Castor Cracking Group (CCG) was a demo group from Sweden, and were active on the ZX Spectrum during 1986–1988.[1][2][3] They were one of the first groups for the ZX Spectrum with their release of Castor Intro early in 1986.[4]
Originally they named themselves after Castor in the constellation Gemini, but despite having "Crack" in their name, they actually (at least according to themselves) never cracked any software.[4]
Technically, their demos were not very advanced – they even programmed many of them in BASIC and compiled the result for release.[4] However, their significance lies in their early entry onto the scene.
UK Lead
editUK Lead was a label used by Castor Cracking Group for the more "serious" projects. The only two projects released were Spectrum Juggler and 99Y.
Members
edit- Staffan "Cobra" Vilcans (later "Ralph 124C41+")
- Martin "DoWN" Vilcans (the Dragon of Winter Night (earlier "Marulk"))
- Johan "Heradotos" Forslund (C64)
List of demos
editDemos
edit- Castor Intro (1986)
- Castor Intro 2 - Trap Door (1987)
- Castor Intro 3 - Ocean (1987)
- Castor Intro 4 - Balls (1987)
- Castor Intro 5 - Boing Boomchack (1987)
- Castor Intro 6 - Monster Banquet (1987)
- Castor Intro 7 - never made
- Castor Intro 8 - Dan There (1987)
- Castor Intro 9 - Move That Army (1987)[5]
- Castor Intro 10 - Auf Wiedersehen Castor (1988)[6]
- Spectrum Juggler (1987) (under the name UK Lead).
Music demos
edit- Don't Stop the Music (1987)
- 128 Demo
- 128 Music (1987)
- 128 Music II (1987)
Games
edit- 99Y - http://zx.interface1.net/99y.html (under the name UK Lead)
References
edit- ^ Poüet
- ^ DemoZoo
- ^ Demotopia
- ^ a b c CCG, Castor Intro 10, 1988
- ^ "Svenska Hemdatornytt nr 1 1991". Archived from the original on 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
- ^ "Svenska Hemdatornytt nr 8 1990". Archived from the original on 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2014-09-14.