It’s a time to light those candles upon that tasty cake, as the Commodore Amiga 1000 is celebrating its 40th anniversary. That’s right, it’s 40 years to this day that the Amiga 1000 was launched. It’s amazing to think that when I was a child all I wanted was an Atari ST, and the best thing in the world was to happen, I got an Amiga 500.. Although I missed out on the A1000. A gaming system that I personally spent so many hours playing, with entire summers having gone in a flash and it was back to school. With games such as Deuteros, Dragons Breath, Shadow of the Beast, Moonstone, Eye of the Beholder, Millenium 2.2 all of them fantastic and that was just a small taster of the incredible releases that came out in the 90’s!
I even had friends that actually came round and played games such as Settlers or dualing it up on Lotus, even now when I pick up a box those memories coming flooding back! For those that didn’t have an Amiga 500 or 1000, I even had a chance to play the Atari ST at my friends house and to be honest I hold no grudge against either system. Even if some people still have their hate of it to this day. But yet this isn’t a time to fight, this is a time to celebrate, just check out all those fantastic games on both systems. Such an amazing time, that I will never forget… Happy Birthday Amiga 1000!
