Taboo (http://taboo.eu.org)
---------------------------
POL> Cresh (gfx swap, 12/94-04/98), MMS (code, 09/92-12/94).
GER> Acidchild (Wolfram Hess, swap, 09/94-01/95).
???> Comer (code music, 12/94), Cruise (gfx, 12/94-09/95), Fazee (gfx,
     12/94), K.M (code, 12/94), Sailor (swap, 12/94), Shaman (gfx, 12/94),
     Shogoon (music, 12/94-09/96), Wayne (gfx, 12/94).

MMS is the coder behind several quality utilties, like Level-Crusher 1.0
(09/92) and Advanced Music Searcher (AMS) V4.1 [05/93], V5.0 [08/93].
  1996 - Shogoon contributed an exclusive tune to Oxyron's demo
"ReLIGHTening", released in september.


TAC'2048
--------
FIN> Tony (swap, 06/90).
???> Zipper (ex Panavision, new 06/90).

  1990 - Zipper joined from Panavision around june.


Taipan
------
  1993 - Raw was found to have recracked several games from Success, and was
kicked in may. An article in Fairlight's "Reformation #3" [06/93] by Dannie/
Success also talked about the similarities of the two groups' version of the
game "Magic Fields", and offered pretty conclusive evidence that a recrack
had taken place. It pointed the finger at Wizard as the 'cracker', tho'.


Talent (TAL, 1989-)
-------------------
ENG> Bod (mainorg code crack, 11/89-06/94), XXX (crack supply, 11/89-07/91).
GER> Ramirez (ex Alpha Flight 1970, new mid94).
USA> Morrisey (sysop 'DOWN THE LAW' WHQ, opened early 93).
???> Chrysagon (crack, 06/94), Count Zero (fixer cosys, 06/94), Greenfrog
     (code, 06/94), Illusionist (ex Random, new early91), Majesty (org
     supply, 06/94), O'Neill (music, 12/91), Raze (code, 12/91), Rockstar
     (fin? fixer, 06/94), SoStone (cardsupply swap, 06/94), TBB (swap,
     06/94).

Talent is an English cracking group, originally formed by ex-Hotline members
Bod and XXX in late 1989. After a short time in cooperation with the
Americans in INC (at least 09/89), they entered into the legendary
cooperation with Ikari in november or december of 1989. At the time Bod and
XXX were still the only two members of Talent. 'Wicked' was the group's
lame-release group :)
  1993 - Hunter left to rebuild Paramount late 92 or early 93. Morrisey's
board was opened after he joined Talent, and will be the group's WHQ when
fully operational (early 93). X-Tro (swap) who joined a few months earlier,
was kicked in october for laziness.
  1994 - Ramirez joined in Germany around the middle of the year.


Tec (1988-1989)
---------------
Tec was a German group, formed early 1988 by Mister TNT and Moonwalker.
After some time also Roger joined, and Wolfman came around the middle of
1988. After getting an offer to join, Roger (code) left for Genesis Project
in january 1989. This was the beginning of the end for the group, as Wolfman
and Moonwalker then decided to form Array with the best members of Hellcats,
and Mister TNT finally joined Druids. The group was dead february 1989.


Teeside Cracking Service (TCS)
------------------------------
???> Dave (crack, 06/85), The Omega Man (crack, 09-10/87).

TCS was an early cracker group, and Omega Man was one of the most talented
crackers and trainers in the early days, IMHO. Especially note his great
version of the classic shooter Delta, with a multiple-choice trainer and
ingame keys - in 1987!


Tempest (TMP)
-------------
YUG> Nucleus (Dejan Petronijevic, code gfx, 02/94-01/96).
BOS> Erol (Erol Tahirovic, code gfx, 01/96).
MAL> B'Stard (code, 02/94).
???> Dalton (music, 02/94).


Tera
----
  1990 - Dense joined Holocaust around august.


The Ancient Temple (TAT)
------------------------
AUT> Ayatollah (code crack, old handle PW, aka AYT, 90-02/91), Checkpoint
     (swap, 07/90).
???> Case (code, 04/93).

For simplicity's sake, I've made an exception to my own rule and placed
TAT's entry under T rather than A, since their shortname is so often used.
  1990 - Inc T left the scene around august after some internal differences
with Ayatollah, who in turn changed his handle around the same time to PW.
He must have changed it back sometime soon after, because by february of the
following year he was Ayatollah again... confusion ;]
  1991 - Ayatollah extended his functions into cracking from the start of
this year. The group entered into a cooperation with Weird from january.
  1993 - Case released the tool "60 Second Backup" [04/90] in april.

  Airdance II (1990, Demo).
  information: This demo has a picture apparently made by Lurch/TAT that was
  in fact ripped from the game "Superman vs. Dr. Doom". This was revealed in
  Amok's "Sex'n'Crime #16".


Thrash (1989-1989)
------------------
Thrash was a shortlived group, formed late 89 by Doyle/Extasy and Freddy/
Array and dead again by december of the same year. Freddy moved on to join
Sodom.


THT see Hunting Tigers, The


Thundercats (-1988)
-------------------
Thundercats merged with Superswap Sweden into Horizon.


Thunderdome
-----------
GER> Brego (swap, 05/90).


Thundertronix
-------------
Was in cooperation with The Sharks, under the monicker The Sharks and
Thundertronix (S&T).


TIA see The Imperium Arts
-------------------------


Titan (-1989)
-------------
Titan died in december 1989, after several members were busted by the
police. Twilight left for United Artists in december.


Titron
------
???> Freddy (crack).

  1991 - Scoundrel left the scene around may after driving his groupmates to
Venlo, and then not getting a single dime paid for the gas he spent!


Topaz Beerline
--------------
FIN> Scapegoat (Sami Ilmonen, code gfx, 92-early93), Slayer (swap, early91).
SWE> Rebel (09/91).
HOL> Calypso (gfx, ex F4CG, doublememb Amnesia, 01-05/93).
???> Addict (music), Amarok (doublememb Oxyron [details], early 93), AMD
     (fin? music), D'Arc (fin? code gfx, early 93), HTD (fin? gfx), Silver
     (ex Hitmen, new early 93).

Topaz are a mostly Finnish demo group. Scapegoat has coded lots of tools,
including Deadline Writer, CharZipper and Assembly Converter. D'Arc is the
author of the AFLI Editor 2.0.
  1991 - Early part of the year (february?) brought a tragedy for Topaz,
when their member Coax was killed in a train accident. A memorial demo was
reportedly planned by the finnish scene, but no information on if it was
ever released.
  1992 - In may, the two danes Caprix (code) and Kirk (gfx) left the group
for Oxyron.
  1993 - Dutch Calypso (gfx) joined from F4CG in january, while maintaining
his double membership in Amnesia.

  Problemchild - He Knows Me (1993, early, demo).
  code: D'Arc, Scapegoat, gfx: Death, D'Arc, Scapegoat, Realpointdesign,
  music: AMJ, Anvil, HTL.
  information: Received a rave review in Reformation #1.

  Graveyard Blues 3 (1993, 30.05, Demo).
  code: D'Arc, Scapegoat, gfx: Death, music: Htd, Amj, Anvil.
  6th in The Computer Crossroads 93 demo competition.


Tough
-----
  Europe (1993, Demo).
  code: Jason, gfx: Jason, Condor, music: Jozz, J.B.
  info: Made for the c64 democompetition at the WOC exposition. Likely
  released in april or may.


T'Pau
-----
  1993 - Avalanche joined the reborn Alpha Flight 1970 in may.


Traitors (1991-)
----------------
Traitors was a cracking group, born in january of 1991.


Trance ([T])
------------
GER> Benno (Frank Bendiek, music swap, 01/93), Bizarre (also in Amnesia,
     05/93), Hobbes (sysop 'TECHNODROME', 01/93), Luka (swap, 01/93).
???> Cruncher (supply, 87), Fat Freddy (old handle Haegar, 12/92), MG
     (crack?, 87), Twist (ex Dominators, new 05/93), Underdog (code, 87).

Rumours say that Trance is dead, and that leader Benno took the mag A-Head
with him to Excess (Reformation #2).
  1992 - Bizarre joined Amnesia as his second group, while Haegar changed
his handle to Fat Freddy in december.
  1993 - Twist joined from Dominators in may.

  Pleasure Flight (1992, 28.12, Demo).
  Released for The Party 92 demo competition.


Transcom (TCOM)
---------------
BEL> Eureka (swap, 12/90), Kickboxer (swap, early91), Shadow (swap, 04/89).
???> Captain Crack (new 12/89), Johnny B (music, ex C64CG), Unknow (crack,
     ex C64CG, 04-12/90).

Transcom was born from the group C64 Comics Group (C64CG). Transcom were in
cooperation with X-Ray for a while, but the coop broke down in early 1991
after members of Transcom ripped off Bad Taste's mag "Bad News", slapped a
Genesis Projects intro on it, filled it with aggression and harsh language
towards nearly every group in the scene and spread it at the Venlo meeting
in february of 91. Following this, some Transcom and some ex-Crusade members
left to form a new group called "Bad Batch", which in turn died in weeks.
The ex-Transcom members then rejoined, except for Scorpie and Kid who went
to F4CG.
  1989 - During december, Captain Crack joined while Stinger left for
Genesis Project.
  1990 - Hi-Tech joined Babygang around july. The group went into
cooperation with X-Ray in december. Slight (ex C64CG), Chouans, Spirit,
Milos, Mig, Punisher and Jity all left the group due to disagreements with
LKJ and Glasnost. They joined Genesis Project.
  1991 - Scorpie and Kid joined from F4CG at Venlo in january. Belgian
swapper Glasnost (ex Osiris/Energy, new 05/90-) joined left for Legend in
january, since he felt Transcom was not releasing enough cracks (source:
Emanuelle #1). The cooperation with X-Ray ended early in the year.


Trans-X
-------
???> Bandit (12/90), Lady Devil (mainorg, 12/90).

  1989 - Moskwa TV joined Science 451 early 1989.
  1990 - TNM joined Histeric [no entry], while Myth joined Depredators in
december. Also in december, the group's leader Lonestar left. Lady Devil
took over the leadership. Axe changed his handle to Bandit.


Trauma (1990-1991)
------------------
???> Dystan (founder crack, ex Holocaust, 12/90-early91), Reconner
     (founder, ex Holocaust, new 12/90).

Trauma was formed by Dystan and Reconner from Holocaust in december 1990,
and apparently contained members from Denmark and Norway. See Holocaust's
entry for some more background on Dystan, and the question of his identity!
According to Emanuelle #1 [02/91], the group was extremely shortlived, and
died around january 1991! It also said Dystan joined Holocaust, to maximise
confusion... ;]


Triad (3AD, http://www.triad.nu)
--------------------------------
SWE> Iopop (Henrik Jansson, code gfx, new 11/94-08/02), Jerry (Gunnar
     Klbck, mainorg swap sysop 'THE STUDIO', new 88-08/02), King Fisher
     (Linus Walleij, code crack, ex Rebels, new 08/90-08/02), Logger (Alex,
     code, 08/98), Mindflow (music), Quorthon (Lenny Jonasson, crack,
     04/00-12/02), Taper (Daniel Smurf, sysop 'ANTIDOTE' WHQ, 08/02),
     Twoflower (Mikael Backlund, gfx, ex Twilight, new 08/93-08/02), Wiggen
     (Mikael, gfx, 08/98-07/00).

Due to the high amount of members up through the years, we felt a need to
separate the 'old' from the 'new' generation, at least until everyone can be
accounted for.

SWE> 801 DC (code, 12/90-04/91), Cash (Mika Silanp, swap, 09/94), Chorus
     (Olli Mikkonen, gfx swap, ex Flash Inc, new early-05/91), Dane (Stellan
     Andersson, gfx, ex Twilight, new 08/93), Daw (David Fahlander, re
     Censor Design, new early91), Dynamic (Jonas Strandell, gfx, ex Rebels,
     new 08/90- 01/91), Goldie (code crack, ex Rebels, new 08/90), Incubus
     (Robin Forsberg, swap, ex Antic, new early93), Janitor (Pr Winzell,
     crack, ex Relax, 12/87), Johan (ex Twilight, new 08/93), Lucifer (John
     Lundberg), Rave (Henrik Andersson, swap, new 05/91-09/94), Sergeant
     Pepper (code, new 88-02/89), Shadow (Andreas Gustafsson, old handle
     Megamaster), Tango (ex Twilight, new 08/93), Tao (David Weinehall,
     code, new 09/94), The Dungeon Master (Hans Axelsson, music, aka TDM, ex
     Rebels, new 08/90-05/91), Tracer (Fredrik Nordlund, crack, 12/90-
     04/91), Twilight (Mathias Sarri), Tycoon (crack, ex Light, new 12/89),
     Wilson (Henrik Bergstrm, gfx, ex Level 11, new 06/90-03/91), Wingo
     (Stefan Karlsson, early93).
NOR> Ibanez (Trond), JFK (Karl Bjrnar ie, early93), Killsquad (Geir
     Ytterdahl), The Meatball (yvind Antonsen).
GER> Acidchild (Wolfram Hess), Alfatech (Che Lalic, music, ex Hitmen, new
     05/91-early93), Curlin (Marcus, crack, ex Hitmen, later Hitmen new, new
     05/91), Racoon (ex Hitmen, new 05/91), Thunder (gfx, ex Hitmen, new
     05/91).
???> Arrow (Fredrik Pihl), Con (Konrad), Cozmo (swe? Lennart), Kravin (code,
     new 05/91), Mawkish (swe? 01/91), Mr.Ammo (Rolf Greven, ex Blaze, new
     01/93), Pentaloon (Magnus Sjberg), Scope (ex Vision, new 05/93),
     Sailor (Jani Tahvanainen), Slicer (rejoin 09/94), Skyie (Bonny
     kesson), SMD (early93), Vain (new 09/94).

Boards; KINETIC DREAMS WHQ (usa, new 05/93).

Triad are a Swedish demo and cracking group, famous for their cracking in
the early days. They have existed since at least 1986. Among their
legendary crackers were Mr.Z and Janitor.
  1987 - A crack intro released in august mentions new swedish members
joining. Legendary cracker Mr.Z (Zoltan Kelemen, 10/86-06/87) left the
scene this year. However, the group received a serious boost in september,
when the entire group Relax joined them, including talented cracker Janitor
to take over the void left by Mr.Z! At the end of december, they coarranged
a three-day copyparty in Huddinge with Fairlight.
  1988 - Jeff Smart released the music rip "Traz Music" [01/88] in january.
The group's leader and supplier Ixion (Dan, 08/87) went to university this
summer, and could therefore no longer control Triad. As a result, the group
nearly died, but thanks to a few members like 801DC they managed to keep it
going until they could find a new general manager. After about a month they
recruited Jerry (and his son, Sergeant Pepper!) to the group for this
purpose, and he has been the leader ever since. Swedish cracker Rowdy left
for Heptagon 09/88. German editor Jeff Smart ("Illegal") left for Scouse
Cracking Group 10/88, after 8 1/2 months in Triad, since he felt that they
were losing their power. German coder T'Kay left for Scouse Cracking Group
in december.
  1989 - Two small demos were released at the Horizon and Equinox party in
may, "Raster Blast" (Bob) and "Vinter Mums" (801DC). The group suffered the
loss of a lot of members when swedes Euzkera (02/89), Bob (02-05/89), Taito,
Sensei, Psycho, Contring (02/89), Swallow, Guran (02/89), Shark, CRT and
Dragon left to form a new group, Censor Design. Things went from bad to
worse when also Squelch, Codex, Slaygon and Darklord decided to join a
little later. In december however, they were reinforced when swedish cracker
Tycoon joined them from Light.
  1990 - Swedish graphician Wilson joined from Level 11 around june. In
august, swedes Tycoon (crack) and Injun Inc. both left to rejoin Light. News
in Amok's "Sex'n'Crime #16" [06/90] that they both left for Oneway would
seem to be false then. Swede Stanz was kicked in september, and rejoined
Dynamix. Swedish cracker Watchman left for Fairlight around november.
  1991 - Issues 3 and 4 of "Gamers Guide" were released in january, the
latter of the two in conjunction with the demo "Utopia". Issue #5 announced
editor William Goodwin's cut-back on swapping, in  order to have more time
for the guide. His old contacts were given to new member swedish megswapper
Cleric, who joined from Chaos Ind. It also announced that there is no longer
any Triad amiga section, that Daw had left Censor to rejoin, and that Chorus
had left Flash Inc to rejoin. Issue #6 (march) in turn announced that the
group had recruited another swapper, Dutch. The board 'FUTURE ZONE' (sysop
Spirou) had also been recruited, while swedish coder and cracker Hero (ex
Rebels, new 08/90) had left for Light. Then came easter, and every group in
Sweden travelled to the Horizon Easter Party. Shortly after came the release
of Gamers Guide #7 [04/91], which brought sad news. Main editor William
Goodwin (Daniel) had been killed in a car accident with Hero/Light, and was
replaced by Bismarck. It also announced Verdun (David Fahlander, code,
01/91-) and Metal Maniac (Mattias Pihlstrm) had left the scene. Recently
joined swapper Cleric (Rickard Sjogren, ex Chaos Ind.) failed to make good
on his promise of supplying hot originals, and was therefore kicked in
april. In response to this, he spread a harsh note accusing Triad of
cheating in the Gamers Guide. They adressed his accusations within Gamers
Guide #8 [04/91]. This issue also announced swedish swapper and sysop
Pimpernell ('TERMINAL STATE', new 02/91-) leaving the group for Science 451
after only two months. Rumours were going around that Bismarck and Tracer
had also joined, but these were false. After a small delay, for once, Gamers
Guide #9 [05?/91] was out, finally with a new intro and outfit! The reasons
for the delay were some reoganizing within the group, and naturally the new
code for the mag. Lots of news about Triad since last time; their american
board 'FABULOUS DISASTER' finally left them, since noone in Triad called it.
The board is now in F4CG. God alone knows what happened to 'WARES DOMINE',
by the way, that joined from Paramount in the very first months of the year?
Also Swedish sysop Spirou (FUTURE ZONE) left after two months, teaming up
with Light, and leaving the group without a single board! Instead of
recruiting new ones, Jerry started working on 'THE STUDIO' with an eye to
having it up as soon as possible. The final blow was dealt when swedish
graphicians (and brothers) Akay and Skywize (06/87) left the group for
Science 451 after a short membership. But all was far from black, since the
group was also seriously reinforced in may - Swedish swappers Tranziie and
Raven joined, as well as coder Kravin (who did the intro for the new Gamers
Guide). As if this was not enough, they also recruited four Germans from
Hitmen; Curlin, Thunder, Racoon and Alfatech - and as a bonus got their
diskmag "ViNews". Issue #8 was already released under the Triad label by the
time GG #9 was out.
  1992 - Cracker and supplier Ream joined from Hotline (who had just died)
in january. He eventually left to form Accuse and finally wound up in Alpha
Flight 1970. Stiff and Mercy joined Epic, likely in december (or possibly
january next year).
  1993 - Mr.Ammo joined from Blaze in january. Swedes Bismarck (Daniel
Johansson, aka Otto von Bismarck, gfx crack, 12/90-) and Aktie (Linus) both
quit early 93. Scope and Midnight Mover (sysop ILLUSION OF REALITY) both
joined from Vision in may. Scope moved on to Genesis Project, while swedish
swapper Tech (David Annergran) left the scene for his newfound girlfriend.
Swedish swapper Dutch (new 03/91) joined Dual Crew early this year. Sailor
rejoined, and the board KINETIC DREAMS was recruited to be the new WHQ in
may. Swedes Dane, Johan, Tango and Twoflower were all recruited from
Twilight in august with their mag "Arise". This meant that Triad now had two
mags, "Arise" and "Gamers Guide".
  1994 - September brought about a quick reorganizing; Vain (swap) and Tao
(code crack) joined, Slice rejoined, while Trident (Adam Dunkels) and
Achilles (Jonas Almqvist) left the scene; Owen (gfx) joined Agony; swedish
swapper Tranziie (Peter Jonsson, new 05/91) left the active memberstatus and
finally Midnight Mover reopened ILLUSION OF REALITY. At the Tribute Party in
november, Iopop joined from JAM. The idea was that he would make a new
diskmag (he had previously released 12 issues of "Jamaica" for his previous
group) for Triad, but those plans eventually fell through.
  2002 - Swedish coder and graphician Hollowman (Johan Bengtsson, 08/98-
02/01) is no longer a member.

Swedish graphician The Sarge left for Fairlight, probably around 88-89.
Swedish swapper Mr.Pinge (Stefan, 12/87) left the scene. Mr.Pinge was Triads
  main spreader, and was said by many to have been the best in the business.
  Illegal #30 wrote a lot about how sad his departure was.

  Traz Music (1988, 29.01, Intro).
  code/gfx: Jeff Smart, music: "Traz" by The Judges.
  review: Well, this is really nothing but a simple music rip, with the
  music from "Traz" (Cascade Software) by The Judges being the victim.
  It is fronted by the traditional Triad logo before the actual rip. The
  release date is assuming 'Janitory' equals january =] [glenn]

  Cocktail (1989, 25.02, Multifile Demo).
  code: Sergeant Pepper, Bob, Contring, gfx: Unitrax/Shape (logos), music:
  various. 6th in the Rawhead, Bros, Suppliers Party demo competition.
  review: Wow, this was a depressing experience. This demo just pretty much
  sucks. It reeks of immaturity (especially pepper!), unprofessionality and
  just plain doesn't manage to hold anyone's interest. One part - and one
  part alone - has some redeeming quality. namely 80 rastersplits, but
  that's about it =( Ugly graphics and ripped music closes the deal. Avoid.
  [glenn]

  Raster Blast (1989, 14.05, File).
  code: Bob, gfx: n/a, music: n/a.
  Released at the Horizon and Equinox party.
  review: Utterly charmless all-raster demo, with uninteresting variations
  on the theme. Fullscreen rasters, rasterbars, we've seen it all before,
  and much better than this. [glenn]

  Vinter Mums (1989, 14.05, File).
  code: 801DC, gfx: n/a, music: n/a.
  Released at the Horizon and Equinox party.

  Gamer's Guide #1 (1990, late, Filemag).
  INT - code: 801DC, gfx: Dynamic, music: The Dungeon Master.
  MAG - code: Hero, gfx: Otto von Bismarck, music: The Dungeon Master,
        editor: William Goodwin.
  review: The first issue of this legendary, and much critized mag, is
  nothing special in the audio-visual stage. The tune in the mag is OK, but
  the rest never rises above fair. As for the the editorial content, well, I
  guess you'd have to be there :-) Seriously, most of the text in this mag
  is taken up by stats and numbers. The mag is not technically advanced, but
  does its job fairly, and doesn't seem to contain any bugs. If youre into
  this kind of thing, then sure! Otherwise, perhaps not. For the record,
  this editor likes it ;) [glenn]

  Gamers Guide #2 (1991, early.01, Filemag).
  review: Nothing has changed; even the the tunes are the same. If you liked
  the first one... No credits, since they are identical. [glenn]

  Gamers Guide #3 (1991, .01, Filemag).
  review: ...and again everything is the same, including credits. There's an
  'interview' with Shade/Light, though, that had me half-convinced that he
  was the missing third of Beavis, Butthead and Shade. Cool, hehehe...
  [glenn]

  Gamers Guide #4 (1991, early, Filemag).
  INT - code: 801DC, gfx: Dynamic, music: The Dungeon Master.
  MAG - code: Hero, gfx: Otto von Bismarck, music: The Dungeon Master,
        editor: William Godwin, Jerry.
  review: The fourth issue, and still everything is the same audiovisually.
  The news this time is perhaps that Jerry is now co-editor with William
  Godwin. Other than that, this is not especially remarkable in any way.
  Apart from the standard game-stuff and news, there is a small discussion
  on IFFL routines, which is the lastest BIG THING in the cracking world =]
    Probably released simultaneously with the demo "Utopia", since the mag
  mentions it should 'be on the disk'. A good guess on the release date of
  this mag, based on some of the news and game reviews, would be late
  january or early february. News about Weasel and DJ joining Crest are
  slightly incorrect; it is just one person, DJ Weasel, that joined. The mag
  also announced the c64 comeback of Triad's own Dynamic. [glenn]

  Utopia (1991, early, Demo, 4 files 399 blocks).
  code: King Fisher, Verdun, gfx: Wilson, King Fisher, music: TDM.
  review: "Utopia" starts off pretty bad, but quickly improves with some
  quite impressive parts. (part 1) The first thing we see in this demo is an
  utterly lame screen with a bad Utopia logo and jerky scroller in yellow
  over a red background, accompanied by sampled riffs from Metallica's "Seek
  And Destroy" from their "Kill 'Em All" album. Wow, you can operate a
  sampler. I'm impressed now. Not. So we press space, (part 2) and are in a
  loader part. This part reappears between every part from now on, in much
  the same way the old Megademos on the amiga worked. The loader was coded
  by King Fisher with music by TDM, and is totally unimpressive. The
  scroller can be controlled with the joystick, and loading can be paused
  with the fire button. Finally the next part is loaded, and automatically
  starts (part 3). And suddenly this demo just comes alive! This is a very
  nice (if not exceptional) part, mostly thanks to the a very good logo by
  Wilson. Code is again by King Fisher, with music by TDM. The screen is
  divided such: The top part contains the aforementioned Wilson logo, while
  the middle is occupied by a scroller. The middle of the bottom contains
  the graphical representation of a candle (done by KF), flickering. To the
  right and left of this appears small pieces of graphics ripped out of the
  game Slaine, and jumping up and down. So we press space again, return to
  the loader, and ultimately the next part. (part 4). This is another VERY
  cool part, perhaps the most technically advanced in this demo. It features
  a LARGE bunch of rastersplits, waving in the middle of the screen! A blue
  TRIAD logo occupies the top of the screen, with what is seemingly
  'bullets' flying over it, from left to right. Code once again by King
  Fisher, logo by Wilson, no musician credited. Space. (part 5) This part is
  really just a note preceding the final part, called "Illusionary View". It
  contains a GREAT blue Triad logo occupying the entire top half of the
  screen, done by Wilson, and the rest is just text explaining the part to
  come. Code for both this and the endpart by Verdun, music by TDM. What
  this last part contains is the first (we believe) instance of a raytraced
  animation on the c64, and that makes this a wholly remarkable production.
  (part 6) The part itself has a red Triad logo by Wilson (not as good as
  his others in this demo), a scroller and the aforementioned animation. It
  was made in Verdun's own work-in-progress raytracer, and that makes it a
  quite interesting development. This type of animation was becoming
  widespread on the amiga around this time, and it is interesting that it
  found its way to the c64 so soon after.
    No certain release date for this demo, but it was probably around
  january, and almost certainly not at a party. [glenn]

  Gamers Guide #5 (1991, early, Filemag).
  INT - code: 801DC, gfx: Dynamic, music: The Dungeon Master.
  MAG - code: Hero, gfx: Otto von Bismarck, music: The Dungeon Master,
        editor: William Godwin, Jerry.
  review: Nothing is new audio-visually. No big news this month, just the
  normal games, and the only extra content this time is an interview with
  Jihad/Hitmen. Release date is naturally uncertain, but it is atleast
  before Horizon's easter party, which starts at the end of march.
    The mag announces editor William Goodwin's cut-back on swapping, in
  order to have more time for the guide. His old contacts were given to new
  member Cleric. It also announced that there is no longer any Triad amiga
  section, and that Daw had left Censor to rejoin. [glenn]

  Gamers Guide #6 (1991, .03, Filemag).
  INT - code: 801DC, gfx: Wilson, music: The Dungeon Master.
  MAG - code: Hero, gfx: Otto von Bismarck, music: The Dungeon Master,
        editor: William Godwin, Jerry.
  review: It was a little easier to pinpoint the release date on this one,
  since it says inside that it's only a 'few days' until the Horizon Easter
  Party, which begins on the 29th of march. Nothing extra to read at all
  this time, just the usual game charts. This issue announces the joining of
  swapper Dutch, board 'FUTURE ZONE' (sysop Spirou), and the leaving of Hero
  for Light. They spell Polonus/Padua's handle wrong in the news (Polonius).
  The intro gfx has been slightly redone by Wilson. [glenn]

  Gamers Guide #7 (1991, .04, Filemag).
  INT - code: 801DC, gfx: Wilson, music: The Dungeon Master.
  MAG - code: Hero, gfx: Otto von Bismarck, music: The Dungeon Master,
        editor: Bismarck, Jerry.
  review: Since issue #6, William Goodwin was killed in a car accident with
  Hero/Light. An event like this would most probably have made any other
  publication stop, but GG managed to make Bismarck take over the main
  responsibility. Disappointingly, no real report from the HZ party, just a
  brief mention of some things that occured; specifically Dr.Cool/Censor's
  behaviour =[ They also mention the ongoing quarrel with Censor members; a
  group that seemingly got on everyone's nerves once in a while (remember
  their 'war' with Fairlight one year earlier). [glenn]

  Gamers Guide #8 (1991, .04, Filemag).
  INT - code: 801DC, gfx: Wilson, music: The Dungeon Master.
  MAG - code: Hero, gfx: Otto von Bismarck, music: The Dungeon Master,
        editor: Bismarck, Jerry.
  review: Well, 8 issues in and they're STILL using the same music! Hmmm...
  I dug it the first time (the tune in the main mag, that is), but now it's
  getting ever so slightly on my nerves... =] Oh well, on with it. Apart
  from the usual news and games, this issue brings an interesting interview
  with norwegian cracker Rocky/Illusion. It also announces that Cleric, who
  joined not long ago, was kicked. He spread a note with apparent lies,
  talking about Triad cheating in the Gamers Guide. They defend themselves
  inside this issue. [glenn]

  Gamers Guide #9 (1991, .05?, Multifile Diskmag).
  INT - code: Kravin, gfx: Chorus, Kravin (font), music: The Dungeon Master.
  MAG - code: King Fisher, gfx: Chorus, music: The Dungeon Master, editors:
        Bismarck, Jerry.
  review: Halleluja! =] The ninth issue of GG finally comes with a new code.
  It opens with a ravishing little intro coded by Kravin, and with good
  graphics done by Chorus. There is mention several places that this issue
  was delayed, for the first time ever, due to some reorganizing within the
  group and the new outfit for the mag. The release date is, as always, a
  guess. Hey guys, how about some proper release dates eh? Would make my job
  a hell of a lot easier at least... The main mag also has new code, and is
  now in multiple files, allowing for more reading material each time.
  Having said that, there is not much more than usual this time. It contains
  some details about a minor disagreement with Antichrist/Genesis Project,
  as well as an interview with austrian cracker extraordinaire Antitrack/
  Legend. [glenn]

  Backtracking - The Complete TDM Music Collection (Multifile Musicdisk).
  code: King Fisher, gfx: M, Bismarck, music: TDM.
  review: Well, this is nothing more than it aspires to be - a selector for
  TDM's music. Some of his pieces are actually very good, while others leave
  a little to be desired. But then again, this is everything the guy ever
  produced, so a few glitches in quality are to be expected! Overall though,
  I must say I liked more than I disliked. =) The design is based (as
  admitted in the intro) on Mahoney & Kaktus' anything-goes design from
  their amiga musicdisk "The Sounds of Gnome". It is hard to date this
  musicdisk exactly, since it does not feature a date of release anywhere :(
  It's released sometime after the Game Guides, as well as after the demos
  "Red Storm" and "Red October" at least... [glenn]

  Spice Up Your Life (1998, 01.08, Multifile Demo).
  code: Logger, Mystic/Plush (irq loader), gfx: Wiggen, Hollowman, music:
  Goto80/Hack'n'Trade (see review for details).
  Released for the Little Computer People 98 demo competition.
  review: SUYL life is a pretty short demo, that overall left me slightly
  unimpressed, but with a few good bits worth mentioning. The demo, though
  irq-loaded completely through without any user interaction, is still
  divided up into four separate 'parts', each with their own music
  soundtrack. The demo has a general Spice Girls theme, which is reflected
  both in the visuals and in the music - every single tune in this demo is a
  spice girls coversong. With varying degrees of success, we might add ;)
    Part 1 (music title: 'Stop') has the opening credits (SUYL logo with
  magnification) and a rubber female-symbol as its main attraction. The
  second, and best, part (music title: 'Bethere/Mama') opens with a good
  Triad logo coupled with a dot-landscape routine, all very cool! The third
  part's (music title: 'Toomuch') main point of interest is a vector
  routine, while the fourth and final part (music title: 'Wannabeeee')
  features a really ugly picture of Geri (we think). The demo is sprinkled
  with a few of Hollowman's portraits of the girls, as well as a few other
  incidental parts, but that's the main bulk of it.
    The relatively short demo spans an amazing 13 files and 531 blocks,
  really a lot for such a 'small' demo. In addition comes a 45-block own-
  coded notefile, totalling almost a full diskside. The note was coded by
  Logger, with graphics by Hollowman and music by Goto80/Hack'n'Trade
  (titled 'Honolulu').

  26kg (2000, 29.07, Multifile Demo, 14 files, 648 blocks).
  code: Hollowman, gfx: Hollowman, Wiggen, Vodka/Fairlight, music:
  Goto80/Hack'n'Trade, Con/Ideal/Leader.
  Split winner of the LCP 2000 demo competition!
  review: 26kg is a very graphical demo, with phrases and illustrations
  trying to convey a message, and very little to offer in the way of normal
  demoscene effects. There are some, but usually integrated in the bigger
  whole of the demo, and never standing on their own. This is not really a
  criticism of the demo, since it clearly does not attempt to be technically
  outstanding. For a demo that covers an entire diskside, I feel that
  perhaps "26kg" doesn't quite live up to its promise, but if you're looking
  for a slightly different demo exercise, then perhaps this is for you.
    The demo uses Krill/Plush' loadersystem. Goto80 does two tunes for this
  demo, Con does one. [glenn]

  Feedback (2001, early, Multifile Demo).
  code/gfx: Iopop, Hollowman, music: "Rotar Nut Pop" by Ed/Wrath Designs.
  Winner of the Floppy 2001 demo competition!
  review: This demo is officially a travesty. It's an odyssey in garish
  colour and bad taste, without even the slightest sense of style or design.
  It tries to relate a story, or an opinion, but comes across as just plain
  dribble. I'm sorry to the makers of this demo if I've offended any of
  them, but seriously... Everyone else, avoid. [glenn]

  Oppression (2001, 06.07, Intro).
  code: Tao, gfx: Tao, Taper (design, spriteanim), Dane/Crest (logo), music:
  "A Shot In Your Vein" by Tao.
  review: A really basic one-screen production, made for fun over a weekend
  visit from Tao to Taper's place. Not an essential production in any sense
  of the word, and actually slightly unnecessary even. Why make something
  that is so basic, and so bland? And with such an ugly logo? I guess it was
  just the spirit to wanna release something, but IMHO they should perhaps
  have waited until they had SOMETHING TO RELEASE. Oh well, just my two
  cents. :) Quote from the Triad mailinglist, "Today we bring you a very
  tiny meeting demo/intro, TRIAD/OPPRESSION, put together when Tao visited
  me this weekend. It was 6 years ago we met last, so it was about time with
  a new get-together...  :-)".
    Not released at any party. [glenn]


Triangle 3532 (3532, 1987-, http://kwed.org/triangle)
-----------------------------------------------------
DEN> Chix (code), Cozmix (code), Dr.Monikke (code), Fun Fun (music import,
     08/88), Qed (Jan Lund Thomsen, crack, new 07/90-08/95), Scratch (code
     crack, 07/87-03/91), Spot (code, 01/91), Swyx (code crack, 10/87-
     06/90), TCD (code crack, aka The Cracking Dane, new 06/87-09/89),
     Tenzet (gfx), The Ranger (swap), Trinity (code).
UK > Acidyx (swap), Anzax (supply, 02/88).
USA> Counter (Jon), Steve.

Triangle were a demo and cracking group, based in denmark but with a few
members in other countries as well. The group was found on may 1st 1987 vy
Swyx, Chix, Tenzet, Fun Fun, Cozmix and Xenon. Thanks to QED for helpful
information!
  1987 - Danish cracker TCD joined the group in june. Scratch joins in fall
the same year.
  1989 - Spot joined in fall this year.
  1990 - Qed (crack) joined from Pulsar in july, after disagreements with
group management on his role as a cracker. In later months unfriendly
thoughts were scattered around both groups cracktros. The demo "L'etranger"
[12/90] finished 2nd in the demo competition at the Dexion X-Mas Party in
december, but was never released to the public.
  1992 - Swyx was interviewed for In Media Res #1 (later reprinted for In
Media Res #2.)
  1993 - Qed is interviewed for the FairLight diskmag "Reformation".
  1996 - Qed is interviewed for In Media Res #2.

  L'Estranger (1990, 28.12, Demo).
  2nd in the Dexion X-Mas Party demo competition.
  info: Never released publicly.


Trianon
-------
Speedcracker left to help form The Wanderer Group.


Trinomic
--------
???> Judy (music).

  1991 - Scooter joined X-Ray in december.
  1993 - X-Tro and Curly Sue were both kicked early in the year. Mr.Legal is
doing a new papermag called 'Scenario'.


Tristar [new] (1990-1990)
-------------------------
Tristar was reborn around august 1990 by Madman together with Thargon from
old Tristar and Design (ex Lazer german hq). Unfortunately the group died
fast again in december =( Violator joined Paramount, Dave (ex Holocaust)
built his own group, Raisers. Dwarf joined Manowar, Ian joined Omega, Design
joined X-Ray. Bizarrely, in april of 1991 it was revealed in Triad "Gamer's
Guide #8" that someone going by the handle of Run DMC/Tristar had recracked
4-5 games...


Tristar Red Sector (TRSI, 1991-)
--------------------------------
GER> Brego (founder), Dance, Scat, Wildstyle (Frank Merzo, founder swap).
???> Crockett (founder), Godzilla (founder), Jagatan (founder),
     Salt'n'Pepper (founder), Trigger (founder), Tyger (founder), Wizzler
     (founder).

The C64 section of TRSI was formed early 1991 by Wildstyle/Paramount (also a
TRSI member on the Amiga!) with these founding members: Tyger/Paramount,
Brego/Paramount, Godzilla/Paramount, Crockett/Paramount, Jagatan/X-Ray,
Trigger/X-Ray, Salt'n'Pepper and Wizzler.
  1994 - The cooperation with Dytec split up in september.


Tritech (1990-)
---------------
Tritech was formed around july 1990 by Misfit, Dean and Sextone from Tropic.


Triumph (-1990)
---------------
Triumph is a Swedish group. Their imminent death was announced in the Triad
Gamer's Guide #1, following Jedi's departure for the Amiga scene. It was
speculated that Probe would follow. It didn't happen like that, though, and
issue #3 explained that the rest of the members had joined the new Swedish
group Omega. Triumph officially died at the Dexion Party 90, 27-29.12 1990.
Pimpernel, sysop 'TERMINAL STATE' joined Triad shortly after the break.


Triumyrat
---------
HUN> Poacher (code, aka PCH, 02/92).

Poacher released the 'ECI Graphics Editor V1.0', probably though commercial
channels of some kind, since I saw a version supposedly released by
Chromance, and it even quoted a supplier. Still looked like a scene release,
though, with scene name crediting. He also coded the notemaker tool
Tri-Writer V3.0 (02/92).

Stephen joined the reborn Alpha Flight 1970 (early 93).


Troopers, The (1987-)
---------------------
Troopers was a norwegian demo group formed early 1987, and was quite
successful in the young norwegian scene. Devil (Ole Marius Pettersen), Shade
(Lars Hoff) and Stone (Stein Pedersen) later started the wellknown game- and
demo-music label Prosonix.
  Thanks to http://norway.c64scene.org for some information.

  Afternoon (1987, Demo).

  Moonetic (1987, Demo).

  Stella Polaris (1987, Demo).

  Christmas'87 (1987, .12, Demo).

  Kleptomania (1988, Demo).


Tropic
------
  1990 - Misfit, Dean and Sextone left the group to build Tritech around
july. New-H and A-Man left to form Acid around september.


Tropyx
------
POL> Blemish (Grzegorz Saczuk, swap, 11/02), Kyno (Krzysiek Saczuk, swap,
     11/02).


Trust
-----
  1990 - Mavil and Jesus left for Lazer in july, then moved on to the
reformed Acid around september.


TSK (-1988)
-----------
TSK was an Austrian group that died in 1988, after most members were fed up
being in a group named after a leader (TSK is an actual person) that never
did anything. They left, and formed a new group under the name of COSMOS.
Cosmos is essentially TSK without TSK himself.


Twilight
--------
  1993 - Swedes Dane, Johan, Tango and Twoflower left for Triad in august
with their mag "Arise".


TWR 1881
--------
HOL> Renegade (crack, 09/87).

TWR 1881 is a dutch cracking group.

