This is very interesting information. Have you thought about producing a quick report twice a year showing the status of the homebrew on the Spectrum?
New software 2018
Re: New software 2018
Yep I'd be happy to. Hopefully it will come to mind in the middle of the year, and I will do one for the Woot! End of year tape magazine (there is such a report in the 2017 Woot).
I started this thread hoping to convince someone with the relevant skills to query ZXDB and produce something more in depth but no takers so far.
Re: New software 2018
Awesome! I have too many things on my hands right now, but I'll be around. I'm already using the ZXInfo API for some basic queries, and I want to go deeper.
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New game from Russia, it's from 2018, despite the name
The download:
http://zx-pk.ru/attachment.php?attachme ... 1528226274
and the original thread at zx.pk.ru:
http://zx-pk.ru/threads/29225-igra-tank-1990-(128).html
Inspired by Battle City from NES, like many other similar Russian games.
New game from Russia, it's from 2018, despite the name
The download:
http://zx-pk.ru/attachment.php?attachme ... 1528226274
and the original thread at zx.pk.ru:
http://zx-pk.ru/threads/29225-igra-tank-1990-(128).html
Inspired by Battle City from NES, like many other similar Russian games.
Re: New software 2018
Looks great and plays well. Why is it 128K only? It doesn't have AY.
Re: New software 2018
Two new games from Russia:
Lost In the Worlds
Game site
https://nihirash.itch.io/lost-in-worlds
and thread on Russian forum if anybody interested:
http://zx-pk.ru/threads/29246-moya-mini ... words.html
Feels like Manic Miner clone, yet the difficulty is even more hardcore than the original
Written with PGD designer (yes, PGD and not AGD )
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Rogue
Download in the thread at Russian forum:
http://zx-pk.ru/threads/29242-rogue.html
The game genre is, I would say, turn based strategy. You move your warrior through the maze and every your move means one move
of your enemies. You kill enemies,collect health, weapons and treasure and progress to next levels through exits.
First levels don't give any chalenge but maybe later it becomes a true game???
It seems like a Basic game with UGD graphics but for Basic game with UGD graphics it's quite polished in my opinion.
The author claims, it's not final version and that he wants to rewrite it but I'll share it here anyway as it's generally complete game.
Lost In the Worlds
Game site
https://nihirash.itch.io/lost-in-worlds
and thread on Russian forum if anybody interested:
http://zx-pk.ru/threads/29246-moya-mini ... words.html
Feels like Manic Miner clone, yet the difficulty is even more hardcore than the original
Written with PGD designer (yes, PGD and not AGD )
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Rogue
Download in the thread at Russian forum:
http://zx-pk.ru/threads/29242-rogue.html
The game genre is, I would say, turn based strategy. You move your warrior through the maze and every your move means one move
of your enemies. You kill enemies,collect health, weapons and treasure and progress to next levels through exits.
First levels don't give any chalenge but maybe later it becomes a true game???
It seems like a Basic game with UGD graphics but for Basic game with UGD graphics it's quite polished in my opinion.
The author claims, it's not final version and that he wants to rewrite it but I'll share it here anyway as it's generally complete game.
Re: New software 2018
Cheers.
Lost in Worlds is great, a very short, mad platformer. Also contains a couple of nods to the best platform game in the history of the Universe
Infy lives: 35332,182
Can be completed quite easily without cheats, as long as you can pass level 2
Rogue:
Lost in Worlds is great, a very short, mad platformer. Also contains a couple of nods to the best platform game in the history of the Universe
Infy lives: 35332,182
Can be completed quite easily without cheats, as long as you can pass level 2
Rogue:
Looks like a new author to ZXDB (?). I've inputted him as "Shynni", [mention]Ralf[/mention] can you confirm that's correct?
Re: New software 2018
Not really correct, [mention]R-Tape[/mention]Looks like a new author to ZXDB (?). I've inputted him as "Shynni", @Ralf can you confirm that's correct?
Transliteration is correct but he's not the author.
which means: game inspired by NOMAM14_Basic_Tenliner_Contest, author Jakub DebskiИгра сделана на основе NOMAM14_Basic_Tenliner_Contest, автор Jakub Debski.
So the author is Jakub Debski and while I don't know him, it's 100% Polish name.
Not sure about Basic Tenliner Contest but I believe it can be this thing below. In that case it was some competition for 8 BIt Atari and this game is a port from Atari:
https://books.google.pl/books?id=T5zFBg ... ue&f=false
EDIT: I would also adjust the author of Lost in Worlds. Pinny is his nickname on zx.pk.ru but on his own website he uses a nick Nihirash!
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Re: New software 2018
Guys, you got it all wrong )
The author of this particular game is Александр Шарихин (Alexander Sharihin). His nicknames are "pinny" and "Nihirash!". That's his twitter: https://twitter.com/nihirash
The original game (by Jakub Debski) was made in BASIC for some Atari compo. I did not manage to run it, but is looks not exactly like Alexander's game. So it's just inspiration.
And Shiny (Шынни, Дмитрий Крапивин, Dmitry Krapivin) is the other author - he made Rogue and Beams of Light.
The author of this particular game is Александр Шарихин (Alexander Sharihin). His nicknames are "pinny" and "Nihirash!". That's his twitter: https://twitter.com/nihirash
The original game (by Jakub Debski) was made in BASIC for some Atari compo. I did not manage to run it, but is looks not exactly like Alexander's game. So it's just inspiration.
And Shiny (Шынни, Дмитрий Крапивин, Dmitry Krapivin) is the other author - he made Rogue and Beams of Light.
Re: New software 2018
Heh, thanks, corrected.
If I search for Dmitry Krapivin under author it also brings up Bye, V3nom! by goblinish.michellekg wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:28 am And Shiny (Шынни, Дмитрий Крапивин, Dmitry Krapivin) is the other author - he made Rogue and Beams of Light.
Are Dmitry Krapivin, Shiny, goblinish, g0blinish all the same person?
Re: New software 2018
[mention]michellekg[/mention] , thanks!
And I would say yes, Shinny=Goblinish, he's a very well known and active member of Russian Spectrum community.
And I would say yes, Shinny=Goblinish, he's a very well known and active member of Russian Spectrum community.
Re: New software 2018
Thanks, hopefully I can get it added in time for the next ZXDB update.
(and hello g0blinish/Shiny )
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Hello Goblinish, feel at home here!
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Ralf, R-type, thank you )
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Thanks Goblinish!
So as I understand we should save it in database as a new game "Rogue 2", not a different version of "Rogue". But maybe show in comment relationship between these two games.
So as I understand we should save it in database as a new game "Rogue 2", not a different version of "Rogue". But maybe show in comment relationship between these two games.
Re: New software 2018
rogue with 8x8 tiles is beta-version or my attempt to create game.
rogue2 is improved version with fixed bugs and new music and graphics.
May I wrong with naming game?
rogue2 is improved version with fixed bugs and new music and graphics.
May I wrong with naming game?
Re: New software 2018
Nice one, looks great but it could do with some instructions.
We've just had a ZXDB/SC update so these changes will not appear until next time.
Ok I'll give both the same ZXDB ID for a game called "Rogue". Both will be available under the same page - with 8x8 as a dev version and "Rogue2" as the final, proper version. Let me know if you disagree.
We've just had a ZXDB/SC update so these changes will not appear until next time.
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World war simulator Part 2, by Retrobytes productions, still only available in cassette purchase:
https://www.google.de/amp/s/programbyte ... ctrum/amp/
https://www.google.de/amp/s/programbyte ... ctrum/amp/
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Re: New software 2018
Where can we buy a cassette version?Ivanzx wrote: ↑Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:28 am World war simulator Part 2, by Retrobytes productions, still only available in cassette purchase:
https://www.google.de/amp/s/programbyte ... ctrum/amp/
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Re: New software 2018
Ta Pav, but the is already available as part of the same ID as Souls.pavero wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 2:31 am Souls Remaster (2016)
https://retrobytesproductions.blogspot. ... aster.html
(So is a cracked version, that was also made available by Retrobytes)
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That's true mate, I decided to give the news few minutes before the end of 2017! Maybe it could be considered the very first release for 2018, anyway (it's a matter of minutes).michellekg wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 11:04 pmI think Raiders of Lost Ark was actually released on December, 31
I take this opportunity to report some upcoming releases:
- EXPLORER - compiled Boriel's Basic, first release 2015, upcoming 2018 physical release by Bumfun Gaming;
- EXPLORER 2 - AGD, September 2018 physical release by Monument Microgames;
- RAYS' REPRISAL - AGD, September 2018 physical release by Monument Microgames.