Spectrum Computing

Can we make this the official spectrumcomputing "REVIEWED" tag?



(Don't worry—not really )

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 6:08 pm There's a new bug though (in ZXDB) regarding Line. These two entries need merging:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=35092
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34339

Erm, has the above merge gone wrong? When I look up the ZXDB entry for Line now I get a load of broken links (no images) and the emulator links don't work.

patters wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:55 am

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 6:08 pm There's a new bug though (in ZXDB) regarding Line. These two entries need merging:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=35092
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34339

Erm, has the above merge gone wrong? When I look up the ZXDB entry for Line now I get a load of broken links (no images) and the emulator links don't work.

I'm pretty sure it will come good when [mention]PeterJ[/mention] installs the update at SC. There's just been a new ZXDB update and the screenshots have probably been changed at source, but the DB doesn't match them yet.

Yes, will get that done this week. Focusing on forum software upgrade challenges currently.

Castle Master

is published by Domark, not Incentive (like Virtual Worlds and 3D Construction Kit)
- source: Domark logo on front of box, and reported here

from the instruction booklet:
Chris Andrew should have the role "Code"
Ian Andrew should have the role "Game Design/Concept"
Mike Salmon should have the role "In-Game Graphics"
Mel Croucher should have the role "Story Writing"

Paul Gregory and Sean Ellis should be added with the role "Code"
David Wyatt should be added with the role "Inlay/Poster Art"
"Team 7" should be added with the role "In-Game Graphics"

The Graphic Adventure Creator

from the instruction booklet:
Brendan Kelly should have the role "Code"
Sean Ellis should be added with the role "Game Design/Concept"
Pete Carter should be added with the role "Inlay/Poster Art"

and for King's Ransom, the example adventure:

Brendan Kelly should have the role "Code"
Pete James should have the role "In-Game Graphics"

StooB wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:58 am Pete Carter should be added with the role "Inlay/Poster Art"

This Pete Carter is also credited on Incentive's Moon Cresta and should have the roles "Load Screen" and "Inlay/Poster Art" according to the back of the inlay.


This is almost certainly the same person as Peter Carter who is credited with the artwork for Incentive's Confuzion.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=12051 Rasmer is Andrey Timoshik, Russia, Saransk. Joined FishBone Crew group.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=4733 - Fishbone, Timofey Minyatov, Russia, Vladivostok
One more author: Link, Ivan Minyatov, Russia, Vladivostok. Co-author of game (Beta-testing) 23 Spichki (23 Matches) https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=27298


Just mentioning: FishBone Crew (group) has nothing to do with Fishbone (Timofey).

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=21635 Bobik game is made by:
MIA Soft - Ilya Molodyh, idea, story, sprites. It's not company, it's a person.
Skill Master - Konstantin Zubarev, Russia, Serov. Code, digital sound, animated sprites
Risk Soft - Renat Iskakov, 48k screen, beta testing
Bugsy - Roman Fedorov, Russia, Tyumen
Axor - Alexander Shushkov, Russia, Vologda

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=25258 - Robert'95 is simply Robert. 95 seems to be some year of release (first? beta? rerelease).

UPD: according to this interview http://zxpress.ru/article.php?id=10676
Robert is Pavel Bortnikov, Russia, Moscow. C-DOS (Communication Data Operating System) was adapted by him to support TURBO and TURBO-2 protocols.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=18825 - Q-BONE is not a person, it's a demoscene group (team).

The Serf's Tale is listed as being published in 1986, presumably because of the date on the loading screen, but the copyright on the inlay is 1987 and all associated reviews are from 1987
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6955

However... the connected, earlier version of the game, "Adventure" is dated as being published in 1987 when in fact it was, going on the earliest review, published in 1986...
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=11469

(It had to be out before The Serf's Tale, because Serf's Tale was developed from it)

NOTE: *ALL*, as far as I can see, of the non-review magazine references on that entry are INCORRECT. Referring to other adaptations of the Crowther & Woods original... not Nigel Brooks' Adventure.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=1430 Azzimandius Soft is not a company, it's a person.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=4979 - Funny Boys, group from Dzerzhinsk, Russia.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10935 - Partyzans, not Partizans. Scene teams association, included:
Coders' Academy Interactive Group
Delta Hackers Group
Die Krupps Group
Licos
Omega Hackers Group
Techno Lab

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=11204 - Pego/Busy are actually two labels. Pego and Busy.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=11374
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=18017

Peter Vitray and Peter Vitrai seems to be the same person.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=11563 - PSNDCJ, Evgeniy Petukhov, Perm, Russia

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=11585 - Dmitry Poptsov, Yekaterinburg, Russia

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=11593 - Power is a label of Oleg Pritula, Samara, Russia, Without Denomination Group

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=11643 - PRN Code Ltd, a person named Ruslan from Yaroslavl, Russia

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=11718 - Same as Pulsar, not Pulstar.

Total Eclipse + The Sphinx Jinx

according to all the reviews and magazine references it was released in 1989, not 1991.

Wec Le Mans

does not appear to have been released in 1988. Earliest review is in Sinclair User February 1989, with the rest in March and the last from The Games Machine (specifically for the C64 and Spectrum versions) in April 1989.

Omega label is composed of 3 different labels
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10558

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=7461 - Hollis-Buster is made by Omega Software GFX (Czech) (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10562)

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=25262 - Macro Modem is published by Omega Group (group from St Petersburg, Russia)

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31629 - Galactic Patrol is re-released by some more Omega (I know nothing about it)