Bootblock Rebels dives into the hidden world of the Amiga underground - cracked disks, pirate boards and the people who turned obsession into myth. More than piracy, this is a story about creativity, risk, and the need to leave a mark. Release 2027
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Release day meant someone had to buy the original first. Then it traveled fast through the scene - and by the next morning, it was in your drive.
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Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies, Dune II, Flashback, Syndicate, Kick Off 2
Bootblock Rebels is a book about the Amiga cracking scene (1986-1996) - the coders, suppliers, sysops, & groups who built one of the most fascinating computer cultures of the 80s and 90s.
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Game developers tried to stop you from copying Amiga games with copy protection.
But on the Amiga, people stayed up late and removed the protection.
That’s the hidden battle behind the floppy disks.
#amiga #amiga500 #commodoreamiga #retrogaming #floppydisk #retrocomputing #90s #gaminghistory
Amiga: Games. Games. Games.
This wasn’t just piracy It was a youth culture
From Turrican to Lemmings, Lotus Turbo Challenge, Cannon Fodder & Another World, the games were legendary.
Bootblock Rebels - The Hidden Stars of the Amiga Underground.
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#demoscene
#lemmmings
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#turrican
15 days left - Amiga Bootblock Rebels is already fully funded. Thank you!
Next goal: if we hit Stretch Goal #3, the cover will be made by J.O.E - a legendary Amiga scene artist (Scoopex, TRSI + more) and still active today.
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#amiga
#cracker
#demoscene
#commdore64
Both stretch goals for Amiga Bootblock Rebels has been unlocked:
Chapter by Galahad and a new version of the classic Dan/Anarchy cracktro will be released later this year.
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Your Amiga 500 games supplier - the BBS Night Shift, stayed up late - so you could Xenon II the next day!
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What You Really Thought Your Kid Was Doingwith his Amiga: Upstairs on his Amiga doing homework. Quiet. Focused. An angel.
The modem screamed after midnight, the floppy drive kept clicking, a handle was online and a “release” couldn’t wait till morning.
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They were called pirates, but they didn’t feel like treasure more like pressure.
In the Amiga days, every release was a test: get the original, stay up all night, make it work.
Clean and fast and your name travelled further than you ever did.
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Stretch goal for Galahad chapter already unlocked - next stretch goal: The Amiga cracktro release.
This is how Amiga games moved back then: late-night calls, fast hands, fast spreads.
Next morning: a new game on your Amiga.
Populous, Cannon Fodder, Monkey Island, Sensible World of Soccer, Flashback, Project-X, Super Skidmarks, Desert Strike, Fire & Ice, The First Samurai
#amiga #demoscene
@thevideogamelibrary.org Thank you very much - now going for the stretch goals.
NEw stretch goals added - Chapter written by Galahad and a real cracktro for the book
Bootblock Rebels - live on Kickstarter:
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Ever played a "backed up" game you got from a friend - then this book is for you. Read about the cracking-groups that made it possible for you to play a fresh new game on your Commodore Amiga 500 or Amiga 1200 - games like Turrican and Blood Money...
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Amiga: “Don’t copy that floppy!” We saw the warnings. We ignored them. We just wanted to play Turrican, Rainbow Islands, Shadow of the Beast & Speedball.
Warned by PSA, powered by swap disks. Goal: Turrican and friends.
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#RetroGaming
#Commodore
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Ever wondered what happened at night when a new Amiga game was about to drop? Groups raced to get it - sometimes before the official release - so it could spread worldwide fast.
#Amiga #demoscene
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BOOTBLOCK REBELS - The Hidden Stars of the Amiga Underground
I’m writing a book about the Commodore Amiga cracking scene (1985-1996) - the people, the groups, the culture, and the stories behind it, based on interviews & scene material.
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Amiga Future 178 was released a few days ago
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Amiga - a new game in your hands. No box - just a disk. A name on the screen.
Who were they - and how did it reach you?
Bootblock Rebels, new Amiga book tells the story
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#amiga #retrocomputing #retrogaming #demoscene #kickstarter
While you slept, the scene stayed up. All-night sessions, so you could play games on your Amiga you loved, but couldn’t afford. A new book tells the story behind those late-night sessions:
Kickstarter:
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#demoscene #amiga #cannonfodder #turrican #lemmings
If you had an Amiga, you probably played games copied from a friend. But someone always had the first copy, how?.
Bootblock Rebels tells the story behind the Amiga cracking scene.
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#demoscene
#retrocomputing
#lemmings
#turrican
#speedball
You remember copying games with X-Copy? And U had the game on release day.
But how was that possible?
Bootblock Rebels tells the story of the supply chain behind the Amiga cracking scene
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#commodoreamiga
#retrogaming
#demoscene
#retrocomputing
Check out Bootblock Rebels by Steen - Big Book of Amiga Hardware on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bit...
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