Jan 2009 report: 12,416 known Amiga original games out of 13,528 games, support utilities for games, level editors and data disks
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'''Amiga software''' covers a wide range of [[software]] for the [[Amiga]] computer, both productivity and [[Video game|games]], both commercial and hobbyist. The Amiga software market was particularly active in the late 1980s and early 1990s but has since the period 1996/1999 dwindled into almost only a hobbyist scene. |
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'''Amiga software''' covers a wide range of [[software]] for the [[Amiga]] computer, both productivity and [[Video game|games]], both commercial and hobbyist. The Amiga software market was particularly active in the late 1980s and early 1990s but has since the period 1996/1999 dwindled into almost only a hobbyist scene. |
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During its lifetime, the number of applications made available for the Amiga was in excess of 2,000, with over 10,000 utilities{{ref num|Aminet_Statistics|1}} (these utilities are almost all collected into [[Aminet]] major repository). However, it was perceived as a games machine from outside its community of experienced and professional users. In fact, there were also more than 3,000 games available for Amiga{{ref num|Amiga_WHDLoad_Site|2}}{{ref num|Amiga_LemonAmiga_Site|3}}.
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During its lifetime, the number of applications made available for the Amiga was in excess of 2,000, with over 10,000 utilities{{ref num|Aminet_Statistics|1}} (these utilities are almost all collected into [[Aminet]] major repository). However, it was perceived as a games machine from outside its community of experienced and professional users. In fact, there were also more than 12,000 games available for Amiga{{ref num|Amiga_WHDLoad_Site|2}}{{ref num|Amiga_LemonAmiga_Site|3}}{{ref num|Obligement_Amiga_Site|4}}
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Some Amiga programs were ported to other platforms or inspired new programs still used today, such as those aimed at 3D rendering or audio creations, e.g. [[Lightwave]] and [[Blender (software)|Blender]], whose development started for the Amiga platform only. The first multimedia word processors for Amiga, such as [[TextCraft]], [[Scribble!]], and [[Wordworth (word processor)|Wordworth]], were the first on the market to allow implement full-colour [[WYSIWYG]] (with other platforms still only implementing black and white previews) and even allowing the embedding of audio files.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} |
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Some Amiga programs were ported to other platforms or inspired new programs still used today, such as those aimed at 3D rendering or audio creations, e.g. [[Lightwave]] and [[Blender (software)|Blender]], whose development started for the Amiga platform only. The first multimedia word processors for Amiga, such as [[TextCraft]], [[Scribble!]], and [[Wordworth (word processor)|Wordworth]], were the first on the market to allow implement full-colour [[WYSIWYG]] (with other platforms still only implementing black and white previews) and even allowing the embedding of audio files.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} |
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#{{note|Amiga_WHDLoad_Site}} [whdload.de] Amiga WHDload site] download section reports that this program supports actually 1991 games (and it is far from creating a complete list of all Amiga games). |
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#{{note|Amiga_WHDLoad_Site}} [whdload.de] Amiga WHDload site] download section reports that this program supports actually 1991 games (and it is far from creating a complete list of all Amiga games). |
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#{{note|Amiga_LemonAmiga_Site}} [www.lemonamiga.com] Lemon Amiga] (a program that adds [[MAME]]like interface to [[WinUAE]] Amiga emulator) reports in its statistics window section 3453 known Amiga games. |
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#{{note|Amiga_LemonAmiga_Site}} [www.lemonamiga.com] Lemon Amiga] (a program that adds [[MAME]]like interface to [[WinUAE]] Amiga emulator) reports in its statistics window section 3453 known Amiga games. |
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#{{note|Obligement_Amiga_Site}} [obligement.free.fr] Obligement France] reported in [[january]] [[2009]] a list of 13,528 known Amiga Games, as divided in 12,416 original games, 953 games extensions or data disks for original games, 125 level editors or game editors for existing games, 34 loaders to let Amiga run some games created on other platforms. |
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