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1991 - 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
Action (germany), Active ([A], sweden), Brutal ([B], holland, denmark),
Censor Design (CD, sweden), Dominators (DOM, denmark, england), Fairlight
(FLT, sweden), Genesis*Project (GP, germany), Legend ([L], holland), Success
(SCS), Talent (TLN, england), Triangle 3532 (3532, denmark).

USA
Empire (EMP), Excalibur (EXC), North East Importers (NEI), Random (RND).


--[ january ]--------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 05  Line of Fire 102% +3M/Genesis*Project      Goblin               ?/???
 08  Neverending Story II +6/Action+NEI         Spitfire/A, Horiz./N 2/568
 24  Judge Dredd + pic dox/Fairlight            Bacchus              7/305

january notes: GP's "Line of Fire" date is a guess, based on Random's
imported and ntscfixed one.


--[ february ]-------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 05  Soccer Challenge/Triangle 3532             Scratch              1/ 87
 05  The Hunt For Red October +6/Censor Design  n/a                  2/???
 14  Cavemania +3M/Dominators                   NME                  1/???
     Chip's Challenge +2/Fairlight              Bacchus             21/346

february notes: Censor's "The Hunt For Red October" was imported and fixed
by NEI (on the 10th - this was a hard fix). DOM's "Cavemania" was a 1st
release, and imported by Random (134 blks).


--[ march ]----------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 02  Chip's Challenge +7M dox/Triangle 3532     QED                  2/335
 23  Vincent +5M/Fairlight                      Bacchus             48/587
 28  Gremlins 2 +3/Triangle 3532                Scratch              2/277
     CJ's Elephant Antics +3/Fairlight          Bacchus              1/153
     Gremlins 2 +3/Fairlight                    Bacchus              8/251

march notes: Fairlight's "Gremlins 2" date is a guess.


--[ april ]----------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 08  Vincent +6M hi iffl/Triangle 3532          Scratch              2/563
 21  Last Ninja 3 +4/Dunex                      Exulans, Zensonic   16/1098
     Last Ninja 3 +3 dox/Fairlight              Gollum, Bacchus      8/806
     Pureseed +2/Smaract                        Jim                  2/103
     SWIV +10 iffl/X-Ray                        Ignorance, Chrysagon 2/374

april news: The major news in the cracking world this month was the
reappearance of Fairlight's cracker Gollum with the major release "The Last
Ninja 3". X-Ray's "SWIV" date is a guess, based on the fact that most other
versions of this game appeared in april.


--[ may ]------------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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--[ june ]-----------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 20  Warrior +10 hi iffl/Genesis*Project        Tyger                2/?
 25  Logical +3/Action                          Spitfire, Hok,Crisp 24/227

june notes: Date on GP's "Warrior" is based on NEI's import intro. Action's
"Logical" was imported by Empire, and was probably never spread without the
import intro. They also claim a first release.


--[ july ]-----------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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--[ october ]--------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 06  Rubicon ++/Genesis Project                 Tyger                ?/???
 06  Rubicon ++ 100% NTSC/North East Importers  n/a                 20/758
 10  Turbo Charge +6M/Enigma                    Fist,Hero,Richie,Sa 25/1208
 14  Turbo Charge +3 dox/Triad & Fairlight      Alfetech/Triad      16/1205
     Turbo Charge +6/Babygang                   Dany                23/1049
     Turbo Charge +5/Dominators                 Dogfriend           15/947
     Turbo Charge +6/Hotline                    Custard, Cesspool   25/1196
     Turbo Charge 101% +4 dox/Techno Industries MachineGun (MG)     30/1284

october notes: NEI's "Rubicon" is naturally a fixed version of the GP
release. It does, however, add some bugfixes to the game, making that
release likely the most attractive one. On an amusing sidenote, the game was
written by Gollum and The Sarge/Fairlight. ;)


--[ november ]-------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 09  Outrun Europa +4/Legend                    Powerplant           9/???
 26  Battle Command/Talent                      n/a                 45/???

november notes: Date on Legend's "Outrun Europa" is based on date in NEI's
intro for their imported and ntscfixed version (9f/929b). Date on Talent's
"Battle Command" is based on (1 day before, since so much work was done)
NEI's intro for their fixed and trained version (45f/398b). It was imported
but not fixed by TSM.


--[ december ]-------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 02  Hudson Hawk +2/Legend                      Powerplant          20/???
 05  Elvira: The Arcade Game +2/Legend          Doc, Fletch         12/???
 11  Alien Storm +3M/Talent                     Bod                  ?/???
     Blues Brothers +3 pic/Brutal               TCH                  8/316

december notes: Legend's "Hudson Hawk" was imported and fixed by Excalibur.
Legend's "Elvira" was imported and fixed by NEI. Talent's "Alien Storm" was
imported by TSM.


--[ undated ]--------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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     Alderan 100% +/Success                     TSS and Moren        2/215
     Apoxoly +++/Fairlight                      The Wild One         8/236
     Road Runner/Active                         Surfer               1/109

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.