Top 5 Amstrad Platform games of all time

[AMSDOS]

Am I the only one who played Frost Byte?

I think I tried ordering this game from the UK back in the 90s, but never got it. Having read Nich's review of it, I don't think I want to play it now, because it sounds like Invasion of the Zombie Monsters and that game bugged me until I gave up.

[mr_lou]

I think I tried ordering this game from the UK back in the 90s, but never got it. Having read Nich's review of it, I don't think I want to play it now, because it sounds like Invasion of the Zombie Monsters and that game bugged me until I gave up.

I really don't think it's anything like Invasion of the Zombie Monsters.
Frost Byte is a rather calm game. Adventure exploration I'd say.

[AMSDOS]

I really don't think it's anything like Invasion of the Zombie Monsters.
Frost Byte is a rather calm game. Adventure exploration I'd say.

I'll have to try out Frost Byte sometime just to find out.

[ivarf]

Am I the only one who played Frost Byte?

We played it in Norway too, maybe we even got it from the same source
Mikro-gen was a good place to start for coders, too bad they went out of business so early. Still the coders went on to other projects.


Rafaelle Gecco
Dave Perry
Chris Hinsley
Nick Jones


http://www.crashonline.org.uk/32/mikrogen.htm
https://www.retrogamer.net/profiles/company/mikro-gen/
https://books.google.no/books?id=SdEkDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=mikrogen+team&source=bl&ots=i-onMddQ7A&sig=EchW-xT1EN2gBCFwHwUJPsr5f6M&hl=no&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE3anSotTWAhWoA5oKHeraDfMQ6AEIWTAH#v=onepage&q=mikrogen%20team&f=false

[jonesypeter]

I have been playing The Lost Treasure Of Cuauhtemoc this afternoon, and it is just amazing quality. Very impressed.  Did not know the CPC could do stuff like this.

[norecess464]

My "immediate" TOP 3 list:

   
• Prehistorik 2
• Rick Dangerous
• Ghost'n'Goblins (both @Xifos and @Golem13 versions)

Then, a little extra: here is a list of platform games that I really *loved* to play when I was a kid

   
• Beyond the Ice Palace
• Phantis
• Teenage Mutant Heroes Turtles
• Terminus
• Vixen
• Batman the Movie
• Cauldron
• Savage
• Gryzor
• Trantor
• Rolling Thunder
• Dragon Ninja
• Ghost'n'Goblins
• Exolon
• Rygar
• Freedy Hardest
• Bomb Jack

.. ah, memories. I wonder what would be the feeling to replay those games 30 years later!

[tjohnson]

Switchblade gets my vote.  I liked Death Stalker too but haven't played that for years so it might be total rubbish.


On prehistorik I can't get what the fuss is all about, I've tried it a couple of times and thought it was mediocre, maybe im missing something.

[norecess464]

On prehistorik I can't get what the fuss is all about, I've tried it a couple of times and thought it was mediocre, maybe im missing something.

I'm pretty sure there is a nostalgic reason for this.

[GOB]

On prehistorik I can't get what the fuss is all about, I've tried it a couple of times and thought it was mediocre, maybe im missing something.

You miss that it's not prehistorik but prehistorik II !!! The first is one of the worst game ever on cpc.

[sigh]

1) Prince Of Persia
2) Shinobi
3) Gryzor
4) Skate Crazy (Platform Section)
5) Rainbow Islands

[mahlemiut]

The Amstrad port of Prehistorik 1 would be really good, if only it didn't run like a snail.

[ZbyniuR]

Prehistorik 1&2
Super Cauldron
Titus The Fox
Prince of Persia
Barbarian 2

[JayBlood]

Mine:
-Ghost'n Goblins (Golem13 version)-Bombjack-Jack the Nipper II-Wonderboy (Old version, but now New WIP... )-Freddy Hardest

[zeropolis79]

Dizzy games generally but I like Switchblade, Prehistoric 2, Rainbow Islands and Prince of Persia.

[kawickboy]

Addams family
Rick dangerous saga
Bubble bobble 4 CPC
Bombjack
The Lost Treasure Of Cuauhtemoc

Maybe in the futur il will add Operation Alexandra, i need more time to play.

[BSC]

Call me old fashioned, but my favo(u)rite platform games are old fashioned:

- Jetset Willy (the one with space travel and so on)
- Chuckie Egg
- Manic Miner
- Roland in Space
- Aligata Blagger

I don't fancy most of those newfangled other games mentioned here 

PS: Rick Dangerous, Gryzor and Dragon Ninja (is that a platformer?) were also pretty cool.

[BSC]

Am I the only one who played Frost Byte?

I did! But I think it was bloody hard ..