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INTRODUCTION
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Welcome to the first issue of the GBC World charts. In these, you will be
presented with an unbiased chart which will tally the releases that
appeared during the course of the month. This issue is certainly rough
around the edges, so please contact me with your questions, comments, and
critizisms.
Last month a new group, Menace emmerged, and they are certainly around to
stay. NIL also dominated this month, picking up almost every Japanese
game. Several other groups were active, including Eurasia, Capital,
Old Skool, and Quasar. In comparison to some other months, this was
rather slow, however the outlook in April appears to be a bit better.
On another note, Capital disrupted and angered many people in the scene
by releasing Hollywood Pinball with an intro on it. The next day a new
(or most likely fake) group called Game Boy Lamers released an intro
remover. Capital had planned to release a remover, but obviously were
beat. I was told by Rotox that it was done because they were angered by
people removing the nfo/diz from their releases. I feel that their point
is completely valid, but with there being an emulator for this system,
that sort of behavior is certainly expected.
Anyway, that's about it for news and the like, if you are reading this,
thanks, it truly is appreciated. Contact me at [loaded@sgordon.com] with
your concerns.
loaded / eurasia
Nice work to loaded for putting this thing together, Its about time the gb
had a chart! Well, all this intro ripping, byte changing and emulamer stuff
is pretty lame, But I'm not gonna say much more about it 'cos loaded has
mentioned it already, so lets continue...
Zigor/eur
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RULES
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This scoring system was borrowed from the PSX World Charts, by Breakdown,
check them out monthly at [http://www.freespeech.org/psxworld/index.html].
The system is rather simple, so you should be able to understand what is
going on. If you do not like it, sorry, it was set up to keep the scene
interesting.
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POINTS
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+0 Points - DUPE: If a file is already released or considered common it will
receive no points.
NON-COLOR: If the game only supports Gameboy or Super Gameboy it
will be placed on the chart for records, but will not be counted
toward your point total.
BAD CRC: If a file is released with bad checksum, the group will
receive no points. If a legitamate fix is later provided by the
same group they will get full points, -1 point for the error. If
another group can release a fix before the first group can, they
will receive full points for the game +1 point for the fix.
+1 Points - A trainer, crack, or fix for a game will recieve one point.
+2 Points - Unplayable due to lack of English selection. This also includes
HuCx games, because the majority of the people cannot play this.
Last, a game that was already playable in an earlier version,
such as Warioland 2 (English) because the Japanese was playable.
+3 Points - Any English game that is either new or was unplayable in an
earlier different language incarnation, playable JAP/FRE/GER
game.
+4 Points - Major title in English. Generally the game of the month.
-1 Points - A bad image that is later corrected by the same group.
-5 Points - A CRC fix that is found to not repair the crc, but instead
change the checksum bits in the header.
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CAPITAL
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03/05 INT Pocket Bomberman +5 Trainer Hudson Soft IPS +01
03/19 INT The Rugrats Movie TùHQ 08Mb +03
03/27 INT Frogger +2 Trainer Majesco Sales IPS +01
03/27 INT Hollywood Pinball Take 2 Int. 08Mb +03
03/27 INT Kid Dracula +2 Trainer Konami IPS +01
03/28 INT Hollywood Pinball+1 Trainer Take 2 Int. IPS +01
03/29 INT Hollywood Pinball Int. Rem. Take 2 Int. IPS +00
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TOTAL +09
- Capital definitely deserves some mention for doing the excellent trainers.
They even managed to release the Rugrats movie, and considering its a kids
game, its really not too bad.
Also, they even created a bit of a stir by appending an intro to Hollywood
Pinball. While the intro was great (cool logo!) many people reacted poorly
to the situation. I talked to both Rotox and WayneKerr, members of Capital
and they basically said it was done because they found some games they put
out on www sites without nfo/diz. I feel that their point is totally valid
but you must remember that there is an emulator for gbc, so there will be
people who don't even understand what goes on in #gbc.
In future issues I'm certain that Capital will appear on top when it comes
to the training and cracking area, unless some new force steps up.
zig:Yeah, its pretty cool to see Capital in the scene once more and these
trainers are a nice addition. The intro on Hollywood Pinball was good
and its too bad if emulamers are re-releasing these games giving no
credit to those who deserve it.
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EURASIA
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03/13 INTL Street Fighter II Nintendo 04Mb +00 GB
03/13 INTL Centipede Majesco Sales 01Mb +00 GB
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TOTAL +00
- This was a rather slow month for Eurasia. They only managed to release two
non-color games. Street Fighter II is self-explanatory, everyone remembers
the old Japanese version. This was just a mislooked game that seemed worthy
of a release.
The other game, Centipede, is very similar to the previous Menace release
but lacks color support. Quite frankly, unless you don't own a gb color or
are not a collector, I don't see why you would bother with it.
Eurasia is a very active group, so they should be back and ready to compete
very soon.
zig:It was a slow month for eurasia but as loaded says 'we will be back!'..
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MENACE
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03/06 INT Super Scrabble Milton Brad. 01Mb +00 GB
03/10 INT Elmo's 123 New Kid Co. 02Mb +03
03/12 INT Elmo's ABC New Kid Co. 02Mb +03
03/13 INT Kid Dracula Konami 02Mb +00 GB
03/18 INT Joust / Defender Midway 08Mb +03
03/24 INT Battle Ship Majesco Sales 08Mb +03
03/26 JAP Tokimeki Sport Konami 32Mb +02
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TOTAL +15
- Menace, the group that appeared during the late weeks of February easily
dominated the USA, releasing most of the games. They fell short of N.I.L,
however, by two points. This was definitely a good month for them, they
will probably continue to be a steady release group in the future.
Onto the games.. The first two GBC games they released were a bit weak,
let's face it, Elmo just can't compete to most other games. The thing that
bothers me the most is that they actually bought(!) one of them. They were
even more daring by getting one of the oh so sweet Majesco games. Some may
argue me on this, but Majesco releases good stuff, hah. Okay, so maybe its
quality falls short of several other companys', but they are probably the
fastest coded games. I was told by a game boy developer that the kind of
work shown in these games could be accomplished in less than five days.
Don't worry, Menace did redeem themselves by releasing Joust/Defender and
Tokimeki Sport. It's a shame that Tokimeki is in Japanese, because from
what I hear, they are Konami classics.
zig:Now everyone can count their gb collection, thanks to Elmo! It was good
to see those 32mbit games finally getting released also.
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NETWORK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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03/12 JAP Beatmania GB Konami 08Mb +04
03/12 JAP Mahjong King Warashi Inc. 08Mb +02
03/12 JAP Poyon's Dungeon Room Hudson Soft 16Mb +02
03/15 JAP Doraemon Kart 2 Epoch Co., Ltd. 08Mb +02
03/16 JAP Last Bible Atlus 04Mb +02
03/19 JAP Beast Wars Takara 08Mb +03
03/19 JAP Miracle of Zone Hudson Soft 08Mb +02
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TOTAL +17
- NIL once again dominated the Japanese releases. They even released the
only game this month that was a major, Beatmania. If you have not played
this game on the Playstation or now GBC, you are now missing out.
For the people that are too lazy to try it out for themselves, its a
game where you try to match the tune playing by using different button
combinations. Luckily, Konami didn't use large amounts of Japanese text
in this game. I was quite pleased with all of NIL's releases this time
around. If you could get by pounding the buttons during menus, the games
were actually quite neat. Until another group steps up with a Japanese
man, I believe NIL will continue to consistently release the stuff most
of us can't understand.
zig:a nice selection from the orient. Mostly titles just for collecting
but Beatmania has to be the gbc game of the month for me. I thought NIL
was gonna bring us those 32mb toki memo games but it seemed not, oh well.
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OLD SKOOL
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03/05 INT 720ø Midway 08Mb +00 DUPE
03/07 JAP Mogu Mogu Gombo Bandai 02Mb +00 GB
03/30 INT Shanghai Pocket Sunsoft 08Mb +02 v1.1
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TOTAL +02
- Once again, another mixed month for Old Skool. It's a shame that they
aren't more careful with their releases, because most of their's are
good. However, the way many people view it, one duplicate file still
gives a group a bad reputation, even if they do a lot of good.
Compared to most months, Old Skool was practically non-existant, there
were not even any Japanese games like normal. I have a feeling that
they are regrouping and preparing to become a major power. Of all groups
currently around, I would say that OS has the greatest potential and
if they get their act together, will be the biggest threat to the
current leaders.
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PARADOX
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03/18 INT V-Rally Champ Edition Infogrames 08Mb +03
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TOTAL +03
- TLF reborn appeared again with their second Game Boy Color release. They
are the only group to release gbc-only files, if that is worth anything.
In January, they managed to release the promotional cart found in stores,
and now they released an average racer for the system. I wasn't too keen
on the game, but I am not into racers that much, so don't consider me an
authority. If you do like racing games, I recommended it, its definitely
worth at least a try.
Like the Playstation division, I think as Paradox gains momentum, they
will grow as a force and certainly bring out many good games.
zig:v-rally gbc was a great release, nice work to pdx for that. I'm sure
PDX will bring more next month.
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QUASAR
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03/02 INT Quest for Camelot Titus/Warner 08Mb +02
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- QUASAR was quiet again this month, only releasing a new multilingual of a
game already out. Unless you can't speak English or have not tried Quest
for Camelot, don't expect too much from this game.
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03/05 INT 720ø Midway 08Mb --
03/24 JAP Tokimeki Culture Konami 32Mb --
03/24 JAP Yossi-no Panepon Nintendo 04Mb -- GB
03/25 JAP Fairy Kitty Imagineer 08Mb --
03/25 INT Nobunaga's Ambition Koei 01Mb -- GB
03/27 JAP Monster Race 2 Koei 16Mb --
03/27 JAP Oodorobou Jing Angel NCS 08Mb --
03/27 JAP Oodorobou Jing Devil NCS 08Mb --
03/28 JAP B-Daman Baku Gaiden Hudson Soft 08Mb --
03/31 JAP Akazukin Cha Cha Tomy 02Mb -- GB
03/31 JAP Animal Breeder 2 J-Wing 04Mb -- GB
03/31 INT Beavis & Butthead GT 04Mb -- GB
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zig:a lot of these came from emu/rom sites and I think some were even
re-packaged under different names so sort it out!
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| 2nd MENACE 15 |
| 3rd CAPITAL 9 |
| 4th PARADOX 3 |
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| 2nd N.I.L 44 |
| 3rd OLD SKOOL 25 |
| 4th MENACE 21 |
| 5th CAPITAL 18 |
| 6th QUASAR 9 |
| 7th PARADOX 6 |
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SUMMARY
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Well, that's about it for the month of March. Once again please contact me
with your concerns. In the coming months, there will be plenty of
interesting games that are coming out. Titles such as Ken Griffey, Mario,
and Conker's Quest are sure to show the true power of the Game Boy Color.
loaded/Eurasia
Mario Classic will be one to look out for sure and as the titles increase
we will see if one group starts to dominate or everyone takes a piece of
the action. Anyway, can't type gotta beat my score on Beatmania :)
zig/eur
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GREETS
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Special greets go to:
MFM - Zigor - fredro - Mutronix - RIP - SCiZE - #SNES - #GBC
ACTRAiSER - amptor - cQBs - crisis - damage - Ego - ennay - Fazwonga - hico
Hotblack - kublai - nETFUCKER - NINjA - P-r0t - PoyZ - rahzel - Rotox - RZA
slapshot - Son-Doobie - Titanik - wild_fire - Red_Skull
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(c) 1999, loaded/Eurasia
Art and Design (c) poyZ!
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