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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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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Very cool demo. You've made the animations fit the music and mood very well.
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g0blinish wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 6:21 am Image

Quest
Ooh very stylish. Nice puzzles.

Are you the author g0blinish?
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with standard credits: gfx:Internets
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Seems a cool game. I think it's time to give it a try :)
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Hmmm.
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I've solved the picture puzzle, and now have the conical flask, but I can't think what to do next. Am I supposed to guess a number combination for the fax machine or microwave?
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New Text Adventure: TrolleyMania
http://8bitag.com/games/trolleymania.html

(Recoded from a design discovered in an old folder, dating back to about '92. Produced for my own amusement. Not much to the actual game!)
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[mention]R-Tape[/mention] try each other
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g0blinish wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 6:21 am Image

Quest
Looks great, but, i can't get the SCL file to load in Fuse. What's the best emulator to load .SCL files?
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stupidget wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:37 am Looks great, but, i can't get the SCL file to load in Fuse. What's the best emulator to load .SCL files?
Have you got Spectaculator? That just opens .scl without having to worry about configurations.
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stupidget wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:37 am
g0blinish wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 6:21 am Image

Quest
Looks great, but, i can't get the SCL file to load in Fuse. What's the best emulator to load .SCL files?
Spectaculator or Unreal. Fuse handle with SCL too
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stupidget wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:37 am
g0blinish wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 6:21 am Image

Quest
Looks great, but, i can't get the SCL file to load in Fuse. What's the best emulator to load .SCL files?
It’s a TR-DOS image. You need to enable the Beta Disk 128 interface in Fuse’s preferences.
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Yep, downloaded Spectaculator and got the game up and running.

Just like R-Tape I've finished the pic puzzle, but, no idea what to do now:
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What semaphore is being used once you finish the pic?
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stupidget wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 12:23 pm Yep, downloaded Spectaculator and got the game up and running.

Just like R-Tape I've finished the pic puzzle, but, no idea what to do now:
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What semaphore is being used once you finish the pic?
Aaah, I pressed a key too quickly and didn't see it properly. I assumed it was a celebration graphic, rather than a clue. It must be that.
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I took a screenshot if you want a copy.
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8BitAG wrote: Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:57 pm New Text Adventure: TrolleyMania
http://8bitag.com/games/trolleymania.html

(Recoded from a design discovered in an old folder, dating back to about '92. Produced for my own amusement. Not much to the actual game!)
I've not had chance to try this out yet!

I'm collating stuff ready for the next update. Would you be willing to summarise the backstory for a comment that will appear with the entry (1993/2018 etc)? Or perhaps I could convert your web page article into a .txt?
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R-Tape wrote: Wed Nov 21, 2018 2:26 pm 'm collating stuff ready for the next update. Would you be willing to summarise the backstory for a comment that will appear with the entry (1993/2018 etc)? Or perhaps I could convert your web page article into a .txt?
Grabbing the article to pop in a .txt file would be fine. 2018 is fine for the date of release.
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O-Puzz Attack!!

https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/ ... uzz-attack
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Inspired by Tetris Attack/Panel de Pon arcade game from 1995:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_Attack
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Manic Scroller

https://jswcentral.org/mminmods_mscroller.html
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A mod of Manic Miner which you can treat as some kind of curiosity.Everything has been enlarged so the game scrolls now.
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