22 October 2021, 16:33 | #2881 |
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That is not an Amiga question...
Yet I can give you a reply. CPC6128 coexisted with 464/664. So everything came "prepared" for extra bank of 64K. It was the same code, just some extra data. Spectrum 128, not so much, but not as bad as 128. When Spectrum 128 came out, it was followed by further models all with 128K. The 48K was very old by that time. So it was considered the successor and follow up and had its independent line of software. When C128 came, we were almost in Amiga era already. It didn't have time to flourish. Also C64 mode, had an IMMENSE library of software (bigger than CPC and Spectrum) and people didn't feel the urge to make something for the 128 side (most C64 games were already better than their CPC and Spectrum counterparts - with exceptions of course, but stlll). Also C128 was a far more complex machine in hardware. It had 2 CPU (not running concurrently ok), it had 2 independent IC to handle graphics (with different palettes!). |
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I recently saw a C128 for sale for less than half the going price, but I passed it by for this very reason. Seems pointless to own something I wouldn't use for anything more than my existing C64's. Shame really. |
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yup, really a shame, another machine we'll never know about gaming full possibilities sorry for the off topic post, completely forgot that it is an Amiga only thread i need new glasses lol |
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22 October 2021, 20:09 | #2884 |
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This is an Amiga only FORUM, actually. The whole place.
But 8bit Commodore have our love (at least they have mine). |
22 October 2021, 23:33 | #2885 |
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honestly, i think that this embarrassed questions thread could perfectly fit into the Retrogaming General Discussion section, and that was the probably reason of my error
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25 October 2021, 14:56 | #2886 |
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Feel free to add a retrogaming questions you've always been too embarrassed to ask thread in the retrogaming general discussion subforum. :-)
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18 November 2021, 20:44 | #2887 |
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Could it be said that the Transformer emulator from 1985 was the first emulator "as we know it" for a personal computer? |
19 November 2021, 10:13 | #2888 |
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PET Emulator for the C64 1983.
Allen & Gates wrote the first 8-bit BASIC using a 8080 emulator running on a mainframe in the mid 70s. |
21 November 2021, 17:11 | #2889 |
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I remember the VERY GOOD - BASIC ONLY - Spectrum emulator from 1985. I am sure there were attempts before that.
What is the Transformer emulator??? |
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It's a PC emulator that was shipped with the A1020 5.25" drive. PC compatibility was deemed an important thing and the Transformer was even demonstrated at the launch of the Amiga.
It was a stop gap measure until the sidecar and later bridgeboards came along. |
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Somehow I was thinking of Transformer for... C64. You see, it would never be possible for Amiga to have the first emulator. There were emulators (for much simpler machines) before the Amiga was born. Technically speaking, emulation is an integral part of advancing from a machine generation to the next, since the first machines. |
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22 November 2021, 02:37 | #2892 |
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There is also the "ST XFormer" - a very early emulator for the Atari 8bit on the ST.
It uses some kind of "PJIT" - the same method Buffee is now implementing. https://www.atarimagazines.com/st-lo...ST_XFORMER.php |
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Here's a question I've been wondering for a while..
What spec Amiga would it take to run something like KickOff2 in 640x256? All those top down footie games could use higher resolution.. And is could AGA even do it at 50Hz, where are we hitting bottlenecks? |
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For footie gamed AGA could have been used to use high res sprites with a low res background, however limired by Amiga sprites in general. The bandwidth is too low for ECS/OCS models to do a game like Sensi Soccer in 640x256. |
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16 January 2022, 15:28 | #2895 |
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I'd like to view an Adult game entry on HoL, but it displays a warning and says I need to be logged into eab with "remember me" option. I am, but still can't see the game?
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Being nosey - which game are you searching for? |
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I'm making a by-year collection and wanted to check what Adult Poker is. Figured out it's Hollywood Poker, so don't really need it anymore - but it's still interesting why I'm unable to access the page. Cookies are on, btw. |
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16 January 2022, 16:50 | #2898 |
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It must be something your end because the HOL search at the top of here worked perfectly for me.
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23 January 2022, 16:57 | #2899 |
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For a floppy disk (DF0) that doesn't have disk.info in it's root, is there a way I can I change it's default icon (which is currently a ghosted disk icon) to something else under AmigaOS 3.2?
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23 January 2022, 17:02 | #2900 |
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Put the icon you like to envarc:sys/def_disk.info
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