What was your "Whoa s**t!" moment?

amifan · 17 September 2021, 07:01

I was looking back through some old magazines and came across an advertisement for DigiPaint and it took me back to when I saw first used the programme in `87/`88, what comes back to me was just thinking "Whoa s**t! This can`t be happening on my computer?!", it was so unbelievable to me that a home computer could display graphics like this AND you could alter them and make new graphics. It was when I felt the Amiga really was something way beyond what had come before. What software on the Amiga made you think, wow I have never seen this before?

nikosidis · 17 September 2021, 08:40

For me it was ProTracker.

aeberbach · 17 September 2021, 08:51

The Walker demo, 1988, by Imaginetics.

dreadnought · 17 September 2021, 10:40

Seeing Defender of the Crown screenshot in the ACE mag, and Lost Patrol's digi movie sequences at a local computer fair.

When I finally got an Amiga, F29 Retaliator. Fast 3D, oh my!

Fiery Phoenix · 17 September 2021, 11:02

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Originally Posted by dreadnought

Seeing Defender of the Crown screenshot

Probably this - the one with the catapult in front of the castle. The Pawn as well - all around that same period

CodyJarrett · 17 September 2021, 12:22

The intro for Shadow of the Beast II, after having a ZX Spectrum:

stevelord · 17 September 2021, 12:38

Probably Another World or Wrath of The Demon's intro: [ Show youtube player ]

fxgogo · 17 September 2021, 12:39

It has to be the juggler demo for me. I thought I was seeing some sort of magic. Not long after that was seeing the Defender of the Crown demos running in the shops.

Muzkat · 17 September 2021, 13:17

Probably the intro to Another World.

Galahad/FLT · 17 September 2021, 14:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by CodyJarrett

The intro for Shadow of the Beast II, after having a ZX Spectrum:

Must admit, even though the intro technically is simplistic beyond belief, it was the atmosphere and the attention to detail that caused me and a friend to watch it about 5 times before we even bothered to play the game.

Psygnosis knew the power of something attention grabbing

Superman · 17 September 2021, 14:38

Blood Money intro when those meteroites bounced off the screen I though was superb.

Predseda · 17 September 2021, 14:58

Lotus II intro probably.

indigolemon · 17 September 2021, 15:38

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Originally Posted by Predseda

Lotus II intro probably.

Same for me. Saw my first Amiga at my uncles house. Was on a huge (for the time) TV with the sound through his proper separates hi-fi system - epic.

DanScott · 17 September 2021, 16:05

Bodacious Bodean's Bordello Beauties

Tigerskunk · 17 September 2021, 16:30

Reading about Marble Madness in a german home computer magazine called "Happy Computer" in 1986.

Those screenshots were like something from a different planet back then.

And the second time I had that effect was when watching the "Wild Copper" demo in a local computer store.

Was the first real demo I saw, I think.

I had seen Intros and demos before, but this was on a whole different level.

Crazy times.

mcbpete · 17 September 2021, 16:49

One moment I still remember aged 8 or 9 going to a local kid's house who was selling a whole load of C64 tapes off cheap as he'd moved on to an Amiga. This was playing in the background and I couldn't keep my eyes and ears off it:

[ Show youtube player ]

Niklas · 17 September 2021, 17:37

First moment was seeing the juggler demo in the store.

Second moment I remember vividly was watching the Enigma demo for the first time.. my mind was completely blown by the tv-box effect (and the rest of the demo as well). At that point I had started taking my first wobbly steps towards demo programming, and I couldn't believe what I was seeing, it was magic to me.

[ Show youtube player ]

tero · 17 September 2021, 17:59

For me it wasn't on the Amiga. I never had a windows machine < 98me, but at some point i got my hands on a Nintendo64. Only knowing Amiga and snes games Mario64 and Mariokart really blew me away.
Decided to get a gaming pc after that.

MGAmiga90 · 17 September 2021, 18:03

Just now after working out how much I have spent on Amiga kit in the last 6 weeks....

But previous to that there were many moments, FA18 Interceptor in a shop window in Germany in 88/89, seeing an animated Starwars AT-AT in an Amiga demo at a computer show in London in the late 80's when I was an ST owner still flash into my mind now and again.

And anything that scrolled smoothly! After a Spectrum and ST that was new

WayneK · 17 September 2021, 18:40

Hearing the "World of Wonders...ahahaha" sample on the Dungeon Master crack, when I owned an Atari ST at the time which could only go BEEP! :P

17 September 2021, 07:01	#1
amifan WhatIFF? Amiga Magazine Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Chiba, Japan Age: 46 Posts: 480	What was your "Whoa st!" moment? I was looking back through some old magazines and came across an advertisement for DigiPaint and it took me back to when I saw first used the programme in `87/`88, what comes back to me was just thinking "Whoa st! This can`t be happening on my computer?!", it was so unbelievable to me that a home computer could display graphics like this AND you could alter them and make new graphics. It was when I felt the Amiga really was something way beyond what had come before. What software on the Amiga made you think, wow I have never seen this before?

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17 September 2021, 08:40	#2
nikosidis Registered User Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: oslo/norway Posts: 1,607	For me it was ProTracker.

17 September 2021, 08:51	#3
aeberbach Registered User Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 420	The Walker demo, 1988, by Imaginetics.

17 September 2021, 10:40	#4
dreadnought Registered User Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Ur, Atlantis Posts: 1,899	Seeing Defender of the Crown screenshot in the ACE mag, and Lost Patrol's digi movie sequences at a local computer fair. When I finally got an Amiga, F29 Retaliator. Fast 3D, oh my!

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CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	The intro for Shadow of the Beast II, after having a ZX Spectrum:

17 September 2021, 12:38	#7
stevelord Registered User Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: UK Posts: 540	Probably Another World or Wrath of The Demon's intro: [ Show youtube player ]

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fxgogo Also known as GarethQ Join Date: May 2019 Location: Twickenham / U.K. Posts: 715	It has to be the juggler demo for me. I thought I was seeing some sort of magic. Not long after that was seeing the Defender of the Crown demos running in the shops.

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Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 42 Posts: 1,426	Probably the intro to Another World.

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17 September 2021, 16:30	#15
Tigerskunk Inviyya Dude! Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Amiga Island Posts: 2,770	Reading about Marble Madness in a german home computer magazine called "Happy Computer" in 1986. Those screenshots were like something from a different planet back then. And the second time I had that effect was when watching the "Wild Copper" demo in a local computer store. Was the first real demo I saw, I think. I had seen Intros and demos before, but this was on a whole different level. Crazy times.

17 September 2021, 16:49	#16
mcbpete Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, England Age: 41 Posts: 239	One moment I still remember aged 8 or 9 going to a local kid's house who was selling a whole load of C64 tapes off cheap as he'd moved on to an Amiga. This was playing in the background and I couldn't keep my eyes and ears off it: [ Show youtube player ]

17 September 2021, 17:37	#17
Niklas Registered User Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Stockholm / Sweden Posts: 129	First moment was seeing the juggler demo in the store. Second moment I remember vividly was watching the Enigma demo for the first time.. my mind was completely blown by the tv-box effect (and the rest of the demo as well). At that point I had started taking my first wobbly steps towards demo programming, and I couldn't believe what I was seeing, it was magic to me. [ Show youtube player ]

17 September 2021, 17:59	#18
tero Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: M'Gladbach Age: 46 Posts: 621	For me it wasn't on the Amiga. I never had a windows machine < 98me, but at some point i got my hands on a Nintendo64. Only knowing Amiga and snes games Mario64 and Mariokart really blew me away. Decided to get a gaming pc after that.

17 September 2021, 18:03	#19
MGAmiga90 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Coventry/UK Posts: 19	Just now after working out how much I have spent on Amiga kit in the last 6 weeks.... But previous to that there were many moments, FA18 Interceptor in a shop window in Germany in 88/89, seeing an animated Starwars AT-AT in an Amiga demo at a computer show in London in the late 80's when I was an ST owner still flash into my mind now and again. And anything that scrolled smoothly! After a Spectrum and ST that was new

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WayneK Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Somewhere secret Age: 50 Posts: 364	Hearing the "World of Wonders...ahahaha" sample on the Dungeon Master crack, when I owned an Atari ST at the time which could only go BEEP! :P

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