REQ: short names of crackergroups?

[DH]

Oh No I'm not

Been busy chasing an old female friend took me quite some time. I will get back on, when I have finally found some time to address all these updates Mai has been posting. Well done mate

Don't worry about me, sometimes I may seem to be dormant, but I'm always keeping an eye on things in this thread

[mai]

Originally Posted by DemonHellraiser

Oh No I'm not

Been busy chasing an old female friend took me quite some time. I will get back on, when I have finally found some time to address all these updates Mai has been posting. Well done mate

Don't worry about me, sometimes I may seem to be dormant, but I'm always keeping an eye on things in this thread

Nice to read, that you have not lost the interest.

[mai]

Mutual Assured Destruction = MAD
This is a known abbreviation, probably useful for the database.
Screenshot taken from:
Cabal (1989)(Ocean)[cr MAD]

[mai]

"Magnum"
used in
Rick Dangerous 2 (1990)(MicroStyle)[cr Magnum][t +3 Magnum]
is invalid.
Its "The Magnum Force" = "TMF"

[mai]

"Sliipstream"
used in
Projectyle (1990)(Electronic Arts)[cr Sliipstream]
is (of course) invalid, probably a typo.
Its the well known group "Slipstream".

[mai]

"Suplex"
used in
Frankenstein (1992)(Zeppelin Platinum)[cr QTX][t +2 Suplex]
is also invalid, seems to be a typo.
Its the well known group "Supplex".

[mai]

SFX
used in
Virocop (1995)(Renegade)(AGA)(Disk 1 of 3)[cr HLM][t +29 SFX]
Mr. Nutz - Hoppin' Mad (1994)(Ocean)(Disk 1 of 4)[cr FLT][t +16 SFX]
Gloom (1995)(Guildhall)(AGA)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr HLM][t +25 SFX]
is an invalid abbreviation(i have posted before).
Its the well known group "Sunflex Inc." = "SXI"

[mai]

Maybe not very important, but i think it should be
TRSI and not TRSi, if i remember right, i have never seen "TRSi" logo in cracktros, only "TRSI".
Inc. = Incorporated first letter always Uppercase, if its used for companies names?

[PandMonium]

Originally Posted by mai

"Sliipstream"
used in
Projectyle (1990)(Electronic Arts)[cr Sliipstream]
is (of course) invalid, probably a typo.
Its the well known group "Slipstream".

And a pic of that? for me most of amiga groups are not "well known" :x

Originally Posted by mai

"Suplex"
used in
Frankenstein (1992)(Zeppelin Platinum)[cr QTX][t +2 Suplex]
is also invalid, seems to be a typo.
Its the well known group "Supplex".

Again a picture of Supplex would be cool

Originally Posted by mai

SFX
used in
Virocop (1995)(Renegade)(AGA)(Disk 1 of 3)[cr HLM][t +29 SFX]
Mr. Nutz - Hoppin' Mad (1994)(Ocean)(Disk 1 of 4)[cr FLT][t +16 SFX]
Gloom (1995)(Guildhall)(AGA)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr HLM][t +25 SFX]
is an invalid abbreviation(i have posted before).
Its the well known group "Sunflex Inc." = "SXI"

...and for this one too.

Originally Posted by mai

Maybe not very important, but i think it should be
TRSI and not TRSi, if i remember right, i have never seen "TRSi" logo in cracktros, only "TRSI".
Inc. = Incorporated first letter always Uppercase, if its used for companies names?

This is something we should sort out, i think i saw someone discussing it but can't recall where, TRSI / TRSi is an abbreviation for "Tristar & Red Sector Inc." Right? or is "TRSI" the name and fullname = "Tristar & Red Sector Inc."

About the TRSI vs TRSi, in Amiga TRSi was used and in c64 renamers used TRSI, it should be sorted out but i think we will have to decide what to use because the group seems to use both forms, you can go to their website to see "TRSi", i think i agree with you and since "TRSI" seems to be the most used form, also used in their "history page". pouet and csdb.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by PandMonium

And a pic of that? for me most of amiga groups are not "well known" :x

Slipstream with two 'i'? Come on PandMonium

Originally Posted by PandMonium

Again a picture of Supplex would be cool

Also Supplex with only one 'p' should be easily recognisable as a typo

Originally Posted by PandMonium

...and for this one too.

[mai]

"TKC"
used once in
Temple of Enlightened Souls, The (1989)(Softsell)[cr TKC]
is not a group, "TKC" was a member of the german group "Spectral".
Note: It seems there was a different group called "Spectral".
http://artscene.textfiles.com/histor.../scenery/S.txt
screenshots taken from:
Temple of Enlightened Souls, The (1989)(Softsell)[cr TKC]

[zin]

MLS = Metallians
TZD = TZ-Design

[mai]

Originally Posted by zin

MLS = Metallians

Good inspiration, thanks, here is the proof.
Screenshot taken from:
Gauntlet III - The Final Quest (1991)(U.S. Gold)(Disk 1 of 3)[cr SKR][t +3 Metallians]

Originally Posted by zin

TZD = TZ-Design

Never used in any dat, never heart about.
By the way, its always a good idea to post a proof or a source for a proof.

[zin]

Originally Posted by mai

Good inspiration, thanks, here is the proof.
Screenshot taken from:
Gauntlet III - The Final Quest (1991)(U.S. Gold)(Disk 1 of 3)[cr SKR][t +3 Metallians]



Never used in any dat, never heart about.
By the way, its always a good idea to post a proof or a source for a proof.

About tZD, dont remember if we did any cracks and/or trainers sorry.

[mai]

Some good proofs for "Sunflex Inc." and their abbreviation "SXI":

[PandMonium]

Originally Posted by mai

"TKC"
used once in
Temple of Enlightened Souls, The (1989)(Softsell)[cr TKC]
is not a group, "TKC" was a member of the german group "Spectral".
Note: It seems there was a different group called "Spectral".
http://artscene.textfiles.com/histor.../scenery/S.txt
screenshots taken from:
Temple of Enlightened Souls, The (1989)(Softsell)[cr TKC]

So it needs to be fixed to Spectral right? The member name should be TKC or T.K.C.?
There are 2 sets:

Temple of Enlightened Souls, The (1989)(Softsell)[cr TKC]
Temple of Enlightened Souls, The (1989)(Softsell)[cr Spectral][t +2 Switch]

so i guess the difference was just the second being also trained

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

(...)

i just said we needed proofs, not that i don't believe they existed or so

Thanks again for all the work mai, zin TCD and others

... and what about the TRSI thing?

[Crown]

Zin: I just sent you a private mesage (PM)

cheers

[mai]

"Imperium" is used in
Imperium (1990)(Electronic Arts)[cr Assault][h Imperium]
but its wrong.
"Imperium" is the title of the game, so there is no set whit this group.
screenshot for the proof:

[PandMonium]

nice mai, added that info.
btw i think there was a group called Imperium ( http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/Imperium_%28group%29 ), but not in any tosec set i see
You could had also checked for Assault since i'm not sure yet if they existed, there was one "Assault" group in C64 (have a picture to that already) but not sure if there was one in amiga too (same, other, none?)

[mai]

Originally Posted by PandMonium

So it needs to be fixed to Spectral right?

correct, needs correction.

Originally Posted by PandMonium

The member name should be TKC or T.K.C.?

Again, its difficult to decide, 2 variations in 1 cracktro.
T.K.C
and
T.K.C.
A personal note:
I would never use "." for group abbreviations in the filename.
There are some examples, where groups sometimes used "." and sometimes did not.

Originally Posted by PandMonium

There are 2 sets:

Temple of Enlightened Souls, The (1989)(Softsell)[cr TKC]
Temple of Enlightened Souls, The (1989)(Softsell)[cr Spectral][t +2 Switch]

so i guess the difference was just the second being also trained

Correct, again fixed for myself long time ago, and TOSEC???

Originally Posted by PandMonium

... and what about the TRSI thing?

Most time used was "TRSI", you have seen the screenshots, there are many other different cracktros, where you can see "TRSI" uppercase.
I have never seen "TRSi" as a logo in their cracktros.
Is there any group abbreviation known with a lowercase letter, except "RSi"(needs checking too)?