==[ Dec 1st-31st ]===/\======================================================== _________________/ \ _______________________________ ___________ \ / \ \| \ / \ / \ / / _ / \ \ |\ _____/ \ / / _____/MB / |_____/ | \ |/\___ \/ | / /__/ __/\ / | | | / / / \ | / / \ | \ / | / \ / \ / \ \ \__________|________/ |\___/___________/______\___________\_______\ ____/________|__________ / ______\__ \______________________________________ Issue # 2 \ / / \ \ / \ \ /\ / | \________ \ /_________ \ Released On: / / \ / | \ _/ / /___| / \ Jan - 1st / / | \ \ \ / \ / \ / /\____/\__________/____|\ \_________\___________/ =================\_____/=========================\_____\======================= Well after ringing in the New Year I decided to try to finish my charts and release them as soon as possible. Looks like I just made it give or take a couple hours. Anyways let me start off by talking about some of the important events that happened during this very busy month of December. However before I go on I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Sega busts of course dominated the scene in early December, It was hard to find any Boards that had Sega Sections if a Console section at all!. But I would like to thank a few sysops who kept their boards unchanged during the SEGA Scare'93. Laviathon, WarDuke & NewWorld, You all kept your boards unchanged and kicking while other sysops ran for their lives. Talk about over re-acting. One thing I think we can all learn from the Bust is that the Console scene should be treated with more respect and secrecy. Sysops should keep their user bases low, let people on you know. The console scene in general is very small. Maybe 15 boards around the globe?, 20 or so suppliers who make things happen and even less coders. What I am trying to say is unlike the Amiga scene, You can get in major shit for Console Piracy so why put yourself at more risk by being stupid. There are to many console sections on lamer boards (People think because they run a BBs, the deserve a console section) and to many lame traders. Well anyhow I really do not know what else to say except good luck to Andeveron & Rip, we will miss you. Hopefully your busts will help the console scene and make it a smaller place and a harder place for new people to enter. This is the best scene for the pure gammers out there, this is the easiest scene to be apart of, however it is also the most dangerous scene to be stupid in. Enough of this topic, hopefully though we will all not forget what has happened and learn from it. Maybe the good traders in the world will stop supporting lame board and spreading to every corner of the globe. A small elite circle of boards and users is the way to go. Related to thr above topic I would like to remind everyone that Land of Confusion has gone 2 nodes, and is leading the way once again. This BBS is the heart of the console scene, everyone who is anyone is on this BBS. With one of the more interesting Message bases and of course Fastest file listings this board is what the console scene should be on every board. (Great Job). Well you know the month was very busy and I almost did not do my charts, but special Thanks to Radio Active and Frosty for encouraging me to continue my charts. Why am I doing these charts? I consider myself to be very fair, and If anyone has a problem with my rating systems, any questions, or suggestions I am willing to listen. Leave mail to Fallen Angel on LOC and I will respond as quickly as I can. But seriosuly the reason for doing this chart was mainly because of the Bullshit charts by Romkids(Dave/Kimble), I just couldnt let something so stupid, so one sided go on. Knowing that alot of people might even attempt to believe in The RMK supported charts made me sick and angry. Why are my charts better? I am not saying they are or are not, I will let you decided whos is better, and you can believe whatever you wish but let me point out some problems about the Dave/Rmk charts. DAVE/RMK Charts VS Angel 1 - games are given points based on Megabits?, this is stupid. As those charts claim to not judge games on quality but on the actual release. So I see it as rather Ironic that they rate games on megabits? This is a waste of everyone time. Especially when Romkids seems to pad their games with a few extra megabits, 8 here 4 here etc, it was proven again this month. If they believe that a group who releases 4 16megabit Us final releases deserves 5 points per release? I ask you how can you accept that?. My charts on the other hand judge games on what type of release it is. A New fresh Release, A US Language Release, a Beta or a Final. not rating them on how good it is but instead on how new and valuable it is to the scene. Thats what I believe matters. They gave alot of points to Deisel For FIFA soccer? why we already had a 99% final version that everyone has been playing for a long time. 2 - RMK propaganda. If you notice they gave themselves 6 points for Blades of Vengence and Tom & Jerry, they called them 100% Release, they said that they got them out of a shop?. They said I supplied them. Fuck first of all those 2 games did not come from a shop, only until this week did Blades of Vengence hit the shops. Second of all, all that was wrong with the 2 releases from anthrox was they were in Super Magicom format instead of Super-Magic drive, all some one had to do was us a conversion program and fix the 2 releases. So I ask you does this deserve 6 points for some one elses releases? I think not. 3 - Another problem I have with the charts,is finals get the same points, I briefly touched on the scoring system above, but I really think that a worthless US Final like Art of Fighting deserves less points, not a fucking full 5 points because it was 16 megabits?, megabits like I said should have nothing to do with it, soon they will be counting bytes. Anyhow Quality control needs to used. 4 - "Make sure to get a trader on house of Coolness as it is the only BBS I count". That pisses me off, a 9 node BBS in Germany, that not everyone is on or can call. I on the other hand use at least 3 boards one is Land of Cunfusion, 1 canadian BBS and with help from a few friends End of the World and Hysteria. Also when it was availabe Mirage and Unlawful Entry. I tried to get as much input as I could. These charts are done independently of any group I am currently in, and Dave's/Kimbles is nothing more then away to get his BBS FASTER, so he can make more money. Remeber I cannot be baught with calling cards like most people in the Scene. 5 - The totals are also bullshit, the charts werent around when the pioneers of the console scene started us off, great groups such as PONG, UCCI, PHANTASM & MAGICAL, nor were the charts around when PARADOX was the console king. Times change, take it a month at a time it is so unfair to count totals and say overall number one, becuase MAGICAL was and still is the # 1 console group of all time, All of us have along way to go to match the number of releases Jap and English released by Magical. So all I can ask is keep that in mind and dont let RMK's stats and numbers control you, feel free to question and think for yourselves. All I know is the scene changes very quickly and no one can remian number 1 every month. My question to ROMKIDS and DAVE is this, although last months charts results where different (Anthrox was # 1 no matter what you say), this months results are pretty much the same, ROMKIDS was # 1, I have no problem admitting that, they released a lot of bullshit and also alot of great games. I did my charts. My question to RMK is when you have a slow month with JAP releases, when the JAP market slows down for awhile, or when all you get are 4 megabit games, whatever the case, when you put together your charts and there is no way for you to be number 1, will you still release them?. You can only fool people when it looks real, I know for a fact there will be a time when you cannot make yourselves # 1, so what are you going to do? or is that the reason for the TOTALS? so when you finish in 2nd or 3rd? you can at least be the # 1 group of all time?. Sad. Your charts started when PAPILLON Joined?.. Umm. Enough of this, there is so much more I would like to talk about, But I have spoken a mouth full already onto to charts and the scene news. ****************************************************************************** +-------------+ | Section # 1 | Super Nintendo & Genesis : English Game Releases +-------------+ Scoring System 0 points - And IPS patch that updates a game from a BETA to Final or Jap to English. 1 point - Final releases of Beta's and games that were previously released in another language but yet very playable. (ie, Super Nove (shootemup) & Art of Fighting (Fighting). 2 points - New English titles, never been released before and English releases of games that where released in another language and were very unplable. (ie Genghis Khan). 3 points - Mega releases, a release so good that everyone is playing it and everyone is talking about it. _______. _____ _____ \___ |/ . \/ . \ / | | |_/ |_/ S / _ | | \ | \ c \___| |\_____/\_____/ o -----|___|----------------------------------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- acc-agas.lzh . 10/93 .. Andre Agassi Tennis - TecMagik ......... 4 .... 2 New acc-alfc.lzh . 15/93 .. Alfred Chicken - Mindscape ............. 8 .... 2 New acc-pbal.lzh . 15/93 .. Pinball Dreams - Gametek ............... 8 .... 2 New acc-dfig.lzh . 16/93 .. Desert Fighter - System 3 .............. 8 .... 2 New Total English Points = 8 Snes Points - 8 Greetings to Wiseman and Cithunter, these 2 guys have done really well, keeping it small and friendly. What disturbs me is all of a sudden there are users who claim to be in this Group who are not. Dangerous, if you have any ACC members on your BBS other Then Cityhunter, you might want to ask him if they are for real. Anyhow great job guys. __ __ ______.___ | _|__|_ |________ ______ ___ \___ | \| \_ _/ | ____ \/ \ \/ / MB/ | | \ | | |_ | / / | \ / S / _ | \ | | _/ | \ \ | / \ c /___| |__|\___| |__| |__|\ \___/__/\ \ o -----|__|-------|__|--|__|----\__\-------\__\------------------ M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- atx-ss.lha .... 4/93 .. Sidekicks Soccer - Electro Brain ....... 8 .... 2 New atx-lfd.lha ... 8/93 .. Lufia & The Fortress of Doom - Taito ... 8 .... 2 New atx-cf3e.lha . 10/93 .. Castle Wolfenstien - Imagesoft ......... 8 .... 1 Final atx-ig.lha ... 13/93 .. Inspector Gadget - Hudson Soft ......... 8 .... 2 New atx-bsm.lha .. 15/93 .. Barbie Super Model - Hi-tech Expressions 8 .... 2 New atx-chp7.lzh . 22/93 .. Choplifter - Activision ................ 4 .... 1 Final atx-mtm.lha .. 24/93 .. Mario's Time Machine - Software Toolwrks 8 .... 2 New atx-r3k3.lzh . 29/93 .. R3K,3/Dragon of Destiny - Koei ........ 12 .... 2 US Snes Points - 14 atx-bven.lzh .. 2/93 .. Blades of Vengeance - Electronic Arts .. 8 .... 2 New atx-tomj.lzh .. 2/93 .. Tom & Jerry - Hi-tech .................. 8 .... 2 New atx-fngs.lzh .. 9/93 .. Fun N Games - Tradewest ................ 8 .... 2 New atx-gk2.lzh .. 13/93 .. GK,2/Clan of the Grey Wolf - Koei ...... 8 .... 2 US atx-sold.lzh . 14/93 .. Soldiers of Fortune - Spectrum Holobyte 12 .... 2 New atx-wint.lzh . 14/93 .. Winter Olympics - US Gold ............. 16 .... 2 New atx-race.lzh . 15/93 .. Race Drivin' - Tengen .................. 4 .... 2 New atx-thom.lzh . 15/93 .. Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends - T.HQ. 8 .... 2 New atx-drag.lha . 16/93 .. Dragon's Revenge - Tengen .............. 8 .... 2 New atx-trip.lha . 18/93 .. Triple Score 3 in 1 - Sega ............. 8 .... 0 Pack atx-pele.lzh . 22/93 .. Pele! - Accolade ....................... 8 .... 2 New atx-pirg.lha . 22/93 .. Pirates Gold! - Release - Microprose ... 8 .... 1 Final atx-chis.lha . 24/93 .. ChiChis Pro Challenge Golf - Virgin .... 8 .... 2 New atx-barb.lzh . 29/93 .. Barbie Super Model - Hitech ............ 8 .... 2 New Total English Points = 39 Sega Points - 25 Once againing leading the way when it comes to English release, ATX managed to put up a great month, only because of Rmk's onslaught of releases was ATX denied its # 1 raking for a 2nd time. I left again for a brief stint and yet once again I returned (There is something special about this group), but anyways a solid month and consistent as usualy. Anthrox picked up another great spreader in Drizzt, and lost a good supplier in Shadolok. However this group also went through a scandal of its own. Read later on below for more details. Knocking off Censor for sega kingship this month was a highlight. Also having a good Snes releasing month. Everyone seemed to contribute this past month. All suppliers were active, and when all of the Anthrox suppliers and awesome spreaders work together its hard to beat this machine. ________________ /\______________. | ____/ \____ \/ \_ __/ \_ |Mb | |__| | | | \__/| || | | |__. S | | | _ | ___/ || || _ | / | c |_____| |__|__| | ||__||__| |_____| o -------|__|--------|__|-------|__|----------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- cap-stal.lzh .. 7/93 .. Steel Talons - Left Field .............. 4 .... 2 Snes Points - 2 cap-bell.lzh .. 2/93 .. Belle's Quest - Sunsoft ................ 8 .... 2 New cap-roar.lzh .. 2/93 .. Roar of The Beast - Sunsoft ............ 8 .... 2 New cap-wolf.lzh ...7/93 .. Wolfchild - JVC/Core Design ............ 8 .... 2 New Total English Points = 8 Sega Points - 6 Well it was that time of month again, So Capital was reformed. With 4 mebers it did okay. Really only one supplier, the group was and would of been # 2 behind Romkids if we had stayed together. All I can say is WarDuke is a really cool guy and I did something stupid, For that I want to say Sorry to Mike. Maybe there is something in the future maybe not. Its really hard to explain why I went back to Anthrox, but it seems revolve around the fact that I had some many good friends in ATX and only 2 in Capital. Shit the one problem with this group was we got doubled 2 times when we beat groups by hours. No spreading hour really hurt this group. Land of confusion is 2 nodes now? I wonder..... Anyways even though the group was up for 5 days it ranked fairly well. If you want to get in on this group contact Rotox!, he still is carrying on the faith. in the Tradition of Censor, Premiere and Magical, Capital was purely a Dream. ______/\______/\__ __________/\____ \___ \___ \___ \/ ___/__ \___ \ / /__/ / / / /\_ \ / / _/ _/ S / / / ___/ / / / / / / \ \_ c \____/\____/ /__/\____/\____/\ /\__/ o -----------\__/---riP-----------\/----------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- cen-side.lzh .. 5/93 .. Side Pockets - Data East .............. 8 .... 2 New cen-artf.lzh .. 9/93 .. Art of Fighting - Takara ............. 16 .... 1 US Snes Points - 3 cen-bask.lzh . 15/93 .. Tecmo NBA Basketball - Tecmo .......... 8 .... 2 New cen-home.lzh . 12/93 .. Home Alone 2 - Gametek ................ 4 .... 2 New cen-f117.lzh . 29/93 .. F-117 Night Storm - Electronic Arts .. 16 .... 2 New Total English Points = 9 Sega Points - 6 I lost my Genesis, Baby!. Well a rather slow month, the worst yet for this currently re-formed group. Seems it was a 1 man show. Everything was done by Micro Max (Greetings Trace) one of the best Genesis suppliers of all time. However as I learned in Capital you need 2 to tango. It seems there were no inside releases from Shredder etc, but that comes and goes, this group is always respectable and always able to explode at any given time. A good month for them by anyone else's standards but their own. They also released SHOCK, congrats to all who helped in that production (More on that further down). Art of Fighting was given little points because the IPS patch between the JAP and USA version was so small, the game also did not depend on language (Just thought I would explain). A quite and friendly group, not interested in making money, just interested in doing their part in this cool console scene, and once again they lead the way with their class and their so deserving respect. Pyscho, Gagen (sp) the progamming codes, wish we all had guys like them in our groups!. S c Mr. Diesel o --------------------------------------------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- dsl-fifa.lha .. 7/93 .. FIFA - Electronic Arts ................ 16 .... 1 Final Total English Points = 1 Sega Points - 1 One release, for credits or for the cause? Either way seems this German is willing to go the extra mile and contribute a release here and there for the scene, Kodos!. S c Digital o --------------------------------------------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- dtl-zool.lha . 16/93 .. Zool - Gametek ......................... 8 .... 2 New Total English Points = 2 Sega Points - 2 Zool?.. where did we see this before? After releasing the SNES version was it any surprise that they release the Genesis? Naw. Inside releasing is great. These guys are here for fun, lets not forget that. Greetings to Omar!. S c Lucifuge o --------------------------------------------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- luc-pros.lzh . 21/93 .. Pro Moves Soccer - Sega ................ 4 .... 2 New Total English Points = 2 Sega Points - 2 A blast from the Past.. Wasnt this JOKER'S (ex-magical) and TCM's group?. I seem to remember alot of JAP releases a while ago under this title? Or was this a ROMKIDS member making a point?, Did KIMBLE not come through on something?. Who are these guys?. Will we ever see a release from them again? or will they go where FAIRLIGHT has went, to the big CONSOLE Heavens in the sky. ___ _ _______/__/___ ______________ _ _/ / / _ _ \/ / / /::. .. .::/ /\_ / / / /__/ _ /::_.__ ___ S :/ / / / / / / / / //\/|/ \|__). c .:\____/__/__/__/\____/__/ // |\__/|__):. o ---RIP!-------------------\/----------------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- mob-nova.lzh .. 1/93 .. Super Nova - Taito ..................... 8 .... 1 US mob-merl.lzh .. 1/93 .. Young Merlin - Virgin/West Wood ....... 16 .... 3 New mob-unt.lzh ... 4/93 .. The Untouchables - Ocean ............... 8 .... 2 New mob-hype.lh ... 7/93 .. Hyper V-ball - Mc O'river .............. 8 .... 1 US mob-lawn.lzh .. 8/93 .. Lawnmower Man - TH.Q ................... 8 .... 1 Final mob-dig.lzh ... 8/93 .. Dig & Spike Volleyball ................. 8 .... 1 US mob-batt.lzh .. 9/93 .. Battle Cars - Namco .................... 8 .... 2 New Snes Points - 12 mob-fido.lzh .. 6/93 .. Fido Dido - Keneco ..................... 8 .... 2 New Total English Points = 14 Sega Points - 2 Well the question is can things get anyworse for this group?. The MOB got hit hard this month, no wonder this is their worst month on the charts and of their existance. After loosing Ghetto (Andeveron&Rip), they went on to loose PROP MASTER, who carried them very well releasing alot of titles. The reason why they got 1 point was because they were ENGLISH Release of PLAYABLE Jap games. Anyhow PROP MASTER left, big deal I guess he went to ROMKIDS. No loyality, after some one like RYGAR (A very cool trader, Swede (Here come the Canadian Juniours!!) and a nice guy). buys you a COPIER and you FUCK HIM over? for what GREED?. Look PROP you already have a great job at EGM (if you believe him and the rumours) its one thing to leave a group, but when they have gone out of their way, spent money on you and you leave and fuck them over, and then do not have the guts to tell them you left? that makes me sick. Anyways they lost PROPPY, and amazingly enough they are still together. With a new WORLD HQ located in CANADA, and with maybe Andeveron coming back perhaps? one never knows this group is still a threat to be the # 1 group. I still hate the name. But owell lets not be to picky. New memebers include Dragon avenger and some frog member I forgot his name. ___ _____________________________________ / / \____ \__ \____ \___ \____ \ | \/ / Mb/ | / | | / / | | | \ | | / S / __/ _ | \ \ _ | | \ | \ c / |/___|__|__|\ \_|__|______/___| /\__\ o -/____|------------\__\------------/__/------------------------ M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- pdx_tb.lzh .... 3/93 .. Super Turn N' Burn - Absolute ........ 16 .... 3 New pdx_mm2e.lzh . 13/93 .. Might & Magic 2 - US Gold .............. 8 .... 2 US Total English Points = 5 Snes Points - 5 Talk about slowly fading. Max was in jail, rats on Belgarion (who has of course left the scene) and now MAX is back. What can I say, the best members in this group Were Belgarion and maybe Zool, now they lost a cool SNES coder, the group was DEAD, down and out, but they are clinging on to life as we know it. They had a great release in Turn N Burn, but can they keep it up. They used to be the best during the summer, now they are in the mid pack? if that at all. Question is can they come back. Another question is Can you TRUST an EX-CON, I mean he took down one of his own accorinding to the rumors, not to mention a RMK member as well (Slash!), would you want to work with these guys to bring PDX back from the dead?.Anyone who does is stupid I would think. ___________________ __/\_________________. |____ \___ \ ____/ \/ / \ ______ \ __| | | \ / / _/_| \__/ _/_| / / _/_ S M| ___/ \ \ \/ | \/ | | \/ | \ \ \/ | c b| | |__|\ \___|__|| |__|____|__|\ \____| o --|__|------\__\------|__|-----------\__\---------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- pr-sblaz.lzh .. 4/93 .. Sky Blazer - Sony Imagesoft ............ 8 .... 1 Final pr-wint.lzh .. 4/93 .. Winter Olympics - US Gold ............. 16 .... 2 New Snes Points - 3 pr-artof.lzh .. 1/93 .. Art of Fighting - SNK ................. 16 .... 2 New pr-princ.lzh .. 4/93 .. Prince Of Persia - Domark .............. 8 .... 2 New pr-cstlv.lzh .. 4/93 .. Castlevania/TNG - Konami ............... 8 .... 1 Beta Total English Points = 8 Sega Points - 5 What happened?, they had such a great start, then nothing esle. Umm releasing 4 games in one day, and looking good for the rest of the month. But I guess they released all the Inside things they had, and their other suppliers had a month off. Understandable, seeing as how it was christmas etc, this group is like Censor full of friends, full of alot of class and respect. Guys like Cecil and Winston taking care of the inside, while Slapshot and Ice Cube take care of the outside. With cool germans like Sigma, Mymurth (Happy new Year Buddy!) they can spread, argue and write great messages with the best. They also have a heck of a BBS in End of the World. So we must not forget that this group is based on friendship and puts out enough to keep themselves respectable. This group has a nack for releasing big games though.. Like Flashback, Bubsy & Art of Fighting, wonder what they got up their Sleves. Greetings to Winston and Ice cube happy new year guys, hope PREMIERE has a great year. ___________ ____ __ __ ___/\_____ ____/\ | _ \ \\_ \/ | |/ \__/ \/ ___/ | _|/ _/ /\_ \/ | _/ /| | |\ \__. \: S | \_ \ \_/ \ \/ | \_ \| | |/ \ | \ c |__|\ \______/__|| |__|\ \__|______/____/ o ------\__/---------|__|----\__/-------------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- rmk-fffb.lzh . 16/93 .. Sports Illustrated FB&BB - T.HQ ....... 16 .... 2 New rmk-stis.lzh . 27/93 .. Super Troll Island - Milleniun ......... 4 .... 2 New Total English Points = 4 Snes Points - 4 Rumors are flying around about these 2 titles. Was it PROP MASTER? or wasnt it?. Most likely yes they were, or at least 1 of them was. Plus a Spanish boxing game. Rumor has it that PROP MASTER has already left because he was not given things that were promised to him (I cannot verify this however). Anyhow nice to see ENGLISH releases from this group, and this month this was just icing on the cake that helped them to be number one this time around. My question to ROMKIDS is this, with PROPPY, why not stop releasing JAP Rpg's, Slideshows & Puzzle games? Stick to good stuff?.. Naww I forgot your not in this for fun right?. Anyways ROMKIDS baught themselves to key suppliers PAPILLON and PROP MASTER. Hey I have a price to ya know!!. Anyways a good showing, well at least ENGLISH games for once. ______________________________________ ___ \ ___/ ________ \____ \____ \ __ \/ / \__.\/ | _/ / / / / / / _/_\_ _/ S _/ | \ |/ \ / / / / ___/ \/ \ \Mb c \_____/_____/____/_____/ / \______/_/\ \ o -----------------------/__/--------------\__/------------------ M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- scx-otti.lzh .. 2/93 .. The Ottipants - Graftworld ............. 8 .... 2 New scx-pebb.lzh . 18/93 .. Pebble Beach Golf Links - T&E Soft..... 16 .... 2 New scx-subt.lzh . 26/93 .. Subterrania - Sega .................... 16 .... 2 Final Total English Points = 6 Sega Points - 6 Talk about SEGA inside supply, kind of nice to see this GREAT Amiga group do well on the CONSOLE. Nice change to see some fresh new groups and new suppliers. We lost FAIRLIGHT but we seemed to have GAINED Scoopex!. These guys seem to here to stay. sub Terrania was given full points be it was so different from the FLT release. S c Skid Row o --------------------------------------------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- sr_soc94.lzh .. 7/93 .. WS94/Road to Glory ..................... 4 .... 1 US Total English Points = 1 Go home, really I mean it, this release was in shops for along time, every console group I know passed on it, 1 week later SKID ROW releases it. No business even being on these charts really. _______________________/\ \ _____ \ ___/ \_ \_/ | / /\___ \\___/ S Mb/ | \ \/ | \ \ c / |___|\ \_______\ \ o --/_____|-----\___\-----|_____\-------------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- trsi-vp.lzh ... 7/93 .. Virtual Pinball - Electronic Arts ..... 12 .... 2 New trsi-t2j.lzh . 15/93 .. T2 Judgement Day - Flying Edge ......... 8 .... 2 New trsi-jp3.lha . 15/93 .. JP,3/Operation Starfish - E.A ......... 16 .... 2 New Total English Points = 6 Sega Points - 6 If England can't do it GERMANY Can. Ha!, seems 2 of their releases came from the UK. Odd when most of the group is GERMAN. They continue to rock on the PC scene and now are entering the realm of RESPECT on the CONSOLE. It doesnt take much for the SLEEPING GODS to be respected, and they had a couple great releases. All I can say is the more groups the better!. These guys are like SCOOPEX, living legends. S c Quartex o --------------------------------------------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- action52.lzh . 28/93 .. Action 52 - Active Entertainment ...... 16 .... 2 New Total English Poins = 2 Sega Points - 2 Bam Bam is back!, so it appears!. This group released some great games over 1993, Jungle Strike, Tiny Toons etc, maybe they are back to bring quality back into the QUARTEX name. I like it.. They also know how to supply JAP games to. Will they take on the mighty RMK?. English Releases Points Standings (Dec 1st - Dec 31st) +------+------------------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+ | Rank | Console Group Name | SNES Points | SEGA Points | TOTAL Points | +------+------------------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+ 1 ... Anthrox ...................... 14 .......... 25 ........... 39 2 ... Lynch Mob .................... 12 ........... 2 ........... 14 3 ... Censor ........................ 3 ........... 6 ............ 9 4a .. Premiere ...................... 3 ........... 5 ............ 8 b .. Capital ....................... 2 ........... 6 ............ 8 c .. The Accumulators .............. 8 ........... 0 ............ 8 7a .. Trsi .......................... 0 ........... 6 ............ 6 b .. Scoopex ....................... 0 ........... 5 ............ 5 8 ... Paradox ....................... 5 ........... 0 ............ 5 9 ... Romkids ....................... 4 ........... 0 ............ 4 10a .. Digital ....................... 0 ........... 2 ............ 2 b .. Lucifuge ...................... 0 ........... 2 ............ 2 c .. Quartex ....................... 0 ........... 2 ............ 2 13a .. Skid Row ...................... 1 ........... 0 ............ 1 b .. Mr.Diesel ..................... 0 ........... 1 ............ 1 +-------------+ | Section # 2 | Super Nintendo & Genesis : Non-English Games +-------------+ Scoring System 0 points - A Non-english release of a game that was already out in english. 1 point - Games that are very unplayable (Rpg's, Puzzle & Mahjong) 2 points - Non-English games that are very playable (ie Sport's Action & Fighters) 3 points - Mega releases, a release so good that everyone is playing it and everyone is talking about it. S c Anthrox o --------------------------------------------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- atx-cf3j.lha . 10/93 .. Castle Wolfenstein - Imagineer ......... 8 .... 0 Why Total Non-English Points = 0 Snes Points - 0 Okay this made me mad. Releasing the JAP release and the ENGLISH final releases of CASTLE WOLFENSTIEN, the reason why it has a 0 is because the way ATX handled this release was really lame. They should of released the English release and then an IPS to JAP patch, (Why would anyone want the final JAP release). But none the less, then to try and defend the act was even more lame. It was LAME, it was WRONG, and I hope it never happens agan. This is the perfect example of GREED, was it done for the CHARTS????.. Even the best sometimes gets caught up in everything. ATX doesnt NEED Jap releases. Nuff said. c Prodigy o --------------------------------------------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- pdy-tbba.lzh . 12/93 .. Technos Baseball - Technos ............ 12 .... 1 Sprt Total Non-English Points = 1 You guys got one release, how about some more??.. The game was so bad, it was so unplayable it was not fun, almost like an RPG Baseball Game!. Anyhow this group doesnt seem to be anything special, just along for the console ride. ___________ ____ __ __ ___/\_____ ____/\ | _ \ \\_ \/ | |/ \__/ \/ ___/ | _|/ _/ /\_ \/ | _/ /| | |\ \__. \: S | \_ \ \_/ \ \/ | \_ \| | |/ \ | \ c |__|\ \______/__|| |__|\ \__|______/____/ o ------\__/---------|__|----\__/-------------------------------- M ----- r ----- File-name Date Game Name/Company b e Info ------------ ------- -------------------------------------- --- --- --- ---- rmk-sswo.lzh .. 1/93 .. Soul & Sword .......................... 12 .... 1 Rpg rmk-shba.lzh .. 2/93 .. Super Harisuta - Taito ................ 12 .... 2 Sprt rmk-smjg.lzh .. 2/93 .. Super Mahjong,2 ........................ 8 .... 1 Pzzl rmk-jdor.lzh .. 3/93 .. Doraoh Mahjong,2 ....................... 8 .... 1 Pzzl rmk-sag2.lzh .. 8/93 .. Romancing Saga,2 ...................... 16 .... 2 Act rmk-nubu.lzh .. 9/93 .. Nobunaga Haouden ...................... 16 .... 1 Rpg rmk-king.lzh .. 9/93 .. King of The Fighters ................... 8 .... 1 Rpg rmk-gle3.lzh .. 9/93 .. Gamba League III ....................... 8 .... 2 Sprt rmk-spuy.lzh .. 9/93 .. Super Puyo Puyo ........................ 8 .... 2 Act rmk-rmax.lzh . 12/93 .. Rockman-X - Capcom .................... 12 .... 3 Act rmk-dbz2.lzh . 12/93 .. Dragonball-Z,2 ........................ 16 .... 3 Fght rmk-dor2.lzh . 12/93 .. Doramon,2 Toyland ...................... 8 .... 2 Act rmk-rbii.lzh . 15/93 .. Rushing Beat,2 ........................ 16 .... 3 Act rmk-dq12.lzh . 16/93 .. Dragon Quest 1 & 2 .................... 12 .... 1 Rpg rmk-gan2.lzh . 16/93 .. Goemon The Warrior,2 - Konami ......... 16 .... 2 Act rmk-yuuy.lzh . 16/93 .. YuuYuu Hakusho ........................ 16 .... 2 Act rmk-hamm.lzh . 16/93 .. Hammering Harry ........................ 8 .... 2 Act rmk-alca.lzh . 16/93 .. Alcahest ............................... 8 .... 2 Act rmk-wmag.lzh . 16/93 .. Wondrous Magic ........................ 16 .... 1 Rpg rmk-k8sp.lzh . 16/93 .. Super Leiba 8 Special .................. 8 .... 1 Rpg rmk-donk.lzh . 17/93 .. Dorakey No Kusayakiu .................. 16 .... 2 Act rmk-pwa2.lzh . 17/93 .. Pachinko War,2 ......................... 8 .... 1 Pzzl rmk-godz.lzh . 19/93 .. Super Godzilla ........................ 12 .... 2 Act rmk-holy.lzh . 19/93 .. Holy Striker - Square .................. 8 .... 1 Rpg rmk-deam.lzh . 19/93 .. Dream ................................. 12 .... 1 Rpg rmk-kmo2.lzh . 19/93 .. King of the Monsters,2 - Takara ....... 16 .... 2 Fght rmk-acet.lzh . 21/93 .. Ace Tennis ............................. 8 .... 2 Sprt rmk-bing.lzh . 21/93 .. Bing Bing Bingo! ....................... 8 .... 1 Pzzl rmk-hepo.lzh . 21/93 .. Hebereke's No Popoon - Sunsoft ......... 8 .... 1 Pzzl rmk-momo.lzh . 22/93 .. New Momotaro Densetsu .................. 8 .... 1 Rpg rmk-hgp2.lzh . 22/93 .. Human Grand Prix 2 ..................... 8 .... 2 Race rmk-ttbg.lzh . 22/93 .. Tetris Battle Gaiden ................... 8 .... 1 Pzzl rmk-hoku.lzh . 22/93 .. Fist of The North Star 7 .............. 20 .... 2 Fght rmk-chav.lzh . 22/93 .. Julious Chavez Boxing .................. 4 .... 2 Sprt rmk-sfp3.lzh . 23/93 .. Super Fire Pro Wrestling,3 - Human .... 12 .... 2 Sprt rmk-sair.lzh . 24/93 .. Sailormoon R .......................... 16 .... 2 Fght rmk-bdzo.lzh . 24/93 .. Zoku - The Legend of Bishin ........... 16 .... 2 Fght rmk-mma3.lzh . 24/93 .. Monster Maker,3 ....................... 16 .... 1 Rpg rmk-twra.lzh . 30/94 .. Twin Bee 2 Rainbow Adventure - Konami .. 8 .... 2 Act Snes Points - 65 rmk-db2.lzh ... 5/93 .. Db,2 Nya Rothers ...................... 16 .... 1 Rpg rmk-star.lzh . 18/93 .. Phantasy Star IV ...................... 24 .... 1 Rpg Total Non-English Points = 67 Sega Points - 2 All I can say is PAPILLON leaves PDX, and the JAP scene is totally dominated by RMK. I guess PAPILLON was 2 timing some one before?, he left for the cards right?, can KIMBLE really supply faster then PAPILLON? I dont think so, so it appears that some one was fucking over some one. PROP MASTER joined!, he may of already left as well, more on that when it becomes available. But this groups seems to buy people and want to be # 1 so bad. Now to the good points about RMK, they released some great games, Proving to us all that there are QUALITY Jap games, They released alot of fighting games, and alot of action games that where very playable. They also ranked # 1 in snes releases (Non-english of course), and # 1 over all this month. Even with all the controversy surrounding this band of thieves they proved to us all they are for real and can release great stuff. Maybe they will realize that they do not have to release EVERYTHING.. No need for RPG'S and shit boys, just counting the quality jap games was enough to make you number 1!. Ack.. anyhow they have Jarre.. but they lost Slash a great trader and to him I wish good luck. To Romkids I wish a happy new Year and I hope the competition will be as good as it has been the last few months. Anyways you were number 1 this month, as much as I hate Rmk, and everything is stands for I have to congradulate you all on a most awesome display of releases. Non-English Releases Points Standings (Dec 1st - Dec 31st) +------+------------------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+ | Rank | Console Group Name | SNES Points | SEGA Points | TOTAL Points | +------+------------------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+ 1 ... Romkids ..................... 65 ........... 2 ........... 67 2 ... Prodigy ...................... 1 ........... 0 ............ 1 3 ... Anthrox ...................... 0 ........... 0 ............ 0 +-------------+ | Section # 3 | Super Ninteno & Genesis : Coding (Trainers,Fixes & Cracks) +-------------+ Scoring System 1 point - is Available and given to the group the release the Trainer or Crack/Fix first, all other groups get no points. 3 points - are available for any Sega Genesis trainers or Cracks. The first group getting 2 points and if possible the second group gets 1 point. __ __ ______.___ | _|__|_ |________ ______ ___ \___ | \| \_ _/ | ____ \/ \ \/ / MB/ | | \ | | |_ | / / | \ / S / _ | \ | | _/ | \ \ | / \ c /___| |__|\___| |__| |__|\ \___/__/\ \ o -----|__|-------|__|--|__|----\__\-------\__\----------------- r -- File-name Date Game +'s e ------------ ------- ----------------------------- --- --- --- - atx-unt5.lha .. 4/93 .. The Untouchables ............. 5 ..... 1 atx-tal6.lha .. 7/93 .. Steel Talons ................. 6 ..... 1 atx-pbal.lha . 15/93 .. Pinball Dreams ............... 1 ..... 1 atx-alfc.lha . 16/93 .. Alfred Chicken ............... 4 ..... 1 atx-chp7.lzh . 22/93 .. Choplifter ................... 7 ..... 1 Total Coding Points = 5 Nice steady month, Pan! proved he is great once again, but it wasnt enough falling abit short again of the # 1 coding ranking. But the trainers just add to an already impressive month for a very impressive group. S c Censor o -------------------------------------------------------------- r -- File-name Date Game Name/Company e ------------ ------- ------------------------------------- --- - shock-01.lzh .. 2/93 .. Shock ...............Disk Mag ........ 2 Total Coding Points = 2 Great Job, SHOCK was very well done. Congrats to Gagen (sp), the mag had great tunes and a nice set up, only problems was the material was out dated and not very interesting. But no one else has shown these kind of desire and ambition to code something of this nature, Once again the boys at Censor have opened the door to a new Era of Snes coding. .________.Mb/\_____________ ._______ ___ | ____ | / \ __/ ___ \| ____ \/ \ | _/_| |_\__/ | _/_| \ | | \ | \ S | \/ | / | | | \/ | \ | | \| \ c |_____|____| |__|_____| |\___|______/____/ o ------------|__|--------|__|---------------------------------- r -- File-name Date Game Name/Company +'s e ------------ ------- ----------------------------- --- --- --- - merln_tn.lzh .. 4/93 .. Young Merlin ................. 1 ..... 1 tburn_3t.lzh .. 5/93 .. Super Turn & Burn ............ 3 ..... 1 st_tal4t.lzh .. 8/93 .. Steel Talons ................. 4 ..... - rockm_4t.lzh . 12/93 .. Rockman-X + Fix .............. 4 ..... 2 gadgt_3t.lzh . 14/93 .. Inspector Gadget ............. 3 ..... 1 rusb2_2t.lzh . 15/93 .. Rushing Beat Run,2 ........... 2 ..... 1 desert3t.lzh . 17/93 .. Desert Fighter ............... 3 ..... 1 goe2_alc.lzh . 17/93 .. Goeman,2 ..................... 6 ..... 1 . 17/93 .. Alcahest ..................... 5 ..... 1 godzi_3t.lzh . 19/93 .. Godzilla ..................... 3 ..... 1 sailr_2t.lzh . 25/93 .. Sailermoon ................... 2 ..... 1 troll_5t.lzh . 28/93 .. Super Troll Island ........... 5 ..... - Total Coding Points = 11 What can I say, these guys are the TRAINER Gods!, Special Thanks to Frosty for his encouragement. Almost releasing twice as many trainers, I think I might of missed a trainer as well, sorry if I did, but they did a heck of a job, If they had a supplier or 2? who the fuck knows that this group could do. All I can say is they are the fastest and best trainer group going right now, it will take alot of effort to beat these guys. S c Legend o -------------------------------------------------------------- r -- File-name Date Game Name/Company +'s e ------------ ------- ----------------------------- --- --- --- - dfighttr.lha . 26/93 .. Desert Fighter .............. 11 ..... - Total Coding Points = 0 Like i said before WAY TO SLOW!, does the scene no good to have a +11 trainer when the game has been out for a 10 days. We have all forgotten about the game and finished it with the quick Elitendo Quality trainer!, Get real boys!. S c Nightfall o -------------------------------------------------------------- r -- File-name Date Game Name/Company +'s e ------------ ------- ----------------------------- --- --- --- - n-st_3.lha .... 8/93 .. Steel Talons ................. 3 ..... - n-barb_1.lha . 16/93 .. Barbie Model ................. 1 ..... 1 n-pantro.lh .. 18/93 .. Pantro Demo - 4 mbs .................. 2 n-stis_3.lha . 27/93 .. Super Troll Island ........... 3 ..... 1 Total Coding Points = 4 The new kids on the blocks!, they might be able to give ATX a run for its money, then maybe Elitendo is in trouble? I really do not know what to think about this group, they are able to train, lets see if they have the heart, desire and the time to be on of the best. Good luck!. S c Paradox o -------------------------------------------------------------- r -- File-name Date Game Name/Company +'s e ------------ ------- ----------------------------- --- --- --- - pdx-stee.lzh .. 7/93 .. Steel Talons ................. 3 ..... - Total Coding Points = 0 Bye bye! Belgarion!, we will miss you, PDX training is finished. R.I.P!. Betrayed!!!! S c Romkids o -------------------------------------------------------------- r -- File-name Date Game Name/Company e ------------ ------- ------------------------------------- --- - rmk-xmas.lzh . 24/93 .. X-mas/New Year Demo .................. 2 Total Coding Points = 2 Did not actually look at this, but I heard it was SICK.. PORNO type demo, anyways they coded something, they got the points, they are Dec's # 1. No class or taste though in this group. S c Sabatouge o -------------------------------------------------------------- r -- File-name Date Game Name/Company e ------------ ------- ------------------------------------- --- - sbt-pin.lha .. 20/93 .. Pinball Dreams Left& Right Button Fix 1 Total Coding Points = 1 We needed this, thats a fact. Was it just me or was it hard playing with the regular buttons!. Nice thinking on their part, but where the fuck did their games go?. Umm.. FAIRLIGHT the Sequal!. S c Scoopex o -------------------------------------------------------------- r -- File-name Date Game Name/Company +'s e ------------ ------- ----------------------------- --- --- --- - scx-bsm.lzh .. 18/93 .. Barbie Super Model ........... 1 ..... - Total Coding Points = 0 To late, and well its BARBIE, not really worth it. Scoopex however seems to be getting into the CONSOLE SCENE full blast now!. You got to like it. Coding Points Standings (Dec 1st - Dec 31st) +------+------------------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+ | Rank | Coding Group Name | SNES Points | SEGA Points | TOTAL Points | +------+------------------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+ 1 .... Elitendo ..................... 11 .......... 0 .......... 11 2 .... Anthrox ....................... 5 .......... 0 ........... 5 3 .... Nightfall ..................... 4 .......... 0 ........... 4 4a ... Censor ........................ 2 .......... 0 ........... 2 b ... Romkids ....................... 2 .......... 0 ........... 2 6 .... Sabatouge ..................... 1 .......... 0 ........... 1 7a ... Legend ........................ 0 .......... 0 ........... 0 b ... Paradox ....................... 0 .......... 0 ........... 0 c ... Scoopex ....................... 0 .......... 0 ........... 0 The Final Results - (English+Non-English & Coding Scores) +------+------------------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+ | Rank | Console Group Name | Release Pnts | Coding Pnts | TOTAL Points | +------+------------------------+--------------+-------------+--------------+ 1 ... Romkids ...................... 69 ........... 2 ........... 71 2 ... Anthrox ...................... 39 ........... 5 ........... 44 3 ... Lynch Mob .................... 14 ........... 0 ........... 14 4a .. Censor ........................ 9 ........... 2 ........... 11 b .. Elitendo ...................... 0 .......... 11 ........... 11 6a .. Premiere ...................... 8 ........... 0 ............ 8 b .. Capital ....................... 8 ........... 0 ............ 8 c .. The Accumulators .............. 8 ........... 0 ............ 8 9 ... Trsi ......................... 6 ........... 0 ............ 6 10a .. Scoopex ....................... 5 ........... 0 ............ 5 b .. Paradox ....................... 5 ........... 0 ............ 5 12 ... Nightfall ..................... 0 ........... 4 ............ 4 13a .. Digital ....................... 2 ........... 0 ............ 2 b .. Lucifuge ...................... 2 ........... 0 ............ 2 c .. Quartex ....................... 2 ........... 0 ............ 2 d .. Skid Row ...................... 1 ........... 0 ............ 2 18a .. Mr.Diesel ..................... 1 ........... 0 ............ 1 b .. Sabatouge ..................... 0 ........... 1 ............ 1 c .. Prodigy ....................... 0 ........... 1 ............ 1 21 ... Legend ........................ 0 ........... 0 ............ 0 +---------+ -| SUMMARY |- +---------+ Been a busy month, one thing however concerns me. The ENGLISH releasing scene is so divided, there is PARITY in the CONSOLE scene when it comes to ENGLISH Titles. However we used to have 4 groups that could release JAP games, like Romkids, Paradox, Fairlight, Skid Row, Legend, Lucifuge etc, what happened to all the JAP contacts?. Surely there must be some one out there who can take a % of the jap releases?. Even if it is only 15 - 20, make the scene interesting. Having one group Dominate is really bad. 1994 looks like it will be very even on US releases, but like I said with 1 JAP group that sucks. So I urge anyone out there who can supply Jap games to get back into it. Or maybe PAPILLON should leave and get cards from some on else. I dunno just sucks. Umm.. makes it boring to do a chart as well, I might have to re- organize my rating sections, if no one else releases jap shit. Owell not really a big deal I guess, A release is a release. Just like to remind everone that any comments, suggestions etc will be heard, If anyone wants to help in this production via LOGOS, or ratings let me know. I am working on a new system for 1994, I wasnt going to release this issue, but I decided to put it out and give Romkids their time in the sun etc. Wonder what will happen next month, who will be the # 1 console group? time will tell?.. can RMK pull off another onsluaght of JAP titles and kill everyone again? or will some one put up a fight?. One last thing, I hate to see "WE RELEASED 8 RELEASES IN ONE DAY", were so cool, we rule you all etc, the difference between groups that do that (and you know who you are), is CLASS and RESPECT, and doing the above just goes to show you who really is lame. Also phoning people and saying you are THE FEDS, or SEGA etc is so lame, grow up (you know who you are!). -Nuff Said! -Angel Greetings fly out to - Ice Cube, The Bugger, Mymurth, Kirk, WarDuke, Rotox Hydro, Sweet Thing, Micro Max, Shredder, Sigma Seven!, Laviathon, Proppy, Dragon Avenger, Radio Active, Frosty, Slider, Rygar, SMM, Cityhunter & All my Fans in Romkids. BTW - Who released this game below??? wc-rugby.lzh . 13/93 .. World Class Rugby - Domark 4 Bye for now!