Is Amiga Emulation better than the real thing?

[kreciu]

Hello, I will just jump for a while.

I use both. "Real" Amiga and UAE emulated Amiga. My real Amiga  is to get the idea how nice system can work on system with "real" simm ram, "slow" 040 and graphic card, and one more think I really enjoy listen to "modules" on Paula .

BUT...

I really enjoy running Workbench on my iBook , and play in airplane in Amiga games, you CAN't find more fun stuff!!!

UAE also give me a speeeeeeed, writing, drawing is AMAZING. This what I was dreaming 10 years ego...and basically you can emulate any kind of Amiga which was produced.

I use it with AmiKIT (exceptional set of software!!)+ Rom's from AmigaForever (exceptional compilation of Amiga history!!) and OS3.9 (good old Workbench replaced by Magellan in AmiKIT BTW. I need to register it!).

What is better? BOTH are good. UAE will not give you an idea of "a smell" of Amiga with hundreds "attachments" but also you will not spend for it $1000

[kreciu]

persia wrote:
Amiga graphics are very simple compared with 21st Century graphics.  We're all used to staring at much higher resolution with a lot of refinement.  To the collector or history buff that refinement isn't the same.  It's like using a bus to look like an old trolley car, the suspension is too smooth, the windows too air tight, the ride too quiet.  It's too modern comfortable.  That's why the computer collectors/historians  complain about emulation, it's just too refined to be real.

Heh, this is somehow true. Runnuning Amiga games on 20" LCD look's "bad" but when you get the idea of "game" you will forget.

Today games are not different form old one, "just" a graphic is better...I mean IDEA of playing is the same...