Excess (c64)

Excess (EX!, 1989-, http://excess.iscool.net)
GER&gt; Black Duke (Tassilo Schutz, code, 07/97-03/03), H-Bloxx (Ralf    Mackowiak, crack swap, 95-03/03), Master S (swap, 95-03/03), Red Rock (crack swap, 02/93-03/03), Spinball (code crack, ex Mental, new 09/94-    03/03). POL&gt; Variat (swap, 03/03). ???&gt; Creb (03/03), Danzig (03/03), Eco (03/03), Ghost (03/03), Luka (also    in Trance Designs, 02/93-03/03), Nameless (02/93-03/03), RHX (code,     new 95-03/03), Sentinel (crack, 02/93-03/03), Stormfront (crack swap,     03/03), Tadpole (03/03), The Pro (03/03).

PREVIOUS MEMBERS -

GER&gt; Darkman (swap, 12/91), Exic (Andreas Nickel, gfx, also in Acsore,    07/97), Gash (Alexander Peters, crack, 95), Scratch (Henning Scharrer,     swap, 09/95), Spermbird (swap, ex Trinomic, also in Chromance, new     02/93-09/95). N-L&gt; Bordeaux (Tim Harris, swap, 95), Cat (Bart Hendrix, gfx swap, 02/93-    01/95). BEL&gt; Stormbringer (swap, 03/92). USA&gt; Light (sysop ICELAND, 02/93). ???&gt; Authentic (ex Maniax, new 09/94), Beat Up (gfx, old handle BTS, ex    Mental, new 09/94-95), Benno (code music, 02-05/93), Blue Angel (paperart, 02-05/93), Collector (swap, 02-05/93), CST (crack swap, 02-    05/93), Decoy (music, also in Natural Beat, 02/94-95), Dumper (code     crack trade, 02-05/93), Firelord (gfx paperart, 02/93), Knobby (trade,     ex Paramount, new 05/93), Liquid (ex X-Ample, new 09/94), Moses (ger?     code, 95), Mr.Rage (code swap, 02- 05/93), Nebular (code crack music,     old handle Orphan, new 95), Pneumatix (code, 02-05/93), Pulse (code     trade, ex WOW, new 05/93), Sempai (gfx swap, 02-05/93).

Boards; SANITARIUM (ger, 95).

Excess are a German demo and cracking group. Brothers Raistlin (code) and Kreator (both ex Pyrotech) formed Excess with some old members of DCS, this was around 1989... Kreator later went to the amiga, and Raistlin joined Rough Trade. 1991 - Thunderstorm was kicked, while Bigfoot (swap) joined in december. 1993 - Bigfoot joined Paramount in january. German swapper Spermbird joined from Trinomic around february. Mystic, Longdrink, Anesthesia and Galaxy were all kicked out around february. Pulse/WOW (code trade) and Knobby/Paramount (trade) both joined in may. 1994 - German sysop Iron ('ESCAPAD) changed his handle to Xerox (not Xenox as written some places) and joined Alpha Flight 1970 around the middle of the year. A lot of movement occurred in the member mass during september; Authentic/Maniax (swap), BTS/Mental (gfx), Spinball/Mental (code) and Liquid/X-Ample all joined, while Sgt. Pepper (Norbert Kroker, ger, swap, 02/93-), Mindcrime, Josh and Luka (Erik Nissen, ger, gfx, 05/93) were all kicked or left on their own accord. Luka may have alter returned; at least the group has a member with this handle in 2003. This month also saw the recruitment of a new whq board, CHAOTIC FACTOR. The board did not stay long in the group, and was dismissed around december. 1995 - "Nitro #19" was released late in the year, and brought a lot of news about the group; Renegade (crack) left for Avantgarde around september, and they lost their american board DEAD ZONE (sysop Trouble) to Onslaught also around this time (confirmed in [O] in september); Spermbird joined Chromance as his second group; Outlaw and New Design both left the scene; Holy Moses left to join the rebuilt Pandora; Bordeaux left to rebuild his old group Acrise; BTS changed his handle to Beat Up; RHX (code) and Orphan (code crack music) - who renamed in Nebular - joined the group. Coder, cracker and musician Nebula left for Hardcore around september. Former main organizer and cracker Sentinel left the scene late this year. He may have later returned. 1997 - Graphician Sush (also in Acsore) left the scene this year, sometime after july.

Nitro #15 (Diskmag).

Nitro #16 (Diskmag).

Nitro #17 (Diskmag).

Nitro #18 (Diskmag).

Nitro #19 (1995, late, Diskmag). INT - code: Spinball, gfx: Beat-Up (face), ???/Parsec and Glare/Smash (logo), music: n/a. MAG - code: Spinball (menu), Gash (reader), gfx: Beat Up (dragon), Thomas (selection logo), Alian Prophet (reader), Cat (reader chars), music: "Chameleon" by Pri, "Kromazona", "Silent Eclipse", "Formid Acid", "Compotune", "Psychosturbed" and "Nitro" by Decoy, "Sadox" by Jeroen Tel, "Ice Waffle" by Xayne, "Shinding" and "Sandwich" by Cosowi, "Dedication" by Jeff, "Toy Palace" by Fanta, "Smooth Criminal" by       Danko, "Emorave" by Nebular, "Doletimin" by Deek, "Paranoia" by        Syndrom, "Love 3" and "Love 4" by Shogoon and "Trip &amp; Pluto" by        Metal, editors: H-Bloxx, Red Rock, Gash, Decoy, Master S, Beat Up, Spinball. review: After a fair intro that fails to excite too much, with a b&amp;w rendition of Conan the Barbarian on the left, a textplotter on the right and a logo at the bottom, we press space to begin reading the mag. First impressions of the menu is much better, with a cartoony dragon on the left and a nice logo. The menu is done entirely in black and grey, except some raster-colors occassionally moving through the Excess logo and the currently selected article. The reading section is also likeable, with graphics at the top and bottom complementing each other, and the rest of the screen reserved for reading. Text can have many colors on the same page and there are two font sizes. In addition, some animated sprites are also present. I never liked those (always hated Mamba's overuse of these, for instance), but at least here they are not THAT obtrusive. Control is by joystick only, left/right to flip pages. If you accidentally press fire (to return to the menu) while reading, and you select the page you were at, it reloads the entire page. There are 20 chapters in this mag, each with their own piece of music... I am uncertain whether all the music here is exclusive or not; at LEAST Danko's tune I believe to be an older one. Editorial highlights include interviews with Vengeance/Onslaught/MSI and Shuze/Alpha Flight 1970; reviews of Agony's "Love" and Smash Designs' "Desert Dots". They spell Mr.Cursor's name wrong in the 'Did you know' chapter, Herzig instead of the correct Herzeg. This issue saw the burial of the sections Confrontation, Smileys, Remembering, Foreign Words and Music Market, and the arrival of the new ones Did You Know, The Rivals, Underground and Floppy Stuff. We are uncertain of the release date, but it is sometime after mid july of 1995... [glenn]

Nitro #20 (1996, late.01, Diskmag).