Cinemaware Anthology: 1986-1991

Cinemaware Anthology: 1986-1991
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14 November 2014
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Cinemaware's Anthology of classic games gives you a fascinating collection of some of the highest-regarded, most successful games from legendary game developer Cinemaware!

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Cinemaware Anthology: 1986-1991 system requirements

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  • OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8
  • Processor: 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 9 hardware compatible
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 50 MB available space

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rosstheboss666
rosstheboss666

Of course it's not going to run well on modern systems. Loads of features missing from Defender Of The Crown. I don't remember it being this slow, either. Anyway. A bit of nostalgia, I suppose. Gone from the store, anyway.

Ger Bib
Ger Bib

Repetitive must play-through in one sitting games...

6 of 5 must play.
5 of 5 great story great game-play.
4 of 5 great story average game-play.
3 of 5 average story average game-play.
2 of 5 play only if it's your favourite genre.
1 of 5 play if you have nothing better to do.
0 of 5 play if you're a masochist.
-1 of 5 avoid.

Cinemaware Anthology score is -1 of 5.

Tessian
Tessian

Got it for the Amiga versions, seriously regret it. The Amiga Defender of the Crown is missing features, and crazy slow. You are far better off getting Amiga Forever and running it there. Somehow the IBM version of Defender of the Crown has the missing features though, like passing turns and transferring to your army. You also cannot play the game in window mode, so at 1440p the full screen of Defender of the Crown looks horrible.

I was a huge fan of the Amiga in the 80's and Cinemaware, this is just a horrible collection.

shawn.eary
shawn.eary

UPDATE 3 March 2023:
Lords of the Rising Sun crashed on me during a castle siege (archer scene) on Proton 7.0-6. Since this game is a bit old, I wonder if it would run in a Win 10 VM from GNU\Linux KVM host. Regardless, there is really no reason this Amiga games couldn't be safely ported to Universal Amiga Emulator (UAE) for GNU\Linux instead of UAE for Win 10. Then we wouldn't need the silly Wine wrapper. Even though I am licensed through this anthology pack, I hesitate to run a hacked copy of Lords of the Rising Sun through UAE. I wonder if there is some way to legally run this copy on UAE and bypass Steam. Steam should port this think to Steam OS do that ethical dilemma no longer exists.

UPDATE 2 March 2023:
I just checked and these games seem to run reasonably well in Proton 7.0-6. I believe the Proton version of Wine is endorsed by Steam so I think all is well if you want to play these games without booting up your slow/sluggish Windoze 10+ partition. I haven't done full "testing" though.

OLD POST Prior to 2 March 2023:
The games seem to run well in MS Windows, but I can't figure out why this doesn't legally work on GNU\Linux. IIRC CloanTo offers a licensed Amiga emulator that will run practically any Amiga game so why can't I run these games on Amiga OS or buy them for the new Amiga Mini?

Also, I'm not thrilled about selling body parts for money or putting microchips in my brain, but why hasn't Interplay's Neuromancer been legally ported over to Steam? I no longer own a physical copy of the Amiga Neuromancer, but Neuromancer is now sadly real. I used to think this was cool when I was a child, but now that it's actually happened it scares the daylights out of me. Regardless of ethics, that game was super cool and I was never able to finish it. The game kept crashing every-time I went in to collect a paycheck after I illegally put my avatar on the payroll of some company.,, Maybe I should just read the book.

HoriGoDaiChakowa
HoriGoDaiChakowa

As a fan of classic video games, I have to say that Cinemaware Anthology: 1986-1991 is one of the best collections of games ever made. This anthology is a treasure trove of some of the most innovative and iconic games from the golden age of gaming.

Cinemaware was known for its cinematic approach to game design, which combined realistic graphics, atmospheric soundtracks and engaging gameplay to create a truly immersive experience. And this anthology brings together some of their best work.

Every game in the anthology is a gem, but some stand out to me more than others. Defender of the Crown is a classic medieval strategy game that puts you in the shoes of a noble fighting to reclaim his rightful lands. The game is beautifully designed, with stunning graphics that really bring the medieval world to life.

Another standout game in the collection is It Came From The Desert, an action-adventure game that's reminiscent of the classic B-movies of the 1950s. The game features a compelling storyline, great characters, and tons of action and adventure.

One of the things I love most about this anthology is how well each game holds up today. Despite being decades old, these games are just as fun and engaging as they were when they were first released.

Overall, if you're a fan of classic games, then the Cinemaware Anthology: 1986-1991 is a must-have collection. With its incredible lineup of games and timeless design, it's a true masterpiece of gaming history.

Northage
Northage

Love!

The Cinemaware brand and a handful of its games, 'Defender of the Crown', 'The King of Chicago', 'It Came from the Desert' and (especially) 'Wings', have monolithic standing on the landscape of my formative gaming years. I also recall enjoying 'ABC Wide World of Sports Boxing', the non-Cinemaware release of 'TV Sports Boxing'.

After brief forays into 'Antheads' and 'The King of Chicago', it was plain that some of the games haven't aged particularly well - what was once breath-taking now seems clunky and lacking depth - and this collection may well not be suited to the poor souls who didn't have the privilege of experiencing its contents first time around. For this gaming veteran however, such negatives are ameliorated by warm, rushing nostalgia and pleasure is largely undiminished.

Mostly though, I've been playing 'Wings' - one of my favourite games not only of the Amiga but ever. Though dated graphically its rich atmosphere and stonking playability are fully intact; I became immersed immediately and three hours passed like minutes. 'Wings' is worth the £7.99 on its own!

The only real gripe is the disappointing lack of 'The Three Stooges', a Cinemaware game that I have fine memories of on the Amiga. It's absent without explanation from Wikipedia's list of games whose rights Starbreeze acquired when they bought Cinemaware - licensing issues maybe?

If you enjoyed these games back in their day, they're worth getting again. If not, perhaps consider 'Wings! Remastered Edition' instead.

MrBody
MrBody

For the nostalgic only. All of these games are horrendous by today's standards and have aged even worse than 90s FMV adventure games.

Each of these game takes a setup of half strategy game, half adventure game, and has different minigame portions. Each portion is terrible. There is no strategy to the strategic portion, the adventure portions are barely there and feel like they were written by 10 year olds, and the minigames are worse than 90% of any free Flash game on the internet.

For example, the minigames in Wings are full of anti-aircraft guns that you cannot avoid. A fatal hit can kill you in the first 5 seconds of a mission. One strafing mission saturates the area with anti-aircraft guns and it's impossible to not get shot down even if you ignore the targets and constantly move around, which is what the manual tells you is the way to dodge AA fire. And that's the BEST minigame of the bundle. Most of them just have you wait and push a button at the right time. One button push. That's it. End of minigame. They're shallow and short to the point of being Warioware levels, except you have to wait several minutes between games.

And yes, the waiting. The emulation is perfect in that the load times of 1980s computers is just as long. Every time you change a screen, be ready to sit through 5-15 seconds of loading. Need to hop into your spaceship to shoot down enemies? You have to wait 10 seconds to watch your guy go down an elevator, then another 10 seconds of him running down a corridor. Every time. Several times.

Then there's the emulation. You're given the choice between the Amiga versions and the PC versions. The problem is that the Amiga versions lightyears better looking graphics (PC versions are 4 color CGA most of the time, all the screenshots here are the Amiga versions) but the PC versions are lightyears better in the gameplay department. Most the gameplay in the Amiga versions is so bad it's virtually unplayable. For example there's no way to end your turn in Defender of the Crown (Amiga) other than invading a territory or holding a tournament. Attacking every turn before you're ready is suicide, so you have to end most of your turns with tournaments, which means sitting through the looooooong horrible joust minigame every turn. If your character sucks at jousting, your fame and leadership stats go into the toilet. The PC version has much better options and lets you end your turn manually, but the graphics are too ugly to look at (even for someone like me who was around in the 80s) and the PC speaker music beeps make your ears bleed. The other problem is that while the Amiga versions function, most of the PC versions do not. It's like they screwed up the DOS Box configurations. I could only get a single game's PC version to run.

AVOID unless you played all these back in the day and are really, really jonesing for a nostalgia fix. Just go watch 30 seconds of gameplay from something like King of Chicago or Sinbad on Youtube to see how truly bad these relics are.

Admiral McBoat
Admiral McBoat

Ehh. It's okay. The games are definitely colored a lot by nostalgia. The controls are kind of crap, the speed and timing are decidedly "off" on a modern machine, and the graphics aren't quite as good as I remember them being. That said, I'm reminded of how much I enjoyed these games in the past, and I'll definitely sink a bit of time into each one. It's a good chance to play all of these in the Amiga versions as well, which I never have done for all of them, for whatever reason.

I wouldn't go out of my way to buy these without either the nostalgia factor or a keen interest in playing classic games. They're not the remakes - these are the originals. They were great at the time, but a lot of the interface improvements and so forth that you're used to seeing just aren't there; these games are 20+ years old, after all. Even so, it's a nice trip into history.

I used to work for a company that was an offshoot of Cinemaware, for whatever it's worth; I've worked with several people who you'll see in the credits of these games. It may bias me one way or the other. I'm giving it a thumbs-up, but take that with a smallish grain of salt.

Istr
Istr

14. November 2014: Bought this to play DoC and It came from the desert. None of them work like they should. Says the amiga-version is for mouse, but it won't register the mouse at all. 1/10.

BLACKWINGNUT
BLACKWINGNUT

Wings finaly can play wing with out draging the old Amiga 500 conecting it to my new tv and wait wait til game is loaded

ScruffyTheD0g
ScruffyTheD0g

LOVE IT .. no three stooges though.. cant really speak for the Dos games but the amiga one are extreamely close to the old sounds .. strange that f12 is to leave a game and take a screen shot. but yes a good buy ...

Kenjara
Kenjara

Brought this mainly for "It came from the desert" and Wings. Both run well and were easy to set up to work on a 360 controller.

Sound is authentic to Amiga versions.

Great way to play some of my favorite Amiga classics.

PRG013
PRG013

Well, I only played It Came from the Desert and was very disappointed in the lag between scenes. The music is not playing when it should, but the visuals and context of the story are all there. I would probably need more time to see if I would really recommend this to my friends.

I can honestly say I played this when it was new on my Amiga 2000 (I still own this game), so I have a good starting point for my review.

I have played this on emulators that worked better than this version.

Juraj
Juraj

This collection is too horrible to waste anyone´s time and money on. The Amiga game versions have better graphics, but that´s where the differences end - the games (both PC and Amiga) have terrible loading times (often I did not know, if the game was loading or froze), confusing and/or unresponsive controls (for instance it´s "great" to save a steam screenshot everytime you close a game - you do this by pressing F12) and confusing gameplay. I am sorry to say it, but I regret buying this collection. They should have at least optimized the games for modern PCs, for god´s sake! Cheers. :)

Repairman_Jack
Repairman_Jack

Ten dollars for this collection is absolutely stellar. They are what they are... Emulated classic games, with all the pros and cons of the originals, including floaty controls and lengthy load times. But the emulation is spot on, and the graphics remain surprisingly decent given their age. I would have a tough time recommending it for anyone who had never experienced these games, but for someone aching for nostalgia of some of the best games of the Amiga era, I can't recommend this package enough. Ten dollars is a steal for such a compilation of Golden Oldies.

PeePee Winchester
PeePee Winchester

Only recommended for those who played these back in the day, I really don't think they would hold much appeal to anybody younger. The controls can be spongy, the gameplay objectives can be obtuse and a few of them just weren't very good games even in their day. I purchased this primarily with the following five titles in mind: Rocket Ranger and Defender of the Crown (which I originally played on the C64) and TV Sports Basketball, Wings and It Came From The Desert (which I played on the Amiga). Wings and It Came From The Desert still hold up respectably well. I've found that DoC and RR are a bit too frustrating thanks to the squishy controls. TVS Basketball was a fun way to waste an hour, ahh the memories of that darn Cinemaware team shooting 70% from the field every game... but it's not something with any real staying power.

So I would give this a tepid recommendation to old school C64/Amiga owners who enjoyed some of these back in the day. Even if I'll likely not spend much more time with this collection, I've done worse for $8.

Jacko®
Jacko®

Jacko Rating
8.5/10
A pack of old school goodies with both the Amiga and PC versions, thank you Cinemaware for releasing these classics in original format. Playing It Came From the Desert again made me feel like I was back in high school with a opened Jaw expression due to the top end graphics and game play back then - this was one of the best games of my youth.

If you are an old school gamer like me then just buy this now and be done with it :) A true trip down memory lane to be had here.

For those PC lovers out there who questioned us Amiga 500 gamers back in the day take a look at the difference in versions of these games and tell me you wouldn't have gone Amiga for personal home computer during this era of games.

My only hope is that Cinemaware releases updated versions of these as they did with Wings recently, if this does happen I can die a hapy man.

Old Schoolers Enjoy!

M_Alex
M_Alex

Played these games back in the day on the Amiga. They're not as fast-paced as modern games are, but I still love them, and I'm surprized how well they actually play.

Parallax Abstraction
Parallax Abstraction

I also covered this game on my retro YouTube show.

If you're an old school Amiga fan, you probably know the catalogue of Cinemaware, a publisher who released a series of unique games that were technical showpieces for the platform. This is a compilation of some of their greatest hits, with both Amiga and DOS versions of the games available. The DOS versions are a nice added value I suppose but they don't look or sound nearly as good as the Amiga versions. The wrapper on the collection is also decent and offers a few options including save states. It's basic but does the job.

One thing to note is that most of these games have not aged well at all. If you have fondness for them from back in the day, you'll probably still enjoy them. However, if you're a gamer who didn't grow up with the Amiga, you'll likely find these incredibly frustrating to play, even if their level of visual and audio fidelity doesn't bother you. This is a collection for old school Amiga/Cinemaware fans and those with a genuine curiosity for what these historical games were about. If you aren't those things, you'll probably use this for a few minutes and give up.

AdamantineWolverine
AdamantineWolverine

I loved Cinemaware back in the day. Those games seemed so fun on my Commodore 64. Unfortunately, I've thus far had a bit of trouble figuring out the controls. So it would be nice to have some proper instructions on how to control the game with mouse and keyboard. I used a joystick back in the day on my C64.

I look forward to seeing Cinemaware revamp their games and make new ones that utilize modern graphics and music abilities. They were so advanced for their times, and I'd love to see them back in the gaming industry.

cru66
cru66

old style,some really great games,they all look so dated but you get the old days feel for retro gaming back,,defender of the crown theres a great wee game on its own......

ian
ian

Bought this for Lords of the Rising Sun as it was the only game I wanted to play. I had enjoyed it a lot on the Amiga and have fond memories of it. A superb strategy game. Unfortunately I found it unplayable as this conversion is extremely buggy and resets and crashes a lot. Very disappointed. Don't they test anymore?

Moshishi
Moshishi

they DID NOT even bother with the controls

FantomAU
FantomAU

release more classic amiga games - like discovery's hybris and battle squadron , psygnosis games like shadow of the beast series, sword of sodan etc

vmd614
vmd614

Total waste of time and money. I had some of these games back in th 1980's on a Commodore 128 and loved them. I guess nostalgia isn't cracked up to what it's supposed to be.

Mirko
Mirko

Not recommended. When I saw this collection I thought you could relive the excitement of the era and Amiga games at the time i could only see in images on magazines. Play them, however, it is another thing. It was not done anything to improve emulation speed and load times or the overall speed, both for grapgics and for the input lag that makes sections arcade virtually unplayable. Maybe are recommended (only) to those who have played in the past, in this case i think will bring to light all the excitement (and frustration) that have been forgotten. I requested a refund.

[63e] Hank Hill
[63e] Hank Hill

At the time these games came out there were three types of games: Old fashioned strategy games based on boards games, story games that involved a lot of reading with little possible action and the old standard side scrolling-style action fare. Cinemaware brought about the greatest change in gaming to date with these games. Games that blended, as seamlessly as was possible in the days of CGA graphics, the story with action.

It is going to be dated for sure but they are still to this day good stories with a hint of action and/or strategy. King of Chicago was one of my favorites back then. It has a nice bit of randomness to it with a touch of sappy humor. ANd that is the attention to replayability they put into these games. Of course it is still a bit tedious sometimes but that is because of the age of programming.

Well look, final verdict... If you are nostalgic for the old days then this is worth it for sure. If you want to learn about the olden days for a school project wait for a sale and if you still are looking forward to being a seniopr... walk away.

Tottie_scone
Tottie_scone

I think I got this for a quid or so in a sale , the memroy of these games is far better than the revist.

But if you want an easy way to revist your Commodore , atari and VGA pc memories this is it.

Derek Hellscream
Derek Hellscream

Bought it for old time's sakes. Controls are weird. Games run exactly how SNE games run on NeoRage.

8/10 - 2 Titles were missing.

Sam
Sam

Some people say "dated" here but these games look better than Undertale, youngsters of today sure won't mind.

OttoMoBiehl
OttoMoBiehl

I used to play a handful of these games back in my Amiga days. After I bought my Amiga 1000 the first game I got was Defender of the Crown. Back then the graphics blew me away. Especially coming from the graphically retarded Commodore 64 I had before that. (and the C64 was a great computer too.)

Several years later after I upgraded to an Amiga 500 I played classics like It Came From the Desert and Wings and more.

Today I don't think to many kids would buy this anthology. It doesn't have the appropriate amount of bling-mapping kids these days require and, to be honest, the controls do feel a bit "off".

No, this collection of games are for those who played them back in their youth and enjoy the nostalgia kick you might get from replaying them. Or, it's for the individual who might play a retro classic much like a film buff might go back and watch an Orson Wells film and appreciate the film/game for what it was and the technical ability to make such a classic.

But that's not everybody.

Anyway, it's unfair to judge any retro game by modern sensibilities. That is graphics, gameplay, sound and etc. so I will not apply a score. These are simply games that defined a great part of my youth and Iook at them for that and I replay them to relive that.

Izazael
Izazael

Terrible, clunky, slow, but almost playable. If it hadn't been $1.49 on sale, I'd request a refund.

chuno
chuno

Very happy to find this bundle worth it for it came from the desert alone plus i can play with a 360 control.

WJAS
WJAS

I lost all my old classic cinemaware box-ware stuff in a flood
So ~ this Pc/Amiga collection is awesome
Hope the old package-ware was included like atari did w/ their anthology

MEATER
MEATER

"It came from the desert" is one of my favorite games from the Amiga Area!

If you have fond memories of the Cinemaware games this is the way to relive those memories! The emulation works well and all you have to do to use an Xbox Controller is setup the controls once in the game selection menu.

Saghalie
Saghalie

Oh my goodness! These games to me were the best games on the Amiga! Other than Dungeon Master and Menace. Now if we could only get those games here that would be a bonus indeed!

I have every title Cinemaware came out with and they only ones I did not care for was the sports games, probably becuase I'm more of a nerd than an athlete. I converted them to .adf files so I could play them with AmigaForever/WinUAE

Some of the best games ever made!

Tableworm
Tableworm

Bought this for Wings as it was my favorite game along side Sensible World of Soccer growing up.
Unfortunately, Wings are bugged and will often produce endless rows of enemy planes in a mission instead of the usual 2-4. While this to most won't sound like a real problem, this game is actually kind of hard to beat so having and endless supply of enemies will become a problem really fast. It's a dumb bug that should've been fixed.
I apologize for not reviewing any of the other games, but I've only played Wings and Defender of the Crown (which by the way works fine, thank you).

Arcade Pilot
Arcade Pilot

I loved these games, and still do (although I only owned an IBM PC Jr at the time of these games). If you also had the luxury of owning a CD drive at the time as some of these games required, you would have enjoyed these games as well. I'm not sure if Cinemaware made more games for DOS or Amiga, but this was a nice selection.

Giren Zabi
Giren Zabi

I have been playing Cinemaware's games on Amiga as a boy since the 1980s.
It is such a joy to be able to play these games and relive the old memories.

Looped by Daylight
Looped by Daylight

Just as i remember the "golden classic" Amiga days. a true trip down memory lane ! Love it.

Bastardboy
Bastardboy

These games, and the music, are still so good, that I feel guilty getting it on sale. I wish some developer sees the potential of these classics for future generations and VR or something, and acquires the intellectual property...

See you soon :)

Captain Alienware
Captain Alienware

My heart races with joy every time I see this in my library. What an awesome blast-from-the-past!
A preserved part of gaming history! Highly recommended.

volatile.memory
volatile.memory

I was a Cinemaware fan from the moment I saw intro to "Defender of the Crown" in 1986 on an Amiga 1000. Some games in the collection are better than others. DotC and "It Came from the Desert" 1 and 2 are standouts. "Rocket Ranger" is fun, but the screens take a loooong time to load. I never liked "Sinbad" or the sports games. Very sorry to see "The Three Stooges" missing from this collection. All-in-all, great nostalgia games from one of the most innovative game developers of the day.

Pandah Sykes
Pandah Sykes

Awesome title, i bought it for It came From the Desert as that has got to be of my favorite old pc games aside from waxworks. I wish they could get more ms-dos and amiga games on steam they are a gem!

[MCS] Yoritomo
[MCS] Yoritomo

If you played them, as the games were released 30 years ago i recomend to play them again. They work fine on modern rigs. Windows 10 supported. Xbox one controller supported. No third party software required. Retro feeling granted.

I just played Lords of the Rising Sun to gain a perfect ending on master. Its difficult to get a clean emulation out there without Yoritomo attacked instantly by ninja or Yositsune being out of stamina all the time. As far as i know LotRS works similar to the Amiga original. Only diffrence i noticed on original was written touch swordhilt to continue and now they write press any key to continue.
The Total War Series by Creative Assembly is heavy influenced by this game.
Cannot say much bout the other games i just tested they work as intended.

Happy 30th aniversary Devs, i hope your all fine and creating a digital masterpiece that lasted more than 30 Years and bring joy to the players speaks for its own. Thanks alot.

Welcome to the 40+ Club on Steam.

Brooks8314
Brooks8314

This is worth it for "It Came From the Desert" alone

Rafael Cavacchini
Rafael Cavacchini

If you like classics, this is the anthology you are looking for.

Interface is pretty simple, easy, friendly, and works very good on Windows 10. Also, the controls are pretty good and well adapted.

But, be warned: only try it if you absolutely LOVE classics.

I'm not really a fan.

Magican
Magican

I really like Cinemaware and the games they made, my favorite games are
Lords of the rising Sun
Defender of the Crown
Wings (I got the newer version)

But the games here are bugged! Lords of the rising Sun when riding horse after battle it gets some odd graphics and then it crashes to game start. And so on. If they fix the bugs I would recommend the games as they still really great games!

ra.pablo
ra.pablo

My Childhood :) I got this for Defender of the Crown, but ended up playing It came from the Desert.

5 mins in to game, i have already set my room on fire and managed to get myself killed :)
Worth every Dollar.

Buddy Dee's Ghost
Buddy Dee's Ghost

The gem of this package is the Amiga version of Boxing, which I think was released under the PC-Dos title of ABCs wide world of sports boxing back in the early 90's. Still a great game given the lack of Boxing titles available on PC these days. A worthy contender (pun intended) only to the modern Real Sports boxing which has great physics and graphics bit is absolutely vacant of personality.

hyestar
hyestar

So Im old. Now that that is out of the way...I Played all these on my old AMIGA Computer back in the day and LOVED them all. And now I get to revisit and it is a great experience! You guys and gals did a great job with this...Totally COOL! 10/10

Commodore 64
Commodore 64

Great Great Collection. We need to preserve and support games likes these. Only thing is missing are Steam Achievements.
This is why STEAM is so great. You can go back in time and play games that either you could not afford at the time or you did not have time to complete them. Highly recommended.

O Alentejano
O Alentejano

This game banks hard on your nostalgia.
But, if you're into lost jewels, good or bad, this has a lot for you.

The Amiga ports work natively through the program, which is nice, at the cost of an options menu. The DOS games use dosbox, which has it's own set of advantages and disadvantages.

I recommend it, but only if you have some idea of what you're buying into.

POP
POP

many games for the price. i've only tested the 2 i was most attached to on the amiga. Defender of the Crown and Lords of the Rising Sun. now, DoC seems so much harder than i remember.. maybe it didn't port over well but i seem to lose very fast whereas on the amiga i could win all territories.
as for LotRS it's buggy (defending castle from raid, the gfx stuff up completely, had to reset) also the game lost my savegame, just stopped being able to continue the game after 4.5 hours)

now the only 2 games i tried have disappointed me greatly. i am hesitant to want to play others just in case i lose my progress etc.

Bungarra
Bungarra

Lords of the rising Sun..... Still one of the best games ever produced ! No outcome is ever the same..... Can write a detailed guide to this game if needed.

Khalthehunted332
Khalthehunted332

REN: MEEEEEEEMORIEEEEEEEEIIISS!!!!

I'm disappointed that big companies are buying the rights to old games and that I gotta pay a modest fee to enjoy old skool glories but at least they got the emulation okay! Even the documentation for games like Rocket Ranger! GREAT JOB GANG!

BadKarma
BadKarma

One of my favorite games on the O-Nintendo was Defender of the Crown. I've had a thirty five year love of strategy games ever since. It was great to reach back and touch that bit of nostalgia. The jousting is still a challenge!

SpacePoodle
SpacePoodle

Defender of the Crown and Wings. The original from the Amiga. Thanks for a little trip to the beginning of the 90s.

ima420r
ima420r

This collection is garbage. There are a few classics to play, but they didn't even update the controls! Having to use a keyboard to move a mouse pointer should not be a thing. All they did was put their games on here and gave them a fancy looking menu. Heck, even having to press F12 to exit is lazy as they didn't even check to see that F12 takes a screenshot with Steam.

I do not recommend this collection.

Wiggins
Wiggins

It's okay. Doesn't do anything that an emulator won't already do. It does offer one "save state" if you hit F12 the game state is saved, and you can ALT+F4 to kill the executable, re-start where you last saved your game state.

Amiga games are emulated here just the same as they are on the emulators. Floppy speed is emulated as well. It has the same lag in the same spots that were present on the original Amiga. Same bugs and exploits.

Paldin
Paldin

This is a horrible port of the games in the package.

Jason Sharpe
Jason Sharpe

If you had an Amiga back in 1990. Buy this now!

soccertaz07
soccertaz07

Thanks for doing this guys. You brought back all the greats from the amiga days, especially the Wings game. I for one sincerely appreciate the work you put into getting this operational.

terbas
terbas

Cinemaware games were gems of my childhood. Playing them again today on a PC is a blessing. I missed those games a lot and most of them still hold up. Especially It Came from the Desert 1 and 2, Wings and TV Sports Basketball are STILL legendary games. A must for nostalgia nerds

Jin Maq
Jin Maq

Awesome pack, the games within are optimised perfectly, something i could never manage to do without a complex understanding of dosbox.

Absolutely worth the price. They just dont make games like this anymore