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Chat => Entertainment & Technology => Topic started by: matt5cott on October 23, 2014, 11:37:38 AM

Title: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: matt5cott on October 23, 2014, 11:37:38 AM
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2146199819/commodore-amiga-a-visual-commpendium


Sweet 8)
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on October 23, 2014, 18:43:30 PM
I wish they had one for the Atari ST now!
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: Bacon on October 27, 2014, 21:46:27 PM
I wish they had one for the Atari ST now!

Well at least they would sell one copy of the ST version right :P
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on October 28, 2014, 00:05:52 AM
Atari was always way cooler  8)
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: Rivkid on October 28, 2014, 08:34:55 AM
Atari was always way cooler  8)

In that no one ever switched them on..... ;P
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on October 28, 2014, 17:57:41 PM
Atari was always way cooler  8)

In that no one ever switched them on..... ;P

Touché motherf**ker :yarr:
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: Serious on October 30, 2014, 03:54:45 AM
For musicians the Atari had a MIDI interface, Amiga ones didn't work half as well IMO.

Had Commodore properly upgraded the Amiga they might still be here. It was certainly revolutionary when created but the suits that took over had no idea what they had or what to do with it. Surprisingly Jack Tramiel both founded Commodore and, after resigning due to a disagreement with Irving Gould, Atari.
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on October 30, 2014, 07:29:50 AM
The sweet thing about the MIDI interface is that later on some clever programmers worked out how to do networked gaming over the MIDI interface, they bought out an FPS shooter (that was actually good!) and you could 1-on-1 if you had a second Atari. I had 4 of the buggers  ;D
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: Bacon on October 30, 2014, 23:13:15 PM
Who was fecking around with Midi when you had James Pond, Lemmings, Fire & Ice, Pinball Dreams, Zool and my favourite Project-X, and before you say, these were all on Amiga first before being ported.
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on October 31, 2014, 08:11:54 AM
That's like arguing the SNES was better than the Mega Drive because it had Street Fighter 2 first. Makes sod all difference really given that most ports were exactly the same and most releases were at the same time.
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: knighty on October 31, 2014, 11:10:00 AM
my mate had an external  MIDI interface thingie that plugged into the back of an Amiga 500 or 1200 :-o


we were so cool back in the day
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: Bacon on October 31, 2014, 22:51:18 PM
That's like arguing the SNES was better than the Mega Drive because it had Street Fighter 2 first. Makes sod all difference really given that most ports were exactly the same and most releases were at the same time.


Ok so my initial argument was weak, how about the Atari was just crap! :D

PS Every knows SF2 was best on Snes, and Mega Drive had Streets of Rage :P
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: Serious on November 01, 2014, 03:38:57 AM
my mate had an external  MIDI interface thingie that plugged into the back of an Amiga 500 or 1200 :-o


we were so cool back in the day

I had one too, didn't get a midi keyboard until after getting an Amiga, then a few months later found I had arthritic hands. So my dreams of becoming a world famous musician were dashed...

...My inability to remember the music had nothing to do with this. Plenty of musicians have problems remembering the music and with most rappers you wish they'd forget entirely ^.^

Played Silent Service 2 for months. It was very nasty on the PC.
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: matt5cott on November 03, 2014, 12:52:48 PM
That's like arguing the SNES was better than the Mega Drive because it had Street Fighter 2 first. Makes sod all difference really given that most ports were exactly the same and most releases were at the same time.

Unlike Street Fighter 2 on the ST, the superior version.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-vq1MpCaIE
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on November 03, 2014, 18:10:05 PM

Unlike Street Fighter 2 on the ST, the superior version.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-vq1MpCaIE

I actually owned that and I must concede that it was a stinking pile of sh*te and a crime against Capcom :lol:

I think I'd actually forgotten just how bad it was until I watched that through, I can't believe I ever found it playable even as a child.
Title: Re: Amiga book kickstarter
Post by: Rivkid on November 04, 2014, 13:10:56 PM

Unlike Street Fighter 2 on the ST, the superior version.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-vq1MpCaIE

I actually owned that and I must concede that it was a stinking pile of sh*te and a crime against Capcom :lol:

OMG I had no idea!!! Where was this knowledge in 1992 when I was telling my St owning friends how much better my Miggy was!! :)
I think I'd actually forgotten just how bad it was until I watched that through, I can't believe I ever found it playable even as a child.