Twin Eagles Group

Twin Eagles Group (also known by its initials TEG) was a Peruvian scener group founded in 1989. It originally produced hacked games for the Commodore 64, and would eventually modify games for video game consoles such as the SNES and Nintendo 64. The group was commissioned to produce their ROM hacks. TEG was closed in 2003.

History
Twin Eagles Group was founded in 1989 by Lobsang Alvites, better known by the pseudonym Mr. Byte. Mr. Byte founded TEG at 16 years old. It was famous as a cracking group, adding a cracktro at the beginning before distributing a game. Eventually, it became a major supplier of video games in Peru, and was famous throughout Lima. The games were mostly supplied to TEG from Europe.

With its newfound popularity, TEG would grow in size, recruiting many new members of various ages The members were not paid by Mr. Byte, working with the group because of their passion for computers. TEG was mainly operated at Mr. Byte's house.

TEG also had a separate section that made ROM hacks, such as Sonic The Hedgehog 4 for SNES, a hack of Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Banditos. It was also known for making hacks of soccer games like International Superstar Soccer, adding current teams to them, which gained popularity. Their commissioned hacks were distributed by different sellers all over the world. However, they needed to stop this practice when copyright law in Peru became more regulated.

During 2001, former Peru president Alberto Fujimori was succeeded by Alejandro Toledo. TEG decided to use this as a premise for a political video game. The game was titled La Tercera Vuelta, or The Third Round, as inspired by Peru's two-round election system. TEG later created The King of Peru, a fighting game featuring Alejandro Toledo and Alan García, who were the presidential candidates of the time. A sequel was also created, featuring more characters. However, the computer company distributing the game began to distribute pirated copies, which caused TEG to become bankrupt.