NOR Numen ex Giants, new 06/96, Speed Devil ex Giants, new 06/96.
Xentrix
HOL S.A.M.
??? Amethist, Bytetwister ex Terminators no entry, Haywie, Matscho
ex Savage, new late90, TDD THW.
Xentrix was formed by Deelite and some friends.
Ace was kicked.
Coroner joined Compact.
Magix ex Unit 4 joined Cyanide.
Deelite ex Nova, Phantom and Vain joined Triad.
Xerox -1992
AUT Coon-O swap.
Boards INFECTIOUS GROOVES ger, 10/91.
Xerox died in early to mid 1992.
X-Beat
Blob new 88 joined Phalanx 01/89.
X-Factor
FIN Madman sysop BLUE WING nightboard, 11/91.
XFactor -1979
Duck-Hunter and Lobo joined Instinct late 97. The group is dead.
X-Tasy
GER Death Angel ex Amaze, new pre 07/92.
Death Angel was editor of a diskmag in Amaze, which was closed down when he
made the move. I do not know what his function is in X-Tasy, though.
X-Tension
??? Ace code swap sysop, Kovy coorg music swap, Lupi code music,
Pancur gfx, Pid gfx swap.
X-Trade
SWE Adder Stefan Hansson, swap, early93, Betty Boy gfx, old handle Rip,
doublememb Depth late96, 05/94-late96, Boozer sysop SHADOW ZONE
WHQ, Bult gfx, 92, Chucky sysop GANG BANG, Duffy swap, ex
Quartz, Goblin, Kalashnikov music, Maniac, Mike B Swap, ex Dazzle,
Orgasmatron sysop ANGEL CITY EHQ/WHQ, ex Shining 8, early93-01/95,
Pripps sysop CHANNEL 4, early93, Voco code, ex Ontarion, new mid
91-92, Warhammer sysop NOTA BENE, doublememb Alpha Flight, 01/95,
Wirefire sysop OUTPOST, 01/95.
AUS Blitter Thomas Frhlich, code edit The Jungle, 12/94-12/96.
GER Andy sysop FASTWAY, early93, Bird sysop METAL DECADE, early93,
Friendly Snke Petersen, gfx, 12/95-12/96, JJF sysop FUTURE ZONE,
early93, Manta swap, Scuba gfx swap sysop SEXN CRIME WHQ, 12/92-
early93.
FIN Clombo sysop DETROIT, 93-04/95, Meddler Antti Suvanto, ex Ahead,
93.
N-L Countach sysop CYBERSPACE, ex Freestyle.
ITA Mad Harlequin sysop HEART OF NOWHERE, early93.
USA The Griffin sysop REDRUM, early93.
??? Christian code, 05/94, Hellraiser code, new 94, J.Walker Thomas
Bickel, code, 12/94-12/96, Mastermind code, McCoy music, Tomahawk
code, Twystor code, 12/94.
Boards GROOVUS MAXIMUS swe.
X-Trade were a demo and board-based group, with their headquarters in
Sweden. Mad Harlequins board was the official itialian distribution site of
AmiExpress.
1991 - Blaze joined Vox Dei. Zyrax sysop NORTH CONNECTION joined
Dazzle under the handle Scythe.
1994 - Payday swe swap, Klorathy code 05/94, TBM gfx 05/94 and
Coolorado left to form Corpse in 94. Trader Cuz left for Cyberdyne.
1995 - Swedes Odie music, 05/94-, Wolf gfx, 12/94- and Kama gfx,
05/94- all joined Wrath Designs, likely around january. Please note that
this date is approximate. The board DISTASTE was closed in june.
Swedish musician Dezecrator joined Chaos A.D., where he was also a sysop.
Did he have a board in X-Trade?
Swedish swapper Jammaster joined Vox Dei.
German swapper Slam ex Acrid, new early93 joined Essence.
Swedish musician Gorgonzola joined Limited Edition.
German swapper Lightforce ex Desert joined BASF. However, Mirages
Eternal 2 claims he joined Endless Piracy...I have not been able to
confirm him in either place.
The HORROR ZONE BBS usa was kicked.
Swedish sysop Kreator A-BASE joined Devils.
Deicide joined Addonic.
Swedes Deelite music, ex Enigma, Accord Patrick Johansson, music, 91-92
and Diesel got tired of the bad organizing and formed their own group,
Vomit. Nowadays, Deelite and Diesel are in Razor 1911, and Accord has
left the scene.
Digital Orgasm 1992, ECS File.
code: Voco, gfx: Bult, music: -Digital-Orgasm- by Accord.
Color Crime 1992, ECS Slideshow.
code: n/a, gfx: n/a, music: Accord and Deelite.
Embrolic Coding 1992, 29.Jun.
8th in the Hurricane Party 92 demo competition.
Among the Living 1994, 20.05, AGA? File.
code: Klorathy, Christian, gfx: TBM, Lbt, Kama, Rip, music: Odie.
The Jungle 7 1994, 28.12, ECS Diskmag.
INT - code: Twystor, gfx: Friendly/Static Bytes, Twystor, music: Odie.
MAG - code: J.Walker, gfx: Friendly/Static Bytes, music: Chromag-non by
Chromag/Polka Brothers, editor: Blitter. Released at The Party 4.
review: If I was astounded by the lack of change from issue 8 to issue 9,
Im AMAZED by the fact that this issue is - you guessed it - graphically
identical to the two next issues! The intro picture a dragon this time
seems to be only thing thats different... Contentwise, I found this
issue to be a bit more SCENE than the next two, with a real news section
and other related articles. Some interesting stuff here, especially I
would imagine, if youre a coder! The whole thing seems a little thin
though, and you read through it in a jiffy. There is one quite serious
bug, though: It doesnt make a sound! On my machine, it seems unable to
play a single note...
The intro is really worth a mention. It doesnt require AGA, but seems
to benefit from extra machine power. What it is, essentially, is a series
of graphics twirl effects, with an upscroller overlaid. There are some
great effects here, and the intro doesnt occupy more than 64k! glenn
GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0 -- Note: See review.
The Jungle 8 1995, 28.12, ECS Multifile Diskmag.
code: J.Walker, gfx: Friendly, music: Dizzy/CNCD, editor: Blitter.
Released at The Party 5.
review: When reading this review, remember that I read this issue
immediately AFTER reading 9 : What strikes me the most is the fact
that these two issues - though separated by a full year - are graphically
100 the same. No new panel, no new code. Whats changed is a different
intro picture, and some different background tiles. Still, I found this
issue to be better, actually. Having read both of them, I feel like maybe
Blitter wasnt in as much contact with the scene during 1996 as he was in
1995. Either way, I find the articles in this issue a lot more
interesting to read. Quality is excellent, so theres not much else to
say. You know what youre getting! glenn
GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0.
PsyLOVEcicle 1996, 28.12, 40k Intro.
6th in The Party 6 40k intro competition.
The Jungle 9 1996, 28.12, ECS Multifile Diskmag.
INT - code: J.Walker, Blitter, gfx: Friendly, usic: Marc/Syndrome.
MAG - code: J.Walker, gfx: Wolf title, Friendly, music: Marc/Syndrome,
editor: Blitter. Released at The Party 6.
review: Having just read the entire TJ9, from beginning to end, I have a
few observations to share. TJ seems like the minimalists approach to a
diskmag not much flashy stuff, but whats there works well. Graphically
it looks a little like Upstream, with its tiled background. The multi-
tasking code should be optimized, I think - its slightly unresponsive,
even on the 030. Marcs mag tune deserves special mention, as its one of
the best guitar tunes Ive heard in a long while. Really realistic sound!
Article design in TJ is nice, with good contrast between letters and the
background. The TJ homepage is announced, at http://pc23-c801.uibk.ac.at/
blitter/welcome.htm.
Contentwise, what strikes me is that theres not a lot of articles
about the scene as such here, are there? Many of the articles are more
or less totally scene-unrelated, and the ones that are seem to launch
into endless dialogues with themselves over seemingly trivial issues.
Theres no traditional demo reviews, making of articles, interviews...
not even real news! In one way, this is good, since it means The Jungle
has a distinct style of its own. Ofcourse, you cant do anything but
respect Blitter for trying to be different in a diskmag scene thats all
too often stagnant! Because TJ is released as seldomly as it is once a
year, you can forgive Blitter for not concentrating on things like news.
After all, there are enough magazines out there to deal with things like
that. TJ seems to concentrate more on the philosophy of the scene than on
hard facts. Originality is its strength! Dont change a thing, Blitter.
Its highly doubtful if Wolf was still a member when this mag was
released he was a member of Wrath Designs at Assembly 96, and worked on
their demo Gyrate 08/96... glenn
GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0.
X-Trek X!
GER Digiman sysop ACID SLAM EHQ, 01/99.
DEN Zinko sysop THE NORTHERN PALACE WHQ, 01/99.
??? 4Play 01/99, Case 01/99, Franky 01/99, Gremlin 01/99, La Shawn
01/99, Lucky 01/99, Nighthawk 01/99, pSB crack, 01/99, Quazar
01/99, Saint 01/99, Shadow 01/99, Style 01/99, Thaler 01/99,
The Dentist 01/99, The Mixer 01/99, Tifos 01/99, Tryac 01/99,
Zoltrix 01/99.
Boards FINE LINE eng, 01/99, EVIL EMPIRE swi, 01/99, SOUTH CENTRAL
swe, 01/99, KINGS CROWN ger, 01/99, NIGHTLINE nor, 01/99, THE
SNAKEPIT ftp, 01/99.
The groups homepage, http://x-trek.home.ml.org, seems to have disappeared
from the web.
Xymax Project
Wind It Up ECS 1MBCHIP, Demo.
X-Zone XZN, 1995-
ITA Aceman code, new late95-early96, Corrosion music, 12/96, Lanch
founder gfx, ex Ozon, later Darkage, 12/96, Washburn code, 12/96,
Zibi founder music, early96.
SWE Cindy Martin Fredriksson, /Xcode, 11/96, Horatiuz Tobias
Gustaffson, 11/96.
??? Red Storm music, new early96.
X-Zone was the new name given to the Italian group Ozon in late 95.
Italian coder and main organizer Modem 12/96 joined Ram Jam. He was one
of the original founders of X-Zone.
Italian musician Lord was kicked due to inactivity
Over 1996, 28.12, 40k Intro.
code: Modem, Washburn, gfx: Lanch, music: Corrosion.
Released for The Party 96 40k intro competition, unplaced.
review: Perhaps a little too short, this is nevertheless an ok 40ker.
Corrosions techno-flavoured music creeps under your skin, and the use of
bumpmapping is unusual - originality is always a plus! They could have
used some less extreme colours though, especially for the bumpmap and the
envmap routine - there is simply too much contrast for it to look nice.
Two effects is not enough for a 40k intro. glenn
GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.1.