The Amiga was first introduced in 1985 as a home computer that was designed to be more powerful than other computers of its time. ¹⁾

The Amiga featured a custom chipset that was able to display graphics and animation in a way that was not possible on other home computers. ²⁾

The Amiga's operating system, AmigaOS, was based on a preemptive multitasking kernel, which allowed for the running of multiple programs at the same time. ³⁾

The Amiga was popular among professional video editors and animators because of its ability to display 24-bit true color graphics and playback full-motion video. ⁴⁾

The Amiga was also popular among gamers, with many classic games such as “Elite,” “Lemmings,” “Shadow of the Beast,” and “The Secret of Monkey Island” being released for the system. ⁵⁾

The Amiga was the first home computer to feature hardware scrolling, which allowed for smooth scrolling in games and other software. ⁶⁾

The Amiga was also the first home computer to feature a built-in sound chip, the Paula, which was capable of playing four-channel sound. ⁷⁾

Many Amiga games featured innovative graphics and sound effects that were not possible on other home computers at the time. ⁸⁾

The Amiga had a large and active community of developers, who created a wide variety of software and games for the system. ⁹⁾

The Amiga was also popular in Europe, where it outsold the Commodore 64, its biggest competitor. ¹⁰⁾

The Amiga was used in many arcade and coin-op games. ¹¹⁾

Amiga was also used in many TV studios, animation, special effects studios, and video post-production houses. ¹²⁾

The Amiga had a large library of shareware, PD, and freeware software, games, and utilities. ¹³⁾

The Amiga was the first computer to feature a built-in hard drive controller, which allowed for the use of hard drives for storage. ¹⁴⁾

The Amiga was not only used for games, but also for music composition and video editing, and scientific and engineering simulations. ¹⁵⁾