Top 25 Amiga 500/2000 Games

[theaveng]

"Theaveng" is gone but this list lives on. What needs to be added? And if you add one, what gets bumped off to make room?

To get changes made here, you need to have your opinion "seconded" by another member. Here's what we've got to date:

Cannon Fodder
Chaos Engine, The
Hunter
It Came From the Desert
Lemmings
Lotus II
Maniac Mansion
Megalomania
Moonstone
No Second Prize
Out of This World
Pinball Fantasies
Pirates!
Populous 2
Prince of Persia
Project X
Secret of Monkey Island 1 & 2
Speedball 2
Stunt Car Racer
SWOS
Syndicate
Walker
Wings
Wizkids
Xenon 2

[gulag picture radio]

I'd have to say that leaving off Cinemaware titles would be a serious omission when discussing any Amiga games. Games like "Defender of the Crown", "Rocket Ranger", and "The Three Stooges" (now available for GB Advance) cemented the Amiga as a superior game and multimedia machine to comparable PC offerings of the time. You're right to have so many Psygnosis games on your list (though I'd have a hard time leaving off "Agony"- an incredible scroller with GIANT sprites, and in a videogame first you play the part of an owl).

There are also a number of CD-rom games. I never played those too much, but I know that they were kind of early in releasing games that used the CD to play back lush stereo music. I seem to recall titles like "Chaos Engine" being really good. OF course, there's all the CD-TV stuff that played on a regular Amiga as well...

Also in the twilight of the Amiga, a Canadian company called ClickBOOM! released a number of awesome CD games that really pushed the graphics and sound of the Amiga (making 1985 era computer still seem vastly superior to Nintendo and Sony machines of the day)- Capital Punishment was a big one, (geez I'm really blanking here on others). They also did the official ports of Myst and Doom to the Amiga.

Personally I was also really fond of Zany Golf on the Amiga. Not a good enough game to rate in the top 20, but man... I had an unhealthy love for that game...

Just a few thoughts...

[Raedon]

this list is null and void..

[gulag picture radio]

sez who?

[digitalpress]

this list is null and void..

No it's not... Only "theaveng" is. I can still modify the list!

I'm gonna be reviewing recent comments on these lists and make some changes soon. Stay tuned, and keep the input coming!

[Raedon]

This yahoo obviously never played an Amiga, this list is a travesty

[digitalpress]

This yahoo obviously never played an Amiga, this list is a travesty

Well how about helping us out here, Raedon? I've added a few more from "Gulag's" suggestion but if it needs an overhaul, give me a clue. My experience with Amiga is VERY limited.

[kethdredd]

1 vote for Earl Weaver Baseball here. The graphics were good and the sound effects were pretty revolutionary for the time. (Digitized Samples) The game also kept exact stats of all your seasons. I played this game in a league for 3 straight years with some friends.

I also really enjoyed Aritcfox (another EA game).

Faery Tale Adventure.

I imagine I'll think of some more.

[Raedon]

DP, mind if I redo this top 25 in a new post? I don't want to see Theaveng's banned a$$ at the top of any post... ever.. Especially a subject I actually care about.

[le geek]

Here are my 25

Airball
Anarchy (great defender clone)
Arkanoid
Blockout
Cannon Fodder
The Chaos Engine
Ebonstar
Gauntlet II
Grav Attack
Leander
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (much better than Outrun)
Lemmings
Marble Madness
Out of This World
Pinball Dreams
Prince of Persia
Rocket Ranger
Shadow of the Beast (Psygnosis)
Space Quest III
Star Glider II
Technocop
Test Drive 2: The Duel
Three Stooges
Wings
Wizkid

Cheers,
AMIgeek

[anagrama]

The Amiga was my first love, and these lists are missing most of my favourites, and some all-time classics. My viewpoint is skewed 1990-onwards, but to be missing some of the Bitmaps and Sensibles finest is criminal. 25 off the top of my head:

Alien Breed
Another World
Cannon Fodder
Captive
Carrier Command
Chaos Engine
Dungeon Master
Eye of the Beholder
Flashback
Frontier: Elite 2
Heimdall
Hunter
Lemmings
Maniac Mansion
Moonstone
Pang
Pinball Dreams
Rainbow Islands
Secret of Monkey Island 1 & 2
Sensible World of Soccer
Sim City
Speedball 2
Stunt Car Racer
Syndicate
Xenon 2
Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders

[Ianwuk]

(A few of) my favourite Amiga games (and ones I also own) - No order.

Chaos Engine
Robocop 3
Ghouls 'n' Ghosts
Cannon Fodder
Sensible World of Soccer
F1GP
Syndicate
Super Skidmarks
Settlers
Zool 2
Lotus Turbo Challenge
Flashback
Secret of Monkey Island 2
Streetfighter 2
Turtles - The Coin Op
Frontier: Elite II

Only a few, also, what Amiga games are now of some value? (e.g becuase they are rare)

Thanks.

[Ianwuk]

Oh I forgot to mention Uridium II and Chaos Engine II and Speedball II!

[gamingguy]

Add Elite.
It has more missions than any other version (5) and 16-bit, solid-filled polygons.

Also Populous which was one of my favorites on the Amiga.

[tom]

Hunter from Activision (Nintendo got the Mario 64 inspiration from this)
Grand Prix from Micropose
Blood Money from Psygnosis
Walker from Psygnosis
Space Hulk from EA
Larry games from Sierra
Cannon Fodder 1 and 2 from Sensible
Turrican from Rainbow Arts
The Settlers from Blue Byte
Silent Service II from Micropose
Rise of the Dragon from Dynamix
Hollywood Poker Pro from (can't remember)
Battle Chess from EA
Budokan from EA
Cinemaware games
Desert Strike from EA
Ultima 5 + 6 from Origin
Monkey Island 1 and 2 from LucasArts

And I still use my Amiga nowadays, wouldn't be without it (Never liked the ST, for me the Amiga (Jay Miner) was more like an Atari than Commodore (Tramiel) ever was.

[gamingguy]

The flaw with the ST was the sound. It didn't have that rich, deep sound produced by Amiga's Paula chip. Amiga had a kind of "echo" effect that even today sounds fantastic on a Surround Sound Stereo.



And for me, Commodore Amiga was like an upgraded Commodore=64. The C=64 had the best graphics and sound of any 8-bit platform. Likewise, Amiga had the best graphics and sound of any 16-bit platform. For me, Amiga was like a direct child of the C=64.

[Ianwuk]

Hunter inspired Mario 64? Since when?

Hunter is great though!

I never really used a C64, I'm looking for Metal Gear for it (let me know if you have it).

The Amiga had superb sound quality, I still love music from games like Speedball 2 and the great theme tune from Cannon Fodder!

[devilman]

Personal favourites (most of which have already been mentioned) -

Captive
Carrier Command
Championship Manager '93 (Before the series became a bloody spreadsheet)
Frontier - Elite 2
Hunter
Kick Off 2
Lotus Turbo Esprit Challenge
Midwinter
Moonstone
Pinball Dreams
Sensible World of Soccer (The original need the bugs patching but still...)
Stunt Car Racer
Zak McKracken & The Alien Mindbenders

[ARCZero]

This is one of those lists that will be very subjective considering how many great games there were. My top 10 includes:

1. Speedball 2 - I don't like sports-like games except for this one, which is my all-time favorite sports-like game
2. Moonstone - never beat the boss in this game! grr.. what happens when you win?
3. Myth
4. Gods
5. Super Frog
6. Agony - excellent graphics, music, and atmosphere
7. Some game like Dungeon Master that was better - can't remember the name - Black something or other I seem to recall
8. Out of This World
9. James Pond 2 - superb platformer
10. Wings - I beat this excellent game
11. Nuclear War
12. Megalomania
13. Populus
...

And then there's all those Psygnosis, Cinemaware, Lucas Arts, arcade ports, Dragons Lair, and shareware games that were off the hook!

- ARCZero

[le geek]

Okay,
I'll take a crack at this... This should get the list heading in the right direction...

Let keep these 15 for now

Agony
Battle Chess!
Dragon's Lair
FOFT: Federation of Free Traders
Hostages
Lemmings
Maniac Mansion
Marble Madness
Pirates!
Shadow of the Beast (Psygnosis)
Sim City
Stunt Car Racer
Test Drive 1 &2: The Duel
The Pawn (Magnetic Scrolls)
Wings

And swap these:
Rocket Ranger for Defender of the Crown. Defender of the Crown was the first, but Rocket Ranger represents the best Cinemaware title to me as the most fun and most playable

Lotus Espirit Turbo Challenge for Out Run. Outrun was a so so port of the great arcade game. Lotus had that outrun feel, but adds two player plus crazy hills.

R-Type II for R-Type. R-Type II is a much better conversion on the Amiga.

Star Glider II for Star Glider. Star Glider is a fun game with vector polys, but the sequel had shaded polys and a whole solar system to explore.

Arkanoid for Altered Beast. Altered Beast is fun but Arkanoid is a spot on conversion.

Gauntlet II for STUN Runner. Ditto.

Chaos Engine for Wing Commander. Chaos engine is a great two player shmup in the gauntlet vien with some puzzle elements added in. The style graphics and sound are awesome. Wing Commander is a fun game, but the amiga port is chunky on a not accelerated machine and is better played on a 386.


Out of This World (Another World) for Space Ace. Out of This World is a great cinematic game with cool atmospheric gameplay.

Cannon Fodder for Pac-Mania (3D). Cannon Fodder is Lemmings with guns. squad based mission combat with tiny men. Plays great with the mouse.

Pinball Dreams for Ballistix. Pinball Dreams is still one of the best pinball games. Great Graphics and Sounds. The sequel Pinball Fantasies has fancier tables, but the ball physics of Dreams is tighter.

Anarchy for Operation Wolf. The best updated Defender clone. Better than D2K

Prince of Persia for Dragon's Lair 2: Escape from Singe's Castle. Prince of Persia is a milestone platform game, still holds up, and the Amiga plays one of the best versions.


Cheers,
Ben