Spectrofon #23 20 июля 1997

Опросы

Opinion - the results of an opinion poll in April to the result of our ehokonfepentsii "ZX.SPECTRUM".

   In this section we offer
attention the results of the poll
views, conducted in April ehokonferentsii "ZX.SPECTRUM" 
computer network FidoNet. The word - Sergei Novikov, interview.


(C) Sergei Novikov


    Immediately say, that to be a global, representative and 
comprehensive survey is not my claim, but still have He has 
some good qualities: the comparative freshness, diversity 
issues, a considerable number of respondents (37). 


   A total of 32 questions. Some of
They admit, for all my efforts,
sinkleristov little interest, so
about them, I will mention only in passing. The remaining
I have divided into several groups:


         -= I. For information about yourself

   1. How old are you?


   Spectrum - PC Young. But still the age of the answer lies in 
the range of 14 to 38 years. 



           AGE Interviewed


   March 14% 23 6%

   June 15% 24 3%

   August 16% 25 6%

   August 17% 26 6%

   18 17% 29 3%

   June 19% 30 6%

   March 20% 31 3%

   June 21% 38 3%

   August 22% 99 0%



   Median age: 21.4.


   2. In which city do you live?



             PLACE OF RESIDENCE


       PETERSBURG 14 37,8%

       Moscow in 2009 24,3%

       Ekaterinburg 03 8,10%

       Perm 02 5.40%

       Donetsk 02 5.40%

       Yoshkar-Ola 02 5.40%

       Chisinau 2001 2.70%

       Novgorod 01 2.70%

       Rostov-na-Donu 2001 2.70%

       Taganrog 01 2.70%

       Samara 01 2.70%



   If you do not think that St. Petersburg people with great
(Accent on first syllable!) Enthusiastically fill in 
questionnaires, it must be inferred in St. Petersburg has more 
sinkleristov than in any other city. 


   3. How many years have you Cpektrum?



         HOW MANY YEARS DO YOU Specchia?


    January 1 2.70%

    2 0 0.00%

    March 2 5.40%

    April 4 10,8%

    May 9 24,3%

    June 7 18,9%

    July 7 18,9%

    April 8 10,8%

    9 0 0,00%

   Jan. 10 2.70%



   Average length: 5, (432).


   As can be seen, most sinkleristov -
already "wolf", Stoch of the Spectrum
not one pair of teeth. But the new income that is not visible.


   4. What model you have the Spectrum?


   Oops! Do not expect much in the country
skorpionschikov! But the demo will still adjust to the Pentagon 
- it works most of the aces of the assembler. 



            Computer Model


      SCORPION ZS-256 17 47.22%

      Profi 512/1024 04 11.11%

      Leningrad 128 03 8.333%

      Pentagon 128 03 8.333%

      ATM 512 02 5.555%

      Moscow 128 02 5.555%

      GRM 128 01 2.777%

      Delta 48 01 2.777%

      Master 48 01 2.777%

      Yauza 48 01 2.777%

      KAY 256 01 2.777%



   Now I understand how to get the number of
sinkleristov. We must ask Sergei Zonova as he released a 
computer, and it number multiplied by 2 ... But the biggest

Cluster Scorpio - in St. Petersburg. In Moscow, their
almost none.


   What about memory:



             Memory


          1024 2001 2.777%

          512 05 13.88%

          256 18 50,00%

          128 09 25,00%

          48 03 8.333%



   Conclusion: The authors can and should begin to explore all 
the 256K of RAM, but support 128 continue (and I say this not 
as an author 128 th GRM'a, but as a man (!), Knowing

that 128K is almost always sufficient and

that the 128th machine is armed with
very many).


   48 kbps - this is stone age. Write
under 48 had no standing still, and because among
all respondents found only one person
with only the 48th car. At the same time
He has no floppy drive, and he is fond of BASIC and reads 
Computerr'u. It is quite clear that he is not a potential buyer 
of the new programs. 


   5. How much you drive?



             NUMBER OF DRIVE


            January 1910 31,3%

            February 20 62,5%

            March 2002 6,25%



   As can be seen, the majority uses two
or more drives.


   6. Do you have a mouse?



               A mouse


            There are 17 51,5%

            No 16 48,5%



   Fifty - Fifty. But since nearly half of respondents - St. 
Petersburg people, and they have mice have almost all the 
polls, the country situation is reversed. To better understand 
the situation, give the following table. 



     SITUATION BY COUNTRY, NOT PETER:


         There's a mouse in 2008 34.78%

         NO MOUSE 15 65.22%



   7. What is your monitor?



                 MONITOR


         1920 COLOR 60,6%

         Black and White 10 30.3%

         TV 03 09.1%



   Yes ... Well, nobody ever would not
I will explain how you can work
for black and white monitor and still have fun! Is it time to 
everyone to join civilization and experience the brilliance of 
Dizzy, spectrophone Star heritage, Myth'a, Space Gun'a, yes, 
and everything else (even 10 thousand)!? 


   8. What do you do on the Spectrum?



         Number of entries on the Spectrum


      PROGRAMMING 18 31,0%

      Game 11 18,9%

      Articles / texts 05 8.62%

      Little bit of everything 05 8.62%

      Breaking 04 6.88%

      Geymmeyking 04 6.88%

      Graphics 04 6.88%

      Music 04 6.88%

      Trade 02 3,44%

      BASIC 01 1,72%



   Yes, the game overshadowed. As
gaming computer, the Spectrum can not compete successfully with 
MS, but in terms of creativity he has no competitors. Only here 
one person can create such that no by the forces of a group of 
programmers at the same IBM.



   9. Did you know assembler, and how
OK?



             KNOWLEDGE ASSEMBLER


       Know well in 1919 51,3%

       I know nothing since 2007 18,9%

       I know bad 07 18,9%

       Do not know 04 10.8%



   Speccy - perhaps the only computer where more than half the 
users knows assembler! 


   10. Is it easy in your town can get a new program?


   Perhaps only in St. Petersburg and Moscow does not
disruptions with new software, although there are exceptions. 
Anyway, the majority of respondents to this problem does not 
arise: 



         AVAILABILITY OF NEW SOFTWARE


         EASY 26 70.27%

         Difficult 07 18.92%

         Nothing since 2004 10.81%



               -= II. Games =

   11. The game you looking forward to most.



           Most Anticipated Games


     Raven Black 13 41.9%

     Star Heritage February 2004 12,9%

     Dragons 02 6,45%

     Dune February 2002 6,45%

     Doom 2001 3.22%

     The Citadel 01 3.22%

     Mortal Kombat 01 3.22%

     Paradise Lost 01 3.22%

     Special Forces 01 3.22%

     Guess the song 01 3.22%

     Black Raven February 2001 3.22%

     Preference 01 3.22%

     Warcraft 01 3.22%

     Walker 2001 3.22%



   Conclusions: The nation is still waiting for "Star
Heritage 2 "." Dune 2 "also disappoint many of his demos of the 
curve." Walker'a "waiting only its author, well, the undisputed 
leader is the "Black Crow" Glory Mednonogova.

Although some have been waiting the second part!


   12. What is your favorite western game.



          FAVOURITE WESTERN GAME


     ELITE (1 ... 3) 9

     Myth 5

     Dizzy (1 ... Y) 5

     Target Renegade 3

     Laser Squad 2

     R-Type 2

     Saboteur (1 ... 2) 2

     Chase H.Q. 2

     Lords of Chaos 1

     Ikari Warriors 1

     Dan Dare 1

     Battle Command 1


     Flying Shark 1

     Zynaps 1

     AMC Feb. 1

     Gun 1

     Tau Ceti February 1

     Total Recall 1

     Xeno 1

     Multi Player Soccer Manager 1

     Stunt Car Racer 1

     Quazatron 1

     UN Squadron 1

     Nether Earth 1

     Monte Carlo Casino 1

     Continental Circus 1

     Klax Wave 1



   Yeah ... Well, tastes lyudey.Nikto not remember peerless 
Shadow of the Beast, all forgot about the Navy Seals and 
Robocop. But Klax, Monte Carlo Casino - and how! If we reject 
any change, then every third adores the elite, one in five - 
Dizzy or myth. 


   13. The best domestic game.



            DOMESTIC GAME


          Star Heritage 1912

          UFO September 2

          UFO January 2007

          Country myths 01

          GOLD 01

          Dizzy Y 01

          Double Xinox 01

          Fool 01

          Pinocchio 2001

          48 Iron 01

          Winnie the Pooh 01

          Tetris 2001



   As many as 18 votes won four games
Glory Mednonogova! But the lead Star
heritage - the only Adventura, were among the best of Western 
and domestic games. 


   14. What games do you like?


   Ooh ... We have a country strategy ...



               FAVORITE GENRE


           POLICY 20

           Dizziobraznye 09

           Arcade 05

           Miscellaneous 03

           Impersonators 02

           Puzzle 02

           Adventura 2002

           Race 01

           Managers 01



   Again, the percentage of I
I give as menezhdery, for example, loves
Only one of the interviewees, and I do not think
that next it would be wise to put a figure
"2.5%".


   15. How do you feel about Adventura?



          TO Adventura


       GOOD / EXCELLENT 1921 56.75%

       Indifferent 10 27.02%

       Bad / hate 06 16.23%



   Half of the responding loves text
game - it means they are still in demand and it makes sense to 
develop this genre. From themselves would like to recommend 
authors to interface in their programs, both in Star Heritage - 
it is much easier gameplay, and therefore attracts more players.



   16. Do you think it necessary to carry new games from other 
platforms, or invent something of their own inherent only

Cpektrumu?



      TRANSFER OF GAMES WITH OTHER PLATFORMS


    BETTER WITH FOREIGN rip off

    OTHER PLATFORMS 20 54,1%

    Create something of their own in 1913 35,1%

    How someone like 04 10,8%



   Adherents of the first paragraph said that his idea to come 
up with always problematic, so you better get ready, moreover, 
that borrowing is at the level of ideas so graphics (also, 
incidentally, not always), the rest have to do everything 
myself. In addition, the grandiose name of some

pisishnoy toy speaks for itself - not
need to advertise any DOOM or

WARCRAFT. And finally, it is better to do
analogue of a good stranger game than write
their own, but a curve.


   I have a different opinion. I believe that
need to develop a game unique to
Spectrum - erupt in those areas that are not busy on other 
platforms. For example, no one computer in the world can not 
boast of so many Dizey. Extremely fascinated Nether Earth. A 
Legacy? A U. N. Squadron? A R-Type? You came across this toy on 
other platforms? I do not.



   Let's say you have done on Speccy Dune 2.
What computer will select the inexperienced
user, who has seen and Spectrum
pisishnuyu version? Correctly. Now let's see how he would react 
to a new domestic version of Nether Earth, created and issued 
at the level of 1997. See who is anyone!



   17. Kakuyu play with other platforms, you would
like to see on the Spectrum in the foreseeable
future?



        GAME YOU WOULD LIKE

        SEE FOR THE FUTURE Specchia


        Heroes of Might

           'Magic (1 ... 2) 7

        DOOM 4

        Worms 4

        Command 'Conquer 3

        Cannon Fodder 2

        Warcraft 2

        Settlers 2

        Dune 2 February

        Warlords (1 ... 2) 2

        Super Frog 2

        Aladdin 1

        Penthouse 1

        Quake 1

        Blockout 1


        Marriage 1

        Fantasmogoriya 1

        Mortal Kombat 1

        Super Star Dust 1

        Prehistoric 2 January

        Red Alert 1

        Flashback 1

        Megarace February 1

        Death Rally 1

        Kongo 1

        Wing Commander 1

        The Need for Speed ​​1

        Master of Magic 1

        F22 1

        Rally Championship 1

        Mad Max 1

        Descent 1

        Duke 3D 1



   Just no words! Now let us write this list is that, in my 
opinion, it is possible to create on the Spectrum 128 (by 
geymmeykeram note): 

Cannon Fodder
Aladdin
Warlords
Marriage
Settlers
Worms
Warcraft
Heroes of Might 'Magic 1, 2
Prehistoric 2
Dune 2
Flashback
Death Rally
Master of Magic ...


   Incidentally, according to my sources, some of
these games are already being made on the Speccy.


     -= III. Music, graphics, hacking =

   18. Your favorite musician.


   How much good music as much
sverhkrutyh names ...



                MUSICIAN


     KSA 13 31,7%

     LAV / GLX / Softland 05 12,1%

     Imp / DMS 03 7.31%

     Wakson / Flash_Inc. 02 4.86%

     IGOVAL 01 2,43%

     JAM 2001 2,43%

     Evolver / Rush 01 2,43%

     Visual / MGS 01 2,43%

     Black Lord / LFG 01 2,43%

     Vitaly Romanov / VBS 2001 2,43%

     Royal / FFC 01 2,43%

     Arno / Omega 01 2,43%

     Kurt/U5 01 2,43%

     Ziutek / ESI 01 2,43%


     Klav / CBS 2001 2,43%

     Kamikaze 01 2,43%

     Slash / ADG / RPSG 01 2,43%

     Kolesnik Andrei 01 2,43%

     Exalot 01 2,43%

     Twin S. 01 2,43%

     Alien 01 2,43%



   Yes, KSA, of course, gives! First place with
a huge margin from the rest!
Next wade LAV, and catching up with him
IMP. Well, everything they wrote wonderful
music and earned the first place.


   19. Best Artist.



             BEST ARTIST


    DMITRY USMANOV STEP 6 25,0%

    Anton Markin MGS 4 15,0%

    Shaman DMS 3 12,5%

    Lemming SC 2 8.33%

    Investigator 2 8,33%

    Fil SC 1 4.16%

    Viator RUSH 1 4.16%

    Observer VIRT 1 4.16%

    Dr.Dead LFG 1 4.16%

    Max Romanoff XLD 1 4.16%

    Madman 1 4.16%

    Agressor 1 4.16%



   Usmanov and is now steeper than all cool! C
narrow margin follows Anton Markin,
which proves the fact that all the best
artists involved in creating spectrophone ...


   In third place Shaman from Gomel
Group Dream Makers Software. Perhaps
his best work I have overlooked, because the graphics in 
Assorty, Glum'e, Techno 3, etc. I not impressed.



   Lemming just finished the first Inla
place, found himself in fourth. A pity.


   20. Very cool hacker.



                  HACKER


   CRIS VBS 8 44,4%

   MaxI CBS 4 22,2%

   Nicolas Rodionov 1 5,55%

   OLDMAN STEP 1 5,55%

   KSA 1 5,55%

   Yuri Kverznev LAKS a 5,55%

   Alex Litvinov LAKS a 5,55%

   Vasilyev Anton 1 5,55%



   Thus, defeated Alex Cristensen,
"Our national hero," as LAV!
But many people appreciate the work of Max Iwamoto. "In his 
hands a lot over. A lot of quick and - That's the main thing, 
"- said Konstantin Afendikov. 


   The most interesting thing that someone else and
remembered Nicholas Rodionova (2:5030 / 25)!


  -= IV. Media =

   21. Your favorite magazine.


   Here passion strained to the limit!



           ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE

 Spectrofon 20
 ZX Format 15



   For the other magazines were no votes.



   22. What magazines do you read?



          CAMYE read magazines


      SPECTROFON 34 91,9%

      ZX-Format 33 89,1%

      Faultless 17 45,9%


      Oberon 08 21,6%

      ZX-Power 07 18.9%

      Adventurer 07 18,9%

      Welcome Press in 2006 16,2%

      Speccy 04 10,8%

      Spectrophoby 03 8,10%

      Spectrum-Progress 02 5.40%

      Odyssey 2002 5.40%

      Dune 2001 2.70%

      Amanita 01 2.70%

      Pioneer 01 2.70%

      Spectron 01 2.70%

      Eldorado 01 2.70%



   Since the issue is rather delicate, it is
to not make anyone anti-advertising, leaving it without comment.


   23. Best newspaper.



           COMPUTER NEWSPAPER


     ON-LINE 16

     Zx-News 10

     Maximum 01



   Also a huge gap! On-Line, of course,
this thing! St. Petersburg's achieved a lot
ZxNews, less than a year had risen to
second place.


   24. Whether you like short stories?



          COMPUTER NOVELLAS


   LOVE 17 45.96%

   I have nothing against 06 16.21%

   I do not like 14 37.83%



   Hmm ... not that they are popular ... Now let's see who 
people love to read ... 


 WHOSE NOVELLAS do you like most?

 - Yuriy Matveev / STEP December 1960%
 - Robert Holdstock. The

   Dark Wheel (ZX-Revue 93) 03 15%
 - Andrew Schoolboy + Timothy

   Spring. End of the great

   Russification (SPF # 19) 02 10%
 - ZX-Revue (all) 01 05%
 - Digital Reality.

   Paradise Lost (ZF # 4) 01 05%
 - J.C.L. Mad Beast

   (ZX-Revue 97, # 1-2 May 1%



       -= V. Intro, demos, etc. =

   25. Best intro.



                INTRO

 NAVY SEALS TITUS 4 23,6%
 Star Heritage STEP 2 11,8%
 ?? CBS 2 11,8%
 Lemmings RST # July 1 5,88%
 Pitfighter MFA 1 5,88%
 Barbarian

        Collection OLDMAN a 5,88%
 Dizzy 7 MGS 1 5,88%
 Snare, Peking FFC 1 5,88%
 ?? DR 1 5,88%
 PSG Wins RST # July 1 5,88%
 Battle City FLASH 1 5,88%
 Dr. Who DR 1 5,88%



   26. Best intromeyker.


   Here - chaos. Crawled out of nothingness
MKHG ... Memory of old won the top
Code Busters'y ...



              MAKER INTRO


      CODE BUSTERS

         [In particular MaxI

         (1 vote), and RST # 7 (5)] 13

      Seamans / Progress 02

      Digital Reality / RPSG 02

      Magic Soft 02

      Prestige 01

      OLDMAN / STEP 01

      Star Group / RPSG 01

      KSA 2001

      Mafia 2001

      MKHG 01

      Max Romanoff / XLD 01



   27. Coolest demo.



                   DEMO


        BRAIN CRASH PGS 5

        SATISFACTION CBS 5

        Insult CBS 4

        Vibrations RUSH 4

        Influence SEAMANS 3

        Lyra 2 ESI 3

        Illusion X-TRADE 3

        Eye Ache CBS 2

        7th Reality DR 1

        Action VAV 1

        Assorty DMS 1

        Echology BUSY 1

        Extasy DMS 1

        ZX-Stag TMG 1

        Third Bred??? 1



   Well, what can I say? Loves people
junk (Lyra 2, Assorty) and all here.


   Illusion, which has won a place on Enlight'e,
this time only a third. Vibration ahead
her and climbed to the second. Well, the first
space separates the Moscow demo Brain
Crash (Seamans' MPS) and the Kharkov
Satisfaction (CBS) ...


   On the face of degradation Code Busters ...
Satisfaction (5), Insult (4), Eye Ache (2)
What's next?


                 ■ ■ ■


   Well, the other questions ...


   First of all, look at the answers to such difficult 
questions as "Suppose you can buy a branded version of some

program for 11,000 and pirated for 10.
Both versions are absolutely no different.
Kukuyu one you choose? "We must give
tribute to the decency of our users:
29 of the respondents prefer
copyright pirate discs, and 5 - on the contrary.


  New programs, most prefer to take my friends (19), some are 
accustomed to getting a new software for free (3) but still 
someone sometimes it buys from the authors or distributors (14) 
and others - have pirates, but these - the minority (2). If

that were the case in reality and a pirate discs were taken at 
least 7 times, then they would have already collapsed. But no, 
they live. Strange ... 


   Money for new games do not feel sorry for anyone, but
Here are four of them generally are not interesting.


   Let's go further ... 19 out of 37 people
(51,4%, that is to say half) is kakoylibo hacker group or 
another, the rest 18 working individually. Over 50%! Too

unprecedented situation in comparison with the same
PC. Spectrum's high time to put on a book
Guinness World Records!


                 ■ ■ ■


   I think that you might be interested
see more concrete data on
personal preferences of the respondents. Especially because 
many of them with full Spectrum can be called elite.

C0

 I. Computer, II. Age, III. Favorite magazine, IV. Newspaper,
 V. How many years at the Spectrum, VI. Attitudes toward 
Adventura 

 Name, surname, alias ... I II III IV V VI

 Andrei Litvinov (LAV /
 Galaxy / Softland) EM 17 SPF ZN 05 +
 Arzoumanian, Felix (Felix /
 SoftLand) SC - SPF OL, ZN 08 =
 Vova Hex (Bytex Group) SC 16 06 + SPF ZN
 Roman Alexandrov SC 25 SPF, ZF --- 08 +
 Igor Gruzdev SC 24 SPF OL, ZN 07 =
 Alexander Bibin EM 1922 ZF OL 04 +
 Andrew Cherepivsky
 (Skayer / Scorpion Club) EM - --- --- 06 +
 Andrei Samoilenko PR, L 1931 --- ZN 05 =

C0 Pavel Fedin (API Soft) PR 17 ZF MAX 05 =
 Mikhail Lebedev, SC 16 05 + SPF ZN
 Dmitry Grigoryev
 (Oldman / STEP) PR 29 SPF OL 05 -
 Vyacheslav Mednonogov
 (Copper Feet) PENT 26 ZF OL 06 -
 Yuri Matveev
 (Matthias / STEP) MS 31 SPF --- 06 +
 Alex Smovdarenko SC 30 SPF --- 07 +
 Yuri Sorokin (Lemming /
 Scorpion Club) SC 16 ZF --- - -
 Max Romanov (RML / XLD / CS) KAY 21 --- --- 05 +
 Roman Petrov (STAR ​​/
 RDG / RPSG) SC 14 ZF OL 08 +
 Vladimir Kasev PENT 38 SPF, ZF OL 05 +
 Konstantin Vinogradov ATM 26 SPF OL 07 +
 Danil Ermakov L 25 SPF, ZF OL, ZN 07 +
 Roman End
 (Alliance Team) L 21 07 + SPF OL
 Constantine Afendikov ATM 20 ZF OL 04 +
 Alexei Andreev
 (Flashback) I, MS 1918 SPF OL 05 +
 Eldar Korotkov EM 22 SPF, ZF --- 10 -
 Valentin Kuzmin SC 16 SPF --- 05 =

C0 Yuri Kverznev (LAKS) EM 23 --- --- 07 =
 Shirinkin Ilya (Dr.Dead /
 LFG) PR 18 ZF OL 06 =
 Nicholas Przhibysh SC 18 06 + SPF ZN
 Eugene Miloon
 (Paul Atrides / SoK) SC 23 ZF --- 06 -
 Vyachestlav Podstrelnov * 18 --- OL 07 +
 Sergei Novikov (CS / STEP) GRM 17 SPF OL 04 -
 Andrei Fedorov (Alien) SC 19 ZF --- - =
 Alex Cristensen
 (Virtual Bros.) SC 22 SPF OL, ZN 08 +
 Sergei Senerovich MAS 18 --- --- 04 =
 Pavel Voronov (RAMbo /
 DAPA) SC 15 ZF --- 03 =
 Yuri Buravtsov (OneSoft) SC 19 ZF ZN 03 +
 Alexei Mikhailov (Omega
 Group) SC 18 SPF --- 01 +

 I = Yauza, em = emu, SC = Scorpion, MS = Moscow, L = Leningrad 
128  MAS = Master, PR = Profi, * = Delta 48 + 128 + Pentagon 
Scorpion 256  ZF = ZX Format, SPF = Spectrofon

 OL = On-Line, ZN = Zx-News, MAX = Maximum



   Well, finally, I repeat all the winners:


            -= HALL OF FAME =
Most Anticipated Game:

                Black Raven (Copper Feet)

Favorite western game:

                   Elite (Torus, Firebird)

Best Domestic Game:

                  Star Heritage (STEP)

Real top musician:

            KSA (AKA Madminder AKA DJ Mad)

The coolest demos: Brain Crash (PGS)

                        Satisfaction (CBS)

The most talented artist:

                   Dmitry Usmanov (STEP)

Best Computer Magazine:

                         Spectrofon (STEP)

Best Computer Newspaper:

                          On-line (OLDMAN)

Naikruteyshy hacker:

                                Cris (VBS)

Most heaped intro:

                        Navy Seals (Titus)

Coolest intromeyker:

                              Code Busters

The author of the best stories:

                       Yuri Matveyev (STEP)

Their most-read magazine:

                         Spectrofon (STEP)


                 ■ ■ ■


   That's it! Let the vac does not bother flashing a suspicious 
word "STEP" a little higher. No fraud is not here. Moreover, 
all fidoshniki could manually check the results of the survey, 
because their profiles I made public. 


            All right, good luck!