From: buffa@delos.inria.fr (Michel Buffa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Call for Votes...Zippiest Amiga Games
Date: 10 Apr 92 07:27:54 GMT
Reply-To: buffa@sophia.inria.fr
Organization: Inria Sofia Antipolis

In article <1992Apr8.214403.328@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, rzimeri@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Rich P Zimering) writes:
|> In article <deaks.04e8@vsbbs.UUCP> deaks@vsbbs.UUCP (Ernie Deakyne) writes:
|> >   1. Agony - Just plain AWESOME! (Psygnosis.. what else do you expect..)
|>                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|> 
|> What I usually expect from psygnosis is not 'Just plain AWESOME!'
|> Usually their games dazzle you with great graphics and sound, but are both no
|> fun to play, impossible, and have bad control systems.  Psygnosis has had good
|> games recently; Lemmings, Leander; but has also had many other games recently
|> (and MANY more not so recent) that are just shitty: Barbarian 2, Anarchy.

Well, Agony is just the nicest shoot'em'up available, but it's not a good game
at all. Disk access is really a pain, something like 3 minutes between each
level !!!!! -> not a good game. Think about first samurai which had nearly no
disk access at all, and a much bigger gameplay, 10 gigantic levels. 

About Anarchy, I just don't agree with you. I love defender type games and in
the time Anarchy was out, I really enjoyed it. I also love defender 2, the
game written by Jeff Minter. Most of my friends do not like these games
because they are too fast and difficult, but hey ! It's what I'm looking for
when I play defender !

Ok, let's go for a best of amiga games:
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FIRST SAMURAI -> unmissable ! Best arcade/adventure game! Not a beat'em'up
		 like it may look, like
SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND: if you like adventure games and are not a fan of
			 this kind of games, this one is a must.

CADAVER: The best RPG/adventure game in my opinion, but I don't like these
	 games (for me Dunjeon master is too big too long too complex), so
	 CADAVER was exactly what I wanted, I spent many hours playing it, and
	 I still haven't finished. By the bitmap brothers.

PRO TENNIS 2 -> best sport game, smooth animation, fantastic 4 player option
	        (play doubles 4 at the same time), hd-installable, does not
		trash the system !
SPEEDBALL 2: -> lot of fun when played one against another friend, great 1
		player game too.
DATASTORM
BATTLE SQUADRON
SWIV
R-TYPE 1
TURRICAN

These ones are shoot'em ups, but great ones !!!

PINBALL DREAMS: best pinball game ! Just arrived in shops ! SImulate at 50
frames/s 4 electronic pinballs, with a lot of features stolen from recent
pinballs like Terminator 2. Extra balls, targets, spin bonus, jackpot, a
scenario for each pinball, incredible ball real-time movements.

LEMMINGS of course
POPULOUS 2

EXILE -> the best unknown game. Game of the year 1991 for the magazine Amiga
         Power. A very very good game for me.

MICROPROSE GRAND PRIX -> simulation, but can be played as an arcade game.
			 a must. Best 3d race game.
LOTUS TURBO ESPRIT 1 & 2 : best arcade race games with sprites. 50 frames/s
			   link option allows up to 4 players at the same time.
VROOM                    : between the 2 above. 50 frames/s too, link option.

These above are the 3 best race games.

KICK-OFF 2: best soccer game. 50 frames/s, a classic, you'll still play it in
	    5 years!


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