I always liked the Epyx joysticks.

I loved the XJ 500... I bought a Wico ErgoStick first but the dildo-rubber case kinda freaked me out.

I use the Kraft joysticks on my 800XL, C64, A1000/2000/3000/4000. Works great for all of them. Wish I could use it on an Intellivision, those controllers suck, and the overlays get trashed really easy.

I loved my Amiga. Moonstone was a favorite and of mine it should be ripe for a remake!

I always loved barbarian II when the skull dude popped out.. because you're sitting there waiting for the first disk to load the next level in memory, and all of the sudden that pops out

I ran a BBS called The Keep back in the late-80's, it was the HQ for Eclipse, which was based out of England. I still remember buying that first USRobotics 9600 HST. The BBS had to be up-and-running for a representative to call and login to get their SysOp special of $549. I would say 'those were the days,' but that would make me sound even older than I am.

Brad

Can't say much about the game, but always thought this one had the best intro music...

The Psygnosis games were always something to show friends and the playability definitely improved after Barbarian, which suffered from delayed reaction. Sword of Sodan was a classic that got a lot of play and even Dragon's Lair had people looking in disbelief at the time. Here was a great story from Michigan last year where an Amiga was/is still running HVAC for a school district there:

http://woodtv.com/2015/06/11/1980s-computer-controls-grps-heat-and-ac/

Brad

Very cool as I do BAS controls and an old Amiga fan.

And a slavering grue, at that.

My BBS was one of the TRSi HQs around then... many fond memories. And the day I got my first Courier Dual Standard?

anyone else remember playing a tank, capture-the-flag type game?
think it was called Firepower.
that, Weird Dreams (though i never made it anywhere at all), and Arkanoid were awesome.
Loved Dungeon Master and Sword of Sodan -thanks for the reminders! Barbarian too.
Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja!
So many great titles.
Wings? King of Chicago? Them? (I think? about ants invading?)
I want an Amiga again.

Yes!

There was a similiar game called return fire on the 3DO system:

That game was so much fun because it had really good destruction sprites, and incredible bass.. In fact I remember my brother hooking up the computer to a nice amp and that game shook the house.

Yes! It had creepy realistic faces, but also great soundtrack

Or how about Deja vu? (a click adventure game about the mob)

It came from the desert:

Let us not forget Obliterator... Or Libyans in Space!

Brad

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How about alien breed?

Or Lotus challenge (stealing chika chika from ferris bueller). Great music, great graphics, and even split screen without slowdown

I spent many hours playing friends on speedball2

Or how about Archon? It was chess, but then before you could take over that piece, you battled it out as a last chance to defend yourself

And two Cinemaware classics, Defender of the Crown and The Three Stooges.

Brad

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Ok, here is some MOONSTONE for ya (contains violent images that were amazing way back when)

ironic you picked those 2 titles "hey this looks like a kid's game!"

One of my favs was Artic Fox. The title screen played Tocatta & Fugue in D Minor by Bach. Kick ass game! It was the first 3D game I remember playing. The missiles had an on-board camera where you could fly the missile over mountains and kill a tank hiding on the other side.

I completely forgot about that lead-in! Thanks for sharing as it took me back a few decades. I remember having communication with one of the programmers of DOTC while it was in development and I think it ended up being a much greater success than they had expected.

Brad

Cinemaware games were the best. You guys have named a bunch, I'll throw in Rocket Ranger. Loved that one! Oh and also Sinbad. You rescued someone stranded at sea and they would say, "thanks" in a bad computer voice!

One of my very favorites was The Faery Tale Adventure. Man what a game!

I agree - but man I could rarely get out of the hospital on It Came From the Desert.

I'm assuming everyone on this thread that doesn't still have an Amiga has tried Amiga Forever? Best $20 you can spend. Love it!

We had an Atari ST. Basically the same experience but with a dedicated midi port.
My friends and I hooked it up to my dads big 36" flatscreen and played Dungeon master till 3:00AM every night.
Hated to turn it off.

Maniac Mansion and Pirates! were a couple of my main games, not to mention anything Infocom - Planetfall, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Zork series, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, Infidel, the Enchanter series, etc.

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How about some savage?

Or stunt car racer (extreme version of hard drivin')

Or great giana sisters (super mario clone)

Or project X (a really great R-type clone)

Wait...what did you make??

Now I'm curious to know if I ever played one of your games...

I still play Amiga stuff regularly...like Nuclear War, or just simply plowing through Prince Of Persia for the 1000th time.

Really had a soft spot for the Cinemaware titles, including the TV Sports Basketball and Football. (Really, compare those sports games to others at the time...real 5 on 5 basketball with editable players?? Awesome!!)

I remember taking a Hex Editor to change what the announcers said before/after the game and at halftime. 15 year old me thought it was hilarious to make Max McGill say "I'm not wearing pants!"

Music: Check out the intro to "Flood." It's still pretty cool. Agree that the others mentioned here also kick-butt.

Cripes...this is making me want to drag out my Amiga's and C64.

Pete

I somehow missed Moonstone in my Amiga collection...looks pretty cool!

(Reminds me slightly of Death Sword/Barbarian II).

I miss those cartoony, lovingly-hand-drawn sprite deaths that are just so BRUTAL.

Pete

Those were fightin' words back in the day.

The company was called Digital Concepts and we did Torch 2081 (Qix), Lords of War (Warlords), Island of lost Hope (adventure game).

Here's a few screenshots:

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I spent a ton of time on Hillsfar. Always enjoyed the TSR/SSI games.
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One of my faves:

Fort Apocalypse - Commodore C64

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One of my favorites.
Still have the tshirt that came with the game.

I was one of the top-10 Commodore collectors in Sweden from, well the Commodore years up until a year ago, when i sold the entire collection (except 1 set of C64 and 1 set of Amiga 500 for personal use.), felt both sad and at the same time relieving aswell.

Can anyone point me to an Amiga emulator for the original xbox? There was one out there, but I've never been able to find it. I'm dying to hook that up to my home theatre relive the good ol days.

In answer to the earlier question, yes, the Amiga was so far ahead of it's competition for so long no other console/computer has ever had that big a lead in the gaming world.

Oh god, I almost forgot the Bard's Tale. Many days spent at this:

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I'm taking my amiga 500 to the Houston show in November. Anyone recommend or can get me some games to run at the show for people to play?

Funny this thread became so active, I recently hauled my 2000 out of the basement. Removed battery probably just in time, purchased video converter and it's running on a Sharp 80".... C64, Sega Genesis and Intellivision hooked up too. So many amazing games on those platforms. If you, Cinemaware games on the Amiga and C64 were so far ahead for the time.

archive.org WAS hosting 10,000 roms, but they seemed to have been taken down?
http://gizmodo.com/internet-archive-adds-thousands-of-old-amiga-games-that-1785021000