I love your game, and I can clearly see inspiration in those games you mention. This concept has been used even recently to make similar games, and I saw one recently, but cant remember the name. Does your game have a fixed number of levels? Or is it endless?

@@LemonTubeAmiga That was really long ago 8-) ...let me think! I remember that each level had some kind of enemy setup configuration (like asteroids only, or this and that spaceship enemy type) and the number of those configurations was limited for sure and not randomized. I can't remember if it is 30 or maybe even 50 different setups. And I think if they are all completed, it starts over with the first setup, but even higher amount of enemies. But forgive me if the info is incorrect, too many years passed since the development of this game 8-)

It's a masterpiece, sir. If coders had developed this kind of 3D gaming, we could have had any number of 3D blasters. Still, we got this one! There are some bugs it seems with some cracked versions, but still worth 10/10.

@@LemonTubeAmiga Thanks for the kind words. The 3D engine was an experimental project of a friend of mine named Ingo Frick together with me, but we didn't use it for a game initially and went to other ideas next. But some time later I returned to it and thought it would be a shame not to use it at all, and created this Defender-style game. I think the 3D engine was rather extreme and ate up most of the Amiga memory, because it had thousands of code-generated different draw routines which were chosen by calculating a memory adress to directly jump to, to maximize performance by avoiding any further branch ("if") commands.

@@volkerwertich1658 - Maybe you would like to register on the Lemon Amiga forum?, where me and many gamers hang out. I'm sure you would get a lot of positive comments. If not, may I interview you?

@@volkerwertich1658 - I know what you mean about 'If' commands. They slow everything down, and While's are even slower. I'm experimenting with arrays for my next game King Arthur's Campaign. So far it is hard going on the brain, but at least the code (while slow using While's) is a lot neater and takes far fewer lines. I cant bang on the metal like you guys used to do, as I'm only a basic Basic coder. check out my Itch. lifeschool22.itch.io/

A great tip. Yeah, I read about waiting around for the carrier and using the ships guided missiles to take down the carrier early, but not much of a game in dong that. I only just realised you can even store planes on islands with an air strip to help fight the enemy.

@LemonTubeAmiga I think I just tracked the carrier down. It runs at the same speed as your carrier and takes off. The using planes I shot it up and won the game.

I dont remember a Super Cars 2 theme rendition, perhaps I've blotted it out of my memory for personal safety reasons. Certainly a poor man's Super Hang-on.

Never heard of that one.

@LemonTubeAmiga kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5bYZYFrprGEjassi=vuDpxKaYd1USjwHt

@@hubertmitura2587 - Ah yes, I remember it now. We have a page for it on Lemon Amiga. Who knows, I might check it out!

Lotus on a Bike?

Totally agree, if the bike had any grip at high speed, it would be playable, but I guess the aim is to slow down enough so you dont slide out so much? The game crashed for me but I cant remember how or why, and perhaps it was related to other things on my custom setup at that time? At least I remembered to save it up next time. ;)

Yeah, way south of the border. But at least it isn't Combo Racer. ;)

Stuart was always reluctant to play some games, and he generally played his favs in the AP office, unless something big came up. Some say the arrogance of youth? But it did make for some really great reviews. AP was my mag, and SC reviews were generally the best, due to this. Giving games a low score in AP was not unusual, as we saw recently with their re-release score for Highway Patrol II. I think 6.5 is about right. See my review in the description. :)

one of the is actually duke nukem :D

The guy in the middle at the bottom is either Mev Dinc, or that guy from Knightmare. The top middle looks like an angry Andy Crane.

@@LemonTubeAmiga funny... well Psygnosis did not release any FPS game for Amiga. In the end Breathless, Alien Breed 3D II TKG and Trapped II came as the peak games. Some ported WipeOut 2097 for PowerPC etc. This game came out in 1993,... so interesting why Psygnosis took so much from both Amiga and PC games at that time.

I have a feeling this was a game which was almost done when it came in to Psygnosis, and they just finished it and put it out. The road signs in the middle of the road seems like they were rushing to finish it?

If the game had the same grip as Super Hang-On, there would still be barely any gameplay on the road, but it offers a difficult challenge with the other riders being perfect on some later races. At least there are no horseshoe corners like RFV Honda.

It also reminds me of the bug in Venus the Flytrap.

I didn't know this was 32 colours. I think if they had kept the same backdrops from the 1st levels, only in different colours, the game would have been such a better experience.

Definitely a step up in quality for 1990. The future was here!

I didn't know about a remake, seems like Serendipity.

A good question, and it seems I missed mentioning this in the review? Z-Out was a different game made by a different team. Rainbow Arts renamed their game to Z-Out for publicity, but the two games share no DNA with each other.

Certainly more fun that Motorbike Madness!

Very neat trick.

A great cheat. I'll add it to the Cheat page on Lemon for this game.

PS5? Lets hope it is very impressive.

@LemonTubeAmiga X-Out resurfaced 🤘🏻it's the same game with a 2 players mode and I guess savestates with updated graphics and music from Huelsbeck 🤘🏻

@@AmigaVR only ps5 ?

@@deceiver444 also for switch.

I dont know if I mention Z-Out but it was coded by different guys, and was simply renamed to Z-out for publicity. The games share no DNA in common.

The intro music is the closest I could find to an Anthem of the game music. There are several of them about, but this mix has a symphony. Yes, church of Amiga! Not sure what you mean by porting Amiga games? On PC? I keep a list of new Amiga games on Lemon: www.lemonamiga.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19878

Great story of the Amiga being used as a diplomat in Brazil. It must have seemed like an Arcade machine compared to the systems of that time. I visit Brazil often in Geoguessr, so thanks for the white bottom painted utility poles, they are very helpful.

@@LemonTubeAmiga if you see hanging power lines, it's probably Brazil =)

Apt timing then.

Battle Squadron was my favourite SHMUP on the Amiga. 2nd was Hybris. 3rd was X-Out.

Thanks for inspiring many of my reviews over the years, I've now fixed the description to say November 2015, which is probably when I watched you playing the Amiga and C64 versions. If you hadn't mentioned the player can buy lives, I would have been totally oblivious to it, it several magazines even commented about having just one life. I dont know much about the technicalities, but it seems both versions tried to push some limits. I had roughly 2584% more fun with this than I even did playing Project X, and 9999% more fun than playing R-Type. Sadly, we are now coming to the end of my run of game review and guide videos, but I'll still put out some videos occasionally, probably, just not a whole series of 24 shows. There are very few games that I want to cover, but I got the idea to cover the first Amiga games I ever played, like Wizball and Last Ninja 2, so you can bet those will be only a few minutes in length, due to the underpinning limitations of those games. Yes, even Insanity Fight. :( :(

...Insanity FIGHT..... It's fuckin SHITE....

@@Lukozer - I can hear you singing it over the title theme. Or at least, I can sing you doing it like you were doing it. Should get into the top 20 on the hit parade.

Maybe my intro guide will inspire someone. :)

@@LemonTubeAmiga I hope so. This game deserves a playthrough.

Very clever trick. I'll add it to the Lemon cheat page for it.

lol, yep too many posts and Sainz, although still very difficult to get in-in-in-in to the pits!

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