Saga Studios (saga)
Ellis Dee founded Saga in September 1995, recruited like a one-man hurricane through November and by the May 1997 NFO the verdict was in: "haha! It's dead! :)"
The roster Saga assembled in that window was extraordinary: Grateful Dead in from Legend, Argon as General Coordinator, Bigge Pif from Grip, The Night Angel from Dark, Cool T returning, Flipside, Chainsaw from Bleach, P-Chan and Sinister X and Bedlam in from ACiD, The Pumpkin King doing VGA/RIP/ANSi, Sharp Edge from Israel, Rza, 4th Disciple. Cybernary started a CyberData zine. The site network refused distros entirely stating "the only way to be affiliated with saga is by being a member."
And then ACiD absorbed it. STC and Ragnarok went over, Catbones returned, Apathy's December NFO mentions "the whole saga/acid merge thing" as a known event. Saga had been an experiment in pure-talent recruiting that ran headlong into the gravitational mass of the institutions it was trying to compete with.
A short, loud life. The CyberData zine alone is worth the view.
first/last release: 1995/09 - 1997/05
years active: 1995 (3), 1997 (2)
(sub)packs released: 5
smallest/largest pack: saga9705-logozip/saga9511
lifetime artworks: 194
lifetime lines: 12 822
average # of lines per artwork: 93
average # of artworks per pack: 39
longest serving member(s): stone amnesia (1995/09-1997/05), blindman (1995/09-1997/05)
most productive member: nootropic (22)
extensions: RIP (15), BIN (1), ANS (124), DIZ (1), MEM (2), NFO (4), GIF (8), ZIP (3), EXE (2), LGO (25)
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first/last release: 1995/09 - 1997/05
years active: 1995 (3), 1997 (2)
(sub)packs released: 5
smallest/largest pack: saga9705-logozip/saga9511
lifetime artworks: 194
lifetime lines: 12 822
average # of lines per artwork: 93
average # of artworks per pack: 39
longest serving member(s): stone amnesia (1995/09-1997/05), blindman (1995/09-1997/05)
most productive member: nootropic (22)
extensions: RIP (15), BIN (1), ANS (124), DIZ (1), MEM (2), NFO (4), GIF (8), ZIP (3), EXE (2), LGO (25)
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