Amiga is still my favourite micro-computer plateform. The “next gen” aka AGA machines, was not as technologicaly advanced as the OCS / ECS machines regarding its contemporary computers. Still, there is a lot of Amiga games dedicated to the AGA chipset (A1200 / A4000) that are worth playing.
This is my personal games selection of Amiga AGA games excluding CD 32 ones onyl if the CD32 version brings some additional content and/or feature. This page may be updated from time to time.
Meaning of the columns :
- Fast mem : tells whether the game makes use of “fast” memory, that is to say any installed memory expansion
- HDD Native: tells if the game is natively installable on hard drive (without WHDLoad)
- Faster CPU: tells whether the game makes use of more powerfull CPU than the stock 14 Mhz 68020 of the Amiga 1200
- 2 Butt: tells if the game makes use of a 2 buttons joypad
- CD32 Joypad: tells if the game makes use of more than 2 buttons using a CD32 game pad
Last edited on : 31.05.2026
| Game | Category | Fast mem | HDD native | Faster CPU | 2 butt | CD32 joypad | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breathless | FPS | x | x | x | x | x | High-end FPS; requires a 040/060 for full screen. |
| Marvin's Marv. Adv. | Platformer | x | x | Solid platformer with CD32 pad support. | |||
| Black Viper | Racing / Shooter | x | x | High-speed racing; great use of CD32 buttons. | |||
| Lemmings 3 | Puzzle | x | x | Also exists on PC with CD music, but harder to get running | |||
| Tubular World | Shoot 'em up | x | Classic Shmup with enhanced AGA visuals. | ||||
| Overkill | Shoot 'em up | x | x | AGA shooter with massive boss sprites. | |||
| T-Zero | Shoot 'em up | x | x | x | x | x | The pinnacle of AGA Shmups; needs RAM. |
| Gloom Deluxe | FPS | x | x | x | x | x | 68040 recommended for the "Deluxe" features. |
| Road Kill | Racing / Combat | x | x | Post-apocalyptic racer; CD32 native. | |||
| Slam Tilt | Pinball | x | x | x | Best Amiga pinball; uses Fast RAM for speed. | ||
| All Terrain Racing | Racing | x | x | Smooth scrolling and great pad control. | |||
| Klondike AGA | Card Game | High-res AGA card game. | |||||
| SWIV | Shoot 'em up | x | AGA version adds significant color depth. | ||||
| Chamber of Shaolin | Fighting / Training | x | Improved backgrounds and colors in AGA. | ||||
| R-Type 2 AGA | Shoot 'em up | x | Fan-made/Enhanced port for AGA hardware. | ||||
| Def. of the Crown 2 | Strategy / Movie | x | CD32 exclusive with high-quality audio/GFX. | ||||
| Super Skidmarks | Racing | x | x | x | Massive amounts of cars/tracks on screen. | ||
| Pinball Illusions | Pinball | x | x | x | Native AGA; uses high-res interlaced modes. | ||
| Pinball Fantasies AGA | Pinball | x | x | Classic with improved 256-color palettes. | |||
| Virocop AGA | Shooter | x | x | Faster action and more colors than OCS. | |||
| Alien Breed 3D 2 | FPS | x | x | x | x | x | Extremely demanding; 060 is best. |
| Virtual Karting 2 | Racing | x | x | x | x | x | True 3D engine; needs CPU for framerate. |
| Fade to Black | Action / Adventure | x | x | x | x | x | Rough on 020; needs 040+ to be playable. |
| Cedric | Platformer | x | Bright, colorful AGA-only platformer. | ||||
| Citadel | FPS | x | x | x | x | x | Gloom-style engine; needs Fast RAM. |
| Disposable Hero | Shoot 'em up | x | x | Stunning AGA art; uses extra buttons. | |||
| Fantastic Dizzy | Adventure / Plat. | x | x | Features exclusive CD32 minigames. | |||
| Fury of the Furries | Puzzle Platformer | x | Great puzzle platformer with AGA GFX. | ||||
| Guardian | 3D Shooter | x | x | Star Fox clone; extremely smooth on AGA. | |||
| Gunbee F99 | Shoot 'em up | x | x | Colorful vertical shooter. | |||
| James Pond 3 | Platformer | x | x | Massive game; huge improvements over 16-bit. | |||
| Kid Chaos | Platformer | x | Very fast Sonic-style platformer. | ||||
| Nemac IV | FPS | x | x | x | x | x | 3D shooter; best with high-end CPU. |
| Nicky Boom | Platformer | x | AGA color palette upgrade. | ||||
| Odyssey | Platformer | x | Beautifully animated AGA platformer. | ||||
| OnEscapee | Action / Adventure | x | x | x | x | The "Another World" of the Amiga 1200. | |
| Pinball Brain Dam. | Pinball | x | x | Quirky AGA pinball. | |||
| Pirates! Gold | Strategy | x | Best played with CD32 pad for menus. | ||||
| Rally Champ. | Racing | x | x | Excellent use of CD32 pad for shifting. | |||
| Ruff 'n' Tumble | Run & Gun | x | One of the best looking AGA games. | ||||
| Second Samurai | Action / Platformer | x | x | Large sprites and great 2-player mode. | |||
| Shadow Fighter | Fighting | x | x | Fast 60fps fighter; 2nd button support. | |||
| Skeleton Krew | Shooter | x | x | Isometric shooter; great colors. | |||
| Tin Toy Adv. | Platformer | x | Nice AGA visuals for kids. | ||||
| Trolls | Platformer | x | x | CD32 version has enhanced CD audio. | |||
| Uridium II | Shoot 'em up | x | x | Fast-paced; uses 2nd button for turning. | |||
| Virocop | Shooter | x | x | Top-down action with AGA enhancements. | |||
| Wizball (AGA) | Arcade | x | Fan-made port; stays true to original colors. | ||||
| Wrath of the Demon | Action / Platformer | x | AGA version improves the parallax layers. | ||||
| XP8 | Racing | x | x | Wipeout-style racing; very fast. | |||
| XTreme Racing | Racing | x | x | x | x | x | Mario Kart clone; needs RAM for more tracks. |
| Zeewolf 2 | 3D Action | x | x | Unique 3D engine; very smooth on AGA. | |||
| Zool 2 | Platformer | x | x | Much better color use than OCS version. | |||
| Nigel Mansell | Racing | x | Fast F1 simulation for A1200. | ||||
| Outrun New | Racing | x | Fan-made AGA ports improve the visuals. | ||||
| Virtual GP | Racing | x | x | x | x | x | Serious F1 sim; needs 040+ to fly. |
| Leading Lap | Racing | x | x | x | x | Kart racer; benefits from CPU power. | |
| Micro Machines | Racing | x | x | AGA version is much smoother and more colorful than the A500 one. | |||
| Genetic Species | FPS | x | x | x | x | x | Late-era FPS; technically superior to AB3D, needs a 040+ RAM. |
| Turrican 2 AGA | Action | x | x | x | An unofficial but highly advanced homebrew AGA enhancement of the original game, supporting high-color background gradients. | ||
| Sleepwalker AGA | Platformer | x | Natively bundled on the Amiga CD32 console, which shares the exact same AGA chipset, bringing native joypad mapping. | ||||
| Championships Rally | Racing | x | x | Top-down micro-racer often demanding a Fast RAM expansion to avoid slowdowns on base A1200 configurations. | |||
| Minskies | Puzzle | x | An AGA tile-matching puzzle game natively installable to the Workbench environment with standard hard disk script options. | ||||
| Pinball Prelude | Pinball | x | Highly detailed pinball simulator that takes advantage of extra RAM to keep up with smooth 50Hz horizontal and vertical scrolling. | ||||
| Napalm | RTS | x | x | x | CPU critical for smooth animation. | ||
| Tales From Heaven | Platformer | x | x | x | Released on CD-ROM in 2000. Strictly requires an 68030+ processor and at least 8MB of RAM to play smoothly. | ||
| Payback | Action / Sandbox | x | x | x | x | x | Grand Theft Auto clone. While technically runnable on an 020, it requires an 040/060 to hit playable frame rates. Natively maps multiple actions to the CD32 pad. |
| Pinball Brain Dammage | Pinball | x | x | x | x | Advanced multi-table layout by APC&TCP. Uses Fast RAM for heavy audio sampling and high-resolution screen modes. | |
| Shadow of the third moon | Flight / Combat | x | x | x | A 1998 futuristic voxel engine simulation heavily inspired by Comanche. Box specifications state an 030 CPU and 4MB Fast RAM minimum. | ||
| Trapped 2 | RPG / Dungeon | x | x | x | First-person 3D texture-mapped dungeon crawler from 1997. Requires a minimum of 4MB Fast RAM and an 020 CPU (030+ highly recommended). | ||
| Wasted Dream | Action / Adv | x | x | x | Top-down isometric cyberpunk adventure. Features pre-rendered 3D cinematic transitions that necessitate a hard drive installation and fast processor. | ||
| Spherical World | Shooter | x | x | An unreleased 1995 prototype project from Kompart. Uses basic 2-button mapping configurations but functions on standard base AGA speeds without complex CPU extensions |