History Platform / Amiga

* [[UsefulNotes/GraphicsProcessingUnit GPU]], OCS : "Agnus" (coprocessor/blitter) and "Denise" (sprites, video display)

* ''VideoGame/{{Commando}}''

* ''VideoGame/{{Batman}}''
* ''VideoGame/BatmanReturns''

* ''VideoGame/BionicCommando''

The Amiga's heart was a set of extremely powerful custom integrated circuits designed by Jay Miner, who was also responsible for the custom graphics chips in the Platform/Atari2600 and Platform/Atari8BitComputers. These chips had names like "Fat Agnus"[[note]][=Address GeNerator UnitS=][[/note]] and included functions such as a "blitter", which allowed fast screen updates, and a "copper", which implemented scanline DMA[[note]]Direct Memory Access[[/note]] (which eventually became a common trick on 16-bit consoles). The Amiga also included 4-channel, DMA-driven audio, which led to the development of the first UsefulNotes/{{MOD}} trackers, and the {{demoscene}} that surrounded them. Amiga could also "genlock" (synchronize input/output) to NTSC or PAL video, making it very popular with TV production facilities; [=NewTek=] developed the Video Toaster, an early 3D animation and video editor system, to work with the Amiga's genlock and overlay capabilities. Many TV shows in the late 1980s and early 1990s used Amigas for computer screens and special effects, notably ''Series/TheChartShow'' and ''Series/BabylonFive''. The development of anime {{fansub}}s in the late 1980s is also tied to the Amiga and its genlock capabilities, as it represented the first method of overlaying subtitles on video on equipment affordable to the average user. Amigas were also used to power the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_(American_TV_channel) Prevue Channel]]'', a US TV channel that was listings for all your local cable channels scrolling in a loop on the bottom half of the screen; the top half would be taken up by cable networks' promos, cable company-created ads, and Prevue-produced segments about what to watch. A similar network called ''Sneak Prevue'' was launched in 1991, showing previews for pay-per-view movies and such. However, the Amigas, lacking pre-emptive multitasking, were very error-prone and tended to crash frequently, leaving you with no guide or previews; by the late 90s, it began to suffer NetworkDecay, after TV Guide bought it and rebranded it as the TV Guide Channel, which eventually morphed into Creator/PopTV; see that article for more. On the upside, however, when TV Guide came along, the Amigas were replaced with Windows [=PCs=] that definitely weren't as crash-prone.

* ''[[VideoGame/LastDuelInterPlanetWar2012 Last Duel]]''

* ''VideoGame/{{Wolfchild}}''

Commodore's 1985 follow-on to the Platform/Commodore64, the '''Amiga''' was one of the first true "multimedia [=PCs=]", and featured several technologies that were years ahead of their time (including the 16/32-bit central processor). ExecutiveMeddling and MisaimedMarketing kept the system from selling well in the USA, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff but elsewhere, the Amiga was far more popular]] and has a [[CultClassic cult following]] to this day. (And when we say "cult", we mean it: Amigans are far more faithful to their platform than even Platform/AppleMacintosh fans, which is saying something after all it's been through.) At the time, its primary competition was the Platform/AtariST. In Japan however, Amiga's gaming force was nonexistent, as the industry was dominated by NEC's PC-88 and PC-98, Fujitsu's FME-7 and FM Towns, Microsoft's MSX and [=MSX2=], and Sharp's [[UsefulNotes/SharpX1 X1]] and [[Platform/SharpX68000 X68000]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Terramex''

There is also now an OS for the UsefulNotes/RaspberryPi called [[https://gunkrist79.wixsite.com/amibian Amibian]] that, when fed the official Kickstart ROM files, will allow emulation of a large number of Amiga machines from an SD card.

The Amiga's heart was a set of extremely powerful custom integrated circuits designed by Jay Miner, who was also responsible for the custom graphics chips in the Platform/Atari2600 and UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers. These chips had names like "Fat Agnus"[[note]][=Address GeNerator UnitS=][[/note]] and included functions such as a "blitter", which allowed fast screen updates, and a "copper", which implemented scanline DMA[[note]]Direct Memory Access[[/note]] (which eventually became a common trick on 16-bit consoles). The Amiga also included 4-channel, DMA-driven audio, which led to the development of the first UsefulNotes/{{MOD}} trackers, and the {{demoscene}} that surrounded them. Amiga could also "genlock" (synchronize input/output) to NTSC or PAL video, making it very popular with TV production facilities; [=NewTek=] developed the Video Toaster, an early 3D animation and video editor system, to work with the Amiga's genlock and overlay capabilities. Many TV shows in the late 1980s and early 1990s used Amigas for computer screens and special effects, notably ''Series/TheChartShow'' and ''Series/BabylonFive''. The development of anime {{fansub}}s in the late 1980s is also tied to the Amiga and its genlock capabilities, as it represented the first method of overlaying subtitles on video on equipment affordable to the average user. Amigas were also used to power the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_(American_TV_channel) Prevue Channel]]'', a US TV channel that was listings for all your local cable channels scrolling in a loop on the bottom half of the screen; the top half would be taken up by cable networks' promos, cable company-created ads, and Prevue-produced segments about what to watch. A similar network called ''Sneak Prevue'' was launched in 1991, showing previews for pay-per-view movies and such. However, the Amigas, lacking pre-emptive multitasking, were very error-prone and tended to crash frequently, leaving you with no guide or previews; by the late 90s, it began to suffer NetworkDecay, after TV Guide bought it and rebranded it as the TV Guide Channel, which eventually morphed into Creator/PopTV; see that article for more. On the upside, however, when TV Guide came along, the Amigas were replaced with Windows [=PCs=] that definitely weren't as crash-prone.

Commodore's 1985 follow-on to the UsefulNotes/Commodore64, the '''Amiga''' was one of the first true "multimedia [=PCs=]", and featured several technologies that were years ahead of their time (including the 16/32-bit central processor). ExecutiveMeddling and MisaimedMarketing kept the system from selling well in the USA, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff but elsewhere, the Amiga was far more popular]] and has a [[CultClassic cult following]] to this day. (And when we say "cult", we mean it: Amigans are far more faithful to their platform than even UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh fans, which is saying something after all it's been through.) At the time, its primary competition was the UsefulNotes/AtariST. In Japan however, Amiga's gaming force was nonexistent, as the industry was dominated by NEC's PC-88 and PC-98, Fujitsu's FME-7 and FM Towns, Microsoft's MSX and [=MSX2=], and Sharp's [[UsefulNotes/SharpX1 X1]] and [[UsefulNotes/SharpX68000 X68000]].

The Amiga's heart was a set of extremely powerful custom integrated circuits designed by Jay Miner, who was also responsible for the custom graphics chips in the UsefulNotes/Atari2600 and UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers. These chips had names like "Fat Agnus"[[note]][=Address GeNerator UnitS=][[/note]] and included functions such as a "blitter", which allowed fast screen updates, and a "copper", which implemented scanline DMA[[note]]Direct Memory Access[[/note]] (which eventually became a common trick on 16-bit consoles). The Amiga also included 4-channel, DMA-driven audio, which led to the development of the first UsefulNotes/{{MOD}} trackers, and the {{demoscene}} that surrounded them. Amiga could also "genlock" (synchronize input/output) to NTSC or PAL video, making it very popular with TV production facilities; [=NewTek=] developed the Video Toaster, an early 3D animation and video editor system, to work with the Amiga's genlock and overlay capabilities. Many TV shows in the late 1980s and early 1990s used Amigas for computer screens and special effects, notably ''Series/TheChartShow'' and ''Series/BabylonFive''. The development of anime {{fansub}}s in the late 1980s is also tied to the Amiga and its genlock capabilities, as it represented the first method of overlaying subtitles on video on equipment affordable to the average user. Amigas were also used to power the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_(American_TV_channel) Prevue Channel]]'', a US TV channel that was listings for all your local cable channels scrolling in a loop on the bottom half of the screen; the top half would be taken up by cable networks' promos, cable company-created ads, and Prevue-produced segments about what to watch. A similar network called ''Sneak Prevue'' was launched in 1991, showing previews for pay-per-view movies and such. However, the Amigas, lacking pre-emptive multitasking, were very error-prone and tended to crash frequently, leaving you with no guide or previews; by the late 90s, it began to suffer NetworkDecay, after TV Guide bought it and rebranded it as the TV Guide Channel, which eventually morphed into Creator/PopTV; see that article for more. On the upside, however, when TV Guide came along, the Amigas were replaced with Windows [=PCs=] that definitely weren't as crash-prone.

Despite being ahead of its time, the released [=AmigaOS=] is ''not'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the advanced operating system the Amiga engineers originally wanted]]; due to software development on the original CAOS falling behind schedule, Commodore instead opted to build upon a 68000 port of TRIPOS, which forms the [=AmigaDOS=] component of the final OS while still providing the promised preemptive multitasking capability. Commodore later released a port of AT&T's System V UsefulNotes/{{Unix}} operating system that it dubbed "Amiga Unix". Of course, the Amiga 68k runs [=NetBSD=].

** [=A2500UX=] (1990): Similar to the A2500, but with the A2410 graphics card, and bundled with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Unix AMIX]], the Amiga port of UsefulNotes/{{Unix}}.

As of 2016, a new FPGA accelerator board known as the [[http://apollo-accelerators.com Apollo Vampire]] hit the market, originally for the A600, and later, the A500 (which also works in the A1000 and A2000, with CPU slot adapters being made for the A2000 specifically to use the Vampire). For roughly the same price as an A1200, you get a 68080 CPU core that trounces even the 68060 in performance, 128 MB of RAM (which, by Amiga standards, is ''ludicrous''), a SAGA (Super AGA) custom chipset reimplementation with retargetable graphics (RTG) and HDMI output, the ability to add cheap Ethernet modules for networking, and on the A500 version, an [=IDE/Parallel ATA=] controller and interface. On top of that, a standalone version for the V4 generation of the Vampire is under development, with no reliance on existing Amiga motherboards.

* ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast''

* ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest1InPursuitOfTheDeathAngel''

* ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest I-III''