Finchy joined TREX as Tester

TheEnemy joined TREX as Cracker and Logo graphician

Firelord joined TREX as graphician and Logo graphician

Knight Rider joined TREX as Coder and Cracker

Kickback joined TREX as Coder and NTSC-Fixer

Fugu joined TREX as Public Relations Manager and Tester

Sentinel joined TREX as Cracker

Fulgore joined TREX as Tester

Loloke joined Lethargy as Coder. slyspy joined Lethargy as graphician and musician

Cadets dissolved

Sei left Cadets - d'Avid left Cadets - Viti left Cadets - Visage left Cadets - dev0 left Cadets - GCS left Cadets - Blala left Cadets - slyspy left Cadets - Loloke left Cadets

The polish graphician Shaleth founded a new C64 demo group named SGA

Hagiler joined Blazon as Graphician, logo graphician

Sande joined HF as Graphician

MP Software joined HF as Coder

dEViLOCk joined Performers as Musician

Dex-D joined MoonShine as Musician

Raistlin left Genesis Project but rejoined shortly after

Vereb joined Breeze as Graphician

HVMarci joined Breeze as Coder

Slaxx joined the crackergroup Ex as Coder and Graphician

zscs joined Lethargy as Graphician

Martin Demsky joined MoonShine as Musician

Mojzesh left Samar Productions and Padua

Finchy left Excess

rez joined Melon as Coder

Linus left Arsenic & Oxy

Eric Dobek joined MoonShine as Musician

Mr. Mouse joined GP as Coder and Musician

The Undertaker passed away

Tempest joined Up Rough as Graphician and Musician

Firelord, One of the Founders of Ex left...

Ghost joined Ex as Co-Organizer, Tester and Ori Supplier

Topaz Beerline dissolved

Nyke joined Babygang as Graphician

rustlemills joined PTV as Coder and Graphician

Moroten, MegaSparky, Slaxx, DeMOSic left STARZ

Scrap joined GP as Graphician

Carrion left Bonzai and joined Censor Design

Patapik joined BOOM! as Coder

Ispace joined F4CG as Coder

Netherlands musician Tron passed away,

Dr.EightBit joined PTV as Organizer, Public Relations Manager and Translator

DeMOSic joined HF, VCC as Musician and C64 Club Berlin as Musician and Translator

Space-AgeWrangler joined HF as Graphician

Galancy left Avatar

Mega Sparkmaster joined HF as Musician

Codise joined Alumni as Co-Organizer and Coder

sLASH joined Fatzone as Musician and Net Trader

Shine joined PET SCIIENTISTS as Graphician and Organizer

Frida Katarina joined PET SCIIENTISTS as Graphician

Nordischsound joined PET SCIIENTISTS as Musician

Røly joined PTV as Musician

Jowin joined VCC as Tester, Coder

Fatman left AOD

CoaXCable joined MoonShine as Graphician

Six joined Megastyle as Coder, Graphician, Musician, NTSC-Fixer and Tester

Optic Freeze joined Megastyle as Tester so that he can do the ori supply directly to his group Menace.

EALL joined Hack n' Trade as Modem Trader and Net Trader

Paladin joined Propaganda Magazine Staff as Diskmag Editor

Shaleth joined SGA as graphician

ToyToy joined SGA as Coder

Bideth joined SGA as Musician

MCH joined Dream as Musician

Chromag left GP

psych858o joined Censor Design as Musician

Bema joined Hokuto Force as Graphician

The Human Code Machine and Bitbreaker left Oxyron, Arsenic

SquareWave joined Lethargy as Musician

NecroPolo joined Lethargy as Musician

Plus -1- also known as Kickback left AOD

Black Beard left AOD

TheEnemy left once again Excess (germany)

Ghost left Excess (germany)

Epsilon joined The Supply Team as Coder

Six joined Menace as Coder, Cracker, Graphician and NTSC-Fixer

Optic Freeze joined Menace as Organizer, Original Supplier, Sysop and Tester

Conrad left Artstate

Master left Raiders of the Lost Empire

Let us begin with the records:

Over 3000 C64 releases in 2021 in the whole world on different sources and this compares to the number of Commodore64 releases in 1995. Over 519 so called first releases known for 2021.

Scene news January 2022:

Sarah Jane Avory left Protovision

Monstersgoboom joined Protovision as a coder and graphician.

Eryngi joined Hack n' Trade as Coder, Graphician and Musician

Knight Rider, Artlace, Zirias left Excess

Kreator joined Reality as Coder

Yeon joined Samar Productions as Fullscreen Graphician, Graphician and Logo Graphician. She is the young daughter of Yugorin/Samar Productions.

Peacemaker left SHAPE and joined CD

Firehawk, Talent, Deekay joined Censor Design.

Keymaster joined GP as sysop (The Valley)

Xiny6581 joined Pretzel Logic as Musician

TheRyk left Arsenic

Goto80 joined Divine Stylers as musician and BBS graphician.

Optic Freeze left AOD

Seytan joined Reflex

Vincenzo, Squarewave, R1SC and MegaSparky joined STARZ as Musicians

B/Dual Crew Shining (DCS) passed away on January 4th 2022 from cancer. He was also known in the ASCII scene as nUP!

Rytone of ONS changed handle to Rastertail

Tim, The Founder of Baboons (BBS) is dead.

Werner-Soft left The Stock and C64

Exploding First left The Stock

Nafcom left The Stock

Baracuda is the only member of his group at the moment.

Last THE STOCK releases in 2021:

Tiger Disk games from Tiger Disk 21, ANTIWAR DEMO COLLECTION Disk 1+2/4

The polish demoscene is accepted as living national cultural heritage.

Poland joins the successes of Finland and Germany, and our experience opens doors for other countries, whose demoscene communities are also working on their proposals. The goal of this cooperation is to include the world demoscene on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity – and it will be the first-ever digital culture on this list.” Andzrej Licherowicz and others at kskpd.pl. We are extremely happy that Poland, right after Finland and Germany, recognized the digital culture of the demoscene as an immaterial cultural heritage. It is a huge milestone, as it confirms on an institutional level that the demoscene is a major influence on digital culture east and west, north and south, crossing all borders and boundaries. We are super grateful for the success of the Polish scene and the community behind Kronika Polskiej Demosceny, which pushed the successful application with great passion and energy. Ogromne gratulacje!” Tobias Kopka – Co-Founder Art of Coding”

http://demoscene-the-art-of-coding.net/2021/12/17/demoscene-in-poland-gets-accepted-as-national-immaterial-cultural-heritage/

Seems to me we break a special record on our beloved c64, these year. Over 515 First Releases in 2021/1 till today (30/12/2021)

Last Record was afaik: 1995 - 362 known First Releases Lowest Releases were done in 2007 - only 19 ! known First Releases

So Keep On Playing !

Hate Bush joined Elysium as Musician while he left under the name chuinho MultiStyle Labs.

After Board Rider left Blazon telling them he had to deal with his late wife's estate the whole month (his wife Stephanie passed away on May 12th, 2021) and that his life has more important things to do right now, BR joined asap the US based group AOD as Sysop and Tester. These group is mixed with genesis project and seventh sector guys and with guys who where in the past in these groups. To join another group with a lie using his death wife to do that is not my cup of tea. May she RIP. So only for the record these strange behaviour.

NoobTracker joined The Solution as Coder

Slaze joined STARZ as Musician

That8BitChiptuneGuy joined STARZ as Musician

Nightrider joined BOOM! as Coder

CatYa joined BOOM! as Diskmag Editor

Kenji joined BOOM! as Coder

Lenyn joined Onslaught as Graphician

Darklord joined Onslaught as Cracker

Peacemaker joined AOD as a modem Trader, Tester

TheFatman joined AOD as Coder and Tester

Count Zero left Success + The Ruling Company

Steel left SCS

Hairdog joined Dream as Graphician and Musician

Sonny left Kraze

The c64 diskmag reactivated by GP at X 2014 Party popped up with new propaganda magazine staff (all GP members).

Facet joined Propaganda Magazine Staff as Graphician. Ksubi, Sparta and Raistlin joined Propaganda Magazine Staff as Coder and Diskmag Editor to spread their news..