Spectrum Computing

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 = $...

I can't help but think it's a stylistic choice rather than anything ungentlemanly. A stylistic choice doesn't make a lot of sense, considering that "Mojon Twins" was erased from an area of the screen that was simply left empty. Even so, I also think it was a (long!) series of bad decision...

Youtube channel The Retro Desk created a mandelbrot drawing program that they have used to benchmark the CPU performance of various (modern) retro computer platforms. More like a benchmark of someone's programming skills in various retro computer platforms :) For instance here: https://github.com/S...

well i see that some of the MKx games do not have any logos nor mention mojons in the title pic and there's at least one (and relatively recent) game that looks like does not have these at all: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/37275/ZX-Spectrum/RetroQuest_II_Las_Torres_de_la_Desesperación AFAI...

MK1 official logo (at the bottom of page):

https://github.com/mojontwins/MK1

I just noticed something weird. These are examples of MK1 logo in other games: https://i.ibb.co/1MYN4tB/Alien-Girl.png https://i.ibb.co/1rk34j2/Coloco.png https://i.ibb.co/KLZKKLr/Pirate-Captain-Creed.png https://i.ibb.co/fty3Fbh/TheCult.png Now compare with this: https://i.ibb.co/VWwjHC9/Exodron.pn...

TheMartian wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 8:48 pm I would say Heartland (the skull and the book appear in the top of the screen when playing)

Thanks!!!

R-Tape wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 7:53 am

HAPPY NOW?

Not good enough...



That's it!

Lee Bee wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 6:06 pm Reading the bio of the developer, Juan Carlos, I'm starting to suspect he is simply quite naive about these things.

Indeed, not mirroring the image was a naive mistake!

Probably reversed it because they wanted Alphabatim in the bottom right corner (probs so the end of the m forms part of the border... colour change to yellow is a bit crap though) and they'd have to erase the debris on that side if they didn't flip it. They also cleaned up the title text and the bo...

Also:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?group_id=2120

Also missing:

https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputeriu ... -list-2024

Sorry I meant TOSEC.

https://www.tosecdev.org/

+3code wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 3:42 pm I've corrected some of the MicroHobby ones (not all, only a few), between 1988 and 1991 (see https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxdb/ad ... ishers.php for details).

Thank you!

I'm now correcting the Jackson Soft Oro Spectrum references.

Oloturia wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 8:19 pm I've just discovered that Fuochi nella Notte is Fires. I've typed it in for nothing

It wasn't for nothing. That's useful information, and we can preserve the Italian version too.

Here's a list of titles with an available demo, where a full version was never released: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?avail_id=z Here's a list of titles with an available demo, where the full version supposedly exists but we don't have it (i.e MIA): https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?avail...

If added, is there a precedent for such things @Einar Saukas? Yes there are lots of precedent, mostly inherited from Martijn's WoS. For instance: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/8116/ZX-Spectrum/DLAN It doesn't make sense to preserve "bootleg" copies that someone recorded at home (a...

Information about the game Blue Max looks like being processed (diagonal screen scrolling). But it is not displayed in the game's info page. https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxdb/add/public/history_detail_old.php?fn=%23004014_597_change_sql.txt It's processed and it was included in the last ZXDB rel...

Another ZXDB version is now available!

The wikipedia link was valid until recently!

https://web.archive.org/web/20200311021 ... imon_Cooke

A game is included in the magazine... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRsxHGP9xN4der-AUOPa1U3Ibg2xXkpQWMAMibl-cZLb7Y9c6_DLWincgRSyZRQG1Z4m7G54EA5dEV0qL9Uq67ReYGyj82o9K0-giDYuEGq88CAFJN7Gu9KwxvVTMVs2riJYd_ydFTBT5Uc2NqTdICSaH1Aqi56V-KrPYUJuGqvil1kLJqgIBZO4Pd5qN/s320/4.jpg ...

Thank you!!!