Stellar

Stellar (1992-)

Stellar is a Finnish demogroup, formed by the previous Finnish section of Equinox in 1992. They were wellknown for their technical, innovative demos, and they were among the leading Amiga groups in Finland for a while. Names seem to indicate that Dweezil and Nose are brothers? Not sure I understand the joining/eaving situation with Kube between Stellar and Virtual Dreams ...unless he joined and left both groups several times :)

Members

FIN

Anis (code, late '93-'95)

Chameleon (code, 07/'92-'93)

Daeron (code, 06-08/'95)

Dalmak (Tony Hagerlund, mainorg trade swap, old handle Orion, 07/'92-08/'95)

Dune (gfx music, doublememb Orange [pc], 08/'95-01/'96)

Dweezil (Mark Saarinen, code, ex Carillon, 08/'93-'95)

Erkki (gfx, '95)

Frankie (Sami Piskonen, gfx, ex Agnostic Front, 08/'93-04/'96)

Groo (Sami Jarvinen, music, 08/'95-04/'96)

Hooks (Panu Liukkonen, code, '95-04/'96)

Index (ari Ijas, swap trade, ex Addonic, 02/'93)

Inquisitor (gfx, 07/'92-08/'93)

Kefeus (code, 07/'92-'95)

Kube (Matti Nykanen, gfx, ex Virtual Dreams, '95)

Lemming (org, 04/'96)

Mac (Mikko Koivisto, code swap, ex Addonic, 07/'92-late '93)

Mango (code music, 12/'92-late '93)

Moonshine (code, ex Calibra, 08/'93)

Neuresten (gfx, 10/'95)

Nose (Jyrki Saarinen, code, 08/'94-04/'96)

Procyon (code music, 07/'92-08/'93)

Razer (Jani Norminen, code, ex Alcatraz, new 10/'93-01/'94)

Strobo (Miko Nyman, gfx music, 06/'92-01/'96)

Zuikki (code, 08/'94-08/'95)

SWE

Dep (code, ex Wrath Designs, new 08/'96)

Elixir (code, ex Wrath Designs, new 08/'96)

???

Lobo (ex Origin)

• Uncut left.
• Danish superswapper The Pride left the scene after 9 years. During that time, The Pride was one of the pioneers of packmaking.
• French graphician and swapper Shadow (Philippe La Visse, 07/'93) is no longer a member.
• Finnish musician Stargazer joined Sonic for a brief while, then moved on to Complex.

Group History

1992

The same mag that brought the news of their forming (Static Bytes' "EuroCharts #15" [07/'92]) also brough the news of their death - they had supposedly formed Vision SF. Their first release was likely the intro "Hard To Be God" [07/'92] at The Assembly '92, together with contributions for the graphics and music competitions by Gator and Strobo. It was followed by more intros, like "Perversia" [07/'92], "We Are Clever" [08/'92] and "Peach Boys" [late '92]. Finnish graphician Morpheus joined Chrome in September. Finnish graphician Gator (ex Addonic, new 06/'92-08/'92) changed his handle to Dwel and joined Alcatraz around October. Their next party release wouldn't come until the Analogy -Hitech- Party in December, where the filedemo "The First AIDS Kit" [12/'92] was released, but unplaced in the competition.

1993

Dweezil joined from Carillon when the group ceased to exist, likely around January or February. Many smaller productions got released during the first half of 1993, like "Immaculate Conception" [93], "Lintu-Intro" [93], "Contemplation" [93], "Lipstick" [93] and "State of the Fast" [07/93]. Burefalos' board 'SLAUGHTER HOUSE' went down in July, since the sysop was moving to the USA. At the European Computer Conference '93 in sweden in early August, the intro "Hands of Pleasure" [08/'93] reached the 5th position in the competition. Their first victory was achieved just a few days later, when Dweezil's intro "Bananamen" [08/'93] won the 40k intro competition at the big finnish party Assembly! Additionally, Kefeus' "Wild Things" [08/93] reached 7th in the same competition. Finnish graphicians Artifex and Hotshot (both 12/92-) both joined Complex in August, likely at the Assembly. A small production called "After Assembly 93" [late93] was released a small while later. Two more releases were made in the later months of 1993; the intro "Jamaica" [late '93] and the file-mag "Stellar Times #3" [late '93]. At the scene's main event of the year, The Party '93, Razer's intro "Hallucination" [12/93] reached the 4th place in the competition.

1994

The first release this year was the design-fixed version of "Hallucination" [12/93], called "The Second Hallucination" [01/94]. The next months were filled with minor releases such as "Doop" [early '94], "Chipsie King" [early '94], "Stellar Times #5" [early '94] and "Eurochart 25 Trailer Intro" [early '94]. But they were saving the thunder for Assembly, and come August they took the step up into Finland's upmost elite. Nose and Zuikki's demo "Mindflow" [08/'94] won the demo competition, and Dweezil's underrated intro "Darkroom" [08/'94] took a third position in the 40k intro competition. This was followed by four months of silence before The Party in December, when Zuikki and Nose released the innovative intro "Peverly Hills" [12/'94] to a disappointing 7th position despite one of the Amiga's best voxel routines ever.

1995

Almost half a year of silence opened the year, before Nose, Daeron and Zuikki's "Human Excrement" [06/'95] was released for the demo competition at Abduction '95 in Finland, which it won. The demo was not released at the party, but instead a fixed and renamed version, "Toilet" [07/'95], was released a short while later. The same coder-trio returned with another demo for the Assembly '95 competition, "Miracles" [08/'95], which finished third in competition. October's Scenario party in Finland brought another demo, "Aurora" [10/'95], by new members Juliet & Case (who had previously made demos on their under). The demo was another success for the group, who won the competition. Juliet & Case didn't stay in the group long, and by December they were members of CNCD. "Aurora" became their only release for Stellar. The year was rounded off, as usual, with the The Party in Denmark. Here, Nose released the demo "Galerie" [12/'95] on his own, to a very disappointing 9th position.

1996

The demo "Galerie Remix" [01/'96] was released to the winning position of the Juhla '96 party in January, restoring some of their lost dignity from The Party competition three weeks earlier. For once, the group attended The Gathering in Norway during the easter holidays, and took home the winner trophy in the intro competition with Nose and Hook's "Lights" [04/'96]! As far as we can record, this became Stellar's last ever release. The two swedes Dep (code) and Elixir (music) were recruited from Wrath Designs at Assembly, though that too proved a dead end and neither ever released anything for Stellar.

Releases

See Stellar/Reviews for personal reviews for these releases.

Hard To Be God (1992, 25.07, ECS File)

Credits

code

Procyon

gfx

Gator

music

Strobo

Info

Released for The Assembly '92 Amiga intro competition, unplaced.

Perversia (1992, .07, ECS Intro)

Credits

code

Procyon

gfx

Procyon (anim, font), Gator (pic), Inquisitor (logo)

music

Strobo (The Player 4.x format)

We Are Clever (1992, .08, ECS File)

Credits

code

Procyon

gfx

Gator, Inquisitor

music

Strobo

Peach Boys (1992, late?, ECS Intro)

Credits

code

Kefeus

gfx

Hotshot (intropic), Artifex (logo, font)

music

Strobo

The First AIDS Kit (1992, 12.12, ECS File)

Credits

code

Chameleon

gfx

Artifex

music

Strobo

Info

Released for the Analogy -Hitech- Party intro competition, unplaced.

Immaculate Conception (1993, early/mid, ECS File)

Credits

code

Kefeus, Chameleon

gfx

Inquisitor

music

Procyon

Lintu-Intro (1993, mid?, ECS File)

Credits

code

Moonshine

gfx

Strobo

music

Strobo

Contemplation (1993, mid?, ECS File)

Credits

code

Dweezil

gfx

Inquisitor

music

Strobo

Lipstick (1993, mid?, ECS File)

Credits

code

Moonshine

gfx

Frankie

music

Strobo

State of the Fart (1993, 05.07, ECS File)

Credits

code

Procyon

gfx

Strobo

music

Strobo

Hands of Pleasure (1993, 05.08, ECS Intro)

Credits

code

Procyon

gfx

Strobo

music

n/a

Info

5th in the European Computer Conference '93 intro competition.

Bananamen (1993, 10.08, ECS 40k Intro)

Credits

code

Dweezil

gfx

n/a

music

Strobo

Info

Winner of the Assembly '93 40k intro competition! tested A1200/020-14/2mb chip/3.0. -- Note: KillAGA. A1200/030-50/2mb chip, 4mb fast/3.0. -- Note: KillAGA.

Wild Things (1993, 10.08, ECS 40k Intro)

Credits

code

Kefeus

gfx

Inquisitor, Strobo, Artifex

music

Strobo

Info

7th in the Assembly '93 40k intro competition.

After Assembly 93 (1993, late, ECS File)

Credits

code

Moonshine

gfx

Frankie

music

Strobo

Jamaica (1993, late, ECS Intro)

Credits

code

Anis

gfx

Strobo

music

Strobo

Stellar Times #3 (1993, late, ECS Filemag)

Credits

code

Mac, Mango

gfx

Strobo

music

Strobo

Hallucination (1993, 28.12, ECS 40k Intro)

Credits

code

Razer

gfx

Strobo

music

Strobo

Info

A fixed version of the intro was later released, under the name "The Second Hallucination". 4th in The Party '93 40k intro competition.

The Second Hallucination, The (1994, .01, ECS Intro)

Credits

code

Razer

gfx

Strobo

music

Strobo

Doop (1994, early, File)

Chipsie King (1994, early, Musicfile)

Stellar Times #5 (1994, early, Filemag)

Eurochart 25 Trailer Intro (1994, early, AGA File)

Credits

code

Hook/Genocide

gfx

Frankie, Harri R (animation)

music

Strobo

Info

Cooperation with Genocide.

Mindflow (1994, 06.08, AGA File)

Credits

code

Nose, Zuikki

gfx

Frankie, Strobo

music

Strobo

Info

Winner of the Assembly '94 demo competition!

Darkroom (1994, 06.08, ECS 40k Intro)

Credits

code

Dweezil

gfx

n/a

music

Strobo

Info

3rd place in the Assembly '94 40k intro competition.

Peverly Hills (1994, 28.12, AGA 40k Intro)

Credits

code

Zuikki, Nose

gfx

Frankie (font), Strobo (design)

music

Groo/CNCD (The Player 6.0A format)

Info

7th in The Party '94 40k intro competition.

Human Excrement (1995, 11.06, AGA File)

Credits

code

Nose, Daeron, Zuikki

gfx

Dune/Orange

music

Dune/Orange

Info

Winner of the Abduction '95 demo competition!

Toilet (1995, 12.07, AGA File)

Credits

code

Nose, Daeron, Zuikki

gfx

Dune/Orange

music

Dune/Orange (The Player 6.0A format)

Miracles (1995, 12.08, AGA HD Multifile)

Credits

code

Nose, Zuikki (render system), Daeron (utilities)

gfx

Frankie, Dune (objects, textures)

music

Groo

Info

3rd in The Assembly '95 demo competition.

Aurora (1995, 12.10, AGA File)

Credits

code

Juliet & Case

gfx

Neuresten

music

Groo

Info

Winner of the Scenario '95 demo competition!

Galerie (1995, 28.12, AGA 4MB Multifile)

Credits

code

Nose

gfx

Frankie

music

Dune/Orange (6ch ScreamTracker 3 format)

Info

9th in The Party 5 demo competition.

Galerie Remix (1996, 13.01, AGA Multifile, 2 disks)

Credits

code

Nose

gfx

Frankie

music

Groo

Dune/Strobo

Info

Winner of the Juhla '96 demo competition!

Lights (1996, 05.04, AGA 40k Intro)

Credits

code

Nose, Hook (wave routine)

gfx

Frankie

music

Groo

manager

Lemming

Info

Winner of The Gathering '96 40k intro competition!

Music in the UnExoticA collection

The following demos in the UnExoticA collection were created by Stellar.

Demo	Year	Party
Galerie Remix	1996	Juhla Pii (3)
Miracles	1995	Assembly '95