Greetings, I'm a new user from the U.S. I have always been into older video game systems and hardware. I held on to all of my original NES, Sega Genesis (MD) and N64 games and hardware I grew up with. Around 2004 I started buying up old games I had only rented as a kid but never owned. This spawned a collecting sickness I still have to this day. I then started getting into repairing and modifying old hardware for modern displays and crisp video and audio outputs. I've messed with everything from Atari 2600 to Turbografx/PCE to OG XBOX and arcade machines. A few years ago a friend of mine and I purchased a large Commodore 64 lot. This was super nostalgic for us since he had one growing up and I remember going to his house and playing hours of Bubble Bobble, Space Taxi and a weird Giana Sisters hack we called "computer Mario". I couldn't leave my newly acquired C64 alone so I performed all of the typical maintenance, and cooling mods and installed a custom internally mounted SD2IEC to enjoy those games I played growing up as well as explore software and games I had never experienced before. I am also a history nut so I absorbed every article and video I could regarding Commodore and the C64. This is when I first learned about the Amiga systems.
Fast forward a few years and I finally pulled the trigger on an Amiga 500. I have tried to learn as much about the system as I can but joined here to learn more. I have been trying to put together an upgrade plan/path that makes sense as I learn how to use this machine. I mainly plan to use my Amiga for gaming but there seems to be a plethora of other software and programs that were way ahead of their time. I can't wait to check it all out.
I hope to lean on the Amiga veterans on this site to help me with suggestions and experience. Attached is a picture of a spreadsheet I put together for an upgrade path for my machine. This is based on what I've been able to learn so far. I don't think I'll need any HDMI mods as I have a bunch of different RetroTink scalers I hope to use with a SCART cable I ordered. I like the idea of the flexibility of PiStorm but my personal preference is to lean more towards actual 68K based accelerators.
Thanks for having me!