Amigos: Amiga Game Reviews

Do you have memories of all-night gaming sessions, falling asleep at the keyboard? Do you remember the thrill of calling into a local or (if you could intercept the phone bill before your parents saw it) long-distance BBS to chat or "acquire" some new software? Are you still part of the Amiga scene, and keep buying new hardware upgrades as soon as they come out, regardless of cost? Amigos: Everything Amiga is the show for you! Each week, Boat and Aaron run down the latest Amiga community and scene news and review a game chosen by our Patreon Game Selection Committee.

Amigos: Amiga Game Reviews is a leisure podcast hosted by Aaron and Boat, with 479 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Aaron and Boat hosts Amigos: Amiga Game Reviews, a leisure show with 479 episodes published.

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  CyberPunks 2 Amiga Review: 2023's Best Team Shooter? Amigos 563

  Aug 14, 20261h 6m

  CyberPunks are back! Mutation Software returns to the Amiga with CyberPunks 2, a frantic futuristic team-based shooter. Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast!https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcastMore Amiga Game Reviews:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaD3XRYu1lQRUrXT5aRTSNL5wMCkMOVlBSubscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast#Amiga #Retrocomputing

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  Translating Atari Vector Hardware to Amiga Bitmaps: Star Wars Arcade Reviewed! Amigos 562

  Aug 7, 202647 min

  Domark and Vektor Grafix's 1988 Amiga port of Star Wars converts Atari’s legendary vector arcade coin-op into fluid raster graphics with digitised sound samples and mouse-controlled precision. Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast! https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcast More Amiga Game Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaD3XRYu1lQRUrXT5aRTSNL5wMCkMOVlB Subscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast #Amiga #Retrocomputing

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  The Ninja Warriors: Can the Amiga Handle Taito’s Triple-Screen Arcade Brawler? Amigos 561

  Jul 31, 202648 min

  Sales Curve’s 1989 port of The Ninja Warriors brings Taito’s ultra-wide cybernetic beat 'em up to the Amiga with letterboxed grit and an incredible chip-synth soundtrack. Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast! https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcast More Amiga Game Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaD3XRYu1lQRUrXT5aRTSNL5wMCkMOVlB Subscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast #Amiga #Retrocomputing

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  Double Dragon 3 - Did It Ruin The Series? Amiga Review | Amigos 560

  Jul 30, 202643 min

  On this week's Amigos, we pack our passports and brace ourselves for some of the cheapest enemy hitboxes in 16-bit history to review Double Dragon III on the Amiga, Storm's highly accurate yet deeply flawed 1992 arcade conversion. Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast!https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcastMore Amiga Game Reviews:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaD3XRYu1lQRUrXT5aRTSNL5wMCkMOVlBSubscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast0:00 Take your wallet to the cleaners0:32 Arcade Release Dates1:52 Arcade Devleopers3:32 Arcade Cabinet Details6:18 Game Story7:06 First game with microtransactions?8:00 Special Moves9:00 Extra "Guys"12:20 Buying Weapons13:10 Stage Locations19:10 The NES Version was different and better23:38 Amiga Developers25:14 Boat's thoughts28:21 Aaron's thoughts35:54 Arcade Game Sales Performance37:08 Arcade vs Amiga Side by Side Comparison38:17 Amiga Magazine Reviews39:42 Listener Reviews41:10 Coming Up Next Week!#Amiga #Retrocomputing

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  Episode #559

  Lock 'N' Chase (Amiga) Review | Can Data East's Bank Heist Outrun Pac-Man? Amigos 559

  Jul 18, 202639 min

  On this week's Amigos, we stuff our swag bags full of diamonds and slam the vault doors shut to review Lock 'N' Chase, the classic 1981 arcade bank heist that tests your reflexes against a relentless squad of chasing constabulary. Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast! https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcast More Amiga Game Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaD3XRYu1lQRUrXT5aRTSNL5wMCkMOVlB Subscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast 0:00 Slamming doors in the face of the po po 0:41 Arcade Background 1:01 The DECCO Cassette System 1:43 List of DECCO Games 2:29 Pac-Man Fever 3:47 What about Donkey Kong? 4:20 Game backstory 5:02 Game Mechanics 5:54 Aaron's arcade memories 7:50 Names of the police dudes 9:19 Super Pac-Man differences 10:49 Entrances and exits 12:00 Sound design 13:50 Game hardware 14:55 Game controls 16:39 DECCO Machine Copy Protection 18:15 Home ports 21:27 Recently sold cabinets 22:08 Amiga port developers 23:32 Port cheats 23:54 How it plays vs arcade 24:37 Amiga vs Arcade side by side 26:09 Gameplay strategies 27:44 How much blitter was used 28:23 Bugs present 30:11 Praise of the gate timing 31:44 Boat's final thoughts 35:21 Aaron's final thoughts 36:14 Listener reviews 38:08 Coming up next week! #Amiga #Retrocomputing

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