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By the way, he will start another kickstarter to create a corresponding amiga visual compendium midoctober. In the 1980s, the c64 played host to an incredible array of genres, from shoot em ups to puzzlers, racing games to arcade adventures, to games that still defy. You will also get an exclusive handwritten demo scene postcard within your book. A visual commpendium celebrates one of the most popular home computers of all time, taking readers on a journey through the c64s varied and colorful gaming library. The amiga celebrated its 30th anniversary recently so what better way to honour this amazing machine than by taking a look at commodore amiga. A visual compendium by bitmap books is a guide to the european smash hit computer, the commodore amiga. This is accompanied by quotes and commentary from renowned amiga artists, developers and publishers, including r j mical, david braben, sid meier. Often referred to as the father of science fiction, h. Discussion in general discussion started by neil79, oct, 2014. The commpendium pun intended puts visuals front and center with beautiful imagery that. Details about commodore amiga a visual commpendium visual compendium.
I guess this is mostly down to the 30th anniversary and it certainly helps that the retro scene is glowing more than ever. There are many books in the world that can improve our knowledge. Commordore amiga book gets funded in less than a day on. This is accompanied by quotes and commentary from renowned amiga.
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