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Sometimes you just can’t go back :(

One of the biggest things that kinda upsets me is I cant go back to some of my fondest gaming memories I had on the Amiga. Its a great shame, but there two games in particular that come mind that I really have tried going back to and re-enjoying but they just don’t hold up…
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Amiga Game Awards?

So I just watched a bit of this years gaming awards, I starting to feel Im nearly getting to old for the new games now, I dont like most new games, there getting to be too many menus and levelling up systems you seem to have to manage now, games have also gotten too big…
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AmigaCD32 30 Years on…

Way back in September 1993, Commodore rolled there final dice and tried to enter the console market. So I wanted to ask the question, did the AmigaCD32 have any chance of success? What was the best CD32 game, best to push the hardware? and best Gameplay? Which I mostly agree with. Both the A1200 and…
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Kickstart 1 – UK Amiga Show

So the UK has finally got an Amiga event! Ever since the last World of Amiga show ended, there has been a bit of lack of a big Amiga show in the UK, apart from a few anniversary events and of course loads of User Group meetings, Amiga shows in the UK have been very…
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Ai Is here?

Not strictly about the Amiga, but its scary to think that Ai I think has finally really arrived, yes it kinda been improving over decades, but over the past year with image being able to be made from text entry and now we have open ai Chat Bot, which ask it question it will spit…
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NWAG & CAGA

So finally after I think 3 years, if not a bit longer, got to go to a mini Amiga show/meeting. North West Amiga Group (NWAG) – https://www.facebook.com/groups/1069238386454280/ Based in the UK, I joined this group when it was first founded and it’s nice to see that the group has now grown to 200+ members. In…
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Which Project?

So recently I’ve been thinking that I should really spend some time on just one project and see what I could get done/achieve the rest of the year. My problem I feel at the moment is I’m just dipping my toe in each and not really getting anything done in the time I have recently.…
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A500 Mini Review

So I thought I’d do a quick review of the system, basically it what you expect really, it’s a well-built mini replica of the Amiga A500, but missing one crucial thing out of the box, that is the A500 was A COMPUTER!!!  Not just any computer but one of the best home computers, this A500…
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AmigaONE X1000 10 Year Anniversary Thoughts

So just over 10 years ago, I bought a new Amiga, the AmigaOne x1000. It had a lot of promises, to push the Amiga platform to the next generation of computing. Dual core support, 64bit, cpu and this weird custom chip, Xmos. It all sounded very exciting, os4 also got Firefox port at this time…
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Cloanto should be doing more

Update2: Some of the information and suggestion in this Blog Post actually apply to Amiga Corp and not Cloanto, so to call it “Cloanto should be doing more” might of been a mistake. I was lucky enough to discussion some of these point with CEO of both companies, Mike Battilan at Kickstart 1 Uk Amiga…
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