Group

Paranoia

(atari/.de) - PNA, The PNA

Also known as

  • Paranoia Programming

Paranoia was initially founded as Paranoia Programming in late 1997 by The Paranoid, former graphician of Solution Software with the main intention to release primarily freeware games, fun products and generally support alternative computer scenes, mainly Atari ST and Falcon.

The group was mainly known for a small but rather popular computer party named ParaCon, of which it organized 7 editions from 1999 to 2006, attracting a small number of Atari enthusiasts from all over europe regularly.

While the group has never been officially disbanded, it stopped all activity regarding demo- and game development in late 2003 when The Paranoid decided to team up with members of the Falcon group Cruor. While the group organized 3 more editions of the ParaCon, it is no longer active.

Members

The Paranoid
Graphician and initially a STOS programmer, a basic dialect that was being discussed controversively among Atari ST programmers. Started to also program in Assembly, shifting the main interest of the group from games to demos.

Luebke
Made a few (unused) tracks on the C64 and therefore agreed to join as musician. However, Luebke never really felt at home using the YM-trackers available back then and stopped after a handful of tracks.

Strange
Former member of the C64 groups Hurricane and Steel. Joined as a graphician and made prototype graphics of unreleased products.

Mr Future
Joined slightly later when the focus of the group had already shifted from games to demos. Donated a number of 4- and 8-channels MODs.

TNT
True-Colour Graphician, mainly using Cinema 4D on the Amiga. Also programmed some fun products under DOS (i.e. rotative Pong) later on.

MarcStar
As an x86-programmer, he contributed mainly tools and generators. After having lost basically all data in a harddisk crash, he stopped all demo-related activities.

Der Komtur
Crew binder and main organizer of the ParaCon parties.

Paranoia website (1998, still online but no longer maintained)
For a short while, the Paranoia website was considered one of the more informative sites when looking for Atari ST/STE and Falcon games, including Freeware, Shareware and commercial games available in the late nineties.

Legacy

The biggest impact the group had are likely to be the ParaCon party series and, potentially, the STE FAQ initially released under the Paranoia label. Otherwise, the number of projects having actually materialized is rather low and in the retrospective, the group lacked focus. Initial plans to expand the area of activities to 8-Bit systems ended up in terminating all activities.

Productions (24)

Video
Paranoia Dec 2006
Video
Paranoia Dec 2004
Atari ST/E - Invitation
Paranoia Nov 2003
Sega Dreamcast - Demo
Paranoia Apr 2003
Atari ST/E - Invitation
Paranoia Oct 2002
MS-Dos - Game
Paranoia Oct 2002
Atari ST/E - Tool
Paranoia Jul 2002
Alive #04 - Text (Articles)
Atari Falcon, Atari ST/E - Diskmag
Alive Team Feb 2002
Atari ST/E - Tool
Paranoia 2002
Atari Falcon - 64K Intro
Paranoia Dec 2001
Atari ST/E - Invitation
Paranoia Nov 2001
Atari ST/E - Intro
Paranoia Oct 2001
Atari Falcon - Demo
Paranoia / Lunatic Asylum May 2001
Atari Falcon - Demo
Paranoia / Lunatic Asylum Apr 2001
Atari Falcon, Atari ST/E, Atari TT - Intro
Paranoia / Lunatic Asylum Dec 2000
Atari Falcon - Demo
Paranoia / Lunatic Asylum Sep 2000
Atari ST/E - 4K Intro
Paranoia / Lunatic Asylum Apr 2000
Atari ST/E - Tool
Paranoia / Lunatic Asylum Nov 1999
Atari ST/E - Game
Paranoia / Lunatic Asylum Apr 1999
Atari ST/E - Intro
Paranoia / Lunatic Asylum Dec 1998
Atari ST/E - Game
Paranoia / Lunatic Asylum Nov 1998
Atari ST/E - Intro
Paranoia Oct 1998
Atari ST/E - Game
Paranoia May 1998
Atari ST/E - Game
Paranoia Apr 1998

Member productions (32)

Atari ST/E - Graphics
Paranoid / Paranoia
Atari ST/E - Music
Luebke / Paranoia Oct 2002
Commodore 64 - Graphics
Strange / Paranoia Dec 2001
Atari ST/E - Music
Luebke / Paranoia Nov 2001
Atari ST/E - Graphics
Paranoid / Paranoia Apr 2001
Atari Falcon - Tracked Music
Mr Future / Paranoia Apr 2001
Tracked Music
Mr Future / Paranoia Jan 2001
Atari ST/E - Music
Luebke / Paranoia Dec 2000
Atari ST/E - Graphics
Paranoid / Paranoia Dec 2000
Atari ST/E - Graphics
Paranoid / Paranoia Sep 2000
Atari ST/E - Music
Luebke / Paranoia Sep 2000
Tracked Music
Mr Future / Paranoia Sep 2000
Atari Falcon - Graphics
Paranoid / Paranoia Apr 2000
Atari Falcon - Tracked Music
Mr Future / Paranoia Apr 2000
Tracked Music
Paranoid / Paranoia Dec 1999
Atari ST/E - Graphics
Paranoid / Paranoia Jul 1999
Atari Falcon - Tracked Music
Mr Future / Paranoia Jul 1999
Atari ST/E - Graphics
Paranoid / Paranoia Jun 1999
Atari ST/E - Music
Luebke / Paranoia Apr 1999
Atari Falcon - Tracked Music
Mr Future / Paranoia Apr 1999
Atari ST/E - Graphics
Paranoid / Paranoia Apr 1999
Atari ST/E - Music
Luebke / Paranoia 1999
Atari Falcon - Tracked Music
Mr Future / Paranoia 1999
Atari ST/E - Music
Luebke / Paranoia Dec 1998
Tracked Music
Luebke / Paranoia Nov 1998
Atari ST/E - Graphics
Paranoid / Paranoia Nov 1998
Tracked Music
Paranoid / Paranoia Nov 1998
Tracked Music
Mr Future / Paranoia Oct 1998
Atari Falcon - Tracked Music
Mr Future / Paranoia 1998
Atari ST/E - Graphics
Paranoid / Paranoia 1996
Atari ST/E - Graphics
Paranoid / Paranoia 1995
Atari ST/E - Graphics
Paranoid / Paranoia 1995

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