Little bugs in the database

[StooB]

I assume the author tried to sell it as a full price title in 87 and failed?

Probably. I can't find anything about the programmer Kevin Smith, which is quite surprising considering he also wrote The Wild Bunch.

[druellan]

Hi @druellan
If you go to the game page for this title on our main site then open up the tab called Magazine References they are available. For example:

Thanks! I don't know why I assumed he was talking about external resources

[druellan]

Hi, just found some missing information for this game.

Mini Explorer XXXI - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34666
It is a remake/inspired by Explorer XXXI https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=14928 and it is part of the ZXDev2018 - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... up_id=2091

✓ Reviewed

[druellan]

Some more:

Elon M. With a JetPack is also part of the ZXDev 2018 - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34665
Ninjakul 2 https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34718 was authored using the MT Engine MK2 https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=30009

✓ Reviewed

[R-Tape]

Elon M. With a JetPack is also part of the ZXDev 2018 - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34665

Thanks. Old Tower is ZX-Dev too. I didn't realise.

I'll update these for next time.

✓ Reviewed

[druellan]

I'm walking the database of games, and keep finding small things, so, I'm going to build a list and send that your way

[druellan]

Hi, another small change:

Panic City - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34703
Is NOT published by Beyker Soft (Spain) and the credits are:
Code: Tomas P. (Spain)
Music: Sergio Vaquer Montes (Spain)
Genre: Arcade Game: Action

BTW, this game was developed as part of the workshop "Curso BASIC AsteroideZX". Not sure if that can be added as publisher.

✓ Reviewed

[Frankie]

I got a correction to one of the entries in the Database.

Its about the Danish game Escape from ZX Power.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34368

Music is not by Tom Doley, that is the name of the tune that is played in the game, and they even spelled it wrongly, as its Tom Dooley with two Os

Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7avac_hTgE

EDIT: Well, just see in the video, that they also call it Tom Doley. Seen it written with two Os in the past, but not really important

✓ Reviewed

[PeterJ]

Thanks [mention]Frankie[/mention]

I've moved your post to this thread.

[Frankie]

Thanks @Frankie

I've moved your post to this thread.

Thanks, had not seen this thread, sorry

[Alessandro]

In the entry for Platoon, Smokey Robinson's song Tracks Of My Tears added as an extra is wrongly referred to as Tracks Of My Fears.

✓ Reviewed

[moroz1999]

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=15647
Zagruvaetsq is "Загружается", which actually means "Loading"

Judging by screenshot:
Programmed by I.B. Klokov from St Petersburg (ex-Leningrad)
Updated (Adapted? Remade?) by D.I. Filippov from Moscow
Disk version by THD

✓ Reviewed

[druellan]

Warrios Revenge
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... id=0010381

When I peek this title on the database, (https://zxinfo.dk/details/0010381) it is marked as MIA, but the TZX for download is there (and works), so, perhaps it WAS a MIA on WOS?

Also, check the game, it is adorable.

✓ Reviewed

[StooB]

Star Micronix should be Star Micronics

and

Rockford Products should be Rockfort Products.

✓ Reviewed

[Daren]

Dead Zone was released this year, not 2018: http://zx-dev-mia-remakes.proboards.com ... 7/deadzone

Also, the name in ZXDB needs updating from Deadzone. It's now referred to as Dead Zone. See the later posts in the above thread, plus the cassette cover, instructions, loading screen and in-game screens.

✓ Reviewed

[druellan]

Hi! Confirmed it is "Dead Zone" by the author

✓ Reviewed

[StooB]

The Star LC200 Colour Printer was "published" by Star Micronics, not Datel Electronics.

✓ Reviewed

[druellan]

Dingo: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=27162
Has a tie-in/inspiration "Dingo", but the liked site is no longer there: http://www.kov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7586

✓ Reviewed

[StooB]

the liked site is no longer there: http://www.kov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7586

It should be klov.com rather than kov. This affects every entry that has an arcade licence link, not just Dingo.

✓ Reviewed

[Frankie]

All those games recently added from that Santa Compilation I preserved, should all have Top Spec as originally publisher, and not just publisher of the compilation. This is not a compilation of previous released games, but a compilation of games released on one tape by Top Spec. Hope this makes any sense

✓ Reviewed

[Frankie]

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=764

This is not a: "Sport Game: Management" game

It more like a Utility, where you can enter the results from the Bundesliga football matches, and then this program keeps track of records and stuff. Like the file until have result put in from the 1986 season.

So this is a Utility, not a Management game

✓ Reviewed

[Frankie]

About Blam:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34337

That company is not from the UK, but from Ireland. Take a look at loading screen, Cork, Eire

✓ Reviewed

[druellan]

It more like a Utility, where you can enter the results from the Bundesliga football matches, and then this program keeps track of records and stuff. Like the file until have result put in from the 1986 season.

I can see that also one option is supposed to provide some "tips" for the Toto/Lotto prediction game, so, I think this is also an Utility: prediction software.

[StooB]

Italia '90

Loading screen has (C) 1989 on it, but there are no magazine references until April 1990 so the year of release should be 1990.
The 1990 release by "Virgin Mastertronic" can be removed - Virgin Mastertronic own Virgin Games at this time.

Double Dragon II
Continental Circus
Gemini Wing

The publisher for these should be "Virgin Games" rather than "Virgin Mastertronic" to be consistent with all the other Virgin Games/Virgin Mastertronic titles which are filed under "Virgin Games" - like Ninja Warriors, Shinobi, and Silkworm.

Mind Stretchers

Publisher should be Leisure Genius, whose logo is prominent on the box and the advertising, rather than owner Virgin Mastertronic.

Dynamix
There's no evidence that this was ever anything other than a budget release, so the original publisher should be Mastertronic Ltd, rather than Virgin Mastertronic.

✓ Reviewed

[PeterJ]

This came via email to me:

Cobra's Arc (Dinamic Software, 1986)

I have just found your web site and I would like to provide you additional information about this video game:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6093

Authors/contributors:
Luis Mezquita Raya / Team: No team / Role: Game designer, programmer and composer
Snatcho / Team: Dinamic Software / Role: Graphic designer
Manuel Cubedo / Team: Dinamic Software / Role: Main theme composer
Alfonso Azpiri / Team: No team / Role: Inlay/Poster art designer

✓ Reviewed