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- Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:43 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
- Replies: 258
- Views: 58574
Re: New WoS and ZXDB
That is something else that has nothing to do with the forums. You're obviously confused. This is the Spectrum Computing form. This section is ZXDB discussion, so this thread - about the use of ZXDB on WoS - is perfectly on topic. The WoS forum, too, is even more so on topic. Remember when Fogarty ...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:09 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
- Replies: 258
- Views: 58574
Re: New WoS and ZXDB
[ test changes in a development or staging area before pushing them out To be honest this also happens on SC sometimes. I know since I've done it myself :lol: On our hobby- and side-projects we all do it, until we get burned enough, then we evolve to deploying things in a more battle-tested way. :-...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:00 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
- Replies: 258
- Views: 58574
Re: New WoS and ZXDB
There is no valid reason why new WoS can't support the ZXDB-minted id for titles that weren't in old WoS, thus preserving the ZXBD id. That's already been seen, as new titles not in old-WoS that briefly appeared in new WoS had the same id as those in ZXDB. When did the new titles get added to WoS? ...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 10:28 am
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
- Replies: 258
- Views: 58574
Re: New WoS and ZXDB
@Mike Davies Lee will never confess that WoS is using ZXDB. his ego won't allow him. it is like you were telling people that Einar stole the data, and ZXDB is crap, and then suddenly saying that ZXDB is better than your work. and now you have publicly apologize to Einar and other ZXDB-connected peo...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:44 am
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
- Replies: 258
- Views: 58574
Re: New WoS and ZXDB
WoS seems to be down.... It's a syntax error in the PHP script -- so Fogarty doesn't test changes in a development or staging area before pushing them out to a production server. Interestingly enough, the file being edited is the software details page. If past behaviours continue, perhaps he's addi...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:28 am
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Desert Rats 128k loading screen
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7546
Desert Rats 128k loading screen
I noticed in my recent spate of cassette tape testing that the 128k version of Desert Rats (on the B-side of Desert Rats) has two variants. https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1357/ZX-Spectrum/Desert_Rats On the entry page for it, it shows a binoculars picture for the 128k version, which is correc...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 5:23 am
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
- Replies: 258
- Views: 58574
Re: New WoS and ZXDB
Now that it's irrefutable that the new WoS is using ZXDB, and that Fogarty is making changes direct to the database to bypass the changes/versioning layer of his CMS, and that the new titles added to ZXDB that briefly appeared on new WoS with their ZXDB minted ids: There is no valid reason why new W...
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:53 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
- Replies: 258
- Views: 58574
Re: New WoS and ZXDB
Einar, the Will Smith of the Spectrum community:
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBgeCZW3upg[/media]
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBgeCZW3upg[/media]
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 2:13 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
- Replies: 258
- Views: 58574
Re: New WoS and ZXDB
Regarding the useful gold mine of information on the forums, is there a plan (even if it's covert?) that's underway to somehow mine this, err, gold so that it doesn't get lost due to Lee's incompetence? Obviously, if it's covert then no-one's going to say anything... so I'll take that as proof that...
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 8:58 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: New WoS and ZXDB
- Replies: 258
- Views: 58574
Re: New WoS and ZXDB
It turns out new WoS is using ZXDB ! More precisely ZXDB version 1.08 released on September 2, 2018. This is a remarkable piece of investigative work. Exemplary. I guess WoS now needs to acknowledge that it's powered by ZXDB, like every site using data from it. If that can be done in good faith - t...
- Sat Jun 06, 2020 5:31 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)
- Replies: 158
- Views: 29403
Re: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)
Sly Spy Secret Agent (Hit Squad release) crashes on completion of loading the 128k side using a +2A's Tape Loader option. 48k version on the other side works fine. I tried the 128k version again by going into 128k basic, entering USR 0. 128k side loads fine, and I'm at the menu along with 128k music...
- Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:52 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)
- Replies: 158
- Views: 29403
Re: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)
It’s likely the malformed TZX file. There are a few floating around that prose problems loading on real hardware. Incidentally, M.A.S.K. is one of them. This is loading the original cassette. I know for sure the original Gremlin cassette fails on the +2A, and worked okay with a Sony TCM 939 cassett...
- Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:48 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)
- Replies: 158
- Views: 29403
Re: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)
I'm having a problem getting Gremlin's M.A.S.K to load on a +2A Spectrum. Today I've tried the Byte-Back version which looks to use the same loader as the original Gremlin release. It's the green & black stripey loader, where the loading screen loads line by line from the bottom upwards. The Byt...
- Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:00 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)
- Replies: 158
- Views: 29403
Re: Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)
Two recent games for me that don't seem to work on a +2A, but worked fine on a 128k: Bedlam Original GO! release: Game loads, but noticeable graphics corruption on the menu, and crashes when starting a new game. I haven't tried the Sinclair User cover-tape version. Guerilla War Original Imagine rele...
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:34 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: New Upload & Edit Facility
- Replies: 55
- Views: 11875
Re: New Upload & Edit Facility
Ok, first question. If I want to remove a game from a group, for example, I want to remove https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=2778 from "vector graphics" group, how I must proceed? Seems to me that a "no group" option should be present at the top? Or a check...
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:32 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: New Upload & Edit Facility
- Replies: 55
- Views: 11875
Re: New Upload & Edit Facility
Thanks for the bug report. I'll look into it. Not sure what's causing that yet.pavero wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 7:22 pm I have tried to upload one missing Czech game - Transfer.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/edit/en ... 72a3dde50d
I added four files - TAP+TZX+2xSCR, but only the last one was uploaded I guess.
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:27 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: New Upload & Edit Facility
- Replies: 55
- Views: 11875
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:26 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: New Upload & Edit Facility
- Replies: 55
- Views: 11875
Re: New Upload & Edit Facility
Hi Rorthron, thanks for the feedback. 1. I can't upload amendments to existing entries without attaching a file. The following error messages appear at the bottom of the form: Notice: Undefined index: fileExt in /var/www/zxdb-edit/src/ZxdbEdit/EntryForm.php on line 301 Notice: Undefined index: fileE...
- Thu Nov 08, 2018 1:44 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: ZX Vega+ Discussion
- Replies: 151
- Views: 36976
Re: ZX Vega+ Discussion
I've just received notification via Companies house email alerts that Paul Andrews and Chris Smith are now directors again at RCL. That is remarkable. There's a lead-time before records at Companies House are updated, so this happened at least a few days ago. This is the first mention I've seen of ...
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 5:18 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: ZXDB Magazine reference corrections
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4385
Re: ZXDB Magazine reference corrections
Bug report: Warlords by Century: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=12220 links to a Crash review for a different game: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/mag.php?issue_id=987&page=92 ^ That's Warlord by Interceptor Systems (not Warlords by Interceptor Micros as Crash have it) ...
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:15 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: ZX Vega+ Discussion
- Replies: 151
- Views: 36976
Re: ZX Vega+ Discussion
I stopped following this saga a long time ago, so I'm not sure why my games aren't on the list as I gave permission years ago and never retracted it. Seeing the finished product I should be thankful... I never retracted my permissions either. On the contrary, I actually spent time over a year ago c...
- Wed Jul 11, 2018 12:30 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: vote
- Replies: 37
- Views: 7784
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with M: vote
I'm astonished not a single vote for Midnight Resistance. That's how utterly dominant Manic Miner is in our circles.
- Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:51 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: [insert game name here] would have been great if only you could....
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3682
Re: [insert game name here] would have been great if only you could....
Slapfight would have been great if you could only see the bullets, and the ground wasn't as busy. Oh yeah, Operation Thunderbolt would have been great if you could only have crosshairs. Wizball would have been great if only you could have that control power-up enabled by default instead of bouncing ...
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:50 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Role Playing Games
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3373
Re: Role Playing Games
And if you like Forest of the Long Shadows, the following are also done by Martin Page and in a similar vein:
- Portals of P'Thaal
- Goblin Mountain
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:09 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Role Playing Games
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3373
Re: Role Playing Games
- The Valley
- Oracles Cave
- Black Crystal
- Volcanic Dungeon
- Out of the Shadows
- Wrath of Magra
- The Bards Tale
- Forest of the Long Shadows
- Times of Lore