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Amiga games were video games compatible with the Commodore Amiga.
History
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.
Games distributed with the Amiga
Commodore released a series of bundles, packing-in applications such as Deluxe Paint along with high-profile entertainment titles. Example bundles included:
Batman Pack : A500 : October 1989 - September 1990
- Batman the Movie — Ocean Software
- New Zealand Story — Ocean Software — (1989)
- F/A-18 Interceptor — Electronic Arts
Flight of Fantasy : A500 : April 1990 - September 1990
- Rainbow Islands — Ocean Software
- Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters — Tengen
- F29 Retaliator — Ocean Software
Screen Gems : A500 : September 1990 - July 1992
- Back to the Future Part II — Imageworks
- Days of Thunder — Mindscape
- Nightbreed — Ocean Software
- Shadow of the Beast 2 — Psygnosis
Cartoon Classics : A500 : July 1992 - September 1992
The Wild! The Weird! The Wicked! : A600 : Late 1992
Race 'N' Chase : A1200 : 1993
Dangerous Streets : CD32 : 1993
AmigaOS 4 games
See also: Category:AmigaOS 4 gamesAmigaOS 4 Powervideo games.
- The Battle for Wesnoth
- Cave Story
- Gorky 17
- Project Starfighter
- Stratagus
- Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
- Cube (video game)
- Gish (video game)
- Nexuiz
- Warzone 2100
- UFO: Alien Invasion
- SuperTuxKart
- Lugaru
- Aquaria (video game)
- Neverball
- Lincity NG
- Earth 2140
- Descent 2
- M.A.C.E.
Amiga game developers
Many famous game developers first established themselves on the Amiga, although some such as David Braben, Jon Hare and Jeff Minter had already established reputations from the 8-bit formats. Famous developers that have worked on Amiga games include:
- David Braben (Elite series, Virus)
- Dino Dini (Kick Off, Player Manager)
- Jon Hare of Sensible Software (Cannon Fodder, Mega_Lo_Mania, Sensible Soccer, Sensible World of Soccer, Wizkid)
- Dave Jones of DMA Design (Lemmings)
- Sid Meier (Civilization, Railroad Tycoon, Pirates)
- Jeff Minter (Llamatron, Grid Runner, Revenge of the Mutant Camels)
- Peter Molyneux (Populous)
- Jez San (Starglider)
- Will Wright (SimCity)
See also
References
- "A500 Batman Pack". Gareth Knight - Amigahistory.co.uk. June 2002. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
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External links
- Amiga Games Database
- Lemon Amiga An interactive Amiga game database containing reviews, comments and ratings.
- AmigaMemo.com - The Amiga Game Museum
- The Hall Of Light (HOL) database of Amiga games
- All Amiga games at UVL
- S.P.S. - The Software Preservation Society Technical effort for the preservation of commercial games.
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