0E. MIDFIT
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...N.. .......: A..... P.... 1997..A.... ..: N............^G.. FOR THE 4TH YEAR.. .......^A. _....^@.. THE ANNUAL ..^@.. P ROPAGANDA..^@.. POLLS 1997..^A. _....... ........... AS DUPLICATED BY OTHER MAGAZ INES..... GROUP OF THE YEAR..^A ALPHA FL IGHT..."_....GERMANY'S NUMBER ONE ILLEGA L GROUP..CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THE SCENE WITH..THEIR TRADEMARK DURING THE ENTIRE OF..1997. THE IGNORANCE WAS RESPONSIBLE. .FOR MOST OF THE WORK WHILE MARC HAS..CO ORDINATED SUPPLIES. EVEN THOUGH..ALPHA F LIGHT HAVE BEEN THE TOP-RELEASING..LABEL ON A CONSTANT BASIS THEY HAVE BEEN..IN AND OUT OF THE PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT DURING.. LONG PERIODS OF THE YEAR. PRESENSE ON TH E..BOARDS/NETBOARDS IS NOT WHAT COUNTS I N..THE END THOUGH, SO ALPHA FLIGHT LET T HE..RELEASES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES....!_. .....^A RUNNER-UPS..."_....^GLAXITY..A N EW HOTSHOT THAT STARTED MAKING NOISE...M AINLY DUE TO AN ACTIVE AND VERY..TALENTE D CRACKER AND LEADER CALLED DIDI...MAGIC AL FORMULA AMONG OTHER FINE..RELEASES IN 1997, WAS THEIR BABY...."_....^IF4CG..A FTER A DECENT 1996, F4CG HEADED BACK..TO A PLACE IN THE SPOTLIGHT. SOME OF..THE JUICIEST TITLES THIS YEAR CAME..FROM THE 8-BIT COSA NOSTRA. F4CG WAS..UNDOBTFULL Y THE YEAR'S MOST OBSERVED..GROUP CONCER NING A MILLION INTERNAL..AFFAIRS, STARTI NG WITH THE HITMEN-..QUARRELS LATE SUMME R.......^A BOARD OF THE YEAR..^G SPANKER 'S HEAVEN..."_....EVEN THOUGH LEGEND WER E THE FIRST, IT..WAS WITH SPANKER'S HEAV EN WE SAW THAT..THE HEAT AND THE PEOPLE FROM THE ACTIVE..SCENE COULD GATHER UP O N A FORUM ONCE..AGAIN. IF YOU ARE PART O F THE C64-SCENE,..THIS IS WHERE YOU GO T O DISCUSS THE..RELEASES, RAG THE PEOPLE OR JUST PLAY..ALONG IN THE SUB-TRADITION S WE HAVE..BEEN BROUGHT UP WITH SINCE TH E HEY-DAYS..OF AMERICAN BOARDS. HATS OFF SCS*TRC..FOR THE A JOB WELL DONE! NOW T HERE IS..REALLY NO REASON NOT TO NET.... ...^A RUNNER-UPS...!_....^GTHE DUNGEON.. AMERICA'S FAVORITE-SYSTEM NEVER GOES..OU T OF STYLE, AND THE OLD TEXAS-BOARD..WAS ABOUT THE ONLY PLACE IN THE STATES..THA T WAS WORTH A VISIT, OCCASSIONALLY...."_ ....^MSECOND TO NONE..LEGEND WERE THE FI RST GROUP IN THE..WORLD TO GIVE THE SCEN E WHAT WE ALWAYS..HAD NEEDED; A NETBBS. ACTION PEAKED AT..THE START BUT UNFORTUN ATELY BECAME A..BIT OF HANGOUT FOR THE O LDTIMERS. WITH..LEGEND COMING BACK A REL EASINGBASIS,..SECOND TO NONE WILL MOST L IKELY RISE..AGAIN...."_....^A GAME OF TH E YEAR..^G ICE GUYS/KNIGHT OF BYTES..."_ ....EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ALL BEEN FED UP WI TH..HEAPS OF PUZZLE-GAMES, A COUPLE OF.. GOODIES WERE DELIVERED DURING 1997...ICE GUYS WAS PLATFORM GAME ORIGINALLY..SET TO BE RELEASED UNDER CHERRY SOFTWARE..IN 1996. IT IS DETAILED AND PACKED WITH..E VERYTHING A FULLPRICE-TITLE IS EXPECTED. .TO DELIVER; CUTE GRAPHICS, GOOD SONGS.. AND A WHOLE OF LEVELS. F4CG CAME UP WITH ..THE FIRSTRELEASE, FOLLOWED BY A 100%-. .VERSION FROM SCS*TRC. THE GAME IS UN-.. FORTUNATELY, NOT YET FIXED...."_......^G RUNNER-UPS..."_....^FCASTLE/576KBYTE..A N RPG FROM 576KBYTE THAT SHOCKED THE..PU BLIC DURING SUMMER 1997. CASTLE WAS..ALS O THE BIGGEST TITLE TO APPEAR OVER..THE YEAR, COVERING 2 DISKSIDES. ALL OF..THE LOVELY GRAPHICS AND GAMEPLAY WERE..DELIV ERED BY ONSLAUGHT...."_....^IMAGICAL FOR MULA/CP VERLAG..FROM NIKAJ EIJK AND FRIE NDS WHO HAVE..BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVER AL DUTCH..GAMES WAS ANOTHER CUTE PLATFOR M-GAME..TO APPEAR IN JUNE, 1997. WONDERF UL..MUSIC FROM MARTIN SCHUTTEN AND IT WA S..ALL CRACKED AND PACKED BY LAXITY...." _....^A MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR..^G DOMINAT ION..."_....DOMINATION HAS BEEN AROUND F OR A COUPLE..OF YEARS AND HAS GROWN IMME NSLY SINCE..THE START. NOT ONLY IS THE M AGAZINE..JAZZCAT'S PERSONAL TRIUMPH, EDI TING THE..HUGE MAGAZINE BY HIMSELF, BUT IT DELI-..VERS THE MOST ENTERTAINING TEX TS TO..READ AND HAS MANY CONTROVERSIAL T OPICS..HIDDEN UP THE SLEEVE. UNFORTUNATE LY,..THE RELEASINGPACE HAS SOMEWHAT SLOW ED..DOWN BUT LET US ALL HOPE FOR INCREAS ED..ACTIVITY DURING 1998...."_........^G RUNNER-UPS..."_....^ATHE CREST..WHY IS THE CREST INTERESTING? BECAUSE..THEY HAV E A POLICY TO DELIVER ON TIME,..EVERY MO NTH. THE MAGAZINE ISN'T CONT-..ROVERSIAL . IT IS NEWS AND INFORMATION,..PLAIN AND SIMPLE. WITH THE BIG MAGAZINES..ON A SO MEWHAT SLOWER SCHEDULE, THE..CREST IS NE EDED TO KEEP US WELL FED. ..."_....^BSCE NE+..THERE IS A NEW KID IN TOWN. AND WIT H..DUKE, SUNDANCER AND CROSSFIRE BEHIND. .THE WHEEL, THERE IS LITTLE REASON IT..W ILL FAIL. THE FIRST, AND ONLY ISSUE..FRO M 1997 WAS PROMISING, AND..PULSE-ESQUE, QUITE UNDERSTANDABLY...^A DEMO-GROUP OF THE YEAR..^G COMA..."_....1997 WAS A WON DERFUL YEAR FOR ALL..DEMOLOVERS. IT WAS ALSO A YEAR WHEN..SEVERAL GROUPS RELEASE D TOTALLY..ASTONISHING DEMOS. MOST OF TH ESE GROUPS..HAD ALREADY PUT THEIR MARK O N THE..SCOREBOARD WHILE THE RATHER NEW C OMA..WERE YET MAKE US AWARE OF THEIR..AB ILITIES. THEREFORE, THEIR CONTRIBUTION.. TO THE SCENE WAS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE OF. .ALL. COMA HAS WORKED HARD AND WITHOUT.. OUR SUPPORT. WILDFIRE AND VOID WERE TWO. .DEMOS THAT PUT COMA IN THE PROFESSIONAL ..CATEGORY, WHERE THEY FROM NOW ON ALWAY S..WILL BELONG...."_....^A RUNNER-UPS... "_....^MCREST..AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, CR EST IS STILL..THE MOST CAPABLE DEMOGROUP ON THE 64...WITHOUT DOUBT THE ONES STIC KING TO THE..OLDSCHOOL-STYLE AS WELL. TH ANK YOU FOR..REMINDING US OF WHAT DEMOS CAN BE LIKE...."_....^ISMASH DESIGNS..SM ASH DESIGNS HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR..CH UNKY 4X4-CREATIONS IN HEAPS AND..PAINFUL LY UNORIGINAL DEMOS. IN 1997,..NOBODY CO ULD COMPETE WITH THE AMOUNT..OF RELEASES OR ACTIVITY SEEN FROM AEG..AND FRIENDS. AND EVEN THOUGH WE'VE SEEN..THE SHOW BE FORE, THEY'RE DARN GOOD...."_..^A CRACKE R OF THE YEAR..^G BURGLAR/SCS*TRC..."_.. ..THE DUTCH FAVORITE HAS BEEN WITH US FO R..SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND HE CONTINUES TO ..SKILLFULLY PERFECT THE ART OF CRACKING .....BURGLAR HAS BEEN ONE OF THE ABSOLUT E..TOP SINCE SUCESS CAME INTO THE SPOT-. .LIGHT AGAIN. BURGLAR'S PAST IN THE..DEM OGROUP PARADIZE, MAKES IT VERY..INTEREST ING CONSIDERING THAT HE ONCE..STARTED OU T AS A DEMOCODER. MOVING..OVER TO CRACKI NG AND LATER ON FIXING..SEEMS TO HAVE BE EN A WISE DECISION...FOR HIMSELF, BUT MO ST OF ALL FOR..THE SCENE...."_......^A R UNNER-UPS..."_....^GTHE IGNORANCE/ALPHA FLIGHT..THE GERMAN TALENT, NOTORIOUSLY K NOWN FOR..AWFUL ENLIGSH BUT ADMIRED BY A LL OF..SCENETOWN FOR CRACKINGSKILLS. WIT HOUT..HIM, ALPHA FLIGHT WOULD BE PALE... ."_....^IJACK ALIEN/REMEMBER..JACK ALIEN HAS PUT ASIDE HIS WORK ON NEW..GAMES, W HILE HIS EFFORTS ON OLD TITLES..HAVE BEE N PRAISED OVER AND OVER AGAIN...THE NOST ALGIA-WAVE IS NEEDED,..APPRECIATED AND R EMEMBERED...."_...... ....^A CODER OF TH E YEAR..^G CROSSBOW/CREST..."_....CROSSB OW KNOWS THE STORY. HE'S BEEN..CODING SI NCE HE WAS A BABY AND WITH..CREST CELEBR ATING TRIUMPH AFTER TRIUMPH..CROSSBOW RE POSESSES THE CROWN HE HAS..NOT WORN FOR MANY YEARS. HE IS AN IN-..VENTIVE CODER WITH PASSION FOR OLD-..SCHOOL DESIGN. CR EST IS NOTHING ABOUT..CHUNKY 4X4 OR PLAS MA CHAR-FADES...CREST IS ABOUT GOOD OLD RECORDBREAKING..CODE, NEW GRAPHIC-MODES AND ENTERTAINING..DEMOS. CREST IS ALL AB OUT CROSSBOW...."_........^A RUNNER-UPS. .."_....^GAEG/SMASH DESIGNS..IN CASE YOU DIDN'T NOTICE - ONE MAN..ALONE HAS BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER DEMOS..IN MASSES. HE P AINTS, HE COMPOSES BUT..MOST IMPORTANTLY HE CODES. HE HAS NOT..BEEN INVENTIVE LI KE OTHERS, BUT MANY..OF THE PRODUCTIONS ARE IMPRESSIVE...HIS ACTIVITY ITSELF DES ERVES AN AWARD...."_....^IOSWALD/COMA..C OMA HAS BEEN CREEPING UP ON US SINCE..19 94 AND FEW HAVE PROBABLY NOTICED THE..TR ANSFORMATION FROM A TYPICAL EASTBLOCK-.. GROUP TO ONE OF THE SCENE'S FINEST...OSW ALD'S REALIZATION OF IDEAS IS..WONDERFUL .......^C ARTIST OF THE YEAR..^@ DEEKAY/ CREST/ONSLAUGHT..."_....PEOPLE WILL ALWA YS ARGUE ABOUT OPIONONS..AND AWARDS HAND ED OUT. AS FOR DEEKAY'S,..WE FIGURE WE S PEAK FOR THE ENTIRE SCENE..WHEN WE AWARD THE 64'S SUPERARTIST FOR..A JOB WELL DO NE AND TREMENDOUS ACTIVITY..AT ALL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR...FEW ARTIST S, APART FROM ELECTRIC HAVE..BEEN AS DIS CUSSED, HYPED AND HONOURED..DURING THE 6 4-ERA. WE CAN ONLY TAKE A..BOW AND SALUT E THE KING OF PIXELS...."_........^A RUN NER-UPS..."_....^IELECTRIC/EXTEND..THE F INNISH TALENT MAY NOT BE MAKING AS..MUCH NOISE AS IN THE PAST, BUT WE SAW..HIS W ORK FROM ZOO'97 AND HAD TO GASP..AGAIN A S WE THOUGHT; "GOOD OLD ELECTRIC..STILL HAS THE TOUCH. AND WHAT A TOUCH!"..."_.. ..^KCUPID/HITMEN..CUPID RECEIVED A LOT M ORE ATTENTION IN..1997 THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. HITMEN..SUPPORTED HIM IN A POSITI VE WAY AND..SEVERAL PIXELS, MUCH IMPROVE D REACHED..THE LEECHERS. DOMINATION 10 F EATURED..THE BEST LOGO OF THE YEAR, IF Y OU..WONDERED...."_....^A MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR..^G ZYRON/F4CG/OXSID PLANETARY..." _....1997 WAS ZYRON'S YEAR. NO MUSCIAN H AS..BEEN AS MUCH IN THE SPOTLIGHT. AND R IGHT-..FULLY SO - WITH 3 COLLECTIONS REL EASED..AND A FIRST PLACE AT THE PRESTIGI OUS..X97-MUSICCOMPETITION ZYRON WAS SEEN ..ROCKETING CHARTS EVERYWHERE. IT IS..EQ UALLY WONDERFUL THAT ZYRON PRODUCES..MUS IC VERY DIFFERENT FROM PATTERNS..MANY MU SICIANS TEND TO GET STUCK IN...ZYRON GOE S HIS OWN WAY. AND HE GOES..ALL THE WAY. ..."_........^A RUNNER-UPS..."_....^DDAN KO/CENSOR..CENSOR HAVE NOT RETURNED TO T HE SCENE,..BUT DANKO DID WITH SEVERAL NE W SONGS...WITHOUT DOUBT, DANKO HAS GROWN AS A ..A MUSICIAN. A LOT OF THE TRADITI ONAL 64-..POPSOUND LEAVES ROOM FOR NEW I DEAS. ..."_....^CMITCH&DANE/CREST..MITCH &DANE HAVE BECOME ENORMOUSLY POP-..ULAR OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. 1997 WAS..A GOO D YEAR FOR THEM WITH SEVERAL SONGS..BEIN G RELEASED. THE ONE THAT ECHOED THE..MOS T WAS, AS EXPECTED, THEIR CONTRIBUT-..IT ON TO THE PARTY 7-MUSIC COMPETITION...AN YONE SURPRISED THEY WON?..."_..........^ A SWAPPER OF THE YEAR..^O WALKER/F4CG... "_....WALKER HAS BEEN WIDELY APPRECIATED FOR..HIS DEVOTION AND PASSION FOR SOFTW ARE-..OLD AND NEW. WHEN NOT DISTRIBUTING THE..PROPAGANDA OR F4CG-RELEASES HE MAK ES..SURE ALL OF THOSE CAREFULLY COLLECTE D..RELEASES ARE SWAPPED, COLLECTED AND.. EDITED INTO HUGE, WELL-ARCHIVED FILES... ."_...... ........^A RUNNER-UPS..."_.... ^@VIOLATOR/ALPHA FLIGHT..SWEDEN HAS BEEN ON THE PROWL LATELY...VIOLATOR HAS BEEN PROMOTING HIS GROUP..IMMENSLY OVER THE YEAR AND IT PAID..BACK - VIOLATOR HAS BE EN ONE OF THE..ABSOLUT FAVORITES...."_.. ..^IRACOON/HITMEN..GERMANY'S NUMBER ONE SWAPPER HAS HAD A..BUSY YEAR. WITH HITME N SHOOTING ENERGY..DURING THE FIRST 6 MO NTHS AND OTHER..PRODUCTIONS TO FOLLOW, R ACOON WAS FAR..FROM UNEMPLOYED...."_.... ..^A DEMO OF THE YEAR..^O ALTERED STATES BY TABOO..."_....ALTERED STATES WAS REL EASED UNANNOUNCED..FROM AN OTHERWISE RAT HER SLEEPY POLISH..GROUP; TABOO. ACCORDI NG TO THE CREATORS..OF THE DEMO, IT IS N OT EVEN FINISHED,..BUT THEY HAVE DECIDED TO LET GO OF ALL..THE CODE ANYWAY. A SU CCESSFUL MOVE, IT..PROVES AS WE TAKE PAR T OF ONE OF THE..LOVLIEST DEMOS EVER SEE N ON THE C64...DESIGN, IDEAS, MUSIC AND CODE ARE BRIL-..LIANTLY UNITED AND WE CA N ONLY HOPE..TABOO WILL CONTINUE TO PROD UCED DEMOS..DURING 1998...."_......^A RU NNER-UPS..."_....^CWILDFIRE BY COMA..COM A HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE THE 8-BIT..PEOPLE AN OPPONENT TO THE CLASSIC AMIGA-..DEMO 9 FINGERS BY SPACEBALLS. PACKED..WITH D IGITIZED PARTS AND AGGRESSIVE..MUSIC THI S IS AS CLOSE TO A MUSICVIDEO..YOU CAN G ET ON A 64...."_....^CONEDER BY OXYRON.. DAWNFALL WAS OXYRON'S BEST DEMO EVER...R ELEASING A SUCCESSFUL SEQUEL IS A TASK.. ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. ONEDER IS AN OLD-..SC HOOL DESIGNED CREATION AND 201 BLOCKS..W ONDERFULLY PACKED INTO A BONANZA OF..ROU TINES BY GRAHAM. THE DOOM-ROUTINE IS..TH E BEST ONE YET, IF ANYONE WONDERED...^B SMALLER AWARDS..."_....^O COMEBACK OF TH E YEAR..DUKE WORKS FOR PROPAGANDA, START S..SCENE+ AND TAKES OVER FAIRLIGHT.....^ G PARTY OF THE YEAR..X97 - WAS THERE REA LLY ANOTHER..PLACE TO BE DURING THE YEAR ?....^F DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR..BYTE RAPERS DEMO-LESS..AT THE ASSEMBLY.....^M TALK OF THE YEAR..100%-VERSIONS, 99%-VE RSIONS AND..WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO RELEASE .....^A.. SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR, 1..9... .
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