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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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.
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.
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If you want to get this for Defender of the Crown, STAY FAR AWAY. The game is bugged and not how you remember it. Your home castle isn't even in the same location! The music is of lower quality as well.. More tinny. I suggest searching for "Amiga Forever" and spend $10 for the Value Edition of their Amiga Emulator. Then you can play Defender of the Crown just as you remembered it (and you get a working Amiga emulator to boot).
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.
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.
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).
Lords of the rising Sun..... Still one of the best games ever produced ! No outcome is ever the same..... The AI is incredibly smart ..... Hints..... F12 saves the game, do it often.... BUG, Don't let your Horse or bow hand go to the bottom of the screen, the game will abort.... if this happens quickly press the windows key then close the programme. Restart and it will start at last saved..... The mouse control is like a boat.... it floats.... head it in the direction you want but you have to pull it up Yorotomo and Yoshitsune can stock up with stores (not men) at each others cities and won't fight or take each others towns unless you make them, but will at the end..... In the battle always let one go as you are sure to have samurai to kill in the horse sequence..... In siege mode aim for the horses head (if you get a chance) and you may see him fall off..... Battle: Click both mouse buttons to change from archers to swordsman. To start the battle click on your general. use the mouse to guide them...... if he retreats click on opposing general to start horse sequence..... You can only trample 2 samurai AND The General with the horse..... DO it ..... generally you have to get 1 in 3 with the sword on the horse. If not he retains his stock of supply...... He will tempt you with 2 samurai, focus on 1, Try not to deviate off course too much, the mouse is very sensitive, calm is required....... If there are 2 generals on one city, You can scroll through generals, last general highlighted will move..... A Scroll and sword are available after each calendar year at Emperors Palace..... BUG, If you lose the scrolling screen on the map look for it blindly with the mouse pointer, you will pull it up.... To slow down your army review troops.... Press A to speed up (only once) and A again to slow back to normal.... S key for seasons on/off Take notice of your supply (right column) too low and you will die in battle or siege. Dont be afraid of flight, live to fight another day while your opponent loses men and energy in siege Yoshitsune (White) is easy, Yorotomo (Black) is hard. Ninja will attack after about 18 months of campaign. Yoshitsune not a problem, but Yorotomo you are lucky to survive..... Remedy.... go for all the other colours first bar red. The colored generals send Ninja and their cities produce armies... not easy but can be done. Fighting all your battles will half game time if you are good on the horse, remember save often...... F12 Control your ports, be wary, he likes to sneak in the back door. 2 armies are better than 1, in defence or attack. Some more comments from other players....... The eastern owned castle sprouts the Spawning armies. Red armies spawn rarely and only then when all other colors are removed. Other stuff.... https://www.lemonamiga.com/doc/lords-of-the-rising-sun/1016 Its a story of the Minomoto but if you are uninterested scoll down for a detaled instruction on game play. I have spent a year of my life playing this game and still enjoy it.. even if you save on the map, hesitate a few seconds and another scenario evolves. Be good at battle, challange him on horseback, run him over! and you will win and become.... SHOGUN....
they DID NOT even bother with the controls
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?
Love some of these old games. How I miss all of them on the IBM 286.
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