The Amiga CD32 was one of the many casualties of the CD console wars of the early/mid-90s. While it did have some success initially, it was soon overshadowed by other consoles and never gained a large foothold before Commodore shut their doors. It also never had many units sold outside of Europe, hurting the already-dying Commodore.
Developer Message#
A ROT-13 obfuscated message can be seen at 0x8B6C4 in the CD32's ROM (version 40.60):
BRAIN: Jeff Porter
Software Hardware
James Barkley Jr Chris Coley
Dave Brumbaugh Hedley Davis
Peter Cherna Dante Fabrizio
Chris Green Ed Gunther
Darren Greenwald Bill Richard
Allan Havemose George Robbins
Jerry Horanoff
Randell Jesup Chips
David N. Junod Bob Raible
Spencer Shanson Bill Thomas
Michael Sinz
Martin Taillefer Mechanical Design
Jim Hooper
Artwork: Herb Mosteller
Jerry Hartzler Chuck Wooters
Jim Sachs
... And Many More ...
!... Hi Lori ...!
!... Hi Justin ...!
Hi Mum. Did the bells fall off?
Theresa, remember March 5th, 1993, the
day we got Engaged? I promise to love
you forever! - Your Michael (Michi)
Dearest Cathy,
The day we met was the begining of
the happiest time of my life. It is
with love and humility that I thank
you for being you.
Good Luck, Dave and Kathy 05/08/93
Adam, Adam, Adam... You're the Best!!!
You call yourself a KING ???
To Lise:
Always remember our lucky 13th!
Love, Peter
Cynthia
Kimberly
Michael
Hugs & Kisses
from your Dad!
Thus spoke the Master Ninjei: "If your
application does not run correctly, do
not blame the operating system!"
This space for sale(Source: Darkstar)
References#
- The Legacy of the Amiga CD32: A Pioneering 32-Bit Gaming Console - commodorehistory.com↩︎
- CPU Amiga 13, p. 10↩︎
- CD32 arrives in North America-$368↩︎
- CD32 on sale.. sort of...↩︎
- Australian Commodore and Amiga Review, The - Volume 10 Issue 10 (1993-10)(Saturday Magazine)(AU), p. 6. "Amiga CD32 will be available from Brashs from October 1st and other leading Amiga resellers shortly thereafter for around $600."↩︎