The Amiga hit the home computer market like a bomb. For a few years there was nothing quite like it on the market at a price that people could actually afford.

The Amiga hit the home computer market like a bomb. For a few years there was nothing quite like it on the market at a price that people could actually afford. It was never that big in the USA but overseas it had a huge impact, bridging the gap between games machines and real computers. I saved up several years of teenage-dollars to buy one when I was 15 and never looked back. Of particular interest to me was the excellent-for-the-time audio chip. I spent many hours making MODs and games for my friends to play. Later, I taught myself C and never looked back. A sample of the sorts of things a teenager could do in 1991 : https://sheep.horse/2011/11/stuff_from_my_old_hard_drive.html https://sheep.horse/2011/11/stuff_from_my_old_hard_drive.htm...