Gamers Guide 24
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- welcome to issue # 24 of -
THE TRIAD GAMERS GUIDE
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1. this menu + some small talk
2. credits, info and addies
3. games a - c
4. games d - m
5. games n - z
6. from all corners
7. reactions
8. re-cracks
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- joy l/r for pages
- joy l/r + fire for chapters
- shift/lock turns off logo swing
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THE TRIAD GAMERS GUIDE
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issue #24 comes to you in the middle
of september 1994 after a break
over the summer.
ACHILLES, MR.AMMO, JERRY, RAVE and
WINGO did the game testing.
if your version was not tested here
we simply didn´t get a working copy
of it. send NOW!
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THE TRIAD GAMERS GUIDE
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when this issue was ready and done,
i changed my mind and used the intro i
should have used from the beginning.
regard this as a positive sign.
the story goes. i had talked about
making #25 the last GUIDE. OWEN drew
me the perfect picture to use in an
intro for such a final issue.
as i felt about things in june-july
i wasn´t sure that i would even do
#24, but if i did i wanted to use that
picture. so i canged #25 into #24 and
used an old non-fixed intro made by
KRAVIN for VINE NEWS. -->
THE TRIAD GAMERS GUIDE
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now i will instead have the time to
have this intro fixed and i will use
it for #25.
if there is a #26 and #27 and so on,
i will change the picture as long as
it is needed.
the only promise i can give you
about the future is that i will TRY
to keep THE GUIDE comming. any help i
get from you guys out there will make
it easier to make an effort.
ED
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. credits, info and addies
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- CHAPTER 2 -
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about the guide, the rules and
how to get in touch with the guide
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the idea behind the guide, is
to give you information of all
the different versions released
of a game.
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THE TRIAD GAMERS GUIDE
------- the well earned credits ------
INTRO
code king fisher
music dezcrator/amiga.transfered
to 64 by king fisher
graphics chorus+dane
GUIDE
original idea by INJUN INC
code king fisher
music alfatech
graphics none. layout - jerry
TEXT ED rico of pretzel logic.
EDITORS jerry and guests
THE TRIAD GAMERS GUIDE
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games are added to the GUIDE as soon
as we get them. our dream is to show
you EVERY version of a game that is
released. make sure we get yours!
we can not play every level of every
version of the games. however, we do
all we can to get close to that!
the games listed in THE GUIDE are
NOT ranked. on popular demand they are
listed in order of their length.
if you want to vote on a group or
a cracker, please do. the scene is
drowned in vote sheets from all magz.
THE TRIAD GAMERS GUIDE
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here are some rules we use.
separate pic, dox or other files are
not counted as part of the crack.
when pics are left in the game, this
is noted for fair comparison.
a separate highscore file is noted as
an H in the number-of-files column.
the length is included in the blocks.
added fastloader and some sort of
file-chain routine is noted.
other extras are noted separately.
the symbols used mean .. . . .
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F - number of files....
-H - highscore saver....
added to the game..
-P - picture in file....
-# - dox with the crack.
-I - iffl routine.......
-F - fastloader added...
L - length in blocks...
h-file included....
C - number of cheats...
-P - passwords given....
* indicates > - something .........
:) a > - something nice ....
:(comment on > - something less nice
CALLING!
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call the TRIAD bbs at +XX-XXX-XXXXX
THE STUDIO runs c-base 3.2 on a
CMD ram-link with 8 megs of memory.
this makes posting faster than ever,
but it also increases transferspeed.
try ATS7=40
the local switching station may need
more time to connect your call.
also call POWERENGINE ATLANTIS/TRIAD
at +XX-XXXX-XXXXX
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WHO? ME? WHERE?
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WINGO XXXXXX XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX
XXX XX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX
WINGO is searching for a
lot of new contacts.
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RAVE XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX
XXX XX XXXXXXX XXXXXX
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WHO? ME? WHERE?
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VAIN XXXXX XXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XX
XXX XX XXXX XXXXXX
VAIN needs to get new
contacts after his time
in the military service.
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MR.AMMO XXXX XXXXXX
XXXXXXXX XXX
XXXX XX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX
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WHO? ME? WHERE?
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JERRY editor
XXX XX
XXX XX XXXX
XXXXXX +XX-XXX-XXXXX
only reactions, articles and such.
sorry, no more game swopping, please!
call THE STUDIO at:
+XX-XXX-XXXXX.
leave your latest news on THE STUDIO
or upload a textfile for inclusion in
THE GUIDE.
TRIAD MEMBER STATUS MID SEPTEMBER 1994
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SWEDEN
jerry dane
king fisher tango
tdm twoflower
kravin rave
sailor vain
ca$h tao
HOLLAND AUSTRALIA
mr.ammo roadrunna
slice
POLAND
owen
. games a - c
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- chapter 3 -
the games a - c
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the texas aggie rang the fire
station to report an out-of-control
fire in the student union. "it´s an
emergency! hurry up!" he bellowed.
"how do we get there?" asked the
fire chief.
"how the hell should i know? can´t
you just take the big red truck?"
the symbols used mean .. . . .
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F - number of files....
-H - highscore saver....
added to the game..
-P - picture in file....
-# - dox with the crack.
-I - iffl routine.......
L - length in blocks...
h-file included....
C - number of cheats...
-P - passwords given....
* indicates > - something .........
:) a > - something nice ....
:(comment on > - something less nice
SEUCK 3d spacewar new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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tbt /brian x 3 1 103 +3
mayhem /met 1 119 +3
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a.c.e. w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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accuse /cauldron 1 44 ---
excess /sentinel 1 74 ---
motiv8/byc/crossfire fix 1 97 ---
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in case you wondered - nope, this is
not a preview. there is a preview out
on the much improved ACE 2
addgar new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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triad /tao 1 118 +2p
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air raid new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 27 ---
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SEUCK alien attack new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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tbt /brian x 3 1 93 +6
mayhem /met 1 107 +3
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SEUCK alien smash w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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duel /hibisch 1 92 +4
riff raffs/the yokel 1 94 +2
lithium /cruze 1 109 ---
tlf /bifrost 1 112 +3
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angry ninja new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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part 1
mayhem /met 1 64 ---
part 2
mayhem /met 1 75 ---
part 3
mayhem /met 1 80 ---
part 4
mayhem /met 1 79 ---
part 5
mayhem /met 1 80 ---
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arc doors w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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accuse /ream 2i# 281 +2
amnesia /seal 2i# 284 +3
talent /chrysagon 2i 293 +4p
motiv8 /curlin+peacem.20 297 +2p
excess /gash 2i 298 +3p
scs+trc /cba 2i 298 +3p
dytec /bo 2i 301 +3p
atlantis /stake 2i 302 +4p
atlantis /underdog 20h 311 +4
avantgarde/ja+darklord 21h 318 +3
rebels /tuc 20 427 --p
desert n. /alexoft 20h 439 +8
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archetype new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 156 +4
mayhem /met 1 172 +2
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arctic hunt new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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f4cg/tsm /hain 1 128 +2
game intro oncluded
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p1 astatin w2
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this game was first cracked by
THE FIRECRACKERS
EXCESS re-cracked their version and
spread their re-crack as an original.
we are pretty sure that SENTINEL was
the EXCESS member who proved himself
to be a true lamer.
DYTEC is not involved in this in any
way as we hinted in # 23. SO SORRY!
get the full story in RE-CRACKS.
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p2 astatin w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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game intro included
avantgarde/jack a+deff 1h 146:(---
triad /sailor 1h 147 --p
bronx /snooze 1h 151 +2p
cherubs /stake (is +4) 2h 159 +5p
charged /centurion 1h 160 +4
tfc /delta A 2h 169 ---
chromance /mr.wax 2h 179 +1
nature /morgan 2h 183 ---
excess /outlaw 2h 199 +1
------------------------ more ------->
has a built in time cheat & lvl select
:( AVT version crashes after lvl 98!
p3 astatin w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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game intro removed
lithium /cruze 1h# 95 !---
zatt /jam 2h 111 +3
palace /2ny 1h 117 +1p
just us /agent 1- 144 --p
scs+trc /moren 2h 151 +1p
genesis p./ministry v2 2h 152 +1p
dytec /bo (is +5) 2h 155 +4
sacred/emp/mendrake 2h 168 +3p
sunrise /argos 2h 176 ---
genesis p./airwolf v1 2h 189 ---
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has a built in time cheat & lvl select
! passwords don´t work!
ball barric new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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bronx /snooze 1 31 ---
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ball land 2 new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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motiv8 /crossfire 1 111 +1
game intro included
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battle w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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avt/tal/psi/hok fx/cz 8 479 +5
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p1 black and white w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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-- game intro included --
genesis p./ministry 1h 191 ---
accuse /ream 1h 196 ---
avantgarde/thorn+nevis 1h 202 ---
-- game intro separate --
fairlight /spirou 1h 122 ---
triad /sailor 1h 137 ---
just us /iron 1h 137 ---
f4cg /sneaper 1h 138 ---
------------------------ more ------->
p2 black and white w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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reflex /johnnie w. 1h 141 ---
excess /mindcrime 1h 143 ---
motiv8 /mason 1h 144 ---
mayhem /met 1h 147 ---
avantgarde/d-ram 1h 148 ---
rebels /tuc 1h 157 ---
amnesia /riggs 1h 161 ---
talent/psi/cz+chrysagon 1h 167 ---
scs+trc /burglar 1h 169 ---
extacy /masoko 1h 183 ---
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black jack new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 42 ---
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black perl new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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avantgarde/d-ram 1 141 ---
scs+trc /action jackson 1 151 ---
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SEUCK bluey blob 2 new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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tbb /brian x3 1 99 +3
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bobbix new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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---- game intro included ----
trd /midfit+dodger 8h 312:(+3
avantgarde/jack alien 8h 315 +3
fusion /tuc 22h 319 +2
scs+trc /cba+burglar 2ih 328 +4
------ no game intro ------
f4cg /mr.alfa 1i 299 +2
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:(resets at level 3
the avg version is claimed to be the
only 100% version. looks ok.
boom new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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talent /chrysagon - 1364 +4
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repaired to work on 1541 ii!
bouncy cars new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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conttrast /iceman 1 23 ---
fairlight /spirou+bacchus 1 24 +2
triad /sailor 1 24 ---
avantgarde/d-ram 1 37 +1
bronx /snooze 1 50 +2
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bubble mania new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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amnesia /calypso 2 156 +3
game intro oncluded
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this bubble mania by artic design
bullet w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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lth+rave /primus 1 76 ---
avantgarde/jack alien * 1 84 +2
tlf /arschvixer 1 86 ---
motiv8/c0d/crossfire 1 134 +fx
genesis p./airwolf 1 149 ---
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* translated
cairo connection new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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afl 70 /mark 1 146 ---
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p1 cashman w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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palace /dr.pain 1 59 +2
accuse /ream :(:(:( 1 62 +1
just us /agent 1 67 ---
scs+trc /moren 1 70 +1
jam /iopop :(:( 1 72 +2
cherubs /stake 1 73 +4
motiv8 /the mighty 1s! 1 75 +1
amnesia /calypso 1 76 +3
bronx /snooze :( 1 77 +4
------------------------ more ------->
:(:(:(crashes if no cheat is selected.
:(:( end sequence not correct!
:(choose to see the end and it crashes
p2 cashman w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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player /ministry 1 77 ---
mayhem /met 1 78 +1
genesis p./lcf 1 80 +3
chromance /mr.wax :(:(:(:( 1 81 +4
avantgarde/jack alien 1 81 +2
nature /morgan 1 82 +2
extacy /masoko 1 84 +2
bronx /psychopath 1 84 ---
excess /sentinel 1 86 +2
dytec /bo 1 87 +3
afl 70 /max 1 88 +2
craftm. co/regent :(:( 1 107 +4
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:(:(:(:( crashes - period!
castle of spirits new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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bronx /snooze 1 50 ---
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this looks like a very old text adv.
and i have a feeling i have played it.
couldn´t find it in my collection
though, so i may be wrong. JERRY
catch two w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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--- intro included ---
bronx /snoose 1h 154 +5
dytec /proton 1h 169 +3
--- intro removed ---
mayhem /met 1h 110 +2
accuse /ream 1h 112 +2
xenon /crazy bird 1h 129 +6
extacy /masoko 1h 130 +3
excess /outlaw 1h 131 +4
scs+trc /moren 1h 135 +5
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SEUCK chrome brothers new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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bronx /snooze 1 116 +6
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colormania new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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f4cg /hain 1 139 fix
game intro included
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fix by chromance
comet w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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accuse /cauldron 1 62 +1
scs+trc /moren 1 72 +2
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commando 94 new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 104 +2
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compare new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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motiv8 /crossfire 1 87 +2
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SEUCK cops 3 new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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trd /lbm 1 175 +2
riff raffs/the yokel 1 175 +4
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intro included!
cosmic business new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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chromance /--- 1 114 ---
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translated + fixed
cosmic hero new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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afl 70 /wozio+s.r. 1p 147 +4
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translated
cosmox new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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amnesia /calypso 8 222 +3
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county caper new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1# 87 ---
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cranmore diamond caper new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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avantgarde/d-ram 1 143 ---
motiv8 /crossfire 1 148 ---
mayhem /met 1 152 ---
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text adventure
craps new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 44 ---
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creeps new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 47 ---
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looks a game from 1982!
p1 crossfire w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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-- game intro included --
tlh+rave /primus 1 115 +2
amnesia /calypso 1 131 +3
avantgarde/jack alien 1 131 +3
afl 70 /skid row 1 195 +2
-- game intro separate --
fairlight /watchman 1 92 +2
hammock d./flensmaster 1 94 +4
accuse /ream 1 98 +2
motiv8 /crossfire 1 100 +5
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crossfire w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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scs+trc /moren 1 101 +5
rebels /tuc 1 106 +3
dytec /dodger 1 109 +4
bronx /snooze 1 111 +5
f4cg /sneaper 1 111 +2
chromance /mr.wax 1 115 +5
excess /sentinel 1 115 +4
sunrise /argos 1 117 ---
mayhem /met 1 118 +2
extacy /masoko 1 123 +2
talent /chrysagon 1 128 +2
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cube magic new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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excess /the renegade 3hi 289 +4p
atlantis /underdog 11h 303 +4p
f4cg /sneaper v1 12h 307 +4
trsi+dytec/lbm ! 14h 307 +3p
scs+trc /dannie 12h 308:(+3
avantgarde/jack alien 12hf 309 +3p
talent/
trsi+dytec/cz+lbm 14h 341 +4p
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:(saves HI in ccheatmode
! hi-score fucked up!
cyclones w3
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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- editor included
afl /lcf 2i 109 --p
excess /red rock 1 129 ---
avantgarde/jack alien 2i 129 ---
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- editor separate
fairlight /bacchus 2i 83 ---
reflex /jonny walker 1 90 ---
genesis p./ministry v2 1 100 ---
slash /axe 1 102 --p
genesis p./airwolf v1 2i 116 ---
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. games d - m
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- chapter 4 -
the games d - m
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we recently heared of a hooker who
made a career change. she became an
agent for the IRS.
now she says she screws more men on
a daily basis than she ever did in her
hooking days.
the symbols used mean .. . . .
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F - number of files....
-H - highscore saver....
added to the game..
-P - picture in file....
-# - dox with the crack.
-I - iffl routine.......
L - length in blocks...
h-file included....
C - number of cheats...
-P - passwords given....
* indicates > - something .........
:) a > - something nice ....
:(comment on > - something less nice
dark caves w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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----- game intro included -----
dytec /proton 3h 265 +6
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excess /mindcrime 3h 169 +7
atlantis /underdog 3h 175 +6
chromance /stake 3h 181 +6
motiv8 /curlin 5h 186 +4
avantgarde/thorn+nevis 2ih 191 +4
bronx /savalas 3h 201 +5
afl 70 /murphy 4h 201 +4
f4cg /mr.alfa 4h 215 +3
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darktower w3
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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genesis p./ministry 1 110 ---
rave+lth /primus 1 112 ---
motiv8 /tricket 1 118 ---
nature /hunter 1 132 ---
srd/rmjcc /mendrake 1 137 ---
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text adventure
defender new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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garbage /rp & kc 1 33 ---
bäbels /chesus :( 1 33 ---
excess /renegade 1 37 +6
avantgarde/d-ram 1 44 +2
afl 70 /skid row 1 49 +3
accuse /cauldron 1 58 +1
lurschers /ernst eiswur 1 62 +2
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:(the bäbels version bugs like shit!
dr.mad versus w2
the topsy turvy moonmen of mars
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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avantgarde/hok 1 130 +3
laser /shuze ! 1 145 +1
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who´s the topsy turvy? i bet they did
this only to give us a headache!
! music bugs in the laser intro!
draw poker new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 34 ---
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entity new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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fusion /tuc 1h 63 ---
excess /renegade 1h 70 ---
atlantis /kirby 1h 78 ---
scs+trc /moren 2h 80 ---
trd /midfit 1h 83 ---
chromance /mr.wax 1 85 ---
mayhem /met 2h 89 ---
avantgarde/--- 1h 92 ---
laser /shuze 2h 98 ---
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there actually is one pixel missing in
the AVT version :)
enzyme new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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avantgarde/jack alien 1 129 +3
laser /shuze 1# 138 +1
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experience w3
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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reflex /johnnie w. 4 115 +2
bronx /snooze * 2h 127 +4
rave+lth /primus 4h 140 ---
excess /red rock :(:( 4h 149 +3
extacy /masoko 2h 148 +2
motiv8 /crossfire * 4h 148 +2
scs+trc /moren 4 149 ---
dytec /proton 4h 154 +3
just us /iron 4h 154 ---
nature /--- 4h 165 ---
sacred/emp/mendrake :( 4h 166 +1
afl 70 /mark 4h 178 ---
:(crashes. may be the fix! *translated
:(:( the hangman fucks up in cheat mode
fade out new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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mayhem /met 1 96 ---
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fast-future new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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----- game intro included -----
avt+lazer /shuze 1 150 +6
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fields of hades new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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motiv8 /crossfire fx 1h 142 +3
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looks like hi-score doesn´t load, but
it does.
intro says FIELDS OF HATES in several
places, so it is not just a slip up.
trainer menu says FIELD OF HADES.
if you ask me i say that CROSSFIRE is
still several persons working under
one cover.
fighter of the marsh new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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chromance /mr.wax 1 140 +1
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translated
firefox new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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----- game intro included -----
legend/tsm/powerplant 3h 275 +1
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the fly 3 new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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scs+trc /credo 1 62 +3
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p1 fred´s back 3 w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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sunrise /argos :(:( 14 174 ---
wow /sorex 1i 176 +2
triad /sailor 14 177 +2
scs+trc /zar 14 177 +2
dytec /dodger 14 180 +2
excess /sentinel :( 14 180 +2
accuse /ream 14 181 +2
just us /moscito 14 184 +3
bronx /snooze 14 184 +2
scs+trc /hi-lite 14 185 +3
genesis p./la style :( 14 185 +2
----------------------- more -------->
:(:( crashes in 2nd bonus room!
:( some graphix bugs appear
p2 fred´s back 3 w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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red sector/count zero:(:( 14 186 +5
player /mr.mister 14 189 +3
amnesia /calypso 14 189 +2
awt /thunderblade 14 191 +5
gothic /cdh 14 193 +2
mayhem /met 14 194 +2
cherubs /stake 2i 197 +5*
avantgarde/jack alien 14 200 +3
extacy /masoko 14 200 +3
----------------------- more -------->
* 1 double cheat.
:(:( skip level from a bonus screen and
the game crashes!
p3 fred´s back 3 w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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nature /hunter 14 201 +2
chromance /mr.wax :(14 201 +2
motiv8 /mason 2i 206 +2
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:(cromance v.crashes sooner or later.
genloc w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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talent /benson 7h 282 +4
scs+trc /zar 7h 286 +5
trd /dodger 6h 309 +7
excess /gash 2ih 344 +4
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get it w4
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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-- game intro included --
equinoxe /snooze 1 108 +4!
amnesia /calypso :(:( 1 121 +4
red sector/hok 1 125 +4
--- /d-ram :( 1 130 +3!
scs+trc /cba 1 132 +3!
extasy /masoko 1 136 +1
crypt /nevis+thorn 1 149 +4
chromance /mr.wax 1 150 +4
excess /red rock :(:( 1 154 (+4)
craftm.co./monsty 2 171 +2
----------------- more + comments --->
:(look at end-pic and it fucks up!
:(:( version crashes sometimes
p2 get it w4
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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----- game intro removed -----
rave+ltm /cruze 2 98 ---
dytec /dodger 1 101 +4
afl 70 /lcf 1 102 +6
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the game has built in cheat options
the version by SNOOZE really is only
108 blox and still includes the intro.
sorry for listing it in the wrong
place in issues #22 and #23
grfx-jump new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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dytec /dodger 1 35 +5
bronx /savalas 1 38 +2
bronx /snooze 1 40 +4
excess /sentinel 1 47 +2
laser /shuze 1 51 ---
afl 70 /skidrow 1 55 +4
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SEUCK guerilla new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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tbt /brian x 3 1 106 +6
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he-man junior w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 100 +2
bronx /bird+psychop. 1 155 +6
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SEUCK hyper speed new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 81 +4
tbt /brian x3 1 92 +6
mayhem /met 1 112 +3
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island new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 71 ---
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basic
klemens new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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----- game intro oncluded -----
trsi+dytec/lbm 1 160 +3
xenon /crazy bird 1 +2
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t+d version partly translated
the xenon version couldn´t be tested
since the trainer resetted the game !
latent new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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avantgarde/jack alien 1h 160 +3
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later new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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afl 70 /skidrow 1 116 +3
translated and fixed
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lazarus new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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----- game intro included -----
f4cg/tsm /hain 1 181 +2p
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lemmings w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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triad /sailor 138 1900 +p
dytec /proton+lbm 138 1913 +11
afl 70 /all afl! v2 155 1925 +12
excess /gash 138 1940 +4
scs+trc/empire
/burglar+moren+cba 142 1941 +2p
----- no game intro -----
f4cg /hain 123 1712 +1p
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lemon blues new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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fairlight /bacchus+spirou 1 87 +2
triad /bismarck 1 92 +1p
f4cg /sneaper 1 97 +1
amnesia /calypso 1 107 +2p
avantgarde/nevis+thorn 1h 109 +2
bronx /snooze 1h 110 +2p
afl 70 /skid row 1 113 +1
motiv8 /crossfire 1h 115 +1
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lingos new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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---- game intro included ----
f4cg/tsm /hain 1 177 +1
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translated
logic new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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chromance /lion 1 106 ---
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magic cube new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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f4cg /sneaper 12hp 305 +3p
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magic of endora new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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afl 70 /pha q 23 615 ---
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translated. no cart!
memomania new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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---- game intro included ----
f4cg /hain+maja ! 1 145 +1
f4cg /hain+ c 1 168 +1
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! translated
mercenary 2 new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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bronx /snooze 1 146 +1
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metallic legends new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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lamerforce/arschwixer 3 377 ---
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meteor new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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motiv8 /crossfire 1 117 +2
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mill mania new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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chromance /mr.wax 1 132 ---
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move w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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atlantis /stake :( 2ih 133 +4
triad /king fisher 6h 153 +4
talent /chrysagon ! 1I 167 +2
f4cg /sneaper 6h 173 +2
lithium /cruze 6h 176 ---
extacy /masoko 2ih 179 +3
dytec /bo (is +4) 2i 180 +3
scs+trc /cba 6h 182 +2
excess /red rock 6h 186 ---
chromance /homeboy 6h 188 +3
avantgarde/jack alien 6h 190 +3
motiv8 /peacemaker fx 7h 216 +2
:(hangs in retry mode!
! HI-save in cheat mode
. games n - z
--------------------------------------
- chapter 5 -
the games n - z
--------------------------------------
two buddies at the bar, were going
over the exploits of the night before
- man your date was a hot one. did you
have a good time?
- not really. she might have looked
great, but she never smiled once.
- poker face, huh?
- no, but i sure wanted to.
the symbols used mean .. . . .
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F - number of files....
-H - highscore saver....
added to the game..
-P - picture in file....
-# - dox with the crack.
-I - iffl routine.......
L - length in blocks...
h-file included....
C - number of cheats...
-P - passwords given....
* indicates > - something .........
:) a > - something nice ....
:(comment on > - something less nice
SEUCK nevana new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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mayhem /met 1 88 +3
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SEUCK operation fox new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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tbt /brian x3 1 83 +3
mayhem /met 1 101 +3
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orb new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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f4cg /sneaper :(1 120 +1p
amnesia /calypso 1# 141 +1
motiv8 /crossfire 1 146 +1p
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:(f4cg asks if you wanna see passwords
and add one plus for that! lame!!
ormus saga 3 new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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avantgarde/th.+dec.+nev. 73 790 ---
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why 3 disk sides for this one? a bad
job if you ask me. or does the block-
scanner not give the proper result?
oxyd new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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avantgarde/jack alien 2i 147 +2
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party game new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
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mayhem /met 1 14 ---
aldi /--- 1 16 ---
tlf /archvixer 1 37 ---
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now, this marks the end of things!
perplex 2 w4
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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slash /axe 2 114 +2
dytec /proton 1 119 --p
triad /sailor 2 122 --p
elite /agent 2 152 ---
extacy /masoko 2 152 +3
craftm.co./monsty :(2 158 +2
afl 70 /sting (is+3) 1 192 +2
-- editor separate --
equinoxe /snooze 2# 118 +2p
--------------------------------------
the game has a built in +2 option and
an editor.
:(crashes!
polonäse new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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atlantis /kirby 1 105 +3
mayhem /met 1 106 ---
fusion /tuc 1 116 +1
chromance /mr.wax 1 118 +1
excess /sentinel 1 119 ---
avantagrde/thorn+nevis :)1 120 +3
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:)offers german or english. nice, even
if the english is not that good.
SEUCK predator new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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mayhem /met 1 146 +3
--------------------------------------
push it new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
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f4cg /sneaper ! 2i 298 ---
motiv8 /iceball 2hi 305 +2
avantgarde/jack alien 17h 308 +2
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! the f4cg crack intro bugs sometimes.
quiz show w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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accuse /ream :(v1 7 136 ---
accuse /ream v2 2i 205 ---
extacy /masoko 2i 216 ---
dytec /dodger 46 237 ---
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:(crashed after a while and spoiled my
day. 100% correct answers that far!
game not complete!
this game is in german. translating it
it would be a mega task.
entering your name is such a drag that
you adopt the letter X as your name!
SEUCK rainbow runner new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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tbt /brian x 3 1 95 +6
mayhem /met 1 112 +3
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raka tua new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 81 ---
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rebel bomber new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 27 ---
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yet another item that looks like 1982
someone had a spring cleaning?
reflect new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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chromance /homeboy 5 207 +3p
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retaliation new
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 129 ---
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retro torque w3
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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triad /sailor 1 127 ---
genesis p./lcf 1 127 ---
rave+ltm /jessie 1 139 ---
--- /d-ram 1 143 ---
bronx /snooze 1 143 ---
f4cg /sneaper 1 151 ---
scs+trc /burglar 1 154 ---
avantgarde/jack a+deff 1 164 ---
motiv8 /crossfire 1 166 ---
craftm. co/regent 1 185 +5!
basically the same game as TURBO CART
RACER released x-mas 1990.this version
has a lot more play options. the bikes
now are 3-d animated.
revenge of balrog w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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mayhem /met 1 39 ---
rave+lth /primus 1 45 ---
tlf /arschvixer 1 53 ---
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text adventure
SEUCK river mission w2
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
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riff raffs/the yokel 1 74 +2
tbt /brian x3 1 87 +6
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santa claus helper w2
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group / cracker f. l. c.
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amnesia /calypso 1 74 +2
bronx /savalas 1 84 +2
afl 70 /marc 1 86 +2
atlantis /underdog 1 91 ---
excess /red rock 1 113 +1
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the session w2
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
dytec /bo ! 19h 216 --p
motiv8 /mason 27h 276 +1
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! editor included, but not translated!
shogun new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
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--- game intro included ---
f4cg /sneaper many 636 +5
--------------------------------------
translated. TRANZIIE says this game is
funnelifun to play.
snake attack new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
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amnesia /calypso 1h 80 +2
bronx /snooze 1h 81 +2
avantgarde/tricom 1h 86 +2
f4cg /sneaper 1h 86 +2
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souls of darkon w2
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
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scs+trc /raze 1 136 ---
accuse /cauldron 1 137 ---
amnesia /calypso 1 144 ---
motiv8 /mason 1 145 ---
bronx /snooze 1 145 ---
dytec /--- 1 149 ---
atlantis /stake 1 151 ---
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adventure game
space bomber new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
riff raffs/the yokel 1 36 ---
--------------------------------------
and another one from 1982 ?
SEUCK space gunner new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
tbt /brian x3 1 93 +3
--------------------------------------
space wars new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
gulas /--- 1 46 ---
tlf /archvixer 1 59 +1
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speranza new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
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bronx /snooze 1 153 ---
dytec /lbm 1 169 ---
rebels /tuc 2 179 ---
laser /steve 1 214 ---
--- game intro not included ---
accuse /cauldron 1 65 ---
avantgarde/decilon v1 1 71 ---
avantgarde/deff+ja+th.v2 1 117 ---
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splitter new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
accuse /cauldron 2i 275 +2
--------------------------------------
square-scape new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
---- game intro included ----
amnesia /seal 2i 193 +3
--------------------------------------
steel heros new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
amnesia /calypso 1h 63 +2
motiv8 /peacemaker fx 1h 74 +2
--------------------------------------
a separate info file comes with the
game.
super code new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
--- intro included ---
trd /dodger 1 * 63 ---
excess /outlaw 1 71 ---
--- not ---
atlantis /kirby 1 69 ---
laser /shuze 1 83 ---
--------------------------------------
* our copy could not be played!
super nibbly w2
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
dytec /lbm 15p 242 +3p
-------------
scs+trc /burglar 2i 160 +3
avantgarde/thorn+nevis 16 172 +4
triad /sailor 15 179 +3p
rebels /tuc 15 185 +4p
extacy /masoko (is+4) 15 186 +3
motiv8 /mason 2i 189 +4p
reflex /johnnie w. 15 189 +3p
excess /mindcrime 15H 193 +5p
across /garth 15 197 +3
chromance /jinx 15 200 +4p
--------------------------------------
techno plyn new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
amnesia /calypso 1 113 +2
--------------------------------------
a sort of packman clone.
calypso didn´t like it, but i like it!
JERRY
the system new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
mayhem /met 1 64 ---
--------------------------------------
text adventure
tiffany new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
afl 70 /marc 1 74 ---
--------------------------------------
tit bit 2 new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
avantgarde/tricom fx 7h 229 +3
--------------------------------------
couldn´t get this one to start, so it
is not tested. it is probably my copy,
so i show the data from DIR!
tnt breakout new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
bärbels /cheesus 1 27 ---
nature /morgan 1 45 ---
--------------------------------------
the coder of this one must be locked
into an assylum. i got a head ache
from trying to see the ball on that
insane background. on top of that, the
game crashes when you are finnished!
treasure island w2
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
avantgarde/pudwerx 1p# 180 ---
afl 70 /marc 1p 182 ---
atlantis /dr.sc.+aval. 2p 189 +1
chromance /--- 1p 197 ---
----------------------
bronx /snooze 1 141 ---
trsi+dytec/dodger 1 150 ---
motiv8 /crossfire 1 172 ---
excess /--- 1 182 ---
--------------------------------------
adventure
trek 64 new
--------------------------------------
group / cracker f. l. c.
--------------------------------------
riff raffs/the yokel 1 61 ---
--------------------------------------
why, star trek of course!
another one looking like 1982.
. from all corners
--------------------------------------
- chapter 6 -
from all corners
--------------------------------------
energy depletion
emergency!
on the front porch
jamboree
canal jumping
ironville and back
the total blockwaste
--------------------------------------
CORNERED
--------------------------------------
a saturday afternon in
the corner of the studio
first there was this warm and dry
summer. then i was supposed to get
some help, but ended up having to do
things myself after all. this latter
was the drop and i lost interest 100%
in making another issue of THE GUIDE.
a seriously meant apology must go
to THE DERBYSHIRE RAM and CALYPSO as i
wasted their work by letting it get
stale as time aged their news.
-->
CORNERED
--------------------------------------
each time i told TRANZIIE or WINGO
that i would get working again, i
really mean what i said.
however, testing a few more games
made me totally nauseous and i could
not bring myself to go on. i pushed it
off to tomorrow and you know what
happened ´tomorrow´.
while feeling like that, i decided
that #24 would be the last GUIDE ever!
now that i am writing these last words
before closing the files, i once again
feel fine about doing it and i look
forward to #25. strange really. -->
CORNERED
--------------------------------------
since people didn´t get a sending
from us during the summer, most likely
there are game-versions that never
were sent to us.
please, make sure you check in THE
GUIDE and make sure that one of you
send those missing versions to one of
our game tester.
and do it PRONTO! we must have them
in time for #25 and we surely expect
that one not to be months off.
JERRY
emergency!
FROM CORNER TO CORNER
--------------------------------------
there is a speedloader called
PROFESSIONAL DOS or DISK DEMON.
i have used this system since 1987.
today i need a new drive part for my
P-DOS. if you want to see THE GUIDE
stay on the scene, you better help me
find this circuitboard.
there is a british and a german
model, but i don´t care which i find.
both are marked DISK DEMON.
-->
FROM CORNER TO CORNER
--------------------------------------
i prefere one that works, but one
with broken pins or one that doesn´t
work is ok too. please, please,
please help me find a new P-DOS!
since this contraption works only in
the old 1541, i am sure there are
unused systems around when people had
to buy a 1541 ii. there may also be
items stashed away in closets when
guys left the scene.
find one for me and make my life
worth living again.
JERRY
on the front porch
HOME CORNER
--------------------------------------
- HEAVY HEAD managed to test 8 games,
all from one sending during his two
months in TRIAD. naturally he was
kicked out.
if his interest really was to run
his own board, he should have said
so. it was a tester we wanted!
- TRIDENT has dropped out of the
computer music scene to devote his
time to the guitarr. he will still
compile some collections out of his
extensive sid-production. -->
HOME CORNER
--------------------------------------
- OWEN declared that he does not
concider the 64 to be enough of a
challenge any longer. however, he
offered to help us if we needed
some special art. we still have a
supply of his nice art to spread.
- ACHILLES has joined the army and
is no longer active. sending out
this issue of THE GUIDE will be his
farewell. probably for good, or.. .?
- TRANZIIE decided to leave the active
scene, at least for now. we still
can see him trash the boards with
messages from god though. -->
HOME CORNER
--------------------------------------
- MIZAR and WAYSTED in the US OF A
joined TRIAD along with their board
BYTE ME. the timing was hopeless
since we had absolutely nill to
release.
- furhtermore they expected us to
support them on the few dieing cards
they supplied us with. what on earth
were they expecting? naturally they
didn´t stay long in TRIAD.
- all the work by TRANZIIE and all the
telephone money he spent on this was
a waste. imagine his disappointment.
no wonder he lost it. -->
HOME CORNER
--------------------------------------
- SLICE in australia decided to start
working on the 64 again, so now
ROADRUNNA has another local TRIAD
member to chat with.
- VAIN joined TRIAD as a swopper after
having finnished his army service.
- TAO joined TRIAD as a cracker and
coder.
the TRIAD veterans are only getting
older, diversifying their interests.
especially coders and a good music
master is on the wanted list.
-->
HOME CORNER
--------------------------------------
- poor INCUBUS who was in TRIAD for a
year. when he went back to his old
buddies in ANTIC, some lame mag
wrote that he abandoned the
64-scene.
then the next mag ripped the ´news´
and then the next.
INCUBUS is still very much on the
64-scene, but all this false news
made people stop sending to him.
it all goes to show what serious
harm to the scene all this lame
news ripping can do. -->
HOME CORNER
--------------------------------------
- FAIRLIGHT has accuired a bbs in oz
it runs on a pc, but it has an
extencive 64-area. the name is
FISHBOWL and you call +XX-X-XXXXXXX
- LEXI/FLT joined the s-nintendo mob.
- TABASCO desided to drop his job as a
butcher to concentrate 100% on
becomming a #1 swopper. talk about
total 64-dedication!
- ENDURO has moved to gothenburg to
attend a school for advertizing,
commersials and public relations.
taking FAIRLIGHT to the top?
HOME CORNER
--------------------------------------
- TCHAD/JAM also has moved. to umeå.
there he will be in good company by
DANE, TAO and some others.
- talk about moving, MAZY/NOICE moved
a bit too fast in a restricted zone
and lost his drivers license.
- SWOFFA/NOICE made a wrong move and
managed to compact his beatle bug
even more. he has a new car now.. .
- there will be more noice from NOICE
now that PIECE has joined the group
to make music.
-->
HOME CORNER
--------------------------------------
- OZE who worked in TPF left the 64,
but is now back to code in ANTIC.
- TOTAL CHAOS got hazzled by an older
geezer in a bar. it ended with
mutual headbanging and smashed eye
brows and one night in the slammer
for TC. the world ain´t fair!
- TC and TRANZIIE have threatened to
turn up on TRIBUTE 94 dressed in
working clothes. how do they expect
to have any fun dressed in strait
jackets?
ED
ex edxx
THE FOOLS CORNER
--------------------------------------
latest weeks, we did pick up some more
things, worth to mention!
-for instance, our old editor likes to
move it like in orienteering.
he says to the TRIAD court: there is
no sport doing this in broad daylight!
he was later found guilty of scaring
of a rabbit or two. :)
for those of you who never heard of
a delicious speciality in sweden we
name fermented baltic herring,
SLEDGE/FLT and EDXX invite you to
a true experience. drop a mail to one
of us for more details. yummy!
THE FOOLS CORNER
--------------------------------------
-JAYCE from GENESIS changed his name
into THE COWFIGHTER, he later joined
up with SUNE MANGS CREW :)
-boardwise, we spotted a long lost
name:JOYRIDE finally decided to log in
on his own board after months of
playing on the amiga.:)
more from the boards. on THE STUDIO
TABASCO/FLT posted this in the GUIDE
sub, mess 140: i suxx, the scene suxx
the cracks suxx and the parties suxx!
we do agree, especially the first part
of this so wonderful messy!
THE FOOLS CORNER
--------------------------------------
from gnu & m0g of JUDAS DESIGN we
heard that BENGT-STAFFAN joined up,
reason should be for his spastic
behaviour. :)
and for those who still are on
medication due to TRIADS behaviour at
tcc 93, EDXX and KF says that we did
find a new song to play over and over
again: DOOP by DOOP, we finally got
bored of POING, how about you? :)
-fint väder? :(
EDXX
jamboree
TRIBUTE 1994
--------------------------------------
GENESIS:)PROJECT is inviting you all
to a special 64 only party. they aim
at inviting a whole bucket of veterans
that has left the scene for good or
just left the 64.
the party will be held in GOTHENBURG
during november 4-6 or in other words,
a halloween party. sort of fitting
with all those old ghosts turning up :)
apart from the normal competitions,
there will also be competitions in the
direction of nostalgia. classic old
demos will compete again. -->
TRIBUTE 1994
--------------------------------------
deciding on the party place was the
final thing for them to do. i cross my
fingers hoping they settle for the
classic school type of party place. i
stopped going to parties when they
started using hugh convention centers.
invitations will be ready to spread
about the time you read this. i will
make sure to send out to all the old
TRIAD members.
you do the same if you are in touch
with some guys who used to be there.
to get an invitaiton contact ---->
TRIBUTE 1994
--------------------------------------
FAX +XX-XX-XXXXXX
call +XX-XX-XXXXXX
+XX-XX-XXXXXX
+XX-X-XXXXXXXX
you can also write to
G+P WHQ
XXXXXXXXXXXXX XX
XXX XX XXXXXXXX
XXXXXX
be there!
canal jumping
DUTCH CORNER
--------------------------------------
here again a few pages from the holy
ground in the netherlands..
> we write: a scs+trc+scl meeting!
AXE/SLASH to REAM/ACCUSE; "hey,did you
hear that!? they called me a lamer!"
ream´s reply; "so..!? you are a lamer!
now shut up or i´ll kick your ass!!"
axe walkes... wise decision!
> same meeting...
some discs got stolen from the guys in
SLASH DESIGNS. the discs featured
source codes, gfx and more! better
take the lesson ; why bring such wares
-->
DUTCH CORNER
--------------------------------------
to a copy party..to show off?!?
later on we read in their mag ´NARCO-
TIC´ ;"we have an idea who stole the
discs,if we see him doing it again,we
will kick his ass!"...tough words from
the 14 YEAR old rambies!
> meanwhile at MERLINS place..
shall i go to the meeting..? SEAL will
be there.. i dont want him to throw
stuff from me through the room again!
why does he do this.. tell me god..
why.. why... am i all alone in this
world!? why me.. why me..
DUTCH CORNER
--------------------------------------
* now a little correction to issue#23:
> last issue i wrote that THE SILVER
SURFER left the 64 scene for pc.. this
is not totally correct as he left for
AMIGA! some news on top of that is
the fact that he started to miss his
c64 already, and already is looking
for a new 64! i suppose it´s real
hard to quit the scene just like that,
especially after all those years!
> a usual disc note from SYCO:
"soon i´ll join a new group!! i know,
i said it last time too, but this -->
DUTCH CORNER
--------------------------------------
time it is for real!"
...hmm, probably his next note will
include the same text,haha!
> meanwhile AXEGRINDER/FENIKS rattles:
"damn, i thought i had the biggest
demo collection in the scene.. why
don(´t i have more than jerry!? bah.."
> seems SPLATTERHEAD is into graffity
these days! another one of those disc-
covers holding a simple tag reached me
lately! come on now rene.. show me
some pieces instead of tagging!
afterall, tagging is not graffity!
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> MAC2/AMNESIA at a graduation party:
"god, why am i this handsome!? all the
girls think i have a steady
girlfriend!"
> fact is that spectator and styx,
both of afl´70, cannot stand eachother
too well. in the past they had some
disagreements. eventhough they
said to have solved it, they are not
the best of pals. i wonder if this is
any good for the group, and how long
this will hold!
:)CALYPSO :)
ironville and back
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well here it is now in MAY,
the 6th to be exact.
first i have to make an apology.
last month i mentioned that ENTROPY is
a DUTCH crew. as i have been reminded
many times since then, ENTROPY is a
BRITISH crew, formed in january 1993.
it has a number of DUTCH members in
it´s ranks, but GREMLIN, who lives in
HULL in england, is the leader of the
group. sorry for any inconveniance i
may have caused. -->
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JOKER late of UNITED ARTISTS is now
a member of EXTACY.
eureka !! TWO games have now been
released in the UK, inevitably the
long awaited LEMMINGS, (which was not
on sale in england until 10 days after
it´s release elsewhere in europe !!)
and the graphic adventure TREASURE
ISLAND from PHOENIX SOFTWARE.
a nice little article appeared in
the MAY COMMODORE FORMAT supplied by
JAZZCAT. he called the editorial staff
saying that he was: "head of the
developments on the 64 for aussie -->
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software company SYSTEM 3".
he told them of some BIGGIES comming
soon in OZ, like TURRICAN 3, IK 3, and
FLIMBO´S QUEST, all he said were in
the development stage. he left them a
phone number for SYSTEM 3, but when
they tried to call it, the number was
unobtainable.
nice one david, true or not !!
----------------
well, we are now well into june. not
much has happened here. -->
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maybe the biggest news is that
RICHIE/AVANTGARDE decided to quit the
scene on all formats, but it is highly
likely that he will return in the near
future.
quite a few games are to be released
here in the next month or two (heard
this somewhere before!!).
it is widely known that a lot of old
unreleased games are still kicking
around in the UK. for instance, last
november i called the software house
CODEMASTERS. they told me they had a
minimum of 25 unreleased games in -->
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stock for which they had no future
plans because they were doing so well
on other formats.
as at today (14th june), there have
been no changes in group status during
the past two months. STRAYLIGHT the
old LAZER BBS is now the SCS/TRC euro
HQ, since Steve joined them as a
second group.
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july 1st. well the EDOS system of
getting games has finally ended it´s
short run. -->
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EDOS was the system being used in
some shops for getting an ON-THE-SPOT-
GAME copied in the shop. there was so
little call for the games that they
decided to cease the system. in actual
fact it was a case of bad advertising.
unfortunately, the only method open
to UK users now is hope that any games
due for release are advertised in the
mag COMMODORE FORMAT, and that mag is
far from accurate.
game news. quite a lot is promised
still for the 64, but it is going to
be at least 3 more months before -->
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things take off in any quantity.
at least four guys are trying hard
to set up their own businesses, but it
is a long job starting from scratch.
no real group news to report. RICHIE
came back to the scene still in AVT,
but in a much reduced capacity. his
home and business commitments will
only allow him this, but it is good to
see him back again.
to the best of my knowledge, ENTROPY
are now 100% legal, and GREMLIN is now
running his own PD business, -->
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similar to JUST ICE ex. IKARI.
there has been an uproar within the
PD scene recently over copyright. it
seems some PD guys have been releasing
games from the german software houses
in PD format, without going through
the copyright routine.
DERBYSHIRE RAM/AVT
1st july 1994.
don´t!
it´s just a waste of your time
THE WEIRD CORNER
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being such a popular person as i am,
naturally i get my full share of fan-
mail. there are warm words or at least
words about warm places and there is
an occasional token of appreciation.
pity though that the beatuifully
colored snake had died in the mail.
some time ago i got one of those
packages, but this one i could not
really make out. i suppose it was some
sort of riddle and i guess the answer
will tell me who sent it. -->
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the following wild assortment of
items was in the package.
1 a leaflet on the ATARI TT030
2 a leaflet from the chain of stores
for vine and liqour, giving some
general advice on the assortment
and the price policy
3 a red rubber crokodile, 80 mm long
with an LED inserted between the
open jaws.
4 a 10 mm wooden plug for carpentry
5 one golfball stolen from a driving
range (a red band and marked range)
6 one local phone book covering the
area around the town of finspång
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7 a tourist map over the same area as
the phone book, giving extensive
tips on different attractions.
8 a train time table covering jan 9th
to june 11th 1994.
9 a box of matches marked HOTEL DE
GEER. location finspång.
10 a small piece of fireworks called
WHISTELING MOON TRAVELLER.
11 one advertizing sticker for the
jelly beans called BIG BOOBS!
12 one promoting sticker for the
tunaholm school of mariestad.
13 a tea-light
14 a one day travel pass for a
ski lift in tänndalen. void.
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15 one scratch-panel lottery ticket
from australia. no winner!
16 an emergency needle and thread kit.
the black thread used up!
17 one photo of a philips micro with
some sandwiches being heated.
18 a comic magazine. wilmer #25/1982
the cover missing.
19 one map over the city of norrköping
20 one DMZ game supplement with tips
on playing some 15 amiga games.
21 a mailorder catalog from BIRDNEST,
the march april 1994 issue. this
firm specializes in punk music, but
also offers an assortment of heavy
synth and industry.
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22 one vinyl single featuring
IDA´N´ERIK singing TAKE A BREAK
WITH ME. the tune is supposed to
promote sale of milk.
23 and finally there were five 90 min
tapes. some of the tapes had a wild
assortment of music, none of which
was worth listening to. obviously
the tapes were not meant to be
listened to.
if anyone of you guys can solve this
riddle, please gimme a hint!
JERRY
. reactions
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- CHAPTER 7 -
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reactions
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the error
no favours
the real thing
pack and crunch
the legend
mini munch
intro top 20
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THE ERROR
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since we all are just human, we make
mistakes. that includes also us who
test games and write in THE GUIDE.
when we make an error, we gladly
correct our mistake. to do that, we
need to know about it!!!
some errors are obvious to anyone,
but most errors are obvious ONLY to
the one who is involved with the game
for the fuck of it, tell us EXACTLY
WHAT is wrong and not only that we
were wrong, to give us a chance to
make a correction!
JERRY
and ->
NO FAVOURS
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a group asked me to remove some of
their cracks from THE GUIDE, because
they were not exactly proud of the
versions in question.
i sympathize with them and i would
have liked to do it, but that would
not have been right. not to THE GUIDE
and not to other groups.
we are not spending all the time and
effort into testing the games to be
able to nail someone or some group. ->
NO FAVOURS
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the purpose of THE GUIDE is to show
all the different versions done of a
game. then we have to try to show ALL
versions made of it.
the cracks in question were some bad
items. they were done by a person who
didn´t know much about it.
however,that was a domestic problem.
any group that is concerned about what
they release also has to be concerned
about their members, to know them and
to work with them.
JERRY
and ->
AS REAL AS IT CAN BE
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at almost regular intervals, through
the years, someone has started slaggin
on TRIAD, claiming that we are not the
REAL TRIAD.
mostly i don´t care to waste my time
and energy on it, but there are times
when things go too far to ignore. if
nothing else, newcommers to the scene
could be led to think that there is
something to it, so we have to set the
record straight.
AS REAL AS IT CAN BE
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the slaggers often define REAL TRIAD
as MR.Z and JANITOR. this is a gross
insult to all the other early TRIAD
members and especially to IXION.
it was IXION who organized the whole
thing and made TRIAD. he was the first
boss and if anyone is the real thing,
he is.
when time came for IXION to start at
the university, he had to leave the
64-life. he recommended to 801 DC to
bring me into TRIAD to take over. that
is also what happened. in september 88
i took over the leadership of TRIAD.
AS REAL AS IT CAN BE
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quite another thing is when JANITOR
IXION, MR.PINGE, LUCIFER, MR.Z, ARROW
or anyone else of the earliest mebers
say THE REAL TRIAD about themselves.
this is for old times sake and for
the memories, not because the living
TRIAD of today is a fake, but naturaly
they think of themselves as being the
best there was and ever can be. we all
feel like that about ourselves.
when i meet those guys at a rare
occasion, i don´t mind when they say
they are the REAL TRIAD. i see the
sparkle in their eyes when they do.
AS REAL AS IT CAN BE
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as for me, i have been in TRIAD for
six years. to me that is fucking REAL!
in all groups, members come and
members go. that is the way of things.
the longer a group is around, the
longer the all-time member list is
bound to get. is a group not the same
group because members come and go?
that is infantile. imagine the same
reasoning about for example the world
of soccer. then LIVERPOOL would not be
the REAL LIVERPOOL since there is no
original player left in the club! what
a bad joke :(
AS REAL AS IT CAN BE
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most people don´t realize that MR.Z
really was active only under the first
year and JANITOR dropped out in early
1988. both of them however, made some
rare jobs even after i had taken over
the leadership.
JANITOR did LAST NINJA II in late
october 1988 and he actually did it on
my 128. at a TRIAD meeting in december
1988 i became the pinball champion of
TRIAD by beating MR.Z in the final. :)
those (few) guys who jap about
today´s TRIAD not having a connection
to the REAL TRIAD, only prove to ->
AS REAL AS IT CAN BE
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the scene what little they know about
the days gone by.
i never worked with MR.Z and JANITOR
(except for LN2), but they were NOT
the only members in TRIAD. other old
members like 801dc and twilight kept
working with me as the leader.
what makes those guys wanna hurt
TRIAD by bad mouthing us, is anyones
guess. i don´t really care. we know
what we are, so they are the ones
having a problem. rip.
JERRY
and ->
PACK AND CRUNCH
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i remember way, way back in the dark
ages when GURAN made the first and
also the last crack from P&P STUDIOS.
this was the first time i got stuck
doing the boring pack and crunch, but
for sure it was not the last time.
today i have just finnished the
preview of an item called LAZARUS. i
made several versions of it. not that
i had to, but i wanted to see the
difference. it may be interesting for
you to share my experience.
PACK AND CRUNCH
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the reason this time that i had to
do the packing was that the gringos
had been too hung over, too tired or
just too lazy to do the job after the
little meeting at TRANZIIES snake pit.
most likely they also wanted to
punish me for not showing up there!
the game file was charpacked using
SUPER ZIPPER and also ZIPPER 5. the
first un-packs on 10 seconds and the
other un-packs on 5 seconds.
the intro used was an old one made
by SONY back in early 1989. the music>
PACK AND CRUNCH
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is placed in memory above the zipped
game file. the game plus intro was
saved from $0801 to $c000. there were
only a few smaller areas of nullbytes
in this file. probably no more than
6-8 blocks.
the file with the superzipped game
was superzipped after intro and then
it was crunched with the CRUNCHER AB.
the file with the superzipped game
was also crunched directly using the
CRUNCHER AB.
finally the file with the 5-zipped
PACK AND CRUNCH
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game file was crunched using the x-mem
version of dark squeezer. the file
was crunched directly without a second
char packing after installing the
intro.
what i wanted to test here was the
resulting de-pack time. this is the
result:
ab + zip 26 sec + 10 after intro
ab direct 16 sec + 10 after intro
dark direct 8 sec + 5 after intro
this becomes really interesting when
also the length of those files are ->
PACK AND CRUNCH
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considered.
the AB-crunched files were both 120
blocks long, but the one that had been
zipped again was actually some 30
bytes longer.
the file directly crunched by the
dark squeezer was 123 blocks. a nice
bonus was that it took only 2 minutes
to dark-squeeze the file compared to
the hour it took to ab-crunch it.
and no, this is not news to me. i
have done several comparing tests
before and on different sorts of ->
PACK AND CRUNCH
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code as well. every time i have come
to the same result. at the cost of a
few blocks, you can have a lot shorter
de-pack time. mind you, there are of
course crunchers that add both to the
length and the depack time! watch out!
any way, my opinion is that i very
much prefere the 3 extra blocks when i
get that much shorter de-pack time.
to me it is insane to save some few
blocks of a file when the result is
that it takes so much longer to get it
un-packed.
PACK AND CRUNCH
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looking at it with a technical eye,
it doesn´t make sense to sit there for
20 or more seconds waiting for a game
to un-pack because this saved some
5 blocks. loading 5 extra blocks does
not take any 20 seconds, not even if
you have NO speed loader of any sort.
using an ACTION REPLAY, 5 extra blocks
on a file doesn´t cost even one more
second to load. talk about weird logic
in this.
looking at it from the psychological
standpoint, i for one hate to sit
there waiting for de-pack. true, as a
game tester i am more exposed to the >
PACK AND CRUNCH
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effect of long de-pack time than most
people, but i bet i am not the only
one getting irritated after some 15-20
seconds of waiting.
i have only a very few cracks from
the danish group PAPILLONS in my
collection. the reason for this is the
outrageous de-pack time their versions
offered. when i found another good
version, the PAPILLON version was out!
just so you know, i once timed the
unpacking of a PAPILLON crack and it
took 90 seconds for it to unfold. that
is quite some time!
PACK AND CRUNCH
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there will be one or two guys out
there who will gladly point out that
THE GUIDE is responsible for the trend
to make games shorter and shorter.
they will be wrong. first of all,
coders were competing with packers and
crunchers long before there was a
GAMERS GUIDE and even before TRIAD.
some of us remember with a smile
when MATT/TERA made a cruncher with
the one and only purpose of setting a
new record for shortest de-pack code.
maybe that was the reason for ONEWAY
developing crunchers like they do.
PACK AND CRUNCH
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those guys will be wrong also for
another reason. what we have advocated
is to reduce the length of a crack by
removing crap in the code. we NEVER
advocated short at ANY cost.
talking about ONEWAY, i have told
ZIZYPHUS of my ideas and preferenses.
i hope i have had an effect. most of
all i hope for a more flexible set of
tools the next time there is a new
HACKPACK out.
we should be able to select the
de-pack routine on short de-pack time
OR short result.
PACK AND CRUNCH
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obviously the guys making crunchers
never expected us to crunch directly
without charpacking first. all the
modern crunchers i have tried, all
demand that the file is saved from
$0801 or it fucks up.
in the case when i add an intro to
a charpacked file (game, mag, utl or
whatever) without exception so far, i
get a better result both in length and
definitely in de-pack time if i don´t
char pack also after having added the
intro.
however, there is one drawback in ->
PACK AND CRUNCH
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crunching direct, especially with for
example the CRUNCHER AB.
it takes a definite longer time to
crunch direct compared to the same
file having been charpacked first.
it is obvious that a normal cruncher
doesn´t like it when a byte appears
repeatedly, like zero fills and space-
filled areas.
it should be possible to make a
cruncher that can handle this. i have
suggested it to some people. wonder
who will be first with a program ->
PACK AND CRUNCH
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which makes it all in one go and then
also depacks in a short time. dreams!
by far, $00 is the most common byte
to appear in heaps. $20 and $ea may
also appear in numbers depending on
the sort of code. wouldn´t it be
possible to give one or more of those
a special treatment so the crunching
is speeded up when crunching without
charpacking first?
huffman has a lot to answer for,
right?
JERRY
and more ->
:)PAPA JERRY THE LEGEND :)
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our member in oz, ROADRUNNA is more
active on the AMIGA than the 64 and
so is his wife.
imagine the altitude of his eyebrows
when he got a letter from a turkish
AMIGA user claiming to be PAPA JERRY
of TRIAD!
can´t help feeling happy for being
such a legend that the lamers try to
impersonate me to gain fame.. . .
:)JERRY :)
and ->
MINI MUNCH UZZY
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the few of you who read everything
in THE GUIDE saw in # 23 that i had a
feeling of having seen MINI MUNCH
before. there is no reaction to that,
but in a note from UZZY/ENTROPY he
have a story for us on that game.
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york - england
here is UZZY to tell you about one
of the biggest lamers in the scene
and his involvement with the game
MINI MUNCH. the background is this:
MINI MUNCH UZZY
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a friend of mine, a programmer
living in HULL, wrote a system called
MUSIC PRODUCER II. he then started to
work on another project, called
CHEESELOAD, which was a fastloader
system which he intended to sell to
software companies like MASTERTRONICS.
he even wrote a loader game called
MUNCHLOAD to go with it. he wrote the
loader music for it in his own MUSIC
PRODUCER II.
as his good friend, i have had
copies of these programs since about
1988.
MINI MUNCH UZZY
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that is why it was such a shock to
me to find MUNCHLOAD released by LASER
as MINIMUNCH+/LASER.
after many phone calls, i could
establish exactly what was the cause
of this. LASER were not to blame. they
cracked the game in good faith. the
game was supplied to them by:
EWEN GILLIES
previously TRISECT/TRIAD, E3/REBELS
and a many more handles and groups.
UZZY/ENTROPY
MINI MUNCH THE EDITOR
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isn´t it fun to note how our good
friend and fellow scener EWEN once
again manages to annoy people. you got
to admit that EWEN really has a talent
for that.
that is about it i guess. well, he
supplies a bit of entertainment as
well. everytime a new group falls into
the EWEN-trap i can´t help grinning.
he has used the same address all
through the years, so how come people
still fall for it?
MINI MUNCH THE EDITOR
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that note from UZZY contained a good
deal more about EWEN and a lot of
programs he has fucked up.
UZZY has also formed a federation
against EWEN. Federation Against
Warlock, since WARLOCK apparently is
his latest handle.
as for MINI MUNCH, i still have that
feeling of having seen it before the
LASER version. how about it folks?
JERRY
and on
MUNCHING ON THE EDITOR
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that note from UZZY also mensioned a
rumour about why TRISECT was kicked
out of TRIAD.
the official reason we gave was that
he was removed from our memberlist
because of inactivity.
that was the truth, but not the full
truth. i have always hated to have to
kick members, so i tend to give people
quite some slack.
MUNCHING ON THE EDITOR
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what happened that made it easy for
me to tell EWEN to get lost, was that
he wanted my help to work under a
number of handles to work secretly in
other groups.
he also talked about how he, through
intrigues, had managed to get other
groups off the scene. there was an
implied threat in that, like he was
going to get TRIAD off the scene if i
didn´t accept his suggestion.
such a challenge can´t be ignored so
naturally he was kicked on the spot.
i love a good challenge, so it all ->
MUNCHING ON THE EDITOR
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goes to show what little understanding
for people EWEN has. i suppose that is
why he is walking into the same door
time and time again.
during his time in TRIAD, EWEN did
two items for us. one was an intro
editor that was bugged like hell. the
other item was a small demo. we told
him very clearly that he was forbidden
to spread those items. later i have
found that he spread the demo after
all. if you have a demo called:
TRIAD/EVILS DR.! you should know that
it was released against our will.
JERRY
20 more ->
INTRO TOP 20
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last year we at THE GUIDE heared the
usual complaints about intros, the
length of them, the style of them and
yap, yap, yap as if THE GUIDE had the
power to brainwash people.
long or short intros, complex or
simple intros, music or no music and
so on, is all a matter of taste.
as we all are well aware of, taste
calls for voting. ->
INTRO TOP 20
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voting! how the hell can we vote for
intros? intros have no name like most
anything else has.
to vote for an intro, you have to
watch it and point to it and say:
THAT ONE IS MY FAVOURITE.
well, that can be done. yours truly,
the one and only JERRY, defined the
problem and came up with the solution.
thus, later this year, TRIAD will
present INTRO TOP 20 to the scene.
->
INTRO TOP 20
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the idea was ready more than a year
ago, but artwork disappeared, members
dropped out and others had to do their
service for king and country.
on top of that, i lost interest in
it all for a long time.
the very first INTRO TOP 20 will be
voted by TRIAD to get it rolling.
after that, it will be up to the scene
to decide which intro rules at the mo.
everything will be clearly explained
but it is really not complicated.
JERRY
. re-cracks
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- CHAPTER 8 -
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re-cracking
---
an artform that will
survive the 64 scene?
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EXCESS RE-CRACKING!
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the staff here at THE GUIDE have in
our hands the REAL original for the
game ASTATIN.
thus, now we can tell the true story
of yet another lame re-crack and we
can prove it with hard evidence.
anyone who wants to check it up may
buy the game from: TALE SOFTWARE,
nordstrasse 1, 5010 bergheim, germany.
and the story begins ->
EXCESS RE-CRACKING!
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ASTATIN was released towards the end
of 1992. it is a true mystery that
none of the major cracking groups saw
this new game, but fact remains, no
one did.
one year later, late 1993, DELTA of
THE FIRE-CRACKERS (TFC) found ASTATIN,
cracked it and sent it to some few
contacts.
some months later, EXCESS released
ASTATIN as a first release and they
spread "their" original to several
groups. let us take a closer look at
the EXCESS version and original!
EXCESS RE-CRACKING!
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in the real original, which you can
buy from TALE SOFTWARE, the copyright
year is 1992 and the address given
in the game has the older 4-digit area
code and the same goes for the cover
of the real original game you can buy.
in the fake original from EXCESS,
the copyright year is changed to 1994
in the game and the address is changed
to the new 5-digit area code.
the loser who did this re-cracking
job was not smart enough though. in
the end sequenze of the fake original,
it still says copyright 1992. ->
EXCESS RE-CRACKING!
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a closer look at this end sequenze
reveals that the fake original is NOT
the same as on the disk you can buy.
however, the end file spread by
EXCESS as an original, is exactly the
same, byte by byte as the end file in
the crack done by DELTA of TFC.
since the version done by DELTA was
released many month before EXCESS had
their 1st release (HAH!), we know who
stole what from whom.
it never even occured to this lame
recracker in EXCESS that DELTA ->
EXCESS RE-CRACKING!
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had packed the end sequense in his own
way. after all, the re-cracker had not
even looked in it to find the other
copyrihght year to change it.
who knows, maybe this lame recracker
hadn´t even managed to unpack the end.
do you need more proof by the way?
DELTA installed a sort of HI-SCORE
protection. if there is no HI-SCORE
file to load, then the game displays
9999 as HI-SCORE. this also appears in
the fake original by EXCESS !
EXCESS RE-CRACKING!
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the group NATURE got the fake
original from SENTINEL in EXCESS. also
in the fake original, the mainfile is
crunched with the cruncher that is
always used by SENTINEL.
need we say more? be sure to let
them know what you think about such
lame actions. the next time it may be
your work that is re-cracked.
most of this information came to us
from a contact in GERMANY who preferes
to stay in the background, but we have
double checked all the facts.
JERRY
and more >
FUNBALL PREVIEW THE EDITOR
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part of the job of doing THE GUIDE
is to put the spotlight on affairs we
could do without. still, people try
an occasional con-job.
TRASHER of ACTIVE contacted me about
yet another sad story. he sent me a
series of buffered messages and a note
to illustrate the case.
wrapping it up is the concluding
explanation from yours truly, THE ED!
read it and be confused -->
FUNBALL PREVIEW CROSSFIRE
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early june
erik, i´m e-mailing this to you
since i´ve lost your address, cause i
really wanted to have sent you a
letter.
please give me your address again and
i´ll send you the disk with that COD-
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import of your crack. just so you have
for fun or whatever. also a couple of
originals will be included. well, main-
point of it all - don´t wonder when
you read the next issue of THE PULSE
and you see that M8 has gotten all the
points for the funball preview.
despite my past and what you might
think, it is NOT a re-crack! i leached
your version off WARES AQUARIUM some
weeks ago and did the PC-way. i added
a couple of trainers and i wrote in
the intro and on the trainer screen:
ORIGINAL BY ACTIVE.
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so you will get all the credit for
it still. since THE PULSE has started
the possibility to divide points for
releases, i wanted ACTIVE and M8 to
share the points, since no one had
upped your version. trust me, it
backfired.
well, i can send you the release if
you wanna see it, as i said, ACTIVE
got ALL the credits for cracking etc.
i only added a trainer to it and
spread it on FORPLAY, i think it was.
think what you want, but don´t start
any nasty rumours till you´ve seen it.
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and please inform the other ACTIVE
members who night read THE PULSE about
this too, so we can avoid problems
which there is no reason to start
anyway. as soon as you´ve seen the
release you will agree, trust me!
well, give me your address and i´ll
send you the trained preview, the COD-
import and a bundle of originals which
i hope is of use to you. any questions
feel fre to call me or you can catch
me dayly on DOMINIC +45-55776525
be there, kim!
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the reply
to make it short, it sounds ok to
me. we have hardly spread that ware at
all and if we can get some points out
of it this way, no problem! i´ll call
up SURFER right away to inform him,
so don´t worry about any missunder-
standings.
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well, i can´t say for sure right now
what he´ll think about it, but if we
will get some points and credit for it
i don´t think he´ll mind as we´ve been
fucken inACTIVE the last half year!
ok, here is my addy:
XXXX XXXXX
XXXXXXX XX
XXX XX XXXXX, XXXXXX
please drop me a disk with the
CODERS ware + the new version of the
preview and i´ll spread that around!
RIDDLER/ACTIVE
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towards the end of june
excerpt from a disk note
hello erik..
here is the disk i promised to send
you with the C0DERZ-fix of your crack!
i know it is a little late for
spreading it now, but i thought you ->
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might like it, if not just for your
collection or so..
also, the MOTIV8 version of the
FUNBALL PREVIEW. yet, i don´t really
know for sure how COUNT ZERO/TALENT
will give the points, but he has been
informed about this certain release,
so he will make a judgement which he
sees appropriate..
check THE PULSE/june´94 for it, it
will be out soon. i´ll make sure to
send it to SPIROU and SLEDGE so you
can leech it off their boards if you
want to.
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ok, if you have any questions,
please either call me or leave them in
e-mail on FZ, but i don´t call there
so damn much, so if you can not reach
me voice and it is urgent, apply for
access on DOMINIC and leave me feed-
back about it. i´ll read it as soon as
i get back home (i call DOMINIC every
day, sometimes even twice a day).
ok, that´s it..
see you..
/KIM!
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mid july
yo kim.. the reason for this e-mail
is that i want some access to this
board as i really would like to leech
the june issue of THE PULSE. yes that
is right, i haven´t seen it yet even
though i have heared from various
people that it´s been out for weeks..
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i think you remember the PINBALL
PREVIEW release i gave you permission
to release (after you had allready
released it without our permission!),
if you made sure that we would get a
share of the points for it.
you told me in your e-mail when you
asked for our permission that i would
not regret it when i had seen the M8
release.
well, i must say that i wasn´t very
convinced when i got it by mail from
you. you never clearly wrote that we
were the first to release it and -->
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that this was just an improved version
made from our release.
it more sounded like you had gotten
the original from us later and then
had cracked it yourself uploading it
to the states.
btw, you talked about a FAR BETTER
VERSION on that trainer screen. in
what way was your version better? it´s
17 blox larger than our version.
you have a trainer on it, but what´s
the need for a trainer on a preview?
that preview is the PRACTISE MODE -->
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of the FUNBALL game. who needs
trainers when practising?
anyway, we didn´t care about that,
even if it made us a little bit suspi-
cious. the main thing for us was those
points that we wanted so bad, to show
that we are still alive in some way.
we waited for THE PULSE to prove us
wrong, to tell us that you didn´t
wanna cheat us in some way.
it never came, though you sent
SPIROU it and all your other releases
that month. very strange..
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so, that´s why i´m calling here, to
get access so i can leech THE PULSE to
check it out myself.
man, i really hope that we´ve gotten
some small share of the points or that
we´re at least mensioned by CZ. else
we will get greatly disappointed and
the whole affair will be hard to
explain to SURFER.
i hope that you haven´t had in mind
to rip us of those minor points that
will be given for that release. that
would be a disgrace really, and i
would surely lose my confidence in ->
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you. so please, tell me that i am
wrong!
give me the access, let me check out
the mag and i woun´t mension all this
from now on. (that is, if we are
mentioned in THE PULSE...)
i mean, you have helped me/us in the
past. you have our thanks for that,
but i surely hope that you haven´t
tried to rip us off this time.
and that is that!
RIDDLER/ACTIVE
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the answer
i´ll mail you a letter answering
your points of views. i simply don´t
have the time right now, so i´ve
buffered your e-mail.
KIM
and.. . ->
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erik, i lost your address, so give
it to me again and for the last time!
he he! don´t waste your phone bill
leaching it, i´ll mail it to you.
after all, it´s nearly 6 weeks old by
now.
i´ll explain everything to you in a
letter following the disk, but i´ll
tell you right away that you have
gotten a totally wrecked look at the
story! as i said, i´ll explain all in
the letter!
see you and remember the address
KIM
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you have red it all now? confused?
sometimes an AFFAIR developes
gradually like this and because things
are sort of friendly most of the time,
the real issue is lost.
in this case CROSSFIRE did a pure
and simple re-crack. there is no way
for him to talk himself out of that
even if he tries his best. here are
the hard facts... . . . -->
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RIDDLER/ACTIVE has the full game
FUNBALL. he and the coder are the only
ones to have it.
from the full game, RIDDLER himself
made the preview. not even the coder
of the game has that one. the only
form it has ever been spread in, is
the preview from ACTIVE. any other
version is a re-crack by definition!
what CROSSFIRE originally asked for
was permision to have the preview
fixed and uploaded on the US boards.
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well worth noting is that he asked
permisson only AFTER he actually had
done it. what could RIDDLER do else
than to accept in the hope of getting
at least shared points?
when CROSSFIRE made a MOTIV8 version
he gave the impression that he was
allowed to do that too. no way he was!
the promise was to make a fix only.
it is interesting to note from the
MOTIV8 version that the intro scroller
don´t mension in any way where the
game comes from and ACTIVE is not
even greeted.
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the trainer screen in the MOTIV8
version is a pure smoke screen. why
bother with it at all when he must
know that this has noting to do with
reality? it is a RE-CRACK! period.
that screen is also an outrageous
insult to ACTIVE. with a patronizing
pat on the head CROSSFIRE explains to
the scene that ACTIVE is a swedish
cracking group, like they were totally
unknown before!
come to think of it, it is an insult
also to THE GUIDE as well. ACTIVE has
been on the lists from the beginning.
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CROSSFIRE claimes that he explained
the facts to COUNT ZERO. obviously he
didn´t because then ACTIVE would have
gotten the points in THE PULSE.
FUNBALL PREVIEW was uploade on the
three major swedish boards, HIGHWAY,
FUTURE ZONE and WARES AQUARIUM. it
actually also WAS uploaded to the USA
even though this board didn´t bother
to spread it.
as far as i am concerned, ACTIVE
made the first release and this should
be corrected in THE PULSE.
JERRY
