Absolute!

Absolute! was formed by when Soc. Brigade reorganized around August 1992. Inactive members were removed, and new talented ones were recruited. Although they claim the trackmo Aabsolute to be the first official Absolute! release, I have listed it under Soc. Brigade, since the name Soc. Brigade appears throughout the entire production. You can read their own version of the story in the scroll text of Musication vol. 1 — the first REAL Absolute! release ;)

The group released the diskmag series Sledge Hammer, which originally started under Soc. Brigade and was written in Hungarian. The 10th issue marked a turning point, as it was the first to be released under the Absolute! label and introduced a small “e” in the issue number — indicating the English edition. To the best of my knowledge, no Hungarian edition was released alongside it.

July 1994 saw the release of issue #13, which would become the last English issue in the series. In January 1995, a new diskmag titled Cult was announced. It was intended as the successor to Sledge Hammer, but apart from a TP4 Special and an advertising intro (Cult is Born), no actual issues were ever released.

To everyone’s surprise, on April 8th, 1996, issue #14 appeared. Although it still used ADT and Rack’s original code and graphics, the language had reverted to Hungarian, and the release was handled by Frame 18 and Promise.

They also continued the Soc. Brigade tradition of organizing parties, arranging BASH 3 in January 1993 and The Hammering in April 1994. In cooperation with the PC group Byteam, they planned to organize Wildstock ’95 in Budapest in November 1995. However, those plans eventually fell apart, leaving the two groups blaming each other. The cancellation notice can be found in RAW #09.

Sources:
- Various productions by Absolute!
- Numerous Amiga diskmagazines
- Amiga Scenery by Glenn Lunder