New software 2018

People are still making stuff for the Sinclair related machines. Tell us about new games and other software that runs on the Spectrum, ZX80/ZX81, Pentagon and Next.
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Does demos count as new software?
http://events.retroscene.org/dh2018
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g0blinish wrote: Sun Jul 08, 2018 3:06 am Does demos count as new software?
http://events.retroscene.org/dh2018
Wow that's quite a party.

Yes certainly*, generally anything more than a tune or a screen. So the LowEnd Intros, Demos, Procedural graphics, Wild etc will be added.

*you can browse demos on SC by going to the homepage, select "Scene: Demo" for Genre and click 'Search', it brings up all demos currently in ZXDB.
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Okay, the snare drum in this one is pretty badass. :shock:
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Ast A. Moore wrote: Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:01 am Okay, the snare drum in this one is pretty badass. :shock:
Aye that caught my ear too, but PUSHAF really leapt out at me.

http://events.retroscene.org/dh2018/ZX_ ... Music/1803

That AER has a touch of the Aphex Twin about him (that's a compliment 😊).
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Ast A. Moore wrote: Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:01 am Okay, the snare drum in this one is pretty badass. :shock:
Totally. Reminds me of Ben Daglish's percussion?
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What is Mozaication all about?

http://events.retroscene.org/dh2018/Low ... Intro/1858

Is it ULAplus or some Timex mode? How does one take a representative screenshot?
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R-Tape wrote: Sun Jul 08, 2018 1:55 pm What is Mozaication all about?
Is it ULAplus or some Timex mode? How does one take a representative screenshot?
I'm playing with the timing modes on EmuZWin but still I can't see anything similar to the video. I see the palette rotation, but a lot of flickering.
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R-Tape wrote: Sun Jul 08, 2018 1:55 pm What is Mozaication all about?

http://events.retroscene.org/dh2018/Low ... Intro/1858

Is it ULAplus or some Timex mode? How does one take a representative screenshot?
I think it’s (a) Pentagon-specific timing-wise and (b) uses that nasty 50-at-25-fps mode that works only on some LCD TVs. Never was a big fan of that trick.
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R-Tape wrote: Sun Jul 08, 2018 1:55 pm What is Mozaication all about?

http://events.retroscene.org/dh2018/Low ... Intro/1858

Is it ULAplus or some Timex mode? How does one take a representative screenshot?
Pentagon only.
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g0blinish wrote: Sun Jul 08, 2018 2:30 pm Pentagon only.
Cheers. Can you (or anyone) provide a representative screenshot?
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there are no screenshot : typical issue with timings
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Spych
Thanks! How did you find it?
The author name - "Paweі Sіawiсski" seems Polish to me but could be Russian as well, yet some letters are probably wrong here, could you check it?
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yes, he is a Polish.

I parsed levels.dat to obtain 30 levels, and I write engine - it was very easy toimplement rules of game.
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Ralf wrote: Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:43 pm The author name - "Paweі Sіawiсski" seems Polish to me but could be Russian as well, yet some letters are probably wrong here, could you check it?
This is the game g0blinish converted.

Great game, very hard.
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I get it now ;)

Pawel Slawinski wrote a game for PC DOS.
Goblinish made a remake for Spectrum.
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Yes, game hard. For me tooks 4 days to complete levels and to understand how mirror works.
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g0blinish wrote: Tue Jul 10, 2018 1:45 pm Yes, game hard. For me tooks 4 days to complete levels and to understand how mirror works.
While working on several other games at the same time it seems! What are you putting in your coffee? :mrgreen:
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only beer xD
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goblinish, it looks like you like to convert old Polish logical games for Spectrum... First Rogue, now Spych.

Maybe you could try with Heartlight? ;)
http://www.mobygames.com/game/heartlight
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probably, but i can't promise anything.
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pavero wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 2:27 am
Ivanzx wrote: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:28 am World war simulator Part 2, by Retrobytes productions, still only available in cassette purchase:

https://www.google.de/amp/s/programbyte ... ctrum/amp/
Where can we buy a cassette version?
I will contact Alex regarding this, Pavel ;)
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R-Tape wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2018 7:19 pm Doom Pit, (adding details later)
Released: 05.07.2018
Publisher: Monument Microgames
Author: Alessandro Grussu
Memory: 128K
Genre: Collect-em-up / Platforms and ladders
Website: http://www.alessandrogrussu.it/DoomPit.html
Note: Official sequel of Death Pit by Clive Townsend. The two games are distributed together in a single package; Death Pit (2017) is a revised, complete version of the 1984 original partially completed game.
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Is it commercial only? No free download?
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