Axelerate

Axelerate (AXE, 1997-, http://www.axelerate.net)
POL&gt; Asterix (code, new 98-09/98), Bolek (Piotr Bator, swap, new 09/98), Cactus (Pawek Bol, mainorg paperart swap, later Oxyron, 97-09/98), Copieya (code, 09/98), Data (music, new 09/98), DJ Sharp (music,    09/98), Firebee (music, new 98-09/98), Klax (music, also in Oxygen,     new 09/98), Legion (code, 09/98), Panda (code, 09/98), Phobos (music,     09/98), Scarab (gfx, 09/98), Stix (music, new 98-09/98), TSD (code     crack, 09/98). NOR&gt; Zapotek (Sveinung Bergkvist, swap, 00).

Axelerate is a polish demo group, formed by Cactus at the end of 1997. 1998 - Their first demo was released, called "Grease" [98], announcing the new memberships of Asterix (code), Firebee (music) and Stix (music). September saw the release of the "Phobos Music Collection" [09/98], in turn announcing that Bolek (swap) and Data (music) had joined, that Klax had joined as a doublememb from Oxygen, and that Firebee had bought a pc and would probably decrease his c64 activity some in the future.

Grease (1998, demo). code: Legion, Asterix (additional), Rat/ex Axelerate (additional), gfx: Azgar/vaudeville, Scarab (additional), music: Klax/Oxygen, Phobos. review: "Grease" is this young group's first demo, and it does display a lack of experience. Among the effects we're shown is some plasma variations, shadebobs, sineplots and some linevectors. The graphics are an especially weak point in this demo, with some uninspired logo efforts. Probably released outside of any party (and thus hard to place in time without any additional hints), the demo announces Asterix' reentry into the scene in this group, and the joining of Firebee and Stix. The demo is a single file, but is accompanied by a note (code: Fero/ Unreal, gfx: Azgar/Vaudeville, music: Phobos/Axelerate) with credits and some other small things. [glenn]

Phobos Music Collection (1998, 28.09, musicdisk). code: Copieya, gfx: Copieya, Zeus/ex Axelerate, music: Phobos. review: The first thing that happens is that you're given a fullscreen choice between a note and the collection itself. The note (code: Legion, gfx: Scarab, music: Klax) tells us the usual things; the credits, the memberlist etc. The collection itself is a single static screen where you can select any one of the 24 available tunes. The graphics in this part (by Zeus) is pretty uninspiring. The music is average to good. [glenn]