Promised Land #01 31 декабря 2000

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Miscellaneous - a description of programs and games: Sea Quest "Sea Wolf", Kool Eggs, Doman OS, Brujeria, Windword 2.1, Power UP.

              Miscellaneous



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        ===== SEA QUEST =====

        ===== Part 1: =====

          === "Sea Wolf" ===

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      (C) Taras' Fisher Illya 1998


  Work done by kids from a nice
City Smela, clearly serves as another proof that the 
little-known coders (Nationwide) are doing things no

weaker than the elite SPECTRUM-scene.

  The game, in fact, is the Playable Demo
of a larger project, but has a high intrinsic value. The genre 
is adventyura type STAR INHERITANCE, or mirror, but in terms of 
technical implementation of the SEA QUEST left the past behind. 
Judge: All images are made to the system 3-PIXEL, while 
occupying about one-quarter screen; quite robust design and are 
decorated Intro instruction, by the way, the input in them, and

in the game itself is designed on the principle of 
"once-dvatri" from "Black Crow". 

  If we compare the toy with the aforementioned
Star Legacy, here the complexity
somewhat lower - so that's also great!
Nevertheless, if anyone is experiencing any difficulties with 
the passing game, then in this issue he can find a complete 
algorithm. 

  And by the way, please keep in mind: not
all glitches caught, especially
conversations with other characters. Knowingly giving incorrect 
version of continuing the conversation, then do not be 
surprised to find himself completely at the other end of the 
playing area, or something worse ... Wonder there is nothing - 
demo, after all! 

  We wish the guys continued success, and
I would like to somehow see the full version of "SiKvesta" ...


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             === KOOL EGGS ===

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       (C) Horrorsoft from CPU 2001


  We can only marvel at the fact that this
game has appeared only now. A decade
ago, when the Spectrum was just beginning his
triumphant march across the expanses of the former Soviet 
Union, was a huge spread pocket toy, in which Wolf, a mocking 
looks Hare, trying unsuccessfully to through the basket (truly 
abysmal) cope with the influx of eggs, which it literally 
shelled laying hens .. 

  And because the game this way, and requests that
make it a computer game. Quite
possible that there were some attempts in this
direction, but the serious work
nothing is known (the "game" R. JAZZY I do not think any, 
color, of course, pretty original, but the gameplay

it is not possible).

  Program Kool Eggs, in principle, complete
analog electronic miracle is not.
Firstly, compared with the original, the game speed has 
increased by several times, even in the early stages (but there 
is a pause, this is Do not compensation?)


  Secondly, the little guys in proglyuchili
terms of incidence of eggs - if my 16 Mb I do not
change, the chicken from the egg runs only
in case of loss of 1 / 2 life.

  Well, there are a couple of little things that show 
discrepancy with the prototype, but it does not spoil the 
overall impression. Game is superb - totally on

the level of the new century!


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             === === DOMAIN OS

               ============

              (C) 1997 Domain


  And again - like a thing is not new, but
on the Spectrum nobody has been able to surpass
this creation ...

  Eh? That is willing to bet? Well. Then show me at least some 
semblance of OS ZX, having:

 * Multi-window interface;
 The integrated program;
 * View system documents HTML;
 * HELP (of course, also in HTML);
 * Multimedia;
 * And, finally, a semblance of multi-tasking!

  So, it's all in the domain operating system "(aka -" Pink
Floyd ") is implemented, and implemented a very
not bad. Would like to mention the third paragraph,
not having any sort of unique, and yet
HTML - the language Internet'a ...

  Of course, there are lots of bugs (I, for example, managed to 
achieve normal operation System mode only 512K). Nevertheless, 
if all bring to mind, then the domain (Referring to the system, 
as well as a team, it created), you can put a monument. 
MS-Windows 3.1 - so sorry for tautology, not a perfect ideal, 
but as say, on bezrybe ...


  Personally, I have to this system a special kind of interest, 
four years ago (that is, just a year that way in the 97-m) I 
decided to write for the Spectrum envelope (again, not OS, 
shell; boot, if you want), externally Like Windows 95. So big 
thanks to guys from DOMAIN and now I have a better idea how it 
should look ... 


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             === BRUJERIA ===

               ============

               (C) CPU 2001


  Thus, in the arena once again the cyber-punks. And once
so rest assured - we were again waiting for something
stunning! ..

  When I came ADVENTURER # 11, I
at first, and paid no attention to some
"Brujeria", and threw it purely by accident.
For some two hours before the Slider / ETC
my question about converters PC-shnoy graphics replied: "No, in 
principle, it is realizable: the conversion of graphics from 
MS-DOS disks directly to disk TR-DOS. But I is not come across 
..." And then I brought them to cut in a magazine and I see 
there ... 

  At that time, it happened so that I
have already been dozens of PC-diskettes
obscene pictures PCX-format.

  And, behold, I get the "three-in-one":
viewer, converter, ochankovschik (it
a little later). Supported file Palettes
Two-colour, 16, 256 and 1024. Conversion can
run as a normal screen, and in
3-color (wow!) There is a mode "Autodetect
DOS ", ie, insert the disk before reading
directory is automatically checked: TR-DOS
or MS-DOS.

  One of the nice features -
Batch conversion: select the required file, specify the drive 
and receiver - the process go!


  And, finally, that most killed (well,
you know, in a good way) - is
issuance chankovyh display files, and to
selection - 3072, or 1536 bytes. I only wish
that did not occur CPU-Schnick and build here a batch 
converter, so it would be cool! 

  In addition to the described in the program is still
a lot of interesting moments, but I
I think, interesting to understand without any extraneous tips!


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            === WINWORD 2.1 ===

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         (C) Stars of Keladan 1996


  This product is also known under the name
"Oberon Creative Pack", ie it is there
created the magazine "Oberon." The very name
editor aims to show that
compared to the ZX-Word'om it significantly
powerful.

  And indeed: color text, multiple fonts, which can be selected
any time, the possibility of incorporating
graphics to text, and etc., etc. .. The package is accompanied 
by detailed instructions. To select menu items can be not only 
the cursor, but the letter keys. 

  One confused: here, they are painted on the byte format for 
the new document, and the text source code to see the finished 
masterpiece somehow squeezed ... But I think that this will not 
stop the venerable magazine-makers on the way creativity!



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            ===== POWER UP =====

              === Eurodemo ===

                ============

             (C) Megacode 1997


  This demo is perhaps one of the most amazing things I've seen 
on the Speccy the last couple of years. Here, Let's look at 
annexed thereto Worddokumentik:  "Dema consists of 2 main 
parts, including 2 soundtrack, 8 drawing screens 19 effects and 
176 frames of animation, Downloadable in real time (540,672 
bytes)! Create the animation for "Amiga" in the program CINEMA 
4D ... " 

  Along with the animation demo is almost
whole disk. Note that a normal reading of the animation is only 
observed at the 3.5-inch drive. By the way, if you want it easy 
to disable. To do this in a file which is responsible for RAM 
Bank # 13, you must change a few bytes on the RET: 

      POKE # FC00, # C9; POKE # FC03, # C9.

  Oh, and another thing: The authors found good demos ability 
to compose poems in English (!). I am aware that

that not every user of Spectrum is fluent in English at the 
proper level, and yet Still, anyone interested in knowing what 
is out there wrote a brave guys from Extreme. Accurate

rhymed translation for me - zadachka unreachable, and the 
approximate - please: 

 - Verse at the beginning of loading -


  Light dreams fly into the void

  free like a bird;

  Open mind towards the dream -

  in fact terrible will happen ...

 - Early in the second part -


  So, we're done DeMouy,

  and you look at it ...

  All the memory is full - in the subject,

  And the whole world is opened from the inside ...


  Here is the rainbow in the sky lit up,

  pleasant taste and color.

  Ask "Why?" hunt found ...

  Answer: "Why not?" .. "