Spectrum Computing

There is certainy something wrong with Gryzor?

Nice finding! and thanks for the effort

This is going to be a tough one, because Bob has really good games, one of the best authors of the Homebrew era. We are missing your games, Bob! Come back soon! (We are really looking forward to Melkhiors 8) ). As for the already available games from Bob, not only they are good, but they are also qu...

There isn't such a thing as "a +3" though. There are early ones with Z70830 boards, ones with Z70833 boards like the +2A. In 1989, New Computer Express refers to version 4.0 and 4.1 +3's that still have the sound bug, so presumably there are also versions 1, 2 and 3 before that. Does Spec...

For information purposes, I am using Spectaculator in its last build

Yes. I don’t mean to sound rude but we could also read. The 128k version loaded fine on my grey +2 but I remember it not working on my friends +3. A different friend later bought the budget version and that worked on his +2A. I’m guessing that the initial release was withdrawn quickly. Then, I am m...

Swainy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 2:34 pm No. We knew the difference between loading a game in 48k mode and 128k modes.

No, there were 2 versions of the game, I don´t mean loading the game on 48 or 128K. On the original release, the A side had the 48k version of the game. The B side has the 128K version.

The very first release didn’t work with the +3. I had the tape version for my grey +2, it wouldn’t load on my mates +3. Or it crashed pretty early on. Pretty sure that Renegade had a similar issue in that the in game music wouldn’t play. That is probably because you were trying to load the 48K vers...

Unless you have the exact machines, in the exact setup that Ocean were using at the time then you can't assert any such thing. Do you have another explanation for sticking "incompatible with the Spectrum +3" labels on thousands of copies of Gryzor, and not Match Day II, Tai Pan or Combat ...

StooB wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 2:04 pm They didn't say it wasn't. They said it wasn't compatible with the just-released +3's that they had access to in mid-1987.

Again, if the game is compatible with the +2A, then it is compatible too with the +3.

The Erbe release is apparently different to the original and drops @MarkRJones1970 from the credits. https://contrapedia.wordpress.com/contra-conversions-spectrum/#VARIANTS Well, I just fired up the Ocean original release, in the emulator, with a 128+2A model selected, and the 128k version works fl...

Interesting. Is that a copy that had the sticker on it? Or is it possible there were multiple versions floating around? It was the Erbe release, which seems to be the same one Ocean released. I just read in Alessandro list of +2A incompatible games, that only the 48K version won´t load in a +2A. Th...

The +2A didn't exist when Gryzor was originally released. The +3 had only been out for a couple of months. But they are actually the same thing, internally, I mean. If it did not work for the +3 it means that it would not work for the plus 2A. Since it did work on the +2A it means that the sticker ...

The original release of Gryzor had a sticker saying it wasn't +3 compatible so any disk version would have to have been released later. That would mean it was unlikely to have been stocked in shops as a new release so it would have sold even less than most +3 releases. The disk version was advertis...

@Ralf do you seriously not like the original artwork? :O I think it is quite good and fun to watch (very Japanese-like also)

Tomorrow we will share the fixed version (+2A / +3 compatible) I know this would be maybe too much, but André, have you guys thought about maybe creating a custom inlay for the people that want to create their own cassette copies? That way, the "cassette release" would be also the same wa...

Luzie wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:16 pm German Edition? What is german with this game? Inlay? Or in-Game-Language?

There is english instructions and also a leaflet with the instructions in german

I should have said "german release", sorry.

I have some games, they are untested, Marble Madness, Decathlon and Reversi are not available anymore: Stagecoach 4€ All Sinclair titles 2€,Horace is gone too. Swordfight x2 5€ Machine Code test tool 8€ Arcade Creator 6€ Strangeloop 4€ Monsters in Hell 3 Jumping Jack 9€ (German edition) Barreldrop 6...

Neil Parsons wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:55 pm Thank you!!

I wished since long time ago some day this 128K version could see the light.

Guess who is going to ask you for a customised cassette...

Wow, excellent work, guys, this was an imposible mission years ago and look now!

Oh, not compatible with +2A? Maybe one of our experts can provide a fix

Congrats on this!

Andre Leao wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:15 pm City Connection 128K preserved!!!!!

That is really great!!!!

Are you guys thinking about releasing it on tape?

Congrats, Pavel!!

Are you going to map it?

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:21 am Yep I'll add them now.

Does anyone know what the "RH". if that's what it says, refers to on Astrolab?

Hmm, seems like it could be the name of the author, I will load it later on and see if I can find something

Nice. Kraftfeld is a challenging little arcade game (difficulty set to 1). To avoid duplication, are you adding these to the DB Ivan, or should I? Thanks, Dave! If you had time, I would appreciate, as I have -10 time :D plus I have not done it and it will take much longer :/ In a few weeks more of ...

helpcomputer0 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 7:30 pm Another landscape

This is simply awesome, so evocative, amazing... clap clap clap