Category: Commodore Amiga
Author of the well-received The Secret History of Mac Gaming, Richard Moss is now working on a new book called Shareware Heroes: Independent Games at the Dawn of the Internet (working title) where he is writing about shareware games released from the late-1980s through the 90s. To fund the production costs, the author is running a crowdfunding campaign at https://unbound.com/books/shareware-heroes/. Looks to me an…
Although the history tells us the Amiga was a successful home computer and a multimedia powerhouse with no suitable competitor, its beginning wasn’t an easy win as the machine capabilities would make us believe. With that point of view, Flatline YouTube channel has published an excellent 30-minute documentary about the beginning of the Amiga, how it struggled to almost a…
Has the Amiga finally found it’s Mario beater? Only AMIGArama can find out as we team up with Team17 to break Superfrogs curse and rescue a princess along the way! https://amigarama.com/episodes/amigarama-podcast-episode-59-superfrog/
It’s been a long time.. We no longer post News about WinUAE beta releases as they happen so often now, but I still think it is worth, from time to time, to post about this great Amiga emulator since the retro-community is always getting newcomers that might not even know this emulation option exists. So here there is: WinUAE version…
For the past many years, I had loose plans to attend the World of Commodore that happens in Toronto, but for one reason or another, it never happened. This year, however, only two days before the event, I manage to confirm my presence and book the hotel. For those who aren’t as fortunate as me, here are my report with…
Billy and Jimmy Lee join up with AMIGArama to fight against the evil Double Dragon thugs but can they survive and save Marian from these brutal foes? https://amigarama.com/episodes/amigarama-podcast-episode-58-double-dragon/
The group Haujobb has already enriched the Amiga Demoscene with dozens and dozens of amazing demos released throughout its existence. If that wasn’t enough the group has decided to make their tools available for everybody, including examples, and extensive documentation. Back in last August, Hellfire and Noname from Haujobb held a seminar at the 2018 Evoke Demoparty in Cologne where they share…
The Amiga classic goes first-person in an early preview of this ‘total conversion’ for Doom!
Can AMIGArama survive the Bydo alien hordes in an R-9 fighter, using the Force, in the classic arcade shoot em up… R-Type? https://amigarama.com/episodes/amigarama-podcast-episode-57-r-type/
Electronics Is Fun has launched a new product, the GuruNet, that allows you to connect your Amiga 600, 2000, or 3000 to the network via ethernet cable. The installation is straightforward, using the parallel port. The board is 100% compatible with PlipBox open source firmware and it was tested with the 3 models mentioned earlier and several Amiga TCP/IP stacks…
