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|THE INTERNET|RELEASE LIST
|THE INTERNET|RELEASE LIST
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|by COUNT ZERO|
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FEBRUARY 1ST-JUNE 6TH, 1997
W ___________________________________
Welcome to the very first edition of
the new internet based release list.
We seem to have caused quite some
trouble before we announced it in the
last issue of Propaganda already and
got a tremendous feedback after the
rules were printed in the last issue.

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Q
Quite some people seem to fear this new
list and I read a sentence which made
me think. It was printed in an issue
of Domination and went like:

Never cut the roots of a growing tree
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WELL
WELL, quite some dudes out there know
and even share my opinion about this
new list ... Without the Inet the 64
would be a dead horse. Some more or
less crappy emulators helped the
Commodore 64 to survive until this
point and now it gains even more
popularity each day.

This was just possible due to the
unbelievable explosion the net had
to suffer during the past years.

A
Anyways. The list like we all knew it
is gone and waxed from Propaganda and
it was transformed into something new.

May the reader decide whether he likes
it or not ... Personally, I have to
think over again and got to remark,
that in the very beginning it sounded
weird to me aswell ... but NOW, having
composed the first list based on the
new standard, it looks good.

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ATTENTION
ATTENTION
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|I was busted on May 13th and the cops |
|carried away all my Amiga equipment, |
|along with all the stuff for the list |
|which I had sorted on that harddisk. |
| |
|I recompiled the list from stock and |
|I am pretty sure that I left out |
|some stuff, as certain people don't |
|seem to care about their E-Mails. |
| |
|Incase you mail me about a missing |
|release in this list, I will |
|include it in the next issue !!! |
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Before we start with the rules and
the list itself, some words about
releases in general.

When checking the about 5O programs
I gathered together for the list, I
had the strange feeling, people just
want to play tricks on me ...

I stumbled about BASIC GAMES from 85
just being translated, totally lame
cracks and heaps of stupid mistakes.

THIS IS THE END OF THE CENTURY !!!!
THIS IS THE END OF THE CENTURY !!!!
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Get real and release properly !!!!

Oh my god, stuff like leaving the
Hi-Saver on when a trainer is selected
may happen once ... but twice ? No Way!

Removing a Hi-Saver totally is just as
stupid. I would have been happy about
a 1OO% version for sure.

And releasing translated Basic Games
from over a decade ago was beyond my
wildest imaginations before I saw it.

The guys who did these releases know
what I am talking off right now and
the reader will recognize it later on.

Most of the people still being around
try to find challenges opon improving
their skills and finally you sit down

check out some stuff and shake your
head once ... then twice ...

HOW THE HECK can a computer like the
Commodore 64 survive THAT long when
there are so few people around trying
to make GOOD stuff ?

To put it in a nutshell:

TRY TO MAKE IT BETTER AND STOP WHINING!

People cry about LITTLE bugs on the
boards and on the net aswell, but seem
to miss the real cannoncraters.

Over for now ... Let's go for punishment

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|THE RULES|
|THE RULES|
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How to become part of the list:

THIS HAS CHANGED ! READ IT !

To get one of your releases into the
list you have to upload it via ftp to:

The Digital Dungeon: XXXXXXXXXXXX

Gangster's Paradise : XXXXXXXXXXXX

Both FTP sites contain textfiles in
/pub/C64/ about upload rules and
conditions ... check them out or mail
me for a helping hand.

W
Whenever you uploaded the release make
sure to mail:

countO(at)mail.netwave.de or
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newscopy(at)algonet.se
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whenever your mail bounces from the
netwave account.

HAVE
YOU HAVE TO MAIL US!
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If we get no mail, there is virtually
no release at all ...

We will ignore mails which where sent
using an anonymous mailer like
hotmail.com or earthling.com !

This has several reasons. First of all
we want to be able to get back to you
for further discussions or when
problems occur.

Second reason is that we want YOU to
stand for a release ...

And finally normal ISP mail-servers
rarely suffer the problems a mailer
interface has.

If you don't want your E-Mail revealed,
we will not give it away !

Conclusion: The first mail I get

concerning a release, that release
will be checked first. If it is ok
regarding PAL/NTSC and other
conditions it will be counted as the
first release. Regardless to any other
release which might have been there a
day before.

This ofcourse only goes for games
released after the 6th of July 1997,
the day I closed THIS list.

That's it for the explanation about
uploading, mailing and troubleshooting.
Questions left ? Use your mailer !

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|THE RELEASES| WHAT'S A RELEASE
|THE RELEASES| AT ALL ???
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We are ignoring:

- Basic Games, Fake Label releases and
anything that was created using
SEUCK and other game makers.

- Non-English releases.

-- Very little exceptions may happen --

Still want points ? Read on ...
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A Release will receive points whenever
it is:

- Working PAL/NTSC
- English (or multilanguage)
- a fully working version

Whether a 1OO% version is necessary or
not, groups may decide by themselves.
Whenever a game is working fine for me,
I consider it being 1OO% ...

Incase you think it's not 1OO% and
has remarkable bugs which were not in
the original, let me know about it
and I might consider your or another
version is 1OO%.

Points for FULL GAMES are given like
listed here:

O.O - 3.O for the quality of the GAME

O.O - 2.O for the quality of the CRACK

2.O will be added if the game
was released PAL/NTSC from
the first release on.

1.O will be added if a former
version being PAL or NTSC
only was released before.

1.O will be substracted for major
cracking bugs or if a 2nd version
was necessary to complete a
release.

up to 1.O will be added if something
very special was done to
the game or a new cracking
technique was introduced
with the release.

There are no categories like Budget or
Full Price anymore ...

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|PREVIEWS| 0.0 - 1.0 points are given
|PREVIEWS| for previews.
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A preview has to be playable, else it
will receive O.O points.
Only the first preview of a game will
be counted. V2 previews will be ignored

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|TOOLS UTILITIES|
|TOOLS AND UTILITIES|
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Up to 3.O points are given for Tools.
Not caring about PAL/NTSC at all.

We want such stuff, so release your
good underwear aswell !!!

NOTE
NOTE

THIS WAY EVEN LEGAL GROUPS CAN ENTER
THE CHARTS.

This is a release list, no Gamer's Guide

OK, half of the chapter wasted on the
rules and additional crap-talk ...

But before we start for REAL:

The editor is as objective as possible
regarding the releases, but mistakes
are always happening, so get in contact
with me to correct mistakes.
Unlike others I stand for the bullshit
I sometimes do.

The rules are there to be broken, so
if a new situation comes up, I modify
the rules to fit them.

The rules are based on Psychobilly's
rules for The Pulse, which were an
extended system of The Shock Magazine.

FINALLY ...

The List was started on February 1st
and closed on June 6th 1997 !

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|ALPHAFLIGHT | OVERALL: 44.9
|ALPHAFLIGHT 197O|
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The german based group had a very
active time during the last months and
came up with a chop full of releases.
REMEMBER (fixed) gave them 2.9 pts
and the 2 Player game REVERSI (fix)
added another 4.3 pts to their score.
They raged on with the Final Sales
Version of UPSIDE DOWN (4.3 pts) and

a properly fixed version of DEADLY
MESSENGERS, which gave them 2.9 pts.
MERCHANT (fixed) was released along
with Hitmen and only 2.1 as the
points are shared. EAGLEWARE made them
happy and gave them FUGITIVE
(fix/2.9 pts) and SAMBER (fix/4.2 pts).
The translated and fixed STARMERCHANT
from LK AVALON resulted in another 3.3
points.
With the release of VISION (fix/4.O),
TARGET (PAL/NTSC/2.O) and BLOODHAND
(fix/3.6) some more points where added
to their final score.
MEGA MOLECULES was fixed and had a
final judgement of 3.4 points.
The previews of SAVAGE PLATFORMS (O.5)
and SCORTIA (O.4) were just little

Overall a steady list of releases, but
people have claimed that their version
of MYSTERY (fixed) would bug. After
a closer check and nobody except for
the people whining on the boards,
no real bugs where found. Nobody was
able to specify memory locations or
bring up a remarkable way to get to
these discussed bugs. AFL earns
4.1 points on this quite well designed
puzzle game.

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|"LOOK FOR BUGS! LOOK FOR BUGS! |
| WE WILL MAKE THE 100%-VERSION!"|
| |
| - HEARD AT AFL'S HOUSE. |
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|CHROMANCE| OVERALL: 22.7
|CHROMANCE|
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The traditional hungarian Gangsters
scored astonishing well when looking
at the games they released.
BUDDHA OF BADNATH and MAGIC LAND
(both BASIC) gave them O.O
aswell, as the V2 preview of CHRONIC
THE BADGER.
The unplayable, but nethertheless
nice preview of KYRIL THE LEGEND
resulted in O.O along with the non-
working HORSEKILLER PREVIEW.
(We tried many times and finally
concluded that the IFFL system sucks)

Still Chromance managed to release
the pretty well done GALLEON (fixed)
and gained 5.1 pts for it.
LASTG (fixed/3.1 pts) and MR.SETAM
(fixed/3.O pts) were released to
upgrade their points. The fixed
TWIN TERRORS (3.4 pts) and UNDENOID
(3.1 pts) made them look better again.
They finalized the session with
INTERLACED PAIRS (fixed/5.O) and
ranked up pretty well in the end.

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|F CG| OVERALL: 9.9
|F4CG|
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The Fantastic Four had only 3 releases
which were counted this time.
They started off with the fixed
POWERTRIS, but loose one point here
on some bad cracking. The Hi-Score
saver which was originally in the game
was removed and the F4CG intro looks
much smoother on PAL than on NTSC.
Maybe atleast THAT should get fixed
somewhen. Overall POWERTRIS was
rewarded 3.4 instead of 4.4

Next one was MANGANOID, a breakout
clone which was nice in the first
place, but I detected 2 major flickers

on the end sequence (actually a 2 byte
fix which could have been done VERY
easily) and a Levelskipper would have
been nice, as it's a pain to play a
complete level. Last but not least,
this 98% version got 3.8 points after
having substracted 1.O for a bad fix.

Their final release was KNOORKIE
THE PIG, a funny and well translated
polish game. I was told that the game
contains some sprite bugs, but were
not able to detect them, so the full
3.7 points for an already PAL/NTSC
running game were given.

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| AND RRR SAYS WE'RE | **
|CHEATING THE CHARTS!| \/
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|HITMEN| OVERALL: 2.1
|HITMEN|
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Along with Alphaflight they released
the fixed MERCHANT and gained 2.1 pts
for it.
Additional info: a nice crack, but some
of the english phrases in the release
could have been better.

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|LAXITY| OVERALL: 0.0
|LAXITY|
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TRAZZ preview didn't deserve anything.
Not even space on my disc ... O.O pts

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|MOTIV | OVERALL: 4.8
|MOTIV8|
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Crossfire seems to be one of the shy or
hard to reach guys. Lots of E-Mails
went to nirvana, but nevertheless, we
tested some of the Motiv8 releases.
As there are FOUR CORNERS (O.O) and
AFTERLIFE 2 (O.O) which were both
BASIC.
MONSTERPOWER (PAL/NTSC/1.7 pts) would
have been below my dignity.
The nice ZWEI BERETEN PREVIEW (O.6)
was surprisingly well done though.
And finally a 2nd version (-1) of
X-TRIS (fix/2.5) was necessary to
satisfy the scene.

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|ONSLAUGHT| OVERALL: 19.3
|ONSLAUGHT|
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Jazzcat's soldiers fought well and
released a preview of CRAZY BUSINESS
(O.3 pts) and DOMINESs (PAL/NTSC/2.6).
SHOVE PREVIEW was worth another O.2
and FIND THE PAIRS PREVIEW was selling
at O.4 pts.
Later on they surprised some people
with a fixed version of CANNON CRAZE
from MAGNA MEDIA (4.1).
Too bad the following games suffered
some seriuos cracking mistakes and were
both deducted -1 on their points.
BOTH games happily save the Hi-Score
when using the installed trainers.
Something WE don't want in 1997.

These games were GHOST TRAP (fix/3.7)
and TROOZE (fix/3.9).
Both of them were cracked well,
contained massive trainers, docs,
titlescreen, iffl packs, etc. but it
looks like STING forgot to disable the
saver. Something which turned into a
standard in 1989 already.
Last but not least the final version
of CRAZY BUSINESS made it to the FTPs
giving them 4.1 including a deduction
of -1 as there was no version of the
archive to be found that contained
a working intro. The intro which
Onslaught supplied simply crashes while
depacking.

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|SCS TRC| OVERALL: 15.3
|SCS&TRC|
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With CBA quitting the scene, we get
more active every day as we have to
spank one monkey less. Therefore some
nice releases came in resulting into
a good mid-field place for the co-op.
They started off with XIOM 101%
(fix/4.9 pts) and the preview of an
average 2 Player preview named GRAV
(O.4 pts). The preview of BLOODHAND
(O.3 pts) made SCORTIA (fix/4.2) look
even better. For some reason Burglar
added another 3.8 pts to the account
by releasing MONSTERS (fix) and his
innovative and steadily developed
program REAL SID PLAYER (1.7 pts)

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|TRIAD| OVERALL: 0.1
|TRIAD|
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After their X-Mas 96 release BUBBLE
PREVIEW, they managed to release
AAKE 2 PREVIEW (O.1)

This is one the previews which should
be kept by the programmers or child-
ren that just started experiencing the
more advanced scrolling techniques.
For sure.

** THE FINAL RESULTS COMING UP **
\/ THE FINAL RESULTS COMING UP \/

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|FTP RELEASERS Top
|FTP-RELEASERS --- FEB1ST-JUN6TH 1997
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ALPHAFLIGHT
1. ALPHAFLIGHT 1970...44.9
2. CHROMANCE..........22.7
3. ONSLAUGHT..........19.3
4. SUCCESS & TRC......15.3
5. F4CG................9.9
6. MOTIV8..............4.8
7. HITMEN..............2.1
8. TRIAD...............0.1
9. LAXITY..............0.0

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|'o'|
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MAY THE BOARDCHARTS
BE AS EXCITING.
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Propaganda 23 ch02 - Revision history

Ymgve at 20:46, 18 June 2007