Amiga-exclusive blobbers

[V_K]

What are the good ones?
And by good I mean heavy on puzzles, preferably inventory-based (but DM-style will also do), and ideally (but not mandatory) non-linear world structure (i.e. more grimrock 2 than grimrock 1)
Doesn't matter RT or TB. Come to think of it, they don't even have to be blobbers, just puzzle-heavy RPGs will do too.

 

[Excidium II]

I've seen this weird game called Perihelion.

 

[octavius]

Only good one I can think of is Black Crypt. Tried to play Evil's Doom recently, but the current version doesn't run on Win 7.

 

[Scroo]

fate: gates of dawn

 

[Epsilon]

fate: gates of dawn

Also Crystal Dragon, Captive and Liberation (Captive 2) and although strictly not a blobber as you can move characters independently of eachother Hired Guns. The first two Eye of The Beholder games can be had in AGA versions with automapping as well. Non blobber puzzle'ish rpg "Dreamweb" though that might be available on dos as well?

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Hall of Light has a subgenre of Dungeon Crawler with 102 entries, of which 25 are listed as Amiga originals and 49 are unknown as to being Amiga originals. The former include Black Crypt, Crystal Dragon, and Liberation: Captive II; the latter include Captive, Fate: Gates of Dawn, and Perihelion: The Prophecy (AFAIK these three games are all Amiga originals). If you're interested only in games exclusive to the Amiga, you can create an additional limitation for there not having been any conversion of the game, which yields 40 results, although I wouldn't expect this information to be completely accurate.

 

[TigerKnee]

I still haven't had the time to get Fate running on an Amiga emulator

 

[felipepepe]

Yeah, for exclusives I'd say either FATE: Gates of Dawn for a massive open-world RPG or Black Crypt for that tradition DM-like dungeon crawl.

There's also Ambermoon, which technically isn't a blobber (it uses a tactical grid combat), but you still explore dungeons and cities in a 3D first-person view.

 

[Lady_Error]

Here are some that look interesting and that I've never heard of:

Dungeons of Avalon

Crystal Dragon

Evil's Doom

 

[octavius]

CRPG Addict played Dungeons of Avalon.

Another blogger played Crystal Dragon and to my surprise (since it sounds so boring) liked it.

I took Evil's Doom for a spin on my previous PC with Windows XP, and it looked glorious for an Amiga game. Unfortunately when it came to actually playing it I couldn't get the Thecompany package (Windows EXE with emulator included) to run on Windows 7. Hopefully it will be updated for Win 7 some time.

Anyway, this thread was supposed to be about good Amiga exclusives...

 

[Lady_Error]

CRPG Addict played Dungeons of Avalon.

"Dungeons of Avalon looks like Dungeon Master but plays more like Wizardry."

Sounds pretty good to me actually.

 

[ghostdog]

I've played Evil's Doom in win7, but tit seems some recent windows updates are borking it:

If you have a problem with not working v2.5 execs uninstall & hide this patches from Windows Update:

KB3045999
KB3068708
KB3022345

 

[Jarpie]

Did they fix the bugs in Evil's Doom or is it still the buggy alpha/beta-version which has been available for ages?

 

[octavius]

I've played Evil's Doom in win7, but tit seems some recent windows updates are borking it:

If you have a problem with not working v2.5 execs uninstall & hide this patches from Windows Update:

KB3045999
KB3068708
KB3022345

Ah, that explains it! I could swear that it was on my current Win 7 machine I tested Evil's Doom.

Makes me wonder what other games will stop working when updating Win 7...

 

[Excidium II]

Those Evil's Doom guys really wanted to make a Conan game eh?

 

[ghostdog]

Did they fix the bugs in Evil's Doom or is it still the buggy alpha/beta-version which has been available for ages?

I believe this version (v1.8) is the most recent and can be played to the end.

 

[V_K]

Makes me wonder what other games will stop working when updating Win 7...

Dark Disciples 2 stopped running on my main laptop for some reason. Still works on the shitty netbook though.
Although I can swear I disabled Windows updates first thing after I bought the laptop, so it may be some unrelated thing.

 

[V_K]

Black Crypt for that tradition DM-like dungeon crawl.

Is it strictly a DM-clone or deviates in some ways from the formula?
And what about Knightmare?

 

[V_K]

I would play Fate, but I don't have ten years of free time on my hands.

 

[V_K]

CRPG Addict played Dungeons of Avalon.

"Dungeons of Avalon looks like Dungeon Master but plays more like Wizardry."

Sounds pretty good to me actually.

I think he meant one of early Wizardries, not the Bradley ones.
I've read his playthrough and got the impression that the dungeon design isn't very good.

 

[octavius]

Black Crypt for that tradition DM-like dungeon crawl.

Is it strictly a DM-clone or deviates in some ways from the formula?

It's not very original, has rather poor level design (each floor is self contained) and the spell effects are just swirling colours, not "real" fireballs like in DM and CSB, but I still rate it as the third best RTB.
Also, it had automap before Lands of Lore (was discussed in another recent thread).

And what about Knightmare?

Never got around to play that one, but it got decent reviews and is supposed to be hard.

 

[Jarpie]

Knightmare is based on english youth 'competiton' show with puzzles and shit. Not sure how faithful it is though.

 

[V_K]

Knightmare is based on english youth 'competiton' show with puzzles and shit. Not sure how faithful it is though.

Wikipedia says not faithful at all.
I tried it for half an hour many years ago, but all I remember is a walking tree NPC giving me a quest. Dropped it because I wasn't into RT blobbers back then.

 

[octavius]

I've played Evil's Doom in win7, but tit seems some recent windows updates are borking it:

If you have a problem with not working v2.5 execs uninstall & hide this patches from Windows Update:

KB3045999
KB3068708
KB3022345

Hmm...I can't find KB3022345 on my list of Windows updates, but I uninstalled the other two, but Evil's Doom will still not start.

 

[V_K]

I just downloaded it and it works like charm on my never updated win7.