For all the dodginess of Dangerous Streets, Oscar and Rise of the Robots, the Amiga CD32 will always have a place in my heart. Time spent looking at You Tube to refresh my memories of what the CD32 had to offer has made me realise just how many classic titles were available. Effectively a CD-based console version of the popular Amiga 1200 (the souped-up version of my A600), it was dubbed "the World's first 32-bit CD games console".

It boasted a colourful, funky-looking angular controller, but was upgradeable with all manner of peripherals to turn it into a full-blown computer system. Sure, it was a clunky looking beast with a cheap plastic finish that made it look like a kid's toy... but it was a damn good effort by Amiga. Shame it sold so pitifully and arrived towards the end Commodore's reign!

Here's the first part of my top ten picks...

Diggers came bundled with the console, and was a kind of cross between Dig Dug, Boulderdash and Lemmings. Pick a tribe, choose a location and get digging to rack up your cash... It was damn hard - and occasionally monotonous - but that didn't stop me coming back for more. Watching this clip and hearing its haunting soundtrack takes me back to 1993!

Back in the day I used to love playing Flying Shark in the Arcades and later, on my beloved Amstrad CPC 464. Sadly, as the years past, the vertical shooter drifted into obscurity... until Banshee flew onto the CD32! A futuristic shooter, it looked fantastic, played well and served up a decent two player co-op mode too.

Cutesy platformer Flink was a lovely-looking 2D side scrolling game. Nah, it didn't offer a massive leap forward over previous games from the genre, and it wasn't particularly taxing... but it did have a certain Nordic charm about it.

Remember R-Type? Well, Team 17 brought this type of shoot 'em up into the '90s with aplomb. Project-X was a fast and furious side scroller, confirming Team 17 as my favourite developer. They'd already conquered various genres with Alien Breed, Superfrog and Worms - Project-X continued this trend. Fantastic but incredibly tough.

Although my first experience of this was on my Amiga 600, Super Putty transferred really well to Commodore's console. Take control of a little blue blob and stretch, flatten of inflate him to progress through the various levels. Crisp graphics, brilliant sound effects and a unique concept. Always used to make me think of Berk from the Trap Door cartoon too!

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Part II to follow

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