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Classic Cinemaware/Amiga games available for Windows
by Ted Wallingford Aug 25th 2007 at 12:30PM
Remember how awesome Cinemaware was? Some of their games were mind-blowing, especially on the Commodore Amiga, a PC which back in the day had all the graphics bells and whistles that Windows 3.1 users could only dream about. The passage of time does not occur without a little irony, I guess. It looks like you can now (easily) run Amiga games on your Windows PC.Amiga recently announced that a handful of classic Cinemaware titles would be reappearing as standalone downloads that can be played on a Windows computer without the need for a special emulator. Titles include "It Came from the Desert", "Sinbad", and "TV Sports Boxing". While we're disappointed that "The Three Stooges" and "Defender of the Crown" haven't been made available, we'll be happy just to get our hands on these.
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The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
