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Edvin Helland

Norwegian retro gaming enthusiast and Amiga fan, guest host on the Amigos: Everything Amiga podcast reviewing classic Amiga titles like Deuteros.

Oct 3, 2026

2:30
Did you grow up with an Amiga? Like, what was your first computer, and how did you ultimately come across the Amiga?
2:36
Yeah.
2:36
The first computer experience I had was probably, uh, a BBC Micro at my uncle's house, and they had, had, of course, the old, uh, space, uh, shooters and everything from back in the day.
2:50
Uh, and, uh, um, the first computer I wanted to get was a Commodore 64, uh, because my neighbor had one, and that w- they had the, like, uh, the Ninja Games and everything.
3:03
So that wa- Ooh, this is really good.
3:05
And then one day I got a brochure from, uh, Commodore, uh, at, at one of the local, uh, bookstores and, and which said the Amiga was coming, the Amiga 500, and this was in 1987.
3:21
So it had just come out.

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9:18
Um, when this thing, uh, rolls up, when you first turned this on, Edwin, uh, and, and it came on and you saw the intro and it came up to your first menu, what were your original thoughts? Like, how scared were you, uh, [laughs] when, when this came up?
2:30
Did you grow up with an Amiga? Like, what was your first computer, and how did you ultimately come across the Amiga?
2:36
Yeah, the first computer experience I had was probably a BBC Micro at my uncle's house.
2:43
And they had of course the old space shooters and everything from back in the day.
2:50
And the first computer I wanted to get was a Commodore 64.
2:57
Because my neighbor had one and they had like the ninja games and everything.
3:03
So that was, oh, this is really good.
3:05
And then one day I got a brochure from Commodore at one of the local bookstores.
3:48
now what's what was the amiga scene like up in norway i mean what was it then and what is it now

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