Old new software
Old new software
People, would you be interesting to see here reports of some recent games (but earlier than 2018) that went off the radar and are not included to ZXDB at the moment?
Would you add them to ZXDB and the site?
Would you add them to ZXDB and the site?
- Einar Saukas
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Re: Old new software
Definitely. I think a of lot of post-2012 releases have slipped under the radar, given WoS' lack of updates. Now we have a more up to date archive and somewhere we can discuss the games, it seems a great idea to take advantage of it.
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Are you saying you have some Ralf?
If many have passed through Hikoki's ultra fine Spectrum game mist net I'd be surprised!
(Hikoki - I know there are some on your site not yet listed in ZXDB).
If many have passed through Hikoki's ultra fine Spectrum game mist net I'd be surprised!
(Hikoki - I know there are some on your site not yet listed in ZXDB).
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I plan to list some old games from Romania that Ralf found on Facebook and set up play links for crap games competitions, though lately my radar is getting rusty
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Hikoki is doing great work and I'm sure he got over 90% of them.
Still I believe if something was published only on some Russian or Polish site and never reached English speaking world then he won't have it.
So I'll try to do some search on my local turf and the neighbourhood
Still I believe if something was published only on some Russian or Polish site and never reached English speaking world then he won't have it.
So I'll try to do some search on my local turf and the neighbourhood
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Ralf, R-Tape et all, you may want to take a look at trello.com to work in a team
it's simple and free enough for collecting new games.. you can add tags, upload files to googledrive (preferable due to bultin antivirus) or dropbox,add tags,etc
it's simple and free enough for collecting new games.. you can add tags, upload files to googledrive (preferable due to bultin antivirus) or dropbox,add tags,etc
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As I've mentioned before, it's only a matter of time before ZXDB becomes sentient and finds the games itself...
My Speccy site: thirdharmoniser.com
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Okay, so I'll start some reporting.
(By the way... Admins, is there a chance to make this thread sticky at the top? )
So, some Polish stuff
Dziurak
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=27945
got it final version in 2015, See the download Dziurak Deluxe download below. I suppose we could catalogue it as 2 variants - party version and deluxe version
http://www.speccy.pl/archive/prod.php?id=178
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Tajemnica Carmen Strasse 35 (The Mystery of Carmen Strasse 35)
Text game in Polish from 2017, made in "gamebook" style that we discussed recently here:
www.speccy.pl/archive/prod.php?id=421
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Czarny sport (Black sport)
Something that actually should belong to Crap Games Compo , a text simulation of motorcycle race written in Basic. But add it if you wish. Year 2014
http://www.speccy.pl/archive/prod.php?id=278
(By the way... Admins, is there a chance to make this thread sticky at the top? )
So, some Polish stuff
Dziurak
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=27945
got it final version in 2015, See the download Dziurak Deluxe download below. I suppose we could catalogue it as 2 variants - party version and deluxe version
http://www.speccy.pl/archive/prod.php?id=178
--------------
Tajemnica Carmen Strasse 35 (The Mystery of Carmen Strasse 35)
Text game in Polish from 2017, made in "gamebook" style that we discussed recently here:
www.speccy.pl/archive/prod.php?id=421
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Czarny sport (Black sport)
Something that actually should belong to Crap Games Compo , a text simulation of motorcycle race written in Basic. But add it if you wish. Year 2014
http://www.speccy.pl/archive/prod.php?id=278
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From last year's BASIC Jam is my entry:
https://namco.itch.io/brexit-the-final-countdown
I spent some hours yesterday re-coding it onto 48k BASIC and adding some updated code. More needs adding and should be finished in a couple of months.
Speaking of which - I can add screen loaders to my Z80 games easy enough but I'm not sure how to do it within BASIC code. Does anyone know?
https://namco.itch.io/brexit-the-final-countdown
I spent some hours yesterday re-coding it onto 48k BASIC and adding some updated code. More needs adding and should be finished in a couple of months.
Speaking of which - I can add screen loaders to my Z80 games easy enough but I'm not sure how to do it within BASIC code. Does anyone know?
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Hi Namco, sorry for not noticing your post earlier.
Thanks for the game. So the year of release is 2017, right?
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As for adding loading screen to Basic game I suppose you need to have three blocks of data on your tape:
1) little loader
2) screen
3) main Basic code
The loader would be something like
10 LOAD "" SCREEN$
30 LOAD "" LINE 10
The first line loads the screen. The second line loads the game (with screen visible all the time) and
autostarts it from chosen line
As for adding the loading screen:
1) Create it
2) Save it as .scr
3) In emulator insert your "tape" - open .tap or .tzx file
4) Open .scr in emulator
5) Set emulator to saving and perform SAVE "screen" SCREEN$
6) Your screen will be saved to tape
It may happen that your blocks will be saved in wrong order. Unfortuntely it's not possible in many top emulators to swap them (which is very wrong). So personally I use tool called Zx Blockeditor for such job.
Ask in programming section if you have any questions.
Thanks for the game. So the year of release is 2017, right?
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As for adding loading screen to Basic game I suppose you need to have three blocks of data on your tape:
1) little loader
2) screen
3) main Basic code
The loader would be something like
10 LOAD "" SCREEN$
30 LOAD "" LINE 10
The first line loads the screen. The second line loads the game (with screen visible all the time) and
autostarts it from chosen line
As for adding the loading screen:
1) Create it
2) Save it as .scr
3) In emulator insert your "tape" - open .tap or .tzx file
4) Open .scr in emulator
5) Set emulator to saving and perform SAVE "screen" SCREEN$
6) Your screen will be saved to tape
It may happen that your blocks will be saved in wrong order. Unfortuntely it's not possible in many top emulators to swap them (which is very wrong). So personally I use tool called Zx Blockeditor for such job.
Ask in programming section if you have any questions.
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Yes, it is 2017.
Excellent, I'll have a play of that and see if I can get the screen bit added!
Excellent, I'll have a play of that and see if I can get the screen bit added!
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Thanks for adding my reported games !
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=146&start=50#p5351
Okay, so now I'm no more writing off my head but will try to browse my hard drive. I the last 5 years when WOS updates stopped working I saved any new game for Zx Spectrum that I noticed. I'll browse them now and see if anything is missing at ZXDB.
Watch this thread
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=146&start=50#p5351
Okay, so now I'm no more writing off my head but will try to browse my hard drive. I the last 5 years when WOS updates stopped working I saved any new game for Zx Spectrum that I noticed. I'll browse them now and see if anything is missing at ZXDB.
Watch this thread
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Cheers Ralf,
To avoid duplication there are a few games on speccy.21.co.nr that have the 'unlisted' tag, I've started to add those already.
To avoid duplication there are a few games on speccy.21.co.nr that have the 'unlisted' tag, I've started to add those already.
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As promised, I started browsing my downloads of recent games if I have something not present in ZXDB.
Generally you did a greate job guys! Above 95% of my collected games are aleady in ZXDB.
But I have some stuff that I didn't found here:
Battle Tank 3D and Some Crazy Aliens - from Gabriele Amore
Bicho Verde - unfinished game from Climacus, but maybe we could add it already???
Bomberman - unfinished game from C.Gonzalez, as above
Cafe Turco com os Ex-Jugoslavos - made with AGD
Jeteliu - made with Churrera
I attach the files and some screenshots below. There will be more soon.
May we add it to ZXDB?
The download:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/9m7sjq
Generally you did a greate job guys! Above 95% of my collected games are aleady in ZXDB.
But I have some stuff that I didn't found here:
Battle Tank 3D and Some Crazy Aliens - from Gabriele Amore
Bicho Verde - unfinished game from Climacus, but maybe we could add it already???
Bomberman - unfinished game from C.Gonzalez, as above
Cafe Turco com os Ex-Jugoslavos - made with AGD
Jeteliu - made with Churrera
I attach the files and some screenshots below. There will be more soon.
May we add it to ZXDB?
The download:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/9m7sjq
- Einar Saukas
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Re: Old new software
Thanks! At least 2 of them were already in ZXDB:Ralf wrote: ↑Sun Mar 11, 2018 3:08 pmBut I have some stuff that I didn't found here:
Battle Tank 3D and Some Crazy Aliens - from Gabriele Amore
Bicho Verde - unfinished game from Climacus, but maybe we could add it already???
Bomberman - unfinished game from C.Gonzalez, as above
Cafe Turco com os Ex-Jugoslavos - made with AGD
Jeteliu - made with Churrera
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=30395
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=30426
I'm leave for R-Tape to handle the others.
EDIT: Are you sure Cafe Turco was made with AGD? I couldn't find it mentioned anywhere.
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Hi Einar,
No, I'm not sure if Cafe Turco is made with AGD. It looks similar, sprites are drawn with XOR and these ladders look Jonathan's Cauldwell style (compare Egghead) but I don't have the proof.
And I checked all these games and would swear that they all were absent. I guess I need to check twice
No, I'm not sure if Cafe Turco is made with AGD. It looks similar, sprites are drawn with XOR and these ladders look Jonathan's Cauldwell style (compare Egghead) but I don't have the proof.
And I checked all these games and would swear that they all were absent. I guess I need to check twice
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This one already exists as Aquamoose with the snapshot is already there. I'll add Bicho Verde as an 'also known as' and add the missing screenshots.Bicho Verde - unfinished game from Climacus, but maybe we could add it already???
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^^ I remember Einar collected a list of unfinished games which he listed somewhere on wos. Aquamoose was amongst them.
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I agree, that's about as AGD as AGD can get! Unaltered screen layout and they've even used a barely modified version of the sausage sprite from one of the AGD demos.
Having said that it would be good to be able to prove it's AGD in less clear cases.
[mention]Jonathan[/mention] , are there giveaways in the code that identify if a game is made with AGD? Ones that work for all or most versions?
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I'll continue uploading stuff.
A Russian production from 2017
Russian original name: Неожиданное Путешествие
English translation (and ZXDB name I guess): Unexpected Trip
Genre: text game with graphics, gamebook ( yes, it's another gamebook, are they becoming popular recently? )
Author: STD
Language: Russian (only, unfortunately)
It was mentioned here:
http://zx-pk.ru/threads/28310-quot-neoz ... a-vas.html
The download (I allowed myself to add autobooting to disk image):
https://www.sendspace.com/file/nzjqcn
A Russian production from 2017
Russian original name: Неожиданное Путешествие
English translation (and ZXDB name I guess): Unexpected Trip
Genre: text game with graphics, gamebook ( yes, it's another gamebook, are they becoming popular recently? )
Author: STD
Language: Russian (only, unfortunately)
It was mentioned here:
http://zx-pk.ru/threads/28310-quot-neoz ... a-vas.html
The download (I allowed myself to add autobooting to disk image):
https://www.sendspace.com/file/nzjqcn
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ZX Spacies
An unfinished clone of Space Invaders from 2016:
The download
https://www.sendspace.com/file/384mlt
An unfinished clone of Space Invaders from 2016:
The download
https://www.sendspace.com/file/384mlt
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R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:59 pmI agree, that's about as AGD as AGD can get! Unaltered screen layout and they've even used a barely modified version of the sausage sprite from one of the AGD demos.
Having said that it would be good to be able to prove it's AGD in less clear cases.
@Jonathan , are there giveaways in the code that identify if a game is made with AGD? Ones that work for all or most versions?
Looks like AGD to me, it even appears to be using some of the generic blocks from the demonstration game Diamond Geezer.
It's pretty easy to tell if a game has been created in AGD versions 4.0 to 4.7, just save out a 48K snapshot of it and try importing it into MPAGD. Graphics, map, code... everthing will be pretty much at your mercy then. I'm also assured that AGDX games can be imported, although I haven't tried it myself.
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