The Making of...

[jdanddiet]

I thought I'd start on here by giving a run down of the speccy games I've written about for Retro Gamer and others

Splat! by Incentive - Retro Gamer issue 98 http://www.wizwords.net/splat
Rex by Martech - Retro Gamer issue 112 http://www.wizwords.net/the-making-of-rex-1
Alien by Mind Games - http://www.wizwords.net/the-making-ofalien
Cassette 50 by Cascade - http://www.wizwords.net/cassette-50
Jason's Gem by Mastertronic - http://www.wizwords.net/jasons-gem
Deathchase by Micromega - Retro Gamer issue 114
Wriggler by Romantic Robot - Retro Gamer issue 114
Deactivators by Ariolasoft - Retro Gamer issue 119
Myth History In The Making by System 3 - Retro Gamer issue 120
MOVIE by Imagine - Retro Gamer issue 122
Karyssia Queen of Diamonds by Incentive - http://www.wizwords.net/karyssia-queen-of-diamonds
Pippo by Mastertronic - http://www.wizwords.net/the-making-ofpippo
Stonkers (yes, really) by Imagine - Retro Gamer 123
Mined Out by Quicksilva - Retro Gamer issue 124 http://www.wizwords.net/the-making-of-mined-out
Robocop by Ocean - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014 ... of-robocop
Match Day by Ocean - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014 ... -match-day
Tau Ceti by CRL - Retro Gamer issue 131
Soft Aid compilation - Retro Gamer issue 134
Agent X by Mastertronic - Retro Gamer 138
Dracula by CRL - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015 ... video-game
Driller by Incentive - Retro Gamer 141
History of Rebelstar by Firebird - Retro Gamer 142
Zzoom by Imagine - Retro Gamer issue 151
Robocop (again) - Retro Gamer issue 153
Cobra by Ocean - Retro Gamer issue 154
Starstrike & Starstrike 2 by Realtime - Retro Gamer issue 154
Universal Hero by Mastertronic - Retro Gamer issue 156
Top Gun by Ocean - Retro Gamer issue 158
Head Over Heels by Ocean - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016 ... over-heels
Halls Of The Things by Crystal - Retro Gamer issue 159
The Forest/Explorer by Electric Dreams - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016 ... -simulator
Sqij! - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017 ... -ever-made
Match Day (again) and Match Day 2 by Ocean - Retro Gamer 164
Red Hawk and Kwah by Melbourne House - Retro Gamer 169
Aliens by Electric Dreams/Activision - Retro Gamer 171
Barbarian by Palace - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017 ... te-warrior
Frost Byte by Mikro-Gen - Retro Gamer 176
Big Trouble In Little China by Electric Dreams - Retro Gamer 177
Dark Star & Forbidden Planet by Design Design - Retro Gamer 179
Avalon & Dragontorc by Hewson - Retro Gamer 181
Starion by Melbourne House - Retro Gamer 185
Footballer Of The Year by Gremlin - Retro Gamer 204
Formula One by CRL - Retro Gamer 208
Scuba Dive by Durell - Retro Gamer 210

Next...?

[Alone Coder]

Black Raven - ZX Format #8, English translation: https://speccy.info/Translations/Epopee
Wolfenstein 2004 - Info Guide #6 (in Russian): http://zxpress.ru/article.php?id=8551 (p.1) http://zxpress.ru/article.php?id=8552 (p.2)
Euphoria - Downgrade #10, English translation: https://speccy.info/Translations/Euphoria

[Morkin]

Great stuff, wasn't aware of a lot of these - useful to have them in one place.

I tend to bookmark these sorts of things for a quick read over lunch/break times.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Jason's Gem by Mastertronic - http://www.wizwords.net/jasons-gem

I discovered Jason's Gem recently and it's a little cool game. Recommended.

Great reads, by the way.

[Joefish]

I really liked Jason's Gem. Although I thought the first stage was a little too tough - you can lose most of your lives on that first screen!

[jdanddiet]

Added The Making of Movie to Wizwords today: http://www.wizwords.net/movie

It's reprinted from Retro Gamer with kind permission of the editor so buy RG now!

[jdanddiet]

ICYMI Making of Turbo Esprit https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020 ... edated-gta

[jdanddiet]

Also added Deathchase Celebration to Wizwords, reprinted with kind permission of the Editor of Retro Gamer as usual

http://www.wizwords.net/deathchase-a-celebration

[Einar Saukas]

I thought I'd start on here by giving a run down of the speccy games I've written about for Retro Gamer and others

Splat! by Incentive - Retro Gamer issue 98 http://www.wizwords.net/splat

Nice!

If you (or anybody else) can provide game ID and page number for each game, I will gladly add this information to ZXDB (so it will appear at all sites including SC). For instance:

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game ID | magazine name | magazine number | magazine page | link
4767    | Retro Gamer   | 98              | 86            | http://www.wizwords.net/splat

Of course information from other magazines are welcome too!

[jdanddiet]

sure i'll do that when I have a sec

[Einar Saukas]

Thanks!

[jdanddiet]

Updated list

Splat! by Incentive - Retro Gamer issue 98 http://www.wizwords.net/splat
Rex by Martech - Retro Gamer issue 112 http://www.wizwords.net/the-making-of-rex-1
Alien by Mind Games - http://www.wizwords.net/the-making-ofalien
Cassette 50 by Cascade - http://www.wizwords.net/cassette-50
Jason's Gem by Mastertronic - http://www.wizwords.net/jasons-gem
Deathchase by Micromega - Retro Gamer issue 114 http://www.wizwords.net/deathchase-a-celebration
Wriggler by Romantic Robot - Retro Gamer issue 114
Deactivators by Ariolasoft - Retro Gamer issue 119
Myth History In The Making by System 3 - Retro Gamer issue 120
MOVIE by Imagine - Retro Gamer issue 122 http://www.wizwords.net/movie
Karyssia Queen of Diamonds by Incentive - http://www.wizwords.net/karyssia-queen-of-diamonds
Pippo by Mastertronic - http://www.wizwords.net/the-making-ofpippo
Stonkers (yes, really) by Imagine - Retro Gamer 123 http://www.wizwords.net/the-making-of-stonkers
Mined Out by Quicksilva - Retro Gamer issue 124 http://www.wizwords.net/the-making-of-mined-out
Robocop by Ocean - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014 ... of-robocop
Match Day by Ocean - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014 ... -match-day
Tau Ceti by CRL - Retro Gamer issue 131
Soft Aid compilation - Retro Gamer issue 134
Agent X by Mastertronic - Retro Gamer 138
Dracula by CRL - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015 ... video-game
Driller by Incentive - Retro Gamer 141
History of Rebelstar by Firebird - Retro Gamer 142
Zzoom by Imagine - Retro Gamer issue 151
Robocop (again) - Retro Gamer issue 153
Cobra by Ocean - Retro Gamer issue 154
Starstrike & Starstrike 2 by Realtime - Retro Gamer issue 154
Universal Hero by Mastertronic - Retro Gamer issue 156
Top Gun by Ocean - Retro Gamer issue 158
Head Over Heels by Ocean - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016 ... over-heels
Halls Of The Things by Crystal - Retro Gamer issue 159
The Forest/Explorer by Electric Dreams - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016 ... -simulator
Sqij! - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017 ... -ever-made
Match Day (again) and Match Day 2 by Ocean - Retro Gamer 164
Red Hawk and Kwah by Melbourne House - Retro Gamer 169
Aliens by Electric Dreams/Activision - Retro Gamer 171
Barbarian by Palace - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017 ... te-warrior
Frost Byte by Mikro-Gen - Retro Gamer 176
Big Trouble In Little China by Electric Dreams - Retro Gamer 177
Dark Star & Forbidden Planet by Design Design - Retro Gamer 179
Avalon & Dragontorc by Hewson - Retro Gamer 181
Starion by Melbourne House - Retro Gamer 185
Quazatron by Hewson - https://www.antstream.com/post/the-making-of-quazatron
Footballer Of The Year by Gremlin - Retro Gamer 204
Formula One by CRL - Retro Gamer 208
Scuba Dive by Durell - Retro Gamer 210
Turbo Esprit by Durell - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020 ... edated-gta
Frankie Goes To Hollywood by Ocean - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020 ... -hollywood