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'''Amiga games''' were ]s compatible with the ] ]. |
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== History == |
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Commodore boosted sales of the Amiga in the UK by bundling A500s with a games package, the first being the "Batman Pack" in 1989. The Batman package was conceived by the Managing Director of Commodore UK, David Pleasance.<ref>{{cite web|title=A500 Batman Pack|url=http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/a500batman.html|work=Gareth Knight - Amigahistory.co.uk|date=June 2002|accessdate=2007-05-26| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20070629125046/http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/a500batman.html| archivedate= 29 June 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> Most bundles consisted of popular games of the time or games with some television or film licence. These packs helped the Amiga become the most popular 16-bit games computer in the UK.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}<!--Did the ST fade faster than the Amiga 500? The A1200 came on the scene in 1992, when was the Amiga 500 discontinued?--> |
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At its zenith in the early 1990s, the Amiga continued to be the platform of choice of many games development companies. At that time many games were released first on the Amiga, before being converted to other formats. |
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=== MOD-based game music === |
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Amiga games popularized ] music, particularly the ] file format, which has enjoyed continuing popularity in the ] community. Demoscene music was influenced by the Amiga and its plethora of games with upbeat, electronic music soundtracks. Music was considered a big part of the game experience in most Amiga games. |
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=== Companies with Amiga roots === |
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The Amiga gaming scene was responsible for the rapid growth of small gaming companies including ] who were contracted by ] to produce the Amiga's standard file format ] in 1985. Electronic Arts' '']'' was included as standard with many Amigas thus giving them early access to productivity software. Other game development companies that were spawned by the Amiga platform include ] (later purchased by ] as the in-house development team for the ]), and a sub-set of Psygnosis called ] (which later became ]—the developer of the ] series). ], now affiliated with Sony, created such Amiga and Commodore classics as the ] series, ], originally founded by ex-Amiga swedishes ]s, ], ], or ]. |
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== Games distributed with the Amiga == |
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Commodore released a series of bundles,<ref> retrieved from amigahistory.co.uk</ref> packing-in serious applications such as ] along with high-profile entertainment titles. Example bundles included: |
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'''''Batman Pack''''' : ] : October 1989 - September 1990 |
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*'']'' — ] — (1989) |
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'''''Flight of Fantasy''''' : ] : April 1990 - September 1990 |
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'''''Screen Gems''''' : ] : September 1990 - July 1992 |
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'''''Cartoon Classics''''' : ] : July 1992 - September 1992 |
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'''''The Wild! The Weird! The Wicked!''''' : ] : Late 1992 |
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== AmigaOS 4 games == |
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== Amiga game developers == |
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Many famous game developers first established themselves on the Amiga, although some such as ], ] and ] had already established reputations from the 8-bit formats. Famous developers that have worked on Amiga games include: |
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*] ('']'', '']'') |
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== See also == |
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{{portal|video games}} |
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== References == |
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* An interactive Amiga game database containing reviews, comments and ratings. |
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