Spectrum Computing

Hello all.

I haven't posted here for a couple of years, but thought I'd just let you know about a wee project I've put together.

If, like me, you have some unexpected time on your hands and have always wondered how many bookcases/bookshelves appeared in Speccy games, then just look out for the #ZXBookcases hashtag on Twitter.

Here's a sneak-peek at number 32. Do you know the game?



It really is as thrilling as it sounds.



@tobobobo

Pyjamarama?

I'd have guessed Pyjamarama too, possibly Dynamite Dan ?

Great thread!

Megabucks?
Stormbringer/Finders Keepers/Spellbound/Magic Knight?

No, no, no and no.

Underwurlde?

Hank Scorpio wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:33 am Underwurlde?

My first thought too.

what we need to do is feed snapshots or TZX images into an AI that have known bookcases/books as training data, then let it loose on the TZXVault.

This one's bothering me. It's very close to Underwurlde, but I can't see it anywhere in the map.

ZXDunny wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 1:45 pm what we need to do is feed snapshots or TZX images into an AI that have known bookcases/books as training data, then let it loose on the TZXVault.

Nah, a few of us just need the chance to retire early and become oracles of the archive. Bidet on a blue background? This game. Yerba mate cup on a bench? That one.

Trap Door?

I also thought of Herbert's Dummy Run at first, but I don't think it is.

Was thinking maybe King's Keep or Witches Cauldron but I checked the maps and it's neither of those.

There's some nice detail on the graphic so I'm guessing it's a decent game.

Any clues? Arcade adventure? Graphic from a text adventure?

I tried to google by image but it turns out that picture recognition network is definitely not trained on Spectrum in-game screens.

Morkin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:32 am There's some nice detail on the graphic so I'm guessing it's a decent game.

Yeah, if you look at the different colours used and thus the number of attribute squares, it's got to be quite large on the screen...

I must be mad, but I spent two whole lunchtimes trawling the archive and maps for this. I got some nice surprises: MASK has a bookshelf in it, and "The happiest days of your life" is a bibliophile's wet dream. Loads of things come close, but nothing I saw exactly matches the pic.

As Morkin and Firefox say, it's must be a decent game with big sprites (unless it's a text adv), but without clues, I'll have to give up on this one.

catmeows wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:35 pm I tried to google by image but it turns out that picture recognition network is definitely not trained on Spectrum in-game screens.

Didn't know that was possible!

Morkin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:32 am There's some nice detail on the graphic so I'm guessing it's a decent game.

I reckon this comment might come back to haunt you!

RWAC wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:00 pm

Morkin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:32 am There's some nice detail on the graphic so I'm guessing it's a decent game.

I reckon this comment might come back to haunt you!

Aaah finally!

1,000 lines to those who said it was a decent game!

R-Tape wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:28 pm

RWAC wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:00 pm I reckon this comment might come back to haunt you!

Aaah finally!

No way!

That pic is a fake btw. Keep looking. Sorry!

R-Tape wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 7:37 amThat pic is a fake btw.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 7:37 am That pic is a fake btw. Keep looking. Sorry!

I expect you to make reparations for such act of trolling!(*)








(*) I took the bait!

At last!!!

https://twitter.com/tobobobo/status/123 ... 82499?s=19

By the way... does anyone knows it?

No. Apparently it's a budget title from 1991.

Huxley Pig was one of a plethora of kids TV shows that Alternative Software licensed and released games based on them. Others included Postman Pat, Fireman Sam, Sooty And Sweep and Bangers And Mash.