Spectrum Computing

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 9:04 am They are clickable further down in 'author information' but it might be nice to have it accessible in general too.

I am of the idea that everything that might be clickeable, should be clickeable (*jem*, also the "Machine Type"?).

druellan wrote: ↑Thu May 17, 2018 12:03 pm A friend pointed out something similar. He is using a low resolution laptop, and the search fields are not accessible on both Firefox or Chrome unless he changes the scale of the browser. I'm still unable to reproduce it.

[mention]4throck[/mention] has fixed the bug (cheers!)*. It works on my mobile, hopefully also your friend?

*it was a misplaced REM statement

Is anyone having mobile search problems?

It's working perfectly for me but someone has PMd to say they're having problems since the fix!

ZXDB Update (Monday 28 May 2018)

Even bigger than the DFS Sale.... This is another huge update from [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention]. A personal thanks to all those who helped out with this one.

Update from [mention]R-Tape[/mention]

Hyperzonky Mega Update!

Run & Load screenshots for ZX81 16K games of IDs from 29053 - 29221
645 cassette inlays! Thanks [mention]pavero[/mention]

New game entries:
Quahappy
Rubicon
Hibernated-1
Nixy the Glade Sprite

New entries uMIA:
Tap Music
Sokoban Pro
Minotaur
Frog Path
Kolobok
Labyrinth 2
Autodrome
Rubik Cube
Helespont
Lion - The Revenge
Zycie Maklera
Supernudge2000

Files & Updates:
Screenshots for Ninjakul in the AUIC Temple
Machine code version, source code & SCREEN for Knights
Latest version of Cross Chase
Latest version of Apullija 13
Ast A. Moore Treasure Island and Fantasy World Dizzy fixes.
Faster version of Capital Cities Tester

Book:
"It's Behind You - The Making Of A Computer Game" Bob Pape's riveting account of the glitz, glamour and GRIME in the making of R-Type.

Thanks: Thomas Kolbeck, Pavel, Ralf, Detective Rorthron, Darryl Sloan, Druellan, Fabrizio, Bizzley

Apologies/ Next time:
Ignacio, ZX81 stuff
Druellan/Ralf, Renegade & Heli MODS
Anyone we've missed.

And a final extra thanks for everyone involved in linking ZXDB sites to Spectrum2.0, allowing us to review new content as well as old. Get reviewing people!

Great update!

And thanks for posting the list of Pavero's inlays, it'll be very useful for me!

Congratulations to everyone involved!

(yes, I'm involved too, forgive me this little ego boost )

BTW, why two entries for Kolobok? Something probably went wrong?

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34307
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34315

EDIT: also no screenshots and download for Labirynth 2, Autodrome:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34308
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34309

Some extra screenshots added but we forgot to mention, all ZX81 using the Chroma Interface. It's new to me but it seems to make the ZX81 like a Spectrum...



3D Monster Maze (Chroma edition)
Alien Mind (Chroma edition)
Ant Attack (Chroma edition)
Attribute Mode Test Program
CroZXy Road (Chroma edition)
Death Star
Domin8tr1s (Chroma edition)
Hopper (Chroma edition)
Impact (Chroma edition)
Julia Set Generator
Kaleidoscope
ZX80 Kong (Chroma extension)
Mandelbrot Set Generator
Mazogs (Chroma edition)
Miner Man (Chroma edition)
Missile Command (Chroma extension)
Noir Shapes (Chroma edition)
One Little Ghost (Chroma edition)
Pacman
Pandemic (Chroma edition)
Screens Slideshow
Star Defence (Chroma edition)
Virus (Chroma edition)
Z8048
ZX Galaxians (Chroma edition)
ZX0800
ZXAgon (Chroma edition)

Ralf wrote: ↑Mon May 28, 2018 8:44 pm BTW, why two entries for Kolobok? Something probably went wrong?

Aah, I put Kolobok, Labyrinth 2 and Autodrome in the spreadsheet twice...

I would have an extra question. Are 6 hundreds of inlays subitted by [mention]pavero[/mention] completely new inlays that were totally absent till last update or are they some improved quality scans of already available inlays?

Ralf wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 8:28 pm I would have an extra question. Are 6 hundreds of inlays subitted by @pavero completely new inlays that were totally absent till last update or are they some improved quality scans of already available inlays?

The most of them offer improved quality (higher resolution, without cropping, etc.) only. But some of them were totally absent up to this day.

My opinion is the links with old inlay scans (which were replaced by their better versions) should be hidden from SpectrumComputing site. But we need to indefity them in ZXDB firstly and [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] still keeps silent about this topic.

The following message is from Digital Ocean, who are the company who host our website.

Start: 2018-06-06 21:00 UTC
End: 2018-06-07 03:00 UTC


During the above window, the networking team will be upgrading some pieces of networking equipment to improve performance and reliability for our LON1 location

Expected Impact:

There may be a few minutes of increased latency as well as small amounts of packet loss while we shift traffic to redundant devices. However, all sites should be fully reachable during the maintenance

PeterJ wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 6:27 pm You can use "advanced search" for any arbitrary string in title, publisher or author:

Is it possible to use this to get a list of only games from the Maze genre? (if yes what would be the text to use for the other genres?)

Why would you not just choose maze games from the genre drop-down [mention]R-Tape[/mention]?

I'd like to be able to post a link on the forum (web address of genre search works well but isn't transferable).

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:16 pm I'd like to be able to post a link on the forum (web address of genre search works well but isn't transferable).

Hi again [mention]R-Tape[/mention], if you look at the following post, it tells you how to do it. The actual at the end of the post is the one to use. Email me if you have any problems.

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=568&start=50#p9980

We are now starting to provide links to the excellent Spectrum Show magazine from Paul Jenkinson [mention]PaulJ[/mention].

I'm working my way (way to slowly) through the issues, and Einar is importing them into ZXDB.

You can see an example here. Just go down to the magazine references section. It doesn't currently give you the option to view the specific page, but it does tell you the page number and a link to download the PDF.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=27506

You can find more about the Spectrum Show magazine on Paul's website.

http://www.thespectrumshow.co.uk/Magazines.aspx

We have added a new section in the main game information block for "Programming Languages", and also to display people's real name next to their aliases.

For instance:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=30237

Hi Everyone,

I've noticed that Gandalf page, don't tag as it "Features: Rainbow Graphics (Multicolour)"


Also Bomberman another demo , don't tag it and the screenshot is not showing multicolour.


Regards

Thanks [mention]Cgonzalez[/mention],

I'm sure [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention], who maintains ZXDB will add these to the list.

Peter

Those missing features were my mistake. The new screenshot will be an all action MLT that captures an explosion , it'll appear in the next update.

Thanks!

The latest update to ZXDB has been applied this evening. This is a massive update! Thanks to [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention], [mention]R-Tape[/mention] and all those others who helped with the update.

Edit: The Updates page has also been updated here:

app.php/site-updates

I'm loving the CGC 2013 book by the way!

New Entries in ZXDB:
LD Snake
Flappy the Ghost
La Historia Interminable (Endless Story)
Count to Ten
Diamantes
TANK-1990
Esperanto
Floppy Format
IBM File Viewer
IBM Format
Lost in Worlds
Rogue
Escher
BLAM

Screens, files and fixes for all CSS CGC 2013 entries, and the whole blog available as a .PDF.
CGC 2013 Blog
2013FootballManager
AdvancedAnticlimacticNewYearsSimulator
AdvancedMongyLardSimulator
AdvancedNornIronTranslator
AdvancedPianoSimulator(OdeToJoyLeeSpoons)
AdvancedPianoSimulator
AdvancedPowerCutDetectorSimulator
AdvancedSuperiorSpaceInvaders2600ConversionSimulatorZX(SAMCoupe)
AdvancedSuperiorSpaceInvaders2600ConversionSimulatorZX
AdventCalendar
ALSTactics
AngryBirds
AngryBirds
AStar
BurndownZXTakeout
CARPONG
CarPong_Source
CollateralDamage
CountlessRunesAllPissPoor
CrispSnatcher
Daniel
DastardlyDave(NicksNightmareCrack)
DastardlyDave
DrawnToLifeless(ChunteyForceCrack)
DrawnToLifeless
DrWhoAdventure(T
DubSpec(NoDelay)
DubSpec
FootballManagerless
Freemium
FuturisticF1Championship
Grassman(HayfeverHerbertCrack)
GrassMan
GropeTheChoirBoy
HenrysCat
HuntForMagentaOctober
IsThatASnakeOrAreYouJustPleasedToSeeMe
JetRocket(PO
JetRocket
JetRo
JoyStick
JoystickHero
Jumper(Crack)
Jumper
KaringalLosesHisBanHammer
KickTheBallBoy
LuckyBirdS**tDude
MegaSki
Meg
MegaSki_Screen
MentalDisorderPacMan
MonkeyDoosFruitSalad(Hit Single)
MonkeyDoosFruitSalad
MonkeyDoosFruitSalad_I
MountainsOfKetchup
MountainsOfKetchup
NoahAndTheMower
NothingThing
NothingThing_SourceCode
OnTheGloomySideOfLuna(AsteroidRiskCrack)
OnTheGloomySideOfLuna
OttersOnAPlane
PacifistSpaceInvaders(HappyEndingHack)
PacifistSpaceInvaders
ParkingMeterSimulator(SpeedHack)
ParkingMeterSimulator
PeppaPig
PixyThePixelInPixellatedPixelLand
RatMole(BUGFIX)
RatMole
RealMiner
RoscoTheCatBurglarInCyprusExtraction
RoscoTheCatBurglarInCyprusExtraction_I
S.N.A.I.L
SamanthaFoxStripSnap(AnneRobinsonCrack)
SamanthaFoxStripSnap
SearchForET(Crack)
SearchForET
SirCliveSinclairsPachinkoParlourParty
Squash
Squash_I
SuperUDGFighterzIITurbo(Side1)
SuperUDGFighterzIITurbo(Side2)
TeachoYourselfItaliano
TeachskiYourselfskaRussianova(BackwardRs)
TeachskiYourselfskaRussianova
TeachYerselfAustralian(AQIHack)
TeachYerselfAustralian
TheLostTreasureOfSomething
Toader
TravelWithPacman
TypeCForCrap
TypeCForCrap_Solu
UDGStripSnap
UltimateLanguageTranslator
UnofficialFirstEntrySimulator
UpCoproliteCreek(Crack)
Vaticania
WaitingForSproggo
WalkingAroundPorto
WhereInTheWorldIsEdwardSnowden
FlappyTheGhost

Various inlays, files, screens for the following not mentioned above:
PlayForPeace
CLUESO
CountToTen
Diabetes
FunToLearn
KnockOut
MiniPutt
Ozone
SpiDroid
SuperStory
Vega-Table

Special thanks to druellan for screenshots for Crossfire (4000017) and Hostage (29717).
Proper .MLT action screenshots for Bomberman (30426)
Thanks to [mention]Ralf[/mention], [mention]g0blinish[/mention], [mention]druellan[/mention] , [mention]Hernan[/mention] , [mention]michellekg[/mention] , [mention]CaptainBlack[/mention] , [mention]hikoki[/mention] , [mention]Ivanzx[/mention]

Apologies/missed this update but in the next:
The rest of Marcos Cruz software
MIA from Frankie
Anyone forgotten!

Thanks Peter,

I realised I forgot to include either TAP version of LD-Snake (sorry [mention]djnzx48[/mention]), will amend that when possible.

Just to note that we are aware of some speed issues with certain searches using the advanced search. We are trying to track down the issues.

Great stuff!

Screenshot for Tank-1990 needs adjusting:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=34329