ElfMania

Malc · 18 April 2001, 19:21

Forget Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter spin offs this has to be one of the best beat-em-ups on the Amiga, why? well....

We had fully animated backgrounds
Awesome soundtrack and samples
Huge in game characters
Great cartoon style graphics
Only 2 disks so not so much swapping
Original gameplay (not just beating the crap out of people)
FAST motion (unlike SF2)
Plenty of combat moves

The list goes on, a great game that was played to death and yeah I had the original (not a copy

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Tim Janssen · 19 April 2001, 10:28

Yes, Elfmania truly is a great beat'em-up. I first saw the game on AGA machines of my friends. They laughed at me because a game this colourful simply could not run on a bog-standard Amiga 500. -how wrong they were.
(My pirated copy of) Elfmania plays perfect on my A500 and I still enjoy it nowadays.

But if I had to choose my favourite Beat'em up, it would be Gremlin's Shadow Fighter. Do you know that game?

CodyJarrett · 19 April 2001, 11:55

Shadow Fighter is much better than Elfmania. Graphically, Elfmania looks very pretty, but Shadow Fighter is the more playable game.

RCK · 19 April 2001, 12:11

You are all wrong !!!!!!!

IK+ and Barbarian Palace are the only two best fighting game on Amiga :haha

Malc · 19 April 2001, 23:17

hehehehehehehe hahahah hehe

20 April 2001, 19:02

IK + was the best beat-em-up on the Amiga. Only one disk, loaded up very quickly, good music and sound effects. It could be played in turbo mode as well as normal or YAWN.

Okay there were only a handful of moves available but it was fast and furious and could be two player against the computer.

You could play against your other human player or you could try and work it so both of you went through. Even if the other human player was knocked out you could continue the game.

There were interesting sub-games as well and it started off fairly easily and got really hard as you progressed through the belts.

It was one of the first ever games I had for my amiga and it remained a classic through-out my Amiga life.

08 June 2001, 02:16

IK was one of the first games I played on the C64 I loved it. Then IK+ was made for the C64 introducing 3 players at once (Is there any other beat'em'up which has this?? And the second Amiga game I played was IK+ (The first being Cloud kingdoms)

IK+ Might not be graphically beautiful by today's standards but it still has plenty of gameplay, and as for the limited features, well at least you don't need to worry about your opponent using an unfair key/Joy combination to use a special ability which you don't know.

Amiga1992 · 08 June 2001, 23:01

IK is, IMO, a completely different game. It's on a league of its own, really.

For SF-like fighters, Shadow Fighter was good, and I again give my vote to Super Street Fighter 2.

Elfmania was all mouth and no trousers. Pure technical beauty, the game was arse. Not even original, it had the same control method as Body Blows, really, with a wee small twist.

Shatterhand · 23 June 2001, 06:49

hmm, that's my 1st post here :-)

IK + is really another kind of game... and it's GREAT, one of the best games for Amiga in my opinion... Archer Maclean is great, where is he now?

Super Street Fighter 2 is nice, but I prefer Shadow Fighter... actually, I think Shadow Fighter is even better than the console versions of SSF2... it's a very good BEU, and if had "Super Specials" it would be a fantastic game..

Elfmania has some of the best gfx in a A500 game, but the gameplay isn't really that good...

Anybody ever played that CD32 version of Body Blows? (Body Blows Ultimate, if I remember correctly) .. people say it's a great game too....

ohhh, and Barbarian Palace.... errrrmmmmmm.. :-)

Muzkat · 15 July 2001, 14:50

I always get confused which Barbarian is which- but RCK, if Barbarian Palace is the game where two big blokes armed with swords square off against each other, you are definately right- it was one of the best beat em ups the Amiga had. I loved trying to pull off the risky yet satisfying decaptation move!

By the way, didn't you think that the guy who came out at the end of the bout (to drag the loser's corpse away) look like Kermit the Frog?

IK was tops- especially in two player! The sounds were simply classic- many taken from 80s martial arts movies!

But my fav fighter had to be Shadow Fighter- a complete rip off of Street Fighter, but exceptionally good. You would wonder how they crammed so much onto a couple of disks.

I never played Capital Punishment- is it any good? No one has mentioned it here. I reveiw I once read stated it contained tons of gore and a topless female fighter...hmmmm.

ethylene · 24 July 2001, 08:04

I'm glad you brought that up, Muzkat.

I think the best fighter on Amiga was Death Sword. Only, I think that 'Death Sword' was a hack of Barbarian. Death Sword was made by Epyx (or so it said).

I know we're talking about the same games just because of the 'decapitation factor'

My friend Julian who had the 'Death Sword' game is long gone now... I haven't seen any reviews for 'Death Sword'... Barbarian is awfully similar, but it doesn't say "Prepare to DIE" like Death Sword did...

Any insight, friends?

CodyJarrett · 24 July 2001, 09:12

Death Sword is the US title of Barbarian. I'm not sure which came first...

There is a sample "Prepare to die" in Barbarian!

Twistin'Ghost · 24 July 2001, 10:14

Here's a couple of boxes for the US release; the original Death Sword release from Epyx and the Epyx/Maxx Out Series release.

Removed boxscan

Muzkat · 24 July 2001, 16:07

The screen shots do look very similar...

I remember that the decapitation move was done by holding 'back' on the joystick (away from your opponent) and pressing fire. A few other moves were an overhead chop, jabs to the stomach and knees, a kick, a headbutt (with lovely sound effect!) and another move where you could swing your sword around in your hand, along with jumping, crouching and rolling.

Hasn't anyone here played Capital Punishment?

CodyJarrett · 24 July 2001, 16:18

I've played it. It's great.

ethylene · 24 July 2001, 18:38

Oh my...

I'm so glad we have our mandatory ESRB ratings today which have to be stuck on the covers of all our games.

Can you imagine all the grannies who mistakenly bought Death Sword for their grandchildren, thinking it was an educational game?

Muzkat · 25 July 2001, 03:25

I remember once long ago when my Mum caught me and a friend duking it out in Barbarian. One of us managed to decapitate the other, and the poor woman was horrified at what she saw!:laugh

Lucky she didn't catch me playing Technocop or Mortal Kombat...

05 September 2001, 19:37

The daddy of amiga beat em ups, is of course Super Street Fighter 2 The new Challengers.

Its on 5 disks ECS and 7 disks AGA and its very faithful to the arcade. Different style to elfmania but definately the daddy!!

Amiga1992 · 06 September 2001, 00:32

Right on mok! I found another one who thinks this game is brill! (even the so-so looking ECS version is eons betetr than Elfmania, because the gameplay is unmatched!)

CodyJarrett · 06 September 2001, 10:16

Mok - can you upload the 5 disk ECS version of Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers to the ADF-Zone, please?

19 April 2001, 10:28	#2
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Den Bosch / The Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 1,271	Great game. It even runned on my A500 Yes, Elfmania truly is a great beat'em-up. I first saw the game on AGA machines of my friends. They laughed at me because a game this colourful simply could not run on a bog-standard Amiga 500. -how wrong they were. (My pirated copy of) Elfmania plays perfect on my A500 and I still enjoy it nowadays. But if I had to choose my favourite Beat'em up, it would be Gremlin's Shadow Fighter. Do you know that game?

19 April 2001, 11:55	#3
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,166	Shadow Fighter Shadow Fighter is much better than Elfmania. Graphically, Elfmania looks very pretty, but Shadow Fighter is the more playable game.

19 April 2001, 12:11	#4
RCK Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Paris / France Age: 46 Posts: 3,099	bah You are all wrong !!!!!!! IK+ and Barbarian Palace are the only two best fighting game on Amiga :haha

20 April 2001, 19:02	#6
Gibby Posts: n/a	IK+ IK + was the best beat-em-up on the Amiga. Only one disk, loaded up very quickly, good music and sound effects. It could be played in turbo mode as well as normal or YAWN. Okay there were only a handful of moves available but it was fast and furious and could be two player against the computer. You could play against your other human player or you could try and work it so both of you went through. Even if the other human player was knocked out you could continue the game. There were interesting sub-games as well and it started off fairly easily and got really hard as you progressed through the belts. It was one of the first ever games I had for my amiga and it remained a classic through-out my Amiga life.

23 June 2001, 06:49	#9
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	I agree most with Akira hmm, that's my 1st post here :-) IK + is really another kind of game... and it's GREAT, one of the best games for Amiga in my opinion... Archer Maclean is great, where is he now? Super Street Fighter 2 is nice, but I prefer Shadow Fighter... actually, I think Shadow Fighter is even better than the console versions of SSF2... it's a very good BEU, and if had "Super Specials" it would be a fantastic game.. Elfmania has some of the best gfx in a A500 game, but the gameplay isn't really that good... Anybody ever played that CD32 version of Body Blows? (Body Blows Ultimate, if I remember correctly) .. people say it's a great game too.... ohhh, and Barbarian Palace.... errrrmmmmmm.. :-)

18 April 2001, 19:21	#1
Malc Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 45 Posts: 117	Forget Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter spin offs this has to be one of the best beat-em-ups on the Amiga, why? well.... We had fully animated backgrounds Awesome soundtrack and samples Huge in game characters Great cartoon style graphics Only 2 disks so not so much swapping Original gameplay (not just beating the crap out of people) FAST motion (unlike SF2) Plenty of combat moves The list goes on, a great game that was played to death and yeah I had the original (not a copy )

19 April 2001, 23:17	#5
Malc Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 45 Posts: 117	hehehehehehehe hahahah hehe

08 June 2001, 02:16	#7
Unregistered Posts: n/a	IK was one of the first games I played on the C64 I loved it. Then IK+ was made for the C64 introducing 3 players at once (Is there any other beat'em'up which has this?? And the second Amiga game I played was IK+ (The first being Cloud kingdoms) IK+ Might not be graphically beautiful by today's standards but it still has plenty of gameplay, and as for the limited features, well at least you don't need to worry about your opponent using an unfair key/Joy combination to use a special ability which you don't know.

08 June 2001, 23:01	#8
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,658	IK is, IMO, a completely different game. It's on a league of its own, really. For SF-like fighters, Shadow Fighter was good, and I again give my vote to Super Street Fighter 2. Elfmania was all mouth and no trousers. Pure technical beauty, the game was arse. Not even original, it had the same control method as Body Blows, really, with a wee small twist.

15 July 2001, 14:50	#10
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 43 Posts: 1,430	I always get confused which Barbarian is which- but RCK, if Barbarian Palace is the game where two big blokes armed with swords square off against each other, you are definately right- it was one of the best beat em ups the Amiga had. I loved trying to pull off the risky yet satisfying decaptation move! By the way, didn't you think that the guy who came out at the end of the bout (to drag the loser's corpse away) look like Kermit the Frog? IK was tops- especially in two player! The sounds were simply classic- many taken from 80s martial arts movies! But my fav fighter had to be Shadow Fighter- a complete rip off of Street Fighter, but exceptionally good. You would wonder how they crammed so much onto a couple of disks. I never played Capital Punishment- is it any good? No one has mentioned it here. I reveiw I once read stated it contained tons of gore and a topless female fighter...hmmmm.

24 July 2001, 08:04	#11
ethylene Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Beaverton, OR, USA Posts: 87	Barbarian? Death Sword? I'm glad you brought that up, Muzkat. I think the best fighter on Amiga was Death Sword. Only, I think that 'Death Sword' was a hack of Barbarian. Death Sword was made by Epyx (or so it said). I know we're talking about the same games just because of the 'decapitation factor' My friend Julian who had the 'Death Sword' game is long gone now... I haven't seen any reviews for 'Death Sword'... Barbarian is awfully similar, but it doesn't say "Prepare to DIE" like Death Sword did... Any insight, friends?

24 July 2001, 09:12	#12
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,166	Barbarian vs Death Sword Death Sword is the US title of Barbarian. I'm not sure which came first... There is a sample "Prepare to die" in Barbarian!

24 July 2001, 10:14	#13
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	Here's a couple of boxes for the US release; the original Death Sword release from Epyx and the Epyx/Maxx Out Series release. Removed boxscan Last edited by Ian; 15 October 2001 at 03:13.

24 July 2001, 16:07	#14
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 43 Posts: 1,430	The screen shots do look very similar... I remember that the decapitation move was done by holding 'back' on the joystick (away from your opponent) and pressing fire. A few other moves were an overhead chop, jabs to the stomach and knees, a kick, a headbutt (with lovely sound effect!) and another move where you could swing your sword around in your hand, along with jumping, crouching and rolling. Hasn't anyone here played Capital Punishment?

24 July 2001, 16:18	#15
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,166	Capital Punishment I've played it. It's great.

24 July 2001, 18:38	#16
ethylene Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Beaverton, OR, USA Posts: 87	Oh my... I'm so glad we have our mandatory ESRB ratings today which have to be stuck on the covers of all our games. Can you imagine all the grannies who mistakenly bought Death Sword for their grandchildren, thinking it was an educational game?

25 July 2001, 03:25	#17
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 43 Posts: 1,430	I remember once long ago when my Mum caught me and a friend duking it out in Barbarian. One of us managed to decapitate the other, and the poor woman was horrified at what she saw!:laugh Lucky she didn't catch me playing Technocop or Mortal Kombat...

05 September 2001, 19:37	#18
mok Posts: n/a	Elfmania - sorry not the daddy The daddy of amiga beat em ups, is of course Super Street Fighter 2 The new Challengers. Its on 5 disks ECS and 7 disks AGA and its very faithful to the arcade. Different style to elfmania but definately the daddy!!

06 September 2001, 00:32	#19
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,658	Right on mok! I found another one who thinks this game is brill! (even the so-so looking ECS version is eons betetr than Elfmania, because the gameplay is unmatched!)

06 September 2001, 10:16	#20
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,166	SSF2-TNC Mok - can you upload the 5 disk ECS version of Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers to the ADF-Zone, please?

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