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1996 June
- Text / Magazine
- Mr White, writer credits
The Reservoir Warez Report, June 1996 by MR.WHITE
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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 re-released because of the first copy being
badly ripped will give the re-releaser full credit
of the release.
- Addons will only be rated in the score-chart.
Highlights in June 1996
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DYNAMIX seems to be all dead... rest in peace !
MANTIS starts up, releasing a bunch of good titles...
Corrections from May
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'Earthworm Jim 2 *DOS*' from PSG did not work... -7 points
'Rebel Runner' from RZR was known as a beta... -6 points
Goofs in June 1996
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RAZOR released a 56 disk 'FPS Baseball 96' which did not work...
PRESTIGE release 'Afterlife' was above 40 disks...
PRESTIGE release 'Savage' did not work...
DYNASTY released 'SKAT 2095' in german...
NAPALM release 'Cyberjudas' was above 40 disks...
NAPALM release 'Apache Longbow' was above 40 disks...
ROR release 'Mechwar 2: Network' was a dupe...
ROR release 'Quake: Final' was ofcourse a beta...
* notice: we're only viewing the 10 best groups in the top *
- MONTHLY - - TOTALLY -
##: Group: Releases: ##: Group: Releases:
==================================== ====================================
01) PRESTIGE 16 [---] 01) PRESTIGE 35 [---]
02) RAZOR 1911 05 [---] 02) RAZOR 1911 23 [---]
03) HYBRID 04 [+01] 03) HYBRID 22 [---]
MANTIS 04 [NEW] 04) NAPALM 15 [---]
05) DYNASTY 02 [+03] 05) DYNAMIX 08 [---]
NAPALM 02 [-01] ROR 08 [+01]
07) ABI 01 [NEW] 07) DOMINATORS 06 [---]
MOTIV8 01 [-01] 08) MOTIV8 05 [---]
ROR 01 [-01] 09) DYNASTY 04 [NEW]
THE RESERVOIR DOGS 01 [NEW] MANTIS 04 [NEW]
##: Group: Score: ##: Group: Score:
==================================== ====================================
01) PRESTIGE 79 [---] 01) PRESTIGE 192 [---]
02) RAZOR 1911 29 [+01] 02) HYBRID 122 [---]
03) MANTIS 28 [NEW] 03) RAZOR 1911 120 [---]
04) HYBRID 20 [+01] 04) NAPALM 86 [---]
05) NAPALM 16 [-02] 05) DYNAMIX 42 [---]
06) THE RESERVOIR DOGS 15 [NEW] 06) DOMINATORS 32 [---]
07) DYNASTY 10 [---] 07) ROR 30 [---]
08) VIGOR 06 [NEW] 08) MANTIS 28 [NEW]
09) ABI 04 [NEW] 09) MOTIV8 25 [-01]
10) MOTIV8 03 [-04] 10) DYNASTY 21 [NEW]
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\ _| \| > \ \
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/ | \ > \ \
/____| \_______/ABi__/
:------| \-----:-------:
ASiAN |_______) BOYZ iNSANE
:---------------------------:
Virtual Victor XXX Games - (c) ??? 04 disk 04 points
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New group with one single release, let's see what they will do in the future.
Monthly Average Points / release: 4.0
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Dentureman 1.0 - (c) Nissen Ventrue 01 disk 05 points
Offensive - (c) Ocean 19 disk 05 points
SKAT 2095 (german) - (c) Uli Stein 03 disk 00 points
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Dynasty did two ratable releases this month + a german which we dont rate...
Monthly Average Points / release: 3.3
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C&C: Companion pack - (c) Actura 01 disk 01 points
Complete Onside Soccer - (c) Telstar 12 disk 04 points
Euro '96 - (c) Gremlin 10 disk 06 points
Jelly Fish: Blackgammon - (c) Effect Software 01 disk 04 points
Kickoff '96 - (c) Anco 10 disk 05 points
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Hybrid did an average month, releasing a bunch of average games. Not much more
to say about this...
Monthly Average Points / release: 4.8
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+--=========================\/===--+
Greg Norman Golf 2 - (c) Grolier 22 disk 08 points
Final Doom: Evilution - (c) Id Software 06 disk 01 points
Final Doom: Plutonia - (c) Id Software 06 disk 01 points
Flight Unlimited *W95* - (c) SSI 40 disk 06 points
Flight Unlimited - addon - (c) SSI 04 disk 01 points
Power Dolls v1.2 - (c) Megatech 12 disk 05 points
The way Baseball works - (c) Simon & Schuster 37 disk 06 points
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Mantis is one of the new groups for this month. These guys has been doing kind
of a good month, releasing four games and a bunch of addons.
Monthly Average Points / release: 6.3
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Rebel Runner Microforum 04 disk 03 points
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Motiv8 did a re-release of Razor's beta 'Rebel Runner' but that was pretty
much it in the month of june.
Monthly Average Points / release: 3.0
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Apache AH-64D Longbow - (c) Origin 46 disk 00 points
AL - addon - (c) Origin 04 disk 00 points
Cyberjudas - (c) Merit 50 disk 00 points
Cyberjudas: addon - (c) Merit 26 disk 00 points
Firefight - (c) Electronic Arts 28 disk 06 points
Spacehulk 2 - (c) Electronic Arts 38 disk 08 points
Spacehulk 2: speech - (c) Electronic Arts 43 disk 01 points
Spacehulk 2: cinema - (c) Electronic Arts 28 disk 01 points
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Napalm released a few good titles. However these games mostly fell over the
40 disk limit which we still enforce. Apache Longbow and Cyberjudas will
therefor not be rated.
Monthly Average Points / release: 3.5
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\___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_
| __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| /
|___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\
+--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+
Afterlife - (c) Lucas Arts 40 disk 00 points
American Civil War - (c) Interactive Magic 26 disk 05 points
Back to Baghdad - (c) Military Sim. 23 disk 06 points
Big Hurt Baseball - (c) ??? 36 disk 06 points
Catfight - (c) Atlantean 20 disk 06 points
Dinotopis - (c) Turner 13 disk 04 points
Doom 2 *W95* - (c) Id Software 22 disk 05 points
Final DOOM - (c) Id Software 29 disk 05 points
FPS Baseball 96 - (c) Sierra On-Line 31 disk 06 points
Hoyle Solitaire - (c) Sierra On-Line 07 disk 05 points
Indycar 2 *W95* - (c) Papyrus 14 disk 07 points
Savage - (c) Discovery Channel 30 disk 00 points
S.T.O.R.M. - (c) American Soft 31 disk 05 points
Terry B Fantasy Football - (c) FFL 02 disk 04 points
Tigers of the Prowl 2 - (c) HPS 01 disk 01 points
Tracer *W95* - (c) 7:th Level 22 disk 06 points
Ultimate Doom *W95* - (c) Id Software 21 disk 05 points
W. Arcade Classic *W95* - (c) William 03 disk 03 points
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Savage was not a working release. Big Hurt Baseball was lowered because of the
crackfix released later on. S.T.O.R.M. was lowered because it needed a fix.
Afterlife was a great game but PSG tried to squeeze it under the 40 disk limit
making the disks 1,5mb. Remember this trick from the same guys back in DNX and
sorry to say, we dont rate 40 * 1,5mb... Other's than this, there noone even
getting close to competing with Prestige's "total domination".
Monthly Average Points / release: 4.4
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Brainstorm - (c) Simon & Schuster 39 disk 06 points
Final DOOM - (c) Id Software 30 disk 05 points
FPS Baseball 96 - (c) Sierra On-Line 56 disk 00 points
Operation Carnage - (c) Beaucomm 03 disk 07 points
Panzer General *W95* - (c) SSI 21 disk 05 points
SU-27 Flanker *DOS* - (c) SSI 04 disk 05 points
SU-27 Flanker: dox - (c) SSI 01 disk 01 points
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Razor 1911 did a mediocre month, releasing a few games but still aint close
to competing with Prestige. Razor's version of FPS Baseball was not properly
stripped and therefor goes above the disklimit. Besides that fact, the game
doesnt even work.
Monthly Average Points / release: 4.7
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_/ __/ _/ _\ \ _/_/ __/ /| / |_/ __/
\___\__________/____\___\___/____/___|\___\
===============[ ·D·O·G·S· ]================
Earthworm Jim 2 / DOS - (c) Rainbow Arts 05 disk 09 points
Euro'96 music/speech - (c) Gremlin 41 disk 01 points
Onside Soccer: Cinema - (c) Telstar 25 disk 01 points
Onside Soccer: French - (c) Telstar 04 disk 01 points
Onside Soccer: German - (c) Telstar 04 disk 01 points
Onside Soccer: Spanish - (c) Telstar 04 disk 01 points
Panzer General speech - (c) SSI 16 disk 01 points
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The Reservoir Dogs that's only been known to release previews and movie addons
this month introduced their skill in fixing up games. The earlier released PSG
version of Earthworm Jim 2 did never work, even using the fixes.
Monthly Average Points / release: 9.0
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Mechwarrior 2: Network - (c) Activision 25 disk 00 points
Pepsi VR Games - (c) Pepsi 21 disk 01 points
Quake *FINAL* - (c) Id Software 15 disk 00 points
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Mechwarrior 2: Network was nuked everywhere as a beta/fake... Quake *FINAL* was
ofcourse another beta (3). Finally they release Pepsi VG Games which was what
I call it a fuckin joke. If you guys wanna stay competing with the REAL groups
than put your fuckin act together...
Monthly Average Points / release: 0.3
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Alley Cats - (c) Atlantean 32 disk 05 points
Alley Cats - addon - (c) Atlantean 34 disk 01 points
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Yawn, another wannabe team with another once in a lifetime release.. enjoy !
Monthly Average Points / release: 5.0
Final words
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Well as you all can see, PRESTIGE is once again topping the charts and without
any real competition if you ask me. Words of warning to the people in RAZOR and
fellow groups, you better try a little harder or soon PRESTIGE will rule the
scene universe. With 3 times the amount of RAZOR's releases and more than
double the points, I say these guys rules pretty much...
Well guys, I'm outta here, so see you in next issue... 'til later !