July 23, 2015 was an important anniversary for video game lovers, it was the day the Commodore Amiga turned 30. The Amiga will always have a special place in the heart of those who owned it, between the 80s and 90s, when consoles did not yet exist and games were played on the computer by connecting the Commodore to television.
Amiga fans will fondly remember some incredible games at that time, which were played for hours and hours, if not for whole nights, as never before.
The Commodore Amiga was supplanted by PCs and consoles, which offered a more immediate way to play (and even more expensive), but today it still lives on in the emulators and in some websites that collected some of the games of the time to be able to replay us today, online, via browser, without downloading anything.
Below, 10 most beautiful Amiga games that can still be played online today, in some cases in their original version or in remakes.
1) Popoulous was a simulation game where you experienced the experience of being a God, creator of the Earth and guide for peoples.
The biggest fun was to inflict natural disasters on enemies.
Populous can be played today in a whole new online multiplayer version on the SNESFun website.
2) Sensible Soccer can be considered an ancestor of Pro Evolution Soccer and Fifa, the first semi-realistic and well-playable soccer game with real teams, players with skills and where it was possible to challenge friends at home in games and tournaments.
Sensible Soccer can be played online at the Gameoldies website.
3) The Secret of Monkey Island was a historical graphic adventure, set in the world of pirates, where you had to solve crazy and engaging puzzles to move forward in a story made of funny dialogues full of irony that made it extremely fun.
The first adventure and also the sequel, Monkey Island 2, can still be found somewhere even if they have not yet been released as "abandonware" by their distributors.
4) Lemmings is another very famous historical game of Amiga, where at least one of the little green-haired gnomes had to get from one part of the painting to the other, taking advantage of the various skills.
Lemmings can be played in the Sega version on the Internet Archive website.
5) Sid Mayer's civilization came out on Amiga to ruin the nights of many kids like me, who couldn't get away from the screen until they managed to create a powerful empire.
Civilization can be played for free on PC with FreeCiv, a very similar open source version.
6) Football Manager was another sleepy game, where you could play as a Serie A manager, make purchases and transfers of players and put the team on the pitch to win it.
The game is still on the market and comes out every year with updated teams.
Another article lists the best managerial football games like Football Manager.
7) SpeedBall 2 Brutal Deluxe is a game that, in my opinion, can still be enjoyed today.
The game is a kind of handball, very violent, where you can score against your opponents by pushing, kicking your face, kicking and punching.
With a top view, beautiful clean graphics and very fast dynamics, Speedball 2 remains an unforgettable title that can still be played on the Internet Archive site today.
6) Dune 2 is a game of strategy, construction and battles with real-time resource management, the forefather of this genre that today is the master on smartphones and PCs.
Dune 2 can be played today in the online version on the html5 epicport website.
7) Syndicate is one of the most advanced Amiga games, with a very dark city scenario, where you can lead a team of soldiers on missions of murders and very various destructions.
The game is playable in the Sega version on the Game Oldies website.
8) Turrican II was one of the best platforms for Amiga, difficult, long and worthy of being played for all the endless paintings until the end.
Turrican 2 can be played online on the GameOldies website
9) Another World is a very particular game, like a movie, with highly evolved graphics for the Amiga, where you also need to be good at understanding how to move, what gestures to do, how to communicate with the surrounding environment.
Another World online is played on the Game Oldies website in the Amiga version.
10) Cannon Fodder, also available online in the Sega version on GameOldies, is a very original war game, beautiful, tragicomic and fun, with a top view.
Finally, those who want to try again the thrill of turning on a Commodore Amiga, can do so with the free online emulator on this website.
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