BEYOND THE BORDERS: A fantastic journey to the outer rims of 68000 (The Atari ST and the Creative People Book 2)

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1991–1993. It’s the beginning of the end of the home computer era. The Golden Years of underground culture. The demoscene grows and still discovers a variety of new techniques to overcome the limits of Atari’s 16/32-bit systems – often with an upcoming profession in mind.

With an afterword by Erik Simon, co-founder of Thalion. The long-time game-developer does look back on his time with Wilfried Carmincke.

Memories of the Makers of groups like ULM, SYNC, Electronic Images, Torment, Legacy, NeXT, Oxygène, Hemoroids, Diamond Design, Overlanders, Dune, MJJ Prod, Aggression, Chronicle, Hotline, Replicants, Medway Boys, Delta Force, ACF, Animal Mine, Stax, BMT, Disk Busters Association and the Maggie-Team.

New insights about Eclipse Software Design. Founder Marc Rosocha has added many unknown details to the story. The video game pioneer tells the exciting story of his first encounter with the Atari Corporation when he worked with Ex-Thalion programmer Michael Bittner on advanced 3D routines, games and tools for Atari’s 32-bit dream machine: the Falcon.

Summary:
The game industry is changing and Japanese consoles overtake the market by storm. The Manga style infects European artists. IBM PC’s are gaining more attention. Philips CD-ROM promises to be the storage media of the future, while Commodore stays a tough opponent. Atari tries to rescue its market share by introducing the Falcon and the Mega STE, yet striving back to the console market with the first 64-bit console. Thalion in Gütersloh experience an internal division and must face their origin. Most European game publishers turn their backs to the ST. Former sceners won’t give up so fast, instead they are even heading to new horizons. Only one last thing has to be given to the test: are the crackers responsible for the overall sales decline?

Demo Classics:
Anomaly Megademo
Dark Side of the Spoon
Decade Demo
Eat my Bollocks
Flip-O-Demo
Froggies Over The Fence
O-Demo
Ooh Crikey Wot A Scorcher
Phaleon GigaDemo
Punish You Machine

Thalion Classics:
Airbus A320
Ambermoon
Amberstar
Lionheart
No Second Prize
Trex Warrior

Eclipse Classics:
Lethal Xcess
Monster Business
Stone Age

Tome 2. BEYOND THE BORDERS not only presents some of the best artistic works on Atari’s 16-bit computers, but also gives the readers a chance to experience the downfall of the home computer industry from an Atari perspective. Volume 2 is a highly compressed tome – packed with unforgettable Atari ST/E demos, unbelievable last-minute-achievements, underground background stories and features.

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