Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 28 December 2022, 8:29 pm
Fire Force (aka Fireforce) is a horizontal scrolling platform shooter developed by Dave Gibbons and Steve Day for the Amiga and Atari ST. It was published by ICE in 1992.
The game is inspired by the Konami arcade Green Beret, but it also reminds me of the Rambo, Commando, and other popular movies of the 80s. You are a special agent behind the enemy lines, and, of course, you will have to find a way to escape. If you think it's only about brute force, you are wrong. The gameplay of Fireforce is a bit more complex. Yes, there is a lot of violence, guns, bombs, and assassinations, but a stealth element makes this title more attractive than other similar games. If you think sneaking up on an enemy and cutting his throat is something you can do only in Deus Ex, you are wrong. Fire Force introduced it some years before.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 26 December 2022, 3:42 pm
Turrican 2 AGA is a free, unofficial remake of Turrican II. It was created by converting the PC version with 256-color graphics but reprogrammed entirely from scratch for the Amiga.
The game is a faithful reproduction of the original game, with all the levels, enemies, and bosses. It also supports 2-buttons joysticks and has additional features like the ability to look down before jumping (solving one of the things I always hated about Turrican). It uses the beautiful 256 VGA graphics of the PC version, reproduced with the AGA chipset of the Amiga. Where the PC version was inferior, for example, it missed the parallax scrolling in several levels or some boss fights, the choice was to replicate the features of the Amiga game—the best of both worlds. Since the sprite of Turrican himself differed from the Amiga and the PC version, you can choose the one you prefer. Fantastic!
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Author: GN Team - Published: 17 December 2022, 2:16 pm
onEscapee is an action-adventure created by Invictus and published by Sadeness Software in 1997 exclusively for the Amiga.
The decision to invest two years in developing an Amiga game when Commodore was already dead and many Amiga users were moving to the PC was probably not wise. In fact, not many people had the chance to try (not mention buy) this game, which is a pity because onEscapee is an incredible creation. Inspired by Delphine Software's popular titles such as Flashback: The Quest for Identity e Another World, onEscapee is a cinematic adventure set in an alien world, vaguely cyberpunk. The music and visuals are stunning: after a 5-minute intro, you will enjoy the beautiful hand-drawn backgrounds and animations, digitized music, and fantastic effects such as reflections, lights, and ocean waves. The animations are impressive, with more than 1000 frames for the main character, which can perform 70 different moves.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 4 December 2022, 2:06 pm
Archer Maclean's Pool (also known as Billard Americain) is a 3D billiard game created by Archer Maclean for the Amiga in 1992. It was published by Virgin Games. Versions for MS-DOS and Atari ST were released too.
For the ones that don't remember, Archer Maclean is the developer of the legendary International Karate + (also known as IK+).
The title is a sophisticated pool simulation that uses the same engine as Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker, also developed by Archer Maclean, but with some improvements and optimizations, giving us even more realistic physics and better framerate. The table is also smaller (pool and Snooker are two different games), so the game is generally a bit faster and easier to play. Many people prefer this to Snooker; it requires less strategy. At the same time, the simulation is detailed enough to allow very complex moves, something that will make any pool lover happy. For example, it's possible to find complex solutions, something you could not do on Arcade Pool.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 22 October 2022, 1:15 pm
Falcon: The F-16 Fighter Simulation is a flight-sim developed by Sphere and published by Spectrum Holobyte initially for MS-DOS and Macintosh in 1987. Two years later, it was ported to Amiga and Atari ST.
In this game, you can pilot the famous F-16 jet in different missions, including air-to-air and air-ground battles. Many aspects of the plane are reproduced faithfully, including the electronic displays and radars. Even the enemy movements were programmed with artificial intelligence to simulate the realistic behavior of pilots. The result was incredibly advanced, considering that the game was released in 1987.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 18 October 2022, 12:47 am
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, renamed T2: The Arcade Game for the home conversions, is a coin-op created by Midway. Later, it was ported to several home computers and consoles. Probe curated the Amiga and Genesis/Mega Driver versions and released them in 1993.
This shooter, made of seven different levels, belongs to the rail-shooter genre, games where you just move your crosshair to shoot approaching enemies. Amiga users will recognize the similarities with another popular shooter called Operation Wolf, but in this case, you have all the movie elements that make the experience more rewarding.
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