Shot97 Retro

King of the Blues From the American magazine Amiga World, July 1987, page 43 My article originally published September 8th, 2016, 9:46 pm *Next article *Previous article *Alphabetical list of writings Sifting through Amiga World to find a review for a write up I'm working on I came across this one page article that widened my eyes quite a bit. Much like the King, I was also a lover of Deluxe Music Construction Set. I really don't have too much to add, I just figured I'd let the article do the talking. And here's a video of the man talking about it! Oh wow, this is just amazing to see. Part 1 Part 2 I wonder where Commodore used this video. I would guess they shipped it to dealers to play on loop. They should have been airing this stuff on late night infomercials... Who says Commodore couldn't advertise? This is a quality video, although I'm sure Commodore didn't use it like they should have. *Next article *Previous article *Al...

Amiga 3000 Thoughts, Amiga World - An Answer To Critics My article originally published November 20th, 2016 *Next article *Previous article *Alphabetical list of writings While looking up a review from my go to American Amiga magazine Amiga World I came across this letter from the editor discussing the yet to be released Amiga 3000. For any revisionist's out there who like to point to Commodore U.S.A. as the sole problem... They should have done this, they should have done that... One so often mentioned is that Commodore should have done what it did in the U.K., marketed the Amiga as a games machine. Anyone who thinks this would have gone down in America has no understanding of the computer market or games market in this country. If Commodore had done such a thing it would have gone bankrupt far sooner in my opinion. You have to understanding the two markets were very different. Games were bought in America, very expensive games, very detailed games, but what wa...