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A new loading screen for "Where Time Stood Still"

mcleod_ideafixmcleod_ideafix
edited April 2013 in Games
Original thread by user "toniman" at ZonaDePruebas forum:
http://www.zonadepruebas.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2036#p6313

The author of this screen is MAC, one of the members of the demoscene group "Batman Group". They are known for their Batman-related Amiga demos, and lately, their astounding "Batman Forever" demo for Amstrad CPC.

According to toniman, MAC has drawn this screen using Art Studio in a real Spectrum, with nothing more than the keyboard; no joystick, no mouse, etc.

Original screen:
Original%2520WTSS.gif

New screen by MAC:
wtss.png

The SCR version is available as a download link at the original thread.
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  • SokurahSokurah
    edited October 2012
    Absolutely GREAT Spectrum screen. Very colorful and very Speccy-like. :)
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    My games for the Spectrum: Dingo, The Speccies, The Speccies 2, Vallation, SQIJ.
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  • Mark R. JonesMark R. Jones
    edited October 2012
    Thats brilliant
    Mark R. Jones
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  • Alessandro GrussuAlessandro Grussu
    edited October 2012
    Great job, but where's the Ocean logo? It could have been easily placed in the lower right corner, for instance.
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  • HikaruHikaru
    edited October 2012
    Impressive. I wonder how long did it take him with this method?
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  • joefishjoefish
    edited October 2012
    Wow - fantastic bit of work.
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  • Maroc's Astral ProjectionMaroc's Astral Projection
    edited October 2012
    Very nice, though a bit less 'nippley' than the original.
  • SokurahSokurah
    edited October 2012
    Maroc's Astral Projection wrote: »
    Very nice, though a bit less 'nippley' than the original.

    THAT'S IT...to hell with it then. :D
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    My games for the Spectrum: Dingo, The Speccies, The Speccies 2, Vallation, SQIJ.
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  • SwainySwainy
    edited October 2012
    That is great!
  • redballoonredballoon
    edited October 2012
    It is aces, isn't it!
    This and the stuff ZXArt website just makes me want to throw in the towel.
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited October 2012
    Congrats to MAC for the colorful screen, just brilliant!
  • ANDREW RYALSANDREW RYALS
    edited October 2012
    That is a great piece of work
  • judasEZTjudasEZT
    edited October 2012
    oh la la, pretty cool.. magnificent!!
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited October 2012
    New screen by MAC:
    wtss.png

    That is absolutely excellent! icon14.gif

    ( Except I don't care much for the dithering in the lower right quadrant ... too much, and kind of makes it feel like "Bleh, need more coffee to finish this..." )
  • RalfRalf
    edited October 2012
    Very good!

    I still see things to improve however. The left edge bush is a bit too square due to attributes and there is a bad attribute clash over W ;)
  • Mark R. JonesMark R. Jones
    edited October 2012
    Bloody hell there's no pleasing some people
    Mark R. Jones
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    Download my FREE PDF 'LOAD DIJ DIJ' (180,000+ words): https://ko-fi.com/i/IG2G3BEJZP
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  • AnestisAnestis
    edited October 2012
    Really nice.
    As a young boy chasing dragons with my wooden sword so mighty
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited October 2012
    :-o

    awesome
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited October 2012
    Alessandro Grussu wrote: »
    Great job, but where's the Ocean logo? It could have been easily placed in the lower right corner, for instance.

    nicked from the original

    47557_544248645592260_1256087346_n.jpg

    just wondering if I can patch it in the tzx
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited October 2012
    BiNMaN wrote: »
    nicked from the original

    47557_544248645592260_1256087346_n.jpg

    just wondering if I can patch it in the tzx

    OK. That made the dithered corner much better actually icon14.gif

    But I'd also say get rid of that thingy flapping from the guy's side. Probably supposed to be a belt (???) but it's interfering with the colour (clash) on the t-rex.
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited October 2012
    hmmm patching it in is well beyond my capabilities, anyone else able to try? or write a patch so you can put it in ourselves (eg I'd like to use it with the ocean logo ;))
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    OK. That made the dithered corner much better actually icon14.gif

    But I'd also say get rid of that thingy flapping from the guy's side. Probably supposed to be a belt (???) but it's interfering with the colour (clash) on the t-rex.

    the dithering thing I got as it a continuation of the terrain, but I don't think we have the right to say do this and that with the piccy as it's the artists interpretation, I certainly wouldn't say hey those sunflowers would look better with one less in the vase;) (felt a bit naught putting the logo on it but I would like to have a version of the game with this as the loading screen it's that good IMHO and would have done the game some justice back in t'day)

    I think the only time I would request a change if it was during production of a game or if it was a commision for a portrait

    but folks should feel free to make their own constructive critisism, as long as the artist doesn't take the hump as it is just friendly banter after all
  • jpjp
    edited October 2012
    BiNMaN wrote: »
    hmmm patching it in is well beyond my capabilities, anyone else able to try? or write a patch so you can put it in ourselves (eg I'd like to use it with the ocean logo ;))

    I had a bit of a bash with the encrypted Speedlock 7 release...

    new_wtss_loading.gif

    But it's not quite right - if you look down the right hand side of the screen there's something wrong with the attributes...

    The copy protection does a good job and makes sure that the game crashes once loading's finished!...

    It'll be way easier to 'adapt' the TAP releases :razz:

    Anyway, it's a fantastic loading screen - blue dinosaurs and everything!

    If anyone's taking requests I'd love to see an updated loading screen for The Great Escape...
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  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited October 2012
    nice try there mister, wonder if it's to do with the packed screen size (if it is compressed) taking longer to load which would alter the time it takes to load the whole game so would produce an error, or too long to unpack (the original would definately pack down to a smaller size) and so ther remaining code loads incorrectly by missing a byte or so

    there again I could be completely wrong :p

    is it possible on the tap version? if it was it'd be straight on my DivIDE

    (actually just noticed you can merge the basic loader)
  • jpjp
    edited October 2012
    BiNMaN wrote: »
    is it possible on the tap version? if it was it'd be straight on my DivIDE

    (actually just noticed you can merge the basic loader)

    Yup it is - happy birthday!
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  • zx1zx1
    edited October 2012
    Is it possible to remake the whole game in colour or is that beyond the speccy's technology?
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited October 2012
    jp wrote: »
    Yup it is - happy birthday!

    lovely, thank you :smile:
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited October 2012
    jp wrote: »
    Yup it is - happy birthday!

    lovely, thank you :smile:

    well I've edited the basic loader to set the colours in the border to hide the ink (eg black - poke 23624,0 and remember to put the CLS after it if anyone is interested, although coals to Newcastle springs to mind for some of us ;)) and have 2 different tap files, one with the new screen the other with the added ocean loader

    looks cracking cheers jp

    all of which just made me think it might be nice to have a useful pokes sticky in the Sinclair Basic section
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited October 2012
    zx1 wrote: »
    Is it possible to remake the whole game in colour or is that beyond the speccy's technology?

    I think we should ask Ralf, he's the expert! :smile:
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited October 2012
    Crisis wrote: »
    its supposed to be a flappy wing part of the creature at the right side ...
    its continued behind our hero since its a long flappy thing ... call it wing.

    Hmmm, yeah, maybe it is supposed to be a wing.

    EDIT: Or maybe it's not. The wing from the pterodactyl goes past left side of the game's logo. The pics seem to indicate that our hero is experiencing a wardrobe malfunction:

    WhereTimeStoodStill.gif

    615946-where_time_stood_still___front.jpg
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited October 2012
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    Hmmm, yeah, maybe it is supposed to be a wing.

    EDIT: Or maybe it's not. The wing from the pterodactyl goes past left side of the game's logo. The pics seem to indicate that our hero is experiencing a wardrobe malfunction:

    615946-where_time_stood_still___front.jpg
    Nope, thats a pterodactyl wing...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited October 2012
    karingal wrote: »
    Nope, thats a pterodactyl wing...

    Well, yes. I completely agree with you there. But where on the picture do you see this wing?
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