Tag Archives: Amiga

Skyfox / Skyfox II

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Flack

Skyfox was released by Electronic Arts in 1984 for several home computers. I originally played the game on my Apple II, but picked up a copy of the Commodore 64 a year later. Skyfox was considered to be “groundbreaking” at … Continue reading →

F40 Pursuit Simulator

Posted on March 10, 2011 by The Retroist

I enjoyed played F40 Pursuit Simulator. It allowed me to safely live out my Cannonball Run fantasies. This ad and the cover took some interesting artistic licenses. What’s with the green treadmarks? Did the car just drive through toxic waste? … Continue reading →

The Amiga “Boing Ball”

Posted on May 24, 2010 by The Retroist

The bouncing Ball has been a popular theme in computer demo effects since the 1950s, when a bouncing ball demo was released for Whirlwind computers. Commodore released a bouncing ball demo at the 1978 Consumer Electronics Show, to illustrate the … Continue reading →

Today in Video Game History – July 23

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Kill Screen 256

July 23, 1985 Commodore International introduces the new Commodore Amiga, or Amiga 1000. The system features a multitasking, windowing OS, color graphics with a 4096-color palette and TV output, stereo sound, a Motorola 68000 CPU, 256kB RAM, and a 880kB … Continue reading →

Andy Warhol Paints Debby Harry on a Commodore Amiga

Posted on May 6, 2009 by The Retroist

Warhol is kind of “phoning it in” during this 1985 Amiga press conference, but it is still a decent demonstration of the how powerful the Amiga was.