SWOS and Leisure Suit Larry - I can't even tell you how much of my youth was spent playing these games :smiley:
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czechoslovakia
2 Jan 174#11
Still have, and occasionally play CF and pinball fantasies on my trusty old A500 that refuses to die.
Harto1 to czechoslovakia
31 Jan 17#63
What do you plug it into? Must look a bit rubbish on an HDTV? Got an a600 I don't know what to do with.
FATBOY78
3 Jan 171#34
never mind mate. ^^^^^^ at least we have the same bad taste in football teams lol
ipswich78 to FATBOY78
8 Jan 17#62
Ha. Indeed.
cicobuff
4 Jan 17#61
Yep, the RRP of the 500 Plus was £399, it could be gotten for around £350-60 shopping around, that is how much mine cost me in 1992.
Confuzz
4 Jan 17#60
Thanks for the info very interesting i had a comadore 16 had some pretty good games for its spec i didnt have a 64 because i had a spectrum plus 3 the one with a disc drive i remember playing turbo outrun on it loved it.
But the amiga 500plus i had was such a improment at the time was quite pricey at £400 i believe could be wrong it cost me and my brother all our birthdays and christmas presents for a year we wanted it that bad. i think my favorite game was probably prince of persia it was tough timing those jumps right though lol
Confuzz
4 Jan 17#58
Amiga days were the best gaming days of my life so many classics i must of had hundreds of games all copies i think thats why they went bust
cicobuff to Confuzz
4 Jan 17#59
Piracy was a contributing factor to software houses shifting to consoles..alongside technological advances leading to a shift to 3D gaming, but ultimately it was Commodore themselves making too many bad business decisions that led to bankruptcy.
Unlike the worldwide success of the C64, the Amiga was successful in Europe, the Amiga 600 should never have happened, originally meant to be a cut down price version of the Amiga 500 it originally sold for a higher cost, replacing the short lived 500+ production.
The A1200 was about 1-2 years too late (and dated quickly, by 1994 it desperately needed a 68030/40 processor and upgraded graphics hardware to compete with the rise of 3D titles on other systems), and despite initial promising sales in Europe of the CD32, software production was poor alongside very little in the way of enhancements of existing A500/1200 titles.
Sadly, whilst still profitable here in the UK, a proposed buyout by Commodore UK failed at the 11th hour, Escom firstly then Gateway 2000 killed the 'Amiga' as a brand.
This is without looking at the other financial errors from the 8 Bit generation home computers...the R&D of the C65 which never got released. The failures of the Plus-4 and C16, the brilliant but little supported in 128 mode C128 and the laughable C64GS games console.
Hard to believe that the humble C64 with its MOS 6510 processor and 64K RAM effectively outlived them all. 22 Million units sold over 12 years, with the only change being lessening production costs and case revisions. As much as I loved the Amiga and still own an expanded A1200, it is the C64 that is remembered as the only lasting success of Commodore International.
cicobuff
4 Jan 17#57
Yep, have not gotten round to watching The Amiga Years yet, but I was invited along to the screening for the first Bedrooms To Billions, which was fascinating.
violentj
4 Jan 17#56
remember these fondly, along with how to be a complete bstard
dans1972
3 Jan 17#54
I was so excited when I found it......I guess you may not have heard of sociable soccer? spread the word!
Bad Actor to dans1972
3 Jan 17#55
WUT?
Bad Actor
3 Jan 17#53
And who could forget Archer MacLean's masterpiece that was IK+.
Man, I kicked my wife's ass so many times during those lean early years of marriage.
That was my chastity belt unfortunately :disappointed:
prankster101
3 Jan 17#52
Nope... Tis true that the switches broke easily, but in terms of ergonomics, it was second to none.
Also, I assume that you've heard of the two Amiga documentaries that are doing the rounds?
I remember running down the freezing street, going berserk, screaming, "Thank you God!"
Think I was about 11 or 12...must have been 1990/91? The years that followed, swapping and copying disks from everyone at high school, were the greatest!
Sensi, Monkey Islands, Pinball Dreams, Last Ninja, Turrican, Syndicate, just sooo many to mention!!
Long live the Amiga!
cicobuff
3 Jan 172#38
Only two ways Sensible Soccer should be played.....
With this weapon of choice......
mattriggy to cicobuff
3 Jan 172#44
İ think İ might be the odd one out here! :smile:
prankster101 to cicobuff
3 Jan 17#47
The QuickShot II Turbo was a far better joystick... But yeah, the Amiga was awesome.
prankster101
3 Jan 17#46
I actually interviewed the creators of Sensible Soccer and Leisure Suit Larry...
Tried installing the app several times and it doesn't work. My iPhone 6 is using the latest iOS, so I'm guessing it's not compatible :disappointed:
It's the one game I miss from my childhood
St3vie
3 Jan 17#40
Used to play my brother at Sensi on the Amiga all the time, was the only platform to play it on, pure class
We had an A600
His weapon of choice was a Quickshot Python and mine was actually a Mega Drive Pad (only the B button worked when it was plugged into the Amiga but that was all you needed for Sensi)
How those pads and joysticks never broke after being thrown about so much, I'll never know :-D
Bad Actor
3 Jan 171#39
Sank hours into Sensi, Superfrog, Skweek, Turrican, Speedball, Xenon 2 & Lemmings on my Amiga 500 back in the day and I was 24 then.
Trusty Konix Navigator joystick, my wife armed with 'The Bug' and our early married years were bliss :smiley:
As has already been said, the Amiga versions were head and shoulders above any others.
Used to swap games with Amiga contacts I found in New Computer Express.
Happy days.
cicobuff
3 Jan 17#37
Significantly worse than their Amiga counterparts, particularly sonically, this was a time when there were many variations of PC Soundcards.
Sensible Software, the last bastion of European Commodore gaming successes, the slow death of the Amiga brand alongside the shift of gaming from 2D to 3D led to their demise, RIP Sensible Software, RIP Richard Joseph......
Cannon Fodder and SWOS on PC was never as good as the Amiga versions.
bojangles
3 Jan 17#35
You Sir, is my god!
Used to love player manager back in the day.
Easy way to score is to do a lob/chip shot - just work out your range!
ipswich78
3 Jan 171#33
Sensible World of Soccer... I genuinely blame that game for my GCSE results! If I hadn't spent so much time playing that I really do believe I could of improved each subject by a grade.
daoverseer
3 Jan 171#32
Staying firmly as memories , but omg heat!
klopikxda
3 Jan 171#29
My parents most hated games were :
SWOS
Cannon Fodder
Syndicate
Blake Stone
Theme Hospital
Secret of Monkey Island
Lemmings
... most played by me :smiley:
joepbailey to klopikxda
3 Jan 17#31
All those were **** amazing! haha.. although it was all about Flash Back. Best platformer ever made.
joepbailey
3 Jan 172#30
Sensible Soccer is still my favourite football game of all time.
Meshen
3 Jan 17#28
Great games, but I bought Sensible Soccer a while back and have had a nightmare trying to get it to work with a pad. Gave up in the end.
TheGreatMogul
3 Jan 171#27
Have very fond memories of these games on my Amiga 500.
mo4g_777
3 Jan 17#26
Do these old games work .. I downloaded battlefront 2 off steam - old version doesn't even star
truebadboo
3 Jan 17#25
massive heat on these games played em to death on my amiga, real game changers in the gaming world at the time <3
wozukSilencer
3 Jan 171#24
theme park was mint but don't forget cleaning up sick for hours
Graham1979
2 Jan 173#23
The AMIGA was awesome.
benji3000
2 Jan 17#22
no joy pad support for sensi.. though there's always joy2key. sold!
chrisbenwalker
2 Jan 171#21
Thanks Turks
oUkTuRkEyIII
2 Jan 171#20
Yes DRM free or you can use the GOG Galaxy client on PC
chrisbenwalker
2 Jan 171#19
Possibly a stupid question, but are these games to be bought that can be downloaded played in a desktop PC?
Must be my age, but I'm too used to mobile and console gaming nowadays :smile:
Both are classics and remind me of my misspent youth, just not sure what I'm buying...
Maverick77
2 Jan 17#18
Your text here
morgster93
2 Jan 171#17
OP Thank you so much for posting! I played cannon fodder as a kid once and could never remember the name!! Big heat from me
booble
2 Jan 17#15
great games, though poor compared to Amiga versions. I've still got an A1200 with CF card and tons of games inc these. heat for the price and excellent nostalgia
seuden to booble
2 Jan 171#16
Same. New old stock from India.
Graham1979
2 Jan 1710#12
The Amiga versions were a reward from GOD for being nice to animals and stuff. Long live the Amiga
xenophon to Graham1979
2 Jan 17#14
Is that what they told you in the institution? Well if it worked then I'm all for it!
Matthaus
2 Jan 171#13
same. amazing times
swos and Mario 3 and Mario world and sf2 are just right up there as my all time favs
moley
2 Jan 171#9
I remember the original lls on the PC asked you random questions to check your age that and police quest were great also loved cannon fodder and swos Sean dyche was fast as hell in the original
oUkTuRkEyIII to moley
2 Jan 171#10
Was Ryan Goggs fast? :smile:
parasitemol
2 Jan 173#8
Cannon Fodder 'n' SWoS on my Amiga 600, those were the days... I wasn't allowed Leisure Suit Larry :smile:
jools19
2 Jan 172#7
Heat for cannon fodder, favourite game of my youth :smiley:
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But the amiga 500plus i had was such a improment at the time was quite pricey at £400 i believe could be wrong it cost me and my brother all our birthdays and christmas presents for a year we wanted it that bad. i think my favorite game was probably prince of persia it was tough timing those jumps right though lol
Unlike the worldwide success of the C64, the Amiga was successful in Europe, the Amiga 600 should never have happened, originally meant to be a cut down price version of the Amiga 500 it originally sold for a higher cost, replacing the short lived 500+ production.
The A1200 was about 1-2 years too late (and dated quickly, by 1994 it desperately needed a 68030/40 processor and upgraded graphics hardware to compete with the rise of 3D titles on other systems), and despite initial promising sales in Europe of the CD32, software production was poor alongside very little in the way of enhancements of existing A500/1200 titles.
Sadly, whilst still profitable here in the UK, a proposed buyout by Commodore UK failed at the 11th hour, Escom firstly then Gateway 2000 killed the 'Amiga' as a brand.
This is without looking at the other financial errors from the 8 Bit generation home computers...the R&D of the C65 which never got released. The failures of the Plus-4 and C16, the brilliant but little supported in 128 mode C128 and the laughable C64GS games console.
Hard to believe that the humble C64 with its MOS 6510 processor and 64K RAM effectively outlived them all. 22 Million units sold over 12 years, with the only change being lessening production costs and case revisions. As much as I loved the Amiga and still own an expanded A1200, it is the C64 that is remembered as the only lasting success of Commodore International.
Man, I kicked my wife's ass so many times during those lean early years of marriage.
That was my chastity belt unfortunately :disappointed:
Also, I assume that you've heard of the two Amiga documentaries that are doing the rounds?
Viva Amiga - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vivaamiga/viva-amiga-the-documentary-film
From Bedrooms To Billions: The Amiga Years - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1195082866/from-bedrooms-to-billions-the-amiga-years-special
Also, I assume that you've heard of the two Amiga documentaries that are doing the rounds?
Viva Amiga - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vivaamiga/viva-amiga-the-documentary-film
From Bedrooms To Billions: The Amiga Years - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1195082866/from-bedrooms-to-billions-the-amiga-years-special
http://www.8bit.dk/pictures/Amiga%20&%20Commodore/Joysticks%20and%20Mouses/Power%20Play%20-%20Crystal%20Turbo%20Joystick/slides/Crystal_Turbo_Joystick_14.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzUu5LYw1k
I remember running down the freezing street, going berserk, screaming, "Thank you God!"
Think I was about 11 or 12...must have been 1990/91? The years that followed, swapping and copying disks from everyone at high school, were the greatest!
Sensi, Monkey Islands, Pinball Dreams, Last Ninja, Turrican, Syndicate, just sooo many to mention!!
Long live the Amiga!
With this weapon of choice......
Take a listen below:
Al Lowe (Leisure Suit Larry) - http://prankster101.com/podcast/prankster101-productions-podcast-episode-19/
Jon Hare (Sensible Soccer) - http://prankster101.com/podcast/ep-36-interview-with-jon-hare-of-sensible-software-part-1-of-3/
High five!!!
It's the one game I miss from my childhood
We had an A600
His weapon of choice was a Quickshot Python and mine was actually a Mega Drive Pad (only the B button worked when it was plugged into the Amiga but that was all you needed for Sensi)
How those pads and joysticks never broke after being thrown about so much, I'll never know :-D
Trusty Konix Navigator joystick, my wife armed with 'The Bug' and our early married years were bliss :smiley:
As has already been said, the Amiga versions were head and shoulders above any others.
Used to swap games with Amiga contacts I found in New Computer Express.
Happy days.
Sensible Software, the last bastion of European Commodore gaming successes, the slow death of the Amiga brand alongside the shift of gaming from 2D to 3D led to their demise, RIP Sensible Software, RIP Richard Joseph......
Jon Hare - Narcissus
Used to love player manager back in the day.
Easy way to score is to do a lob/chip shot - just work out your range!
SWOS
Cannon Fodder
Syndicate
Blake Stone
Theme Hospital
Secret of Monkey Island
Lemmings
... most played by me :smiley:
Must be my age, but I'm too used to mobile and console gaming nowadays :smile:
Both are classics and remind me of my misspent youth, just not sure what I'm buying...
swos and Mario 3 and Mario world and sf2 are just right up there as my all time favs
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