The Reservoir Warez Report, August 1996   by The Reservoir Dogs

The Reservoir Warez Report, August 1996 by MR.WHITE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Releasing rules: - Only final release-version of games will be rated - Only games within the 50 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 August 1996 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Napalm, Dominators and parts of Dynasty retires as their powered figures gathers in Hybrid. Farewell to Mantis who retired this month ... reason unknown. AKIRA, RAZOR 1911 Canada HQ was busted ... (where's the world coming to ?) Corrections from July ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No corrections needed ... Goofs in August 1996 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Terminator 2 from MANTIS was already out long time ago Genewars from RAZOR was a stinking beta * notice * we're only viewing the 10 best groups in the top * - MONTHLY - - TOTALLY - ##: Group: Releases: ##: Group: Releases: ==================================== ==================================== 01) HYBRID 09 [+02] 01) PRESTIGE 50 [---] 02) PRESTIGE 06 [---] 02) RAZOR 1911 38 [---] 03) MANTIS 04 [+03] 03) HYBRID 35 [---] RAZOR 1911 04 [-02] 04) NAPALM 19 [---] 05) DYNASTY 02 [+02] 05) MANTIS 10 [+02] 06) KARMA 01 [NEW] 06) ROR 09 [-01] MOTIV8 01 [+04] 07) DYNAMIX 08 [-01] NEMESIS 01 [NEW] 08) DYNASTY 07 [+02] REFLUX 01 [-03] 09) DOMINATORS 06 [-02] 10) - 00 [---] MOTIV8 06 [---] ##: Group: Score: ##: Group: Score: ==================================== ==================================== 01) HYBRID 49 [+02] 01) PRESTIGE 276 [---] 02) PRESTIGE 29 [---] 02) RAZOR 1911 221 [---] 03) RAZOR 1911 21 [-02] 03) HYBRID 193 [---] 04) MANTIS 17 [+02] 04) NAPALM 105 [---] DYNASTY 12 [+03] 05) MANTIS 55 [+01] 06) REFLUX 08 [-02] 06) DYNAMIX 42 [-01] 07) KARMA 05 [NEW] 07) DYNASTY 41 [+02] 08) NEMESIS 04 [NEW] 08) ROR 36 [-01] 09) MOTIV8 03 [+01] 09) DOMINATORS 32 [-01] 10) - 00 [---] 10) MOTIV8 25 [---] ▀▀ ▀▀▀█▄ █▄ ▄█ ▀▀▀█▄ ▀▀▀█▄ ▄█▀█▄▀██▀▀▄ ▄█ ▀▀ ░░ ▄█ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ░░D ▒▒ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▄██ ▀█▄▄▀ ██ ██ ██ ▒▒■ ▓▓ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ █▄ ██ ██ ██ ██ ▓▓S ▀▀ ▀▀ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▄▀▀██ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▄▀▀██ ▀▀ ======== ██▄██ ==================== ██▄██ ▓▓ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ Pray for Death - (c) Virgin 31 disk 04 points Pray for Death - addon - (c) Virgin 30 disk 01 points Pray for Death - fix - (c) Virgin 01 disk 01 points Pray for Death - fix - (c) Virgin 01 disk 01 points Olympic Gold - (c) US Gold 24 disk 05 points ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dynasty started out this month releasing a game which was needing two fixes to work, kinda unprofessional. Not so much from this group in august. Total number of releases : 02 Average points / release : 6.00 This months total score : 12 _____ _____ ____ _____ ________________ \_ | \ \/ / _ /__\_ \_/ _ \ | _ \_ \ _/ \ \ __/___/ | / / |___| |____|___/ /_\ \___|_______/ ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\::::::::: Alien Incident - (c) Gametek 09 disk 05 points Azraels Tear - (c) Mindscape 50 disk 04 points Clif Danger - (c) New Generation 09 disk 00 points Gene Machine - (c) Virgin 42 disk 00 points Gex - (c) Microsoft 19 disk 06 points Muppets Inside - (c) Starwave 48 disk 05 points Olympic Games - (c) US Gold 11 disk 05 points Olympic Soccer - (c) US Gold 16 disk 06 points Starfighter 3000 - (c) Telstar 08 disk 05 points Strikebase - (c) Max Design 33 disk 06 points Striker '96 - (c) Acclaim 18 disk 07 points ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hybrid did a great comeback in august releasing alot of average titles (what's to be expected in a average month). Clif Danger did not work and Gene Machine was lost in a race with Razor 1911. Total number of releases : 09 Average points / release : 5.44 This months total score : 49 ▄▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀▀██▄ █▄ ▄ ▄█▌ ▀█▄ ██▓▌ ██▐▓▓█▄ ▐█▄ ▐▓█ ░░ █▌ ░░▐██ ░ ▐▓▌██▌▀█▄ █▀█▌jaguar ▐██▌ ▄█▀ ▄▄▄ ██ ▄█▀▐██ ▀█▀ ▐▓ ▄▄▄ █▓█ ▀█▄ ▄██▀▀▓▌▐█▌▄██▓▄▐▓▌ ██▐▓▀▀▓█ ▐█▌ ▐▓▓▄▐█▄ ▄█ █▓ ▀██▌█▌ ░ ░░ ▐▓▌█▄ ▄█▌ ██ ▄██▀ ▀███▓▀▀▐█▄ ▐█▓█▐ ██▀ ▀▀█▓▀▀ ▄▀ ▀█ Water Wonder - (c) ??? 08 disk 05 points ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A small group with a ok release, let's see what the future brings us... Total number of releases : 01 Average points / release : 5.00 This months total score : 05 _____ /\. _ __ ._/|______|\___. \__ \/ | /_\ | \| _ __/ _ | | _ _ |/ | \| : | | | |__| | \/ | _ \ \ | | |___ | |__||__|__|__/__|\__|__|__| ____| +--=========================\/===--+ Fzone Fury 3 - (c) Wizard Works 11 disk 06 points Sports Pinball Baseball - (c) Microleague 04 disk 04 points Sports Pinball Hockey - (c) Microleague 00 disk 04 points Terminator 2 - (c) Jixxa/SSI 04 disk 00 points Topsy Turvy Games - (c) 7:th Level 48 disk 03 points ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mantis (who later this month decided to retire) did an ok month. The T2 was however a dupe, out long before this group was even founded. Total number of releases : 04 Average points / release : 4.22 This months total score : 17 _____ __ ______ _____ __ _____ / \/ | |__| | / _ \ / _ _ | _ |__| | | | \_ _/ / | | | || | \ / - \ \__|_|__/\____/ |__|___|\___\_____/ Solitaire Antics - (c) ??? 03 disk 03 points ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Motiv8 strikes back with a budget release. Nothing special to say about these guys, but they are still around... Total number of releases : 01 Average points / release : 3.00 This months total score : 03 +----------( n e m e s i s )--▄▄▄-----+ ▄■ ▄██▀███ ███▀███▀█▓▄ ███▀█▓█ flair ■▀ ▀ █▓█ ███ █▓█ ███ ███ █▓█ ███ ■█▄ ▄▓▄ ███ █▓█ ███ █▓█ ███ ███▄▄▄▄ ▄▀█▓ ▀ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ▄▄▄ ███ ▀▓█▀ ■▄■▀ ▓██ ██▓ █▓█ ▀▀▀ ██▓ ▓██▄█▓█ ▄ +---------▀▀▀---------▀▀▀-▀▀▀----------+ Ult Soft Prod Library - (c) ??? 04 disk 04 points ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nemesis started out with a average release, waiting for more action... Total number of releases : 01 Average points / release : 4.00 This months total score : 04 ________________________/»|__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Age of Rifles - (c) SSI 11 disk 05 points Age of Rifles - fix - (c) SSI 01 disk 01 points Alien Incident - fix - (c) Gametek 01 disk 01 points Aus Rugby League - (c) Electronic Arts 46 disk 06 points Aus Rugby League - fix - (c) Electronic Arts 46 disk 01 points Carribean Stud Poker Pro - (c) Masque Publishing 18 disk 03 points Hongkong Mahjong - (c) Electronic Arts 05 disk 03 points Robert E Lee Civil War - (c) Sierra Online 22 disk 05 points Trivial Pursuit - (c) Hasbro 11 disk 04 points ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prestige was back beating Razor 1911 this month. A bunch of average games but seems to be enough for awhile. Total number of releases : 06 Average points / release : 4.33 This months total score : 29 _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/===∙1911∙CD∙DIVISION∙======\___/ Astro Rock - (c) Atlantian 29 disk 05 points Marathon 2: Durandal - (c) Bungie 26 disk 04 points Three Skulls of Toltecs - (c) Time Warner 31 disk 06 points Gene Machine - (c) Virgin 42 disk 06 points Genewars - (c) Bullfrog 29 disk 00 points ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Razor did an mediocre month with only a few titles. Genewars was known to be a beta which results in a zero score. Total number of releases : 04 Average points / release : 5.25 This months total score : 21 _____ ____\_____/\_. ___ _____ __ /___ \/ __/\_ _/ | \_ || _/ \/ \ | / / _/\ / _/ |/\ / `' \ \ / :| \ \ ' \/ |/ ' | |/ \: :|__|\ \____/ |\_______\____/\_/\ \ :[FF]:__/:::/____|::::::::::::::::::\_/ Full Court Press - (c) Microsoft 50 disk 08 points ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reflux is back after the ban being removed... great basket game ! Total number of releases : 01 Average points / release : 8.00 This months total score : 08 Final Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Although Razor and Prestige did ok this month, this month was dominated by the re-organised people of Hybrid. Hybrid who's been rather idle since the split with Dynamix (today Prestige) finally got their acts together. Well, after watching what's been going down this month one thing seems clear. It's time for yet another gathering of forces before the x-mas rush. All the smaller groups either disapeared or merged onto a dominating group... only the three forces of Hybrid, Prestige and Razor 1911 remains. This gives me a recall of the 1995 rush between Hybrid, Razor 1911 and TDU-JAM or the 1994 rush with Legend, Pentagram and Razor 1911. One thing is clear, Razor 1911 always been there but will they win against this years competition ? Let's find out more about that in upcoming copies of this warez report... * greetings * Here's one out to the fellow pirates still doing a great job... All of the gangsters in Reservoir Dogs, TRC, Prophet, m0l, The Speed Racer, Drake, Dogfriend, Animal, Ionizer & Mikeysoft * attention * If anything within the report needs correction or you want to attain this warez-report on a regular basis, just notify us by sending e-mail to: [email protected]