Editing Castor Cracking Group

{{Short description|Swedish demo group}}
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'''Castor Cracking Group''' ('''CCG''') was a [[demo scene|demo]] group from [[Sweden]], and were active on the [[ZX Spectrum]] during 1986–1988.<ref>[http://www.pouet.net/groups.php?which=775 Poüet]</ref><ref>[http://demozoo.org/groups/9114/ DemoZoo]</ref><ref>[http://zxdemo.org/authors/9114/ Demotopia]</ref>  They were one of the first groups for the ZX Spectrum with their release of ''Castor Intro'' early in 1986.<ref name="CastorIntro10">CCG, ''Castor Intro 10'', 1988</ref>

Originally they named themselves after [[Castor (star)|Castor]] in the [[constellation]] [[Gemini (constellation)|Gemini]], but despite having "Crack" in their name, they actually (at least according to themselves) never [[Software cracking|cracked]] any software.<ref name="CastorIntro10" />

Technically, their demos were not very advanced – they even programmed many of them in [[BASIC]] and [[compiler|compiled]] the result for release.<ref name="CastorIntro10" />  However, their significance lies in their early entry onto the scene.

== 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)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hemdatornytt.selda.se/1991_01/#/54/ |title=Svenska Hemdatornytt nr 1 1991 |access-date=2014-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915025346/http://hemdatornytt.selda.se/1991_01/#/54/ |archive-date=2014-09-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''Castor Intro 10'' - Auf Wiedersehen Castor (1988)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.selda.se/sub/hemdatornytt/1990_08/#/53/ |title=Svenska Hemdatornytt nr 8 1990 |access-date=2014-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915025346/http://www.selda.se/sub/hemdatornytt/1990_08/#/53/ |archive-date=2014-09-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''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==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.pouet.net/groups.php?which=775 Pouet]
* [http://zxdemo.org/author.php?id=262 ZX Demo]
* [http://www.if-legends.org/~adventure/UK_Lead.html Adventureland]
* [http://www.lysator.liu.se/sak/spelinfo/99Y.html SÄK]

[[Category:Demogroups]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum]]