Spectrum Computing

I think Steve shared this one about five years ago on the 8-bit Text Adventures Facebook group, but I can't recall if it was ever added to the site. This particular compilation was a co-production between David at Quest and Scott at DTHS, with David selling the 3.5" disk version (for +D) and Sc...

Around about this time...

Singles...
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Albums...
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Likely to have been the "non-official" charts they were going off, though.

"A Global Games Adventure" is just the generic title on the Global Games inlays. It's not the actual name of this compilation. There's an existing ZXDB entry for the compilation... https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/27702/ZX-Spectrum/Number_6_in_the_Village_Once_Upon_a_Lily_Pad It's one...

Squirrels Nuts 2: Aside from loading differences, such as the loading screens, the actual games included on volume 2 are functionaly identical to the versions already archived. Total Reality Delusion https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/10944/ZX-Spectrum/Total_Reality_Delusion House out of Town htt...

Comparing Rouge Midget to the original The Guild version archived... https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/10913/ZX-Spectrum/Rouge_Midget There are currently two distinct versions of the game archived. One has a space font; the other is labelled "alternate" in the archives and has a more n...

Volume 3 continued... Danger! Adventurer at Work 2 ... https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/9654/ZX-Spectrum/Danger_Adventurer_at_Work_2 Again, the Adventure Workshop newly archived version is improved on the original currently archived Guild release, in terms of line spacing... https://i.postimg.c...

Still off volume 3... Dances with Bunny Rabbits ... https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/15428/ZX-Spectrum/Dances_with_Bunny_Rabbits Minor changes to this one, but the newer version on this compilation has the following improvements; making this newly archived version the "best" version t...

Okay, I'll gradually add to this thread over time as I look at each compilation and game in turn. Starting with The Squirrels Nuts - Volume 3 . The Gerbil Riot of '67 ... is in the database as... https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6350/ZX-Spectrum/The_Gerbil_Riot_of_67 Differences between the ori...

I will go through the files in detail at some point and also make sure Simon has a copy of them himself.

Just doing a very quick visual inspection, at the very least the versions of some of the games on The Squirrel's Nuts volume 3 are different to the standalone versions we currently have in the archives.

There's quite a few issues with the Simon Avery entries as they stand, iirc. I've probably submitted some pending submissions in the past but I'll mention anything obvious later here as I quickly look at these. These compilations were all released by The Adventure Workshop. Like The Guild before the...

This newly archived "1986" version is different from the initial "1985"** release currently archived in that it includes a custom font, rather than the default. The database of both parts is otherwise identical. There are some differences in the loaders too, with the newly archiv...

Golden Eggcup is a funny one in that it's more of an enhanced remake than a straightforward re-release.

Rorthron wrote: ↑Sun Dec 18, 2022 7:30 pm There's another Bakshi-derived loading screen, too:

See also Shadows from the Past, I think.

It's not exactly the same image, but it's clear the cartoon was the source. Some of the other Compass screen and box art has elements inspired by, or taken, from elsewhere including Fighting Fantasy and a fair amount from the Lord of the Rings movie. The working title for The Blood of Bogmole was T...

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 11:13 am If they're the Mario Brothers... are they Mario Mario & Luigi Mario???

Nintendo's (and Miyamoto's) stance on this has changed over the years. At one point, Mario had no last name, but the current official view is that, yes, his name is Mario Mario.

We have talked about the "CRL" Robin of Sherlock in the past. I think it may be a case of trawling through threads to remember what we decided in the end... I think it's even been logged on your site before... https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=85538&hilit=sherlock#...

That's fine. I'm happy to flag up things for inclusion and contribute issues to threads like the Little Bugs one, but I won't be doing anything of the level that involves filling in forms, uploading stuff and proper complicated tweaks & submissions. I know, with the way my brain works, that thin...

The game itself is identical to the version later re-released by GI Games, but this new archived version is the actual original release by Delta 4 complete with the intro programs on side A and a version of the game on side B that has the original Delta 4 loading screen included. (Rather than the la...

Bumping this one, as it has never been added.

GAC is the engine behind 143 ZX Spectrum text adventures.... With hindsight, the Quill (1983, Gilsoft) and PAW (1987, Gilsoft) are much better text adventure creators (responsible for 530 and 510 games - respectively - according to ZXDB), albeit they're tougher to learn but (and probably because of...

The first version of... The Prospector https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6831/ZX-Spectrum/The_Prospector Was originally published in 1986, on the Central Solution Software compilation... 10 Adventure Game Pack Volume 2 https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/11163/ZX-Spectrum/10_Adventure_Game_Pac...

Gold Seeker
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... old_Seeker

appears to have been added at some point as an unnecessary duplication of

Goldseeker
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/9 ... Goldseeker

Aside from the loading screens, the Terry Braverman version is identical to the Automata one.

Ah, that is interesting because it has both the original "Quill A" 1984 text-only version of the game on that tape and the Mad Mac "Quill C & Illustrator" 1985 graphics version on it. Strangely, it looks like the 1984 version wasn't in the archives... all the versions we curr...