers, games, patches and other nifty programs. Fred Fish is a good representation of how the Amiga community was back in those days. People wrote exotic programs for themselves and others without charging ridiculous sums for it.

[Amiga1992]

Hell yep, Fred Fish disks were AMAZING. Many useful utils in there. I think you can get them all in one CD compilation.

[Tim Janssen]

If I am correct mister Fred Fish decided back in 1994 to distribute the PD software on CD instead of discs. Every month people got the latest Fred Fish discs including the 1000+ older ones. Now that was great value for money.

There are not many games on the Fred Fish discs but the ones which have appeared are awesome. :gamer(I just had to try this Icon)
Loderunner on one of the Fred Fish discs is an exact replica of the C64 original. I also have a Pengo-clone called "Disc" I think. This game is even better than the original. Hell, I think this will be the first game I will play when I boot up the Amiga the next time.

[ptrchiappe]

Here is the mod i converted with abk2mod (from aminet).

I tried it with Mod player on the PC and it seems ok.

You have to check if it is the music you remembered.

[Paul]

Mangar. Try Mark's world of classics.. dont know the address.. or if its still online.. if it is could someone post the link please? you guys should know him.. he used to hang around the forums..

Akira. Yep yep, I thought about Mark's place. But I also don't know if it is online. URL would be appreciated!

Here is the Address http://www.marksplace.f9.co.uk/

Just a thought but I think most of the PD games mentioned are on The Assassins games disk's which can be downloaded from ALE.


There are 1 or 2 disks with incorrect bootblocks on them, just waiting for Malc to Put the correct version on the site.

If there are any that you really want let me know and I will upload them for you.


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[Paul]

Originally posted by Akira
Yep yep, I thought about Mark's place. But I also don't know if it is online. URL would be appreciated!

I have just noticed The World of Classics web site has had a small update. So it is not dead.