Paramount are a German c64 cracking and demo group, originally active in 1989-1991, then for a short period between 2006-2008. They were at one time in importing partnership with Random.
It was reported in February 1989 that, "PARAMOUNT PROBABLY CONSISTS OF SOME MEMBERS FROM MCG, OCTAGON AND DRIVE", indicating they were a new group at the time.1 In August members were Scratcher, Sting, Dr. Death, Maniac, Joe Cool, Magic Circle, Phantom, Witcher, Joe, TC and Steve.2 Stefan joined from Duplex, while Morris was kicked out around September. That same month Breaker was caught by the police. He decided to stop all illegal activities, and instead concentrate on coding a game. In November they welcomed Paradroid to the group from Online, and a member list revealed Stainless Steel was also new.3 Parabound left for Rough Trade Inc., while Toad and Mr. Stal joined from Abyss in December.
In January 1991, members were Joe Cool, Sting, Maniac, Stainless Steel, Domino, Jack Daniels, 3DK, Tyger, Cybernight, Skandle, Speed Demon, Wild Style, Rick and Breco.4 It was reported in January that Brainkiller left for F4CG, that Lloyd, Jinx and Fanatic (an alternative handle for Maniac) were new members, that Ghost joined from Crusade, that Twist was kicked out "again", that Tom Tailor had left the scene, that Skandler was a new member, that Rick joined from Radius and that 3DK and Jack Daniels left Paramount for Genesis Project with their diskmagazine Corruption.5 The May diskmagazine Shock #1 reported that Joe Cool, Maniac and Sting had left the group for Talent, and that Tyger left for Genesis Project.
- 6th best cracker group in Vandalism News #1 by Mystic in may 1991.
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Sex'n'Crime 1 by AMOK in February 1989. ↩
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First Strike +++ by Paramount in August 1989. ↩
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Labyrinth +6 by Paramount in January 1991. ↩
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Unic News #1 by The Freaks in January 1991, news section. ↩
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