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The April '95 Ware Report, by The Renegade Chemist
(Sometimes referred to by immature sore LOSERS as the 'bullshit' report.)
Explanations
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Game Name - This is self-explanatory.
Disks - The number of disks in a given game.
Rated - The release's point rating, based on major-ness of the release,
publisher, platform, etc. For example, Elite 3 is a long-awaited
title from a major publisher (Gametek) so it earns the maximum of
9 points, while USA Scenery West/East are upgrades to data disks
for a flight sim that nobody plays from a publisher that is not
noteworthy, earning only 3 points.
Rel. Size - Actual byte size of the release.
Bytes
Awarded - Number of ware report bytes awarded. Normally, this will be
the same size as the release size, but if a group puts out an
update, it only gets 1/2 credit (if I even choose to recognize
the release of the update). If a group puts out a game badly
cracked or not cracked and someone else fixes it before the
original group, the group gets 1/2 credit and the fixing group
gets the other half, etc. I try to be fair.
Ware Report :
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Game Name Disks Rated Release Size Bytes Awarded
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Genesis
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Blackjack for Windows 1/1 3 668,408 668,408
Links 386 Pro: Devil's Island 3/3 6 3,426,038 3,426,038
Psycho Pinball 5/5 8 7,155,291 7,155,291
Sail '95 for Windows 3/3 4 4,423,582 4,423,582
Sim City 2000 URK for Windows 2/2 5 2,821,678 2,821,678
Sim Tower for Windows 3/3 8 2,956,234 2,956,234
Tower Assault 2/2 8 2,597,100 2,597,100
USA Scenery East - Revision 2 4/4 3 5,011,106 5,011,106
USA Scenery West - Revision 2 5/5 3 5,901,972 5,901,972
~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
28/28 48.00 34,900,307 34,900,307
Number of Monthly Rel. : 9
Release Quality Average : 5.34
Genesis Group Score : 186.37
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Eclipse
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Bridge Deluxe 2 3/3 6 3,503,731 3,503,731
Elite 3 : First Encounters 3/3 9 3,675,794 3,675,794
Pyrotechnica 5/5 7 7,057,077 7,057,077
Wrath of Earth 7/7 5 9,034,596 9,034,596
Wrath of Earth Speech Disks 2/2 5 2,662,398 2,662,398
~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
20/20 32.00 25,933,596 25,933,596
Number of Monthly Rel. : 5
Release Quality Average : 6.40
Eclipse Group Score : 165.98
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Razor 1911
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1830: Railroads/Robber Barons 4/4 8 4,645,537 4,645,537
Football Glory 1/1 5 1,013,670 1,013,670
Las Vegas for MS Flight Sim. 7/7 4 9,165,983 9,165,983
Nerves of Steel 3/3 5 3,388,735 3,388,735
Transport Tycoon World Editor 1/1 4 1,018,147 1,018,147
~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
16/16 26.00 19,232,072 19,232,072
Number of Monthly Rel. : 5
Release Quality Average : 5.2
Razor 1911 Group Score : 100.01
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Tyranny
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Brett Hull Hockey 4/4 9 5,246,056 5,246,056
Word Crazy for Windows 2/2 4 2,847,289 2,847,289
~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
6/6 13.00 8,093,345 8,093,345
Number of Monthly Rel. : 2
Release Quality Average : 6.50
Tyranny Group Score : 52.61
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Really Biased Commentary
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My ware report just wouldn't be the same without some nice bitching,
and besides, I gotta give the guys from Genesis an excuse to edit my diz and
nuke this from their boards, so here goes ..
As has happened many times in the past, this month quantity triumphed
over quality as GNS took the lead. Don't get me wrong, GNS put out some nice
games like Sim Tower, Psycho Pinball and Tower Assault, but they also cracked
an equal amount of pure shit, including 2 updates for old expansion disks for
a flight sim that nobody plays (should have TDU-Jammed it guys!), a budget
game for Windows, etc. Nice job on the good stuff guys, but lay off the
total shit. We get enough of it already. Also, the GNS crew showed off their
maturity (or more specifically, a lack of it) in an nfo file ragging on the
new group, Eclipse. Pretty lame guys. But its typical of what GNS does when
they can't hang with another group's releasing prowess - remember, Genesis'
first releases, budget at that, were ragging on Razor last year. I guess
some things never change.
Eclipse made a strong showing this month, coming in #2 behind veteran
GNS. Pretty impressive for a group that everyone's out to kill. I guess we
will have to see what happens in the future, but if Eclipse keeps cranking
out good Psygnosis and Interplay games, who knows what might happen ..
Razor got beat out by newcomer Eclipse, and by Genesis. Big shock.
They're still talking plenty of shit though, even though all the two year or
more veteran members of the group have now joined Eclipse. Two big Razor
boards got busted last month, and allegations are still flying every which
way about who's busting what. I guess we'll have to see what the future
holds for Razor, but with rumors of unrest in the group, debts to suppliers,
and God only knows what else, I suspect we will see Nexus, sorry, Razor 1911
crumble in the next few months. P.S., it should also be noted that both
times a game had protection this month, Razor either released it uncracked
and cracked it later (1830) or fucked up the crack (Football Glory). Wow.
Tyranny started off great with Brett Hull Hockey, but the rest of
the month was kinda cold for them (kinda like last night's Stars-Sharks
game). Who knows what will happen in the future, but their star supplier of
March, Psycho Stik, is now supplying for Razor. We'll see, but I always
like to root for the underdog.
There HAS been one weird event this month. A new group on the scene,
Scandal, seems to be putting out a lot of games. The ones we have checked
out are fakes (Rolling Ronny, Lunar Command), just repackaged versions of
the originals. The ones we haven't seen, we're too scared to unzip. Take a
risk if you want to, but until someone tells me otherwise, I will treat all
wares from Scandal as fakes, and they will not be counted.
To summarize, its been an interesting month in the scene. My comments
are not as detailed as I'd like them to be, but then, there's only so much
time in a day. Hope you liked another edition of the ware report, I will try
to do more of them in the future. Thanks to Cyber Angel for putting one out
while I was preoccupied, hopefully it will continue so when my report gets
wiped off of your local GNS board you'll still have one to read.
The Renegade Chemist / Eclipse