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- Jade456, on 04/09/2008, -2/+40The Amiga ROCKED. That thing never crashed. Don't forget Beast by Psygnosis and all of the Cineaware titles.
- mCanada, on 04/09/2008, -1/+35Software Failure. Press Left Mouse Button to Continue.
Guru Meditation #00000001.0000AAC0 - inactive, on 04/09/2008, -0/+22Amiga users make Apple users look like PC users.
Looking back on those games (of which I had most), they were truly light years beyond anything at the time. And the Amiga was also a fantastic platform for showing off the talents of some incredible game graphic artists - particularly the CinemaWare series of games which were among the best looking.
Those games clearly stand the test of time and don't embarrass the Amiga like perhaps showing some PC games of the time. - evernerve, on 04/09/2008, -1/+20Amiga ruled. She packed so much power. And the games were far better than today's, because ideas and fun were important - the developers couldn't rely on graphics and realism because of the limitations. Man, the games were so simple but soooo much fun. And everyone gathered around the Amiga to play, there were no LAN games and such - it was really a social computer. Ah, good old days...
- LeZeb, on 04/09/2008, -0/+18I decided to add that story to the PC Games section, no Old games section in the list. And I guess many PC gamers had the chance to own an Amiga in the past.
- WoollyMittens, on 04/09/2008, -0/+12Here's an Amiga-themed video for "Still Alive", made by Eric Schwartz, who many will know for his Amiga Moviesetter cartoons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mg6wrYCT9Q
- fabric, on 04/09/2008, -0/+12i loved the games made by psygnosis, EG; obliterator,ballistix and barbarian
- linuxrocks2007, on 04/09/2008, -0/+12Damn, I never realized how much I missed Lemmings.
- Kyderdog, on 04/09/2008, -0/+11Guru Meditation: 80000003
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Stackpoointer in outside bounds - coit, on 04/09/2008, -0/+10Big Ditto.
The Amiga was so far ahead of the pack it wasn't even funny. I always loved pullin her up alongside folks with the IBM PCs and Clones with their Green Monochrome displays! Those were the days!!!! - smacksaw, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8The architecture really was novel, wasn't it?
The PC Engine/TG-16 was similar to me in that it had an 8-bit processor and a 16-bit graphics chip. It makes you think that no one has really managed to create an architecture that was as economical and as effective as the Amiga's. You consider the PS3 and all of those Cell processors and what a waste they are. Imagine if it had multiple nVidia processors instead, like a more complicated TG-16. I really liked how the 68000 was the traffic cop for the system. Hopefully, someone will make a next-gen system that relies more on purpose-built chips to better handle specific functions as opposed to really powerful chips that have to be programmed to emulate functions that could be hard-wired.
I guess there's more potential with a 360 or PS3, but I don't know. All of those people having to re-invent the wheel to develop on next-gen systems are making up for the fact that the hardware doesn't have the specific roles that the Amiga's did. To this day I think there is a future for a new Amiga. It's basic design philosophy and it's interface are still relevant today. In fact, we need both of them more than ever. - Anteros, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8One of the best things about the amiga was the large number of programmers, musicians and artist who would labour over games and utilities and demoscene release and give them away free for the love of the computer and the community.
There were also some great game companies like sensible software, bitmap brothers, bullfrog and team 17 (who sourced a lot of their talent from the community I believe) - caruso, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8Wheres Maniac Mansion? i was glued to that game after getting my old Amiga down from the loft last week... begin to realise if game developers should worry less about graphics and concentrate on gameplay. I am 16 so amiga was before my time, but i still play it now and again. Loving Star trek and that weird game with the spies.
- LeZeb, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8haha that was such a great one, I had some nightmare with it
- akilleen, on 04/09/2008, -0/+7I remember being incredibly disappointed when we had to get rid of our Amiga for a 386. There was just no comparison.
- inactive, on 04/09/2008, -0/+7Some of my favorite games back then: Flashback, Cannon Fodder, North&South, Syndicate, Shadow of the Beast, Turrican , Battle Squadron, Wings, Lotus Turbo Challenge, Super Off Road, Apidya, SWIV.
I still have my Amiga A500 in working conditions. - alphgeek, on 04/09/2008, -0/+7Here's a partial list of the games in the vid. A few I can't remember:
Leisure Suit Larry
New Zealand Story
Pinball Fantasies
Kick Off
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
Lemmings
Another World
Thexder
Heimdall
Wings
Formula One Grand Prix
Dune II
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
Supercars 2
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
It Came From the Desert
Chuck Rock
Stunt Car Racer
Superfrog
Mega lo Mania
Rick Dangerous
Blues Brothers
The Secret of Monkey Island
Sim City
North and South
International Karate Plus
Alien Breed
F/A 18 Interceptor
Pro Tennis Tour
Rocket Ranger
Pang
Sensible Soccer
Populous
Bubble Bobble
Carrier Command
Ports of Call
SWIV
Rick Dangerous 2
Defender of the Crown
Eye of the Beholder
Zool
TV Sports Basketball
Test Drive
Rainbow Islands
Altered Beast
Prince of Persia
X-Out
Yup, I sure did love my Amiga! - deviationer, on 04/09/2008, -0/+7***** yes amiga. That was the first computer I ever used.
- messiah, on 04/09/2008, -0/+7I loved the Amiga. At one stage there I had an Amiga 500, Amiga 2000 and and Amiga 1200 lined up all running next to my 486 PC.
I currently have working models of the A500, A600, A1200 and A1000 in my technology museum in my back shed. I hope to set it up for public display for the local schools to come and see. Some of these young ones have never even heard of Commodore 64's :(
On a side note I also have in my collection a 1984 TRS80 MC-10, a Commodore 64 with most accessories, and Apple 2E, an Amstrad 286, Sharp PC-7000, as well as most older consoles dating back to Atari and NES days right thru to Xbox V1. All which are in working order. I hope to expand this in the future. - airship, on 04/09/2008, -0/+7I was Managing Editor of INFO, a magazine for Commodore 64, 128, and Amiga users. The Amiga was the best personal computer of its time, no question. I still hate Commodore management for killing their company when they had the best 8-bit and 16-bit computers on the market. Wouldn't it be cool if there was a 64-bit Amiga?
- jeremyduffy, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5Wow. Prince of Persia. Eye of the Beholder. Dang those were some fun games. But no Battle Chess? For shame!
- smacksaw, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5I liked the TV Sports stuff. The crew from TV Sports ended up going to SEGA! If you get...I want to say the sports games from 1993, like NBA 93 by SEGA, it's basically TV Sports Basketball, but with a 3/4 view. It was even better. It was cool to know they kept on. I found and emailed a few of the old Cinemaware people and they all responded.
- kidcodea, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5factboy much!
- obliviousfool, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5Nice video. I wish I could remember the titles of all those games.
- pmettes, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5I had both and ran my C-64 and Later Amiga BBS on an IBM clone, as at that time you couldn't match the IBM for storage and BBS power, some peeps thought I was crazy for running an amiga bbs on a pc, I had to dial into my own BBS to download tho as there was no way to get the data otherwise, 115K baud tho over a null modem cable wasn't bad... ahhh the days....
- doublejay1973, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5at that time Commodore were really in touch with the development community....the whole scene was smaller and innovation was not stifled by too many licensing agreements etc. They produced a machine that the devs wanted - with the dedicated hardware for graphics and sound (remember the blitter ????).
Definatley a landmark bit of hardware.. wikipedia has (for once) a decent page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Amiga - keozen, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Ohh, I LOVED Cannon Fodder (of which 1 was MUCH better than 2)
- keozen, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4What was the game called that looks like a cartoony platform version of Indianna Jones I remember playing it LOTS back in the day but can't for the life of me remember what it was called
- kidcodea, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4lol keep dreaming.
- NinjaJedi, on 04/09/2008, -1/+5It was a great piece of kit to programme. I was only 14 when I got mine so I didn't have an awful lot of programming skills. But I used to write a lot of stuff with AMOS Pro - Games, Demos, Apps etc.
I also used to use it to write music using Soundtracker (then Noisetracker, Protracker and OctaMED)
When I was 19 I got my first PC thinking it was a step up, only to discover I couldn't do HALF of the things I used to do on the Amiga. Even now, at 32, I just downloaded a 'descent' tracker programme and it's really slow to respond to the keyboard!!
Amiga forever!
BTW, there's loads of longplay Amiga videos (and other formats too) on http://uk.youtube.com/user/cubex55 channel - dadrew1, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Maniac Mansion was definitely in there :-) Check around the 4:40 mark!
- banmaster, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4And don't forget the utter crap they also made, like Microcosm!
- AntoniusMaximus, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Good old times - I don't remember many PC Games that gave me as many thrills as titles such as It Came From the Desert, Wings, Turrican, Lemmings, and many others. Firing them up on WinUAE is still a pleasure even today.
- NinjaJedi, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Just what I was thinking...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation - craighoxton, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4My first computer was an Amiga back in 1989 which cost £300 back then - which was a LOT of money. I used to play 688 Attack Sub and this WW2 flight sim called Their Finest Hour. Oh, and New Zealand Story.
- kingofnexus, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4My favourite games for the amiga: Lemmings, Pushover, Roadrash, Santa's Xmas Caper, Populus.
Amiga 600 FTW
One game that sucked serious ass was an F1 game. There was like 6 floppys, and a load of passwords asking 'What is the 6th word in the 2nd paragraph on page 156 of the manual?' to prevent pirates! I only managed to get it to work once, and then it crashed in the first race before I figured out how to move forward. - AntoniusMaximus, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Blood Money?
There was also Xenon 2 which was phenomenal at that time. - waz67, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4A fully multitasking OS running with 512k of RAM was pretty sweet. That video missed two of my favorite games: Arkanoid and Earl Weaver Baseball
- Biks, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4C'mon...you gotta mention the Video Toaster...which gave you Lightwave. Lightwave kicked ass in the 3D world back then.
- kamaruus, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Giant ants. Hospital escape. It Came From the Desert!!
- amiga5000, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Eric Chai rules!!.
See my name. Still have my A500 working. - astrotrain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Eric Schwartz... right up there with Jim Sachs... they set the limits of Graphics and Animation of the Amiga to the limits. Eric always had a month cartoon, and used lots of Airplanes with human emotions. I always enjoyed the Candygram bomb to Sadam toon that Eric did.
- ridethepuppets, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4You fight like a dairy farmer!
- smacksaw, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3Ebonstar. Someone should remake that game for Live or PSN. If you are bitten with the nostalgic bug for your Amiga, when you're out there searching for ROMS, include Ebonstar. You won't be sorry, especially if you have friends to play with.
Another awesome game was Alien Fires, just because it was so damn bad. To this day, I still say to people "What do I look like, an information booth?" Especially if I know them, I'll imitate the Amiga voice emulation that made it that much funnier.
What was the Psygnosis game like R-Type that Daft Punk sampled? - grumbel, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3Yep, it is pretty pointless to say graphics weren't important back then just because they look a little out of date by todays standard. In fact what made the Amiga so famous was its graphics power. This really wasn't so different then it is today.
In terms of creativity the games from back then however still win by a long shot, but not because they didn't look good for its time, but simply because they required far less man-power to develop. Small teams can pull of a lot more original stuff then a 100 man team that is driven by marketing research. And this again is still true today and which is why a small indie company like Introversion can put out a lot more originality then almost the entire rest of the gaming industry combined. - keozen, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3Never mind, just remembered it, it was Rick Dangerous
- V3n0M, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3I also saw:
Lords of the Rising Sun
Loom
Klax
Wish they had: Nuclear War and Projectyle - outsider787, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3I used to love all the vert and horiz shooters!
Can anyone name some of the shooters that were featured in this video? - jstem1994, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3Comment abuse, but some really good articles on the history of the Amiga, and how it started, and unfortunately how it ended too: http://arstechnica.com/search.ars?Tag=amiga
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