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NOR> Cocy (code, 12/90-12/92), Darkwalker (swap, ex Visual Bytes), Designer
(code gfx, late90-04/92), Mystery (swap, 07/90), Peter (Peter
Salomonsen, music, 06/91-12/92), Rattle (gfx), Timewalker (music, ex
Cult, new 12/90), Vanguard (code, 12/90-06/91), Zorax (code, 12/90-
04/92).
MAL> Cyber Pirate (write, ex Cytax).
PMC was once a force to be reckoned with. Their coder Cocy was wellknown
following his excellent "Alfa Omega" (1991) demo, and their diskmag R.A.W
was rapidly developing into a success. However, when Cocy started coding on
a game, and the R.A.W production team joined Spaceballs, there wasn't much
left. I'd really like to know what became of their excellent musician
Peter, though :)
1992 - "R.A.W #2" [02/92] was released in february, still in cooperation
with New Wave, and carrying an intro supplied by Spaceballs. The issue was a
major success, boosting the group's popularity by miles. It announced Metal
King was still coding on a commercial game; that Lonerider had joined from
Visual Bytes; that Flush had now stopped swapping; that Cocy was coding the
follow-up to "Alfa & Omega" [91]; and that norwegians Anders Hamre from
Amiga Freelancers and Anders from Airborn had joined.
1993 - At The Gathering 93, Norwegians Lord Helmet (swap edit, ex Cartel,
12/90), Kingpin (swap) and Perplex (code, 11/92, both ex Offence old) joined
Spaceballs. With the editor, co-editor and coder of "R.A.W" jumping ship,
PMC lost one of their greatest assets. Though it was claimed in Generation
#6 that Lord Helmet joined Andromeda, this is obviously untrue.
Norwegian coder Anders (ex Airborn, 04-12/92) joined Duplo. Anders was also
sysop of 'PURE METAL LINE' until it was busted!
Norwegian graphician Ramjet (ex Cartel, 12/90-12/92) joined Spaceballs.
Thanatos (fra gfx, 09/92) and Zapper (nor music, ex Cartel, 12/90-04/92)
both got kicked.
The French section was kicked.
Norwegian coder and musician Copernicus (Anders Hamre, ex Amiga
Freelancers) decided to leave the scene.
Asymptotic, Fullstar, Hexogen and Rhah joined Dreamdealers because they
were fed up with Thanatos.
Norwegian musician and swapper Dreamer (ex Amaze, early93) left the scene.
Batman, sysop 'PIECE OF HEAVEN' (05/91), got kicked.
Norwegian trader and swapper Flush (Frode, 12/90-05/91) sold his Amiga and
left the scene.
Norwegian swapper Lonerider (ex Visual Bytes, new ca 01/92) sold his Amiga,
bought a PC, and consequently got kicked.
Norwegian graphician Fairfax (ex Beastie Boys, 11/91-12/92) joined Offence
06/92.
The Jack (gfx, 12/90), Leatherface, Achmed B (code, 90), Dr. Feelgood (ex
Miranda), Xion and X-Ray (nor gfx swap, ex Gate, 12/90) all got kicked.
Dr.Feelgood left to form Obituary.
Cartel joins... (1990, ECS File).
code: Achmed B., gfx: The Jack, Antichrist, Ramjet, music: Zapper.
info: The name of the demo is not accurate, but AFAIK there's no real name
for it... It's the one where the group Cartel announces that they're
merging into PMC! :)
A Little Intro... (1990, late, ECS Intro).
code: Designer, gfx: Ramjet, music: "Introtune1.4" by Zapper (ProTracker
MOD format).
review: Just a logo, a starfield and a scroller for Flush to send some
messages to his contacts. Uninteresting for the rest of us. [glenn]
GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.
Mesmerized (1990, 28.12, ECS File).
code: Cocy, Vanguard (math), gfx: Ramjet, The Jack (logo), X-Ray (logo),
music: "Riff-Raff" by Zapper. Released at the Theatre & Network Party 90.
review: An unspectacular demo from the coder team that would later make
"Alfa Omega". Go figure! We're not given a lot of effects, there's some
interference, some plasma and some triangle stuff that seemingly goes on
forever. The demo has no exit, and once it's run through, it starts all
over again. The best part: Ramjet's picture at the start. [glenn]
GLE tested A500 /000-7 /½mb chip, ½mb fast/2.04.
A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. -- Note: Needs KillAGA.
Frontal Lobotomy (1990, 28.12, ECS File).
code: Zorax, gfx: Ramjet, music: "Credulity" by Oistein Eide/MON.
Released at the Theatre & Network party 90.
review: This demo's greatest assets are clearly Ramjet's pictures;
especially the pissed off smurf :-) Other than that, it doesn't really
come alive for me, despite talented people working on it. [glenn]
GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.1. -- Note: Needs KillAGA.
Alfa Omega (1991, 30.06, ECS Trackmo).
code: Cocy, Vanguard (assistant), gfx: Ramjet, music: "Garbage
Collection" by Peter. 2nd at the Amega Party.
review: A true classic. This demo exhibited truly advanced coding when it
was first released, the vector animations had everyone going 'ooooh...'.
It was something new, never done quite so good before. There's a fair few
effects here that made Cocy a household name for a while. It was only
beaten in the competition at the Amega party by another legendary demo;
Tomsoft's "Virtual World".
As a result of the faster machine I ran it on, the scrolltext at the
bottom became increasingly out of touch with what was going on onscreen.
[glenn]
GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0 --
Note: Music bugs a little sometimes.
R.A.W #1 (1991, .11, ECS Diskmag).
INT - code: Designer, gfx: J.O.E/TRSI (pic), Fairfax (logo), music:
"Basshigh2c" by Comajim/NW (ProTracker MOD format).
MAG - code: M.M./NW, gfx: Enigma/Andromeda, Wimme/NW, music: "Tanker" by
Mutant/NW, "Bonus" by Peter, "Jakarta" by Comajim/NW, editor: Lord
Helmet.
Released in cooperation with New Wave (NW).
review: The first issue of a legendary disk magazine. Graphically, it's
not everything the later editions are. That checkerboard design doesn't
really do it for me :) Ofcourse, from the second issue onwards we'd be
treated to Fairfax' increasingly great art... For HD install, remember
that the disk/assign MUST be called "R.A.W:".
News that Walkman had joined Scoopex were, naturally, WRONG! [glenn]
GLE tested A500 /000-7 /½mb chip, ½mb fast/2.04.
R.A.W #2 (1992, .02, ECS Multifile Diskmag).
INT - code: Lone Starr/Spaceballs, gfx: Fairfax/PMC (logo), Sator/
Spaceballs (font), music: "Raw Intromusic" by Vinnie/Spaceballs
(ProTracker MOD format).
MAG - code: M.M./NW, gfx: Fairfax/PMC, Wimme/NW, music: "Nightdrizzle"
by Mr.Man/Andromeda, "Helmet for Sale" by Jason/Kefrens, "Chroxial"
by Dexter/ex Anarchy, editor: Lord Helmet (main), Kingpin/NW.
Released in cooperation with New Wave.
review: The show opens with a very cool R.A.W logo done by Fairfax, before
the intro starts proper. It seems to use a variation on the RecVec system
pioneered by Cocy in Pure Metal Coders' own "Alfa Omega" [06/91] demo to
at first show a flight into a small cluster of houses. We travel into the
window of one of the houses, where a RAW logo resides and we travel around
and inside this while an overlaid textplotter informs us of the headlines
for the upcoming issue. The design of the intro perhaps leaves a thing or
two to be desired, but it does leave an overall good impression -
especially the very nice music by Vinnie.
After clicking the mouse, the mag continues to load, and opens what is a
very stylish interface - we dare the suggestion it was the best-looking
diskmag to date, Stolen Data included! It looks and feels, in a word,
smooth. Fairfax' title picture is also great, with a cowboy sitting atop
his horse observing the slightly absurd spectacle of a ship stranded atop
a mountain range in the skies...all beautifully done in shades of red and
orange.
Motif's handle is spellt incorrectly ('Mofit') in the news item
concerning Alliance Design. The news that Zephyr/Amaze joined Vision
Factory are 100% incorrect, as I have the official version from the man
himself =)
The mag works remarkably well on my 030 machine, provided you boot with
no caches and the original chipset. I'm told the mag works fine even on
A1000's =] To manually install the mag to your harddisk (there is no
installer on the disk), remember that the disk/assign MUST be called
"R.A.W:". The intro specifically needs KillAGA or similar on AGA machines.
[glenn]
GLE tested A500 /000-7 /½mb chip, ½mb fast/2.04.
A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0 -- Caches off, orig chipset
BASE Connection (1992, 18.04, ECS Intro).
code: Zorax, gfx: Designer (BC logo), Fairfax (PMC logo), music: "Activ-
Waste!" by Zapper. Released at The Gathering 92.
review: A logo at the top, a logo at the bottom and a sine-scroller in
the middle, accompanied by a mediocre techno tune. This intro was meant
to recruit composers to a new techno music-group called BASE. I certainly
never heard of them again, so I guess it's safe to assume it wasn't a big
success...and neither is this intro. Nothing I'd recommend. [glenn]
GLE tested A500 /000-7 /½mb chip, ½mb fast/2.04.
A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.
Note: Needs KillAGA.
The Gathering '92 Pictro (1992, late .04, ECS File Slideshow).
code: Anders, gfx: Fairfax, music: "Yoghurt", "Karsmanatic" and "What..."
by Steinar Apalnes/independent (4ch MOD format).
review: Not much to describe here, there's a PMC logo at the top of the
screen, the middle is occupied by some pictures (duh!) and the bottom is
where the obligatory text writer resides. Competent enough, I guess, with
three nice tunes and an OK logo. Anders recycled this code for a very
similar production called "R.A.W 4½" at The Party in december! [glenn]
GLE tested A500 /000-7 /½mb chip, ½mb fast/2.04.
A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.
Note: Musics bugs slightly.
R.A.W #3 (1992, .07, ECS Multifile Diskmag).
INT - code: Lord Mindless/Offence, gfx: Mystix/Anarchy (picture), Sector
9/Razor 1911 (font), music: Lizard/Offence.
MAG - code: M.M/New Wave, Cocy (fixing), gfx: Fairfax/Offence, Vimme/
Offence (fonts), music: "Wild Impressions.2" by Lizardking/Strange,
"Newspaper Groove" by Axel/Brainstorm, and "Movements" by
WOTW/Supplex (all 4ch MOD format), editor: Lord Helmet.
review: How do you review the best mag on the scene? Fabulous!
You can easily run this from your harddrive, just remember to assign
R.A.W: to the main directory (what would have been the root of the
floppy). Enjoy! [glenn]
GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.
R.A.W #4 (1992, .11, ECS Multifile Diskmag).
INT - code: Dr.Jekyll/Andromeda, gfx: Fairfax/Andromeda, Duel/Andromeda
(font), music: Lord Interface/Andromeda.
MAG - code: Perplex, gfx: Facet/Anarchy (intropic), Fairfax/Andromeda
(main), Perplex (fonts), music: "We'll Make It Live" by Soul/
Shining, "Slow Motion" by Axel/Brainstorm, Editor: Lord Helmet.
review: The Andromeda intro that graces the front of the fourth issue of
R.A.W is very nice indeed, and puts you in an expectant mood before
plunging into the mag itself. After just two issues, they've decided to
change the code entirely, and consequently also the design. The new
design is perhaps cleaner, and the new code has some innovations, like
the way you can choose how the text is formatted. However, I must say
that I quite liked the old design :) Editorially they're as provocative
as ever, not pulling any punches this time either.
This would be the last issue of R.A.W released by PMC; before the next
issue the entire editorial staff had left the group in favour of rising
stars Spaceballs! [glenn]
GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 16mb fast/3.0.
Alpha and Omega II: Downtown (1992, 28.12, ECS Trackmo, 3 disks).
code: Cocy, gfx: Ramjet, music: Peter, Onar Am.
4th in The Party 92 demo competition.
R.A.W 4½ - Party Edition (1992, 28.12, ECS File Slideshow).
code: Anders, gfx: Fairfax, music: "Palle's Theme2" by Jester/Sanity (4ch
MOD format). Released at The Party 92.
review: For the coding specifics, you can just refer to the review of
"The Gathering '92 Pictro" (04/92), since it appears to be nearly
identical. Lazy, lazy Anders... :) The show opens with a nice picture by
Fairfax, which is a rendition of the poster for the movie "Home Alone".
The logo in the slideshow itself is also nice. The music is not bad, about
par for Jester. Well, what more to say? There's no exit. [glenn]
GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0 -- Note: Needs KillAGA.
