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1987 - releaselist
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This is the unofficial c64 releaselist. Size is calculated as the number of
blocks the main game occupies; the size of external files such as
documentation, loading pictures and other paraphernelia are not included.
The releaselist only takes into consideration original cracks; imports and/
or fixes are not counted for anything here.

Groups active this year:

EUROPE
1001 Crew (1001), 2000 AD (denmark), Beastie Boys (BB, germany), Binary Code
Smashers (BCS), Cleveland Cracking Service (CCS, england), Crackforce Omega
(CFO, sweden), Fantastic 4 Cracking Group (F4CG, italy), Fairlight (FLT,
sweden), Federation Against Copyright (FAC, holland), Fusion (FS, england),
Future Software Spies (FSS), Horizon (HZ, sweden), Hotline (HTL, holland,
denmark), Ikari (england), Jewels (denmark), Raw Deal Inc. (RDI, norway),
Scouse Cracking Group (SCG, england), Teeside Cracking Service (TCS), The
Goonies 2041 (TG, denmark), The Guardians Inc. (TGI), The Starline, Triad
(sweden), Triangle 3532 (denmark), Vortex 42 (V42, sweden).

USA
Eagle Soft Inc. (ESI), Rowdy American Distributors (RAD), The Importing
Homeboys (TIH).


--[ january ]--------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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--[ february ]-------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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--[ march ]----------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 20  Arkanoid +++/Hotline                       Popeye               1/151
     Arkanoid +/Crackforce Omega                Junior               1/150

march notes: No date appears in the CFO crack of "Arkanoid", its placement
within march is a guess.


--[ april ]----------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 17  Nemesis the Warlock +3/Hotline             TMC                  1/130
 27  Amaurote/Hotline                           n/a                  1/127


--[ may ]------------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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--[ june ]-----------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 13  Shadow Skimmer +/Triad                     Mr.Z                 1/113
 14  The Last Ninja ++ dox/Triad                Mr.Z                41/770
 15  Shadows of Mordor/1001 Crew                Honey                2/233
 25  Slapfight/Vortex 42                        Bilbo                1/200


--[ july ]-----------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 15  California Games/Eagle Soft Inc.           n/a                  n/a
 23  Bionic Commando +2/Triangle 3532           n/a                  8/234

july notes: The date on Triangle's "Bionic Commando" is an educated guess :)


--[ august ]---------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 14  Ace 2 +8/Teeside Cracking Service          The Omega Man        1/168
 24  Armageddon Man/Triad                       'The Crackerpit'     1/119
     Ace 2/Starline                             n/a                  1/182

august notes: Date on Starline's "Ace 2" is a guess, entirely based on the
date of the TCS version.


--[ september ]------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 17  Arcade Classics/Ikari                      Nik                  1/112
 17  Arcade Classics/Teeside Cracking Service   The Omega Man        1/120
 18  Tank+/Triangle 3532                        Scratch              1/133
 24  Bubble Bobble +3 dox pic/Teeside Cracking  The Omega Man        1/200
 26  Bubble Bobble/Antitrax                     n/a                  1/166
     Arcade Classics/The Beastie Boys           Captain Future       1/145
     Bubble Bobble +2 pic/2000 AD               Softtech             1/167

september notes: BB's "Arcade Classics" and 2000 AD's "Bubble Bobble" dates
are guesses based on the other release.


--[ october ]--------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 03  Quedex +/Beastie Boys                      Captain Future       1/152
 05  Morpheus/The Guardians Inc.                n/a                  1/147
 08  Hysteria +++/Triad                         Janitor              1/156
 08  Quedex pic/Triangle 3532                   Swyx                 1/157
 11  Airborne Ranger/Eagle Soft Inc.            n/a                 52/???
 11  Athena +/Scouse Cracking Group             Weetibix             6/394
 11  Jack The Nipper II+/Scouse Cracking Group  Weetibix             1/138
 26  Beat It!/Ikari                             Nik                  1/152
 28  Match Day II/Ikari                         Just Ice             1/148
     Hysteria +/Fairlight                       Strider, Gollum      1/162

october notes: ESI's "Airborne Ranger" was imported to europe by FAC. FLT's
"Hysteria" placement is a guess, based on the release date of the Triad
version.


--[ november ]-------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 03  Action Force/Beastie Boys                  Captain Future       1/162
 06  Buggy Boy +/Dominators                     Zoolook              1/172
 12  Basil/Jewels                               Doc, Fletch, Excell  1/138
 14  Basil + pic dox/Triangle 3532              Scratch, Swyx       20/264
 20  Nebulus +3/Triangle 3532                   Swyx, Scratch, TCD   1/109
 21  Combat School dox/Fairlight                Strider              2/318
 28  720' +3/Ikari                              Just Ice, Pal        1/123
     Nebulus +3/The Wanderer Group              n/a                  1/133


--[ december ]-------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 09  Bangkok Knights +++ pic/Triad              Janitor             12/???
 11  Star-Wreck/Fusion                          n/a                  1/???
 17  Flying Shark +3/Fairlight                  The Black Shadow     6/288
 19  Flying Shark +5 pic/The Goonies 2041       n/a                 23/480
 19  Hunter's Moon +2/Hotline                   TSS                  1/152

december notes: Triad's "Bangkok Knights" was imported by TIH, some 8 days
after the intial release :) Fusion's "Star-Wreck" was imported by RAD, and
the release date is based on information in their intro.


--[ undated ]--------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
---- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     Army Moves/Binary Code Smashers            n/a                  3/243
     Battle Ships/Cleveland Cracking Service    n/a                  1/ 89
     Big Trouble In Little China/Crackforce O.  Junior               1/113
     Deathwish III +2/Future Software Spies     n/a                  1/175
     Frankenstein/Horizon                       Gaston               3/510
     Jinks/Hotline                              Coco Industries 2011 1/132
     Kobyashi Naru/Trance                       n/a (MG?)            1/210
     Masters of the Universe/The Hunting Tigers n/a                  1/166
     Rygar 100% +4/F4CG                         F4CG Italy           1/138
     Wonderboy/The Starline                     n/a                  1/170

undated notes: Release dates of these files are normally based on their
release year, and little else. When we get a couple of dated versions of the
same game, we can usually give it more of a target date.