Lamest boot screen EVER.

[Kitsunexus]

There is no such thing as a good Amiga port. Only Amiga can do Amiga.

BTW, someday for curiosity's sake, check out the emulators that run on Amiga at Zophar's Domain. Yes, Amiga running SNES.

Umm... I'm a long time Amiga user...  No need to sing the Amiga's praises to me.  I've got a A1200 (040) hooked up and (*sacriledge*) two pegasos machines (and an Efika, but since it's not running MOS, I can't count it yet.)  I do have assorted Amiga parts in storage (including PAWS kits).  

Wow. 0_0 That's a BUNCH of stuff! Have you ever built an Amithlon?

[Joe Redifer]

I also agree that TurboGrafx Shadow of the Beast is better.  The game is still crap, though.  But it has great graphics and even better music.  Ooo!  And Star Control is better on the Genesis than the Amiga because, ummm, I dunno.  I only rented it once and I hated it.  But the graphics were identical.

[Keranu]

I did not like Alien vs Predator.  It was just too damn choppy.  And playing Tempest with a d-pad sucks.  Needs a dial.

Those modded (?) Jaguar controllers with the dial built into the d-pad make Tempest 2000 feel soooo nice.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I personally don't recall having any problems with the Jag controller, I think most people like to overexagerate.

[kenomac78]

i think being a jaguar fan is like that of wrestling

if you believe in it, no eplaination is needed. if you dont, no explanation will ever do.

[Keranu]

Jaguar controllers are much more comfortable than they look. I still don't understand why they decided to add a whole number key to the controller, but it feels nice to have that extra height actually.

[Turbo D]

ya, it does feel good. It really fills up your hands. The pro controller is pretty cool too.

[td741]

Wow. 0_0 That's a BUNCH of stuff! Have you ever built an Amithlon?

I bought the Amithlon/Amiga OSXL disk when it was available.  I didn't quite have a fully supported PC at the time, but I tested it out on a friend's machine.  The Amiga OSXL worked fine on the PC I had at the time (UAE with pre-installed 3.9 for QNX).  My heavily expanded amigas were getting more and more unstable so I was looking for something powerful and stable.  I didn't like the fact that Haage and Partner seemed to be selling Amithlon (without an installer even) and forcing people to buy their OSXL though.  After Amiga Inc had their falling out with Haage and Partner over 3.9 followed by the boiling over of problems between Frank and Bernie causing the official demise of Amithlon...  I sort of never bothered building a full system with it.  It's also a shame that Bernie was never really able to lauch umilator (an improved Amithlon that was stripped of Frank's code).  It would be interesting to get a Amithlon-like system up and running running a customized 68K-x86 build of AROS. 

I also agree that TurboGrafx Shadow of the Beast is better.  The game is still crap, though.  But it has great graphics and even better music.  Ooo!  And Star Control is better on the Genesis than the Amiga because, ummm, I dunno.  I only rented it once and I hated it.  But the graphics were identical.

Actually, what I think helped Shadow of the Beast on the TG-16 (apart from a better animated main character, better music) was the control scheme.  The Amiga version was stuck with having "jump" being up.  Ugh.  The only thing the Amiga had over the TG version was more parallax scrolling in the other areas of the game.  I'm trying to remember if Shadow of the Beast II worked with 2 buttons...  (man, I think I still have the pack-in T-shirt for that one somewhere. )

I haven't played the original Star Control, but I liked Star Control II.  I wonder how the 3D0 version stacks up...

[akamichi]

I haven't played the original Star Control, but I liked Star Control II.  I wonder how the 3D0 version stacks up...

Urquan Masters (aka Star Control II) FTW!.  Open source remake based on the 3D0 source code that was released to the public.  It's basically a port of the 3D0 version made to work with modern PCs.

[GUTS]

Shadow of the Beast also had good hit detection on the TG16 so you could actually beat it, every other version I've tried was so f*cking impossible because of how unforgiving the hit detection was.

Shadow of the Beast 3 is awesome if you guys haven't played that, I hated part II but 3 is so sweet.

[Keranu]

I haven't played the original Star Control, but I liked Star Control II.  I wonder how the 3D0 version stacks up...

Urquan Masters (aka Star Control II) FTW!.  Open source remake based on the 3D0 source code that was released to the public.  It's basically a port of the 3D0 version made to work with modern PCs.

I've downloaded this before and it's AWESOME!

[Kitsunexus]

I bought the Amithlon/Amiga OSXL disk when it was available.  I didn't quite have a fully supported PC at the time, but I tested it out on a friend's machine.  The Amiga OSXL worked fine on the PC I had at the time (UAE with pre-installed 3.9 for QNX).  My heavily expanded amigas were getting more and more unstable so I was looking for something powerful and stable.  I didn't like the fact that Haage and Partner seemed to be selling Amithlon (without an installer even) and forcing people to buy their OSXL though.  After Amiga Inc had their falling out with Haage and Partner over 3.9 followed by the boiling over of problems between Frank and Bernie causing the official demise of Amithlon...  I sort of never bothered building a full system with it.  It's also a shame that Bernie was never really able to lauch umilator (an improved Amithlon that was stripped of Frank's code).  It would be interesting to get a Amithlon-like system up and running running a customized 68K-x86 build of AROS. 

Oh Jesus, you said it all man. Amiga is probably the operating system that has had the most legal troubles ever. At least it's WORTH the troubles and the wait and the hardships and shit.

I haven't played the original Star Control, but I liked Star Control II.  I wonder how the 3D0 version stacks up...

Urquan Masters (aka Star Control II) FTW!.  Open source remake based on the 3D0 source code that was released to the public.  It's basically a port of the 3D0 version made to work with modern PCs.

SC2 has GREAT music. ^_^

[ParanoiaDragon]

Shadow of the Beast also had good hit detection on the TG16 so you could actually beat it, every other version I've tried was so f*cking impossible because of how unforgiving the hit detection was.

Shadow of the Beast 3 is awesome if you guys haven't played that, I hated part II but 3 is so sweet.

I've played a little of 3 on an emulator, it seems pretty tight!  I wish it would've been released for a console.  Wasn't there a 4?  Or was that supposed to be the 3D one for PS1??

[terrormask]

When there are only TWO good games on your system, you have some serious freaking issues.

Yes the Atari Jaguar sucked, but Atari is far from defeated. Even though Atari has not released another system since the Jaguar, Atari has been getting a little help from high places technology wise. I learned after the Jaguar failed markets worldwide, the U.S. military bought the company. That's were they are getting help and that's where the mystery pops in.

Since Doom, it has been quite known that the military has an interest in making video games that could help train soldiers. I wonder what kind of technology is the military trying to develop with Atari...perhaps virtual reality technology. Who knows.

And if Atari gets this kind of technology and decides to try the video game market again by making a new console using virtual reality technology; Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft had better come up with something good for a new system fast or they'll all lose to Atari.

[Necromancer]

I recently saw a show on the ol' boob tube about using VR helmets to help Iraq veterans with post traumatic stress issues.  The idea was to remember the experience and talk about it with a counselor, rather than suppress it and have it pop up at random.  The imaging was far from photo realistic, but they could make the floor shake and could pipe in diesel exhaust and smoke to make it more real.

I can't see VR ever taking over the console market.  The Wii has shown how important the social aspect of video gaming can be, but VR doesn't allow anyone else to observe the action.  It's also not much of an improvement to have the screen follow head movements when everything else is still controlled by a joy stick. 

Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft had better come up with something good for a new system fast or they'll all lose to Atari.

I doubt that the current big three are too worried.  If the crazy Frenchies were to bring a new Atari to the console wars, it would quickly surrender.