Just the Facts, 1997 August

__________ ____ . _ _____ Date: 08/31/97 ___\ ________________________ ______ |_______. / Time: 12:00am EST \__\\ \ /_ / // /_____|_ |_ | ________ \ \/ /| / / _/ | \_ (./ \ __ | \______ / | | /______|_________\ \__|______\ /______/|_______| | .___. .____. __\ _| |___| | ______ /____ ____________________ _ _____. __________ ___ \ / | |/ / // _______ _________ ._______.|/ ______ //__/ |___|___| | __/ __________/ \/ / | |__/ /_______ _ |____|\__\ ./ __/ \ __/__. _/ / /__________. | ._/ \ \ | |\______ / | | |/_____/-\_____\________|_______| cG/______/ | |_______| ______ __ /_____________\\____\\_\ Tired of biased warez reports filled with lies and propoganda? Want a clear and comprehensive look at what's going on in the game scene with neatly charted information? Here is the solution to your problem and the problem that plagues literally thousands of other pirates worldwide. Just The Facts. No commentary, no ragging, just facts taken straight from ftp sites, public reactions/commentary and industry information. Browse the list and decide for yourself exactly who's who and what's what. *** Information: Header fields - Group: The cracking group that released the software. We only rate the top 5! Date: The date the software was released according to the included nfo. Game: The full name of the released game according to the included nfo, file_id.diz and gaming industry information. Company: The company that published the game. D#: The number of disks in either 1.44 or 2.88 meg format. Note that games over the SPA set 75x1.44 meg limit are labeled as OSL (over spa limit). TRG: The percentile rating given to the game by the excellent reviewers at The Reviewers Guild (www.trg.org). Individual reviews of each game are available for download via the TRG distribution site. TGE: The precentile rating given to the game by The Gamer's Edge reviewers. (http://tge.home.ml.org). Notes: Additional information. Beta (this game is not final), Dupe (this game was already released in final prior to this release), TRN (this release is a trainer), DOCS (this release is a document relating to a specific game), FIX (this is a fix for a specific game) OSL (over the spa agreed upon disk limit), NW (this game does not work) ADDN (an addon from the company that made the original game), 3DFX (this game has 3dfx support , 3FXO (this game is 3dfx only), MMX (this game is for mmx enhanced cpu's only), UFIX (a fix released for a game that did not require a fix) and FNL (this group has finalized a beta release). *** GAMES RELEASED BETWEEN AUGUST 1ST AND THE 31ST *** ╒═════════╕╒══════════╕╒══════════════════╕╒═══════════╕╒════╕╒═══╕╒═══╕╒═════╕ │ Group ││ Date ││ Game ││ Company ││ D# ││TRG││TGE││Notes│ └─────────┘└──────────┘└──────────────────┘└───────────┘└────┘└───┘└───┘└─────┘ BACKLASH 08/01/97 Jurassic War Tric 20 65% 39% N/A PARADIGM 08/02/97 Super Puzzle Fighter Capcom 16 N/A N/A DUPE 2 Turbo Final PARADIGM 08/02/97 Seafight Trinode 13 N/A N/A N/A HYBRID 08/03/97 Battle for Ashes 97 Audiogenic 03 N/A N/A N/A BACKLASH 08/04/97 4-4-2 Soccer Virgin 09 50% N/A N/A BACKLASH 08/05/97 Panic Soldier TriggerSoft 14 65% N/A N/A CLASS 08/06/97 Nitro Racers 3DO 15 55% 89% N/A CLASS 08/10/97 Forbes Corporate Simon & 11 56% 46% N/A Warrior Schuster RAZOR 1911 08/10/97 Pete Sampras Final Codemasters 37 N/A N/A DUPE CLASS 08/11/97 XCar: Experimental Bethesda 17 45% 35% N/A Racing Softworks RAZOR 1911 08/11/97 Blood Omen: Legacy Activision 62 81% 89% BETA Of Kain PARADIGM 08/13/97 Achtung Spitfire! Avalon Hill 17 70% N/A N/A BACKLASH 08/15/97 Worldwide Soccer Sega PC 43 N/A N/A N/A RAZOR 1911 08/17/97 Mass Destruction BMG 40 75% N/A N/A PARADIGM 08/18/97 Outpost 2 Sierra 11 67% 60% N/A RAZOR 1911 08/19/97 Dark Colony SSi 25 79% 85% N/A RAZOR 1911 08/19/97 Dark Colony Keys SSi 01 N/A N/A DOCS PARADIGM 08/19/97 Outpost 2 Trainer Sierra 01 N/A N/A TRN CLASS 08/20/97 Puzz 3D: The Notre Hasbro 17 53% N/A N/A Dame Cathedral Interactive CLASS 08/20/97 Imperialism SSi 27 72% N/A N/A RAZOR 1911 08/20/97 Outpost 2 FIX + Sierra 02 N/A N/A FIX+ Manual DOCS CLASS 08/21/97 Lose Your Marbles SegaSoft 07 89% N/A N/A CLASS 08/23/97 Avery Cardoza's 100 Cardoza 31 64% N/A N/A Slots Entertainment CLASS 08/24/97 Dark Colony +1 SSi 01 N/A N/A NW Trainer PARADIGM 08/25/97 Imperialism +1 SSi 01 N/A N/A TRN Trainer CLASS 08/26/97 NFL Legends 98 Accolade 58 73% N/A N/A CLASS 08/26/97 NFL Legends 98 Docs Accolade 02 N/A N/A DOCS CLASS 08/27/97 MS Flight Sim 98 Microsoft 59 75% N/A N/A CLASS 08/27/97 Ms Flight Sim 98 Microsoft 29 N/A N/A ADDN Sound Add-on CLASS 08/28/97 Valderamma Links LS Access 15 N/A N/A ADDN & 98 Course Addon RAZOR 1911 08/28/97 NHL Open Ice 2 on 2 GT Inter- 12 79% N/A N/A active CLASS 08/29/97 Dark Colony +1 100% SSi 01 N/A N/A TRN Trainer CLASS 08/29/97 Blood Omen: Legacy Activision 62 81% 89% FNL of Kain CLASS 08/30/97 Real Genius Pro One 33 65% N/A N/A RAZOR 1911 08/30/97 Shadow Warrior 3D Realms 22 78% N/A N/A RAZOR 1911 08/31/97 Shadow Warrior 3D Realms 01 N/A N/A FIX CD Audio Fix Group Totals (legitimate games only): BACKLASH = 04 games CLASS = 12 games HYBRID = 01 games PARADIGM = 03 games RAZOR 1911 = 04 games Group Totals (total legitimate releases): BACKLASH = 04 releases CLASS = 16 releases HYBRID = 01 releases PARADIGM = 05 releases RAZOR 1911 = 07 releases *** That's all for this month! Stay tuned for next month's reports *** *** Contact information: http://www.comingsoon.com email: [email protected] Greetings go out to: ARCADE, BACKLASH, CELEBRE, CLASS, DENIAL, DIVINE, DYNASTY, HYBRID, MIRAGE, PARADIGM, PIRASOFT and RAZOR 1911. And of course our friends at TRG, TGE and TRD!