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Old November 24, 2002, 08:40   #1
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Mega-Lo-Mania
Does anyone remember this game?

This was the first strategy game I ever played on my Amiga. There were 4 factions, and you could choose, though there little or no difference between them. You had to research stuff, form alliances, the usual suspects.

The best part of the game was entering a square where you had twice as many men as another faction then cancelling the alliance and butchering them.

Also great was the "We've nuked them" speech when you launched nuclear weapons. Also you could (if you knew MAD was in place) move 1 guy to another square and win.
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Old November 24, 2002, 11:26   #2
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Ah, one of Sensible Software's first and finest games. Ridiculously lop-sided battles (biplanes vs archers), great voice acting (and brilliant for 1991 and an 8-bit sound chip) including the already mentioned extremely enthusiastic "We nuked 'em!" speech, the indignant "We've been nuked!" and the sulky professor complaining that his lab had been destroyed. I spent countless hours on this.
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Old November 24, 2002, 11:31   #3
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...great voice acting (and brilliant for 1991 and an 8-bit sound chip) including the already mentioned extremely enthusiastic "We nuked 'em!" speech, the indignant "We've been nuked!" and the sulky professor complaining that his lab had been destroyed. I spent countless hours on this.
Did you finish the game? There was a 'track' at the end with all the cool speeches and sound effects mashed together into a chaotic whole. It was great fun, and very innovative.
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Great game. I had it for the SNES and the sounds were great.
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This was a great game.

The sounds were great, I loved the "We're running out of elements!" one that sounded like he said 'elephants'.
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DrSpike: Yes, several times, though I do not remember the end you describe. It has been a few years...

The sound guy for Mega-Lo-Mania, Richard Joseph, also did the sound on all the other Sensible games, as well as those of The Bitmap Brothers and Cinemaware. It is all great.
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DrSpike: Yes, several times, though I do not remember the end you describe. It has been a few years...
Different versions perhaps? I am sure that was how it ended..........though indeed it has been a few years. Perhaps others will remember.
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Fun indeed.
www.bhlegend.com for anyone who wants the PC version.
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Crap game.
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Would you care to elaborate?
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Crap game.
Good game.

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Old November 25, 2002, 22:55   #12
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Would you care to elaborate?
All right, if you insist. The problem is the design is not balanced. Okay, that's the big problem I remember. Anyway, it's the third scenario or whatever where you have to fight a couple of enemies on an island. It's not so bad until you realise that each one was the equal of you. There were certain expendable resources that you couldn't get back until the next scenario. In other words, the game was so badly designed that they need to stack the odds against you 2:1.

Upon realising that, I stopped playing.
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Old November 26, 2002, 05:03   #13
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Do try and put the game in it's context..........such strategy games were rare at the time, and there was a lot mega-lo-lo-mania did well. I remember it fondly.
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Fun indeed.
www.bhlegend.com for anyone who wants the PC version.
The game appears to crash whenver I get my first tech. I think it is a sound problem.
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Better start practising fighting will sharp sticks then.
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I can't even get that advanced. My people are as dumb as dog****.
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got my Amiga up and running(for the most part!) recently and had a look at this again - still a great game, made me get out the other sensi classics like SWOS, Cannon Fodder and Sensi Golf(I wonder where Mr Civ got his idea from?).
They produced some (still) great games.
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Ah cannon fodder........

Prompts me to start a cannon fodder thread.
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There was something so very playable about all of them, at least on the origonal platform..........makes my eye all misty with the memmory
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The game was great for its time, even if the sci-fi showdown with laser pistols was a real letdown.

Civ3 feels it has to stack the odds 7:1 or more against you

...and some fools still demand 15:1 or 31:1 or more
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It was the first strategy game that was enjoyable to me, that it for sure. I got this even before I got civ 1.
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Do try and put the game in it's context..........such strategy games were rare at the time, and there was a lot mega-lo-lo-mania did well. I remember it fondly.
Unfortunately, that's back when Railroad Tycoon and Civ ruled. When was it? 1992?
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Sounds about right, though I was remembering it a touch earlier than '92.
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I'm pretty sure I played Mega-lo-mania on my Atari-ST before I bought a 286 PC. The first games I can remember getting for the 286 were Warlords I and RT with Civ not far behind.
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I just checked it, UR was spot on with 1992.
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Woohoo. I wish I were that lucky with lottery tickets.
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From an objective point of view Railroad Tycoon and Civ1 were certainly far better games than Mega-Lo-Mania. Better designed, more depth, strategy etc etc...

However, in 1992 I was only 10/11 years old. Civ and RT were too complicated for me and Mega-Lo-Mania filled a very nice war-gaming niche, which is why I have much fonder memories of it (that and the fact that the sound was hilarious ).
Back then Civ and RR were the 'boring games my Dad played'.
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However, in 1992 I was only 10/11 years old. Civ and RR were too complicated for me and Mega-Lo-Mania filled a very nice war-gaming niche, which is why I have much fonder memories of it (that and the fact that the sound was hilarious ).
I empathise with this.....I played RT and Civ later on as well.
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