Well known games/game series that are Amiga originals

laffer · 14 August 2009, 23:12

Would be cool to have a list of well known games that started on the Amiga, but were ported and became popular on other systems.

I can think of a few but I'm sure there are more... from the top of my head -

Worms, probably one of the most famous one.
Cannon Fodder
Another World
Lemmings

These are games a lot of people that never heard of the Amiga know of.

DDNI · 14 August 2009, 23:14

SOTB I, II, III?
Lotus series?

laffer · 14 August 2009, 23:19

Are those games well known on other machines, though?
Well, I guess, I don't know.

Another game I know is well known -

The Settlers

Ironclaw · 14 August 2009, 23:27

The Settlers started on the Amiga?

Cool.

Bloodwych · 14 August 2009, 23:29

Only the Amiga version of Settlers had split screen play didn't it?

But missed time advance.

Still, it never slowed down even though more and more buildings and men appeared on the map, which was a pretty cool game engine design. Plus it made use of more powerful Amigas FTW!

If it was first I'm not sure.

laffer · 14 August 2009, 23:31

Wikipedia -

Quote:

The Settlers (also known as Serf City, original German title Die Siedler) is a slow-paced Simulation computer game by German developer Blue Byte Software, first released in 1993 for Commodore Amiga and in 1994 for the PC.

HOL -

Quote:

Amiga original game - yes

Ironclaw · 14 August 2009, 23:33

Nice.

DDNI · 14 August 2009, 23:33

What about the Ishar series?

alexh · 15 August 2009, 00:07

The most famous has to be SimCity which spawned an entire industry.

laffer · 15 August 2009, 00:11

That's not an Amiga original game though, is it? I mean developed originally for the Amiga and then later ported... or at least released for the Amiga first.

alexh · 15 August 2009, 00:13

It was originally written for the C64 but not originally published/released. The author got an Amiga

The Amiga version was the first published, followed shortly by the 68k Apple Mac. All other versions including the C64 and PC are published in subsequent years.

laffer · 15 August 2009, 00:16

Cool! That's very interesting, I had no idea

alexh · 15 August 2009, 00:22

The author wrote other commodore games before SimCity and you can instantly recognise them.

http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http...php%3Fid%3D146

frikilokooo · 15 August 2009, 02:25

Flashback
The Chaos Engine
Speedball 2
Goal
Kick Off
Sensible Soccer
Soccer Kid
Super Skidmarks
Shadow Of The Beast
Pinball Illusions

laffer · 15 August 2009, 02:33

Some of those games aren't very well known outside Amiga circles though, right?

I'd like names of games that were really popular across platforms that started on the Amiga... but I guess there may not be all that many.

dlfrsilver · 15 August 2009, 09:54

Turrican series

TCD · 15 August 2009, 10:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

Turrican series

As much as I would love to subscribe to that, it started on the C64

dlfrsilver · 15 August 2009, 10:43

* cough cough * ahem, well all other versions look better and 8 bits too

TCD · 15 August 2009, 11:23

It's not an Amiga original, period

Don't make me cry Denis

Gordon · 15 August 2009, 11:39

grand theft auto technicaly started on the amiga

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laffer Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Norway Age: 43 Posts: 1,335	Are those games well known on other machines, though? Well, I guess, I don't know. Another game I know is well known - The Settlers

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Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	Only the Amiga version of Settlers had split screen play didn't it? But missed time advance. Still, it never slowed down even though more and more buildings and men appeared on the map, which was a pretty cool game engine design. Plus it made use of more powerful Amigas FTW! If it was first I'm not sure.

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Ironclaw Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ... Age: 45 Posts: 3,313	Nice.

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alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	The most famous has to be SimCity which spawned an entire industry.

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laffer Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Norway Age: 43 Posts: 1,335	That's not an Amiga original game though, is it? I mean developed originally for the Amiga and then later ported... or at least released for the Amiga first.

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alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	It was originally written for the C64 but not originally published/released. The author got an Amiga The Amiga version was the first published, followed shortly by the 68k Apple Mac. All other versions including the C64 and PC are published in subsequent years.

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laffer Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Norway Age: 43 Posts: 1,335	Cool! That's very interesting, I had no idea

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alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	The author wrote other commodore games before SimCity and you can instantly recognise them. http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http...php%3Fid%3D146

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laffer Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Norway Age: 43 Posts: 1,335	Some of those games aren't very well known outside Amiga circles though, right? I'd like names of games that were really popular across platforms that started on the Amiga... but I guess there may not be all that many.

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