Best Of Amiga Demos 1988 (4irmann Compilation)
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2011
- My personal best of collection of Amiga 500 Demos and Intros from 1988+. Some of them are pretty rare. Created with WinUAE. The music is not processed in any way. I tried to keep it as original as possible. E.g. there's mostly a hard stereo separation.
- Фільми й анімація
Although the Amiga has been surpassed by many computers since it's golden era it will always remain the most magical computer in history! :)
The AMIGA had a soul. I miss it so much!
id normally call someone pretensious for saying a machine had a soul, but dam your right that amiga really had a character all of its own, strange but true, thanks ! might be fun if they brought out a 2014 version !
Let's say it better:
The Amiga made people possible to express their souls!
You had a soul when sitting at your Amiga. You miss it.
Indeed, but the angel of death came to collect his soul and now amiga lives on youtube
@@mcpartridgeboy sadly not possible , Amiga RIP 1985 - 2000
As a kid, I always thought Amiga music sounded futuristic. Now we see it as retro music. Quite amusing. But I'm confident that the robots of the future will be jamming to the Amiga.
It' still future music.
This is what got me started writing music in Trackers and then getting a deal and a professional music career. Thanks AMIGA!!!
Played Amiga 500 back in 90s, best thing happen to Game industry. still locked in AMIGA music era . what an experience to hear 20+ year later!
+Abdulrahman Al-Ali Actually, those were the good old times *before* it turned into an industry. Games back then were pieces of art. These days it's more mass-produced, short-lived junk.
EDIT: This is not true for all games these days but certainly for a larger share than back then.
Best games era... I loved the games and demos.
always loved the old skool 88-89 modules, they held a certain charm! :)
Yep, and we reached the 1000 thumbs up ! THANKS A LOT PEOPLE - YOU ROCK !
1032 now, sorry ive been listening to this for about 2 years now and only just noticed I hadn't likes !
4irmann What was your best Soundtrack to an Amiga Game , Only played a few games on at my m8`s house :)
+mcpartridgeboy Wow that's cool, you definitely like it. Thanks for the feedback
+Jonathan Mullett I loved "The Faerytale" Soundtrack and the "Defender Of the Crown" Soundtrack.
+Jonathan Mullett Also "Speedball 2" Soundtrack and "Turrican" Soundtrack was great. And "Rock'n Roll" Soundtrack.
7 min 10 sec. - best ever music ... Sleep walk - that piece have defined quality of Amiga music for years. I have to admit I had recorded that song on an audio tape and listened to it again and again. And here we go almost 30 years later - I makes me smile... love this song....
The music at 1:07:15 is by SLL. It was one of two mods you get to hear in a somewhat famous little demo that features two computer monitors-one C64, one Amiga-showing Rastan and King Tut's mask, respectively. That demo was literally the first thing I ever saw on Amiga, coming from a background which capped out at the NES, and having never owned a C64. I spent the next two years saving up for an A500. I don't remember the name of the demo but it remains a thing that made a huge impact in my life.
Edit: 1:24:30 is another very early demo for me. The thing that stood out for me with this one was the lovely music. Just compare it to all the other tunes. Everything else might as well be part of the same album; they're all writing music by the late 80s book, basically. This tune is different. Ethereal. Incidentally, since I saw all of these in NTSC, both this tune and the SLL one I mentioned above were heard playing at 60% of their intended speed. (Because the demos were designed for PAL, they can't quite manage 60fps, so default to 30 instead, and 30 is 60% of 50.) My memory is stuck hearing these songs at the wrong speed, but frankly I think for this tune it's a huge improvement. You can _kind of_ get a rough idea of how that sounds if you use UA-cam's speed changing feature... Setting it to 0.6x sounds a little rough, but not bad.
This sounds sooooo good ! Oh the nostalgia. Amiga 500 + the 512Kb RAM expansion
This is one of my most revisited UA-cam videos. A tremendous piece of work putting all this together.
Hey, thanks a lot of. Much appreciated !!
85'-95' the best decade for music in the past 4,000 years..!!
Amiga forever!
These all set me and close friends on a somewhat haphazard path (Freestyle UK/Ecstasy) but i loved every moment... bedroom coders, musicians, GFX artists doing all kindsa cool stuff and pushing boundaries... glad to have been a part of it all..
love that Quartex tune btw... synonymous with a whole loada cracks around that time.. same for the Red Sector intro tune at 43:15..
If the commodore bosses had had any brains and dome some homework, they may have been able to wipe the floor with all the other computer systems at the time.
neville w agreed
+neville w And the world would be a better place for it. Sigh, the Amiga was a piece of art.
Possibly. Still, Jack Tramiel had made enemies of his retailers long before C= acquired the Amiga. When you try to push a new product, that's going to be a serious roadblock.
Yeah why not to dome some homework, they shouldnt be flat
In Poland after the finał death they have ok in about two years
Amiga ROM Kernel Reference manual. I got it for Christmas when I was about 14. Within a few hours I somehow figured out how to put a bouncing copper bar on the desktop background using Lattice C. My intention was to just do a bouncing copper bar in it's own screen, but I messed that up and it somehow put it on the desktop instead. But this mistake was so awesome looking I had it load every time. The entire scene back then was amazing, it truly felt like something out of a William Gibson book (The computer side, not the real world). Miss those days coming home and just hacking away and playing games, talking to people on BBSs from all over the world, trading games and code. I don't think I ever went to bed before 3am all through high school. I wrote my own BBS software in GFA Basic and had people from all the top groups calling in. Tried to get into TRSI, but you needed an HST which I could never afford at that age.
i used to love the CRYSTAL/MELON DESIGN demo's..way ahead of there time..miss those days
The best ever i miss you!!! 🤩🥰😍😍😍😍😘😘😘😅😅😅🤣🤣😂😂😂😥😥😥😥😮😮😮😪😪😪😓😓😓😢😢😢😭😭😭
I come very often to listen these amazing tunes and relive my childhood
I remember these. I was a nerd back then. Got my Amiga 500 in 1987.
Always close in front of my amiga. Any days a new discovery. Amiga a new word of musics and colors... the intro to multimedia computer. The base of illustrator, 3dstudiomax, photoshop, flash, premiere, after effect...and so on. When microsoft and dos on pc could do only beep beep and 2, 4 o 16 colors.
that music is still better than 90% of the crap they shove at us now.
It's nostalgic, but music in games can be absolutely phenomenal these days?
yep name a good original soundtrack on the ps & xbox.
all classical crap mostly.
@@1066gaz Doom. Witcher. Skyrim. Fallout. Celeste. Cuphead. Outer worlds. Overwatch. Need I continue? And that's not going to current pc titles... It's not about the genre, its about how it suits the game...
@@Grigeral Yep completed them all.
Skyrim oblivion has got to be my all time favourite.
Spent thousands of hours on that one.
Played 10,000's of games over 40 years and skyrim& GTA series are my all time favourite games.
@@1066gaz I love TES and FO both, but TES def has the better music.
But I'd say my top RPG has to be Planescape: Torment. Which consequently, is probably my fave OST too... Particularly Deionnara's Theme. Still makes my hairs stand on end.
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magic Obscura had a great OST too, mostly classical but suited the medieval/industrial theme.
UnitA at 13:25 was one of my all time favorite. The music is powerful. The demo is subtle and strong. Not flashy. Thank you for this compilation. Too bad Freedom Force Megademo is missing. I always loved the name!
Somewhere in the MultiVerse, the AMIGA became the dominant platform...
Brilliant collection of demos 4irman, really reminded me of my younger days. In fact, you have just made me spent over £300 on getting an A1200 and a Powerbook G4 to bring back my Amiga memories.
Nice work and the Amiga was way ahead of the competitions in its time. Thanks for the upload.
Only 36 minutes in but this has brought back so many great memories of the best era of home computers. Thank you for uploading this!
as a kid back then when around 1987 to 90´s owned an amiga 500 i was coding demos also
Great collection of demos, some of the best popular demos here, great work!
1:24:30 : That Paranoimia cracktro is so great. Simple yet effective ;D. Deeply nostalgic.
THIS ART WAR FROM ELECTRONIC ARTISTS FOR PARANOIMIA !!!!!!!!!!! deutschnational.
Ok, I want the 80ies back!
Amazing, how quality increases within a short time... Watch those demos 2 years later, and you will find yourself in another world...
Thank you for this great compilation, made my homework way less laborious :)
Remember those days fondly!!!
Quality Compilation Video . . . thanks for the upload and nostalgia trip!!! 😃🎯💯💯
Good Job 4irmann - I shared on the channel - it shows such great creatives of our time - and yes AMIGA was the bollocks - @ many a rave we had one plugged in to the screens making & mixing visuals on -site at each event - mainly d-paint anims and occasionally running demos - ... wicked!
Pure gold! I am currently trying to identify a number of Amiga tunes I recorded on a cassette tape when I borrowed a friend's Amiga in 1989. This has proven very helpful.
man, you definitely rock ! Thanks for all the worthwhile hints. I'll integrate them ASAP.
One of the best of all times , never heard this one before , will look through my library to find it and play 😇👍👍
Man this takes me back. Thanks!
I grew up with this stuff. We got the first amiga 500 when i was 4 years old. Have it still and love to use it once every couple years.
RIP Amiga .. my 1st true love!
I have huge nostalgia for this, but not in the way you'd expect, I'm 18 and I used to put this on when I was having trouble sleeping. Reminds me of keygen music! awesome tunes thanks for keeping this up almost 8 years later! :)
Ypu missed out on how the Amiga community were back in 1987/88 to 1992/93. Back then the community were way more social than today, because we had meetup's a couple of times. We visited other computer clubs and user groups. We traded demo's and mod-files in person. And gaming were a bit like what one on one console gaming is today. You know, sitting side by side around the same machine. Sure there are more today that are into Amiga's, and that is good, but because it is more on the internet. Then it is not in person and social in that context. But what people hail as being awesomme about Amiga today, were what we did back then. In person. And the "club" were more exclusive. Because we were looked down on and made fun of, as being pale nerds that would not know how to use a screw driver (or somerhing in the lines of that).
So much legendary stuff ... thank you!
First I wanted to watch a movie - but then I decided to watch this 1 1/2 hour-amiga-demo-session: it was no waste of time! Thanx for the upload !!!
I remember most of them, great compilation !!
Wish those UAE files were available for download.
Thanks for posting and bringing back good memories.
Much thanks for this wonderful compilation :)
listen to the sound-space age-unleashed so much creativity.
omg..... thanks 1000 times !!! No more seraching or switching... everything is here.
Nothing makes me pump my fist repeatedly in the air quite like this.
I used to play these on my walkman all the time and someone once caught me listening to Xenon1 and said it sounded like underwater music, but fuck him, the techno bass of the Amiga was and still is fucking EPIC.
ArcanePath360 it was a recording with or without led on? (aka filter)
*****
I've managed to keep it a secret so far.
I'm afraid to come out!! :)
ArcanePath360 I copies C64 and Amiga music to my walkman as well! Even before "best of" came up. The music still IS epic.
ArcanePath360 i used to record it on tape also but geez thats like eons ago, i had collected thousands of tunes ripped from virtually every game on the amiga that i could get the tunes out iof, even had to repair some as they never quite ripped properly. but this brings back some old memories from 25 years back lol
+Simone Bernacchia led DOES sound like underwater to me.
Hey, integrated all your hints today. Thanks again !
And thank you for confirming at the end that I correctly identified the Speedball theme!!! :D That game & sequel were absolute classics.
Thanks, you're welcome :-). Indeed astonishing how quick the Amiga scene grew in 87-89
So glaaaad to hear the PHR Crew ! It's been ages since I haven't listen to that :)
I used to sleep with this sound playing in background :)
Thank you for the music.
good old ST-01 sounds... I bought my second hand A500 in spring 1989 and got a few discs with demos/intros. Half a year later I went to my first copyparty... Aahh, good times =)
Epic compilation... close to my personal selection thx !
You sir are a hero. Thanks a lot !
Nice compilation!
- Amiga conversion of Whittaker's "Storm" (from 0:12:15 onwards) was made by Thomas Lopatic (Dr.Nobody/HQC) with his own custom editor.
- Unit A tune (from 0:13:25) was not made by Mark II but by Diz/Unit A, title "Unit A 5".
- Thrust intro tune (from 0:29:11) was made by AXK/The Prophets AG, title "Axk10".
- Tristar intro tune (from 0:31:55) was _probably_ done by Flynn/Tristar.
- Cascade intro tune by Fred (from 0:33:12) is called "New Horizon".
Thanks a lot for the information. Always appreciated :-).
Yay for the Mark II song at 24:00. Came out in '88 and still has musical appeal today.
Love the drum solo at 25:00. Simply Awesome. Thanks for the share! Teenine.
The Amiga 500 was ahead of its time. Between 1987-1993-4 it was more advanced than other personal computer including Apple or PC on the market.
Wow ! I love this song since over 20 years now but I didn't know it was from DM. Thanks a lot for this information.
awh... You made me cry... Damn that nostalgia :P
No seriously I't was great to see and be reminded of all the old groups.
Well well well. Ho dei bellissimi ricordi, emozioni bellissime che al giorno d'oggi non si potranno mai più provare, una volta ci si accontentava di qualche colore di qualche animazione e della musica a 4 canali stereo....Amiga Forever
thanks, nice soundtrack to listen to at work
this realy takes me back still great tunes m8 respect 2 u
THANK YOU
I really like this compilation :)
best upload to youtube ever
I was almost adult the time. But still it's nostalgic... I want these times come back.
the first one is the best! tkank you.
I used to hang out with Rome Knight in Dusseldorf, he made music for Red Sector, good kid. Nice Video thanks!
Nice job 4irmann. :)
Hello from France,
I put a thumbs up and listened and watched with pleasure in full.
On my Atari 520 STE (extended to 1 MB of ram on the late) I had more games copied than demos.
1988 30 years ago ... The PC has not been much better since.
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Bonjour depuis la France,
J'ai mis un pouce levé et j'ai écouté et regardé avec plaisir en entier.
Sur mon Atari 520 STE (étendu à 1 Mo de ram sur le tard) j'avais plus de jeux copiés que de démos.
1988 il y a 30 ans... Le PC ne fait pas beaucoup mieux depuis.
Very nice to see this again after more than 20 years!! Greetz pokie of magnificent force (mgf)
That f**(sorry excited haha)ing sound at 52:14 I ***ING LOVE IT, even I've installed WinUAE and that demo to listen when I feel it! Idk how why but I really love that amiga music intro! Thumbs Up!
TNTUP do u know the music 7.10 onwards its driving me crazy!
Yeah, it's a beautiful version of "Fame" and stands on its own legs. The original was composed by Giorgio Moroder.
Thanks for the info: great 4k demo BTW :)
Thank you for the hint. I already added this as textual info
This brings back memories...used to make mods on the amiga 500/1200 using protracker 1.3 and 3.1 (if I remember correctly). Had a discman and soundsampler. Sadly all the 3.5"'s are lost long ago. A shame since I used to put a bit of effort into it. This collection is awesome!
cheers dude, thanks for the speedy reply ;D
1988 was so awesome!
I wish I could have seen it (in this life).
- Trilogy intro tune (from 1:12:20) by The Amiga Freak/Trilogy, title "runaway".
- Another Trilogy intro cover tune (from 1:17:05) _probably_ by SLL.
- Great Spreadpoint intro tune (from 1:19:35) by Ernie/Spreadpoint.
- MFC intro tune (from 1:22:19) maybe by Sal/Vortex 42.
Just go and buy one. I got an A1200 recently and man what a great feeling to have it in my room again!!!!
Thanks ! :)
cheers dude! im totally buying the lp on vinyl!
Damn right we still love it. I got my Amiga 500 and monitor sitting on my dresser along with an ATI Rage graphics card, like some kind of shrine to the demo gods.
These will be my car music. Love this!
I like this scene demo sound, big THX
I remember some of these way back when I first bought my Amiga 500 in 1988!
Amiga's pushed to their max. Love it!
thanks dude
The checkerboard was used in some of the first graphic demo screens of the early supercomputers in the early 70s.
OMG this is bringing back some memories, the postman used to hate me, i used to get loads of jiffy-bags with stacks of scene demos and other nice thing's back in the day !
at 18:00 OH MY GOD! Wizball! I remembered the game but had forgotten the title! What an odd game but it caught my attention back then and kept playing it. Thank you so much! ... I think I had this game in the same floppy with Crystal Hammer.
great demos for sure, one of my alltime favs, too.
The golden years of computers miss those days dearly.
The spectrum C64 & amiga will always be the most fun & best computer's ever made.
Pro 5000 joystick what a legend also.(:-)
Back in the days when I ripped the Karsten Obarski tune "Telephone" from the Red Sector intro (at 43:08), all the MOD replay routines always played it faster than in the intro. All the remixes I've heard later also uses a faster pace. Kinda makes me wonder what the intended replay speed was?
You're right. It's too slow. I've never noticed before. I'm not really sure why this happened. Maybe it depends on the 50/60 Hz topic, or maybe on the emulation. Anyway, guess I have to somehow fix it. Thanks for the hint !
4irmann No, you don't have to do anything to fix it; this is just how it was played in that particular intro. I don't think it's a PAL/NTSC issue; if I recall correctly, the faster speed was actually set in the beginning of the module, but the replay routine seems to have ignored. I guess it could be due to old replayer code, or something.
Jan Fredrik Leversund
Yeah could be the replay routine, or as I've written: an emulator anomaly. I cross checked the video version with rendered mp3's from exotica[dot]org[dot]uk and it seems that the original tune was intended to be played faster. I'll do the following things to find out: replay the intro with a current WinUAE, and replay the original Obarski .mod file with Linux UADE player. If it's a failure from my side I have to fix it. Otherwise I'll add some text info which explains the issue and don't fix it.
4irmann It's not an emulation anomaly; this is how the intro sounded on an Amiga 500 back in 1988.
ok, after reading your first comment again, I understand now what your comment was about. So your actual question is: was it the correct replay speed in 1988 (how Obarski composed it), or did the intro authors deliberately alter the replay speed, or used they just a buggy/wrong replay routine ? As far as I know there's a field in the song or .mod header which stores the replay speed. Guess we have to look there to find out the truth. Another option would be to ask Karsten Obarski directly :-)
- RSI intro tune (from 0:39:52) was made by Mark II/Quadlite.
- Red Sector intro tune (from 0:43:08) by Karsten Obarski, title "Telephone".
- D.O.C intro tune (from 0:50:04) by Pat/Ackerlight, title "Pat".
- Mad Monks intro cover tune (from 0:52:15) by Styx/Mad Monks, title "gng8".
- The Enforcers intro tune (from 0:55:26) by TSM/Sunriders (aka Felix Schmidt).
- Enemies intro cover tune (from 0:59:23) by SLL/(too many groups to mention :D)
- WOW intro cover tune (from 1:03:22) by Hans/TSK-Crew.
ahhhh here we go, thx! a small beginning, anyone else you musi-cracks? ....
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Maybe I have to watch the video, too to see the artists in the demo-credits...CLT
Last song before the credits music is an updated version of Jack dance by katsten obarski. 1:27:00 Probably my favorite tune from Amiga days
Beat to the Pulp (from 0:00:00) was made by Romeo Knight
if only the Amiga survived
+TCN NerdTech (TotalChickenNuggets) Keep a flame for the amiga in your heart.
+TCN NerdTech (TotalChickenNuggets) better than Atari
It did survive. Go buy a Vampire V4 when it comes out later this year. :)
Long live the Amiga!
Amigas are still very much used; mostly in UK and Europe though, rarely in America.
I like this period 88-89 on amiga
i miss my ami. so programable. sound, graphics, the lot. Good vid, thanks.
You can get your own today. Buy an A500 on eBay or somewere else. Install RGBtoHDMI, 512k Ram and Gotek. Remember to check if voltages are good on the PSU before plugging in.