Roughly covering July to September 2020's Amiga game developments, in today's issue we have a somehow unusual original game, a couple of remakes of 8-bit and arcade titles, and as a bonus the full release of a classic.
Atarenium Falcon
Around early August "Atarenium Falcon" by Last Minute Creations popped up, as an in-development game demo. Obviously a direct ZX81 port, written in 8086 assembler, under the influence of Iron Maiden. The medium is the message here - it's an Amiga game.
So you're an Amigan, and in this game you kind of have to reclaim stolen coal from yourself to win the game. Doesn't that sound great?
This arcade game looks a bit unusual, yet cute and interesting. With it's quirky backstory - see game's website, link below - you kind of wonder what little surprises it may have in store.
"Atarenium Falcon" was first presented at the Decrunch 2020 in Wroclaw, Poland where it placed 2nd in the GAMEDEV competition. The demo version is still a bit rough around the edges, a final version is announced, but no release date has been set.
https://lastminutecreations.itch.io/atarenium-falcon
Additional sources:
http://www.indieretronews.com/2020/08/atarenium-falcon-new-amiga-game-demo-by.html
New Bubble Story
Which basically means it's fun! In this arcade action game your goal is to control a ghost, and safely blow a bubble to the exit of some haunted house. Mouse movements control the ghost's screen position, mouse buttons rotate the ghost left and right to get the correct blowing direction.
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| Presentation screen (from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kZTxy7UtWA ) |
The upcoming "New Bubble Story" is a rewrite from scratch, with new levels and sprites, old levels improved, animations, lots of music, and probably many more changes. From what we can see and hear so far the game looks and sounds cute and super polished, and with the unusual "analog" mouse-input method on top of it this is pretty certainly going to be a home-arcade smash hit.
The game is in a early stage of development, label "Agima" is planning to release it in 2021, including a physical boxed edition. It's target platform is an Amiga 500 with 512K ChipRAM and 512k FastRAM.
Here's an early gameplay video from July 2020:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-VCqVir-sU
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=102986
http://www.indieretronews.com/2020/07/new-bubble-story-upcoming-amiga-remake.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kZTxy7UtWA
Magica
First released for Amstrad CPC, single-screen arcade platformer "Magica" recently made it's way to the Amiga, thanks to coder Andy Noble. This is another cute looking game, with gameplay similar to "Bubble Bobble".
Stun enemies with your magic, then kick them to stun other enemies, or to create some potion, then collect potions to be able reach the level exit door. Awesome. Good old arcade fun, with a beautiful title screen painting setting the perfect mood for the little wizard and potion sprites you're about to meet. The game requires a standard Amiga 500 to run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_0qcRu-BB4
You can download "Magica" Amiga from Andy Noble's website:
http://andynoble.co.uk
https://www.usebox.net/jjm/magica/
http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/new-game-magica/
http://www.indieretronews.com/2020/09/magica-rather-lovely-amstrad-game-is.html
Super Sprint AGA development update
Single-screen top-view racer "Super Sprint AGA" is making progress. You've probably played "Super Sprint" for hours on an arcade machine or some 8-bit home computer, an Atari ST, or even an Amiga, and in case you haven't, you should've done so, and do so now - but regardless, in any case you should make sure you keep an eye on the game's upcoming new AGA Amiga implementation.
If you're interested in the development process, you can follow the author's YouTube channel and watch his development update videos. As he says in his latest video (#12): "...it's starting to look like a bit of a game..." - well, this is a bit of an understatement, in fact it is very seriously starting to look like a very good game.
Here's "Super Sprint AGA Development update #12" video on YouTube (2020-10-09):
https://www.facebook.com/supersprintdrs/
https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=101722
Dawn Patrol full version free download
Amiga Future magazine has added the full version of WWI flight simulator "Dawn Patrol" to it's collection of free downloads. The game received very positive reviews back in the day when it was first released. Several archives are available, e.g. ADF images, and WHDLoad installers. "Dawn Patrol" requires an Amiga with 1MB of free RAM.
Go to Amiga Future's games download section to find "Dawn Patrol" full version:
https://www.amigafuture.de/app.php/dlext/index?cat=46
Additional sources:
http://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2020-09-00066-EN.html
http://hol.abime.net/282
http://www.lemonamiga.com/?game_id=1732
https://www.myabandonware.com/game/dawn-patrol-2ah
https://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/dawn-patrol/
