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Not the mad Christmas rush as we had all anticipated but at least there were a few titles to be added this month, lets check `em out. Blood@DCandy.Demon.Co.UK is my Email so write me :)... .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. |O| A M I G A M A J O R G A M E S R E L E A S E C H A R T S |O| `-------------------------------------------------------------------------' Issue #14 December 1996 ----------------------- THE RATING SYSTEM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English Major-Game Releases......................................: 8 Points Foreign " " " (NOT released in english before).....: 8 Points Released-First-But-Fucked-Up.....................................: 5 Points Major Crack Fixes................................................: 3 Points Updates/Budgets/Data/Other Foreign/Registered....................: 3 Points Licenseware/Foreign crack fixes/Foreign patches/Foreign updates..: 1 Point Minor Fixes (no cracking faults).................................: 2 Points English Game Of The Month........................................: 3 Points CD32 games already released on floppy with no difference.........: 0 points CD32 games released fully working not released on floppy.........: 8 points CD32 games released on floppy but different......................: 5 points .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. |O| A M I G A M A J O R G A M E S R E L E A S E C H A R T S |O| `-------------------------------------------------------------------------' THE DECEMBER GAME RELEASES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _ ____________________________________ / I \_ ___\ / / ___\__/____ \_ __/ / _ / __)/ /\ /\ _// \| / // __) / ! / ! / / / / \ |/ | \ \ ! \ \___! \____\____\____/ |\____| |\__\____/ ----| \-sHy!---| |-----| |PreSENtS `------' `---' `--' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game/Title | Language | Company | Points | |_____________________________|___________|______________________|_________| Tommy Gun ECS/AGA English Mutation 8 Jet Pilot ECS/AGA English Vulcan 8 SWOS 96/97 ECS/AGA English Time Warner 3 Touring Car v2.03 ECS/AGA English OTM 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total Releases: [04] Total Points: [22] |___________________________________________________________________________ Yet another impressive month for the Hellfire lads, lets hope they don't quit after this Xmas. .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. |O| A M I G A M A J O R G A M E S R E L E A S E C H A R T S |O| `-------------------------------------------------------------------------' ___ ____ ______________ __ __ _\_ \\__// __/\__/\_ _// \| |_ | \ \ \\ \ | \_/ \/ " \ / \ |_____/_ /\____|_ /_ /_|__/____/FuN .--v-^-v--\/^-v-^--^\/^-\/v-^---^-v-^---. | C · O · R · R · U · P · T · I · O · N | |-^--^--v-^-v-^--^--v-^---^-v-^--^-v-^--| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game/Title | Language | Company | Points | |_____________________________|___________|______________________|_________| Lale Savascilari Turkish Siliconworx 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total Releases: [01] Total Points: [03] |___________________________________________________________________________ Well I don't think we have ever had a Turkish game in these charts before. Well this is a first :) .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. |O| A M I G A M A J O R G A M E S R E L E A S E C H A R T S |O| `-------------------------------------------------------------------------' __. __ ______.____________________________ | | (__)\_. /|__ _/ __/ \____ \ _/___/ | _|_| |/ |_/ | \| |/ _/ . \ _/ _/ | __/_ | | \ / | _ _ \ / | | \\ \ |__ d!/ |_____\ \___ | |__/ \_ |_____/_\ \___/__/ -----|__|---\|_|--|_|-\_|--------\__/------- (- faster than light -) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game/Title | Language | Company | Points | |_____________________________|___________|______________________|_________| Samba Partie Pro ECS German Sayanara 3 Samba Partie Pro AGA German Sayanara 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total Releases: [02] Total Points: [06] |___________________________________________________________________________ AGA & ECS new versions of a german game released a few months ago. .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. |O| A M I G A M A J O R G A M E S R E L E A S E C H A R T S |O| `-------------------------------------------------------------------------' _________ ______ _|_ ___________________ _. \_ ._ _ \\ _/_ | | s| | / /¯\ / : tRISTAR & REdSECTOR : c| _|__\ \____/___| iNC | --|__|---\_/----------------------------- -' .-----------------------------+-----------+----------------------+--------. | Game/Title | Language | Company | Points | `-----------------------------+-----------+----------------------+--------' Logic ECS/AGA English ACP/TCP 3 .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Total Releases: [01] Total Points: [03] | `-------------------------------------------------------------------------' The Logic game seemed really budgety to me so I will award it 3 points! .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. |O| A M I G A M A J O R G A M E S R E L E A S E C H A R T S |O| `-------------------------------------------------------------------------' __ __ ______ ______ ______ ______ ___ / /__ / // __ // __ //_ __// ____// _ \ / // // // __ // / / / ¯/ / / __/_ / / \ \ / ¯ ¯ // / / // / / / / / / ¯// ¯¯¯ / ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ______ ______ ______ ________ /_ __// ____// __ // _ _ / ¯/ / / __/_ / __ // // // / / / / ¯// / / // / ¯¯/ / ¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game/Title | Language | Company | Points | |_____________________________|___________|______________________|_________| Skarbna Polish 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total Releases: [03] Total Points: [03] |___________________________________________________________________________ Another Polish game. .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. |O| A M I G A M A J O R G A M E S R E L E A S E C H A R T S |O| `-------------------------------------------------------------------------' ___ _____|__ ____ ___ .--(___\\-- |___\____/,( '--------------. |. | | __ |___ __ ____ |_/_ | `------------------`---.| /(__)\____| /--' /_____| / / --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game/Title | Language | Company | Points | |_____________________________|___________|______________________|_________| Uropa 2 ECS/AGA English Austex Software 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total Releases: [01] Total Points: [11] |___________________________________________________________________________ Well I will give Aftershock 5 Points instead of 3 for a crack because it was released as a shareware title erm but its a major if you get what I'm on about :).... .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. |O| A M I G A M A J O R G A M E S R E L E A S E C H A R T S |O| `-------------------------------------------------------------------------' ___ ______ ___/\________\ /_______________\_ /__ \ \ __ / \ /__ / ____/ \ _/ /__ \ _/_/ / /__/ / /__/ / / _\ / \ / /__/ \_\ /\____\_/ /_____\__ /__/ /___ /___ / .--\ __\----/___\-------\/--/___\--\/---\/-. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game/Title | Language | Company | Points | |_____________________________|___________|______________________|_________| Martinsoft Pengo Registered English N/A 3 A320 Airbus Update English G4E 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total Releases: [01] Total Points: [11] |___________________________________________________________________________ Hmm it says 1994 on the game intro for Pengo but what the fuck, the update to A320 was released a few months ago by a different group. .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. |O| A M I G A M A J O R G A M E S R E L E A S E C H A R T S |O| `-------------------------------------------------------------------------' .______ ______________ T| ___ \/ _ \ _ _ / _ \ Brings H| | / _ \/ \/ _ \ E|_____/___|__/____\__|___\ ToDaY .___ .__. .__._____.__. ________ | .\ |__| _|\ |__/ ___|__|/ ____ \ | | \| |/ | \| \___ \| | | \/ . \ | | \ | ­ \ | | \ | | / | \ |_____/__|_____/__|_____/__|_____\__|__/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Game/Title | Language | Company | Points | |_____________________________|___________|______________________|_________| British Football Manager English 5D LICENSEWARE 1 White Rabbit English 5D LICENSEWARE 1 Keiths Quest English 5D LICENSEWARE 1 Sorefist English 5D LICENSEWARE 1 Premier League English LICENSEWARE 1 Captain Carnage English LICENSEWARE 1 Henry's House English LICENSEWRAE 1 Outfall English LICENSEWARE 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Total Releases: [08] Total Points: [08] |___________________________________________________________________________ Some of these Licenseware games simply don't cut it and are very lame, but the fact they cost money, some putting upto budget price means they will receive points in this chart even though games like Sorefist and Premier League are just like some PD games. I suggest that either some other groups give them competition of these Licenseware games or for DD to start getting real majors instead of sub standard under budget crap. THE DECEMBER RELEASE CHARTS FOR MAJOR RELEASES TOP FIVE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 01. HELLFIRE.............................[ 04 Release(s) ] 22 Points {01} 02. DATA DIVISION........................[ 08 Release(s) ] 08 Points {--} 03. LIGHTFORCE...........................[ 02 Release(s) ] 06 Points {02} 04. AFTERSHOCK...........................[ 01 Release(s) ] 05 Points {04} .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. |O| A M I G A M A J O R G A M E S R E L E A S E C H A R T S |O| `-------------------------------------------------------------------------' THE *FINAL* TOP 12 1996 CHARTS FOR MAJOR RELEASES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _ ____________________________________ / I \_ ___\ / / ___\__/____ \_ __/ / _ / __)/ /\ /\ _// \| / // __) / ! / ! / / / / \ |/ | \ \ ! \ \___! \____\____\____/ |\____| |\__\____/ ----| \-sHy!---| |-----| |PreSENtS `------' `---' `--' 01. HELLFIRE.............................[ 37 Release(s) ]240 Points {01} 02. TRISTAR & RED SECTOR.................[ 08 Release(s) ] 65 Points {03} 03. LIGHTFORCE...........................[ 10 Release(s) ] 53 Points {04} 04. DELIRIUM.............................[ 04 Release(s) ] 43 Points {03} 05. WANTED TEAM..........................[ 14 Release(s) ] 41 Points {05} 06. DIGITAL CORRUPTION...................[ 03 Release(s) ] 25 Points {07} 07. CRUX.................................[ 03 Release(s) ] 24 Points {06} 08. DATA DIVISION........................[ 18 Release(s) ] 21 Points {--} 09. QUARTEX..............................[ 05 Release(s) ] 19 Points {06} 10. AFTERSHOCK...........................[ 02 Release(s) ] 16 Points {--} 11. FAIRLIGHT............................[ 03 Release(s) ] 15 Points {08} 12. PRODIGY..............................[ 05 Release(s) ] 14 Points {09} Well its the end of the year and time to sum up the past 12 months before we start this all over again! Hellfire won without a shadow of a doubt to prove they were the most active and successful crack group in 1996, whilst the new guys Lightforce put a creditable display up to end up 3rd after only being in the second half of 1996. TRSI finish 2nd with a consistent run of releases throughout the year. Top 10 English games of 1996 1. Alien Breed 3D 2 - Digital Corruption 2. Slamtilt - Delirium 3. Legends - Hellfire 4. Capital Punishment - Aftershock/DC 5. Primal Rage - TRSI 6. Speris Legacy - Prodigy/Quartex/Hellfire 7. Fighting Spirit - Lightforce 8. Swos Euro 1996/97 - Hellfire 9. Xtreme Racing - Quartex 10 Trapped - TRSI As from next month there will be a new chart for the start of 1997, it is just a shame that games will be few and far between (at least good ones) My predictions for 1997... 1. More games will be CD Rips. 2. Championship Manager 2 will come out :)... 3. More new little groups will spring up as older ones quit :(... 4. 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