Amiga 500 Part 1

[TeamRocketReviews]

Is this PAL or NTSC?

[MN12BIRD]

@TeamRocketReviews It's a North American model so it's NTSC

[TeamRocketReviews]

@MN12BIRD You really should have gotten the PAL version and used converters to get it to work on an NTSC monitor/TV. The Amiga was more popular in the UK, so most games need to be played on a PAL machine.

[DeckerFI]

D'oh. Meant to say: "with a built-in SCSI CONTROLLER".

[DeckerFI]

The typical way of installing a hard drive for amiga was to buy a cased external hard drive with a built-in SCSI hard drive. These were very expensive back in the day but didn't require any modding.

They plugged into the expansion slot where you have your memory exp. connected. Mine was a GVP HD8+ which also contained a 4Mb Memory upgrade.

[cobrachoppergirl]

It really didn't become common.... it was too expensive for the C=64 masses to upgrade to... when I first played with MacPaint on a Mac Plus, I dumped my Amiga dreams like a lame rock. Mac OS at that early point was so much better than Amiga's Windows 1.0 looking over sized icon OS.

[BrianPicchi]

Great machine that I never knew about until the last couple years. Grew up in the states and used the Apple IIGS (which is an awesome machine too, but with no where near the volume of awesome games). Now I have an Atari ST, Amiga 500, and Apple IIGS.

[TJae1]

the computerworld dude said PC rulzed w/ games :(

bck then ~

[MrAnthropophagy]

Way ahead of it's time and superior to the DOS machines. Very popular here in the UK in the late 80s and early 90s. I was a 13/14 year old schoolboy when I got an Amiga 500. It was awesome and a lot of my friends had one too. Far better than the Sega Master System and NES for games but was also a good home computer too.

[Tozzywozzy01]

lol I was 6 when we had one of these. a lot of the stuff made no sense, but the games were awesome. Parasol Stars! Lemmings! Oh how I miss you lol

[xFIRERUSHx]

Anybody know how much they run for? I cant find any complete Amigas on ebay. Just components such as the monitor.

[CustardGanet]

Yeah it was really popular here in Ireland,had a ton of great games on this and my Amstrad.Always swopping games with mates.Loved the boxes the games came in too.Shame neither this nor my Amstrad work anymore.

[Alevamltd]

the Amiga wasn't just limited to displaying 32 colors

there was the HAM(hold and modify) graphics mode which couuld extend the display to the full 4096 color palette, but with limitations.

[blade004]

@Alevamltd Exactly right!, and let's not forget the EHB Mode which could display 64 colours on screen which some games utilised, but some programmers could push the amount of colours on screen to about 300 with games like Lionheart.

[almad4it]

it was the best gaming platform of its time, way better than its nearest rivals. and it blew dos machines out the water, and i still miss my old amiga,"those where the days"

[almad4it]

it was the best gaming platform of its time, way better than its nearest rivals.

[tommyangelo2000]

complimenti ,il miglior home computer di sempre.Se ti va guarda i miei video ho qualcosa sul genere

[alienhddna]

this computer had video editing also

[TheDemoniusX]

I want a amiga SO BAD. Godly sound and graphics. Expensive even today... Man,would I want one if I could afford it!

[Ndev07]

great speaking voice. great video, presented very professionally... keep up the great work.

[Zontar82]

i had an amiga 500 back in the 80's,it wa my favourite computer ever,a lot of my friends who had NES,had to surreedner eto the graphical prowess of this machine.wish i could still have mine.,..do you know where i could get some good bargain,like that guy that got a lot of stuff for only 20$?

[CoolSteve77]

Good ole Amiga 500. We used to play Earl Weaver Baseball and Mechforce for hours at a time. Do you have those two games?

[Centimetro6]

Wish I still had mine. Curse SCA Virus and Byte Bandit :(

[chrispaulpage]

I live in England and over here in the late 80's and up until around 1993, EVERYBODY here had an Amiga 500, this was THE gaming machine in the UK. The NES wasnt really popular at all, the Amiga was God here. Then around 92/93 the SNES and Megadrive started taking over and console gaming became King. But before all that, the Amiga reigned supreme.

[kreeboy411]

Awesome...

Picking one of these up in the morning with the monitor. ^_^

on to part 2.

[Baz0kable]

Best computer in the late 80 :D

[Xextreem]

i remmeber the com poorts :) i have a commodore 64 with disk, tape and a printer and a orginal commodore screen thats still working. But al the game i have on the commodore i can play with the emulater on the pc so its great.

[boyInDaUno]

tnx MNBIRD! AMIGA WAS THE SHIAAAT BACK IN THE 90s = )))

[blade004]

If you turn the machine on though at comes up with a 1.3 kickstart the guy that you bought it off would have just pulled out the old rom chip and replaced it with the new one ;)

[blade004]

That is really in good condition considering the fact your particular machine would have been produced in about 1987 or 88, whereas mine i bought in 1990. The reason why i can tell your machine is one of the original A500's is that it has a Red power LED which was indicative of those earlier kickstart 1.2 models but by around 1989 they changed it to a Orange or Green power light (can't quite remember exactly).

[DaveCrozz]

top computer amiga i uster love me amiga 500+ the stuff you cud do on them was way a head of the the yeo old ibm pc

[summer20105707]

Very soon though I plan on getting my A1200 up and running again. It needs a new hard drive and some soddering for the power socket. My A500 back in the day was quite beastly too. But thats another story folks.

[HerrDoktorMugg]

The funny thing is that 8MB of RAM at that time were considered HUGE.The internal memory was 512KB and I had an expansion of an extra 512KB which was a card inserted in a slot at the bottom of the Amiga 500 although the use for the RAM expansion was not often.

The Amiga shown in this video has the new colors of the ON led light and the disk led light. The old Amiga 500 had the upper (ON) red and the lower (DISK) green. I had one of those.

[summer20105707]

@HerrDoktorMugg

I remeber some very interesting things about my amiga. I remember having direct access to the ram through an icon and running temporary programs in that window.

I had both a 500 and a 1200. My 1200 in its prime had a DKB 1240 accelerator for 40mghz speed. Built in 2megs of ram and the 32meg shika ram stick on the 1240 accelerator board. I had an 80 meg hard drive and a 56k modem "that nobody had then." It was funny using that 56k modem.

[HerrDoktorMugg]

@summer20105707 Ah, when did you have the 56K modem? As far as I remember they were on the market sometime around 1998? If you were the only one w that speed you could not use it anyway. :P I remember when I first saw a 300 baud modem for C64! :D My first modem was a 2400 baud, that was probably around 1993? Youre right about the the access to the ram, in Amigas operating system, Workbench, there were the ability to store stuff in the RAM. I didnt remember that until you wrote it. :)

[summer20105707]

@HerrDoktorMugg

I had my 56k modem around 1998. I had a top notch terminal program called Termite that supported speeds of up to 112baud. So basically I could have used any external modem that the phone lines back then could handle. A few months later I got my A1200 on the internet with Istar internet for about $25 a month unlimited access. The 1200 can surf the net really good and it sent email. I filled my HD with stuff off aminet. The A1200 handles jpegs very nicely. Great computer. :-)

[HerrDoktorMugg]

It says something about the Amigas design when you can make an Amiga 500 play MP3s today...were talking about a computer that is over 20 years old... for home use.

[summer20105707]

@HerrDoktorMugg

Hey if a Commodore 64 can use broadband anythings possible.

[manumores]

Very nice Amiga video.

Very clean model you have there!

Thanx for sharing.

[getpagesize]

One of the first multitasking operating systems? Are you insane? That is so wrong you have no idea.

[weaselfierce]

@getpagesize On a consumer level, it certainly was one of the first.

[Chaniyth]

Everything for Amiga is still very expensive, however it's best computers ever in existance. I have an Amiga 1200 [which I have fully expanded and towered], and an Amiga 3000. I used to have an Amiga 4000 but it died on me one day randomly. Also, as a note, Sega came up with the whole "Blast Processing" marketing gimmick for a reason, that reason was the 68000 CPU, it was much faster than the Super NES. Fanboys can argue all they want about it, but the Sega Genesis/Megadrive was very powerful.

[Jesterexn]

Seeing this takes me back i had the Amiga 500 and 1200.

[miksulder]

amiga 500+stunt car racer :)

[fgusta2new]

Theres an Amiga Emu for the Wii!!!

No joke. Gotta try it out.

[ricma23]

I make amiga to play winamp and mp3 files! The best system yet is amiga 4000! Some arhitects still use it for projects and stuff!

[SwiftRoman]

Most games are available for the 500. So get a 500 whit 512 kb extra ram.

I own 5 Amiga 500 and one 1200 (this one i use to convert games to run on the PC. The 1200 has a PCMCIA slot where i can connect a Compact Flash card to transport the data to a PC or Mac)

[admmaddog1]

Yeah I wish I never got rid of my amiga 500

I sold my c64 + 800 games and got the amiga great system for the eighties

I did pick up another c64 with tons of software And would trade it for another

A500

[roundtr1p]

I want to get an Amiga but all the different models confuse me. I want an Amiga to play all the classics and most of the game library, not sure if i need a 500,600,1200 or what lol.

[aure232]

600 then, while 500 is classic 600 did all the same but with more memory

[MarkTheMorose]

Well, most of the classics will play fine on an Amiga 500, but you may need the extra 512kb RAM, to make it up to 1MB. An A600 will play most of the classics, too, but has a later version of the operating system (Kickstart), so some games won't run. If you have enough RAM, you can use a special boot disk called Relokick which makes it use the older OS version, so lets you play the incompatible games. The A600 is much easier to fit a hard drive to. More details in second comment. ;)

[MarkTheMorose]

The A600 doesn't have the numeric keypad like the A500 has, some games (usually flight sims) need those keys. The majority don't need them however. The A1200 is like a new generation A500, with the styling of the A600. It has the same 2.5 inch IDE hard drive port as the A600, a numeric keypad like the A500, but a faster processor, the 68020. This means that some earlier games won't run, so Relokick again makes most games run, but not as many. A1200 has better graphics. More in 3rd comment!

[MarkTheMorose]

The 1200 also had 2MB RAM. The option of a hard drive meant that games started to be released that could be installed to hard drive, which cut down disk swapping. Most early games 'take over' the Amiga, and can't use a hard drive. There are software measures you can use to get around this though. On balance, an A1200 with hard drive, and a few programs to 'degrade' the machine for compatibility, would be the best machine to get, in my opinion.

[SuzumiyaHaruhi0]

VERY CUTE !

[StickPeopleAndPuff]

lol everything is a sega genesis near bout

[ninigou1983]

can't hear anything

[Abfallbeseitiger]

LOL he got an Xbox360 Gamepad in his hand

[pauldonald]

Can the amiga 500 play all amiga games?

[aure232]

No. It cannot play games meant for higher Amiga machines, just not enough memory and speed.

[chfireball]

64 Colors for games, some pushed it to 120+

and could display all 4096 colors on screen. there was one game that used that mode i can't remember the name of that game.

[aure232]

HAM

[boblowes]

Nice video. I loved my Amigas. I upgraded my A500+ with an accelerator board that gave it an 68020 CPU, 8Mb of Fast Ram & an IDE controller. Disables the edge connector, but what the hell. It runs brilliantly.

Funny you mention it as almost a Genesis computer. Apparently, you can rip out the M68k of the original Sega Genesis & slap it into the Amiga for a slightly faster CPU.

Also, games could display 64 colours at once thanks to Extra Half Brite mode. Desert Strike used it to great effect.

[bushgamer]

i recently bought an 2 amiga 500s and a huge load of games, mostly boxed... for £20! now how do i set it up?

[MN12BIRD]

LOL you will need either one of its special RGB monitors or the little video output box to hook it up to a TV.

[Zontar82]

@MN12BIRD i used to use a cable that went directly to a scart port

[ashthepokemonmaster]

ok ill make a video now look im my channal for it ok m8?

also do you have a monitor? because i dont lol

[genma986]

Ah man I love my amiga, just have to set it up once more lock the door and play games non stop for days :P

[Airjet2582]

Why was the Amiga so underrated. I was unaware of it existence until checking various videogame site like Gamefaqs. The computer system seems to have decent amount of games. Hell their "Shadow of the Beast" game is far superior than the Seag Genesis port.

[MN12BIRD]

Because we live in North America the system thrived in Europe it was SUPER popular over there.

[Airjet2582]

Why did it never take off in America?

[LyRaLex]

@MN12BIRD

and it's still like that, europeans love their PCs while North Americans play their consoles

it never changes

[PAULLONDEN]

@MN12BIRD Strange, because it was developed by Americans, somewhere in San Francisco I gathered.

Most games where developed in Europe though.

I loved it , still got my 500.

[brewt1mer]

the amiga 500 was wonderful,so many good memories of this machine

[AccordionManiac]

I had an Amiga 500 - awesome memories, even though I had the Amiga in the early 00s. Great video!

[pilouuuu]

Wow! So many memories. Thanks for the video!

[willbass23]

i remember thrashing double dragon heaps, back in the day

[Kapazo]

Nice movie, many memories came up. I got tears in my eyes. Amiga 500 was my first computer.,

[nickfighter28]

finest machine i ever owned ,,more stable than a pc today,,,,top class in computing that made the benchmark for todays pc ,,r.ip. AMIGA

[skotty1992]

Kick ass mouse pad

[MeleeSonic3200]

I own the Amiga 500 + 1000, Neither have colour though weirdly...

[Gamester81]

Great review. The Amiga is a great computer, and a nice piece to have in collection.

[Ahle2]

With full overscan it could display resolutions up to 720x576( PAL ), unmatacthed by ANY other home computer at the time.

It could output up to 4096 colors AT ONCE using the HAM mode.

It put the Machintosh 2 to shame in many respects, even though its price tag was 1/10 of the Apple.

It was the first computer to have hardware accelerated graphics (PC got it 10 years later)

It was used a lot in TV broadcasting for realtime video overlays ( Wheater presentation e.t.c. )

[Doom2Guy]

What a beauty!

I never owned an Amiga myself, but I think a friend of mine did own one

I remember being really impressed by the graphics back then

[SegaMegadriveMic]

Amiga is a beauty! Manufactured in the USA, Made popular in the UK! I really want the 500 model, not the 1000. Motorola 68000 is both 16 and 32 bit. The sound quality of the Amiga is amazing. You should hear the theme tune of Xenon 2 (Bomb the bass - Megablast). I like the Amiga more than the Nintendo Wii.

[L1U2C3Y]

Amiga was the 1st computer we had, I remember playing James Pond lol!

[PearlJammer07]

Looks like a real cool computer for its time.

[vox2007]

I never got around to owning a amiga. I was like 15 when I parents bought the commodore*64 for me and my brother. BTW it still works. Now I just run VICE emulator on my desktop if ever I want to play c64 games or so so...

[TyTazzyTiger64]

I LOVE AMIGA! Turrican forever!!

[pepsiru1es92]

nstc? you mean ntsc?

[MyStaticAge]

I like this guy and I hate most people on youtube.

[bdawgfilms]

was this computer GUI (Graphical User Interface)

[MN12BIRD]

Yep it was. Really easy to use also.

[JerryTerrifying]

Do you have a COmmodore 64? If so could you make a video? I'd also be interested in seeming something about the Amiga CD32 if you've got one of those around, I believe they were more common in Canada.

[Mikeys9607TE]

he already HAS a video

[james42519]

what happened to teaser? i never seen one of these or played on one.

[pwwnd111]

how much did you pay

[james42519]

umm read the comments. it is only said like 7 or 8 times already.

[cmburnsie]

Aah, Amiga, what a machine! The Settlers ftw! =)

[RossPK81]

Great review.

I used to have an Atari ST in the Amiga days. Well, I still have one now but it's in the loft.

[xcloudx01]

yeah i remember back then the amiga was pretty damn popular here in europe. i had an atari though, was a pretty good machine although i dont understand why the cursor was a bee on it haha.

[ThisIs2009]

is it just me or was it spelled "amga" at 1:05

hehe

[Peachis911]

they still make those?

[jamaicob]

what amiga's ?

of course not he's just a collector like most of his subscribers :D

[Peachis911]

does it still work?

[DeanoTheLegend87]

I wasn't to sure to get a Amiga 500 or a 1200.

Any thoughts?

[ofoosy]

My Fav game on DOS is lemmings

lemm forever!

[Ajt8000]

mine is DOOM!

[thebonefish]

You really lucked out. This will be the only platform Duke Nukem Forever will be released on.

[snake2006]

Ahh, the Amiga.

Imagine how far computers would be if Commodore hadn't gone belly up.

The Amiga was ahead of it's time doing things no other computer could do.

Sadly, it was not to be, now we got Microcrap and Crappleto chose from for major supported OS's.

[bawitback]

/envious

[BettyBlowtorchRocks]

the neo geo runs a 68000x

[shiroma3084]

$20 bucks? What a deal!

[awesomepivots]

nice vid, but it was all slow and cross fadey, its kinda trippy

[jiminboo]

$20, that's insane.

[thesixshot]

whats the game at 6:52,, i used to play that

[MN12BIRD]

Flashback

[ScrewAttackEurope]

I had an Amiga 600 as a kid, but recently bought a A500, then a A1200 (as it's got AV ports)

I also have three CD32's. Don't ask...

[VideoGamesInReview]

can i have a cd 32 ive been wanting one forever mail me on youtube if so

[XXACEOFSPADESXX]

Is that magazine at 1:05 advertising an "AMGA" lol :) you sould at least get the prroducts name right if your going to run an advert for it :D

[vipor29]

this system is well over $200 on ebay,you got real lucky here...thats what i love about shopping locally cuz people just sell things so cheap they have no clue of the value

[sagafan13]

cool find mn12bird:D

[supermario2084]

Awesome!! I wish I had one of those! By the way how much did you pay for the Amiga 500?

[MN12BIRD]

LOL thats the kicker. I got everything for $20! The system alone is worth WAY more than that and the IDE controller board in this one (mines modded with a Hard Drive) is worth more than the system!

[MichaelOKeefe2009]

Can U Review the Amiga CD32 Game Machine?

[MN12BIRD]

No because I don't have one. Impossible to find locally (although oddly enough they sold in Canada but not the US) and I'm sure they aren't cheap on ebay either.

[DemonicBliss]

You got all that for twenty bucks?! Dude, that's a steal! Deals like that should be a crime XP

[EasyGoProducts]

How did you get such a good deal? You can barely buy a SNES for $20.

[sicknickmondo16]

i got a Japanese super famicom for $20

[sicknickmondo16]

i got a super famicom for $20

[SEwalkman752]

$20 bucks? What a deal!

[supermario2084]

WOW!! That is the best deal I have ever seen!! Who ever was selling it must not have known what the really had!!

[jfbujv]

wow awesome im after amiga 500 to my collection better start looking

[KevoMilla]

Really? Looks like I have viewed this for the first time too!

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