History Of The Commodore Amiga - Part 1

[keoni29]

Hippies :P

[AltinakisGeorge]

Amiga was the most emotional computer of all time. Amazing and emotional!

[Joeyboots80]

i agree, The Amiga was indeed "radical".

[giggabyt78]

i juat got a a1200 now i'm working on getting it up and running so for so good

[FreeWinSlave]

I owned a A1200 in 1994. And today I only own my old A600. But better than nothing from the good old gaming history of my youth ;)

[lastwhiteman25]

Look at all those wonderful white faces. Anything that's great has to be made by white men.

[Dinky12]

@lastwhiteman25 ohlol

[RabidRat88]

"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.

[RabidRat88]

They are immortal.

Microsoft are but money-grubbing cockroaches compared to these people.

[ZroDfects]

Thumbs up if you think the Amiga should have made the home computer today not the Mac or PC...

[jpwolf1701]

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 :)

[MrHEADBANGERpt]

@jpwolf1701 you're the man, amen brother...

[DS1221]

they made history, that will never be forgotten.

[DS1221]

is Dave Haynie shown on that picture? at 0:37 ?

[alexrm1x]

Amiga también hablaba español. El mejor ordenador que tuve, un Amiga 500.

[samoht1977]

That's the story about how things were like some 20 years ago: plain, simple and... WONDEFUL. That's where the "magic" lies.

[darkstar72]

Amiga = Awesome!!!!

If I got a time machine I would work for this company :o)

Amiga for ever!!!!!!!!!!

[KaitainCPS]

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.

[DS1221]

@KaitainCPS very correct :) still own 1200 and 500 .

[thatguyontheright1]

I never had an Amiga, should I get one?

[KaitainCPS]

@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.

[thatguyontheright1]

@KaitainCPS I understand that, I am just wondering if its worth it for someone who has no nostalgia with the Amiga to get one. Would you say it is?

[KaitainCPS]

@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!

[thatguyontheright1]

@KaitainCPS That is true, but I am a retro gamer, so yea, I'll take your advice and try an Amiga Emulator. Got any game suggestions?

[KaitainCPS]

@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

[MrHEADBANGERpt]

@thatguyontheright1 sensible soccer, formula one grand prix, dune II the battle for arrakis, cannon fodder, dynablaster, the duel test drive 2, rodland, pinbal illusions, goal, manchester united the double, project x, f-15 strike eagle2...etc.

[alphadec007]

Amiga my first true love. I will never forget you.

I want u back my love.

[wootlanter]

Sam Dicker lol!

[Quartrez]

Here's the best one word to describe AMIGA : Computer

[metroidvera]

Heartwarming inventors here.... It will always flow through the spirit of the Commodore Amiga.

[pyrofella]

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!)

[morfes]

Had a Atari 130XE and still have it, but it's my Amiga 600 the one it gives me better memories.

[duckgeezer]

my mint condition A4000 040 is on eBay now.

happy bidding

[Highlander01]

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.

[fredrik999z]

"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."

[jvarela965]

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

[JOCKATEO]

the atari st was gay

[davedagreat69]

@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.

[KaitainCPS]

@davedagreat69

Sounds about right.

[mrbollocks1979]

it was all Joe Pillow's fault.

[pokerockmario123]

I can't believe he died...

[strunway]

its obvious that Amiga the company was great. Why did it die?

Its was the first Mac'esque design.

For me it was a brilliant learning tool, it was a 16-bit graphics machine... but was a OS real machine, with word like and excel like components that gave me a headstart. god bless the amiga.

[SgtZima]

@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.

[Hiraghm]

@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.

[KaitainCPS]

@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.

[fredrik999z]

@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.

[colliric]

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.

[qazibasit]

the real pioneers of home computing "commodore"

[MrROTD]

amigas were the best for cheap video aand graphics

[colliric]

@MrROTD

It had great games as well.

[MrROTD]

@colliric yeah it did I forgot, Cannon Fodder, Brutal Football, those were fun games!

[colliric]

@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).

[roskildahphreak]

@MrROTD Brutal Football? Don't you mean Speedball?

[carm3d]

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."

[Attitude187]

lol listen to her : Awesome but sounds too much like cartoon :D If She had known :D

[kcpism]

Epic nerdiness but epic dudes making epic machines

[Zeitgeist74]

This is geek central but interesting to see the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in their heyday.

[9wx34]

favorite video.

[patsaxon]

Microsoft puts every computer manufacture out of business! Worship Bill Gates as your new God! Forget out any other computer, Microsoft rules the world!!!!

[huffdiggler]

whats your operating system?

[mariodivine]

AMIGA never die! System concept! We wait for NATAMI!

[stevenkp]

I still remember buying my first Amiga back in late 1987 after saving up. Such great memories. I think the Amiga will forever be the computer that captured the imagination of the computer industry.

It has cult status

R.I.P Jay - Gone, but never forgotten.

[brewt1mer]

i bought the batman pack in the late 80s i had to save up for ages...i still remember the day it came,man i was speechless when i fired it up.....great memories....great days

[stevenkp]

@brewt1mer, yeah good times!

[oxygen120]

Amiga was my best computer and freind.

I miss him and i miss Amiga Company that know how to create an amazing Machine :-)

[critanime]

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.

[KaitainCPS]

@critanime

Cool. What do you use it for?

[GuruMediator]

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.

[NightGoblin5]

i used to play turrican on my amiga. awesome.

[critanime]

Turrican II was amazing.

[NightGoblin5]

yeah i thik i meant that one. its the one where you start of on this red stoney planet with water falls and near the end you fight a giant red robot wich shoots green lasers and makes rocks fall from the ceiling?

[critanime]

yeah that's Turrican II. The soundtrack to that level is pretty good. Well the entire game is just awesome.

[edstar83]

classic i used to love my amiga 500. I still do! i still have it complete.

[gbxfreak]

thx, for this videos(s)- really great information - - - i love my amiga - - - -

[Dargakis]

those amiga women were pretty hot!

btw, all those people are heroes. they will go straight to heaven!

[devontopaz]

wow and i thought apple employees in the 80s were crazy these guys are nuts! lol good video

[roxpace]

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.

[okee9]

look for the documentary "Triumph of the Nerds" it's very interesting to see how they all started.

[ComDev2]

My PC is shit.

[MagikGimp]

This video is hilarious, whether that's intentional or not. Keep an eye out for 118 guy.

[MagikGimp]

What's the demo at 1.05?

[myrkvargkjetter]

Thank you.

[KoalaJones]

Oh my .. This is gold!

[acidus404]

Amiga Time is a big part of computers history.

[skylerpony]

What an awesome company that must of been to work for... Can't WAIT for the next part(s).

[AzumiRM]

@skylerpony What an awesome company that must HAVE been to work for.

[danytoon]

yay! Good stuff!!!!