Avantgarde (c64)

Avantgarde (AVT)
GER&gt; Cupid (Christian Heilmann, gfx, 01/96), Deff (supply, 09/94-01/96), Jack Alien (Robert, code crack, 09/94-03/96), Jack Daniels (Tobias,    09/94-01/96), Mac Gyver (swap, 95), Skywolf (gfx, 09/94-01/96), Suicide (Christian, code fix, 09/95-01/96), Tricom (09/94-01/96), Weasel (also    in Pandora, 09/94-01/96). ENG&gt; Derbyshire Ram (Barry Joynes, crack supply swap, later Remember, 09/94-    01/96). DEN&gt; Metal (01/96). POL&gt; Druid (code, also in Agony Design, new 09/95-01/96), Trimone (supply,    new 09/95-01/96). ???&gt; Astaroth (01/96), Chameleon (09/95-01/96), Cyborg (09/95), D-Ram (crack, 95), Eliminator (09/95-01/96), Rage (09/95-01/96), Renegade (crack, ex Excess, new 09/95-01/96).

Boards; DREAM PARK (usa, 09/95-03/96).

PREVIOUS MEMBERS (pre 01/96) -

GER&gt; A-Man (09/94), Darklord (09/94), Hok (09/94), Intruder (crack supply    swap, 07/95-03/96), Magic Man (09/94), Nevis (09/94), Peter (09/94). SWI&gt; Freestyle (09/94-95). ENG&gt; Steve (sysop STRAYLIGHT EHQ, 09/94). USA&gt; Prodigy (sysop TERMINAL OBSESSION WHQ, 09/94). ???&gt; Iron Cat (music, new 09/94).

Avantgarde was a german-based illegal cracking group, and one of the leading ones in the time they were active. There is no reason to believe this group had any connection to the amiga group of the same name, despite their contemporary existence. Jack Alien released an improved version of Matt/Tera's STUBBY-Noter, V2. Suicide rejoined the scene in this group; his last one was Chromance. American fixer Pudwerx is no longer a member. 1994 - Swiss coder Dave and Englishman Richie left the scene around the middle of the year. A big setback for the group came in september, when american fixer and sysop of their whq THE FORUM finally decided to leave the scene to concentrate on his real-life job. This left the group without both a fixer and a us board, though they were hopeful that Prodigy's TERMINAL OBSESSION would be up again soon. Their musician Iron Cat also rejoined the group this month, after finishing his army duty, while Pbxcellence left the group. 1995 - Polish coder Druid joined as a doublemember from Agony Design around september, establishing a polish section. He was joined original supplier Trimone, who is supposed to be a wellknown personality in the scene under another handle... Decilion (09/94) left both the group and the scene. Renegade joined from Excess around september. Weasel joined Pandora as his second group. 1998 - German cracker Thorn (09/94-) left for Remember in july.

House Party (1995, end.09, Multifile demo). code: Jack Alien, Suicide, gfx: Avalanche/Atlantis (houses), Jack Alien (chars), RRR/Oxyron (chars), music: Red Devil/Fairlight (exclusive!), Guy Shavitt (exclusive?). review: This is the first ever Avantgarde demo, and quite an amusing little production it is too. It is all based on a party (and we're talking the beer'n'girls variety here) held at Jack Alien's house in Bensheim, germany from 7-10 september, and we're shown some pretty fun and surprisingly goodlooking parts. No revolutionary code here, but a good sense of design and humour help this with lots of charm. They mention in the endpart that it took a little time from the party to the release of  the demo, so the release date is an approximation. The negative part of this demo is the glorification of cannabis in the scrolltext. Stupid and unnecessary. [glenn]