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- The Warez Report, April 1996 by The Reservoir Dogs
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This is the continuing to last months "official warez-report" so all the data
- stored in that report will be used in this ones charts of total points...
-
- Releasing rules:
-
- - Only final release-version of games will be rated
- - Only games within the 40 disk limit will be rated
- - Only games using the english language will be rated
- - Only games not earlier released on floppy will be rated
-
- - Non-working games not fixed will be rated without
- any points at all.
- - Non-working games that are fixed within a 5 day period
- will be rated with -1 point for each fix needed...
- - Games badly stripped/cracked will be rated -1 point
- - A game that's not working and is re-released by another
- group will give that group full point of the release.
- However, the group first releasing still keep their
- credits (-1 point for each fix needed) if they bring
- their fix within a 5 day period.
- - No addons will be rated in the release-chart.
-
- Highlights in April 1996
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- TYRANNY made a comeback this month and started off with a bunch of titles...
-
- We decided to take away the monthly meggage top as that is no way to rate the
- groups quality or greatness...
-
- Goofs in April 1996
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 'Zone of Death (c) Gametek' released by World Wide Releases was not cracked !
- 'Jones in the fast Lane 2 (c) Sierra On-Line' was a fake !
- 'Int Tennis Open 1996 (c) Philips' released by ROR was virus infected !
- 'Yendorian Tales (c) Smithsoft' released by TRN was a fake !
-
- The Revolution version of Championship Mgr 2: Italia was a dupe... their
- group scored 0 points in March... out of the list...
-
- * notice: we're only viewing the 10 best groups in the top *
-
- - MONTHLY - - TOTALLY -
-
- ##: Group: Releases: ##: Group: Releases:
- ==================================== ====================================
- 01) HYBRID 06 [---] 01) HYBRID 15 [---]
- 01) RAZOR 1911 06 [---] 01) RAZOR 1911 15 [---]
- 01) ROR 06 [+06] 03) NAPALM 10 [---]
- 04) MOTIV8 04 [NEW] 04) ROR 09 [+03]
- 04) NAPALM 04 [-01] 05) DOMINATORS 05 [+01]
- 06) PRESTIGE 03 [+04] 06) DYNAMIX 04 [-02]
- 06) TYRANNY 03 [NEW] 06) MOTIV8 04 [NEW]
- 08) DOMINATORS 02 [-02] 06) PRESTIGE 04 [+04]
- 09) DYNASTY 01 [NEW] 09) CELEBRE 03 [-04]
- 09) THE DREAM TEAM 01 [NEW] 09) TYRANNY 03 [NEW]
-
- ##: Group: Point: ##: Group: Point:
- ==================================== ====================================
- 01) HYBRID 35 [+01] 01) HYBRID 87 [+01]
- 02) ROR 25 [+04] 02) RAZOR 1911 75 [-01]
- 03) RAZOR 1911 22 [-02] 03) NAPALM 48 [---]
- 04) MOTIV8 21 [NEW] 04) ROR 38 [+02]
- 05) NAPALM 18 [-02] 05) DOMINATORS 26 [-01]
- 06) TYRANNY 15 [NEW] 06) MOTIV8 21 [NEW]
- 07) PRESTIGE 11 [+01] 07) PRESTIGE 18 [+01]
- 08) DOMINATORS 09 [-04] 08) DYNAMIX 16 [-03]
- 09) DYNASTY 04 [NEW] 09) TYRANNY 15 [NEW]
- 10) THE DREAM TEAM 03 [NEW] 10) CELEBRE 11 [-03]
-
- ________ _______ __ __
- ==\____ \=\_____ \/ \/ \=================
- /tZ \ \/ \_/ \ \ DOMINATORS'96
- / / \ \ \ PRESENTS
- ==\_________/________/|\/|___/===============
-
- Big Red Racing - Small - (c) Domark 07 disk 01 points
- Champ. Mgr 2 - Belgium - (c) Domark 05 disk 04 points
- Champ. Mgr 2 - Dutch - (c) Domark 05 disk 04 points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- There's different opinions on which group duped whom on the Championship Mgr 2
- datadisks for Belgium and Dutch league. First there was a 24 disk big version
- out from M8, which included a 20 meg+ intro (shame on you). The re-released
- came from both Hybrid and Dominators. The Dominator version did hit the boards
- very fast but never got on the net. As this report is based on what I can see
- on the sites, the Hybrid version won. However, as many people say that DOM was
- the first release on the boards, I will rate both Hybrid and Dominator version.
- The Big Red Racing - Small is a minimized version of the earlier released game
- from Dominators, will be rated with one extra point for a good rip.
-
- Monthly Average Points / release: 4.0
-
-
- _____ /\._____ |\_. _ ____ /\___.__.___
- \.__.\/ | _ \| | /.\\__ \/ _:__: | /
- | | \__. | : |/ | \| \ / | |\ /
- | : \ | | \ | _ \ \/ | |/ : \
- |_____/ : :__|\__| |__/__||__|__/ |__RD
- +-------\___/------\___|------------\__|----
-
- Descent level addon - (c) Interplay 01 disk 01 points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Glorious Dynamix seemed to be out of fuel this month, with their only release
- (addon) it seems like the rumour about Dynamix taking over after Hybrid was
- nothing but a bad joke...
-
- Monthly Average Points / release: N/A
-
-
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- ▒▒ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▄██ ▀█▄▄▀ ██ ██ ██ ▒▒■
- ▓▓ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ █▄ ██ ██ ██ ██ ▓▓S
- ▀▀ ▀▀ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ▀▀
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- ======== ██▄██ ==================== ██▄██ ▓▓
- ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀
- Sensible Golf - (c) Virgin 02 disk 04 points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- One release from this german group which infact wasnt so good though awaited..
-
- Monthly Average Points / release: 4.0
-
-
- ___
- ______ / /_______________________
- /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \
- \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\
- / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / /
- /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ /
- \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/
- \__\/ \__\/(-hoson-)
-
- Champ. Mgr 2: Dutch - (c) Domark 04 disk 04 points
- Champ. Mgr 2: Belgium - (c) Domark 04 disk 04 points
- Chronicles of the Sword - (c) Psygnosis 28 disk 09 points
- Conq. of World - fix - (c) Interplay 01 disk 01 points
- Humans 3 - (c) Gametek 03 disk 05 points
- Super Star Dust '96 - (c) Gametek 05 disk 05 points
- Virtual Snooker - (c) Interplay 01 disk 07 points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Hybrid did an ok month with alot of quality releases plus some re-released
- and better ripped versions of Champ. Mgr 2 Dutch/Belgium... Super Star Dust
- needs a CD to run... ofcourse, this was later fixed... Hybrid also fixed the
- CD-ROM problem in the Napalm release 'Conq. of the new World'.
-
- Monthly Average Points / release: 5.8
-
-
- _____ __ ______ _____ __ _____
- / \/ | |__| | / _ \
- / _ _ | _ |__| | | | \_ _/
- / | | | || | \ / - \
- \__|_|__/\____/ |__|___|\___\_____/
-
- Cyber Tarot - (c) Sunstar 39 disk 04 points
- Cyber Tarot sound addon - (c) Sunstar 05 disk 01 points
- Fast Attack - (c) Sierra On-Line 30 disk 06 points
- Int Tennis 96 - crack - (c) Philips 01 disk 01 points
- Pinball 3D VCR - (c) 21:st Century 03 disk 05 points
- Skunny Karts - (c) Wizardworks 07 disk 04 points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Motiv8 did three re-releases this month plus their very own Cyber Tarot. This
- group is very good making other groups mistakes right... thnx for being there!
-
- Monthly Average Points / release: 4.8
-
-
- /\.
- . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:.
- .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:.
- :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .:
- ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>:
- `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :.
- \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
-
- Conq. of the New World - (c) Interplay 16 disk 06 points
- Judge Dredd - (c) Acclaim 05 disk 04 points
- Silent Hunter - (c) SSI 09 disk 00 points
- Virtual Chess W95 - (c) Titus 08 disk 03 points
- Witchhaven 2 - (c) Capstone 13 disk 05 points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Napalm failed ripping the Silent Hunter released (badly ripped by RAZOR). They
- also failed releasing Witchhaven 2 properly. In the Napalm version you can not
- run the SETUP.EXE so you must play the game in high-resolution... Judge Dredd
- needs a fix to work.. Conq. of the New World is not properly cracked...
-
- Monthly Average Points / release: 3.4
-
-
- ________________________/»|__/| ___________
- \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_
- | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| /
- |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\
- +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+
-
- Die Siedler 2 - (c) Bluebyte 16 disk 00 points
- Super Star Wars - (c) Lucas Arts 04 disk 08 points
- Tactical Operations - (c) Arsenal 03 disk 03 points
- Virtual Chess WIN - (c) Titus 13 disk 03 points
- Virtual Snooker - (c) Interplay 05 disk 00 points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Prestige started out duping Hybrid's release of the Virtual Snooker which was
- also 4 times the size of the Hybrid version. They did put out Super Star Wars
- which had rumours about being a beta version, but nothing was ever proved.
- First the Die Siedler 2 seemed to be a joke, but after confirming the info with
- Prestige people, this awefully sad release was for real. PRESTIGE did release
- a german game...
-
- Monthly Average Points / release: 3.4
-
-
- _ ________________________ _____ ________ _
- \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\
- dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/
- _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \
- \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_
- =======\___/===∙1911∙CD∙DIVISION∙======\___/
-
- Airlines - (c) Interactivision 03 disk 00 points
- Omar Sharif Bridge 2 - (c) Interplay 10 disk 03 points
- Cylindrix - (c) Goldtree Soft 04 disk 03 points
- Hexen - addon - (c) Id Software 02 disk 01 points
- Indy - desktop adv. - (c) Lucas Arts 01 disk 04 points
- Rebel Runner - (c) Microforum 08 disk 06 points
- Silent Hunter - (c) SSI 36 disk 05 points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Silent Hunter was troubled when it failed getting sound to work. It was also
- badly ripped which game it a lesser score... Major opinion tells me this game
- really sucks. Airlines was released back in 1994 by THG. Omar Sharif is badly
- ripped.. minus one point...
-
- Monthly Average Points / release: 3.5
-
-
- _____________________________________________
- \__¼ - ________¼ ./__¼ - ________¼
- __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/
- \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__
- /_____| ./_____________./___| ./
- (=======|______/===================|______/=)
-
- Civ 2 King addon - (c) Microprose 22 disk 01 points
- Civ 2 Wonder addon - (c) Microprose 28 disk 01 points
- Hoyle Classic Boardgames - (c) Sierra On-Line 02 disk 04 points
- Int Tennis Open 1996 - (c) Philips 23 disk 04 points
- Int Tennis addon - (c) Philips 30 disk 01 points
- Kingdom the far Reaches - (c) Interplay 07 disk 03 points
- Kingdom Music addon - (c) Interplay 35 disk 01 points
- Skunny multilanguage W95 - (c) Magic Touch 07 disk 06 points
- S.T.O.R.M. - (c) Electronic Arts 28 disk 04 points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Alot of low-quality releases from ROR this month... 3 more than 20 disk addons
- for Civilization or Kingdom the far Reaches. STORM was an ok game but the rip
- was done bad so it gets a minus... International Tennis carried a virus which
- gives it one minus.
-
- Monthly Average Points / release: 3.5
-
-
- _____________________
- /___ / \ ___/ \
- \__/ / /\ / /\__\ /
- / / /_/ / / / The Dream Team
- /__/_______/__/ / World Domination
- \__\\______\__\/ Quality Warez '96
-
- Big Top - (c) BigTop 32 disk 03 points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Dream Team released one game in the beginning of this month. That was all
- seen from them, another "accidental" release I presume...
-
- Monthly Average Points / release: 3.0
-
-
- ___|\___ _/\____/\___/\____/\_______ _/\
- \__ \ | \___ )\___\ \ \ | /
- / |\__ \ : \/ (: | : \ : \ _ \
- \__|_____/\_|__\__|_|__|__/__|__/____/
- ========================================
-
- Backlash -FLOPPY- - (c) Sanctuary Soft 04 disk 04 points
- Majestic: Alien Encounter - (c) Pirahna 10 disk 05 points
- TwinBlok -FLOPPY- - (c) Webfoot Tech 01 disk 06 points
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A warm welcome back to the Tyranny team that's been gone since they decided to
- take a break from games back in middle of 1995. Now they are back with their
- first release Majetic which is a average adventuregame... they continued the
- comeback with releasing Twinblok and Backlash...
-
- Monthly Average Points / release: 5.0
-
-
- Final words
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The month of April was very nice with alot of competition around the bigger
- titles. The one team that did make it to the number one this month was the
- small but very effective europeans in HYBRID. RAZOR shared the number one in
- the release-chart but totally RAZOR lost their number one spot that they had
- back in march...
-
- This month surprise was the DYNAMIX team that didn't release ONE single game
- after telling people they were the "new" HYBRID... what can I say, old dogs
- just dont die...
-