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42 of 62 files the game review

1997 January 12

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Un-Releastic: "I have never played a game I didn't like." -Stu Pid Fewl Realistic : "This game sucks!" -Ionizer ____________ News Updates (Lotsa news, read it all.) ============ -Faster than a speeding bullet...(Ok, so maybe it's more like a bicycle going down a hill)...TGR returns! -A very brief, and I mean brief, summary of the worthy games out during TGR's absence from the scene is located in the closing section. -Did you miss us? You did? Awww poo' baby, had to download games without getting truthful reports of what it was like...awww. I bet you really fucking appreciate TGR now, eh? <G> -In early December, one of the only magazines to compete with TGR for longevity and popularity, decided to call it quits. Yes, I'm talking about RCN. Not everyone liked it, but everyone did read it. Good luck, in life, to those who ran it. For those of you who read TGR through RCN, please read the section on ways of obtaining TGR. -As promised, here's the PARODY, if you go to the web page, you will be able to sing along to the real song using real audio 3.0, so no waiting time, just go to http://ns2.clever.net/~ionizer SURFING ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB ----------------------------- -Sung to the tune of and a parody of SPIDERWEBS, by NO DOUBT. -Written entirely by: Ionizer [THE GAME REVIEWer] -Creative idea by: Ionizer, Mael, and Plinko. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you think that we can connect? That the winsock's settings correct? My words go through technical support's ears, And the frustration causes tears... ...but now I'm surfing, Using Netscape (c), You've got me hooked on web pages... *CHORUS* Sorry I'm not home right now, I'm surfing on the World Wide Web, So leave an email And I'll reply back... I'll likely ignore it, but leave an email And I'll reply back. *CHORUS* You take advantage of my line, Surfing the web takes up all my time, Don't have the courage inside me, To say I belong in the Web-Aholics Committee... Communications, through my data modem, I'm making my own web page... *CHORUS* Sorry I'm not home right now, I'm surfing on the World Wide Web, So leave an email And I'll reply back... I'll likely ignore it, but leave an email And I'll reply back. *CHORUS* And it's all Apple's fault, I screen my I-phone calls, No matter what Mac lamah calls, I gotta scre-e-e-e-n my I-phone calls. Now my cpu obsession's too deep, I check my zmodem transfers in my sleep, My dreams become nightmares, Cause I hear realaudio in my ears... *CHORUS* Sorry I'm not home right now, I'm surfing on the World Wide Web, So leave an email And I'll reply back... I'll likely ignore it, but leave an email And I'll reply back. *CHORUS* (END) ============================================ HOW TO GET THIS MAGAZINE ON A REGULAR BASIS: -------------------------------------------- (WHERE and WHEN can I GET The Game Review? The Game Review (c) Ionizer will) (be released every SUNDAY, and can be obtained by /m ionizer xdcc send #1) #1 TGR Web Page: (Over 38,000 Served) http://ns2.clever.net/~ionizer (Note: Contains all issues and gets 'em 1st) #2 E-Mail AUTO Responder: (Remember, all of TGR can't fit in it.) Just write mail to [email protected] <That's all, you don't need to include any special message or anything, you'll get a response back within a few seconds>. (Note: Only for the NEWEST TGR out.) #3 Other magazines are free to use TGR in their magz. Simply notify me about it first. 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 <*><*>- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Note: Games reviewed are of those released between Jan. 1st-12th. ______ ____/\_____/\_. ___ _____ __ /___ \/ ___/\_ _/ | \_ || _/ \/ \ | / / _/ \ / _/ |/\ / `' \ \ / :| \ \ ' \/ |/ ' | |/ \: :|__|\ \_____/ |\_______\____/\__/\ \ :[FF]:\__/::::/____|:::::::::::::::::::\_/ *-REFLUX 1996 PROUDLY PRESENT-* [========================================] [ MEDIEVAL CHESS (c) JV GAMESS ] [=[01/01/97]=====================[XX/06]=] -Filenames: RLX-MCH?.ZIP No sound, shitty graphics, but it's got this neat little feature to let the guys battle. Rather than check mating and whatnot, you actually fight with the guys in this little square and you're sword determines how much power you have. This is the only chess game in my life where I've actually played... lost of course...but I played the entire thing. You really don't need to know how to play chess, because you can always fight your way to winning, but it helps to know how to play. Nice concept, lame gfx and no sounds. PS: Unarj it manually, the installer doesn't seem to work properly. RATING: 43/100 ______ ____/\_____/\_. ___ _____ __ /___ \/ ___/\_ _/ | \_ || _/ \/ \ | / / _/ \ / _/ |/\ / `' \ \ / :| \ \ ' \/ |/ ' | |/ \: :|__|\ \_____/ |\_______\____/\__/\ \ :[FF]:\__/::::/____|:::::::::::::::::::\_/ *-REFLUX 1996 PROUDLY PRESENT-* [========================================] [ SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE (c) WIZARDWORKS ] [=[01/01/97]=====================[XX/16]=] -Filenames: RLXSMP??.ZIP This is a collection of shooting games, but they also stuck in one fishing game. The games are all pretty similar, except you shoot different things in each one. The one I'm sure you'd have to enjoy (especially if you live in the city) is the Pigeon Shooting one. This single game is pretty cool, pigeons are flying around in some park and you shoot them with a shotgun and there blood and guts fly all over. Just like what you'd wanna do in real life! The graphics are mostly sceneries with little birds flying across. The sound you really only hear is the one of your gun. Oh, for fun, in DH2, shoot your dog. The name of the games in this package are: Duck Hunt II, Pigeon Hunt, Fly Fishing, Pheasant Hunt, and Trap Shooting Pro PS: Once again the installer doesn't seem to work, but it's got some decent art work in it. So just unarj it manually. RATING: 48/100 Scorcher *Final Sales* (C) GTI [01/07] _____ _____ ____ _____ ________________ \_ | \ \/ / _ /__\_ \_/ _ \ | _ \_ \ _/ \ \ __/___/ | / / |___| |____|___/ /_\ \___|_______/ ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\:::::::::: ** HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE ENTIRE SCENE ** -Filenames: HBD-SCF?.ZIP -Note: Was supposed to be reviewed in win95 section. See win95 section. ======================= Criss Cross Quiz Vol 1. (c) DevSoft [x/1] ======================= This is windows crossword game. The kind that are in the newspapers. You get a clue and pray to god it fits in the square boxes, and if it doesn't you go around bugging people all day for help. Anyway, it's garbage unless you have some kind of strange fetish for crosswords. Check out this part of the nfo: "Expect to see much more from CtL (The Cartel) real soon!!!". Man, if I had a dime for everytime an nfo said that, I'd have like $3.40. Yeah I'd be one rich motherfucker...I wonder who would give me the dime for everytime the nfo actually...oh right the game, don't bother. RATING: 35/100 Madame Vikka's Tarot Parlour (c) Microforum [xx/24] . . d$ Demented d$ Dimensions .$$$$$▓S@$s, .$$$$$▓S@$s, `$$$$$ $$$$$ `$$$$$ $$$$$ ÷$$$$$ $$$$$ ÷$$$$$ $$$$$ .$$$$$ $$$$$ .$$$$$ $$$$$ `$$$$$ $$$$$ `$$$$$ $$$$$ $$$ $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$ $$$$$s$$Y▓'. $$$$$s$$Y▓'d$$$ `▓Y$$$$$$$$$S@ssssssssss@S$$P▓' -Filenames: DD-TPL??.ZIP SNOW WHITE: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who writes the gayest software of them all? MIRROR: While MVP Software is a threat, Microforum is by far the gayest yet! This is probably one of the stupidest ideas for a software program in ages. While it is programmed very nicely, they don't program bad or anything, it's just a really DUMB idea. All this is, is a tarot card thingi, a highlighting picture of a palm that tells you how to read one, and a how-to on tarot cards. Their is like 8 different buttons at the main menu and they try to make it look as if there is a lot to offer, but most of them are garbage, like: quit, credits, options, guest list, etc. Only two of them are any good, the one which produces tarot cards and the one that tells you how to read palms. Un- less you plan on becoming a tarot card reader and making below minimum wage at some side show carnival, don't bother. It does happen to be put together well, like when it loads it shows a picture of a lit candle getting smaller and it's got a nice main menu with these eyes that follow you, but if you look passed it's shell, you'll see it's crap. RATING: 41/100 ______ ____/\_____/\_. ___ _____ __ /___ \/ ___/\_ _/ | \_ || _/ \/ \ | / / _/ \ / _/ |/\ / `' \ \ / :| \ \ ' \/ |/ ' | |/ \: :|__|\ \_____/ |\_______\____/\__/\ \ :[FF]:\__/::::/____|:::::::::::::::::::\_/ *-THE REFLUX 1997 PROUDLY PRESENTS-* [=========================================] [ HUNT MASTERS (c) MEMOREX ENTERTAINMENT ] [=[01/03/97]=====================[XX/10]==] -Filenames: RLXHNT??.ZIP HUNT MASTER - MiNiMUM CD-RiP [01/02] *ENGLiSH* (c) MEMOREX ENTERTAiNMENT ───────────── ▄█▄ ───────────── ▄█▄ ───────── ░░░ ▀██▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀███▀ ▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀██▀ ░░░ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▀█ ▀▀████ ▀ ▄███ ▓██ ████▀ ▒▒ █▀ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓ █▓▓█ ▓▓ █▓▓█▄██▀ █▓▓█▄▄▄▄▄ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▒▒█ ▀▀ █▒▒█▀██▄ ▀▀▀▀▀█▒▒█ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀ ████▄ ▄ ▀███ ██▓ ▀▄▀▀ ▄████ ▀ ▀▀ ▀ ░░░░░░░░░░ ███▀▄███▄ ▄▄▄▄█▀▄███▄ ▄▄▄█▀ ░░░░░░ ■D!S■SAC■─ █▀ ─── ▀█▀ ─────── ▀█▀ ─■01/08/97■ -Filenames: TBS-HNT?.ZIP This is another 3 outdoor sportsman like games, hunting and fishing. The setup for the game doesn't work properly, so just load the .exe's from the program directory (as later indicated by Reflux with an apology/fix). The 3 games are a duck hunt, a prarie dog slaying, and winfish. The duck hunt and prarie dog have been released sometime in the past by themselves or in some other package. The winfish is just a different version of the one released in Sportsman's Paradise. Anyway they all suck and if your going to get a hunting game, go get Sportsman's Paradise. These are just too crappy to be bothered with. TBS later released a minimized version, as if anyone wanted it in the first place. RATING: 39/100 ______ ____/\_____/\_. ___ _____ __ /___ \/ ___/\_ _/ | \_ || _/ \/ \ | / / _/ \ / _/ |/\ / `' \ \ / :| \ \ ' \/ |/ ' | |/ \: :|__|\ \_____/ |\_______\____/\__/\ \ :[FF]:\__/::::/____|:::::::::::::::::::\_/ *-REFLUX 1996 PROUDLY PRESENT-* [=========================================] [QUIZWIZ CYBERTRIVIA (c) TIGER INTERACTIVE] [=[01/03/97]=====================[XX/27]==] -Filenames: RLX-QCT??.ZIP Well this sure as hell doesn't match up to the level of game like "You don't know Jack!", but it sure tries hard to. It's a quiz game, questions come up on the screen, you click on a little circle shaped thing on A,B,C,D to the corresponding answer. It has several cartoon animations of what Tiger Soft- ware designers must think is a "cool teenager". He either compliments you or disses you, but the animations become repetitve after a while and then are annoying. Pretty good quiz game, just not that great. RATING: 53/100 ------------------------------------- Wallace and Gromit fun pack. 3/12/97 [xx/17] Win 3.x / Win 95 ------------------------------------- -Filenames: WALGROM?.ZIP Sure this game is a dupe, but there was nothing out, so I got it to review anyway. It's not really even a game, it's more so of a util that helps you setup and customize your win/w95 with screensavers, backgrounds, sounds, and other shit. The theme focuses on this faggot Wallace and his dumb dog Gromit, they're really gay. Don't bother unless it's for a little bro or sis, and even then, procede with caution and stuff. RATING: 36/100 TOXIC BUNNY (c) CELESTIAL [x/05] ___________________________ ____________ __/ / ____/___/ ____/\_ /_\_ \_ ____/ \ __/_ __/_ \ _ __/_ _/_/ _/ __/__/_ / \_ \_ \ \_ \_\_ \_ \ \_ \_ \_______/____/_____/____/____/__\___/_____/ -Filenames: CLBTB??.ZIP This game got off on a bad start. First the install.exe would not properly install. So then I went to the setup, worked fine, setup everything. Then I went to run the game, runs fine, intro works, all the options at the main menu work, except the "New Game" one. After you hit new game, it asks for the level <which you'll notice is backwords according to the background pictures>. Then when you choose the level it comes up with an error about not being able to find a file. So in conclusion, it don't work...for dos at least. RATING: NA/100 _ ________/\ _______/\ [XX/21] \ \__──────────── _ ________ \ |____/ \ / / / | \ _/ \ \____ /────────── \_______| \HrZ\_____ / [10.01.97] ─────────|______/─────────\/──────────── Master of Orion 2 version 1.2 (mini) RIP ──────────────────────────────────────── -Filenames: MOO2RC??.ZIP Well it might be a dupe, but we hear at TGR Fun Palace are really bored right about now, so we're reviewing pretty much anything. Here's a smaller version of MOO2, no sound, no movies, just the game itself pretty much. The game, for those who don't already know, is a sim city but in a larger sense. You're dealing with planets and solar systems here rather than a city. You get the point. The interface is pretty good, but there's so many different things to pop up in different windows, that it's not as simple as the sim* games. Only for those with a lot of time on their hand. RATING: 62/100 KARTRACE (C) CHING CHONG LONG DONG [o2/o2] _____ ___ _____ ________ ______ ________ \_ \ __|_/ _/ ____ \\/ / \ _/\_ \ _/ __/ _/ _\ \ _/_/ __/ /| / |_/ __/ \___\__________/____\___\___/____/___|\___\ ===============[ ·D·O·G·S· ]================ -Filenames: TRDKART?.ZIP Wow. This is a pretty good game for it's extremely small size. Sure, it's chinese based, but it's 100% playable b/c it has english sub titles for the menu, and that's all you need. This is exactly like mario kart, but in the chinese tradition with their characters. This is a beta, but I didn't notice any bugs. You race your vehicle through paths <excellent steering control> against a bunch of other computer opponents. You pick up either firing weap- ons or bomb laying weapons which you use by hitting ctrl or alt. This beta only has 3 levels, and after getting the hang of the game, I beat it in no time. Pretty fun, of course it's worth the very small size it is...and hell it's a shitload better than anything else that came out this week. This will keep you occupied for however long it takes you to beat it, but it provides some quick fun. RATING: 57/100 ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ █ ███▀▀▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄ ███ █ █ ███ ████▀█▓▓█ ███▀████▀█▓█ ████▀█▓▓█ █m█ █ █ ███ █▓▓█ █▒▒█ █▓█ █▓▓█ █▒█ █▓▓█ █▒▒█ █G█ █ █ ███ █▒▒█▄███▀ ▀▀▀ █▒▒█ ▀▀▀ █▒▒█ █▒▒█ █-█ █ █ ███ █ █ █▀▀█ ███ █░░█ ███ █ █ █░░█ █r█ █ █ ███ ▀▀▀▀ █░░█ ███ █ █ ███ ▀▀▀▀ █ █ █t█ █ █ ████████ ▀▀▀▀ ███ ▀▀▀▀ ████████ ▀▀▀▀ █n█ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ A.D COP [ENG] (c) ELETRIC ART AND ANIMED█ █ [01/12/97] -[BOB]-[Revolution]-[xX/04] █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ -Filenames: RTN-ADC?.ZIP Here's a decent shoot em up. It's almost exactly like Virtua Cop. The gfx however are not as crisp, and the sound is average. You don't control the direction you move, you just have to aim at the guys and shoot them before they shoot you. It's great if your looking for a game like Virtua Cop or any shoot-em-up b/c it's so small. However it's certainly not the best out there. PS: Run the setup.bat then the play.bat and if you get sharing violation errors, just hit `F' for fail and the game will still work fine. RATING: 54/100 _____ _______________ ___|__ | _________________ |____ \_____ \| ___\|___| | | | | | ___| _____| __\ | | | |\ / | \ \| \ \| | | | | |/ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |___| |\__ |___|___ |___ |___| | ====|___|===|___|tiRMRS |___|===|___|===|___| =[ CHAIN REACTION (c) WEBFOOT GAMES ]= =[=[1/12/97]=======================[XX/02]=]= -=- Come On Baby, Dont Fear The Reaper! -=- -Filenames: RLXCHRE?.ZIP Well here's yet another wannabe tetris game. I coulda sworn that companies would have stopped designing these games by now, but I guess some people never learn. It's got nice psychodelic backgrounds to it, and the music is ok. It's just tetris but with weirder shaped objects. Nothing much else to say. RATING: 49/100 _____ _______________ ___|__ | _________________ |____ \_____ \| ___\|___| | | | | | ___| _____| __\ | | | |\ / | \ \| \ \| | | | | |/ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |___| |\__ |___|___ |___ |___| | ====|___|===|___|tiRMRS |___|===|___|===|___| =[ CYBORG: HOPY-ONE (c) WEBFOOT GAMES ]= =[=[1/12/97]=======================[XX/02]=]= -=- Come On Baby, Dont Fear The Reaper! -=- -Filenames: RLXHOPY?.ZIP Well this is certainly an original game. It's really weird, your this pogo stick-like object. You can bounce, or you can grow taller and then make a rope so you can get across things. It's hard to describe, but for 2 disks it can either keep you busy or make you laugh if you find it pathetic. It's one of those games where you get to see the entire level on one little board, and you have to collect objects from the board and then move on to another level. It sometimes requires thinking, but it's pretty simple. Gfx and sound are below average. RATING: 51/100 _____ _______________ ___|__ | _________________ |____ \_____ \| ___\|___| | | | | | ___| _____| __\ | | | |\ / | \ \| \ \| | | | | |/ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |___| |\__ |___|___ |___ |___| | ====|___|===|___|tiRMRS |___|===|___|===|___| =[ CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (c) PSYGNOSIS ]= =[=[1/12/97]=======================[XX/35]=]= -=- Come On Baby, Dont Fear The Reaper! -=- -Filenames: RLXCLC??.ZIP Saved the best for last. First off, in order to run this game, you need (or well I did) to have MSCDEX running. Here's a long awaited title for those of you who follow the gaming industry. It's based on some foreign movie or some- thing. It's an Alone in the Dark game engine, but much more simpler, graphics a hundred times better, and SPEECH AND MOVIES! (Amazingly they're in there). The only negative to this game is it's a little slow when the characters speak and the dialogue also shows up, it takes a while before you can move or do anything. The game is a great 3D adventure. I think your some kid who is supposed to rob and steal for some old ladies or something. At least that's how the beginning starts off. This is a great game, and anyone who likes 3D adventures should try it out. The backdrops are splendid ;). RATING: 71/100 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*> 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! Sorry folx for creating the delay, there were a few problems today, a couple I'm not gonna go into to, but to really make a long story short, something I played within the last 2 weeks roached my install of directX3. I got kinda worried when anything I tried to rewiew wouldn't play, so I loaded up Red Alert, which I know works.. Anyway, I was up about 12 hours past my bedtime this morning trying to get dx3 working and to get the W95gr out the door with no luck.. Off to reinstall 95 (which I was hoping I could get out of doing until Memphis final hit the net). A dx3 reinstall didn't do the trick. Take this and the other problems that came up today, and you have "pAth0s is a fuckup today" :P So, be careful with the games from the past couple weeks, one, of em roached my directX. -pAth0s [W95 Game Reiewer] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>THE GAME OF THE WEEK<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- As evident by the size of the `Other Releases' section, their was more crap or level addons or repackagings or just plain dupes than usual. However through the mess and slow moving game week, rises a small peak that barely rises over the fog...I feel like I'm writing a fucking novel...anyway the damn GOTW was going to go to TRD for their small, but decent game: KARTRACE. This would have been a first in TGR history, as would have been the first ever game written mostly in Chinese to win GOTW (actually it's the first chinese game to ever be in TGR with out me making fun of chinese ppl). HOWEVER, the GOTW goes to REFLUX for their release of CITY OF LOST CHILDREN. This excellent 3D adventure game is one to sure keep you busy, and I'm sure we'll see walkthroughs out for it in a matter of days. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>OTHER RELEASES<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [OmniBorg Picard Dossier Interactive] __ _ __________ ________ _____ ______ __ _ _ __\\_____ ~\_ ▓\_ /_\ _//_ __ > ______/ \_____/ / > < _ __ _// \ %\ \\ __ _ __ _\_____; ¼\__; >\__; ½\_ __ _ ╒=[PcW]|______/=|_______/=|________/╕ ; [½] P C W A R E Z ' 9 7 [½] ; ╙------[XX/46]------[01/01/97]------╜ Eastern Standard Time Released 12:00 am -Filenames: PCWOPD??.ZIP -Note: Just a bunch of stupid movies...playing them is futile. BEAR THE BEARS *ENGLISH* (c) SCOPS [xx/44] _____________________________________ \__________ __| ___)______)_ _) %/ _ \__/ \/ __|\/ _ \/ | | \%% %/ | \/ \ \ | \ |_| \%% %\___| /\____/______/__| /__|%?____)96%? %%%|__/%%%%%%%tMí__/%%%%%%% -Filenames: AT-BBE??.ZIP -Note: Kiddie crap. DefCon 3 Addon For RA(c) Head Games [xx/03] DefCon 3 Addon for C&C (c) Head Games [xx/07] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ █░█ ▌▐░█▐░█ ▐░█▐░█ ▐░█▐░█ ▐░█▐░█ ▐░█ ▄ ░ █▒█ ▌▐▒█▐▒█▄▐▒█▐▒█ ▐▄▄▐▒█▐▒█ ▄▄▄▐▒█ ▐▒█ ░ ▒ █▓█ ▌▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█ ▒ ▓ ███ ███▐██ ▐██▐██▄▐██▐██▐██▄▐██▐██ ███ ▓ █▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ ▄█ █▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▌ █[MALIGN RELEASE][01/02/97]█ ▌mG█ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ -Filenames: MLNDCRA?.ZIP -Note: Just a bunch of map files for Red Alert and Command and Conquer. ========================== Diablo Full CD `Rip' RTC (c) Blizzard [xxx/395] ========================== The group that released this get's the IDIOT OF THE WEEK award. This is without a doubt the dumbest use of a brain. 395 fucking disks, even someone with a t3 connection is not going to bother getting it. It will take anywhere from 5 hours to 1.5 hours to unrar this depending on your computer. This is such an unbelievably stupid thing to do and you are equally stupid if you try to download it. If you want it, buy it. The group, RTC, should stand for: *R*eleasing *T*remendous *C*DS or *R*ar'ing *T*remendous *C*DS Diablo CD Complete Scanned Documentation (c) Blizzard Entertainment [x/1] -Filenames: DIABLODC.ZIP -Note: Docs for the idiots who actually d/l it. Expect No Mercy (c) MicroGrafix [xx/54] ▄ █ ██ █▄▄▄▄ █▀▄▀█ █ █ █ █ █ ▄▀ █ █ █ ██▀▀█ █▄▄█ █▀▀▌ █ ▄ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ▀ █ ▀ ▀ ▀ Harm -Filenames: MERCY??.ZIP -Note: Dupe fighting game, released by Hybrid in November of '95. Links-LS ROM with Class Addon #1 [xx/13] ........-----............................. : | | _____ _____ _____ _____ : :MtL___| |/ __\/__ \| \í \\ __//___|__ \__ \____/ __// _ \ _/ \ \__/ / | \ \ /: :\__________¼-______|_______\____\_____/-: :.....╖.╖ dEMOLitiON rELEASE tEAM ╖.╖....: -Filenames: DMN-LS1?.ZIP -Note: Dupity dupe. Steel Panthers: Modern Battles Expansion Set ______________/\___________________________ \_ __ .____ \_ ____ \______\____/__ _ __.\ / \___/ _/ / / _/ /__. \/ / / / \__/ /____\ \_____/__/\____/_____/___/ /__/\____\ <======<10-13-1996>=====PST==========<xx/20> -Filenames: PSTSP??.ZIP -Note: Expansion levels for the game. Level Master III For WarCraft 2 [xx/12] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ █░█ ▌▐░█▐░█ ▐░█▐░█ ▐░█▐░█ ▐░█▐░█ ▐░█ ▄ ░ █▒█ ▌▐▒█▐▒█▄▐▒█▐▒█ ▐▄▄▐▒█▐▒█ ▄▄▄▐▒█ ▐▒█ ░ ▒ █▓█ ▌▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█ ▒ ▓ ███ ███▐██ ▐██▐██▄▐██▐██▐██▄▐██▐██ ███ ▓ █▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ ▄█ █▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▌ █[MALIGN RELEASE][01/06/97]█ ▌mG█ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ -Filenames: MLNLM??.ZIP -Note: Addons for WC2, yipee...over 350 maps, a regged editor, etc. ...id Anthology... (c) id Software [xX/40] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ █░█ ▌▐░█▐░█ ▐░█▐░█ ▐░█▐░█ ▐░█▐░█ ▐░█ ▄ ░ █▒█ ▌▐▒█▐▒█▄▐▒█▐▒█ ▐▄▄▐▒█▐▒█ ▄▄▄▐▒█ ▐▒█ ░ ▒ █▓█ ▌▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█ ▒ ▓ ███ ███▐██ ▐██▐██▄▐██▐██▐██▄▐██▐██ ███ ▓ █▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ ▄█ █▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▌ █[MALIGN RELEASE][01/06/97]█ ▌mG█ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ -Filenames: MLNID??.ZIP ...id Anthology..FIX. (c) id Software [xx/02] ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ █░█ ▌▐░█▐░█ ▐░█▐░█ ▐░█▐░█ ▐░█▐░█ ▐░█ ▄ ░ █▒█ ▌▐▒█▐▒█▄▐▒█▐▒█ ▐▄▄▐▒█▐▒█ ▄▄▄▐▒█ ▐▒█ ░ ▒ █▓█ ▌▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█▐▓█ ▐▓█ ▒ ▓ ███ ███▐██ ▐██▐██▄▐██▐██▐██▄▐██▐██ ███ ▓ █▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █ ▄█ █▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▌ █[MALIGN RELEASE][01/06/97]█ ▌mG█ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ -Filenames: MLNFIX??.ZIP -Note: This is just repackaging to the max. id has put together a collection of their old and new shit: Doom2: Hell On Earth, The Ultimate Doom, Heretic: Shadow Of The Serpent Riders, Hexen: Beyond Heretic, Quake, Hexen Addon: Darkening Of The Dark Citadels, Master Levels For Doom, and our favorite of them all, Wolfenstein 3D. Be sure to get the fix. =================================== PRIVATEER 2 - ENGLISH - *FINAL* TRANSIT MOVIE PACK ADD-ON [xx/22] =================================== -Filenames: AX-PRA01.ZIP -Note: Self explanatory (movies). Game was released back in December and not reviewed. _____ _______________ ___|__ | _________________ |____ \_____ \| ___\|___| | | | | | ___| _____| __\ | | | |\ / | \ \| \ \| | | | | |/ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |___| |\__ |___|___ |___ |___| | ====|___|===|___|tiRMRS |___|===|___|===|___| =[ QUAKE: Q2 (c) CRYSTAL VISION & ID GAMES ]= =[====================================[X/05]= =[ NOTE: THIS ISN'T A LAME ADD-ON, BUT A ]= =[ ENTIRE NEW THEME AND EPISODE LICENSED BY]= =[ ID SOFTWARE! ]= -Filenames: RLX-Q2-?.ZIP -Note: "New Themes" and stuff for Quake. LEiSURE SUiT LARRY 7 FULL MUSiC ADDON [===================================] THiZ iS NO dUPE Of THE SSC SOUNdAddON THEiR RELEASE CONTAiNS THE SfX ANd ONLY 3 diffERENT 8BiT SONGS. THiZ ARE ALL 16BiT SONGS (44) FROM THE Cd. [===================================] [=iNd=] iNdEPENdENT RELEASE [=iNd=] [============01/09/1997=======[xx/24] -Filenames: L7MUSC??.ZIP -Note: Don't you love these self explanatory diz's. Don't be fooled though, it's 24 disks X 2.9 megs each. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>UPCOMING RELEASE DATES<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -All projected dates are as of JANUARY 3RD 1997, 9:25am (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 W5C = Win 95 CD W3 = Windows Disk W53 = Win 95 Disk D3 = DOS Disk YY/MM/DD | System | Name of Game | OS | Manufacturer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 96/12/31 DCD JEOPARDY MOVIE DCD GRAPHICS ZONE 96/12/31 DCD JEOPARDY SPORT DCD GRAPHICS ZONE 97/01/08 DCD FLYING CORP DCD ENTERACTIVE INTERNATIONAL 97/01/13 DCD ROAD MOSCOW DCD ENCORE SOFTWARE INC 97/01/13 DCD ARK OF TIME DCD KOEI 97/01/13 DCD ECSTATICA BNDL DCD PSYGNOSIS 97/01/27 DCD M1A2 ABRAMS DCD INTERACTIVE MAGIC 97/01/27 DCD BIRTHRIGHT DCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 97/02/01 DCD XWING VS TIE DCD LUCAS ARTS 97/02/01 DCD LVL MSTR:C&C DCD SIMON & SCHUSTER 97/02/01 DCD DEADLY SKIES DCD JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA 97/02/01 DCD COMANCHE 3.0 DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 97/02/01 DCD HIST WORLD DCD AVALON HILL 97/02/01 DCD MAGIC GATHER DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE 97/02/01 DCD LVL MSTR:DUKE DCD SIMON & SCHUSTER 97/02/04 DCD SCREAMER 2 DCD VIRGIN GAMES 97/02/04 DCD LANDS OF LORE2 DCD VIRGIN GAMES 97/02/10 DCD IMPER GALACTCA DCD GT SOFTWARE 97/02/15 DCD DUNGON KEEPR DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 97/02/15 DCD XS DCD GT SOFTWARE 97/02/19 DCD LVL MSTR:QUAKE DCD SIMON & SCHUSTER 97/02/21 DCD ARMOR FIST 2.0 DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 97/02/25 DCD IRON & BLOOD DCD ACCLAIM 97/03/01 DCD VR BASEBALL DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS 97/03/01 DCD TSTDRV:OFFROAD DCD WEA VIDEO 97/03/04 DCD SHADOWS/RIVA DCD SIR TECH 97/03/15 DCD INTO THE VOID DCD PLAYMATES INTERACTIVE ENT 97/08/07 DCD NFL LEGENDS 97 DCD WEA VIDEO 96/09/12 HCD LIAM IMO BND HCD DAVIDSON 96/09/12 HCD CUBS & BABYAGA WCD DAVIDSON 97/01/20 HCD GOLDEN GATE HCD PANASONIC 97/01/02 W5C VIRT SQUADRON W5C MICROSTAR 97/01/02 W5C OFFPRO BK 97 U W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/02 W5C OFF ST 97 U W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/02 W5C OFFPR 97MSE U W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/02 W5C FRNT PG 97U W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/03 W5C MS PLUS KIDS W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/06 W5C THE SLAMMER W5C AZTECH LABS 97/01/06 W5C MAGIC:BTTLMAGE W5C ACCLAIM 97/01/06 W5C G-NOME W5C 7TH LEVEL 97/01/06 W5C OBSIDIAN W5C SEGA OF AMERICA INC. 97/01/06 W5C OUTLOOK 97 W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/10 W5C ACCESS 97 FLVS W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/10 W5C OFFICE97 UPG W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/10 W5C OFFICE 97 FVS W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/13 W5C VAMPIRE DIARY W5C AMERICAN LASER GAMES 97/01/13 W5C HM ESNTL 97 U W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/14 W5C PS PRES WRITR W5C BRODERBUND 97/01/14 W5C LVPX PS DXIII+WCD BRODERBUND 97/01/14 W5C THREE/DWARVES W5C SEGA OF AMERICA INC. 97/01/15 W5C FPS: GOLF W5C SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 97/01/15 W5C STARS W5C ENTERACTIVE INTERNATIONAL 97/01/16 W5C MSWORD 97 UPG W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/16 W5C EXCEL 97 U W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/16 W5C ACCESS 97 UPG W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/16 W5C PWRPT 97 UP W5C MICROSOFT 97/01/21 W5C VIRTUAL POOL W5C INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS 97/01/21 W5C DIE HARD TRL W5C FOX VIDEO 97/01/28 W5C THE CROW W5C ACCLAIM 97/01/28 W5C CREATURES W5C WEA VIDEO 97/01/31 W5C BETRAY ANTARA W5C SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 97/02/01 W5C OPEN ICE HOCK W5C GT SOFTWARE 97/02/01 W5C DEATHTRP DNG W5C U.S. GOLD INC. 97/02/01 W5C STR TRK GEN W5C SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE 97/02/01 W5C METALWERKS W5C SEGA OF AMERICA INC. 97/02/04 W5C NBA JAM EXTREM W5C ACCLAIM 97/02/04 W5C COMMAND/CONQR W5C VIRGIN GAMES 97/02/04 W5C GALACTIC MRAGE W5C VIRGIN GAMES 97/02/04 W5C THE DIVIDE W5C VIACOM 97/02/04 W5C ELEVENTH HOUR W5C VIRGIN GAMES 97/02/04 W5C BB:SCRNWRCKRS W5C VIACOM 97/02/04 W5C GARFIELD W5C SEGA OF AMERICA INC. 97/02/10 W5C AIR WARRIOR 2 W5C INTERACTIVE MAGIC 97/02/11 W5C PSD DLX 3+ W5C BRODERBUND 97/02/11 W5C PDS ENSMB 3+ W5C BRODERBUND 97/02/15 W5C DOMINION W5C 7TH LEVEL 97/02/17 W5C SEGA RALLY W5C SEGA OF AMERICA INC. 97/03/01 W5C HEXEN W5C GT SOFTWARE 97/03/01 W5C MORTIFICATOR W5C PLAYMATES INTERACTIVE ENT 97/03/01 W5C INTERSTATE 76 W5C ACTIVISION 97/03/01 W5C TERRACIDE W5C U.S. GOLD INC. 97/04/01 W5C WORLD SERIES W5C SEGA OF AMERICA INC. 97/04/01 W5C GRAND SLAM 97 W5C VIRGIN GAMES 97/01/03 WCD ART EXP II WCD NOVA DEVELOPMENT 97/02/01 WCD COLLEGE FTBL WCD DISNEY SOFTWARE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>CORRECTIONS<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 11:12:40 +0100 From: Sternone <[email protected]> Subject: corrections PST To: (fwd from [email protected]) to <[email protected]> Hi.. I'm sternone leader of PARASITE pst cracking UTIL group we don't release games so every game released by pst is a fake.. " DEATH DROME ______________/\___________________________ \_ __ .____ \_ ____ \______\____/__ _ __.\ / \___/ _/ / / _/ /__. \/ / / / \__/ /____\ \_____/__/\____/_____/___/ /__/\____\ <======<09-22-1996>=====PST==========<xx/18> -Filenames: PST-DD??.ZIP -Note: Game is a demo and is for win95, not mentioned in the nfo, faggots." ..so please correct this and let the fuckers who fake us burn in hell forever Sternone Parasite/Prestige/Rapier -Thanks for telling us, and I apologize for the remark, and redirect it to the faggots who faked you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>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<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Over the time TGR was `absent' there were numerous games released. However, of all the games released, the only two I can seriously reccomend for their quality and size, were TOMBRAIDER (c) Bethesda from PRESTIGE [xx/21] and C&C2 (Red Alert) (c) Westwood from RAZOR [xx/34]. Tombraider is like an improved Alone In The Dark engine combined with kick ass fighting, story line, puzzles, and overall quality that will most likely become addicting. As for C&C2, you should know what it is, if not, it's basically the Warcraft style game, but with missions rather than just conquering. The graphics are great, and the options are plentiful, but you can only run SVGA in win95. -Extra special thanks goes out to Comwood and Blackened for their help. -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
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