What are people doing with Amigas these days

Madcrow · 22 November 2015, 17:45

A few things have recently caused my Amiga interest to revive (such as the rise of FS-UAE providing WinUAE-quality emulation in Linux) and as I got back into things, I started to wonder: what are people doing with their Amigas (real or emulated) these days? Obviously, there's decades of games to play and demos to watch, but what else are folks doing? Is anybody playing with analog video still? How about crafting pixel art? What about exploring 3D with older, simpler versions of C4D or Lightwave? What are folks doing on their Amiga?

Mrs Beanbag · 22 November 2015, 17:56

not nearly enough, in my case

Predseda · 22 November 2015, 18:25

Time to time i am pixelling, beside gaming. Thats all. I would like to create something in Amos Pro, but I am a bit afraid of learning that again.

Thorham · 22 November 2015, 19:05

Not much because I'm a lazy bum

eXeler0 · 22 November 2015, 21:37

I have to admit my Amiga activity was pretty low for a bunch of years (fairly non existent even in ~year 2000-2010) , but revived yet again (its a periodical thing) because of the hardware activity that's still ongoing (FPGA projects, stuff Jens does.. and software stuff like Nova Coder's ports. It made me curious how the old "impossible" stuff could run on the A1200 after all.
When I do fire up the A1200 these days, its for short gaming or demo sessions.
I used to be a Wiz @ Imagine in the 90s but I don't know where to begin if I'd try to explain how badly 3d software has aged on the Amiga ;-)
I also used a lot of Dpaint bac in the day but "pixelating" doesn't happen a lot these days. Photoshop does all the work now. ;-)

Right now I'm doing "pointless" stuff like hardware modding a badly yellowed A500 (spray paint, 1MB chip mod, gotek drive).

Looking forward to seeing the Vampire 2 in action, because without it, I don't know if I'll ever fire up the old A600 anymore ;-)

Devlin · 23 November 2015, 08:39

I play games on mine, occasionally tinker in PPaint or use some tool that I (re)discovered from way back when I was a kid.

My latest vice on Amiga has been Transplant, a rotatey shoot-em-up that's quite enjoyable.

onkelarie · 23 November 2015, 08:45

I still play hybris one or two times each year. Apart from that, I'm mainly hunting missing adf's, doing nostalgia reading from docdisks and keeping a monitor on the occasional new classic amiga release.

TenLeftFingers · 23 November 2015, 16:47

I use mine to edit documents stored on the network. Devlin's rotatey game makes me want to learn to create a game I had in mind though.

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Amiga1992 · 23 November 2015, 19:45

DJing using my own software

[ Show youtube player ]

LuMan · 23 November 2015, 20:53

Heh, an obvious question that doesn't seem to get asked. Good going, Madcrow

Currently pushing my Blitz skills a bit, trying to produce my first proper 'full' game. This has also forced me to work harder at pixel art in Paint IV, as well as messing about with ProTracker to get some semblance of music added. This has also resulted in me loading a boot-load of Mods into Hippoplayer and leaving it running in the background while I 'work'.

I've also been playing a LOT of old games on WHDLoad. Currently hooked on The Addams Family for some reason. Giving me a lot of inspiration for GogoPogo!

I also love booting up demos. Some for the metal-banging coding brilliance, and some for pure nostalgia (Station At Khern, Vision Megademo IV, AGA-Demo, etc..).

Luckily I work from home a lot, so can have a Miggy up and running next to me.

@Predseda - Don't be scared! Start learning again. You'll be amazed at how quickly it'll all come flooding back.

@Akira - That! Is! Totally! Awesome!

Bamiga2002 · 23 November 2015, 21:21

Haven't had time OR money to play or upgrade my Amigas...oh, the A500 & CD32 turbocards that i'm awaiting aren't even finished yet

Madcrow · 23 November 2015, 23:55

To answer my own question: I also mainly play around with games and watch demos. My real hardware (an NTSC A500 with only a trapdoor RAM expansion and external floppy drive as extras) isn't great, but emulation has gotten amazing. I also like some of the "creative" software available: though my musical and artistic skill is limited, puttering around with simple pixel graphics in DPaint or composing simple tunes in Bars n' Pipes is still fun (though that requires a boot into Windows as FS-UAE doesn't do MIDI yet).

Jackoland · 24 November 2015, 00:10

Today I cleaned the house whilst the Amiga played various mods and demos. Mostly play games, do some dpaint and try to relive my youth, you can never go back!

Shatterhand · 24 November 2015, 02:58

Playing games, basically

I am an avid gamer, and I still enjoy the 80s and 90s games like I enjoy modern ones. So modern systems have as much gameplay time as the older ones.

And I just deeply love Amiga games

keito · 27 November 2015, 17:03

While I have whdload games installed, I mainly use my Amiga 1200/30 for demoscene stuff including tracking with various trackers. I enjoy tinkering with the system too and getting the most out of it and customizing etc too.

edd_jedi · 27 November 2015, 17:05

I enjoy the hardware tinkering side of it, and playing games. I don't really do any productivity on it, although do occasionally fire up IRC.

Twiggy · 27 November 2015, 18:29

Games mostly. Also as a dumb terminal for a Linux box.

Thorham · 27 November 2015, 19:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by twiggy

Also as a dumb terminal for a Linux box.

Sacrilege

TenLeftFingers · 27 November 2015, 19:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by twiggy

Games mostly. Also as a dumb terminal for a Linux box.

Twiggy, how are you logging in? I thought encrypted methods aren't supported yet from Amiga, like sftp, ssh etc.

Daedalus · 27 November 2015, 23:04

I do some coding, some hardware modding, listening to music, the odd bit of graphics work, and play some games.

In fact, I'm hosting a SWOS tournament next weekend for a bunch of friends - nothing like a few beers and a SWOS tournament

22 November 2015, 17:45	#1
Madcrow Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 228	What are people doing with Amigas these days A few things have recently caused my Amiga interest to revive (such as the rise of FS-UAE providing WinUAE-quality emulation in Linux) and as I got back into things, I started to wonder: what are people doing with their Amigas (real or emulated) these days? Obviously, there's decades of games to play and demos to watch, but what else are folks doing? Is anybody playing with analog video still? How about crafting pixel art? What about exploring 3D with older, simpler versions of C4D or Lightwave? What are folks doing on their Amiga?

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Mrs Beanbag Glastonbridge Software Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Edinburgh/Scotland Posts: 2,243	not nearly enough, in my case

22 November 2015, 18:25	#3
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,538	Time to time i am pixelling, beside gaming. Thats all. I would like to create something in Amos Pro, but I am a bit afraid of learning that again.

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Thorham Computer Nerd Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Rotterdam/Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 3,751	Not much because I'm a lazy bum

22 November 2015, 21:37	#5
eXeler0 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Sweden Age: 50 Posts: 2,946	I have to admit my Amiga activity was pretty low for a bunch of years (fairly non existent even in ~year 2000-2010) , but revived yet again (its a periodical thing) because of the hardware activity that's still ongoing (FPGA projects, stuff Jens does.. and software stuff like Nova Coder's ports. It made me curious how the old "impossible" stuff could run on the A1200 after all. When I do fire up the A1200 these days, its for short gaming or demo sessions. I used to be a Wiz @ Imagine in the 90s but I don't know where to begin if I'd try to explain how badly 3d software has aged on the Amiga ;-) I also used a lot of Dpaint bac in the day but "pixelating" doesn't happen a lot these days. Photoshop does all the work now. ;-) Right now I'm doing "pointless" stuff like hardware modding a badly yellowed A500 (spray paint, 1MB chip mod, gotek drive). Looking forward to seeing the Vampire 2 in action, because without it, I don't know if I'll ever fire up the old A600 anymore ;-)

23 November 2015, 08:39	#6
Devlin Bane of Magic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bradford, UK Age: 37 Posts: 335	I play games on mine, occasionally tinker in PPaint or use some tool that I (re)discovered from way back when I was a kid. My latest vice on Amiga has been Transplant, a rotatey shoot-em-up that's quite enjoyable.

23 November 2015, 08:45	#7
onkelarie Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Spijkenisse / the Netherlands Age: 54 Posts: 525	I still play hybris one or two times each year. Apart from that, I'm mainly hunting missing adf's, doing nostalgia reading from docdisks and keeping a monitor on the occasional new classic amiga release.

23 November 2015, 16:47	#8
TenLeftFingers Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Ireland Posts: 800	I use mine to edit documents stored on the network. Devlin's rotatey game makes me want to learn to create a game I had in mind though. Sent from Ubuntu Touch using the Forum Browser app

23 November 2015, 19:45	#9
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,644	DJing using my own software [ Show youtube player ]

23 November 2015, 20:53	#10
LuMan Amigan - an' lovin' it!! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Nottingham, UK Age: 55 Posts: 557	Heh, an obvious question that doesn't seem to get asked. Good going, Madcrow Currently pushing my Blitz skills a bit, trying to produce my first proper 'full' game. This has also forced me to work harder at pixel art in Paint IV, as well as messing about with ProTracker to get some semblance of music added. This has also resulted in me loading a boot-load of Mods into Hippoplayer and leaving it running in the background while I 'work'. I've also been playing a LOT of old games on WHDLoad. Currently hooked on The Addams Family for some reason. Giving me a lot of inspiration for GogoPogo! I also love booting up demos. Some for the metal-banging coding brilliance, and some for pure nostalgia (Station At Khern, Vision Megademo IV, AGA-Demo, etc..). Luckily I work from home a lot, so can have a Miggy up and running next to me. @Predseda - Don't be scared! Start learning again. You'll be amazed at how quickly it'll all come flooding back. @Akira - That! Is! Totally! Awesome!

23 November 2015, 21:21	#11
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	Haven't had time OR money to play or upgrade my Amigas...oh, the A500 & CD32 turbocards that i'm awaiting aren't even finished yet

23 November 2015, 23:55	#12
Madcrow Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 228	To answer my own question: I also mainly play around with games and watch demos. My real hardware (an NTSC A500 with only a trapdoor RAM expansion and external floppy drive as extras) isn't great, but emulation has gotten amazing. I also like some of the "creative" software available: though my musical and artistic skill is limited, puttering around with simple pixel graphics in DPaint or composing simple tunes in Bars n' Pipes is still fun (though that requires a boot into Windows as FS-UAE doesn't do MIDI yet).

24 November 2015, 00:10	#13
Jackoland Registered User Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Leeds Posts: 174	Today I cleaned the house whilst the Amiga played various mods and demos. Mostly play games, do some dpaint and try to relive my youth, you can never go back!

24 November 2015, 02:58	#14
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	Playing games, basically I am an avid gamer, and I still enjoy the 80s and 90s games like I enjoy modern ones. So modern systems have as much gameplay time as the older ones. And I just deeply love Amiga games

27 November 2015, 17:03	#15
keito Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: UK Posts: 87	While I have whdload games installed, I mainly use my Amiga 1200/30 for demoscene stuff including tracking with various trackers. I enjoy tinkering with the system too and getting the most out of it and customizing etc too.

27 November 2015, 17:05	#16
edd_jedi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: London / UK Posts: 420	I enjoy the hardware tinkering side of it, and playing games. I don't really do any productivity on it, although do occasionally fire up IRC.

27 November 2015, 18:29	#17
Twiggy \m/ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Devon, U.K. Posts: 573	Games mostly. Also as a dumb terminal for a Linux box.

27 November 2015, 23:04	#20
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,334	I do some coding, some hardware modding, listening to music, the odd bit of graphics work, and play some games. In fact, I'm hosting a SWOS tournament next weekend for a bunch of friends - nothing like a few beers and a SWOS tournament

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