Monthly Archives: January 2016

Árok & Forever Party Stuff

Here we go with stickers, badges and tickets from two Central European demoparty series – Árok in Hungary and Forever in Slovakia, provided by CapaC. Both party series, running since over 15 years, have 8-bit computer sceners as the target group, which is reflected by the nice retro designs.

• Árok 2004 badge [metadata]
• Árok 2005 badge [metadata]
• Árok 2006 badge [metadata]
• Árok 2007 badge [metadata]
• Árok 2008 badge [metadata]
• Árok 2009 badge [metadata]
• Árok 2010 badge [metadata]
• Árok 2011 badge [metadata]
• Árok 2012 badge [metadata]
• Árok 2013 badge [metadata]
• Árok 2014 badge [metadata]
• Forever 2007 sticker [metadata] and ticket [metadata]
• Forever 2009 ticket [metadata]
• Forever 2010 sticker [metadata] and ticket [metadata]
• Forever 2011 sticker [metadata] and ticket [metadata]
• Forever 2012 sticker [metadata] and ticket [metadata]
• Forever 2014 sticker [metadata]

C64 Disk Covers (Fzool Collection #4)

Here we go with the final instalment of Fzool‘s disk cover collection. It features 31 disk sleeves in a broad range of styles, from naïve to sophisticated, from fantasy to science fiction to erotica, from heavy metal to graffiti… It gives a good overview of disk covers that were produced in the 1990s, when swapping on the C64 slowly became less important, and disk covers turned from a necessity into an art of its own. Enjoy!

• Also Animals Can Be Cruel disk cover by Junkie, 1998 [metadata]
• Authority disk cover by Serio, 1998 [metadata]
• F4CG disk cover by Sin-1, 1998 [metadata]
• F4CG disk cover by Zapotek, 1997 [metadata]
• High-Tech disk cover by Jak T Rip, 1995 [metadata]
• Ingenious Brain #5 disk cover by Mr. Friese, 1994 [metadata]
• Killing Technology disk cover by Astaroth, 1994 [metadata]
• Leming disk cover by Poison, 1998 [metadata]
• Mad+Bad Group disk cover by Jonn Donn, 1997 [metadata]
• Mail Madness disk cover by Neelix, 1997 [metadata]
• New York Tokyo disk cover by Pixelpunk, 2002 [metadata]
• Padua disk cover by Zapotek, 1998 [metadata]
• Relax Magazine disk cover by Zapotek, 1998 [metadata]
• Resource disk cover by Splash, 1997 [metadata]
• Rock ‘n Role disk cover by Kirk, 1990s [metadata]
• ROLE disk cover by Almighty God, 1998 [metadata]
• ROLE disk cover by Aza, 1998 [metadata]
• Stiff disk cover by Serio, 1997 [metadata]
• The Factory disk cover by Micro, 1997 [metadata]
• The Fist And The Brain disk cover by Lizart, 1997 [metadata]
• Tiger-Disk disk cover by Brainsmasher, 1999 [metadata]
• Tiger-Disk disk cover by DonAlt, 1990s [metadata]
• Tiron disk cover by Skopi, 1995 [metadata]
• Trip 2 Nowhere disk cover by Sundance, 1998 [metadata]
• Ultimat(iv)e Stains disk cover, 1998 [metadata]
• Vandalism News disk cover by Serio, 1998 [metadata]
• Vitality #4 disk cover by Dr. Soft, 1994 [metadata]
• Vitality #6 disk cover by Dr. Soft, 1995 [metadata]
• Xenoglossy disk cover by Taxim, 1999 [metadata]
• Xenoglossy disk cover by Wednesday, 1999 [metadata]
• Zapotek disk cover by Debris, 1995 [metadata]

1980s Scene Letters (The Movers Collection)

As announced earlier – here we go with the first instalment of scans from the private archive of Skylab & General Zoff (of New Balance Bochum/The Movers/Elite fame). A truly fascinating glimpse into the 1980s’ C64 and Amiga cracking scene, with too many highlights to mention them all. For those with basic knowledge about the history of the cracking- and demoscene, or those who experienced these times themselves, the list of authors below will already be enough to realise the significance of the archive – and this is only a small portion of what we can expect from it. As for highlights regarding the letters’ content, I’ll just throw in some random aspects: Scottish crackers in 1986; a note from Strider announcing the foundation of Fairlight; Irata’s original letterhead; cracking tips from Mr. Zeropage; German public phone cheating techniques; anxieties over first place in intro greetings; transatlantic flows of material goods; and many more. Enjoy this first instalment – there is more to come!

• Agent Organge/ACA (USA) to The Movers, ~1987 [metadata]
• Axa/X-Men (Finland) to Skylab, late 1980s [metadata]
• Birdy/Scottish Cracking Crew (UK) to Skylab, 30 July 1986 [metadata]
• CPU/Plutonium Crackers (Germany) to New Balance, 16 December 1986 [metadata]
• Honey/1001 Crew (Netherlands) to The Movers, June 1987 [metadata]
• Irata/RSI (Germany) to Skylab, ~1986 [metadata]
• Laffen/TDF (Norway) to The Movers, 1987 [metadata]• Mr Sulu/Doughnut Cracking Service (UK) to New Balance, 1986 [metadata]
• Mr Zeropage/RSI (Germany) to General Zoff, 2 January 1988 [metadata]
• New Balance to Mr Sulu/DCS (UK) [draft], 1986 [metadata]
• New Balance to Paperboy Inc. (Germany) [draft], 7 August 1986 [metadata]
• No. 1 (=Strider)/Fairlight (Sweden) to Skylab, April 1987 [metadata]
• RGB/The Movers (Canada) to Skylab, 1 March 1988 [metadata]
• Skylab to Irata, 1986 [metadata]
• Stingray (USA) to Skylab, 6 April 1989 [metadata]

NB: If the images in the gallery below appear too small to figure out the details, you can always download high-quality scans at the “metadata” links above! There, you can also find some background info for each letter.