The Amiga was the best gaming computer ever. Sensible Soccer, Speedball 2, The Chaos Engine, Cannon Fodder, Wings, Flashback; the list goes on and on.

Amiga rocks!

...was Commodore milked the cow for too long. The A1200 should have been out at least 18 months earlier.

I loved the Amiga and still say thanks for Commodore NZ for lending me an Amiga 4000 for a period of time in '93. That was a beast!

Amiga 500 was such a beast! Some many great games - IK+, the Cinemaware games such as Defender of the Crown, Wings, Lords of the Rising Sun.

The list just keeps going and going, many I want to play some these games now!

Hmmm, but can it run Crysis? jk.

This thing was beast back in its day.

No other computer or console has outmatched its rivals in terms of raw power quite as much as Amiga did.

Classic old school gaming never dies, it just gets emulated :)

Didn't it also have Archon and that Owl shooter game from Psygnosis.

Blitter, Copper and hardware Scrolling....it was fun to play and fun to program!

common question 'Wich is your favorite system of all time' is always AMIGA.
I miss those Shadow of the beast afternoon sessions. I guess the feeling I had the first time I saw and HEARD that game is the one I try to find when playing new games nowdays. But I can never quite achieve it... ;)

the amiga was a machine that took computing to another level, It was a sound and graphical beast in its time, and software such as deluxe paint allowed for a totally new experience. it had a powerful multitasking operating system that again led the way.
To me this was the saddest part, as microsoft had cornered the business market with word etc, and would not develope them for the amiga, ultimatly holding back computing for years while the antiquated dos and pc played catch up.
Its nice to know it holds fond memories for so many people, as has been said the amiga a computer before its time.

I was offered driving lessons or the money to get an Amiga for my 18th birthday. I chose the money and bought myself an Amiga 500. I loved it, I had a snes and a spectrum at the time and the Amiga just seemed to blow them away in power (especially the Spectrum obviously).

I have fond memories of playing Syndicate, Dungeon Master and Cannon Fodder into the early hours of the night. And I started making my own music on trackers, something that wasn't really possible on my old trusty spectrum, at least not with the same quality.

Great computer, shame it died out in the end but I'll always remember it.

even teh C64 was amazing at that time. I remember playing a game featuring the Apache helicopter than a game featuring the Stealth Fighter. Both were awesome. I remember in one gaming session of Stealth Fighter I fly a mission into the Soviet Union and had a short time frame to drop my cargo and get back across the border. All the while dodging SAM sites and SAMs too. Then on my way back they launched migs to chase me and I had to increase speed to stay out of their range at the risk of running out of fuel before I crossed the border. I think I ended up crossing the border on fumes then had to eject before ditching the stealth fighter on friendly soil.

You don't get games like this anymore. Those were well paced, heart pumping games. These days we seem to just get Michael Bay over the top type action no real story and substance. Sometimes less is more!! The Ace Combat games just seem silly as you shoot down thousands of enemy planes in specific set pieces. They should go back to basics and have a game where you know the enemy has approx 40 fighters in one area and 10 in another and 20 in another so that you plan a route to fly into the enemy territory (including refueling in the air or on a friendly base), where you choose weather you need long range missiles, short range and you are limited to what the plane can carry in real life, not 100 missiles! When you shoot down the enemy planes, they should not re-appear on your flight back if you choose to take the same path. This would be an amazing game if it was actually made!

I think many developers spend too much time worrying about raising graphics than the actual game play (story, suspense, strategy etc) These are the areas they should be raising the bar on!

Amiga 500 (and 512k extra memory), Amiga 2000, Amiga 1200 and Amiga 4000.

Near two dead x360 and 1 dead Ps3, I still have my working Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200.

Incredible games and a fantastic machine to express your creativity.

The best.

HAHA. I remember this computer.

I never heard of the 1000. I had the 500 and my dad had the 2000.

I had a C64 once, but that was before the amiga came along, when commodore died, I stopped gaming for a while the when ps1 came along, it reignited my love for games, long live sony and the most advanced console ps3!!

25 years on and the Amiga is still remembered as the best computer of its time. I remember it being demoed on the BBC Micro program which you can see here http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Yes the Amiga was a fantastic computer and ahead of the competition at that time. Still have my Amiga 500 and it stil works :-). There is still a strong following and the Uae emulator is great. Just a shame it was left to stagnate and mismanaged by Commodore. It still lives on though :-).

Still in my possession and working:

A500 + Memory card (from 512KB to 1MB lol)

A1200

And I had some hardware card that worked with codes to alter games to start in certain levels, add lives etc. I forgot its name. And an extra diskdrive to prevent too much swapping diskettes haha

Damn, so many good gaming times. As someone said above, those were pretty much MY golden years of gaming. I had so much fun with those systems. Not only games, but remember the demo's that the scene made? I still remember the PC guys crying having just a few colours on screen and their sound was terrible, where the Amiga had 4 channel pure digital sampling. This system lasted commercially from 1987 till 1995 or so, but mine was daily up and running till I think 2000 or 2001.

Sensible Soccer, damn so many hours playing that... But I must say my MSX-2 is close to the Amiga with games like SD-Snatcher, Metal Gear - Solid Snake II, Fray and more. Once in a while I fire up the emulators on my softmodded Wii to go retro. Must say I end up playing current gen right after it to get the eyes adjusted on full HD again instead of eye hurting pixels lol

Good PC

The biggest problem with this computer is that Commodore hardly advertised it until then end, then it was to late. The Amiga was an awesome machine.

Guess what i bought my Dad a NB on his birthday today. Thanking him as a payback for buying me C64 24 years back.