The Amiga always had a large number of Magazines. Before internet they played a more important role than Magazines today. Coverdisks were the method to test new games.
In the Netherlands there was Amiga Magazine made my the current MacFan team. In Germany Amiga Joker was the largest magazine, with more thast 150.000 monthly readers.The largest battle for readers was fought in the united Kingdom, with 3 general magazines and 3 games magazines. The most important of those was Amiga Power, a magazine which such style that there even now a number of tribute sites. Lots of Magazines are now scanned an can be found in the Amiga magazine rack .
All magazines are described Amiga Magazine Index. Amiga Power has a site to conserve the specific Idiom and Style: AP2. Many reviews can be found on the sites of the writers Stuart Campbell and Jonathan Nash.All coverdisks are to be downloaded on the Amiga Coverdisk siteThe Amiga had a large Demo Scene. This scene developed from the Hackers movement. Demos like State of the Art and Nine Fingers are still regarded as classic examples how to make a demo. They made the Amiga do magic. People could create their own demo with the Red Sector demo maker. To create the music for those demo's SoundTracker and its clones were create. They might be considered predecessors to Garageband. The mods, as music files were called, can be played with MacModPlay. All mentioned Amiga programmes can be found at Back2TheRoots.