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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 4:33 pm
by StooB
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.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:15 pm
by Ivanzx
Eric Charton:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=4446
is french, not from the U.K.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:41 pm
by g0blinish
link to book 30ProgramsForTheSinclairZX80_1K broken. zip file with size 0 bytes.
unfortunately book missed at WoS too.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:56 pm
by StooB
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/
Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:57 pm
by Alessandro
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
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:03 pm
by StooB
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?".
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:11 pm
by StooB
Skyfox
Not released in 1985, but on
January 6th 1986.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:39 pm
by StooB
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).
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:38 pm
by 8BitAG
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".)
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 5:07 pm
by +3code
Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:57 am
by djnzx48
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.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:42 am
by StooB
Scuba Dive
Re-release #5 has an empty publisher field and should be removed.
Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:50 pm
by +3code
Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:11 pm
by StooB
Quattro Power (1991)
is reviewed in
YS September 1990 so the year of release should be 1990.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:45 pm
by StooB
Cartoon Collection (1992)
was released for Christmas 1991 according to the
Sinclair User review in January 1992.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 4:23 am
by druellan
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?
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:35 am
by Stefan
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.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:43 am
by djnzx48
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).
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:43 am
by djnzx48
From a comment here:
https://zxart.ee/eng/software/game/arca ... per-duel4/
Nav and
Negus are mispellings of MAV and
Megus.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:54 pm
by druellan
Oh! Right! Excellent, I was checking other sources (many of them with the same exact error), but I missed the PDF.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 3:15 pm
by StooB
Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 3:40 pm
by StooB
Splat (1983)
The reviews from 1991 and 1992 should be moved to the
Sam Coupe version.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 8:58 pm
by moroz1999
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
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 11:05 pm
by kolbeck
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
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 11:56 am
by StooB
Artura (1989)
All reviews are from November or December 1988, so the year of release should be 1988.
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