Your AMIGA christmas day memories

Gordon · 25 December 2009, 12:46

1992 i got my a600

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

amiga in the cupboard for a few years

2008

mikele · 25 December 2009, 16:50

One of the best Christmas gift I have ever got was A600 (in 1993). Couldn't have been happier at the time (well maybe except for getting A1200 instead

FOL · 25 December 2009, 21:15

Believe it was 1990 for me.

Me and my brother both received an A500 each.

I had the flight of fantasies pack. I talked my mother into letting me open (what I thought to be an ATARI STFM) it at like 2AM. I then played F29 Retaliator until 7AM and then ended up sleeping most of christmas day.

Good times good times.

dlfrsilver · 26 December 2009, 10:08

Got my A600 in november 1992, paid by my mum

yeaahhh

TCD · 26 December 2009, 10:46

Got my A500 a few day before christmas (it was offered used in the newspaper) in 1990. Best christmas ever

Retro1234 · 26 December 2009, 11:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Got my A500 a few day before christmas (it was offered used in the newspaper) in 1990. Best christmas ever

1990 I think its about time you got a A1200

Bamiga2002 · 26 December 2009, 16:24

Got my A500 in 1989

. I often played Pinball Wizard, Backlash and Pinball Dreams during christmas holidays (for some reason).

26 December 2009, 17:34

Christmas Day 1987 was my starting point. I had asked for a computer - I was expecting a BBC Micro though! I definitely wasn't disappointed with the A500, along with Leader Board, Chubby Gristle and Battle Chess.

The only slight hitch was that my dog chewed through the security dongle that came with Leader Board. Twice.

Reynolds · 26 December 2009, 18:46

The only Amiga related gift was a Samsung 1.6GB HDD for my Amiga 1200 never before and never after I got nothing Amigaish. :I

Jonathan Drain · 26 December 2009, 18:49

Christmas 1993. We were opening our presents when my dad sent my brother into the kitchen to get him socks. We hear a shout of excitement from my brother in the kitchen and rush in to see an Amiga 600HD set up and running on the kitchen table.

I think the first game we played was a hard disk install of Rome AD92, the whole family sat around a portable TV screen wondering where to find "Seamus" the consul. My brother played a lot of a platformer called Myth and we played hard disk installs of Epic and Trivial Pursuit.

Nobody realised for a few weeks that we were all holding the mouse upside-down.

Christmas 2007. My brother re-creates 1993 for my other brother by setting up an Amiga 1200 in the kitchen and sending him in for socks. He's well excited. Unfortunately, he soon lost his enthusiasm as none of the joysticks worked properly

I now have his A1200 and use it to play Knights and Zerberk.

Graham Humphrey · 26 December 2009, 20:31

Also see this thread created by some idiot or other...

Paul_s · 26 December 2009, 23:47

1990 - A500 Screengems Pack
1991 - Star LC-200 24-Pin dot matrix (I think), Amiga games.
1992 - C= 1084ST Monitor, Amiga games.
1993 - Can't remember what, may have had my 1200 that year iirc so anything for that (got me 1200 during the Summer).
1994 - More Amiga stuff, can't remember what.
1995 - 28k modem for the 1200

1996 - Dunno
1997 - sorta just got money after that, no computer stuff for years after...
2009 - Indivision CD32

dirkies · 27 December 2009, 02:37

xmas 1987, seeing the incredible Arkanoid PAL version with the cracktro from Starfrontiers with the typo in it "Always rember, Starfrontiers, lightyears ahead"

And then there was xmas 1988, playing Operation Wolf, again a very well done arcade conversion.

DH · 27 December 2009, 17:05

*hic* I never got anything Amiga related at Xmas time

*hic* I bought all my Amiga stuff myself some other time *hic* before I was married when I had plenty of money to myself *hic*

TCD · 28 December 2009, 14:09

/me pats DH on the back
It's okay mate. One day your children will buy you some nice Amiga gifts for chr... who am I kidding? You will still buy all Miggy stuff on your own for xmas 2032

Mogilny · 28 December 2009, 14:26

I got my Amiga 500 on christmas eve 89 or 90, don't remember exactly. Hard to choose if this was the best christmas or when I got my C64 a few years earlier.

Happy times! The year after I got my Amiga I got a GVP 52mb HD which also was a very happy moment, but not quite as good as getting the computers.

Melonfish · 29 March 2010, 13:18

'Wild, Weird and Wicked' bundle (late 1992, £349 launch price): Formula One Grand Prix, Pushover, Putty and Deluxe Paint III

That is the exact pack i got, it came with a domed mouse rather then the blocky A500 one i remember from my friends, i played formula one, pushover and putty after christmas dinner and spent ages painting pics and even creating little animations in DP3
putty was hilarious! and pushover with colin curly had me gaming into the small hours of boxing day.

edit: also £349 in 92 was ALOT of money my dad would have just been out of probation in GMP at that time

my dad rules.

Fragger · 30 March 2010, 14:49

Hi, i really love the idea behind this thread.

Well i received my Amiga 500 as a christmas present at christmas 1989 ... I still can remember the day, the first game on the new wondermachine (before the amiga, i had a Amstrad CPC 464 with Green Monitor), it was Mickey Mouse.

I received my first original game (Police Quest 1) one day later, also a present by my grandmother.
It still have some pictures from this day ..i guess i will put em in this thread tonight.

Amiga1992 · 30 March 2010, 19:03

I got my first Amiga, an A600, in Xmas 1992. It was the best xmas ever!!!!

capehorn · 30 March 2010, 19:27

Christmas 1988 - I had just turned five and got an Amiga 500 with the Batman Pack, with a 'message from Santa' saved on the Workbench disk. I spent about an hour playing Rainbow Islands and managed to get to the first boss!

25 December 2009, 12:46	#1
Gordon Settler Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Serf City Posts: 1,760	Your AMIGA christmas day memories 1992 i got my a600 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 amiga in the cupboard for a few years 2008

26 December 2009, 18:49	#10
Jonathan Drain Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sector K240 Posts: 338	Christmas 1993. We were opening our presents when my dad sent my brother into the kitchen to get him socks. We hear a shout of excitement from my brother in the kitchen and rush in to see an Amiga 600HD set up and running on the kitchen table. I think the first game we played was a hard disk install of Rome AD92, the whole family sat around a portable TV screen wondering where to find "Seamus" the consul. My brother played a lot of a platformer called Myth and we played hard disk installs of Epic and Trivial Pursuit. Nobody realised for a few weeks that we were all holding the mouse upside-down. Christmas 2007. My brother re-creates 1993 for my other brother by setting up an Amiga 1200 in the kitchen and sending him in for socks. He's well excited. Unfortunately, he soon lost his enthusiasm as none of the joysticks worked properly I now have his A1200 and use it to play Knights and Zerberk. Last edited by Jonathan Drain; 26 December 2009 at 18:58.

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25 December 2009, 16:50	#2
mikele Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: poland Posts: 307	One of the best Christmas gift I have ever got was A600 (in 1993). Couldn't have been happier at the time (well maybe except for getting A1200 instead

25 December 2009, 21:15	#3
FOL PSPUAE DEV Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wales / UK Age: 45 Posts: 5,999	Believe it was 1990 for me. Me and my brother both received an A500 each. I had the flight of fantasies pack. I talked my mother into letting me open (what I thought to be an ATARI STFM) it at like 2AM. I then played F29 Retaliator until 7AM and then ended up sleeping most of christmas day. Good times good times.

26 December 2009, 10:08	#4
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,413	Got my A600 in november 1992, paid by my mum yeaahhh

26 December 2009, 10:46	#5
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,528	Got my A500 a few day before christmas (it was offered used in the newspaper) in 1990. Best christmas ever

26 December 2009, 16:24	#7
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	Got my A500 in 1989 . I often played Pinball Wizard, Backlash and Pinball Dreams during christmas holidays (for some reason).

26 December 2009, 17:34	#8
ILikeCake Posts: n/a	Christmas Day 1987 was my starting point. I had asked for a computer - I was expecting a BBC Micro though! I definitely wasn't disappointed with the A500, along with Leader Board, Chubby Gristle and Battle Chess. The only slight hitch was that my dog chewed through the security dongle that came with Leader Board. Twice.

26 December 2009, 18:46	#9
Reynolds Alien Breeder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Szigetszentmiklos / Hungary Age: 46 Posts: 1,096	The only Amiga related gift was a Samsung 1.6GB HDD for my Amiga 1200 never before and never after I got nothing Amigaish. :I

26 December 2009, 20:31	#11
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	Also see this thread created by some idiot or other...

26 December 2009, 23:47	#12
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,334	1990 - A500 Screengems Pack 1991 - Star LC-200 24-Pin dot matrix (I think), Amiga games. 1992 - C= 1084ST Monitor, Amiga games. 1993 - Can't remember what, may have had my 1200 that year iirc so anything for that (got me 1200 during the Summer). 1994 - More Amiga stuff, can't remember what. 1995 - 28k modem for the 1200 1996 - Dunno 1997 - sorta just got money after that, no computer stuff for years after... 2009 - Indivision CD32

27 December 2009, 02:37	#13
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,296	xmas 1987, seeing the incredible Arkanoid PAL version with the cracktro from Starfrontiers with the typo in it "Always rember, Starfrontiers, lightyears ahead" And then there was xmas 1988, playing Operation Wolf, again a very well done arcade conversion.

27 December 2009, 17:05	#14
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Might as well be WORK :( Age: 56 Posts: 4,110	hic I never got anything Amiga related at Xmas time hic I bought all my Amiga stuff myself some other time hic before I was married when I had plenty of money to myself hic

28 December 2009, 14:09	#15
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,528	/me pats DH on the back It's okay mate. One day your children will buy you some nice Amiga gifts for chr... who am I kidding? You will still buy all Miggy stuff on your own for xmas 2032

28 December 2009, 14:26	#16
Mogilny Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Amiga 4-ever! Posts: 121	I got my Amiga 500 on christmas eve 89 or 90, don't remember exactly. Hard to choose if this was the best christmas or when I got my C64 a few years earlier. Happy times! The year after I got my Amiga I got a GVP 52mb HD which also was a very happy moment, but not quite as good as getting the computers.

29 March 2010, 13:18	#17
Melonfish I killed Jools on purpose Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Warrington, UK Age: 44 Posts: 53	'Wild, Weird and Wicked' bundle (late 1992, £349 launch price): Formula One Grand Prix, Pushover, Putty and Deluxe Paint III That is the exact pack i got, it came with a domed mouse rather then the blocky A500 one i remember from my friends, i played formula one, pushover and putty after christmas dinner and spent ages painting pics and even creating little animations in DP3 putty was hilarious! and pushover with colin curly had me gaming into the small hours of boxing day. edit: also £349 in 92 was ALOT of money my dad would have just been out of probation in GMP at that time my dad rules.

30 March 2010, 14:49	#18
Fragger Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Germany Age: 45 Posts: 78	Hi, i really love the idea behind this thread. Well i received my Amiga 500 as a christmas present at christmas 1989 ... I still can remember the day, the first game on the new wondermachine (before the amiga, i had a Amstrad CPC 464 with Green Monitor), it was Mickey Mouse. I received my first original game (Police Quest 1) one day later, also a present by my grandmother. It still have some pictures from this day ..i guess i will put em in this thread tonight.

30 March 2010, 19:03	#19
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I got my first Amiga, an A600, in Xmas 1992. It was the best xmas ever!!!!

30 March 2010, 19:27	#20
capehorn Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 1,794	Christmas 1988 - I had just turned five and got an Amiga 500 with the Batman Pack, with a 'message from Santa' saved on the Workbench disk. I spent about an hour playing Rainbow Islands and managed to get to the first boss!

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