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                "All the games that are fit to print."

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News Updates    *An informed mind mind knows a lot more garbage than an
============    *uninformed mind, so always read this section!

-Here's what many of you have requested: "Filenames!"  They are now their,
 listed right under the diz for your conveinence.
-Another thing you requested: "Get rid of those lame ass Mac coming soon
 listings!"  Poof, they are gone!
-I will be on vacation for a while, so TGR will not be out for another 2
 weeks.  All of the win95 games will be reviewed, and depending on the # of
 games put out, I will use discretion in what I do or don't review when I get
 back.  So understand that the next TGR after this will be on Sept 1, 1996.
-Things to look for:  Coming soon, another hit parody song; "Gamer's Paradise"
 A ripoff of Coolio's `Gansta Paradise' and Weird Al's `Amish Paradise'.
 Guaranteed to make you laugh enough to lose 5 pounds or you're download back!

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 GAME REVIEWS, RATINGS, UN-BIASED OPINIONS, HELP/TIPS FOR INSTALLING GAMES!
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-Rating scale:
                 (0-19)/100 = In a nutshell, it sucked!
                (20-39)/100 = Still crap but slightly better.
                (40-49)/100 = Possibly worth downloading.
                (50-69)/100 = Pretty decent game. Might want to check it out.
                (70-79)/100 = Worth the download if you like that type.
                (80-89)/100 = Very good, 9 outta 10 its worth the download.
                (90-99)/100 = Excellent game, a MUST download.
                    100/100 = HOLY SHIT I'VE NEVER SEEN A BETTER GAME!

RATINGS are based on the game idea, graphics, sound, playability, ingenuity,
versatility, and a lot of other words ending in `ity'.  These games are based
on what happens on MY COMPUTER ONLY, unless stated otherwise.  I always first
follow nfo directions, and if those don't work or are not available, I then
try other ways.  So just b/c it doesn't work for me, doesn't mean it won't
work for you.
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                     -<*><*> THE GAME REVIEW <*><*>-
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Star Turtle H.C.J [24/24]
(c) Sony
=========================
-Filenames: STRTLT??.ZIP
This is one of the stupidest, most drugged out shit I've ever seen.  The
entire thing is just a .mov/.crap of Harry Connick Jr. and this satanic talk-
ing turtle who comes from another planet and Harry Connick Jr. saves the
fucking turtle's species and shit.  I think H.C.Jr was on that "tar heroine"
around the time he made this fucking crap.  The whole thing is stupid, H.C.
takes this reptile turtle <who has magically flown to earth from another
planet> around to discos and shit, and the turtles back begins to glow greener
and brighter, it's really stupid.  I've never seen a more fucked up thing in
my life.  The only reason I would tell you to download this was if you wanted
a good laugh at some crazy shit, or if you're whatever state that is prosec-
uting H.C.Jr for drugs, and want to use this as evidence against him.
                                RATING: 22/100

   The Gene Machine (C) Virgin [x/42] &    Gene Machine (c) Virgin [xx/37]
_____ _____  ____ _____  ____________ & _ ________________________  _____ ___
\_   | \   \/   / _   /__\_   \_/   _ & \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\___
 |   _  \_  \ _/  \   \ __/___/ |   / & dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\                
 |___|   |____|___/   /_\   \___|____ & _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \
 ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\:::::::  & \____\   \______\_________|_____\____
-Filenames: HBD-GM??.ZIP              & =======\___/===ù1911ùCDùDIVISIONù====
                                        -Filenames: GMACH-??.ZIP
This game just sucks.  The intro takes fucking forever, because it's this
old ass English fellow yapping away to his fucking butler on a train to
England.  It's an adventure game, talk to this person, listen to unstimulating
conversation, and if you manage to stay awake you win!  The graphics are
cartoonish like on a shitty cartoon like background.  I don't really care if
the Brit's did like this one, but it ain't my cup of tea and I doubt it will
be yours either.  It's not worth your time or effort.  If you refuse to list-
en to me and get this one, make sure you get the .ini fix too.
                                RATING: 31/100

  ______________ ____________
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-----|    .|______|-|    |     |----
|    |    | ______  |    |     |   |
|    |    |`>     \ |    |     |   |
|____|    |/      /_|    |     |___|
 .  \____________/\___________/`[bd]
   coredump proudly presents ...
CRUSADER, NO REGRET (C)ORIGIN [xx/25]
+ MUSIC ADDON/FIX (C) ORIGIN  [xx/06]
-Filenames: CD-RGT??.ZIP, CD-RSND??.ZIP
Crusader is back, and improved.  While you may go and call this Crusader 2,
it's really a little stretch to do that.  This game is pretty much exactly
like the original, except a few minor improvements, new levels, different
exclamations from the enemies, smarter artificial inteligence of the enemies,
and limits on your animation (bad).  While some of you remember this game as
"that one you could blow up everything in" you will soon find this one loses
some of that fun because of the fact that you are limited on ammunition of
even your main gun.  For those who didn't play the first one, the game idea is
simple.  It's a 3D overview of rooms, you walk around, shoot people, shit that
you wish you could do in real life.  You have tons of weapons to pick up, and
so many things to blow up, you could spend your entire life blowing up every
single thing.  If you liked the first one a lot, then I still reccomend gett-
ing this one, although it just isn't as good and simple as the first one.
If you thought the first one was so-so-good, then well you really don't need
to check this one out, because it isn't much different.  I would have thought
they could have made some more improvements to the game, add some better
features, and improve it a little more than they did.  When you hit "s" it
also will make an annoying beep sound (it gets annoying trust me) if there is
nothing to use it for.  Also, they didn't really improve on the game engine,
which although good, could have used some bug-like fixes.  Still a great game,
make sure ya get the save game fix (which is just a stupid .com file to make
a dir "savegame" in your game dir), and the music addon for music.  Oh, one
more thing, the install.exe you are supposed to run to set the sound, it takes
quite a while to load, so don't go rebooting your machine when all it does is
sit their for about anywhere from 10-20 seconds with a black screen, the
regret.exe will also take quite a while to load up, just be patient.  Also,
there are some rumors about this being a `beta'.  As far as I can tell, the
game runs fine, exactly like the first did, and there really is NO PROOF that
this is not the final.  Oh and ONE more thing, on level 1, at one pt in time
you will be given a code #121 for those keypads, the correct # is really #122,
I don't know if the game was designed to do that, but it's not #121.
                                RATING: 81/100

GENERAL CHAOS ][ (C) SEGA PC [22/22]
-[10/08/96]-------------------------
   íí    ííííí  ííííí
  #  #   #      #     Australian
  ----   --     ----    Elite
 #    #  #      #        Force
 ç    ç  ççççç  ç[g!]
-[10/08/96]-------------------------
-Filenames: AEFCG2??.ZIP
Fucked up 2nd zip, screwed up .bat, and pretty much fake and/or not working.
                                RATING: NA/100

   GENE WARS (c) BULLFROG/E.ARTS [xx/29]
_ ________________________  _____ ________ _
 \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\
dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                
 _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \
 \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_
=======\___/===ù1911ùCDùDIVISIONù======\___/
-Filenames: GENEWR??.ZIP
You travel from planet to planet looking to start life by research and minor
building.  It's sim city in some ways and sim city in the other ways <G>.
You are given two scientists who have specific tasks to follow on different
planets.  You must cultivate the land and shit and grow weird mutant combos
of plants and animals.  It's tough to get going in the game, but if you're
willing to give it a shot, it has some potential.  I wasn't getting any sound
during the game, but I got it in the little intros.  The gfx are your usual
land layout, with actual depth to it, not just flat.  Be sure to run the
genewars.bat and not just the gw.exe, b/c the .bat has some switches to take
off the mouse position in the top left and some other shit.  The game wasn't
too exciting, and will take hours to learn the little itty bitty details to
go along with it.  I just hit `s' on the first level and it said level comp-
leted and moved me on to the next one, so if you're bored of a task you can
always do that.  Anyway, only get if you are desperate for a sim city like
game.
                                RATING: 52/100
        
        Three Skulls of Toltecs     [31/31]
_ ________________________  _____ ________ _
 \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\
dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/  
 _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \
 \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_
=======\___/===ù1911ùCDùDIVISIONù======\___/
-Filenames: 3SKULL??.ZIP
Here's an adventure game for the kiddies.  It takes place in a western setting
with a beginning shootout on wagons.  The graphics are all cartoon animation.
The game has the typical "use/walk/talk/open/look" features you use.  The
conversations are pretty boring and stupid and simple minded.  Like a man
will talk about something, then your next question could be from a choice
like "Who is <the man>".  Then the guy blabbers on and you ask more detailed
questions.  It's just pretty damn boring, not funny, and sketchy story line.
The sound was fucked too for me.  Overall it's a pretty basic adventure game
geared a little more toward `dem yoots'.
                                RATING: 55/100

====================================
Demented Dimensions BBS Presents:
Crosswords Plus v2.0 for Windows 3.1
An okay crossword game, if you
like crossword games.          [1/1]
====================================
-Filename: CRSWRPL2.ZIP
I wish I found this last year when I needed to make my own Crossword puzzle
for school.  This thing will create one for you, and it's very good for extra
credit and shit if you make a poster out of it.  But still, this is crosswords
and they suck.  So here's a crossword puzzle I made:
             C
             R
           B O R I N G
             S
             S U C K S
             W                   
             O                    
         G A R B A G E           R
             D                   E
             S T U P I D - S H I T
                                 A
                                 RATING: 24/100
                                 D

=================================
Demented Dimensions BBS Presents:
WordQuest v2.0 for Windows
A so-so wordfinder game, if your
into those kind of games.   [1/1]
=================================
-Filename: WRDQST2.ZIP
Well this is pretty much the same thing as the Crossword one, except it's
the one where you find the word, not figure it out.  Same options, same crap.
I made another puzzle using this:
z z z z T H I S z z z z z z z I S z z z z z A z z z z z W A S T E z z z z z z
Z O F z z z z z F U C K I N G z z z z z z z z T I M E z z z z z D O N T z z z
z z z z z B O T H E R z z z z U N L E S S z Y O U z z z N E E D z z z z z I T
z z z z z z z z z z z z R A T I N G : 2 4 / 1 0 0 z z z z z z z z z z z z z z

Duke Nukem 3D Addon Vol. 2         [02/02]       
       __   .      __    .       __
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[ - f  U  L  L  T  H  R  O  T  T  L  E - ]
-Filenames: FOE-DNA?.ZIP
Another collection of .map files, 211 to be precise, 200 of which you probab-
ly already have from another collection.  Stop putting these out, they are
getting lame, especially when everyone has all of them.
                                RATING: 16/100


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Software: 95 Oem Service Release 2 beta4 (includes directX2, and stuph)
          All the latest drivers for the above hardware.
 
                    ---     Ratings/Points System     ---
                100-90= LEECH IT OR DIE!       89-70= Check it
                 69-50= Ehh maybe              49-30= Prolly not
                  29-1= Shitzville!!               0= Don't Work
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** Note: Due to the fact that trying to play Astrorock last week to review for
Ionizer, who said he couldn't get it to work, crashed my system while this was
loaded in Uedit, I had to rewrite this from scratch, about 30 minz before
release time.

       HELLBENDER (C) MICROSOFT [xx/22]
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     _UU UUU_UUáUU_UUU UUUUUU    _UUš UUUUY ø    U   ø
      UU UUUUUUšUU UUU UUYUUU   šUUUU UUUYᚠ    _Y
     _UU   áUUU šš UUUš   UUU UUUUUýU UUUš  áᚚUá   øøø
     UUUY   _UU UU UUU øø UUU UUU_UUUUáá  šššýááýšš
     UUUUš ááUUááá ššš   áUUUáááá á  šššááá       áááš
     UUUUáá  UU   r  e  f  l  u  x  !      øø         áá
      á    ŽŽŽŽŽŽ ŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽŽ-- - -Ž -ŽŽŽ-Ž  
** FixNotes: RLX released a fix (which isn't needed, just follow these dirs)
All you need to do is to move \hellbend to \hellbender by either using the 
move command in WinDos or renaming it in the Explorer.

I waited till this was out for a while to play it. People have been calling 
this Terminal Velocity II. Don't think so. TV was at least somewhat controll-
able with my gravis pad. The controls on this suck if you use a gamepad type
of controller. I plugged in the ole MS Pro stick and it was just a little
better. It is the same type of game as TV though. Decent grafix, but even
better music. I had my stereo turned up a little loud from listening to some
tunes before, and when this thing started playing I thought it was gonna pop
a woofer. Strong shit! The voice was done pretty well too. All the usual
features: joy config, detail levels, sound config, etc.. I dunno though, this
game didn't really interest me a whole lot for some reason. Prolly cuz of the
oversteering problem. It does support rudder controls if you have that capa-
bility, which made it a little bit more controllable, but I still couldn't
fly this very well.

** Points: 70 -Mainly due to not being able to aim at shit cuz it moves too
               fast.
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            The pAth0s Casino for Win95!
        
          Reg'd casino games from UltiSoft

                  Lucky Stars v4.3
                Cherry Delight v4.3
                Paradise Slots v1.2
                 Jackpot Slots v1.2
           DoubleDynamite Video Slots v1.2
                 Extreme Slots v1.2
                Real Video Poker v4.1
              Real Video Blackjack v4.1
            Noisy Video Blackjack & Poker

     [08/08/96]                         [xx/05]
     _=========================================_
A little collection of reg'd shareware video casino games. Some of em aren't
too bad, and would be something to play while leeching a few megz at 28.8.
There's a couple of 8 payline slots, a couple 1 payline slots, and a couple of
video poker games. There's a few options to speak of, one of them being auto-
play, where you can set a value and it'll only stop when you win that much or
more. There's also other special payoffs and doublers in most of these. Not
gonna talk too much about this ware, I think most of us know what slots and
poker are :)

** Points: 35 -If you're not into the video gambling thing.
           74 -If you are, or need something small to play with.
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** Note: This is the single 95 game released this week:

     GEX (c) Crystal Dynamics/MicroSoft [XX/19]
                    for Windows 95
     *** Note: The HBD Setup is on disk 19! ***
     _____ _____  ____ _____  ________________
     \_   | \   \/   / _   /__\_   \_/   _    \
      |   _  \_  \ _/  \   \ __/___/ |   /    /
      |___|   |____|___/   /_\   \___|_______/
       ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\::::::::::
-Filenames: HBDGEX??.ZIP
Here's what HBD had to say about this:
"Hello fellow pirates! This time we bring you a kewl platform game, where
 you take on the role as GEX, lizardrious but not too green! Basically, you 
 start out by choosing a TV-station. Then you must choose a channel on      
 this particular TV-station (channel=level!). Then you're off to run around 
 whopping zombies with yer sturdy tail! WHIP WHIP WHIP! You can also climb  
 walls 'n shit (like any GEX lizard!). This game was first out on the SEGA  
 Saturn (I think!), and this is an exact port to the PC. We recommend that  
 you play it on a P133 with 32MB of ram and a Matrox MGA card. Latah!"

This is a pretty cool game. I think this was the very first playstation rom I
ever popped in the console, not sure. The only differences between this and
the one for the psx was this one is missing Gex's little phrases that he says
at certa in times throughout the game, no big deal though. You'll have to have
a fast system though, it ran slightly slow on mine. Maybe due to the fact I
was running in 64k color mode @ 800x600 oh, and my grafix card ain't cuttin it
no more (I'm gonna start the "Donations for pAth0s's Matrox" Fund.) Other than
that, all of the sound fx are here. I thought I might've ran into a little
problem though, it seemed to take forever to load up the stage select after
completing a level, I paused, then unpaused, and it went back right after. So
if it hangs on you at the end of a level, try pausing and unpausing. The gfx
were pretty decent for a scrolly adventure. All the usual options, keyboard
config, joy config, sound, and window size. This is prolly the best PSX port
I've seen yet, but then again, there haven't been that many.

** Points: 81 -Should keep you busy for a while, and not 1.02e22 disks long.
_____________________             __________            _____________________
                   Just say NO! to the facist war on WaReZ!

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                         <*>THE GAME OF THE WEEK<*>
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This week's goes to the game whose original was Action Game of the Year in
some magazine that they print on that stuff, what's it called again, oh yeah
that paper stuff.  Anyway, congratulations to COREDUMP for their release of
CRUSADER: NO REGRET and for not screwing it up totally, and coming out with
the fixes slightly quick.

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                            <*>OTHER RELEASES<*>
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-Peter and The Wolf (TFT, old dupe)
-Striker '96 Minimized Version (HSY, just smaller)
-Sports Pinball Hockey Edition (Mantis, this single table was released by
                               (Epic in a 3 table pack of sports games)

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                         <*>UPCOMING RELEASE DATES<*>
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-All projected dates are as of AUGUST 16TH 1996, 8:15am (EST) and based on
store release dates.  The info. in this section is updated WHEN AVAILABLE.
                       
                       Key to system types:

DCD   = DOS CD           WCD = Windows CD      HCD = Windows/Mac. CD
W95CD = Win 95 CD        W3  = Windows Disk
W953  = Win 95 Disk      D3  = DOS Disk

Date    |        Name of Game  | OS |            Company
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96/08/19         FNL FURY 1-4 DCD                MINDSCAPE
96/08/20         TROPHY CASE DCD                 SIR TECH
96/08/20         MANIC KARTS DCD                 VIRGIN GAMES
96/08/21         MEGA RACE 2 DCD                 MINDSCAPE
96/08/22         NFL QB CLUB 97 DCD              ACCLAIM
96/08/22         STRIKER 96 DCD                  ACCLAIM
96/08/24         AZRAEL TEAR DCD                 MINDSCAPE
96/08/26         ALBION DCD                      BLUE BYTE
96/08/26         AGE RIFLES DCD                  MINDSCAPE
96/08/26         SILNT HTR PATL DCD              MINDSCAPE
96/08/27         Z DCD                           VIRGIN GAMES
96/08/27         POWERSLAVE DCD                  PLAYMATES INTERACTIVE ENT
96/08/27         ERADICATR DEMO DCD              WEA VIDEO
96/08/28         QUAKE SHWR DCD                  ID SOFTWARE
96/08/29         DEADLOCK DCD                    WEA VIDEO
96/09/01         DEADLY SKIES DCD                JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA
96/09/01         BULL FROG PK DCD                ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/09/01         GOLF NICK P DCD                 GT SOFTWARE
96/09/01         AD&DCORERULESDCD                TSR
96/09/01         DUNGON KEEPR DCD                ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/09/01         HIST WORLD DCD                  AVALON HILL
96/09/02         DEADLY GAMES DCD                SIR TECH
96/09/05         ALIEN TRIL DCD                  DIGITAL PICTURES
96/09/09         HIND DCD                        INTERACTIVE MAGIC
96/09/15         MAST/ORION 2 DCD                SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
96/09/15         MAGIC GATHER DCD                SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
96/09/15         OVER REICH DCD                  AVALON HILL
96/09/17         ASSASSIN 2015 DCD               WEA VIDEO
96/09/24         BEDLAM DCD                      GT SOFTWARE
96/09/30         WAR GMES COLL DCD               MINDSCAPE
96/09/30         STL PANTHRS 2 DCD               MINDSCAPE
96/09/30         BLOOD/MAGIC DCD                 INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/10/01         BARB DESN REFL WCD              MATTEL
96/10/01         BARBE STRY MKR WCD              MATTEL
96/10/01         BTLCRSR 3000 DCD                TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
96/10/01         SCENERY ITALY DCD               WIZARD WORKS
96/10/15         NCAA BASKETBLL DCD              GTE INTERACTIVE MEDIA
96/10/29         STAR GENERAL DCD                MINDSCAPE
96/10/29         TIMELAPSE DCD                   GTE INTERACTIVE MEDIA
96/11/01         JETFIGHTR III DCD               INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/11/01         VR BASEBALL DCD                 INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/08/19         POLITICARDS HCD                 MASQUE
96/08/20         CHESSMATES TCD                  INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/08/27         DEVO:SMART HCD                  WEA VIDEO
96/10/01         MOTHER GSE LRN HCD              MATTEL
96/10/01         FSHRPRCE PARNT HCD              MATTEL
96/10/01         SIDWNDR GAMEPAD                 MICROSOFT
96/08/15         LIGHTHOUSE TCD                  SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/08/15         TRIV PURSUIT WCD                HASBRO INTERACTIVE
96/08/19         PSD DXIII WCD                   BRODERBUND
96/08/19         CIVIL WAR:LEE WCD               SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/08/19         MUPPETS TRSR WCD                ACTIVISION
96/08/19         NECRODOME SHR W5CD              MINDSCAPE
96/08/20         DAGGERFALL DCD                  BETHESDA
96/08/24         DUKE NUKEM 3D WCD               WIZARD WORKS
96/08/26         WOOD SHIP MEN WCD               AVALON HILL
96/08/27         MUMMY WCD                       INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/08/30         TRPMKR 97 WCD                   RAND McNALLY
96/08/30         STREETFND 97 WCD                RAND McNALLY
96/09/01         HTWHL TOY CAR WCD               MATTEL
96/09/15         ENCARTA97 DX WCD                MICROSOFT
96/09/16         SCRABBLE WCD                    HASBRO INTERACTIVE
96/09/24         MON NIGHT FB WCD                DISNEY SOFTWARE
96/10/01         BARBE PRN&PLY WCD               MATTEL
96/10/01         BARBIE DESIGN WCD               MATTEL
96/10/01         NOIR WCD                        CYBERDREAMS
96/10/01         OTHELLO WCD                     HASBRO INTERACTIVE
96/10/14         ULT YAHTZEE WCD                 HASBRO INTERACTIVE
96/10/14         CLUE WCD                        HASBRO INTERACTIVE
96/10/22         9 WCD                           GT SOFTWARE
96/10/29         COLLEGE FTBL WCD                DISNEY SOFTWARE
96/11/01         HOT WHEELS MOUSE WCD            MATTEL
96/08/19         PSD ENSIII W5C                  BRODERBUND
96/08/19         MORT KOMBT 3 W5C                GT SOFTWARE
96/08/19         OLYMPIC SOCC W5C                U.S. GOLD INC.
96/08/19         MARATHON 2 W5C                  BUNGIE SOFTWARE
96/08/19         TIME COMMANDO W5C               ACTIVISION
96/08/26         DESTINY W5C                     INTERACTIVE MAGIC
96/08/26         FREE ENTERPRSE W5C              BRODERBUND
96/08/30         MECH 2 MERCS W5C                ACTIVISION
96/09/01         NEVERHOOD W5C                   MICROSOFT
96/09/01         REAL TROUBLE W5C                U.S. GOLD INC.
96/09/09         NECRODOME W5C                   MINDSCAPE
96/09/15         CINEMANIA 97 W5C                MICROSOFT
96/09/15         GREET WKSHP W5C                 MICROSOFT
96/09/15         MS PICTURE IT W5C               MICROSOFT
96/09/15         DEADLY TIDE W5C                 MICROSOFT
96/09/15         PUBLISHER 97 W5C                MICROSOFT
96/09/15         DIE HARD TRL W5C                FOX VIDEO
96/09/16         DRK SUN:ONLINE W5C              MINDSCAPE
96/09/20         HEXEN W5C                       GT SOFTWARE
96/09/20         ENCARTA 97 STD W5C              MICROSOFT
96/09/24         STAR CONTR 3 W5C                WEA VIDEO
96/09/24         WARWIND W5C                     MINDSCAPE
96/09/27         DIABLO W5C                      DAVIDSON
96/09/27         WRLD ATLS 2.0W5C                MICROSOFT
96/09/27         AUTOMP ST +5 W5C                MICROSOFT
96/09/27         AUTOMP ST+DX W5C                MICROSOFT
96/09/27         AUTOMP TRP5.0 W5C               MICROSOFT
96/10/01         STR TRK GEN W5C                 SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
96/10/01         DOMINION W5C                    7TH LEVEL
96/10/02         WESTWORLD 2000 W5C              SIMON & SCHUSTER
96/10/15         REVERENCE W5C                   CYBERDREAMS
96/10/21         HYPERBLADE W5C                  ACTIVISION
96/11/01         TERRACIDE W5C                   U.S. GOLD INC.
96/11/12         TITANIC W5C                     GTE INTERACTIVE MEDIA
96/11/18         BATTLESHIP W5C                  HASBRO INTERACTIVE
96/11/18         RISK W5C                        HASBRO INTERACTIVE
96/12/01         DEATHTRP DNG W5C                U.S. GOLD INC.
97/01/01         MINDWARP W5C                    MAXIS
97/03/01         MORTIFICATOR W5C                PLAYMATES INTERACTIVE ENT

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-Looky looky here, no corrections.

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YOUR ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF READING THIS MAGAZINE, NOR HAVE I DONE ANYTHING
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-There was lot of "Gene*" stuff out this week eh?  GENEral Chaos 2, GENE Wars,
 and GENE Machine.  Just something to think about next time you're uh, next
 time your... uhh... fuck I don't know when you'd have to think about that.
-That's it for this week, hope it was of help.
                                                 -Ionizer (The Game Reviewer)
Comments/Complaints send to ionizer@ns2.clever.net (NO GAME REQUESTS)

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