Little bugs in the database

[Rorthron]

More White Dwarf magazine references to be added:

222 Apocalypse review WD54 (June 1984) p18 (This duplicates the one I mentioned for Apocalypse in point 9, above)

https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 7/mode/1up

448 Battle 1917 review WD54 (June 1984) p19

https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 8/mode/1up

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[Rorthron]

Another batch of White Dwarf references:

6604 Lords of Midnight mention WD56 (August 1984) p46
https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 5/mode/1up

6604 Lords of Midnight review WD60 (December 1984) p31
https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 0/mode/1up

3925 Psytron review WD56 (August 1984) p46
https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 5/mode/1up

7126 Tower of Despair review WD60 (December 1984) p30
https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 9/mode/1up

1276 D-Day review WD60 (December 1984) p30
https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 9/mode/1up

1661 Eureka! review WD60 (December 1984) p30
https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 9/mode/1up

467 Battlecars review WD60 (December 1984) p31
https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 0/mode/1up

BTW there is a clear pattern of Games Workshop reviewing their own games, plus those of Beyond, who happened to advertise in White Dwarf. A coincidence?

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[StooB]

IJK Software (6058) is not from or owned by the BBC (1484).

UK Software (14896), owner of Strobe (14006) should be IJK Software (6058).

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[PeterJ]

[mention]StooB[/mention] I find it fascinating that these little bugs have been sitting there for close on 20 years and they are now being found. Great stuff!

[Rorthron]

More White Dwarf:

5122 Talisman review WD66 (June 1985) p6
https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 5/mode/1up

894 Chaos review WD68 (August 1985) p12
https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 1/mode/1up

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[PeterJ]

I'm continuing my exploration of type in games and have come across classics (in the loosest sense of the word) that never appeared in the databases.

The latest find is Cigarette Dowser from Sinclair Programs Issue 20. The aim of this 'classic' is to shoot water at cigarettes being smoked by your chain smoking friend to save him from death. It's actually rather impossible to play as you need to hit the tip of the cigarette.





Big thanks go to the Type Fantastic (Battle Bunny) for preserving these.

I will start collating these titles missing from the database as I find them.

[g0blinish]

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=15733
from "Running screen" for FilloMania

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[R-Tape]

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=15733
from "Running screen" for FilloMania

Hmm. It shows up correctly on the main page for FilloMania. [mention]4thRock[/mention], any idea?

[g0blinish]

Opera 57.0.3098.106

*sorry, I forgot to say about browser*

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[StooB]

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=15733
from "Running screen" for FilloMania

Hmm. It shows up correctly on the main page for FilloMania. @4thRock, any idea?

It's a .png but it expects a .scr:

Code: Select all

<img src="SCRtoImage.php?SCR=zxdb/sinclair/entries/0034605/0034605-run-1.png" alt="FilloMania screen">

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[4thRock]

It's a .png but it expects a .scr

Yes, that the problem. The frontend code is OK, it's just expecting a SCR.

[Einar Saukas]

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=15733
from "Running screen" for FilloMania

Hmm. It shows up correctly on the main page for FilloMania. @4thRock, any idea?

Dave, you registered this file in ZXDB as "screen dump" although it's a PNG image. That's the reason SC isn't rendering it properly!

It will be fixed in next ZXDB update. Although it would be better to replace it with a proper screen dump.

[R-Tape]

Ah sorry. I even made a mental note of it, but must have forgotten.

I chose g0blinish's png in this case because it looked much better than the .scr I made.

[8BitAG]

Missing game...

Doctor Goo and the Wobegon Affair
1988
William Young
Spectrum Adventure Exchange Club

Created using the Quill

Parts one and two were published on Issue 22 and 23 of the SAEC's Spectrum Adventurer tapezine. The remaining parts don't appear to have been completed.

"Dr Goo has been summoned by an intergalactic distress signal to the planet Wobegon. Can you help the Wobies to rid their planet of the awful Thugs?"

[Rorthron]

1. Runestone. The original Games Workshop version was released in 1985, not 1986. (The Firebird release is from 1986.)
2. Runestone, Key of Hope, Tower of Despair, Talisman, Chaos and D-Day. Ad in White Dwarf 65 (Jun 85) p55: https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 4/mode/1up.
3. The Secret River, The Wizard's Citadel. Ad in WD62 (Feb 85) p4: https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 3/mode/1up
4. Micro Adventurer magazine. Ad in WD63 (Mar 85) p45: https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 4/mode/1up

[Rorthron]

A bunch of adverts from White Dwarf:

1. Apocalypse and all three expansions, Nebula, Rebelstar Raiders, First Empire. Ad in White Dwarf 51 (March 1984) p46: https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 5/mode/1up
2. Micro Adventurer magazine. Ad in White Dwarf 52 (April 1984) p50: https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 9/mode/1up
3. Micro Adventurer magazine. Ad in White Dwarf 53 (May 1984) p49: https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 8/mode/1up
4. Micro Adventurer magazine. Ad in White Dwarf 54 (June 1984) p8: https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 7/mode/1up
5. The Secret River, The Wizard's Citadel. Ad in White Dwarf 59 (November 1984) p5: https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 4/mode/1up
6. Eureka! Ad in White Dwarf 59 (November 1984) p21: https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 0/mode/1up
7. Tower of Despair, D-Day, Battlecars. Ad in White Dwarf 59 (November 1984) p55: https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 4/mode/1up
9. Micro Adventurer magazine. Ad in White Dwarf 60 (December 1984) p10: https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 9/mode/1up
10. Doomdark's Revenge. Ad in White Dwarf 60 (December 1984) p16: https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 5/mode/1up
11. Tower of Despair, D-Day, Battlecars. Ad in White Dwarf 60 (December 1984) p55: https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 4/mode/1up

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[PeterJ]

Thanks [mention]Rorthron[/mention]

I will need to speak with [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] on this one as we will need to add White Dwarf as a new magazine, so I don't know if that will add complexity.

I'm also working with Einar on getting Personal Computer News sorted.if anyone has high-quality JPEG scans of some of the issues that weren't in the WoS archive that would be useful. There are copies on archive.org and RetroPDFs, but I will need to look at the quality

[R-Tape]

Aye, can I just add to Peter's comment that things are in flux at the moment. I've only just now started to look at the new ZX-Ed system, and it's really not clear (to me, yet) how I'm going to fit certain corrections in, or just report them on.

We'll try and make the next update as complete as possible, but the "as possible" bit might have to be emphasised

[8BitAG]

Microfair Madness
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6682

The links to snapshots are incorrect.

The file linked to part 2 of the game, is actually part 3 of the game.

The snapshot to part 2 isn't actually provided on the page.

Here are the correct snapshots...

Microfair Madness 128K (Part 1) : http://8bitag.com/games/snapshots/MICRO1.Z80
Microfair Madness 128K (Part 2) : http://8bitag.com/games/snapshots/SMOK.Z80
Microfair Madness 128K (Part 3) : http://8bitag.com/games/snapshots/MICRO2.Z80

[8BitAG]

Polearn
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=10059

is listed as being Quilled.

It is a 128K game, so can't be Quilled.

An analysis of the database shows it was produced with the Professional Adventure Writer. (The mentions in Crash support this)

The copyright date on the loading screen is 1989

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PJ sent code to ES 28-06-2020

[8BitAG]

Life of Crime
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=15519

was produced using the Professional Adventure Writer (not the Quill as currently listed)

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[8BitAG]

Daemon
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=10759

As the description says, Daemon is an early version of The Haunting *but* it was not produced with the Quill. It was produced with the Professional Adventure Writer.

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[8BitAG]

A Beginners Guide to Adventures
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... id=2000049

was published in 1990 (not 1991)

[Juan F. Ramirez]

The entry of Sorcery (Virgin Games) shows a strange (at least for me) loading screen:



Instead of the classic

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/pub/sin ... orcery.scr

The first one seems from a re-release or fan-made version.

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[StooB]

The first one seems from a re-release or fan-made version.

That one's from the "improved" Now Games compilation version.