Poll: How old were you when you got your first Amiga?

Be advised that this is a public poll: other users can see the choice(s) you selected.

Page 1 of 6 12345 ... LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 52
  1. #1
    Retro Addict Administrator
    My location

    Burger Time Champion, Sonic Champion Harrison's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2002
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    16,650
    Blog Entries
    1
    Downloads
    6
    Uploads
    14

    How old were you when you got your first Amiga?

    So how old were you when you got your first Amiga?

    I was trying to remember this and I think I had just left secondary school as I saved up that summer to get one, so I must have been 16/17. Quite late owning my first Amiga, although I had been a fan and using them for years at friends houses and in a store where you could rent time on them (a bit like an internet cafe today).

    Before that I has an Atari ST since I was about 14, and an Amstrad CPC before that from the age of about 8 or 9.

    If you haven't played a classic game in years, it's never too late to start!


  2. #2
    C64 addict Staff Moderator
    My location

    Demon Cleaner's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2002
    Location
    Phobos
    Posts
    7,664
    Downloads
    7
    Uploads
    88
    Probably 17, don't know exactly. I got my C64 in 1983 and had it for some years, some years later I got the amiga. I surely had one when I was 18, because at that time I had a girlfriend, and she always liked to play Twintris on it, after playing with my stic......

  3. #3
    Poor Inactive Member
    Toasty667's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Posts
    72
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0
    When was the A1200 released? That may give me some idea lol
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

    But remember, shoot or die!

  4. #4
    Retro Addict Administrator
    My location

    Burger Time Champion, Sonic Champion Harrison's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2002
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    16,650
    Blog Entries
    1
    Downloads
    6
    Uploads
    14
    The A1200 was released in 1992.

    If you haven't played a classic game in years, it's never too late to start!


  5. #5
    Poor Inactive Member
    Toasty667's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Posts
    72
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0
    I'd say I was between 12-14 then. Too tough that one.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

    But remember, shoot or die!

  6. #6
    Wiseguy Staff Moderator
    My location

    Teho's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2002
    Location
    Norway
    Posts
    1,322
    Downloads
    1
    Uploads
    0
    I was 15. 100% sure, the money I got for my birthday/Confirmation that year was the last I needed to afford one.

  7. #7
    Retro Addict Administrator
    My location

    Burger Time Champion, Sonic Champion Harrison's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2002
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    16,650
    Blog Entries
    1
    Downloads
    6
    Uploads
    14
    I sadly remember such a year saving up for an Amiga for the whole year (aged 13) and reaching Xmas and my birthday. My parents could only afford to give my £50 towards it and at that time the A500 was still £399 and I only had £250 So the worst thing happened. I bought an Atari ST instead!

    If you haven't played a classic game in years, it's never too late to start!


  8. #8
    RetroSteve! My location

    Stephen Coates's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2003
    Location
    Rotherham
    Posts
    2,187
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0
    Probably about 7 or 8.

  9. #9
    ELITE v85rawdeal's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    Portsmouth, UK
    Posts
    1,334
    Downloads
    1
    Uploads
    0
    I bought my CPC when I was 16 (1986), Got the ST in 1988 And have worked out that I got the Amiga in 1990 (which means I was 19), which is a little sooner than I thought. Mind you, I was able to pay £50 a month rather than pay it all off in one lump sum.
    This is not a signature

  10. #10
    Deadly VIP
    TiredOfLife's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Posts
    1,067
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0

    Question

    Bought an A500Plus when I was 18.
    Hadn't been working that long.
    Dad couldn't understand why I was wasting my money on it.

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Copyright classicamiga.com