Spectrum Computing

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)

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=7310 Cerebral is not made by ORION, but by ORSON (Patrick Morriss, Scotland).

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=3981 Dr. DF0 is not from UK, it's Czech.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=5478 - Graf is also a demoscener from Czech.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10168 - Not Adrew, but Andrey Prohorenko

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=4653 - Fatality is a group from Belarus, Minsk.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=1450 - Roman Romanov
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10332 - Nicodim is not a company, it's a nickname of Roman Romanov.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10394 Nikolai Radionov is actually mentioned as Nikolay Rodionov in program. Same author as Nicolas Y. Rodionov: https://zxart.ee/rus/avtory/n/nicolas-y-rodionov

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=6304 - Inforcom was a large publishing company. Current website is unrelated.

Atarimania have changes and not support old links. For example

http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.p ... ON_ID=5080

Not work, but if used the search :

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-40 ... _5080.html

Have 244 links to atarimania at database.

The number base are equal (5080 at this; i have tried 10 links and equal) but old sintax not work. Other sites (Generation MSX for example) have also changed URLs but old style working.

Vox

There is no Tynesoft re-release of this French speech-synthesiser. The cover VOX(Tynesoft).jpg is the cover of Commodore Plus/4 game called Vox.

The program Grafpad was written by Jon Ritman, according to this thread:

"GRAFPAD REVIEW

Review by James Dann

This is a review of British Micro's Grafpad, apparently a powerful new contender for (last month's) Melbourne Draw.

Grafpad is one of those stylus pads which I always thought looked cool in the adverts, letting you get 'hands-on' with your graphic design. At an eye-watering £125 + VAT it was probably a bit of a pipe dream for most young Speccy users back then. A familiar-sounding name pops up as a credit for the software behind it:



We're given some details about the physical tablet such as its dimensions and weight (jeez...), and the review author shares a few of its main graphic features - window, fill, magnification, storage etc.

As interesting as all these features may have been to 1980s Morkin, I found myself paging through the slightly dull text. After all, "the proof is in the pudding", right? Let's see some pics then.

Here's the first, from Jon Ritman himself. Took 30 minutes apparently, "but then he did write the software":



And the second, by the review author:



Impressive stuff."


Excellent discovery by [mention]Morkin[/mention]

PeterJ wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:36 pm Yes, will get that (DB upgrade) done this week. Focusing on forum software upgrade challenges currently.

Is this update complete? The Spectrum Computing entry for my game Line is still showing dead links.

Hi,

Scheduled for this evening. Will post in the normal place when complete.

patters wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:00 pm

PeterJ wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:36 pm Yes, will get that (DB upgrade) done this week. Focusing on forum software upgrade challenges currently.

Is this update complete? The Spectrum Computing entry for my game Line is still showing dead links.

Done.

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

Great. Thought I'd let you know in case there was some other cause
Thanks!

moroz1999 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 9:59 pm https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10394 Nikolai Radionov is actually mentioned as Nikolay Rodionov in program. Same author as Nicolas Y. Rodionov: https://zxart.ee/rus/avtory/n/nicolas-y-rodionov

The ZX-Art link also mentions Nikolai Rodionov.

I can store one name as original, others as nicknames. But which one is the "original"?

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2019 8:58 pm The ZX-Art link also mentions Nikolai Rodionov.

I can store one name as original, others as nicknames. But which one is the "original"?

Nikolai Rodionov is a real name, Nicolas Y. Rodionov or Nicolas Rodionov was a nickname. Nikolay Radionov is not actually used anywhere, that's a typo on database, I've checked that software, it mentions Rodionov, not Radionov.

Rupert and the Ice Castle

Original publisher should be "War On Want (UK)" and the original publication type should be "As part of a compilation". It appears on the WOW Games compilation which was released several months before the Bug-Byte version. Confirmation in this review.

Rocman/Rockman

The UK release was first previewed as a £2.99 Alligata release in Sinclair User January 1987, then reviewed as a £2.99 Budgie release in Sinclair User March 1987 and reviewed again as a £1.99 Alligata release in Sinclair User October 1987. The Crash and ACE reviews are both for the £1.99 Alligata version in September/October 1987.

As there is no Budgie cover, and Budgie were owned by Alligata, it's probably safe to assume the Budgie release never actually happened and Alligata, for unknown reasons, decided to put it out on their main label.

Headcoach

There are two Sinclair User reviews listed for the original 1986 release:

this one is right:
Sinclair User #55 - 1986/10 p69

this one is wrong:
Sinclair User #56 - 1986/11 p69 5/5

Battle Command

was released in 1991, not 1990. All the reviews are from 1991, and there are even two Sinclair User reviews with the October 1991 review basically admitting that the version they reviewed in May 1991 wasn't finished.