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Dutch magazine interview from 1993 touts Amiga as art tool

Original: In the Summer of 1993, around the time we were working on the Amiga version of Moon Child, I was interviewed in a Dutch

A developer recalls being interviewed by a Dutch magazine in the summer of 1993 while working on the Amiga version of Moon Child. In the interview, he promoted the computer as a tool for creating art, an idea that was not widely accepted at the time. He shared the story alongside images from the period, prompting nostalgia about the Amiga's early role in digital art.

Why now: The Amiga's legacy as an early creative computing platform resonates with the retro computing community.

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• In the Summer of 1993, around the time we were working on the Amiga version of Moon Child, I was interviewed in a Dutch magazine. In the interview, I promoted the computer as an art creation tool, which wasn't very accepted yet. 🙂 Among the images is a scene from this: https://… · metin@graphics.social · 15

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