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Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Commodore Amiga Video Lounge: Commodore Amiga: Silkworm

Commodore Amiga: Commodore Amiga: Silkworm

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents "Silkworm" for the Commodore Amiga 500/1200.

First level played for fun.

One of the all time great shooters. Simple graphics and simple gameplay but this game has stood the test of time as a hugely playable game on multiple formats. I liked this one so much I bought an original board for my arcade machine, hours of fun!

Commodore Amiga: Commodore Amiga Video Lounge: Clown O Mania

Commodore Amiga: Commodore Amiga: Clown O Mania

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents "Clown O Mania" for the Commodore Amiga 500/1200.

First 7 levels played for fun.

Clown-O-Mania is one of those games I played at a young age and have always thought well of. The aim is to collect every gem/ball (what ever they are) on the level. There are various bad guys running around as well as razor blades to pick up and use as weapons. The game is simple and fun with catchy music. Having not played this for about 20 years it came back to me quite quickly. If I have a criticism of the game it would be the controls. Since it is an isometric grid I get easily confused about which button to press, I have exactly the same issue with Q*Bert though :-) It's more use error than bad game design. On level 5 the map turns upside-down, now this really hurts my brain as to how to control the clowns direction.

Still, this is a fantastic gem of a retro game and well worth 10 minutes of your time to investigate.

Sega Mega Drive Video Lounge: Gauntlet 4

Sega Mega Drive: Gauntlet 4

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents "Gauntlet 4" for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

Levels 1-3 played for fun. Arcade mode.

Classic dungeon crawling hack 'n slash adventure in Gauntlet 4. Fight your way through dungeon after dungeon packed with wave after wave of enemies. Along the way collect keys and potions to aid you in your quest.

Sega Mega Drive Video Lounge: Fire Shark

Sega Mega Drive: Fire Shark

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents "Fire Shark" for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

Opening title sequence and a complete stage 1.

A great vertical shooter. This one can get quite tricky and is very unforgiving should you find yourself moving towards the top of the screen. Nice powerups and great level design. If you like this one I would strongly reccomend Truxton which is essentially the same game with revised space themes sprites and levels.

Sega Mega Drive Video Lounge: Battle Squadron

Sega Mega Drive: Battle Squadron

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents "Battle Squadron" for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

Opening title sequence and a complete stage 1.

A very classy classic vertical shooter. Fight against the empire at incredible odds. Great graphics and a long lasting challenge. I tend to prefer the Commodore Amiga version because of the superior audio but the Sega version manages to retain the great gameplay from the original. I tend to find this game quite difficult after the first level. Since most enemies will take more than one hit this is certainly a game that is unforgiving on your trigger fingers.

Sega Mega Drive Video Lounge: Kid Chameleon

Sega Mega Drive: Kid Chameleon

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents "Kid Chameleon" for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

Opening title sequence and a complete stages 1, 2 and 3.

One of the more memorable Sega classics from the early 90's. The game setup is that you are Kid Chameleon, the coolest kid around. You must play a new "real" video game down at the arcade and defeat the evil boss. Throughout the game you will pick up different masks to transform in to a Kid Chameleon with different skills (sort of a Majora's Mask situation going on in a video game arcade). The game looks reasonably dated now but the actual game play is still rather enjoyable. The special mask skills are varied and each are needed to complete the level in which they are found. I particularly like the Jason style hockey mask from Friday 13th, it must be a copyright infringement but it briefly turns the game in to a U Rated Splatterhouse.If I have one criticism of the game it would be that on occasions you have to take leaps of blind faith froma platform only to find yourself in a lava flow or impaled on spikes (this seems to be a common issue with older platform games). Overall though this game is well worth a re-visit if you played this one back in the '90s. If you've have never played it then it may be worth a look out of interest, it certainly has a variety of levels and the skill sets add constant game play change.

Sega Mega Drive Video Lounge: Chase HQ 2

Sega Mega Drive: Chase HQ 2

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents "Chase HQ 2" for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

Opening title sequence and a complete stages 1 and 2.

After being reminded by fellow gamer this afternoon I thought i'd give this one a quick try. Please excuse the poor playing on stage one where I manage to nitro in to other cars :-) Not a bad game at all although i'd like more time to try out the later levels. The idea of the game is that you are a special agent with the chase department. Rather than just arresting suspects you have to chase them and smash their cars up first. Would be much easier just to catch them when they re-fuel (but that possibly wouldn't make the game that exciting). Anyway, enjoy and don't try this sort of driving at home (or on a road).

Monday, 26 December 2011

Commodore Amiga Video Lounge: Commodore Amiga: The Secret of Monkey Island 2 "Le Chucks Revenge" Intro

Commodore Amiga: Commodore Amiga: The Secret of Monkey Island 2 "Le Chucks Revenge" Intro

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents "The Secret of Monkey Island 2" "Le Chucks Revenge" for the Commodore Amiga 500/1200.

Opening title sequence.

Commodore Amiga Video Lounge: Centurion

Commodore Amiga: Centurion

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents Centurion for the Commodore Amiga 500/1200.

Short gameplay demonstration. The game focusses on building the Roman Empire through invasion, taxation, gladiator matches and chariot races. Overall it's a fairly comprehensive strategy game.

Commodore Amiga Video Lounge: The Secret of Monkey Island Intro

Commodore Amiga: The Secret of Monkey Island Intro

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents The Secret of Monkey Island Intro for the Commodore Amiga 500/1200.

Opening title sequence.

Commodore Amiga Video Lounge: Sim City

Commodore Amiga: Sim City

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents Sim City for the Commodore Amiga 500/1200.

5 minutes of nostalgic game play. Just setting up a basic profitable city for fun. Sim City is still a great game even after all these years. It doesn't have too many features and there's no real goal but in a way that doesn't really matter, it really is the taking part for fun that counts. A great game for those that reember having to fish out the fluff and gunge from the ball of your mouse each hour, those were the days...

Commodore Amiga Video Lounge: Sorcerors Apprentice

Commodore Amiga: Sorcerors Apprentice

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents Sorcerors Apprentice for the Commodore Amiga 500/1200.

Title screen and first level.

Played for fun.

Commodore Amiga Video Lounge: "Another World" ("Out of the World")

Commodore Amiga: "Another World" ("Out of the World")

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents "Another World" ("Out of the World") for the Commodore Amiga 500/1200.

Opening sequence and first level.

Played just for fun. This games makes it in to my list of favourite games of all time, at the time it looked and felt so different to other games it was the closest to playing a movie. So much care has gone in to the animation and despite the use of any speech (other than simple grunts) it's easy to follow and get involved in this gripping rescue attempt/escape story. The concept is great and the execution is outstanding. Delphine did sucha great job here it was no wonder their next outing "Flashback" became such a hit. The same can't quite be said about the third installment of "Fade to Black", the processing power of polygons hadn't quite got up to standard. However, "Another World" is a game that has stood the test of time and i'm still playing this one two decades later.

Commodore Amiga Video Lounge: Lemmings

Commodore Amiga: Lemmings

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents Lemmings for the Commodore Amiga 500/1200.

Opening sequence and levels,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.

Played for fun.

Commodore Amiga Video Lounge: Jumping Jack'son (Jumping Jackson)

Commodore Amiga: Jumping Jack'son (Jumping Jackson)

http://www.Insert-Disk.com proudly presents Jumping Jack'son (Jumping Jackson) for the Commodore Amiga 500/1200.

Opening sequence and first 2 levels.