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Sinclair Research games

woodcock88woodcock88
edited March 2004 in Games
Games released by Sinclair Research itself were coded with a G for Games prefix and an S for Spectrum suffix (to distinguish Spectrum games from ZX81 games of the same title) - so G1/S for 'Games 1', G10/S for 'Chess' and so on - right up to G36/S for 'Zipper Flipper'. At this point this system of coding was apparently abandoned and the very next game - 'Match Point' was coded 4036. Does anyone know why this system was changed?

Next question. I've found out from Infoseek that 'Match Point' was coded 4036, 'Panama Joe' was coded 4038 and 'Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle' was coded 4039. Does anyone know a) if there was ever a 4037, and - if so - what it was called and; b) if there were any further game titles released after 4039?

Cheers,

Colin

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  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited March 2004
    Have a look at this page.

    http://tzxvault.retrogames.com/si_idx.htm

    It contains a list of all Sinclair releases. I'm certain its complete.

    Necros!
  • woodcock88woodcock88
    edited March 2004
    Hi Necros,

    Thanks, but this list is basically the same as the one held at WoS. I don't think it is complete because there are several codes there with no titles next to them. I've searched quite a bit on the Internet, with no luck, so I guess I'm asking people to consult their own collections/recollections now. Of course it might well be that there was no 4037 at all - somebody might simply have forgotten to use this number - but I'm intrigued all the same ;)

    Thanks again for looking.

    Colin

  • GilbyGilby
    edited March 2004
    I've been compiling lists of index codes used by several publishers for several years now, the lists are as complete as possible. The data is held in the vault database, which Martijn has recently incorporated into the infoseek searches.

    I've managed to source copies of two more MIA Sinclair titles, so these will be added when the vault is next updated...

    If anyone knows of any titles that are missing from any of the index pages, please get in touch.

    Gilby6@btinternet.com
    Steve
  • woodcock88woodcock88
    edited March 2004
    Hi Steve,

    Excellent news about the missing titles :)

    I'm sure the lists are as complete as it's possible for them to be, for all the hard work that's gone into them. As my original post indicated, I made extensive use of Infoseek in my intial research, so I'm aware where there gaps are - hence my post. We don't know the codes for most of the 'MacMan' games, for example, so I wondered if anyone had personal knowledge that they didn't realise wasn't covered by the database. Sometimes we don't realise the value of what we know!

    Cheers,

    Colin

  • woodcock88woodcock88
    edited March 2004
    Incidentally, I've just found out from an ebay seller that "Tiny Touch 'n' Go" is coded 4608 and not 4038.

    Hope that helps.

    Colin

  • GilbyGilby
    edited March 2004
    Cheers, the database has been fixed to implement this change, it'll be fixed on the site when it's next updated.

    Steve
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