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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A beautiful book with high production-value, just as it was with the previous book. A fast delivery too. thanks! Demoscene the AGA yearsAnonymous
22 December 2024 Great book with loads of nostalgia. Loved reading about some of the demos and thoughts from coders and graphicians. Also great to see some of my art in the book in full colour. Demoscene the Amiga yearsAlan Rogers
22 August 2024 What an awesome ode towards the creators of these magnificent demoscene logos Demoscene the logo artAngelo Bod
2 February 2024 - The book is excellent but there is a large stain on the inside cover. Demoscene the AGA yearsBartosz Górecki
18 September 2024 I have bought both edition! Amazing books! Looking forward to early PC years edition! Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2SK
8 July 2022 Fantastic! I love reading all the comments from all the people involved in the making of those great demos and artwork! Demoscene the AGA yearsJerker I.
12 November 2024 - Excellent print quality, definitely worth it. It was very well packaged and shipping was pretty quick too. Overall definitely worth the price. Demoscene the logo artFlorian
11 January 2024 Both container and content are gorgeous. So great to have all these first hand memories from interviewees. A really good job from the author. A must have for anybody who grew up with Amiga and/or the demo scene. Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2Denis
9 July 2022 - I am very satisfied with the handling of my order. A present for my son. Will not hesitate to place another order with you, if my son should want another book. It was not the first time I placed an order with you. Always 100% satisfied. Thank you Demoscene the Amiga years vol. 1Johanne Togeskov
9 May 2023 These books are amazing. I bought the first 2 demoscene books and the Amiga Logo Art book too. Well printed, beautiful layout and texts. Shipping method gave full emails and tracking and arrived days early. Can't wait for the third book of the set. Thanks. Demoscene the Amiga yearsSimon Quincey
13 January 2024 - I’m great full that this books don’t exclude any of the countries active in that years. It’s a good position for everyone involved into scene but also for any enthusiasts! Demoscene the AGA years vol. 2KubaSlonka
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 I hesitated to buy these books for a long time, but in the end I didn't regret it. I grew up with the Amiga and the demo scene was an important part of my youth (I'm almost 50 now). Reading the book and watching the corresponding demos on YouTube at the same time gave me a lot of great dejavu. The background information on the respective programmers, graphic designers and musicians is also very interesting, although there could have been a little more of it. I bought the first two parts together and am looking forward to the third part being released. Demoscene the AGA yearsPeter W.
5 February 2024
