Vulcan Software Limited and Amiga, Inc. announce new relationship

[amigadave]

I am no "Fan-Boy" of Amiga Inc. or Bill McEwen, but I also don't think all this negative feedback here on Amiga.org is good for any of us.

Don't get me wrong, you all are entitled to your opinions and they are all valid, but I prefer to just sit back and think that any new developments from Amiga Inc. are better than what they have done over the past several years (which is basically nothing).

I just think that trying to pick apart every news item that comes out about Amiga Inc. and look at it in a negative way is counter productive to what we all (or most of us) would like to see happen, and that is to have new computers running AmigaOS 4.x or the mystery OS 5.x.

I guess if I don't have anything good to say, I prefer not to say anything at all.

[bobamu]

I think the problem is one of

promise/wait/promise/wait/promise/wait

and that would be the nicest of explanations, theres been so many years of nonsense and some outright badness that some folk aren't able to put a positive spin on things because they really have seen it all before and for some I suspect there's nothing that ainc can do to redeem itself and that's just the way it is

[mitaine]

already done in germany:
magnusoft
Good luck mc ewen

[derringer3]

@redrumloa:

ainc bought fellow??? I think we're living in an other world.  Maybe you want to write:

Ainc lawsuited fellow... :lol:

[Homer]

Maybe they run on OS5  :lol:

[Damion]

Well, kind of interesting. Vulcan produced great software. JetPilot is still one of my favorite games ever.

[AmigaMance]

Well, i believe that they suck. They should try to port games from other platforms to the Amiga, not the other way around. :madashell:

[Tripitaka]

You mock, but this move is exactly the sort of thing I've been expecting. Classic Amiga games running on various hardware is just one necessity in order to move away from custom chipsets, AInc have stated previously that OS5 is hardware independent and even the new (presumably OS4) machines have no custom chipset like our beloved classic miggy's. Obvious marketing patterns have been forming for some time now and many are refusing to see them due to Cynisism about AInc. Step back from the years of Amiga related frustration and see what's going on with an open mind.
How would any of us on this forum try to relaunch the Amiga OS? I for one would take a positively insidious approach, hardware independence and making classic software available within the new OS (and indeed, other OS's) makes good sense.

[Tripitaka]

@AmigaMance
 

Well, i believe that they suck. They should try to port games from other platforms to the Amiga, not the other way around.

...and run them on what?
I know, let's port Elder Scrolls 3 to the A1200.......sheesh.

[AmigaMance]

@tripitaka
 whatever..

Edit: I, like many other classic Amiga owners, own a PPC board and a gfx card. I could appreciate a port of wing commander 3 or falcon 2 etc, etc. Or even less harware demanding games like civilization 2. (just some rough examples i can think right know)
 These are not state of the art games, but at least many of us have the hardware to run them.

[guru-666]

amiga inc does not own the rights to any (real)games... why does vulcan need them?

games can be played with winUAE, so please just go away, vulchures and pests.

vulcan go look and see what heppend to loki, and they had a much larger market....  Let me guess vulcan is another one man shop?

Now if blizzard wanted to port some of there stuff that would be interesting but vulcan (who?)

amiga inc, please provid proof that you own the right to anything "classic" amiga...  but I'm sure you can't do that.

[Tripitaka]

@AmigaMance

There are non-Amiga owners who would appreciate playing Vulcan's games too. Many of them don't like the idea of messing about with emulation via WinUAE and such, so what's your problem with this?
I understand your frutration with the lack of titles available for your nice ppc card and that you'd like to see more ports but that's not going to happen with such a tiny market. The long and short of it is that if your realistic about this the only way your going to get those ports is DIY. The classic Amiga is a retro hobby computer, accept it.

[guru-666]

man I wish I could get somebody to pay me to "port" amiga games to the pc... since UAE already works very well the job has alrady been done.   this is a great way for amiga inc to rip off the community one  more time....
lame is as lame does.

[amiwalker]

Big deal, So What!

This will not keep the Amiga Alive, it will only keep it in the past!

[Fransexy_]

seems that people forgot the most interesting part:

There are several other areas that Amiga and Vulcan are in discussions about, and we look forward on delivering new products and experiences for our customers very soon

Are i the only that see this as a good movement?that is something that A inc should have done before. certainly think that this community has become mad

[guru-666]

yes you many be the only one, most of us realize this is just more hot air.
I'm sure they will both deliver "experiences"
LOL
remember the story about king midas.. well there is a similar story about a-inc.  but everything they touch turns into dung rather than gold.  :-P