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tHE hISTORY OF tOPAZ bEERLINE
 tHE THINGS THAT LEAD TO tOPAZ
aND wE gREW
tHE dARK aGES bEGAN
tHE nEAR pAST
oH yEAH... wHERE dOES tHE 'beerline' COME FROM?
tHE THINGS THAT LEAD TO tOPAZ
jAMES bOND ii, mcs AND A THIRD BOY MEET AT A COMPUTER CAMP IN 1987. a GROUP CALLED tHREE gENIUS bOYS IS FORMED.
aFTER A YEAR, jAMES bOND ii AND mcs LEAVE THE GROUP (WHICH THEN DIES) TO JOIN ANOTHER FINNISH GROUP CALLED pOWER dIVISION. oTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP ARE tpr AND dESTINO.
pOWER dIVISION IS RENAMED TO dIVISION OF pOWER. tHE REASON IS SIMPLE: THE LETTER d IS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE ALPHABET, p ISN'T.
jAMES bOND ii AND mcs BOTH CHANGE HANDLES. jAMES bOND ii BECOME wILD fINN, AND mcs IS RENAMED TO sCAPEGOAT.
dIVISION OF pOWER IS RENAMED TO aLBION AS zARDAX, wOP, cOAX, bX AND cLF JOIN THE GROUP.
tpr CHANGES HIS HANDLE TO cRONY AND wOP IS RENAMED TO gALAXY. wILD fINN CHANGES HIS HANDLE TO mIXER.
aLBION SPLITS UP. a GROUP CALLED bRAINS IS FORMED BY SOME OF THE EX-MEMBERS. sOON THE GROUP IS RENAMED INTO oRIGO.
cOAX AND gALAXY DECIDE TO FORM A NEW GROUP - cOAX CALLS sCAPEGOAT, AND sCAPEGOAT JOINS. sTUDIO 3 IS FORMED.
aNGUS, aZE, tIGER-jACK & iNFERNO JOIN sTUDIO 3
cOAX, sCAPEGOAT & sLAYER FORM tOPAZ IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 1990.
aND wE gREW
tHE YEAR WAS 1990. tHE GROUP HAD JUST BEEN FOUNDED. sTRANGE PERIODS OF OUR HISTORY STARTED. wE WERE tOPAZ dESIGNS, tOPAZ cO. AND tOPAZ iNC
AND A LOT MORE STUFF LIKE THAT BEFORE tOPAZ bEERLINE. iN MOST CASES, WE JUST FOLLOWED THE FASHION OF THAT TIME.
a DEMO CALLED bEYOND tIMES WAS FINISHED.
sCAPEGOAT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE RELEASING IT, SO IT NEVER WAS.
aT THAT TIME HE STARTED TO CREATE DIFFRENT KINDS OF TOOLS & UTILITIES -
MOSTLY BECAUSE cOAX NEEDED ONE. oNE OF THEM WAS THE
sOUNDkILLER, A MUSIC EDITOR. tHE EXCLUSIVE PLAYER
CODE (ONE OF THE WORLDS FASTEST QUALITY PLAYERS AT THAT
TIME) CAME FROM zARDAX OF oRIGO - THE BEST FRIEND OF
cOAX.
iN THE BEGINNING WE STARTED TO GET PEOPLE INTO OUR GROUP; NAMELY PEOPLE LIKE
D'aRC & htd (fate), dOOM, gREMLIN & rOLEX
(dream), bEAT (abase).
(gROUPNAME STEALING FUCKERS PAY ATTENTION: fate
& albion ARE RESERVED WORDS, SO SUCK OFF!)
wHEN WE HAD 'A CRACKING SECTION' WE HAD MEMBERS LIKE jUDGE dREDD & cIM AND
aCORN & lOBSTER. bUT iN BOTH CASES, WE FINALLY THOUGHT THAT WE HAD NO GOOD
REASON TO HAVE SUCH A SECTION, AND DROPPED THEM. oRIGO
dREAMLINE NEEDED A SWAPPER, SO sLAYER JOINED THEM. gREMLIN DID
PARTS FOR OUR TWO FIRST DEMO, BEFORE HE LEFT FOR MEMBERSHIP
IN dEATHSECTOR AND
bEYOND fORCE.
tHE dARK aGES bEGAN
06.03.1991. a PHONECALL REACHED ME IN THE EARLY EVENING.
d'aRC CALLED. hE TOLD ME THAT cOAX HAD DIED IN A TRAIN ACCIDENT. i ASKED HIM
IF HE WAS JOKING. hE WASN'T. aFTER SOME MORE OF WORDS WITH D'aRC, i HANG UP.
i WAS IN SHOCK, AND ALL i COULD DO IS TO SIT DOWN, AND STARE INTO THE
DISTANCE. tHEN i GOT UP AND GRABBED A BOTTLE OF SHIT-TASTING WINE, AND LEFT
THE HOUSE. i WENT TO A NEARBY HILL, AND STARED AT THE BEAUTIFUL
LANDSCAPE-VIEW THAT WAS IN FRONT OF MY EYES. i DRANK THE BOTTLE AND STARED
THERE, TO THE DISTANCE, UNTIL THE BOTTLE WAS EMPTY. aFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS,
i CALLED cOAX'S MOTHER, AND WE TALKED ON THE PHONE. i GAVE HER MY PROMISE
NEVER TO FORGET cOAX, AND WHAT HE MENT TO ME. i HAVE KEPT THAT PROMISE.
wELL, THE WELL KNOWN DISK MAGAZINE mamba DIDN'T LIKE MY
LETTER AT ALL. aT THAT LETTER i TOLD THAT OUR MUSICIAN HAD DIED. tHAT LETTER
DID CONTAIN ALSO A PORTION WHICH STATED THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR A MUSICIAN.
aFTER THE VERY NEGATIVE RESPONSE FROM mamba i MYSELF
REALIZED HOW STUPID THAT LETTER MUST HAVE SOUNDED. tHE REAL THING WAS THAT
WE NEEDED ANOTHER MUSICIAN BEFORE cOAX HAD DIED, BUT FOR SOME REASON i
INCLUDED THAT QUERY INTO THAT LETTER. i (OR WE) DIDN'T WANT TO FILL IN cOAX'S
PLACE AS NO ONE EVER CAN DO THAT. hE WAS MY BEST FRIEND, AND HE MENT SO MUCH
TO ME THAT YOU JUST CANNOT REPLACE HIM. wE RELEASED A NOTE-DEMO CALLED
correction TO CLEARIFY ALL THIS. rEAD IT.
D'aRC STARTED CREATING A ROW OF MASTERPIECES. tHEY KEPT FLOATING OUT, IN
FORM OF DEMOPARTS (WHICH i THEN PUT TOGETHER AS DEMOS, ADDING MY LOUSY
PARTS). rOLEX RENAMED HIMSELF TO aDDICT. dOOM WAS KICKED OUT FROM THE GROUP
AS IN THAT TIME WE HAD NO pc SECTION, AND HE WAS MORE BUSY WITH pc THAN C64.
fROM WHAT i'VE SEEN, HE HAS BEEN DOING AWESOME STUFF WITH THE pc!
wE NEEDED MORE PEOPLE. cAPRIX, kIRK AND fIZBAN (ALL FROM dENMARK) JOINED.
aT THAT TIME WE RELEASED blind marathon AT THE
lIGHT+pHENOMENA PARTY IN gOTHENBURG, sWEDEN. lATER,
cAPRIX AND kIRK JOINED oXYRON. bEFORE THAT, fIZBAN WAS KICKED OUT BECAUSE
HE JUST HAD NOT DONE ANYTHING WORTH TO RELEASE. rEBEL JOINED OUR FORCES,
DID SOME GRAPHICS FOR US AND THEN LEFT US TO BUILD UP A GROUP OF HIS OWN.
amj AND aNVIL OF sIDE-b
(dEATHSECTOR, rAZE ETC.),
tmb (eXTASY) AND hAWKEYE
(bEYOND fORCE) JOINED. dEATH
(hITMEN) AND hIFI
(dAMONES(aMIGA)) FOLLOWED. bY ENLISTING hIFI WE HAD
A BOARD CALLED the lost generation FOR AWHILE. calypso
JOINED. lATER ON HE GAVE UP tOPAZ WHEN HE WANTED TO CONCENTRATE ONLY ON
aMNESIA (gREAT ATTITUDE MAN - ONE GROUP DEVOTION
RULEZ!!). dEATH LEFT THE SCENE AFTER gRAVEYARD bLUES 3,
BUT NOT THAT LONG AGO HE WAS RETURNING TO THE SCENE UNDER THE HANDLE
dOLPHIN. cHECK HIS GRAPHICS OUT!
tHE nEAR pAST
aFTER OUR pc SECTION WAS FORMED IN 21.09.1993, cRYSTALLIZER,
rAZORbACK JOINED. eLIZER JOINED TOO, BUT HAS BEEN VERY VERY SILENT SINCE.
wE HAVE NOT PUT TOO MUCH EFFORT ON THE pc SECTION. aT THE MOMENT OUR pc
SECTION IS MORE OR LESS STUCK TO THE *HOLD* MODE.
tODAY, WE HAVE ALSO OUR OWN LABEL FOR RELEASING GAMES, NAMELY
problemchild productions. yOU WILL SEE SOME STUFF
COMING OUT FROM IT IN THE FUTURE, LIKE A GAME CALLED penquin
tower CODED BY D'aRC ON C64. tHE GAME IS CURRENTLY BEING
CONVERTED INTO pc (D'aRC) AND aMIGA (hAWKEYE). hAWKEYE HAS ALSO A GAME OF
HIS OWN ON THE WAY (i DO NOT KNOW THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT AT THE MOMENT).
oH yEAH... wHERE dOES tHE 'beerline' COME FROM?
iT SIMPLY COMES FROM cOAX'S JOKE. wHEN oRIGO STARTED
USING dreamline AFTER THEIR NAME, cOAX, WHO WAS A
REALLY GOOD FRIEND OF zARDAX OF oRIGO, DECIDED THAT
WE SHOULD HAVE A SUCH EXTENSION TOO. sO, HE STARTED USING
beerline, AND SO DID THE REST OF US. aND THE
NAME STUCK...
sTORY WRITTEN BY: sCAPEGOAT OF tOPAZ bEERLINE
sOURCE: tOPAZ bEERLINE'S HOMEPAGE
cOPYRIGHT: pROBLEMCHILD pRODUCTIONS
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