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- Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Which games use teleporting ?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 3425
Re: Which games use teleporting ?
Yeah, I was taking a look, I have no trouble excluding the Star Trek clones from the list, since the warp speed is just a way to move ships on the grid, but I really want to add the Codename Mat games, so, I was thinking to create the group as "Hyperspace/Warp" so we can add those titles.
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 2:38 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Which games use teleporting ?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 3425
Re: Which games use teleporting ?
@druellan - your turn ! I mean we need at least add enty to TAGS table, not assigning tags to individual games (is it MEMBERS table?). -- Ooops. I'm a bit late, i have lost some minutes between page refreshes. Yep! I'm getting ready the entries in the Tags table, and after that there is no need to ...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 2:07 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Which games use teleporting ?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 3425
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Which games use teleporting ?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 3425
Re: Which games use teleporting ?
Hi! and yes, with Bedazzle and uglifruit lastest additions, I think we have a nice list. I need to create two groups for Teleportation and Hyperspace, and might be ready on a couple of releases.
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:11 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: MIA on ebay... ?!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 759
Re: MIA on ebay... ?!
Yeah, pretty sure it is the same as https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... m/Football but with the name changed, but we don't know if it has some changes internally.
Edit: turns out the z80 on that entry is from another game
Edit: turns out the z80 on that entry is from another game
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: MIA on ebay... ?!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 759
Re: MIA on ebay... ?!
Thanks for the effort! I already downloaded the images in case we can't properly preserve the inlays.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:01 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Battle ships
- Replies: 5
- Views: 351
Re: Battle ships
Looks like the Encore release was deleted when the original release was changed to be the Hit Pak compilation a couple of years ago. I've added it back on the preservation tools with the release date and price from the advert above. Perfect, I was waiting for your input, thanks Stoob. I can also se...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: The Quest for the Staff of the First Moon
- Replies: 21
- Views: 773
Re: The Quest for the Staff of the First Moon
Love how it instantly feels like a classic adventure game. Giving a try for sure!
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:17 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: In game beeper music
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2298
Re: In game beeper music
Well, that's unexpected. I've played a bootleg version La miniera abbandonata that had some weird rumbles that the child me understood as "mine sounds". It was broken soundtrack instead. (a similar issue happened to Panzadrome, in that case the sound broke the game) Similar things happene...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:07 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: In game beeper music
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2298
Re: In game beeper music
Right now there are only 9 titles in the database with music confirmed to be authored with Wham! I hope we can take this opportunity to expand that list. I was kind of toying with the idea, but it is hard to confirm just by ear, and specially the in-game ones that AFAIK are using an interruption ha...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:03 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: In game beeper music
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2298
Re: In game beeper music
I was thinking the same, because when anyone mentions in game music, I always think in Manic Miner and Dynamite Dan. I think that qualifies.worcestersource wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 3:31 pm The Dynamite Dans had many tunes but none looped. Controversial?
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:40 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: In game beeper music
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2298
Re: In game beeper music
Yes! Brian Bloodaxe and Booty both 48k ingame music. Added to the list.
Also, other titles by John F Cain like Marble Madness.
Also, other titles by John F Cain like Marble Madness.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: In game beeper music
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2298
Re: In game beeper music
Hi! I'm pretty sure I saw a similar thread in the past (can't find it), but a list was never produced, so, I can start a new one here and see how many we can find. I don't think there are that many:
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 10:39 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: What's the SHORTEST Speccy game ever?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2689
Re: What's the SHORTEST Speccy game ever?
Didn't saw it mentioned, but I'm pretty sure Give My Regards to Broad Street https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2049/ZX-Spectrum/Give_My_Regards_to_Broad_Street can be finished in less than a minute just traveling right away to one of the tube stations before one of the characters can enter there...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:25 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: ZXDB Update January 30, 2024
- Replies: 6
- Views: 637
Re: ZXDB Update January 30, 2024
And some of the changes in this update, we tackled several old but complex ones, my favorite: the one regarding the Shaw Brother's MCoder II games from Goodboy (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=82224#p82224) that ended up producing: 50 new games identified as compiled with MCod...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Monopoly
- Replies: 1
- Views: 418
Re: Monopoly
Hi! I think the error is in the "software" part of the license. Parker Brothers is the correct copyright owner, and Weddington the UK holder, both for the board game, plus, the same copyright is correctly applied to other Monopoly titles, so, I think this is not an special case, just an er...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Double entry found
- Replies: 4
- Views: 461
Re: Double entry found
Yeah, I can foresee a lot of confusion based on the naming. The Commodore 64 version for the Ashley Greenup release, for example, is wrong, it is the Dee-Kay version, also, bbcmicro.co.uk has Ashely Greenup as the author for the Dee-kay version.
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- Sun Jan 21, 2024 4:13 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Double entry found
- Replies: 4
- Views: 461
Re: Double entry found
Hi! I'm pretty sure Ashley Greenup is the author and Dee-Kay the publisher of the first entry, they both worked in very similar titles like https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/12566/ZX-Spectrum/RTC_Crewe The second entry must be the same software, but self-published by Greenup. There is an Amstrad...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:11 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Run and take screens from Planet Protector by Nigel Stuart (UK)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 339
Re: Run and take screens from Planet Protector by Nigel Stuart (UK)
Thanks! I was looking around but seems that all the tape images I can find are the same. I'm going to add a note in the entry stating that the tape image is incomplete and the game probably MIA.
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- Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:24 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: How to detect MCoder II games?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2353
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:03 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: How to detect MCoder II games?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2353
Re: How to detect MCoder II games?
Hi Einar Saukas I've found more titles compiled by Super Compilatore - Softwell, I added them to the spreadsheet (near the end), just in case you are also doing the tagging once you add that particular compiler. Also, I found another local version of the MCoder II, this time from Hungary. 1984. PI-V...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:02 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Run and take screens from Planet Protector by Nigel Stuart (UK)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 339
Run and take screens from Planet Protector by Nigel Stuart (UK)
Hi! Can someone with experience take a look at Planet Protector? https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/21845 The game was compiled or is a save from MCoder II. The tape image has two code blocks repeated one after the other, and they sound identical. I want to try and execute it so we can take a scr...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:32 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: How to detect MCoder II games?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2353
Re: How to detect MCoder II games?
I don't think i can do a lot this time as my method of comparing takes significant time. But i will look into Aquasquad and Tank Command during weekend to see if i can do any conclusion about these titles. Yeah, exactly, don't worry about the other titles, there is no way we can manually check all ...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 9:59 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: How to detect MCoder II games?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2353
Re: How to detect MCoder II games?
About Super Compilatore: does it have relevant differences from MCoder II, or only cosmetic changes (like different loader or some modified messages)? If it's the latter, then it will simply have the same ID. Since it is MIA, I'm not sure, but seems to be the same software just translated and with ...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:56 am
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: How to detect MCoder II games?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2353
Re: How to detect MCoder II games?
In the course of my search I saw this link, page 14 declared the winner and runner-up of the PSS Competition for best game using MCODER back in 1983 [...] Anyway my point is surely the winning games must be MCODER based - Elektro Storm and Panic [...] Ahem - now I see that the copyright text is the...