Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium
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Launched in 1985, the Amiga ushered in a new age of home computing. With its powerful 16-bit Motorola CPU and custom graphics and audio chipsets, it was an instant hit among gamers looking to move on from the eight-bit systems, as well as artists and musicians moving into the digital realm.
With early titles like Defender of the Crown, Barbarian and Hybris, the machine quickly asserted its graphical credentials, while arcade-perfect conversions of Marble Madness, Space Harrier and Rainbow Islands showed that it could match the power of dedicated coin-op cabinets. Over the next decade the Amiga would play host to a bewildering diversity of titles; games like Rocket Ranger, Populous, Cannon Fodder, Speedball and Worms ushered in new genres and helped to redefine the videogame landscape.
Over the course of some 420 pages, Commodore Amiga: A Visual Commpendium showcases more than 140 of the biggest titles, bringing them vividly to life with a double-page screen grab or loading page. This is accompanied by quotes and commentary from renowned Amiga artists, developers and publishers, including R J Mical, David Braben, Sid Meier, Ron Gilbert, Julian Eggbrecht, Tobias Richter, Dave Gibbons and many more.
It also covers the origins of the hardware, the vibrant demo scene, interviews with artists and profiles of the most prominent games publishers. Presented using high-quality lithographic printing on superior paper stock, this book is a wonderful celebration of the machine’s graphics prowess and a reminder of the wealth of quality games the Amiga brought to bear. The title is available as a hardback only and comes in a protective shrink wrap.
424 pages. 170mm x 230mm, Lithographic print, Double thick cover, Sewn binding, Spot varnish cover, Spot varnish dust jacket, shrink wrapped.
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Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium
Awesome history guide of the world of Amiga
Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium
A must have for Amiga lovers and nostalgic
Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium
I couldn't recommend this visual compendium enough! It's such a great celebration of the Amiga legacy in all it's (many) aspects: not only the amazing titles that always pushed the barrier of what home gaming meant at the time, but also the demoscene that constantly broke that barrier for pure fun, and all the early software packages that allowed an entire generation of designers and artists to become what they are today. It wasn't easy to live up to such a topic, but this book does the job quite well.
Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium
The best commodere amiga book created ever!
Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium
My childhood in a book. Couldn't have asked for more love and attention to be put into this.
