I had an Amiga 500 from 1990 - 1995 & even to this day, I can still say, with great assertion that it was the best game/home computer I have ever owned.
I have been into computers the best part of 20 years and i have very fond memories for this machine, i still actively use it to this day.
For me the Amiga was a machine that seemed to embrace the idea of creativity and allowed users the freedom to share their talents, with a huge demo and music scene and a ton of good freeware applications all could join the party.
Oh and it had some great games to:)
Thanks for uploading this great slice of computing History.
They made an affordable and portable multimedia computer built the hardware to have custom chips for every purpose and software to make it all easy to use. This is what made it so great and allowed the passionate developers to bring us such great memorable experiences. I have experienced nothing like this phenomenon since.
Remember that in a lot of ways the Amiga didn't die and didn't fail; it lives on in the enormous influence it had on all the other machines, which copied its innovations. The Amiga's legacy remains to this day whenever you turn on your PC or Mac: the Amiga led the way.
Jay Minter and Co and Dan Silva (creator of Deluxe Paint) - These guys are my heroes - Their creations changed my life back in the eighties - I really believe if it wasn't for them, computers today would suck. Thank you Amiga - Come back anytime you are ready - you would kick ass! (I still have 2 Amiga 2000s and a CDTV unit and all they still work!)
I got to see Jay Miner before he died. He was being brought through a trade show in a wheelchair. He looked at the two nerdy kids (Me and my friend) looking like they just saw Santa Cause and said, "Hiya fellas."
"who cares as long as the work gets done." Wiser words were never spoken. A lot of so-called tech companies can take a lesson from this tale, even today.
@strunway The Amiga 500 was a great gaming/home machine in 1987 but then the development somewhat stopped until they finally released the Amiga 1200 too late. Commodore tried to build business machines but the marketing gave the impression of a "game only" machine sold by toy stores. Dropping prices and introduction of sound and graphics cards for the PC in early 90's made the Amiga outdated even for gaming. However, Amiga changed the way of using computers for entertainment forever.
"A group that became close friends with an active sense of humor, overactive work ethic and childlike enthusiasm. They sat out to make their dreamcomputer, the one they like to use for themselves. Real cool, real fast and lots of power. The team was brilliant, creative without a thought they started a convention that set computers off computers and toys off toys."
I had an Amiga 500.... The most nostalgic computer I ever had... I am very fond of that computer... dang I wish it had of survived and Apple(it's main competitor was the 'Tosh) died instead... but alas.
I went from Commodore 64 to a 128 then an Amiga 500 then I went to an AST 486 PC because that was where the future seemed to be going. The AMIGA was a wonderful idea which APPLE is using today. I miss these days of the PC
They was not nutz, they are true eighties computer nerds and knew exactly what they did, they was not just like most nerds today, dreamers, they realized their ideas.
@JOCKATEO The Amiga was a great computer but even to this day the Atari ST version of Cubase (And before that Pro 24) remains one of the most powerful and stable pieces of music software ever written. Some people still wish they had theirs for it's stability in favour of modern PCs with Cubase 5. The ST could also render in 3D faster and smoother than the Amiga due to it's faster clockrate as the Amiga's Blitter chip had little effect in 3D. The Amiga's internal sound was far superior though.
@thatguyontheright1 It was the greatest machine of the 80s, a machine way, way ahead of its time. It was around a decade ahead of the market that would eventually emerge for Apple, i.e. a machine for multimedia creative types. Had the internet existed, the Amiga would have been the only machine worth using to browse on it. It was terrific for artists and animators. And it was an incredible games machine.
The Amiga is a superb computer, it was light years ahead of the competition and in my opinion is an iconic classic that should be enjoyed by real gamers. I don't have an X-Box 360 or a PS3, I'd rather have an Amiga and I have an A1200. Best machines in the world :)
Amiga was created by people who wanted to create something that is more than a computer. They did it, but the bussines won with the passion unfortunatelly. :(
@SgtZima They went bust because Irving Gould was an idiot who strangled its chances in North America with a stream of bungled choices, including firing Thomas Rattigan, the best CEO Commodore ever had. In Europe it did well.
It will suck though, not the original Commodore team, there are new Amigas out now aswell as C64 but they all have PC hardware inside so again sucks sucks and keeps on sucking. The original Commodore team is something that only happened once and something you will never see again, an era that was beyond its time and now we are in a time that is beyond repair.
@SgtZima CBM died because of lousy management decisions and marketing practices. They never really had a clue what kind of machine they had stumbled onto.
@strunway @strunway Commodore went bankrupt 'cause sales of the Amiga weren't enough to keep them in the black. PC and Macintosh were dominating the market at that time, and C= just couldn't compete. I have the fondest memories of my Amiga 1000, and I actually still have my original 1080 monitor. Still works brilliantly to this day.
@MrROTD Near Arcade perfect versions of Toki and Bionic Commando were probably my own personal favs. The other ports of Toki were crap, but the Amiga one was really great... that was weird. Also the many Ocean Titles... and that great game "The First Samurai". seriously the A500 was a 16bit console as well, a great game machine(as was originally planned).
@thatguyontheright1 Sensible Soccer, ideally 92/93 edition Cannon Fodder Another World Flashback Pinball Dreams Laser Squad IK+ Bubble Bobble Alien Breed Rocket Ranger Battle Isle ...and if you've never played it, The Secret of Monkey Island
@thatguyontheright1 Blimey, that's a hard question to answer. In all honesty, I would say no. It is a very interesting historical artefact. By all means read about it and its importance, maybe watch some videos of what it could do and try to fit them into the context of the times. Try an emulator, perhaps. But I'm not sure you'd be able to do anything with it now that would impress you. It's more than a quarter of a century old!
what there were people earlier, they have emotions, they smile, laugh - the true emotions on faces, on living persons, continuous plasmassovy freaks, without emotions with an affected smile and a look of morons now
Stefan Harnesk It is the VT 4000, the last Amiga-based version (I think). My first generation VT card from early 1991 that I used in my A 2000 is (sadly) long gone...
I had an Amiga 500 from 1990 - 1995 & even to this day, I can still say, with great assertion that it was the best game/home computer I have ever owned.
I have been into computers the best part of 20 years and i have very fond memories for this machine, i still actively use it to this day.
For me the Amiga was a machine that seemed to embrace the idea of creativity and allowed users the freedom to share their talents, with a huge demo and music scene and a ton of good freeware applications all could join the party.
Oh and it had some great games to:)
Thanks for uploading this great slice of computing History.
They made an affordable and portable multimedia computer built the hardware to have custom chips for every purpose and software to make it all easy to use. This is what made it so great and allowed the passionate developers to bring us such great memorable experiences. I have experienced nothing like this phenomenon since.
Remember that in a lot of ways the Amiga didn't die and didn't fail; it lives on in the enormous influence it had on all the other machines, which copied its innovations. The Amiga's legacy remains to this day whenever you turn on your PC or Mac: the Amiga led the way.
also to inspire many, including ELon Musk !
Amiga my first true love. I will never forget you.
I want u back my love.
Jay Minter and Co and Dan Silva (creator of Deluxe Paint) - These guys are my heroes - Their creations changed my life back in the eighties - I really believe if it wasn't for them, computers today would suck. Thank you Amiga - Come back anytime you are ready - you would kick ass!
(I still have 2 Amiga 2000s and a CDTV unit and all they still work!)
I got to see Jay Miner before he died. He was being brought through a trade show in a wheelchair. He looked at the two nerdy kids (Me and my friend) looking like they just saw Santa Cause and said, "Hiya fellas."
"who cares as long as the work gets done."
Wiser words were never spoken. A lot of so-called tech companies can take a lesson from this tale, even today.
@strunway The Amiga 500 was a great gaming/home machine in 1987 but then the development somewhat stopped until they finally released the Amiga 1200 too late. Commodore tried to build business machines but the marketing gave the impression of a "game only" machine sold by toy stores. Dropping prices and introduction of sound and graphics cards for the PC in early 90's made the Amiga outdated even for gaming. However, Amiga changed the way of using computers for entertainment forever.
"A group that became close friends with an active sense of humor, overactive work ethic and childlike enthusiasm. They sat out to make their dreamcomputer, the one they like to use for themselves. Real cool, real fast and lots of power. The team was brilliant, creative without a thought they started a convention that set computers off computers and toys off toys."
yeah that's Turrican II. The soundtrack to that level is pretty good. Well the entire game is just awesome.
I had an Amiga 500....
The most nostalgic computer I ever had... I am very fond of that computer...
dang I wish it had of survived and Apple(it's main competitor was the 'Tosh) died instead... but alas.
I went from Commodore 64 to a 128 then an Amiga 500 then I went to an AST 486 PC because that was where the future seemed to be going. The AMIGA was a wonderful idea which APPLE is using today. I miss these days of the PC
Amiga Time is a big part of computers history.
They was not nutz, they are true eighties computer nerds and knew exactly what they did, they was not just like most nerds today, dreamers, they realized their ideas.
@JOCKATEO The Amiga was a great computer but even to this day the Atari ST version of Cubase (And before that Pro 24) remains one of the most powerful and stable pieces of music software ever written. Some people still wish they had theirs for it's stability in favour of modern PCs with Cubase 5. The ST could also render in 3D faster and smoother than the Amiga due to it's faster clockrate as the Amiga's Blitter chip had little effect in 3D. The Amiga's internal sound was far superior though.
The Amiga's and the Workbench OS were amazing things. I still use my Amiga 600 with the HDD and Workbench nearly every single day.
Still true in 2023?? 🙂
probably the best OS ive ever used to this day
the love they put in the machine showed through
classic i used to love my amiga 500. I still do! i still have it complete.
@thatguyontheright1
It was the greatest machine of the 80s, a machine way, way ahead of its time. It was around a decade ahead of the market that would eventually emerge for Apple, i.e. a machine for multimedia creative types. Had the internet existed, the Amiga would have been the only machine worth using to browse on it. It was terrific for artists and animators. And it was an incredible games machine.
The Amiga is a superb computer, it was light years ahead of the competition and in my opinion is an iconic classic that should be enjoyed by real gamers. I don't have an X-Box 360 or a PS3, I'd rather have an Amiga and I have an A1200. Best machines in the world :)
Epic nerdiness but epic dudes making epic machines
Amiga was created by people who wanted to create something that is more than a computer. They did it, but the bussines won with the passion unfortunatelly. :(
i agree, The Amiga was indeed "radical".
Amiga was my best computer and freind.
I miss him and i miss Amiga Company that know how to create an amazing Machine :-)
@SgtZima
They went bust because Irving Gould was an idiot who strangled its chances in North America with a stream of bungled choices, including firing Thomas Rattigan, the best CEO Commodore ever had. In Europe it did well.
It will suck though, not the original Commodore team, there are new Amigas out now aswell as C64 but they all have PC hardware inside so again sucks sucks and keeps on sucking.
The original Commodore team is something that only happened once and something you will never see again, an era that was beyond its time and now we are in a time that is beyond repair.
Thumbs up if you think the Amiga should have made the home computer today not the Mac or PC...
@skylerpony What an awesome company that must HAVE been to work for.
Amiga made history ! On my opinion, was the really first "think different" computer !
those amiga women were pretty hot!
btw, all those people are heroes. they will go straight to heaven!
@colliric yeah it did I forgot, Cannon Fodder, Brutal Football, those were fun games!
@SgtZima
CBM died because of lousy management decisions and marketing practices. They never really had a clue what kind of machine they had stumbled onto.
@strunway @strunway Commodore went bankrupt 'cause sales of the Amiga weren't enough to keep them in the black. PC and Macintosh were dominating the market at that time, and C= just couldn't compete. I have the fondest memories of my Amiga 1000, and I actually still have my original 1080 monitor. Still works brilliantly to this day.
@MrROTD
It had great games as well.
look for the documentary "Triumph of the Nerds" it's very interesting to see how they all started.
love
i juat got a a1200 now i'm working on getting it up and running so for so good
AMIGA never die! System concept! We wait for NATAMI!
cool, i still have and use my Amiga2500 and it still has the Video Toaster in it.
@MrROTD
Near Arcade perfect versions of Toki and Bionic Commando were probably my own personal favs. The other ports of Toki were crap, but the Amiga one was really great... that was weird.
Also the many Ocean Titles... and that great game "The First Samurai".
seriously the A500 was a 16bit console as well, a great game machine(as was originally planned).
Thank you.
@thatguyontheright1
Sensible Soccer, ideally 92/93 edition
Cannon Fodder
Another World
Flashback
Pinball Dreams
Laser Squad
IK+
Bubble Bobble
Alien Breed
Rocket Ranger
Battle Isle
...and if you've never played it,
The Secret of Monkey Island
Oh my .. This is gold!
the real pioneers of home computing "commodore"
Turrican II was amazing.
@davedagreat69
Sounds about right.
RJ talks from 4:36 , and on 5:15 there it is : "KBD PRT....on a game machine?? EXT DRV....on a game machine??" YUP
This video is hilarious, whether that's intentional or not. Keep an eye out for 118 guy.
@MrROTD Brutal Football? Don't you mean Speedball?
@thatguyontheright1
Blimey, that's a hard question to answer. In all honesty, I would say no. It is a very interesting historical artefact. By all means read about it and its importance, maybe watch some videos of what it could do and try to fit them into the context of the times. Try an emulator, perhaps. But I'm not sure you'd be able to do anything with it now that would impress you. It's more than a quarter of a century old!
2:08, did you notice something?
it was all Joe Pillow's fault.
This is geek central but interesting to see the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in their heyday.
Amiga también hablaba español. El mejor ordenador que tuve, un Amiga 500.
@critanime
Cool. What do you use it for?
what there were people earlier, they have emotions, they smile, laugh - the true emotions on faces, on living persons, continuous plasmassovy freaks, without emotions with an affected smile and a look of morons now
Hippies :P
What's the demo at 1.05?
whats your operating system?
amigas were the best for cheap video aand graphics
I'll never sell my Amiga 4000 with the Video Toaster card =)
A 4000 with videotoaster ? That's impressive, I thought they were just for 3000's
Stefan Harnesk
It is the VT 4000, the last Amiga-based version (I think). My first generation VT card from early 1991 that I used in my A 2000 is (sadly) long gone...
Ahh ok
Well cool anyway :D
My PC is shit.
Thumps up if youd rather give your money to THIS TEAM than to MICROSOFT....!!!!!