List of Famous Amiga Uses


Commercials
1992 Olympic Games promotional advertisements.
Diet Shasta TV ad featuring dancing soda cans.
Encyclopedia Brittanica commercials.
Amiga 2000 used as prop computer.
Pay Per View.
Amiga generated video sequences.
Movies
"Afterburn".
Home Box Office Presentations.
Flight scenes by Toaster Marmalade of California.
"Babylon 5", Emmy Award Winning Movie, Warner Bros., 1993.
All computer graphics generated on Amiga computers.
Lightwave 3D generated scenes of space ships.
System Alert messages used in an episode.
"Bionic Showdown", NBC.
Amiga used to create readouts of bionic parts for the Bionic Man.
"The Dark Half".
Stephen King television movie.
Character effects by Everett Burrell.
"Max Headroom", motion picture and television series.
Amiga generated background displays.
"Robocop", television movie pilot.
A4000's and Personal Animation Recorders used.
Video Toaster used for transporter effects.
EGS graphics board, Deluxe Paint, and Brilliance used for painting.
NewTek credited.
"seaQuest DSV", Irvin Kirschner (director), Universal Studios, 1993.
Starring Roy Scheider.
Effects produced by Amblin Imaging and 60 Video Toasters.
More special effects than "The Empire Strikes Back".
"Tommyknockers".
Stephen King television movie.
Morphing sequences using ASDG's MorphPlus, by The Post Group.
"Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", Emmy Award, Special Visual Effects.
(Name unknown), FOX's Monday Night Movie, January 10th 1994.
Amiga 3000 used to morph scientist's face into human clones.
Programs
"Alf", NBC.
Alf uses an Amiga for stock trading.
"Amazing Stories", television series, NBC.
"Animaniacs", FOX, animated television series by Warner Bros.
ImageFX used for color correction and segment title cards.
"Babylon 5", science fiction television show by Warner Bros., 1993.
Emmy Award winning show, special effects.
Created by Foundation Imaging in California.
"Bites and Bytes", TVOntario television program.
Featuring Jim Butterfield and the Amiga 4000.
"Boggle", Dutch gameshow at KRO.
Graphics produced using custom software.
"The Chart Show", Pop Music program, ITV, England.
Displays menus and icons with information on music videos
"Clarissa Explains it All", Nickelodeon.
"Cyberspace 3D", public access programming in Portland, Oregon.
"Davis Rules", television sitcom.
Amiga 500 used as prop.
"Deep Space Nine", Star Trek science fiction series.
DS9 videos demoed at World Science Fiction Convention.
"Double Dare", Nickelodean, Amiga 500 given as prize.
"Duckman", television program, USA Network.
Video Toaster used as prop for TV/VCR in Duckman's kitchen
Dutch electronic newspapers, Holland.
Scala produced.
Eclectic Cable-Access arts TV program in NYC.
Amiga generated artwork displays.
"The Edge" promotional commercial.
Produced by Digital Fantasy.
Amusement park ride in California.
"Entertainment Tonight", entertainment news magazine.
"The Flash", television series.
Amigas used as props in an arcade, running "Shadow of the Beast".
"Fly Fishing Video Magazine", ESPN.
"Fresno Equity Forum", KNXT IND.
"Get Real", children's programming, Wisconsin Public Television.
Video Toaster produced, Emmy Award winning series.
WPNE 38, WLES 36, WHLM 31, WHWC 28, WHA 21, WHRM 20, WDSE 8.
Sponsored in part by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association.
"Golden Years", television mini-series, created by Stephen King.
"Goof Troop", animated television series, Walt Disney Productions.
"Jeopardy", television game show (unconfirmed).
"Kung Fu - The Legend Continues", police/martial arts.
Lightwave screen used as prop for police artists.
Amiga 3000 used to access personal records.
Amiga programs used by "Kermit", police officer.
Amiga Workbench 3.0 shown running on an IBM clone.
Directory Opus 4.0 screens shown.
GPFax screen shown, modified graphically.
Deluxe Paint screen showing MYOB, "security" key.
Lightwave 3D used for some animations.
"Lingo", Dutch gameshow at VARA.
4 days each week, using custom software for audio production.
"Love and Sex Test", gameshow, PlayBoy channel.
Amiga used as prop, acting as a "sex doctor".
"Miami Vice", television series.
Amiga 1000's and video displays used as props.
Used to track owner of a car via license plate in some episodes.
"Montel Williams Show", NBC, daytime talk show.
"My Secret Identity", television series, PBS.
"Mysteries Beyond the Other Dominion", SciFi Channel.
Produced by Toaster Marmalade of California.
"Myster Science Theater 3000", SciFi Channel, (use unknown).
"Video Toaster" mentioned during an episode.
"Neighbours", Australian television soap opera.
"Nick Arcade", Nickelodeon.
"Nobel Legacy", PBS television series.
Amiga 4000 with Video Toaster, Amiga 2000 with Video Toaster,
Amiga 2000 with Opal Vision and Personal Animation Recorder.
Animator and equipment will be shown in the series.
"Not From New Orleans", television series, KVPT PBS.
"Quantum Leap".
Morph effects produced by The Post Group using MorphPlus.
"Robocop", television series.
A4000's and Personal Animation Recorders used.
Video Toaster used for transporter effects.
EGS graphics board, Deluxe Paint, and Brilliance used for painting.
NewTek credited.
"Roboflight", SciFi Channel.
"Rush Limbaugh", political satirist.
"The Price is Right", gameshow, Australia.
CD32 used as a prize.
"Prisoners of Gravity", TVOntario.
"Sale of the Century", gameshow, Australia.
CD32 used as a prize.
"seaQuest DSV", NBC.
Starring Roy Scheider.
Effects produced by Amblin Imaging and 60 Video Toasters.
"Star Trek: The Next Generation", the final episode.
USS Pasteure, Crusher's ship of the future, generated by Lightwave 3D.
"Studio 3", Polish Television, channel 25.
Video Toaster used for video effects. Also used for commercials.
Airs Saturday and Sunday 6pm-7pm.
"SuperBall", German gameshow (channel unknwon).
"Tail Spin", animated television series, Walt Disney Productions.
"Tales of the City", PBS.
Advertising Agency set uses a Commodore PET (sorry, no Amigas).
"Teletaps", German gameshow, ZDF network.
Contestant controls graphical images in a 3D setting.
"Terry Wogan".
Father buys son a CD32 when he complains about a friend's SEGA.
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", NBC talk show.
Video Toaster Operator listed in credits.
"Topscore", Dutch word gameshow on KRO and NCRV, weekdays.
Belgian version on BRT1, weekdays.
Amiga produced graphics.
"Total Panic", Nickelodeon.
Mandala interactive video walls.
"Triviant", Dutch weekly game show at the TROS.
Based on Trivial Pursuit board game.
"Unsolved Mysteries".
Video Toaster effects created by Joe Conti.
"Valley Business", KNXT IND.
"Wheel of Fortune", gameshow, Australia.
CD32 used as prize on show.
"Wheels in the Wind", television series, (station unknown).
Video Toaster produced.
"Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego", PBS & Walt Disney Productions.
"Wild Side", Nickelodeon.
"Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", ABC.
"ZapMag", television program, Louise Smit Productions.
"Say" program and narrator.device used to host show. Scala controlled.
"Zoobilee Zoo", PBS educational programming, television series.
Amiga used as prop in the workshop of the beaver character.
Commodore credited in the show credits of each episode.
(Name unknown, assumed Alfred Hitchcock), 1986.
Amiga 1000 used as prop by police department to contact ghosts.
Specials
"45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards"
Video Toaster effects created by the Post Group.
ABC Sports 1992 Olympic Games.
Live Amiga generated instant overlays.
Advertising Club of New York's Annual Awards Ceremony.
American Music Awards, 1993 and 1994.
Video Toasters and Amigas used for titling and logos.
Showtime's "World Class Kickboxing Championships".
"This Country's Rockin'", documentary about America, NBC.