Another world back in the day seemed insane to me, and it still does. What an absolute masterpiece.

One thing we can all agree is these are stone cold classic games and the Amiga is one of the greatest gaming machines ever made!

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

It was way harder than I thought to pick 25 mate, may have to do an honourable mentions!!

@TheHobbyLodge

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 I bet mate, as much as I want both the Mini and Maxi(fingers crossed) I cannot wait to get an original running. Such an epic computer and those games still look great, I mean Banshee could be a modern indie game.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHobbyLodge that’s a good shout, I could definitely see banshee on switch, even the Evercade could play it surely!

@XxDUSTYxX666

2 жыл бұрын

@TheHobbyLodge You said it! 🥰👍

@bigbabatunde1218

2 жыл бұрын

Really not trying to be 'that guy' but I never could see the appeal of the Amiga other than for those getting cheap pirated games from market stalls back in the 90's (which is made all the more strange as stalls down the same markets also done swap a game plus a fiver for Megadrive and SNES games also). Also seemed that an awful lot of Amiga games didn't have any in game music either as it seemed to be either music OR sound FX but not both running at the same time. I never grew up with an Amiga but was aware of it. I also never grew up with the P.C Engine but was impressed with the recent P.C Engine Coregrafx mini as it clearly redefined what I thought old school shmups were all about. I was a Megadrive kid growing up. The Megadrive also had The Chaos Engine and Speedball 2, so why would anyone bother with an Amiga? Considering what I've just said about the Amiga's only real USP in the 90's it's also Ironic that the type of kids that had an Amiga back then were also the type of kids that did well at maths and were probably going to grow up to become accountants, bookkeepers or estate agents etc but seemingly couldn't care less about indulging in software piracy. 😂😂🤦

What a blast! Xenon 2 i enjoyed for so long! Another world, flashback, UFO, syndicate. I remember my cousin had cannon fodder, and i loved the mouse gameplay for that day it was a really good game! Great list mate! 👌👍🖖

Brings back memories, thanks

A good list, and everything is personal taste, but it's missing some absolute blinders - Hired Guns (one of the few games which you could actually have 4 players on one machine), SWIV (not sure how you can have banshee, but not this one), project X, pinball dreams/fantasies, Lotus Turbo Esprit challenge 2, superfrog, alien breed, Eye of the beholder......and many more. SWOS at the top is fair enough - I can remember all the PC boys were absolutely desperate for that game, but the simple fact was that the PC couldn't handle the scrolling anywhere near as well as the amiga (only when things were on the verge of going over to 'Pentium' did it reach the speed of the Amiga - I had a 486 DX4 75Mhz laptop which was ok to play SWOS on, but the Amiga was still smoother). I would put speedball 2 as a very close second as that had a very special place in my gaming history. I met some of the bitmap brothers at an Earl's court computer show, after we had held a tournament in my home town (which they gracefully sent us some merchandise for, to offer as prizes). Many many years later, purely by chance, I was also picked out as a game tester for an attempt to do a 3D version of the game (on PC).........it was promising, but just didn't play very well. Really nice to see Wings on the list though - absolutely loved that game and it still stands out in my mind as one of the most complete gaming experiences of the time (the 3 different game modes, the snippets of story and history and not least the documentation that came in the box :-))

This takes me back..Loved some of these games. Had the A500/600 and then the 1200....sensible soccer was great for footie fans....Cannon fodder is closer behind for me..because of how much fun it is!

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

War has never been so much fun after all haha!! I went straight from the c64 to an A1200 but played some awesome games on it. Too many to choose from, so hard to come up with only 25 but then to pick a favourite, it’s easier to pick a favourite child haha!

@craftuar2439

Жыл бұрын

I am not a fan from sensible soccer, for me Kick-Off 2 work better 😍 But i love Canon Fodder too 😍😍😍

Nice video! Will need to check these out!

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks mate, some of my most favourite nostalgic games ever here!

What a list! Cant wait to get hold it and start adding!

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Ah mate, so many games I left out, I might have to do another 25 haha

Was surprised that Napalm: The Crimson Crisis wasn't on here... that game was a monster of a game. But I think it did require RTG graphics and not everyone had it. Bloodwych (and its Data disk) were the foundations of Dungeon Crawlers imho Dune 2, was also great. Hired Guns, could have been more popular if only you could team up with people over the net with it. I know its more than one game, but the "Treasures Of Infocom" had 20 classic text adventures and as a set that was probably the best buy I ever made of an Amiga game. :D

Loved the adventure games on the A500...i still have 2 amiga500s in their boxes even now...

@Retro_B8

6 ай бұрын

A classic machine, I hope you power them up to play every now and again!

@doctorsocrates4413

6 ай бұрын

@@Retro_B8 yea i give them a spin every now and again.

@Retro_B8

6 ай бұрын

@@doctorsocrates4413 ah good to hear mate!

Belter that mate, some absolute classics here. Great job!

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh thanks mate, not gonna lie, I took inspiration from yourself and a couple of others making this so for you to say so is brilliant. Thanks again Pete.

Great list!

love that comando music intro

Good list but notably these are missing and essential: Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (the first one; the sequel had worse graphics and gameplay) Carrier Command (huge game, endlessly playable) Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker Archer Maclean's Pool F1GP (the sense of speed on this was ridiculous - amazing what Geoff Crammond did) Hybris TV Sports Basketball TV Sports Football Paradroid '90 Eye of the Beholder Bloodwych Dungeon Master Supercars II Robocop Operation Wolf Bad Dudes vs Dragonninja Street Fighter II Sidewinder SWIV Silkworm R-Type Ivan Stewart's Off-Road Racing

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s an epic list there mate! I’ve been looking through as there’s a couple I’ve nit played!! Carrier command is immediately something I think I’ll really enjoy, F1GP was so close, I loved that game, the speed was unreal! Ivan Ironman as well, a game I adore on the C64 and it’s pretty good fun in the NES as well. All very good games mate, nice list!

@cycodamo

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 I've narrowed it down to my top 10, if I had your skills I'd make a video about how great these were. Forgot about Populous and its sequel, that's a must have. While Speedball 2 deserves its place, people often forget about its predecessor which was also a great game. Notable omissions are any Cinemaware games, they were all very good, Megalomania, and The Secret of Monkey Island which is still the funniest game I've ever played. But anyway, these are the games I played and loved the most: Populous II Supercars II Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge Speedball 2 Paradroid ‘90 Robocop The Chaos Engine Jimmy White’s Whirlwind Snooker Carrier Command F1GP

Nice one :) .. I bet you enjoyed putting that together ... awesome work mate :)

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve, was fun to put it together, the volumes were a challenge to get right, lessons learned for the next one!

Well done including Banshee. Amazing game, often overlooked.

Great list - many of these titles influenced my career as a software engineer. Had to laugh, I sat my GCSEs in 94 as well!

@Retro_B8

6 ай бұрын

Haha, if I’d only put as much effort into my GCSE’s as trying to win the European cup!

Watching the vid now. So far so good. My dad bought me an Amiga and a load of games from a car boot sale and although I loved it, I could play it a lot and some of the games and control sticks didn't work on it. I'm looking forward to my A500 mini arriving soon.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Ah I hope you enjoyed it mate, the mini is definitely going to work outta the box, hope you enjoy playing it!

Cool list, played and love most of the games on this list on other machines, couple never tried but look good, also never realised there was ever a sequel to Chaos Engine.

great video! Rick Dangerous for sure in mine!

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Ah thank you!! Yep there has to be a part two to this, Rick Dangerous is a great shout!!

Frontier elite ii was life

@Retro_B8

8 ай бұрын

Oh wasn’t it just! Can you remember the cheat to get loads of money at the start?

This is so awesome!

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Did you play the Amiga?

@nemiQt

Жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 Yes but not sure which one it was. I have to ask my brother. I mostly remember playing Lemmings. 😆

@nemiQt

Жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 I played more on Comendore 64. Just love the music of this games so much.

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

@@nemiQt a brilliant game, i still enjoy playing it today, good luck with the longest journey stream tomorrow. hoping to catch it

@nemiQt

Жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 it's now. 10 pm

My own 25 favorites in no particular order is. The Chaos Engine Great Giana Sisters Cannon Fodder Rick Dangerous James Pond 2 Turrican 2 Wonderdog Navy Seals Superfrog Lotus II Agony Ducktales Rainbow Islands Rodland Zool Premiere Silkworm Stunt Car Racer Sleepwalker Soccer Kid Pinball Fantasies Prehistorik Chuck Rock Heimdall Hagar Im mostly into platformers when it comes to Amiga.

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

Oh boy, that would be a hell of a list of games to play through. Some of my absolute favourites there as well as a few I’ve not played,agony, prehistorik and sleepwalker.

Pleaase do more!!! there's not alot of good edited and structured video covering amiga game on youtube beside gamesack... nd I love the vibe you bring here!!!

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Wow I think that’s possibly the best comment anyone has ever made on one of my videos, thank you for the very kind words! After receiving some great feedback I’ve definitely got another similar Amiga video planned, as well as a couple on the Commodore 64!

Cracking list. Would add civilization, megalomania, lotus esprit 2, supercars 2, Rainbow Islands. So many classic games when you look back.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

We were spoiled back then, yes civilisation, supercars, rainbow islands, all class games!!

Another World, Zool, Simon the Sorcerer, The Chaos Engine, Speedball 2 and Worms the Directors Cut are already in A500 mini bundle.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

That’s right they are, they picked some excellent titles in the bundle.

Some absolute belters in thus list, and a fair few I've still to play. I really need spend some time with my A500 Mini. But not Champ Man or I'll play nothing else 🤣

uve finally cracked me, im gunna get one of these now So many missed out Defender Of The Crown, Dune, Utopia, Detroit, Mega Lo Mania

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that sound good mate. I was on the fence but yep, I broke as well and ordered mine haha

I'll switch Gunship 2000 for Swiv on any list. As a matter of fact, the Sacred Trilogy of Shoot'em'ups are : Banshee, Battle Squadron and Swiv. Awesome trio.

Such a great list, only swap I'd maybe have made would be to throw in walker.... other than that it's spot on. I genuinely think if you'd have been in my school we'd have been best mates haha

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, ahh Walker, OSG has mentioned that one to me a few times I think I definitely need to give it a shot haha. Ah mate, probably. Me and my mates all shared our games back then, we even used to go to a computer club which was basically a huge meeting to copy games haha. Glad you enjoyed the video mate

Maniac Mansion and Zach McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

Ah two stone cold classics, for me they are in my C64 memories but I really should play them on the Amiga, it’s definitely on the to do list!

You’ve missed the 3D Robocop 3 game and Corporation off that list, both stone cold Amiga classics. Ooh forgot Gods and The Killing Game Show, so many great games.

Awesome video!👍 I am still waiting for my 500mini. 😩 I just installed the WHDLoad package on my USB Stick (plus tons of games and demos in the "THEA500-games" folder). Has "boot-data.zip" to be unzipped, too, or does it remain so? Thanks in advance!

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks mate, yeah I think they always have to be unzipped but just make sure it is an actual zip file, sometimes when a PC doesn’t recognise a file type it looks like a zip file. Well, mine does that for some reason anyway haha

You definitely know your stuff, great choices there.

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

Ah thanks mate, tbh I’ve discovered a few new games due to the A500mini now that may make it into the list now! Thanks for watching

@Steve_UK77

Жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 Happy to join your gang (subscribers!)

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

@@Steve_UK77 ah cheers mate, are you into 8 bit at all? Oh I done a video called the essential top ten, one is on the Amiga

@Steve_UK77

Жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 Absolutely, I had a Vic20 and then upgraded to a C64 and then Amiga. I absolutely love Commodore content.

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

@@Steve_UK77 ah mate that’s almost my journey as well, I love my C64 and I’ve owned a few vics but the nostalgia just wasn’t there so moved them on!

Defender of the Crown, and Death Sword, were my favorites along with Speedball.

Loved my Amigas. I had a 500 plus and a 1200.

Great list mate. I would have to add Rick Dangerous 1 and 2. Both Amiga classics

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh class games! Loved them on the C64 as well tbh. I think I need to list another 25 mate!!

Cant wait for the A500 mini. Great video, I'll be looking to add most of these as well as Desert Strike, Paperboy, Batman, Buggy Boy, New Zeland, Dizzy Adventures. The games just go on.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks mate, yeah it’s not long to go now only a few weeks! So cool we can add our own games via USB!

@darranparker3930

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 yes can't wait dude. Just hope it's an easy process to get the games and play them

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

@@darranparker3930 yeah I’m sure it will be, the maxi and mini works really well with usb support so fingers crossed they follow suit!

@darranparker3930

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 I hope so mate. I can't wait to re live my childhood. I still say my best gaming years were those on the Amiga

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

@@darranparker3930 I can’t argue with that. The C64 is probably the most nostalgic to me but the Amiga just took it to the next level!

Its not easy to do an Amiga top list of games. There are so many. Here's a list of cool games. They are all cool games. Hired guns, chaos engine, sensible soccer, switchblade, ruff n tumble, yo Joe , doodle bug, captain Dinamo, dizzy, Arabian nights, traps n treasures, speedball, monkey island, magic pockets, cannon fodder, super frog, rainbow islands, Simon the sorcerer, flashback, another world, zool, megalomania, populous, beneath a steal sky, syndicate, prince of Persia, Turrican, Jim power, eye of the beholder, rick dangerous, guardian, battle squadron, final fight, fighting spirit, James pond, shadow dancer, toki, Leander, lionheart, pang, cabal, Rolland, banshee, alien breed, north and south, pinball fantasies, pinball illusions, lemmings, Virocop, odyssey, Toki, New Zealand story, Lotus, Jaguar XJ220, crazy cars 3, Slamtilt, Ambermoon, Wings, Civilization, UFO: enemy unknown, Pinball dreams, Worms, Chuck rock, Moonstone, Genetic species, Dana blaster, Stunt car racer, Indiana Jones and the last crusade, Dune, IK+, Rodland, D generation, carvup,vroom, seek and destroy, walker.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Now that is a list of games to play on the Amiga if I’ve ever an one. Epic man, we were spoiled for choice weren’t we back then mate!

Loved Rastan Saga so Shadow of the Beast 1, which is even more awesome than Rastan arcade, is probably my all time fav game in joint 1st place with Lotus II. Never really liked any horizontal shmups, only played Nemesis, Salamander and Vulcan Venture and they never got converted. Lionheart and Soccer Kid are two really impressive A500 games too. Unreal dragon flying sections was a very awesome bit of Sega style 3D on Amiga 500 too. Speedball II and Battle Squadron were great 2 player games I played with my cousin. For A1200 Lotus III (which runs full speed unlike on A500 which is a bit lagger with max scenery) was my fav' game with Super Stardust.

Uninvited, dungeon master, fairy tale adventure, hero’s quest so you want to be a hero, geebee air rally, among others

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

Oh some stone cold classics there!!

Can’t wait for my preorder kinda hoping they are going to do a maxi version as well, 2 games missing for me are Superfrog and kid chaos

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I’d love a maxi version as Well mate! Superfrog was a straight choice between it and zool and I’d just played zool more although I do enjoy superfrog. Kid Chaos, I’ve never played it, but I feel I definitely should now!!

@brynjarborgersen8131

2 жыл бұрын

Well, Zool comes preinstalled so you should've gone with the better Superfrog ;)

Great video, some games there I actually forgot about. My list would probably include, dogfight, shuttle. Is there a way to play these games on a modern pc?

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, some of my absolute favourite games ever! Yes I’m sure a pc will be able to run an emulator, the games are all abandonware I think as well so downloading roms shouldn’t be hard either!

Great choice of Amiga games! I played most of them back in the days and am looging foreward to do it again! Do you have a suggestion where best to find these games?

@Retro_B8

5 ай бұрын

Are you after originals or to emulate, there’s some excellent Amiga emulators out there that a basic pc can run

@Retro_B8

5 ай бұрын

And glad you enjoyed the video!

@luckyday3249

5 ай бұрын

I already have the Amiga mini and learned how to play roms on it. But some just do not run smoothley.

@Retro_B8

5 ай бұрын

@luckyday3249 they’re doing a new update today I think to sort that, check out their website to hopefully update it mate

I'd add Hired Guns, IK+, Pinball Fantasies and Project X

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

I can’t argue any of those. In retrospect IK+ should definitely of been in there 100%, maybe time to do another 25!

Please check out my previous video on wether the A500mini is worth buying here kzread.info/dash/bejne/lIBkpK2YfcSYeJs.html

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

@Rocky 3163 thanks mate, yep plenty of time to think of some great games!

First of all great list all of this Games are killers no fillers. I formyself want to mention North & South, BC Kid, Populus (1&2), Civilisation, Sim City, Mad TV, Future Wars, some early Ultima Games, Eye of the Beholder, SWIV, maybe Bomberman (because it was a port and more a console game) Powermonger Apydia and Last Ninja III.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Ah thank you, the list could of went on forever there’s so many great games to choose from! Yes, N&S, civilisation, sim city, SWIV are all games I used to play a great deal. I should try LN3 as I’ve only played it on the C64! Powermonger, ah what a classic!!

@BerndBadura

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 Correct! Your list is one of the best top 25 Amiga Games I know. But there are some other lists out there with also just exellent picks and a lot of other games, that are equally good. It´s so hard to say which are "the real best 25 Amiga games". Let´s say there are about 100 Amiga games that are absolut classics. Some of them belong for me in the list of the best 100 games of all time, but with the exception of Monkey Island, you wouldn't find them anywhere. Similar fate with a lot of games of the "Home-Computer-Era. So many classics, and just freaks like us remember them. LN3 was quite the same on the Amiga and the C=64, but of course the graphics were much better on the Amiga. A classic game nontheless.

Heimdall? Shadow of the Beast? Mindwalker? 3 Stooges? Racter? Archon? So many games missing here...!

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

There’s literally hundreds missing, but I can only list 25 games I’ve played and I think other people may like. There’s going to be a part two comprising of all the suggested games, I’ll make sure to include these!

Xenon II IT’S A MEGABLAAAAAAAASSSSSSSTTTTTT!!!!! Love the game and the music 🤟🏻

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Class game, way understated I think!

Can you download or add more games to this Mini 500? there wasn't many I would of had back in the day that are on this list...except the top 3 which I had.

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

Yes 100%, you need a USB to put the downloaded games of your choice onto. If you go to the official site of the amiga500 mini there’s all the info and instructions how to do it!

Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight and Wizball are 2 stone-cold classics that should have made the cut in my humble opinion. I mean Moonstone is one of the best looking and hands down the goriest game of its time mate - the Dark Souls of its day. Do yourself a favor lad and look up that one asap (its on my channel) Also, H.R. Giger worked on an adventure game called Darkseed which was amazing too. Nice video though - cheers.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Moonstone it 100% a game i must play, I don’t know how I missed it back in the day! Wizball, I love it now (more in the C64 due to nostalgia) but as a kid I didn’t have a clue what to do haha!! Going to sort my USB today so im definitely going to finally play moonstone, cool I’ll look at darkseed as well, cheers mate, always great to see recommendations!

As is typical, I LOVE Bitmap Brothers graphics. (and many of their game soundtracks...) That said, I hate the Megablast soundtrack! :D I know, I know, I guess everyone can skewer me now, (or later) for that comment. Here's the thing. I'm an absolute electronic music junkie. I've listened to, and made electronic and chip tunes since the 80s. I spent the 90s at raves and clubs. I've spent the last decade and a few odd years designing modular analog synthesizers. (you can see them in my channel if interested :D ) Love house, techno, industrial, breakbeat, acid, drum and bass, (especially real midwest or german techno though). I have just never been able to get into Megablast though, especially for an entire game. :D Now Chaos Engine, THAT is an electronic soundtrack. ;) Anyway... Nice video, and nice list!

Alien Breed, dude! No.1

North and South

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Ah what a superb game!!

Moonstone, Das Schwarze Auge ('Realms Of Arkania: Blade Of Destiny' in english), Space Crusade and Pirates are missing for me

Hi... can you suggest a joystick compatible with amiga 500 mini?

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure the stick for the TheC64 works on the A500mini, the competition pro lookalike

Anyone know how to run Amiga on Emuelec ? I get the disk 1 threw 3 most if the time the games won't work .

Why Pirates! is not on this list, is a complete mystery! XD

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

Ah that’s an easy one, I’d never played it! Well, I played a pirate version (no pun intended) the CD32 version on the A1200 but it didn’t quite run right. Love it on the c64 though.

@Mesteren2

Жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 hehe ok, then you've missed out on one of the greatest games ever made for the Amiga. I bought the A500 Mini yesterday and the first sideloaded game I installed was Pirates. I've got MANY hundred hours under my belt playing that game. :D

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

@@Mesteren2 ah I’ve so many games to play that I missed out on, I hope you are enjoying the A500mini, I’ve really become addicted to arcade pool and stunt racer!!

@Mesteren2

Жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 thank you and I will, I've got 25 years of "not being in possession of an Amiga" to catch up with :D

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

@@Mesteren2 ah so much fun in store! I enjoyed a light of flight sim games especially gunship 2000 which has proved harder to play but if you load the CD32 version on the mini it’s not too bad once you get the hang of the controls

I personally would include Carrier Command to the list.

love that comando comadre 64 intro music

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh it’s just the best man, love the original Rob Hubbard version but I love the updated one he’s done here as well. Master class

I remember seeing a review of Frontier in Amiga Format, with the tagline: "Elite was pretty fronty. But Elite 2 is even Frontier!"

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, class game though. It’s always hard to show it in a video like this though as it’s just a game that you kinda immerse yourself into!

@Dragonblaster1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 It’s amazing to me that I have old Amiga games like Lemmings and Beneath a Steel sky on my phone.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

How do you play them mate, on an emulator?

@Dragonblaster1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 No, they’re native iPhone ports.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Still, I do absolutely adore beneath a steel sky especially, I need it!

100% list

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Side load Zool? It's one of the included games? It's a great game though so yeah worth a play! Worms is included too.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Aye there are a few, another world etc that are included as well mate, these will be pretty much the 25 I’ll be looking forward plating most I guess

@xcon3k

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 ahh yeah I thought that was the case. I'll be honest I did my own list ready for when the A500 mini comes out. I did 25 had to remove some as they were on it already.. ha. Then I did an extra 10 at the bottom on a separate list of others.. so many great games!

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

@@xcon3k I was gonna do the same here but I didn’t want to leave any of my favourites out, the included games are great but I wish it was these 25 on haha but of course that’s my personal opinion!

@xcon3k

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 great list I agree. I'll watch more of this video.. someone came round so I stopped. Great video so far!

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

@@xcon3k ah thanks mate, I enjoyed making it. It’s the first one like this I’ve ever tried but so far everyone has been really positive about it so I think I’ll definitely do more!

I miss MegaLoMania on the list.

Missing a few classics for me. Barbarian, IK +, Sensible World of Soccer, Blood Money, Wings, Turrican to name a few. Still want one mind

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Sensible soccer was at number one mate, wings is in there as well? Anyway, I couldn’t put both turricans in so the ones that you said are all class games, I definitely need to do an alternate 25 maybe! Loving the mini, it’s way better than I expected, glad we can okay added games though!

@wurzelm743

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 LOL. Not sure what I was watching then. In fairness, watching Smokey and the Bandit at the same time 🤣.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

@@wurzelm743 😂😂😂 what a class film though, hey I can’t compete with that man!! Enjoy your film mate 👍🏻

@wurzelm743

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 keep up the good work mate. 80’s gaming still the best

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

@@wurzelm743 thanks mate, it’s a fun hobby! Ah the 80’s man, love those memories

Does Frontier run better on the Mini than the standard A500?

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve not played it yet but that’s a good shout, today’s task of definitely finding out!

My favourite Amiga games. It's purely a personal list. In no particular order... The Secret of Monkey Island Blood Money Speedball 2 Alien Breed Desert Strike Wonderland The Pawn Stardust Rainbow Islands Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 Apidya Another World Chaos Engine Faery Tale Adventure Marble Madness Pang

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

I’m here’s a few I need to play there mate, not played blood money, The pawn and fairy tale adventure! Can’t argue any of the others, some of my absolute faves in there!!

@Midwinter2

Жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 Thanks! Blood Money is VERY hard - but I got totally addicted to it and played it for months - it's a very big game. The Pawn is a good old-fashioned text adventure - which were very popular in the eighties. My bother and I played that till we completed it. Faery Tale adventure was the first time I played an open-world role-playing adventure: amazing at the time - not so sure if it'd stand up today...

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

@@Midwinter2 well sometimes it’s about the memories and nostalgia mate, I always remeber deathwish 3 on the C64. I loved that game as a kid, but wow does it get torn apart. Great music either way though haha. I’ve got the roms to try out, I struggle with text debentures to be honest but got to try them once right!

@Midwinter2

Жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 Okay, just checked out Death Wish 3. Looks okay - I never saw it before. By the time it came out in 1986, we had got our Amiga. There were some brilliant games on the C64 - Paradroid, Uridium, Summer Games 2, Way of the Exploding Fist, Entombed, Kickstart 2, International Tennis, Dropzone, Commando, Ghosts n' Goblins, Boulderdash etc etc etc. Well there's the nostalgia for you! The funny thing is, in later years with the Playstation/Xbox range & their massive increases in graphical sophistication, games just never had that same magic they had when they were simpler and more abstract in the 8-bit era... Well, text adventures were an acquired taste, even at the time. I liked them a lot - but, frankly, The Pawn was the only one I ever finished. I think that one was very well-designed, and the nice graphics were a great incentive to keep going... Ah, memories...!

i think the amiga 500 maxi the amiga 12 mini cd32 mini will be out before we bloody get out of league one lol. SAFC till they drive me off the cliff.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Ah mate they’re in self destruct recently. Another year wasted in this league. Would love to see a CD32 Mini, that would be super cool!

Don't get it - 7 of the games you mentioned are already on the A500!?!?

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

The video was originally released before the game list was known. I wasn’t expecting so many to make it in the system!

Well..... seeing as some of the games you want to install is preinstalled, I just can't take this list too seriously. No less than 6 of your "must sideload" titles are preinstallrd, leaving you with a list of 19games. Of which I agreed with Frontier and Wings. Championship Manager at a stretch. So of the 25 games you listed, 16 have never interested me on a personal level. And who in their right mind ranks zool over superfrog anyways? All that aside, I am actually thrilled about TheA500Mini, though I am more likely to want to play with the 3D programmes than the games (once I can figure out how to whdload Imagine and Real3D and whatnot)

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Brynjar ah the power of hindsight. Unfortunately when I recorded this originally the list of games wasn’t known. I’m kinda happy I managed to guess six tbh, although I still feel we’ve missed out on some classics. Maybe I should rename the video to 19 games to side load and the rest you don’t have to haha! Unfortunately this isn’t definitive, I can only list from my own personal experience and as I’ve never played super frog it would in fact be pretty a reckless to put it in over a game I have played and enjoyed don’t you agree? It’s certainly on my list to play now of course! The closer it gets the more excited I am to see how well the A500 mini performs, personally I’ve not ordered one just yet as I’m happy using original hardware but I’m sure I’ll pis keep one up by the end of the year!

Emulation with Raspberry Pi 400 are superior. Pi 400 have better hardware, better price too and don't forget I can run all workbenchs SO versions and programs too. I can run too all Amiga models like 500, 600, 2000, 3000, 1200 and run too all adf or whdload games.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

They are, I simply can’t argue that however costing £70, the extra work needed to set it up, aesthetically it doesn’t fit in with anything I own versus ease of use, portability, the fact I won’t be using programs just simply playing games that all seem available via WHD (at least the ones I want to play) includes a lovely controller and a pretty cool mouse I think the A500mini is definitely the way for me to go personally but I can understand why it’s not for everyone.

@paulo-figueiredo

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 NO. I can understand why Pi 400 it's not for everyone, because need to know about linux and Amiga SO. So that's the real reason many people prefer TheAmiga 500, because are more user friendly. But are a big difference between this two hardware emulators, Pi 400 are superior in hardware and need experience users, TheAmiga it's for users don't know anything about linux or Amiga.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulo-figueiredo exactly, for the average everyday gamer who’s after easy accessible Amiga action the mini is perfect. For true Amiga emulation that you can experiment and tinker with then is has to be in the Pi400 100% 👍🏻

Flood? By bullfrog...

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a bullfrog game in there!!

I would kick Xenon 2 off this list for Battle Squadron. Xenon 2 is quite pretty but has god awful controls.

DOOD!

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Where’s my car!!

A great selection of games: most of my favourites are there. My only objection - and it is a strong objection - is the inclusion of Xenon 2. A lazy port from the ST with an unacceptably poor frame rate, bad game design, and horribly annoying music.... Hybris & Battle Squadron are miles better, in my opinion. In fact, the first Xenon game is far more enjoyable than its sequel. Well, that's my rant over! The other games are great.

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

Yeah looking back that was definitely a game included due to my nostalgia! Glad the rest were ok though, I could maybe do an update to this

@Midwinter2

Жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 Ah, well, there is no need to take my personal opinion into account. Also: I've got it all off my chest! Whew! It's your page: your rules!

@Retro_B8

Жыл бұрын

@@Midwinter2 tbh looking at it now I think you’ve a really valid point mate! That’s the best bit about comments, reading other peoples points of view, haha glad you got if off your chest though. I’ve still never played the ST version!

Good games, but Xenon 2 is crap, 10fps shumup, c'mon, play Battle Squadron, Hybris, Swiv and Konami Knightmare, you will see really good ones.

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh you know what it is, music, I’m not saying that the music is bad in the games you list(which are great btw) but the xenon 2 music I’ve got so much nostalgia for. Absolutely love SWIV, especially in two player!

@TonimanGalvez

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 Xenon 2 music is good in the intro, but the music in the game is really cut down, and sound effects cut the main melody. The best Xenon 2 version is CDTV version, it got more music and extras. I get the CD image file and make my own physical version.

@TonimanGalvez

2 жыл бұрын

Xenon 2 CDTV version does not work on CD32, only on CDTV or OCS/ECS machines.

Lemmings is always #1. This rating system hates little green haired creatures :(

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

I love lemmings though, one of the finest games on Amiga, it’ll definitely make part 2.

@flymario8046

2 жыл бұрын

@@Retro_B8 It was on this... just it was #21!!! 21? omg. :)

@Retro_B8

2 жыл бұрын

@@flymario8046 ahh I thought you meant another video 🤦🏼‍♂️ it’s been a long day haha