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for me the golden age of gaming was the amiga. I had hundreds of games for it. many of the games we have today came from that old system. i remember a few in particular :
walker : towards the end of the machines life, a superb side on blaster had you using the joystick to control a 50ft high walker, and the mouse aiming the cannon at idiots with m16s. finally you could be ed-209, and it worked brilliantly!
hired guns : for me the first multiplayer first person shooter. 4 of your mates could duke it out on the same screen (using the keyboard and joysticks), running from room to room lobbing grenades and kicking the crap out of each other.
hunter : massive 3d war game where you controlled one guy, and ran around a 3d polygon map stealing cars, boats, helicopters, tanks, bicycles, hovercrafts and anything. you had to complete missions which usually came second to running people over etc.
midwinter : incredibly atmospheric war game. you played a host of characters (switching between them), and travelled around a massive 3d island, using vehicles, cable-cars and what-not to get about. the goal was attack an invading army at its headquarters. brilliant for its time
north and south : lunacy as you choose a side in the american civil war, and beat your opponent by cutting off his train routes and having huge battles, involving cavalry, infantry and cannons. pure stupidity and a right laugh.
supercars 1 + 2 : birds eye view racing game, similar to micromachines, buy cars, do them up, buy silly weapons like homing missiles, and kill your friends.
syndicate (not wars) : one of my all time favourites. kidnap people, turn them into cyborgs, give them miniguns, and blast rival gangs and innocent people in a blade runner style world. ultra violent. ultra satisfying.
monkey island series : i know you can get it on the PC, but it really was a gem of a series.
silkworm : choose a helicopter or a jeep (or both with a mate), and blow things up in an r-type style side on shoot em up
can't think of any more off hand
call me a nostalgic old git but I thought these games were great.
So, if you had an amiga, what games were you mostly playing?
walker : towards the end of the machines life, a superb side on blaster had you using the joystick to control a 50ft high walker, and the mouse aiming the cannon at idiots with m16s. finally you could be ed-209, and it worked brilliantly!
hired guns : for me the first multiplayer first person shooter. 4 of your mates could duke it out on the same screen (using the keyboard and joysticks), running from room to room lobbing grenades and kicking the crap out of each other.
hunter : massive 3d war game where you controlled one guy, and ran around a 3d polygon map stealing cars, boats, helicopters, tanks, bicycles, hovercrafts and anything. you had to complete missions which usually came second to running people over etc.
midwinter : incredibly atmospheric war game. you played a host of characters (switching between them), and travelled around a massive 3d island, using vehicles, cable-cars and what-not to get about. the goal was attack an invading army at its headquarters. brilliant for its time
north and south : lunacy as you choose a side in the american civil war, and beat your opponent by cutting off his train routes and having huge battles, involving cavalry, infantry and cannons. pure stupidity and a right laugh.
supercars 1 + 2 : birds eye view racing game, similar to micromachines, buy cars, do them up, buy silly weapons like homing missiles, and kill your friends.
syndicate (not wars) : one of my all time favourites. kidnap people, turn them into cyborgs, give them miniguns, and blast rival gangs and innocent people in a blade runner style world. ultra violent. ultra satisfying.
monkey island series : i know you can get it on the PC, but it really was a gem of a series.
silkworm : choose a helicopter or a jeep (or both with a mate), and blow things up in an r-type style side on shoot em up
can't think of any more off hand
call me a nostalgic old git but I thought these games were great.
So, if you had an amiga, what games were you mostly playing?
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Mattyboy wrote:
> California Games - A classic!
yep, I particularly liked the surfing game. the hacki-sack one I couldn't get to grips with
> California Games - A classic!
yep, I particularly liked the surfing game. the hacki-sack one I couldn't get to grips with
California Games - A classic!
OH!!!
the Gobliiins games!!!!!!!!
really cool puzzle games with a wicked sense of humour :)
the Gobliiins games!!!!!!!!
really cool puzzle games with a wicked sense of humour :)
Borat Sagdiyev wrote:
> thought of one today : HOSTAGES!
>
> did anyone play this? it was like an old version of rainbow six, you
> had 8 swat guys, 4 of them were snipers, the other 4 rappelled down
> the side of a building, where you would break through the windows, and
> dispense arab terrorists holding an embassy to ransom.
>
> used to play it for ages. it had a particularly good soundtrack if I
> remember too.
Hostages rocked! I had it on my Acorn in a pack of 4 games.
> thought of one today : HOSTAGES!
>
> did anyone play this? it was like an old version of rainbow six, you
> had 8 swat guys, 4 of them were snipers, the other 4 rappelled down
> the side of a building, where you would break through the windows, and
> dispense arab terrorists holding an embassy to ransom.
>
> used to play it for ages. it had a particularly good soundtrack if I
> remember too.
Hostages rocked! I had it on my Acorn in a pack of 4 games.
Jonathan Nash wrote:
> Was Liberation that one where you controlled a little camel?
> I forget.
that would have to be Llamatron
> Was Liberation that one where you controlled a little camel?
> I forget.
that would have to be Llamatron
thought of one today : HOSTAGES!
did anyone play this? it was like an old version of rainbow six, you had 8 swat guys, 4 of them were snipers, the other 4 rappelled down the side of a building, where you would break through the windows, and dispense arab terrorists holding an embassy to ransom.
used to play it for ages. it had a particularly good soundtrack if I remember too.
did anyone play this? it was like an old version of rainbow six, you had 8 swat guys, 4 of them were snipers, the other 4 rappelled down the side of a building, where you would break through the windows, and dispense arab terrorists holding an embassy to ransom.
used to play it for ages. it had a particularly good soundtrack if I remember too.
DeltaJava wrote:
> Cannon Fodder.
>
> After listening to the theme tune (one of the best ever, but probably
> not suited to today's "situation"), I had great pleasure in
> spraying the dead soldiers more, jsut to see them jump across the
> screen like undead lunatics.
I pivked it up for the GBC a couple of years back... its still a fantastic blast! :)
> Cannon Fodder.
>
> After listening to the theme tune (one of the best ever, but probably
> not suited to today's "situation"), I had great pleasure in
> spraying the dead soldiers more, jsut to see them jump across the
> screen like undead lunatics.
I pivked it up for the GBC a couple of years back... its still a fantastic blast! :)
Jonathan Nash wrote:
> Was Liberation that one where you controlled a little camel?
> I forget.
no dude, Liberation was "Captive 2" for the CD32, also worked on any amiga (post-1200) with a cd-rom :)
> Was Liberation that one where you controlled a little camel?
> I forget.
no dude, Liberation was "Captive 2" for the CD32, also worked on any amiga (post-1200) with a cd-rom :)
Was Liberation that one where you controlled a little camel?
I forget.
I forget.
Still got a coupla Amigas and they still rock :)
best games for me:
SWOS
Cannon Fodder
Wings
The Settlers
Lemmings 1/2
Skidmarks
Liberation
Bubble Heroes
Hired Guns
Stunt car racer
Project X
Gods
Turrican 1/2/3
oh, and Dpaint 4, personal paint and OctaMED.. i was all about the creative software :)
oooh, loads more.. i was really into PD games/demos, the Suicide Man animations were hilarious and of course the Eric Schwartz toons...
best games for me:
SWOS
Cannon Fodder
Wings
The Settlers
Lemmings 1/2
Skidmarks
Liberation
Bubble Heroes
Hired Guns
Stunt car racer
Project X
Gods
Turrican 1/2/3
oh, and Dpaint 4, personal paint and OctaMED.. i was all about the creative software :)
oooh, loads more.. i was really into PD games/demos, the Suicide Man animations were hilarious and of course the Eric Schwartz toons...
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