Re: I want to do something retro...
By: Utopian Galt to All on Wed Jun 19 2024 01:49 pm

I am Amiga curious. Is there a way I can run it through windows and run an emulated amiga system?

I've heard of Amiga emulators such as WinUAE. I haven't tried it much myself though.

For games, I've also seen old Amiga games pre-packaged with an Amiga emulator you can download that are already set up to run with an included batch file.. I found the Amiga Lemmigs that way and thought it was pretty cool.

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I am Amiga curious. Is there a way I can run it through
windows and run an emulated amiga system?

I am in a similar state of Amiga curiousness. I haven't tried it myself yet, but Pimiga looks interesting - a Raspberry Pi image that boots into an Amiga emulator and has some software ready to run.

https://cubiclenate.com/pimiga/


Chris/akacastor


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If you do have a Raspberry Pi, PiMiga is a great way to try Amiga as it will have plenty of software to play with.

Can't beat a real Amiga though. :)

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I am Amiga curious. Is there a way I can run it through
windows and run an emulated amiga system?

I am in a similar state of Amiga curiousness. I haven't tried it myself yet, but Pimiga looks interesting - a Raspberry Pi image that boots into an Amiga emulator and has some software ready to run.

If you do have a Raspberry Pi, PiMiga is a great way to try Amiga as it will have plenty of software to play with.

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If you do have a Raspberry Pi, PiMiga is a great way to
try Amiga as it will have plenty of software to play
with.

Any suggestions of software to make a point of checking out? I know there's a lot of neat Amiga software, but I don't really know what to look at specifically. Or is just sampling the selection provided by PiMiga where I should start?


Chris/akacastor


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Any suggestions of software to make a point of checking out? I know there's a lot of neat Amiga software, but I don't really know what to
look at specifically. Or is just sampling the selection provided by PiMiga where I should start?

Oddly enough, I did not have an Amiga back in the day, so I don't have any specific programs I can suggest. However the reason this computer was always on my dream list was the graphic programs such as Deluxe Paint and Lightwave 3D. I still find those programs amazing now considering of the limited hardware as compared today.
It was also considered an amazing gaming computer, as compared to "IBM" pc's of the era. It was also one of the best platforms for the DemoScene.

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Re: Re: I want to do something retro...
By: neoshock to AKAcastor on Thu Jun 20 2024 23:15:40

It was also considered an amazing gaming computer, as compared to "IBM" pc's of the era. It was also one of the best platforms for the DemoScene.

I also never had an Amiga but I can vaguely remember my friend's one playing Putty, Flashback and.... errr... I can't remember. Apparently they have the best Lemmings over there.

The demos on that platform, though... it's like they built a machine just for the demoscene!

I suppose for prosperity's sake you'd have to fire up one of the original tracker packages, a bit of deluxe paint?

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I'm not sure I agree with the "no practical value" bit, I think demos pushed the limits of systems and showed mainstream developers a lot of cool techniques which then made their way into games and other apps. We can probably thank the demoscene for the high standard of MOD / tracker music that we ended up with as well.

While I concur demos pushed the hardware hard. It may be a little different
on other platforms, but I never saw anything come out of a demo that was
pushed into the mainstream.

I don't think MODs ever went mainstream in a commercial sense. I have to say the music was a symptom of the times and it was never a style I could get on board with. The good mods were the exception to me, and few and far between.

Plus, on the human side, I reckon the really cutting edge demos stirred up more excitement and emotion than most of the other software that came out.

I can somewhat agree with that. But a demo lasted 5 mins and then it was all over, no excitement here. By the end of a week nobody would remember the details. <shrug>

I never had an Amiga but I gather the games were pretty well loved on the platform. I don't think I ever saw an Amiga demo at the time, probably my

Oddly enough I never saw anyone playing games on an Amiga. I'm sure they
exist, but the ones I saw were to busy pfaffing about with demos.

Spec


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Oddly enough I never saw anyone playing games on an Amiga. I'm sure they exist, but the ones I saw were to busy pfaffing about with demos.

Oh yes, Lemmings, Lotus Challenge 1,2 & 3, Millenium 2.2, Zool, Super Cars to name but a few :)

Klunk

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Oh yes, Lemmings, Lotus Challenge 1,2 & 3, Millenium 2.2, Zool, Super Cars to name but a few :)

Out of all that, I've only heard of Lemmings... always hated lemmings :P

Spec


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Re: Re: I want to do something retro...
By: Spectre to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 23 2024 22:34:00

I never had an Amiga but I gather the games were pretty well loved on the platform. I don't think I ever saw an Amiga demo at the time, probably my

Oddly enough I never saw anyone playing games on an Amiga. I'm sure they exist, but the ones I saw were to busy pfaffing about with demos.

I think we should have swapped friends :)

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Re: Re: I want to do something retro...
By: Spectre to klunk on Mon Jun 24 2024 08:11:00

Out of all that, I've only heard of Lemmings... always hated lemmings :P

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

Or don't - you are fully entitled to your opinion.

Oh yes, Lemmings, Lotus Challenge 1,2 & 3, Millenium 2.2, Zool, Super Cars to name but a few :)

I remember the Lemmings, Lotus and Zool PC ports - Lemmings looks pretty similar to the Amiga but the other two were not a patch. One big difference being the quality of the audio.

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Oddly enough I never saw anyone playing games on an Amiga. I'm sure t exist, but the ones I saw were to busy pfaffing about with demos.

Oh yes, Lemmings, Lotus Challenge 1,2 & 3, Millenium 2.2, Zool, Super
Cars to name but a few :)

one personal favourite of mine is CyberSphere, great breakout clone and i
think that the amiga version sounds a lot better than the later DOS port :)

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Out of all that, I've only heard of Lemmings... always hated lemmings :P

Lotus 1,2 & 3 and Supercars were created by Magnetic Fields a local coding crew in Sheffield and also published by Gremlin Graphics who is also in Sheffield. I believe the current day incarnation of Gremlin Grapohics is called Sumo Digital and still is in Sheffield, UK

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Re: Re: I want to do something retro...
By: klunk to Spectre on Sun Jun 23 2024 19:35:49

Hi, klunk.

Lotus 1,2 & 3 and Supercars were created by Magnetic Fields a local coding crew in Sheffield and also published by Gremlin Graphics who is also in Sheffield. I believe the current day incarnation of Gremlin Grapohics is called Sumo Digital and still is in Sheffield, UK

Crikey, more Sheffield love in there than Gino D'Acampo's autobiography!

Hello from sunny South Wales :)

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Hello from sunny South Wales :)

Look out for low flying Sheep? :P


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Re: Re: I want to do something retro...
By: Spectre to Bob Worm on Mon Jun 24 2024 20:11:00

Look out for low flying Sheep? :P

:(

Maybe :)

BobW
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