Developed by Graftgold and published by Renegade in 1992. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Al82_Retro Add me on Google+: http://bit.ly/1tPwL1u The evil wizard Suten has escaped from incarceration in a distant galaxy and has taken refuge on Earth. Biding his time and regaining his power through absorbing heat from the sun, Suten plans to enslave the planet to his own ends. One of Suten's warders, Glemm, has tracked Suten down and is searching for a way to recapture the wizard without risking the annihilation of the planet and all life along with it. To this end, he enlists the aid of Cool Coyote, who must travel from his own in the Arctic to the scorching deserts of Egypt to defeat the wizard. This has to be one of the strangest premises for a platform game featuring a cuddly, anthropomorphic coyote, but who am I to judge? Developed by Andrew Braybrook and Phillip Williams, Fire and Ice was one of the most anticipated Amiga games of 1992, especially when Braybrook as responsible for developing classic titles such as Uridium and the Amiga conversion of Rainbow Islands. The game is set across seven environments, each of which comprises of a number of levels. The objective on each stage is to assemble a key to the stage exit by defeating enemies that inhabit the level. One piece of the key is held by each distinct enemy type in the level, so you have to hunt down all the different enemies, destroy them and hope that they have a part of the key; the enemy that holds the key is random, so no two games are exactly the same. Once assembled, Cool Coyote must find the level exit, which is a large, locked door suspended in mid air; as long as the key is complete then the door will open. Of course, the enemies are not about to simply give up their key fragments. Fortunately, our furry hero is bestowed with the ability to hurl an unlimited supply of ice pellets at his foes, freezing them in place. Touching a frozen enemy will destroy them, but be quick, enemies don't stay frozen for long. In addition to pellets, CC can collect snowflakes from storm clouds by cooling them down with his pellets. Clouds will spit out a number of snowflakes, before going transforming into a deadly storm cloud, which will begin to cast lightning at anything nearby; the lighting is capable of zapping both enemies and CC himself, so be exercise caution around these storm clouds. Located on certain levels are small puppies, which will follow Cool Coyote and when rescued and can attack enemies with their own supply of ice pellets. These little fellows aren't particularly agile, but the additional fire power is worth waiting for them them to catch up with you. If you bring a puppy to the level exit then he will escape, netting you a cool extra life and a ton of bonus point ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWdpkblfqNA

Developed by Art and Magic and published by Psygnosis in 1992. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Al82_Retro Add me on Google+: http://bit.ly/1tPwL1u Foreword: Re-upload to take advantage of YouTube 60 FPS support! Throughout the lifespan of the classic Amiga there is what I consider the triumvirate of games that could make people stop what they were doing and stare in wonder at what was playing on the screen; those games were Shadow of the Beast, First Samurai and Agony. Psygnosis built a reputation for games that looked and sounded amazing even if the gameplay failed to match the same standards. Agony is an audio-visual treat and, despite a difficulty curve that increases sharply in the final level, it's actually a fun shooter to play. The game is set over 6 horizontally scrolling level in which you must shoot or avoid oncoming enemies. Enemies will appear from top and bottom of the screen, as well as from the far left and you will have your work cut out trying to make it to the end in one piece. Each level culminates in a boss fight; these aren't that difficult, but the sprites look great! Perhaps the best decision the developers made was to enable automatic fire so the player can just hold the fire button down instead of repeated clicking; this prevent breaking of joysticks and sore fingers. You can upgrade your owl's main shot power by collecting potions. This increases the blast width, as well as the maximum damage done per shot. A pair of floating swords can also be collected and these offer protection from enemies that might drop in the from the top or bottom of the screen. Collecting scrolls gives you access to a number of spells to further enhance your offensive and defensive capabilities. Undoubtedly the most useful of these is invulnerability; activating this makes boss fights trivial (and looks great as well!) The title and loading screens by Franck Sauer are gorgeous and really showcased what the Amiga was capable of. Of course, the thing that really steals the show is the main owl sprite. Not only is it beautifully drawn, but the animation is amazing; sprites with this level of animation and fluidity had never been seen in games before. In fact, you'll probably die a few times because you were too busy marvelling at the animation. The level graphics and enemy sprites are well drawn, but use a much more subtle colour palette. In many cases, this adds to the overall difficulty of the game as enemies and their projectiles blend with the background and can be remarkably difficult to spot. Surprisingly, some of the best names in game music each contributed audio to the final game. Tim Wright produced the fantastic opening piano piece, while Jeroen Tel created the rousing in-game music. Other contributions included Martin ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a839o59Bt4s