Spectrum Computing

The Fall Guy

currently has a year of release of 1985, but it is reviewed in Crash January 1985 and Your Computer January 1985 (both published in 1984)

Airwolf

currently has a year of release of 1984, but is not finished in the preview in Crash January 1985 . It doesn't get a Crash review until February 1985, and the other magazine reviews are even later.

So, The Fall Guy year should be 1984 and Airwolf should be 1985.

Eric Charton:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=4446

is french, not from the U.K.

link to book 30ProgramsForTheSinclairZX80_1K broken. zip file with size 0 bytes.
unfortunately book missed at WoS too.

g0blinish wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:41 pm link to book 30ProgramsForTheSinclairZX80_1K broken. zip file with size 0 bytes.
unfortunately book missed at WoS too.

Working mirror site: https://archive.zx-spectrum.org.uk/WoS/books/

St Bride's School was based in Burtonport, Republic of Ireland, yet their country is listed as the UK.

Source: http://www.crashonline.org.uk/26/stbrides.htm

Realm of Impossibility

Although an advert appeared in Crash in July 1985, it wasn't released until 1986. Reviews are from March and April 1986, and one specifically says "What are Ariolasoft doing releasing a game like this in 1986?".

Skyfox

Not released in 1985, but on January 6th 1986.

Rampage

Year of release should be 1987, not 1988. The Crash preview gives a date of November 1987, and [mention]Bizzley[/mention]'s book also confirms that the game went for mastering before Christmas (page 29-32).

Missing credits...

Terrormolinos
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=7088

The inlay credits the following contributions... (only Peter Jones and Trevor Lever are currently credited in the DB entry)
Peter Jones & Trevor Lever - Game concept and storyline
Mike Robinson - Graphics and cover illustration
Roger Taylor & James Byrne - Programming

Roger Taylor --> https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=12546
Mike Robinson --> https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=9866


Dodgy Geezers
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6189

Again only Peter Jones and Trevor Lever are credited here. The inlay gives the additional credits (for the game itself)...

Storyline developed on "The Quill" by Lever/Jones

Reporogrammed by Ashminster Computing Ltd***

Graphic ideas by Valerie Saunders
Graphic design by Consult Computing Systems

***Ashminster Computing Ltd was run by Roger Taylor

(As an aside, the role of the Quill in the finished games is uncertain. Both games were prototyped/written using the Quill. but the final games have been "reprogrammed".)

Gremlins 2 is avaliable in WOS:
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek ... id=0002139

But not here:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=2139

It seems the links to the tributes on WOS have not been converted over, and now link to nonexistent pages. For example, see Ian Weatherburn. Additionally, only an archive of his Wikipedia page (which is linked to from ZXDB) can be viewed, since it has now been deleted.

Scuba Dive

Re-release #5 has an empty publisher field and should be removed.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=2675

The file is corrupted.

Quattro Power (1991)

is reviewed in YS September 1990 so the year of release should be 1990.

Cartoon Collection (1992)


was released for Christmas 1991 according to the Sinclair User review in January 1992.

Looking at the credits for Elven Warrior (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=1608)

Rorthron wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:13 pm ORIGINAL DESIGN DUNCAN KERSHAW
ORIGINAL MUSIC SONIC GRAFFITI
Z80 CODE D.C.P. Z80
GRAPHICS JABBA SEVERN
AY PLAYER & CONVERSION ANDY SEVERN LOADING SCREENS JAMES KING
STORY DUNCAN KERSHAW
OTHER TEXTUAL & SHOTS SIMON DANIELS
ARTWORK & LOGO JON CLARK
INLAY PRODUCTION MIKE,PETE,SIMON,SI,JOHN, STEVE T & STEVE D
MASTERING KEVIN PARKER
MAIL ORDER BELINDA & SUNGLASSES McCANN
PRODUCTION SIMON 'MOONCHILD' DANIELS

I'm wondering about "Z80 CODE D.C.P. Z80". None of the DCP currently on SC seems to be a proper match, so, perhaps it is the abbreviation of a development group?

druellan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 4:23 am Looking at the credits for Elven Warrior (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=1608)

Rorthron wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:13 pm Z80 CODE D.C.P. Z80

I'm wondering about "Z80 CODE D.C.P. Z80". None of the DCP currently on SC seems to be a proper match, so, perhaps it is the abbreviation of a development group?

The credits seem to have ocr issues - see the pdf at https://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/elven_warrior.htm which shows:

Z80 CODE B.C.P.

Which is probably Bizarre Computer Productions as the menu scrolly shows and who the entire team are already attributed to.

The typed instructions also attribute 'C64 CODE & GRAPHICS' to 'SONIC GRAFFITI', where they were attributed to 'DUNCAN KERSHAW' in the original instructions (and the credit for 'C64 MUSIC PLAYER' is missing).

From a comment here: https://zxart.ee/eng/software/game/arca ... per-duel4/

Nav and Negus are mispellings of MAV and Megus.

Stefan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:35 am The credits seem to have ocr issues - see the pdf at https://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/elven_warrior.htm which shows:

Z80 CODE B.C.P.

Which is probably Bizarre Computer Productions as the menu scrolly shows and who the entire team are already attributed to.

Oh! Right! Excellent, I was checking other sources (many of them with the same exact error), but I missed the PDF.

Chuckie Egg (1984)

was released in 1983, reviewed in Popular Computing Weekly, 20th October 1983 and Home Computing Weekly, 15th November 1983

Splat (1983)

The reviews from 1991 and 1992 should be moved to the Sam Coupe version.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10167 - Not Nav, but MAV.
Group: Brainwave, Star Group
Real name: Andrey Mikheev
Location: Yoshkar-Ola, Russia

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10179 - Not Negus, but Megus.
Group: Brainwave, Star Group
Real name: Roman Petrov
Location: Yoshkar-Ola, Russia

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=28296

Original Publisher: Your Sinclair (UK)
Author: L. Jespersen (NOT L. Jesperson)
Country should be DK (and not UK)

As seen on https://archive.org/stream/YourSinclair ... 5/mode/1up

Artura (1989)

All reviews are from November or December 1988, so the year of release should be 1988.