Program List ?
Herwig Mayr
does anyone have a list of Spectrum programs in
electronic form by chance? Would he/she be so
kind to post it -- it would be nice to get a
comprehensive list togehter with some classification
or so (coulb maybe become a part of the FAQ).
BTW, I gave my Spedtrum a friend in Czechia 2 years ago
for education purposes and subsequently also gave / deleted my
program collection. Does anyone have "The Hobbit" as snapshot
and is willing to send it to me (I did finish the game but
never got 100 % -- was this possible at all?
Since I am a great fan of JRR Tolkien and have by
now read most of his books, does anyone have a copy
of "The Lord of the Rings" - as far as I remember this was an
adventure in 3 parts, but I never got hold of a copy (neither bought
nor borrowed). "Bored of the Rings" should be similar? Is anyone willing to
send me snapshots of these?
Yours, Herwig
Arnt Gulbrandsen
Herwig Mayr <ma...@risc.uni-linz.ac.at> wrote:
>does anyone have a list of Spectrum programs in
>electronic form by chance? Would he/she be so
>kind to post it -- it would be nice to get a
>comprehensive list togehter with some classification
>or so (coulb maybe become a part of the FAQ).
Not by chance, no. Here's the list of what I have. I would make it
all available via anonymous FTP, but can't, for boring, trivial,
nobody-cares-anyway reasons. No classification here, that's because
I don't have any way to play these games, I just collect and store in
case I can get permission to distribute them.
If you live in Manchester, UK, you could try to talk the people at
Ocean or US Gold into allowing free distribution. I'm supposed to
have a list of copyright holders for most of these programs, but I
seem to have lost it. None of them even answered my letters, anyway.
FYI: I'm the person on the net with the most snaps, I guess, and I
don't even have a machine I can run an emulator on :-)
--Arnt (slightly tired and dejected)
007.zip critical.zip headbang.zip mugsyii.zip spechess.zip
10frame.zip crtcmass.zip headroom.zip mutant.zip specimen.zip
10indian.zip crypt.zip heartl.zip n_gunner.zip specpool.zip
180.zip crystal.zip heathrow.zip necropol.zip spectacl.zip
1942.zip ctd.zip heavy.zip nederlan.zip spectipe.zip
1994.zip cyber.zip hellfire.zip nemesis.zip spectres.zip
2112ad.zip cyber2.zip herbdum.zip new_year.zip spectrum.zip
2guntrtl.zip cybern2.zip herbert.zip newterm.zip speeddue.zip
3d_tank_.zip cyberrat.zip hero.zip nexus.zip speeduel.zip
3descap.zip cyberun.zip hgskiing.zip nflite2.zip speedylo.zip
3dluna.zip cycle.zip hharry.zip ngunner.zip spellbnd.zip
3dpsionc.zip cyclone.zip hhorace.zip nifty.zip spforth.zip
3dspace.zip cylon.zip highnoon.zip nightfli.zip spherica.zip
3dspwars.zip cyrus.zip highway.zip nightgun.zip spiderma.zip
3dswar_j.zip czone.zip hijack.zip ninjamas.zip spiders.zip
3dswar_k.zip d_kong.zip hisoftc.zip nipper.zip spinads.zip
3dswarj.zip daktil4d.zip hobbit.zip niteshde.zip spindizy.zip
3dswarnj.zip daktile.zip horace.zip nod_ysod.zip spitfire.zip
3dtank.zip daley-d1.zip horacehu.zip nodes.zip splat.zip
3dtanx.zip daley-d2.zip horaspid.zip noglen5.zip split.zip
3dtunnel.zip dallas.zip horiza1.zip noglen5a.zip splitper.zip
3weeks.zip dam.zip horiza2.zip nomad.zip sport.zip
4dtmegte.zip dambust.zip horiza3.zip noseque.zip sports-h.zip
a_kong.zip dan2.zip horiza4.zip nosferat.zip sportsh.zip
a_mole1.zip danaf.zip horiza5.zip nrally.zip spr.zip
a_mole2.zip danafrun.zip horiza6.zip nuty-pl.zip spray.zip
ace.zip dandare.zip horizb1.zip obs.zip sprinter.zip
ace_2.zip dandare2.zip horizb2.zip obsprog.zip spyhunt.zip
acrojet.zip dandy.zip horizb3.zip octagon.zip spyvspy.zip
action.zip darkside.zip horizb4.zip olli.zip spyvsspy.zip
acturus.zip darkstar.zip horizb5.zip olympia.zip ssprint.zip
adastra.zip datador.zip horizb6.zip olympiad.zip st-berna.zip
adquest1.zip dbltake.zip horizb7.zip omega.zip stainste.zip
adquest2.zip dcastle.zip horizb8.zip ometron.zip stalingr.zip
advbasic.zip dchase.zip horizb9.zip oracle's.zip stanley.zip
advent-8.zip deathcha.zip horizons.doc oracle.zip star-rai.zip
advent.zip deathinr.zip howhero.doc orange.zip starbike.zip
advent_a.zip deathins.zip howhero1.zip orbiter.zip starfire.zip
advent_b.zip decath-1.zip howhero2.zip orbix.zip starglid.zip
advent_c.zip decath-2.zip hp4s.zip osten.zip starion.zip
advent_d.zip decoder.zip hp4tm16.zip out_of_t.zip starmap.zip
aegean.zip defend.zip hpascal.zip outlet.zip starquak.zip
afrtrail.zip defenda.zip hskiing.zip overscan.zip starraid.zip
ageddon.zip defender.zip hspiders.zip p2zx.zip starship.zip
ahdiddum.zip deflekto.zip hthrwatc.zip p_pong.zip starstr2.zip
ahdidums.zip defofcro.zip hulk.zip p_rator.zip starstrk.zip
airwolf.zip delfox.zip hunch.zip pacland.zip startrek.zip
alchemis.zip deltawng.zip hunch2.zip pacmania.zip stension.zip
alien.zip demo.zip hunchbck.zip paintdem.zip stofight.zip
alien8.zip denis.zip hunchbk.zip painter.zip stonkers.zip
alienh.zip desert.zip hunter.zip panama.zip stop_the.zip
aliens.zip deus_1.zip hybrid.zip panza.zip stormbri.zip
amaurote.zip deus_2.zip hypaball.zip paperboy.zip streetgn.zip
america.zip devils.zip hyperact.zip paravia.zip strip_po.zip
anball.zip devpac.zip hypsport.zip pascal.zip strstke1.zip
andeskyd.zip dgrmouse.zip i_karate.zip patrol.zip strstke2.zip
android1.zip dictator.zip id.zip paws.zip stwarrio.zip
android2.zip digger.zip imask.zip pdsftwr.zip substrik.zip
ant-atta.zip dizydice.zip imposbal.zip pedro.zip supchess.zip
ant.zip dizzy.zip impossib.zip penetr.zip superbal.zip
antattac.zip dizzy3-5.zip impsball.zip penetrat.zip superdra.zip
antics.zip dizzy_2.zip inadvent.zip penta.zip superspy.zip
antiriad.zip dizzy_3.zip inca_cur.zip pentagon.zip superstr.zip
anything.zip dizzy_4.zip indidemo.zip ph_tomb.zip suprtest.zip
aquaplan.zip dizzy_5.zip indus.zip phantom.zip suprtst2.zip
aquarius.zip dizzy_6.zip infamy.zip pharaoh.zip survivor.zip
arabian.zip dk_invad.zip interpid.zip pheenix.zip sweevo's.zip
arc_ysod.zip dlan48k.zip intruder.zip phenix.zip sweevo.zip
arcadia.zip dmouse2.zip invaders.zip pigeon.zip sweevosw.zip
archon1.zip domiudg.zip invasion.zip pimania.zip sword.zip
archon2.zip donkey.zip invforce.zip pinball.zip sys64.zip
arkanoid.zip doom.zip iq_test.zip pingpong.zip system15.zip
armymova.zip doomdark.zip iqtest.zip piom_1.zip t_ted.zip
arnhem.zip doomsday.zip ironmaid.zip piom_2.zip talfrans.zip
artist2.zip dracula.zip is-chess.zip pioneer.zip talk-che.zip
artstudi.zip dragontc.zip ischess.zip pirat.zip talk.zip
ashes.zip drats.zip island.zip pitman7.zip talkches.zip
assasini.zip draughts.zip iso1.zip planet.zip tank.zip
asterix.zip draw-pro.zip isocopy1.zip planetoi.zip tanx.zip
astrocl.zip draw.zip jack.zip planets.zip tapper.zip
atf.zip dreadngt.zip jackbean.zip platoon.zip tarzan.zip
aticatac.zip drgnbane.zip jackp.zip plunder.zip taskforc.zip
atnbiker.zip driller.zip jackpot.zip plusd.zip tasword.zip
aufmonty.zip druid.zip jason.zip pogo.zip tau_ceti.zip
austerli.zip duckula.zip jeroen.zip pontoon.zip tcresta.zip
autocras.zip dukes.zip jetman.zip pool.zip ted.zip
automani.zip dunadv1.zip jetpac.zip popeye.zip tempest.zip
avalon.zip dunadv2.zip jetset.zip porn.zip temple.zip
b17intro.zip dundarac.zip jetset2.zip position.zip teori.zip
b_burger.zip dungeon.zip jetsetw3.zip postman.zip terminus.zip
back2sko.zip dustin.zip jfever.zip postpat.zip termolin.zip
backgamm.zip dwarrior.zip joeblade.zip pottypai.zip terpedo.zip
ball_cra.zip dwing.zip johnreb.zip premier.zip terra.zip
balloon.zip dyktator.zip joust.zip prmagik2.zip terra2.zip
barb1-2.zip dyna-dan.zip jsw.zip progolf.zip tesprit.zip
barbar1.zip dyna_dan.zip jsw2.zip projectf.zip tetris.zip
barmy_bu.zip dynadan1.zip jumbly.zip protocol.zip tetris2.zip
barrybox.zip dynadan2.zip jump-j1.zip pshotdem.zip tetris48.zip
baseball.zip dynatron.zip jumpjack.zip pssst.zip tfdemo.zip
basicod3.zip dyndan2.zip jungle.zip psyche.zip tff_1.zip
basil.zip eaglenes.zip jungle_t.zip psytron.zip tff_3.zip
basket.zip eagles.zip jungtrbl.zip ptr.zip tforce.zip
batman.zip earth.zip k_tyme.zip pulsar7.zip tformers.zip
batman2.zip earthsha.zip kamikaze.zip pulsator.zip tgsrace.zip
batofbri.zip ed50.zip kanga.zip pulstar.zip thanatos.zip
batspil.zip eddiekid.zip karate.zip punkpigs.zip the_illu.zip
battfiel.zip edduck.zip karnov.zip pushoff.zip their_fi.zip
battle.zip editamon.zip kaz_4.zip puzznic.zip thekey.zip
battle17.zip editas.zip kaz_5.zip pyjamara.zip thekillg.zip
batty.zip electro.zip ket.zip pyracurs.zip theworm1.zip
bazooka.zip electro2.zip kids.zip pyramid.zip theworm2.zip
bb18.zip elevator.zip king-dem.zip pyramide.zip thing.zip
bbeard.zip elite.zip klaver.zip pytron.zip thingbb.zip
bcquest.zip embassy.zip kngquest.zip qfAA23459 think.zip
bdash.zip empire.zip knight.zip quazatrn.zip throne.zip
beachhd2.zip enchante.zip knight_t.zip quest.zip thrust.zip
beachhed.zip enduro.zip knot.zip quickloa.zip thrust2.zip
bearbovr.zip enigma.zip knot3d.zip quildemo.zip thuncats.zip
beruska.zip equinox.zip knotin3d.zip quill.zip thunder.zip
betbasic.zip eric.zip kobayasi.zip quincy.zip thunderb.zip
beyondic.zip escape.zip kokotoni.zip quondam.zip thunderc.zip
bgammon.zip eskeddie.zip kong.zip r-type.zip time.zip
bhead.zip eskimo.zip kong2.zip rabbit.zip timegate.zip
bhead2.zip eskimoed.zip kongedom.zip rabbit2.zip timezone.zip
biggles.zip esmerald.zip kosmic.zip rack-it.zip tirnanog.zip
bike.zip espionag.zip krackout.zip radix.zip tisfirem.zip
bill.zip espislan.zip krakatoa.zip raiders.zip tkmc48k.zip
biorytme.zip esprit.zip krakout.zip ramarama.zip tll.zip
birdbees.zip europe.zip kredalys.zip rambo-3.zip tmnt.zip
birdy.zip everyone.zip kungfu.zip rambo.zip toadrun.zip
bismarck.zip evolutn.zip labwalk.zip rampage.zip tomahawk.zip
bitwaowy.zip exodus.zip lander.zip ranarama.zip tomatoes.zip
blackbrd.zip exolon.zip lander2.zip rapede.zip toolkit.zip
blackho.zip express.zip lasersn.zip rasputin.zip tootie.zip
blade.zip extreme.zip laserwrp.zip rastersc.zip topgun.zip
blagger.zip eylau.zip lazerzne.zip rblstar2.zip tower.zip
blckjack.zip f1sim.zip lazyjone.zip rbrkdale.zip toymaker.zip
bldalley.zip factory.zip lcycle.zip rcoaster.zip tracka.zip
blind.zip fairlght.zip leadbord.zip rebel.zip train-ga.zip
blindpan.zip fairlgt2.zip leapfrog.zip rebels.zip train.zip
blinkys.zip falkland.zip lees.dit redarrow.zip trains.zip
blitzkr.zip fallguy.zip lemans.zip redbaron.zip trans.zip
blitzkrg.zip fb_year.zip lerm6.zip redhawk.zip transam.zip
bljack.zip feud.zip lermmin.zip redmoon.zip transver.zip
bluemax.zip fifth.zip lifeline.zip redmoon1.zip transvsn.zip
bluethun.zip figforth.zip lightfor.zip redmoon2.zip trant-de.zip
bmx.zip files.bbs livingst.zip redscrpn.zip trantor.zip
boa.zip finance.zip ljetman.zip redweed.zip tranzam.zip
bobby.zip findersk.zip lmagic.zip register.zip trapdoor.zip
bobslgh.zip findkeep.zip loco.zip renegade.zip trashman.zip
boggit-1.zip finhours.zip lode-1.zip reteden1.zip traxx.zip
bogmole.zip firebird.zip lode-2.zip reteden2.zip tribble.zip
bombjac2.zip firelord.zip loopz.zip reversi.zip tribble2.zip
bombjack.zip fiskeri.zip lordring.zip revolutn.zip trivial.zip
bonkers.zip fist.zip lordsmid.zip riddlers.zip tron.zip
booty.zip fistii.zip lordsofm.zip river.zip ttgtrcka.zip
bordello.zip flag.zip lordsti1.zip rmessiah.zip ttgtrckb.zip
bored-1.zip flashp.zip lordsti2.zip roadrace.zip ttracer.zip
bored-2.zip flashpnt.zip lordtime.zip roadrcrs.zip tttdoor.zip
bored-3.zip flight.zip lread1.zip robin.zip ttwins.zip
boulder2.zip flight2.zip lread2.zip robinofs.zip tubecube.zip
boulder3.zip flintstn.zip lread3.zip robon.zip tumler.zip
boulderd.zip flowchar.zip lread4.zip rocket.zip tunnel.zip
bouncer.zip fltsim.zip lunaatac.zip rocknwre.zip turbches.zip
bounder.zip flunky.zip lunar.zip rocky.zip turtldem.zip
bounzai.zip flyshark.zip lunattac.zip rockyhor.zip turtle.zip
boxchamp.zip football.zip lyd.zip roller.zip tutank.zip
boxing.zip footmngr.zip lyspen.zip rollingt.zip twin_kin.zip
bozyboa.zip force.zip m-chess.zip roodkapj.zip twip.zip
brainspo.zip formula1.zip macadam.zip roomten.zip twister.zip
brave.zip forth.zip madmix.zip rratrace.zip tyv.zip
bravesta.zip fox.zip mafia_co.zip rriot.zip uchi_mat.zip
brdgame.zip fp.zip magnetro.zip rupert.zip ucm.zip
breakpo.zip fp50.zip magni.zip rygar.zip ugh!.zip
breakthr.zip fpcomp.zip mailstro.zip s_belle.zip ultravio.zip
brianaxe.zip fpilot.zip makechip.zip s_servic.zip under.zip
bridge3.zip fransk.zip makmusic.zip sabot2.zip underwld.zip
bronxcop.zip fred.zip manic.zip saboteur.zip unihero.zip
brucelee.zip freezbee.zip manic2.zip sabotr_2.zip unsure.zip
bsnatch.zip frenzy.zip manicmin.zip sabra.zip untouch.zip
btlships.zip frogger.zip manmin2.zip sabre.zip uridium.zip
bubblebo.zip froggy.zip maps.zip sai.zip utils.zip
buckroge.zip fruit.zip marble.zip sam-spad.zip v.zip
bugaboo.zip fruitmac.zip mariob.zip sam-stoa.zip valhalla.zip
bugeyes.zip full-thr.zip marsport.zip samfox.zip valkyrie.zip
buggy.zip future.zip martha.zip samspade.zip vampire.zip
bugsy.zip fytale.zip master.zip sanxion.zip vectron.zip
buldmoun.zip g-force.zip master2.zip sbelle.zip velnor.zip
bulge.zip g_beret.zip masterfl.zip scastle.zip veracrz1.zip
byfamorf.zip g_rider.zip masterso.zip scbadive.zip veracrz2.zip
cabaldem.zip galact.zip match.zip schizoid.zip vibemm2.zip
caesar.zip galaxian.zip matchday.zip school.zip victory.zip
caesartc.zip galvan.zip matchpoi.zip scooby.zip viewkill.zip
capitant.zip game.zip math.zip scrabble.zip viking.zip
capkelly.zip gamedesi.zip matlucas.zip scuba.zip virus.zip
capman.zip garfield.zip matrix.zip scubadiv.zip voicechs.zip
car.zip gatecras.zip maxhead.zip scumball.zip vu-3d.zip
cards.zip gauntlet.zip maze.zip seawar.zip vu3d.zip
cargo.zip gazeteer.zip mazegold.zip seiddab.zip vu3dxmp.zip
cars.zip gbaret.zip mazeman.zip sentinel.zip vufile.zip
castdoom.zip gd.zip maziacs.zip sexsim_1.zip w-cauldr.zip
castle.zip genon.zip mcoder2.zip sf-mig29.zip wally.zip
castlem1.zip geo1.zip mctutor0.zip sfcobra.zip war.zip
castlem2.zip geo2.zip mctutor1.zip shadowsk.zip war_of_t.zip
catchy.zip geoff_ca.zip mctutor2.zip shaolins.zip warlock_.zip
caterpil.zip gettysbu.zip mctutor3.zip shark.zip warlord.zip
cauldron.zip ghost.zip mctutor4.zip sharrier.zip warrior.zip
cavelon.zip ghostbst.zip mdefence.zip shawk.zip wartoad.zip
caveomin.zip ghostbus.zip mdr.zip shdwfire.zip waxworks.zip
cavfight.zip ghosts.zip mdraw.zip sherlock.zip westbank.zip
cclash.zip gilligan.zip mean-dem.zip sherwood.zip wheelie.zip
cct.zip gladiatr.zip mega1.zip shipdoom.zip whitelig.zip
cdebris.zip glass.zip megabasi.zip shockway.zip who_dare.zip
cdplayer.zip glider-e.zip megapede.zip short_1.zip whodunit.zip
centiped.zip glider.zip meltdown.zip short_2.zip wholenbg.zip
champspr.zip glugglug.zip messiah.zip showjump.zip wild.zip
chchase.zip gnasher.zip meteo.zip shuttle.zip wild_bun.zip
checquer.zip gnattack.zip meteor.zip sidearms.zip wiledemo.zip
cheqflag.zip gobble.zip meteoroi.zip sidewise.zip willow.zip
ches2000.zip gobblema.zip mgllamas.zip sidewize.zip willowpa.zip
chess.zip golapple.zip mig29.zip sirfred.zip winter1.zip
chimera.zip goldmine.zip mikie.zip skat.zip winter2.zip
chkamaug.zip golf.zip million.zip skiing.zip wix_3.zip
chrdemdk.zip goonies.zip minedout.zip skimmer.zip wizard.zip
chrdemo.zip gordella.zip mininfor.zip skool.zip wl.zip
chronos.zip gordinc1.zip minkvadr.zip skooldaz.zip wlight.zip
chuckegg.zip grail.zip mirage_4.zip skull.zip wriggler.zip
chuckie.zip grdattck.zip missile.zip skyfox.zip wthas.zip
chuckie2.zip green.zip mission.zip slapdab.zip wthasea.zip
chuckman.zip gremlins.zip mmmmax.zip sleuth.zip wyecomp.zip
cj_antic.zip groucho.zip mndstone.zip slicker.zip xenoii.zip
cjusa.zip ground.zip mntymole.zip slippery.zip xenon.zip
classic.zip gryzor.zip molamaul.zip slord.zip xevious.zip
claws.zip guardian.zip molar.zip slowload.zip xword.zip
cmbtlynx.zip gulpman.zip molecman.zip smashout.zip xyadplot.zip
cobra.zip gun.zip molrmaul.zip smudge.zip yacht_ra.zip
cobra_s.zip gunfrght.zip mon.zip snackman.zip yahtzie.zip
codename.zip gunfrite.zip mon_dis.zip snail.zip yie-ar-2.zip
colladv1.zip gunstar.zip monitor.zip snakepit.zip yie-ar.zip
colladv2.zip gyro.zip monopoli.zip snooker.zip zaxxan.zip
comal.zip gyron.zip monster_.zip snowbal1.zip zeus.zip
comal1.zip gyroscop.zip monty.zip snowbal2.zip zeusasm.zip
combat.zip h_back2.zip monty_de.zip snowball.zip zigzag.zip
combatsk.zip hacker.zip moon_alt.zip snowman.zip zipzap.zip
commando.zip hacker2.zip moonaler.zip sobagdad.zip zoids.zip
compil1.zip hadobasi.zip moonbug.zip sokat.zip zolyx.zip
compiler.zip halls.zip mordon.zip solaris.zip zolyx_f.zip
cont_sam.zip hamburge.zip moscow.zip soldier.zip zombie.zip
convoy.zip hammerb.zip movie.zip solnegro.zip zombies.zip
cookie.zip hampstd.zip mozart.zip solomon.zip zone0.zip
copter.zip happy.zip mp85.zip sorderon.zip zub.zip
cosmic.zip hard_guy.zip mpsoccm.zip sound.zip zx_draug.zip
cosmiccr.zip hardches.zip mr_wimpy.zip space.zip zxed.zip
cosmicpi.zip hardware.zip mrcopy.zip space7.zip zxforth.zip
countr48.zip harrier.zip mrwimpy.zip spacehrr.zip zxlprint.zip
covenant.zip hate.zip mrwong.zip spacerac.zip zynaps.zip
cpforth.zip hattack.zip mshadow.zip spacezeb.zip zythum.zip
crawler.zip havoc.zip mspacman.zip spanish.zip zzoom.zip
crcars2.zip head.zip mssion91.zip spawn.zip
cribbage.zip headball.zip mugsy.zip speakeas.zip
Matthew D Wilson
>In article <1994Jan8.1...@alijku05.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at>,
>Herwig Mayr <ma...@risc.uni-linz.ac.at> wrote:
>>does anyone have a list of Spectrum programs in
>>electronic form by chance? Would he/she be so
>>kind to post it -- it would be nice to get a
>>comprehensive list togehter with some classification
>>or so (coulb maybe become a part of the FAQ).
>
>Not by chance, no. Here's the list of what I have. I would make it
>all available via anonymous FTP, but can't, for boring, trivial,
>nobody-cares-anyway reasons. No classification here, that's because
>I don't have any way to play these games, I just collect and store in
>case I can get permission to distribute them.
>
>If you live in Manchester, UK, you could try to talk the people at
>Ocean or US Gold into allowing free distribution. I'm supposed to
>have a list of copyright holders for most of these programs, but I
>seem to have lost it. None of them even answered my letters, anyway.
>
>FYI: I'm the person on the net with the most snaps, I guess, and I
>don't even have a machine I can run an emulator on :-)
>
>--Arnt (slightly tired and dejected)
[Huge list deleted]
Strewth! Talk about an archive!
Anyway I've found that the software compaines don't answer letters
either. Helpful aren't they!
- Matt.
+---------------------------------+
"Us Student types have one | Matthew Wilson, BA2 D&T with Ed.|
thing money cannot buy. | Brunel University (Runnymede), |
Innate poverty!" | Egham, Surrey, England. |
+---------------------------------+
SL COOKE
>In article <1994Jan8.1...@alijku05.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at>,
>Herwig Mayr <ma...@risc.uni-linz.ac.at> wrote:
>>does anyone have a list of Spectrum programs in
>>electronic form by chance? Would he/she be so
>>kind to post it -- it would be nice to get a
>>comprehensive list togehter with some classification
>>or so (coulb maybe become a part of the FAQ).
>Not by chance, no. Here's the list of what I have. I would make it
>all available via anonymous FTP, but can't, for boring, trivial,
>nobody-cares-anyway reasons. No classification here, that's because
>I don't have any way to play these games, I just collect and store in
>case I can get permission to distribute them.
>If you live in Manchester, UK, you could try to talk the people at
>Ocean or US Gold into allowing free distribution. I'm supposed to
>have a list of copyright holders for most of these programs, but I
>seem to have lost it. None of them even answered my letters, anyway.
>FYI: I'm the person on the net with the most snaps, I guess, and I
>don't even have a machine I can run an emulator on :-)
>--Arnt (slightly tired and dejected)
[exceedingly long snapshot list deleted]
Only two probs:
1) US Gold is based in Birmingham, not Manchester.
2) Ocean might not allow a lot of their software out as they're licenses,
and they have to pay royalties to the companies concerned when they sell the
software. It'd be a case of getting permission from everyone - such as film
companies for games like Robocop (etc etc).
Also, if the games *do* get put into the public domain, then I have an
extensive back-catalogue of 128k spectrum games that have been converted to
run without multiload and with proper music on the SAM Coupe.
Good, eh?
Simon Cooke
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quoting themselves??? :-)
Paul Neve
: Anyway I've found that the software compaines don't answer letters
: either. Helpful aren't they!
Well, why not simply send them a letter that asks permission, and at the
bottom say if they don't answer, you'll assume silence gives consent!
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Matthew D Wilson
>Matthew D Wilson (ed9...@brunel.ac.uk) wrote:
>: Anyway I've found that the software compaines don't answer letters
>: either. Helpful aren't they!
>
>Well, why not simply send them a letter that asks permission, and at the
>bottom say if they don't answer, you'll assume silence gives consent!
You are one clever & cunning person indeed!
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>>
>>Well, why not simply send them a letter that asks permission, and at the
>>bottom say if they don't answer, you'll assume silence gives consent!
>
>You are one clever & cunning person indeed!
You'll never get it to stand up in court, though (fnar! as they insisted on
saying in Your Sinclair - the magazine that heralded the beginning of the
end, if y'ask me ...)
Slainte,
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Scott Telford
Benson) writes:
> You'll never get it to stand up in court, though (fnar! as they insisted on
> saying in Your Sinclair - the magazine that heralded the beginning of the
> end, if y'ask me ...)
Yep, the two years of Your Spectrum were definitely the golden ones.
After that it all went down hill. Hard to imagine, but the first issue
of Your Spectrum had only *4* pages of games reviews. The rest was all
assembly language and hardware hacking etc.
I stopped buying Your Sinclair around 1987, so I'm afraid I never came
accross young Mr Cooke. In my day it was that guy Max whatsisname with the
long hair who did the tecky stuff and the QL stuff. Still, I don't
think he was as clued up as Rupert Goodwins who did the tecky stuff
for Sinclair User at the time. Wonder if Rupert's lurking here....?
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SL COOKE
>In article <CJFDF...@brunel.ac.uk> ed9...@brunel.ac.uk writes:
>>>
>>>Well, why not simply send them a letter that asks permission, and at the
>>>bottom say if they don't answer, you'll assume silence gives consent!
>>
>>You are one clever & cunning person indeed!
>You'll never get it to stand up in court, though (fnar! as they insisted on
>saying in Your Sinclair - the magazine that heralded the beginning of the
>end, if y'ask me ...)
>Slainte,
>Calum.
[sig deleted]
Your Sinclair heralding the beginning of the end? Well, thank you very much
indeed (goes off in a huff, and pulls his trilby over his eyes so he can
sulk effectively).
I thought we did a good job with (a) Resources available and (b) especially
in comparison to Sinclair User.
Crash, it must be said was brilliant. But we weren't Crash. And they died.
Near the end though, we did become more crash like - techy features and
all...
And you still reckon we showed the way forward for the end of the Speccy, so
to speak? Please explain.
Calum Benson
>>You'll never get it to stand up in court, though (fnar! as they insisted on
>>saying in Your Sinclair - the magazine that heralded the beginning of the
>>end, if y'ask me ...)
>
>indeed (goes off in a huff, and pulls his trilby over his eyes so he can
>sulk effectively).
>
>to speak? Please explain.
Well, perhaps you've put a slightly stronger interpretation on this than I
intended, but there's absolutely no doubt in my mind that Your Sinclair
an inferior product to Your Spectrum (the magazine which it replaced, for
those of you too young to remember ....) I still have every copy of Your
Spectrum (except Issue 1, sadly) and there's nothing better than digging
them out every now and again and having a good read through them ... it was
far more technically-based, with all sorts of lovely articles and programs -
who could forget reading about how to interface your Spectrum to a Casio-tone
keyboard, or typing in the first sound sampler program I ever came across
(and it was only about 70 bytes long), or having the mathematics of 3D
graphics explained to you, or getting proportional fonts onto your screen
(I used that routine in every Spectrum program I wrote after that). Yes,
there were games too - but what other magazine regularly took the best game
of the month and told you how the programmer had written it? How David Webb
cleared the screen ridiculously quickly in Starion? How the maps were stored
in Sabre Wulf? Why the screen stayed blank in Fairlight until the whole
room was drawn?
Those were the days when those of us with computers were inspired to think
for ourselves, not just sit and play games for hours (although we did that
too, occasionally - but we were just as likely to be playing something
we'd written ourselves).
And then came ... Your Sinclair. Almost immediately, we lost all the
projects, all the technical insights, and what we were left with was a
magazine full of games reviews and people writing 'fnar' and 'oo-er' all the
time in what was presumably an attempt to fill up space. We did get a couple
of pages known as 'Program Pitstop', which invariably printed everyone's
programs wrongly anyway (or at least, they did with the two I got printed).
And of course, then came the cover-mounts - which sadly we all still have to
put up with today. Even Amiga Shopper's started now, and we all know what
happened to the last decent Future publication when they started that caper...
Anyway, Your Spectrum had a unique place in the marketplace at the time, and,
as you said, you could never have hoped to take on Crash. So by switching
to Your Sinclair, in my view, we got the worst of both worlds - there were
no more 'enthusiasts' magazines available, and for games we were still going
to buy Crash anyway, because it was much better. (That's the royal 'we', of
course!) Perhaps the ultimate test is how many back copies of Your Sinclair
I've got - one, and only because it's got some of my computer art in it.
BTW, Sinclair User made much the same mistake; it was never the same when
they turned it into a comic by introducing that stupid teddy bear and
stopped the 'Vicar uses ZX81 for writing sermons'-type articles.
There. That's got that of my chest.
Anybody want to sell me Your Spectrum issue 1? (I knew I should have bought
it when they still had it in the back issues department...)
Greg Harewood
Calum Benson <cal...@logcam.co.uk> wrote:
>intended, but there's absolutely no doubt in my mind that Your Sinclair
>an inferior product to Your Spectrum (the magazine which it replaced, for
>those of you too young to remember ....) I still have every copy of Your
>Spectrum (except Issue 1, sadly) and there's nothing better than digging
>them out every now and again and having a good read through them ... it was
>BTW, Sinclair User made much the same mistake; it was never the same when
>they turned it into a comic by introducing that stupid teddy bear and
>stopped the 'Vicar uses ZX81 for writing sermons'-type articles.
>
>There. That's got that of my chest.
I agree with every word - beautifully eloquently put. It was my childhood
ambition to be User of the Month.
>Anybody want to sell me Your Spectrum issue 1? (I knew I should have bought
>it when they still had it in the back issues department...)
>
>Slainte,
>Calum.
Sorry, YS iss 1, or my issue 1 ZX Spectrum complete with 32K extra ram board
and grey keys? :-) gloat gloat...
Does anyone think there is a chance that the Speccie might ever be manufactured
new again? I feel sure, given a few more years of boring expensive uncopiable
cartridge games that the market would love the innovation of a cheap elegant
micro with a nice soft rubber keyboard.
If we're going to start programming for it again though, (read if I am...) then
having grown up and so on... has anyone configured gcc to cross compile
for it? :-) :-)
That would be something of a dream for me, I got sort of bored of reloading
time and time again!
Greg
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Piers Cawley
> I stopped buying Your Sinclair around 1987, so I'm afraid I never came
> accross young Mr Cooke. In my day it was that guy Max whatsisname with the
> long hair who did the tecky stuff and the QL stuff. Still, I don't
> think he was as clued up as Rupert Goodwins who did the tecky stuff
> for Sinclair User at the time. Wonder if Rupert's lurking here....?
I don't think so. He usually hangs out on CIX and ZiffNet, and is
currently being wasted at the UK version of PC Magazine. Never has one
magazine done so much to advance the cause of boredom if you ask me.
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Mars Bar
> In article <csl...@fs2.ee.umist.ac.uk> c...@fs2.ee.umist.ac.uk (SL COOKE) writes:
> >Your Sinclair heralding the beginning of the end? Well, thank you very much
> >indeed (goes off in a huff, and pulls his trilby over his eyes so he can
> >sulk effectively).
Don't take it personally, Si... Your Sinclair was shite well before you started
writing for it :-) ;-) ;-) ;-)
> far more technically-based, with all sorts of lovely articles and programs -
> who could forget reading about how to interface your Spectrum to a Casio-tone
> keyboard,
Oh come on guys, that was shit...
> or typing in the first sound sampler program I ever came across
> (and it was only about 70 bytes long),
Never worked for me :(
> Those were the days when those of us with computers were inspired to think
> for ourselves, not just sit and play games for hours (although we did that
> too, occasionally - but we were just as likely to be playing something
> we'd written ourselves).
Well yeah, sorry, I obviously just sit and play games all day. Ain't that
right, Cookie? Catch me ever trying to use a keyboard. Actually, I can't
at the moment because I broke it. Such is life.
> And of course, then came the cover-mounts - which sadly we all still have to
> put up with today. Even Amiga Shopper's started now, and we all know what
> happened to the last decent Future publication when they started that caper...
I expect you're referring to NCE. The Disk on NCE was an attempt to boost
sales, not a `mistake'. It was either that or quit the magazine, it just
wasn't selling enough.
Unfortunately, I reckon the disk lost more customers than it gained, but
such is life. I've got every issue from 15... (i think), and they fill a
sizeable amount of a wardrobe, let me tell you...
> There. That's got that of my chest.
Shouldn't you see a doctor?
> Anybody want to sell me Your Spectrum issue 1? (I knew I should have bought
> it when they still had it in the back issues department...)
I still have a Christmas 83 issue of Sinclair Program. Now *there*'s an
enthusiast's magazine...
Geoff (gonna get a new quote...)
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Calum Benson
>cal...@logcam.co.uk (Calum Benson) writes:
>
>> or typing in the first sound sampler program I ever came across
>> (and it was only about 70 bytes long),
>
>Never worked for me :(
Too bad. I managed to squeeze half of Monty Python's 'bookshop' sketch
into 48K - and you could even understand it when it was played back.
>> And of course, then came the cover-mounts - which sadly we all still have to
>> put up with today. Even Amiga Shopper's started now, and we all know what
>> happened to the last decent Future publication when they started that caper...
>I expect you're referring to NCE. The Disk on NCE was an attempt to boost
>sales, not a `mistake'. It was either that or quit the magazine, it just
>wasn't selling enough.
Sorry - did I mention the word 'mistake' anywhere ?! You're quite right,
of course, it was a last ditch attempt to save it. Now, if they could
have stuck on the disk without doubling the price, it might just have
worked ....
>I still have a Christmas 83 issue of Sinclair Program. Now *there*'s an
>enthusiast's magazine...
Ah yes - I used to have that on subscription. Then it went downhill too,
when they started printing it in colour ... I can still remember a few of
the programs that were in the first issue I bought: Biorythms, a graphical
demonstration of the Binomial Distribution, a program which drew a cube
on the screen (really!) and a rather good horse racing game which I later
converted for the Spectrum (these were all ZX81 programs, y'see).
But what about it's sister publication, Sinclair Projects - that must have
been the ultimate in enthusiast's magazines ...
Anyway, back to the present, and to this Mac Quadra 840AV which isn't
really over-stretched as a terminal emulator. So I'd better start doing
something impressive on it to justify the #4500 the boss spent.
Richard Swann
>In article <2gtrna$g...@jessica.logcam> cal...@logcam.co.uk (Calum Benson) writes:
>Your Sinclair heralding the beginning of the end? Well, thank you very much
>indeed (goes off in a huff, and pulls his trilby over his eyes so he can
>sulk effectively).
Now correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Your Sinclair outlife all the other
Spectrum mags????!!!!
>I thought we did a good job with (a) Resources available and (b) especially
>in comparison to Sinclair User.
I'll vouch for this; I've seen the YS offices and budget.
>Crash, it must be said was brilliant. But we weren't Crash. And they died.
Crash was great up to about 1989. Then it nose dived badly....
>Near the end though, we did become more crash like - techy features and
>all...
....but not as many as ZAT!!!!
>And you still reckon we showed the way forward for the end of the Speccy, so
>to speak? Please explain.
Well the techy stuff came too late. Your Sinclair never took it's readers
seriously. There was too much puerile rubbish. ZAT has never talked down to
its readers. This is one reason why it's still going today
However, the Your Sinclair editor was never an irritating tosser (sorry Dave!)
Richard Swann
mag I ever got my name printed in
In fact I've had stuff written by me printed in practically every issue from
1989-1993
*gloat mode off*
Matthew D Wilson
better. Although I was young and didn't understand all the
techie bits in the mag (probably still don't!) I spent hours
reading it, unlike Your Sinclair, which took an hour to read,
and then was filed away for reference.
I always remember the cover-tape "war" with the SU Twelve Pack et al.
Blimey - talk about forgetting the point of a publication!
Craig R. Broadbent
Program Pitstop full of mistakes? I think you must have the wrong man
*shifty look*...I'd like to point out that this is invariably the fault
of the staff writer/editor, who attempt to cut down on their work by
using dodgy converters :) .....and is of course in no way due to my
own gross incompetence. Thankyou and goodnight. Nice newsletter, btw.
Richard Swann
>Program Pitstop full of mistakes? I think you must have the wrong man
>*shifty look*...I'd like to point out that this is invariably the fault
>of the staff writer/editor, who attempt to cut down on their work by
>using dodgy converters :)
Well I made a mistake in one of the programs I had printed because I hadn't
done the range checking quite right and it wasn't noticed after testing; in
fact I didn't know about it until Craig told me. Needless to say I was
slightly embarassed
Actually it's more like the art editor's fault, cause he didn't understand
Speccy programs that well he just clipped the source file straight into the
Mac, which occasionally resulted in bits being left off or printed on the
wrong lines.....
John J Smith
Forgive my ignorance, but is Your Sinclair alive today? Is there any market
for a YS for emulators? They could sort out non-copyright cover disks (or
will this give rise to getting charged for all the speccy games again,
at 20 quid a throw?)
Smid
Richard Swann
>Forgive my ignorance, but is Your Sinclair alive today? Is there any market
>for a YS for emulators? They could sort out non-copyright cover disks (or
>will this give rise to getting charged for all the speccy games again,
>at 20 quid a throw?)
No, Your Sinclair ceased to be last October (issue 93?) although I stopped
reading it around issue 88 or so. However if we can pull Jonathan Nash onto
the internet, who's to say that an electronic version will surface?
*plug mode on*
If you're feeling depressed at the lack of YS, why not try and issue of ZAT?
Send an SAE to ZAT, 33, Dawley Bank, Dawley, Telford, Shrops, TF4 2LQ for more
info
*plug mode off*
Mauricio Tavares
> But what about it's sister publication, Sinclair Projects - that must have
> been the ultimate in enthusiast's magazines ...
>
Does anyone have this magazine or the index of articles published
in it?
Manuel Eduardo Correia
>>>If you live in Manchester, UK, you could try to talk the people at
>>>Ocean or US Gold into allowing free distribution. I'm supposed to
>>>have a list of copyright holders for most of these programs, but I
>>>seem to have lost it. None of them even answered my letters, anyway.
Ok lets get pragmatic... It seems that everyone is trying to
contact the copyright holders and they do not give a dam about what we
are trying to do ( A very nice freely accessible repository of speccy
game classics ).
I wonder if they know or care anything about the existence of
this Newsgroup and even less about the possible existence of an ftp
site with these snapshots.
I doubt that any problem would arise if someone made a huge
list of snapshots available via ftp on his home machine. It is only a
question of being the first !!!
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Nadeem Haider
>In article <2gn9a0$k...@tigern.nvg.unit.no> agu...@tigern.nvg.unit.no (Arnt Gulbrandsen) writes:
>
>
>>>>If you live in Manchester, UK, you could try to talk the people at
>>>>Ocean or US Gold into allowing free distribution. I'm supposed to
>
> Ok lets get pragmatic... It seems that everyone is trying to
>contact the copyright holders and they do not give a dam about what we
> I doubt that any problem would arise if someone made a huge
>list of snapshots available via ftp on his home machine. It is only a
>question of being the first !!!
I AM IN TOTAL AGREEMENT...pity I left all my games (100's) back at home
otherwise I would have posted all of them by now.
I really don't think anyone is going to give a flying fig about who does
what on this group.
(Mail me the games and I WILL upload/post them!)
Atleast let's start by posting games from companies that have gone bust...
like IMAGINE, MELBOURNE HOUSE (someone post 'Way of the Exploding fist
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!), and I am sure there must be many others.
C'mon people...I can't take this anymore, especially after looking at
that *HUGE* (private) archive list someone posted. I was practically
drooling buckets while reading that multipage games list.
---
nadeem
PS: Way of the Exploding fist!!!?!!? anyone? anyone?
Med Hynek (IN), UID=10091
>Since I am a great fan of JRR Tolkien and have by
>now read most of his books, does anyone have a copy
>of "The Lord of the Rings" - as far as I remember this was an
>adventure in 3 parts, but I never got hold of a copy (neither bought
>nor borrowed). "Bored of the Rings" should be similar? Is anyone willing to
>send me snapshots of these?
>Yours, Herwig
A friend of mine here (xje...@vse.cz) has (or will have in near future)
these games, but not in a snap format, but in the format of the Czech
speccy emulator (I'll send some details about the emulator as soon as I have
time).
There were "Lord of the Rings" and "Shadows of Mordor", "Bored of the
Rings" (both book and game) is a parody.
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Richard Swann
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In article <2h1ag9$i...@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk>,
Richard Swann <rp...@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
|In <csl...@fs2.ee.umist.ac.uk> c...@fs2.ee.umist.ac.uk (SL COOKE) writes:
|
|Well the techy stuff came too late. Your Sinclair never took it's readers
|seriously. There was too much puerile rubbish. ZAT has never talked down to
|its readers. This is one reason why it's still going today
Forgive my ignorance, but is Your Sinclair alive today? Is there any market
for a YS for emulators? They could sort out non-copyright cover disks (or
will this give rise to getting charged for all the speccy games again,
at 20 quid a throw?)
Smid
Fredrik Ekman
writes in reply to Herwig Mayr <ma...@risc.uni-linz.ac.at>:
There were "Lord of the Rings" and "Shadows of Mordor", "Bored of the
Rings" (both book and game) is a parody.
The following is an extract from my list of Tolkien games, that has
previously been posted to the tolkien groups, and may also be found
by anonymous FTP from ftp.math.uni-hamburg.de in /pub/misc/tolkien.
This extract includes all the Tolkien-related games that I know to
have been released for the Spectrum and some that may or may not have
been. I will just skip the long explanations, but mention that all
programs that have an asterisk (*) before the name have some info
that is missing. Any additional info about these or others are more
than welcome. If anyone wants the complete list, just send a mail
and I'll send it to you.
/F
*Shadowfax
Year: 1983?
System: C64
Type: Arcade action
Comment: The only Tolkien action game I have seen. You are Gandalf.
Ride Shadowfax into battle and zap the Black Riders, which come
riding towards you in a never diminishing stream. Quite ridicu-
lous, almost, but still kind of fun.
*Gothmog's Lair
Publisher: Progressive Peripherals & Software
Year: 1984
System: C64
Type: Text adventure
Comment: I don't even know for sure if this really is a Tolkien
game. Only that the name thus suggests.
*Moria
Publisher: Severn Software
System: ZX Spectrum, C64
Type: Graphic adventure
*Moria
Publisher: Lothlorien
Year: 1984?
System: C64
Type: Maze game (whatever that's supposed to mean)
Comment: Was obviously very poor.
The Boggit
Publisher: Delta 4 Software
Author: Fergus McNeill
Year: 1986
System: ZX Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC
Type: Graphic adventure
Comment: Parody of Melbourne House's "The Hobbit". Quite fun. Was
made with the Quill. Divided in three parts.
Bored of the Rings
Publisher: Delta 4 Software
Author: Fergus McNeill
Year: 1985
System: ZX Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC
Type: Graphic adventure
Comment: Parody of Melbourne House's "Lord of the Rings". Was made
with the Quill. Divided in three parts.
The Hobbit
Publisher: Melbourne House
Author: Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler
Year: 1983
System: ZX Spectrum, C64, PC, Amstrad CPC, Oric-1, ...
Type: Graphic adventure
Covers: The Hobbit
Comment: Classic adventure. I love this one! It had a large
vocabulary and good character interaction for its time. There
was also a great disk version with music and enhanced graphics.
Was also part of Tolkien Trilogy. Sold with a pocket edition of
"The Hobbit".
Lord of the Rings: Game One
Publisher: Melbourne House
Author: Philip Mitchell, et al.
Year: 1985
System: ZX Spectrum, C64, PC, Amstrad CPC, BBC
Type: Graphic adventure
Covers: The Fellowship of the Ring
Comment: This is one of the worst games I've ever played. Slow,
totally lacking respect for Tolkien's works and the "graphics"
are horrible. Play it once or twice for a good laugh. (OK. So I
_did_ almost finish it. And how the **** do you get past
Lothlorien?) Was also part of Tolkien Trilogy. Sold with a
pocket edition of "The Fellowship of the Ring".
Shadows of Mordor
Publisher: Melbourne House
Author: Philip Mitchell, et al.
Year: 1988
System: ZX Spectrum, C64, PC, ...
Type: Graphic adventure
Covers: Frodo and Sam's part in The Two Towers
Comment: Sequel of the former. I have never played it but it appears
to be better than Lord of the Rings: Game One in almost all
respects. Was also part of Tolkien Trilogy.
Crack of Doom
Publisher: Melbourne House
Author: Philip Mitchell, et al.
Year: 1989
System: PC
Type: Graphic adventure
Covers: Frodo and Sam's part in The Return of the King
Comment: The last part of Melbourne House's series.
Unreleased
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*The Tebbit
Year: 1987?
Type: Text adventure
Comment: Another "Hobbit" parody. The release was cancelled due to
poor sales of another game, "Denis Through the Drinking Glass",
by the same author.
*Where Hobbits Dare
Publisher: Melbourne House
Type: Graphic adventure
Comment: This was a planned sequel to The Hobbit.
Christopher Owen
>>all available via anonymous FTP, but can't, for boring, trivial,
>>nobody-cares-anyway reasons. No classification here, that's because
>>I don't have any way to play these games, I just collect and store in
>>case I can get permission to distribute them.
>>
>>Ocean or US Gold into allowing free distribution. I'm supposed to
>>seem to have lost it. None of them even answered my letters, anyway.
>>
>
>
>Strewth! Talk about an archive!
>
>Anyway I've found that the software compaines don't answer letters
>either. Helpful aren't they!
I managed to get a reply from US Gold... I wrote to them last year asking
permission to distribute the games via FTP, but they said no. Thank you
for asking, but no. And to reassure me, they added that all their master
copies were in flame-proof vaults, so there was no danger that the games
would go out of existence. It was all rather depressing...
Still, on the bright side of things: you may remember Hewson Consultants,
publishers of such games as Quazatron, Ranarama, Uridium and so on (many
classics!). Well, although they went bust in 1992, they have been resurrected
as 21st Century Entertainment, publishers of games such as the fantastic
Pinball Dreams / Fantasies. Andrew Hewson himself is the head of the new
company, and with a bit of digging about I've found that all the Hewson
copyrights are held by him. He's based only a few miles from here, so I'm
going to try to see him personally. I'll ask him whether the programs can
be distributed, either as public domain or as shareware. What sort of price
would you think would be justified? A couple of pounds?
Comments, please!
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Chris Owen - tr9...@black.ox.ac.uk
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Christopher Owen
>Yep - even though I enjoyed Your Sinclair, Your Spectrum was
>better. Although I was young and didn't understand all the
>techie bits in the mag (probably still don't!) I spent hours
>reading it, unlike Your Sinclair, which took an hour to read,
>and then was filed away for reference.
>
>I always remember the cover-tape "war" with the SU Twelve Pack et al.
>Blimey - talk about forgetting the point of a publication!
>
>- Matt.
Speaking of which - does anyone have any Sinclair User cover-tapes?
I'm wading my way through the Your Sinclair ones, but I can't find any
Sinclair User ones. Can anybody help?
Stig Venaas
Christopher Owen <tr9...@black.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>In article <CJJH5...@brunel.ac.uk> ed9...@brunel.ac.uk writes:
>>Yep - even though I enjoyed Your Sinclair, Your Spectrum was
>>better. Although I was young and didn't understand all the
>>techie bits in the mag (probably still don't!) I spent hours
>>reading it, unlike Your Sinclair, which took an hour to read,
>>and then was filed away for reference.
>>
>>I always remember the cover-tape "war" with the SU Twelve Pack et al.
>>Blimey - talk about forgetting the point of a publication!
>>
>>- Matt.
>
> Speaking of which - does anyone have any Sinclair User cover-tapes?
>I'm wading my way through the Your Sinclair ones, but I can't find any
>Sinclair User ones. Can anybody help?
I've got a few SU cover tapes somewhere. I think they contain only
mediocre games though. They are from the days when that silly bear
started to appear all over SU. Like another magazine mentioned in this
group, SU got more game reviews and less tech info by the years. I stopped
reading SU shortly after the bear arrived.
--
Stig (ven...@nvg.unit.no)
Richard Swann
> Speaking of which - does anyone have any Sinclair User cover-tapes?
>I'm wading my way through the Your Sinclair ones, but I can't find any
>Sinclair User ones. Can anybody help?
See that Sinclair User megatape?
I am aware of such magnetic media
That's your software collection that is..............
Anyway, Sinclair User started the tape wars in 1988 in response to
Your Sinclair's cover tapes. Unfortunately most of their games
were crap and they all featured Kamikaze bear in one way or
another.....
Matthew D Wilson
> Speaking of which - does anyone have any Sinclair User cover-tapes?
>I'm wading my way through the Your Sinclair ones, but I can't find any
>Sinclair User ones. Can anybody help?
Yes - but not here, at home instead. I intend to go home at some point
and get a heap of stuff, so until then.....
IR. Bickerstaffe
: In <1994Jan22....@black.ox.ac.uk> tr9...@black.ox.ac.uk (Christopher Owen) writes:
: Anyway, Sinclair User started the tape wars in 1988 in response to
: Your Sinclair's cover tapes. Unfortunately most of their games
: were crap and they all featured Kamikaze bear in one way or
: another.....
Not all of them were crap, in later years they did manage to put some
good stuff out on their 'six packs', 'Great 8'..... etc etc. I remember
getting games like 'Flying Shark', 'Heartland', 'Solomons Key' and many
others that way.
Iain
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