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Amigos: Amiga Game Reviews

Amigos: Amiga Game Reviews

Written by: Aaron and Boat
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Do you have memories of all-night gaming sessions, falling asleep at the keyboard? Do you remember the thrill of calling into a local or (if you could intercept the phone bill before your parents saw it) long-distance BBS to chat or "acquire" some new software? Are you still part of the Amiga scene, and keep buying new hardware upgrades as soon as they come out, regardless of cost? Amigos: Everything Amiga is the show for you! Each week, Boat and Aaron run down the latest Amiga community and scene news and review a game chosen by our Patreon Game Selection Committee.Aaron and Boat Science Fiction
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  • Dangerous Streets (Amiga) Review | The Game That Killed the CD32? Amigos 550
    May 16 2026

    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

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    52 mins
  • Captain Blood (Amiga) Review | A Jean-Michel Jarre Dreamscape. Amigos 549
    May 9 2026

    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!


    🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast!

    https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcast


    More Amiga Game Reviews:

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaD3XRYu1lQRUrXT5aRTSNL5wMCkMOVlB


    Subscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast


    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!



    #Amiga #Retrocomputing

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    57 mins
  • Fright Night (Amiga) Review | A Grave Disappointment. Amigos 548
    May 1 2026

    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

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    56 mins
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