Gallery

Lionheart - Box Art

Amiga · 1993 · Art by Henk Nieborg

Lionheart's European box art, featuring the warrior Valdyn. Published by Thalion in 1993 - one of the finest-looking Amiga games ever made.

Lionheart - Gameplay

Amiga · 1993

Parallax-scrolled backgrounds with Nieborg's character animation. Widely cited as the finest-looking Amiga platformer.

Lionheart - Level Art

Amiga · 1993

The animated title screen that announced Lionheart's visual ambition. Even standing still, the character sprite set a new benchmark.

Ambermoon - Box Art

Amiga · 1993

The outdoor map of Lyramion - a seamless, scrolling world with towns, dungeons, and wilderness to explore.

Ambermoon - Gameplay

Amiga · 1993

First-person dungeon crawling with smooth texture mapping on standard Amiga hardware. An extraordinary technical achievement.

Wings of Death - Stage 1

Amiga · 1990

Vertical scrolling with dense enemy formations and fluid animation. One of the most technically accomplished Amiga shmups of its era.

No Second Prize - Race

Amiga · 1992

Smooth polygon 3-D on the stock Amiga 500. Matthias Steinwachs's rendering engine stunned reviewers in 1992.

Amberstar - Town

Amiga · 1992

Overhead town exploration from the Amberstar RPG. Detailed sprite work and ambient music set the tone for Ambermoon's even grander sequel.

Leavin' Teramis - Gameplay

Amiga · 1992

A top-down shoot-em-up with colourful alien worlds. Polished and entertaining; one of Thalion's most purely commercial productions.

Dragonflight - Dragon Combat

Amiga · 1990

Real-time flight and combat sequences distinguish Dragonflight from the RPGs of its era. An early demonstration of Thalion's genre ambition.

Wings of Death - ST Version

Atari ST · 1990

The Atari ST original, reflecting Thalion's demoscene roots. Slightly less colour depth than the Amiga version but technically accomplished.

Chambers of Shaolin - ST

Atari ST · 1989

One of Thalion's earliest commercial titles. The martial arts theme and training structure gave it a distinctive identity.

Seven Gates of Jambala - ST

Atari ST · 1990

Colourful fantasy side-scroller demonstrating Thalion's expanding palette of visual styles and their facility with the ST hardware.

Ambermoon - DOS Port

DOS · 1993

The DOS version of Ambermoon brought the RPG to PC audiences, though the Amiga original remains the definitive version.

Dragonflight - DOS

DOS · 1990

The DOS port of Dragonflight, reaching a broader audience. EGA visuals give the game a different but recognisable aesthetic.