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I tend to agree with Adam on this. This video is spot on. Except the problem goes beyond the inability to distinguish false information. Attempting to merge accurate texts still produces lots of garbage when you don't understand their meaning. I tested ChatGPT at work, at the request of an executiv...

Fairly sure the developer didn't seem overly enthused about the results... It makes perfect sense. He was forced to implement this idea in a very short time, that had to look impressive for a couple minutes on TV but knowing that nobody would ever play it. Therefore a simple repetitive isometric 3D...

Super Sinc was a monthly magazine published by Gruppo Editoriale Jackson between June 1984 and December 1985. Each issue costed ITL 3,500. It was initially dedicated to the Spectrum and the ZX81. The latter was replaced after a short time by the QL. Each copy was accompanied by a cassette with the ...

Now ask them to explain how this one works:

http://reptonix.awardspace.co.uk/sincla ... d-maze.htm

Morkin wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:27 pm ...I won't mention Lord of the Rings then

Games that came with the book:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?group_id=1002

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No problem!

1. Maritrini Freelance Monster Slayer
2. Sgt Helmet Zero
3. Subacuatic Reloaded

Maritrini Freelance Monster Slayer is an awesome Gauntlet clone. However I suspect the lack of a screenshot here can make it lose a few votes!

This magazine section is called "Tokes & Pokes"

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/page.ph ... 894&page=3

Yes. ZXSR already has the correct author for the individual title:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxsr.php?id=6611

StooB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:09 am Could the individual references could be kept separate, or sorted by game? For example, a title like 6-Pak now has hundreds of magazine references and it's almost impossible to find the ones for the actual compilation.

Sure!

8BitAG wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:49 pm In this case, they're not. The review even mentions the author.

Ah, that's it! It's because that's a compilation!

Compilations and covertapes don't have authors. They only have publishers.

It's the individual programs inside a compilation that have authors, not the compilation itself.

I'm the guy that runs the site featured in Retro Gamer. Nice to be here. ✨🗿✨ Welcome to this forum! As some of you have noticed the way I list things is a bit odd. If a game has recognisable Moai in it then the screenshot is published, listed alongsideare all the platforms the game was available on...

Why is that labelled "by not known"? I believe that's the way ZXSR indicates that program authors are unknown. (The Lost Dragon tape *always* had the revised version of The Magic Treasure on the B-side, by the way. So I guess, it is a review of the whole tape... it just doesn't mention th...

Just trying to follow along, but this is too cryptic for me. In the upper half of this page, Golden Axe got an individual score of 70 when reviewed as part of "2 Hot 2 Handle" compilation. In the lower half of this page, Golden Axe got a score of 30 when reviewed as standalone release. ZX...

There are 2 reviews of Golden Axe in the same page, with very different scores:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/page.ph ... 98&page=59

This is a review of "The Lost Dragon" only:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxsr.php?id=14693

Done!

PeterJ wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:07 pm I've asked Einar to add the site to ZXDB so I can start linking via the related sites feature.

Done!

I believe this is the correct list:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?group_id=1064

It's been years since I did anything tailored to the Speccy and, much as I loved The Artist II back in the day, I've since grown accustomed to such luxuries as Photoshop and Aseprite. I'm trying to get the hang of Multipaint at the moment, but I really don't like the way it handles adding INK/PAPER...

Neil Parsons wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:45 pm I believe "La Charca" was a Spanish translation of "Bug Fever" program. Probably, it can be merged.

Agreed. I just tested them and they are too similar.

I will merge them in the next ZXDB update.

Can I ask about the approach with type ins that appeared in magazines from multiple countries. Should they be merged? If there are enough differences, then we keep them under separate entries, indicating that one of them is a MOD of the other. If they are too similar, then we simply merge them into...

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