02 June 2023, 03:35 | #1 |
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I have written 32 guides for the Amiga CD32.
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One of my Dad's colleagues gave my sister and I a CD32 and lots of games back in the late 90s. He heard that we liked games and was impressed that I had beaten Train on Goldeneye. I guess that was a bit of an achievement for a 9 year old. Despite this kindness, my Dad didn't like this guy, maybe because they disagreed about how to do their jobs, they were both gardeners at a big country garden. So whenever he saw me and my sister playing the CD32 instead of our new, expensive N64, he would think of this guy and get cross. One day we came back from school to find our CD32 was gone, our Dad had thrown it in the bin. If he knew how much they are worth now I am sure he would regret it! This project was my idea of a sh’t post. I was pissed off with a coworker and decided to waste my work time in the most effective way possible, writing guides for a 20-year-old console with a bad reputation. If you go over to the Amiga CD32 board on GameFAQs you will find posts and posts of me talking to myself like a total nutter. I thought it made my profile look a bit weird with only a few guides so I decided to aim for 32. I’ve always been inspired by the NES Guide Completion Project on GameFAQs, so this is also my tribute to it. I didn’t think anyone would actually read any of my guides, I wrote them for myself. But some of them have done quite well considering. My most popular one is for the Austrian burglary simulator, The Clue! The game clearly has a cult following still because my guide for it has passed 1,700 views. I also fully mapped several of the games, including the fps games GLOOM and FEARS. My maps for FEARS were received very well here, which made me really happy as my translation guides have mostly been ignored by the N64 community. Thank you for the support everyone! It would have been impossible to write all of these guides without the help of Hall of Light, Amiga Reviews .com, and Amiga Magazine Rack. The Amiga community has done a fantastic job of cataloging and preserving video game history. I am indebted to these amazing websites! Completed guides in upload order; 1. Liberation Captive 2 2. Diggers 3. Oscar 4. Dangerous Streets 5. Akira 6. Amiga CD32 Game Completion Guide 7. Final Gate 8. Prey: An Alien Encounter – (Game Fully Mapped) 9. Microcosm 10. Alien Breed: Tower Assault – (Game Fully Mapped) 11. Banshee 12. Black Viper – (Game Fully Mapped) 13. Whale's Voyage 14. Litil Divil – (Game Fully Mapped) 15. Subwar 2050 16. The Clue 17. Fears – (Game Fully Mapped) 18. Alien Breed 3D 19. Gloom – (Game Fully Mapped) 20. The Speris Legacy 21. Death Mask 22. Alien Breed 92 23. Overkill and Lunar C 24. Deep Core 25. Disposable Hero 26. Frontier Elite II 27. Fly Harder 28. Guardian 29. Surf Ninjas 30. Bubba 'n' Stix 31. Alien Breed II The Horror Continues – (Game Fully Mapped) 32. Kang Fu The CD32 guide percentage now stands at 78 / 177 (44%). It’s cool to know that I contributed 14% to that total, but goes to show that even on a console with a tiny library there is still a lot of work to do! I knew I had to save something “special” for last, so I ended the project with the infamous and bizarre platformer Kang Fu. That’s probably enough CD32 for now. |
02 June 2023, 08:35 | #2 |
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Just had a quick look and they seem in-depth and well written I'll add them to the notes section of the HOL entries for those games later.
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I still need to send you those individual maps for FEARS! I tried my best to make them as accurate as possible, but if anyone notices any errors please let me know! I won't lie, some of them are somewhat useless! Who needs a text guide for a SHMUP when a video guide would be far more useful! Those ones were really just written for fun and to get closer to the 32 guide target. If you only read one check out the Amiga CD32 Game Completion Guide it lists what you need to do in order to beat every game on the system. |
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02 June 2023, 10:04 | #5 |
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02 June 2023, 10:25 | #6 |
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Just looking now, some good work thanks! I had no idea there were different weapons or a map in Microcosm, maybe now I will find it an amazing game!
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02 June 2023, 12:23 | #7 |
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What country were you living in when you had your CD32 as a child?
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ship, meaning if you can shoot them, they can shoot you. The FM Towns and DOS game have more of scrolling light gun game play while the CD32 game has more of a "explore veins and find the things you need to destroy" type gameplay. Quote:
Thank you very much for the support everyone! I really appreciate it! Last edited by whowasphone; 05 June 2023 at 08:01. |
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05 June 2023, 08:41 | #9 |
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No worries Just would be nice if we could add them at one point.
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19 June 2023, 03:13 | #10 |
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As a epilogue to this project, I recently traveled back home for my sisters wedding. I got the opportunity to ask my Dad why he threw out our CD32.
Well, he didn't remember ever having it in the first place! Goes to show you never know what actions will affect your children! |
20 June 2023, 07:05 | #11 |
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Hi, great to see another Amiga user in Japan! I've been in Japan for 17 years now, and it is always nice to hear about other Amiga users. Where in Japan do you live?
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We should organize an Amiga meet up in Tokyo sometime! I know there are some other Japanese residents on this board! |
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