Syndicate Longplay (Amiga) [QHD]

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Game Info
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Developer: Bullfrog
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Year of Release: 1993
Coding: Guy Simmons, Mark Webley, Mike Diskett
Graphics: Chris Hill, Paul McLaughlin
Music: Russel Shaw
Level Design: Alex Trowers, Glenn Corpes, James Robertson, Mark Lamport
Game Review & Impressions
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One of my favourite Amiga games of all time, Syndicate still holds up today, and I really enjoyed tackling the missions for this longplay recording.
The Amiga version lacks some of the graphics and a few audio samples from the PC version, but it really is a superb conversion when you consider it works on an A500 with 1 MB of memory.
I should note, however, that I the config I used for this reording was actually the A1200. I initially began recording the game using an A500+ config, but the 68000 really struggles in most of the more densely populated maps; it's playable, but it was just too slow for the purposes of recording. The 68020 CPU in the A1200 is far more capable, and while some of the more basic maps run too quickly the extra speed is really needed to get the best experience.
Information & Trivia
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- Artist Paul McLaughlin passed away December 2021 (cancer)
Video Notes
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Related Longplays & Videos
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Syndicate (PC): • Syndicate Longplay (PC...
Chapters
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00:01:52 - Mercenary Camp (Western Europe)
00:03:59 - The Milk Run (Scandinavia)
00:08:00 - Urban Assault (Central Europe)
00:10:59 - Raiders (Eastern Europe)
00:15:01 - Clean Sweep (Urals)
00:20:15 - Spring Cleaning (Siberia)
00:30:15 - Snatch and Grab (Mongolia)
00:42:56 - Scum Patrol (Kazakhstan)
00:53:01 - Waterworks (Kamchatka)
00:58:03 - 1st Recon Squad (Far East)
01:07:09 - Purge (China)
01:14:56 - Ransom (India)
01:24:21 - Grand Opening (Iran)
01:31:12 - Business Initiative (Iraq)
01:43:25 - Information Studies (Arabia)
01:47:43 - Vengeance (Sudan)
01:53:21 - The Payoff (Lybia)
01:57:45 - Rampage (Algeria)
02:09:23 - Under Guard (Mauritania)
02:16:06 - Body Snatchers (Nigeria)
02:22:32 - The Policemans Ball (Zaire)
02:30:40 - Reds Run (Kenya)
02:35:40 - The Alleyway (Mozambique)
02:42:21 - Every Formation a Parade (South Africa)
02:47:17 - Walk on the Wild Side (Pacific Rim)
02:54:07 - Stir Crazy (Indonesia)
03:00:53 - XPPFG Capture (Western Australia)
03:05:28 - Twin Cities (Northern Territories)
03:09:18 - I Shot the Sheriff (New South Wales)
03:18:17 - Assault the Fortress (Alaska)
03:21:25 - The Lady is a Tramp (Yukon)
03:28:32 - AWOL (Northwest Territories)
03:35:45 - EX750 Capture (Northeast Territories)
03:41:49 - Supply Line (Greenland)
03:48:14 - Dragons Breath (Newfoundland)
03:57:16 - Anarchy (New England)
04:02:49 - The Families (Mid West)
04:05:10 - Sniper (Southern States)
04:08:08 - Old MacDonald (Rockies)
04:13:03 - Chem Corp. Plant (California)
04:21:16 - Convoy (Colorado)
04:24:02 - Deep Zone (Mexico)
04:28:04 - Carry on Doctor (Colombia)
04:38:40 - The Runner (Peru)
04:43:13 - Behind the Wall (Venezuala)
04:45:19 - Deep Strike (Brazil)
04:51:05 - Database (Paraguay)
04:52:36 - Pick and Choose (Uruguay)
05:00:23 - Helping Hand (Argentina)
05:11:38 - The Big Black (Atlantic Accelerator)
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@AL82RetrogamingLongplays 4 жыл бұрын

Undoubtedly my favourite of Bullfrog's games - check the video description for time codes (including individual missions)

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. This game was revolutionary for its time, in fact most of what are now referenced to as RPG uses all the mechanics contained in. Even the scrolling screen was revolutionary. Replaying it in 2020 can be done, but would be very clunky. I played this as broke and clueless 21 yo in 1993.

@AmigaWolf 3 жыл бұрын

@ Same here, but Flood is also a great game, bought that game when i was a young teenager.

@propusgemini3932 3 жыл бұрын

In 1993 i m 15 now i m 42. This game has been my 1st best game ever. Amiga rules

@nickthelick Жыл бұрын

Same age as you my friend, and we apparently also spent our time doing much the same things! 😊 Playing Syndicate on our Amigas! I had an Amiga500+ and also an Amiga1200... Both were stunning machines really... I remember I used to hook mine up together using... Well, I can't remember how I did it now, but I used to hook them up together and share the memory between them as well as the disk drives. To make things run smoother. I've not seen anyone do it anywhere on KZfaq at all, but back then I hooked them up all the time. It was only a few cables and, I think, it was a program on an Amiga Format disk that enabled me to do so. Back then I was a bit of a computer prodigy from the age of about 6 to 13. Taught myself programming on my Spectrum, did a little bit on my Amiga 500+ and also the Amiga 1200. I was more of a circuit-bender rather than a proper programmer on the Amiga! But then in college I discovered music and all of a sudden computer programming and gaming meant nothing to me any more! From then on it was guitars and LPs and CDs! 😊

@simonhives2592 Жыл бұрын

I would've been around 16 in 1993 and think I got my first Amiga in late 1991. Really feels like a lifetime ago now but Syndicate alike Speedball 2, Desert Strike, The Settlers, Cannon Fodder, Alien Breed, Lemmings & Populous 2 bring back a lot of memories.

@deceiver444 9 ай бұрын

This absolute legend turned thirty this summer

@kevintamas7164 4 жыл бұрын

That game made me a gamer. For me THE No. 1. Especially because the sound on the Amiga was awesome.

@mikek.692 4 жыл бұрын

How different the Amiga and the Dos versions are! No music at Amiga, no sound and fireworks at miss. debrief, no ping sound for the target (faster the closer you get at Dos) but the fire is colored (grey at Dos) and you can hear the screams (censored at Dos). I remember playing this game so often that i managed to do most missions with only 1 agent. Even reduced the brightness of my monitor by then and played in the evening/at night for that feeling of darkness and dystopy. *"Mission completed."* forever!!

@bighands69 3 жыл бұрын

I played it senseless as well. Did the same with Turrican and Alien Breed.

@CrazyGaming-ig6qq 6 ай бұрын

@@bighands69 Played those games on my Amiga: Turrican 2 I came mostly for the incredible OST, Alien Breed both the game play and the music (the title track is amazing) and Syndicate for the gameplay (and also those really cool animation videos)!

@iainjmclaren 3 жыл бұрын

This was one of my favourite Amiga games with the combination of immersive gameplay and cinetmatics.

@_--INFiNiTE_C0NSCi0US--_ 4 жыл бұрын

This game is one of my favorites on the PC, and i love Syndicate Wars too.

@AL82RetrogamingLongplays 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't like Syndicate Wars at the time it came out, but I replayed it a couple of year back, and it's a clever game - enjoyed it.

@CrazyGaming-ig6qq 6 ай бұрын

I was also a bit disappointed with Syndicate Wars; it sort of had lost a bit of it's previous charm, though I wouldn't outright say I didnt like it. It did had a really interesting mechanic with it's 3D objects in that the cities were destructible and even featured a kind of voxel terrain altering where when you blew up explosives on the ground the terrain got lowered with craters. For the time period the game was released this felt really revolutionary too. Sadly it wasn't really utilized for any meaningful purpose so it was only because I found it fun to blow up the entire level, got some fun out of that nonetheless.

@craftuar2439 4 жыл бұрын

Bullfrog was a real good company. I love bullfrog games !

@bighands69 3 жыл бұрын

Syndicate, Alien Breed, Turrican and lemmings were probably the best Amiga games there was.

@krashd 2 жыл бұрын

@@bighands69 Can't remember who made Turrican but Bullfrog, Team 17 and DMA Design were certainly heavyweights of Amiga gaming. My top 5 Amiga developers were probably Bullfrog (Syndicate), Team 17 (Alien Breed), DMA Design (Walker), Sensible Software (Cannon Fodder) and Bitmap Brothers (The Chaos Engine).

@nickthelick Жыл бұрын

@@krashd And DMA eventually became... ...ROCKSTAR! Wow!

@CrazyGaming-ig6qq 6 ай бұрын

Syndicate was a really revolutionary and advanced game for it's time. And they hit the cyberpunk atmosphere perfectly. There was a fun thing I recall you could do with the persuadertron; overtake like 50 people and have them follow you into a car. Then get out of the car and immediately blow the car up. All of the people would be set on fire and run in an almost perfect ring of fire away from the car. This actually had an impact on the population of the region of that mission, and on the tax rate. Unfortunately none of that mattered in a play though because the difference in taxation from the very tiny decreased population of this was so miniscule; was still an interesting feature and kinda fun to mess around with, again kinda revolutionary mechanics given the age that the game was made in. An actual useful mechanic here though was that if you set the tax rate very high a region would eventually rebel and you got to play it again, enabling you to once again acquire found guns and also persuaded enemy agents from that mission. I loved this game.

@Lenny-no2dx 3 жыл бұрын

This was the shit back then !!! The video sequences .... just wow .... incomparable

@mikek.692 4 жыл бұрын

Great, someone who really knows the game! You didn't miss the Uzi in miss. 1 and the Minigun from the police car in miss. 4. 👍

@CorsetLebelle 3 жыл бұрын

I keep forgetting there’s a minie gun in m4 lol

4 жыл бұрын

This was so epic as a kid.

@mattx5499 2 жыл бұрын

This game worked on A500 with 1MB of RAM. Even if it was a little stripped down when compared to the PC version it was a great achievement. The PC version of this and Syndicate Wars can be downloaded for free on GOG now.

@markeyhendrix 3 ай бұрын

This was thee game loved it, total classic. We need a pc up to date better graphics version of this now!!

@TSA-Gaming-and-Retro 8 ай бұрын

This Game caught us. Watching Bladerunner, Playing Syndicate. A Masterpiece

@facedisco 7 ай бұрын

I loved it! Could not remeber that there were only 2 different types of civilists

@maxsollie Жыл бұрын

Settlers-cannon fodder and This.The mighty Syndicate Wars. man I get goose bumps

@DerDude1977 3 жыл бұрын

While the PC Version looked better this was a good Amiga port. I wish they had done a real conversion to the Amiga 1200. It maybe would not have been as good as the DOS-version but we would never get to know it. UFO - Enemy Unknown in my opinion, for example had the best version the Amiga 1200. I have played Syndicate on the Amiga and on the PC. It was a great and unique game on both platforms. I miss those days.

@nickthelick Жыл бұрын

I played this on my Amiga 1200 and yeah, nothing extra on it all BUT it DID play extremely fast! With no lag, unlike when playing it on the A500/A500+...

@CasperLD 3 жыл бұрын

Spectacular game in it's time.

@iXien 3 жыл бұрын

Fabulous game. Many thank for the show ! Can you imagine the sadness discovering that the CD32 version just consisted of the four floppies copied on a CD while we could expect for an 256 color version with all videos, sounds and of course the CD ambient soundtrack of the PC CD version.

@AL82RetrogamingLongplays 3 жыл бұрын

Yep - CD32 version is literally the disk version on a CD. I think the 3DO version has different music/CD soundtrack.

@P.K... 3 жыл бұрын

Nice memories from my childhood

@Jeefer_Gary 3 жыл бұрын

Call your team "Marks Team" and it unlocks all the weapons and mods (if I remember correctly. It was 27 years ago)

@AL82RetrogamingLongplays 3 жыл бұрын

Yep - it does (PC version cheat code is Cooper Team) :)

@adamsonntag5755 2 жыл бұрын

Man where can I get this game? I remember watching my teacher play this on old MAC when I was 6th grade and was filled with amazement.

@JuusoHuttunenOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Still better than Cyberpunk2077, even has functional monorail

@tomarkadi6612 2 жыл бұрын

Loved it

@gremlin60 2 жыл бұрын

Miss this game....

@oldrichsoman7010 4 жыл бұрын

When l was around ten years old, I wanted to be one of the agents, enhanced, unstoppable badass carrying big minigun... and solving all problems with violence.

@fiuttello 4 жыл бұрын

And did you? :)

@slyoldfoxystoatface 3 жыл бұрын

What a classic

@goodday512 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this game. Is there any equivalent modern day version?

@user-ef2lg5vy3f 4 жыл бұрын

Are there mods or hacks for syndicate for Amiga to adding music like on dos version?

@SkuldChan42 4 жыл бұрын

One of the few games I finished back in the day on the Amiga - that last level was pretty brutal. On the credits - I didn't know the Amiga version was a port - what system had the first version of this game?

@AL82RetrogamingLongplays 4 жыл бұрын

PC 🙂

@bighands69 3 жыл бұрын

@@AL82RetrogamingLongplays That is a new one to me I always thought it was an Amiga exclusive. Learn something new everyday.

@andyukmonkey 11 ай бұрын

@@bighands69 It's on a few other systems. Sega Mega Drive got a conversion, even the Atari Jaguar!

@nipponretrogaming3717 4 жыл бұрын

Great game, thx

@oldrichsoman7010 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone knows what is that soundtrack sound? I love it, gives game great atmosphere, but what is it?

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve found several game soundtracks on Spotify.

@justmeat8413 4 жыл бұрын

Best ever

@OPKECTPAHT 4 жыл бұрын

Эх, хорошая была игрушка :)

@Khaos969 2 ай бұрын

One of the best games I ever played o my Amiga , pure violence 😂 lent it to some boy at school and forgot I gave it to him … and he didn’t remind me lol

@yootoobecansoogmiballs8735 2 жыл бұрын

:D ive spent hours with this game as a kid but never got beyond the third mission

@nickthelick Жыл бұрын

*Even at that time* in my life and at that age (from 1988 to 1993 - from 9yrs old to 14yrs old) I realised that pirated games *_REALLY DID_* detrimentally affect the game's makers/programmers and producers/& software houses etc. 🤔 I genuinely felt bad for every pirated game that I owned. But then, I *didn't* feel _too bad_ for _too long_ really... Because, if I have a copy of something and I actually like and enjoy it, then I go out of my way to make sure that I own it! I mean that I HAVE TO own the box with that lovely artwork and nice looking instruction manuals! 😊 For me, copied games always work like they're demo or rental copies for me to try out first. If I enjoy the game? 🤔 Then, pukka! 🤘🏼😊👍🏼 I'm off to buy it at the weekend! 🤞🏼😀👌🏼 Occasionally you'd play a copied game and you'd get right near to the end of the game or so, and THEN...! YOU discover that at a certain, particular spot, the game _ALWAYS_ crashes! So you have to 'upgrade' and purchase the game _anyway!_ So that wouldn't ever really bother me...😊

@KOX13 3 жыл бұрын

luv it

@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 3 жыл бұрын

Just drive around town with four dudes loaded up on persuadotrons. Get the whole town to do your bidding. They jack cars and start running shit over. Eventually your mission is completed by the persuaded citizens running over your target.

@MrLazenby007 3 жыл бұрын

Which is the definitive version, Amiga on a A1200 for the faster gameplay (as opposed to the A500) or the pc dos version?

@AL82RetrogamingLongplays 3 жыл бұрын

PC DOS - better graphics and has in-game music.

@GTE_Channel 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the game, never really understood all of the gameplay tho...

@GiacomoSorbi 5 ай бұрын

5:27:44 - Demis Hassabis as a playtester? Was this his first official credit in a game?

@Kyntteri 4 жыл бұрын

23:35 Gotta get to the upper part of town and use that pointless train as under the station there are not one but two waist high fences to stop us super soldiers. I think the devs were teasing you on purpose :D

@TheQuetzalcoatl76 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing game, except the final...

@hansihinterseher9156 3 жыл бұрын

One of the first games that looks and sounds better on the PC (and was available on both platforms)? 😕

@LinaaaOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Even though you're technically right, somehow I like the lower res Amiga version more. The PC version looks more empty or something.

@ibd1977 2 жыл бұрын

Has anyone played American Revolt on the Amiga?

@placak2631 Жыл бұрын

I have another missions in America. For example Alaska- Defend The Fortress. California- We Need You. Colombia- Madman Returns. How is it possible? All Europe, Africa and Australia were same like your game. Have I another version of this game? Is it depends on when I opened the location on map? Thank you.

@AL82RetrogamingLongplays Жыл бұрын

Were you playing the American Revolt expansion disk?

@Shrooms-up6sv 2 ай бұрын

what a fuckin game!

@jeremyfrancois2 8 ай бұрын

#08.03.83

@antjarvis 4 жыл бұрын

...bit too fast on accelerator/emu. Great game though.

@AL82RetrogamingLongplays 4 жыл бұрын

The 68000 on the A500 was far too slow for recording purposes, so this uses an A1200. There isn't really a happy medium.

@pochola4550 4 жыл бұрын

and the MUSIC???

@AL82RetrogamingLongplays 4 жыл бұрын

There is no in-game music in the Amiga version.

@iXien 3 жыл бұрын

Memory was beginning to be a problem on Amiga at the time. As Al82 Retrogaming Longplays said, It's already fabulous for a conversion on a system with only 1Mb RAM. And don't forget that only 512K Chip-RAM can be used for data storage. 512kb Fast-RAM are just for CPU treatments. Storage on floppy disks can be recalled too. The game already needs 4x 880kb disks and mod music needs more storage than the little MIDI files of the original PC DOS version. In short, for a conversion of a game which initially required 5x 1.44Mb floppy discs (for 12Mb uncompressed on HDD) and a 386/486 CPU with 4Mb RAM, this A500 version is clearly a tour de force and I suppose that music was on the top of the list of things they decided to sacrify.

@than0zZ 4 жыл бұрын

as much as i loved this gem, it had the WORST pathfinding engine of any game i have everplayed..

@jeremyfrancois2 8 ай бұрын

#Sty

@kevintamas7164 4 жыл бұрын

Uhm, a little too fast.

@AL82RetrogamingLongplays 4 жыл бұрын

It's running on the A1200 - the A500 is just way too slow for the purposes of the video. Try watching some of the later missions - you'll see why the 68020 was needed.

@CarlMahnke 2 жыл бұрын

Looks sped up.

@AL82RetrogamingLongplays 2 жыл бұрын

It's running on an A1200 config

@nickthelick Жыл бұрын

Do any of you remember that the unreleased demo version had people walking dogs and women with babies in prams?!? 🤔 I saw screenshots for them, but they never ever released them in the game. Couldn't be slaughtering women and children (babies!) or dogs! 😊 😀 😝 Can you imagine the screaming women and the babies in prams if you'd set them on fire?! Or dogs running about on fire too?! Evil or what?! LoL! 🔥🔥🔥 😊 🤔 😁

@AmigaWolf 3 жыл бұрын

Great game, have the original with box for my Amiga CD32.

@nickthelick Жыл бұрын

Worth a bit of cash to someone that is, mate. Especially with that lovely green box!

@AmigaWolf Жыл бұрын

@@nickthelick Yeah i know, also one of the reasons i wanted it for my collection, i have 43 original Amiga CD32 games, and Syndicate is one of them, most don't have the original box + more, but i have all my games in original CD cover and CD and booklet and so on, you can say that Amiga was my fist love, like the song music is my first love....