Top ten Amiga platform games? - Page 8

BippyM · 22 September 2010, 20:48

There is no 'End' sequence on any of the disks, sorry guys but Mr Crowther knew nobody would ever finish it!

Lyverbe · 24 September 2010, 13:33

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Originally Posted by gimbal

...even though the bases are generated (except the very first one)...

what? the first one is also generated. The only difference is that its floor layout is hardcoded to force a different generation than the original. Soon, I'll be adding the real Butre as it should have been on my UCG site. You'll see that Crowther made a very good move by forcing a different generation because the original Butre is hard as hell.

The only base that is truly hardcoded is the one on the demo disk.

Zetr0 · 24 September 2010, 13:53

Damn I love captive!

I must get to play this game today....

Jimbo · 24 September 2010, 14:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

Damn I love captive!

I must get to play this game today....

One game I have never played Zetr0, I see you mention this game a lot. When I get my case back with keys

This is the first game I am going to test out

Graham Humphrey · 24 September 2010, 15:59

Not much to do with platform games though

BippyM · 24 September 2010, 16:38

There are different levels in it and you can use the lift to get to them

Zetr0 · 25 September 2010, 03:01

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Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

Not much to do with platform games though

*ahem

neither is Gods

------ *aparently

*teehehee*

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joking aside - why has no one mentioned alfred chicken - its a really fun game - much better than that robo-cod thingy...

Fire and Brimstone: an interesting take on Ghost and a gobblins

nor have I seen any mention of Flink, Land of Genesis, The Lion King, Super Cauldron, Total Recal to name some more - very good platformers.

Muzkat · 25 September 2010, 05:08

I also enjoyed Leander (see my APoV review) and Prehistorik.

gimbal · 25 September 2010, 11:33

Well back in the day I enjoyed most platform games actually, including the Addams Family (which irritates the hell out of me now), Baby Jo (which is just boring to me now) and Zool (actually I still like that one, although the loading times are just insane).

Here's a question for you: what is it that makes a platform game more than good?

My choices in order of importance:

- lots of secrets to find
- smooth and fast gameplay
- colorful graphics
- plenty of action (either weapons or the old jump on the head stuff)
- cheery tunes

For me if the game hits all of these qualities, its a platformer I can replay until the end of my days. On that note, I'm going to play Aladdin again soon

TCD · 25 September 2010, 11:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by gimbal

- lots of secrets to find

I'd replace that with 'interesting level design', but I guess we mean the same thing. Good controls are very important in a platform game. That are the two main ingredients for a good platformer in my book

gimbal · 25 September 2010, 12:16

good point, yes the level design is exactly it

Dastardly · 25 September 2010, 12:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

*ahem

neither is Gods

------ *aparently

Stirrer

Not as much as Cadaver anyway! I reckon that could have been the new Super Mario World with the right marketing

Quote:

Originally Posted by gimbal

Here's a question for you: what is it that makes a platform game more than good?

My choices in order of importance:

- lots of secrets to find
- smooth and fast gameplay
- colorful graphics
- plenty of action (either weapons or the old jump on the head stuff)
- cheery tunes

A good platform game for me has

Accurate controls - No cheap deaths. If I die I want to feel it was MY fault, not the controls.

Well balanced difficulty curve - It should start off nice and relaxed, and by the end be hard as nails.

Depth - lots of secrets and bonuses to find and keep me coming back for more.

Level design - Interesting and varied levels that make me want to explore them.

On the Amiga, the game that ticks all these boxes for me is Rainbow Islands. Fantastic game. Super Mario World on the SNES is also brilliant.

Anakirob · 25 September 2010, 14:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

...nor have I seen any mention of Flink, Land of Genesis, The Lion King, Super Cauldron, Total Recal to name some more - very good platformers.

If you hadn't included Flink in that list, I would have thought you were being sarcastic.

humble worm · 25 September 2010, 15:17

- interesting level design (including lots of hard-to-find/access areas),
- good graphics (not necessarily colorful) with distinctive style and interesting theme (for example I like the ancient motives in gods). I prefer "dark" over "cute". If there is cutesy then it is good when it has some darkness in it or a bit of madness (james pond),
- I like it when there is a lot of items or vehicles to use,
- adventure elements (actually I dont like "the real platformers" very much) .

pickaweapon · 23 July 2011, 02:52

Top Amiga Platform Games

By today's standards the following are still great games:

Turrican 2
Pang
Myth
Midnight Resistance
Odyssey
Putty
Rainbow Islands
Dizzy (don't make me choose now)
Benefactor
Bubba n Stix

Have aged a bit but still good:
Crazy Sue
Zool
New Zealand Story
Robocod
Killing Game Show

Has aged badly: Gods (oh no, not another Gods basher! 'fraid so)
Excellent theme tune aside, there is no getting away from the fact that this is and always was a pretty crap game. The rubbish main sprite animation (who walks like that?) isn't even the main problem here. The real problem is, this game doesn't play fair. The gameplay relies heavily on pulling levers in the correct order. Players are given no prior clue as to what that order might be so it's all pure guesswork combined with memory from prior plays. Nothing cerebral at all. No sense of justice when you get something wrong and pay a heavy price. Also, I remember magazines at the time touting that according to Bitmap Bros, Gods would feature advanced enemy AI. That turned out to be absolute hogwash and the game features the same dumbass enemy sprites walking set predetermined paths as any other game, albeit with so much energy some of them that you had to place a chair leg on the firebutton at certain points and go have a cup o tea until it was vanquished - YAWN!

Shatterhand · 23 July 2011, 17:35

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Interesting view. I find the same thing with Team 17 games. For me BB games are style AND substance, whereas T17 look nice but are dull.

I think that's the case with both Team17 and Bitmap Brothers. I think that when then actually did a good game, it was a pure strike of luck (Speedball 2 and The Chaos Engine for BB, Alien Breed and... hmmm.. duh, most of Team17 games I find really good wasn't really developed by them, like Worms, ATR and Qwak

)

For my top 10 list.. in no particular order

Arabian Nights
The Addams Family
Ruff 'n' Tumble
Parasol Stars
James Pond 2
Putty
Turrican 3
Soccer Kid
Rodland
McDonald's Land

I left Benefactor, Flashback, The Lost Vikings and Fury of The Furries out, as people would maybe call them puzzles or adventure games instead of platform games.. but IMO they are better than Turrican 3, Soccer Kid ,Rodland and McDonald's Land

I never got why Arabian Nights gets no love. I think it's one of the best Platform games ever made, with spot-on level design, lots of secrets, good controls, a lot of variety in the gameplay, and no jump in the head of enemies

And yeah, I am one of the 3 guys in the world who prefers Turrican 3 over Turrican 2. I find it to be a lot more polished, balanced and fun to play.

Even though Platform games are a typical console genre, I think that, considering the flurry of games of this type every system got, the Amiga had the best ones at that period. I could keep listing pretty good games on this genre: James Pond 3, Globdule, Great Giana Sisters, Brim & Firestone, Flink, Leander, Assassin Special Edition, Lionheart, Lethal Weapon, Global Gladiatos, The Killing Game Show, Woody's World, Kid Chaos, Harlequin, Zool 2, Wolfchild, Chuck Rock 1 & 2, Premiere, Bubba 'n' Stix, The New Zealand Story, Trolls, The First Samurai, The Second Samurai, Flimbo's Quest, Flood, Hudson Hawk, Smidge, Fire & Ice ....

And those are ones I find to be good (Not always excellent, but at least good ) There are some averagey ones that can be very enjoyable too.

And I do like Jim Power.

blade002 · 23 July 2011, 17:42

Good Platformer = Personal Preference.

That's it

Gordon · 23 July 2011, 19:04

Putty
Soccer kid
Arabaian Nights
Ruff n Tumble

Cant think of any others i like

Sensi · 23 July 2011, 19:08

Prince of Persia
SOTB 3
Flashback
Turrican 2
Another World
Lionheart
Turrican
Aladdin
First Samurai
Second Samurai

jeff b00toNic · 19 November 2011, 14:11

Best platform games I've ever played are:
1. Lionheart
2. Leander
3. Gods
4. Rainbow Island
5. Rick Dangerous 1
6. Superfrog
Lionheart is the best platformer in my opinion great soundtrack best playability 100% quality. Just a great experience.

23 July 2011, 02:52	#155
pickaweapon Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: London Posts: 51	Top Amiga Platform Games By today's standards the following are still great games: Turrican 2 Pang Myth Midnight Resistance Odyssey Putty Rainbow Islands Dizzy (don't make me choose now) Benefactor Bubba n Stix Have aged a bit but still good: Crazy Sue Zool New Zealand Story Robocod Killing Game Show Has aged badly: Gods (oh no, not another Gods basher! 'fraid so) Excellent theme tune aside, there is no getting away from the fact that this is and always was a pretty crap game. The rubbish main sprite animation (who walks like that?) isn't even the main problem here. The real problem is, this game doesn't play fair. The gameplay relies heavily on pulling levers in the correct order. Players are given no prior clue as to what that order might be so it's all pure guesswork combined with memory from prior plays. Nothing cerebral at all. No sense of justice when you get something wrong and pay a heavy price. Also, I remember magazines at the time touting that according to Bitmap Bros, Gods would feature advanced enemy AI. That turned out to be absolute hogwash and the game features the same dumbass enemy sprites walking set predetermined paths as any other game, albeit with so much energy some of them that you had to place a chair leg on the firebutton at certain points and go have a cup o tea until it was vanquished - YAWN! Last edited by pickaweapon; 23 July 2011 at 10:43. Reason: Added something I missed off

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22 September 2010, 20:48	#141
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	There is no 'End' sequence on any of the disks, sorry guys but Mr Crowther knew nobody would ever finish it!

24 September 2010, 13:53	#143
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	Damn I love captive! I must get to play this game today....

24 September 2010, 15:59	#145
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	Not much to do with platform games though

24 September 2010, 16:38	#146
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	There are different levels in it and you can use the lift to get to them

25 September 2010, 05:08	#148
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 42 Posts: 1,427	I also enjoyed Leander (see my APoV review) and Prehistorik.

25 September 2010, 11:33	#149
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,914	Well back in the day I enjoyed most platform games actually, including the Addams Family (which irritates the hell out of me now), Baby Jo (which is just boring to me now) and Zool (actually I still like that one, although the loading times are just insane). Here's a question for you: what is it that makes a platform game more than good? My choices in order of importance: - lots of secrets to find - smooth and fast gameplay - colorful graphics - plenty of action (either weapons or the old jump on the head stuff) - cheery tunes For me if the game hits all of these qualities, its a platformer I can replay until the end of my days. On that note, I'm going to play Aladdin again soon

25 September 2010, 12:16	#151
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,914	good point, yes the level design is exactly it

25 September 2010, 15:17	#154
humble worm Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: BP/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 745	- interesting level design (including lots of hard-to-find/access areas), - good graphics (not necessarily colorful) with distinctive style and interesting theme (for example I like the ancient motives in gods). I prefer "dark" over "cute". If there is cutesy then it is good when it has some darkness in it or a bit of madness (james pond), - I like it when there is a lot of items or vehicles to use, - adventure elements (actually I dont like "the real platformers" very much) .

23 July 2011, 17:42	#157
blade002 Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Age: 50 Posts: 2,616	Good Platformer = Personal Preference. That's it

23 July 2011, 19:04	#158
Gordon Settler Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Serf City Posts: 1,760	Putty Soccer kid Arabaian Nights Ruff n Tumble Cant think of any others i like

23 July 2011, 19:08	#159
Sensi Unregistered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: N/A Posts: 1,643	Prince of Persia SOTB 3 Flashback Turrican 2 Another World Lionheart Turrican Aladdin First Samurai Second Samurai

19 November 2011, 14:11	#160
jeff b00toNic Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Arnsberg Germany Age: 45 Posts: 194	Best platform games I've ever played are: 1. Lionheart 2. Leander 3. Gods 4. Rainbow Island 5. Rick Dangerous 1 6. Superfrog Lionheart is the best platformer in my opinion great soundtrack best playability 100% quality. Just a great experience.

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