Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!umich!wuarchive!uunet!sky!brian
From: brian@sky.COM (Brian Pelletier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Amiga Games
Message-ID: <742@sky.COM>
Date: 29 Oct 90 15:30:32 GMT
References: <21397@well.sf.ca.us>
Reply-To: brian@sky.COM (Brian Pelletier)
Distribution: usa
Organization: SKY Computers, Chelmsford MA
Lines: 35

In article <21397@well.sf.ca.us> jhd@well.sf.ca.us (John Danielson) writes:
>
>   I'm more into the arcade type of games, if anyone can point me to some
>games that 
>   1) are playable, interesting
>   2) takes advantage of the Amigas power.  I didn't by an Amiga to play
>      PC-quality games. 
>-- 
>    John Danielson            jhd@well.sf.ca.us

Maybe we should make this a monthly post or something.  There are a number 
of great arcade-style games for the Amiga which blow away anything that 
a PeeCee can do.  While PeeCees now have improved color and resolution, they
still can't touch Amigas when it comes to FAST motion and animation.  Some
of my personal favorite arcade games for Amy are (in no particular order):
	Blood Money (Psygnosis)
	Anarchy (Psygnosis)
	Turrican (...I forget!)
	New York Warriors (..ditto)

Unlike others here, I also have enjoyed Shadow of the Beast I & II - the 
graphics and sound are stunning and the game plays extremely fast, but it 
is *too* demanding for a lot of people.  How did you manage to buy Matrix 
Marauders versus one of the other Psygnosis titles?  MM is one of the 
worst Psygnosis offerings in the last year....

One other note - I like the Readysoft Dragon's Lair series as well, but this
is the type of game you either love or hate.  Running from a hard disk, the
graphics and speed alone make it worth the investment to me...

+=========================================================================+
| Brian Pelletier            Disclaimer: These are MY opinions, not SKY's.|
| Sky Computer                                                            |
| UUCP - brian@sky.com (work)   pelletier@grove.UUCP (home)               |
+=========================================================================+