Exclusive Amiga Games - Part 6

The last episode in the series before Xmas. Hopefully, you'll like it! :)
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Many of the gameplay recordings that you've seen in this video as a background to my commentary came from amazing retro gaming related channels that do a great job preserving the classics for the future. They all deserve your subscription, and they all have mine. These are:
0:00 Intro
0:08 Dan Wilder (‪@petsasjim1‬)
1:34 Bubble Heroes (‪@AmigaOmega‬)
3:11 Monster (‪@dcoates14‬)
4:45 Blob (‪@romsgames‬)
6:03 Vital Light (‪@hipoonios‬)
7:32 Blueboy (‪@hipoonios‬)
9:13 Black Viper (‪@selektivdevelopment‬)
10:38 Enemy: Tempest of Violence (‪@einokeino303‬)
12:15 Scorched Tanks
13:55 Project Battlefield (‪@khajrane‬)
16:00 Outro
#amiga #exclusive #retrogames #retrogaming

[@Toon_Pirate]

My favorite Polish proverb is: Not my circus, not my monkeys. My Polish colleague taught me that one and it helped me cope with my stressful work. Just as much as your great videos help me cope with the dark Swedish winter.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Well, glad that I can help with the Winter. There's no snow here at the moment, so I'm kinda good on this front. Not a big fan of snow, you see... xD

[@kyleolson8977]

Around 2000, when Bubble Heroes was Busting a Move on the Amiga, the Amiga brand was owned by someone just a few miles down the road from me in Maple Valley, WA (US). It doesn't appear they ever did anything useful. The last I heard of them was in 2007 when they tried to buy naming rights to a new stadium in Kent, WA, where I live. They failed to make the payments, so the stadium became the "ShoWare Center" instead of the "Amiga Center".

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

OMG! LOL! Such a fun little story. I wonder if they still hold the right to the name. Since we have A500 mini and maxi, the manufacturer doesn't have them, so perhaps it's still there, in Maple Valley? :)

[@krissymarklewis1793]

You never waste any time, love your vids.

[@krissymarklewis1793]

and Blob was bloody hard ha.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thank you! I've voice overs recorded for the next two videos already to manage two more before Christmas. :)

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

I wont dispute that. It was!

[@ltdrak]

Ooh yes, Scorched Tanks. Loved that game. Especially the 'physics' were a lot of fun to annoy your opponent with.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yep. Especially if you were much better at it than he was. :)

[@Emulous79]

Blueboy looks something like Dropzone. Interesting video.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thanks! And it's... well... special. Blueboy that is. xD

[@4KbShort]

Having grown up on a PC and only acquiring an A500 long after it was no longer viable I sometimes wish I lived in a universe where the Amiga had become the defacto PC and not the IBM/Compatibles. Still, it's always fun to see the wacky and absolutely gorgeous (usually) games people made when it was popular.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yeah, Amiga was special... I like to think of it having five life phases: - better than anything else - same level than PC, some games could still be bit better - trailing behind rapidly racing away PC + occasional gems - on its last legs but still getting occasional games - good & bad - emulated and kept alive by our common memories and nostalgia

[@J_Stamps86]

I'm driving myself mad trying to find out what one Amiga game I used to play as a kid was. It was fantasy based, horizontal side scrolling adventure game where you could run into the background and go through doors in the background. A lot of it was set in woodland and you could punch and kick people... The graphics were quite mature looking, not at all cartoony from what I remember. I can't for the life of me find it anywhere and starting to think it's some false memory.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Do you remember anything else? Was it single player only? Were there weapons? If yes, the what kind? How big what the main character sprite? Enemies, were they animals, people, robots, etc.? Any details will be helpful.

[@J_Stamps86]

It was single player, enemies were other humans and there were houses/cottages you could enter and talk to people. The art style sort of reminded me of Dragonstone, but the view was completely different. I don't remember any weapons. The main character sprite was a similar sort of size to Ripley in the Alien 3 side scrolling game... I think.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@J_Stamps86 "Leander" perhaps? Cause it doesn't sound like "Arabian Nights" where you exclusively use a sword.

[@Bowen_Landry]

If I said black Viper doesn't remind of Road Rash...I'd be lying lol. Thanks for the vid.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Road Rash is better, way better. For me at least. :)

[@Bowen_Landry]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Oh for sure. fun title ,good music. I didn't say in quality lol

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@Bowen_Landry In that case yeah, tad similar. :) More explosive for sure.

[@williamwright9079]

Cheers for the videos bro! Ever played Thunderdawn on Amiga? Have a good one!

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thanks for watching! :) And no, I don't think I have. I added it to my exes list as after a quick check it turns out that it is one. :)

[@nicholsliwilson]

Yay, more obscure Polish games! Seriously it’s great to see content we never got outside of its homeland & google translate exists. Bubble Heroes is another Bubble Pop clone but it’s great that some people are still making new games to this day. Monster looks So-bad-it’s-good but sounds like it’s just bad? Runs smoothly though. Blob’s legendary & really don’t know why it was exclusive? It would have been great on consoles? Vital Light is stressful. I’m getting too old for it. 😄 Blueboy is… interesting? I trust your negative review but I’m still kind of curious? Black Viper’s new to me. I like the aesthetic & it’s a shame it doesn’t sound good? Enemy: ToV is another I don’t know but it looks fun? Scorched Tanks is legendary & even if it is exclusive it’s one of the most copied games on every system. Never played Project Battlefield & in spite of my FPS addiction it sounds like I shouldn’t bother? Not being cute about Polish games, it really is neat to see this pool of content we never saw outside of Poland. Fun list too, with some leget good games, some duds & some just worth a look, thanks. Also I snagged Cook, Serve, Delicious! Thanks.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yeah, Polish games were hit or miss at a certain point, but I believe as many were good as there were bad, so we're bound to see some more interesting ones in the future. Monster runs smooth but is terrible. And I really hate it's graphical engine, with the forced aliasing. It reminds me of the engine in Fears, another game I hated graphics of. xD Blob was great but tough, and yeah, it could've benefited if released on the consoles and other computers. And yeah, I'm bit too old for Vital Light too. I prefer those slower games, hence why I love turn based strategies and RPGs the most. So that I have time to carefully consider my options and pick the right one. Same goes for puzzlers. Blueboy is interesting. But it's not good. Not bad either. Just there, somewhere in the middle, lost in the sea of other much better Amiga exes. Enemy is great, check it out! Project Battlefield had a follow-up - Project Interclaris, perhaps check that one out. And yeah, I get what you mean about Polish games. I too think that even the bad ones are worth a look, as they never really left the country and some had interesting ideas. I mean Doman, Lost in Mine, they're gems. Perhaps gems in a sea of p00, but gems nonetheless. :)

[@gumdeo]

Bubble Heroes is a good try at Puzzle Bobbling. Blob is interesting with a unique feel about it. Scorched Tanks is better than worms in my opinion. Vital Light - some people claim to be confused by this game, but it looks very simple to me.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yep. :) I couldn't agree more! Though I've mixed feelings about Scorched Tanks being better than Worms. While I love ST and it's in some ways more advanced than the Worms, Worms were made much more user friendly and accessible.

[@melomonster007]

Would you agree that Polish amiga game developers are particularly distinguished in efforts to bring FPS games to the Amiga? I mean, I don't know, maybe this is just because I'm a Pole but hear me out: Gloom was made by UK/German team, Fears - French/German team, Alien Breed 3D was made by Team17 which is UK based games developer, Breathless was made by Italians, Genetic Species was made mostly by Danes, Testament made by Czechs, Nemac IV was made by Germans. Poles made The Citadel, Behind Iron Gate, Monster, Ubek, Project Battlefield and Project Intercalaris (made by Sebastian Zieliński who will go on to work on Witcher game that never came out), Prawo Krwi had FPS sections and most recently Dread and its fork Grind. I do realise that some of these games are just craps, but I think it shows that polish amiga game developers are particularly fixed to bring FPS genre to Amiga.

[@assassindelasaucisse.4039]

I would agree that your avatar is awesome.

[@melomonster007]

@@assassindelasaucisse.4039 Can you guess from what game it is?

[@assassindelasaucisse.4039]

@@melomonster007 The Chaos Engine? Or something Warhammer 40K?

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

I agree. All you said makes sense. :) Also the Dread/Grind seems to be pretty freaking awesome and I've been hoping to find time to take a closer look at it. Also, whatever you wanna say about us, even if we did not succeed much in the FPS genre, we did stuck to the Amiga for many years longer than most other nations did. Sure, the geopolitical reasons were a factor too, but it doesn't mean that both gamers and devs did not love the Amiga here. :)

[@melomonster007]

@@assassindelasaucisse.4039 Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! Yes, it's from Chaos Engine, specifically from the ending kzbin.info/www/bejne/faKzY3ikqLZ6p68si=udLngrPrpVy0e2Ts&t=500

[@ihateevilbill]

Awesome. A new video :) Expect comments! lol Ahhh, scorched tanks. This would make entire hours pass without you even realising. There were very few simple games like that. The only one I really remember was Super Foul Egg, another 2/multi-player shareware game. Me and my pal would sit and play SFE and would be laughing our heads off. Sometimes you'd think you were miles ahead and then all of a sudden those bricks would fall and completely destroy all your plans. Great times. Merry Xmas 🎄🎅🎆

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

That's what was great about couch multiplayer. I mean don't get me wrong, I really appreciate all the conveniences that the modern times and the Internet brought, but there's just something about couch multiplayer. xD Merry Christmas to you too! Though there still be 2 videos before Christmas, so plenty enough time to say it. xD

[@assassindelasaucisse.4039]

In post-apocalyptic future, LADA are all brown. (Sorry for stupid comment am drunk)

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Oh, that's more than OK. Most of my best work gets done when I'm drunk. ;) Not really but since I'm a huge fan of Hunter S. Thompson, I'd like to imagine it to be true. xD

[@lmberry716]

Isn't Vital Light a lot like Pressure Drop for Windows 95? Or am I imagining it

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Nope, you're spot on. I just never realised it and your comment made me dig a bit deeper and... A fail it seems. The video that is. At least in its 1/9th xD

[@lmberry716]

You work too hard ❤ love the channel

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@lmberry716 Thank you very much! :) And I actually like it so while it "is" work, as in that I put in time and effort, it doesn't feel like your regular job does. The one I go to 8am to 4pm for instance. :)

[@thomas.gentil]

Dude, just stop with the Batman jokes. Your videos are so much better without them.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Batman's long gone. Every since Christmas 2023. He went on holiday and never came back. And yeah, you keep experiencing him cause you're going through my back log. :)