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Another problem with autoplay I noticed (other than the lack of an option to disable) is that if you're watching the Deadly Premonition ER, it doesn't distinguish between Brad/Ryan and Vinny/Jeff episodes so jumps between the two playthroughs.

The new player takes forever to load. Is that likely to be a CDN problem? I just tested with the mailbag video and it took 30-40 seconds to appear.

I'd like to see any one of the following:

Gaming or comic convention (for the disguises and possible hilarious NPC dialogue)
Theme park (assassinations on a roller coaster!)
Laser Tag or Paintball Arena (Hitman gets a lethal advantage, of course)

Spycraft immediately comes to my mind - I loved it on UPF.

Saw the playdate in the upcoming list and fistpumped. The potential for delicious carnage is very high.

Just a heads up that there's also two Wild Wheels (1991) pages, as fisk0 made one while mine was pending for approval, so these need to be combined.

Waking up and tuning in just in time for the tweet was the best possible way to begin the day, and definitely my favorite moment of E3.

This came up as a game on UPF, very entertaining to watch :)

Edit: Actually it was played on two occasions here (at 1:17) and here (at 1:43). I musta blinked and missed the second stream.

@klyith: Sure, that was the sequel to Utopia which was a space colony city builder with a similarly inscrutable interface, but still plays pretty well, if a tad limited in the combat stakes. K240 was after my Amiga time, but everyone I knew then loved Utopia. It had some pretty great music by Barry Leitch, the composer for Lotus 2.

I took a look through my disk box and came up with this list, though I discounted games that were better ported elsewhere and some that didn't hold up so great. Most are pretty obvious but I think they're representative of the Amiga experience :)

• Alien Breed - Top-down action game based on Aliens, notable mostly for its atmosphere and production values. Most Team 17 games were highly polished and dated poorly but this one is still fun to play. Best in 2 player.
• North & South - This was ported all over the place but the Amiga version is great. Light strategy with arcade minigames. Best in 2 player.
• Supercars 2 - Top-down racer with weaponry and bizarre multiple-choice interludes. Best in 2 player.
• Jim Power - Scrolling shooter/platform game with retina-searing color scheme.
• Stunt Car Racer - Vector-based buggy driving game with nauseating jumps. Best in 2 player but needs null modem cable.
• Kikstart 2 - Motorbiking game, most notable as the inspiration for the Trials games. Best in 2 player as the AI is overly competent.
• Slamtilt - It's pinball. Perhaps not as influential as Pinball Dreams/Fantasies, but still a well-presented and playable game.
• Mega Lo Mania (no page for this? weird) - Whimsical RTS notable for silly audio and being a very early RTS game.
• Turrican 2 - Probably the most famous shooter/platform Amiga game, great presentation and technically impressive.
• Hunter - Impressively open-ended vector arcade/adventure game with emphasis on vehicles and combat. Super ambitious for the time.
• Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road - This was ported everywhere but the Amiga version was the closest to the original. 4 player racing game (3 human players and 1 AI)
• Shufflepuck Cafe - Strange French airhockey game with a dingy atmosphere. Simple but fun.
• Lionheart - Never really got much into this one but its a side-scroller in the Rastan mold that was very Amiga in presentation and philosophy.
• Moonstone - Gory knight-duelling game. 2 players essential!
• Stardust - Amiga-styled Blasteroids. Still fun if a little limited.
• Snow Bros - One of the few Amiga ports that improved on the arcade original.
• Pinball Dreams/Fantasies - Digital Illusions and Amiga pinball at their best. The later games were insipid in comparison.
• Pang - Flawless conversion of the arcade bubble-buster game, groovy music. Best in 2 player.
• Wizkid - Bizarre arcade/adventure game by the Sensible Soccer/ Cannon Fodder guys. Worth a look for strangeness factor alone.
• Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 - The best Amiga arcade racer, very nicely presented, though Jaguar XJ220 had more depth. Best in 2 player.
• Yo! Joe - Obscure Hudsonsoft side scrolling platformer developed by Blue Byte (The Settlers). Nice music and reasonably fun.