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Random group ANSI
While the IBM PC computer system was released during the middle of 1981, it would be the Commodore and Apple pirate scenes which would introduce many of the standards that today we take as granted. During these times the PC scene was small and fragmented. There were the occasional small groups and often not individuals releasing and cracking. But these cracked programs usually only ever remained in the community local to person cracking them.

The national and then eventually international PC scene did not take off until 1987. This was when people started to trade software with cracks over longer distances, and overseas. This act eventually lead to the formation of the now old school PC Bulletin Board System scene.

Quoted from the article 'Online Software Piracy of the Last Millennium'
We have 97 groups in our repository offering 1516 files
1984 (TL)
     
TSAN
1984-1992
4213
1985 (TL)
 
 
 
CPI
1985-1991
7355
1986 (TL)
 
 
 
ESP
1986-1988
3454
5-O
1986-1988
1842
1987 (TL)
 
 
 
BCC
1987-1988
3423
NYC
1987-1989
2472
NAP/PA
1987-1990
2031
PTL
1987-1989
5795
1988 (TL)
 
 
 
$PRINT
1988-1989
2318
BSP
1988-1989
5504
CIA
1988
3106
KGB
1988
1730
TGC
1988
2894
TNWC
1988
2900
1989 (TL)
 
 
 
CPC2001
1989
2072
ESI
1989-2001
257
FFA
1989-1990
2536
INC
1989-1993
9273
NEUA
1989-1991
4162
TDT
1989-1994 & 1995 & 1996
7293
FIRM
1989-1990 & 1992 & 1994
6879
THG
1989-1995
7729
TRIAD
1989-1990
3127
UGC
1989
2432
1990 (TL)
 
 
 
NTA
1990-1995
2756
PE
1990-1993
5309
PE/TRSI/TDT
1990
2422
1991 (TL)
 
 
 
CRUE
1991
2820
FLT
1991-1994 & 1998-2007
17874
FCC
1991-1992
2860
PIL
1991-1995
2354
RZR
1991-2004 & 2006-2007
38619
SKID
1991 & 1993
17548
SKILL
1991-1993
3122
TARJAN
1991
2177
TDT-TRSI
1991
3553
TRSI
1991-1995
6836
USA/FLT
1991-1992
6301
1992 (TL)
 
 
 
MAL
1992-1999
3631
PWA
1992-2000
6812
PYR
1992-1993
2294
RBL
1992-2002
3506
VC
1992-1998
2724
1993 (TL)
 
 
 
DOD
1993-2001
25872
HV
1993-1994
3837
HBD
1993-1998
5014
NXS
1993-1994
2586
PDX
1993-1994 & 2004
4719
PTG
1993-1994
4406
PC
1993-2005
7321
RISC
1993-2005
3767
SCX
1993
3001
SCOTCH
1993-1994 & 2000-2004
2744
UNT
1993
2739
1994 (TL)
 
 
 
2KAD
1994-2000
3431
DNX
1994-1996
3077
ECL
1994-1995
4313
GNS
1994-1995
4340
LGD
1994
2882
MV8
1994-2006
3096
RISE
1994-2006
3273
TDU
1994-1995
3889
TRN
1994-1996
1985
UCF
1994-2005
6251
1995 (TL)
 
 
 
FATE
1995-1999
3138
HLM
1995-1996 & 2004-2005
14482
PSG
1995-1997 & 1999-2000
3817
QTX
1995-1998 & 2006-2007
2840
ROR
1995-1996
2697
ROM
1995-1996
2656
SDM
1995-1998
3784
1996 (TL)
 
 
 
BLH
1996-2004
5800
DD
1996-2000
2341
GLOW
1996-2000
3720
NPM
1996
3952
PDM
1996-2000
5036
RLX
1996-1998
3254
SHOCK
1996-2006
4450
SPA
1996-1998
1831
1997 (TL)
 
 
 
CIFE
1997-2000
2589
CLS
1997-2004
10289
CORE
1997-2005
7626
DVN
1997-2006
5482
OGN
1997-2000
3900
RDM
1997-2000
327
1998 (TL)
 
 
 
ISO
1998-2002
2552
TF
1998-2000
2044
TNT
1998-2008
2036
1999 (TL)
 
 
 
DEVIANCE
1999-2006
17614
ORN
1999-2005
5650
2000 (TL)
 
 
 
MYTH
2000-2005
12750
2001 (TL)
 
 
 
IMMERSION
2001-2004
3015
2004 (TL)
 
 
 
RLD
2004-2007
23029
VGC
2004-2005
5612
2005 (TL)
 
 
 
VTY
2005-2007
8982
2006 (TL)
 
 
 
DTN
2006-2008
2188
HTD
2006-2007
5902
  • Werner's Dupe Check
  • view 1997 snapshot
  • Werner & Tardy's dupe check was quite popular during it's time. Operated by Werner & Tardy who were also famous for leading the legendary TDU-Jam, Pentagram and Genesis. This site was designed by Werner & Tardy.

  • Level4
  • view 1998 snapshot
  • Level 4 was a lesser known utility group founded by Madboy that was around during the 1997-1998 period. This site was designed by Level4.

  • Fairlight
  • view 3rd September 1999 snapshot
  • This was a web page created for Fairlight by our former Design Division. Unfortunately at the last moment the project was canned by the Fairlight leadership and it was never put into use. This site was designed by Defacto2.

  • Ice Flame
  • view 17th March 2001 snapshot
  • Some people have always had bad reputations on the scene. Some of them even spawn their own legion of haters. And in this case, Ice (of Origin/Myth fame) even had a website dedicated to him.

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