Little bugs in the database 2

[Einar Saukas]

True. It only makes sense to bother storing information about program order in compilations.

There are some compilations, such as The In Crowd and We Are The Champions which have the 48k and 128k versions of some games on them. Currently these aren't listed, but should they be?

Yes, please!

[pavero]

The 128K box front from WoS has been replaced with a new scan of the 48k version. Although the only difference is the yellow sticker - even the barcodes are the same - it should probably be restored.

That's the question. I aplied one basic rule. If I find any difference beetween 48K and 128K version of inlay I always try to preserve both of them.

E.g.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxdb/si ... r(48K).jpg
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxdb/si ... (128K).jpg

But the difference in the sticker only? Should we preserve one version without any sticker, one version with 48K sticker, one version with 128K sticker, one version with +3 sticker? I am not sure about it.

Yes, if we would preserve files with tape images themself, it would make sence - to have both of them.

[8BitAG]

But the difference in the sticker only? Should we preserve one version without any sticker, one version with 48K sticker, one version with 128K sticker, one version with +3 sticker? I am not sure about it.

Yes, you should. You can never tell if that information will be useful to someone in the future. I don't think it's a good idea to remove information like that. Five years from now somebody might be asking, "Did the 128K version have a different inlay?" And there will be no record in the database to answer that question. (Not everything necessarily needs to be stored at the same high resolution, though.)

[StooB]

Hollywood Featuring Batman & The Untouchables

should have the comment "Not really a compilation in the usual sense, but a bundling of 2 cassettes in a nice box" and should have machine type "ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K". The contents should be Tape 1 and Tape 2 rather than A-1 and A-2.

There's quite a lot of "Not really a compilation in the usual sense, but a bundling of X cassettes in a nice box" comments in the database. Perhaps it might be better to have a new genre of "Box Set" rather than "Compilation", as you would with music albums?

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[pavero]

But the difference in the sticker only? Should we preserve one version without any sticker, one version with 48K sticker, one version with 128K sticker, one version with +3 sticker? I am not sure about it.

Yes, you should. You can never tell if that information will be useful to someone in the future. I don't think it's a good idea to remove information like that. Five years from now somebody might be asking, "Did the 128K version have a different inlay?" And there will be no record in the database to answer that question. (Not everything necessarily needs to be stored at the same high resolution, though.)

IMHO a short message '48k and 128k version are identical' or something like this should be enough. We can add any comment for every uploaded file!

[Einar Saukas]

Hollywood Featuring Batman & The Untouchables

should have the comment "Not really a compilation in the usual sense, but a bundling of 2 cassettes in a nice box" and should have machine type "ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K". The contents should be Tape 1 and Tape 2 rather than A-1 and A-2.

Done, thanks!

There's quite a lot of "Not really a compilation in the usual sense, but a bundling of X cassettes in a nice box" comments in the database. Perhaps it might be better to have a new genre of "Box Set" rather than "Compilation", as you would with music albums?

Good idea! I'm working on it.

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[Frankie]

Haven't done the tape, as the have been around for a while on Facebook done by Guy Black, so you guys probably got it already. If not, let me know, and I'll pass on the TZX file

Can you please share the TZX file here, I didnt find it on FB.

Here is the file

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0j92uke2ni125 ... 9.zip?dl=0

[Stefan]

Milan Matousek should be Milan Matoušek.

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[Stefan]

Frantisek Fuka should be František Fuka.

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[Stefan]

Jaroslaw Byrczynski should be Jarosław Burczyński (beware the ł and the ń).

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[Stefan]

J. Eyre should be John Eyre.

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[druellan]

Conclusion: JPW (Spain) is Julian Wood (UK)!

Solved this one just changing JPW (Spain, Person) to JPW (UK, Nickname) and adding Julian Wood as the owner of the nickname, since we are not sure why those games are credited to JPW on the first place.

Also found some games credited to Julian R.E. Wood (signed Julian Wood ingame) -> https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=7723
[mention]StooB[/mention] what do you think? I'm pretty sure it is the same author.

[StooB]

Conclusion: JPW (Spain) is Julian Wood (UK)!

Solved this one just changing JPW (Spain, Person) to JPW (UK, Nickname) and adding Julian Wood as the owner of the nickname, since we are not sure why those games are credited to JPW on the first place.

Also found some games credited to Julian R.E. Wood (signed Julian Wood ingame) -> https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=7723
@StooB what do you think? I'm pretty sure it is the same author.

Well, they do have a similar graphic style - Julian RE Wood:


Julian P Wood:



This isn't conclusive though:

1. Julian RE Wood is from Norfolk (here, here), but by 1986 he's at Northampton Hall, London which was Hall of Residence for Northampton Polytechnic. But Dominic and Julian P Wood are both from London and went to school in Epsom where Micromania was also based. It's unlikely Julian P Wood would have lived in halls when he could get to the polytechnic by tube.

2. On Julian RE Wood's website, http://www.silvawood.co.uk/links.htm, there's a link to the Julian RE Wood page on World of Spectrum and he has also given them permission to host his titles. It seems odd that somebody interested enough in WoS to have linked to it from a completely unrelated website didn't point out their involvement with Micromania, Silverbird and Probe titles when they gave that permission. Unfortunately, that permission can no longer be viewed on WoS.

3. Julian P Wood's only middle name is Philip.

I think it's possible they are the same person, but probably not!

[druellan]

Great! Thanks StooB. This is a pretty curious case indeed, and another thing to point out is that all this games are type-in, so, is not weird to think that perhaps some "inspiration" was going on, and a wink regarding the similar names.

[druellan]

since we are not sure why those games are credited to JPW on the first place.

I'm blind, is literally the loading screen:

[StooB]

Trivial Pursuit

More covers have gone awol.

1. TrivialPursuit_Front.jpg:


This was released in 1987 because the Spectrum +2 datacorder couldn't cope with the Uniload question tapes. It's not a sticker on the inlay, it's printed like that.

There's a hi-res scan in Mort's uploads on the Internet Archive in the folder "TrivialPursuitv2-Domark".

2. TrivialPursuit_3.jpg:


This one is the original "big box" release, currently available from CornishDavey on eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ZX-Sinclair- ... 3925710607

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[pavero]

Trivial Pursuit

More covers have gone awol.

1. TrivialPursuit_Front.jpg:


This was released in 1987 because the Spectrum +2 datacorder couldn't cope with the Uniload question tapes. It's not a sticker on the inlay, it's printed like that.

There's a hi-res scan in Mort's uploads on the Internet Archive in the folder "TrivialPursuitv2-Domark".

OK, I will add it in the next SC update.

[Einar Saukas]

Does anybody know if CCS and C.C.S. are the same company?

[8BitAG]

Does anybody know if CCS and C.C.S. are the same company?

Yes, they are both Cases Computer Simulations.
http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/ ... ations.htm
as referred to on the inlay scan for Farmer...
http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/ ... _Inlay.jpg

[Einar Saukas]

Thanks!

[StooB]

Drakmaze was never released. Source: The Games That Time Forgot

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[StooB]

Planet 10

- was never released. Details in this post.

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[moroz1999]

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=5443 - Gopov Vitaly is really Vitaliy Zverev from Chelyabinsk, Russia. Other aliases: Pastor, Manse.

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[8BitAG]

Haven't been reporting any errors as there is such a backlog already. However, these ones did jump out at me when I was using the site the other day...

The disk file listed as the +3 'Pegasus' release of the Hermitage....
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6429

...is not the original Pegasus +3 release, but the much later, altered FSF Adventures re-release. The date is incorrect for that re-release, by the way, I will see if I can find the correct one in my archives.

(So the original Pegasus +3 release is missing from the archive)

Desmond & Gertrude and Aunt Velma is Coming to Tea
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=15446

was NOT re-released by The Guild. (Not for Spectrum) That reference should be deleted.

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[moroz1999]

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=11944
RSM Soft (Russia) seems to be a person, not a company. It's also from Ukraine, Chernigov.

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