Taboo (http://taboo.eu.org) --------------------------- POL> Cresh (gfx swap, 12/94-04/98), MMS (code, 09/92-12/94). GER> Acidchild (Wolfram Hess, swap, 09/94-01/95). ???> Comer (code music, 12/94), Cruise (gfx, 12/94), Fazee (gfx, 12/94), K.M (code, 12/94), Sailor (swap, 12/94), Shaman (gfx, 12/94), Shogoon (music, 12/94-09/96), Wayne (gfx, 12/94). MMS is the coder behind several quality utilties, like Level-Crusher 1.0 (09/92) and Advanced Music Searcher (AMS) V4.1 [05/93], V5.0 [08/93]. 1996 - Shogoon contributed an exclusive tune to Oxyron's demo "ReLIGHTening", released in september. TAC'2048 -------- FIN> Tony (swap, 06/90). ???> Zipper (ex Panavision, new 06/90). 1990 - Zipper joined from Panavision around june. Taipan ------ 1993 - Raw was found to have recracked several games from Success, and was kicked in may. An article in Fairlight's "Reformation #3" [06/93] by Dannie/ Success also talked about the similarities of the two groups' version of the game "Magic Fields", and offered pretty conclusive evidence that a recrack had taken place. It pointed the finger at Wizard as the 'cracker', tho'. Talent (TAL) ------------ ENG> Bod (mainorg code crack, 06/90-06/94), XXX (crack supply, 07/91). GER> Ramirez (ex Alpha Flight 1970, new mid94). USA> Morrisey (sysop 'DOWN THE LAW' WHQ, opened early 93). ???> Chrysagon (crack, 06/94), Count Zero (fixer cosys, 06/94), Greenfrog (code, 06/94), Illusionist (ex Random, new early91), Majesty (org supply, 06/94), Rockstar (fin? fixer, 06/94), SoStone (cardsupply swap, 06/94), TBB (swap, 06/94). Talent is an English cracking group. Morrisey's board was opened after he joined Talent, and will be the group's WHQ when fully operational (early 93). They were at one time in cooperation with Americans INC (09/89), but they were most known when they were in coop with Ikari (..06/90-07/91..) Bod and XXX came to the group from Hotline. 1993 - X-Tro (swap) who joined a few months earlier, was kicked in october for laziness. 1994 - Ramirez joined in Germany around the middle of the year. Hunter left to rebuild Paramount (late 92/early 93). Tec (1988-1989) --------------- Tec was a German group, formed early 1988 by Mister TNT and Moonwalker. After some time also Roger joined, and Wolfman came around the middle of 1988. After getting an offer to join, Roger (code) left for Genesis Project in january 1989. This was the beginning of the end for the group, as Wolfman and Moonwalker then decided to form Array with the best members of Hellcats, and Mister TNT finally joined Druids. The group was dead february 1989. Teeside Cracking Service (TCS) ------------------------------ ???> Dave (crack, 06/85), The Omega Man (crack, 09-10/87). TCS was an early cracker group, and Omega Man was one of the most talented crackers and trainers in the early days, IMHO. Especially note his great version of the classic shooter Delta, with a multiple-choice trainer and ingame keys - in 1987! Tempest (TMP) ------------- YUG> Nucleus (Dejan Petronijevic, code gfx, 02/94-01/96). BOS> Erol (Erol Tahirovic, code gfx, 01/96). MAL> B'Stard (code, 02/94). ???> Dalton (music, 02/94). The Ancient Temple (TAT) ------------------------ AUT> Checkpoint (swap, 07/90). ???> Case (code, 04/93). For simplicity's sake, I've made an exception to my own rule and placed TAT's entry under T rather than A, since shortname is so often used. Case has done a few utilities, including Dir-Edit 4.2 (improved) and 60 Second Backup (04/93). Airdance II (1990, Demo). information: This demo has a picture apparently made by Lurch/TAT that was in fact ripped from the game "Superman vs. Dr. Doom". This was revealed in Amok's "Sex'n'Crime #16". Thrash (1989-) ------------- GER> Freddy (swap, 11/89). Thrash was formed late 89 by Doyle/Extasy and Freddy/Array. Thundercats (-1988) ------------------- Thundercats merged with Superswap Sweden into Horizon. Thunderdome ----------- GER> Brego (swap, 05/90). Thundertronix ------------- Was in cooperation with The Sharks, under the monicker The Sharks and Thundertronix (S&T). TIA see The Imperium Arts ------------------------- Titan (-1989) ------------- Titan died in december 1989, after several members were busted by the police. Titron ------ ???> Freddy (crack). 1991 - Scoundrel left the scene around may after driving his groupmates to Venlo, and then not getting a single dime paid for the gas he spent! Topaz Beerline -------------- FIN> Scapegoat (Sami Ilmonen, code gfx, 92-early93), Slayer (swap, early91). SWE> Rebel (09/91). HOL> Calypso (gfx, doublememb Amnesia, 05/93). ???> Addict (music), Amarok (doublememb Oxyron [details], early 93), AMD (fin? music), D'Arc (fin? code gfx, early 93), HTD (fin? gfx), Silver (ex Hitmen, new early 93). Topaz are a mostly Finnish demo group. Scapegoat has coded lots of tools, including Deadline Writer, CharZipper and Assembly Converter. D'Arc is the author of the AFLI Editor 2.0. 1991 - Early part of the year (february?) brought a tragedy for Topaz, when their member Coax was killed in a train accident. A memorial demo was reportedly planned by the finnish scene, but no information on if it was ever released. 1992 - In may, the two danes Caprix (code) and Kirk (gfx) left the group for Oxyron. Problemchild - He Knows Me (1993, early, demo). code: D'Arc, Scapegoat, gfx: Death, D'Arc, Scapegoat, Realpointdesign, music: AMJ, Anvil, HTL. information: Received a rave review in Reformation #1. Graveyard Blues 3 (1993, 30.05, Demo). code: D'Arc, Scapegoat, gfx: Death, music: Htd, Amj, Anvil. 6th in The Computer Crossroads 93 demo competition. Tough ----- Europe (1993, Demo). code: Jason, gfx: Jason, Condor, music: Jozz, J.B. info: Made for the c64 democompetition at the WOC exposition. Likely released in april or may. T'Pau ----- 1993 - Avalanche joined the reborn Alpha Flight 1970 in may. Trance ------ GER> Bizarre (also in Amnesia, 05/93). ???> Benno (early 93), Twist (ex Dominators, new 05/93). Rumours say that Trance is dead, and that leader Benno took the mag Ahead with him to Excess (Reformation #2). 1993 - Twist joined from Dominators in may. Transcom (TCOM) --------------- BEL> Eureka (swap, 12/90), Kickboxer (swap, early91), Shadow (swap, 04/89). ???> Captain Crack (new 12/89), Johnny B (music, ex C64CG), Unknow (crack, ex C64CG, 04-12/90). Transcom was born from the group C64 Comics Group (C64CG). Transcom were in cooperation with X-Ray for a while, but the coop broke down in early 1991 after members of Transcom ripped off Bad Taste's mag "Bad News", slapped a Genesis Projects intro on it, filled it with aggression and harsh language towards nearly every group in the scene and spread it at the Venlo meeting in february of 91. Following this, some Transcom and some ex-Crusade members left to form a new group called "Bad Batch", which in turn died in weeks. The ex-Transcom members then rejoined, except for Scorpie and Kid who went to F4CG. 1989 - During december, Captain Crack joined while Stinger left for Genesis Project. 1990 - Hi-Tech joined Babygang around july. The group went into cooperation with X-Ray in december. Slight (ex C64CG), Chouans, Spirit, Milos, Mig, Punisher and Jity all left the group due to disagreements with LKJ and Glasnost. They joined Genesis Project. 1991 - Scorpie and Kid joined from F4CG at Venlo in january. Belgian swapper Glasnost (ex Osiris/Energy, new 05/90-) joined Legend, also in january. The cooperation with X-Ray ended early in the year. Trans-X ------- ???> Bandit (12/90), Lady Devil (mainorg, 12/90). 1989 - Moskwa TV joined Science 451 early 1989. 1990 - TNM joined Histeric [no entry], while Myth joined Depredators in december. Also in december, the group's leader Lonestar left. Lady Devil took over the leadership. Axe changed his handle to Bandit. Trauma (1990-) -------------- ???> Dystan (founder crack, ex Holocaust, 12/90-early91), Reconner (founder, ex Holocaust, new 12/90). Trauma was formed by Dystan and Reconner from Holocaust 12/90, and apparently contains members from Denmark and Norway. Their birth was announced in Gamer's Guide #1 (late 90) and Sex'n'Crime #21 (12/90)! See Holocaust's entry for some more background on Dystan, and the question of his identity! Triad (3AD, http://www.triad.nu) -------------------------------- SWE> Hollowman (Johan Bengtsson, code gfx, 08/98-02/01), Iopop (Henrik Jansson, code gfx, 02/01), Logger (Alex, code, 08/98), Mindflow (music), Taper (Daniel Smurf, sysop 'ANTIDOTE' WHQ), Wiggen (Mikael, gfx, 08/98-07/00). Due to the high amount of members up through the years, we felt a need to separate the 'old' from the 'new' generation, at least until everyone can be accounted for. SWE> 801 DC (code, 12/90-04/91), Cash (Mika Silanpää, swap, 09/94), Chorus (Olli Mikkonen, gfx, ex Flash Inc, new early-05/91), Dane (Stellan Andersson, gfx, ex Twilight, new 08/93), Daw (David Fahlander, re Censor Design, new early91), Dynamic (Jonas Strandell, gfx, ex Rebels, new 08/90- 01/91), Goldie (ex Rebels, new 08/90), Incubus (Robin Forsberg, swap, ex Antic, new early93), Janitor (Pär Winzell, crack, ex Relax, 12/87), Jerry (Gunnar Kålbäck, mainorg swap sysop 'THE STUDIO', new 88-01/91), Johan (ex Twilight, new 08/93), King Fisher (Linus Walleij, code crack, ex Rebels, new 08/90-12/95), Lucifer (John Lundberg), Quorthon (Lenny Jonasson, crack, 04/00), Rave (Henrik Andersson, swap, new 05/91-09/94), Sergeant Pepper (code, new 88-02/89), Shadow (Andreas Gustafsson, old handle Megamaster), Tango (ex Twilight, new 08/93), Tao (David Weinehall, code, new 09/94), The Dungeon Master (Hans Axelsson, music, aka TDM, 12/90-05/91), Tracer (Fredrik Nordlund, crack, 12/90-04/91), Twilight (Mathias Sarri), Twoflower (Mikael Backlund, ex Twilight, new 08/93), Tycoon (crack, ex Light, new 12/89), Wilson (Henrik Bergström, gfx, ex Level 11, new 06/90-03/91), Wingo (Stefan Karlsson, early93). NOR> Ibanez (Trond), JFK (Karl Bjørnar Øie, early93), Killsquad (Geir Ytterdahl), The Meatball (Øyvind Antonsen). GER> Acidchild (Wolfram Hess), Alfatech (Che Lalic, music, ex Hitmen, new 05/91-early93), Curlin (Marcus, crack, ex Hitmen, new 05/91), Racoon (ex Hitmen, new 05/91), Thunder (gfx, ex Hitmen, new 05/91). ???> Arrow (Fredrik Pihl), Con (Konrad), Cozmo (swe? Lennart), Kravin (code, new 05/91), Mawkish (swe? 01/91), Mr.Ammo (Rolf Greven, early93), Pentaloon (Magnus Sjöberg), Scope (ex Vision, new 05/93), Sailor (Jani Tahvanainen), Slicer (rejoin 09/94), Skyie (Bonny Åkesson), SMD (early93), Vain (new 09/94). Boards; KINETIC DREAMS WHQ (usa, new 05/93). Triad are a Swedish demo and cracking group, famous for their cracking in the early days. They have existed since at least 1986. Among their legendary crackers were Mr.Z and Janitor. Akay and Skywize are brothers. 1987 - Legendary cracker Mr.Z (Zoltan Kelemen, 10/86-) left the scene. The group received a serious boost in september, when the entire group Relax joined them, including talented cracker Janitor to take over the void left by Mr.Z! In late december, they coarranged a three-day copyparty in Huddinge with Fairlight. 1988 - Jeff Smart released the music rip "Traz Music" [01/88] in january. The group's leader Ixion (Dan) went to university this summer, and could therefore no longer control Triad. As a result, the group nearly died, but thanks to a few members like 801DC they managed to keep it going until they could find a new general manager. After about a month they recruited Jerry (and his son, Sergeant Pepper!) to the group for this purpose, and he has been the leader ever since. Swedish cracker Rowdy left for Heptagon 09/88. German editor Jeff Smart ("Illegal") left for Scouse Cracking Group 10/88, after 8 1/2 months in Triad, since he felt that they were losing their power. German coder T'Kay left for Scouse Cracking Group in december. 1989 - Two small demos were released at the Horizon and Equinox party in may, "Raster Blast" (Bob) and "Vinter Mums" (801DC). The group suffered the loss of a lot of members when swedes Euzkera (02/89), Bob (02-05/89), Taito, Sensei, Psycho, Contring (02/89), Swallow, Guran (02/89), Shark, CRT and Dragon left to form a new group, Censor Design. Things went from bad to worse when also Squelch, Codex, Slaygon and Darklord decided to join a little later. In december however, they were reinforced when swedish cracker Tycoon joined them from Light. 1990 - Swedish graphician Wilson joined from Level 11 around june. In august, swedes Tycoon (crack) and Injun Inc. both left to rejoin Light. News in Amok's "Sex'n'Crime #16" [06/90] that they both left for Oneway would seem to be false then. Swede Stanz was kicked in september, and rejoined Dynamix. Swedish cracker Watchman left for Fairlight around november. 1991 - Issues 3 and 4 of "Gamers Guide" were released in january, the latter of the two in conjunction with the demo "Utopia". Issue #5 announced editor William Goodwin's cut-back on swapping, in order to have more time for the guide. His old contacts were given to new member swedish megswapper Cleric, who joined from Chaos Ind. It also announced that there is no longer any Triad amiga section, that Daw had left Censor to rejoin, and that Chorus had left Flash Inc to rejoin. Issue #6 (march) in turn announced that the group had recruited another swapper, Dutch. The board 'FUTURE ZONE' (sysop Spirou) had also been recruited, while swedish coder and cracker Hero (ex Rebels, new 08/90) had left for Light. Then came easter, and every group in Sweden travelled to the Horizon Easter Party. Shortly after came the release of Gamers Guide #7 [04/91], which brought sad news. Main editor William Goodwin (Daniel) had been killed in a car accident with Hero/Light, and was replaced by Bismarck. It also announced Verdun (David Fahlander, code, 01/91-) and Metal Maniac (Mattias Pihlström) had left the scene. Recently joined swapper Cleric (Rickard Sjogren, ex Chaos Ind.) failed to make good on his promise of supplying hot originals, and was therefore kicked in april. In response to this, he spread a harsh note accusing Triad of cheating in the Gamers Guide. They adressed his accusations within Gamers Guide #8 [04/91]. This issue also announced swedish swapper and sysop Pimpernell ('TERMINAL STATE', new 02/91-) leaving the group for Science 451 after only two months. Rumours were going around that Bismarck and Tracer had also joined, but these were false. After a small delay, for once, Gamers Guide #9 [05?/91] was out, finally with a new intro and outfit! The reasons for the delay were some reoganizing within the group, and naturally the new code for the mag. Lots of news about Triad since last time; their american board 'FABULOUS DISASTER' finally left them, since noone in Triad called it. The board is now in F4CG. God alone knows what happened to 'WARES DOMINE', by the way, that joined from Paramount in the very first months of the year? Also Swedish sysop Spirou (FUTURE ZONE) left after two months, teaming up with Light, and leaving the group without a single board! Instead of recruiting new ones, Jerry started working on 'THE STUDIO' with an eye to having it up as soon as possible. The final blow was dealt when swedish graphicians (and brothers) Akay and Skywize left the group for Science 451 after a short membership. But all was far from black, since the group was also seriously reinforced in may - Swedish swappers Tranziie and Raven joined, as well as coder Kravin (who did the intro for the new Gamers Guide). As if this was not enough, they also recruited four Germans from Hitmen; Curlin, Thunder, Racoon and Alfatech - and as a bonus got their diskmag "ViNews". Issue #8 was already released under the Triad label by the time GG #9 was out. 1992 - Cracker and supplier Ream joined from Hotline (who had just died) in january. He eventually left to form Accuse and finally wound up in Alpha Flight 1970. 1993 - Swedes Bismarck (Daniel Johansson, aka Otto von Bismarck, gfx crack, 12/90-) and Aktie (Linus) both quit early 93. Scope and Midnight Mover (sysop ILLUSION OF REALITY) both joined from Vision in may. Scope moved on to Genesis Project, while Tech left the scene for his newfound girlfriend. Swedish swapper Dutch (new 03/91) joined Dual Crew early 93. Sailor rejoined, and the board KINETIC DREAMS was recruited to be the new WHQ in may. Swedes Dane, Johan, Tango and Twoflower were all recruited from Twilight in august with their mag "Arise". This meant that Triad now had two mags, "Arise" and "Gamers Guide". 1994 - September brought about a quick reorganizing; Vain (swap) and Tao (code crack) joined, Slice rejoined, while Trident (Adam Dunkels) and Achilles (Jonas Almqvist) left the scene; Owen (gfx) joined Agony; swedish swapper Tranziie (Peter Jonsson, new 05/91) left the active memberstatus and finally Midnight Mover reopened ILLUSION OF REALITY. Swedish graphician The Sarge left for Fairlight, probably around 88-89. Swedish swapper Mr.Pinge (Stefan, 12/87) left the scene. Mr.Pinge was Triads main spreader, and was said by many to have been the best in the business. Illegal #30 wrote a lot about how sad his departure was. Traz Music (1988, 29.01, Intro). code/gfx: Jeff Smart, music: "Traz" by The Judges. review: Well, this is really nothing but a simple music rip, with the music from "Traz" (Cascade Software) by The Judges being the victim. It is fronted by the traditional Triad logo before the actual rip. The release date is assuming 'Janitory' equals january =] [glenn] Cocktail (1989, 25.02, Multifile Demo). code: Sergeant Pepper, Bob, Contring, gfx: Unitrax/Shape (logos), music: various. 6th in the Rawhead, Bros, Suppliers Party demo competition. review: Wow, this was a depressing experience. This demo just pretty much sucks. It reeks of immaturity (especially pepper!), unprofessionality and just plain doesn't manage to hold anyone's interest. One part - and one part alone - has some redeeming quality. namely 80 rastersplits, but that's about it =( Ugly graphics and ripped music closes the deal. Avoid. [glenn] Raster Blast (1989, 14.05, File). code: Bob, gfx: n/a, music: n/a. Released at the Horizon and Equinox party. review: Utterly charmless all-raster demo, with uninteresting variations on the theme. Fullscreen rasters, rasterbars, we've seen it all before, and much better than this. [glenn] Vinter Mums (1989, 14.05, File). code: 801DC, gfx: n/a, music: n/a. Released at the Horizon and Equinox party. Gamer's Guide #1 (1990, late, Filemag). INT - code: 801DC, gfx: Dynamic, music: The Dungeon Master. MAG - code: Hero, gfx: Otto von Bismarck, music: The Dungeon Master, editor: William Goodwin. review: The first issue of this legendary, and much critized mag, is nothing special in the audio-visual stage. The tune in the mag is OK, but the rest never rises above fair. As for the the editorial content, well, I guess you'd have to be there :-) Seriously, most of the text in this mag is taken up by stats and numbers. The mag is not technically advanced, but does its job fairly, and doesn't seem to contain any bugs. If you‘re into this kind of thing, then sure! Otherwise, perhaps not. For the record, this editor likes it ;) [glenn] Gamers Guide #2 (1991, early.01, Filemag). review: Nothing has changed; even the the tunes are the same. If you liked the first one... No credits, since they are identical. [glenn] Gamers Guide #3 (1991, .01, Filemag). review: ...and again everything is the same, including credits. There's an 'interview' with Shade/Light, though, that had me half-convinced that he was the missing third of Beavis, Butthead and Shade. Cool, hehehe... [glenn] Gamers Guide #4 (1991, early, Filemag). INT - code: 801DC, gfx: Dynamic, music: The Dungeon Master. MAG - code: Hero, gfx: Otto von Bismarck, music: The Dungeon Master, editor: William Godwin, Jerry. review: The fourth issue, and still everything is the same audiovisually. The news this time is perhaps that Jerry is now co-editor with William Godwin. Other than that, this is not especially remarkable in any way. Apart from the standard game-stuff and news, there is a small discussion on IFFL routines, which is the lastest BIG THING in the cracking world =] Probably released simultaneously with the demo "Utopia", since the mag mentions it should 'be on the disk'. A good guess on the release date of this mag, based on some of the news and game reviews, would be late january or early february. News about Weasel and DJ joining Crest are slightly incorrect; it is just one person, DJ Weasel, that joined. The mag also announced the c64 comeback of Triad's own Dynamic. [glenn] Utopia (1991, early, Demo, 4 files 399 blocks). code: King Fisher, Verdun, gfx: Wilson, King Fisher, music: TDM. review: "Utopia" starts off pretty bad, but quickly improves with some quite impressive parts. (part 1) The first thing we see in this demo is an utterly lame screen with a bad Utopia logo and jerky scroller in yellow over a red background, accompanied by sampled riffs from Metallica's "Seek And Destroy" from their "Kill 'Em All" album. Wow, you can operate a sampler. I'm impressed now. Not. So we press space, (part 2) and are in a loader part. This part reappears between every part from now on, in much the same way the old Megademos on the amiga worked. The loader was coded by King Fisher with music by TDM, and is totally unimpressive. The scroller can be controlled with the joystick, and loading can be paused with the fire button. Finally the next part is loaded, and automatically starts (part 3). And suddenly this demo just comes alive! This is a very nice (if not exceptional) part, mostly thanks to the a very good logo by Wilson. Code is again by King Fisher, with music by TDM. The screen is divided such: The top part contains the aforementioned Wilson logo, while the middle is occupied by a scroller. The middle of the bottom contains the graphical representation of a candle (done by KF), flickering. To the right and left of this appears small pieces of graphics ripped out of the game Slaine, and jumping up and down. So we press space again, return to the loader, and ultimately the next part. (part 4). This is another VERY cool part, perhaps the most technically advanced in this demo. It features a LARGE bunch of rastersplits, waving in the middle of the screen! A blue TRIAD logo occupies the top of the screen, with what is seemingly 'bullets' flying over it, from left to right. Code once again by King Fisher, logo by Wilson, no musician credited. Space. (part 5) This part is really just a note preceding the final part, called "Illusionary View". It contains a GREAT blue Triad logo occupying the entire top half of the screen, done by Wilson, and the rest is just text explaining the part to come. Code for both this and the endpart by Verdun, music by TDM. What this last part contains is the first (we believe) instance of a raytraced animation on the c64, and that makes this a wholly remarkable production. (part 6) The part itself has a red Triad logo by Wilson (not as good as his others in this demo), a scroller and the aforementioned animation. It was made in Verdun's own work-in-progress raytracer, and that makes it a quite interesting development. This type of animation was becoming widespread on the amiga around this time, and it is interesting that it found its way to the c64 so soon after. No certain release date for this demo, but it was probably around january, and almost certainly not at a party. [glenn] Gamers Guide #5 (1991, early, Filemag). INT - code: 801DC, gfx: Dynamic, music: The Dungeon Master. MAG - code: Hero, gfx: Otto von Bismarck, music: The Dungeon Master, editor: William Godwin, Jerry. review: Nothing is new audio-visually. No big news this month, just the normal games, and the only extra content this time is an interview with Jihad/Hitmen. Release date is naturally uncertain, but it is atleast before Horizon's easter party, which starts at the end of march. The mag announces editor William Goodwin's cut-back on swapping, in order to have more time for the guide. His old contacts were given to new member Cleric. It also announced that there is no longer any Triad amiga section, and that Daw had left Censor to rejoin. [glenn] Gamers Guide #6 (1991, .03, Filemag). INT - code: 801DC, gfx: Wilson, music: The Dungeon Master. MAG - code: Hero, gfx: Otto von Bismarck, music: The Dungeon Master, editor: William Godwin, Jerry. review: It was a little easier to pinpoint the release date on this one, since it says inside that it's only a 'few days' until the Horizon Easter Party, which begins on the 29th of march. Nothing extra to read at all this time, just the usual game charts. This issue announces the joining of swapper Dutch, board 'FUTURE ZONE' (sysop Spirou), and the leaving of Hero for Light. They spell Polonus/Padua's handle wrong in the news (Polonius). The intro gfx has been slightly redone by Wilson. [glenn] Gamers Guide #7 (1991, .04, Filemag). INT - code: 801DC, gfx: Wilson, music: The Dungeon Master. MAG - code: Hero, gfx: Otto von Bismarck, music: The Dungeon Master, editor: Bismarck, Jerry. review: Since issue #6, William Goodwin was killed in a car accident with Hero/Light. An event like this would most probably have made any other publication stop, but GG managed to make Bismarck take over the main responsibility. Disappointingly, no real report from the HZ party, just a brief mention of some things that occured; specifically Dr.Cool/Censor's behaviour =[ They also mention the ongoing quarrel with Censor members; a group that seemingly got on everyone's nerves once in a while (remember their 'war' with Fairlight one year earlier). [glenn] Gamers Guide #8 (1991, .04, Filemag). INT - code: 801DC, gfx: Wilson, music: The Dungeon Master. MAG - code: Hero, gfx: Otto von Bismarck, music: The Dungeon Master, editor: Bismarck, Jerry. review: Well, 8 issues in and they're STILL using the same music! Hmmm... I dug it the first time (the tune in the main mag, that is), but now it's getting ever so slightly on my nerves... =] Oh well, on with it. Apart from the usual news and games, this issue brings an interesting interview with norwegian cracker Rocky/Illusion. It also announces that Cleric, who joined not long ago, was kicked. He spread a note with apparent lies, talking about Triad cheating in the Gamers Guide. They defend themselves inside this issue. [glenn] Gamers Guide #9 (1991, .05?, Multifile Diskmag). INT - code: Kravin, gfx: Chorus, Kravin (font), music: The Dungeon Master. MAG - code: King Fisher, gfx: Chorus, music: The Dungeon Master, editors: Bismarck, Jerry. review: Halleluja! =] The ninth issue of GG finally comes with a new code. It opens with a ravishing little intro coded by Kravin, and with good graphics done by Chorus. There is mention several places that this issue was delayed, for the first time ever, due to some reorganizing within the group and the new outfit for the mag. The release date is, as always, a guess. Hey guys, how about some proper release dates eh? Would make my job a hell of a lot easier at least... The main mag also has new code, and is now in multiple files, allowing for more reading material each time. Having said that, there is not much more than usual this time. It contains some details about a minor disagreement with Antichrist/Genesis Project, as well as an interview with austrian cracker extraordinaire Antitrack/ Legend. [glenn] Backtracking - The Complete TDM Music Collection (Multifile Musicdisk). code: King Fisher, gfx: M, Bismarck, music: TDM. review: Well, this is nothing more than it aspires to be - a selector for TDM's music. Some of his pieces are actually very good, while others leave a little to be desired. But then again, this is everything the guy ever produced, so a few glitches in quality are to be expected! Overall though, I must say I liked more than I disliked. =) The design is based (as admitted in the intro) on Mahoney & Kaktus' anything-goes design from their amiga musicdisk "The Sounds of Gnome". It is hard to date this musicdisk exactly, since it does not feature a date of release anywhere :( It's released sometime after the Game Guides, as well as after the demos "Red Storm" and "Red October" at least... [glenn] Spice Up Your Life (1998, 01.08, Multifile Demo). code: Logger, Mystic/Plush (irq loader), gfx: Wiggen, Hollowman, music: Goto80/Hack'n'Trade (see review for details). Released for the Little Computer People 98 demo competition. review: SUYL life is a pretty short demo, that overall left me slightly unimpressed, but with a few good bits worth mentioning. The demo, though irq-loaded completely through without any user interaction, is still divided up into four separate 'parts', each with their own music soundtrack. The demo has a general Spice Girls theme, which is reflected both in the visuals and in the music - every single tune in this demo is a spice girls coversong. With varying degrees of success, we might add ;) Part 1 (music title: 'Stop') has the opening credits (SUYL logo with magnification) and a rubber female-symbol as its main attraction. The second, and best, part (music title: 'Bethere/Mama') opens with a good Triad logo coupled with a dot-landscape routine, all very cool! The third part's (music title: 'Toomuch') main point of interest is a vector routine, while the fourth and final part (music title: 'Wannabeeee') features a really ugly picture of Geri (we think). The demo is sprinkled with a few of Hollowman's portraits of the girls, as well as a few other incidental parts, but that's the main bulk of it. The relatively short demo spans an amazing 13 files and 531 blocks, really a lot for such a 'small' demo. In addition comes a 45-block own- coded notefile, totalling almost a full diskside. The note was coded by Logger, with graphics by Hollowman and music by Goto80/Hack'n'Trade (titled 'Honolulu'). 26kg (2000, 29.07, Multifile Demo, 14 files, 648 blocks). code: Hollowman, gfx: Hollowman, Wiggen, Vodka/Fairlight, music: Goto80/Hack'n'Trade, Con/Ideal/Leader. Split winner of the LCP 2000 demo competition! review: 26kg is a very graphical demo, with phrases and illustrations trying to convey a message, and very little to offer in the way of normal demoscene effects. There are some, but usually integrated in the bigger whole of the demo, and never standing on their own. This is not really a criticism of the demo, since it clearly does not attempt to be technically outstanding. For a demo that covers an entire diskside, I feel that perhaps "26kg" doesn't quite live up to its promise, but if you're looking for a slightly different demo exercise, then perhaps this is for you. The demo uses Krill/Plush' loadersystem. Goto80 does two tunes for this demo, Con does one. [glenn] Feedback (2001, early, Multifile Demo). code/gfx: Iopop, Hollowman, music: "Rotar Nut Pop" by Ed/Wrath Designs. Winner of the Floppy 2001 demo competition! review: This demo is officially a travesty. It's an odyssey in garish colour and bad taste, without even the slightest sense of style or design. It tries to relate a story, or an opinion, but comes across as just plain dribble. I'm sorry to the makers of this demo if I've offended any of them, but seriously... Everyone else, avoid. [glenn] Triangle 3532 (3532, 1987-, http://kwed.org/triangle) ----------------------------------------------------- DEN> Chix (code), Cozmix (code), Dr.Monikke (code), Fun Fun (music import, 08/88), Qed (Jan Lund Thomsen, crack, new 07/90-08/95), Scratch (code crack, 07/87-03/91), Spot (code, 01/91), Swyx (code crack, 10/87- 06/90), TCD (code crack, aka The Cracking Dane, new 06/87-09/89), Tenzet (gfx), The Ranger (swap), Trinity (code). UK > Acidyx (swap), Anzax (supply, 02/88). USA> Counter (Jon), Steve. Triangle were a demo and cracking group, based in denmark but with a few members in other countries as well. The group was found on may 1st 1987 vy Swyx, Chix, Tenzet, Fun Fun, Cozmix and Xenon. Thanks to QED for helpful information! 1987 - Danish cracker TCD joined the group in june. Scratch joins in fall the same year. 1989 - Spot joined in fall this year. 1990 - Qed (crack) joined from Pulsar in july, after disagreements with group management on his role as a cracker. In later months unfriendly thoughts were scattered around both groups cracktros. The demo "L'etranger" [12/90] finished 2nd in the demo competition at the Dexion X-Mas Party in december, but was never released to the public. 1992 - Swyx was interviewed for In Media Res #1 (later reprinted for In Media Res #2.) 1993 - Qed is interviewed for the FairLight diskmag "Reformation". 1996 - Qed is interviewed for In Media Res #2. L'Estranger (1990, 28.12, Demo). 2nd in the Dexion X-Mas Party demo competition. info: Never released publicly. Trianon ------- Speedcracker left to help form The Wanderer Group. Trinomic -------- ???> Judy (music). 1991 - Scooter joined X-Ray in december. 1993 - X-Tro and Curly Sue were both kicked early in the year. Mr.Legal is doing a new papermag called 'Scenario'. Tristar [new] (1990-1990) ------------------------- Tristar was reborn around august 1990 by Madman together with Thargon from old Tristar and Design (ex Lazer german hq). Unfortunately the group died fast again in december =( Violator joined Paramount, Dave (ex Holocaust) built his own group, Raisers. Dwarf joined Manowar, Ian joined Omega, Design joined X-Ray. Bizarrely, in april of 1991 it was revealed in Triad "Gamer's Guide #8" that someone going by the handle of Run DMC/Tristar had recracked 4-5 games... Tristar Red Sector (TRSI, 1991-) -------------------------------- GER> Brego (founder), Wildstyle (Frank Merzo, founder swap). ???> Crockett (founder), Godzilla (founder), Jagatan (founder), Salt'n'Pepper (founder), Trigger (founder), Tyger (founder), Wizzler (founder). The C64 section of TRSI was formed early 1991 by Wildstyle/Paramount (also a TRSI member on the Amiga!) with these founding members: Tyger/Paramount, Brego/Paramount, Godzilla/Paramount, Crockett/Paramount, Jagatan/X-Ray, Trigger/X-Ray, Salt'n'Pepper and Wizzler. 1994 - The cooperation with Dytec split up in september. Tritech (1990-) --------------- Tritech was formed around july 1990 by Misfit, Dean and Sextone from Tropic. Triumph (-1990) --------------- Triumph is a Swedish group. Their imminent death was announced in the Triad Gamer's Guide #1, following Jedi's departure for the Amiga scene. It was speculated that Probe would follow. It didn't happen like that, though, and issue #3 explained that the rest of the members had joined the new Swedish group Omega. Triumph officially died at the Dexion Party 90, 27-29.12 1990. Pimpernel, sysop 'TERMINAL STATE' joined Triad shortly after the break. Triumyrat --------- HUN> Poacher (code, aka PCH, 02/92). Poacher released the 'ECI Graphics Editor V1.0', probably though commercial channels of some kind, since I saw a version supposedly released by Chromance, and it even quoted a supplier. Still looked like a scene release, though, with scene name crediting. He also coded the notemaker tool Tri-Writer V3.0 (02/92). Stephen joined the reborn Alpha Flight 1970 (early 93). Troopers, The (1987-) --------------------- Troopers was a norwegian demo group formed early 1987, and was quite successful in the young norwegian scene. Devil (Ole Marius Pettersen), Shade (Lars Hoff) and Stone (Stein Pedersen) later started the wellknown game- and demo-music label Prosonix. Thanks to http://norway.c64scene.org for some information. Afternoon (1987, Demo). Moonetic (1987, Demo). Stella Polaris (1987, Demo). Christmas'87 (1987, .12, Demo). Kleptomania (1988, Demo). Tropic ------ 1990 - Misfit, Dean and Sextone left the group to build Tritech around july. Trust ----- 1990 - Mavil and Jesus left for Lazer in july. TSK (-1988) ----------- TSK was an Austrian group that died in 1988, after most members were fed up being in a group named after a leader (TSK is an actual person) that never did anything. They left, and formed a new group under the name of COSMOS. Cosmos is essentially TSK without TSK himself. Twilight -------- 1993 - Swedes Dane, Johan, Tango and Twoflower left for Triad in august with their mag "Arise".