Remember days you only had C64 & your mates had Amiga!

Underfly · Über Groupie Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 244

Did anyone else have these painful years, I used to play other people Amigas, but never could afford a Amiga myself, and wanted to play the games they play, not C64 conversations or even many titles were Amiga or 16bit only!

When i finally cauight up in 1993 and a Migga myself I was happy, but not for long, as now its seems everyone was playing Doom on PCs.

Just couldn't win! Mad

Jpx · Newcomer Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 13 Location: Sweden

Yeah I did! But the C64 was awsome so why complain? Sad

Anyway I had a Mega Drive (Genesis) if I wanted to play 16bit so maybe that made up for it.

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Jpx · Newcomer Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 13 Location: Sweden

Hehe but you had those cool loaders that made the game load up in one minute instead of five :D I miss them ;/

Metalrules · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:04 am Post subject:

I saw a mates Amiga and bought one a month later.
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jeroen · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:08 am Post subject:

Yes I do...and I don't wanna talk about it Mad

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Thunderer · Groupie Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 109 Location: Macedonia

I do too and I guess it made me appreciate the C64 more.... especially after I had to sell my beloved beauty. However, this only made me romanticise both machines and glorify their value for a number of years.
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LeeT · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 10:52 am Post subject:

The ST and Amiga seemed so expensive when I had my C64 - I ended up losing interest in gaming towards the end of the 1980's and only got back into ot when I discovered emulation!
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Sanitarium · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:21 pm Post subject:

There were times, when i wanted my own Amiga 500 REALLY badly, i wished it for christmas, for birthday.. But never got it Confused

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Matt · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 4:44 pm Post subject:

I'd call them the best years,
the years without an amiga Cool

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Jungle Ninja · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:32 pm Post subject:

I remember it. My brother had a c64 before me and then I got one. Years later he got an Amiga and I was stuck with the good ol' C64 I had and I was still happy with it, because my brother would like to play strategic games on my c64 and would let me play on his Amiga in return. So, I had it a little better that way. I could play both the machines I love(d) so!

Then later on I got me my own Amiga, after I had to sell my trusty c64! ( I had to, my brother moved!) Crying or Very sad

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Antares · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:34 pm Post subject:

Actually I remember the days when I got a C64 and nobody else in my neighborhood did... I'd say it was from 1983 to present day. Damn Speccy-loving Spaniards Razz

The Miggy was easily the most popular 16 bits computer in Spain, so it was no problem for me to find people to swap... erm... comment about games with Wink

BTW: The site looks AWESOME. Thumbs up, Kim! Very Happy

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EvilCensor · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:41 pm Post subject:

No I didn't have that.. probably coz I had no friends : Laughing

I did lust after the A1000 for a bit.. but then I eventually managed to get one so my friends were envious of me.

Erm.. crappy reply - sorry Embarassed

Sandman · Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:08 am Post subject:

No, it didn't happen to me, at least with the Amiga! Back in '87, myself and a friend at work were among the first we knew to own the wonderful machine. He had his about a week before me (mail order, tsk) but it didn't take us long to swap each other's games. It was great being one of the first, but the downside was that in our quest for more games it was a long wait for others that we knew to get their Amiga's, and the chance to trade games with them.

For the C64 it was a different story for me however- waiting to get my hands on one seemed to take forever!