Amiga Magic
bundle
Developer: Amiga Technologies
Year of sale: October/November 1995
Price: £399
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The A1200 'Amiga Magic' was the first machine produced after the
Escom purchase. The bundle continued
the theme established in later Commodore UK bundles, aiming for the
serious user rather than the game player. The table below shows the
overwhelming amount of serious software in comparison to games.
Serious software |
- WordWorth 4SE
- TurboCalc 3.5
- DataStore 1.1
- Photogenics 1.2SE
- Personal Paint 6.4
- Organiser 1.1
- Scala MM300 (hard disk bundle only)
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Game software |
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The choice of these two games attracted particular criticism.
Both games had achieved low ratings in Amiga game magazines, making
them unsuitable for the Amiga's relaunch compilation. The only
reason they were included, according to Jonathan Anderson (managing director of Amiga
Technologies UK), was because they were cheap. A second criticism
of the bundle focussed upon its high price - the standard A1200 2MB
machine cost £399, or £499 for the addition of a 170MB
hard disk.
Although disappointing to many Amiga users, the bundle was
acclaimed by certain video magazines as the perfect machine for
video production.
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Last Update: 20/6/2002
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