Knights & Merchants   for Standards of Piracy Association (SPA)   by Class (CLS)

. │░█████ . │▓██▀█▀▀ ▀ │▒█████ ▀ ▀▀▓█████ │▓█████▀▀ ▀ │▓█████▀▀ ▀ . │▓█████ │▓█████ │▓█████ │▓██▀█▀▀▀▓█████ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▓█████ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▓█████ . : │▓█████ │▓█████ │▓█████ │▓█████ │▓█████ │▓█████ │▓█████ │▓█████ │▓█████ : | │▓█████▄▄▓█████▄│▓█████▄│▓█████▄▄▓█████▄│▓██▄█▄▄▄▓█████▄│▓██▄█▄▄▄▓█████▄ ▄ | └─────────────·───────────────·───────────────────────·───────────────·──────┘ [ P r e s e n t s ] AB!DF2^SAC Knights & Merchants (c) Interactive Magic · ─ -·-───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────--·─ ─ · Cracker : dEViL : Released : October 1st, 1998 Supplier : The Warez Lesbian : Protection : CD Check & Re-Route Stripper : The Warez Lesbian : Game Type : Strategy Packager : Rufus & Heil Hrmphler : # of Disks : 27 x 1.44M · ─ -·-───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────--·─ ─ · P100, 16MB RAM, 75MB HD, DirectX 5.0+, Windows 95 / 98 · ─ -·-───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────--·─ ─ · [ G a m e N o t e s ] The best of Kraut gaming entertainment finally comes to america.... This game which was best seller #1 in Germany this summer is finally being published by I-Magic in the USA. A fascinating mix of economy simulation and real-time strategy, Knights and Merchants recreates the era of the European Middle Ages. But this isn't just about fairy tales and fabled creatures - the player takes on the role of a captain in the palace guard, entrusted with re-building a kingdom destroyed by a rebellion, and returning the wise king to his rightful place on the throne. After many battles, a former kingdom has been divided into many small principalities and earldoms. The king's troops were pushed back into one last royal province, and the rulers of the other provinces waged terrible, destructive wars against one another. The whole land fell into a state of chaos and now the former royal capital itself is under siege by the armies of the rebel lords. You belong to the last remaining group of loyal king's men, and have been commanded to go to the king in view of the imminent attack. Knights and Merchants recreates the era of the Middle Ages. What was ripped? The movies were sent packing. The music was in cd-audio tracks, so it was also not included. Enjoy the game, and expect more from your #1 source for PC entertainment... CLASS PC - The saga continues... Greets to: Mr.Skill, Hemp Hoodlum, Animal&Dogfriend, aTm, Juice, Grudge, CATMAN, Prozac, MiRV, TrainMan, Night Vision, The Blue Adept, HOSON , ZeC, Fallen Angel, OfD, Smokey, Devil, Xoanon, MadTurnip, Miramax, Red Leader, Speed Master, Big Boss, Pale Horse, Moeb, Mr. Sandman, Syntax Error, Cyber Christ, Spectral Illusion, MGD, Red Leader, JAMMER , BULLER, and fans of CLASS PC everywhere! · ─ -·-───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────--·─ ─ · [ I n s t a l l N o t e s ] UnZIP then run INSTALL.EXE or manually UnACE to a directory of your choice. Run KaM_800.EXE to play in 800x600 or KaM_1024.EXE to play in 1024x768. Enjoy! · ─ -·-───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────--·─ ─ · [ G r o u p N e w s ] In light of recent events perpetrated by our so-called competition, we at CLASS PC would like to make a few things clear to you the end-user: Over the past 2 days we have witnessed new heights of lameness - as 2 groups who are self-proclaimed abiders of the S.P.A. regulations chose to break those very agreed upon guidelines while attempting to cover it up through false claims that a supposed final S.P.A. vote had taken place as well as an agreement to usher in a new disk limit of 90 x 1.44MB disks. This is completely and blatantly false. Yes the groups who comprise the S.P.A. committee have been and still are discussing the possibility of raising the disk limit. Coincidentally this is an ammendment that we at CLASS PC do NOT and we cannot possibly stress how stern we are in our convictions that we do NOT want the limit raised above 75 x 1.44MB disks. The 2 above mentioned groups would have you believe that CLASS voted YES in the supposed final vote that never took place, but this is FALSE. In the preliminary votes, we voted NO and in the final vote we will vote NO to the further degredation of the games scene. The entire purpose of the CD-RIP games scene is, was and always will be to deliver an end product that is of a size that can be easily downloaded and played by those who do NOT have high-speed modem connections - while at the same time delivering a product that has complete functionality and playability. As the current limit stands at 75 disks, we and every other group with any miniscule amount of stripping/cracking knowledge can achieve this ideal product. There are roughly 5-10% of games put on the market that cannot be released below this limit with an appropriate music addon if so requested. Those 5-10% of games are games that should either a) be bought, thus supporting the software developers we so often neglect or b) be downloaded in the fast growing, largely available ISO format. It is in the best interest of the end-users, siteops and active groups to quash this proposition now, before we all suffer blows in the categories of quality rips and quality of software released. We can safely say that very few if any are interested in 90 disk non-standalone addons, or in a worst case scenario, 90 disk multimedia Mah-Jong or edutainment software. We're sorry to have drawn this out so long, but there is so much to be said as far as this issue goes. In conclusion, we do NOT condone a 90 disk limit on game rips released. We did NOT vote yes in the S.P.A. tallies. We will ALWAYS continue to try our hardest to bring you small game rips, with functionality and playability intact - along with appropriate addons. We understand that the vast majority of you are on 56k or slower modem connections, and you deserve to be able to download the software you want in a reasonable amount of time. Those of you who can afford faster links should look to the future, to ISOs for those 5-10% of games that go unreleased because they cannot fit in 75 x 1.44MB archives. Take time to reflect on the above presented issue, and make it known to all your favorite game release groups that you are all-for the preservation of the games scene, hence you are against raising the disk limit at this time. Be sure and go to the following URL and VOTE for your favorite group, CLASS! Just The Facts - www.mygale.org/~jtf98 · ─ -·-───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────--·─ ─ · [ A p p l i c a t i o n I n f o ] Interested in joining? We are looking for talented new members to help us fill the ranks! If you fall within any of the following categories, you might just be what we're looking for: * If you work for a software developer, distributor, or publisher! * If you can supply unreleased games, utilities, or even hardware! * If you work for an ISP, or other provider of shell accounts, etc! * If you feel that you have anything else that might be of value to us! NOTE: WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING COURIERS AT THIS CURRENT POINT IN TIME. · ─ -·-───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────--·─ ─ · [ C o n t a c t i n g C L A S S ] Should you wish to make contact with our members, we can easily be reached via E-Mail at [email protected] NOTE: WE DO NOT MAIL/FTP MISSING DISKS OF OUR RELEASES, SO DO NOT ASK. · ─ -·-───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────--·─ ─ · "Seventy Five rules, Ninety suxxx"