There's only so much you can do with what you have available. Hardware power or not, you're not going to get 60fps high resolution 24-bit texture mapped 3d lightsourced worlds with will millions of polygons an A1200 under AGA.
I agree with what you're saying though... there are always two way to approach something. Either you REACT to what is outside of you, ie the hardware, and blame a lack of progress on the way `things are` - which is what most of the people of the world act like .. .. or you ACT to subjectively change the way you see the world and how you force yourself to see the positive in things and make the most of it. That is a lot more difficult for the average human since we all tend to be so fate-focussed.
Most people require external circumstances to change in order for there to be an inner change. Others, and generally far fewer people, can change their inner experience of the external circumstances to choose how they experience it and what they do to see the higher truth or positivity in it. It's harder but it can be done ... and is more spiritual.
So yah, we killed the Amiga.