The Lords was a Dutch ZX Spectrum group from Roosendaal known as one of the earliest dedicated demogroups.Advanced ZAT Programming, issue 25, 1994: Demo&Co The Lords released several demos for the ZX Spectrum home computer between the years 1986 and 1990.WoS: The Lords Groups such as The Lords are regarded as early pioneers of what came to be known as the demoscene. They were especially noted for their sound-chip skills.Quinquagesima (PD)
In some respects they mirrored The Judges, a "rivaling" Commodore 64 group also from Roosendaal, to the extent that concepts, artwork and even titles were identical between the two groups.
Their demo Quinquagesima was given a review of 78% in the September 1992 issue of Your Sinclair - three years after it was released in 1989. Some of their productions was put as covermounts, for instance The Apple Movie on Outlet issue 107WoS: The Apple Movie and Quinquagesima on Outlet issue 070.WoS: Quinquagesima
In later years, they released some of their demos for the SAM Coupé and two games: a freeware version of Tetris in 1990World of SAM: Tetris (also published as a covermount on Fred issue 3) and an Arkanoid clone named Batz 'n BallsWorld of SAM: Batz 'n Balls in 1992, both to very good reviews.Your Sinclair: Batz 'n' BallsCrash!
In 1994 two of the members, Lord Insanity and Scrunk, did a series of articles about demos for the paper-based magazine ZAT.
Members Lord Insanity (David Gommeren) Scrunk (Rob Mies) Thing (Michiel Koolen) Zoinks (Eric Damstra)
References
External links The Lords at World of Spectrum The Lords at Demotopia The Lords at World of SAM