MikeB on 05 October 2007
@ RolStoppable
IMO the Amiga had no games that would justify owning one. IMO the SNES library was vastly superior to anything available for the Amiga.[quote]
Strange statement, you mean you prefer the Snes' library of games right? Or do you want to suggest that any Snes game is better than any Amiga game?
[quote]I believe these are the main reasons why the Amiga got killed by the SNES
Strange statement, you mean you prefer the Snes' library of games right? Or do you want to suggest that any Snes game is better than any Amiga game?
[quote]I believe these are the main reasons why the Amiga got killed by the SNES
Nice theory, but the Amiga 500 gaming heydays were between 1987 and 1990 almost exclusively in Europe (Most games were higher res PAL, which was not well supported by NTSC TVs at the time, thus requiring a monitor), as the Snes was released in Europe in 1992 your theory seems a bit off.
The Amiga was mainly successful in the United States as special effects systems for Holywood movies and Sci-Fi series, cable TV operators (TV overview screens with text and graphics), Kiosk systems and some specialized uses by for example companies like for example NASA (rocket telemetry) and military training (flight simulation). It was not popular in the US as a gaming device.
BTW I never owned an Amiga 500 myself, I owned a better expandable Amiga 2000 as my first Amiga and used it mainly for video editing, internet and word processing next to gaming.
