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|January| |HEADLINES 1995|
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|E |
_|Energetic start of the new year!|_____
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The legendary GENESIS*PROJECT died as
of December 31st, 1994, thus triggering
a boost of energy in the already edge-
peaking F4CG. The old Italianbased gro-
up made an immense effort rocketing in
the charts of PAL-ONLY firstreleases.
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|A |
_|Awaited preview discussed|____________
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The much awaited game BOUNCY BALLS, dev-
eloped by topteam BOB+SWALLOW/CENSOR,
CREEPER+ZYRON/ANTIC and appearing at
CHERRY SOFTWARE is subject of discuss-
ion. SUCCESS*THE RULING COMPANY launch
a preview, after what appears to be them
getting the file without intro from
an American board. F4CG later releases
what is claimed to be an official pre-
view - if there really can be one of
the kind.
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|D |
_|Dream park finally up|________________
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One of the all time favorite boards,
stateside, finally sees light of day
again. DREAMPARK is announced with
mere pride from the two heavy names
in the industry; F4CG and AVANTGARDE.
After a discussion with CYBORG, the
sysop, PROPAGANDA is signed as back-
up and support a few hours later.
DREAMPARK quickly regains popularity
from its older days, and peaks for the
top during the first month in service.
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|HEADLINES JANUARY 1994|
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| * RED SECTOR DIES AT THE RADWARPARTY.|
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| * PIRATES LAUNCHED BY SOLAR/F4CG. |
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| * JAZZCAT JOINS LEGEND. |
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| * HAIN & MAJA JOIN TALENT. |
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| * LEMMINGS RELASED, CAUSING A FUZZ. |
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|F |
|February|
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|O |
_|Onslaught - a new force is born.|_____
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Active boardcallers JAZZCAT and VENG-
EANCE together with an inactive MAJESTY
form the new group ONSLAUGHT. With a
past from LEGEND, TRC*SCS and TALENT,
new hope arises quickly for the group.
ONSLAUGHT quickly establish themselves
in releasing, and successfully reinforce
the old TALENT board DOWN BY LAW. The
important happening is admired through-
out the market, but also publicly cri-
ticized by many leading groups. Gaining
valuable members and publishing the
magazine VANDALISM, ONSLAUGHT start
their enginges for the charts.
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|C Z |
_|Count Zero paid for fixing?|__________
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Since the decline of RED SECTOR, just
a year back, most of the old members
have taken farewell of the scene. How-
ever, COUNT ZERO is announced to be
fixing for ONSLAUGHT. Word on the scene
has it, COUNT ZERO is in fact not in-
terested in participating in the 64-
market, and works with FAIRLIGHT on the
SNES. Rumours further mention of ONSL-
AUGHT paying COUNT ZERO with cards in
order to fix their software.
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|T P |
_|Taking over after Pudwerx|____________
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The currently leading group AVANTGARDE
announce their maincracker JACK ALIEN
to be fixing on the Commodore 64, thus
filling a black hole that was left since
they day PUDWERX made a decision to fin-
ally leave the scene. With JACK ALIEN
active on the fixingmarket, AVANTGARDE
again establish themselves as terribly
dangerous in the race of releases.
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_|Hardcore surprises|___________________
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One of the better games during the year,
FLUMMI'S WORLD, is surprisingly enough
launched by one of the newer labels,
HARDCORE. Questions arise, whether the
group may become of one of the groups to
look out for.
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|T |
_|Tyree arrested|_______________________
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TYREE, longlost fame, leading the German
ARCADE in 1992 is busted for selling
narcotics. 8 years in prison speaks of
a mere fact, that TYREE will never be
seen on the scene again.
HEADLINES FEBRUARY 1994
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| * TRC*SCS OPEN THE BOARD REBELLION |
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| * SPLATTERHEAD & LORD CRUCIFIER |
| JOIN GENESIS*PROJECT |
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| * SACRED LINK AN EMPIRE-INTRO IN |
| FRONT OF A GAME, THUS A FORGERY. |
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| * THE "FUCK-YOU-LEGEND" INTRO APPEARS|
| CRACKS FROM VARIOUS GROUPS. |
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|M |
|March|
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|N S |
_|Notorious meeting in Stockholm|_______
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FAIRLIGHT and NOICE organize their no-
torious meeting in Stockholm. What ap-
pears to be a rendez-vous of all the
Swedish people calling the popular
board WARE'S AQUARIUM results in an
orgy of trashing. F4CG is partly to
blame, and are accused for their be-
haviour in a Swedish computermagazine.
The two organizing groups will never
be allowed to hold a meeting again.
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|S A |
_|Scope - A tragedy and loss|___________
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The most tragical event of the year
occurs when SCOPE, artist from F4CG
dies in a terrible accident. Autopsy
speaks of a high proportion of alch-
ohol in his blood, but there are also
signs of physical violence. The case
is still unsolved. After the funeral,
F4CG, and mainly THE FAMILY enter a
state of shock. The coma was to rest
over the happening through most of the
year. SCOPE'S artwork, mainly appearing
in PROPAGANDA was during his years very
appreciated and has continued to be
admired by the public since.
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|A A |
_|A quick visit in Avantgarde|__________
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SKINHEAD, one of the leading profiles
in the popular ALPHA FLIGHT takes his
friend SKID ROW by the arm and enters
AVANTGARDE. The scene rests confused
by the happenning, but as the duo re-
turn to their former group only days
later, peace rests over the two again.
Eavesdroppers mention both SKINHEAD and
SKID ROW were silently booted by the
heads of AVANTGARDE for not fullfilling
promises, one promise being able to
fix a title TRC*SCS later came to put
out. Still being on friendly terms with
AVANTGARDE, the issue never came to see
light of day.
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|D |
_|Demodivisions becoming a trend|_______
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F4CG recruit people from the inactive
and dying NOICE, resulting in a demo-
division. Demodivisions have been rare
in crackinggroups the past years, and
the move later triggers other groups to
follow. DRAZ, DEVIL, DECODER and others
mainly focus on creating welldesigned
intros, while there is still interest
to launch a demo under the cracking
label.
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|T |
_|The evil island disconnected|_________
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The American decline continues, when
the popular ALPHA FLIGHT-board THE EVIL
ISLAND is disconnected. Hardworking
sysop, THE ANCIENT MARINER claims to
be tired of a weakening support, thus
his decision. ALPHA FLIGHT maintain
their hand with the American market,
still having HOLIDAY INN CAMBODIA up
and running.
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|C |
_|Corramba rumours circulate again.|____
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The much awaited and rumoured magazine
CORRAMBA from AVANTGARDE is yet again
subject of curiousity, while head of
staff in AVANTGARDE claim "it will not
be appearing, as we see it today".
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_|Recracking discussions|_______________
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What appeared to have been able to be-
come a recracking scandal, was quietly
silented, while ONSLAUGHT accused the
German ALPHA FLIGHT for recracking their
previewversion of MISFORTUNE PREVIEW.
As always, the debate faded quickly,
as though somebody put the lid on.
HEADLINES MARCH 1994
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| * THE DUNGEON CLOSE TO BE FORMATTED, |
| WITH A FAKE JUCKE/GENESIS*PROJECT |
| LOGGING ON. |
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| * HAIN, MAJA AND ANTITRACK JOIN F4CG.|
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| * A FILE IS SPREAD CLAIMING NEWSCOPY |
| HAS AIDS AND WILL QUIT THE SCENE. |
| NEMESIS, A NEW GROUP WILL BE BORN |
| WITH REMAINS FROM AVT, G*P AND F4CG|
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| * CORRAMBA, MAMBA MERGING CORRUPTION |
| RUMOURED FOR THE FIRST TIME. |
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|A |
|April|
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|P H |
_|Party success in Holland|_____________
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The most awaited party of the year takes
place, and with X95, TRC*SCS and FOCUS
managed to gather virtually all people
of value to the 64-scene for an orgy
lasting two quick days. With the succ-
ess at hand, the plans for the sequel
are quickly drawn up.
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|A O |
_|A federation against Onslaught?|______
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ONSLAUGHT have over their 2 first act-
ive months managed to offend certain
groups, resulting in a "FUCK YOU ON-
SLAUGHT"-INTRO. The graphics are easi-
ly compared to the pixels from RRR,
OXYRONsituated magazineeditor, while
the coding is performed by anknown
prankster. Magazines quickly gather
information from the Dutch party, and
publish that a federation against ON-
SLAUGHT has been formed with members
like AVANTGARDE, F4CG, ALPHA FLIGHT,
CHROMANCE and ANGRY. This was however,
not true.
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|"S P " |
_| Suicide is Pudwerx! |_______________
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With somebody comparing the successful
and new fixer SUICIDE of AVANTGARDE
to PUDWERX, rumours circulate like
an aidsvirus on the scene; "SUICIDE
IS PUDWERX!", and many magazines are
quick to approve with the theory.
"It simply started with somebody
saying that SUICIDE is as good as PUD-
WERX. I know, I replied adding a
traditional smiley, and from there
it went by the speed of light", says
DEFF to PROPAGANDA.
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|T S |
_|Tributes to Scope|____________________
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The independent magazine PROPAGANDA
launch their 18th issue, a tribute-
issue in memory of SCOPE. In it, all
old members from the FAMILY salute
their old buddy with teardropping
some chatpers. Other magazines and
groups team up, to remember and sa-
lute.
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|..| - Rest in peace,
|--| dear Mathias.
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HEADLINES APRIL 1994
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| * TRSI IN COOPERATION WITH DYTEC. |
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| * NINJA/EX.G*P & DOM, SYSOP OF THE |
| ULTIMATE SIN BUSTED. FEAR IN |
| BELGIUM IT WILL AFFECT OTHERS. |
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|May|
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|I |
_|Internet gains interest|______________
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F4CG announce their opening of an FTP
on the Internet. Entitley INTERPARK, it
is a natural step from the classic DREAM
PARK. The Internet furthmore continues
to attract people on the 64, and more
people are finding their ways out to
the IRC, the E-mail and the FTPs. TRC
and SUCCESS have done a marevellous job
with their DIGITAL DUNGEON, ever since,
the number one source of software on
the net.
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_|New, surprising cooperation|__________
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A second huge cooperation sees light of
day as HARDCORE and ONSLAUGHT enter what
seems to become a happy marriage. With
two fairly threatening names, the two
enter a powerful phase, where the re-
leases speak for themselves.
HEADLINES MAY 1994
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| * MOTLEY/G*P SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS |
| ON PROBATION ALONG WITH A FINE |
| FOR HACKING. |
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| * ALPHA FLIGHT TAKE ON HOLIDAY |
| INN CAMBODIA AND LEAVE THE |
| EVIL ISLAND FOR CHROMANCE. |
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|S |
|Summer 1995|
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|P |
_|Popular magazine released again.|_____
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Opening the summersession of the 64
in 1995, the much appreciated magazine
THE PULSE is launched again, with much
hype behind. The magazine is warmly wel-
comed, but disappoints some people when
it is clear that they haven't quite
pollished their work. It would take
another couple of issues for the mag-
azine to find the way back to the read-
er's hearts.
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|O |
_|Old group returns.|___________________
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Coming back from a long haze, HITMEN
arrives, surprising the entire market.
The group does so with an impressive
intensity on the boards and launching
the preview MAGICAL FORMULA. The game
is refered to being supplied by ancient
veteran JIHAD, while rumours speak of
NIGHTSHADE/TRC*SCS doing the old crew
a favor to get them back properly on
track. HITMEN furthermore sign on THE
DUNGEON as their worldheadquarter,
sharing it with both SCS*TRC and DEM-
ONIX.
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|C |
_|Choitare in public hazzles|___________
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CHOITARE is an interesting person to
follow during the summer. During his
daily quarrels with people on the boards
it is also clear he is annoying people
in his own group ALPHA FLIGHT. In fact,
so annoying that SKINHEAD, one of the
leaders, decides to leave the group for
a brief period of time. However, it
doesn't take long for the storm to fade
and SKINHEAD to rejoin in partners.
SKINHEAD has however, been fairly in-
active during the fall of 1995.
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_|New invention by Propaganda|__________
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DEFF goes on vacation to Spain, thus
resulting in no releasingchart in the
awaited PROPAGANDA #18. Upsetting many,
PROPAGANDA invents THE REAL LIST, a list
offering an opurtunity to watch all the
releases through the year. In the same
issue, the TRIBUTE ASSOCIATION also
brielfy mention the possiblity of a
second TRIBUTE. Taking place somewhere
in June 1996, it will not be colliding
with the awaited X96, held in April
the same year.
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|S T S |
_|Summerbreak in TRC*SCS|_______________
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With most of the older parts in TRC*SCS
enjoying their summer, the leadership
is shortly left in the hands of SPLATT-
ERHEAD, who has done a tremendous job
for the group during the year. Coming
back from the summerholidays, it does
take some time for TRC*SCS to get back
in the full effect.
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|H |
_|Holiday inn Cambodia back online|_____
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The popular board HOLIDAY INN CAMBODIA
closes, and plenty of people sigh. The
German ALPHA FLIGHT currently have to
be situatued boardless, stateside, mak-
ing them slightly weaker on the the
public spot.
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|A P |
_|Avantgarde create a Polish section|___
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When returning from the holidays in
Spain, DEFF announces that they also
follow the trend to build up a Polish
section. Both coders, suppliers and
crackers are added, making them as
dangerous as all other Polish sections.
HEADLINES SUMMER 1994
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| * TRC*SCS TAKE THE DUNGEON FROM G*P. |
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| * TUNNEL OF WARES(F4CG) DISCONNECTED.|
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| * PANDORA DIES. |
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| * TRICOM IN WAR WITH THE AIRWOLF TEAM|
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| * TRIBUTE'94 ANNOUNCED. |
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| * G*P'S LAST FIRSTRELEASE EVER. |
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|September|
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|A L |
_|A big disappointment in London|_______
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As usual, the annual gathering in London
is set for another success, but fails to
deliver when promised people do not show
up. With the 64 not having been support-
ed on the show for the past 5 years, it
may finally very well be, that the old
fine tradition that attracted so many,
is fading.
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|T |
_|Two groups in divorce|________________
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The hardworking cooperation ONSLAUGHT
and HARDCORE experience a divorce, and
with that, HARDCORE fails to live up
to demands in the public spotlight.
"The co-op split basically because as
both groups were growing, it became
harder for the ONSLAUGHT guys to call
every member...", said VENGEANCE to
PROPAGANDA at the time. "..to break
the co-op seemed the simple answer to
a large problem, and of course if we
had to see the co-op die to continue
ONSLAUGHT going, we would again do
the same thing", he further implied.
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|C |
_|Chromance back in the struggle|_______
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CHROMANCE, who have been facing diff-
iculties with leading profiles spend-
ing time in the army, finally seem to
be getting back into topgear. With
MR.WAX behind the steering wheel, re-
leases appear, and for the first time
in ages, CHROMANCE has a face in the
public. Lacking public relations and
marketing earlier, that was never the
issue of CHROMANCE.
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|T |
_|The start of an affair|_______________
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September also triggers a sour story
to appear, between the PROPAGNDA-mag
azine and ONSLAUGHT. Later, the debate
was to be entitled the ONSOAP-affair,
a fact that did not appeal the people
in ONSLAUGHT. The affair has triggered
some fairly hostile articles as well
as words appearing on the boards. PRO-
PAGANDA and VANDALISM have however been
the mainsources of the outbursts.
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_|F4CG announce their SNES-division.|___
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F4CG announced their SNES-section up
and running with people from various
64-groups as well as people from the
already existing SNES-scene. People
from F4CG, ILLUSION, SKID ROW(AMIGA),
ANTHROX(SNES), SNEAKERS(SNES) as well
as legend like HOBBIT and TYGER are in,
The PROPAGANDA-magazine is said to be-
come reality in the not too far dist-
ant, edited by NEWSCOPY and a new
staff. The section is naturally led
by SOLAR, who has been working with
building it up for quite some time.
HEADLINES SEPTEMBER 1994
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| * ECTS'94 IN LONDON IS A SUCCESS. |
| AVT, G*P, F4CG, HARDCORE AND |
| OTHERS ATTEND THE EVENT. |
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| * THE PULSE DIES. |
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| * THE FORUM IS AT IS PEAK. |
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|O |
|October|
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|I |
_|Intense German action on the boards|__
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With a German PBX being spread, the
German boardscene experiences an immense
rush, resulting in an orgy of releases.
However, the most awaited game of the
year, FRED'S BACK 4, is not released by
any of the expected German groups, but
by ONSLAUGHT who are quick and nifty to
bring out the fixed version.
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|A |
_|Autumn, the scene at its best|________
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The new month brings on the typical
autumntrend in 64-history; increased
intensity. Many old people also find
their way back to the systems. Not only
did the boards HOLIDAY INN CAMBODIA and
THE EVIL ISLAND get connected again,
but old people like JIHAD and TRISTAN
showed their faces in public. Bonanza!
TRISTAN from EMPIRE made a name for
himself hacking cards, and has spent
the past few years behind bars. Not
long after coming out from the slammer,
he announced his return to the machine.
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_|Private parties|______________________
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AVANTGARDE are running into fixing
difficulties with SUICIDE'S NTSC-
machine crashing. Instead AVANTGARDE
throw an internal party, resulting in
the first AVANTGARDE-demo ever. F4CG,
on their Swedish behalf follow up to
their success RAJRAJ and organize A
JOURNEY TO $0801, resulting in the most
odd release of the year.
HEADLINES OCTOBER 1994.
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|* TRIBUTE INVITIATIONS SPREAD.|
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|* TRSI+DYTEC DIVORCE. |
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