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From: mjt@voodoo.UUCP (Jim Tallant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Games I'd like to see on the Amiga
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Date: 4 Jan 91 01:46:58 GMT
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In article <1991Jan1.041637.29553@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>
>But anyway! Maybe we could get a thread going here of golden oldie
>"Games I'd Like to See on the Amgia", and then take a vote on the list
>and send the results off to EA, Psygnosis, and a few other shops.
>
>I'll start:
>
>Apple II+:
>
>Choplifter

I'd vote for this one. Loved watching those cute little guys running
after the helicopter.

>David's Midnight Magic (another great pinball game)

Landmark Apple game.

>Dig Dug

Never played it on the Apple but loved the arcade version

>Eliza

Yawn.

>Gold Rush

Isn't there a Gold Rush for the Amiga?  Never played it. Don't know if
it's the same one.

>Hard Hat Mack

This one was fun!

>Knight of Diamonds
>Labyrinth
>Legacy of LLygamyn
>Santa Paravia (economic competition)

>Lemmings

Is this the same game I've been reading about in this newsgroup?


>Loderunner
>Miner 2049er

Both classics and a lot of fun.  Sounds like the Lemmings game being previewed
here for the amiga is cut from the same mold.
 
>Knight of Diamonds
>Labyrinth
>Legacy of LLygamyn
>Santa Paravia (economic competition)
>Taipan (economic competition plus warfare on the high seas)
>Temple of Apshi
>Wizardry
 
What a trip down memory lane.  These games are the reason I bought my first
computer.  (TRS80 Model I, 16K mem and a cassett drive!).
Still have the Trash80 and the games.  Have to dig them out again some day.

BTW, Santa Paravia was ported to the Amiga.  Picked it up for about $5 at
a Swapmeet.  Played exactly the same as the TRS80 version, just prettier
(static) pictures.

>Each of those games would be worth a port, not because they'd be a great
>challenge for the Amiga, or show it off especially, but just because
>they are a lot of fun to play, with lasting value.

Key word there is _FUN_.  Too many of the new games are all flash and no fun.
And they do indeed have lasting value.  Why else have I not only kept my
Apple //e but also my TRS80 Model I.

>
>Kent, the man from xanth.
><xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us>


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