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                         iSSUE 17 - w33k: 19 Mar - 25 Mar
 


  Need For Speed - Porsche Unleashed (c) EA 

  CLS vs MYTH

  <HiV> anyone can tell me if myth nfs5 is euro final and cls is usa final?

  <Barney> that is correct

  <FlaVoR> i can tell u that they looks different :/
  <FlaVoR> logo title
  <HiV> that's all:P ?
  <FlaVoR> I didnt go further with CLS version :)
  
  <darkfred> MYTH ver doesnt work for me but CLS is ok

  <HcD> myth was beta :-)
  <HiV> u did read nfo or u know more?
  <HcD> i tried them multiplayer
  <HcD> would't work
  <HcD> cls did with iso tho
  <HcD> so cls must be final

  <Gota> cls is better anyway
  <Gota> so who cares :)
  <HiV-_-> ehm
  <HiV-_-> better like?
  <Gota> just 2 minor changes :)
  <Gota> execpt menus gfx
  <Gota> car's driving is a bit different
  <Gota> and game is a bit less laggy
  <Gota> that's what i noticed

  I'm not going to buy it, I don't know how to handle this, prolly all in all,
  now that both are out, cls is a better choice, even if it can be prolly cal-
  led dupe

  Myth point of view was in my question... euro.final, here is cls info

   Like Myth's beta, we could not get this under 50 disks. While we did
   compress it better than Myth's release, it still couldn't get it under 50
   disks. Since the beta was over the limit, this game deserves to be over the
   limit as well since it's well-anticipated. When the disk limit will be
   raised remains to be seen. We'll try to upheld to the 50 disk limit unless
   it isn't possible.

   Myth should be ashamed. Yet again they burn the scene by slipping out a
   game that is claimed to be final, when it isn't. CLASS wants everyone
   to play the final version that they can find in stores, not a hacked-up
   version stamped as beta. Now Myth has been caught again, and look who
   has to clean up the mess.

   The proof that Myth's NFS5 was beta? Check the version # in version.txt:
   Myth: 3.0
   Class: 3.2

   There are multiple difference in the cars and in text. Binary differences
   in the PORSCHE.EXE. You also can not play multiplayer if one side has FINAL
   and other side is using myth's BETA. Differences in the car data. This could
   possibly cause problems down the road when updates are released. Screenshots
   have been included so you can see the differences.

  oke ? <hiv>

  I will give two points to class for doing a better rip, while game points 
  will go to MYTH, if anyone has an euro.final version (from a store!), pls
  tell me the truth. Anyway... take CLASS (!). 

 


  CLASS
     ______  /|  ___   /\______ /\______
    /      \/ | / _ \ /   _____/   _____>
   /    |_ /  |/  |  \\____  \ \____  \
  <     | <   /   |   /   |   \/   |   \
   \  _____\_<____|___\_____  /\_____  /
  +=\/======================\/=======\/==+

  POINTS RELEASE
     5.0 KA-52 TEAM ALLIGATOR (C) GT INTERACTIVE           [xx/47]
    -2.0 KA-52 TEAM ALLIGATOR REG FIX                              *Needed*
     6.0 STAR WARS: FORCE COMMANDER (C) LUCASARTS          [xx/45]
     4.5 Championship Bass (c) EA Sports                   [xx/30]
     2.0 Need For Speed - Porsche Unleashed (c) EA         [xx/  ]
     1.5 Hoyle_Crosswords-CLS
     5.0 Mike_Stewarts_Pro_BodyBoarding_International-CLS  [xx/  ] *Review Next Week*
     0.1 Life.or.Death.2.Cheatcodes-CLS
     0.1 Panzer_Campaigns_Smolensk_41_v1.03_Update_Cracked-CLS
     0.5 Need_For_Speed_High_Stakes_v4.43_Cracked-CLS
     0.1 Star_Wars_Force_Commander_All_Missions_Cheat-CLS
     0.1 Star_Trek_Armada_Level_Cheats-CLS
     0.2 Need_For_Speed_5_Porsche_Unleashed_All_Tracks_And_Cars_Cheat-CLS
     0.3 Majesty_v1.1_Update_Cracked-CLS
     0.1 Star_Trek_Armada_Cheat_Codes-CLS
     0.3 HOMM3_The_Shadow_of_Death_Trainer-CLS
     0.2 Dirt_Track_Racing_v1.03_Update_Cracked-CLS
  
    24.0 TOTAL

  COMMENT:

  Star Wars FC
  Maybe some one was waiting for this... not me and I think I would have been 
  as much happy without ever seeing this game. There's not much bad about it,
  but still it doesn't feel too playable. Well, it's another game  like  c&c,
  this  time  we  have  a good 3d feeling with a camera that can be moved all 
  over  with  just 34 keys. The  games  take  more than a psx game to load, I 
  would  love  to  know  just  why, since there's nothing huge on it... (poor 
  coding?). The tutorial is exactly how it should not be, instead of thinking
  of  yourself  as  a gamer, they  take you for a full dork and explain every 
  single key press, pretending u to try everything before you can go on (even
  changing one of your unit name...). Maybe it's just the  phase  in  that is 
  too  slow, but  for  sure  after  half an hour of game play I did not still 
  think I will keep this on my hard disk. Everything goes at  a slow  pace :/
  Good graphics, no  music, too 'over.bass' sounds, slow  gameplay, I  hope a 
  good plot but I will not play 10 hours to end first missions :X <hiv>

  KA.52
  the game
  Unzip and install using installer, or manually unace. Run mp3unpack.exe
  to decompress the sounds. Run clska52.reg to fix the registry. Place team2.exe
  found in disk 1 to the installed dir and overwrite. Make sure you run
  laucher to setup video and such . Run team2.exe to play the game!
  the fix
  Simply run REGSETUP.EXE in the game dir, then you can select a video driver
  and launch the game from LAUNCHER.EXE.
  6 lines of how to and you're ready to play =) <hiv>
  
  its an ok helicopter sim, you got the usuall set of training, instant action, 
  combat and campaign missions, no manual/docs included and no option to change 
  the controls so you have to go over the training mission inorder to find  out 
  how to control the  chopper (with a heavy accent russian co-pilot as the nar-
  rator, not a  pleasent  experience). gfx are ok, nicely  rendered objects and 
  terraines. theres no  3d  showcase  of  the  pre  mission stuff (like pilots, 
  weapons, scenarios etc), its  only shown as text+2d so it kinda sucks. sounds 
  are in, nothing  exceptional (plus  training  briefings, dont  follow the co-
  pilots orders tho, he'll eventually  swear ya  in  russian hehe). no music or 
  movies, you will need the reg fix for this one. <pst>

  Bass
  It's  still  bass (all said), but  it's  really well done, u actually see the 
  fishes looking at your worm, graphic is decent 3d stuff, music and sounds who
  cares, gameplay  is  not bad  at all with many options. In such a week I will 
  not play it twice, but still a nice release. <hiv>
 

 


   MYTH
                    
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  POINTS RELEASE
      -  STAR WARS: FORCE COMMANDER (C) LUCASARTS                  [xx/  ] *yellow*
      -  Microsoft Baseball 2001 (c) Microsoft                     [xx/45] *dupe ?*
    8.0  Need For Speed - Porsche Unleashed (c) EA                 [xx/62]
    1.0  Need.For.Speed.5.Music.Addon-MYTH                         [xx/  ]
    6.5  Star Trek Armada (c) Activision                           [xx/40]
    6.0  Imperium Galactica II (c) Digital Reality/Infogrames      [xx/35]
    1.0  Imperium.Galactica.II.Music.Addon-MYTH                    [xx/23]
    4.0  Nascar 2000 (c) EA Sports                                 [xx/25]
    1.0  Nascar.2000.Sounds.Addon-MYTH                             [xx/13]
    5.0  Heroes of Might & Magic III - The Shadow of Death (c) 3DO [xx/50] *addon/standalone*
    8.0  Thief 2 (c) Eidos Interactive                             [xx/65]   
    0.2  Star.Wars.Force.Commander.Update.v1.1.Cracked-MYTH       
  
   40.7  TOTAL

  COMMENT: 
   
  STAR WARS
  Supposed to be a nuke with some yellow shit hanging around the screen.

  NFS Porsche
  We and a certain other group have been in talks over new rules for a
  long time now. We felt it was time to come to a decision and there 
  could be no better way to introduce new rules than doing it with the 
  best racing game of the year, NFS Porsche 2000 ! 
  A bit gay to introduce it to get a release approved ^ ^

  Whoopie, reaally well done. As you can guess it's a driving came, should
  be the fifth installment of the need for speed series, this time we have
  all  cars  from  porsche  from  1959 to today. The models are reproduced 
  fairly well and u can even look inside the cars (try  clicking  with the
  mouse). The racing graphics are really well done with some great  textu-
  res that looks really 3Diesque. There are various tracks and  all  looks
  really cute, the sounds are really good if u have not a  sub.woofer, the
  gameplay is really solid with many options. You can play  at  32 bit gfx
  modes and the game is still fast on a  humble k6-2. Gran  Turismo  2 has 
  more cars, but this has really better gfx, maybe a simulation  mode like
  with GT2 would have been a nice plugin. Go Final.Users start downloading
  maybe you will have it on hard disk in a couple days of full leech :X 
  Just 247mb once unpacked <hiv>

  Imp. Galactica 2
  CLS said beta...
  Not really a big-name game, this game proves to be more than its worth 
  and more than expected. Developed by GT Interactive, the object of the 
  game is to build  your  empire and defeat all enemies. An RTS based in 
  space, the game  reminds me  very much  of that  other space-based rts 
  game (i forgot  the name). Also, the  game  has  a  cool  tutorial and 
  interface that will greatly help newbies in getting  used to the game. 
  Also, you  can  create  your own  ships  and units. All in all, it's a 
  good game. <amy>

  Nascar
  I was  expecting one  more  crappy  nascar game, and  when i saw menus i 
  told  myself 'holy  shit  I was right :/'. In fact, GFX are  ok, driving 
  is even  a pleasure. But it  remains a  nascar game, and it  bored me 10 
  mins later, it can't be compared to NFS5, THE  drivin' game of the week.
  Also it's a semi-rape, since MYTH ripped off not only music but speeches 
  and  commentaries, while  they  could have put them in, keeping an under
  -the-faction-rules-release. Game is  a  bit  better with the sound addon 
  cause you  don't  hear only engines. So next  time try not  to rush like 
  that and you may get a better note. <gota>

  S.T. Armada
  Again another C&C like game. Pros are good  gfx,  appealing  history for
  trekkies, the firts levels are easy.tutorials.like, decent sounds, music
  is there. Cons (at least on my system) are  some  buggies (like the  nfo
  said...)... the game crashed in 800x600 when swapping back  to menu, and
  the text looks like shit (there's an alternate font flag check on menu).
  Nothing new in gameplay, as I said good gfx, really nice plot,  speeches
  are damn clear (I can understand wtf they say!), music is what is needed
  on a trekkie game, cut-scenes in 3d are lovely. Maybe a  jewel on  other 
  weeks, this  week  it is just a silver game :) <hiv>

  Thief II
  I think by now u should know Thief, the 3d game where you need to switch
  brain on... the  only  trouble  here is  my brain missing... I was never 
  able to go far with Thief I, I bet I will not go far with II too :X  The
  gfx is way better even if there's no 32 bit option, no music, sounds are
  really good and  essentials  in gameplay. About  gameplay itself, well I 
  bet you must like this genre of games, but  still  it's  damn solid. The 
  first level is tutorial.like even if not easy enough for myself :)  Will
  get an high rank since it was more than expected... Nothing better  than
  playing it to know if u want it or  now :) This should  be  the  biggest 
  release  ever  so  far  and  it  even takes full 15 minutes to run whole 
  setup.bat. 713mb once unpacked! <hiv>
 
  Homm3 SOD 
  Standalone Addon for homm3 (sold standalone, not made like that by MYTH)
  It's a slow  ad&d game,  there's not much new from Homm3, as indeed this 
  is mostly an addon. Go recruit some skeletons and hunt for crypts, if  u
  have  lots  of  time  this  sort of games are a must. Gfx is ok being 2d 
  sprites, but nothing more is needed as far as gfx goes, sounds  are just
  plain, music is relaxing, speech were ripped. All in all a good game <hiv>


 


  DiViNE

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  POINTS RELEASE
     2.0 Browning_Turkey_Hunter_Deluxe-DVN
    -0.5 Hunt_Challenge_Series_Regfile_Fix-DVN
  
         TOTAL

  COMMENT:
  WTF :/ Everyone did a lot and you.... Divinhunte

 


  RAZOR 1911

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  \__/\   \/  \______\___/\__/\   \/ / /_/_/
  ======\___)===\__)============\___)=\/======

  POINTS RELEASE
     0.3 Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_3_v1.3_Update_Cracked-RAZOR
  
         TOTAL
     
  COMMENT:
  ? ISO ?

   
 


  PRECiSE

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  POINTS RELEASE
    6.0  Microsoft_Baseball_2001-PRECiSE [xx/39]
  
         TOTAL

  COMMENT:
  FLT made 3 isos release in few hours, precise was able to rip one first,
  still using FLT crack... just a proof they're not dead.
  ? Slushy ?
  
  MS Baseball
  Nuked for stealing the crack..., well, may I say my opinion? ***NO*** Ok 
  I'll go on anyway... Our scene is not about piracy? And  'stealing'  the
  crack, didn't make the game come out some hours before in the rip scene?
  The crack was already done, a mind was abused to crack the game, why the
  hell should another guy blow himself to do it again? Mainly, as far as I
  know (not much...) it's 'that' iso group that doesn't want other  people
  to use their cracks... but still, why? Furthermore  that  group is  in a 
  friendly  mood  with CLS, not  with  MYTH that did get it out first with 
  their own crack. <hiv>

   *we didn't test PCS version, if it's not working points are for myth*
   *please let me know -hiv-*

  For all you baseball fans out there, this is definitely one  of the best 
  baseball sims out there. Not only does it feature  an  expanded  feature 
  set which include the award-winning Baseball  Mogul simulation, but  the 
  game also features  great  graphics, sounds, and seamless  gameplay. The 
  player  animations  are all  motion-captured, only  got a few complaints 
  such as flat audiences but all in all it's a very good game. <amy>

 


  SCAR
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  \    _____/___\    ____/____\______   /\    _       /
   \_______    //   /       /           \/    \      /
   /          //           // .          \     \_____\
  /___________\____________\\____________/______\
  ..........................................s.c.a.r.. .

  POINTS RELEASE
  
         TOTAL

  COMMENT:


 


  OTHER GROUPS 

  Unholy - IND (last week)

  A decent beat'em up, with some rendered graphics, needs 64mb of ram, since
  on the laptop it was flushing to hdd ten times every second, making it not
  playable. <hiv>

  3D_Helicopter_Coyote_Hunter-DD
  African.Safari.Casino-TRDogs
  Metal_Knights-TRDogs
  Majesty_Cheat_Codes-BACKLASH
  Heroes.Of.Might.And.Magic.3.for.Linux-MXM


 


  WORTHY RELEASES OF THE WEEK

  1) Need For Speed Porsche
  2) Thief II

 


  QUALITY RELEASES SO FAR  [ 17 weeks ]

  group     | quantity of quality      | pos chg
  ----------+--------------------------+---------
  CLASS     | 4                        |  
  ----------+--------------------------+---------
  MYTH      | 4                        |  +1
  ----------+--------------------------+---------
  DiViNE    | 3                        |  -1
  ----------+--------------------------+---------

  ----------+--------------------------+---------
  PARADiGM  | 5                        | *DEATH*
  ----------+--------------------------+---------
  ORiGiN    | 2                        | *DEATH*
  ----------+--------------------------+---------


 


  QUANTITY RELEASES SO FAR [ 17 weeks ]

  group     | p.tot | week |  tot  | pos chg
  ----------+-------+------+-------+---------
  CLASS     | 185.8 | 24.0 | 189.8 |
  ----------+-------+------+-------+---------
  MYTH      |  90.2 | 40.7 | 130.9 |   
  DiViNE    |  64.5 |  1.5 |  66.0 | 
  SCAR      |  34.5 |    - |  34.5 |
  PRECiSE   |  25.0 | ?6.0 |  31.0 |
  RAZOR     |  15.0 |  0.3 |  15.3 |
  ----------+-------+------+-------+---------
  
  R.I.P.
  ----------+-------+------+-------+---------
  ORiGiN    |  70.3 |      |       | *DEATH*
  PARADiGM  |  69.0 |      |       | *DEATH*  
  ----------+-------+------+-------+---------

  Best Week So Far(t): _ 40.7 _ [19-25Mar] MYTH

 


  QUOTES

  <format> !explain pretty
  -XXX-GOD:#xxx- pretty == 9/f/thailand
  <format> !whoset pretty
  -XXX-GOD:#xxx- pretty was set by format!jormat@cs86201.pp.htv.fi, in #ins, at 06:30:10 03/22/00

  <caps> hiv
  <caps> you quoted me again in orgasmic ;<
  <caps> i feel so abused ;[
  <kindaya> hehe
  <kindaya> hiv: YOU can actually SAY something in a mag? ;/
  <Arcus> capz: dont blame hiv for what u'r parents does to you :(
  <Arcus> <caps> i feel so abused ;[ 
  <Arcus> :/
  <HiV-_-> :)
  <caps> dummie its not my parents, its yew.

  <caps> HiV-_-: your abusing my irc copyrights ;[
  <caps> i will sue yew and yew will pay 35235253$

  <Starkey> http://www.crimelife.com/gf/suicide/gunpussy1.jpg hiv a picture for your gaming mag
  <HiV> omg
  <HiV> I'm not sure if I can quote u starkey
  <HiV> :X
  ^ What to look at on www :X

  <HiV-_-> aka
  <HiV-_-> I'll put a ???? into your ass
  <ehHmm> "_up_ your ass", hiv, "up"
  <ehHmm> ;P
  <HiV-_-> YOUR ass ehmmm, YOURs :X

 


  LAST WEEK COMMENTS


 


  THIS WEEK COMMENTS
  
  Included First Myth.NFO to include new fuction (?) rules, we'll  not stand
  to those rules, but still they're close enough to my idea of good ripping.
  Btw, on Thieft 2 NFO  there's  no more such rules but a warning about some 
  new rules made with a 'all big groups' meeting. (fucktion 2)
  
  Do not wait for daikatana... ?2001?

  Lately I did look like a MYTH propaganda mag, sorry it's just that they're
  really crushing my ego with so many releases... c'mom CLASSY get  back  in
  RAPE mode!

 
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