Ikari Talent

Ikari+Talent (I+T, 1989-)
DEN&gt; RCS (swap, ex Bonzai, new early91), Trix (swap, ex Bonzai, new 91). GER&gt; Joe Cool (ex Paramount, new early91), Maniac (crack, ex Paramount,    later Elite, new early91), Sting (crack, ex Paramount, later Elite,     new early91). SWI&gt; Freestyle (crack swap, ex Fresh, new 12/90-early91). ???&gt; Dave (ex Fresh, new 12/90), Nemesis (crack, ex Dominators, new 12/89).

Boards; WARES CASTLE (usa, 12/90-91), SHEER TERROR (usa, 06/90), NEVER NEVER LAND (den, 12/90).

Ikari and Talent opened their cooperation late 1989 - likely november or december - and stood from that day as one of the strongest cooperations in the cracking scene. At the time it started, the only members were Doc, Fletch, Excell (denmark) and Just Ice (england) from Ikari, and Bod and XXX (england) from Talent. It's always hard to separate the members in a cooperation like this, but where possible I have added member entries to the respective entries for Ikari and Talent. In some cases, these two groups seem to have merged into a separate entity, in that members titulate themselves f.ex. 'Fletch of Ikari+ Talent' (Fletch is in Ikari). The cooperation ended sometime during 1991, and at least Talent continued as a separate entity. 1989 - Cracker Nemesis joined from Dominators in december. 1990 - After their American hq THE ADDICTION (12/89-) was closed by the phone company, they got a new hq called SHEER TERROR in june. They were in importing partnership with TSM in december. 1991 - Early in the year, lots happened on the member front. Danish cracker Excell/Ikari left after problems with Bod/Talent. Three German Paramount members (Joe Cool, Maniac and Sting) were recruited in late march or early april, adding two active crackers to the member roster. On the Danish front, The Duke/The Freaks was recruited in march, but soon moved on to Dominators as a reaction to the joining of RCS and Trix, who were kicked from Bonzai. German graphician Gotcha (Dario Krobath, ex Crazy, TALENTMEMB) left the group after just two months to concentrate on game graphics in march.