Amiga groups related

[mai]

@Pandmonium:
According your database there is a problem with the group "The Black Dragons", "Black Dragons Inc." and their abbreviation "TBD".
So far i have checked all sets in Amiga games dat, there are both full names, but i was not able to find th "TBD" abbreviation.
Can you please check, if there are sets in other Amiga dats and post here, please.

[PandMonium]

hi mai
TKaos didn't tell you how to see that ?
There are 10 sets using the TBD and it is valid already, i just didn't know which was their name but it seems both are valid, the abbreviation can be seen in a mouse pointer in GOD Compact Disk (1991)(Global Over Dose)[m TBD]   / Commodore Amiga - Compilations - Games i think, weren't you the one who found it out?
The other TBD abbreviation is found in 5 C64 sets but i don't know what they are, possibly the same group?

[mai]

Ok, then there is no need for me to check it closer, thanks.

[mai]

"Paranoid" used in
Oil Imperium v1.0 (1989)(reLINE)(De)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr Paranoid]
Oil Imperium v1.0 (1989)(reLINE)(De)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr Paranoid]
Oil Imperium v1.0 (1989)(reLINE)(De)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr Paranoid][a]
is int true
"Paranois"

screenshot:
(there is also a file called "Paranois" on disk)

[PandMonium]

thanks, what about the other sets using it as publisher?
(Atari needs to be checked later)

Commodore Amiga - Demos - Music:
Master Hits 1 (19xx)(Paranoid)
Master Hits 1 (19xx)(Paranoid)[a2]
Master Hits 1 (19xx)(Paranoid)[a]
Music for the Masses (19xx)(Paranoid)

Commodore Amiga - Demos - Packs:
Links Demo-Box 1 (19xx)(Paranoid)
Paranoid Demo Competition 3 (19xx)(Paranoid)

Commodore Amiga - Demos - Various - [ADF]:
Full Power (1991)(Paranoid)
Tekkno for You (1992)(Paranoid)

Commodore Amiga - Games - Public Domain - [ADF]:
Alienoid (demo-playable) (1992)(Paranoid)[cr Bast]
Ant Wars v1.1 (1994)(Paranoid)(PD)(Disk 1 of 2)[1Mb Chip RAM, AMOS]
Ant Wars v1.1 (1994)(Paranoid)(PD)(Disk 2 of 2)[AMOS]
Ant Wars v1.9 (1994)(Paranoid)(PD)[1Mb Chip RAM, AMOS]
Ant Wars v1.9 (1994)(Paranoid)(PD)[a][1Mb Chip RAM, AMOS]
Orbit (1994)(Paranoid)
Orbit (1994)(Paranoid)[a]

btw, have you and TKaos talked about maintaining Amiga dats?

[mai]

Ok, all sets from Demos are really by a group called "Paranoid", its/was a group from Germany, it seems abbreviation is "PAD".
All sets from Amiga/Games/PD are by a different group/publisher/Developer called also "Paranoid" from Ireland.
Screenshots:(group from Germany).

[mai]

Yes, we have talked about this subject, but no decision until now, because
somewhere i have read - probably in this forum - that there was a message traffic between "[IDORU]" and "BippyM" and i dont know the result.
And of course, i would like to maintaining Amiga dats, especially Amiga/Games/ADF,
You know by yourself, the number of Amiga sets are very high, to manage/check all this files is a job, which would take a lot of years, usually
not a job for only one man.
I have also told to "TKaos", to finish checking all sets from Amiga/Games/ADF would last until the middle of next year.

[PandMonium]

Nice findings, so we have more groups with similar names or even a publisher/developer
About the last post, we aren't here to race so the time is not a problem, we just want to have some work going, he talked with bippy, you can read it here somewhere i think.

[mai]

BS = Bloodsuckers
BS is used once until now in:
Omni-Play Horse Racing - Track Editor (1989)(SportTime)[cr BS][b errdms][data disk]
so its valid.

screenshot:

[PandMonium]

ok, added all that info.
Bloodsuckers is used as publisher in some amiga demos and also 2 sets from c64, like you said BS is used once in Amiga and a bit in spectrum but i think its not the same groups, have no idea of what it means in spectrum or if it is just the full name for some group / scener and not his abbreviation.
Anyway thanks for the info

[mai]

"ING" used in:
Operation Cleanstreet (1988)(Broderbund)[cr ING - WOW]
Operation Cleanstreet (1988)(Broderbund)[cr ING - WOW][a]
is invalid.
The real abbreviation used in the cracktro is "TNG" = "The Next Generation"
You can not see the real full name in the cracktro itself, but on the disk you can read "TNG" = "The Next Generation", so its a proof.
screenshot:

[PandMonium]

thanks mai, will update that later when my computer gets back online

[mai]

"Phil" used in
Operation Spruance (1990)(Parse)[cr Phil]
was a member of the group "Defjam"
In this case it was a crack under the "ACC - Defjam - CCS" label.

[mai]

"Strike Force" = "TSF"
Screenshots taken from:
Operation Stealth (1990)(Delphine)(Fr)(Disk 1 of 3)[cr Strike Force]

[PandMonium]

ok, i get back home today and will input that information, do you plan in using this abbreviation or is just for reference?