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The BAM International (BAM) |
AKA:
The B.A.M., Crackers from Ghent
Founded by :
Bert & Erik
Dissolved in :
1986
Group Types :
Demo Group, Cracker Group
Base Country :
Belgium
Trivia :
First known as Crackers from Ghent (CFG) for a short while.
Ex Members :
| Bad Gadget | | .... | (unknown function) |
| Bert | ( -> 1986) | .... | Coder, Cracker, Swapper |
| Erik | | .... | Coder, Cracker |
Releases : (58)
Submitted by Erik_Bam on 26 May 2024
Submitted by Erik_Bam on 26 May 2024
Hi I can confirm that The Bam (international) is indeed from Belgium. How do I know this? Because I was one of the founders of it together with Bert. We started with a cracking group CFG (Crackers From Ghent) but soon discovered that there was already a group with the same name so we changed our name to "The BAM" and later on added international to it. The name is originated from floppy disk index sector.
We were only with 2 people, Bert and me (Erik), who founded it until 1986. Bert did the cracking and did all the distribution of the disks so most credit goes to Bert for getting internationally known. I did also the cracking and wrote the logo's of which you find several on youtube apparently (just discovered it). This list of the prg's we cracked was longer but after all these years I forgot most of them. Btw we also had a commando trainer. The reasons we stopped was 1. we were looking at Amiga 2. Bert went on a road trip to US and later onto other continents and I started going to the university so had less time. About the question if we transformed to BAmiga Sector One, no we didn't, these were other people in Belgium. Hopes this helos a little bit to get this more accurate. It is a pleasure to see that C64 scene is still ongoing. |
Submitted by Erik_Bam on 26 May 2024
Submitted by bugjam on 16 October 2018
| I created an entry for PAN for now; of course almost no info available for him. |
Submitted by Flex on 18 September 2018
We would really need more information about The BAM. So far Bert is listed as the only member.
Art Studio V1.1 says "PAN, the phone freak, will soon retire which leaves all the cracking and programming for one man only. If you want to join, call us now !"
Picked up from Recollection's Cracker's Map: Belgium
"The Bam was the first cracker and cracker group to get known outside of Belgium. In the beginning it was only BAM in the group, but later on more members joined. The person and group were known for his built-in trainer-screen. You can see the examples of this in 1942 and Bomb Jack. If you check 1942 you can see how he modded the joystick control on the title screen to access his trainer menu, which is one of the features you do not see much of later in the scene. His use of intros was also good, as in 1986 things were quite simple but the intros of The Bam had a good look for their time. "
http://www.atlantis-prophecy.org/recollection/?load=crackers_ma.. |
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