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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
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Group id #1754 : Triton Technology
So, j0x made the next comment regarding Real D.Y.S.P.:
"I'd say this wasn't released in 1987, but in (early) 1988. It was apparently made as a response to Triangle's d.y.s.p. demo (PhotonDYSP, released in December 1987), mentioning that Dosman had made Triton's d.y.s.p. "back in november 1987" and the scroll ends with "jokes are all (c) by the triton headquaters 1988!!"
At first my gut feeling told me he was wrong, but then I did some digging, and now I'm not so sure anymore.
First of all, the year that Triton T. was dissolved is set to 1987. I might even have done this myself, based on the fact that I really believed The Funeral, their last demo, to be from that year. However, checking the scrolltexts of that demo mentions a (c) 1988 ex-Triton T. Also, there are at least 2 other demos from 1988 (High Tech and Cosmic Copyparty).
So, although Dwangi mentions in the trivia that "Most of the members of Triton Technology formed Upfront in late 1987.", I now think that yes, 1988 is the year this group stopped their activities. And Real D.Y.S.P. was probably released that year as well, just like j0x stated.
But what really puzzled me is the "Most of the members" part of Dwangi's statement. The memberlists shows only 2 people being in both groups (Ray and Zoro). Does this mean that some people changed their handles? Or was Dwangi off again?
To me this group was one of the great from those days, so I hope somebody here can shine more light on this matter. I'll start by setting the dissolved day to 1988.
One more thing: I also noticed that somebody reset the release type of The Funeral to music collection. Ofcourse I have no idea who this is but please people, just because a part has several tunes in it that can be selected by pressing various keys, doesn't mean it's a music collection! Such parts were very common back then, mainly because most music was taken from games. |
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Graham
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From a number of release disks with other demos with real dates on them I came to the conclusion that Real DYSP was released in Jan.88 and The Funeral was released in Feb.88. |
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j0x
Registered: Mar 2004
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From extensive research performed last night (yup, Friday night. Sad, am I not?) I'd say that I'm quite sure that:
Nike == Henrik B. Jensen (HVSC #47 is a real mess in that aspect.)
Claus B. Jensen == Megaman (despite the fact that his entry says his name is Henrik).
Megaman/Claus is the older brother of Nike/Henrik.
There was a cluster of talented guys from that area (Randers, Denmark) back then, including Johannes Bjerregaard. I wonder why.. I think I've read something in an eighties' mag about a popular computer club at a local school or library there. |
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j0x
Registered: Mar 2004
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Double posting to separate what I'm sure of (above post) from mere guesswork. Here are a few qualified guesses:
Eleanor is also identical to Nike
Dosman == Einstein
Hades == Megaman (Claus, not Henrik)
What are your views on this? |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Yes, I knew it: j0x, you're an even sadder person than I am ;) I saw you online yesterday, not replying to my post, and I realized you were doing some extensive research :)
Actually I kinda love cases like these, reminds me of the time I was on holiday in Spain (!) and dissected the history of several Dutch groups from the 80's. Not that I did anything with that (it was meant for a site I was going to do), but it really dragged me back into that particular era. I still have the notes, so I guess I should enter this information into csdb someday.
Anyway, back to this case: if Cosmic Copyparty was released on the 21st of February of 1998 (the last day of New Life's Copy Party 1988), then The Funeral should have been released in the week after that, since 1. it's the final demo by these guys and 2. Graham states it's released in February as well. So I guess I'll start making some changes to these entries :)
PS: too bad that it's not possible to enter a time frame as the release date :( |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
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Quote: Double posting to separate what I'm sure of (above post) from mere guesswork. Here are a few qualified guesses:
Eleanor is also identical to Nike
Dosman == Einstein
Hades == Megaman (Claus, not Henrik)
What are your views on this?
I guess you're on to something. Let me combine all these facts:
Claus B. Jensen = Megaman = Hades (a graphician)
Henrik B. Jensen = Nike = Eleanor (a musician)
Henning Andersen = Dosman = Einstein (a coder) (his real name is even mentioned in the last entry, but not linked).
The real names were used for Megamusic Denmark, the first handle was used for Triton Technology and in some cases for Starlight Strikers and the second handle was used for Upfront.
Now all this is based purely on information in csdb, I haven't checked out all demos or something, but it does make more sense than Hendrik (the musician) doing all graphics as Megaman for Triton T. |
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j0x
Registered: Mar 2004
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Marco: Sadder than you? Damn, so now I'm the saddest person here! The King is dead. Long live the King :)
Your triples above correspond exactly to my findings, based on scroll texts, contact addresses, music driver code and "patterns of cooperation". Labello explicitly links the handle "Nike" to Henrik.
Anyway, most of my findings were based on research for HVSC, since I wanted to know who really did The Hot Shoe Song. Why a German (Nike), active in the nineties, would write a tune for a 1987 Danish Gold demo (The Hot Shoe Song), was beyond me :)
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
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Okay, I guess I can start asking for some mergers then :) |
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Rough
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Quote:Anyway, back to this case: if Cosmic Copyparty was released on the 21st of February of 1998 (the last day of New Life's Copy Party 1988), then The Funeral should have been rele
Ten years of partying... GREAT.
Nice scene investigation btw. |
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SIDWAVE
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claus buus jensen is the coder of TT (dosman)
henrik buus jensen is the musician (megaman)
nike is nike of danish gold, who joined TT
i know this because i am danish scene :) |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Okay, guess we were way off then .. since you know way more of this than I do (never knew them personally), can you maybe answer the next questions?
- was Hennig Andersen ever in Triton T., and under what handle?
- was Henning Andersen Einstein/Upfront?
- was Hendrik B Jensen in Upfront, and under what handle?
- was Claus B Jensen Hades/Upfront?
- if not, was he in Upfront under a different handle?
- did Nike join Upfront as well, and if so, under what handle?
Thanks in advance.
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