Little bugs in the database 3

[moroz1999]

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=13199
Shadow Soft (Russia) is not a company, it's nickname of Vladimir Kladov.

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[Rorthron]

The information on Software Farm's high-res ZX81 releases is inaccurate and incomplete:

ROCKET MAN

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=29249

FORTY-NINER

This has two IDs with different publishers and other information differences:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=28887
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=28888

I think they should probably be consolidated under the publisher Software Farm.

BOOSTER

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=32003

Incidentally contains a useless comment that should perhaps be deleted.

Z-XTRICATOR

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31886

All three games are missing information. The following link has most of it, including high-res inlay scans:

http://www.pictureviewerpro.com/hosting ... refarm.htm

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[Einar Saukas]

I recently added Legends Of Bytes to ZXDB. This magazine is an excellent source of information about Speccy game authors! Someone fluent in Russian should be able to obtain lots of useful information still missing from our database.

It's currently published by a guy called Gennadiy. If someone has his contact information and could invite him to our forum, I bet he would enjoy participating in this thread

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Hercules by Alpha- Omega Software:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=2298

The existing inlay is actually the Power House re-release.

The original A-O Software inlay is in [mention]Mort[/mention] 's archive.org site:

https://ia800701.us.archive.org/view_ar ... nlay01.jpg

I'm sure we'll have it here soon!

By the way, the artist in the game entry is Tim White. I suppose it refers to the Power House re-release inlay, and, if you see the AO inlay above, it seems have been made by Phil Gascoine because of the drawing style and the signature.

What do you think?

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[Einar Saukas]

Hercules by Alpha- Omega Software:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=2298

The existing inlay is actually the Power House re-release.

Correct.

This inlay currently has the following description: "Cassette inlay (#1)".

This page has a section called RELEASES that contains the following line: "Re-release #1: The Power House".

My apologies if the way this information is presented wasn't clear enough.

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[Rorthron]

The information on Software Farm's high-res ZX81 releases is inaccurate and incomplete:

ROCKET MAN

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=29249

FORTY-NINER

This has two IDs with different publishers and other information differences:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=28887
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=28888

I think they should probably be consolidated under the publisher Software Farm.

BOOSTER

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=32003

Incidentally contains a useless comment that should perhaps be deleted.

Z-XTRICATOR

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31886

All three games are missing information. The following link has most of it, including high-res inlay scans:

http://www.pictureviewerpro.com/hosting ... refarm.htm

I should also have included SPECTRUMISER in this list. The link above contains additional material for this title, too.

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[Rorthron]

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=14468 imho, The Oliver Twins is not a person, but team or company of Andrew and Philip Oliver (who are persons).

Hi, I'm not sure the Oliver Twins were a company. All their work went through Codemasters didn't it?

I agree it should be in this case 'Persons', rather than 'Person' which would be more appropriate, but the only options we have currently are as follows:

Can they not be changed to two separate People, and connected to a Team called The Oliver Twins? There seem to be plenty of situations already like this.

[PeterJ]

I will let [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] answer that one [mention]Rorthron[/mention].

[Ralf]

Russian text adventure game Plutoniya:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=12997

is inspired by the book of the same name (Plutonia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonia_(novel)

The book itself seems heavily inspired by "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" but we don't go that far with inspirations info.

By the way, you may watch my recent rzx recording of it. The language may be a barrier but you can enjoy the graphics (and these guys did a lot of work with it):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... e=emb_logo

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[Alessandro]

Le Lu-Lu's is considered as two separate entries when they should be merged into one. Check their only title, a MIA compilation of two games:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=9524

and the review in Sinclair User Nov 1987, which also lists their address:

https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-use ... 9/mode/1up

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[Alessandro]

The TZX tape dumps of 10 Computer Hits 5 are already in the database, therefore I don't see a reason not to include the +3 DSK disk dumps as well.

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[Einar Saukas]

Run Baby Run

Original publisher should be Micro Gold as mentioned here, and the price was £2.75.

I'm not sure about this one.

The article from December 1983 says "it will be retailing its first releases, two Spectrum games called Race Ace and Run, Baby, Run, at £2.75".

It sounds it was just their plan. There's no confirmation that's how it really happened in the end.

[StooB]

I'm not sure about this one.

The article from December 1983 says "it will be retailing its first releases, two Spectrum games called Race Ace and Run, Baby, Run, at £2.75".

It sounds it was just their plan. There's no confirmation that's how it really happened in the end.

from the "Sinclair For Show" Facebook group:

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[Einar Saukas]

I'm not sure about this one.

The article from December 1983 says "it will be retailing its first releases, two Spectrum games called Race Ace and Run, Baby, Run, at £2.75".

It sounds it was just their plan. There's no confirmation that's how it really happened in the end.

from the "Sinclair For Show" Facebook group:

Awesome, thank you!

[Einar Saukas]

I recently added Legends Of Bytes to ZXDB. This magazine is an excellent source of information about Speccy game authors! Someone fluent in Russian should be able to obtain lots of useful information still missing from our database.

It's currently published by a guy called Gennadiy. If someone has his contact information and could invite him to our forum, I bet he would enjoy participating in this thread

I noticed a printing mistake in this magazine: David Taylor's nickname is "Tink", not "Pink".

Except for this, everything else seem very accurate!

[PeterJ]

Publishers Michael Orwin, M. Orwin and Orwin Software (UK) are the same person. Please can they be merged? I had the Spectrum Michael Orwin tapes when I was much younger. Wish I had kept some as they are MIA.

Evidence to back up change request:

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[PeterJ]

Please can these ZX81 Michae Orwin entries have the category of 'Compilation' completed?

Thanks

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31550
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31552
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31553
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31554
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31555

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[kolbeck]

Please can the ZX81 Michel Orwin entries have the category of 'Compilation' completed?

Thanks

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31550
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31552
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31553
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31554
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31555

Yes, please add them Main reason is that we only have the main title registered when we linked to zx81stuff site. I've already aligned with [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] on how to add the content for those compilations, by adding each title separately - something that is on my current work list.

/Thomas

[PeterJ]

Centipoid Plus 3 should maybe become genre 'Compilation', rather than 'Arcade Game: Action' as it was four titles on one tape:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=9592

Evidence for request: Review in Home Computer Weekly:

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[Ersh]

Don't know if this is the right place but here goes.

The Spanish version of Sam Mallard currently in the database is 1.1 however the latest one is 1.11. The game can be downloaded from the link in my signature.

Also the game 'Elite' doesn't have an "Can be edited with" entry for 'Mostly Harmless – an Elite Save Game Editor'. Likewise 'Mostly Harmless' hasn't got "An editor for: Elite" entry.

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[R-Tape]

Cheers [mention]Ersh[/mention]
[mention]druellan[/mention], I've got the spanish file (might be too late for the imminent update, if so then the following one).

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[druellan]

@druellan, I've got the spanish file (might be too late for the imminent update, if so then the following one).

You mean the Sam Mallard translation Ersh mentioned?

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[R-Tape]

@druellan, I've got the spanish file (might be too late for the imminent update, if so then the following one).

You mean the Sam Mallard translation Ersh mentioned?

Yep exactly, sorry, I should have quoted so that it's clear for you.

(Are you okay with the bugfix? I didn't know that 'can be edited' was a thing until now!)

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[Patrik Rak]

Thanks for adding my extras to the database. I have reviewed the entries now and there are three little things which should be fixed:

- VAT is missing Tomas Rylek as an Author. This is most important, as he really is the original author, I just improved it a bit.

- Amiga emulator demo is assigned to "Scorpion [2]", instead of "Scorpion (Czech)". If it helps, Space Crusaders Demo uses the correct Scorpion.

- Gandalf is listed as 1990, but it should be 1991.

Thanks a bunch again!

Patrik

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[PeterJ]

Just looking at Batz 'n Balls:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=28501

The comments are 'Inspired by Arkanoid'. Should this not be inspired by Atari Breakout, or even Pong?'

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