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          T H E   A N N U A L

          P R O P A G A N D A
          P R O P A G A N D A

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           +----------------+
           |AS DUPLICATED BY|
           |OTHER MAGAZINES.|
           +----------------+







             +--------------PROPAGANDA-+
             |JUDGED BY THE PROPAGANDA.|
             +-------------------------+

+------------------+
|                  |
|  G R O U P   O F | T H E   Y E A R
|             +----------+
|             |AVANTGARDE|
|             |AVANTGARDE|
|             +----------+
|                  |
|                  |
|Judging at activity, amount of releases
|and style, there is little, if any
|doubt in our decision. Keeping up a
|class bringing on spirits from the old
|days, AVANTGARDE has taken the entire
|year in its grip. |
|                  |
|                  |
|  SETBACK: AN AWFULLY SLOW DECEMBER.
|                  |
+------------------+


+---------+ _________________________
|RUNNERUPS| SCS TRC
|---------| SCS*TRC did a good job
|         | releasing and supporting
|         | the scene with their pre-
|         | sence. THE DUNGEON being
|         | unreliable has however
|         | been an annoying factor.
|         |
|         | _________________________
|         | ALPHA FLIGHT
|         | ALPHA FLIGHT evolved
|         | strongly over the year,
|         | and competing at the very
|   d=b   | top monthly, they were a
|   'o'   | sincere threat to the
|   /_\   | entire industry.
+---------+
            _________________________

+------------------+
|                  |
|D E M O G R O U P |O F  T H E  Y E A R
|               +------+
|               |OXYRON|
|               |OXYRON|
|               +------+
|                  |
|Responsible for the two most techni-
|cally advanced and|entertaining demos
|during the entire year. PARTS in itself
|was particularly admirable not even
|being released at party. Barrierbreak-
|ing and classy, DAWNFALL was a success-
|ful way to close the year.
|                  |
|                  |
|   SETBACK: INTERESTED IN THE AMIGA
|                  |
+------------------+


+---------+ ___________________________
|RUNNERUPS| REFLEX
|---------| REFLEX started strongly in
|         | Holland releasing RADIO NA-
|         | PALM. In Denmark, they con-
|         | tinued their crusade, thus
|         | winning the competition.
|         | However, MATHEMATICA was
|         | rushed, but incredible.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | AGONY
|         | AGONY put the definate mark
|         | for a Polish demogroup on
|   d=b   | the field. LOVE was by far
|   'o'   | one of the sexiest demos
|   /_\   | this year.
+---------+
            ___________________________

+------------------+
|                  |
|  B O A R D   O F | T H E   Y E A R
|             +---------+
|             |DREAMPARK|
|             |DREAMPARK|
|             +---------+
|                  |
|                  |
|When a board from rhe old generation
|saw light of day, backed up by two of
|the heaviest names|in the industry, it
|became clear no other board was in such
|focus for the callers - both in terms
|of discussions and|software released.
|                  |
|                  |
|   SETBACK: CHANGING NUMBERS AND A
|      FAIRLY UNINTERESTED SYSOP.
+------------------+


+---------+ ___________________________
|RUNNERUPS| THE DUNGEON
|---------| THE DUNGEON has since the
|         | days GENESIS*PROJECT picked
|         | it up been one of the most
|         | popular systems. 1995 was
|         | not an exception.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | THE MYSTICAL PARADISE
|         | THE MYSTICAL PARADISE was
|         | warmly welcomed as PEACEMAK
|         | ER put it back up. The pop-
|         | ularity increased and so
|   d=b   | did the amount of callers.
|   'o'   | A recent 1-8OO-number did
|   /_\   | its share for the action.
+---------+
            ___________________________

+------------------+
|                  |
| S U R P R I S E  O F  T H E  Y E A R
|             +---------+
|             |ONSLAUGHT|
|             |ONSLAUGHT|
|             +---------+
|                  |
|                  |
|Out of 3 different|groups came a strong
|label, early 1995.|Picking up DOWN BY
|LAW, old credible board from the TAL-
|ENTera as well as proving highly comp-
|etitive in the releasingfield, it was
|clear there was a new kid on the block.
|                  |
|                  |
|SETBACK: SLIGHT MEMBERHAZZLES FALL'95
|                  |
+------------------+


+---------+ ___________________________
|RUNNERUPS| HITMEN
|---------| HITMEN made strong impact
|         | on the market, when coming
|         | back, and doing so with
|         | fine abilities to fix and
|         | crack. HITMEN is definately
|         | to watch out for.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | QUESTIONMARK
|         | QUESTIONMARK has been sub-
|         | ject of discussion, but al-
|         | so a growing factor in the
|         | mailreleasing industry.
|   d=b   | The mystery remains.
|   'o'   |
|   /_\   | ___________________________
+---------+

+------------------+
|                  |
| C O M E B A C K  O F  T H E  Y E A R
|               +------+
|               |HITMEN|
|               |HITMEN|
|               +------+
|                  |
|An older group with respected people
|entertained the public when arriving in
|the spotlight again. Showing an imp-
|ressive intensity on releases as well
|as fixing made it not become one of
|those akward attempts we have seen
|from other comebacks. Their presence
|on the boards has been a pure delight.
|                  |
|                  |
| SETBACK: HOW LONG|CAN THEY KEEP UP?
+------------------+


+---------+ ___________________________
|RUNNERUPS| CHROMANCE
|---------| CHROMANCE were considered
|         | on decline with important
|         | members heading for the
|         | army. 1995 became the year
|         | they proved they could
|         | start climbing the mountain
|         | to the top, once again.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | OXYRON
|         | OXYRON took back their fans
|         | who saw 1994 as a slightly
|         | dull year for the popular
|   d=b   | demoproducing team. Two new
|   'o'   | demos showed the opposite.
|   /_\   |
+---------+ ___________________________

+------------------+
|                  |
|C R A C K E R   O F   T H E   Y E A R
|             +----------+
|             |JACK ALIEN|
|             |JACK ALIEN|
|             +----------+
|                  |
|It is hard to argue with facts. Putting
|out more releases than any other crack-
|er in the field, and still maintaining
|an astonishingly high quality, JACK
|ALIEN held the flag of AVANTGARDE high.
|His activity make others look pale,
|and we cannot help wondering where he
|finds time for his work.
|                  |
|                  |
|            SETBACK: NONE
+------------------+


+---------+ ___________________________
|RUNNERUPS| IGORANCE
|---------| IGORANCE has been discussed
|         | concerning a membership in
|         | ONSLAUGHT and ALPHA FLIGHT,
|         | but also for astonishing
|         | efforts in the cracking-
|         | field as we see it.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | BURGLAR
|         | BURGLAR once again makes a
|         | name of himself for his pre
|         | sence on the scene. Some
|         | very admirable efforts in
|   d=b   | TRC*SCS made him remain am-
|   'o'   | ong la creme de la creme.
|   /_\   |
+---------+ ___________________________

+------------------+
|                  |
|  C O D E R   O F | T H E   Y E A R
|               +------+
|               |GRAHAM|
|               |GRAHAM|
|               +------+
|                  |
|                  |
|With two wonderful|pieces of work, he
|has shown he is not completely main-
|stream and truly masters the technology
|of the Commodore 64. Advanced texture
|bitmapping made us|drop our jaws to
|slim, sexy releases.
|                  |
|                  |
|SETBACK: WILL HE FOLLOW HIS COMPAGNION
|           TTS TO THE AMIGA?
+------------------+


+---------+ ___________________________
|RUNNERUPS| QUISS
|---------| QUISS, without doubt, who
|         | took REFLEX to two victor-
|         | ies in Amiga/PC-inspired
|         | effects. Rushing slightly,
|         | the splendid MATHEMATICA
|         | felt quite unpollished.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | MR SEX
|         | MR.SEX definatley treats
|         | his knowledge with pride,
|         | even though EXTREMES never
|         | quite came up to the stand-
|   d=b   | ards from the earlier ser-
|   'o'   | ies. 1996 is looking good.
|   /_\   |
+---------+ ___________________________

+------------------+
|                  |
| A R T I S T   O F|  T H E   Y E A R
|               +-----+
|               |SCOPE|
|               |SCOPE|
|               +-----+
|                  |
|                  |
|Tragically passed away, no other artist
|was more widely discussed, or apprec-
|iated for his artwork, mainly appearing
|under the PROPAGANDALABEL. The last
|pictures of his life spoke of a pro-
|dctive phase in his IFLI-career.
|                  |
|                  |
|    SETBACK: FEW LOGOS WERE MADE.
|                  |
+------------------+

+------------------+
|                  |
| M U S I C I A N  O F  T H E  Y E A R
|            +------------+
|            |MITCH   DANE|
|            |MITCH & DANE|
|            +------------+
|                  |
|                  |
|With a totally mindboggling tune re-
|leased at the unofficial competition in
|Denmark, the duo showed the world that
|the Commodore 64 is not all about
|techno, but can still offer swinging
|soundtracks of the|better kind.
|                  |
|                  |
|    SETBACK: FEW SONGS DURING 1995
|      IS A WEAK LIST OF MERITS.
+------------------+


+---------+ ___________________________
|RUNNERUPS| PVCF
|---------| PVCF has revolutionized the
|         | sounds of the SID, result-
|         | in some classsical techno-
|         | tracks used frequently over
|         | the 64-scene.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | MORBID
|         | MORBID is one of the recent
|         | names, having appeared in
|         | the issues of VANDALISM on
|         | a regular basis. Original
|         | and immensly productive,
|   d=b   | his songs have kept us hum-
|   'o'   | ming over the year.
|   /_\   |
+---------+ ___________________________

+------------------+
|                  |
|  S W A P P E R  O|F  T H E  Y E A R
|              +--------+
|              |INTRUDER|
|              |INTRUDER|
|              +--------+
|                  |
|                  |
|It has been ages since we saw somebody
|so dedicated to his work as a swapper
|as well as to his other efforts on the
|scene. Being in one of the most pro-
|ductive groups during 1995, success
|was at close range.
|                  |
|                  |
|   SETBACK: CUTTING BACK ON GERMAN
|               CONTACTS.
+------------------+


+---------+ ___________________________
|RUNNERUPS| SPLATTERHEAD
|---------| SPLATTERHEAD maintained his
|         | immense popularity in the
|         | charts and among his cont-
|         | acts, putting him miles
|         | ahead of the average.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | WALKER
|         | WALKER, even though not on
|         | a megaswapping concept,
|         | kept up a high quality seal
|         | on his sendings to a hand-
|         | picked selection of people
|   d=b   | on the market.
|   'o'   |
|   /_\   | ___________________________
+---------+

+------------------+
|                  |
| M A G A Z I N E  O F  T H E  Y E A R
|             +---------+
|             |THE PULSE|
|             |THE PULSE|
|             +---------+
|                  |
|                  |
|With THE PULSE coming back, it came
|as a punch in the face of journalists
|who normally do not belong in the edit-
|ing industry. Writing intelligently
|and still entertaining, the magazine
|stimulated the market to higher ground.
|                  |
|                  |
|     SETBACK: WEAK|AND TREMBLING
|     ISSUES DURING|THE COMEBACK.
+------------------+


+---------+ ___________________________
|RUNNERUPS| DOMINATION
|---------| DOMINATION has proved to be
|         | one of the more joyful mag-
|         | azines to read. An easy to
|         | follow concept focusing on
|         | all sides of the scene, it
|         | is a must-read for every
|         | true addict.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | RELAX
|         | RELAX did very well manage
|         | to establish reliability as
|         | well as good reporting. At
|   d=b   | times, it can however be
|   'o'   | slightly boring to read.
|   /_\   |
+---------+ ___________________________

+------------------+
|                  |
|   D E M O   O F  |T H E   Y E A R
|               +-----+
|               |PARTS|
|               |PARTS|
|               +-----+
|                  |
|                  |
|Without doubt, the|sexiest release
|through the entire|year, with tremend-
|osuly amazing routines presented in an
|oldschool concept.|By far, all current
|trackmos were set aside when OXYRON
|once again showed the world what real
|code is all about.|
|                  |
|      SETBACK: A BIT TOO SHORT
|      WITH THE STANDARDS TODAY.
+------------------+


+---------+ ___________________________
|RUNNERUPS| MATHEMATICA
|---------| MATHEMATICA was a pure bon-
|         | anza in mathematical rout-
|         | ines, accompagnied by a
|         | superb soundtrack and dec-
|         | ent graffiti-insipired
|         | graphics. The tunnel is an
|         | absolute must-see.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | DAWNFALL
|         | DAWNFALL was utterly slim,
|         | and shocked being a single
|         | filer. Second place in Den-
|   d=b   | mark this Christmas and a
|   'o'   | wonderful tune by JEFF/CML.
|   /_\   |
+---------+ ___________________________

+------------------+
|                  |
|  I N T R O   O F | T H E   Y E A R
|         +-----------------+
|         |F CG   AVANTGARDE|
|         |F4CG & AVANTGARDE|
|         +-----------------+
|                  |
|                  |
|A cooperationintro|used on releases
|such as THE WORM, developed by DEVIL
|and DRAZ from F4CG. Welldesigned, and
|pure from unnecessary garbage, the duo
|was requested to work with a handful
|other groups.     |
|                  |
|                  |
|    SETBACK: 98 BLOCKS UNCRUNCHED.
|                  |
+------------------+

+---------+ F CG
|RUNNERUPS| F4CG provided an anonymous
|---------| but very popular cubeintro,
|         | that later resulted in a
|         | more advanced sequel.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | ALPHA FLIGHT
|         | ALPHA FLIGHT featured a
|         | very original tied line-
|         | vector object in a slim
|         | design.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | AVANTGARDE
|   d=b   | AVANTGARDE came up with an
|   'o'   | intro from SUICIDE, feat-
|   /_\   | uring a box across a well
|         | drawn logo.
+---------+


+------------------+
|                  |
|   G A M E   O F  |T H E   Y E A R
|           +--------------+
|           |FRED'S BACK IV|
|           |FRED S BACK IV|
|           +--------------+
|                  |
|                  |
|COSMOS DESIGNS challenge all bits and
|bytes in one of the most entertaining
|platformgames we have seen through
|the years of the Commodore 64. It
|leaves room for hopes during 1996,
|and we hope the expected LORD MC and
|LIONS OF THE UNIVERSE 2 will be as
|entertaining.     |
|                  |
+------------------+

+------------------+
|                  |
|  MOST INVALUABLE GROUP OF THE YEAR
|              +--------+
|              |HARDCORE|
|              |HARDCORE|
|              +--------+
|                  |
|                  |
|HARDCORE were highly awaited at their
|arrival and during|the cooperation with
|ONSLAUGHT, it seemed promising. After a
|divorce, rereleasing-mistakes were made
|and their precense|decreased immensly.
|The leader has currently been said to
|have left the scene.
|                  |
|  ADVANTAGE: SOME RESPECTED MEMBERS
|            IN THE|STATUS.
+------------------+


+---------+ ___________________________
|RUNNERUPS| XENON
|---------| XENON, for trying so hard,
|         | but honestly, did you ever
|         | notice them?
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | ACCEPT
|         | ACCEPT for giving us a look
|         | into the world of rereleas-
|         | es and how entertaining it
|         | all can really be.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         |
|   d=b   |
|   'o'   |
|   /_\   |
+---------+

+------------------+
|                  |
|  L A M E R S   O F   T H E   Y E A R
|               +------+
|               |ACCEPT|
|               |ACCEPT|
|               +------+
|                  |
|                  |
|It seems the group|took great value in
|re-releasing and re-re-releasing put-
|ting them way below -3O in the annual
|PROPAGANDA releasecharts. An admirable
|effort was done in|denying some of the
|work. Hats of guys!
|                  |
|                  |
|     ADVANTAGE: RELEASECHARTS SET
|       TO 0 WHEN ENTERING 1996.
+------------------+

+---------+
|RUNNERUPS|____________________________
|---------|FAIRLIGHT
|         |FAIRLIGHT failed with their
|         |hyped involvment in SHOUT.
|         |"Fairlight has spoiled the
|         |organization a lot. Not only
|         |that they did a big part of
|         |the delay...", quoting their
|         |German cooperators.
|         |
|         |____________________________
|         |NASTINESS
|         |NASTINESS for continuing to
|         |offend the public with his
|         |magazine TRIBUNE as well as
|   d=b   |building up a reputation he
|   'o'   |sincerly does not deserve.
|   /_\   |
+---------+____________________________

+------------------+
|                  |
|      DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR
|              +-------+
|              |ECTS   |
|              |ECTS'95|
|              +-------+
|                  |
|                  |
|Usually known to be one of the most
|frequented and appreciated highlights
|of the year attracted only a very lim-
|ited amount of people, making it very
|dull 64-rendez-vous.
|                  |
|                  |
|                  |
|           ADVANTAGE: NONE
|                  |
+------------------+


+---------+ ___________________________
|RUNNERUPS| CP VERLAG
|---------| CP VERLAG ceases to sell
|         | games for the Commodore 64.
|         | The decision triggered a
|         | loud sigh all over the
|         | scene, with one of the few
|         | remaing companies fading.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | PIRATES
|         | PIRATES the awaited paper
|         | magazine that has not been
|         | released since January'94
|         | had another year without
|   d=b   | one single issue being re-
|   'o'   | leased.
|   /_\   |
+---------+ ___________________________

+------------------+
|                  |
|  P A R T Y   O F | T H E   Y E A R
|                +---+
|                |X  |
|                |X95|
|                +---+
|                  |
|                  |
|Taking place in Holland, TRC*SCS and
|FOCUS managed to attract virtually
|all people of value for the 64 today.
|A cozy rendez-vous|where enjoying
|oneself was in clear focus. Yet again,
|the world was to see, that 8-bitters
|knock people's socks off!
|                  |
|   SETBACK: TWO DAYS IS TOO SHORT.
|                  |
+------------------+

+---------+
|RUNNERUPS| ___________________________
|---------| THE PARTY V
|         | THE PARTY V is the only big
|         | gathering that attracted a
|         | wide sellection of people.
|         | Good competitons and atmo-
|         | sphere, the Danish event
|         | continues to impress.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | AVANTGARDE PRIVATE MEETING
|         | (WITH SPECIAL GUESTS)
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | JOURNEY TO $0801
|   d=b   | (F4CG & HITMEN)
|   'o'   |
|   /_\   | ___________________________
+---------+

+------------------+
|                  |
| T R A S H I N G  O F  T H E  Y E A R
|                +----+
|                |F CG|
|                |F4CG|
|                +----+
|                  |
|A devastating factor in Stockholm,
|early march. "Fairlight and Noice will
|never be allowed to organize a meeting
|in Stockholm again. Veterans, people
|from an old cracking group trashed
|the event and abused alcohol and narc-
|otics. Furthermore, the house was sub-
|ject of vandalism.|Why, we ask?", to
|quote a Swedish computermagazine.
|                  |
|SETBACK: NO MORE PARTIES IN STOCKHOLM!
+------------------+

                        **
+---------+ ___________________________
|RUNNERUPS| F CG AVANTGARDE
|---------| F4CG+AVANTGARDE in Holland
|         | made both the streets of
|         | Amsterdam and Utrecht un-
|         | safe for a few days.
|         |
|         | ___________________________
|         | F CG HITMEN
|         | F4CG+HITMEN in Denmark was
|         | entertaining. JIHAD puking
|         | tequilla, $IXX & JUCKE sel-
|         | ling bad grass to PCretards
|         | and F4CG+HITMEN on every
|         | toilet made sure the org-
|   d=b   | anizers had a nice week of
|   'o'   | cleaning ahead of them.
|   /_\   |
+---------+ ___________________________

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