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Ackerlight

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Ackerlight (-1989)

Members

FRA 
  • Fred (Frederic Hahn, gfx music, 06-12/88)
 ??? 
  • C. Dryk (gfx, 12/88)
  • C.E.O (org spread, mid88)
  • Crocky (org supply spread, mid88)
  • Dagon (spread, mid88)
  • Dark Angel (code, mid88)
  • Gojira (design, mid88)
  • H.Syl (code crack train, mid88)
  • Kebra (org gfx spread, 10-12/88)
  • MC2 (code, 08-12/88)
  • Mouse (music, 10/88)
  • M.P 67 (code, 06-12/88)
  • Oldrik (gfx, 12/88)
  • Overloader (code, 88)
  • Pat (code music, 12/88)
  • Rasputin (design, mid88)
  • R.V (code, mid88)
  • Sato (spread, mid88)
  • Solar (spread, mid88)
  • Stranger (spread, mid88)
  • Teacher (spread, mid88)
  • Urgo (supply, mid88)
  • Wild Copper (code, mid88)
  • Willy (spread, mid88)
  • Wolfie (gfx, 10/88)


Group History

Ackerlight was a French/Swiss constellation, and one of the first good cracking groups. They released a cool diskmag (in French only), called "Akcernews". When they died in 1989, Anome 68000 formed a new Swiss group called Zenith. Some of the original members, however, formed a software company under the name Ackerlight Software, and released a.o. the game Wings of Glory!

1988 
Spreader Jean-Yves Chenu (aka J.Y) left the scene late in the year.

Coder Sharlaan left for OMD 12/88 or 01/89, but still worked on the coop demo "Music Examples #2" with his old group.


Releases

Space Bubbles Slideshow 1 (1988, ECS Slideshow)

Review 
Contains scanned fantasy artwork from Boris Vallejo.

Bards Tale Solver (1988, ECS Demo)

Credits 
  • code: H.Syl
  • gfx: ???/Wild Copper
  • music: n/a

Soundmachine Part I (1988, .06, ECS Musicfile)

Credits 
  • code: M.P 67
  • gfx: Fred
  • music: "st15/out run", "new horizon\nh", "bouncing ball\bb" and "long walk\lw" by Fred

Compact Disk 7 (1988, 20.07, ECS Packmenu)

Credits 
  • code: Sharlaan
  • gfx: Rasputin
  • music: Fred

Soundmachine Part II (1988, .08, ECS Musicdemo)

Credits 
  • code: M.P 67
  • gfx: Mr. Mistery
  • music: "st15/bouncing ball2", "dear rob", "ghosts'n goblins\gg" and "war and peace" by Fred

Compact Disk 9 (1988, .08, ECS Packmenu)

Credits 
  • code: M.P 67, MC2
  • gfx: n/a
  • music: Fred

'Bob Morane In the Ocean' crackintro (1988, ECS Intro)

Credits 
  • code: n/a
  • gfx: n/a
  • music: Fred

Compact Eleven (1988, .10, ECS Intro)

Credits 
  • code: Sharlaan
  • gfx: Wolfie, Kebra
  • music: Mouse

'Purple Saturn Day' crackintro (1988, .12, ECS Crackintro)

Credits 
  • code: Sharlaan
  • gfx: Kebra, C. Dryk
  • music: Pat

Ackernews #2 (1988, .12, ECS Diskmag)

Firezone Merry Christmas (1988, .12, ECS Intro)

Credits 
  • code: M.P 67, MC
  • gfx: Oldrik
  • music: Fred

'Action Service' crackintro (1988, ECS Intro)

Credits 

code: Over Loader gfx: C. Dryk, DarkAngel music: Pat

Music Examples #2 (1989, .01, ECS Trackloaded Musicdisk)

Credits 
  • code: Sharlaan/OMD
  • gfx: Andreas Starr, Fred
  • music: "The Last Star", "Sunny Days", "Spacial Dream\Space Dream", "Space Harrier" and "Neon Lights" by Fred
Info 
Cooperation with OMD.