Ymgve at 00:23, 29 June 2007

2007-06-29T00:23:57Z

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hits & flops
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ok, first of all here's a little
letter by mik/dcs, who wuit c64 and
sent this last letter to his
contacts! the reason why i write it
in this sub is that i have already
packed the other subs, so this is the
last one...

+plus

mik's letter :

'this day has finally arrived. as
most of you will have concluded,
jog and i have finally quit the 64
scene.

jog has stopped all illegal
activities, but will continue to
finish his game which will hopefully
be released soon. i have only quit
the 64 scene, but i will start
swapping realistically on the amiga
now. hopefully the coop between dcs
and rsi will be very successfull.

you may be wondering why we quit the
64 scene. there are infinite reasons
but the main ones are that there are
too many lamers and too many big
heads around which corrupts the
enjoyment on the scene. if we be-
lieved everything we read in crack-
intros and even off the mouths of
groups, there would be about thirty
no. 1 groups, best crackers and
fastest crackers. realistically there
are about two, amybe three groups,
who deserve to call themselves n0. 1
groups. i will not name any names but
most of you will know who they are.

so there you have it,
the doughnut cracking service is dead
on the 64. but remember, if you have
an amiga, do not hesitate to start
swapping on that machine. this
applies to anyone who wants to.

o.k. that's just about all i want to
say, maybe i will go down to the
show in london in september.'

ok, i hope it's ok that we published
this letter in a public magazine,
but there isn't anything private,
i think !
(+)

ok, here we go on with the usual
stuff; some game tests and a short
listing of games released this 'dry'
month !

the game-reviews concerned these
games :

shadow warrior ocean
double dribble konami
sunny shine rainbow arts
para academy players prem.

but first i'll start with the games..

shadow warrior dom/xds i+t/tsm
(full price game by ocean)

outlaw dom/xds
(low budget game by players premier)

dragons of flame nec
(american game by broderbund, it is
the follower of heros of the lance)

wobbler i+t/tsm
(a double density game, programmed
by cyberstyle/cologne)

steel eagle dom/xds
(low budget by players premier)

skate warz tsm
(an american game, it's a re-release
of starball, cracked some time ago
by a euro-group and imported by atc)

double dribble napalm
(an american release by konami)

operation hanoi dom/xds
(low budget by players premier)

drum master i+t/tsm
(an english music-utility, but very
usefull indeed!)

para academy dom/xds
(again a low budget by zeppelin games

starace culture/fantasy
(a game from an english magazine)

sunny shine crazy+lotus/xds
(a german game by rainbow arts,
completely translated by crazy)

lords of chaos illusion+atc
(by blade software, i think)

evening star legend/nei
(a re-release, first cracked by ccs
some years ago, bad luck!)

game reviews

shadow warrior - ocean

the conversion of the arcade-game
didn't suceed! many effects and
options of the arcade are missing.
you have to fight through several
levels, you can beat or kick your
enemy in the beginning!
the game looks like a typical ocean-
game : left-right scrolling, average
graphics, average sound and fx !
only the fans of those kind of
thrashing-games will like it !
valuation : 67

double dribble - konami

another sport-simulation from the
american softwarehouse konami is
their second hit after
this time you are a basketballer, you
can play in a team against the
computer or a human being. the game
itself is confusing in the beginning,
so you have to practise some time.
the steering is quite difficult, in
the menu there is a great number of
options ! the game also consists of
good effects like digitized throws
into the basket !
valuation : 79

sunny shine - rainbow arts/l&m

you just lost an expensive car, not
owned by yourself. you have to make
enough money and find the same car
again, because it was a very special
car. your name is sunny shine, you
have many possibilities to make
enough money,but you need your brain!
you steer your person through
different pictures and you can pick
up and throw away all kind of things.
the structure of the game reminds me
of maniac mansion! about 40 nice
pictures and a few tunes make the
game very interesting. valuation: 89

para academy - zeppelin games

you make a training in a military
training-camp! some 'lessons' are
sprinting, swimming, target shooting
or weight lifting. on the whole there
are 8 different events! most of the
lessons are composed of joystick-
shaking, except the target-shooting.
the music and graphics are average.

valuation : 41

ok, that's all for this month...

-return
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Ymgve at 00:23, 29 June 2007