ST games

[Atari-Jess]

out of these games, what ones are good?

there is a lot but i want a good list of THESE ones to get.

 

AFTER BURNER

 

ALTERED BEAST

 

BATMAN 1 & 2

 

ARCHIPELAGOS & TROPHY SOCCER

 

ARKANOID

 

 

BAD LANDS

 

BATTLE TECH & WATERLOO

 

BILLARD & ADV RUGBY

 

BLOOD WYCH & MACADAM BUMPER

 

BLOOD MONEY

 

BUGGY BOY

 

 

CHESS MASTER

 

**** TRACY & SPIDERMAN

 

DOUBLE DRAGON

 

DOUBLE DRAGON 2

 

DRAGON BREED & SPINDIZZY WORLD

 

 

NEBULUS & ELIMINATOR & PACMANIA

 

EMPIRE OF THE MINES & PINBALL MAGIC

 

CHASE HQ

 

F 16 COMBAT PILOT

 

FAST LANE & DYNAMITE DUX

 

 

FERRARI FORMULA 1

 

FIGHTING SOCCER & INTERPHASE

 

FIRE AND BRIMSTONE & HYPERFORCE

 

FIRE AND FORGET 2 & ORIENTAL GAMES

 

FLYING SHARK

 

 

GOUST N GHOST

 

HARD DRIVIN

 

HELLRAISER

 

INDIANA 500

 

 

IRON LORD

 

IVANOHE

 

JAWS & PHOBIA

 

KICK OFF 2 & DYNASTI WARS

 

 

LED STORM

 

LICENCE TO KILL

 

LOTUS TURBO ESPRIT & JAMES POND

 

MUNSTER & FIRE ZONE

 

NARC

 

 

NITRO & FUTURE BASKET BALL

 

NORTH AND SOUTH

 

OPERATION JUPITER

 

OUT RUN

 

PANZA KICK BOXING

 

 

ROAD BLASTER

 

ROAD RUNNER

 

ROAD WAR 2000

 

ROBOCOP

 

 

TOTAL ECLIPSE & CYBERNOID

 

ROADLAND

 

R TYPE

 

R TYPE 2

 

RVF HONDA & DARKSIDE

 

 

SLY AND SPY

 

SPACE HARRIER

 

SPACE INVADERS

 

SPEED BALL 2

 

STARGOSE

 

STARWARS

 

 

ULTIMATE ACTION FIGHTER & STRIKE

 

STUNT CAR RACER

 

SUPER OFF ROAD RACER

 

SUPER SPRINT

 

SUPER CARS 2

 

 

SUPER SKWEEK

 

SUPER LEAGUE SOCCER

 

TEENAGE QUEEN

 

TIME SCANNER

 

TOKI

 

TURBO OUTRUN

 

VROOM

 

VULCAN & CHESSMASTER 2000

 

WIPEOUT

 

XENON

 

XENON 2

 

XTRON

 

Z OUT

[Atari-Jess]

and say its game that had an and like 'Vulcan and Chessmaster 2000', then just ignore the and, and put in the name of the game thats good.

[Mindfield]

quote:

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Originally posted by Atari-Jess:

out of these games, what ones are good?

there is a lot but i want a good list of THESE ones to get.

---

 

It's all pretty much a matter of taste. Here's a brief rundown of the ones I know of:

 

AFTER BURNER

 

Third person over the shoulder shooter. Sega arcade port. Very popular.

 

ALTERED BEAST

 

Classic. Morph from man to beast and beat up zombies, vampires and other nasties, collecting powerups along the way.

 

BATMAN 1 & 2

 

Platformers. Run, jump, use your Bat-erang.

 

ARCHIPELAGOS & TROPHY SOCCER

 

Archipelagos was a wierd, non-violent, pseudo puzzle game. Gain energy by leeching it from plants and breaking power rocks to destroy the obelisk in each level.

It doesn't translate well into words, but that's the gist of it. There's a 2000 remake on the PC which was kinda cool.

Never was into sports games, so no comment on the soccer game.

 

ARKANOID

 

Classic Breakout-style game with powerups and beasties.

 

BAD LANDS

 

Super Sprint with weapons.

 

BATTLE TECH & WATERLOO

 

Battletech: turn-based role playing game. Waterloo: Strategic recreation of the Battle at Waterloo.

 

BILLARD & ADV RUGBY

 

Billiards: Pool or snooker. No comment again on Rugby.

 

BLOOD WYCH & MACADAM BUMPER

Bloodwych: First-person dungeon crawler adventure/RPG ala Dungeon Master, but not as polished or in-depth. Two player simultaneous play possible. Macadam Bumper: Video pinball. A 16-bit port from the Sinclair Spectrum and BBC Micro.

 

BLOOD MONEY

 

Side-scrolling shoot 'em up. Also popular. Cool intro music.

 

BUGGY BOY

 

Not sure on this one.

 

CHESS MASTER

 

Popular, long-running chess franchise.

 

TRACY & SPIDERMAN

 

 

Tracy I've no idea of. Spiderman I think is the side-scrolling platformer.

 

DOUBLE DRAGON

 

DOUBLE DRAGON 2

 

Classic side-scrolling beat 'em ups. There's also a third in the series, but it stank.

 

DRAGON BREED & SPINDIZZY WORLD

 

Dragon Breed: I believe this was an overhead shooter. Spindizzy Worlds: I dunno 'bout anyone else, but I loved the Spindizzy games. Think Marble Madness with puzzles and stuff.

 

NEBULUS & ELIMINATOR & PACMANIA

 

Nebulous (a.k.a. Tower Toppler): Unique vertical scrolling platformer with some impressive cylindrical scrolling effects of the tower. Hop ever higher on each tower while avoiding nasties 'n stuff. Well done game.

Pacmania: Yet another in the Pac Man genre, this one in isometric 3D. You can also jump over ghosts in this one.

 

EMPIRE OF THE MINES & PINBALL MAGIC

 

Dunno either of these.

 

CHASE HQ

 

Half first-person over-the-shoulder racing, half side-scrolling shoot 'em up. Chase and collar criminals. Cool.

 

F 16 COMBAT PILOT

 

I'm not sure; is this the same as F-16 Falcon? If so, this is probably the grandaddy of combat flight sims.

 

FAST LANE & DYNAMITE DUX

 

Not sure about these. I know I've played Dynamite Dux, but can't remmeber what it's all about.

 

FERRARI FORMULA 1

 

Racing. Average.

 

FIGHTING SOCCER & INTERPHASE

 

Dunno about the first. Interphase was ... um ... unique, to say the least. Fast polygon 3D action, but gameplay that's probably impossible to describe. Try it. It's fun just flying around in it anyway. :-)

 

FIRE AND BRIMSTONE & HYPERFORCE

 

Fire & Brimstone: I think this was an RPG. Or was it Titus' side-scrolling platformer? I can't recall. Don't know about Hyperforce.

 

FIRE AND FORGET 2 & ORIENTAL GAMES

 

F&F 1 & 2: One or two player first-person over-the-shoulder shoot 'em up. Player one plays a car, two, a jet, simultaneously. Pretty good.

 

FLYING SHARK

 

WWII Combat flight sim, I believe.

 

GOUST N GHOST

 

One of the quintessential side-scrolling platformers. A must have.

 

HARD DRIVIN

 

Atari's classic polygon 3D stunt racing game. Don't forget to hit the cow! Get its sequel, Race Drivin' too.

 

HELLRAISER

 

Movie license. Blah.

 

INDIANA 500

 

Indy car racing. Also dull.

 

IRON LORD

 

IVANOHE

 

JAWS & PHOBIA

 

KICK OFF 2 & DYNASTI WARS

 

Not sure on any of these.

 

 

LED STORM

 

Side-scrolling shooter. Average.

 

LICENCE TO KILL

 

Bond movie license. Side-scrolling action game. Take it or leave it.

 

LOTUS TURBO ESPRIT & JAMES POND

 

Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge: First-person racing. Fantastic. Get its sequels, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, and Lotus III -- the third is the best, with awesome fog, snow and night driving effects.

James Pond: Cutesy but well done omni-scrolling platformer. Its sequel, Codename: Robocod is better.

 

MUNSTER & FIRE ZONE

 

Dunno.

 

NARC

 

Isometric 3D fast-paced shooter. Play a narcotics officer bustin' heads 'n stuff. Not bad. Plays best on an STE.

 

NITRO & FUTURE BASKET BALL

 

Dunno.

 

NORTH AND SOUTH

 

Historic wargame. Not my cuppa tea.

 

OPERATION JUPITER

 

Mission-based action/strategy game. Pretty good, actually.

 

OUT RUN

 

everyone knows Sega's classic Outrun! :-)

 

PANZA KICK BOXING

 

A lot of people liked this. I didn't.

 

ROAD BLASTER

 

Atari's classic racing/shooting game. Nicely done.

 

ROAD RUNNER

 

Side-scrolling action/racing game. Evade Wile E. Coyote while picking up bird seed along the interstate.

 

ROAD WAR 2000

 

Post-apocalyptic overhead turn-based role playing game from SSI. I have a soft spot for these, and this one's pretty good.

 

ROBOCOP

 

Side-scrolling action game. Rather dull.

 

TOTAL ECLIPSE & CYBERNOID

 

Total Eclipse: One of the several games using the Freescape 3D engine. (Others include Castle Master I and II, Driller, etc.) Basically a 3D adventure game. Not too bad, if a little plain.

 

ROADLAND

 

Rodland -- platformer. A little too cutesy for me.

 

R TYPE

 

R TYPE 2

 

Quintessential side-scrolling shoot 'em up.

 

RVF HONDA & DARKSIDE

 

Not sure here.

 

SLY AND SPY

 

No idea.

 

SPACE HARRIER

 

A lot like Afterburner.

 

SPACE INVADERS

 

Really, now. :-)

 

SPEED BALL 2

 

Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe is a futuristic sports game. Amazing music, fast and frenetic gameplay. If you like sports-style games, this is a must.

 

STARGOSE

 

Not sure.

 

STARWARS

 

Which one?

 

ULTIMATE ACTION FIGHTER & STRIKE

 

Dunno either of these.

 

STUNT CAR RACER

 

Ooh, I loved this one. Fast 3D polygon stunt driving... some wild and wooly drops and jumps in this one, all on a raised track. Flying off and crashing is almost as much fun as racing! :-)

 

SUPER OFF ROAD RACER

 

Dunno.

 

SUPER SPRINT

 

Atari's classic circuit racing game. An almost arcade-perfect port. A must for any self-respecting racing fan.

 

SUPER CARS 2

 

Think Super Sprint with larger graphics and powerups and stuff.0

 

SUPER SKWEEK

 

Overhead-view puzzle/logic game. Cute and fun.

 

SUPER LEAGUE SOCCER

 

Dunno.

 

TEENAGE QUEEN

 

Adult strip poker game.

 

TIME SCANNER

 

Dunno.

 

TOKI

 

Nicely done platform game. A little on the slow side.

 

TURBO OUTRUN

 

Outrun ... um ... turbocharged. :-)

 

VROOM

 

3D racing. One of the best racers there is ... personally I thought it was hard to control, but... chacon son gout I guess. Get No Second Prize instead. Now that is wickedly fast 3D racing.

 

VULCAN & CHESSMASTER 2000

 

Dunno about the first. Chessmaster 2000 is of course an upgrade over previous Chessmaster games.

 

WIPEOUT

 

They made this for the ST? Damn. This was a pretty wicked PC racing game back in the day... 3D racing with gravity-(and physics)-defying twists, turns, and loops.

 

XENON

 

XENON 2

 

Xenon: Overhead-view shoot 'em up. Very nice.

Xenon II: Megablast: Vertical scrolling shoot 'em up with powerups 'n stuff. Even nicer. Title music by Bomb the Bass.

 

XTRON

 

Dunno.

 

Z OUT

 

Sequel to X-Out. Shoot 'em up. Pretty cool.

[Atari-Jess]

hehe thanks man, i just copied and pasted this list so thats why some silly ones like space invaders, arkanoid, batman, chessmaster 2000, double dragon, ETC, ETC, ETC were in there. but that was a REALLY usefull post and now ive got some downloading to do.

thanks abunch once again, and i hope this post is also usefull to people lookin for games for their ST

[Atari-Jess]

and this is a little pushin it but know any fighting games like MK, TEKKEN, Street fighter etc?

[Tyrant]

You missed out a lot of truely classic games from your list, things like Megalomania, Magic Pockets, etc.

 

Of the ones you did list tho, Mindfield's descriptions sound right to me, with one adition, StarGoose is a 3d "vertical" scrosing shooter, great fun on the pc, never played it on st tho. Oh, and isnt

GOUST N GHOST a typo of Ghouls n Ghosts? If it is its one of the all time best platformers.

[Mindfield]

Actually anything by Bitmap Bros. (Speedball, Speedball II, Gods, Magic Pockets, etc.) rock. I never really got into Mega-Lo-Mania, to be honest. I _did_ like the original Populous, though. I gotta get me Populous: The New Beginning for the PC. Seems like it's much like the original, but updated to today's computing standards.

 

Other classics off the top of my head include:

 

Dungeon Master + Chaos Strikes Back - the grandaddy of all dungeon crawlers.

Anything and everything by Thalion - any games written by former demo coders are all right by me. :-)

Chaos - PD game by Martin Brownlow, a port of the Spectrum game of the same name. A simplistic but highly addictive multiplayer wizard battle game.

Anything by Jeff "Yak" Minter, of cozz (Llamatron, Revenge of the Mutant Camels, Trip-a-Tron Light Synth - the sequel to Colourspace on the 8-bit and the precursor to the JagCD's light synth - and if you can find it, the unreleased beta of Hardcore -- hey, if anyone finds this, I WANT IT! I lost it when I lost my last ST)

Attack of the Mutant Tomatoes - Possibly one of the best PD games around.

Critical Mass - Another one of the best PD games ever written for the ST

Turrican & Turrican II - some of the best platform shooters I ever played

Autoduel - a conversion of Steve Jackson's tabletop and one of the quintessential CRPGs. Simplistic graphics, but great gameplay

Anything by Psygnosis/Psylapse - these guys always made top notch stuff, and their later games had the most awesome FMV intros.

Another World (a.k.a. Out Of This World) - I'd give this one the award for most clever and artistic use of polygons. It's impossible to tell where a cutscene ends and gameplay begins. Amazingly immersive gameplay.

Barbarian (Palace) - Medieval swordplay. Lotsa fun executing (pardon the pun) the decap move.

Great Gianna Sisters & Hard & Heavy - Two Mario-style platformers, very well done. The latter is the former's sequel.

Gauntlet I & II - Classic arcade conversions, very well done.

Master Blazer - Lucasfilm's ST update of the classic Ballblazer. Wicked music, fantastic graphics and classic gameplay.

Rick Dangerous I & II - Nicely done platformers.

Phantasie I, II & III - Classic, if minimalistic CRPGs.

Rampage - You can't be without this classic arcade conversion.

The Ultima games - more classic CRPGs, probably the most well known.

Elite, Frontier: Elite II - Two of the best space trading/fighting/flying games in existence.

Mercenary + Escape from Targ, Damocles: Mercenary II & Mercenary III: Excellent 3D adventure games.

Fate: Gates of Dawn - If anyone has this or finds it, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! This was one of the absolute BEST RPGs in the history of CRPGs, and I only ever found it once. I'd really love to get this one back.

Big Business - One of the most hillarious business sims around.

Ishar I, II & III - Silmarils make the some of largest, prettiest, most engaging RPGs around.

Captive: Tony Crowther took the dungeon crawler and made it kick serious arse. I'm still in awe of how he managed to cram literally hundreds upon hundreds of huge levels onto one floppy disk.

Knightmare: Tony's second dungeon crawler, this one in a medieval setting, but no less amazing than his first effort.

 

I've probably glossed over loads more, but this is what I can think of that I used to play endlessly. :-)

[Atari-Jess]

perhaps some of you did not get the point.

I ONLY WANTED INFO ON THE GAMES I PUT ON THAT LIST. I KNOW THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF GAMES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ON THAT LIST BUT I ONLY WANTED INFO ON THE GAMES I PUT THERE!!!!!!

 

thanks.

sure that was a little mean but people should read the messages a little better

(myself included but still)

[Atari-Jess]

i do want to thank those who added to the list even though i didn't ask for it, i know you put some time and effort to add to my list but the fact is right now, the listed games were the only ones i could download untill atari.st allows game downloads again. and sides, do you guys really want to post messages all day about ST games when you can just go and your own thing?

[J2383]

You Didn't list my favorite growing up........Yomo

[Atari-Jess]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

[Atari-Jess]

alright, now that atari.st is working again, i want to know all of your favorite ST games since i can download em all or most of em anyways... so POST!

[J2383]

Sorry about that I didn't read your message I thought you wanted to know what games were good Ok I say the best ones in that list That I would get if I could would have to be Road runner uhh Arkanoid double dragon , F16, Hard drivin' These are just what I looked at and remember ok I'm not giving you a rundown on them but uh I suggest you download them and a Emulator somewhere to see if You like them

[SB]

Just to tell about 2 of the games in your list:

Kick-Off 2 was the best football (er soccer if US resident!) simulation, small guys 8 pixels wide, but fast and everlasting.

 

North&South was a pretty fun game, especially while playing with a friend.

 

Best for me is by far Speedball II, then Vroom, Kick Off 2 and Xenon II