Amiga Retro Sessions

The Amiga 500 rebooted as @BenWagenaar and @SiHunt1234 explore our classic games collections. Follow us for details of the next Retro Session, under #AmigaRetro

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A total legend on the Amiga scene. Still a brilliant game today

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30 years ago this week, the CVG team received a review copy of Psygnosis' Lemmings. The Amiga platform-puzzler wowed us all - its highly original gameplay was absolutely brilliant, and the game was rated 93% by @digitalfoundry, one of CVG's resident reviewers at the time.

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It's funny how things go full circle: the latest Raspberry Pi harks back to the original keyboard-based computer chassis
https://t.co/uKiAyfmVw1 via @BBCNews

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Now my room smells quite musty. I think the Amiga needs a clean but my box of games and manuals is probably harbouring a few spores too! A fun evening; will report more this week ^BW

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So my brother bought me a used A500, and this evening it's been nostalgia city. Much like that Christmas in the early nineties when we both unwrapped the very same device new, Lemmings went in the slot first ^BW

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To complete the retro look and feel, I dug out a CRT screen I've had for nearly 30 years. Found the remote shortly afterwards, treated it to new batteries and then got this - until I remembered I have a Scart adapter

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But hey, it's a work in progress and a nice way of showcasing the breadth of gaming quality the Amiga had. I'll post updates as I go. ^BW

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Been working on a @RetroPieProject arcade machine for the last few months. The Raspberry Pi has a number of emulators including the trusty Amiga!

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Another thing to consider is that the Amiga relied heavily on a mouse for user input. The Pi has four USB ports, of which two are needed for the joysticks, one for the audio and the other I'm switching between the keyboard and mouse. Not ideal

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@IL0VEthe80s The Savoy, Clacton On Sea!

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Nice piece from @BBCNews about the golden age of gaming magazines, reflecting the growth in retro gaming https://t.co/tGukfHyTPG ^BW

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DMA Design were a force of nature in the Amiga gaming world. Under the hashtag #30YearsOfDMADesign, Mike Dailly (@mdf200) is sharing some amazing photos and screens from their heyday ^BW

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Some of #DMADesign artefacts.

#30YearsOfDMADesign #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #GameDevLife #Scotland #retro #retrodev #retrogaming #Commodore #DOS #Atari #AtariST #Amiga @dundeecity @DundeeCulture

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This C64 Lego Idea almost reached 1K supporters (the required number to get LEGO's attention). Let's push this over the edge this week. Pretty sure they will ask for 5K next, but in the C= community that seems SO doable. Amiright? Vote: https://t.co/UwspK0N3ZW

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.@Nintendo turns to nostalgia to help bolster Switch sales https://t.co/5BSArgO9x3 < Nostalgia still sells ^BW

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Not quite the Amiga, but NES Classic and SNES Classic back in stores on June 29 https://t.co/qkIg2gwWx4 ^BW

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More retro support on today's games consoles, this time from @Microsoft's XBox https://t.co/G8rJAz4du7 ^BW

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Remember the demo disks on the front of gaming magazines? They're kind of making a return... https://t.co/7Pioa0Q9d0 ^BW