Little bugs in the database 5

[8BitAG]

Yes, 84/85 he says in this interview.

Although that interview does prove that not everyone's memory is correct... the 84/85 date was nonsense.

From talking/interviewing developers in the past, you realise how unreliable people's memories are and that primary sources (from back in the day) can actually be more reliable than the people themselves. I've had devs completely forget whole versions of games or events that happened until I've shown them things.

But, in the case re. Zenobi, there doesn't seem to be a particular need to change the original "publisher" name as that would be against the wishes of the person involved.

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[druellan]

I suppose as long as we keep these threads we can justify or explain any changes.

I also can add that at least in my case but pretty sure it's happening to everyone contributing, the understanding of the original information, the sources at hand and how reliable they are is constantly growing, so I expect to have revisions on previous fixes just because we can now seek in places and make connections we couldn't before.

[Stu]

Treachery

The contents page of the issue it was published in states that this was written by Mike Singleton.

Also it had BBC and C64 versions published in C&VG Yearbook 1985, p40 along with a comic strip and some playing tips.

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[Einar Saukas]

Hi!!

Don't know if this is the right place to say this but, in Anteater the "creators" and "author/contributor" are the same than the "Original publisher", that is: Bubu (me ).
Please correct it as people are asking me who is that "Antonio", hahahhahhAHA


Thanks in advance!

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Sorry, but, what does "Reviewed" mean? Is it going to change? I've seen today some FB vids where it was said that Anteater was programmed by "Antonio González", not me!!!

My apologies. I know (from personal experience a few times) that it's extremely frustrating for authors not being properly credited for their hard work! Therefore we try to give very high priority for fixing these kinds of errors.

The information about your game was originally submitted to ZXDB with wrong information. I only noticed your post from Monday night (sorry I didn't see your original error report at the time), then I hurried up to release a new ZXDB update with this fix the next day, and [mention]PeterJ[/mention] also hurried up to install this fix the following morning.

As a general rule, I believe we have a good system in place to process error reports, that's gradually taking care of the huge amount of accumulated corrections and fixes. Mostly thanks to [mention]druellan[/mention] that has been doing a fantastic work in this area. However in cases like this (where a specific error has a direct impact on someone's work), then besides posting it here, please also contact one of us directly to ensure we give this problem the priority it deserves.

Sorry!

[Bubu]

Nevermind, [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention], I'm fine, it was a bug and I know you were going to solve asap, and that's enough for me
Congrats to all the team, thank you!!

[8BitAG]

None of the magazine references for Fantasy Software [2]
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=4642

...appear to be for that particular company.

They all appear to refer to the other (more famous) Fantasy Software [1]
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?la ... 1&strict=1

...and so should be associated with that entry instead.

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[Einar Saukas]

About A'n'F Software and A & F Software:

Does anybody know if these are really different companies, or just different spellings for the same company?

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[Stefan]

About A'n'F Software and A & F Software:

Does anybody know if these are really different companies, or just different spellings for the same company?

The same - the logo is A'n'F, the name is A&F - see for example bottom right corner of this advert for Chuckie Egg 2.

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[druellan]

Number 6 in the Village https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6 ... _Village_2 release order is wrong, the MGT version should be the last.

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[Einar Saukas]

Number 6 in the Village https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6 ... _Village_2 release order is wrong, the MGT version should be the last.

Do you mean the MGT version was part of either Zenobi or Global Games release (not Philip Richmond's original release)?

IMHO it's easier to see releases here:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/alt/675 ... _Village_2

[PeterJ]

The Complete Home Entertainment Centre 128K has a machine type listed of 'ZX-Spectrum 48K'.

I'm not sure how this differs from the 48K Version. Perhaps someone could enlighten me?

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[PeterJ]

I've been discussing the Benny Bunny games recently with a freelance author who contacted me, and they highlighted the fact that both Anthony Sherwood, and T. Sherwood wrote similar programs for Sinclair Programs and come from West Bromwich.

Possibly the same person? Especially as the usual abbreviated form of Anthony is Tony. I guess we will never know for sure, but thought I would bring it up here for discussion.

As an aside if anyone knows the whereabouts of Mr Sherwood please let us know. As [mention]TMD2003[/mention] would say, there is a corned beef sandwich in it for you.

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[druellan]

Do you mean the MGT version was part of either Zenobi or Global Games release (not Philip Richmond's original release)?

Yes. Sorry, I was in the middle of another fix and I wrote that as a reminder, but the problem is the release year in the downloads section not being sorted chronologically.

[StooB]

The Complete Home Entertainment Centre 128K has a machine type listed of 'ZX-Spectrum 48K'.

I'm not sure how this differs from the 48K Version. Perhaps someone could enlighten me?

These are the two versions:



The green version on the right is the original release and is very common. The white version is much rarer and has ten games, the same eight as the original plus Steve Davis Snooker and Hi-Q Quiz. There is no 128K version, they're both 48/128 compatible.

Coincidentally, somebody's just sold a white one on Facebook, this seems to be the only picture of the Spectrum version that there is:

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[PeterJ]

Thank you [mention]StooB[/mention],

So the title is wrong then on the 128K version?

[StooB]

Thank you @StooB,

So the title is wrong then on the 128K version?

Yes. It's also probably got the wrong year too, considering it has Hi Q Quiz from 1989 on it.

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[StooB]

Paul Hutchinson's website should be updated to https://anicelandsaga.wordpress.com/. It hasn't been updated for eight years but it's still online unlike http://www.TotalPodCastrophe.com/.

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[PeterJ]

[mention]StooB[/mention],

If you find any high resolution scans of the white version box, please could you upload them via Pavel's form as we don't currently have them. Thanks very much.

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Return of the Ring (second part of The Ring of Darkness),
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... f_the_Ring

Was only released for Dragon 32/64
http://archive.worldofdragon.org/index. ... f_the_Ring

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[8BitAG]

For some reason, we appear to have the Compunet game MUD in the database?
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... ectrum/MUD

Compunet wasn't a Spectrum service, as far as I know...?

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[Rorthron]

I noticed the price of the 2013 Monument release of Catacombs of Balachor is wrong. It should be £12.50. I've tried to fix this using the preservation tools.

A repackaged version of Catacombs of Balachor was also released by Monument in 2014 for, I think, £10.00 (the third release of the game). This is not mentioned in the archive. I couldn't work out how to use the preservation tool to add this as a re-release.

Similarly, there was a repackaged Monument release of Balachor's Revenge, which is not recorded in the archive. This should be added as a third release of that game. The price of the third release was £10.00, but I'm not sure exactly when it came out, probably 2014-2015.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=27825

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... rs_Revenge

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[Stefan]

The Impatience combo has some mixups:
Viking - music is definitely not by František Fuka.
Triltex - music is by František Fuka, but the loading screen is not by Steven Pick but by Brian McConnell (aka Aesthetix).

The initial loading screen, before selecting Viking or Triltex is by Steven Pick, as is the loading screen for Viking.

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[druellan]

Paris-Dakar (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... aris-Dakar) roles and cover artist found in the instructions:

Programa: Fernando Rada, "MADE IN SPAIN".
Gráficos: Carlos Granados y Jorge Granados, "MADE
IN SPAIN".
Diseño de carátula: David Sueiro.

Jorge Granados is also the loading screen author, based on signature.

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[Alessandro]

Cattivik, Leonardo's Lost Last Invention, Funky Fungus and Al's Double Bill are marked as re-released by Zankle Soft. This reference is wrong and should be eliminated, for the following reasons:

- Cattivik and Leonardo are games by Gabriele Amore and are not going to become part of the Zankle Soft collection. They should be made available as soon as possible as they have been released by "Gabriele Amore" and not by "Alessandro Grussu" (which is another error);

- FF and ADB are not going to be re-released under the Zankle Soft label, since they have been superseded by Funky Fungus Reloaded and the newest (2.1) versions of Lost In My Spectrum and Apulija-13 respectively. However both titles may be made available for historical purposes, provided they point to the newer versions. In particular, the following should be added to the Remarks entry for ADB: "Newest versions (2.1) of both games are available in their respective entries".

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[8BitAG]

Both these games...

PHART
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... trum/PHART

Flush Gordon
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... ush_Gordon

... were written with the PAW not The Quill

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