Cadaver (CDR) ------------- NOR> Covenant (J. Skjefstadmoen, 04/94), Dr.Randy (Per E. Forberg, 04/94), Trauma (09/93-04/94), Tyrant (Lasse Stangeland, 01/93-04/94). FIN> The Hooligan (Mikko Virtanen, code music, old handle PetShopBoy aka PSB, 02-03/95). ???> Decker (10/93), Dr.Bully (music, 04/94), Foxy (gfx, 04/94), Gator (code, 04/94), Stratego (04/94). Cadaver was a demo group based in Norway. They are mostly remembered today for two issues of their diskmag Aggression, and for the infamous "Marianne Myhrer Slideshow" incident ;] 1993 - Norwegian sysop Noise Data (DIGITAL CITY, 04/93-) was busted on the 21st of august. A text file was spread on Norwegian boards to announce the fact the same day. 1994 - The first issue of the diskmag "Aggression" was released in april, and announced Skynet had changed his handle to Covenant. "Aggression #2" was released in november, and would prove to be the second and FINAL edition of the promising mag. 1995 - Finnish member PetShopBoy changed his handle to The Hooligan around february. Testiclo: Sundstrom Is Alive (1993, ECS Intro). Symbiostro (1993, 30.07, ECS Intro). Aggression #1 (1994, 11.04, ECS Multifile Diskmag). code: Gator, gfx: Foxy (menu picture, control panel), music: Dr.Bully (The Player 6.1A format), editors: Tyrant (main), Trauma (main), Gator, Stratego, Amon/Mystic, Covenant, Dr.Randy. info: This mag announced Skynet's handle change to Covenant. Marianne Myhrer (1994, 26.02, ECS Slideshow). Restricted (1994, 13.03, ECS Demo). code: Slipper, gfx: Overlord, music: The Hooligan. Aggression #2 (1994, 28.11, Diskmag). Calibra (1992-) --------------- Calibra was a Finnish demo group formed by previous members of Dictators, Reflectors SF, X-Men and Success SF. They once released a roulette game, as well as a dentro and some intros. Camel Corporation (1993-) ------------------------- Camel Corporation was a Danish two-man crew formed by ICronite (Anders Mikkelsen, code) and Milkshake (Kent S. Jensen, gfx) in february 1993, after they left Anarchy. As far as I know, "Camel Lights 2112" [93] is the only thing they ever released. Camel Lights 2112 (1993, .02?, ECS Multifile). Capcom (CCM) ------------ SWE> Desoto (also in Mo'Soul, 11-12/95). NOR> Mark Ryder (also in Mo'Soul, 11-12/95). Capcom is a demo group. Capsule (CSL) ------------- Capsule was a Spanish demo group. Carillon (1992-1993) -------------------- Carillon was a finnish demo group, formed by Dweezil and Heatbeat after Heatbeat was kicked from the finnish section of Rebels. After releasing two demos in 1992, they merged with Cyberiad in the first months of 1993 to create one of the best ever Finnish teams; Carillon and Cyberiad Institutes (CNCD). At least Heatbeat (music), Destop (gfx), WDO (code) and Major Tom (music, ex Anarchy) came along to the new group. Despite rumours, Golem (ex Anarchy) never joined DCS, and this was likely the last group the Finnish graphician was a member of. We believe coder and cofounder Dweezil went to Stellar at the time of the group's death. Casyopea (CYP) -------------- ???> Cooder (music), Dr.Sky (code), Greg (code swap), KK (raytrace, 06/96), Lordwader (mainswap), Smile (gfx, 11/94). Casyopea was a demo group, of which little is known. They were active from at least 1994 to 1996, though the two productions below seem to be the only ones they ever made. 1995 - Musician Bartesek joined Mystic late this year. 1996 - Noise joined Old Bulls while Hades joined Deep in june. Mushrooom (1994, 17.04, ECS 40k Intro). Winner of the Primavera Party. Glamour (1995, 18.05, ECS Demo). Cave (1989-) ------------ FIN> Stinger (swap, 01-04/90) Celtic ------ GER> Avalon (12/90). NOR> Dr.M (swap, 10/91). Celtic were originally a german group, who later took in some foreign members. They were also behind the utility "Demo-Maker V1.1" in 1989, possibly the first program of its kind on the amiga? ;) Centolos (1994-1997) -------------------- Centolos is a Spanish demo group, formed for fun in 1994 by various members of other groups that had just died. In 1997 the group merged with Dosis to create the group Centosis - and simultaneously moved the entire group to the pc platform. They are well respected in the pc scene today, mainly due to their role in organizing most parties held in Spain. Thanks to former member Wavemaker (now in Trinity and Glue) for information! Cerberos Design --------------- Cerberos Design were apparently a hungarian-based demo group. Their coder Fresh Trash made the quite popular packer utility CrunchMania. Chaos A.D. (CAD) ---------------- SWE> Aggressor (01/94). 1994 - Swedish sysop Dee (UNDERCOVER, 93-) left for Delight in early this year. Chaos Cooperation (-1989) ------------------------- Chaos Cooperation was a Danish demo group. The entire group decided to join forces with Roadrunners in february of 1989, forming a new group called Rebels. Chrome (CRM, 1990-) ------------------- FIN> DJ Joge (music, 08/92-08/93), Dr.Jive (music, 90), Equalizer (swap, 10/91), Joe (Jouko Korhonen, swap, 90), Shark (org, 90), Smircher (Hannu, code gfx, 90). ???> Alien (90), Butcher (90), Grade (code music, 90), Grywood (music, 90), Joe (90), Joplin (music, 90), Morrison (gfx, 90), Mr.Proper (90), Powerbrain (90), Rain (90), Ruler (90), Stargazer (90), Thundercat (90), Triton (90), Zevs (90). Chrome was a finnish demo group, formed in 1990 by former members of Mastercrew, after that group died. The original memberlist was Alien, Butcher, Dr. Jive, Grade, Grywood, Joe, Joplin, Morrison, Mr.Proper, Powerbrain, Rain, Ruler, Shark, Smircher, Stargazer, Thundercat, Triton and Zevs. An Announcement (1990, OCS Intro). code: Smircher, Grade (additional), gfx: Morrison (logo), Smircher (bobs), music: Grade. info: Mentions Brainstorm "Megademo" (released 21st of april this year), so definitely released after that. This was likely the group's first ever release. Chronos ------- Boards; LABYRINTH (swi, 12/91). Chronos was an Italian-based, seemingly boardoriented group, with a strong section in Switzerland as well. 1991 - Swiss Tomcat opened TOTAL RECALL around late november or early december. Chryseis (CHS) -------------- Chryseis was a demo group. For a while, they existed as the demo section of the illegal cracking group Hoodlum. Cinefex Design (1990-) ---------------------- Cinefex Design was a norwegian demo group, formed around april 1990 by Beast/ex Alpha Flight, Extremety, Marauders, and two other people. 1991 - Floppy and Mr.Nobody joined from Wizzcat at the Arendal party in september. Circle (1993-1993) ------------------ Circle was a swedish demo group formed in may of 1993 by Schizo (ex Noxious), Colorbird, Some1 and Prime (all ex Scoopex). The lifespan of Circle was short, however, as both Colorbird and Schizo later in the year moved on - first to join Alcatraz, then to form Illusion. Most members of Circle later wound up in Illusion, and then eventually Razor 1911. Among the ones that moved on to Illusion were at least Lionheart (ex Insane), Some1 and Prime (both ex Scoopex). As a consequence, Circle died. Information in Balance's "Upstream #7" [11/93] that Some1 and Prime joined from Artech seem to be false. Cirion ------ Cirion was a finnish demo group. Citron [hol] (1993-) -------------------- Citron was formed in late 1993 by dutch sysop THC/Justice (MYSTIC PLACE), but the group didn't exist long before THC moved on to legend, presumably killing the group in the process. This group has nothing to do with the Swedish group Citron. (Citron-point). Citron. [swe] (1993-) --------------------- Citron. (note the point at the end) is a Swedish demo group, formed by S.Duvan and Electron in early 1993. In 1994, Slash joined as a double member from IFFTiC. In addition to their own diskmag Oepir Risti (which they are most known for), much of the team also helped C-Lous with their "No Sense" mag. Classic [old] (1990-1991) ------------------------- SWE> Hoson (swap, 03/90-08/91), Ringo Star (crack, 03/90-08/91), Snapperhead (sysop WARHAMMER EHQ, 06-08/91), Wico (sysop INNER CIRCLE, 06-08/91). ENG> Clairvoyant (sysop FORGOTTEN REALMS, 06-08/91). GER> Joker (sysop SADO CITY, 06-08/91), TCM (sysop MAGICAL ZONE, 06-08/91). N-L> BamBam (sysop DOWNTOWN, new 09/90-08/91). SWI> Moses (sysop LINE TO HEAVEN, 06-08/91). USA> Armitage (sysop THE MADHOUSE, new 03/90-08/91), Winter Mute (sysop MARTYRIUM, 11/90-08/91) ???> Dax (06-08/91), Garp (06-08/91), Jack (06-08/91), Mystique (new 06-08/91), Nuke (08/91), Rhino (08/91), Rob Northern (06-08/91), Stalker (mainorg, 09/90-08/91), Triad (06-08/91), Zelnik (new 09/90). PREVIOUS MEMBERS (pre 08/91) - SWE> Dezecrator (Markus Merilainen, music, 12/89-03/90). ENG> Splat (sysop SPLATTER HOUSE EHQ, 09-11/90). USA> Braindead (sysop PURGATORY), P.O.W (sysop APOCALYPSE, later Fairlight, 06-11/90). ???> Megaodi (code, 06/91), Rocketman (new 03/90). Classic was a cracking crew based in Sweden, and active from 1990 until late 1991. The leader was Stalker, and their main cracker was Ringo Starr (both were also later in the reborn Quartex). 1990 - Armitage (sysop THE MADHOUSE) and Rocketman joined in march. After Oracle died around september this year, Zelnik and BamBam (DOWNTOWN) both joined. 1991 - Mystique joined in june. English board THE LIGHT BBS was listed in june, but gone from the list by august. Classic [new] (CLS, 1993-) -------------------------- SWE> Elegance (trade, 04/95), Hijacker (trade, 04/94-04/95), Kid Curry (sysop PET SEMATARY EHQ, 06/93-12/94), Mastercarder (trade, 04/95), Ozone (sysop FAR OUT, 08/95), Prof Do Right (sysop NIGHT FALL, 08-12/93), Rob (org trade, 06/94-07/95), Stain (sysop FINAL IMPACT, 07/95), V-Cut (trade, new 04/95), Zych (trade, 04/95). GER> Cardinal (sysop WORLD DOWNFALL, 06/93). SWI> Slash (sysop TERROR DOME, 06/93-12/94). USA> Nitro (sysop PIRATES HAVEN WHQ, 06/93-12/94), Professor (sysop ICE STATION ZEBRA WHQ, 06/93-01/94), Winter Mute (sysop MARTYRIUM, 04- 12/94). ???> Apollo (supply, 04-07/94), Dog^Bone (supply, 11/93-01/94), George Stark (sysop, 08/94), Ice Tea (01/94), Mok (crack, later Prestige, 06/93-04/94), Scorpio (supply, 06/93), Sledge (nor? trade, 93), Stalker (trade, later Quartex, 04/94). Boards; CYCLONE (hol, later Prestige, 07-12/94), SKARA BRAE (ger, 04-07/94), TROPICAL PLACES (eng, 06/93-01/94). Classic was a cracking group, based in Sweden. They were reborn with some of the old members and a lot of guys from Ministry in may of 1993, and continued a steady stream of releases until around december of that year, when they went quiet again. They released cooperation crack(s?) with Quartex in february of 1996. 1994 - PIRATES HAVEN took over WHQ status from ICE STATION ZEBRA some time between january and april this year; both boards were in the group in january. 1995 - Swedish sysop Ozone (also in ArtCore, 04/94-) got tired of the scene, and decided to close his board FAR OUT around june this year, but couldn't stay away and later reopened it. 1996 - Canadian sysops Glacier and Black Ice (ICE FLOW NORTH, 01/94-) ceased to be members in june. Classified ---------- FIN> Major Tom (Mika Keskikiikonen, code music). Major Tom is the author The Holy Noise musiceditor, used in the musicdisk of the same name. He was later a member of Anarchy, then Carillon. Clones (1988-) -------------- FIN> Awcy (10/90). Clones was a finnish demogroup, born around august 1988, and mostly releasing humorous productions. 1990 - Midnightsun and Fart left the group around september, meaning there remained only five members. C-Lous (CLS/C!S, 1993-, http://w1.312.telia.com/~u31212216/) ------------------------------------------------------------ SWE> Frame (Joakim Bengtsson, ascii, also in Epsilon Design, 09/94). C-Lous was born in 1993 and grew from a small, local swedish demo group to one of international proportions, and featuring some of the scene's most prominent coders at the time. The group released their first demo in july of 1993. CNCD (1993-, http://www.cncd.fi) -------------------------------- CNCD resulted as a merger of the two groups Carillon and Cyberiad; CNCD is an acronym of Carillon And Cyberiad Institues. Some of the above, like Juliet and Destop, are active cross-platform. Probably their most famous member must be the now-inactive Heatbeat, one of the greatest musicians to ever grace the Amiga platform. Coma (CMA, 1990-1992) --------------------- GER> Amok (org, 08/91), Control (07/91), Mad Butcher (code, 08/91). ???> Mad Max (music, 08/91), Mission (code, 08/91), Orbit (code, 08/91), Tom Copper (gfx, 08/91), Tomcat (music, 08/91). Boards: COSMOPOLITAN (ger, 07/91), USA HQ (usa, 07/91), HIGH SOCIETY (fin, 07/91), PLEASURE PARADISE (ger, 07/91). Coma was a german demo group, first formed at the Action Conference in october of 1990, and became a fully operational group at the the Amiga Expo the following month. It was a fusion of the three groups Antares, Exage and Exess. McDisk #1 (1991, .08, OCS Diskmag). INT - code: Orbit, gfx: Tom Copper, music: Mad Max. MAG - code: Mission, Mad Butcher, gfx: Tom Copper, Spider/D-Tect (animations), music: Tomcat, editor: Mad Butcher (main). Comax (CMX) ----------- SWE> Zcandaler (trade sysop TOTAL ECLIPSE, also in Duplo, 09/93-01/95). Company, The (1991-1992) ------------------------ GER> Phil (sysop MAIDEN HOOD, 08-12/91). FRA> Corsair (code). SWE> Porta (sysop EAGLE'S NEST, 08/91). USA> Nosferatu (sysop DANSE MACABRE WHQ, 08-12/91), The Skeleton (sysop PIRATE SHIP WHQ). Boards; MAIDEN SOUND (ger, 08/91). The Company was a cracking group formed in early 1991 (first crack release in april) by Foxy and another person, who took joint leadership of the group who at first had around 12 members. In text published years later on a webpage (http://members.fortunecity.com/lresort/history.htm), the former leader accused Quartex members of selling him out, causing massive police action and causing the death of the group in 1992. They were in cracking cooperation with Vision Factory in the early months of 1992. A _LOT_ of the same boards and members appear to have resurfaced in the shortlived group Atlantis around february-march 1992, possibly as a result of the group's death? Any information on this welcome. 1991 - Germans suppliers and EHQ sysops Selim and Rudi (THE JAM) took Oliver and left for Skid Row sometime after august this year. Complex (CLX, http://www.komplex.org) ------------------------------------- FIN> Drifter (gfx, 12/92), Epidemic (code, 12/92), Hyde (09/90), Mic Dair (sysop NAUSEA, 12/92), Stargazer (Antti Oksanen, music, 12/92). SWE> Pace (Roger Andersson, swap, ex Insane, new 94). Complex is a finnish-based demo group, under the leadership of Mic Dair. Though the group originated on the amiga, they moved more and more of their operations onto the pc platform as time moved on. Many members from the amiga section continued their activities onto the pc section. 1990 - Hyde rejoined Complex from Image around september. 1992 - Rebels arranged the massive finnish party The Assembly 92 in late july, in cooperation with Rebels. 1994 - Swedish swapper Pace joined from Insane some time late this year. Hitechtro (1992, 13.12, OCS Intro). code: Epidemic, gfx: Drifter, music: "Syfuid.Long" by Stargazer (ProTracker MOD format). 2nd in the Analogy -Hitech- Party intro competition. info: Computerbrains Cracking Service (CCS) ------------------------------------- SWE> PHS (crack, 06/90). 1990 - A cracking partnership with Accumulators (ACC) and Defjam this year, resulted in a number of joint releases between the months of february and july. Console Connection, The (TCC) ----------------------------- X-Mas Special (1992, .12, OCS Intro). code: ALFred, gfx: Kay (title), Jackripper (digis), Gateway (logo), music: Tip/Phenomena. info: This is a genuine curiosity, this entire intro was just made to sell a console copier system :) Contra (C!) ----------- GER> H2o! (ascii sysop RAVELAND WHQ, also in Sceptic, 08/95-03/96), Jack Danielz (01/96), Mess (ascii, aka mSs, 09/96-01/96), Mogue (ascii sysop ENDLESS PAIN, aka Mo!, 08-09/95), Rapid (ascii, aka Rpd!, 08/95-01/96), Stylez (ascii, aka sYz, 08/95-01/96), Treach (ascii, aka tre!, 09/95- 01/96). ???> Stratos (01/96). Boards; DEEP SPACE 9 EHQ (01/96), HOMELESS GHQ (01/96), PUNISHMENT INC. (dist, 01/96), THE PUB (dist, 01/96). Contra was a german-based ascii group, born in august of 1995 by Mogue and H2o from ArtCore, who quickly also recruited Stylez and Rapid from the same group. The boards SPIRIT OF SOUL (Mario) and HOMELESS (Slime) were also recruited immediately, without the sysops being members. Two more artists arrived for the group in september; Mess and Treach. 1996 - German ascii artist 2Fast (also in Sceptic 03/96) left late this year. Contraz (CTZ, 1995-) -------------------- NOR> Pinocchio (raytrace music, 04/95-04/96). Contraz is a Norwegian demo group, born as a cooperation between Damage Inc. (Overgrown etc.) and The Tanga Team in early 1995. Control ------- DEN> Antex (swap, 08/94), Scorpion (swap, 08/94). Control was a danish demo group. This Control has nothing to do with the same-named polish group, active a couple of years later. Control (CTRL) -------------- Control was a polish demo group, under the leadership of Failo. Their first production was the 64k intro "Error" [08/96] at the Intel Outside 3 party. This Control has nothing to do with the same-named danish group, acive a couple of years earlier. Coral ----- Coral was a Finnish demo group, which didn't release much on the amiga. There was also a pc division later. Corpse [fra] (1991-1995) ------------------------ There were two groups called Corpse, the second one coming into existence while this incarnation was still around... Corpse [swe] (CRP, 1994-) ------------------------- Corpse was a swedish demo group, ormed by four ex members of X-Trade; Payday, Klorathy, TBM and Coolorado. It is very possible that TBM was later in The Black Lotus. There were two groups called Corpse existing simultaneously, though the French ones were the first to use the name. Corrupt (COR) ------------- ???> Wildthing (doorcode, 05/96). Corrupt was a boardorientet group, releasing doors at least in 1996. Countach (CNT, 1990-) --------------------- Countach is the name of the cooperation between Aeon and Spirit. The name was assumed in october of 1990, and the group at that time had 22 members. They later disbanded when all members helped form the new group Vogue. Cracker Journal Team -------------------- CJT is the team dedicated to the release of the legendary 'Crack Journal' diskmag. After issue #27, internal unrest in the group Alpha Flight prompted main editor Doctor Mabuse to take the mag and leave, so that it would not be dependent on any one group. The first independent issue, #28, was released in may of 1992. Cracker Journal #28 (1992, .05, ECS Multifile Diskmag). code: n/a, gfx: Quasar (main), Design (coop title), Renegade (endpic, comic), music: LooneStar, editors: Doctor Mabuse/Alpha Flight, FDT/Venture and Design. review: The mag opens with a small intro, just containing the text CRACKER JOURNAL, over which #28 comes crashing down. Then the mag proper appears, with a good robot picture by D-Sign appearing as the first thing you see. One thing you instantly notice about CJ is the way the mag occupies almost the entire screen; no big, impressive panels here! CJ originated in the illegal part of the scene, and is still heavily linked to this part of the scene. This means that your interest in reading CJ will always be in direct proportion with your interest in that part of the scene. Editorially, this is not a very strong mag either. There is a lot of articles that are just text files from the boards, the English is downright dreadful in places, and one of the articles is nothing but a perverse porno story! This was the middle of 1992, mind you, and people instantly looked to magazines like R.A.W that were intelligible rather than the badly designed articles of CJ. Issue 28 was the first issue to be released 'indendent', after the mag was liberated from its original home in Alpha Flight. Compatibility is another sore point, with the mag responding very badly to keypresses on my A1200 - even after kicking down to 1.3. It can work fine for a while, then suddenly decide to die. No points for guessing this made reviewing a minor nightmare. [glenn]  GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0. Crack Inc. (1992-1992) ---------------------- Crack Inc was formed in early 1992 by the old european members of Skid Row (SSR), and was soon reinforced with some other ex-Skid Row'ers from other groups. When they died at the end of the year, most members formed Ministry with former members of Nemesis and TKK. News that Selim and Subzero left the scene seem to be strongly exaggerated, since they were both later members of Ministry. There were rumours and even news that SSR (Subzero Selim Rudi) joined from Bitstoppers, but it's most likely that this is untrue, and that they were the original founders, coming directly from Skid Row. Their demo subgroup Kaos Design died [see separate entry]. Cranks ------ Cranks is a polish demo group. Crass ----- Crass was an australian demo group. Craze (CRZ, http://www.craze.nu/) --------------------------------- SWE> Lussar'n (Linus Larsson, code, ex Rebels new, new late96), Nike (doorcode sysop INSTANT PLEASURE, also in 5150 and Delight, 05/94- 03/95), Omen (code, ex Depth, new late97/early98), Pigeon (code, ex Depth, new late97/early98), Rick (toolcode sysop CYBER FORCE, 05/94- 01/95), Stash (later Epsilon Design, 02/95). NOR> Shade (sysop EVERYWARE, later TRSI, 02/96). ???> Antichrist (music, 96), Marwic (swe? modem sysop NUCLEAR WASTE, 10/94- 08/95), Monolith (10/94), Mr.Real (music, 10-12/94), Odie (gfx, 96), Prawl (10/94), Zik (gfx, 10/94-96). Craze were a sweden-based demo group (though with some bbs door releases too), active at least from 1994 to 1997. Other productions, where I have only a minimum of information, are "Remindtro" (intro), "Supersonic" (aga intro), "Division by Zero" (aga demo), "Abrakadabra" (intro), "Toothpaste" (aga intro), "Chip 4 You #1" (aga intro), "Phunky" (aga demo), "Kaso Cows" (intro) and "Craze Cow Desease" (intro @ Icing Final Beta, 1997-02-17). Goatleg (AGA 64k Intro). code: n/a, gfx: Odie, music: Mr.Real. Twisted Colours (1996, autumn, AGA HD Slideshow). code: Zik, gfx: Odie, music: Antichrist. review: And this time a slideshow without monsters, naked girls or spaceships in erotic positions ;). Craze surprised us with a short collection of ten abstract pictures by Odie. You can see persons in some strange bearings, chinese men, ghosts, wierd looking ladies and laughing trees. All in all a very colorful and not boring thing with a listenable music and another good new font, although one-colored. Between the pictures you can read funny comments to the picture that follows, but it's sad that there is not a single real picture!! Only big clips and fullscreen bodies! Also you have no selector to enjoy some Odicasso's again. And there are a few which were worth to be watched twice like my favorites: The second one (what eye(s)!) and the one before the last one (the laughing tree). At last it is a tiny piece of art and 900kb are not much space on 8-Gig HD for this art... This slideshow was not a party release. [zito] ZIT tested A1200/030-42/2mb chip, 8mb fast. Creed (1992-) ------------- Creed was a german illegal group formed around january of 1992 by Annabel/Possessed and Deathbone/Endless Piracy. According to sources in an article in Essence's "ROM #4", they were both female, making this a truly landmark group. Annabel left the scene in september of the same year. Crest ----- Crest was an illegal cracking group. Crionics (1989?-1992) --------------------- DEN> Blazer (music, 06/90), Gizwiz (code, ex Kefrens, new 06/90), Grumble (code, 06/90), Madonna Freak (gfx, 06-09/90), Merlin (gfx music, ex Trilogy, new 06/90), Saxs (Michael Persson, code, 06-09/90), S.L.L (music, 06-09/90), Tronic (music, 08-09/90), Zycho (gfx, 06-12/90). Crionics was a danish demo group. Deftronic released some version of his assembler "Trash'M One" under the Crionics label in 1990-91. 1990 - Gizwiz (code), Merlin (gfx music) and Murphy (code) all joined from Kefrens in june. 1991 - The group WON the demo competition at The Party 91 in december with the amazing "Hardwired" [12/91], made in cooperation with The Silents. 1992 - Danish musician T.U.S.C. (12/90-) joined Vixen early this year. Crionics then died in early to mid 1992. The three danish coders The Spy (code, 06/90-), Murphy (code, ex Kefrens, new 06/90-) and Deftronic (code, 06/90-) left to join The Silents on a full time basis. Video swapper Marcel was caught by the Police just before december. Megademo (1990, 19.02, ECS Megademo). Released at the Kefrens and Dexion Party. info: NOT THE SAME AS THE ONE BELOW! It seems highly likely, actually, that Crionics released two demos with the same name! :) Megademo (1990, 29.06, ECS Megademo). LOA - code: Murphy, Gfx: Zycho (logo), Deftronic (font), music: "Raven" by Blazer. NOI - code: Deftronic, The Spy, gfx: Merlin, music: S.L.L. PIG - code: Grumble, Saxs, gfx: Madonna Freak, music: S.L.L. MAD - code: Saxs, gfx: Madonna Freak, music: S.L.L. 2nd in Amiga Conference 90 demo competition. review: After booting this disk you're faced with a selector for three different demo parts. The selector is pretty basic, with a logo at the top and a text writer in the middle of the screen. In the background you can see some vector objects, which btw are pretty fast on my 030-50 :) For the credits above, please refer to these codes: LOA means loader, in other words the selector itself. This (and only this) part works fine even with caches on. NOI means Noia demo. This is probably the best and biggest part, with lots of advanced (for its time) vector effects and a good sense of pace and entertainment. Please note that the fill routine bugs in some parts. PIG means Pigs in Space. This part consists of just a drawn 'space' background over which we get to see a filled vector scroller. The same fill bug appears here also, albeit to a lesser extent. MAD means The Madonna Endpart. This part excels with its superbly drawn cartoon renditions of Madonna walking through the city. Rather cool! Overall, it's a good production, this, though it seems like it was put together in quite a rush! It's like they got these three demoparts, and just stuck a loader at the beginning, and hey presto we've got a demo! Not bad at all, really. The music by S.L.L lifts it a lot. [glenn]  GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. -- note: Caches off, original chipset. Neverwhere (1990, 02.09, OCS Megademo). code: Saxs, The Spy, Murphy, gfx: Zycho, Madonna Freak, music: Tronic, S.L.L. Total Destruction (1990, 28.12, OCS Disk). code: The Spy, Deftronic, gfx: Zycho, music: T.U.S.C. 3rd in the Dexion Party 90 demo competition. Hardwired (1991, 27.12, OCS Trackmo). Cooperation with The Silents, see there. Critters [new] (1990-1990) -------------------------- Critters was reborn around mid 90, with Amiga Freak/Trilogy, Shadow and Spirit/Black Monks as the intiative takers. They simultaneously announced they would be opening a board in Sweden shortly. However, soon after this the Swedish section left the group to exist in their own right, as Scanex [no entry]. The rest of Critters didn't survive long after this, and were dead by august. Crusaders (CRS, http://www.crusaders.no) ---------------------------------------- NOR> Bustman (Trond Omdal, gfx, 11-12/90), Dr.Awesome (music, 11-12/90), Dr.Shitface (code, 11/90), El Cubo (12/90), Intec (gfx, 12/90), Jason (Kim Jensen, music, 05/93), Lazerbran (pack, 11-12/90), Raven (code sysop THE GOLDEN GATE, 09-12/90), Switchblade (Roar Flølo, code, 12/90). Boards; HOME SWEET HOME (nor, 11/90). Crusaders was a norwegian-based demo group. 1990 - The 1st of november saw the release of Dr.Shitface's swapper tool Swappit V3.0, which also featured a neat little intro. 1993 - Jason had a song featured on Spaceballs' "R.A.W #5" diskmag in may. Extreme Reality (OCS File Demo). code: Eno, gfx: Intec, Bustman (fonts), music: Dr.Awesome. Swappit V3.0 Intro (1990, 01.11, ECS Intro). code: Raven, gfx: Bustman, music: "Intromusic3" by Dr.Awesome. review: Really simple little intro, with Bustman trademark graphics (though limited to a logo and a charset here), to announce the release of the new version of the swapper tool Swappit. The music was used in several other CRS prods as well. [glenn 02/06] Crush ----- Crush was a norwegian demo group. Crux (CRX) ---------- SWI> Fury (sysop DIAL HARD WHQ, also in Motion, 08-10/95), Trance (sysop WEYLAND YUTANI, 09/95). SWE> Nike (doorcode, 09/95), U-Man (also in Arclite, 09/95-05/96). NOR> Kingpin (sysop CHECKPOINT, 09/95). DEN> Enzo (sysop SKY TOWER EHQ, 09-10/95). ???> 243 (09/95), Beast (09/95), Devil & Raven (09/95), Dexter (09/95), JMF (09/95), Shane (org, 09/95), Sid (org code, 09/95-01/96), Storm Shadow (09/95), Tormentor (09/95), Trivial (09/95). Boards; DEEP THOUGHT (fin, 09/95). PREVIOUS MEMBERS (pre 09/95) - Crux was an illegal group, under the able leadership of Shane, and with the assistance of Sid. The group officially started their demo section, "Crux Design", arond 1997. Cryptoburners (CRB, 1988-) -------------------------- NOR> Tec (Steinar Midtskogen, code, 10/90). Cryptoburners was a norwegian-based demo group, formed in 1988 by the two c64 groups Scandomatic Crackers and TWCA. The original founders were Windwalker and Heatseeker, but they immediately recruited Trixal, Time Traveller, Blackstar and Bimbex. For a while, they released the diskmag 'Fourth Dimension'. The Hunt For 7th October (1990, 06.10, OCS File). code: Tec, gfx: n/a, music: n/a. Winner of the No Limits & Imp-666 Amiga Conference 90 demo competition! Materialized (1990, 06.10, OCS Demo). Released at the No Limits & Imp-666 Amiga Conference 90. Crystal (CSL, 1991-1994) ------------------------ DEN> Harmonica (crack, 12/93), I.B.M (crack, 05/91-92). SWE> Alis (sysop ANOTHER WORLD, 09-10/93), Winger (trade, 09/93). USA> Professor (sysop ICE STATION ZEBRA, 91-92). ???> Action Man (05-06/91), Bob Duncan (05-06/91), Danysoft (05-06/91), Flux (05-06/91), Kenzo (05-06/91), Megadrive (05-06/91), Misfit (05-06/91), Mr.E (code crack, 05-06/91), N.O.M.A.D (code crack, 05- 06/91), Phil Douglas (05-06/91), POW (05-06/91), Protocol (05-06/91), Scott (05-06/91), Scrote (05-06/91), Swayzar (05-06/91), Tiger Nine (05-06/91), Zelnik (05-06/91), Zippy (05-06/91). PREVIOUS MEMBERS (pre 05/91) - ???> Dan (08/92), Gizam (supply, 06/91), Scorch (gfx, 06/91). Crystal was an illegal cracking group, based in Denmark and England but with prominent sections also in the USA and Sweden. Their first crack was likely Kings Bounty, released on the 30th of april 1991. The group likely died sometime in 1994, but we still have to finally confirm this - they were active at least as late as in december 1993. Cult ---- DEN> Energy (trade, 05/92). GER> Paranoid (supply, new 09/90). Cult was a Norwegian demo group, formed when the members of Action Force changed the name of their group. When the group dissolved, several members (including e.g. Sweinstein) joined Network. 1990 - Around september, German supplier Mike joined from Vision Factory, and changed his handle to Paranoid in the process. Cyanide (1992-1993) ------------------- GER> Dynamite (Sirko Zidlewitz, swap music, 12/92), Mr.Headphone (Joerg Trinks, swap, 12/92), Toxic (Ralf Merker, music, 12/92). ???> Bjoern (gfx modeller, 12/92), Nico (code gfx, 12/92), TLF (moralsupport, 12/92). Cyanide was started in december 1992, apparently by a group of friends in the city of Brandenburg, Germany. There was also a dutch section. Swaptro (1992, 18.12, OCS Intro) code/gfx: Nico, music: "Trance Dance" by Dynamite. info: Probably their debut production, since text plotter says 'a new group is born'. Contains memberlist. Cyber Force (CF) ---------------- ???> Console Cat (08/94). Cyberiad -------- Cyberiad ceased to exist when the group merged with Carillon into CNCD, which means most of the members above can later be found in that group. FIN> Cyborx (1992-) -------------- Cyborx was a German demo group, born late 1992. Cydonia (CDN) ------------- Cydonia was an australian demo group. Phobos (1994, 06.09, ECS Demo). info: The date is from a board upload, it may be earlier. Models Inc. (1994, 06.09, AGA Demo). info: The date is from a board upload, it may be earlier. Cyrus ----- Cyrus was an English demo group under the leadership of Tas and Saint. Cytax (CTX, -1992) ------------------ SWE> Gadget (swap, 12/91), Hurricane (sysop, 12/91), Lord Zed (trade, 12/91), Lucky Strike (music swap, 12/91), Neuromancer (code sysop CYBERSPACE, 12/91), Oxidy (gfx, 12/91), Parsec (code, 12/91), Rainbow (music, 12/91), Thunor (org gfx, 12/91), Wiquie (swap, 12/91). Boards; FLOODLAND (swe, 12/91). Cytax was a german based demo group, which died late 1992. They will be most fondly remembered for their excellent diskmag 'International Computer Entertainment' (I.C.E.). The last issue or two of the mag was detached from Cytax, and released as an independent production. Monochrome Megalomania (1991, .12, OCS File Demo). code: Parsec, gfx: Thunor, music: Lucky Strike. info: Release date is late november or very early december (featured on pack released the 9th). Contains memberlist for Swedish section. Nice logos and excellent background in the first part of this one. Original filesize 167296 bytes, packed with Mega Cruncher 1.2.