Starrunner wrote:
One thing I have noticed with the Amiga scene: We can not agree on anything. Some never want to leave the old school platforms.
I'm one of them. I
love fixed architectures, such as old computers like the Apple ][, C64, Amiga and most gaming consoles.
As a programmer, there's nothing more predictable than these puppies. You know exactly how it will act if you do this and that, you know exactly how many cycles you have each frame, and there's no drivers to take account for. If it works on yours, it works on every single one.
I already
have many PC's running Linux, Windows, BSD and whatnot. I have no interest in programming any other stuff on these than utilities. Games or demos are out of the question.
But, hey, that's me. I admit being an oldskool coder with a fetish for what I described above.
As I mentioned in another thread, I think the Amiga could make a retro-breakthrough with AmigaOS4 on Efika, bundled with WHDLoad and a digital joystick. Wrap it up in a cute case and sell it for $200, $300 tops. I'd buy two or three.
