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Classic Amiga Loved your trip down memory lane with the Amiga 500 mini-console and great to see the old computer getting some respect at last. I understand why it’s difficult to make the included games any better, but I agree that it’s still a pretty good line-up, that at least hints at all the things the Amiga was great at.
Sensible Software are sadly missed, as are LucasArts, MicroProse, and whoever owns U.S. Gold nowadays (also, couldn’t Frontier have allowed Elite?). It’d be great to Rainbow Islands and Lemmings on there as well, but that doesn’t seem very likely given the companies involved.
All of which raises the question of what are the best Amiga games that are not on the mini-console and what’s the best of them all? I would’ve loved to have seen Sensible Soccer, The Secret Of Monkey Island, Jimmy White’s ‘Whirlwind’ Snooker, Shadow Of The Beast, Flashback, Syndicate, Turrican 2, Dune 2, Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis, Laser Squad, and Mega-Lo-Mania.
The very best though? I think that’s gotta be Cannon Fodder. Not just because it’s a great game but because it only really works on the Amiga (and Atari ST, I guess), since you need a keyboard and mouse. The SNES and Mega Drive versions are terrible by comparison.Tony T.
GC: Square Enix owns U.S. Gold (Eidos bought them originally) although a lot of their games were imports or licensed titles so that may not help much.
16-bit exclusives Nice review of A500 Mini. I love the Amiga as much as the next guy, but as mini consoles go this looks pretty difficult to
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