How big your collection of Amiga stuff is ?

chip · 30 June 2018, 18:26

I like to collect Amiga stuff

I mean, games, demos, utilities

I'm talking of files, not real things

So, i'm curious to know if other guys here in the forum have the same hobby

My whole collection at the moment is 385 GB

It's composed by DMS, ADF, LHA, LZX and so on

I don't have, anyway, ISO

So, the question is simple: how big your collection is and how it is composed ?

DamienD · 30 June 2018, 19:40

I don't collect everything... just stuff that I'll probably use one day.

Mine is 234GB in size; usual files:

.ZIP, .RAR, .ADF, .DMS, .LHA, .LZX, .HDF and .ISO.

Viceroy · 30 June 2018, 19:48

504 gig, everything apart from Homebrew ISO's which I don't collect, there will be duplicates in the collections!

chip · 30 June 2018, 19:50

Sure, duplicated files are normal

Viceroy · 30 June 2018, 19:52

That also includes all my Winuae systems I have installed backed up to Rars

chip · 01 July 2018, 06:35

I don't collect everything

Only stuff which can contains demos / intros / cracktros and so on

I like to scan it to find those indeed

But the problem is that i will need more than this life to look at all files i have

Foebane · 01 July 2018, 07:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD

I don't collect everything... just stuff that I'll probably use one day.

Mine is 234GB in size; usual files:

.ZIP, .RAR, .ADF, .DMS, .LHA, .LZX, .HDF and .ISO.

I know you have something like 2300 games alone. Where do you find the time to play them? And you're the opposite of me, you'll play anything, it seems.

What do you do, just pop in a random game when you feel like playing?

As for my collecting, I just hit a milestone of collecting 500 Amiga demos that are personal favourites, and I think I've gotten almost all the popular ones. I don't think I'll be able to find another 500 that are just as good. I have a list of them, if anybody wants to spot their own favourites.

As for games, I haven't seen that many of them by comparison, but I will explore them more with Hall of Light's help, now that I can download and play just like that.

chip · 01 July 2018, 07:26

Are you doing a demo compilation Foebane ?

Foebane · 01 July 2018, 07:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by chip

Are you doing a demo compilation Foebane ?

I suppose that's what you could call it. All I did was download the files and rename them to their Pouet.net names rather than the native ones (for consistency).

chip · 01 July 2018, 07:33

Sure, name of files is sometimes a mess, a more consistent one is appreciated

Anyway, do you know this site ?

http://janeway.exotica.org.uk/search.php

It's Amiga only, to the opposite of Pouet which is multiplatform

Foebane · 01 July 2018, 07:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by chip

Sure, name of files is sometimes a mess, a more consistent one is appreciated

Anyway, do you know this site ?

http://janeway.exotica.org.uk/search.php

It's Amiga only, to the opposite of Pouet which is multiplatform

Sure. I mainly use it to download music mods from demos, so I can use them with a mod player on my Android phone. I also like the screenshot sequences for each demo. I just find the search interface a bit fiddlier than Pouet.

chip · 01 July 2018, 07:44

Screenshots on Janeway have a disadvantage

I told about this issue to the Janeway team but nothing is changed

You never see the shot as it should be

You see it too small or too big indeed, but never in the original size it was taken

This is a little off topic here

Leffmann · 01 July 2018, 08:25

Less than 1 GB of stuff, mainly .7Z and .LHA archives of documentation and source code. I don't collect games or software generally, only if they're rare and difficult to find.

Viceroy · 01 July 2018, 10:18

I have to admit I hardly play anything I just enjoying collecting what I can, I do like getting all operating systems set up and running right including all the ones supported on here, I have to admit I'm struggling with setting up the HstWB, I need to go back and have another shot, I don't find the instructions clear at all!

DamienD · 01 July 2018, 11:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Foebane

I know you have something like 2300 games alone. Where do you find the time to play them? And you're the opposite of me, you'll play anything, it seems.

What do you do, just pop in a random game when you feel like playing?

I don't really play that many games if I'm honest, no time... they're just setup in my collection and ready to go

When I do actually get some time and feel like having a bash; title / screenshots really help when selecting what to play.

Ian · 01 July 2018, 22:03

Well, I have 501 gb.

50gb of stuff not in TOSEC. Used to have much more, but when an iso is added to TOSEC I delete all other versions I have as there's no point keeping them when a good version is available.

I rarely play, too much to choose from, plus when I was an Amiga owner as a kid I didn't have many games, got my brothers handmedowns (Had his ST first and had that for a good few years until he got a PC), he had some links to someone who downloaded games from BBS's etc, but he only ever got me a box of games and most of them were shit.

Moved on fairly quickly to a CD32 and then PSX as soon as it came out a year or so after.

Best day of my PC life was finding out about WinUAE though it was about version 8.8.8 then or something and rarely saw any updates from Brian King, but most stuff worked reasonable well to get the interest going.

DamienD · 01 July 2018, 22:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ian

Best day of my PC life was finding out about WinUAE though it was about version 8.8.8 then or something and rarely saw any updates from Brian King, but most stuff worked reasonable well to get the interest going.

Mine was discovering MAME in 1998; followed by WinUAE in 2003 or something

Ian · 01 July 2018, 22:44

WinSTon was my first foray into emulation. Great little ST emu that was. Probably found WinUAE a few months later. Probably the mid 90s for me. Didn't find mame until much later.

fgh · 02 July 2018, 00:53

I have an amiga BBS backup collection spanning 12 or so Bluray discs, that’s quite a few GB’s

XPD · 02 July 2018, 05:20

My entire emulation folder is 185GB, of that my Amiga stuff is only 16GB - how the fudge do you get 300GB+ ?

30 June 2018, 18:26	#1
chip Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Italy Age: 49 Posts: 2,942	How big your collection of Amiga stuff is ? I like to collect Amiga stuff I mean, games, demos, utilities I'm talking of files, not real things So, i'm curious to know if other guys here in the forum have the same hobby My whole collection at the moment is 385 GB It's composed by DMS, ADF, LHA, LZX and so on I don't have, anyway, ISO So, the question is simple: how big your collection is and how it is composed ?

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30 June 2018, 19:40	#2
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	I don't collect everything... just stuff that I'll probably use one day. Mine is 234GB in size; usual files: .ZIP, .RAR, .ADF, .DMS, .LHA, .LZX, .HDF and .ISO.

30 June 2018, 19:48	#3
Viceroy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunderland Posts: 946	504 gig, everything apart from Homebrew ISO's which I don't collect, there will be duplicates in the collections!

30 June 2018, 19:50	#4
chip Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Italy Age: 49 Posts: 2,942	Sure, duplicated files are normal

30 June 2018, 19:52	#5
Viceroy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunderland Posts: 946	That also includes all my Winuae systems I have installed backed up to Rars

01 July 2018, 06:35	#6
chip Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Italy Age: 49 Posts: 2,942	I don't collect everything Only stuff which can contains demos / intros / cracktros and so on I like to scan it to find those indeed But the problem is that i will need more than this life to look at all files i have

01 July 2018, 07:26	#8
chip Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Italy Age: 49 Posts: 2,942	Are you doing a demo compilation Foebane ?

01 July 2018, 07:33	#10
chip Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Italy Age: 49 Posts: 2,942	Sure, name of files is sometimes a mess, a more consistent one is appreciated Anyway, do you know this site ? http://janeway.exotica.org.uk/search.php It's Amiga only, to the opposite of Pouet which is multiplatform

01 July 2018, 07:44	#12
chip Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Italy Age: 49 Posts: 2,942	Screenshots on Janeway have a disadvantage I told about this issue to the Janeway team but nothing is changed You never see the shot as it should be You see it too small or too big indeed, but never in the original size it was taken This is a little off topic here

01 July 2018, 08:25	#13
Leffmann Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,269	Less than 1 GB of stuff, mainly .7Z and .LHA archives of documentation and source code. I don't collect games or software generally, only if they're rare and difficult to find.

01 July 2018, 10:18	#14
Viceroy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunderland Posts: 946	I have to admit I hardly play anything I just enjoying collecting what I can, I do like getting all operating systems set up and running right including all the ones supported on here, I have to admit I'm struggling with setting up the HstWB, I need to go back and have another shot, I don't find the instructions clear at all!

01 July 2018, 22:03	#16
Ian Global Moderator Join Date: May 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 46 Posts: 2,287	Well, I have 501 gb. 50gb of stuff not in TOSEC. Used to have much more, but when an iso is added to TOSEC I delete all other versions I have as there's no point keeping them when a good version is available. I rarely play, too much to choose from, plus when I was an Amiga owner as a kid I didn't have many games, got my brothers handmedowns (Had his ST first and had that for a good few years until he got a PC), he had some links to someone who downloaded games from BBS's etc, but he only ever got me a box of games and most of them were shit. Moved on fairly quickly to a CD32 and then PSX as soon as it came out a year or so after. Best day of my PC life was finding out about WinUAE though it was about version 8.8.8 then or something and rarely saw any updates from Brian King, but most stuff worked reasonable well to get the interest going.

01 July 2018, 22:44	#18
Ian Global Moderator Join Date: May 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 46 Posts: 2,287	WinSTon was my first foray into emulation. Great little ST emu that was. Probably found WinUAE a few months later. Probably the mid 90s for me. Didn't find mame until much later.

02 July 2018, 00:53	#19
fgh Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Norway Posts: 817	I have an amiga BBS backup collection spanning 12 or so Bluray discs, that’s quite a few GB’s

02 July 2018, 05:20	#20
XPD Geek Kiwi Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Age: 47 Posts: 209	My entire emulation folder is 185GB, of that my Amiga stuff is only 16GB - how the fudge do you get 300GB+ ?

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