Groups
Scene collectives, demo groups, and informal organisations.
Crest
Viennese precision on the Commodore 64
Crest (founded 1988) combined technical audacity and design finesse, setting new records for C64 demos.
Fairlight
Legends of the scene
Fairlight became the most legendary cracking group in computing history, spanning C64, Amiga, and PC while defining the aesthetic and ethics of the scene.
Farbrausch
Masters of compression
Farbrausch revolutionised size-limited demos, creating full games in 96KB and procedural worlds in 4KB through extreme compression and procedural generation.
Future Crew
Defining the PC demo
Future Crew created Second Reality and established the PC demo scene, with members later founding Remedy Entertainment and shaping the game industry.
Razor 1911
The oldest surviving group
Razor 1911 became one of the longest-running cracking groups in history, active from 1985 through multiple platform generations while maintaining consistent quality.
Triad
Swedish C64 legends
Triad became one of the most prolific C64 cracking groups, known for high-quality releases and artistic intros that helped birth the demo scene.