Doomed: The Embers of Amiga FPS

What it is

A documentary by Stuart Brown (XboxAhoy) on the history of first-person shooters on the Amiga and how Doom's arrival affected the platform.

Recommended as a well-researched piece of computing history on Amiga FPS games and Doom's impact.

“Highly recommended related video by the same person”
Related documentary on Amiga FPS history
jewbacca, 2015-04 · Strong recommendation · in “A Brief History of Graphics [video]”
“go watch Stuart Brown (aka XboxAhoy)'s excellent documentary on FPS on the Amiga”
Excellent, well-researched documentary on Amiga FPS
qwertyuiop924, 2016-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Surprise Amiga Workbench 3.1 Update, 20 Years Later”
“is a nice little documentary of the history mentioned above.”
Documentary on history of Amiga FPS
Gracana, 2015-04 · Recommendation · in “The 68000 Wars, Part 3: We Made Amiga, They Fucked It Up”
“A great YouTube look at Doom's impact on the Amiga can be found here”
Look at Doom's impact on the Amiga
technomalogical, 2017-02 · Recommendation · in “Homebrew Amiga Graphics Card (FPGA, Open Source) Finished [video]”

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Topics: amiga, doom, fps, retro gaming, computing history