Nintendo 64: truth
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I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule. CONSOLE WORLD 64 - Special Report.
The Truth: Why the 'Offical Charts' are nothing more then Propaganda, and its very obvious for who.
Introduction
Are you sick of being brainwashed by some lamers who are so clueless and stupid, trying to make 'official charts'?, do you even care?. We've sat quietly for a few months now, watching lameness engulf the n64 scene. Sadly the n64 scene will never be anything close to the good old days of the SNES/SEGA.
However, upon recently looking at the April issue of the so called 'OFFICIAL' charts, we decided to set some facts straight. We also decided to add some of our thoughts to this special issue of Console World. We hope you have a laugh, as well as appreciate the difficulty of gettings some of the old staff members to contribute to this short txt file.
These so called 'BEEP' charts are clearly done by either some one who is very clueless and has nothing else better to do, or as evidence seems to point towards a certain group, or large suporters of that group. Without dropping any names directly, we will let you be the judge.
We've basically gone through the April charts, pointed out some problems, and added some old Console World scene tidbits, we hope no one takes these to seriously as its all meant in good fun. We've tried to keep the facts as legit as possible, if there are some errors we apologize.
We hope in the end you have a good laugh and enjoy them, and maybe they will point out some current problems and lameness within the n64scene.
After all we want the n64scene to improve and get better, perhaps this is just our way of helping out :).
April 1998 Corrections:
A few reasons why these charts should be nuked, deleted and banned, and why they are nothing close to 'OFFICIAL'.
- Aggression did not release Quake 64 PAL, TL (Trsi+Lightforce) did.
- Pawafuru Puroyaku 5 was given 8 points, it needed a fix file, -2 points.
- MSFTUG + SONCRAP should not be joined together as one, its simple why not. "You can't have both worlds". Soncrap suggests that the releases are to lame, or not of a high enough Quality to be released under the MSFTUG premiere label, so its like tossing the scraps and garbage to another label, SONCRAP. No pride or respect is taken in the SONCRAP releases, due to this fact its stupid to suggest that even tho both groups have the same members, that they should be counted together. If MSFTUG was smart and had a clue, which for the most part they do not, they would just release all their files under the MSFTUG label, of course the refuse, why?, because the files that SC releases are lame, and they want to make the image and MSFTUG label more respectful and higher quality. So any smart person can see, that combining these together is very stupid. Hey while your at it, why not combine Atx+Swat, PDX, SNK and a few others, since many of the members were indeed the same. For a true COOP, look at other groups such as ATX/SWAT on consoles, or COOP ( Angels, Genesis and Defjam ) on AMIGA, or the early days of TDT/TRSI, when they were a team.
- SONCRAP+MSFTUG should not be given any points for the SC release of 1080 snowboarding. The JAP and USA rom are of course the exact same file, byte for byte. If any of these groups had a clue, or the people who wrote these lame-fake charts they would of researched this. It was fairly obvious when looking at the JAP cart that contained a language option. Of course if any of these people had a clue about the console scene, or the console industry in general, they would have remembered Super Metroid. Super Metroid was another Nintedo game that was released with a language ENGLISH/JAP option. There may have been a few more games released this way, but for now that is not important. The point is the files are the EXACT same and the Japan and USA roms are 100% the same. If you do not believe me do a simple file compare on your pc, as I have done below.
- If you notice at the bottom of these lame charts, MSFTUG+SONCRAP is for 1. combined in its totals (which should not be the case) as well as 2. the total reflects all of MSFTUG+SONCRAPS releases since the beginning of the scene. Anthrox+Swat are missing over ~150 points of releases from their total. This may seem like a small mute point, hoever this is a chart, it reflects facts, stats and numbers. NOT some boys fantasy world or idea of Fiction.
D:\truth>fc /b msftug61.v64 sc-1080.v64 Comparing files MSFTUG61.V64 and sc-1080.v64 FC: no differences encountered
April 1998 Additions and Articles:
If these charts were real, the might contain alittle information about the struggling Nintendo 64 scene.
- In recent developments TRSI and LIGHTFORCED have merged with an old amiga group, FUSION. now they are known as TLF. Many people question yet again another merger, 4 intotal. Tristar, Redsector, Lightforce and now Fusion. Most think its a joke and very lame looking and most would suggest or ask the question, why dont you just make a new name and a new group.
- For those of you who do not remember FUSION on the Amiga, your not alone. Our research of the Amiga and related scenes, shows that in mid 1992 FUSION had a brief stretch of English releases, before then a few French releases. Only when PHIL DOUGLAS (DLM, Crystal) cracked for FUSION, did this group ever make any waves, their biggest Amiga releases included EPIC From Ocean and Fire and Ice from Craftgold. Other then a brief AMIGA stint, it seems FUSION has 0 console experience.
Q: did Phil Douglas really drive to France, from Belgium to crack EPIC? If so thats devotion.
- Word of mouth and word on the streets are suggesting that FUSION considers itself a BIG player, enough to shift the balance of power in the Nintendo 64 scene. As of May 1st, the new COOP of TLF released Clayfighters Sculptures Edition, which will be avialable at your local Blockbuster in may. Along with this releases has come such statements as 'AGS will die', 'EB'S aren't fast enough to beat us' and other such strong statements.
- With some hard work, we were able to obtain a statement from one of the leaders of AGS, Shadow Trooper. The message that was relayed was this, Supplying Inside releases, betas or finals is dangerous for all involved, and we have friends throughout the industry who intrust us with many fresh games, weeks before any store recieves them. However we have the smarts not to release them. If Fusion or anyone else wants to release inside games, then be our guests, we have done it for years, can do it now if we please, but in our old age, we have gotten smarter. Before Shadow Trooper ended his chat, he suggested very quietly "do you remember the Clayfighter BETA released by MSFTUG in October of 97?, well that was not final either, Paradox released the US final."
With that parting shot, seems their is some tension growing?.
- We find it odd that a group who has a very less-then average history thinks so highly of themselves, to even try to muscle in on some of the scene legends, especially when it comes to CONSOLE. However, time will tell if T-L- and FUSION can produce what they claim, and end groups such as AGS, Hitsquad or any other american releasers.
- After some research into the claims of Clayfighter being final or beta, we of course do not know, when the final is out in stores, it will be compared and checked at that time. We would like to mention however, that FUSION made its big comeback to the ORGANIZED SCENE, with a OEM, or beta type release of TONIC TROUBLE. Which on PC, most groups are calling lame.
- Don't get us wrong, there are a lot of good people in TLF and other groups we discuss here in Console World. But we have taken it upon ourselves to talk about the issues, and display the facts and truths. We wish FUSION well, and only time will tell how well they do, some of their members are really cool, and want to be 'famous' in the scene. One fact we seem to have discovered these days is, where Europeans want fame and feel they are untouchable, Americans and the like just want to get the job done quietly, without the fame.
- Crazy nation once again showed its talent by fixing Virtual Wrestling released in december of 97, and also of course cracking 1080 snowboarding. We really respect these guys, and are glad they are around.
- The question was asked to us: Do you think its cool to release uncracked n64 roms.
Our response was: Not really, however the way the scene is now, the time it takes to crack nintendo protection, we feel its needed. Getting the ROM out to the public, available for all crackers and coders to work on is a must. We dont foresee Nintendo's or Rare's protection getting any easier, nor do we expect the current cartridge layout to remain the same.
- We present to you the truth as well as asking many questions, getting you do think about things and not be blinded by the propaganda you see being spread around. The scene is alot of talk, most of it is just hot air, the only way to make people believe is to provide the goods, to do the job well.
- As for other news for the month of April, not much else happened, the n64 scene saw yet another game needing a crack (Courtside).
Signed: Console World Staff, 93-98
We've quickly expressed our thoughts and opinions, if we made alot of mistakes and typos, please forgive us. Our official view on these bogus charts is: We feel the people who make such lies and bullshit, as well as anyone stupid enough to trade these charts, shouldnt be apart of the console scene, not now, not 5 years ago. Quite frankly, its obvious to us who it is, and its just another example of how lame some groups are. Sitting there seeing people in #doctor64 being brainwashed to such crap is funny. But the end result is getting the titles and the games. We also feel that cracks and fixes arent for everybody, as much as we would like to see the days of old, where cracks and fix and games were for a selected eliete and few, we know those days are dead. We respect groups such as Quasar, Trsi and even Fusion for wishing and trying to change things, but in thend, this is 98. The scene is open, wide open for the entire public. Any idiot with a modem or internet connection can get warez and information they should not be able to get, without being apart of the 'club'. Its sad to see those days gone, but oh well, good luck to all who try to change it, or who keep on releasing quality titles. We appreciate it and hope you continue to do a good job and have some friendly competition.
Goodbye, till next time we are needed.
To be official, you have to tell the truth, not myth. Nuff said.
