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FROM BEDROOMS TO BILLIONS: THE AMIGA YEARS Posted on 19-May-2016 22:24:10
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| Hi all brought this and watched it. Can say it's well worth watching cant wait for viva Amiga film now. _________________ A1200 ACA1232 128MB Indivison MkIICr Elbox empty Power Tower RPi3 Emulating C64 ZX Atari PS BBC Wii with Amiga emulation Vampire v4 SA |
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Re: FROM BEDROOMS TO BILLIONS: THE AMIGA YEARS Posted on 19-May-2016 22:33:52
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Just watched it an hour ago. It is interesting film, a lot of stories that will be familiar and fresh in the minds of those who attended the Amiga25 and recent Amiga30 events and listened to the speeches and late night anecdotes from the original Amiga team.
It was nice to see interviews with many British games developers who were influential and Scandinavian demo scene coders. Great to see Alistair Brimble and Chris Huelsbeck talk so warmly about the strengths of Paula sound chip.
My only disappointment is that the film did not touch on what is happening today and also was very games centric. With the exception of Dpaint and Lightwave, no other serious apps were mentioned. _________________ Amiga Kit Amiga Store Links: www.amigakit.com | New Products | A600GS |
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Re: FROM BEDROOMS TO BILLIONS: THE AMIGA YEARS Posted on 20-May-2016 7:42:33
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Yes I thought the same about no mention of todays current status of Amiga. Maybe Viva Amiga will touch on it a bit. _________________ A1200 ACA1232 128MB Indivison MkIICr Elbox empty Power Tower RPi3 Emulating C64 ZX Atari PS BBC Wii with Amiga emulation Vampire v4 SA |
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Re: FROM BEDROOMS TO BILLIONS: THE AMIGA YEARS Posted on 20-May-2016 11:16:24
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| Yes, games centric it is, but well worth it's money!
The did however also talk about the NewTek Video Toaster, regarding serious US "apps".
The best though, was to see and hear the original Amiga crew!
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Re: FROM BEDROOMS TO BILLIONS: THE AMIGA YEARS Posted on 20-May-2016 20:55:18
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| Given that it focuses on why and when the amiga was relevant its no surprise it doesnt touch on the current status. While still an enjoyable platform there's really nothing to report other than the fact there's a handful of people still using offshoots. Not a single piece of new software would really be of much interest to other people, with the possible exception of Hollywood, but even that is clutching at straws.
I use and enjoy the system as much, probably moreso than a lot of people here, but really, to the outside world there's just not really anything interesting enough to warrant spending time and money to put on film, bar the fact that even today there's people that refuse to let go.
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Re: FROM BEDROOMS TO BILLIONS: THE AMIGA YEARS Posted on 21-May-2016 6:42:52
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I enjoyed watching it too. Definitely worth a watch in my opinion. I agree that it could have had more mentions of serious software also.
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