Amiga developers and the Arcades

Tim Janssen · 15 March 2004, 09:34

Lately I downloaded a game called Biomechanical Toy for MAME. The game looked and played very identical to that old Amiga game Risky Woods. It had a constant wave of enemies to defeat and coins to collect in bonus sections. At some point even the same samples were used! After finishing this easy but very addictive game, the credits rolled by and I saw it was produced by Spanish development team Zeus who also programmed Risky Woods.

Now I wonder, do you know other Amiga development teams who also produced arcade-titles?

Amiga1992 · 15 March 2004, 15:17

Didn't know of any spanish team working in an arcade project. Thanks for the info!

Tim Janssen · 17 March 2004, 09:19

You really must try Biomechanical Toy. The game is like Risky Woods meets Ruff 'n' Tumble. It is one of the most playable and colourful games I've played in MAME for a long while.

Oh, to keep to the main topic: I forgot to mention Agony's creators, Art & Magic, who also produced many arcade titles. Only Ultimate Tennis springs to my mind...

CodyJarrett · 17 March 2004, 10:01

Quote:

Originally posted by Akira
Didn't know of any spanish team working in an arcade project. Thanks for the info!

A Barcelona-based company called Gaelco did some coin-ops like Alligator Hunt

CodyJarrett · 17 March 2004, 10:01

More Alligator Hunt screens:

CodyJarrett · 17 March 2004, 10:02

And more:

20 March 2004, 15:33

Searched for a Biomechanical Toy romset couldn’t find it, can someone help?

Amiga1992 · 20 March 2004, 16:23

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Originally posted by Frank
Searched for a Biomechanical Toy romset couldn’t find it, can someone help?

No, this is no place for MAME rombegging.

Tim Janssen · 22 March 2004, 09:48

@Cody,
I forgot to mention Gaelco is also the company behind Biomechanical Toy.

I have found an arcade version of Ocean's Platoon. I cannot imagine this is written by the same people who where responsible for Amiga Platoon. The game looks like a NES-port. I'll check out the programmers' names later.

@Frank,
You can download the ROM from Emuasylum.

bobbybearing · 22 March 2004, 21:29

Quote:

Oh, to keep to the main topic: I forgot to mention Agony's creators, Art & Magic, who also produced many arcade titles. Only Ultimate Tennis springs to my mind... [/B]

also:
- Cheese Chase
- Stone Ball

see here

JudasEZT · 25 March 2004, 23:52

Why theres no references to Amiga or Agony in http://www.art-magic.be/ ??

are sure these the same guys?

their web is a bit lame..

15 March 2004, 09:34	#1
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Den Bosch / The Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 1,271	Amiga developers and the Arcades Lately I downloaded a game called Biomechanical Toy for MAME. The game looked and played very identical to that old Amiga game Risky Woods. It had a constant wave of enemies to defeat and coins to collect in bonus sections. At some point even the same samples were used! After finishing this easy but very addictive game, the credits rolled by and I saw it was produced by Spanish development team Zeus who also programmed Risky Woods. Now I wonder, do you know other Amiga development teams who also produced arcade-titles?

17 March 2004, 09:19	#3
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Den Bosch / The Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 1,271	And it is very playable too! You really must try Biomechanical Toy. The game is like Risky Woods meets Ruff 'n' Tumble. It is one of the most playable and colourful games I've played in MAME for a long while. Oh, to keep to the main topic: I forgot to mention Agony's creators, Art & Magic, who also produced many arcade titles. Only Ultimate Tennis springs to my mind...

17 March 2004, 10:01	#5
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	More Alligator Hunt screens: Attached Thumbnails

17 March 2004, 10:02	#6
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	And more: Attached Thumbnails

22 March 2004, 09:48	#9
Tim Janssen Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Den Bosch / The Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 1,271	More arcade stuff @Cody, I forgot to mention Gaelco is also the company behind Biomechanical Toy. I have found an arcade version of Ocean's Platoon. I cannot imagine this is written by the same people who where responsible for Amiga Platoon. The game looks like a NES-port. I'll check out the programmers' names later. @Frank, You can download the ROM from Emuasylum.

15 March 2004, 15:17	#2
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Didn't know of any spanish team working in an arcade project. Thanks for the info!

20 March 2004, 15:33	#7
Frank Posts: n/a	Searched for a Biomechanical Toy romset couldn’t find it, can someone help?

25 March 2004, 23:52	#11
JudasEZT Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: mercury Posts: 577	Why theres no references to Amiga or Agony in http://www.art-magic.be/ ?? are sure these the same guys? their web is a bit lame..

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