Category: Scene News
In the new episode of our podcast we are very happy to welcome again the one and only David Pleasance! The prolific Ex Commodore + Amiga executive (and musician!) gives us some exclusive , spicy insights and tells us about the German translation of his book ‘Commodore – The Inside Story’. (Interview starts at 22:40 minutes) Listen to it/watch it…
We’re delighted to welcome Polaria Poyon in our new episode. She’s a genius composer of chiptunes for the Sega Master System and Game Gear. AJ, Joerg, and Denis get to know about her and her new projects, as well as some interesting tech insights. Enjoy the tunes and tune in! (interview begins at 23:00) https://scene.world/Polaria-Poyon
Simon Carless is a former Amiga musician and founder/owner of the Monotonik netlabel, which rose to prominence in the late ’90s and early ’00s. Joerg and guest co-host Martin Wisniowski pick his brain about this unique time in the development of the internet, independent labels, and music distribution. (Interview begins at 19:15) https://scene.world/simoncarless There is also a video version:
In our new episode we welcome Gunnar Vonn Boehn from the one and only Apollo Team. They are known for their stellar Vampire cards which are a must for every Amiga fan. Interview starts at 37:38 Minutes https://scene.world/vampire Or watch its video version:
We held a PunyInform game jam in April/May and it was a great success, so now we’re doing it again. Each participant (a person, a pair or a team) writes their own text adventure using the PunyInform library. If you’ve thought of writing a text adventure but need an event and a time frame for it to actually happen, this…
It’s time for another bit of Scene World history – a talk with Tommy Tallarico: He is not only one of the most prolific game music composers of all time (think about Earthworm Jim, MDK, The Terminator, also other on the Amiga like e.g.Cool Spot on the Amiga or Aladin on the Amiga …) but also CEO of Intellivision and…
Hello World! We are happy to have one of the most prolific Chiptune musicians in our podcast – Tronimal. He released music for the Gameboy, ZX Spectrum and even the TI-82 calculator! Besides some tech talk, the virtuoso gives us some interesting insights and talks about his upcoming projects. Interview starts at 18:12. http://scene.world/tronimal
Demoscene – The Art of Coding is an initiative to enlist the demoscene as the first digital culture on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage. AJ and Joerg (er, Derision and Nafcom) talk to Dedux, Flopine, Kudrix, and Unjello about why this is important and how we can all help move the initiative forward. (interview begins at 10:00) http://scene.world/artofcoding
Retro music is in right now, but few people have taken it to the lengths that Remute has, releasing his songs not just on vinyl and digital download, but also on cartridge and floppy disk (Amiga, C64, ect!) ! Joerg, Martin, and AJ talk to him about why he chose this medium, and the unique challenges associated with releasing music…
The Only Sprites Compo hosted by CSDb came to an end and announced the winners. Because the compo had received demos and games competing, it was decided to separate them into two categories. In the Demos category, the winner is Oldschool Sprite Demo by Bonzai, which had tough competition against the other 26 demos. The best game category had only…
