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BREAKIN' THE BORDERS: A true story of digital liberation and Power Without the Price (The Atari ST and the Creative People Book 1)

BREAKIN' THE BORDERS: A true story of digital liberation and Power Without the Price (The Atari ST and the Creative People Book 1)

Erik Simon
3.6/5 ( ratings)
1984 – 1990. From digital underground wizards to magic game developers. The 80s computer youth were on their own while building a digital identity. This is the captivating story of a European swarm intelligence, which fought against a truly limited 16-bit machine to create an exceptional style of digital art.

BREAKIN’ THE BORDERS is a narrated journey through the Atari ST Demoscene, an important subcultural phenomenon in the era of home computers.

Memories of the Makers from demo groups like The Exceptions, The Carebears, The Lost Boys, Overlanders, Gigabyte Crew, TNT, Respectables and ST NEWS.

BREAKIN’ THE BORDERS goes back in time, when the Atari ST and Amiga were still revolutionary mouse-operating machines and the future of DTP and interactive design has begun to shape nowadays IT professions. The book exposes the foundation of the Atari Corporation, surpasses the marketing of Atari Computers and explores the origin of the Atari ST demo scene, whose creative people where on a rollercoaster ride to the blooming digital entertainment industry.
Pages
206
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Microzeit
Release
June 29, 2017

BREAKIN' THE BORDERS: A true story of digital liberation and Power Without the Price (The Atari ST and the Creative People Book 1)

Erik Simon
3.6/5 ( ratings)
1984 – 1990. From digital underground wizards to magic game developers. The 80s computer youth were on their own while building a digital identity. This is the captivating story of a European swarm intelligence, which fought against a truly limited 16-bit machine to create an exceptional style of digital art.

BREAKIN’ THE BORDERS is a narrated journey through the Atari ST Demoscene, an important subcultural phenomenon in the era of home computers.

Memories of the Makers from demo groups like The Exceptions, The Carebears, The Lost Boys, Overlanders, Gigabyte Crew, TNT, Respectables and ST NEWS.

BREAKIN’ THE BORDERS goes back in time, when the Atari ST and Amiga were still revolutionary mouse-operating machines and the future of DTP and interactive design has begun to shape nowadays IT professions. The book exposes the foundation of the Atari Corporation, surpasses the marketing of Atari Computers and explores the origin of the Atari ST demo scene, whose creative people where on a rollercoaster ride to the blooming digital entertainment industry.
Pages
206
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Microzeit
Release
June 29, 2017

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