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Posted: **Thu May 10, 2018 10:12 pm**

PeterJ wrote: ↑Thu May 10, 2018 9:58 pm @Einar Saukas, yes you are right. I have changed it.

Thank you!!!

Posted: **Sat May 12, 2018 11:25 pm**

On mobile, haven't checked on PC, but the author search bit of the advanced search is not responding. All other tabs work correctly.

Posted: **Thu May 17, 2018 8:01 am**

For people anxiously waiting to see their fix, game, screenshot or thing on the site I should say that the next SC update will not be until next Thursday or so (Peter is in Afghanistan inspecting his opium harvest).

If possible maybe the ZXDB update could wait till next week too? We could add a bit more.

Posted: **Thu May 17, 2018 8:04 am**

R-Tape wrote: ↑Thu May 17, 2018 8:01 amIf possible maybe the ZXDB update could wait till next week too? We could add a bit more.

Okie dokie.

Posted: **Thu May 17, 2018 9:54 am**

Should I send some more MIA stuff or aren't you ready with old ones yet?

Posted: **Thu May 17, 2018 10:22 am**

Ralf wrote: ↑Thu May 17, 2018 9:54 am Should I send some more MIA stuff or aren't you ready with old ones yet?

Yes please, I already added Russian games 2 and 3.

That reminds me - I still need to add Supernudge2000.

Posted: **Thu May 17, 2018 12:03 pm**

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sat May 12, 2018 11:25 pm On mobile, haven't checked on PC, but the author search bit of the advanced search is not responding. All other tabs work correctly.

A friend pointed out something similar. He is using a low resolution laptop, and the search fields are not accessible on both Firefox or Chrome unless he changes the scale of the browser. I'm still unable to reproduce it.

Posted: **Fri May 18, 2018 6:13 pm**

Quick question: why the author names are not clickeable?

Posted: **Sat May 19, 2018 9:04 am**

druellan wrote: ↑Thu May 17, 2018 12:03 pm A friend pointed out something similar. He is using a low resolution laptop, and the search fields are not accessible on both Firefox or Chrome unless he changes the scale of the browser. I'm still unable to reproduce it.

It's still doing it, but publisher etc still work. I'll email Ricardo.

druellan wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 6:13 pm Quick question: why the author names are not clickeable?

They are clickable further down in 'author information' but it might be nice to have it accessible in general too.

Posted: **Sat May 19, 2018 9:06 am**

POLITE NOTICE

There will be a temporary hiatus in all site work for the duration of the royal wedding.

Thank-you.

Posted: **Sat May 19, 2018 1:52 pm**

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 9:04 am They are clickable further down in 'author information' but it might be nice to have it accessible in general too.

I am of the idea that everything that might be clickeable, should be clickeable (*jem*, also the "Machine Type"?).

Posted: **Tue May 22, 2018 7:03 pm**

druellan wrote: ↑Thu May 17, 2018 12:03 pm A friend pointed out something similar. He is using a low resolution laptop, and the search fields are not accessible on both Firefox or Chrome unless he changes the scale of the browser. I'm still unable to reproduce it.

[mention]4throck[/mention] has fixed the bug (cheers!)*. It works on my mobile, hopefully also your friend?

*it was a misplaced REM statement

Code: Select all

LET MOBILE=1
REM IF MOBILE=1 THEN INPUT A$

Posted: **Tue May 22, 2018 7:57 pm**

Is anyone having mobile search problems?

It's working perfectly for me but someone has PMd to say they're having problems since the fix!

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2018 2:58 pm**

ZXDB Update (Monday 28 May 2018)

Even bigger than the DFS Sale.... This is another huge update from [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention]. A personal thanks to all those who helped out with this one.

Update from [mention]R-Tape[/mention]

Hyperzonky Mega Update!

Run & Load screenshots for ZX81 16K games of IDs from 29053 - 29221
645 cassette inlays! Thanks [mention]pavero[/mention]

New game entries:
Quahappy
Rubicon
Hibernated-1
Nixy the Glade Sprite

New entries uMIA:
Tap Music
Sokoban Pro
Minotaur
Frog Path
Kolobok
Labyrinth 2
Autodrome
Rubik Cube
Helespont
Lion - The Revenge
Zycie Maklera
Supernudge2000

Files & Updates:
Screenshots for Ninjakul in the AUIC Temple
Machine code version, source code & SCREEN for Knights
Latest version of Cross Chase
Latest version of Apullija 13
Ast A. Moore Treasure Island and Fantasy World Dizzy fixes.
Faster version of Capital Cities Tester

Book:
"It's Behind You - The Making Of A Computer Game" Bob Pape's riveting account of the glitz, glamour and GRIME in the making of R-Type.

Thanks: Thomas Kolbeck, Pavel, Ralf, Detective Rorthron, Darryl Sloan, Druellan, Fabrizio, Bizzley

Apologies/ Next time:
Ignacio, ZX81 stuff
Druellan/Ralf, Renegade & Heli MODS
Anyone we've missed.

And a final extra thanks for everyone involved in linking ZXDB sites to Spectrum2.0, allowing us to review new content as well as old. Get reviewing people!

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2018 3:27 pm**

Great update!

And thanks for posting the list of Pavero's inlays, it'll be very useful for me!

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2018 8:44 pm**

Congratulations to everyone involved!

(yes, I'm involved too, forgive me this little ego boost

)

BTW, why two entries for Kolobok? Something probably went wrong?

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34307
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34315

EDIT: also no screenshots and download for Labirynth 2, Autodrome:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34308
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34309

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2018 9:14 pm**

Some extra screenshots added but we forgot to mention, all ZX81 using the Chroma Interface. It's new to me but it seems to make the ZX81 like a Spectrum...

3D Monster Maze (Chroma edition)
Alien Mind (Chroma edition)
Ant Attack (Chroma edition)
Attribute Mode Test Program
CroZXy Road (Chroma edition)
Death Star
Domin8tr1s (Chroma edition)
Hopper (Chroma edition)
Impact (Chroma edition)
Julia Set Generator
Kaleidoscope
ZX80 Kong (Chroma extension)
Mandelbrot Set Generator
Mazogs (Chroma edition)
Miner Man (Chroma edition)
Missile Command (Chroma extension)
Noir Shapes (Chroma edition)
One Little Ghost (Chroma edition)
Pacman
Pandemic (Chroma edition)
Screens Slideshow
Star Defence (Chroma edition)
Virus (Chroma edition)
Z8048
ZX Galaxians (Chroma edition)
ZX0800
ZXAgon (Chroma edition)

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2018 9:40 am**

Ralf wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 8:44 pm BTW, why two entries for Kolobok? Something probably went wrong?

Aah, I put Kolobok, Labyrinth 2 and Autodrome in the spreadsheet twice...

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2018 8:28 pm**

I would have an extra question. Are 6 hundreds of inlays subitted by [mention]pavero[/mention] completely new inlays that were totally absent till last update or are they some improved quality scans of already available inlays?

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2018 10:18 pm**

Ralf wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 8:28 pm I would have an extra question. Are 6 hundreds of inlays subitted by @pavero completely new inlays that were totally absent till last update or are they some improved quality scans of already available inlays?

The most of them offer improved quality (higher resolution, without cropping, etc.) only. But some of them were totally absent up to this day.

My opinion is the links with old inlay scans (which were replaced by their better versions) should be hidden from SpectrumComputing site. But we need to indefity them in ZXDB firstly and [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] still keeps silent about this topic.

Posted: **Wed May 30, 2018 4:19 pm**

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Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:10 am**

PeterJ wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 6:27 pm You can use "advanced search" for any arbitrary string in title, publisher or author:

Is it possible to use this to get a list of only games from the Maze genre? (if yes what would be the text to use for the other genres?)

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:58 am**

Why would you not just choose maze games from the genre drop-down [mention]R-Tape[/mention]?

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:16 pm**

I'd like to be able to post a link on the forum (web address of genre search works well but isn't transferable).

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2018 1:59 pm**

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:16 pm I'd like to be able to post a link on the forum (web address of genre search works well but isn't transferable).

Hi again [mention]R-Tape[/mention], if you look at the following post, it tells you how to do it. The actual at the end of the post is the one to use. Email me if you have any problems.

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=568&start=50#p9980

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