heckmeck!

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Alexander Grupe
Losso/ATW

On July 23rd 1985, the Commodore Amiga was introduced to the world at the Lincoln Center in New York. If you’ve never seen it, now is a good time to watch the launch event with Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry. Also, what have you done with your life up to this point? :)

Side note: Ze Germans had Frank Elstner at their Deutschlandpremiere in Frankfurt one year later, and showcased more of the Amiga’s musical side instead of visual artistry, with the help of Swiss singer and composer Betty Legler. Money quote: “Da können Sie Ihren Hund in ein Mikro bellen lassen!”

I am posting this now because last weekend the great Amiga birthday event took place in Mönchengladbach, Germany: Amiga40! Although I only had a ticket for Sunday, I still had a blast: All the Amiga legends were there together with hundreds of Amiga enthusiasts from around the world, be it engineers, hardware wizards, game developers, Commodore veterans, demosceners, musicians, publishers, bloggers and vloggers, you name it. Tell me you don’t get goosebumps when you watch the thank-you video messages from the honorary guests!

The Portia portion of Lorraine, the original Amiga prototype.
Can you hear the Boing?

Return magazine, one of many great retro publications we have today, chose this picture for the Amiga anniversary issue:

This is funny because I also chose this legendary picture by pixel pioneer Avril Harrison to celebrate 40 years of Amiga, with a Teletext entry for Flashparty 2025 in Buenos Aires:

King Tut XL

I’ve made a pixel-fiddling timelapse of the process: King Tut XL. No, wait – half of it is sixel-fiddling! :)

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