The 20 Greatest Commodore Amiga Games Of All-Time

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  • In this video we countdown the 20 Greatest Commodore Amiga Games of All-Time as voted for by you - the retro gaming community!
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Komentáře • 226

  • @TheLairdsLair
    @TheLairdsLair  Před 22 dny +1

    50 - Kick Off 2
    49 - Marble Madness
    48 - Rocket Ranger
    47 - Frontier: Elite 2
    46 - Super Cars 2
    45 - Colonization
    44 - Syndicate
    43 - Power Monger
    42 - Flashback
    41 - Championship Manager '93
    40 - Bubble Bobble
    39 - It Came From the Desert
    38 - Jaguar XJ220
    37 - Rick Dangerous
    36 - Sim City
    35 - Impossible Mission II
    34 - Turrican
    33 - Gods
    32 - UFO
    31 - Xenon 2
    30 - Desert Strike
    29 - Rainbow Islands
    28 - Last Ninja 2
    27 - Xenon
    26 - Rod-Land
    25 - The Settlers
    24 - Gauntlet II
    23 - Dungeon Master
    22 - Theme Park
    21 - Moonstone
    20 - Populous
    19 - Pinball Fantasies
    18 - Sensible Soccer
    17 - Hunter
    16 - Lotus 2
    15 - Blood Money
    14 - Civilization
    13 - Turrican 2
    12 - Alien Breed
    11 - Wings
    10 - Another World
    9 - Chaos Engine
    8 - Worms
    7 - Stunt Car Racer
    6 - Cannon Fodder
    5 - Shadow of the Beast
    4 - Sensible World of Soccer
    3 - The Secret of Monkey Island
    2 - Speedball 2
    1 - Lemmings

  • @karlos1256
    @karlos1256 Před 9 měsíci +20

    I had an Amiga A500,A500+ and an A600, I loved every moment of them, I was surprised that 'Swiv ' wasn't in the top 20,such a brilliant shoot em up! 🙂

    • @Britonbear
      @Britonbear Před měsícem +1

      Completing SWIV was probably my greatest achievement in video gaming.

    • @1nicelad
      @1nicelad Před měsícem +1

      @@Britonbear not sure i completed it but always fun to play with the music

  • @gumdeo
    @gumdeo Před 9 měsíci +7

    Ah, the Amiga. The greatest computer of the 16-bit era.

  • @KILRtv
    @KILRtv Před 2 měsíci +3

    Glad to see Wings on the list, but i thought Defender of the Crown would've been in here somewhere.

  • @jamesd9630
    @jamesd9630 Před 8 měsíci +12

    I still have my Amiga 1200 in the loft. The games I loved were Gunship 2000, Chaos Engine, Alien Breed 2, Genesia and Zeewolf. Still got loads of games too including Cannon fodder and The Great War 1914 - 1918 etc...... No doubt I will remember more later.

    • @Retrohertz
      @Retrohertz Před 2 měsíci

      Look after it. It's worth hundreds; I doubt you'll sell it though.

    • @jegjrtp87
      @jegjrtp87 Před měsícem

      I love The Great wat 1914-1918. My game was called History line 1914-1918. Maybe it was called that in the U.S.

    • @darrenc2721
      @darrenc2721 Před měsícem

      I still have all my games, like 300 of them sitting in a box all taped up on my wardrobe!!!

  • @deanholt2135
    @deanholt2135 Před 9 měsíci +8

    Really surprised Xenon2 didn’t make the top 20. But glad to see Alien Breed, Cannon Fodder, Sensible Soccer, Monkey Island and Lemmings where all in there. I also liked a lot of MicroProse combat sims like F-15,F19, Gunship and Falcon 4.0. Some of my other favourites were The Lost Vikings, North & South & Mega lo Mania.

  • @Vinniebabe
    @Vinniebabe Před 7 měsíci +4

    There are some games that have not aged well on many devices but I feel many of the Amiga titles still hold their own. I still regularly play SWOS, It Came From the Desert, the settlers and Populous 2

  • @Thunderhawk8472
    @Thunderhawk8472 Před 9 měsíci +5

    What I’m personally missing would be Katakis, R-Type or Apidaya and I tend to like Jaguar XJ220 more than Lotus. Regarding Sid Meier I like his Pirates game more than Civilization.
    What I absolutely enjoyed on the Amiga been the RPGs from SSI taking Place in the Forgotten Realms or Krynn

  • @simon8864
    @simon8864 Před 7 měsíci +2

    It took me ages to save up the £399 to buy an Amiga
    ....I also got the 512k expansion card taking it up to a massive 1Mb!
    Would have loved a HDD but couldn't afford one

  • @Jarek.
    @Jarek. Před 6 měsíci +4

    As always, every Amiga owner has own favourite list in the heart... For me memorable members of this list are (in random order): a) Civilisation - we were playing this as a group game, each of us got one settler and then established own City. So we could spend time playing "together", b) Ports of Call - I was blown away by the graphics. And still remember bad things which could happen around Cape Town, c) Galaga - don't know but my friends and I spent sooo many hours playing this, d) Hired Guns - oh, it was so scary and dark

  • @zaziou711
    @zaziou711 Před měsícem +2

    My personal Top 10 :
    10 - Battlechess
    9 - Bard's tale
    8 - Gauntlet
    7 - Port of call
    6 - Sensible soccer
    5 - Fairy Tales
    4 - Stunt cars
    3 - Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis
    2 - Defender of the crown
    1 - Day of the tentacle

  • @herdarkshadow834
    @herdarkshadow834 Před 10 měsíci +16

    Biggest missing game for me is Crammond’s F1GP. It was the reason I bought an Amiga if I’m honest.
    I played them through to the 4th in the series (which I still play) on PC and they inspired my continuing focus on sim racing today.
    When I pulled the A1200 out of the loft last yearF1GP was still resident on the hard drive. 🙂

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  Před 10 měsíci +3

      It's strange, because it only got a few votes but since I posted the video loads of people have been expressing their surprise at its exclusion!

    • @herdarkshadow834
      @herdarkshadow834 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@TheLairdsLair I guess the sim nature of the title made it a bit more niche even though it was bundled with the A600 at one point.

    • @deanholt2135
      @deanholt2135 Před 9 měsíci

      I was I little surprised too, as it was one of my favourites.

    • @DavidMarshall15
      @DavidMarshall15 Před 7 měsíci

      Was thinking this too (plus a few other games).
      With my brothers we played this, 4 of us, 2 teams. We would run a full race on a Sunday afternoon, with the Saturday prior used for tuning cars.
      Teamed with my brother who was a sparky and mechanically minded, he managed to tune our cars to go 20-30mph faster than the rest, come race day we didn't as well as expected, kept burning out the tyres. Fascinating sim for it's time.
      Also loved the way multi player worked with that game, it did seem to somewhat replicate the players skill when the computer took over, if doing well then it might gain a few places before coming round to your next turn.
      We use to aim for 2.5 laps played before the next person took over, meaning we got around 4 or 5 turns each per race, with the computer driving the rest.
      OK enough said, as you can see I enjoyed that game.

  • @doctorsocrates4413
    @doctorsocrates4413 Před 6 měsíci +2

    I still have 3 amiga500s in their boxes and stored up..i tend to emulate these days but can't beat a real amiga for the true experience...disk grinding and guru meditation screens lol.

  • @aero2zero
    @aero2zero Před 20 dny +1

    HUNTER! Thanks for mentioning that game. I remembered that, but forgot its title.

  • @benjaminshiels1824
    @benjaminshiels1824 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Awesome vid mate. Thoroughly enjoyed it, really took me back to th late 80's n early 90's wen my cousin would visit from Sydney n bring his 500 with 1 meg chip with him.
    Huge fun but I was surprised that game's like Barbarian 2, Lost Dutchman's mine, It came from the desert and RoboCop 3D weren't mentioned! 🤔👍

  • @mehallica666
    @mehallica666 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Can't believe Flashback didn't make it. Amazing game.

  • @Chobbito
    @Chobbito Před 9 měsíci +3

    I remember I wanted my Amiga after playing 'Super Cars II' at my cousin's on his Amiga 500, that Christmas my parents got a second hand Amiga from the newspaper for Christmas and I lost my mind when it was an Amiga 1200 😄, problem was I found out Super Cars II didn't work on the A1200 😭
    Ah well it still became my favourite computer/console and I've had many, I still have it with such great games as the 'Monkey Island' games, 'The Settlers' & 'The Shepherd' (which where my Populus type stratergy favourites), 'Bubble and Squeek', 'Desert Strike' and just so many more creative fun options. What a machine

  • @willrobinson7599
    @willrobinson7599 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Loads of games I loved back in the day. Still play several now

  • @RubberDuckHarry
    @RubberDuckHarry Před 9 měsíci +2

    Chuck Rock was probably the one I spent most of my time on back in the day. Good times!

  • @shinyagami8843
    @shinyagami8843 Před 9 měsíci +11

    Had an Amiga 500 from ‘87 to ‘97 & played more than 1000 games.
    Here’s my own little top 5 of games I didn’t see in this list
    1. Eye of the beholder 2: temple of Darkmoon (taught me D & D rules before I ever played any 😂)
    2. Zak McKraken (my favorite adventure game of all time)
    3. Dune 2
    4. Dark seed
    5. Moonstone (the reason I got the 512kb ram expansion 😂)
    Those were some good times 👍

    • @PureWickedAU
      @PureWickedAU Před 9 měsíci +1

      Moonstone needs to be in ANY top 10/20 list out there...

    • @awfullife2407
      @awfullife2407 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Moonstone is amazing man. I grew up like 20 minutes from Stonehenge so the intro used to give me chills as a kid. Defo a couple times walking in the woods at night I got shook thinking I’d be dragged under by a big skeleton monster… to be a kid again!

  • @paulvincent9773
    @paulvincent9773 Před 10 měsíci +3

    your intro music is the best !

  • @Sage.....
    @Sage..... Před 8 měsíci +2

    Moonstone and lure of the temptress were my favourite

  • @paulbanting6615
    @paulbanting6615 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Great list! but notable missing games for me are Crammonds F1GP series, Syndicate, The Settlers and Supercars 2!

  • @simon8864
    @simon8864 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Xenon2 was awesome
    Also.....
    Mega-lo-mania
    Rainbow Islands
    Silkworm and SWIV

  • @WilliamFisk-nf9qy
    @WilliamFisk-nf9qy Před 23 dny +2

    My personal Top 10:
    10. D-Generation
    9. Syndicate
    8. Monkey Island 1& 2
    7. Project X
    6. Dyna Blaster
    5. Rainbow Islands
    4. Turrican 2
    3. Alien Breed: Special Edition
    2. Speedball 2
    1. Sensible World of Soccer

  • @Rigel_Chiokis
    @Rigel_Chiokis Před 5 měsíci +3

    Wings was one of my favourite Amiga games. I really enjoyed the story in it.

  • @smakfu1375
    @smakfu1375 Před měsícem +1

    Shadow of the Beast is still the masterclass in copper list programming.

  • @phil9533
    @phil9533 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Dune 2, Football glory (swos with streakers) Putty Squad (but was actually unreleased) Rick Dangerous, Syndicate, Zool, The Settlers, Skidmarks, Benefactor, Beneath a Steel Sky, Walker... to name a few, but so many amazing games. I guess it's what you have the most fond memories of

    • @V3ntilator
      @V3ntilator Před 9 měsíci +1

      Putty Squad were released for free on Amiga 20-25 years later when they released the HD version on consoles.

  • @16bitlegit74
    @16bitlegit74 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I still have bags full of Amiga games in the attic. Pure nostalgia.

  • @steven-vn9ui
    @steven-vn9ui Před 9 měsíci +4

    Nice list, I enjoyed Super Cars I and II very much as well as Stunt car racer.

  • @Britonbear
    @Britonbear Před měsícem +1

    Carrier Command and Dark Crypt were two favourites of mine not mentioned.

  • @001lessie
    @001lessie Před 9 měsíci +7

    Not having It came from the desert in this list is unfair. It sold the Amiga to me after I saw it running somewhere. Cinemawares masterpiece imo..

    • @thecappeningchannel515
      @thecappeningchannel515 Před 9 měsíci

      Agreed. It belongs on any Top 5 lists, and had a decent sequel too. Original game was a 1989 smash hit game. And unlike many other games like dune 2 and lucasart games it was not culturally a pc game.

    • @illkickyouinthenuts
      @illkickyouinthenuts Před 6 měsíci

      All Cinemaware games were great: It came from the desert, Wings, King of Chicago, TV sports, but especially: Lord of the rising sun.

  • @raymoreton3184
    @raymoreton3184 Před 10 měsíci +4

    I loved my Amiga that I brought as a teen for myself I think it might been one of best purchases, the music on the games is just incredible if you hook up to a good sound system and whack the sound up just makes it better, I did love bitmap bros games the sound there was stunning, I had a 500 back in the 90's these days I have a 1200.

  • @walmartcartpusher
    @walmartcartpusher Před 10 měsíci +2

    I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place. I never owned an Amiga. Closest thing I grew up to one (because of the processor) was of a Macintosh Quadra 605. A friend of mine had the OG Worms for Macintosh and I had Lemmings. I have very fond memories playing both.

  • @stunthumb
    @stunthumb Před 10 měsíci +23

    LOL the sequel to Chaos Engine is not 'equally good' - it's an abysmal game :D - easily the worst Bitmap Bros effort.

    • @leelangley3705
      @leelangley3705 Před 9 měsíci +2

      I like to think he was taking the piss when he said this…..surely ;)

  • @GandaMelgao
    @GandaMelgao Před 10 měsíci +4

    I didn't voted because It would be impossible to me to choose the best. There were SO MANY great games on the Amiga.

    • @benjaminshiels1824
      @benjaminshiels1824 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I could make a top 20 list featuring NONE of those games! Lol

  • @f.k.b.16
    @f.k.b.16 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I don't know how i lived through my childhood in the 80's and didn't have a clue about the Amiga. It really seems more like a machine released in the early 90's.

  • @weskal5490
    @weskal5490 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Definitely a great list.
    Games which I used to love playing but didn't make this list at least, in no particular order are;
    Dungeon Master & DM Chaos strikes back
    Hired Guns
    Eye of the Beholder 1 & 2
    Black Crypt
    Captive
    Elvira Mistress of the Dark
    F19
    F15 strike Eagle
    Damocles
    Starglider II
    Armour Geddon
    Geoff Crammond's F1 Grand Prix
    Cybercon III
    Superfrog
    Fire & Ice
    Castle Master
    Frontier
    Heroes Quest
    Conquest of Camelot
    Warmonger
    Cadaver
    In all honesty I can't think of a single game I didn't enjoy on the A500. It was so ahead of its time.

  • @ArttuTheCat
    @ArttuTheCat Před 10 měsíci +5

    So many legendary classic games for the Amiga 😺👍🕹️.
    I believe, i still have POPULOUS for my
    Amiga 500.
    AGONY and SHADOW OF THE BEAST inspire me to draw my own furry comic arts 🖋️🖊️✏️🖍️.
    Me and my friends should SWOS again this year 😹👍🕹️🕹️🕹️🕹️.
    Thank you 😸😺👍.

  • @harryproctor3046
    @harryproctor3046 Před měsícem +1

    About time Alien Breed got a modern re-release/remake from Team 17.

  • @benonemusic
    @benonemusic Před 10 měsíci +2

    Enjoyed the list and it helps me discover Amiga games I missed back in the day. I am kicking myself for forgetting to include Earl Weaver Baseball when I voted. It would have been my #2 choice after Wings. Maybe others have remembered it and perhaps it will show up in the top 40. As someone in the U.S. whose favorite team sport is baseball, Earl Weaver was the best computer baseball sim to date. Included many firsts such as the ability to play an entire season, the inclusion of different ballparks whose dimensions affected the gameplay and speech synthesis for announcing the players. Loved the managerial advice that Earl would provide as well.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  Před 10 měsíci

      I've never even heard of it and nobody else mentioned it either!

    • @benonemusic
      @benonemusic Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@TheLairdsLairit’s understandable that you wouldn’t have heard of it outside the U.S. It was an Electronic Arts game and a passion project for those involved including Trip Hawkins who is a big baseball fan.

    • @gumdeo
      @gumdeo Před 9 měsíci

      The design-a-ballpark feature was so advanced.

  • @stevenross-watt8640
    @stevenross-watt8640 Před 9 měsíci +1

    #15 blood money intro muaic is the ring tone on my phone. Love that intro. Always answer the phone a few rings later just to enjoy the tune

  • @blackhat4968
    @blackhat4968 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Populus, Civilization, Pirates, Microprose Stealth Fighter(F19?), Lemmings, Settlers, and F15 were some of my favorite games.

    • @andrewbrown6786
      @andrewbrown6786 Před 4 měsíci

      F19 was an F117 simulator that caused an awful lot of intense discussion in the Pentagon - due to the number of similarities to an (at the time) aircraft that did not officially exist. I always preferred ‘Fighter Bomber’

  • @1teamski
    @1teamski Před 2 měsíci

    One of my most favorite games that doesn't get enough credit is Warlords. I loved that game!!!

  • @andisadler2897
    @andisadler2897 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Jimmy Whites snooker! or Rick Dangerous. Class of 89-93.

  • @V3ntilator
    @V3ntilator Před 9 měsíci +2

    Putty Squad full game were released for free on Amiga a few years ago and requires AGA.

  • @SullySadface
    @SullySadface Před 9 měsíci

    The Cannon Fodder OST is good. I never knew half of those had lyrics until like last year

  • @johnnykeener3727
    @johnnykeener3727 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Miss my Amiga!

  • @johnsmyth3281
    @johnsmyth3281 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Um dungeon Maste is my fave as is, Bomber/Scramble, Wings though it fails as the game is corrupt, or my legagl version is, Apprentice and the little known FLOOD - superb!!!

  • @xxnoxx-xp5bl
    @xxnoxx-xp5bl Před 10 měsíci +2

    Going to have to push back hard on The Chaos Engine having a great follow-up. Chaos Engine 2 was pants.

  • @Karl-Benny
    @Karl-Benny Před 7 měsíci +1

    BOUGHT MY Amiga 1200 had it for three months then sold it as soon as i heard Doom was not being converted for it i knew it was the end of the Amiga

  • @stevealino2899
    @stevealino2899 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Hired Guns by Psynosis is my all time favourite, I used to jump out of my skin when a skeleton suddenly appeared to my side and started to attack me, the music and sound effects were awesome and quite a few of them ripped off from the Aliens movie. I finally completed the game last year, 30 years later! Lol

    • @Jarek.
      @Jarek. Před 6 měsíci

      After all these years I still remember overwhelming and dark atmosphere of this game... And crazy amount of disks with even more crazy algorithm of swapping them through the game...

  • @GCSoundArtifacts
    @GCSoundArtifacts Před 10 měsíci +2

    Thanks for putting my long comment about The Secret of Monkey Island on the video...! Hahahaha... Yes, I truly missed Flashback on the list, but I believe that there are two reasons why it isn't in the Top 20: 1 - the Mega Drive version makes you feel that the game belongs there; 2 - Another World begins with intensity and excitement... but with an amount of difficult that makes you think, "yeah, it should be easy to get rid of the blood-sucking stuff!"... After all, you begin almost dying! This is GENIUS! Whereas in Flashback the most intense moments in the beginning are reserved in the cutscenes, not on the real beginning of the game, that may drag those with ADHD down...
    Also, I knew that The Chaos Engine would made the Top 20, it's an awesome game, best performed on the Amiga really! Not regretting not putting in my Top 5 really... 😅

  • @raggeragnar
    @raggeragnar Před 10 měsíci +1

    Wonderful machine , indeed. Still play mine from time to time. Never liked any form of side scrolling games though. They were all played out for me on the arcade machines the years before. You know; climbers , shooters and fighters.

  • @R0YB0T
    @R0YB0T Před 8 měsíci +1

    Did you watch the video after you made it? Maybe it's because i watch CZcams on a huge tv but the text goes away too fast. It's the same speed whether it's a single line or a paragraph lol

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  Před 8 měsíci

      I did, I always do, and I had no problem reading any of it, perhaps I just read too fast.

  • @digitizer3627
    @digitizer3627 Před 10 měsíci +3

    This is an awesome list even though I didn't vote for alot of them❤❤❤. The way I voted was which games did I keep coming back to play or kept at it till I finished it. I did not vote Xenon2 because even though it had the best graphics and music I found the playability and controls to be terrible.

  • @perer005
    @perer005 Před 23 dny +1

    A bit unexpected to not see The Settlers on the list, it was way ahead of its time.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  Před 22 dny

      If you look at the pinned post you'll see that it was 25th.

  • @fuckgoogle8661
    @fuckgoogle8661 Před 4 měsíci

    I definitely can’t remember the names of plenty of titles but
    -Heroes Quest: So you want to be a hero
    -The Uninvited
    -Dungeon Master
    -Faery Tale adventures
    -Risk
    -Blood Money
    -G.B. Air Ralley
    are definitely some of my favorites that I still can name.

  • @beatchef
    @beatchef Před 9 měsíci +2

    No Second Prize not being on there surprises me

  • @justice4g
    @justice4g Před 7 měsíci +1

    played all those but we played multiplayer Settlers 2 more than any other

  • @disdroid
    @disdroid Před 7 měsíci +1

    Speedball 2 was my favourite

  • @johnnyutah892
    @johnnyutah892 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Some great games on there, some of my favourites, although I preferred alien breed 2 if I’m being honest. I think syndicate was a brilliant game, as was SWIV, and settlers and settlers 2. I also loved Leander and Uridium 2.

    • @d0nKsTaH
      @d0nKsTaH Před 7 měsíci

      Settlers 2 came out for Amiga?
      I never knew that.

  • @kontiuka
    @kontiuka Před 9 měsíci +1

    Had hours of fun with Stunt Car Racer.

  • @Karl-Benny
    @Karl-Benny Před 7 měsíci +1

    Had the Amstrad 128 Great machine bought the amiga then sold it after three months and bought second hand PC 468 dx55 had Doom installed never looked back

  • @lelyline74
    @lelyline74 Před 7 měsíci +1

    my favorites
    1. World of sensible soccer. we held whole neighbourhood competitions.
    2. On the ball (football manager)
    3. Beneath a steel sky (cd32 version)
    4. alien breed 3
    5. cannon fodder
    6. Flashback
    7. Bonk junior. unbelievable fun to play.
    8. Octamed
    9. Prince of persia
    10. Monkey island.
    i also want to point out.
    Amiga had alot of awesome arcade titles wich are forgotten.
    strider
    wonderboy in monsterland
    Final fight

  • @adam_skinner
    @adam_skinner Před 9 měsíci +1

    Turrican is on Switch now :)

  • @henriklarsson7770
    @henriklarsson7770 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Kick off 2? Dune? Gods? Monkey island 2? Moonstone? For me, kick off 2 would make top spot for the best game on any system i have played i think. Of the games in this video, wings would absolutely make my list. Lotus esprit challenge too, speedball 2, monkey island and maybe pinball fantasies.

  • @sambranton3346
    @sambranton3346 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I couldn't make a top 20, many of the games that were groundbreaking in their day havnt held up against time, many others I played to death in my childhood don't hold the same appeal when I load them now. It also depends what kind of games you like, strategy games were and still are my favourite type, some games like that in the amuga I still play. I loved the adventure games but they are no fun to play after you have completed them. Honestly I could do a top 100 games and still miss many titles out that deserve to be there. I love the amiga and the way it's games were presented and played. I was heartbroken when commodore went bust. The amiga was ahead of its time in so many ways.

  • @StuartHollingsead
    @StuartHollingsead Před 4 měsíci +1

    The only game I had on this list was Lemmings.
    My favorite games were, Rockford, Aunt Arctic Adventure, Nuclear War, Sky Chase, ball, mega ball, tetris, Elf, Duck Tales, Atomino, Huey, Arkanoid, FA/18 interceptor, Great Giana Sisters, Llamatron, And one game that I can't remember the name of.
    Space travel missions to different planets. If you completed all the missions you could submit it to the company and they would send you a framed certificate.
    edit I remember the name now, The Halley Project.

  • @ledsvik
    @ledsvik Před 4 měsíci +1

    I remember buying Shadow of the Beast. (Yes, some games I actually paid for.. lol) I got a awesome t-shirt included in the box. Used it at the picture day at school when I was about 14 😀

    • @KILRtv
      @KILRtv Před 2 měsíci

      I bought it. Loved the music. Couldn't play it worth a damn.

  • @menhirmike
    @menhirmike Před 10 měsíci +3

    Huh, surprised by some games on the list, and by the absence of others. It's good to not see Xenon 2 because truth be told: If you take away the Bomb the Bass intro song that we all remember, it's just an average shooter. Surprised to see Shadow of the Beast though, because it's IMHO also just an okay game, but it is undoubtedly an Amiga classic. For me, the top 5 would be The Settlers, SWOS, Syndicate, Dune 2, and Fate of Atlantis - but I had to think a lot about what's on 4 and 5 because there are so many great games for the system.

  • @daviddavies3637
    @daviddavies3637 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I've never owned an Amiga but the Atari ST version of Sensible Soccer was a good game I spent a lot of time playing. However, there was an exploit that allowed you to rack up big scores. This was simply position your player perpendicular to the extreme edges of the goals. Because there was no "slicing" or miscues of the ball, as there is in FIFA, a straight shot from there always resulted in a goal. Blood Money is a game I owned on the ST. Never completed it.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  Před 10 měsíci

      Yeah I was an ST guy and had those games also, I quickly worked out the Sensi technique too.

  • @kalsolarUK
    @kalsolarUK Před 3 měsíci +1

    How Blood Money got in rather than something like Silkworm is baffling. Blood Money looked and sounded great but was a very difficult game, whereas Silkworm was an absolute joy to play. Populous 2 was also a much superior game to Populous

  • @davidbarth80
    @davidbarth80 Před měsícem +1

    How is Apydia not made the list? Insanely good game

  • @morbidsnails1913
    @morbidsnails1913 Před 11 dny

    My all time top 3 Amiga games...
    1 - The Settlers
    2 - Cannon Fodder
    3 - The Chaos Engine
    4 - Alien Breed 2
    5 - Gunship 2000

  • @FatNorthernBigot
    @FatNorthernBigot Před 10 měsíci +1

    Some of these games still have an almost "homebrew" look to them, despite being both professionally-made and appearing on an all-time top twenty.

  • @paulwilson9807
    @paulwilson9807 Před 4 měsíci +2

    1. Kick-off 2
    2. Xenon 2
    3. Player Manager
    4. Civilisation
    5. SWIV
    6. F1GP
    7. Lemmings
    8. Stunt Car Racer
    9. Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
    10. F/A 18 Interceptor
    KO2 was waaaay better than Sensible Soccer!

  • @williamhozie5651
    @williamhozie5651 Před 7 měsíci

    Very surprised that The Killing Game show didn't make the list. One of my all time favorites on the Amiga.

  • @Idiotatwork
    @Idiotatwork Před 10 měsíci +3

    Like most 10 lists only a couple of of mine make the cut.
    1 frontier:elite 2
    2 civilization
    3 sensible wos
    4 theme park
    5 syndicate

  • @peterpereira3653
    @peterpereira3653 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Kind of surprising result at number 1 position Lemmings. An array of custum hardware in an Amiga. And top spot is a video game that could have easily been done on an 8 bit machine.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  Před 10 měsíci

      And it was ported to loads of 8-bit machines, even the ZX Spectrum got a version!

    • @danyoutube7491
      @danyoutube7491 Před 10 měsíci

      'easily have been done on an 8 bit', you think? They did have 8-bit conversions but I've just looked at a couple and they were clearly very limited in various ways compared to the 16-bit versions. The 16-bit machines is what it was made for, where the hardware was good enough to do it justice. Street Fighter 2 was ported to 8-bits as well!

  • @chrissmith7669
    @chrissmith7669 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I still love Harpoon.

  • @niklasohman5021
    @niklasohman5021 Před 5 měsíci

    I miss Dune2 on this list wich is the first really good RTS-game I played. The game must have surely inspired coming greats as Command & Conquer and Star craft.

  • @johnsmyth3281
    @johnsmyth3281 Před 2 měsíci +1

    And of course Speed Ball 2, and of course Turrican, all versions...

  • @RetroPaolo
    @RetroPaolo Před 3 měsíci +1

    This is a great video, but please could I offer some constructive feedback? The text quotes would be far better transposed over the poster/art-work than the over the gameplay footage. As we want to watch the gameplay footage whereas the artwork is static.

  • @christophclear1438
    @christophclear1438 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Alien Breed came out in 91, not 85... It would have been the game of the century in 1985!

  • @ourclarioncall
    @ourclarioncall Před 2 měsíci +1

    I just want to play pga golf I played as a kid on my Amiga 500+
    I looked at emulators and the Amiga mini , but it all looks to complicated and destined to not work for me lol, so looking at the easiest way of just buying a used Amiga 500+ and a copy of pga off eBay
    BUT just wondering if I could buy a 600 or 1200….. if there is any extra benefits ? I know nothing about them really .
    Would the copy of pga golf that works on 500+ work on the 600 or 1200 ?

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Get the WIN UAE emulator on your PC and download the disk image for PGA, it's really really simple and there are plenty of CZcams tutorials out there if you somehow get stuck.

    • @ourclarioncall
      @ourclarioncall Před 2 měsíci

      @@TheLairdsLair thanks mate

  • @stephenwatson2806
    @stephenwatson2806 Před 9 měsíci

    Cant believe no micropose games are mentioned.

  • @justincase5124
    @justincase5124 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Dungeon Master
    Grand Prix 2
    Eye of the Beholder

  • @grinbrothers
    @grinbrothers Před 10 měsíci +4

    Fantastic to see the results of your community question so soon. I'm curious to see if any of the games I mentioned will make the list and hoping so.
    0:32 - Huh, I didn't know the Atari 8-Bit was so popular. When you said 8-bit computers, my thoughts immediately turned to the battle of Commodore 64 vs ZX Spectrum so Atari 8-Bit was a surprise.
    3:05 - Not my type of game but gosh darn do I love Populous' style. The open book to the side is an amazing presentation touch. An interesting start but an understandable choice given how genre defining I've heard it is.
    3:43 - Love the DICE joke here; incredible the roots of the company. I don't believe I've ever played Pinball Fantasies before, but given I voted for and adored Pinball Dreams, I imagine I'd love the sequel here. Glad to see some pinball presence on this list.
    6:04 - Really; the only shoot em up? They seemed to common on the older systems that I expected more to appear here. I've not played Blood Money but the orange helicopter is a wonderful stand-out choice of vehicle.
    10:26 - Oh wow; I'm featured in this video. Thank you so much! It's no surprise that Worms made it onto this list; one of the Amiga games still going strong to this day.
    10:51 - I only played Stunt Car Racer recently thanks to the A500 Mini and tried it out of curiosity. I never expected it to be as fun as it was.
    12:01 - People tend to be a bit more critical about Shadow of the Beast these days, so I'm surprised it made it so high up on this list and with neither of it's sequels in sight. I believe there was a PS4 remake a little while back; how did that turn out?
    15:43 - Off the top of my head, no Zool was quite the surprise, alongside the general lack of shoot em ups.

  • @dovpauzner5093
    @dovpauzner5093 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I will add that the Amiga 500 could be connected to another Amiga 500 via a self-made cable and played not only against the computer, but also against another player. This is how my son and I played Wings for example.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  Před 9 měsíci

      You can link an Amiga to an Atari ST too, I've played both Lotus 2 and Stunt Car Racer that way.

  • @welshguy-2023
    @welshguy-2023 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Some bang average games on that list in my humble opinion, but each to their own. Elite 2, Fate of Atlantis, Cruise for a Corpse and Settlers would have been on mine.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  Před 22 dny

      Many of those are in the full list, which is in a pinned post at the top.

  • @Mightyguybrush2
    @Mightyguybrush2 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Monkey Island should have definitely been top of this list.
    No Syndicate, North and South or MI2???

  • @donny121able
    @donny121able Před 9 měsíci +1

    Quite surprised at the list.

  • @ReneBerwein
    @ReneBerwein Před 9 měsíci +1

    ...and "Eye of the Beholder", "Elvira ", "Dune II", "Legend of Kyrandia" and "Lure of the Temptress"...

  • @vinceely2906
    @vinceely2906 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Looks like I was wasting my time playing F/A 18 Interceptor, Hostages, Geoff Crammonds F1 and Player Manager then…

  • @patrickw.2887
    @patrickw.2887 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Populous... Hunter....Fodder😍

  • @bigmangus7
    @bigmangus7 Před 9 měsíci +1

    No moonstone ! By far best Amiga game

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  Před 9 měsíci +1

      It just missed out on the Top 20 but made the Top 40.

  • @theprophet9429
    @theprophet9429 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Without doubt, and in order of preference....
    Sensible Soccer
    PGA Tour Golf
    Kick-Off 2
    Speedball 2
    Lemmings
    Honourable mentions to The Lost Patrol and the first Championship Manager that used real players (‘93?).

    • @theprophet9429
      @theprophet9429 Před 9 měsíci

      For me, it’s a close call between Sensible Soccer and PGA Tour Golf, so, the latter is a shocking omission from the list.
      Gameplay was excellent and to have a game with accurate portrayals of three famous real life courses, in 1990!? Unreal.
      Blew my tiny mind.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  Před 9 měsíci

      Sports games never do well in these polls I've found.

    • @theprophet9429
      @theprophet9429 Před 9 měsíci

      Tbh, sports games weren’t that popular in general back then, so I guess it makes sense.
      I remember many football manager games being available through mail order only.
      Mail order - imagine today’s kids waiting 28 days for delivery. 😂

  • @ZxSpectrumplus
    @ZxSpectrumplus Před 2 měsíci

    Populous needs a modern day remake.

  • @samuelsamenstrang6069
    @samuelsamenstrang6069 Před měsícem +2

    Ice cream. ice cream....