The Commodore Amiga 1000 (or A1000) was released on July 23, 1985, and is still considered to have been years ahead of its time.
It stood out from the crowd for several reasons. Firstly, it sported a color graphical user interface (4096 colors) at a time when Apple's Macintosh cost considerably more (~$1000 more or so) with a black and white display. Most Amiga 1000 units were sold with ... [ read the full article ]
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The interesting thing, from what I remember is most all of the key developers that build that Atari 400/800 and the later 520/1040 models, most left Atari and jumped over to Commodore to work on the Amiga. Open up the Amiga and look at the signatures in the case, many if not most are ex-Atari developers.
Might be me but I still have a fondness for those old computers, still think many of the best games (arcade style) back then were way better then the games of today. While they may not have the super flashy hi-res graphics of today, the game play was way better. I for one would love to get an Atari 800 and play some of the old games if they ever re-released them. Sure you can get most of the games on emulators, but they just don't play the same.
Originally posted by SomeBozo: The interesting thing, from what I remember is most all of the key developers that build that Atari 400/800 and the later 520/1040 models, most left Atari and jumped over to Commodore to work on the Amiga. Open up the Amiga and look at the signatures in the case, many if not most are ex-Atari developers.
Might be me but I still have a fondness for those old computers, still think many of the best games (arcade style) back then were way better then the games of today. While they may not have the super flashy hi-res graphics of today, the game play was way better. I for one would love to get an Atari 800 and play some of the old games if they ever re-released them. Sure you can get most of the games on emulators, but they just don't play the same.
Yes, Jay Miner designed the chipset of the Atari 8-Bits and the Amiga, but Atari initially rejected it, so he took the idea elsewhere. Oddly, Atari ended up helping to fund Amiga development later and had the option to buy it, but then passed on it and Commodore partnered with them instead.
