Cover Disk Face Off XL : May 1991 - Amiga Format, Amiga Power, CU Amiga, One Amiga, Amiga Action @GouldFishOnGames

GouldFish On Games Cover Disk Face Off XL is when we put all 5 of the big UK Amiga magazines against each other.
And for May of 1991 Amiga Power first launched and provided a full free game.
How did everyone else respond? Lets find out!

Check out Dudley of Yesterzine : @Yesterzine

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 Amiga Power
04:06 Amiga Format
06:35 One For Amiga
13:24 CU Amiga
15:28 Amiga Action
19:49 Top 3 Games

#amiga #amayga #amayga2024

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Cover Disk Face Off XL : May 1991 - Amiga Format, Amiga Power, CU Amiga, One Amiga, Amiga Action

GouldFish On Games 2024-05-21 | Cover Disk Face Off XL is when we put all 5 of the big UK Amiga magazines against each other.
And for May of 1991 Amiga Power first launched and provided a full free game.
How did everyone else respond? Lets find out!

Check out Dudley of Yesterzine : @Yesterzine

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 Amiga Power
04:06 Amiga Format
06:35 One For Amiga
13:24 CU Amiga
15:28 Amiga Action
19:49 Top 3 Games

#amiga #amayga #amayga2024

Amiga Gravity Games!

GouldFish On Games 2024-10-08 | Gravity, it affects us all and it makes for a great game mechanic!
So today lets check out a number of Amiga games that put that at the center of the game.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:33 Raider
03:32 Gravity Force
06:55 ZaraThrusta
10:17 The Executioner
13:54 Fly Harder
16:55 Phoenix Fighters
20:00 PD Selection

#amiga

Cover Disk Face Off XL! September 1992 - Amiga Format, Amiga Action, The One, CU Amiga, Amiga Power

GouldFish On Games 2024-09-24 | Cover Disk Face Off XL is when we put all 5 of the big UK Amiga magazines against each other.
And for September of 1992 lets see what they included!

chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 One For Amiga
09:14 CU Amiga
17:16 Amiga Power
22:05 Amiga Format
27:22 Amiga Action
34:52 Winner Is?

Titus The Fox : A good Titus Game?!

GouldFish On Games 2024-09-10 | Titus the Fox, a well known and interesting platforming game.
But what makes it more special is who it came from, as they were not known for producing the best games.
So lets take a look at the game and some of its history.

Titus the Fox fan site: https://ttf.mine.nu

#amiga #msdos #titus

Cover Disk Face Off XL! August 1991 - Amiga Format, Amiga Action, The One, CU Amiga, Amiga Power

GouldFish On Games 2024-08-27 | Cover Disk Face Off XL is when we put all 5 of the big UK Amiga magazines against each other.
And for August of 1991 The magazines were content with just a single disk each!

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:23 Amiga Action
03:48 CU Amiga
11:27 Amiga Power
18:09 Amiga Format
23:58 The One For Amiga
26:58 The best of the episode

#amiga #magazine #demos

Amiga Exclusive Puzzle Games

GouldFish On Games 2024-08-13 | The Amiga was home to a number of amazing puzzle games, and today we are going to look at a few that you could only play on the Amiga.

chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Bill's Tomato Game
04:00 Beambender
08:20 Statix
10:37 Mega Motion
13:37 Blobz
17:10 Excsy
20:42 Marbelelous 2
24:16 Zardoz
26:00 Tictris
28:30 Wrap up

#amiga #retrogaming #puzzlegame

Cover Disk Face Off XL! July 1995 - 6 Magazines, 1 Episode

GouldFish On Games 2024-07-30 | Cover Disk Face Off XL is the only show would attempt to put 6 Amiga magazines and their cover disks against each other!

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:29 One For Amiga
05:48 CU Amiga
09:36 CD32 Gamer
20:08 Amiga Power
25:48 Amiga Action
29:22 Amiga Format
32:00 Wrap up

The Sega Saturn Shuttle Mouse!

GouldFish On Games 2024-07-16 | The Saturn got a few interesting devices, but the one that I don't see talked about too much is the mouse.
So lets change that by diving in and finding out what may be one of the better Sega peripherals.

#sega #mouse #saroo

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:40 Looking at the hardware
03:21 Discworld
04:52 Atlantis - The Lost Tales
06:15 Saroo
06:47 Doom
09:00 Virtua Cop
10:42 Chaos Control Redux
11:54 Lemmings 3D
13:30 Logic Puzzle Rainbow Town
15:50 Z
17:25 Wrap up

Assassin : Super fit, Highly Athletic Amiga Action!

GouldFish On Games 2024-07-02 | Team 17 are at it again, putting an Amiga spin on a classic game.
And they published quite the title that is a take on Strider.
What's it like and how does it play?
Lets find out.

Cover Disk Face Off XL! June 1992 - Amiga Format, Amiga Action, The One, CU Amiga, Amiga Power

GouldFish On Games 2024-06-18 | Cover Disk Face Off XL is when we put all 5 of the big UK Amiga magazines against each other.
And for June of 1992 we have a lot of content to get though!

Check out Yawning Angel Retro for their AMOS tutorials : @YawningAngelRetro

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 One For Amiga
06:01 Amiga Format
11:58 Amiga Power
18:58 CU Amiga
26:48 Amiga Action

Checking out and Ranking the A500 Bundles!

GouldFish On Games 2024-06-04 | The Amiga 500 got 4 main bundles in the UK and I thought it would be interesting to check them and their games out. While ranking them from worst to best.
Did I pick your favorite? lets find out.

Images sourced from:
@005AGIMA
https://www.plakativ-druck.ch
amigaposters.github.io
bigbookofamigahardware.com

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Fourth Place
08:45 Third Place
15:00 Media in the boxes
16:15 Second Place
21:56 Shop Bundles
22:34 First Place

#amiga #batman

Amigas Answer To Arkanoid!

GouldFish On Games 2024-05-07 | Braking Bricks with balls has been a staple of gaming since the early days.
But it took Arkanoid to make it huge!
And the Amiga dev's took notice and produced a huge number of similar games.

So lets take a look a number of titles!

chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Amegas
03:29 Crystal Hammer
06:40 Ball Raider
10:47 Giganoid
14:45 Breakout Revolution
18:46 Megaball
22:38 Amiganoids

#amiga #amayga2024 #amayga

Cover Disk Face Off XL : April 1994 - Amiga Format, Amiga Power, CU Amiga, One Amiga, Amiga Action

GouldFish On Games 2024-04-23 | Cover Disk Face Off XL is when we put all 5 of the big UK Amiga magazines against each other.
Mostly due to not having a lot of content on the cover disks.

So what did they have for us in April of 1994?

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 Amiga Power
03:18 Amiga Format
08:42 The One For Amiga
15:10 CU Amiga
19:56 Amiga Action
23:36 Top 3 software

The Arabians Nights : Amiga Platforming Greatness

GouldFish On Games 2024-04-09 | Its not an easy life when you are the Chief Gardener's Assistant. Helper. Second Class.
As one day you are trimming the bushes, and the next a Demon shows up and kidnaps the princess Leila!

And to cap if all of the guards think you had something todo with it, and throw you in jail.
So lets join Sinbad Jr and he breaks out and goes to save the Princess.

#amiga #review

Cover Disk Face Off XL : March 1993 | Amiga Format, Amiga Power, CU Amiga, One Amiga, Amiga Action

GouldFish On Games 2024-03-26 | Cover Disk Face Off XL is when we put all 5 of the big UK Amiga magazines against each other.
Mostly due to not having a lot of content on the cover disks.

So what did they have for us in March of 1993?

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:19 Amiga Power
04:43 CU Amiga
09:27 Amiga Action
13:57 Amiga Format
17:00 The One For Amiga
22:06 Lets Rank the Demos

Before Nuclear Winter there was Duke!Zone 2

GouldFish On Games 2024-03-12 | Duke Nukem 3D was a game with a lot of add-on, some good some bad.
The one we are looking at today is the follow up to one that isn't fondly remembered.
but can it do better?
Lets find out

#dukenukem #dosgames

Cover Disk Face Off! - February 1992 | Amiga Action, CU Amiga, Amiga Power

GouldFish On Games 2024-02-27 | Cover Disk Face Off, where in the post holiday slump is showing in the contents of the disks.
but can we find something interesting?
Lets find out.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:11 Amiga Action
08:44 CU Amiga
15:44 Amiga Power
20:12 The Winner Is?

Saturn Saroo Flashcart | Is it good?

GouldFish On Games 2024-02-13 | The Saroo is a drive emulation device that uses the expansion cart slot on the top of the machine.
But is this cheaper alternative any good, and does it have any down sides?
Lets find out.

I believe this is the official store; aliexpress.com/item/1005006641992184.html
If I'm wrong or the link breaks please let me know.

#sega #saturn #saroo

Cover Disk Face Off XL : January 1994 | Amiga Format, Amiga Power, CU Amiga, One Amiga, Amiga Action

GouldFish On Games 2024-01-30 | It January and what better way to get though the month then to look at 5 Amiga magazines!
So get ready for the epic as we look at:

Amiga Power
Amiga Format,
The One For Amiga,
CU Amiga
and
Amiga Action!

Check out Rose Tinted Spectrum: @RoseTintedSpectrum

#amiga #magazine #demo

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:24 One For Amiga
05:26 Amiga Format
08:35 Amiga Action
14:21 CU Amiga
18:17 Amiga Power
27:00 Best of the Episode

Amigas Answer To OutRun

GouldFish On Games 2024-01-16 | The Amiga port of Outrun wasn't great, even if it did have some of the more overly dramatic title music ever made!

So lets check out 6 games / series that tried to do it better!

#amiga #outrun #lotus

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:45 Jaguar XJ220
03:34 Burning Rubber
06:49 Crazy Cars
09:37 Lotus Trilogy
14:27 Moonshine Racers
18:10 Rajd przez Polskę (Rally through Poland)

Tiny Little Slug | Amiga Metroidvania

GouldFish On Games 2024-01-09 | The Amiga might have "died" in the 90s, but no one told that to the developers who continued to make new games for the machine.
And Tiny Little Slug is one that came out in 2020.

So lets take a look at this fun if short Metroidvania style game!

#amiga #metroidvania

Cover Disk Face Off - December 1993 | CU Amiga, Amiga Power, Amiga Action

GouldFish On Games 2023-12-26 | Cover Disk Face Off, where in the holiday month were the magazines giving out the best stuff.
Lets find out!

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:22 Amiga Power
06:58 Amiga Action
15:04 CU Amiga
22:15 The Winner Is?

Dune 2 | Does the first RTS hold up in 2023? #⁠doscember2023

GouldFish On Games 2023-12-12 | Dune 2, the game that almost invented the RTS as we know it today.
But the question is, does it still hold up today?
Lets find out as we check out this classic game.

#doscember #review #⁠doscember2023

Cover Disk Face Off - November 1994 | Amiga Power, Amiga Action and CD32 Gamer

GouldFish On Games 2023-11-28 | Cover Disk Face Off, the only show that puts CD's against Floppies to see who was the best.
and joining us in this battle are:
Amiga Action, Amiga Power and CD32 Gamer.

chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:21 Amiga Action
10:12 CD32 Gamer
19:08 Amiga Power

Quakes First Add on? Aftershock!

GouldFish On Games 2023-11-21 | Quake got a large number of official expansions but also a number of licensed and unlicensed third party addons.
and one of the earliest was Aftershock for Quake!
Was it good? Lets find out!

#quake #addon #expansionpack

The Second Samurai | Kicking it on the Amiga

GouldFish On Games 2023-11-14 | After the First Samurai there was the Second!
A time traveling, sword swinging, special attacking trip though time to defeat the demon king.
But was this Amiga exclusive any good? Lets find out!

#amiga #review

Cover Disk Face Off - October 1993 | CU Amiga, One For Amiga, Amiga Format

GouldFish On Games 2023-10-31 | Cover Disk Face Off, where we have 2 of the more professional magazines.
Can the mags with the professional software win out?
You will have to watch to find out.

chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:19: Amiga Format
06:42: One Amiga
12:33: CU Amiga
19:01: Winner is?

Duke Xtreme | The forgotten Duke Nukem 3D expansion pack

GouldFish On Games 2023-10-17 | Duke Xtreme was an early expansion pack for Duke Nukem 3D.
But was it any good, and does it deserve to be forgotten?
Lets find out.

#dukenukem #expansionpack

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:54 Everything enabled
03:00 The Mods
07:34 Single Player Levels
21:56 Wrap up

Amiga Games that never got released

GouldFish On Games 2023-10-03 | There were more then a few Amiga games that never got released.
But amazingly we got the chance to play quite a few of them.
So check out a number of them to see if they should have been released.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:24 Operation G2
03:38 The Big End
06:29 Desolate Worlds
09:10 Acsis
11:50 Justice
14:16 The Games Machine
17:16 Putty Squad

Cover Disk Face Off - September 1994 | Amiga Action, CD32 Gamer, One For Amiga

GouldFish On Games 2023-09-19 | Cover Disk Face Off, and returning for a second attempt at the top spot is Amiga CD32 Gamer!
Can the short lived Amiga magazine win out?
You will have to watch to find out.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Amiga Action
06:32 The One For Amiga
11:11 CD32 Game
21:38 The Winner Is?
#amiga #magazine

Lets make this controller Wireless! With an 8bitDo Kit and Hall Effect Sensor.

GouldFish On Games 2023-09-12 | Recently I found out that 8bitdo made some N64 upgrade kits.
which included a replacement analogue stick as well as one that turns a regular N64 into a wireless Bluetooth controller.
so I had to get them and try them out!

Impossible Mission 2025 | Amiga CD32

GouldFish On Games 2023-09-05 | Impossible Mission was a classic 80's 8bit game, and in the 90s it was decided to update it for a then modern audience.

How did they do? you will have to watch to find out.

#amiga #cd32 #impossiblemission

Cover Disk Face Off - August 1993 | Amiga Computing, Amiga Action, One For Amiga

GouldFish On Games 2023-08-22 | Cover Disk Face Off, Welcomes another machine to the roster. Amiga Computing!
How will this mostly professional focused magazine fare against the gaming power houses of the One For Amiga or Amiga Action?

You will have to watch to find out.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Amiga Computing
07:08 One For Amiga
14:07 Amiga Action
19:34 Who won?

#amiga #magazine

My Favourite Amiga Exclusive Games

GouldFish On Games 2023-08-15 | Everyone loves listening to other people tell them what their favourite games are... Right?
well its my turn, but as its me this isn't a ranked top 10.
just 10 of my current favourite Amiga only games!

Links:
Discord: discord.gg/Y566fqk6nk
Kofi: ko-fi.com/gouldfishongames
Threads: threads.net/@gouldfishongames

#amiga #top10

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Second Samuari
02:46 Ruff N Tumble
05:25 Virocop
08:20 Donk!
11:00 K240
14:00 Walker
17:00 Time Keepers
19:50 Alien Breed 3D
22:50 Tiny Little Slug
25:33 Premiere
28:10 Wrap up

Magazine Deep Dive: Ultimate PC December 1998!

GouldFish On Games 2023-08-08 | Ultimate PC was a late 90s PC gaming magazine in the UK.
and after finding a still sealed copy, 20 years later, I figured it would be fun to check out.
So lets open up this magazine for the first time and see what they were talking about.
What they were reviewing, and what they put on the CD's.

#windows98 #90s #magazine

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:29 First half of the magazine
21:57 Cover CD's and Demos
38:43 Second half of the magazine

Universal Solider | Its a Turrican good time [Megadrive, Genesis, Gameboy]

GouldFish On Games 2023-08-01 | In the great tradition of the 90s, an 18 rated (R) film got turned into a video game.
But this one hides a secret, a deception.
Lets find out what it is, what if the game is actually any good!

#amiga #megadrive #genesis #gameboy

Cover Disk Face Off - July 1991 | CU Amiga, Amiga Format, One For Amiga

GouldFish On Games 2023-07-18 | Cover Disk Face Off is the show that checks to see who had the best disks!
And in this month all three magazines game away full games.
So did they splash out to get anything good, or go dumpster diving!
Lets find out.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:24 Amiga Format
07:23 One For Amiga
13:21 CU Amiga
20:00 Award Stand

#amiga #magazine

I bought a NeoGeo MVS Arcade in 2023!

GouldFish On Games 2023-07-11 | I was inspired earlier this year to look at the long dark rabbit hole of arcade machines. And ended up coming out the other side with a Neo Geo MVS machine.
So lets see what I got and why!

Also check out CRG! youtube.com/@CRG

#neogeo #snk #arcade

Amigas Answer To Raiden

GouldFish On Games 2023-07-04 | The Amiga was well suited to shooters, so lets check out 6 vertical shooters that were either Amiga first or exclusive.
As we check out, the Amiga's Answer to Raiden.

#amiga #shootemups

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:20: Vader
04:00 Side Winder
07:30 Battle Squadron
11:20 Swiv
15:20 Banshee
19:35 XP8
22:36 Shoot Em Up Construction Kit

Cover Disk Face Off - June 1994 | CD32 Gamer, One For Amiga, Amiga Power

GouldFish On Games 2023-06-20 | Cover Disk Face off is the series that attempts to rank the magazines discs!
which includes a new magazine for the month of June 1994

So lets see who had the best out of:
The One For Amiga
Amiga Power
And
CD32 Gamer

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:23 One For Amiga
08:04 Amiga CD32 Gamer
16:44 Amiga Power
24:40 The Winner Is?

#amiga #magazine #cd32

My Amiga A4000

GouldFish On Games 2023-06-13 | The A4000 is a fun machine, but mine wasn't getting as much love as it should do.
So lets take a look at the machine, its software and the upgrades that have been done.
while also talking about what its issues were and why its now going to be used far more.

#amiga #amiga4000

Operation Stealth Aka James Bond the Stealth Affair | Amiga, Dos Atari ST

GouldFish On Games 2023-06-06 | Operation Stealth was the second point and click adventure game by Delphine.
But how does there take on the spy genre pan out, and what is this talk of action sequences?
Find out in the review.

#amiga #msdosgames #evercade

Cover Disk Face Off - May 1992 - Interview Special | Amiga Format, One For Amiga, Amiga Power

GouldFish On Games 2023-05-23 | Cover Disk Face off is the series that dares ask the question, which magazine had the best disks!

Lets look at May of 1992 that included:
Amiga Power
The One For Amiga
And
Amiga Format

#amiga #magazine #amayga23

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Amiga Power
10:13 Amiga Format
16:16 The One For Amiga
26:29 Who won?

Three Odd and Interesting Controllers for the Amiga | #AmayGA #AmayGA2023

GouldFish On Games 2023-05-09 | We are back looking at 3 more weird and wonderful input devices for the Amiga.

Including one of the worst controllers I've ever used.

#amiga #amayga2023 #controller

Cover Disk Face Off - April 1995 | One For Amiga, Amiga Power and Amiga Action

GouldFish On Games 2023-04-25 | Cover Disk Face off is the series that dares ask the question, which magazine had the best disks!

Lets look at April of 1995 which includes:
The One For Amiga
Amiga Power
And
Amiga Action

#amiga #magazine

Aliexpress special, the FamiXPCom ?

GouldFish On Games 2023-04-18 | Recently I found this odd little device on Aliexpress and I just knew I had to grab it.
Even though I had no idea what it was, so lets check it out and unravel the mystery.

#aliexpress #famicom #famiclone

Amigas Answer To Mario!

GouldFish On Games 2023-04-11 | While Mario didn't make it to the Amiga, games in that style did.
So lets check out some Amiga first or exclusive games that had a Mario style gameplay!

Links:
Discord : discord.gg/CnHWqY7gJg
Twitter : twitter.com/theGouldFish
Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/gouldfishongames

#amiga #mario #platformer

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:23 Marvin's Marvelous Adventure
04:08 Charlie J Cool
08:44 Chuck Rock
11:33 Doddle Bug
14:18 Premiere
15:40 Jimmy's Fantastic Journey
19:12 Brian The Lion
23:26 Bonus Game: Morton Strikes Back
25:45 Wrap up

Cover Disk Deep Dive: PC Format March 1998

GouldFish On Games 2023-03-28 | Taking a more indepth look at a single disk, in this episode we are looking at PC Format, from March of 1998.

Which included games, shareware, utilities, and much much more.
So what will we find? you'll have to watch to find out.

chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:40 Checking out the CD
01:20 Sega Touring Car Championship
03:59 Jack Nicklaus 5
05:26 Productivity software
07:19 BattleZone (98)
09:40 Lords of Magic
11:50 Shareware
14:08 Wing Commander Prophecy
16:10 F22 - Raptor
17:57 Other interesting bits on the CD
18:50 Warhammer 40k Final Liberation
21:30 Warhammer Dark Omen
23:47 wrap up

#pcformat #magazine #90s

BlueSCSI V2 And the Amiga 500 GVP, HD8 a match made in Heven?

GouldFish On Games 2023-03-21 | When we last looked at the BlueSCSI and the Amiga, it had issues.
But with the recent release of the BlueSCSI V2, has this changed?

Lets build one and check it out, and put it though its paces.

FlameLilly: bluescsi.flamelily.co.uk
Previous BlueSCSI video: youtu.be/RyzWCMf_OXo

#amiga #gvp #bluescsi

Uridium 2 : Amiga High speed, high action shooter

GouldFish On Games 2023-03-14 | Uridium defined side scrolling shooters on the C64, but did Uridium 2 repeat that for the Amiga?

Well it is fast, and very nice looking with a great sound track.
But what about the gameplay? You'll have to check out the video to find out.

#amiga #graftgold #shooter