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Reformation issue 7
Editorial Issue #7
The 64 is no status...
...it´s an attitude!/Duke of Regina
Welcome...
... to the next generation!
You have entered the best magazine in the scene, feels good,eh?!
O.K let´s start to talk about all changes in this magazine:
Intro:
Yes, what is a FLT product without our classic intros?
Music:
Changed to Red Devil winning tune from the Party,enjoy!
Bugs:
No bugs anymore in the pageswitchning,GREAT(right Walker)
New Staff:
Editor: ENDURO
Co-Editors:
Bacchus,Lexi,Watchman,Oxidy,Spirou
Free-lansers:
Surfer,Incubus,Nightshade...
Spreaders:
Bizarre,Calypso,NSD,Airwolf,Walker m.m.
Chapter Reviews:
Editorial Enduro
Highlights Lexi,Enduro
Board Corner Lexi,Enduro
Megachart (sep-dec) Enduro
Best of 1993 Enduro
Party III Bacchus,Enduro
Spotlights Lexi,Watchman
Group Profile Lord Cruisifier
Demo Hall of Fame 1993 Enduro
The Reformation (C) FairLight
Chapter introduction
What can we present in this issue?
Highlights
This time we can present you infos about the following groups:
Fairlight Genesis * Project
Motiv8 Red Sector Inc.
Talent Avantgarde
Crest Triad
+++ many more +++
Board Corner
All happenings in Europe and the States...
Mega chart (sep-dec)
Top 20 overallgroups
Who´s on top? Crest,Oxyron or Legend??
Best of 1993 charts
All you need to know about the past year...
Who´s on top??
Party III report
The party in Herning was a success, all about it in this chapter!!
Spotlights
All about Count Zero/RSI and Cycleburner/Megastyle!!
Group profile
New idea by Enduro! Under the skin of Chromance...
Demo Hall of Fame 1993
The completer list of all reviewed demos 1993!!
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THE NEXT GENERATION
Why all this changes??
Editor´s Word:
Yes,my first issue ever when I´m the boss and it feels great to be
it! I´ve wrote text to 7 issues of World News and founder of Re-
formation ofcourse...
My goal with this magazine is to be the best one around which I
personally allready think it is (beside the Pulse)
I´ve sorted away boring chapters like Contact Corner and other
unimportant chapters,but instead you can read all the cool happ-
enings around every issue!
To make this mag takes alot of time, so had to end my swapping
some month ago, only 20 left now, but if you send disc to me I´ll
return them again (disc to magazine)
O.K now enjoy this mega piece of work and please, Do give critic
if there are something you like or not...
Enduro/FLT
VOTING!!!:
Red Devil will make a votesheet on paper, so til next issue we´ll
have some "normal charts" also, as many of you readers miss such
things...
Send your sheet to someone in the staff before the 20th of each
month and we will count it, but no cheating!
You can also vote on ALL our boards, make a call now!!
I WANT YOU TO SUPPLY US!:
Yes, we need all kind of stuff to make this mag kicking, so do send
reactions,news,articles or whatever to us and we´ll print it the
next comming issue,grab a pen NOW!
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How to reach us?
Hotlines...
For any supply for this mag reach us on these ways:
Through boards:
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Sysop: Lexi/FairLight
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WARE´S AQUARIUM
+XX / (X)XXX - XXXXX
Sysop: Sledge/FairLight
Fairlight WHQ!
FUTURE ZONE
+XX / (X)X - XXXXXX
Sysop: Spirou/FairLight
Fairlight EHQ!
Through phone:
SWE: +XX/(X)XXX-XXXXX (Enduro)
GER: +XX/(X)XXX-XXXXXXX (Lexi)
SWE: +XX/(X)XX-XXXXXX (Oxidy)
SWE: +XX/(X)XXX-XXXXXX (Watchman)
Through mail:
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(Need orginals...)
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TIL THE NEXT TIME...
... Hold on and wait!!
Next issue:
It will be released at the end of february,so keep on supporting
us like hell, all discs will be returner ofcourse!!
It´ll include the biggest demoreview ever with 19 demos, 500
blocks of text, new spotlights and anything else you want to read
in the #1 magazine...
Enduro/FLT
Credits:
Code: Tron
Music: Red Devil
Graphics: Creeper
Fixed: Demonix?
Text by: Enduro
Greetings to:
All FairLight fans out there and to all our friends worldwide...
Thank you all who made this issue come true!
Enduro/FLT
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HotSpots
Introduction...
...the hotspot!
Yes,a lot has happened since last time,just push it and find it all
out for yourself!!
Page Introduction
Page 2 Euro News (A-F)
Page 3 Euro News (G-P)
Page 4 Euro News (Q-Z)
Page 5 Last words...
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Euro News A-F
January 1994
Avantgarde
* Icarus and Oxny left the new formed group, and will
never enter the scene again!
* Eddie/x-Epic tried to join,but was refused!
* Jack Daniels is thinking of opening a board in Germany!
Alpha Flight
* According to a member, they are planning to leave the
scene forever, but that´s probably just some rumours.
Antic
* Incubus/x-Triad rejoined his old group again after being
in Triad for about one year.
* Joe left the group at the Party 3 after seeing that the comp.
demo made by Depeh was too lousy, he joined his twin-
brother´s group Wrath Design.
* Xor came home from the States again and are now active
again as a swapper.
Crest
* Didn´t release their demo at the party, it´ll be
released next month instead...
* Deekay stopped to calling out,as he got a skyhigh
bill and unlikes the rags on the boards...
Censor
* Alfatech followed HCL and joined up!
* Their board 3rd Reich is down and burried forever,
as Adolf left the scene...
Epic
* Is dead, Crossfire decided to leave the group after
all struggle with Epic, (Hey Dishy)
The most Epic-members weren´t informed but found out
on the boards, not a nice move Kim!
* The very same day X-Fire and Tricket/x-V.R formed
Motiv8...
FairLight
* A foreign cleanup was made, as Aaron, Ayatollah and
Black Priest got all fired, the reasons are that
they didn´t kept the FLT-Status anylonger...
* Avalon rejoined after being in Wrath for a while.
* Will arrange:
The Eastern Party (TCC)
Date: 1-3 April
Place:Gotheborg
Arrangers:
Horizon and FairLight
Focus
* Rumours said that Mirgae left for PC.
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Euro News G-P
January 1994
Genesis Project
* Lost their leader L.A Style, who left for the S-Nes
scene together with Snacky!
Impression
* Crunchers new group have problem with 1st releases,
as Alpha Flight is 6 hours faster!
* Frank/LoA joined but is thinking about leaving again
as Tonyx doesn´t like him...
Ikari
* This group was just a FAKE-ONE!It was made up by
Hunter, the sceneclown himself!
* Master S is now groupless again!
Motiv8
* New group founded by X-Fire/Epic and Tricker/V.R.
* Most Epic members followed their leader and also
the Visioncrew joined and Vision died again!!
* Dominic is EHQ now...
Padua
* Atlast they released their demo called "Torture 3",
what an entrance, as it won the RadWar party!
* Pommac/x-Hoaxers joined!
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Euro News Q-Z
January 1994
Red Sector
* Dense got fired for massive unactivity!
* Rumours says that Psychobilly will leave the scene,
and that Irata will overtake the leadership of the
c64 section! But this is BIG rumours!
Talent
* Hain joined after being in both Success and Chromance
for awhile, let´s see how long this polish dude
will stay in here...
Triad
* Lost Incubus (Antic) and Alfatech (Censor).
* Kicked Arcon and TwoFlower becourse of lameness!
* Will soon release a new demo...
Trance
* Holy Moses left so Trance lost their EHQ BBS!
* Also Mr.Mister left and is searching for a new
group to join,eh Kai?
Vision
* Died for the 7th time now, as all members joined
Motiv8...
Wrath Design
* Joe/Antic and X-Flash joined, X-Flash will soon
open a board for them...
* Got a WHQ called Fosie BBS,sysop Natas!
20cc
* Edvin van Santed, the only remaining dude opened
his board called Downtown, but seems to have great
problems with it coz it´s always down.
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The Last Words...
... and Reformation HQ´s ...
Last Words:
Yes, not so much news this time, but the reason is simple, most
of the happening will you find in the Party Report instead...
Don´t forget to post news at:
Warez Aquarium
SWE +XX-(X)XXX-XXXXX WHQ
CyberDome
GER +XX-(X)XXX-XXXXXXX EHQ
Future Zone
SWE +XX-(X)X-XXXXXX SHQ
O.K see you all in another chapter...
Enduro/FLT
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Board Corner
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Some spotlights...
...on the boards!!
And again its time to Inform you about the News in the BBS Scene
There have been some Changes in Hardware and Numbers for the
Boards in Europe and the USA.
Gateway:
The Epic Headquarter has gone Down for some Personal Problems
of Crossfire/Epic.
Idon´t know if he will put it back Online, but i´m sure he will
Inform the Reformation Staff as soon as Possible.
Twilight World:
Eric/Laser got a 40 Megabyte Harddisk and added it to the System
He is still running Deathlok Modded C*Base.
Cyberdome:
Finally also Running on a Harddisk again.
At the Moment only 40 Megs but soon it will run 540 Megs
when I get my Adaptor working.
Sanitarium:
Well, The Sysop, Holy Moses still didn´t find out that from his 38
Users, 20 are Fake Accounts from ERIC/LASER, CAVRON/TRC
and LEXI/FLT.
He Pretends to be the only Sysop who is running a Backdoor Free
Board with his own C*Base Mod (ed.which is buggin´ a lot).
He also stated that everybody who is running a C*Base Version
which is written by another Dude is absolutely Lame.
So i think he Offended the whole Scene he ?!
State of the Art:
Is the BBS with the Most Callers for Sure.
Cavron counted about 38 Calls a Day.
A Hard Concurrence to all the other Boards in Germany.
Power Engine:
Is a BBS which is not known by the most People.
That´s because it´s running in SWISS.
The ATLANTIS Headquarter features a lot of kewl Graphics
and also a 85 MB Harddisk connected to a RamLink.
Due to the Fact that i don´t have the Number Right now, you
have to get it Yourself.
Try to contact some oof the ATL Dudes.
The Sysop is AVALANCHE, who is an Excellent Graphician also.
Kingdoms Hall:
Might be the Laugh of the Year 1993.
The Sysop named "Mister Softcream" is one of the absolutely
Lamest people ever.
He can´t speak a single Word in English and his IQ seems to
be below 10 (ed. you need 11 to open a Banana)
The so Called "Board" is running on UCBBS (ed. Ahem) and is
Connected to a Stockpile of 1541´s.
Non Speeded and filled up with very BAD Graphics it´s the lamest
Bulletin Board System ever Recognized in the Computer Scene.
Dark Star:
Well, this is a MAILBOX, Legal running on C*Base 3.o with 2 1581
Floppys and Jiffy Dos.
The GFX doesn´t look that nice and the biggest Part of the BBS is
mostly in German and with 99 percent LEGAL Users Only.
The Sysop, Stevie Magic had some Problems with the typical
Read/Write Errors of a 1581 Drive but finally got some Update
Roms for his System.
Don´t dare to Upload Pirate Wares there.
Datascapes:
Well, not Tested yet, but rumours say that it´s Online 24 Hrs Now
The Systm is running an older version of "Deathlok Modded".
The Sysop is Chrissie/Rebels who also names himself
Cool Coder Chrissie....
We´ll see if his BBS is also that Cool.
EsCapade:
Well, I haven´t checked out this BBS but it shall run on
CyborgModded (ed.not another one!!) C*Base with a Harddisk.
The Sysop is Frank/Impression.
The Decadence:
Well, for sure one of the oldest Boards in Germany.
The Sysop named "Deathstralker" is still the BIGGEST Board in
Europe, His BBS is running on 320 Megs with Jiffy Dos.
There is not much Action since about 1 Year but i think that
this Depends to the Fact that the BBS is LEGAL Only.
You aren´t able to Upload any Pirate Wares there.
The BBS is running on TSS/SCS old Modification of C*Base.
Graveyard:
The New Number of the Motiv8 EHQ is +XX.XXX.XXXXXXX
The BBS is still fast as Hell due to the Ramlink and the 170 Meg hd
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More news...
Dominic:
Is back Online under the old Number.
Finally Tricket decided to put the BBS Online again running
CyborgModded C*Base (ed.as far as i know)
But now the BBS is running under the Flag of the new Group
named "Motiv 8" founded by Crossfire/Epic and Tricket/VR
New nr.: +XX.XXXX.XXXX
Chaotic Factor:
Avantgarde will move their USHQ away from this board,coz it
crashes nearly everyday now!
Single news:
* Jack Daniels/Avantgarde is thinking about opening a board in
Germany!
* L.A Style/G*P opened his Amiga BBS running Amiexpress 3.9
with an Amiga 500/450 Mb/Zyxel E+ modem.
The board is only open for Amiga and S-Nes users but connects
with 2400 Bps is still allowed.
* 3rd Reich/Censor WHQ is down and will maybe not appear any-
more as Adolf left the scene!
* There´s a new board in Sweden called: Fosie BBS!
It´s the most funniest board ever made so give it a call and have
a good laughter!
The number is: +XX-(X)XX-XXXXXX
Make sure to post news at the Reformation subs at our boards!!
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The BoardList:
State of the Art:
Sysop:Cavron/TRC
Tel. :+XX.XXXXXXXXX
Ramlinked/No Harddisk
CyborgModded C*Base
Twilight World:
Sysop:Eric/Laser
Tel. :+XX.XXXXXXXXX
40 Megs/Jiffy Dos
Deathlok Cursor Modded C*Base
Ice Cream Castle:
Sysop:Cruncher/Impression
Tel. :+XX.XX.XXXXXXX
2*1581/No Jiffy Dos
CyborgModded C*Base
Graveyard:
Sysop:Eddie/Epic
Tel. :+XX.XXX.XXXXXXX
40 Megabytes/Ramlinked
CyborgModded C*base
Kingdoms Hall:
Sysop:Mr.Softcream/Metallica
Tel. :+XX.XXX.XXXXXX
2*1541/No Speeder
UCBBS Zaldron Mod
Datascapes:
Sysop:Chrissie/Rebels
Tel. :+XX.XXXX.XXXX
Unknown ammount of 1541´s
Old Deathlok Modded C*Base
DownTown:
Sysop:Edwin Van Santen/20CC
Tel. :+XX.XXXX.XXXXX
Unknown Drives
CyborgModded C*Base
Power Engine:
Sysop:Avalanche/Atlantis
Tel. :+41.Please give us the #
C*Base 3.o
85 Megabytes/Ramlinked
The Decadence:
Sysop:Deathstralker/Antic
Tel. :+XX.XXXX.XXXXX
TSS Modded C*Base 3.o
320 Megabyte Harddisk/Jiffy Dos
Sanitarium:
Sysop:HXXX XXXXX/XXXXXX
XXX. :+XX.XXX.XXXXXX
Moses Modded C*Base
FD 4ooo/Jiffy Dos
Power Surge:
Sysop:Dutchman/Epic
Tel. :+X-XXX-XXX-XXXX
CyborgModded C*Base
CMD 20 Meg HD/Jiffy Dos
Wares Aquarium:
Sysop:Sledge/Fairlight
Tel. :+XX.XXX.XXXXX
RadarModded C*Base
120 Megs/Jiffy Dos
¨Make sure to post in the Reformation sub!¨
Cyberdome:
Sysop:Lexi/FairLight
Tel. :+XX.XXX.XXXXXXX
CyborgModded C*Base
4o Megabytes/Jiffy Dos
¨Make sure to post in the Reformation sub!¨
The Studio:
Sysop:Jerry/Triad
Tel. :+XX.XXX.XXXXX
Dreamline:
Sysop:Mac/Jam
Tel. :+XX.XXX.XXXXX
Highway:
Sysop:Joyride/Chromance
Tel. :+XX.XXXXX
Future Zone:
Sysop:Spirou/FairLight
Tel. :+XX.X.XXXXXX
¨Make sure to post in the Reformation sub!¨
Illusion of Reality:
Sysop: Midnight Mover
Tel. :+XX.XX.XXXXXX
Fosie BBS:
Sysop:Natas/Ikari
Tel. :+XX.XXXXXX
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If you want to take Part in this BBS List then leave Mail on the
Reformation Headquarter: The Cyberdome +49.2o2.716o781 FLT HQ
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O.K that´s all, may the force be with you til next time,eh?
Lexi and Enduro/FLT
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MegaCharts
M E G A C H A R T S
SEP - DEC 1993
Some facts:
All types of groups have the change to enter the charts,
not only demo- or crackergroups!
All members in the groups on the charts are at least
registrated in one counted magazine.
I count each point a member or a mag receives in the
selected disc-magz!
Mags released this period were:
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Earthquake #19
Explorer #20
Internal #18
Ing. Brain #03
Miracle #09
Skyhigh #07
(As you can see there´s some changes of the selection, but don´t
blame me, blame the editors which haven´t released their mags
under this period like: Accuracy, Trance...
But the charts gives you a 100% fair view of the 20 strongest
allround groups in the scene at the moment!
What´s happend?
Many changes this time, unactive groups starts to fall like they
already should have done months ago! Also many changes inside
the groups are important for their place now.
O.K let´s see what´s happend...
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World Top 1-9 (Sep-Dec´93)
1.(2) OXYRON (Germany)
Total: 10613
Demogroup 3545
Addybook 1611
Skyhigh 321
TTS 3256
Axis 375
Graham 100
RRR 133
Bizkid 225
PRI 823
Peace 39
Machine 105
Amarok 80
Comments:
* Oxyron made it, grabbed the #1 spot from Legend which
had it for SIX issues (mar-aug).
* Status: Active (ComaLight 11+Mags)
* Future: Keep the thrown for a while now,eh?
2.(3) CREST (Germany)
Total: 10278
Demogroup 3122
Crossbow 3156
Maduplec 265
Vision 154
Drax 1406
Syndrom 1717
Deek 230
MSK 133
Xayne 95
Comments:
* Crest climb one place, will maybe be a threat to Oxyron
next time,eh?
* Status: MidActive (Syndrom+Deekay at Party´93)
* Future: Release a new demo= #1...
3.(1) LEGEND (Europe)
Total: 9573
Crackergroup 3101
Powerplant 2577
DOC 1560
XXX 1534
Fletch 61
Antitrack 740
Comments:
* After being #1 for six issues, they fall down to place 3.
The reason is quite simple; they lost both A-Man and Sh0ck
magazine,which both were very successful with scoring!
Legend will have a ruff time now!
* Status: Inactive (nothing released for months now!)
* Future: This fall can be the begining of the end,uhh!!
4.(8) FAIRLIGHT (Sweden)
Total: 7745
Crackergroup 825
Demogroup 1017
Reformation 909
Tron 985
Oxidy 42
Bacchus 321
Bappalander 292
Red Devil 188
Avalon 10
Ogami 3156
Comments:
* What a climb, from 8 to 4. Ogami was the man who fixed
that with his Visual Orgasm show!
Even if Aaron,Ayatollah and Black Priest is kicked so will
FLT be a threat for place 3!
* Status: Superactive (Legoland 3,Red Devil and Oxidy won
at Party´93, magz+utilities!!)
Future: Heading for place 3!
5.(6) SUCCESS (Europe)
Total: 6693
Crackergroup 3462
Burglar 2178
TSS 143
Steel 51
Nightshade 859
Comments:
* For the sixth time they´re still moving forward!!Even if
Dannie and Guzzler didnt score this time.
* Status: Active (many 1st releases)
* Future: Take a rest at place 5!
6.(9) CENSOR (Sweden)
Total: 6561
Crackergroup 11
Demogroup 1704
BOB 932
HCL 121
Alfatech 234
Danko 1730
Dragon 1622
Sensei 207
Comments:
* 4!places up again, thanks to Wonderland X!
* Status: PeriodActive (releases only on partys!)
* Future: Maybe a bit higher b´coz of Spasmolytich!
7.(7) TRIAD (Sweden)
Total: 6368
Crackergroup 1203
Demogroup 2190
Gamers Guide 396
Arise 387
King Fisher 1230
JFK 172
TDM 530
Thunder 101
Dane 89
Wingo 70
Comments:
*They lost some people like Incubus,but they new
recruited guys from TWL are doing well!
*Status: Active (Dane, Magz)
*Future: Rest on place 7,eh?
8.(4) FLASH INC. (Sweden)
Total: 5960
Demogroup 2441
HotShot 514
Zodiac 2099
Moon 806
Crept 100
Comments:
* The way down has started for this allmost dead group,
nothing really left in it...
* Status: Inactive (nothing since nov.92!)
* Future: Falling...
9.(5) +ILLUSION+ (Europe)
Total: 5494
Crackergroup 3055
Imm.Flash 602
Sauron 792
D.Ram 1045
Comments:
* Dead and gone next issue,
* Status: DEAD
* Future: Gone...
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World Top 10-20 (Sep-Dec´93)
10.(10) CAMELOT (Denmark)
Total: 4858
Demogroup 1371
Glasnost 1050
Cruzer 184
Slammer 13
Raz 46
Jeff 907
Metal 386
Rob(Wave) 901
Comments:
* Still on place 10, the new ones are doing very well(Jeff,
Rob,Slammer)
* Status: Active (Towerpower won at Party´93,mag)
* Future: Will rise for sure, worth to be at top 5 now!
11.(11) ANTIC (Sweden)
Total: 4693
Demogroup 667
Explorer 156
Depeh 99
Creeper 2990
Zyron 462
Incubus 316
Comments:
* Kept the place 11, lost Joe but Incubus rejoined!
* Status: Active (Beyond Im.2, magz+music)
* Future: Be around place 10.
12.(17) TALENT (Europe)
Total: 4541
Crackergroup 1665
BOD 1267
Chrysagon 1360
Rockstar 249
Comments:
* Going up 5 places, active again after being allmost dead
for 2 years!
* Status: Active (many 1st-releases)
* Future: Rest right here!
13.(12) RSI (Germany)
Total: 4054
Crackergroup 2350
Benson 580
Double-T 653
Count Zero 276
Mr. President 41
TBB 154
Comments:
* TBB joined, otherwise nothing new!
* Status: VeryActive (lots of 1st´ies)
* Future: Climb or fall one place!
14.(new) FOCUS (Holland)
Total: 3417
Demogrouup 442
Hein Holt 2085
Mirage 774
Compyx 22
Sander 33
JVD 61
Comments:
* What a blaster, BlackMail left and Focus did enter, all
b´coz of Hein Holt ofcoz!
* Status: Active (Visual Delight,3 at Party´93,gfx)
* Future: A sure climber!
15.(new) TRANCE (Germany)
Total: 3156
Crackergroup 533
A-Head 835
MG 226
Twist 22
Luka 412
Bizzare 1128
Comments:
* Bang in at place 15, much thanks to A-Head...
* Status: Active (mag+cracks,good swappers)
* Future: Unknown
16.(14) TOPAZ (Finland)
Total: 3121
Demogroup 1228
Fresh´n´Sticky 141
D´Arc 1496
Scapegoat 102
AMJ 90
HTD 59
Amarok 5
Comments:
* A little fall, the reason is that Death left with Calypso.
* Status: Active
* Future: Stick around place 15
17.(19) +EPIC+ (Denmark)
Total: 2896
Crackergroup 1456
Crossfire 1168
SMD 122
Merlin 150
Comments:
* Dead, X-fire left for grounding Motiv 8!!
* Status: Dead
* Future: None
18.(new) ELYSIUM (Poland)
Total: 2878
Crackergroup 214
Demogroup 438
Inquiry 387
Brush 140
Longhair 49
Carrion 975
Cruise 618
Scow 57
Comments:
* First time ever a group from Poland enter this chart,
WELL DONE!
* Status: Active (Carrion´s gfx)
* Future: With the gfx=forward!!
19.(20) PSYCICS (Belgium)
Total: 2849
Jeroen Tel 2849
Comments:
* He was near out last time,but made a stay!
* Status: Unactive (nothing for years now!!)
* Future: Must go DOWN!!
20.(16) COMIC PIRATES (Germany)
Total: 2686
Network 2197
T.Error 200
Leech 148
Venice 141
Comments:
* Falling down, near to leave now,eh?
* Status: Active (mag+good swappers)
* Future: Everything can happen!!
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Facts about charts
* Out of the charts: * Near the charts:
LIGHT (2312) EXTEND (2442)
BML (1275) SPIRIT (1772)
ACCURACY (1933) TABOO (1618)
Yes, LIGHT and BLACKMAIL left the charts after being there
since the beginning, both groups are allmost dead, so a reenter is
out of the question, GOOD BYE!
Next time will maybe groups like Avantgarde and Extend join,
it´s up to the voters,not me...
World Top 20 Chart (Sep-Dec´93)
(p) (l) (group) (points)
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01 02 OXYRON 10613
02 03 CREST 10278
03 01 LEGEND 9573
04 08 FairLight 7745
05 06 Success 6693
06 09 Censor 6561
07 07 Triad 6368
08 04 Flash Inc. 5960
09 05 +Illusion+ 5494
10 10 Camelot 4858
11 11 Antic 4693
12 17 Talent 4541
13 12 RSI 4054
14 -- Focus 3417
15 -- Trance 3156
16 14 Topaz 3121
17 19 +Epic+ 2896
18 -- Elysium 2878
19 20 Psycics 2849
20 16 Comic Pirates 2686
21 -- Extend 2442
22 15 Light 2312
23 18 Accuracy 1933
24 -- Spirit 1772
25 -- Taboo 1618
26 13 BlackMail 1275
Yes, that´s it, I really hope you liked this 9 hours piece of work!!
Don´t forget to read Best of 1993 chapter, there will you find all
you need to know about 1993!!
/Enduro
The Reformation FairLight
Best of 1993!
1993 Hall of Fame...
...all you need to know
Yes, it´s time to make a sumary of the past year,in this chapter
I´ll give you all the things worth to know about 1993!
My own opinion about this year is that it was alot better than
anyone could imagine, some said that the C-64 would die, but it
survived and got stronger!! Well done all sceners!
Page Instruction:
Top 20 Worldchart page2
Top 5 Crackergroups page3
Top 5 Demogroups page3
Top 7 Crackers page3
Top 7 Coders page3
Top 7 Graficans page3
Top 7 Musicans page3
Top 5 Magazines page3
Top 3 Swappers page3
Top 30 Individual page3
Dreamteam page4
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Fairlight - Prepares you for reality!
Top 20 WorldGroups´93
Facts:
* The chart is fixed with all points each group have earned in
the past year (issue 1-7)
* If a group died in july, it only got counted points til then, even
if it appeared on charts after that,right!
Now enter the camber of supergroups...
(h.y.) - half year place (#) - what issue of T.R (+) - dead!
(p) (h.y.) Group Score #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #7
01 01 LEGEND 85992 01 01 01 01 01 03
02 02 CREST 63105 03 03 02 02 03 02
03 03 FLASH INC. 58027 02 02 03 03 04 08
04 04 Oxyron 51489 06 04 04 04 02 01
05 07 FairLight 38997 09 06 06 05 08 04
06 05 Censor 38424 05 05 05 09 09 06
07 06 +Illusion+ 37021 07 08 07 06 05 09
08 09 Triad 33309 13 09 09 07 07 07
09 08 Light 32393 04 07 08 13 15 --
10 10 Success 30956 17 11 10 08 06 05
11 12 Camelot 27433 16 12 11 10 10 10
12 13 Talent 26544 12 14 12 11 17 12
13 11 +BlackMail+ 24017 11 13 14 12 13 --
14 14 +Clique+ 18089 10 10 13 -- -- --
15 15 Psycics 16909 18 18 19 17 20 19
16 17 R.S.I 15669 -- 19 16 16 12 13
17 18 Antic 15210 -- -- 15 14 11 11
18 16 +Brutal+ 13026 08 15 -- -- -- --
19 20 Topaz 12152 -- -- 17 15 14 16
20 19 Offence 10241 20 17 18 -- -- --
Comments:
LEGEND MADE IT!!Inbelivable!
They are the world #1 group of 1993!! Congratulations!
There´re four dead groups on the chart, all I can say to them is
that they did well in 1993 and good luck to the new groups the
former members are in now, please make 1994 as good as 1993
was,eh?
I can for sure tell you all that there´s absolutley NO cheating in
this chart, coz i really don´t understand why people do that,
what´s the fun to see yourself high placed but with no good spirit?
No, this chart is compiled with many,many hours of work,argh!!
Now, enter the pages with the best individual scorers the past
year, maybe there´re some suprises? Go ahead,now!
Fairlight - 8th Year of Glory (c) FLT
Single worldcharts´93
Now I´ll present the best of each cathegory, prepare yourself coz
here they come...
Top 5 Demogroups
1.CREST (Germany) 63105p.
2.OXYRON (Germany) 51489p.
3.FAIRLIGHT (Sweden) 38997p.
4.CENSOR (Sweden) 38424p.
5.TRIAD (Sweden) 33309p.
Well, only German and Swedish groups here, but is Crest worth
being at number one, shouldn´t Oxyron be that??
Top 5 Crackergroups
1.LEGEND (Europe) 85992p.
2.+ILLUSION+ (Europe) 37021p.
3.SUCCESS (Europe) 30956p.
4.TALENT (Europe) 26544p.
5.RSI (Europe) 15669p.
Legend is ofcourse the best crackergroup, they scored more
points than ILS and SCS together!!!
Why haven´t RSI got more points??
Top 7 Coders
1.ZODIAC/FLASH INC. 15265p.
2.Crossbow/Crest 15213p.
3.TTS/Oxyron 13586p.
4.Flamingo/Light 11280p.
5.Glasnost/Camelot 8069p.
6.Tron/FairLight 5643p.
7.Bob/Censor 4360p.
Zodiac made it with 52p., but I think there´re atleast 4 persons
who don´t should be here but at the worldchart of 1991, guess
which persons I mean...
Top 7 Crackers
1.POWERPLANT/LEGEND 15980p.
2.Bod/Talent 9359p.
3.XXX/Legend 7963p.
4.Doc/Legend 7658p.
5.Burglar/Success 7245p.
6.Chrysagon/Talent 6857p.
7.Sauron/x-Illusion 5636p.
Same here as in the coderchart, too many unactive people here,
vote better 1994...
Top 7 Graficans
1.HEIN HOLT/FOCUS 16362p.
2.Ogami/FairLight 16308p.
3.Creeper/Antic 13541p.
4.Dragon/Censor 9636p.
5.Eletric/Extend 9312p.
6.D´Arc/Topaz 6180p.
7.Joe/Wrath 4890p.
What a struggle for the topspot, Hein grabbed it and joined Focus
too. Nice active chart too.
Top 7 Musicans
1.JEROEN TEL/PSYCICS 17806p.
2.Drax/Crest 12066p.
3.A-Man/x-Legend 11993p.
4.Danko/Censor 10949p.
5.+Guy Shavitt/SCS+ 9967p.
6.Syndrom/Crest 9869p.
7.Moon/Flash Inc. 6880p.
Jeroen took it this year too, only JCH can show a better music-
career on the C-64, incredible!!
Top 5 Magazines
1.+SCRIPT/CLIQUE+ 17249p.
2.+Sh0ck/Legend+ 16892p.
3.AddyBook/Oxyron 11239p.
4.+Brutal Recall/Brutal+ 10120p.
5.Internal/WoW 8419p.
Crazy chart this, guess it´ll be different 1994,eh?
Top 3 Swappers
1.BIZARRE/TRANCE 5412p.
5.Nightshade/Success 4414p.
5.Incubus/Antic 2838p.
Welldone Jose, atlast you grabbed the 1.st spot, 1993 was the year
when all megaswappers disappeared!!
If all individual sceners should compete against each other,how
does a top 30 look then?
Top 30 Individual´93
01. Jeroen Tel/Psycics (music) 17806p.
02. Hein Holt/Focus (grafic) 16362p.
03. Ogami/FairLight (grafic) 16362p.
04. Powerplant/Legend (cracker) 15980p.
05. Zodiac/Flash Inc (coder) 15265p.
06. Crossbow/Crest (coder) 15213p.
07. TTS/Oxyron (coder) 13586p.
08. Creeper/Antic (grafic) 13541p.
09. Drax/Crest (music) 12066p.
10. A-Man/x-Legend (music) 11993p.
11. Flamingo/Light (coder) 11280p.
12. Danko/Censor (music) 10949p.
13. Guy Shavitt/SCS (music) 9962p.
14. Syndrom/Crest (music) 9869p.
15. Dragon/Censor (grafic) 9636p.
16. Bod/Talent (cracker) 9359p.
17. Eletric/Extend (grafic) 9312p.
18. Glasnost/Camelot (coder) 8069p.
19. XXX/Legend (cracker) 7963p.
20. Doc/Legend (cracker) 7658p.
21. Burglar/Success (cracker) 7245p.
22. Moon/Flash Inc. (music) 6880p.
23. Chrysagon/Talent (cracker) 6857p.
24. D´Arc/Topaz (grafic) 6180p.
25. Tron/FairLight (coder) 5643p.
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Fairlight - 8th Year of Glory (c) FLT
Chart Continued...
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26. Sauron/x-Illusion (cracker) 5636p.
27. Bizzare/Trance (swapper) 5412p.
28. Joe/Wrath (grafic) 4890p.
29. Nightshade/Success (swapper) 4415p.
30. Bob/Censor (coder) 4360p.
DREAMTEAM 1993
Powerplant (cracker)
Zodiac (coder)
Jeroen Tel (musican)
Hein Holt (grafican)
Bizzare (swapper)
Script (magazine)
Wow, if this team would have excisted they would scored:
88074 points!!!
Try to beat that,eh?
Last words:
O.K guess that you are satisfied with all this data and are informed
about the past year heroes...
To all of you can I just say:
WELL DONE!!!
Enduro/FLT
The Reformation (C) FairLight
Party III Report
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The P A R T Y I I I
Report
Page Instruction:
The Party´93 report page 2
Funny things at the party page 3
Compo results page 4
Who was that damn redbearded man?
The Party III Report by Bacchus/FLT
Howdy hackers!
This time I´ll bring you sum of the happenings at THE party of
the passed year. The Party III, with 2682 paying visitors, was the
biggest party EVER held. So hold on for more:
Time:
The party was held from 10:00 on the 27/12 to 15:00 the 29/12 1993
Entrance cost: 150Dkr.
The Party Place:
Last years Danish party was held in Aars, in a huge conferess
center. As the arrangers estimated that this wouldn´t room all the
guys this time, they moved the show to Herning, which holds
Denmark´s biggest "Messecenter". All the guys who reserved pla-
ces , got a spot for their own in the main hall, which was BIG! The
other poor fellows got stuck in a smaller hall. Both contained the
screens we now expect from all decent parties. (The one in the
big hall was a bit unsharp, so all plotter shown got lost in the
blurr.) You were allowed to sleep anywhere you could, but there
were sleeping halls available. They contained white screens (kind
of chinese walls) so you could easily find your own corner to sneak
into. But who wants to sleep on parties? (I still remember the
squares Tron got in his forehead, after sleeping on the keyboard in
Gotheborg...)
Facilities:
For once, there were showers to be used. The hot water run out
the first hour, but you could get water out of the system, and
that´s what counts! (Too bad, I didn´t bring a towel. You learn to
live with the smell!)
A 24 hour cafeteria and a resturant was open when you needed
it, provided good food for decent prices. (30 Dkr for a plate of half
a chicken and a massive bunch of fries is OK pricing to me!)
I heard people complaining at the prices, but I assume they
expected free food for the entrance cost! (Irony)
The toilets tend to be OK the first hours, but then turn into
places you rather shit in your pants than enter. The cleaning
staff did an excellent job, to prevent this from happening at this
party.
For the ones who didn´t have anything to do, there was a major
hall on the second floor which was used as a moviehall. Some of
the latest movies on laserdisc were shown. Commodore held their
symposiums in between the moviesessions.
Voting:
While registrating at the entrance, you got a pink bracelet to
indicate that you had paid, and also a votedisk. This was an
Amiga formatted disk with a voting program on. Voting could be
done on any Amiga, and then you just left the disk to the arr-
angers. Really kewl system.
You voted for the number that corresponded to the contribution
you voted for. This became a mess in the graphicscompetition, as
they managed to provide two different screens telling which
number each person had. If you find a person considerably lower
or higher than expected, then this might be one of the reasons!
At the democompetition Focus had our votes course the mistake
with numbers at votings. Well Focus: Congratulations for a place
on the stands. You got it, but the only reason was that you were
number three, and we number four. We would easily have passed
you, and would even be close to Censor, if the votes had been put
on the INTENDED demo!
Also cheating appeared as Scat/RSI traded with a lot of dudes to
win the gfx-compo, but the arrangers found it all out and he got
"only" a 10th place with a UGLY-piccy! So people, don´t take this
compo too serious,please!
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Who was unshaved at the party???
Events:
Personally I did arive at 15:00, some five hours after the actual
start of the party, but I´ve been told they had a Kyd&Balle show
and also a "rope pulling contest" during this time.
What I saw was the "diskthrowing contest" and the "karoke
contest". The latter took so long than the arrangers time list blew
up, fucking the shedule for the rest of the party. It was a pathetic
sight, seeing the yelling nerds on stage. I can´t imagine how one
can make such a fool of oneself for the change of winning a CD32.
Also on the party were some danish dealers with stands selling
accessories for the Amiga and PC. You could buy lots of decently
priced 3.5" discs, but no sight of 5.25" ones!
Commodore was sponsoring the party. This hasn´t happened
before, as I recall. They held symposiums in the moviehall, as said
before. Subjects were CD32 (with the Full Motion Video (FMV)
module to it), system programming and more. The audience could
ask the scandinavian direction any question they liked.
It,s rather new that CBM staff are this open to their buyers!
Funny things at the party:
* Legoland 3 was released, but how it´s way to Herning was is a
knowledge! Tron wasn´t at the party so we had to DL the demo to
the party, but how? Later on we got in contact with a dude call-
ed Helloween/Bronx, he said that he could borrow his home
with full c-64 equipment to us. We went to his home and DL the
demo, but when we left him again, Bacchus had his C-64 withhim
too!! Opps! But later at the party again, Helloween got his comp-
uter back again, he didn´t knew that he lost it...
* At night Spirou/Flt and Creeper/Antic were tired and wanted
to rest for a while, but their sleep were short, coz suddenly
there flew massess of 3.5" disks against them, when Spirou asked
what´s going on, he got the answer: Diskthrowingcompo!! Ouch!
* The was a fight between Crossfire and Dishy, it all ended with
X-fire leaving the party and Dishy as a champion!
* Creeper/Antic suprised us all, becourse he wasn´t ill at the
party as he usually is,yum!
* Did someone see that car which drove 1.5m up on a little snow-
mountain? Get the picture!
* Who´s that red bearded man?
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When will I be famous? Fosie BBS...
The Compos:
The arranging groups (Silents,Lemon and Spaceballs) are all on
the Amiga. So for this reason the C64 and the PC compos were
second interest. We all know the prices for the C64 compo sucked
major dokey dick, but the set two hours for the compo were re-
duced to one. One of the reasons was the "awesome" (NOT!)
karokeshow. For this reason, Camelot (arranging the compo on
the C64) took out a jury to select the 10 best demos of the 19
available. This could easily be done as there were the mature pic-
tures screaming "Fuck PC and Amiga" (Hi Regina) and other junk
products to be directed to the garbage can instantly...
The Results:
DEMO
(10 choosen competiors of 19 available)
1.TOWER POWER/CAMELOT 1640p.
2.Spasmolytic/Censor 1328p.
3.Visual Delight/Focus 1044p.
4.Legoland 3/FairLight 704p.
5.ComaLight 11/Oxyron 400p.
6.Arla/Dual Crew 224p.
7.Point Zero/Silicon 168p.
8.Tales of Myster/Spirit 96p.
9.Beyond Imagination/Antic 96p.
10.WoW Story 3/WoW 48p.
Comments: All demos had high-standard except the WoWone!
MUSIC
(23 competitors)
1.RED DEVIL/FLT 1000p.
2.K.Roesten/BM 488p.
3.Zyron/Antic 384p.
4.Odysseus/Eastgang 320p.
5.Amadeus/MekaDesign 308p.
Comments: The tune you are now listening is the one which one!!!
Flops: Syndrom/Crest 20p., P.R.I/Oxyron 0p.!, Danko/Censor 56p.
GRAPHICS
(34 competitors)
1.OXIDY/FAIRLIGHT 740p.
2.Dane/Triad 604p.
3.Deekay/Crest 320p.
4.Mad/Padua 288p.
5.Creeper/Antic 224p.
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Comments: Lots of supergrafics here, again FLT rules,hehe!
Flops: Mirage/Focus 140p., Hein Holt/Focus 52p.!, Wave/Camelot
40p., Eletric/Extend 76p.
Last words:
Yup, that´s it, I hope all groups which visited the party had fun
and see again at:
THE EASTERN PARTY (TCC)
1-3 of April
at
GOTHEBORG
Arrangers:
FAIRLIGHT and HORIZON
Bacchus and Enduro/FLT
Solution: The beardman was Bacchus!
SpotLights
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Spotlights on:
Count Zero and Cycleburner
First out is Count 0 of Red Sector:
[L]=Lexi
[C]=Count 0/TRSI
[L]:Ok, well what is your Status in TRSI ?
[C]:Cracker, Modemtrader, Fixer, Organizer, Cosysop
[L]:When did you start in the C64 Scene and what was your 1st
Group you ever joined ?
[C]:I started in 1986, and my 1st Group was named Bloedisoft.
We translated "Destroyer" to German and made it full of
Shit....Man that was a fuckin´ kewl Time.
Our slogan was : The Time of beeing Proud, of beeing a Bloedy,
has just begun....
The Group died as i got Busted for the 1st Time.
[L]:Hahah yeah o remember the 1st Times, my Group was named
Fuck for Copyright....Haha
Well, According to the actual things that happen in your Group
Ishould ask you what do you think about the new things in
TSRI for you ?
[C]:Well 1st of all we are just keeping the Group alive to
show People like Alpha Flight their Limits and to kick
some Major Ass like ever.
We don´t release any Low Budget Games.
Therefor we Killed "Ultimate".
We allow AFL to release that kinda Ultimate Stuff.
[L]:Errmm, Well yeah...ahem...You know that i´m not good in doing
Interviews , especially when i have you on the Line right now
Asking Spontanous Questions...Hehe
Typing and Asking questions isn´t my thing ...
Let´s have some Braainstroming questions to ya to test
if your IQ is that big like your Mouth hehe..
Here we go:
Alpha Flight : Australians feeling Lame = AFL
Aids for Live
All fuckin´ Lame
C64 : Rulez !!!
Amiga 1200 : Sucks....but i didn´t pay it so....
Euro Boards : Mostly Lame
Chaotic Factor : Cyborg Sucks
Radar/Lagerfeld : Nazi Power
Cavron/TRC : No Comment
Yoguslavian War : Let Croatia Rule
Cable TV : ARD
Radwar Party : Drunken Irata
[L]:What will you take with you to an lonesome Island ?
[C]:Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, D1 Telephone,
The Pill (for Women) for 25 Years, and Communist.
[L]:What is your Favourite:
Food :Pizza, Kebab, Pita Gyros
Drink :Cola Whiskey, Beer, Coca Cola
Movie :Spaceballs
Board :Forplay
Friend :Check the Greetinx
Computer:C64, Amiga, SNES, PC
Joystick :Competition Pro
Girl :Majesty´s Maren
Music:Depends on my Mood, Extreme Leftwinged German Punk,
Normal Punk, Heavy Metal, Rock´n Roll
Group:Cyberpunx, next to TRSI it is TALENT.
[L]:What is the highest Phonebill you ever got:
[C]:About DM 700.- and i´m proud of it.
[L]:Pah, Lamer, mine was about DM 1059.- Ahem...
and mostly i waste this Money to call People like you.
[C]:Looks like i´m really worth something to you.
[L]:Smack Smack.....(Stop kissing my Feets Jutta)
[L]:Seems that we (finally) reached the end of this anoiing
Interview....Well What about some last Words ?!
[C]:1st of all i want to thank AFL and Coderz for their
excellent Lame behaviour which made me continuing the
Scene and Cracking and i hope they will go on like this
So i can have some more Fun.
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This is a shorted version,sorry Lexi!
Continued...
2nd, Iwant to greet some of the best Crackers around namely :
Bacchus of Fairlight, Antitrack of Legend & F4CG,
Crisp of TRSI, HOK of TRSI, Mr.President Ex-Red Sector Inc.
(Hi and thanx for your Help Michael).
Following with i would like to send some special overseas to
Unholy and Side Sector of Demonix, Massive Onslaught,
Night Writer, Swan Song/DMX, Rich/Empire,
Vizz & Booze/Empire, Villain/TRC (gimme a Call),
Tristan/Empire, and a big Fuck you to Carc-ass,
Now let´s continue with some Euro Stuff and Greets Including
all RSI Members i forgot so far, especially Image
(who i even forgot to mention on Forplay...SOOOORY)
Majesty & Bod/Talent, Solar/F4CG, whole SCS and TRC,
Lexi of Fairlight (Ed. Eh that´s me!!), all my Group mates in
the Group Laser, fuckin´ Padua Wankers
(smile...hi Anno...Warm Ketchup), Toxyc/IMP.
[L]:Ok, well thanks for yer time, see ya!!
[C]:No problem!
Lexi/FLT
Sorry Gerrit, but I really had to cut your interview down a bit, I
hope you´ll survive...
Next out is the famous coder called Cycleburner/Megastyle who
was very famous in the c-64 scene some years ago!
[Q] Watchman/FLT
[A] Cycleburner/MegaStyle
[Q]Hi and welcome to the "Hot Terminal" Mr Cycleburner!
[A]Thank U!My pleasure.
[Q]When did you start out, and when did you join your first group?
[A]I got my first computer in 1983,and in 1987 I joined the first
real demo group.
[Q]What groups have you been in during the years?
[A]Groups I´ve been a member are The Black Knights, which be-
came Weird Science, and then I joined Contex when Weird split
up, and finally I joined Megastyle when Contex split up!
[Q]How did you start on the scene?
[A]I joined "The Black Knights" after seeing their adress in
a demo. We then changed name a few times, before we and
some famous group I can´t remember the name of (The Flash-
boys??Not quite, but something like that;) formed Weird
Science 2662.(By the way, this part of Weird formed later Tridon
which was prehaps rather unknown, but they were very good.)
[Q]What aliases have you been using?
[A]In my first demos I used the name "NOP" (No Ordinary Prog-
grammer), and when I joined Contex, I changed to Cycleburner.
[Q]When did you start making demos, and when did you start com-
peting in demo competitions with them?
[A]I guess I started making demos 1987 or so, and I think it was
my second demo that won the first prize at a party in Askim. (I
even beat Rawhead and Omega Supreme wasn´t too happy
about not winning...)
[Q]What is your most famous oroduction so far?
[A]The most successful demo I made in Weird Science, was prob-
ably "Sign´o´the Times (won in Askim).
But I guess I´m best known for,are the ones I made in Contex.
Everyone keeps saying "Look Sharp" was so great, but I can´t
understand why... Besides, it only got a fifth place at the party it
was released.
I was more satisfied with "Youthquake", but it was "only" third.
"Top priority" is probably the one I put most work into(and it
has the most parts too.)
We could have done a lot of great work in MegaStyle, but
school took too much time for all of us. They actually asked me
to join already when I was in Contex, but I chose to stay in Con-
tex. Who knows, maybe we would have done something even
greater if I had joined Megastyle earlier. Rune "Sparkler" Spans
is an outstanding artist, and I´m glad he´s doing the graphics for
my game now.
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FairLight FairLight
Continued...
[Q]What is your coding philosopphy,i.e what do you find im-
portant?
[A]My"coding pilosophy" is that I don´t care much about tricks
that are hard to code. Design is everything. But if you can incor-
porate some clever coding tricks into a great looking demo, then
that´s ideal. Futhermore, I don´t like effects that aren´t updated
50 times per second (or 60 times per second on NTSC).
[Q]Do you try to find a use for a new routine, or do you make up
the "story" first and then figure out which routines to use?
[A]In most of the demos I´ve made on the C64, I´ve sampled some
music, and then I´ve let the music inspire the rest of the demo.
Sometimes I have made a routine first, but that´s not usually
how I work. It tends to get boring that way...
[Q]Do you like just technial demos, or do you think that people
should work on more design?
[A]I hate technial demos, unless they contain something amazing.
The first demos with sprites on the border were pretty shock-
ing to me, although the design could have been better.
I´m amazed by effects tht previously were thought of as imp-
ossible, but 4000 dots or 500 scrollers is too boring.
[Q]What are your tools of the trade?
[A]The assembler I use was infact made by my father!
[Q]What are your views on the different scenes? You told us that
you are working on a game for the Amiga,is that your new
turf?
[A]Yes,I´ll be working on my own game for Amiga for some
while,and if it turns out like I hope it will,I´ll continue making
games for the Amiga too.
[Q]Can you tell us about any weird experience you have had when
attending a party?
[A]Now,about weird or funny things that have happened at part-
ies,I only seems to remember the bad parts,like my power
supply failing to work,my screen not surviving the transport,
cop.prices being withdrawn or cops cancelling the whole party!
Maybe I´M just very unlucky,or maybe I´M suffering from
amnesia...
But atleast I´ve had the pleasure of meeting a lot of interesting
people at the parties!
[Q]Thanks for the chat, live long and prosper!
[A]And may the force be with you.
Watchman/FLT
In the next issue we´ll have spotlights on:
Radar and Bob
This is The End, press the button!
Group Profile
Introduction...
...the group profile chapter
Yes, this is a new chapter in Reformation which will contain
some very interresting reading about famous groups profile and
history...
First out is:
Chromance
Chromance is, in my opinion,a group which everyone likes one
way or another. They are entitled as one of the few groups who
made it to the top, but who not really look down on others. They
have friends ranging from members from top groups ´til group-
less people who just entered the scene. The first time I really got
in touch with Chromance, was when I helped my friend Atomicro
to get in the scene. He coded a couple of intros and send them to
Chromance, with the question if the liked them, and prehaps he
could join. And they accepted him. That was when I decided for
myself that Chromance was special. They don´t look at your back-
ground first, and then you prehaps could do for the group. I think
it wouldn´t mattared if Atomicro came straight from Legend to
Chromance or just like then, new in the scene, because they
would have taken him on his abilities, and not his background.
How goes the Chromace-story?
Chromance began life as a root of the F.B.I Crew in summer 1990.
Mr.Wax, at that time leader of F.B.I, was fed up with the chaos in
the group, and decided to start a new one. From the F.B.I
members, they picked the best and most active members, to form
a group with a name comming from the ´Gridpoint Observer´
editor. (Guess who?,ed anm) Also some other members from diff-
erent groups and countries joined, but they are already out or left
the scene by now. To promote Chromance a bit, the went to the
Transcom party. "The biggest flop ever" says Mr.Wax about this
party. Their big breakthrough was when they started to crack
seriously, and when they origanized their own party,the
Chromance Party V2 in Budapest, back in 1991.
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Who rule among the rulers?
Instead of leaders as in the F.B.I Crew, they took organizers,
which are Mr.Wax and Jinx. Chromance never died and is never
rebuild becoz of that, they have never been in co-op, although
there have been a few little co-op contact demo´s. Besides their
cracks, among them, several first releases from Hungarian soft-
ware teams, they also release a small demo once in a while (like
Bad Habbit) and their "Gamers Guide"-clone "Are We The Best?".
They have stopped their activities for this magazine, and are
waiting for another person to continue its release. Chromance
future plans are just some improvments of what they are doing
now. They do still concentrate on cracking, and tries to get more
involved in the modemscene (with Armageddon for example).
They do also have a party once in a while (last one was a month
ago with Faces: the X-mas Paddy!)
Quality leads to the top!
There are only a few "elite" groups, and the struggle for the
number one place by releasing the best cracks is hard.
Chromance see themselves striking with quality-cracks and many
first releases. But this is also where some people have critics on
Chromance. Some say that most first releases are budgetgames
from Hungarian teams, and most games arren´t worth playing.
But, this slight minor is covered up by some nice "normal"
cracks, and sometimes they even made a real masterpiece. I think
that that´s also a very important factor which helped them to the
top. After all, the WANTS quality instead of speed... (Hmm,start
voting for Bacchus/FLT when...ed.com)
Some thoughts about charts!
Mr.Wax has a very good opinion here and the position of some
groups. He says "In my opinion, most charts are bullshit. No off-
ence of groups, but how comes it that inactive groups are placed
so high in charts? Think before voting! And also stop voting for
dead groups, give the chance for the real active people instead!!"
Some finalwords from Mr.Wax
"Most of us are friendly people, don´t like to rag and so on. We´re
trying to have some fun in this scene and we always look on the
bright side of life. Peace to everybody and remember: You´re liv-
ing only once, don´t take computing to seriously. If you do, you´ll
surely regret it a few years later!".
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Chromance memberstatus
Finally, here is the most current list of the Chromance members:
Name: Jobs: Age,Job:
---- ---- -------
Mr.Wax Swap, Crack, Org.,Modem 20, studying
Jinx Code, Crack, Modemtrade 19, civil service
Painkiller Code, Crack, Swap 19, studying
Griff Code, Music 19, working
Alex Code, Crack, Swap 19, studying
Jazzy D Code, Crack, Swap,Modem 19, studying
Redax Code, Phonephreak 20, working in a phonecomp.!
Cryptodanc. Swap, a bit graphics 18, studying
Blockbuster Swap, Crack, Modem 19, studying
Mike D Graphics, Modem 20, army (married)
Joyride Sysop EHQ "Highway" 17, studying
Alagami Editor "Imagination" 18, studying
Mac 2 Music ??, studying
Hain Crack, Modem, Swap ??, studying?
Floris Graphics ??, army?
Yup, 16 at total, if I missed someone or wrote a deadone, please
let me know til the next issue!
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Demo Hall of Fame 1993
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It´s time to show you the list of all reviewed demos here in the
Reformation the past year and which was the best one?
Facts:
* 53 demos was tested and that´s all the wellknow ones,that´s
13 lesser than 1992 but the average % is higher this year!
Let´s start with a recall from 1992...
The Demo Hall of Fame 1992:
(p) Name: Group: (%)
--- ----- ------ ---
01 WonderLand 9 Censor 100
02 Elysium Origo 99
03 3rd SFTH Triad 99
04 ComaLight 8 Oxyron 99
05 Last Traktor 3 Horizon 98
06 Lunacy 5 Antic 97
07 Legoland 2 FairLight 97
08 Pod.k.Her Camelot 97
09 Dutch Breeze BlackMail 97
10 Brutality Light 97
Will Censor grab it 1993 too with WonderLand X??
Let´s entet the cambers:
The Demo Hall of Fame:
(p) Name: Group: (%)
--- ----- ------ ---
01 TowerPower Camelot 95
02 WonderLand X Censor 93
03 Legoland 3 FairLight 93
04 ComaLight 10 Oxyron 93
05 Spasmolytic Censor 92
06 Wild Crest 92
07 Visuality 3 V.R 92
08 Totally Stooned Booze Des. 91
09 Lunacy 7 Antic 90
10 Imse Vimse Get Noice 90
11 Visual Delight Focus 89
12 Blaze of Glory House 88
13 ComaLight 9 Oxyron 87
14 ComaLight SQR Oxyron 86
15 ComaLight 11 Oxyron 86
16 GraveYard Blues3Topaz 86
17 Beer Factory Trinomic 84
18 Problem Child Topaz 83
19 ATFTH Topaz 82
20 Beyond Reality Focus 81
21 Obornik Elysium 80
22 Fantasia 3 Oxyron 80
23 Mind Control Triad 79
24 Point Zero Silicon 79
25 Genesis TwiLight 78
26 PartyDemo Col+EB 77
27 AOTS 2 Beyond Force 77
28 D´n´D Vision 75
29 Beyond Im. 2 Antic 74
30 Tales of MysterySpirit 74
31 Arla Dual Crew 73
32 SLC Partydemo Silicon 72
33 Four Years Origo 71
34 Delicious 3 Trias 71
35 Hard Target Paradize 69
36 The Awakening Wrath 68
37 Fuel Equinox 68
38 Cosine Lethargy 68
39 Get a Life Focus 66
40 Sex Slitro Faces 65
41 Forbidden Fruit WoW 64
42 The Culture Cult 60
43 Jerkland D.D 55
44 The LongWay TEG 55
45 Unlimited Power Silicon 52
46 Inner Satisf. Focus 49
47 WoWstory 3 Wow 45
48 Human Machine Jam 36
49 Milestone Damage 30
50 Fruit o.t.Loom Paralyze 20
51 Skychart 4 LCT 12
52 Zonk LoA 10
Camelot MADE IT!!!
Yes, with two days left of the year,Camelot shocked us all at their
own party and released the best demo of the year,congratultaions
The Demo called "Europe"/Tough was disqulified coz all the rips
from Crest...
O.K let´s hope that 1994 will be as good as 1993 were,right?!
SORRY!
Here should a 200 block long review by Oxidy started but the
textfile is broken so you´ll have to wait til issue #8!!
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