Commodore Amiga - Games of Interest
Exclusives and Standout Versions
Agony – Hori shooter
Alien Breed 3D? – FPS
Ambermoon? - RPG
Apidya – Hori Shooter
Apocalypse? – Choplifter clone
Banshee - Verti shooter
Battle Squadron – Verti shooter, MD (worse music etc.)
Benefactor – Platform/puzzle, also on CD32
Bob’s Bad Day? - Cameltry clone
Bubba ‘n Stix – Easier on MD but without cutscenes and with worse sound
Bubble Bobble - ARC/NES/SMS
Cannon Fodder – Best sfx & music, slightly higher resolution, slower paced than on PC (but same rate of fire = easier)
Captive? – Sci-fi dungeon crawler, Atari ST
Chaos Engine, The/Soldiers of Fortune – MD/SNES (better music & gfx on AMI, more slowdown and different colors on SNES)
Cruise for a Corpse? - Adventure, PC
Deliverance? - Gods-like, Atari ST
D/Generation - PC (different controls)
Disposable Hero - Hori shooter
Dyna Blaster - Bomberman 1 ARC
Exile – Metroid-like, C64
Fightin’ Spirit? – Fighting
Fire & Ice – Platform, SMS (worse)/PC
Gloom - FPS, "The absolute best release in the Wolfenstein (clone) category" /Leger
Gravity Force – Gravitation on PS1
Gravity Force 2
Hired Guns? – Space Hulk-like FPS/Strategy, PC (higher quality music)
International Karate + - 3-player fighting, C64/GBA
It Came From the Desert? – Adventure/Action, PC (worse)
James Pond II: Robocod - Platform, MD/SNES
K240? – Strategy
Land of Genesis (CD)? - Run ‘n gun
Leisure Suit Larry 1-4? - PC
Lemmings – PC/MD/SNES, etc.
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - PC/MD/SNES, etc.
Liberation: Captive II?
Lionheart? - Platform/action
Lost Patrol? – Sim/Action, PC (worse)
MasterBlaster v2.2? - Bomberman clone/hack (battle mode only)
Moonstone: A Hard Day's Knight? - Action/strategy
North & South – Strategy, PC/ST
P.P. Hammer? - Platform
Pang - Single screen action w/ 2-player co-op, ARC/SNES
Paradroid 90 – Overhead action/puzzle, a remake of Paradroid (C64)
Parasol Stars - PCE
Perihelion: The Prophecy? - RPG/Strategy, cyberpunk setting
Pinball Dreams - PC (worse)
Pinball Fantasies - PC
Pinball Illusions - PC, SAT/PS1 (one more table)
Pirates! (Gold?) – PC/MD/ST
Police Quest 1-2? - PC
Project X - PC
Putty Squad – Platform/puzzle, unreleased - SNES/MD/PC
Putty - Platform/puzzle, SNES
R-Type II? – ARC/PS1
Rick Dangerous I-II? – Platform/action (I Wanna Be The Guy)
Rodland - Very good arcade port except for it missing the unlockable second quest of the original, also on NES (very different)
Ruff ’n’ Tumble – Action/Platform/Collectathon
Scorched Tanks – Worms-like, PC
Secret of Monkey Island, The - PC
Sensible World of Soccer
Shadow Fighter? - Fighting, 1 button?
Shadow of the Beast III? – Action/Platform/Puzzle
Silk Worm? – 2-player Hori shooter, ARC/C64/ST
Simon the Sorcerer? - Adventure, PC
Slam Tilt – Pinball, PC
Space Quest 1-3? - PC
Super Cars II - PC
Super Skidmarks - Isometric racing, MD (worse)
Super Stardust – Asteroids clone, PS3 (HD ver.)
T-Zero? - Hori shooter
Toki – Action/Platform (up to jump as well as shoot upwards (need to hold the fire button before pressing up to target) takes getting used to), ARC/ST (plays faster, worse sound, slightly worse color)/NES
Traps ‘n’ Treasures? - Platform
Turrican – C64/MD (worse)
Turrican II – C64
Uridium 2 - Overhead Defender-like
Virocop - Overhead Run ‘n Gun
Vroom – F1 racing, ST/MD (F1)
Warlords? – Strategy, PC
Wings of Fury – Choplifter-like, PC
Wizkid? - Arcade/puzzle/adventure
Worms: The Director's Cut
Yo! Joe? - Platform
Z-Out - ST, Best R-Type clone on the Amiga /Leger
...Of Lesser Interest (OLI)
ACSYS? - Run ‘n gun - demo
Alfred Chicken – Platform, SNES
Alien Bash II? - Like Chaos Engine
Alien Breed - PC
Alien Breed II – PC?
Alien Breed: Tower Assault? – Leger no likey
Alien Fish Finger? - Run ‘n gun
Amnios? – Overhead shooter, nice gfx, repetitive
Apprentice? - Platform, looks generic
Assassin: SE? – Leger no likey
Atomix – Puzzle
ATR: All Terrain Racing? - Micro Machines clone
Battle Isle? - Turn based strategy
Beach Volley?
Bill's Tomato Game - Puzzle
Black Crypt – RPG/Dungeon Crawler
Blood Money?
BMX Simulator?
Body Blows
Bonanza Bros – ARC/MD/PCE CD
Cadaver? - Isometric action adventure
Captain Fizz? - Overhead action, very primitive
CarVup – ST, platform/racing
Championship Manager '93?
Chrome? - Platform w/ a ball avatar
Chuck Rock - MCD
Code Name Hell Squad? - Adventure w/ run ‘n gun elements, nice gfx, comical
Colonel's Bequest, The?
Colonization – Better gameplay & sound, worse graphics on a 1200 (PC)
Crack Down - ARC/MD/ST
Crazy Cars III
Curse of Enchantia? - Adventure w/ lots of trial and error, PC
Dark Seed?
Darkmere? - Isometric action adventure, slow paced
Datastorm – Defender clone
Defender of the Crown? – The sequel is a remake (PC)
Defender Of The Crown II (CD32)?
Deluxe Galaga?
Diggers - Lemmings-like RTS, PC
Dragon Breed? – Hori shooter/Hack n slash, Japanophile
Dragonstone?
Dreamweb? - Top down adventure, PC
Ebonstar? – 4-player action, gravity force/space wars
Elfmania - Fighting
Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus? - PC
Elite II?
Enemy: Tempest of Violence?
Extase? Puzzle
Eye of the Beholder? - Can be patched for a 256 colour mode and an auto-map function
Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon? - Can be patched for a 256 colour mode and an auto-map function
Final Odyssey? – Top down action adventure/maze action, bad according to Lemon Amiga
Fire Power? - Overhead vehicle action
Flight of the Amazon Queen? - Adventure, PC?
Formula One Grand Prix
Foundation Gold? – Settlers clone
Fury of the Furries - Platform/puzzle, PC (better music on Amiga, but plays faster on PC)
Future Wars – Adventure, PC/ST
Globdule? - Platform w/ a blob avatar
Gobliins 1-3? - Puzzle/Adventure, PC
Gods – MD (faster)
Guardian? – 3D shooter by the Star Fox developers
Hostages? - SWAT Sim/Action
Hybris - Verti shooter
Impossible Mission – C64/SMS
Innocent Until Caught? - Adventure
Ishar 2? - Dungeon crawl
Jaguar XJ220? - MCD
James Pond 3 – MD/SNES
Jet Strike? - Wings of Fury-like
Jinxter? - Adventure
Jump 'n Roll - Like SkyRoads (PC)
Jurassic Park - Overhead action adventure, PC
KGB? - Adventure, PC
Kick Off 2 - ST
Killing Game Show, The/Fatal Rewind - Platform/Action/Puzzle, MD
King's Quest I-IV? - PC
King's Quest VI – PC (better graphics)
Last Ninja 1-3? – C64
Leander/Galahad - MD (rearranged music)
Legend? - Hero Quest clone
Legend of Kyrandia? - Adventure, very unforgiving?, PC
Logical? - Puzzle
Lords Of The Realm? - Strategy, PC
Lords of the Rising Sun? - Strategy, TCD
Lotus II – ST/MD
Lotus III?
Magic Pockets? - Platform, looks generic
McDonald Land – Platform
Mean Arenas - Overhead maze/Run ‘n gun
Mega lo Mania - MD/SNES/PC
Mega Typhoon? - Was there an arcade version?
Menace? - Hori shooter, ugly, good music
Metal Law? - Run ‘n gun
Mind Walker? - Platform/Run ‘n gun in 2.5D/Overhead, trippy!
Misadventures of Flink, The (CD32) - MD/MCD
Mr Nutz? - MD, SNES (very different)
Napalm? - RTS
Naughty Ones? - Platform, one screen at a time
Nuclear War? - Strategy
OnEscapee? - Flashback-like
Ork? - Platform/Action game which feels similar to Agony, Atari ST
Outrun Europa? - Pretty different version
Overdrive? – Micro Machines clone
Pac-Mania? – ARC/MD/PC/C64
Pandora? - Overhead action adventure, very short
Persian Gulf Inferno – Side-scrolling action, C64
Populous II? - Strategy, PC
Projectyle – Air hockey w/ a 3-player mode and insane dub step-like music, ST
Pushover/Push Over? - Puzzle/Platform (dominoes)
Qwak? - Single screen platform, co-op?
Reunion? - Strategy, Dune-like
Roadkill? – Micro Machines clone
Rocket Ranger
Rockstar Ate My Hamster – Adventure/Sim, C64/ST
Scorpio? - Top down R-Type clone
Shadow of the Beast - Lynx (better variation)/PCE CD/C64/MD/SNES
Shadow of the Beast II – MD/MCD/TCD
Shufflepuck Café – Air hockey, C64
Sim City – PC, SNES (features Nintendo characters)
Simon the Sorcerer II? - Adventure, PC
Speedball II - MD (worse?)
Spindizzy Worlds – Maze/Ball Maze, SNES
Star Control? - Action/RPG, PC
Star Fighter? - Wing commander-like
Super Cauldron? - Platform/Maze (inventory and keys)
Superfrog – Platform/Collectathon
Super Tennis Champs?
Supremacy? – C64
Swiv? – Verti shooter w/ 2-player co-op, PC?
The Pawn? - Early Adventure game
Tiny Troops? – RTS
Ultima V-VI? - WRPG, PC
Ultra Violent Worlds? – Verti shooter, nice gfx, CD
Universal Monsters? - Isometric action adventure, demo release
Universe? - Adventure
Venus the Flytrap – Platform/Action w/ a Japanese feel to it, ST
Walker - Run ‘n gun
Warhead? - Strategy?
Wasted Dreams? - Overhead action adventure, nice graphics, shoddy voice acting
Watchtower? - Overhead run ‘n gun
Waxworks? - RPG/Dungeon crawl
Weird Dreams? - Adventure
Wing Commander? – Poor framerate, PC
Wings? – Flight sim?
Wizball – C64
Worms: Director’s Cut (Tanks came first) - Poor/random/too hard CPU AI, killed players explode to hurt nearby players, somewhat jerky scrolling – Get Armageddon instead
X-Out? Hori shooter, "It's crap" /Leger
Xtreme Racing? - Mario Kart
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders – Adventure, PC Remake?
Zarathrusta? – Gravitation/Solar Jet Man-like
Ziriax? – Hori shooter, C64?
Zool? – Mediocre platformer, MD/SNES
Games that are better on other platforms (MD/PC/PCE/SNES/ARC/ST etc.)
Afterburner - ARC/32X/PCE
Another World - PC (extra section, improved gfx/sound in HD ver.)
Altered Beast - ARC/MD
Alien Storm – ARC/MD
Alien Syndrome – ARC/NES
Battletoads - NES/MD
Black Tiger - ARC
Beneath a Steel Sky - PC (better sound/gfx, faster)
Castlevania – NES/MSX (poor gfx/character animation, odd music changes on AMI)
Chase HQ - ARC/MD/SNES
Chiki Chiki Boys/Mega Twins – ARC/MD/PCE
Chuck Rock 2? - MD/MCD
Civilization - "The ECS/OCS version is ugly and slow. The AGA one is slower, near unplayable when the round you're playing is reaching any sort of complexity" /Legerdemain, PC
Commando – ARC/NES/C64
Darius - ARC
Dragon Spirit – ARC/NES
Dreamweb? - PC
Dune II - PC (Dune Legacy, Dune 2000)
Dynamite Dux – ARC
Dynasty Wars – ARC/SAT?
E-SWAT - ARC
Exolon - Spectrum
Final Fight – ARC/MCD
Flashback - PC/MD (no need for keyboard controls - of course this can be worked around in emulation)
Forgotten Worlds – ARC/TCD
Ghouls 'n' Ghosts – ARC/MD/TG16/SAT (some different music on AMI)
Golden Axe - ARC/MD (good music on AMI, best music on PS2 – usable as MP3 in MCD game)
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis? - PC
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - PC (much better gfx)
King's Quest V - PC
Leisure Suit Larry Enhanced - PC
Leisure Suit Larry 5 - PC
Lion King – AMI ver. missing 3 stages (MD>SNES, PC?)
Liquid Kids ARC/PCE (90% complete beta on AMI)
Mercs – ARC/MD
Monkey Island II - PC
Ninja Spirit – TG16/ARC
Outrun – ARC/MD/SAT
Police Quest 3 - PC
Power Drift – ARC/C64
Puggsy? MD/MCD
Rainbow Islands - 25 FPS, letter boxed screen and it's lacking the extra islands (still it's a good port for its time), ARC
Robin Hood: Conquests of the Longbow - PC (better gfx & sound, faster)
R-Type - ARC/PCE/SMS
Settlers, The/Serf City - PC (Higher res and more detail? Remakes are also in the making)
Shinobi – ARC/SMS (poor gfx, some shortened stages, much easier bonus stage and poor vertical scrolling on AMI)
Sim City 2000 - PC
Space Harrier – ARC/32X/SAT
Space Quest Enhanced - PC
Space Quest 4 - PC
S.T.U.N. Runner – ARC (Lynx?)
Street Fighter II - ARC/SNES/PCE/MD
Strider – ARC/MD
Super C - ARC/NES
Super Hang-On – ARC/MD (forced mouse control on AMI? Somewhat smoother than on MD but w/ much worse gfx)
Syndicate – PC (higher res, better gfx, plays faster)
TMNT Arcade – ARC/NES
U.N. Squadron – ARC/SNES
UFO: Enemy Unknown – PC (better sfx/gfx, much faster – Good music on AMI)
Games to Avoid AKA Spel som inte dög för min samling (Legerdemain)
Aquaventura
Batman: The Caped Crusader
Beyond the Ice Palace
Bloodnet: A Cyberpunk Gothic (ej AGA)
California Games
Captain Blood
Dragon's Lair
Devious Designs
Epic
Football Manager: World Cup Edition
Football Manager 2
G-Loc
Gazza's Super Soccer
Ghostbusters 2
Hard Drivin'
Hong Kong Phooey
Kelly X
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
Microprose Soccer
Mortal Kombat
Heimdall 2 (AGA)
Ogre
P.O.W.
Purple Saturn Day
Rise of the Robots (AGA)
Robocop 2
Ruff and Reddy in the Space Adventure
Sim Life (ej AGA)
Striker
Tactical Manager: Italia
The Hunt For Red October
Virus
WWF European Rampage Tour