xREL.v3

Eboy

S   K   i   D   R   O

->  T H E   L E A D i N G   F O R C E   <-

proudly presents
Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold / Paradox Interactive

RELEASE DATE : 20-09-2009           PROTECTION : Serial + Online Auth
GAME TYPE    : Strategy             DISKS      : 1 CD

Release Notes:

Time for a little change.

Time for a return to roots of the scene.

Time for blending nostalgia with the present.

Skid Row proudly present our conception of integrating a crack
intro with a cracked exe.

This is how it works:

After you copy the cracked content over, like you normally do,
and launch the game like you normally do, then you will be
presented with a little menu screen.

This screen has 2 options:
1. Launch Game!
2. View Intro!

Option number 1: will launch game like a standard cracked exe.
Option number 2: will launch our crack intro and upon exiting,
the game start will start normally.

This is our solution, on how we wanted to integrate a cracktro
with the cracked game content. We could have made it without
the menu screen, by starting the cracktro directly and then on
exit, then game would start. That method will not work today.
Because of so many different PC configurations and Windows
versions, which could for more or less unknown reasons cause
problems running our cracktro. We didn't wanted our cracktro
to be a problem on launching the game EXE. The best solution
is to give sceners those 2 choices above. Our solution will
not alter the command line functions of the original game EXE,
if such commands are present in the original version.

This is how the future of our cracks will look like. This is
not meant to make the launch of future game titles more
annoying. - this is done to bring back some scene spirit into
the scene. A spirit which goes back to the origins of the
scene, where independent pioneer sceners started to embed
their nicknames into the games. They simply did this to show
others what they accomplished. It soon became more and more
advanced, as these independent people teamed up in groups, to
build and attach their own programmed introduction screens
inside the games. Thus, crack intros were born and since then
have been a major part of the scene. Sadly, in the last couple
of years this trend has fallen and cracktros became a niche
thing.

Our best wish is to revert this rather bitter tendency and
encourage other groups to bring back this great, great
tradition of the scene to it's formal glory.

Concluding, we want to show others, that a pre with just an
ordinary NFO file and group tag of the release directory
totally misses the true point of what scene can and what
scene should be. Our launch menu conception, intermixes the
best aspects of two worlds - a homage to tradition while
maintaining a complete compatibility & versatility of a
typical cracked EXE.

We want to stress out, that we took the liberty to include
one of the best Commodore 64 intros, which have been
converted to Win32 platforms and customized to fit our needs.
Of course, it have been kept as true as possible to the
original.

Special greetings to The Papillons Incorporated for the
inspiration!

Thank you for reading!

twice the fun  \/ double the trouble

On with the game release information:

Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold - combines the original Supreme Ruler
2020 and the Global Crisis expanision.

Supreme Ruler 2020:

Overnight, the US dollar crashes - and the sound echoes across
the globe. The economic crisis amplifies global instabilities
and regional disputes, tearing the world asunder. Nations
dissolve, economies collapse, and tensions escalate. Anarchy
reigns supreme. The world needs a leader. At last, your time
has come. Take a Nation. Build an Army. Conquer the World.

Sophisticated strategic and tactical military command system

Select from hundreds of actual military vehicles

Detailed diplomatic, economic, and political models

Play as any of over 250 territories, worldwide

Single and multiplayer modes

Extensive modability

High-res NASA satellite imagery

Super Sandbox mode offers unlimited customization and replay
value

Global Crisis:

Economic instability, the battle for natural resources,
military alliances and international relations creates a
world filled with tension where the next Cold War could turn
hot at any time.

There's always something going on in the world that, thanks
to human nature, can easily escalate into a conflict. We are
not talking about the situation today. We are talking about a
very close future depicted in the new expansion for the
Geo-Political, Military Strategy game Supreme Ruler 2020 -
Global crisis.

At the core of the expansion pack a whole new sandbox style
campaign paints a new and far more intricate portrayal of the
world of 2020 based on many of the ominous events from recent
real-world headlines. The possibilities to change the
underlying storyline for new play experiences are limitless.

20 new scenarios which more than doubles the number of
scenarios that originally shipped with the game

Additional new multiplayer scenarios

New campaign/sandbox map along a new storyline leading players
towards World War III

New scenario features including scripted and random events

Improved unit control and grouping

Expanded tech tree

New units and unit meshes

Additional game lobby options

Graphic improvements

AI enhancements

More tutorials and in-game tips

User interface improvements

Install Notes:

1. Unpack release
2. Mount image or burn it
3. Install
4. Use this serial: .xRel-.xRel-.xRel-.xRel-.xRel
5. Copy the content from the SKIDROW directory on the CD to
your installation directory and overwrite
6. Play the game

Greetings:

Salutes to our old Amiga friends from:

FAIRLIGHT - RAZOR 1911 - VISION FACTORY - PARADOX - QUARTEX
DCS - CRYSTAL - ZENITH - ACCESSSION - ALPHA FLIGHT - PRODIGY
THE COMPANY - LEGEND - TRSI - ORACLE - ANTHROX - CLASSIC

Salutes to our new friends in:

UNLEASHED - TiNYiSO - BReWErS - RADIKAL - POSTMORTEM - 0x0007
RELOADED - ENiGMA  - FAIRLIGHT - ELECTRIC DRUGGIES - AVENGED
ADDONiA - TEDOX  - TNAL - DAWN - ReUnion

Logo and layout by: Eboy/SAE
Last updated 21/07/2007 by [XXX]