Who made the best Amiga games?

Andrew · 10 April 2002, 19:42

And what are your fave games from these programmers.

10 April 2002, 19:56

Hard to decide, but obviously not Ocean

My vote goes to Bullfrog for the sake of powermonger and syndicate but maybe I should have chosen Bitmap Bros.

Djay · 10 April 2002, 20:32

all but the Bitmaps made a few games i didn't like, so for me the Bitmaps are my favourite

RetroMan · 10 April 2002, 20:35

How could you .....

WHY ?????

YOU FORGOT CINEMAWARE !!! Now I´m sad

I will go now and cry a bit

Dizzy · 10 April 2002, 21:16

What about codemaster?????

They made DIZZY (down on your knees. prey.)

Djay · 10 April 2002, 21:48

Quote:

What about codemaster?????

with a name like Dizzy, i thought you'd go with Codemasters...

... they rocked, but i think they did better on the Spectrum and C64

Dizzy on the Speccy was one of my favs

jmmijo · 10 April 2002, 23:02

I always gravitated towards Psygnosis games, although they did not produce all of their games of course, DMA Design I think gets the nod here

Galahad/FLT · 10 April 2002, 23:42

What about:

Reflections
Geoff Crammond
Archer Maclean
Tony Crowther
NOT Teque!
Factor 5
Digital Illusions
DMA Design
Bloodhouse
NOT Arc Developments!
Graftgold
Argonaut
Vektor Grafix
Thalion

.....Ocean? Gremlin?... oh dear!

Jherek Carnelia · 10 April 2002, 23:47

Fields of Vision for Breathless, my all time favourite Amiga game. Then SSI for the Beholders, then.. oh I don't know it's too hard to choose, I think it depends on what mood I'm in!:laugh

jmmijo · 10 April 2002, 23:52

and of course the EOB series was coded by Westwood Studios, now part of E.A.

Dastardly · 11 April 2002, 00:01

The Bitmap Brothers were consistently brilliant.
There is no choice to be made!

Andrew · 11 April 2002, 00:04

err, yes sorry, I've missed a couple of them out. Perhaps one of the moderators could add them to the list?

Thanks

11 April 2002, 00:37

Its got to be Cinemaware!!

1. Cinemaware
2. Infocom
3. Sensible Software

Twistin'Ghost · 11 April 2002, 03:38

OK, I modified the poll a bit. I didn't go too crazy, just a few changes. Can't include evrything. If your vote is for DMA, Digital Illusions, etc., then that can fall under Psygnosis. It's the only practical way with so many good teams out there. I could have added Infocom, but really those were just ports from 8-bit systems, so they really didn't make Amiga games, as good as those games were/are.

Djay · 11 April 2002, 04:26

Quote:

The Bitmap Brothers were consistently brilliant.

they also used lot's of genres, sports, platfrom, top-down shooter etc...

so i stand by my vote...

some of the others suggested stuck only to a couple of genres or made updates of their previous games, the Bitmaps however, brought us lot's of different games and were all made in house

Twistin'Ghost · 11 April 2002, 04:40

Cinemaware employed several genres, too. In fact, they even invented the interactive movie-style game!

Shatterhand · 11 April 2002, 05:50

Sensible Software and Team 17 are 2 of my 5 fav game-makers ever (The others are Treasure, Compile and Konami, if you're interested

)

I really can't pick one between Sensible Software and Team 17 ...

The Amiga is probably the machine with the biggest number of great groups making good games on it.

Now, what's the problem with Teque ? They've made Brutal Sports Football , and if I am not mistaken, they also made Machester United Europe for Krisalis.. they were really crap when coming from 8-bits to 16-bits , but they got a lot better later..

If you want to slag-off a company, slag Alternative, they were by far the worst softwarehouse on Amiga ever ...

gary · 11 April 2002, 07:45

Factor Five (Turrican series) would have been my vote.

I always liked the Core Design games. They seemed to put a lot more effort in their products than most software companies.

The Bitmap Brothers made some good games but they were all essentially Atari ST ports with marginally better graphics and music. I would have liked to see what they could have done if they developed primarily on the Amiga then downgraded the software for the ST rather than developing on the ST and porting to the Amiga with only minor changes.

It's hard to vote for a company like Ocean that seemed to just publish anything they thought would make lots of money regardless of the quality.

ptrchiappe · 11 April 2002, 09:10

I always loved Lucasfilm / LucasArts adventure games, so my vote goes to them.

Quote:

Originally posted by gary
I always liked the Core Design games. They seemed to put a lot more effort in their products than most software companies.

Especially since they came out with a certain female character, which became so famous to even appear in a U2 tour

.

Dizzy · 11 April 2002, 10:14

This gets a little mixed up. Some of the company produced games, some only distributed. A company like US gold made very little games (wich manely sucked) but distributed a lot of cool games (SSI, Lucas, sierra etc).
Mayby we should do a poll about wich person made the best games.
I vote for Andrew Braybrook, He ruled ....

View Poll Results: Who made the best Amiga games?
Bitmap Brothers	17	26.98%
Team 17	2	3.17%
Gremlin	1	1.59%
Ocean	1	1.59%
Lucasarts	4	6.35%
Bullfrog	3	4.76%
Core Design	5	7.94%
Sensible Software	5	7.94%
SSI	1	1.59%
Cinemaware	4	6.35%
Codemasters	0	0%
Psygnosis	12	19.05%
Other	8	12.70%
Voters: 63. You may not vote on this poll

10 April 2002, 19:42	#1
Andrew Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Leicester UK Age: 38 Posts: 167	Who made the best Amiga games? And what are your fave games from these programmers.

10 April 2002, 23:42	#8
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 8,709	Hmmmm. What about: Reflections Geoff Crammond Archer Maclean Tony Crowther NOT Teque! Factor 5 Digital Illusions DMA Design Bloodhouse NOT Arc Developments! Graftgold Argonaut Vektor Grafix Thalion .....Ocean? Gremlin?... oh dear!

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10 April 2002, 19:56	#2
oldpx Posts: n/a	Hard to decide, but obviously not Ocean My vote goes to Bullfrog for the sake of powermonger and syndicate but maybe I should have chosen Bitmap Bros.

10 April 2002, 20:32	#3
Djay aka breakpoint Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton / UK Age: 47 Posts: 3,095	all but the Bitmaps made a few games i didn't like, so for me the Bitmaps are my favourite

10 April 2002, 20:35	#4
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 3,704	How could you ..... WHY ????? YOU FORGOT CINEMAWARE !!! Now I´m sad I will go now and cry a bit

10 April 2002, 21:16	#5
Dizzy Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 3,395	What about codemaster????? They made DIZZY (down on your knees. prey.)

10 April 2002, 23:02	#7
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 61 Posts: 2,390	I always gravitated towards Psygnosis games, although they did not produce all of their games of course, DMA Design I think gets the nod here

10 April 2002, 23:47	#9
Jherek Carnelia Dazed and Confused Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: portsmouth/uk Posts: 242	Fields of Vision for Breathless, my all time favourite Amiga game. Then SSI for the Beholders, then.. oh I don't know it's too hard to choose, I think it depends on what mood I'm in!:laugh

10 April 2002, 23:52	#10
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 61 Posts: 2,390	and of course the EOB series was coded by Westwood Studios, now part of E.A.

11 April 2002, 00:01	#11
Dastardly Into the Wonderful Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Age: 48 Posts: 2,333	The Bitmap Brothers were consistently brilliant. There is no choice to be made!

11 April 2002, 00:04	#12
Andrew Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Leicester UK Age: 38 Posts: 167	err, yes sorry, I've missed a couple of them out. Perhaps one of the moderators could add them to the list? Thanks

11 April 2002, 00:37	#13
Zeewolf Posts: n/a	Its got to be Cinemaware!! 1. Cinemaware 2. Infocom 3. Sensible Software

11 April 2002, 03:38	#14
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 32 Posts: 4,662	OK, I modified the poll a bit. I didn't go too crazy, just a few changes. Can't include evrything. If your vote is for DMA, Digital Illusions, etc., then that can fall under Psygnosis. It's the only practical way with so many good teams out there. I could have added Infocom, but really those were just ports from 8-bit systems, so they really didn't make Amiga games, as good as those games were/are.

11 April 2002, 04:40	#16
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 32 Posts: 4,662	Cinemaware employed several genres, too. In fact, they even invented the interactive movie-style game!

11 April 2002, 05:50	#17
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 39 Posts: 3,449	Sensible Software and Team 17 are 2 of my 5 fav game-makers ever (The others are Treasure, Compile and Konami, if you're interested ) I really can't pick one between Sensible Software and Team 17 ... The Amiga is probably the machine with the biggest number of great groups making good games on it. Now, what's the problem with Teque ? They've made Brutal Sports Football , and if I am not mistaken, they also made Machester United Europe for Krisalis.. they were really crap when coming from 8-bits to 16-bits , but they got a lot better later.. If you want to slag-off a company, slag Alternative, they were by far the worst softwarehouse on Amiga ever ...

11 April 2002, 07:45	#18
gary Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perth, Western Australia Age: 49 Posts: 283	Factor Five (Turrican series) would have been my vote. I always liked the Core Design games. They seemed to put a lot more effort in their products than most software companies. The Bitmap Brothers made some good games but they were all essentially Atari ST ports with marginally better graphics and music. I would have liked to see what they could have done if they developed primarily on the Amiga then downgraded the software for the ST rather than developing on the ST and porting to the Amiga with only minor changes. It's hard to vote for a company like Ocean that seemed to just publish anything they thought would make lots of money regardless of the quality.

11 April 2002, 10:14	#20
Dizzy Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 3,395	This gets a little mixed up. Some of the company produced games, some only distributed. A company like US gold made very little games (wich manely sucked) but distributed a lot of cool games (SSI, Lucas, sierra etc). Mayby we should do a poll about wich person made the best games. I vote for Andrew Braybrook, He ruled ....

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