Amiga vs. Atari (1985)
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That was a hard debate for me because I was an Atari fan-boy. I was absolutely crazy about the 2600 and I always wanted an Atari computer too since the days I saw them at Dillards when they had a 400 and 800 playing a very good version of Pac-Man. After going ColecoVision for my console (with the Atari 2600 adapter), I finally went all computer after that with the Commodore 64 and finally the Amiga.
Yes, the good 'ole days...
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I still have the working ColecoVision!
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@scottalanmiller said:
I still have the working ColecoVision!
The only thing I've kept over the years is my Atari 2600 and over 100 boxed games. I went on a kick to get the early release games, with the generic "text labels" vs. the pictured and colored labels. Got a few rarities along the way. I've got a good ColecoVision emulator. I always wanted the Adam expansion but heard it was a debacle.
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@garak0410 the Adam was a disaster.
I have 17 ColecoVision games still.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@garak0410 the Adam was a disaster.
I have 17 ColecoVision games still.
Yeah, the Adam sounded like an amazing thing but I never heard much good about it. Slow, clunky, graphics were not that much better, daisy wheel printing (nuff said), slow tape drive access...
My favorite Coleco games? For some reason Tarzan always comes to mind though when I look back at it, it wasn't all that good. Their arcade ports were mostly excellent...I remember beating Carnival to the point where nothing but ducks would come at you and you couldn't win anymore.
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Ladybug was awesome on the ColecoVision
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@scottalanmiller said:
Ladybug was awesome on the ColecoVision
Yes...I'll never forget the Vegetable Harvest for spelling "SPECIAL" in that game...it felt like a major achievement...
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@scottalanmiller said:
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Fixed...
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That and Zaxxon were the first games that I got for the ColecoVision.
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I remember Space Fury being fun but kind of one dimensional once you got all of your "shells". Ah, how can I forget WarGames...that was such fun! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames_(game)
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Cosmic Avenger was very good.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Cosmic Avenger was very good.
Who can forget that grand opening song too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a3KSTxv2Ok
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Both Amiga and Atari machines where the height of cool in the late 80s. Those were some sweet machines.
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@StrongBad said:
Both Amiga and Atari machines where the height of cool in the late 80s. Those were some sweet machines.
Yes...but I remember talking people into an Amiga 500 and then they would call back months later saying "where do I get programs" for this thing? It for sure was a cult machine.
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@garak0410 said:
@StrongBad said:
Both Amiga and Atari machines where the height of cool in the late 80s. Those were some sweet machines.
Yes...but I remember talking people into an Amiga 500 and then they would call back months later saying "where do I get programs" for this thing? It for sure was a cult machine.
When was that? Even as late as 1994 finding Amiga stuff was simple.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@garak0410 said:
@StrongBad said:
Both Amiga and Atari machines where the height of cool in the late 80s. Those were some sweet machines.
Yes...but I remember talking people into an Amiga 500 and then they would call back months later saying "where do I get programs" for this thing? It for sure was a cult machine.
When was that? Even as late as 1994 finding Amiga stuff was simple.
Oh, 90ish...back when Wards, Sears and a few others had some Amiga 500's for sale. Most people, even then, were all about IBM Compatible please...though few, we were proud owners...I've got many a story about meeting people to "trade games"...LOL.
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Those meet ups where how most software was disseminated from the 1970s to the 1990s. Amiga was big when PC was still a fledgling. They were only two years apart.
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I actually bought most of my software. I was into the multi-media and used a lot of Scala and my non-linear Video Toaster in my 2000. Also big into hanging out on BBSes back then too...can't remember the terminal program of choice but remembered it worked rather well. Ah., the days to choose X-Modem, Z-Modem or Y-Modem downloads!
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I'm from the Rochester LATA. No way to use a BBS there. You'd have to have been a millionaire to have afforded that.
