October 24th, 2011

Amigakit Brings The Amiga Into The 21st Century With New X1000

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Amiga, Amiga… why does that name sound familiar?

Ah yes, that Amiga. A strong early competitor in the PC wars, Commodore’s influential and graphics-heavy OS was unfortunately more or less made extinct by Windows by the early 90s. Yet a core group of enthusiasts has kept a candle burning, and here and there you can still find a functioning machine, zealously maintained by someone who insists… → Read More

April 19th, 2010

The Amiga is coming back!

The Amiga lives! Yes, a company by the name of A-EON will resurrect the famous computer this summer, but not before pumping it full of growth hormone. One stat to whet your appetite: while the Amiga A100 had a maximum of 8MB of memory, the new guy will have 2GB. That’s 250 times as much memory. → Read More

April 9th, 2008

Amiga: My parents didn't love me

Look at that. This a video of about fifty nifty games available for the Amiga back in the day. Even today those graphics are on par with some more casual games and some titles you’d still find on the Wii. The only thing that has changed is the fluidity of motion and increased polygons. I never got an Amiga because in my house you get an Atari 800XL when you spill paint in the garage. → Read More