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+ THE PULSE MAGAZINE - THE MAY EDITION +
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Welcome dear readers, to the May edition of your favourite
disk magazine, THE PULSE MAGAZINE, your guide to the
World of Cracking and Demo Information.
We are the choice of the New Generation. We fight for a
better scene, a scene admired by every computer interested
in the world. Use your voice - and show us where you stand.
We are happy to be able to present you a brand new outfit as
a sort of SPRING surprise. This is the result of a plan to
give YOU, the reader, better conditions when reading this
magazine. Using the whole screen as a text-area, will enable
us to write more text on every screen, and YOU will not have
to change page constantly like in most other magazines.
INSTRUCTIONS : Use JOYSTICK in PORT 2. Left and right to
change PAGES and FIRE to reach the MENU.
In MENU move joystick up and down to select
chapter, and press FIRE to LOAD. Move your
JOYSTICK left and right in menu to change
PAGES, and FIRE to READ.
Dear Readers, 1st of May 1994
Welcome to yet another month, and another edition of this
magazine. We have made our mark in the scene, therefore we
need not introduce ourselves to you anymore.
This month we entered the beginning of the summer of 1994. It
is as always a great period, but unfortunately the scene is
slowing down from here - naturally we all want to spend more
time outside than inside. It was therefore also an extremely
difficult time to do THE PULSE MAGAZINE for me and the
people involved with this operation - but we came through
nonetheless. But we can now look forward to our well deserved
break in JULY, where THE PULSE MAGAZINE has its summer
vacation - the ONLY month with no release.
The MAY edition also radiated how we desperately need more
response to the things we write, it is clearly something that
all magazines needs these days. We try to provide you the
best of entertainment and information, be a good sport and
help us a bit more. We will return with another edition in the
beginning of JUNE, be sure to get it by then.
DUKE
General Editor
+ THE PULSE MAGAZINE - THE HOUSE STAFF +
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Executive Editor DUKE/REGINA
Co-Editor CROSSFIRE/MOTIV 8
U.S Correspondant COUNT-ZERO/TALENT
U.S Correspondant JAZZCAT/LEGEND
Euro Correspondant SPLATTERHEAD/CHROMANCE
Euro Correspondant KBS/REGINA
DOMINIC Sysop TRICKET/MOTIV 8
Programming Critic STEVE/REGINA
Graphical Critic NEPTUNE/CAMELOT
Musical Critic DRAX/VIBRANTS
The HOUSE staff welcomes two new members. JAZZCAT joined
up as the new U.S Correspondant, who will concentrate on
covering the game-industry, H/P market and the Cracking,
Demo and Modem scene. He is therefore a strong addition to
us, and we hope for a great collaboration with him in the many
editions to come. In addition to that, we bid goodbye to our
sysop EDDIE, who was dismissed due to the unfortunate period
GRAVEYARD has been through. We welcome TRICKET as the
sysop of our brand new European HQ, DOMINIC. We are proud
to be the holders of the very best board in Europe, and we
hope you will all use this opportunity to call it, to pick up
every new edition of THE PULSE MAGAZINE.
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+ THE PROGRAM GUIDE - THE MAY EDITION +
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PREFACE Editorial/Introduction
NEWS JOURNAL News/Facts
MONTHLY RELEASES 1st-Release Charts
SATIRICA Satiric Stories/Views
GLOBAL REPORT Scene/Reports
BOARD REPORT News/Reports
PROFILE Interview/Portrait
OVERALL CHARTS Voted Charts/Comments
WORLD OF DEMOS CANCELLED
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT Debate/Information
THE BLACKBOARD Advertisements
MEET THE PRESS Reactions/Comments
THE PULSE MAGAZINE
WE ACCEPT NO DELAY - NOR SHOULD YOU
News journal
+ NEWS JOURNAL - THE HEADLINES +
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The Worlds NEWS Leader - NEWS JOURNAL returns to give
you a detailed look at some of the headlines that occured in
the scene in April month. Welcome to the May report.
We have recently been accused of only covering the alleged
BOARD scene, lacking more coverage on the demo scene. We
Therefore would like to encourage the demo groups out
there to send us all the NEWS that might be interesting for
the readers about your group. During 11 editions of covering
most of the scene, it is our impression, that the demo groups
do very little work in terms of public relations. It is there-
fore more or less impossible for the magazines to be able to
cover anything related to the demo-scene.
We hope this will get the demo-groups out of their hidding,
giving the media an honest chance of covering their group
happenings. This is not a unique situation, the demo-scene
has always been more or less impossible to cover.
The material for this months NEWS JOURNAL was collected
by DUKE, CROSSFIRE and SPLATTERHEAD. The editor is as
always DUKE.
* CORRECTION *
We wrote in the March edition, that DIABOLO was a member of
ALPHA FLIGHT. This is not true though, he is a member of the
demo-group PADUA. We apologize for that.
* STEVE/CAMELOT re-joined REGINA, and is supposed to be
coding the next outfit of THE PULSE this fall. SHARK joined
up with the music label BLUES MUZ, but is still in REGINA.
The current REGINA memberstatus : DUKE, DR.ZIVAGO, KBS,
SHARK and STEVE.
* ALPHA FLIGHT continues their search for members, and
it seems as if there is no stopping them in terms of how many
members they will settle for. They therefore also recruited a
lot of members this month, beginning with TITANIC/CHARGED,
who joined up as a successful cracker. SAILOR/EXCESS,
MURPHY/TRANCE and SAVALAS/VAUDEVILLE also joined
up, but SAVALAS was kicked out later. STYX (swapper) is
back in ALPHA FLIGHT after a failed stay in SACRED. To put
an end to everything, WOZIO/ELYSIUM joined up with AFL as
his second group.
* STATIC/ex.GOTHIC is back in the scene with X-RATED. The
Swedish phreaker DR.ZZAP is said to be moving to the states
in a month or two - therefore giving up on the scene.
* TRSI is back in action, after a period that could easily
have been described as the worst in the groups history. But
in order to keep the group going, they went into co-operation
with a promising German cracking-group DYTEC, and thereby
being the founders of yet another co-operation. DYTEC is to
many of the sceners an exciting and mysterious group, one
we hope to learn more about through this fascinating merge.
Meanwhile, TRSI could announce the return of IRATA, after
he got a hold of a new drive. The current memberstatus of
TRSI is as follows : ANARCHY, CRISP, IRATA, MWS, OB, SCAT,
POSDNUGS, THE BRAIN and THE BREAKER. The memberstatus
of DYTEC is still unknown to us though, but we will try to get
a hold of it by next month.
* FOCUS is said to perhaps the strongest demo-group in the
scene with what its members are concerned. But HEIN HOLT,
who was expected to have made a permanent comeback to the%
C64, has infact not. He exclaimed to THE PULSE MAGAZINE,
that he has not done anything on the 64 for ages, and that
"he has no plans for doing anything in the future". It is sad,
but nevertheless true.
* PROXYON is back in the scene, re-built by the old member
GOREFEST, who recently left TRC. The current memberstatus
of PROXYION is : GOREFEST - PEARL and ANNIHILATOR.
* The promising Australian cracking and demo-group SHAZAM
is dead. Most of the members left to join other groups, while
INSANE and XEREZ started up a new graphics label and GOP is
solo for now.
* The American group PHUN SOFT INCORPORATED (PSI)
could announce an addition last month, in the form of a few
of the more respectable names within the American demo-
scene. DEATHLOK and CYBERM0SH joined up as graphicians,
while MEGMYX joined in as their new musician. PSI still claim
to be one of the most powerful fixing-groups in the US, but
last month the only fixer in the group, the European TALENT
member COUNT-ZERO, announced that he had left PSI due
to lack of support and interest from the Americans. They are
therefore left with no fixers, but according to the leader
WHITE LIGHTNING, they are very ambitious in terms of
becoming the next great fixing-group, and are therefore
searching for talented fixers to join up. The current status
of PSI goes as follows : WHITE LIGHTNING (Leader), STYX
(Coder), CYBERM0SH (Artist), DEATHLOK (Artist),
BURNTBOY (Hacker) and MEGMYX (Musician). This month
no American group was to be spotted in the charts, and it
therefore looks as if the American dominance in fixing is
more or less a thing of the past.
* SUCCESS could announce a couple of new members this
month. VENGEANCE/SHAZAM re-joined SUCCESS, and after
a period of laziness, he told THE PULSE MAGAZINE that he
was planning to return to the scene in full effect. MORBID/
SHAZAM (musician) was also accepted into the SUCCESS
squad, but is only on trial at the time being.
* RENEGADE/ATLANTIS teamed up with EXCESS as their new
modem-trader and sysop of the new EXCESS European HQ
ESCAPADE. Meanwhile EXCESS kicked out VENICE and PULSE
due to inactivity.
* THE CYBERDOME is now closed for good for the 64 callers,
as the board has turned into an Amiga board. The sysop LEXI
is still in FAIRLIGHT on the 64 though, but he has pretty much
ceased all activities, and he has stopped calling out aswell.
This does not say anything about his contribution for the
coming editions of REFORMATION though, but that fact that
REFORMATION has been elayed now for over a month could be
caused by the cut down of LEXI.
* The top of the table cracking-group AVANTGARDE could
announce the return of the infamous musician A-MAN, who
had been on a break since he was kicked out of LEGEND.
* MOTIV 8 is not only successful in the charts this month,
they have also had a good month with what new additions to
the group is concerned. But to begin with, MOTIV 8 could
announce that SMD was kicked out due to internal problems.
SUN DANCER later left MOTIV 8 shortly after joining, to
built up a graphics label called 4D-GRAPHICS. He later
changed the name into ODYSEE OF ART due to the fact that
there was a German firm by the name of 4D-GRAPHICS. The
German member CURLIN who recently returned to the scene
after a long break, could announce that he was going to
leave the scene again, this time probably permanently. The
good news then came along, as the MOTIV 8 EHQ DOMINIC
became the new EHQ for THE PULSE MAGAZINE. The board
is since it took on MOTIV 8 in the beginning of 1994 the most
called board in Europe. DOMINIC is MOTIV 8 + THE PULSE
MAGAZINE EHQ and can be reached at +45-55776525.
MOTIV 8 could later announce the return of GREGO/ex.ILS,
who is back in the scene after a short break caused by the
police - to join up with MOTIV 8. His American board IN LIVING
COLOR is now the WHQ for MOTIV 8. You will be able to call it
on the same old number 713-455-5050. SUSIE UZI was offered
to join up aswell, but she wanted to keep a low profile for a
while, since she was afraid that her newly held trial would
affect anything.
* TRIAD was able to add a couple of members in April aswell.
The Australian coder and cracker ROADRUNNA/OFFENCE
joined up with TRIAD, while HEAVYHEAD/VISION (swapper)
was added to the mothership aswell. TRIAD could also happily
announce the return on JOHAN T to the squad in April.
* SPLATTERHEAD/ex.SACRED joined up with CHROMANCE
after a period of being groupless. SZAB, the promising fixer
from Hungary left the scene, to start on the PC. Meanwhile
two Hungarian sceners, STAKE (cracker, coder, supplier)
and LION (NTSC-fixer and coder) joined up with CHROMANCE.
* NINJA (former member of GENESIS PROJECT, DOMINATORS
and ENIGMA) was visited by the Belgium police last month. The
thing is, he quit the scene nearly a year ago, but they
visited him on a case which went all back to September 1991,
where his phonenumber had popped up 13 times on a local PBX.
What is going to happen to NINJA is yet unknown though.
* Rumours, that LUCIFER/CODERZ was in prison are TRUE,
however not for the first acclaimed reasons. As it turns out,
he is not in for hacking, but because of a traffic-violation
he is now serving the second part of. Whether or not this
means that he will return to the scene later, is unsure.
THE SHORT TELEGRAMS
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* The Australian group TSR is dead.
* SONY from JAPAN have bought parts of the English
software conpany OCEAN.
* SYCO/ex.SACRED and RAVE/TRIAD were caught by the
post for stanp-cheating.
* A swapper known as CODE 18 (former groups are TRANCE,
SACRED and TRC) is back in the scene under the handle of
GAVIN.
* FIST and SAURON/ex.ILLUSION have been spotted calling
the AVANTGARDE board FORUM recently.
* A German fake-group JUST US claims to be the owners of
the boards SATTELITE and THE SHAOLIN TEMPLE among
others.
* X-RADICAL/CHROMANCE, CAVRON/TRC and HOMEBOY/
CHROMANCE will release a new magazine very soon called
OBSESSION.
THE SHORT TELEGRAMS
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* VICTON (Graphician) joined ELYSIUM.
* J.O.S./SLASH DESIGN joined ENTROPY as his 1st group.
* STAKE/CHERUBS joined ALPHA FLIGHT as main-cracker.
Send us the NEWS and REPORTS from YOUR group. You are
of course also welcome to send us news from other groups.
THE PULSE MAGAZINE
ALEX HYLKE
VALMUEMARKEN 34
9000 AALBORG
DENMARK
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Monthly Releases
+ MONTHLY RELEASES - THE 1ST RELEASE LIST +
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Presented to you by COUNT ZERO of TALENT
'Welcome to the jungle,
we got fun and games,
we got everything you want
all we know the name ...'
W.A.ROSE
In a way these lyrics seem to fit. This month has shown once
again how low the scene can go on its hunt for points and
the fame that follows.
Of course your monthly guard about the happenings will
intervent and clear the people's mind. So for this issue I am
going to tell you a couple of changes, and additions towards
the rules and who acted cocky and mad on certain things.
Just go on reading and try to follow me through this JUNGLE,
that it is.
THE US SCENE
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Is pretty much DEAD.
Maybe that's the only thing I can start with. Actually I would
say that nobody is left from what was actual last month.
PUDWERX is still fixing for AVANTGARDE though, while RICH/
EMPIRE and MASSIVE ONSLAUGHT have been spotted calling
out. That's about it. After I left PSI I can only wish them
good luck in the future.
On the European market the BYRONICS did not turn up again
for another fix, and nothing of major importance changed on
the TRC+SCS status aswell.
It looks like really everybody is browing his own beer and
doesn't care about the others.
What actually is missing is an overwhelming fixing group trying
to get the warez fixed properly, whom people can look up to -
and learn from. Most definately.
RULE-MODIFICATIONS
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Here we go with adding a new rule towards the actual
chartsystem.
* Whoever puts out a bad fix of a game, may it be incomplete,
corrupted or whatever, and the game is fixable, will receive
-2 on his overall points. There are NO excuses at all for
doing so.
It will be a discussed rule all over the place and on some
parts critical, but about how well a game is fixable or not,
the people should still be able to judge. There are enough
fixers left being competent enough to judge this.
The group will even gain -2 if another group gets the points
with a 100% version.
Stuff which e.g Chromance was up to during the last couple
of months (writing FIXED in the upload, but not doing
something towards the game at all, will also gain -2 on the
release, UNLESS it is not posted THE SAME CALL, that the
game still remains PAL.
RULE-MODIFICATIONS
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The before explained rule will be taken into consideration
from next month on, aswell as this one:
* Games which were released during one of the following
contests will gain NO POINTS and handled like done using a
GAME CREATOR.
Therefore games released by MARKT and TECHNIK 2 Kilobytes
and 5 Kilobytes contests will not be judged.
This rule was caused due to AFL's release of GRAFIXJUMP,
which also had a poor record in THE PULSE.
It is the first game getting 0.0 points on the quality.
SAD but TRUE.
* Finally we got something over here, which I thought did not
have to be mentioned, but people never learn.
BASIC games including parts of ML will be ignored unless
they ar not major titles. E.g. ORMUS SAGA I-III, THE EXAM,
KAISER or similar.
Just to state this, the staff is taking the responsibility for
doing it this way.
Allright, let's start doing the list for the games released
during APRIL.
But before we start it off, make sure to read the last page
of this chapter aswell, as I will state a couple of things, why
the points for certain games have been given the way I did it.
ALPHA FLIGHT (Ger, Pol, USA, etc.) (-0.2 Points/No Rank)
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They started their month after a little break with a game from
MARKT and TECHNIK's 5KB contest, called GRAFIXJUMP (3.0)
which was put out fixed from the beginning.
Following this rather lame act, they tried to do the major
title of the year LEMMINGS, but failed (more info on the last
pages). When the dust softened a little but, LIGHTPHASER
ARCHERY PRV (-5) was put out by them, but the interested
PULSE reader will recognize that the game already god
released by TRC+SCS a month back.
They tried to sum up the result to a positive one by putting
out a couple of previews such as PUZZLACKI (0.6) by
STRATOS SOFTWARE, UNDER THE GROUND PRV (0.4) by
MIST BRAINS and one of the best Hack'n'Slay previews so far
called FEARS OF DARKNESS (0.8).
AVANTGARDE (Ger, UK, USA, etc.) (24.6 Points/1.Rank)
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As a personal aspect of work, I have to mention that I am glad
to be able to mention HOK back in the cracking scene.
(Sorry for no closer explanation, but HOLGER said he'll only
leech the PULSE if he is mentioned :] )
But let's get serious again and take a closer look at what the
machinery has put out lately. A brilliant preview named
KOSHIMO (0.9) by DIRECT DESIGN made the people starting to
request KUNG FU MASTER, as both games are rather similar.
They continued with a FONTEDITOR (-) for the graphicians.
Finally they started to strike, when all the trouble about
LEMMINGS was over. They returned and put out ENZYME (5.8)
by DIRECT DESIGNS fixed by PUDWERX. Another shocker was
the rather neat game DOCTOR MAD AND THE TOPSY TURVY
MOON MEN OF MARS (5.5) by DIRECT DESIGN (phew, take your
breath) - running on NTSC from the beginning. Along with the
the previews of ELAROO (0.7) and FIREFOX (0.4) they put out
a gfx-adventure named TREASURE ISLE (4.4) by PHOENIX
SOFTWARE. The light went dim when they started uploading
MYSTERY PRV (0.2), which is NOT the same as the one ALPHA
FLIGHT released a while back, but is a very bad one. ORMUS
SAGA III (6.7) was their killer of the month, putting the US
boards back in motion.
CHROMANCE (Hun, Ger, etc.) (9.1 Points/3.Rank)
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They got a hold of a game called REFLECT (5.8) from ROM
SOFTWARE and the fixed version of SANTA CLAUS HELPER
(2.7) from TMMB. Finally they also managed to grab the points
for NOW SHOOT PRV (0.6) from MAD DOG DEVELOPMENT.
EXCESS (Ger, Hol) (-4.7 Points/No Rank)
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They had a rather bad start by putting out the old ZEPPELIN
game ZYBEX (-5) and later on just managed to do the preview
of WHO CARES (0.3) from Art Project.
GENESIS PROJECT (Swe, Ger, USA, etc.) (-5 Points/No Rank)
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After a long time they did not manage to strike back with
decent stuff and put out the old preview of NODULE (-5).
As a good aspect I see PROPAGANDA (-) back in business. :]
F4CG (Bel, Pol, USA, etc.) (-4.6 Points/No Rank)
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I nearly forgot our dear PIRATE leader SOLAR and his
followers. Nah, not really, just the wrong order.
F4CG recently put out SUPER NIBBLY (-5), but when RAINIER
recognized it, it was too late. Also their new member HAIN
was not able to supply enough stuff to get them out of the
trouble again and just made it to MEMOLOGIE PRV (0.4).
MOTIV8 (Den, Ger, USA, etc.) (15.5 Points/2.Rank)
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Early in the month they put out a fixed version of MOVE (3.7)
from CP VERLAG and later on came up with a little boxes game
called THE SESSION (4.4) by MORE.GORE SOFTWARE (weird
name) running PAL/NTSC aswell. SHOOT PRV (0.4) by STAR
DESIGN was another easy one, but spoiled the fun on playing
good Shoot'em Ups.
To kill their Quality Points, they kicked out a game called
BLACK PEARL (-) from RIVER SOFTWARE, done using an
adventure maker. Ater all, they managed to release the 100%
fixed version of ARC DOORS (4.5) by CP VERLAG. The same
edition of GAME ON/MAGIC DISC brought SPERENZA (2.2)
from KOPIDO GAMES, fixed by MOTIV8 to us. They had to put
out the fixed intro later on - what resulted in (-1).
MOTIV8 (Den, Ger, USA, etc.) (15.5 Points/2.Rank)
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During this mess they also released ACE 2 PRV (0.3), which
is not worth the leech-time. Believe me!
TRC+SCS (Hol, Ger, USA, etc.) (9.0 Points/4.Rank)
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The Dutch duo had a busy month, so I will start with what is
less important. ANALYZER PRV (0.4), another little puzzle-
number moved from their disks to the boards, aswell as a fixed
version of DARK CAVES (3.8) from CP Verlag, a neat little
hero type of game.
Major trouble was coming up with LEMMINGS (4.8) where as
AFL released a PAL version and TRC+SCS put out a so-called
fixed version, with some problems, making them putting out
another 3 sides. (More info on the last pages).
What happened? TRC+SCS and the points for LEMMINGS?
Go on reading.
TRSI+DYTEC (Ger, UK) (6.0 Points/5.Rank)
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The new cooperation managed to put out CUBEMAGIK (4.8) by
FIFTH DIMENSION/MARKT and TECHNIK, a rather nice puzzle
game imported and fixed by TALENT.
Later on followed VAPOUR PRV (0.7) by X-AMPLE and a
preview of CYBERLOGIC (0.5).
Let's wish them good luck for the future.
Just one more page and you will see what has happened to the
different groups. What is their ranking then?
+ CRACKING-GROUPS RELEASECHARTS +
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Rank Groupname Releases Points
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1. (2) AVANTGARDE 4 (3) 24.6 (13.3)
2. (6) MOTIV8 5 (3) 15.5 (3.8)
3. (-) CHROMANCE 2 (-) 9.1(-)
4. (3) TRC+SCS 2 (2) 9.0 (8.3)
5. (-) TRSI+DYTEC 1 (-) 6.0 (-)
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+ CRACKING-GROUPS QUALITYCHARTS +
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Rank Groupname Average Points
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1. (3) AVANTGARDE 5.6
2. (-) TRSI+DYTEC 4.8
3. (-) CHROMANCE 4.3
3. (4) TRC+SCS 4.3
4. (6) MOTIV8 2.7
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+ FIXING-GROUPS RELEASECHARTS +
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Rank Groupname Releases Points
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1. (-) MOTIV 8 3 10.3
2. (-) AVANTGARDE 1 5.8
3. (-) TALENT 1 4.8
4. (5) TRC+SCS 1 3.8
5. (-) ALPHA FLIGHT 1 3.0
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+ FIXING-GROUPS QUALITYCHARTS +
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Rank Groupname Average Quality
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1. (3) AVANTGARDE 5.8
2. (-) TALENT 4.8
3. (5) TRC+SCS 3.8
4. (-) MOTIV8 3.5
5. (-) ALPHA FLIGHT 3.0
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NOTES
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Towards the FIXING-GROUPS charts I have to add that from
now on and in the future I am checking if something on the
release got NTSC fixed or if the game was just tested and
kicked out. Whenever something on the game is done you will
gain points for your group.
Even if just the music got fixed to work better on NTSC.
This is a result of having NO American or Canadian groups
left in the charts. .
Now turn the page one more time.
THE GAMES - THE POINTS - THE ANSWER
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LEMMINGS
As this is THE MAJOR GAME OF THE YEAR as a prestige
release I counted the TRC+SCS version, as it was the only
100% working version on PAL. Therefore TRC+SCS got the
PAL points only. AFL was missing out two pictures, something
which should NOT happen towards a major group doing a
major game.
Nevertheless, LEMMINGS is FIXABLE and the first 100% NTSC
version will be counted as the final first-release.
Don't cry. FIX!
DARK CAVES
I checked a whole lot of versions. M8 was missing the intro on
their first fixed version and when I checked the TRC+SCS
version, everything was looking fine to me. Also the errors
people told me about were not obvious.
So they got the points for it, EASY AS THAT.
ARC DOORS
After MOTIV 8's introlinked version, AVT put out a bugging
fix. Later on MOTIV 8 put out the 100% fix, which is working
fine for me. This particular game does not influence the
actual amount of points and therefore is not of MAJOR
importance.
SPERANZA
For some reason MOTIV 8 and CHROMANCE are currently
warring eachother. I do not think this game is the main
reason, but adds a couple of views towards this kind of war.
After CHROMANCE put out a version of this game, saying in
the filename it was FIXED (which it wasn't) they later on said
it was BUG FIXED. I personally lost most of my respect
towards this group. Anyway, MOTIV 8 got the points for a
'FIXED' version later on. It is hard to divide on this game,
as the actual game looks like the PRV released ages back,
but it was put out as a full game on GO/MD.
The PAL version of this one is a bitch anyways, so just stop
it.
COUNT ZERO of TALENT on 1st of May '9
Satirica
+ SATIRICA - THE AUTOPSY OF THE SCENE +
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Welcome sick people, to another mindblasting and exclusive
edition of the raw and uncensured SATIRICA. We bring you the
stories and background about the sceners no other magazine
dare report on.
Please note. SATIRICA has now been a loyal follower to THE
PULSE MAGAZINE for a stunning 11 editions now. We would
therefore like to warn you about any bad imitations of this
chapter. SATIRICA is the original and only chapter written
purely on satiric intentions.
We bring you the usual hardcore stuff this month, as always
with the new editions of SUPER-SKINHEAD RETURNS, THE
BALLED AND UNSHAVED and NATURES CORNER. We also
have a lot of selected stories about the sceners, based on
their stupidity.
* SATIRICA is a trademark of THE PULSE MAGAZINE. All
stories, reports and opinions are pure fiction written in a
satiric manor. The MEANWHILE AT THE HOUSE oneliners are
based on pure material though. We advice everyone with a bad
sense of humour to stop reading SATIRICA now.
* SPLATTERHEAD is about to reach stardom in the city of the
lost stars - HOLLYWOOD (hehe, I wrote WOOD). Apparently he
is going to star in a splatter/freak movie, about a young dude
who went to Hungary to join the BRADY BUNCH. According to
lookattheTIME magazine, he discovered his god given gift
when running head-first into a wall, and since then he has
been splatting all over the place. First he CAME in LONDON,
then he came in NEW YORK. SPLATTERHEAD will be splatting
in a town near you soon, but make sure to bring tissues.
* Rumours, that LUCIFER/CODERZ is in prison are TRUE,
but not for the acclaimed reasons. Apparently LUCIFER is
writing a book about "The life of the criminals". He visited
the Houston prison to write this book, but as it turned out,
he was elected the new QUEEN of the prison, and he is now
serving time for the prisoners. Oh dear!
* The seriously deformed joke corner :
- What is the resemblance between MICHAEL JACKSON and
a carrier bag?
Both are made out of plastic!
* The monsters in TRSI have been through what could be
described as one of the biggest group crisis ever. According
to ANARCHY, the members were having difficulties figuring
out what TRSI actually ment. THE BREAKER was uneasy about
the idea of being a member of a group, which name could turn
out to be "THE ROOKIE SESSION INN", and therefore took a
break from his activities. In an interview with the American
Alien-LIFE-form Magazine, ANARCHY was asked if he never
considered TRSI to mean "TRISTAR+RED SECTOR INC.". He
was appauled by this idea, shouting "Do ya think a bunch of
coolies like us would wanna be in a group having such a stupid
name you twat?". According to Alien-LIFE-form, ANARCHY
was of the idea, that TRSI had to mean something rough and
up to date, like THE ROLLING STONES IMBECILES. However,
in order to find an end to this messed up situation, they
decided to start a co-operation with the German wanking-
group DYTEC. ANARCHY claimed, that if two groups were
together in not knowing what their group-name ment, it would
not be all that painful - and embarrising.
* Meanwhile at the house of CAVRON/TRC
"What the hell do I know?"
* Meanwhile at the house of DR.ZZAP/X-RATED
"Do you want me to kiss your ass?".
* BOD took a break from the boards to prefare for MOTHERS
DAY on Sunday the 8th of May. According to BOD, this is a
joyful occasion, one he looks forward to every summer. He
explained to NO-LIFE Magazine, that this day gave him an
excuse when going to buy flowers. "Damn those people out
there, just because I like flowers they think I am wierd".
* Also DR.ZZAP had prepared a present for his loving mother
on MOTHERS DAY, a nice phonebill of one billion dollars.
Needless to say, his mother was very happy about the bill,
stating that it was always a pleasure to pay, when she knew
it gave her son DR.ZZAP a sex-life. She stated, that she
always wanted her loving son to have the things she never
had.
* REFORMATION seems to be having difficulties once again
providing the scene with a steady news coverage. According
to the Swedish press, ENDURO was found unconscious in the
bathroom, after drinking out of the toilet. Apparently he had
forgotten to flush before drinking, something his father had
told him dusins of times. His family is expecting his recovery
soon, but they stated to the Swedish press, that ENDURO will
hopefully learn from this, and remember to flush next time.
REFORMATION is also schedualed to be released, as soon as
he is released from the hospital.
* The legendary heros SAURON and FIST, known as the head
of the ILLUSION crime family, was spotted calling FORUM.
According to the sysop SAURON, most of what was ILLUSION
in NORWAY in the past, were now active (really active) on the
PC. It appears that the ILLUSION gang, SAURON, GENE, HERO
and FIST has built up a new group on the PC called "The Holly
Wanking Bunch" being the largest PORNO picture collecting
group. "Yep, it is a stimulating industry we have entered, and
I can only urge everyone to get a hold of a PC themselves, it
beats the hell out of having a girlfriend" said an eager FIST
to the latest edition of NORWEGIAN MUTANTS.
* The Australian group TSR (The Soviet Russians) is dead.
According to some of its members, they were angry with the
press accusing them of having sex with dingos, when in truth
they already had made a public statement - stating they were
more drawn to Kangeroos. "We think having sex with dingos
is disgusting, that's why we stopped". The Soviet Russians
have split up, but it appears a couple of Norwegian members
refuse to let the group die. "We have as much right to the
dingos as the Australian members do, and the only reason we
joined up in the first place, was to get a bit of the action".
* Meanwhile at the house of PEACEMAKER/MOTIV 8
"Ah - I have something in my brain!"
* The brand new super group PHUN SOFT INC. is getting ready
to take over the American fixing market. But it appears they
have yet to solve one problem, they do not have any fixers.
According to the leader, WHITE LIGHTNING, fixers were not a
problem anymore, as they just got two new graphicians. As if
that would solve the problem, but it still appears that PSI is
the best American group, being the only active and alive group
at the moment.
* ALPHA FLIGHT has vitnessed its biggest downfall in the
history of the group. The prestige game LEMMINGS was close
to become an addition to the first-releases put out by AFL,
but SCS+TRC came first, and made AFL eat dirt. According to
a former member of ALPHA FLIGHT (well, that qualifies about
80% of the scene), when AFL was beat on LEMMINGS, then
SUPREME ordered every member to follow him to a nearby cliff
to jump. Whether SUPREME got the idea for this from CLIFF-
HANGER is still uncertain, but according to the American
LIFE-LESS Magazine, SUPREME took the beating hard.
* RADAR stated on a board that he had got himself a vicious
dobberman, ready to bite the head of anyone entering his
junkyard. But according to the neighbour, the dobberman died
in fear when the local paperboy came to deliver the paper.
+ SUPREME-SKINHEAD RETURNS - ISSUE # 2 +
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We welcome back the second episode of Jochen's personal
nightmare, also known as jff hsdfsdd 2. We join JOCHEN and
HARTMUT in the SINGLE MEN OF THE 90's bar, where they
were about to vitness the take off of the ANNUAL SKINHEAD
AWARDS. But first we bring you this song from HARTMUT :
"Dream lover come rescue me, take me home, take me..."..gsd..
The SINGLE MEN OF THE 90's bar was fully packed, and every
skinhead with respect for himself (ehrm, well.ed) was there to
vitness history in the making. HARTMUT was really excited,
"Do you think RIGHT SAID FRED will be here, do you, do you?".
"Oh shut up about that stupid English skinhead" JOCHEN said
while kicking HARMUT's teeth in. The show began, and the
host of the show came on, PARSON. "SKINHEADS and STUPID
PEOPLE, welcome to the ANNUAL SKINHEAD AWARDS. Tonight
we will be giving out the highly respected WIENER ON A STICK
award to the best in the world of SKINHEADS. The most
prestigous award, MOST LIKELY TO GO BALLED, will be
presented by ADOLF, former member of CENSOR DESIGN.
(Applause, BUUUH, Applause.."
"Thank you very much" said ADOLF. The drums started
pounding, and the tension was at its highest level.
"And the award for MOST LIKELY TO GO BALLED goes to..
RAY COKES".
Oh no, the evil and cunning RAY COKES was in the building.
HARTMUT pissed in his pants, and JOCHEN took a beer bottle
and hit himself in the head. Total panic started at the SINGLE
MEN OF THE 90's, while RAY COKES and ROB, the camera man
(of CAMELOT?) started shooting everyone at the place (with
the camera).
JOCHEN and HARTMUT managed to escape, and ran all the way
home. "Phew" said HARTMUT. "What would happen if my mommy
found out that I was our drinking after 10 PM". "Oh shut up
you stupid skinhead" said JOCHEN, while trying to open the
door with a crowbar. They were home and safe, but for how
long? (Until the REAL owners of the house came home?). RAY
COKES was in Germany, looking for a couple of skinheads to
star in his show.
- TO BE CONTINUED.. (After a WHOLE lot of commercials).
* HAIN, the former SUPER cracker from Poland, seems to be
heading for a dry period since he joined up with the psychos
in F4CG. According to WIERD LIFE Magazine, the reason for
the downfall of HAIN, was that he missed the long late-night
conversations with BOD when he was in TALENT. HAIN said,
that SOLAR was okay, but BOD was something special. HAIN
will try to get everything together for the race of the JUNE
month release-charts, but at the moment he seemed too
depressed to be doing anything.
* WESTBAM, the phreaker from LEGEND, was spotted at one
of the most exclusive nightclubs in HOLLYWOOD the other
week. Apparently he was trying to cut through to a movie deal,
pretending to be DYLAN from the show BEVERLY HILLS 90210.
But when the real DYLAN showed up later, he was kicked out
of the bar for being an imposter. WESTBAM told the tabloids
that he was tired of never getting a real break, always having
to be the bad guy, the smelly guy, the ugly guy and the loser.
But he was optimistic, stating "Atleast I am not PARSON".
Luck was later to work for his advantage, as he sold his life
story to a major HOLLYWOOD company, currently showing in
all major cities inhabited by less than 200 people. The title
tune for the movie "I am a loser, so why don't you kill me" is
currently storming the charts.
+ NATURES CORNER - WATCHING FAT LADIES SWIM +
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Welcome to Natures Corner, hosted by your very own and
favourite POWERPLANT OF LEGEND (scattered applause).
This month we have invited a true vandal, a disturber of the
peace and a man of psychologial tendencies (god that was a
hard word to pronounce!
Please welcome, LUCIFER of CODERZ.
PWP : You stupid idiot. You are now jailed because of several
traffic-violations. What is your response to that, have you
no respect for human life?
LUC : Ehh, heheh, you sure have a big butt!
PWP : Thank you for coming.
Ah yes, that was a lovely interview. Next month in NATURES
CORNER we will invite someone hopefully as interesting. But
until then, you will have to do with the rest of SATIRICA.
GET A LIFE!
+ THE BALLED AND UNSHAVED - THE REAL WORLD +
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Welcome to another episode of the BALLED and UNSHAVED
heros in the real world. We present this months show, with a
line of boggiemen, selected by random to appear on this
edition.
This months guests are :
GOLDRUSH of CREST.
JAZZCAT of LEGEND.
MERLIN of MOTIV 8.
BOOZE of EMPIRE.
We now give the words to our guests, who took on eachother
like a piece of ripped cornbread (?). It turned out to be a
total disaster, remind us not to invite ANY of these persons
(personalities) again.
The month according to GOLDRUSH/CREST
"Damn it. I am plain sick and tired of being made fun of, just
because I happen to have a girly voice. Just for your infor-
mation, a lot of people find it rather sexy, REALLY. Anyway,
I left the REAL world after one week, I just could not take
the hassles from MERLIN beating me with a broom stick.
The month according to JAZZCAT/LEGEND
"Godday mates. Well, what is there to say about those jolly
chaps (wait a minute, I am Australian, I do not say chaps. A
penalty point for the editor!!). Anyway, it was a lot of fun
being a part of the real world for a while, but now it is time
for me to get back to my drinking-trips. Yep, there is nothing
like being high on life (with a bit of help at times). Anyway,
I will miss the others, they made my stay an inspiration. Well
not really, but it sounded good!"
The month according to MERLIN/MOTIV 8
"Jesus christ, this month really made a mess out of my quite
stabile (mostly) splitt-personality. At times I went around
beating people (I turned into SLASH) and then MERLIN came
on a spoiled all the fun. Anyway, there was not much to do
anyway on that stupid cemetery on ICELAND. God knows why
they chose to put us there anyway, sadistic bastards."
The month according to BOOZE/EMPIRE
"Hallo, hallo. Are you there? Ah, yes. Very very fine company
I was put in. I just feel happy that MK (you are gay) was not
there, he really puts out the worst in me. When I am at my
worst, I sometimes go crazy and drink a whole beer. Ah yes,
you do not want to be around me when I do that. The puke that
comes afterwards is very much disgusting - YES!"
Global Report
+ GLOBAL REPORT - ANNOUNCEMENTS/REPORTS +
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This months has surely set it mark as one of most dry periods
in the history of the scene, atleast it would appear that way.
Because of this, we have got no party reports or special
announcements to give you.
We would like to encourage everyone out there, to mail us
party-reports or any type of announcements valid to be
included in a scene-related magazine as this one.
The address to write to is :
THE PULSE MAGAZINE
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You are also able to contact us by phone or modem, at :
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DOMINIC : +XX-XXXXXXXX (leave mail to use # 2).
Board Report
+ THE BOARD REPORT by CROSSFIRE +
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This time you will be informed about something that DOES pre-
tain to the boards, but it is FAR from an ordinary review as we
know them from the previous months.
This month we will analize a topic that the people involved
are sick and tired of discussing, and it is no wonder at all,
since this has been going on for approximately 3 months now.
We are going to discuss the fact, that SOME people uses the
backdoor or other oppotunities to get the passwords of other
users. Sounds pretty harmless to begin with, but it is far
from harmless.
Latest example was someone abusing the account of WALKER/
GENESIS*PROJECT on a bunch of boards, American ones as-
well as European ones. This all started out in the beginning
of March, when this fake-Walker logged into the Danish board
DOMINIC which is now also PULSE hq. This fake posted a mes-
sage, saying that G*P was tired of MOTIV8, certain members in
particular, and therefore they decided to go into war with the
whole M8-gang. I got a voice-call from Tricket/M8 shortly
after this had happened, and together we called up Walker on
his 3-way system. -Next Page!---
He greeted us and when we explained the matter to him, he was
VERY surprised. HE definately did NOT call to write this mes-
sage, but Tricket and I more or less suspected that from the
very beginning.
Our suspecition first fell on Lexi/FAIRLIGHT, with whom we
had a struggle with, due to a certain chapter of Reformation.
I admit I was wrong in this case, when the fake-Walker was
seen posting Swedish in a Swedish sub on WARES AQUARIUM.
My next suspecition then fell on Enduro/FAIRLIGHT, who was
also VERY much mixed up in the M8/FLT-struggle. Once again
I was too eager and did not think things through. Obviously,
we were dealing with a THIRD person, an outstanding part of
the fight, someone who was interesting in letting it continue.
Suddenly, fake accounts was being made for both Tricket and
me on Lexi's board CYBERDOME. These were used to call on to
get us into trouble cause it would appear as though the mes-
sages was posted by us. But WRONG!!! I am now using the fake-
account on CYBERDOME, I've even scanned it and the number
given was very close to Tricket's. I couldn't help wondering
about this, when Tricket told me that a guy I had humiliated
some time before thought we were neighboors, although we live
about 400 km apart. I had buffered the fake-post where "G*P"
declared us war, and guess what? -Next Page!--
I compared a newer post from this alleged suspect and they
were completely alike. My guess is that these seriously crimes
was commited by a certain DR.ZZAP/X-RATED, he might seem
unknown to the entire scene and he also were to me until this
incident started up.
As earlier stated, I had humiliated him BADLY on SEVERAL of
the bigger boards, and people were laughing their asses of
whenever I made fun of him. Obviously, all he could reply with
was threaths like "Shut up Fuckfire, or me and my good friend
Cavron will kick you out of the scene".. This ofcause made me
laugh HARD, and made me work on him even HARDER. Obviously,
he couldn't stand the heat, and since he and Cavron/TRC are
very good friends they made up this idea. Everybody who has
read THE PULSE over the last months knows that Cavron likes
to fuck up boards, so my guess is that he gave Dr.Zzap all
the info he needed to get Walker's password, OR another way
he could have gotten it, was if Walker has applied on the semi-
wannabe-board Dr.Zzap had a short while named "Soul Asylum"
I guess we will never know which of these is the right answer,
but we DEFINATELY know that it WAS him that did it.
He always called direct, which ofcause resulted in him getting
a HUGE phonebill, that he was not able to pay. He had to close
his phone.. -Next Page!-
Since he had to close his phone, he was not able to call out,
so he vanished for a while. Lately he payed his bill and got
his phone back up. During his break the fake-Walker had dis-
appeared aswell, and strangely enough, the very first day he
got his phone back, the fake-Walker suddenly appeared on
FORPLAY, uploading a note which was supposively written by
Newscopy/GENESIS saying he would quit the scene since he
had been fooling around during his trip to Hungary a few
weeks earlier, and had caught the lethal AIDS-virus. Surely,
this was a fake-note, but I called up Newscopy to verify it,
I am happy to be able to announce the fact, that the REAL
reason why he spent some days in the hospital was because of
a bad stomach. It's a vicious rumours and is in NO way true!
Many people also asked me what motive Dr.Zzap would have to
fuck up GENESIS*PROJECT, and I'll answer this one once and
for all. Everybody calling either THE HIGHWAY or WARES
AQUARIUM would know that Dr.Zzap was having a hard time
with Jucke/G*P on the Swedish boards, while he had a hard
time with ME on the Danish ones. What other way would there
be than to get M8 and G*P to fuck each other up so bad, that
everybody would forget about him? Neat move, but not very
cleverly carried out, though.
-Next Page!-
He thought we were all stupid enough to fall for his little
trick, so he didn't think closer about the style in which he
wrote the post.
Dr.Zzap's posts always contained A LOT of BIG grammatic
errors. He could never figure out when he had to write "A" in-
front of a word, or if he should write "AN". Therefore, all of
his posts contained "AN" even when it was wrong. (ex. "Fuck-
fire, get an life!").. Anyone who have gratuated the 8th grade
in the public schools could easily see this was wrong. He had
a lot of other SERIOUS errors (ive which was meant as I've, as
sort for "I have", and PLENTY of others in that direction as-
well!)...
Funny enough, the post from the fake-Walker also contained
all these huge mistakes. Surely, anyone knows that when you
write a post, you tend to let small bugs go through, although
you might HAVE realized them, but these were SO bad, that
anyone who could spot them would correct them.
There were a lot of other smaller things that they had in com-
mon and anyone who have never called a board before might be
confused by these things, but anyone with experience in cal-
ling will know what I mean. His posts were ALWAYS written with
lightgrey color, he is the only person I can think of. -Next!-
(...continued)..who actually bothered to write anything as the
topic of the post, while anyone else usally uses some symbole,
and sticks with it. He underlined important sentences with the
dark-red color, and we could go on and on. Surely, somebody
could have done it on purpose to make it look like a Dr.Zzap-
post, but then again, it could aswell have been written by Wal-
ker himself, which it is NOT!
I've shown my evidence to A LOT of people, and nearly all of
them believed me. There were a couple of people who was in
doubt, since they considered Dr.Zzap to be too STUPID to
pull a trick like this, but they all more or less agreed with
me when I reminded them of Dr.Zzap's educator, who also has
a very shattered past when it comes to fucking up boards.
Now, Dr.Zzap is doing a last desperate attempt to get a lot of
people on my back by filling them with bullshit. The latest I
heard was a post from Nightshade/SCS saying something like
if I ever called Cavron's board STATE OF THE ART and ragged
on him again, I would feel a nasty punishment. First of all, I
am a man of war, so I'm NOT gonna back down from an offer like
this, but the truth is, that I have only called Cavron's board
ONCE and that was when it was first opened. I haven't called
it since then, since I only call Euro-boards if there is any
notable action. -Next page!-
(..continued!) ..and since I've been told that Cavron should be
happy with 8 calls per day I really couldn't care less. But the
truth is, I did NOT call Cavron, you or CBA for the matter. Why
would I? Doesn't it seem strange to you if I started using lame
tricks like this suddenly after all the wars I've been in and
won the RIGHT way! - THINK!
It is simply a last and desperate attempt by Dr.Zzap to get me
into trouble and anyone who knows me, knows that I NEVER
backstab, cause if you do that you just can't go LOWER!!! I
always say it direct to the people it concerns if there is any-
thing. But enough about that, deep down I hope the people who
have been told this has got enough brains to figure it out by
themselves.
Dr.Zzap finally also started accusing ME of being the fake-
Walker. This I can't do anything but to laugh about. But hey,
show me your evidence and I'll show you something else, since
evidence isn't proper to make yourself. He also called THE
HIGHWAY and wrote a post like "I admit I was the fake-Walker
and Crossfire was right all the time. Did I fool you or what?".
Funny enough, the next post was from him too, and it said smth
like "That post is ofcause an fakepost, how lame of Crossfire
to do something like this!".. Surely, he is trying to clear
Himself, but he is in for a HUGE surprise when he realizes...
(..continued!) ..exactly HOW many people really believes him!..
Dr.Zzap and his friend Cavron threatened by revealing "the
truth" in some up-coming mag named OBSESSION. Well, go
ahead, but it would be better to get it "revealed" in a real
mag like THE PULSE, so that people would actually even
be able to read it.
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You have reached the end of another board-review. This time
a very special one, but it DID pretain to the board-scene and
was meant to clear up some things that A LOT of board-callers
has been dragged into for absolutely no reason recently.
Hope you found it interested, and we are aware of the fact,
many people are sick and tired of this incident by now, but
here was the final chapter. Anything else you might see else-
where will just be a last desperate attempt of Dr.Zzap to get
back on his feet.
Signing off for this month, and on behalf of THE PULSE,
CROSSFIRE/MOTIV8!
Profile
+ THE MAY PROFILE - A PROMINENT MUSICIAN +
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Welcome dear reader to another edition of PROFILE. This
time we have decided to invite one of the prominent sceners
from the demo-scene.
Our guest is respected in the eyes of every scener as one of
the most skilled in his area. He made a name of himself in a
time known as the glorious days of the 64, a time where his
group BONZAI, managed to mark itself internationally with
stunning demos still remembered and missed by the massive
crowd of demo-lovers still around.
BONZAI was later to vanish from the scene, and most of the
members back then tried to find the same magic in other 64
groups or on other systems. Our guest, who was at that time
actual in the charts and known as one of the best musicians
in the world, vanished along with the group. He sold his 64
and started a musical career on the PC.
But he was later to return to the good old 64, to do music
like in the past. He is now back in great form, and hopefully
he is back to stay. It is therefore with pride and joy, that
we are able to present this great scener. Please welcome,
our MAY profile - METAL of VIBRANTS and CAMELOT.
[D] Welcome TORBEN. Please give the readers a description
of your person.
[M] Well, I am 21 years old - 182 cm tall - dark hair and big
feet. I live in the city of AALBORG/DENMARK and I study
Land-Surveying at the AUC (that's LANDINSPEKTOER for
the Danes).
[D] Oh, so you are a real farmers person? You are probably
best known for the glorious days you spent in BONZAI. How
would you describe those glorious days?
[M] Those days were rather great. It was at this time I really
got through to the crowd, and also I got to meet a lot of new
guys. Even though most people thought of BONZAI as very
active people - We were the laziest bunch in Denmark.
Actually the last year that BONZAI existed, noone did any-
thing. But yes, it was quite funny. BTW: BONZAI is infact
alive again - only on the PC that is : WALT, MYSELF and TRAP
+ a bunch of others are the return of BONZAI.
[D] That sounds really great, much luck to you on the PC. You
are back from a long break, although most of the sceners seem
to be of the idea, that you made a comeback with the music you
did for the latest edition of REVEALED. What have you been
up to before that?
[M] Well, as you all may know, I entered VIBRANTS (around
November 1992) and almost immidiately I and DRAX were to
produce the music for a PC-game. This of course took up some
major time, but also the fact that I only recently got a 64
again - after missing it for about one and a half year. To get
back to the question - I have made a comeback, but the tunes
used in REVEALED were from 1992. I have until now done 2 new
tunes, so yes, I am back again.
[D] I am sure the readers a probably wondering what groups
you were in before BONZAI, therefore please give them a
resume of your career in the scene up to now.
[M] I will spare you the whole list as I started way back in
1988, and have been in a million groups. But here is some of
them. The first "real" group was WORLD WIDE EXPRESSIVE
where I met TDJ/FOCUS (ex.WWE), next was ABNORMAL, and
this was where I got to release my first tunes in JCH's
player. Next was probably my biggest mistake : CONTEX - even
though it was a cool group, FLEX ran the things his ways, and
I was non included in his "things", as he would rather use the
pop songs of 20CC, so I left and joined BONZAI. Next was
FLASH INC. and this was about the time I got real busy with
other stuff, including joining VIBRANTS. Anyway, from FLASH
INC. It was CAMELOT. Here's a tricky past because after the
PARTY'92 I thought I left CAMELOT and I therefore joined up
with REGINA. But due to my laziness and not having a 64 I left
again. A few months ago I got my 64 back, and found out that
I still was a member of CAMELOT, which is the group I am in at
the moment. Puha, what a ride..
[D] Well, I think we have all got a past of many groups, it is
what makes interviews like these interesting, ehrm. You were
quite active at a time, and it was notable in the charts how
popular you were. Now you seem to be back in great form, are
you planning a comeback to the charts aswell?
[M] I will leave that to the voters to decide, but surely
being in the charts is OK!
[D] You are too modest. The competition within CAMELOT must
be quite hard, due to the fact that it holds some of the best
coders, graphicians and musicians. Do you think it is a good
idea to have so many skilled people in one group, and doesn't
it cause any problems?
[M] I do not feel it causes problems, mainly because we all
grow older and therefore have other things to attend to.
[D] Sounds fair. JEFF is one of today's most successful
musicians, and also a member of CAMELOT. Does it mean less
work for you within CAMELOT because of his success?
[M] Surely JEFF is successful, and he is into some game-
projects with PROFILE DESIGN. Also he is a working man, so
he does not really have much time for composing. This leaves
myself and the DUCK with the most music jobs.
[D] Let us move on to the subject of your musical abilities.
How would you describe your style in terms of the music you
make?
[M] Well, let us get one thing straight : I hate HEAVY METAL!
I am into TECHNO-TRANCE, FUNK and JAZZ!! I try to do things
in my own style.
[D] Do you play on any other instruments?
[M] I play the keyboard, but surely I could do better.
[D] It seems like most musicians these days play on keyboard,
but I guess it helps when trying to compose new tunes. Are
you serious with it then?
[M] Serious in what way - I use my keyboard plugged into
my PC.
[D] Okay, I asked for that one. Anyway, we have already
established that you are a musician, but do you have other
activities in the scene we should know about?
[M] Once I was a coder, but then I discovered BeatBox and
SoundMonitor and off I went.
[D] And that was a pretty good move (except you could have
turned out to be a superb coder, but that is another story).
Have you ever made music for games?
[M] Yes I have.
[D] Which ones did you make music for, and how much money
were you paid?
[M] I have made the music for the PC/AMIGA game LOLLYPOP
in co-op with DRAX. We are STILL! waiting for the money
which should be approx. 2000 dollars each.
[D] Are you involved with making other games today then?
[M] Yes - The VIBRANTS have a kinda internal contact to a
gamefirm, and it should not be long until our next production.
[D] Let us return to the scene. CAMELOT seems to be getting
ready to release a couple of demos. Last I heard, GLASNOST
and CRUZER were working on something. Are you involved with
any of these projects or perhaps a third one?
[M] I am involved in the demo including CRUZER - and as far as
I understand It is really going to be a kick-ass thing.
[D] I cannot wait till it is due, have been long since we saw
something from good old CRUZER. How would you describe the
group-spirit in CAMELOT?
[M] Very distant. Each member kinda minds his own business.
My contacts in CAMELOT are KRING and JEFF.
[D] Please explain further what activities you have going on
the PC.
[M] The PC is a real kick-ass machine. I am in VIBRANTS and
BONZAI on that system. The VIBRANTS are already kind of
known even though I am the only one who has released some-
thing. BONZAI still have not released anything.
[D] What do you think about the C64 scene as it is today?
Would you like to improve something or do you find it to be
just perfect?
[M] I think it is getting somewhat better, as many people have
actually returned to the old machine. I therefore think the
scene is OK, and I would not change anything. Well, maybe the
amount of shitty musicians (ARGH!).
[D] Yes well. What is your opinion then of the many magazines
released today?
[M] I have absolute NO idea whatsoever as to how many mags
there are out there today. But if there's as many as there
were 2 years ago, I think there simply are too many!
[D] I believe there are more, while the standard of the less
good ones is much worse. Everybody seem to be wanting to
do a magazine, but almost nobody care for putting the neces-
sary work into it. What is your favourite magazine and why?
[M] I haven't seen any mag but one issue of THE PULSE and
one of REVEALED. I think that they are equally great! Well
done.
[D] Thank you very much. I did not see you at the CAMELOT
party. Do you prefer to stay at home on events like these or
was it simply a lack of interest at the time?
[M] First of all - At the University you do not get the X-Mas
off unless you have done your work. And at the time of the
Party'93 I was stuck with a project. Maybe this year.
[D] Let us hope so. What is your favourite demo-group and
why?
[M] Could not say because of the lack of insight to the
demo-scene.
[D] Well okay, fair enough answer. What is your opinion of the
cracking and the modem-scene?
[M] I think they have overstayed their welcome!!
[D] The future existance of the scene is very hard to pre-
dict, but something most sceners worry and care about these
days. How long do you predict the scene to go on?
[M] As long as it's fun and not purely business-minded!
[D] Short, but good enough answer. Before we end this inter-
view, would you perhaps like to say hello to some of your
friends?
[M] Well, I will stick to the ones on the 64. All in CAMELOT,
TDJ and MIRAGE/FOCUS, DEFF/AVANTGARDE, SYNDROM/
TIA/CREST, REGINA and finally to DRAX (din lille moegunge)
and the rest of VIBRANTS (JO and JCH).
[D] Thank you very much for the very interesting interview.
We wish you all the best in the future, and hope to hear more
music from you in the near future.
[M] In your dreams, but thanks anyway! Just kidding - Watch
out for a CAMELOT demo due sometime this year, and also
(hold your breath everyone) some VIBRANTS things! See you
all somewhere on your screens.
You have been reading an exclusive interview done by DUKE
for THE PULSE MAGAZINE of TORBEN "METAL" HANSEN.
We will return next month with a new PROFILE, there are still
a lot of very interesting and successful sceners worth
learning more about.
Overall charts
+ THE OVERALL CHARTS - MAY EDITION +
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Now we take a look at the overall charts from 10 magazines
released the previous month. As always we give 10 points to
the number one, down to 1 point for the 10th place.
The votes were counted by KBS and me (DUKE). Be sure to
send us your magazine, if you want your charts included in
here aswell. Our address is displayed in PREFACE.
The following 10 magazines deserves the credits as the ones
we used in the making of the Overall Charts. We send them our
most humble thanks on behalf of THE PULSE MAGAZINE.
GRAPEVINE # 11/BAD KARMA MENDIP # 4/ARCOSS
NARCOTIC # 3/SLASH DESIGNS METAMORPHOSIS # 4
VANDALISM NEWS # 13/SHAZAM TRIBUNE # 44/ENTROPY
MAGNESS # 7/GROOVE D-SIGNS INSIDER # 2/REFLEX
OUTDOOR # 3/BCD+X-RATED PROPAGANDA # 13/GENESIS
The best DEMO GROUPS, CODERS, GRAPHICIANS, MUSICIANS,
CRACKING GROUPS, CRACKERS, MAGAZINES, SWAPPERS and
the OVERALL CHART are coming up on the following pages.
There will also be a lot of important remarks about the charts
in every catagory, be sure to read those aswell.
+ BEST DEMO GROUPS - MAY 1994 + [Legal Chart]
POS. L.POS. GROUP NAME... POINTS
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1 (3) OXYRON 76
2 (1) CREST 70
3 (2) CENSOR DESIGN 65
4 (5) CAMELOT 50
5 (4) TRIAD 44
6 (7) TOPAZ BEERLINE 27
7 (9) FLASH INC. 25
8 (7) FAIRLIGHT 23
9 (-) FOCUS 21
10 (6) TABOO 15
* OXYRON captures the number one spot after a down period,
while CREST is sent off to the second place (this is getting
to be a boring affair).
* CAMELOT move up the chart silently, but is undoubtedly a
group to watch out for with a couple of demos soon to be
released.
* FOCUS finally enters the charts, while ANTIC moves out and
TABOO getting ready to do the same.
+ BEST CODERS - MAY 1994 + [Legal Chart]
POS. L.POS. SCENERS NAME... POINTS
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1 (2) TTS/OXYRON 78
2 (1) CROSSBOW/CREST 67
3 (4) BOB/CENSOR DESIGN 52
- (3) ZODIAC/FLASH INC. 52
5 (6) TRON/FAIRLIGHT 31
6 (10) AXIS/OXYRON 30
7 (5) D'ARC/TOPAZ BEERLINE 29
8 (8) GLASNOST/CAMELOT 27
9 (-) SLAMMER/CAMELOT 22
10 (8) FLAMINGO/LIGHT 19
* TTS and CROSSBOW switching place for the seventh time
again (I stopped counting).
* BOB and ZODIAC are still to be spotted in the top of the
charts world-wide. This is bullshit, they may be good coders,
but they have shown nothing for ages which should have
qualified them for the charts.
* SLAMMER enters the charts, who will put a bit of excitement
in the top of the charts I hope. MMS/TABOO is replaced.
+ BEST GRAPHICIANS - MAY 1994 + [Legal Chart]
POS. L.POS. SCENERS NAME... POINTS
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1 (3) CREEPER/ANTIC 86
2 (1) ELECTRIC/EXTEND 79
3 (2) OGAMI/FAIRLIGHT 66
4 (4) JOE/WRATH DESIGNS 60
5 (6) CRUISE/ELYSIUM 39
6 (5) HEIN HOLT/FOCUS 38
7 (9) ROB/CAMELOT 23
8 (8) MIRAGE/FOCUS 21
9 (7) DRAGON/CENSOR DESIGNS 19
10 (-) SANDER/FOCUS 11
* CREEPER is back on the thrown as the best graphician in
the world in the eyes of the voters. ELECTRIC is sent off,
but by the look of the point-difference in the top, it seems
as if the TOP 2 will remain unchanged for a while.
* By popular demand, the strong FOCUS trio, HEIN HOLT,
MIRAGE and SANDER are finally together in the top 10. But
it seems as if they need to prove something to reach a place
worth mentioning. Also ROB is doing quite well at the time. We
bid goodbye to CARRION/ELYSIUM who moves out the chart.
+ BEST MUSICIANS - MAY 1994 + [Legal Chart]
POS. L.POS. SCENERS NAME... POINTS
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1 (1) SYNDROM/TIA/CREST 87
2 (2) JEROEN TEL/PHYZICS 74
3 (6) PRI/TIA/OXYRON 55
4 (3) DRAX/VIBRANTS/CREST 48
5 (5) +A-MAN 40
6 (4) DANKO/CENSOR DESIGNS 34
7 (-) +REYN OUWEHAND 19
- (-) +DOS 19
9 (10) RED DEVIL/FAIRLIGHT 18
10 (-) JEFF/CAMELOT 17
* SYNDROM still a very popular and skilled musician, he is
the answer of 1994 to the legendary JEROEN TEL and JCH.
JEROEN TEL will be actual soon with both a new tune and an
exclusive interview for the coming edition of REVEALED. We
will be looking forward to that one.
* REYN OUWEHAND and DOS re-enters the charts, although
they have both left the scene. STOP voting for DEAD people.
* JEFF re-enters. Let's hope he will do better this time.
+ BEST CRACKING GROUP - MAY 1994 + [Illegal Chart]
POS. L.POS. GROUP NAME.. POINTS
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1 (1) SCS+TRC 88
2 (2) TRSI 66
3 (7) TALENT 48
4 (4) ALPHA FLIGHT 41
5 (-) AVANTGARDE 40
- (3) CHROMANCE 40
7 (6) LEGEND 31
- (4) +ILLUSION 31
9 (8) TRIAD 27
10 (10) MOTIV 8 25
* The great co-op SUCCESS and THE RULING COMPANY still
quite unbeatable at the top. For anyone else to take over, it
would need a tremendous amount of PR work. Get on with it.
* TALENT moves up the chart like a rocket, and looks to be
ready to take over the chart in the coming months. But it will
be a tough quest though. AVANTGARDE finally enters the
charts, and a good bid for a new chart dominator aswell. And
at the same time TRANCE moves out, and ILLUSION looks to
be flushed the same way soon. About time.
+ BEST CRACKERS - MAY 1994 + [Illegal Chart]
POS. L.POS. SCENERS NAME... POINTS
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1 (1) BURGLAR/SCS/TRC 89
2 (2) POWERPLANT/LEGEND 59
3 (3) JACK ALIEN/AVANTGARDE 54
4 (10) DERBYSHIRE RAM/AVT 34
5 (5) COUNT-ZERO/TALENT 30
6 (-) BOD/TALENT 25
7 (6) XXX/LEGEND 23
8 (-) DOC/LEGEND 21
9 (8) CROSSFIRE/MOTIV 8 20
10 (6) +BENSON 20
* The superb BURGLAR remains the king of cracking without
having any difficulties with the competition. But I suppose it
is understandable, when someone like POWERPLANT comes in
second (he has not done anything for ages).
* DERBYSHIRE RAM enters the top of the chart, while it is a
goodbye to HAIN/F4CG and TSS/SILICON LTD.
* BOD re-enters the charts, eventhough he has done nothing
for ages. The same goes for DOC - think before you vote
+ BEST MAGAZINES - MAY 1994 + [Overall Chart]
POS. L.POS. MAGAZINE NAME... POINTS
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1 (3) NITRO 74
2 (1) SPLASH 63
3 (2) NETWORK 48
4 (5) +A-HEAD 47
5 (4) SKYHIGH 44
6 (5) THE PULSE MAGAZINE 37
7 (10) +ADDYBOOK 21
8 (-) REFORMATION 16
- (7) MIRACLE 16
10 (-) REVEALED 15
* NITRO takes over the # 1 spot from SPLASH, although I must
say I simply cannot understand why any of the top 4 mags are
even in the charts. But I guess the voters know why.
* REFORMATION and REVEALED are introduced to the charts,
but are still behind with votes from the top.
* ADDYBOOK is dead for a couple of months, so give your vote
to the magazines who is actually still around. Also A-HEAD is
more dead than alive. You got one vote - USE IT PROPER.
+ BEST SWAPPERS - MAY 1994 + [Overall Charts]
POS. L.POS. SCENERS NAME... POINTS
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1 (1) CALYPSO/AMNESIA 83
2 (2) NIGHTSHADE/SCS+TRC 61
3 (3) DERBYSHIRE RAM/AVT 51
4 (5) ACIDCHILD/TABOO 50
5 (4) BIZARRE/AFL 49
6 (6) SPLATTERHEAD/CHROMANCE 40
7 (10) STARLIGHT/EXTACY 17
8 (-) ANIMAL/SLASH DESIGNS 14
9 (-) TABASCO/FAIRLIGHT 13
10 (-) STYX/AFL 10
* CALYPSO still the most favourable swapper in the scene, he
unique with his fast replies and always up to date with the
latest stuff.
* STARLIGHT moves up the chart, getting ready to enter the
top of the chart once again. BIZARRE goes down again, and
the days he roamed this chart seems far away.
* ANIMAL, TABASCO and STYX enters the chart while LEECH,
SYNDROM and LUKA drops out.
+ OVERALL CHART - MAY 1994 + [Overall Chart]
POS. L.POS. GROUP NAME... POINTS
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1 (2) OXYRON 304
2 (1) CREST 272
3 (3) SCS+TRC 238
4 (7) AVANTGARDE 179
5 (4) CENSOR DESIGNS 170
6 (5) FAIRLIGHT 167
7 (-) CAMELOT 154
8 (6) LEGEND 134
9 (-) TALENT 103
10 (-) AFL 100
* OXYRON is the new king in the scene, with a huge 304 points
granded by the voters. CREST are sent off to the second
place, while SUCCESS and THE RULING COMPANY are waiting
for a way to break the ice.
* AVANTGARDE got a lot of votes last month, and now they
really look to be one of the big groups of the future. At the
same time CAMELOT, TALENT and ALPHA FLIGHT enters the
chart while TRANCE, TABOO and COMIC PIRATES is send out
of the chart
World of demos
+ WORLD OF DEMOS - DEMO/GRAPHICS REVIEWS +
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We are sorry to have to announce, that the MAY edition of
WORLD OF DEMOS is cancelled. The reason for this, is the
fact that STEVE and our new graphics critic NEPTUNE were
unable to finish their reviews in time.
As the General Editor of WORLD OF DEMOS, I will not hold
back my disappointment about this, but again, those demo
people are not the most active ones - you know!
We hope to be able to present WORLD OF DEMOS next month,
with probably an estimated 10 demos on the program. Be sure
to send us YOUR latest demo if you want it to be reviewed in
the eyes of the whole scene - it is a chance for you to get
a bit of true response on your work.
Once again, I am very sorry about this months WORLD OF
DEMOS, and I hope that STEVE and NEPTUNE will come up with
a proper excuse for their absence to you next month.
Signed,
DUKE
GENERAL EDITOR
Special assignment
+ SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT - DEBATE AND INFORMATON +
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Welcome to a world of debate and information, brought to you
by SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT.
Last month we passed a milestone of 11 editions of serving
the readers with discussions about important topics concer-
ning the scene and its inhabitants. We have touched just
about every major topic, and sadly we are getting closer to
the buttom of the barrel.
In the light of this months message labeled by THE PULSE, we
at SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT would also like to follow up on that
point. The readerinteraction these days is as poor as it can
get. It is a sad result of the incredible amount of magazines
out there, with most of them ruining the chance of the once
who do rely on response from the readers to get anywhere with
our projects.
We will keep on discussing different topics, but as long as
YOU, the reader, keep your opinions to yourself, you will not
be able to enter the discussion, and make a difference to the
scene - although you CLAIM to give a damn.
Last month we discussed the wars in the scene, debating
whether they are beneficial or destructive to the scene. We
are the first to open a discussion about this topic, one which
has been at the concern of about 70% of the sceners since
the beginning of the scene. But eventhough the importance of
this topic is greater than any, we receaved but only ONE
letter about this. It is sad for us to acknowledge, that the
most read and spread magazine these days, do not qualify in
terms of being able to collect enough response to make a
follow up on our discussions.
MAIL US NOW - MAKE A DIFFERENCE..
Although the response on this topic was as bad as the last
edition of the TRIBUNE, we will continue to debate it, simply
because we find it to be a VERY valid topic.
The address to write to :
THE PULSE MAGAZINE
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RESPONSE BY SPECTATOR/XENON/ALPHA FLIGHT
Thanks for THE PULSE, again a splendid edition. Anyway,
here follows a reaction towards the subject "WARS" in your
magazine. You say most mageditors are not able of the job,
editing a mag. Because they start to write about real life
(music, etc.) and I agree. Most of the time it SUX! But you
seem to be running out of chapters too? Haha. No seriously.
I personally think wars in the scene are not always that cool,
especially when people leave the scene due to a war. But they
belong to the scene, and can sometimes also be "cool". But
wars are started by themselves, you should not help them
start. If you give wars "rules" I think they will lose their
originality, so I suggest you do something else, something
different. Be THE PULSE, be original. But who am I to say
that? Well, you asked for reactions, here you have one. Why
not make a chapter that "reports" wars? Be there, when they
occur. But do not help them start, okay?
COMMENTS FROM THE EDITOR
"Teaching the untaught" was a slogan made by one of the
true war-fanatics, GENE of ILLUSION. Although he is not
in the scene anymore, his words will be remembered by many.
I had the honour myself of fighting with him on the US boards
for about two years, quite a long time. You may ask what this
has to do with anything, but to me his slogan fits great to my
comments towards your response.
The wars of today are very hard, with people fighting over
details, requiring the opponents to be on top all the time to
keep up with the pace of the discussion. Most of the time it
takes very little time until one of the opponents lose on one
of the details, and therefore SHOULD be announced as the
loser of the argument - but no. We do have rules in the scene,
but they are UNWRITTEN LAWS, which can easily be broken
and misinterpreted. This often results in uglier fights, and
later on people DO leave the scene because of the nastiness
of the fight. This can be avoided, by installing a system to
the wars, making sure they stay clean and far.
One of the things I have learned from my experience with wars,
is that when engaging the opponent on enemy territory, the
followers of the war would announce my opponent as the
winner of the war, eventhough I was obviously the winner. It
is clearly a conspiracy of my opponent and his friends and
group-members, who are stationed on his territory. The same
goes if I were to war on home-territory against someone
better than me, I would probably be announced the winner due
to the fact that the followers are friends of mine.
This is a biased way of judging a war, but unfortunately a
very actual thing. The best warriors chose to war on enemy
territory because of the extra challenge, while sometimes
two equaly strong opponents chose a neutral place to get
a fair response from the followers of the war.
All this would not be necessary with a set of rules. It clearly
speaks for itself, it works in the advantage of the scene and
the winners will get the victory they deserve.
That is about enough from me this month, this topic will
continue next month, so be sure to send me your opinion
about this subject - make a difference.
* What do you feel about arranged wars?
* Do you feel wars are beneficial or destructive to the scene
and why?
* Comments to what is written in this edition.
Everything worth while using a piece of paper on with YOUR
opinions should be sent to us no later than the 25th of MAY.
Up next is the 4th edition of the INTERNET, as always done
by MASON of MOTIV 8.
INTERNET
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Well, another article about the internet is here! This time we
write about the big world from your internet-addy, when you
are using the FTP and TELNET systems.
About FTP-sites:
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As I told you in the first article there are two ways to be
connected on internet. You can be connected as user for
sending/recieving mail or you can also use the FTP-system.
When you are using the FTP-system you can connect on
FTP-sites - it the same like connecting to a board! The only
difference is that your are connecting as "anonymous" (they
say it is, but if you look close at the text on the FTP-site,
they have written your internet-address on the screen). Here
you can upload/download programs! Official you can only
download shareware, freeware and PD, but if you know the
FTP-sites number and the correct dir you can find non-
shareware on the most so-called legal FTP-sites(fx. a direc-
tory is called ".. " - the first dot will hide the subdir).
You have to know where to find the non-shareware FTP-sites,
because fx. FBI is watching on the FTP-sites too (they have
a computer-section with 400 working people to stop the
illegal FTP-sites and it's the not same section, who's working
with ATT-hacking). The positive thing about downloading from
FTP-sites: IT'S FREE if you already have your an internet
connection.
If you know some illegal FTP-sites then contact, because
right now I only have FTP-sites with illegal (L)Amiga stuff
and that's boring. If you have any send a letter to my inter-
net-address:
t44 [] aarhues.dk
Instead of using [] you have using an alfa-zero sign. The
sign right to your "P" on your COMMODORE 64 keyboard.
Playing MUD on the internet
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When you're FTP-connected you can also use the TELNET &
playing MUD. MUD is an adventure game and here you have
your person. When you are playing MUD many others are play-
ing in the game at the same time and now comes the troubles,
because the person you are meeting: Will he KILL you or is he
a friend of you. If you are into adventure-gaming you like
playing MUD. On my school (The school of informatics) the
record 40 hours in one row! Come on can you beat the record.
Let me see your letter if you can! Use the internet-address
you can find it in the end of this article).
Extra functions
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There are extras on the FTP-sites/TELNET too! You can
also find a speakers corner and you find news in different
news groups.
As the last words I will say thanks for all the letters to me
I have got on the internet-address. More and more people
are joining up the list of internet users! If you still havn't
given us your internet-addy, then send it the address below.
t44 [] aarhues.dk
Replace the [] sign with an alfazero-sign.
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Meet the press
+ MEET THE PRESS - THE PULSE MAGAZINE +
-------------------------------------------------
Welcome to the readers very own chapter, the chance to
meet the people responsible for the release of this magazine.
We accept letters addressed to ANYONE within our staff,
leaving you with the obtion to use your voice to make a
difference.
This chapter was added to the program last month. But sofar
it seems as if the most readers have not yet discovered the
true nature of Meet The Press, and therefore we will use the
opportunity to explain a little further what we request.
We feel that without the maximum amount of readerinteraction
a magazine is blind, and is heading in no direction. We want
for you to send us your opinion about what we write, support
and cover. Without the reactions from YOU, the reader, we
do not stand a fair chance in our quest to reach the ultimate
top of the magazine industry.
Therefore we urge everyone of YOU, no matter what nation,
group or standard you have, we want to hear from you. We will
print all letters in a serious nature. Be sure to send to us
before the 25th of every month, to ensure that your letter
will reach us in time for the next edition to be released.
MEET THE PRESS specialises in the magazine industry. We
take a look at some of the magazines around, and with that
we give you an objective view of the actual situation in the
scene from a magazine point of view.
This month we have invited a guest to discuss the current
standard of the readerinteraction. There are probably more
magazines released today than every before, about 50 to be
more precise. But only about 10 are released every month, and
just a couple of the 10 are released on a monthly basis. We
will therefore also discuss the different magazines success
and background - all this exclusive to MEET THE PRESS.
But before we get started, let me just out down the address
for you to write to :
THE PULSE MAGAZINE
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You will also be able to call us at +45-98181265. Be sure to
mark your letter with the name of the person your reaction is
written towards.
READERINTERACTION OF 1994
------------------------------
We live in a time, where the most important product in the
scene is the magazine. Without the magazine, the scene would
not be what it is today. But how involved is the sceners with
the progress of the magazines, and do they really care about
what is written in todays magazines? We have invited one of
the more experienced magazine editors, to discuss the actual
standard of the readerinteraction of 1994. Please welcome,
NEOTEC/REBELS/F4CG, general editor of NEWS PRESS.
[D] Welcome Michael. How would you describe the job of being
a magazine editor these days?
[N] The job of a magazine editor is very difficult and quite
demanding. You have to know a lot about the scene, you need
a good English and enough enthusiasm. Most of the things
around a magazine you have to organize by yourself, do not
expect too much from others or nothing will work properly. I
noticed that many guys/groups only release a magazine to
get fame, that's nonsense because a magazine is a 'platform'
for the whole scene, where you communicate with your fellow-
sceners, tell the, the latest news, discuss problems etc.
Therefore it is really wrong if an editor is a small-minded
guy who only uses the magazine to become famous.
[D] I most definitely agree with that. Fame will come to the
deserving ones and not those with the wrong motive. But I
guess the scene is built in such a way, that if you are not
fully qualified in what you do, you will find out fast enough.
How would you describe the scene as a magazine editor?
[N] The scene nowadays is still okay in my opinion, although
many sceners seem to know nothing about it or ignore the
rules of our community intentionally. Affairs like HUNTER's
fake IKARI (IKARI has surely turned in its grave) or the
latest fake-firsties done by MENDRAKE under the SACRED
label prove my thesis. We all have to teach these lameheads
that we do not accept such a behaviour in our scene. Never-
theless I think our community is still in order, there have
always been affairs and wars, so that is nothing special.
[D] But somehow they always surprise us I guess, but as an
editor of a magazine, scandals are as sent from heaven, heh.
There are a lot of magazines in the scene nowadays (perhaps
even too many). What in your opinion should a magazine have
as its first priority?
[N] I think there are several priorities for a magazine. The
scene-relation, the coverage of news, objectivity (as far as
possible!), a regular release and a reliably working outfit.
[D] Those are the most important things I agree. What is the
most important thing a magazine should contain to qualify as
a scene-magazine then?
[N] A scene-magazine has to contain scene-related text to
qualify as a scene-magazine, that simple definition makes a
huge variety of magazines possinle. Some say a scene-mag
has to publish ONLY scene-related chapters, I think a scene-
mag can also deal with other topics and still be interesting.
The share of these not scene-related texts should not
become more than 20 or 30 % of all chapters though.
[D] I believe the problem with not scene-related chapters, is
that most magazine editors haven't got the slightest idea of
what they are talking about. These days it seems as if the
amount of text a magazine includes is the most important
factor in the quality of the magazine, which is more certainly
misunderstood. How do you rate the readerinteraction these
days?
[N] I can only talk about the interaction between myself and
the readers. Most of the readers are too lazy to write a
reaction. Even most of my contacts do not react to the
latest NEWS PRESS normally, only if they noticed something
negative (in their opinion negative for their group or
themselves...). Our spreadwork is quite good, we hardly get a
dozen of reactions to an issue though, therefore I think the
reader-interaction is poor and really bad at the moment. The
people have got used to that consumer attitude.
[D] You are right there. It seems as if this has turned into a
chronic problem for most magazines, and it is a problem that
has yet to find a cure. Do you believe the magazines today
are loyal towards their readers in terms of their coverages?
[N] 'Loyalty' is not a term I would use for a relation of a
magazine and its readers, but I know what you mean. It is
senseless to publish mega-charts filling four chapters, four
interviews and five address chapters in one issue. All those
'mega-delayed' magazines like SPLASH, NETWORK and others,
sometimes delayed more than half a year, are not fair to their
readers, a magazine should be released once in a while or
announced to be dead.
[D] I most certainly agree with that. It really makes no sense
that the readers are so loyal towards the 'mega-delayed mags,
when infact they are not capable of keeping up what they
started. How would you describe the perfect scene-magazine
then?
[N] I do not know. Perhaps we could come close to this utopia
by merging the best mags into one big scene-magazine? The
best editors altogether in one staff, that would be a very
challeging project. On the other hand I do not think it would
work, and I believe that the pluralism - the exchange of views
is very important, the most important!
[D] There are different opinions on who is a good editor
aswell, I know a couple who are considered good by a share of
the public, and yet I would not even consider them capable of
doing an article. But I admit this is a very difficult topic
to discuss, considering the world of different people and
opinions. In closing, what is your favourite magazine and why?
[N] I have no favourite magazine nowadays. I preferally read
the GAMERS GUIDE, SKYHIGH, THE PULSE and REVEALED.
GAMERS GUIDE because of its survey of the games world,
comparing the different versions is quite interesting. SKY-
HIGH because it transmits the 'scene-spirit', it's a great
platform for all sceners with its various demo projects and
more. THE PULSE is the best magazine concerning the modem-
scene (news+first releases) and is published regulary.
REVEALED has something special, not only the outfit, I mean
the conception of relating users to game producers (or the
other way around?).
Those were the words and opinions from NEOTEC. We thank him
for taking part in MEET THE PRESS. You will be able to see
his magazine NEWS PRESS by getting a hold of it either from
him or from any of the REBELS swappers.
THE READERS REACT UPON THE PULSE MAGAZINE
----------------------------------------------------
We got a couple of letters this month, although it was quite
poor with what their contents concerned. We therefore urge
you to send us letters written in such a way, that they would
be suitable for printing in here. We appreciate the reactions
we have got from you, but we could use some with a more
serious nature.
PRINT ALL NEWS by SNOOZE/BRONX/CHERUBS
-------------------------------------------------
Again a nice issue from THE PULSE. No mag has better news,
but you just print news from "ELITE" groups and that's not
so great. I think that every elite dude has once started in a
bad/lame group and with the time he became better and better.
But the scene is one big back, and we are all the same if you
compare us. So, why do you not print other, maybe not that
interesting for the elite, news? Would be nice to see in the
next issue. Besides that the issue was cool, especially that I
can see DYTEC in the release-charts. They are probably the
best German cracking-group, but they are too unknown!
Dear SNOOZE,
You are correct that we do only report on the news and
happenings from the elite sceners and groups. When we first
started this magazine, we discussed what news we wanted to
report on, and within the staff, we all felt that reporting on
ELITE news was preferable. We do not have anything against
the unknown, less known, well-known or what ever class you
may be at the present time. But the fact that the sceners who
enter the scene start out as lamers is the oldest and most
valuable tradition in the scene. Without that, a lot of people
would quit the 64 and find something with a bit more meaning
to it. You may feel that it is a tough nut to crack getting
known and accepted as an elite in the scene, but it is a
period we all have to go through. You claim that we are all
the same in the scene, and that alone is proof enough, that
you need a bit more experience in the scene. We are NOT the
same, and thank god for that. By looking at all the different
products the scene provides, it is very easy to notice how we
are different in skills and experience. This is where the scene
is divided, and again thank god for that. We chose to keep on
printing ONLY the news about the known people and groups,
because there is no sense in printing news about people and
groups the sceners has never heard of before.
THE MENDRAKE AFFAIR by NEOTEC/REBELS/F4CG
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In issue ten (April edition) of THE PULSE I could read some-
thing I do not want to believe. I am talking about the 'MEN-
DRAKE AFFAIR' and the following is a quotation from the 10th
edition of THE PULSE : 'The EMPIRE intros were added by a
person claiming to be in EMPIRE. He (MENDRAKE) was simply
led to believe that EMPIRE actually released his games, and
therefore was not to blame for the incident'.
Do not try to make me believe that. MENDRAKE is known as a
fascist (or at least his fascist attitude is known) and if you
read the greets in the EMPIRE intro (that was linked in front
of the SACRED's ASTATIN version) you will see that they
greet a group called 'ENDSIEG'. This group does not exist, it
is only a NAZI slogan. And the same 'ENDSIEG' is greeted in
MENDRAKE's SACRED intro which he linked in front of his
fake-firstie of DARK TOWER (DARK TOWER was allegedly
'fixed' by the dead RMJCC, at least their intro was linked).
The EMPIRE intro used on ASTATIN was also quite an old one,
and as I wrote before RMJCC is dead already. When I got
MENDRAKE's releases I knew they were no first-releases,
although I am (only) a mailtrader. Is MENDRAKE so lame that he
did not know who released ASTATIN (for example) before? And
who put the RMJCC intro in front of DARK TOWER then, if
MENDRAKE was deceived by 'a person claiming to be in
EMPIRE' only? The sole fact that 'ENDSIEG' is greeted in
that EMPIRE intro of ASTATIN as well as in the SACRED intro
of DARK TOWER proves that ONE guy has written both
scrollers and it's sure that MENDRAKE wrote the scroller of
the SACRED intro (and also that EMPIRE scroll then!!!).
Unless I am not completely mistaken you have to check this
'story' again, I cannot because I do not know MENDRAKE. I
think MENDRAKE did his releases alone - without any Ameri-
cans, but I hope you can prove me wrong.
Dear NEOTEC,
I would have expected some people to react upon my forward
coverage of the SACRED scandal, the reason for that was my
objective view on the situation. The fact of the matter is,
that I do not feel it is my job to judge people, but to report
on what happens. MENDRAKE wrote a note explaining that
he was innocent in the scandal, putting the blaim on a pair of
faceless sceners. It is obvious to me who did it, and probably
also to the rest of the scene, but I see it as subjective
journalism if I wrote that he actually did it all by himself,
when I first of all do not know anything about his person or
methods (you obviously know more about him than I do), so I
simply wrote about what WAS obvious. He explained his story,
SPLATTERHEAD the same, and I wrote both of their explana-
tions. I call that objective journalism - nothing else to it.
THE BATTLE OF THE READERS
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We live in a day and age where the scene has diminished to a
level which is most undesireable. But somehow the media has
grown into the strongest industry in the 64 scene, and it is
still growing. The fastest growing industry has also brought
with it a massive amount of competition, really contradicting
the fact that owners of other systems claim the 64 to be dead.
The 64 has proven to still have a whole lot to offer, and the
huge number of magazines, aswell as the competition, is more
than enough evidence of that.
The magazines however are quite different in their choice of
contents. Most of the mags in the scene today all have the
same regular chapters, such as the news and advertisement
sections. But that is just about it. Then comes a lot of very
different chapters, and some magazines have even made a big
number out of doing chapters about sport, music, arcades,
etc. What kind of a progress is that? Will the information of
the latest music albums and sport results solve the inactivity
problem in the scene? Does it have a general interest? The
only conclusion we can reach from this, is that todays mag
editors are so hung up on being able to produce a certain
amount of text, making their magazine the biggest in the
scene - so much for quality.
You may think that it does not really matter what chapter the
magazine editors come up with, as long as they are interesting
it would be okay. But honest to god, I have yet to see even
one non scene-related chapter in mag even worth while giving
the time of day. To cut a long story short - THEY SUCK!
The magazine editors do not have an interest in the non
scene-related chapters they write, it is obvious to those who
do have an interest in the topic they write about. An example
would be the FOOTBALL chapters around in mags. I saw one a
couple of months ago in some mag (can't remember the name of
it though), but being the big football enthusiast I am, I gave
it a chance and started reading it. I was shocked. It was very
clear to me at the first page, that the editors had little or
no interest in football at all.
BUT WHY WRITE ABOUT IT THEN?
It all makes sense. Just like in the business world where we
see everyday how every situation is decided upon financial
grounds, the magazines has turned into platforms, only caring
about one thing - to be able to release a huge magazine. You
may think that this is just a theory based on a couple of
insidents, but just take a look at the current # 1 magazine in
the charts NITRO. This magazine usually (as far as I know)
has got 1 whole disk worth of text. But where do you find the
revolutionary text? Where is the unique text? Where is the
ONE special thing, only the editors of SPLASH are able to
give the readers? I ask you, where is it? It is the quest for
quantity that has taken over in the world of magazines, no one
seem to care about the quality of the text.
It is quite strange though, because I still have yet to speak
or even notice anyone voting for one of the top 4 magazines
in the charts today (NITRO, SPLASH, NETWORK and A-HEAD).
Who is voting for these mags, and on what grounds? Most
people I know have been in the scene for atleast more than 3
or 4 years, and maybe that is where the difference is notable.
The newcomers are the only ones who care about voting these
days, and the sceners around for more than 3 years have more
or less stopped because they have grown tired of it. Naturally
the newcomers do not know about the whole scene, the history
and the actual state of groups and even who is around. I know
this is a very hard accusation to come up with, but I always
back my statements up with some sort of evidence.
Let us take a look at some of the people and groups STILL (!)
actual in the charts today.
DEMO GROUPS : CREST, FLASH INC, LIGHT and BLACKMAIL.
CRACKING GROUPS : ILLUSION and LEGEND.
PROGRAMMERS : CROSSBOW, ZODIAC, FLAMINGO and YUP.
MUSICIANS : DOS, DANKO, A-MAN, REYN OUWEHAND, DEEK,
GUY SHAVITT and JCH.
CRACKERS : POWERPLANT, XXX, DOC, BOD and SAURON.
GRAPHICIANS : HEIN DESIGN.
MAGAZINES : SPLASH, NETWORK, A-HEAD, ADDYBOOK,
ARISE, FLASHBACK and IMMORTAL FLASH.
Those are the cold facts. Sceners either inactive over a long
period or have left the scene being awarded an enormous
amount of votes EVERY MONTH. The voters ought to get
themselves a crash course in WHO is around, and WHO is still
doing something. But the worst thing of all, most mag editors
do not even complain about the voting of 'dead' sceners. They
do not seem to care, because to them doing a magazine is only
a method of reaching fame, and the passion of reporting about
things seem to have been left out in the quest.
The battle of the readers will continue. We all want a fair
share of the market, and will use what ever method we see fit
to reach our aim. It seems anyone can become famous these
days by doing a magazine - it is a golden path to fame and
fortune, but at what cost?
I would like to underline that this article was not written to
make up a couple of extra blocks to this edition of THE PULSE
MAGAZINE, but written in the concern of the scene. I am a
scener with a big S, and when I see something damaging to the
scene I get an instant itch. I hate to see undeserving people
collecting the trophy EVERY MONTH. We need to find a cure
of this illness fast, otherwise the magazine industry will die
faster than it grew into this madness. Today the charts are
ignored due to the ignorance of the voters, I want the charts
back the way they were in the good old days - a symbol of our
appreciation to the great sons and daughters of the scene,
not the visitors or deceased.
I therefore reach out to EVERY magazine editor, in the hope
that they would try a bit harder doing a proper job, atleast
with what the charts are concerned. Stop listing them without
a single comment, it stinks of quantity and looks as if you do
not give a damn. The charts are here - to stay?
