Castor Cracking Group

Screenshot of Castor Intro 2.

Castor Cracking Group (CCG) was a demo group from Sweden, and were active on the ZX Spectrum during 1986–88.[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.

## Contents

* 1 UK Lead
* 2 Members
* 3 List of demos
* 3.1 Demos
* 3.2 Music demos
* 3.3 Games
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## UK Lead

UK 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

* Staffan "Cobra" Vilcans (later "Ralph 124C41+")
* Martin "DoWN" Vilcans (the Dragon of Winter Night (earlier "Marulk"))
* Johan "Heradotos" Forslund (C64)

## List of demos

### Demos

* 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

* Don't Stop the Music (1987)
* 128 Demo
* 128 Music (1987)
* 128 Music II (1987)

### Games

* 99Y \- http://zx.interface1.net/99y.html (under the name UK Lead)

## References

1. ↑ Poüet
2. ↑ DemoZoo
3. ↑ Demotopia
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 CCG, Castor Intro 10, 1988
5. ↑ "Svenska Hemdatornytt nr 1 1991". http://hemdatornytt.selda.se/1991_01/#/54/.
6. ↑ "Svenska Hemdatornytt nr 8 1990". http://www.selda.se/sub/hemdatornytt/1990_08/#/53/.

## External links

* Pouet
* ZX Demo
* Adventureland
* SÄK

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