Revival #02 06 июля 1997

Новости

News - O group of Novgorod Digital Reality. Spectrophone 22/23 - what will be a column in the magazine? .. Samara before Inlaytom. Black Crow and all-all-all ... Mystery Bill Gilbert.

                           NEWS



                  News from Digital Reality


   At the request of the editorial board of the Novgorod of 
Digital Reality says its organizer Artyom Kharitonov. 

SN: First of all, tell me, what are you are you currently 
working on. 

AH: Over the same over than before, that is, above all vce 
ponemnogy: over cobctvennymi projects, releases branded games, 
Search for and using novgorodckim talents of Communications c 
co cpektrymovckim world and many drygim ... 

SN: Well, like D00M, Paradise Lost and drygie your projects? 
Vyydyt right? If so, when.


AH: Doom - gotovitcya pre-release, dymayu in late June will be 
released. 


    Paradise Lost - set as the first yroven and half a second, 
Den aka X-Chaos - author of the game - running and time for 
coding covcem little, but we hurry ...



    MegaBall - the code is almost ready, octaetcya design, some
Graphics, myzyka, zvyki ...


    Fast Tracker - our new myzykalny Editor - deme has
long and is ready to be launched in the CPF # 22. At Enlight 
dymaem come c myzykoy has finally arrived to the editor (and so 
set as PGS, PHT, CBS ...)


SN: Hello I would come to Inlayt. Waiting - can not wait for 
your new demo ... But in this case, in which components you 
bydete ychactvovat? 

AH: Sure, come hoteloc would, but as clozhatcya obctoyatelctva 
(at least for me, y). But the firm mogy File Type that though 
not in full compositions, but Enlight'97 DR pricytctvovat bydet 
... 


    Cobiraemcya take ychactie in cledyyuschih components:

+ Demo (Speccy)
+ Music (Speccy)
+ GFX (Speccy)
+ 8k intro (PC)
+ Music (Ammy / PC)
+ GFX (Ammy / PC)
+ May be 64k (PC)

SN: Well ... Finally, tell us about your plans for the future.

AH: finish vce that zadymali, vce will ocenyu (since because of
Decrease cproca vypyckat summer program has cmycla). A
then pocmotrim ...

SN: OK ... I'll wait for your program and good luck on Inla!


                      Spectrofon 22-23


   Room is ready, it remains only to find distributors
in different regions, the magazine even paid off. Here's what
the subject writes Yuri Matveyev (Matthias / STEP):


 Wishing to acquire the distribution (license) numbers of SPF 
22-23  can contact me directly (the coordinates can be

 found in any spectrophone) ...

 Double room, on two discs. About its content, we will notify
 later. It is even possible that she will "minidemka" in which
 you will learn about each category numbers separately.

 We are no longer going to his own copy, protect
 and distribute the magazine. Most interested in selling
 distributions for the biggest sellers. All those who 
interested valsya, please, think maybe you should thread the 
union forces with someone who works in your area, the first 
kind, to lay down and get us naked Dist ributiv with the right 
to freely copy and distribute ... 

 ... In any case, as long as we do not dial for applicants kam 
arranging us the amount, number of sales did not go. In  If a 
favorable outcome - all, without exception, buying factors 
(traders) will receive the distribution at the same time (as 
far as  possible).


 For the curious, inform - the price of the General Licences (ie
 we are ready with giblets to give these two CDs) - $ 600.
 This is the minimum below which we will not fall. As a result,
 enough, for example, to find six distributors, which rye are 
willing to pay $ 100 per copy and we will calculations are:) Or 
12 to $ 50 (for the country "is quite real). Incidentally TI, 
if we can establish a new principle of contacts -  is the 
probability of the SDF before the end of the year ... 



   Add a few words about the SMA 22-23. Soon we can expect out 
minidemki telling about each section of the magazine. In the 
number of them will be in the 15-and. Here they are: 


   EXPERTISE - a story about the game Spooked (see RVL # 1)


   DEBUT - Maxim Lebedev article telling about

                    Game Bloodwych - best RPG of all

                    existing on the Spectrum


   STORM - game description War in Middle Earth, written by
                    Noe by its author, Michael singleton.


   REVIEW - needs no comment


   From the world of bat - the same


   SYSTEM - Paul Falcon offers a program that makes it possible
                    schuyu manage upper memory on different ma
                    tires. The program determines the type of 
computer and 

                    how much memory it has.


   MIRROR - interview with members of the Odin Computer Graphics

                    (See RVL # 1)


   DESIGNER - ROM / SEAMANS / PROGRESS teach you how to use

                    program 3D CONSTRUCTION KIT - tools
                    how to create games such as DRILLER and

                    CASTLE MASTER.


   GLOBE - a story about the firm Hewson Consultants

                    (See RVL # 1)


   CACHE - another piece of cheat'ov (see RVL # 1)


   Encyclopedia - the story of the British company Code 
Masters, and 

                    also all the games of Dizzy (see RVL # 1)


   OPINION - articles about the survey results,

                    conducted in April-May, Fido (see RVL # 1)


   And, of course, ADVERTISING, PREMIER, APPENDIX - all in the 
best houses in Europe. 


                     Samara before Inlaytom


   On the situation in Samara in late June said
Eugene Miloon / SOK.

SN: First of all, when your number will be 4, Samara magazine 
Oberon? 

EM: Now the people of session ... Well, the texts are prepared 
per cent 60-70, the shell is also somewhere so ... In general, 
nadeemcya - by mid-late July. And perhaps even early July. 

SN: How is it, for 2 weeks?

EM: Ka-a-ak! Already two weeks left! Well, then, of course, not
have time.

SN: So, to solve this. Now the traditional question about 
Inlayt: that residents of Samara on it will bring in what 
components will be participate?


EM: I do not remember the name inlaytovskaya deme, but it will 
be a joint creation of all of Samara, in particular, there will 
be parts from SoK, from Speed ​​Co., Sage Group. Music and 
graphics also write together - virtually all known in Samara, 
musicians and artists. 

SN: Wow! Will, probably, deme on the disc!

EM: In addition, our artists want to try yourself in Gfx, and
musicians - in music. So, we will participate "in full".

SN: OK ...



   This information supplements in his letter M.MA / Speed 
​​Co. / XTM: 


   Samara is preparing to ENLIGHT'97 and actually write demo.
Only the authors of it are in no case STARS OF KELADAN and 
SPEED CO. This will be the product of citywide importance, 
because to write it will be brought virtually all (organizer I

or not?) _professionaly_ (I'm not afraid of the word), working
on SPECCY in Samara. If it really wants to specify a list of
persons involved, the more likely it is just: Samarian ZX 
Divizion of Extreme + Stars of Keladan + Sage Group.



   By the next demo sketched four effects. Two of them are in 
low resolution graphics, a third vector, and the fourth on 
technologies close to the torque of SONIC'u ILLUSION'a and 
photos OVER THE TOP. Just two minutes SOUNDTRACK'a ready, but 
our musician went to the army ..... So the only problem to date 
- is unfinished melody. Although soon (maybe) this complexity 
is resolved. 


   Other brakes are our projects - OBERON # 4, and ART 
NAVIGATOR (new image editor). And if the second most likely 
will be temporarily frozen, the first we're going to finish as 
soon as possible. 


   Absolutely can not say the name of the future demo - 
Noumenon ED. 

Besides writing a demo is likely represent multiple
work on gfx and music compo.


   At Enlight'97, according to my data is also collected a team 
of Armavir - Accept Corp. (E-journal publishers Odyssey). They 
cooked megademo X-FILES, but the latest information, received 
from the Phantom Lord / Accept Corp., it was decided not 
participate in E'97. 


                  Black Crow and all-all-all


   A few answers to many questions gave Vyacheslav
Mednonogov specifically for RVL ...

SN: So, for almost a year as we are working on black crows. That
can you say about this? How much interest he is ready?

VM: If you compare how much has been done and how much is left, 
then to 95%. The truth can not be excluded surprises in the 
development of artificial intelligence. 

SN: Well, the approximate date out?

VM: As an experienced geymmeyker refrain from answering this 
question. Possible to Inlayta'97, perhaps - after ...


SN: But now there is something to work?

VM: Before last jerk (brainstorming on artificial intelligence 
computer) bugs removed (in fact, everything is eliminated, 
except for some magic spells). 

   In hastily dorisovyvaetsya underground landscape and 
adaptation of software modules is carried out under it. In this 
landscape No building, but all sorts of mountains and walls. In 
consequence of that enumeration and interpretation of the 
sprite is different from normal levels, which affect the 
procedure of the attack, the withdrawal card, select the 
objects. 

    Next, probably, will be prepared several test levels, which 
will be run-in artificial intelligence. How long will this part 
of designing the game - not I know, because deal with these 
algorithms for real-time strategy I still do not have to.


    But the following stages are known and understood. 2-3 weeks
preparation levels. Week on a disk interface. Well, a couple
days of the defense.

SN: A couple days? Do not think that such powerful protection, 
as in NLOshkah put a couple of days ... That's what I've wanted 
to ask. In Fido somewhere in May, flew a demo version of FT 
(v0.02). Will the following? 

VM: Demo v0.03 will ZXFormat6. Although she made only three
weeks later than the previous one, but due to the fact that it 
is possible to extract wood / gold, it looks much more 
interesting. And the meaning of it already some appeared. It is 
true that whatever you do, end it always sad (for playing :-)



   Planned output of the last demo (v0.04), as soon as
the computer will show the first glimpses of the mind and be 
able to make independent decisions. In any case, it will not 
happen before Released ZX-Format'a (probably :-).



   It is still not clear with the support of General Sound'a, 
because promise otsifrovok X-Trade has not yet been provided. 

SN: So, with the raven is more or less sorted out. And what 
awaits us after him?


VM: Apparently, the "Black Raven - 2. Depending on the activity 
of buyers there are several variants of its realization: either 
it is is simply a set of new levels and landscapes, or the game 
will undergo a qualitative change (the introduction of the 
fleet, increasing the card size, new characters, buildings, 
spells). As the coolest version - full replacement of sprites 
and the transition from the medieval plot a strategy with the 
cosmic bias, perhaps with graphics on UFO base-2. In any case, 
the next game will apparently designed only for 256K. 

SN: ;-( But it is in vain, (I say this as a user computer 128. 
Besides, I do not emulators that support the Memory over 128K 
... Oh well. Finish on such a pessimistic note. But I hope that 
the FT itself and pay for CHV2 will be steeper as you can! 


                     Mystery Bill Gilbert


   She told me Tim Yunaev of the city. And there really is
What surprised ... Judge for yourself:

TY: recently chatted with one of the group "Bill Gilbert" - has 
arrived from Poland to visit.


SN: Wow! How is it? Can you detail?

TY: So, according to him was something like this (part I missed
or distort - your feet do not hurt):)

Around the middle (?) 1983 Spectrum appeared in Poland. Himself
Comp cost is relatively inexpensive, but the program to it - 
it's expensive. In those days, five (5) game programs on 
cassette you could buy Spectrum. In the catalog I saw the price 
of 20 pounds and above - up to 70.


Naturally, the pirates could not get over that possibility very 
easy money, so there were individuals, who have been to rewrite 
the program on one cassette and sell cassettes, for example, 
with 5 games for the price of one game. Somewhere in this while 
there were first copiers, forcing software manufacturers to 
protect him. Later, there were copiers, which are secure 
software copy (type Lerm-7), but they have almost no not used, 
since the program began just a crack. 

So, somewhere in the middle of the 85-second self-published 
appeared in Poland book - something like the benefits the young 
hacker (something like this 92 th came with us, called "Secrets 
Zx Spectrum"), the author of this This book was the best Bill 
Gilbert. Appearance and a fairly wide distribution of such 
literature in the late 86 th caused resurgence of various 
operating under various pseudonyms groups (Like "Tarzan boy"). 
Hacked by pirates of the program is not protected Copy and 
therefore spread very widely, wherever not afraid of copyright. 
Mainly used for hacking no brains, and special devices - such 
as magic'a on tr-Doce. Such programs are easily recognized by a 
specific length and Ugly fill the screen at the end of loading. 
Many of them were corrupted at the same time.


One of the first (first?) Group worked under the pseudonym Bill
Gilbert. The Group had orders for the program, and later 
developed its own stores in Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic etc 
... Somewhere in the middle of the 87-th the group disbanded, 
individual members have left for Poland and other countries and 
continued their work under the same pseudonym. "Signature" of 
the original group was known loader, consisting of two 
Basic-parts of length 186 bytes and 1770 bytes (later 
upgradable to 1796). In the 90-92g. This loader is not broke 
virtually none at the end of the 92 th in Lviv, I broke it, and 
described at our local "journal" method of breaking, then we 
have these loaders are gone as a class.


The other groups used their loaders, one of the groups used 
loaders without any protection. This group is the only later 
released disc versions of the same name (Often pokotsannye). 
Their last disk version is dated 1993 year. 

Where is Bill Gilbert - no one really does not know, know that 
he fall into one of the pirate gangs that distribute hacked 
PC-shny software. 

SN: Wow! Could not even suggest that Bill Gilbert - this
Party!