Amiga Story | Nostalgia Nerd

The story of Amiga is both amazing and sad at the same time. It was a TRUE personal computer. Owners loved and used it. The days of the Amiga are burned in my mind.

I used an A500 to make the video animation graphics for the film, Murder by Moonlight (TV Movie 1989 with Brigitte Nielsen) Great machine.

That Batman pack was what got me into the Amiga when I was like 12. And thanks to Deluxe Paint being included, I went on to be a graphics artist in the games industry for ten years.

The story of the Amiga is sad. It's like Commodore went out of its way to see that it didn't succeed. Instead of letting people decide what they wanted to use it for, they tried to force people to accept it as a business machine, shunning games, even though games were a huge part of what people wanted computers for. Almost no advertising in the U.S., no mass distribution, killing off promising new projects, firing people who were actually improving things. They shot themselves in the foot so many times it's a wonder that any of the executives could still walk.

One of the great tech ironies of the time is that the Amiga was supposed to be an Atari with Atari (jay miner) DNA. The Atari St was really a Commodore (Tramiel) creation. What a twist.

ah, my beloved amiga 500. I still have it in storage room, I can`t throw her away, not after those happy years spent with her in childhood

Migrating from an Atari 130xe in 1988, I purchased an Atari STFM with colour monitor for $1000. 3 months later I saw a friend's loaded Amiga 1000 running Hybris and two weeks later I was flat broke, but now owned an Amiga 500 with the trap door ram expansion...fond memories.

I have an Amiga 500 beside me right now. Still works and got it at a garage sale for $10 a decade ago. Nice piece of history to go along with my Apple //c that I got new in 1985 (my first computer) that also still works, for the most part, needs a new internal disk drive and keyboard. The history of these machines is so interesting. Thank you for uploading.

Mate, the Amiga 500 is what started my love of gaming! Thank you so much for this documentary.

An impressive collection of insights about my favourite computer! People have no idea how long it takes to put together a show like this, 10s of hours work over many weeks perhaps. I also had a go at trying to unpick the Amiga timeline this year for the LemonAmiga channel, although I only got as far as the launch of the Amiga in 1985 after 4 hours of trying!, and even then, I only just scratched the surface of that whole tangled mess of litigation and piracy. The computer industry really did move at a terrific pace back in those days, and I am impressed at how this video comes over so smoothly and slowly, so that anyone can understand it. (my show will be more like a high speed train!). Keep up the great work!

Maybe I am jaded but there is still a part of me that believes that had it been managed better we might all be using Amiga compatibles today.

I have such fond memories of my many Amigas that I had owned since around 1988 (500, 2000, 600 & 4000). I've never been so passionate about any product or computer as I was for the Amiga - and so many developers managed to squeeze so much out of the hardware, doing some truly amazing things. The Amiga Demo scene was phenomenal. Really great documentary - I really think the Amiga was years ahead of the competition. It's such a shame that Commodore screwed everything so badly. My early teen years were all about the Amiga!

Great video. It brings me back to different times. I wrote a lot of software for the Amiga. No games. I stopped programming when Commodore went belly-up. We are decades later now, and I still sorely miss the Amiga. It was often touted as the first real personal computer, I'd argue it was also the last real personal computer.

I'm re-watching this video again and again! I just can't get enough of those history pieces!

it would be awesome to see a video about the 90's graphics programs, like truespace caligari, simply 3d, 3d studio and softimage

I learned to model and animate in lightwave 3d on an Amiga and Used Deluxepaint for textures, it was suddenly possible to make 3d graphics on a cheap budget

This level of production value is amazing. You deserve much more visibility on the Internet.

I still have my Amiga 1000. Incredible computer that was far ahead of its time

I'll never forget the day my buddy Mike, showed me his Amiga. It truly was 'one hell of a magic box'. I immediately started saving up for one. No regrets. Eventually (and stupidly) bought an Amiga 3000 because of the even better and faster graphics.