On a related note, here's another K. Eaves ZX Spectrum program... Diary... a bird watching utility... "Computerise your Birding records"
https://archive.org/details/britishbird ... /page/117/
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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Bunkered! By Global Software 1985 - can't any reference online
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1249
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:56 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Bunkered! By Global Software 1985 - can't any reference online
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1249
Re: Bunkered! By Global Software 1985 - can't any reference online
The page for "Abrasco" Golf probably needs amending anyway, as Abrasco weren't the original publishers, according to the magazine references. The author, K. Eaves was... https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-05-05/page/n37/mode/1up?view=theater (He may have improved or ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Beginner's guide to tape preservation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 345
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Beginner's guide to tape preservation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 345
Re: Beginner's guide to tape preservation
I use a USB tape player and had good results following TMD2003's tips here... https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=122685&#p122685 WAV files saved from Audacity need to be mono, sampled at 44.1 kHz and - this is the crucial bit - 8-bit unsigned. When saving (use File > Export >...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:39 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Was Hannah Smith real?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3021
Re: Was Hannah Smith real?
Not "extremely rare". Less common, yes, but plenty around. It's just they haven't left the same "footprint" as their male counterparts. And they also seem less likely to be still be blathering on about things 30+ years later, unlike the blokes.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Was Hannah Smith real?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3021
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a full price game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 45
- Views: 827
Re: The best playable demo of a full price game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
I'd come to vote for Lords of Chaos, but after noticing it was missing I checked the relevant magazine and it's down as being an (exclusive?) 4th scenario, not included in the main game. So, I'm guessing that's why it doesn't count as a demo.
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Little bugs in the database 6
- Replies: 139
- Views: 5780
Re: Little bugs in the database 6
I'm guessing that The Open Door was originally released in 1987 (not 1988) and it first appeared in compilation 6 in 1 . Is this information correct? Yes, I don't believe Open Door was released anywhere else before it appeared on the 6-in-1, introduction to adventure games, compilation. And the yea...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:42 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Atari 400 Mini
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1043
Re: Atari 400 Mini
Is this from the same company that was at the centre of the Vega debacle? No. It's from the company that was formed by some of the people involved in the original Vega project, but it was a separate company they set up to produce other retro console revivals. The act of them setting that company up...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:15 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Options for reading & writing real Disciple / Plus D & SAM disks in 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 233
Re: Options for reading & writing real Disciple / Plus D & SAM disks in 2024
I've been able to copy across various CP/M programs to SAM from a Windows XP machine because SAM ProDOS (CP/M for the SAM) has a utility for reading from FAT formatted disks. http://8bitag.com/info/documents/cpm-to-prodos.txt
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Fergus McNeil): discussion
- Replies: 5
- Views: 172
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Fergus McNeil): discussion
For the purposes of this I would probably suggest combining the Dragonstar entries. They're really multiple parts of the same game and when I asked Fergus I seem to remember that he thought the advert that suggests he was selling them separately may have just been badly worded. (They were only ever ...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: The Elves of Maroland
- Replies: 10
- Views: 447
Re: The Elves of Maroland
No, it would not be true to say that DAAD is a Spanish version of the PAW. DAAD was a separate, specially commissioned development system that grew from the PAW, in a similar way to how the PAW itself came from The Quill. DAAD has its own entry in SC. (There *was* a Spanish version of the PAW. But t...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:43 am
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: The Elves of Maroland
- Replies: 10
- Views: 447
Re: The Elves of Maroland
There is some past precedent for a single entry (for both language versions of the later DAAD version) e.g. https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/34819/ZX-Spectrum/The_House_on_the_Other_Side_of_the_Storm And examples either way of whether the PAW and DAAD versions could be combined. The argument in...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:25 am
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: Will Spectaculator ever get a new version?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 383
Re: Will Spectaculator ever get a new version?
Spectaculator is still my go-to emulator when it comes to playing and developing games. I must admit I've never experienced any of those issues mentioned in the "cons" section. At the moment, it runs perfectly well under Windows 11 so I'm not sure it needs a new version. Jonathan still res...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:51 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Sam Emulator
- Replies: 6
- Views: 261
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:23 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Cursed be the City
- Replies: 6
- Views: 257
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:15 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Cursed be the City
- Replies: 6
- Views: 257
Re: Cursed be the City
The tape inlay indicates the files have come from The Guild re-release of the game, yes. (The original release would've likely included the identical files but the existing version preserved is incomplete)
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: "Alfa Een" Afrikaans adventure game
- Replies: 8
- Views: 376
Re: "Alfa Een" Afrikaans adventure game
This would be the very first (text?) adventure I've heard about written in Afrikaans, so hopefully it can be found eventually. I've only previously come across games from South African that were written in English.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:30 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: The Quest for the Staff of the First Moon
- Replies: 21
- Views: 737
Re: The Quest for the Staff of the First Moon
UnQuill is more for extracting the game's database to a text file. I don't think it will do what people are suggesting it will. (I use UnQuill & UnPAWs all the time) What do you have of the original game? Does it exist on tape? You could make a nice clean version of it by loading the game file b...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:22 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Mike Young: vote
- Replies: 5
- Views: 350
Re: The best Speccy game by Mike Young: vote
The current date on ZXDB for The Plagues of Egypt is incorrect. It's at least as early as 1989, as it was reviewed in the August 1989 issue of Adventure Probe. Plagues is a much bigger (two part) adventure written with the PAW, rather than the Quill as used in Noah.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 2:39 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: Lord of the Rings license/inspiration games not in list
- Replies: 4
- Views: 342
Re: Lord of the Rings license/inspiration games not in list
The licences for games, products & other artistic works such as films based on The Hobbit and those based on The Lord of the Rings are often distinct. Which has caused... and continues to cause... headaches for the companies licencing works and the various Tolkien companies themselves. ;) The li...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:03 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: 'never released' 'not a Spectrum game' trash
- Replies: 5
- Views: 524
Re: 'never released' 'not a Spectrum game' trash
We have discussed many of these entries in past threads, such as this one...
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- Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:57 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: British Crown Dependencies on the ZX Spectrum
- Replies: 12
- Views: 590
Re: British Crown Dependencies on the ZX Spectrum
Opens can of worms about whether the "UK" tag on ZXDB covers the Isle of Man etc.
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:54 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: British Crown Dependencies on the ZX Spectrum
- Replies: 12
- Views: 590
Re: British Crown Dependencies on the ZX Spectrum
Also on the text adventure front, Mark Walker, who wrote The Amulet of Darath and The Oppressed Land for Zenobi, is from the Isle of Man, iirc.
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:13 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Tartan Software: vote
- Replies: 7
- Views: 415
Re: The best Speccy game by Tartan Software: vote
To be fair, I'd advised you in line with your usual rules. ;) Which I always respect, but don't agree with. White Door was disqualified as it was a non-Tartan type-in in its original Crisis at Christmas form. 1942 Mission wasn't originally at Tartan-published game. The Spy Trilogy slips in, as altho...