It is December which means Christmas is almost near. Which Amiga fan does not have happy memories about the Christmas period and the other winter months using their Amiga? I certainly do. I usually was still playing games on my Amiga while the Christmas dinner already started. One example was Cannon Fodder. Just five more minutes mum.
The famous Cannon Fodder title screen
Level 1 Cannon Fodder
Another only playing it during the holiday season game was Home Alone. Personally I don’t rate this game very high but because you usually watch the film you want to have a go at it yourself. It is more of a nostalgic feeling if you ask me.
Home Alone
Home Alone (time to set the traps)
The winter months are always a good time to play Amiga games and if you are in to it programming. And let’s not forget the Amiga demos. There are plenty of Amiga Christmas demos / intro’s out there. Another category are the disk magazines. Besides the paper magazines they provided another source of information.
Currently I am working on a top games list for Amiga games. My problem is that I can never come up with a permanent list. Once I would make one I would change my mind again at a later time. So I came up with variable top games list. It will change over time depending on various factors. For example I might play a game a lot and because of this it would go up in the list. Or a certain game I remember being really great is rather disappointing playing it after so many years.
I have also started work on the next article for The Bucket Programming Corner. This time it is about screens. I don’t have any experience with screens on the Amiga using the C programming language. Remember how easy it was in Amos? Well after reading the article you will also see that it is easy in C as well. The only difference is that we just need to type more code. My goal is to release the article this coming week.
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oldschoolgameblog
I’ve got plenty of good memories from using the Amiga during Christmas and winter. 🙂
I’d like to share one of my best memories with you..
It was Christmas 1995. There were a lot of different presents in all forms and shapes under the Christmas tree. One of these was a big, heavy box. My family told me that this was a present for my grandfather and that it would be the last present to be opened. 🙂 I was very curious about the box, as no one would tell me what it was. When the time came to open this huge present, they suddenly told me that it was for me nd that I could open it! 😀 I started removing the paper and the magic words appeared.. “Amiga”.. It was a brand new Amiga monitor from Amiga Inc., the 1438S! 🙂 I was so happy I could cry. I’d used an old TV for computers for many, many years.. finally I could use a monitor as well! It was the BEST Christmas ever. 🙂
Coder
That’s a great memory. No wonder you had that hunt for that monitor. 🙂
It is memories like this that make the Amiga so great. 🙂
oldschoolgameblog
I agree mate. 🙂 So many good memories of the Amiga.
I remember getting Amiga magazines on Christmas morning.. that was pure magic..
Coder
I miss it a lot. 🙂