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NOTE: THERE IS NO MAILING LIST OF ANY KIND! =========================================== - * - * - * - * - * * - * - * - * - * - GAME REVIEWS, RATINGS, UN-BIASED OPINIONS, HELP/TIPS FOR INSTALLING GAMES! [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] -Rating scale: (0-19)/100 = In a nutshell, it sucked! (20-39)/100 = Still crap but slightly better. (40-49)/100 = Possibly worth downloading. (50-69)/100 = Pretty decent game. Might want to check it out. (70-79)/100 = Worth the download if you like that type. (80-89)/100 = Very good, 9 outta 10 its worth the download. (90-99)/100 = Excellent game, a MUST download. 100/100 = HOLY SHIT I'VE NEVER SEEN A BETTER GAME! RATINGS are based on the game idea, graphics, sound, playability, ingenuity, versatility, and a lot of other words ending in `ity'. These games are based on what happens on MY COMPUTER ONLY, unless stated otherwise. I always first follow nfo directions, and if those don't work or are not available, I then try other ways. So just b/c it doesn't work for me, doesn't mean it won't work for you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -<*><*> THE GAME REVIEW <*><*>- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________/¯|__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ WIN 95 REVIEW | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / COURTESY OF: |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ LUNATIC +--------\___/÷e÷/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ DEATHKEEP (c) SSI [xx/34] Had a bit of a problem getting this to install, kept getting 'script error in line 197'. If anyone else has this problem, go into the install dir, edit dk.inf, and find the line 'Directory [SOURCE DIR] := DK'. Change DK to . then save it, and it should install fine. When playing, it keeps coming up with some sound error, if someone works out how to stop this, please let me (_lunatic on irc) know. You have a choice of three pre-generated characters, which pissed me off (how hard would it have been to let you create your own character?), but you do get a nice animated intro once you've chosen one. The game itself looks quite nice, til you start moving. Damn thing moves far too fast, turns too fast, and generally makes it damn hard to play. Playing the dwarf, I found an axe and chainmail right near the start, but couldn't work out how to put the chainmail on for ages. The inventory screen shows up with a transparent background, so you can still see your surroundings, but this makes it very difficult to see the lines leading from the body to the armor column on the right, you have to put body armor in the middle slot. Stupid flaws, movement problems, and an annoying delay between pushing the map button and actually getting the map (due to it changing resolution I think), combine to seriously lower this games score, it could've been great. The movement problems are especially pronounced when trying to fight something (combat is realtime), you'll die easily. Get it if you're a rabid rpg fan, if not don't bother. RATING: 58/100. SNL Goes Political (c)Berkley Systems [xx.xx] úÄÄÄÄÄÄ . ÄÄ-ÄÄÄ--úÄÄ-ú.,y@Q$$"' -ÄÄÄúÄÄ--ú.s sS,' .$$$$s.$s$$"'`,yy$$$$$$" .,@Q$Q@. `$$sY$ $S$bs$$$%%$$;%$$."$$$"'$$$$' i$$$$ `$$$y.`$s$ $THE%ALLIANCE$$$Ss," ,$$$$; $$$$$YsY$$$$,`$$ $Y$SS$$$$8`$$%$$$$$$$ i$$$$. $$$$$"$tAL0N$ $$ ' $$%$$`$' `$$$'`$%%$$."$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$' $' ú-`Y'Ä--úÄÄ-`$'--`Y$$"`Ä-`"$ $4$'Ä-ú "$Y'ÄÄú- ` $' ` Disk 11 of this release was badly packaged and had crc errors in the arj. All copies found were like this, but the game still works, because the error is in a .mov file and has little effect if any. This rip is basically a total waste of time. The cd is mainly comprised of .mov from various decades in SNL. There are four games included that deal with SNL. One is where you are that fat dude who looks like Newt Gingrich and you sit there slamming bills that come by on your desk as fast asa possible. Another is pacman, but with Bill Clinton and hamburgers. Yet another is a puzzle game, and the last one is a weird board type game where you try to get votes by moving the piece- es a certain way. It's not worth 22 disks for just those four games. RATING: 42/100 ________________________/¯|__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / REVIEW COURTESY |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ OF LUNATIC +--------\___/÷e÷/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ The Settlers II (English) (c) Blue Byte 1/7 A word about installation: make sure the path you change in the setup.ini points to the s2 subdir, and not the settlers2 dir, else it won't work. I haven't had a long look at this, but it appears to be Settlers 1 (also known as Serf City) with nicer graphics, and more easily available information. Everything was represented pictorially in the first one, which meant much re- reading of the manual to figure out what the hell was going on. The interface is very similar, so anyone who's played the 1st one will have no problems getting right into this. It apears to support multi-player options, network at least (One scenario had 7 players). Settlers2 supports a variety of resolutions, from 640x480 up to 1024x768, and looks very nice. For people who haven't got a clue what it is, Settlers2 is a strategy game where you tell your people what to build, where to build it, and provide them with roads to get there, presented in a 3/4 sort of view. Provided you have the necessary raw materials, you'll get a little guy who goes out and flattens the area, then an engineer comes out and waits for the building materials, then people transport the materials to him and you watch as he constructs the building. You have lumberjacks to cut down trees, foresters to plant more trees, little guys who quarry stone, miners, surveyors (so you know where to build mines), and all sorts of other cool shit. Eventually, you tell your knights to bash the enemy, and watch the little guys sword-fighting (very cool), and hopefully bash the enemy and take over their territory. A cool game if u like strategy games, and very nicely presented. RATING: 87/100 EARTH WORM JIM II - DOS *WORKING* [5/5] _____ ___ _____ ________ ______ ________ \_ \ __|_/ _/ ____ \\/ / \ _/\_ \ _/ __/ _/ _\ \ _/_/ __/ /| / |_/ __/ \___\__________/____\___\___/____/___|\___\ ===============[ úDúOúGúSú ]================ Well finnaly, a version for all of non-macint...I mean win95 users. EWJ2 is everything you could expect it to be based on the first one. Tottaly new ideas, from making sure puppy's land safely across to using old grandma's special chair to go up the stairs to picking up cows and getting them to milk. This one is exactly the same in engine as the first one is, you do however have new weapons. Now you have this bogger thingi instead of using the whip to go across you can use this, plus there are a ton of new gun types. And instead of that off and on helicopter'ish thing on his head, you have a snot parachute. The game is great if you like platform games. It is challenging, but not overly challenging to the point where you get frustrated. Worth checking out if you haven't gotten one to work. Just follow the nfo! RATING: 85/100 ________________________/¯|__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/÷e÷/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Savage (c) Discovery Channel 30/30 Well I was able to get it running, but as soon as it scrolled the first level information back down, I got a windows error (Ignore/Cancel). From what I could tell, you are some lion or cub or something, and you develop skills to live in the wild. That's about all I can tell you. RATING: NA/100 Operation Carnage (c) Beaucomm [o3/o3] _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/===ù1911ùCDùDIVISIONù======\___/ Like the nfo says, even though it says it's for Micro Machines, well it's not, this game is practically the same thing as Smash TV, the arcade game. You go from room to room blasting your weapons at the enemy. It'll keep you busy for a while, but as with all games like this you'll become easily bored eventually. The game is pretty good, nice sound to it, and the graphics are fine. It'll make ya sweat if you get into it. There are sectors with all different rooms and they lead to the end boss guy, you defeat him and go on to the next sect- or. I did notice a few bug'ish problems, the first one is if you put it on easy, and when it's past the second sector, it's supposed to automatically adjust it to the harder settings, but it says it is going to do it, but in actuality locks up. Another bug is when you enter your high score in, it won't let you leave the screen, unless it's some special combo of keys. If you're looking for some quick action here's your solution, but don't expect to play it too long. RATING: 70/100 ========================================= EURO 96 - ENGLAND (c) Gremlin Interactive ========================================= Hybrid [xx/10] ----------------------------------------- This is a generiz diz, because Hybrid didn't put one for some reason. I was really pissed off by this one. When I loaded it without my mouse it would go in fine and everything, but you can't navigate the menu's without a mouse. So when I loaded my mouse, the second I moved it I got a divide overflow error. I think this is one of the rare times where it just might be my puter as the cause for it not working, but then again who knows. If it is, sorry, about as much as I can tell you is it's a soccer game, from the mfg. of Actua Soccer. A 41 disk music & commentary addon was also put out for this game. RATING: NA/100 _____ /\. _ __ ._/|______|\___. \__ \/ | /_\ | \| _ __/ _ | | _ _ |/ | \| : | | | |__| | \/ | _ \ \ | | |___ | |__||__|__|__/__|\__|__|__| ____| +--=[XX/22]========PresenTs=\/===--+ | Greg Norman Ultimate Golf II | | (c) Grolier Interactive | +--==============================--+ WHORE! Er, no, that's not it...hmm...oh yeah, FORE! This is probably the best golf game out there. It's got everything you could ask for, the gfx are excellent and detailed. If you're looking for the golf game that has it all then look no further, unless you can look further into the future or some- thing. It's not that good that you'll enjoy it if you don't like golf, but for those who do, you'll find this will satisfy your golfing desires. RATING: 78/100 Alley Cats (c) Atlantean Interactive & Alley Cats Movie Addon CD-RIP & ÛÛ ÛÛÛ ßß ßßßÛÛÜ ÜÛßÛÛÜ ßßßÛÛÜ & ÛÛ ÛÛÛ ßß ßßßÛÛÜ ÜÛßÛÛÜ ßßßÛÛÜ °² ²²Û ±² ±² ßßß °± ±°Û ±± ÛÛÛ & °² ²²Û ±² ±² ßßß °± ±°Û ±± ÛÛÛ ²° ±±Û ±Û ²²°°²Û ²Û ²±Û ²²Þ°² & ²° ±±Û ±Û ²²°°²Û ²Û ²±Û ²²Þ°² ²± ±ÛÛ ²± ²Û °±Û ²² ±°Û ±Û °± & ²± ±ÛÛ ²± ²Û °±Û ²² ±°Û ±Û °± ÜÜÜÜÜÛÛßzÛÛxßÛܱ°ß ßÛܱ°ß ÛÛ ÛÛ & ÜÜÜÜÜÛÛßzÛÛxßÛܱ°ß ßÛܱ°ß ÛÛ ÛÛ ]ÄÄÄÄÄ[06/04/96]ÄÄÄÄ[xX/32]ÄÄÄÄ[ & ]ÄÄÄÄÄ[06/05/96]ÄÄÄÄ[xX/34]ÄÄÄÄ[ Oh man, you just know I have to make fun of this one. This is a bowling game sorta like in the sense of strip poker, but it's bowling. "0o0o baby look at the size of those 8lb balls of yours, and your pin is standing so erect." This game is hilarious, not only are the wanna-be-models incredibly stupid and bad actors, but I JUST KNOW this game was made by some 20 sumtin year old NERD who can't get any. So the dude makes this thinkin' he'll get some from the models. Well the dude who probably made this, put himself in the game as the "sleazeball" owner of the bowling alley. It's so funny to listen to this dork talk to you, trying to be an actor, with his speech impediment. If you don't get this game just for the fun of it, get it so you can have a good laugh AT IT. The simple object to the game is to go on the bowling alley, bowl a game, do good, get points, go to the Pro Shop and pay to see them strip, which in actuality is dumb, b/c you can just go view the .mov files yourself. I only found upper nudity in this one, so it sucks for that too. But if ya got some free time download this one just for a good laugh. RATING: 53/100 Brainstorm (c) Simon & Schuster [xx/39] _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/===ù1911ùCDùDIVISIONù======\___/ This is a detailed study of the brain and a ton of questions that involve thinking. Since it is the weekened, I have no interest whatsoever in think- ing, and who would blame me? It has parts that explore the brain, the IQ test, mindbenders, etc. It's basically for those parents with the 7 year old Harvard Graduate, as he'd be the only dork to actually buy this. This isn't really a `game', but more of a quiz, and we all get plenty of those in school. It is put together very well, and it's of high quality. RATING: 56/100 ________________________/¯|__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/÷e÷/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Dinotopis (c) Turner Interactive 13/13 This is one boring game. You start off at the end of some island. You walk around and you're supposed to talk to people and pick up shit. However since there is absolutely no sound or music in this, it's impossible to tell what they are saying to you. Anyway it's still boring, you walk around an island inhabited by humans and dinosaurs. RATING: 41/100 T-MEK *BETA* (c) Time-Warner Inter. [30/30] _____ ___ _____ ________ ______ ________ \_ \ __|_/ _/ ____ \\/ / \ _/\_ \ _/ __/ _/ _\ \ _/_/ __/ /| / |_/ __/ \___\__________/____\___\___/____/___|\___\ ===============[ úDúOúGúSú ]================ This is an excellent Mechwarrior type game. The game is smooth no matter what you run it on. You're given 6 different choices of type of ships and enough arenas and stuff to last you a long time. You go from qualifying levels to harder and harder levels. The sound is not much, but the graphics are nicely done for this type of game. Plenty of options, and two different styles of game to try out, one with cheating, one w/o, enough options to make it the way you want it. A good mech game, and probably great for network play. Although still a beta, I didn't notice any bugs. RATING: 73/100 Pray for Death - Playable Preview [01/08] _____ ___ _____ ________ ______ ________ \_ \ __|_/ _/ ____ \\/ / \ _/\_ \ _/ __/ _/ _\ \ _/_/ __/ /| / |_/ __/ \___\__________/____\___\___/____/___|\___\ ===============[ úDúOúGúSú ]================ First off, let me just quote the nfo on this one, it's kinda outta the blue: "Release note: Pray for Death? - At first I thought this was a game about ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Napalm members? - But turns it turns out to be a fighting game." Kinda cruel eh? I thought so. Anyway, , well anyway , this is another in the line of fighting games, like MK, MK1, MK2, SF, SSF, SSF2, SSF2 TURBO, Killer Instinct, Primal Rage, shall I go on? You can only try out two of the characters, but you can tell this will turn out to be a pretty good game. Excellent graphics, but there is no sound. Nice interactive backgrounds, but the characters are a bit too big for the screen. Hope you have the cpu to handle this one too, or it'll be way to slow. The game has potential, we'll see if it lives up to it. RATING: 61/100 _____ /\. _ __ ._/|______|\___. \__ \/ | /_\ | \| _ __/ _ | | _ _ |/ | \| : | | | |__| | \/ | _ \ \ | | |___ | |__||__|__|__/__|\__|__|__| ____| +--=[xX/37]========PresenTs=\/===--+ | Tim McCarver's | | The Way Baseball Works Simulator | | (c) Simon & Schuster InterActive | +--==============================--+ In case you just couldn't guess at this one, it's a thing that explains every tiny bit of detail associated with baseball. It gives you hints for hitting, pitching, etc. It lets you make your own field. You can practice batting. The graphics are good, but there is no sound, at least I couldn't find any. The only people who should get this are the ones who watch every single base- ball game, know every single detail, and although they are fat ass coutch potatoes, think they might one day be in the Major Leagues. Although it's not fun it is educational, at least sport's wise. RATING: 62/100 Kick Off 96 (C) Anco [xx/10] _____ _____ ____ _____ ________________ \_ | \ \/ / _ /__\_ \_/ _ \ | _ \_ \ _/ \ \ __/___/ | / / |___| |____|___/ /_\ \___|_______/ ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\::::::::: At first, you would think Hybrid underestimated this game in their comments about it in the nfo. But after playing it and not being able to get any sound from this one too, you soon realize it sucks cock. It's got a touch of Actua Soccer'ness with a little bit of arcade'ness. The players do a lot of repetitive boring things that take a while, like waiting for the referee to go to his position after a goal, don't know if that's just the way it was programmed or my computer, but don't be quick to judge asshole. Anyway, as the nfo states: "Another soccer game to add to your collection - not too much to say about this one. RATING: 47/100 The Pickle Wars Trilgoy [2/2] (C) Crystal Vision ÚËÍÍÍË¿ÚËÍÍÍË¿ÚÍÑËÑÍ¿ÚÉ ÚËÍÍÍË¿ÚËÍÍÍË¿ ÀÊÍÍÍË¿ÃÎÍÍÍδ ³º³ ³º ³º º³³ÌÍÍËÊÙ ÀÊÍÍÍÊÙÀÊ ÊÙÀÍÏÊÏÍÙÀÊÍÍÍÊÙÀÊÍÍÍÊÙÀÊ ÈÍÙ [06/07/96]ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ B.Y.O.RAR (Bring your own rar.exe) because the one packaged with this has the Burlgar virus. Then I tried "rar x pickle.001" and it said unknown method. I removed the virus from their rar.exe, but it then didn't run. This just wasn't meant to uncompress. RATING: NA/100 Jelly Fish Backgammon Tutor (Windows) (c) Effect Software _____ _____ ____ _____ ________________ \_ | \ \/ / _ /__\_ \_/ _ \ | _ \_ \ _/ \ \ __/___/ | / / |___| |____|___/ /_\ \___|_______/ ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\::::::::: Ummm, ok, I just might have a clue as how to play backgammon. This is some tutor game and it can't be too good cuz I didn't learn a fucking thing. I'm sure no one else is even going to download this and try it out, so who really cares? There aren't too many backgammon tutoring games, so I guess that makes this the #1 out there eh? Hah...just shutup. RATING: 36/100 ________________________/¯|__/| ___________ &________________________/¯|__/| \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_&\___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| /&| __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\&|___|\__\ \________ /___\__\_ +--------\___/÷e÷/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+&+--------\___/÷e÷/aL!\/--------/ FRANK THOMAS' BIG HURT BASEBALL [xx/36] & F. T. B. H. BASEBALL FULL CRACK If you don't have a joystick, in order to get into the game you need to hit your pause/break key like as soon as the jostick calibration menu comes up or it will kick your ass into dos. However as my limited explorations into the game have found, you won't be able to play the game with the keyboard anyway b/c the keys they have set for it don't fucking work! And of course in all the detailed programming that went into this, they couldn't add one more thing so you could make your own working keys. The problem comes when you try to pitch the ball, it well, just doesn't pitch. The k/b keys are just majorly whack. The game however looks great, you have all the fields, all the real players, and an excellent game engine that brings back the feeling of good arcade like baseball games rather than simulation types. If only I could actually play a full game. Some other really cool things that happen are: (1) The computer doesn't pitch to you, it likes having a starig contest w/ the batter I guess (2) When ya hit pause/break for the menu in the game and you choose leave game and put it on yes, it just doesn't leave, that's pretty cool. Don't get it unless ya got a joystick. RATING: 32/100 RATING: 88/100 - Where's Waldo? Exploring Geo... - Net Warez, Inc. [6\39] Poorly packaged, they fucked up with the arj. Even if you do just re-arj # 37 over again, it's still missing .wav files that you need in order to get it running properly. It's only for little kiddies anyhow. RATING: NA/100 Ú-ù[ EarthWorm Jim 1&2 cheat pack. ]ùÄ¿ ³ . .+ , . +. , : : `$%,. ` ,$; ,sýø"ýö, `$%,. ' .,sQ' . . l$$`ýQ%öý$$l l$; ;$; l$$' `$$l % %% ;$$ $$ ;$$ `"ýö, `"ý$ `$; %%% ;$' %% % ù ;$$ `" ;$$;`Q%s `Q%, .`$. ,$' pnk . :. . l$$ `"ý' `ýös%$ý' `+ `ýö*' . . .: Ãö " ""' mù Aù sù sù Iù vù Eù ö - - -- -Ä-´ [- foGO'sùcrACKiNGùdiViSiONùinùfuLL spEEd!ù -] À- -ù - --ù Ä-- - -Äù - Ä--ù -ÄÄ- -Ù This is a very helpfull cheat for EWJ. It gives ya hints on what to do on some levels and includes .tbl files for Game Wizard Pro to allow you to cheat. If you're stuck in EWJ then you might wanna get this. RATING: CHEAT/100 Back to Baghdad (PSG) will be in next issue, due to continuous aborted d/l. It's either have that in next issue or you coulda waited 3+ hrs for this one. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>THE GAME OF THE WEEK<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wow what a week, filled with huge ass 40 disk'ers. To pick one GOTW would be impossible, and therefore we have several. PRESTIGE get's two of this week's GOTW with THE SETTLERS 2 and FRANK THOMAS: BIG HURT BASEBALL . The other GOTW goes to MANTIS for GREG NORMAN ULTIMATE GOLF 2. And right behind those 3 releases in a close bid for GOTW was R-DOGS for the beta release of T-MEK. Would also like to thank R-DOGS for re-releasing EWJ2 for us dos users. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>OTHER RELEASES<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DeathKeep Species, The Game ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>UPCOMING RELEASE DATES<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -All projected dates are as of MAY 31ST 1996, 8am (EST) and based on store release dates. The information in this section is updated WHEN AVAILABLE. Key to system types: DCD = DOS CD WCD = Windows CD MCD = Mac. CD W95CD = Win 95 CD M3 = Mac. Disk W3 = Windows Disk W953 = Win 95 Disk D3 = DOS Disk HCD = Mac./Windows CD Date | Name of Game | OS | Company ----------------------------------------------------------- 96/06/04 DRAGONLAIR2 DCD READY SOFT 96/06/04 SHELLSHOCK DCD U.S. GOLD INC. 96/06/04 DEATHKEEP DCD STRATEGIC SIMULATION 96/06/04 AH-64D LNGBW DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/04 GENDERWARS DCD GT SOFTWARE 96/06/04 SETTLERS 2 DCD BLUE BYTE 96/06/05 DEADLINE DCD VIC TOKAI 96/06/06 BIG HURT DCD ACCLAIM 96/06/07 PGA96:SAWGRS DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/07 MORTIMER DCD LUCAS ARTS 96/06/07 FINAL DOOM DCD GT SOFTWARE 96/06/10 WING COMM IV DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/12 LINKS LS DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE 96/06/14 RENEGD:JACOB DCD MINDSCAPE 96/06/15 HIND DCD INTERACTIVE MAGIC 96/06/15 CIV WAR MED DCD ENTERACTIVE INTERNATIONAL 96/06/15 ALIEN TRIL DCD DIGITAL PICTURES 96/06/15 BTLCRSR 3000 DCD TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 96/06/15 MAGIC GATHER DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE 96/06/15 CAS CHMP2PKR DCD INTRACORP,INC. 96/06/18 AFTER LIFE DCD LUCAS ARTS 96/06/19 PRO PINBL:WEB DCD ENTERACTIVE INTERNATIONAL 96/06/19 MEGA RACE 2 DCD MINDSCAPE 96/06/21 HARVESTER IBCD MERIT SOFTWARE 96/06/21 DUNGON KEEPR DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/21 KINGDOM MGC DCD GT SOFTWARE 96/06/22 BULL FROG PK DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/24 MECH 2 NET DCD ACTIVISION 96/06/25 FIREFIGHT DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/28 LST ADV LEGND DCD RANDOMSOFT 96/06/28 SPACEHULK 2 DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/07/01 PELICAN HILL DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE 96/07/01 GRAND PRIX 2 DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE 96/07/01 PINEHURST DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE 96/07/01 OVER REICH DCD AVALON HILL 96/07/20 AD&DCORERULESDCD TSR 96/07/28 QUAKE SHWR DCD ID SOFTWARE 96/08/01 JETFIGHTR III IBCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS 96/08/01 WARHAWK DCD SONY ELECTRONIC PUBLISH/ 96/08/01 TWISTD METAL DCD SONY ELECTRONIC PUBLISH/ 96/08/01 MAST/ORION 2 DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE 96/08/01 METAL LORDS DCD NEW WORLD COMPUTING INC. 96/08/01 LOST ADMRL II DCD AMERICAN LASER GAMES 96/08/20 NEED SPEED SE DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/09/01 VR BASEBALL DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS 96/09/01 GOLF NICK P DCD GT SOFTWARE 96/09/01 HIST WORLD DCD AVALON HILL 96/09/01 POWERSLAVE DCD PLAYMATES INTERACTIVE ENT 96/11/15 RAW PURSUIT DCD JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA 97/01/01 DEADLY SKIES DCD JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA 96/06/15 FTSY FBALL96 HCD ENTERACTIVE INTERNATIONAL 96/06/24 ELK MOON #1 HCD ACTIVISION 96/06/07 MORTIMER MCD LUCAS ARTS 96/06/18 AFTER LIFE MCD LUCAS ARTS 96/06/24 MUPPETS TRSR MCD ACTIVISION 96/06/30 GAB KNIGHT 2 MCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/07/01 TORIN'S PASS MCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/07/01 PELICAN HILL MCD ACCESS SOFTWARE 96/07/01 PINEHURST MCD ACCESS SOFTWARE 96/08/01 EMPIRE II MCD NEW WORLD COMPUTING INC. 96/08/01 HERO MHT MGC MCD NEW WORLD COMPUTING INC. 96/08/23 9 MCD GT SOFTWARE 96/09/01 MORT KMBT 3 MCD GT SOFTWARE 96/06/21 NETSCAPE NAV MAC VENTANA PRESS 96/06/01 GREGNORM GLF2WCD GROLIER ELECTRONIC PUB. INC. 96/06/04 JEWEL BUND WCD MICROFORUM 96/06/04 CATZ WCD VIRGIN GAMES 96/06/05 MCKENZ/FRNDS WCD AMERICAN LASER GAMES 96/06/10 WARHAMMR 40K MINDSCAPE 96/06/10 VOYEUR II WCD PHILIPS INTERACTIVE MEDIA 96/06/12 SCIFI TRIVIA WCD SIMON & SCHUSTER 96/06/15 QST.GLORYCOLL.WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/15 HOYLE-BLKJAK WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/15 HOYLE-SOLITREWCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/15 WOOD SHIP MEN WCD AVALON HILL 96/06/19 MARLOW WCD SIMON & SCHUSTER 96/06/20 STORM WCD AMERICAN SOFTWORKS CORP. 96/06/24 CIVIL WAR:LEE WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/24 MUPPETS TRSR WCD ACTIVISION 96/06/30 FPS BASEBAL96WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/30 LIGHTHOUSE TCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/30 INDY CAR 2 HCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/30 URBAN RUNNER WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/07/01 SHAKII WOLF WCD MICROFORUM 96/07/01 BTLGRD4 SHILH WCD ENTERACTIVE INTERNATIONAL 96/08/01 DAGGERFALL DCD BETHESDA 96/08/23 9 WCD GT SOFTWARE 96/06/05 DUKE SCNSVR W3 FORMGEN 96/05/30 CRL WP 7.0U W5C COREL SYSTEMS 96/05/30 ARCADE CLS W5C GT SOFTWARE 96/05/31 AMER CIVLWAR W5C INTERACTIVE MAGIC 96/06/04 FLIGHT UNLMT W5C VIRGIN GAMES 96/06/05 SIMISLE W5C MAXIS 96/06/10 ULT DOOM W95CD GT SOFTWARE 96/06/10 DOOM II W5C GT SOFTWARE 96/06/20 TRIP PLAY 97 W5C ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/24 MISSION FORC W5C SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/25 CLOSE CMBT W5C MICROSOFT 96/07/10 DIABLO W5C DAVIDSON 96/07/15 STAR CONTR 3 W5C WEA VIDEO 96/08/01 HEXEN W5C GT SOFTWARE 96/08/15 MORT KOMBT 3 W5C GT SOFTWARE 96/09/01 MORTIFICATOR W5C PLAYMATES INTERACTIVE ENT 96/10/01 STR TRK GEN W5C SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE 97/01/01 MINDWARP W5C MAXIS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>CORRECTIONS<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -I forgot to mention that the fakecd.exe included with the Dynasty release of Offensive, has the burlgar virus in it. Just use your own fakecd, or you can get their crack which doesn't need fakecd. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS MAGAZINE IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER, CONDONES THE PIRATING, STEALING, OR ANY OTHER ILLEGAL MEANS OF OBTAINING SOFTWARE. I AM IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF READING THIS MAGAZINE, NOR HAVE I DONE ANYTHING ILLEGAL TO OBTAIN THE REVIEWED GAMES. IF YOU LIKE HOW THE REVIEW OF A GAME SOUNDS THEN BY ALL MEANS PURCHASE IT AND SUPPORT THE SOFTWARE COMPANY. ANY AND ALL MAGAZINE GROUPS HAVE PERMISSION TO USE THIS IN THEIR MAGAZINE, AS LONG AS IT HAS NOT BEEN EDITED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, AND YOU HAVE OBTAINED MY WRITTEN EMAIL PERMISSION. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>CLOSINGS<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Big shout outs to Bleachboy and Poobis! -I'd like to thank Lunatic for his 2 reviews. -Here are the codes for Operation Carnage, released by Razor MORDOR TEACUP MEMORY DYNAMIC MATRIX HELPME CRYSTAL DOOMED MAJICA SUNFIRE SOLO STATIC NEURON MIDNIGHT RAMA WARFIRE THUNDER GRAFIX CITY FOUNDER MYTH QUEST XENON ULTIMATUM WATCHER ADVANCE PROPHET WEAVE -That's it for this week, hope it was of help. -Ionizer (The Game Reviewer) Comments/Complaints send to ionizer@ns2.clever.net (NO QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS) .a$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$a. $$' . `$$' `$$ ' `$$' s `$$ $' $ $$ $ $$ a a $$ $ $$ $ $ssss$$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $ o $$ $$ $ $ $$ sssss$$ $. $ $$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $$. $ ,$$ $ $$ $ $ $$. $ ,$$ $$&@%o%@&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&@%o%@&$$$ $$' o '$$$ $ $$' s `$$ `$$$$$ $$ $ $$$ $ $$ $ $$ $o $$$$$ $$ $ $$$ $ $$ $ $$ ~' o$$$$$ $$ $ $$$ $ $$ sssss$$ %. ^$$$$$ $$ $ $$$s s$$ $ $$ $$ $$$$$ $$. $ ,$$$$@. .@$$$. $ ,$$ $$ $$$$$ `$$&@%o%@&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&@%o%@&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$hd' Copyright 1996 Ionizer Inc. #167A939