--- scene 1988 ------------------------------------------------------------

                       - 1988: Demons are Forever! -

In January of 1988, the first issue of Alpha Flight's "Cracker Journal" -
the very first amiga diskmag - was released. It was joined by two or three
more mags by the end of the year, and the number was still rising...

A Danish democoder called Sodan (Sren Grnbeck), who had come from the c64
scene where he a.o. invented the socalled tech-tech routine, released his
first commercial amiga game this year; Sword of Sodan. This was probably the
first fully scene-originated game to be released commercially!

hardware - This year, version 1.3 of the Amiga operating system was
released, and among the news was the new filesystem (FFS) for harddisks. The
new version of the OS created compatibility problems with some older demos,
and it quickly became a rule at copy parties that demos had to work on the
new version of the OS. The A590 external harddisk, and the new 1084S stereo
monitor was also released for Amigas. The Expert Cartridge for the C64 was
released. And if you think emulators are a new thing, think again! This year
not one but TWO c64 emulators were released for the amiga, GO!64 and the
appropriately named The C64 Emulator (Readysoft). :)

Demo of the Year  - D.O.C. "Demons are Forever".
Intro of the Year - n/a
Significantly     - n/a


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index
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          Horizon & Jet-Speed party.
          Ikari Party.
          OKS Import Division Party 88.
          The Silents and Stage 3 party.
   02.01  CCW Copyparty.
   06.02  SSI Copy-Party.
   20.02  Dynamic Systems Copy-Party.
   20.02  Venlo Meeting.
04-05.03  The Sharks Illegal Copy Party.
12-15.05  Rebels/Agile Copy Party.
13-15.05  Vortex 42 Party.
28-29.05  Alcatraz Copy Party.
02-03.07  Dexion Meeting.
08-10.07  Jewels, Danish Gold, Dominators and Upfront party.
08-14.08  Byterapers Grendelparty 1988.
   24.09  AFL and Spy&Mind Copy Party.
   03.10  Double Density Crew, Level4, The Supervisors Super Copy Party.
07-09.10  Razor 1911, The Cartel, Abnormal Party.
     .11  The Jungle Command Party.
   04.11  Mahoney & Kaktus - Northstar - Fairlight Helloween Party 88.
   26.11  Mega-Force Party.
     .12  Alcatraz Copy-Party 88.



          Horizon & Jet-Speed party.
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Held in Enkoping, Sweden.


          Ikari Party.
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Probably held in Denmark.

other   Abnormal "Snubnosed" (c64 demo).


          OKS Import Division Party 88.
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OKS88 was held in Bonn, Germany. Productions were released by OKS,
D.O.C. and Sunriders.


          The Silents and Stage 3 party.
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This party was held in Alvesta, sweden - also the site of another party in
november. Little is known about it, it was held probably around march or
april (easter perhaps?), and was referenced in the demo from Byterapers
mentioned below.

other   Byterapers Inc. "Rape 1" (C64 demo).


   02.01  CCW Copyparty.
------------------------
This was referred to in Cracker Journal #1 (01/88) as a good, recent party.
That was all I could understand of the German language article. It seemed
to be exclusively for the Amiga scene.


   06.02  SSI Copy-Party.
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Held in Zurich, Switzerland for the Amiga scene. International visitors
attended, and there were lots of new cracks released, as well as some top
crackers displaying their prowess to the crowd.

 Information from party report in Cracker Journal #2.


   20.02  Dynamic Systems Copy-Party.
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To be held in Aachen, Germany. Announced in Cracker Journal #2.


   20.02  Venlo Meeting.
-----------------------
Definitely held.


04-05.03  The Sharks Illegal Copy Party.
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To be held near Frankfurt, Germany. Announced in a Sharks crackintro on
the C64.


12-15.05  Rebels/Agile Copy Party.
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Held in Tyreso, probably in Sweden, for the c64 scene.

64demo  xx. Super Swap Sweden "Contribution".


13-15.05  Vortex 42 Party.
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This party was held in Arvika, Sweden.

other   The Electronic Force "Megademo 2" (amiga demo).


28-29.05  Alcatraz Copy Party.
------------------------------
The only real information I have about this party is that the invitation
intro below exists, so any further information is most welcome!

invit   Alcatraz and Supervisors "Copy Party Invitation" (amiga).


02-03.07  Dexion Meeting.
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Held in Denmark.

other   Mechanix 2124 "Sound Tracker '64" (c64 utility).


08-10.07  Jewels, Danish Gold, Dominators and Upfront party.
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Held in Tommerup, Denmark.


08-14.08  Byterapers Grendelparty 1988.
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Held in Iisalmi, Finland.

 Results from Byterapers' web page, http://byterapers.scene.org.

64demo  1.  Finnish Gold "Contest-Demo".
        2.  Z-Circle "(B)arty-Demo".
        3.  ZCF "Delirium".
        4.  Byterapers "In Action".
        5.  Zodux 2.
        6.  Finnish Gold "FIG Again".
        7.  Deathstar.


   24.09  AFL and Spy&Mind Copy Party.
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other   Alpha Flight "Cracker Journal #9" (amiga diskmag).


   03.10  Double Density Crew, Level4, The Supervisors Super Copy Party.
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Held in Basel, Switzerland.

other   Cascade "Cracklight" (amiga).
        Double Density Crew "Virus Intro" (amiga).
        Impact Inc. "2nd Demo" (amiga).
        Ipec "Demo" (amiga).
        Level 4 "Intro".
        Megaforce "Crazy Jammin".


07-09.10  Razor 1911, The Cartel, Abnormal party.
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Held at Hals Ungdomsskole in Stjrdahl near Trondheim, Norway by Razor 1911
(amiga), The Cartel (amiga) and Abnormal (c64). About 150 people attended
from norway and sweden. There were some power trouble. The Police stopped by
to warn the attendants that they were watching them and wouldn't tolerate
any illegal copying, but they didn't stop the party ;)

 Information and results from report in Norsk Dator Magazin (norwegian
  papermag) #1/89.

amdemo  1.  The Arcadia Team.
        2.  Cryptoburners.
        3.  Quackers.

64demo  1.  Rawhead "Partysqueezer".
        2.  Rawhead "Pimplesqueezer 5".
        3.  Abnormal "Indicator".


     .11  The Jungle Command Party.
-----------------------------------
Little is known about this party, except that The Jungle Command was
obviously one of the bigger amiga groups at the time...

other   Deathstar "Party" (amiga demo).


   04.11  Mahoney & Kaktus - Northstar - Fairlight Helloween Party 88.
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Held in Alvesta, Sweden. 240 people attended.

other   Bloodsuckers (amiga).
        Byterapers (amiga).
        Defjam (amiga).
        Goonies (amiga).
        Ipec Elite (amiga).
        Level One & Dream Team (amiga).
        Northstar "Mahoney & Kaktus Musicdisk 1" (amiga).
        Northstar & Fairlight "Megademo 3" (amiga).
        SOS (amiga).
        Starion (amiga).
        The Silents "Round" (amiga, part of Megademo?)


   26.11  Mega-Force Party.
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other   Roger Rabbit/GASH (c64 crack).


     .12  Alcatraz Copy-Party 88.
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Held in Geneva, Switzerland.

other   Alcatraz "Geneva Party Demo".
        Alcatraz "Megademo II".





