Propaganda 17 ch05
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-ATTENTION!- _____________________________________ The following text has been typed and approved by PROPAGANDA STAFF, but we do not support the theories and conc- ept about piracy slowly tranquilizing the Commodore 64. Our idea is, that today, the buyer's market and the scene function on very different grounds - unlike on other formats. Keep that in mind while reading the text. _____________________________________ -WE SUPPORT SOFTWARE PIRACY- ________________________________________ E ELECTRIC BOYS Entertainment Software's CRACKING COMPETITION CRACKING COMPETITION d=b ____________________________________'o'_ /_\ W With the C64 scene and it's software companies slowly dying away due to the non caring attitude of the pirates who care about nothing but firstreleases, we at ELECTRIC BOYS Entertainment Soft- ware have formulated a plan to give the pirates a more of a cause to crack games other than for their state of eliteness. d=b _'o'____________________________________ /_\ We among all the other C64 supporting companie are on the verge of discontin- uing C64 releases due to the poor sales and vast scale of piracy so as an incen- tive for the pirates to buy the origin- al of all the games they crack we are offering prizes for the best cracked versions of all our releases. So not only we give you permission to legally crack our games, but we will reward you for doing it, how can you possibly lose? d=b ____________________________________'o'_ /_\ THE RULES _________ 1. In order to enter the competition you must buy the original games, for which an invoice will be issued and which you must return with your crack to prove that you have bought the original game. 2. Only entries with the original in- voice will be considered, no photo copies or excuses of lost invoices will be accpeted. 3. All cracks should be coded in some way be each group to allow recracks to be found easily, the codes and the locations should be sent togeth- er with the crackin in an easy to understand format. This is not an essential rule, but we will not be held responsible if a recrack wins the competition. 4. Cracks will be marked on their over- all quality and improvements on the original, i.e. excess junk removed from memory, packed levels, NTSC fixed, removed bugs, depack times, loading times, useful trainers etc. NOTE: Do not spoil the game by over training. d=b ____________________________________'o'_ /_\ THE PRIZES __________ Competition winners will be able to pick one of the following prizes: ________________________________________ 1.Aprotek 24OO Baud mini modem 2.JiffyDOS for 1 Computer & Drive 3.Swiftlink RS232 Interface 4.Sid Symphony Stereo cartridge 5.1 year subscription to Commodore World 6.Any GEOS application from our guide 7.CMD Smartmouse 8.CMD Smarttrack 9.Ex3 cartridge port expander 1O.GBP 5O credit voucher for our guide ________________________________________ Please list the prize you would like if you win when you send your crack. Winners will be announced through scene diskmags. GAMES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE _________________________ (EBES Premier releases) HEAVENBOUND GBP 7.99 CHICKEN GBP 2.99 *) WALKERZ GBP 5.99 *) SWORD OF HONOUR GBP 9.99 *) Games marked with *) are available on both 5.25" and 3.5" disk, please state which you want when ordering. SWORD OF HONOUR 5.25" and 3.5" are completely different versions and will be marked seperately. To order any of the listed games or for a copy of our product guide, write to: ______________________________________ ELECTRIC BOYS ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE 917B BRIGHTON ROAD PURLEY SURREY CR8 2BP ENGLAND ______________________________________ If ordering outside UK, please add GBP 1.OO P+P. Payment is accepted via cheque, postal order, bankdraft or money order in pounds sterling. Cash payments are sent at your own risk, EBES cannot be held responsible for lost payments, so recorded or registred post is rec- ommended. If sending cash in non UK currency, then please add GBP 2.OO to cover exchange rate charges. This is cheaper than the cost of a bank draft and may be prefer- able. -END- ________________________________________ We at PROPAGANDA have included the preview of the game WALKERZ, one of the games that you can enter the cracking competition with. The preview is free to be copied, and the producers - NEW ENTRY -, would be most delighted if you or your group took time includ- ing your version from it on your spreaddisks. -PROPAGANDA- ________________________________________ ** LAST BUT NOT LEAST ** \/ LAST BUT NOT LEAST... \/ ____________________Z Deff asks the questions.. ________________________________________ - For which group will Ignorance crack next month??? ________________________________________ - Is Accept going for a new record of 5O minus points??? ________________________________________ - Are Australians taking control of the the entire scene??? ________________________________________ ________________________________________ - How many Basic games will be released under the regular (?) group lables untill next issue??? ________________________________________ - Will Palace return to the wares market??? ________________________________________ - Will Motiv8 still greet long dead groups like Aristocracy and Coderz??? ________________________________________ - How many games called Minesweeper and Minefield will be released until next issue??? ________________________________________ ________________________________________ For this and more make sure to get your hands on: PROPAGANDA NO PROPAGANDA NO.18 (out soon??) ________________________________________ ** \/ [STILL WAITING FOR THAT BREAD, HUH, MARIO? ED.] RESPECT THE DEAD RESPECT THE DEAD ________________ says Tranziie For those who is on the IRC, you might have noticed a certain SCOPE. More specific RUNE of HOAXERS. Claiming that our Scope never were on the net is a weak excuse. Anyway, I'm going to nick myself as SNACKY, MR.Z or why not SCORPIE? None of them are seen on the Irc, so I do as Rune, pretend I am someone I'm NOT NOT.