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- Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:04 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Coming soon: Innsmouth
- Replies: 3
- Views: 386
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:11 am
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: El Bigotudo
- Replies: 13
- Views: 629
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:05 am
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Coming Soon: El Bigotudo
- Replies: 5
- Views: 341
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:25 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Steve Crow): discussion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 597
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Steve Crow): discussion
According to the interview with him in Retrogamer issue 72 (here: https://issuu.com/roylazarovich/docs/retro_gamer_072 ) , the last game he programmed/developed was Firelord. After that he concentrated on graphics, working at Hewson and then Probe. He also did a lot of graphics on the C64. Exactly....
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:07 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: My mod of ... Vixen
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1068
Re: My mod of ... Vixen
I haven't tried this remake (YET) but I remember Vixen and I will try your version, some day soon. The game always reminded me of the Thundercats game (which I first played on Atari ST): left-to-right scroller, smacking enemies, but no real challenge. Also those little 'bonus areas' where you just ...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Best game music/sound
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1971
Re: Best game music/sound
Hi One of Dave Rogers' epic tunes for Raf Cecco's games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dMnQ-vRKsg The Dave Rogers' Marauder title theme maybe suits better on a sword and sorcery kind of game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bHC5PmCztY The amazing Marauder tense in-game tune by Dave Rogers' on th...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 4:04 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Homebrew recommendations for old school Speccy fans
- Replies: 3
- Views: 315
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 6:45 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Re: Cover Artists 2
- Replies: 337
- Views: 49543
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:27 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Steve Turner): discussion
- Replies: 6
- Views: 313
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:28 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: ZX Spectrum focused YouTube channels
- Replies: 15
- Views: 775
Re: ZX Spectrum focused YouTube channels
Hi El Spectrumero Javi Ortiz is by far the best ZX Spectrum focused YouTube Channel in Spanish with around 8.000 subscribers so far. After chronicling the main game genres, authors, companies during his early years, now Javi Ortiz is mainly devoted to the ZX Spectrum homebrew community, so he premie...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:03 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: 3 new SaNchez Crew games in the works
- Replies: 5
- Views: 241
3 new SaNchez Crew games in the works
The SINClair video includes English subs.
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:11 am
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Re: Cover Artists 2
- Replies: 337
- Views: 49543
Re: Cover Artists 2
I thought it read David Mann too but dismissed it as he used to do paintings for EasyRider and didn't think his work would appear on Sinclair stuff :lol: :lol: Yeah, it's odd, but we have to think that most of those U.S. Gold games coming from the USA software companies (Access, Datasoft, Synsoft, ...
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 1:36 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Re: Cover Artists 2
- Replies: 337
- Views: 49543
Re: Cover Artists 2
Oh, yep! I think it's him! About Black Magic, so far I can't see any signature and the Illustration is really not that similar to Saracen, so, it is an unknown for now. About Clement, the manual illustrations look like Apple II 1 bit graphics, but I'm not sure we can credit him for the ZX Spectrum ...
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:14 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Re: Cover Artists 2
- Replies: 337
- Views: 49543
Re: Cover Artists 2
Hi! I'm reviewing cover artists again, and found this case. The manual says: Documentation illustrated by Thomas J. Clement. But I'm not sure if it is related also to the cover. I was looking at the manual for Saracen (https://archive.org/details/SaracenDatasoft/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater), that...
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 1:43 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Licenses vs originals during the ZX Spectrum's commercial era
- Replies: 14
- Views: 579
Re: Licenses vs originals during the ZX Spectrum's commercial era
If you look at Exolon and Zynaps' chart performance over the summer of 1987 and compare it with the licensed releases out at the same time, Hewson's games were actually far more successful, outperforming Slap Fight, Tank, Athena, The Living Daylights and MetroCross. The same is true in March 1988 w...
- Sun Jul 16, 2023 1:04 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Licenses vs originals during the ZX Spectrum's commercial era
- Replies: 14
- Views: 579
Re: Licenses vs originals during the ZX Spectrum's commercial era
As you illustrate, it was getting commercially much more risky to be a full price label only dealing in original output. The budget side of things absolutely thrived, much of it without licenses. I think what worked out well there was coming up with a 'quasi-license' for a few things - a familiar n...
- Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:50 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Licenses vs originals during the ZX Spectrum's commercial era
- Replies: 14
- Views: 579
Re: Licenses vs originals during the ZX Spectrum's commercial era
Hi IMHO licenses and the budget games market killed full price original games. That's the reason why in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990... a lot of independent software houses creating original titles gave up the 8bit and/or the microcomputer game market: Ultimate, Gargoyle, Odin, Mikro-Gen, Vortex, Durell, ...
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 10:52 am
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Coming Soon: El Bigotudo
- Replies: 5
- Views: 341
Coming Soon: El Bigotudo
Hi
New ZX Spectrum 128K platform/adventure game in development by the Russian team consisting by Romancha and Jerri called El Bigotudo (in Spanish) that would translate as "The Mustachioed" in English.
New ZX Spectrum 128K platform/adventure game in development by the Russian team consisting by Romancha and Jerri called El Bigotudo (in Spanish) that would translate as "The Mustachioed" in English.
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 6:56 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Yandex Regro Games Battle v3
- Replies: 5
- Views: 193
Re: Yandex Regro Games Battle v3
Some games seemed a bit rushed with few bugs so let's hope we will see their polished versions soon. Hi This is what Natasha Zotova commented on Jagged Gaming, a Spectrum Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@ZXJaggedGaming), on Seraphima's definitive version (Googlish translation). " (......
- Sun May 28, 2023 10:30 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Zosya Entertainment: discussion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 131
Re: The best Speccy game by Zosya Entertainment: discussion
Cheers, I'll have this in the list then! Also, I know that Metal Man Reloaded/Remixed had been included on the Oleg Origin poll, but Zosya have also released Metal Man Remixed (considered by them as the definitive edition of the game) on physical format, including Matthew Cranston Battles Remixed. ...
- Sun May 28, 2023 9:51 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Zosya Entertainment: discussion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 131
Re: The best Speccy game by Zosya Entertainment: discussion
Hi Pete Well, Drift! 2K22 is missing from the ZXDB as a standalone entry, but this is not exactly a game on its own, it's more like a revision from the 2019 game Drift! removing the intro and other things and adding one new car, a new loading screen and three new tracks, basically. https://www.zosya...
- Fri May 19, 2023 11:01 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Z80 Attack
- Replies: 3
- Views: 271
Re: Z80 Attack
How was this recovered? Hi Dave According to my friend Javi Ortiz, Alberto recovered the game himself from his old cassette tapes recently. While Javi was visiting him, Alberto showed him Z80 Attack and Javi encourage him to release it as soon as possible. Since Alberto hasn't got his own itch.io w...
- Fri May 19, 2023 9:00 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Z80 Attack
- Replies: 3
- Views: 271
Z80 Attack
Hi everyone! Z80 Attack, game created by Joe McAlby [Alberto José González Pedraza], one of the founding members of New Frontier (later Bit Managers) around 1987/1988. All this when he was about 15 or 16 years old with the well-known CRL 3D Gamemaker. A new MIA rescued from oblivion, where the autho...
- Sun May 07, 2023 10:23 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Speccy Soccer
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1708
Re: Speccy Soccer
This looks like it could be awesome, but playing it through a spectrum next (N-Go) I get horrible player judder (motion sickness) when running with the ball. Is this how it should be, or a timing issue with running it through a Next (N-Go)? I recall that Voxeltower commented on the video above that...
- Sun May 07, 2023 8:55 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Speccy Soccer
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1708