Clones that were better than the originals

[Cortona]

Sorry if this has come up before. So... Katakis better than R-Type? Maybe. Garrison II better than Gauntlet II? Maybe not! Dogs of War was definitely better than Ikari Warriors.

There must be so many others but 'Britain's Got Talent is on TV' and my mind has gone blank! Over to you...

[Sharingan]

Great Giana Sisters >>> Super Mario Bros :thumbs:

[Harrison]

I know there have been a lot, but my mind is also blank at the moment. I will see if I can remember some and post them later.

[Demon Cleaner]

Great Giana Sisters >>> Super Mario Bros :thumbs:Yeah :thumbs:

I also liked Dogs of War, was faster paced than the very slow Ikari Warriors.

[Harrison]

How about Doom clones? Some of the Amiga games based on Doom were more interesting to play than Doom, which itself got very repetitive after a few levels. Breathless and Alien Breed 3D 2 especially. Although you did need a powerful Amiga to run them well.

Or what about the Breakout clone, Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh. That was one of my favourite games on the ST and Amiga. Played that for a long time. I know technically Arkanoid was a port of an Arcade game, but it was still a clone of Breakout. Unless you class Breakout as a Genre.

[Tiago]

Katakis better than R-Type ?

Katakis, R-type and SWIV were the best, what you call in UK? shoot'em up? games.

SWIV was fantastic, the all game without loading levels, great graphics, just love that game.

Katakis for me was a bit better then R-type, but they were both great games,
R-Type intro music will be in my heart for the rest of my life!! :)

[Harrison]

The Amiga version of R-Type isn't as good as the Arcade original though.

[Cortona]

Been thinking a bit more about this. I think there were plenty of derivative games but maybe 'clones' were more an earlier, 8-bit phenomenon. Arcade originals were generally ported to the Amiga and ST reasonably well, weren't they? Do Rainbow Islands and The New Zealand Story count as Bubble Bobble clones? I didn't have them, so I can't comment on their quality.

[Teho]

I wouldn't say so. Was Bubble Bobble the first of this type of game? May have been, never gave it that much thought. I'd say New Zealand Story is a different type of game though, but games like Rodland, Parasol Stars, Snow Bros etc could be thought of as Bubble Bobble clones I suppose. As for Rainbow Islands it happens to be the sequel to Bubble Bobble, its full title is Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble II.

[Harrison]

Parasol Stars was the third in the Rainbow Islands series wasn't it? After Bubble Bobble and then Rainbow Islands.

Rodlands is in my view the best Bubble Bobble clone as it added a lot of new and different elements, including how you killed the enemies. I wasn't as fond of Snow Bros or that other one on the CD32. Too similar to the original.

[Teho]

Parasol Stars was actually the third one, yes. But there is another game called Bubble Memories: The Story of Bubble Bobble III which was actually the fifth related game. The fourth one was Bubble Symphony. Neither of these two had Amiga releases I think.

I quite liked Rodland as well. It wasn't that different from other such games but there was something about it that made it great fun to play.

[Puni/Void]

Parasol Stars was the third in the Rainbow Islands series wasn't it? After Bubble Bobble and then Rainbow Islands.

Rodlands is in my view the best Bubble Bobble clone as it added a lot of new and different elements, including how you killed the enemies. I wasn't as fond of Snow Bros or that other one on the CD32. Too similar to the original.

Yes, Parasol Stars was the follow-up to Rainbow Islands. Personally I've enjoyed Parasol Stars far more than Rainbow Islands. This is a bit due to the possibility of multiplayer.

Rodland is a great game. One of the better platformers out there. As you say, it offered something new when it came to getting rid of enemies.

[Harrison]

You could play Rainbow Islands in multiplayer too though.

[Graham Humphrey]

Not on the Amiga you couldn't, I'm sure of it.

[Puni/Void]

When I'm thinking of multiplayer in these games, I'm thinking of two people playing at the same time. I believe there was an option for two-player in Rainbow Islands, but then you had to wait for your turn. :)

[Demon Cleaner]

I agree with Rodland!

[Sharingan]

I suppose Banshee was a '1942' clone, and yes, I thought it was better, not only because of the graphics.

[Harrison]

Blasteroids and Super Stardust were brilliant Asteroids clones that were better.