@sdyates
I can let you answer your own question:
What is your favorite Video Game in the whole world? (no matter the system)
ok now.......imagine that game was only on the Amiga 1200............would you pay $185 for a plain NTSC A1200?
Ok now.......I got one word for you: SLAM TILT....Nuff Said!
.............ok all joking aside........seriosly...Slam Tilt Pinball is a darn fine game and really worth getting an A1200 alone for.....especially if you turn it into an arcade machine or simply play with friends........that increases the fun 10 fold!
oh boy.......wait till you try SUPER StarDust...if you thought StarDust for ECS looked good..try this!
Now that also said............really...no kidding..an A1200 comes with 2mb Chip and a 68020..........so immediately after pulling it out of the box.........you will have utter enjoyment in the Speed of the OS and other applications compared to a 7mhz machine...especially if your machine is an A500 or A2000.
ontop of that....the A1200 is at the top of Amiga's to own if you could only have one Amiga.
also ECS compatibility is absolutely close to no problem at all. Just get WHDload and you got yourself an ECS and AGA Amiga all in one.
there probably like 3 games in existence that you cant run on an A1200.....that said....you can probably get the game to run with Degrader or some other tool.
Also....very Important: DO NOT get a PAL Amiga if your in USA. unless you love Black and White alot.
Some people dont understand that you probably wont be getting a gfx card or will be using a VGA monitor, which means you will be using a TV or RGB monitor..........and trust me.......there is hardly any monitors in USA made by Commodore that Run PAL correctly (I have had almost all of them).....yes they will display it in color..but you will still see some lines cut off..........unless you get a Philips TV or a Magnavox RGB monitor that was made for Amiga. Its possible one model of the Commodore Monitors can do this too..and thats because it was made by Philips.
You will be running alot of games in PAL unfortunately....because some absolutely require PAL or will not work such as:
Most Team17 Games
All ClickBOOM games
SlamTilt
Pinball Illusions
......... those alone are enought to tick me off.
ECS machines are still awesome........but you will never ever go back to them if you try AGA.....not even to the Sadly overhyped A3000.
