Amiga - Happy 30th birthday
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qube_TA said:
TurricanII said:
qube_TA said:
Probably one of my top 5 games ever!
Agreed!There was a PC version which was exactly the same but had 256 colours and ran faster, was great.
Remember back in the days on Windows 3x & 9x when some software wouldn't run under anything, you had to boot the computer from from it, no himem.sys and all that stuff, no MSDOS to get it to run, this was one of those, I've never been able to find a PC emulator that will run it, it's a pity as the VGA graphics and 16-bit sound were just fantastic, way better than the original Amiga version.
wiggy001 said:
rhinochopig said:
The kiddie was this bad-boy which was indestructible and used industrial grade micro switches.
Didn't this come in loads of different colours (including football team colours), or am I thinking of something else?same port shape as a mastersystem if i recall
Funnily enough my Maverick 1 is still going strong and outlasted the Quickshots and Pythons. We got a non-micorswitched competition pro which still works but I've put a new lead on it a few times.
I also made my own foot pedals out of cardboard and broken joystick leaf switches!
Those were the days!
I also made my own foot pedals out of cardboard and broken joystick leaf switches!
Those were the days!
I am certain that this was my best ever childhood Xmas present by far, delivered by santa Dec 25th 1989, aged 12. (Better even than the Millenium Falcon i got a few years before that).
Between Batman, F18, New Zealand Story and Deluxe Paint that was the whole of 1990's entertainment delivered in one box. God bless Commodore!
Between Batman, F18, New Zealand Story and Deluxe Paint that was the whole of 1990's entertainment delivered in one box. God bless Commodore!
darth_pies said:
I am certain that this was my best ever childhood Xmas present by far, delivered by santa Dec 25th 1989, aged 12. (Better even than the Millenium Falcon i got a few years before that).
Between Batman, F18, New Zealand Story and Deluxe Paint that was the whole of 1990's entertainment delivered in one box. God bless Commodore!
drooooolBetween Batman, F18, New Zealand Story and Deluxe Paint that was the whole of 1990's entertainment delivered in one box. God bless Commodore!
qube_TA said:
Tangent:
There was a PC version which was exactly the same but had 256 colours and ran faster, was great.
Remember back in the days on Windows 3x & 9x when some software wouldn't run under anything, you had to boot the computer from from it, no himem.sys and all that stuff, no MSDOS to get it to run, this was one of those, I've never been able to find a PC emulator that will run it, it's a pity as the VGA graphics and 16-bit sound were just fantastic, way better than the original Amiga version.
I don't recall seeing the PC version, but I'd try installing a DOS 6.22 virtual machine under VMWare Workstation and then hit F5 to leave you at C:\ without parsing autoexec.bat or config.sys during boot. There was a PC version which was exactly the same but had 256 colours and ran faster, was great.
Remember back in the days on Windows 3x & 9x when some software wouldn't run under anything, you had to boot the computer from from it, no himem.sys and all that stuff, no MSDOS to get it to run, this was one of those, I've never been able to find a PC emulator that will run it, it's a pity as the VGA graphics and 16-bit sound were just fantastic, way better than the original Amiga version.
TurricanII said:
qube_TA said:
Tangent:
There was a PC version which was exactly the same but had 256 colours and ran faster, was great.
Remember back in the days on Windows 3x & 9x when some software wouldn't run under anything, you had to boot the computer from from it, no himem.sys and all that stuff, no MSDOS to get it to run, this was one of those, I've never been able to find a PC emulator that will run it, it's a pity as the VGA graphics and 16-bit sound were just fantastic, way better than the original Amiga version.
I don't recall seeing the PC version, but I'd try installing a DOS 6.22 virtual machine under VMWare Workstation and then hit F5 to leave you at C:\ without parsing autoexec.bat or config.sys during boot. There was a PC version which was exactly the same but had 256 colours and ran faster, was great.
Remember back in the days on Windows 3x & 9x when some software wouldn't run under anything, you had to boot the computer from from it, no himem.sys and all that stuff, no MSDOS to get it to run, this was one of those, I've never been able to find a PC emulator that will run it, it's a pity as the VGA graphics and 16-bit sound were just fantastic, way better than the original Amiga version.
I've tried the various options to get it to run but no joy. It's much better than the Amiga version.
darth_pies said:
I am certain that this was my best ever childhood Xmas present by far, delivered by santa Dec 25th 1989, aged 12. (Better even than the Millenium Falcon i got a few years before that).
Between Batman, F18, New Zealand Story and Deluxe Paint that was the whole of 1990's entertainment delivered in one box. God bless Commodore!
That's exactly the pack that I got! Amazing thing. I managed to pick up a 1200 at a car boot sale a few years ago, I haven't touched it since though- d'oh!Between Batman, F18, New Zealand Story and Deluxe Paint that was the whole of 1990's entertainment delivered in one box. God bless Commodore!
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