What was so great about the Amiga?

It had a 256-color display at a time when the NES could support only 64 and most home computers, including the C64, couldn’t juggle more that 16. Amiga brought arcade-quality visuals into your living room. And so it became the computer geek’s computer, but not only for its top-tier specs.

What was the first Amiga computer?

Amiga 1000
When the first Amiga computer was released in July 1985 by Commodore, it was called the Amiga 1000, devoid of references to Commodore. Commodore marketed it both as their successor to the Commodore 64, and as their competitor against the Apple Macintosh. It was later renamed the Commodore Amiga 1000.

Who invented the Amiga computer?

The inventor of the Amiga 1000 was Jay Miner, who created the Atari 800 many years before. He wanted to make the most powerful computer ever, then he joined a small Californian company called Amiga. He used the principle of the three coprocessors (again) to help the main processor.

What is the strongest Amiga?

There are an array of Vampires out there for various model Amigas, but the Vampire V4 is the newest and most powerful.

What did Steve Jobs think of Amiga?

Steve Jobs didn’t think the Amiga would be a success, “too much hardware” he said, even though the Amiga utterly destroyed the Macintosh in every single meaningful way and obviously was a success.

How many Amiga computers were sold?

This freed up the CPU for other tasks, giving Amiga a competitive edge over its rivals. An estimated 4,850,000 Amigas were eventually sold, with roughly 30 percent in the U.K., and another 30 percent in Germany. Reportedly, only 700,000 were sold in North America — roughly the same number sold in Italy.

Who bought Amiga?

The Amiga brand was then sold to another PC manufacturer, Gateway 2000, which had announced grand plans for it. However, in 1999, Gateway sold Amiga to Amino Development for almost 5 million dollars. Gateway still retained ownership to all Amiga patents.

How much did an Amiga 500 cost?

Amiga 500

A500 with 1084S monitor and Amiga 1010 external second floppy drive
Release date	April 1987 (Netherlands) May 1987 (Europe) October 1987 (US/UK)
Introductory price	US$699 (equivalent to $1,592 in 2020) £499 (equivalent to £1,435 in 2020)
Discontinued	1992
Media	880 KB floppy disks