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+ WELCOME TO +
+ THE PULSE MAGAZINE - THE MARCH EDITION +
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Welcome to the 22nd edition of the world-wide distributed
scripture THE PULSE MAGAZINE - released by SHAPE on a
monthly basis. This is your magazine guide to the World of
information within the Cracking, Demo and Modem-scene.
We send our respect and greetings to our friends/colleagues;
PROPAGANDA, DOMINATION, SKYHIGH, VANDALISM NEWS,
RELAX, NITRO, IMMORTAL FLASH and ROCK'N'ROLE. Also a
giant hello to all our friends and supporters world-wide.
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COMMENTS FROM THE EDITOR PREFACE
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"All I know is, that I know nothing" - SOCRATES!
Welcome dear fellow sceners to another edition of THE PULSE.
We are back on the road with yet another packed number,
featuring heaps of crammed pages, with the best of
information and entertainment available in the scene. We have
found a purpose in the scene, it is to capture moment by
moment of scene history. It is what we do best, and we hope
to find your support in our everlasting quest.
The words spoken by Socrates may easily be misinterpreted,
as nothing can come from nothing - and it is therefore
impossible to know nothing. But the vastness of possible
knowledge is immense. It would be utopia to believe, that
anyone can learn to master so much knowledge - therefore his
words. In the light of that much information, I know nothing!
The month of March reveals the beginning of Spring. Many of
us have looked forward to this moment, as it has been a long
and hard winter. In Denmark, we have suffered what could be
described as an ICE-winter. It has decreased the amount of
hours spend outside, but increased the activity on the C64
immensely - this has been noticable in the scene, as we have
had a couple of very active months world-wide.
But as wonderful as Spring may be, the scene also offer us
another event to look forward to. In April the Easter holiday
is the date for the next C64 event, the X96 in Holland. It was
first introduced last year, and was a smashing success,
though it is a C64 arranged event. This year even more people
have declared their interest in participating, which gives a
promise of an excellent party, with a great number of people
showing up. We at THE PULSE MAGAZINE will not miss out on
such a great event, and have therefore decided to participate.
That is, if everything goes our way.
The many previoAs parties held in Northern Europe has
revealed one odd fact. It appears these events are always
visited by the same crowd - the same people, seldom do new
people show up. By new people, I mean those who have yet to
attend a computer-held party. I therefore hope, that the great
number of C64-freaks, who have decided not to go, will
reconsider, and decide to go.
The scene holds thousands of people, and yet only hundreds
attend these parties. If we had more interest in the social
part of the scene, this number would be higher. Let us show
the PC and AMIGA scene, that we can easily hold our own
packed parties - because we care about the scene, the
computer and pure fun.
Happy C64 March!
DUKE, General Editor!
THE HOUSE STAFF PREFACE
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GENERAL EDITOR DUKE/SHAPE
ASSISTENT EDITOR CROSSFIRE/MOTIV 8
ILLEGAL EDITOR JAZZCAT/ONSLAUGHT
NEWS CORRESPONDENT MR.WAX/CHROMANCE
EURO CORRESPONDENT KBS
EURO CORRESPONDENT MACX/AMBUSH
MUSICAL CRITIC SYNDROM/TIA/CREST
GRAPHICAL CRITIC EARTHQUAKE/ANTIC/CS
PLAYBOY and MR.SEX are officially out of the staff. MR.SEX
wanted to concentrate on his work in BYTERAPERS, as well
as his school activities. PLAYBOY have vanished into the
realm of inactive sceners, he was therefore removed from the
staff for the moment. We are in the need of immediate
replacements. An Internet correspondent, and a Programming
Critic is therefore wanted. Contact us if interested!
THE CREDITS PREFACE
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PROGRAMMING THE SYNDROM/TIA/CREST
GRAPHICS EARTHQUAKE/COSMIC STYLE
MUSIC YOUTH & YAVIN/HEATWAVE
THE INTERNET ADDRESSES PREFACE
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EARTHQUAKE DSC@INFORMATIK.TU-CHEMNITZ.DE
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GENERAL INFORMATION PREFACE
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THE PULSE MAGAZINE is a complete C64 scene based
magazine. As the only C64 magazine, we are dedicated to
giving you an insight about all the corners of the scene - in
short, we cover the world, because the C64's business is our
business.
The contents of this edition may not have to be the opinion of
all editors in the staff of THE PULSE MAGAZINE. Each editor
is of their own seperate opinion, but feel free to express that
opinion without having to express the overall opinion of THE
PULSE MAGAZINE.
Thanks must go to those that helped us in the making of this
edition. We depend on help from all sceners, therefore we urge
everyone to take part in our many debates as well as sending
us news and information. We appreciate the support!
board report
+ THE BOARD REPORT +
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- March 1996 -
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Another month - Another year...THE PULSE MAGAZINE is still
here, as will it be for a long time..
Before starting off, I'd like to thank anyone who've send me
e-mail on the internet - I'll do my best to get back to you all
as fast as possible.. Others who wish to get in touch with me
regarding anything about this chapter, please place an e-mail
for me on the following address: C01@DEC5102.AABC.DK
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From last issue and in the future, we will be putting in a
couple of extra pages, containing the updated numbers of the
various boards around, in Europe aswell as in the states, and
therefore, any informations about changes is extremely wel-
come placed to me by e-mail aswell..! -More!-
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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A couple of new things and changes happened the last week..
CHROMANCE found yet another board in the US, this one
named THE BASS PLANET, and sysop, SCRATCHER (that NOT
being the same guy who was in PARAMOUNT, though..), joined
the gang and began calling out a little aswell.. The board is
Cyborg Modded C*Base, very nice, and can be reached on
XXX-XXX-XXXX..
Due to lacking support from HARDCORE, GALACTUS, sysop of
GALAXY, decided to leave them to join MOTIV 8 who was re-
cently put able to call out to the states regulary again.. How-
ever, in the end of the month, sysop and board was removed
from the list of MOTIV 8 members, due to internal conflicts..
GALAXY -WAS- MOTIV 8 USHQ for nearly 3 weeks, when they
decided to split, some by choice - others by force! -More!-
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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Danish MOTIV 8 Euro-HQ, MOUNT OLYMPUS, turned into the
official EHQ for THE PULSE MAGAZINE. Action increased tre-
mendously here, as the board was routed with a 1-800 number
along with german HITMEN-hq, MYSTICAL PARADISE.. Both
boards were connected at the same number and two different
security codes.. Brilliant work by Peacemaker/HITMEN, one
MUST say! :-) ..even calling via the internet is possible!!!
More on THE MYSTICAL PARADISE, according to sysop,
Peacemaker/HITMEN, some major surprises are coming up.
Also, a harddisk should be on the way in order to be able to
present about 42 megabytes of wares.. Now, 42 megs ain't
much on a PC, but to hold C64-software there's more than
enough to sadisfy everybody..
-More!-
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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A new board was opened in Belgium named METAL IMPACT.
This boards runs as EHQ for Belgian group ROLE, and it can be
reached at +XX-(X)XX-XXXXXX.. Multi noded, some say!!!
STATE OF THE ART, formerly EHQ of SUCCESS*TRC is appa-
rently still online supposively still running for the group, alt-
hough sysop, CAVRON, was kicked out of the group last
month. According to CBA/TRC*SCS, Cavron might not even
know he has been kicked yet.. Talk about a sysop wearing
blinders, huh? :-)
VIRTUAL LIGHT, a new board in Sweden, was opened by
TAO/TRIAD. The board runs as second swedish HQ for TRIAD
and European HQ for american magazine, DRIVEN.. The board
runs C*Base v3.23 and the number is +XX-(X)XXX-XXXXX.. THE
PULSE will be investigating further in the near future!!! -More!-
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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LIQUID PALACE, the long awaited and promised-to-go-online-
board, sysop'ed by Sphere/STYLE is finally online, running
Deathlok Modded C*Base.. As of yet it is unknown if this board
is independent, but my guess is that it is STYLE HQ.. Either
way, the board can be reached on XXX-XXX-XXXX... Third board
in the 609-area...quite an explosion there! :-) Also in THIS
case, THE PULSE will be exploiding further in the near future!
FORPLAY, old RED SECTOR and TALENT famous HQ was
taken online again by Count Zero/SUCCESS*TRC who wish to
make it clear, that this is his own Forplay! The board is strict-
ly telnetable (internet, that is..) by telnet to 193.101.45.68
DREAM PARK is now also blacklisted by the AT&T/MCI, which
just is a list growing by the minute, I'm affraid.. Get a new
number and the problem is solved...but STILL... :-( -More!-
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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Over the past year a certain Canadian board has been making a
rather big name of both itself and the sysop. The name of this
board is THE FINAL GENOCIDE, sysop is DEVIANT, is a mem-
ber of CHROMANCE and run the board for this very group. We
thought it might be somewhat interesting for our distinguish-
ed readers to learn a thing or two about this board, so we
caught up with DEVIANT and forced him a bit.. :-)
DEVIANT/CHROMANCE reporting for THE PULSE MAGAZINE:
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I have been running boards for about 7 years now. I started
running my first board with a program called DMBBS about 7
years ago and not until about 2 years ago, I switched over to
C*Base, and that is when I started hanging out on the scene.
You could say I have been around the scene for the past 2
years or maybe a bit more. -More!-
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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Mr.Friend Fusion has been one of the greatest contributors for
helping me out with FINAL GENOCIDE in the past year, helping
me out with some of the graphics and the basic concept of it.
I have been with CHROMANCE for about 7 months, and before
them I was in PANDORA, and I really enjoy the group. However
FINAL GENOCIDE is probably still not well known over the
scene, but that is mainly due because of the boards location
being from Canada and all. I wish I could get the recognition
that some of the other boards get.
Equipment used is: 175 megs CMD with Jiffy dos, 1581, 1541,
2400 bauds, Cyborg modded C*Base..
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THE FINAL GENOCIDE - CHROMANCE WHQ
can be reached at XXX-XXX-XXXX
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THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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Recently a new board named COVERAGE was opened in
Germany sysop'ed by Red Rock/EXCESS+ACRISE.. We asked
him for details and he gave us everything we asked for..
RED ROCK/EXCESS+ACRISE reporting for PULSE MAGAZINE:
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First time Coverage was online in early 1995, we tried to make
a board just for Excess-members. But we failed, as I only had
two drives and only three members had a modem, and we also
had two boards (Deadzone and Sanitarium).
In May 1995 things went wrong, and till we began our re-
organisation and then our co-operation, I saw no reason in
opening a public board. When we talked about the co-op the
first time, we said an own board is important, but which sysop
wants to join a "sinking ship", which went into... -More!-
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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..a co-operation with a just re-build crew like Acrise.
I saw the only way to come to a board in opening my own.
COVERAGE went online on December 1st, 1995 under the
former name "DIS-CHARGE", which was spelled wrong and
changed to "DECHARGE" for two days, till we changed the
name again. In December COVERAGE just had 2 1541-drives.
On the first was the system, the subs/e-mails were toget-
her on the second drive. All in all I had a maximum of 300
blocks for wares.
But things went good, as I got more and more very active
callers. The biggest problem was just that I had big problems
with my system, which made it impossible to call with 2400
baud, as the callers were kicked out mostly. -More!-
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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Since early January the problem is solved, as it was my
modem which caused all those crashes. I took on a new one,
and now also calls with 2400 are possible.
Next I got 2 more drives, which gives me the possibility to
have up to 3 wares-drives. Now I have one 1571 for the 0-1
wares, one 1541 for the request-drive and one for the subs/
e-mails and some blocks for private stuff..
COVERAGE runs: 1 new Commodore 64
1 highscreen 2400 modem
1 1571 drive
3 1541 drives
..and that's it..
-More!-
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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COVERAGE is also the HQ for our two magazines NITRO and
EPISTULA. You can post news, give votes (only for NITRO!),
and give us your advert for both magazines on COVERAGE..
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+ COVERAGE +
EXCESS and ACRISE euro-hq
+XX/XXXX-XXXXX
Sysop: Red Rock/EX+ACR
Co-sysop: Sentinel/EX+ACR
Co-sysop: Beat-Up/EX+ACR
C*Base - Moses modded!
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-More!-
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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LATEST UPDATE IN BOARD NUMBERS..
U.S.A. -------------------------
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Bass Planet Chromance XXX-XXX-XXXX
Corrosion of Comf. Storm+Triad+Driven XXX-XXX-XXXX
Deadzone Onslaught+Vandalism News XXX-XXX-XXXX
Down by Law Onslaught+Domination XXX-XXX-XXXX
Dream Park F4CG+AVT+Propaganda XXX-XXX-XXXX
Dungeon SCS*TRC+Demonix+Hitmen XXX-XXX-XXXX
Edge of Midnite Chromance XXX-XXX-XXXX
Evil Island Alpha Flight+Relax XXX-XXX-XXXX
Final Genocide Chromance XXX-XXX-XXXX
Holiday Inn Camb. Alpha Flight+Relax XXX-XXX-XXXX
In Living Color Motiv 8+Hardcore XXX-XXX-XXXX
Liquid Palace Style XXX-XXX-XXXX
-More!-
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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Europe:
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County Jail Chromance +XX-XXXX-XXXX
Coverage Excess+Acrise +XX-XXXX-XXXXX
Decadence Independant +XX-XXXX-XXXXX
Digital Wizard Palace +XX-XXXX-XXXX
Escapade Alpha Flight+Relax +XX-XXXX-XXXXXX
Fosie Wrath Design +XX-XXXX-XXXX
Future Zone Fairlight +XX-X-XXXXXX
Highway Noice +XX-XX-XXXXX
Metal Impact Role +XX-XXXX-XXXX
Monster Independant +XX-XXXX-XXXXXX
Mount Olympus Motiv 8+The Pulse +XX-XXXXXXXX
Mystical Paradise Hitmen +XX-XXXX-XXXXX
Power Engine Atlantis +XX-XXXX-XXXX
-More!-
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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Europe (..continued!):
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Sanitarium Pandora +XX-XXXX-XXXXX
State of the art (formerly Success*TRC) +XX-XXXX-XXXXX
Studio Triad +XX-XXX-XXXXX
Virtual Light Triad+Driven +XX-XXX-XXXXX
Wares Aquarium Fairlight+Hitmen +XX-X-XXXXXX
Australia:
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Fish Bowl Fairlight +XX-XXXX-XXXX
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New ones this month:
- U.S.A. : Bass Planet, Liquid Palace..
- Europe : Metal Impact (Belgium), Virtual Light (Sweden)..
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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Comments:
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* THE DUNGEON and EDGE OF MIDNITE is still down. EDGE
OF MIDNITE will be removed from the list as of next month,
unless a miracle happens and it makes a return before then.
The board has been down now for over a year! THE DUNGEON
will still figure on the list for a while, though..
* When calling THE FINAL GENOCIDE, remember the little
trick with the "#11"-code...Mentioned in the edition of last
month. Without the code - No admittance!
* WARES AQUARIUM seems to be back online after its major
crash. Nice to see that not ALL sysops lose their interest in
the scene just because they have to face a few problems! :)
-More!-
THE BOARD REPORT.....................................................March 1996
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Next month we will be going one on one with TAO of TRIAD,
who've just opened his own board in Sweden which is called
VIRTUAL LIGHT and functions as HQ for TRIAD and EHQ for
the American NTSC-based magazine DRIVEN..
Along with that, there has been rumours going around about
openings of atleast two more boards in the month to come..
That, AND more - NEXT month.. (Dayam, it is just ME, or am
I beginning to sound like soapdish speaker here..?!) :-)..
Finishing off, remember that everything that might of the even
SLIGHTEST interest is extremely welcome e-mailed to me at
my internet hacienda: C01@DEC5102.AABC.DK, or send me a
piece of e-mail on MOUNT OLYMPUS (user #2!)..
CROSSFIRE/MOTIV 8 - February 26th, 1996.
news journal
+ NEWS JOURNAL - THE MARCH SCENE REPORT +
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We bring you another exclusive update of the current scene
situation, as it looks in the eyes of the News Journal
reporters. Join us every month, for an inside look at the news
with competent views.
We would like to present the most thorough coverage of the
scene, but we need your help to do that. Lend us a helping
hand, and give your support. NEWS JOURNAL is hosted by
DUKE. Newsgathering by CROSSFIRE, MR. WAX and DUKE!
Address : XXXX XXXXX
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Telephone : +XX - XX XX XX XX (15.00-24.00 CET).
E-Mail : AH-PULSE@CYBERNET.DK
ACRISE + EXCESS (GER, HOL, POL, etc.)
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The German based co-operation, ACRISE+EXCESS, was able
to welcome back an old name to the scene. The man in
question is no other, than the former phreaker and swapper,
MENDRAKE. He decided to join forces with ACRISE+EXCESS,
and in edition, he has put up a brand new board for them. This
board is called THE DRAGON'S TOWER. MENDRAKE has already
made his return known, calling several American boards lately.
ACRISE+EXCESS also added other members, with the
swappers, CREB and VAGUE, joining up with the co-operation.
But perhaps the most highlighted event in ACRISE+EXCESS,
was the signing of the American board, GALAXY, which was
formerly owned by MOTIV 8. The sysop, GALACTUS, who also
teamed up with ACRISE+EXCESS, was upset about the
lacking support from the MOTIV 8 members.
ACRISE + EXCESS (GER, HOL, POL, etc.)
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The European members however, were in no position to call
the board, and therefore felt his criticism was uncalled for.
The two parties went their separate ways, and now
GALACTUS is running GALAXY as the new ACRISE+EXCESS
World Headquarters.
BOARDS : GALAXY XXX - XXX - XXXX
COVERAGE +XX - XXXX - XXXXX
THE DRAGON'S TOWER +XX - XXXX - XXXXXX
MEMBERS : Alien Prophet, Authentic, Artex, Beat Up,
Bordeaux, Cat, Creb, Decoy, Echo, Fli, Gash,
Hornet, H-Bloxx, Master S, Mendrake, MHD,
Nasty Boy, Red Rock, Riddler, RHX, Sentinel,
Spermbird, Vague and Twynn.
ALPHA FLIGHT (GER, HOL, POL, USA)
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The former leader, MAX, was able to announce a successful
finish to his exams. According to ALPHA FLIGHT, MAX
graduated with honours, securing himself a grade equivalent
to an A. Meanwhile the group itself is doing well, and
welcomed back SKID ROW to the group - he will operate as a
coder, fixer and graphician.
With SKID ROW back, they also signed on ARCHANGEL and
FLASH from Poland. ARCHANGEL will however remain in
VERMES as his second group. But the biggest name to sign
with ALPHA FLIGHT, was the former member of PARAMOUNT,
RICK. The infamous swapper from the old days, decided to
return to the good old C64 for ALPHA FLIGHT.
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ALPHA FLIGHT (GER, HOL, POL, USA)
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The German phreaker, CHOTAIRE, appears to be back in an
active role for the flight once again. He decided to bring his
board, THE PIRATE ISLAND, back on-line again. Whether he
will be calling overseas again is unknown as of yet.
ALPHA FLIGHT decided to join the wave of groups joining the
Internet. They signed on the FTP-site, COMMODORE.
BOARDS : HOLIDAY INN CAMBODIA XXX - XXX - XXXX
THE EVIL ISLAND XXX - XXX - XXXX
ESCAPADE +XX - XXXX - XXXXXX
FTP : COMMODORE FAST.CO.ZA 6464
MEMBERS : Ancient Mariner, Archangel, Calypso, Chotaire,
Cryonic, Flash, Ignorance, Marc, Max,
The Mercenary, Pol Pot, Ream, Rick, Shuze,
Skid Row, Skinhead, Styx, Xenox and Zapotek.
AMBUSH (SWE)
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The Swedish group, AMBUSH, announced plans to make 1996
their breakthrough year. AMBUSH plans to release a trackmo
called POWERRAIN, featuring REMARQUE as main coder. This
demo should hit the drives in early April month, whereas
another demo, CYBERRAIN, has been planned for release at
the TRIBUTE this summer in Sweden.
AMBUSH furthermore admitted two members in the group,
COUGAR and CYBORG, who will both feature as graphicians.
They are on trial for the moment though.
MEMBERS : Macx, Hirer, Remarque, Quasar, Cougar and
Cyborg.
AVANTGARDE (GER, USA, ENG, etc.)
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The world famous trader, DERBYSHIRE RAM, has announced
plans to drop a lot of contacts, and to lower his activity
immensely. The reason for this decision is yet unknown, but it
may be a result acculminated for personal reasons. It would
seem this decision is spreading among the members, as
INTRUDER also announced plans to decrease his amount of
contacts.
There were other problems on the AVANTGARDE agenda lately,
with SUICIDE claiming the desire to leave the scene. The
reason for his decision is unknown, but he may never return.
Also RENEGADE has had problems to play an active role in
AVANTGARDE, mainly due to his exams. But according to
JACK ALIEN, AVANTGARDE is currently searching for a new
fixer to fulfil SUICIDE's position in the group.
AVANTGARDE (GER, USA, ENG, etc.)
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AVANTGARDE should apparently already have found a possible
candidate, which is currently being tested for his
qualifications.
BOARDS : DREAM PARK XXX - XXX - XXXX
MEMBERS : Astaroth, Chameleon, Cupid, Cybersurfer, Cyborg,
Deff, Derbyshire Ram, Druid, Eliminator, Intruder,
Jack Alien, Jack Daniels, Metal, Rage, Renegade,
Skywolf, Thorn, Tricom, Trimone and Weasel.
CHROMANCE (HUN, GER, USA, etc.)
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BASS PLANET, which CHROMANCE revealed an interest for
last month, was officially added to the list of CHROMANCE
boards. It takes over the role as WHQ, whereas FINAL
GENOCIDE becomes the Canadian HQ. The sysop of BASS
PLANET, SCRATCHER, also teamed up with the CHROMANCE
team.
Meanwhile the sysop of FINAL GENOCIDE moved, which
means the board got a brand new number - which can be noted
in the CHROMANCE data's.
MR.WAX told NEWS JOURNAL, that he was busted by the
Hungarian police for using a fake phone-card. Apparently this
fake phone-card was one purchased by a Hungarian hacker,
and today these phone-cards are widely spread, and thereby
also sought heavily after by the police.
CHROMANCE (HUN, GER, USA, etc.)
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But according to MR.WAX, he may get off with a warning. This
is, if this case does not collide with the previous problem he
suffered, after being busted for using a fake-id. MR.WAX will
have further problems, as his phone will be disconnected in
the near future. He has neglected to pay his high phone-bill,
and is hoping the Hungarian telecom will buy in on his story,
that he did not make the calls himself.
CHROMANCE has witnessed a great return of former inactive
members to the side. The talented Polish musician in
CHROMANCE, SAGE, decided to pick up on his activity once
again. He therefore returned to the popular side, sparkling with
brand new music. In edition, an old-timer from Poland,
HEDGEHOG, has returned to the scene as well, and also
teamed up with CHROMANCE.
CHROMANCE (HUN, GER, USA, etc.)
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The promising Texan scener, ZEYEX/CHROMANCE is back
from a short break, and started off with the supplying of a new
American pinball game.
EDGE OF MIDNIGHT and COUNTY JAIL are currently down, and
according to CHROMANCE, they have no idea when they will be
back on-line again, if ever.
BOARDS : BASS PLANET XXX - XXX - XXXX
FINAL GENOCIDE XXX - XXX - XXXX
OVERDOSE +XX - XXXX - XXXX
MEMBERS : Alias Medron, AMC, B0lee, Deviant, Fusion, Griff,
Hedgehog, Immortal, Jaydee, Janee, Jazzy D,
Lion, Lotus, MC Byte, Motion, Mr. Wax, Pete,
Sage, Scratcher, Skud, Skull, Spermbird, Syco,
Techno, Vector, Wozio, XXL, Zar and Zeyex.
EMPIRE (CAN, USA)
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Whatever happened to the good old French Canadian based
fixing-group, EMPIRE? Well, we found out, as we meet up
with former member, INTRUDER, and posed him with the
before mentioned question.
"Oh la la EMPIRE? Good question. Well, the old crew members
like EXTREMIST, BOOZE and me have all left the scene to a
more normal life. But I know that RICH and his bros have
taken the group in charge, but I do not know if they are still
there".
INTRUDER was working as a fixer with BOOZE up to a while
ago, when he decided to call it quits. He explains here what
they are up to today. "I have talked to EXTREMIST about 1
year ago, but I do talk with BOOZE everyday. He even works
at the same place as me, as a programmer".
EMPIRE (CAN, USA)
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"His desk is just beside mine, so we have no problem
communicating" claims INTRUDER happy.
But INTRUDER denies a possible comeback to the scene, even
though EMPIRE is a fixing-group seriously missed by European
wares groups, who are tired of having to fix all their own
games.
"We still talk about the good old C64 days. But neither me or
BOOZE wants to go back fixing those damn games" stated
INTRUDER exclusive to NEWS JOURNAL.
EQUINOXE (GER)
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The German group, which is probably most famed for their
production, INGENIOUS BRAINS, was reformed to bring back
another magazine to the spotlight.
But INGENIOUS BRAINS is not subject for a comeback, but in
fact the delay-phenomenon of 1995, SHOUT. Many may
remember SHOUT as the popular one-termer, that
mysteriously faded away. But according to former editor,
WARP, he plans to bring it back to the scene, only this time
without FAIRLIGHT as a playing part.
Read more about the expected comeback in this months
edition of MEET THE PRESS.
MEMBERS : WARP, ANTIFAN and MACX.
F4CG (BEL, ITA, SWE, etc.)
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The crime boss of F4CG, SOLAR, is back in an active state on
the American boards. He returned recently after a break of
more than 6 months, but now he is finally on the boards taking
part of the everyday operation of F4CG. The infamous Swedish
musician, ZYRON, picked up his long-term roots from the
Swedish demo-group, ANTIC, and made a surprising move to
the largest group in the scene today, F4CG.
BOARDS : DREAM PARK XXX - XXX - XXXX
FTP : INTERPARK BBS.CC.UNIUD.IT
WWW : http://www.algonet.se/-motley/propa.htm
MEMBERS : $ixx, Antitrack, Aristo, Bitman, Cha$h, Cyborg,
Cybersurfer, Decoder, Devil, Draz, Fen1, Hain,
King, Maja, Morris, Motley, Mr. Alpha, Neotec,
Newscopy, Playboy, Smasher, Sneaper, Solar,
Therion, Total Caos, Walker, Worm and Zyron.
HITMEN (GER, SWE)
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The German cracking-group, HITMEN, has revealed plans to
enter the X96 demo-competition - with a brand new demo
developed by GROEPAZ. But before people start putting a
demo-group label on HITMEN, it should be told, that they only
planned the demo for fun, and therefore have no further
ambition with the legal side of scene activities. Meanwhile
HITMEN signed on ZORE of HARDCORE. He joined the side as
a phreaker and graphician.
BOARDS : THE DUNGEON XXX - XXX - XXXX
MYSTICAL PARADISE +XX - XXX - XXX - XXX
WARES AQUARIUM +XX - XXX - XXXX
MEMBERS : Arrogance, Curlin, Dr. Doom, Groepaz, Hi-Lite,
Jihad, Jinx, Lawnmover Man, Moby, Peacemaker,
Raze, Racoon, Sabotage, Tyron, Tranziie,
The Ministry and Vortex.
MOTIV 8 (DEN, GER, USA, etc.)
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MOTIV 8 experienced a very active month on the American
boards, as most members found ways to rid themselves of
previous calling-card problems. Due to the new-found
American connection, they burned themselves on the signing
of the American based, GALAXY, which is now owner by
ACRISE+EXCESS. The sysop of GALAXY, GALACTUS, joined
up with MOTIV 8 for thereafter to leave due to previously
stated reasons (read more in the ACRISE+EXCESS journal).
The debate that surrounded the controversial argument
between GALACTUS and MOTIV 8, remains unsolved and
currently still ungoing overseas.
In an attempt to solve the current board problem facing
MOTIV 8, they signed on the American STYLE board, LIQUID
PALACE, which now runs as the official WHQ for MOTIV 8.
The sysop of LIQUID PALACE, SPHERE, also joined up with
MOTIV 8 (DEN, GER, USA, etc.)
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MOTIV 8, but will however remain a member of STYLE - which
means the board will also remain STYLE WHQ. Meanwhile the
Danish MOTIV 8 board, MOUNT OLYMPUS, signed an exclusive
deal with THE PULSE MAGAZINE to operate as its EHQ. Just
recently MOUNT OLYMPUS experienced an increase of guests,
as PEACEMAKER of HITMEN set up a 1-800 number shared
with the German HITMEN-board, MYSTICAL PARADISE. This
will however only work as an advantage for the American
users though.
MOTIV 8 has not only been immensely active securing
themselves more influence on the boards, they also signed on
a deal, that will give them a spot on the Hungarian FTP-site,
MOUNT TOKAY. The site is maintained by STAKE/SCS+TRC,
and is therefore now shared between SCS+TRC and MOTIV 8.
MOTIV 8 is still supporting INTERPARK though.
MOTIV 8 (DEN, GER, USA, etc.)
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The long awaited demo-section of MOTIV 8, which has been
planned for a while, was finally introduced to the market as an
official section of the group. The leaders of the demo-section
will be ICEBALL and GREENFROG of MOTIV 8. In an attempt
to secure themselves new and talented members, they
therefore signed on the Polish coder, LYON of FENIKS. He is
amongst other products, most famed for the coding of the
TRACK PLAYER, which is used by several musicians today.
SPIDER of MOTIV 8 is currently taking a forced break from his
scene activities, as he was recently committed to a hospital.
The specific reason for his visit to the hospital remains
unknown, but he is said to return to his scene activities in the
near future.
MOTIV 8 (DEN, GER, USA, etc.)
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The latest updated news will therefore result in a change of
the group information. Here it is!
BOARDS : LIQUID PALACE XXX - XXX - XXXX
IN LIVING COLOR XXX - XXX - XXXX
MOUNT OLYMPUS +XX - XXXX - XXXX
FTP : INTERPARK BBS.CC.UNIUD.IT
MOUNT TOKAY WOLAND.IIT.UNI-MISKOLC.HI
WWW : hhtp://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/-grfrog/
MEMBERS : Binjinx, Bird, Clive, Crossfire, Eddie, Fresh Prince,
Greenfrog, Grego, Ibanez, Iceball, Larry, Lyon,
Mason, Merlin, MHD, Nuke, Sphere, Spider, Stone
and TMG.
ONSLAUGHT (AUS, DEN, GER, etc.)
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With the X96 event held in the Easter holidays in Utrecht,
Holland, ONSLAUGHT has announced plans to compete with a
demo. According to HOMEBOY of ONSLAUGHT, it is just a
matter of getting the graphics done, that separates their
plans from becoming reality on time for the competition.
Meanwhile CODE 18 has taken a break from his swapping
activities. Instead he spends time on the Internet.
BOARDS : DOWN BY LAW XXX - XXX - XXXX
DEAD ZONE XXX - XXX - XXXX
WESTPOINT +XX - XXXX - XXXX
MEMBERS : Bizarre, Code 18, Doom, Donar, Digahole, Deekay,
Heavy Head, Homeboy, Jason, Jazzcat, Jolz,
Kinley, Meff, Morbid, Morrisey, Mr. Brain, Rap,
Shades, Sharp, TMM, Trouble, Vengeance and
Witty.
ORIGO (FIN)
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The infamous Finnish demo-group, ORIGO, has already
announced the desire to release a brand new demo in the year
of 1996. But to clarify this rumour, we meet up with Finnish
member, DESTINO, and asked him if there was any truth to
that rumour.
"Might be, but one never knows" stated DESTINO to NEWS
JOURNAL. He continued explaining, that the remaining
members of ORIGO have the bad habit of being active, in a
very casual sense. But fortunately DESTINO was optimistic
about the possibility of a brand new ORIGO demo, claiming
they should have released one at the Christmas '95 party in
Denmark. But due to various problems it was never released,
and instead they plan on putting it out in 1996.
ORIGO (FIN)
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To the question, about who was involved with this demo,
DESTINO answered - "It is almost completely done by BX. We
might ask a graphician from some other group to draw
something for it, but basically do not expect any full disk
demo. It is just a little something BX has put together when
not studying". As DESTINO lives far away from BX, he still
have not seen anything of the demo. But he has been kept
informed through internal communication instead.
While it would seem a demo is in the waiting, other projects
could also appear in the future. "Some other stuff has also
been under construction or at least planning for quite some
time now, if someone gets a burst of energy we might even
get some of it finished this year" explained DESTINO laughing.
ORIGO (FIN)
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The memberstatus of ORIGO seems to be limited to the group
of people still in contact, and that list includes ZARDAX,
MIXER, BX, CLF and DESTINO. "Of these, ZARDAX and BX are
the only real active members".
"MIXER is in Greece for the next 6 months (so I heard
anyway), while CLF and DESTINO are just lazy (or maybe busy
sounds better)" stated DESTINO to NEWS JOURNAL.
SCS + TRC (HOL, GER, POL, etc.)
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According to a message posted on THE DIGITAL DUNGEON,
the American WHQ of SCS+TRC, THE DUNGEON, should be
back up running on the 15th of March. We await the return with
great anticipation, as it is welcomed back in the role as one of
the most dominant boards in the mid 90's.
SCS+TRC are in the midst of preparing the greatest C64
event of Spring 1996, known to the sceners as the X96. This
event will take place in Utrecht, Holland, in the beginning of
April - the days of the easter holiday. Hundreds of C64 sceners
have already announced their desire to meet up. THE PULSE
will be present to get all the gossip, but we hope as many as
possible will honour the event, and spend the short holiday
with friends on the C64 in Holland.
SCS + TRC (HOL, GER, POL, etc.)
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The Dutch phreaker, NIGHTSHADE, has taken a short holiday
himself, and visited PALACE members in Finland. He will
hopefully return in time for the party, we hope.
BOARDS : THE DUNGEON XXX - XXX - XXXX
FTP : THE DIGITAL DUNGEON utopia.hacktic.nl
MOUNT TOKAY woland.iit.uni-miskolc.hi
MEMBERS : Action Jackson, The Alchemist, Arrogance,
Bacillus, CBA, Coolhand, Count Zero, Credo,
H-Bloxx, Lord Crucifier, Micron, Moren, Replay,
Sliver, Spectator, Splatterhead, Stake, Titanic
and Trax.
STYLE (USA)
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Moving onto the American scene, we find a boost of activity in
the ranks of the American demo-group, STYLE. SPHERE of
ONSLAUGHT decided to join STYLE 100%, and also brought
along his newly opened board, LIQUID PALACE. He will also
work as a musician for the group.
With SPHERE in the group full-time, STYLE also secured
themselves DARKHAWK as a member. He is best known as DW
on the IRC (Internet Relay Chat), and he will reportedly
function as a coder and designer.
BOARDS : LIQUID PALACE XXX - XXX - XXXX
MEMBERS : Elwyx, Alter Ego, Darkhawk, Deathlok, DeCipher,
Decomp, Destiny, Firefoot, Massive Onslaught,
Ray, Sphere, Starlost, Shadowmaster, Warnock
and The Wiz.
WORLD-WIDE SCENE UPDATE
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- VERGO left THERAPY to join the Swedish group, MEGAUNIT.
- The female trader, STARLIGHT, decided to leave EXTACY
after years of membership, and sign with the legal
Hungarian side, THERAPY.
- On the American front, UZZY/RPG/ANARCHY decided to
leave the scene.
- The Norwegian HQ for SHAPE, THE DRUGSTORE, has
suffered problems with opening for the general public. It is
therefore not reachable for the moment, but SHAPE hopes
to put it back on-line in the near future.
- LALA/ATLANTIS joined resource as his second group.
WORLD-WIDE SCENE UPDATE
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- The return of X-RATED, which was revealed last month,
may also bring back the old magazine, SANFORIZED. The
release date is still unknown, but the best is yet to come.
- A brand new demo-group was introduced to the scene last
month. The name of this new formation is CONTORTION, and
it is based in Australia. According to one member, Z (former
THE FORCE member), the group is currently adding new
members, and will grow to become a known demo-group on
the C64, AMIGA, PC and SILICON GRAPHICS computers.
We await products with anticipation.
monthly releases
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+ Monthly Releases - February +
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Welcome back once again to the illegal world of first releases
Once again presented by your usual specialist Jazzcat of
Onslaught.
February was quite a good month, considering the Christmas
period, so we are well into 1996 in style.
Each issue are elected the major boards we consider worthy
to host first releases, this month they are;
DREAM PARK X-XXX/XXX-XXXX Avantgarde & F4cg
DOWN BY LAW X-XXX/XXX-XXXX Onslaught
THE EVIL ISLAND X-XXX/XXX-XXXX Alphaflight
DEAD ZONE X-XXX/XXX-XXXX Onslaught
HOLIDAY INN CAMBODIA X-XXX/XXX-XXXX Alphaflight
Now enjoy the release list of February... /Jazzcat
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Acrise & Excess (Ger,Hol,Usa) Points: 0.2
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Finally a 100% working version of CRAZY NEWS PRV (0.2)
was uploaded onto Down By Law, this being their sole
release this month.
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Active (Swe) Points: 1.0
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The Swedish based group maintained it's appearance on the
Usa boards with two releases this month.
Firstly from them came MINESWEEPAH PRV (0.2) and
towards the end of the month came the very promising
DAVE SPEED PRV (0.8) from Cherry Software.
Lets hope they continue to become a more greater force in
the future.
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Alphaflight 1970 (Ger,Pol,Hol,Uk,Usa) Points: 0.5
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They started their month with STARS & RINGS DELUXE (0.0)
which wasn't complete, Motiv 8 later released the full game.
Next to come was A.P.E.X. Prv (0.2) from Secure Productions
and soon followed by HOPE TO HOPP 2 Prv (0.3) which beat
the Acr+Exc version because of board majority.
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Avantgarde (Ger,Usa,Pol,Uk,Den) Points: 26.3
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The Avantgarde stepped right back into action with a great
amount of releases and also support from their friends in
F4cg.
To start the month came BOMBEL (4.3) Ntsc/Pal fixed and
released in cooperation with F4cg.
Soon to follow came CUBIC (4.3) also Ntsc/Pal fixed.
Next online was LOST (3.3) from Softdisk Publishing, running
Ntsc/Pal and released with F4cg.
Towards the end of the month they provided three more
releases.
BOMBMANIA 2 (4.4) from Lk Avalon, Ntsc/Pal fixed and
released in cooperation with F4cg.
Soon after this was CARD LAND (4.5) from the Swedish team
Nemesis Productions, Ntsc/Pal fixed.
To finish off their great month came FORTRESS (5.5) from Lk
Avalon, Ntsc/Pal fixed, translated from Polish and released
with F4cg.
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Chromance (Hun,Pol,Ger,Usa,Swe) Points: 8.9
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The Hungarian based team did well for themselves once again
starting with OTER (5.4) from Artgame and Ntsc/Pal fixed by
Hitmen.
Later came DUNE 2 Prv (0.2) from Commobam/Imaic Prod.
Their final release for february was GRUMPY BUMPER
PINBALL (3.3) from Softdisk Publishing and running ntsc/pal.
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F4cg (Bel,Swe,Pol,Usa,Italy) Points: 18.1
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They returned to activities once again with a fine month of
releases.
Firstly BOMBEL (4.3) Ntsc/Pal fixed and released in coop
with Avantgarde.
Next came LOST (3.3) from Softdisk Publishing, running
Ntsc/Pal and released with Avantgarde. Soon after this
followed GIRLTRIS Prv (0.6) from Reliance/Lk Avalon.
Towards the end of the month came BOMBMANIA 2 (4.4)
from Lk Avalon, Ntsc/Pal fixed and released in cooperation
with Avt. To round of their fine month came FORTRESS (5.5)
from Lk Avalon, Ntsc/Pal fixed, translated from Polish and
released with their pals in Avt.
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Laxity (Ger,Hol) Points: 0.1
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The German based group clawed their way into the release
list once again with the very mediocre STAR WARS Prv (0.1).
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Motiv 8 (Den,Usa,Ger,Pol) Points: 4.9
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A very active month in terms of releases for this Danish based
group. Firstly provided by them was STARS & RINGS DELUXE
Prv (0.0) from EagleSoft and a Gary Kitchen's game maker
game.
Soon to follow was POLYGONAMY Prv (0.4) and then ACE OF
HEARTS Prv V2 (0.7).
After a few more days they again hit the boards with FUTURE
TETRIS Prv (0.4) and the complete version of STARS & RINGS
DELUXE (0.0) which doesn't recieve points due to it being
made in a game maker.
To finish off they released DRUNKEN BATS & BALLS Prv (0.1)
from Patriot Games and S.EDIT V1.0 (0.0) a utlility.
They ended with PHU (3.3) from Patriot games Ntsc/Pal
fixed.
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Success * Trc (Hol,Ger,Usa,Pol) Points: 11.5
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Some nice quality released from the ruling coop.
They provided OKLAHOMA KID (5.5) from Cp Verlag and
Ntsc/Pal fixed.
Later on came SONNY THE SNAIL (5.7) from Cp Verlag and
Ntsc/Pal fixed. Soon after came ISOLATION Prv (0.3) from
Softdisk Publishing.
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+ Official February Monthly Chart +
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Pos: Group: Points: Releases:
#1 Avantgarde 26.3 6
#2 F4cg 18.1 5
#3 Success * Trc 11.5 3
#4 Chromance 8.9 3
#5 Motiv 8 4.9 8
#6 Active 1.0 2
#7 Alphaflight 0.5 3
#8 Acrise & Excess 0.2 1
#9 Laxity 0.1 1
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As you can see Avantgarde really dominated this month with
F4cg and Scs*Trc close behind, less activity from Afl and
especially Onslaught, but its plain to see the most active
group this month was Motiv 8 with eight releases.
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+ Offical February Ntsc fixing chart +
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Pos: Group: Points: Fixes:
#1 Avantgarde 23.3 5
#2 F4cg 14.2 3
#3 Success * Trc 11.2 2
#4 Hitmen 5.4 1
#5 Motiv 8 3.3 1
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Avt storm home with many ntsc fixes, thanks to their main
fixer Jack Alien.
Success * Trc also provided some quality wares to the
American scene aswell as Hitmen fixing for Chromance.
If you have any queries,comments or constructive
contributions for Monthly Releases, please contact me
under the following..
Internet: jazzcat@saturn.vision.net.au
Vmb: X-XXX/XXX-XXXX (Usa)
Vmb: +XX/(X)-XXXXXXX (Aust)
or simply mail to:
Jazzcat/Onslaught
X/X XXXXX XXXXXXX
XX XXXXX XXXXXX
XX XXXXXX, XXXX
XXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXX
or leave email on any popular c-64 bbs world-wide.
I hope you've enjoyed this months Monthly Releases and
stay tuned for next month.
Sincere regards;
Jazzcat/ONSLAUGHT
scene illustrated
+ SCENE ILLUSTRATED - DEBATE AND INFORMATION +
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Welcome to SCENE ILLUSTRATED, our debate and information
section with guaranteed entertainment. As always, your host
is General Editor, DUKE. This is what is in store for you.
SCENE ILLUSTRATED will give you the best of news, debate
and scene information on a monthly basis. We will keep your
blood boiling with the profound SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT topics.
In addition to our debates, we offer independent articles
written by various sceners about various issues. We will also
keep your knowledge about scene history intact, with the
MONTHLY TIMELINE - see if you remember the happenings.
If you have any sorts of information suitable for a larger
audience or an article with a scene-related topic, please send
it to us before the 28th of March. But first, we bring you
this months OPINION-POLLS!
+ THE SCENE ILLUSTRATED OPINION POLLS +
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OPINION POLL # 1
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What can we do as sceners, to improve the activity-rate, and
secure the existence of the scene in the future?
1. We need to get more competitive, and look towards the
charts as a source of inspiration.
2. More friendship between sceners is the best solution.
3. It is impossibleto improve the activity-rate, give it up!
4. There is nothing wrong with the current activity-rate. It
is just fantastic!
OPINION POLL # 2
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What is your opinion of the chapters presented in today's
C64 magazines?
1. I dislike most chapters, they are generally boring.
2. I think half is good, half is bad.
3. I like most chapters, they are just fine.
4. I do not have an opinion on this subject.
OPINION POLL # 3
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What form of communication method do you use the most in
your scene life?
1. I use the Internet.
2. I call the boards.
3. I swap through the mail-system.
4. All of the above.
5. None of the above.
1995 SCENERS CHOICE AWARDS SCENE ILLUSTRATED
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The year of 1995 became a period, that highlighted great
activity, and a lot of memorable productions by the people
behind the success of the C64 scene. 1995 also gave evidence
to the world, that the C64 scene is still going strong, and will
survive for many years to come - thanks to the productive
people on the C64. In recognition of these great deeds, we
have decided to allow the general sceners to express their
appreciation, by handing out awards to the best of 1995.
Welcome to the 1995 SCENERS CHOICE AWARDS, in which we
will announce the favourite groups and magazines of 1995 -
selected by the sceners. We send our humble thanks to the
sceners, who took part in these awards, making it possible by
voting.
The WINNERS of the 1995 SCENERS CHOICE AWARDS
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BEST GROUP AVANTGARDE
BEST CRACKING-GROUP AVANTGARDE
BEST DEMO-GROUP REFLEX
BEST MAGAZINE VANDALISM NEWS
That was the result of the votes we received. We hope the
winners are satisfied with the recognition, and will try to live
up to it in the year of 1996. This proves that activity will be
awarded - in some way!
Thanks to the people who voted, without whom this would not
have been possible. We will return next year!
SCENE MENTALITY SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT
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This month SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT returns to the regular
steaming debates, that will hopefully acculminate into a
better scene somehow. We invite you to take part in these
debates, because without your opinions and thoughts, the
subjects debated will be left unanswered. Please make use of
our addresses to air your opinion.
The scene of today is run by a different type of people, than in
the old scene. Although many of today were part of the old
scene, they have changed into a different mentality. They
have grown older, and have found more important things to
care about in their lives. The scene has been given a different
value, and it shows on the activity scale. In the old days there
were no limits to what people could and would do, that limit
has been showed today - and it is very much the weakness
that is dragging the scene down.
But fair enough, growing older is a part of life, and sooner or
later we all have to move on. The problem however is the few
joining the scene, as opposed to the great number of people
leaving the scene. We have been fortunate, that a few have
returned to the scene, such as THE BYTERAPERS. But
without new people in the scene, the responsibility of high
activity is left among us sceners of today.
Many people have given their version to what could save the
scene in the long run. But in my view, the key to success is
more competition. Today many do not care about success in
the chart-form, and by the looks of the charts, the voters do
not care that much either. The charts are outdated, and a new
way of doing the charts are desperately needed. But what
type of system would that be, and is it possible for us to move
away from the historic vote-sheets, that has secured some
type of competition through many years?
But one thing is for sure, without the charts, there will be no
competition. The charts operate as a confidence booster to
the productive and active sceners, while it can also work as
an inspiration source for those, that wishes to beat the
competition. Therefore it is vital and very necessary, that we
continue to make charts in the scene - simply because
without them, it would have devastating consequences to the
activity and the scene.
I would hope, that the sceners of today still have some self-
respect left. I hope, that everyone wants their work to be
appreciated, and that they have an eagerness to beat their
foes or competition. Beating the competition should not be
taken as a bad word, as it seems it has been understood
lately. It is possible to be great friends with competitors, and
at the same time thrive for beating them in the charts. The
magazine-industry has proved that, at least some of us have
kept the friendship separate from the business - so to speak!
But I am confident, that we can all agree on one thing. We all
want a better scene, and one that can stand the test of time,
and survive for many years to come. But our views on the
answer to this problem is varied, and should be debated,
because then maybe, we can all thrive for one solution, to one
problem, with one mean.
We would appreciate all forms of contribution to this debate,
be it a reaction, comment or possible solution.
Please use our addresses printed in the PREFACE chapter, and
make your contributions available to us no later than the 28th
of March. Thank you!
+ THE SCENE ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY TIMELINE +
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When did the following events occur?
- ANTICHRIST left the scene, moved to America, and married
the female sysop of the MYSTIC CAVERN, SORCERESS.
- GENE and HERO of ILLUSION was forced away from the
scene, as they were both caught by the police for using
AT&T and selling pirate software.
- PROPAGANDA was released again by a brand new staff of
members. The editorial was taken over by NEWSCOPY, as
former owner, ANTICHRIST, had left the scene.
- GRIM REAPER is reportedly the remaining member of NEI.
The answer to these dates can be found later.
+ THE SCENE ILLUSTRATED OPINION POLL - ANSWERS +
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Here follows the answers to last months opinion poll.
OPINION POLL # 1
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THE PARTY 5 was considered a success, with what the demo-
competition was concerned. What was your opinion of it?
1. The demos were very lame, I hated the competition!
2. The demos were a smash hit. I loved them!
3. I was somewhat satisfied about the demos!
4. It was a little disappointing. I had hoped for better demos!
1=5% - 2=49% - 3=28% - 4=18%. Answers = 39 People.
OPINION POLL # 2
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The American boards are today the only base for 1st-releases.
How do you feel 1st-releases should be handled by the media?
1. The boards the ideal location for 1st-releases. They should
remain the capital for cracked games!
2. A game should be noted as a 1st-release, when it is made
available to the magazines.
3. The Internet is the most qualified place for 1st-release
counting. It should take over as the official base!
4. The boards and the Internet should share the title as base
for 1st-releases.
1=31% - 2=7% - 3=44% - 4=18%. Answers = 39 People.
OPINION POLL # 3
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Today most C64 sceners are suffering from laziness - and the
activity level has decreased immensely over the years. How
much time do you spend on your C64 a week - in general?
1. 0-5 hours.
2. 5-10 hours.
3. 10-15 hours.
4. 15-20 hours.
5. 20-?? hours.
1=15% - 2=33% - 3=18% - 4=21% - 5=13%. Answers = 39 People.
+ THE SCENE ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY TIMELINE +
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The events previously described, happened in the month of
May 1993.
Source : THE PULSE MAGAZINE, 1st edition.
satirica
+ SATIRICA - THE AUTOPSY OF THE SCENE +
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Welcome back to the domains of SATIRICA. We take pride in
basing out stories on lies and rumours. This means, if there is
something contriversial being spread around about you - feel
safe, that you will be able to read about it here, along with the
rest of the world.
Since the last edition, a lot of people have been sending us
letters and post-cards, as well as notes through the internet.
To those two took the time to write, we would just like to say
"The same to YOU!".
REGARDING SATIRICA,
The stories included in SATIRICA are pure fiction, all of which
are based on a satiric state of mind. We do not want to offend
anyone, but rather pass on a smile in these trying times.
We hope you will enjoy the read. General Editor, DUKE.
MR. WAX BUSTED FOR PHREAKING OUT..
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The Hungarian police dropped by the home of MR. WAX of
CHROMANCE last month, to arrest him for using a fake phone-
card - he had used calling the local library. The officer in
charge of the arrest, DIM WIT, explained on a press
conference, that he was appalled how anyone could use a
fake calling-card in this lawabiding day and age. "I will not
tolerate this act, he could at least have used a REAL card,
instead of this nonsense" stated the confused cop. MR. WAX,
who was sentenced to hack his own cards for a two months
period, was discontent with his hacker connection. "The jerk
gave me fake cards. I suppose he gives his girl-friend fake
jewellery as well! Damn him" shouted MR. WAX to an old man
crossing the street. But despite being caught, MR. WAX
claims he will remain as active as ever. "The day the police
starts to interfere with scene relations, I am quitting" stated
MR. WAX to the press.
THE END OF A GREAT EMPIRE..
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BOOZE and INTRUDER, two of the most prominent figures in
the EMPIRE history, have decided to put the C64 behind them,
and embark upon a journey into the real world.
"It has been a rough travel, you cannot get food for calling-
cards, and people have no respect for your scene
achievements" stated BOOZE on a conference, while sobbing
over the many problems.
But things have started looking better for BOOZE and
INTRUDER, who recently appeared in the French Canadian
motion picture "French toast please!" - which is a satire on
the EMPIRE days. "It is odd to get paid for making fun of
ourselves, but we have been given amazing criticism" claimed
INTRUDER, who was overjoined with the success the movie
has had in Quebec, Canada. -
THE END OF A GREAT EMPIRE..
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But according to some nasty rumours, the reason the movie is
doing so well, is that RICH/ex.EMPIRE had seen it 18943
times - which made up for the total of people having watched
the movie so far.
But according to RICH, the movie is deeply inspiring. It also
covers the days when EXTREMIST decided to leave the
scene, which shocked a lot of people.
"If EXTREMIST can have a social life, then damn it, so can I"
stated RICH to the SHOWBIZ press!
SCENE FRIENDS - EPISODE 2..
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Welcome to another episode of SCENE FRIENDS, the show
that takes place in an apartment located in ZAANDAM, just
outside of Amsterdam. Here we join CBA, TIM and
NIGHTSHADE of SCS+TRC - who have decided to live together,
as scene friends!
A huge scream came from the living-room, it was CBA, who
had found a note from NIGHTSHADE on the dinnertable,
stating "I'm off to Finland. Good luck on the party
preparations, suckers!". CBA could not believe it,
NIGHTSHADE had left all the work to CBA and TIM, while
drawing out signs for the party hall - with one stating "Beer
stand A", "Beer stand B" and "Beer stand JACK ALIEN".
TIM entered the room, shouting "I just made a poll on the
boards. It appears 50% of the C64 sceners will refuse to go -
SCENE FRIENDS - EPISODE 2..
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unless we bend the rules, and offer weed at the party". CBA
nodded knowingly "I know this TIM, and have already made an
order at PSYCHOBILLY's hacienda. We should get a truck-load
within the hour".
CBA was content with his preparation work, and was
confident the party was going to be a huge success. But
unless NIGHTSHADE came back from his igloo adventure in
Finland, there was not going to be much of a party at all.
TIM shouted terrified "NIGHTSHADE is gone? Oh my god,
that's it. I am leaving this stupid show. I never liked writing
it anyway.. Erhm.. DUKE has left the building!
X96 - Utrecht, Holland. 6-7th of April. Be there suckers!
THE SATIRICA TOP 5 LIST..
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Five ways suggesting a scener has been sexually active on
the Internet.
5. Lately he sits at the computer naked.
4. In the morning, the computer screen is all fogged up.
3. After signing off, he always has a cigarette.
2. The giant rubber inflatable disk drive.
And the unbeatable number one.
1. He's gotten amazingly good at typing with one hand.
ALPHA FLIGHT STUDENT GRADUATES..
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The infamous student in ALPHA FLIGHT, MAX, was in a state
of complete nervousness, as he was to embark upon the
challenge of the final test of his exams. "I have never tried
anything like this - it kind of reminds me of my kindergarten
days" claimed a tense MAX before the test. A large band of
people had met up, cheering and waving the German flag in his
honour - and MAX proudly shouted in a microphone "Thanks for
showing up. Now piss off!". The test was at hand, and MAX
was left to prove his knowledge - even though MAX was
slightly confused about what subject he was to take the test
in. But despite that minor problem, MAX managed to get an A
in the test, and he therefore graduated in style. At a
press-conference after the graduation-ceremony, the teacher
questioned MAX's odd method of doing the test. "Hehe.. I am
quite surprised myself. It is amazing what you can do blind-
folded, the ALPHA way!" chanted MAX to the shocked crowd!
BOD ATTENDS GRAMMY AWARDS..
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The member of the British boiled family, BOD of TALENT,
appeared on the british Grammy awards ceremony in a special
designed Smurf outfit. "It was designed by TALENT
TECHNOLOGIES" stated BOD to a disgusted fashion magazine,
just moments before he was to give away the award for best
hair colour in a music video.
BOD also performed a song from his latest CD, which goes by
the name of "Maybe it's because I'm a scener". It proved to
be a smashing success among the old people, but a member of
the press accused BOD of having made a cover off the old song
"Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner".
BOD was calm in his response, stating "Oh yeah, well so is
your mother, punk!".
TAKE THAT REPLACED BY TAKE THIS..
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The world of teenage girls were completely devastated, as the
British pop-group, TAKE THAT, announced on a press-
conference last month, that they were splitting up.
But now the girls has been introduced to a popular
replacement, one that could easily achieve twice the success
TAKE THAT boasted in their golden days. The band is made out
of MOTIV 8 members, and they go by the name of TAKE THIS.
The leader of the band, and also the lead-screamer,
CROSSFIRE, stated on a press-conference, that the reason
they were starting the band, was to get loaded with money,
and get a chance to shack underage girls. CROSSFIRE was
accused after the conference of lacking originality, as he had
apparently ripped off the statements from a former EAST 17
press-statement.
TAKE THAT REPLACED BY TAKE THIS..
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But CROSSFIRE did not seem to care, he was busy trying to
impress an old woman with his fine 19th century saw, which
will be his future musical instryment. ICEBALL will play a set
of old tin cans, while BIRD and MASON will feature as the
bands dancers.
The conference ended with CROSSFIRE shouting "TAKE
THIS", where after he turned around, and pulled down his
pants. The teenage girls who had meet up at the event did not
like his move, and started attacking TAKE THIS with clubs
and sticks.
"Oh my god" shouted CROSSFIRE, while jumping out of the
nearby window. After the incident, CROSSFIRE stated to a
Danish news-paper. "These teenage girls are the type of
people, who give an angry mob a bad name!".
THE GOLDEN SCENE AWARDS..
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While the world is waiting in great anticipation for the
infamous OSCAR awards ceremony, we were given a hint on
what movies could become the winners of the most
prestigious award in film making today. It was time for the
GOLDEN SCENE AWARDS, a ceremony that applauds movies
of high quality around the world.
We were proud to cover this event, and here we bring you the
nominated movies in the category of "Movies that suck less
than the rest".
JUMANJI starring JAZZCAT/ONSLAUGHT
"Hey, what a nice board. Let us play this game. Oh my, what is
this? Argh, Dingo's are running through the library walls. I
better get the heck outta here. Oh my god, save me. I hate
these dingo's!".
THE GOLDEN SCENE AWARDS..
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GOLDEN EYE starring BOD/TALENT
"Hello there darling. My name is BOD, JAMES BOD. I am soft
and cuddly, but do not get rude with me, because I have a
licence to slap!".
WAITING TO EXHALE starring PSYCHOBILLY
"Exhale? No man, you gotta inhale these joints, otherwise
they will have no effects. Take all the smoke you get into your
lounges, and then wait to exhale!".
BABE starring THE MISTRESS
"I have had enough writing cheap predictable erotic stories in
THE TRIBUNE. Now I am moving to England, to marry a fine
Aristocrat, who will appreciate what is inside me, rather than
what is outside!".
THE GOLDEN SCENE AWARDS..
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CLUELESS starring SHOUT STAFF
"We have no clue why we became such a huge success from
just one issue. But now we are going back to release one
more, and then enjoy the admiration for the rest of an inactive
year".
Drumrole please.
And the wiener is. Oh my god, it is "None of the before
mentioned movies, because they are all crap". Well there you
go. Another fine year at the GOLDEN SCENE awards.
We will see you next year, with hopefully a new group of
movies worth nominating for crap!
meet the press
+ MEET THE PRESS - A WORLD OF MAGAZINES +
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The media in the scene has profound power to be a positive
influence. This is where we come in, welcome to another
edition of MEET THE PRESS. The section dedicated to take on
the media - the organisers in the C64-scene.
MEET THE PRESS also operates as the official reaction
section of THE PULSE MAGAZINE. We invite you to send us
your thoughts and views, be they positive or negative, about
this magazine. We will print your letters in the next edition,
if they reach us before the 28th of March.
This edition we will concentrate on the future of the C64
media, as we posse the question - is it time for a change?
This issue will be debated in The Media Today. We also bring
you updated news feedings from the world of magazines, and
those behind them. General editor, DUKE, bids you welcome!
THE MEDIA TODAY A TIME FOR A CHANGE
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The magazine industry has been a highlited part of the scene
for many years now, and it has grown along with the many
changes in the scene. But although the magazines are quick to
find new ways of doing editorial jobs better, it would seem,
that the general chapters used in all magazines, are in the
need of a badly needed face-lift.
Throughout the years, the charts, the advertisements, the
news reports among other famous magazine chapters, have
never been changed dramatically. They have been modified
slightly over the years, and the coverage has improved
immensely. But there has never been made a notable change,
one it would seem is long over-due. The same problem appears
with the outfits. Most magazines look alike, and seem to have
solved the secret of doing a good and reader-friendly outfit.
A logo and a text-area, nothing else is needed.
But there must be a different way of doing it, and a better way
of course. There is no point in making a change, just for the
sake of being different. But a change should be made, in order
to find improvements. It could be an impossible task though,
as it is another of these everlasting questions. What can we
do to make a magazine unique, and yet better than the rest?
SHOCK made such an improvement, although it was a simple
one, it was applauded by everyone, and followed up to this
date.
Perhaps it takes a good 3-5 years between every great
evolution in the scene, but that would also prove to be a good
statistics, considering the small size of this scene. But
nevertheless, we should always thrive for improvements,
otherwise we would fall asleep, and people would get bored
with the magazine.
Let us take a closer look, at some of the chapters that
highlights a magazine of today.
THE NEWS CHAPTER
The random news coverage, which was popular and practised
in the past, have developed into an alphabetised news editing.
This method has been practised for years already, but is still
only used by few magazines today. It is mostly the top
magazines, which are released on a regular date, that makes
use of this method. But despite the criticism, that it is
somewhat of a boring method, which is lacking the news
scoop option, it has still proved to be the most reader-friendly
way of editing.
THE CHARTS CHAPTER
Charts have always been a regular inventory in a decent
magazine, and it is a common edition to all magazines today.
It is however one of the chapters, that has gone through the
least improvements over the years. The charts are the same
world-wide, with a few exceptions - magazines that have
made use of games and demos to make alternative charts.
The biggest problem however, is that charts are often left
without any comments, and have therefore developed into
more of a boring statistics, rather than a highlighted
point-of-view result.
THE ADVERTISEMENTS CHAPTER
This is perhaps the least modifiable chapter in a magazine,
and therefore it has also been left without any improvements
throughout its history. But it would seem this chapter could
need important swapping and spreading details, hints on how
to cheat your stamps better, etc.. All part of giving the
swappers and traders around better conditions for doing their
spreading of our wares.
That concludes a short run-down of a few of the charts
common to all magazines. We would like to hear your opinion,
on how it would be possible to improve these chapters, and
others as well.
It is time for such an improvement, and we hope that people
will start working on ways, to make reading a magazine more
entertaining, but at the same time informative and reasonable.
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SHOUT! ANNOUNCES COMEBACK
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The wildly popular merger of 1995 between REFORMATION and
INGENIOUS BRAINS, which resulted into SHOUT is to return to
an active role in 1996. As most people probably remember,
SHOUT only managed to release one issue, and since then has
been officially dead. But the former General editor of SHOUT,
WARP, plans to bring back SHOUT under the former
INGENIOUS BRAINS label, EQUINOXE.
One of the leaders of the reformed group, MACX, explained to
MEET THE PRESS, that SHOUT is scheduled for release in May
1996. "It will then be out on a regular BI- or every third month
basis" stated MACX. But even though EQUINOXE was brought
back as label for the popular magazine, it will probably only
feature in the comeback edition. "We are actually searching
for a new group to release it with" stated MACX, who also
underlined the fact, that FAIRLIGHT will not be involved.
IMMORTAL FLASH PREDICTS RETURN
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The producers of IMMORTAL FLASH, ATLANTIS, has not given
up on bringing their once proud magazine back to life. But
although IMMORTAL FLASH has suffered from what must be
described as a known mortal problem, laziness, they are
optimistic about the future.
ROBOCOP of ATLANTIS told MEET THE PRESS, that building
up a new staff and outfit is an immense job, and that
AVALANCHE/ATLANTIS was in the midst of coding the new
outfit for the magazine.
"No date is set like always, but it will be this year I hope"
stated ROBOCOP to MEET THE PRESS.
VANDALISM NEWS TAKES AWARD
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The 1995 SCENER'S CHOICE AWARDS, published in SCENE
ILLUSTRATED this issue, became a huge success for the
Tasmanian-based magazine, VANDALISM NEWS. The most
active magazine of 1995, which was also considered the
favourite, managed to beat a band of strong competitors, all
worthy of compliments for their contributions throughout the
year of 1995.
PROPAGANDA proved to be a positive surprise, finding itself on
the second place. Another Tasmanian-based production,
DOMINATION, secured its position in the scene, by winning a
3rd place position. The 4th position went to the German-based
production, RELAX MAGAZINE, which also proved to be one of
the greatly active magazines of 1995.
VANDALISM NEWS TAKES AWARD
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SKYHIGH however, did not meet the same enthusiasm from
the voters, as it normally does in the charts. It was placed on
a disappointing 5th place.
The voters proved to vary greatly in opinion. Most active
magazines in the scene received a nomination, but it seemed
as if everyone agreed on one magazine - VANDALISM NEWS
was the best magazine in 1995!
THE PULSE MAGAZINE was disqualified as a possible
candidate, as it was the holder of the awards, and because of
the fact, that it did not make its comeback before June 1995.
RELAX SNATCHES PRESTIGIOUS SITE
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The successful German-based production, RELAX MAGAZINE,
managed to sign a fantastic new and exclusive deal with the
most popular site on the Internet, THE DIGITAL DUNGEON.
According to General editor of RELAX, RRR, THE DIGITAL
DUNGEON is now the official Internet transfer site for RELAX.
It therefore becomes the 3rd magazine to secure a site on the
Internet, following the INTERPARK, which is currently shared
between PROPAGANDA and THE PULSE MAGAZINE.
RELAX also announced the signing of a brand new editor.
STYX of ALPHA FLIGHT will join the staff as co-editor of
RELAX starting with the April edition. It will be the first major
magazine, that STYX will work for. He has however done some
editorial work for RELAX in the past, but now he will work
full-time as an official staff-member.
THE PULSE MAGAZINE BACK ON THE BOARDS
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It has been a while since THE PULSE MAGAZINE, was
considered active on the board-market. But after a long break
of having had no board support, THE PULSE MAGAZINE
managed to sign on the Danish-based board, MOUNT
OLYMPUS. This board is currently the official EHQ for
cracking-group MOTIV 8, but as THE PULSE MAGAZINE was a
welcome name on the board, MOUNT OLYMPUS decided to end
the relationship with DOMINATION.
THE PULSE MAGAZINE is currently in negotiations, led by
MR.WAX, with an American board. This will hopefully lead to a
successful signing, that will bring back THE PULSE MAGAZINE
an American home, that is vital for future material collecting.
THE MISTRESS QUITS THE SCENE
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The infamous female editor of the Holland-based magazine,
THE TRIBUNE, has decided to leave the staff, and quit the
scene all-together. Apparently she has married an Englishman,
who also should have a link to the Commodore 64 scene. It is
however unknown who this person is, but we will keep you
posted.
But THE TRIBUNE has already solved the obvious editorial
problem, that followed her farewell. The brand new edition to
the staff, CRUSHER, will take over the role of THE MISTRESS.
Meanwhile WILD COYOTE has become the CO-leader of ANGRY
and THE TRIBUNE, which should give it a boost forward.
It is still unknown though, whether CRUSHER will be editing
the erotic stories in THE TRIBUNE, that THE MISTRESS
became known for. We predict however, that her "special"
segment will disappear from the program though.
AMERICANS DISSATISFIED WITH PAL MAGAZINES
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The American and Canadian sceners on the overseas and
European boards, have expressed their discontent with the
PAL produced magazines. Apparently they are unhappy with
the actual coverage of the overseas scene, or maybe rather
the lack of it.
A certain American stated, all of the news printed was
hilarious, and most of it incorrect. But at the same time, he
admitted American produced magazines have had problems
with covering the PAL part of the scene - so maybe it was an
impossible task to combine the two media-wise.
"It would seem DRIVEN is the only magazine able to cover the
American scene" stated another American scener on a board.
DRIVEN has also become extremely popular lately, earning
votes from PAL sceners in the PAL magazines.
AMERICANS DISSATISFIED WITH PAL MAGAZINES
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Beginning this month, THE PULSE MAGAZINE will introduce an
improved coverage of the American scene.
General editor, DUKE, stated of MEET THE PRESS - "We
notice the problem, and would therefore like to help solve it.
Maybe it would be solved if the American and Canadian scene
members assisted in the news gathering".
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This concludes another edition of MEET THE PRESS. We hope
you have enjoyed the read, and will move on to read the rest
of what THE PULSE MAGAZINE has to offer.
We would like for all magazines to send us news about their
staff - and also articles related to the media on the C64 are
most welcome. We will see you next month, take care!
world of demos
WORLD OF DEMOS March
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After last issue's break we are back on track to keep you
updated with the latest information about recent demos.
On the march program are:
* MATHEMATICA/REFLEX
* KJU'/REFLEX
* NAPALM/REFLEX
* RETROACTIVE/ANTIC
* DAWNFALL/OXYRON
* OBSCENE CODE/NO NAME
As MR.SEX decided to leave the WOD-staff, I have to fill in
the gap a second time, however - we will have a replacement
by next month. Also on next month's program is the complete
DEMOCHART for 1995 with the missing demos from SIESTA
and SMASH DESIGNS being reviewed...
MATHEMATICA by REFLEX
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Syndrom about the coding,
The demo starts with a turn-disk message, however, the
checker doesn't work correctly, as the floppy starts running
too early - the kickload doesn't work too well...whatever.
Well, the real intro is well done and contains some
IFLI-logos with some of the members' handles scrolling x/y
on the screen. The next part are some circles, which move in
all 3 directions, even filled later on!
After that we face another eor-chessboard, but this time with
color-splitting! If you watch this part for real you'll notice
that there are more than 2 hires-colors in each 8*8 square.
Next to come is a dithered 4*4-rotator, followed by a julia-
morph which looks nothing but ugly. But that dithered 4*4-
mode looks very promising compared to the normal 4*4-fli-
mode, in which the next effect, an x-y-wave-zoomer, gets
displayed. Next to come is a doom-imitation in 4*4, which is
quite fast and contains some nice textures on the walls.
However, combined with that dithered mode it would look
even better. After some loading we face a vector-cube with
some fractals as texture, followed by a torus with gourand-
shading, all in 4*4-dithered mode.
Rushing through to the next effect, which is a 4*4-fli-view
from inside a torus, which changes into a tunnel later on, we
later see a charplasma, which doesn't look very special.
The next part is again a doom-part, this time with some fake-
greetings displayed over it, well - get real and see how great
they are! Anyway, this demo contains some high-level-code,
though it lacks some design.
90 % for the coding...
EARTHQUAKE about the graphic,
The intro is something what I call impressive! PRIVATE
SOLDIER did some very cool graffity-styled logos featuring
the handles from all the guys behind this production. I
especially like the ones for Felidae and PVCF although the
character of PVCF's logo was ripped from a graffity in
Dresden. The creations for Quiss and PVT himself are nice too,
but Zorc's and Guru's are of slightly lower quality. This intro,
both code and graphics show what is possible on our little
machine. Nice work guys! The Mathematica title appears
in simple hires. If I didn't know I would not have expected
Felidae to be responsible for this, as there is nothing of his
personal style in it. It is more like a company's logo with clear
straigth lines. The next graphic in this production is also the
last one. I was kind of disappointed, as I expected to see
PVT's cool competition picture in the show, but back to the
Reflex-logo in the Julia-part. This creation, also done by PVT,
is of qite low quality compared to the intro gfx. It is graffity-
styled too, but the outlines are not that good. Some more
colors and some antialiasing would have helped but in this way
it is nothing but a bomb graffity. Well, this demo is close to
perfect. I think it's not possible to code better effects on the
C64, but I like to be proven wrong. I just missed a cool
picture.
Rating for the graphics: 85 %
SYNDROM about the music,
The first thing I noticed, that the SID-Version-checker by KB
did not work every time I watched this demo. Anyway, I
wonder if there are different tunes for both SID-versions, as
I could not hear any difference when testing the demo on both
old and new SIDs. But in my opinion it is not even necessary
to do different versions, as long as you avoid filterclicks and
using incompatible filtervalues on the new SID. Anyway, back
to the demotunes. There are 3 musics, all composed by PVCF
in his usual techno-style. The first one starts with some
stompy bassline, but when the effect-drums come in, it
gives some disgusting clicks on my old SID, although I
choosed OLD SID in the requester. Well, when the music goes
on, some fast accords come in, followed by some quite cool
ringmodulated sounds and after that the music is already
fading away... The next one contains some cool basedrum,
which gives a spheric atmosphere if you listen to it on some
LOUDspeakers. This tune contains some oriental themes in the
melody, which reminded me a bit of DANSA MED ACHMED :)
In the first doompart some heavy $15-bells start to ring quite
unmotivated and some annoying volume changes made me turn
the volume down a bit. Later PVCF uses transpose quite
often, but sometimes it sounds quite disharmonic, if he'd done
that more careful the tune would have got a higher rating. In
the second DOOM-part a new tunes starts playing (without
fading) and the drums contain the usual filterbug, so you
better don't watch this demo on an old c64! Anyway, I think
this tune is wasted as it did not even start for real when the
demo is already over and doing a reset without any fading, but
with ramcopied+modified Kernal... nice joke...
Sumarizing I have to say, that PVCF has got some talent
doing techno music - if he just would take more time on his
instruments!!
Rating for the music: 61 %
KJU' by REFLEX
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SYNDROM about the coding,
Well, all the code was done by ZORC, and he really put some
effort in designing the demo! The first real effect is an
equalizer-routine made with rasterbars. I know that this
routine is quite old, but it still looks nice. The next effect are
some moving lines, but they are not just moving, but also
being lightsourced and centered by the position of a sun,
which rotates around them. Quite an original effect!
After some text and gfx-plotting we see a part by Felidae,
which is another version of his infamous landscapes, but this
time in 8*8 resolution, which doesn't look too good on a TV.
The next effect is really stunning - Zorc called it MOLECULAR
MOVEMENT, but infact it is some sort of shadebob-routine,
which is used in a quite unusual way...
The next effect is a graphic-plotter in hires, which is nothing
special I'd say. But it looks stylish anyway. Then we see one
of his old routines again, but this time improved, the fireworks
from CAFE ODD infact. Later the end-scroll arrives, which is
nothing special, too, just a moving scroll with some rasters
behind. Anyway, ZORC shows that he know how to code and
how to design a demo. This leaves much to be hoped for in the
future...
Ratings : 75 %
EARTHQUAKE about the graphics,
The beginning of this production is featuring a cool style. The
synchronisation between graphic and music is very good.
Unfortunately I have no idea what the title-image shows, but
I like it and it just fits to the extraordinary name of the demo.
The sun in the part with those lightsourced lines looks cute,
and the charset in the endscroll is welldesigned, too.
Ratings for the graphics: 65 %
SYNDROM about the music,
Another demo by REFLEX, and another soundtrack by PVCF.
There are two tunes, the first one starts with some flute-
lines reminding me on some chinese culture. The whole tune
keeps that style and almost uses no drums. Too bad that it
gets faded away that early. The next tune is a real hit! It's
some kind of trance-music, with some steady $21-baseline,
and some nice room-backgrounds. The high-hats are almost
perfect and give the whole tune a cool undergroundish atmo-
sphere. This only proves my opinion, that if PVCF takes more
time on his instruments, he can do alot better!
Ratings for the music: 85 %
NAPALM by REFLEX
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SYNDROM about the coding,
Well, originally this demo was called XFR by Napalm, but we
all know that it was done by REFLEX just to enter it at the
competition at TP5. This demo contains the "trash"parts by
GURU/REFLEX. The intro starts with some nice graphic-
animations, then after some logo-fading we face a scroller
containg some weird charset, which I could not get a message
out of until today - though I have to confess that I didn't
check the memory yet. The next effect is some light-source
routine displayed on a fixed torus-object. Looks quite nice,
but would look better, if that object would be moving. The
next thing is the plasma-routine, which was also part of
MATHEMATICA, and after it we already see the end-part,
which is only an oldstyled star-scroll and an ugly-looking
earth turning around 3 axes.
Rating for the code: 60 %
EARTHQUAKE about the graphic:
Also this intro was done well and it contains some symbols
flying and zooming over your screen. These pieces probably did
not take too long to paint, if they were painted at all.
Nevertheless I like this animation and I remember being a bit
impressed at the Party. Unfortunately this stays the only
graphical experience of the demo, so far too less graphics in
here...
Rating: 20 %
SYNDROM about the music,
Hey, this is another demo containing ripped tunes only, so you
know I'm not gonna review the soundtrack, just the usual
points for choosing...
Ratings for the music: 11 %
RETROACTIVE by ANTIC
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SYNDROM about the coding,
Well, this demo is quite unusual, and not as good as I would
have expected it from ANTIC. Anyway, the intro consists of
a simulation of netscape-c64, so nothing very hard to code.
The next part is some ugly looking animation of a dancer (?)
in 4*2 resolution. The first real part is the DOOM-part, which
is fully joy-controlled. The size of the screen is quite low, but
it looks reasonable, and a plus is the lightsource-routine.
Pressing space gives us the next part, which is another PC-
joke, this time being a windows-emulation. This one contains
another nice effect, a kind of gfx-twister, similar to the one
in an old TOPAZ demo, only that the resolution is more blocky
to get more colors. Still it looks quite nice.
The next part is the end part and contains the credits and
some gfx-flashing... As I said before, I'd expected ANTIC to
do better, nevertheless...
45 % for the coding...
EARTHQUAKE about the graphics,
Again not much to review... After Lunacy 7 (you probably
remember the loading attempts on MS-DOS, Amiga and finally
C-64) Antic starts again with doing some satirica on C-64. The
ideas are good and everybody I know started to smile atleast
sometimes, but the video animation of the intro is worth a
special remark. At this time my smile faded away. I've never
seen such a crappy bunch of pixels excluding a bug. This
doesn't look cool in any way. Only the charset used there is
okay. I don't know, what the guys of Antic thought when they
did a video animation on C-64 this way, but I have seen some
cool examples in Agony's "LOVE", which shows what is
possible... Most of the graphics included in the outro were
used before in other productions, but anyway this is the
graphicial highlight of this Antic-demo. Ofcourse these images
are of good quality, but I missed Creepers competition picture
in this demo... Well, sumarising I have to say, that this
production is, seen from the graphicial angle, rather poor.
Rating for the graphics: 35 %
SYNDROM about the music,
Well, the first thing I noticed is that the intro does not
contain ANY sound ! So the first music is used in the video
part. It was done by ZYRON, like all other tunes too, and is
some kind of techno tune. Zyron's music is not everybody's
taste, but he always puts a lot of originality into his tunes.
Too bad that this part is already over after some seconds, so
the watcher can't listen to the tune for real. The next music
is used in the DOOM part, and starts with some filtered
sounds. The whole tune is providing a very special atmosphere
which fits very good to this part, though the musical level
of this tune is not very high. The music in the windows-part
is again a moody tune making use of filters a lot. But I'd like
to mention that there are NO clicks or other bugs in ZYRON's
tunes - Well done!
The music in the end-part is made in the style of the middle-
ages, and sounds quite impressive...
Ratings for the music: 75 %
DAWNFALL by OXYRON
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SYNDROM about the coding,
This one-file demo was entirely coded by GRAHAM, and it
shows that he is one of the best coders around. After some
intro-texts we see the first effect, a moving
landscape-picture, which zooms with adjusting the
resolution. The next effect is a chessboard turning around
in x&y-direction and zooming, and all in HIRES-resolution.
The next effect is some kind of stretcher-routine, only this
time displaying some logos turning around into z-direction.
Actually I remember having seen this effect in an unreleased
part by TTS at Datalive'93. Well, the next parts are again the
chessboard-routine, but this time using some bars as object.
Later we see a nice plasma, another bar-rot-zoomer and the
stretch-routine again. The end part contains some fractal-
plottings and the usual upscroll. Well, this demo was real
cool, and I may tell you, that GRAHAM even managed to
install three (atleast I found only 3) hidden parts into this
file.
Rating for the coding: 97 %
EARTHQUAKE about the graphics,
This production contains only 2 Oxyron logos, both in average
quality, which get shown after the intro with some graphical
elements (not worth a review concerning art). More graphic
wouldn't have been possible in just one file, though. The first
composition shows an Oxyron logo standing on some hills and
water infront of it. Ofcourse the landsacpe gets a bit mirrored
in the liquid element. The second logo is a creation made by
BIZ KID. The outlines are quite familiar with a normal charset
with a decent 3D-effect. Behind this plain cyan logo the
background was pixelised with some more colors. In general
these two logos don't look bad, but on the other hand they are
not very original.
Rating for the graphics: 50 %
SYNDROM about the music,
This demo features an exclusive music done by JEFF. It is
again techno-styled, but this time it sounds like quality.
The tune is using some inspiration from METAL's PC-music
and the 2nd half of the tune (in the end-part) was inspired
from PRODIGY. Well, the instruments are excellent, so is the
volume-balance between them. All in all a cool techno-music,
though I missed some more originality - I mean something you
still remember when you finished watching this demo.
Rating for the music: 85 %
OBSCENE CODE by NO NAME
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SYNDROM about the coding,
Here we have the "real" party-demo from NO NAME (Vodoo
People was just some digis and won't be reviewed), though
it is rather small. But I was quite surprised about the quality
of the parts. Well, there's not much to the intro, just the
usual stuff like logo- and textfaders. The first real effect are
a dot-tunnel, which looks quite good. The next thing is some
realtime morphing letters, which looks nice, too.
After some loading we see another 4*4-part, this time a rot-
zooming fractal, which gets wrapped into z-direction later on
(They call it a Tilter). The next part is the end-part, but it is
quite an unusual endpart. It's another DOOM-clone, but sofar
it's one of the best I've seen. The resolution is 4*4 again, but
the rooms are very detailed and you even can walk through
doors. Maybe the textures aren't too original, but it looks
good anyway. I'm just waiting for the first DOOM in normal
multicolor-resolution!!
Ratings for the code: 75 %
EARTHQUAKE about the graphics,
The logo used in the intro was done in a style seen a hundred
times before. That means the outlines are block-orientated
and the fillings look copied - in my opinion very boring. Some
flags of different countries surround this non-creative
appearance. After the intro screen faded away, the name of
the demo gets displayed in the same quality as before.
Somehow it looks even worse. Well, it's a pity the graphicians
don't stand on the same level as the coders of this demo, but
unfortunately it's TRUE. Some parts later these graphicians
show their ability in doing logos again. The border of this
DOOM part is nothing special, but the logos are again in the
mass-production-style. Though their fillings haven't been
copied, they aren't original and agains it's the same thing
with their outlines. Although I find the textures in Reflex'
DOOM parts too colorful the textures used in No Name's
version could look better. I also hoped for some artwork in this
production, atleast for one. Sumarising it up - I was
disappointed by the graphics but impressed by the code-
effects.
Ratings for the graphics: 35 %
SYNDROM about the music,
Well, the demo contains music by RAP and ZYRON and I
couldn't find a hint that they were exclusive, especially as
ZYRON's tune is from '94. So you know I won't gonna review
them. But I find especially the last tune very stylish and
chosen very well, especially for the doom-part.
Ratings for the music: 15 %
That's all for this month - we will not do a chart this time,
just to keep you interested for next month, when we will
present the big BEST DEMO of 1995 - chart.
Until then...
/WOD-staff
profile
PROFILE by MR.WAX/CHROMANCE
Welcome to the PROFILE,humble reader!
Today we can present you a very interesting interview with a
not-so-wellknown German phreaker.
Some veterans (like MYSELF) may know him by name but I got
the hunch that 90 percent of today's sceners doesn't know
much or simply anything about him.
I know him since ages and we can call each other real good
friends so I really hope you ALL will know him better now.
Please welcome, JINX of HITMEN from Cologne/Germany.
P: = MR.WAX/THE PULSE MAGAZINE
J: = JINX/HITMEN
On with the show...
P:Yo Markus! Since we don't want you to stay wrapped in
mystery please introduce yourself to the readers.
J: Well, like you already said my name is Markus and I'm aged
22 (will turn 23 this April), I am 185 cm tall, have long dark
blond hairs and brown eyes... Hey, does this answer fits to
the common ones? Guess so... :)
P:Now that we know a bit about you,would you tell us how did
it all began? Which groups you were a member of, make a
roundup of your career...
J: Hm... how did all began? Lemme remember, back in 1985 a
friend of mine got a VC20 and I loved to play games on that
machine.I just had to get such machine aswell but my parents
always refused... Then at X-MAS '87 I got my first C128D and
it took a while untill I got fed up of just playing games. I
started learning a bit Basic and using Demo-/Intromakers as I
really was impressed of those groups who released games and
demos! Later on when I got more interest in machine language
I built up my first group with a real good friend of mine (old
dudes might remember GOTCHA,eh?)... However, all worked
fine until Dario (GTA) left to join ARRAY. So I dropped
MADNESS and joined EASY, as this wasn't the best decision I
left again after a couple of weeks. In '89 or '90 I joined an
Austrian group called CHAOS where I had my most active
time and made a lot of friends... After 1 1/2 year things started
to get worse and I got an offer to join CRAZY, so I did. A half
year later CRAZY died and I decided to quit 64... Guess what, I
couldn't stand it and joined CHROMANCE where I stayed
nearly 4 years being not that active, mostly just calling out
and doing some Intros... Finally in Summer '95 I decided to
team up with some friends who wanted to rebuild HITMEN,
the place where I will stay for the remaining rest... That's
about it!
P:What is your job in HITMEN today and why did you leave
CHROMANCE after being in the group for years?
J: My job in HITMEN? Well, I have no certain job. I just do
what has to be done, like coding, cracking, calling out, H/P...
but as you know, Balazs, I am a quite lazy butt... :)) (true.ED)
You really wanna know why I left <C>? Hm... Somehow I got
fed up of the 64 scene, I wasn't really a part of it anymore.
Most of my old friends left ages ago and so I decided to do
something which would make more fun like coding a REAL
game, not those low budget shit which get released these
days... Anyway, by that time I decided to stay in <C> as an
inactive member doing something from time to time and
releasing it under the <C> label... I already started coding
things I would need for my game and I always wanted to code
anyway like an IRQ-Loader and Cruncher... However, in May
1995 I got a call from Peacemaker, who has already been a
good friend of mine, and he told me about their idea to rebuild
HITMEN... Somehow he convinced me to join aswell. It really
makes more fun if you're able to meet some group mates in
just 1/2 hour... Budapest is just too far away, that's why I
have been at your place only once, so far, Balazs... :)
P:I know you do some H/P stuff,and I heard it on the
grapevine that you can BLUE BOX from Germany and that ain't
something. Don't you find it too risky,especially living in good
old Germany?!?
J: Blue Boxing? I know alot of guys used to blue box a couple
of years and so did I... but even if I would be able to blue box
these days I guess I wouldn't tell in public, I just remember
those days when every lamer had been able to bb... All I can
say is, there are still certain ways to call out, it's a hell of
work to find some but everybody could make it... Of course,
there's a risk by phreaking of getting busted, I just got told
that someone got cought for (ab)using a VMB but I think
TELEKOM has no REAL interest into busting some little
phreakers as long as they're earning with it... just imagine
what TELEKOM earns on these scanning dudes! By the way,
phreaker's life had been easier once here in Germany...
P:You know that I got busted for (ab)using a fake phone-card.
Have you ever had some problems with the police or telecom?
J: Haha... that story is really weird! What are they doing in
Hungary, having a policeman beside every pay-phone? haha...
Nah, so far I had not any problem with police neither Telekom
I just got once a call from AT&T asking for some names of
people who called me... I told them some tales, nothing more.
P:What are you doing in your sparetime? Are you still studying
or working? And beside the C64,are you active on other
systems?
J: I am still studying at a private school it's kinda "Fachhoch-
schule" topic is technical informatic or however it's called...
I don't have much spare time left but usually I meet friends or
do some sport... I really like to wind-surf, if I have the time
to go to the Netherlands... Here in Cologne you have no chance
for it... I can't say that I am any kinda active on other
systems, not scene wise, I just had to learn C, C++ and 80x86
machine language for school but somehow I don't like PCs
much... I would be interested in starting coding on the latest
SONY Playstation but it's hard to get info about it...
P:Lots of magazines are talking/reporting about the
INTERNET. Do you see the net as a major change for the C64
scene or just a small time system? Do you think it would be
possible to accept first releases on the NET or should we still
be sticking to the US boards?
J: INTERNET is the future definitly! I for myself started using
INET just a couple of months ago, it makes more fun instead
of calling some nearly dead boards... Only a few are left which
are worth being called daily... By the way, fact is that you
can keep in touch with people all over the world via INET quite
cheap on a legal way (if you prefer it! :) ), so even old 64
dudes who used to call US boards could be able to start again!
There's a company here in Germany who offers an I-NET
account for free, all you have to pay are local rates... And I got
told about another one where you pay around 30-50 bucks for
an account and they offer a toll-free number but I just got told
Some mags should think of making an INTERNET chapter with
charts and stuff... Maybe that brings back some people?!
P:How do you see the scene today,compared to the "golden
days"? What would you change if you could?
J: The scene today compared with the "golden days"... Well,
first of all, my "golden days" had been in 1988-1992 or
something like this... this time reminds me of real competition,
real good groups and all what it was about was friendship...
The atmosphere on boards had been far better... Have a look on
today's so called ELITE and compare it with the one from the
past and you know what I am talking about... but hey, time is
going on and you have to look forward and make the best out
of it! If I could change something on 64 scene... hm, better
games and real copyprotections would make me doing more on
64... :)
P:Do you read magazines today and if so how do you like
them? Any favourite? (Do NOT kiss ASS for us! :))
J: To be honest, I don't read every mag neither every
chapter. I just pick the ones which might be of any interest...
Favours... Hm... MAMBA!!! hehehe... Today's favorit is definitly
PROPAGANDA, I just loved the last issue. Could be released
more regulary but I can imagine what kinda hell of work it is...
Other mags I read are DRIVEN (real good US one, keep doing it
dudes!), THE PULSE (flowers... :)) and RELAX... haven't read
any other for ages....
P:Do you keep an eye or two on the LEGAL scene as well?
What do you say about today's demos?
J: I really wanted to do more for legal scene but I don't have
enough time left... I think I should reduce the sencless crap
like calling out and doing any cracks(?) of low budget games
which nobody plays anyway and move my ass to code
something of quality...
I really like today's demos, I haven't been up to date for
almost 2 years and I really was surprised when I saw some
decent demos... Nice work!
P:Let's play the old "BRAINSTORM". Tell us what comes in
your mind first when you hear these words:
C64: ................ Still my favorite one
BOARDS: ............. Glory days are gone
INTERNET:............ The place to get lost... but the future!
MUSIC:............... Hip Hop/Soul/Funk (Vibrants/MoN/M.Gray)
PARTY:............... Beer
BEER:................ Party
ONSLAUGHT:........... Kangaroo :)
U.S.A.:.............. Place to visit once!
P:Slowly but surely we're running out of time so just take your
chance and say YO! to your best friends.
J: First of all I have to say HY to my real old friends, even if
they don't read this anymore... CHUM, MIKE D., NEGATIV,
CONNOR, GOTCHA, ALIEN (rest in peace)... these are the ones
who left the 64 ages ago... Anyway, greets are going aswell to
my dear friends Jazzy D., Mr Wax, Alex, Peacemaker, Rich,
Grego, Larry (Lucifer), Susieuzi, Joe, Curlin, Jihad, Tyron,
Joyride and all I might forgot...
P:Well done,Markus! Thanks a lot for sharing your intimate
thoughts with us and we all can just wish all the best for the
future and stay C64 buddy!
J: You're welcome!
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I really hope you had a nice time reading this interesting one.
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX, XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
* CRUZE/LITHIUM/SCS+TRC, XXXXXXX XXXXX,
X XXXXXXXX XX., XXXX XXXXXXXXXXX, XXX, XXXXXXXXX
* CYKE/MEGAUNIT, XXXXXX XXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXX XX, XXXXX XXXXXXXX, XXXXXX
MF - MO
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* BIRD/MOTIV 8, XXXXX XXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXXXX X, XX.XX., XXXX XXXXXXXXXX
BBS: +XX XX XX XXXX (Mount Olympus)
* CLIVE/MOTIV 8, XXXXX XXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXX X, XXXX XXXXXX-XXXXX, XXXXXXX
* IBANEZ/MOTIV 8, XXXXX X. XXXXX,
XXXXXXXX XX, XXXX XXXXXXXX, XXXXXX
* ICEBALL/MOTIV 8, XXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXX XX, X.XXX, XXXX XXXX X., XXXXXXX
* MERLIN/MOTIV 8, XXXXX XXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXX XX, XXXX XX XXXXX, XXXXXXX
MO - NO
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* STONE/MOTIV 8, XXXXXX XX-XXXXX,
XX XXXXXXXXX XX, XXXXX XXXXXX, XXXXXXX
Internet: stone@berlin.snafu.de
* TG-ACME/MOTIV 8, XXXXX XXXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXX XXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXXXX
Internet: tonnyg@stud.sarphi.no
* ARISTOCRAT/NIPSON, XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX,
X.X. XXX XXX, XX-XXX XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX
* MAVERICK/NIPSON, XXXXXXXX XXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XX, XXXX XXXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
* FUNXILLA/NO NAME/U-TURN, XXXXX XX XXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXXXX X, XXXX XX XXXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
NO - ON
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* GRIMLOCK/NOFX, XXXXX XXXXXX,
XX XXXXXX X, XXXXX XXXXXXXX, XXXXXX
+ ZZAP/NOICE, XXXXXX XXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXX X, XXXXX XXXXX, XXXXXX
* ASV/ONSLAUGHT, XXXXX' XXXXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X, XXXXX XXXXXX, XXXXXXX
* BIZARRE/ONSLAUGHT, C/O XXXXXX XXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXXXX XX, XXXXX XXXXXX, XXXXXXX
* DOOM/ONSLAUGHT, XXXXX XXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXXX XX, XXXX XXXXXX XX, XXXXXXX
ON - ON
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* GOP/ONSLAUGHT, XXXXX XXXX, XXX XXXXXX XXXX,
XXXX XXXXXXX, XXX, XXXXXXXXX
* JASON/ONSLAUGHT, XXXXX XXXXXXXX,
XXXX XXXX, XXXXXXX
* JAZZCAT/ONSLAUGHT, X/X XXXXX XXXXXXX,
XX XXXXX XX., XXXX XX. XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXX
* MORBID/ONSLAUGHT, XXXXXX XXXXXXXX,
XX XXXXXX XXXXXX, XXXX XXXXXXXXX, XXX, XXXXXXXXX
* RAMJAM/ONSLAUGHT, XXXXXX XXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX, XXXXX XXXXXX-XXXXX, XXXXXXX
ON - PA
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* RAP/ONSLAUGHT, XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX,
XX. XXXXXXXX X/XX, XX-XXX XXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX
* VENGEANCE/ONSLAUGHT, XXXX,
X XXXXXX XXXXXX, XXXX XXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXX
* RRR/OXYRON, XXXX XXXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX, XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
* DOMEY/PANIC CREATIONS, XXXXX XXXX,
XXXXXXXXXX XX, XXXXX XXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
* JER/PANIC CREATIONS, XXXX XXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXX X-XX, XXXXX XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
PB - SC
--------------------------------------------------------------
* FUNNY/REPLAY, XXXXX XXXXX XX.,
XXXXXXX XXX. XX, XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
* NIGHTSHADE/SCS+TRC, XXXXXXX XXX XXX XXXX,
XXXXXXXXXX X, XXXX XX XXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
* SAILOR/SCS+TRC/TABOO, XXXXX XXXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXXX X, XX-XXX XXXXX, XXXXXX
* SPECTATOR/SCS+TRC, XXXXXX XXX XXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX X, XXXX XX XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
* SPLATTERHEAD/SCS+TRC, XXXX' XXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXXX X, XXXX XX XXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
SC - ST
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* TITANIC/SCS+TRC, XXXXX XXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXX XX/XX, XX-XXX XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX
* BLASPHEREIRON/SEMINARY, XXXXX XXXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXX X/XX, XX-XXX XXXXXX, XXXXXX
+ ANDREAS/SHAPE, XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX, XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX X, XXXXXX
+ ELWIX/STYLE,
XX XXXXXXXXXX XX., XXXXXXXXXXX, XX XXXXX, XXX
+ RAY/STYLE, Ray Busick,
XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXX, XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX XXXXX, XXX
SU - ZZ
--------------------------------------------------------------
+ CRESH/TABOO, XXXXXX XXXXXXX,
XX. XXXXXXX X X, XX-XXX XXXXXXX, XXXXXX
Internet: st/03@sco.zs/.pwr.wroc.pl
* RAMBO/THERAPY, XXXXX XXXX,
XXXX X. XX/X, XXXX XXXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
* VERGO/THERAPY, XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX, XXXX XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX
* RAVE/TRIAD, X/X XXXX XXXXXXX,
XXXXXXXXXX X, XXXXX XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX
That should be it for this time. Make sure to update your
address, when you get on the internet...
Signed, KBS/PULSE
