Amiga

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The Amiga was a personal computer from Commodore that was released in a variety of different configurations.

Overview

The first Amiga computer model, the A1000, was released in 1985 by Commodore Inc. The design team was headed up by Jay Miner and development of the system began in 1982 under the Amiga Coporation company. Commodore acquired Amiga Corporation in the summer of 1984, snatching the Amiga chipset from under the nose of Atari, who originally funded the project. Commodore filed for bankruptcy in 1994, despite the success of the A1200 and CD32.

Hardware

The Amiga range was based on the Motorola 68000 chipset, but made use of proprietary graphics and sound co-processors (codenamed Denise and Paula respectively), which took the load off of the CPU and allowed the Amiga to process more than just gaming graphics extremely efficiently. The Amiga revoulitioned video production, providing an afordable CG solution with the Video Toaster. And it was the first non profesional grade computer to be able to sample and record stereo in 44.1khz at it's release date. Over the lifetime of the computer, three chipsets were used: OCS (Original ChipSet), ECS (Enhanced ChipSet) and AGA (Advanced Graphics Architecture).

Models

The most popular Amiga models were as follows:
  • A1000 (1985) $1,295
          OCS, 256k Chip RAM, 256k "Slow" RAM, AmigaOS 1.0
  • A2000 (1986)
          OCS, 512k Chip RAM, 512k "Slow" RAM, AmigaOS 1.2
  • A500 (1987) $595.95
           OCS, 512k Chip RAM, 512k "Slow" RAM, AmigaOS 1.3
  • A1500 (1990) £999
          OCS, 512k Chip RAM, 512k "Slow" RAM, AmigaOS 1.3
             The A1500 was virtually identical to the A2000 apart from a 2nd Floppy drive that replaced the Hard Disk.  Released in UK only
  • A3000(1990)
         ECS , 1MB Chip RAM, 1MB "Fast" RAM, AmigaOS 1.3
  • A500 (1991)
           ECS, 512k Chip RAM, 512k "Slow" RAM, AmigaOS 2.0
  • A600 (1992)
           ECS, 1MB Chip RAM (upgradeable to 2MB), "Fast" RAM upgradeable to 6MB. AmigaOS 2.0
  • A1200 (1992) $599
          AGA, 2MB Chip RAM, "Fast" RAM upgradeable to 8MB. AmigaOS 3.0
           Commodore's attempt at making a console. Basically an A1200 with a CD-ROM drive and no built-in keyboard. The first 32-bit CD-ROM based games console.


Operating System

AmigaOS is the native operating system for the Amiga family of home computers.
Amiga games Edit
Name Platforms Developer
Flip-iT & Magnose AST, AMI Expanding Minds
Darius ARC, AMI, AST, GB, TG16, TGCD, SPEC, WSHP Taito Corporation
Snoopy: The Cool Computer Game SPEC, PC, AST, CPC, AMI The Edge
European Superleague CPC, BBCM, AMI
Kung Fu Charlies AMI
Hugo AMI, PC, PS1, GBC SilverRock Productions
Psycho Santa AMI
Werner Flaschbier AMI, C64
Red Heat AMI, AST, CPC, SPEC, C64 Special FX Ltd.
Beastlord AMI, AST WJS Design
Amiga 25 images
General Information Edit
Platform Name: Amiga
Release Date: Oct. 21, 1985
Online Support: False
Install Base: 6,000,000
Original Price: $1295
Producing Company: Commodore Electronics Ltd.
Aliases Commodore Amiga
Total Games: 2283 games
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Space first in Spacewar!
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The United States of America first in Gun Fight
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Cave first in Colossal Cave Adventure
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Castle first in King & Balloon
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Europe first in King & Balloon
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Jungle first in Jungler
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Underwater first in Polaris
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England first in
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Forest first in Duck Hunt
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Desert first in Gun Fight
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Licensed Game first in Fonz
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Side-Scrolling first in Bomber
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2D first in Tennis for Two
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High Score first in Space Invaders
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Jump first in Basketball
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Top-Down Perspective first in Speed Race
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Chiptune first in Gun Fight
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Death first in Spacewar!
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Boss Fight first in DND
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Lives first in Space Invaders
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Sword first in Samurai
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Gun first in Gun Fight
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Spaceship first in Spacewar!
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Key first in Pac-Man
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Car first in Speed Race
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Airplane first in Interceptor
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Bomb first in Bomber
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Soccer Ball first in Soccer
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Laser first in Space Invaders
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Missile first in Space Invaders
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