It Came From The Desert + AntHeads Exp - Amiga Adventure ( REMAKE )

Neil79 · 22 Sep 2012 at 12:19

FULL SCREEN - NEW FILTERS

It Came from the Desert is a 1989 computer game by Cinemaware. It was originally released for the Amiga, but later ported to other systems, as well as released in distinctly different forms to consoles.
Like most of Cinemaware's titles, It Came From the Desert takes its inspiration from Hollywood. This game is undoubtedly inspired by dozens of 1950s "B" movies, especially the 1954 mutant-ant classic Them!, It Came From the Desert is one of Cinemaware's most innovative creations. The original It Came From the Desert was nominated for SPA Game of the Year in 1990.

The game is a fairly non-linear combination of dialogue boxes and several types of action scenes, typical of contemporary Cinemaware releases. The game is set in 1951. When the rural American town of Lizard Breath witnesses a meteor fall, town geologist and player character Greg Bradley has to discover the source of some strange occurrences. His role as a young man of science in a 1950s movie setting also gives Bradley the ability to operate aircraft, heavy machinery and several types of firearms, and to suffer no injury worse than a flesh wound unless he's committing a heroic sacrifice.

As part of it uses an in built emulator no direct links to the website will be posted ( ALLOWED BY OCUK )

Instructions - Run EXE, PLAY... PRESS F12 to set up extra settings!

See Twitter for further details :cool:

https://twitter.com/Indie_RetroOCUK/status/249467542769369090

You haven't played this then i ask WHY THE HELL NOT!

Jarrastafari · 22 Sep 2012 at 14:33

I remembered this for years as a kid but never knew what it was called!

Didn't get to play past the part in the hospital as I couldn't figure it out but i'll give it a whirl.

Thanks~!

grimm · 22 Sep 2012 at 14:40

Omg I used to love It Came From The Desert. The atmosphere was immense

Neil79 · 22 Sep 2012 at 14:54

I wish they'd do a sequel via a kickstarter or even a HD remake i'd buy it!

arknor · 22 Sep 2012 at 15:06

I must have only been 8 or 9 but enjoyed the game so much its easily one of the best amiga games of all time imo

Metalface Mark · 22 Sep 2012 at 18:22

Thanks Neil, was looking forward to this, thanks for keeping us updated on all the retro goodness

Neil79 · 22 Sep 2012 at 21:13

np guys, have fun!

mart981 · 23 Sep 2012 at 08:34

Great game, time to break out the flamethrower.

Geffen · 25 Sep 2012 at 21:12

Does anyone else have there anti virus software reject this software?

Neil79 · 25 Sep 2012 at 21:15

Yes only *** ones

, it's a false positive because of the way the exe's work

Tested with efset nod 32 and clean

!bluetonic! · 26 Sep 2012 at 10:05

I loved this game as a youngster.

I never really got anywhere with it, but loved the atmosphere, different game style with driving, running, shooting, flying etc.

I have bought the Amiga Forever package which is yummy retro goodness.

Neil79 · 26 Sep 2012 at 10:44

I tried to like the Amiga Forever but i felt it was seriously lacking in the "good" game department and if you get other amiga games it doesn't work aswell. Would be awesome as a front end

Kiyoshi · 26 Sep 2012 at 10:49

Is this the game where at one point you were trying to escape from a hospital or something? Ignore if not

sim0n · 26 Sep 2012 at 10:55

Kiyoshi said:
Is this the game where at one point you were trying to escape from a hospital or something? Ignore if not

Yes you had to escape avoiding the nurses(i think)