Magicians
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  1990 - Swedish swapper Aktie left for Mute 101 around may.


Maniacs of Noise (MON)
----------------------
HOL> Charles Deenen (music).
???> Jeroen Tel (music), Johannes Bjerregaard (music), Reyn Ouwehand
     (music).

MON are the living musical legends of the C64 scene. Delivering music for
heaps of C64 games, as well as paying their dues for the demoscene.
  1990 - Laxity left the group for another music label, Vibrants, in
september.


Maniax
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SWE> Chock (gfx, 08/91), Cory (code, 08/91), Dragon Fly (swap, 08/91),
     Drastic Art (gfx swap, 08/91), Goz (code, 08/91), Joker (Hans-Johan
     Haland, code swap, 08/91), Manopla (code, new 08/91), Riddler (09/91),
     Trasher (code crack train swap, new 08-09/91), Warlock (code, new
     08/91), Woise (Daniel Ostman, code swap, 08/91).
NOR> MJ (Helge Brede, early 93).

Maniax are (probably) headquartered in Boden, Sweden, and has released some
cracks. MJ was later in Iris on the Amiga, using the same handle.
  1993 - Elwood and the rest of Motion joined the group early this year.
  1994 - Authentic joined Excess in september.

  Future Vision (1991, 30.08, Multiload Demo, 8 parts).
  code: Manopla, Cory, Goz, gfx: Chock, Drastic Art, music: Markus
  Schneider, Maduplec/Nato, JCH, Tomas Danko Jr., Moppe/OneWay.
  review: There's nothing you'll remember for a long time in FV, I'm afraid.
  It's not BAD, just terribly average. Graphics are OK, but seldom anything
  special, and there is no exclusive music. Not bad, but not too good
  either. [glenn]


Manowar
-------
???> Dwarf (ex Tristar, new 01/91).

  1989 - The entire German section of Lazer joined 11/89.
  1990 - Early in the year, Airwolf joined Orion and Ninja joined F4CG.
  1991 - Dense joined from Hitmen around january. Martin and Christian
joined Alpha Flight 1970 early 91. Ixon left for Oregon.


Map
---
  1989 - They left their position as a subgroup to WWE 11/89, and also
simultaneously gained some new members; Dr.Hook/Damage, and Poison and
Lee-Grand/Dream.


Master Design Group (MDG)
-------------------------
  1990 - They announced around july that they would concentrate more on
coding games in the future.


Matrix (MAX)
------------
Matrix was a cracking group, apparently active at least in 1989.
  1989 - Luxor left for Virgin in december.


Mayhem [old] (MAY)
------------------
USA> Gazoo (11/88), Judge Dredd (11/88), Jynx (11/88), Mustang (11/88),
     Stormbringer (code, 11/88).

Boards; SMUGGLERS INN (usa, 11/88), WILD WARES (usa, 11/88).

Mayhem was an American group that did some imports late 88.


Mayhem [new]
------------
ENG> Roy (code, also in Bodycount, 05/93).
???> Jason (ex Motiv8, new 09/94), Primus (ex TRC, new 05/93), Web (new
     05/93).

  1993 - Roy joined Mayhem as his second group in may. Primus joined from
TRC in may. Web joined in may.


MCG
---
Mr.Stack was kicked out when the group joined Paramount early89. He
  consequently joined Online.


Mechanicus 2124 [new] (1993-)
-----------------------------
Reborn by Mason/ex Epic with some of the old members in early 1993.


Mechanix 2124
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DEN> Groo (Claus Gregersen, code, 07/88).

Groo coded and released the music editor "Sound Tracker 64".


Megabot
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  1989 - Some of their members joined SOS in december.


Mega Power Designs (MPD, -1991)
-------------------------------
MPD died in january of 1991. Beachtiger and Death Stalker joined WOW, Amarok
is still looking for a group.


Megastyle Productions (MSP, http://www.megastyle.biz)
-----------------------------------------------------
NOR> Brooz (Kristian Mykletun), Cycleburner (Even Sharning, code, ex Contex,
     new 06/90), Drumtex (Vidar Bang), Frode (Frode Loken, old handle Price,
     12/90), Lizard (Magnar Harestad, music, also in TBL [pc/amiga], new
     89-02), Napoleon (Brynjar Olsen, code), Rage (Anders Rodahl), Rotteroy
     (Roy J. Widding), Scroll (Ruben Spaans, code, new 88-09/95),
     Sleepwalker (Brynar Olsen), Sparkler (Rune Spaans, gfx, new 88-91).
GER> Shok'Ray (Marco Bein, also in Hitmen, 09/95).

PREVIOUS MEMBERS>

???> Am-Rum, Gentle-Fox, Hawker, Inzane, Play Power, Yiare, Vengeance.

MSP were a mainly Norwegian demo group. Thanks to Shokray for information!
(I wanted to reply to you, but the mail bounced!)
  1988 - Sparkler and Scroll (who are brothers) joined this year.
  1990 - Dolla was pursuaded to leave in july, and joined Warriors of Time.
Wax and Pee also left this month, to reform their old group Reflex.
  1991 - The group changed its name from Megastyle Inc. (MSI) to Megastyle
Productions (MSP).

  Arghhh! (Demo).

  Booze'n'Rockets (Demo).

  Brainstorm (Demo).

  Brainstorm 2 (Demo).

  Brainstorm 3 (Demo).

  Brother In Arms (Demo).

  Coomed (Demo).
  info: Cooperation with The Voice.

  Economic (Demo).

  Fat Oddvar (Demo).

  I'm Norwegian (Demo).

  Kalle Kloakk (Demo).

  Megazine #1 (Diskmag).

  Megazine #2 (Diskmag).

  Piece of Cake 1 (Demo).

  Piece of Cake 2 (Demo).

  Poemz (Demo).

  Ram It Down (Demo).

  The Great Kloakkman (Demo).

  Piece o' Cake 3 (1990, 30.06, Demo).
  code: Scroll, Cycleburner, gfx: Sparkler, music: n/a.
  3rd in the Bergen Party demo competition.
  info: Originally competed in the demo competition at the Bergen Party, but
  only released to the public some time later.

  Seal of Focalor (1992/93?, Demo).
  info: The group's final demo release.


Megaunit (MGT)
--------------
SWE> Cascade (Mattias Ekloef, code, 04/96), Cyke (Robert Karlsson, music,
     04/96), Ranz (gfx, 04/96).

MGT are a Swedish group.

  Notewriter Collection 3 (1996, 07.04, Tool collection).
  code: Cascade, gfx: Ranz, music: Cyke.
  review: Not-bad, but ultimately quite useless collection...which Megaunit
  are the first to admit. The scrolltext reveals a lot of self-irony, which
  is good. The design for the selection screen itself is adequate, but could
  have been even better. A great touch is the way you see descriptions of
  all the programs as you cycle through them. This is not that bad. [glenn]


Mental
------
  1994 - BTS (gfx) and Spinball (code) both joined Excess in september.


Migges and Eurosoft
-------------------
M&E were a cracker group, most probably just incorporating the two guys
whose names make the group's name. I saw one crack dated 10/07/86.
Probably from Germany.


Miracle (MRC)
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DEN> Dangerous Dan (code, aka D.D.).
HOL> Axel (code).
???> Dim, Dimitri, Face (swap), Mason, Tecon, Walt.


Mob, The (-1990)
----------------
SWE> Bom (write, 90), Depeh (Gran, code gfx editor, 90), Metro (90).

The Mob was a swedish group, likely based around the city of Skvde, where
at least Depeh and Bom lived. The two were responsible for the birth of the
diskmag Explorer. The first issue was release around may of 1990. The second
issue - and subsequent issues - were released under the label of Antic,
where the entire group The Mob had joined as a subdivision since the last
release.

  Explorer #1 (1990, Filemag).
  INT - code/gfx: Depeh, music: "Mexican Dream" by Mok/Defence.
  MAG - code/gfx: Depeh, music: n/a, editor: Depeh (main), Bom.
  review: "Explorer" is a mag with what seems at first be quite a lot to
  read... But after a small while you realise that all pages are actually
  just 6 lines, and most of them are just announcements of things that will
  come in later issues. It's almost a one-man project, with Depeh doing all
  the coding, graphics and writing (save for one small corner by Bom). The
  magcode is simplistic, with space or joycontrol to progress through the
  pages, and the font is downright irritating. They've tried to be original
  I guess, but any mag really needs a well-readable font.
    So am I totally un-optimistic about this mag then? Well, the magpart
  really needs going over both in terms of its presentation and its content
  (the only real 'article' was an interview with Aaron/Fairlight), but
  perhaps in time this can mature into something. There are sparks of
  promise here and there (mostly in the writing), but it's far from
  realised. Keep writing Depeh, and we'll see what happens =)
    The intro is the best thing about it though, with a MOB logo at the top
  of the screen which changes colors, two THE MOB sprites jumping up and
  down on either side of the screen and a dycp-based scroller. Cool music,
  ripped by Acty/Royalty.
    I have no idea of a release date except it was in 1990. The mag comes in
  a single 106 block file. [glenn]


Mocean
------
This swedish group lost their swapper Geggin to Censor Design around 12/89.


Motion [old] (MTN, -1990)
-------------------------
Motion was a finnish demo group.
  1990 - Motion's cooperation with Browbeat ended in july, and (as a
consequence?) Motion died this month. Finnish member AMJ joined Vision,
Hawkeye and Stranger (both code, 04/90-) joined Beyond Force. Italian
members Exat and Unicorn joined The Force. Brain and Disc (04/90-) joined
Deathsector. Anvil joined Conflict. Proton and Rock joined Origo Dreamline.
It is unclear what happened to TMB (fin, swap).

  Ingen Pant (1990, 14.04, Multifile Demo).
  Cooperation with Browbeat [details]


Motion [new] (MTN, -1993)
-------------------------
  1993 - Elwood and the rest of Motion joined Maniax early this year,
meaning the group died.


Motiv8 (M8)
-----------
DEN> Iceball (Allan Noer Nielsen, code, 09/95).
GER> Greenfrog (webmaster, 09/95), TMG (Alexander Joscht, music, 04/96).
BEL> Clive (Ronny Mesuere, swap, 09/95).
NOR> TG-Acme (09/95).
USA> Grego (09/94-09/95).
???> BinJinx (09/95), Eddie (09/95), Ibanez (code, 09/95-96), Larry (gfx,
     12/95), Mason (09/95), Merlin (09/95), Mizar (09/95), Natas (09/95),
     Stone (09/95).

Boards; IN LIVING COLOR (usa, 12/95), MOUNT OLYMPUS (den, new 09/94-12/95).

Motiv8 was an illegal, cracking group. They also released some retro-cracks
under the Motiv8 Quality (M8Q) label.
  1994 - Grego, a resident of Texas, was having problems with the fbi around
september, on charges of software piracy. September brought some internal
problems for the group; first Tricket left and kicked them off 'DOMINIC',
then their leader Crossfire was fired from Pronix Entertainment. Following
this Peacemaker, Racoon, Vortex and Curlin all left the group for Alpha
Flight 1970; Animal left and finally Fresh Prince was busted by at+t for
calling cards (which means he's just swapping from now on) and SMD (gfx)
left for Atlantis. The only ray of light in september was the recruitment of
a new Danish ehq, 'MOUNT OLYMPUS'.
  1995 - Greenfrog opened a www page for the group around september, liklely
the first ever for a c64 group.
  Ibanez released his tool "Scroll-Writer V1.0" in december.
  1997 - In december, Crossfire (code crack, 09/95-), Goat, Mendrake and
L.A. Style were recruited for Fairlight.

Musician MHD (12/95) is no longer a member.


Movers, The (1987-)
-------------------
???> Amadeus (06/87), Drago (06/87), Pershy (code, 87), RGB Canada (06/87),
     Scanner (crack, 06/87), Skylab (gfx, 06/87), Zoff (code, aka General
     Zoff, 06/87).

The Movers were a German cracking group that took the somewhat unorthodox
route of being an Amiga group that started a C64 section in mid 1987.


Moz(IC)Art
----------
NOR> Geir Tjelta (music, aka Predator, 89), Lizard (Magnar Harestad, music,
     12/93), Trond K. Lindanger (music, aka IQ64, 89).

Moz(IC)Art was a Norwegian music group. It was later revived by Geir
Tjelta, exclusively to do a few tunes for the fabulous THX sound system on
the Amiga. A WinAmp plugin is now available to play these great tunes on
the PC too!
  1991 - Quite a number of tunes were contributed to Beyond Force's demo
"Anal Intruder" [04/91], released at the Horizon Easter Party.


Mute 101 (M101)
---------------
SWE> Aktie (swap, ex Magicians, new 05-06/90), Apache (06/90), Sledge
     (06/90).
???> Chique (ex Fullforce, new 05/90), Mike (ex VIP Division, new 05/90).

Mute 101 was a swedish demo group, and is now dead.
  1990 - Aktie/Magicians, Chique/Fullforce and Mike/VIP Divison [no entry
were all recruited around may.
