Spectrofon #07 30 июня 1994

Игры

From the world of bat - letters from readers. The main theme - the music, "ELITE", answers questions, etc.

        From the world of bat


"S": Widespread music coprocessors for
"ZX-SPECTRUM" in our country
led to the fact that now many game programs,
rasprostronyaemye markets have
his musical accompaniment.
Those game programs, in which
The authors did not include music
for AY-3-8910, were successfully
revamped (and is still altered) our Hacker. In
result, the light is born
"New" 128-e games that
much nicer to play than in
original version. Provided, of course, that "reenactors" - 
masters of their craft, and worked on the "excellent". 


   Interest in "musical works"
constantly growing. Among the programmers working on
"ZX-SPECTRUM", high demand
enjoy the talented musicians that can write original, good 
music, as well as arrangers, is well mastered any musical 
editor (usually "SOUND TRACKER "). Excellent results

obtained from those who combines
to have both talents. And what can
be better than a good game with great music?


   But it is no secret that
opportunities "ZX-SPECTRUM" + AY to
This does not end there. Someone
already involved and the issues
Speccy connection to music
consoles. And it opens new
perspectives to those who wrote the music.

   Today, the section "From the world of a bat," opens the 
letter of our readers on a musical theme. 

PV Putenikhin: I'd like to apply through the "spectrophone Co.
everyone who has and can
share information.


   I began work on a music editor: something like "WHAM!", But 
with the release, if not in MIDI, then the same console with a 
diversity, drums and other things that will

stock. Drives and printers, standalone keyboard (keys),
full compliance with the screen recording to sheet music sheet, 
the possibility editing, etc.




   What happens - we'll see, but I'm looking for the next Sach
information:

1. COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF AY-3-8910, in
including the appointment of modes
NACT, ADDR, BAR, DW. What a memory connected to AY, I do not
whether the forms of memory?

2. LITERATURE IN MIDI.

3. ARRANGEMENTS FOR WELLS 31 and above, or
at least, the main type of LSI. On
AJ-430 is CIL-51 (if this
inscription on the body is its
type).

4. Music accompanying the description of the ASM in the second 
issue "Spectrophone", written in this

(ASM) system? If not, we would like to hear a very steep
demonstration of ASM.
5. Interested in this subject I invite to share their 
experiences (What is already there!).


"S": Well, certainly undertaking our readers a very interesting 
and useful. We join his request, and we invite anyone who has 
information on this topic to write at the editorial office of 
the magazine. We are happy to publish all materials. 


   And about the music that plays in the "System" section in 
the second issue of the magazine say that This music is written 
in the music editor - "SOUND TRACKER ". Now we are preparing a 
description for this editor, and probably in the next room 
submit it to our readers. 

In general, I must say that in
All rooms of our magazine is music created in the editor "SOUND 
TRACKER". This editor, in our opinion, one of most friendly, 
music editors, who we met. Of course, and it has its drawbacks, 
and in some way inferior to editor of "ASM" Andrew Sendetsky, 
but to write music in "SOUND TRACKER "still easier.



   At the request of our readers, we
accompany this section of music written by the editor
"ASM".

"S": After our story about the game, "ELITE-3" (THD) came a few 
letters from the "pilots" that just as we are faced with 
"Puzzling" that cycling program on the first mission.


   In the sixth issue of our magazine, we seemed to have brought
up, but the letters on this subject
continue to come.

Gavrilov VY (Cheboksary):
I would like to share their experiences
execution of the first mission.

1. Get to the station and take
refugees.
2. With infinite galactic drive flying into the next galaxy.
3. For the salvation of refugees receiving
100 diamonds and ... 35 tons
capacity.
4. On the local map looking for a planet with a level no lower 
than 9. 5. Buy a rescue capsule.

6. I'm leaving the station, press
press "Q" and again get
former capacity (255
tons).

   Thus it is possible to restore capacity. But after
02.01 flight back to hit it
supernova. As a result, the first mission I have done 12 times 
already! 


   After the eleventh time I
had 17 congratulations "RIGHT ON
COMMANDER ", ie 17 * 256 = 4352 points. And I suddenly became" 
ELITE ", although it does take 6656 points (ZX-REVIEW 1,2 / 
1992 p. 39). 


   Who could it be explained? Regular Greetings "RIGHT ON
COMMANDER "I received as a
"ELITE", after destroying several pirate ships. Why - is 
unclear. 



   I have a machine "PENTAGON
128K. "Programs that I have
do not go just a few.
All software, delivered in
"Annex" to the magazine
"SPECTROFON" on my car works fine ...

"S": Here is the letter. May
someone has already figured out
problem that affected our
reader? We can not
perform looped game missions "ELITE-3" (THD). The only thing we 
can advise you - get some "Norton", insert the CD

floppy disk with the "ELITE-3" (THD) and thoroughly wipe off 
all the files that game. If the course you are not an avid fan 
of the company products THD. So you, at least not

'll be wasting your precious time.

   And play better than in any other version of this game.


   At our request in the sixth room to report anything about 
the game F-19 STEALTH FIGHTER several readers have responded 
and reported that the tape with the game in their original 
packaging, with instruction from the firm "MICROPROSE" sold

in Moscow in the shop "SKIT-M. K
Unfortunately, by the time the
We visited this store, not a single instance of the corporate 
F-19 S.F. was no longer there. Seller

told us that the emergence of
sale of British firm
cassettes with the games was, in fact
randomly and when to wait for the next installment of the goods 
- is unknown. A pity ... While, however, someone

also brought these tapes from England?


Hence there is a possibility
that exist among our visitors and will please fans of Speccy
someday all the new games
who have written to the west for
"ZX-SPECTRUM".


   The more so since recently
Moscow began to circulate
Rumors about the release of for speccy
"CIVILIZATION" and even ...
"DOOM "(?!). Although about a "DOOM" -
this is something from the realm of fantasy. But you never know?


   We have received several emails with questions about the game
"ELITE-2" (SHADOW SOFT). Many
ask how to find the "mineral life, buy a" Cobra-MK4 ", etc.



   Since the "ELITE-2" and "ELITE-3"
minimally different from each
another, we'll give you some
tips on games
"ELITE-3". Writes the boot loader to the "ELITE-3" by the 
author. 

(C) Vladimir treasures.


       New missions


   Old Mission issued now
after each message "RIGHT
ON COMMANDER ". On the missions 4-6,
as well as on a standard mission
"CLOACKING DEVICE" no special message during the game
not be issued. Moreover, these
mission in general are not imperative, binding, and in some way 
the additional capabilities that should be open and make the 
best use to their advantage. 

   But if you're one who likes
watching the detectives, knowing in advance
finale, read on.

Mission 4. MINERAL LIFE.


   We need to find the star system
on the main diagonal of the galaxy.



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   Main diagonal band
upper left and lower right
corner of the map of the galaxy.


   In such a planetary system need to fly from the sun until
until it is reduced to the size of small stars, and there
catch minerals.


   Once the list of goods on
board instead of the usual minerals
you see the words MINERAL LIFE,
then consider yourself rich: tonne
such goods worth 1000 CR. Next, each caught or bought a ton of 
common minerals colonized by your guests and also becomes 
precious. 


   However, living crystals - picky and selfish: as soon as
they will be less than three tons, they
become regular stones. By
Therefore, no you do not buy less than three tons at a time.



There is an upper limit - 63 tons
(For the greedy owners of "Cobra MK4).


   If you want to save and
multiply MINERAL LIFE, turning his ship into a sort of
Space Farm, you remember
following: to live, they need
eat. They feed on your
jewels at giperperehoda, uttering at the same characteristic 
sound and absorbing hrumkayuschy with one gram of GEM STONES 
per ton of his body weight. And if you forget feed them three 
times, then - Farewell, farm!



   If for some reason your
pets Okolelov, the freight
compartments of your 
Station type coriolis.


   They towed it to the unknown sector of the galaxy (the 
command is only known that this somewhere near TIBEDIED) and

to find it necessary to use all means at your
available means of transport in interstellar space.
(Update for dull: it is
where there are no stars, no planets).



   However, even if you can not accomplish this mission by
After the war, you still get the rank of colonel (as
rank of lieutenant colonel, retired
does not fit the entire width of the screen).


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       О our magazine

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   Our mail can be divided into
two groups. The first group -
letters of request types: smaller games - more information
programming and hardware.



The second group refers to us
conflicting requests: a lot of new games, let's
"Application" and the games you are writing about in the 
Overview section. In short, the old as the world of wrestling

"Physics" and "lyrical." And we are between two fires, and yet
able to cover all what you are asking our readers.


   On the one hand, we can not
become a "boot" and become
ordinary suppliers of game and system software. On the other 
hand we have no way to please you every month with new system 
and hardware lotions, because our staff

very limited. To some extent, the limited subjects of our 
magazine at this stage caused by a small stream of readers' 
letters. 

   In general, has always been so - than
active readers, the more interesting and better magazine. So 
let's do our magazine together. 


   Ideally we would like to talk and deliver on your court
not import program, and our,
domestic. But the authors of the new
developments long silence.
We wrote that we are ready to buy from
authors of the program to include
a part of our magazine. Until -
silence. Maybe change the address? And that in fact, it turned 
out, Some readers write in

"SPECTROFON", and indicate on the envelope "Inforkom" and vice 
versa. As a result of your work to us

do not reach.



In short, to avoid misunderstandings we "are moving" and 
announce to all that we have now a new Address:



     125130 Moscow POBox 1951


         "SPECTROFON"



   We hope that your activity
grow and we will have good feedback. And all authors, critics 
and correspondents We offer cooperation.

All the serious work that
will be included in the magazine will be paid.


   And on the publication of the
or other materials, such as
POKES, "hardware, system software - no problems. E-mail
and we will print your work.

   Then, perhaps, no longer exist, such questions as "why do 
not you print POKES? "," why not

in "stealth programmer"
etc.


   About POKES: We are not against it.
Just little people publications
"ZX-Revue" will be those most POKES
print. Of course, if you
send me something new, unpublished until now in the forums, or 
anywhere else. A deal with endless reprints of the same 
well-known POKES we're not going. 


   About adventyur: Someone thinks we pay too much attention to 
this genre. May be. But what do you want to consider games like 
EXOLON? 



   Well a very interesting game
especially when you're in the choice
Keys typed consecutively
ZORBA. What can I write about
stelyalku? Beautiful graphics, incredible sound of music, 
stunning visuals? May be, but describe here?

Way to pass the first screen or tactics rasstrelivaniya
balls?


   Spectrum is famous for other games. And the challenge is 
impossible. By the way, now manufacturers Games for the IBM are 
turning their eyes in the past and drag ideas

Games speccy its megabyte platform. Take at least
program "LORDS OF MIDNIGHT".
Now I wrote this same game for
IBM. Inserted gorgeous graphics, music, etc.


   But in fact the game has not changed, the spirit of the game 
is preserved and Speccy in this regard is absolutely no

worse.


   And another thing: of course we were not going to write only 
about adventyurnyh games. At the time we announced that we 
consider to our magazine challenging, interesting and 
intelligent game. AND this could be the game of any genre: 
MANAGEMENT, WAR GAMES, and etc.



   A priority for us is your - program authors.
At this point we do not pay attention
on the genre. Any author's domestic program, if
only she competently written and
well done, deserves attention. Send!


   We are also interested in the program imported,
improved and refined. Learn more about copyright developments
and their distribution, see the Overview section.


   But now hasten to inform our readers that came to us
Letter from Ufa to Bayderina Michael, in which the author 
writes about finalization of its new program

"LASER SQUAD".


BAYDERIN MICHAEL: In the fourth issue of the journal 
"SPECTROFON" read about what you are willing to buy software 
copyrights development. I would like to offer you a game "LASER 
SQUAD", which introduced the possibility of playing with a 
partner on the phone (the game only for 128 KB).


   The program was modified
I along with my friend Waseem B. ..

"S": Excellent! About network version of the game "LASER SQUAD" 
had only dreamed of. And from letters from our correspondent, we

know that the network version of this
Games created. Well, we are pleased to acquire rights to
distribution of this program and share it with all the readers
our magazine.


   We contacted the author by phone and agreed to purchase
the right to distribute. Once
program will come to us we will include it in the
the next issue of the magazine. Scheme
modem is required for communication
phone, we will publish in the same
room.

   By the way, to play with a partner,
as the author writes, you can apply
any other modem that uses the
for tape-computer interface. And if the computers are in one 
room, then they can simply connect with each

another on the tape ports.
We have offered Michael to finalize
program so that it can be
would play through the standard ZX-modem. The author has 
promised think about how to solve this problem. In looking 
forward parcel with the game ...



   And finally another
letter from the city of Balakovo, Saratov region:

Melnikov NN: I am writing you in the first
and once again I want to praise your
team with such an interesting endeavor as "SPECTROFON".

   I think the magazine has turned
to fame. Electronic Journals
for PC IBM had ever seen and
read, but for Spectrum - no
once. "SPECTROFON" came to me
for the soul at once, and once again became
It is clear that the "good old"
Spectrum is still far from exhausted
themselves.


   With the thematic content
magazine, I fully agree, but
it is desirable to increase
all sections. I think they are a bit too short, but it is, of 
course, in my opinion. 


   Agrees with the advent of section
"Fantasy" (computer novella). Indeed, as has been
said in the "ZX-REVIEW - reading,
immediately drawn to sit at the keyboard.


Benefit conditions allow - the game
nowhere to be found and should not be
"Shake" friends. I think you
even very properly done,
that became attached to the journal
game ...


   It is waiting for the appearance of your
Game History "ELITE-3" (SHADOW
SOFT). I love this game and
involuntarily wonder: "What
should Kladovo?. It is time to think about it spreading ...

"S": Once again we return to
this game. Well, let's try to put points on the i. The thing is
that we (the editors
"SPECTROFON") and could not
agree with the author of this
program of distributing the game.
Price offered by pantries,
proved we can not afford.


   Some other proposals
from him was no more. Apparently, the author computes its
own distribution channels and we can only wish
him luck in developing the market of the country. While 
confident that the Russian (SNGovsky) software market

security is so great that
publication "ELITE-3 in our
magazine in the copy-protected unlikely to hit
author can afford. The more so because
preparing a new "bomb" -
ELITE-4. But as they say -
"The owner - a gentleman." And we always
willing to negotiate.

Melnikov NN: I accept your co-authors of the programs.
Thanks for the editor of "ASM". This
really powerful program and
on it could bring some musical fantasies.

   Honestly - "WHAM" before
it fades ...


   "G.A.C." - Too great
thing. As the saying goes missing
Small - script. Yes, something
heard about the game
"Star Heritage", as there
it?

"S": Well, we waited for the issues on our own game.
Just say that now finalizing the demo version of the program.
By the way, the delay of output
Regular issues of our magazine is related to this. Work on two 
fronts is not simple. But according to our plans, we

available to all readers of the demo version of "Star
heritage "in the ninth issue. If
will not have time - not strictly judge.
The point is for us a new and very
complicated ...

Melnikov NN: On the operating
system is-DOS. While typing this
letter has been used is-DOS
EDIT. It makes no sense to sing praises
ode to this system - it is really good. But the prolonged
a game of cat and mouse with the user, to put it mildly 
annoying. "SPECTROFON" has already touched on this

subject in the sixth issue, yes and Inforkom "wrote about this 
in" ZX-FORUM ... Already it is clear that IskraSoft clearly 
chose the wrong policy ... 



"S": We are still not known exactly who is kind of policy 
chosen. "Slot" - the main supplier is-DOS in Moscow and when we 
talk about is-DOS, then generally we have because of "slots" as 
the main Representative writers of this system. How are things 
in St. Petersburg, and what there policy - We do not know.


Melnikov NN: Strategy ejection system with some tools, without 
even an elementary A format of the program - very

unsuccessful. Fearing the hackers, the authors
primarily applied to the principal
blow to the user. Of course
can be guided by different
ideas of "innovation and copyright", but this fact
is a system - the future of the foundation of new programs, the 
heart these programs, finally.


   The system should be open
to the user so that he himself
"Feel" to it from within itself
'd decided she needed it or not.
A developer can get the money already then, letting the program 
under this system. This is a will be compensated at once. By

At least so do all
civilized world.


   By the way, on my own. I figured
with the structure of the disc is-DOS and write your own 
formatter. AND just would like to know

is there any crime in my actions? I just wrote one of the
most need a program for is-DOS
- A system that is publicly available (or not so?) For
user. I'm just a regular user, who decided to write a utility 
for a system that I use. 

   Or is it banned?? Are all users of the system
should sit back and wait for rapture, when the firm
IskraSoft throw the market another product? Personally, I 
"danced to the tune of" this Company does not intend to. I 
think that with Many would agree. It would be interesting to 
know the opinion and other readers on this issue ...


"S": As to the formatter. Already, many have written for a 
program formatting disks is-DOS.

For experienced programmers it is not
is no difficulty. Several similar formatter actively sold at 
radio country without the knowledge of

IskraSoft. Who from this better?
"CLOTu? IskraSoft? We are not clear.



   Not simply whether a solid, respectable company, to offer 
free formatter for each "base" floppy disk? Here and respect 
for client and assurance

self-confidence. And there's no crime in that someone
writes under the is-DOS. On the contrary, the authors should be 
pleased that system is popular

and by her work many
sinkleristy country.



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