https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/categories/infoseek-database/p97/feed.rss Wed, 03 Apr 2024 22:10:44 +0000 Infoseek database - World of Spectrum en-CA https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/21114/xmen-mia-never-made Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:09:29 +0000 ZnorXman 21114@/forums/discussions Darius+ RZX.

The ending has this text:


Infoseek has the Punisher (never made).

But Xmen (X-Men or X Men) is nowhere to be found in Infoseek.

Anyone know more about this game and what happened to the Speccy version?]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/21382/another-dee-kay-systems-report Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:51:05 +0000 ghbearman 21382@/forums/discussions
http://www.stairwaytohell.com/games/d.html
under 'Dee-Kay' lists the following Spectrum titles which were also released for the BBC Micro:

Class 50 fleet manager
Cornish Riviera
Deltic fleet manager
Royal Scot
RTC Birmingham
RTC Buxton
RTC Crewe
RTC Doncaster
RTC King's cross
RTC Lime st
RTC Paddington
RTC Penzance
Shedmaster Bounds Green
South Devon Hydraulics
Tees Tyne Pullman

There are some inlays on infoseek which are missing, but on the linked page, maybe you could ask Dave (mailto:dllm@usa.net?subject=STH) for permission to use them on WoS since I see you sometimes use BBC inlays where a Spectrum one is missing (e.g. Return to Eden)

Edit: also Shedmaster Finsbury Park
cheers, from Guy]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/21380/zub-also-called-zob Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:09:47 +0000 ZnorXman 21380@/forums/discussions Crash preview ( 12.86 pp158 ) has a pic of the game Zub, but it's spelled Zob.

Should that be noted somewhere in the Infoseek listing for the game?

The story (with another ZOB pic) behind why it was changed can be found here.]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/21366/snare-missing-credits Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:26:48 +0000 ZnorXman 21366@/forums/discussions Snare seems to be missing some of the "people" mentioned on the loading screen, menu and high-score table of the game.



The menu has this list of credits (same in 48k and 128k):


And the high-scores have this extension of credits:


So here's a listing of the people missing from the Infoseek listing. Don't know who gets voted off the island (cover art guy?). But there's plenty to wade through.

Loading screen:
PIXAR, (C)ESD (this entity seems to have held the copyright to the game at that time?)

Menu credits:
Graeme Robertson, Andy Brown, Martin Mckenzie

High-score table:
Holburn Software (distributed the game(before ?and after? Beyond Belief decided to distribute it via their label)) + Cover artwork by Richard Fox.

Holburn Software seems to have been a company selling games, computers, etc. located in Aberdeen (as can be seen in this ad for the game).

Also the WoS Infoseek doohickie goes on to say that "Your Sinclair 6.92" has a preview of the game on page 62 but it's actually on page 65. (more info/background story on that page plus also YS 7.92.)

Live schlong and plosper!]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/21340/thunderbird Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:19:29 +0000 Gilby 21340@/forums/discussions
Thunderbird by Digital Integration was released under the name of Tomahawk...

The Thunderbird entry should be deleted / merged..

Cheers, Steve]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/21313/heavy-on-the-magick-loading-screen Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:27:09 +0000 ZnorXman 21313@/forums/discussions Rickard's observation, the TAP file is "illegal" (apparently) as it has CRACKED BY soandso on it.


Plus I'm having issues with running the files in SPIN without fancy loaders. If I use Acceleration on then they work ok ... odd that, huh. It's usually the other way around.

And because of that, this user is unable to provide the correct loading screen :-( SORRY!]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/21321/air-fire Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:08:29 +0000 ghbearman 21321@/forums/discussions http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0015207

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002155

It was my understanding that WoS does not permit hacked or ripped-off software - otherwise I'd request Crush-Up be added to infoseek ;-)]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/21315/incorrect-loading-screen-for-ace Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:58:34 +0000 Rickard 21315@/forums/discussions ACE in the archive is this:



However, ACE does not use any loading screen and the picture above is actually the title screen in the game after passing the lens lock test.]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/21161/hampstead Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:29:08 +0000 sparkes 21161@/forums/discussions
It's linking to a file that is far from finished in fact it only had about 2 hours coding on it but for some reason it's being linked to everywhere as a finished remake which is a bit fucking annoying.

That file was linked to in a Retro Remakes news item as a really early bit of code and I think solutionarchive.com was the first to infer it's a finished product but it's not. In fact that version is a complete fucking mess and with none of the logic outside the parser even implemented.

ta muchly.

Might be finished soon but I might do my pissed off at the intarweb thing and keep it for myself :p]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/21185/feudal-overlord Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:16:13 +0000 Gilby 21185@/forums/discussions
Infoseek currently lists this as MIA with a "Channel 8" re-release being dumped. This is not the case.

The copy that was dumped was the Digital Fantasia version, I'm not aware of it being re-released by Channel 8 at all.

Steve]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/21181/soft-spectrum-15 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:12:58 +0000 ghbearman 21181@/forums/discussions This missing in action tape has the following programs listed on the inlay:

Cuco
Nevera
Tran-Spain
Tragabolas
Ondas
Gusano
Cafe
Piramide
Mansion
Cuerpo Humano
Super Gen
Trucos 1
Mini-Desensamblador
Cabeceras

Can this be added to the entry, please?
link: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0013660
Thanks. (TZX is impossible due to the corrupt data on the tape.)]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/21163/fantasia-diamond-also-in-dutch Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:43:48 +0000 Lane 21163@/forums/discussions
Anyways, the covers + instructions are written in Dutch. I loaded the game and feared the worst... Yep, the game is also available in Dutch language.

I don't know is there other language versions usually listed in Infoseek database, but I surely can scan covers and instructions if somebody wants 'em. Just e-mail me, please!]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/21094/2-atlantis-software-games Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:07:10 +0000 dm_boozefreek 21094@/forums/discussions
I noticed that "Master and Servant" and "Jock and the Time Rings" share the same main sprite, are written by the same person, and were released by the same software house.

Could these 2 games possibly be a series?

If so shouldn't they be listed as such on their respective infoseek pages?

I have no means of checking weither they were a series or weither the guy who wrote them reused his sprites to save time?]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20896/war-game-microhobby Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:15:10 +0000 JuanF. Ramirez 20896@/forums/discussions unknown in Infoseek) of War Game.

It's an strategy game published in the issue 37 of 'Microhobby Semanal'. It came in a peculiar medium delivered with the mag: Discoflex. It was a sort of soft plastic record (like a little Long Play) you had to put in a Hi-Fi set and save it to a tape, then load in the Spectrum. It was in theory an easy and cheap way to distribute programs with the magazine, as the Discoflex was easily inserted among their pages. But Microhobby didn't deliver the Discoflex any more... maybe several fails in the plastic record (I was one of the many people who got a wrong copy :cry:) did it not interesting to deliver.

It came with two programs, one in each side: a demo of Hypersports and a full game, War Game.

Both game and demo, plus more explanations about Discoflex can be found in Jose Manuel Claros' page 'El Trastero': http://www.speccy.org/trastero/cosas/Discoflex/Discoflex.htm (in spanish).]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20873/master-and-servant Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:12:00 +0000 Ralf 20873@/forums/discussions
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003047

has a bad game screen, which in fact comes from the game "The Master"

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003055]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20832/war-machine-2-never-made Wed, 28 May 2008 23:08:50 +0000 ZnorXman 20832@/forums/discussions
I notice that at the end of War Machine the screen says that there is going to be a WM2 (look at upper right hand of map) but apparently it was never made? Is this a "Game Which Time Kinda, Sorta Forgot" ? Leave this info in your capable hands.

Regards,
El ZnorXo
(-:]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20751/crash-78-mel-croucher-s-computer-fun-line Fri, 23 May 2008 07:43:45 +0000 mjwilson 20751@/forums/discussions ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/Crash/Issue78/Pages/Crash7800003.jpg and ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/Crash/Issue78/Pages/Crash7800005.jpg .

The Infoseek listing for the tape (http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0013530) doesn't mention it, but it does have "Cosmic Chaos (soundtrack)". After downloading, this is a slightly odd 5 second MP3 of someone laughing.

So:

1. Can Mel Croucher's Computer Fun Line be added to the Infoseek listing?

2. Does anyone have it as an MP3 or similar?]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20777/address-manager-by-ocp Sat, 24 May 2008 21:50:44 +0000 murtceps 20777@/forums/discussions Address Manager by OCP seems to be released in 1983, as opposed to 1985 as per Info Seek.

The cassette States [c] 1983

cheers]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20738/error-in-falcon-patrol-2 Thu, 22 May 2008 09:30:15 +0000 Metalbrain 20738@/forums/discussions http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001718

belongs to the game "Falcon The Renegade Lord":
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001720]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20709/aka-for-wizard-what-wizard Mon, 19 May 2008 19:03:01 +0000 ZnorXman 20709@/forums/discussions Wizard, What Wizard? could also be AKAed as Wizard What Wizard as per the loading screen.]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/18374/basketbear-question Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:31:17 +0000 ghbearman 18374@/forums/discussions http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0016048

Isn't this Ah Diddums? Oh, I see it's part of a compilation:
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Tus+Juegos+Single+4$&pub=^Monser+S.A.$&loadpics=on

And Space War looks like Astro Blaster...
perhaps we can have comments for these games as Spanish releases or something?]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/17719/4-most-adventures Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:28:11 +0000 Philip Kendall 17719@/forums/discussions 4-Most Adventures. Specifically, the TZX files for this appear to have been copied from Fourmost Adventures.]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20602/i-don-t-know-if-this-is-the-right-place-but Fri, 09 May 2008 19:24:26 +0000 Cream147 20602@/forums/discussions https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20601/kamakazi-kamikaze-a-n-f Fri, 09 May 2008 19:07:43 +0000 Battle Bunny 20601@/forums/discussions this eBay auction for confirmation.]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20580/manchester-united-wrong-programmers Thu, 08 May 2008 12:15:04 +0000 inky 20580@/forums/discussions
For Manchester United on the Spectrum (http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003002) the actual team was:

Programmer (management section): Fred O'Rourke
Programmer (arcade section): Mark Incley (me!)
Graphics: Neil Adamson
Music/SFX: Matt Furniss

This can be verified by clicking on the credits screen (from the main screen, click on the cassette icon->question mark (options)->credits.

Cheers,
Mark.]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20304/hitch-hikers-guide-supersoft Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:32:47 +0000 ADJB 20304@/forums/discussions
Hitch-hikers dispute is over

THE dispute over the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy adventure game has been settled.
Supersoft, the Middlesex-based software company, and Hitch-hikers author, Douglas Adams reached an agreement through their solicitors moments before the case came to court.
An injunction was sought by Douglas Adams on the grounds that Supersoft had no right to use the names and places from the hook in the game.
In return for Supersoft dropping the game, Douglas Adams has agreed not to pursue any claims over royalties on those cassettes already issued.
The game was originally released by Supersoft in the belief that a letter from Pan had given them the necessary rights (PCW, 21-27 April). Pan have paid the legal costs of both sides


From this it would seem that some copies escaped into the wild and therefore it should be listed in infoseek.]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20560/jon-north-distribution-status Wed, 07 May 2008 04:13:48 +0000 BloodBaz 20560@/forums/discussions
A number of software titles are listed under Jon North as distribution denied despite (a) Jon North's distribution status is "allowed" and (b) the items appear to be solely owned by him.

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Jon+North$

Is this an infoseek error or is something more sutble blocking distribution status?

Cheers, Chris.]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/19979/ys-smash-tape-25-limited-edition Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:47:47 +0000 Ian Hamilton 19979@/forums/discussions
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19953

Necros.]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20406/monty-on-the-run Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:48:57 +0000 Vertigo 20406@/forums/discussions I can't check, I'm at work ;)]]> https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/20394/the-database-microl Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:20:35 +0000 murtceps 20394@/forums/discussions Database

Be Renamed "Database, The" This would keep it in line with The spreadsheet and the Wordprocessor

See Pick below.

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