As an action fan I tried every commercial Amiga game, here are my 303 keepers

[lionagony]

After 6 months I've finally tried every commercial Amiga game made and also some PD ones. As an action fan I really think the Amiga has a great catalogue. I made the list from the perspective of an action fan but there are some puzzle and adventure games included that I enjoyed. These are the 303 games I would return to and it includes games all the way up until 2023. I'm now starting my journey through the entire Mega Drive catalogue.

Agony, Aladdin, Alfred Chicken CD32
All New World of Lemmings, Alien Bash 2, Alien Breed
Alien Breed Special Edition, Alien Breed Tower Assault CD32, Alien Breed 2 AGA
Alien Breed 3D2 4MB, Alien Fish Finger, Another World
Apache, Apano Sin, Apidya
Apocalypse, Aquanut, Aquaventura
Arabian Nights CD32, Arcade Pool CD32, Archer Maclean's Pool
Arkanoid, Arkanoid:Revenge of Doh, Assassin
Assassin Special Edition, Awesome, Banshee
Base Jumpers CD32, Batman the Movie, Battle Squadron
BC Kid, Beach Volley, Beneath a Steel Sky CD32
Benefactor CD32, Beverly Hills Cop, Black Viper CD32
Blastar, Blob, Blobz AGA
Blood Money, Bob's Bad Day, Boxx 4
Breathless, Brian the Lion CD32, Brutal Football CD32
Bubba N Stix CD32, Bubble +, Bubble Bobble
Bubble and Squeak CD32, Bubble Dizzy, Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy
Cannon Fodder CD32, Cannon Fodder 2, Capital Punishment
Carcharodon, Cedric and the Lost Sceptre, Chaos Engine CD32
Chaos Engine 2 AGA, Chuck Rock CD32, Chuck Rock 2 CD32
Code Name Hell Squad, Cool Spot, Creatures
Dark Seed CD32, Deep Core, Deliverance
Deluxe Galaga, Deluxe Pacman AGA, Dennis CD32
Desert Strike, Devil's Temple, Devious Designs
D-Generation CD32, Disposable Heroes CD32, Dizzy Panic
Dragon's Lair, Dragon Stone, Dr. Cube's Magic Lands
Dynablaster, Elfmania, Emerald Mines
Entity, Exile CD32, F1
Fiendish Freddy, FIFA International Soccer, Fightin' Spirit CD32
Final Odyssey, Fire and Ice CD32, First Samurai
Flashback, Flink, Flying Shark
Formula One Grand Prix, Fury of Furries CD32, Future Tank
Genetic Species, Giana Sisters Special Edition, Global Gladiators
Globdule, Gloom Deluxe, Gods
Godfather, Golden Axe, Great Courts 2
Guardian CD32, Harald Hardtand, Hare Raising Havoc
Heart of the Alien, Hugo, Hugo 2
Humans CD32, Humans 2, Humans 3
Hybris, IK+ CD32, Inca Man
James Pond, James Pond 2, James Pond 3
Jimmy's Fantastic Journey, Jim Power, Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker
Jinks, Jumping Jackson, Jungle Strike CD32
Jurassic Park AGA, Kid Chaos CD32, Killing Game Show
Lamborghini American Challenge, Land of Genesis, Leander
Lemmings, Lemmings 2, Lethal Weapon
Lethal Xcess, Lethal Zone, Lionheart
Lion King, Litil Divil CD32, Lollypop
Lost Vikings CD32, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, Magic Land Dizzy
Magic Pockets, Marble Madness, Maria Renard's Revenge
Marvin's Marvelous Adventure CD32, Mega Typhoon, Menace
Metal Law, Microcosm, Micro Machines
Morph CD32, Morton Strikes Back AGA, Mr. Nutz
Ms. Pacman 500, Myth, Naughty Ones CD32
Nebulus, Nitro, Nick Faldo CD32
Ninja Warrior, NY Warriors, Oath
Odyssey, Onescapee, Ork
Oscar CD32, Overdrive, Overkill
Pacman 500, Pacmania, Pang
Paramax, Pegasus, Pinkie
Plague, Plutos, Pod
Powder, PP Hammer, Premiere CD32
Prince of Persia, Project X SE, Prophecy:Viking Child
Pushover, Putty Squad, Q-bic
Quartz, Qwak CD32, Rage v2.0
Rainbow Islands, Reshoot R, Return of the Jedi
Risky Woods, Roadkill CD32, Robocop 2
Rocket Ranger, Rodland, Roketz
Rolling Ronny, Rotator, R-Type
Ruffian, Ruff N Tumble, Saint Dragon
Secret of Monkey Island 2, Seek & Destroy AGA, Sensible Soccer International CD32
Shadow Fighter CD32, Shadow of the Beast, Shadow of the Beast III
Shadow of the Third Moon, Sierra Soccer, Silkworm
Simon the Sorcerer CD32, Simulcra, Skeleton Krew CD32
Skidmarks AGA, SkillGrid, Slam Tilt AGA
Sleepwalker AGA, Snow Bros, Soccer Kid CD32
Solid Gold, Speedball 2, Stardust
Starush, Street Racer, Striker
Suburban Commando, Superfrog CD32, Super Hang-on
Super Methane Bros CD32, Super Skidmarks CD32, Super Stardust
Super Tennis Champs, Super Twintris, Switchblade 2
SWIV, Sword, Sword of Sodan, Tearaway Thomas
Tennis Cup, Tennis Cup II, Tin Toy Adventure AGA
Tiny Little Slug, Tinyus, Toki
Total Football, T-Racer, Transplant
Trap Runner, Trap Runner:Black Strawberry Cake, Traps N Treasures
Trolls CD32, Tubular Worlds AGA, Turbo Trax
Turrican, Turrican 2, Turrican 3
TV Sports Baseball, TV Sports Basketball, T-Zero
Ugh!, Ultimate Body Blows, Ultra Violent Worlds
Unreal, Uridium 2, Vaxine
Video Kid, Virocop AGA, Vital Light
Wacus the Detective, Walker, War Zone (Core)
Wasted Dreams, Watchtower AGA, Wembley Int. Soccer AGA
Wendetta 2175, Whizz AGA, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Wings, Wings of Death, Winter Games
Wiz N Liz, Wolfchild, Wonder Dog
Woody's World , Worms:The Director's Cut, Wrath of the Demon
Xenon 2, X-it, X-Out
XP8 AGA, XR35, Yo Joe
Zeewolf, Zeewolf 2, Ziriax
Zool 2 CD32, Z-Out

[lionagony]

Is there a way to change the title of the post, I meant to say every and not ever. I tried to edit but it just changed the title in the post itself and not in the main list? There was also no option I could see to delete so that I could re-post. Thanks.

[Anubis]

This is part where you talk about taste and / or preference. Glad you found games you would return to, but that is very subjective...

Originally Posted by lionagony

Is there a way to change the title of the post, I meant to say every and not ever. I tried to edit but it just changed the title in the post itself and not in the main list? There was also no option I could see to delete so that I could re-post. Thanks.

Contact moderator.

[Aulapatchuc]

Woot! 4000 games it was?

[lionagony]

Originally Posted by Aulapatchuc

Woot! 4000 games it was?

I think it was at least close to 3000. I'm sure I missed some. The compilations I used would sometimes have corrupt files. If I couldn't find a working one somewhere else I would at least watch a Youtube video of the game. It was a lot of fun to go through, I'm kind of sad now that it's over.

[lionagony]

Originally Posted by Anubis

This is part where you talk about taste and / or preference. Glad you found games you would return to, but that is very subjective...

Yes, it is subjective and everyone's list would be different but I think there are a lot of objectively good games in there. I also have an expanded list that has more games that I personally liked but this one I let general consensus factor into it slightly. For example just before I posted it I removed Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Action Game that I liked as a kid and Tusker which I like the graphics of. I prefer a game with good graphics, anything that looked too 8-bit would have to play super well to make either list.

[A500]

You sure have some bangers there in that list! Can I ask if you tried Wayne Gretzky Hockey?

[lionagony]

Originally Posted by A500

You sure have some bangers there in that list! Can I ask if you tried Wayne Gretzky Hockey?

I did try both 1 and 2 and didn't really like them outside of the cool intro animation. I must say I might be bias because I was always a Mario Lemieux fan so it was always 66 over 99 for me!

[Megalomaniac]

Great list, lots I love there and a few I haven't checked out. Surprised you've left out Lotus 1, to me it plays better than the other two. Any reason why R-Type 2 didn't appeal? I take it you're not keen on American Football, from the lack of Madden or TV Sports Football?

[Predseda]

Aquanaut - which one? The one with the scuba diver, or the submarine one (Cybernoid style)?

I am also surprised, you liked Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands and Snow Bros, but there is Parasol Stars missing in your choice.

[lionagony]

Originally Posted by Megalomaniac

Great list, lots I love there and a few I haven't checked out. Surprised you've left out Lotus 1, to me it plays better than the other two. Any reason why R-Type 2 didn't appeal? I take it you're not keen on American Football, from the lack of Madden or TV Sports Football?

Thanks, it was a lot of work to put together but a great time overall. Lotus 1 I left off because of the 1 player split screen. As for R-Type 2, that's a good question, I can't quite remember. I know I did the R's early in the process so for some reason it didn't compel me to write it down. I'm actually going to add it to my personal list so I can go through it on cheats (like I do on most shmups since I kind of suck at them) and maybe figure out what it was. Yes, American football games are a little complicated for me these days. I liked TV Sports Football as a kid and Madden looks good but at this age I find them too much like work. My favourite games involve only small amounts of thinking

[lionagony]

Originally Posted by Predseda

Aquanaut - which one? The one with the scuba diver, or the submarine one (Cybernoid style)?

I am also surprised, you liked Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands and Snow Bros, but there is Parasol Stars missing in your choice.

Aquanaut was the submarine one by F1 Licenceware. Yeah, I think Parasol Stars didn't appeal just because it seemed a little more kiddy to me than the others for some reason. I know most people really love it.

[PortuguesePilot]

Title fixed.

[lionagony]

Originally Posted by PortuguesePilot

Title fixed.

Thank you!

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Anubis

Contact moderator.

He did Better: "Contact a global moderator" Retrogaming General Discussion doesn't have a dedicated moderator, so only GMs can moderate this forum. Just FYI.

[DanScott]

Good to see nearly all the games I worked on in that list

With the exception of Heimdall, but I guess that doesn't qualify as action

[gimbal]

Agony is nice... if you consider it a game you need to complete on one life, just like Project X. The later stages are brutal. But the levels are also not too long so it is actually a game which invites that challenge. I rate the game higher now than I would back in the day.

No Metal Mutant on the list? That game is so freakishly weird, which is why I love it despite its trading blows gameplay style which usually tanks an action game for me. It has a little puzzle element to it to recharge and save at the right times.

[acidbottle]

Yes it is all very subjective but surprised to see no Defender of the Crown, UFO Enemy Unknown or It Came from the Desert!

Nice list on the whole though.

[vulture]

@acidbottle

Would you consider them action games tho?

[TCD]

Originally Posted by vulture

@acidbottle

Would you consider them action games tho?

I think acidbottle refers to this:

Originally Posted by lionagony

I made the list from the perspective of an action fan but there are some puzzle and adventure games included that I enjoyed.