Amiga 16 Bit Games

Game Title: 1943
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: The is the sequel to the arcade smash 1942. Once again, you must fight through the clouds during the second world war. The battle takes place just off the coast of the Midway islands.

New features include an energy bar that can be run down by being hit from incoming fire or using a special weapon. The energy bar can be replenished by picking up power-ups. Special weapons include lightning, cyclones and waves.

Game Title: 688 Attack Sub
Game Type: Simulation
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: You command American and Soviet attack submarines. Numerous stations are at your disposal including sonar, weapons, navigation, helm, radio and periscope. Graphics were impressive for the day featuring with digitized images of surface ships and crew.

Game Title: A-Train
Game Type: Simulation
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: You are the head of a railroad company with the aim of creating your own railroad empire and providing a successful mass transit system.

There are a number of different places to set up business, each with different layouts and existing houses and businesses.

Passenger trains earn the most revenue. Schedule your trains according to the busiest times of the day. You will also need to schedule trains that carry important resources used to build houses and other buildings, which also has the advantage of helping you increase readership.

As the city develops, new businesses will spring up such as stadiums, high rise office blocks and ski resorts. You can also build your own businesses. The stock market is also another way of making money.

Game Title: Action Fighter
Game Type: Fighting
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: You start your challenge as a motorbike. At first, you are easily vulnerable until the Sega van comes by to provide power ups. The first time you dock you get double fire, the second time gives you a rocket, the third gives a rear force field and the fourth invulnerablility.

There are also letters A-F which you can collect. Collecting A through to D allows you change into a sportscar which is less vunerable to attack, but not as nimble. Collect all of them and you are automatically transformed into a sportscar.

Extra lives are awarded every 10,000. Eventually, as you level-up, you will transform into a high tech plane.

Game Title: After Burner
Game Type: Flight
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: Afterburner was a very popular Arcade game that was quickly release to multiple game consoles and home computers of the late 1980s.

Game Title: After Burner II
Game Type: Flight
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: Get on the F-14 Tomcat and fly mission after mission of shooting planes out of the sky. At your disposal is a vulcan fire and a limited number of missiles.

Faithful arcade to genesis conversion.

Game Title: Akira
Game Type: Racing
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: In the first few levels you have to guide the main character Kaneda through an obstruction filled road on your motorcycle.

Obstacles come from roadblocks, holes in the road that must be jumped with the use of a ramp and a variety of characters on the road who throw bombs at you. Clear the roadblocks using your grenades that you pick up by knocking over traffic cones.

If you run our of fuel before the level ends, the game ends and you must try again.

After the motorcycle levels there are five platform levels: you must kill everyone you come in contact with. Each kill adding to a meter that you have to fill to complete the level.

Game Title: Alfred Chicken
Game Type: Action-Adventure
Game Generation: 32bit

Game Description: As Alfred the chicken, you must rescue your friends and his bird Floella from the Meka Chickens. The result is a platform game across differently-themed levels that are finished by either climbing to the top of the level or killing a boss.

Alfred cannot fly, but he can use ramps to jump up and hit enemies with his bionic beak, which kills them, but any other contact will hurt Alfred. Watch out for spiked snails and other enemies include whales armed with guns and stray bombs.

Game Title: Alien Breed
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: Team 17 were famed for pushing the Amiga to its limits with a string of hits stretching back to 1991.

The first major hit was Alien Breed, a Gauntlet-style shoot 'em up which spawned three sequels, including a budget-priced special edition.

This release was in a similar vein but set into a 3D context, making for the Amiga's first big Doom-style game. The 3D engine uses fairly small screen graphics but these include full floors and ceilings with detailed shading, doors, vertical position variations, lifts and transporters.

The CD version includes extra atmospheric sound, while fast processors and extra FastRAM are also supported.

Game Title: Alien Breed Tower Assult
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: A scientific outpost on a far off planet has been attacked. As nothing is known about the attackers, a team of marines is dispatched to investigate and destroy the unknown invaders.

As their dropships enter the atmosphere and approach the base, the defence lasers, damaged in the onslaught, move into action. They launch wild bursts of laser fire at the approaching marines, who are not prepared and take heavy losses. Rookies Nash and Jordan crash-land, and must fight off the alien force.

As with the previous Alien Breed, the game play is viewed from above. Shoot your way through the levels, collecting keys, ammunition and credits along the way. Computers can be logged into to buy new weapons.

Game Title: Alien Storm
Game Type: Flight
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: Aliens are invading Earth. It is up to you and the Alien Busters to wipe them out and destroy their creator. The Busters consist of Karla, Gordon, and Scooter. Each one of them have their own weapons and special attacks.

When you start the game, select one of these characters. There are six missions to complete with several stages and each mission has you blasting aliens all the way to the end. Each mission has an objective such as rescuing people destroying an UFO.

You will also have to fight alien bosses at the end of some missions. Fail to destroy them and you will not complete the game and then game will end.
You can play Alien Storm by yourself, or with another person.

Game Title: Alien Syndrome
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: You must rescue all the captives and make it to the escape hatch before the time bomb explodes. Then face the mother alien at the end of the level.

You can play single player or two people at the same time.

Game Title: Altered Beast
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: You have been raised from the dead by the god Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena. You have to fight hordes of demons, with a boss at the end of each level until you meet the god Neff who holds the girl captive.

Use your shapeshifting abilities to defeat your foes. In order to shapshift, collect spirit balls by defeating two-headed wolves, allowing you to mutate into different beasts such as a werewolf, a dragon, a tiger, a bear and others depending on the version. Each form comes with special abilities such as flight and powerful attacks.

The game can be played in singleplayer mode, or in same-screen multiplayer co-op mode.

Game Title: Alternate Reality: The City
Game Type: Role-Playing
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: You are one of many people who have been abducted from earth by aliens and transported to an alternate dimension. Your mission is to find the clues that will lead you to your captors and help you get back home.

Game Title: Arabian Nights
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: In Arabian Nights, you play Sinbad Jr., a gardener at the royal palace who loves to sneak a peek at the princess every now and again. One day, Sinbad looks up and sees a huge demon kidnapping the princess. He dashes to save the princess, only to be caught by the palace guards and thrown in the dungeon.

There are nine levels in the game. In several levels, there are various gameplay elements which include flying on the magic carpet and racing against your opponent in a mine cart. You will also meet some characters, which if you give them an item they want, they will give you something in return. In other levels, you have to do things yourself. For example, obtain a snake that will set a prisoner free, or using a blow torch to open some frozen doors.

Game Title: Archon II:Adept
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: The sequel to the classic Archon, Archon II: Adept features a more complex board and enhanced gameplay.

Each side plays as an Adept powerful wizard with the ability to cast spells against other Adepts. Each side can summon four unique elementals at a time or choose from four demons, common to both.

Gameplay is similar to the original.

Game Title: Archon: The Light and the Dark
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: This is a strategic board game with some similarities to chess. Two sides, a light one and a dark one, consisting of 18 pieces each compete on a board divided into 9 by 9 squares. The game is won by having one of your units on each of the five powerpoint squares or by removing all your opponents pieces.

When two pieces clash, the outcome is decided in the battle arena during one-on-one real-time combat. If the real-time combat takes place on a dark square, the dark monster gets a health bonus. On a light square the light side gains an advantage.

Unlike chess the two sides are not identical. Both sides consist of mythological creatures. The differences are not just cosmetic. Two special pieces are the light wizard & the dark sorceress, they can both cast magical spells like: imprison a unit on the board, shift the flow of time, bring one unit back from the dead etc.

The different pieces have their own movement restrictions regarding the number of squares they're allowed to travel on the board and whether or not they can jump over other units. Units also behave different in combat; some units are faster than others, some use melee attacks while others fire projectiles.

Archon can be played with either one or two players. The NES version, which was released a few years after the other versions, has improved graphics for the real-time combat part. Each type of square has it's own colored background and the unit sprites are larger.

Game Title: Arkanoid
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: Arkanoid is based off the original breakout that is based off of Pong. Arkanoid became a huge hit during the 1980s.
The game's plot really does not fit very well, but that does not matter. The game stands on its own.

Along with the ball bouncing around the screen, hitting the bricks would also cause options to fall that included, but not limited to, longer paddle, laser ball, three balls, catch, free ball, etc.

The game also dramatically improved on the sound effects and use of sound. It is not difficult to lose hours playing this game.

Game Title: Arkanoid 2: Revenge of Doh
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: Arkanoid is based off the original breakout that is based off of Pong. Arkanoid became a huge hit during the 1980s.
The game's plot really does not fit very well, but that does not matter. The game stands on its own.

Along with the ball bouncing around the screen, hitting the bricks would also cause options to fall that included, but not limited to, longer paddle, laser ball, three balls, catch, free ball, etc.

The game also dramatically improved on the sound effects and use of sound. It is not difficult to lose hours playing this game.

Version 2 of this fine game adds more boards and a few options.

Game Title: ATR: All Terrain Racing
Game Type: Racing
Game Generation: 16bit

Game Description: An overhead racing game from Team 17 featuring a variety of circuits including snow, forest and seaside based ones.

Most levels have long and short ways round that add a hint of navigation and strategy to the proceedings. Unlike Overdrive, there is a variety of corners rather than just 90-degree ones.