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 INTRODUCTION
 ------------

 It's chart time again!  Just when you thought our charts were going to come
 out as often as Loaded's, here we are again with another timely reminder of
 who's hot and who's not on the gbc scene.

 Thanks to all for the feedback we received after our first issue was
 launched.  I'm happy to say the vast majority of readers liked it, and
 wanted to see it continue...there were some dissenting voices however, and
 while some of the comments verged on the ridiculous, the eagle-eyed amongst
 you will have noticed we made some minor changes to the scoring system.
 Hopefully this will result in a more balanced chart, but as always if you
 have any complaints, please contact your nearest CPL member :)

 NOTE: Opinions expressed below are the opinions of the named author!  If
       Mr.X of GBCLOSERS says that your group bends over and gets anally
       penetrated by a herd of goats, that's nothing to do with us.
       Contact CPL about the CHARTS, otherwise contact the person responsible
       for the comment you dislike.

 On with the show...
                                                                 - Wayne Kerr

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 RULES & POINTS
 --------------

 -1 Point  - DUPE: Released a game, but only after another group already beat
             you?  -1 point then.
             DUPE TRAINER: A Late Trainer with the same or less options.
             BROKEN: If you release a game/trainer/crack that doesn't work,
             -1 time!

 +0 Points - NON-COLOR: Mono GB or SGB games are listed for posterity, but
             receive no points.  Similarly, a trainer/crack for a GB/SGB-only
             game will receive 0 points.
             FIX: You get 0 points for fixing one of your own mistakes.

 +1 Point  - AVERAGE TRAINER: +1, +2, +3, +4 trainer receives 1 point.

 +2 Points - AVERAGE FOREIGN: Foreign (non-English) games receive 2 points,
             even if the game has previously been released in another
             language.  JAP/GER/FRA/SPA, whatever.
             A European release of a previously available US release will
             also receive 2 points.
             QUALITY TRAINER: A +5 or above trainer will receive 2 points.
             CRACK: A crack for a protected/non-working game gets you 2
             points.

 +3 Points - INT: An English-language release of a game will receive 3
             points.
             QUALITY FOREIGN: A Foreign (non-English) game that is 100%
             playable.
             TRANSLATION: Translating a non-English game to English =
             3 points.  The points reflect the major amount of work this
             requires!

 +4 Points - MAJOR: Usually the best/most-anticipated game of the month.


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 - Aggression

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 eNf  /       \|    _____/__|    ____/__.
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 DATE      CTY  TITLE OF RELEASE                       SIZE    PTS      INFO
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 03-06-99  INT  Bust-A-Move 4                          04MB    +03
 03-06-99  INT  Ken Griffy Jr's Slugfest               08MB    +03
 03-06-99  INT  V-Rally '99                            08MB    +02
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                                                        TOTAL +08
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 COMMENTS
 --------

 Well, this was entirely unexpected.  AGS busting out in the GBC scene in a
 big way.  I was highly anticipating the release of Bust a Move 4, but
 nobody knew the regular groups wouldn't be getting this out first.  Good
 job on that one.  Great to finally have a portable color version of this
 popular puzzle game :)  Ken Griffey is also an excellent release, being the
 best baseball game to come out on gameboy yet (and as far as color goes,
 not everyone's skin is black in this one :P)

 - Amptor/Oldskool

 
 A few nice releases from Aggression, expecially one that I was really
 looking forward to, Slugfest. Nice work, hope to see more great ones from
 them.

 - BigRedPimp/Rapid Fire


 Newcomer Aggression surprised everyone by releasing 3 games in one day.  Bust-a-Move 4 was
 somewhat disappointing unfortunately, but Aggression seems as if they might give Menace some
 great competition for US releases.  I hope to see more of what they can offer in the future.

 - Opoth/Menace


 Wow!  AGS came out of nowhere on GBC to put out a couple of the best games
 released this month, namely BAM4 and Ken Griffey.  After further inspection
 Bust a Move turned out to be pretty poor, but that's not the fault of AGS!
 Ken Griffey was technically excellent and a pretty decent baseball game too,
 all-in-all a good month (day?!) for AGS.  Expect to see more from them in
 the near future.
 
 - Wayne Kerr/Capital


 Three quality games - good work! The team behind V-Rally must be one of the
 best coders, technically. Slugfest really seem to be a really anti-emulator
 game - let's just hope this isn't the start of a new trend from the
 developers.
 
 - Zizero/Eurasia
 

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 - Capital
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    ____ /     __/ ____\_      /      /  _____
   |    //     |__/      _____//     /_/\     |
   `----\________/_______|-rtx\_____/____\----'

 DATE      CTY  TITLE OF RELEASE                       SIZE    PTS      INFO
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 30-06-99  INT  Asterix & Obelix +4 Trainer            IPS     +01
 29-06-99  INT  Pokemon Pinball (English) +1 Trainer   IPS     +01
 26-06-99  INT  Conker's Pocket Tales +4 Trainer       IPS     +01
 25-06-99  INT  Hugo 2 1/2 +3 Trainer                  IPS     +01
 25-06-99  INT  Disney's Tarzan +3 Trainer             IPS     +01
 19-06-99  INT  Spy vs. Spy +2 Trainer                 IPS     +01
 04-06-99  INT  Paperboy +2 Trainer                    IPS     +01
 03-06-99  INT  WWF Attitude *CRACK*                   IPS     +02
 02-06-99  INT  Maya the Bee & Her Friends +2 Trainer  IPS     +01
                                                       -----------
                                                        TOTAL +10
                                                       -----------
 COMMENTS
 --------

 Capital strikes again with more trainers.  All of them are at least +2, which
 is great to see.  The more options the better and having many options for
 hits like Tarzan and Conker's Pocket tales is great work.

 - Amptor/Oldskool


 What a surprise! Capital releases many of the greatest trainers that
 I've seen so far. I always seem to look forward to their next one as
 their menus seem to get better and better. Great work peeps.

 - BigRedPimp/Rapid Fire


 You can always expect great trainers and fixes from CPL, and June was no exception to this 
 rule.  I'm sure we would all like to see more games released by CPL in the future, but for now
 their trainers are great.

 - Opoth/Menace


 A quiet time for CPL this month, no game releases and only a few trainers
 (as usual) churned out by Rotox gave us any points!  At least this month
 myself and Gilligan contributed a little, and hopefully things will pick
 up once summer is over.
 
 - Wayne Kerr/Capital


 Trainers, trainers, trainers - where are the games?? At least Capital shows
 who are the no. 1 when it comes to trainers, although there's no real
 quality trainer here. Running a PC program to find the imporant memory locations
 for lives etc is not much of a feat. Spending an extra day or two to make
 a quality trainer would do Capital good.

 Just a funny note concerning the Spy vs Spy trainer: turn on infinte lives
 and play the black spy, and you're in for a really though fight!!
 
 - Zizero/Eurasia

 (Note to Fredro/Eurasia: Look above.. Do these charts look biased to you?
                          If the above was about you or Eurasia being 
                          mentioned like that and these charts were done by 
                          you I'm sure this comment would get removed) 
                                                                
                                                                 - Rotox/CPL
 

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 - Eurasia & Nightfall

MTX!____.--._)\____  .-.  ____/(___:.___    
.--/  _ |  | \___  \/ _ \/  ___/___]/ _ \--.
| /   __|  l  |   _/  _  \___  \   /  _  \ |
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|/ _ \[___]/ ___| \(__   __| __/ _ \  |  | |
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\__|  /___\_____|__|__|__\__| \  |__/___\__\
   `-'                         `-'          

 DATE      CTY  TITLE OF RELEASE                       SIZE    PTS      INFO
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 23-06-99  INT  R-Type DX +1			       IPS     +01
 22-06-99  INT  R-Type DX			       08MB    +04
 17-06-99  JAP  Pocket Hanafuda                        02MB    +02
 10-06-99  JAP  Kandume Monsters                       08MB    +02
 08-06-99  INT  Game Boy Camera *Gold*                 08MB    +00      GB
 06-06-99  JAP  Momotaro Collection                    08MB    +00      GB
 06-06-99  JAP  Bomberman Collection                   08MB    +00      GB
 04-06-99  INT  Bust-A-Move 4 +1 Trainer               IPS     +01
 04-06-99  INT  Paperboy +2 Trainer                    IPS     -01      DUPE
 03-06-99  JAP  Katou 1-2-3                            08MB    +02
 01-06-99  INT  Conker's Pocket Tales                  16MB    +03
                                                       -----------
                                                        TOTAL +14
                                                       -----------
 COMMENTS
 --------

 And the most anticipated game of the month was R-Type DX.  I thought this
 game could have been done better though.  Generally, I dislike playing
 shooters that you die after one hit.  Although e^n released an infinite
 life trainer, I don't think that's enough.  I'll just wait and see if
 someone else brings out a better trainer or just buy an action replay :)
 Hmm..I see a -1 point for Paperboy +2 Trainer.  I know there will be some
 argument about this after the charts are released :/
 
 - Amptor/Oldskool


 Is it just me or do I see a lot of JAP releases coming out of e^n? :)
 Anyway, not only do they release another great game, R-Type DX, but they
 also train it. Keep it up.

 - BigRedPimp/Rapid Fire


 EUR&NFL definitely scored the best game of the month with R-Type DX.  Of course, everyone 
 expected Conker's Pocket Tales to be the release to have, but it was unfortunately
 disappointing.  All in all, a solid mix of games and trainers is keeping EUR&NFL going strong.
 
 - Opoth/Menace


 Eur&NFL came back strongly this month, with a couple of big releases.
 Conkers Pocket Tales was eagerly awaited by all on the GBC scene, but
 turned out to be a _major_ letdown with below average gfx and gameplay.
 A black mark on RARE's otherwise unblemished report card...not EUR's :)
 But then, game of the month, R-TYPE DX!  As good as a shootemup as I've
 seen on handheld, and definitely worthy of the 4 points.
 On the flipside of the coin, EUR managed an unwanted GBC-scene first by
 releasing a dupe trainer for Paperboy, and also released a +1 trainer for
 the awesome R-Type that was completely worthless (infinite lives
 for a game with infinite continues?!).  Not much on the trainer side this
 month, but if the 'inside' warez continue, expect EUR to climb the charts
 next month...

 - Wayne Kerr/Capital


 R-Type, game of the month according to many, although I truly can't see why...
 The trainer was also a real disappointment for this "big" game.
 Lots of Japanese releases which I've never checked out. Of the game
 releases, Conker's Pocket Tales seems to be the best game.

 - Zizero/Eurasia


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 - Independent/Anonymous

                                _______  -poyZ!
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 DATE      CTY  TITLE OF RELEASE                       SIZE    PTS      INFO
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 05-06-99  INT  Rats! +8 Trainer                       IPS     +02
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                                                        TOTAL +02
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 COMMENTS
 --------

 Cool, a +8 trainer.  Now that's what we like to see.  Good job :) maybe
 you should consider joining forces with Capital.  Or maybe e^n to give
 them some real competition ;)
 
 - Amptor/Oldskool


 A Rats +8? Impressive for it being an old but none-the-less fun game.

 - BigRedPimp/Rapid Fire
 

 Not much to say, but big trainers are always nice. 

 - Opoth/Menace


 Absolutely tremendous work from Zizero, who has since joined EUR to bolster
 their weak trainer-force.  I'm sure we all look forward to seeing future
 productions from this quality coder...

 - Wayne Kerr/Capital


 First ingame trainer. +8. A cool game. 'nuf said. OK, the game is old, but
 so what?

 - Zizero/Eurasia


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 - Menace 

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 DATE      CTY  TITLE OF RELEASE                       SIZE    PTS      INFO
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 29-06-99  INT  Pokemon Pinball (English)              08MB    +02
 24-06-99  INT  Disney's Tarzan			       16MB    +03
 18-06-99  INT  Chessmaster			       08MB    +03
 18-06-99  INT  Spy vs. Spy                            08MB    +03
 03-06-99  INT  Paperboy			       08MB    +03
                                                       -----------
                                                        TOTAL +14
                                                       -----------
 COMMENTS
 --------

 Menace busts out with four great games this month.  I, as well as most others,
 particularly found Tarzan to be an enjoyable game.  Brings back memories
 of when I was playing Lion King on SNES.  This game has the same old style
 Disney video game graphics which normally I'd think are boring, but not
 this time.  I think the good gameplay makes up for the familiar style.
 Spy vs. Spy is pretty cool.  I like the idea of hiding bombs and watching
 the other player find them and get blown up ;)  Good work on more quality
 stuff.  Mainly this goes out to rza this time..

 - Amptor/Oldskool


 Only thing I can say for Menace's releases this month is: wow. Tarzan
 owns and Poke P-ball is much better in ENG than JAP anyday. :)
 BTW, sup Rza!

 - BigRedPimp/Rapid Fire


 While a comparably slow month, Menace continues to do what they do best in June, and that is
 releasing games that people want to play.  Spy vs. Spy is the best of the bunch, and I'm sure
 all the Pokekiddies will appreciate the english version of Pokemon Pinball.  We should
 definitely be expecting more from them in the future.

 - Opoth/Menace


 Well, looks like Menace took a little breather this month, managing only
 5 releases which by their standards is pretty weak!  Still, compared to
 almost everyone else they are kicking some ass, with both Spy Vs Spy and
 Tarzan high quality games.

 - Wayne Kerr/Capital

 
 Several fine release! My first real contact with the Spy vs Spy series,
 and I must say the game looks very good! Disney's Tarzan was also pretty
 cool, with digital background samples. Still, as I chess player, the
 most anticipated release of these was - for me - Chessmaster. It was
 thus a big disappointment that the game was just a colorization of the
 old one, and the game doesn't even run in double-speed mode!!

 - Zizero/Eurasia


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 - Newbie

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 DATE      CTY  TITLE OF RELEASE                       SIZE    PTS      INFO
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 25-06-99  INT  Yannick Noah Tennis                    1/2MB   +00      GB
 22-06-99  JAP  Noobow                                 02MB    +00      GB
 22-06-99  JAP  Splitz                                 1/2MB   +00      GB
 21-06-99  JAP  Luca's Puzzle Adventure                04MB    +02
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 COMMENTS
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 The first one of these releases, Luca's Puzzle Adventure sounded interesting
 so I loaded it up.  Not bothering to check if it was Japanese, I quickly
 found it to be unplayable.  I'm starting to wonder, are all these legit
 releases or homebrew?

 - Amptor/Oldskool


 Newbie is one of those groups that come from out of nowhere and sneaks up
 on you unexpectedly. For a kiddie game, Noobow is very addicting and
 it's actually fun. Syl777, I'm looking forward to more releases from ya.

 - BigRedPimp/Rapid Fire


 Sometimes old GB releases are fun, but not when they're also jap.  I didn't take a close look at
 these, but hopefully Newbie will offer some interesting releases in the future.

 - Opoth/Menace


 Some crappy JAP puzzle game and some ancient GB roms that no-one wants...
 Can you tell I'm impressed yet?  Hope to see some _real_ releases from
 these guys in the coming months.

 - Wayne Kerr/Capital


 Haven't checked out any of the games, so not much to say. Always nice with
 new people releasing games though.

 - Zizero/Eurasia


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 - Network International Limited

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 DATE      CTY  TITLE OF RELEASE                       SIZE    PTS      INFO
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 25-06-99  JAP  World Soccer GB 2                      08MB    +02
 04-06-99  JAP  ClassKing Yamazaki                     08MB    +02
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                                                        TOTAL +04
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 COMMENTS
 --------

 I tried ClassKing for about a minute then quickly programmed something fun
 back onto my gb-x card :)  Well, I always like to see more soccer (okay
 football but I'm not from europe so I don't spell gameboy color "gameboy
 colour" either ;) game come out.  I didn't try this one because I heard it
 was pretty much the same as the last soccer game that came out.
 
 - Amptor/Oldskool


 NIL never ceases to impress me but this month was kinda slow for 
 everyone. Great releases, though. Keep up the good work.

 - BigRedPimp/Rapid Fire


 June was a slower month for NIL, releasing only 2 new Japanese games for all the completists
 out there.  Not much else to say, but we hope to see more from NIL in the future.

 - Opoth/Menace


 Hello?? Anyone there??  A quiet month for Nil, with only the JAP version of
 ISS'99 and another fairly poor game released during June.  Let's hope the
 masters of the far-east are back with a bang during July!

 - Wayne Kerr/Capital

 
 No comment.

 - Zizero/Eurasia


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 - Oldskool
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 DATE      CTY  TITLE OF RELEASE                       SIZE    PTS      INFO
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 29-06-99  INT  Spy vs. Spy (Multi)                    08MB    +02
 24-06-99  JAP  Momotetsu Junior                       08MB    +00      GB
 05-06-99  JAP  Jinsei Tomedachi                       08MB    +02
 05-06-99  JAP  Pachi Pachi Pachisurou                 08MB    +02
 04-06-99  JAP  Real Baseball Pacific League           04MB    +02
 04-06-99  JAP  Real Baseball Continental League       04MB    +02
 04-06-99  JAP  Golf De Ohasuta                        04MB    +02
 01-06-99  INT  Maya the Bee & Her Friends	       08MB    +03 
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                                                        TOTAL +15
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 COMMENTS
 --------

 As usual, oldskool kicks out a handful of Japanese releases.  The best one
 here (I bet you could guess) is the Maya the Bee & Her Friends.  Of course,
 I don't watch the children's cartoon this is from (looks real boring to me,
 how can kids stand that crap :)  This game seems a bit difficult for kids
 though because some of the levels are real difficult.  If you want a
 challenging puzzle game, try it out.

 - Amptor/Oldskool


 More JAP releases? Is this some sort of conspiracy against ENG games? (j/k)
 Anyway, it's good to see Oldskool releasing quality games. Hmm, Maya the 
 Bee looks awfully familiar. Why did the South Park engine get tortured 
 like that? :P

 - BigRedPimp/Rapid Fire


 A very impressive month for Oldskool, its great to see this group not being plagued by
 dupe releases.  Taking over NILs usual place as the prime jap releaser, Oldskool has some
 excellent releases for all you collectors.  Hope to see more from them soon.

 - Opoth/Menace


 What can I say?  OldSkool came back kicking this month, and really stormed
 the charts with a flurry of decent Jap releases.  But the best release by
 far has to be Maya the Bee, an addictive little platformer which reminded
 me of the classic Lost Vikings series on SNES.  And no DUPES! :) 

 - Wayne Kerr/Capital

 
 Lots of release, although nothing remarkable. The graphics in
 Maya the Bee was a real disappointment. I can't really see the
 need of all this released (from the publishers) of a multi-language
 version of a game - isn't english good enough??
 
 - Zizero/Eurasia


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 - Rapid Fire

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|:. ||    \     \_    _____/||    _/   .::|
`-- l_____|\_____/____|-rtx!l_____| ------'

 DATE      CTY  TITLE OF RELEASE                       SIZE    PTS      INFO
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 27-06-99  INT  NHL: Blades of Steel +1 Trainer (SEL)  IPS     +01
 23-06-99  INT  NHL: Blades of Steel +1 Trainer (USEL) IPS     -01      BROKE
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                                                        TOTAL +00
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 COMMENTS
 --------

 A new trainer group?  I don't really care much for +1's or hockey games,
 so I don't really have much to say here.

 - Amptor/Oldskool


 Ahh, time for me to comment on Rapid Fire (oh great, another ego swelling
 opportunity for the Pimp). Our first release, to put it bluntly, blew big
 ones. That's what I get for training games without testing on the 
 real HW. At least the members caught my mistake and fixed it along with
 making it selectable. Gotta give props to Alfiax for giving us a new menu
 and fixing the problem.

 - BigRedPimp/Rapid Fire


 While I can honestly say I never had a chance to look at these trainers, it's never a good 
 sign when your first release doesn't work the way it should.  Hopefully things will be brighter
 for Rapid Fire in the future, but at the moment I am unimpressed.

 - Opoth/Menace


 "Yay, our first trainer!" -RPF. "Damn, it doesn't work" -RPF.
 "Yay, our first trainer AGAIN" -RPF.  :)
 Jokes aside, this upcoming trainer group should feature in the coming
 months, and personally I wish them the best of luck in their endeavours.
 It should be nice to see another trainer team on GBC... 

 - Wayne Kerr/Capital

 
 New group, and a broken "trainer"... a bit unusual with a trainer in a
 sports game though.
 
 - Zizero/Eurasia


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 - Paradox

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    __/   /  | \  |/  /  | \_\__  \   \\  |  /
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   ----/_____|-----/_____|--\/-------/____|----

 DATE      CTY  TITLE OF RELEASE                       SIZE    PTS      INFO
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 28-06-99  INT  F1 Grand Prix                          16MB    +03
 24-06-99  GER  Hugo 2 1/2                             08MB    +02
 04-06-99  INT  Asterix & Obelix                       08MB    +03 
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                                                        TOTAL +08
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 COMMENTS
 --------

 Paradox strikes again.  Cool to see these guys in action.  I've enjoyed
 their quality releases since the SNES days and all three of these games
 are no exception.  Asterix & Obelix struck me as one of the best platform
 games I've played lately on any system while I tried it out on my V2 gb-x
 card to let Rotox know if the V2 had any problem with it (it didn't :)
 I think F1 Grand Prix is the best racing game out on GBC at the moment.
 I really enjoyed F-1 Race and this game, though made by a different company,
 has some of the same features as it (I'm just glad I don't wipe out in this
 one around the Z turns like I did often in F-1 Race ;)  Hugo 2 1/2 is a
 strange game, but has some pretty fun levels where you can swim, ski, and fly.
 Excellent job on these quality releases!

 - Amptor/Oldskool


 Paradox does it again. I have been waiting for F1 GP for a while and
 it was worth it. Great releases this month, hope to a lot more from ya.

 - BigRedPimp/Rapid Fire


 A fair month for PDX, they improved over their May releases by offering games that were not
 previously available with different title screens.  Solid European releases, hope to see more
 from PDX soon.
 
 - Opoth/Menace


 Three good games appeared this month from the Paradogs, who show some real
 signs of dominating the European releases.  With the rumoured introduction
 of some quality trainermakers in the near future, expect PDX to creep up
 the charts over the summer months...

 - Wayne Kerr/Capital


 Asterix & Obelix was yet another example of a game put together in too
 short time. When are developers and publishers going to become
 more serious about Gameboy development? It's really a shame...

 - Zizero/Eurasia


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    |.                                                                   |
    |::.    TOP 10    __ |_____   ______|_ _      ___/____               |
    | .     _______ .____|    | __\_    |   ______\_    _/______ __      |
    |     _/     _/ |    |   .|/   _   .|___\_    \/    \/    _/___      |
    |    //      |__|    _   |/    |   ||.   /    /     \\_____    \     |
    |    \_________/|    |____\_________||   \____\______/\  ______/     |
    |               `----'               l____|            \/            |
    |                                                                    |
    |    Position                Group Name              Total Points    |
    |    --------                ----------              ------------    |
    |    1ST                     Oldskool                     15         |
    |    2ND \                   Eur&NFL                      14         |
    |    " " /                   Menace                       14         |
    |    3RD                     Capital                      10         |
    |    4TH \                   Aggression                   08         |
    |    " " /                   Paradox                      08         |
    |    5TH                     NIL                          04         |
    |    6TH \                   Ind                          02         |
    |    " " /                   Newbie                       02         |
    |    7TH                     Rapid Fire                   00        .|
    |                                                                  ..|
    |                                                                .:::|
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 There you have it guys and gals, another month of gbc releases scored and
 commented upon for your enjoyment.  Nothing too notable happened this
 month, a typical summer release schedule seems to have very few exciting
 titles included...however a mention must be made of Zizero/EUR's fixing
 utility for v1 bung carts and their bank-switching difficulties. Nice tool!

 That's it, I'm all out of what little inspiration I had.  It's summertime,
 get off IRC and go on holiday...but don't forget to take your GBC with
 you :)

                                                                 - Wayne Kerr

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