I saw my first Amiga in '87 - at a friends b'day (lucky bastard - talk about the best bday present ever). One of the original A500s, running Bobble Bubble, Future Tank and later on Marble Madness. I was only 11 at the time but knew from that day forwards what I wanted.
It would be another 3 years of begging and whining to my parents before my turn came to own greatness. Meanwhile I had countless sleepovers to the several friends that lived nearby that owned Amiga. And everytime I would leave with an unquenched thirst and a yearning to have just another hit of Amiga.
It was torture, 3 years! of seeing games like Dogs of War, New Zealand story, Supercars, Rainbow Islands, Robocop, Rickdangerous, Turrican, Midnight Resistance etc etc.
I enoyed my Amiga for many years after 1990, playing the likes of Wings, Defender of the crown, It came from the Desert, Shadow of the beast, Magic Pockets, Jumpin Jack'son, Simcity and many more. I always liked the true classics (Marble Madness was considered classic even in the amiga days).
One thing was certain back then, computers were fun. Little did I know that never again was I to be this happy about anything. Nowadays games like Unreal2 and the upcoming Doom3 hold the attention factor for maybe 30 minutes.
