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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, Beastie Boys (BB, germany), Binary Code Smashers (BCS),
Crackforce Omega (CFO, sweden), Fusion (FS, england), Future Software Spies
(FSS), Horizon (HZ, sweden), Hotline (HTL, holland), Ikari (england), Raw
Deal Inc. (RDI, norway), Scouse Cracking Group (SCG, england), The Guardians
Inc. (TGI), The Starline, Triad (sweden), Triangle 3532 (denmark), Vortex 42
(V42, sweden).

USA
Rowdy American Distributors (RAD).


--[ january ]--------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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january notes:


--[ february ]-------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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february notes:


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

     note: 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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april notes:


--[ may ]------------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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may notes:


--[ june ]-----------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 15  Shadows of Mordor/1001 Crew                Honey                2/233
 25  Slapfight/Vortex 42                        Bilbo                1/200

june notes:


--[ july ]-----------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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july notes:


--[ august ]---------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 24  Armageddon Man/Triad                       'The Crackerpit'     1/119


--[ september ]------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 18  Tank+/Triangle 3532                        Scratch              1/133

september notes:


--[ 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  Quedex pic/Triangle 3532                   Swyx                 1/157
 11  Athena +/Scouse Cracking Group             Weetibix             6/394


--[ november ]-------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 20  Nebulus +3/Triangle 3532                   Swyx, Scratch, TCD   1/109
 28  720' +3/Ikari                              Just Ice, Pal        1/123
 xx  Nebulus +3/The Wanderer Group              n/a                  1/133

november notes:


--[ december ]-------------------------------------------------------------
date game / group                               cracker(s)       files/size
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 11  Star-Wreck/Fusion                          n/a                  1/???

december notes: Fusion's release of "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
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 xx  Army Moves/Binary Code Smashers            n/a                  3/243
 xx  Big Trouble In Little China/Crackforce Om. Junior               1/113
 xx  Deathwish III +2/Future Software Spies     n/a                  1/175
 xx  Frankenstein/Horizon                       Gaston               3/510
 xx  Kobyashi Naru/Trance                       n/a (MG?)            1/210
 xx  Masters of the Universe/The Hunting Tigers n/a                  1/166
 xx  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.

