Amiga Longplay [072] Myth - History In The Making

[cissi9671]

how did you defeat the anubis boss? ive tried a zillion times,and its impossible to do it the way its supposed to be done.and i´ve read the solution for the stage in old amiga mags and on the internet,it doesnt work!was there faulty versions of this game that could not be completed due to a programming error that made thi boss immortal?

[gothakane]

The copy of this game I had as a child on the Amiga 500+ always crashed on Asgard, so thanks for posting this. Was good to see it played through properly after all this time.

[clongoram]

This seems way more forgiving than the c64 version.

[melomonster007]

I remember impression that this game made on me when i first saw it. It was my at my cousins house he had an Amiga 600 connected to the TV set (hardware antialiasing:P) so everything looked a little blurry but playable. We turned off the lights, watched the intro and then we kicked Hades's ass

[clongoram]

@melomonster007 "hardware antialiasing" LOL

[Savior1024]

The graphics and controls are much better here than in the C64 version, but what is this god-awful intro music?! System 3 should have kept the C64 intro :(

[Doommaster1994]

@Savior1024 Jeroen Tel did the C64, I believe he is known to be the second best video game musician of all time (Rob Hubbard being the first).

[Savior1024]

@Doommaster1994 While not belittling Tel and Hubbard, I just don't believe in statements like "first/second best video game musician". They are among the best, to be sure, but so are others like Ben Daglish (Last Ninja), Matt Gray (Last Ninja 2), Martin Galway (Times of Lore and other stuff from Origin), David Whittaker (Shadow of the Beast), etc. Also, I guess you meant C64 musician, because otherwise leaving Mitsuda Yasunori & co. out of the equation is just rude. :)

[Doommaster1994]

@Savior1024 I don't know much about C64 musicians, only NES musicians. And that's how I know all those guys.

[Savior1024]

@Doommaster1994 Then to understand my last comment, please listen to (watch a longplay, more like :)) the C64 versions of the scores I mentioned -- they usually feature _way_ better music. This is definitely so with the Last Ninja(s) and SotB. What's really strange for me, is that the situation is almost the same for the Amiga. It was also a Commodore PC, hence the same audience, and still the music was changed to something that was usually worse. Even if the Amiga had much better capabilities.

[blade004]

@Savior1024 I beg to differ, the Amiga graphics yes are better but the response time on the main sprite and time spent in the air during a jump is atrocious compared to the C64 version.

[Crowley9]

Setting aside the design of the main character, something jumped out at me from the graphics: what's with all the midgets? The Greek soldiers and viking are tiny!

[eveeljon]

It's really good to see this game again! You do suck at it a bit though ;)

[madmomentsgo]

great game the music is cool.

[froibaad1]

That was such a fantastic game, so dark and cool...I think I didn't pass the Egyptian level, I was so close...

[alienzer0]

three noobs missed the right thumb...

[toadman842]

conan!!

[Ryushinku]

I adored Myth. I used to have it on my Speccy 128k (in fact, I think I still do!)

A grab-bag of mythical moments and some cool animations, I finished it several times and always enjoyed it.

[amisch]

Best game ever  ~ ~

[SamusDrake]

I wish System 3 would make more games like this today.

[Zioala]

Tip!

Pause the game and type "snufflecake"....

[thedarkside85]

It reminds me of God of War on playstation, lol.

[Rakiarmas]

Wait just a moment! These stages looks just like in NES's Conan game.

WTF!? Did makers of Conan copied hole game?

[cubex55]

@Rakiarmas

Yes they did, but thats not very surprising, its by the same developers ;)

Its pretty much the same game, they just changed a few graphics and the name ;)

[Rakiarmas]

@cubex55 I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

Isn't that kinda lazy to just remake same game with new name & chancing things little bit(to worse)?

[cubex55]

@Rakiarmas

Not really, they pretty much had to redo all graphics and code the game for a different plattform, just the gameplay and stages are pretty much identical.

[Rakiarmas]

@cubex55 I quess your right. I do apology.

[ramimarkusmaunula]

@cubex55 They also removed the final boss sequence for NES Conan.

[Doommaster1994]

@cubex55 I'm pretty sure Mindscape developed the NES version and credited the original game to System 3. I could be wrong though.

[Doommaster1994]

@cubex55 Actually, Mindscape developed Conan on the NES but I believe they got System 3's permission to port Myth to NES and that's why System 3 is credited in Conan.

[tw1stedgrudge]

Lol when you keep running into the little green flying demons in the game. xD WRAGH!! ARGH!! WAAHH!!

Is this game glitchy, or is that just me? : /

[gillianx68000]

great game but with tipical amiga problem"1button"anyway is a great game

[motherflange]

I enoyed the audio & visuals on this game. Though I found it very frustrating as a kid.

[Scopie33]

Great ending animation. What ever happened to the Dawn of Steel game eh??

[cubex55]

Never came out :P

[Samopau]

Conan on NES sucked ASS but making the same game with better graphics on Amiga made it a Legend:)

[KuzinAvi]

This game was so brutal for its time. In an age when Mario was still jumping for mushrooms this guy was lopping off heads and smashing shields into skulls. He was the 'Kratos' of his time. Thanks for uploading 5 stars

[sushicalmagi]

I had a playable demo of this on the Atari ST, but could never find the full game. I still can't (if anyone can point me towards a disk image, I'd be very grateful). Would love to play it again!

[cubex55]

Check the links in our channel FAQ :)

[sushicalmagi]

Thanks. :) Dunno if my feeble PC will be able to cope with an Amiga emulator, but it's worth a go. :)

[Bastian9820]

I know what I mean. I had a Pentium100 as my first PC with some... 8-16mb ram??

And it was far from being powerful enough to run an amiga emulator. kinda silly, considering the Pentium were far more powerful than the Amiga was.

i wish you best luck in running the emu ;)

[hotrodswe]

@Bastian9820 WinUAE used interpretive emulation for the CPU back then which are slow but now uses JIT instead that speads it up a lot (translates 68k code to x86 codes on the fly). The oldest PC that I've tried WinUAE on was a PII @ 350MHz and it had no issues what so ever playing games like this one. This was back in 2003 and that PC was old back then. So any PC that you buy today can play Amiga games.

[Chemognoza]

Opening theme reminds me of the music for Dreamweb.

[GokoWildheart]

I just wish they worked on the controls alittle more, other then that this was a game i was proud to have play and had in my hands , People that didnt get a chance to play it you really missed out , Amiga age was a great time to see aton of off the cuff experinces...

[murilo626]

AMIGA is a computer for games

[Lucidjunkie]

Fantastic, was just discussing this with my brother last week and now found this link... Good times :]

[virtualviper74]

Nice upload:)

One of my favorites back in time when playing c64/amiga games. But i liked the c64 version better though

[FroggStudios]

One of my favorites by far. Thanks for this video. Amiga good memories!

[gingersik]

One of my favorite games in youth

[Alianger]

great ambience and attention to detail.

[retronostalgic]

Friggin awesome sound in this smart game. RIP Richard Joseph...

[sunmax1]

i never got pass the first level

[sunmax1]

THIS GAME WAS TOO SCARY, i was afraid to play it, maybe much as i was afraid of SOTB.

[br000ly]

my fav. sentence in the amiga games is: press fire to play. i friggin miss that.

[b213videoz]

I know many will disagree BUT folks Myth on ZX-Spectrum looked much, much better :)))

[uknortherner2000]

+1

It played better too. The Amiga version just felt hideously clunky control-wise and it seemed to lack the atmosphere of the Spectrum version. On the plus side, the Amiga version took nowhere near as long to load up!

[Ryushinku]

The Spectrum version is an all-time favourite of mine. Loved the Harryhausen-esque atmosphere, loved the animation, just a great little game.

This version looks a little more arcade-y, seems to have Wolverine running about too...

[BigGsHouseofFun]

The film like title sequence is superb, and that music, wow! There really was no end to the Amiga's talents :0) oh yeah good game too

[Webins]

Excellent job. Good to see the whole game.

The demo version came with awesome music.

[jimdove]

yes, i remember the demo having some great piano music, then when i got the fullgame it was replaced with inferior music, any ideas where to hear that old piono tune again m8?

[Webins]

Wow, awesome to finally find someone who remembers that great piano tune. Anyway, I ripped it into an mp3 file (hour long!).

First get an Amiga emulator, either WinUAE or WinFellow. Though WinUAE is better, for sound get WinFellow.

Secondly, get the disc rom, go to a website called "Amiga Magazine Rack", and search for ISSUE 23 (SEPT. 1991) of ZERO MAGAZINE.

Go to the issue's "cover discs", and on the first one you'll find the one with the demo.

Load the disc with WinFellow and rip.

[Deu5Vult]

Great work Webins.

You've no idea how long I have searched for this music!

[milipec]

Hehe yeah ..the myth my favourite game...as i was child ...lots of memories ...back in the past.. so can our life go to past ,its possible if this here exist than is ewerything possible like on youtube..just open your mind and find it out... !!!

[phenixsaint]

Myth was great !! i love it !

Amiga powerr !!

[SaittaMicus]

Hey wait a minute!

This looks exactlly like the Conan game to NES!!!

(Only this version looks alot better)

[YoungKai96]

Thank you!!!! (Someone needs to sample the hell outta that theme tune)

[cubex55]

Maybe amigamusic com has it :)

[uberstu]

good job on the sand level, i could never get past all those traps

[londonrastan]

i heard that the author of this game was really pissed because it only sold 5000 copies due to piracy. Heh, heh

[blade004]

Well i would have bought the game if they had of got the joystick response time perfected. In comparison to games like Turrican it played really really shit, but looked really really good. The C64 version gameplay wise due to more responsive controls was far far better!.. the bad reviews in reference to the controls are what steered me away from going to the shop and buying it, and after getting a cracked version, i was glad i listened to those reviews. When you make a game, make it properly.

[chrischops]

I loved playing this game a kid!! brings so many memories! I could never get past the forest. This was a tough game

[GURBETCIAYLOS]

nice to see the end of the game

[BurtWilson1]

Thats one ugly superhero. All Amiga artists should have gone to the Bitmap Brothers school of graphic art. All Amiga coders should have gone to the Terramarque school of programming.

[NoSu11]

Gateway of the north the best place in the game :D

[astronut2004]

Thank you

[gindphace]

Amazing game, my mam never let me play it as a kid due to its graphic nature, but my brother made me a copy on the sly so I played it more than ever. I only beat the game twice as a kid but recently got the hang of it after I bought the game on ebay. Intro music is samples from the beginning of Stanley Kubricks 2001 space odyssey with tweaks and beats so I've heard.

amazing game, so nostalgic.

[MapleStoree]

Speccy version was by far the best

[alex76gr]

Great game! I wonder what happened with "Dawn Of Steel".

[pirlovanni]

işte bu be abi

[kevin198026]

the ultimate game on the amiga 600 i had an amiga in the early 90s and this was the first game i played on it and i never completed it always died around medusa also loved rome ad92 aswell and project x best shooter on the amiga

[bowamj]

this was such a good game! I started playing it when I was about 11 in the early nineties then got it out again about two years ago and finally worked out how to complete it...brilliant game and music.

[warpsity]

i really loved this game! so hard but so exciting! one of my favourites ever on Amiga.

[furbearingbrick]

This game makes me think of a Treasure platformer...without all the whimsy, of course.

[RopeDrink]

This game was awesome on all formats - Just uploaded a gameplay clip of the C64 version and watched a clip of the ZX Spectrum version - Can safely say none of them relied on JUST graphics (As awesome as they were) these games were damn addictive and a lot of fun.

[rovinjxyz]

I finished this game on my amiga 600 cca 12 years ago (without any helps,only with hard word ;)

The hardest part is in the pyramid with the traps and the quest of the dog (when you have to kill with the "eye-schock"

I dislike the final part of the game when our hero fly...

[hansnero]

MYTH!!!!

[ncaso]

ZX Spectrum version - much better

[kingarthurpendragon]

I think the same! In my page there´s a video showing the ZX Spectrum version.

[Shaitan111]

wow.. i remember playing this on my commadore 64, and i just couldn't complete it.. always died after medusa, cool stuff, now i can finally see how it ends O_O

[hagiadzo]

Ankalagan rocks my world! I loved this game as a kid in the early '90s when I got my first Amiga. The game was fairly challenging, but too short! I love the speech: "Come closer ... STOP!" My floppy had an error that wouldn't let me see the ending every time. What happened to "Blue Steel" anyway?

[KenDarrels]

What I wonder about is how you managed to make the sound NOT being out of synch with the video. Quite a feat for aa YouTube posting!

[seventeenstrokes]

So glad to see. Much memories. Can't find c64 versions on here! I remember playing this game, when I FINALLY got my Amiga 600... totally inspiring, a REAL videogame, with real sound, ambience, atmosphere, WHOOT!~

[LuminarNightblade]

Who the heck is that last boss supposed to be? Satan?

[JudgeDeadd]

No, it's Dameron, the evil god (according to the back cover in the C64 version)

[eurologic]

Awesome to see this finished. I could only even get up to the Hydra.

[Bastian1982]

I know this game came out for spectrum and C64 first but I only played (and finished it) on the Amiga.

Mad props for doing the Egypt level without getting killed in the traps...

Lots of nifty tricks I never knew about. Nice!

[lorinsilver]

The tunes on the C64 were much better in my opinion... The one in the very last level has always been my favorite!

[dpiktoria]

I am agree, my friend... c64 music and atmospheare are better in my opinion, with that so nice "Welcome to Myth" before to start... ... (and the same happened with R-Type main titles page)

[blade004]

Yep ive gotta agree with both of you, the C64 version had far better music, and yeah your right, the girl saying "Welcome to Myth" was a very nice touch. Again R-Type sounded better!!. Damn would you stop being right :)

I thought the C64 version of Myth also had better gameplay and the character moved alot better.

[djaliplume]

Gotta agree with you on that. C64 Myth is one of my favourite games of all times.

[BionicChango]

Awesome! Thanks for posting this movie, dude. I played the demo a long time ago, and I remember that the music was kickass. haven't been able to find the music since....until now.... like, 18 years later.

Sweet - keep the Amiga longlplays coming.