Dave5

While my Acorn Archimedes was a vastly superior computer to the Amiga¹, I was always very jealous about the demos that my Amiga using friends had access to.

This essay investigates the gestation of the demoscene, the Amiga platform’s revolutionary beginnings, its emotional resonance within a dedicated community, and its broader influence on the field of computer graphics and music. Why is the Amiga still one of the most beloved and significant platforms in the demoscene?

https://marincomics.com/amiga-demoscene/

1. Trolling aside… I find it amusing that 30 years later Apple basically fused the two computing approaches together for their M class processors. ↩︎