Science 451 (c64)

Science 451 (S451, 1987-, http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/~malo/)
SWE&gt; Akay (gfx, ex Triad, new 05/91), Bilbo (crack, 02-07/88), Dirty C    (Marcus Li, swap, early91), Euzkera (Janne, ex Censor, new early91), Galleon (new 12/87-02/88), Gaunt (Tomas Danko, crack music, later    Censor, 02-07/88), Hightech (gfx, 02/88), Judge (code, 02/88), Karl XII (02/88), Master Jam (swap, 11/89-11/90), Midnight Mover (sysop    ILLUSION OF REALITY, ex Omega, later Genetix, new 03/91), Odin (Johan     Rung, code, 09/88-11/90), Pimpernell (Andreas Gradman, swap sysop     TERMINAL STATE, ex Triad, new 04/91), Redstar (gfx, 09/88), Rygar (02/88-05/89), Skywize (gfx, ex Triad, new 05/91), Spirit (C.    Bernhardt, code, 09/88-05/89), Syncro (02/88), TRB (crack, 07/88). ???&gt; Scorpio (ex Akrak, new 07/90), The Gnome (crack, new early91), The Leader (swe? 02/88), Tracker (music).

Science 451 was a swedish-based demo and cracking group, formed late 1987, as a fusion of three other group. The original members were Rygar/Vortex 42, Bilbo/Vortex 42, Blade/Vortex 42 (later Hightech), Judge/Vortex 42, Radius/Vortex 42, H.O./The Warlocks, Glerc/The Warlocks, Karl XII/Alpha Range 89, The Leader/Alpha Range 89 and finally Iron/Alpha Range 89. The group's first production was a demo released at the Triad and Fairlight copy-party in december of that year. It was also there that the decision to kick Radius and Iron and to accept Galleon/The Warlocks as a new member was made. Some information extracted from the homepage above. 1988 - Swedes Gaunt and Syncro joined from Shadi Studios in the early months of this year, as did norwegian The Bright Lion and dutchman Captain Rock/Beatless. At the Agile party in may, the group made its last appearance before splitting. A demo released at the party announced the split, which meant most member left to form a new group called Sphinx. The members that DID stay were Rygar, Bilbo, H.O and Glerc. "Glerc's Demo" [07/88] was released at the Jewels, Danish Gold, Dominators and Upfront party in july. A new german member, Fancy, also joined around this time. He also eventually brought along a friend, Moskwa TV/Trans-X, who was a member for a short while. Rumours about Moskwa TV's recracking was a little too evident, so he was kicked after just a few weeks. New swedish members Spirit (code gfx) and Odin (code) were recruited in september. Towards the end of the year, Injun was a member for a very short while, and Fancy was kicked for inactiveness. 1989 - Four new members were recruited this year; CDC, MasterJam (autumn), Lloyd (autumn) and Syncro. CDC later left for a professional career with Groovy Bits. During this time the group also got a reliable source of originals, enabling them to release a lot more cracks than before. 1990 - H.O. (02/88-), torn between his studying at a university and trading with his c64, finally had to give in and leave the scene early this year. Bilbo was kicked for inactiveness. Glerc, Odin and Rygar still attempted to make the group live on, mostly by recruiting new members. Nova was a member for a short while, then rejoined Flash Inc. Gnome (crack) joined. In march of this year, polish coder Polonus joined. During the second half of the the year, Rygar got fed up with the c64 and decided to concentrate on the amiga and vhs. In april, dutchman TDJ attended a copyparty in Stockholm, and eventually joined the group. His next sign of life came only after a month, when he had built a dutch section of s451 entitled Focus - without telling the leaders. The group later left - again without telling the leaders. Scorpio joined from Akrak in july. Brilliant swedish graphician Visual joined from Dynamix around august. Musician Tracker (a friend of Polonus) joined in november. In the first weekend of november, the Censor Party was held in Gothenburg, Sweden. Only Master Jam and Odin attended the event. 1991 - Swedish coder, cracker and previous leader Glerc (02/88-) decided to leave the scene in january. A new cracker, The Gnome, joined around february. Polish coder Polonus (aka POL, new 05/90), author of the wellknown VoiceTracker, left for Padua around february or early march. Sysop Midnight Mover (ILLUSION OF REALITY) joined from Omega early march. Swedish swapper and sysop Pimpernell joined from Triad with TERMINAL STATE in april. Euzkera joined from Censor early this year. In the early to mid section of the year, both Glerc and Odin left the scene. The official date for the death of the group can most likely be set to the Horizon Easter Party, where the last official s451 demo "El Escaparate" [04/91] was released. Swedish graphicians Akay and Skywize joined from Triad in may, but this might better be considered a death twitch than a rebirth. Swedish graphician Visual joined Pretzel Logic late this year under his real name, Johannes Sjogren. Swedish Legend joined Silicon, and will open a board for them.

Sonics 003 (1988, .02, Intro). code: Judge, gfx: Hightech (logo), Judge (charset), music: Gaunt (Sound- Monitor format). review: This is essentially a non-spectacular 1-screen intro with three scrollers and a logo. Deeeeead boring! =) Not a party release. The release date is based on the text 'rankings for week 6' and the specification of  '88' inside the demo. Also, the New Life Party is mentioned as an upcoming  event, though my research has NOT lead to any information on this party  thus far. Overall a pretty uninteresting production, unfortunately...    Please note that the name of this intro appears nowhere inside it, and  that it was based on the file's filename off the internet. The intro comes  in a single 44 block file. [glenn]

The Demo (1988, 29.09, Demo). code: Odin, Spirit, Glerc (intro), gfx: Spirit, Redstar (chars), music: Soedesoft (1), from game "Psidroid" (2), Jochen Kimmel (3), Marcel Donne (4). review: S451 delivers a demo here that's quite pleasing to the eye. A lot of attention seems to have gone into getting the design right. It's nothing revolutionary, but compared to a lot of other demos these guys seem to have put a little effort into where they place things. The music is all ripped, but nicely chosen, and none of the old 'classics' that are overused. Overall, I found this demo to be a nice, different little production from a team that are way overlooked. Nice use of moving rasters! And the music in the first part is great...   The demo comes in a single file, with a total of 4 parts. [glenn]

Puke (1989, 14.05, Demo). code: Glerc (intro), Spirit (main), gfx: Spirit, music: Laxity/???. Released for the Equinox and Horizon party demo competition. review: Two competent parts and one that's just sad (though they make no attempt to disguise it either!) make up this small 'demo' - made at the party, no surprise :) This is a production that could have done without its last part. The intro and endpart music is uncredited. The demo comes  in a single file. [glenn]

Ball-Scope (1990, Demo).