TSTR wrote:i feel like those computers were better for graphic design and sound than games...am i wrong?
The Amiga has some of the best versions of many computer games of the era, being the original hardware for
Monkey Island, Lemmings, Worms and so on. It also had good PC ports, though they tend to have mushier controls than average.
It is true, though, that many well-known Amiga games were terrible in every regard except music and graphics (Eg.
Shadow of the Beast). But generally, all European action games were no matter if they were platformers or shmups. Stuff like
Superfrog or
Robocod cannot compete against third-rate Japanese games. I know it's controversial and inflamatory for some, but it's the truth.
That said, just yesterday a small group released a remake of
La Abadía del Crimen (Crime's Abbey) which is considered one of the best, if not the best game of the "Golden Era of Spanish software". It's sort of a "point and click adventure" without the point'n click and is, by all means, an unofficial video game of the novel
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. I don't know if it will be great, I'm sceptic but it's incredibly advanced by 1987 standards so it might actually be!
