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AFL 98 (c) EA SPORTS

Cracker  : Grudge                   ║ Release Date : December 01st, 1997
Supplier : Outback Rod              ║ Oper. System : Windows 95
Stripper : Outback Rod              ║ Protection   : CD checks
Packager : Outback Rod              ║ Game Type    : Sports

P90, 16MB RAM, DirectX 5.0, 120MB HD

oOo Release Notes oOo

This is Australian Rules Football as only EA Sports could do it.  If you
haven't  seen a game of this,  then be sure to download  the release and
see why it is one of the roughest games on Earth.  Featuring:

- All 16 AFL teams with real player names, portraits and statistics.
- Advanced 3D motion capture and motion blending technology.
- 3D "Virtual Stadium".
- The TV Experience - instant replays, free roaming cameras and
comprehensive match statistics.
- Play by Play commentary by Bruce McAvaney.
- Spectacular marks, tackles and collisions.
- Pre-season, full season, final 8 and exhibition matches.
- Accurate player performance from player stats generated by the
official AFL statistics department.

The Keys for the game are as follows:

MOVEMENT

Left        Move Left
Right       Move Right
Up          Move Up
Down        Move Down

BOUNCE UP

X           Jump, Strike Ball (With Direction)

ATTACKING (Player in possession of the ball)

Z           Kick, press quickly for pass or kick for goal, hold and
release for longer kick to space.
X           Handball/Disposal
C           Speed Burst/Evasion
V           Bounce

DEFENDING (Other player in possession of the ball)

Z           Select Player
X           Tackle, Charge Down Kick
C           Speed Burst (in open), Jostle (when contesting)
V           Shepherd (if own team player in possession)

LOOSE BALL (Not in possession by any player)

Z           Select Player
X           Jump - on field marking to take a Mark
C           Speed Burst, Jostle Player/Bumping (when contesting)
V           Spoil/Knock Ball Away (in the air)

Also,  it should  be noted that  when you are selecting  the controller
method  after beginning  a match, you need to select  the left or right
arrow to show what team  you want to use the controller with.   Leaving
it in the middle will result in the CPU playing.

Special thanks goes to HYBRID.  If it wasn't for their recent NFO's,  I
couldn't have been bothered getting this, so thanks for the motivation!

- Outback Rod

oOo Install Notes oOo

Run INSTALL.EXE (or use WINRAR for long filenames) to extract.  Then run
AFL.EXE to play.

oOo Group News oOo

It seems like  just last week we were celebrating  our 100th release.  Yet
here  we are  again, 100 releases  later with our record  shattering 200th
release  of 1997!  No group has  ever been as  dominant as CLASS  has been
this year.  Month  after month  after month.  While  other groups  made up
excuses, we continued to  release.  While they were on "break", we kept on
releasing.  Here  for your  viewing pleasure, or displeasure  depending on
your  current group  affiliation, is  the complete  list of games we  have
released in  1997.  This is  just a preview  of what you should  expect to
find in the CLASS: 1997 Games Year in Review due out around Christmas!

Date    Game                                 Company

1/08/97 Magic The Gathering: Battlemage      Acclaim
1/15/97 Moto Extreme                         Corel
1/16/97 Super Putt                           Corel
1/16/97 Muzzle Velocity                      Digi4Fun
1/18/97 Dawn Patrol 2: Flying Corps          Empire
1/18/97 Cricket '97                          Electronic Arts
1/19/97 Alien Rampage                        SoftDisk
1/22/97 Die Hard Trilogy                     21st Century Fox Interactive
1/22/97 Emperor of the Fading Suns           SegaSoft
1/22/97 Virtual Pool for Windows 95          Interplay
1/23/97 Steel Panthers 2: Campaign Disk #1   SSi
1/30/97 Banzai Bug                           Grolier Interactive
2/03/97 Rally Challenge                      Silver Lightning Software
2/17/97 Ark of Time                          Koei
2/19/97 Age of Rifles: Campaign Disk         SSi
2/19/97 Flight Simulator 95: Expansion Pack  Microsoft
2/20/97 Command & Conquer Gold               Virgin
2/21/97 Cal Ripken Fantasy League Baseball   Head Games
2/22/97 NCAA Final Four '97                  Mindscape
2/24/97 Marble Drop                          Maxis
2/25/97 Air Warrior 2                        Interactive Magic
2/26/97 Star Command                         GT Interactive
2/28/97 The Crow: City of Angels             Acclaim
3/01/97 Krush Kill and Destroy               Electronic Arts
3/02/97 Squeezils                            Inscape
3/03/97 Twiggers                             Nikita
3/11/97 ID4                                  21st Century Fox Interactive
3/12/97 Silent Hunter: Patrol Disk #2        SSi
3/12/97 Yoda Stories                         LucasArts
3/13/97 Airline Simulator '97                Lago
3/14/97 Slam and Jam '96 Signature Edition   Crystal Dynamics
3/20/97 Scarab                               Electronic Arts
3/21/97 POD                                  UbiSoft
3/22/97 Oakland Hills Course for Links LS    Access Software
3/22/97 TigerShark                           GT Interactive
3/22/97 iM1A2 Abrams                         Interactive Magic
3/25/97 Advanced Tactical Fighter Gold       Electronic Arts
3/25/97 DOE: Quake Mission Pack 2            Activision
3/28/97 Imperium Galactica                   GT Interactive
3/31/97 Hexen for Windows 95                 GT Interactive
4/01/97 AH-64 Longbow Gold                   Electronic Arts
4/02/97 Red Alert: Counterstrike             Virgin
4/03/97 Three Dirty Dwarves                  SegaSoft
4/04/97 Outlaws                              LucasArts
4/07/97 Drilling Billy                       Metronome
4/08/97 Asterix & Obelix                     Infogrames
4/08/97 Battle Sport                         Acclaim
4/09/97 Spirou                               Infogrames
4/09/97 Hoyle Poker                          Sierra On-Line
4/09/97 TinTin                               Infogrames
4/09/97 Steel Panthers: Campaign Disk #2     SSi
4/15/97 Need for Speed 2                     Electronic Arts
4/16/97 Callahan's Crosstime Saloon          Legend Entertainment
4/22/97 Lost Vikings 2                       Interplay
4/22/97 Redneck Rampage                      Interplay
4/25/97 British Open Golf                    Looking Glass Technologies
5/01/97 Battleground 7: Bull Run             TalonSoft
5/01/97 Battleground 6: Napoleon in Russia   TalonSoft
5/01/97 Zapitalism Deluxe                    Ionos
5/01/97 Trophy Bass 2: Expansion Disk        Sierra On-Line
5/01/97 Crush! Deluxe                        Megamedia
5/01/97 Realms of Arkania: Shadows Over Riva Sir Tech Software
5/04/97 Enemy Nations                        Windward Studios
5/06/97 Professional League of Pain          Psygnosis
5/13/97 X-Men: Children of the Atom          Acclaim
5/16/97 FPS: Golf                            Sierra On-Line
5/20/97 Gooch Grundy's X-Decathalon          Microforum
5/20/97 History of the World                 Avalon Hill
5/21/97 Capitalism Plus                      Interactive Magic
5/21/97 Davis Love III at Sea Island         Access Software
5/23/97 Rush Hour                            Psygnosis
5/27/97 The Adventures of Lomax              Psygnosis
5/28/97 Roland Garros '97                    Microfolies
5/28/97 FPS: Baseball '98                    Sierra On-Line
5/29/97 Last Rites                           Ocean Software
5/30/97 Tennis Elbow                         Goto Informatique
6/04/97 PGA Pro Tour                         Electronic Arts
6/05/97 Search & Rescue                      Interactivision
6/05/97 War Gods                             GT Interactive
6/06/97 Super Bubsy                          Accolade
6/06/97 Raiden 2                             Gamebank, LTD
6/07/97 Grand Slam '97                       Virgin Interactive
6/09/97 Counter Action                       Mindscape
6/09/97 Pro Pool 3D                          Head Games
6/09/97 FTA 2: Halls of the Dead             Trimark
6/10/97 Strikepoint: The Hex MiSSIons        Project 2 Interactive
6/11/97 Ecstatica 2                          Psygnosis
6/11/97 The Ardennes Offensive               SSi
6/11/97 Zeitgeist                            Gamebank, LTD
6/13/97 Doll Messenger 2                     Forest, LTD
6/15/97 Hardball 5 Enhanced                  Accolade
6/15/97 Carmageddon *FINAL*                  SCI
6/17/97 The Great Battles of Alexander       Interactive Magic
6/21/97 Wipeout XL                           Psygnosis
6/21/97 Smart Games: Stratajams              RandomSoft
6/25/97 Dragon Dice                          Interplay
6/26/97 Dogday                               Impact
6/27/97 688i Hunter/Killer                   Electronic Arts
6/27/97 Quintessential Art of Destruction    Philips
6/28/97 Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft  Take 2 Interactive
6/28/97 Meat Puppet                          Playmates Interactive
6/29/97 Dungeon Keeper *100% FINAL*          Bullfrog
7/01/97 LBA 2: Twinsen's Oddysey             Activision
7/02/97 X-COM: Apocalypse                    Microprose
7/03/97 Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries 3DFX      Activision
7/04/97 No Respect                           Ocean Software
7/10/97 Isnogoud                             Microids
7/11/97 Baseball Mogul                       Infinite Monkey Systems, Inc.
7/14/97 Evidence: The Last Report            Microids
7/17/97 Terry Bradshaw Fantasy Football '97  Head Games
7/19/97 Vanguard Ace                         Imaginative Illusions
7/20/97 Atomic Bomberman *FINAL*             Interplay
7/21/97 Puzzle Collection                    Microsoft
7/24/97 Pete Sampras Tennis                  Codemasters
7/24/97 F-16 Fighting Falcon                 Digital Integration
8/06/97 Nitro Racers                         3DO
8/10/97 Forbes Corporate Warrior             Simon & Schuster
8/11/97 XCar: Experimental Racing            Bethesda Softworks
8/20/97 Imperialism                          SSi
8/20/97 Puzz 3D: The Notre Dame Catherdral   Hasbro Interactive
8/21/97 Lose Your Marbles                    SegaSoft
8/23/97 Avery Cardoza's 100 Slots            Cardoza Entertainment
8/26/97 NFL Legends '98                      Accolade
8/27/97 Flight Simulator '98                 Microsoft
8/28/97 Valderrama                           Access Software
8/29/97 Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain *FINAL*   Activision
8/30/97 Real Genius                          Pro One
9/04/97 7th Legion                           Microprose
9/05/97 War, Inc.                            Interactive Magic
9/05/97 Jonah Lomu Rugby                     Codemasters
9/07/97 Rayman Designer                      UbiSoft
9/07/97 Beasts and Bumpkins                  Electronic Arts
9/10/97 Garfield: Caught in the Act          Sega PC
9/10/97 Perfect Assassin                     Grolier Interactive
9/11/97 Hexen 2                              Activision
9/14/97 Hercules                             Disney
9/14/97 Dark Reign                           Activision
9/15/97 Blood: Plasma Pack                   GT Interactive
9/15/97 FPS: Golf Black Diamond Ranch Course Sierra On-Line
9/16/97 Earth 2140                           DirectSoft
9/16/97 Sonic 3D                             Sega PC
9/18/97 Total Annihilation                   GT Interactive
9/19/97 Battleground 8: Prelude to Waterloo  TalonSoft
9/22/97 International Rally Championship     Europress
9/24/97 NHL Hockey '98                       EA Sports
9/24/97 Postal                               Ripcord Games
9/24/97 Holiday Island                       Ocean Software
9/24/97 Forced Alliance                      Ripcord Games
9/25/97 Boggle                               Hasbro Interactive
9/26/97 Waterworld: The Quest for Dry Land   Interplay
9/26/97 Mageslayer                           GT Interactive
10/01/97 BattleShip Classic                   Hasbro Interactive
10/03/97 Ahx-1                                GT Interactive
10/05/97 Turok                                Acclaim
10/06/97 Panzer General 2                     SSi
10/06/97 NHL Powerplay '98                    Virgin
10/07/97 Silent Hunter: Commander's Edition   SSi
10/07/97 Galapagos                            Electronic Arts
10/07/97 Dark Angael                          Vicarious Visions
10/09/97 Daytona USA Deluxe                   Sega PC
10/15/97 Sabre Ace *FINAL*                    Virgin
10/15/97 SODA Off Road Racing                 Sierra On-Line
10/17/97 KKND Xtreme                          Electronic Arts
10/17/97 Chasm: The Rift                      GT Interactive
10/18/97 Fallout                              Interplay
10/21/97 FPS: Football Pro '98                Sierra On-Line
10/22/97 Final Conflict                       Sound Source Interactive
10/22/97 Nascar 2: Grand National Series Pack Sierra On-Line
10/25/97 Star Wars Monopoly                   Hasbro Interactive
10/26/97 Alley 19 Bowling                     StarPlay Productions
10/27/97 Manx TT Superbike                    Sega PC
10/27/97 Mortal Kombat Trilogy *FINAL*        GT Interactive
10/29/97 Virtual Pool 2                       Interplay
10/31/97 East Front                           TalonSoft
11/01/97 Terry Bradshaw Football '98          Corel
11/01/97 Kick Off '98                         Anco
11/01/97 VR Baseball 3D                       Interplay
11/01/97 Smart Games Puzzle Challenge 2       Smart Games
11/02/97 Absolute Bedlam                      GT Interactive
11/02/97 Winter Race 3D                       Fielding Products
11/03/97 Theater of Pain                      GT Interactive
11/07/97 Great Battles of Hannibal            Interactive Magic
11/07/97 Beat The House 2                     Interplay
11/10/97 F-22 Raptor                          Novalogic
11/10/97 Grant Hill Fantasy Basketball        Head Games
11/11/97 Sub Culture                          UbiSoft
11/13/97 Caesars Palace                       Interplay
11/15/97 ABC Sports Indy Racing               ABC Interactive
11/16/97 Power Chess '98                      Sierra On-Line
11/17/97 Virtua Cop 2                         Sega PC
11/19/97 G-Police                             Psygnosis
11/20/97 Seven Kingdoms                       Interactive Magic
11/20/97 FA-18 Korea                          Graphic Simulations
11/21/97 ShipWreckers!                        Psygnosis
11/22/97 Frogger                              Hasbro Interactive
11/24/97 Trucks                               Microfolies
11/25/97 FPS: Trophy Rivers                   Sierra On-Line
11/25/97 Heavy Gear                           Activision
11/26/97 POD Gold                             UbiSoft
11/29/97 Flight Unlimited 2                   Looking Glass Technologies
11/29/97 Dungeon Keeper: Deeper Dungeons      Bullfrog

If you  have enjoyed playing  these games, just  wait for what the  future
holds!  We would also like to take this opportunity to  thank everyone who
has ever  mailed us.  Wether it be  about a problem they were experiencing
with a game or just to give us support for allowing them to play the games
they might not be able to  play otherwise.  Your comments are  appreciated
and are always welcome at the following address:

E-Mail (USA&Europe):       classpc@hotmail.com

We are also still very interested in people who can supply hardware to our
group.  Get in  touch with us  today at the  above E-Mail address and  see
what we can do for you!

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