Today I thought I’d write a bit about an upcoming Amiga game called the 1980′s Football Manager. The reason is that the author, who is also the guy responsible for the AmigaPD website (I’ve written a post about it here) by the way, is getting close to finishing his project.
What I find particularly interesting is that the game is actually set to the 1980′s. This means that you’ll find lists of players from this wonderful era of football, references to films and pop bands, as well as old pictures of cars and stadiums. This will be fun!
The author has listed the features of the game on his website. I’ve included them below for you to read:
4 Skill Levels
Messages from the Chairman
Transfers
Player Agents
Corruption
Training
Pre-Match comments
Game Commentary
Half time team talks
Post Match Interview
Bank Loans
Stadium Improvement
Finance
Messages
Interesting stuff, isn’t it? Looking forward to put some extra effort into the corruption part, since I’m not that good at football. Anyway, let’s have a look at some screenshots from the game:
I’m really looking forward to see the final version of this game. I love the idea of basing such a sports game on the 1980′s. Maybe it’ll inspire others to do similar stuff in the future? For us that enjoys travelling back memory lane, such games are a bit more interesting than usual.
There is a lot more I could say about this game, but if you want to know more, I recommend you visit the official website of the game. It can be found here. There you’ll find tons of screenshots, videos and information. Before I’ll stop writing, here’s a small preview video (from December 2011) from the game. Enjoy!
Today I’m going to write about a website that is solely about public domain (PD) games for the Amiga. It was launched about a year ago on the 21st of October 2010. Since then the website has grown from strength to strength.
According to the guy behind the website, the aim of the project is simply to showcase the best of the best when it comes to Amiga PD games (shareware and freeware games are also included). As far as I know, this website is the only one on the Internet that covers this aspect of Amiga gaming.
There’s a lot of cool stuff to be found on AmigaPD. Not only are there plenty of games available for download, but you can read interviews with authors of public domain games as well! You got people like Lee Bamber (author of the Relics of Deldroneye), Mattis Folkestad (he made the adventure game Madhouse) and Edgar Vigdal (Deluxe Galaga and Warblade) telling you all you want to know about their classic games. Isn’t that cool? There are also tons of reviews to be found with in-game video footage, top ten lists of games and of course the usual cheats if you want to take a short-cut while playing.
The AmigaPD website. Here you can find everything related to old-school Amiga public domain games. (screenshot by Old School Game Blog)
As you can see, there’s a lot of interesting stuff to be found at the AmigaPD website. I haven’t played that many public domain games on the Amiga in the past, so it was very interesting to dig through the various titles on the site. I found a game called Wibble World Giddy that I’m definitely going to try out. There were also a few point and click adventure games that looked tempting.. Maybe you’ll find some games to try as well?
On the 1st of October 2011, a video called “Legends Do Not Die – All Star” was released by Stefanos “Cool_amigaN” Karousos. It is a tribute to the best of the best when it comes to Amiga games.
The video itself looks very professional and I had great fun watching it. Thought you might be interested in checking it out as well. Without further ado, here’s the video:
Mr. Karousos states on YouTube that a sequel will follow and that it will include all those games that were left out in the first part. Can’t wait to check it out. What do you think about the video?
Anyway, let’s have a look at some screenshots from the game:
