The wonderful world of the Amiga

deco · 27-05-2002 9:33pm #1

just wondering does anyone here remember the Amiga and some of the games it had?

Some of them where so cool....Zool, Fire and Ice, Civ and Silkworm where just some excelent titles it had.

halycon days.....

Gonzo · 27-05-2002 10:23pm

yeah it was a great machine at the time, it was my first gaming experience, i had amiga600, my favourite games were all TEAM17 coded games like Alien Breed, Superfrog and Psygnosis stuff like Leander. Turrican2, flashback, Operation Wolf, Myth were also IMO amiga classics.

[CALIBUR] · 27-05-2002 11:00pm

HOLY SHÌT i remember Alien Breed 1,2 and i also remember walker that fùcking own ass!!!

Gonzo · 27-05-2002 11:47pm

a ye Walker, that was kool, im sure theres other damn fine classics im forgetting too oh ya Xenon, Speedball, Lemmings 2

deco · 28-05-2002 1:21am

Ah Team 17 had some of the coolest games on the amiga....Worms is still a classic as was Cannon Fodder...Sensible Soccer is still my favourite football game...

Its a pity that it still isn't around....piracy really killed it off...

I had almost 400 games and I think I only bought 7 of them....

Guilt setting in now I tell you....

_CreeD_ · 28-05-2002 6:53am

Piracy didnt kill it, PC's did - once manufacturers realised that anything more than 16 colours and beep-sound wasn't just a toy they were able to push the amiga out of the market. Peripherals were just way too expensive in comparison to the PC's of the day.

Still a fantastic machine, as was the c64 before it. It was the first real consumer home-music computer (Composing on the 64 was damn hard to get into, and the ST relied on Midi compatibility and not internal sound capabilities).

My fave games were - ArmourGeddon, Dune2, Speedball 2, Carrier Command and Turrican 1/2.

spooky donkey · 28-05-2002 4:59pm

yeah i still have an amogq huddled ayway in a press somewhere.

There were some great games put there fot it, like agony with great music and shaddow of the beast 1/2/3.

It had a great demo comunity where guys would show off the grephic and sound of the machine. I must dig mine out some day!

I have speed ball 2 for the pc now, and on the box it says it requires a P1 133mhz to run it! But the 7.14 mez amiga had no probs with it.

Gaz · 28-05-2002 5:09pm

Had my first ever expierience with porn on an Amiga ! My cousin had a floopy disk called "Through the key hole" that ran on the Amiga , was just a load of nude pics .... ahhhh the memories !!

Also i loved New Zealand story and Golden axe !!!

suppafly · 28-05-2002 5:31pm

Yup, i remember it well. Me and my cousin sitting and playing it for hours. Midnight resistance was some game!! Can someone please refresh my memory as to what u did in silkworm. I remember i used to play it all but can't remember what it was about!

Scruff · 28-05-2002 5:45pm

have a gander at Amiga Games Directory 2.1

u'll see all the oldies, great and crap there.

suppafly · 28-05-2002 6:01pm

Oh yes, now I remember silkworm. Brilliant game. Spend hours at that too, but i have seen midnight resistance there!! Does anybody else remember midnight resistance?

suppafly · 28-05-2002 6:16pm

do those games work on Windows NT?

suppafly · 28-05-2002 7:11pm

R these download of the full game or what r they? I download golden axe and silkworm but they just show the windows icon for not knowing which program to open it with?

spooky donkey · 28-05-2002 8:38pm

it may need an emulator im looking at it now!

suppafly · 28-05-2002 9:01pm

Originally posted by spooky donkey
it may need an emulator im looking at it now!

can u post up info when u find out. thanks

TinCool · 28-05-2002 10:10pm

You'll need an amiga emulator. Best one available is WinUAE. you can get it here:

http://www.codepoet.com/UAE/

Although, you'll also need to find the Amiga Boot Rom in order for it to run. Good luck finding that as it's still under copyright.

po0k · 29-05-2002 3:05pm

Try the emulators board.
It's what it's there for after all

All you're questions will be answered.

Z O O L

tman · 29-05-2002 3:09pm

ahhhhhh, the memories... must have spent a week solid playing scorched earth on a friends machine, plus speedball 2 & playing streetfighter 2 with one joypad button... good times

amp · 29-05-2002 6:31pm

I can honestly say, that without the Amiga my life would be radically different. Playing with it gave me enough experience with computers to get a decent job and a career. I still have mine, and I'm never getting rid of it.

/me sheds tear

Kairo · 30-05-2002 2:24pm

Yesh! Long live the all mighty and powerful Amiga! Speedball 2, Super Frog, Syndicate. Who could forget all those classic titles?

Anyone here considering buying the Amiga One when it comes out?

retneil · 30-05-2002 2:37pm

ahh the new zealand story speedball 2, mortal kombat what a system anyone remember stunt car racer.. classic game.. speedball 2 was rapid so was striker .. the memories...

spooky donkey · 31-05-2002 4:31pm

What is the amiga one?

got any links to info and the like?

po0k · 31-05-2002 5:24pm

It's a multiplatform OS afaik, not so much an actual piece of hardware.
There is a board you can get which allows users of A1200s or A4000/3000s to upgrade to PPC level cpus or something.

Google for a while to find out more, but check dates if available on any info you find as the details were sketchy last time I checked.

Doodee · 31-05-2002 5:36pm

Ahh yes...those were the days
I was still playin mine right up until my friend Borked it by Destroying the Display Card/Adaptor/Big bulky yoke on my 500+
Captain planet and Bart Vs the Space Mutants 0wn3d!

Cannon Fodder was ****ing class as was lemmings.
also shadow of the beast,Road Rash,New Zealand Story, Rainbow brothers (afaik thats right) and all them...
Ahh..
Maybe I should re-order the parts from peats and get the auld gurl up and running again....that is if I can find where I left it.

swiss · 31-05-2002 11:35pm

Is there anywhere you can buy amiga's (or obtain the amiga boot roms legally) so that you can play those old titles?

I didn't have an amiga myself, but I have a cousin who did, and there were many class games there. There was one dominoes puzzle game I used to spend hours playing. Oh, the memories

po0k · 31-05-2002 11:46pm

Doodee, want to get a null modem cable and Lotus 2?

Doodee · 01-06-2002 3:23pm

I'd just own you on the Pea Soup level John :P
Have the get the amiga up and running again.

deco · 03-06-2002 12:33am

Its a weird thing...just at my uncle's house...

Still uses his Amiga 1200 to do all his documentation....even manages to go on the internet with it!!!!

'Fraid it looks like Babble's caculation engine though:)

Just looking through some of my games...found Kick Off Priemership Manager and Dizzy...

And the amount of demos I had beggers belief..even have one or two games that never mad it to fruition...

Ah the joys of a misspent childhood

While I'm at it does anyone remeber Dungeon Master?

spooky donkey · 04-06-2002 12:10pm

YEah i rember Dm you can down load a freewere version off the we for the pc its about 8 megs.

Doodee i take any of you guys in lotus 2 pea soup, liver pool or any level Lever want!!!! YeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaa!

deco · 04-06-2002 3:44pm

Lotus 2 rocked in so many ways...and just to inform you all...

1 ownz yoor a$$

Doodee · 08-06-2002 11:05pm

HeHe,
Just remembered another reason why I loved my now Deceased Amiga..

MAGIC POCKETS

that game roxored!

The wonderful world of the Amiga

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