iamiga iphone app

[actung_bab]

hi this might be old news but found this news item

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2010/dec/10/amiga-emulator-coming-to-iphone

looks pretty cool

[Franko]

Gawd... The Amiga reduced to an iPhone app, very sad indeedy...

[persia]

The only real Amiga is an iPhone app.  

[amigadave]

Gawd... The Amiga reduced to an iPhone app, very sad indeedy...

Not sad at all.  More Amiga on different hardware equals more exposure to non-Amiga users and more ways to enjoy Amiga for current and past Amiga users.

The original Amiga hardware won't last forever (though it will probably outlive you and I). :lol:

I like the fact that the Amiga legacy will be remembered and enjoyed long into the future due to the efforts of many people to emulate it on so many different hardware platforms.  Maybe some day the Amiga will even get some well deserved recognition in computer history, for all of its contributions and the silent impact it had on so many programmers & users that can never be accurately be measured.

[Franko]

Of course it's sad...

When you can reduce the mighty Amiga to nothing more than a mere whimsy for numpties and their silly mobile phones and when things like the Natami or X1000 (the site still say 'due end of 2010' does that mean were in for some big news in the next 18 days !!!) take years if ever to appear then that is indeed a very sad state of affairs... :cry:

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Gawd... The Amiga reduced to an iPhone app, very sad indeedy...

Not sad. I mean, it's almost 25 years since! It was about time I'd say...
My GP2x Wiz emulates the Amiga also for a while now... bought it for long trips and flights. Playing Superfrog and Turrican makes the time go by quickly

The only sad thing is that the Amiga isn't in the position as Apple is now. WITH custom chipset and OS.

[tone007]

The app can't replace the Amiga, it can only run the software. For people who only care to play the games it might be enough, but I personally like sticking the old hardware together and getting it going.  Same reason I don't touch C64 emulators.

[Franko]

Not sad. I mean, it's almost 25 years since! It was about time I'd say...
My GP2x Wiz emulates the Amiga also for a while now... bought it for long trips and flights. Playing Superfrog and Turrican makes the time go by quickly

The only sad thing is that the Amiga isn't in the position as Apple is now. WITH custom chipset and OS.

It's still sad...

The trouble with all these silly emulators and apps is, if folk are quite happy to only use an Amiga to play the odd game while sitting on a train or bus and to them that's all they require. Then the market for real Amiga hardware either new or second hand is reduced even further because the aforementioned folk would most likely never bear to part with the cash to buy the real stuff...

[motrucker]

I agree that this is sad, indeed. This crap does nothing to keep the Amiga in front of anyone. Not the real Amiga.
Now, if I could just figure a way to make all these damned iPhones explode at once....  :roflmao:  

Oh, and just nitpicking, but this isn't even posted in the correct place  :rtfm:

[lsmart]

More Amiga on different hardware equals more exposure to non-Amiga users and more ways to enjoy Amiga for current and past Amiga users.

The truouble is that this kind of emulator is really nothing more than a runtime for a few selected games (think 10 with 2 of them being real classic games). Nothing else will run. Apples policies are draconian.

No Amiga here ... move on.

[tone007]

Yeah, the whole running only certain games thing stinks.

There's also an Amiga emulator for Android with no such limitations.

http://www.androidzoom.com/android_games/arcade_and_action/uae4droid_bzmu.html

[persia]

The Amiga has reached it's highest level of evolution in becoming an iPhone app.  Congratulations Amiga!

[Franko]

Now, if I could just figure a way to make all these damned iPhones explode at once....  :roflmao:

Not just iPhones, all ruddy mobile phones should be made to explode and blow the heads of the sad gits who think that they can't live without them... :lol:

[actung_bab]

Not sad at all.  More Amiga on different hardware equals more exposure to non-Amiga users and more ways to enjoy Amiga for current and past Amiga users.

The original Amiga hardware won't last forever (though it will probably outlive you and I). :lol:

I like the fact that the Amiga legacy will be remembered and enjoyed long into the future due to the efforts of many people to emulate it on so many different hardware platforms.  Maybe some day the Amiga will even get some well deserved recognition in computer history, for all of its contributions and the silent impact it had on so many programmers & users that can never be accurately be measured.

thats what l thought too and l dont even have iphone . if get amiga brand back lime light thats got be great . can get amiga people talking to others about this app they might get
idea joining amiga org to learn more check out other knowlege of amiga games then hello they get hookerd and want real hardware

[amigadave]

thats what l thought too and l dont even have iphone . if get amiga brand back lime light thats got be great . can get amiga people talking to others about this app they might get
idea joining amiga org to learn more check out other knowlege of amiga games then hello they get hookerd and want real hardware

Yeah, I think that there is the possibility of the Amiga community growing, but I am not one of the Amiga fans that still believes that the Amiga will ever make a serious come-back, or ever have close to the number of users that the Amiga community once had 15 to 20 years ago.  

With that perspective I do however hope that we can get as many old Amiga users back as possible and also hopefully get some new Amiga users along the way too.  

My current focus is to try to get more people interested in programming on and for the many different flavors of the Amiga experience (AmigaOne's w/AmigaOS4.x, Mac G4's w/MorphOS2.x, x86 w/AROS and MiniMig/FPGAArcade/C-One/Natami/WinUAE/EUAE & Classic Amiga hardware with AmigaOS3.x) without any fighting or jealousy.  Just good "Amiga" users & programmers creating new apps & games for all of us to use and enjoy, and/or porting existing apps & games from other platforms to the "Amiga" platforms we use and enjoy today!

We need more of this:

:knuddel:   (cooperation, tolerance & appreciation)

&  :rolleyes: + :idea:  (ideas) which lead to

this  :rtfm:  (new or newly ported "Amiga" programs & games)

which give us this    (satisfaction & friendships)  

which also leads

to this  :laugh1::biglaugh::rofl::razz:  :drink: :banana:  (partying together)

and less of this:

:argue:  or this  :rant:  :angryfire:

or this  :whack:

or this  :griping:

or this  :smack:

unless it is done for fun and games,

like this  :swords:

or this  :quickdraw:

or this

:flame::destroy:

(smiley fun for 2010)