Find the most talented sceners of the Amiga years
Contributors
The story
Discover the evolution of the Amiga demos throughout the years
The books
Format 165×230mm more than 450 pages
Quality
Hardcover edition, offset printing, sewn binding, Soft touch front + UV coating
Goodies
Exclusive pack of postcards and bookmarks, with full color printing
Shipping
Deliveries available in Europe, United States, Australia and all over the world
Volume 2 Demoscene the AGA years 1994-1996
The Amiga Demoscene, from its inception, has always evolved with the times, and reinvented itself, always pushing the limits of Commodore’s flagship machine. From the Megademo, at the end of the 80s, to trackmos in the 90s, 1994 was the beginning of a new development for the Demoscene, with many demos released that used all the power of the Amiga 1200.
The Amiga 1200 was released in October 1992, and was the third generation of Amiga for the home market. Like its Amiga 500 brother, it was designed to be a single box solution, incorporating the keyboard, processor, chipset, floppy disk drive, expansion ports internal and external, and support for an internal hard disk. The 68020 processor running at 14MHz was supported by 2MB of memory, AmigaOS 3, and the new Amiga Advanced Graphics Architecture – AGA.
Demoscene the AGA Years is the second volume of our series dedicated to the Amiga demoscene. In 1992 the arrival of the Amiga 1200 piqued the interest of several demo groups and many coders, graphic designers and musicians. Some abandoned the Amiga 500 entirely to focus exclusively on the Amiga 1200. The arrival of this new model was a notable improvement, with the overall power of the machine being quadrupled thanks to a stronger processor operating at a faster speed and higher speed RAM. The color palette of the AGA chipset increases to 16,777,216 – or 24-bit – colour too, giving the demomakers a new playground in which to create.
Volume 1 Demoscene the Amiga years 1984-1993
Say « Boing » and fans of the Amiga think of the first demo, written in 1984 by Dale Luck and RJ Mical for a prototype displayed at CES, that used the machine’s unique hardware capabilities to create smooth animated 3D graphics with stereo sound. It was hugely important to the machine’s success, and captured people’s imagination – and a generation used the Amiga to express their creativity and ingenuity.
The Amiga demoscene thrived and evolved, and this book chronicles many of the scene’s favourites from multiple groups through interviews with their creators: coders, producers, artists, musicians from many countries are included. 450 full colour gloss pages in a quality hardback binding.
Demoscene the Amiga years reflects the making of the best demos as well as the history of the most emblematic and best known groups of the demoscene. Discover numerous pictures of demos through more than 450 pages as well as contributions of “sceners”. This book is the first volume covering the years 1984 to 1993 with about 90 demos amongst the most famous and popular ones.
Details about books
Quality
High quality book printing High quality pictures 300DPI
Content
More than 90 demos and intros exposed
Edition
Hardcover edition offset printing and sewn binding
Finish
Soft touch front
UV coating 135g glossy coated paper
Format
Finished format 165×230mm
2mm cardboard cover
Goodies
Postcards pack R/V 250g coated semi-matte
Bookmarks pack R/V 250g coated semi-matte
Some demos
Read about groups such as Crionics, Sanity, Melon dezign, Anarchy, Andromeda, Fairlight, The Silents, Alcatraz, Kefrens, Lemon, Rebels, Spaceball, Razor 1911…. as well as many other groups.
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great work, many interresting interviews and high quality pictures (like the first book)
as a non Amiga user, i discovered many demos i missed and the past of people i knew on PC scene
Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2roudoudou
9 July 2022 Two books on the Amiga demo scene that are simply awesome!
Lots of images, drawings, making of and more.
Wonderful !Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2Claudio
8 July 2022 Fantastic work! Thank you very much. :-) I love them… Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2aPEX
9 July 2022 - Amazing quality books, clearly put together by a team who are passionate about the subject matter. Absolutely loved reading through and reliving so many great memories from the demoscene. Looking forward to the next one!
Demoscene the Amiga years vol. 1Rob/CYS
9 May 2023 - In my opinion the two most beautiful books about the Amiga demo scene - This series has a special place in my bookshelf. I am already looking forward to the third part! Keep it up! 【ツ】 Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2
Kay Pirinha
9 July 2022 I ordered Book2 and two sets of cards and it almost got lost in the mail, but wih great help of the people of Editions 64k I eventually received it.They even put some extra goodies with it!Thank you soo much!!!
Then the book, like book 1 it is simply stunning, the quality is great, the prints are sharp and colourful, I read some of the stories and they are a trip down memory lane.The cards are beautiful too.Highly recommended (I'd say mandatory for any Amiga freak)!Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2Bithead
22 August 2022 The quality and feel of this book is spot on. Breathtaking fotos and interesting text to it. Supercool with the QR codes. I’m looking forward to vol 3 👍🏼 Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2Lars Rabech
18 August 2022 - Une incroyable série de livres dont j'ai bien cru qu'elle ne verrait jamais le jour mais son auteur/éditeur s'est accroché et voilà le résultat, et quel résultat ! Deux magnifiques pavés, complets, détaillés et intéressants à lire (dans la langue de Shakespeare uniquement, pour le moment ?). Merci aux Éditions 64k et Amiga rulez ! ^^ Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2
BatteMan
10 July 2022 Just get it! - absolutely love the details and anecdotes through out the beautiful illustrations. It takes me right back there at The Party back in the 90s.
Absolutely stunning compendium of the amiga scene and it's history. Wow.Demoscene the Amiga years vol. 1Stefan Skotte
9 May 2023 A high quality book remembering a lot of demos I knew but also discovering many others I did not ! A great job ! Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2Chris
9 July 2022 - What an amazing trip down memory lane. I was simultaneously reading and going to Youtube/Soundcloud to find all the Demo's and amazing music from that time period. Both books are well worth getting if you were at all involved in the Demo scene or if you just loved the productions. Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2
Niels K (Split/BLC)
11 July 2022 NO! I DO NOT WANT TO RETURN THE BOOK! WHY WOULD YOU ASK ME TO RETURN IT?!? Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2NO I DO NOT WANT TO RETURN THE BOOK!
9 July 2022 Excellent second book in this series. A fantastic time capsule and trip down to memory lane. So great to have some background info about those fantastic demos i enjoyed on my Amigas during the 80s/90s! A book/series about the 8-bit demoscene would be awesome also ;-) Thank you for this splendid piece of work. Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2Ricardo/Suspiria72
9 July 2022
