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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 11:09 am
by Ralf
Human Killing Machine:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=2375
is one on one fighting game. So the better cattegory for it would be
"Arcade Game: Solo beat-em-up"
instead of current
"Arcade Game: Gang beat-em-up"
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 1:20 pm
by 8BitAG
The re-release dates, listed against TZX files, for the following adventures are currently wrong in the database...
The following Fergus McNeil re-releases, the date for the GI Games releases should be 1991 and the corresponding Zenobi releases should be 1992 for tape and 1993 for +D disk.
The Big Sleeze
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6008
The Boggit
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6023
Bored of the Rings
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6036
The Dragonstar Trilogy
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=21610
Sherwood Forest
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6969
Robin of Sherlock *
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6900
* The Zenobi date is already correct here
Return of the Holy Joystick
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6885
Quest for the Holy Joystick *
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6846
* There was also a Zenobi re-release, that's not listed
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 1:21 pm
by 8BitAG
Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 1:21 pm
by 8BitAG
Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 1:21 pm
by 8BitAG
These St. Bride's game re-releases should be 1991 for GI Games, and 1992 for Zenobi for tape and 1993 for +D disk.
Dogboy
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6191
Secret of St. Bride's
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6951
Silverwolf
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6974
* Zenobi date already correct
Snowqueen
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6991
Very Big Cave Adventure
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=7161
and also... Jack the Ripper should be 1991 for GI Games and 1992 for Zenobi Software for tape and 1993 for +D disk.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6497
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 1:22 pm
by 8BitAG
Re. Microfair Madness...
Microfair Madness Plus
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=15471
was published by Zenobi in 1993 NOT 1991
Microfair Madness
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6682
was re-released by Zenobi in 1993
Note: only the 128K version was re-released. Not the separate and distinct 48K version.
The TZX listed under 'Microfair Madness (different)' is NOT an official release, by Zenobi or anyone else. It only seems to consist of part 3 of the game without loading screen or title page. I have no idea where that came from.
[MicrofairMadness(different)(ZenobiSoftware).tzx.zip]
It should probably be deleted.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 8:24 pm
by StooB
International Cricket
Thanks to David Stevens posting on Facebook, it turns out that International Cricket, thought to have been originally released on a cover tape and then re-released by Bug Byte was in fact originally released by Bug Byte as
Test Cricket, then re-released as
International Cricket by Your Sinclair, and then re-released
again by Bug Byte under the new title.
so:
Title: should be "Test Cricket"
Original Release Year: should be "1986"
Original Publisher: should be "Bug-Byte Software Ltd (UK)"
Authors: "Grandslam Entertainments Ltd (UK)" should be removed as they didn't exist at the time of the original release
Original Publication: should be "Commerical" rather than "On A Cover Tape"
Releases:
Original Release: Bug-Byte Software Ltd (UK) 1986
Re-release #1: Your Sinclair (UK) 1988 Alternate Title: International Cricket
Re-release #2: Bug-Byte Software Ltd (UK) 1988 Alternate Title: International Cricket
Retrogames has some photos which prove it's the same game from the screenshots on the back of the inlay, and the address of Victory House which shows that it's Bug Byte under Argus Press ownership, pre-Grandslam.
Unfortunately David's sold his copy without scanning it or making a tzx.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 7:38 pm
by StooB
Silverbird corrections:
According to
The Bird Sanctuary, the Silverbird label wasn't launched until 1988. This means that
Blow Out,
Octan,
On The Run and
Sir Loin cannot have been released in 1987. The reviews for Octan date it to 1988, which is presumably the date of the others.
Also,
Olli & Lissa 2: Halloween and
Magnum Pack Volume 1 were not released until in 1990 after Microprose had sold the label to Tudor Enterprises (which explains why their covers are completely different to all the other Silverbird titles).
(source
C&VG March 1990)
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 11:18 am
by StooB
Mini-Putt is not published by Accolade, it's published by Electronic Arts and licenced from Accolade according to the cover (same as
The Train: Escape to Normandy).
The cover is also missing/broken and just links back to the same page, but it should look like this:
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 11:26 am
by djnzx48
Oleg Nikitin has a duplicate entry under the name
Nikitin Oleg.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 1:48 pm
by StooB
StooB wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 11:18 am
The cover is also missing/broken and just links back to the same page.
Cover had been added in the latest update so ignore this bit.
Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 3:26 pm
by Fahnn
While searching to see whether my insane porn industry game had spread further on the internet (it has, there's now a playable in-browser version on a Portuguese site, but I digress) I noticed that it now has a ZXDB entry. There's no download link, which might be intentional and I understand if so. However, I'd love it if at least my author credit could be included so that it could be associated with my earlier games. It's author no. 7090,
Jim Bentley. I can also supply loading/running screen images (nothing contentious, obviously) if required, would make the page look more complete at least, even if there's not to be a download available.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 3:33 pm
by Alessandro
A bug has been found and corrected in
Al's Double Bill (details
here). Please substitute the .TRD and .SCL files with those provided in the archive downloadable
from my website.
Also, could the
files for
Sinclair User 127: Great Eight 16 be added to the corresponding entry?
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 1:27 pm
by 8BitAG
This seems to be one of those errors that has just been copied and pasted across the Internet...
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6207
by The Essential Myth
is, for some reason, credited to Rod Pike.
The Essential Myth were actually Mark Davies, Lee Hodgson & Andrew Dean... (Shaun McClure is correctly credited as the external artist who did the loading screen)
as shown in their Book of the Dead entry here...
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6033
Presumably the confusion is because Rod Pike wrote some horror-style games for CRL, and the Essential Myth's Book of the Dead was published by CRL (Jekyll and Hyde was slated to be published/republished by CRL at one point too, but that never happened).
See the Games Machine review for author references etc.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/mag.php ... 96&page=39
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 11:00 pm
by druellan
Fahnn wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 3:26 pm
While searching to see whether my insane porn industry game had spread further on the internet (it has, there's now a playable in-browser version on a Portuguese site, but I digress) I noticed that it now has a ZXDB entry. There's no download link, which might be intentional and I understand if so. However, I'd love it if at least my author credit could be included so that it could be associated with my earlier games. It's author no. 7090,
Jim Bentley. I can also supply loading/running screen images (nothing contentious, obviously) if required, would make the page look more complete at least, even if there's not to be a download available.
There is proper tagging for that kind of content, so, I think there is no problem hosting the game, if you give permission to do so. Can you send me the screen captures (and the ID of the game, so avoid mistakes)? Thanks!
Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 11:16 pm
by PeterJ
That's correct, the game will be in ZXDB, but won't appear in searches on SC. You can of course access it if you know the ID, or use one of the other ZXDB engines.
Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 8:54 am
by Frankie
Name change
This one:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=14836
Needs to be changed from:
Skatteberegning
to:
Skatteberegning 1983
There is also a new release for the following year called 'Skatteberegning 1984', which I've just found a copy of (not original
) that I will make transfer in the near future.
BTW, if transfering none original files, would that be preferable as TAP files, or is TZX allright, and then mentioned that its not a perfect TZX?
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 9:01 am
by PeterJ
Does this mean the release year is wrong too? (Currently says 1984)
Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:09 pm
by StooB
Aspar GP Master
The price for re-release #1 (alternative title "Grand Prix Master") should be £9.95 as shown on
the English advert, as this is the English version. The 875 ptas price is for the original Spanish release, as shown on the
Spanish advert.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:22 pm
by StooB
After The War
The English release should be added as Re-release #1 and the IBSA re-release should be moved down to Re-release #2.
For the English release:
Publisher: Dinamic Software (Spain)
Year: 1989 (Your Sinclair and Sinclair User reviews are from December 1989)
Release Price:
£9.95 from the advert
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:49 pm
by StooB
Navy Moves and
Game Over 2 (Phantis)
The publisher of Re-release #1 of Phantis (Game Over 2) is not Electronic Arts, it's Dinamic.
The publisher of Re-release #1 of Navy Moves is not Dinamic/Electronic Arts, it's Dinamic.
It's very clear on the UK adverts for
Game Over 2 and
Navy Moves that Electronic Arts are the
distributor, not the publisher. Electronic Arts were the distributors for several publishers, most notoriously CRL, and EA don't get a publisher credit on those titles.
Also, the adverts for
After The War and
Grand Prix Master show those titles were distributed by USD rather than EA and they don't get a publisher credit either.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:28 pm
by StooB
Narco Police
Re-release #1 is currently
Publisher: GBH (UK)
Year 1991
Release Price £9.95
Budget Price £3.99
which should be split into
Re-release #1:
Publisher: Dinamic (Spain)
Year 1991
Release Price £9.95
Re-release #2
Publisher: GBH (UK)
Year 1992
Budget Price £3.99
with the IBSA re-release moved to Re-release #3.
Reviews for the full price Dinamic release are from April 1991:
here and
here.
Reviews of the GBH budget release are from September 1992:
here and
here.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 5:42 pm
by Alessandro
Loco - The game is inspired by Sega coin-op
Super Locomotive.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 12:57 am
by druellan
Alessandro wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 3:33 pm
Also, could the
files for
Sinclair User 127: Great Eight 16 be added to the corresponding entry?
Hi! I think the files are already there, perhaps part of the last update, can you confirm? Thanks!
Re: Little bugs in the database 2
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 12:53 pm
by Alessandro
druellan wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 12:57 am
Alessandro wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 3:33 pm
Also, could the
files for
Sinclair User 127: Great Eight 16 be added to the corresponding entry?
Hi! I think the files are already there, perhaps part of the last update, can you confirm? Thanks!
Yes they are
I am still waiting for the .SCL and .TRD files for
ADB to be replaced though...
