Future Crew
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Future Crew is a now-defunct group of influential coders and artists who created PC demos and software. The group was founded in 1986 by Psi; other members included, over time, Trug, Wildfire, Pixel, ICE, GORE, Abyss, Purple Motion and Skaven, as well as several others not listed here.
Noteworthy demos by the Future Crew include Unreal (released at Assembly 1992), Panic! (released at The Party 1992) and Second Reality (released at Assembly 1993). Many consider Second Reality to be the best PC demo ever made. It contained groundbreaking effects, perfect scripting and stunning music by both Purple Motion and Skaven which were synchronized to the effects.
Tributes to Future Crew include a 3D graphics benchmark called Final Reality by Remedy Entertainment (shown at Assembly 1997), and a remake version of Second Reality for the Commodore 64 by Smash Designs called Second Reality 64 (released at The Party 1997).
Future Crew was also responsible for the popular MOD editor ScreamTracker, which was fashioned after the Amiga SoundTracker, as well as the Advanced DigiPlayer sound editor. Since development on ScreamTracker ceased, Jeffrey Lim created Impulse Tracker which is very similar to ScreamTracker, yet with many more features.
Companies like Futuremark (3DMark), Remedy (Max Payne) and Bitboys (a graphics hardware company) were all started in whole or in part by members of Future Crew.
Members
- Samuli "GORE" Syvähuoko - Organizer
- Sami "Psi" Tammilehto - Coder
- Mika "Trug" Tuomi - Coder
- Arto "Wildfire" Vuori - Coder
- Jonne "Purple Motion" Valtonen - Music (home (http://www.purplemotion.net/))
- Peter "Skaven" Hajba - Music & Graphics (home (http://www.futurecrew.com/skaven/))
- Aki "Marvel" Määttä - Graphic Artist
- Mikko "Pixel" Iho - Graphic Artist
- Jussi "Abyss" Laakkonen - BBS Coordinator / Public Relations
- Markus "Henchman" Mäki - BBS operator
- Jarkko "Jake" Heinonen - Internet PR