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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 3:15 pm
by StooB
Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 3:40 pm
by StooB
Splat (1983)
The reviews from 1991 and 1992 should be moved to the
Sam Coupe version.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 8:58 pm
by moroz1999
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10167 - Not Nav, but MAV.
Group: Brainwave, Star Group
Real name: Andrey Mikheev
Location: Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=10179 - Not Negus, but Megus.
Group: Brainwave, Star Group
Real name: Roman Petrov
Location: Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 11:05 pm
by kolbeck
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=28296
Original Publisher: Your Sinclair (UK)
Author: L. Jespersen (NOT L. Jesperson)
Country should be DK (and not UK)
As seen on
https://archive.org/stream/YourSinclair ... 5/mode/1up
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 11:56 am
by StooB
Artura (1989)
All reviews are from November or December 1988, so the year of release should be 1988.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 2:54 pm
by StooB
Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:49 am
by Einar Saukas
I'm assuming that Megus
here and
here are different people. Could anyone please confirm?
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:26 am
by djnzx48
From what
this article seems to say,
this should be the page for Megus.
Roman Petrov is not Megus, but someone who shares the same name as him. Also, they are apparently both from Russia (rather than Ukraine).
Edit: if this is the case, the credit for Chopper Duel should be changed to refer to Megus. Additionally, Roman Petrov (from Saint Petersburg, according to the wiki) who wrote
Arcade Voleyball may be a different person from the other two.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:54 pm
by StooB
This
Home Computer Weekly 24/1/84 review on the
Pitfall 2 page isn't for Pitfall 2, but a uMIA text adventure called Pitfall by
Infinite Software.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 2:03 pm
by StooB
Run Baby Run
Original publisher should be
Micro Gold as mentioned
here, and the price was £2.75.
The Firebird release was in
October 1984 and was £2.50.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:32 pm
by R-Tape
Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:16 pm
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”?
As [mention]Ast A. Moore[/mention] says, the latest update of
Yankee in Iraq (ID 30373) makes a few changes to classification that I didn't consider:
Minimum model should be 48K/128K
Also a member of the AY Sound group (group 1025), and redefinable keys (group 9005)
(I'll sort the screenshot Ast)
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:38 pm
by Ast A. Moore
R-Tape wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:32 pm
(I'll sort the screenshot Ast)
No rush, Dave.
Also noticed that
180 is listed as Features: AY Sound. Seriously doubt that a game from 1984 would feature that.
Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:42 pm
by R-Tape
Regarding groups, can I just add that there are a lot of details I never knew about (and some I tried not to think about!) when making new entries. It's best not to start reporting recent releases here for things like AY Sound and redefineable keys (let's do Yankee while it's fresh though). When I understand ZXDB structure better I'll go back over these (with help), but there are too many to do as normal bugfixes.
Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 4:11 pm
by moroz1999
djnzx48 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:26 am
From what
this article seems to say,
this should be the page for Megus.
Roman Petrov is not Megus, but someone who shares the same name as him. Also, they are apparently both from Russia (rather than Ukraine).
Edit: if this is the case, the credit for Chopper Duel should be changed to refer to Megus. Additionally, Roman Petrov (from Saint Petersburg, according to the wiki) who wrote
Arcade Voleyball may be a different person from the other two.
There is only one Megus, he is from Russia, Yoshkar-Ola. But there are three Roman Petrov people.
One is Roman Petrov, Megus (Russia, Yoshkar-Ola):
Chopper Duel
Scorched Earth
Second is Roman Petrov (also Russia, Yoshkar-Ola):
RIP (Real Infrormation Packer)
The third Roman Petrov is from Saint Petersburg:
Arcade Voleyball
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 4:41 pm
by Patrik Rak
FWIW, Scorpion had nothing to do with this utility
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=23696
Well, definitely not "our" Scorpion.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 8:58 am
by moroz1999
That seems to be Scorpion from Taganrog, Russia.
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 11:15 am
by kolbeck
This one looks more like a ZX Spectrum title - and NOT ZX81
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... id=0035205
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 11:59 am
by 8BitAG
Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 1:05 pm
by moroz1999
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=7902
Karlo Computer Software, Ukraine, Yenakiieve
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 7:41 pm
by Ralf
Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 3:53 pm
by druellan
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?
Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 5:26 pm
by moroz1999
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... el_id=1333
Ascendancy Creative Labs, team from Belarus, Grodno
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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 5:29 pm
by moroz1999
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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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 5:30 pm
by moroz1999
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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Re: Little bugs in the database 3
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 5:42 pm
by PeterJ
Hi, I'm not sure the Oliver Twins were a company. All their work went through Codemasters didn't it?
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: