FLATLINE: How The Amiga Languished

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Published 2018-12-07

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All Comments (21)

@mateface1313 5 years ago

- Saves company from dying and made the foundations for a big profit - Gets fired
@billshakesfear 5 years ago

Missed a perfect opportunity to say "farewell Amigas"
@jerrymartin7019 4 years ago

Gee wilikers! This "EA" company really seems like a wholesome organization that will be loved by all for years to come!
@jaroslavzaruba2765 4 years ago

"For comparison, at the Macintosh launch just a year earlier the crowd went wild for a scrolling screen of monochrome text." It probably wouldn't be much different in 2020.
@Riviscira 5 years ago

"I m afraid its been 9 years"
@letspretendwerealive 5 years ago

"A rubber fetus appears in soft focus." Did not expect to hear that sentence in a computer retrospective.
@zoomintrackout1 4 years ago

Amazing that the Amiga only came three years after the release of the C64. The feel like a decade apart in terms of technological capability.
@XaurielZ 2 years ago

When I was working at a local TV station in 2005, they were still using an Amiga with a Video Toaster for live titles. One of the last bastions of an otherwise sadly forgotten relic.
@alphaxalex1634 5 years ago

next up iconic arms MP40 HOLY SHIT YES!!
@cameronikswokark5536 5 years ago

Amazing video! Well, see you in a year or two...
@PassiveSmoking 4 years ago

This is a pretty good summary, but it misses one vital detail: When Tramiel was in charge of Commodore he was so aggressive that he alienated his own supply chain and retail channels. By the time he left Commodore none of the stores in the US that they'd previously sold the C64 through wanted to do business with Commodore anymore, which meant that their new Amiga never even made it into a lot of stores where it might have impressed and made sales.
@supercopmeetthecop 3 years ago

"Activision followed EA's lead" is a quote that aged really well tbh lol
@joeleslie 5 years ago

Wow, those 7 days went by pretty quickly!
@borisov_dev 5 years ago

Production quality is just insane here. Unbelievable.
@lordfriedrick7911 5 years ago

I see the 80s computer history like a giant cagefight with only one rule: SURVIVE Am i wrong?
@jyhan1q94 4 years ago

1985: "Why Electronic Arts is Committed to the Amiga." 2019: "SuRpRiSe mEcHaNiCs"
@szoszaty 5 years ago

Thank you, it was outstanding! See you 6 months later!
@salokin3087 5 years ago

Ahoy delivers most satisfying and aesthetic videos out there
@its-k-1678 2 years ago

Is it just me or is Ahoy's soundtrack for this video as well as others are kickass? Like, It has no reason to be this good.
@NoobixCube 2 years ago

This really needs a “part 2”, because where you leave it, everything is looking up for Commodore. I can’t help but notice, I didn’t watch this on a Commodoe tablet, and I don’t have a Commodore phone next to me right now.