Russian`s attack

Ivanzx

I have also some doubts about this game.

As it was published as a type-in, how can it have a loading screen?
Also the game was published in 1988 and in the loading screen it says : "Editado por ABC Abaran 89"

So It may be a loading screen somebody invented afterwards?? mmm

zxbruno

The TZX is something someone come up with, yes, but with a little bit of reading we can come up with a "clean" .TZX. We just have to read those two Microhobby issues and re-create the .TZX the way it was supposed to be (multiple blocks including a loading screen, but it becomes the in-game screen afterwards). The one currently on WOS could be the result of a snapshot, some editing of the original BASIC listing and the addition of a loader.

See the original line 1047 here:

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=MicroHobby/Issue149/Pages/MicroHobby14900020.jpg

Originally it said "All Rights Reserved". And whoever did this also removed line 1045.

Neil Parsons

Ivan, you may try to download the authored game from elfoscuro's web. It's completely different to the one preserved in WOS archive and this is the original one, with an added loading screen.

http://kyenter.speccy.org/principl.php?accion=listar&revista=149

I wonder if would be a good idea adding to the archive all Microhobby files found in this page, with permission of elfoscuro. He actually posts at Zona de Pruebas forum.

EDIT: I've just loaded it and happens to be also credited to ABC - Abaran rather than the original author. WTF??? Surely I'll have to modify the main BASIC program to its original state, "as it is" at the magazine, and remove extra loading screen, whenever I got some spare time.

Neil Parsons

Already fixed and checked. It can be downloaded from here:

http://microhobby.speccy.cz/zxsf/listados/progs/r/RussiansAttack-original.zip

zxbruno

Thanks Neil!