Indie Retro News: Agony, the Amiga Classic from Psygnosis, Receives Unofficial Spiritual Sequel Anguish by Lionagony (+Demo Included)
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In 1992, Psygnosis, developed by Art & Magic, launched the stunning flying shooter AGONY for the Amiga system. This game was groundbreaking for its era, utilizing techniques like color gradients with raster lines, half-bright graphics for inter-level visuals, and impressive three-layer parallax scrolling via dual playfield mode. It incorporated in-game palette swapping and continuous background palette flashing to enhance color effects. AGONY was so influential that a developer named Lionagony is now creating a spiritual successor called ‘Anguish’ for the Amiga.
Here are the project details from the website: “Anguish – First Level Demo for Amiga Game Jam 2024 (Now Updated), developed using Earok’s Scorpion Engine. Anguish serves as the spiritual sequel to Agony for AGA Amigas. It features Myletes, a Gyrfalcon, traveling through enemies in a side-scrolling shooter with three layers of parallax and copper-infused backgrounds.”
- Minimum requirements: stock Amiga 1200 or Amiga 4000
- Recommended for optimal gameplay: 1 MB or more of Fast RAM
Links: 1) Website
Original article by www.indieretronews.com
