ZX Time #06 09 января 2002

Новости

End of the Year - an overview of events and programs issued by the outgoing 2001.

Results of the year


                              Golden Max


  ... That was in 2001 - the first year
XXI century. And we will look back.
What last year was for an old man
Spectrum?


                 Press


  On the stage there were new people and new
edition. I would particularly like to note
new edition stsenovoe SCREAM. Attitude
the people to him very, very controversial. Some say that his 
aim was sorry) crap all and all. Other Conversely, welcome 
"beginnings." Other stsenovoe edition - INSANITY continues to 
amaze the quantity and quality simply did BOMBOVSKOGO material.



  By the end of the year was not without "surprises" - 
ADVENTURER # 13 still to come out. And, incidentally, first 
reported by we have:). Proceedings of the journal are fully 
prepared. Output slows only writing intro.



  The second least significant sensation -
yield another grandee ZX-press DEJA
VU # 0B. His prerelease held to the web.
But it's all we can expect this year. A
What besides SCREAM'a and INSANTY appeared in the past year? 
Annual magazine ZX GUIDE # 4, stunned us at least

Insanity. Journal of MSF, which makes
only one person - he kodit, and draws himself, and wrote music 
and lyrics. Honor and thank you, MACROS:).



  A bit of sad. Ceased to exist Ukrainian Journal of Black 
Crow. It is true that the author did not have time to announce 
demise of his brainchild, as the two teams immediately rushed 
to continue to do the rest. And after a while came the seventh

number.


  Continues to yield the Minsk newspaper BODY.
The guys have found their own style and keep it on
height. The texts I understand what they
Funny. That would be with them to drink vodka :))).


  Interesting project ZX CHART continues
find out who did the best. IZHNEWS
make themselves felt. DONNEWS continues
gain momentum.


  And among the papers, new 'face'
ZARULEM, KOSME and of course our publication
ZX TIME.


  Continues to output and print edition
for SPECTRUM'a - Paragraph. Already published 9 rooms. The guys 
from Not Soft, too, are trying to forces in real - print them

the creation of so-called "ZARULEM printed word." Generally, 
you can see for yourself: with Press okay.



                  Pati


  This year, no matter how any other was filled with a wide 
variety of all parties. Of course, the number of contestants 
DEMO-nominations are not as great as before. But, in my 
opinion, this is their an explanation. If earlier in the year 
held a party and only to it all prepared, but now these 
get-togethers, there are more than five. And to find the truth 
in question "who is really BEST of the

BEST "very difficult ...


  And I have a suggestion. What if
to collect all the replays from all party and hold a general 
vote? Assume that same ZX CHART'e. Or in the same newspaper

open category . On
I think it would be interesting.


  I would like to mention a huge number of chankovyh effects 
demah. Bright example of this - DOGMA. I do not argue very

cool demo, but with a chunk guys gone too far.


  And another interesting factor (m). Demos
if they are made, the only party,
sometimes skips gift'y. Took the time demo made just so we can 
say without a cause. And as with them, strained, then what kind 
of demo scene may we talk about? It appears as if all

sleep, and with the advent of the next PARTY out of lethargy: 
(. Therefore, I I want to thank those people who

arrange all these contests.


                 System


  Here the situation is as follows. In
light appeared such cool stuff, like
New versions ALASM'a - in my opinion is the best assembler. BGE 
v3.05 + plugins - Unmatched graphical editor.

Just a pity that the work on this project by the author 
discontinued, and new "enthusiast" has not yet discern. 


  The new version of the music editor
PRO TRACKER - v3.51. This is the most popular and convenient 
musical editor. Thank MMCM'u. 


  Continuing the musical theme, we note PUSHER - Best tyanulka 
music. As well as converter ASM to PTv3.x. The two bend very 
easy life. 


  Simply awesome viewer, become an indispensable tool for 
viewing text and slushalki tunes - "BEST VIEWERv2.11".



  Of the commanders would like to note
REAL COMMANDER and TROUBLE, though the latter still very buggy, 
though, judging by opportunities, excellent.



  I almost forgot about the REAL AUDIO PLAYER.
Now it can be used to listen to mod'y
any length, if only you had the under
they drive. True it works Mulka
only under the General Sound'om ...


  As can be seen, tools for the creation of
missing, or who have not cheated.


                 GAMES


  That's not all that smooth. Recently
time scale for the game of the Black Raven,
Star heritage no one can. All
grandiose projects such as AWAKEN'a, Black Raven 2 - bent.


  But not as bad as it seems.
Appeared following bombovskie things:
PUSSY puzzle game (just oherenny
design, music, GFX, in short everything in height, not in vain 
that her bourgeois purchased), SANTA CLAUS DEJA VU 2 
dizzy-clone (graphics just super, but like everything else), 
DIZZY XII and DIZZY B (continued Adventures of Dizzy), a 
considerable number of logical toys. This year promised

Such long-awaited projects such as DUNE
(Real time strategy), continues
epoppeya with WORMS (worms), while the whereabouts of the 
project JACKALS (real time strategy), is working on several

games like Star Heritage, PARADISE
LOST is already behind, but the game in this genre
also in production.


  And finally of course we would like to
mention of our project - Guess the melody. I think by summer it 
will be ready completely. A demo version is not far off.

Let's hope that all of the promised releases come out without 
delay. And it is incomplete part of what appeared in the last 
year. In my opinion, things are not so

bad as many think and say. AND
SPECTRUM live their lives, and if things
go and further, to death yet
very far.


   With best wishes and Golden Max

               the whole team K. C. Software.


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