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Currently RCN (Reality Check Network) and Affinity contain TGR! NOTE: THERE IS NO MAILING LIST OF ANY KIND! =========================================== - * - * - * - * - * * - * - * - * - * - GAME REVIEWS, RATINGS, UN-BIASED OPINIONS, HELP/TIPS FOR INSTALLING GAMES! [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] -Rating scale: (0-19)/100 = In a nutshell, it sucked! (20-39)/100 = Still crap but slightly better. (40-49)/100 = Possibly worth downloading. (50-69)/100 = Pretty decent game. Might want to check it out. (70-79)/100 = Worth the download if you like that type. (80-89)/100 = Very good, 9 outta 10 its worth the download. (90-99)/100 = Excellent game, a MUST download. 100/100 = HOLY SHIT I'VE NEVER SEEN A BETTER GAME! RATINGS are based on the game idea, graphics, sound, playability, ingenuity, versatility, and a lot of other words ending in `ity'. These games are based on what happens on MY COMPUTER ONLY, unless stated otherwise. I always first follow nfo directions, and if those don't work or are not available, I then try other ways. So just b/c it doesn't work for me, doesn't mean it won't work for you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -<*><*> THE GAME REVIEW <*><*>- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______ ____/\_____/\_. ___ _____ __ /___ \/ ___/\_ _/ | \_ || _/ \/ \ | / / _/ \ / _/ |/\ / `' \ \ / :| \ \ ' \/ |/ ' | |/ \: :|__|\ \_____/ |\_______\____/\__/\ \. :[FF]:\__/::::/____|:::::::::::::::::::\_/ *-REFLUX 1996 PROUDLY PRESENT-* [========================================] [F-18 NO FLY ZONE ][ (c)DOE ENTERTAINMENT] [[xx/02] --------------------- [9/8/96]] [========================================] -Filenames: RLX-F18?.ZIP Wow a bad packaging job here. First off, this is 6 disks, not 2 like the diz says. Secondly, they are all not compressed the way they should be, which is why when you downloaded this you might have been like "holy shit!". Thirdly, the arj.exe and the install.exe each have a virus, one has taipan the other the burglar virus. Still you don't need either of those, just arj x -y -v to a directory, it don't matter. An earlier version of this game was put out in a package called `Triple Threat'. Anyway, you probably shouldn't download this in the first place, because once you go to play the game, you'll see it sucks and it was a waste of time. Mainly the reason for it sucking is b/c you can't control the movement of the plane. That's right, none of the k/b keys work for movement, although they work with firing <and so does the mouse>. There is no configuring to change it and it's supposed to work with the arrow keys <numlock on or off made no diff>. But for your knowledge (or something) this is a plane game. You have your plane in front of you and you see enemies approach in the distance and they fire at you and you must avoid it. It's not a 3d game, it's more of the asteroids type. The sound is quite loud, but does help add a little something to this cheapy game. RATING: 35/100 ________________________/»|__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Politicards (c) Masque Publishing [6/6] +------------------------------------------+ -Filenames: POLIPSG?.ZIP To put it short, it's 21 different games of solitaire with the ability to have your cards filled with the faces of your favorite political person (pff). So just when you thought you've seen enough of Bob Dole and those pointless conv- entions, you can go home and play a nice quiet game of Solitaire with his and many other faces right there in front of you. They have animations too if you pick the large1 type cards. Other than that it's just solitaire. You can also change the background your playing on, which is kinda nice. RATING: 48/100 ________________________/»|__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ CRUSADER: NO REGRET *FINAL* (c)Origin XX/25 +------------------------------------------+ -Filenames: PSGCNR??.ZIP This is supposed to be the final (game says v1.06) and the Coredump is being called a beta (game says v1.01). However I assue you the Coredump version works fine, and at least you can get sound with that one. This one has no sound, even though it's included, you can't actually set it up because the install.exe is missing files you need in order to configure it. Here's the review from issue #36: "Crusader is back, and improved. While you may go and call this Crusader 2, it's really a little stretch to do that. This game is pretty much exactly like the original, except a few minor improvements, new levels, different exclamations from the enemies, smarter artificial inteligence of the enemies, and limits on your animation (bad). While some of you remember this game as "that one you could blow up everything in" you will soon find this one loses some of that fun because of the fact that you are limited on ammunition of even your main gun. For those who didn't play the first one, the game idea is simple. It's a 3D overview of rooms, you walk around, shoot people, shit that you wish you could do in real life. You have tons of weapons to pick up, and so many things to blow up, you could spend your entire life blowing up every single thing. If you liked the first one a lot, then I still reccomend gett- ing this one, although it just isn't as good and simple as the first one. If you thought the first one was so-so-good, then well you really don't need to check this one out, because it isn't much different. I would have thought they could have made some more improvements to the game, add some better features, and improve it a little more than they did. When you hit "s" it also will make an annoying beep sound (it gets annoying trust me) if there is nothing to use it for. Also, they didn't really improve on the game engine, which although good, could have used some bug-like fixes. Still a great game, make sure ya get the save game fix (which is just a stupid .com file to make a dir "savegame" in your game dir), and the music addon for music. Oh, one more thing, the install.exe you are supposed to run to set the sound, it takes quite a while to load, so don't go rebooting your machine when all it does is sit their for about anywhere from 10-20 seconds with a black screen, the regret.exe will also take quite a while to load up, just be patient. Also, there are some rumors about this being a `beta'. As far as I can tell, the game runs fine, exactly like the first did, and there really is NO PROOF that this is not the final. Oh and ONE more thing, on level 1, at one pt in time you will be given a code #121 for those keypads, the correct # is really #122, I don't know if the game was designed to do that, but it's not #121. RATING: 81/100" Welp this one is the supposed final, so if you didn't get it the first time, get it now, and see if you can get some kind of sound addon, because without one it will be quite dull, although it will move a lot faster. Rating drops down a few points because there is no sound. RATING: 78/100 ______ ____/\_____/\_. ___ _____ __ /___ \/ ___/\_ _/ | \_ || _/ \/ \ | / / _/ \ / _/ |/\ / `' \ \ / :| \ \ ' \/ |/ ' | |/ \: :|__|\ \_____/ |\_______\____/\__/\ \ :[FF]:\__/::::/____|:::::::::::::::::::\_/ *-REFLUX 1996 PROUDLY PRESENT-* [========================================] [ M4 (c) DEADLY GAMES ] [=[09/14/96]=====================[XX/10]=] -Filenames: RLX-M4??.ZIP Well this game just about sucks balls better than that hooker last night. It's some kind of tank game for win/win95, and it's hard to figure out what to do. The graphics are shitty and the controls are crappy, because you have to use buttons that are practically hidden in the picture of your tank. Then you get to look out a shitty (pehr-uh-scope) and see a crappy image, and you can slowly move it at the rate of 1 foot a year. Anyway this is basically a really shitty tank game and not worth even seeing. RATING: 29/100 Rally Challenge *BETA* (c) S.Lightning [x/5] ─────────────────────────────────────────── ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▀█ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█▓███▀ ██▓█ ▀▀█▓▒░ ▀▀▀ ▄█ ▀ ▓ ░ ▓█▓█ ░ █▄██ ██▓█ ░ ██▓▒ ░ ▒▓██ ░ ▒ ░ ██▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░ ▓███ ░ █▓█▓ ░ ▓███ ░ ░ ░ ░ ██▓█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░ ▒▓██ ░ █▒██ ░ ███▓ ░ ▒ 4thm ████ ░░▒▓██ ░ ░▒▓█▄▄▄█▄█▓ ░ ▓███▄▄ ▓ ───── █▀ ──────────────────────── █▀ ────── -Filenames: FBI-RC??.ZIP Phew, for a minute I thought this would be that racing car game that's been put out so many times. Thank god, it wasn't. It was a racing car game, der, beta, and well it's kinda boring, no sound, and the graphics are kinda plain. You can't run off the road, b/c it goes a level up so you can't run too far. It's kinda boring, and it don't seem like you're going to fast, it's pretty easy to turn, but it's just so boring, lame ass grassy surroundings, every- thing is like fucking green, and you can't crash into anything but the side. Don't bother, maybe they'll work on some things for the final version. RATING: 44/100 *********************************** John Madden Football '97 DEMO xx/10 *********************************** -Filenames: MAD97?.ZIP Here's yet another football game to satisfy your thirst. This one is good, but it's just not as good as QBC'97...oh and it's of course a demo. The game has the usual settings for gfx, and you can turn on and off shit. You can play a normal game, with the Steelers and Cowboys and there is sound, but no announcer (which actually is a good thing, cuz who the hell wants to listen to John Madden bitch?). Plenty of options, weather, graphics, speech, and the usuals. You can switch the viewing window size, but not the actual gfx mode. If you do want it, wait for the full version. RATING: 60/100 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*> WIN '95 REVIEWS <*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE $$ gg $$ $$Pg. j$"$c $$""" ::::: $$ $ $$ gg $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ ::::: $$ $ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ggg ?$g$g$P $$ $$ $$ $$g$$ gg $$ mc ------------------- $$ gg $$ $$ $$ --- Reviews from pAth0s... ?$g$P ?$g$P GR! Accept No Substitutes! Hello once again from leechland. This week brings a few more releases than in recent weeks. Cool huh? Lets get to tha shit then! !#! SEND ME MAIL NOW!! [email protected] !#! --- Testers System info --- Hardware: p-90, 16M ram, 512k cache, Diamond 64 2m Dram, Awe32, 17" ADI, EIDE Software: Windows 95 Oem Service Release 2 (includes directX2, and stuph) Configuration : 800x600 @ 16bit color, fat32, and all the latest drivers. --- Ratings/Points System --- 100-90= LEECH IT OR DIE! 89-70= Check it 69-50= Ehh maybe 49-30= Prolly not 29-1= Shitzville!! 0= Don't Work _____________________ ___________ ____________________ Super Euro Fighter 2000 (c)DID/OCEAN [01/50] _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/===—1911—CD—DIVISION—======\___/ FileNames: RZRSEF??.ZIP Release Date: 09 SEP 1996 Sorry I don't remember the un-supah version of this great game, but this one is definately Super! All kinds of missions to play with this jetfighter sim. From intercepting russian Migs to bombing runs at sea, it's all here. You'll definately wanna break out the Sidewinder Pro for this, as it makes full use of the POV hat, rudder, and all 4 buttons. Too bad it didn't have any way to configure the 4 assignable buttons, but we can't have everything I guess. If you got other flight equip, like pedals and etc, it'll support that too. There's quite a few controls to mess with, anything from radar functions to in-flight refueling mechanisms to counter measures. You also get to fly with a wingman which talks to you in that leet jetjockey slang. You can tell him what to do as well, like break right/left, go after certain targets, cover your tail, and etc.. The speech wasn't ripped either, so you've got all kinds of radio chatter in the background too. Speaking of sound, man, never let someone get a radar lock on you, it's REAL annoying, and maybe that's the point :) The directx sound screwed up on my system, garbling it, and making real nasty screeching sounds, but I don't think it was the games fault. I'll have to go through and screw with my drivers. Anyway, the grafix were great, smooth even on this shitty dram stealth. Of course if it's choppy for you, it's got a couple grafix switches to mess with like detail levels, and high/low res. All in all, a great game if you've got the time to sit down and figure out the controls, and learn the cockpit (huh huh he said CockPit) and HUD. As a rule, I *really* don't like to give out anything higher than an 85, but this one, in my book, has earned it. I've played quite a few sims, and this is one of the best ( 2nd only to Gunship for the C=64!! :P ) *> Points: 91 -Not game of the year, but in the top 10 of 95 games. ________________________/_|__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/÷e÷/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ PRO PINBALL: THE WEB for Win 95 [xx/09] FileNames: PSGPRO??.ZIP Release Date: 08 SEP 1996 After all is said and done with the controversy surrounding this game, I must ask this question: If you're going to steal a game, for whatever reason, WHY a pinball game? Ok, enuff of that crap already.. When I was leeching it, I thought, "Another pinball game, big fucken deal.." but when I played it, I thought, "Yup, another fucken pinball game, this one just a little nicer." And that's exactly what it is. It is a little nicer than all the others though. The table is a lot larger, as the game is played full screen, and not in a window. It's bigger proportionally too, so it's got BIGGER BALLS!! heh heh.. Never thought I'd be able to say that in a review. Anyway, for the most part, it's just another pinball game, but if you don't already have 50 of em by now, check this one out. It's not half bad. *> Points: 65 -Not bad as far as pinball goes, but nothing really outstanding. ________________________/_|__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/÷e÷/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ MORTAL KOMBAT III for Windows 95 XX/43 +------------------------------------------+ FileNames: PSGMK3??.ZIP Release Date: 12 SEP 1996 hmm another dos to Win95 port... Lesse there were a couple others too, and it's no surprise that this one sucks too. They could've added at least SOMETHING... My first thought, was, "Cool.. MKIII in Win95.. NETPLAY!" But unfortunately, it didn't happen. No netplay, no new nothing. To boot, this version really eats up memory or something, cuz it swaps like a bitch, for little shit, like when the dude says Finish Him and shit. Oh, THIS version is also 43 fucking disks for some odd reason. The original MKIII was somewhere in the 20 range I think. Anyway, we all know what MKIII is, and this is exactly the same shit we already seen a while ago, plus the fact that it swaps so bad when the original didn't, makes this a real dud. Get the original from someone on #oldwarez or something. *> Points 57 -Sure, I prolly woulda released it too, just cuz it's MKIII, but it still sucks. ________________________/_|__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/÷e÷/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ BUG for Windows/Win 95 (c) Sega PC [XX/34] +------------------------------------------+ FileNames: PSGBUG??.ZIP Release Date: 06 SEP 1996 All I can say is.. WOW! This game kicks ass, once I actually figured out the problem... A BIG, HUGE, ass kissin goes out to: FuJY [Axis/Guild/RDM/P$P] Who mailed me this: Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 01:58:34 +0100 From: FuJY <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Bug Hi, i was reading the latest tgr (which rulez) and noticed you had problems running bug, I have exactly the same setup as you (apart from I have a p-100 chip) the problem is with direct draw, not bug or win95, its the diamond cards drivers, I had EXACTLY the same message, i installed a normal s3 driver in '95 now the games works fine :0. Try it, this game rulez, and i think it might be worth reviewing in tgr when u see it... Maybe Diamond Multimedia should sort themselves out, i have had nothing but problems with mine... its cause they are money leeching fukers :), and wont write a specific driver unless they are paid millions by the company developing the offending software. Anyway, as i said : BUG is kewl... try it.. just install a normal s3 driver instead of the DS64 one. Thanks! C Yer, and thanks on some class reviews :) --- FuJY [Axis/Guild/RDM/P$P] Damn, this guy should work for TGR.. heh heh.. HEAR THAT DIAMOND?? YOU SUCK! But, I used the standard defacto (err ummm yeah) S3 driver and it worked just fine. I thank everyone who sent me mail about this game. Now, what about the game?? It ROCKS! I'm not sure what kind of scrolling it's called, but imagine a 3rd person scrolly adventure like Sonic, or Pitfall, but where you can turn all 4 directions and have your back or front to the camera as well. Combine that with camera zooming at the right times and that's how BUG! works. The basic idea is to walk around this 3d world and kill these other bugs by jumping on top of them Mario style.. You're also sposed to grab stuff along the way. Gameplay was just like most scrollies, with the exception that you can go towards the camera and away from it. The only real bitch I have with it, is that when you die, you have to start all the way back at the very beginning of the level. You'd think they woulda put some kind of save spot or something in it. (Maybe there is, but I was only able to play the 1st level, cuz it's late, I need sleep, and this needs to be done :) No problems with speed or anything else with this one though. Ran great in a hefty size window. You can play it in a few different screen modes, windowed, or about 7 full screen modes, going all the way up to 640x480. You must run it in 256 color, and it wont let you play unless 95's in 8bit mode. I can't give this one a 90+ on the points scale, cuz it just sucks too bad when you die, but it's a keeper! *> Points: 86 -You really oughtta leech this just to see something new and exciting! _____________________ ___________ _____________________ That's it for this week.. Don't think I missed anything, been kind of a hairy week. Again, thanks for all the email about BUG!, and remember, help one another out. The scene is about what you can give, not what you can take. <*> pAth0s.... Proud sponsor of the "Vote for anyone but Dole campaign." <*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>THE GAME OF THE WEEK<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -This week's GOTW goes to RAZOR for SUPER EURO FIGHTER 2000, for win95. Congratulations. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>OTHER RELEASES<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- .aS"Pg. ., PRESENTING!!! 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THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PAKIS PRESENTS: CRUSADER: NO REGRET EXTRA SOUNDS [xx/05] -Filenames: IAPCNR0?.ZIP -Note: Here's the sound addons so that you're not noiseless. ________________________/»|__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ BUBBLE BOBBLE COMBO +3 TRAINER [01/01] +------------------------------------------+ -Filenames: PSGBBTRN.ZIP -Note: A trainer to give you unlimited lives, level skipping, etc. ________________________/»|__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ JA: DEADLY GAMES +3 TRAINER [01/01] +------------------------------------------+ -Filenames: PSGJATRN.ZIP -Note: Der, a trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>UPCOMING RELEASE DATES<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -All projected dates are as of SEPTEMBER 13TH 1996, 8:15am (EST) and based on STORE release dates. The info. in this section is updated WHEN AVAILABLE. Key to system types: DCD = DOS CD WCD = Windows CD HCD = Windows/Mac. CD W95CD = Win 95 CD W3 = Windows Disk W953 = Win 95 Disk D3 = DOS Disk YY/MM/DD| Name of Game | OS | Company ----------------------------------------------------------- 96/09/12 XENOPHAGE DCD GT SOFTWARE 96/09/16 GOLF NICK P DCD GT SOFTWARE 96/09/16 M1A2 ABRAMS DCD INTERACTIVE MAGIC 96/09/17 DUKE ZONE DCD WIZARD WORKS 96/09/18 H ASSAULT DCD WIZARD WORKS 96/09/18 ARCHIVES VOL2 DCD LUCAS ARTS 96/09/19 IRONMAN/XO DCD ACCLAIM 96/09/19 SOLID ICE HOCK DCD ENTERACTIVE INTERNATIONAL 96/09/19 TRSPK:THUN/ENT DCD MINDSCAPE 96/09/20 JUMANJI HCD PHILIPS INTERACTIVE MEDIA 96/09/20 HARVESTER DCD MERIT SOFTWARE 96/09/20 GENE WARS DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/09/20 NATO FIGHTERS DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/09/23 BEDLAM DCD GT SOFTWARE 96/09/23 NCAA BASKETBLL DCD GTE INTERACTIVE MEDIA 96/09/24 NFL TTL CONTRL DCD PHILIPS INTERACTIVE MEDIA 96/09/24 PRAY FOR DEATH DCD VIRGIN GAMES 96/09/24 MADDEN NFL 97 DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/09/24 ULT GAMERS PAK DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/09/25 SHATTERD STEEL DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS 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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -In last week's issue (I knew I wasn't going nuts) there were two games in the Bubble Bobble Combo, one was the game Bubble Bobble <which I remembered but didn't play> and the other was some rainbow game <and an enhanced version of it>. The .exe's were bb.exe and rainbow.exe, and when I ran the bb.exe it just stayed in dos, so that is why I used the rainbow.exe, because I was in the /game directory, and forgot about the bubble.bat. Anyway, Bobble Bubble is that game that was on nintendo and was like really fun and stuff and that we all loved to play for hours on end. The only bad thing about these games is your limited to the # of continues and so you can't just beat the game if you played it for 5 hours, you'd actually have to be one hell of a kick ass player. The other bad thing about it is the controls, but I mentioned that already. The correct rating for the package + the 2 fixes is 52/100. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS MAGAZINE IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER, CONDONES THE PIRATING, STEALING, OR ANY OTHER ILLEGAL MEANS OF OBTAINING SOFTWARE. I AM IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF READING THIS MAGAZINE, NOR HAVE I DONE ANYTHING ILLEGAL TO OBTAIN THE REVIEWED GAMES. IF YOU LIKE HOW THE REVIEW OF A GAME SOUNDS THEN BY ALL MEANS PURCHASE IT AND SUPPORT THE SOFTWARE COMPANY. ANY AND ALL MAGAZINE GROUPS HAVE PERMISSION TO USE THIS IN THEIR MAGAZINE, AS LONG AS IT HAS NOT BEEN EDITED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, AND YOU HAVE OBTAINED MY WRITTEN EMAIL PERMISSION. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>CLOSINGS<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -That's it for this week, hope it was of help. -Ionizer (The Game Reviewer) Comments/Complaints send to [email protected] (NO GAME REQUESTS) .a$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$a. $$' . `$$' `$$ ' `$$' s `$$ $' $ $$ $ $$ a a $$ $ $$ $ $ssss$$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $ o $$ $$ $ $ $$ sssss$$ $. $ $$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $$. $ ,$$ $ $$ $ $ $$. $ ,$$ $$&@%o%@&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&@%o%@&$$$ $$' o '$$$ $ $$' s `$$ `$$$$$ $$ $ $$$ $ $$ $ $$ $o $$$$$ $$ $ $$$ $ $$ $ $$ ~' o$$$$$ $$ $ $$$ $ $$ sssss$$ %. ^$$$$$ $$ $ $$$s s$$ $ $$ $$ $$$$$ $$. $ ,$$$$@. .@$$$. $ ,$$ $$ $$$$$ `$$&@%o%@&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&@%o%@&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$hd' Copyright 1996 Ionizer Inc. #167A939