I had an A1200 040, 32 megs ram, 2x cd rom and .... a massive 2 gig hard drive :D
Loved it to bits and have recently started buying Amiga games on Ebay again.
Deluxe paint IV AGA is quite possibly the best piece of graphics software I've ever used.
Not because of WHAT it does, more because of how easy it is to use.
I currently use a piece of software called Ultimate Paint on the PC, as it's user interface is the nearest thing to Dpaint I can find. (and it handles the .IFF/.LBM formats too)
Amiga Fans.... Check out the game 'BRIAN THE LION' ....
How they did that realtime software scaling and rotation on a bog standard machine I'll never know!
My dad's got an Amiga 1200 up in the loft somewhere, but it has not worked properly since we installed a 2Gb hard drive in it (upgraded from 80Mb I think). We think it needs a new power supply as it just keeps resetting itself. :-(
The Amiga IMO is the greatest machine ever made! Way better than today's PCs in terms of reliability and fun, and can do almost anything that any modern day PC can do (word processing, spreadsheets, web browsing etc). When commodore went bust and everyone else jumped on Microsoft's bandwagon, we stayed with the Amiga all the way until about 1999 when my dad bought himself an Apple iMac (333MHz blueberry, remember those?).
Best games are Another World, Disposable Hero, Super Skidmarks, SWOS, Cannon Fodder 1 & 2, Theme Park AGA, Aladdin, Micro Machines, Turbo Trax, Lemmings, Frontier Elite II, Daily Double Horse Racing, Jaguar XJ220 (for the music), Arcade Pool, Arcade Snooker (given away with CU Amiga), Bubble & Squeak, Superfrog, Gloom (although I've only played this on emulator) and hydrozone (an Assasins PD game).
Deluxe Paint was great for mucking around in, but for serious animation who remembers Disney Studio? That was brilliant! My brother created a superb animation in that called Suicide Sid, whereby we see a little stickman trying many desperate attempts to jump over a cliff, only to see some nasty, gory results (heehee!)!
since i moved house i have a bit more desk space, so ive got my trusty old A500 v1.2 set up once again. itd be nice to use it with a flat screen, but im not sure if its possible. i had a quick snoop around on the internet and it seems you would probably need a scan doubler or something and some other bits probably.
edit: (not to mention the fact that finding a screen with a compatible resolution isnt very likely)
i don't think i ever bought anything legal for my amiga. the machine fell off the back of a lorry out side my dad's work. and the games i bought were off a car boot sale. a quid a disc, no matter what the game was. and you could order them from the bloke, and he'd have them the next week.
of course the there was the problem of the tables in the manuals. oh and having to work the instructions out yourself, but that was half the fun. :)
blimey i was about to post up a really good link and have just found out that the Amiga community has been massively damaged recently because someone got one of the main resource sites closed down.
it seems like it's a bit like WOS getting shut down for accidently carrying an Ultimate game or something. i've not been arsed enough to read it in any detail though.
blimey i was about to post up a really good link and have just found out that the Amiga community has been massively damaged recently because someone got one of the main resource sites closed down.
it seems like it's a bit like WOS getting shut down for accidently carrying an Ultimate game or something. i've not been arsed enough to read it in any detail though.
Really??? Which site got shut down?
One of the best resources for Amiga stuff on the net is Aminet.
love my amiga.... got about 5 in all. my main 2 are setup in my studio, one's an A1200 with a 68030, about 10 meg of ram, an HD and a Zip drive - the other's an a500 boosted up to 1 meg with an action replay cartridge.
my brother's got a couple of A4000's... one with an 040. not that he ever uses it. even my mum has a CD32 for pinball games!
if i'm being honest i know a lot more about amiga-mangement than i do our humble speccy friend.
i think you'll find the friendliest amiga forum is: www.amigagames.com:D - but EAB is certainly the one to go for technical info.... lemon amiga is ok but for the fact there's a fair few lemon64'ers on there! (hehe... probably some skulking round here too!)
an amiga site that got shut down hosted KillerGorilla's wonderful packs of pre-installed HD games.... for me that was the only real loss. - if this is the shut-down being refered to? (deadwoodinc.net)
Back to the Roots is down too - dunno if it was closed or if they just ran out of money or something.
I've got a few Amigas hanging around the house too - never use them, one even has a 40MHz 030 and 8Mb RAM SIMM in it - maybe I should visit Ebay or something......
Seriously tho, the Amiga has to be one of the best machines ever made.
96MB Ram
internal Scandoubler/Flickerfixer
52x CD-Rom
20GB HD (which has just died, and haspossibly taken out the next thing)
IDE Buffered Interface (could be screwed)
EZKey-XS
Cocolino
PPC - 603e+ 175MHz, 68040/25MHz
BlizzardVision
Running OS3.9 and Dopus MagellanII
Okay, it's not quite as impressive as Andrew's, but it's still a cracker :-D
Looking to get FastATA soon.
The best site used to be Back to the Roots, but I think the guys got really pissed off with all the leechers so they just ditched the site.
If you like Team17 games head over to www.dream17.co.uk - they are the only site to legally have the rights to share Team17 games now that BttR has gone tits up.
Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
--Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)
you bunch of smarta*se's.... its not as if you even need that much for Beneath A Steel Sky CD32 version (preloaded to ram by whdload).....
wtf do you do with al that power??!
i only got a PC in 2001 because it was so hard to get a 16-bit soundcard for the amiga though.... and now i have a 24-bit b*stard! i wish i was still writing with octamed.... and running AmIRC or whatever it was, as my chat client!
i only got a PC in 2001 because it was so hard to get a 16-bit soundcard for the amiga though.... and now i have a 24-bit b*stard! i wish i was still writing with octamed....
i'm using the PC version of Octamed these days. Works the same as before but now you aren't limited to four tracks.
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I had an amiga 500. it was probably the best machine i ever had.
Thanks pal
At the time (1995-2000) I thought it was the dog's bollocks - and it took me ages to finally abandon it and buy a first PC.
Fook me!, what a beast!.
I just had the standard A1200 (Desktop Dynamite pack) with Oscar,Dennis game. Thought it was the bollocks cause of the AGA chipset.
Remember Deluxe Paint??? Awesome!
Alien Breed, Chaos Engine, Sensi World Of Soccer...Ahhh! those we're the days my friends!.
LOL It killed me as well to get rid, and upgrade to PC. Only reason I had one was because of Championship Manager LOL
I ended up buying CD32 too. (what a waste of money that was)
my fave game though was syndicate. i spent many a sleepless night playing that.
Loved it to bits and have recently started buying Amiga games on Ebay again.
Not because of WHAT it does, more because of how easy it is to use.
I currently use a piece of software called Ultimate Paint on the PC, as it's user interface is the nearest thing to Dpaint I can find. (and it handles the .IFF/.LBM formats too)
Amiga Fans.... Check out the game 'BRIAN THE LION' ....
How they did that realtime software scaling and rotation on a bog standard machine I'll never know!
i have downloaded WinUAE, says I need some Kickstart Roms.....
Google is my friend...but on this occasion no!!!....
Anybody care to *cough* PM
The Amiga IMO is the greatest machine ever made! Way better than today's PCs in terms of reliability and fun, and can do almost anything that any modern day PC can do (word processing, spreadsheets, web browsing etc). When commodore went bust and everyone else jumped on Microsoft's bandwagon, we stayed with the Amiga all the way until about 1999 when my dad bought himself an Apple iMac (333MHz blueberry, remember those?).
Best games are Another World, Disposable Hero, Super Skidmarks, SWOS, Cannon Fodder 1 & 2, Theme Park AGA, Aladdin, Micro Machines, Turbo Trax, Lemmings, Frontier Elite II, Daily Double Horse Racing, Jaguar XJ220 (for the music), Arcade Pool, Arcade Snooker (given away with CU Amiga), Bubble & Squeak, Superfrog, Gloom (although I've only played this on emulator) and hydrozone (an Assasins PD game).
Deluxe Paint was great for mucking around in, but for serious animation who remembers Disney Studio? That was brilliant! My brother created a superb animation in that called Suicide Sid, whereby we see a little stickman trying many desperate attempts to jump over a cliff, only to see some nasty, gory results (heehee!)!
edit: (not to mention the fact that finding a screen with a compatible resolution isnt very likely)
I bought the best Amiga bundle. A1200 with Syndicate, Second Samurai, Chaos Engine and Nigel Mansell's Grand Prix.
ended up getting a 200mb hard-drive which was great as I used the amiga for Octamed a lot (music tracker prog).
spent most of my Amiga days playing SWOS, Syndicate, K240 and Civilisation.
Anyone using winUAE should think about installing Gamebase Amiga. means less dicking around with configs. yay!
i looked on lemon amiga but i got frustrated with not being able to do it.
(i wont tell you how long it took me to play speecy games from here)
You can't as they're under copyright by Amiga International.
The only way to get LEGAL Kickstart ROMs is to buy a copy of Amiga Forever.
Alternatively, try and find a torrent file with all of them in and use something like BitTorrent to download them (like I did :D).
of course the there was the problem of the tables in the manuals. oh and having to work the instructions out yourself, but that was half the fun. :)
it seems like it's a bit like WOS getting shut down for accidently carrying an Ultimate game or something. i've not been arsed enough to read it in any detail though.
Also Everything you wanted to know about Amiga games :-D
One of the best resources for Amiga stuff on the net is Aminet.
my brother's got a couple of A4000's... one with an 040. not that he ever uses it. even my mum has a CD32 for pinball games!
if i'm being honest i know a lot more about amiga-mangement than i do our humble speccy friend.
i think you'll find the friendliest amiga forum is: www.amigagames.com :D - but EAB is certainly the one to go for technical info.... lemon amiga is ok but for the fact there's a fair few lemon64'ers on there! (hehe... probably some skulking round here too!)
an amiga site that got shut down hosted KillerGorilla's wonderful packs of pre-installed HD games.... for me that was the only real loss. - if this is the shut-down being refered to? (deadwoodinc.net)
I've got a few Amigas hanging around the house too - never use them, one even has a 40MHz 030 and 8Mb RAM SIMM in it - maybe I should visit Ebay or something......
Seriously tho, the Amiga has to be one of the best machines ever made.
http://newton.sunderland.ac.uk/~specfreak/MyAmiga/MyAmiga.html
Screenshot needs updating though :-o.
the site is up but a lot of resources have gone apparently, including the latest set of game roms for Gamebase Amiga. bah!
Impressive!
A1200 in a Z4 Tower (from Eyetech)
96MB Ram
internal Scandoubler/Flickerfixer
52x CD-Rom
20GB HD (which has just died, and haspossibly taken out the next thing)
IDE Buffered Interface (could be screwed)
EZKey-XS
Cocolino
PPC - 603e+ 175MHz, 68040/25MHz
BlizzardVision
Running OS3.9 and Dopus MagellanII
Okay, it's not quite as impressive as Andrew's, but it's still a cracker :-D
Looking to get FastATA soon.
The best site used to be Back to the Roots, but I think the guys got really pissed off with all the leechers so they just ditched the site.
If you like Team17 games head over to www.dream17.co.uk - they are the only site to legally have the rights to share Team17 games now that BttR has gone tits up.
I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
--Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)
https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
wtf do you do with al that power??!
i only got a PC in 2001 because it was so hard to get a 16-bit soundcard for the amiga though.... and now i have a 24-bit b*stard! i wish i was still writing with octamed.... and running AmIRC or whatever it was, as my chat client!
i'm using the PC version of Octamed these days. Works the same as before but now you aren't limited to four tracks.
www.myspace.com/bluceree - these are all pc med tunes.