DT 01 en 10

                       >WHAT'S HAPPENING
                       >WHAT'S HAPPENING
                       >IN THE SCENE?
                       >IN THE SCENE?
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       NEWS
       NEWS

ANUBIS  (CZECH REPUBLIC)
ANUBIS
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- Sign joined ROLE as 2nd group

- Exin lost his whole c64-equipment and
  therefor was moved to the inactive
  status

- After some changes in the design of
  the magsystem, their long announced
  mag MOZKIT is about to be released.

- Rumors say their cracker Toxoplasma
  is non other than the famous Manik/Ex-
  Remember!

RELEASES: SID AGONY#3     (MSX)
          GOLDEN OLDIES#1 (Cracks)
          PROFANIA        (Trackmo)
MEMBERS (active): Ceti, Drake, Filipon,
Red Redby, Sad, Sign, Silverstar,
Toxoplasma, TSD and Welli
(inactive): Exin, Lord Hypnos
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ARISE  (POLAND)
ARISE
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- Fenek/Ex-Kreciki and Jurgen/Fraction
  joined in as coders.

- Due to his army service Yaro will have
  to stop his mailswapping activities

  during the period of August till
  November

- Deinonychus still is not back from
  his swapping break (hey dude, still
  alive?!)


MEMBERS (active): Archangel, Baba Jaga,
Bimber, Browar, Dux, El Banditos, Fenek,
Gorzalek, Jurgen, Katon, Kheela,
Kordiaukis, Luke, Mojzesh, Ochlalek,
Praiser, Rodney, Sapper, Sensei, Stinger
Turbosnail, Wacek and Yaro
(inactive): Deinonychus
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AXICON  (GERMANY)
AXICON
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- According to some rumors their former
  member Taxim/Civitas/Tempest/Banshee
  wanted to rejoin them, but in the end
  he wasn't allowed to.

- Rhoba-Q recently had to take a break
  because of his studies, but should be
  back soon.

RELEASES: PREMIUM#02 (Mag)

MEMBERS: Brainsmasher, Checky, Firefox,
Mr.Tec, Rhoba-Q and Yaro

BANSHEE  (GERMANY)
BANSHEE
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- After their mainorganizer and coder
  Snoky fel back into inactivity, the
  future of their mag Xenoglossy and the
  group itself is still rather uncertain
  at the moment. Some rumors say that
  Xenoglossy #3 being released in near
  future will be definately their last
  production on c64!


MEMBERS(active):Braindeath, Brainsmasher
Doc of Desire, Megatron, MVH, Taxim,
Wednesday and Zeitgeist

(inactive): Snoky

INTERNET: http://banshee.mysite.de

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CHROMANCE  (HUNGARY)
CHROMANCE
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- Their former graphician Alias Medron
  decited to rejoin them.

- Lion recently dropped all his
  mailswapping activities to concentrate
  himself on coding in the future

MEMBERS: Alias Medron, Deviant, Eddie,
Garth, Jaydee, Jean, Jinx, Joyride,
Mr.Wax, Macx, Rough, Scratcher, Skud,
Spermbird, Stash, Syco, Zakk and Zar

INTERNET: http://c64.rulez.org/chromance

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CREST
CREST
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- Mermaid/Creators/Sonic Dreams joined
  as graphician

- Jeff/Camelot joined as composer

MEMBERS: Crossbow, Dane, Deekay, Drax,
Jeff, Mermaid, Mitch, Syndrom and Xayne

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EXCESS  (Germany)
EXCESS
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- Nameless rejoined as supplier (is
  there still anything left to supply?)
  and editor for Nitro.

- Matador/Tusa joined as cracker

- Master S is back in mailswapping
  business again

- Nitro#26 was said to be released in
  late June, but is still delaying
  (always...)

MEMBERS: Black Duke, Cactus, Creb, Eco,
Ghost, H-Bloxx, Matador, Master S,
Nameless, Racoon, Red Rock, RHX,
Sentinel, Spinball, Stormfront, The Pro
and Vague

INTERNET:
http://homepages.sgh-net.de/(wave)vague
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- Katon/Arise/Lepsi De and Bizone joined
  as graphicians.

- They got a new "supporter" in person
  of Agent X.

- Killer seems to have taken an enormous
  swapping break at the moment.

MEMBERS: Agent X, Alpha, Bizone, Chash,
Cobra, Corwin, Cucumbeer, Djinn, Dux,
Katon, Killer, Pasthor, Provocator,
Randy, Sage, Sapper, Sensei, Shell,
Signor, Szikers and Vigo

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ONSLAUGHT  (AUSTRALIA)
ONSLAUGHT
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- TMR/Cosine joined as graphician.

- There are still rumors that a paper
  edition of Domination will indeed be
  released in the near future,
  containing lots of articles originally
  written for the meanwhile dead Scene+
  mag by KBS/Laxity and friends.

- Gop recently decited to start
  mailtrading again

MEMBERS: Bizarre, Blender, Code18,

Digahole, DJB, Donar, Doom, E.U.Geniuz,
Glenn Rune Gallefoss, Gop, Homeboy,
Informer, Jazzcat, Jolz, Leming, Madhead
Meff, Moses, Mr.Brain, Naphalm, Regi
Keyz, Shapie, Sting, TBH, Trouble and
Vengeance

INTERNET: http://homes.inet.tele.dk/doom
          ftp://c64.rulez.org/pub/c64
ftp://ons:donination(at)194.27.15.8:2001

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PADUA  (GERMANY)
PADUA
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- Aggressor and Lubber joined as coders.

- Unlock/Albion joined as graphician and
  editor for Newspress, but decited to
  leave his mailswapping activities
  behind lately.

- Acidchild, who stayed independent for
  a while after having left Triad
  recently joined as swapper.

- Their C64-Websites-Directory "Cocos"
  is online now.

MEMBERS: Acidchild, Aggressor, Anonym,
Chaotic, Cupid, Dano, Doomed, Flare,
Hi-Lite, Hoogo, Jadawin, Lubber,
Leonardo, Mindflow, Neotec, Pommac,
Raze, Rimflex, Rorschach, Noname,
Starkiller, Unlock and Vip

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ROLE  (BELGIUM)
ROLE
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- Again a coming and leaving of members
  in this culty group. So let's take a
  look:

  joined: Sign/Aubis    (Graphician),
          Checky/Axicon (Coder)
          Fileth        (Swapper)
          Kaczuha       (Mageditor)

  left/   Fade, Diablo Dynaytonic, SCP,
 kicked:  The Chronic (stays in ROLE- )
                                Amiga

- Arman (Ex-SUCK), the wannabe mageditor
  from Germany, released the 2nd english
  Issue of their mag (or should I say
  "Internet Newsletter"?) X-DOME
  (alltogether it's issue #9).
  A new Magsystem for X-DOME, coded by
  Mist and Checky is planned, but

according to latest information we'll
have to wait for this till 2000.

- A polish edition of Arachnophobia is
  planned.

- Their PC-Section is dead due to the
  lack of support.

RELEASES: ARACHNOPHOBIA #13
          (Mag, in co-op with Spiders)
          X-DOME #9
          ROLEAN TIME (hahaha!)

MEMBERS: Almighty God, Arman, Aza,
Bugjam, Checky, CHG, Commander, Dennis,

Fileth, G, Ganja, Gaxar, H-Bloxx,
Icegirl, Kaczuha, Leo, Low, Luis, MCC,
Mediator, Mist, Nostradamus, Ochrana,
Restive, Rude, Sign, Simple, Sorex,
Starfighter, Stirf, Swayze, TDB,
The Last Hacker, Thorgal, Vip, Yaro,
Zak and Zuber

INTERNET: http://www.role.de

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SONIC DREAMS  (TURKIYE)
SONIC DREAMS
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- KCX recently took over the leadership
  from The Falcon again.

- Mermaid/Creators rejoined, straight
  after having teamed up with Crest.
  Her first demo called "Aquarium" is
  said to be released very soon.

MEMBERS: Ace, Alih, Arman, Gunhed,
Hexagon, Local H, Mermaid, Polly,
Q-Branche, Rattus, Shortie, Skate and
Troop

INTERNET:
http://www.starblade.com/(wave)kkillea
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TEMPEST  (Yugoslavia)
TEMPEST
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- Erol and Q-Man are back in action.
  Also Gunhed rejoined as coder.

- Darkangel, founder of the legendary
  Hotline, joined as mageditor.

- Ninja/Dreams joined as coder.

RELEASES: Dimension#2 (Mag)

MEMBERS (active): Bleze, Crusher,
Darkangel, Erol, Floyd, Ganja, Gerry,
Gunhed, JB, Ninja, Nucleus, Taxim and
Tempest
(inactive): Gaxar

INTERNET: http://www.tempest.c64.org

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WARRIORS OF WASTELAND  (BELGIUM)
WARRIORS OF WASTELAND
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- Top Secret/Cult joined as composer,
  also Sliver rejoined.
- Raven left again and stays groupless

- Genryc, Nucleus and PFK got kicked
  because of inactivity.

- Also their german graphician DST is
  said to be kicked, but this seems not
  to be 100% official, yet.

MEMBERS (active): Alien, Alih, Bud Coder
Einstein, Iceman, Jockstrap, Sorex,

Silver, Top Secret, Vip, Warlock and
XIII

(inactive): Bundy, Dancer, DST(?), Lax,
Misfit, Natas, Wax, Wec and WHW Design

INTERNET: http://www.wow.c64.org

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SINGLE NEWS
SINGLE NEWS
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- Altough ALPHAFLIGHT'70 recently
  stopped their acitvities on c64 due
  to the crisis on the cracking sector,

stay active, such as Rayden as coder,
graphician and musician, Zapotek as
coverdesigner (but he is looking for a
new crew recently) and the famous
Violator, who is said to be back in
scene, although we haven't seen much
from his side, yet.

- Rumors said that the former
  mailswapper Nasty Boy/Ex-Excess, who
  also was active under the handles of
  Dopedealer and Socrates had rejoined
  scene, but these turned out to be
  real rumors in the end!

- Smys/Green Light joined LEPSI as coder

- Cresh/Ex-Taboo and Morris/Ex-Agony,
  the father of the legendary OCTANOTER,
  joined ELYSIUM.
  http://www.elysium.com
  ftp://elysium.org

- The AMIGA group RAM JAM decited to
  build up their own c64-section.

- The finish crew DEKADENCE is current-
  ly showing some activity again!
  they're planning a co-op demo together
  with WRATH DESIGNS for Remedy'99 party
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OK, THESE WERE ALL NEWS FOR THIS ISSUE!
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