What kinds of Amiga graphics can I find in the Amiga Graphics Archive?

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The Amiga Graphics Archive is a curated gallery of pixel art and graphics made with or for the Commodore Amiga, and its collection spans several distinct categories: artist works, game-related graphics, company logos (including animated ones), and page scans from Amiga publications. The site's stated goal is to collect high-quality and rare images rather than to be an exhaustive dump, so what you find is selective by design. If you are looking for a specific commercial logo set or a scan from a particular Amiga book, the archive is a reasonable first stop; if you need a complete, verifiable catalog of everything ever drawn on the platform, it is not that.

Main categories in the archive

The site's own navigation lists these sections, which map directly to what you can browse:

  • Applications — graphics tied to Amiga software.
  • Artists — works grouped by the person who made them.
  • Games — game-related graphics.
  • Logos — company and brand logos, including animated ones.
  • Publications — scans and images sourced from Amiga books and magazines.
  • Sceners — graphics from the demo scene.
  • Specials — themed or one-off collections.

There is also an Articles section covering topics such as a "Comparison," "Cyber Assault 556," "Display Technology," "Extra Half Bright," and "Game Companies," plus a "Screen modes" article. These are explanatory pieces about Amiga graphics rather than image galleries, useful if you want context on how the hardware produced the images you are viewing.

What the collection actually contains

Concrete examples from the site's update log show the range:

  • Company logo sets — a large collection of logos from Rainbow Arts, reLINE, and a big batch from Titus, among others, including some animated logos.
  • Publication scans — images from Das Grosse Amiga Jahrbuch 1987, including many page scans. The site notes that while the book contained many famous images already present in other collections, the artsy or children's drawings from it had been hard to find elsewhere.
  • Restored pieces — an image by Jim Sachs called "Multimedia," found in a badly scaled version and restored close to its original state.

That last example is the clearest signal of the archive's quality stance: it does not simply host whatever version it finds, it works to bring images back toward their original appearance.

How images are presented and credited

Images are displayed at multiple resolutions, selectable from 360px up to 2160px, so you can view a thumbnail or a large version of the same piece. The site states that images are copyrighted to their respective owners and are credited where possible. If you intend to reuse anything, treat the archive as a pointer to the rights holder rather than a source of licensed material.

Where to start

  • Browsing by Artists or Sceners if you want to see individual styles.
  • Browsing Logos if you need company marks, including animated ones.
  • Checking Publications for book and magazine scans.
  • Reading Articles first if you want to understand the display technology and screen modes behind the graphics.

The archive launched in 1985-era Amiga context and has been running for 18 years as of its June 2026 update, with new images added in batches — recent months added single images, logo collections, and publication scans. Checking the Updates section is the fastest way to see what was most recently added.