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From: buffa@krakatoa.inria.fr (Michel Buffa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Quality
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Date: 12 Oct 90 14:42:57 GMT
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It's true that many games don't use the power of the amiga:

     -US GOLD GAMES
     -SSI GAMES 
     -Most of the OCEAN GAMES
     -others...

For strategy games, it's not so important, but for arcade games, fast
animation, good music and of course a good playability are essential.

Games with 50 frames/second animation and smooth scrolling:
X-OUT (Rainbow arts)
TURRICAN (Rainbow arts)
BATTLE SQUADRON
SHADOW OF THE BEAST 1 and 2 (Psygnosis)
ANARCHY (Psygnosis)
DATASTORM
SWORD OF SODAN
SILKWORM
R-TYPE  (Rainbow arts)
THE GREAT GIANA SISTERS  (Rainbow arts)
PROPHECY 
VIPER
ROCK'N'ROLL  (Rainbow arts)
HYBRIS 
DENARIS  (Rainbow arts)
MENACE (Psygnosis)
BLOOD MONEY (Psygnosis)
THE KILLING GAME SHOW (Psygnosis)
GOLDRUNNER (Microdeal)
SUPER GRID RUNNER (Lamasoft)
PHOTON STORM (Lamasoft)
... I don't remember others

Complete the list !!!!!

By the way: NO US GOLD GAMES have a good animation. Never buy an US GOLD GAME.
Most games by RAINBOW ARTS have a 50frames/second animation and are very
playable. It's the best company for arcade games. Psygnosis games also have a
great animation, but are often not very playable (SHadow of the beast 1 and 2
are totally unplayable, but ANARCHY and THE KILLING GAME SHOW are very
playable and addictive)

Games with synthetized sound:
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The only good ones I remember are the ones written by Jeff Minter, the English
psychedelic programmer who created Lamasoft. He wrote several games like "The
revenge of the mutant Camels", but there are two among them which are quiete
good:

SUPER GRID RUNNER
PHOTON STORM

They both have a very good animation, and are very playable and addictive.
They've got also a very original look, with a lot of colors, and a lot of
sounds... I recommend PHOTON STORM.

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