In 1991, at the age 13, Tom Fulp launched a Neo Geo fanzine under the name "New Ground" sending issues to approximately 100 members of a club originating on the internet in Prodigy.[14] Fulp launched a website in 1995 as New Ground Remix using a hosting service, increasing popularity in the summer of 1996 after BBS games Club a Seal[15] and Assassin were created by Fulp while a student at Drexel University, Pennsylvania. Fulp created the sequels to his creations, as games Club a Seal II and Assassin II, along with the decision to develop a separate hosting site, titled New Ground Atomix.[16]