Spectrofon #10 02 февраля 1995

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From the world of bat - Letters from readers, the debate on software provide for "ZX-Spectrum". Requests for the publication of author's programs.

        From the world of bat



   In the past month we received a record number of letters for 
all the lifetime of our magazine. Everyone who has written a 
great Thanks.



          - ABOUT THE GAME -

Kotin, Maxime (St Petersburg):
... I want to tell you about my small discoveries in the game 
"ROBIN OF SHERWOOD ". So, if pokursirovat on the vertical 
location of Leaford Grange, then we can meet the tax collector. 
Finding searched his cart, you can find bags of grain, and they

200 gold coins ... In the west,
the village, on the sacred tree
You can find Touchstone.

   If you take a bow cave
and arrows and go to camp
there will be a messenger, who said that in Nottingham
open tournament. Leaving on
south, you come into town, and
bow shot (shoot arrow)
take away the grand prize - a silver boom and quickly run away
from there, like the first time.


   Next, go to the castle to Belem
east and with silver
arrows are killing it and release the Lady Marion. After 
searching the body killed witches can find the second 
Touchstone. 

"S": Here we must once again search the dead body and pull out
his arrow.



Kotin Maxime: In addition to all this
You can make friends with Little John, if you win
him in a fight on his staff. Also in
south-western part of the travels
farmer in a cart. If it
stop (stop cart), he runs away. You can climb into the cart
(Climb cart). Then the horse breaks away and carries you to the
Nottingham. Waiting for the darkness
(Sleep), you can get out
(Leave cart) out.


   Well, actually, that's all.
It is unclear how open the chest and
get in Leaford Grange, as well as where to find the holy cross.



   But I hope that someone will
more fortunate and dogadliv than
I ...

"S": Thank you, Maxim, for an interesting study.

ZABELYAN DAVID (Tuapse):
Hello, Dear Editors,
Journal spectrophone. I have long wanted to write to you, but 
somehow did not succeed. Now the case

introduced. It's your job
the game "THE SENTINEL". Game
simply superb. Still,
because she FIREBIRD wrote.
At first it was difficult, but "who
looking for, he always finds. "In the game
There are many subtleties and incomprehensible, but with this 
as a fight. 



Announce some passwords levels:

8-46986565 63-68703477
9-26945744 72-09857276
20-87457664 80-51458381
22-88670629 101-63949077
25-82879455 102-95845433
31-92456959 122-42213878
36-99954277 136-21943987
42-00544319 166-16100221
51-71973967 - - - - -

Kutenkov BASIL (Arkhangelsk
Region .):... I bought eight issues of your e-zine. The first 
issue I am very Bad adventyura "Kayleth",

but I ran into two problems. First, I do not easily solved. It 
was in that This game has not been fully adapted to the disc.


Diskofitsirovat it was quite difficult, because program
occupies the entire memory,
but, using direct
appeal to the TR ROM-DOS v5.3, I
still managed to do it.
Thus, all the work on adaptation
behind us and I sat down to play
game. I started playing on the debut
scenario, which was published in your journal. In addition,
I managed to find a number of items: circuit fuse, micro
canister, strip of tape, pair of
gloves. And here I encountered
the second problem: a carefully
examining all eight identified locations, I am firmly stuck. I
I know of the existence of teleportatora and how to use it, but 
this is not easier. 



Out of desperation I decided to write you
in the hope that you will give kakuyunibud clue. At this point 
I probably will finish. Thanks in advance. Good luck in your 
difficult, but need a job!


P.S. Desirable to give a hint
2.1 speed, or, better yet, in
as a hint that I have not lost
interest in the game ...

"S": Well, let's try to help.
If we carefully examine mikrokanistru, we can see that
it contains some necessary items in the future.
But how to open it? Here
Come in handy cassette c acid. If you open it up and put
on mikrokanistru, acid
dissolve the membrane canister and
Your gaze brought three new subject ...

   Think further you will understand how to use them.

Bondarets Dmitry (town Talnah-2 ):... The fifth issue of the 
journal "SPECTROFON" You published full-disk version of the 
program "GAC". With it I immediately started writing their own 
game. But when you try to boot from Disk deferred status, the 
game as it starts anew. This big disadvantage of the program 
"GAC". Y My impression is that

in adapting the program "GAC" in the
drive, you've done something wrong
so. I ask: if you decide to
did a good job, then finish it and correct his mistake. Council 
that had already patched version of the game in the regular 
issue. I myself have translated "GAC" in Russian.


"S": Thank you, Dmitri, for
letter. Indeed, the program "GAC", presented in
fifth issue, crept annoying
error. Unfortunately, we do it right
not noticed. But by checking the arguments
our readers, we found her and
immediately corrected. Perform
Dmitry request and include in
of this issue corrected
Download "GAC".


   Letter Dmitri has suggested us to
the following arguments: weird
that the error in the "GAC" revealed
Only now, at the end of the year.
From this sad thought: maybe
be the program not interested users? Maybe
she did not really need them? After
if anyone even a little
figured it, he will
would have discovered this error in the
program.

   But the fact remains - the error message came later
half a year after the publication number of this program. Of 
course, We understand that we must take into account

speed of the mail, and more
another, but still a little
sad. And the author of the letter we
offer to send us their language version. If the work is done at 
the appropriate level - must be published

"Russian GAC" in our magazine.

BLAGOVIDOV VV (Ufa): I want to
return to the pressing issues
about POKES. Frankly, I do not share the unconditional view log 
"SPECTROFON" this account.




   Certainly,
recently
time multiplied "crackers", insert
"Infinity" where
only can
(Almost in
... Sorry), and
most
cases only
spoil this game. I do this
totally agree and condemn these pseudo-programmers. But! In 
some games necessarily need POKES. These games are divided into 
several groups. 


   The first - the biggest. This
For example, games such as
COMMANDO, I BALL 2, R-TYPE, etc.

They apply the principle of dead:
- Start the current level from the beginning. But these levels 
are sufficient complex and even more

"Life is not helping. So
POKE type infinite lives here
not interfere, but rather
give the game a new luster.


   I'm not sure what to POKE
You can go directly to at least one of these games to
finals.


   Another type of POKES - are those
that little bit easier game: a couple of extra seconds, shots, 
lives ... In general, the main must know when to stop. Even 
these POKES must be applied wisely.




   And in games like MYTH,
LAST NINJA 2, ENIGMA FORCE,
DRILLER, CASTLE MASTER, etc.
POKES use of any kind - in
highly mockery
as the authors have created a measure of
sophisticated games that can be
pass without the "eternity".


   The third and the smallest, the group - the so called highly 
specialized POKES. They can be very different purpose.

In particular, those who serve
usually complex logic games for the temporary removal of
podnadoevshih and very annoying
arcade elements. For example, I'm tired as hell
constantly run up against the insidious
vardem-s and the warrior-s in the game
MARSPORT.



   And I dug up a couple of POKES, which block these characters 
(in Overall, these POKES the course of the game,

like, do not work). Here
they are:


   34032,24:34378,24:43333,201.


   I will also say that I use
taped version with MARSPORT
Block CODE 24100,41436 and 26980 start address.


   I almost forgot. I have
Claim: ASM 1.12 does not want to work with the drive, and
VENDETTA reset when trying to load the final fourth, a pair of 
blocks. 

"S": About "ASM" We have already mentioned,
The conflict of this program
magazine cover leads to a variety of negative phenomena.
In order for this program
worked properly, it should
be written in the beginning of the disk.


   A VENDETTA on our machines
operating normally. We passed
game again and no faults are not
found. Can anyone out
Readers share their thoughts on this?

BLAGOVIDOV VV: And I want to ask a few questions on the game
SHADOWFIRE: how to kill general
Zoffa? When you enter a room with
Krayksisom and Zoffom, the last
after a time breaks
and makes the legs! No catch, no
how to attack it does not work. It does not help even the 
Teleport him to the ship - in all cases after a

time a message appears that
Zoff saved.

   And why there is a card with a skull?

"S": Well, with the card, perhaps,
all clear. This is the key to activate the system of 
self-destruction Station fortress Zoffa. In one

from many sectors of the station you can find the remote control
this system. You can also apply and a card.


   But the capture Zoffa prisoner
really, you can use
teleportatora. And just like that.
Incidentally, note that
the number of captured enemy
it increases by one
unit. So you've done everything
correctly. Zoff in captivity. Messages about which you write, 
we do not met. Maybe you did not capture Zoffa prisoner?


Check this out easily by the number of
captured enemies. And another little tip: near
the captain's cabin can be found
time dilation device. A
this is where and how to apply it, try to guess for yourself ...


BLAGOVIDOV VV: A question on the program "DRILLER". Posed for 16
burilok, but not like I can not find the last 18 sectors. AND
I do not know where to put in burilku
sector NICOLITE. Why
two switches in the sectors
OCHRE and GRAPHITE? Where indicated by the arrow in the Gaza 
BASALT? That means the number 17 in Gaza

OBSIDIAN? ...



"S": Now we are preparing an article on
clandestine program "DRILLER". Hopefully it will be published 
in forthcoming issues. There will answer many questions.


ANANYEV VLADIMIR (Tolyatti):
For the umpteenth time has
change the text of my message to the
on your ability to respond flexibly to the wishes of readers:
just wanted to offer
opportunity to make a printout
"Spectrophone" as in "fresh"
numbers get such an opportunity, or to send a line -
angry message, which is inconvenient
have a secure version of the "toys", and please - Copy,
much as you want.



Particularly pleased with the almost complete absence of 
misprints (and in fact even my favorite "ZX-Revue" sins by 
them). Nice to read text interesting and well written.



   But this "digression." Now the main thing. Very
would like to receive regular rates "Cpektrofona" maximum
quickly (I have only now
Five issues, the approach has
three, but still lagging behind at least for three months: in 
fact while get the price list until vyshlesh money until the 
packet will pass not weeks and months). In connection with this 
question: Can the annual (or semiannual) subscription to your 
magazine? That would be convenient to both you

and we - the readers ...

"S": Actually, not so
simple. Subscribe convenient to us
only when the funds
obtained from it can be used effectively for some
other projects.


   Otherwise, inflation quickly eats
"Dead" capital, and we remain
with nothing. In a previous
rooms, we wrote that by the end
year back to the question of subscription. So, we have prepared
new project - Printing
version of the annual compendium of the journal
"SPECTROFON", which will include
All descriptions of games from the sections
"Expertise", "Debut", "Fantasy", "ARCHIVE". But the matter 
rests in the printing industry. At the moment it went up so 
much that this project has become for us

highly questionable.


   So unless a clear and unambiguous answer to the question 
will be Whether a book "SPECTROFON:

DESCRIPTION OF GAMES, no. That means subscribe to the 
feasibility of our journal, also remains in question. 
Nevertheless, we do not close this thread and be sure to

to notify all of our readers
the final decision in the next issue.



           DISCUSSION


"S": The letters came to us
recently turned
discussion about the future
the fate of the computer "ZX-SPECTRUM"
in our country. But first a word
readers. Opens its namesake chief editor of the journal
"SPECTROFON":
Matveev YA (Nizhny Tagil):
I write to you first. Your magazine to me
very much, sent through the
"Inforkom" all numbers (up to N8) and
happy to read it.
Making beautiful! Subjects
good. But there is a small but ...


   Let me as a friend to share some thoughts. The content of 
the first issues was very good and for those who only likes 
games, and for those who he is trying to create something for 
your computer. Well, judging from According to the latest 
numbers, I think You run the risk that in a short time

lose half of their readers, since the interest of the journal
gradually fades away. I speak about
that the mood among his
familiar and not only.



   The fact that in the past
rooms quite disappeared partition
"SYSTEM" and the theme of the room devoted entirely to games.
From this, it remains light nuisance.


   Do you have nothing to publish in this section? Or that
Even worse, you decide to "bury"
this section? If so, then I
I think that soon you will have to "bury" himself
magazine.


   When buying a magazine (not all
write it out as I was not looking)
Many people have asked: "What is there
New? ", meaning not so much
"Toys" than "sistemki, and
hearing: "Nothing!" leave disappointed.



   I think that you have chosen not
just the right tactics, waiting for the authors of good 
programs themselves will come to you with suggestions. It seems 
to me that you, in Moscow, simply by

contact with the authors of interesting
development and agree on the publication of programs and 
descriptions. 

"S": This is not always the case. In Moscow
in fact there are not very
many professional systems people at the "ZX-SPECTRUM". Please
attention to the "inforkomovskie" author of the program - the 
majority of these programs are written far from the

Moscow. As for the fact
to contact the authors themselves
- Judge for yourself if they lived
in Moscow ...



   In addition, sometimes
it does happen sometimes,
that the authors of programs
when we do go out to them, ask for such amounts
though we all live in America and obtain the average
average salary
American (of the order
25000 dollars in
year) ...

Matveev YA: food for thought and action can be
take at least the demo screen savers to toys. There
sometimes a lot of interesting posts.



   For example: RST7 wrote, and may have already written, TASM 
3.0. This turboassembler for 128 K. Judging

for TASM 128 v2.0, a powerful and
easy assembly.


   Or STALKER wrote a program
STS 128. This is a full-screen window display + debugger ...

"S": As far as we know TASM
3.0 has not been written, and the program
STS 128 given to the author at
distribution of the firm "Inforkom.
So wait for new disks
channels of "Author's program." Incidentally, we recently 
contacted STALKERom and agreed to the inclusion in the 
composition of our Journal of a new, third version

STS 128. So in the next room, this program seems to be
published .... kad

Matveev YA: I have a program LASER GENIUS Z80 ASM v1.4
and LASER GENIUS Z80 v1.5. This is an assembler and monitor 
apparently very powerful and good. But no

description and no where can not find.
But judging from the authors: Oasis
Software 1986, MOA 1992 - these
program adapted to drive MOA. And you certainly can
contact with him, and perhaps in
He has a description of these programs
and he will be able to transmit them to you for
publication. No descriptions of these
the program is worthless.

"S": According to our information at MOA
no description available for LASER GENIUS
Z80. And apparently, no matter how sad
admit it, no one has.
Is it just some loner was able to deal with this
program ..