Obscure Amiga Games - Part 10

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  • @TeaAndFloppyDisks
    @TeaAndFloppyDisks 9 місяців тому

    I do enjoy the random anecdotes and the jokes you throw in there.
    Boppin' is pretty cool. I played it on the PC, but wasn't too good at it. Maybe I still am not.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  9 місяців тому +1

      Thank you! Some games do in fact bring back memories or spark up my imagination. Which, unfortunately is pretty vivid. ;)
      Oh, there's so many games I played back then like a champ, and now I would suck doing so. xD

    • @TeaAndFloppyDisks
      @TeaAndFloppyDisks 9 місяців тому

      @@OldAndNewVideoGames There's nothing wrong with a good imagination.
      I reckon we all had more free time as kids to play for hours to master a game. But now...

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  9 місяців тому +1

      @@TeaAndFloppyDisks It's a different thing entirely. Back then if I wanted to, I could complete all games that I started. Now, I deliberately choose those that I want to even attempt to. And those that seem interesting, but I'm not feeling like going for yet, just end up somewhere in the back of my Steam library waiting for when I win the lottery. ;)

  • @MisterSplendy
    @MisterSplendy Рік тому +5

    You once again turned me on to some gems. Great series. Sad it's over.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +2

      Oh, far from it. End of first season. The next episode will just start of the next one. I'm gonna release a whole season as a one-off combined video too, as some people prefer those really long ones to have them running in the background when they do something.

  • @MMattJ72
    @MMattJ72 Рік тому +3

    Weird Dreams is the only game on this list I'd heard of - never played it but knew of it. Thanks for the vid

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for watching! And it means that it was a good selection. Regardless if all the games were or not. And no, not all of them were great. ;)

  • @williamwright9079
    @williamwright9079 Рік тому +3

    Dynasty wars was the first arcade game I ever played as a kid. I had to stand on tip toes to see the screen, it was amazing. I was heart broken by the Amiga port.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому

      Yeah, it's terrible. I wouldn't say that it's Pro Soccer 2190 bad, as you can actually control your character more or less, but it's really bad nonetheless.

    • @willrobinson7599
      @willrobinson7599 Рік тому

      Teirtex programmed the conversion so gonna look good on still screen shots but terrible when in motion

  • @PJBonoVox
    @PJBonoVox Рік тому +1

    Wow. The Shepherd unlocked a memory I'd forgot I had. Never worked out what the hell I had to do though.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому

      Yeah, I saw Shepherd in a gaming mag first, from what I read in a short preview it seemed like something I'd love. And when I finally managed to track it down - let's say semi legally - it was a jumble I didn't figure out. Especially that not long later I moved to PC.

  • @nicholsliwilson
    @nicholsliwilson Рік тому +2

    Weird Dreams looks fantastic but I don’t think I’ve see it before? Same for Pegasus.
    Definitely not played Lupo Alberto before? That deserves a look.
    Rajd Przez Polske has the best range of cars of any Amiga racing game! 😂
    I checked out The Shepherd based on your recommendation & it’s really impressive. Good recommendation, thanks.
    I played Street Racer on the SNES but not on the Amiga & it sounds like I was lucky not to. That fish pie analogy was… creative. 😄
    Great video. There’ve been recommendations for something new to play & some great humour in every video in the series, thanks.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      Yeah, Lupo was a new one for me too. And a viewer recommendation actually. It's quite fun if a bit difficult because of the pixel perfect jumping. But the animation, oh my days, you can see it in the video. Couple of frames each for the movement. Just terrible. Rajd Przez Polske really does have the best range of cars of any Amiga game! Provided you're not into racing. ;) Street Racer was actually pretty good on both SNES and Genesis. You've seen the video, it's actually me playing it on Amiga. I mean, sure, I'm older than I used to be so my reflexes may not be the best, but it's just a nightmare to control. All the corners are a coin toss. You either take them perfectly or completely go off the rails. It feels random. I bet that with practice it can be mastered and probably even enjoyed to some degree but I just don't have the patience anymore. ;)
      Thanks for your (as usual) kind words! I'm trying my best. Next new one is going to be for C64. Cause I will drop a whole Obscure Amiga first season one-off too today or tomorrow, but that's not new content. And then either Obscure DOS or Amiga or... Something entirely different. Depending how much time I'll get, as I've been toying with a new idea for a while... I'm not saying anything until I'm sure that I'll be able to make it yet.

    • @Zontar82
      @Zontar82 Рік тому +1

      @@OldAndNewVideoGames indeed lupo alberto is a very famous comic book in italy in the style of garfield strips, and the game was equally famoous, both the c64 version and the amiga one,

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому

      @@Zontar82 Yep, and I've never heard of it until recently. But I knew of some other games that were specific to my country and not very well known outside of it.

  • @sebastientoccupe5704
    @sebastientoccupe5704 Рік тому +4

    Starush looks great !

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому

      Yep :)

    • @danyoutube7491
      @danyoutube7491 Рік тому +2

      I agree, and The Shepherd sounds like an inventive twist on Powermonger/Populous. Boppin looked like a decent title as well, it's a shame it didn't get more sales.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      @@danyoutube7491 These were weird times. We didn't have digital distribution the way we do now. So, if someone didn't know about a shareware or public domain title, they never even got a chance to consider purchase. Now, if you drop something on Steam, regardless how niche it is, someone will find it and download it. :)

  • @sebastientoccupe5704
    @sebastientoccupe5704 Рік тому +2

    Weird Dreams was famous on PC. Didn't know there was an Amiga version

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +2

      Then I'm gonna blow your mind... It was even on C64. :)

    • @sebastientoccupe5704
      @sebastientoccupe5704 Рік тому +1

      @@OldAndNewVideoGames I'm curious on how the graphics are on it

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      @@sebastientoccupe5704 Surprisingly good:
      www.mobygames.com/game/2550/weird-dreams/screenshots/c64/

  • @Lopeirada
    @Lopeirada Рік тому +1

    I've been searching for a game that i'm 100% sure its on AMIGA, it was a very strange fighting game with 3 or 4 wacky characters. My father says it was probably a german game. One of the characters was a brown leaf or "shit" with only 2 legs and red shoes, you could run to the corner of the map and reappear in the other side of the map. I remember 2 "arenas", one was a living room and the other one was like a like a forest . The art is like it was painted in Paint.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      Sadly it doesn't ring the bell. Do you remember anything else? What was the view? Side? Top down? Isometric? Was it arena in a sense that it happened on the arena or more like mortal kombat/street fighter, that there were separate stages you could fight in? Was it sci-fi? Fantasy? Or "realistic"? It was a vs fighting game and not side scrolling beat'em up?

    • @Lopeirada
      @Lopeirada Рік тому

      @@OldAndNewVideoGames it was side view, and there were no stages. You could only play vs another player, there was no cpu player. So its just lile a fighting game in terms of Tekken or MK. I would say it was like "fantasy" or cartoon'ish game.

  • @gumdeo
    @gumdeo Рік тому +2

    Weird Dreams is very strange indeed. I particularly liked the psycho girl with the knife 👧🔪

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      Yeah, but I kinda get the inspiration. I had so many so weird dreams over the years, I see where the game came from. ;)

  • @Lex-vd2is
    @Lex-vd2is Рік тому +1

    Never Ever heard of Lupo Alberto. Can't have been all that popular in Germany after all and I usually know a larger chunk of those obscure games. Maybe I just spent my whole time playing Rodland and overlooked Lupo because of it's sub-par presentation. Who knows.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому

      Rodland, now that's one of the better games... In fact, it's my most favourite single screen platformer to date. :)

    • @Lex-vd2is
      @Lex-vd2is Рік тому +1

      @@OldAndNewVideoGames It also ran super smooth on the Amiga and looked great. One of my all time favorites with a lot of fond memories of playing it. That said, I don't even remember enough single screen arcade platformers to make a tier list.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому

      @@Lex-vd2is Rodland looked and played arguably better on Amiga than it did in the arcades. That said, it missed some of the content.
      I'm sure you know of few, and just can't recall them of the top of your head. I mean, Bubble Bobble is definitely one. Qwak would be another... :)

    • @Lex-vd2is
      @Lex-vd2is Рік тому +1

      @@OldAndNewVideoGames Back in the day I would never have noticed some missing content. Or cared.
      While I'm aware of Bubble Bobble and Qwak, I actually never owned or even played them back then. The only ones that really come to mind ware Rodland and possibly Troddlers, but that one was more of a puzzle game than a platformer.
      A quick look at lemonamiga says Silly Putty was also single screen so that would be a third single screen platformer game I played.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      @@Lex-vd2is Oh, Bubble Bobble is an iconic title, and I gotta say it's not for no reason. It's amazing and a second close in my eyes to Rodland when it comes to pure fun single screen platformers. If you ever get a chance give it a chance, regardless on what platform you'll get to do it.
      Qwak is entirely different, also very fun but much more demanding than Bubble Bobble.

  • @mantovannni
    @mantovannni Рік тому +1

    The Atari ST version of Dynasty wars was a rarity as it looked better than the Amigas version I can just barely remember. In my opinion anyway.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      It's possible. Amiga version was a nightmare. I mean, you saw me play it. Half of the time I didn't know if the enemies fell from my attacks or just cause they feared the look of my character on his majestic horse. In other words, collision detection is odd to say the least.

  • @EvilStreaks
    @EvilStreaks Рік тому +1

    Have you reviewed Mega-Lo-Mania? :D Pretty unique

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      I've talked about it in one of the "10 Years of..." videos...

    • @EvilStreaks
      @EvilStreaks Рік тому +1

      @@OldAndNewVideoGames Something in my brain was telling me you had >:D

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      @@EvilStreaks It's hardly a review though. Just a few sentences. I wanna get back into proper reviews at some point, but there's a lot of work with the current videos at the moment, so it will be a while.

    • @EvilStreaks
      @EvilStreaks Рік тому +1

      @@OldAndNewVideoGames I dunno any other UA-camr that's as consistant as you :O

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +2

      @@EvilStreaks There's nearly unlimited amount of potential content when it comes to retro gaming (which is a large chunk of what this channel is about) and I have no kids. So, I get back from work, and I usually work on those videos, writing rough drafts for scripts, or doing research for particular games, or recording voice overs, gameplay or putting it all together. A lot of you seem to like it, so it's well worth it. :)

  • @sebastientoccupe5704
    @sebastientoccupe5704 Рік тому +1

    Game grabbed with success ! But i don't know which game is. Is it Jagged Alliance?

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      Nice! It was one of the Syberia games.

    • @sebastientoccupe5704
      @sebastientoccupe5704 Рік тому +1

      @@OldAndNewVideoGames oh okay ! I got them already but thank you very much anyway !!!!!!

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому

      @@sebastientoccupe5704 There's one in each new video (that's not a re-release or compilation), so you still may get something.

    • @sebastientoccupe5704
      @sebastientoccupe5704 Рік тому +1

      @@OldAndNewVideoGames even if I got already a syberia game (the 1st)?

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому

      @@sebastientoccupe5704 Yeah, it was the first one. If you had it already, the key is still active for someone else to pick it up.

  • @IsaacKuo
    @IsaacKuo Рік тому +2

    I bought (NTSC) Weird Dreams, and I really liked the basic idea of it. But the game itself was such a disappointment to me. Sluggish frame rates and you have no idea what the heck to do. The best part of the game was reading the cool starship story in the middle of the manual (which is a story).
    The Amiga's hardware was at least capable of better frame rates or responsiveness. Oh well.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      I feel it might have been a game that sounded great on paper, but devs dropped the ball somewhere along the way, or realized that they couldn't pull everything they wanted off.

    • @KC9UDX
      @KC9UDX Рік тому +1

      Amiga was hard to program, because it was so different. If it had just been called Atari in stead of Amiga, more people would've understood it.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      @@KC9UDX LOL

  • @sebastientoccupe5704
    @sebastientoccupe5704 Рік тому +1

    Street racer looks like a waste, because the graphics are great, specially with the "Mode 7" look-a-like ground

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому

      Yeah, it was. Especially that it was pretty good title on SNES and Genesis.

    • @sebastientoccupe5704
      @sebastientoccupe5704 Рік тому +1

      @@OldAndNewVideoGames such a waste. Just like a lot of other ports on the Amiga. I guess there was less money to make on it because of the easy way to copy and crack on floppy disks.

    • @OldAndNewVideoGames
      @OldAndNewVideoGames  Рік тому +1

      @@sebastientoccupe5704 Yeah, back then literally everyone I knew had at the very least a box-full of pirated disks. Some people had few.

    • @sebastientoccupe5704
      @sebastientoccupe5704 Рік тому

      @@OldAndNewVideoGames same here, back in the day.