{"id":680,"date":"2015-11-04T23:42:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T23:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/?p=680"},"modified":"2024-05-24T09:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T09:04:42","slug":"criminal-1-april-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotpapers.scene.org\/?p=680","title":{"rendered":"Criminal #1 (April 1990)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Again, we managed to unearth a completely forgotten cracking<\/abbr> scene<\/abbr> magazine. Criminal<\/em> was a papermag<\/abbr> published by the famous C64<\/abbr> & Amiga<\/abbr> group Red Sector Inc.<\/em> This issue came out only two months before the group’s merger with Tristar<\/em> into TRSI<\/em>, an even more legendary team which is still active in today’s demoscene<\/abbr>. According to the editorial, the mag had a precursor in early 1990 under the name Business<\/em>, which had to be renamed due to a different scene magazine being published under the same name<\/a>. Another note states that the “2nd issue […] will be released at some time in June”, thus one can assume that this is issue #1, even though the cover does not feature an issue number. However, to make things more confusing, Red Sector Inc. released<\/a> a diskmagazine<\/abbr> called “Criminal #1” two months earlier, in February 1990, with completely different content.<\/p>\n

The magazine is rather slim; it appears that most of the texts were written by its two editors, Sir Mighty and Irata. Compared to many scene magazines of the time, it has a relatively “grown up” feel to it, and carries a number of copyparty<\/abbr> reports and news items. Thanks to Hamster<\/strong>\/TRSI, who found several pristine copies of the mag in the basement, we can present you with an extraordinary clean scan. You can download the OCR version (PDF) here<\/a>, <\/strong>or browse through the mag in the online gallery.<\/p>\n

PS:<\/em> Have a look at the anonymous report on p. 5-6 for an insight into the the fascinating – antagonistic yet symbiotic – relations between crackers<\/abbr> and game companies.<\/p>\n