Little bugs in the database 3
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Hi! Looking at the info [mention]Rorthron[/mention] uncovered about Players on the Covert Artists thread, I've found that usually Sonic Graffiti is credited for the music on the ZXDB, but they are mentioned on the instructions as "original music", and then usually Andy Severn ported the music to the Spectrum. Sonic Graffiti was usually Gerrard Gourley, that worked on many platforms, so, we are not sure about the source.
Some examples:
The Race:
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY SONIC GRAFFITI
MUSIC CONVERSION BY ANDY SEVERN
Saigon Combat Unit:
ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE: SONIC GRAFFITI
AY MUSIC CONVERSION: ANDY SEVERN
3D Snooker:
MUSIC by SONIC GRAFFITI and converted by ANDY SEVERN
Mutant Fortress:
AY music Sonic Graffiti
AY player & conversion Andy Severn
So, right now I'm crediting both Sonic Graffiti and Andy Severn for the music, I think this is the correct way to do it. What do you think?
Some examples:
The Race:
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY SONIC GRAFFITI
MUSIC CONVERSION BY ANDY SEVERN
Saigon Combat Unit:
ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE: SONIC GRAFFITI
AY MUSIC CONVERSION: ANDY SEVERN
3D Snooker:
MUSIC by SONIC GRAFFITI and converted by ANDY SEVERN
Mutant Fortress:
AY music Sonic Graffiti
AY player & conversion Andy Severn
So, right now I'm crediting both Sonic Graffiti and Andy Severn for the music, I think this is the correct way to do it. What do you think?
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https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=1333
Ascendancy Creative Labs, team from Belarus, Grodno
Ascendancy Creative Labs, team from Belarus, Grodno
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https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=14468 imho, The Oliver Twins is not a person, but team or company of Andrew and Philip Oliver (who are persons).
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viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1425&p=25075&hilit=Izhevsk#p25075 - please take a look at my comments. I've just noticed that Izhevsk is still in database. It's a mistake, it's not a label, it's a city in Russia.
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Hi, I'm not sure the Oliver Twins were a company. All their work went through Codemasters didn't it?moroz1999 wrote: ↑Sun May 03, 2020 5:29 pm https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=14468 imho, The Oliver Twins is not a person, but team or company of Andrew and Philip Oliver (who are persons).
I agree it should be in this case 'Persons', rather than 'Person' which would be more appropriate, but the only options we have currently are as follows:
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HI,
Avalon + Dragontorc has a MIA release date.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=15868
Release info can be found in a Jan. 1986 issue of Popular Computing Weekly:
https://archive.org/details/popular-com ... 5/mode/1up
(should it also be added as News/note?)
Avalon + Dragontorc has a MIA release date.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=15868
Release info can be found in a Jan. 1986 issue of Popular Computing Weekly:
https://archive.org/details/popular-com ... 5/mode/1up
(should it also be added as News/note?)
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Seems reasonable to me.druellan wrote: ↑Sat May 02, 2020 3:53 pm Hi! Looking at the info @Rorthron uncovered about Players on the Covert Artists thread, I've found that usually Sonic Graffiti is credited for the music on the ZXDB, but they are mentioned on the instructions as "original music", and then usually Andy Severn ported the music to the Spectrum. Sonic Graffiti was usually Gerrard Gourley, that worked on many platforms, so, we are not sure about the source.
Some examples:
The Race:
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY SONIC GRAFFITI
MUSIC CONVERSION BY ANDY SEVERN
Saigon Combat Unit:
ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE: SONIC GRAFFITI
AY MUSIC CONVERSION: ANDY SEVERN
3D Snooker:
MUSIC by SONIC GRAFFITI and converted by ANDY SEVERN
Mutant Fortress:
AY music Sonic Graffiti
AY player & conversion Andy Severn
So, right now I'm crediting both Sonic Graffiti and Andy Severn for the music, I think this is the correct way to do it. What do you think?
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There are 2 videos for Bronx game (the Spanish one). And one of them is from Twice Shy game.
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sho wrote: ↑Sun May 03, 2020 10:22 pm HI,
Avalon + Dragontorc has a MIA release date.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=15868
Release info can be found in a Jan. 1986 issue of Popular Computing Weekly:
https://archive.org/details/popular-com ... 5/mode/1up
(should it also be added as News/note?)
And another
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/mag.php ... 88&page=32
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https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=19393
Sanyok (short form of Alexander), label of Aleksandr Duryagin from Ukhta, Russia
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=19191
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=19192
Demens Deum is nickname of Ilya Prokhorov
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=19182
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=19183
Gooseberry Code is not a company, it's nickname of Anatoliy Kuris
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=13400
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=19184
Vyacheslav Tretyak and Sinus is the same person, he is not from Russia, he is from Grodno, Belarus
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=9273
Route to Jupiter is a Group from Ukraine.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=9377
Mat & Ziutek label should either become a team or be split to Mat (Maciej J. Woloszyk) and Ziutek (Andrzej Siuda) separately.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... bel_id=264
Age & Ega are a team:
Andrey Yegorov, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
Grigoriy Yegorov, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10100
N. Novgorod is not a person or label, this is Nizhniy Novgorod city, Russia
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=6412
Izhevsk is not a person or label, this is Izhevsk city, Russia.
Sanyok (short form of Alexander), label of Aleksandr Duryagin from Ukhta, Russia
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=19191
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=19192
Demens Deum is nickname of Ilya Prokhorov
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=19182
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=19183
Gooseberry Code is not a company, it's nickname of Anatoliy Kuris
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=13400
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=19184
Vyacheslav Tretyak and Sinus is the same person, he is not from Russia, he is from Grodno, Belarus
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=9273
Route to Jupiter is a Group from Ukraine.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=9377
Mat & Ziutek label should either become a team or be split to Mat (Maciej J. Woloszyk) and Ziutek (Andrzej Siuda) separately.
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... bel_id=264
Age & Ega are a team:
Andrey Yegorov, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
Grigoriy Yegorov, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10100
N. Novgorod is not a person or label, this is Nizhniy Novgorod city, Russia
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=6412
Izhevsk is not a person or label, this is Izhevsk city, Russia.
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https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=13199
Shadow Soft (Russia) is not a company, it's nickname of Vladimir Kladov.
Shadow Soft (Russia) is not a company, it's nickname of Vladimir Kladov.
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The information on Software Farm's high-res ZX81 releases is inaccurate and incomplete:
ROCKET MAN
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=29249
FORTY-NINER
This has two IDs with different publishers and other information differences:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=28887
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=28888
I think they should probably be consolidated under the publisher Software Farm.
BOOSTER
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=32003
Incidentally contains a useless comment that should perhaps be deleted.
Z-XTRICATOR
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31886
All three games are missing information. The following link has most of it, including high-res inlay scans:
http://www.pictureviewerpro.com/hosting ... refarm.htm
ROCKET MAN
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=29249
FORTY-NINER
This has two IDs with different publishers and other information differences:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=28887
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=28888
I think they should probably be consolidated under the publisher Software Farm.
BOOSTER
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=32003
Incidentally contains a useless comment that should perhaps be deleted.
Z-XTRICATOR
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31886
All three games are missing information. The following link has most of it, including high-res inlay scans:
http://www.pictureviewerpro.com/hosting ... refarm.htm
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I recently added Legends Of Bytes to ZXDB. This magazine is an excellent source of information about Speccy game authors! Someone fluent in Russian should be able to obtain lots of useful information still missing from our database.
It's currently published by a guy called Gennadiy. If someone has his contact information and could invite him to our forum, I bet he would enjoy participating in this thread
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Hercules by Alpha- Omega Software:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=2298
The existing inlay is actually the Power House re-release.
The original A-O Software inlay is in [mention]Mort[/mention] 's archive.org site:
https://ia800701.us.archive.org/view_ar ... nlay01.jpg
I'm sure we'll have it here soon!
By the way, the artist in the game entry is Tim White. I suppose it refers to the Power House re-release inlay, and, if you see the AO inlay above, it seems have been made by Phil Gascoine because of the drawing style and the signature.
What do you think?
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=2298
The existing inlay is actually the Power House re-release.
The original A-O Software inlay is in [mention]Mort[/mention] 's archive.org site:
https://ia800701.us.archive.org/view_ar ... nlay01.jpg
I'm sure we'll have it here soon!
By the way, the artist in the game entry is Tim White. I suppose it refers to the Power House re-release inlay, and, if you see the AO inlay above, it seems have been made by Phil Gascoine because of the drawing style and the signature.
What do you think?
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Correct.Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 2:28 pm Hercules by Alpha- Omega Software:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=2298
The existing inlay is actually the Power House re-release.
This inlay currently has the following description: "Cassette inlay (#1)".
This page has a section called RELEASES that contains the following line: "Re-release #1: The Power House".
My apologies if the way this information is presented wasn't clear enough.
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I should also have included SPECTRUMISER in this list. The link above contains additional material for this title, too.Rorthron wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 8:55 am The information on Software Farm's high-res ZX81 releases is inaccurate and incomplete:
ROCKET MAN
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=29249
FORTY-NINER
This has two IDs with different publishers and other information differences:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=28887
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=28888
I think they should probably be consolidated under the publisher Software Farm.
BOOSTER
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=32003
Incidentally contains a useless comment that should perhaps be deleted.
Z-XTRICATOR
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31886
All three games are missing information. The following link has most of it, including high-res inlay scans:
http://www.pictureviewerpro.com/hosting ... refarm.htm
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Can they not be changed to two separate People, and connected to a Team called The Oliver Twins? There seem to be plenty of situations already like this.PeterJ wrote: ↑Sun May 03, 2020 5:42 pmHi, I'm not sure the Oliver Twins were a company. All their work went through Codemasters didn't it?moroz1999 wrote: ↑Sun May 03, 2020 5:29 pm https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=14468 imho, The Oliver Twins is not a person, but team or company of Andrew and Philip Oliver (who are persons).
I agree it should be in this case 'Persons', rather than 'Person' which would be more appropriate, but the only options we have currently are as follows:
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I will let [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] answer that one [mention]Rorthron[/mention].
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Russian text adventure game Plutoniya:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=12997
is inspired by the book of the same name (Plutonia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonia_(novel)
The book itself seems heavily inspired by "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" but we don't go that far with inspirations info.
By the way, you may watch my recent rzx recording of it. The language may be a barrier but you can enjoy the graphics (and these guys did a lot of work with it):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... e=emb_logo
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=12997
is inspired by the book of the same name (Plutonia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonia_(novel)
The book itself seems heavily inspired by "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" but we don't go that far with inspirations info.
By the way, you may watch my recent rzx recording of it. The language may be a barrier but you can enjoy the graphics (and these guys did a lot of work with it):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... e=emb_logo
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Le Lu-Lu's is considered as two separate entries when they should be merged into one. Check their only title, a MIA compilation of two games:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=9524
and the review in Sinclair User Nov 1987, which also lists their address:
https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-use ... 9/mode/1up
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=9524
and the review in Sinclair User Nov 1987, which also lists their address:
https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-use ... 9/mode/1up
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The TZX tape dumps of 10 Computer Hits 5 are already in the database, therefore I don't see a reason not to include the +3 DSK disk dumps as well.
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I'm not sure about this one.StooB wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 2:03 pm Run Baby Run
Original publisher should be Micro Gold as mentioned here, and the price was £2.75.
The article from December 1983 says "it will be retailing its first releases, two Spectrum games called Race Ace and Run, Baby, Run, at £2.75".
It sounds it was just their plan. There's no confirmation that's how it really happened in the end.
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from the "Sinclair For Show" Facebook group:Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 12:34 am
I'm not sure about this one.
The article from December 1983 says "it will be retailing its first releases, two Spectrum games called Race Ace and Run, Baby, Run, at £2.75".
It sounds it was just their plan. There's no confirmation that's how it really happened in the end.
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Awesome, thank you!StooB wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 10:49 amfrom the "Sinclair For Show" Facebook group:Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 12:34 am
I'm not sure about this one.
The article from December 1983 says "it will be retailing its first releases, two Spectrum games called Race Ace and Run, Baby, Run, at £2.75".
It sounds it was just their plan. There's no confirmation that's how it really happened in the end.
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I noticed a printing mistake in this magazine: David Taylor's nickname is "Tink", not "Pink".Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 2:37 am I recently added Legends Of Bytes to ZXDB. This magazine is an excellent source of information about Speccy game authors! Someone fluent in Russian should be able to obtain lots of useful information still missing from our database.
It's currently published by a guy called Gennadiy. If someone has his contact information and could invite him to our forum, I bet he would enjoy participating in this thread
Except for this, everything else seem very accurate!