Spectrofon #11 23 февраля 1995

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From the world of bat - Letters from readers, the article, a parody of "running stitch".

        From the world of bat



   "ZX-SPECTRUM" is sweeping the Rosii! Such a conclusion can 
be drawn, if you get acquainted with hundreds of letters that 
have come to the Editor our journal since its

creation. Thank you friends, for
Your letters ...

GREGORY Kubatyan '(C.-Petersburg): Hello, dear
the editors of "SPECTROFON".
You wrote one of your hot
Fan, the user
"ZX-SPECTRUM" with the experience of 3 years.
On 02/02/1995 I lie for nine editions of your magazine, and
I noticed, they can be traced clearly indifferent attitude to 
the game "LASER SQUAD". 



   So, for fans of Games
of this type I have news.
There is another similar game, but there you have to manage not 
androids and heavily armed commandos, and ... magician and his 
servant (one must say, very curious creatures - from a giant 
golden dragon to the tiny cave

dwarf). Can anyone already
heard about this game, but for some reason, it is not too common
in our country. I'm talking about the game
"LORDS OF CHAOS", a detailed description of which is in the 
collection "Computer worlds. Part 2."




By the way, I am the originator and editor of this collection, 
and if suddenly you decide to mention my letter in his 
magazine, the print is also my sincere apologies to all those

who wrote to our office, but
and wait for an answer.


   So, about the game "LORDS OF
CHAOS ", which is certainly worth
In order to know about it. If
You do not, then I am ready to send
your floppy disk with this game. Unfortunately for me, this 
program hit previously visited

the hands of a Hacker Stinger'a,
then in 48 startup mode
levels comes from the disk, and everything else (block Wizard 
Designer, shipping and loading created

magician, etc.) must be loaded from tape.


   In addition, there is
only three levels (very
as in "LASER SQUAD"!), although initially they clearly had more.
Yes, even when creating wizards
in the block Wizard Designer has
frankly the possibility of harmful
infinitely larger Experience
- Experience the magician that makes the game totally 
uninteresting and pathetic attempts to defeat the enemy mage 
you have gathered an army of demons, ghosts and dragons look 
simply ridiculous. 


   If all of these problems you do not
frighten, inform your decision in writing or in the next
magazine "SPECTROFON", which I buy regularly.



"S": These problems do not scare us.
Send. We hope that we
can cause the game to normal form, remove from it
stupid "bugs" and share
this game with all of our readers.

Mikhailov AN (Izhevsk):
Hello! If you still need
Editor-in program "LASER
SQUAD "(in color), then I can send you a demo
(And subsequently the editor).

"S": Well, that wait! Of course, send. With pleasure
see what you got.



Dmitry Zhdanov (Arkhangelsk
Region, city of peace): I recently bought a
two issues of your magazine (6 and
7). I found them very much,
but unfortunately, in our town, I
could not find the other numbers.
So I want to ask you,
is there a subscription to your magazine
or it can be purchased by another
way?

"S": On the question of subscription, read "S" N9. The only 
thing that You can add to this: we have

do not open a subscription to our
magazine. But you can buy
the latest numbers in the firm "Inforkom. In each issue of the 
journal in the "AD" is written about it in detail.


Dmitry Zhdanov: Tell us more detail of the assessment points
game, "ELITE-3".
"S": It should be understood in Novosibirsk version? We did not
specifically with this issue. It is possible that in this 
version of sunglasses accrued as a "native" game, only in 
Novosibirsk version introduced additional points for the 
destruction of two new ships: "Jackie" and "mamba." 

Dmitry Zhdanov: In describing the fourth mission given figure
star system. Could you
respond to some of the eight galaxies is the system? Maybe I
bad looking, but looking at all
maps of galaxies, can not find her!

"S": it would be surprising if
Would you find it. Such galaxies
does not exist. Simply, we have shown in the illustration 
so-called main diagonal, which

to look for mineral life.

   This diagonal is in any of the eight galaxies.

Dmitry Zhdanov: Could you
send a description of the "SOUND TRACKER"?

"S": None. But we were going to publish a detailed description 
of this music editor at

our journal. Unfortunately, those
who promised us to prepare a
description - as if the water vanished,
so now we are ready to
description of their own. But in
It will take time. So
wait a few moments.

G.M. (Ekaterinburg): Recently
We have a new "DIZZY"
entitled "DIZZY X. Journey to Russia." The game marked
1994 and made Korshovym
Sergey from St.Petersburg.
Made pretty good, no errors noted. Sprites are mostly made from 
scratch. Went through the entire game. It was not easy. In 
general I liked the game. 


   This game led me to some thoughts: will anyone passing this 
game for sure wants to write a description. I

I think that this is unfair to authors and users. The whole 
interest of the game is lost when you look at the description 
and doing everything as it says.

Then that player gets up and says that was the whole game. And 
he it does not pass, and simply flew.

Do not wonder whether it was myself,
broke a little head to go
game.



I've noticed that if a player
something does not work, he
immediately drawn to the description and then
simply can not break away from
him. And so the game is passed,
user throws it, although he could still play for a long time ...
So I am against all descriptions and there is a sequence
action. I think that the editors
"Spectrophone" support me.

"S": You are generally right, but the themes and
differs a good description of
bad, that reading is good -
want to immediately sit down at the game and
play, play ... A reading
poor, at best "finish" the game for an hour with
explicit hints that
there are. We tried not to give
in descriptions of explicit clues to not discourage people
interest in the game.
By the way, so we did not
publish the novel computer
of "DIZZY X", which we have already
time to send.

But until recently we have heard rumors that the author of 
"DIZZY X" preparing a new game "DIZZY Y" and

"DIZZY Z", so expect new
Adventures of a popular hero.

GM: Dear customers!
Instead of describing these games, to you it would be
more respect, if you got a simulator games or RPG, strategic, 
etc. Notable examples: ENIGMA FORCE,

QUASATRON ...



MINUS 'JOHN SOFT (Ekaterinburg): Help on the game
"ESPIONAGE ISLAND": is there any value inscription "RICK
WAS 'ERE 27/09 ".

"S": Be sure to remember this
inscription. Useful at the end of the game.
Generally, any adventyure just
so nothing is written.

MINUS 'JONH SOFT: How to get into
dark corner? What to do with native?

"S": In addition to vision and hearing in humans, there is also 
the sense of touch. Try to give the command "FEEL". When 
finished with a dark corner - Direct ctanet clear what to do 
with native (certainly not something that you are there 
yourself think). 


MINUS 'JONH SOFT: How to get
from the swamp?

"S": Marsh to take place quietly and without panic: to the 
north, south, north, west, etc.

The route there is absolutely irrational.

Gordeev EUGENE (Zlatoust): I
I am writing to you about the ELITE-2, which was written 
treasures. Here's how thing happened.



   It all started when I
fulfilled all of the standard mission
and came to a ranking Deadly, then dropped a game to disk. AND
So after shipping, I flew with
stations, including the rear screen and
began producing the station Alien
Items. And I hit the station
missiles.



   Station for some reason did not include
ECM, but politsieyskie ships departed. They started to shoot
Alien Items and my rocket, not forgetting, of course, and about 
me. 


   I watched the fight and suddenly
noticed that my rocket flew
to the station and blew it. After
destruction of a peaceful station burned inscription "Right on 
...". I very surprised, clicked "H" and flown to another 
planet. Not Despite approving the inscription,

My status was "illegal." I
flew to the station and made a
shipment.



   After this incident, I started
to do so: to destroy the station, I was "cleansed", and after 
again carried the station. For those who

wants to try, I'll write more.


   If you want to destroy
station, for this you need: Alien Computer, Alien
Items and System ECM Jammer.


   So, here we go:


   First way: after departure
from the station, you need to go back to the station, fly up 
close and release Alien Items. They destroy it. The police did 
not have time to do it. 



   The second way: After the departure of
turn around and start mating
the station. But we must not fly
just a lock, and a little away from him. Set up the rocket and
flying at low speed. As
only the distance will be minimal - and produces missile. 
Effective only when you on-board ECM Jammer.



  This way
I enjoyed
only once,
so that its
to judge the reliability of early ...

"S": Thank you,
Eugene, for your research. As can be seen
from your letter, space
Piracy is not static, but
looking for (and finds!) all new and
new ingenious ways of war
peaceful exchanges. Something to answer law-abiding retailers?

Dubrovin AV (Volgograd):
Hello, Dear Editors,
Journal spectrophone. I am your regular reader, I have all 
editions of your magazine. Himself for a long time doing

Speccy, possess a large collection of games but I especially 
captivate adventyurnye game. Very sorry that your magazine, 
publishing in section DEBUT games like

genre, the final scores
them into the next room. Is
can not return to their
pages of your magazine?



"S": A reasonable observation, it is necessary
say. True, we consider these games to answer questions
in "From the world of a bat," but
Considering the wish of our reader, with this issue, we are 
opening a new chapter, "Assault", in which we "storm" of the 
game, described in the "debut".



   For those who want to correspond with our readers on 
adventyurnym game, giving his address: 

400113, Volgograd, etc. Heroes
Stalingrad, 37, kv.141. Dubrovin Alexey.

PROTSENKO AV (The Samara region).:
Prefer to play games on the backups, but in the first two
Room spouts coded.


Of course they can and split,
but ... I ask you, if not difficult to specify the location of
disc (track, sector, number of sectors), as well as addresses
download and run the following
Games: ...

"S": Perhaps it would be easier if
You send in a "Inforkom" these two
numbers and you change them with new ones, where the games are 
not protected. 

Penzina JP (Samara):
Hello! Firstly, thank you
for the publication of "THE SENTINEL" and
Search for "F-19 STELTH FIGHTER".


   On the game "BATTLE COMMAND":
"PHOENIX" (RRSA, IRSA) - missile
ground-to-earth "and not" ground-to-air missiles. Try to knock 
them Helicopter - check.


"S": No, it's not. Missiles
"PHOENIX" of both types (radar (R) and infrared (I)
/ Meaning of the principle
system targeting /) belong to the "land-to-air
(SA): SURFACE - AIR. Exactly
This acronym stands for (literally: the surface - the air). And 
it is precisely these missiles shoot down planes and 
helicopters. Try to adjust the height

keys J, K - see for yourself.

Penzina JP: SKEET BOMB - very
effective in missions and HIDEOUT
GRAND FINALE to protect you from pursuing helicopters.



"S": It's true, but
When your tank's armor can withstand any, even the most powerful
firing into the air, is it worth
engage in battle, if you
there is another, more important goal?
Well, except to
late in the game to an extra one thousand
Points have been more? Because of issues and
good game when its internal
balance (approximate equality of your forces and the enemy)
forces you to select for
specific purpose of specific types of
weapons. And if you're easy enough to get away from anyone, even
the worst enemy? And if
goal is not to destroy
helicopters, as in anything else?
In short, we still believe
that the "BATTLE COMMAND" not to
Ballance thought the end game, and
means all there is not SKEET BOMB
is then needed.
Penzina JP: On the game "ELITE-2
(Novosibirsk version), opening
Kropacheva from Tver.

a) After the purchase of the ship "Cobra
MK-4, while trying to use
"F" key to increase the maneuverability when working keys
"A" and "Z", the ship is rapidly
removed from the planet.

b) Does not work with the rotation of the bed
Laser - SYMB + A (input via
"Pause").


   Maybe it's the mistakes of
who wrote the treasure?


   And yet, for the statistics: the Pentagon on my 777 is not 
"THEY STOLE A MILLION ". The signal INT in

norm, the data bus is stable,
a port FF .. kad

"S": This is not the first signal. Y
our reader Kirillova
AA from Novgorod similar
problems, but it has a computer
"SCORPION ZC 256". But our
machine requires no
failures. What will be the considerations?

MK SOFT LTD. (Novosibirsk):
Hello, "SPECTROFON"! This is Michael
V. Koshkin. Maybe
You heard about me. Walks Do
You there, in Moscow, a series of my
"Demonstrashek" "OUR LIFE" 1,2,3?
Long before the appearance of your
magazine, my friend and I wanted to publish his ... But many
problems and lack of free time ... In general, the format has 
fallen from the disk to the newspaper. Four pages of A4. On 
drive was not profitable. Published magazine under the laconic 
title "WSW" (WELCOME TO SPECCY WORLD