Sanity (new)

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Sanity [new] (SNT, 1992-1996).

GER> Cruiser (founder gfx), Cthulhu (Jan Jessen, founder gfx), Hawk
     (Stefan, founder code), Panther (founder code), Trasher (Oliver Plink,
     swap pack 'Trashpack', ex Panic, triplememb Bomb and Artwork),
     Vindicator (founder code music), 16 Beat (Joachim Soppe, founder
     music).
FRA> Ronan (Clochard, code, ex Anarchy).
ENG> Havok (Steve, gfx).

Sanity was rebuilt in 1992 by several of the original members, most of whom
were in Rebels in the meantime.

  The French members, musician Moby (Frederic Motte, 12/93) and graphician
Ra (Oliver, both ex Dreamdealers, 08-12/93) ventured into professional
careers. Moby secured a job at Mindscape in America, and Ra opened a comic
shop in his home town in France. They both remained active on the PC scene
for a while, in the group Nooon. You'd be well advised to check out these
demos! (thanks to Essence's "ROM #4" for some info).
  1992 - Jester contributed music to the Anarchy demo "Flower Power"
[01/92], Winner of the Digital Symposium 1992 demo competition!
  1993 - Danish swapper The Pride (ex Brainstorm, new ca 01/92) and dutch
swapper Kr'33 (ex Axis, swap pack "Femur Bundle" from Axis, new 09/92) both
joined Lemon. in january.
  1994 - German coder Tron (ex Anarchy, 03/93-) left the group in early
december to be independent. He later reconsidered his independence, and
joined Artwork in the early days of 95. The end of december came and Chaos
released "Roots" [12/94] for The Party demo competition (with some parts by
Tron) to a disappointing 8th position.
  1995 - German musician Jester sent shockwaves through the scene when he
left for the primarily finnish group Pygmy Projects, whom he'd contributed
the tune "Cyberride" for their Assembly 94-winning demo "Extension" [08/94]!
After releasing their final demo in 1995, the group fell apart. Many of the
best members left for other groups, and the few remaining ones grew
inactive. It is uncertain whether the group technically died in 1995 or
1996, my conclusion is a guess.
  1996 - An interesting production surfaced in the pc demo competition at
The Party 96, where Free Electronic Band (FEB) won with their demo "Alto
Knallo". The demo was coded by former Sanity members Chaos (Dierk Ohlerich)
and Mr.Pet (Peter Cukierski).

German graphician Cougar (08/93-96) first joined Artwork as a doublemember,
  but when Sanity died he became a fulltime member. He was responsible for
  many of the greatest graphics in Sanity demos, and won the graphics
  competition at The Party 93 with his fabulous "Dragonsun" picture.
German coder Zap (ex Coma, new RAW2) left to join Masque.
German musician Virgill (ex Surprise! Productions) joined TRSI.
German coder and musician Microforce (Joerg Simon, ex Coma) left the scene.
German supercoder McDeal (Karsten Weiss, ex D-Tect) only participated in
  one demo for Sanity ("Arte") before deciding to leave the scene
  altogether in late 94.
German megaswapper Exumer (Thomas Kopfmueller, ex Nuance) left the scene in
  late 94.
Editors Disney (Martin, austria, ex Alcatraz) and TFG (Niels, denmark, ex
  Majic 12) both joined to work on Sanity's planned diskmag, but when those
  plans fell through they were both unceremoniously kicked (UPS10).
The French section 'is now Ozone', according to EuroChart 15.
German musician Bit Arts (ex Sanity old) joined Complex (SLH11).
Alex, sysop of 'BASE LINE' joined Zenith (RAW4).
German coder Flosoft (Florian Stuemann) left the scene together with
  graphician Cthulhu (RAW4). Cthulu later returned, a.o. contributing
  pictures to the two "Roots" demos.
German coder Cosmos joined TRSI.
German swapper and one of the founders, Zaphod (Niels), was kicked.
German swapper and one of the founders, Diddle (Marc Vasters) left the
  scene.

  Fastest Demo (1992?, ECS File).
  code: Mr.Pet, gfx: A.Christoulakis, music: Mr.Root.

  Jesterday (1992, 17.04, ECS Musicdisk).
  code: Chaos, gfx: Cougar, HaVoK (titlepic), music: Jester.
  Winner of Shining 8's Eastern Party 1992 demo competition!
  review: Everyone who hasn't seen this is a jerk. Really! This is propably
  the most known musicdisk ever made on Amiga. It was already a legendary
  production when it has been released... With beats and melodies composed
  by Jester - who is still one of the best musicians (counting on Eurochart
  #38!) several years after he left scene - Sanity`s musicdisk is, with a
  big gap to other productions of this kind, the most known and praised one
  in the entire scene history. It's maybe because of the five fantastic
  tunes as for example "Wizardry" and "Breath of Life" - my favorites - but
  maybe also because of the great opening with really fantastic graphics  by
  Cougar, a qualitative good title picture by Havok and great code by our
  master ;-) Chaos as for example the zooming dog, the cool tunnel (which
  was also used in Sanity`s "World Of Commodore" aka "Amiga rules") and the
  blue vectorlines which  transform into lines for notes. When the menu
  shows up you  can  read  a  vertical scroller with information about the
  tunes settled in a smooth design that is a bit too grey in my opinion. I
  always feel sad when I run this production. But this is only a matter of
  taste and at the end is "Jesterday" a paramount scene release in different
  ways. Decide by yourself why you like it... [zito]
  GLE tested A1200/020-14/2mb chip/3.0.
             A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.
  ZIT tested A500 /000-7 /½mb chip, 1mb fast.
             A1200/030-42/2mb chip, 8mb fast.

  Optimum Fuckup - Part I of the Confusion Trilogy (1992, 29.06, ECS File).
  code: Chaos, gfx: Havok, music: "Optimum Fuckup" by Jester (ProTracker MOD
  format). 9th in the Hurricane Party 92 demo competition.
  review: This is essentially a 1-effect demo, demonstrating the use of
  the Optimum Fuckup effect (hence the name :D). An invention of Chaos, it
  was first seen in the selector for the Jesterday music disk. It has later
  also been used for the credits part of the World of Commodore 92 trackmo.
  However, the strength of the effect is also what brings this demo down;
  Chaos seems so pleased with it that he shows us TOO MUCH of it. The result
  is that, once the innovation wears off, it soon gets boring. Great tune by
  Jester, though. [glenn]
  GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.

  World of Commodore 92 (1992, .11, ECS Trackmo).
  code: Chaos, Mr. Pet, gfx: Cruiser, music: "Stardust Memories" by Jester,
  "Reachtech-No Limit" by Bit Arts.
  2nd in the World of Commodore (WOC) 92 compo.
  Review: This one's another classic, and one of the first demos to utilise
  timing of the routines to the music to great effect. Another innovation
  this brought was TOTALLY NEW effect; the socalled 'Amiga Rules' effect.
  An even better-looking one was released a few months later, in Lemon.'s
  "Announce" (1993), but this was the first.
    I won't beat around the bush any longer: This is one of my all-time
  favorite demos. Two GREAT modules from two of my fave composers, Chaos
  and Mr.Pet coding...how could it NOT be great? Nothing more to say:
  Get it! It was actually put together in five weeks when the Sanity coders
  found out about the prizes at the WOC ;) [glenn]
  GLE tested A1200/020-14/2mb chip/3.0.
             A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb chip/3.0.

  Interference (1993, 05.01, ECS File).
  code: Microforce, Cosmos, gfx: Cougar, Havok, music: Virgill/Masque (2
  tunes in ProRunner 2.0 format).
  review: WARNING! This review caters only for the relatively small part of
  "Intereference" that worked on my machine ;) It opens with the well-known
  picture "Sanasmatron" by Cougar (great), a Sanity logo (ok) and an
  Interference logo (mediocre). The tune is NOT good; it sounds like Virgill
  trying to do Jester. Bad move! Then, the credits part appears, which is
  nothing special. And then...it just freezes. The music goes into a
  peeeeeeeping sound, and the screen is just black. The acompanying text
  file says Interference has been tested on A500, A500+, A600, A1000, A1200,
  A2000, A3000. Perhaps they should have tested it on my configuration
  too? ;) [glenn]
  GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0 -- Note: See review!

  Terminal Fuckup (1993, 27.03, ECS File).
  code: Tron, gfx: Havok, music: Jester (Promizer 1.0c format).
  3rd in the CeBIT 93 demo competition.
  review: Yeah! The demo with ATTITUDE! This is sort-of a punkrock techno
  approach to demo making, with an increasingly in-your-face techno tune
  by Jester, that sort of reminds me of his later work in a.o. Roots.
  And that sudden ending - PISS OFF - just completes the circle.
  Nothing revolutionary here, but boy is it fun. Outstanding. [glenn]
  GLE tested A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. -- Note: KillAGA.

  Boggledop (1993, late, ECS File - 338 lha).
  code: Tron, gfx: Havok, Sire/Lego (raytrace), Christine/Independent (pic),
  music: "Crack The Eggshell" by Jester (ProTracker MOD format).
  review: Oooh, this is cute... I really like this little intro-demo!
  The effects are nothing special, just variations on cubes and such like,
  but the overall effect of the graphic and the music make it a FUN little
  production. Especially the music warrants mention, it's quite an unusual
  tune from Jester. There are no real advantages to be gained from running
  it on a faster machine; the routines are already smooth on A500's.
  Approved! Pressing the RMB during the scrolltext at the bottom reveals
  another, alternative scrolltext. This scrolltext mentions trying to find
  some of the other hidden stuff... [glenn]
  GLE tested A500 /000-7 /½mb chip, ½mb fast/2.04.
             A1200/020-14/2mb chip/3.0.
             A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.

  Arte (1993, 28.12, ECS Trackmo).
  code: Mr. Pet (main), Chaos, McDeal, gfx: Ra, music: "Livin' Insanity",
  "Elekfunk!" and "Mobyle" by Moby (ProTracker MOD format).
  3rd in The Party 93 demo competition.
  review: "Arte" is a classic, what more is there to say? There's an unusal
  amount of effects, and most were quite good for their time. There's not
  much to be gained from running it on a faster machine (except for the
  endpart vectorworld), as it was designed with 68000 machines in mind, and
  the routines are already quite fast enough for that. The demo is, to a
  degree, timed to the music. There are no timing problems on faster
  machines. The endpart scroller mentions it should work on A500 to A4000,
  and I have no reason to doubt that; I've yet to come across a
  configuration it doesn't work on. And look out for the Einstein picture
  by Ra, it's AWESOME!
    Moby's module "Elektrik Funk" (or "Elekfunk!" for short) also competed
  in the 4ch music competition, where it won first prize! =) [glenn]
  GLE tested A500 /000-7 /½mb chip, ½mb fast/2.04.
             A2000/000-7 /1mb chip, 2mb fast/2.04.
             A1200/020-14/2mb chip/3.0.
             A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.

  Hospital Since Friday! (1993, 28.12, ECS Intro).
  code: Tron, gfx: Cougar, music: "Spice It Up" by Jester (ProTracker MOD
  format). 16th in The Party 93 demo (!) competition.
  review: This intro opens with another Motorhead cover drawn by Cougar,
  who 'broke through' with his rendition of the Orgasmatron cover,
  "Sanasmatron". Then, after a brief credits sequence we go to a relatively
  fast Doom routine, and that's it. The tune is frantic, yet with a certain
  groove and suits the demo rather well. Not a bad intro at all, but a
  little too short and small for a 60kb intro, let alone for a demo!
    If I remember the story right; Sanity couldn't finish this in time for
  the intro competition, so they stuck a few extra bits in and released it
  in the demo competition instead! [glenn]
  GLE tested A500 /000-7 /½mb chip, ½mb fast/2.04.
             A1200/020-14/2mb chip/3.0.
             A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.

  Roots (1994, 27.12, AGA Trackmo).
  code: Chaos (main), Mr.Pet, Sire/Lego, Tron/Indep., gfx: Cougar, Cthulhu,
  Oliver R. Wilke/Indep. (anim), music: "Harm Me With Harmony" by Jester
  (ProTracker MOD format). 8th in The Party 94 demo competition.
  review: I remember my original reaction to seeing this at The Party 4 was
  'lots of pretty colors, but so what?'. I had expected MUCH more from a
  quality crew like Sanity! This production IS half-baked, with time and
  missing Pet's having to take much of the blame... Get "Roots 2.0"
  instead, it's a MUCH improved version! All effects run a lot smoother on
  my 030 than they ever did on the standard A1200... [glenn]
  GLE tested A1200/020-14/2mb chip/3.0.
             A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.

  Roots 2.0 Final Version (1995, 23.04, ECS/AGA 020+ Trackmo).
  code: Chaos, Mr.Pet, gfx: Cougar, Cthulhlu, music: "Harm Me With Harmony"
  and "Relentless Rage" by Jester (ProTracker MOD format).
  2nd in the Black Box Symposium 95 demo competition.
  review: This successor to the original "Roots" now has all the bits and
  pieces in place, and is an altogether much more polished package...
  Much has been added, and some effects have been improved since we last
  saw them. The demo is split in two parts; on AGA machines both will be
  shown, but on ECS machines only the second part appears. However, the
  demo REQUIRES an 68020 for both parts. Of course, like with the original,
  it benefits from a fast machine.
    One of Cthulhu's pictures, "Face", competed in the graphics competition
  at the same party, and came 5th. [glenn]
  GLE tested A1200/020-14/2mb chip/3.0.
             A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0.