X-Trade

X-Trade
X-Trade were a demo and board-based group, with their headquarters in Sweden. Mad Harlequin's board was the official itialian distribution site of AmiExpress.

Members
Adder (Stefan Hansson, swap, early '93)
 * SWE:
 * Betty Boy (gfx, old handle Rip, doublememb Depth late '96, 05/'94-late '96)
 * Boozer (sysop 'SHADOW ZONE' WHQ)
 * Bult (gfx, '92)
 * Chucky (sysop 'GANG BANG')
 * Duffy (swap, ex Quartz)
 * Goblin
 * Kalashnikov (music)
 * Maniac
 * Mike B (Swap, ex Dazzle)
 * Orgasmatron (sysop 'ANGEL CITY' EHQ/WHQ, ex Shining 8, early '93-01/'95)
 * Pripps (sysop 'CHANNEL 4', early '93)
 * Voco (code, ex Ontarion, new mid '91-'92)
 * Warhammer (sysop 'NOTA BENE', doublememb Alpha Flight, 01/'95)
 * Wirefire (sysop 'OUTPOST', 01/'95)


 * AUS:
 * Blitter (Thomas Fröhlich, code edit 'The Jungle', 12/'94-12/'96)


 * GER:
 * Andy (sysop 'FASTWAY', early '93)
 * Bird (sysop 'METAL DECADE', early '93)
 * Friendly (Sönke Petersen, gfx, 12/'95-12/'96)
 * JJF (sysop 'FUTURE ZONE', early '93)
 * Manta (swap)
 * Scuba (gfx swap sysop 'SEX'N CRIME' WHQ, 12/'92-early '93)


 * FIN:
 * Clombo (sysop 'DETROIT', '93-04/'95)
 * Meddler (Antti Suvanto, ex Ahead, '93)


 * N-L:
 * Countach (sysop 'CYBERSPACE', ex Freestyle)


 * ITA:
 * Mad Harlequin (sysop 'HEART OF NOWHERE', early '93)


 * USA: The Griffin (sysop 'REDRUM', early '93)


 * Christian (code, 05/'94)
 * Hellraiser (code, new '94)
 * J.Walker (Thomas Bickel, code, 12/'94-12/'96)
 * Mastermind (code)
 * McCoy (music)
 * Tomahawk (code)
 * Twystor (code, 12/'94)
 * Twystor (code, 12/'94)


 * Swedish musician Dezecrator joined Chaos A.D., where he was also a sysop. Did he have a board in X-Trade?
 * Swedish swapper Jammaster joined Vox Dei.
 * German swapper Slam (ex Acrid, new early '93) joined Essence.
 * Swedish musician Gorgonzola joined Limited Edition.
 * German swapper Lightforce (ex Desert) joined B.A.S.F.. However, Mirage's "Eternal #2" claims he joined Endless Piracy...I have not been able to confirm him in either place.
 * The 'HORROR ZONE' BBS (usa) was kicked.
 * Swedish sysop Kreator ('A-BASE') joined Devils.
 * Deicide joined Addonic.
 * Swedes Deelite (music, ex Enigma), Accord (Patrick Johansson, music, '91-'92) and Diesel got tired of the bad organizing and formed their own group, Vomit. Nowadays, Deelite and Diesel are in Razor 1911, and Accord has left the scene.

Group History

 * 1991: Blaze joined Vox Dei. Zyrax (sysop 'NORTH CONNECTION') joined Dazzle under the handle Scythe.
 * 1994: Payday (swe swap), Klorathy (code 05/'94), TBM (gfx 05/'94) and Coolorado left to form Corpse in '94. Trader Cuz left for Cyberdyne.
 * 1995: Swedes Odie (music, 05/'94-), Wolf (gfx, 12/'94-) and Kama (gfx, 05/'94-) all joined Wrath Designs, likely around January. Please note that this date is approximate. The board 'DISTASTE' was closed in June.

Releases


Digital Orgasm (1992, ECS File)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * Voco
 * gfx:
 * Bult
 * music:
 * ">Digital-Orgasm<" by Accord

Color Crime (1992, ECS Slideshow)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * n/a
 * gfx
 * n/a
 * music:
 * Accord and Deelite

Embrolic Coding (1992, 29.Jun)

 * Info: 8th in the Hurricane Party '92 demo competition.

Among the Living (1994, 20.05, AGA? File)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * Klorathy, Christian
 * gfx: TBM, Lbt, Kama, Rip
 * music:
 * Odie

Intro

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * Twystor
 * gfx: Friendly/Static Bytes, Twystor
 * music:
 * Odie

Magazine

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * J.Walker
 * gfx:
 * Friendly/Static Bytes
 * music:
 * "Chromag-non" by Chromag/Polka Brothers
 * editor:
 * Blitter


 * Info: Released at The Party '94.

The Jungle #8 (1995, 28.12, ECS Multifile Diskmag)

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * J.Walker
 * gfx:
 * Friendly
 * music:
 * Dizzy/CNCD
 * editor:
 * Blitter


 * Info: Released at The Party 5.

PsyLOVEcicle (1996, 28.12, 40k Intro)

 * Info: 6th in The Party 6 40k intro competition.

Intro

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * J.Walker, Blitter
 * gfx:
 * Friendly
 * music:
 * Marc/Syndrome

Magazine

 * Credits:
 * code:
 * J.Walker
 * gfx:
 * Wolf (title), Friendly
 * music:
 * Marc/Syndrome
 * editor:
 * Blitter


 * Info: Released at The Party 6.

BBS's

 * GROOVUS MAXIMUS (SWE)
 * NORTH CONNECTION
 * DISTASTE
 * HORROR ZONE (USA)
 * A-ZONE (SWE)
 * HEART OF NOWHERE (ITA)
 * REDRUM (USA)
 * CYBERSPACE (N-L)
 * DETROIT (FIN)
 * FASTWAY (GER)
 * METAL DECADE (GER)
 * FUTURE ZONE (GER)
 * GANGBANG (SWE)
 * ANGEL CITY (SWE, EHQ/WHQ)
 * CHANNEL 4 (SWE)
 * NOTA BENE (SWE)
 * OUTPOST (SWE)
 * SHADOW ZONE (SWE, WHQ)