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"The Amiga's gaming legacy is pretty amazing when you think about it"
Recently I discovered that Team 17 are listed on the London Stock Exchange. I was amazed to hear that and it got me thinking about the Amiga's legacy. I took a huge break from gaming pretty much from 97 until 2022 so having gotten back into it so hard these last few years it's very interesting to see how things shook out looking back at it all.
Besides Team 17, DICE, Rockstar North, Traveller's Tales, Housemarque and Raven Software also got their start on the Amiga. Bethesda's first game was Gridiron for the Amiga which ended up laying the basis for the John Madden Football franchise by Electronic Arts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks Although not Amiga originated Electronic Arts' Trip Hawkins was one of the first and biggest Amiga advocates.
One extreme question is would the Playstation 5 exist without the Amiga? Psygnosis who rose to fame with the Amiga were one of if not the main companies behind many of the launch titles on the PS1 like Wipeout (Some elements of the game were inspired by Matrix Marauders, an Amiga game released by the Liverpudlian studio in 1990) from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_(video_game_series) Psygnosis had one of the most extensive catalogues on the console. Without this support maybe the PS1 wouldn't have been the success it was. Then you had Core Design who also rose to fame on the Amiga and Gremlin who had a lot of PS1 titles. Obviously this is just speculation and many of the Japanese companies had great games that might have had the PS1 be a success regardless but it's intriguing to think about. For those that say it's a crazy notion I found this article from 1996 entitled "Psygnosis to Continue Carrying Playstation" that states Psygnosis was the Playstation's top developer in Europe and in the Top 3 in the US at the time. https://www.newspapers.com/image/15...9.-YxLwYnvas5jQa1ShamC1uBNOwFJQTxwVPACxwL_j3A
Just to add context Core Design since 1988 had 38 Amiga games, 17 Atari ST, 13 Sega, 11 DOS and 2 SNES. Psygnosis since 1985 had 57 Amiga games, 29 Atari ST, 28 DOS, 14 Sega and 7 SNES. Therefore I think it's fair to say that both companies were majority Amiga built.
What are some other household names that have an Amiga background?
1) Grand Theft Auto - Take Two Interactive are also on the Nasdaq and obviously GTA was created by DMA Design who started on the Amiga. The link is possibly even stronger in that the programmer of Crime Inc https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/crime-inc alleges that his Amiga game was plagiarised by Rockstar North and they even settled with him.
2) Tomb Raider
3) Worms
4) Lemmings
5) Warcraft - the first Warcraft game was partly inspired by Lemmings https://archive.ph/20170906105422/h...d-in-part-thanks-to-lost-vikings-and-lemmings
Amiga original game Populous started the entire God game genre, Hunter was one of the first open world games, Corporation was a precursor to System Shock, Deus Ex and the "intelligent FPS" genre overall. Another World was a revolution in gameplay storytelling. Sim City was developed on the Amiga in parallel with the Macintosh.
Many Amiga games have been rebooted and/or remastered in the modern era. Shadow of the Beast came out for PS4, Another World and Gods were remastered, Speedball 2 came out for mobile and Steam, Worms games are still coming out, Zool was remastered, there are still SWOS tournaments to this day, Ruff N Tumble got remade for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch as Rad Rogers, Bloodhouse has put out modern Stardust games, Putty Squad was remade for all modern systems, Lionheart was recreated on PC, Agony was remastered with the Unreal engine, etc.
It's more nebulous but Cinemaware games like Defender of the Crown, Rocket Ranger and It Came from the Desert which originated on the Amiga may have helped inspire the movie type game experiences of today. So the DNA of the Amiga is in many things even in modern society, pretty amazing for an almost 40 year old computer. What did I miss?
"The Amiga's gaming legacy is pretty amazing when you think about it"
Recently I discovered that Team 17 are listed on the London Stock Exchange. I was amazed to hear that and it got me thinking about the Amiga's legacy. I took a huge break from gaming pretty much from 97 until 2022 so having gotten back into it so hard these last few years it's very interesting to see how things shook out looking back at it all.
Besides Team 17, DICE, Rockstar North, Traveller's Tales, Housemarque and Raven Software also got their start on the Amiga. Bethesda's first game was Gridiron for the Amiga which ended up laying the basis for the John Madden Football franchise by Electronic Arts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks Although not Amiga originated Electronic Arts' Trip Hawkins was one of the first and biggest Amiga advocates.
One extreme question is would the Playstation 5 exist without the Amiga? Psygnosis who rose to fame with the Amiga were one of if not the main companies behind many of the launch titles on the PS1 like Wipeout (Some elements of the game were inspired by Matrix Marauders, an Amiga game released by the Liverpudlian studio in 1990) from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_(video_game_series) Psygnosis had one of the most extensive catalogues on the console. Without this support maybe the PS1 wouldn't have been the success it was. Then you had Core Design who also rose to fame on the Amiga and Gremlin who had a lot of PS1 titles. Obviously this is just speculation and many of the Japanese companies had great games that might have had the PS1 be a success regardless but it's intriguing to think about. For those that say it's a crazy notion I found this article from 1996 entitled "Psygnosis to Continue Carrying Playstation" that states Psygnosis was the Playstation's top developer in Europe and in the Top 3 in the US at the time. https://www.newspapers.com/image/15...9.-YxLwYnvas5jQa1ShamC1uBNOwFJQTxwVPACxwL_j3A
Just to add context Core Design since 1988 had 38 Amiga games, 17 Atari ST, 13 Sega, 11 DOS and 2 SNES. Psygnosis since 1985 had 57 Amiga games, 29 Atari ST, 28 DOS, 14 Sega and 7 SNES. Therefore I think it's fair to say that both companies were majority Amiga built.
What are some other household names that have an Amiga background?
1) Grand Theft Auto - Take Two Interactive are also on the Nasdaq and obviously GTA was created by DMA Design who started on the Amiga. The link is possibly even stronger in that the programmer of Crime Inc https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/crime-inc alleges that his Amiga game was plagiarised by Rockstar North and they even settled with him.
2) Tomb Raider
3) Worms
4) Lemmings
5) Warcraft - the first Warcraft game was partly inspired by Lemmings https://archive.ph/20170906105422/h...d-in-part-thanks-to-lost-vikings-and-lemmings
Amiga original game Populous started the entire God game genre, Hunter was one of the first open world games, Corporation was a precursor to System Shock, Deus Ex and the "intelligent FPS" genre overall. Another World was a revolution in gameplay storytelling. Sim City was developed on the Amiga in parallel with the Macintosh.
Many Amiga games have been rebooted and/or remastered in the modern era. Shadow of the Beast came out for PS4, Another World and Gods were remastered, Speedball 2 came out for mobile and Steam, Worms games are still coming out, Zool was remastered, there are still SWOS tournaments to this day, Ruff N Tumble got remade for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch as Rad Rogers, Bloodhouse has put out modern Stardust games, Putty Squad was remade for all modern systems, Lionheart was recreated on PC, Agony was remastered with the Unreal engine, etc.
It's more nebulous but Cinemaware games like Defender of the Crown, Rocket Ranger and It Came from the Desert which originated on the Amiga may have helped inspire the movie type game experiences of today. So the DNA of the Amiga is in many things even in modern society, pretty amazing for an almost 40 year old computer. What did I miss?
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