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-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.
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(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
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BATTLE RACE *ENGLISH* . [40/40] & B.R ENGLISH TEXT HI-RES UPDATE[10/10]
(c) 1996 SOFT ENTERPRISES - DYNASTY 1996
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°° ÜÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ °°D
±± ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÜÛÛ ßÛÜÜß ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ±±þ
²² ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ²²S
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ßß ßßßß ÜßßÛÛ ß ß ß ß ßßß ß ÜßßÛÛ ßß
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This is very similar to Slipstream 2000, however, you are confined between
tight walls. There are around 10 different tracks to race on. You get to
choose your character and ship (whoopy) and race along the enclosed course.
There are signs that tell you "hard right" or "easy right" before turns to
help you out. Your going to need a decent computer to play this one. I'd
reccomend a p/90 for VGA, and a p/133 for SVGA in order to play at a fair
speed. It might seem fine on a 486 in practice mode, but once you get some
other competition when you race, it lags it down nicely. This is a pretty
good racing game, although the enclosure is kind of annoying. Most people
like to be able to freely run off track if they wish to. When you race
against others or the computer you are given weapons which you can freely
fire at them. To get you started you should know that the ?/ key (one next
to the right shift) will make you go forward and the .> will make you go in
reverse, although I don't know why you would need to. Also, if you are not
using a joystick, when you first load it, your mouse might keep moving to
the bottom right. It's a pain in the ass, but your going to have to, with
your funky moving mouse, to get to the control section in the options and
change your control to keyboard, once you do that, it's fine. The graphics
in this one, can become a bit repetitive, but if your looking for a nice race
game, similar to Slipstream 2K, then try this one out. I have no clue what
that HI-RES text addon does, but it's nothing noticeable. Be sure to get
the multiplayer addon for, der, multiplayers.
RATING: 67/100
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| Shanghai II : Dragon's Eye |
| (c) Activision |
+==================================+
Somehow instead of a mantis.nfo and a malice.nfo, this release got two nfos
from malice, one named malice.nfo and the other mantis.nfo. However, it's a
good thing you only need to arj this to root directory to get it to work.
It's a win/win95 puzzle game. You may remember the first Shanghai game, yeah
you remember that crap? I didn't know how to play it back then, and I'm
proud to say, I still don't have a fucking clue. There's a bunch of tiles,
and you do stuff with it (that about sums it up). I don't see why this had
to be 43 disks for just a little puzzle game. Anyway, it's not fun, unless
you know what the hell your doing. So, unless you've played the first one and
know how to play, don't bother with the second.
RATING: 41/100
BATTLEGROUND 4: SHILOH (C) TALONSOFT [18/18]
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In the tradition of war games, comes the fourth edition of Battleground.
However, there really isn't much <if any> difference b/t this one and the
previous one, other than the battle at hand. It's your typical war game,
with an eagle's eye view over the land and people. You must strategically
set up and utilize your army. There's not much more to say about it, you all
know what war games are like. One thing to note about this release, I'm not
sure who in Prestige thought it would be cute, but you may have read in the
nfo about a "daily double avi". The game needs to see the name of the .avi
it is supposed to run at certain points, however rather than put a blank one
byte .avi, PSG thought they'd put a nice Daily Double (from Jeopardy) .avi
that is 70k. This might all be fine and dandy, however there is a total of
145 avi's totalling OVER 10 MEGS. That's 10 totally useless megs, that could
have been as small as 100k. They could have simply done it for maybe one
.avi, but they went a little overboard and cost us about 6 more disks to d/l.
One other note, when I was playing there was a constant tick-tick noise in
the game, may have just been me, but it was really really annoying.
RATING: 58/100
Agile Warrior (C) INTERPLAY [xX/14]
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Confirmed, with out a doubt, a fake. Not sure who faked it, but it's fake.
RATING: FAKE/100
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Hoyle Blackjack (c) Sierra Online [4/4]
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This is an action shoot-em-up. Haha, no it's blackjack, what the hell else
would it be? Small, nice and to the point, animated characters that play
against the dealer with you, betting, and simple sounds. Nothing much more
to say, it's one of those games you might want just to throw into your Win
games directory.
RATING: 46/100
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ºDESTINATION: OCEAN (c) IMAGINATION EXPRESSº
º Sun. July. 14, 1996.º
º xx/38 º
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Supposed to be some program about the ocean. It asks for the cd after you're
done running setup.exe and try to run the imagine.exe and fakecd/subst doesn't
do shit as usual. So a big howdy doo, fuck you.
RATING: NA/100
F1 GRAND PRIX 2 RACING [24/24] & F1 GRAND PRIX 2 RACING: *110% CRACK FIX*
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Here's the somewhat awaited release of this excellent car racing game. I was
a little disappointed with the control methods, the keyboard setup would not
edit. The game has tons of configurations to play with to get it the way you
want it. The graphics are really only capable of being their best with a at
least a p/90. Less than that, makes it look similar to Stunts. The game has
the capability of being the best race car game ever, the question is, do you
have the time to play around with it, and the computer to handle it. If you
like racing car games, you of course have to get this, and if you don't, I
wouldn't go crazy trying to get this. To really enjoy this one, you need to
be able to throw up all the gfx and svga. If you don't the game won't seem
like anything special. Some negative points: the computer kinda controls your
car in a crash and stuff, so like you can't turn around and go the wrong way
on purpose to like have fun and crash into cars. Stupid steering controls for
keyboard are: a & z for accelrate and break, < & > for left and right. Over-
all, if you have a pentium/133 you can really truly enjoy this game the way
it was meant to be, less than that, you might have to enjoy it a little less.
Someone wanna buy me a p/166? <G>. That about covers it, it wasn't as good
as I thought it might be, but it's still very good, plenty of tracks, and
cars, plenty to do, it'll keep you busy for sure.
RATING: 82/100
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BICYCLE PINOCHLE (c) Swfte [xx/09]
I don't know how to play it, but I won 6 rounds in a row, or as they are call-
ed `tricks'. I suppose if for some strange reason you love Pinochle you
should get this, plenty of options, got modem and network, and it's nicely
put together. It's another card game to add to your collection for win/win95.
Voice commentation, sorta, tells ya who won and that's about it. If you don't
know what Pinochle is, don't bother.
RATING: 50/100
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central crime authority 96'
A.merica I.s D.ying S.lowly
rip for win95 disk [19/19]
-Here's what I have to say about this (Oh and it's also for win3.1). You'll
understand this if you've heard the song `Aids Kills':
"Stupid releases suck, word up respect this, the scene is dying slowly."
This is a retarded release <not just releasing to the scene, but the actual
making of it>. All it is, is a stupid bunch of interviews, information for
dumb people about aids and how to put on a condom, and the lyrics to the
tracks of the CD. This is stupid, a waste of money, and a waste of time.
I don't see what person, who would need to know this, would actually either
HAVE A COMPUTER or even go out and buy it. It's about as stupid as offering
a book on `why you should read books', the person who needs to read it would
not be reading it, der. Anyway getting back on track, I think their hearts
were in the right place, but their minds were on some nice heroine. Also
if you listen to the interviews, you'll realize the guys speaking are a bunch
of dumb blacks (not that I'm racist but it's true).
RATING: 31/100
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LINKS: LS 1997 (c) Access Software [xx/45]
Golf, golf, golf, how do I hate thee? Let me count the ways, 1, 2, 3, FOOORE!
Here's the newest edition of Links, of course there will be some EVEN newer
version in a couple of months that will cost a little more and will be even
better. This one includes Arnold Palmer taking swings, and all the moving
pictures use him. There are 3 different courses to choose from, all with
nice graphics (that can take a little time to load). You can practice and
do whatever ya want. You can go off track and smack the ball off a house or
plunk it into a river (fun things to do once you realize how boring the game
is). However it's still a great golf game, and perfect for daddy or grandpa.
The sound is average, with the usual nasty english accent comments, such as,
"You suck, you bloody bastard" and "God save the queen, you can't shoot for
crap!" j/k. Still, in order to really enjoy this one, it would be nice to
have the full cd.
RATING: 73/100
BICYCLE HEARTS AND SPADES (c) Swfte [07/07]
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This is another card game, same company as the Pinochle one. Not much more
to say about this, other than, I don't think anyone really wants it. It's
the same format and style as the other card game release. Same narration,
same opening .avi file. Once again, only get it if you want a Hearts and/or
Spades game.
RATING: 50/100
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Independent Releasing
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º Hoyle Blackjack Internet Beta º
º Sierra Online (c) <x1/01> º
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If I see one more fucking card game, TGR is going to look like this:
#%ERTGY$#YYRFDEFSDSEHFHRTJ@##@E%YHJ124%#643439325 b/c I'm going to throw up
all over the fucking place. Another frigging card game, blackjack if you
couldn't figure it out. It seems to be the exact same thing as the blackjack
released by Prestige, same company, same game, same...sa...zzzzzzz. Oh sorry,
umm anyway, stop releasing card games.
RATING: 46/100
Speed Rage (C) Telstar [01/20] & Speed Rage - Animation Pack [01/30]
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Speed Rage - Animation Pack [01/30] &
The packaging was fucked up and there was no arj .016, but I did it manually
and was able to only play parts of the game. The race part didn't seem to
work, it would hit me back into dos when I tried to load it. I was able to
try the qualifying, and after that, I wasn't really enthused to get it to work
100%. It's a simple racing game, with either a dune buggy or a boat. The
turning however is too sharp and too sensitive, I kept smacking into the
fucking sides every time I tried to round a corner. Nothing special for
this one, graphics not impressive either. It does have nice support for
modem/network play however. Only bother if your desperate. The animation
pack addon was more impressive than the game itself.
RATING: 44/100
Tracksuit Manager 2 (C) Alternative [1/1]
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Did you ever want to manage a soccer team from scratch and control every
asset and have every responsibility of the team? No? Well tough shit, this
game let's you do all that. Ugly ass graphics and shitty music make this
one a dirty mofo. Make sure you have your mouse loaded, b/c Hybrid's little
closing comment at the end covers up the "Must have mouse loaded" notice.
Anyway, you get your office, you make the deals to play in whatever cups or
charity events, etc. You hire, you fire, you make money, you lose money.
Don't you just hate these games that are more of a job then they are fun?
RATING: 37/100
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Reviewer's System info:
Hardware: p-90, 16M ram, 512k cache, Diamond 64 2m Dram, Awe32, 17" ADI, EIDE
Software: 95 OEM Service Pack 2 beta3 (includes directX2, and all that stuph)
All the latest drivers for the above hardware.
Ratings: 100-90= LEECH THIS NOW! 89-70= Check it
69-50= Ehh maybe 49-30= Prolly not
29-0= Forget it!! 0= Don't Work
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Here is the all new, win95 version of this
hit game from Maxis Software! Enjoy!
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First question: You got about 413 megz free? That's what it takes for the
zips (70M), rar files (70M), and the install directory (273M). Also, reflux
lied, in the .nfo. It says 200M needed, even at the bare minumum, you'd
need 273M.. But I suppose no one'd leech it if it said 300 would they?
Second question: Do you really want to play this? Well, maybe. I personally
ain't a big fan of the SimXXXX games, but this one don't look all that bad.
There's quite a few different islands, each with a different thing you're
supposed to do. Raise population, build cities, increase productivity, and/or
anything else they throw your way. The interface could've been a little more
intuitive, the toolbar was a nice touch though. The grafix in this one wasn't
anything new, or spectacular, but the background music was halfway decent.
Scrolling up/down, left/right was kinda choppy on my p90, and the music stops
if you have a titlebar menu showing for too long. I really wasn't into this
game too much after realizing 400+ megz were used, and a 15 minute unrar.
So, I didn't really spend as much time with this one as I should've, and got
kinda frustrated at the whole mess. Path0s blew his cool.. Imagine that.
Note: This would however burn to CD quite nicely. When you install this game,
it only copies over about 10M to another dir and runs the rest offa the "CD".
So, you don't need the whole thing on your HD. Then again, would you really
wanna smoke a rom for this??
** Points: 32-For Juan Juarez 54-If you got a CDR 75-If you like SimX+CDR
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Chessmaster 5000 for Win95 [01/16]
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Ahhh finally drifting out through all the spag this week comes something
worthwhile and leave it to Razor to bring it to you (Gee, do I sound like a
nfo file yet?) This is a fine release though. Too many options to list here,
but they include modem/netplay, many music selections, many different
3d boards and pieces, exp levels, a tutorial level, and some other stuff I
didn't try, like the ability to create a character with strengths and
weaknesses. It's pretty straightforward if you just wanna sit down and play
though. I'm not a real big chess fan (cuz I can't really play too well), but
I might sit down with this for a while and learn.
- PS to Razor: Nice supah hax0r on the Install Shield!
** Points: 82 -Prolly more if you're a chess fan!
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MW2: GHOST BEAR'S LEGACY for Win 95 [xx/38]
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Well, the game does work, but there's a few menu screens that are all screwed
up. I couldn't really do much except the combat simulator (maybe you have to
be a certain rank or something before they give you real missions?). The
combat stuff is pretty decent (not as good as earthseige 2 though). Pretty
cool fireworks display when you blow a mech up. It's got all the nifty sounds
and that computer generated female voice. The graphics weren't all that
spectacular (again, I didn't get to play any of the real missions). It's got
the usual stuff, mech building, etc.. This game didn't really do much for me,
the graphics could've been much better. If you just wanna sit down and play a
game, it'd be alright, but if you're looking for a good mech sim, get
Earthseige 2 from a while back ago, it's much better.
* Note: This game was ripped after install, which is good cuz you don't need
alot of extra room for install files.
** Points: 71 -Not that bad, but not that great.
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MIND GRIND FOR WINDOWS 95'
(c) MICROFORUM [XX/44]
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Dunno exactly what the deal is with this, only part of it was upped to the
net, and then when it was supposedly finished, all the files weren't there.
If it's all upped by next week (hey it could happen), I'll catch it then.
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Welp, that's all she wrote for this week.. My pick of the week would have
to be A.I.D.S.. HAHA NOT! What's up with all the nonworking shit and general
spag lately? Come on, have a little pride in your work. All the leechers
depend on you, the groups, to provide us with quality. It's getting to the
point where I have to give at least a 50 to a game if it just works. Blah..
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A few quick greetz to: The entire #W5Net, Ionizer, RCN, my mommie, Corps,
^Rc, Mason, kilmer, CybrBich, and everyone else striving to make the scene
the best it can be!
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<*>THE GAME OF THE WEEK<*>
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Let's see what shall we pick this week... how about all those really cool
card games? Nah, hmmm we could do the obvious GOTW...but wouldn't it be fun
to pick something that wasn't obvious? Ok, ok, I'll just pick what deserves
it already. GOTW this week, week ending of July 21st, week the olympics
started, the week a TWA (Try Walking Across) plane blew up, goes tooooooo...
RAZOR for their release of FORMULA 1: GRAND PRIX 2 RACING. Even though it
was originally released unworking <as in you can't move forward or back> a
crack was issued quickly enuf that by the time you were done d/l it was out.
Congratulations on getting it out so quick and for the good job.
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<*>OTHER RELEASES<*>
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-Poldy Starpress Multimedia (OGC, kiddie shit.)
-Warcraft 2: Azeroth's Revenge (L0D, game addon.)
-Warcraft 2: WZone Addon levels (Level addon.)
-Silent Thunder (Dupe)
-F1GP2 Animation Pack (TRD, Animations, had deleted the game already)
-Mech2 Ghostbear's Legacy WIN95 (PSG, addon) and Video Addon (TRD)
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<*>UPCOMING RELEASE DATES<*>
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-All projected dates are as of JULY 7TH 1996, 8:15am (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
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96/07/17 MORE WARCRFT2 DCD MICROSTAR
96/07/18 STEEL PANTH CAM CD MINDSCAPE
96/07/19 KNIGHTS CHSE DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/07/22 COMMANCHE2.0 DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/07/22 SHELLSHOCK DCD U.S. GOLD INC.
96/07/22 AD&DCORERULESDCD TSR
96/07/22 CAS CHMP2PKR DCD INTRACORP,INC.
96/07/23 GRAND PRIX 2 DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
96/07/24 OFFENSIVE DCD GTE INTERACTIVE MEDIA
96/07/25 LINKS LS DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/07/25 CIV WAR MED DCD ENTERACTIVE INTERNATIONAL
96/07/25 TRS PK:GNB 3&4 MINDSCAPE
96/07/29 RETURN FIRE DCD GT SOFTWARE
96/07/30 NORMALITY DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/08/01 LST ADV LEGND DCD RANDOMSOFT
96/08/01 HARVESTER IBCD MERIT SOFTWARE
96/08/01 WARHAWK DCD SONY ELECTRONIC PUBLISH/
96/08/01 TWISTD METAL DCD SONY ELECTRONIC PUBLISH/
96/08/01 BULL FROG PK DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/08/01 METAL LORDS DCD NEW WORLD COMPUTING INC.
96/08/01 DUNGON KEEPR DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/08/01 LOST ADMRL II DCD AMERICAN LASER GAMES
96/08/01 TMEK DCD GT SOFTWARE
96/08/01 PANDORA DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/08/02 PELICAN HILL DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/08/02 PINEHURST DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/08/06 MANIC KARTS DCD VIRGIN GAMES
96/08/15 DEADLOCK DCD WEA VIDEO
96/08/15 BTLCRSR 3000 DCD TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
96/08/16 HIND DCD INTERACTIVE MAGIC
96/08/19 MEGA RACE 2 DCD MINDSCAPE
96/08/20 BEDLAM DCD GT SOFTWARE
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
96/09/05 ALIEN TRIL DCD DIGITAL PICTURES
96/09/15 MAST/ORION 2 DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
96/09/15 MAGIC GATHER DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
96/09/15 OVER REICH DCD AVALON HILL
96/09/20 QUAKE SHWR DCD ID SOFTWARE
96/09/28 JETFIGHTR III DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/09/30 BLOOD/MAGIC DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
97/01/01 DEADLY SKIES DCD JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA
96/07/25 QIN:TOMB/KING WCD WEA VIDEO
96/08/20 CHESSMATES TCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/08/27 DEVO:SMART HCD WEA VIDEO
96/03/11 HOYLES CLASS MCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/08/01 MARATHN INFN MCD BUNGIE
96/08/01 EMPIRE II MCD NEW WORLD COMPUTING INC.
96/08/01 HERO MHT MGC MCD NEW WORLD COMPUTING INC.
96/08/02 PELICAN HILL MCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/08/02 PINEHURST MCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/08/08 KINGDOM/MAGC MCD GT SOFTWARE
96/08/19 MUPPETS TRSR MCD ACTIVISION
96/08/23 9 MCD GT SOFTWARE
96/08/27 MUMMY MCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/09/01 MORT KMBT 3 MCD GT SOFTWARE
96/09/01 LOST EDEN MCD VIRGIN GAMES
96/09/30 BLOOD/MAGIC MCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/03/05 DRUMBEAT M3 DEADLY GAMES
96/10/01 SIDWNDR GAMEPAD MICROSOFT
96/07/10 SCIFI TRIVIA WCD SIMON & SCHUSTER
96/07/17 URBAN RUNNER WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/07/17 MCKENZ/FRNDS WCD AMERICAN LASER GAMES
96/07/18 VOYEUR II WCD PHILIPS INTERACTIVE MEDIA
96/07/30 LIGHTHOUSE TCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/07/30 SHADOAN WCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/07/31 CIVIL WAR:LEE WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/08/01 DAGGERFALL DCD BETHESDA
96/08/01 WOOD SHIP MEN WCD AVALON HILL
96/08/05 TOPSY TURVY WCD DISNEY SOFTWARE
96/08/19 MUPPETS TRSR WCD ACTIVISION
96/08/23 9 WCD GT SOFTWARE
96/08/27 MUMMY WCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/09/15 ENCARTA97 DX WCD MICROSOFT
96/09/15 NOIR WCD CYBERDREAMS
96/07/19 TOTL PINBALL W5C 21ST CENTURY
96/07/22 OLYMPIC SOCC W5C U.S. GOLD INC.
96/07/23 TRIP PLAY 97 W5C ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/07/30 CHSS MSTR 5000 W5C MINDSCAPE
96/08/01 HEXEN W5C GT SOFTWARE
96/08/01 PUBLISHER 97 W5C MICROSOFT NS
96/07/31 CIVIL WAR:LEE WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/08/01 DAGGERFALL DCD BETHESDA
96/08/01 WOOD SHIP MEN WCD AVALON HILL
96/09/01 MORTIFICATOR W5C PLAYMATES INTERACTIVE ENT
96/09/01 DEATHTRP DNG W5C U.S. GOLD INC.
96/09/01 TERRACIDE W5C U.S. GOLD INC.
96/09/15 CINEMANIA 97 W5C MICROSOFT
96/09/15 GREET WKSHP W5C MICROSOFT
96/09/15 DIABLO W5C DAVIDSON
96/09/15 REVERENCE W5C CYBERDREAMS
96/09/20 ENCARTA 97 STD W5C MICROSOFT
96/09/27 WRLD ATLS 2.0W5C MICROSOFT
96/09/27 AUTOMP ST +5 W5C MICROSOFT
96/09/27 AUTOMP ST+DX W5C MICROSOFT
96/09/27 AUTOMP TRP5.0 W5C MICROSOFT
96/10/01 STR TRK GEN W5C SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
96/10/01 DOMINION 7TH LEVEL
97/01/01 MINDWARP W5C MAXIS
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<*>CORRECTIONS<*>
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<*>CLOSINGS<*>
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-That's it for this week, hope it was of help.
-Ionizer (The Game Reviewer)
Comments/Complaints send to ionizer@ns2.clever.net (NO GAME REQUESTS)
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