The group was founded in 1986 by PSI (Sami Tammilehto) and JPM (Jussi Markula) as a Commodore 64 group, before moving to the PCdemoscene in 1988; other members included, over time, Trug, Wildfire, Pixel, ICE, GORE, Abyss, Purple Motion, and Skaven, as well as several others.
Noteworthy demos by Future Crew include Unreal (released at Assembly 1992), Panic (released at The Party 1992) and Second Reality (released at Assembly 1993). Second Reality may be considered one of the most influential PC demos ever made.[1] Future Crew was also responsible for the popular MOD editor Scream Tracker, which was fashioned after the AmigaSoundtracker as well as the Advanced DigiPlayer sound editor, and later became itself inspiration for other trackers like Impulse Tracker.[2][3][4]
Future Crew was co-organizer of the first Assembly demo party in 1992, and continued organizing the annual party until 1995, when the organization set up the Finnish company ASSEMBLY Organizing in order to "provide a solid financial basis for the events and a reliable partner for our sponsors".[5] Long time Future Crew member Abyss is one of the party's main organizers.
Future Crew did not release anything as a group after Scream Tracker 3 (December 1994). While it was never officially dissolved, its members parted ways in the second half of the 1990s. Companies like Futuremark (3DMark), Remedy (Death Rally, Max Payne, Alan Wake), Bugbear Entertainment (FlatOut, Glimmerati, Rally Trophy), Bitboys (a graphics hardware company) and Recoil Games (Rochard) were all started in whole or in part by members of Future Crew. Prior to their dissolution they also contributed graphics to the game Ken's Labyrinth published by Epic MegaGames.[6]
Reception and impact
Future Crew was an influential pioneer of the PC demoscene and the PC as multimedia device in general, and achieved wide public recognition.[7]
Awards and tributes
Slashdot voted the Future Crew Demo Second Reality as one of the "Top 10 Hacks of All Time".[7] Tributes to Future Crew include a 3D graphics benchmark called Final Reality by Remedy Entertainment (shown at Assembly 1997), and a remake of Second Reality for the Commodore 64 by Smash Designs called Second Reality 64 (released at The Party 1997). Nectarine Records has released an album containing the most known songs of Future Crew in 24-bit remastered as a tribute. The album's name is "Metropolis", and it's free to download through internet.[8]
Cover of the Album "Metropolis", a tribute for Future Crew.
Members
These are the members of the group at the time it released Second Reality:
^"Slashdot's "Top 10 Hacks of All Time"". Slashdot. 1999-12-13. Retrieved 2010-12-25. Second Reality by Future Crew - Awesome, Mindblowing, Unbelievable, Impossible. Some of the words used to describe what this piece of code from demoscene gods Future Crew did on 1993-era PC hardware. Even by today's standards, what this program can do without relying on any kind of 3D graphics acceleration is impressive. As if the graphics weren't impressive enough, it can even playback in Dolby Surround Sound.
^Matsuoka, Claudio (2007-11-04). "Tracker History Graphing Project". helllabs.org. Retrieved 2011-01-29. Tracker History Graph{{cite web}}: External link in |quote= (help)
^Walker, Martin (July 2004). "PC Music Freeware Roundup". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 2010-05-29. When PCs first came of age for music making in the mid '90s, ScreamTracker was one of the first music software packages to appear with sample support,...
^Leonard, Andrew (1999-04-29). . Salon.com. Salon Media Group. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
^. assembly.org. 2006-07-23. Archived from the original on 2010-12-24. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
^The official Ken's Labyrinth page - Ken Silverman's website
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Future Crew was a Finnish demogroup that created PC demos and software active mostly between 1987 and 1994 Future Crew Logo from Second Reality Contents 1 History 2 Reception and impact 2 1 Awards and tributes 3 Members 4 Releases 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe group was founded in 1986 by PSI Sami Tammilehto and JPM Jussi Markula as a Commodore 64 group before moving to the PC demoscene in 1988 other members included over time Trug Wildfire Pixel ICE GORE Abyss Purple Motion and Skaven as well as several others Noteworthy demos by Future Crew include Unreal released at Assembly 1992 Panic released at The Party 1992 and Second Reality released at Assembly 1993 Second Reality may be considered one of the most influential PC demos ever made 1 Future Crew was also responsible for the popular MOD editor Scream Tracker which was fashioned after the Amiga Soundtracker as well as the Advanced DigiPlayer sound editor and later became itself inspiration for other trackers like Impulse Tracker 2 3 4 Future Crew was co organizer of the first Assembly demo party in 1992 and continued organizing the annual party until 1995 when the organization set up the Finnish company ASSEMBLY Organizing in order to provide a solid financial basis for the events and a reliable partner for our sponsors 5 Long time Future Crew member Abyss is one of the party s main organizers Future Crew did not release anything as a group after Scream Tracker 3 December 1994 While it was never officially dissolved its members parted ways in the second half of the 1990s Companies like Futuremark 3DMark Remedy Death Rally Max Payne Alan Wake Bugbear Entertainment FlatOut Glimmerati Rally Trophy Bitboys a graphics hardware company and Recoil Games Rochard were all started in whole or in part by members of Future Crew Prior to their dissolution they also contributed graphics to the game Ken s Labyrinth published by Epic MegaGames 6 Reception and impact EditFuture Crew was an influential pioneer of the PC demoscene and the PC as multimedia device in general and achieved wide public recognition 7 Awards and tributes Edit Slashdot voted the Future Crew Demo Second Reality as one of the Top 10 Hacks of All Time 7 Tributes to Future Crew include a 3D graphics benchmark called Final Reality by Remedy Entertainment shown at Assembly 1997 and a remake of Second Reality for the Commodore 64 by Smash Designs called Second Reality 64 released at The Party 1997 Nectarine Records has released an album containing the most known songs of Future Crew in 24 bit remastered as a tribute The album s name is Metropolis and it s free to download through internet 8 Cover of the Album Metropolis a tribute for Future Crew Members EditThese are the members of the group at the time it released Second Reality Gore Samuli Syvahuoko organizer Psi Sami Tammilehto programmer Trug Mika Tuomi programmer Wildfire Arto Vuori programmer Purple Motion Jonne Valtonen music 1 Skaven Peter Hajba music amp graphics 2 Marvel Aki Raula formerly Aki Maatta graphic artist Pixel Misko Iho graphic artist Abyss Jussi Laakkonen BBS coordinator public relations Henchman Markus Maki BBS operator Jake Jarkko Heinonen Internet PRReleases EditFuture Crew released the following productions on the PC demoscene GR8 1988 demo YO 1989 demo Slideshow I 1990 slideshow Scream Tracker 2 1990 tool Mental Surgery 1991 demo Assembly 92 Invitation aka Fishtro 1992 invitation Unreal 1992 demo 1st at Assembly 92 Starport BBStro 1992 BBStro The Party 92 Invite 1992 invite Panic 1992 demo 2nd at The Party 92 Assembly 93 Invitation 1993 invitation Worldcharts 01 1993 diskmag Second Reality 1993 1st at Assembly 93 Bussimatkaintro 1993 invitation Journey 1 1993 musicdisk Journey 2 1993 musicdisk Starport BBS Add 2 1993 BBStro Chaotic Mind 1994 musicdisk Assembly 94 Pre invitation 1994 invitation Assembly 94 Invitation 1994 invitation Soppa 1994 64k demo Scream Tracker 3 1994 tool Metropolis 2011 music compilation References Edit Slashdot s Top 10 Hacks of All Time Slashdot 1999 12 13 Retrieved 2010 12 25 Second Reality by Future Crew Awesome Mindblowing Unbelievable Impossible Some of the words used to describe what this piece of code from demoscene gods Future Crew did on 1993 era PC hardware Even by today s standards what this program can do without relying on any kind of 3D graphics acceleration is impressive As if the graphics weren t impressive enough it can even playback in Dolby Surround Sound Matsuoka Claudio 2007 11 04 Tracker History Graphing Project helllabs org Retrieved 2011 01 29 Tracker History Graph a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a External link in code class cs1 code quote code help Walker Martin July 2004 PC Music Freeware Roundup Sound on Sound Retrieved 2010 05 29 When PCs first came of age for music making in the mid 90s ScreamTracker was one of the first music software packages to appear with sample support Leonard Andrew 1999 04 29 Mod love Salon com Salon Media Group Archived from the original on 2009 11 24 Retrieved 2010 05 17 ASSEMBLY Organizing assembly org 2006 07 23 Archived from the original on 2010 12 24 Retrieved 2010 12 25 The official Ken s Labyrinth page Ken Silverman s website a b Slashdot s Top 10 Hacks of All Time Slashdot 1999 12 13 Retrieved 2012 01 03 Metropolis in MediaFire extras permanent dead link External links EditFuture Crew at Pouet Future Crew at scene org The History of the Future Crew Future Crew discography at MusicBrainz The Demoscene Documentary Future Crew episode Skaven s Webpage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Future Crew amp oldid 1090811494, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
