My Top 100 Amiga 500 games

These are my favourites among the games I owned for the Amiga 500.

[@TheLdjstyle]

This helped me remember some games to add to the A500 mini in 2022. Thank you!

[@MirAgeOfDesert]

Lost Patrol - One of best soundtracks from Amiga games!

[@zav3760]

WOW!!! Awesome collection, such memories. i loved Shadow Of The Beast 1 & 2 .... Lost Patrol ,,,, Speedball 2 ... sooo many

[@denberg3303]

There will never be a 100 fave xbox one or ps4 list. I miss my old c64 and am500. All those games were great, had great graphics and cool music. Thnx for posting some good old memories!

[@voreifelrambo]

Blood Monney i miss an also Silkworm.

[@CouncilEstatePopMusic]

My childhood relived! Im 12 years old again. for me, Monkey Island 1+2, Body Blows, Shadow of the Beast and Populous 2. And so much more... Rainbow Islands, New Zealand Story, Shadow of the Beast, Lemmings... North and South..... :) :) :) Many thanks for the upload. :) seriously...

[@Mintcar923]

My childhood.. Some games sucked but others were priceless.. I used to have a subscription to Amiga World magazine I believe it was called..

[@SendyTheEndless]

SWIV was the shizzle back in the day

[@paulolameiras861]

Played most of those games! Thanks for this travel back to my past.

[@mistervanbuuren]

I had 90% of this... thx to X-Copy

[@Hairyskinback]

Good old X-Copy

[@Moonfreeze]

X-copy ftw!

[@bragee]

And Marauder II, and fast lightning...

[@pronstorestiffi]

So many good games in this video. Great nostalgia trip.

[@chemicalBR0]

It was the sound effects and music that made me nostalgic

[@SkipSpotter]

Great fun! Some games I remember. Thanks for taking the time to make this list.

[@sullivanradley]

This is probably my favorite Amiga game list, at least partly because it's the one I agree with the most. Also, I like that your clips aren't long and drawn out: nothing worst than watching five minutes from a game that you think sucks. Thanks for your efforts here.

[@doughurley7292]

Hostages - loved that game!!

[@tubeMonger]

Thanks for taking the time for making the collection. Appreciated!

[@mikethk]

New Zealand Story was really a unique game, with alot of unique features. Really well made.

[@danbad1380]

i miss on this list north and south a big game, thanks for the video!!

[@giddue]

I absolutely agree in having Another World as first place!!!

[@simoncollett4524]

Excellent vid. I love having these things on in the corner while I'm working. Also appreciated the fact that you stated that you know there are classics missing, but that these are games you actually played :)

[@simoncollett4524]

Ow WOW! I typed that first comment when it had only just started. Just got over half way and I've seen Rock'n'Roll. Man that game was AWESOME :)

[@shadowless_son8542]

I love this list!!! You've included so many games I thought were amazing that I haven't seen on other lists. Panza Kickboxing was incredible. I till remember the fact that you could assign the moves to joystick direction. I'd never seen that before. Still one of the most pleasurable martial arts games along with IK+ I have ever played.

[@killainmaccallan4700]

Yes definitely me and my brothers favorite martial arts game..and the assigning was brilliant, a lot of different moves

[@pizzapower270]

#72 Ah Street Rod, one of my favorite games. Admittedly I only first played it around 2000-2001 but I loved it. I was playing it on PC at the time. When I learned it was on Amiga and saw those screenshots I was amazed how much better it looked. I immediately fired up an Amiga emulator to play it!

[@DaftDude]

The Hostages theme music will forever be etched in my mind. I catch myself regularly humming the theme even though I haven't played it in 30 years. So memorable.

[@ShadsPlays]

I call for a remake of Supercars 2. Loved that game so much

[@Moodsteer]

thank you for giving back my childhood memories again.

[@alexskepp]

Wow. I had forgotten about so many of these games. Great list that is not too different from what I used to play around 1990. Thanks a lot for putting it together 👌

[@lastrolo]

Excellent list, as always with these things, they are subjective. I got an Amiga late in its life to play Championship manager and I had no idea of the true ability of the system until now. Some really impressive games on the system and games I didnt realise had even been ported.

[@jamesmarks788]

"Ski or Die" *proceeds to snowboard

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

If you happen to not know the game, this seems confusing. It has multiple modes, including two ski modes, that half-pipe snowboarding, tube sliding and yeeting snow balls at others :)

[@theMyouknow]

Lost patrol brings back alot of memories, especially when the platoon puts a handgrenade in your backpack.

[@anarchyantz1564]

Man that game was hard as hell.

[@antred11]

So many Amiga games had such catchy music, too. Still sounds great today.

[@arnaudremaury9484]

so good relisten the sound of shadow of the beast 30 years later...

[@jdgonzo1982]

Zool, apidya, soccer kid and jaguar xj220 were the only other ones i was waiting for...great list :)

[@gamesessions]

Excellent video - thank you for putting this together - so much nostalgia here :)

[@mrbubbles6336]

I remember when I played a lot of these games when I was really young, especially Arabian nights thanks for posting awesome video!

[@robink.9966]

Good list! Brings back many memories....... Thanks!

[@LurkingCrassZero]

My fave gaming/computer system off all time. So many classic and innovative games came out on the Amiga. Way ahead of it's time in my opinion. Great vid by the way ;-)

[@Nonmoryel]

Keep in mind: 16bit system, first home computer that supported multitasking desktop, first one that offered CD-Rom, legendary Motorola 68000 chip, AmigaOS has been inspiration to Linux Kernel and so on and so on... Waaaaay ahead of its time, waaaaay ahead...

[@japkap]

So many classics thanks for the memories

[@pkj77]

so many memories oh man even some games i completely forgot...that i used to have thanks for the video

[@Saveslot]

Vilken toppenlista! Var för liten för Amiga, började som så många åttiotalsbarn med NES, men som man åldras förädlas musiksmaken och Amigamusik är ju det bästa sedan rostat bröd! Tack för tipsen! Och ja, jag antar väl bara att du är svensk bäste herr Sundström 😁

[@sepsism138]

Awesome list! You just reminded me about Aquatic Games, Dogs of War, Hostages, James Pond 1 (thought I only played 2), Panza Kickboxing, Persian Gulf Inferno and Wings of Fury.

[@SkisleSledzieMarinero]

Amiga... the best computer ever created. Ps4 and the newest technology somewhen will be forgotten but the Amiga NEVER

[@onehappynegro]

nope! 1 commodre 64 2 amiga 1200 with hdmi and a smaller, portable psu. =) note: don't know if this even excist.

[@HiAdrian]

11:17 Those beaked creatures also existed in Golden Axe. Same developer according to Wikipedia, so that explains it.

[@doughurley7292]

Love how Operation Thunderbolt say's "Gather Intelligence Information" then you proceed to just blow the shit out of everyone and everything!

[@Scitamenta]

North&South, Syndicate, Silkworm, Chaos Engine, Cannon Fodder, Monkey Island, Indy 4, Battle Isle and Moonstone

[@Khaos969]

shit you had the exact taste in games as me ! lol but id have to add populous megalomania,Powermonger, AlienBreed ,Another World , panza kickboxing , supercars 2 ...... syndicate what a fucking game that was amazing!

[@benbaselet2026]

Stuff Pirates! and civilization in there with alien breed and you've got yourself a deal! And a dozen or two others... :D

[@RedStevo78]

My favourite Amiga games where: GODS, Chaos Engine, Toki, Rainbow Island, Pang, New Zealand Story, Kick Off 2, Desert Strike, Jungle Strike, F29 Retaliator, Silent Service 2, Superfrog, PGA Tour Golf, the entire Alien Breed collection, the Dizzy games, R-Type, Mortal Kombat 1, Street Fighter 2, Speedball 2, Future Basketball, Final Fight... can't think of anymore!

[@andyharris3084]

Now that was trip down memory lane!

[@gjermundification]

I was more into demos than games on the Amiga; Your 40th is on my 1st. I loved the C64 for games. The Amiga games that really stood out to me was point and click ones.

[@craiganderson7085]

Thanks for the memories :) The Amiga had an amazing soundchip. One of my favorites was BC Kid, or PC Kid as it's known in Japan, or Bonk as it's known in the west lol. Great list :)

[@MTDude123]

Earl Weaver Baseball, Three Stooges, M1 Tank Platoon, Faery Tale Adventure, North & South, TV Sports Baseball and TV Basketball, It Came from the Desert among others would've been on my list. Basically I stuck with Cinemaware, EA, and Microprose games as my favorites with my Amiga 500.

[@russt79russ31]

Great list cheers..brought back some old memories

[@tinovfr]

Thank you! There are so many entries i played but forgot.That Arabian Nights let me pondering because it's a technical very good title i didn't know. At the time we were all in the scene and looked at hundreds of the games.. great collection and i see there are so many more, everybody had his experiences, but many matches to my favorites!

[@vafeas84]

wow I missed out on some great games back then. I had about 100 games total; watching yours reminded me of great memories playing Street Rod 2, Pang, Type-R, Loopz, Lemmings, Ishido, Crazy Cars 3 and Super Cars 2. My absolute favorites were Disc and Silkworm 4, for Silkworm I had the first 80% or so of the game memorized, a playthrough took like an hour before I got to the part where it was hard/new. Another World looked amazing for what we had at the time, wow.

[@markegianni]

Great games ! I would add Hired guns, Indy heat, Superfrog, Bubble Bobble, Project X, Lotus 3, Yo Joe!, Sensible world of soccer, Dune II, Eye of The Beholder 1 + 2, Settlers, The manager, Premiere, Mortal Kombat 1 + 2, Street Fighter 2, Final fight, Final blow, TV sports: Basketball, Syndicate, Secret of the Monkey island, Maupiti island, Murder, Crime time, Cruise for a corpse, Magic pockets, Indiana Jones and the Last crusade, Operation Stealth, Formula 1 Grand Prix, Utopia and Agony to the list.

[@tjeppenbrackx9067]

and do you know heimdahl, it came from the desert, knights of the sky, california games 1 & 2, etc brings back a lot of nostalgia

[@satnav1980]

Awesome graphics. I was born in 1980 and the first time I played a game was in 1988. And still playing games to this day. Trying my absolute hardest to get as much retro gear as possible. Yesterday I got a PSP with Wipeout Pure and Medal of Honor Heroes. Last week I got a PS2 with GTA: San Andreas, Max Payne, and Socom: US Navy Seals. GTA and Max Payne didn't work so I gave them back, but I have to say that I'm loving Socom. You can do so much. You can crouch, lean, command two teams, change the firing modes on your main weapon. It's properly tactical. They don't make shooters like that any more. Soon I'll have most of the retro consoles from the last 2 decades and hopefully this system too. And doesn't else hear the theme music for Assault on Precint 13 in the game Xenon 2 Megablast? Game number is 73.

[@KPsTboy]

Yeez, had all forgotten about those self combusting indjuns 😄 One of the best lists I’ve seen; so many forgotten awesome games, yet there were so many others as well. But also great looking games I had never heard of.

[@20FreeWill]

It's the sounds that trigger the memory the most like when the marble smashes , audio sfx in God's, games that I don't really remember bit recognise the FAX, I remember visuals like James pond and lotus turbo challenge

[@rjakobi]

An era of gaming I didn't know existed. What a find!

[@mikekaraoke]

R.Jakobi-I do hope your being sarcastic

[@bent540]

what the fuck do you mean? everything has a beginning!

[@traal]

This was so much fun to watch because I had most of these games! Including some that I had completely forgotten. I guess from his name that the poster is from Sweden, like me, and maybe that’s why I recognized so many of the games. I guess they appeared on the Swedish piracy circles… But yeah. So many old memories. 😊👍🏻

[@Moonfreeze]

Makes me suspect we're the same age as well ;)

[@krzysztofjaron4253]

Where is the "Super Frog" ????

[@hipered]

thanx, finally a refreshing list with some game I do not know!

[@fruitypops4ever485]

Thanks for using the Amiga game music instead of some horrible techno song that most others use for the soundtrack.

[@TheGeneReyva]

Xenon 2 and Turrican! Holy shit I am glad I found your video. I wish I could find the other game I'm looking for. You're going through some light maze levels with goldish walls and a purple back ground. One of the enemies is sort of jittery because it is constantly moving at you and bounces off walls.

[@Ytrearneindre]

Dune 2, Eye of the Beholder 2, Syndicate, Zak McCracken, Flashback, Moonstone, Chaos Engine, Pinball Dreams. I think they're my favorites.

[@leventulker3889]

Back to the 90's:) Thanks alot for video. süper frog was really very well also musics..

[@papaschlumpf2311]

Bard's Tale II - Destiny Knight, Fate - Gates of Dawn, Ambermoon, Elite, Popolous, Syndicate, Bionic Commando, Star Glider 1 + 2, Take Them Out, Mission Impossible, Kick Off 2, Sensible World of Soccer, Turrican II, Superstar Ice Hockey, Chambers of Shaolin, F16-Falcon, Gunship, X-Out, etc.... so many good Amiga games (or adaptiations from C64).

[@MadPancakes]

Oh man. What a throw back🤣🤣🤣 nice video👍👏🙋‍♂️

[@pimphandgamester]

Hostages. I remember playing the NES version but it was called Rescue embassy mission. Loved that game. Never knew there was a version on Amiga.

[@jarosawwojtowicz9273]

That was nice Man :-) Thanks, and Cheers from Poland!!! :-)

[@benbaxter5000]

Jumping Jackson, Bar Games, Golden Axe, Goal, Rick Dangerous, IK+. That's my childhood in a nutshell!! I need an Amiga again!!

[@sjarken3979]

We all do. But now we have a choice of buying overpriced ancient hardware that will most likely not last long, or emulate it on pc's. Thats not what i want, i want a brand new amiga that does not have a $1000 pricetag, and runs amiga500 games without any bs.

[@Alexis82]

The Settlers??

[@deszaras3]

This is like a therapy for me...

[@DumboKnudsen]

#97 lost patrol. I played this so much when I was a kid. Didn’t understand it much tho. I did learn a thing or two about war when I got older.

[@Khaos969]

First off all why on earth is *Panza Kick boxing* so low , that game was definitely a top 20 game , my favourites were - *Populous 1-2(my fav) , Megalomania , Power Monger , Another World , Super Cars 2 , Syndicate , Celtic Legends , Moonstone! , Betrayal , Castles , Alien Breed! , Chuck Rock , Rainbow 6, Bubble Bobble (loved that game) , R-Type , Lemmings, Prince of persia , Indiana Jones , Narc , Turrican 1&2* I think I could go on... Amiga in my opinion was the most fun I've ever had for video games was just amazing and unique ! and made my childhood that extra special!

[@ouaouane]

good to read that syndicate is not forgotten by all ! Good list. I'd add Kick off 2 extended, player manager, great courts 2, toki, vikings.

[@ouaouane]

and operation stealth of course

[@Peter-MH]

Syndicate? Monkey island? Dune 2?! Great list anyway though!

[@waltersobchak7275]

Is syndicate and syndicate wars related?

[@iapetusmccool]

@@waltersobchak7275 syndicate wars is the sequal to syndicate.

[@waltersobchak7275]

@@iapetusmccool thanks bro

[@9ElevenGamer]

An awesome trip down memory lane, that said I do still play my AMIGA, nice to see Goal! placed so high, and there are a few titles here that I definitely need to check out as we have similar taste in games.

[@Moonfreeze]

9ElevenGamer Good to hear! I know the list might seem controversial, but I can definetely recommend the games on the list. I'm sure I'll have to make a "Top ten games I forgot" someday.

[@TheLeif1977]

thank you so much, i dont fully agree but it was great seeing all those old games again

[@champmeister]

Loom was a masterpiece, deeply original. Glad it made it to your list 👍

[@dhirajpallin2572]

No Monkey Island though!

[@omgiambeto]

Thanks for this video. Here in México I don't remember heard about Amiga. Back in the day I just knew some info because my grandma bought me some foreigner magazines.

[@Moonfreeze]

You're welcome. Yes commodore had problems selling anywhere outside of Europe, and that's a true shame.

[@burtbuttlord9481]

Memories.....light the corners of my mind....

[@SolitaryBro]

Watching this video reminds me to be glad I own an Amiga. --- Game #2 should be @ #1.... Nice video!

[@Risingson2]

It's a really great video because it shows that on the Amiga catalogue, as in every gaming catalogue, there was also a lot of cheap exploit and a lot of weirdness. I didn't know many of these and Persian Gulf Inferno looks like proper stuff from nightmares

[@Risingson2]

Also it shows the Amiga as that middle stop between the 8 bit era design and the more polished design that came in the 90s (Another World, Prince of Persia)

[@Risingson2]

Jesus Christ Sierra were lazy porting Larry or what!

[@Risingson2]

"Nuclear War", what the hell?

[@garvielloken3929]

ohh Damnn!!!!! i had one when i was 11, im 35 now!!!! So Many memories!!!!! thanks

[@itadaku23]

Walker was unreal. You used the mouse to control the two main guns and the joystick to go left and right. Man so much destructive fun

[@benbaselet2026]

True, it was somehow very immersive and the pace and action was just right with a cool air. And the sounds!

[@sambra1979]

I was stunned by the graphics when j first saw it. And the digitised speech blew me away. Couldn't get how so much was on one game.

[@bigmaxy07]

Some great memories there; Shadow of the Beast, brilliant but had not idea how to get very far. Decapitating someone in Barbarian, Megalomania and it's originality. Doing missions deep into FA18 Interceptor. Defender of the Crown, Rocket Ranger, Another World, many late nights invested into these.

[@_syntaxterror_2148]

Good old Times, I never forget.

[@constantinops162]

Great memories, grew up with it. Agony, North&South, Double Dragon, Street Fighter, Heimdall, Darkmere, Dark Seed(H.R Giger amazing art)

[@krashno]

Thank you.There are so many great games, so It s not easy to chose. I remember Agony, Apydia, Killing Game show, Nitro, Jim.Power, project x, Leander, Toki, Vrooom, Fire and Forger 2, Yo Joe, Batman, Ninja Warriors, Dragon Ninja, Overlander, Jaguar xj 220, Battle Squadron 2, silkworm, Swiv,.F29.retaliator, océan Beach Volley, sensible soccer, kick off 2, R-Type, Switchblade, Alien Breed, Driving Force, Unreal (so beautyful).. And so on... Amiga was an awesome computer

[@HauteGameFR]

I am absolutly impressed by the Amiga games.. They are AWESOME :O Unbelievable ! Thank you for that video !

[@Vossie81]

hmm not all are good most of the amiga games have only music Or Fx not both at the same time and most Games have crappy horrible controls Omg! nightmares !

[@HauteGameFR]

Veizi81 Yeah but the looking, the ambiance is here ! I'd like to make new games with those graphics styles , but controls of 2016 =D

[@Moonfreeze]

You're welcome :) The Amiga sure was impressive back in the day. If you look at the competition when it was popular, you might even say it was the best. If you feel like trying it out there's a great emulator called WinUAE, or simply buy one. Still quite cheap.

[@Moonfreeze]

It had 4 channels of sound, which was more than the competing home systems.

[@Vossie81]

+Erik Sundstrom yeah I know still have an amiga 500 hooked up till today used it yesterday but I mean 1 meg ram still was not enough for most programmers to use music and fx at the same time. There are so many bad arcade conversions on the amiga only lazy ports of the atari st games ported over by the crappy US Gold. The Amiga can do so much better if used wisely and correctly in assembler language look at the turrican games as example!

[@whitenoiseproaudio]

No one remembers Eye of the Beholder?? Surely the greatest Amiga game ever??

[@Dragonblaster1]

I loved EOTB. And UFO: Enemy Unknown, Theme Hospital, Populous II, Beneath A Steel Sky...

[@rseltd]

@@Dragonblaster1 How about weird dreams?

[@Dragonblaster1]

@@rseltd Dunno, mate. Never played it.

[@dhirajpallin2572]

@@rseltd That game gave me mightmares as a kid.

[@rseltd]

@@dhirajpallin2572 Haaaa crazy

[@TheDutchGhost]

Ah so many games of this list I remember having played on the Amiga, or conversions on consoles (often inferior of course). It is tempting to get an Amiga again but these days there are alternative ways of playing Amiga games, and so many new games as well.

[@Moonfreeze]

TheDutchGhost There's no real reason besides nostalgia to get the actual Amiga 500. (I have two and much rather play it emulated than the crappy mouse and my cheap plastic joysticks.)

[@Chrisbajs]

North and South?

[@TheZoundz]

This brought back memories!!!

[@DCHurlford1]

Some great Amiga gaming memories there. The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) was a classic. The jousting parts in particular were really funny.

[@turboarcade7406]

Goal is the artwork! :D good list!

[@SoulSeekerDR]

How could you not have populous in your list? God Bless

[@Mehecskekutato]

Can't you read the title?! It says "MY" top 100 Amiga games. He also says some of the big names are missing because he never owned or played them.

[@FinnmanGaming]

Lots of games I have never heard of. And my Amiga500 was my life back then!

[@Moonfreeze]

I'm glad! I'm sure u have games in the back of yer mind that i've never heard of. Bring it!

[@FinnmanGaming]

@@Moonfreeze Propably do! There was so many games for Amiga.

[@y007p3]

Excellent Conlon Nancarrow cover at the start of the vid 👍

[@josselinbobinet7521]

I totally agree with the first place. Was young but I'll never forget. I remember Ween, too. Was fucking scary and impressive

[@bigmaxy07]

These days your phone is your life. Back then it was your disk box.

[@doctorcrankyflaps1724]

Great upload. Nice to have no voiceover so I can hear the music etc : )

[@010karl010]

I completely forgot about Narco Police and Walker so thanks for reminding me!