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by Einar Saukas
Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Coincidence!
Replies: 18
Views: 303

Re: Coincidence!

This screen also looks like it was taken from somewhere else, but I cannot recognize it... Anyone?

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by Einar Saukas
Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:21 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Coincidence!
Replies: 18
Views: 303

Re: Coincidence!

Also:

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by Einar Saukas
Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:20 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Coincidence!
Replies: 18
Views: 303

Re: Coincidence!

Ouch!

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by Einar Saukas
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: A new data compressor called ZX0
Replies: 286
Views: 20636

Re: A new data compressor called ZX0

zara6502 wrote: Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:58 pm They appear, for example, in a situation where there is the phrase "AAABBBCC" and then there is the phrase "AAADDDCC", that is, they have common parts in comparable places and some different parts, so the "last offset" block will work in matching parts.
Exactly!
by Einar Saukas
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Coincidence!
Replies: 18
Views: 303

Re: Coincidence!

There are a few more cases here:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/relations.php

(look under "LOADING SCREEN ADAPTED FROM")

Is anything else missing from this list?
by Einar Saukas
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:37 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Coincidence!
Replies: 18
Views: 303

Re: Coincidence!

And this is the laziest case possible: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/a/scr/AdAstra.scr&border=0 Ad Astra https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/a/scr/AlienKill_2.scr&border=0 Alien Kill He didn't even bother...
by Einar Saukas
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Coincidence!
Replies: 18
Views: 303

Re: Coincidence!

Curses! They've seen through my elaborate obfuscation technique of mirroring the image. Like this: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/m/scr/Mantis1.scr&border=0 Mantis 1 https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/m/scr/...
by Einar Saukas
Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:51 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: IKARIE XB 1
Replies: 8
Views: 263

Re: IKARIE XB 1

For the American release, titled "Voyage to the End of the Universe," American International Pictures cut the film up, changing a number of things:
[...]
The cast and staff's names in the credits were altered significantly to look like English.
by Einar Saukas
Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:14 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Coincidence!
Replies: 18
Views: 303

Coincidence!

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/a/scr/AliciaEnElPaisDeLasMaravillas_3.scr&border=0 Alicia en el Pais de las Maravillas and https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/a/scr/AliciaEnElPaisDeLasMaravillas.scr&border...
by Einar Saukas
Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:56 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: starting with elias-gamma
Replies: 29
Views: 778

Re: starting with elias-gamma

I wrote this code in C some time ago: void write_classic_elias_gamma(int value) { int i = 1; while ((i <<= 1) <= value) write_bit(0); while (i >>= 1) write_bit(value & i); } Same algorithm, more user friendly listing: void write_classic_elias_gamma(int value) { int i = 2; while (i <= value) { wr...
by Einar Saukas
Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:46 pm
Forum: ZXDB Fixes
Topic: HELP WANTED: Magazine type-in page numbers!
Replies: 17
Views: 280

Re: HELP WANTED: Magazine type-in page numbers!

There are 4 type-ins in it that are missing (the Hobby-Computer issue is not linked to any type-in so far): - Lander - Entenjagd - Dame - 3-D-Plot (utility) Ops, this magazine was duplicated by mistake! This is the correct link, including these type-ins: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/issue/10463/...
by Einar Saukas
Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: ZXDB Fixes
Topic: HELP WANTED: Magazine type-in page numbers!
Replies: 17
Views: 280

Re: HELP WANTED: Magazine type-in page numbers!

Thanks!!!


PS: Regarding German titles, do you know where to find these?

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?gr ... ang=german
by Einar Saukas
Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:07 pm
Forum: ZXDB Fixes
Topic: HELP WANTED: Magazine type-in page numbers!
Replies: 17
Views: 280

Re: HELP WANTED: Magazine type-in page numbers!

Neil Parsons wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:28 pm I can help with Microhobby type-ins.

I'm done with Micro 7's ones. Just five entries.
Thank you!
by Einar Saukas
Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:07 pm
Forum: ZXDB Fixes
Topic: HELP WANTED: Magazine type-in page numbers!
Replies: 17
Views: 280

Re: HELP WANTED: Magazine type-in page numbers!

Graphik - Heim-Computer 1983/11 p 40 (40 in pdf) Hinterhalt - Heim-Computer 1983/12 p 43 (47 in pdf) Tischdecken - Happy-Computer 1984/07 p 57 (55 in pdf) Thank you! Der Sagenhafte Schatz des Drachen Mordor: The listing appears to be on a large poster (inside the issue), so no page number. Also, th...
by Einar Saukas
Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:27 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: ZXDB Update Fri Apr 19, 2024
Replies: 3
Views: 123

Re: ZXDB Update Fri Apr 19, 2024

I just finished adding to ZXDB all Spectrum and ZX81 tenliners* up to 2021: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?quick=g&text=tenliner Could someone please add the new Spectrum and ZX81 tenliners since 2022? The information can be found here: https://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/ * Tenliner ...
by Einar Saukas
Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:35 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: MicroHoppy
Replies: 6
Views: 382

Re: MicroHoppy

Andre Leao wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:13 pm Only in 10 lines!!!!!
BTW we have others in the archive:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?qu ... t=tenliner
by Einar Saukas
Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:08 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: MicroHoppy
Replies: 6
Views: 382

Re: MicroHoppy

Awesome!!!

It has a very good chance of winning the competition next year!
by Einar Saukas
Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: ZXDB Fixes
Topic: HELP WANTED: Magazine type-in page numbers!
Replies: 17
Views: 280

Re: HELP WANTED: Magazine type-in page numbers!

I forgot to mention that submitted fixes won't appear online immediately. They will be included in the following ZXDB update (about a week later). Therefore if you are willing to help, it's probably a good idea to mention it in this thread to avoid someone else doing exactly the same magazine. EDIT:...
by Einar Saukas
Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:15 pm
Forum: ZXDB Fixes
Topic: ZXSR bugs
Replies: 175
Views: 12555

Re: ZXSR bugs

A few book reviews appeared in SU #8 page 37, that are currently associated with SU #8 supplement "Spectrum User" but they appeared in the main issue.
by Einar Saukas
Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: ZXDB Fixes
Topic: ZXSR bugs
Replies: 175
Views: 12555

Re: ZXSR bugs

There are also 5 game reviews in pages 28 and 31 of C&VG #27, that ZXSR incorrectly assigned to this issue's supplement "Book of Adventure" but they appeared in the main issue.
by Einar Saukas
Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: ZXDB Fixes
Topic: ZXSR bugs
Replies: 175
Views: 12555

Re: ZXSR bugs

The reviews of the following games from C&VG #41 appeared in the main issue, but ZXSR incorrectly indicates they appeared in supplement "Book of Adventure": 3D Starstrike Airwolf Gift from the Gods Lode Runner Mutant Monty Skool Daze The Great Space Race Viking Raiders Again I'm not su...
by Einar Saukas
Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:45 pm
Forum: ZXDB Fixes
Topic: ZXSR bugs
Replies: 175
Views: 12555

Re: ZXSR bugs

The reviews of the following games from C&VG #50 appeared in the main issue, but ZXSR incorrectly indicates they appeared in its "Adventure Supplement": Chimera Daley Thompson's Supertest Elite Fairlight Grumpy Gumphrey Supersleuth Gyroscope Hyper Sports Impossible Mission Now Games Ri...