What was your "Whoa s**t!" moment? - Page 2

zipper · 17 September 2021, 20:10

Launching a 3D accelerated game on my towerized A500T/060/CV3D, Adescent Virge version. Even with its crooked textures it was something unbelievable on Amiga, was playable up to 320x400.

saimon69 · 17 September 2021, 20:35

In 1986 in a local fair there was a computer store with an Amiga 1000 on display, with Deluxe Paint and Aegis Animator: i thought was the most powerful home machine i did seen so far and wanted desperately to make games on it!

modrobert · 17 September 2021, 21:28

Leeching Amiga DMS files from a /X board for the first time with the USRobotics Courier 14400 baud HST modem (the Supra 2400 baud modem became a doorstop after this point).

Foebane · 17 September 2021, 22:06

I am reminded of the time I saw Shadow of the Beast demonstrated by an Amiga in a shop around (I'm sure it was) 1989, and thought it looked great.

But even after that, I still had a massive BRAIN FART and bought An Atari ST instead, in 1990. I must've been trippin'...!

lmimmfn · 17 September 2021, 22:40

I was impressed with SOTB2, intro and music, but the music in Turrican 1 when i got it was just wow, moreso cos the game rocked also.

kremiso · 18 September 2021, 00:51

at the time i was a soccer nut, and the first Kick Off disk remained glued into the Amiga for a lot of time; finally a soccer game really smooth and fast, cool messy period with my friends, destroyed joysticks era

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanScott

Bodacious Bodean's Bordello Beauties

Thank you Dan, never heard of this one, watching atm

saimon69 · 18 September 2021, 00:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by kremiso

at the time i was a soccer nut, and the first Kick Off disk remained glued into the Amiga for a lot of time; finally a soccer game really smooth and fast, cool messy period with my friends, destroyed joysticks era

I know lot of people marked for life by "calcio d'angalo" and "cartellino gaillo" ^^

kremiso · 18 September 2021, 01:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by saimon69

I know lot of people marked for life by "calcio d'angalo" and "cartellino gaillo" ^^

lol, fun also for that crappy italian translation

modrobert · 18 September 2021, 18:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanScott

Bodacious Bodean's Bordello Beauties

Good one.

adrdesign · 19 September 2021, 03:27

Expo 92 intro+demo by Batman group

Apollo · 19 September 2021, 11:41

summer '90: our group was mentioned first time in another production (shoutouts to the former Reetec guys ... some of which are now old friends) - the start of such a great time

gimbal · 20 September 2021, 11:49

I said "wow" a lot, but probably my first "whoa sh" moment was seeing the intro of Wrath of the Demon for the first time. I had played the Amiga Action demo and was pretty wowed by the game so we got it. The intro scared the bejesus out of very young me (it didn't take much back then), all of a sudden there was an Amiga game with actual murder and blood in the intro.

It unnerves me to see the intro to this day

Amazing artwork.

Adropac2 · 20 September 2021, 14:51

Sword of Sodan for me because it was just so impressive to behold. I had an ST at the time and loved it but this made me very envious

kaffie · 20 September 2021, 15:59

Plenty of times the Amiga made me say woah, but I think the first Woah! was the sound that FA18 Interceptor made when it was loading.
[ Show youtube player ]

saimon69 · 20 September 2021, 17:39

Nobody has a video of F/A 18 interceptor humming noise in the title screen on the unexpanded A500?

morten.dynamite · 03 October 2021, 19:27

Another World was one of the games that did it for me.

But the first time I used my Amiga 500 was a Woah moment, the workbench, multitasking, using a mouse.

deimos · 03 October 2021, 19:40

The demo / introductory disk that came with the 1000 had an sequence, presumably using colour cycling, that gave the effect of flying through the colours, don’t know how else to explain that. It ended with a “woah” feeling, probably because I knew what to expect in terms of Workbench, etc., but that was something new.

amiman99 · 04 October 2021, 02:19

Few WOW moments on Amiga,
1. Amiga Space Ace game intro in a store.
2. Shadow of the Beast 3 Intro and the game.
3. MOD music with sampled speech.

Later on when I saw SNES I was thinking that the GFX were not better than on Amiga.

lmimmfn · 04 October 2021, 10:35

My first time using workbench, opening 5 or 6 clocks and they we're all updating, i thought it was magic

gimbal · 04 October 2021, 10:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by lmimmfn

My first time using workbench, opening 5 or 6 clocks and they we're all updating, i thought it was magic

Yeah or using say for the first time. The computer can speak!

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17 September 2021, 20:10	#21
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,837	Launching a 3D accelerated game on my towerized A500T/060/CV3D, Adescent Virge version. Even with its crooked textures it was something unbelievable on Amiga, was playable up to 320x400.

17 September 2021, 20:35	#22
saimon69 J.M.D - Bedroom Musician Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: los angeles,ca Posts: 3,516	In 1986 in a local fair there was a computer store with an Amiga 1000 on display, with Deluxe Paint and Aegis Animator: i thought was the most powerful home machine i did seen so far and wanted desperately to make games on it!

17 September 2021, 21:28	#23
modrobert old bearded fool Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Bangkok Age: 56 Posts: 775	Leeching Amiga DMS files from a /X board for the first time with the USRobotics Courier 14400 baud HST modem (the Supra 2400 baud modem became a doorstop after this point).

17 September 2021, 22:06	#24
Foebane Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cardiff, UK Age: 51 Posts: 2,871	I am reminded of the time I saw Shadow of the Beast demonstrated by an Amiga in a shop around (I'm sure it was) 1989, and thought it looked great. But even after that, I still had a massive BRAIN FART and bought An Atari ST instead, in 1990. I must've been trippin'...!

17 September 2021, 22:40	#25
lmimmfn Registered User Join Date: May 2018 Location: Ireland Posts: 672	I was impressed with SOTB2, intro and music, but the music in Turrican 1 when i got it was just wow, moreso cos the game rocked also.

19 September 2021, 03:27	#30
adrdesign Registered User Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Spain Age: 45 Posts: 314	Expo 92 intro+demo by Batman group

19 September 2021, 11:41	#31
Apollo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Germany Age: 49 Posts: 137	summer '90: our group was mentioned first time in another production (shoutouts to the former Reetec guys ... some of which are now old friends) - the start of such a great time

20 September 2021, 11:49	#32
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,905	I said "wow" a lot, but probably my first "whoa sh" moment was seeing the intro of Wrath of the Demon for the first time. I had played the Amiga Action demo and was pretty wowed by the game so we got it. The intro scared the bejesus out of very young me (it didn't take much back then), all of a sudden there was an Amiga game with actual murder and blood in the intro. It unnerves me to see the intro to this day Amazing artwork.

20 September 2021, 14:51	#33
Adropac2 Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Age: 51 Posts: 1,056	Sword of Sodan for me because it was just so impressive to behold. I had an ST at the time and loved it but this made me very envious

20 September 2021, 15:59	#34
kaffie Registered User Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Looe Posts: 12	Plenty of times the Amiga made me say woah, but I think the first Woah! was the sound that FA18 Interceptor made when it was loading. [ Show youtube player ]

20 September 2021, 17:39	#35
saimon69 J.M.D - Bedroom Musician Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: los angeles,ca Posts: 3,516	Nobody has a video of F/A 18 interceptor humming noise in the title screen on the unexpanded A500?

03 October 2021, 19:27	#36
morten.dynamite Registered User Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: Charlottenberg / Sweden Age: 49 Posts: 19	Another World was one of the games that did it for me. But the first time I used my Amiga 500 was a Woah moment, the workbench, multitasking, using a mouse.

03 October 2021, 19:40	#37
deimos It's coming back! Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: comp.sys.amiga Posts: 762	The demo / introductory disk that came with the 1000 had an sequence, presumably using colour cycling, that gave the effect of flying through the colours, don’t know how else to explain that. It ended with a “woah” feeling, probably because I knew what to expect in terms of Workbench, etc., but that was something new.

04 October 2021, 02:19	#38
amiman99 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX USA Age: 50 Posts: 1,184	Few WOW moments on Amiga, 1. Amiga Space Ace game intro in a store. 2. Shadow of the Beast 3 Intro and the game. 3. MOD music with sampled speech. Later on when I saw SNES I was thinking that the GFX were not better than on Amiga.

04 October 2021, 10:35	#39
lmimmfn Registered User Join Date: May 2018 Location: Ireland Posts: 672	My first time using workbench, opening 5 or 6 clocks and they we're all updating, i thought it was magic

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