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druellan · Post by **druellan** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:58 am

pavero wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:29 pm GalacticGunners.tzx.zip (Tape image)

Oh, Nice! This is a pretty decent Scramble clone.

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:49 am

[mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] has released a huge new update to ZXDB. Thank you again to everyone who contributed their time and effort.

Can I also take the opportunity to thank those of you who contributed to allowing us to upgrade the server for the current year. This has really sped-up the upgrade process and stopped the problems I was having before with the server timing out.

Finally, if you are on social media please mention this update and the site in general. Believe it or not, some Spectrum fans still don't know we exist.

These are the update notes from [mention]R-Tape[/mention] (Thank you!).
Enjoy!

New entries:
Colonos ZX
Cuadragon
Devil's Quest
Game and Watch Boxing Gym
La Pulguita
Pedro Pomez
Pataslocas
Wudang
ZX Connection
Sin Instrucciones
Granher
Mostly Harmless
Dungeons of Gomilandia
Football Pools Generator
Funky Fungus Reloaded
Jumpin' Jupiter
Jungle Queen
Moon Ranger
Reverse Pong
Magenta Jim
Spider Mami
Behind Closed Doors 8 – The Pandemic
Super Sudoku Solver
Vampire Vengeance
Danterrifik
ZX Mastermind
From Out of a Dark Night Sky - The Second Night
Las Aventuras de Rudolphine Rur
2 Cars

Various CGC games from 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016 thanks @kolbek!
Erotica
Interceptor
Mine Field
Outsch
Tron Trails
Barcode Hangman (ZX81 Version)
More Tea Vicar
Sinclair Blind Flight Simulator 2009
Advanced Horseshoe Magnet Simulator
(BEEPing! (ZX81 Version)
Catch That Probe
Clive
Crap Castle Master (ZX81 Version)
Tamagotchi 81
Monkey Experiment, The
Super Bust Out
ZX81 Sharetrader
Mega Christmas Cracker Simulator
Russian Roulecode
Advanced Fiesta Simulator 3D
The Easter Bunny has to water the garden with a bad cough by firstly figuring out the controls
Advanced Toaster Simulator
Alan Turing’s Octal Challenge
Advanced Fiesta Simulator 3D, Part II:Highway to Hull
Advanced "Simon" Simulator
Noughts And Crosses
Time Machine Simulator

Additional material
The english translation of Winnie the Pooh
Looking for your nearest Renault dealer? Or after sales service? Then this is the utility for you!
The updated version of Yankee in Iraq 2017, with difficulty levels
Updated version Coloristic

There will also be about 1000 new inlays from @pavero, and a million bugfixes by @druellan

Thanks to everyone that helped, and apologies to anyone missed. There wasn't time to include everything this time, so apologies, and they will follow.

R-Tape · Post by **R-Tape** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:19 am

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:28 am Another fairly large ZXDB update has been released!

Lots of thanks to @R-Tape, @pavero, @druellan and @kolbeck!!!

PeterJ wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:42 am The update has been applied.

Wow you guys don't waste any time! Nice one.

This is a partial update as things were busy, and the things to add list hefty.

So [mention]Spud[/mention], [mention]PeterJ[/mention], [mention]Manu128k[/mention]; [mention]Ivanzx[/mention]mia; [mention]bob_fossil[/mention] Knockabout update; and there was a lot more that will have to wait.

Is anyone in contact with the authors of these games? I'd like to check if we can preserve the game files here or not.

Wudang (I had Ariel's email but I can't find it!)

Jumpin' Jupiter (this is a guy called Quantum Sheep)

Magenta Jim (This is Gaz Marshall)

Einar Saukas · Post by **Einar Saukas** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:21 am

We also got a lot of updates in the magazines section. This time, most of the new content refers to Spanish magazines Micromania and MicroHobby Cassette.

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:34 am

If you get the chance to like or share this Tweet plesse do. Thanks.

https://twitter.com/jonesyp/status/1255 ... 83234?s=19

redballoon · Post by **redballoon** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:09 am

R-Tape wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:19 am Jumpin' Jupiter (this is a guy called Quantum Sheep)

I know Quantum Sheep. You can get him on Twitter under @Quantum_Sheep and if you're on Itch.io https://quantumsheep.itch.io/

R-Tape · Post by **R-Tape** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:17 am

redballoon wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:09 am
R-Tape wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:19 am Jumpin' Jupiter (this is a guy called Quantum Sheep)
I know Quantum Sheep. You can get him on Twitter under @Quantum_Sheep and if you're on Itch.io https://quantumsheep.itch.io/

Cheers. I have an old twitter account that never came to much. I'm hoping people with an 'in' can chip in rather than me doing it.

EDIT - unnecessary link

redballoon · Post by **redballoon** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:30 am

Oh hang on, I'll drop him a message with a link to this thread.

Edit: Done!

Ast A. Moore · Post by **Ast A. Moore** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:15 pm

PeterJ wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:49 am The updated version of Yankee in Iraq 2017, with difficulty levels

W00t! Needs an updated running screen, though, with the sun and clouds and a new font.

Ast A. Moore · Post by **Ast A. Moore** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:16 pm

Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:15 pm
PeterJ wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:49 am The updated version of Yankee in Iraq 2017, with difficulty levels
W00t! Needs an updated running screen, though, with the sun and clouds and a new font.

Oh, and I forget how we define machine type—as the very minimum requirement or as a subset of features—but Yankee now uses the AY chip for sound effects. So, perhaps, it should say “ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K” now and/or “Features: AY Sound”?

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 2:11 pm

Thanks for the Twitter likes and retweets. I've never been so popular!

saucysarah · Post by **saucysarah** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 2:26 pm

PeterJ wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:49 am There will also be about 1000 new inlays from @pavero

Wow

Was that an exaggeration ?

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 2:41 pm

Maybe....

Welcome to the forum [mention]saucysarah[/mention]. If you feel so inclined we have a 'Introduce Yourself' thread here:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20

Einar Saukas · Post by **Einar Saukas** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 2:23 am

Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:15 pm
PeterJ wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:49 am The updated version of Yankee in Iraq 2017, with difficulty levels
W00t! Needs an updated running screen, though, with the sun and clouds and a new font.

I'm sorry but we have a policy against doctored images.

However I took a new screenshot myself, please take a look. I hope you approve it!

Einar Saukas · Post by **Einar Saukas** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 2:24 am

Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:16 pm
Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:15 pm W00t! Needs an updated running screen, though, with the sun and clouds and a new font.
Oh, and I forget how we define machine type—as the very minimum requirement or as a subset of features—but Yankee now uses the AY chip for sound effects. So, perhaps, it should say “ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K” now and/or “Features: AY Sound”?

Correct. Both these changes you be in the next ZXDB update. Thanks for reporting them!

Ast A. Moore · Post by **Ast A. Moore** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:14 am

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 2:23 am I took a new screenshot myself, please take a look. I hope you approve it!

I believe a screenshot taken closer to the middle of the gameplay is more representative of the game itself, than one taken just a few seconds in on the easy setting.

Please consider replacing it with this one (a frame from another RZX recording).

Einar Saukas · Post by **Einar Saukas** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:21 pm

Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:14 am
Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 2:23 am I took a new screenshot myself, please take a look. I hope you approve it!
I believe a screenshot taken closer to the middle of the gameplay is more representative of the game itself, than one taken just a few seconds in on the easy setting.

Please consider replacing it with this one (a frame from another RZX recording).

Done. Thank you!

pavero · Post by **pavero** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:26 pm

[CS titles]
Bakterie
Banka
Brick!
City oh City
Art Disk
Datalog
Dr. Disk
Export-Import Manger
FM Komplet
Peněžní deník
Tolstoj
Tools 80
Tools Copy
Master Copy
Single Copy
Disk Copy
ZX602

(files will be added next time)

pavero · Post by **pavero** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:38 pm

PeterJ · Post by **PeterJ** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:53 pm

Thank you [mention]pavero[/mention]. I hope you were not badly injured?

R-Tape · Post by **R-Tape** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 9:11 pm

These inlays are brilliant. Some of them are amazing art, and others, like Droid Buster, capture the 1980's feel perfectly too.

I'm kind of glad to not be collecting so much anymore, as I don't have space!

(Erm, Los 4 Churros, Flame Princess Adventure Time...WTF

)

PeterJ wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:53 pm Thank you [mention]pavero[/mention]. I hope you were not badly injured?

I'm worried. Pav's a man of understatement. I suspect his hand is the only thing he can move...

Juan F. Ramirez · Post by **Juan F. Ramirez** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 9:42 pm

Get well soon, [mention]pavero[/mention] !

pavero · Post by **pavero** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:58 pm

PeterJ wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:53 pm Thank you @pavero. I hope you were not badly injured?

I am relative fine now. Yesterday I was dismissed from the hospital and I am still COVID-19 negative.

pavero · Post by **pavero** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:02 pm

R-Tape wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 9:11 pm I'm worried. Pav's a man of understatement. I suspect his hand is the only thing he can move...

There were some days (one or two) when we could consider this statement very close to the truth.

R-Tape · Post by **R-Tape** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:37 pm

pavero wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:02 pm There were some days (one or two) when we could consider this statement very close to the truth.

Oh christ. I believe you Pav.

Very glad to see you back in business, even if it is just a poxy 40 inlays

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