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NOR> Codex (Jo Gunnershaug, gfx music, 89-12/91), Dr.No (Runar Jordahl, org
code, 11/90), Fort Knox (Bjorn Sovik, sysop, 11/90), Lord Strangelove
(Jon Atle Kroknes, code crack), Red Baron (Dag Nilsen, sysop 'DIGITAL
EXPRESS', new 07-11/90), Rex (Rune Vangen, org swap, 89-11/90), Sector
9 (Kjetil Pettersson (code org gfx, 11/90).
SWE> Sir Henry (Henry Greijer, code, 11/90), Ziphoid (John Carehag, music,
11/90-12/91).
GER> 16 Beat (music, 12/91), Angel of Death (Guido Janthor, sysop
'HELLFIRE', 09/90-91), Drake (Michael, gfx, 11-12/91), Joker (sysop
'SADO CITY', ex Classic, later Interpol, 12/91), Murdock (gfx,
11/90-12/91), Onyx (Bernd Knochenheuer, code crack, ex Accumulators,
new late89-11/90), Sim (Guerkan Demirci, code, 11/90-12/91), TCM (sysop
'MAGICAL ZONE', ex Classic, later Interpol, 12/91).
DEN> Cat (Allan, spread, ex Warfalcons, 11/90), Darksilver (phreak, 11/90),
Dave (David, crack train, ex Warfalcons, 11/90-12/91).
USA> Rom Kernal (Jeff, sysop 'THE PITCH', 11/90), Rotor (sysop 'GATES OF
ASGARD', ex Elevation), Zodact (Brian C., org supply sysop 'THE
CASTLE', 11/90).
???> Brain Dead (12/91), Fashion Light (12/91), King Cobra (12/91), Problem
Child (12/91), Tripwire (12/91).
Boards; PURGATORY WHQ (usa, 12/91), HANGAR 18 (usa, 12/91), CITY WAREZ (nor,
06/94).
PREVIOUS MEMBERS -
NOR> Assassin (sysop 'EXTENSION', ex Network), Bountyhunter, Hypocrite
(founder), Maniac (Jogeir Liljedahl, music, later Spaceballs), The
Hustler (music, ex Amaze, new pre 07/92).
GER> Wonderboy (ex Dual Crew).
BEL> Spike (sysop 'MONKEY ISLAND').
???> Alien X (trade, ex Agnostic Front), Flash Fox (ex Utopia), Lawbreaker
(ex Vanish).
Razor 1911 was born on the amiga at the Danish Gold party in july 1987 by
four norwegians from the c64 scene; Sector 9 and Dr.No from Active Cracking
Crew (ACC, both original members of Razor 1911 on the c64) and Lord
Strangelove (aka Lord S) and Hypocrite from Raw Deal Inc. The group was
originally based around the city of Trondheim, Norway (Sector 9, Dr.No),
with a section in Aalesund, Norway established a small while later (Red
Baron, Nosferatu, Bug). Thanks to Sector 9, Zeb and DiMarz for some
information.
The boards WILD SIDE (sys: Analog Kid) and THE GAMESHOP (sys: Alan Cook)
were affiliated with Razor, but their sysops remained independent. Likewise
with the board THE P.I.T.S. (sys: Pie Man/The Humble Guys). In addition to
the webpage listed at the top of this entry (the Razor 1911 Founder's site),
the current (pc platform) Razor demo division can be found at
http://www.razordemo.com.
1988 - Swedish coder and cracker DiMarz joined from Phenomena. The group's
first real demo is released.
1989 - The group's big break in the cracking scene came after The
Accumulators split up in late 1989, and they managed to persuade Onyx (euro
crack) and Zodact (usa supply sysop) to join them. Suddenly they had both
originals and crackers! This lead to a steady stream of releases until april
of 1991.
1990 - Norwegian musician Hattrick left for No Limits in march. A
shortlived cooperation with Classic was entered into in the spring of 1990.
Uncle Tom contributed music to the Paradox demo "Freddy's Back", released in
early june. Swedish cracker and coder DiMarz (Dennis Edlund from Eskilstuna)
left the scene this year. Most of the intros to games he cracked for Razor
were also coded by himself. The Norwegian members held an internal meeting
in the city of Aalesund between the 16th and the 18th of november. Red
Baron, Bug, Nosferatu, Iceman, Rex, Fort Knox, Doctor No and Sector9 were
all in attendance. Legendary swedish musician Uncle Tom left the scene in
december, and did NOT rejoin Scoopex despite them sometimes claiming he did.
His music was used in Scoopex productions beyond this date, but these were
old modules Uncle Tom gave to them before leaving the scene. Their board
DIGITAL EXPRESS (opened this year) was probably Norway's first elite board,
and as such remains legendary on the Norwegian scene. They were also the
first Norwegian team to have an american elite board (THE CASTLE).
1991 - When the release flood ended in april of 1991, the leaders of the
group were getting tired of the Amiga scene. Luckily the solution was near:
a great PC cracker called Darwin lived close by the core members, and it was
decided to close the Amiga section in favour of a new life on the PC. Only a
few members remained, keeping the group alive through this year. Swedish
musician Mantronix (ex Fairlight, 11/90-) left for phenomena around the
middle of the year. However, he later returned to do music for the great
"Voyage" [12/91] demo. Faith changed his handle to Faddy and joined Delight
late this year. The demo "Erazorhead" [10/91] was released early october,
immediately followed by the departure of its authors Jawbreaker (code,
11/90-) and Pal (gfx) for Scoopex. English musician Musician Gamma joined
Anarchy in october. Swedish sysop Twister (FLASHBACK) joined from Agile in
december. The group's final demo "Voyage" [12/91] was a worthy swansong for
a truly great group in the field of both cracking and demomaking. American
sysop Jabbah (INNER SANCTUM) left sometime between october and december;
the board was mentioned in "Erazorhead", but not in "Voyage".
1992 - Twister (FLASHBACK) left again in january, moving this time to
Vision. Around january, swedish sysop Wico (INNER CIRCLE, ex Classic)
joined, then left for Scoopex, only to leave them shortly after for Rebels!
Norwegian coder Nosferatu (10/90-12/91) joined The Silents shortly after The
Gathering in april. Finnish trader Zephyr joined from Amaze, but didn't stay
long; he left for The Silents soon after. Psimon and Shocker joined Compact
Inc. late 92. Norwegian sysop Skykiller (THE MAZE, ex Fraxion) left for
Adept around october. The group was officially closed down in the early days
of 1992. The members that went along to the PC section were Sector9, Dr. No,
Red Baron, Onyx (ex Accumulators, new late89) and Zodact (Brian C., usa
sysop 'THE CASTLE', ex Accumulators, new late89).
1994 or 1995 - Previous member Bug (Stein Erik Giske, ex Subway, re
Network, 11/90-) tragically died this year, after spending some time at a
mental institution.
Mr.T (sysop, 12/91-early92) left.
Rascal (ex Alpha Flight) got kicked.
English coder Paradroid joined Digital.
German sysop Guru Josh (Guido, 'TECH', ex Storm) decided to leave the amiga
scene after severe disagreements with Zodact. He eventually went back to
where he came from; the c64 scene!
Norwegian graphician Shine left the scene.
Swedish coder Colorbird (ex Shike/Supplex) was kicked, and therefore left
to join Noxious.
Frequenz (sysop, ex Amaze), together with Badcat and Edison, got arrested by
the Police when they were at Fornebu, Oslo in order to collect a package
with carded warez. Frequenz told them everything about CC and Visa, and 2
weeks later all the Norwegian elite-boards got busted....
Fade joined from Arise, but quickly left the scene.
Norwegian sysop IT ('CONTACT ZERO'/earlier 'HOME ALONE', ex Frogs) joined
Alcatraz.
Hawat, Newmarh and Thufir joined The Special Brothers.
Kick-Reset (1989, ECS Intro).
code: n/a, gfx: n/a, music: "Memorydust" by Codex.
info: This was more of a practical joke than an intro, supposedly allowing
users to choose which version of ks to boot with... It was nothing but a
joke, of course, and its makers were reportedly highly amused by people
claiming it worked :) Oh, and Codex' soundtrack is a classic...
Party Informer Intro (1988, .09, ECS Intro).
info: Invitation intro for the Razor 1911, The Cartel, Abnormal party in
Trondheim, Norway october 1988.
Amusing IV (1988, .12, ECS Demo).
Hang Over (1989, .02, ECS Demo).
Liquid Bobs (1989, .03, ECS Demo).
Boom Boom (1989, .04, ECS Demo).
Hang over II (1989, .06, ECS Demo).
Aces High (1990, .03, ECS Demo).
The Delicate Sound of Razor 1911 (1990, .03, ECS Musicdisk).
code: n/a, gfx: n/a, music: "Poseidon" by Uncle Tom.
info: This is music/demodisk containing a total of 10 tunes from Ziphoid,
Uncle Tom, Codex and Hattrick, whereof 8 were never used anywhere else.
Psychedelia (1990, .07, ECS Demo).
info: This may be the Razor demo released at the 'Bergen Party', 29.6-1.7.
Vertical Insanity (1990, .08, ECS File).
code: Doctor No, gfx: Sector 9, music: "Spell Amelioration" by Uncle Tom.
info: This _is_ a legendary demo, that spawned many imitations and caused
quite a stir for its innovative effects. We will review this demo as soon
as we can find the shelf space to hook up an old a500, since this is NOT
the world's most compatible beast ;)
Habitual Novelty or Look, No Bitplanes! (1990, 07.10, ECS File).
code: Nosferatu, gfx: Sector 9, music: Bug/Maniacs of Noise (Maniac of
Noise format). 3rd at the No Limits and IMP-666 Amiga Conference 90.
info: Seeing as I can't actually watch this demo, it's gonna be slightly
hard to review it... The great music was made especially for the demo by
Bug, who was a full member of MON at the time. [glenn]
GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.
Note: Does not work. Won't work at all with KillAGA, but
goes past the intro part with a clean OCS/nocache boot;
then it gurus.
The Best of 88-90 (1990, .10, ECS Collection).
info: Contains all their best stuff from 88-90.
Fourth Dimension #5 (1991, 30.01, ECS Multifile Diskmag).
Cooperation with Cryptoburners, see there.
Erazorhead (1991, 05.10, ECS Multifile Demo).
code: Jawbreaker, gfx: n/a, music: "The Anvil Chorus" by Mantronix
(ProTracker MOD format).
info: Jawbreaker's last RZR production before joining Scoopex. [glenn]
GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.
Note: Gurus, even with KillAGA.
Voyage (1991, 27.12, ECS Trackmo).
code: Sim, gfx: Drake, Murdock, music: "Undersea" by Codex, "Overload" by
Tip & Mantronix/Phenomena. 3rd in The Party 91 demo competition.
review: Voyage is one of the greatest demos of all time, bar none. There
are so many little touches and design things here that makes it a thing
of beauty. Not to mention the revolutionary code! Mind you, this was the
end of 1991, and Sim was doing some quite outrageous things here, with
the texture mapping and stuff. He was truly a coder before his time.
The music is also worth its weight in gold. These two tunes are half the
demo for me, I must confess. I personally believe that the middle, calmer
section of Overload (heard during the bubble part) is some of the best
music Mantronix and Tip ever made. So totally recommended it hurts.
This demo *DOES NOT WORK* on AGA machines. Fortunately, we in the Amiga
community are blessed with some skilled coders who have taken it upon
themselves to fix some older demos so that we can see them on our
machines and run them from our harddrives :) Galahad is one such person.
Thank you! AGA_VOY.LHA on AmiNet. [glenn]
GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.
