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Ring Wars A very small Steve Weston signature is hidden in a corner: Great find StooB I always liked that cover. Now I know why. Another Steve Weston masterpiece. Steve had a very busy 1987: Ranarama, Impossaball, Gunrunner, Zynaps, Exolon, Alleykat (C64), Nebulus, Eagles (C64), the original Magnet...

No 8 in the Spanish Spectrum charts around June 88, ahead of Renegade and Predator, so it must have sold quite well: https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epocha-02/page/n15/mode/2up . No, those Micromania charts are quite unreliable in my opinion. They were based on sales from El Corte In...

The 48K version of Knight Tyme came out a few weeks after the 128K version, not over a year later. The first 128-only - as in not available for the 48K at all - games were They Call Me Trooper in December 1986, Little Computer People, Kingdom of Krell and The Pawn in 1987 and Bedlam, Football Direc...

Paperboy Unable to submit a new change for this as it is locked with the message: "This title/entry is modifying by @Audionautas. You can't publish SQL code now!" which is for change id #002620, 3603_change_sql.txt: Sorry for that, StooB I've modifed my entry by removing the date for Pape...

I do really hope that they'll continue making Spectrum games. If you check these Facebook Spectrum groups sometimes, then you probably saw some weeks ago their unfinished projects. They decided to show them to the world as their future became uncertain now. It was some really high quality stuff. It...

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Zosya Entertainment has released the physical edition for Rubinho Cucaracha on their webshop, Having into account the war and all its consequences, at the moment this release is sadly addressed to Russian customers only.

https://www.zosya.net/product/rubinho_cucaracha/

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On the Back To Skool's story on the issue 234 of Retro Gamer magazine, Keith Warrington confirmed he was the cover artist for this Microsphere classic. I've added myself that info through the Preservation Tools.

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StooB wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 5:26 pm

Audionautas wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 4:46 pm
What do you think? Are you agree?

Thank you!

Yes, this one's been reported in the little bugs threads here and here.

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Hi everyone! This weekend I've been adding some release dates through the Preservations Tools (you can check the latest changes here https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxdb/add/public/history_publishers.php?typefilter=4), but one of them is worth mentioning and discussing here because it also implies a...

druellan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:00 am

Audionautas wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:59 am

Hi @pavero

PM already sent!

@Audionautas . Did Javi provided the scans or he forgot? I can ambush him again if we still need'em.

Hi Darío

No more news on my side.

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4). The Prayer of the Warrior . As you probably know, this was an unreleased game by Zigurat that was released by its authors in 2004 or so as a downloadable game. Several years later "1985 Alternativo" did a crowdfunding to release a proper version that I missed at the time. In the meant...

Yes, it's the same engine used on Travel Through Time. I asked Natasha Zotova yesterday on Facebook, and she confirmed it.

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Thanks. To add more confusion, MAC is credited among Maniacs of Noise for de C64 music, so looks like it's the other way around, and Maniacs of Noise probably ported MAC's music. So, definitively they are not the same person. Hi druellan I've seen Mac is also credited for the Navy Moves' music on P...

Some roles for After the War (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/alt/101/ZX-Spectrum/After_the_War): Enrique Cervera Mateu - Code Snatcho [Ignacio Ruiz Tejedor] - In-game graphics Luis Rodriguez Soler - Not mentioned in the inlay, but he usually helped with in-game graphics Deborah [Carmen Ferrer] - L...

Corn-Hunter (with Jean-Michel Jarre intro music "Popcorn"): https://i.postimg.cc/gwDZcn8H/Corn-Hunter.gif It's quite interesting to hear pseudo-multichannel music from an old Basic magazine type-in. By the way, Popcorn wasn't made by Jarre. Yes, "Pop Corn" is an original from 19...

The physical editions of Angels and Metal Man Remixed are now available on Zosya's website.

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I think one the subtle problems is that (with the exception of Rika's flying kick) the attack doesn't happen until you release the fire button, which makes things feel less tactile & somewhat detached... I guess this is because of the "charged" attack, though I think I'd prefer if it ...

Thank you, some of those publishers were completely unknow to me until now! I guess that's the price you have to pay if you do not want to have anything at all to do with fakebook... :roll: P.S. Hobby Retro does not sell recent games. But thank you anyway :) Yes, it does, but their website is a lit...

A similar question arose recently in a Spectrum group on Facebook. This was my list. * Bitmap Soft. https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/ * Phoenixware. https://www.phoenixware.co.uk/ * Polyplay. https://www.polyplay.xyz/Sinclair_1 * Cronosoft. https://cronosoft.fwscart.com/SPE.../cat5357733_4119462.aspx * ...

My main criticism is that the beat-em-up stages lack some good end of level bosses. Yep, that was my problem too. There are some kind of bosses but they are actually rather lame. Have a look at "Russian" level ending (click on video and it starts from the proper moment): Yes, exactly, rat...

Hi IMHO is not fair comparing Angels to Renegade and Target Renegade. They are two different types of beat-em-ups. On Angels the main action displays on a single plane as on Kung Fu Master, Vigilante or similar games, while on Renegade/Double Dragon kind of games everything displays on a wide area, ...

Hi My A4 Crash arrived last week and I'm reading it at the moment. Well, I'm not interested at all on the new Crash magazine since I prefer the book format, so it's all new content for me. I still disagree with several ratings, but at least this time I agree with the Crash Smashes. Anyway, for me th...

It got absolutely moronic reviews in Crash and YS, and a decent one in Sinclair User, of all places. For some reason I think all mags had a (subconcious?) downer on budget games. With the odd exception, no matter how good the game, if it was budget it rarely got a glowing review. And if it did, the...

As someone who detests social media platforms, this forum is my only source of information. I've seen a few superb forums nearly die due to social media and the loss of so much knowledge and experience saddens me. Yep I'm with you there and the though of going back onto FB really does not appeal. I...

Hi I don't think there is only one place to be informed or get updated nowadays. Well, in my case (I'm not interested in hardware, only in Spectrum games) I try to be updated through several sources. 1). El Spectrumero Javi Ortiz is the most important Youtube channel related to Spectrum games in Spa...