Napalm
------
  1994 - American sysop Mizar ('MENACE TO SOCIETY') left for Empire around
september.


Nato
----
DEN> Greco (later Fairlight), Megasnail (crack, 07/89), Overall, Tentakil.
???> Audiocelzius (crack), Croydon, Derek B (ex Crazy, new 09/89), Tankard
     (ex Illusion, new 12/89), TWP (den? crack, ex Action, new 12/89),
     Xenon.

Nato was a primarily Danish group, doing mostly cracks.
  1989 - Danish musician Drax joined Amok. Danish Crime was kicked late 89.
Derek B joined from Crazy, while Raistlin (code) joined from Rough Trade
Inc. around september. Raistlin later moved on to Oneway. Tankard joined
from Illusion, while TWP joined from Action joined in december.
  1990 - Early in the year, the subsection BUDS (Brain Using Demo Section)
left for Fairlight after releasing their demo. Danish Conix joined in
january, but I am unsure if he's in BUDS :) The connection with Fairlight
continued, as the two groups went into a shortlived cracking cooperation
around march. Infocomie (crack) and Mr.Smart both joined from Class in july,
then both moved on again to join Bonzai in december. Macro Nit (crack)
decided to rejoin his old group Dominators around the same time.
  1991 - Pet joined Dominators in january (or possibly december of last
year). Danish members Maduplec and Tiger left for Crest around december.
  1992 - Parson joined from Traitors around february, only to quickly move
on to help reform DCS.


Natural Beat (NB!)
------------------
???> Decoy (music, also in Excess, 95).

  1996 - Taki contributed a tune to Graffity Produkt's "Higher Love" [12/96]
demo at The Party.


Nebula
------
POL> Anthrax (Grzegorz Szymczak, swap, 02/93).


Nebulus
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POL> Maja (Peter Majewski, swap, 02/93).


Neoplasia (NPL)
---------------
GER> Findi (Thomas Findeigen, swap, 95), Fireball (Stefan Huebner, code
     music, 07/96), Lupo (David Julitz, swap, 01/95), Scare (Frank Fischer,
     swap, 01/95), Toxic (David Maus, code, 07/96-12/98).
???> Ernie (mainorg gfx, 07/96), Gourment (gfx music, 07/96), Skill (code,
     07/96), St0ff (code music, 12/98-12/03), Viscid (code gfx, 07/96-
     12/98).

Neoplasia is probably a German demo group, under the leadership of Ernie.
They were also previously active making demos on the amiga.

  Felony (1996, 21.07, Multifile Demo).
  code: Toxic, Fireball, Viscid, Skill, gfx: Ernie, Gourment, music:
  Fireball. Released for the Dresden 96 party.
  review: Oh dear. This dreadful IRQ-loaded demo fails miserably mostly on
  the "strength" of its awful soundtrack. There are a few OK effects on
  offer, most notably tha plasma and fire ones, but nothing exceptional
  enough to keep you interested in spite of all. Some of it is just
  meaningless, like scrolling the exact square root of 2 across the bottom
  of the screen (500 decimals :). What the hell is that supposed to do, give
  mathematicians a hard-on? The design also sucks, so there's no helping
  this one. There's a couple of almost-ok logos by Ernie though, making him
  the only one leaving this show with some dignity. This was the group's
  first ever trackmo.
    A selfcoded note is attached (code: Toxic, gfx: Viscid (pic), Ernie
  (char), music: Gourment) that is marginally better than the demo. [glenn]

  8bit Should Be Enough For Everyone (1998, 28.12, Demo).
  code: St0ff (additional), Toxic (additional), gfx: Viscid, music: St0ff.
  6th in The Party 98 demo competition.
  review: Another mediocre demo from NPL, unfortunately... They're going for
  a chuckle on behalf of the pc community here, with a 'start button' on the
  opening screen, a rendition of the classic DOS 'Norton Commander' crossed
  out, etc. The effects are unfortunately not very impressive, with a badly
  rendered tech-plasma, a flame effect and a smaller, dithered plasma at the
  very end. I'm sorry I can't recommend this, even though it did bring a
  small smile to my face, since it's just not... very good. Bear in mind
  that this was probably NOT meant as a very serious production. This small
  demo was also supposedly made to celebrate the group's 1500-day-
  anniversary :) [glenn]


Nerds
-----
DEN> KBS (Kim B. Sørensen, gfx swap, 01-02/93).
???> Dux (gfx, 02/93), Poison (code swap, 02/93), Sighco (code, 02/93),
     Tiger (code, 02/93).


Network (NET)
-------------
NOR> Matcham (code), Tony.
GER> Rygar (swap, 03/92).

Famous Norwegian demo and utility group, most notorious for their coder
Matcham and his groundbreaking "TimeCruncher"s!
  1989 - The group coorganized the IT, Razor 1911, Abnormal, Hoaxers,
Network Gigaparty in june.
  1990 - Norwegian graphician Crept left the group for Flash Inc., while Zix
left for Illusion - both in july.


New Edition
-----------
Some of their members left 09/87 to form High-Tech Boys [no entry].


New Fashion (NF)
----------------
SWE> Artrax, Blaster Inc. (code, 02/88), Firelord, Flexy, Gryzor, Merlin
     (code, 02/88), Mix, Ranger, Slainer, TOC.

NF were a Swedish demo and cracking group, divided into two sections in the
north and south part of Sweden.

  We're Back (Demo).
  code: Blaster Inc., gfx: ripped, music: ripped.
  review: Has even less to offer than On The Top, with two very nearly
  identical parts! No use bothering with this. Ranger was announced as a new
  member. No release date. The demo is a single file, containing two
  demoparts. [glenn]

  The Real Thing (1988, 01.02, Demo).
  code: Merlin, gfx: ripped, music: ripped.
  review: This demo is quite uninteresting, and has more than a few things
  in common with On The Top, released the day after this. They share the
  same intro, and one of the tunes were used in both demos! Uninteresting.
  The demo is a single file, containing three demoparts. [glenn]

  On The Top! (1988, 02.02, Demo).
  code: Blaster Inc., Merlin, gfx: ripped, music: ripped.
  review: Another typical demo of its time, with no extraordinary routines
  and ripped graphics and music. The music is from games like Hunter's Moon
  and Side-Walk. There's about a million of these out there. The demo is a
  single file, containing four parts. [glenn]


New Life (NL)
-------------
???> Crox (den? code crack, 03/88), Wolf (den? crack, 03/88).


New Wave
--------
Danes Excell and Gandalf joined Jewels in november 1987.


Ninjutsu Design
---------------
???> T.Error (Ringo Reuter, also in The Imperium Arts).


Nipson (NSN)
------------
POL> ASL (Andrzej Sielicki, code music).
???> Jesper Kyd (ex Feniks, new late94).

Nipson was a Polish demo group.

  Eiger (1994, late, Demo).
  code: ASL, gfx: n/a, music: n/a.
  info: Trackmo-style (IRQ loaded), one diskside.


Nirvana (-1993)
---------------
  1993 - The group lost X-Radical to Vision and Cavron to The Ruling Crew in
may, and subsequently died.


Noble Order of Thieves (NOT, 1992-)
-----------------------------------
USA> Coldrake (Keith, sysop 'CITADEL OF ILLUSION', 02/92).

Noble Order of Thieves was formed in the first week of march 1992, and is an
american importing and fixing group.


No Frills International [old] (NFI)
-----------------------------------
USA> Edison Carter (05/88), Goobug (05/88), Master Kracker (10/87-05/88),
     Ranger 11 (10/87), Rogue (05/88), Starfire (05/88), The Ancient One
     (10/87-05/88), The Macho Man (05/88), The Paladin (10/87), The Trancer
     (10/87).

Boards; GREAT ESCAPES (usa, 11/88), WARES FOR THE MASSES (usa, 11/88),
     PIRATE'S BAY (usa, 11/88), THE DARK CASTLE (usa, 11/88), TRINIDAD (usa,
     11/88), THE ENDLESS CAVE (usa, 11/88).

NFI are an American cracker group.


No Frills International [new] (NFI, 1992-)
------------------------------------------
No Frills Int. was rebuilt around february 1992 by original member Master
Kracker, after his previous group Mirage died.


Noice
-----
SWE> Amadeus (Daniel, music), Decoder (Jesper Värn, music, 05/93-02/94),
     Doxx (S. Berglund, code music swap, 02-09/94), Joyride (code, 07/00),
     Ratpoison (music, 05/93), Zzap69 (Tobias Svensson, music swap,
     01/95-07/00).
???> Devil (code gfx, later F4CG, 05/93-09/94), Draz (gfx, 05/93-02/94),
     Jive (crack, 91), Mazy (05/93), Peace (music, ex Oxyron, new 09/94),
     Poison (gfx, 05/93), Ranger (gfx, 05/93), Scoop (gfx, 05/93), Stasi
     (gfx, 05/93), Swoffa (code gfx, 05/93).

Noice are a mainly swedish demo group, with a few cracks to their name also.
  1992 - Fozzie (gfx music) left for Vision around february. Ranger (gfx)
left for Fairlight in december, but his stay was probably short, as he is a
confirmed member of Noice again in may 93.
  1993 - Swedish graphician Poison left early this year. Rumours say that
the entire group joined Triad early 93, but that is probably false.
  1994 - The month of september brought the recruitment of Peace/Oxyron
(music), the release of Devil's graphics editor "Drazlace V1.0" and also the
dismissal of finnish swapper Sandman (who had a double membership in Utopia
to fall back on). They expressed high hopes that Ablaze (gfx) would return
soon.
  1995 - Motion (swap trade), who was kicked some time back, finally teamed
up with Chromance around september.

  Digital Dreams (1992, 19.04, Demo).
  Released for the Easter Party 92 demo competition.

  Imse Vimse Get (1993, 30.05, Demo).
  code: Devil, Swoffa, Mazy, gfx: Draz, Swoffa, Stasi, Scoop, Poison,
  Ranger, music: Ecoder, Ratpoison.
  4th in The Computer Crossroads 93 demo competition.


No Name
-------
FIN> Jer (code gfx music, also in Panic, 95).
SWE> Mad Mad (Anders Nilsson, swap, 01/95).
DEN> Gigabyte (Christian S. Andersen, swap, 02/93-01/95).
HOL> Celtic (Joost Kamp, swap, also in Genlog, 01/95).
???> Booker (music, 12/94).


North East Crackers/Importers (NEC/NEI)
---------------------------------------
USA> Grim Reaper (code crack fix, 02/91-12/92), Horizon (code crack,
     11/90-12/91), Mr.Brownstone (05-12/91), Murdock (11/90-12/91),
     Technique (01/91), The Dominant One (aka TDO, 11/90-02/91).

Boards; SOUTH OF HEAVEN (usa, 11/91-12/92), THE SHAOLIN TEMPLE (usa, 12/92),
     REIGN IN BLOOD WHQ (09-10/91).

PREVIOUS MEMBERS -

USA> Archmage (11/90), Butcher (11/90-02/91), Death Merchant (gfx, 03/90),
     Defiance (11/90), Guardian (code, 03/90), Prodigy (supply sysop
     'TERMINAL OBSESSION', supports Censor, 11/90-06/91), Sir Cyro
     (05-12/91), Tall Man (02/91).

Boards; SHANGRALI (usa, new 07/91), THE DISC SHOPPE (USA, 03-11/90), SECOND
     TO NONE (USA, 03/90-01/91), ELECTRIC WAREZ (USA, 03/90), ETERNITY (USA,
     03/90).

NEC/NEI were an American group, who spent most of their time importing
European releases to the USA, and fixing them for ntsc. Were in cooperation
with the the europeans in Legend and Genesis Project (10/91).
  1991 - The group was in importing partnership with Action in january.
  Hitmen's "ViNews #3" [01/91] accused Horizon of ripping Mirage's
release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, essentially just replacing their
intro with his...


Nostalgia (NO, http://www.nostalgia.c64.org)
--------------------------------------------
SWE> Zyron (mainorg code, 11-12/03).
NOR> 6R6 (code crack, 00-12/03).
AUT> Antitrack (crack support, 11-12/03).
USA> Fungus (Scott Brockway, code crack fix, also in Creators, 10/02-12/03).
???> Jedi (supply, new 06-12/03), Mr.Alpha (org supply, 98-12/03), Scare
     (support, 11-12/03), Sorex (code crack, 12/03), S!R (crack, 11-12/03),
     TMR (code gfx webmaster, 11-01/04), Vizz (code fix, new 10-12/03).

PREVIOUS MEMBERS -

???> B.A. (crack, 98-12/00), H-Bloxx (supply, 05/97), Midfit (crack fix,
     09/97).

Nostalgia is a group dedicated to retro-cracking, but also with the odd
demorelated release. The group is run by Zyron, with Mr.Alpha second-in-
command. The group was previously known as 'The Remembers', but since
changed their name to Nostalgia. Without doubt their most profiled member
must be 6R6, the cracker who is rivalled only by Jack Alien/Remember in his
retrocracking productivity ;) There is currently three inactive members;
Danzig (crack fix), Didi (code crack, 05-09/97) and Zapotek (swap).
  2003 - "SIDBurners #6" was released in june, and at the same time it was
announced that Jedi and Honesty had joined the group. Mad Max (crack fix
supply) joined in july. "SIDBurners #7" was released in september, and soon
after Honesty left the group again. In October Vizz (code fix) joined the
group. Two games were released on the 22th (#131-#132), and at the same time
it was announced that Dandee (supply, 08/97-) had left the group. Christmas
eve (the 24th of december) saw the release of the music collection
"Sidburners #8", the final one in the series. Another batch of game releases
(#133-#140) came out on the 28th to round off a successful year.
  2004 - The year started with the kicking of Mad Max for recracking in
early january.

  SIDBurners #6 (2003, 15.06, Music Collection).

  SIDBurners #7 (2003, 03.09, Music Collection).

  SIDBurners #8 (2003, 24.12, Music Collection).


Nuclear
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  1990 - Tape left for Dynamix around february.