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by DenisGrachev
Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:17 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Russian ATM Turbo 2+
Replies: 79
Views: 9497

Re: Russian ATM Turbo 2+

Atm is pretty rare. I know coupe of atm owners and they atms totaly broken 90% time :)
You can buy ZX Evolution that have backwards capability with atm :)
by DenisGrachev
Tue Aug 18, 2020 8:01 am
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: New Retrosouls game WIP
Replies: 1
Views: 6519

New Retrosouls game WIP

Wanna share some wip from a new game i'm working on. It's kinda mix of board games and roguelike. i'm work on a base engine last 2 mouths. Gfx part can handle multicolor cell based scroll with support of animations for tiles. And finnaly it start to work :) [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3q...
by DenisGrachev
Mon May 18, 2020 5:52 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: What's the greatest ORIGINAL Speccy homebrew of all time?
Replies: 38
Views: 6103

Re: What's the greatest ORIGINAL Speccy homebrew of all time?

Always wonder why anyone need to compare, why need to find a GREATEST,BEST e.t.c
Just enjoy a show, every new game for Speccy are great!

Peace \0/
by DenisGrachev
Mon May 18, 2020 5:49 am
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: The MSX
Replies: 19
Views: 2411

Re: The MSX

Yep, nice machine. I ported Yazzie and Twinlight from speccy to msx1 in a week :)
by DenisGrachev
Tue Dec 31, 2019 3:33 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Your Game 6
Replies: 25
Views: 13308

Your Game 6

A new ZX-Evolution based game competition anounced! Need to mention that BaseConf of ZX Evolution supports classic 48K,128K British models timings! Site Url: http://speccy-live.untergrund.net/2019/12/%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%be%d1%8f-%d0%b8%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0-6-your-game-6/ Welcome to a new gamedev compo for ...
by DenisGrachev
Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:17 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: 19 new games at Yandex competition!!!!
Replies: 73
Views: 10730

Re: 19 new games at Yandex competition!!!!

Have a nice chat with author of Automated Cave Exploler at prizegiving and afterparty unofficial beer part :) He made a game from scrath in 4 month without any previous experience with z80 coding, wow :)
by DenisGrachev
Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:08 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Yazzie 48k,128k,Pentagon
Replies: 6
Views: 1542

Yazzie 48k,128k,Pentagon

[media]https://youtu.be/iuBidB0iovU[/media] Ok, here is a final verision of Yazzie with 48K,128K and Pentagon versions http://www.retrosouls.net/zx/yazzie.zip And here is a game sources: http://www.retrosouls.net/zx/yazzieSrc.zip There is also an MSX version, if anyone interested http://www.retrosou...
by DenisGrachev
Mon Dec 09, 2019 2:01 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: 19 new games at Yandex competition!!!!
Replies: 73
Views: 10730

Re: 19 new games at Yandex competition!!!!

What a great compo, as expectrd. As a Tourmaline author i really enjoy Automated Cave Explorer
Btw, final version of Yazzie (with 48K version + pentagon) will be released at the end of the week.
by DenisGrachev
Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:38 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019
Replies: 22
Views: 5561

Re: Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019

Where can we see the preview of those games??? BTW I saw the loading screen from the game you are going to submit, high hype approaching! :D There is no any preview according to rules :) I made a geme in a 6 days so it's not big and not polished, but plays nice and i like it. Actually it's my first...
by DenisGrachev
Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:41 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019
Replies: 22
Views: 5561

Re: Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019

Deadline moves to 5 december. Really looking forward to this one - more than 15 games coming :)
by DenisGrachev
Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:29 pm
Forum: Preservation
Topic: Help with permissions
Replies: 18
Views: 3383

Re: Help with permissions

Can anyone with connections help with permissions for any of these games? Astroblaster . Matt Jackson. Who the hell is this mysterious genius, and can we host this game? Where did it first spring from? I've seen his post at facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/z80asm/permalink/872526889807607/
by DenisGrachev
Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:55 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The gigascreen thread!
Replies: 29
Views: 4888

Re: The gigascreen thread!

So, until the Super Mario Brothers thread , I'd not before heard of gigascreen. Or if I had, I'd forgotten about it. I'm gobsmacked by how good it looks on my ZXDS. What other gigascreen games/demos do I need to download TODAY?! Maybe it's time to heard about MultiGigaScreen - it's a combination of...
by DenisGrachev
Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:38 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: New Super Mario Bros (demo)
Replies: 68
Views: 11784

Re: New Super Mario Bros (demo)

Was at party and have some talk with author. It's more than a game, this one is only a demo of a whole framework to make a scrolling arcades. So finger crossed and wait for release
by DenisGrachev
Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:14 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Which Speccy game would you put in an arcade?
Replies: 50
Views: 9229

Re: Which Speccy game would you put in an arcade?

R-Tape wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 1:15 pm
DenisGrachev wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:24 am Image
Great post Denis,

The names make sense apart from JetPac. I guess it means 'Assemble the Snowstorm', and "snowstorm" is the name of the rocket?
Yep!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft)
by DenisGrachev
Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:24 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Which Speccy game would you put in an arcade?
Replies: 50
Views: 9229

Re: Which Speccy game would you put in an arcade?

How did that all work then? Has my hypothetical situation actually happened!? This is astonishing! There was at leas 2 variants from different manafactures. One of them still not found. It was in my city (Harrier Attack, and Wec Le Mans(not crazy cars :) ). Another one called FOTON ik2 or 3 was eve...
by DenisGrachev
Mon Jul 15, 2019 2:05 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Which Speccy game would you put in an arcade?
Replies: 50
Views: 9229

Re: Which Speccy game would you put in an arcade?

You'll be surprised but there are WAS arcades with Speccy games in USSR even in my little city. As far i remember there was a Harrier Attack and Crazy Cars 2 cabinets i played at 1990-1991. There was another speccy cabinets all around USSR with different games we discussed it some time ago at zx.pk.ru
by DenisGrachev
Fri Jul 12, 2019 5:33 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: F'n Balls
Replies: 17
Views: 3468

Re: F'n Balls

There is a snow effect on early 128k models, need to fix :)
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by DenisGrachev
Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:11 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: New Software 2019
Replies: 201
Views: 120115

Re: New Software 2019

Ninjaman is pretty simple, not sure why they need so complex approach with pc calculations. Look carefuly, only 1 attribute value per horizontal line with hole in center for hero sprites. Hero sprite always at center of screen.Very limited. Also making a demo it's just a 10% of work, you still need ...
by DenisGrachev
Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:22 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Old Tower
Replies: 34
Views: 8249

Re: Old Tower

In case you missed we made a port to Sega Genesis\Megadrive with new levels and gfx.

https://retrosouls.itch.io/old-towers

https://youtu.be/otnIIrQYpbU

Cheers!
by DenisGrachev
Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:20 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Aliens: Neoplasma
Replies: 39
Views: 7815

Re: Aliens: Neoplasma

Realy enjoyed it during beta test, it realy challeging with amazing atmosphere!
by DenisGrachev
Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:12 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: DIZZY AND THE MUSHROOM PIE (SPECTRUM REMAKE)
Replies: 6
Views: 1650

Re: DIZZY AND THE MUSHROOM PIE (SPECTRUM REMAKE)

I heard it's because programs didn't make their way into Russia until quite late, around 1986 maybe, so by the time they got JSW and MM they had already seen more advanced games and the older ones didn't have the same effect. And there was a huge amount of publicity surrounding Manic Miner after it...
by DenisGrachev
Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:05 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: New Software 2019
Replies: 201
Views: 120115

Re: New Software 2019

[Who is the target audience? It's target on russian speccy scene and mostly for zx evolution users. I think we have at least 2000 units of for zx evo but there is no official sales stats. Also our speccy scene slightly different and focused on demos, TR DOS, real 5'25 floppys and Pentagon timings. ...
by DenisGrachev
Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:45 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: GLUF
Replies: 39
Views: 8545

Re: GLUF

R-Tape wrote: Sat Jan 19, 2019 5:20 pm No they're not preserved at SC. I'm collating them now—they're very decent BASIC games (I'm glad you moved to ASM though!).
Can you remember the years of release?
as i remember 1,2,3 was 1998 and 3.5,4 was 1999 :)
by DenisGrachev
Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:36 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Old Tower
Replies: 34
Views: 8249

Re: Old Tower

Upload an Old Tower sources, as is:

http://www.retrosouls.net/zx/!otSrc.zip

have fun!