An A2Z of Amiga games.

Simply put the first poster starts at "A" and chooses a game to post. A picture and a few words about the said game would be nice but not necessarily compulsory. Consecutive posters each carry on with the alphabet with the second poster having "B" and third getting "C" etc etc, ad infinitum. Once through the alphabet means we start back at "A" to repeat the process although speaking of repeats the Amiga has quite an impressive catalogue so I don't want to see any repeats except possibly for some troublesome letters. I'm looking at you, "Q", here.

I'll try and keep up with a rundown of each game mentioned. Alternatively any other officers could keep it updated if they so wish.

Starting off then I'm going to choose Alien Breed. A top down search and shoot game that bears an uncanny influence from H.R.Geigers Alien and Ripleys nemesis.

0-9
3D Construction Kit

A
Alien Breed
Another World

B
Body Blows
Battle Isle

C
Cannon Fodder
Celtic Legends

D
Dune
Dungeon Master

E
Elite
Exile

F
Flood
Flight Of The Amazon Queen

G
Gods
Gem'X

H
Hunter
Heart Of China

I
IK+
Interphase

J
James Pond 2: Robocod
Jungle Strike

K
Knightmare

L
Loom

M
Monkey Island 2: Le Chucks Revenge

N
Nightbreed

O
Oh No! More Lemmings

P
Parasol Stars

Q
Qix

R
Rodland

S
Sensible World Of Soccer

T
Turrican

U
Utopia

V
Virus

W
Wings

X
Xenon II

Y

Z
Zeewolf

B
Body Blows
Similar fighting game to Street Fighter 2, which also had uppercut, spinning kick and projectile special moves.

C
Cannon Fodder
You guide a crack team of armymen through a variety of terrain, utilising guns, grenades and rockets to take down your foes.

D
Dune
A strategy-adventure hybrid, Think command and conquer but with spiceinstead of Tiberium and the spice doesn't last forever.

E

Elite

A space adventure game along the lines of EVE Online but without the MMO status. Space battles, trading and travel. Blocky early 3d graphics.

One of EA's early games by Bullfrog (they who created the almighty Populous and Powermonger). A platformer who's protagonist(Quiffy) has to escape each level before drowning in the encroaching flood. Didn't do too well IIRC but I enjoyed it none-the-less.

G

Gods

A fantastic platformer based on myth and legend. Powerups and weapons a plenty! Super Mario would be jealous.

Does anyone recognise this game?

Was way ahead of it's time and could almost be considered a precursor to Grand Theft Auto 3 and onwards. A free roaming polygonal 3D landscape for you to explore in a wide variety of vehicles. Didn't quite get the success that I feel it deserved.

Yep. It's Hunter from Activision.

I
International Karate + (IK+)
An early fighting game with mutiple moves and blocking. Similar to Nintendo's Karate Champ with better graphics.

Hehe. Of course I do Cybro. I posted it on here in one of the other threads IIRC. By the by, you need the hammer in the screenshot as well! :)

For "K" let's have a dungeon crawler in the style of Dungeon Master, Eye Of The Beholder and Captive. In fact speaking of Captive I believe this games engine was based on the same one used in Captive which isn't altogether surprising as Tony Crowther was responsible for both. Brits of a certain age may also remember the cult TV show. :)

Knightmare.

On a side note I really hope I get "L" next time around!

Loom

A point and click adventure game created by the same people that made the Monkey Island series as well as a bunch of other frist rate adventure games of the time. There was even an In Game advertisment for Loom in The Secret of Monkey Island. Fantasy, wizardry and adventure.

This "N" came free with the machine in the package I received. On the one hand at least it gave guaranteed sales (which were needed) but on the other it didn't inspire any confidence in your brand new machines abilities when you played this game.

Maybe I'm being harsh and maybe if I played it now (if I hadn't already used it as a saves disk for another game) then I may just get into it and find a decent game lurking beneath the first ropey ten minutes or so. Anyone else have their own ideas and opinions they'd like to share on this one?

Nightbreed:

God, this is the only one i could think of bar Operation Thunderbolt (which i never played!)

Oh No! More Lemmings
One of the first expansion packs of all time, this data disk contained 100 extra Lemmingtastic levels, 6 new audio tracks, and exclusive to the Amiga; 10 two-player levels!

:lol:

I can see "O" being a problem for some people then! Thankfully I've got "P" which means some other sucker gets the dreaded "Q". :)

Okay then. Up for "P" is a platformer. Cute and colourful and also starring Bub and Bob from the two prequel games Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands. Who would ever have thought that their latest arsenal would involve bashing and spinning baddies on deadly umberellas?

(Poor Sucker)

Qix: An arcade game. Draw lines to make rectangles and coveras much of the board as possible, withoutgetting caught by the evil sparkles or hunter,to win.

I remember having lots of fun with this one althouth the story escapes me at the moment. Possibly something to do with two kids searching a tower looking for their kidnapped mom? Correct me if I'm wrong.

Basically each screen is one level of the tower and you have to bash the baddies with your wands (rods). Once captured by the wand keep hammering the fire button and you repeatedly bash your enemy until he/she gives in and expires. Can be played by two simultaneously and I'm almost certain you could pick up your buddy with your wand and bash them as well.

*Reads above script.*

No really it is better than it sounds!

Rodland.

S
Sensible world of Soccer 95/96

Still one of my favorite games of all time, without SWOS there would be no PES or to a lesser extent FIFA. Simple to play but will take months to master. The 95/96 edition is said to be what Chris Chapman, the lead programmer originally wanted to create.

How much longer must i wait for the XBLA version?

Now I'd better mention from the off that platforming shooters are really not my thing but this one was good enough to make me play it all the way through. Good visuals, superb movement and control and a surprisingly good soundtrack.

People, here's Turrican.

Utopia

A futuristicstrategy game. Somewhat like an early Command and Conquer.

I remember playinga demo of this on the school Archimedes under the name of Zarch IIRC. So when I got my Amiga I hunted this down. It was actually quite a difficult title to get hold of and even more difficult to play. Boy, was the learning curve steep! However if you could get the hang of it you'd find yourself playing quite an intriguing little game. Your craft (looking remarkably like a Horay Starboat from Eite) could soon be zooming above the patchwork 3D landscape like the Red Arrows. :)

And then you try combatting the Viral enemies and then you crash. You see. I told you the learning curve was steep. :)

Despite the difficulty it still remains an impressive piece of programming considering how smooth, fast and pretty the game is.

Virus.

Wings

A WWI fighter plane simulation that follows the story of a man fighting for the Allies during the early stages of the 'War to end all wars'. Excellent graphics(for the time)and gameplay. One of my favorite aspects of the game was the types of missions youcould run. Bombard munitions warehouses and trains, batter ground troops on the front lines while being fired upon by 'Archie', shoot down observation balloons or engage in dogfights with enemy fighters. One of the best games of it's kind.

Xenon 2 - Megablast, a vertical shooter that was made for spending hours upon hours off joystick button mashing. You'd start with a basic ship and collect point, then buy add-on to defent the mega nasties that would appear thruout the levels. One of my favourite games, just like nearly every other one mentioned so far..

Z
Zeewolf

Taking more than a few pages from the "Virus" book of game design, Zeewolf was Binary Asylum's first title. The 3d landscapes, which havent aged well, were revolutionary at the time, and gave Amiga users a short glimpse of what the future of games might be.

Why no "Y"? It can't be that difficult can it? Anyway "Y" is open to anyone who wants to grab it out of turn. A cookie to the first who does. :D

Edit: Dozy old me has forgotten to include a slot for games starting with numbers. Again this one is free for the taking out of turn!

Right then it looks like wea are back to "A".

Does this one need an introduction? The pic may be of the 15th anniversary edition but visually it hasn't changed much. Reputed to be an advancement from Prince of Persia with it's incredibly fluid character animation. You youngsters better believe me when I say that at the time of release almost everyones jaw dropped when they saw this in action. :)
The story goes that you are a nuclear scientist and one day when experimenting with a particle accelerator you are zapped into "Another World". What follows is a short but beautiful platforming experience. Yes, you may finish it quickly and yes, it may feel like an interactive film but you can't help falling in love with it.

I can't seem to find any games starting with Y... Here's a B though.

Battle Isle: A turn based strategy game where each unit under your control had certain attributes that you could use to take out the enemy(either the Computer or another human player). You could win by taking out the enemies entire force or by capturing their headquarters.

I remember many a time we would set up a computer monitor with a piece of cardboard in the center attached with velcro to keep the other human player from looking at the othersmoves.

This game had several sequels, at least one good, most very bad.

Here's one for the numbered and symbol section.

Do you remember Freescape? Such titles as Castlemaster and Total Eclipse? Of course you do. They are mentioned in this thread for starters. Well this little program from DoMark allowed you to build your own Freescape world. Free to create your own story with set pieces. Although I must admit that I only ever tried to rebuild my house on it. :)

Continuing the turn based strategy games I'm going to choose Celtic Legends for "C". Complete with hexagonal mapping and a pretty full roster of mythological beasties. You see, there are two wizards vying for the land utilising all manner of spells and summoned creatures to accomplish this.

If you have ever played an old 8bit machine game called Chaos by Julian Gollop then you should find this game extremely familiar just rather advanced somewhat.

Oh my, i failed at the alphabet! Sorry dudes :P

Dungeon Master! An RPG set in the tunnels of a Dungeon. You are a wizard sent to form a team of heroes to explore the dangers of the Dungeon. Use the skills of yourgroupof four to accomplish your goal. Fighters, Warriors, Wizards, Mages, and many others team up to fight the evils of the dungeon. Find treasure and better weapons and armor as you go in order to become the Dungeon Master!

I wonder how many of you remember Exile?

A platformy arcadey exploratory game set in a space theme on the surface and in caverns of a planet called Phoebus. Featuring real life mimicking physics such as mass and inertia among others this was certainly ahead of it's time. Astonishingly this was not it's first showing either. This game started life on the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro!

Flight Of the Amazon Queen: A point and click adventure game along similar lines as Indiana Jones and theLast Crusade and the Monkey Island series.

Puzzle games were more prevalent in the Amiga days and were also more popular which may go some way to explaining my first statement. Anyway. I've got a good puzzler for you here and no mistake.

Hosted by manga/anime women with soft voices and a very low clothing budget you were invited by these girls to manipulate a bank of gems shown on the left side of the screen to match the bank of gems shown on the right. Clicking on a gem sent it down the colour chart (shown in the centre of the screen) by two places whereas the four adjacent gems to the one you clicked advanced one place down the colour chart. Advance a gem who is at the bottom of the colour chart and it disappears allowing the gems above to fall down.

It sounds ridiculously easy and simple doesn't it?

I love you.GemX

Heart of China: Another point and click adventure game along the lines of the Indina Jones games. Great well drawn graphics for its time.

Did anyone else get this free with an Amiga magazine? (Amiga Format IIRC).
An obscure little 3d polygon flying puzzle game. I can't remember the storyline or if it even had much of one but it moved quite well and for a polygon game looked pretty good as well.

One of my favourite platformers for the a1200 or really any amiga. Plenty of jumping, bonuses and lots of levels..

Devvy: would you be so good as to choose another "J" game please? :)

Continuing on the tradional top down 3d perspective shooter, this one took you on several missions to blow everything up, rescue the soldiers of war, carry supplies around, and generally not get shot down. Very entertaining and similar to desert strike but with trees to crash into.