English Amiga Board - View Single Post - Off with the rose-colored glasses! The hard look back at your Amiga childhood

rare_j · 19 October 2019, 18:52

Back in the day, how long did console owners wait between new games? Months. Because they were so expensive. And they were shitty PAL conversions.

Amiga owners had something new to play with every month in the form of £5 magazine coverdisks packed with software and demos. And we had budget ranges and compilations. And we had the industry-standard creative tool Deluxe Paint packed right in the box!

So yeah, the best of the SNES and Megadrive are miles better, no competition at all, but we had some solid games and a lot of new stuff to play with.
I'm glad I had an Amiga back then.

19 October 2019, 18:52	#83
rare_j Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,176	Back in the day, how long did console owners wait between new games? Months. Because they were so expensive. And they were shitty PAL conversions. Amiga owners had something new to play with every month in the form of £5 magazine coverdisks packed with software and demos. And we had budget ranges and compilations. And we had the industry-standard creative tool Deluxe Paint packed right in the box! So yeah, the best of the SNES and Megadrive are miles better, no competition at all, but we had some solid games and a lot of new stuff to play with. I'm glad I had an Amiga back then.