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THE OFFICIAL d=b RELEASE CHARTS d=b 'o' RELEASE CHARTS 'o' /_\ PROPAGANDA #19 /_\ PERFORMED BY THE MASTER OF LAW... DEFF ________________________________________ Introducing the NEW (!) point-system: Fullprice Games 6.1 - 8.O Budget Games 4.1 - 6.O Low Budget Games 2.1 - 4.O PD/Shareware 1.O - 2.O Previews O.O - 1.O One bonus point can be reached by releasing a game 1OO% (!) Pal/Ntsc. If another group is involved on the fix the point will be given to the fixers! Games that got released Pal only have to be fixed within half a year else the Pal/Ntsc version won't get counted. +------------------------------------+ | Minus points will be given for... | | _________________________________ | | Re-releases -7.O | | Re-re-release -14.O etc.| | | | NO levelpacking -1.O | | | | NO or BAD trainer(s) -1.O | | | | INCOMPLETE or | | BAD translation -1.O / -2.O | +------------------------------------+ ________________________________________ Unlike most other mags we won't give points for tools. Those releases will get mentioned but that's about it!! ________________________________________ SEUCK GAMES,BASIC GAMES, COMPILED BASIC GAMES and such games that were done using a GAME MAKER will be ignored as well as TEXT ADVENTURES! ________________________________________ Whenever we think somebody did some- thing special or something outstanding we will add one point to the normal score. It's also possible to get one extra point for a ware which normally doesn't deserve any points! ________________________________________ +------------------+ | PROPAGANDA | | PROPAGANDA | +------------------+ We just want to point out again that all games have to be in English. Graphics in a different language don't have to be changed to get the first-release. But you can either earn extra points by doing it as well as getting a point reduction for not doing it. It just doesn't matter for the first-release but for the points! +------------------+ | PROPAGANDA | | PROPAGANDA | +------------------+ T The following boards have been taken into consideration whilst creating these charts ___Z +--------------------------------------+ | DREAM PARK - XXXXXXXXXXXX | | HOLIDAY INN CAMBODIA - XXXXXXXXXXXX | | DOWN BY LAW - XXXXXXXXXXXX | | THE DUNGEON - XXXXXXXXXXXX | | DEAD ZONE - XXXXXXXXXXXX | +--------------------------------------+ PLEASE NOTE PLEASE NOTE... D ______________ Due to the fact that the cooperation between Hardcore and Onslaught split we'll just take the points reached bz the coop and divide them to two. This means: both parties will get the same amount of points added to their normal score (the score they reached since they are working on their own again). ? 11.3/2 (RET) 5.65 =5.7 In words: Each group will get 5.7 points added to their normal score. ACCEPT -7.O points ACCEPT ________________________________________ The masters of re-releases hit back once again! This time with a release called BOMBERMAN 90% which is the same game as BOMBSQUAD, first-released and fixed by Red Sector Inc. in May 1993. ACCURACY ACCURACY O.4 points ________________________________________ Even Accuracy entered the world of first releases with 2 previews from Accuracy Arts (go figure!)... MASTER TETRIS (O.3) and FLAGMANIA (O.1 points). Later on they released two more previews from Turk Design which don't deserve any points at all... SHOOT and SUPER BALL 2. ALPHA FLIGHT 19.2 points ALPHA FLIGHT ________________________________________ Are you ready for take off? AFL started with 2 Pal/Ntsc releases at once... BAD BALLS from S.P. (3.1 points) and SPOOK 100% (no points). SPOOK got released by Hardcore (and fixed by Glory) way before but Alpha Flight discovered that the Glory fix flickers like hell on Ntsc. Still AFL won't get any points for their 1OO% version of SPOOK as they didn't release it within the limit of 6 months. Now AFL hit back with some more wares... DARKEST ROAD 2 (no pts/text adventure) from Commodore Format followed by a GEO- METRIC 2 (4.8 points). GEOMETRIC 2 got released by Avantgarde before but their version was Pal only. All of a sudden Disaster/AFL from Russia (!) started calling the American BBSes and upped two re-releases for AFL namely WALKERZ PV. (AVT) and BOMBERMAN PV (RSI). Still no minus points will be given as Disaster has been kicked out of AFL one days before he upped those 2 re-releases. He even confired that by posting it in public (DP!). Now Alpha Flight managed to release the big overdue: SWORD OF HONOUR (Pal only). Unfortunately they had to release a fix-file (-1 point). Still they'll get 6.1 points. Next they came up with CATCH IT preview (O.2 pts.) followed by BLACK IT (Pal/Ntsc) @ by CP-Verlag. But once again they had to upload a second version (-1 point) as their first version wasn't fixed 1OO%. That makes 3.O points for BLACK IT. Now they released a fine tool (no points) called SOFTSPRITE EDITOR followed by CROSSES & CIRCLES (+fix) from Upscene Productions @ CP-Verlag (3.3 points). AFL's next target was the nice game PARTY QUEST @ by Magna Media (4.7 pts). PARTY QUEST didn't need a fix and as AFL translated the entire text to English we gave them +1 point for their hard work. As next we got COLONIAL TRADER of which AFL claimed that it would be the 1OO% version of the game but later on it turned out to be a second preview only. COLONIAL TRADER PREVIEW from Vislogic & Cascade gets AFL O.5 points whilst HANGMAN (+fix) from Sectech Designs gets 3.1 points. Now AFL didn't pay attention well enough an 'landed' their first re- re-release (Accept already re-released it before) with the Pal only version of SLATERMAN (-14 points). A few days later they released a Ntsc fixed version of SLATERMAN but unfortunately they didn't put it out within the six months limit (=no points). As next Ignorance provided the scene with ZIP COLLECTION V2 (tool). This actually is a strange release as this tool is YEARS old and I personally don't see any need to release something like that with an AFL intro infront of it again. Whatever! Now we got SHA-JONGG @ by Magna Media (4.2 pts) which didn't need a fix at. AFL got 1 extra point added to the normal score as they did a hell of a job by translating the game to English. As next we have seen a release that caused some trouble again due to different groups releasing it claiming aall their versions would be the one and only 1OO% versions. In the end AFL just released a fix file to their version to make their earlier version work 1OO% Pal and Ntsc (-1 point). Still they'll get 3.6 points for LEPPARD from Miracle Des. @ by CP-Verlag. Now AFL put out a game called FAST BALL (+fix) @ by Loadstar (3.4 points) followed by DREAM preview. Chromance released the same preview at the same time. Points will be shared which means both AFL and Chromance will get O.2 points. Too bad for the Flight that they did a re-release in the end... SUPER PAC BALL preview already got put out by Onslaught way before (-7.O pts). ATLANTIS ATLANTIS 2.9 points ________________________________________ A rather nice period for Atlantis this time. They managed to release 2 previews from Cascade namely: STARBLAST (O.1 pts) and COLONIAL TRADER (O.3 ppoints). Next the released a game in coop with AVT... NONSENSE from FLP Group (2.O). Last but not least they hit back with two more previews: STAR SCAPER from Tectron (O.4) and CF ADVENTURE (O.1 points). CF ADV. didn't get a higher score as the preview wasn't playable and as it was still in German. AVANTGARDE 57.2 points AVANTGARDE ________________________________________ They started off with a neat preview called WALKERZ from New Entry @ by EBES (O.7 points). Finally Suicide managed to release a 1OO% Pal and Ntsc version of the German budget game FLUMMI'S WORLD from Substance. AVT gets 7.O points for their great release. Furthermore Suicide of Avantgarde also managed to Ntsc-fix the 59 Prods intro which makes 2 more first releases for AVT... POZITRONIC (4.5 points/Pal-first by Palace) and PRA-SE (4.6 points/Pal-first by AFL). As next the guys in AVT managed to release the first 1OO% Pal/Ntsc version of the Hungarian fullpricer called LONG LIFE @ by 576 KByte (9.O points). Shortly after that release they hit back with a small preview called ORACLE 3 - THE FINAL CHAPTER from APS (O.2 points) followed by COLOURATION (+fix) from XL.C.US and @ by Commodore Format (3.7 points). And yet once again AVT were the only ones to release a proper version of THE HOUSE from Expression and @ by CP-Verlag. Even when they had to release a fix file (-1) they'll still get 3.7 pts for THE HOUSE. Now Avantgarde released a small game called NONSENSE in coop with Atlantis. Points will be shared which means that both AVT and ATL get 2.O points. Now CAPTURE (+fix) from XL.C.US copyright by Commodore Format saw the light of day (3.7 pts.) followed by the 1OO% version of IKKIUCHI (+fix) from Digital Excess @ by CP-Verlag (4.6 points). Next targets were GUESSER (Pal/Ntsc) from Lepsi Dev. @ by CP-Verlag (2.4 points) and two previews from XL.C.US called TWIN BALLS (O.4 points) and CAPTURE 2 (O.2 points). Due to Deff's holidays AVT got beat on two CP-Verlag games namely ARTRIS from Color 7 and MYSTERY. As Alpha Flight's fix on ARTRIS wasn't 1OO%, AVT simply released the 1OO% version (4.3 points). AFL also released MYSTERY Pal only and Suicide simply Ntsc fixed the bitch and another 4.8 points must be given to AVT. Now Avantgarde brought you the game that everybody was waiting for: WALKERZ from New Entry @ by EBES (7.O pts). Onslaught released a so-called 'fixed' version before but their Pal/Ntsc version just turned out to be the Pal only version. WALKERZ gets 7.O points as it's neither a budget game nor a full pricer. With 6 Pounds it's something inbetween, a mid-pricer. All of a sudden AVT put out a game called RELAX from Electric Brains which turned out to be AVT's first re- release as the game already got released by TRC+EMP in 1992 (-7.O points). Now Avantgarde fixed a game called SILVA POD from Shikwave @ by CP-Verlag for the guys in Hardcore (one point/fix). Last but not least Avantgarde came up with a small preview called MORTAL DOGFIGHT (O.4 points). CHROMANCE CHROMANCE 26.O points ________________________________________ Chromance just managed to release a so- called 1OO% version of BLACK QUIZ but infact the earlier version released by TRC+SCS already satisfied everybody. That's why the <C> version won't get any points. The next ware put out by <C> was a tool called HARDTRACK COMPOSER V1 from Inflexion Development and @ by Tim Soft followed by TETRISACK (+fx) from Stratos (4.1 points). Now the Hungarian posse released 2 previews called VIRTUS (O.4) from Art Game and LACED TILES (O.9 pts.) from Exile Productions followed by a ware called ABNORMAL FACTOR from Therapy (3.4 points). We count this version as a Pal release only even when they say they fixed the game. That's not true as they didn't fix the scroll in the border. The last 2 titles put out by them were GAME EDITOR + CONVERTOR (tool) and BREAK IT (+fix) from Oreal. We all know that Steve once released this game before but the version he released under TRC+SCS didn't include the Oreal intro. That's why it's no re-release. Chromance gets 3.1 points for their 1OO% version. Now the Hungarian posse came up with a budget game called ANGEL OF HELL @ by Oliver Software (6.1 points). This score features a bonus of one point as <C> has re-drawn the main picture! At last <C> provided us with DUNGEON MASTER preview (O.4 points) and VIDEO MEANIES (3.O points). VIDEO MEANIES is @ by Mastertronic and is originally a game from the C= Plus 4. Dale of Exile just converted the game from the C= Plus 4 to the C=64 so it's obvious that it's a Public Domain game (2.O points). As <C> fixed the game one point will be added. At last they released DREAM preview and they will share the points with AFL (see above!)... O.2 points! Damn, I nearly forgot BRAIN DISASE 2 - THE RETURN from One Minute Artworks/Art Game (3.4 pts). F CG 21.O points F4CG ________________________________________ F4CG started with a small preview called MYSTERY (O.4 pts). We know that several previews with the same name have been released before (e.g. by RSI & AVT) but this infact is a different game. Now they released 2 games which didn't need a Ntsc-fix at all: OMNIBUS (2.1 points) and ABC-PUZZLE from Biuro Informatyczno Wydawnicze (2.1 points) followed by CASTLE (Ntsc-fixed by Cerebus/F4CG) from Marex (4.O points). Now F4CG provided us with SOKOBAN PREVIEW (O.2 points) from Kolegaasada Soft. This actually is not the old SOKOBAN from 1984 by Spectrum Holo Byte @ ASCII Corp. It's just the same game idea and the same game name. Now F4CG provided us with two previews called PORTAL (O.5 points) and SAPER (O.4 points). Even by writing "Saper preview... released on request of Deff coz he loves Minefiled clones!" won't allow me to give F4CG more than O.4 pts for this preview! 8-) As next we got KOLKO which didn't need a Ntsc fix. This release will get 1.6 pts. only. We gave them -O.5 pts. as the graphics are still in Polish. Well, F4CG now released two more Polish games called MONSTRUM (+fix) from Mirage Soft (3.9 points) and DEADLY CRYSTAL by Biuro Infomatyczno Wydawnicze (2.1 points/game didn't need a Ntsc fix) followed by LAZERTECH (2.4 points) copy- right by Loadstar (didn't need a Pal fx) and PLUFF preview from Asphyxia (O.6 p.) Now F4CG supplied us with 2 more prev's called LOST @ by Loadstar (O.3 points) and BODEGA EJNAR (O.4 points). BODEGA EJNAR normally deserves more points in my eyes but the preview flickers like hell and also the screen turns black if you lose one life. In the end they came up with a handy tool called DRAZPAINT V2 (tools=no points) and a small game named TRENER. TRENER won't get any points as the game is compiled Basic. FORTRESS FORTRESS O.1 points ________________________________________ For the very first time this rather un- known group managed to first-release something, a preview of a game (?) named S.P.I.X. (O.1 points). Normally a prev. like this doesn't even deserve O.1 pts. but as it was their first attempt to enter the world of first-releases we give them O.1 points anyway. HARDCORE HARDCORE 3.5 + 5.7 = 9.2 points ________________________________________ Being solo again they only managed to release SILVA POD from Shikwave @ by CP-Verlag. Pal points go to Hardcore (3.5) whilst Avantgarde gets one point for the Ntsc fix of SILVA POD. HITMEN 4.4 points HITMEN ________________________________________ Hitmen is just once again back in bizz and they surprised everybody with a nice comeback release from Electric Brains & New Entry called CANNON CRAZE preview (O.8 points). Just to let you know... CANNON CRAZE is the same game as BASE ATTACK of which TRC+SCS put out a first preview some time ago. Whatever... next the guys in Hitmen released CROSS IT preview from Direct Designs (O.3 pts.) followed by 2 Ntsc fixes for Onslaught: AMNESIA from Twice Effect (1.O point) and SHATTERLANDS 100% (1.O point). Last but not lest Hitmen fixed a game for TRC+SCS called FUN DUEL (1 p.) followed by THC BROS. preview which actually flickers like hell (O.3 points). MOTIV MOTIV8 2.7 points ________________________________________ Motiv8 started with 3 previews from NOGAMAS... SKYT (O.1 points), BOUNCY (O.1 points) and OOPS V.2 (O.1 points). OOPS is already the 2nd preview of this game. Also the first preview has been released by M8 and the only difference compared to the earlier version is the small game-intro. Now the guys in M8 released the worst production from CP-Verlag ever... MINITRON V1.1 from The OWL's (1.1 pts). Even the game-intro of this crap was done by using the Magic Disc Intromaker. That's the reason for the one point reduction. I can hardly understand how somebody dares to put out a piece of crap like this under their 'normal' lable instead of their below budget lable. Whatever... Next M8 pro- vided us with 5 tool (5 times no points) C4MRP COMPRESSOR V3.0, DARK SQUEEZE 3.1, ICEWRITER 4.9, ICEWRITER LIGHT and a patch file to DMC 5.1! Now M8 supplied us with a small preview called WONKY WORMS from Image Design (O.3 points). Next M8 put out 1O (TEN!) releases but unfortunately all (!) of those releases don't even deserve one single point all in all... THE MATRIX CROWN @ Logyk Soft (text adventure=no points), TEMPORAL @ The Guild Software (text adventure=O.O), MEAN MINES PREVIEW from Solaric Games (didn't even deserve O.1 points) and THE PROFESSIONAL SPEEDWAY MANAGER @ ET Software (compiled Basic=no points). The above mentioned game looks nearly exactly like the game "4 TEAM SPEEDWAY" which got first released by Deadline long long ago but according to Crossfire (quote X-Fire) "PROFESSIONAL SPEEDWAY MANAGER is no re-release but an updated version of an old game!". Whatever... To complete the list of those glory 1O games we have to add the following... PUZZLE RAGE, QUIZMEISTER, COLLINS, CRYPTOQUAD and STOREHOUSE. All of those games are @ by Loadstar and all of them are in Basic (=no points). The 1Oth game is DAMSELS IN DISTRESS 2 from Real Frank Productions @ by The Guild Software. It actually is a text-adventure so no pts. will be give! The last game put out by them was a Basic game called JIGSTAR @ by Loadstar. Even when it's in Basic we will give the game 1.O point for 'some- thing special'! NEMESIS -7.O NEMESIS ________________________________________ This new group surprised everybody with a game called DUCK PARK (Pal only) which later on turned out to be GUN DOGS from 1984 (cracked by Antisoft). After this rather bad start Nemesis died and continued as Pandora again! ONSLAUGHT ONSLAUGHT 7.6 + 5.7 = 16.9 points ________________________________________ Onslaught being solo again managed to put out a nice amount of wares. They started with 4 previews... GENOCIDE from Lightside (O.4 points), FLASHBACK (O.2), CYBERWING from Bigtime Software (O.6), ICE TEA from Century Art-Studios (O.7) (which reminds me of good old Hat Trick) and SUPER PAC TWINS (O.7 points) @ by Commodore Format. Now Onslaught managed to get their hands on AMNESIA which is supposed to be a Twice Effect game. According to Twice Effect the last word on that strange release is not spoke yet but future will surely tell us all. Meanwhile Onslaught gets 5.O points for AMNESIA whilst Hitmen gets 1 point for Ntsc fixing the game. Ooops, nearly forgot SHATTERLANDS 100% (3.6 points). ONSLAUGHT HARDCORE 11.3 points ONSLAUGHT+HARDCORE ________________________________________ The first ware put out by them was a small preview called REMEMBER (O.1 pts). This game is not the same REMEMBER which already got released by Riff Raffs long ago but infact it looks quite the same! To be honest the arrows got ripped from the first REMEMBER game. Now the coop hit back with 5 more previews: RAINBOW BOMB (O.2 points), MARC IN WONDERLAND (O.1 points), BILBO from Yellow Byte Inc (O.1 points), SILVA POD from Shitwave (O.6 points) and DELUXE STRIP POKER from New Entry (O.2 points). As next HCON released an American budget game called THE EVIL PRINCE @ by Treshold Production and Thunder Team. They had to release a fix file to make their version work 1OO% but still they get 5 points. Now HCON came up with a release that caused some trouble. Their version of DANGER BALL is Pal only (Yes, it needs a Ntsc fix!) whilst Chromance released a so-called fixed version but the <C> version crashs ofter the game intro (on Ntsc). Afterall HC+ONS will get the Pal points unless somebody cares to fix this P.D. game. Some say it's no P.D. but if I have a look at the note from the makers in- cluded on the game it's obvious it's PD! Let's quote them "This is no official C=64 game!" That and the quality of the game speaks for itself (1 point). The last two releases done by the coop were WARFLAME @ by Bigtime Software (3.6 pts/ didn't need a Ntsc fix) and TROOZE prev. (O.4 points). Please note that TRC+SCS released a pv of WARFLAME in Jan. 1994. PANDORA PANDORA -5.8 points ________________________________________ The just re-build Pandora had their comeback with TANIS PREVIEW from Byte Brothers (O.2 points) followed by THORION (Pal only) @ by Logo Software. As THORION is a game it normally doesn't deserve any points but as there was a small m/l intro infront of the game we will give Pandora one point anyway. Now Pandora released FOOTBALL MANAGER'95 featuring a bad translation. As Basic games don't get points anyway we can't decrease their score due to a bad translation. Their last release turned out to be a re-release. They put out TILE REVENGE @ by Explosive Design which is the sane as MAGIC TILE @ by Kingsoft. MAGIC TILE already got released by Lutschers years ago. Afterall Pandora gets -7 points for their re-release. TRC SCS 14.4 points TRC+SCS ________________________________________ The coop started with a game called KACPER from Vermes/Marex. We won't count this release as KACPER is the same game as KULFON released way before. The only difference is a different name and some small improvements gfx-wise. As TRC+SCS released KACPER in Polish it doesn't count point-wise anyway. Next they came up with a fine tool (no points) called TASM V5.6X followed by a huge (2 sides) preview of CASTLE @ by 576 KByte. Please note that this game is not the same one F4CG released. Too bad that this preview was only in Hungarian language: O.5 pts. And again the ruling coop brought us another preview called BRAVE copyright by CP-Verlag (O.6 point) followed by the the Ntsc fixed SHAMAN (5.O points). Now they came up with a small game called LOGIC (+fix) from Villains (3.4 points) followed by 7 previews... TWIN TERRORS V2 (O.4 points) from Cloak and Dagger Designs, FASTBALL (O.4 points) from Paranormal Activities @ by Loadstar, SHOPPING AG @ by CP-Verlag (O.O points) and MAGIC FORMULA (O.8 points) from Electric Brains and New Entry, BOMBEL (O.1 point), CELTIX from 59 Productions (O.6 points) and MAYHEM from Digital Expressions (O.2/unplayable). SHOPPING AG didn't even deserve O.1 point. The game (preview) is in Basic and also TRC+SCS didn't bother to translate the German text to English. To end TRC+SCS's list we have to mention FUN DUEL from Neoplasia/Weissenfels Section @ by CP-Verlag (2.4 points). +----------------------------+ | ** .. .. .. .. | | \/ \/ -- /\ >< | +----------------------------+ Additional note: ________________ We didn't count the release of NUTS - IN THE WORLD OF FANTASY at all as Gulas released the Pal only version long long ago%$)4/2 6RMPOhromance put out a Pal and Ntsc version (fixed by TRC+SCS) and yet later on Alpha Flight released a so-called 1OO% version. All this hassle is good for nothing as nobody released the Pal/Ntsc version within half a year after Gulas released its Pal version. +----------------------------+ | .. .. .. .. ** | | >< /\ -- \/ \/ | +----------------------------+ THE OFFICIAL Top RELEASE CHARTS Top --- RELEASE CHARTS --- 1 0 September 1995 1 0 ________________________________________ Rank Group Points ____ _____ ______ 01. AVANTGARDE 57.2 02. CHROMANCE 26.0 \03. F4CG 21.0 O4. Alpha Flight 19.2 O5. Onslaught 16.9 O6. TRC+SCS 14.4 O7. Hardcore 9.2 O8. Hitmen 4.4 O9. Atlantis 2.9 1O. Motiv8 2.7 11. Accuracy O.4 12. Fortress O.1 ________________________________________ THE FIRST OFFICIAL .. MINUS CHARTS ** >< MINUS-CHARTS \/ September 1995 ________________________________________ Rank Group MINUSpoints ____ _____ ___________ 01. ACCEPT -7.0 NEMESIS 03. PANDORA -5.8 NOTE NOTE: Accept and Nemesis sharing the top but Pandora will be a hard competitor next time. ________________________________________ THE OFFICIAL! Top FIXING CHARTS Top --- FIXING CHARTS --- 1 0 September 1995! 1 0 ________________________________________ Rank Group Releases ____ _____ ________ 01. AVANTGARDE (13) 02. ALPHA FLIGHT (07) 03. CHROMANCE (05) O4. Hitmen (O3) O5. F4CG (O2) TRC+SCS If you feel offended or discriminated in any way, feel free to complain by leaving e-mail to DEFF of AVANTGARDE on DREAM PARK (id:27)! Or simply send your complaints to: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +---------------------------+ | Thanks to: | | JACK ALIEN/AVANTGARDE | | MARC/ALPHA FLIGHT | | for their support/help! | +---------------------------+