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  6. üëTheHistorüyëofDeltaForce
  7. Ç
  8. writtenbyNewModeandSlime
  9.  
  10. ä(editedonthe21stofFebruary1992)
  11. Ç
  12.  
  13. Sincetherewerequitesomemajorchangeswithourmemberstatus
  14. lately,wedecidedtoclearsomethingsnow.Andjusttoboreyou
  15. more(andfillthiscrappydiskmag)wewilltellyouthecomplete
  16. historyofourbizarregroup.
  17.  
  18. Latein1986thedisasterbegan.ChaosInc.andNewModewenttothe
  19. sameschoolsomewhereintheverysouthofüWest-ÇGermany(westill
  20. insistonthisextension!).SomedayChaosaskedNewModeforsome
  21. hackedgames.Lateronthebothguystalkedmoreaboutcodingand
  22. hackingingeneral(errmmm....farmoreabouthacking).Soitcame
  23. tothisdamnedday...Theydecidedtoformagroupjusttodogame
  24. hacks.Somemorepeoplejoinedimmediately:Questlord,GreenBeret
  25. (oneofNewMode'sfriendsfromthegoodoldC64,yeah),German
  26. CrackingForce(G.C.F.).LateronJoeCoolandChaosInc.'sfriend
  27. calledAtariBoyCrackings(A.B.C.)joinedtheirranks,too.The
  28. onlythingDeltaForcedidwashacking,crackingandguesswhat,yes
  29. swapping.
  30. Sowehadawholelotofcontactsthen.OneofthemwasPhilfrom
  31. England.Hesupplieduswithlotsaoriginalsandspreadourstuffin
  32. theUK.Someweekslaterhejoinedus,too.
  33. Hackingwasgood,butwelovedthoseniceintrosalwaystobeseen
  34. infrontofhackedC64games.Alltheearlyhacksjusthadasimple
  35. textoutput(likeäSuperiorÇintrosnowadays,hehehe)sowehadto
  36. changethat.Welackedagoodpaintersotwoofthatkindof
  37. computerpeopleenteredourgroup.ItwasaguycalledPsychowho
  38. broughthisfriendGogowithhim.Psychopaintedsomenicegraphics
  39. andChaosdidhisfirstintroever.Itwasquiteawesome.Doyou
  40. rememberour"TestDrive"hack?Itwasthebestintroforthattime
  41. withoutbraggingaroundhere.
  42. Nobodythoughtofdoingdemosatthisstageofourhistory.Wejust
  43. hadhackinginourobscurebrains(likesomestillhave,won'ttell
  44. anynameshere...).
  45. Inthebeginningof1988oneofthestrangestpersonsintrudedinto
  46. ourlovelyandpeacefulgroup.DolphSlimeneggeraliasSlimewashis
  47. name.Westillcelebratethisblackday,honest.Hewasapainter
  48. andhewenttothesameclassasG.C.F.andNewMode.
  49. Good.Sowestillhackedanddidtrainers(thatwasA.B.C.'sjob,by
  50. theway).ChaosInc.wrotehisfirstgamecalled"Dugger"(wasn't
  51. thatbigsuccessbecausethesoftwarehouserippedhimoff).
  52. AndlikemanyGermanhackers,someofusgotbustedbythepolice.
  53. Unfortunatelywegotawarningandsothepolicedidn'tfindwhat
  54. theyweresearchingfor.Westoppedforsomeweeksandstarted
  55. again.Butitwassenseless,thewholehackingmarketwasdominated
  56. byacooperationcalledäTheBladerunnersÇ.Theydidallthehacks
  57. andtheywerereallyfuckingfastsothatslowandlazyhackers
  58. likeusdidn'tstandachanceatall.
  59. InAprilorMay1988wemetäTheExceptionsÇä(TEX)Çandwealldecided
  60. ÇtoformanewassociationtobreakthemonopolyofäThe
  61. BladerunnersÇ.ThisnewandmightycooperationwascalledàTheUnion.Ç
  62. Ourbasicinterestsjustweregoodqualityhacksandexcellent
  63. intros.ApartfromäTEXÇandussomeothergroupsenteredäTheUnionÇ,
  64. too.TheywereäLevel16Ç,äSoftrunnerGroupÇandourgoodoldmates
  65. äTNT-Crew.ÇButlet'sstopthis,thistextissupposedtobethe
  66. historyofDeltaForceandnotofäTheUnionÇ.
  67. Wecontinuedwithhackingagain(interesting,huh?)butnowwehad
  68. farmoresupportwithoriginals,introsandstuff.Ifyouthinkwe
  69. didäjustÇhacksforäTheUnionÇ,youarequitewrong.NewModedidthe
  70. secondUnion-intro,maybeyourememberthe
  71. BubblesAndSwinginglogoTrackingSpritesintro?
  72. InSeptember1988,äTheUnionÇcametothedecisiontodoademo.Some
  73. groupslikeäTheÇäCarebearsÇä(TCB)Ç,äTheReplicantsÇandäXXX-InternationalÇ
  74. hadenteredsomeweeksbeforeandwewereawholelotof
  75. programmers,paintersandonemusician."TheUnionDemo"was
  76. releasedatthebeginningof1989witharathermediocrescreenby
  77. us.Comparedtothethreedaysinwhichitwasdone,it'snottoo
  78. bad.
  79. Nowwehave1989.SomeguysofäTheUnionÇhadjustformedasoftware
  80. houseandsowethoughtitwouldn'tbethatgoodideatokeepon
  81. hackinggames.AtleastnothackgamesundertheUnion-label.
  82. Slime,QuestlordandNewModefoundedanewgroupcalledäDelightÇ
  83. togetherwithsomeguysfromäTEX.ÇWenowcalledourselvesViper,
  84. XanthandSteve.Wedidsomeintrosandagainhacksbutatthis
  85. timeallthehackingwasgettingmoreandmoreboring.DeltaForce
  86. wasdeadatthistime(orlet'ssayundead).
  87. We'velostinterestinallthehackingforäDelightÇsinceitwasfar
  88. toomuchworkandwewereall(andsomestillare)lazygits.Sowe
  89. leftäDelightÇagainandthoughtaboutotherthingstodowithour
  90. computers.Sowecameupwithoneoftheworstideasever:codinga
  91. demo.Inthebeginningof1989werebuiltDeltaForceandreleased
  92. somehacksnowandthenbuthackingwasn'tsomethingtokeepusbusy
  93. anymore.FinallyinMay1989westoppedallhacking-activitiesand
  94. sowehadtocleanupourgroup.JoeCoolwaskickedoutsincehe
  95. wasn'tgoodforanything,Psycholeftonhisown,GogojoinedäThe
  96. CarebearsÇaftersomepersonalproblemswithNewMode,Philleft
  97. becausehesoldhisST,andfinallyG.C.F.quitthegroupsincehe
  98. wasjustgamblingwithourhacksallthetime.
  99. Twoorthreescreensforourdemowerefinishedatthistimebut
  100. SlimeandNewModehadtojoinanothergroupinJune1989:TheüWEST-
  101. ÇGermanarmy.Sonotmuchtimewasleftfordoingscreens.Theyjust
  102. weredoingsomescreenswhentheywereonholidays.
  103. MeanwhileChaosInc.wasstartingwithanothermightyproject:
  104. improvingouralltimefavouritepaintingprogram:"NEOchrome".He
  105. justdidthisbecauseheneededsomefunctions(e.g.cuttingshapes)
  106. tospeeduphisownworkonhisgamecalled"RingsofMedusa".Asa
  107. byproductofhisworkthefoerkenbestpaintingprogramfortheST
  108. wasdevelopedcalled"NEOchromeMaSTer".Heardofitbefore?Ifnot,
  109. justgoaheadandp...off.
  110. Inthemiddleof1990wearrangedthe"InternationalCoding
  111. Conference#1"(I.C.C.#1)inasmallcottageinanevensmaller
  112. village.Just30peoplewereinvited,farmorewantedtocomebutwe
  113. didn'tcare(andwedidn'thavetheplaceforthemtobeprecise).
  114. ÇThepartywasreallyfunnyandeverybodyseemedtohaveenjoyedit
  115. quitemuch.NEOchromeMaster(v2.0)wasreleasedatthisparty.
  116. Our"SyntaxTerror"demowasintentedtobereleasedtheretoo,but
  117. duetoaseriouslackofscreensitwasn'tpossibleatall(wehad
  118. farmorereleasedatesinmind,butwewon'ttellthem.Theywere
  119. ridiculous...).
  120. SomeweeksaftertheI.C.C.#1,anotherinvitationreachedus.The
  121. partywascalledSTNICCCandwasorganizedbysomeUndutchables(aka
  122. RichardandStefanofourrivaldiskmag,äST-NewsÇ(heardofit
  123. before?)).Finallywethoughtreleasingthegoddamneddemoatthis
  124. partywouldbeagoodidea.SomeguestscreensarrivedandNewMode
  125. completedthistwo-years-overduedemointhelastmonthsof1990.
  126. Concluding,1990wasthebestyearforDeltaForce,tillnow.We
  127. released"NEOchromeMaster"and"SyntaxTerror",arrangedthe
  128. I.C.C.#1andwonthe3.5KBytecompetitionattheSTNICCC(modesty
  129. hasneverbeenourstrongside).
  130. We'vegotheapsoflettersafter"SyntaxTerror"andansweringsome
  131. ofthemtookusmoretimethanwefirstthought.Soa