Commodore Amiga owners thread!

m4cc45 · 1 Aug 2019 at 17:49

Cheat code: jammmmmm (keep pressing m until the screen flips)

I, weirdly, remember quite a few cheats for games on the Amiga

Flibster · 1 Aug 2019 at 23:43

Update on the Armiga. Recived a usb-barrel cable today. SD card in it had some firmware already...
Damn thing works perfectly at first look. £25 well spent.

One Vision · 2 Aug 2019 at 13:58

davida76 said:
Quite possibly the greatest football game ever created! There was even a port on the 360 of all things.

Kick off 2 was better than SWOS, too easy to score on SWOS. Kick off you need more skill to play well but was more rewarding. TYhe goalies in Kick off 1 and the Data Disc extra time there poor but Kick Off 2 Goalies are good.

AndyCr15 · 3 Aug 2019 at 07:55

One Vision said:
Kick off 2 was better than SWOS, too easy to score on SWOS. Kick off you need more skill to play well but was more rewarding. TYhe goalies in Kick off 1 and the Data Disc extra time there poor but Kick Off 2 Goalies are good.

Agreed. Loved the Kick Off games.

Dunners · 5 Aug 2019 at 13:08

Kick Off 2 - best Amiga game in my view. Had some classic matches with my brother on that. Nailing a goal with after-touch was sublime!!

Dunners · 5 Aug 2019 at 13:10

m4cc45 said:
Cheat code: jammmmmm (keep pressing m until the screen flips)

I, weirdly, remember quite a few cheats for games on the Amiga

Did you ever see the one for New Zealand Story? Classic

m4cc45 · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:50

Dunners said:
Did you ever see the one for New Zealand Story? Classic

That one was a lot ruder from memory (enough to not post it here!) though I think you could type 'flufffykiwis' for the same effect. I used to get them mixed up a lot.

Some of my favourite ones:

The one I remember finding myself was Cyberdyne Warrior on the C64. Plug the joystick into port 1 then do up down left right and fire. Only cheat I've ever found (apart from Action Replay ones).

Treasure Island Dizzy - pause the game then type 'icanfly' for flight and 'eggsonlegs' for invulnerability (apart from the traps!)

Bonus:

On the AtariST the cheat is the same for Batman except it's reversed so majjjjjjj

M.

One Vision · 6 Aug 2019 at 23:45

m4cc45 said:
That one was a lot ruder from memory (enough to not post it here!) though I think you could type 'flufffykiwis' for the same effect. I used to get them mixed up a lot.

Some of my favourite ones:

The one I remember finding myself was Cyberdyne Warrior on the C64. Plug the joystick into port 1 then do up down left right and fire. Only cheat I've ever found (apart from Action Replay ones).

Treasure Island Dizzy - pause the game then type 'icanfly' for flight and 'eggsonlegs' for invulnerability (apart from the traps!)

Bonus:

On the AtariST the cheat is the same for Batman except it's reversed so majjjjjjj

M.

Did you ever do the monster seventeen cheat? What game was that Mac on the Amiga?

m4cc45 · 7 Aug 2019 at 12:53

I never really cheated in many games. I just remember them for some reason.

Turrican 2: Press space to get into the music menu then press 1 4 2 escape escape (infinite lives - no score)

Shadow of the Beast two - run to the right when near the guard (not too far) press A and then type ten pints - infinite energy!

That will do for today

M.

Flibster · 7 Aug 2019 at 14:09

One of the codes that sticks in my mind is for Alien Breed 92 SE

I WANT FISH
Then F3 for more keys or F9 to walk through walls.

slipperydave · 7 Aug 2019 at 20:44

m4cc45 said:
I never really cheated in many games. I just remember them for some reason.

Turrican 2: Press space to get into the music menu then press 1 4 2 escape escape (infinite lives - no score)

Shadow of the Beast two - run to the right when near the guard (not too far) press A and then type ten pints - infinite energy!

That will do for today

M.

cheating? SotB maybe, as that was impossible. No need to cheat on Turrican 2 though. Easy on the Amiga and C64

m4cc45 · 8 Aug 2019 at 08:17

It was fairly easy - especially once you knew the secrets but there were some bits, especially if you've not played the game before or that often, which would destroy your lives. Traps on level 2, the shoot-em-up bits when you loose your weapons.

I'm much better at it now though.

SOTB1/2 (3 was relatively easy) were a nightmare. It didn't matter if you cheated as you could go the wrong way and end up in as good as dead (i.e. miss the rope jump in SOTB2).

M.

!bluetonic! · 8 Aug 2019 at 16:38

The next SWAG meet is almost upon us:

https://www.southwestamiga.org.uk/

7th September, 2019
Chipping Sodbury

I hope to be bringing my Amiga 1200 with a recent Genlock I bought of an auction site.

phill9800 · 19 Aug 2019 at 23:34

I'd thought I'd pop by and see what this awesome thread was all about

I've a few Amiga's still and a load of games (can't part with it all!!) and still loving the hardware. Been loving the read through the thread...

SirFaffAlot2000 · 20 Aug 2019 at 14:31

I have A A1200 and the hard drive died, Im looking at the cf hard drives with WB pre installed, are they legal to sell that way or should I just buy the parts and install my own workbench onto the cf card ?

phill9800 · 20 Aug 2019 at 21:21

I guess if you already have that version of work bench I'm not sure there's any issues there?? I mean, like for like I guess? What version do you have? If my bad memory serves me correct, the Amiga 1200 did come with two versions of the ROMs, 3.0 and 3.1 so it would be a choice of those two I think?

SirFaffAlot2000 · 20 Aug 2019 at 22:44

phill9800 said:
I guess if you already have that version of work bench I'm not sure there's any issues there?? I mean, like for like I guess? What version do you have? If my bad memory serves me correct, the Amiga 1200 did come with two versions of the ROMs, 3.0 and 3.1 so it would be a choice of those two I think?

I have the Escom version with 3.1 roms and 3.1 workbench the ones from a Auction site have 3.1 or 3.9 the thing is with Amiga forever which I already have you get all versions of workbench, I just don't know if its a grey area buying one with it installed. It would be a lot less hassle just plugging it in and it booting into workbench.

mrkev · 21 Aug 2019 at 16:25

SirFaffAlot2000 said:
I have the Escom version with 3.1 roms and 3.1 workbench the ones from a Auction site have 3.1 or 3.9 the thing is with Amiga forever which I already have you get all versions of workbench, I just don't know if its a grey area buying one with it installed. It would be a lot less hassle just plugging it in and it booting into workbench.

Then I don't see a problem in using the CF card with 3.1 already installed. You are basically just replacing the HD.

almoststew1990 · 25 Nov 2019 at 11:45

Locally I've found an A500 which comes with PSU, a monitor, games, drawing tablet and stylus, "working when last used". £100. Is that reasonable?

phatboy · 25 Nov 2019 at 11:47

Great deal, if its a Commodore monitor especially......REMOVE HIS ARM, QUICKLY!