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ZX Power #04
09 января 2000 |
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Review - Review of recent electronic journals for the ZX Spectrum.
REVIEW OF COMPUTER MEDIA
(C) 1999, E. Nesterenko (Jam)
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We thought then, and thought I decided: a
why not make a regular section in
which tell readers about the Spectrum media? Understand the
question delicate, but I'll still be objective.
;)) And then overview of toys available in all editions, the
survey sistemok too, even demos to and fro, but the logs - no!
Newspapers however, considers the best of my knowledge, the
newspaper "PCP". We will inform readers about the journals that
appear naturally in Kharkov.
Since the release of ZXP # 3 in our city
there were many computer publications,
to which we are going to do, starting with those numbers that
do not have time to get to the previous survey. However, before
than proceed directly to the review I would like to mention a
few points coupled with the readers of this article.
So, somehow I think that of all
readers interested in this here review, interest seventy (or
even more) occupy the so-called "users". :)) What is
this? And it follows that the filing
material I will be using three
"Whale" of interest "users": the description of
games, programming and hardware. I would
delighted, of course, cause the full content
the reviewed publications, but this is unrealistic,
therefore, the articles I will describe only
"Yuzersky gentleman set.
ADVENTURER # 7
(Two CDs)
The essential difference between this number of
previous - the new interface (window)
that significantly affected the design of the journal
(For the better, of course:)). Magazine
holds two discs; to think, not because of
new shell. ;)) Viewer is also somewhat
changed: there was a scroll by the line, ran the cursor,
additional service menyuhi and scroll bar. Another
innovation - finally sorted by article headings and there is
little read the entire magazine to stumble upon
the text. ;) The disadvantages of the shell
can be attributed unsuccessful coloring windows
(This is noticeable on color monitors) and a rather unusual
cursor control.
C of this magazine has replaced the editor
- Ray left his post and took his place
Elf. Well, not for nothing that says that the change of editor
and change the face of the journal ...
The quality of materials no comment there, all at a high
level. Especially I would like to mention the articles Chasm'a
- well done, well done!
1) Description
a) novels: Oragon, Medieval Isa
thorium, Zombi.
b) help'y: Magician Land, Murk 3320,
The latest adventure.
2) Programming
a) assembly: error processing TR-DOS,
fast line, the search for al
rez sprites in the game of
Sprites Generator'a.
b) systems: the work of QUILL.
3) "Iron": Add Connection 3.5
FDD, especially AY whip
pions.
Appendix:
1. Inter Mode Player v1.1
2. Extreme's Tracker v1.30
3. Sprites Generator v4.7
4. Real Commander v1.4
5. Labyrinths of death (demo)
6. Rubik's Cube (demo)
7. Ass
8. Noughts and crosses
9. Squards
10. Island of Darkness
11. Spectrum Guide v1.0
12. Top Copy
13. ZX Forth 2.7m
14. Last Courier (demo)
15. Oragon
ADVENTURER # 8
(Single disc)
The shell is not seen much change, except for one really
handy thing - the ability to change the current melody design
remained the same. Added a clause in the review of toys - a
review of the demos. The volume of paper slightly smaller than
in the previous issue, but generally quite decent. As usual, an
impressive number of (k Unfortunately, not in quality) music
accompaniment.
1) Description
a) novels: Laser Squad, Elopement.
b) help'y: Encyclopedia Of War, Where
Time Stood Still, Island,
Elopement, Knightmare.
2) Programming
a) assembly: Features videokontro
Weller, output windows, work
the one with the LONG-numbers, a pair of
effects of AI Roshchina.
b) systems: refinement ZX ASM 3.0, to
processing ART STUDIO.
Appendix:
1. Help Z80
2. Diamond
3. Trick v1.3
4. Knightmare
5. Encyclopedia Of War
6. Installer to autorun disk v2.0
ADVENTURER # 9
(Single disc)
The main advantage of this issue - he
License! :)) And there is hope that
The following numbers Adventurer'a be derived not from some
leftist pirates, but directly from the authors. So remember:
acquiring licensed software, you support the authors! Okay,
enough advertising. ;)
As for the content of the journal, there is no
sense to focus on something separate, because in the magazine
have formed well-defined, constant headings, familiar to every
reader Adventurer'a. Therefore, go directly to the content.
1) Description
a) help'y: Swords of Bane, Rock star
ate my hamster.
2) Programming
a) assembly: finding the root definition
division Kempston Mouse,
calculation of sine, rotation
sprites, the second and IM2.
3) "Iron": A new sound card for ZX.
Appendix:
1) Uniplayer v1.1
2) 3-color Studio (demo)
3) Programm Box v1.9 (demo)
4) DMA MOD player
5) Full Shit (demo)
6) Black Raven editor (demo)
ADVENTURER # 10
(Single disc)
Anniversary issue! Already just because of that deserves
attention. ;)
In the room there is a lot of material
by CC'99, (unlike most other
electronic edition) is still worth mentioning
a good trend for the elimination of game-design of illiteracy,
the question of which rises in the journal. One wish: for some
reason, there is no survey or toys, no demos.
1) Description:
a) help'y: Souls of Darkon
2) Programming:
a) assembly: work with the IEEE-numbers.
b) System: game-making.
3) "Iron": setting up disk drives.
Appendix:
1) Rainbow font editor v1.0
2) Picture viewer v1.14
3) Spectrum Guide v2.0
4) SG sprite generator
5) Souls of Darkon
AMIGA NEWS # 2
(Single disc)
The second number Krivorozhskogo magazine. By
Compared with the first noticeably improved viewer
and increased the number of articles. Graphic
and music remained the same. Titles of articles now in Russian.
;) Justifying the title of the journal, the authors have put in
this room plenty of articles about the Amiga, although it is
unclear how he got paper of B. Gates, and why bother to publish
in Spectrum proamizhny "magazine? From the application is only
interested in the demo "ufovidnoy" game, hopefully it will
someday be completed yet ...
1) Description
a) novels: Nigel Mansell's World Cha
mpionship.
b) help'y: Multiplayer Soccer Manager,
Elopement, Battle Command,
Raven Black.
2) Programming
a) assembly: the withdrawal of the sprite, "Grid
Mask.
3) "Iron": turbirovanie Z80, turbirova
of the drive.
Appendix:
1) Nigel Mansell's World Championship
2) Chuck Yeagers
3) UFO X.D. (Demo)
4) MOD S
5) Ugly Blast
6) Multiplayer Soccer Manager
DEJA VU # 5
(Single disc)
Non-DV proliferate at a rate of
hedgehogs - about once every three months! :))
Despite this, the quality of the material remains at a height
that is undoubtedly good news. Starting with 4-5 rooms in the
magazine has developed well-defined style in the shell, and I
realized that a long time. Therefore, to describe it, I will
not, except to say that she fully meets the requirements of
readers: it is and user-friendly viewer (paging / line), and
change the music of choice, and convenient window system menu,
and much more. That As for articles, a bit "lame" humor section
and is a bit too much "pisishnogo flaming." :)))
1) Description
a) help'y: Operation RR
2) Programming
a) assembly: digital sound, fast
scroll the screen, work with
stack, starting from the Basic
codes, the output sprite
rotate the sprite, ksorki,
rapid multiplication of
square drive
Root et al
b) systems: zhurnalostroenie, work with
MS-PACK.
Appendix:
1) Walker (demo)
2) Fast Breed
3) Miner
4) Margo
5) F Commander v.4.04
6) MSP v1.4
7) The source code assembler procedures
DEJA VU # 6
(Single disc)
Appreciable part numbers devoted Funtop'u. Situation has
improved graphics. Shifts for the worse not noticed ...
;))
1) Programming
a) assembly: Formatting track for
1 revolution, the fractal
fern, "Generator
balls ";)) disk
driver.
b) systems: information compression algorithms
tion.
2) "Iron": mode of 512 points on the horizon
hoist.
Appendix:
1) GOA 4K
2) Dizzy 4K
3) Never Land 4K
4) 3D Lame 4K
5) Higher State
6) Karaoke
7) Roger Rabbit
8) 3D Roost
9) Picture Fucker v1.0
DEJA VU # 7
(Single disc)
Aha, found the same lack of DV! - [
Very few descriptions igruh! Reviews, therefore,
do regularly, and suffer with the passage of forcing the poor
users ... :)) Well Seriously, this number is different
stylish intro and a great variety
articles.
1) Description
a) help'y: Mirror.
2) Programming
a) assembly: dithering, printing symbols
fishing, diskofikatsiya games.
3) "Iron": SIMM connection to the spectrum
Therefore, additional RAM, emus
correlator ROM, updating computer
tera to work with the HD-ROM
Tami.
Appendix:
1) Best View v2.4
2) KOI-8 to Ms-Dos
3) Universal Viewer v1.0
4) Refresh Optimizer +
5) HDD Cat
6) Screen Scaner
7) Disk Protector
8) Mario
9) Boovie 2
10) Piggy
11) ZX Unzip
DEJA VU # 8
(Single disc)
And another DV, the last for today.
Unique number, which was released late. In comparison, for
example, with the seventh, become smaller, but very little
application. : (
1) Description
a) help'y: The Castle.
2) Programming
a) assembly: work with the printer, the universal
versal PT3-player,
undocumented CCA
singularity processor Z80,
ASCII-graphics format
derivations sectors # F5,
# F6, # F7.
b) systems: electronic drive in IS-Dos.
3) "Iron": connection hours, scanner,
hardware write protection.
Appendix:
1) C.H.I.F.
2) Graph 128
3) GFX to ASCII-converter
DEMO OR DIE # 1
(Single disc)
One of the few specialized publications. As the authors
devoted exclusively demomeykingu. Available in
City of Cherkasy Group Scene. For the first
magazine went well, that's just
Application and pumped up the problem with the cursor
(I suspect that because of my controller
ibm-Claudia, but this is the first program that I ran into a
"braking" the cursor ;)).
1) Programming
a) assembly: Filled triangle, Gu
ro shading, the imposition of
textures, the local filter
The concentration of raster images
stresses, the processing of visible
surfaces of 3D shapes
conclusion of three-dimensional objects
Comrade on the screen, an attribute
video.
2) "Iron": schema "uskoryalki" and "deceleration
Zielke "computer.
Appendix:
1) Pinkworm (cartoon))
2) Digital designer v1.10D
DEPTH # 2
(Single disc)
Printed edition of ASM ... :)) All
The magazine consists of news, and coming soon'ov, "handed out"
to the left and right with so vigorously that the monitor
downright sprays saliva. :)))) Become very small, and even less
interesting. Appendix In the same spirit. The magazine came out
quite a long time and I have somehow emerged a
feeling that today its position is not
much better position to ASM ... ;)
1) Programming
a) system: the format of BMP.
2) "Iron": mode of 512 points on the horizon
Do.
Appendix:
1) Mega Screen Viewer
2) Lady In Love (demo)
FUNERAL # 1
(Two CDs)
Another "Special" edition.
This time - humorous. Done
group of Delirium Tremens. (With this name, of course, only to
laugh:)))
In principle, not bad. Partly, of course,
authors of "too far", but in general
nevertheless interesting.
1) Description
a) novels: Twilight
2) Programming
a) assembly: print 42, 64 characters,
format. CHR (fonts)
b) systems: NeOs
3) "Iron": Kempston Mouse
Appendix:
1) Text Maker 1.01F
2) Hrust 1.02
3) Hrust 2.01
4) CHRprint 1.00
5) Small player 1.1
6) Music Compiler
7) Pirate 12TK
8) Digi Mania (game)
9) Alasm finder
OBERON # 5
(Single disc)
Latest issue (in the sense "no longer
will ") Samara magazine. And in vain, because
"Oberon" had already managed to gain a firm foothold in
top ten (if not five) of the best
Spectrum Issues ... Special mention should be stylish filing
materials M.M.A. and Professional reviews / news. But not
despair - now the "Oberon" can
read as an occasional newspaper "Born
Dead ". And among newspapers, BD, in my
view, occupies the first place.
1) Description
a) help'y: Chaos.
2) Programming
a) assembly: fractals.
b) systems: a screensaver Is-Dos.
3) "Iron": the power supply from the PC, connect
chenie Hayes-modem.
Appendix:
1) Fractals
2) Eidolon (48/128)
3) ZX-Winword Printer
4) Walker (demo)
5) Scan Screens Optimizer
6) Maxsoft Screen Packer v1.6
7) Pro Tracker v.3.3 (MMCM remix)
RU (C) H # 1
(Single disc)
The new edition, created by a gang:) Rush
with the support of Smash. Publication, it must be said,
pro-Amiga-emulator, but the basis for nevertheless took the
Spectrum. ;))
As always, the authors bump on existing publications and
declare that "we everything will be steeper. "This article is
not packed, and no applications.
Shell rather unpretentious: all
monochrome, no graphics, etc. But read
Yet there is, especially a lot of attention
paid programming.
1) Programming
a) assembly: 3D-graphics (the same as
in ZXP # 3), tips developed
botchikam System Sof
one music + effects on
AY, methods of programming
tion, specular maps
expression, recovery
background from the buffer.
b) systems: conversion charts, conversion
Now this files on other platforms
us.
2) "Iron": 128 colors at Speke, the connection
chenie CDOS-modem.
Scenergy # 1
(Three discs)
Long-promised Digital Reality project,
made jointly by a crowd
"Scenery", and claim leadership of the
Esme on the Spectrum. "Journal for sceners"
as claimed by the authors themselves. ;)
Well, if you - sceners, it is possible
and that you will read in Scenergy. But
if not ... you can experience great disappointment - you read
there will be nothing. (Well, except that the shell will
enjoy;)))
1) Programming
a) assembly: Phong Bump Mapping, syn
chronization effects with
music, driver RAM
drive, work with a macro
mi.
Appendix:
1) Forever (last release)
2) Pussy (demo-version)
3) Crossword
4) Worms (demo-version)
5) FA 128 Copier
Voyager # 2
(Single disc)
We can not say that the magazine has become steeper, but
progress is still there - are recruited Publishers experience
... :)) I do not like only topic of Profi - what for is it for?
Then let the owners Profi publish the magazine under its CP / M
and rejoice vast capacity of the computer ... ;)
1) Description
a) help'y: Monstrland, Net Walk.
2) Programming
a) system: correcting errors in the STS
6.2, the combination of Alasm 4.1
and STS 6.2.
3) "Iron": vicomm-modem.
Appendix:
1) Empire (demo)
2) GRF viewer 1.6 beta
3) Vicomm modem 3 +
4) Macro Modem v2.24
5) Macro Modem help
6) BBS3159I
Voyager # 3
(Single disc)
Well there is finally a normal
(One might even say good:)) Background
Picture by Ash. The rest is up to standard.
True, noticed a nasty trend
incitement of ethnic, racial,
mezhzhurnalnoy and other strife - there were
some fleymovye articles such as "open
Letters to the Oberon "... I think so: if anyone
wants to write a letter in Oberon ", so
let says, and not publish it in some magazine. Revision signed
under these letters as "absolutely not run, but once they have
published a letter, then part of the responsibility entrusted
to them. Let us leave the flame Network! ;))
1) Description
a) help'y: Dark Side, Mirror.
2) Programming
a) assembly: printing decimal numbers
multiplication and division 2
byte numbers suboxide
mentirovannaya features
sequence Z80.
3) "Iron": DMA Soundcard.
Appendix:
1) Dust Star Roads (demo)
2) Text Utility v2.8 +
3) Poorguy! 4K intro
4) Sub Sunk
5) Dark Side
Black Crow # 2
(Two CDs)
The magazine continues to deal confidently Faultless'a:
articles stolen from other publications (eg, from ZX-Power;)))
bend in the Application are taken without a twinge of
conscience, I really not talking about a shell ...
And while the author still teaches inexperienced
users, (or rather, young hackers) as
need to open the defense.
Often you can find specific jokes: for example, an article
mentioned "Mortal Kombat, which put the defense on
famous hacker Iwamoto ... ":)) Let it be
the author is known: in the group CBS coding and
defenses engaged exclusively Rst # 7, and
Mortal Kombat on defense, he put it.
Much, of course, the author of the magazine
forgiven (after all, one does everything), but
one must know when to stop, in the end ... If
you take someone else's article, then ask about it
First the authors. It is one thing - to quote (here need only
specify source of information) and another thing - print word
for word the entire article.
Journal of a "Black Crow" is sold for
money ... It turns out that he took someone else's product, its
wrapper and slapped - to sell? And how would author like it if
someone took its editor to the "CV", a couple of other people's
programs, blind from this its "author" CD and sold?
1) Description
a) help'y: Mickey Mouse.
2) Programming
a) assembly: a quick search in the text,
adaptation of games, examples
protections.
b) systems: sealing drive in the Is-Dos.
3) "Iron": connection Hayes'a, turbo
derivations Z80 and SH 512 points
horizontally.
Appendix:
1) ZX-Winword v2.01
2) Melon v1.79
3) ZED Cashe v1.02
4) Hobeta v1.9
5) MicroEd v3.40
6) Art Studio 128
7) Pro Tracker v3.31
8) Mickey Mouse
9) Microball
What to say in conclusion? Despite
all predictions, the number of Esme is not decreasing but
Conversely, it is becoming more and more.
On the one hand, it is good - wide selection, but on the other
hand, the question arises, what user will acquire all logs
without indiscriminately.
From this it follows only one thing: leaving only those logs
that are in demand among the general reader. Of course, because
no civilized Spectrum software market, as 100% of computer
books are non-profit products (in full prudence of the word)
then is not "very popular" editions of all there is some sort
of future - always chance that at least some kind of paper
would be necessary to the reader, and for her sake he reads
magazine ... __________________________________________
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