Obscure Amiga Games - Part 2

This is the second video covering Obscure and little known games on the Amiga. It features 10 titles that are not very popular but are actually pretty fun for what they are and deserved to be known as can provide quite a lot of fun if given a chance. There will obviously be more parts as Amiga had a lot of hidden gems that for whatever the reason never saw the lime light.
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0:00 Intro to Best Obscure Amiga Games You've Never Heard Of (Part 2)
0:41 Burton Bird
1:45 Cyber Force
3:16 Bob's Bad Day
4:20 Benefactor
5:38 Tanx n Stuff
7:13 Sneech
8:16 Spring Time
9:36 Perihelion
10:58 Super Gem'Z
12:07 Wacus the Detective
13:21 Outro
#commodore #amiga #retrogames #retrogaming #obscure #hiddengems

[@greedygreggor]

Tanx and stuff and Sneech were such fun multiplayer games on the Amiga. Lots of fond memories. Shout out to Paul Burkey :)

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yep :) I somehow always had someone to play those games with, and today, everyone's about online. Not to mention hardly anyone cares about older games. At least in my circles.

[@danyoutube7491]

Tanx n Stuff! We got that on a coverdisk and enjoyed it a lot in two player.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yeah, I hoped that someone would know it. My video playing against CPU was hardly exciting. xD

[@SWW_Productions]

I love Amiga! There was this old game I used to play but forgot about....... BUT thanks to your video I found it again! Benefactor! Thanks for this my fellow Amiga friend! 👍

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Oh, Benefactor was sooo good. And so few people knew of it. It's criminal! ;)

[@naviamiga]

Bob's Bad Day. Cool idea, really couldn't play it for too long. It wasn't just Bob that got sick from spinning too much.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

LOL :)

[@ArekuMizuhara]

Bob's bad day was the first game in the series that I actually played when I was young.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

It's a decent game to start with.

[@gumdeo]

Burton Bird is definitely an interesting approach to platformers, first time that I am seeing it. A shame that Super Gem Z was never officially released, it would have been a hit I think.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

After playing Burton for a few levels and dying a lot for this video, I gotta say that it must've been tons more comfortable on a joystick and not keyboard. xD Super Gem'Z could have indeed succeed. They should've released it, despite the code leak.

[@xX1REAPER1Xx]

I grabbed the Aarklash Code buddy, TY and keep up the great works

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

You're welcome! And will do. :)

[@arturick673]

Wacus the Detective looks like Paul Schaeffer, band leader for the David Letterman show.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

LOL

[@jussikuusela7345]

Wacus or Benefactor would seem like my favorites out of these

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Both are good, but Benefactor is just on another level. It deserved more recognition than it ever got. And a remake for Steam Deck released today would be cool too.

[@Vebinz]

All good picks! "Bob's Bad Day" is based on "Sonic the Hedgehog's" Chaod Emerald spin stage.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Interesting observation :)

[@useruser-tc7xx]

@@OldAndNewVideoGamesIt's a clone of Taito's Cameltry (localized as "On The Ball" in US) but with power ups :)

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@useruser-tc7xx Interestingly enough On The Ball in Europe were a series of Football (Soccer) simulation games in the early to mid 90s.

[@andersdenkend]

These polish games look pretty awesome. I would have loved to play those back in the late days of the Amiga. While we occasionally did get some polish games in Germany, I never heard of Wacus and that Flashback style game. Pretty cool.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yeah, they may have been late to the party but they sure loved the Amiga. ;)

[@SwedishCandyPirate]

The only game here that I had heard of is Benefactor. Great video, these really are obscure Amiga titles.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thanks! Well, the one you've heard of is a banger. :) Also, new video in the Obscure series in just a few hours.

[@nobodyhere22500]

Perihelion is my #1 pick for obscure great Amiga games. I think a big reason is stayed up skewer is that piracy was a big thing, but to combat this, there were hints and spells in the instruction manual that the game would be impossible without. My biggest tip (besides getting the manual!) is that if you wanted to play through it but skip the challenging combat, you can. There are a few places that enemies can get stuck in combat, where they will wait for you if you stand in certain spots. Then, because leveling up a skill is based on using it, you can move back and forth, perform weak attacks on party members, etc. until all your stats are off the charts and you can wipe everything out easily. Much more fun to do it honestly though… just don’t get hasty in character creation. All the stats are randomized between 1 and 100, and leveling one up, increases it by 10%. So if a character has any low essential stats, they’re doomed from the start.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Back in the day, I could get pretty much any game pirated as they were all available basically anywhere. Perihelion was no different. Although you're right as the pirated copy did not come with a manual. But it's funny cause now, so many years later, every single game that I own, and there's around 3,000 of these, is an original.

[@Starvingwriter82]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames I got a pirated copy as well, but after getting stuck at the first terminal (the hint for the passcode for it is in the manual, not the game) but really loving what I'd seen so far, I wrote the publisher to ask if I could have a copy of the manual or purchase a strategy guide. They sent me the manual and I still have it. :)

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@Starvingwriter82 Seriously? That's an amazing service, given you didn't have an original. I suppose you didn't mention it, did you? ;)

[@AlexMenchi]

Good forgotten games

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yeah, and some could really use a bit more spotlight back in the day.

[@MaartenSpoek]

Nice gems!

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Thanks! I tried my best picking little known games.

[@williamwright9079]

Gems! TY!

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

:)

[@RasVoja]

BEnefactor is great, eternal love!

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Oh, it's sooo good. And it always baffled me why so few people know of it.

[@RasVoja]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Real Amigans know and love it. Sadly there was never a sequel but one unofficial data disk with seven new levels is available for download on Aminet.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@RasVoja Are you serious? That's so cool! And also something I had completely knowledge of. Thanks!

[@ZeroCactus]

nice!

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

I see you're already at part 2... :) 18 more to go. ;)

[@Noone-of-your-Business]

For a game to steal the design from a predecessor is one thing, but Tanx'n Stuff even stole the sound effects from Firepower. While looking considerably less ... nice.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

:)

[@nicholsliwilson]

Benefactor & Tanx ‘n Stuff are excellent games. Perihelion looks great? Also I’m sorry but as a British person I believe I’m required to get weirdly upset about the pronunciation of “Wacus” aren’t I? 😄 30(ish) years on & most of this list is new to me recommendations. Thanks.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Benefactor has a very special place in my memories. I was a teen, I got sick, nothing serious, flu or something, but I didn't go to school for the next few days to get better. And all I did is played Benefactor. And had soooo much fun! Not sure if it's cause it's a cool game, or cause I had fever but had time of my life. :) Perihelion is a game that I wanted to complete so badly, so many times back then. And every single time somehow, for whatever reason, something prevented it. Clearly, it was not meant to be. And yeah, it looks great. And "Wacus" is probably one of those words that I'll never manage to properly pronounce in English. Probably cause it's not English. There's just so many of these pronunciations that sorta fit when I look at it. And Polish pronunciation is a completely different nightmare for native English speakers. xD Great! I mean, great that there are some games you never knew of. That's the idea behind the obscure games list, really. :) Hopefully, next one's going to be a good one too.

[@Starvingwriter82]

Perihelion is indeed great. It's got bits and pieces of everything: character creation and exploration similar to Eye of the Beholder, combat similar to Shining Force, a variety of interesting classes and magic, and a dusty, post apocalyptic atmosphere with a foreboding feel and some genuinely scary moments. It's a pretty unique vision and definitely deserves more recognition than it got.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@Starvingwriter82 Yep, that.

[@Kavlor1]

Use to play sneech a lot , it is e very intense game. IMO superior to Snake IO. If anyone wants to get hold of it don't look amongst commercial games as it's shareware/freeware/PD , places like Aminet will have it.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Sneech is good, I can confirm.

[@RicardoGarcia-tc1zh]

64 Colors are not HAM mode, its halfbrigth, HAM its 4096

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Yep, that is correct. My bad.

[@ArttuTheCat]

I still want to look for BENEFACTOR to my Amiga 500 😹. The game looks awesome and reminds me of a legendary classic game LODE RUNNER 😺👍🕹️. Also, SUPER GEM'Z would have looked nice 😸👍🕹️. And those beautiful ladies 😻❤️🌹... MEOW 😻💕💞! I used to have GEM'X for my Amiga 500, and i love it 😻💞💕 - problably, because there were so many beautiful ladies 😻❤️🌹. Thank you 😸😺👍.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

You can grab Benefactor on p l a n e t e m u . n e t If you want a boxed one, that's gonna be bit more difficult. :)

[@ArttuTheCat]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Well, i always love to collect the original games in the original box releases 😺👍. Plus, i could keep those awesome looking boxes in my hands and feel the retrospective lifestyle 😺👍.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@ArttuTheCat A true collector! I respect that.

[@b1adam95]

I head of bob almost beat it back in the day but floppy crashed. And benefactor needs remake.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Benefactor does NEED a remake. It would be great on Switch and/or Steam Deck.

[@Starvingwriter82]

I put plenty of hours into Bob's Bad Day, but I don't think I ever got close to beating it. Like playing the bonus stages in the original Sonic The Hedgehog, but for the whole game.

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@Starvingwriter82 It was a bit more demanding than Sonic's stages too, wasn't it?

[@EvilStreaks]

Obscure game compilations are never this interesting :O

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

Well, did my best. Maybe next one will be better... :)

[@EvilStreaks]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames I said it was surprisingly interesting :P sheesh

[@OldAndNewVideoGames]

@@EvilStreaks Well then... Thanks! And sorry? ;) And in that case, the next one's going to be a good one too.

[@EvilStreaks]

@@OldAndNewVideoGames Then I shall post an even more confusing compliment :D