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