One for the ancient videogamers out there...

[Structaural]

the only peeps i knew who owned BBC's were swotty lil middle class prats.

Same as Amiga owners

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Yeah but back then it all just meant so much more. These days the kids just have it all on a plate

Also the Amiga had Dungeon Master - and a cracking version at that...

 

[Structaural]

Amiga pwd ST

wossat mean then? get it right.

 

[Kanda]

 

[Structaural]

Yeah but back then it all just meant so much more. These days the kids just have it all on a plate

Also the Amiga had Dungeon Master - and a cracking version at that...

Bah!

 

[souljacker]

Admittedly, the ST's MIDI port was a big selling point. But I was about 12 at the time and couldn't afford a DX7 or similar synth.

Luckily, the Amiga had one built in!

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

My brother still uses the Amiga to make music. Some cracking drum and bass he does on it

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

A good example of how computers had so much more character back in those days. I think there was a real hippie sub-culture amongst certain programmers, especially people like Minter.

ANd having an error message that says 'guru meditation'... I didn't even really know what it meant at the time, I just thought it was computer-speak...

 

[Kanda]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation

For the full geekyness

 

[Structaural]

I have to say without the Amiga my favourite bit of software (I mean 2nd favourite after PshoP) wouldn't exist - Cinema 4D.

Platform wars were good for the industry, it's all a bit homogenous and boring now. ATI vs nVIDIA anyone *yawn

 

[Structaural]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation

For the full geekyness

That was real?

 

[Kanda]

That was real?

There's loads of very cool hidden things about the Amiga

 

[Structaural]

A good example of how computers had so much more character back in those days. I think there was a real hippie sub-culture amongst certain programmers, especially people like Minter.

ANd having an error message that says 'guru meditation'... I didn't even really know what it meant at the time, I just thought it was computer-speak...

Remember the Church of SubGenius?

 

[Structaural]

There's loads of very cool hidden things about the Amiga

Truth is I was jealous but my mum couldn't afford an Amiga so we'd convince ourselves that having a hundred quid synth hooked up to the MIDI port while we incessantly played Micro Machines was better. Then we'd see one of those hacker demos on an Amiga and go home crying.

 

[Kanda]

Mine couldn't either, it was the first thing I ever actually worked my butt off and saved for. Working on Market Stalls for a year to pay for it. Made me value it so much I still have it

I'm going to see my Mum this weekend, this thread is making me want to get it out of the loft and bring it home, the amount of spares and PCB's and Rom Kernal Manuals I have may not fit in my car though lol...

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Remember the Church of SubGenius?

No, what was that?

 

[CharlieAddict]

Remember the Church of SubGenius?

the 1980s illustration book with loads of fake ads on the breakdown of the american family unit/religion etc?

 

[Structaural]

No, what was that?

http://www.subgenius.com/

sort of geek cult pisstake - pictures of 'Bob' ended up in the ASCII sets of few computers in the 80s. I wasn't particularly up on it (no 'tinternet then) but it was big in Silicon Valley with beardy programmers.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Vic20 > C128 > Amiga 1200 (still got my 1200)

I used to work with a guy that was on the original Amiga development team. He got sick of me pestering him about trivia

Grandstand > Philips Videopak > vic 20 (by the time they were out of fashion)> C64 (ditto) > Snes > Atari 2700 > N64 + platstation (free)> Dreamcast (free with DVD player, I sold it a week later with a load of free games I got from work) > Playstation 2 (never really got round to playing it but the wife is currently enjoying Dragon Quest.

I think that's the end, I don't think I will ever buy another console.

 

[Kanda]

ah... I forgot to add consoles....

Atari 2600 > Amiga CD32 > SNES > Sega Master System > N64 > Playstation 1 > Dreamcast (free cos I worked for Sega)

 

[chemn]

On a different note, weren't games so much harder back then? E.g. Manic Miner, my mate got it for the Speccy when we were about 8, I went to his house at 14 and he was still trying to complete it. 20 simple screens, yet so challenging.

The hardest game ever was Shadow of the Beast 2. Impossible even with teh cheat.

Shadow of the beast was hard enough!! Think I never made it to the 3rd level! had wicked music too - I think a certain Lava- Autumn sounds very much like a track from that game.

 

[Structaural]

Shadow of the beast was hard enough!! Think I never made it to the 3rd level! had wicked music too - I think a certain Lava- Autumn sounds very much like a track from that game.

Yeah I remember that - hard as fuck. Beautiful graphics that moved at snailspace.