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This Polish game is under category "Adventure Game: Text-Only"


07 Zglos Sie

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=25358

It clearly fits better under "Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated"

By the way you cannot distinguish between these categories in the search engine currently:
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https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=1744
There are two Blades in Russia:
https://zxart.ee/eng/authors/p/plaid - Alexander Rakitin, participated in making of Numb Cars.
https://zxart.ee/eng/authors/b/blade1 - Sergey Sirotenko, made other games

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=16606 - kakietochelysamstrada is not a real author :))) It's translated as "Some guys from Amstrad"

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Bomber Bob in Pentagon Capers
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=623

is inspired by Bomb Jack (the arcade game). It is actually an earlier game than the official Spectrum conversion of Bomb Jack

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Ralf wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2019 9:17 pm Bomber Bob in Pentagon Capers
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=623

is inspired by Bomb Jack (the arcade game). It is actually an earlier game than the official Spectrum conversion of Bomb Jack
Curious... the unnofficial version came first, I didn't know it.

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Runaway Robot - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=4274 says Maximum Player 1, but you can play with 2 players alternated.
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moroz1999 wrote: Wed Apr 10, 2019 8:57 am https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=1744
There are two Blades in Russia:
https://zxart.ee/eng/authors/p/plaid - Alexander Rakitin, participated in making of Numb Cars.
https://zxart.ee/eng/authors/b/blade1 - Sergey Sirotenko, made other games
Yes, the mention of Blade in Numb Cars seems an error.
Also, Marbles - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=12937 is Copyright Blade Software Inc (company), but Sergey Sirotenko actually participated on the development as Blade (nickname) :lol:
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Winter Games by US Gold.

According to the database, it belongs to the 'Summergames' series, in position 3, after Summer Games I and II.

The question is the games in a series are placed in chronological order, so Winter Games should be in position 1, as it was released in 1986 whereas Summer Games I and II were released in 1988. World Games and California Games are from 1987 and their order is also wrong.

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Maria vs. Some Ba**ards was released in 2003, not 2001. See the loading screen and here.

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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:02 pm Winter Games by US Gold.

According to the database, it belongs to the 'Summergames' series, in position 3, after Summer Games I and II.

The question is the games in a series are placed in chronological order, so Winter Games should be in position 1, as it was released in 1986 whereas Summer Games I and II were released in 1988. World Games and California Games are from 1987 and their order is also wrong.
They're in the correct order in terms of their original release - Summer Games is first because it was released on the C64 in 1984 - they were just converted in the wrong order.

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Mighty Final Fight has been updated to version 1.2. Downloads

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Alessandro wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2019 4:53 pm Mighty Final Fight has been updated to version 1.2. Downloads
[mention]R-Tape[/mention] this one is for you ;)
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Manic Pietro (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34687) is not marked as multicolor (fixed).

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Raw Battle:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34453

is inspired by "Soylent Green" movie:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/?r ... f_=nv_sr_1

The Soylent is mentioned in the game intro:
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Acro Jet
originally published by US Gold, not Microprose
(source: US Gold logo on back of cover, US Gold adverts, reviews saying US Gold)

Silent Service
also originally published by US Gold
(source: mort's scans on the Internet Archive - "manufactured under licence from Microprose by US Gold" and the inside of the inlay which is full of adverts for other US Gold games)

This is for the original releases in the double jewel cases - Microprose later re-released both titles in card boxes.

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Przedsiebiorstwo Zagraniczne:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=23906

The title is wrong. "Przedsiebiorstwo Zagraniczne" means "foreign company" and is a part of publisher name which is
"Przedsiebiorstwo Zagraniczne 'Polmer" - "Foreign Company 'Polmer' ":

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So what's the title? Actually I would say it's a compilation which name appears on the loading screen. It's called "Programy Uzytkowe Zestaw U-02" - "Utility programs. Collection U-02":
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And there are 3 programs in the compilation:

- Assembler Z80
- Disassembler Z80
- Monitor Z80

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Excalibur: Sword of Kings
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6272

was NOT produced with the PAWs.

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Cristian Gonzalez's Bomberman screenshot looks bad due to the multicolor. I took new MLT ones: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pl0j36ak71nkq ... n.zip?dl=0

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druellan wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:24 pm Cristian Gonzalez's Bomberman screenshot looks bad due to the multicolor. I took new MLT ones: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pl0j36ak71nkq ... n.zip?dl=0

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No need thanks Dru. The .mlt is already there, but the presence of the run.scr takes priority. All we need to do is delete the running .scr and the .mlt will [mention]R-Tape[/mention]
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R-Tape wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:43 pm No need thanks Dru. The .mlt is already there, but the presence of the run.scr takes priority. All we need to do is delete the running .scr and the .mlt will display
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StooB wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:50 pm Acro Jet
originally published by US Gold, not Microprose
(source: US Gold logo on back of cover, US Gold adverts, reviews saying US Gold)

Silent Service
also originally published by US Gold
(source: mort's scans on the Internet Archive - "manufactured under licence from Microprose by US Gold" and the inside of the inlay which is full of adverts for other US Gold games)

This is for the original releases in the double jewel cases - Microprose later re-released both titles in card boxes.
Are you sure they were not originally co-published by Microprose and US Gold together?

Or perhaps published by Microprose first, US Gold later?
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Einar Saukas wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 7:27 pm Are you sure they were not originally co-published by Microprose and US Gold together?

Or perhaps published by Microprose first, US Gold later?
No, this is before Microprose set up their own UK operations in Tetbury. The US Gold business model was to publish US software in Europe - that's why it was called US Gold.

It's not co-published any more than Bruce Lee was co-published with Datasoft or Winter Games was co-published with Epyx.
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StooB wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 7:58 pm
Einar Saukas wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 7:27 pm Are you sure they were not originally co-published by Microprose and US Gold together?

Or perhaps published by Microprose first, US Gold later?
No, this is before Microprose set up their own UK operations in Tetbury. The US Gold business model was to publish US software in Europe - that's why it was called US Gold.

It's not co-published any more than Bruce Lee was co-published with Datasoft or Winter Games was co-published with Epyx.
OK, thanks for the confirmation!

I'm making these changes now, they will appear in the next ZXDB update.
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Einar Saukas wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:18 pm
StooB wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 7:58 pm No, this is before Microprose set up their own UK operations in Tetbury. The US Gold business model was to publish US software in Europe - that's why it was called US Gold.

It's not co-published any more than Bruce Lee was co-published with Datasoft or Winter Games was co-published with Epyx.
OK, thanks for the confirmation!

I'm making these changes now, they will appear in the next ZXDB update.
Do you know if the original date and price, currently assigned to Microprose in both cases, actually refer to US Gold original release or Microprose re-release?
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Reyes y Castillos (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=4134) is not an "Arcade Game: Action" (fixed).
Also, both TAPs are from a cracked version from Uruguay, that has some modifications on the texts. There is not original version preserved for this game.

[mention]R-Tape[/mention] not sure if worth change the country of both TAPs to Uruguay, since it was a local (pirated) release.

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Einar Saukas wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 11:01 pm Do you know if the original date and price, currently assigned to Microprose in both cases, actually refer to US Gold original release or Microprose re-release?
Fortunately all the versions were advertised individually:
US Gold's Silent Service
Microprose's Silent Service
US Gold's Acro Jet
Microprose's Acro Jet

- all prices are £9.95. Both US Gold ads were published in 1986 and both Microprose ads are from 1987.

Although they're not shown on this site, the barcodes are:
Silent Service US Gold: 5 013442 534335
Acro Jet US Gold: 5 013442 530559
Silent Service Microprose: 5 015352 094039
Acro Jet Microprose: 5 015352 094053
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