Commodore Amiga

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Amiga
The Amiga 500
General Information
Type	Home computer
Manufacturer(s)	Commodore
First available	23 July 1985 (First Model) April 1987 (Amiga 500) 21 October 1992 (Amiga 1200)
Discontinued	1996 (All models)
Units sold	3.98 Million (as of 1996)
Technical Information
CPU	Motorola 68000 series @ 7 MHz or higher.
RAM	256KB & higher, expandable. (up to 9MB maximum)
Sound	PAULA 4x 8-bit PCM channels at max. 28KHz sample rate in stereo
Timeline
Precursor	Commodore 64

The Amiga is a family of home computers manufactured and sold by Commodore International starting in 1985. The first model was simply called Amiga later on the 1000 and it was the part of a wave of 16 and 32 bit computers that featured 256KB or more of RAM, mouse-based GUIs, and significantly improved graphics and audio capability over 8-bit systems.

Although early Commodore advertisements attempted to cast the computer as an all-purpose business machine, especially when outfitted with the Amiga Sidecar PC compatibility add-on, the Amiga was mostly successful as a gaming system, with a wide range of games and creative software.

Cancelled games

Only one Sonic game was ever made for this system, and the game never made it into public release due to disagreements between Sega and U.S. Gold.

• Sonic the Hedgehog

References

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