Modern versions of Amiga games

https://www.reddit.com/r/amiga/comments/1j2x36k/modern_versions_of_amiga_games/

created by Darque420 on 03/03/2025 at 23:44 UTC

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Howdy all. I'm looking for recommendations, if any, on any modern games that share the spirit of old Amiga games. Or if there are any remakes of said games too.

My favorite Amiga games back in the day were Hired Guns, Mega Lo Mania, Powermonger, MegaTraveller 1/2, and Captive 1/2.

I liked Hired Guns because of the sci-fi setting and the ability to control 4 players. And being able to take one or two people off to another part of the map while the other 2 are doing something else.

Mega Lo Mania was great because of the fast paced fun, but greatly because of how you could move through the different eras and have like tanks fighting Roman soldiers.

Powermonger was great because of the.multiple commanders you had, the ability to craft weapons en masse, and have big raids. But also being able to send a pigeon to send your orders to the other commanders.

MegaTraveller 1/2 was great because of all the various skills you could learn. The very deep character creation tool. The epic storyline and vast star maps you could explore. And the ships, assigning people to be gunners, pilot, etc.

The Captive games, again the sci-fi setting, the ability to co trol multiple characters. The vast, open, towering city. The vast story and lore. The ability to walk I to most buildings. And one is a library, one is a person's home, city hall, etc.

So just looking for any modern-ish games that are like that. Or spiritual successors, or even full-on remakes.

Thanks.

Comments

Comment by Enigma776 at 04/03/2025 at 00:24 UTC

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Wings Remastered is a modern remake of well Wings! Gunlord on the Neogeo/Dreamcast is very much like Turrican.

Comment by danby at 04/03/2025 at 10:22 UTC*

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There are multiple sequels to The Settlers, Civilization and simcity.

Cities Skylines is probably the inheritor of the SimCity torch.

The original dev for The Settlers is making a spiritual sequel called Pioneers of Pagonia. City building is a big ol' genre, recent things like Timberborn are well loved.

If you liked Theme park them both the Planet Coaster games should scratch that itch

If you like Captive or Dungeon Master then there are many turn based, First person dungeon crawlers out there; Star Crawlers, underkeep, legend of grimrock to name a couple. Barony is more of an FPS but it might also scratch the Dungeon Master itch.

Powermonger is a pretty classic fantasy medieval RTS there are lots of those but maybe something like Warrior Kings.

I can't really think of anything modern that matches the Mega Lo Mania style though.

Edit:

For TMNT or double dragon style side scrolling beat em' ups, then Shreddrer's Revenge or Scott Pilgrim might fit the bill

If you liked Elite/Frontier then Elite: Dangerous is very good

X-Com/UFO Enemy Unknown has sequels in X-Com Enemy Unbnown (2012) and XCOM 2

Lords of Chaos got a sequel called Chaos Reborn

R-Type has multiple remakes and sequels

Worms has seen many sequels

If you liked Lotus/Out Run/Crazy Cars then 80s Overdrive is fun

Lunark is a recent and very much based on Flashback. I would argue the Abe's oddysee is also derived from Flashback having the same controls and screen layout (though quite a lot more complex)

For Monkey Island/Kings Quest/Cruise for a corpse there are many sequels but also try; Inspector Waffles, The Crimson Diamond, Loco Motive, Gibbous, Slender Threads, Thimbleweed Park

Comment by fish998 at 04/03/2025 at 07:00 UTC

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Legend of Grimrock 1/2 are excellent modern dungeon crawlers.

Comment by Hi_its_me_Kris at 04/03/2025 at 13:50 UTC

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Lots of good recommendations here. You might wanna keep an eye on Terminator 2D[1] coming september 5th.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfj6FBLZxsg

Comment by fetito666 at 04/03/2025 at 02:42 UTC

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James Pond is available for the Switch.

Comment by Xfgjwpkqmx at 04/03/2025 at 10:45 UTC

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Super Stardust HD on PlayStation 3/4/5 was made by the same people who did Super Stardust on the Amiga.

There's a bunch of versions of Alien Breed on Steam made by Team17.

Comment by Daedalus2097 at 04/03/2025 at 15:12 UTC*

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Satellite Reign is an excellent spiritual successor of Syndicate, and IIRC involved one of the original Bullfrog dev team. It maintains the squad of 4 operatives approach and brings in different tasking and skills for different squad members, and takes place in a nice, big Cyberpunk world. Definitely worth a look based on your preferences.

Populous had a third installment on PC called Populous: The Beginning. It changes things a little, bringing in some more RTS elements but it was also a fantastic game in its own right. It also had an expansion pack called Undiscovered Worlds, which is great too, albeit a step up in difficulty. That was a Windows XP-era game, you might be able to find patched versions to run on more modern setups, otherwise a virtual machine might be the way to go.

Edit: Populous seems to be available on Steam for Windows 7 / 10, so it looks like it may have already been patched for modern systems.

Comment by MultipleScoregasm at 04/03/2025 at 00:05 UTC

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I had GODS on the Xbox and loved it. Don't think it's available now though. However, Turrican is on playstation.

Comment by Maydayof at 04/03/2025 at 12:36 UTC

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On Steam:

R-Type Final 2

Craftlings : coming soon, Lemmings variant

Kennedy Approach : C64/Amiga Air Traffic Control on PC

Sky Force Reloaded : Hybris, SWIV etc. style 2D shooter

Hollow Knight : complex 2D maps with beautiful gfx.