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1975 * [[January]] - [[Altair 8800]] is released, sparking the era of the [[microcomputer]]. * [[January]] - [[Volkswagen]] introduces the [[Volkswagen Golf|Golf]], its new front-wheel-drive economy car, in the United States and Canada as the Volkswagen Rabbit. * [[January 1]] - [[Watergate scandal]]: [[John N. Mitchell]], [[H. R. Haldeman]] and [[John Ehrlichman]] are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * [[January 1]] - Work is abandoned on the British end of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. {{Month3|1|2|0}} * [[January 2]] - The [[Federal Rules of Evidence]] are approved by the [[united States Congress]]. * [[January 5]] - The bulk ore carrier ''[[MV Lake Illawarra]]'' strikes the [[Tasman Bridge]] in [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]], killing 12. * [[January 6]] - ''[[Wheel of Fortune (US daytime game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' premieres on [[NBC]]. * [[January 6]] - ''[[AM America]]'' makes its television debut on ABC. * [[January 7]] - [[OPEC]] agrees to raise [[crude oil]] prices by 10%. * [[January 8]] - [[Ella Grasso]] becomes [[Governor of Connecticut]], the first woman U.S. governor who did not succeed her husband. * [[January 8]] - U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] appoints Vice President [[Nelson Rockefeller]] to head a special commission looking into alleged domestic abuses by the [[CIA]]. * [[January 10]] - Japanese soldier [[Teruo Nakamura]] surrenders on the [[indonesia]]n island of Morota. * [[January 12]] - [[super Bowl IX]]: The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] defeat the [[Minnesota Vikings]] 16-6 at [[Tulane Stadium]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]. * [[January 14]] - Heiress [[Lesley Whittle]], 17, is kidnapped from her home in [[shropshire]], England by [[Donald Neilson]]. * [[January 15]] - [[international Women's Year]] is launched in Britain by [[Princess Alexandra]] and [[barbara Castle]]. * [[January 15]] - [[Portugal]] grants independence to [[Angola]]. * [[January 20]] - In [[Hanoi]], [[North Vietnam]], the Politburo approves the final military offensive against [[south Vietnam]]. * [[January 20]] - [[Michael Ovitz]] founds the [[Creative Artists Agency]]. * [[January 29]] - The [[Weatherman (organization)|Weather Underground]] bombs the U.S. [[state Department]] main office in [[Washington, D.C.]]. ===February=== {{Month3|2|5|0}} * [[February 1]] - The [[intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation]] is launched, becoming the first TV network in the [[Philippines]]. * [[February 4]] - The [[1975 Haicheng earthquake|Haicheng earthquake]], the first successfully [[Earthquake prediction|predicted earthquake]], kills 2,041 and injures 27,538 in [[Haicheng, Liaoning]], [[China]]. * [[February 9]] - The ''[[soyuz 17]]'' crew ([[Georgi Grechko]], [[Aleksei Gubarev]]) returns to Earth after 1 month aboard the ''[[salyut 4]]'' space station. * [[February 11]] - [[Margaret Thatcher]] defeats [[Edward Heath]] for the [[Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1975|leadership]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|UK Conservative Party]] in the [[united Kingdom]]. * [[February 11]] - Colonel [[Richard Ratsimandrava]], President of [[Madagascar]], is assassinated. * [[February 13]] - A "Turkish Federated State of North Cyprus" is declared as an unsuccessful first step to international recognition of a [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|Turkish Cypriot separatist state]] in [[Cyprus]]. * [[February 13]] - Fire breaks out in the [[World Trade Center]]. * [[February 21]] - [[Watergate scandal]]: Former [[united States Attorney General]] [[John N. Mitchell]], and former [[White House]] aides [[H. R. Haldeman]] and [[John Ehrlichman]], are sentenced to between 30 months and 8 years in prison. * [[February 23]] - In response to the [[1973 energy crisis|energy crisis]], [[daylight saving time]] commences nearly 2 months early in the [[united States]]. * [[February 26]] - A fleeing [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] member shoots and kills off-duty London police officer [[stephen Tibble]], 22, as he gives chase. * [[February 27]] - The [[Movement 2 June]] kidnaps [[West Germany|West German]] politician [[Peter Lorenz]]. He is released on [[March 4]] after most of the kidnappers' demands are met. * [[February 28]] - A [[Moorgate tube crash|major tube train crash]] at [[Moorgate station]], [[London]] kills 43 people. * [[February 28]] - In [[LomÃ©]], [[Togo]], the [[European Economic Community]] and 46 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries sign a financial and economic treaty, known as the first [[LomÃ© Convention]]. ===March=== {{Month3|3|5|0}} * [[March 1]] - [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] wins the [[Football League Cup]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]], beating [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] 1-0 in the final. * [[March 4]] - [[Charlie Chaplin]] is knighted by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]]. * [[March 4]] - A Canadian parliamentary committee is televised for the first time. * [[March 6]] - [[1975 Algiers Agreement|Algiers Accord]]: [[iran]] and [[iraq]] announce a settlement in their border dispute. * [[March 6]] - A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of the [[Axel Springer AG|Springer Press]]. The 6 March Group (connected to the [[Red Army Faction]]) demands amnesty for the [[baader-Meinhof Group]]. * [[March 7]] - The body of teenage heiress [[Lesley Whittle]], kidnapped 7 weeks earlier by the [[Donald Neilson|Black Panther]], is discovered in [[staffordshire]], England. * [[March 8]] - The [[united Nations]] proclaims [[international Women's Day]]. * [[March 9]] - Construction of the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline System]] begins. * [[March 10]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[North Vietnam]]ese troops attack [[ban Me Thuot]], [[south Vietnam]], on their way to capturing [[saigon]]. * [[March 10]] - ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'' opens on [[broadway (New York City)|Broadway]] in [[New York City]] with 4 performances. * [[March 10]] - ''[[shinkansen]]'' opens between [[Osaka]] and [[***uoka, ***uoka|***uoka]]. * [[March 11]] - The leftist military government in [[Portugal]] defeats a rightist coup attempt. * [[March 13]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[south Vietnam]] [[Nguyen Van Thieu|President Nguyen van Thieu]] orders the [[TÃ¢y NguyÃªn|Central Highlands]] evacuated. This turns into a mass exodus involving troops and civilians (the ''Convoy of Tears''). * [[March 15]] - In [[brazil]], the [[Guanabara State|Estado da Guanabara]] (State of Guanabara) merges with the state of [[Rio de Janeiro]], under the name of [[Rio de Janeiro]]. The state's capital moves from the city of [[NiterÃ³i]] to the city of [[Rio de Janeiro]]. * [[March 22]] - ''Ding-a-dong'' by Teach-In (music by **** Bakker, text by Will Luikinga and Eddy Ouwens) wins the 20th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1975]] for the [[Netherlands]]. * [[March 25]] - [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal]] of [[saudi Arabia]] is shot and killed by his nephew; the killer is beheaded on [[June 18]]. ([[King Khalid]] succeeds Faisal.) * [[March 28]] - A fire in the maternity wing at Kucic Hospital in [[Rijeka]], [[Yugoslavia]], kills 25 people. ===April=== {{Month3|4|1|0}} * [[April 3]] - [[bobby Fischer]] refuses to play in a [[chess]] match against [[Anatoly Karpov]], giving Karpov the title. * [[April 4]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The first military [[Operation Babylift]] flight, C5A 80218, crashes 27 minutes after takeoff, killing 138 on board; 176 survive the crash. * [[April 4]] - Bill Gates founds [[Microsoft]] in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]. * [[April 9]] - [[Asia]]'s first professional [[basketball]] league, the [[Philippine Basketball Association]], plays its first game at the [[Araneta Coliseum]]. * [[April 13]] - [[bus massacre]]: The [[Kataeb]] militia kills 27 [[Palestinians]] during an attack on their bus in Ain El Remmeneh, [[Lebanon]], triggering the Lebanese civil war. * [[April 13]] - A [[Chadian coup of 1975|coup d'Ã©tat in Chad]] led by the military overthrows and kills President [[FranÃ§ois Tombalbaye]]. * [[April 17]] - Following several weeks succesful fightning, the [[Communist]] [[Khmer Rouge]] guerilla forces captures of [[Phnom Penh]], prompting a forcible [[evacuation|mass evacuation]] of the city. * [[April 24]] - Six [[Red Army Faction]] terrorists take over the West German embassy in [[stockholm]], take 11 hostages and demand the release of the group's jailed members; shortly after, they are captured by Swedish police. (See [[West German embassy siege]]) * [[April 25]] - [[Vietnam War]]: As [[North Vietnamese Army]] forces close in on the [[south Vietnam]]ese capital [[saigon]], the [[Australia]]n Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost 10 years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam. * [[April 30]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The [[Fall of Saigon]]: The Vietnam War ends as Communist forces take [[saigon]], resulting in mass evacuations of Americans and South Vietnamese. As the capital is taken, [[south Vietnam]] surrenders unconditionally. ===May=== {{Month3|5|3|0}}  * [[May 5]] - The [[busch Gardens Williamsburg]] [[Theme Park]] opens in [[Virginia]]. * [[May 12]] - [[Mayaguez incident]]: [[Khmer Rouge]] forces in [[Cambodia]] seize the [[united States]] merchant ship [[sS Mayaguez|SS ''Mayaguez'']] in international waters. * [[May 15]] - [[Mayaguez incident]]: The American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued by the U.S. Navy and Marines; 38 Americans are killed. * [[May 16]] - [[sikkim]] accedes to [[india]] after a referendum. * [[May 16]] - [[Junko Tabei]] becomes the first woman to reach the summit of [[Mount Everest]]. * [[May 25]] - [[indianapolis 500]]: [[bobby Unser]] wins for a second time in a rain-shorted 174 lap, 435 mile (696 km) race. * [[May 27]] - The Dibble's Bridge coach crash near [[Grassington]], [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]] results in 32 deaths (the highest ever toll in a United Kingdom road accident). * [[May 28]] - Fifteen [[West Africa]]n countries sign the [[Treaty of Lagos]], creating the [[Economic Community of West African States]]. ===June=== {{Month3|6|6|0}} * [[June 5]] - The [[suez Canal]] opens for the first time since the [[six-Day War]]. * [[June 5]] - The [[united Kingdom]] votes yes in a [[united Kingdom referendum, 1975|referendum]] to stay in the [[European Community]]. * [[June 9]] - The [[Order of Australia]] is awarded for the first time. * [[June 10]] - In [[Washington, DC]], the [[united States President's Commission on CIA activities within the United States|Rockefeller Commission]] issues its report on [[CIA]] abuses, recommending a joint congressional oversight committee on intelligence. * [[June 19]] - [[Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan]] is found guilty [[in absentia]] of the murder of nanny Sandra Rivett. * [[June 25]] - Prime Minister [[indira Gandhi]] declares [[indian Emergency (1975 - 77)|a state of emergency]] in [[india]], suspending civil liberties and elections. * [[June 25]] - [[Mozambique]] gains [[independence]] from [[Portugal]]. * [[June 26]] - Two [[FBI]] agents and 1 [[American Indian Movement|AIM]] member die in a shootout, at the [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]] in [[south Dakota]]. ===July=== {{Month3|7|1|0}} * [[July 1]] - The [[Postmaster-General's Department]] is disaggregated into the [[Australian Telecommunications Commission]] (trading as [[Telecom Australia]]) and the [[Australian Postal Commission]] (trading as [[Australia Post]]). * [[July 4]] - [[sydney]] newspaper publisher [[Juanita Nielsen]] disappears, and is presumed to have been murdered. * [[July 5]] - [[Cape Verde]] gains independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule. * [[July 6]] - The [[Comoros]] declare their independence from [[France]]. * [[July 9]] - The National Assembly of [[senegal]] passes a law that will pave way for a [[multi-party system]](albeit highly restricted). * [[July 12]] - [[sÃ£o TomÃ© and PrÃncipe]] declare independence from [[Portugal]]. * [[July 17]] - [[Apollo-Soyuz Test Project]]: An American [[Apollo program|Apollo]] and Soviet [[soyuz spacecraft]] dock in [[orbit]], marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the 2 nations. * [[July 31]] - In [[Detroit, Michigan]], [[Teamsters Union]] president [[Jimmy Hoffa]] is reported missing. ===August=== {{Month3|8|4|0}} * [[August 1]] - The [[Helsinki Accords]], which officially recognize [[Europe]]'s national borders and respect for human rights, are signed in [[Finland]]. * [[August 5]] - [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Gerald R. Ford|Ford]] posthumously pardons [[Robert E. Lee]], restoring full rights of citizenship. * [[August 8]] - The [[banqiao Dam]], in China's [[Henan Province]], fails after a freak typhoon; over 200,000 people perish. * [[August 8]] - [[samuel Bronfman]], son of the president of [[seagram]]'s, is kidnapped in [[Purchase, New York]]. * [[August 11]] - [[british Leyland]] Motor Corporation comes under British government control. * [[August 11]] - Governor [[MÃ¡rio Lemos Pires]] of [[Portuguese Timor|Portuguese]] [[East Timor]] abandons the capital [[Dili]], following a [[Timorese Democratic Union|UDT]] coup and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and [[Fretilin]]. * [[August 15]] - The [[birmingham Six]] are wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment in [[Great Britain]]. * [[August 15]] - President [[Mujibur Rahman]] of [[bangladesh]] is killed during a coup. * [[August 20]] - [[Viking program]]: [[NASA]] launches the ''[[Viking 1]]'' planetary probe toward [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. * [[August 24]] - Officers responsible for the military coup in [[Greece]] in 1967 are sentenced to death in [[Athens]]. The sentences are later commuted to [[life imprisonment]]. ===September=== {{Month3|9|0|0}} * [[september 5]] - In [[sacramento, California]], [[Lynette Fromme]], a follower of jailed cult leader [[Charles Manson]], attempts to assassinate U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]], but is thwarted by a [[united States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent. * [[september 5]] - The [[The London Hilton on Park Lane|London Hilton]] hotel is bombed by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]]; 2 people are killed and 63 injured.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/5/newsid_2499000/2499203.stm 1975: London Hilton bombed]</ref> * [[september 6]] - A Richter Scale 6.7 magnitude [[earthquake]] kills at least 2,085 in [[Diyarbakir]] and [[Lice, Turkey]]. * [[september 14]] - [[Elizabeth Seton]] is canonized, becoming the first American [[Roman Catholic]] saint. * [[september 14]] - [[Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn|Rembrandt]]'s painting "[[Night Watch (painting)|The Night Watch]]" is slashed a dozen times at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. * [[september 15]] - The [[France|French]] department of [[Corse]], comprising the entire island of [[Corsica]], is divided into two departments: [[Haute-Corse]] and [[Corse-du-Sud]]. * [[september 16]] - [[Papua New Guinea]] gains its independence from [[Australia]]. * [[september 18]] - Fugitive [[Patricia Hearst]] is captured in [[san Francisco]]. * [[september 19]] - General [[Vasco Goncalves]] is ousted as Prime Minister of [[Portugal]]. * [[september 20]] - The term of [[Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah]], as the 5th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]], ends. * [[september 21]] - [[sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra]], [[sultan]] of [[Kelantan]], becomes the 6th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]]. * [[september 22]] - U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] survives a second assassination attempt, this time by [[sara Jane Moore]] in [[san Francisco]]. * [[september 27]] - [[Francoist Spain]] executes five [[ETA]] and [[Frente Revolucionario Antifascista y PatriÃ³tico|FRAP]] members, the last executings in [[spain]] to date. * September 27 - The [[Norwood Football Club]] beats the [[Glenelg Football Club]] in the [[sANFL]] Australian Rules Football Grand Final. * [[september 28]] - The [[spaghetti House siege]] takes place in London. * [[september 30]] - The [[Hughes Helicopters]] (later [[McDonnell-Douglas]], now [[boeing IDS]]) [[AH-64 Apache]] makes its first flight. ===October=== {{Month3|10|2|0}} * [[October 1]] - ''Thrilla in Manila'': Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines. * [[October 2]] - A blast at an explosives factory kills 6 in Beloeil, Quebec. * [[October 9]] - A bomb explosion outside the [[Green Park tube station]] near [[Piccadilly]] in London kills 1 and injures 20. * [[October 11]] - [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] airs the first episode of ''[[saturday Night Live]]'' ([[George Carlin]] is the first host; [[billy Preston]] and [[Janis Ian]] the first musical guests). * [[October 16]] - [[balibo Five|Five]] [[Australia]]n-based [[journalist]]s are killed at [[balibo]] by [[indonesia]]n forces, during their incursion into [[Portuguese Timor]]. * [[October 22]] - [[1975 World Series]]: The [[Cincinnati Reds]] defeat the [[boston Red Sox]] 4-3. * [[October 27]] - [[Robert Poulin]] kills 1 and wounds 5 at [[st. Pius X High School (Ottawa)|St. Pius X High School]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Canada]] before shooting himself. * [[October 29]] - [[Peter Sutcliffe]] (the "Yorkshire Ripper") commits his first murder, Wilma McCann. * [[October 30]] - [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]] becomes acting [[Head of State]] after dictator [[Francisco Franco]] concedes that he is too ill to govern. ===November=== {{Month3|11|5|0}}   * [[November 3]] - An independent audit of [[Mattel]], one of the [[united States]]' largest [[toy]] manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated [[press release]]s and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth." * [[November 3]] - The first petroleum pipeline opens from [[Cruden Bay]] to [[Grangemouth]], Scotland. * [[November 6]] - The [[Green March]] begins: 300,000 unarmed [[Morocco|Moroccans]] converge on the southern city of [[Tarfaya]] and wait for a signal from King [[Hassan II of Morocco]] to cross into [[Western Sahara]]. * [[November 10]] - [[united Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379]]: By a vote of 72-35 (with 32 abstentions), the [[united Nations]] General Assembly approves a resolution equating [[Zionism]] with [[racism]]. The resolution provokes an outcry among Jews around the world. * [[November 10]] - The 729-foot-long freighter ''[[sS Edmund Fitzgerald]]'' sinks during a storm 17 miles from the entrance to [[Whitefish Bay]] on [[Lake Superior]], killing all 29 crew on board (an event immortalized in song by [[Gordon Lightfoot]]). * [[November 10]] - Lev Leshchenko revives ''[[Den Pobedy]]'', one of the most popular [[World War II]] songs in the [[uSSR]]. * [[November 11]] - [[Angola]] becomes independent from [[Portugal]]; [[civil war]] soon erupts. * [[November 11]] - [[Australian constitutional crisis of 1975]]: [[Governor-General of Australia]] Sir [[John Kerr (Governor-General)|John Kerr]] dismisses the government of [[Gough Whitlam]] and commissions [[Malcolm Fraser]] as [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]]. * [[November 11]] - The first annual [[Vogalonga]] rowing "race" is held in [[Venice]], [[italy]]. * [[November 14]] - [[spain]] abandons [[Western Sahara]]. * [[November 20]] - Former [[California]] Governor [[Ronald Reagan]] enters the race for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President [[Gerald Ford]]. * [[November 20]] - Spanish dictator [[Francisco Franco]] dies in [[Madrid]]. * [[November 22]] - [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos]] is declared [ ] following the death of dictator [[Francisco Franco]].* [[November 25]] - [[suriname]] gains independence from the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]]. * [[November 25]] - The [[irish Republican Army]] is outlawed in the [[united Kingdom]]. * [[November 27]] - [[Ross McWhirter]], co-founder of the [[Guinness Book of Records]], is shot dead by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] for offering reward money to informers. * [[November 28]] - [[Portuguese Timor]] declares its independence from [[Portugal]] as [[East Timor]]. * [[November 29]] - The name "Micro-soft" (for [[microcomputer]] [[software]]) is used by [[bill Gates]] in a letter to [[Paul Allen]] for the first time ([[Microsoft]] becomes a [[registered trademark]] on [[November 26]], [[1976]]). * [[November 29]] - While disabled, the submarine tender ''[[uSS Proteus (AS-19)]]'' discharges radioactive coolant water into [[Apra Harbor]], Guam. A Geiger counter at 2 of the harbor's public beaches shows 100 millirems/hour, 50 times the allowable dose. ===December=== {{Month3|12|0|0}} * [[December 2]] - The communist [[Pathet Lao]] takes power in [[Laos]]. * [[December 3]] - The wreck of the ''[[HMHS Britannic]]'' is found in the [[Kea Channel]] by [[Jacques Cousteau]]. * [[December 8]] - [[New York City]] is approved for bailout of 2.3 billion each year through to [[1978]].So 6.9 billion total. * [[December 7]] - [[indonesia]] [[indonesian invasion of East Timor|invades]] [[East Timor]]. * [[December 21]] - Six people, including [[ilich RamÃrez SÃ¡nchez|Carlos (the Jackal)]], kidnap delegates of an [[OPEC]] conference in [[Vienna]]. * [[December 29]] - A bomb explosion at [[LaGuardia Airport]] kills 11. ---- wikipedia - source of information.

March 30, 2009
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The ShoutBox Hall Of Fame

yungbol replied to BTKC124's topic in General Discussion

Lol, too bad you can see the blackened 'n' that you used bbcode on. I just do this: N00b

March 30, 2009
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Update on 360-Reality

yungbol replied to Dark Slipstream's topic in H3 Modding

Need source of anything I have to include into your reality? I can fix it up and proper the things I have, I am pretty bored right now. Of course, public releases of programs, not VIP

March 30, 2009
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The ShoutBox Hall Of Fame

yungbol replied to BTKC124's topic in General Discussion

No rules for staff but members get punished with hard word censoring that Peaches even said to remove . No offense to any of the staff, just for lol's.

March 30, 2009
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cool

yungbol replied to SotG Caboose's topic in Off-Topic

Love c++ much?

March 30, 2009
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need help wit

yungbol replied to tsghdemon's topic in Off-Topic

Download a virus software, and scan and remove. Personally I use Nortan.

March 29, 2009
8 replies

Gift for JUSTREC

yungbol replied to iKhaosmaster's topic in Showoff

Very nice, and way to keep helping people with GFX. Maybe one day I'll learn a little.

March 29, 2009
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RogueMods - CONfirm v1

yungbol replied to Rogue Modder's topic in Programs

Lol, stolen research on such an easy project? Come on now, who doesn't know how to fetch details from CONS, LIVES, and PIRS. The hardest part is the shell integration.