Little bugs in the database 2

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djnzx48 wrote: Sat Dec 28, 2019 2:11 am Valley of Rains should have machine type 48K/128K, rather than 48K, as the 48K and 128K versions are different.
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Hi! Is there a 128k version? Is that the one they plan to sell as physical copy?
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druellan wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:39 pm
djnzx48 wrote: Sat Dec 28, 2019 2:11 am Valley of Rains should have machine type 48K/128K, rather than 48K, as the 48K and 128K versions are different.
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Hi! Is there a 128k version? Is that the one they plan to sell as physical copy?
No, there's only one release (that I know of), but the game features additional graphics when loading it on a 128K machine.
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Hi! Thanks very much for the clarifications.
jlsoler wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:34 pm For this time and about Microparadise (and sorry, not completely sure right now), I remember magazine adverts in which some of the programs today considered MIA were supposedly on sale back the time. So it might be better to keep them there for if eventually they 'decide' to appear someday.
Well, that is exactly the point. Sorry if my inquiry was not clear enough. Let's see.
I already checked SPA2, and there are Microparadise games released on their own, like like Backgammon (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=371) those are ok and listed as Available on the ZXDB.

BUT Microparadise released some compilations like 10 Juegos (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=13358). The titles on this compilations are not listed as individual releases on SPA2, but on the ZXDB each game must have their own entry, so we have Carrera Mortal (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=16069) correctly marked as released "as part of compilation", but it has also a MIA flag.
Perhaps I'm not understanding correctly how the SPA2 database works, but since this games have no individual entry there, I was intrigued about the origin of this flag.

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djnzx48 wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:44 pm No, there's only one release (that I know of), but the game features additional graphics when loading it on a 128K machine.
Ah! Gotcha, didn't noticed that. Perfect, thanks!
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The authors of Horrorscope (Aura Scope)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=5974

were Pete Jones and Pam Jones.

(information from the inlay of the original Square Peg release)

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druellan wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:16 pm Well, that is exactly the point. Sorry if my inquiry was not clear enough. Let's see.
I already checked SPA2, and there are Microparadise games released on their own, like like Backgammon (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=371) those are ok and listed as Available on the ZXDB.

BUT Microparadise released some compilations like 10 Juegos (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=13358). The titles on this compilations are not listed as individual releases on SPA2, but on the ZXDB each game must have their own entry, so we have Carrera Mortal (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=16069) correctly marked as released "as part of compilation", but it has also a MIA flag.
Perhaps I'm not understanding correctly how the SPA2 database works, but since this games have no individual entry there, I was intrigued about the origin of this flag.

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On the contrary, thanks to you. Now I see your point, and it's correct, sorry for the misunderstanding.

I also don't know why these entries are marked as MIA if they were releases as part of a compilation only, and the latter is already preserved. And, in fact, you're right again when comparing this to SPA2 website: if you can see an individual entry in SPA2, that comes to mean that an individual release was supposed to be (preserved or not). SPA2 doesn't list individual programs if weren't released on their own.

Thanks again :-)
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https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=5014
G. Kovrov is not a person, that's a Kovrov city. :lol:

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StooB wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2020 12:33 pm and the inspiration should be John Buchan's book rather than the film, as it features a dying American spy called Scadder who is obviously derived from Franklin P Scudder.(https://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/Miss_Annabella_Smith).
Also, I can see indication that the game has an official licence by Alfred Hitchcock. and I don't think it is the case, this is more a free adaptation of the story.

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druellan wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2020 3:05 am Also, I can see indication that the game has an official licence by Alfred Hitchcock. and I don't think it is the case, this is more a free adaptation of the story.
Well, it's listed as an "inspiration" (on Spectrum Computing anyway) rather than an official license. But, as the previous posts mentioned, that isn't true anyway as it was inspired by the book rather than the Hitchcock film.
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jlsoler wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:19 pm I also don't know why these entries are marked as MIA if they were releases as part of a compilation only, and the latter is already preserved. And, in fact, you're right again when comparing this to SPA2 website: if you can see an individual entry in SPA2, that comes to mean that an individual release was supposed to be (preserved or not). SPA2 doesn't list individual programs if weren't released on their own.
Let's see if [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] can solve the mystery :lol:

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The Dark Hospital is 128K minimum model, not 48K.

QAOP fails as a result (gives 'out of memory' message). The TAP works as 128K in an emulator.

That was a mistake on my part. Sorry to give you another job dru!

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https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=4628 - Falcon is a person, musician from Shahty, Russia.

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https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=4638
Fantasy (Fantasy Software) is a group from Kirov, Russia.

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druellan wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2020 3:25 pm
jlsoler wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:19 pm I also don't know why these entries are marked as MIA if they were releases as part of a compilation only, and the latter is already preserved.
Let's see if @Einar Saukas can solve the mystery :lol:
Whenever a game entry didn't have a playable file, it was classified as M.I.A. in the original WoS internal files... even if a playable file never existed because it was originally released as part of a compilation.

When this information was imported into ZXDB, it was kept this way. I will fix it in a future release.

Since SC doesn't display "M.I.A." in these cases, I didn't recall to fix it earlier. Thanks for pointing this out!

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When this information was imported into ZXDB, it was kept this way. I will fix it in a future release.
Perfect! Thanks Einar!

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https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=4084
E-Mage is a group from Grodno, Belarus.

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https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=5324 - Not Georgy Kwiring, but Grigoriy Kviring.

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https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=18956
Author: Darklight
Group: Ghostown
Real name: Szymek Paluchowski
Location: Poland

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Diamond Man was release in 1995, how we can see from the last level of the game.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=27221
https://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=DiamondManPart3
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https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=2870 - Cristiano Cremonini (Italy)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=2869 - Cristiano Cremolini
Seems to be the same person: both produced similar-looking adventures, same publisher.

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moroz1999 wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 11:42 am https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=2870 - Cristiano Cremonini (Italy)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=2869 - Cristiano Cremolini
Seems to be the same person: both produced similar-looking adventures, same publisher.
Since my Italian only just orders me a pizza, Multiface shows string "Cristiano Cremonini" at address 0x5e26 after loading Proxima.
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Stefan wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:40 pm
moroz1999 wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 11:42 am https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=2870 - Cristiano Cremonini (Italy)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=2869 - Cristiano Cremolini
Seems to be the same person: both produced similar-looking adventures, same publisher.
Since my Italian only just orders me a pizza, Multiface shows string "Cristiano Cremonini" at address 0x5e26 after loading Proxima.
Oooh... good spotting, both of you. We don't have those other two games in the database at CASA for some reason, either.
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Stefan wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:40 pm Since my Italian only just orders me a pizza, Multiface shows string "Cristiano Cremonini" at address 0x5e26 after loading Proxima.
Name confirmed as Cremonini from the actual issue of the associated magazine...
http://laxdelzx.altervista.org/Lnr/Lnr_ ... ta_n51.pdf
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This author...
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... bel_id=845

"Andevi"

Is credited as "A. De Vivo" for the game La Perla in Load'n'Run issue 19... http://laxdelzx.altervista.org/Lnr/Lnr_ ... ta_n19.pdf
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8BitAG wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 4:33 pm This author...
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... bel_id=845

"Andevi"

Is credited as "A. De Vivo" for the game La Perla in Load'n'Run issue 19... http://laxdelzx.altervista.org/Lnr/Lnr_ ... ta_n19.pdf
Andevi is a pseudonym of Andrea, or Antonio, De Vivo in fact. I remember that adventure, I even solved it back then.

By the way, Castel Basic was first published in Load 'n' Run issue 20, October 1985. The game screen shows the later Spanish translation.
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