i agree with steve , surely doomdarks is worthy of such a book , sorry to harp on but lets keep pre ordering everyone so we can see this project in print.
On 2005-08-19 21:23, Gilby wrote:
Hmmm, there's a few titles in there I wouldn't include myself, my opinion of course, but would anyone really miss "That's The Spirit", "Panzadrome", "Huncback 2" and "Chuckie Egg 2" for example??
I would! Two of those were up there among my favorites. Not to mention, each of those games has a fairly interesting set of facts associated with them that reveal a bit of general spectrum history.
Either way, it'll be a fantastic book, but surely Doomdark's Revenge deserves a place above the games mentioned above??
I *do* have LoM, which mentions Doomdark's Revenge (and Eye of the Moon).
I actually wrote a DR page - but it ended up being a limited rehash of the LoM page...
Depending on how things go, I may revisit it, but I find it kind of interesting that the games you say 'won't be missed' were some of my favorites! :D
Pre-orders are going really well... so well, in fact that it's now pretty darn certain this thing will be printed...
Which also means I'll be taking away the 'free postage' option soon, so if you were thinking of taking advantage of that, you probably don't want to hang around too long...
On 2005-08-29 16:35, bigredjennings wrote:
any news on the book - sooo excited, however the wife thinks I've gone mad....
Well, aside from preparing for the hurricane which is heading vaguely in my direction, I'm about halfway through 1985.
I'm planning (hurricane willing) on taking this week to knock a lot of the book out. Of course, this may be altered depending on the damage to my beach house in Gulfport - the place that received the brunt of the Hurricane damage... :(
Still, in the meantime, I'm working on the book :) Just got Nightshade done, now onto Nodes of Yesod...
oh heck forgot about you poor people other side of the pond with the hurricane....god and I was worried about going to the car boot sale in the rain......
meh... just had a tornado roar through town... nothing new here :D You get used to it after a while...
Luckily I'm well out of the direct path and well away from the coast.
Of course, the beach house is probably gone...
Oh... Knowing our power company, we're gonna have a power cut here at some point, so I may be offline for a couple of days. (and therefore the zxgoldenyears.com/.net websites...)
If this happens... don't panic - I haven't done a runner with the money :D
On 2005-08-30 01:51, Ivanzx wrote:
Nice! I hope the book is completed now, I will probably order it in a future.
By the way, where do you exactly live in the USA?
Bye
I currently live in Auburn Alabama.
We also had a house in Gulfport Mississippi, but that's gone now, along with our entire neighbourhood.
I'm hoping that our friends are okay. :(
Yes, I hope the same as you, and that nobody else suffers from this devastating hurricane. It's good that its gone, but now there is a lot of work to do in the affected states. Its amazing the force of the nature sometimes.
I am moving to Colorado at the end of september, to the highest town in the states, so I am going to be under nature's risks.
I've pre-ordered too. This book simply has to be supported. All the more since we don't have Retro Gamer anymore, which means the book will now have much less echo in the press, sadly.
I haven't pre-ordered coz I'm skint. But I do intend to buy the book, and will probably pre-order sooner or later.
I admit that's not overly helpful, but I'm just stating my intentions.
I'm still plugging away... I'm into 1986 right now... It's not going as fast as I'd like, but I'm working on it... (I've just taken on a block of work for a new client, so it eats into my writing time a bit...) I still expect to get finished by early to mid-October though, if all goes well.
I've got a mailing list set up on zxgoldenyears.com, where I'll be making some interesting announcements sometime soon.
[ This Message was edited by: andrew_rollings on 2005-09-22 13:06 ]
Having said that, Speccy Spoilers was due to be updated last September too but that doesn't matter so much because:
1) I don't charge money for it
2) Speccy Spoilers is shite compared to the RZX Archive so no-one cares anyway :lol:
Comments
I *do* have LoM, which mentions Doomdark's Revenge (and Eye of the Moon).
I actually wrote a DR page - but it ended up being a limited rehash of the LoM page...
Depending on how things go, I may revisit it, but I find it kind of interesting that the games you say 'won't be missed' were some of my favorites! :D
:) Just go to www.zxgoldenyears.com :D
Pre-orders are going really well... so well, in fact that it's now pretty darn certain this thing will be printed...
Which also means I'll be taking away the 'free postage' option soon, so if you were thinking of taking advantage of that, you probably don't want to hang around too long...
It's about time someone whote a book like this.
Can't wait, have pre-ordered :)
Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.
Well, aside from preparing for the hurricane which is heading vaguely in my direction, I'm about halfway through 1985.
I'm planning (hurricane willing) on taking this week to knock a lot of the book out. Of course, this may be altered depending on the damage to my beach house in Gulfport - the place that received the brunt of the Hurricane damage... :(
Still, in the meantime, I'm working on the book :) Just got Nightshade done, now onto Nodes of Yesod...
Andrew
Still found some nice speccy stuff there...
Best wishes and take care over there - chris
meh... just had a tornado roar through town... nothing new here :D You get used to it after a while...
Luckily I'm well out of the direct path and well away from the coast.
Of course, the beach house is probably gone...
Oh... Knowing our power company, we're gonna have a power cut here at some point, so I may be offline for a couple of days. (and therefore the zxgoldenyears.com/.net websites...)
If this happens... don't panic - I haven't done a runner with the money :D
Remember - Don't panic :D
Andrew
By the way, where do you exactly live in the USA?
Bye
I currently live in Auburn Alabama.
We also had a house in Gulfport Mississippi, but that's gone now, along with our entire neighbourhood.
I'm hoping that our friends are okay. :(
I am moving to Colorado at the end of september, to the highest town in the states, so I am going to be under nature's risks.
Good Luck
I admit that's not overly helpful, but I'm just stating my intentions.
Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.
I've got a mailing list set up on zxgoldenyears.com, where I'll be making some interesting announcements sometime soon.
[ This Message was edited by: andrew_rollings on 2005-09-22 13:06 ]
Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.
Seems like its getting closer and closer. Cant wait to get my hands on this !
1) I don't charge money for it
2) Speccy Spoilers is shite compared to the RZX Archive so no-one cares anyway :lol:
You said it. ;)
Looking forward to it (again).