So here is my Amiga moment...
1987. I was 15 years old and a diehard Atari ST user and member of S*P*A*C*E -- the Seattle/Puget Sound Atari Computer Enthusiasts. Remind you, I was a diehard Atari 8-bit user prior.
May 15, 1987. Atari and several of it's ACE groups put on an Atari Fair in Seattle, WA at the Seattle Center Flag Pavilion. I was there, manning the S*P*A*C*E booth like a good little Ataribot. The show was in full swing, hundreds of Atari users (and many Atari employees too) roaming around. In from the back door walks in an Amiga buddy of mine who constantly gave me a hard time about being an Atari ST user. Somehow, he had arranged a small table on the outskirts of the show floor. On that table, he began setting up an Amiga in the midst of an Atari show! I walked over in disbelief half to see it for myself and half to tell him to get lost. Then I saw it -- it was an Amiga 1000 with 1300 genlock connected to a video camera and a TV he had setup. He was doing real-time titling and animations on top of live video. I could not believe my eyes -- I had to have one...and the rest is history. I sold my Atari 1040ST and SC1224 monitor, and bought an Amiga 1000 with 1080 monitor. The first thing I did when I hooked it up was play was Defender of the Crown hooked up to my stereo. I was in teenage nerd heaven!
