Little bugs in the database 3

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8BitAG wrote: Wed Jun 17, 2020 11:01 am Craps
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=1113

Was *not* written by Jack P. Gibbons

But was written by Andrew Parish ie. https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... bel_id=935

and along with the related games

Blackjack
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=15580

and

Roulette
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=4246

Were part of the compilation

Casino 1
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=11558

Which again, should be credited to Andrew Parish rather than Jack P. Gibbons
And what's the story behind this?
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Einar Saukas wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:34 am And what's the story behind this?
Just an incorrect attribution. Jack was the distributor (for his company) behind that game not the author. I'm in contact with Jack and that's a correction he wanted made. He's been trying to get it altered elsewhere for years.

Jack has obtained Andrew's permission for the game to be distributed. He's gradually sending me over files which I've been adding to the Preservation forum.

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After Shock
Additional role information per inlay:

AUTHOR: David Banner
GRAPHICS: Terry Greer

Forest at the World's End
Additional role information per inlay:

AUTHOR DAVID M BANNER
GRAPHICS BY JEAN BANNER
PRODUCED BY RICHARD PAUL JONES

Halaga
Additional credit per inlay (do you record producers in ZXDB?):

WRITTEN BY M.I. BARNARD
PRODUCED BY RICHARD PAUL JONES

Heroes of Karn
Additional credits and role information per inlay:

Author: Ian Gray
Translations: David M Banner
Graphics: Terry Greer
Produced by: Richard Paul Jones
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Thunderbirds

One of the listed contributors is 'Mike Menace', this is his only credit. The game is split into levels, one of which is entitled 'Mine Menace' as seen on the loading screen. Is it possible that someone has mistaken the title for the artists name?

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Evil Genius wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 12:11 pm Thunderbirds

One of the listed contributors is 'Mike Menace', this is his only credit. The game is split into levels, one of which is entitled 'Mine Menace' as seen on the loading screen. Is it possible that someone has mistaken the title for the artists name?
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Evil Genius wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 12:11 pm Thunderbirds

One of the listed contributors is 'Mike Menace', this is his only credit. The game is split into levels, one of which is entitled 'Mine Menace' as seen on the loading screen. Is it possible that someone has mistaken the title for the artists name?
A cover art credit for Steinar Lund also seems to have been deleted.

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The following games are not preserved fully in the archive. They are missing the second part of the game, which would've been on the other side of the tape.

Leotrope
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=24894

Starcrash
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=10245

Can a note be added to their ZXDB entry mentioning the missing part twos, so someone knows they still need preserving? Thanks.


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Gauntlet II (1988) (again)

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new evidence:
release reported in Popular Computing Weekly 10-16th December 1987.

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Ms Pac-Man
Galaxian

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New evidence: Popular Computing Weekly reports all three as new releases in their 29th November - 5th December 1984 edition. So the current release year of 1984 is correct, they just took four months to send out review copies.
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Leader Board (1986) (again)

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More evidence of a 1987 release date:

When reviewing Konami's Golf in the 18th-31st December 1986 issue of PCW the reviewer says there "aren't many good Leaderboard style games on the Spectrum" and that Konami's Golf is "not a patch on Commodore Leaderboard".

Leaderboard goes straight in at No. 1 on the Gallup chart in the May 1987 issue of Your Sinclair. The same chart shows Gauntlet has been there for 9 weeks and that was released just before Christmas 1986.
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Sinbad (1983) by Atlantis Software

In this Atlantis competition in Crash November 1984, it says Atlantis Software didn't exist until January 1984 and that Sinbad is one of four games released since "last month". So the release year for this is 1984, and also presumably for the Z Cobra re-release too.
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The Tomb of Syrinx, by Black Night Software. Re-release by The Power House.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=5319

The available inlay is the re-release edition but in the DB It says 'cassette inlay #1' what it's not correct.

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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Mon Jun 22, 2020 1:29 pm The Tomb of Syrinx, by Black Night Software. Re-release by The Power House.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=5319

The available inlay is the re-release edition but in the DB It says 'cassette inlay #1' what it's not correct.
That is correct: Inlay #1 is for re-release #1. The missing inlay for the original release would show as just "Cassette inlay"

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StooB wrote: Mon Jun 22, 2020 2:47 pm
Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Mon Jun 22, 2020 1:29 pm The Tomb of Syrinx, by Black Night Software. Re-release by The Power House.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=5319

The available inlay is the re-release edition but in the DB It says 'cassette inlay #1' what it's not correct.
That is correct: Inlay #1 is for re-release #1. The missing inlay for the original release would show as just "Cassette inlay"
Ok then.

As it's the only available inlay, it seems confusing.

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Rorthron wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 12:53 pm A cover art credit for Steinar Lund also seems to have been deleted.
What do you mean?

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Einar Saukas wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 12:48 am
Rorthron wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 12:53 pm A cover art credit for Steinar Lund also seems to have been deleted.
What do you mean?
It was established a long time ago that Steinar Lund did the cover art for Thunderbirds:

viewtopic.php?f=32&t=86&p=17825&hilit=t ... rds#p17825

viewtopic.php?f=32&t=86&p=17970&hilit=t ... rds#p17970

Yet no cover art credit is showing:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=5255

I have since worked out that the cover art credit was incorrectly applied to the wrong game:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=5253

So delete the Steinar Lund credit from 5253 and add it to 5255.

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Good spot [mention]Rorthron[/mention],

Could people please include the infoseek number or a link to the specific title when reporting bugs. This will help reduce issues like this with two games with the same title. Cheers.
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Poltergeist "by Firebird Software"

Still listed as being from Firebird.

It was not published by Firebird Software. Firebird listed all their available titles on their inlays and it is not listed on any of them. There are no reviews for it, which would make it the only Firebird title to have never been reviewed. The Bird Sanctuary, which is currently closed, has no record of it and there is no inlay either.

This was not published by Firebird.
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StooB wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:03 am Poltergeist "by Firebird Software"

This was not published by Firebird.
Or maybe, this was not published by the British Telecom Firebird, but by another software company called Firebird that needs its own separate entry.

It's equally possible that it's just a homemade game that was branded as being published by Firebird because they were fans of the Firebird software label.

Dan Brochner Nielsen and Peter Lumbye did several GACed text adventures... I'll do a little more research into them. Perhaps they submitted Poltergeist to Firebird but had it rejected?

One of their entries in the ZXDB, The Castle, is actually an incomplete game. From comments on CASA, that file is part two of an adventure. https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry.php?id=6064 They've been incorrectly tagged onto the Bug Byte game, The Castle, on ZX Art... although not on ZXDB/Spectrum Computing.

Would definitely agree with the removal of the Firebird tag, replacing it with a note above the reference on the loading screen. Publisher would be best changed to Dan Brochner Nielsen as with the other games credited to him.
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Karnov

Still listed as having a re-release from Activision in the same year. Electric Dreams is one of Activision's labels, there is only one release.

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StooB wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:40 am Karnov

Still listed as having a re-release from Activision in the same year. Electric Dreams is one of Activision's labels, there is only one release.
Your original log of this issue isn't marked as being reviewed. There is a large backlog of these sorts of corrections.

viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1425&p=20438&hilit=karnov#p20438
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Spitfire 40 + Strike Force Harrier

Still listed as an Alternative release, it should be Again Again as shown on the cover.

and

"Again Again" is still listed as a Grandslam label when it's an Alternative one.
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8BitAG wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:47 am
StooB wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:40 am Karnov

Still listed as having a re-release from Activision in the same year. Electric Dreams is one of Activision's labels, there is only one release.
Your original log of this issue isn't marked as being reviewed. There is a large backlog of these sorts of corrections.

viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1425&p=20438&hilit=karnov#p20438
I know. That's why I'm posting it again!

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Astronomy by MacMillan


There is no Astronomy by MacMillan. This bug has been caused by this review which is of Astronomy by SciSoft and Space Scan by MacMillan.

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StooB wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:56 am I know. That's why I'm posting it again!
I'm not sure us double posting all our corrections will help reduce the backlog of entries that has built up while other areas, such as adding cover art credits, has been concentrated on.
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