As the page title suggests, this page lists all Amiga demo scene material in my possession, which I am trying to gather in order to preserve them for future generations.:) I created this PHP/SQL monstrosity both to maintain my stuff and to let other collectors/scenefreaks/etc check out if I have anything that isn't in their collections.

I am in the middle of inserting titles to the database. It takes a lot of time because I verify each disk/file myself to make sure they work, make sure I don't have any dupes and so on. So if you spot some very common and popular scene products missing, they'll most likely be added in the near future.

The default configuration of all non-AGA items is a basic A500 with kickstart 1.3 and 1.0MB RAM. (0.5MB chip/slow). If an item requires something else to work, it is noded in the additional info -field. For AGA stuff I nowadays use a pretty maxed-out configuration with lots of RAM etc.

Special thanks to Toni, Janne and Richard for their help and support. Huge appreciation also to everyone who has provided me with missing material, especially to the great people supplying their old disks.

Yes. The products were released as public domain, meaning they can be freely distributed. No warez available here, sorry BSA. :)

And while we're on the subject, let me make one thing clear.. Do NOT ask me for Kickstart ROM images. Sure, the fact that spreading them is illegal is completely ridiculous. But it's still illegal, which means I can't help you.

• - The release is related to a party. Clicking the icon lists all releases linked to the particular party.
• - AGA chipset required.
• - The release is a pack with its contents linked in the database.
• - Errors in the file(s). See the error-related question below.
• - Credits are listed for the release.
• - Text found in the release can be viewed.

I have, actually. Just click the download link up there in the menu!

Note that the link contains a recent backup of the entire archive in a packed form. Please read the accompanying readme file before asking me anything about the backups. For individual files, try your luck with ftp.amigascne.org (not affiliated with yours truly)

Sorry, but the only type of data you'll find here is factual. For opinions, comments and such, use Pouet instead. And no, I'm not affiliated with them either.

The line has to be drawn somewhere. Remember around 1992-1993 where EVERY non-trackmo product was claimed to be a new kind of demo? Dentro, mentro, mintro... and in the end they were all the same. Just like a "packmag" is only a pack with some ads.

The definition of "intro" is often debated.. Some claim that only smaller-than-X-kb files deserve to be called intros. Well, I'd rather be shot than called a 700kb one-logo-and-one-scrolltext product a filedemo just because the authors couldn't crunch their data. ;)

Of course, if you spot any categories that are clearly incorrect, such as some megademo being called a diskmag, email me and I'll fix it.

Anyone who had to struggle with 3.5" disks in the old days knew that they're plain evil. Some of the ADF images do contain those nasty read/write errors, and I haven't yet located fully working ones to replace them. Be assured, there are no products on the list that don't work at all, and all the trackmos, megademos etc. should all be just fine. The errors can mostly be found in packs, and a few music disks have a few songs failing to load. Naturally, fully working versions of all these products are wanted.

This was something suggested several times by several people. A checksum is the "perfect" way for evaluating file differences, when dealing with alternatively named of broken files etc. There are more complex checksums out there than CRC32, but I chose it as it's supported by default on ZIP archives etc, plus it's nicely compact. :)

Please note that the CRC32 listed on my file is always for an EXE or an ADF file. So comparing the checksums of DMS archives and such against my values is an exercise in futility.

If you have live in Finland and happen to have boxes full of old Amiga disks with demoscene stuff in them, I'd be more than happy to come pick them up for image transferring. If you have already dumped your old stuff into images, mail me and we can sort something out. You'll naturally get a copy of my collection (when the pile is in a condition worth spreading) in return as CDs/DVD-R or something.

It would be great if you'd notify me of any errors, typos and such. Naturally, any info/correction on release years, hardware requirements etc. is appreciated, as well as general suggestions on how to improve this page.

Read the first answer. Furthermore, you obviously haven't been around to Pouet much. :)

All screenshots have been manually taken by yours truly. They may have been used by others, either with permission or without one. The Bitfellas archive for example has a permission for using all my shots freely.

First, searching and archiving prods released after the Internet became widespread is not much of a challenge, nor a historically significant task. Most of those releases have already been uploaded to places like Aminet, archived quite systematically and mirrored in dozens of places. So they are not yet disappearing anywhere, which doesn't go for old rare demos deteriorating on floppy disks in cellars and attics around Europe..

Second, even though I'm building an impartial collection I make no effort to hide the fact that I love good old OCS/ECS releases :)

Just mount the EXE directly in df0:, as long as it's small enough to fit on a disk. Come on, it can't be that hard!

That information is on a need-to-know basis. Nothing to do with the scene though.