When talking about the best system why nobody mentions the AMIGA 500

Ahh, the Amiga 500. I got lots of love for that system. A word to the cows, the Playstation would have not be anywhere near as good as it was without that platform. Most of the UK developers that are now part of Sony's first party development houses came from developing for that platform.

My favorite Amiga dev: Psygnosis (Shadow of the Beast, Awesome, Menace, etc) Dave Jones made Menace when he was 17 went on to create GTA.

heretrix

[QUOTE="heretrix"]

Ahh, the Amiga 500. I got lots of love for that system. A word to the cows, the Playstation would have not be anywhere near as good as it was without that platform. Most of the UK developers that are now part of Sony's first party development houses came from developing for that platform.

My favorite Amiga dev: Psygnosis (Shadow of the Beast, Awesome, Menace, etc) Dave Jones made Menace when he was 17 went on to create GTA.

Salt_The_Fries

ya.. good memories.. here, checkout this nostalgic real-time rendered amiga demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5kuYfTCGLg it's hard to imagine an 80's gaming computer could've achieve such quality sound & graphics.

[QUOTE="sakuragi007"]

For me it's even better than the super nes and the first playstation. Some of the most originals games out there. Turrican, cannon fodder, sensible soccer, syndicate, populous, etc.., no to mention the great tools the amiga had for music in mod format.

darksongbird

I've NEVER heard of that system in my entire 24 years on this very Earth. o_o When did it come out?

[QUOTE="heretrix"]

Ahh, the Amiga 500. I got lots of love for that system. A word to the cows, the Playstation would have not be anywhere near as good as it was without that platform. Most of the UK developers that are now part of Sony's first party development houses came from developing for that platform.

My favorite Amiga dev: Psygnosis (Shadow of the Beast, Awesome, Menace, etc) Dave Jones made Menace when he was 17 went on to create GTA.

Salt_The_Fries

[QUOTE="Salt_The_Fries"][QUOTE="heretrix"]

Ahh, the Amiga 500. I got lots of love for that system. A word to the cows, the Playstation would have not be anywhere near as good as it was without that platform. Most of the UK developers that are now part of Sony's first party development houses came from developing for that platform.

My favorite Amiga dev: Psygnosis (Shadow of the Beast, Awesome, Menace, etc) Dave Jones made Menace when he was 17 went on to create GTA.

bingbaocao

[QUOTE="darksongbird"]

[QUOTE="sakuragi007"]

For me it's even better than the super nes and the first playstation. Some of the most originals games out there. Turrican, cannon fodder, sensible soccer, syndicate, populous, etc.., no to mention the great tools the amiga had for music in mod format.

bingbaocao

I've NEVER heard of that system in my entire 24 years on this very Earth. o_o When did it come out?

[QUOTE="bingbaocao"][QUOTE="Salt_The_Fries"] Yep, Psygnosis was the top dog back then. I loved Shadow of the Beast. Also there was Agony, Walker and many more. One of the most memorable and recognizable games on Amiga was also Goblins.HuusAsking

the biggest problem of them all is that now psygnosis only creates wipeout and lemmings, only 2 franchises which is ridiculous when you compare it to the the amiga and PS1 days

For me it's even better than the super nes and the first playstation. Some of the most originals games out there. Turrican, cannon fodder, sensible soccer, syndicate, populous, etc.., no to mention the great tools the amiga had for music in mod format.

sakuragi007

[QUOTE="HuusAsking"][QUOTE="bingbaocao"] a shame sony butchered psygnosis :(bingbaocao

the biggest problem of them all is that now psygnosis only creates wipeout and lemmings, only 2 franchises which is ridiculous when you compare it to the the amiga and PS1 days

[QUOTE="sakuragi007"]

For me it's even better than the super nes and the first playstation. Some of the most originals games out there. Turrican, cannon fodder, sensible soccer, syndicate, populous, etc.., no to mention the great tools the amiga had for music in mod format.

thegoldenpoo

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[QUOTE="sakuragi007"]

For me it's even better than the super nes and the first playstation. Some of the most originals games out there. Turrican, cannon fodder, sensible soccer, syndicate, populous, etc.., no to mention the great tools the amiga had for music in mod format.

bingbaocao

[QUOTE="bingbaocao"][QUOTE="thegoldenpoo"] Amigia in general had great games, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2/3 were awesome. Back in the days when games were made by two dudes from Manchester in their garage with mullets :P Feel The Awesome!

thegoldenpoo

[QUOTE="thegoldenpoo"][QUOTE="bingbaocao"] PC > Amiga Dune 2 FTWbingbaocao

For me it's even better than the super nes and the first playstation. Some of the most originals games out there. Turrican, cannon fodder, sensible soccer, syndicate, populous, etc.., no to mention the great tools the amiga had for music in mod format.

sakuragi007

Damn I remember I had a 80086 with 8 mhz, an mcga card and a monochrome monitor, I went to my friend's house with an amiga 500 and after playing shadow of the beast and cannon fodder I was sold, the music, the color palete, everything was top notch. I remember that back in the days the pc was not the best for multiplatform, amiga 500 had the best graphics and sound by far.

Watch this video and say hi to some good old memories.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ZeVXohSyo

[QUOTE="bingbaocao"]

[QUOTE="thegoldenpoo"] Oh c'mon, you can't deny the awesome of that intro music Salt_The_Fries

PSYGNOSIS PRESENTS A D.M.A. DESIGN GAME...........MENACE.

God, I loved them. I laugh when people who started gaming on the Playstation start crying about how MS buys everything. The Playstation wouldn't have half the talent they have now if they didn't raid the UK Amiga development scene. It's one of the reasons I got a Playstation.

Remember G Police and Colony wars? Psygnosis. Wipeout? Psygnosis.

They freakin ruled.

Anyone remembers that RPG game, "Ishar"?Salt_The_Fries

The what?? Clearly, I was born long after people stopped playing it. :P

[QUOTE="thegoldenpoo"][QUOTE="bingbaocao"] PC > Amiga Dune 2 FTWbingbaocao

shadow of the beast's was good but speedball 2's intro music was my favourite. turrican, lotus 2 & 3 and cannon fodder ("war never been so much fun!") were also great

yeah great game they also did project x if i remember another great game with a great soundtrack too

Oh, and how could I forgot Alien Breed? Anyone played that? Team 17 at its finest...Salt_The_Fries

Wow listening to First Samurai's tune and "Bomb the Bass" from Bitmap Brother's Xenon 2 on Youtube put me in a nostalgic ecstasy...

The PC didn't start to take over computer gaming until the wide adoption of VGA and the Sound Blaster. Dune II was a pioneer,but when Doom, Wing Commander and C&C came out the battle was all over.

My Amiga had a second diskdrive and a harddrive which automatically made me the king among the Amiga users back then. And Moonstone is one of the greatest games ever made.