International Network of Crackers

Information

Group Name: International Network of Crackers
Group Acronym: INC
Country:
Active Years: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
Members:
Sites:

Research

1990

In 1990, they were among the 4 largest groups on the IBM PC scene. Number one on the IBM PC gaming scene in terms of the number of releases released.

Quite interesting information that in June 1990 both member boards in San Jose were down. 

Line Noise canceled his Star Frontiers BBS in 1990 and moved his activity to Above the Law, where he also did co-sysop and was WHQ for INC in 1991.1

Members

1990

  • Line Noise; founder, sysop Star Frontiers
  • The Oxidizer; supplier, sysop Nuclear Wasteland
  • Time Lord; supplier, sysop Time Pirates II

Sites

1990

  • Above the Law; Miami, Florida.
  • Dark Domain; San Jose, California, USA. Down at summer.
  • The Ethereal Zone; Atlanta, Georgia. For a short time if at all.
  • Nuclear Wasteland; San José, California.
  • Plutonium Mines; Buffalo, New York.
  • Star Frontiers; Miami, Florida.
  • Time Pirates II; San Jose, California. Down at summer.

1991

  • Above the Law [Feb 1991, WHQ]; Miami, Florida.1

1992

  • Above the Law; Miami, Florida.

Releases

1990

June

  • APB (All Points Bulletin) by Tengen. DOS game ported from Arcade (1987).2
  • Colorado by Similars. DOS text game.2
  • Power Drome by EA. DOS game.2
  • Star Breaker by Atari. DOS game.2

July

  • ScapeGhost by Level 9. DOS text adventure published 1989.2

August

  • Extase by Cryo. TPS identified the group as INC Europe.3
  • Storm Across Europe by SSI.4*

September

  • Bridge by Infocom. Verby bad CGA game.TPW09-90
  • Fountain of Dreams by Electronic Art’s.TPW09-90

Sources

  1. ABOVE.ANS, February 11, 1991, https://defacto2.net/f/af4249. ↩︎
  2. “The Pirate World”, no 2, The Pirate Syndicate, 1990. ↩︎
  3. “The Pirate World”, no 3, The Pirate Syndicate, 1990. ↩︎
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