I am sorry to say I have lost my Amiga mo-jo

[Digiman]

And also somehow picked up the bitterness of Doomy (or whatever that singing retard is called) sadly

The scene seems dead because unlike other retro platforms there doesn't really seem to be anyone pushing the old dog as far as homebrew games go, everything is of PD/Acorn Archimedes quality which has a whiff of cheapness to it. Did everyone else who could code technically impressive games just give up like me too?

It just seems like such a struggle these days to replace broken machines or find certain things that nobody bothers to re-manufacture and there are just so many really questionable decisions going on with hardware projects.

So for me, I think it's time to finally let go of my stuff on pi$$-bay. Amiga was great, Amiga 1000 will ALWAYS be the best computer EVER launched (in the same way Ayrton Senna will always be the most talented Formula 1 driver despite being dead 2 decades) BUT it's time to end this chapter of my life.

It's been a pleasure talking to some of you, was even great fun working on a game for the old girl too for a while back, I just don't have $$ to invest in this AND the other 60 or so machines I collect (most of which are also going soon enough).

See you in another life brother

[Matt_H]

No, don't call it quits. Just hibernate for a bit until the mood strikes you again. If you get rid of all your gear you'll regret it later!

[save2600]

Amen Matt and great advice! Amiga stuff isn't going down in value, it's only going up year after year - so maybe hang on to it and see how you feel down the road.

BTW: just picked up a CD32 (again, since my original one I sold in '96) and am having a blast with it. This is after I vowed I could care less about AGA machines, so you see? The interest may wane or take you in different directions sometimes, but there's lots left to discover or rekindle with Amiga sooner or later.  

[motrucker]

I whole heartedly agree with Matt and 2600. At least keep one complete system, and the good software you have. Things change.
I was ready to throw in the towel not to long ago, but I am glad I didn't.

[wrath of khan]

Yup I would hold on to at least one miggy if I were you. every house needs a miggy.

[Digiman]

The only thing I have of any notable value is my MIB A1000 from 86, one of which went for nearly £300 on a regular [pe]e-bay auction this week, which I will keep with the original Digi-View I eventually found by chance.

Not really got much use for a stack of 2000/500/600 miggys which need parts like m/b or floppy drives or my not very well looked after originally purchased C= A1200 on launch day etc and I rarely play the real games none of which are the ones that people go nuts for and spend £100s on.

[commodorejohn]

It's only dead if you let it be. The day the last of us gives up on the Amiga is the day the Amiga will finally die. If you feel you need to take a break, by all means, do so, but if your concern is for the state of the community, bailing isn't going to help that.

[ElPolloDiabl]

If you got a lot of bitterness you need to take a break.
I personally don't care for retro Amiga scene. I'm staying in because we are a niche platform. There is plenty of development going on for AROS.

There is no reason to stay with the fanboys that are making you miserable. Admitting you get a kick out Windows or Linux can sometimes lead to insults.

If you looked at two stalled projects the Walker 030 A1200 replacement and the Boxer (which got slowed down by AGA and PCI implementation) there are good things about Amiga, instead of seeing the negatives that happened.
Of course the negatives really rub you up the wrong way!

[NovaCoder]

Some of us are pushing the old girl very hard....

Curse Of Monkey Island running in AGA mode

[k4lmp]

Yeah, don't go away, or get rid of all of your Amigas...just take a break.  I kinda got a little burned out, then, I got into Apple II's, buying an enhanced IIe, and a IIgs.  I've played around with them a lot, and although I really like them, it made me appreciate my Amigas that much more.  You don't really appreciate how far ahead of their time they were, until you play around with the competition of the time.  I get enjoyment out of trying to do new things on old computers, and, my friends make a joke out of it, but it relaxes me and is a challenge.  By all means step away, if you need to, but like others said, you will regret it if you get rid of your gear.  Hope you stay with us for a long time...Amigans are a great group of people.

[LoadWB]

Amen to everyone encouraging you to hibernate for a while.  I believe the problem is not external forces but rather internal: you may have indeed lost your mojo.

I remember when I was six I complained about how one of the games we had for the TI sucked and should have some feature.  My dad's buddy says to me, if you think you have a better idea then do it.  So I over the next couple of months I wrote my first game in TI BASIC.  It was slow but it was awesome, IMNSHO.  In later years my mojo for the TI died off as I moved over to the Commodore 64, then the Amiga (the later which I never had the time to learn to program, to my lament.)  Last year I had a bug bite me in the ass and I pulled out some of my old TI programs to start a rewriting and fixing, even converting from BASIC to ML.

My point is, if you really have the underlying want and you can take the time, sometimes you have to feed your own mojo.  If everyone depended upon other people to be involved to encourage their own involvement, nothing would ever succeed.  If you're a talented programmer and you believe in the spirit of Amiga, then stay with it, throw in, and be your own trailblazer.  While there might not be others working at your level, at least you can support a community of people who are not at your level and appreciate what you do.

Besides, keeping these old machines running and back-porting modern features and capabilities is a bit of mental masturbation that a lot of us crave, and I suspect you'll have a difficult time keeping your hands off that stick.

[Kesa]

I'm warning you. If you give up the faith, i will smash my Amiga into tiny little pieces!  :madashell:

[browny]

Just Lol. I joined Amibay 4 weeks ago to sell my A1200 and the result is............I now have Two A1200s bought expansions, OS4.1 modded them....Blah Blah.... so yeah I know how you feel Lol

[Marcel21674]

Just Lol. I joined Amibay 4 weeks ago to sell my A1200 and the result is............I now have Two A1200s bought expansions, OS4.1 modded them....Blah Blah.... so yeah I know how you feel Lol

Sound familiar.:crazy:
Got an A1200 a few months ago, just for fun to play some of my old games.
The psu of my old a500 was broke so the 1200 was an easy replacement.
Well, that was three months ago, in the mean time my amiga  1200 has a new MB, Floppy drive, HDD and an brand new aca1232 accelerator card.:crazy:
Still want a flickerfixer, cdrom drive and a pcmcia networkcard.
with other words, i'm hooked up with the amiga, i love it.

[browny]

Sound familiar.:crazy:
Got an A1200 a few months ago, just for fun to play some of my old games.
The psu of my old a500 was broke so the 1200 was an easy replacement.
Well, that was three months ago, in the mean time my amiga  1200 has a new MB, Floppy drive, HDD and an brand new aca1232 accelerator card.:crazy:
Still want a flickerfixer, cdrom drive and a pcmcia networkcard.
with other words, i'm hooked up with the amiga, i love it.

Yeah once an Amigan.....@marcel got one of the ACA1232s man they are the dogs.
Thats whats great about our miggys they were designed future proof !