FLATLINE: How The Amiga Languished

Next up: Iconic Arms returns with the MP40.

[mateface]

- Saves company from dying and made the foundations for a big profit
- Gets fired

[letspretendwerealive]

"A rubber fetus appears in soft focus." Did not expect to hear that sentence in a computer retrospective.

[jerrymartin]

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

[XaurielZ]

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.

[szoszaty]

Thank you, it was outstanding! See you 6 months later!

[cameronikswokark]

Amazing video! Well, see you in a year or two...

[billshakesfear]

Missed a perfect opportunity to say "farewell Amigas"

[jaromor]

_"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.

[borisov_dev]

Production quality is just insane here. Unbelievable.

[joeleslie]

Wow, those 7 days went by pretty quickly!

[Riviscira]

"I m afraid its been 9 years"

[zoomintrackout]

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.

[salokin]

Ahoy delivers most satisfying and aesthetic videos out there

[MendelsonShape]

I was a musician on the Amiga demo scene for a while! I was Screech/Eltech. I never made a name for myself, but it was cool nonetheless. I did get to be CU Amiga magazine's tune of the month in April 1997 (I know, very late in the Amiga's life), and that was a high point for me.

The A1200 was my all-time favourite home computer. Great days. Thanks for the video!

[stijnpaspont]

I nominate this for the "Best soundtrack on a youtube video" award

[NoobixCube]

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.

[Kyntteri]

12:15 1985 Marketing budget of $40, 000, 000 with cumulative inflation in 2018 would be around $94, 000, 000. No wonder the cash was getting scarce.

[KeeliaSilvis]

I love how even the graphics are in an 80s style, in color, font, and feel. Ahoy is a TALENT.

[Kinoksis]

I hope Ahoy does a Part 2 for the fall of Commodore, right after the MP40 video.

[PassiveSmoking]

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.