Do you remember "local" groups in your city?

fuzzylogic · 22 January 2012, 17:29

In the mid eigthies we had a lot of local groups here in the city where I live. These groups did some toolsdisks and/or did small intros or other stuff.

A name which comes to my mind is for example "The Guardians". Of course unknown to people "outside". They were famous for tooldisks for example.

Also I remember alot of small parties (usually announced in schools

) where Amiga dudes met and talked about latest games or tools, did some intros, copied stuff etc. I attended sometimes.

I wonder if you also remember some of these local groups?
Maybe you were part of such a locally know group also - Then I would love to hear some stories about this :-)

I had alot of these local group-stuff on disks which is all lost now

- Please preserve such stuff if found

jimmy2x2x · 23 January 2012, 00:12

In and around Bolton, Lancashire circa 1987 we had a very active Amiga scene, various computer 'clubs' (essentially miggy copy parties) on a weekly basis, Venues I can remember are the Beehive in Swinton, Angling club in Great lever, Old firestation in Farnworth and the Royal in farnworth (see attached pics!).

You would pay £1 for entry and setup your miggy, if you didnt have a miggy you would have to trade something with someone to buy a slot on their amiga. Ie give them a new game or demo which would buy you a slot on their miggys xcopy and you could have whatever you wanted usually worked on a 1-1 disk basis.

2 x pics from the Royal in Farnworth

http://imgur.com/a/H6MAM

s2325 · 23 January 2012, 00:44

In Szczecin was single pirate from shop "Bit" who spreaded his intro-advert on floppy disks with games. This guy had 45-50 years. "Bit" was closed since ~1995 and only few weeks ago I saw someone in empty shop.

fuzzylogic · 24 January 2012, 07:01

Cool!

yes we also had a few clubs - one club is still active today attending exhibitions etc. This club has been founded 1985.

Also the ppl who added small intros infront of games were popular here, too. For example there was a simple tool (can't remember its name) which let you put in a text for a scroller. Lol, basically this intro was everywhere with text like "greetings to my mates in school class xyz blabblah" :-)

Very sad that I don't have this anymore :-(

s2325 · 24 January 2012, 08:37

I saw "Bit" yesterday, it's still empty, no new shop inside.

22 January 2012, 17:29	#1
fuzzylogic Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 67	Do you remember "local" groups in your city? In the mid eigthies we had a lot of local groups here in the city where I live. These groups did some toolsdisks and/or did small intros or other stuff. A name which comes to my mind is for example "The Guardians". Of course unknown to people "outside". They were famous for tooldisks for example. Also I remember alot of small parties (usually announced in schools ) where Amiga dudes met and talked about latest games or tools, did some intros, copied stuff etc. I attended sometimes. I wonder if you also remember some of these local groups? Maybe you were part of such a locally know group also - Then I would love to hear some stories about this :-) I had alot of these local group-stuff on disks which is all lost now - Please preserve such stuff if found

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23 January 2012, 00:12	#2
jimmy2x2x Beyond Mutton Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: North West, UK Age: 52 Posts: 347	In and around Bolton, Lancashire circa 1987 we had a very active Amiga scene, various computer 'clubs' (essentially miggy copy parties) on a weekly basis, Venues I can remember are the Beehive in Swinton, Angling club in Great lever, Old firestation in Farnworth and the Royal in farnworth (see attached pics!). You would pay £1 for entry and setup your miggy, if you didnt have a miggy you would have to trade something with someone to buy a slot on their amiga. Ie give them a new game or demo which would buy you a slot on their miggys xcopy and you could have whatever you wanted usually worked on a 1-1 disk basis. 2 x pics from the Royal in Farnworth http://imgur.com/a/H6MAM

23 January 2012, 00:44	#3
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	In Szczecin was single pirate from shop "Bit" who spreaded his intro-advert on floppy disks with games. This guy had 45-50 years. "Bit" was closed since ~1995 and only few weeks ago I saw someone in empty shop.

24 January 2012, 07:01	#4
fuzzylogic Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 67	Cool! yes we also had a few clubs - one club is still active today attending exhibitions etc. This club has been founded 1985. Also the ppl who added small intros infront of games were popular here, too. For example there was a simple tool (can't remember its name) which let you put in a text for a scroller. Lol, basically this intro was everywhere with text like "greetings to my mates in school class xyz blabblah" :-) Very sad that I don't have this anymore :-(

24 January 2012, 08:37	#5
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	I saw "Bit" yesterday, it's still empty, no new shop inside.

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