Fifteen Amiga Beat ‘Em Ups

In this article, we take a look at the genre that had a bit of a hard time on the old Commodore Amiga back in the day.

Fixing Commodore – The Amiga Overload

Commodore – probably the most famous name in 80s home computing next to Sinclair. The legendary Vic 20 and the even more legendary C64 range set the company apart as leaders in their field, and enjoyed great success on both sides of the pond.

Later came the state-of-the-art Amiga range of home computers, and then…it went tits up!

Here, we’ll take a look at some history and a few “What if?” situations which could have happened.

Genre tags – “Beat ’em up” or “Fighting game”?

What genre does Final Fight fall under?  Similarly what do you call Street Fighter II as a game?

Let’s find out!

Fixing Amiga Final Fight

In 1991, US Gold released what was the UK’s first available home version of Capcom’s monster hit Final Fight. The game was ported to all the home computer systems (even the 8-Bits), but the one which garnered the most attention was the Amiga conversion.

Many felt that it fell short of what the system could do, but was it an accurate assumption? Or did Amiga fans overestimate the computer’s capabilities?

Let’s find out!