Underappreciated Amiga Games.

[zapiy]

OK so i have be doing some threads for different systems asking you to look into your gaming past and throw up a few underappreciated games.. This one is for the Amiga.

I will start.

Leander



I think this is one of the Amiga's most underappreciated games. The game contains some of the most amazing graphics, smooth animation with a music score to boot.

[MadCommodore]

Never played that but the name does ring a bell.

One game I thought was quite underrated was Pegasus. It's a really slick horizontal scrolling shooter that alternates levels with a Turrican/Rastan style level. It is packed with oodles of parallax and lovely animation. Megadrive quality for sure but for some reason pretty well unknown.

[zapiy]

One I don't remember either but that looks stunning and I must hunt that out.

[Greyfox]

lovely, lovely, I see potential game play videos here, although it's a curse to record Amiga games, you need a monster gfx card to handle the cpu clocks of the emulator,

Here's one I know neither of you heard off.lol..check this out.
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Although you may not of heard of them because the game is french, you should check it out. okay I'll give you a dig out.
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[MadCommodore]

Looks quite slick, was it released for the UK at all?

And you're sure right about recording Amiga games. the built in capture is really power hungry. I just about managed to cap some games using Camtasia (slightly less CPU intensive).

There was an underwater themed parallax shoot 'em up I remember playing (not Blood Money or Darius) but for the life of me I can't remember the name.

One game few people have really heard of is Cabaret Asteroids for the original Amiga chipsets, it literally is like playing Asteroids on Amiga MAME (without need for a CPU accelerator) it is that great a conversion and the sound....well that is just beautifully perfect full of rich bass and treble of the arcade.  

[AmigaJay]

Mine has to be Hunter, amazing for 1991, open world game, get in buildings, vehicles, day n night, im actually getting a unofficial CD32 version out  for download soon making use of the CD32 pad.

[zapiy]

Some amazing looking games there..

Really getting back into my Amiga stuff, so going to be whacking loads in here lol.

[zapiy]

Deliverance has to be one not many of you have heard of.. Well worth checking out.

[guest5970]

Never played that but the name does ring a bell.

One game I thought was quite underrated was Pegasus. It's a really slick horizontal scrolling shooter that alternates levels with a Turrican/Rastan style level. It is packed with oodles of parallax and lovely animation. Megadrive quality for sure but for some reason pretty well unknown.

Yeah and some good music by Barry Lietch  

[guest5970]

One of my all time favourites and i urge to check out is by Bjorn Lynne aka Dr.Awesome, both games are Escape from Colditz and Fantastic Voyage :-)

[zapiy]

Wow, never played either of those and never even knew they existed lol.

[Greyfox]

I remember them, both excellent games , another Amiga only club , created back in 1999  a brilliant game with great graphics, have any of ya heard of Wasted Dreams, check this Sh*t out


And this bad boy

Perihelion


Always like to bring something new to the board.

[zapiy]

Those two are awesome looking. Really getting back into my Amiga gaming.

[AmigaJay]

This is another reason why I'm making my CD32 discs, going through some old Amiga games, some ive never played before and testing they work ok, sure i play some on my amiga emulator, but then i tend to stick to games i have played before, this way i get to play some more obscure games, sure there is plenty of shite (what machine didn't!?) but sometimes some gems appear that sometimes get rated down but you think deserve better and are fun and still play well is what matters.

[zapiy]

Very good point and perhaps you can share those gems chap.