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ORIGIN PROUDLY PRESENTS
Centipede (c) Hasbro Interactive

Supplied By : ORIGIN USA               Release Date : 23th October, 1998
Cracked By  : -                        Game Genre   : Arcade Centipede Game
Packager    : SPA DISC LIMIT 75 STILL! Protection   : FFC Level

Requirements: W9x, Pentium� 133, 16Mb RAM, and DIRECT-seX 5.x.

RELEASE INFORMATION

OI UPDATE <<< NEW:
Before we go into the game notes, remember to read the SCENE NOTES after
as this explains all the confusion on DISC limits ;) Also addtional update
on PDMs budget ware LUCKY LUKE, thanks to all those people who pointed this
PDM lameness out to us :)

Game Notes:
Centipede, the classic arcade game of the '80s, is now revived and brought
full speed into the '90s! You're Wally, an ordinary Wee person who must
defend the village against the onslaught of Centipedes and other
creatures, including spiders, army ants, fleas, scorpions and other
creepy-crawlies. Command a custom-built Centipede-fighting vehicle called
a Shooter. Battle across many different areas to the Centipede Temple,
saving captured and stranded Wee people along the way. Finally, meet up
with the mother of all bad creatures - the Queen Centipede. See if you can
put an end to this menace once and for all.
Limeys'R Us

Ripped (not Raped): The Videos were given a BREAK. The foriegn files were
sent to a FUSION.

Scene Notes:
People lets be clear on one thing, SPA membership is comprised of the
following groups:

BACKLASH
DIVINE
HYBRID
ORIGIN
REFLUX

All of these groups are FULL members of the SPA and have EQUAL vote.
Some of these groups are new groups that comprise OLD SCHOOL members like
Origin for example. Where CYPHER and RAKIM have been around since BEFORE
the Amiga days. Where as other groups like PARADIGM seem old but comprise
newbies like ZEUS who has only ever been on PC.

For the lamers out there the SPA has not, I repeat NOT had a FINAL vote
on the DISC limit, thus the limit is still 75 and no greater. For those
people who think different or wish to try and force a higher limit upon
SPA members, guess what? No chance FUCKERS! Some people say who is SPA
to say what the limits are? Why do we need order ??? Why do need limits ??
90 is needed ???
Well SPA is made of the groups whos games you download time and time again.
Game like this MAJOR title. If we have decided to set up a commmitie to
discuss scene matters when we the groups make up the majority of pirate
GAME releases, where that majority is +90% then you should at least
repect our wishes as a UNITED SPA on these issues. We need order/rules
of some kind in the scene to stop lameness. Lameness such as BETAS, RAPES,
UNCRACKED games, BREAKS, DUPES, KIDDIEWARE and basiclly SHIT. Its about
bringing quality to our scene so, that its worth while. After all why
bother with pirate warez if its not worth it. Thus some sort of standards
has been developed to avoid the CRAP.
Disc limits are needed for various reasons. One of the biggest reasons is
the fact that not everyone has fast lines. And people do not want to leech
hundreds of megs to find out its a load of crap. Others would argue that
if they do not have fast lines then they are lamers. Well there are two
points that provbe this wrong. One is that if you have a fast link then
you can leech the ISO anyway and warez should mean jack all to you anyway.
The second is many elite people who contribute to the scene are still on
28.8k and have done more for the scene than your lamo site or trader group.
But by far the biggest reason and never answered reason is how does one
tell the difference between ISO and WAREZ? Where is the line drawn?. The
answer is with a DISC limit. And to keep that limit as small as possible
in order to greater distinguish the differences between WAREZ and ISO.
The surggested 90 limit also seems to be another bone of contention. For
the record the limit is still 75 DISCS of 1.44 MEG size and no larger.
Should this be increased? Well this is still be discussed by the SPA. But
the whole reason this came up was not actually becuase its XMAS and loads
of sizable games are comming, but becuase of another issue.
This issue was RAPES. A RAPE is where a game has been stripped down from
the CD but yet not all of the game is their within the release to make it
playable. For example a game with no sound or the game is missing the 3DFX
or normal GFX files. One group was doing this and refused to believe its
releases were RAPES. Even though they had more addons than a Lego set.
Thus the discussion on the disc limit was raised and still argued about.
Origin have yet to vote on the DISC limit as we would like a VOTE on RAPES
with surggested all group agreement on what is a RAPE so, they can be
banned and NUKED. Needless to say the group who started this all suddenly
refused to accept thispoint of view and then tried to move onto DISC
raising to escape the flak they received over RAPES. We don't mind this
except that we kind of get the idea that this group would eventually
start RAPING again even when the limit is 90. You see when you take away
their RAPES, DUPES, UN-CRACKED, BETAS and BREAKS. This group does not have
many good release like this one. The group that has caused all this shit
is PARADIGM. I know that you maybe think that PDM stand for quality and in
the past they used too. But they have let it slip and its slipped badly.

The Rise and Fall of PARADIGM:
PDM was started by newbies like Zeus, who before this group had never
started or ran his own group, unless you count group ZEUS. But enough said
about that lameness the better. PDM when they started, were out to be the
most quality group on the scene. They even laid down some GREAT standards
for others to follow. As we shall see they themselevs have failed to follow
those same high standards.At the start PDM laid out 5 goals that they would
archive and contine to follow. Whilst they did indeed archive these most
noble standards as will be seen they failed to live upto them all the time.
These texts are taken from an NFO on the PDM website:

PDM GOALS:
To help illustrate this point, here are the goals we intend to
fulfill in our release process:
1.)  No CD-RAPES

Some games are best left unripped and we don't intend on
raping games just for the sake of a release. We feel that
if a game can't be stripped down to an enjoyable version,
its not worth releasing.
NOTE: PDM's original primary goal is what they seem to break the most.
F15 had no sound, MotorCross needed a level RAPED out as an addon
by them. Ultimate Race Pro had how many addons ??? Might & Magic 6
another blatent RAPE. And the list goes on. RAPING is what PDM
do best and it also happens to be against their own original
number 1 standard.

2.)  No KIDDY games

At Paradigm, we feel kiddy games should be best left to
groups that specialize in those games, since they typically
do not appeal to any real fans of the game scene.
NOTE: To be fair to PDM I have not seen a kiddie game from them.

3.)  No BUDGET titles

You may be asking yourself why certain game release groups
must resort to releasing below-standard, and sometimes
just plain cheezy games. Many of these games can be found
in the $10 game basket at your local CompUSA or OfficeDepot.
We feel this problem stems from a serious lack of
professionalism, and Paradigm will refrain from releasing
those types of titles, and instead leave them for lesser
groups to gobble up.
NOTE: Thanks those people who pointed out the budget ware LUCKY LUKE
to us from PDM. Seems PDM fucked up on this promise as well!

4.)  No RE-releases

If a game has been put out and its v1.0 or newer, that's
a good indication that it's a final and working version.
As we have stated before, we are not desperate for
releases. We will always release final versions of games
we get, and don't intend to "finalize" any release just
because we are angry that we lost on the original release.
NOTE: Just when you thought PDM were only breaking one of their own rule
They ignore another.  Two DUPES they have released that I know of
are the infamous MACHINE HUNTER and PROJECT AIROS. Zeus claimed
MACHINE HUNTER wasn't final in the NFO. Well it was, just badly
cracked. He then claimed later that it was final but not cracked
properly. Well then they should have done it as a fix and not a
release. Also even if that was true, if you read above closely
PDM state they will not finalise any other groups release anyway.
So, you see Zeus is talking shit on that release anyway. PROJECT
AIROS was of course proven to be another game and that was just
its euro name. Mistakes happen they would say. But what about
when you dupe on purpose becuase you feel like it? They would say
they never do that. But they did! Ultra Violent Worlds was a DUPE
of the DIVINE release. They even say so in the NFO:

"While i was working DVN beat us but i still put it out - maybe you
like it more on 2 disks instead of 18 :) - its the same game. "

While 2 discs is nice, as the NFO says "its the same game." clearly
breaking PDM's own standards.

5.)  No NON-WORKING releases

Unworking releases are the single most irritating thing
people in the scene have to deal with. Allowing this to
happen at a constant rate is a disgrace to the scene, and
should not be tolerated by any major game release group
out there. Many of the bad rips and botched cracks by the
groups in the early days of the CD scene could at least be
attributed to not having prior experience with this new
media. But seeing this still happen on a regular basis by
today's CD release groups can only be the product of sheer
laziness and just not caring enough about the quality of
a release. Paradigm intends to break this trend, and by
doing so, guarantee a level of integrity to all of our
releases, so that people out there don't have to be afraid
of grabbing the latest and greatest release for fear that
it won't work.
NOTE: PDM used to be quite good at this in the past. Unfortnatly its
all gone to shit recently. V2000 SAVE fix, many fixes for Might
& Magic. The list goes on. Their Monaco release will also only
work on some peoples machines as its badly cracked.

CONCLUSION:
Its not very impressive when you set out 5 clear goals and then fail
to keep to these standards with success being only obtained with 1 out
the 5. Before you start a slagging match with anyone from ORIGIN.
Remember these are PDM's standards not anyone elses. This is what PDM
belives to be elite! Yet they fail to meet these so called great goals
of theirs. Therefore by their own definition they are LAME! They used to
have a good repuatation, but now its all gone down the shitter.The cracks
are more like the old fuck ups FFC used to do. Some poeple have even said
FFC cracks for PDM as the amount of fixes are about the same level! But
we belive this to be false, as not even FFC needed as many fixes as PDM
PDM claim no one is running the group and its open. Yet we all know ZEUS
is a stalinist dictator and runs the group with a kulak style operation.
Hes even black mailed people from other groups into rejoining PDM after
they have left or he would NARC them. And has stolen money from poor
Russians who need software to sell for bread. Yes ZEUS sells! Its all
one big corprate biz from ZEUS INC. That one good HARDWARE supplier he
keeps advertising for is actually number 3-4 now. And the selling of
DAT tapes must bring in a few thousand dollors! Thats why ZEUS needs to
raise the limit, to keep the releases going now that they have lost the
quality. So, the business can keep selling. And he can rake the profits
in. Yes not only are PDM lame, but they are moeny lamers as well.And they
do it at the expense of the good scene people. BAN PDM WAREZ now!
After all, its over the limit and a load of uncracked raped duped shit
anyway. And when it isn't, its BETA!
Do not put up with newbie ZEUS lameness anymore, BAN PDM warez NOW!

CYPHER (THE LORD PROTECTOR)

INSTALL INFORMATION

Unzip it, then unace it (e.g. xace.exe centiped.ace <YOUR DIR>)
Run the RegSetUp.exe file to make the correct entires within your registry.
Before you play the game you MUST run CHGRES.EXE to setup your gfx mode...
Once this is done run CENTI.EXE to play this revamped blast from the past.

GREETINGS AND NEWS

NOTE: Origin will >>PAY<< back the full retail costs of any original
supplied to us within a reasonable amount of time, of course :)

Please feel free to contact us about any new PATCHES or ORIGINALS
or ADDONS. But make sure they are very NEW. And the only ADDONS we
like are the ones that are made by the same company that made the
original game or that are officially licensed. CONTACT US NOW!

Do you want to be a part of the Origin team?

We are ALWAYS looking for talented PEOPLE to be a part of Origin.
Are you able to help in any of following areas:

Do you work for a software house, store/shop, distributor, or publisher?
Can you supply un-released games, utilities, or even some hardware?
Are you working for a fast ISP, or other supplier of shell accounts, etc?
Can you donate something else of value to the group?

Do you want your site/board to be part of the Origin team?

If you run a site/board  and are ready to contribute to the success
of the only OPEN cracking group on the PC, get in touch with us. All
our siteops must actively participate in the success of the group, so
if you plan to just only sit there and run a board/site, forget it.

Group Greetings:
HYBRID - REFLUX - WARRIOR - AMBITION - OBLIVION - CORE - DIVINE - FUSION

People Greetings:
AgentEx, Snoop-Maverick, Red Leader, Ultimate, G-Rom, Hankman, Leno,
Beowulf, Angwee, Brainski, Trainman, Smokey, Bluewater, Sektiod, Cyric,
Devil, The Blue Adept, Animal & Dogfriend, ATM, Pale Horse, Temp, Zoldan,
Teacher, OFD, Sakic, Beck, Grudge, Sentinel, Beep, Rotox, Moonsabre,
Magnetic King, Jaydee, Jammer, Speed Master, Fallen Angel, Rosco, Beep,
Wolverine, Sensi, X-Con, Miramax, Tklp, Thor, Manhunter and Hoson.

ORIGIN MEMBERS & NET DIVISION

MEMBERS:
Avoolz. Axen. Beck. Cypher. DaJackal. Dark Rebellion. Darkman. Delta.
Dread. Dvst8. Gogolie. ][ce. Jode. Marbitoz. Morph. Mr Nop. Nitr8.
Optimus Prime. Possible. Rakim. Recoil. Rosco. The Krazy Nomad. Toe Jam.
Zamu. Zima Man.

TRADERS:
Mr Pumpkin. (Do not ask for trial, we choose the trialists).

ORIGIN HEADQUARTERS:
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