Crusoe
Aliases  The Life and Adventures of Crusoe
Release Date  1984
Original Publisher  Automata UK Ltd (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Adventure Game: Graphic
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £6.00
Features  Moai (Easter Island statue) cameo
Inspirations  Robinson Crusoe (Book) from Daniel Defoe
Average mag. score  56.67% (4 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  55.7% (7 votes)

Authors/Contributors
     Jon Smith (UK) - ?

Authors according to SPOT/SPEX
     Jon Smith & Gremlin Evans
*** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information!

Known Errors
     Bugfix provided by Battle Bunny:
  • The game crashes frequently. Most of the errors are due to JPs being one or two bytes off their correct destination. The most significant error was the machine stack overflow, caused by indirect recursive sub-routine calls, which would cause the program to crash if Crusoe did a lot of moving back & forth between map sections and had to use his "Elyxr" frequently. There were some minor errors in the keyboard checking, command handler search and message display. Also the LLL option to load a saved game messed up the stack and the QQQ/TIUQ option to restart didn't work properly (although that was due to the stack being messed up by other things). Fixed using the following patch:
            org  $6A9C               ; patch indicator: stone head as prompt terminator
            DEFB $A2                 ; 6A9C A2

            org  $6BEC               ; jump correction
            JP $6A2D                 ; 6BEC C3 2D 6A

            org  $71DE               ; typo correction
            DEFM "A ladder    "      ; 71DE 41 20 6C 61 64 64 65 72 20 20 20 20

            org  $7AE8               ; jump correction
            DJNZ $7AE7               ; 7AE8 10 FD

            org  $80E5               ; jump correction
            JR   $8149               ; 80E5 18 62
            org  $82BB               ; jump correction
            JP NZ, $82E2             ; 82BB C2 E2 82
            org  $8401               ; jump correction
            JP NZ, $82CD             ; 8401 C2 CD 82
            org  $8736               ; jump correction
            JR $8706                 ; 8736 18 CE

            org  $8F86               ; jump correction
            JP $87CC                 ; 8F86 C3 CC 87
            org  $970C               ; jump correction
            JP NZ, $87CC             ; 970C C2 CC 87

            org  $B6F8               ; jump correction
            JR Z, $B71D              ; B6F8 28 23
            org  $B705               ; jump correction
            JR Z, $B71D              ; B705 28 16
            org  $B70B               ; jump correction
            JR Z, $B71D              ; B70B 28 10

            org  $A84D               ; message address correction
            LD A, $5D                ; A84D 3E 5D

            org  $84F2               ; check RET address before JP back
            JP   PATCH               ; 84F2 C3 F6 B8
            org  $B498
            JP   PATCH               ; B498 C3 F6 B8
            org  $CA86
            JP   PATCH               ; CA86 C3 F6 B8

            org  $B8F6               ; drop all except RET to BASIC
    PATCH:  POP BC                   ; B8F6 C1
            LD HL, $2D2B             ; B8F7 21 2B 2D
            AND A                    ; B8FA A7
            SBC HL, BC               ; B8FB ED 42
            JR NZ, PATCH             ; B8FD 20 F7
            PUSH BC                  ; B8FF C5
            JP $61AE                 ; B900 C3 AE 61

Modified "BUGFIX" file provided by Einar Saukas.

Compilations
     Full version inAutomata 10 Pack Volume One(1985)by Automata UK Ltd (UK)
     Full version inZX-Spectrum Vega(2015/Apr/24)by Retro Computers Ltd (UK)- titled "The Adventures of Crusoe"

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
Crusoe.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
Crusoe.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
Crusoe_2.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
Crusoe(BUGFIX).tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     Crusoe.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     Crusoe.gif10,218OriginalRunning screen
     Crusoe.jpg419,839OriginalInlay - Front
     DeseertIsalndFloppies(DanDefoe&TheCastaways).mp3.zip4,865,682OriginalBonus soundtrack(s) in MP3 format
     Crusoe.txt4,679OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     Crusoe.jpg3,032,380OriginalGame map
     Crusoe_2.png130,264OriginalGame map
     crusoe.rzx0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by fahrenheit1987 (with rollback) - Doesn't play back in Spin.

Magazine Reviews
     Big Kissue #10-1985/Janpage 30- Review: 2/3
     Crashissue v.1 #10-1984/Novpage 108- Review: 5/10
     Micro Adventurerissue #10-1984/Augpage 29- Review
     Personal Computer Gamesissue #11-1984/Octpage 100- Review
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #32-1984/Aug/9 special "week#2"page 49- Review
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #34-1984/Aug/23 special "week#4"page 18- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #32-1984/Novpage 28- Review: 5/10
     TV Gamerissue 1984/Novpage 53- Review
     Your Computerissue v.4 #9-1984/Seppage 45- Review: 3/5
     Your Spectrumissue #9-1984/Novpage 62- Review

Magazine References
     Sinclair Programsissue #24-1984/Octpage 32- Feature - Soft Theme: Adventure Games
     Your Spectrumissue #6-1984/Augpage 34- News/Note

Magazine Advertisements
     Big Kissue #4-1984/Julpage 32- Advert
     Big Kissue #7-1984/Octpage 13- Advert
     Big Kissue #8-1984/Novpage 13- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #33-1984/Julpage 77- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #37-1984/Novpage 36- Advert
     Micro Adventurerissue #12-1984/Octpage 22- Full-page ad
     Personal Computer Gamesissue #8-1984/Julpage 27- Advert
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #30-1984/Jul/26 special "week#4"page 52- Full-page ad
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #32-1984/Aug/9 special "week#2"page 52- Advert
     Sinclair Programsissue #24-1984/Octpage 34- Advert
     Sinclair Programsissue #25-1984/Novpage 46- Advert
     Your Spectrumissue #8-1984/Octpage 84- Advert
     Your Spectrumissue #9-1984/Novpage 25- Advert

Related Magazine Reviews
     Crashissue v.1 #22-1985/Novpage 32- Review (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)

Related Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #44-1985/Junpage 30- News/Note (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Crashissue v.1 #14-1985/Marpage 57- News/Note (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)

Related Magazine Advertisements
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #41-1985/Marpage 109- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Computer Gamerissue #9-1985/Decpage 79- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Crashissue v.1 #23-1985/Decpage 65- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Crashissue v.1 #24-1986/Jan special "Christmas Special 1985/86"page 64- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Crashissue v.1 #25-1986/Febpage 33- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Crashissue v.1 #26-1986/Marpage 47- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Crashissue v.1 #27-1986/Aprpage 47- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #8-1985/Feb/21 special "week#3"page 52- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #14-1985/Apr/4 special "week#1"page 56- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Sinclair Userissue #45-1985/Decpage 38- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Sinclair Userissue #46-1986/Janpage 12- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Your Sinclairissue #1-1986/Janpage 49- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Your Sinclairissue #3-1986/Marpage 42- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)
     Your Sinclairissue #4-1986/Aprpage 37- Advert (Automata 10 Pack Volume One)

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