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ATARI LEGEND

-They are quite busy releasing lots and lots of new cracks and fixes for games:
 QIN, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, BATMAN - THE MOVIE, R-TYPE, DRAGON'S LAIR,
 DEATH SWORD (US VERSION OF BARBARIAN), TOWER TOPPLER/NEBULUS,
 GET DEXTER 2 AKA L'ANGE DE CRISTAL to name just a few
-Most hackwork is done by AVENGER (former member of TBB) and KLAPAUZIUS

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CHECKPOINT

-In coorporation with MJJ productions they did a little 96k-tro for the Outline
 competition called LAVALAMP: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24960
-Defjam surprisingly re-appeared and released two entries for the outline
 competition. A little fastly hacked 4k-tro called 4KKER aswell as the
 GBA-port of the ACID BURN demo from TCB:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=25104
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=25105

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CREAM

-Their long awaited release: JAM for WINDOWS 2.0 is out. Get it from their
 newly designed and very stylish looking website: http://www.creamhq.de/.
 It now supports SNDHv2 and TAO's TSD format aswell as some other exotic
 formats like future composer from the Amiga.
-Offtopic: Agent -t- worked for several musicvideos like FARIN URLAUB's
 "DUSCHE" and DEPECHE MODE'S "PRECIOUS".

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D.H.S.

-They released an invitro for OUTLINE:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24780
-Once again they made it! THE GENOCIDAL, which was their 96k-tro for the 96k
 competition at outline, ranked 1st place:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24953
-DeRealization is their latest coup. A huge CT60 masterpiece which won the
 alternative demo compo at BIG FLOPPY PEOPLE. Find more about it here:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=25677

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D-BUG

-Still very active. They finally released MENU 192. http://dbug.atari.org/
-MELCUS from former EAST CRACKING GROUP (ECG) has joined their forces.

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DILDO FATWA

-The mysterious fakegroup striked again at OUTLINE party with:
 DILDO FATWA KILLS DA BOOTSEKT0R: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24966
 WE DREME OF ATARI: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=25045

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EAST CRACKING GROUP

-ECG releases DRAGONFLIGHT! MELCUS finally released the most awaited crack
 in the atari st-scene. DRAGONFLIGHT from THALION is finally out and can be
 found on one of the latest D-BUG menus. http://dbug.atari.org/
-ECG is dead since MELCUS joined D-BUG!

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ELITE

-Recent rumours say that they are still alive and did a release in 2006.

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EVOLUTION 

-The crew is working on a CT60 game in cooperation with DHS.

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GWEM

-He has released a 4k-intro called "4GETFUL" for the compo at outline
 and ranked 1ST PLACE!
-He stopped supporting maxYMiser development due to lack of positive feedback.
-Furthermore we heard he wants to focus more on making music in the future.

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KUA SOFTWARE

-GGN released a bootsector for OUTLINE party and ranked 3rd with
 THE BOOTSHICTOR: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24965

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LINEOUT

-They released an invitro for OUTLINE:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24928
-OUTLINE party happened from Friday the 2nd of June to Monday the 5th of June
 in Zevenaar, Netherlands. http://outline.scene.nl/
-According to HAVOC another edition of OUTLINE is planned in 2007.

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MJJ PRODUCTIONS

-They released a little 96-tro at outline in corporation with CHECKPOINT called
 LAVALAMP: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24960

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MOUSE MASTER

-This guys is working on converting several older SIERRA titles that were
 never released to the ST. The first thing is a FAN-Adventure of SPACE QUEST.
 Get the first preview here: http://frostbytei.com/space/
-Planned as a second strike is another FAN-adventure of SQ.
 SPACE QUEST 0: REPLICATION.
-Other titles that were mentioned are:
 o Quest for Glory 2
 o Hoyle Official Book of Games - Volume 3
 o Jones in the Fast Lane
 o King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder
 o Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
 o Castle of Dr. Brain
 o Conquests of the Longbow: The Adventures of Robin Hood
 o EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus
 o Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work
 o Mixed-up Fairy Tales
 o Police Quest III: The Kindred
 o Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (not SIERRA but also in mind)

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PARADOX

-They are going to prepare a spaceship shooter.
-96 SHADES OF GREY ranked 2nd in the outline 96k compo:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24959

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PARADIZE

-In corporation with SECTOR ONE, a little cute 96k-tro called FRESHTRO was
 entered into the 96k-compo at outline:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24955

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RESERVOIR GODS

-SH3 seems to be the only one active at the moment. He released a little
 scene-game at OUTLINE: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=25184

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P.H.F.

-Grazey is working very hard on the new SNDH archive in cooperation with
 EVIL/DHS. Rumours say that they are also planning to develop some kind of
 SNDH-Digi format. All the exotic digital formats should fit under that format
 hopefully.

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RIBBON

-P01 ranked second place at OUTLINE with TERRA:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24963

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PARADIZE

-COOPER is working on several games for the Atari Lynx.

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PRISM

-Indus (fka Megadeth) finally released an old demo from 1992. The RAYTRACE
 demo can be found here: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=23879

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REMOVERS

-They are back! Coding the jaguar! They have recently released a clone of
 ATOMIX as Jagware. Get it here: http://removers.free.fr/
-A small intro for Jaguar was released aswell:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24721

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SCARAB

-STINGRAY of SCARAB, a wellknown amiga group, recently got hold of an
 Atari ST. Can we expect some release in the future?

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SECTOR ONE

-In corporation with PARADIZE, a little cute 96k-tro called FRESHTRO was
 entered into the 96k-compo at OUTLINE:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24955
-Only active member at the moment seems DMA-SC who also updated his
 website: http://dma-sc.atari.org/

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THE BEASTS CREW/BITS CLUB/BITS

-Itsi bitsy teeny weeny Atari ST spam machineee:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=25443

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THE BORING CREW

-They ranked last place at OUTLINE with the TBC BOOTSECTOR:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24967

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THE ULTRA CREW

-They ranked 3rd place at BIG FLOPPY PEOPLE with the a new cute little dentro:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=25682

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TSCC

-There are two new projects under construction at the moment.
-Rumours say something about a mysterious Jaguar project.

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X-TROLL

-CYCLONE won the bootsector compo at OUTLINE with his BOOT-PLASMA:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24962
-Another OUTLINE release was the ALIVE JUKEBOX:
 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=24968

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YM ROCKERZ

-A new musicdisc has been released. It goes by the name of
 WARPTYME and competed at the EVOKE 2006 Wild compo. A limited edition package
 coming in a nice 3,5" diskette-cd case. Watch out!

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