Demoscene the AGA years Volume 2
1994-1996

Overview

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.

Demoscene the Amiga years story

Volume 1 / 1984-1993 - Demoscene the Amiga years (on sale editions64k.fr)
Volume 2 / 1994-1996 - Demoscene the AGA years (this campaign)
Volume 3 / 1997 - ........

Alice, Lisa, Paula, Gayle and Budgie…

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.

Back to volume 1

"Demoscene – The Amiga Years is a book that tackles an interesting part of the retro computing history, the demoscene, specifically the one related to the Commodore Amiga and will cover the making of the best demos as well as the history of the most emblematic and best-known groups of the demoscene."
www.vintageisthenewold.com

"Demoscene the Amiga years volume 1 by editions64k.fr is an enormous 450-page book that showcases the spectacular audio-visual demos that established Commodore's Amiga as the world's most psychedelic computer."
www.boingboing.net

"Christophe Boucourt of Editions 64K recently dropped this beautiful work of art and significant historical document. The quality of the print, paper and assembly is fantastic. The combination of the tactile feedback from the book’s texture, the intense smell of a freshly cut and glued hard copy book and considering the gorgeous pictures and legendary content from all those Amiga demos I grew up with and loved made my heart race.

So much more than merely a book, it’s an experience of nostalgia and pride.
A historical document of the Pioneers of Multimedia."
Danko / Fairlight
www.danko.se

"This is by far the best retro book i have and am loving the stories that go with the demos. What came out of the demo scene was truly art—wow 30 years ago. and I can remember waiting downloading and uncompromising these files to watch the magic. what these groups accomplished was amazing with the primitive tools and low level coding."
Mick

"Although I was an Atari ST owner back then, I caught wind of this campaign and saw in it the perfect way to discover what "the other side" was doing. Respect to those amazing crews and respect to Editions 64K. The book looks and even feels impressive. Liked the bonus stuff too, and ultra professional shipment. Do keep me informed as to when Volume 2 appears on Indiegogo!"
Richard Karsmakers

"Great work! Already looking forward to volume 2 ;)"
Johan Roirand

"What a wonderful piece of art. So far I have only skimmed it but I know from what I have read so far this has been very well executed. Thank you so much for such a professional result."
Michael Parker

"I love the book - thank you so much. It brings back some really nice memories of my early teen years in the early 90s. I love the interviews too."
Simon Mullis

"Working my way through the excellent book 'Demoscene the Amiga Years Volume 1 by Editions 64K. Highly recommended.
Bringing back lots of great memories from the Amiga days, you can never have too much Anarchy in your life ;-)"
Lee Thacker

"おフランスから荷物が届いたザンス。 #DEMOSCENE THE AMIGA YEARS VOL.1 1984-1993 全頁カラーのズッシリ本だったザンス。"
あらⓅ★

"Thanks for the delivery... awesome book... lots of memories!"
Fader Factory

"Love that new book smell! Brilliant release by Editions 64K. I wasn't exactly part of this generation but was heavily influenced by it."
Diogo Teixeira

"What a beautiful book! Thanks, Editions 64K! Need to watch some Amiga demos tonight."
Oliver Hermanni

"Damn it’s gonna be hard to go back to work now!"
Luca

"Non potete immaginare l’incredibile emozione di ricevere questo meraviglioso tomo di 450 pagine, totalmente dedicato alla scena demo Amiga. Sono stato letteralmente travolto da un mare di ricordi… maledetta nostalgia canaglia! Thank you so much Editions 64K. Amiga rulez forever!"
TMB

"Ohhhhhhhh, just arrived on the other side of the Atlantic. Beautiful book.... RedSectorInc forever!"
Shazz

"Thank Editions 64K for the wonderful Book about The Amiga Demoscene, excellent quality and a great fun to read/watch/remember!"
Random

"Today is a good day. Thank you Editions 64K for this gem of a timecapsule!"
Suspiria72

"Thank you Editions 64K for sending me back 30 years ago! Coding on Amiga was so great, and it was a real pleasure to work in the DRD Team with talented people like Moby, Zebig, Antony, and many others!"
Redlight / Dreamdealers

"Newest release by Editions 64K is looking gorgeous in my bookshelf."
Microzeit Publishing

"Hop i well got the fantastic book i go to read! thanx a lot for paquet build, fantastic book and the time i will spend to read it! <3"
Steff Para

"I just got - 'DEMOSCENE: The AMIGA Years' book from Editions 64K and it's so good. I enjoyed helping with the book with some historical info & photos. Seeing a dozen of our productions throughout and the words of other Anarchy guys such as KREATOR and KREST is such a buzz. KREATOR talks about joining the AMIGA scene from the '64 and his first demo, the groundbreaking 'Phantasmagoria' he made with legendary musician 4Mat. It's not a book about 'us' though, it's about the whole Amiga demoscene and chronicles the best works from ALL the groups. The book is packed, high quality, brilliantly photographed and smells like a new book should. "
Judge Drokk / Anarchy

"Eine Gruppe von französischen Demoscene-Fans hat 2020 ein faszinierendes Crowdfunding-Project auf die Beine gestellt: Ein Buch über die AMIGA-Demoscene, das die Jahre 1984-93 abdeckt. Da ich mit dem AMIGA Ende der 1980er Jahre aufgewachsen bin, habe ich die Demos geliebt, die die Fähigkeiten des Computers präsentiert hatten. Die Megademos von Budbrain, TRSI, Fairlight, Scoopex, Kefrens, Spaceballs‘ 9Fingers u.a. gehörten damals wie heute zu meinen Favoriten.

Vor wenigen Tagen ist mein Exemplar angekommen. Das Buch mit seinem edlen Hardcover-Einband mit silberner Prägung zeigt auf über 450 (!) Seiten die besten Szenen von über 90 der bekanntesten AMIGA-Demos. Zu den Demos sowie den Machern gibt es jeweils umfangreiche Hintergrundinfos (in englischer Sprache)."
www.datistics.de

The project

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.

Details about the book

• Same format as volume 1
• High quality book printing
• Book title in front and back printed in silver finish
• English Edition
• Hardcover edition, offset printing, sewn binding
• High quality pictures 300DPI
• Finished format 165 × 230 mm
• ~450 colour pages
• 135g glossy coated paper
• More than 90 demos presented
• Soft touch front + UV coating
• 2mm cardboard cover

Interviews and contributors

Alex / Melon dezign
Antony / Cryptoburners
Axel / Bomb
Bifat / TEK
Boo / Talent
Chromag / Rebels
Clawz / Bomb
Cookie / Alcatraz
Dice / Polka brothers
Don Cato / Talent
Dreamer / TRSI
Eddie / Balance
Eracore / Rebels
Fairfax / Andromeda
Frankie / Stellar
Gargoyle / Polka brothers
Groo / Juliet&case
Headx / Andromeda
Ikillr / JetSet
Interphace / Andromeda
Jason / Melon dezign
Joachim / Melon dezign
Kekken / Talent
Korbats / Venture
Kris / Rebels
Leonard / Oxygen
Mount / Polka brothers
Nam / Melon dezign
Scortia / The Silents
Shagan / Alcatraz
Slide / Polka brothers
Smith / Oxygen
Strobo / Stellar
Trixal / Cryptoburners
Turbo / Bronx
Vigo / Bronx
Weezil / Stellar
Wierza / Venture
XXX / Haujobb
And more........

If you are a scener of this time (1994-1996) and you want to participate in this new book through your testimonial contact us by email at contact@editions64k.fr

A lot of legendary groups

Absolute! / Abyss / Alcatraz / Andromeda / Animators / Appendix / Artwork / Avalon / Balance / Batman group / Bomb / Bronx / CNCD & Parallax / Complex / Cryptoburners / Cydonia / Essence / Faculty / Freezers / Gods / Haujobb / Impulse / Juliet and Case / Lego / Limited edition / Mellow Chips / Melon dezign / Mystic / Oxygene / Parallax / Passion / Polka / Brothers / Pulse / Puzzle / Razor 1911 / Rebels / Sanity / Scoopex / Silicon / Skarla / Stellar / Sunshine Productions / Talent / The Black Lotus / The Electronic Knights / The Silents / TRSI / Union / Venture / Virtual Dreams & Fairlight

The goodies

Bookmark & Postcard

A new pack of 15 bookmarks and 15 postcards with full color printing recto/verso matte laminate recto 250g coated semi-matte. This pack completes the 1st pack available on volume 1.

Extra pack with 30 bookmarks and 30 postcards including the goodies pack volume 1 + goodies pack volume 2.

Extend goodies pack by reaching two more goals!

+2K we add two metallic paper postcard. Full color printing recto/verso matte laminate recto 250g coated semi-matte.

+2K we add three more metallic paper postcard. Full color printing recto/verso matte laminate recto 250g coated semi-matte. Making a total of 5 exclusives postcard.

Magnet pack 5

Get this 5 magnet pack, round ⌀38mm, 3mm thick, 5.35 gr can be attached to any magnetic surface. Metal shell - Laminated protective Mylar and magnet on the back. Made in France.

Cork coasters pack 6

Get this 6 cork coasters pack, round ø10x5mm

Book set

Get volume 1 and volume 2 at same time. An opportunity to get both volumes with a reduced price.

Shipping

Deliveries available in Europe, and a lot of other countries such as the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Russia and Canada. If your country is not available contact us.

France / Europe 1 book 9€
France / Europe 2 books 15€
France / Europe 3 books 18€

Due to Brexit the UK is considered a worldwide shipment.

UK 1 book 12€
UK 2 books 15€
UK 3 books 18€

World  1 book 14€
World 2 books 23€
World 3 books 30€

USA / Australia / Canada / Argentina / Japan / China / New Zealand / Brazil 1 book 19€
USA / Australia / Canada / Argentina / Japan / China / New Zealand / Brazil 2 books 25€
USA / Australia / Canada / Argentina / Japan / China / New Zealand / Brazil 3 books 40€

About us

Editions64k is an independent book publisher create on 2018 based in Biarritz France.

"Demoscene The Amiga Years" book series was created as a celebration to the demoscene, demogroups and demo artists. Our ambition is to publish books about computers culture from the 80s and 90s.

Streach goal

18 000€ - 1st Goal reached!
The book is funded

20 000€ - 2nd Goal reached!
+ 2 exclusive metallic paper postcard. Full color double sided printing matte laminate 250g coated semi-matte.

22 000€ - 3rd Goal reached!
+ 5 exclusive metallic paper postcard. Full color printing double sided matte laminate 250g coated semi-matte.

24 000€ - 4th Goal reached!
+16 pages added to the book

26 000€ - 5th Goal reached!
An exclusive goal...