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    I was lucky, in the fact my father owned the only Computer shop in my home town. I had asked for an Atari STE for christmas (as i was a good boy, and didnt want them to spend alot).

    Come Christmas eve (I sat there all night looking at the big present) about 1 AM, my mother said "for crying out loud opening it". So I did, and to my suprise it was a Flight Of Fantasy Amiga 500 (My father even threw in an 512kb extra mem).

    Best Christmas ever,
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    Definitely sounds like a brilliant Christmas, especially if you had been expecting an ST and instead got the much better Amiga.

    Did you also have access to the games in your Dad's shop?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harrison View Post
    Definitely sounds like a brilliant Christmas, especially if you had been expecting an ST and instead got the much better Amiga.

    Did you also have access to the games in your Dad's shop?
    I did indeed, . Ah, those were the days.
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    Damn that is extremley cool...thats like expecting an Xbox and getting a PS3!
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    That must have been some real golden years I suppose. We didn't have a lot of shops here in whole Luxembourg.

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    mmmmm what memories! My very first Amiga.

    While I was at junior school, my friends older brother had an Atari ST. Once I saw Defender of the Crown, Plutos (yes PLUTOS!) and Time Bandit I knew the spectrum had to go. Bought one of them to start with and spent many hours on Barbarian, Star Wars, Super Sprint (what a game), Captain Blood, Livingstone I Presume and many other classic titles.

    Then, a few years later at comprehensive school, I came across the first Amiga 500 I'd seen. Man, I was blown away by the sound and graphics of the Blood Money intro, the full screen smooth scrolling of Hybris and left gobsmacked at seeing 32 (yes 32!) colours onscreen. I knew the ST had to go.

    Got the Batman pack for xmas after selling the ST to some poor sucker. Hope he was a midi fanatic because he should have been looking at the Amiga before parting with his hard earned cash.

    Best xmas ever! F-18 interceptor for most of that day! A few months later Bloodwych was released...
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    I went the same route as you, starting with an Atari ST before later ditching it for an Amiga. My reason was more the cost and my lack of money when I bought the ST, as the Amiga was £200 more at the time. I only paid £199 for an STFM, while the A500 was still £399. I still regretted buying the ST soon after once all the games started appearing on both platforms and I could clearly see the ST was very inferior with it's huge 8-bit like borders around the screen, unlike the full overscan screens of many Amiga versions. Plus the better graphics and sound. I still enjoyed the ST but wished for an Amiga the whole time.

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    Yep, Amiga's were not cheap. Started out at £499 with Kickstart 1.2 in the UK, jumping down to that magical £399 mark by the time I picked one up. Considering inflation, that's a lot of money!!! Wonder what the equivalent price would be now? £799?

    Makes you wonder why people complain so much about the price of the PS3.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bloodwych View Post
    Considering inflation, that's a lot of money!!! Wonder what the equivalent price would be now? £799?
    Fairly close actually, inflation adjusted the A500 at £399 would cost £694.06 in today's money. At launch in 1987 the A500 was £587 which is £1154.43 in today's money

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    ~I used to go around a mates from school, every so often and play on his A500 he had. That was great. Another mate also had a 500 I used to play on. He then got a A600 and then a CD32.

    I think i Brought his old A500 from him, either that or I got it from the Freeadds.

    The is someone selling a boxed A1200 this week for £100 in the freeadds.
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