Worst Amiga model ever - Page 9

mikele · 26 January 2012, 09:51

How I regret not having bought A600 in December, average price on internet auction sites here was about 40 EUR (Rom 37. 350 some with 2 mb upgrade) and this year the prices skyrocketed to 100 EUR or so for plain vanilla model :/

trydowave · 26 January 2012, 13:26

Why is the A600 so hated? Surley the CDTV was worse. Or even the A500+.
I was dissapointed at the A600 at the time purley because it wasnt a real step forward. But I always liked it compactness and amazing upgradability.

The cute A600 needs more love.

Mequa · 26 January 2012, 15:16

I'd have to reconsider and say the AmigaOne X1000 is the worst, due to its feeble bang-per-buck compared with contemporary machines. Or is that not a real Amiga?

Retro1234 · 26 January 2012, 15:39

A500+ Worst Amiga Ever

mikele · 28 January 2012, 14:16

thanks to dreamcatcha, you can finally appreciate A600 as a device used to show you a glimpse of your unborn baby! LOL
full size

Whitesnake · 28 January 2012, 16:02

I think the problem with this poll is perception.

I'm pretty sure I remember the A1200 being a bit of a disgraceful upgrade for its time and not selling a lot of units.

Although these days it's the romanticised model of current times so hardly anyone will put a vote against it.

I certainly remember seeing a lot more A500+'s back in the day.

Retro-Nerd · 28 January 2012, 16:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whitesnake

I think the problem with this poll is perception.

I'm pretty sure I remember the A1200 being a bit of a disgraceful upgrade for its time and not selling a lot of units.

Although these days it's the romanticised model of current times so hardly anyone will put a vote against it.

I certainly remember seeing a lot more A500+'s back in the day.

None of my friends had an A500+, but some (4-5) an Amiga 1200. So i guess you can't generalise this.

btw: 6 votes for the Amiga 500? Ridiculous, in any way possible.

Whitesnake · 28 January 2012, 16:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

None of my friends had an A500+, but some (4-5) an Amiga 1200. So i guess you can't generalise this.

it was more or less the opposite here.

A500 or Plus or Atari ST520.

According to Wikipedia it has an article stating

"While Commodore never released any official sales figures, Commodore Frankfurt gave a figure of 95,000 Amiga 1200 systems sold in Germany."

I'm inclined to believe you and your friends were part of a niche group of Amiga elite.

Retro-Nerd · 28 January 2012, 16:33

The A1200 was indeed "special interest" at that time. Most of the mainstream Amiga folks moved to the PC or consoles, or they still used their A500s.

Quote:

While Commodore never released any official sales figures, Commodore Frankfurt gave a figure of 95,000 Amiga 1200 systems sold in Germany."

That doesn't include the later ESCOM machines. I have no clue how many A1200 they really sold.

Mrs Beanbag · 28 January 2012, 19:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whitesnake

I'm pretty sure I remember the A1200 being a bit of a disgraceful upgrade for its time and not selling a lot of units.

The A1200 was in a bit of a catch-22 situation... most games companies were still writing stuff for OCS/ECS because that meant that everyone could play it, so that's where the biggest market was. No point in writing games no-one can run, and if there were no AGA games (except for a few OCS games with updated graphics) why would anyone bother to upgrade?

We all know that Amigas aren't just for games of course, but that's what most people I know used them for. People were either going over to consoles like the Megadrive, which was cheaper and had loads of good games, or to PCs, especially because of DOOM. And then people started focusing more on DOOM clones for the Amiga for which you really need an accelerator.

Now all this 3D stuff has turned out to be a fad and platform games are becoming popular again! Hooray!

mikele · 19 March 2012, 14:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrs Beanbag

Now all this 3D stuff has turned out to be a fad and platform games are becoming popular again! Hooray!

It reminds me of many people who replaced their Miggies with PC, mainly because of DooM, Wolfenstein 3D, which were considered "sophisticated" and "next level gaming". Then years passed and those iconic FPPs became available to different devices including mp3 players, TI calculators, while it took some serious processing power to emulate Amiga games, especially Shadow Of The Beast, Lionheart and such. Not to mention how badly those 3D games aged, unlike cute 2D Amiga games, which still look nice today.

Wasn't A600 ahead of time to some extent? Hardly anyoned cared about the use of PCMCIA at the time. It was considered useless, lots of people dissed 2.5" its IDE controller...until 21st century came.

s2325 · 19 March 2012, 14:12

My Amiga was replaced with PC because there were less and less games, not because of Wolfenstein 3D or Doom. Last game played on my A500 was Pinball Fantasies.

lesta_smsc · 20 March 2012, 03:47

Pinball Fantasies?! ... That had a follow on! You missed out lol. I think I moved on to PC as accessing games for PC became a lot easier than sourcing them for the Amiga - and cost was considerably more favourable for the PC.

Skope · 20 March 2012, 07:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mequa

I'd have to reconsider and say the AmigaOne X1000 is the worst, due to its feeble bang-per-buck compared with contemporary machines. Or is that not a real Amiga?

Nope.

lesta_smsc · 21 March 2012, 04:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikele

thanks to dreamcatcha, you can finally appreciate A600 as a device used to show you a glimpse of your unborn baby! LOL
full size

Haha! I knew my A600HD was something special! :P

Mequa · 21 March 2012, 11:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skope

Nope.

Funny thing about the X1000 - I met the founders of XMOS this year and they still considered it "vaporware".

That company came out of the University I am studying at. Actually founded by a graduate doing the same course I'm on.

Patarival · 21 March 2012, 14:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by s2325

My Amiga was replaced with PC because there were less and less games, not because of Wolfenstein 3D or Doom.

Same here. When my favorite games - adventures and RPGs - started to be better on the PC or no longer ported to the Amiga at all, I switched.

As to the worst Amiga model: CDTV!

The A500+ wasn't so bad - a friend of mine had one. You just had to install a kickstart switcher.

deicidal · 21 March 2012, 14:28

I just found myself using the PC more due to College and Uni

Amiga1992 · 21 March 2012, 15:20

I think we can all agree now, without a doubt, that this is the worse Amiga model ever:

chocolate_boy · 29 March 2012, 21:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leffmann

The Amiga should've had no less than 8 channels and free stereo panning right from the start IMO.

I don't know much about sound and electronics, but the above can't be that costly to implement. It's a mystery why it was never upgraded.

Conversely there are lots of people that consider audio the Amiga's biggest strength, based on a few threads on A.org lately.

View Poll Results: Worst Amiga model ever
A1000	13	3.55%
A500	6	1.64%
A500+	53	14.48%
A600	93	25.41%
A2000	10	2.73%
A3000 (desktop)	3	0.82%
A4000 (desktop)	5	1.37%
A1200	4	1.09%
A3000 (tower)	0	0%
A4000 (tower)	3	0.82%
Odd numbers (A1500, A2500)	28	7.65%
CD32	34	9.29%
CDTV	50	13.66%
None, they are all perfect	64	17.49%
Voters: 366. You may not vote on this poll

26 January 2012, 09:51	#161
mikele Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: poland Posts: 307	How I regret not having bought A600 in December, average price on internet auction sites here was about 40 EUR (Rom 37. 350 some with 2 mb upgrade) and this year the prices skyrocketed to 100 EUR or so for plain vanilla model :/ Last edited by mikele; 26 January 2012 at 14:37.

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26 January 2012, 13:26	#162
trydowave Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: N/A Posts: 873	Why is the A600 so hated? Surley the CDTV was worse. Or even the A500+. I was dissapointed at the A600 at the time purley because it wasnt a real step forward. But I always liked it compactness and amazing upgradability. The cute A600 needs more love.

26 January 2012, 15:16	#163
Mequa Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Posts: 497	I'd have to reconsider and say the AmigaOne X1000 is the worst, due to its feeble bang-per-buck compared with contemporary machines. Or is that not a real Amiga?

26 January 2012, 15:39	#164
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,790	A500+ Worst Amiga Ever

28 January 2012, 14:16	#165
mikele Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: poland Posts: 307	thanks to dreamcatcha, you can finally appreciate A600 as a device used to show you a glimpse of your unborn baby! LOL full size

28 January 2012, 16:02	#166
Whitesnake Martin Shaw Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 465	I think the problem with this poll is perception. I'm pretty sure I remember the A1200 being a bit of a disgraceful upgrade for its time and not selling a lot of units. Although these days it's the romanticised model of current times so hardly anyone will put a vote against it. I certainly remember seeing a lot more A500+'s back in the day.

19 March 2012, 14:12	#172
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	My Amiga was replaced with PC because there were less and less games, not because of Wolfenstein 3D or Doom. Last game played on my A500 was Pinball Fantasies.

20 March 2012, 03:47	#173
lesta_smsc Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 3,178	Pinball Fantasies?! ... That had a follow on! You missed out lol. I think I moved on to PC as accessing games for PC became a lot easier than sourcing them for the Amiga - and cost was considerably more favourable for the PC.

21 March 2012, 14:28	#178
deicidal Registered Insane Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ununited Kingdom Posts: 792	I just found myself using the PC more due to College and Uni

21 March 2012, 15:20	#179
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	I think we can all agree now, without a doubt, that this is the worse Amiga model ever:

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