XAKK (-1990) ------------ ???> Knatter (music). Xakk was a swedish demogroup. 1990 - After releasing their final demo "Bound to be Best 2", the group decided to leave the c64 for the amiga scene around june. X-Ample ------- ???> Markus Schneider (music). 1994 - Liquid joined Excess in september. Xenon ----- HOL> Celtic (Joost Kamp, swap, 09/94), Spectator (Pieter von Schayck, swap, also in Alpha Flight 1970, 09/94). Xentrix ------- ENG> Joe Pineapples (ex Cruisers, new 06/90). ???> The Punisher (ex The Culprits, new 06/90). 1990 - Around june, The Punisher/The Culprits and Joe Pineapples/Cruisers joined the group. X-Factor ([XF]) --------------- DEN> Scortia (Thomas Bendt, music), Zensonic (code, 92). ???> Ace (crack, early 91), Dexter (crack), Hercules (ex Heartbeat, new 05/93), Malcom (ex Vision, new 05/93), Steve (crack). X-Factor is a cracking group. Zensonic made "The Advance Levelsqueezer", an improved version of Darkforce/The Sharks' "Level-Squeezer". 1993 - Hercules joined from Heartbeat, while Malcom joined from Vision in may. X-Rated [old] (X-R, 1989-) -------------------------- GER> New Spirit (swap, 04/89). ???> G2 (05/93). X-Rated was formed early 1989 by former members of Beastie Boys and Audion Industries. 1993 - German cracker Count Zero joined Red Sector Inc. early in the year. After this, there were rumours that X-Rated had died (source: Fairlight "Reformation #2" [05/93]). German cracker Jack Alien (ex Legacy new) joined the reborn Alpha Flight 1970. English coder Roy (also in Bodycount) left in may, and instead joined Mayhem as his second group. Angelfuck was kicked in may. Doom changed his handle to G2, also in may. 1994 - Satan and Ray both left for their old group Genesis Project in september. X-Rated [new] (X-R, 1995-, http://www.x-rated-base-c64.de/) ----------------------------------------------------------- X-Rated was reborn around september 1995, with the german members X-Raffi, Danzig, Stan and Mustaine. X-Ray ----- GER> Design (ex Tristar, new 12/90), Major X (swap, early91), Raze (swap, early91), SP (Dirk Straube, swap, 12/91), The Majesty (Marko Diebaecker, swap, 12/91). FIN> Exorcist (Tero Suomi, swap, early91). ???> Andre (ex Success, new 12/89), Arrogance (ger? crack, new 12/90), Chrysagon (crack, early91), Lawyer (ex Crest, new 12/90), Parsons (ex DCS, new 12/90), Scooter (ex Trinomic, new 12/91), Veberich (ger? new 12/90). X-Ray was a cracking group, likely based in Germany. 1989 - Andre joined from Success, while TJ Lazer and Rygar both left for Lotus in december. 1990 - The group's cooperation with Success ended in july. Lawyer joined from Crest, and the group went into cooperation with Transcom in december. They recruited a lot of members this month; Design/Tristar, Ignorance, Veberich and Parsons/DCS. Tyree and Excellence left the scene. 1991 - X-Ray were in cooperation with Transcom for a while, but the coop broke down in early 1991 after members of Transcom ripped of 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. The early part of the year also saw the departure of swapper The Living Trashhead (LTH) for Bonzai, and the departure of Jagatan and Trigger for TRSI. Scooter/Trinomic and Fresh Prince joined in december.