Spectrum Computing

Posted: **Mon Feb 26, 2018 11:37 pm**

pavero wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:35 pm Fantasy Zone - Escape from the Pyramid

http://www.indieretronews.com/2018/02/f ... .html#more
https://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=FantasyZone

Has anyone had any problems in running this on divMMC?

Posted: **Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:29 am**

Dungeon Raiders:
https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/ ... ame#latest

Posted: **Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:29 am**

Scuttlebutt
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=457

Posted: **Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:20 pm**

Ralf wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:29 am Dungeon Raiders:
https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/ ... ame#latest

Just a very quick write up on it. Review is coming soon.
http://www.thezxspectrum.com/2018/02/ne ... ayndz.html

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2018 10:49 am**

I played Dungeon Raiders a bit.

The idea is great. The graphics are good. But it still asks for improvement.

First thing is that it is a bit unfair. You have to protect some characters but you have no chance to protect them
if an enemy respawns just an inch from your character.

Then there is this annoying beeper sound all the time...

But it's always good to see such fresh, new ideas on Spectrum.

Posted: **Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:21 pm**

Plumbers don't wear ties:
http://idpixel.ru/games/plumbersdontweartieszx/

I believe it belongs to Crap Games Compo https://cgc.source.run/news but just to be sure I'll report it here. It seems to be a better quality than an average game from that compo.

Posted: **Tue Mar 06, 2018 5:09 pm**

Ralf wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:21 pm Plumbers don't wear ties:
http://idpixel.ru/games/plumbersdontweartieszx/

I believe it belongs to Crap Games Compo https://cgc.source.run/news but just to be sure I'll report it here. It seems to be a better quality than an average game from that compo.

I'm surprised that they have screenshots from that far into the game. The one who took them must have the patience of a saint to sit through it!

Posted: **Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:41 am**

Steel Jeeg:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=32299

(it's already in the database, before anybody even played it once

)

Posted: **Mon Mar 12, 2018 12:27 pm**

PROSM wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 5:09 pm
Ralf wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:21 pm Plumbers don't wear ties:
http://idpixel.ru/games/plumbersdontweartieszx/

I believe it belongs to Crap Games Compo https://cgc.source.run/news but just to be sure I'll report it here. It seems to be a better quality than an average game from that compo.
I'm surprised that they have screenshots from that far into the game. The one who took them must have the patience of a saint to sit through it!

CGC stuff still needs sorting, will try and get these next time. I did play this one and but I didn't get as far as those guys ;-p

Posted: **Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:47 pm**

A new puzzle game Knights:
http://www.indieretronews.com/2018/03/k ... eVIfp.gbpl

Released in 2018 or still in 2017?

Anyway it's a puzzle game where you move a chess knight or knights according to the chess rules and you have to reach the destination fields.

Try it. You click first on the knight and later on the destination field. The first levels are easy but previous experience with chess certainly helps. In later levels some knights are already in destination places but you actually have to move them to complete the level.

Posted: **Sun Mar 25, 2018 10:46 pm**

how do i post a snapshot of a game or the rom file? it won't open in the image manager

Posted: **Sun Mar 25, 2018 10:59 pm**

MrPixel wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 10:46 pm how do i post a snapshot of a game or the rom file? it won't open in the image manager

You can't upload game files (e.g. snapshot, tap, tzx) directly to the forum I'm afraid, the options are to link to something like google docs, sendspace or you could PM me and I can make it available on my own space

Or if you have a finished game email it to us and we'll make it available in the archive in the next update.

Posted: **Sun Mar 25, 2018 11:11 pm**

thanks.

Posted: **Sun Apr 08, 2018 12:19 pm**

Aeon:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=611

Posted: **Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:02 pm**

Very short machine code from Weiv/Firestarter, 3 versions of a Snake game at 145, 137 and 95 Bytes! (the latest seems to be 95 rather than the advertised 93 bytes (?)).

Sinclair Joystick Keys 6789.

http://zx-pk.ru/attachment.php?attachme ... 1523786772

Can you do a better screenshot for its ZXDB entry? Then put your cock on the table and send us one

Posted: **Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:00 pm**

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:02 pm 3 versions of a Snake game at 145, 137 and 95 Bytes!

No time to look at it in detail, but I can shave 1 byte by from the first two version by replacing

Code: Select all

	and $21
	cp $21
	jr z,begin

with

Code: Select all

	and $21
	jp pe,begin

Faster, too. (Not that it matters.)

Posted: **Sun Apr 15, 2018 11:20 pm**

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:02 pm

Very short machine code from Weiv/Firestarter, 3 versions of a Snake game at 145, 137 and 95 Bytes! (the latest seems to be 95 rather than the advertised 93 bytes (?)).

Sinclair Joystick Keys 6789.

http://zx-pk.ru/attachment.php?attachme ... 1523786772

Can you do a better screenshot for its ZXDB entry? Then put your cock on the table and send us one

I hope these are good enough

Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:46 am**

Advertised 93 bytes length version of Snake: http://zx-pk.ru/threads/29039-snake-v-9 ... post959198 (At least I hope for it. I got the version from start post of the thread, and 95 bytes length was in the thread caption initially).
And even 84 bytes edition by krt17: http://zx-pk.ru/threads/29039-snake-v-9 ... post959494

Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:01 am**

Thanks for the info, we have missed the current ZXDB update (which will hopefully appear on this site tonight), but we can make these changes for the next update in about a week.

Nice screenshots but if you want to use them as part of ZXDB could you make them available as .scr please? (it is best if they are zipped).

Weiv wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:46 am And even 84 bytes edition by krt17: http://zx-pk.ru/threads/29039-snake-v-9 ... post959494

That's quite a reduction

, krt17 seems to know a thing or two about optimisation!

Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2018 2:18 pm**

R-Tape wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:01 am Thanks for the info, we have missed the current ZXDB update (which will hopefully appear on this site tonight), but we can make these changes for the next update in about a week.

Nice screenshots but if you want to use them as part of ZXDB could you make them available as .scr please? (it is best if they are zipped).

http://zx-pk.ru/attachment.php?attachme ... 1523884626

That's quite a reduction , krt17 seems to know a thing or two about optimisation!

Yes, he does

Posted: **Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:54 pm**

Updated versions of Pythons: http://zx-pk.ru/attachment.php?attachm ... 1523918827

Posted: **Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:04 pm**

2018-04-17

Tea-Leaf Ted:

It's a platformer made with AGD. Try yourself if you like it.
There are actually two different versions/releases of this game where you play a different protagonist, but that's the only difference:

https://jg-spectrum.webnode.pt/l/tea-leaf-ted/
https://jg-spectrum.webnode.pt/l/tea-le ... r-version/

Posted: **Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:38 pm**

Cheers, it will be in next weekend's update (i.e not the current one).

Ralf wrote: ↑Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:04 pm There are actually two different versions/releases of this game where you play a different protagonist, but that's the only difference:

Aye that's one of Jamie's charming little flourishes, Knight Tricks had a Black and a White version.

Posted: **Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:22 am**

Two games from Poland, released on "speccy.pl party 2018.1", an event which happened on 2018-04-14

1.
Gem Slider:
http://www.speccy.pl/archive/prod.php?id=466

As you can see it's a puzzle. If I understand it correctly, you must build lines of 5 stones which makes them disappear. Random stones are constantly thrown on the board. You make a move by selecting a stone and pointing a destination field. A games checks if there is path from start field to destination field. The path doesn't need to be straight, it can have many turns but you cannot move on diagonals or jump over existing stones. I suppose it never ends, it's generally a thing how long can you survive.

I believe it belongs to "color lines" genre. Try typing into search field "color lines" to see some similar games. Maybe we should create such group in a database?

2.
Fro
http://www.speccy.pl/archive/prod.php?id=465

No, it's not a Spectrum display after some crash, it's a game

It's actually a Frogger clone made entirely on attributes. You see this frog and cars, right? We had here recently Snake made on attributes so maybe it's some kind of new fashion

Posted: **Sat Apr 21, 2018 3:58 pm**

Love that 'minimalistic' Frogger!

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