Check out Klax on the Amiga.

I've just written a review on the game and previously there was no chance to rate it. Now I get the rating bar to appear. Can someone else, please, check out the link and let me know if the rating feature appears for you?

Thanks peeps.

I've done the user rating feature for all amiga games i owned. I haven't reviewed any game though. macacd

The chances are that someone else has though. Bottom line is, that if the "reviews" tag on the game is notactive then you can't rate them.

:sigh:

I might try doing a few short reviews and see if it appears then. Although I might wait until I get a spare few hours. ;)

Has anyone tried to rate their Amiga games here on GS? The feature does not appear to be there at all. The same goes for some older or obscure titles on other platforms as well.

And why can't I add Great Giana Sisters to my collection? [/rhetorical rant] ;)

James Pond II Robocod had some in game cheats where you had to pick up five items consecutively in a special order.

Cake
Hammer
Earth
Apple
Tap (well it was from the UK :) )

Penguin
Oil can
Wine glass
Earth
Racket (as in tennis)

Lips
Ice Cream
Violin
Earth
Snowman

I'm not saying that cheating is good but in the days of the Amiga there were several other reasons to cheat other than just for cheatings sake.
But can you remember any? Off the top of your head without looking the games up on the internet see what you can come up with.

Shadow of the Beast II: IIRC you paused the game and typed in TEN PINTS to activate "no collision detection".

New Zealand Story: On the title screen type in either "Fluffykiwis" or... er... a rather ruder version to activate infinite lives and level skip. At least I'm sure those were the effects. :)

And the alternative cheat?
[spoiler] mo th er fu ck in ki wi ba st ar d

Typed in as one word with no spaces [/spoiler]

BIP was a one screen game where you were 2 planes and you had to shoot down the opponent more than he did you, had decent graphics for a coverdisc free game

Oscgro

I too remember that game. Far more fun than some full price games.
There was also a game called Tanx that I had on a coverdisc. Imagine a precursor to worms with a tank on each side of some mountains. You could blast your way through the mountains or if you could judge range and trajectory (plus obligatory wind direction/speed) you could fire over the mountains.

As for favourite Amiga titles.... there are too many to mention. I might just work on a, sort of, definitive list or I might just chip in as and when. :)

Gotta love Guru Meditation! Not to mention the (power?) LED that used to blink prior to crashing. ;)

Thanks for the welcome.

Hmm. Remakes. A very grey area as far as I'm concerned. There are some games that I really enjoyed on the Amiga and I don't believe they could really be improved upon. IMO Mega-Lo-Mania and Legends/Worlds of Legends were some such games. I would like to see them released for later machines exactly as they appeared on the old Amiga especially Legends, actually, as I don't believe that game got the fame it deserved what with the Maxwell scandal. It had a very short shelf life indeed. As long as a remake didn't involve any tweaking or rewriting I would love to see them come back.

Now for some games that really deserve a remake to improve and iron out any bugs they had to show what a truly great game they could be. Does anyone remember Epic? This could have been such a great spaceflight shoot-em-up years before Starfighter and Jedi Starfighter. Frontier - Elite II could also work a lot better now with more powerful machines. It could also be a MMOSFS (massively multiplayer online space flight sim). Carrier Command is just begging to be remade. Keep the core of the game the same but with gorgeous new visuals. The same goes for a little known game called Hunter (Activision).

Someone earlier mentioned Battle Isle and I have to agree although I would prefer to see a remake more of Celtic Legends. TBS games done well seem to be a little thin on the ground nowadays and mythological creature versions even less so. Falling under the turn based strategy games banner would have to be Laser Squad as well.

A special mention should go to Deuteros as well.

I could go on about loads of others as well but I'm pretty sure similar games do exist currently somewhere, just not on my platforms or solely in Japan. :(
Sorry for rambling peeps.

PS. To anyone that mentioned Cannon Fodder. I am so looking forward to this one. :)