Which Amiga pack did you get?

alexh · 12 January 2006, 12:19

In the UK the Amiga was launched with what was called a pack, free games etc. The most famous being the Batman Pack.

I was late entering the Amiga scene and I had a "Flights of Fantasy" pack.

What did you have?

Also did you buy your Amiga from Silica and get the "Ten Star Pack"?

keropi · 12 January 2006, 13:32

how ironic... I got an amiga just 1 year ago, I was a die-hard pc user back then... never considered the amiga as an option... not that I regret the past, I had very good times with pc gaming, etc

but look now! I have a fully loaded ppc 1200!
...talk about bad timing, lol I bet I would have more fun with it in the past...

Dastardly · 12 January 2006, 13:54

The Batman pack. The best one imo with a great selection of games

alexh · 12 January 2006, 14:16

Best games? I dunno... didnt Batman kinda suck? I never played Interceptor, and I agree The Newzealand Story was great.

Flight of Fantasy:

Rainbow Islands is comparable if not better than The NZ Story,
F29 Retaliator was probably better than Interceptor? Afterall it's 3D by DiD!
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters was so good I bought the Arcade machine

I did love the Jonathan Dunn intro tune to Batman though.

stainy · 12 January 2006, 15:12

Got mine from Silica I think

I remember getting a bunch of demo disks as well though.. these ones here

Actually still looking for them

adf`s or the real thing!!

Think I got the tenstar pack.

12 January 2006, 15:37

I got the A600 Epic Pack

Includeing a 20Mb hard drive

Shame the A1200 was released about 3 months later for about the same price

Dastardly · 12 January 2006, 17:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

Best games? I dunno... didnt Batman kinda suck? I never played Interceptor, and I agree The Newzealand Story was great.

Flight of Fantasy:

Rainbow Islands is comparable if not better than The NZ Story,
F29 Retaliator was probably better than Interceptor? Afterall it's 3D by DiD!
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters was so good I bought the Arcade machine

I did love the Jonathan Dunn intro tune to Batman though.

Of course its only my opinion but yeah I think overall the games in the Batman Pack are better.

Rainbow Islands is better than NZS yeah but Interceptor is better than F29 with its dodgy collision detection and Batman the Movie is a fine game and I think better than EFTPOTRM. Also, until Lotus arrived it had the best driving game (level 2) on the Amiga imo.

alexh · 12 January 2006, 18:04

Stefarno, dont feel too miffed. The Conner CP2024 20Mbyte 2.5" drive cost almost as much as the Amiga back in 1992. I would have preferred an A600 with hard drive over an A1200 without anyday!

terryhan · 12 January 2006, 20:04

I had the A500 Screen Gems and later, A1200 Comic Relief.

Fond memories of Nightbreed, Back to the Future 2, Days of Thunder, and... Shadow of the Beast 2? Wait a minute... what was that doing in there?

BinoX · 12 January 2006, 22:01

I just had a plain A500+.. No special pack.. got it direct from a commodore warehouse if I remember right... I was very young then...
The 1st one I got didn't have working joystick ports >< so I sent it back and they replaced it ^_^

Cost £200 in total (But that's with a load of games and stuff I ordered from a company called "special reserve")

BippyM · 12 January 2006, 22:10

Flight of Fantasy a500 pack and Desktop Dynamite a1200 pack

Figi · 12 January 2006, 23:17

Guess this poll is UK only, since it misses the A1200 "Magic" pack which was available in Germany during the second half of the 1990s. It included Wordworth, Whizz, Pinball, ...

My first A600, as well as my first A1200, I bought "plain" without a package. I bought, however, an A1200 "Magic" later, plus a "Magic" software package without hardware before I bought the whole "Magic" bundle.

kriz · 12 January 2006, 23:34

First got the plain A1200 when it got released

Later bought a Magic pack for a new A1200 motherboard ...

X-ray · 13 January 2006, 01:09

My 500 was a Flight of Fantasy pack. The only item I have from that original pack is the game EFTPOTRM. I sold that particular 500 (but got another one ten years later).

My A4000T came with the magic pack. Got that here in the UK in 1996.

Codetapper · 13 January 2006, 02:17

In NZ most people bought the "A500 Starter Kit" which consisted of an A500 (with 512k expansion memory), Crazy Cars, Super Ski, a naff golf game (Hole-In-One I think), and some junk like Kind Words 2. If you add it to the list some down under people will vote for it!

Galaxy · 13 January 2006, 02:42

and in Australia most people also bought the "A500 starter kit" which consisted of an unexpanded A500, Kindwords 2; Fusion Paint; F/A-18 Interceptor; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Arcade). There was also an A500 Deluxe kit sold at the same time which had more serious software (and cost quite a bit more). Later on we got some of the packs sold in the UK (my 1200 came was basically the Desktop Dynamite pack but was not called anything special).

Interceptor · 13 January 2006, 10:10

my A500 Cartoon Classics pack was an A500+, not a normal A500, as were a few friends packs too.

i've not actually heard of a 'standard A500' cartoon classics pack, do they exist, or is it just a typo in the list of options at the top? if there is, i guess they changed half way through the CC production run or something....since the box doesnt actually mention a plus anywhere at all....

alexh · 13 January 2006, 11:05

Some early Cartoon Classics were reported to be A500's, but most were 500+

alexh · 13 January 2006, 11:06

Oops, forgot about the Magic Pack. That wasnt a Commodore pack it was an Amiga International pack

BippyM · 13 January 2006, 11:44

If you want any packs adding alexh just say da word

View Poll Results: Which Amiga pack did you have?
A500 Your Imagination is the Limit	8	4.44%
A500 Batman Pack	24	13.33%
A500 Flight of Fantasy bundle	10	5.56%
A500 Screen Gems	17	9.44%
A500+ Cartoon Classics	28	15.56%
A500 Class of the 90's	9	5.00%
A600 Lemmings	6	3.33%
A600 Robocop	0	0%
A600HD Epic	7	3.89%
A600 The Wild! The Weird! The Wicked!	17	9.44%
A600 Virtual Reality	0	0%
A1200 Desktop Dynamite	43	23.89%
A1200 Comic Relief	7	3.89%
A1200 Computer Combat	4	2.22%
A1200 Race n Chase	6	3.33%
A1200 Innovation	2	1.11%
CD32 Spectacular voyage	8	4.44%
CD32 Dangerous Streets	3	1.67%
CD32 Critical Zone	3	1.67%
A500 Starter Kit	20	11.11%
A1200 Amiga Magic	23	12.78%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 180. You may not vote on this poll

12 January 2006, 12:19	#1
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,408	Which Amiga pack did you get? In the UK the Amiga was launched with what was called a pack, free games etc. The most famous being the Batman Pack. I was late entering the Amiga scene and I had a "Flights of Fantasy" pack. What did you have? Also did you buy your Amiga from Silica and get the "Ten Star Pack"? Last edited by alexh; 12 January 2006 at 12:29.

12 January 2006, 14:16	#4
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,408	Best games? I dunno... didnt Batman kinda suck? I never played Interceptor, and I agree The Newzealand Story was great. Flight of Fantasy: Rainbow Islands is comparable if not better than The NZ Story, F29 Retaliator was probably better than Interceptor? Afterall it's 3D by DiD! Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters was so good I bought the Arcade machine I did love the Jonathan Dunn intro tune to Batman though. Last edited by alexh; 12 January 2006 at 14:22.

12 January 2006, 15:12	#5
stainy Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Concord, NC, USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,712	Mine Got mine from Silica I think I remember getting a bunch of demo disks as well though.. these ones here Actually still looking for them adf`s or the real thing!! Think I got the tenstar pack.

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12 January 2006, 13:32	#2
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	how ironic... I got an amiga just 1 year ago, I was a die-hard pc user back then... never considered the amiga as an option... not that I regret the past, I had very good times with pc gaming, etc but look now! I have a fully loaded ppc 1200! ...talk about bad timing, lol I bet I would have more fun with it in the past...

12 January 2006, 13:54	#3
Dastardly Into the Wonderful Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Age: 49 Posts: 2,335	The Batman pack. The best one imo with a great selection of games

12 January 2006, 15:37	#6
Stefarno Posts: n/a	I got the A600 Epic Pack Includeing a 20Mb hard drive Shame the A1200 was released about 3 months later for about the same price

12 January 2006, 18:04	#8
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,408	Stefarno, dont feel too miffed. The Conner CP2024 20Mbyte 2.5" drive cost almost as much as the Amiga back in 1992. I would have preferred an A600 with hard drive over an A1200 without anyday!

12 January 2006, 20:04	#9
terryhan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: a zombi filled shopping mall Posts: 103	I had the A500 Screen Gems and later, A1200 Comic Relief. Fond memories of Nightbreed, Back to the Future 2, Days of Thunder, and... Shadow of the Beast 2? Wait a minute... what was that doing in there?

12 January 2006, 22:01	#10
BinoX Miggy Man Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom Age: 40 Posts: 831	I just had a plain A500+.. No special pack.. got it direct from a commodore warehouse if I remember right... I was very young then... The 1st one I got didn't have working joystick ports >< so I sent it back and they replaced it ^_^ Cost £200 in total (But that's with a load of games and stuff I ordered from a company called "special reserve")

12 January 2006, 22:10	#11
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Flight of Fantasy a500 pack and Desktop Dynamite a1200 pack

12 January 2006, 23:17	#12
Figi Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 133	Guess this poll is UK only, since it misses the A1200 "Magic" pack which was available in Germany during the second half of the 1990s. It included Wordworth, Whizz, Pinball, ... My first A600, as well as my first A1200, I bought "plain" without a package. I bought, however, an A1200 "Magic" later, plus a "Magic" software package without hardware before I bought the whole "Magic" bundle.

12 January 2006, 23:34	#13
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 42 Posts: 3,212	First got the plain A1200 when it got released Later bought a Magic pack for a new A1200 motherboard ...

13 January 2006, 01:09	#14
X-ray Angry Kid Fan Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London Posts: 230	My 500 was a Flight of Fantasy pack. The only item I have from that original pack is the game EFTPOTRM. I sold that particular 500 (but got another one ten years later). My A4000T came with the magic pack. Got that here in the UK in 1996.

13 January 2006, 02:17	#15
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,187	In NZ most people bought the "A500 Starter Kit" which consisted of an A500 (with 512k expansion memory), Crazy Cars, Super Ski, a naff golf game (Hole-In-One I think), and some junk like Kind Words 2. If you add it to the list some down under people will vote for it!

13 January 2006, 02:42	#16
Galaxy Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 1,417	and in Australia most people also bought the "A500 starter kit" which consisted of an unexpanded A500, Kindwords 2; Fusion Paint; F/A-18 Interceptor; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Arcade). There was also an A500 Deluxe kit sold at the same time which had more serious software (and cost quite a bit more). Later on we got some of the packs sold in the UK (my 1200 came was basically the Desktop Dynamite pack but was not called anything special).

13 January 2006, 10:10	#17
Interceptor Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Essex, UK Posts: 414	my A500 Cartoon Classics pack was an A500+, not a normal A500, as were a few friends packs too. i've not actually heard of a 'standard A500' cartoon classics pack, do they exist, or is it just a typo in the list of options at the top? if there is, i guess they changed half way through the CC production run or something....since the box doesnt actually mention a plus anywhere at all....

13 January 2006, 11:05	#18
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,408	Some early Cartoon Classics were reported to be A500's, but most were 500+

13 January 2006, 11:06	#19
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,408	Oops, forgot about the Magic Pack. That wasnt a Commodore pack it was an Amiga International pack

13 January 2006, 11:44	#20
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	If you want any packs adding alexh just say da word

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