Tag Archives: Amiga

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.

Wii Fit’s got Nothing on 1983′s Joyboard by Amiga

Posted on October 11, 2008 by The Retroist

25 years before the Wii Fit, Amiga unleashed the Joyboard upon an unsuspecting nation. The results? A resounding and thunderous silence. Of course who knows since everyone who used a Joyboard was never heard from again. You see with the … Continue reading →