Facet's Pussy/Desire (subgroup). -------------------------------- HOL> Noodle (swap, ex Motive), Ramon B5 (founder mainorg swap), React, Sacha (founder code), ThD (founder gfx). GER> Chaos (Dirk Wiemer, gfx ascii swap, ex Desire), Kernal (code, ex Desire). FIN> Poke (V-M Poikola, swap, ex Digital), Tint (Mika Melonen, swap, ex Digital). Facet's Pussy was formed as a subgroup of Desire by Ramon B5, ThD and Sacha from the Dutch section of Desire itself. They later recruited more members from the mother group, like the two germans Chaos! and Kernal. Dutchman Rotox (later known as Infant) was a member for two and a half years. His next group was Essence, and its probable that he changed his handle to Infant when he made the move. Exile (1994, Demo). code: Sacha, Riox, gfx: Zoef, Dwel, Gif, Solid, music: Fabian, Anti? 40k Partyintro (1994, 28.12, 40k Intro). code: Rotox, gfx: n/a, music: n/a Split 19th in The Party 4 40k intro competition. Prestige Cracktro (Intro). code: Rotox, gfx: n/a, music: n/a. Problemloos (Dentro). info: This dentro was made by Rotox for Desire's leader Ramon B5's birthday! Faction (FTN) ------------- Faction (actually Friendship In Action) are an illegal crew, doing cracks. Factor ------ SWE> Mayo (gfx, 05/96), Nemo (Kalle Molin, code, 05/96), Plugster (edit "Buzz", ex Defiance, new late95), Squeeze (05/96). When Plugster joined from Defiance, he had the diskmag "Buzz" with him - it is uncertain whether any issues were released by Factor, though.  Memories (1996, 26.05, AGA 64k Intro). code: Nemo, gfx: Nemo, Mayo (titlepic), Squeeze (design), music: Fudge/ Subspace. 3rd in the Icing 96 64k intro competition. review: 'Memories' is another way of saying 'old effects', obviously. This intro from mid 96 features dot-tunnels and shadebobs! Neeeeext! [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Rosa Bananer 2 (1996, 26.05, 64k Intro). 4th in the Icing 96 64k intro competition. Factor IV (1989-) ----------------- NZL> Cosmac (code hardware, 01/90), , Manslayor (code, ex Knucklebusters, new 01/90), Mutley (code, 01/90), Sly (org code, 01/90), Warrior (code gfx, 01/90). AUS> Gazza (code music, 01/90). USA> Oberon (music phreak, 01/90). Factor IV is almost entirely based in New Zealand (two foreign members), and was formed in march of 1989 after a party in Auckland. Faculty (FCY) ------------- HUN> Airsmith (Kovacs Peter, gfx, 04/94), Fate (sysop 'FATAL CONNEXION'), Frame (gfx, 04/94-04/95), Scribe (Laszlo Ragany, code, 04/94-04/95), Shark (Mezei Tibor, gfx, 04/94-04/95), Snotty (Racz Csaba, music, 04/94-11/97), Stece (code, 11/97), Unreal (gfx, 11/97). Jump Master 2 (1992, .12, ECS Musicdisk). First production! Disney's (1993, 04.01, ECS Trackmo). Contribution to Hammering 93. Brilliance (1993, .03, ECS Trackmo). Lethal Dose (1993, .06, ECS Trackmo).  Lethal Dose 2 (1994, 09.04, AGA Trackmo, 2 disks). code: Scribe, gfx: Frame, Shark, Airsmith (fonts), music: Snotty. Contribution for the demo competition at Hammering 94. info: Does not support df1:. Works on standard A1200. GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Man On The Moon (1995, 09.04, AGA 4MB HD Multifile, 4 disks). code: Scribe, gfx: Frame, Shark, music: Snotty. Winner of demo competition at Scenest 95! review: 4 disks are a bit hefty for this, but I assume the raytraced opening animation stole at least two of them. After the animation (of a spaceship flying through space), we're treated to a fast-paced demo with good-looking effects and a thumping techno soundtrack. I usually hate these techno things, but this one's far from the worst I have heard. I can see how this won a party; it's fast, fun, and looks good. The effects are a little on the outdated front, though - texturemapped cubes and stretching zoom-rotators dominate. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Dream Or Reality (1997, .11, AGA HD Slideshow). code: Steve, gfx: Unreal, music: Snotty. Cooperation with Nah Kolor. review: With a very styled introduction consisting of interesting ideas for design and bombastic sound starts this huge but one of the best slideshows I had the pleasure to watch. Including several musics for intro-, show- and selectorpart is this more than a normal picture collection with selector! 14 pieces of pixelart - most not released before and a few party ones - made on his own by Unreal and two copied. With very impressive and alive backgrounds (like on `Sanction`) and mostly mystic elements and figures (especially dragons) and a lot of colors with partly special lighteffects (like the background of the faculty logo in the intropart) he creates a fantastic world of tales and imaginations. After the show you are able to click through a well-styled selector, with colored previews and a golden greetings part, to find every ever so small information you need to know about the pictures and some more texts by the graphician. Why he made it and words concerning the process and so on. Only negative is that all of them are in interlace modus and after you read some interesting stuff your eyes begin slowly to hurt. Also the selector music could be a bit slower for a more relaxing walk through the gallery! Conclusion??? Watch it!!!! Only some intro clips look a bit ugly but the rest is simply brilliant. My favourite trips to Phantasia are: `Freeborn` and `Smaug above Esgorath`, a very good copy! Also `Morfeum` is very nice! A better big clip, but as cute that I would kiss it... ;) [zito] ZIT tested A1200/030-42/2mb chip, 8mb fast. Fairlight (FLT, http://www.fairlight.org, 1987-) ------------------------------------------------ SWE> Black Shadow (founder supply code crack exsysop 'SEVENTH HEAVEN' EHQ, 87-92), Damage (sysop 'THE DUNGEON' EHQ, 05-12/91), Danko (Tomas Danko, music, 09/89), Exolon (Björn Wesen, code crack, 08/89-12/91), Gaston (crack, ex Hyperion, +inactive+ but still memb, working on games, 05/91-97), Hof (trade sysop 'FAR OUT', ex Scoopex), Istvan (sysop 'MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE', ex Red Sector Inc., new mid90-10/90), JBM (trade, ex Dual Crew, new summer91-96), Princip (sysop 'INTERCHANGE' EHQ, 09/96), Rebel (sysop 'TRANCENTRAL' EHQ opened 91, 07/91-01/95), Sandman (sysop 'SANCTUARY', 01/95), Sauron (J. Lindahl, code, later Miracle, 12/89), Shaggy (ex Dual Crew), Strider (Tony Krvaric, founder crack, 02/88-12/91), Xerxes (sysop 'GLOBAL EFFECT', doublememb Reflex, later Rage, 01/95). GER> Bob Duncan (crack), Luke and Chuck (supply sysops 'THE FUCK SHOP', 05/91-10/93), Rudi (ex Dynamix), Sagor (sysop 'TOTAL KAOS', ex Ministry), Selim (ex Dynamix), Siriax (swap, ex Interpol), Smudo (ex Arise old), Sniffy (sysop 'SPIRITUAL HEALING'). ENG> Majic Mushroom (swap, ex Lemon., new late 93), N.O.M.A.D (Marc, crack, 10/93), Rambo (sysop 'HARDCORE HEAVEN'), Reflex (sysop 'A KIND OF MAGIC'), Scrote (sysop 'THE KRYPT', 08/93), Warlord (ex Dual Crew, 09/91, NOT 11-12/91). ITA> Tiger (sysop 'ICC BBS', aka Tiger-9, 09-12/91). HOL> Sleeping Bag (sysop 'CRYSTAL PALACE', 08-11/90). FRA> Cypher and Mery (sysops 'HANG LOOSE', ex Analog, new early93-10/93). DEN> Ramirez (sysop 'SUFFOCATION', ex Majic 12, 10/93), Tarzan (sysop 'PLASTIC PASSION', 10/93). FIN> Cosy (trade, doublememb Digital, 03/94), Immortal (sysop 'CHILD IN TIME', 04/95), JHH & Zodiac (sysops 'STONE HENGE', 04/95). NOR> Wilfo (ex The Shadows [c64]). CAN> Big Balls (sysop 'ROBINS FIRST ORGASM', 04/95). USA> Big Boss (sysop 'MIRAGE' WHQ, 05/92-10/93), Ghetto Boyz (sysops 'THE GHETTO', 09/93-04/95), Hosehead (sysop 'GREAT WHITE NORTH' distsite), Pizzaman (sysop 'FLATLINERS' WHQ, ex Agile, 05-12/91), Scorpian (sysop 'DIGITAL CIRCUS', 04/95). ???> 6pack (trade, ex Equinox, new early 93), Abaddon (ex Amaze, new pre 07/92), Abandon (ex Rage, new RAW3), Dave (crack, 10/90), Dennis the Menace (supply, 05/92), Drone No:5 (swe? supply, 05-09/91, NOT 11- 12/91), Eternal (sysop), Fashion Light, Fauser (ex Rage), Galahad (crack, 01/96-12/97), Genius (music, 02-12/91), Lecter (trade, ex Equinox, new early93), Lord Zero (swap trade, ex Legend), Mac (new late92), Oliver (ex Mute 101, new late90), Organic (music, ex Shining), Plauze (ex Vanish, new mid91), Problem Child (new early 92), Ramius (new 12/91), Rubicon (code gfx, ex Aurora), Sarge (gfx, early90-12/91), Semtex (supply, 01/96), Silencer (11-12/91), Supermann (gfx, ex Prime, new 06/91, NOT 11-12/91). Boards; BEYOND REALITY WHQ (usa, 12/97), IRON FORTRESS WHQ (usa, 03-11/90), PROGRAMMER'S HEAVEN (usa, earlier SPAZTIC BBS, 03-10/90), BAD RELIGION (usa), CATASTROPHE (usa, 05/92), MAFIA CRACK CREW (usa, sometimes without the 'CRACK' name, 05/92), TRADE LINE BBS (usa), THE EMPIRE (usa, 09-10/93), CHAOTIC ENTITY (usa, 03-10/93), SMALL HOURS (usa, 09-10/93), ROAD TO NOWHERE (usa, 03/93). TIGERS TALON (ger), DOPE HOUSE (swe, 09-10/93), NEUROBASHING (swe, see note!), OFFSHORE (eng, 09-10/93), BUBBLE BOBBLE (eng), CITY LIMITS (eng, 05-07/91), LAST FRONTIER (ita, 05/92), ARACHNOS (ita), SPACE STATION (ita, 09-10/93), MOONSTONE (fra), TOTAL PANIC (nor, 10/93), HALLOWED POINT (swi), VIOLATOR'S PLACE (swi, 08-11/90), OASIS. Note: 'NEUROBASHING' was closed 12/94, though it's uncertain whether it was in FLT at the time... FLT is almost as old as the C64 scene is, and has always been one of the 'big' crews. They were formed inn 1987 by Black Shadow, who for quite some time worked on both platforms. He was joined by the other original founder of FLT on the C64 in february 1988, Strider. They used to be a multipurpose group, with both cracking and demo activities. Now they have a demo division (Virtual Dreams) to take care of that part of the operation. Also, several of them have branched onto the PC. FLT is now basically a company, selling console copiers and the like, but with strong scene roots. Strider has since moved to Belgium, and then San Diego, California, USA, but I've still got him registered in Sweden, since that's where most of his scene activities occured. 1990 was a year with cracks done by several guys, including veteran Exolon, Onyx and Dave. Some cracks were even done by 'Allah from Kuwait', but this was probably just one of the regular guys working under a pseudonym. Swedish coder Celebrandil (ex Northstar, new 1989-12/89) joined Phenomena sometime this year. 1991 - This would be the year Gaston did all the cracks. Exolon and The Black Shadow remained on the memberlist, but did not crack anything. Supplying was mostly handled by Splatt! and Drone No:5 (who by the end of the year was mysteriously not on the memberlist any longer...) with the occasional game from JBM, Luke & Chuck, Stik and Stone. Towards the end of the year (11 or 12/91) FLATLINERS lost its WHQ status, but Pizzaman remained on the memberlist (did he close?). The new WHQ was APOCALYPSE, sysopped by POW (new 10/91). Among the members that came and went were Stone (supply, 08/91) and Stik (supply, 08/91). Tiger's Italian BBS ICC BBS was listed 09-10/91, but only his name and not the board 11-12/91... 1992 - The group's WHQ BBS 'APOCALYPSE' and its sysop POW (new 10/92) stepped down in may, to concentrate on the PC and console scenes. Shortly after, he left the group entirely and joined Ministry. The new WHQ became MIRAGE and its sysop Big Boss. The board 'BRAINDEAD' left/was kicked. The board 'DANSE MACABRE' joined Dynamix. Coder and cracker Tom (09-12/91) left the scene. Swedish sysop Zike ('PLEASURE ZONE', 03/90) left. English supplier and legendary sysop Splatt! ('SPLATTER HOUSE', 05/91- 09/93) left the scene Christmas 1993. During his time in FLT, he left and rejoined three times, among others to Ministry (RAW4) and TRSI! German Chuck changed handle to Evil Death and joined the new Angels (RAW5). I do not know if this is the same Chuck as the member of the 'Luke & Chuck' sysop team mentioned above. Turkish Imperator joined Dynamix 93. Deathbringer joined Zenith (RAW4). Hotmilk (sysop) joined Panic (RAW4). Norwegian sysop Phonebilly ('ELEGANT MACHINERY', ex The Silents, new RAW2) joined Crystal 09/92. Italian sysop Highlander ('PARADISE DREAM', 05/92) joined Anthrox (RAW4). Norwegian sysop Scratcher ('TOTAL PANIC', ex Palace, new RAW4, 10/93) soon joined Crusaders. This is slightly weird, since I have him verified 10/93, and RAW4 was published late 92... English sysop Kitaro ('MILLENNIA', ex Alpha Flight, 05/92-09/93) joined 2000 AD, but later left for Skid Row with a few others. It seems he later returned, since I have him verified in FLT 10/93... German sysop E-605 ('BLACK SHADOW') joined United Forces. Swedish musician Mantronix (ex Warfalcons, 10/90) was later in Razor 1911. Swedes Judge and Pernod (gfx) joined Horizon early 90. Exceller 8 #1 (1988, ECS Multifile Diskmag). Cooperation with Northstar [details]. Exceller VIII #2 (1989, .02, ECS Multifile Diskmag). Cooperation with Northstar [details]. BBS Intro (The Fuck Shop BBS) (1989?, ECS Intro). code: Tom, gfx: n/a, music: Melodee (= Mel O'Dee?). Grodan Boll (1989, ECS File). code: Exolon, gfx: n/a, music: Titan/Northstar. Raytracing (1989, 29.12, Demo). code: Sauron, gfx: Static/Rebels (flt logo), Vigilante (animated earth bobs), Mikael Balle/The Silents (fonts), Celebrandil (raytracing), music: "Rage" by n/a (NoiseTracker MOD format). Released at the Christmas Party 89. Invitation by Fairlight + Horizon + Miracle (1990, early, ECS File). code: Sauron/Miracle, gfx: Sarge, Static/Rebels, Vigilante/Fairlight, music: Danko/Phenomena. Invitation to the Swedish Elite Easter Conf 90. Grunka (1990, 03.11, Demo). Released at the Amiga Halloween Conference 90. Photocall (1991?, ECS File). code: Exolon, gfx: n/a, music: The Wiz. Faith [old] (FTH, 1993-1994) ---------------------------- GER> Mogue (sysop 'ENDLESS PAIN', doublememb Fire and Ice, 01/94). ENG> PMF and Gilby (sysops 'CHEZ AMIE'). USA> Flux and Radiosity (sysops 'CANADIAN MIST', 05/98). ???> Triton (ger? 01/94). Faith was an illegal cracking group formed by germans Gandalf and Oliver Stoned (previously in Paranoimia) in 1993. The two divided the group's activities up between them after a while; Oliver Stoned taking care of the pc section, while Gandalf was responsible for the amiga and consoles. Later Oliver Stoned joined TRSI with the entire Faith group, a situation that worked thus: They released the English or international versions of games through TRSI, and the german version under the Faith label. 1994 - After The Party 93 in december of last year, Gandalf changed his handle to Ghandy and changed his focus from illegal activities to the demoscene. Faith died as a group in early 94 (probably) when they joined forces with Progress to create the new group Scandal. Germans Xan and JMS (gfx) joined Vision, but we are not certain exactly when this happened. Faith [new] (FTH, 1998-) ------------------------ GER> Exon (org sysop 'LOS ENDOS', 02/98), Ghandy (org trade, 02/98), Petrified (trade sysop, 02/98), Steel (trade sysop 'CRAPTOWN', 02/98). ENG> Chill (trade, 02/98), The Welder (code, 02/98), Zoltrix (trade sysop 'SPACE OUT', 02/98). SWE> Dalamar (sysop 'DRAGON LANCE' EHQ, 02/98). Faith was reborn early 1998 by Exon, with the blessing of original founder Ghandy, and is an illegal cracking group which exists until today. Fake ---- 5 Secs. (Intro). code: Offler, gfx: n/a, music: Fash. P (1994, 28.12, 40k Intro). 21st in The Party 4 40k intro competition. Falcons ------- DEN> Fridgoff. FIN> Beathawk, Maniac, Protoplasm. JOR> Ripper. Their leader Bannasoft joined Melon Dezign, probably causing the death of the group. 1990 - Danish coder Boogeyman joined Vixen. 1991 - Their Finnish division was new late 91. 1992 - Finnish Index joined Addonic around january. Finnish musician and swapper Maniac left to join Chrome in september. Falon (1990-1991) ----------------- Falon was a dutch demo group, founded in late 1990 by Jay One (gfx) and Sane (swap). Soon also Weirdo (Olav Hinke, music) and Knightram (Mathijn Maantjes, music swap) joined. Falon had no coders and they only released one production with the help of coder Magician Lord/Axis in january of 1991. After the release of the "Sinus Intro", Falon merged with a Danish group organized by swapper Dr.Poison (Jan Jorgenson) and renamed to Ozone. Unfortunately, this group lasted for only one day (!) before all members joined the UK-based demo group The Lunatics. This did not last long either, as after just one week the danish division decided to leave the Lunatics and restart their original group (before the merger with Falon). Thanks to Sane for information on this group! Sinus Intro (1991, .01, ECS Intro). code: Magician Lord/Axis, gfx: Jay One, music: Weirdo. Family, The ----------- SWE> Hitech (swap), IP20, Megaxil (ex Paramount). Zalo joined Axept. Swedish swapper Sputnik joined Quartz. Fanatic ------- FIN> Blazer (T.Linna 02/94), Fozzie (Juha Partanen, swap, ex Black Robes, 02/94), Grazer (swap, 02/94), Ice-T (sysop 'TORNADO', 02/94), Lightman (Mika Halonem, music, 02/94), Maniac (Lassi Vuokko, org, 08/95), Mercus (02/94), Raven (Mika Hiltunen, swap, 02/94), Splatterhead (Vesa Kivisilta, swap, doublememb Scoopex, new late95-12/96), The Hooligan (Mikko Virtanen, swap, 08/95). DEN> Growl (Kim Andersen, swap, ex Energy). NOR> Green Snake (swap). ???> Duster (code, 12/95), Judge (fin? 02/94), Sphinx (fin? music, 02/94- 08/95). Fanatic are a demogroup based in Finland, and they released their first intro in mid february 1994. 1992 - Norwegian Shade joined Devils ca 06/92. 1995 - Finns SHD (code), Speck (music), Doc (gfx) and Brainlock (raytrace) all left to team up with Mystic right after the Assembly 95 08/95. They made the two demos "Hate" [94] and "Hate 2" [95] for Fanatic. Norwegian musician Bright Brick joined Devils. Masque left the scene.  Ahdin Antimet Intro (1994, mid.02, ECS Intro). code: Vespa/independent, gfx: Fozzie, music: Light (Player 6.0 format). review: The intro opens and closes with a fish swimming across the screen. The graphics are functional and nice, and that goes for the entire intro; the unusual 8x8 pixel font is an especially nice variation. Other than that it's a standard style logo-plotter-scroll intro, even though it's nicely executed. This was the first ever intro by Fanatic. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0. Hate (1994, late). Hate 2 (1995, 12.08, Demo). code: SHD (main), Duster, gfx: Brainlock (Raytrace), Doc, music: Speck (2x The Player 6.1A format). 7th in the Assembly 95 demo competition. review: H2 is a fast-paced c2p-style demo, though this one has more old fashioned texture mapping than phong- and envmapping. There are some nice routines, with an elastic tunnel ride a highlight, but most of it is a little blocky. Other routines worth mentioning are a moving lightsource shining down on a star that consequently cast a shadow, and two spacecut, z-buf shaded toruses. Doc's picture of a seal springing from a man's head and the text 'Hate 2' is the only handpixelled graphics in the demo, the rest is all rendered. The music shows promise as an uptempo dance demo tune, but ultimately lacks in punch and edge. In the end, this suffers from what almost all 'object' demos suffer from, a lack of soul...and the almost all-rendered graphics doesn't make it better. A good, alive tune and decent graphics can save a demo like this...but it doesn't save this one. The palette on the z-buffer part is way too dark. The endscroller can be paused with the right mouse button. Next year, SHD coded the amazing "Traffic" [08/96] for Mystic at the Assembly. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0. Fantasy ------- SWE> Electron, Ques (swap), White Dwarf. ???> Twingo (Stefan Mahler, 12/96). Warlock joined Divine. Norwegian Kael joined Laserdance. Dredd, Pumpkin and Anthrax joined Divine. Fantasy Force, The (TFF) ------------------------ FIN> Cenobit (gfx, 06/91), Coconut (code, 06-07/91), Flame (code, 12/90), Flinx (gfx, 12/90-03/91), Jake The Snake (music, 12/90-07/91), Jol005x (music, 12/90-06/91), SBT (code, 03-07/91). TFF was an exclusively finnish demo group. 1990 - Around christmas, they released their first "Musicdisk" [12/90] with music by Jake the Snake and Joloo5x. 1992 - The entire group left to become the Finnish section of The Silents. After a short while, and releasing the demo "Maximum Velocity" [08/92], they left them too to form the group Pygmy Projects. First Steps (1990/91?, ECS Intro). code: Flame, gfx: Flinx, music: JOL005X. Selector I (1990/91?, ECS Intro). code: Flame, gfx: Flinx, music: JOL005X. Selector II (1990/91?, ECS Intro). code: Coconut, gfx: Cenobit, music: JOL005X. Selector III (1990/91?, ECS Intro). code: Silver Eagle, gfx: n/a, music: JOL005X. Selector IV (1990/91?, ECS Intro). code: SBT, gfx: Flinx, music: JOL005X. Music Disk I (1990/91?, ECS Musicdisk). code: Flame, gfx: Flinx, music: JOL005X, Jake the Snake. Musicdisk (1990, late.12, ECS Musicdisk). code: Flame, gfx: Flinx, music: "Hymn To Virgin", "Superstition", "It_s Out There..." and "Poltergeist" by Jake The Snake, "Bad Cough.jol", "90- Guitarsiii.jol", "Eelis the n.jol", "Out of Words" and "Sick _n Curious.jol" by Jol005x. Birthday (1991, ECS Intro). code: SBT, gfx: Jol005x, music: "Voi_Vitsi!2.jol" by Jol005x, "Noname" by SBT. Fantasian #2 (1991, .03, ECS Packintro). code: SBT, gfx: Flinx, music: "Electricity" by Ron Klaren/Critical (Ron Klaren format). Fantasian #7 (1991, 08.06, ECS Packintro). code: Coconut, gfx: Cenobit (font), music: "Magia-nt.jol" by joloo5x. Released at the Society Summer Party 91. Voyage (1991, 27.07, ECS Trackmo). code: Coconut, Flame, gfx: Cenobit, Flinx/Magnetic Fields, music: Jol005x (NoisePacker 2 format). 2nd in the Byterapers - Scoopex - Bloodsuckers Gathering 91 demo competition. Chippanduida (1991, late.07, ECS Musicintro). code: SBT, gfx: Flinx/Magnetic Fields, music: "Full Circle" by Jake The Snake, "Magia-nt.jol" by Jol005x. Music Disk II (1991/92?, ECS Musicdisk). code: Coconut, Flame, gfx: Cenobit, music: Cenobit, JOL005X, Jake The Snake. Faque ----- ???> Jack (gfx, 12/95), Loque (code, 12/95), P.A. (code, 12/95), PeaBrain (code music, 12/95). Nothing Special (1995, 28.12, AGA 40k Intro). code: P.A., PeaBrain, Loque, gfx: Jack, music: PeaBrain. review: I was quite astounded when viewing this intro from a group I'd never even heard of before, and finding it to be totally excellent! It opens with a convincing flame effect in a small box in the middle of the screen. Then the introtext is flashed in flames, before we go on to some fractal images waving, still in the same box. Next, the entire screen is used for a bouncing texturemapped cube, bouncing in front of and behind the animated background pillars! This looks very nice, and the cube is soon relieved by a more complex object. Next was something else I hadn't expected; a fast phong torus, with motionblur! It was far less commonplace with advanced routines like phong back in 1995. A few other, less interesting effects follow, including one with a picture of Al Bundy next to it, for no apparent reason :) Very very nice... when are these guys going to do a demo? [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0. Artfire (1997, 30.08, Demo). 13th in the Mekka Symposium 97 demo competition. Fastline -------- 64k Intro (1993, 04.09, ECS Intro). code: Little, gfx: n/a, music: Eliot. Released for the Saturne Party 93 intro competition. Fatal Unity ----------- SWE> Bohemian (sysop 'THE TRADE ZONE', 01/95). Fate ---- Fate is dead. Satan joined Epic. Quark joined Exort. Dr.Clan joined Adept. Dr.Clan joined D-Tect. Scream, Knuelle and Death joined Paranoid. Germans Aerobas and Montana Rice joined Vanish. Fifth Generation ---------------- SPA> Evelred (music, later Capsule, 09/92), Excelsior (gfx, 09/92). GER> Yoyo (Paulo Garcia, swap, ex Digital, new 08/92). FIN> Lozenge (swap, 93). Lozenge is the only Finnish member. Deelite has not joined Awe. Dementia (1992, 28.09, ECS Demo). 3rd in the Darkness & Fifth Generation Party 92 demo competition. 007 (1993, 24.07, Intro). 2nd in the Southern Party 93 intro competition. Gurumaster (1993, 24.07, Demo). 2nd in the Southern Party 93 demo competition. FIG --- DDT (ex Pure-Byte) and a few others left to form Accession. Finesse ------- ???> Demilich (codePC), Deon (gfxAM), Explicit (musicPC), Indie (musicAM), Jam Sam (gfx musicAM), Je-Man (mainorg www), Mali (codePC), Oste-Pop (orgPC). Firecrackers ------------ T.M.D. joined Blitz. Fire and Ice (F^I) ------------------ GER> Mogue (sysop 'ENDLESS PAIN', doublememb Faith, 01/94). ???> H2o (ger? ascii, doublememb Remedy, 01/94). Boards; PSYCHO TERMINAL (usa). Fire and Ice (often spelled Fire & Ice) were an ascii group. Fi-Re Crew (1989-1992) ---------------------- Fi-Re Crew was a legendary Hungarian demo group. 1992 - Renegade/Damage joined, and Soldier was kicked due to lameness in the middle of the year. They died after several prominent members decided to leave the scene in order to code games. Mr.Pixel then took an initiative to form Impulse with some of the ex Fi-Re Crew members and some others. Fire Starters, The (TFS) ------------------------ ENG> Scott (not same as below). ???> Code Tapper, Dictator, Killer, Mike, Mike in Australia, Scott, Scratch, Talisman, Thanos. VERY early group, specializing in importing pirated software to Australia. Flame Arrows, The (TFA) ----------------------- HOL> Nitrate (sysop 'NECROPOLIS'), Price (code, late95). AUT> Brain (sysop 'CRIME CITY'). Flash Productions (FP) ---------------------- DEN> A No One (gfx, 02/90), Blutch (swap, late90), Commando (music, 02/90), Denon, Freagle, Orion (code, ex Kefrens old), Vixen (ex Bytestar), Warca, Yamato (code, 02/90). NOR> Cedric (swap, ex Iris), Deathbringer (swap, ex Exit, 92), Powersledge (ex Amaze), Slimer (swap). ENG> Majic Mushroom (swap pack, later in SONiK), Ride (swap, 06/91). GER> PPJ (ex Prophecy, new ca 10/90), Ratso Rizzo (ex Prophecy, new ca 10/90). Flash Productions was an originally Danish group, most known for their disk- long multiloading megamixes. 1990 - In february the group travelled to the Kefrens and Dexion party with two new releases in their bag; the demo "Danish Know How" [02/90]and the musicdisk "Digital Concert 3" [02/90] were both released at this party. PPJ and Ratso Rizzo joined from Prophecy around october to build a German section of the group. 1991 - Cryolite changed his handle to Krest and joined Rebels denmark around may! Hobbit joined Lemon. Rick (ex Network) joined Devils. Danish superswapper The Pride joined Brainstorm. Danish graphician Slash (ex Kefrens old) joined Anarchy. Norwegian coder Black Panther (ex Zone 7) joined Paragon. Danish musician Maestro (ex Kefrens old) joined the new Kefrens. Danish musician Gonzo was a member from 88-92, when he left the scene. Total Confusion (ECS File). Hit The Road (1989, 29.12, ECS Megademo). Released at the X-Mas Party 1989. Bud Brain III (1990?, ECS File). code: Orion, gfx: Slash, music: Maestro. Digital Concert 2 (1990, ECS Musicdisk). code: n/a, gfx: n/a, music: Commando. info: Only one tune, but it's a 'load-as-it-plays' number that lasts 12 minutes 41 seconds! Danish Know How (1990, 18.02, ECS Demo). Released for the Kefrens and Dexion Party demo competition. Digital Concert 3 (1990, 17.02, ECS Musicdisk). code: Yamato, gfx: A No One, The Pride, music: Commando. Released at the Kefrens and Dexion Party.  GLE tested A1200/020-14/2mb chip/3.0. Note: Does not work, crashes. Caches/AGA off has no effect. Digital Concert VI (1990, ECS Musicdisk). code: n/a, gfx: n/a, music: Commando. No Brain - No Pain (1990, 01.07, ECS Megademo). code: n/a, gfx: A. No One, music: Gonzo. 4th in the Amiga Conference 90 demo competition. Hysteria (1990, 26.12, ECS File). Released at the Dexion Party 90. Bubblefields (1991, ECS Demo). Winner of the Aero Conference 1991 demo competition! Anti-Budbrain Demo (1991, 27.04, ECS Demo). Released at the Amiga Convention Summit. Flashing Bytes, The (TFB, -1991) -------------------------------- ENG> Dobbin (ex New Wave Inc., new 06/91), Jaz (swap, ex New Wave Inc., new 06/91), Lurch (ex New Wave Inc., new 06/91), Optrix (ex New Wave Inc., new 06/91), Ranx (ex New Wave Inc., new 06/91), X-Olet (Andy, swap). ???> Fugitive. TFB was a largely English demo group. 1991 - The entire english group New Wave Inc. (Ranx, Dobbin, Optrix, Lurch and Jaz) joined in june. Raider joined Treacl mid 91. They announced plans for the opening of a second uk bbs in august, but the group died in the middle of 1991 =[ Their diskmag "Trader" is now indpendent. Streamline joined Anarchy. Unlimited and TKM joined Vanish. Aerobas did NOT join Skid Row, and is now in Vanish. Invisible (ex Eremation, new mid 91) is now groupless. Flash Team, The (TFT) --------------------- The Flash Team changed their name, and are now known as Fraxion. Floppy (FLP, 1994-) ------------------- POL> Def (mainorg 3d, 02/97-04/91), Fame (gfx, doublememb Pulse [pc], ex doublememb Nah Kolor, 08/96-12/97), Jazzcat (music, 08/95), Revisq (music, doublememb Anadune [details] late96, 08/96-04/01), Thorus (code, 08/95-02/97), X-Ceed (music, doublememb Endzeit [details], 98), Zig (Wojciech Gajos, code, 08/95-04/01). ???> Bonzaj (pol? 3d, 04/01), Jacool (swap, new 08/97), Lester (gfx, 04/01), Mustafa (gfx, new 08/97), Pickpoke (gfx, new 08/97). Floppy is a polish demo group, with seemingly no foregin members at all. Blaze, who joined from Appendix in late 96, was back on the Appendix memberlist 01/98...how did this happen? 1996 - The group dominated the polish Intel Outside 3 party at the end of august, capturing the second place in the demo competition with "Embraced" [08/96], and both first ("Rumpelstiltskin" [08/96]) and 2nd ("Unanimiter" [08/96]) in the 64k intro competition. 1997 - Polish Gabi (Gabriel Dubiel, gfx raytrace, 08/95-08/97) left to be independent in august. 1998 - Polish swapper Blaze (doublememb Nah Kolor, ex Appendix, new late96-02/97) joined Endzeit in june. Athana (1994, ECS Intro). One Frame (1995, 12.03, ECS Intro). Released at Primavera 95. Potaz (1995, 30.08, ECS 64k Intro). code: Thorus, Zig, gfx: White/Vacuum, music: "emc chiptune #06+8" by Bartman/Vacuum. 4th in the Intel Outside 95 64k intro competition. review: Oh, very very nice! Design is the order of the day here; the way the routines are timed to the music is most excellent! To be quite frank, there's not really any element of this that bothers me, so I'll just conclude that this one's worth your download time :) [glenn]  GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0. 4k Intro (1996, AGA 4k Intro). Winner of the Staszic Compo 3 4k intro competiton! Short (1996, AGA 64k Intro). Winner of the Staszic Compo 3 64k intro competiton! XTC.EXE (1996, AGA Demo). 2nd in the Staszic Compo 3 demo competiton. Luperkaline (1996, 23.06, AGA 64k Intro). 2nd in the Polish Summer Party 96 64k intro competition. Gold (1996, 23.06, AGA 4k Intro). 2nd in the Polish Summer Party 96 4k intro competition. Embraced (1996, 30.08, Demo). 2nd in the Intel Outside 3 demo competition. Rumpelstiltskin (1996, 30.08, AGA 64k Intro). Winner of the Intel Outside 3 64k intro competition! Unanimiter (1996, 30.08, AGA 64k Intro). code: Thorus, gfx: Fame, music: Revisq. 2nd in the Intel Outside 3 64k intro competition. review: The intro opens with a Floppy logo, before a relief bump routine where we travel around the bump and credits appear on top appear. The light also changes color several times. This is followed by a blurry tunnel, before a phong-spring is overlaid... and then things take a nice turn for the stylish as the bump routine is back again, but this time it also spins while everything is going on... =) And then another logo by Fame, this time saying Unanimiter, and we're done. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.1. Embraced (1996, 30.08, AGA Demo). 2nd in the Intel Outside 3 demo competition. Jackpot (1996, 10.11, AGA 64k Intro). 2nd in the Gravity 96 64k intro competiton. PapadeO (1996, 10.11, AGA File). code: Zig, gfx: Fame, music: Revisq. 2nd in the Gravity 96 demo competition. review: It's the usual story, with phong objects and bumpmapping galore and not much else. Personally I'm getting sick of these 3D-object- marathon demoes. All that changes from demo to demo, it seems, are the objects. The code remains the same, and usually the music does too. This is technically impressive, but not very interesting for the casual viewer. Perhaps it'll give some coders a hard-on, but that's about the extent of it. Requires some fast, though I'm not sure how much. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.  Papadeo 2 (1997, 23.02, AGA 4MB File). code: Zig, gfx: n/a, music: n/a. 2nd in the Rush Hours '97 demo competition. review: There will be no review of this demo, for the simple fact that it refuses to work on my system; it gurus every time. At first I thought it was some program I had loaded that the demo didn't like, but booting without startup-sequence didn't help matters either. It always crashes with an 'illegal instruction' guru, ...0004 or ...0006. On closer inspection of the accompanying text file, I believe the problem is that this demo requires an FPU! Anyone with a suitable machine that can review this for me? It's a filedemo alright, but the file is almost 4MB big :) Although it'll work (depends on your setup ;( ) with an 020+ processor, an 040 at 25Mhz is the recommended machine! [glenn]  GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0.  Deport (1997, 05.04, AGA HD Multifile). code: Zig, gfx: Def, Fame, music: Revisq. review: Short and oh so sweet, "Deport" is filled with a few, well polished effects rather than lots of half finished ones, which is all too common. The speed of these routines are really suited to impress, especially the 3D lightwave scene and the speedy, greatlooking tunnels towards the end. Revisq's soundtrack avoids the all too common techno tune, in favour of a powerful percussion-based track which really adds a lot to the demo. Fame's graphics are OK, but nothing special. I do not know whether this requires any fast mem. When I clicked the left mouse button to exit at the end, I was presented with a guru. The demo was released at a small, internal meeting (dubbed the BUZ Party) held 04-06.97, and visited by Zig (organizer), Def, Flapjack/ Appendix and Informer/Appendix :) Download heavily advised. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0. Napalm (1998, 26.04, AGA File). Winner of the Rush Hours 98 demo competition! GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.1. Nadia (1998, .08, Demo). Winner of the Intel Oustide 5 demo competition! Mocap (2001, HD File Demo). code: Zig, gfx: Bonzaj (3d), Def (3d), Lester (additional), music: Revisq (The Player 6.1A format). 10th in the Mekka Symposium 2001 demo competition. review: Well, this ain't gonna be much of a review, since I was unable to run this demo on my machine. Having originally tried the demo with just 16mb fast, and found that that just wasn't enough to get it up and running, I dove into this old pentium cabinet I've got here (normally running Red Hat Linux =]), and quickly extracted a 32mb SIMM. Plugged it in, tried the demo again... and now it crashed. Two more tries and I'm giving up. Likely this requires and FPU or possibly even PPC, but no system requirements are anywhere to be seen in the accompanying info file. I'm depressed now. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 32mb fast/3.1 -- Note: See review! Flying Cows Inc. (FCI) ---------------------- POL> Aron (code), Chaser (music), Devil (gfx), Echo (code gfx, 01/93), Havoc (gfx), Kurczak (swap, 94), Lc (code), Melon (doublememb Mystic [details], late96), Pagan (gfx), Plastus (gfx), Plexa (code, 08/95), Seba (raytrace), Snake (gfx, new 06/96), Stean (code), Zibi (swap edit, late94). FIN> Astral (code, new 06/96), Danny Kane (swap ascii), Grand (gfx, new late95), Royal'69 (swap), Sibilius (music, new 06/96), Splatterhead (Vesa Kivisilta, swap, ex Addonic, new early95), Substance (music), Thoron (code, new 06/96), Zounds (org swap music, new 06/96). SWE> Marwic (sysop, new 06/96), Skyhawk (new early95). GER> Heptagon (Stefan Swafing). ???> McCoy (old handle Magnum, 95). 1997 - Bartman tragically died 21-05-1997. Polish swapper Qix left for Gods. Polish musician Dreamer left to help form TPDL with Tom and Python/TRSI. Polish swappers Carlo and Chmiel were kicked out early 95. Pippen was also kicked. Dziady - Part Three (1993, .01, ECS File). code: Echo, gfx: ZX Spectrum, Gizmo/Digital Fire, Echo, music: Jack/ Showtime. review: Most generic, this little text-effect-text production. It's almost like it was made with a demo editor... Hm. Lame BBS Intro (1994 or pre, ECS). Amused to Death (1994, 13.11, Demo). 6th in the Gelloween 96 demo competition. Human Violation (1994, 13.11, Demo). 11th in the Gelloween 94 demo competition. Time (1995, 30.08, Demo). 7th in the Intel Outside 95 demo competition. P w moje lamiona (1995, 30.08, ECS 64k Intro). code: Plexa, gfx: Plexa, Kurczka/Lamers, music: Blogath/Energy. review: Starting this 64k intro, the first thing that amazed me was the music - an actual guitar tune in a 64k intro! I was impressed, but didn't think they could squeeze much else out of it, then. I was wrong. This is a one screen intro, with just a small section in the middle changing to accomodate the effects. There are really only two effects in the intro, a zoomrotator and a voxel routine, but both are well executed. I liked this, if nothing else then for the novelty of the music :) [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0. Fnuque ------ ???> Blueberry (code, 09/97), Cody (code music, old handle Bizy, 09/97), Fairart (gfx, 09/97), Flux (code, 09/97), Hund (gfx, 09/97), Ib (gfx, 09/97), Painelf (code, 09/97), Presence (org code, 09/97), Punqtured (music, 09/97), Swaxi (music, 09/97), Trez (gfx, 09/97). Many members of Fnuque were later in Depth. Focus Design (FD, 1992-1997) ---------------------------- DEN> Corial (Søren Rasmussen, code swap, 92), Fish (founder gfx, ex Elin/Static Bytes, 92, 92-12/93), Kollaps (founder code music, ex Cult, 92), Limit (swap), Mazzachre (music, ex Balance, new mid92), Tome (founder code, ex The R/Static Bytes, 92-12/93). ???> Bigmama (code, 12/94), Bionic (music, 12/92), Chaos (code, 12/94), Corial (code), Delfi (code, 12/93), JNI (music, 12/94), Joker (founder, old handle Tris), JSL (music, 12/93), Overlord (music, 12/92). Focus Design was a Danish demo group born in early 1992 by Fish (formerly Elin) and Tome (formerly The R) from Static Bytes, Kollaps from Cult and Tris from Abuse. Kollaps is also known as MZ1453/GFB, and Corial and Optima are brothers. They were the long-standing arrangers of the South Sealand summer parties in Denmark. 1992 - They were further strengthened around the middle of the year, when Danish musician Mazzachre joined from Balance. 1997 - The group was officially closed down by main coders Kollaps, Optima and Corial in 1997. Optima was later in Scoopex, then Haujobb. Swapper Easy left the scene.  Mission Nostromo II (ECS File). code/music: Kollaps, gfx: Fish.  GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Eyemind (1993, 28.12, ECS 4MBFAST File). code: Delfi, Tome, gfx: Fish, music: JSL. 25th in The Party 93 demo competition. Blur (1994, 28.12, 40k Intro). code/gfx: Coma, Bigmama, music: JNI. 13th in The Party 4 40k intro competition. review: This intro opens with the effect that probably gave it its name. It's a combination of plasma and interference that looks quite good. The only other real effect here is a stretching fullscreen zoomrotator of some woman's face. Not bad, far from great. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Comaldåse (1996, 06.07, Intro). 4th in the South Sealand Party 96 intro competition. Engine (1996, 06.07, Intro). 7th in the South Sealand Party 96 intro competition. Newt (1997, 30.03, 4k Intro). 3rd in the Mekka Symposium 97 4k intro competition. Pulp (1997, 30.03, 40k Intro). 4th in the Mekka Symposium 97 40k intro competition. Forcers Team ------------ Life on the Mars (1996, 30.08, 40k Intro). 2nd in the AntIQ '96 40k intro competition! Fractal Generation ------------------ 1997 - Artwork's "Generation #24" [04/97] reported that Phaser was kicked because of inactivity, and that Kismat joined the group. Frame 18 (F18) -------------- HUN> Cyberdance (Zotyo Szombathelyi, 04/96), Flex (edit, 06/94), Gizmo (sysop 'LUNA SQUARE', 04/96). ???> Dundee (code, new 04/96-02/98), Darklon (hun? code, new 11/96), Grey (code, 04/96), Nacy (code, 04/96), Pat (music, 04/96-02/98). Wind! (1996, 13.04, Demo). code: Flex, Nacy (mars, tunnel), Grey, gfx: Flex, music: Pat. Winner of Scenest 96 demo competition! review: It may be a party winner, but I'm still not impressed. This is a demo of fair quality, though how it could win a demo competition is beyond me. The most impressive part, I guess, is the smooth voxelspace - a lot like the Mars program for the PC, if you know it. Still, it's hardly smooth MOVING. [glenn]  GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Luna (1996, 30.08, 40k Intro). 3rd in the AntIQ '96 40k intro competition. Flag 98 (1998, 08.02, AGA 64k Intro). code: Dundee, gfx: none, music: Pat. Winner of the Flag 98 64k intro competition! review: This is not half as good as it could have been; the seemingly endless precalculation in the beginning and the failing framerate destroys this for me. The only ray of light is the excellent 'underwater/overwater' object, which looked smashing...but slow. Optimize! [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0. Frantic [fin] (FTC, 1990-) -------------------------- FIN> Captain (music, ex Image), Harri K., Hellfire (sysop 'POWER PLANT'), JayJay (sysop 'KREMATORIUM', 07-11/91), Perro (music, 06/91), Proton (sysop 'DRUNKLAND'), Sawblade (swap trade, ex Escape, 91), Starflair, Wedge. Frantic is a Finland based demo group, born in may of 1990. Their first production was released in november of the same year. There were two quite different groups using the name Frantic, one based in Germany and one in Finland. As the groups learned of each other, there was a cooperation proposal, but that fell through. The two groups then went into a rivalry, meaning harsh words were exchanged in their productions. The resolution to this is unknown at present. As I did not intially know of this, some information may have been placed in the wrong place. Their musician Captain is now a professional musician, and has even released a CD under the name Dance Nation, called "Dawn". 1993 - Finnish swapper Whiplash (ex Commie/The Special Brothers, new late92) joined Surprise! Productions early 93. Prince joined Euphoria. Sysop Hoschy ('NECROMANTIC') joined Alpha Flight. Frantic [ger] (FTC, 1990-) -------------------------- GER> Flexx (gfx music, 12/91-08/93), Red Eagle (swap), Rival, Robin (swap, 12/91), Sart (code, 08/93), Strike (12/91), Snake (swap, late90), Technoid (muisc, 12/91). DEN> Aries (code, 12/91), Assassin (music swap, 12/91), E.S.P (Ole Baunbaek, gfx swap, 12/91), Macloud (code gfx, 12/91). ???> Copper (ex Targets, new 09/91), Fulcrum, Screwface (old handle Hydra), X-Ample (ex Skid Row, new 09/91). Boards; ALIEN NATION (ger). Frantic is a largely German demo group born ca 07/90, but with foreign sections. The Danish section was formed by Aries, E.S.P and Macloud, with Assassin joining at a later date. There were two quite different groups using the name Frantic, one based in Germany and one in Finland. As the groups learned of each other, there was a cooperation proposal, but that fell through. The two groups then went into a rivalry, meaning harsh words were exchanged in their productions. The resolution to this is unknown at present. As I did not intially know of this, some information may have been placed in the wrong place. 1992 - German swapper Flash (ex Vanish) left the Amiga and returned to the C64 scene early 92. Musician Shamrock (old handle Scoop, 08/93) joined Ram Jam. Vectro (1991?, 10.12, ECS Intro). code: Macloud, gfx: E.S.P, music: "Midnight." by Technoid (4ch MOD format). review: This intro was made to announce the new Danish section of Frantic, and is very typical of its time. At the top of the screen is an ok logo, with the letters having cracks in them, like they were cast in stone. The rest of the screen is divided up with two small bars, and the action takes place between these two. Mostly it's a vector-text-vector- text affair, with the only diversion being the concluding straight greetings scroller. Not very exciting, I'm afraid. The intro has no exit routine whatsoever, but the text screens can be skipped with the right mousebutton. Almost certainly not released at a party. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.1. Dunkle Gedanken (1993, 02.08, ECS Intro). code: Sart, gfx: Flexx, music: Scoop. Released at the 680xx Convention 1993. Fraxion (FRX, 1990-) -------------------- NOR> Amigashark (founder), Astaroth, Big Red (code, ex Avalanche, 90), Blade (Lars, swap, 09/92), D.O.S (90), Flash of Genious (Anders M. Hunstad, founder code, 90), Hoaxer (gfx, ex Avalanche, 90), Jotes (sysop 'MIDNIGHT CALLER' WHQ, 10/94), Lix, Lorien (Jens Nordstrand, gfx, 90), Mr.Flamme, Reptile (music, late 90), RUS, Sherwin (sysop 'VISUAL MEMORY', new late91), The Black Wizard, The Guardian, The Magic Arts, Thing, Tornado, Typhoon (founder), Zippo. ???> Jam (ex Lightman/Animax, new early92), Xandu (crack). Boards; WONDERLAND (nor). Fraxion were born in 1990 after The Flash Team (TFT) decided to change the name of their group. They were a Norwegian mainly demo-oriented crew, though there were a few trainers and the utility Fraxion Ripper by Flash of Genious. They released at least one crack in cooperation with Mayhem. 1990 - Norwegians Delta-X (music) and Copper (swap) left the scene late 90. The End, Exen, Lobber and Uninvited (code) all left late 90. Flesh joined Angels. Jammy left the scene. Nico (sysop) was kicked. Norwegians Crawlen and The Player joined Vision. Norwegian sysop Pitcher ('HOTTER THAN HELL' EHQ) joined Cryptoburners. Norwegian musician KEO (Karl-Espen Olsen, ex Avalanche, late 90) left. Norwegian sysop Skykiller ('THE MAZE', founder) joined Razor 1911. Fraxion-Ripper V1.007 Intro (1990, ECS Intro). code: Flash of Genious, gfx: Lorien, music: KEO (Future Composer format). review: Short but sweet, this 25k intro for the old ripper program. It's a lot like some of the Horizon intros of the era, actually, with a large logo scrolling across the background made up of 8x8 pixel dots, and a sine scroller over that. It's short, easy, and looks nice. Significantly, this old intro runs without a single problem! The music timing's fine, no graphics glitches... Not bad at all! [glenn]  GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Highway 1970 (1990, ECS File). code: Big Red, gfx: Keo (animations), Hoaxer (logos, fonts), music: Keo (Future Composer 1.3 format). review: This demo opens with an animationin which two cars chase each other, shooting at each other's cars. The good guys (Fraxion) finally blow the head of one of their assailers, and then activate their anti- gravity kit to fly into space... The rest is just scrollers and text. Anyway, nicely executed. The music is NICE chiptunes, by the master of Future Composing: Keo. Coolness doesn't even start. Unfortunately, the demo does not contain any other release date than the year. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. -- Note: KillAGA.  Divine Visions (1990, early, Trackloaded Slideshow, 2 disks). code: Flash of Genious, gfx: Lorien, Lonewolf/Teladon (digitizing), music: "Flick Out 90" (intro) and "Countdown Remix" (main) by Delta-X. review: A slideshow of scanned Boris Vallejo pictures, sharing the common thread that they're all mythology-related. The pictures are mainly interesting for seeing the original images some of the finest hand pixelled art ever was based on. The best thing about this slideshow, I suppose, is the intro, which is rather good actually. The music and graphics especially stands out as worthwile. Since this is a slideshow, there's not much graphics to speak about. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Future Visions (1990, Slideshow). code: Big Red, gfx: Hoaxer (logos, pictures), Lonewolf (digitizing), music: "Mortal Souls" and "Activate" by Keo (ProTracker MOD format). review: The name of this slidshow made promises the production couldn't hold up. No future visions, only a few handmade pictures that surely look fine in real life, but because of the bad quality of the digitizing, this show is more a disaster than a vision... And again princesses, monsters and other fantasy motives with many natural snapshots are dominating this slide made by the legendary Future Designs Crew. A few sci-fi objects and some militaries are also to be found in the eight pictures ONLY, handmade by Hoaxer and digitized by Lonewolf afterwards. Most of them have a fantastic and mystic atmosphere and I am really interested to see the originals, but it's though not worth to watch it twice! Only for VERY nostalgic sceners, who loves to read scrolltexts. The only positive aspect for a computer production is the preferences menu. A little hint: Try to start it when everything is enabled on a A1200 and you will see some nice (not planned?) effects. At least I saw them with my hardware! [zito] ZIT tested A500 /000-7 /½mb chip, 1mb fast. A1200/030-42/2mb chip, 8mb fast. Revenge (1990, 07.04, ECS Trackloaded Demo). info: This demo was released a week after the police raid on the Cryptoburners, IT and Visual Bytes party in Drammen, Norway. Its main objective was yelling abuse at the companies and individuals thought to be responsible. Freagles -------- Baraccuda joined Acume. Freedom Force (1988-) --------------------- FIN> Crayone (10/88-03/89), Fizz (Kai Taipale, 11/88-03/89), Lucifer (Ari Villa, code gfx, 10/88-03/89), Rolex (Ari Ruotsaleinen, 11/88-03/89). DEN> Mediator (Per Kanstrup, 11/88-03/89), Sagon (Jakob Solander, 11/88). N-Z> NOR> Tomcat (Knut-Gunnar Walle, 11/88). MEMBERS:Finland;Lucifer,Crayone,Fizz,Rolex. Denmark;Mediator,Pink Panther,McCursor. Norway:Dynamo,TomcatF14. NewZealand;Blair Zuppicich. Germany;Roly. England;Nucleus. Freedom Force was an international demo group, likely formed around 1988. Their main driving force in the early days were finnish coder and graphician Lucifer. They also released a demopack series called "Swingdisk", and the first disks came out around 1988. 1988 - After At least four demos in two months, concluding with "Megademo Advertising", the group started out as one of the more productive ones of its time, despite seemingly only having one active coder. 1990 - Nothing appearead from the group at first this year, with the group's main efforts going into the "Megademo" [03/89] which was released at The Gang, Zyx and Amiga Lords party in swden at the beginning of march. A memberlist published in the demo revealed some changes since that last one, published five months before; Sagon was gone, while Pink Panther and McCursor were new members in Denmark; musician Blair Zupicich was new in New Zealand; Roly was new in Germany; Nucleus was new in England; and norwegian Dynamo was new in Norway. He later left for System 5 around july. Demo 2 (1988, 30.10, ECS File). code/gfx: Lucifer, music: "Whosaidrob" by Razmo/Kefrens. Smoker (1988, .11, ECS Intro). code: Lucifer, gfx: Reward/? (font), Lucifer (minifont, logo), Zei (drunken man), music: "Partyeppich" by Roly. info: Released at a copyparty held at Vorikatu-school, presumably in Finland, that we have NOT been able to identify. Any help with this would be great! Back Again, 3rd Demo (1988, 13.12, ECS Intro). code: Lucifer, gfx: Lucifer, Reward/? (font), music: "64memory" by Razmo/ Kefrens. Megademo Advertising (1988, .12, ECS Intro). code/gfx: Lucifer, music: Rolamd P./?. Megademo (1989, 04.03, ECS Trackmo). code: Lucifer, gfx: Reward/??? (loader, 4th part), Zei (1st part), music: "Critical-Lovebeat", "Freedom Force1", "Lonely", "Missing-You", "Nicewalk", "Oasis" and "Theknomes" by Blair Zuppicich/independent, "n/a" by Roly. Released for The Gang, Zyx and Amiga Lords party. info: There are four parts; a bootloader and three demoparts. Bulls Eye (1990, .01, ECS Game). code: Lucifer, Andy, gfx: Lucifer, music: Lucifer (sampled sound). Asutrilia Born (1990, ECS Intro). code: Bit-Master, Lucifer, gfx: Wiz of Oz, music: "Ffwiz1" by Wiz of Oz (ProTracker MOD format). Cooperation with AI. Coop (1990, ECS Demo). code/gfx: Lucifer, music: "Soundtime" by Roly (ProTracker MOD format). Cooperation with AI. Bat Sinus Demo (1990, ECS Demo). code: Lucifer, gfx: Lucifer, music: "Acidbat2" (ripped from Ocean's Batman game). Cooperation with AI. info: This intro announced Roly and Dr.Visual left. Free Flight ----------- AUS> The Wizard (sysop 'INSANITY FLIGHT', 04/95). Freestyle (1992-) ----------------- N-L> Crash (sysop 'CRASH CORNER'), Godfather (ex Vicious, new early93), Kayo. Freestyle was formed in late 1992 on the ashes of the original Axis; when Axis died, most of its members went on to form this group. Dutchman Claxon left the scene. Dutch musician Nao joined Lemon. Sysop Fletch ('NEON CITY') joined Solution. Englishman Frostbyte was later Meltdown/Ecstasy. Dutch sysop Countach ('CYBERSPACE') joined X-Trade. Dutch sysop Librator ('MELANCHOLIC THOUGHTS') joined Movement. Dutchmen Magician Lord, Steroid (both ex Axis old), Jay-One and English musician Hollywood (ex Lunatics, new late 92/early 93) all left to join the new Jetset. Perfect 5 (pre 1993, .03, ECS Musicdisk). Studio Intro (93, Intro). code: n/a, gfx: n/a, music: "Wisped" by Hollywood (4ch ProTracker format). Freestyle Designs ----------------- HUN> Anchor, Keymax, Lacy, Ray, Synex, Wortex. Rave The Party vol.1 (Trackloaded musicdisk). GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. note: Crashes after loading and showing three loader-logos. Caches off/original chipset has no positive effect. Freestyle UK ------------ Ball Demo (pre 1989, .03, ECS Demo). Freezers (FRS) -------------- POL> Alex (music, 94), Bart (code, 94), Benjamin (gfx music, 94), Bethoven (music, 94), Cedyn (Marcin Czartynski, 04/98), CIA (Marcin Jedynak, gfx music, ex Mystic, new early95), Freeman (gfx, 94), Gordon (Bogdan Lipski, code swap, 94), Immortal (Tomasz Chmielewski, org swap pack sysop, 94-late97), Joy (code, 94), Kresnal (trade), Lenin (whq swap edit, 94), Qwerty (Adrian Dolny, swap, ex Mad Elks), Sky (Radoslaw Gulczynski, swap sysop 'ICEHOUSE', late95), Snowman (Przemyslaw Jez, swap), Uhu (Jarek Ciszowski, old handle Mr.Uhu, late97-04/98), Yoga (gfx, ex Mystic), Zogar Sag (lamer, 94). SWE> Atheist (music, ex Vision, 94), Coolorado (train), Delery (code, ex The Silents, later Bodyworks, new late95), Ekhed (gfx, 94), General Lee (swap, new late96), Klorathy (code music, later Ram Jam, 12/94), Mindphaser (Fredrik Komstadius, swap, ex Vision, 94), Marillion (Erik Tilleby, music, earlier TSL, 95, re 04/96), Shock (Christian Skoog, swap, ex Vision), Skepp (sysop 'BRUTAL TRUTH', doublememb Defiance, ex Vision, 01/95). FIN> Kazz (Mika Savela, swap, 94). DEN> Mass (swap trade). NOR> Magz (sysop, new late96). USA> DSX.Design (music). ???> Mazz (ex Bronx), Morph (code, 12/95), Pinhead (ex Hardcore Design), Protas (music, ex Case, new late97), Skowron (gfx), Visual (gfx, ex Mystic, new late97). Freezers were a mainly Polish and Swedish demo group. 1994 - Swedish graphician Sputnik (*NOT* same as POL coder of same name) is not in Freezers anymore. 1995 - The swedes Reverend D (sysop 'TRESPASS' WHQ, 94), TBM (code) and Phase (gfx) left to form a new group called Basement late 95. 1996 - Reverend D, Tbm and Phase DID NOT leave Freezers Sweden 06/96. Polish graphician and musician Dave (new mid96-late97) left the group to join Amnesty. He stopped swapping in 96, before leaving. Polish coder Sputnik (94) left, probably late 96. As a result, Dave took over some organizing together with Immortal. Swedes Grid (gfx, 94) and Excel (org gfx swap, ex Vision, new PRP4, 94) are, according to the credits in "Dreamwalker", no longer members. I think Excel's in Balance now. Swedish swapper Evapor8er (94) got kicked. Kac (Intro). Wit Premium (1994, 13.11, AGA File). code: Sputnik, gfx: Grid, music: Bethoven (main), Atheist (end). 2nd in the Gelloween 94 demo competition.  GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Dreamwalker (1995, Musicdisk, 3 disks). code: Joy, Sputnik (additional), gfx: Imperator/Blaze, Python/TRSI, Excel/ex-FRS (additional), Grid/ex-FRS (additional), Lazur/TRSI (additional), music: Dreamer/Masque. GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Lech (1995, AGA File). code: Sputnik, gfx: Grid, Freeman, music: Bethoven. Released at Easter Party 1995. GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.  4k intro (1995, 28.12, 4k Intro). code: Morph. 2nd in The Party 5 4k intro competition. review: Short but sweet, this little intro contains just two effects. The first is a texturemapped object, and the other is a 'gun' made up of what seems to be several other objects; z-buffer shaded. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Hyper (1996, 30.08). Released at the Intel Outside 3 party. Fresh [new] (1996-) ------------------- FRA> Moone (Bartolozzi Florent, founder code music swap, ex Ram Jam, new 04/96-late97). SWI> Sear (gfx swap, ex Dylem, new late96-late97). ???> Abalao (music, new late97), Bip Bip (swap pack, late97), Cyclone (ascii swap, new late97), Germ (gfx, late97), Ghost (gfx, late97), Ostyl (code, late97). Fresh was formed by Moone/ex-Ram Jam 04/96. Fresh [old] (1994-) ------------------- Fresh was formed by large portions of the German section of Alcatraz when they decided to kick that section. Fresh Prince ------------ Fresh Prince was never a complete group, just one coder who happened to not be in any group at the time. His intro 'McIntro' must surely be the most successful non-group production ever, coming in second at the prestigious The Party in 1994. Rebels took notice and recruited the Danish coder just days after his success was a fact. Lola/McIntro (1994, 28.12, 40k Intro). code: Fresh Prince, Kata/Balance (replayer), gfx: n/a, music: "Muslingers" by Slide/Polka Brothers. 2nd in The Party 4 40k intro competition. review: most impressive the first time you see it, Lola/McIntro (both names appear in the intro) is a polished and cool effort from lone coder Fresh Prince. As far as I know, this is the only thing he released on his own. Cool music. [glenn]  GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. Friendly Flowers ---------------- ???> Jaggerboy (code, 12/93). Christro (1993, 27.12, ECS File). code: Jaggerboy, gfx: n/a, music: n/a. 20th in The Party 93 demo competition. Frogs (-1993) ------------- NOR> Beez (code), Corporal Clegg (music), GS (founder). FIN> Talbot (sysop 'TABOIL', ex Parallax). GER> Proton (swap, new 08/92). ???> Cyde. Frogs was formed by Front Soldier (later Cesium) and GS, and the name of the group was composited from their handles. The group ceased to exist when the entire group merged with Balance some weeks before easter 93. The diskmag 'Upstream' was also merged with Balance's 'MagBox', and the new mag continued to be called Upstream. There's no complete record of what members joined Balance, but some people who CERTAINLY made the jump are: Cesium (nor editor), Chagall (nor gfx), Ranx (nor code), Blaze (nor swap), Nexus 6 (hun, gfx, ex 23 Celsius Crew), Cyber Bug (isr, ex Legacy), Bailey (ger code), Dr.Fruid (fin music) and probably a few others. Bopski changed his handle to Nethead and joined LSD. Norwegian sysop IT ('HOME ALONE') joined Razor 1911 old. Green Beret/Plague briefly joined before moving on to Submission 08/92. Upstream issue #1 (ECS Multifile Diskmag). code: n/a, gfx: n/a, music: n/a, editor: Cesium. Front 242 --------- AUT> Guru Josh (ex TSK Crew), Hawk (music, ex TRSI, new late91), Ray Jackson (gfx, ex TSK Crew). Front 242 are a 100% Austrian group! Frontier -------- AUS> Repo, Skar, Yannis Brown (music), Zed. Industrial Fudge (Trackmo). code: n/a, gfx: n/a, music: Yannis Brown. Fucking United Network! (FUN) ----------------------------- CAN> Godfather (org swap, late96), Hellraiser (org swap, late96). NOR> Hellrazor (org swap). POL> Tomek (swap, late96), Saint (gfx raytrace, late96). FRA> Kelson (swap, late96). DEN> Jaxx (music swap, late96). SWI> Kalikone (swap, doublememb Dylem, late96). Fun Factory, The (TFF) ---------------------- FIN> Amadeus, Commander Z (93), Dr.Blitz (93), Exeter (93), Hunter (swap, 93), Kazz (93), KPT (93). AUT> Illusionist (swap, 94). SWE> Fazer (swap). SS Soldier joined Damones. Doktor's Special (1993, 29.03, Demo). Intro (1993, 07.06, Intro). Funky Buddhas, The ------------------ DEN> Hithansen (music, later new Rednex, 12/92). Plane (1992, 28.12, Trackmo). code: n/a, gfx: n/a, music: Hithansen. Contribution for The Party 92 demo competition. Funzine ------- POL> Dura (code), Metal (swap, 11/93), Saddam (gfx music). ???> Skowron (gfx, ex Absolute!, new late95). Prestige Cracktro (ECS Intro). code: Dura, gfx: Saddam (fonts), music: Von-Rays. review: Now, THIS is what a cracktro should look like! This generates vector-animations that it shows in the background, usually cogwheels and the like. The overall effect is very good, coupled with a palette the changes for each effect, and a transparent PRESTIGE logo in the bottom right corner. Music is an ok chippy. The year of release is present in the executable, but unfortunatly in roman numerals, which I don't know enough about to discover the real date... Anyway, if anyone can help, it's MCMXCV. [glenn] GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.1. Intel Outside '94 Intro (Intro). Fusion (FSN) ------------ GER> Doom (ex Design, new early92), Phil Douglas (crack train, 92). BEL> Junior (sysop 'CANDY LAND', early92). FRA> Furax (sysop 'FANTASIA'), Optima, Wizz (ex Delight, new early92). USA> Voyager/Snow Queen (sysops 'FASTRAX'). ???> Bostich, Mehellica, Professor (ex Nemesis, new early92), Roger Rabbit (ex Alpha Flight, new early93), TBC (early92), Tea Pot, Thunder (trade, ex Angels new), Tom (trade train, 09/91-92), Toxic, Winston. Boards; TERMINAL FOREST WHQ, PIRATE'S HAVEN (usa, 06/94). Fusion was an illegal cracker group, with their roots all the way back to the original Fusion on the C64. The Amiga section coexisted with the C64 section for quite a while. The Amigan's main cracker was the infamous Phil Douglas. When Bitstoppers died, all members joined Fusion. 1992 - Spanish Thorin joined Darkness 09/92. Mightymuz (ex Skid Row) joined 2000 AD 09/92. 1993 - English sysops Undertaker and Sabbath ('GRAVEYARD', both ex Agile) both joined Quartex around late 93. Sabber joined Ministry. Belgian sysop Maddy ('METAL IMPACT', early92) joined Jetset new. Swedes The Master (sysop 'PRESSURE POINT') and Mercy (both ex Bitstoppers) joined Anthrox. TCB was kicked and joined Vision Factory. Sysop Kevin Key ('INSIDE TREATMENT') joined, then left for Noxious. Eurochart #15 claimed he joined The Silents. Futura ------ Aquafresh and Gumby joined Defekt. Futura is just about dead, Trixter seems to have disappeared. Elric? and Welder joined Divine. Future Mirror ------------- Claustrophobia (1992, 28.12, Disk). 10th in The Party 92 demo competition. Futurize -------- FIN> Perlon (Peter Nyman, swap).