Happy birthday Amiga

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:34

Apparently it's the Amigas 30th birthday today. The Metro have done a top ten list online.

Would anyone like to guess what games are in it? Bear in mind it's the Metro. Hardly a heavyweight in the gaming world but I do agree with the majority.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14430

Zool?

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14430

Cannon Fodder?

Sensible Soccer?

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5470

I've seen the article so won't spoil it for people, but their choices weren't bad at all.

I remember *needing* an Amiga from the first time I saw an A1000 but didn't get mine till the A500 dropped to £399 in October 89.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:38

Skidmarks

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14430

Populous?

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:39

Zool. No.

Sensible soccer, cannon fodder. Both yes!

Skid marks. No.

Populous. No.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14430

Magic Pockets?

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:40

Kick Off 2? :attitude:

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:40

Eye of the Beholder
hunter
hired guns
bio
moonstone a hard days knight

Da5e · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:41

Making the speech thing in Workbench say rude words?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:41

Kick off 3

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:42

Hunter is the only one out of that lot that is on the list.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:42

TheVision wrote:

Hunter is the only one out of that lot that is on the list.

WINNAH!

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:42

International Rugby Challenge.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:43

Speedball 2

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:44

BAttle isle

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:44

MaliA wrote:

Speedball 2

A well deserved yes!

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:50

Pacmania?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:52

Wurms
Antz
Cockroaches.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38705

Eye of the Beholder

F1GP

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:02

No to all of those but F1GP is great. I played that just a few nights ago.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:03

Dangerous Streets.

An instant classic, that.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12356

Cannon Fodder.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:07

Alien Pong Trilogy 2?

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:08

Only skimmed some of the suggestions, so might have already been said:

Hired Guns
mega-lo-mania
Xenon 2
Frontier
Pinball fantasies/Illusions

Morte · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:08

Rainbow Islands?

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:09

Eileen Bread

Morte · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:09

The First Samurai?

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:11

Rainbow islands and Cannon Fodder are on the list. None of the others are.

The Amiga had some great games didn't it?

Firefox · **Joined:** 20th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 261

The Hosepipe Demo!

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:14

Holy shit, someone has actually uploaded a video of Alien Pong Trilogy 2 to YouTube. I've had to apologise in the comments section.

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:15

Shadow of the Beast
Lemmings
Secret of Monkey Island
Beneath a Steel Sky
Prince of Persia

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:19

Firefox wrote:

The Hosepipe Demo!

The Bouncy Ball thing!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14524

A stab at some Amiga games :

Lemmings
Speedball
Some type of Kick off
Pinball Fantasies
Shadow of the Beast (not that great but so impressive at the time)
Midwinter
Monkey Island
Rainbow Islands (for using the actual arcade graphics for the game)
Out of this world / Another World
Flashback
Prince of Persia
Dune II
Civ
Populous
Xcom
Syndicate
IK+
Super Stardust
Skidmarks
James Pond II
Stunt Car Racer

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:25

This thread is giving me those bad 'I really should look on ebay for an A1200 to play these games in my mancave' thoughts again.
Might fire up 'Amiga Forever' this evening for some retro-Workbench fun.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:29

The WinUAE emulator is surprisingly good these days. That's worth a look.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38705

TheVision wrote:

The WinUAE emulator is surprisingly good these days. That's worth a look.

You can even make it simulate the crunchy disc noise

Edit: disk, sorry

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:39

DavPaz wrote:

TheVision wrote:

The WinUAE emulator is surprisingly good these days. That's worth a look.

You can even make it simulate the crunchy disc noise

Edit: disk, sorry

I'm still looking down at my PC expecting to see a disk drive whenever I load something and I hear the emulator's replicated drive-spinny noise.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:43

I love that noise. It makes me happy. Anyway, the top ten list.

Here's the link to take a look yourselves. Zaphod named a few and there are a few more obvious ones on there but Warhead? I've never played that.

http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/23/the-amiga ... s-5308505/

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12356

TheVision wrote:

I love that noise. It makes me happy. Anyway, the top ten list.

Here's the link to take a look yourselves. Zaphod named a few and there are a few more obvious ones on there but Warhead? I've never played that.

http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/23/the-amiga ... s-5308505/

I bet Warhead has.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38705

I wonder which ex-magazine staffer from the 90s wrote that.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38705

Heh, the Warhead video is of the ST version.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 13:11

GazChap wrote:

Holy shit, someone has actually uploaded a video of Alien Pong Trilogy 2 to YouTube. I've had to apologise in the comments section.

What's the music that starts at 3:37 from? I recognise the shit out of it.

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4367

Grim... wrote:

GazChap wrote:

Holy shit, someone has actually uploaded a video of Alien Pong Trilogy 2 to YouTube. I've had to apologise in the comments section.

What's the music that starts at 3:37 from? I recognise the shit out of it.

Damn you. It's doing my head in now.

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 14:57

GazChap wrote:

Holy shit, someone has actually uploaded a video of Alien Pong Trilogy 2 to YouTube. I've had to apologise in the comments section.

You appear to have made his day.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14430

That's so funny! I love it.

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 15:15

Happy Birthday my yellowing old chum. Unfortunately Mrs JC Senior could not afford you but you were better than the ST.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 15:19

Grim... wrote:

GazChap wrote:

Holy shit, someone has actually uploaded a video of Alien Pong Trilogy 2 to YouTube. I've had to apologise in the comments section.

What's the music that starts at 3:37 from? I recognise the shit out of it.

Can't remember - have downloaded the archive from Aminet and inspected the mod file, no clues.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 15:19

Here's another one, for Shoot Out.

Be Excellent To Each Other

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Be Excellent To Each Other

Happy birthday Amiga 30 today

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Happy birthday Amiga
30 today