Category: Amiga Commercial Games

This Commercial Game is called Blobz which was released in 1996 by Apex Systems What can I say about this absolute cracker called Blobz, Well it follows a very similar theme to Lemmings, where in this case, you guide little tiny “Blobz” on the path towards the Exit Portal In a similar theme, You pick…

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The Commercial Game of the month is Premier Manager from 1992, Picked by (@AndrewH251177) on Twitter This is a Football Management Game, where you take control of a team, and manage them throughout the season, making those ever important decisions, and hoping that the team pull through The game can have upto 4 players, each…

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This quite awesome Game is Hunter by Activision in 1991, Picked by (@barbinho9) on Twitter You are an soldier in a pretty huge 3D world, you can walk, swim, drive land and sea vehicles, and your task is to complete your mission There are a selection of 3 missions you can choose from, which I…

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This Game is Secret Of Monkey Island from Lucasfilm Games in 1991 – Picked by (@barbinho9) on Twitter It is set on the Fictional Islands of the Carribean, around the 17th Century, You land on Melee Island, and the islands have are full of pirates, and your wish is to join them and become a…

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The Commercial Game of the month is Beneath a Steel Sky by Revolution Software in 1994 This is a Great well made Point-N-Click Adventure Game, played in a 3rd-person perspective, where you need to solve puzzles in order to progress, such as working out how to get the Guard to disappear from down below, so…

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The Commercial Game of the Month goes to Rolling Thunder by Tiertex / US Gold in 1987 This Game is based off the Arcade Game of the same name, You take control of a secret agent and your task is to rescue your companion from an evil terrorist group who have kidnapped her The character…

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The Commercial Game of the Month goes to Yo Joe! by Scipio/Hudson Soft in 1993 You are Joe, and your task is to go around Collecting Items while destroying or avoiding enemies on the way! At the Start you begin with No Weapons, only a Punch and a Flying Kick style movement are available, which…

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This time Commercial Game Of The Month goes to UGH! by Play Byte in 1992 Here you take control of UGH! who sits under a tree, dreaming of nothing, until an Apple knocks him out and he wakes up, after designing a travelling machine His girlfriend walks on and wants Diamonds, perhaps a Ring, or…

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The Commercial Game Of The Month has got to be Push Over by Red Rat Software from 1992! You star as Ant, whos job it is to go down the Rabbit Hole and re-arrange Dominoes in such a way that they all topple on the first push, allowing the Exit Door to open so you…

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The Commercial Game of the Month this time really has to goto Tearaway Thomas from 1992 by David Hanney and Nick Frampton This fast-paced Platformer will keep you entertained for hours, In this Game you control Thomas, Who’s ultimate job is to collect as many Shiny Gems to open the Level Exit The Yellow Gems…

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This wonderful Commercial Game is Double Dragon by Melbourne House in 1989 In this Side-Scrolling Beat-em-up Game, you take control of Billy Lee (and Jimmy Lee for 2 Players) who have to battle against the many enemies throughout You need to defeat the Black Warriors in order to rescue, Marian, who was kidnapped There are…

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Commercial Game of the Month for May goes to Road Rash from 1991 by Electronic Arts This motorbike racing Game is one of the best on the Amiga, You ride along with other computer players, who can knock you off your bike, you can also knock them off their bike as well Gotta say that…

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Another Commercial Masterpiece has to be Chaos Engine by The Bitmap Brothers(for a PD-version which features similar Gameplay, check out Alien Bash II) The Bitmap Brothers have made some cracking Games over the decades, and The Chaos Engine will not disappoint you, it is a very well made Game, and there is lots of Action…

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The Commercial Game Of The Month for March 2022, is Accolade’s Test Drive II (1989) This has to be one of my all time favourite Games, and Speed is the Key here, and of course avoiding other Traffic on the road There are 2 options at the start, You can race against the “Clock” in…

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The Commercial Game Of The Month for February 2022 is Troddlers by ATOD Design / The Sales Curve In Troddlers, you need to guide your little orange coloured men to the Exit Doors (which looks like Cinema Curtains), along the way you need to Build paths with Blocks, such as Stone, Arrowed Blocks which forces…

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Today on Commercial Tuesday, we have Jaguar XJ220 by Core Design in 1992 This is my all time favourite Car Racing Game for the Amiga, and this game is also Multi Language and allows you to select between English, German, French and Italisn before the Game loads in properly You race around several tracks, starting…

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Here is another Amiga Gem of sorts, Arabian Nights – Here you are essentially thrown in the Dungeons to rot, your mission is to escape and solve various puzzles throughout the levels, in order to progress in the game. Once you get out of your Dungeon Cell, you are tasked with rescuing a Prisoner, but…

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This is Locomotion, a very simple Train-based game, in which you must redirect Trains to their correct stations, within a tight time limit, If you hold the Right Mouse Button, you can temporarily speed up the game, can be useful if you are waiting for the Last Train to make it into a Station before…

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It’s Christmas with Cool Coyote, in the Christmas Edition of Fire and Ice to bring some Christmas Cheer to you all! Please also see the Fire & Ice Demo version as well You start off with a Pellet Gun, which fires freezing orbs, which if they touch an enemy, they will temporarily freeze it in…

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Cannon Fodder has to be one of my all time favourite games, Released in 1993 by Sensible Software, Your aim is to use your little green soldiers, to kill, and blow up the enemy (in blue) and any houses/huts they have, while trying to survive and go onto the Next Mission. After each Mission you…

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