Best Ever SINGLE DISK Amiga Game? - Page 6

DamienD · 05 July 2016, 20:23

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Originally Posted by Dunny

Also recently been playing a lot of StarGoose which is a great little vertical shmup/collect 'em up.

Yeah, just recently added this to my WinUAE collection. Pretty good

...need to try out BoneCruncher and PTC; thanks for the suggestions

Fingerlickin_B · 21 August 2016, 09:13

Wow-factor seeing this thread still in action!

PZ.

29 August 2016, 12:44

A lot of incredible games in 1 disc !
Without thinking and just following immediatly what tells my mind, i would say Pang PAL, Snow bros (the fixed Galahad version in 1 disc is incredible), Turrican 2, B.C Kid, Speedball 2, IK+, Z-out, Arkanoid PAL, Battle squadron PAL, Kick off 2 competition version, Defender by Ratsoft, Prince of persia, Zarathrustra, Rodland, Robocod (an exploit to fit all in 1 disc, and all loads in 1 time only, so it is like a cartridge game !!!).

danwood · 30 August 2016, 23:13

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Originally Posted by Dunny

I dunno, folks. I was blown away by BoneCruncher, and still play it today - replayability is massive with that game.

Also recently been playing a lot of StarGoose which is a great little vertical shmup/collect 'em up.

And what about PTC? I would challenge anyone to come up with a better centipede clone - and the music is just sublime.

Both games are one-disk affairs.

Superior Software the kings of the acorn electron and bbc micro published Bonecruncher. The electron was my games machine until i got my amiga 500 in about 1990.

So many great games from Superior.

ztronzo · 29 December 2016, 22:36

Bubble Bobble

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plasmab · 30 December 2016, 00:06

IMHO Frontier.. I know it came with 2 disks but the game was on one disk.

Anakirob · 30 December 2016, 02:29

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Originally Posted by plasmab

IMHO Frontier.. I know it came with 2 disks but the game was on one disk.

I only ever played a cracked version, pretty sure it only came on one disk. I honestly can't say which is the best (i.e. most fun to play) one disk game as there are so many to choose from. But for best (i.e. most technically impressive) one disk game I also vote for Frontier. With every single star in the milky way galaxy represented how did David Braben fit all that information on a single disk? Did he use some kind of procedural generation like Antony Crowther used for the levels in Captive?

Come to think of it perhaps my vote for best one disk game should go to Captive. IMO it's one of the best classic dungeon master style RPG's. There's certainly a LOT of gameplay to be had with theoretically 65,535 levels, although I understand a bug in the level generation causes a mission to be uncompleteable at some point FAR into the game. Needless to say I never hit this wall, although I think I gave up playing after rescuing the Trill (the "Captive") about five times.

Dunny · 30 December 2016, 09:06

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Originally Posted by Anakirob

I only ever played a cracked version, pretty sure it only came on one disk. I honestly can't say which is the best (i.e. most fun to play) one disk game as there are so many to choose from. But for best (i.e. most technically impressive) one disk game I also vote for Frontier. With every single star in the milky way galaxy represented how did David Braben fit all that information on a single disk? Did he use some kind of procedural generation like Antony Crowther used for the levels in Captive?

The core systems were hardcoded (earth, Lave etc) along with most of the visible stars in our night sky. The rest of them were named and placed procedurally with a (very) rough spiral galaxy algorithm. Aside from that handful of real - and those taken from the original Elite - stars, none of the rest of them actually exist.

It was a bloody incredible feat, one has to admit that.

liviux76 · 30 December 2016, 11:11

Ok, I've decided to update the list posted by iddqd with the votes after his post:

In the following list I'm going to add my preferences that are: "Prince of Persia", "Stunt Car Racer", "Lotus 2" (my favorite is the first one, actually, but I vote for the sequel since it has the full-screen single player mode), "Dynablaster", "IK +", "North & South" and "PP Hammer" ... there are honestly too many to list ...

I've also removed from the list "Another World" and "X-out" since accordingly to HOL they are in 2 disks.

This is the ranking so far:

13 Turrican II
11 Frontier
11 Lotus II
8 Speedball 2
7 Dynablaster
6 Captive
6 Pang
6 Rodland
5 Battle Squadron
5 Rainbow Islands
5 Stunt Car Racer
4 B.C. Kid
4 IK + aka IK International Karate +
4 James Pond 2 - Robocod
4 Marble Madness
4 Prince of Persia
3 Dungeon Master
3 Hybris
3 Kick Off 2
3 Midnight Resistance
3 New Zealand Story
3 North & South
3 Parasol Stars
3 Snow Bros
3 SWIV
2 Bonecruncher
2 Bubble Bobble
2 Faery Tale Adventure
2 Head Over Heels
2 Naughty Ones
2 P.P. Hammer
2 Qwak
2 Starglider
2 Toki
1 Action Fighter
1 Archon
1 Arkanoid
1 Arkanoid Revenge of Doh
1 Arnie
1 Bard's Tale II
1 Boulder Dash
1 Bubble Ghost
1 Buggy Boy
1 Carrier Command
1 CarVup
1 Defender
1 Deluxe Galaga
1 Ebonstar
1 Elite
1 Emerald Mine
1 Escape From Colditz
1 F / A-18 Interceptor
1 Firepower
1 Flood
1 Fuzzball
1 Giana Sisters
1 Golden Axe
1 Great Courts 2 aka Pro Tennis Tour 2
1 Hudson Hawk
1 Hunter
1 Interphase
1 Jimmy Whites Snooker 3D
1 Jumping Jackson
1 Kid Gloves
1 Megaball AGA
1 megablast
1 The Mercenary: Escape from Targ + The Second City
1 Mercenary II: Damocles
1 Mercenary III: The Dion Crisis
1 Micro Machines
1 NZS
1 One on One
1 Pool
1 Populous
1 Projectyle
1 PTC
1 Rock'n Roll
1 Shanghai
1 Silent Service
1 Sensi Soccer
1 Spell Bound
1 Spindizzy Worlds
1 StarGoose
1 Super Hang-on
1 Super Off-Road
1 Switchblade II
1 Technocop
1 Turrican
1 Uninvited
1 Warhead
1 Wizball
1 Wings of Fury
1 Wizzy's Quest
1 World Cup 90
1 Yogi's Great Escape
1 Z-Out
1 Zarathrusta

ransom1122 · 30 December 2016, 11:25

I don't think I've voted. I would love to say Turrican II But my heart goes to Dungeon Master.

liviux76 · 30 December 2016, 11:33

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Originally Posted by ransom1122

I don't think I've voted. I would love to say Turrican II But my heart goes to Dungeon Master.

You can vote for more than one game... feel free to copy and paste the list adding your choice(s)... I think that it is great to have the list up to date, I'm going to try a few titles listed above that I had never heard about before... only Amiga makes it possible (even in 2017!!!).

nobody · 30 December 2016, 11:45

Speedball 2
Rainbow Islands
BC Kid

BarryB · 30 December 2016, 12:03

What about X-Copy & Cyclone? You just needed a 'Save' disk!

iddqd · 03 January 2017, 08:34

@liviux76 Great, thanks!

twenty90seven · 03 January 2017, 15:21

Silkworm was a pretty fun single disk game, better than the arcade game it was ported from. Good 2 player memories

Galder · 03 January 2017, 15:46

Bard's Tale or Bard's Tale II. Both amazing gems.

liviux76 · 03 January 2017, 16:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by iddqd

@liviux76 Great, thanks!

You are welcome... and you certainly did most of the job!

RunsilenT · 04 January 2017, 15:21

PPHammer

liviux76 · 04 January 2017, 16:59

Ok, time for a new update with the latest votes:

14 Turrican II
11 Frontier
11 Lotus II
9 Speedball 2
7 Dynablaster
6 Captive
6 Pang
6 Rainbow Islands
6 Rodland
5 B.C. Kid
5 Battle Squadron
5 Stunt Car Racer
4 Dungeon Master
4 IK + aka IK International Karate +
4 James Pond 2 - Robocod
4 Marble Madness
4 Prince of Persia
3 Hybris
3 Kick Off 2
3 Midnight Resistance
3 New Zealand Story
3 North & South
3 P.P. Hammer
3 Parasol Stars
3 Snow Bros
3 SWIV
2 Bard's Tale II
2 Bonecruncher
2 Bubble Bobble
2 Faery Tale Adventure
2 Head Over Heels
2 Naughty Ones
2 Qwak
2 Starglider
2 Toki
1 Action Fighter
1 Archon
1 Arkanoid
1 Arkanoid Revenge of Doh
1 Arnie
1 Bard's Tale
1 Boulder Dash
1 Bubble Ghost
1 Buggy Boy
1 Carrier Command
1 CarVup
1 Defender
1 Deluxe Galaga
1 Ebonstar
1 Elite
1 Emerald Mine
1 Escape From Colditz
1 F / A-18 Interceptor
1 Firepower
1 Flood
1 Fuzzball
1 Giana Sisters
1 Golden Axe
1 Great Courts 2 aka Pro Tennis Tour 2
1 Hudson Hawk
1 Hunter
1 Interphase
1 Jimmy Whites Snooker 3D
1 Jumping Jackson
1 Kid Gloves
1 Megaball AGA
1 megablast
1 The Mercenary: Escape from Targ + The Second City
1 Mercenary II: Damocles
1 Mercenary III: The Dion Crisis
1 Micro Machines
1 NZS
1 One on One
1 Pool
1 Populous
1 Projectyle
1 PTC
1 Rock'n Roll
1 Shanghai
1 Sensi Soccer
1 Silent Service
1 Silkworm
1 Spell Bound
1 Spindizzy Worlds
1 StarGoose
1 Super Hang-on
1 Super Off-Road
1 Switchblade II
1 Technocop
1 Turrican
1 Uninvited
1 Warhead
1 Wizball
1 Wings of Fury
1 Wizzy's Quest
1 World Cup 90
1 Yogi's Great Escape
1 Z-Out
1 Zarathrusta

@ransom1122
I've considered both your choices.

trixster · 05 January 2017, 22:07

I'm really surprised so many people have voted Frontier. I found it really hard work. It just wasn't any fun!

29 August 2016, 12:44	#103
Vollldo Posts: n/a	A lot of incredible games in 1 disc ! Without thinking and just following immediatly what tells my mind, i would say Pang PAL, Snow bros (the fixed Galahad version in 1 disc is incredible), Turrican 2, B.C Kid, Speedball 2, IK+, Z-out, Arkanoid PAL, Battle squadron PAL, Kick off 2 competition version, Defender by Ratsoft, Prince of persia, Zarathrustra, Rodland, Robocod (an exploit to fit all in 1 disc, and all loads in 1 time only, so it is like a cartridge game !!!). Last edited by Vollldo; 29 August 2016 at 12:53.

30 December 2016, 11:11	#109
liviux76 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: BO/Italy Posts: 711	Ok, I've decided to update the list posted by iddqd with the votes after his post: In the following list I'm going to add my preferences that are: "Prince of Persia", "Stunt Car Racer", "Lotus 2" (my favorite is the first one, actually, but I vote for the sequel since it has the full-screen single player mode), "Dynablaster", "IK +", "North & South" and "PP Hammer" ... there are honestly too many to list ... I've also removed from the list "Another World" and "X-out" since accordingly to HOL they are in 2 disks. This is the ranking so far: 13 Turrican II 11 Frontier 11 Lotus II 8 Speedball 2 7 Dynablaster 6 Captive 6 Pang 6 Rodland 5 Battle Squadron 5 Rainbow Islands 5 Stunt Car Racer 4 B.C. Kid 4 IK + aka IK International Karate + 4 James Pond 2 - Robocod 4 Marble Madness 4 Prince of Persia 3 Dungeon Master 3 Hybris 3 Kick Off 2 3 Midnight Resistance 3 New Zealand Story 3 North & South 3 Parasol Stars 3 Snow Bros 3 SWIV 2 Bonecruncher 2 Bubble Bobble 2 Faery Tale Adventure 2 Head Over Heels 2 Naughty Ones 2 P.P. Hammer 2 Qwak 2 Starglider 2 Toki 1 Action Fighter 1 Archon 1 Arkanoid 1 Arkanoid Revenge of Doh 1 Arnie 1 Bard's Tale II 1 Boulder Dash 1 Bubble Ghost 1 Buggy Boy 1 Carrier Command 1 CarVup 1 Defender 1 Deluxe Galaga 1 Ebonstar 1 Elite 1 Emerald Mine 1 Escape From Colditz 1 F / A-18 Interceptor 1 Firepower 1 Flood 1 Fuzzball 1 Giana Sisters 1 Golden Axe 1 Great Courts 2 aka Pro Tennis Tour 2 1 Hudson Hawk 1 Hunter 1 Interphase 1 Jimmy Whites Snooker 3D 1 Jumping Jackson 1 Kid Gloves 1 Megaball AGA 1 megablast 1 The Mercenary: Escape from Targ + The Second City 1 Mercenary II: Damocles 1 Mercenary III: The Dion Crisis 1 Micro Machines 1 NZS 1 One on One 1 Pool 1 Populous 1 Projectyle 1 PTC 1 Rock'n Roll 1 Shanghai 1 Silent Service 1 Sensi Soccer 1 Spell Bound 1 Spindizzy Worlds 1 StarGoose 1 Super Hang-on 1 Super Off-Road 1 Switchblade II 1 Technocop 1 Turrican 1 Uninvited 1 Warhead 1 Wizball 1 Wings of Fury 1 Wizzy's Quest 1 World Cup 90 1 Yogi's Great Escape 1 Z-Out 1 Zarathrusta Last edited by liviux76; 02 January 2017 at 22:34.

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21 August 2016, 09:13	#102
Fingerlickin_B Amiga Nut Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belco, Australia Posts: 2,242	Wow-factor seeing this thread still in action! PZ.

29 December 2016, 22:36	#105
ztronzo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Montreal Posts: 297	Bubble Bobble Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

30 December 2016, 00:06	#106
plasmab Banned Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: UK Posts: 2,917	IMHO Frontier.. I know it came with 2 disks but the game was on one disk.

30 December 2016, 11:25	#110
ransom1122 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Omnicorp Age: 45 Posts: 5,897	I don't think I've voted. I would love to say Turrican II But my heart goes to Dungeon Master.

30 December 2016, 11:45	#112
nobody Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: GR Age: 47 Posts: 1,416	Speedball 2 Rainbow Islands BC Kid

30 December 2016, 12:03	#113
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,759	What about X-Copy & Cyclone? You just needed a 'Save' disk!

03 January 2017, 08:34	#114
iddqd Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Oslo Posts: 90	@liviux76 Great, thanks!

03 January 2017, 15:21	#115
twenty90seven twenty90seven Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 196	Silkworm was a pretty fun single disk game, better than the arcade game it was ported from. Good 2 player memories

03 January 2017, 15:46	#116
Galder Amiga is my Goddess Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Future world Posts: 140	Bard's Tale or Bard's Tale II. Both amazing gems.

04 January 2017, 15:21	#118
RunsilenT Registered User Join Date: May 2016 Location: Gateshead UK Posts: 28	PPHammer

04 January 2017, 16:59	#119
liviux76 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: BO/Italy Posts: 711	Ok, time for a new update with the latest votes: 14 Turrican II 11 Frontier 11 Lotus II 9 Speedball 2 7 Dynablaster 6 Captive 6 Pang 6 Rainbow Islands 6 Rodland 5 B.C. Kid 5 Battle Squadron 5 Stunt Car Racer 4 Dungeon Master 4 IK + aka IK International Karate + 4 James Pond 2 - Robocod 4 Marble Madness 4 Prince of Persia 3 Hybris 3 Kick Off 2 3 Midnight Resistance 3 New Zealand Story 3 North & South 3 P.P. Hammer 3 Parasol Stars 3 Snow Bros 3 SWIV 2 Bard's Tale II 2 Bonecruncher 2 Bubble Bobble 2 Faery Tale Adventure 2 Head Over Heels 2 Naughty Ones 2 Qwak 2 Starglider 2 Toki 1 Action Fighter 1 Archon 1 Arkanoid 1 Arkanoid Revenge of Doh 1 Arnie 1 Bard's Tale 1 Boulder Dash 1 Bubble Ghost 1 Buggy Boy 1 Carrier Command 1 CarVup 1 Defender 1 Deluxe Galaga 1 Ebonstar 1 Elite 1 Emerald Mine 1 Escape From Colditz 1 F / A-18 Interceptor 1 Firepower 1 Flood 1 Fuzzball 1 Giana Sisters 1 Golden Axe 1 Great Courts 2 aka Pro Tennis Tour 2 1 Hudson Hawk 1 Hunter 1 Interphase 1 Jimmy Whites Snooker 3D 1 Jumping Jackson 1 Kid Gloves 1 Megaball AGA 1 megablast 1 The Mercenary: Escape from Targ + The Second City 1 Mercenary II: Damocles 1 Mercenary III: The Dion Crisis 1 Micro Machines 1 NZS 1 One on One 1 Pool 1 Populous 1 Projectyle 1 PTC 1 Rock'n Roll 1 Shanghai 1 Sensi Soccer 1 Silent Service 1 Silkworm 1 Spell Bound 1 Spindizzy Worlds 1 StarGoose 1 Super Hang-on 1 Super Off-Road 1 Switchblade II 1 Technocop 1 Turrican 1 Uninvited 1 Warhead 1 Wizball 1 Wings of Fury 1 Wizzy's Quest 1 World Cup 90 1 Yogi's Great Escape 1 Z-Out 1 Zarathrusta @ransom1122 I've considered both your choices.

05 January 2017, 22:07	#120
trixster Guru Meditating Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: England Posts: 2,356	I'm really surprised so many people have voted Frontier. I found it really hard work. It just wasn't any fun!

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