The Amiga is still fondly remembered by computing enthusiasts but the Amiga 600, one of the last models, was reviled on its release in 1992 and a commercial failure, according to computing historian Dave Farquhar.
The A600 was supposed to be a budget home computer to take on the might of the up and coming IBM PCs, but the $500 price tag was beyond the means of many at the time and for the same money users could get a fully kitted out PC.
The A600 was in effect a repackaged seven-year-old Amiga 1000 with a Motorola 68000 chip that was already looking dated compared with the latest Intel chips that were taking over the market.
It had limited graphics capabilities compared with its predecessors and couldn’t run the game Doom, which many at the time felt was the ultimate benchmark for a home computer.
