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The Amiga games scene is one of the most important in gaming history, it was the first home computer to gain major success as a games machine due to it's graphic and sound subsystems being far ahead of the times.
Reaching it's peak in the early ninetees it became the platform of choice of many games developing companies. At that time virtually every game destined for the PC was first released on the Amiga to test the waters due to cheaper development costs.
The Amiga gaming scene was responsible for the rapid growth of small gaming companies including Electronic Arts who were contracted by Commodore to produce the Amiga's standard graphics format IFF, and Electronic Arts' Deluxe Paint was included as standard with many Amigas given them early access allowing them to gain a major foothold.
Important Amiga Games
Early Amiga Games
- Mind Walker -- Commodore -- (1986)
- Arctic Fox -- Electronic Arts -- (1986)
- Marble Madness -- Electronic Arts -- (1986)
- Archon -- Electronic Arts -- (1986)
- Defender of the Crown -- Cinemaware -- (1986)
- Faery Tale -- Microillusions -- (1986)
- The Pawn -- Magnetic Scrolls -- (1987)
- Maniac Mansion -- Lucasfilm -- (1987)
- Silent Service -- Microprose -- (1987)
- Starglider -- Rainbird -- (1987)
Popular Games
- Zool -- Electronic Arts
- Prince of Persia -- Broderbund
- Utopia -- Gremlin
- Cannon Fodder -- Sensible Software
- Mega lo Mania -- Sensible Software
Historically significant games
- Elite -- Firebird -- (1989)
- Populus -- Electronic Arts -- (1989)
- Sim City -- Infogrames -- (1990)
- Lemmings (Computer Game) -- Psygnosis -- (1991)
- Monkey Island -- Lucas Arts -- (1991)
- Civilization -- Microprose -- (1992)
- Syndicate -- Electronic Arts -- (1993)
- Hired Guns -- Psygnosis -- (1993)
- Dune 2 -- Virgin -- (1993)
- Mortal Kombat -- Virgin -- (1994)
- UFO -- Microprose -- (1994)
- Theme Park -- Electronic Arts -- (1994)
- Lotus Turbo Challenge
Games that have been distributed with the Amiga
- Shadow of the Beast -- Psygnosis -- (1989)
- New Zealand Story -- Ocean -- (1989)
- Zany Golf
- Ports of Call
Amiga game developers
Many famous game developers first established themself on the Amgia, although some such as David Braben has already established reputations from the 8-bit computer game scene. Famous Amiga game developers include,
- David Braben (Elite, Frontier, Virus)
- Sid Meier (Civilization, Railroad Tycoon, Pirates)
- Jeff Minter (Llamatron, Grid Runner)
- Will Wright (Sim City)
- See also: Amiga