Amiga game impressions

[le geek]

I've recently been spending more time with my trusty Amiga 2000 and have been going through some of my games that I collected years ago, but never really played. Here are some of my impressions (assuming the disks still work)...

Pictures added courtesy of Lemon Amiga


Mr. Nutz
After fiddling with my PAL Boot disk and waiting forever to load the game, the title screen comes up and some snappy MOD music plays. The game starts in an overworld similar to Super Mario World, but it involves bits of story and a few light puzzles. Once you get to a stage, it devolves into a bad Sonic clone. The game was obviously designed for the AGA chipset so everything is downgraded is a orange and yellow duotone mess...


Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon
Man, not all Cinemaware games are created equal! Crude yet colorful, the graphics in the game scream Deluxe Paint. After the title screen I stared at the status screen wondering what to do. I finally selected a choice from a drop down menu screen and I had to switch to disk two for a swordfight, then switch back to disk one. There may be a decent game buried somewhere in here, but back to the bottom of the pile it goes...

[kedawa]

Sinbad is hilarious. Just wait until you get busy with Libitina, or whatever her name is.
The message you get after defeating pirates is also worth a chuckle.

[Raedon]

Loved Sinbad. They really overdo the color cycle mode in that game.


quality there.

The Bards Tale games had their best showing on the Amiga. I always tell people who are into RPGs to check out those games on the Amiga.

[scooterb23]

Here's my impression of Cosmic Bouncer. Now be prepared, it kinds of looks like a shadow rabbit, and sounds like a drunk guy trying to do a DeNiro by way of post-stroke Sly Stallone. But I assure you it's Cosmic Bouncer...

Sorry, I'll find my own way out of the thread...

[Soviet Conscript]

The Bards Tale games had their best showing on the Amiga. I always tell people who are into RPGs to check out those games on the Amiga.

if you can find them, i've been looking for these and Temple of Apshai trilogy. i can find them for just about every system BUT the amiga

[kedawa]

I played a lot of Bard's Tale when I first got my A500 as a kid. I don't think I ever got close to finishing it. I remember liking Dungeon Master a lot, too.

[Arkhan]

Amberstar is a sweet Amiga RPG.