45 Games That Defined the AMIGA 500

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[@peterbelanger4094]

The ironic thing is, it was the perception that the Amiga was 'just a gaming machine' that ultimately became it's demise. People overlooked the graphic production capabilities of the Amiga, and Apple took that market. Commodore actually handed it to them, they were the ones who only saw it as a gaming machine.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

@@peterbelanger4094 Yep, indeed

[@tony22990]

80s and 90s were the best decades to be a kid. So many beautiful memories.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thanks for watching ;)

[@MisterBuffers]

Every generation says that.

[@HollowRick]

@@MisterBuffers accept what he said is true

[@EddAteMyBacon]

True

[@V3ntilator]

Gaming industry started to go downhill when 1990's ended and now it's worse than ever in 2023. I experienced gaming from 1980's to 1990's too. The two best decades for AMIGA / C64. 1990's were great for PC.

[@WorthABuyreviews]

Sensible Soccer has never been beaten imo

[@Kreln1221]

But what words did the _Sensible Soccer_ developers write about it?... 🤔

[@viktorianas]

@@Kreln1221 Lets read the words the words of the developers.

[@richard7645]

Best football game ever, stod fifa 😄

[@savedfaves]

Yes, after Sensible what happened is games got better graphics but the AI did a lot of work for you. I once put down my controller playing FIFA and as I walked toward the door my team scored a goal on my friend. That’s just silly. If you did that in SS your team would just stand there. I also liked the way you had to turn with the ball in a joystick swoop motion, otherwise the ball would run off your leg. A stroke of genius

[@Tech-geeky]

Compiling a list of Amiga games here. but i think Sensible Soccer either got 'doubled-up' ??? or with the same name as a Euro. championship.. The adverting on the barriers either side of the net was `94-`96 and it looks exactly identical to the original, but i know they did an international version.. Perhaps that's the one i'm thinking off because technically there would be no name change.

[@jurassicmatt2796]

Glad to hear Moonstone recognised as a masterpiece. Never forgot this game.

[@papa_sloth_gaming547]

Yeah I enjoyed it, although it was hard as hell back then!

[@trevdavies]

I could never even get past the first level as a kid. 😂

[@jurassicmatt2796]

@@trevdavies the gore made me persistent. It's easy once you know the patterns.

[@chrisicotec7652]

The Amiga 500 changed my life and kickstarted a 30 year (so far) career

[@obscuresoundz]

how so?

[@chrisicotec7652]

@@obscuresoundz because after being grounded as a kid and having time on my hands i discovered otamed, and it pretty much was the start of getting me into music production despite knowing nothing about music production

[@jimenycricket8431]

There were so many, not surprising you could leave out a few: -Dungeon Master -Kickoff -F16 Falcon -Hollywood Strip Poker -Silkworm/SWIV

[@danybackstone]

and Desert Strike, Fighter bomber, Hunter, Fury of the furries, Lotus II, spindizzy world, power monger, sim city, and other mentionned here like Defender of the crown, great giana sisters etc...

[@arcaderunner2188]

Xenon 2, Gods

[@obscuresoundz]

silkworm was fire

[@arcaderunner2188]

@@obscuresoundz And its sequel, SWIV.

[@MIKandJEAN]

ATR: All Terrain Racing

[@gallan671]

Some great games mentioned here - only thing I think I would add would be Defender of the Crown + Great Giana Sisters

[@terrypankhurst7601]

100% both great games.

[@Peter_Cetera]

100%! And does anyone know "Kaiser"?

[@mariopsmt]

Frankly there is too many brilliant titles to count them all... would have to make video ''most of the games on Amiga are brilliant''. It was a time where you needed actually sound product to get it to the market and people cared.

[@adamkatt]

defender of the crown was great game

[@dc110770]

Great Giana Sisters, Mario rip off but a great game.

[@jonny_kung]

No Rick Dangerous?! Eye of the Beholder 2 takes the cake for me. I remember my grandad buying this in our local store and me and him up for hours playing this. So many great memories and the game itself was absolutely fantastic and ahead of it's time.

[@rustyrob]

Yeah loved this game,rock hard too.

[@jonho7]

Rick Dangerous was spectacular! Great shout!

[@StarskyBuba]

Your grandad was cool.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Don't forget to check my Rick Dangerous video ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXPCm4Bsq9mfo7c&pp=ugMICgJlbhABGAHKBRRyaWNrIGRhbmdlcm91cyBwL3hlbA%3D%3D

[@kaasmeester5903]

Great game, that. I was in college at the time, me and my flatmates would play until our eyes bled, then we'd catch some sleep, and wake to continue the playthrough. No regard for night and day.

[@b.9772]

You missed out a lot of the Best and Amiga unique! Where Ambermoon - where Battle Isle or History Line - where Burntime - where MAD TV - where Goblins??? Criminal!

[@senaoutofspace]

@Mr. B. History Line is epic game. Love it.

[@tB3o3tR9o9]

Silk Worm, P.O.W., North & South, Maniac Mansion, Secrets of Monkey Island, Lost Patrol, Boulder Dash, Hero Quest, Hostages...

[@ripxkid]

So many classics left out... Project X Pinball Dreams Lost Patrol Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis Body Blows Thunderhawk Wing Commander Laser Squad Indianapolis 500 Arcade Pool TV Sports Basketball North & South Pirates! Alien Breed Hybris Uridium II Desert Strike Xenon II: Megablast Assassin Fire & Ice James Pond II: Robocod Magic Pockets The Lost Vikings Myth Rick Dangerous Superfrog

[@marvinmartian8746]

Yeah Pirates ruled! I also enjoyed Ballistix and Shadow of the Beast II.

[@MegaSantaclaude]

Its almost criminal that Rick Dangerous and Superfrog arent on the list

[@philwhatever3903]

You missed a few, Zool, Prince of Persia was epic on the Amiga 500,……and of course the big one!………The original “Street Fighter!”

[@ripxkid]

@@philwhatever3903 Out Run >> Street Fighter !!!

[@philwhatever3903]

@@ripxkid Road Rash was good too!

[@Blake00001]

I am amazed at how beautiful those games were. I had an incredible childhood/early teenage years.

[@obscuresoundz]

yes indeed; not so musch the graphics but the sound and the imagination/playabiltiy

[@MarkOakleyComics]

For me the Amiga's most amazing game was the original *Dungeon Master.* Half the fun was just being in thrall of the state of the art; no other platform had a game anywhere nearly as cool or advanced as Dungeon Master. It revolutionized the 3D adventure genre with design ideas nobody had thought of before. The seamless game play, solid level design and the stereo sound effects made it feel like you were actually deep underground. I'd never experienced anything like that before! I can understand why you left it off the list; there were some good rip-offs which came later and pushed the envelope further, but for me, nothing beats the romance of the first time.

[@OllyKilo]

Watched this with my daughter to show her how things used to be. She was actually impressed with some of the graphics.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

So awesome! Thanks for sharing that moment!

[@AnonyMooseUK]

This brings back so many memories. So many hours spent on these.

[@hansolo9119]

Thank you for that walk down memory lane. I loved playing Amiga as a child/ young teen in the early 90s, and Moonstone was maybe my favourite. - It was so brutal and fun to play!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

My pleasure! Thanks for the support!

[@robertdaone]

Everything that CinemaWare made really showcased the Amiga's campabilities!

[@trinsan]

Probably one of the best walkthroughs of Amiga 500 games. This walkthrough remembers all the genres, be it IK+, Populous, Super Cars, Rainbow Island and Pinball Dreams. And even pays tribute to Shadow the Beast that introduced so many graphiic innovations. So many games in this video that I’ve enjoyed. Perfect!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Appreciate it, Kenny! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@carlosfandango2419]

Great selection but a few I would have included - No Second Prize, Nitro, Knights of the Sky, Robocop III, Indy 500, Buggy Boy, SWIV, Pinball Dreams (Knightmare Table), Skidmarks, Alien Breed, Epic, Super Hangon, Silent Service..........

[@Teeb2023]

No Second Prize was great. The physics "felt" really accurate, and the mouse control was so natural.

[@xoen6]

Nitroooooo.

[@maniacsatwork]

Great Video. I would definitely add Defender of the Crown to this list as it's a game I still play to this day. And also Toki for its fun gameplay and arcade conversion accuracy.

[@RichardMoot]

I loved both Defender of the Crown and It Came from the Desert, but Rocket Ranger was another favorite

[@bielefeldundmehr2461]

Toki had also great graphics and music.

[@Marjopolo302]

Tomi was as good as the arcade on Amiga 500

[@mjmobile]

Excellent video! It is interesting that many folks, especially younger and over the pond, don't realize that the system had over 2k games in it's fantastic library. Pure love for the Amiga. I would add Walker, Qwak, Superfrog, PP Hammer and Fury of the Furries to the definitive list as well 🙂

[@SuperTinnTinn]

Ooh, PP Hammer..the memories🤩

[@BrawndoQC]

It was pretty popular in Quebec, Canada.

[@papa_sloth_gaming547]

Fury of the Furries was great!

[@stephenparkes8950]

Dune 2, turrican 2, beneath a steel sky. So many great hours spent during high school. The Amiga will always have my favourite memories

[@tomp7203]

Amazing list, so happy to see the A500 get so much love. Others that I would say helped to define the A500 were the Champ Manager series (especially "Italia" version of the game), also Magic Pockets, so much so I remember it being featured as part of a phone in game on Saturday morning children's tv in the UK (Think it was on Motormouth or something), where callers would call in and control the character by pressing the numbers on their dial tone phone.

[@spdmaniac2]

Great work. I was born several years after Amiga but is great to see the influence it had on gaming. And your view is always a nice way to learn about these games. Man, such a quality video. Thank you so much for it!

[@vgaportauthority9932]

I remember my stomach tingling the first time I drove the Ski Jump track in Stunt Car Racer. That game was great.

[@sebastiancrankshaw8893]

Amazing game that's arguably never been bettered in terms of the games imagination. Why are games so obsessed with reality? Stunt Car Racer had realistic physics but track concepts that could never exist in real life - and was all the better for it. I'd buy a modern day version of it in a heartbeat.

[@smalon75]

What a great video, possibly the best list of iconic Amiga games on KZbin. There will always be some games missing that people would have added but that is because there were so many good games released for the Amiga.

[@chrisperry132]

This is my childhood!!! Id give anything to play these games again

[@MegaGasek]

You don't have to. If you still have the original games, I think it is fair to play the equivalent of these titles on emulators. Unfortunately when I moved I had to leave my Amiga, 3DO and Super Nintendo behind. Sold them for very little money...

[@shanethepain1000]

@@MegaGasek ouch !

[@Channel-wx6mk]

It gaves Amiga Emulators Software for free.

[@bigmaxy07]

1988 to 1991 I was hooked on the Amiga and all those games. Great times with the extra DF1: disk drive, the proper monitor, the extra memory and a big disk box !!!

[@naviamiga]

Simply too many great games to call out here, a real joy of a machine.

[@Stella-ri5ex]

not really..have you played arcade games conversions by US GOLD? lol

[@obscuresoundz]

it was a classic

[@georgeslucas3389]

This was a so great period, so much sensation with so simple games. I still remember the unpackage of my first Attari in 1990 ^^ Spent so much hours on Lotus Esprit Challenge :=D

[@obscuresoundz]

jagaur xj220 also

[@digglerdudeuk]

Great list! Brought back so many fond childhood memories.

[@wisecat.]

I have played maybe 15 titles from this list. Only once I reached the end of Pang. What a memory. I miss Rick Dangerous, Lure of the Temptress, Golden Axe, Kick Off 2: Return to Europe, Superfrog, Curse of Enchantia, Goblins, Full Contact, Double Dragon. Maybe these are not all Amiga Originals but at least they have an Amiga version

[@danyoutube7491]

Kick Off surely has a strong claim as an Amiga-defining game, it was a revolution in the playability of computer football games and a huge hit.

[@Sundaydish1]

Ah, that moment when you could afford the 1/2 meg expansion and could open that trap door. A pointless list of my favourite Amiga games will follow. Gods, Hunter, Speedball 2, F/A-18 Interceptor, Deuteros, Wings Of Fury, Frontier: Elite II, Flashback, Turrican II, Populous II, S.W.I.V, Desert Strike, Space Crusade, SWOS, Mega-Lo-Mania

[@krashd]

Ever play Zeewolf? One of the last Amiga games, it was S.W.I.V. meets Virus. Or a 3D Desert Strike.

[@Sundaydish1]

@@krashd I remember the game, can't remember playing it. You have reminded me about Thunderhawk and Gunship 2000 though.

[@chrisperry132]

Turrican 2 love that game

[@krashd]

@@Sundaydish1 Never played Thunderhawk but I loved Gunship 2000. Can't say that I have ever taken to a flight sim as much as I took to Gunship 2000. I'm not sure if medals were a common theme in flight sims back then but I adored finding out what medals I had won after each mission. You would finish an Apache mission where you had to eliminate SAM launchers and then suddenly you are on a search and rescue mission where you had to make three checkpoints in a Blackhawk. I couldn't fly the Blackhawk for shit so by the end of the mission I would be a smoking wreck travelling 50 feet off the ground and diverting all power to my one fucked up engine just to stay aloft. Then I'd slam onto the landing zone and earn my 35th Purple Heart, hahah.

[@Sundaydish1]

@@krashd You had to NOE (Nap Of The Earth) pretty much all the time. The keyboard overlay helped lol

[@luxdico]

the amiga was just so superior to my C64, I remember watchin' the juggler demo again and again, playin' defender of the crown or shanghai and then Sidewinder, Buggy Boy, Marble Madness, Interceptor ... so many gr8 gems, the amiga was such an amazin' machine. I still can't believe that Amiga lost the race, when it was so ahead of all the other computers.

[@stijnvandamme76]

Well off course it was superior.. Amiga the successor Vic20>c64>C128>Amiga If they had somehow managed to not make it superior, nobody would have remembered it by now

[@Justforvisit]

They lost it because, despite having the absolute power house, especially later with AGA, their marketing department consisted of people who had absolutely zero clue in how to market their biggest strengths....

[@michaelkoch6863]

I miss that time and the lifestyle of those decades. It will never come again.

[@obscuresoundz]

nope its a wrap that was an amazing time

[@michaelwhite6461]

Brilliant list, well put together video - I had a large number of the games listed, but the standouts were Speedball 2, Pinball Fantasies and superfrog (all of which I am still playing on the PS Vita when I travel). The only titles I really felt were missing were maybe a couple of the Team 17 games (Project X and Alien Breed)

[@eldante4139]

Agree with the games that you have listed. I liked Brutal Sports football too and Championship Manager

[@simretroracer7368]

Stones n Bones from Pinball Fantasies is my favourite of all time. I’ve put it on my Virtual Pinball table. Great video.

[@rafabartosik9870]

I love the Nightmare table from Pinball Dreams. It was IMHO much better. :) From Pinball Fantasies I liked the Speed Devils the most.

[@dogbadger]

The reputation of the amiga (and Commodore's C64 for that matter) owes an incredible dept to British game developers, making up the vast majority in this list. It's remarkable that - largely unaffected by the videogames crash of the early 80s - Uk programmers went on to arguably dominate the industry well into the 90s with so many fantastic and often genre defining titles. BTW - I know you acknowledge there are other good titles you left out, but I think from a system defining standpoint I think you should could have found room for team 17's Project X and Alien Breed (in particular), as well as Corporation which was one of the earliest FPS/RTS hybrids.

[@techtonikshyft]

Alien Breed, such a great shout!

[@onilaw6253]

holding up was buying game magazines and definitely cause of that I was buying games like Shadow of thbeasst Turican2 Alienbree etc, awarded top games then

[@obscuresoundz]

yes the developers had alot of imagination and the music of amiga games was just awesome

[@tricordertransmissions1442]

Awesome trip down memory lane! I played so many of those games on my 500. I have to put in a plug for Psygnosis' "The Killing Game Show" though... incredible game with an insanely cool soundtrack for it's day.

[@GreenPawelito]

Omg the feeling! Thank you kindly for this video. This was my begginings as a gamer, played almost every game from the list. I got chills. World seemd brighter at that time, life was simple and great. I was outdoors playing soccer, climbing trees I was truely free and back home Amiga 500 was waiting for me. I think there is something wrong with me because I hate being an adult. These times are overwhelming I wanna travel back in time and be a kid, young teenager again. I was very happy back then I am not happy right now :(

[@arch3nemy849]

This

[@obscuresoundz]

that 80s/ early 90s era was unmatched in nostalgia, and word has defo been made darker via social engineering

[@SangNguyen-ql3qm]

Awesome video! It was my childhood having friends come over and play on the Amiga. My favourite game was Wing Commander. Cool dialogues and armed space ships.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thanks for watching! Appreciate it!

[@anakondase]

How I miss those days when games were original and innovative. Today games are just versions of the same basic theme.

[@TheLordbal]

and worked right out of the box ;)

[@anakondase]

@Roc Towerhug I doubt it. There are still original games, just very far apart. I think it's more of developers going with what they know will sell and just try to make it prettier.

[@madspaniel4271]

In those days, with the limitations of the machines, 'playability' was an absolutely vital ingredient. These days, with powerful machines and fancy graphics cards with 10 fans on them that require their own nuclear power plant to run them, the emphasis seems to have shifted to 'looking good' rather that 'playing good'. I've always wondered why hardly any of the great games from the Amiga 500 era were never re-made. Stunt Car Racer - with "Flat Out 2" graphics would be flippin' awesome don't you think?. I think todays devs need to look back at the age of the great computer game, and get developing some decent games! :)

[@TheLordbal]

@@madspaniel4271 👍

[@madspaniel4271]

@Roc Towerhug You're absolutely right there. The Amiga 500 days were brilliant because people (and companies) were pushing the boundaries of what the machine could do. I'm not a business man by any stretch of the imagination, but if i were, I'd like to start a company that looked to the future as far as computer tech goes, BUT......looked to the past for game ideas. From the early days, when the Spectrum 48k hit the market, there was a sudden flood of absolutely brilliant games, and of course, when the Amiga 500 came along, it only got better. I see nothing wrong with looking back to the early days of home computer gaming and can't for the life of me understand why devs don't look back either. Maybe i'm completely wrong? - i dunno - but i think there would be a huge market for 'resurrected old games' ?

[@karmaisreal261]

Awesome list!

[@LurkingCrassZero]

Pretty comprehensive list of Amiga gems. A few I'd add are, Hunter, Nebulus, Z-Out, Corporation, Indy 500, Hired Guns and F/A- 18 Interceptor.

[@kuldipxxxpanesar]

I think I played at least 90% of the games in this list, thank you for reminding me of my childhood. I'm off to get an Amiga emulator now.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

My pleasure! Thanks for stopping by! Have fun :)

[@obscuresoundz]

i had all dat shit; swapping disks in the playground; piracy was huge on the amiga

[@TurboLazer007]

Awesome video. I remember at a time Another World, Flashback and Lemmings were my favourite games. However there was also Walker and Superfrog that defined the Amiga for me.

[@grenzelucano]

Walker ❤️

[@markg155]

Great video and thank you very much for the reliving some of the nostalgic moments of back. I played many of those games over the years, making the Amiga period a memorable one.

[@blacknapalm2131]

05:38 *I swear my first crush as a kid was with the girls of 'It Came From The Desert'

[@GBennie]

Not having Fury of the Furries is a SIN I say, but as it's there in shining glory at 29:38 I'll let you off, great list of games, Amiga had so many great times

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thanks 😉 by the way, I have a fully dedicated history video on Fury of the Furries 😉 check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bILQlWxrfbqApJosi=E2Ewsm2KvGvmiKut

[@ChristopherFortin]

The games were so colorful, beautiful and atmospheric

[@Legendarysetsandtapepacks]

Fantastic video. We had a Tandy 1000, Amiga 500 then an Amiga 1200. So many memories

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thanks for stopping by! Appreciate it!

[@Legendarysetsandtapepacks]

@@itsaPIXELthing keep up the amazing videos

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thanks for the support :) Take care! Cheers!

[@22lalen]

I still have my Amiga 500+ in good condition. Some games are missing in your list. Zool, James Pond, Super wonderboy, Flimbos, Kickoff, Dragons lair and many more 😁👍

[@jasonnisbet3766]

Supercars 2 and Worms were my favourite games on the Amiga, great to see them here. I still used my Amiga 500 up until around 2002 when it finally expired. Great Video...

[@waskus]

Best flight sim was f/a 18 interceptor. Man I loved that game and the gfx where insane for its time.

[@dep1001]

Awesome! Still have my Amiga and most of these games... I have great memories of playing the A500 and getting it all those years ago.

[@beachlife2968]

Having owned a zx spectrum 48k i used to buy the gaming magazines each month and they would show screen shots of a game on various computers and I used to drool at how nice the Amiga graphics were compared to the monochrome speccy graphics. Was so happy when i got an amiga but had great fun on both computers.

[@danieljones7856]

Same here My first computer was a spectrum 128k I then won an Amiga in a newspaper competition which got delivered a few days before Christmas Best day ever

[@edz]

Sounds like I wrote that comment! Are you getting TheAmiga500 mini and do you own a ZX Spectrum Next?

[@sk1nney]

If I remember rightly I used to get crash magazine for the specy games and c&vg for a nosey at the other platforms. Finally got the Amiga from my mums catalog when I started work. Paid well over the odds but loved that machine. Still gaming at 50yrs old. And although I’m more than happy with my series X. I do miss a lot of the old Amiga games. Went the pc route once. But really couldn’t be arsed with the constant upgrading. So went the console route. And must of tried them all. Happy times. 😊

[@beachlife2968]

@@sk1nney I would literally be counting the days down for these magazines to come out as these were the only source of gaming information, no internet back in the day haha. So C&vg amiga action, zero etc would have been the ones i went for. I moved onto a snes after the Amiga and while the games were graphically amazing like super contra, super Mario they didn't have the depth that Amiga games had. I would be engrossed in an Amiga game for hours but probably only about 20 mins for a snes game. Two games i wish i had completed more on the Amiga were Stunt car racer and powermonger. I always had them on the back burner but never came back to them.

[@sk1nney]

@@beachlife2968 stunt car racer would always be in my all time top5. The rest I would struggle with. Probably the original destiny would be there. Bad company two. And a long queue for the last two slots. At a push speed ball or chaos engine (purely based on hours put in). Destruction derby or wipeout. As I said there’s a strong queue ( maybe ocarina of time/ff7)

[@clarku4]

Thank you for this video. I had an Amiga when I was very young and I've been rediscovering the system recently with the Amiga Mini. This video was fantastic to get an idea of what the essential games are for the system, many of which I've never seen before. Great work.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thanks for your feedback! Cheers!

[@raggeragnar]

Fantastic season opener ! 27 of these games are on my favourite list. If I can add a few of my own most played games , it would be : Black crypt , Alien breed special edition , Wing commander , Legends of valour , Escape from Colditz , Space hulk , Lost patrol , Heimdall , Dune , Perihelion , Persian gulf inferno , Dylan dog - the murderers , Ranx , Murder & D-generation. We all have different preferences , but everytime I watch one of your Amiga videos , I need to play a few games on mine , Hahaha. A500 is my favourite game machine of all time , alongside my Nes and my PsOne. Great video , as always. Stay safe.

[@IsaacKuo]

I love your list, because I have played none of them! That's the thing. There were so many Amiga games that it's entirely possible to have a completely non-overlapping gaming experience.

[@raggeragnar]

@@IsaacKuo : I STILL learn about great games on the A500 that I have’nt tried. Just to ease my mind , I’d like to list the rest of my favourites. We’ve got to help each other to keep great games alive : Knights of the sky , syndicate+datadisk space crusade+ expansion , hero quest+expansion , Pirates , dungeon master+Chaos strikes back , golden axe , prince of persia , ishar trilogy , sim city , speedball2 , superfrog , hired guns , Battlehawks 1942 , their finest hour , pirates , dynablaster , alfred chicken , zool , lethal weapon , team yankee trilogy , advanced destroyer simulator , M4 Abrams , dragon strike. Please , feel free to list any games you think I might have missed.

[@IsaacKuo]

@@raggeragnar My list would actually include a lot of freeware/shareware games. I didn't have a lot of money to spare, and I didn't know anyone else with an Amiga to pirate software from. So my gaming experience tilted heavily toward freeware/shareware games that I could mail order cheap copies or in some cases download from ftp site. Oh, and there were cover disks from Amiga Format etc which some magazine shops imported. That's how I got to experience demo versions of games like Gods and The Chaos Engine. Not everything worked 100% on my NTSC Amiga, of course.

[@raggeragnar]

@@IsaacKuo : I loooove share/freeware games. My best is ”Extreme violence” , ”Zombi” and ”Hydrozone”. I got most of mine from cover disks with The One Amiga , Amiga action & Amiga format. Those were the most available british magazines here in Sweden.

[@IsaacKuo]

@@raggeragnar See this is awesome - again, I haven't even _heard_ of any of those three! I think there are a lot of "lost" treasures because freeware/shareware Amiga games don't get much attention on KZbin. My favorites were Amiga Space War, which had very different dynamics and tactics than other versions of Space War, and Charr - a scrolling Scorched Earth clone that solved the biggest problem with Scorched Earth. In Charr, you bought your weapons as you went along, rather than during a long boring shopping phase. There were also a couple really slick HIRES INTERLACE asteroids type games. Unfortunately I don't remember the names of them. I think one was Bounceroids, and it was great because it loaded the graphics from a standard IFF bitmap. So, I fired up Deluxe Paint 2 and customized my own graphics for it! The other used pure vector graphics, but it had a lot of cool weapon powerups and varied enemies. Oh, I also loved Llamatron, but that game is actually well known thanks to it being one of the most popular Jeff Minter games. Another one which seems criminally obscure is "Vic Blitz", which is actually a much deeper and interesting game than the original Vic-20 Blitz. It had horrible graphics but the gameplay was sublime. I think the grid was only 8x8 tiles, but your bombs would only take out a single tile. You had to get a deep understanding of how to combine deep bombing with bombing of the highest peaks. If you only bombed the highest peaks, you would not be able to clear out the lower tiles in time before crashing into them. A VERY difficult game, but very interesting. Another game I really loved I wrote myself - a Tetris clone that fit in 12K. Obviously, I could play around with all parameters, and the most fun variant was "Welltris", where the width was only 5 blocks. Sadly, I think this is lost to time. I didn't really know anyone else with an Amiga, and my old hard drive died ages ago.

[@GotchaPine007]

What impressed me the most is the skill of the gamer showing those games! Never fails

[@Folk_var]

Some really great games there. Takes me back to better times.

[@Concorde4711]

Great choices, most people focusing on just one or two genre, here you see the whole palette of amiga games. Miss the old times.

[@MO-hq4iz]

Defender of the Crown should have been on the list

[@JohnnyPope]

Aaaaaaaah, the absolute BEST age of computing - what a time to have lived!! Had all of those games bar 3. The Amiga was my absolute fav computer!!!

[@Paras123Shah]

Can't believe Super Frog or Zool did not make it to the list!

[@zenithquasar9623]

I was obsessed with Super Frog!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Super Frog was included in my Top 26 Amiga games' video released a few years ago ;)

[@zakblue]

It came from the desert... there's never been a game quite like it. I would love a new age remake on that one! I'd add Grand Monster Slam to your list - man I played the heck out of that game as a kid. Thanks for the compilation.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

My pleasure! Thank you so much for watching!

[@Reelreactions999]

Every time I think of the Amiga I'm reminded of the time I watched a friend play a game that blew my 13 year old mind. The game came on four (maybe 4) disks. That game was Dragon's Lair.

[@tahirahmed33]

Space ace , dragon's lair 2 , space ace 2

[@Skynet_11]

Great video. Tuga power! I missed the first week of my 7th grade because of Dune II on my Amiga 500. Great times.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Seriously? :) Thank you so much for sharing your story ;) Grande abraço!! Tuga power!!

[@bravo478bl]

I owned the Amiga 500/600 and 1200 and I had more fun on games than I do with my PS5 & PS4, Shadow of the Beast/ Cadaver/ Prince of Persia/Lemmings/ Speedball/ Sensible Soccer and PP Hammer. Would play these games now without a doubt. I had more fun with my mates on Sensible Soccer than any Fifa game on my PS5 and I think games in the 90s weren't over thought like they are now, just pick a team and play😊 remember PGA Golf🥰

[@litjellyfish]

Maybe because you were young then? :) I mean come on shadow of the best plays terrible.

[@obscuresoundz]

prolly cos u was younger when amiga games was out

[@marcogiuliocamurri]

Where are James Pond 2 Codename Robocod, Space Ace (and its 7 floppy disks...), The Great Giana Sisters, Rod Land, Zak McCraken, BadLands ... so many wonderful games are missing in this video. But it's just a sign of how many incredible games were available on the beloved Amiga 500.

[@Loenne555]

Amazing how many of the early and mid 90s groundbreaking games were still released or even developed on the Amiga. I played most of these on MS DOS at the time. (The end of the Amiga (and Commodore in general) was already on the horizon unfortunately)...

[@peterbelanger4094]

But ultimately, it was the games that brought down the Amiga. It became known just as a gaming machine. But Nintendo was rapidly rising at the time and took most of that market. Commodore should have focused more professional graphics applications and marketed more to compete with the Macintosh. But because the Amiga was known for mostly games, it didn't get the respect it deserved.

[@tomtom34b]

I would have NEVER stopped playing on my AMIGA 500, but then in 1993, a game called "X-Wing" appeared...

[@berbekzed8100]

miss take em out, dogs of war and dungeon master

[@patrikstenberg34]

@@tomtom34b yeah..for me it was Tie Fighter in '94. Once I saw it, I knew my A1200's days were numbered..

[@jez76]

The Scandinavians was also quite active, doing demos stuff. And of course pinball dreams by Digital Illusions. Later known as DICE which has had some slight successes lately with their Battlefield games.

[@993ti]

I played most of those titles as a kid, love the video. I still have the same Amiga from back then.

[@obscuresoundz]

wow u kept ur orginal amiga; I wish i kept mine

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

What an EXCELLENT video! I've played a number of these, on other platforms. It seems like the Amiga 500 was the place to be!

[@julien1]

It was ahead of its time for sure. Had they carried on it would be the numero uno today Im sure.

[@Cesar-zo6fe]

Superb. You bring me back beautiful memories. Thank you!

[@MakoyUnggoy]

I always remember scanning the back of the game box before I bought anything to make sure it would run because the 500+ and 600 games weren't always compatible with the better selling 500!

[@hplovecraft1402]

I remember that problem :)

[@2technoboy2]

Great list dude. Spent years of my life playing lots on your list. Also defender of the crown & hunter. My elder neighbour was an Amiga fiend and would burn all the discs for me… good ol X-copy :)

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thanks for watching! Appreciate it 😉

[@sepsism138]

Lots of good ones here. Some other favorites of mine not mentioned (played on Amiga 500) were Golden Axe, Afterburner, Alien Syndrome, Aquatic Games, Battle Chess, Blues Brothers, Body Blows, California Games, Desert Strike, Fire & Ice, Great Giana Sisters, Hunter, Gods, James Pond 1 & 2, Jungle Strike, Kick Off, Motor Massacre, New York Warriors, Obliterator, Paperboy 2, Persian Gulf Inferno, Prince of Persia, all 3 Robocop games, Sidewinder, Shadow of the Beast 3, Test Drive, Terminator 2, some Simpsons games (bart vs space mutants and maybe bart vs the world), Weird Dreams, Winter Games, Zool and many others I'm sure I can't remember.

[@simonspoke]

My nostalgia chip just overloaded! Loved the Amiga, and had most of these games. I lost a lot of my youth to it! lol

[@obscuresoundz]

yes indeed many hours spent playing games

[@spaceape9606]

So many games I had forgotten. Alien Breed was a good one too.

[@savdown]

Kick Off, TV Sports Basketball, Super cars 2, Indy Heat, GODS, Moonstone

[@JLastauskas]

Ah Moonstone, so many memories, so many hours...

[@xlausen221276]

Thanks for making THIS list. Took me back. Played most of them

[@itsaPIXELthing]

My pleasure ;)

[@rincemind8369]

The Amiga was 16-bit heaven!

[@frazzleboy]

Great video pal and a lovely selection of games

[@realtsarbomba]

Anyone remember Utopia? Played it for days and days until Civilization. Wing Commander was also incredible on Amiga and defined the space shooter genre for forever. Also Monkey Island 2 with 12 disc and constant disc swapping has forever etched into my mind. P.s. Honorable mention goes to Persian Gulf Inferno.

[@azer66]

Yes utopia was awesome. Almost forgot that game until i saw your comment

[@JJLCFC]

Yep, Powermonger was good too.

[@Teeb2023]

Great list... most of these formed my mid twenties.

[@kuro68000]

I love Dune II. You can cheese with Harkkonen though, the missile launcher things have ridiculous range!

[@stephenparkes8950]

Acknowledge

[@davetaylor4898]

I still have my Amiga 500 Batman Pack which my parents bought me in the 80’s!

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Oh, man! That's awesome :)

[@RP12ification]

Got to get mine out of the attic and repair the bugger. What a great machine it was. It even had PC emulator to play GUNSHIP.

[@1whu965]

Early to mid 90,s we used to go to the markets and get any game on copy for about 3-5 pound

[@madspaniel4271]

There was a HUGE car boot sale held at Cross Green in Leeds back in those days. You could get any game (often there were more than 1 game on a CD) for about £1. Of course it didn't last long, as it was raided several times and eventually shut down.

[@navigator6974]

After being essentially bored with my PS4 two years ago I remembered how much fun I had gaming with my N64 and got my hands on the old console, this triggered my joruney into retrograming, first getting a nice big ol crt and getting most of my old consoles back (SNES, GC, Dreamcast, Wii). The other day I remembered that even before all the old consoles that I loved there was the Amiga 500 that I owned as a kid. Watching these videos just bring it all back! These old games were such a blast, I am currently waiting for the Amiga 500 maxi coming out or I might try to find an old 2nd hand Amiga 500. I cant wait to play these old games again!! They still look beautiful and the art and the 16bit sound and melodies give me such a kick! :) You have a great channel here !

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Yeah, modern gaming can be indeed boring. Thank you so much for watching and for leaving your amazing comment! Truly enjoyed reading it! Cheers!

[@MaximumRD]

Honestly, fantastic games not to mention all the fantastic PD and sharware, my AMIGA 500 got me by for a long time I never even craved gaming consoles because I could play games and do so much more, paint, animation, I even output my composite (using the a520 modulator) to my VCR and make crude and basic yet fun titles for my own home movie videos. It was nothing fancy but of all my friends and family I was the only one doing it so they were pretty impressed 😀😎

[@sunnyjim1355]

29:14 - 29:18 Yes, now you can laugh... because we've all done it.

[@rafabartosik9870]

Oh man, I've spent countless hours playing original Civilization. This franchise is my all-time classic (my favourite instalment is the second one, for PC, with amazing videos playing when you complete one of the Wonders).

[@bielefeldundmehr2461]

On my Amiga it took about 30 minutes to create the world when you started a new game.

[@gr84all]

Thanks for the memories! I also had "Weird Dreams" & "Wayne Gretzky Hockey".

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Weird Dreams was indeed something else 😉

[@GuitarAnthony]

Dungeon Master was the first game I ever got for my Amiga 500. Speedball II Brutal Deluxe is still my favorite game of all time and the only one that made me violent (albeit it was the Sega Genesis version) but I got scored on in the finals at the last second so I put my fist through my wall. I then covered up said hole with a poster.

[@markmanning2921]

This is pretty much the only youtube video on ancient games that is worth watching. This isnt just "the top 10" or 'my fave 5" this is almost exhaustive :) Had you failed to list the settlers which I consider is THE single greatest game ever produced by anyone of that era I would have fired you. You did however fail to mention that its music score is also THE BEST of any of that era so only 99/100 for you :)

[@malcolmvella9306]

These where amazing games with great stories and hours of fun. Today’s games are more beautiful and sophisticated but the real feel was the Amiga

[@itsaPIXELthing]

No doubt :)

[@Justforvisit]

One of these feels though was "Guru Meditation" 🤣

[@captainzeppos]

EXCELLENT choice of reviewed games. Bravo! Of those 45 games I remember playing at least 40 in my youth. I also remember buying exactly zero of them.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Thanks for stopping by and for leavIng your feedback ;)

[@bigstackD]

Perfect timing👊🏻😁🍻🍻🍻

[@mcjdubpower]

Metal melting and Amiga , I marry ye.

[@mcjdubpower]

All that's missing is vw golfs.

[@YouStEeLz]

Those games defined the 16/32 Bit Era, more than the Amiga itself. They defined the Atari, the PC Compatible on DOS platform, most the games from that list were available on multiple platforms.

[@Harp00nX]

Can't agree Fantasies is the best of the 3, just like Dreams it gets boring quickly due to lack of modes on the tables, Illusions is much more entertaining (then there's Slamtilt on another level). I loved Swos but the 20 season career limit was a poor choice and really there was no reason for it, taking lower league teams all the way had to be done in Premier Manager games instead.

[@krashd]

I loved the Premier Manager games, I was always Stalybridge Celtic or Halifax Town :D

[@Harp00nX]

@@krashd Stalybridge is the serious challenge in Prem 3 lol what a dreadful starting squad haha