Amiga Plus 2004 #2

home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search

/ Amiga Plus 2004 #2 / Amiga Plus CD - 2004 - No. 02.iso / AmigaPlus / Scene / Eurochart47 / Articles / NorwegianScene < prev next >

Wrap

Text File | 2004-01-31 | 8.2 KB | 279 lines

»PIC:barclip.ilbm» »CL9: Norwegian Scene-Report »PIC:barclip.ilbm» »CL4: By Zerox of Gods »CL1:In the last EuroChart I totally updated my scene-report and thereby removed all the dead and inactive groups. This means I'll only focus on the active groups that manage to come up with an Amiga production now and then. I'll also skip groups with members who aren't able to come up with productions on their own, or making mainly non-Amiga productions. The result should be that this scene-report cover the active forces of the small norwegian scene! So if you miss your group among the teams mentioned in this report start getting active on Amiga! »CL8: APATHY »CL1:- The group has produced lots of productions during the latest years from intros and demos, to musicdisks and packs. At the Gathering party two years ago Apathy managed to come 2nd in the intro competition with their AHA-Remix. They also released the demo Wormhole at The Mekka-Symposium party that year, and the Polish members released the slideshow Klimat at the Kindergarden party last year. They released Digital Chips 31 in July 2002. At the Kindergarden party 2003, they released the intro Haakan in coop with UpRough which is their last productions so far. »CL0:Well-Known Productions: Feedback, Dreams, SBS, AHA, Wormhole and AHA-Remix. »CL1:Well-Known Members: Strife, Maze, Chriz and Leia. »CL8: CONTRAZ »CL1:- Contraz has been one of the best norwegian teams the latest years with many releases; both intros and demos. I first noticed them at the Gathering'95, and afterwards they've improved quite much. The group is a result of two crews joining forces; NSS and Black Spiders, and some of the members have been sceners for a real long time. The latest releases I've seen were the Kindergarden Invitro released in February and at the Gathering party in April they released the demo Micromonster. Contraz also organized the Kindergarden party 2003, and will arrange another KG party in September 2004. Accede is making a game called Civtarion under the Trilobit Microsoftware label. »CL0:homepage: www.contraz.no »CL1:Well-Known Members: Accede, Brekke, Chauple, Dran, Enex, Isaac, Skjeggspir and Whisper. »CL0:Well-Known Productions: WWWebster, Plong, VeryLongPrecalc, Retrospectacular, Mystiq, Blues, Domination, Splash O'Mania II, 1 Week, Snop and Brunostalgia. »CL8: DEPTH »CL1:- They have been in Norway since around 1994 I think. The last Amiga production I saw from them was the dentro Arcane Lugter released at the Kindergarden party last year. It was done in cooperation with the Danish members. But they also released a contribution in the wild compo at the Kindergarden party this year, it was called Playdoh Mansion. Some members also participate in music compos at lots of parties each year. »CL0:Well-Known Members: Allanon, Sprocket and Slumgud. »CL8: EPHIDRENA »CL1:- This is the leading norwegian team these days after the departure of Andromeda, perhaps in some competition with groups like Spaceballs and Contraz. They are also one of the leading international groups these days. Ephidrena got founded in mid 1995, and have been very active the latest years with lots of demos and intros. Their big breakthrough got to be with the winning Concrete demo at the Party 9, but of course they've also made some great intros that have done good at various parties. The latest releases I saw from them was the demo Fake Elektronik Lightshow released at the Gathering party, and the 4k intro Fistpig released in coop with Spacballs at the Assembly party this year. Rumours are indicating Ephidrena will come up with a 4k intro at the Breakpoint 2004 party. »CL0:Well-Known Productions: J, Pluss, Abiotic, Byte, Bier, Beer, Brus, Device 47, Børst, Concrete, Adam Malysz vs. Wienerwurst, Omnicrom, Fusion Is My Energy, Lysbryter and Flux. »CL1:Well-Known Members: Cheetah, Cyberstarr, LoadError, Frequent, Stoney and Zixaq. »CL8: GODS »CL1:- This group got founded in 1994 and was very active the next 3 years. The latest years they have not been very active on Amiga. The norwegian side of this crew was probably at its best around 1995. They were behind a certain diskmag called D.I.S.C. and some slideshows. The demos and intros were mainly done by the French coders in cooperation with the norwegian graphicians. In any case, DISC 14 in coop with IRIS released at the Kindergarden party this year, was their latest release so far, in addition to the small intro released for the EuroChart issue 47. »CL0:Homepage: www.idf.net/gods »CL1:Well-Known Productions: D.I.S.C, A Few Good Men and Divine. »CL0:Well-Known Members: Bridgeclaw, Dran, Punisher, Typhoon and Zerox. »CL8: SCENIC »CL1:- This is a new group founded by Fusko and Pix last year. It's quite special as it only consists of graphicians. The group will mainly cooperate with other groups and make the entire design in productions for them. At the moment Scenic is also working on slideshows, both on Amiga and PC. It was supposed to be released at the Mekka-Symposium last year, but is still not out. »CL0:Well-Known Members: Fusko, Orome and Pix. »CL8: SPACEBALLS »CL1:- This is a legendary crew that got founded back in 1989. It has had lots of famous members, like Dark Helmet, Lone Starr, Lord Helmet, Vinnie and Major Asshole to mention a few. It has also released lots of quality productions during this period, most famous are probably Wayfarer, State Of The Art, RAW and 9 Fingers. The latest years they have been even more active with Slummy as the coding-force behind all productions. They've won the demo compo at the Gathering Party amazingly 4 times, but not this year. Their demo We were Dark Helmets came third in the coop Amiga/PC compo. Their 4k intro Timur Lenk in coop with Ephidrena won the BP party. The last production from Spaceballs so far, is the 4k intro Fistpig in coop with Ephidrena released at the Assembly party this year. Some more productions are expected from them around Easter 2004. »CL0:Homepage: http://spaceballs.planet-d.net/ »CL1:Well-Known Productions: Spasmolytic, Wayfarer, State Of The Art, Mobile Destination Unknown, 9 Fingers, Funky Pixels, Babenoise, Hippie Machinery, Fusion Is No Good For Me, King Of Fucks, Supermonster, Popjunkie, Hypnopolis, Lick, PowerGod and Willy Bogner. »CL0:Well-Known Members: Boo, Slummy, Yoghurt and Zack. »CL8: SPECTER »CL1:- This is a group consisting only of norwegian members. However, most members are double or triple-members and some are using different handles in this group. Nevertheless, Lost Puppy 4 and Bubble are among the releases under the Specter label. More releases are expected in the future. »CL0:Well-Known Members: Chauple, Leia, Rolex and Pix. »CL8: SQUIRRELZ »CL1:- This is a very special team. In addition to being something so rare as a new group in the norwegian scene, it also contains only females. However, the only Amiga productions I've seen from them so far were Rabb-It and Spinner. But those were obviously not done by them, hehe... At the Trsac 3 party they released the wilddemo The Obstacle Test, and at the Kindergarden party this year they released another contribution in the wildcompo. Leia is also a member of various other groups, Mawi being the latest. »CL0:Well-Known Members: Alv, Leia and Peaky. »CL8: VOID »CL1:- According to my knowledge the only norwegian member of this group, is now Rumrummer. And it seems like he is back in business again. In any case, he has released several issues of the mag Saxonia and also released the 4k-intro Bobflow at the Kindergarden party. »CL0:Well-Known Member: Rumrummer.