INTRODUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONS TO FRAUD PAGE 001 HELLO FREAKS, YEAH! YOUR FAVORITE DISK-MAGAZINE IS BACK. SORRY FOR THE FUCKING LONG DELAY, BUT WHO GIVES A FUCK!! ANYWAY FRAUD WILL NOW BE RELESED ON A REGULAR BASIS OF BETWEEN 6 AND 9 WEEKS (THAT WILL DEPEND ON ARTICLES ETC.) INCASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED THIS IS A NEW MENU-SYSTEM, SO HERE IS SOME QUICK INSTRUCTIONS TO IT. - USE LEFT AND RIGHT CURSOR KEYS TO GO THROUGH THE PAGES. - USE LEFT AND RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON TO GO THROUGH THE PAGES. - USE THE DOWN ARROW KEY AND THE UP ARROW KEY TO JUMP 5 PAGES. - PRESS THE F1/F2 KEY'S TO JUMP 10 PAGES UP/DOWN - PRESS THE HELP KEY TO GET TO THE CONTENTS PAGE. OK.. THE NEW MENU SYSTEM WAS CODED BY METALIC OF INFINITY. INCASE YOU ALL DID NOT KNOW WHO RELESE THE FRAUD MAG, IT IS INFINITY. WELL THIS NEW MENU-SYSTEM IS ALOT MORE USER-FRIENDLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK BULLET OF INSANITY FOR GATHERING ALOT OF THE NEWS AND ROUMERS.. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS DISK-MAGAZINE IS 100% AGAINST WAZZA OF MYSTIX... BUT NO MORE ABOUT THAT LOOSER. IF YOU WISH TO KNOW WHO THE LOOSER WAZZA OF MYSTIX IS THEN READ THE OPEN-LETTER WELL BACK TO THE MAGAZINE, THE NEXT ISSUE OF FRAUD WILL BE DUE OUT IN AUGUST 91 IT'LL PROBABLY HAVE A NEW MENU SYSTEM, HAVE FUN READING THIS MAGAZINE AND REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR IT IN TE CRUSADERS EURO-CHART.. YOURS. METALIC/INFINITY FRAUD ISSUE #03 CONTENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS! PAGE 002 001. INTRODUCTION 048. GIRLS ON AMIGA 002. CONTENTS 049. MOVIE CORNER. 003. AMIGA DEMOS ORIGIONAL? 051. OTHER DISK-MAGAZINES 004. THE MASTER OF HORROR 053. HOW TO ORDER. 006. HOW TO LEARN TO CODE 054. DEMOS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE 007. ADDVERTS 055. OPEN LETTER TO WAZZA/MYSTIX 019. AUSTRALIAN SCENE REPORT! 056. PUNISHERS INTERVIEW. 023. DECAY INTERVEIW! 058. MORE MOVIE REVIEWS. 025. WHAT HAPPENED TO FRAUD. 061. LAST WORDS 027. INTERVEIW WITH TRIANGLE 062. CREDITS + STATUS 029. LAMMERS?? ARE THEY A HASSLE 031. INTERVIEW WITH MYSTIX. FRAUD (DON'T WRITE THIS) 035. A NEW PD COMPANY. P.O.BOX 696 036. THE CHARTS KENMORE 4069 039. METALIC'S DEMO CORNER. AUSTRALIA 041. WHY SO MANY DISK-MAGAZINES?? 042. NEWS AND ROUMERS. (RELESED: 1/7/91) FRAUD IS AN INFINITY PRODUCTION (RELESED: 1/7/91) AMIGA DEMO'S...ORIGINAL ? PAGE 003 WE ALL KNOW (?) THAT A COMPUTER IS ONLY AS GOOD AS ITS SOFTWARE, BUT IS IT? EACH WEEK HUNDREDS (IT SEEMS LIKE THOUSANDS) DEMOS ARE RELEASED ALL OVER THE WORLD, 60% OF THESE ARE VERY SIMILIAR, WITH A FEW FLASHY GFX, STARS, A CRACKLY SOUND TRACK (WELL,NOT REALLY) AND OFCOURSE A SCROLLTEXT... THE MAIN ASPECT WHICH IS MISSING IS THE ORIGINALITY AND IMAGINATION. WHY IS THIS? SINCE THE EARLY AMIGA DAYS (86-7) HUNDREDS OF FREAKS HAVE STARTED UP GROUPS... SOME DIE AND OTHERS GAIN MORE AND MORE FAME! BECAUSE OF THIS COMPETITION HAS INCREASED AND SPEED IS BECOMING MORE IMPORTANT THAN FRIENDSHIP TODAY, GROUPS ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO RELEASE A NEW DEMO, OFTEN WITH ONLY SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS TO BECOME WELL KNOWN, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO WANT TO READ SUCH A DEMO ? IT SEEMS THAT QUANTITY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN QUALITY, WHICH HAS SEEN A FLOOD OF BORING DEMOS. FOR EXAMPLE WHO CARES IF THERE ARE 500 BOBS, WHO'S GOING TO COUNT THEM ?, WHY NOT ONLY HAVE 10 DETAILED BOBS WITH ORIGINAL INTERESTING MOVEMENTS, ATLEAST PEOPLE CANSEE THEM AND MAY HAVE SOME INTEREST DESPITE THIS, MANY COOL DEMOS ARE RELEASED AS WELL, AMIGA DEMO'S...ORIGINAL? CONT. PAGE 004 WHICH STRETCH THE AMIGAS CAPABILITIES TO ITS FULL. FOR ME THESE MAKE OWNING AN AMIGA WORTH WHILE. WITHOUT DEMOS OUR SCENE WOULDN'T WORK, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ADVERTISE AND 'SHOW OFF'A GROUPS TALENT,BUT WHY NOT USE ORIGINAL CODE AND IDEAS I CAN SIT FOR MANY HOURS WATCHING DEMOS AND STILL BE SANE!, BUT GAMES NO LONGER HOLD MUCH INTEREST BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER ORIGINAL, PORTED FROM OTHER COMPUTERS IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN TO DEMOS?? FINALLY TO ALL THOSE THINKING OF DOING A DEMO GREAT BUT PLEASE USE ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MAYBE OUR SCENE WILL RETURN TO ITS EARLIER GREATNESS. KRYPTON / NZ EXPRESS! STEPHEN KING - THE MASTER OF HORROR ! AAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHH! THE HORRIFIC THOUGHTS AND STORIES OF STEPHEN KING ARE GREAT A GOOD CHANGE FROM THE FEBLE SOFT ATTEMPTS AT WRITING HORROR BY OTHER AUTHORS WHO PRODUCE WORKS WHICH USUALLY END UP AS COMEDIES MARRIED,WITH 2 CHILDREN,KING HAS WRITTEN 12 COMPELLING NOVELS, WHICH CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS HORRIFIC. SOME STEPHEN KING CONT. PAGE 005 OF THESE INCLUDE SUCH TITLES AS: THE RUNNING MAN, CARRIE,IT, THE SHINING,MISERY PET SEMETARY AND HIS LATEST THE STAND, ALL OF WHICH ARE VERY UNIQUE.AS WITH ALL SUCCESSFUL WRITERS,KINGS BOOKS HAVE BEEN MADE INTO MOVIES,TELEFEATURES AND EVEN COMPUTER GAMES!,WHICH DON'T AT ALL REFLECT THE BOOK. TAKE FOR EXAMPLE THE RUNNING MAN,A MARVELOUS BOOK COMBINING SUSPENSE EXCITEMENT AND A TANT OF HORROR A SUCCESSFUL MOVIE AND COMPUTER GAME WERE THE RESULTS OF THIS SUPERB STORY ALTHOUGH THESE WERE TURNED INTO THE USUAL HERO STORIES, WHICH ARE OFCOURSE VERY PREDICTABLE AND BOOORRRRING! I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS READ THE BOOK, DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WATCHING (OR PLAYING)ANY TAKE OFFS OF KINGS WORKS.FINALLY IF YOU CAN DRAG YOURSELF FROM YOUR AMIGA (FOR MORE THAN 2 MINUTES) THEN GRAB A COPY OF KINGS BOOK AND SCREAM!! YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED ALTHOUGH IF YOUR SWAPPER THEN YOUR LIKELY TO GET A FEW RUDE LETTERS FROM YOUR CONTACTS WHO SENT STUFF BEFORE YOU STARTED READING KINGS BOOKS !, BUT WHO CARES ??! KRYPTON / NZ EXPRESS HOW TO LEARN TO CODE! PAGE 006 WHEN YOU MENTION THE TERM CODING NORMAL PEOPLE ASSUME IT TO BE VERY COMPLICATED AND ASSUME YOU WILL HAVE TO KNOW THOUSANDS OF INSTRUCTIONS ECT..BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE. IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEARN TO CODE BUT HAVE ALOT OF SELF DOUBT ABOUT IT, WELL DONT HAVE.. CODING IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT AT ALL.. THERE ARE A FEW STEPS THAT YOU MUST TAKE IF YOU ARE SERIUOSOLY GOING TO LEARN TO CODE. THESE ARE: STEP 1: GET YOURSELF A COUPLE OF GOOD PROGRAMMING MANUALS. SOME GOOD ONES ARE THE AMIGA SYSTEM PROGRAMMERS GUIDE (ADVANCED) - THE HARDWARE REFRENCE MANUAL UPDATED VERSION. IT IS WISE TO GET A BOOK CALLED AMIGA ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING BY JAKE COMMANDER. THE REASON FOR THAT BOOK IS THAT IT EXPLAINS ALL 68000 INSTRUCTION IN DEPTH. STEP 2: AFTER READING THROUGH THOSE BOOKS SEVERAL TIMES IT IS WISE TO TALK TO SOME EXPERIENCED PROGRAMMERS IN GENRAL. ARTICLE BY METALIC/INFINITY! ADDVERTISMENTS #01 PAGE 007 WELCOME TO THE ADVERTISMENT PART OF F.R.A.U.D. ADVERTS COST 2 AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS OR 3 CHECKED AND VERIFIED BLANK DISKS. ADDVERTS CAN BE UP TO 39 CHARACTERS WIDE AND UPTO 10 CHARACTERS DOWN. IF YOU WISH TO PLACE A FULL PAGE ADDVERT (21*79) IN SIZE, THEN THAT WILL COST YOU 10 DOLLARS OR 10 BLANK DISKS!! ALL ADVERTS ARE TO BE SENT TO THIS ADDRESS: PO.BOX 696, KENMORE 4069, AUSTRALIA CONTACT ONE OF THE EDITORS OF STOLEN WHEN YOUR DREAMS TURN TO NIGHTMARES DATA! SEND ARTICLES, ADVERTISMENTS CONTACT CLONES... AND YOUR OWN PRODUCTIONS TO: AND YOUR NIGHTMARES TURN WORSE... TEEZE OF ANARCHY SPOVG. 7 GET IN TOUCH WITH THE LEGENDARY 94139 PITEA SWEDEN - C L O N E S - ------------------------------------ POSTE RESTANTE CONTACT METALIC OF INFINITY FOR 25250 MARYNUMMI SWAPPING THE LATEST VHS AND AMIGA FINLAND WRITE TO: BOX 696 - KENMORE 4069 - AUSTRALIA ADDVERTISMENTS #02 PAGE 008 INTENSE IS SEARCHING FOR NEW MEMBERS BONGO OF CHROME AND COOL CONTACTS. WRITE TO: IS SEARCHING FOR NEW N GOOD CONTACTS CREEP MATT STEFAN HOGLUND M.BARTOSIK WRITE TO: (NO-NAME) 64610 OVERMARK OR KUMMALANTIE 5A1 KNAAPINPOLKU 4 FINLAND 85100 KALAJOKI 49410 POITSILA FINLAND FINLAND DISK = 100% ANSWER. ------------------------------------ LETTER + DISK = 100% ANSWER FOR ELITE MAIL AND VHS TRADING WRITE NO LAMMERS. TO: DOMINATORS BONGO OF CHROME POSTE RESTANTE ------------------------------------- ERRITSO CONTACT JIM OF INFINITY FOR HOT STUFF 7000 FREDERICA WRITE TO: THOMAS LNNDE DENMARK DOLEBAKKEN .5 3200 SANDEFJORD WE ARE NOW BORN ON AMIGA TOO. NORWAY ADDVERTISMENTS #03 PAGE 009 ATTENTION KEEPERS !! CONTACT MIGHTYMUX OF SPECTRE FOR ATTENTION KEEPERS !! ILLEGAL SWAPPING OF EVERYTHING. LOOKING FOR A CULT CONTACT, THAN CONTACT ACIDMAN OF CULT FOR HOT MATHIAS OLSSON VHS AND AMIGA STUFF. HOFVERBERGSGATAN 6 ACIDMAN/CULT 252 43 HELSINGBORG NESV. 8 SWEDEN 5084 TERTNES PHONE: +46 (0) 42 / 144924 NORWAY ------------------------------------- CONTACT REAKTOR FOR THE HOTTEST! DISKS OR GO TO HELL!! 11 ENGLES ROAD ------------------------------------ SHANNON FOR THE HOTTEST VHS SWAPPING + AMIGA NEW ZEALAND WRITE TO METALIC OF INFINITY AT: BOX 696 GREETS TO: VISION FACTORY - ANGELS KENMORE 4069 TRSI - DEFJAM - SKIDROW AUSTRALIA ADEPT - AND ALL OTHERS! ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------- ADDVERTISMENTS #04 PAGE 010 IF YOU HAVE STUFF 0-6 DAYS THEN ACT FOR SWAPPING THE LATEST STUFF!!! NOW, CONTACT NEW ZEALANDS FASTEST AND COOLEST... 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ATTENTION!!! * * * * SEND ALL ADDVERTS FOR THE SWAPPERS MAGAZINE CALLED: * * * * B L I P - V E R T S * * * * TO: * * * * JUDAS OF DECAY WIZ OF OZ OF DECAY * * PO.BOX 544 PO.BOX 236 * * SHEPPARTON 3630 ORANGE 2800 * * VICTORIA NEW SOUTH WALES * * AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA * * * * AND REMEMBER ALL ADDVERTS ARE FOR FREE!! * * * ***************************************************************** ADDVERTISMENTS #08 PAGE 014 FOR THE HOTTEST MAIL TRADING IF YOU WANT TO BUY AN INTRO/DEMO FOR WRITE TO SKY OF MYSTIX AT: YOUR GROUP THEN WRITE TO: PO.BOX 28 METALIC OF INFINITY ALSTONVILLE 2477 P.O.BOX 696 AUSTRALIA KENMORE 4069 AUSTRALIA NO DISK = NO CHANCE!!!!! ------------------------------------ TELL US WHAT YOU NEED AND WE WILL CONTACT BLITZER OF MYSTIX FOR THE NAME THE PRICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 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ALSO FOR THE LATEST AMIGA STUFF!! ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------- ADDVERTISMENTS #12 PAGE 018 CONTACT DIDLE FROM SANITY AT: ALL MUSCIANS CONTACT TEKNIX OF MYSTIX MARC VASTERSO AT THIS ADDRESS. SICHTENWEG 36 4290 BOCHOLT P.O.BOX 189 GERMANY LAVINGTON 2641 NEW SOUTH WALES ------------------------------------ AUSTRALIA DO YOU WANT TO SWAP MERY FROM END OF CENTURY 1999? ALSO FOR SWAPPING NEW STUFF!! ------------------------------------- G LAMBERT ALL ARTICLES FOR THE THIS MAGAZINE 36 AV.J.D'ARC ARE TO BE SENT TO THIS ADDRESS. 38100 GRENOBLE FRANCE PO.BOX 696 KENMORE 4069 LEGAL STUFF ONLY!!! AUSTRALIA ------------------------------------ REMEMBER: FRAUD IS A PRODUCTION OF: INFINITY.. AUSTRALIAN SCENE REPORT: PAGE 019 THE AMIGA ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA IN 87! AT THAT TIME NOT MANY PEOPLE HAD THE PLEASURE OF OWNING ONE. THERE WERE ONLY A COUPLE OF GROUPS AROUND THEN. MANY GROUPS HAVE COME AND GONE, MOST HAVE CHANGED THERE NAME, BUT STILL CONSIST OF THE SAME MEMBERS. SOME OF THE GROUPS IN AUSTRALIA ARE: THE PUNISHERS - ARE 1 OF THE FASTEST AND MOST ACTIVE IN AUSTRALIA. THEY ARE MADE UP OF FORMER SWITCH,ANGELS AND SOME OTHER DUDES. THEY HAVE 6 BBS'S AROUND THE WORLD!! WORD HAS IT THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT 40 MEMBERS. FAMOUS MEMBERS ARE: ICE,CRAZY,MICROCHIP,JARRE. DECAY - THEY ARE MADE UP FROM FORMER MEMBERS OF ABEL,FREEDOM FORCE + AI AND THE FORCE. THEY HAVE PRODUCED A COUPLE OF NICE DEMOS, AND THEY HAVE DONE SOME TRAINERS IN THE PAST. THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF OZ BOARDS AND 1 IN THE STATES. THEY RELESE 2 DISKMAGS.. 1 OF WHICH IS A SWAPPERS MAG CALLED BLIP VERTS, THEY OTHER DISKMAG IS THE SCENE. MOST FAMOUS MEMBERS ARE: PSYKIC WIZ OF OZ, BIGMAC JUDAS, SHOWBIZ, NEMMISES.. AUSTRALIAN SCENE REPORT CONT. PAGE 020 INFINITY - THEY ARE ABOUT 1 YEAR OLD. HAVE RELESED A FEW DEMOS AND LOTS OF DEMO PACKS. HAVE MEMBERS IN NORWAY,USA AND AUSTRALIA. THEY HAVE 1 BOARD IN THE STATES. RECENTLY RETURNED TO THE SCENE AFTER A LITTLE BREAK! THEY ARE NOW PRODUCING THIS DISKMAGZINE! THE MOST FAMOUS MEMBERS ARE:JIM AND METALIC (THAT'S ME!).. INSANITY - THEY HAVE ABOUT 20 MEMBERS. THEY HAVE RELESED A COUPLE OF DEMOS QUITE NICE GRAFIX, THEY WERE FORMELY IMX. THERE MOST FAMOUS MEMBERS ARE: BULLET, SHAKA. DEFJAM - THE AUSTRALIAN MEMBER OF DEFJAM IS A GOOD CODER, HE RELESED A DEMO AT THE MYSTIX EASTER PARTY CALLED BIG BUISNESS, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL. IT DESERVED TO GET A PLACE IN THE DEMO COMPETION, BUT DIDN'T. HE ALSO DOES SOME TRAINERS.. FAMOUS MEMBERS: CADDY. FREEFLIGHT - THEY WERE FORMED FROM A COUPLE OF UNKNOWN AUSTRALIA GROUPS.THEY HAVE RELESED A INTRO. THEY HAVE GOOD GRAFIX ABLITIES BUT LACK IN CODING. THEY SAY THAT THEY WILL SOON RELESE A ROADRUNNER DEMO AND SOME OTHER DEMOS AND INTROS. AUSTRALIAN SCENE REPORT CONT. PAGE 021 ABILITY - THEY ARE AN UNKNOWN GROUP, BUT HAVE RELESED A LITTLE DEMO. THEY AS BASED IN MELBOURNE/AUSTRALIA. THEY SWAP A BIT WITHIN AUSTRALIA. FACTOR 4 - THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF AUSTRALIA MEMBERS. GAZZA IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS GOOD CODING. THEY HAVE BEEN INACTIVE FOR A WHILE.. BUT GAZZA SAYS THAT HE IS WORKING ON A DISK-MAGAZINE! FAMOUS MEMBERS: GAZZA. TEACHER,CORPROL:THESE GUYS ARE THE BIGGEST SINGLE PEOPLE IN THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE, THEY HAVE BEEN IN ALL BIG GROUPS SUCH AS. SKID ROW SCOOPEX. THEY ARE THE FASTEST TRADERS IN THE COUNTRY AND MAINLY CONCENTRATE ON THE MODEM SCENE. QUARTEX - YES, THERE IS A DIVISION OF QUARTEX IN AUSTRALIA, THE DIVISION IS THE INNER CIRCLE. (T.I.C) THEY ARE WELL KNOWN FOR THERE CRACKING ABILITIES. THERE WERE THE 1ST GROUP EVER TO CRACK DRAGONS LAIR. FAMOUS MEMBERS: PARAGON AND THE SHADOWLORD. MYSTIX - THEY HAVE SOME GOOD CODERS AND SOME EXPERIENCED BEER DRINKERS. THEY DO ALOT OF COMPACT DISKS. MOST FAMOUS MEMBERS ARE: BANDIT, AUSTRALIAN SCENE REPORT CONT. PAGE 022 CONDOR,RASTIX, SKY (LIVES ON CLOUD 9 ALL THE TIME COOL DUDE!!) BLITZER AND SCORPION. THERE HAVE ONLY EVER BEEN 2 CONFRENCES IN AUSTRALIA 1 HELD BY INFINITY/MYSTIX AND THE OTHER BY MYSTIX. IT IS VERY DIFFICLUT TO HOLD A SUCCESSFUL PARTY IN AUSTRALIA DUE TO THE SIZE OF AUSTRALIA. THERE ARE ABOUT 17 MILLION PEOPLE AND TO GET FROM 1 SIDE OF AUSTRALIA TO THE OTHER COULD TAKE UP TO 2 WEEKS BY CAR. THE POST IN AUSTRALIA IS EXPENSIVE... THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE AUSTRALIA SCENE IS THERE ARE NO SOFTWARE POLICE. ANYWAY.. THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO SAY ABOUT THE AUSTRALIA SCENE.. LATER... NOTE: IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THIS SCENE REPORT THEN PLEASE SEND A REPORT OF THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE SOME OTHER SCENE REPORTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. SEND YOUR SCENE REPORT ARTICLES TO THIS ADDRESS: PO.BOX 696 KENMORE 4069 AUSTRALIA ARTICLE BY METALIC OF INFINITY!!! INTERVEIW WITH DECAY PAGE 023 FRAUD: HELLO WIZ OF OZ, SO LETS START THIS INTERVEIW.. TELL US YOUR POSITION IN DECAY! DECAY: IN DECAY I DO MOST OF THE ORGANIZING AND GRAFIX AND SWAPPING! FRAUD: TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR DISK-MAG(S)? DECAY: WELL.. BLIP-VERTS IS A MAGAZINE DEDICATED TO THE SWAPPERS IN THE SCENE THE ADVERTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE, WE DONE IT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ADDVERTISE FOR FREE WITHOUT PAYING. FRAUD: TELL US YOUR CURRENT MEMBERS LIST? DECAY: WIZ OF OZ - PSYKIC - BIGMAC - JUDAS - TECHNIQUE - LORD FALL - ROKSTAR SHOWBIZ - NEMMISES - KREATOR - GREENHELL - DATASHARK. FRAUD: ARE USE IN WAR WITH ANY GROUP?? DECAY: NOT THAT WE KNOW OF.. WE TRY TO BE FRIENDLY!! FRAUD: DO USE HAVE ANY BOARDS, IF SO WHAT IS THERE NUMBERS? DECAY: YES, AND ZEROCITY NODE1. 612 361 4750 (HST LINE) NODE2. 612 361 5758 (2400 ONLY) AND AMIGA CONNECTION (USA HQ) 704 399 7153. FRAUD: SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FUTURE DECAY PRODUCTIONS? DECAY: AT THE MOMENT WE ARE WORKING ON A 2 DISKS DEMO CALLED DECALOGY, IT WILL INTERVIEW WITH DECAY CONT. PAGE 024 CONTAIN 10 PARTS, BLIP-VERTS AND THE SCENE. FRAUD: WHAT GROUPS HAVE YOU BEEN IN BEFORE DECAY? DECAY: BEFORE DECAY I WAS IN OZ CRACKERS THEN IT WAS NEMMISES, THEN IT WAS FREEDOM FORCE.. THEN DECAY!! FRAUD: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE IN GENRAL? DECAY: LOTS OF LAMMERS BUT, GETTING BETTER.. FRAUD: DO YOU THINK THE EFFICENCY OF MODEM TRADING EFFECTS THE SCENE? DECAY: IF ANYTHING IT IS SPLITING IT TO, MODEM TRADERS ARE FOR GAMES AND THE SWAPPERS ARE THERE FOR THE FRIENDLY SIDE OF THE MAIL TRADING. FRAUD: BESIDES FROM COMPUTERS WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR OTHER HOBBIES? DECAY: ART, HOCKEY AND MY GIRLFRIEND. FRAUD: DID YOU VISIT THE EASTER PARTY IN CANBERRA?? IF SO WHAT DID YOU THINK OF IT? DECAY: YES, GREAT.. IT WAS REALLY COOL. (WHEN IS THE NEXT ONE!) FRAUD: WHEN WAS DECAY FORMED, AND FROM WHO WERE THEY FORMED? DECAY: ON THE WEEKEND OF THE 2ND AND 3RD OF JUNE 1990! (WERE OVER 1 YEAR OLD!) FRAUD: HOW LONG WERE YOU WORKING ON THE GRAFIX FOR THE SIMPSONS DEMO? DECAY: WELL. THE MAIN ANIMATION WITH THE PICTURE OF BART DANCING TOOK ABOUT 7 HOURS, BUT THE THE OTHERS AVERAGED 2 - 3 HOURS. FRAUD: WHO DO YOU THINK THE FASTEST TRADERS IN AUSTRALIA ARE? INTERVEIW WITH DECAY CONT. PAGE 025 DECAY: WHO KNOWS??? FRAUD: WHO ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS IN THE SCENE? DECAY: ONE OF THE COOL FREINDS IS DR.SHITFACE OF THE CRUSADERS, THE MYSTIX MEMBERS, ALL DECAY MEMBERS, ANYONE WHO WRITES COOL LETTERS. FRAUD: WHAT IS THE NEXT BIG EVENT THAT YOU WILL BE VISITING? DECAY: THE WORLD OF COMMODORE AMIGA SHOW IN JULY 1991 IN SYDNEY/AUSTRALIA! FRAUD: HAVE USE EVER THOUGHT OF HOLDING A PARTY? DECAY: YES, UNTILL WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED. FRAUD: WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST LOOKING GIRL IN THE WORLD? DECAY: UNABLE TO SAY INCASE OF INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE. (OTHERWORDS MY GIRL-FRIEND MIGHT READ IT! FRAUD: WHAT BEER DO YOU DRINK? DECAY: NONE AT ALL!! FRAUD: NAME SOME NICE DEMOS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN RECENTLY? DECAY: QUARTEX SUBSTANCE, PHENOMENA INIGMA. FRAUD: LAST OF ALL IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WISH TO SAY? DECAY: WHATCH OUT FOR DECALOGY WHEN IT IS RELESED, ALSO WHATCH OUT FOR THE REST OF OUR PRODUCTIONS. WIZ OF OZ OF DECAY WAS INTERVIEWED BY METALIC OF INFINITY OVER THE PHONE! WHAT HAPPENED TO FRAUD PAGE 026 AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE ISSUE #2 OF FRAUD WAS RELESED IN SEPTEMBER 1990!! THE REASON FOR THE LONG DELAY IS THIS, I METALIC OF INFINITY (THE PUBLISHER OF THIS MAG) LEFT THE SCENE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, (WELL 7 FUCKING MONTHS TO BE MORE EXACT.. AND AFTER ELITE GOT HIS PHONEBILL HE STOPPED ALL SWAPPING, HE WAS STILL MODEM TRADING THOUGH. AND DURING THAT ABSENCE FROM THE SCENE OUR EX-FRENCH MEMBER LEFT INFINITY (HE IS NOW FREELANCING AND CALLS HIMSELF FAITH!) WELL IN MARCH I WAS GOING TO RE-ENTER THE SCENE AND RELESE SOMETHING AT THE MYSTIX EASTER PARTY IN CANBERRA, BUT I ENDED UP GOING ON A HOLIDAY TO A TROPICAL ISLAND IN THE WHITSUNDAYS! A WHILE AFTER I RETURNED ELITE AND I JOINED TO THE MYSTIX, BUT WE LEFT THEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I WENT BACK TO INFINITY AND ELITE IS GOING TO FREELANCE FOR A WHILE! SO NOW THERE IS ONLY 2 INFINITY MEMBERS METALIC-JIM.. BUT SOON WE WILL GET MORE, NOW BACK TO FRAUD, AFTER ISSUE 2 I RECEIVED LOTS OF SCENE REPORTS AND INTERVEIWS + ARTICLES + ADDVERTS, BUT I COULD NOT USE ANY OF THE ARTICLES OR INTERVEIWS OR THE SCENE REPORTS LOTS OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEY WERE WROTE. WELL THE REASON FOR ME RE-RELESING F.R.A.U.D. IS THAT IT IS FUN PRODUCING A DISK-MAG, AND I HAD A BAD HANGOVER ONE MORNING WHEN I WOKE UP, SO I SAT DOWN INFRONT OF MY MACHINE AND RE-CODED THE ENTIRE F.R.A.U.D. MENU.. IT IS ALOT MORE USER-FRIENDLY.. NOW YOU DONT HAVE TO USE THE FUNCTION KEYS TO CHANGE THE PAGES.. ANYWAY FRAUD WILL NOW BE RELESED ON A REGULAR BASIS. PROBABLY ONCE PER 6 TO 8 WEEKS... BUT THAT PAGE 027 DEPENDS ON THE INPUT YOU THE VEIWER PUTS INTO IT.. OK.... SIGNED: METALIC OF INFINITY! INTERVEIW WITH TRIANGLE ----------------------- FRAUD: HOW ABOUT AN INTERVEIW FOR OUR MAG?? ZARK: SURE MAN! FRAUD: WHAT IS YOUR NAME AND POSITION IN TRIANGLE?? ZARK: MY NAME IS ZARK AND I AM A SWAPPER (THE ONLY ONE) FRAUD: WHATS YOUR FUTURE PLANS? ZARK: RELESING GREAT DEMOS (MAYBE CRACK!) FRAUD: WHAT IS YOUR OPTIONS ABOUT LAMMERS AND LOOSERS? ZARK: THEY SHOULD SEND SOME DISKS TO ME, COZ I ALWAYS NEED DISKS.. FRAUD: NAME YOUR FAVORITE 1.DEMOS, 2.DEMO GROUP, 3.GAMES, 4.CRACK/HACK GROUPS 5.CODERS, 6, MUSCIANS, 7.DISK-MAGS, 8. GRAFIX ARTISTS? ZARK: 1. MENTAL HANGOVER (SCOOPEX), RSI MEGA DEMO, HUNT FOR 7TH OF OCTOBER BY CRYPTOBURNERS, 2. SCOOPEX, RSI, DUAL CREW, ANARCHY, CRYPTOBURNERS 3. LOTUS ESPRIT TURBO CHALLENGE, WINGS 4. SKID ROW, ANGELS 5. EINSTEIN INTERVEIW WITH TRIANGLE CONT. PAGE 028 OF UPFRONT, KATAKUS AND MAHONEY, PROMAX/KEFRENS. 6. ROMEO KNIGHT/RSI NIGHTLIGHT/KEFRENS. 7. ZINE, 8. ZEELOYD/TRIANGLE (I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BETTER ONE!). FRAUD: LAST OF ALL IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? ZARK: YEAH! SOME PEOPLE STILL DO NOT BELIVE THAT OUR GRAPHIC MEMBER (ZEELOYD) DID DRAW THE PICTURE IN OUR LAST DEMO INTOXICATION, BUT HE DID, BELIVE IT OR NOT. IT TOOK HIM ABOUT 2 - 3 HOURS, ANYWAY I WOULD LIKE TO GREET SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS: BUSTMAN/CRUSADERS,THE PRIDE/FLASH PRODUCTIONS JANITOR/REBELS,RASTER/DUAL CREW, TOXIC OF KEFRENS, FOXY/ANGELS,SKYWALKER OF PARADOX AND ALL THE REST THAT I HAVE FORGOTTON. SEE YOU ALL L8R... WE THANK ZARK OF TRIANGLE FOR LETTING US INTERVEIW HIM!!! THIS INTERVEIW WAS MADE BY JIM OF INFINITY!! (A WHILE AGO!) LAMMERS?? ARE THEY A HASSLE PAGE 029 EVERY DAY I RECEIVE LETTERS FROM UNKNOWN GROUPS, AND THEY ALL SAY VERTIALLY THE SAME THING.. E.I. (I AM COMMANDO CRACKER OF C.C.F.C.D DO YOU WANNA SWAP THE LATEST STUFF???? I HAVE ALL THE NEWEST STUFF GOING?? HOW NEW IS POPULUS?? PLEASE SEND UP TO 20 DISKS WITH NEW STUFF..) I MEAN THIS IS WHAT IS REAKING THE SCENE LAMMERS LIKE THESE WHO PESTER AND ANNOY ELITE PEOPLE!!! ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS, WHEN NEARLY EVERY SWAPPER IN ONE GROUP WRITES TO ME.. I MEAN IT IS NOT AS THOUGH THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TOTALLY DIFFERENT STUFF WHEN YOU ARE ONLY SWAPPING OWN PRODUCTIONS??? SO WAKE UP LAMMERS AND LITTLE KIDDIES, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET ANSWERED WITH THE LITTLE SHIT THAT YOU PERSIST WITH. I EVEN HAD A LAMMER IN MELBOURNE / AUSTRALIA WRITING TO ME ONCE AND HE SAID (YO! DO YOU WANNA SWAP/BUY THE LATEST WAREZ!!! I IMPORT STUFF DAILY, SOME NEW STUFF IS LOTUS, WINGS, BARBARIANS II, RSI MEGA-DEMO, TRIANGLE GIGA DEMO 3 ECT.)  IT IS LAMMERS LIKE THAT, THAT REALLY PISS ME OFF. ANOTHER BAD POINT ABOUT SOME LAMMERS IS THAT THEY WRITE TO YOU AND WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO THE POST-OFFICE YOU FIND THAT THEY DID NOT PUT ENOUGH STAMPS ON THE ENVELOPE AND YOU HAVE TO PAY DUTY ON THE STAMPS!!!! THIS HAPPENS QUITE ALOT, (EVEN WITH SOME ELITE PEOPLE)! ANOTHER EXAMPLE WAS ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AT THE INFINITY AND MYSTIX SUMMER PARTY. I WAS CODING ON MY COMPETION DEMO AND THIS ONE LAMMER KEPT COMING UP TO ME AND ASKING WHAT IS NEW, AND IF HE COULD COPY EVERYTHING IN MY DISK-BOX, THIS REALLY MADE ME MAD!!! BECAUSE EVERYTIME HE CAME UP, I HAD TO STOP WHAT I WAS CODING LAMMERS?? ARE THEY A HASSLE CONT. PAGE 030 AND TELL HIM THAT WHEN I FINNISH CODING I WILL LET HIM COPY SOME STUFF!! BUT THIS ONE LOOSER BUGGED ME EVERY FUCKING 5 MINUTES, THEN ONCE I HAD FINNISHED MY DEMO, HE DID NOT WANT TO COPY ANY STUFF, HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO GET A BOTTLE OF VODKA AND DRINK IT, SO ME AND SOMEONE ELSE AT THE PARTY WENT TO THE PUB AND GOT A BOTTLE OF SCOTCH, WHILE I WAS GONE THIS LAMMER TOOK MY HARD-DRIVE OUT OF MY MACHINE AND BOOTED UP SOME SHIT.. HE THEN LEFT MY MACHINE VACANT AND DID NOT PUT MY HARDDRIVE BACK IN!!!! WHEN I GOT BACK WITH THE BOTTLE OF VODKA, HE SAID THAT HE WILL DRINK IT LATER, THE LAMMER NEVER ENDED UP DRINKING IT. (OR WELL IT IS HE'S MONEY). THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF LAMMERS SUCH AS PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE IN A GROUP THAT THEY ARE NOT.. THESE ARE REALLY BAD CUNTS, THEY DESERVE TO GET THE SHIT KICKED OUT OF THEM. THESE GUYS GIVE GROUPS FUCKING BAD NAME.. THERE WAS A GUY WHO ADDVERTISED IN ZINE .9 SAYING THAT HE WAS A SKID ROW MEMBER. THAT IS TOTALLY BULLSHIT.. HE CALLED HIMSELF YOUNG MC OF SKID ROW.... ANOTHER TYPE OF A LAMMER IS SOMEONE WHO GIVES OUT PEOPLES PERSONAL PHONE NUMBERS (THAT IS HOW PEOPLE GET BUSTED!).. A MAYJOR TYPE OF A LAMMER IS SOMEONE WHO DISSASEMBLES A DEMO USING AN ACTION REPLAY CARTRIDGE AND CHANGES IT TO THE NAME OF HIS GROUP, AND CREDITS HIMSELF FOR IT.. THAT IS EXTREMLEY LAME.. ANYWAY THIS ARTICLE MUST COME TO AN END.. ARTICLE BY METALIC / INFINITY MYSTIX INTERVIEW PAGE 031 FRAUD: SO MIDIAN, WHAT IS YOUR AGE AND POSITION IM MYSTIX? MTX: I AM 20 YEARS OLD, MAINLY SWAPPING AMIGA AND VHS STUFF!! FRAUD: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A MYSTIX MEMBER? MTX: SINCE MARCH 1991. FRAUD: WHAT GROUP WERE YOU IN BEFORE MYSTIX? MTX: I WAS A MEMBER OF BIO-TECH!! FRAUD: WHAT BEER DO YOU DRINK?  MTX: ANY BEER THAT I CAN GET FOR NOTHING? AS LONG AS THE BEER IS CHEAP!!!!! FRAUD: NAME SOME NICE DEMO(S) THAT YOU HAVE RECENTLY SEEN? MTX: SOME NICE DEMOS THAT I HAVE SEEN RECENTLY ARE, SUBSTANCE BY QUARTEX AND ENIGMA BY PHENOMENA, THE LAST SANITY DEMO.. FRAUD: WHAT HARDWARE DO YOU USE? MTX: AMIGA 500, 2 EXTERNAL 3/1.2 DRIVES AND A 5/1.4 DRIVE ASWELL, 1 MEG. FRAUD: HOW MANY CONTACTS DO YOU HAVE? AND HOW MANY DOES THE WHOE GROUP HAVE? MTX: I HAVE ABOUT 20 CONTACTS, AND THE GROUP WOULD HAVE ABOUT 100 ALL UP! FRAUD: WILL THAT NUMBER CHANGE IN THE FUTURE? MTX: YES, EVERY DAY. THE GROUPS I DO NOT KNOW! FRAUD: HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE POLICE?? MTX: NO, BUT I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE AUSTRALIAN POST FOR USING FAKED STAMPS. MYSTIX INTERVIEW CONT. PAGE 032 FRAUD: AND WHAT HAPPENED? MTX: I HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH AUSTRALIA POST AND THEY ASKED ME HOW OFTON I USED FAKED STAMPS, BUT I HAD TO SIGN A STATEMENT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I WOULD MOST PROBABLY BE HEARING IN A MONTH FROM THEM. AND THE OUTCOMB MIGHT BE A FINE. FRAUD: TELL US YOUR HISTORY ON COMPUTERS? MTX: IN 1983 I HAD A VIC 20, THEN I WENT TO A SPECTRUM 128K, UNTIL 1989 WHEN I GOT MY AMIGA. FRAUD: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE?? MTX: IN GENRAL, IT IS QUITE GOOD, BUT TO MANY LAMMERS AND LOOSERS, THE PEOPLE DO NOT SEEM TO DEVOTE ALOT OF TIME TO THERE AMIGAS. NOT COMPARED TO THE THE EUROPEAN SCENE? FRAUD: ARE MYSTIX IN WAR WITH THE PUNISHERS? MTX: THAT IS THE UNDER STATEMENT OF THE YEAR! MYSTIX LOVE PUNSHITTERS.. FRAUD: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF 1991 SO FAR? MTX: I THINK THE SOFTWARE SCENE IS GETTING BETTER, BUT THE AMIGA IS BEING PUSHED CLOSER TO THE LIMITS. FOR ME IT IS TURNING OUT A GOOD YEAR AS I AM STARTING A LONG AWAITED JOB.. FRAUD: WHAT NEW MOVIES HAVE YOU SEEN LATLEY? MTX: ON VIDEO, MISERY, HOME ALONE, ROCKEY 5.. AT THE MOVIES. TEENAGE MUTANT MYSTIX INTERVIEW CONT. PAGE 033 NINGA TURTLES #2, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.. FRAUD: HOW DID YOUR EASTER PARTY TURN OUT? MTX: IT WAS AS GOOD AS EXPECTED... ABOUT 80 OR SO FREAKS THERE. FRAUD: WHO ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS IN THE SCENE? MTX: FINNISH FIST OF DIASASTER AREA, MONOF OF STORM, COOK OF ARMARDA. FRAUD: DO USE HAVE PLANS FOR A FUTURE PARTY? MTX: YES, POSSIBLY NEXT EASTER. FRAUD: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE 3 DISK-MAGS, DEMOS, GAMES. MTX: DISKMAGS. 1) ZINE, 2) DISC, 3) CRACKERS JOURNAL., DEMOS 1) BUDBRAIN MEGA DEMO II, 2) THE SIMPSONS BY DECAY, 3) ENIGMA BY PHENOMENA. GAMES 1) DUNGEON MASTER 2) GAULTLET II 3) THE GODS. FRAUD: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE RETURN OF THIS MAG? MTX: I THINK IT IS GREAT ASLONG AS IT WILL CONTINUE, I LIKE MAG WITH REGULAR ISSUES. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE SOMETHING ON A REGULAR BASIS FROM COMMING AUSTRALIA. FRAUD: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE CRUSADERS EURO-CHART? MTX: IT IS PRETTY COOOL.. UM.. I LIKE THE CHARTS, BUT I THINK THE NEWS SECTION IS NOT AS GOOD AS ZINE, BECUASE MANY PEOPLE USE IT AS A FALSE IMFORMATION SERVICE. FRAUD: IS MODEM TRADING IMPORTANT FOR USE? MYSTIX INTERVIEW CONT. PAGE 034 MTX: YES IT IS, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS NOT, AS ANYONE WITH A MODEM IS CLASSIFIED AS JUST A MODEM TRADER. FRAUD: WHO DO YOU THINK THE TOP 3 GROUPS IN AUSTRALIA ARE ALL UP? MTX: WELL.. THERE IS NOT THAT MANY ANYWAY, BUT I WOULD SAY, DECAY, INSANITY AND OF COZ. MYSTIX. FRAUD: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT DRUGS IN GENRAL? MTX: THEY ARE VERY GOOD IF YOU ARE ILL, BUT OTHERWISE I WOULD SAY IF YOU WANT TO KILL OR FUCK YOUR SELF UP, THEN IT IS YOUR OPTION. GO FOR IT!!!!!!!! FRAUD: TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR LOCAL SCENE?? MTX: TOO MANY LAMMERS. FRAUD: WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO? MTX: I LIKE MOST MUSIC, BUT MADONNA ESPECIALLY. FRAUD: WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FUTURE PLANS? MTX: I AM CONSIDERING ABOUT LEARNING TO CODE 68000, AND ALSO MORE THAN LIKLEY BE GETTING IN TO THE MODEM SCENE SOON. FRAUD: LAST OF ALL IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? MTX: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I HOPE THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE WILL GET BETTER BUT NOT GET LIKE THE EUROPEAN SCENE WHERE IT IS ALL MORE LIKE A BUISNESS AND NO FRIENDSHIP. MIDIAN OF MYSTIX WAS INTERVIEWED BY METALIC OF INFINITY! A NEW PD COMPANY!! PAGE 035 GREETINGS!!! WE ARE INTEGRAL COMPUTERS, A NEW PD COMPANY WHICH MAKES AND DISTRIBUTES (PUBLIC D), A NEW PD/SHAREWARE COLLECTION FOR THE AMIGA, WE ARE IN THE GATHERING AND ORGANIZING STAGES OF OUR COLLECTION ROGHT NOW, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THE COLLECTION READY BY APRIL 1991. WE ARE LOOKING FOR VIRTUALLY ANYDORT OF WORK FOR OUR COLLECTION. THIS INCLUDES GRAPHICS DEMOS AND MEGA-DEMOS, MUSIC-DISKS, ARTWORK, SOUND SAMPLES, UTILITIES GAMES, ANIMATION OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE MADE. THE ONLY REQUIRMENTS ARE IS THAT THE WORK IS YOUR OWN, AND THAT YOUR WORK IS PD OR SHAREWARE. WE WOULD LIKE TO GET AS MUCH OF YOUR WORK AS POSSIBLE, SO IT IS PERFECTLY OK TO SEND OLD DEMOS, MUSIC, ECT. IN RETURN FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COLLECTION WE WILL PAY YOU $0.50 (U.S.) EACH TIME ONE OF YOUR DISKS SELLS. THIS CAN REALLY ADD UP IF YOU HAVE MANY DIFFERENT DISKS IN OUR COLLECTION. OR INSTEAD OF $0.50 WE CAN PAY YOU A NEW BLANK DS/DD 3.5 FLOPPY DISK. THE CHOICE IS YOURS MONEY OR DISK(S), JUST LET US KNOW WHICH YOU WOULD PREFER. IF YOU THINK THIS PLAN SOUNDS GOOD AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE YOUR WORK TO OUR PUBLIC D COLLECTION, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SEND US AS MANY DISKS AS YOU WANT TO. PLEASE SEND YOUR WORK ON 3.5 INCH DISKS AND READY TO GO IN THE COLLECTION (I.E. DEMO DISKS WITH A MENU READY TO RUN, ETC.). IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO WRITE TO US. THE CHARTS PAGE 036 HELLO EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO THE ALL-FAMOUS CHARTS SECTION. WE HAVE KEPT THE USUAL CHARTS WHICH WERE IN ISSUE 2 OF F.R.A.U.D. BUT WE HAVE ALSO ADDED SOME NEW ONES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE IN THE CHARTS THEN SEND IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER TO THIS ADDRESS: PO.BOX 696 - KENMORE 4069 - AUSTRALIA. BEST LOOKING FEMALES IN THE WORLD BIGGEST ALCOHOL DRINKERS IN THE SCENE --------------------------------- ------------------------------------- (1) ELLE MC. PHERSON (1) SLAYER OF SCOOPEX (2) JANE BALDER (2) SKY OF BLOODSUCKERS (3) SAMANTHA FOX (3) HOFFI OF BLOODSUCKERS (4) JULIA ROBERTS (5) JENIFER KYTE BEST BEERS TO DRINK! (6) SAM BROWN -------------------- (7) JENIFER GREY (8) KIM WILDE (1) CASTLEMAINE DRY (9) MIMI ROGERS (2) POWERS BITTER ALE (10) PATSY/BRAINSTORM ???? (3) POWERS DRY THE CHARTS CONT. PAGE 037 BEST DISK-MAGAZINES IN THE SCENE!! BEST MOVIES FOR JULY 1991! ---------------------------------- -------------------------- (1) ZINE (BRAINSTORM) (1) MISERY (2) 4TH DIMENSION (CRYPTOBURNERS) (2) TEENAGE MUTANT NINGA TURTLES II (3) D.I.S.C. (VARIOUS GROUPS) (3) HOME ALONE (4) CRACKERS JOURNAL (AFL) (4) THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (5) FREEDOM CRACK (VEGA) (5) DEATH WARRENT (VAN DAMME) BEST TRAINER GROUPS BEST CRACKER GROUPS ------------------- ------------------- (1) THE PUNISHERS (1) SKID ROW (2) ENERGY AUSTRIA (2) QUARTEX (3) THE COMPANY (3) CRYSTAL THE CHARTS CONT. PAGE 038 BEST DEMOS FOR JULY 1991! BEST COMPUTER PAPER-MAGAZINES ------------------------- ----------------------------- (1) SEARCH FOR ANARCHY (SANITY) (1) COMODORE USER (2) SUBSTANCE (QUARTEX) (2) A.C.E. (3) BIG BUISNESS (DEFJAM) (3) THE ONE (4) DEINTRO (REBELS) (4) AMIGA USER (5) ZATANIKS (QUARTEX) (5) AMIGA WORLD WELL THAT IS ALL FOR THE CHARTS IN THIS ISSUE OF F-R-A-U-D. THE CHARTS WILL BE BACK NEXT ISSUE, REMEMBER TO VOTE IN THEM.. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE FOR THE HOLE NINE OF THEM IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO, JUST VOTE FOR THE ONES THAT YOU WANT TO, AND SEND IT TO THIS ADDRESS.. METALIC/INFINITY (FRAUD HQ) P.O.BOX 696 KENMORE 4069 AUSTRALIA METALIC'S DEMO CORNER! PAGE 039 REVIEW OF ALSYSLUM - THE SEARCH FOR ANARCHY DEMO BY SANITY: WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS DEMO, I STILL THOUGHT I WAS DRUNK FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE AS THIS DEMO WAS FUCKING UNBELIVABLE.. IT STARTED WITH A FADE IN - FADE OUT SANITY LOGO + CREDITS, THEN CAME A REALLY COOL ZOOMER EFFECT (FULL SCREEN) AFTER THAT THERE WAS A NICE FILLED VECTOR OBJECT WHICH TRANSFORMED INTO 144 VECTOR CUBES IN ONE FRAME. THEN THERE WAS A REAL NICE LITTLE STARWARS SCROLLER WITH SOME NICE EFFECTS TO IT, THEN WE SAW A FLYING CHEESE-PLANE WHICH WAS THE 1 ONE OF THAT KIND THAT I HAD EVER SEEN (REAL COOL!) ANOTHER NICE PART TO THIS MULTI DEMO WAS A VECTOR CUBE WITH MULTI-DIRECTIONAL SCROLLERS ON EACH SURFACE!! THIS DEMO WOULD HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE SEEN IN A WHILE, IT IS VERY ENTERTAINING, YOU ARE NOT STUCK TO LONG WATCHING ONE PART WHICH IS GOOD... I HOPE TO SEE MORE SANITY DEMO SOON.. KEEP UP THE WORK... ALL IN ALL I RATE THIS DEMO: CODING: 9/10 GRAFIX: 8/10 MUSIC: 7/10 IDEA: 9.5/10 ALL UP: 9/10. LAST WORDS: IF YOU HAVE NOT GOT THIS DEMO, THEN GET A COPY OF IT REVIEW OF DEINTRO BY REBELS: THIS DEMO HAS BEEN VERY ORIGIONALLY SET OUT, IT FEATURES A REAL NICE MULTI ZOOMER EFFECT, THEN AFTER THAT THERE IS A REALLY AWERSOME PART, IT HAS 1600 DOTS GOING OFF LIKE EXPLOSIONS (IT LOOKS AWERSOME!!) ON THE SCREEN AT THE SAME THERE ARE 4 FILLED-VECTOR CUBES IN 2 PLANES. THIS DEMO WAS CODED BY ICRONITE METALIC'S DEMO CORNER! CONT. PAGE 040 AND MILKSHAKE OF REBELS.. I RATE THIS DEMO: CODING: 8.3/10 GRAFIX: 6/10 MUSIC: 7/10 IDEA: 9.3/10 ALL UP 8.8/10. LAST WORDS: COOOL DEMO! KEEP UP THE WORK GUYZ. REVIEW OF SUBSTANCE DEMO BY QUARTEX: YEEEEAAAAAHHH!! REALLY COOL.. NICE GFX AND SOUND, AND UNBELIVIABLY AWERSOME CODING, THIS DEMO FEATURES STUFF THAT LOOKS JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO, IT FEATURES THINGS LIKE A SOLID FILLED VECTOR SCROLLER (ROTATION) IN 2 PLANES, A FILLED VECTOR WORLD, A BEDROOM IN FILLED VECTORS, A BEDROOM IN FILLED-VECTORS WITH THE JUGGLER DUDE IN VECTOR-BOBS AT THE SAME TIME, BOTH USING DIFFERENT ROTATIONS, THERE IS ALSO A FILLED VECTOR FLY, FLYING AROUND THE JUGGLERS HEAD.. IN THE DEMO THERE ARE ALSO SOME FAST STENCIL VECTORS, LARGE AND COMPLEX FILLED VECTOR OBJECTS, THERE WAS ONE PART WHICH HAD A STAR-FIELD SPLIT IN TO 2 AND ROTATE, (NO TO DIFFICULT TO DO, BUT LOOKS REALLY COOL!). ANYWAY THERE IS HEAPS AND HEAPS IN THIS DEMO, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT GOT IT THEN GET IT... I RATE SUBSTANCE: CODING: 9.9/10 GRAFIX: 8/10 MUSIC: 8/10 IDEA: 9/10 ALL IN ALL: 9/10. LAST WORDS.. RELESE MORE DEMOS.. O.K.. THAT IS ALL FOR THE DEMO REVIEWS FOR THIS ISSUE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR DEMO REVIEWED, THEN SEND IT TO THIS ADDRESS. BOX 696 - KENMORE 4069 - AUSTRALIA WHY SO MANY DISK-MAGAZINE'S PAGE 041 LOOKING AROUND THE SCENE LATLEY I SEE MANY GROUPS ARE GOING TO START UP A DISK MAGAZINE, BUT HOW MANY ISSUES WILL IT LAST??? TAKE FLASH PRODUCTIONS FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WERE GOING TO RELESE A DISK-MAGAZINE CALLED PAPYRUS, BUT THEY CHANGED THERE MINDS AFTER FINDING OUT THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE WOULD WRITE ARTICLES FOR IT.. WE DON'T WANT THE AMIGA SCENE TO TURN OUT LIKE THE 64 SCENE, WHERE THERE WERE FUCKING HEAPS OF DISK-MAGAZINES, SOME SUCCESFUL AND SOME SHIT. YOU MAY SAY TO YOUR SELF 'I CAN GET ENOUGH ARTICLES FOR AN ISSUE OR 2, AND FROM THERE ONWARDS IT IS ALL A BREZE, PEOPLE WILL SEND ME ARTICLES ND ADDS AND I'LL GET INTERVIEWS.' WELL THAT IS TOTALLY WRONG, BELIVE ME, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON DISK-MAGS ON AMIGA SINCE MARCH 1990, WHEN ME AND PSYKIC OF DECAY STARTED THE SCENE DISK-MAGAZINE UP, BUT BACK THEN THERE WER NOT AS MANY MAGS AROUND THE SCENE, BUT NOW, IF ANYMORE DISK-MAGAZINE'S COME OUT THEY WILL VERTIALLY CONTAIN THE SAME CONTENTS, (AT LEAST THE SAME PARTY-REPORTS,NEWS + ROUMERS ETC) THE ONLY THING TO DO WITH THE SCENE IN THEM THAT WILL BE OF INTEREST WILL BE THE INTERVIEWS.. SO INSTEAD OF STARTING UP A DISK-MAGAZINE FOR A COUPLE OF ISSUES WHY NOT JUST BE A EDITOR FOR A DISK-MAGAZINE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE?? AT PRESENT THERE ARE OVER 10 DISKMAGS AROUND, HERE IS A QUICK LIST OF SOME OF THEM. ZINE - CRACKERS JOURNAL - HACKMAG - THE SCENE - BLIP VERTS DISC - FRAUD - FREEDOM CRACK - ICE - STOLEN DATA ETC.. ETC.. THINK ABOUT IT... ARTICLE BY METALIC / INFINITY NEWS AND ROUMERS PAGE 042 HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE NEWS AND ROUMERS FOR INFINITY'S F.R.A.U.D. ISSUE #03 THE MAIN POINT OF THIS SECTION IS FOR IF YOU WANT TO ANNOUNCE A COPY-PARTY OR IF YOU HAVE CHANGED GROUPS, YOUR HANDLE ETC.. ALL NEWS AND ROUMERS IS TO BE SENT TO THIS ADDRESS. PO.BOX 696 - KENMORE 4069 - AUSTRALIA.. LETS START!!!!! TEACHER AND CORPROL HAVE LEFT SKID MYSTIX AND PUNISHERS ARE IN A WAR!!! ROW AND ARE NOW TEACHER + CORPRAL... ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ BULLET OF INSANITY IS DOING THE CALL THE INFINITY WHQ IN THE STATES GRAFIX FOR THE NEXT MYSTIX DEMO, IT + 1 (609) 983 3635 (SYSOP BY BY-TOR IS CODED BY CONDOR. ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ROUMER IS GOING AROUND THAT CADDY OF SOME EX-DAWN/PHROPHECY GUYS AND SOME DEFJAM RIPPED THE CODE FOR HIS BIG PEOPLE HAVE JOINED THE AUSTRALIAN BUISNESS DEMO, THAT IS A FALSE CREW CALLED 'DECAY'. ROUMER. ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ DID YOU KNOW THAT BIGMAC OF DECAY THE PUNISHERS WERE GOING TO HOLD IS THE MOST WELL KNOWN AUSTRALIAN IN A COPY PARTY IN JULY, BUT NO-ONE THE SCENE, OVER IN U.S.A. BECAUSE OF HAS HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT. HIS 'HINCH DEMO' AND 'STEVE VISARD'. ------------------------------------ DEMO AND HIS LATEST 'SIMPSONS DEMO'. NEWS AND ROUMERS CONT. PAGE 043 SOON THERE WILL BE A MERGER BETWEEN MYSTIX HAVE GOT 3 NEW MEMBERS, THEY TELECOM AUSTRALIA AND AT&T U.S.A. SO ARE ILLUSION (A COOL HARDWARE DUDE). THAT WILL MAKE IT FUCKING DIFFICULT SHADOW (A LOOSER) AND COBRA (WHO IS TO PHREAK CALLS FROM AUSTRALIA. A SWAPPER). ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ KEFRENS AND FLASH PRODUCTIONS HAVE THE MOVIE TERMINATOR 2 IS AROUND ON CANCELLED THE RELESE OF THERE DISK THE VIDEO SCENE, AND DID YOU KNOW MAGAZINE CALLED 'PAPYRUS' BECAUSE IT COST MORE THAN ANY MOVIE EVER HAS OF LACK OF ARTICLES. TO MAKE... ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ THE INNER CIRCLE (TIC) HAVE JOINED FILLIPETO (FREEDOM CRACK PRODUCER) THE WORLD FAMOUSE GROUP 'QUARTEX'.. HAS LEFT AMAZE AND STARTED A NEW ------------------------------------ GROUP CALLED VEGA. THERE IS A GUY IN BRISBANE AUSTRALIA ------------------------------------ CLAIMING TO BE A SKID ROW MEMBER DECAY HAVE A 2 DISK DEMO ON THE WAY THAT IS FLASE.. HE ISN'T IN SKID ROW CALLED 'DECOLOGY' EACH OF THE CODERS ------------------------------------ IN DECAY WILL CODE 2 PART EACH!!!!!! TIME ARE NOT DEAD, ROUMERS SAID THEY ------------------------------------ WERE BUT THEY RECENTLY RELESED A 2000 -AD ARE NOW ACTIVE ON THE AMIGA INTRO. SCENE. NEWS AND ROUMERS CONT. PAGE 044 THERE WILL SOON BE A DISK-MAGAZINE MOST OF THE HORIZION MEMBERS HAVE OUT CALLED 'SNAP' IT WILL BE RELESED FORMED A GROUP CALLED 'HYPERION'. BY TRISTAR + RED SECTOR INC. ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ THE ITALIAN DIVISION OF AMAZE IS CRACK UK. ARE DOING A DISK-MAG. DEAD. ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ NUTCRACK IS GOING TO BE A MAG THE CODERS AND MAIN GUYS FROM BETWEEN CAVE AND EOC 1999. PARADOX FRANCE, RE-FORMED QUARTEX.. (HOW MANY MORE MAGS WILL THERE BE?) THEY ARE A SUBDIVISION OF QUARTEX... ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ CRYSTAL WILL SOON RELESE SOME DEMOS. PATSY IS A GIRL..... SHE IS ALSO A COZ THEY HAVE NOW GOT A CODING MEMBER OF BRAINSTORM.. BUT THERE IS SECTION. ANOTHER GIRL IN THE SCENE HER NAME ------------------------------------ IS 'DAWKS'. THERE IS A NEW CRUSADERS BOARD IN ------------------------------------ THE STATES CALLED 'THIS END UP'. ROUMER IT GOING AROUND THAT THE WIZ ------------------------------------ OF OZ/DECAY DIGITIZED THE PICTURES F.R.A.U.D. IS AN INFINITY PRODUCTION IN THE DECAY SIMPSONS DEMO, THAT IS (C) BY METALIC/INFINITY (1990/91)+ FALSE. ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ NEWS AND ROUMERS CONT. PAGE 045 BART, SERIOUS AND ISEPIC LEFT INSANITY KICKED OUT 2 MEMBERS EXPRESS TO FORM KAOS. CHROME AND OABALL. ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ REACTOR NZ IS DEAD, SOME MEBERS THERE WAS A KAOS PARTY ON QUEENS FORMED EXTREME, OTHERS WHO KNOWS.... BIRTHDAY, (SEND A REPORT DUDEZ!) ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ THE PUNISHERS HAVE 2 NEW CODERS THERE IS A ROUMER GOING AROUND THAT SAVATAGE, AND ANOTHER DUDE. JUST AFTER THE EASTER PARTY IN ------------------------------------ CANBERRA (A.C.T.) THE PUNISHERS DID SOME EX DAWN GUYS HAVE JOINED AN ANTI MYSTIX DEMO. THE PUNISHERS. (QUASAR AND OTHERS) ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ INSANITY ARE DOING A CHARTS MAGAZINE THE PUNISHERS NOW HAVE 2 BOARDS BASED ON AUSTRALIAN GROUPS ETC.. IN AUSTRALIA. CHERNOYBLE AND ------------------------------------ ENTERPRISE. DECAY WILL SOON RELESE ISSUE 5 OF ------------------------------------ THE SCENE AFTER ABOUT 9 MONTHS.. INSANITY HAVE ANOTHER 6 MEMBERS ------------------------------------ THEY NOW HAVE 21 IN TOTAL. ISSUE 2 OF BLIP-VERTS IS OUT. ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ NEWS AND ROUMERS CONT. PAGE 046 THE PUNISHERS HAVE 6 BOARDS ALL UP. THERE IS AN INSANITY COPY-PARTY IN ------------------------------------ VICTORIA AROUND DECEMBER, MORE PIRRAHNA (THE CODER OF THE IMFORMATION WILL BE IN THE NEXT 3D-BREAKOUT DEMO FOR DECAY) IS ISSUE OF F.R.A.U.D. CURRENTLY WORKING ON A GAME. ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ THERE WAS A DEMO DONE USING THE RED AITKEN OF INSANITY IS STOPPING ALL SECTOR DEMO CREATOR AND RELESED GRAPHICS ACTIVITIES FOR A WHILE UNDER THE NAME 'COMA'. IT HAD BECAUSE OF DOING ANIMATED ADDS FOR NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GROUP COMA, TELEVISION. LAMMER DID IT AS AN ANTI DEMO!!!!!!! ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ THE ROCK GROUP AC/DC WILL BE TOURING THE PUNISHERS ARE EXPANDING VERY AUSTRALIA IN NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1991. QUICK, THEY ARE GETTING MEMBERS ------------------------------------ DAILY. FLASH AND DAFFY ARE NOT MEMBERS OF ------------------------------------ OF THE PUNISHERS. MAYHEM NEW ZEALAND IS DEAD!! ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ A LAMMER CALLED JINXTER IS NOT A THE PUNISHERS HAVE GOT A NEW CRACKER MEMBER OF INSANITY. HE IS SAYING HE HIS NAME IS ASTRA. IS, DON'T BELIVIE HIM. ------------------------------------ NEWS AND ROUMERS CONT. PAGE 047 THERE WILL BE AN INFINITY PARTY IN A MEMBER OF FREEFLIGHT HAS BEEN BRISBANE AUSTRALIA, DURING SEPTEMBER TO GIVE TEKNIX OF MYSTIX ADDRESS IN 1991, IT WILL BE A IN A BIG HALL TO THE FEDERAL POLICE, THIS IS THE ALCOHOL IS 100% ALLOWED.. THERE WILL LAMMEST THING SOMEONE CAN POSSIBLEY BE A DEMO COMPETION, WITH CASH DO, IF THIS LAMMER DOES GIVE TEKNIX PRIZES.. WRITE NOW TO THIS ADDRESS ADDRESS TO THE POLICE HE WILL HAVE FOR INVITATIONS AND MORE IMFORMATION HOLE SCENE AGAINST HIM. ------------------------------------ WRITE TO: WELL THAT IS ALL FOR THE NEWS AND METALIC/INFINITY ROUMERS FOR ISSUE #003 OF FRAUD P.O.BOX 696 BUT THE NEWS + ROUMERS WILL BE BACK KENMORE 4069 NEXT ISSUE, REMEMBER TO SEND ALL AUSTRALIA NEWS + ROUMERS (GOSIP) TO F.R.A.U.D SEN IT TO. PO.BOX 696 THERE WILL BE MORE IMFORMATION KENMORE 4069 IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF F.R.A.U.D. AUSTRALIA THIS WILL HOPEFULLY BE THE PROPER AUSTRALIAN PARTY. ------------------------------------ GIRLS ON THE AMIGA PAGE 048 LET'S TALK ABOUT A RARE THING??? GIRLS OR (WOMEN) ON THE AMIGA, THERE ARE ONLY 2 OF WHAT I KNOW OFF, 1) A MEMBER OF IRIS AND 2) A BRAINSTORM MEMBER BUT I THINK THAT THERE MUST BE MORE THAN 2 GIRLS OUT THERE WHO OWN AN AMIGA AS THERE ARE OVER 1 BILLION GIRLS IN THE WORLD, WHY DON'T THEY COME OUT IN TO THE REAL COMPUTER WORLD??? WHAT IS THE FEAR? I WOULD PERSONALLY GUESS THAT THERE WOULD BE ABOUT 5000 VERY KEEN GIRLS OUT THERE WHO OWN AMIGAS AND WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED IN MORE THAN PLAYING GAMES ON THERE COMPUTERS.. NOT FUCKING, I MEAN LIKE LEARNING TO CODE OR DO SOME GRAFIX FOR A DEMO, MAYBE COMPOSE A TUNE FOR A DEMO, WELL WHY NOT WRITE TO ME (METALIC OF INFINITY) I AM A CODER (SINCE JULY 1989, I ALSO AM THE CODER AND PUBLISHER OF THIS DISK-MAGAZINE, SO ANY GIRL WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE SCENE, NOW IS YOUR ONCE IN A LIFE-TIME CHANCE, I AM OFFERING YOU THE BREAK.. OK I SUPPOSE THAT YOU ARE WAITING FOR MY ADDRESS.. IT IS.. METALIC/INFINITY P.O.BOX 696 KENMORE 4069 AUSTRALIA SEND A PHOTO TO PROVE THAT YOU ARE FEMALE. (ARTICLE BY METALIC/INFINITY) METALIC'S MOVIE CORNER PAGE 049 YO, LETS TAKE A LOOK AT SOME COOL HOME ALONE: KEVIN (AN 8 YEAR OLD BOY MOVIES AROUND AT THE PRESENT TIME. IS AT HIS HETKIC CHRISTMAS PARTY, MISERY: A AUTHOR NAMED PAUL SHELDEN AS PER USUAL WITH KEVIN, TROUBLE WRITES NOVELS CALLED MISERY, HE HAS STARTS AND HE IS SENT UP TO HIS THE BEEN FOLLOWED AROUND BY AN OBSESSED, TOP BEDROOM TO SLEEP IN THE DARK BY PSYKOTIC LADY (WITH A HISTORY), HE HIMSELF, DURING THE NIGHT THE POWER IS DRIVING HOME AFTER WRITING HIS CUTS OUT AND THE ALARM CLOCKS RESET, BOOK, THE WEATHER IS HAZARDOS, AND AND THEY DON'T GO OFF IN THE MORNING HE CRASHES HIS CAR OFF THE ROAD HIS PARENTS WAKE UP WITH 45 MINUTES THE LADY 'ANNIE' THAT IS FOLLOWING TO GET TO THE PLANE (AS THEY DEPART HIM AROUND TAKES HIM BACK TO HER ON THERE HOLIDAYS!) THEY ARE IN SO PLACE, HE WAKES UP WITH DAMMAGED OF A RUSH, THAT THEY FORGET ALL LEGS, ETC. ANNIE TELLS HIM THAT SHE KEVIN, HE WAKES UP AND NO-BODY IS IN HAS CALLED EVERYONE TO TELL HIM THAT SO THE FUN BEGINS FOR HIM, AT FIRST HE IS OK, BUT DID SHE??? ANYWAY HE FUCKS THE HOUSE UP (?) IN THE WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE IN IS A MEAN TIME THERE ARE 2 BURGLARS THRILLER, LOTS OF SUSPENCE BREAKING IN ALL THE HOUSES IN THE METALIC RATES MISERY... 80/100. NEIGHBORHOOD, THE BURGALARS CALL LAST WORDS.. THIS MOVIE IS REALLY THEMSELVES 'THE WET BANDITS' AND INTERESTING, GET IT... ARE A COUPLE OF CANS SHORT OF A SIX METALIC'S MOVIE CORNER CONT. PAGE 050 PACK.. KEVIN MAKES THEM THINK THAT FOR A HOUSE, WHILE HE IS WANDERING THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSE ABOUT HE SEE'S A HOUSE THAT HAS JUST AT PRESENT, BUT EVENTUALLY THEY BEEN BUILT. HE BUILDS HIMSELF A FIND OUT THAT HE IS 'HOME ALONE'. ROOM UP IN THE ATIC. A FAMILY END UP THEY DECIDE TO COME BACK AT NIGHT MOVING IN THE HOUSE, AND HE LISTENS TIME, BUT WHEN THEY GET THERE HE IS IN ON EVERY MOVE THEY MAKE, I WILL ARRMED AND PREPARED, ALL IN ALL NOT TELL YOU ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT HOME ALONE IS AN ENJOYABLE AND MOVIE, JUST INCASE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ENTERTAINING MOVIE, I RATE IT 90/100 IT YET. ANYWAY I RATE IT. 85/100. HIDER IN THE HOUSE: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME MOVIES THIS MOVIE IS ABOUT A MAN WHO AS THEN DON'T HESITATE, SEND EM TO THIS A CHILD WAS BEATEN UP BY HIS PARENTS ADDRESS. PO.BOX 696 - KENMORE 4069 HE ENDED UP BURNING DOWN HIS PARENTS AUSTRALIA HOUSE AND KILLING THEM BOTH, THE MOVIE STARTS 20 YEARS LATER, HE HAS REVIEWS BY METALIC/INFINITY!! BEEN IN A MENTAL INSTUTION FOR 20 YEARS (OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT!). ANYWAY, HE'S BEING RELESED AND LOOKS OTHER DISK-MAGS PAGE 051 THE SCENE: HACK-MAG: HI PSYKIC/DECAY, WHEN ARE YOU GOING YOU HAVE A NICE ROUTINE, AND ALSO TO RELESE ISSUE 5 OF THE SCENE?? IT HEAPS OF INTERESTING ARTICLES, I HAS BEEN ABOUT 10 MONTHS NOW, I HOPE THINK THAT HACK-MAG WILL SOON BECOME THAT IT IS SOON.. IN THE TOP 3 MAGS, KEEP UP THE COOL WORK AND CONTACT US.. ZINE: HELLO CHESTER, THE LAST ZINE ISSUE BLIP-VERTS: WAS REALLY COOL, THE CONTENTS ARE HELLO WIZ OF OZ/DECAY, BLIP-VERTS IS GETTING MUCH GREATER AND BETTER EACH QUITE COOL, I LIKE THE FREE ADDS ISSUE, I LOOK FORWARD TO READING IDEA, IT THINK IT IS GOOD TO HAVE ISSUE #10. AN ADVERTS ONLY DISK-MAG, KEEP UP THE WORK.. SEND ME ISSUE 3 WHEN IT D.I.S.C.: IS OUT. HELLO JPN, DISC IS IMPROVING, THE CONTENTS ARE ALSO GETTING BETTER CRACKERS JOURNAL: BUT PERHAPS SOME MORE INTERVIEWS AND TRY TO CODE A NEW MENU SYSTEM, AND SCENE REPORTS WOULD BE BETTER?? GET RID OF MOST OF THE GERMAN. (IT'S ANYWAY KEEP UP THE COOL WORK.. AND POINTLESS HAVING A SCENE MAGAZINE DON'T FORGET TO SEND ME ISSUE 8. WHEN NOT ALL THE SCENE CAN READ IT.. OTHER DISK-MAGS CONT. PAGE 052 4TH DIMENTION: STOLEN DATA: HELLO CRYPTOBURNERS/RAZOR 1911, 4TH HELLO TEEZE/ANARCHY! NICE MAG, WOULD DIMENTION IS GETTING EXELLECT, THE LOOK BETTER WITH MORE CONTENTS, THE ARTICLES ARE GREAT, NICE GFX + SOUND CODING AND MUSIC IS GREAT, GRAFIX THE MENU IS WELL CODED, KEEP UP THE ARE ALSO GOOD.. LOOK FORWARD TO THE GOOD WORK, AND CONTACT US... NEXT ISSUES OF STOLEN DATA. FREEDOM CRACK: SECTOR 4: I HAVEN'T SEEN AN ISSUE IN AGES, IS HELLO SECTOR 4, NICE MAG-ROUTINE FREEDOM CRACK MAGAZINE STILL ALIVE?? BUT MORE ARTICLES AND STUFF IN IT ANYWAY, YOU SHOULD PUT YOUR TEXT IN WOULD LOOK HEAPS BETTER.. CONTACT US MEDIUM RESOLUTION (IT LOOKS MUCH MORE PROFFESIONAL), ALSO IF FREEDOM CRACK IS STILL ALIVE, PLEASE CONTACT WELL WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ALL US AND SEND THE LATEST ISSUE. GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO (OR ALREADY DO) RELESE A DISK-MAG, AS I THINK I.C.E: IT IS GOOD TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH HELLO CYTAX MEMBERS, I HAVE NOT SEEN ALL OTHER SCENE MAGAZINES. YOUR MAG, BUT I HEARD THAT IT'S COOL WHY NOT CONTACT US.... METALIC/INFINITY HOW TO ORDER PAGE 053 DO YOU WANT TO GET THE LATEST ISSUE OK. SEND THE MONEY AND THE OF FRAUD AS SOON AS IT IS RELESED? TO THIS ADDRESS. WELL WHY NOT GET A F.R.A.U.D ABO??? HERE ARE THE PRICES.. P.O.BOX 696 KENMORE 4069 1 ISSUE - $8 AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS AUSTRALIA 3 ISSUES - $20 AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS 5 ISSUES - $30 AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS NOTE: WE ONLY EXCEPT AUSTRALIAN CURRENCEY, AS IT IS TOO DIFICULT FOR US TO EXCHANGE THE MONEY FOR AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS. IF YOU ORDER AN ISSUE OF FRAUD, IT WILL BE POSTED OFF TO YOU THE DAY IT IS RELESED (FAST-AIRMAIL!) AND YOU WILL ALSO RECIEVE 1 FREE ADVERT PER ISSUE THAT YOU ORDER.. DEMOS/INTROS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE PAGE 054 AS CODERS LEARN NEW TRICKS DEMOS/INTROS GET MORE ADVANCED, 2 YEARS AGO 1 PART DEMO'S WERE REALLY COOL, BUT NOW THEY LOOK LAME, NOW IT IS MULTI-PART DEMOS AND SOON IT WILL BE FULL-DISK DEMOS, AND MULTI PART INTRO'S. NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF ALL DEMO'S ARE MULTI-PART, AND MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF ALL DEMOS FEATURE SOME KIND OF VECTOR GRAFIX, MANDLEBRANT GRAFIX ARE ALSO REGUALARY SEEN THE RGB PLASMA EFFECT WILL ALSO BECOME A REGULARY SCENE PART IN MULTI-DEMO SOON (I PERSONALLY THINK IT IS GETTING THAT WAY NOW), VECTORBOBS ARE OVER USED, AND SO ARE MOST FORMS OF VECTOR GRAPHICS. IF YOU INSIST ON DOING VECTOR GRAPHICS THEN DOSOMETHING MORE COMPLICATED, SUCH AS INCONVEX VECTORS ETC.. ALSO THOSE VERTICAL COLOUR-BARS (BLITTER OBJECTS) ARE DEFINETLY OUT. REAL-TIME VERTICAL BARS ARE IN THOUGH? MAYBE SOMETHING NEW WILL COME OUT TOMMOROW AND IT WILL GO OUT OF FASION WHEN ABOUT 5 OR 6 PEOPLE HAVE DONE IT.... ARTICLE BY METALIC/INFINITY OPEN LETTER TO WAZZA OF MYSTIX PAGE 055 FUCK YOU LAMMER.. YOUR BULLSHIT THAT YOU TALK IS PATHETIC, YOU ARE ONE OF THE LAMMEST AUSTRALIAN AMIGA USERS, NO I'LL SAY, YOU ARE THE LAMEST AMIGA USER IN THE WORLD. YOU CLAIM TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE NOT, BUT YOU ARE JUST A STUPID FUCKING CUNT.. YOU HAVE BEEN IN WAR WITH MOST OF AUSTRALIA AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, LAST YEAR YOU WERE IN WAR WITH JUDAS/LOC, THIS YEAR THE PUNISHERS NEXT YEAR YOU PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ALIVE TO BE IN ANY WAR WITH A GROUP, FACE IT MYSTIX ARE A DYING GROUP, YOU ARE GETING PEOPLE OF THE STREETS AND LETING THEM JOIN, PEOPLE WHO GOT THERE AMIGA YESTERDAY, SOON ALL MEMBERS WILL LEAVE, TAKE BANDIT FOR EXAMLE, HE GOT SICK OF ALL THE WARS THAT YOU CREATE, AND HE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE SCENE TEMPORALLY. HOW DOES IT FEEL BEING MENTIONED AS THE NR.1 LOOSER IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE??? FOR SOMEONE AS OLD AS YOU ARE, YOU WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE MORE SENSE THAN TO TALK BULLSHIT 24 HOURS PER DAY, 7 DAYS PER WEEK, 365 DAYS PER YEAR, 120 MONTHS PER DECADE ETC. YOU REMIND ME OF SOME LAMMERS CALLED THE BARBARIANS, (COUSINS PERHAPS??? OR ARE THEY YOUR SUPPLIERS??? WHAT CAN I EXPECT NEXT, A ANTI INFINITY DEMO, PERHAPS LIKE THE ONE THAT YOU WANTED ME TO CODE ABOUT THE PUNISHERS, BUT I DIDN'T..... IF YOU ARE THINKING OF CODING AN ANTI INFINITY DEMO, THEN GO RIGHT AHEAD...... I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT... ANY BY THE WAY, YOU ARE THAT FUCKING STUPID THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PUB AND A NIGHTCLUB?? MAYBE THAT CAN BE EXPECTED WITH AN I.Q. AS LOW AS YOU HAVE.. FUCK UP AND DIE!. INTERVIEW WITH SAVOTAGE OF THE PUNISHERS PAGE 056 FRAUD: HOW OLD ARE YOU AND WHAT IS YOUR POSITION IN THE PUNISHERS? PNS: I'M 18 AND I'M A CODER. FRAUD: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A MEMBER OF THE PUNISHERS? PNS: ABOUT 2 MONTHS. FRAUD: TELL US YOUR HISTORY ON COMPUTERS? PNS: I WAS ON THE 64 FROM ABOUT 84 TO 87 AND THE I WAS ON THE AMIGA TILL 1990 AND NOW I'M ON THE AMIGA AND IBM. FRAUD: NAME SOME NICE DEMOS THAT YOU HAVE RECENTLY SEEN? PNS: PULLING THE TRIGER BY PALACE, SANITY DEMO, ENIGMA BY PHENOMENA FRAUD: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MYSTIX?? PNS: THEY SUCK.. FRAUD: TELL US SOME OF YOUR FUTURE PRODUCTIONS? PNS: I'M SOON GOING TO RELESE A WHOLE DISK DEMO WITH CAMEO. FRAUD: WHAT DO YOU HATE? PNS: PEOPLE WHO RIP CODE. FRAUD: WHAT DO YOU LIKE? PNS: GOOD BITMAP MANIPULATIION, ALSO SMOOTH VECTORS. FRAUD: WHAT DISK-MAGAZINE DO YOU READ, AND WHY? PNS: I DON'T READ ANY, I DO NOT LIKE READING. FRAUD: IS PHREAKING IMPORTANT FOR YOU? INTERVIEW WITH SAVOTAGE OF THE PUNISHERS CONT. PAGE 057 PNS: NO. FRAUD: WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT LAMMERS AND LOOSERS? PNS: WELL I THINK THEY SHOULD GET OF COMPUTERS FULL STOP. FRAUD: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN CODING THE AMIGA? PNS: 3 YEARS. FRAUD: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE AMIGA SCENE COMPARED TO THE 64 SCENE? PNS: THE 64 SCENE WAS BETTER. FRAUD: WHAT ASSEMBLER DO YOU USE? PNS: DEVPAC FRAUD: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE GAMES? PNS: I DON'T PLAY GAMES. FRAUD: LAST OF ALL IS THERE ANYTHIN THAT YOU WISH TO SAY. PNS: NOT REALLY. WE THANK SAVOTAGE OF THE PUNISHES FOR LETTING MUS INTERVIEW HIM.. SAVOTAGE/PUNISHERS WAS INTERVIEWED BY METALIC/INFINITY OVER THE PHONE! MORE MOVIE REVIEWS PAGE 058 REVIEW OF CHILDS PLAY 2: OVER ANDY'S BODY, AND ANDY IS JUST CHILD'S PLAY, A HORROR-SUSPENSE DETERMINED THAT THE DOLL WILL NOT... MOVIES THAT WAS A HIT 3 YEARS AGO FOR A TIME NO-ONE BELIVES THAT THE HAD THE OBVIOUS POTENTIAL FOR A TROUBLE ANDY IS GETTING IN TO AT THE SEQUAL. SCHOOL AND AT HOME IS NO FAULT OF ALEX VINCENT REPRISES HIS ROLE AS HIS. ANDY BARCLAY, THE BOY WHO IS HIS ONLY ALLY IS ANOTHER FOSTER RELENTLESLEY PURSHUED BY A DOLL CHILD AT THE SIMPSON'S, KYLE THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE PLAYED BY CHRISTINE ELLISE). PSYCHOPATHIC SOUL OF A DEAD KILLER. AND WHEN THE FINAL SHOW-DOWN COMES IN THE SEQUAL ANDY IS FOSTERED OUT ANDY AND KYLE TAKE ON THE KILLER TO JOANNE AND PHIL SIMPSON, AND NEW DOLL IN THE TOY FACTORY, THE SPECIAL LIFE IS BEING GIVEN TO THE DOLL BY EFFECTS ARE FIRST CLASS, AND THE PLAY PALS TOY FACTORY, AFTER THE PUPPERTRY IS FUCKING GREAT... ORIGIONAL EVIL CHUCKEY WAS BURNT TO A CRISP AND DECAPITATED. I RATE CHILDS PLAY 80/100! THEY HOPE TO DISPEL THE NEGITIVE PUBLISITY, BUT AS SOON AS THE DOLL IS RE-ASSEMBLED CHUCKY IS BACK.. CHUCKY IS AGAIN DETERMINED TO TAKE MORE MOVIE REVIEWS CONT. PAGE 059 QUICK REVIEW OF COUPE DE VILLE: MASTERSON, AND HE HAS A SEXUAL COUPE DE VILLE IS THE STORY OF 3 AFFAIR WITH HER, SHE FALLS PREGNANT BROTHERS (PLAYED BY DANIEL STERN, BUT HAS A MISSCARIGE, AND THEY SPLIT ARYE GROSS AND PATRICK DEMPSEY. UP, BUT WILDER GOES BACK TO HIS THEY ARE ALL GETTING TO KNOW EACH EX-WIFE. OTHER ON A CAR TRIP FROM MICHIGAN TO FLORIDA. REVIEW OF MANIAC COP 2: THE MAKERS OF MANIAC COP HAVE LASHED QUICK REVIEW OF FUNNY ABOUT LOVE: TWICE AS MUCH ON IT'S SEQUAL, BUT IT FUNNY ABOUT LOVE, IS ABOUT A COUPLE IS NOT A GOOD MOVIE, THE ORIGIONAL THAT ARE TRYING TO HAVE A BABY, BUT MOVIE HAD AN INTERESTING PREMISE, A ARE UNABLE TO HAVE ONE, IN THIS FILM ROUGE COP STRIKING FEAR INTO THE THE SUCCESSFUL CARTOONIST 'DUFFY HEARTS OF THE CITERZONS OF NEW YORK. BERGMAN (WILDER) IS SO WRAPPED UP NOW THE COP IS BACK OUT OF HIS GRAVE ABOUT HAVING A CHILD THAT IT CAUSES AND IS LOOKING FOR REVENGE. BOTH THERE MARIAGE TO SEPERATE.. HIS WIFE BRUCE CAMPBELL AND ROBERT Z'DAR ARE IS PLAYED BY CHRISTIINE LAHTI. ONCE BACK WITH NEW COMBERS ROBERT DAVID HE HAS SEPERATED FROM HOIS WIFE, HE FROM DI HARD, AND CLAUDIA CRISTIAN MEETS A GIRL PLAYED BY MARY STUART FROM HIDER N THE HOUSE.. MORE MOVIE REVIEWS CONT. PAGE 060 REVIEW OF THE HANDMAIDS TAIL: SCI-FI MOVIES ABOUT LIFE ON EARTH AFTER A NEUCLEAR HOLLACAST CAN BE FRIGHTNING, IF WHAT IS PRESCRIBED IS WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF CREDIBILITY, THIS FILM DESCRIBES LIFE AT THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY WHERE AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY, IT IS REPLACED WITH A REPRESIVE SOCIETY RULLED BY RIGHTWIN FUNDEMENTILISTS. THROUGH A SERIES OF NU-CLEAR ACCIDENTS, POLLUTION AND GENETIC EXPERIMENTS ONLY 1 IN 100 WOMEN CAN STILL CONSERVE, THEY ARE ONE IN 3 GROUPS IN WHICH FEMALES ARE RELEGATED, THE OTHERS ARE DOMESTIC AND WIVES. THOSE ABLE TO BEAR CHILDREN ARE KNOWN AS HANDMAIDS, AND ARE SERVICED BY THE RULERS AND THE COMMANDERS TO PRODUCE THE NEW RACE.. A GIRL CALLED KATE, IS A WIFE AND MOTHER WHO IS CAUGHT TRYING TO ESCAPE TO CANADA, HER HUSBAND IS SHOT DEAD BY THE GUARDS, BUT HER DAUGHTER ESCAPES. KATE IS TO BECOME A HANDMAID AND IS TAKEN TO A RAINING CENTRE WHERE SHE AND OTHER WOMEN ARE IN-DOCTRINATED IN THE DUTIES AND GLORY OF THERE NEW RULE. KATE IS ASSIGNED TO A COMMANDER NAMED FRED AND HIS WIFE SERENA.. IF SHE BECOMES PREGNENT THE CHILD WILL BE TAKEN AWAY, AND IF SHE DOSEN'T SHE WILL BE SEN'T TO THE TOXIC WASTELANDS. THE FUTURE HOLDS LITTLE HOPE, UNTIL SHE MEETSNICK, SHE IS ENCOURAGED BY SERENA TO HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH NICK, SHE LEARNS OF AN UNDERGROUND OPPERATION, SHE EVENTUALLY BECOMES PREGNENT, AND PLEAS TO ESCAPE WITH NICK.. I RATE IT 85/100 LAST WORDS PAGE 061 WELL I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS ISSUE OF FRAUD, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL VOTE FOR IT IN THE CRUSADERS EURO-CHART, IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ARTICLES, THEN PLEASE SEND THEM TO THIS ADDRESS: PO.BOX 696 KENMORE 4069 AUSTRALIA WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR SOME EDITORS FROM EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, PLEASE APPLY AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS... IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT ANYTHING, THEN DO SO AND SEND IT TO US, YOU WILL GET A FREE ADVERTISMENT ALSO. SO SEND US THE ADD AND ARTICLE WRITTEN CLEARLY ON PAPER, OR PRINTED OUT PREFERABLY. ALL GOOD-CONTACTS OF INFINITY WILL GET FREE-ADVERTISMENT.. THE AIM OF THIS MAG IS TO PROVIDE SOMETHNG INTERSTING TO READ FOR THE SCENE OUT THERE, AND BECUASE IT IS THE ONLY MAGAZINE RELESED ON A REGULAR BASIS FROM THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, OPPS. THERE IS ALSO THE SCENE DISK-MAG BY DECAY... OK.. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL MEGA GREETING TO JIM/INFINITY FOR HELPING COLLECT SOME ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS, (BUT I LOST EM, PLEASE SEND EM AGAIN!!.. THANX PAL!) WELL I GUESS THAT I WILL SEE ALL OF YOU IN AUGUST WITH THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE FRAUD DISK-MAGAZINE!!!! MAYBE WITH A NEW MENU!! CREDITS + STATUS PAGE 062 THE CREDITS FOR THIS DISK-MAGAZINE ARE AS FOLLOWS.. ALL CODING..... METALIC OF INFINITY FRAUD LOGO..... MADE OUT OF IPEC ELITE FONTS. MUSIC.......... FROM THE GAME ASTORATH. PUBLISHED...... INFINITY HERE IS THE CURRENT MEMBERS LIST OF INFINITY: METALIC (CODER,GRAFIX,MUSIC,SWAPPER) JIM (SWAPPER,GRAFIX) ELITE (SWAPPER,MODEM IMPORTER) BY-TOR (SYSOP) NOTE: INFINITY ALSO SEARCH FOR MORE NEW AND COOL GUYS TO JOIN OUR ELITE CREW.. LOOK OUT FOR THE FOLLOWING INFINITY PRODUCTIONS TO COME IN THE NOT TO DISTANT FUTURE.. FRAUD #04 - SOME NEW AND COOL DEMOS - MANY NEW INTRO(S) MANY COOL DEMO PACKS ETC.. TILL NEXT TIME STAY COOL... SIGNED: METALIC OF INFINITY! METALIC OF INFINITY WELCOME YOU ALL TO ISSUE 3 OF YOUR FAVORITE DISK-MAGAZINE CALLED -- FRAUD --- EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO READ THIS MAGAZINE (EXCEPT LO-LIFE PEOPLE SUCH AS WAZZA OF MYSTIX!) AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN I HAVE RE-CODED THE MENU.. IT LOOKS MUCH BETTER NOW.. I WILL ALSO CODE A TOTALLY NEW MENU FOR THE NEXT ISSUE OF FRAUD. (WHICH SHOULD BE OUT IN AUGUST 91. WELL HAVE FUN READING THIS DISK-MAG.... IT CATERS FOR ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE LIKE.. ALCOHOLICS - DEMO FREAKS - CRACKING FREAKS NORMAL EVERYDAY PEOPLE... PLEASE NOTE.. IN THIS DISK-MAGAZINE WE WILL NOT PUBLISH ANY GERMAN OR ANYOTHER LANGUAGE EXCEPT ENGLISH.. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DISK-MAGAZINE THEN WRITE TO THIS ADDRESS: PO.BOX 696 - KENMORE 4069 - AUSTRALIA YOU MAY ALSO WRITE TOTHAT ADDRESS FOR SWAPPING... METLAIC/INFINITY SIGNING OFF.