Abakus ------ ITA> Magic P (code, 90). Abakus was a demo group. 1990 - Turmoil, Warlock and Ride all left for Rare around september. A norwegian section was formed around september, by Comico/ex Theatre and Circus of Power (group). Abandon ------- GER> Incognitom (ex System 5, new 04/90), Johnnie Walker (ex System 5, new 04/90), Lucky Strike (ex System 5, new 04/90), Quickdeath (swap, ex System 5, new 04/90), Sigma Seven (sysop LAST RESORT, 04/92-01/93). Abandon was a German group, initially active on the demo scene, but also responsible for a few cracks. Sigma Seven was later in Anthrox, where the name of his board was SYNERGY. 1990 - Quickdeath, Johnnie Walker, Lucky Strike and Incognitom all joined from System 5 around april. Abnormal [old] (ABN) -------------------- Abnormal was originally a Norwegian C64 demo crew, but since several of their members later emigrated to the Amiga platform a section was created. They were active around 1990. It's highly unlikely that this group has any relation to the Abnormal that existed a few years later, and was apparently based in the Netherlands. Abnormal [new] (ABN) -------------------- Abnormal was a dutch group, active around 1994. It's highly unlikely that this group has any relation to the Abnormal that existed a few years earlier, and was based in Norway. Absence (-1991) --------------- Absence was a Norwegian demo group, active around 1990 to 1991. When they died around september 1991, Quest, Andy, Monzo, Mr.Man, MCS, HeadX and Wizax all joined Andromeda. Reform Pack Intro #26 (1991, 11.03, ECS Intro). code: Wizax, gfx: Goofy (font), music: Maestro/Kefrens. review: This intro is really very simple; there's just a font plotter, some moving colors in two lines (top and bottom) and some copper fades in the letters to achieve a better look. This was a popular design concept around these times. Goofy's 1 bitplane font, the only graphics, is quite OK, actually; I also like Maestro's music. Nothing special, but these oldschool intros tend to bring a smile to my face nonetheless :) This intro was probably used from issue #26 on (since it says 'Finally a new intro!'). The intro also announces the joining of Rob. The pack is maintained by Zapper, Goofy and Quest. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0. -- Note: KillAGA. Absolute! (ABS, 1992-) ---------------------- HUN> ADT (92), Archibald (92), Ben (92), Fester (92), Lord (Peter Labos, sysop NUMBER OF THE BEAST WHQ, 07/94-01/95), Petroff (Peter Wodzinsky, music, 04/95), Rack (gfx, 04/95). Absolute! was a hungarian-based group, born around october of 1992 by the best members of Soc.Brigade (ADT, Ben...) and Live Act (Asti, Viti...). The group is probably best remembered today for their awesome graphician Rack, their diskmag Sledge Hammer and some of their demos. Sledge Hammer #9 Intro (1992, late, ECS Intro). code/music: ADT, gfx: ADT, Bart/Isch-Crew (yellow head). info: Intro to promote the upcoming release of the first issue of Sledge Hammer in English. Features no release date, but judging by other productions it came on packs with we estimate a late september or early october release. Abuse (ABS) ----------- ???> Princip (trade, also in Delirium, 05/94). Abuse was an illegal cracker group. Abyss (AYS) ----------- ???> Duke (01/95), Ims (08/94), Skindiver (ascii, 06-08/94), SMC (08/94). Abyss was formed late 1992 by the best members of the two groups Arise (dragonfly, lou van b, vision, ...) and Beyond, and released their first intro "Intoxication" in the very beginning of 1993. In 1994, the entire group Pyrodex joined. Dexter is the author of the amazing Abyss Highest eXperience (AHX, previously THX) music system for c64-like chip tunes, and Pink is the author of some of the best tunes for it :) Academy ------- ???> Dr.Kryptonix (music). Access [old] ------------ This group likely have no connection with the 'new' Access. 1990 - Stranger (code) and Duke (modem) both left for Level 4 in may. Access [new] (ACS) ------------------ NOR> Shade (sysop EVERYWARE, also in TRSI, 03-05/95). FIN> Darkelf (doorcode sysop THE CHAMELEON, also in TRSI, 05-06/95). SWE> Dansken (doorcode sysop HALL OF FAME, 01-08/95), Wize (toolcode, 02/95). DEN> Tuff Brain (doorcode sysop PUMA BBS, 01/95). ???> Cobra (crack, 05-08/94), Mr.Z (nor? 04/95), Rastan (09/94), Zanthor (den? trade, 10/94). Access appears to have been a board-oriented group, located around scandinavia, and active at least in 1995. They likely have no connection to the 'old' Access. 1995 - Norwegian sysop Kingpin (CHECKPOINT) stopped being a (double) member sometime between may and august. Symbolia (1995, 25.11, AGA ?MB HD File). production: Rastan. Released for the Misc 95 demo competition. review: Another "State of the Art" clone, with outlines of people dancing, overlayed on different sorts of plasma. In addition, there's endless symbols zooming onto the screen. The intro graphics (ACS Presents...) are all raytraced, and the music is crap. Avoid. Comes on two disks, and you have to join together the file in order to run it. Requires 'some fast'. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Accession (ACC/ACS, 1988-, http://www.accession.org) ---------------------------------------------------- FIN> DDT (mainorg, 10/95). ???> Accident (10/95), Brainiac (10/95), D-Ream (10/95), Diablo (sysop, 10/95), Illuminator (10/95), Iron Code (10/95), Longplay (10/95), MadBoy (10/95), MATH (10/95), MrT (10/95), Obitus (10/95), Palex (10/95), PowerSlave (10/95), Raiden (10/95), Shocker (10/95), Silva (10/95), Target (10/95), The Kid (10/95), TVR (10/95), WyreHead (10/95), X-Ray (10/95), ZeR0 (new 10/95). PREVIOUS MEMBERS (pre 10/95) - Accession is a demo and cracking group based in Finland; born in 1988 by Evil, Moku and XYZ from the former amiga section of Finnish Gold. When Divine joined in 94, he became the new demo section organizer; DDT has always been main organizer. The group at one point tried to split into two separate sections; demo and cracking, but since they discovered this arrangement just wasn't working, the two sections were marged back together again. Thanks to DDT for information! 1995 - Zer0 joined in october. Accumulators, The (ACC, 1989-1990) ---------------------------------- ENG> The Undertaker (sysop THE GRAVEYARD, 89). N-L> Sleeping Bag (sysop CRYSTAL PALACE, 89). USA> Zodact (sysop THE CASTLE, 07/89). ???> Akira (supply, 06/90), Chameleon (crack, 07/89), Cityhunter (supply, 07/89-06/90), The Force (supply, 89). Boards; DAMAGE INC WHQ (usa, 89), BLOOM COUNTY (usa, 07/89), REALMS OF IMPOSSIBILITY (usa, 89). Accumulators was a cracking group. They seem to have made their first release around july of 1989, and their last in june of 1990. 1990 - A cracking partnership with Defjam and Computerbrains Cracking Service (CCS) this year, resulted in a number of joint releases between the months of february and july. Accuracy -------- Accuracy was a demo group based in Turkey, and is likely an amiga offshoot of the Turkish c64 demo group of the same name. Ackerlight (-1989) ------------------ Ackerlight was a French/Swiss constellation, and one of the first good cracking groups. They released a cool diskmag (in French only), called "Akcernews". When they died in 1989, Anome 68000 formed a new Swiss group called Zenith.¨Some of the original members, however, formed a software company under the name Ackerlight Software, and released a.o. the game Wings of Glory! Acme [old] ---------- ???> Airbrush (gfx, 06/91), Carnail (gfx, 06/91), Charlie (gfx, 06/91), Illuminatar (music, 06/91), Maze (code, 06/91), Mithrandir (gfx, 06/91). Slideshow (1991, 29.06, ECS Slideshow). code: Maze, gfx: Mithrandir, Airbrush, Charlie, Carnail, music: Illuminatar. Released at the Amega Party. info: Reviewed in Pure Metal Coders and New Wave's "RAW #1" [11/91]. Acme [new] ---------- Acme was formed as an extension on the PC group of the same name, likely in late 1997 or very early 98. The name ACME was ripped from a skatebrand, founded by a friend of the group (www.acmesk8.com). Action [old] (-1992) (http://www.action-memorial.de) ---------------------------------------------------- Action was a mainly German demo and cracking group that contained a lot of future German scene celebrities, most of which ended up in TRSI. Just a few names; The Swatch Man, Blackthorne, Dreamer and none other than Peachy! Action [new] (1997-, http://zap.to/action/) ------------------------------------------- Action was formed by Codetapper in 1997 as a way to bring several AGA fixers together and collaborate their skills. Originally Action created single file AGA fixed games by re-releasing older, cracked games in 'ultimate' versions, fixed for the new generation of Amigas. In October of 1999, Codetapper moved the group away from crack fixes and decided to use WHDLoad (http://www.whdload.de) as the degrading utility and to concentrate on patching original games (as well as a few cracks for good measure). Too many cracks were found to be butchered versions with a lot of content removed. Thanks to Codetapper for information. Action Force ------------ Action Force was a norwegian demo group, founded by a group of friends. The group later decided to change their name to Cult, and thus ceased to exist. Acume (1991-) ------------- ???> Aliex (05/92). Acume was a german-based group, born in 1991. Addonic (ADC, 1990-, http://www.addonic.de) ------------------------------------------- GER> Devil (code trade sysop CRASHPOINT WHQ, 11/91-07/93), Dragon (gfx swap, new 09/90), Hari (code, new 09/90), Leo (swap, new 09/90). SWE> Blizzard (trade, 10/93), Flashman (trade, 10/93), Jac (sysop MYSTERIA, 03/92-11/93). ???> Zulu (code, 92). Addonic was a fairly active demo group, born around july of 1990 as a merger of the two small groups Aquin and Overdrive, in addition to Yankee/ex Brainstorm. At least 9 issues of their "Message Center" were released. 1990 - Leo, Hari and Dragon all joined from Violent Wave around september. Adept (1990-) ------------- Adept was a Sweden-based group concentrating on the illegal scene, formed when the two groups Top Swap and Public Enemies joined forces. Originally 100% Swedish, the group later did take in some foreign members as well. Admirals (ADM) -------------- Admirals was a demo group based in Finland. Their coder Deflex was later Multiplex/Chrome, and version 1.0 of his famous utility FileMaster was released under the Admirals banner! Advance (1990-) --------------- Advance was a Finnish demo group born around august 1990, where the original six members were Judge (gfx), Banzai (code), Zoltar (music), Tom (code gfx), Mr.Head (code) and Mr.Sam (gfx). Everyone except Mr.Sam came from Doom. When Advance died, Tom, Banzai and Zoltar joined Complex; Mr.Head, Mr.Sam and Judge remain groupless. Our First Production/Partydemo (1990, 12.08, ECS File). code: Tom, gfx: Mr.Sam (font), music: "Angeldust" by Zoltar (4ch MOD format). Released at the Byterapers, Scoopex, Extasy - Grendel Party II. review: I didn't get to see much of this small demo; after starting it once and finding I'd need KillAGA to view it correctly (the scrollers were garbled), I did just that. I saw a few seconds of the demo, with a scroller at the top, most of the screen occupied by some plasma-like effect and an "Advance" linevectorlogo at the very bottom, then it crashed. So That's pretty much it :) The music was nothing special. This demo was released twice at this party, with slightly different scrolltexts - hence the two titles at the top. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.1 -- see review! Advanced Chemistry (AC) ----------------------- ???> Ferris (train, 01/95). Advanced Chemistry was a cracking group. The only production I've ever seen from this group was a crackintro for the game Pinkie. Aero [old] ---------- 1992 - Danish coder Gargoyle joined Parasite. After Eights (A8S) ------------------ After Eights was a Norwegian joke group, consisting of these members: Benning, Blekkulf, Dr.Death, Hippleif, HurapLeif, Justin Time, Pa-Tryne, Repoman, Skallabank, The Nurse, Titten Tei, (Ingolf). They released some supposedly funny productions in wild compos at various norwegian parties. Agile (AGL, 1990-1993) ---------------------- SWE> Conqueror (crack, 03/91), Zike (sysop PLEASURE DOME, 04-07/91). ENG> Sabbath (crack, 92), The Undertaker (supply sysop THE GRAVEYARD, 04/91-92). GER> Andy, Captain Midnight (sysop TIWLIGHT ZONE, 05-07/91), Malzam (sysop REIGN IN BLOOD, 05-07/91). USA> Capricorn (sysop BLACK PLAGUE, 05-07/91), Pizzaman (sysop DATASTORM, 05/91), The Mighty Quinn (sysop ILLICIT ILLUSION, 05-07/91). Agile was an illegal cracking group based in Sweden. The group was formed in 1990 by Elric, previously of the c64 group of the same name. After he was busted on that scene in may of 1989, he bought an amiga and setup Agile on this machine. The group fusioned into Quartex in late 1993, and ceased to be a group in their own right. Agnostic Front (AF, 1991-) -------------------------- GER> Funky (swap pack, 07/92-07/93). ???> Hellraiser (07/93), XXX (07/93). Agnostic Front was a German-based demo group. Funky released many issues of his pack "Funky Bunch". 1993 - German coder Roman (previous handle Savage) left for Essence in may or june. Agoa ---- The fact that Monty was a member at one time, and that they released two of their productions at Saturne would suggest Agoa are a French crew... Ahead ----- Ahead was formed by the best members of Crime Devils after the group died. Airborn (1991-) --------------- NOR> Espen Loeberg (swap), Steinar Apalnes (music). Airborn is a norwegian demo group. It was formed by previous members of the demogroups Violence (Espen Loeberg, Anders Claussen) and Network (Steinar Apalnes), all living in or around the city of Skien in Norway. 1991 - Sphinx/Network left that group, and joined Airborn late this year, under his real name Steinar Apalnes. 1992 - Anders Claussen (code) abandoned the group for Pure Metal Coders around january. Aispect (AI) ------------ Aispect seems to have been Delirium's division for cracking german-language games. We assume most of their members were therefore also german ;) Akira (AKA, 1994-) ------------------ GER> Rainman (mainorg sysop DESERT STRIKE WHQ, 08/94-01/95). ???> Jordan (doorcode sysop, 07-08/94). Boards; DESERT STRIKE (08/94), LASERDANCE (ger, 08/94) Akira was a boardoriented group, born as a result of 5th Dynasty changing their name, probably in early august 1994. Alcatrash (ASH) --------------- SWE> Manta (11/93). ???> Wham (swe? 93). Boards; HOLOCAUST WHQ (swe, 11/93). Alcatrash was seemingly a small swedish group. 1993 - Swedish Manta (ascii sysop FORBIDDEN DREAMS) likely joined from Hardcore Dezign in november, but was back as independent by december this year. He helped form ArtCore early next year. Alcatraz (ATZ, 1988-) --------------------- SWE> Lizardking (Gustaf Grefberg, music, 12/92-07/93). FIN> Dwel (Jari Muhonen, gfx, 03/93). MAL> Mop (10/92). ???> Control (Andreas, 07/93), Head (Tim, 10/92), HMC (07/93), Orbit (07/93), Sting (12/94-01/95). Alcatraz was a Switzerland-based group, formed in 1988 by Metalwar (code music), Helix (gfx) and PGCS (gfx) from the more strangely named Motley Crue Team [no entry]. The first two have since decided to leave both the group and the scene, leaving PGCS as the head of the group. Their biggest success must surely have been the "Odyssey" (12/91) demo, which won the demo competition at the first The Party! The reason for its success is probably the fact that it was something new and unique. The debate over whether it should have beaten the runner-up, "Hardwired" by The Silents and Crionics, raged for months... Swedes Parsec (sysop LIGHT HOUSE or MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, 09/93) and his female cosysop La Fayette were kicked, along with Thunor, though the date that this happened is uncertain. The group was at one time in a 'trainer coop' with Setrox. The group vowed to continue as a game- making company under the name Alcatraz Entertainment Software, but that plan likely never went very far - at least no commercial software was ever released under that company name. 1990 - Frenchman Hawkmoon left for Northstar around september. 1992 - Swiss graphician Fox (previously in Avenger) left the group and joined Grace briefly before moving on to Legend. 1993 - Dwel contributed the title picture to Desire's "Chip Chop #1" [03/93]. Lizardking had a song featured in Spaceballs' "R.A.W #5" [05/93] diskmag in may. Alchemy [new] ------------- POL> Axel (code, 12/93), Backfire (Adam Gorski, swap, 12/93-07/94), Exolon (Maciej Turlzynin, swap, 12/93-07/94). NOR> Walker (swap, 08/94). Shadeways to Heaven (1993, 28.12, ECS 40k Intro). code: Axel, gfx: Yohan (Frodo), music: Scorpik. 7th in The Party 93 40k intro competition. Alive (-1993) ------------- Alive was a pure Norwegian demo group, based more around fun than actually trying to top the charts. Alliance -------- ENG> Razor Blade (docs, 02/92). Alliance Design (AD, 1991-1993) ------------------------------- Alliance Design was probably born in the first few months of 1991 - at least that's when their first productions started appearing. They were a french demo group, with strong links to the illegal scene. They were the Quartex demo division for quite a while, and released what is probably their best- known demo, "Substance" [04/91], for them. After they left Quartex, there were rumours that they became a Crystal subgroup instead, but this is untrue. Alpha Flight (AFL, 1987-) -------------------------- GER> Andi & Fuzzy (sysop DIABOLO BBS, 93), Apology (01/90), Beating Bytes (gfx, 05/90), Beavis (sysop THE SCAFFOLD, 09/93), Byteandi (doorcode, 93), Celator (Michael, toolcode, 05/93-07/94), Mxp (new 09/90), Ralph (new 09/90), Shadow Man (doorcode sysop CARRIER IN SPACE, 04-08/94), Terrorist (trade, 07/94), Ultra (Ingo, org code gfx sysop ULTRA BOX, 11/91-05/93), Vision One (05/90), Zylon (new 05/90). SWE> Dexter (ascii trade sysop TOTAL DISASTER, 08-10/94), Lacoste (sysop DATA STORM, 09/93-97), Warhammer (sysop HOLOCAUST). USA> KooKooKaChoo (sysop FUN FACTORY, 09/93), Super Groover (sysop HEMISPHERES WHQ, 09/93). ???> Black (new 05/90), Blackout (new 05/90), Black Sheep (03/93), Frank (sysop CRASH, 07/94), Pizza (sysop, 01/95), The Seeker (new 05/90), Vitex (new 05/90), Wookie (new 05/90). Boards; MOTHERBOARD II (usa, 01/90). AFL is one of the oldest Amiga groups still in existence, formed in 1987, mostly dealing in the illegal part of the scene. There is also an Alpha Flight 1970 (AFL'70) on the c64 still in existence, as well as a pc section - though their current status is unknown. In their early years, they were also one of the first groups to have subgroups - and they had lots of them! Some of the most known were Vision One, Zylon and Z-Dream (see separate entries). Please note that not only did everyone else get confused, so did AFL on a few occasions! For example, they printed in their mag that Satan/AFL joined D-Tect, when infact Satan was in their subgroup Vision One! They also released one of the first regular diskmags - and certainly the best at its time - for the Amiga, in the shape of "Cracker Journal". Lacoste's board was previously known as a.o. AFTER SHAVE. 1989 - The group cohosted a copyparty (with The Powerslaves and Vision Factory) in Geffen, The Netherlands at the end of july, where they also released "Cracker Journal #15" [07/89]. The mag announced Aragon and Wintex had left the group. 1990 - "Cracker Journal #20" [05/90] was released in may, and carried the news that Black, Blackout, The Seeker, Vitex, Zylon (group) and Wookie had all joined the group. Nekron left for Proton around september. Cracker Journal #15 (1989, 29.07, ECS Diskmag). editors: Frankie Double Team, Dr.Mabuse. Released at the Alpha Flight, Vision Factory and Powerslaves copy party. review: Little has changed visually, as usual, and this issue of CJ looks much like all others. Editorialy, it contains interviews with The Band, Randy Linden (programmer of Dragons Lair for the amiga), software house Accolade, Major Rom/Quadlite and famed "pirate hunter" Gravenreuth. Another usual - and frequently irritating for english-speaking readers - trait of the mag is the articles in german. Things like the interview with Gravenreuth would have been interesting reading for us as well. But all the same, this is still CJ, and as such it's an invaluable reference for scene history. It has it's flaws, but also a lot of charm. [glenn] Cracker Journal #20 (1990, .05, ECS Diskmag) code: n/a, gfx: Gator/Beating Bytes, music: n/a, editors: Doctor Mabuse (main), Frankie Double Team (main), Big Al/Ecstasy, Dr.Doolitle/ Spreadpoint, Jason/?, Mark/Subway, Megablast/Dragons, Pirate/AOFCF, Prime Time/?, Spider/Tarkus Team, Sterling/Savage, The Nameless One/?, The Special Brothers (group), Vision One and Zylon/Alpha Flight, Whitehead/ Tristar. review: Not the best ever issue this, with very little in the way of groundbreaking reading, but still enjoyable for an hours fun. Editorially, the mag presented interviews with Spider/Tarkus Team, The Special Brothers, Munster/Spreadpoint and reports from the Miracle - Fairlight - Horizon party (also known as the Swedish Elite Easter Conference) and the RSI-Spectral party as its most interesting tidbits. A perfectly average issue. Tested under WinUAE 0.8.22.9. [glenn] Amaze [old] ----------- 1990 - Punisher was visited by the Police around september, and decided to stay legal after this. May 31st (1990, 31.05, OCS Intro). code: Dr.Gassu, gfx: Galaxy, music: Galaxy. Ambrosia (A!A) -------------- DEN> Raze (Thomas Petersen, music, 96). Ambrosia was a demo group based in denmark, and active on both the Amiga and pc platforms. They were organized by Raze and Drac, until Raze stopped organizing in june of 1996. Powdihacker then became the new second organizer, it seems - until he also left. Their mascot Karina is, obviously, female. Amiga Freelancers (AF) ---------------------- NOR> Zap (code). AF rose from nothing to instant fame when they released the first version of ProTracker 1.0, and stayed there until they had released their final version. Until PT arrived, sceners had had to make do with the limited NoiseTracker by the Swedes Mahoney & Kaktus. When PT 1.1 introduced things like a built-in sampler and an online help system, there was no turning back. In a way, AF got their name in the Amiga demoscene history books on the back of one single production... 1992 - Anders Hamre (code) joined Pure Metal Coders around january. Amnesia ------- Amnesia was a mainly German demo group, with members in other countries. Amnesty (AME) ------------- POL> Dave (music, 08/96), Hasid (code, 08/96), Umpal (gfx, 08/96). Amnesty are a purely Polish demo group. Crom (1996, 30.08, AGA 64k Intro). code: Hasid, gfx: Umpal, music: Dave. 3rd in the Intel Outside 3 64k intro competition. review: Phong-toruses and texturestretchers abound in this 64k intro from the Poles in Amnesty. Also a fast envmapper is given space, though all of these effects are slightly marred by the blocky look of the objects. Otherwise, excellent textures make them a pleasure to view, if you're not too close to the screen. Some speedy effects, and a good soundtrack, make this a worthwile little intro. Original filesize 62592 bytes, compressed with CrunchMania. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.1. Anadune (AND, 1994-, http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/1895/) ------------------------------------------------------------------ POL> Kazik (Kazimierz Perkowski, gfx, 08/97), Mr.Acryl (Artur Fabrycy, code, 08/97), Revisq (Patryk Gegniewicz, also in floppy, 96-08/97). ???> Gryf (modeller, 08/97), Mechanic (modeller, 08/97). Anadune are a polish demo group. The Sunrise (AGA HD Multifile Demo). Zoom (1997, 08.08, AGA Multifile Demo). code: Mr.Acryl, gfx: Kazik, Gryf (objects), Mechanic (objects), music: Revisq (The Player 6.1A format). 4th in the Assembly 97 demo competition. review: Not a bad demo at all, this one. As we have come to expect from Mr.Acryl, it features some really heavy 3d routines, but we are not let down audiovisually either. Kazik showcases some of his best work here, and Revisq rarely lets us down in the music department. Not really that much to say about it, really. It's pretty good, go watch it for yourself now :) Kazik's picture "Landlady" resides in the demo directory as a plain iff file. [glenn 08/05] Analog (ALG) ------------ GER> Dynamite (Sirko, music, 93), Ghost (sysop, 02/92), The Champ (sysop RAX), The Trooper (Stefan Ring, swap, 09/93). SWI> Black Sun (code, 02/92), Darkside (swap, 02/92), Highlander (Carlos Amor, swap, 10/92). FRA> Monty (music, 02/92). ???> Lucifer (02/92), Pinhead (gfx, 02/92). Analog is a demo group based in France, but with divisions in Germany and Switzerland. They were born in 1990 or 91, after the all-french group Sun Connection changed their name to Analog and started taking in foreign divisions. The Swiss section goes under the name 'The Sect'. Their members are also behind utilities like SunTracker II, IAM Packer, Bootshop and Infomod. 1993 - French sysops Cypher and Mery (HANG LOOSE) joined Fairlight early this year. The Sect (1992, .02, OCS Intro). code: Black Sun, gfx: Pinhead, Lucifer (design), music: info: Created by the Swiss section. Original filesize 26072 bytes, packed with Double Action 1.0. Best of Music (1993, 20.09, OCS File Musicdisk). info: A pointless exercise if ever I saw one; a compilation of four classic tracks from amiga history. The tunes featured are "My Glamorous Live" by Jester/Sanity, "A King Was Born" by Dreamweaver/Aurora, "Great Feeling" by Fabian/Desire and "Boesendorfer" by Romeo Knight/TRSI. Anarchy (1989-1993) ------------------- ENG> 4-Mat (music, 09/90), Dan (code gfx, 08/91), Nuke (music, 08/91). DEN> Icronite (Anders Mikkelsen, code, 08/91), Rush (Rene Møllnitz, code, 08/91). ???> Airwalk (gfx, 08/91), Golem (gfx, 08/91), Igor (gfx, 09/90), Kreator (code, 09/90), Milkshake (gfx, 08/91), Raistlin (code, 09/90). Anarchy was an international demogroup, and among the very top when they were around. When several of their most important members left the group to form Lemon. on february 1st, 1993, the beginning of the end had begun, and the group disbanded before the end of the year. Today, the group is most fondly remembered for their many great demos, as well as their diskmag Stolen Data. 1991 - Swapper and packmaker Mike D joined from Sanity late this year. Phantasmagoria (1990, 11.08, OCS Demo). Released for the Prime 90 demo competition, unplaced. C.E.S. Music Pack (1990, 16.09, OCS Music Disk). Released at the Computer Entertainment Show 1990. code: Kreator, Raistlin (player part), gfx: Igor, music: 4-Mat. info: The featured tracks are: Intro-Music (menu), DNA Dream, Forests, Psychospugs, Thinking of Her, Thunderfall, Thunderfall Game, and finally Waterfall. Release date pinpointed by scroller for "DNA Dream", which says "the show" is the day after the 15th. Digital Innovation (1991, 31.08, ECS Trackmo). code: Dan, Icronite, Rush, gfx: Golem (load, intro, lions), Dan (sinescroll), Airwalk (fonts), Milkshake (fonts, walkman), music: "Kings of Dawn" by Nuke (NoisePacker 3 format). info: Reviewed in Pure Metal Coders and New Wave's "RAW #1" [11/91]. Its main 'gimmick' is apparently that it lasts for a full 26 minutes. Likely not a party release. Anathema -------- SWE> Big Boss (sysop CITY OF JOY WHQ, 01/95-02/96). Anathema was an English and Swedish demo group. 1993 - Swedish sysop Norad (ACES HIGH) left for Mirage in september. Andromeda (AOA, 1989-) ---------------------- NOR> Andy (Anders Kristensen, code, 09/91-02/92), Archmage (Håkon Repstad, gfx, 09/91-04/94), Bingo (02/92), Blazer (Morten Ofstad, code, new 02/92), Decker (Ole-Jacob Berge, gfx, 12/93-04/95), Dr.Jekyll (Sigmund Vik, code, 09/91-12/94), Duel (Ulrik Sundby, gfx, new 02/92-01/93), Enigma (gfx, 10/90-02/92), Fairfax (Torkell Berntsen, gfx, 12/92- 04/94), HeadX (Terje Tho, code music, 11/91-02/92), Hydra (Ole Ingarth Karlsen, code, 09/91-12/92), Interphace (Jan Reinert Karlsen, music, 09/91-04/95), Jaz (Svein Johansen, code), Lizard (Magnar Harestad, music, 12/92-04/93), Madlock (music, new 02/92), Main (Frode Gill, code, new 02/92-01/93), MCS (Roar Oddenes, swap, 11/91-02/92), Monzo (11/91-02/92), Moxy (Ørjan Tronstad, swap), Mr.Hyde (Sverre Lunøe- Nielsen, code, 09/91-12/92), Mr.Man (Ronny Nordeide, music, 11/91-04/94), Prophet (new 02/92), Quest (Lars Olaf Haaheim, gfx, 11/91-02/92), Ralph (09/91-02/92), William (William Birkeland, swap, 02/92), Wizax (11/91), Wood (Ole Gøthe Røsstad, gfx). PREVIOUS MEMBERS (pre 02/92) - Andromeda must surely be one of the most successful demo groups of all time, and certainly if you count in their 100% norwegian factor. Productions like the "Mirror" [12/92] musicdisk and the "Seven Seas" [01/94] slideshow raised their international reputation, culminating in their highlight year of 1994, when they won at both The Gathering (with "Sequential") and at The Party (with their oustanding "Nexus 7"). Both those demos made instant stars of their coders, and elevated Andromeda into the absolute upper elite of demo groups. Unfortunately, they faded into the inactivity that so many groups do at the top, and even though new demos have been promised several times none has seen the light of day since their finest hour at The Party 4. It's a small miracle that Archmage can draw his fantastic pictures since he, like the English graphician Red Devil/DCS, is in fact colourblind! 1991 - When the demo group Absence died this year (august or september most likely), Andromeda came in a position to recruit some of its most talented members. Quest, Andy, Monzo, Mr.Man, MCS, HeadX and Wizax all became new members. 1992 - "A Small Intro" was released in february, and announced the joining of Duel, Blazer, Madlock (all from Motion), Prophet and The Main, as well as Dr.Cruz changing his handle to William and The Mage changing his to Archmage. 1993 - "R.A.W #5" was released in early may (now under the Spaceballs label), as usual with a title picture and panels by Fairfax. Lord Interface changed his handle to Interphace some time between april and july this year. M-31 The Comeback (1990, 06.10, OCS Demo). Decaying Paradise (1991, 29.06, OCS Demo). 4th in the Amega Party demo competition. Heavy Metal Fighters (1991, 29.06, OCS Demo). Released for the Amega Party demo competition, unplaced. Suffocation (1991, 28.09, OCS Demo). Winner of the Razor 1911 & Imp-666 Amiga Conference demo competition! info: Reviewed in Pure Metal Coders and New Wave's "RAW #1" [11/91]. Spellcheck (1992, 28.12, OCS Intro). Released at The Party 91.  A Small Intro (1992, .02, OCS Intro). code: Blazer, gfx: Duel, music: Lord Interface (NoisePacker 2 format). review: As usual, a very polished intro that certainly follows their standard 'clean' style - even though the visuals were done by newcomers to the group :) It opens with an animation where a pretty good Andromeda logo sort-of 'explodes' onto the screen. The logo then bounces to the bottom of the screen, and we get alternating - a lightsourced "tv-box" vector cube with filled vector objects on the sides (puh!) or a spinning blue-and-black chessboard in the background, and a text plotter on top. The intro does the job it's supposed to, but not with much flair. This intro has been called several things, like "Announcetro", but we believe our title (which is essentially the onscreen text) is the most accurate. The main reason behind its release was to announce new members to the group (Duel, Blazer and Madlock from Motion, plus Prophet and The Main) and a couple of handle changes (William and Archmage). The opening logo animation is stored in the file as a standard IFF ANIM, and can be ripped with WRip or a similar app. The release date is based on circumstancial evidence (William's handle change was also announced in "R.A.W #2" [02/92]) and guesswork, but should be accurate. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0 -- Note: Needs KillAGA! D.O.S. (1992, 18.04, OCS Multifile Demo). 2nd in The Gathering 92 demo competition. Multica (1992, 18.04, OCS Demo). 10th in The Gathering 92 demo competition. Point Blank (1992, 28.06, OCS Demo). 6th in the Hurricane and Brutal Summer Party 92 demo competition. Mirror (1992, 28.12, ECS Trackloaded Musicdisk, 2 disks). code: Mr.Hyde, gfx: Duel, Archmage, Fairfax, music: Mr.Man, Lord Interface, Lizard. Released at The Party 92. info: Mirror (the name refers to just one effect, presented in the intro sequence) is musicdisk with slideshow elements. Once the disk proper is loaded, you're presented with a menu that allows these choices: Music menu (F1), graphics menu (F2), scrolltext menu (F3), credits part (F4), greetings part (F5) and current module info part (F6). They announce their upcoming "Mind Riot", but didn't manage to complete it at the party, and it was finally released in early january. The tunes presented on the disk (in the order they appear on the menu) are; "Beneath Dignity" (Mr.Man, The Party 91 compo tune), "Time's The Remedy" (Mr.Man, 4th in The Party 92 compo), "Broken Joysticks", "Escapade" (Lord Interface), "Interceptia" (Lord Interface, The Party 92 compo tune), "Pastel Blue", "Agony Screams", "Stormbringer" and "Dark Side". All are in the NoisePacker 3 format. The four pictures are all on disk 1, and are "Orthlund Dragon", "Wastelands" and "Fantasy Horse" by Fairfax, and "Jucy Lucy" (40th in The Party 92 comptetition) by Archmage. GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Note: Keyboard did not work, but turning caches off took care of the problem. Mind Riot (1993, early.01, OCS File Demo). code: Dr.Jekyll, Mr.Hyde, gfx: Duel, Fairfax, The Main, music: Mr.Man. information: Andromeda attempted to release this demo at The Party 2, but were unsuccessful. It was released a few days later. Lost In Legoland (1993, 09.04, OCS 40k Intro). 3rd in The Gathering 93 40k intro competition. Styggtro (1993, 09.04, OCS 40k Intro). 5th in The Gathering 93 40k intro competition. Sequential (1994, 02.04, OCS Demo). Winner of The Gathering 94 demo competition! Nexus 7 (1994, 28.12, AGA Demo). Winner of The Party 94 demo competition! Angelica (AGL) -------------- ???> Noname (05/92). Danish Pearl joined Parasite. Angels [old] (1990-) -------------------- FRA> Corto (code), Garp (new 07/90), Musashi (crack, 09/90). GER> Andy, Malzam (sysop REIGN IN BLOOD, later Agile, 08-09/90). ENG> Marvin (sysop CITY LIMITS, 08-09/90). NOR> Jaffa (John O. Tjørn, 90). N-L> Bobo (sysop THE DUTCH PIRATE, 08-12/90). SWI> Ice-T (sysop INNER SPACE, new 09/90). ITA> Insider (sysop INSIDER BBS, new 06-09/90). USA> East Coast (sysop AMIGA EAST, later Skid Row, new 07-09/90), Sidesector (sysop WRECK HOUSE, 08-12/90). ???> Firefox (new 06/90), Flintbuster (crack, 07/90), Mister Z (08/90), Storm God, The Number Five (crack, 06/90), Vinny (code, 08/90), Zak (gfx). Boards; ESCAPE ZONE (usa, 08-09/90), DIGITAL EXPRESSION (usa, 08-09/90), HOUSE OF INSANITY (usa, new 09/90), DUTCH PIRATE (n-l, 08-09/90). Angels was a french-based cracking group, born in june of 1990 and one of the first two-faced crews, who not only cracked a lot of games but released a few good demos as well. They appear to have ceased operations towards the end of the year, after a brief spell in cooperation with Genesis in october. 1990 - A crack intro from june welcomed italian Insider (INSIDER BBS), swiss Pioneer (WORLD TRADE CENTER) and Firefox to the group. Garp, East Coast (AMIGA EAST) and Skyfox (SKYFOX BBS) were added to the list in early july. The board DIGITAL EXPRESSIONS II appeared in august, but the name changed to HOUSE OF INSANITY in september. The group's boardlist was somewhat slimmed again around september, as Pioneer decided to shut down his board and leave the scene, and Skyfox was kicked out of the group. They were reinforced with swiss sysop Ice-T (INNER SPACE) however, previously in Setrox and Subway. They apparently also kicked two boards around september; one from italy (ICC) and one from USA. They also grew a strong demo section when they swallowed the French demo group Dragons, still in september. Shortly after joining they delivered the very strong "Copper Master" [10/90] demo, but their stay unfortunately proved to be short. Soon after its release, Corsair (code), Foxy (gfx) and Mr.Video (gfx) announced they would move on to join Classic (please note that this MAY be wrong, and that they infact went to The Company instead; some research indicates it). Dave and Akimbo were kicked sometime between october and december. Angels [new] (1993-) -------------------- ???> Switch (05/93). Animate (1989-1990) ------------------- FIN> Doctor DMA (Niku Kaitaniemi, code, 89), Drucer (code music, 04-07/89), Smithson (swapper, 89). Animate was a Finnish demo and cracking group, born in 1989 by ex-Deathstar members Doctor DMA, Drucer and Smithson. Cameron was kicked when it was discovered he had bought some sources from members of Bloodsuckers. They died mid 1990, when its members (Trug, ...) joined Exodus - the other group resulting from the initial split of Deathstar! :) It Eats Your Mouse (1994, 15.04, Intro). Animators (http://www.animators.de) ----------------------------------- ???> Mr.Frenzy (music). Animators were a german demo group. Animax (-1992) -------------- NOR> Larsen (92), Socko (code gfx, 92), Zappo (code, 92). Anoxia ------ DEN> Cocoon (trade, 05/92). Anthrox (ATX, 1989-1994, http://www.anthrox.com) ------------------------------------------------ ENG> Beast (sysop ARCADIA, 08/92-10/93), Dream Warrior (sysop BAD DREAMS, 08/92-01/93), Hydro (08/92-01/93), Ice D (sysop BURGER BAR, 08/92-05/95), Marvin (sysop CITY LIMITS, 12/91-01/93), P0t- Noodle (Leo Davidson, doorcode sysop C.A.L., 12/91-08/93). SWE> Mungo (Robert S., org gfx swap, 03/91-08/92), Yobbo (code gfx, 03/91-01/93). BEL> Lithium (sysop CONSOLIA, 01/95). SWI> Fury (sysop DIAL HARD, 05/95), Slain (sysop HALLOWED POINT EHQ, 09-10/93). SPA> Karpinti (sysop METROPOLIS, 05/95). GER> Sigma-Seven (sysop SYNERGY, 08/92-05/95), Mymurth & Thargoid (sysops HYPERSPACE, 08/92-01/93). CAN> Shadolok (sysop PTR SYSTEMS, 09/93). USA> Nitro (sysop PIRATE'S HAVEN, 01/93), Picard (sysop USS ENTERPRISE WHQ, 08/92-09/96), Terrorist (sysop T.THUNDERSTORM, 09/93), Wildfire (sysop TRADE LINE, 05/95). ???> Black Cat (crack train, ex Scoopex, 01/93), Cameo (code, 01/93), CheeseFreak (01/93), DreamScape (01/93), Exhorder (07-08/94), Exocet (also in Arclite, 08/94), Graffiti (01-08/93), Horny (08/94), Manx (eng? trade, 12/91-01/93), Red Alert (supply, 01/93), Retalitator (toolcode, 08/92-08/93), RockWorm (01/93), Skol (01/93), Snow (sysop HAPPY NATION, 01/95), Sprog (eng? trade? 08/91-01/93), T.G.R. (code, 08/92-08/93), Thrash (eng? toolcode, 10/92-08/94), Vindex (01/93), White Knight (01/95), Wintermute (01/93), Zigor (01/93). Boards; CONSOLIA (bel, 08/94), DISLEXIA (bel, 08/94). Anthrox were an English-based cracking group, born as early as 1989 (though they were announced as a new group in Brainstorm's "Zine #5" [06/90]) by englishmen Hydro and Count Zero. They released a fair few games and board tools (their boardtool section was subtitled Gods'Gift) in their time on the amiga, but the group as such made a much larger impact as crackers and code innovators on console platforms like snes, gbc/gba and n64. The amiga section was decleared dead in 1994, but the group continues to exist and innovate on several console platforms. The full name of P0t-Noodle's board is THE 7TH CHURCH OF THE APOCALYPTIC LAWNMOWER (or C.A.L. for short). Despite information to the effect in "RAW #4", Autopsy and Angeldawn/ Scoopex did NOT join Anthrox; they both joined The Silents. 1992 - Joker joined Cytax early this year. 1994 - A text file was spread on the boards on september 1st saying the german board "Happy Nation" had gone offline. Sploosh (1993, .04, ECS Musicdisk). code: T.G.R., gfx: n/a, music: TDK/Melon Dezign, info: It comes on three disks. Some passwords to try - DAN, TGR, HIDDEN TUNE. Apathy (APT) ------------ Apathy is a Norwegian demo group, under the leadership of Strife. Apex [old] ---------- Apex was a German group, and presumably had nothing to do with the 'other' group with the same name that later appeared in France. 1990 - German swapper Mr.Turnip left for Prophecy, while Yeggman left for Untouchables, both around september. Appendix (APX, 1992-, http://www.appendix.eu.org/) -------------------------------------------------- Appendix is a polish demo group, born in 1992. Applause (APL, 1993-) --------------------- Applause was formed in early 1993 by previous members of Grace and other Polish guys. When Cyanide died, all its Dutch members also joined. The group is probably best remembered today for their diskmag Thing. Arcade [old] (ARC) ------------------ ???> Cyborg (code, 08/94). The only release I've ever seen from Arcade was a tool. :] There is no reason to suspect the 'old' and the 'new' Arcade had anything to do with each other. Arcade [new] (A!, 1997-) ------------------------ GER> Crazy (ascii sysop 'BAGDAD CAFE', also in TRSI, aka -cRZ, 08/99). ???> Dezibel (ascii, 06/97-03/99), Dipswitch (ascii, 02-08/99), Ice (ascii, 06-07/97), LDA4X (ascii, 03-05/98), Progenitor (ascii, 11/97-03/98), Storm (ascii, 12/97), Vouck (ascii, 02/99), Woober (ascii, 06/97- 02/99), Zaner (ascii, 02/99). Arcade was an ascii group, formed in june of 1997. Arcadia Team, The (TAT, -1990) ------------------------------ The Arcadia Team (who was called just Arcadia for a short while towards the end) was a Norwegian demo group, which died around the middle of 1990 after most of its members merged with Humanoids to create the new group Scope. Archaos ------- ???> Spiral (trade, 08/92). Arclite (AL) ------------ SWE> Danzig (Peter, ascii trade, aka dZG, 05/94-02/97), U-Man (sysop FINAL IMPACT, also in Crux and Capcom, 12/95-01/97). GER> h20 (ascii sysop RAVELAND, new 02/97), Mogue (ascii sysop STRAIGHT HATE, aka Mo!, 02/96-02/97). ???> Exocet (also in Anthrox, 08/93-01/97), G.e.m (ascii, also in Illusion, 08/93-02/97), Hijack (02/97), Karma (ascii, 08/94-02/97), Shapechanger (02/97). PREVIOUS MEMBERS (pre 02/97) - SWE> Sy-Klone (sysop WHITE ROOM, also in Progress, 08/94-07/95). ???> Mark Ryder (ascii). Arclite is an ascii group. Like most ascii groups, they've had some boards that were not sysopped by actual members of the group; like POINT BLANK WHQ (usa, 08/93) and DEATH ROW WHQ (usa, 01/99). 1997 - Danzig released a comeback collection, "Brain Crack", in february - in which he also announced h20 as a new member of the group. Argoth (1991-) -------------- Argoth was a norwegian demo group, formed by previous members of the group Violence sometime in the mid to late months of 1991. Arise [old] (ARS, -1992) ------------------------ GER> Cube (code swap, 05/92), Equi (org swap, 05/92), Kyle (code swap, 05/92), Makro (sysop BBS, 05/92), Mystic (gfx swap, 05/92), Skyline (org swap, 05/92), Warden (gfx swap, 05/92). ???> Beatbrain (gfx music, 05/92), Bitworm (code, 05/92), Buckrogers (trade, 05/92), Dragonfly (code, 05/92), Falcon (gfx music, 05/92), Lou Van B (gfx music, 05/92), Mark Enzo (trade, 05/92), Nobody (editor, 05/92), Picolo (gfx swap, 05/92), Pink (code music, 05/92), Sir Richard (swap, 05/92), Suicide (gfx, 05/92), Vision (gfx code, 05/92). PREVIOUS MEMBERS (pre 05/92) - Arise was a German demo group; organizers seem to have been Equi and Skyline. The best members decided to form Abyss together with the best members of Beyond in late 1992. Arise was later briefly reborn in 1993. BBS-Intro (1992, 12.05, ECS Intro). code: Kyle, gfx: Falcon, Suicide (bbs-intro logo), music: "Masterlevel" by Falcon. review: A slightly unusual approach to bbs intros, this one has you choosing pages of text from a small menu. Not bad, but far, far, far from anything advanced =) Just an average production, there's a million like this one out there. This also announces Arise's summer conference, to be held in august, though I am not sure whether it was ever really arranged... [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.1 -- Note: Needs KillAGA. Arise [new] (1993-) ------------------- ITA> Virus (Valerio Russo, swap sysop SPORADIC LINE WHQ). Armada ------ 1990 - Norwegian swapper Shinox left for Brain Wave around september. Arsenic ------- Arsenic was a german demo group. Art! ---- ???> Enforcer (01-05/95), Rat (01-05/95), Redskin (11/94-05/95), Rip (01- 05/95). Art! was an ascii group. Artcore (AC!, 1994-1995) ------------------------ GER> 2Fast (Jens, sysop SEAQUEST DSV, also in Avantgarde or Brilliance, later Jedi Arts, 07/94-08/95), Mr.Vain (ascii, aka mRV, also in Sunflex Inc, new 06/94-08/95), Treach (ascii sysop FRESH BBS, aka TRE!, also in Scoopex, new 08/94-08/95). SWE> Manta (Conny, org ascii, aka mNt, also in Outlaws, new 06/94-08/95), U-Man (ascii sysop FINAL IMPACT, also in 2000 AD and Squash or Honey, new 06/94-08/95). ENG> Tango (ascii, also in Origin, later Whale, 12/94-08/95). AUS> Count Zero (sysop MIDNITE, also in Origin, 07/94-08/95). PREVIOUS MEMBERS (pre 08/95) - GER> Deathlord (ascii sysop CENTRAL CITY, also in Delight, aka dL, new 06/94-01/95). ???> Axeblade (hol? ascii, 07/94-01/95), Crazy (ascii, 01/95), Nike (hol? ascii, also in Infect, 07/94-01/95). ArtCore was an german-swedish based ascii group, formed in june of 1994 after Mogue left Fire & Ice and asked Manta to form a new group with him. In quick succession they recruited Mr.Vain, Deathlord and finally U-Man, and the core group was formed. They quickly became one of the leading ascii groups, releasing more quality collections than probably any other group in history. Not all 'their' boards had sysops that were members of the group; examples include SPIRIT OF SOUL WHQ (mario/trsi, 04-08/95), HOMELESS EHQ (slime/birdhouse projects^myth, 05-08/95), BOONDOCKS EHQ (sal-1, 12/94- 01/95), PUNISHMENT INC (siegel/trsi, 06/95), NO VEGETABLES (jake/prestige, NLHQ, 06/95), DIAL HARD (fury/prestige, swihq, 06/95)... 1994 - Both 2fast and Mogue were doublemembers of Brilliance in july. German Treach joined with FRESH BBS in august of this year, announced in Mogue's collection "Destination? Unknown" [08/94]. Mr.Vain changed his second group from Prodigy to Sunflex Inc in august. 2fast spent some time this year under the alternative handle The Crow (changed to the crow sometime in late july or august), before returning to his old one. Manta's double membership in Nut & Bolt likely came to an end towards the end of this year. He was in Outlaws as his second group next year. Why was Mogue's WHQ ENDLESS PAIN and Treach's FRESH BBS not advertised beyond december 94, while both remained members? 1995 - Stylez and Tango joined between february and april, H2o (with RAVELAND) between april and july this year. U-Man opened FINAL IMPACT in august, tagged 'under reconstruction' in boardlists in their collys at the time, and U-Man and Count Zero also became double members of Honey this month; U-Man's double membership in 2000 AD and Squash earlier this year probably expired, then? Then, still in august, the downfall of the group began when H2o (with RAVELAND) and Mogue (with ENDLESS PAIN, also in Scoopex or Brilliance or Pimok at the time) left to form Contra, and quickly were followed in the new group by Stylez and Rapid. The group was declared dead in august. Arte (ARTE) ----------- GER> Crazy (ascii sysop BAGDAD CAFE EHQ, also in Mystic or Scoopex, new 08-09/94). Arte was an ascii group. 1994 - German ascii artist Crazy (also in Mystic) joined in early august, and his board became EHQ for the group. Artemis (1990-) --------------- Artemis was perhaps the best known group to ever come out of Iceland :-) They were born in 1990 by the members of Opus Magnum and Blockbusters [no entries]. Archmage is almost certainly NOT the same as the one in Andromeda. Artificial People (AP) ---------------------- Artificial People are a finnish demo group, with some members in France. Artwork (ATW, 1994-1998) ------------------------ Artwork was a mainly German demo group, formed in november of 1994 when Generation-editor Damion/Platin took his mag with him and formed Artwork together with Voyage/DCS. Within days Cockroach and JMS joined from DCS, and The Loop, Jive and Detector from Platin. Soon after wellknown talent like Tron, Fiver and Noogman followed, making Artwork one of the leading demo groups of their time. Aspect Inc. (AI) ---------------- GER> Deathlord (ascii sysop CENTRAL CITY, aka dL!, also in Mystic, 04- 07/94). Boards; BLOODY DECISION (also in Delirium, 07-08/94). Aspect Incorporated was a subgroup of Delirium, and released a few cracks of German versions of some games. Atlantis (ATL, 1992-1992) ------------------------- GER> Fckw (sysop SECOND WORLD, 03/92), Joker (sysop SADO CITY, 03/92), Phil (sysop MAIDEN HOOD, 03/92), TCM (sysop MAGICAL ZONE, 03/92). ENG> Mr.T (sysop CONSPIRACY, 03/92). DEN> Metal Force (crack trade, new 04-05/92). USA> Brain Dead (sysop PURGATORY, 03/92), Desert Rat (sysop GURU HAVEN, 03/92), Nosferatu (sysop DANSE MACABRE, 03/92), Skeleton (sysop PIRATE SHIP, 03/92), The Pieman (sysop THE P.I.T.S., 03/92). Boards; GROUND ZERO (usa, 03/92). Atlantis was a shortlived cracking group, apparently active only from march to may of 1992. There are indications they were possibly formed with large portions of the newly dead group The Company aboard. 1992 - Danish cracker and trader Metal Force joined from Goonies in april. Atlantys -------- FRA> Anex (gfx, 08/91), Hof (Stephane Elbaz, gfx, 08/91), Neptune (code, 08/91), Titan (gfx music, 08/91). ???> Joker, Phenix, Redox, Sword. Atlantys was a french demo group. To our knowledge, their only ever released was their "Slideshow" [08/91]. Agony later changed his handle to Mental and joined Anarchy. Slideshow (1991, 25.08, ECS Slideshow). code: Neptune, gfx: Hof, Anex, Titan (title logo), music: "titan- universystem" and "titan-intro" by Titan (ProTracker MOD format). Released at Cyclone Party II. info: Reviewed in Pure Metal Coders and New Wave's "RAW #1" [11/91]. Atomic [new] (ATM, 1995-1996) ----------------------------- Aurora (-1993) -------------- SWE> Hyperion (sysop GREAT LAKE, 09/90), Zipex (trade, new 91-09/93). Aurora was a demo group based in sweden, perhaps best remembered for their sadly underrated but great musician Dreamweaver. Authentic Design ---------------- 1994 - Danes Raise and Duff joined from Parasite sometime this year (before august, at least). Avalon (AVL) ------------ Avalon was a Norwegian demo group. Avantgarde (AVT, 1994-1995) --------------------------- GER> 2Fast (Jens, doorcode ascii sysop SEAQUEST DSV WHQ, also in ArtCore, 08/94-08/95), Knuckles (Yann Cebron, doorcode sysop LUNATIC ASYLUM, 08/94-01/95), Vadium (sysop VIRTUAL ENERGY, 12/94-01/95). ENG> Thor (sysop, 01/95). ???> Aliex (sysop RAVER'S PARADISE, 01/95). Avantgarde was formed by 2Fast/TRSI and Donk/Pulse in the middle of august 1994. 2Fast changed his handle to The Crow (and later changed it back), and Donk to Knuckles. It appears to have been a very board and board-tool oriented group (both founders were sysops). There is no reason to assume this group had anything to do with the c64 cracking group of the same name. The group died somewhere between january and august 1995. Avenger (-1990) --------------- SWI> Fox (gfx, later Alcatraz). Avenger was a swiss-based illegal group, doing cracks. Axe (-1991) ----------- Axe died late 1991. Axenon ------ 1989 - Mystyx was caught by the police, again, around june. Axis [old] (-1992) ------------------ HOL> Kr'33 (swap, 05/92). ???> Crackerjack (code, 05/92), Fresh (gfx, 05/92), Troop (music, 05/92).