Spectrum Computing

Tim Stamper also said on Twitter that Knight Lore was started while Ultimate were still working on Atic Atac.

I read an account somewhere that I think came directly from the Stampers, which said that Sabre Wulf was a project of Tim Stamper's while Chris Stamper worked on Knight Lore. However, Tim couldn't get it to work, so after finishing Knight Lore, Chris completed the coding of Sabre Wulf. This might ex...

You're all wrong. The correct answer is (in chronological order):

The Hobbit
Scuba Dive
Jetpac
Cookie
Manic Miner
Atic Atac
Way of the Exploding Fist
Starquake
Bomb Jack
Quazatron

I excluded modern releases.*

* I.e. 1988 onwards.

I'm reminded of a Gary Lineker quote....

FRGCB is a simple concept. Skaepoy does a careful analysis of every aspect of every version and at the end the C64 always wins.

The colour covers of the AWA releases of Bedlam and Beetlemania have very small "AJC" signatures.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/4 ... rum/Bedlam

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=501

I had some of the custom keypanel kits back in the day. They seemed like a good idea, but in practice got very little use. For programming, everything you needed was already printed on the key plate. For games, overlays were mostly unnecessary or even unhelpful. Most games used only a few keys. Apar...

Who Would Be King: Terry Greer
Per TEL signature

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=10395

John Romero was apparently the model for the Doom cover in 1993, so there appears to be no connection between these covers.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/07/ ... -giveaway/

To my eye, there isn't a significant resemblance, anyway.

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:07 am OK, the other file is now available too:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... Hobbit_128

That's great. I look forward to seeing your improved version when you finish it.

jpnz wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:58 am Question for @Rorthron did you contribute anything for this project?

Yes, though I personally would not attach great value to my contributions.

Why does that matter?

Seriously? Yes, seriously. You criticise me because I didn't work out the point you were trying to make wasn't actually made in your post, and you expected me to click on the link, navigate away from the embedded video to the YouTube site, go to the description and click "more" to expand ...

A joke? Please, read first the description before saying this kind of things. If you have a point to make about the description of a YouTube video, please include or at least make mention of the description in your post, rather than link to an embedded video in which the description does not appear...

But why he appears to be the only author in the Spectrum Show video then? Also in another video appears: conversion by Kayamon and members of WoS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrYAijTFPSw If this was a community effort, maybe no names should be in front of others ;) Is this a joke? The video you...

Only in the Sinclair re-release. Even so, it's really really hard to notice. No. It's in the Melbourne House original. Not that this line of argument really makes a difference one way or another. To me, it sounds like trying to make arguments to "work around" her requests, instead of tryi...

Therefore if original "The Hobbit" is by Melbourne House, it shows the Melbourne House logo, it explicitly says "Melbourne House" in the inlay, it never mentions Beam anywhere, then it's clearly not by Beam. If it's by Melbourne House, it's not by Beam. The original "The Ho...

You forgot to comment the "(not done by Beam)" part. No, I didn't: There is no requirement to mention Beam, only one to say it is by another party ("it's clear that this is a later revision made by you guys"), which it does on the title page ("128K conversion by WorldofSpec...

1. OK, it's free of charge. Agreed. 2. Not OK. It doesn't mention Beam (neither did the original game) but it doesn't clarify anywhere that Beam wasn't involved either, as requested. There is no requirement to mention Beam, only one to say it is by another party ("it's clear that this is a lat...

Ivanzx wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:05 pm Kayamon credited only himself, when there were other people involved? Does not seem a very right thing to do

That's not correct. He credited it to World of Spectrum, not himself.

In any case, unless I'm mistaken, he was every bit as entitled to use the World of Spectrum discussion as Einar.

Einar, instead of making a series of ad hominem arguments and personal attacks, it would be helpful if you addressed the question that Pegaz raised. You have now repeatedly claimed that Kayamon's version does not comply with Veronika Megler's stipulations. However, you have not provided any evidence...

While I would like to see Einar's version when it arrives, there seems to be no reason not also to include Kayamon's excellent version in the archive. It appears to comply with all the conditions.

Creatures: Oliver Frey Per signature (though the game was not released on the Spectrum) https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/9634/ZX-Spectrum/Creatures Armalyte: Oliver Frey? Based on the style and his authorship of all other covers from Thalamus (which was owned by Newsfield) https://spectrumcompu...

Incidentally, whoever typed this version in made a minor mistake on line 60 of the listing, so that part of the letter R is misaligned on the title page.

This is a type-in from Sinclair Programs November 1983, where it was called 'Laserbikes', even though the author clearly meant for it to be called 'Stron' or 'Program Stron'.

I should be able to access the supporting evidence on Mobygames after the weekend (the site is having the first major upgrade in years) Please remind me via pm once it is back if I forget. I don't think there's anything wrong with the MobyGames data. It just doesn't specifically say Michael Haire d...

druellan wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:39 pm Michael Haire - Inlay

I am not sure this is correct, though it perhaps depends on what you mean by "inlay": viewtopic.php?p=111532#p111532