Spectrum Computing

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

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	and $21
	cp $21
	jr z,begin

with

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	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!

Posted: **Sun Apr 22, 2018 10:09 am**

ROVR
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=662

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:45 am**

Ninjakul in the AUIC Temple

http://www.matranet.net/boutique/zx/nin ... njakul.php

(Probably for sale only)

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2018 5:35 pm**

Ralf wrote: ↑Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:22 am Gem Slider:
http://www.speccy.pl/archive/prod.php?id=466

Great puzzle game, quite polished, managed 175 so far.

The only downside is that the 'lock on Gem' key response is a bit unreliable.

Ralf wrote: ↑Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:22 am Fro
http://www.speccy.pl/archive/prod.php?id=465

Now ^this^ is superb! Despite its simple appearance this plays better than almost every frogger in the archive, I like the debounced key control. Try as I might I just can't get the 4th Frog in yet

Posted: **Sat May 12, 2018 9:30 am**

New game from Jamie Grilo, Quahappy.

https://jg-spectrum.webnode.pt/l/quahappy/

Mazes, baddies, keys, doors.

Posted: **Sat May 12, 2018 2:46 pm**

Oh, this is easy! I can avoid everything without stopping mov... oh!

Edit: is this some sort of minimalistic Maniac Mansion?

Posted: **Fri May 18, 2018 9:26 pm**

The recent game Knights:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=32308

got version 2.0

From Facebook:

KNIGHTS v2.0 - now in machine code! http://www.clounagh.com/temp/Knights.rar

This is a brand new version of the game (which was originally in BASIC), recreated from scratch in Z80. New features:
- Levels load at lightning speed.
- Improved cursor movement, with diagonals possible.
- Some graphical improvements.

Posted: **Fri May 18, 2018 10:22 pm**

I remember Darryl’s series on Z80 assembly, I even gave him a few pointers. This game is solid. He’s a quick learner. Really happy for him!

Posted: **Fri May 18, 2018 10:54 pm**

Crikey it was already polished. I only played a few levels of version 1 but I didn't even consider that pressing BREAK was an option!

Cheers.

Posted: **Sun May 20, 2018 9:40 pm**

Just to make sure that nobody misses it and that it is all here in one thread:

Nixy The Glade Spirit
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=747

Rubicon
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=749

Posted: **Mon May 21, 2018 7:57 am**

Cheers Ralf, and that brings the tally up to 50 new games (that we know about) so far.

36% AGD games (including 1 PGD)
8% Churros

There was a spike in January due to the ZX-Dev contest, yielding 21 quality games.

Woot!

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