Introduction
Last update: May 2024.
Hello, my name is Christophe KOHLER. I'm 50 years old (as of 2024, born in 1973) and have been working as a video game creator since 2000. During my youth, I was actively involved in the Amiga demo scene for nine years, from 1989 to 1998. At the age of 16, I had a tremendous amount of fun using Amiga computers. I am French and currently reside in the south of France.
In 2012, I made the decision to start documenting my memories from that period. I took much pleasure writing these pages. First because it reminded some good memories. And secondly because I wanted to explain how the amiga computer worked and presents what my friends and I accomplished with it. It can also be an useful source of information for younger generation.
The entire blog is still a work in progress, which takes time. Please check back later for more articles that will be completed.
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Here is the list of all articles:
Step1: Definition of a « demo » (Jan1984)Step2: MO5 – Programmation – 1985 (Jan1985)
Step3: C64 – CPC – Intros – 1986 (Jan1986)
Step4: Atari ST – 1987 (Jan1987)
Step5: Amiga – How I discovered « demos » – 1988 (Jan1988)
Step6: Choosing a nickname (Jul1988)
Step7: Programming on an Amiga 500 – 1989 (Jan1989)
Step8: HAWK First demo - November 1989 (Nov1989)
Step9: What can I do with a computer ? (Nov1989)
Step10: Intros for Dino, End 1989 to May 1990 (Nov1989)
Step11: 68000 Motorola Processor (Nov1989)
Step12: Programming softwares (Devpac, basic, …) (Nov1989)
Step13: Creating musics + Audio processor (Nov1989)
Step14: M.A.D, cracking band, November 1989 (Nov1989)
Step15: Copper (Dec1989)
Step16: « The Strike Force », July 1990(Jul1990)
Step17: Chip mem / fast mem (Jul1990)
Step18: Amiga Commercials in France (Jul1990)
Step19: Vocabulary – Part 1 (Jul1990)
Step20: Bitplanes are evil (Jul1990)
Step21: Blitter (Jul1990)
Step22: HAWK Mega demo – August 1990 (Aug1990)
Step23: It’s Party time! Cyclone demo party (Aug1990)
Step24: Failing school because of heavy code (Sept1990)
Step25: Programming lessons
Step26: Deluxe Paint
Step27: Hawk Game « racing » (Sept1990)
Step28: Amiga OS (Workbench 1.3)
Step29: Consoles
Step30: Paradox Menu (1990)
Step31: « VBL » and « IRQ »
Step32: Concept Tune Disk (1990)
Step33: Bootblocks
Step34: Vocabulary – Part 2
Step35: Making some money with code (1991)
Step36: Trainer « MegaPheonix » by « Quartix » (Aug1991)
Step37: Measuring execution time
Step38: Trainer of game « DarkMan » (Sept1991)
Step39: « The remember collection » (Nov1991) (unreleased)
Step40: Bitmap Font
Step41: Concept « 3d Editor » Intro (Dec1991)
Step42: Logos – How to do a nice logos, examples
Step43: Scanning videos
Step44: Demo « Bruno Carette » Tribute (Dec1991)
Step45: Hawk Mega Demo II « Earth’s sorrows » (Dec1991) (WIP)
Step46: Doing 3D (WIP)
Step47: Iris New Year Conference (Dec1991)
Step48: Amiga OS (Workbench 2.0) Amiga plus, Amiga 600. (1991) (WIP)
Step49: Micro Kids (Dec1991) (WIP)
Step50: Customizing Amiga 500 (WIP)
Step51: Intro « Rtatdvg » (Feb1992) (unreleased) (WIP)
Step52: Utility disk (1992) (WIP)
Step53: Storyboard (May1992) (WIP)
Step54: School Project Demo (Jun1992)
Step55: Tools, my favorites (WIP)
Step56: Fuck Demo – Melon Dezign (Jul1992) (WIP)
Step57: Hawk game 2 – Shoot’em up (Jul1992) (WIP)
Step58: Atari ST Demo by « 1984 » (Sept1992) (WIP)
Step59: Atari / Amiga war (WIP)
Step60: Effects lexical, vocabulary part 3 (WIP)
Step61: Entering High School (Sept1992)
Step62: Amiga 1200 (Dec1992) (WIP)
Step63: Intro « Laser » (Mar1993) (WIP)
Step64: Bar’n’pipes (1993) (WIP)
Step65: PC and amiga (WIP)
Step66: Fighting game (Feb1993) (WIP)
Step67: Replicants intro AGA (unreleased) (1993) (WIP)
Step68: Tool – Player music equalizer effect AGA (unreleased) (1993) (WIP)
Step69: Les Shadock Demo (Jul1994) (WIP)
Step70: Saturne (1994) (3rd demo Shadock)
Step71: Favorites arts (WIP)
Step72: Party IV (Dec1994) (WIP)
Step73: SlideShow Party IV (Dec1994) (WIP)
Step74: Hardware customisation of A1200 (WIP)
Step75: Final writter (WIP)
Step76: Article in DiskMag (Dec1995) (WIP)
Step77: Playstation 1 is here!
Step78: Favorites musics (WIP)
Step79: Tool – Image processing (1995)
Step80: Les Shadock – Intro « Ga » (unfinished) (Apr1996) (WIP)
Step81: Saturne (1996) (WIP)
Step82: Trip to Italy (Jun1996) (WIP)
Step83: Countries of sceners
Step84: Tool – SlamTilt joiner (Nov1996) (WIP)
Step85: Music disk – Chunky Funky (unfinished) (1997) (WIP)
Step86: Game – Bode Runner (unfinished) (1998) (WIP)
Step87: Effects lexical, vocabulary part 4 (AGA) (WIP)
Step88: Intros source codes (WIP)
Step89: Demomaking today (WIP)
Step90: Emulation (WIP)
Step91: Link to cool Amiga sites (WIP)
Step92: Famous demomakers (WIP)
Step93: Revision 2017 – Blast from the past (WIP)
Step94: Preparing Revision 2018 – Alice in wonderland (WIP)
Step95: Revision 2018 Demo Party(WIP)
Step96: Mel’O’Dees Music disk (WIP)
Step97: Game, Ninja Carnage (2021) (WIP)
Step98: Mel’O’Dees 2, music disk (2024) (WIP)
Step99: Mel’O’Dees 3, music disk (2025) (WIP)
Step100: The end? (WIP)