From: kentd@FtCollins.NCR.com (Kent Dalton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: What's your favourite PD game for Amiga?
Date: 22 Jul 92 09:45:57 GMT
Organization: NCR Microelectronics, Ft. Collins, CO
In-reply-to: roihar@cc4.crl.aecl.ca's message of 20 Jul 92 17:48:39 GMT

>>>>> On 20 Jul 92 17:48:39 GMT, roihar@cc4.crl.aecl.ca said:

roihar> Hello:
roihar> I'm posting because a friend of mine doesn't have FTP access
roihar> but is looking for good to excellent quality PD games for his
roihar> AMIGA 2000. Please take the time and recommend a few... with
roihar> FTP site where I can get them if possible!

Here are mine. Everything is of course, IMHO. I've tried to give a
little review of each so your friend will be able to decide which games
sound best. I'm posting since I figure lots of people in this newsgroup
may be interested in this information. Clip and save:

Fantasy RPG: 
============

Legend of Lothian - *Very* similar to the early Ultima's... I'd put the
user interface somewhere between Ultima II (which was probably my
favorite, actually) and Ultima III. This style of user interface is
IMHO the best FRPG type interface and "Lothian" implements it well.
The graphics are colorful and functional but not overly detailed.
FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu /systems/amiga/games/Legend_Of_Lothian.lha

Amiga Moria - Moria is a massive dungeon exploration game with a
thematic basis in the Tolkien mythology. This was originally developed
on mainframes/mini's but the Amiga version has been updated from ascii
to include color graphics (very small but still better than nothing :^).
This game plays a lot like basic D and D.
FTP: I got it from the old ab20 site. So it should be on
wuarchive.wustl.edu somewhere.

Text Adventure:
===============

ROLTA - Return of the Living Text Adventure - A very nice shareware
graphical text adventure. The graphics are well drawn and the user
interface is truly professional quality. Get it.
FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu /systems/amiga/games/Rolta.dms

Dungeon and Adventure - Two classic text only adventures converted from
mainframe/minicomputer games.
FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu /systems/amiga/fish/disks/ff659/Adventure.lzh
                         /systems/amiga/games/games/adventure/dungeon.lzh

Arcade:
=======

Llamatron - Totally gonzo version of the arcade classic: robotron.
Shareware created by professional game designer Jeff Minter. The
controls are nicely done and gameplay is excellent.
FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu /systems/amiga/games/games/action/llamatron.dms

Revenge of the Mutant Camels - Totally gonzo original game also by Jeff
Minter. This one has nicer graphics but is, IMHO, far less fun... Still
worthwhile, though. Also Shareware.
FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu 
                /systems/amiga/games/games/action/revenge-camels-ntsc.lzh

Asteroids and "Just Yer Basic Missle Command" - Two faithful
translations of arcade classics. Nuff said.

FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu They were in /systems/amiga/incoming/games but
have probably moved since.

Megaball 2.0 - Pong-type game very similar to the arcade smash Arkanoid.
Good gfx and music.
FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu /systems/amiga/games/games/action/megaball-2.0.lzh

Ringwar - Almost an exact clone of the ancient arcade classic Star
Castle.
FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu /systems/amiga/games/games/action/ringwar.lzh

MotherLode - Good knock off of the old Broderbund computer classic:
Lode Runner
FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu /systems/amiga/games/motherlode.lha

Strategy:
=========

Celestial Caesars - A strategy game of space conquest. The graphics are
simple but functional and the user interface is nice. 
FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu /systems/amiga/fish/disks/ff659/Celest.lzh

MechForce 3.71 - Based on the RPG: BattleTech. Fight strategic battles
between giant armored "battlemechs". Graphics are interlace. Look very
crisp on a deinterlaced Amiga. Look like crud on a interlaced Amiga.
FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu /systems/amiga/games/games/strategy/mechforce-3.71.lzh

Also, many times, you can find freely distributable, playable, demos of
commercial games for FTP, here are my favorites in this area:

GODS - breathtaking fantasy arcade-adventure game.
Magic Pockets - Nice platform game from the makers of Gods.
Lemmings - exceedingly addictive action-strategy game.
Christmas Lemmings - Another Lemmings demo with a christmas theme.
Leander - Excellent fantasy platform game from psygnosis.
Zool - The next best thing to Sega Genesis' Sonic the Hedgehog. Caused
quite a stir on the net.
Pinball Dreams - The best computer pinball game ever.

Zool and Pinball dreams are on wuarchive.wustl.edu. You'll have to grep
for them yourself, I can't remember where they were. Zool's probably
still in /systems/amiga/incoming/demos

I got the others from various places. I got rid of the Lemmings demos
and PB Dreams, since I bought the games after playing the demos.
I'm still planning on buying Leander and Gods eventually as well.
The demos for Zool and Magic Pockets are good but I do not plan on
buying the actual games. If you can't find the Leander, Gods, or Magic
Pockets demos, I can upload them to an ftp site.


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