Spectrum Computing

15A Tai-Pan
16A Monty Mole
17A Starglider

No rotational symmetry. Tsk.

2A Gunrunner
6A Spy vs Spy
8A RoboCop

zup wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:07 am H.A.T.E., and Highway Encounter demonstrates that isometric scroll may be done, and the first is also a 1985 game.

HATE was 1989. Highway Encounter was 1985, but does not scroll.

9. 10th Frame

The first two letters look like S and C, consistent with the initials on the other games. I'm not sure about the next few letters. The first looks a bit like W, but that makes no sense. Maybe it's a U. There might be an R next, or maybe another letter and an E. The last couple of letters look to me ...

Update: but I see that according to wikipedia this is a made up symbol since there is no official symbol! Yes, I checked Wikipedia before posting. It seems the one-bar/two-bar distinction was an arbitrary invention of the Unicode system to give different names to the symbols and has never been foll...

Jbizzel wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 10:40 pm

A scan of Goya's Saturn Devouring his Son?

I'm not sure if this is in the right thread (I've lost track of the different ones), but I saw this on an advert for Paramount+. It reminded me of something....



It's not quite the Sinclair font, though.

Yes, it's a screenshot from a magazine scan. ...which confirms the 30,000-lira price. I recall this was discussed before, but it would be (more than) useful if the archive could properly distinguish between pounds and lire. The failure to do so here is extremely confusing. I've suggested before usi...

PeterJ wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 5:43 pm L'Avventura dei tuoi sogni has a price of ₤30000.00

Also, the screens don't look like Spectrum colours.

I suspect £ in this case means lire.

The screen seems to be a photograph of a CRT screen, which perhaps explains the off colours.

1982, UK, 48K via mail order from Sinclair.

StooB wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 4:32 pm I don't need to explain or cite sources.

No, you don't. but if you can't or won't justify your claims, you cannot expect to be taken seriously.

Anyway, enough of this nonsense. That's the last time I suggest a database correction!

StooB wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 3:59 pm You identified these changes using flawed logic that says all these situations are the same when they're clearly not.

Well, for one thing, I didn't identify them all! But if the logic is flawed, please explain why, citing sources to support your claims.

Yes it is! https://i.ibb.co/cQCVNCf/elites.png Fair enough. It's microscopic and buried away, but it is there. It doesn't alter the analysis, though (I already acknowledged an equally microscopic note on the tape). Your "multiple benefits" require changing the entries for numerous MicroPr...

Both Bounty Bob and Silent Service state that they are manufactured under licence by US Gold somewhere in the packaging. But you're saying Bounty Bob is published by US Gold because their logo, name and address are on the the back of the cover (despite the massive Big Five logo on the front), but C...

AndyC wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:26 pm Although it doesn't really solve that, since the "original publisher" could be Durell still, where Elite now owns the rights and wants them Distribution Denied. Or Elite might not have picked up all the old Durell games, we just don't know.

Yes, you're right.

Elite systems games are not allowed for distribution on this site, which from memory was down to issues with Steve Wilcox and there was a general consensus not to have Elite games available. Which is fine, except we now have Chain Reaction as “Distribution Denied”, because it’s listed as an Elite p...

The name "Elite Systems" is on both the cover and the cassette. It is not on the cover at all, and the mention of Elite on the cassette is dwarfed by the Durell logos. Isn't the whole point of ZXDB to provide the detailed information that a casual reader wouldn't necessarily know? No. It'...

As I've already mentioned, if you go down the route of simply using the name on the box you'll have to change thousands of entries and end up with only two games published by US Gold. I've already explained that view is wrong: If you look at the full covers of these games, they all carry US Gold lo...

But based on the address, Durell were based in Taunton, not Lichfield - that's where Elite is based. But the name "Elite" appears nowhere on the cover. Without a detailed knowledge of software-house addresses a reader would from the cover have no idea of any Elite involvement. Also the ad...

No, and neither do you. But I'm not the one claiming Elite Systems are running Durell as a publishing label. But you are making claims as to the nature of the relationship between Durell and Elite, when you don't know what it is. I am not making any such claims. Part of the point of the approach I ...

StooB wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:27 am Putting the developer's logo on the cover does not make it a label.

But it does require a legal arrangement. Do you know the terms of that agreement? And if not, how can you determine what it might or might not constitute?

Elite didn't buy the Durell label, just the games. Elite cannot release games as Durell Software Ltd because Durell Software Ltd still exists and is still publishing software. But Elite did release Critical Mass under the Durell label. They would need to have had some legal basis for using the Dure...

That entry is completely consistent with Chain Reaction. If you're going to change the guidelines to list the logo on the front cover as the publisher then half of US Gold games will need changing. https://zx.computerhits.org/jpg150/bountybobstrikesback.jpg https://zx.computerhits.org/jpg150/superc...

Let's lay out our points and Einar can decide. Good idea. Here’s how I see the debate. At issue is whether “Publisher” should refer to (1) the brand a game is published under (the “name on the box”) or (2) the ultimate parent legal entity responsible for publishing the game. I think (1); StooB seem...