Sorry, I don't think that Russian programmers are still making new ZX Spectrum games. Even if they did it later, they now moved to another game platforms. You see, Spectrum is not very popular in Russia anymore. Modern Russian teenagers and young people don't know about ZX Spectrum at all and it's not interesting for them at all. As for the ZX Spectrum demoscene - well, yes, Russian Speccy demos are still being made and you can find a lot of them at www.zxdemo.org. But again, they are made for using mostly in emulators rather than on the real ZX Spectrum hardware. And as for the Spectrum hardware: I found a rather interesting website about some Russian Speccy enthusiasts from Saint-Petersburg who made a computer called Sprinter. The motherboard of this computer is sold for $139. The computer can work in two different modes: Sprinter and ZX Spectrum. In ZX Spectrum mode the computer is compatible with lots of Speccy software plus it can load .SCL and .TRD files directly into the computer without using any emulators (wow, thats cool). In Sprinter mode it has some advanced features as the expanded colour graphics. You can also attach an IDE hard dirve and a CD-ROM dirve to the computer (that's VERY cool, I think). The only disadvantage is that you can't connect the computer to modern SVGA CRT and LCD monitots but you can connet it to and old CGA monitor and to a TV using SCART and RGB. If you know Russian and can read Russian sites in your web browser you can read some information about this computer here: http://faqs.org.ru/hardw/non_pc/sprinter.htm and here: www.zx.pk.ru/archive/index.php/t-3503.html.
Amayzing ...:o where were am I all this time ??????? I have discoverd this url- www.zxdemo.org from you by coincedince! spaseeva bolshoi :grin:
I hope from you or anyone to tell those Russian programmers that thier works is appreciated and they should keep going !
There are many stories in Russia is possible to be games like Stalingrad battle ( as I said before but not the stratigic one ) , I think they should start programming games agian !!!!
I know Russian language but a little bit !!!! so I try to read some information about this computer .
Yes, exactly, I just found it funny that our dear bruno was jumping up and down and yelling "Selfish" when he himself was demonstrating said quality quite aptly.
My apologies. I think it went to my head. I tried to get people motivated to start a translation project, but the lack of positive feedback and frustration resulted on posting without thinking.
I think trying to start a translation project is like trying to form a team on a Speccy site and create a mega-game. You get opinions, ideas, maybe graphics and sometimes even music (!), but in the end nothing happens and life goes on.
Does having the games available for all to share in the experience equally mean that in return for translating 100 Russian games into English, you will in return translate 10,000 English games into Russian for the Russian-only readers?
I'll put that out there in the middle, then creep backwards into a corner and observe.
I don't think it can be put that way. It's up to us, non-native speakers, to do the translations. But it's easier to find people willing to translate a game from English to their native tongue, rather than the opposite.
I'll go back to my corner now, but my offer to help still stands.
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Amayzing ...:o where were am I all this time ??????? I have discoverd this url- www.zxdemo.org from you by coincedince! spaseeva bolshoi :grin:
I hope from you or anyone to tell those Russian programmers that thier works is appreciated and they should keep going !
There are many stories in Russia is possible to be games like Stalingrad battle ( as I said before but not the stratigic one ) , I think they should start programming games agian !!!!
I know Russian language but a little bit !!!! so I try to read some information about this computer .
My apologies. I think it went to my head. I tried to get people motivated to start a translation project, but the lack of positive feedback and frustration resulted on posting without thinking.
I think trying to start a translation project is like trying to form a team on a Speccy site and create a mega-game. You get opinions, ideas, maybe graphics and sometimes even music (!), but in the end nothing happens and life goes on.
I don't think it can be put that way. It's up to us, non-native speakers, to do the translations. But it's easier to find people willing to translate a game from English to their native tongue, rather than the opposite.
I'll go back to my corner now, but my offer to help still stands.