Demoscene the logo art
40.00€
Since the birth of the demoscene, demogroups have always used logos, first on cracktros – perhaps in ASCII or PETSCII, then in demos. Logos rapidly evolved as an art form in their own right, with talented graphic designers creating elaborate and innovative designs despite the restrictions imposed on them by their chosen machine. Many graphic designers have developed special techniques for creating logos with limited palettes, resolution or tooling.
Demoscene: the Logo Art is the first book dedicated to logos and their creators for all demoscenes (Amstrad, Amiga, Atari, Commodore 64, PC, Pico 8, NES, SNES, PS2, etc…). Find hundreds of logos and exclusive content about the people who created them. Through its 400 pages you will discover more than 30 years of logo history within the demoscene.
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| Weight | 1.93 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 30.5 × 21.7 × 2.7 cm |
| edition | English |
| pages | 400 |
| quality | • High quality book printing |
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Commodore filed for bankruptcy in 1994. One year later ESCOM, a PC manufacturer and chain of computer stores, bought what was left of the company. The elegance and efficiency of the Amiga architecture had finally been beaten by Moore’s law, and the PC: x86 processors, with supporting graphics and sound cards, were able to do way more than even the most powerful Amiga simply by having more transistors in their components, higher clock speeds, cheaper storage and better communication options. Sceners, gamers, and the public in general, were migrating to PCs. In the demoscene, Amiga 4 channel modules gave way to full scores composed and mixed on PC, taking way more space than the Amiga floppy could provide. Hand drawn low resolution graphics with indexed colour were stomped by 24 bit artwork created with Photoshop, or full 3D worlds with texture mapping, coupled with effects made possible by raw power that the Amiga simply could not conceive.
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Florian (verified owner) –
Excellent print quality, definitely worth it. It was very well packaged and shipping was pretty quick too. Overall definitely worth the price.
Simon Quincey (verified owner) –
Dave –
Another great book from the Editions team. Well designed, enjoyable content and thoughtfully crafted.
Stéphane –
Very amazing book. Very good printing quality, very interesting to see again the art like in our chilhood days.
Overall it’s à very good package..
Thank you very much from north of France for your great job Chistophe.
Marco van den Hout –
Looks awesome, many many pictures. Haven’t really read it yet, but so far very happy.
Ervin / Abaddon –
Excellent quality. The goodies and the packaging are also excellent. Great value for the price!
Anders Rasmussen –
Awesome books. Fast shipping and excellent packaging.
Can’t wait to deep dive into all the good old memories. Thanks for the trip down memory lane and your incredible work.
waiwainl –
Truely a good book to go through, reliving all the memories of the beautiful arts.
The packaging was awesome for the Kickstarters (special box with extra’s).
Only wish is that the had book started earlier in time. 10 years or so. There was already excellent art being produced, also with art-packs (ascii/ansi). That could have avoided also to a wider spread in art groups and therefor less feeling of ‘more of the same’.
Torsten –
Great book and great quality! Love it so much and it‘s worth every Euro!❤️
Alice Bernamont –
This is the second book that I’ve bought from Editions64k and I’m yet to be disappointed. The quality of the book and the passion that has gone into creating it is wonderful. The book is a lot bigger than I expected too. It’s jam packed with so many logos and has the great addition of stories and explanations from some of the artists..
I bought this book for my boyfriends as a Christmas Present and he was over the moon with it. We’ve spent hours pouring over the book together spotting our favourite demo logos on Amiga and C64 (though there’s a variety of platforms covered!).
The demoscene needs more recognition and it’s awesome to see it’s being docimented in these books. This one is definitely a must have for any demo art lovers book collection!
Ian Cunningham –
WOW, what a collection. The sheer amount and quality is mind-blowing. Every book I have purchased from Editions64k gets better and better. Cannot wait for the next one.
Attila –
The packaging is very good as well as the overall quality of the further contents. THe Book itself is well made and the content is as good as promised. Overall I’m very satisfied and can only recommend it to everybody who likes this topic.
Richard Karsmakers –
Beautiful book, well made, high quality, up to the standard I have grown used to from Editions64. Long live the retro scene!
Jugger (verified owner) –
just amazing! so much digital art in one package! When I was leafing through the book and looking at the logos from my old Amiga days, I could sometimes hear the intro music to these artworks. 🙂
Noirot Boris (verified owner) –
belle impression ,papier agreable,beaux reflets et la pochette de cartes qu’elle surprise.
Martijn Bosschaart –
Just received the newest book from Edition64k and have to say it’s top notch. The print quality is great, nice materials but the book design itself is also well thought out. Love seeing all these scene logos again 🙂
Stephan Schröder (Spiv/Infect) –
Such a great book bringing back memories. Fast shipping and very good package !!!!
Lagya –
Looking back over my shoulder to my Amiga years. This is a very nice book. Fast delivery but not very well packed package.
Tony “Sandman” Lindman –
Excellent book, it’s just smell high quality, from the the content to the packaging.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Nice book, well packaged, keep doing great job !
Diego “ErU” Girona –
As usual from Editions64k, excellent quality and contents. Very good job, it maintains my youth alive.
benjamin chape (verified owner) –
Incredible job, amazing quality print, a must have for all old school scene members . CPT/ (the frog buds,paradox,angels,hysteria..)
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Awesome! Thank you!
Márton (verified owner) –
Excellent book!
Angelo Bod (verified owner) –
What an awesome ode towards the creators of these magnificent demoscene logos
Roberto Lancuba (verified owner) –
Oliver S. (verified owner) –
Giacomo L. (verified owner) –
Top quality book!
Gerben Wijnja (verified owner) –
High quality thick pages, sharp print, great colors. Beautiful book!
Grégory G. (verified owner) –
Alan Rogers (verified owner) –
Superb book with loads of memories. I preferred the beginning of the book and the earlier years when pixelling and antialiasing really was an art and not done for you by a more modern machine. Again great to see some of my pieces in full colour.
Christophe Kohler (verified owner) –
Nice book, big format. Very good quality printing. Nice to see all those logos again.
Alfred (verified owner) –
Great quality, must have!
Jerker I. (verified owner) –
JakeTheDog –
I received my books after a rather longer than expected shipping delay but as soon as I unpacked my order of all 4 available books – all worries were gone:
– Pristine Quality
– Beautifully done and more-than-awesome layout
– Packaged professionally, not a single dent in any of the books
I’m in awe at the pure beauty of these books and it’s wonderful content. For the asked price, this is beyond anyone’s expectations!
Don’t think too long, put them in the basket and buy them – you won’t regret!
Papapower@Babygang –
Amazing art book and a must have for all demoscene lovers. My son gifted me one for Christmas and he was blown away to see that it included a logo made by Cupid for our little comeback demo that he had seen me working on the code for days 😉
Thanks for the quality print and for preserving and spreading the demoscene spirit !
Grab your copy now, that’s a neat piece of history !
Michel P. (verified owner) –
Livre de qualité, reçu dans les délais.
Sandra (verified owner) –
Great book and fast delivery to Sweden
Nelson S. (verified owner) –
These are gorgeous, high quality books! No issues during ordering and shipping. Would buy again.
logone (store manager) –
Thank you Nelson!!!!!