The Judges was a Dutch

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group from Roosendaal known for being one of the earliest dedicated

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s. The Judges released several

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for the Commodore 64

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between the years 1986 - 1988. Groups such as The Judges are regarded as early pioneers of what came to be known as the

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. In some respects they mirrored The Lords, a "rivaling"

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group also from Roosendaal, to the extent that concepts, artwork and even titles were identical between the two groups. A technical milestone often attributed to The Judges, particularly the programmer Bart "White" Meeuwissen, is the invention of the FLD (Flexible Line Distance) technique, which was used in the ''Think Twice'' series of demos. As the name implies, FLD made it possible to have a variable distance every eight pixels between the individual text or graphics lines generated by the VIC-II video chip. The group's musician Jeroen "Red" Kimmel went on to compose and sell

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commercially for different platforms such as the C64, Amiga and MSX computers.Jeroen Kimmel Video Game Credits and Biography - MobyGames
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Members

* Jeroen "Red" Kimmel * Bart "White" Meeuwissen * Hans "Der Hansie" van Gink * Corne "Coko" Koen

Releases

* Think Twice series (parts 1–5, released in 1987 and 1988) * Crazy Sample 1 & 2 * Hubbard Track series (parts 1–3) * Rhaa Lovely 1 & 2 * Touch Me * Jugglin' Judge * Rascal * Mikie's Music * It's a Kind of Magic * Phantom of the Asteroid Music

References

External links

Information page at CSDB

Interview with White at C64.COM

Interview with Der Hansie at C64.COM

The Judges at pouet.net
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