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Megalomaniac · 13 October 2023, 22:55

People paid £99 for A501s to play Dungeon Master, and that was a conversion from the ST with only slightly better graphics and sound. If they didn't get one then, they did when Beholder and Monkey did - and if those games weren't your thing, you got one for Alien Breed. Accelerators cost more than RAM upgrades, but with the right game to inspire the purchase, maybe people would have done. Plenty of pre-AGA games were improved by a faster processor and/or hard drive too, from Red Baron to Links to most adventures.

As for Grind, it's phenomenal so far. More than fast enough, and lots of detail. Only the floor and ceiling give any clue that it's on an A500 rather than an AGA 020 with fast RAM.

13 October 2023, 22:55	#1544
Megalomaniac Registered User Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Eastbourne Posts: 1,061	People paid £99 for A501s to play Dungeon Master, and that was a conversion from the ST with only slightly better graphics and sound. If they didn't get one then, they did when Beholder and Monkey did - and if those games weren't your thing, you got one for Alien Breed. Accelerators cost more than RAM upgrades, but with the right game to inspire the purchase, maybe people would have done. Plenty of pre-AGA games were improved by a faster processor and/or hard drive too, from Red Baron to Links to most adventures. As for Grind, it's phenomenal so far. More than fast enough, and lots of detail. Only the floor and ceiling give any clue that it's on an A500 rather than an AGA 020 with fast RAM.