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                                                                 Illegal #22

  This  is  ILLEGAL  #22,  rewritten from paper by King Fisher / Triad. The
  German parts are left out since I can't read, nor translate, German.

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         THE
           CRACKER
             MAGAZINE!          (c) TFD

  WOW, IT'S IN ENGLISH, TOO!!!

  Isn't  it  amazing?  We  decided  to put out some very important facts in
  English,  'coz  we  also  sent  the  "ILLEGAL" to our friends in HOLLAND,
  ENGLAND, DENMARK and so on. And they all wrote:

  "Yes,  your magazine is great, but if I could understand German, it would
  be much better..."

  So, you see, there was problem, which has to be removed, eh? At first I'm
  really  sorry  for my bad English, but I think it's much better than that
  from  some  other  guyz here in Germany. Beside this article you can find
  the "Interview of the month" with Sledgehammer from mighty HOTLINE.

  I think it'll be the best, if I tell you the contents of the other German
  articles, or what do you think? Pleez tell me your suggestions to make it
  better. You'll find the adress later on in the so called "IMPRESSUM".

  O.K., let's begin.

  Some  guys  in Germany (COCO / ACE, MSK / ANCOR and RUB / STL) very angry
  about  publishing some true facts about them and so they sent fuckings to
  me.  But  you  can  read  my  answers to those dudes in "Briefe an unsere
  'Freunde'".

  In "The next copyparties" you see the dates of forthcoming copyparties in
  good-  old  Germany.  The  FCS Party seems to become really great, so you
  better should write to them to get an invitation.

  FCS, PLK 12115 C, 5300 BONN, WEST GERMANY!

  It'll  take  place on the 5th of December 1987 in Bod Codesberg / Bonn in
  Germany.

  The  problems  about  drinking  a  coke together with some members of The
  Fanatic Duo are shown in "Trink Cola!".

  What'll  happen  when  four  friends  sit together when programming a new
  intro?  The  question 'bout a drunken evening is answered in "Vier fahren
  nach Lotsch".

  The  crackers  in  Austria have improved their status, haven't they? Read
  the  whole  development  of Austrian crackers in "Crackers in Osterreich"
  written by the TSK CREW.

  The  adventures  of the happenings after a great copy party are presented
  by the WARRIORS OF DARKNESS in "Nach der GSS - Party" BRK criticizes some
  new  record releases in "Schallplattenkritik". Christmas 1987 will be hot
  for  all  C  64 owners. What'll come? In "Was wird der Nikolaus bringen?"
  you'll see a short survey 'bout the most interesting products that should
  make their way soon.

  The problems of the army are shown in "Fuer Vold und Vattaland" by KNS of
  KGB. Are you still there? Then turn over to the next pages!

                           INTERVIEW OF THE MONTH!
                          THIS TIME: SLH / HOTLINE

  From now on, every month, we plan to interview a world famous cracker. In
  this month we choosed the boss and founder of HOTLINE. It's SLEDGEHAMMER.

  JS:  How old are you?
  SLH: I am 22 years old (22-10-65)
  JS:  When did you found Hotline?
  SLH: I founded HOTLINE in beginning of August 1986.
  JS:  How many members does HTL have at the moment?
  SLH: HOTLINE has now 15 members!
  JS:  What was your first crack?
  SLH: It was DONKEY KONG from OCEAN!
  JS:  How many swappartners do you have?
  SLH: 10  real  ones! 4 in Holland 3 out of them are Hotline members, 1 of
       the  SRG, POPEYE in Denmark and 5 guys in England. I swap by express
       with them!
  JS:  How many packages do you send per week?
  SLH: 4 express ones and 26 or 27 to the rest!
  JS:  What so you say to the rumours: You are a recracker?
  SLH: First  of  all,  I don't give a shit about rumours! There is no need
       for  me  to  recrack, because of every game that released in England
       I'll  have the original or the back-up in about 3 days. If there's a
       game  I  didn't  crack (and that's only German or very bad games), I
       have a look at it, if I could have made it smaller and that's all. I
       don't released it.
  JS:  Do you have some enemies?
  SLH: In  Holland  are my enemies "The Last Science", "The Dream Team" and
       "FAC"  if  they  don't  watch their steps. For the rest "FBR" in the
       U.S.A., they tried to fuck us over!
  JS: What kind of music do you like the best at the moment?
  SLH: I  don't  have any special sort of music, but at the moment I really
       like  "L  L COOL J"! And I love "ARCADE CLASSICS" by ROBB! The whole
       neighbourhood knows this piece of music now!
  JS:  Do you have your name from Peter Gabriel?
  SLH: I  didn't  use  this name, because of his hitsingle, I had this name
       for about 3 1/2 years! The name just sounds cool (I think).
  JS:  Thanx to you!

  You  see, he's no recracker! In the next "ILLEGAL" we'll probably have an
  interview with MAD ALL, the founder of the COMMANDOFRONTIER! Be there and
  don't  miss it! In the DCU magazine "Delirious" in France you can read an
  interview with me in the current copy.
                                                                 JEFF SMART

  SOME PARTS IN ENGLISH!

  Be there, if we tell you the happenings of the worst copy party ever made
  on  earth - it was FUTURE DIVISION's one, all dissapointing facts in "Der
  Reinfall!".  What  do  think when you receive such letter from idiots who
  contact  you?  Two of those letters are printed in "Die aller damlichsten
  Briefe", they are pretty nice, we think.

  You  know,  once  I  (Jeff  Smart) and some other guys were in the GERMAN
  SPREADING  SERVICE  INTL.  2100  but,  time has passed by, I'm now in THE
  FANATIC  DUO  of TWGI 3003! The other members and our new aims and that I
  keep  goin  on  with  writing  the "ILLEGAL" are written by myself in "In
  eigener Sache!".

  Some  advertisements take also part in "Die Kleinanzeigen", where you can
  swap AMIGA or C-64 stuff or even buy DOLPHIN DOS PLUS for about 80 German
  Marks!

  The  German  computer magazine "HAPPY COMPUTER" are always producing such
  rubbish and they're prejudicing 'bout us PIRATES and their methods to get
  a higher circulation are so funny, that I always my opinion to them. Read
  and laugh in "Eppileppi, aber Heppi!".

  What  will  happen  next? Are there enuff good games coming? What are the
  outlooks  for  the next months? The "Kommentar auf momentanen Kopierlage"
  will answer you all questions honestly in the point of view of a pirate.

  What has changed? Who has recracked? What's goin on with all our friends?
  The  news  from  the front, in German called "Neues von der Front!" shows
  all rumours and facts from the preceding month e.g.: COCO stole old ACE's
  name  for  his  new group, which he founded together with his old enemies
  from THE MAGIC CIRCLE: Actual Cracker Entertainment. TPI from the BEASTIE
  BOYS joined A.C.E., too, but today we recieved the news, that TPI and the
  two  Ex-MCL  members  have  left COCO alone, 'coz they couldn't bear that
  COCO  stole  routines from TCS for his A.C.E. intro, and now they want to
  found  a  new group together with THE DARKNESS and ALPHAFLIGHT! The group
  is  probably  called:  MASK!  Otherwise  you know that some guys from NEW
  EDITION  have  left them and founded a new group called "HIGH-TECH BOYS".
  Yep,  and  of  course,  almost  all members of good ole RELAX from Sweden
  have  joined  mighty TRIAD! And it seems that RAW DEAL are back on the 64
  with  their crack of "Battle Ships!" Another new group has been formed in
  Germany,  it's  "THE  WANDERER  GROUP" with SPEEDCRACKER (Ex-Trianon) and
  STARLINE  (U  know).  Always  be  careful  with  their cracks 'cause they
  promised only to crack (unreadable)

  "Reisende  im  Wind  2", "Schatzjaege" and many other German rubbish! And
  also  be  very careful with THE FANTASTIC CREW from Germany, because they
  are  the  bloodiest  recrackin' fuckers on earth. They recracked LAFFEN's
  (RDI)  version  of "Battle Ships", but they forgot to put the "SMASHED BY
  LAFFEN" away. Oh no, what MAJOR ARSEHOLES! Blow them down.

  Hope  you  all English speakin' guyz still understand me, when I now turn
  over  to the VIDEO CORNER. (VIDEO). You can write to: MRM VIDEO 2001, PLK
  123146  C, 4250 BOTTROP, WEST GERMANY for swapping video movies on VHS or
  BETA  system. For the first we now also have some AMIGA GAME TESTS in the
  'ILLEGAL', you can observe them in "AMIGA ECKE", all games were tested by
  HIGHTECH of THE FANATIC DUO. Maybe you recognize the number at the end of
  every  game  test.  It  shows how good the game is, on the opinion of the
  reviewer!  The  highest  score  a  game  can acheieve are 100 points. For
  example,  TEST DRIVE has got 90 out of 100 possible points. It's the same
  thing with the C 64 reviews, which are all done by myself. Anyway, I hope
  you enjoy them although they are in German.

  On  the last day, when this "ILLEGAL" was finished, we received "SKATE OR
  DIE!" from ELECTRONIC ARTS and it's a damn brill game. Just being shocked
  by  the  titlemusic,  which  was of course programmed by the USA imigrant
  ROBB  HUBBARD,  you  can notice the names from MICHAEL KOSAKA and STEPHEN
  LANDRUM. They were the co programmers of all EPYX's games like CALIFORNIA
  GAMES,  WORLD  GAMES,  and so on. And "SKATE OR DIE!" could also be named
  "SKATING  GAMES!".  It's  absolutely  fantastic!  My current High Scores:
  FREESTYLE:  6042  pts,  HIGH JUMP: HOTLINE: 10'6" DOWNHILL RACE: 9100 pts
  and  JAM:  7982 pts. I think they are not bad for one day practicing, eh?
  But who is the best? Please tell me your best scores, and we'll see who's
  the  champ!  "SKATE OR DIE!" is really the best game released yet through
  ELECTRONIC ARTS! We wait for more!

  O.K.  not let's better end this English sequence and pleez vote for these
  two  pages!  What  can  I  do  better?  What  'bout my English (sorry for
  miztakez!)?  Yep  and if you are looking forward to write and article for
  the  "ILLEGAL" too, you are always welcomed! Pleez write you article on a
  paper  or  print  it,  do not put it into Newsroom, O.K.? I'm waiting for
  yours!  By  the  way, the "ILLEGAL" comes out every first day of a month.
  Hope you aren't asleep yet and don't forget to vote!
                                                           Yours Jeff Smart

                            CRACKER OF THE MONTH

                             1. BEASTIE BOYS (5)
                               2. HOTLINE (6)
                                 3. SCG (2)
                                4. TRIAD (3)
                                 5. TCS (1)
                                 6. FCS (10)
                            7. EAGLESOFT INC (8)
                              8. FAIRLIGHT (7)
                                9. RELAX (-)
                                 10. DCU (-)

                                DEMO CHARTS!

  Which was the best Demo of October 1987:

  1. RHAA LOVELY II - THE JUDGES
  2. TELEPHONE STORY - GREMLIN
  3. MEGA ORGIE - COMMANDOFRONTIER
  4. FLEXIBLE - SWISS CRACKING ASSOCIATION
  5. FRANCE - TRIANGLE

  SOFTWARE-STARS

   1. TEST DRIVE               New!     38.50
   2. JACK THE NIPPER II       New!     32.80
   3. QUEDEX                   New!     30.30
   4. WATERPOLO                New!     30.25
   5. AIRBORNE RANGER          New!     29.90
   6. INDIANA JONES            New!     29.40
   7. SUPER SPRINT             New!     28.30
   8. HYSTERIA                 New!     28.15
   9. BAD CAT                  New!     27.00
  10. SOLOMON'S KEY            (6)  2M  26.65
  11. BATTLE SHIPS             New!     25.30
  12. CALIFORNIA GAMES         (2)  4M  25.25
  13. STREETS BASKETBALL       New!     25.00
  14. IMPLOSION                New!     24.80
  15. TAI PAN                  New!     24.65
  16. MINI PUTT                (6)  2M  23.80
  17. DEFENDER OF THE CROWN    (1)  3M  23.45
  18. THE LAST NINJA           (3)  5M  22.60
  19. PIRATES!                 (10) 5M  22.05
  20. KIKSTART II              (26) 4M  21.95
  21. DRUID II                 New!     21.30
  22. ACE II                   (4)  2M  21.00
  23. SCARY MONSTERS           New!     20.95
  24. LIVINGSTONE              New!     19.55
  25. MEGA APOCALYPSE          (9)  2M  19.55
  26. ZYNAPS                   (21) 4M  19.30
  27. PIR SQUAREDANCE          (7)  2M  19.20
  28. WIZBALL                  (29) 5M  19.00
  29. BUBBLE BOBBLE            New!     18.65
  30. KNIGHT ORC               New!     18.25

  THE   BEASTIE  BOYS  (CF),  RADWAR  ENTERPRISES  (BK),  SOLDIERS  AGAINST
  PROTECTION  (ACU),  FANTASY  CRACKING  SERVICE (TSM), KGB-CREW (UFO/KNS),
  LUKE SKYWALKER and all others!

  + IMPRESSUM +

  +-------------------------------+
  | > ILLEGAL tm 1987             |
  | > 2 Jahrgang                  |
  | > Nr. 22                      |
  | > (c) + (p) THE FANATIC DUO   |
  |   OF TWGI 3003                |
  |   (und RADWAR ENTERPRISES)    |
  | > AUFLAGE / CIRCULATION       |
  |   400 Kopien / Copies         |
  | > unverbindl.                 |
  |   Preis: 1.60 DM!             |
  +-------------------------------+
  | > CHEFREDAKTEUR / EDITOR:     |
  |   JEFF SMART / TFD            |
  | > MITARBEITER / CO-PRODUCER:  |
  |   Germany : RWE, KGB, WOD     |
  |             FCS, SAP u. BRK   |
  |   Austria : TSK-CREW          |
  |   USA     : TWGI (Mind Slayer)|
  |   England : SCOUSE            |
  |   Holland : HOTLINE           |
  |   Belgium : COMMANDOFRONTIER  |
  |   Italy   : N.I.C.S.          |
  | > GREETINGS TO:               |
  |   HTL, BEASTIE BOYS, SCG,     |
  |   RIDE, DCU, SAP, FCS, TRIAD, |
  |   WIZAX, FLT, KGB, SCA, YF,   |
  |   RSI, ANTITRAX, TCS, ESI,    |
  |   SCOOP, ACE, IKARI, CFR, RDI,|
  |   TSI, TRIANGLE, TSK, TSL,    |
  |   YANKEE...                   |
  +-------------------------------+
  | REDAKTION:                    |
  | "ILLEGAL"                     |
  | PLK 123144 C                  |
  | 4250 BOTTROP                  |
  | WEST GERMANY                  |
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