^ Mi amiga employs this spectacular service with maximum benefit.

My parents wouldn't get me a computer growing up. Their refrain was "you don't want to be a computer dork!" So I didn't really start using computers until part-way through high school when I got into Autodesk Animator on the Amiga in the communications lab. In that course I got so wrapped up in animation (which was not being taught, the program was just available on the Amiga if you wanted to play with it) that they excepted me from the curriculum and let me animate whatever I wanted for the entire semester. When I took senior level I never even joined the class on the first day, just plunked down at the Amiga and started a new set of animations, never even saw the syllabus.

Around the same time my dad started bringing home a ThinkPad from work which he literally NEVER used and so I installed the PC version of Autodesk Animator on it and started doing my thing. I basically animated a trailer for what in my mind would be the greatest video game cutscene of all time. At 18 I saved money and bought a 486DXII-66 with 8MB (big for the time) and a 28.8 (fast for the time). Never looked back since then, to the point I now literally spend all day, every day in front of my computers.

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Also had a friend with an Atari ST - I remember being blown away by some of the games- they were definitely ahead of their time- though kind of a rip-off of the Amiga and Macs. Awesome for the price though.

Had myself an Amiga 3000 at one point. My mom wanted to start a video production business so the thing was loaded. Video Toaster, Lightwave, Deluxe Paint IV, DTV, sound editing software (can't remember the name), etc, etc.

...and of course, Shadow of the Beast III.

Sadly, the business never got off the ground and I learned my first real lesson in computer depreciation.

nice little article about this demonstration (which was part of the amiga's original unveiling) here

God, 20 years ago...

I was doing some contract programming for Interplay at the time, porting C64 Neuromancer to the Amiga, when ceo Brian Fargo called me over and said "Hey take a look at this", and showed me the pre-release Battle Chess. I went "OOOOOH!" He said "yeah, that's the reaction we're going for!"

Too bad all those low/mid level coding jobs are no longer available in this country, was a great way to earn a living.

had this on amiga, was great, had to keep swapping disks though.

A tip of the hat to you, amiga.

Fallout 3 was the most enjoyable and immersive game I played this year, but the main quest was just far too short. I felt like I was about one third through it when all of a sudden it was over.

Still haven't played anything as good as Deus Ex or Half Life 2. Or multiplayer Amiga Hired Guns. Or Laser Squad on the Speccy.

Also see http://www.videosift.com/video/Odyssey-The-Amiga-Demo-Reborn-19-minutes for a reborn version.

Ohhh man this is all I did for like a year when I was about 9! Had it on our Commodore Amiga 500, so good.

That's good to know. Thanks.

In reply to this comment by Sarzy:
It's okay to just discard a video yourself if you know for sure it's a dupe.

In reply to this comment by MrFisk:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Ron-Howard

*dupe

Sorry amiga

It's okay to just discard a video yourself if you know for sure it's a dupe.

In reply to this comment by MrFisk:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Ron-Howard

*dupe

Sorry amiga

http://www.videosift.com/video/Ron-Howard

*dupe

Sorry amiga

Thanks again, amiga!

In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
*promote the catchy tune!