Top 10 Amiga Games of All Time!

[@cruachankeith]

Ok, as I've had a few smart comments on this - Frontier came with two disks. Disk two was the game disk, disc one was the intro! and as for my pronunciation of 'TH' ... that's how Irish people pronounce it, a hard 'T', it's our accent :)

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

Bugger them if they can't understand an accent, who are they to talk? We all have an accent from where we hail from. Must be yanks...

[@mudachuka12345]

CruachanKeith thanks for making this. Bitmap bro’s games always had good music

[@mudachuka12345]

Reach for the skies used to always crash on me screen went all jittery .

[@mudachuka12345]

CruachanKeith brutal sports football I enjoyed playing that 🤣

[@MrWaalkman]

Oh yeah, I hadn't picked up on where you are from until you hit the hard "T". Irish all the way. :)

[@mikew8426]

I think the greatest legacy of the Amiga is that everyone who played it would have a different 10.

[@cruachankeith]

Mike W - so true

[@cruachankeith]

@Simon Peter but there are 64 characters on screen, not 64,000 ... that's the point I was trying to make :-)

[@BerndBadura]

Yes this is one part of the great legacy of Amiga! The other is: It was a great and outstanding computer of his time. And: We can sit along with our lists, compare them combine them to a list of top 100 Amiga games and recognize that some of this games are still in the rankings for best computer games of all time. ;)

[@BerndBadura]

Oh yes. I am a proud owner of a Monkey Island box, signed by Ron Gilbert. So: I absoloutly knew what you mean.

[@BerndBadura]

The Settlers was known in Germany as "Die Siedler". It is ´till date a very popular franchise in Germany and had also a big sucsess as board game. But the old Amiga game is still the best one.

[@phillace]

I used to love "SpeedBall" on the Amiga .

[@gallan671]

Speedball 2.... "Ice cream.... ice cream...."

[@darrenporter1850]

@@gallan671 I loved Speedball but hated Speedball 2.. it had terrible gameplay but people seemed to like it.

[@nprintheshit]

@@darrenporter1850 are you mad!!

[@darrenporter1850]

@@nprintheshit icecream. Icecream.. very annoying. Plus there is a reason when you watch a game of football there is not a machine at the side of the pitch to get extra points.. that was annoying and ruined the gameplay too! Original Speedball was great, so fast and just goals at end of the pitch!

[@MARC-FENIX]

Speedball 2! Great Game! No doubt about that! In the top 5 Amiga Games with Wings, Lost Patrol, Defender of the Crown and Moonstone!

[@Butler195]

I always loved Syndicate.

[@cruachankeith]

me too, i have that in the first part

[@clivewilliams3084]

same here, i played it over and over... i managed to get through it using only a single agent, although that required glitching through a wall during the 'escort the doctor' mission (and probably elsewhere.) great game.

[@delboy6384]

This Game rocked

[@LostTouristOfficial]

Cannon Fodder!

[@Wildernessoutside]

classic

[@pheargoth]

I never owned an Amiga. The first time I ever played on one was in about 1990. I was blown away by the graphics and sound. They were so far ahead of their time.

[@GravityBites1]

Oh boy, that soundtrack from the Chaos Engine is such a blast even 30 years on. What a banger!

[@tahirahmed33]

Chaos engine is a very juicy polished bitmap brothers game. I hope they return and make retros games

[@nickel392]

Oh yeah... Turrican II... Rick Dangerous... Star Wars... Desert Strike... North & South... Another World... Panza Kick Boxing... Manhattan Dealers... IK+... Shadow of the Beast...Barbarian...Test Drive... Carrier Command...Falcon...Flood...Pinball Dreams...Postman Pat...R-Type...Starglider...Sword of Sodan...Wing Commander...Wings of Fury... I admit that I really miss those old days of pure fun;-) Now I can feel the age creeping up my bones again *lol*

[@Krisisawake]

Rick dangerous! Yeah! So difficult but fun

[@nickel392]

@@g_geezer3277 Yeah, I could´ve gone on forever, but I wanted to point out the most rememberable ones for me... but I forgot to name F-18 Interceptor, that´s right ;-)

[@tiezel5656]

Oohh north and south !! I totaly forgot that was so cool

[@boysenbengel]

and indiana jones!!! but one of my favorites was...pac-mania...and bubble bobble

[@koksamardoksa9394]

North and south what a brilliant game when appache throw tomahowk from the corner of screen brilliant

[@philjamprimate]

The most overlooked amiga game has to be Hired Guns. Seriously deep, addictive multiplayer, level designer, huge. We used to build really complicated traps for eachother to figure out, all night sessions with teams of mates. Absolutely ahead of it's time. Review it!

[@senaoutofspace]

I absolutely agree with you. Great game.

[@vatrenikrug]

Amazing game... Newer finish it couse some flopy error :( hope to find a way to play it now with 3 more people...

[@joet7136]

I played the shit out of the demo but could never find a copy of the full game. Loved Hired Guns...a top 10 Amiga game for me for sure.

[@efc4693]

I used to play hired guns with 3 other mates like the first multi player cod

[@mr.lonewolf8199]

Yes

[@sidplays77]

Loved my Amiga, out of every computer and console I have ever owned the Amiga is my no1. I’m 41 now so was playing the Amiga in my teens at home locked away in my bedroom in another world! Happy days...

[@cruachankeith]

you've described my life :-)

[@sidplays77]

CruachanKeith it was a wonderful era of gaming, will never be matched in my eyes

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Sid Plays yup never had a computer I’m as fond of as the Amiga. Maybe it’s just nostalgia but I don’t feel the same way about the other computers I had as a kid.

[@edstar83]

Same.

[@Doesnotcare12]

Ditto

[@evertonian26]

Nice list! Bringing back some great Amiga memories there! Some of my favourites were.... Turrican II, Soccer Rivals, Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies, Pinball Illusions, Microprose F1 Grand Prix, Cannon Fodder, Arkanoid, Jimmy White's Worldwind Snooker, Hunter, Sensible Soccer, Turbo Challenge, International Karate +, The Secret of Monkey Island, Theme Park, Scorched Tanks. I'm probably missing loads of others I loved too. Jesus, I couldn't do a top 10 list! haha.

[@markgbrew]

finally someone mentions turrican!!!

[@darkhorsedre]

Yours is a list I recognise more! I can't believe so many were missed. Truly OPs bias but there were commonly loved games like the above & Gods, Moonstone, Alienbreed SE, Great Giana sisters (Mario rip off), Cadaver, Heimdall 2, crazy cars 2, Killing game show, desert strike, anotherworld & flashback, super pang, rick dangerous 2, speedball 2....

[@kingstonlj]

My most played Amiga games: 1. Kick Off 2 2. Lotus Turbo Challenge 3. Speedball 2 4. Supercars 2 5. Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 A special mention must go to The New Zealand Story and Rainbow Islands, which were great arcade conversions.

[@Khaos969]

New Zealand story literally impossible to complete

[@MyloshEK]

OH Speedball 2 my love

[@OjsMatte]

@@Khaos969 not if you type motherfuckingkiwibastard before you start ;)

[@GhOsT76GR]

I agree for Sensible Soccer and Chaos Engine. For me on my top list are: Another World, Flashback, Lotus II, Super Cars II, Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island 1&2, Dune II etc

[@Marjopolo302]

Flashback was brilliant.

[@williamshakesbeer6694]

Am I the only one, who loved and still loves "Marble Madness"? 😘

[@claudioesposito6780]

that was one hell of a game!

[@mr.morkai8430]

Checker "rolling madness", the remake on pc, amazingly good!

[@JohnDoe_75]

I must have had over 600 games on my amiga, going from an A500 to a CD32 and A4000/40, Marble madness was actually 1 of the first 3 games I got. Along with Brataccas and Phalanx.

[@jorgenkarlsson6654]

Loved it, one of my first games

[@MinekEzQM]

Not the only one. Also Spindizzy on C-64

[@filiplhommelet]

No Wings? That game was 3-in-one! dogfights, topview bomber-missions, sidescrolling strafing missions... and boy, that campaign was long and awesome ! :D And the original Dune, how amazing was that game? The final battle destroying the Harkonnen... I remember playing that one while having Iron Maiden's To Tame a Land on repeat :D

[@clivewilliams3084]

several of my friends bought Amigas after seeing me playing Wings. brilliant game.

[@hallvardhvidsten2217]

Those were two of my favorites too!! :)

[@PhillieBraap]

Wings is one of my all time favourite games, hands down

[@slimbuzza]

Wings available on android

[@PascalRibaux]

Yeah! Dune II was basically the Amigas Command and Conquer. Loved Wings! Anybody knows Wings of fury? One of the best and most fun side scrolling fighter bomber game! North vs south is my top 2 Player game along with International karate +.

[@wrobi73]

What I remember best: Super Cars 2, Kick Off 2, North & South, Pinball Dreams, Gobliiins (all parts), Another World, UFO Enemy Unknown, Eye Of Beholder, Wings of Fury.

[@fabioa.565]

Back in the 90s my favorite games were cannon fodder, sensible soccer, desert storm, speedball. Those were great years. What a nostalgia

[@zebinator6155]

Two games I can't believe aren't in this list: 1. Hired Guns 2. UFO: Enemy Unknown (the original XCOM game) The second one in particular is not only one of the best games on the Amiga but one of the best games of all time.

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

Just your opinion, as it is his. We all have our own lists, each saying their game was the best of all.

[@Dragonblaster1]

I agree. Even though I have XCOM and XCOM 2 on Steam, I also have Enemy Unknown. It’s spookier than the more modern games, and tactics are more vital. The only edge the modern games have is better graphics and sound effects.

[@campbellmaclure7386]

Agreed.... Hired guns AMAZING.... rember Sim? He did all our heavy lifting

[@Kavlor1]

The music to Hired Guns was good.

[@Puschit1]

I forgot about Jagged Alliances 2 which definately rivals X-Com.

[@RealJap]

Cannon Fodder, Body Blows, Final Fight, Another World, yes, great memories.

[@adamdriver1016]

Another world is my number 1. I still play it on the ps4.

[@magnuskwiatek6920]

Giana Sisters

[@thomaswoodward8574]

There was something incredibly special about that era of gaming. Maybe it was the system itself, or the quality of the games, or how it was such a huge part of my younger years, but for me there are still some games that hold their own against some of the titles out today. Granted the graphics might not be quite as appealing, but the Monkey Island series, Sensible (World Of) Soccer, Batman: The Movie, Goblins, Lemmings, Worms amongst many others will forever stand the test of time.

[@Arthur-fc7zm]

My favorite Top ten for Amiga 500: 1. North& South 2.Secret of Monkey Island 3.Turrican II 4.Shadow of the Beast 5 Kick Off 6. Populous 7.It came from the dessert 8.Speedball 2 9.Sword of Sodan 10.Lotus 3

[@ChasD]

Four games that I played to death on my Amiga and that I think should be included in any top 10 Amiga list: 1. Llamatron 2112 2. Rock n Roll 3. Turbo Hang On 4. Archer McClean's Pool/ Jimmy White's Snooker Llamatron 2112 is Jeff Minter at his crazy, psychedelic best. Sure, it's pretty much a revisited Williams Robotron 2084, but Jeff added so many extras, power ups, bizarre attackers and levels to make a fast, frenetic and thoroughly addictive game. I played it for months and destroyed a number of joysticks before managing to complete all 99 levels! Rock n Roll has to be one of the most fiendishly addictive and compelling arcade puzzle games that I have ever played, easily on the same level as Lemmings. The objective is simply to guide a ball to the end of each level while navigating hazards, treacherous terrain and solving puzzles along the way. It had everything from precise and skilful control, puzzle solving/ logic as well as racing against the clock. All the while with some great music to keep you going. A very underrated game that should have got much more recognition. Turbo Hang On is a port from the Sega arcade classic of the same name. On its release, the Amiga port was easily the best of all the conversions at the time. Faithful to the original, awesome graphics (showing what the Amiga was capable of) with fast and exhilarating game play. Jimmy White's Snooker and Archer McClean's Pool (both programmed by Archer) were basically the same game play, with the snooker version licenced to use World snooker champion Jimmy White's name and the pool version released under Archer's own name. Both were incredibly good fun to play with unique gameplay cue control and excellent 3D graphics. Probably the best snooker and pool games ever in my opinion. Oh, and if no input is made to the game after a certain period of time, the balls start making faces at you!

[@panthakurai5267]

Ah Jeff (Manic) Minter The guy that did the side scrolling shooter 'Revenge of the mutant camels'

[@peterlawson777]

Hybris, cannon fodder, super frog, wizkid, xenon II, llamatron, dune, swiv, silkworm, lionheart, monkey island........there’s so many Amiga classics!

[@picdriver]

The chaos engine!!! I still think of this game to this day. I also remember going from the 500 to the CD32..and expanding it with sx1 module to add original amiga functions such as a keyboard etc etc....wow my kids were little then....now they've given me grandkids......where does technologicall time fly???

[@TheJosep70]

I had a CD32 too... Worst gamepad in history IMO!

[@ZeRiverman]

I'm 42 now and still thinking about my Amiga games... I remember pretending to be sick to stay at home instead of going to school, to play all day long! :D F29 Retaliator Sherman M4 Lost patrol Defender of the crown Pirates Lords of the rising sun Prince of Persia Wings Moonstone Panza kick boxing Powermonger Populous II Centurion defender of Rome Stunt car racer R-Type Monkey island Operation Stealth (James Bond: The Stealth Affair) Hunter Cadaver ... Oh my god, i can't stop! So many good games... Greetings from France!

[@edstar83]

WTF I thought I was the only one who did that. Great minds think alike. :D

[@lancashirered]

That's a bloody good list, I'd swap monkey for monkey 2 and moonstone for carrier command.

[@fredkalizero7453]

J'avoue que ta liste est bien sympa, que de bons souvenirs, je rajouterais Shadow of the beast 1 et 2, Nord et Sud, Lotus turbo esprit challenge, Lemmings, Rick Dangerous. Aaah Cadaver, la fin était beugué si mes souvenirs sont bons mais ce jeu était excellent, Opération Stealth énorme, y'avait Flashback aussi et Prince of Persia, enfin bref y'en a trop

[@ZeRiverman]

@@fredkalizero7453 Totalement d'accord! Rooo, Shadow of the beast, sa musique légendaire et son scrolling de malade, North & South, j'adorais de jeu jusqu'à ce que la disquette fatigue et que les "guru meditation" s'enchaînent ^^. Lotus Esprit, super beau! Lemmings évidemment! Rick Dangerous, son cri quand on perdait une vie est encore gravé dans ma mémoire, whaaaaaaa! Prince of Persia, l'animation, l'énigme du miroir à franchir, les pièges qui coupaient le perso en deux ^^ Flashback, j'étais passé à coté mais j'avais patiné Another World auparavant... Tiens du coup, j'ajoute : Speedball II The New Zealand story Toki Vroom Croisière pour un cadavre Loom Iron Lord Pinball dreams ... Bon, je vais m'arrêter là, comme tu dis, y'en a trop! Amigalement vôtre! ^^

[@ZeRiverman]

@@edstar83 Can you imagine if the Covid appeared at that time?... "Stay home" "Ok buddy, no prob' !" ;)

[@therealdeal2163]

I had an Amiga 500 and an Amiga 1200 , ahhh, the memories ! Favourite Amiga games... Gods , speedball 1&2 , civilisation 1 , colonisation , railroad tycoon , f19 Stealth fighter , stunt car racer, F1 grand Prix , panzer kick boxing, budokan ....and north and south.

[@Khaos969]

Not many ppl know about panza kick boxing what a game! U could pick your punches and kicks… an option they still havent put into current boxing games…

[@kingslots9134]

Lotus turbo challenge , project x and cannon fodder ....loved it, ahh the memories....sensible soccer was a hoot...had it on a c64 too...1-2 kick and curl...was so fast..way more fun than any Fifa game. Apart from amazing graphics now, the games back them were ground breaking and they were the OG

[@magic-window]

What an awesome top notch system the Amiga was. Picking a top 10 will always be a somewhat controversial topic, because there were tons of good games for the time created for it.

[@garryabbott3474]

Yes, The Settlers is a classic, and is probably my all-time fav Amiga game.

[@Khaos969]

As a kid I loved strategy games like megalomania and populous , I went all the way to the west end with my mum to buy this game … got it home it worked for 1 day and stopped working … went all the way back got a new copy the next weekend … same thing happened , I never found out why it only played once and never got a chance to really play this game 😢lol

[@LordPBA]

Why old games were so nice and fun? Because developers instead of losing time and money on creating spectacular gfx they spent time and resource doing something that is really and simple FUN, that's it IMHO. (Great Amiga fan also here, proud owner of an a500+ and a1200 still on the desk ready to play)

[@cruachankeith]

LordPBA that comment shall be pinned to the top :-)

[@VideoDeadGaming]

Also they were made by weirdos who loved doing what they were doing rather than hula-hoop eared hipsters going after the big bucks

[@Dhirallin]

I love the indie scene now days though.. Games like Terraria, Don't Starve Together, Space Station 13, Dungeon Defenders. They're like the old Amiga games, but with arguably even better design than most Amiga games.

[@madcommodore]

Graphics and sound do affect gameplay though in all arcade style games. If Uridium 2 was not as fast and responsive as the original on the C64 the game would suffer. Jerky versions of arcade driving games are horrible to play compared to the silky smooth Lotus II game pushing the Amiga to it's limits neaning you can pull off pixel perfect overtakes round a bend at "150mph" etc. The most interesting game designs are indeed small groups or bedroom coders, but the best Amiga games have audio/visual programming that is top notch combined for that SNES and Megadrive version crushing release.

[@005AGIMA]

That trend has come back a little with mobile games and casual games. The best "sellers" on the app stores are the simple but fun time wasters.

[@enoz.j3506]

Project X yes my favourite at that time,Bitmap brothers also played alot,there was another i liked,a bit like galaxian,but with big crow like graphics, which you could knock of wings etc LOL

[@005AGIMA]

I'm set on buying a good condition boxed Amiga. NEED this nostalgia in my life

[@MrNickelbrille]

Have fun ;-)

[@joetuktyyuktuk8635]

I regret junking my Amiga 500, with 512k expansion, box and all about 25 years ago...

[@bigstackD]

AI love everything Amiga 500 related 👌🏻great upload matey👊🏻🍻🍻

[@lukaszrabiniak6307]

Dune 2. Best game ever.

[@rootykazooty351]

I had a real addiction to it on the Mega Drive. What an amazing game.

[@pedrocampinopt]

I enjoyed it a lot on the Amiga

[@RogueBoyScout]

For The Baron!!!

[@jacobhansen7694]

8 levels right?

[@cicibebe1806]

It was and still is a good game, but the best ever? No.

[@myrrdyn]

From memory, "Frontier: Elite II" was a single ~650 KB executable file, the second disk contained some example save games or something like that

[@cruachankeith]

myrrdyn - disk 1 was the intro, disk 2 the game

[@myrrdyn]

@@cruachankeith I just checked my boxed copy, disk 2 is labelled "data disk", the game (including the intro) is on disk 1. I also fired up UAE to quickly see and I can confirm the intro and the game are in the same disk

[@myrrdyn]

@@cruachankeith No, Disk 1 included 1 single executable file with all the game, intro included, while disk 2 had some example save games

[@Chris1976de]

Great choice of games for your Top Ten! There were so many good games for the Amiga... And for your question about The Settlers: 64k is correct. In germany we divide thousands with a dot, not with a comma.

[@TheSuperBestComment]

As someone who mostly played platform games: Rainbow Islands, James Pond, Superfrog, Soccer Kid, Zool 1&2, Chuck Rock 2, Lotus Esprit 2, Sensible Soccer, Lemmings...and possibly not well known, but Rockstar Ate My Hamster was always fun, but I never managed to score a number 1 single/album.

[@ChadeGB]

I agree with your list mostly, but I can't believe you didn't have Cannon Fodder in there somewhere.

[@cruachankeith]

actually this video is part 2 of my top 20, cannon fodder is in 20 -11 somewhere, loved that game :-)

[@stevebarnes8317]

I was waiting for Cannon Fodder #1 Then it was Settlers... I forgot about that game, I loved it. XD

[@Doesnotcare12]

I forgot about canon fodder it was ace.

[@DanielFyfe]

Dungeon Master???

[@PNW_Sportbike_Life]

true classic! Don't forget Chaos Strikes Back

[@priestfan81]

My favourite probably.

[@richardcaine3953]

Hiya, just came across this video, you ticked my favorite boxes, metaaal, amiga...and Amigaaaa. ahh and, i grew up in Cork, so i guess i like the irish thrown into the blender.

[@JamesCorbettMusic5000]

I loved all those flight sims back then, knights of the sky one of my favourites!

[@VivienRuffet]

I agree for some of them. Never played The Settlers, I should try it! Here's my list : Moonstone Speedball 2 North & South Flashback Dune Shufflepuck Cafe Stunt Car Racer International Karate + Brutal Football

[@cruachankeith]

I have stunt car racer in my 20 - 11. Speedball 2 is another that I loved

[@DanielFyfe]

North & South - best game I've seen mentioned so far, SCR and IK+ are both bad ass games too.

[@Gollumfili]

Moonstone, what a game!

[@mikaelhauk]

Flashback is one of my all time favorite games. It's been remastered on the Switch actually, but only on the Switch. I might get one just to play it...

[@LambastMercy]

Moonstones. Oh god Moonstones. I played the hell out of that. I'm shocked the floppy didn't melt. I think only Frontier and Syndicate got more time out of me than Moonstones.

[@Notir072]

You guys have a total different list than me: 1: Captive (Played that game soooo much !) 2: Black Crypt (better than Dungeon master, from which it's a kind of clone) 3: The Eye of the Beholder (great DM clone) 4: Bloodwych (graphicaly worse than all those dungeon master clones i loved, still i liked it a lot because it was so loong and interesting) 5: Chaos strikes back (I never had the original dungeon master, but i had this sequel to it) 6: Legends of valour (The only "half RPG" game i had on my Amiga that had 3D texture mapping) I Don't remember many of the other games i had, so i preffer to give just my top 6, or it would probably not be much accurate.

[@cruachankeith]

eye of the beholder was awesome

[@andywhy5879]

Bloodwych would easily be in my top 10. Perhaps even top 3. You can play it online and it still holds up, although there is a bug that prevents progress after a certain point :(

[@Ytrearneindre]

Eye of the Beholder II - the Legend of Darkmoon is my personal favourite. Quite a bit better than EotB 1 I think.

[@phillydavison]

How good was the Amiga wow!

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is what got my interest in flying sims, probably WWII as well. It came with a great book containing a brief history of the BoB along with quotes by those that were there, manuals back then were a big part of the gaming experience.

[@cruachankeith]

I loved that game too, came to it after some of the games mentioned here so was a bit less than impressed with the graphics, didn't it use sprites like wing commander rather than 3d models?

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

@@cruachankeith No it was the voxel engine at the time, kind of a vector based engine with colour.

[@slimyslim]

It's very refreshing too see videos like these; constituting actual personal experiences

[@bigmac8574]

Moonstone was my absolute favorite.

[@jurassicmatt2796]

Best game of the era.

[@elduderino7767]

omg yes!

[@pepsicoder]

In my opinion one of the best games ever made.

[@stevenesbitt3528]

Still can't believe I was allowed to play it as a kid

[@elih9700]

@@jurassicmatt2796 And speedball 2.

[@Michal.P.P.]

Cannon Fodder 1&2, Shadow of the Beast trilogy, Civilization, Colonization, Dune 2, Cadaver, Wolfchild, Flashback, Another World, UFO: Enemy Unknown, Utopia, K240, Soccer Kid, Superfrog, North & South, Midnight Resistance, Lost Patrol, Sim City, Populous, Ishar, Perihelion.

[@rzozaya1969]

Populus 1 and 2 were wonderful!

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Michał P lost patrol!!! Fuck yes.

[@OurLifeisaMiracle]

Ps. For me it would be to hard to chose only 10:) SO many Amazing games. ... Elvira Wolfchild F29 retaliator Lost patrol Superfrog Lotus turbo challenge 2 Jaguar xj220 Shadow of the beast Blues Brothers Test drive Stunt car Racer Monkey Island 2 Curse of enchantia Walker Indiana jones and the fate of Atlantis Deuteros K23 Pinball Dreams North and South Last Samurai Syndicate And sooo many others... I am proud that was a part of that era:) IT was Amazing time... Who remembers also that epic demos? For example Spaceballs... :D Best wishes Sir and thank you for your movie

[@cruachankeith]

Krzysztof Domagała Thank you! Yes the demos and the PD scene was awesome back then

[@baui1337]

I played Wolfchild for the first time at the age of 6 and the intro scared me so much: D greetings from Germany

[@OurLifeisaMiracle]

I remember beeing SO frightent while playing elvira

[@baui1337]

@@OurLifeisaMiracle Yes! - but the Tits were nice :D :P

[@OurLifeisaMiracle]

@@baui1337 fUUlly agree :D

[@NoxObscura]

I liked your list, however there were so many good games on the Amiga, it would take a longer video. Some of the ones you didn't mention (in no particular order): - Turrican (all of them) - Galaga - Prince of Persia - FA/18 Interceptor - Golden Axe - Lotus Turbo Challenge II - Spider Man - Teenage Mutan Ninja Turtles These ones deserve an honorable mention.

[@jacobhansen7694]

I played the Amiga 500 in its heydays of 1989-1994. Heres my top 10: 1. Civilization II 2. Sim City 2000 3. The Settlers 4. Railroad Tycoon II 5. Dune II 6. Mega Lo Mania 7. Turrican II 8. Sensible Soccer 9. Turrican 10. Syndicate 11. Pinball Dreams 12. Cannon Fodder 13. Populous II 14. Lotus II 15. Project X 16. Speedball II 17. Formular One Grand Prix 18. Doom 2 19. Alien Breed II 20. UFO 21. Civilization 22. Bubble Bobble 23. Supercars 24. Pinball Fantasies 25. Assassin Best games houses: 1. Microprose 2. The Bitmap Brothers 3. Team 17 4. Rainbow Arts 5. Bullfrog 6. Maxis 7. Digital Illusions Best Amiga Timeperiod: 1990-1993, games: Speedball II, Gods, The Chaos Engine, Sim City 2000, Pinball Fantasies, Alien Breed II, Project X, Superfrog, Assassin, Populous II, Syndicate, Turrican, Turrican II, Railroad Tycoon, Civilization, Formular One Grand Prix, and many more!!

[@jacobhansen7694]

Top 25, that is..

[@SistorCarrera]

Populous+Pirates (Sid Mier..i think who later gave us Civilisation)

[@Gradiusfan]

My 10 favourite games without order: Kick off 2 Another world Silk worm Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge Super cars 2 Pinball dreams Settlers IK+ Rick dangerous Cannon fodder

[@andy-dt7to]

ah super cars.. that was the one i was trying to remember! great game.

[@maciek77winiarski]

Another world was gsme changer

[@PhillieBraap]

Rick Dangerous :)

[@tomscott287]

Settlers was great crashed a bit though. I also liked Gods, Turrican II, Another World and Shadow of the Beast 1. Plus Populous not sure why but I spent ages playing lol.

[@cruachankeith]

Gods and Populous were awesome!

[@mrmegson]

Turrican was the best game on omega

[@mrmegson]

Turrican is a 1990 video game programmed and designed by Manfred Trenz. It was developed for the Commodore 64 by Rainbow Arts, and was ported to other systems later. In addition to concept design and character creation, Trenz personally programmed Turrican on the Commodore 64. Wikipedia

[@bierwalker876]

Buffalo Bills Western show

[@Smile8924]

[@BandyAir]

Surprised to see Settlers in it at all, but I do agree to the tee, It was my best ever game experience on the Amiga (on par with Dune 2 perhaps) , I just could not put it down. No matter how many times the save games failed me and had to restart levels from scratch, I play it to this day on the PC and probably will re-play on the Amiga when I retire and have enough time to waste once again :) The best thing about the AMIGA in general and the 90's was that it was an ERA with a machine that looked to the future and innovation was at a peak, it was very exciting times and we all loved, imagination was just flying. Now we don't get excited by anything as the limits have been pushed to the extremes and expectations are just off the charts. I am sure glad I was a 90's kid.

[@cruachankeith]

I couldn't agree more with you 🙏

[@iGame3D]

Midwinter II - Flames of Freedom was like Far Cry for the Amiga 500. Came with like a 200 page book detailing all the enemies and vehicles.

[@lobotius]

my 2 favorites was Silkworm and S.W.I.W

[@TomptaGudhi]

Really good list, agree with several of your choices. Though I would have put The Secret of Monkey Island first :)

[@Puschit1]

Hm, my list would not have any of them. Monkey Island, Turrican, Xenon 2, Populous, North&South, The Bard's Tale, Battle Isle, Speedball 2, Laser Squad. And since he seems to favour aircraft simulators, my pick would have been Their Finest Hour: Air Battle of Britain. Even the runnerups don't contain any of these.

[@Lucasrainford]

Massive Amiga fan here. Great list! I'd change a few but as you say it's your opinion. Subscibed :)

[@samtheguru]

Chaos Engine, Cannon Fodder, Zeewolf, Swos, blade of destiny, UFO enemy unknown, secret of monkey island, battle of Britain, K240, megalomania, lemmings 2 the tribes, road rash, jungle strike. I could go on all day. So many great games.

[@chrisdehin8329]

Little late on that one, I believe, but for the sake of learning: The 64.000 would be translated to 64,000 in your region. The Settlers was made by a German studio. In Germany we put a "." to split up Thousands and a "," to split up decimals, so it's actually vice versa here than what you seem to be used to - according to your confusion that is. ;) Funny that they forgot to localize this on the box. I had an A500 with 1 MB of RAM and I remember I had quite a struggle to get the game play all contextual sounds like wood cutting, baking bread and so on. And it was getting worse, the more opponents were in the game. So i figured, they gave up some sounds to have the game feature more characters as the whole simulation is way more than the actual hardware could handle. It's still just a guess, though. A masterpiece anyway. It makes me sad to see what the series became from the third game on.

[@spnhm34]

Great list. I’d probably have Monkey Island(s), Megalomania, Speedball 2, Lotus 2, James Pond Robocod, Pinball Dreams up there somewhere too. Way too many to mention! Such good memories

[@kalibos11]

Dune II, Space Crusade, Heroquest, Moonstone, Shadow of the Beast 1 and 2, Last Ninja 1 and 2, Leander, Desert Strike, Myth, Flashback, Afterburner, Chase HQ to name but a few

[@edstar83]

TV Sports Football.

[@krede77]

Most fun I had on the Amiga, was playing "turboraketti" against my friends :)

[@richardbloemenkamp8532]

Last summer I saw that they have it running in the video game museum in Tampere in Finland. Super fun game to play split screen.

[@blindazabat9527]

Great list overall. For footy games, my friends and I used to play Kick Offf 2. Never played Sensible Soccer but looks very similar. The after touch was less dramatic though :D

[@lardosian]

Kick Off 2 is such a great 2 player game. First played it on the Amiga but we ended up getting an Atari ST for xmas. Kick Off 2 had the great gameplay but on the Atari version there was no centre circle and it didn't have the mud on the field which really annoyed me.

[@blindazabat9527]

@@lardosian Man, I feel for you having to play ANY game on an ST! We would have sat on opposite sides of the classroom back in the day! :D

[@lardosian]

@@blindazabat9527H ha, was always envious of the Amiga I will admit!!

[@blindazabat9527]

@@lardosian Yea, it was really a unique machine> The OS sucked though, but we didn't care since we only used it for playing.

[@scienide77]

a friend down the street had the amiga 500 with Hybris …. really loved that game!

[@TheSmashingDoc1]

people compare it with modern games, but you have to compare it with what was before like mario bros or tetris

[@sukhpalb]

The Theme to Chaos Engine was sick though!!

[@Larkinchance]

posted to part 1. In regards to your top 10 or 20 list, here are mine and that's what makes video game so great! Archipelagos, The Bard's Tale, Carrier Command, Dark Seed, Déjà Vu, Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder, Marble Madness, Captive, Qix, Shadowgate, Turrican. Like books, video games are responsive to individual taste and interest and like literature, the are evolving in style and content. Who would ever thought that Minecraft would surpass Skyrim?

[@cruachankeith]

Larkinchance great list. I never had a chance to get into eye of the beholder back in the day though it was something i always wanted to play

[@Larkinchance]

Dungeon Master was the precursor to Eye of the Beholder.. Both were the foundation for the future FPS's that lead to Doom ect ect

[@cruachankeith]

I know. Also ultima underworld on pc was pretty important too. A full 3d world way before doom

[@aaronmicalowe]

Archipelagos - the music was creepy!

[@DanielFyfe]

Dungeon Master was the Daddy though!

[@Nightshft42]

Note that quite some of these games (like Frontier for example) you can play on real hardware without problems with more fps than in the video if you just use an accelerator card - like the Aca500+ for the A500 or the Furia for the A600 or any 030 card for the A1200.

[@cruachankeith]

Frontier in the video was 100% a1200 performance no fancy acceleration

[@adruralo]

I played Frontier, loved the music, and Chaos engine and the settlers over and over again. Still have my Amiga 1200 to this day.

[@eye_of_purg8199]

SHADOW OF THE BEAST !

[@KennyTew2]

Looks great, but the gameplay is a bit crap. It’s a big bit crap sadly.

[@beronk6672]

loved hired guns

[@glencooper43]

Oh Jesus forgot about that. That level in the temple with the serpent monsters that hatch out! You set up turrets and stuff, and bung grenades into the nests but they ALWAYS done me

[@senaoutofspace]

I love them still.

[@roartjrhom4932]

I have to ask! Did you ever try Agony, Banshee, Another World, Flashback, Ruff n Tumble, Super Cars II, Jim Power, Brian the Lion and last and not least Lionheart? I do agree with some of the games in your list though! ;-)

[@cruachankeith]

Yes a lot of them. Actually I have a lets play from not too long ago of Banshee. Another World and Flashback I played in the mega drive, never on the amiga.

[@roartjrhom4932]

I see! For me Another World, Flashback and Banshee really blew me away...also Lionheart and Agony are on my top list! :-D

[@krashd]

God I hated top down scrollers but Banshee was fantastic! It left SWIV in the dust!

[@Pickchore]

Amiga flight sims programmed me to invert my axis.

[@Pickchore]

Excellent, me too. Inverting my axis is the first thing I do when I play a new game.

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

I remember playing north & South back in around 1993. My mates house. Loved the amiga. Loved every thing about the 90s computers

[@adroharv9213]

Kick Off 2 every time

[@cruachankeith]

I never owned it back then :(

[@Zaskar1978]

My thought. Kick Off FTW!

[@hammerhi99]

@@cruachankeith Thats more than obvious. Like you never seem to play "Wings", cause its also multiple times better than "Knights of the skies". ;)

[@cruachankeith]

@@hammerhi99 I much prefer Knights as it was a more realistic flight sim, Wings was fun and arcadey .. but still a great game

[@darrenporter1850]

@Rooflesoft Games I am one of the few people who loved Kickoff2... and hated Sensible Soccer. It just seemed one dimensional and people always scored same goal. Kickoff2 was fast, and amazing.

[@Milkymalk]

My top ten in no particular order: - The Chaos Engine - Moonstone - Populous II - Speedball II - Pinball Fantasies - Burntime (really not that great but I loved the concept and ideas) - The Patrician (1!) - Worms (I only had the demo with two levels from a cover disk, but I played it over and over) - Death or Glory (love it but the controls are awful) - Wings

[@aaronmicalowe]

Settlers, Frontier and Lemmings I liked a lot. Other games I loved: Batman the Movie - 2nd best feel driving game I found for the Amiga. Xenon2 - the music was so good it was in the UK charts. Bomb the Base! Weird Dreams - a bit old for some but had good graphics and was surreal. Battle Squadron - knocked the pants off all other shootemups for graphics except Xenon2. Another world - enough said. My Amiga died before I could complete it. Stunt Car Racer - best driving game for the Amiga hands down. Eye of the Beholder I and II - nothing after was half as good until I played Morrowind on the PC. Paradroid - great top down thinking game with tactics, sidegames and great graphics. FA18 Interceptor - my favourite flight sim programmed by a real fighter pilot (on his own for 3 years before anyone else). PGA Tour Golf - hours of fun trying to be no.1 Datastorm - unique sideview shooter, great music and manic play. I also used to play this on the BBC Micro in the early 80s. It was called Gravity on the Micro (I think). Not Thrust. I could list some games for the BBC Micro lol. Chuckie Egg yay! Desert Strike - never completed this game but tried damn hard to. North & South - funny as f*** risk style board game with sidegames. There were some terrible games on the Amiga I remember but still enjoyed: Hell Bent - hard as f***. Blood Money - R Type clone. Hostages - a good game but a bit old. Rampage - for mindless fun. Captain Blood - I never could get very far and learning an alien language was hardcore. Archipelagos - creepy strategy game. Very surreal. Reminds me of Sentinel. Hacker - released in 1985. Probably what inspired Paradroid. Atmospheric. Flood - strategic platformer where the aim was to avoid drowning. Barbarian - had fatal death finishing moves wayyy before Mortal Combat. Some of these games are very difficult to find these days. Some are impossible to find anywhere.

[@cruachankeith]

totally agree with stunt car racer, i have that in the other video i did (top 20 this vid is from no 10 to no 1). FA 18 Interceptor was amazing actually, also loved combat air patrol. i haven't played literally any of the terrible games you mentioned :-)

[@Dhirallin]

I don't get why so many thought Blood Money was terrible. I thought it was absolutely awesome fun 2 players. Possibly the best 2 player side-scroller on the Amiga. It was like the rogue-like of side-scrollers, slow and thoughtful but deadly. There was nothing more satisfying then dodging a hail of bullets in order to duck into a shop and get some cool bombs or triple shoot.

[@aaronmicalowe]

Rajie Music Compared to a game like Xenon2 where I could learn incrementally, with Blood Money I couldn't even get 1 minute into the game. For some reason this game was immune to my joystick lol. Can't win them all...

[@HorstScharlach]

Turrican 1-3 , wolfchild, fire n ice, apydia, Cannon fodder, f-29 retaliator, Jaguar xj 220... There are so much more...

[@steve3649-g8s]

My Amiga Experience was clearly before your time having mostly used mine between 88-91 which in my opinion had the best games…. Test Drive II, Chase HQ, Operation Wolf, Rolling Thunder, Wings, Stunt Car Racer, Batman, New Zealand Story, Kick Off 2, F/A-18 Interceptor, North & South, 688 Attack Sub, Outrun, Lotus Turbo Challenge II, Xenon II, Lemmings, Sim City, F19 Stealth Fighter…. the list goes on and on, I just struggle to name a top ten of my own!

[@mad3djon268]

F18 Interceptor was the best game have you played it?

[@gallan671]

Was superb with 2 Amiga's linked together :)

[@mad3djon268]

@@gallan671 didn't even know you could link two together I feel I've mist out lol !

[@gallan671]

I used to serial link my A500 and A600 together - not many games made use of it, but F18 did i seem to remember.. and you could have Pilot & Navigator

[@005AGIMA]

I had F18 Interceptor but I dont recall it having been linkable. Games I recall doing that with include F16 Falcon, F16 Combat Pilot, and a couple of racing games. Dont recall INterceptor having that feature and I played that game A LOT! lol. I could be wrong though.

[@005AGIMA]

Ah actually were you thinking of Birds of Prey? That was ALSO by Electronic Arts and had link up and some very cool features.

[@benjaminfroussos7466]

No turrican II ??

[@cruachankeith]

Benjamin Froussos I liked it but wasn’t a huge fan

[@benjaminfroussos7466]

@@cruachankeith ah. OK. Just thought of IT cause it blew me away.

[@rootykazooty351]

Incredible game.

[@Gollumfili]

Turrican ll is a master piece

[@stefano.a]

also Turrican 1 was better than any of the game of the video: technically and regard playability

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

Finally some love for “knights of the sky”

[@mikep2099]

FuZZbaLLbee one of my all time favourites. I spent hours on this.

[@Zenith-iq7fh]

Got into retro gaming when I was only ten, started off by emulating gbc games online and had tons of fun! Ever since then I’ve looked into more and more retro consoles, but I just now found a way for me to play amiga games, so videos like these help me to find what’s actually good, thanks a lot!

[@IC82Hillford]

Irish. And loves Amigas. SUBBED! hahaha

[@digitalarkham]

So many memories

[@daydreamer82]

Good list. in no particular order. 1. Hunter - free roam game with so many vehicle types from cars, bicycle, tank, sailing etc. 2. Moonstone - I was terrible at it but felt like an rpg 3. Police Quest - Look in case, take keys, take pen, should reboot this for consoles 4. Leisure suit Larry - could never get very far but just loved it 5. Pang - popping those balloons was so much fun, got the remake and got a lot further now 6. North V South 7. The first Turtles game, loved it but those dam electric things in the water ruined it 8. Theme park for obvious reasons 9 The Settlers, would play that for hours 10. Body blows, my first fighting game

[@masturdate]

Hunter was my jam!!!

[@RogueBoyScout]

Police Quest.... My childhood was sponsored by Sierra On-Line

[@Bandit19990]

OMG WE'RE OLD!!!

[@HepauDK]

@Duegrom1 Never had one of those. I did have a Marathon 32K though. Got it 2nd hand for my 12th birthday. :) I think it was a ZX-81 clone...

[@RobDucharme]

The games I played at a friends house were Wayne Gretzky Hockey (the first one), some sort of mini golf game with crazy physics, and a tank game where you had a split screen to play against a friend, and could lay mines and such. I think there was a baseball game as well where you could custom design parks.

[@matslarsson5988]

Nice to see a list with a couple of surprises. Seeing Frontier and remembering how many hours I poured into that game makes me realise how weird it is that I haven't even bought the new version that's been out for pc for years...

[@Eternimous]

Used to love Theme Park!

[@jeanpierreragequit1726]

my favorite one.... CIVILIZATION...the 1rst..

[@cruachankeith]

a great game!!!!

[@jackburton8352]

Tower Assault was the best Alien Breed

[@RobFarley74]

Totally agree! The retreat mode was epic with 2 players, one person keeping the aliens from behind the other finding the way out!

[@richretrochan]

Finally, a top 10 Amiga list that has The Settles at no.1, exactly where it should be. Love that game, completed it more than once and I even used to play it as a 2-player game back in the day.

[@SirCraigius]

I spent so many happy hours playing Elite 2: Frontier. I still remember the moment when I reached "Elite" rank.

[@133col]

Carrier Command?

[@popov07]

It's de father of Armour Gueddon

[@jumhed994]

Midwinter?

[@philjamprimate]

Hired Guns.

[@gregstuart1742]

Sword of sodan

[@Jayce_Alexander]

I love that the Amiga is getting some love from KZbinrs, finally. For a long time the narrative on gaming history has been dominated by a sort of very Nintendo-centric American/Japanese view, and while I love Nintendo to death, our experience in Europe was quite different from theirs. Europe has its own unique experience in gaming history - one we should cherish. On that note, thanks for making this! I really enjoyed your video!

[@cruachankeith]

thanks and i totally agree with you

[@ermesbertone2609]

what about to be a 50+ years old nostalgic one