One game that isn't given enough credit but was miles ahead of everything for the time was Tunnels of Doom for the TI-99/4A. It was a framework with two games bundled (the simplistic "Pennies and Prizes" and "Quest for the King") that was meant to host further games, though no more were ever released, to my knowledge. it featured:

  - 16 colour graphics
  - Randomly generated dungeons
  - 3D filled vector graphics for exploring, switching to overhead icon-based for combat
  - 4 character classes, level progression
  - Item upgrades, random effect treasure.
  - In-game maps

And this was in *1982*!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnels_of_Doom
http://ridingthecrest.com/edburns/classic-gaming/tunnels/images/

You will have to make a free trial account and you can use that - you'll have to level up from 1 but it's Tier 1 only anyway, so it's not wasted time.

Your free trial account isn't linked to you/your previous purchases in any way, so no limitations there.

They've actually fixed a few of those issues (make sure you play on a high population server), particularly with the learning curve. Give the free trial a go. Still has some serious problems, but it's good for a couple of weeks of casual play.

if you're referring to Warhammer, it's been out what, 2 years? I doubt it's going to change much anymore.

Anyway, the first tier is free to play, so get it and have some fun.

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?264839 should do :)

Obviously you are unfamiliar with what the french did to wheel clampers.

Do you have anything to back up that "runaway success" claim? As far as I can tell it's been shunned by hardcore gamers due >100ms input lag, and I've not seen anything about it having huge takeup.

If you mean the Amiga / ST game "Dungeon Master" in reference to your comment about AD&D, suffice to say AD&D came out 1979, and Dungeon Master was what, 1988?

Not sure exactly what you're trying to describe here but you're a decade out in many of them.

That was 3 months ago - looks like BFG as a whole may be winding down now, hence the warranties would no longer hold.

Did you replace it under the lifetime warranty?

Oh for mod points. That was brilliant.

A quick google ( http://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1CHNG_enGB347GB355&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=iphone+market+share ) shows iphone passed Windows mobile in 2009, and had 3x market share of Android as of June this year.

Do get your facts right or you look as bad as the fanboys.

The older amigas (512kb 500/1000/2000 and up, the very first 256k amiga 1000s had some other issues as well with their early kickstart iirc) could do more than 32 colour. They also had a 64 colour "half-brite" mode, and up to all 4096 colours onscreen at once in HAM mode.

The comments elsewhere about the Amiga stagnating are spot-on, however. The upgradeable machines were WAY too expensive, and the later versions came too late. They were well ahead of the curve in the mid-late 80s, and in the early-mid 90s got surpassed. Windows 95 was the final nail in the coffin for the mainstream.

However, if you consider the Amiga part of the Vic-20/C64/C128/Amiga home computer sequence, it makes sense for it to stagnate over time, as they all did. Other manufacturers' machines such as the ZX81 or Spectrum had similarly limited expandability. The Amiga went so much further it could compete with the PC in its areas as well, just the PC improved and scaled, while the Amiga didn't have the support to do so.

Still have my A500. Plan to gut it and make a MAME/WinUAE box out of it.