In the first part of a new series of articles, TheSixthAxis takes a look at the gaming prices of yesteryear and just how they stack up against modern gaming.
This week they go all the way back to 1991, the days of the Amiga. Remember picking up a title for just £20?
Rediscover Player Manager 2 Extra: The Chase For Glory for Amiga and MS-DOS, a football management game released by Anco in 1995, a game where you are both a player on the team and the coach. Is it the best soccer management sim of the '90s?
The A500 Mini is, as the name implies, a miniature remake of The Amiga 500. It’s a new system being worked on by Retro Games, the same company behind the brilliant C64 Mini, a miniature version of the Commodore 64, one of the most famous systems of its time.
Pretty neat that it will also emulate the AGA chipset found in the 1200 and 4000. I miss my A1200 but if this can also be used to play CD32 ROMs (since that was an A1200 with CD drive) then this could be a really neat mini to have. The controller pictured is a CD32 style so Id guess the answer is yes.
My parents owned it and I grew up with this as a kid. Ishar series. Settlers, Dungeon Master, and countless others. Such classics. Definiately one to keep on the radar.
This is before my time I might snag a C64 mini always been curious about pc games from back in the day. I wonder if the ZX Spectrum will get a mini next or if one of the old Atari pc's will get a mini also?
BY STUART MCLEAN: Agony was an odd but incredible game. The classic owl-based shooter was developed by Art & Magic and published by Psygnosis in 1992 for the Commodore Amiga. Taking control of your barn owl, you shot your way through six surreal landscapes filled with weird and wonderful monsters.
Holy moly, this is a real blast from the past. Although I thought the game was pretty average, the music really was fantastic, amongst some of my favourite on Amiga along with the likes of Turrican 2 and Lotus Turbo 2.
My bank account definitely feels the pinch sometimes.
I remember having to pay £50 for N64 titles so i don't mind paying less than that for current generation titles :)
Do you remember paying £9.99 for AAA game that came in a box that loaded in a tape deck, or go to local shop buy budget £2.99 game.
Prices are crazy taxes and vat are even worse.
No.
Pretty simple question, really. If they were cheaper, we'd still be playing games on the Wii, and machines very similar to it, because the budget wouldn't be there to support anything better. If they were more expensive, the number of consumers would drop off and there might be less revenue, and potentially less profit.
The question in my mind, as of late, is: how will next gen games fare, when priced the same, but requiring twice the investment?
Gamers are ready to see the next gen. Hardware is nearly ready to support the next gen, but... are publishers ready to fund it?
It depends where you buy them. If you get them off Amazon or Steam you can have great sales