Old Games, Old Amiga

[Samsy]

Hi,

I have an old Amiga 500/Commodore 64, and recently it went caputsky.  At the moment i just believe it to be the monitor because the keyboard loading lights are still on.

I spent, or rather my Dad spent a hell of a load of money on the huge amount of games that i have, and love(d) playing, which i now cant play.

So i have a few questions

1) Is there anywhere that can repair the monitor/buy a new one?

2) Do Amiga still make computers, and will games this old run on them?

3) If they dont make computers, is it possible to get an emulator to allow me to play my games through the floppy drive on my PC?

With being new here, i hope i havent upset anyone with asking for an emulator.  As i see it, i'd just like to play the games that i bought a long time ago

Many thanks,

Samsy

[Samsy]

My Amiga is my Commodore 64 and vise versa.  On the keyboard/disctray combo it has both names, with the monitor being a panasonic one that came with it.

It was just the monitor that went in the end, the system still had the green light, and the occaisional orange light when it was loading a game, but it just wouldnt display.

I've tried using WinUAE before, but unfortunately, my mind gets lost in all the different words and terms, and ended up not knowing how to use it.

So if i can hunt down this card (or is there a site i can buy one off?) should i be able to run Amiga games through my PC using WinUAE?

Thanks for the help and the welcome.

-Samsy

[Samsy]

I'm not quite sure which Amiga you have... Amigas and Commodore 64s are two separate machines. Probably the most common Amiga is the A500 (single unit built into a large-ish keyboard with 3.5" disk drive on the right hand side).

Yeah thats the one, but on the keyboard thing, it reads Amiga 500+ Commodore 64.

Does Amiga Forever have any disadvantages over WinUAE?

-Samsy

[Samsy]

Oh purchasing isnt an issue, i like to support where i can.

I'll probably still try and pick up an original just for the nostalgic value.

Do they still make Amigas?  Getting back into them would be pretty awesome.