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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MAX PICKLES PART II: THE MINE OF DOOM

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Max Pickles Part III - The Price Of Power
http://www.worldxxisoft.com/downloads/M ... %20III.zip

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The final part of a trilogy???
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Night Stalker ZX
http://zx-pk.ru/threads/29514-night-stalker-zx.html

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Announced at zx.pk.ru Sorry for the poor screenshot quality, I just linked to the source.

Looks like a conversion of some early existing game from another platform. Probably not a final version as file name says v01.

I understand that the chunky graphics are a part of the style ;) But one thing that certainly could be improved is turning at the corridors. The game makes a common mistake requiring that you need to be at pixel perfect position to go left/right from up/down corridor and so on.
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Ralf wrote: Sat Sep 15, 2018 11:00 am I understand that the chunky graphics are a part of the style ;) But one thing that certainly could be improved is turning at the corridors. The game makes a common mistake requiring that you need to be at pixel perfect position to go left/right from up/down corridor and so on.
Are you using a joystick? I didn't have this problem using keys. Using multiple key presses I could 'slide' around the maze easily.

I'm not familiar with the original, but this is a pretty neat. It somehow captures the feel of a different system as well as the graphics. It's making good use of AGD too, the guardian behaviour seems to be different to the built-in defaults.
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Pooper Scooper:
Wow. This must be Davey's best game to date, and not the first time I've referenced Multidude in one day!

If you can get past the scatological obsession, this is a outstanding tag-team game. The instructions could be better though; this is what I've pieced together so far:
  • The worm (Scot Faece) eats plants that block the way
  • The beetle (Mark Barton Dung) eats the sh*t that completes the level
  • The wasp (Willy the Wasp) stings the faces, and the guy committing indecent exposure, to turn them into more sh*t
  • The lad (Chave Doley) punches blocks out of the way
Amazing graphics and sound too :ugeek:
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R-Tape wrote: Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:51 pm
Pooper Scooper:
Wow. This must be Davey's best game to date, and not the first time I've referenced Multidude in one day!

If you can get past the scatological obsession, this is a outstanding tag-team game. The instructions could be better though; this is what I've pieced together so far:
  • The worm (Scot Faece) eats plants that block the way
  • The beetle (Mark Barton Dung) eats the sh*t that completes the level
  • The wasp (Willy the Wasp) stings the faces, and the guy committing indecent exposure, to turn them into more sh*t
  • The lad (Chave Doley) punches blocks out of the way
Amazing graphics and sound too :ugeek:
How can I switch among characters?
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pavero wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 12:18 pm How can I switch among characters?
You just walk into them; the switch is automatic.
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I had overlooked "Jet Pack Bob" from 2017 which is not in the archive yet.
http://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/201 ... k-bob.html
As sual, I guess Douglas Barnall will have published the source in pdf format.

I recall he was about to finish a game like Alter Ego.

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Jet Pack Bob
https://m.facebook.com/groups/785775881 ... 4&refid=18

You can find the game on the Files section from the Arcade Game Designer Facebook Group
https://m.facebook.com/groups/785775881 ... view=files
I suggest to take a look from time to time.
BTW I didn't know there is another FB group for AGDx

And this game is also unknown here?
Davey-Dudds Loves Peas
https://m.facebook.com/groups/785775881 ... 4919863148

There is another interesting stuff like Allan Turvey's demos and even an Invaders game from his?
Invaders game
https://m.facebook.com/groups/785775881 ... 5&refid=18
Bossbuilder demo
https://m.facebook.com/groups/785775881 ... 2199123755
Collision demo
https://m.facebook.com/groups/785775881 ... 5854203389


Also a tutorial from Chris Cowley to put beeper in-game music in AGD games.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/785775881 ... 0269502948

Another unknown game? Brickracer
https://m.facebook.com/groups/785775881 ... 2&refid=18
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Cheers hik.

I'm struggling to understand why everyone is so comfortable with the closed espionage-shop that is facebook. I can't get hold of any of those files. Can you help me out via PM (or email, I think you already have it)?

Davey Dudds/peas is already in ZXDB. AGDx doesn't have a presence in ZXDB yet. Speaking as a fan and user that needs correcting but I'm not sure how best to do it yet—should it have its own ID?
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Yep. These links don't work, even if I'm logged into Facebook before. Maybe it's some phone vs PC issue???
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OK.Those links should work if you are member of the Agd fb group.
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Sinclair Basic game by Alan Gadze
Cant check this out now but it's said to be fun
DOWNLOAD: https://yadi.sk/d/VIW1wg9gcOSipw
Original Download at the "ZX Spectrum Games Code Club" Facebook group : https://m.facebook.com/groups/539162489 ... 5328927436
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Vectornauts (beta version as I understand)
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Direct download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i39jce9908oja ... 2.TAP?dl=0
Thread on another forum: https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/ ... n-agd-game
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Ta. Stylish little game that.
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To keep them all in one thread:


Astronaut Labyrinth:
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Unhallowed:
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Raw Battle
by Kabuto Factory
from 2017
http://kabutofactory.altervista.org/pag ... attle.html
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Raw Battle by Kabuto Factory
Great find! It seems to go totally unnoticed.
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Gun Fright Returns - Reloaded
24/11/2017
TomCat, GoodBoy, tiboh & panda
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hikoki wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:41 pm Raw Battle
by Kabuto Factory
from 2017
http://kabutofactory.altervista.org/pag ... attle.html
Great! Glad Baron Ashler's still going.

Quite good, especially as it's compiled BASIC. He's a graphics wizard, but it would benefit from the 'Ralf treatment'...
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He's a graphics wizard, but it would benefit from the 'Ralf treatment'...
Well, probably ;) The background graphics (at least those at start) seems to fit nicely into attributes so it could have been done more colourful.

I would say however that Baron Ashler would need a fellow coder in first place :) He's a great, talented pixel artist with true passion to create Spectrum games but if I remember correctly he doesn't program in assembler so he must use some game creators or high level languages like Basic. This stuff usually has different limitations therefore the final result in terms of gameplay is so-so.

For the database - this game is inspired by the film "Soylent Green", in the intro the "soylent" is mentioned:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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