Spectrum Computing

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Before 1986, there was a few games with great graphics (Saboteur, Lords of Midnight, TLL, etc) but I think only Knight Lore can be considered "visual impact".

Dan Dare

Lightforce

Myth

If no one's already done it, it would be nice if links like this could be collected somewhere into a handy links page About links to magazines, do you mean something like this? https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/magazines.php There are about ten thousand magazine issues available to read from this pag...

I suggest we create a new entry for Trevor Toms BASIC Compiler, marked as "never released", with a magazine reference to the Classic Adventurer article.

Lava and Minen is probably a mispelled mis-dated duplicate of Lava Und Minen

Yes, please!

PZX files are a simpler format and easier to implement in emulators and tools. There is no real advantage over TZX in terms of preservation TBH because both do the job. But having PZX files actually available in the real world will help popularize the format. It's kind of chicken and egg right now,...

For example, Tycoon contains an unreleased MCODER compiler in it. ZXDB describes it as compiled with ERE's MCoder III, but it's actually Threlfall/Hodgson's unreleased MCODER 3 . This later evolved into HiSoft's COLT. There's now a separate entry for MCODER 3: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/...

What's the advantage in doing so?

If PZX files are just auto converted from TZX, then just storing TZX would be enough.

I doubt the Mojon Twins would mind if he had only copied the death sequence, or only the font, or only the score panel, or only the menu, or only the story presentation style, or only the sounds...

A new ZXDB release is available!

Cheez26 wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 12:55 am So, I found this in the database and it seems fascinating somewhat.

Then go for it.

Don't overcomplicate this. Aiming too high for your first game is an effective way to ensure you will never release anything.

He got a complaint about copying the entire loading screen from The Return of Traxtor . So he replaced the lower part with a scanned image, but kept the upper part with the copied title logo. He got another complaint about copying death sequence, font, score panel, menu, story presentation style, an...

I started to write one and got reasonably far with it. Unfortunately, life took over and I stopped. It looks fantastic! I hope this work won't get wasted. If you are struggling to finish it, I suggest you simply release whatever you have as "demo". Right now, even with only keys and trapd...

All itch page comments deleted and the MK1 logo removed from the game entirely and only seen on the inlay. Mojon Twins had posted very polite comments, considering the circunstances: https://i.ibb.co/HNJDyPx/comments1.png Instead of answering, these posts were simply deleted (along with other peopl...

Joefish wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 10:06 am Well I can present the bank statement from whence my money departed

I'm not denying that it happened. I just have a different understanding about how it happened and who's responsible.

GOOD NEWS! This game is now back online, after the author took all received complaints seriously! Because of this, the new loading screen doesn't have any similarity whatsoever with redballoon 's game title logo: https://i.ibb.co/K6V4VSq/load-trax.png https://i.ibb.co/2Y95KdR/load.png The story pres...

There has to be something just a little weird about anyone who chooses to make games for a computer that came out 42 years ago. We're all a little quirky, to say the least. Perhaps some of us really like to create games, but don't have enough time to work on larger projects for modern platforms. An...

True. Many of us had actually paid a hundred odd quid for the stuff he prevented distribution of. That's not my understanding of what happened. However I would rather avoid this discussion since none of us have all the facts... I hope someday an investigative reporter (Stu?) will dive in-depth into...

danboid wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 6:40 pm Thanks but I'm only really bothered about the Next version and it seems you optimsed the Speccy 48k version.

That's the file I indicated in my first post.

You could have mentioned you were not interested in this file, when you asked for the improved version of this file!

PeteProdge wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 3:34 pm I don't like Paul Andrews. Ahem.

Elite (Steve Wilcox) is the reason these files are no longer available.

Let's be fair. AFAIK Paul Andrews never prevented free distribution of anything.

Please share you improved version and tell me how to build it. Replace file "zxs-mandelbrot.asm" with this: DEVICE ZXSPECTRUM48 org $8000 start: jp init color_codes: db 8,16,24,32,40,48,56,72 db 80,88,96,104,112,120,0 include "../Z80/mandelbrot.asm" ROM_CLS = $0DAF COLOR_MAP = $...