Hey, guys!
Welcome back!
During my summer vacations, I've been messing around with my QuickShot Maverick 1 and ended
up discovering a new and far more enjoyable way of exploring certain games that I used
to play with a normal joystick back in my Amiga years!
So, here's a list, with no specific order, of Amiga titles that I've found to be more
enjoyable when played with an arcadish style of controller like the Maverick 1!
Let's take a look!
The Maverick 1 is a third-party controller manufactured under the QuickShot brand.
It is compatible with a bunch of home computers from the 80s and even the Sega Master System.
But, what it is and what it does exactly?
It's an arcade stick-like device with two buttons, a joystick and turbo features.
It can connect to two joystick ports simultaneously and the player can be selected simply by sliding
a switch.
This also allows the joystick to potentially be used with two different systems without
changing cables around.
The multi-system select switch present can be switched between:
(A) ATARI/COMMODORE,
(B) MSX,
(C) AMSTRAD
or (D) SEGA.
In Brazil it was even licensed by Tectoy as an official product for the Master System.
The name of this device is "Maverick 1", but it's also known as the QuickShot QS-128F.
But this controller won't be of any use if there wasn't games to test it, so, besides
all those I've included on my recently released Amiga Exclusives episode, here's a few more
Amiga titles that I used to play back in late 80s through mid-90s and that I just discovered
that they're way more enjoyable when played with the Maverick 1!
So many hours spent with Batman: The Movie, firstly on the ZX Spectrum and later on the
Amiga.
I've always enjoyed movie conversions, 'cause, as you know, I'm also a huge movie fan.
So this one would grab me right in its first seconds of gameplay!
A true classic and one of my favorite games ever across all platforms!
For me, Turrican is simply the franchise that has Amiga written all over it…
... along with Lemmings, obviously!
The amazing visuals combined with its sounds and music are the perfect package that would
always be used to show off the overwhelming capabilities of this incredible machine.
This franchise had its roots on the Commodore 64, but it's on the Amiga that it really shines!
Turrican 1, 2 and 3 are extremely enjoyable to play on the Amiga and a Maverick 1 is highly
recommended!
Probably where my love for off-road racing started!
Ivan Ironman Stewart's Super Off Road is so much fun!
All those bumps and figure 8 tracks are a joy to blast through trying to avoid the other
opponents!
I recall playing it first on a 386 machine back in school and ended up loving it so much
that I simply had to grab the Amiga version, ASAP!
And Dragon Ninja, or Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja, is one of those iconic arcade games that it's
imperative that we play it with an arcade controller like the Maverick 1.
With a similar Vigilante style of gameplay, it came in a time when martial arts movies
and TV series were the thing and every young kid wanted to be this great warrior fighting
for peace and justice!
This genre was, indeed, the perfect terrain to use the Maverick 1.
Beat'em ups and fighting games beg for the use of such a controller.
But, that's not all!...
Playing Dyna Blaster with this device is also extremely intuitive and precise!
I recall messing up my game when playing with a normal joystick!
And even when I played it on the PC with a keyboard, I would be trapped between bombs
and walls or rocks and, with the Maverick 1, I kept on winning stages!
It's an almost perfect conversion of Bomberman for the PC Engine that could be played up
to 5 human players at the same time!
Can you imagine the fun and mayhem?
One of the hardest games I've ever played on the Amiga!
The SNES completely different version, that I've already reviewed, is way easier
and enjoyable!
Even so, I've always had a sweet spot for this Amiga original, that is graphically identical
to the Mega Drive port.
But let me tell you, the Maverick 1 is the perfect weapon to exterminate the Aliens once
and for all!
Now, here's the Amiga version of the TurboGrafx / PC Engine original Bonk's Adventure.
In this particular case, the title was changed to B.C. Kid, but the addictive gameplay and
amazing graphics and sound remained intact!
Just look at this magnificent work of art!
And played with a Maverick 1 is such an enjoyable experience!
The pre-historic theme applied to video games is always a subject for huge laughs!
Chuck Rock was an original Atari ST and Amiga title that came from the creative minds of
renowned developer and publisher Core Design and the box art said it all!
This is a freakin' hilarious game that I absolutely loved back then, along with UGH!,
from developer Egosoft, that came a year later and continued this pre-historic mayhem, firstly
on the Amiga and later on DOS.
We control this muscle-powered sort of elevator / flying machine to take our fellow cave buddies
from one place to another within each screen.
This one was reviewed in the early days of It's a Pixel THING so, feel free to check
one of my early videos!
And, be careful!
This is one of the most addictive games I've ever played!
To conclude this cavemen saga, that same year came The Humans, from Imagitec Design, and
elevated the pre-historic theme to a whole new level, in where we needed to control various
humans through a series of puzzles, bringing them intact to a designated area.
Needless to say that all these three games beg to be played with a Maverick 1!
The Chaos Engine is another masterpiece on the Amiga and, also, screams to be played
with this device.
The Bitmap Brothers were like Gods for all Amiga users, for delivering such huge pieces
of gaming goodness for us to play!
And, again, this one is perfect for the use of the Maverick 1.
It came out first for the Amiga and, later, ported to a bunch other systems, so I guess
that everyone on this planet has tried it.
Its sequel came only by 1996 and I only played it many years later, on my A1200, and I don't
have a proper term of comparison, 'cause I barely recalled it.
I just know that it's a joy to play it with the Maverick and it's a freaking amazing game!
And exclusive to the Amiga.
Forgotten Worlds began as Lost Worlds, one of the most expensive coin-op games
of its time, compliments from Capcom, and one of its catch phrases that always remained
carved in my mind was:
"I'll finish you today for sure"!
And it did!
I really sucked at this game!
Big time!
Never had the chance to try the arcade original, but the Amiga version, played with a normal
joystick, was always ready to finish me off!
Today, with the similar arcade scheme that the Maverick 1 offers, it's way more intuitive
to play and to advance in this highly frenetic action driven title.
Oh, man!
How I love this game!
A 1993 release from Kalisto that I've grabbed initially for the Amiga and later for my
brand-new PC!
And, sorry to say, but the DOS port is the one to have!
A masterpiece and considered, by myself, as one of the best games ever made!
By that time I started to get really bored by the annoying disk swapping that Amiga users,
without a hard drive, had to stand.
Even so, playing the Amiga version with the Maverick 1 is phenomenal!
I just couldn't get enough of it!
I spent the rest of the afternoon playing it!
So addictive!
I know that Mean Machine is not a very good game, but when I was younger, I was awfully
attracted to it mainly because of its intense action and thrilling ride.
The sad side is that it's really short.
Gladly, a couple of years later Micro Machines came out, again with the help from Codemasters.
Played this last one on DOS and was because of Mean Machine that I fell in love for this
sub-genre.
Highly playable using the Maverick 1!
Never had the chance to play The Ninja Warriors at the arcades, but loved it on the ZX Spectrum
and, later, on the Amiga.
And I guess that it was the intro music that really grabbed my attention.
Even so, this plain and repetitive gameplay is perfect for this type of controller.
Mercs is the sequel to the hugely popular Commando, or Wolf of the Battlefield as it
was originally known in Japan.
The conversion for home computers was handled by Tiertex and it's, indeed, a truly faithful
one!
I really enjoyed the Amiga version of this arcade coin-op smash hit that I also played
a lot at the arcades and, again, a perfect candidate to be played with the Maverick 1!
The French division of Ocean Software, whose main objective was to develop 16-bit titles
for Ocean, came up with the character Mr. Nutz, created by Philippe Dessoly, that had
its original debut on the Super Nintendo back in 1993.
A year later, a sort of sequel was released for the Amiga, this outstanding platform game
with that same cute character that could well be a true system's mascot!
A Mega Drive version was also planned and finished but never released, so Mr. Nutz:
Hoppin' Mad remains as an Amiga exclusive and extremely fun to play with the Maverick.
Saint Dragon is yet another coin-op game that, after playing it at the arcades, I simply
had to grab it firstly for the ZX Spectrum and later for the Amiga.
This last one is a perfect conversion of the original and a true joy to play with the Maverick 1.
In this typical side-scrolling shooter we control this cyborg dragon through five levels
defeating a huge boss in the end of each one.
All this accompanied by a great soundtrack.
A must play for an immediate burst of fun and enjoyment!
Remembered by many as the best Amiga game out there, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe is,
indeed, another fabulous title from the Bitmap Brothers.
The intro tune alone is something to behold and target of so many remixes
throughout the years.
It's simply handball in the year 2105 in where everything goes, even breaking bones!
I'm gonna be honest.
I never enjoyed this game back then, 'cause I always ended up losing.
But, nowadays, with the Maverick 1, things changed!
Remember Arkanoid?
Well, WizKid is that, but with a bunch of crazy ideas thrown in, ideas that came from
Sensible Software's drawing board.
It was the developers' way of expressing themselves creatively, artistically and…
madly!
We don't see this kind of effort anymore.
No one wants to take risks.
But WizKid is the proof that risks could pay off and that there's so many gaming genres
yet to be discovered!
It plays like a dream with the Maverick 1!
Now, here's one of my favorite games on the system:
WolfChild!
I consider it a hidden gem, even, being developed and published by Core Design, that came from
the creative mind of Simon Phipps that also offered us the unforgiving Rick Dangerous.
This one was also available for a bunch of Sega consoles and even the Super Nintendo,
but all received really poor reviews what, somewhat, made players believe that it wasn't
worth it.
Well, if you think that, you need to try the Amiga version!
It's truly amazing, in all respects, and played with the Maverick is like a walk in
the park!
I've already reviewed it.
Feel free to check another of my early videos.
Scrolling shooters were really popular by the end of the 80s and the genre just begs
to be played with an arcade-style controller like the Maverick 1.
Z-Out - or ZED-Out -, the sequel to X-Out, is an obvious R-Type clone, but still an impressive technical
achievement that made me pull all my hair out because of its extreme difficulty level.
Even so, the music and graphics compensate all the frustration and, again,
the Maverick 1 is perfect for this type of games.
Xenon 2: Megablast is another scrolling shooter that came about by putting together bits and
pieces inspired from the best games available, by that time, at the arcades.
Another masterpiece by the Bitmap Brothers which also included the amazing 1988 hit song
Megablast, by Bomb the Bass, as its main tune, that we would made us plug the system into
an Hi-Fi simply to rock the place down!
Needless to say that the Maverick 1 is the perfect weapon to beat this game!
So, if you wanna go PRO in any of these games, the QuickShot Maverick 1 is the controller
to have!
Back then, I never had a joystick with such high quality suction cups that really holds
the device in place providing an extremely accurate and precise movement of the joystick.
Obviously that there's a ton more games perfect for this controller, but these were
the ones, from my youth, that I recall playing – badly – with a normal joystick, probably
because all my joysticks were inevitably beaten beyond belief!
Also, I've tried a lot other titles that are amongst my favorites for the system, and
that you can check out by watching my Top 26 Amiga games episode, but some I couldn't
get into using this particular controller.
Not sure why.
And others, can only be played with the mouse, like Lemmings and Rock'n Roll, two absolute
favorites of mine.
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