The Amigas Most Bizarre Games - Page 4

mcbpete · 02 November 2006, 22:28

I wanna thank those who brought up Extase. I've never heard of the game before but playing it really is an awesome experience. My first game was pretty much not having a clue what I was doing, the second I grasped the basic concept and was hooked by the third. The evolving soundtrack really adds the the peculiarly downbeat atmosphere too.

s2325 · 21 November 2006, 22:26

Pango - weird music (silly vocals), graphics (see screenshot), gameplay

Galahad/FLT · 21 November 2006, 22:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsn8887

Weird? Here's Extase
Extremely great sound and playability.

Extase was a rip off of a sub game in Purple Saturn Day.... a french game!

Ultron · 21 November 2006, 22:59

They're weird...

Shoonay · 21 November 2006, 23:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by s2325

Pango - weird music (silly vocals), graphics (see screenshot), gameplay

Thanks for reminding that one... still hoping for a WHDLoad install to play it on me real Amy

rsn8887 · 22 November 2006, 05:56

@galahad:
I'd hardly call Extase a rip off of purple saturn day, since AFAIK it is made by the same people as purple saturn day. Thus Extase, just like Purple Saturn Day is French too. So is more like a part two of that sub game. Kult, Captain Blood, Purple Saturn Day, Extase... they made some weird games - as expected from the French

s2325 · 22 February 2007, 10:27

Amstrad version of classic game Joust. Flying carrots instead of knights on birds as enemies.
http://www.cpczone.net/index.php?game=1833

Phantasm · 27 February 2007, 23:57

nebulus was a very "weird" twist on your average platform game - very "original" if a platform game can be.

StarEye · 28 February 2007, 13:34

The Spy vs Spy games were weird, but fun. Just like Wizkid and North and South.

You COULD also call Push Over weird. After all, it's a domino game where the main character is an ANT.

Some of the Sim games were weird, like Sim Ant and Sim Life.

Oh, and weird is a neutral word, so having a weird game doesn't make it good nor bad. It's not necessarily used as a description of quality.

28 February 2007, 14:07

Talking about a extremely weird game "The Sun". i have this game on a CU Amiga Cover disk, "The Sun" weird Planetary symbols gives the game a Weird enjoyable game play have a go i found a backup in amniet. http://aminet.net/game/think/the_sun.lha

the other spooky weird game goes to Wicked in a strange and colour full game play (shoot `em up) i had the original for the C64, i came across the amiga version on a cover disk. Still Today Wicked looks and feels Weird. http://hol.abime.net/1708

Spellcoder · 09 March 2007, 18:27

Window Wizard was one of the weird games I played. You had to wash windows while taking care to avoid falling flower pots, falling people, falling safe's and prevent the mad-man from cutting your ropes.
When you finished the level you where launched into space where you had to collect or avoid certain items (like a kind of astroid rain with weird stuff).

http://hol.abime.net/1719

Coagulus · 09 March 2007, 18:52

Well, Wierd Dreams and Wizkid were definitely wierd. As was Bomb'X!

Other ones I found wierd were E-Motion and Vaxine. Also Putty and Monty Python's Flying Circus!

The Sensible Soccer Coverdisk with a Bomb instead of a ball was a bit loopy too!

How about Nuclear War, that was mad!

HCF · 12 March 2007, 05:08

Hopefully no duplicates:

Archon I & II
Boomeraid
Core Wars
Eco
Hacker I & II
Little Computer People
Party Games
Quadralien
Return to Atlantis
Romantic Encounters at the Dome
Spacecutter/Whirligig
Terramex
Tetris
The Eye
The Sentinel/The Sentry
Vampire's Empire
Virus

Cassius · 12 March 2007, 10:04

Minwalker - The mother of all bizarre Games.

Sensi · 05 April 2007, 13:53

Llamatron and Revenge of the Mutant Camel. Weird, really weird. But cool

And I remember I played a game called Dungeon Master, there are some mirrors on the wall and I think it´s not good enough to interest players. For some reason this game was (and still is) very popular. Another part with mirrors was released then. And it became popular again. Really weird

s2325 · 22 December 2010, 21:11

Video of Eco: [ Show youtube player ] Excellent music, even if it's just Atari ST.

gimbal · 27 December 2010, 19:59

I see references to Purple Saturn Day in this thread, but I don't see it mentioned as actually being a weird game. Because it is. Seriously. I can complete the events alright, but for example the missile shooting thingy at the end? Huh!

The driving thing and the circuit board are quite fun little games actually. The latter could be hilarious when extended to more than two players actually. I think if implemented properly it could become a way to make people kill each other.

Predseda · 27 December 2010, 20:44

Netherworld is weird shooter, Muscarine is weird adventure (completed yesterday)

mombasajoe · 28 December 2010, 08:47

Hey, cool....thread diggin´!!!!!

ROLL OR DIE is weird

Adropac2 · 28 December 2010, 21:05

I think most french games had an air of unusual or oddness in the sense they tended to feel very different in some way.It's like french designers go out of their way to stand out in a very creative way and it's one definite reason i loved the Amiga days

G.n.i.u.s is another good example that is both fairly charming and a little odd- amazing music as well that rarely gets a mention probably because it's not bedroom

Captain Blood is so typically french and fantastically mysterious as well.Not so sure it's a good game but it has true identity

Metal Mutant, Another World etc all great examples of that distnctly french feel

I'm glad Purple Saturn day has been mentioned a couple of times here.People yet to play it really should if only for the circuit board game which quite honestly is brilliant once you understand it

21 November 2006, 22:26	#62
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Pango - weird music (silly vocals), graphics (see screenshot), gameplay Last edited by s2325; 29 May 2008 at 11:25.

27 December 2010, 20:44	#78
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,545	Netherworld, Muscarine Netherworld is weird shooter, Muscarine is weird adventure (completed yesterday)

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02 November 2006, 22:28	#61
mcbpete Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, England Age: 42 Posts: 239	I wanna thank those who brought up Extase. I've never heard of the game before but playing it really is an awesome experience. My first game was pretty much not having a clue what I was doing, the second I grasped the basic concept and was hooked by the third. The evolving soundtrack really adds the the peculiarly downbeat atmosphere too.

21 November 2006, 22:59	#64
Ultron Something Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Amigaland, Nostalgia Age: 48 Posts: 757	They're weird...

22 November 2006, 05:56	#66
rsn8887 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,058	@galahad: I'd hardly call Extase a rip off of purple saturn day, since AFAIK it is made by the same people as purple saturn day. Thus Extase, just like Purple Saturn Day is French too. So is more like a part two of that sub game. Kult, Captain Blood, Purple Saturn Day, Extase... they made some weird games - as expected from the French

22 February 2007, 10:27	#67
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Amstrad version of classic game Joust. Flying carrots instead of knights on birds as enemies. http://www.cpczone.net/index.php?game=1833

27 February 2007, 23:57	#68
Phantasm Not a Rebel anymore Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: UK Age: 51 Posts: 499	nebulus was a very "weird" twist on your average platform game - very "original" if a platform game can be.

28 February 2007, 13:34	#69
StarEye Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Norway Age: 46 Posts: 987	The Spy vs Spy games were weird, but fun. Just like Wizkid and North and South. You COULD also call Push Over weird. After all, it's a domino game where the main character is an ANT. Some of the Sim games were weird, like Sim Ant and Sim Life. Oh, and weird is a neutral word, so having a weird game doesn't make it good nor bad. It's not necessarily used as a description of quality.

28 February 2007, 14:07	#70
k2uphill Posts: n/a	Talking about a extremely weird game "The Sun". i have this game on a CU Amiga Cover disk, "The Sun" weird Planetary symbols gives the game a Weird enjoyable game play have a go i found a backup in amniet. http://aminet.net/game/think/the_sun.lha the other spooky weird game goes to Wicked in a strange and colour full game play (shoot `em up) i had the original for the C64, i came across the amiga version on a cover disk. Still Today Wicked looks and feels Weird. http://hol.abime.net/1708

09 March 2007, 18:27	#71
Spellcoder Spellcoder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Netherlands Age: 44 Posts: 27	Window Wizard was one of the weird games I played. You had to wash windows while taking care to avoid falling flower pots, falling people, falling safe's and prevent the mad-man from cutting your ropes. When you finished the level you where launched into space where you had to collect or avoid certain items (like a kind of astroid rain with weird stuff). http://hol.abime.net/1719

09 March 2007, 18:52	#72
Coagulus Gets there in the end... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 863	Well, Wierd Dreams and Wizkid were definitely wierd. As was Bomb'X! Other ones I found wierd were E-Motion and Vaxine. Also Putty and Monty Python's Flying Circus! The Sensible Soccer Coverdisk with a Bomb instead of a ball was a bit loopy too! How about Nuclear War, that was mad!

12 March 2007, 05:08	#73
HCF Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: here Age: 54 Posts: 97	Hopefully no duplicates: Archon I & II Boomeraid Core Wars Eco Hacker I & II Little Computer People Party Games Quadralien Return to Atlantis Romantic Encounters at the Dome Spacecutter/Whirligig Terramex Tetris The Eye The Sentinel/The Sentry Vampire's Empire Virus

12 March 2007, 10:04	#74
Cassius Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 18	Minwalker - The mother of all bizarre Games.

05 April 2007, 13:53	#75
Sensi Unregistered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: N/A Posts: 1,643	Llamatron and Revenge of the Mutant Camel. Weird, really weird. But cool And I remember I played a game called Dungeon Master, there are some mirrors on the wall and I think it´s not good enough to interest players. For some reason this game was (and still is) very popular. Another part with mirrors was released then. And it became popular again. Really weird

22 December 2010, 21:11	#76
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Video of Eco: [ Show youtube player ] Excellent music, even if it's just Atari ST.

27 December 2010, 19:59	#77
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,919	I see references to Purple Saturn Day in this thread, but I don't see it mentioned as actually being a weird game. Because it is. Seriously. I can complete the events alright, but for example the missile shooting thingy at the end? Huh! The driving thing and the circuit board are quite fun little games actually. The latter could be hilarious when extended to more than two players actually. I think if implemented properly it could become a way to make people kill each other.

28 December 2010, 08:47	#79
mombasajoe Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: D Age: 49 Posts: 528	Hey, cool....thread diggin´!!!!! ROLL OR DIE is weird

28 December 2010, 21:05	#80
Adropac2 Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Age: 51 Posts: 1,061	I think most french games had an air of unusual or oddness in the sense they tended to feel very different in some way.It's like french designers go out of their way to stand out in a very creative way and it's one definite reason i loved the Amiga days G.n.i.u.s is another good example that is both fairly charming and a little odd- amazing music as well that rarely gets a mention probably because it's not bedroom Captain Blood is so typically french and fantastically mysterious as well.Not so sure it's a good game but it has true identity Metal Mutant, Another World etc all great examples of that distnctly french feel I'm glad Purple Saturn day has been mentioned a couple of times here.People yet to play it really should if only for the circuit board game which quite honestly is brilliant once you understand it

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