New game: Nohzdyve
New game: Nohzdyve
New Speccy game released as a bonus to the Black Mirror episode 'Bandersnatch'.
Nohzdyve
I'll start the Hi-Score challenge at a very gettable 380 (bread and water, no POKEs now)
Nohzdyve
I'll start the Hi-Score challenge at a very gettable 380 (bread and water, no POKEs now)
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Re: New game: Nohzdyve
I first thought it was some crazy Czech name, but then I read the description and it dawned on me . . . Doh! Will czech it out when I get back home.
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
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and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
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Re: New game: Nohzdyve
Just download it and it's hard but f*ck*ng addictive!
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Re: New game: Nohzdyve
Wrapped it in my turbo loader, in case anyone wants to play it on a real Spectrum.
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Re: New game: Nohzdyve
Does it have any stages or is it endless falling with goal of getting the biggest highscore?
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Re: New game: Nohzdyve
I'd like to know who's the real programmer of this game (please don't say Colin Ritman!!!)
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Re: New game: Nohzdyve
It’s Matt Westcott (gasman). Let the game sit a few seconds; it starts scrolling the credits at the bottom of the screen).Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:16 pm I'd like to know who's the real programmer of this game (please don't say Colin Ritman!!!)
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
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Re: New game: Nohzdyve
Ah, thanks!Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:21 pmIt’s Matt Westcott (gasman). Let the game sit a few seconds; it starts scrolling the credits at the bottom of the screen).Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:16 pm I'd like to know who's the real programmer of this game (please don't say Colin Ritman!!!)
By the way, is there any (legal) problem in including the game in ZXDB?
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Re: New game: Nohzdyve
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Re: New game: Nohzdyve
I've emailed gasman to see what the crack is. The update won't be till Jan. It will have a ZXDB entry (+ a run screen with a VERY high score I hope!) whatever happens, but hopefully we can have permission to include the .tap.Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:24 pm By the way, is there any (legal) problem in including the game in ZXDB?
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Re: New game: Nohzdyve
That would be greatR-Tape wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:29 pmI've emailed gasman to see what the crack is. The update won't be till Jan. It will have a ZXDB entry (+ a run screen with a VERY high score I hope!) whatever happens, but hopefully we can have permission to include the .tap.Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:24 pm By the way, is there any (legal) problem in including the game in ZXDB?
Re: New game: Nohzdyve
It appears early on in Black Mirror, as a game programmed by Clive Ritman, who is obviously a conglomerate of a few zx-coding heroes—mostly Matt Smith*. Stefan, the main protagonist comments on the smooth sprites I love this kind of thing, it reminds me of when Freddie Laker was released.
I don't think there are any more easter eggs in the code though, so it looks like a simple Hi-Score game. You wouldn't catch me joining in with such a stoopid willy-waving contest of course.
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Spoiler
*Clive Ritman disappears, probably in Holland, later on.
Re: New game: Nohzdyve
I wonder if he was aware of the whole Netflix/Bandersnatch thing when it started 18 months ago when he was asked to create this game?Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:21 pmIt’s Matt Westcott (gasman). Let the game sit a few seconds; it starts scrolling the credits at the bottom of the screen).Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:16 pm I'd like to know who's the real programmer of this game (please don't say Colin Ritman!!!)
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Re: New game: Nohzdyve
I'd like to know the complete story about it.stupidget wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 10:05 pmI wonder if he was aware of the whole Netflix/Bandersnatch thing when it started 18 months ago when he was asked to create this game?Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:21 pm It’s Matt Westcott (gasman). Let the game sit a few seconds; it starts scrolling the credits at the bottom of the screen).
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Re: New game: Nohzdyve
BTW, the title doesn't mean anything in Czech or Slovak language.Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Sat Dec 29, 2018 1:39 pm I first thought it was some crazy Czech name, but then I read the description and it dawned on me . . . Doh! Will czech it out when I get back home.
Re: New game: Nohzdyve
Yeah, noticed that bit... Though thankfully Matthew Smith didn't
Spoiler
Chuck himself off a balcony whilst high as a kite
Gah..!
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Re: New game: Nohzdyve
960
I thought "I can just keep going FOREVER!", then I looked at the score and promptly had my arse handed back to me.
Re: New game: Nohzdyve
Gah..! This is my best this morning: 720
It's got something of the "Rally Driver twitch" about it...
It's got something of the "Rally Driver twitch" about it...
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Re: New game: Nohzdyve
there's ZX Spectrum program tape sound at end of the film (1:32:05). i recorded it via Audacity (WASAPI; +10 amplified):
TAPE (.WAV)
and played it thru ZXMAK2. here's what i got:
QR code leads to:
https://www.tuckersoft.net/ealing20541
and complete Z80 snapshot of this program:
SNAPSHOT (.Z80)
TAPE (.WAV)
and played it thru ZXMAK2. here's what i got:
QR code leads to:
https://www.tuckersoft.net/ealing20541
and complete Z80 snapshot of this program:
SNAPSHOT (.Z80)
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Re: New game: Nohzdyve
That's a very tall building.
Re: New game: Nohzdyve
Ello
Nope, my involvement was much shorter than that... I was brought in at the end of August, when (as I gather) all the actual filming was over. The version seen on screen is a very well-done video mockup (right down to the colour clash), and the code snippets shown there weren't mine either (but aside from the being-written-in-BASIC thing, there's some pretty plausible code in there by made-up-for-TV standards...) My job was to take that 20 seconds or so of mockup footage and turn it into a real game. It was a pretty big secret to keep, but I only had minimal knowledge of the show as a whole - I didn't even know it was going to be interactive until that was leaked to the world at large
Re: New game: Nohzdyve
And a bloody good job you did too (you lucky bast). I'm trying to imagine the mix of excitement and fear that getting this job must have involved.
Was the Easter Egg QR code your handiwork too?