Alter_Fridge
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Magic Pockets
Flood
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The Amiga 500 mini announced
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Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
A bit shit from my side to be fair but hey opinions are like arseholes
Edit: since you added Flood.
Populous 1 and 2
Powermonger
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Bullet Club
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TLZ
Banned
Alter_Fridge
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Amiga games and them getting corrupted
Name a more iconic duo
Name a more iconic duo
Rocco Schiavone
Member
Can someone help me out with a childhood game which the title I can't remember??
The only thing I remember is that the game scrolls left and right and that you control a guy and that there are coming flying monsters.
I know the description is really bad but maybe someone can help me out with this? Yeah It's obviously a sidescroling shooting game.
The only thing I remember is that the game scrolls left and right and that you control a guy and that there are coming flying monsters.
I know the description is really bad but maybe someone can help me out with this? Yeah It's obviously a sidescroling shooting game.
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Impotaku
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yeah i got the same email saying it was gonna ship earlier than they esitmated i was thinking great i'm gonna get it super soon then i say it was just one day and i was like oh, ok then lol.
Still looking forward to this. Never could afford an amiga as a kid i had to live the life by playing the few machines my friends owned and the games they bought and then later on by emulation exclusively via my pc. There's so many original games for this thing. People seem to concentrate on arcade conversions & stuff that was also on consoles, but the amiga and also the other 8 & 16bit computers all shined the best on the original stuff that was made for them. It's what makes it appealing to get, i don't need arcade perfect ports i have mame and modern consoles for that, what i want to enjoy is all those games that were released & forgotten ones that were never ported to other machines these are the games from my childhood.
It's a weird time in gaming when the 8 & 16bit computers were super big in europe and the usa was the tiny region in comparison that got a fraction of what europe saw. And that's before you add in all the demoscene stuff or computers that were never released there. On the upside to this usa peeps now have whole libraries of stuff they may have never gotten to try or knew existed because it was kept to euro regions.
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Mephisto40
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Forgot about Fire and Ice, that was a classic, remeber putting hours into that as a kid
Mephisto40
Member
Shadow of the Beast?
Theres a lot of amiga side scrollers with flying monsters
8BiTw0LF
Banned
Rocco Schiavone
Member
Game not found there.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Majority of games Graftgold made were brilliant. Paradroid 90, Uridium 2, Virocop hell even the Rainbow Islands conversions.
Andrew Braybrook one of those old skool bedroom coders.
TLZ
Banned
A lot of awesome games in this one. Are all of them playable on the a500 mini?
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
99.9% of them will be yes.
Did you know there’s a remake in the works? Built on the Scorpion engine and it’s AGA. Looks amazing!
TLZ
Banned
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
I didn't know.
I know Green Beret is coming if not already...
www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com
I know Green Beret is coming if not already...
Green Beret(Rush'n Attack) - A retro classic previously released on the Amiga as an Arcade(ish) conversion gets an update
Green Beret was an action arcade game released by Konami in 1985. It is remembered for its Cold War setting and its reliance on the player using mainly a knife to dispatch enemies, although you were able to collect many different weapons including a flame thrower to cause maximum damage. So why...
www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
TLZ
Banned
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Games from WHDownload (google it) don't unzip them.
Alter_Fridge
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Waaaat
Alter_Fridge
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Altered Beast?
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Yeah man! Check it out:
Premiere from Core Design is a really good platformer and Amiga exclusive. So many other platformers saw SNES and Mega drive attempts like Bubba N Stix. Such a long list of fun to be honest.
Even games like Blues Brothers, Hudson Hawk, Magic Pockets. Just for the most part stay from NES Konami ports like Contra, Super C, Castle Vania etc.
Fredrik
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Oh my God! That’s so cool! I used to know the original from start to finish, most brutal trial and error game in the history, played it so much. I still play it occasionally but I’ve forgot so many traps now.
pramod
Banned
Blood Money?Game not found there.
BTW I dunno why it wasn't in that list. It was the best side scroller shmup for Amiga.
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Havoc2049
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I'm an Atari 8 & 16-bit computer user from the United States.
The C64/128, Apple II line and Atari 8-bit line of computers sold extremely well in the United States. The Amiga and ST had a decent following in the United States and Canada as well, along with the Mac and PC. Tons of games and productivity software was developed and published by American companies for Commodore, Apple and Atari computers. There were tons of magazines that specifically covered Commodore, Apple and Atari computer lines, both 8-bit and 16-bit computers. National chains carried computer hardware, games and software for those platforms.
The difference between North America and Europe is that the timeline of the popularity for example of the Amiga and ST was from like 1985 to 1991 in North America, while it started later, but lasted longer in Europe. Americans were also into different genres, with RPGs, simulations, war games and adventure games (text, gfx/text and point and click). For sports; baseball, basketball and football games were popular. For example, Earl Weaver Baseball by Electronic Arts was one of the killer app games for the Amiga in the United States.
Almost all the heavy hitters and popular games in the UK were also released in the United States, with Amiga and ST dealers being really good at importing games into the 90's from the UK.
8BiTw0LF
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Knightmare recently got ported/remastered for the Amiga and it's a really fun shmup with a great soundtrack. - and best of it all, free and no copyright 
Give it a spin on the mini: http://www.whdload.de/games/Knightmare_Konami.lha
Give it a spin on the mini: http://www.whdload.de/games/Knightmare_Konami.lha
American companies really started to abandon the Atari ST by 1990. The Amiga was able to maintain an American software presence into late 1992. Companies like Cinemaware, Sierra, Interplay, Lucasfilm, SSI, Mindscape, EA, Origin and Readysoft, either stopped developing or switched to releasing their titles in Europe through partnerships, before finally stopping. I'm probably forgetting a few of the big American companies.
From my recollection 1990 really was the year of change, with the 386 finally becoming something to consider for gamers and the NES was still cleaning up - and king. The C64 was still on shelves in 1990 with new releases, in fact in late 1991 and early 1992 games like Wrath of the Demon, Turtle Arcade Coin Op and Simpsons Arcade were released, which was pretty crazy to be honest.
For some strange reason the Atari ST was a very big success in Canada, particularly in Quebec. I recall a Trip Hawkins article lamenting how the 8 bit software was still safer and more profitable than the 16 bit home computers. It was a really strange time in between the successful 8 bit machines, which wouldn't die and the new breed of 16 bit consoles/PC.
The NES really killed the C64 in America, which was already eating into the Atari and Apple. But amazingly the Apple II line continued with releases into 89/90, out preforming the GS. The video game crash in American, barely sent a ripple to Europe. But in North America the video game crash probably helped the home computer market for a brief time. The Atari 8 bit line is extremely under rated, having sort of lost out by 86/87, even the ancient Apple continued to out perform it.
Good times. Amiga was simply amazing. Actually looking back, the impact the NES had on America is just crazy and it's ripple effects change the fortunes of so many companies.
Rocco Schiavone
Member
It's not a shmup game. It's a sidescroling game where you control a person and It's not Aterered Beast.
Bullet Club
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Was it a futuristic game or more medieval style? Guns or axes?
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Turrican?
Rocco Schiavone
Member
It was a game with different Type of enemies and also flying monsters. You can run to the left and right. Don't know which kind of weapons you use.
If this game would be well known I would already know the name
Nitty_Grimes
No It's not Turrican.
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RAIDEN1
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Well I wouldn't be so sure about that if you take into account Japan's answer to the Amiga, the Sharp X86000 had that released in the west it would have wiped the floor with the Amiga on the games-front, a machine released in 1987 some of the arcade ports on there are enough to make you think, if only the Amiga had that!
Me too. I'm giddy as fuck! I wanted a 1200 back when I was a kid but could never afford it. Then they went bust and the dream was gone. Stuck with my C64. I cannot wait!
8BiTw0LF
Banned
X68000. You're right it had more power, but the Amiga had the community to go beyond the "limitations".
SirTerry-T
Member
I WILL get one and it WILL be my Hybris machine...
SirTerry-T
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Dominic Robinson too, what he could make the Spectrum do was bordering on genius.
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RAIDEN1
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If only there was such a community for the CD32 .....Commordore's answer to the Sega CD, by which time Sega were already focusing on the "botched" Saturn..
8BiTw0LF
Banned
Just sold my CD32 last year. Were considering upgrading it with a Terrible Fire 330, but emulation has come so far these days and I'd rather have something "lightweight" and user friendly. Sad story about the CD32 tho' - how the patents screwed it up for export to the US and thousands of consoles just piling up in the Philippines. Would be awesome to see Commodore as a contender today.
Thebonehead
Banned
My most used Amiga program.
Ah.. Fond memories
Ah.. Fond memories
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Shot in the dark mate. Wasn't trying to come across like I was taking the piss.It was a game with different Type of enemies and also flying monsters. You can run to the left and right. Don't know which kind of weapons you use.
If this game would be well known I would already know the name
No It's not Turrican.
Thebonehead
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Rob_27
Member
The A500 Mini (Electronic Games) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09BW8N7JZ/
Is this the one as I ordered it.
Is this the one as I ordered it.
Rocco Schiavone
Member
Nope.
TwiztidElf
Member
The store rang me yesterday to pick mine up.
But wurk.....sigh.
Maybe this afternoon.
But wurk.....sigh.
Maybe this afternoon.