Commodore Amiga owners thread!

joey1211 · 27 Apr 2018 at 09:36

This was the bundle though I don't remember Photon Paint being included. Much cheaper than I remember it being. Maybe the £265 extras skewed my memory

Armageus · 27 Apr 2018 at 09:43

found the one I remember...

£1949 as a starting point for an '040 A4000... and people think GPU prices are bad these days

philstanbridge · 27 Apr 2018 at 10:22

I think I remember Photon Paint, although my Amiga came with Deluxe Paint if i recall.

Jamesyboyjim · 27 Apr 2018 at 10:41

Still got my Cartoon classics Amiga 500

shame its looking rather yellow nowadays

Wow 30 quid for an extra 1mb of Ram, to think I was complaining about current ram prices not long ago

philstanbridge · 27 Apr 2018 at 12:02

You can get rid of that yellow you know.

SC0TTRS · 27 Apr 2018 at 12:15

Ex Amiga 500+ owner here after upgrading from my Commodore c64

Shadow of the Beast and Turrican sound track(s) were awesome!

Hours and hours of fun!

Best part of my life back then, I do miss it sometimes...

Hades · 2 May 2018 at 22:22

I miss my A500 with GVP accelerator and my A1200

Dunners · 5 May 2018 at 00:10

Had an Amiga back in the 90s with CM8833 monitor - was amazing! Sold it all for peanuts but recently started a new collection up.

Looks great on a CRT and the games play just as well as they used to!

My faves would be Xenon 2, Kick Off 2, Rainbow Islands, It Came From the Desert...

Housey · 5 May 2018 at 09:57

Looks great on my 1080p with my Framemeister too

mmj_uk · 5 May 2018 at 10:33

Jamesyboyjim said:
Still got my Cartoon classics Amiga 500 shame its looking rather yellow nowadays

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/new-compatible-case-for-amiga-500-plus-computers#/

These guys have already made new A1200 cases and they're great.

K@rl · 17 May 2018 at 15:16

Just about to pull the plug on a proper scart cable for my A500 - those modulators are huge!

Destination · 18 May 2018 at 19:04

Jamesyboyjim said:
Still got my Cartoon classics Amiga 500 shame its looking rather yellow nowadays

Wow 30 quid for an extra 1mb of Ram, to think I was complaining about current ram prices not long ago

Although that did mean you doubled your RAM for £30.
Apple charge significantly more to double your ram nowadays

floatindolphin · 22 May 2018 at 11:15

Supercars 1 & 2, Lotus Espirit Turbo Challenge, any Team 17 game, the rubbish Nightbreed game, Shadow of the Beast2....ah memories

And of course, Deluxe Strip Poker.

Hades · 23 May 2018 at 01:59

CaptainRAVE · 23 May 2018 at 08:16

I nearly forgot about Lemmings. RIP little ones

Zool and Superfrog were late ones that I quite enjoyed too.

Speedball

Oh and Syndicate!

So many memories. What a leap it was to then get a PC and play Jedi Knight Dark Forces 2 for the first time on a '3D card' :eek:

Jamesyboyjim · 23 May 2018 at 13:23

Did anyone ever link up multiplay with their Amiga? I never did personally but I do remember seeing two Amiga's hooked up via serial (I think null modem?) playing Lotus II, my parents weren't keen on purchasing another Amiga though, hardly surprising

It was actually possible to hook up with an Atari ST too. Pretty crazy to think we barely have cross platform play nowadays yet it was possible back in the early 90's. I believe it was possible to play battle chess with an Atari ST or an IBM PC too

CaptainRAVE · 23 May 2018 at 13:46

Jamesyboyjim said:
Did anyone ever link up multiplay with their Amiga? I never did personally but I do remember seeing two Amiga's hooked up via serial (I think null modem?) playing Lotus II, my parents weren't keen on purchasing another Amiga though, hardly surprising

It was actually possible to hook up with an Atari ST too. Pretty crazy to think we barely have cross platform play nowadays yet it was possible back in the early 90's. I believe it was possible to play battle chess with an Atari ST or an IBM PC too

Only with two joysticks on the same screen. Those Lotus games were brilliant fun. That music!

Rick Dangerous was another favourite of mine and F/A-18 Interceptor (flying under bridges and landing on the carrier!). Paradroid was neat too, although I was pretty rubbish at it.

JonnyT · 23 May 2018 at 15:04

Jamesyboyjim said:
Did anyone ever link up multiplay with their Amiga? I never did personally but I do remember seeing two Amiga's hooked up via serial (I think null modem?) playing Lotus II, my parents weren't keen on purchasing another Amiga though, hardly surprising

It was actually possible to hook up with an Atari ST too. Pretty crazy to think we barely have cross platform play nowadays yet it was possible back in the early 90's. I believe it was possible to play battle chess with an Atari ST or an IBM PC too

I used to take my A1200 round a friend's and we would link them via a parallel cable to play games - Skidmarks being one - as well as a primitive form of P2P networking called ParNET.

Hades · 23 May 2018 at 16:26

Jamesyboyjim said:
Did anyone ever link up multiplay with their Amiga? I never did personally but I do remember seeing two Amiga's hooked up via serial (I think null modem?) playing Lotus II, my parents weren't keen on purchasing another Amiga though, hardly surprising

It was actually possible to hook up with an Atari ST too. Pretty crazy to think we barely have cross platform play nowadays yet it was possible back in the early 90's. I believe it was possible to play battle chess with an Atari ST or an IBM PC too

Yes I would regularly play populous II with a mate over a serial cable.

AndyCr15 · 23 May 2018 at 17:25

Yeah, I had one and my brother did too, so Populous and Stunt Car Racer are two that spring to mind as being great fun linked up.