Snow Bros: Is Amiga version broken?

Gaula92 · 08 February 2013, 11:46

Hi all,

Last night I had an Arcade/Amiga gaming rush so I went on for a good dose of arcade conversion.
I wanted to try something new, so I chose Snow Bros and there I went, holding my Competition Pro, making it clank and clunk, all happy.

I know this game was never officially released and it's lucky we finally got such a nice-looking conversion on the Amiga, but there's a BIG problem with this version: when I partially freeze an enemy, other enemies can overlap him and get me, thus killing the poor snowman hero!
That's WRONG, very wrong! A lot of the arcade playability was based around the fact that enemies couldn't pass through partially frozen ones, so you could protect yourself behind and then just blow up every enemy in a single strike, thus accessing the money bonus.
So, what's wrong with Amiga version? Any idea?

Predseda · 08 February 2013, 12:37

Doesn't matter, I completed Amiga Snow Bros many times.

AmigaFriend · 08 February 2013, 12:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Predseda

Doesn't matter, I completed Amiga Snow Bros many times.

Yep same here, and since I've never played the arcade version it's all good for me.

hansel75 · 08 February 2013, 13:53

I have never played either the arcade version or the amiga port, and i just tested out the amiga version on my a600 and wow, what a great little game, I like it even more then Bubble bobble.
(And even if it does play differently to the arcade version in which i still have yet to play, the amiga version is very playable in it's own right).

Gaula92 · 08 February 2013, 15:49

The game is awesome, of course it is!
But a lot of the playability from the arcade was based on this missing detail. I found it strange that this detail was lost, because it's not something that would need anything special to be implemented, so being an Ocean France conversion (these guys were probably among the best Amiga game programers EVER), I don't get why these awesome guys didn't do it right.

AmigaFriend · 08 February 2013, 16:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by gaula88@hotmail

The game is awesome, of course it is!
But a lot of the playability from the arcade was based on this missing detail. I found it strange that this detail was lost, because it's not something that would need anything special to be implemented, so being an Ocean France conversion (these guys were probably among the best Amiga game programers EVER), I don't get why these awesome guys didn't do it right.

Even if that could not say much, remember that this was an unreleased game, and at some point even if apparently in finished form, some bugs could remain. So a bug or a feature? We will never know by ourselves.

dlfrsilver · 08 February 2013, 18:09

Maybe a enhancement to make the game less easier than the coin op ?

Gaula92 · 08 February 2013, 18:25

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Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

Maybe a enhancement to make the game less easier than the coin op ?

Hmmm... Could be. But this has little impact on dificulty: it just makes harder to get the bonus of each level, not the game itself, I guess.

08 February 2013, 11:46	#1
Gaula92 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 527	Snow Bros: Is Amiga version broken? Hi all, Last night I had an Arcade/Amiga gaming rush so I went on for a good dose of arcade conversion. I wanted to try something new, so I chose Snow Bros and there I went, holding my Competition Pro, making it clank and clunk, all happy. I know this game was never officially released and it's lucky we finally got such a nice-looking conversion on the Amiga, but there's a BIG problem with this version: when I partially freeze an enemy, other enemies can overlap him and get me, thus killing the poor snowman hero! That's WRONG, very wrong! A lot of the arcade playability was based around the fact that enemies couldn't pass through partially frozen ones, so you could protect yourself behind and then just blow up every enemy in a single strike, thus accessing the money bonus. So, what's wrong with Amiga version? Any idea?

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08 February 2013, 12:37	#2
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,566	Doesn't matter, I completed Amiga Snow Bros many times.

08 February 2013, 13:53	#4
hansel75 Walk Off? Boolander! Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Gladstone Australia Age: 48 Posts: 628	I have never played either the arcade version or the amiga port, and i just tested out the amiga version on my a600 and wow, what a great little game, I like it even more then Bubble bobble. (And even if it does play differently to the arcade version in which i still have yet to play, the amiga version is very playable in it's own right).

08 February 2013, 15:49	#5
Gaula92 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 527	The game is awesome, of course it is! But a lot of the playability from the arcade was based on this missing detail. I found it strange that this detail was lost, because it's not something that would need anything special to be implemented, so being an Ocean France conversion (these guys were probably among the best Amiga game programers EVER), I don't get why these awesome guys didn't do it right.

08 February 2013, 18:09	#7
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