Q: Nice images for display on real Amiga's

[save2600]

Howdy!

Finally setup a nice little table in the basement with a couple of Amiga's on it. Partly for display purposes, mostly for gaming and also what I'd like to do is be able to demonstrate some of the graphics capabilities of the two machines (a 68k A1000 and my 060 equipped ECS A2500) using some well rendered Amiga native files - such as HAM, IFF, etc. Before I go scrounging around on Aminet or elsewhere, I was wondering if someone here had any recommendations of convenient downloads where several images could be snagged at a time. I already have plenty of generic stuff scattered about on disks, but they're quite random and vary in quality. Looking for an archive of goodies of images such as the ones from the NewTek demos, astronomy, Star Trek, architecture, hi-fi gear, classic computing, autos and the like.

[Hell Labs]

Here's a startrek wallpaper I use that works well at 256 colours:



Hope you like deep space 9.

Shame you don't have an aga machine, HighGFX 256 colours is amazing.

[save2600]

Whoa, that pic is really pretty!  I know, I know... don't currently have an AGA machine, but took an offer on my A1200 I couldn't resist    

I just (re)discovered I have an Aminet 16 CD. Haven't played around with it since I had a CD32 waaay back when. Anyway, it's slick as snot! 1 button presses to access the familiar looking Aminet website layout... damn cool. Wouldn't mind getting more of these CD's. I bet they're "out there" to be had too  

AGA is impressive for sure. Lovely stuff. Just want to push my OCS and ECS machines to the limit. I do have a graphics card for my A2500, but no VGA monitor hooked to it at the moment and besides, I always felt like that was "cheating"...  lol

[Bigbronc]

check this site I just found it tonight, it has some demo's and what not.
 
 
http://www.openvideotoaster.org/

[rkauer]

Good stuff, Bigbronc!

 @Save2600: nice TRS-80. Which model?

[Crom00]

Jim Sachs art is always fun becuase of the great composition, use of 32/64 ehb mode and great craftsmanship.

[save2600]

Good stuff, Bigbronc!

 @Save2600: nice TRS-80. Which model?

That be a Model III and I can't believe how many arcade type games were released for it! Donkey Kong, Space Invaders and a multitude of others, not to mention many of the text adventures. Decent gameplay and graphics to boot on those arcade games! Was the very first computer I ever laid my hands on. Had 'em in grade school/Jr. High and learned BASIC and other computer firsts on it. Great little system  

[Tenacious]

There was this very cool video/demo that would run on a stock A500 and my PC friends just could not believe it or duplicate the performance at the time.

IIRC, there was a sphere inside a glass shere sitting on a checker-board plain.  There was a white, blue and red jet doing laps around the glass sphere.  As the jet circled the sphere, its reflection on both spheres and shadow on the plain were as smooth as the the jet's own motion.  The smooth rendering was very realistic for the time.

It was one of the things I used (among other things) to show the Amiga's prowess for years.  Maybe I can still find it.

EDIT: found it!  The file is called AmigaFight on my HD, I guess that's the original name.