RetroGamer61 Posted May 5, 2016 Posted May 5, 2016 I bought a commodore 64 recently and wondered. Do the Amiga games work with it? Wanted a physical American Gladiators but not sure if it works, being an Amiga game, on a commodore.
artman999999 Posted May 5, 2016 Posted May 5, 2016 No way. For it's time, Amiga was much more advanced than a C64 and is and entirely different animal. The C64 was an 8-bit PC released in 1982 - the 32-bit Amiga didn't go into full-scale sales and production until 5 years later. Even going to the other way around, I don't recall ever being able to play my C64 games on my buddy's Amiga. The term "backwards compatibility" didn't even exist until YEARS later.
rastan Posted May 13, 2016 Posted May 13, 2016 I bought a commodore 64 recently and wondered. Do the Amiga games work with it? Wanted a physical American Gladiators but not sure if it works, being an Amiga game, on a commodore. lol, like was mentioned.. they are two different systems! the C64 is 8bit 64k system even tho they had expansion units and things to beef the CPU up to 20mhz, etc. just no way you'll run AMIGA software on a Commodore 64. you probably could find a Amiga 500 for dirt cheap! The AMIGA was very advanced for it's time... the video toaster was legendary
rastan Posted May 13, 2016 Posted May 13, 2016 No way. For it's time, Amiga was much more advanced than a C64 and is and entirely different animal. The C64 was an 8-bit PC released in 1982 - the 32-bit Amiga didn't go into full-scale sales and production until 5 years later. Even going to the other way around, I don't recall ever being able to play my C64 games on my buddy's Amiga. The term "backwards compatibility" didn't even exist until YEARS later. Amiga had 16 and 32 bit versions You can play C64 games on AMIGA with a emulator
griffin518 Posted May 14, 2016 Posted May 14, 2016 Back then absolutely nothing was cross-compatible... and also forget about backwards compatibility. Download my RocketLauncher bezels: http://hyperspin-fe.com/files/file/14367-griffin518s-bezel-depot/ Best of MAME HyperSpin XML: http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/files/file/11710-griffin518s-best-of-mame-xml-database/ Best of MAME bezel pack: http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/files/file/11711-griffin518s-best-of-mame-bezel-pack/ Custom MAME ini files w/HLSL settings: http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/files/file/11712-griffin518s-best-of-mame-mameuifx-ini-files/
rastan Posted May 14, 2016 Posted May 14, 2016 Back then absolutely nothing was cross-compatible... and also forget about backwards compatibility. The Commodore 128 was technically backward compatible LMAO! but everyone used that thing in C64 mode... I rarely seen anyone really using it in 128 mode or CP/M mode... the funny thing is there were some games that were specifically made for the 128 but I can't even remember if they were worth it. the 80col screen definitely was nice but I remember there was a cool program on the c64 that would give you a 80col screen.. but that's all it did. Commodore really wasted their time with the C128.. but I will say a lot of sysops used them to run their BBSES back then... the extra ram helped with running the DOOR games which were all the rave back then. Even with the AMIGA it was worth getting the AMIGA 500 and skipping the AMIGA 1000 because everything was for the AMIGA 500/2000, the Amiga 1000 is probably the most classic version.
dougan78 Posted May 14, 2016 Posted May 14, 2016 The Commodore 128 was technically backward compatible LMAO! but everyone used that thing in C64 mode... I rarely seen anyone really using it in 128 mode or CP/M mode... the funny thing is their were some games that were specifically made for the 128 but I can't even remember if they were worth it. the 80col screen definitely was nice but I remember their was a cool program on the c64 that would give you a 80col screen.. but that's all it did. Commodore really wasted their time with the C128.. but I will say a lot of sysops used them to run their BBSES back then... the extra ram helped with running the DOOR games which were all the rave back then. Even with the AMIGA it was worth getting the AMIGA 500 and skipping the AMIGA 1000 because everything was for the AMIGA 500/2000, the Amiga 1000 is probably the most classic version. Ultima 5 runs in 128 mode and has music where on the 64 it does not. Not sure if too many other 128 ,games. Cheers
rastan Posted May 15, 2016 Posted May 15, 2016 I always laughed when I saw software titles that were marked for the C64/128 lol.. basically 128 in C64 mode.
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