A model new Amiga recreation is popping out this 12 months, and it’s a sequel that some gamers have been ready 30 years for.
The Settlers 2: Gold Version can be launched on Amiga on October 18, lastly bringing the city-building technique recreation to the pc the place the sequence started.
Whereas the sport is being revealed by German firm Look Behind You, it has additionally been formally licensed by Ubisoft and can characteristic the Ubisoft emblem on the field.
The primary Settlers recreation was initially launched on Amiga in 1993, earlier than being ported to PC the next 12 months.
Praised for its merging of Populous-like God recreation mechanics and SimCity-like constructing mechanics, the sport obtained widespread vital acclaim with most Amiga magazines scoring it 90% or above.
Nonetheless, when the sequel arrived in 1996, it was solely launched on PC, that means the Amiga gamers who cherished the primary recreation needed to miss out.
“Again within the day, each Amiga fan felt the identical – we appeared enviously at The Settlers II on the PC and knew it might have been excellent for the Amiga,” the brand new model’s challenge supervisor Simon Neumann stated in a press release. “Our port of the sport brings its legacy to a detailed.”
Zwei Legenden, endlich vereint! Die Siedler II erobert ab 18. Oktober den Amiga! Mit offizieller Lizenz von @UbisoftDE wurde es in einer Gold Version mit historischem Feingefühl entwickelt.
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— Look Behind You (@LookBehindYouDE) August 13, 2025
The Amiga model relies n the Gold Version of the sport and consists of greater than 30 professions, 4 races (Romans, Asians, Nubians and Vikings), 10 Roman campaigns, 9 world campaigns and 130 free bonus maps.
Though the sport has been optimised for Amiga {hardware}, the sport requires a hi-spec Amiga with an AGA chipset and a 68040 processor working at 40 MHz.
“Our purpose wasn’t simply to show that porting The Settlers was technically doable,” stated Steffen Häuser, a developer on the brand new Amiga model. “We wished to make its distinctive gaming expertise accessible on the Amiga as nicely – precisely because it ought to have been in 1996.”
The Settlers 2: Gold Version is out there to pre-order from Look Behind You, with a bodily version and a digital version accessible. A Collector’s Version, launched in a picket field and restricted to only 100 copies, has already bought out.
