Shot97 | Knights Of The Sky - Amiga - Gaming Memories And Review @Shot97 | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Knights of the Sky was among the first games to treat World War One seriously as a flight simulator, along with Wings, Blue Max, and Dynamix's Red Baron. A bit overshadowed on the Amiga by Wings, as well as DOS by Red Baron, perhaps it doesn't get the credit it deserves. Leaning more toward simulation than Wings, yet adding a bit of that cinematic flair, we'll get into the Amiga port of Knights of the Sky, arguably best in this version. We'll read from the manual, discuss the good and bad, compare with other versions, and do some heavy reviewing of the old school magazine reviewers.
Main gameplay footage recorded and played off my Amiga 500, in its intended NTSC mode, 60hz, 4:3 aspect ratio, direct off a CRT composite television. Additional Amiga footage from an RGB CRT monitor. DOS footage collected from actual hardware, direct off an RGB CRT monitor. Atari STe and PC-98 pics borrowed from Moby. This is the first of my videos to include full manual closed captioning painstakingly done by me. A little nod to Sharka, watching her videos on this made me excited to cover it myself: youtu.be/5UWyoGLe5DA?si=rQcDMuEbr8V0UA3N
My written review for Knights of the Sky: shot97retro.blogspot.com/2023/11/KnightsOfTheSky.html
Invite to join my Discord to keep in touch, see new videos early: discord.gg/28PZEpzhSz
Written reviews: Shot97Retro.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Shot97Retro
All videos/writings in alphabetical order: goo.gl/9VRs9g
Gaming Memories and Review Seasons 9 and 10: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMzmu8ZUJ1CsAwY-1_M1MnnB
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00:00 - Back of the box/Highlight reel
00:59 - Introduction
01:52 - Reading from manual/Creating character
02:45 - 1st mission
03:24 - Heavy WW1 flight sim competition
04:10 - 1st landing/balance of simulation and arcade
04:38 - Amiga release info/VG&CE review
07:35 - Little variety in the random missions/difficult
09:58 - Review from Compute/Reviewing the reviewer #1
12:00 - Beating a game provides a much needed perspective
12:42 - The campaign is the game.
13:33 - Flight mechanics, slightly more toward simulation
15:22 - Hunting German aces/Included feely map
17:13 - Needs some story/game too long
17:46 - Review from CGW/Reviewing the reviewer #2
20:33 - A good game that could have been great
21:40 - Comparisons with DOS VGA/EGA, PC-98. Atari ST-e
24:22 - Composite CRT VS RGB CRT/Rolling difficulty
25:20 - Strategy/Didn't need the manual
26:20 - CGW's runner up for Simulation of the year
26:58 - Ad/Amiga World best of 1992, best of all time?
28:16 - Nice size world that you won't see much of/Gaming memory
29:09 - CU Amiga review/Striking enemy base
29:48 - Needs more strike missions
30:35 - Amiga Computing review/Reviewing the reviewer #3
32:10 - Bombing the trenches
32:45 - End of the war from the manual
33:55 - Amiga Power review/joysticks/ top games of all time
35:01 - Amiga Format review/Reviewing the reviewer #4
36:23 - Final thoughts/Winning
37:22 - NSlate
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Written reviews: Shot97Retro.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Shot97Retro
All videos/writings in alphabetical order: goo.gl/9VRs9g
Gaming Memories and Review Seasons 9 and 10: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMzmu8ZUJ1CsAwY-1_M1MnnB
Gaming Memories And Review Season 8 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMwSpFkZXCxTve2QbanYyoDm
Gaming Memories And Review Season 7 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMzaiUMMf8uZIzFmOGoCG1le
Gaming Memories And Review Seasons 6-8 Playlists: youtube.com/c/Shot97/playlists?view=50&shelf_id=5
Gaming Memories And Review Seasons 1-5 Playlists: youtube.com/c/Shot97/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=6
#KnightsOfTheSky #Amiga #flightsim
Gaming Memories And Review - Ep. 9x2 - Knights of the Sky, Commodore Amiga
Knights of the Sky was among the first games to treat World War One seriously as a flight simulator, along with Wings, Blue Max, and Dynamix's Red Baron. A bit overshadowed on the Amiga by Wings, as well as DOS by Red Baron, perhaps it doesn't get the credit it deserves. Leaning more toward simulation than Wings, yet adding a bit of that cinematic flair, we'll get into the Amiga port of Knights of the Sky, arguably best in this version. We'll read from the manual, discuss the good and bad, compare with other versions, and do some heavy reviewing of the old school magazine reviewers.
Main gameplay footage recorded and played off my Amiga 500, in its intended NTSC mode, 60hz, 4:3 aspect ratio, direct off a CRT composite television. Additional Amiga footage from an RGB CRT monitor. DOS footage collected from actual hardware, direct off an RGB CRT monitor. Atari STe and PC-98 pics borrowed from Moby. This is the first of my videos to include full manual closed captioning painstakingly done by me. A little nod to Sharka, watching her videos on this made me excited to cover it myself: youtu.be/5UWyoGLe5DA?si=rQcDMuEbr8V0UA3N
My written review for Knights of the Sky: shot97retro.blogspot.com/2023/11/KnightsOfTheSky.html
Invite to join my Discord to keep in touch, see new videos early: discord.gg/28PZEpzhSz
Written reviews: Shot97Retro.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Shot97Retro
All videos/writings in alphabetical order: goo.gl/9VRs9g
Gaming Memories and Review Seasons 9 and 10: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMzmu8ZUJ1CsAwY-1_M1MnnB
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00:00 - Back of the box/Highlight reel
00:59 - Introduction
01:52 - Reading from manual/Creating character
02:45 - 1st mission
03:24 - Heavy WW1 flight sim competition
04:10 - 1st landing/balance of simulation and arcade
04:38 - Amiga release info/VG&CE review
07:35 - Little variety in the random missions/difficult
09:58 - Review from Compute/Reviewing the reviewer #1
12:00 - Beating a game provides a much needed perspective
12:42 - The campaign is the game.
13:33 - Flight mechanics, slightly more toward simulation
15:22 - Hunting German aces/Included feely map
17:13 - Needs some story/game too long
17:46 - Review from CGW/Reviewing the reviewer #2
20:33 - A good game that could have been great
21:40 - Comparisons with DOS VGA/EGA, PC-98. Atari ST-e
24:22 - Composite CRT VS RGB CRT/Rolling difficulty
25:20 - Strategy/Didn't need the manual
26:20 - CGW's runner up for Simulation of the year
26:58 - Ad/Amiga World best of 1992, best of all time?
28:16 - Nice size world that you won't see much of/Gaming memory
29:09 - CU Amiga review/Striking enemy base
29:48 - Needs more strike missions
30:35 - Amiga Computing review/Reviewing the reviewer #3
32:10 - Bombing the trenches
32:45 - End of the war from the manual
33:55 - Amiga Power review/joysticks/ top games of all time
35:01 - Amiga Format review/Reviewing the reviewer #4
36:23 - Final thoughts/Winning
37:22 - NSlate
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Written reviews: Shot97Retro.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Shot97Retro
All videos/writings in alphabetical order: goo.gl/9VRs9g
Gaming Memories and Review Seasons 9 and 10: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMzmu8ZUJ1CsAwY-1_M1MnnB
Gaming Memories And Review Season 8 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMwSpFkZXCxTve2QbanYyoDm
Gaming Memories And Review Season 7 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMzaiUMMf8uZIzFmOGoCG1le
Gaming Memories And Review Seasons 6-8 Playlists: youtube.com/c/Shot97/playlists?view=50&shelf_id=5
Gaming Memories And Review Seasons 1-5 Playlists: youtube.com/c/Shot97/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=6
#KnightsOfTheSky #Amiga #flightsim
Gaming Memories And Review - Ep. 9x2 - Knights of the Sky, Commodore Amiga
