Dual Crew - Shining
Dual Crew was originally a c64 cracking group, and the amiga section was
formed by Stookie in 1988. Color blind graphician Red Devil ran the pack
series "Ultimate Sin" for a while, which was previously run by other DC
members.
1990 - Swedes Omega (music), Tip (music), Mace (code) and Color (gfx) all
joined around july, but the three last ones didn't stay too long and moved
on to join Phenomena in december. Four others swedes also joined in the same
time period; JBM, Trigon, Joker and Hater from Tetragon. Swedish Gizmo
joined The Silents, while swedish Leper Messiah joined D-Mob - both late in
the year.
1991 - Swedish trader JBM (ex Tetragon, new 07/90) joined Fairlight in the
summer of 91.
1992 - English sysop Clairvoyant ('FORGOTTEN REALMS') joined from Rebels
in march. English sysop Reflex ('A KIND OF MAGIC', 04/92) left in august,
and his further scene career is uncertain. German sysop Fornax ('EUROPE'S
HEART') joined from 2000 AD around october.
1993 - Germans Orbit (code) and HMC (music, both ex Gothic) joined
Alcatraz in march. In april of 1993 Dual Crew merged with Shining, and
became the new group Dual Crew Shining (DCS). Among the people who went
along to DCS were Snuskbuske (swe trade sysop 'GURUS DREAM', 04/92), Chromag
(ger music, ex Addonic, new 09/92), Red Devil (eng gfx, ex Wizzcat,
04-05/92), Gin (music, ex Carnage, 12/92), Gamma (fin music, 04/92), NZO
(crack), Haka (fin sysop 'EASTERN FRONT', 07/91-), Tyrell (fin music, ex
Vectra, 04/92), Zaz (swe code, 01/90-), Mutant (swe gfx, 01/90-),
Clairvoyant (eng sysop 'FORGOTTEN REALMS', ex Rebels old, new 03-04/92),
Polarbear (fin trade, 07/91-02/93), Ninja (ger gfx, ex Awesome) and Stookie
(swe org modem, 88-).
JS joined Byterapers Inc.
English Warlord joined Fairlight.
English sysop Beast ('ARCADIA') joined Quartex.
German sysop Headhunter ('CONDEMNED CELL', ex Aurora) was kicked.
German Wonderboy (ex Awesome, new 09/92) joined Razor 1911.
Pylon C and 7an (music, 04/92) were both kicked. 7an did a tune for the
musicdisk 'Sound of Science'.
German sysop Xeniator ('SATAN'S PALACE') was kicked, and therefore joined
Platin.
German sysop Fornax ('EUROPE'S HEART', ex 2000 AD) joined TRSI.
German Skyfox (ex Adept or Agnostic Front, new pre 07/92) was kicked and
therefore joined Desire.
German musician Chromag (ex Platin, new late 92) joined Essence...or see the
history file for an alternative take!
Link joined Scoopex.
Agony was kicked, then joined Laserdance.
Germans WOTW (music) and D-Sign (gfx, both ex Gothic) joined The Silents.
WAL joined Offworld.
Stiga left the scene.
Tocic and CIA got kicked.
Finnish Catman (ex Network, new 08/92) changed his handle to Fuzzy and
joined Complex.
Matrix, Delbert and Duke joined LSD early 92. However, SLH11 claimed Matrix
left the scene...? Can anyone help us with this?
Cooper, Skywalker, Razor and G.T.O. (old handle Magic Duke) left the scene
to make a game. However, this is untrue at least in G.T.O's case; he
didn't leave the scene. RAW5 confirms he joined Digital!
Germans Tron, Crux, MCM and E.Toball joined Anarchy.
SLH11 mentions that MCM joined Spaceballs and E.Toball joined Complex.
Indeed they did, but only after their visit in Anarchy (which was
relatively brief).
Shaggy joined Fairlight.
Swedish sysop Dragon ('DRAGON'S LAIR'), joined Rebels old.
Norwegian coder Lord Mindless joined Offence.
Norwegians Octoplex (code, ex Palace), Flash and Mindblaster (all ex
Vision...?) joined Scoopex.
Norwegian sysop Phonebilly ('ELEGANT MACHINERY', ex D-Tect) left to be
independent.
Zneiper (ex Motion) joined Digi Warriors.
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Dual Crew Shining (DCS) was born when the two groups Dual Crew and Shining
merged in april of 1993. The fact was announced at The Gathering, held later
that month, through some small intros.
Red Devil is busy raytracing graphics for games from Softimage these days,
though he hasn't left the scene!
1993 - After being born in april, the group released their first signs of
life late in the month, at The Gathering, with the two intros "Anvend
Håndkle" and "April Fool". Mutant also participated in the graphics
competition, where his picture "Two Girls" finished 8th. Norwegians Corny
and Codeman (collectively known as CoCo Arts) and swedish musician Soul (old
handle Dexter) all left for Rednex in december.
1994 - Finnish trader Zephyr (Robert Karlsson), one of the original
members who came in with Shining, finally decided to end his scene life. He
sold all his computers to Haka and Truxton, and bought a motorbike instead.
Today he works as atelecom business consultant and systems developer. German
coders Zulu & Grey (ex Cryptoburners) left to join the new, reborn Rebels in
1994. German musician Chromag (12/93-) left to join Lego in may. He made his
first musicdisk, "Chromagic" [93], for DCS. Swedish musician Azazel left to
join The Black Lotus (TBL) between 10 and 12/94, where he sometime later
would become one of the most famous musicians on the amigascene, largely
thanks to his work on TBL demos like "Tint" [04/96].
1996 - Swedish coder Zero joined Balance late 96.
Phosphyre left the scene.
Smegma and Brainpower was kicked.
Coder Cocoon joined Scoopex.
German coder Cockroach (ex Analog) was kicked.
He joined new german group Artwork with Voyage (sys) and jMS (gfx) 11/94.
Cyclone and Stranger (swap) got kicked.
Cero left the scene.
Storm (ex Jetset new) joined Essence.
German Plasma (ex Analog) was kicked out, and joined The Silents.
Boba Fett (fin), Double Density, Killroy and Sly (all from Shining) were
kicked out.
German coder Raw Style joined from Paradise, but only for a brief period
before moving on to Alcatraz.
Cockroach was kicked.
English musician Dreamfish (Ian Ford, ex Hydlide/Divine, doublememb mono211
[music]) left the amiga scene to concentrate on the music group mono211
(where he is now known as DJ Hoffman). Some sources claim he joined TRSI
early 95...
German swapper Agony joined Paradise.
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Shining was formed in the autumn of 1990 by swedes Mike (org), Chuck C
(code) and Iridon (gfx). Tbey were joined by members from groups like Public
Enemies, Adept and Elite.
1992 - Swedish coder Mr.Urk joined from Palace around january. Finnish
trader Zephyr joined from The Silents late in the year.
1993 - In april of 1993 Shining merged with Dual Crew into the new group
Dual Crew Shining (DCS). Among the people who went along to DCS was original
founder Iridon (gfx, 90-08/92), Sly (gfx, 04-12/92), Boba Fett (fin), Zephyr
(fin), Mel O'Dee (ger music, 12/92), Killroy (code, 12/92), Tizzy (swe code,
12/92) and Daeron (swe music, 04-12/92).
Musician Organic (04-12/92) joined Fairlight.
Daryl (ex Spreadpoint) and Shaggy (ex Majic 12, old handle Guran) were both
kicked. Daryl joined the new Paradox.
