On this week's Amigos, we review Race Drivin' on the Amiga, the technically daring sequel to Hard Drivin' that brings authentic polygon-based stunt tracks and realistic driving physics to the 16-bit home computer.🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast!https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcastSubscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcastAmigos: Everything Amiga is a weekly, wacky exploration of the Amiga scene, current news, and a look at the games we all remember--even those we'd like to forget!0:00 New host!1:30 When is the sequel superior?3:20 Arcade Release3:40 Sales figures4:15 Arcade features6:28 The appeal of Hard Drivin'10:18 Arcade chart performance11:50 Ports to other systems12:48 Amiga port history19:48 Brent's take on the Amiga version29:49 Test Drive vs. Race Drivin'30:11 Amiga vs. Arcade side by side comparison31:32 Magazine Review Scores32:39 Listener Reviews36:20 Coming up next week!#Amiga #Retrocomputing

On this week's Amigos, we review Donkey Kong 500, the incredible transcode by JOTD. Download the game here:https://jotd666.itch.io/donkey-kong-500🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast!https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcastSubscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcastAmigos: Everything Amiga is a weekly, wacky exploration of the Amiga scene, current news, and a look at the games we all remember--even those we'd like to forget!0:00 From Cards to Carts1:10 Arcade Developers4:55 Cab Internals8:15 Cup the stick in your hand17:30 Game Story and Level Design25:30 Amiga Developers32:15 Arcade vs. Amiga Side by Side Comparison35:34 Aaron's Middle School Dance Experiences40:07 Coming Up Next Week!#Amiga #Retrocomputing

On this week's Amigos, we jump through flaming hoops and dodge flying sawblades to review Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun on the Amiga, Mindscape's chaotic 1989 multi-event classic that blends circus showmanship with murderous dark humor.🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast!https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcastMore Amiga Game Reviews:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaD3XRYu1lQRUrXT5aRTSNL5wMCkMOVlBSubscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast0:00 Fiendish Freddy Theme Song0:55 Development History5:01 Plot summary9:03 High Dive13:34 Juggling17:34 Flying Trapeeze21:29 Knife Throwing24:16 Tightrope Walking28:28 Human Cannonball 31:34 Here come the judges!35:32 Boat's thoughts37:00 Aaron's thoughts37:34 Listener Reviews40:38 Magazine Reviews42:11 Amiga vs. Amstrad Side by Side Comparison43:11 Super Xevious Final Version Released45:48 The Adventure of Node Zelda Homage47:44 New Amiga Web browser Amelinium50:32 Pimiga on a Trashcan Mac Pro55:19 New Commodore OS59:09 2026 Vampire 12001:01:54 New Double Dragon Transcode1:03:40 Circus Memory Banter1:07:41 Coming Up Next Week!1:09:10 Thanks to Our Supporters!#Amiga #Retrocomputing

On this week's Amigos, we lay down our pheromone trails and avoid the jaws of the local spider to review SimAnt on the Amiga, Will Wright’s wonderfully eccentric backyard colonization simulator.🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast!https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcastMore Amiga Game Reviews:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaD3XRYu1lQRUrXT5aRTSNL5wMCkMOVlBSubscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast#Amiga #Retrocomputing0:00 Be the king of the yard!1:21 Game development team3:18 Other ports3:48 Game overview5:32 In praise of the tutorial6:51 Lo-res vs. hi-res version7:20 Game mechanics9:15 In praise of tooltips10:10 Game manual11:50 Control of the ants12:19 Turn on Silly mode13:20 Perspective of the yard14:58 The animation is not spectacular16:21 Multiple game modes19:01 Boat's criticism21:40 Complexity vs other sim games22:46 The source code almost burned in a house fire24:30 Sound effects (bleugh!)25:28 Magazine reviews26:02 Will Wright on the game27:45 Magazine reviews, cont29:00 Listener reviews31:53 Amiga vs Super Nintendo side by side comparison33:30 Aaron's final thoughts34:18 Compute Gazette Correction36:02 Ecliptic - New tactical turn based RPG37:59 Arc4nerd - Arkanoid clone with deluxe packaging40:17 Roc n Rope - New JOTD Transcode41:52 Amiga Addict - Syndicate Cover Story44:15 Coming Up Next Week45:54 The absolute garbage sold in the back of Boy's Life50:00 Thanks to our Patrons!

On this week's Amigos, we suffer through Dangerous Streets on the Amiga, Gremlin’s infamously broken fighting game that somehow became the pack-in face of the CD32 console launch.🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast!https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcastMore Amiga Game Reviews:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaD3XRYu1lQRUrXT5aRTSNL5wMCkMOVlBSubscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast0:00 This is really the dirt worst.0:45 Multiple terrible flavors1:45 Publisher and Developer Background3:33 Throw the ECS version in the ditch3:45 Amiga's troubled history with fighting games4:58 Boat's opening take6:57 Satanic Fonzie and the rest of the cast12:52 Modes of Control13:07 How special moves work13:29 Dangerous Streets vs. other fighting games15:59 Boat's in depth thoughts21:53 Aaron's in depth thoughts26:07 Boat defends Dangerous Streets28:19 Aaron hates every part of this game31:45 Magazine Reviews33:46 Listener Reviews37:01 The DOS version is worse37:53 It's hard to find this for sale38:50 Portable Vampire II A600 Build40:24 We appear in Compute! Gazette41:31 Double Babboon Ninja44:05 Our favorite fighting games48:10 Aaron's most dangerous street50:38 Coming Up Next Week!#Amiga #Retrocomputing

This week on Amigos: Everything Amiga, we dive into Captain Blood — a surreal sci-fi dreamscape packed with alien languages, a Jean-Michel Jarre soundtrack, and some of the strangest gameplay ever released on the Amiga — plus current Amiga news and more!

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0:00 Hauntingly French?

0:14 Jean Michele Jarre Soundtrack

1:35 Development History

3:38 Aaron's BBS Download

4:00 Ports released on other systems

4:28 Lead Platform Atari ST

4:55 Boat's Initial Impressions

5:37 Backstory

8:30 He's a weird freak as opposed to being a guy

9:16 Gameplay summary

13:22 Fractal landscape discussion

17:39 Alien communication discussion

22:16 How far Aaron got

23:07 An 8 bit game with a 16 bit coat of paint

25:19 Plotting coordinates on nav computer

28:21 Boat's Final Thoughts

30:41 Amiga vs. ZX Spectrum Port Comparison

32:17 Artist turned assembly programmer?!

33:12 Alternate ST Versions

33:32 Possible sequels?

34:17 Americans got no novella

34:38 Magazine Reviews

37:04 Price at time of release

37:33 eBay Price

38:44 Jay Miner Memorial Library Acquired!

41:52 Jail Break Arcade Port to Amiga

43:27 Moon Cresta Arcade Port to Amiga

44:42 Return to Blacktooth Game in Development

46:52 Ami Game Jam Results Announced

49:50 A1200 Maxi Delayed

52:29 International Computer Club Recap

53:51 Have you ever been a captain?

55:54 Coming up Next Week!

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On this week's Amigos, we review Fright Night on the Amiga, a toothless and poorly designed movie tie-in that sucks the life out of its source material with clunky controls and gameplay that is (un)dead on arrival.🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast!https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcastSubscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast0:00 What do you do when you get scared?5:00 Movie Credits11:30 Game Development15:36 Boat's Take24:00 How vampiring works30:50 Community Reviews32:45 Aaron's Take35:09 Amiga Scene News53:58 Coming Up Next Week!#Amiga #Retrocomputing

Hop into your Toyota Celica and put the pedal to the floor...sorta! It's Toyota Celica GT on the Amigos Everything Amiga Show!🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast!https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcastSubscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcastAmigos: Everything Amiga is a weekly, wacky exploration of the Amiga scene, current news, and a look at the games we all remember--even those we'd like to forget!#Amiga #Retrocomputing #amigapril