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11 February 2022, 17:58
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Most advanced game by year?
Sorry if this has already been done, I was wondering what people thought the most advanced (hardware use, software tricks etc) game by year was, eg:
1985 - Mindshadow? 1986 - Defender of the Crown? 1987 - Backlash, Starglider or S.D.I maybe? 1988 - not sure, but several games must have been using the hardware by now? 1989 - Shadow of the Beast 1990 - Rodland has some interesting tricks going on, or Turrican? 1991 - 1995 ??? |
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11 February 2022, 22:04
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It's hard to dethrone DotC in 1986. But I think MindWalker was pretty nifty too, with its mix of fast and colorful 3D+sprite open world.
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11 February 2022, 22:44
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1988 has F/a 18 Interceptor and Starglider II as strong candidates; Elite did show at the end of the year too.
And Carrier Command is another strong one - then not sure if is 1988 or 1989 - Stunt Car Racer! |
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11 February 2022, 23:05
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1988 Highway Hawks Anco racing game was really smooth
Around 1992 you could probably place Team 17 on the map |
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11 February 2022, 23:15
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I'd nominate:
1995 - Breathless 1996 - Alien Breed 3D II Maybe not marvels in the traditional Amiga sense, but they were pretty brilliant (or breathless). |
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11 February 2022, 23:37
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I'm putting up Nebulus for 1988. But that's mostly because I wouldn't know which other games are from 1988 and HOL does't allow you to filter on it
 That cool and silky smooth tower rotation was a really good trick.
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11 February 2022, 23:39
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11 February 2022, 23:47
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I stand corrected. 583 games!?!?
Surely Carrier Command deserves a nomination. I'll pry through the remainder of the list tomorrow... |
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12 February 2022, 15:56
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1988 - Hybris
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12 February 2022, 16:32
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1990 Lotus Turbo Challenge and 1991 Lotus Challenge 2, but especially the hardware use on 1992 Lotus Challenge III was tremendous
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12 February 2022, 17:25
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Dungeon Master 1988
Formula One Grand Prix 1991 The Settlers 1993 Brian the Lion 1994 |
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12 February 2022, 17:34
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Hybris for 1988... and Centrefold Squares
 Actually, 1988 wasn't a bad year for games... Dungeon Master too, and lots of others I remember |
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12 February 2022, 18:17
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Ah yeah, that's very arcade! I've never played it before, amazing to have that in the home in '88. (has 1987/88 on the title screen too!) |
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12 February 2022, 18:32
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12 February 2022, 18:33
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for the 1988 i would pick Virus
second choice maybe Pac-Mania |
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12 February 2022, 18:36
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It's really impressive music for 1987 I wonder what software they were using then? It has some information on the title scroller about them using samples and having issues. |
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12 February 2022, 18:42
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kremiso - "for the 1988 i would pick Virus"
Amazing game - really forward thinking, but still can't play it very well! I've mapped all the keys onto my 360 controller, but wave 3 still craps on me gimbal - "I'm putting up Nebulus for 1988." Have you seen the C64 version? To this day I look at the tower and wonder how the hell J M Phillips did that... [ Show youtube player ] Incidentally, hope the programmer is Ok - his twitter profile looks abandoned [ https://twitter.com/johnmphillips6 ] |
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13 February 2022, 01:45
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Come on, 1993 has to be Elite II - Frontier??! ;-)
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13 February 2022, 02:33
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1988 - katakis
1989 - shadow of the beast 1990 - Turrican 1991 - Another world 1992 -Flashback or BC kid 1993 - Desert strike 1994 - Aladdin 1995 - Alien breed 3d 1996 -Alien breed 3d2 1997 - Onescapee 1998 - Quake or Genetic species 1999 - Wasted deams ??? 2000 - Heretic 2 2001 - any Amiga game is technically inferior to "Pong" coded in 1972 |
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13 February 2022, 12:28
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We have some amazing upcoming technically impressive games after quite a gap!
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