Mamba 21 ch06 Retrospect

              retrospect '91
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  a glance back at the events of the
  year 1991 so far, including cracker-
  and firstrelease charts extracted
  from this years' mambas.

  we also listed our interview-partners
  in that period, but see for yourself.





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  january '91          mamba issue #15
  ^^^^^^^^^^^          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  headline news :

  * crazy almost dead; pyle & deff left
    to join illusion, dj & weasel
    joined crest, gotcha & peter joined
    talent.

  * transcom & x-ray are in cooperation

  * excell leaves ikari+talent

  * 3dk & jack daniels leave paramount
    and join genesis project

  * grim reaper joins nei, exodus is
    dead

  * omg quits producing sex'n'crime

  * skater, mirage and zarhan fastfire
    leave culture and join censor

  guys being interviewed : murdock/nei
                           conan/x-sf

  cracker charts...1. legend
                   2. i+t
                   3. illusion
                   4. dominators
                   5. censor

  february '91         mamba issue #16
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  headline news :

  * euzkera, editor of 'fatal news'
    ceases producing his magazine

  * inc is completely dead, a farewell-
    note is being released

  * frank & sebio of crazy join ils.

  * ninja put up a dom euro-hq,
    the ultimate sin, first board
    running ucbbs-pal

  * mamba presents first-release charts

  first results:

  (usa) 1. random  (euro) 1. paramount
           nei               illusion
        3. atc               dominators

  * interviews with stealth/tsm
                    deff/illusion

  cracker charts: 1. ikari+talent
                  2. legend
                  3. censor
                  4. dominators
                     genesis project

  march '91            mamba issue #17
  ^^^^^^^^^            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  headline news :

  * random's soon death is announced

  * transcom & x-ray cooperation splits

  * crazy dies

  * tdo leaves nei and joins legend





  first release charts :

  (usa) 1. nei     (euro) 1. paramount
        2. random            action
        3. tsm            3. genesis


  * interviews with rockstar/extasy
                    xxx/talent

  cracker charts: 1. ikari + talent
                  2. legend
                  3. genesis project
                  4. illusion
                  5. paramount


  march '91            mamba issue #18
  ^^^^^^^^^            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  * people can use the mamba-voter

  headline news :

  * warez castle (i+t hq) is down

  * paramount is dead, sting, maniac
    and joe cool join talent

  * disk shoppe (nec hq) is taken down

  * channel 0 is back up, empire hq


  first release charts :

  (usa) 1. nei      (euro) 1. legend
        2. empire          2. victims
        3. tsm             3. f4cg
           random             illusion
           demonix

  * interviews with mc sprite (& clan)
                    crumbsucker/empire

  cracker charts: 1. legend
                  2. ikari+talent
                  3. illusion
                  4. censor
                  5. action

  may '91              mamba issue #19
  ^^^^^^^              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  headline news :

  * 3dk & jacked daniels kicked out of
    genesis project

  * enigma is born; x-talent and
    x-ils members, mamba by enigma

  * shock on disc-mag being launched

  * nec announce its death



  first release charts:

  (usa) 1. nei     (euro) 1. i+t
           empire            legend
        3. tsm            3. too many

  * interviews with sauron/enigma
                    last dragon/empire

  cracker charts : 1. i+t
                   2. legend
                   3. illusion (dead)
                   4. censor
                   5. victims



  june/july '91        mamba issue #20
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  headline news :

  * propaganda, a new disc mag, by omg

  * unknow/transcom quits computing
    as well as pyle/enigma








  first release charts :

  (usa) 1. nei     (euro) 1. action
        2. empire         2. enigma
        3. tsm            3. dominators
                             legend

  * interviews with skater/censor
                    illusionist

  cracker charts: 1. legend
                  2. ikari+talent
                  3. action
                  4. dominators
                     censor
                                    -cr