(c) Ice'Di^triumph
projects created in Chelyabinsk,
that will never see the light of day...
Hello everyone! In this article I decided to tell you about some
Chelyabinsk developments, which were subsequently completely
abandoned... I'm sure this happened in many
cities where spektrumists live, and if every person
someone who has been on the Spectrum stage for a relatively long time will write
such an article, the world will simply be stunned by so many
ruined ideas and promising projects/games, system
programs, music demonstrations, magazines, newspapers, etc.../.
Maybe this kind of chaos will be enough?!! Let's finish our projects
until the END, so that later you don’t have to blush in front of a new one
generation!!!..
"navigator amazing game"
Brigade: x-Raizor, Wizard, Galvatron, Optimus Prime.
navugator was conceived after the impressions of the game ufO I: Enemy
unknown. This game was supposed to combine several
various styles and directions. navigator was originally made
like a "laser Squad", but then it acquired more and more new ones
bells and whistles. Work on the project was carried out from 1995 to 1999. There were
various scripts and short stories have been written and developed,
a lot of graphics. It seems no one wanted to leave this project... but
time has done its dirty work... Galvatron and Optimus Prime with
ended up going to PC, x-Raizor doesn’t have time for the Spectrum now / although
he doesn’t want to sell it/, he organized a music group
"Alternative World" still gives numerous concerts. oh well
Wizard continues to occasionally draw on the old Speccy...
"Speccy computer magazine"Brigade: zerosoft, nick Velichutin.
The electronic magazine Speccy ceased to exist in
1997, having existed for just over a year and releasing seven
numbers. so what is the reason for the death of the magazine, the purpose of which
was it not material enrichment at all?.. just from the editors
there was no interest in the zx-Spectrum platform. zerosoft
who sold software on the Lokomotiv radio market, as well as
they say, “reeled in the fishing rods.” By the way, just six months ago he
sold my Spectrum, with all the discs... they played it on it
children. Now they have a big PC, why do they need a Spectrum?.. A
Nikolai Velichutin was last seen at the university / where he
By the way, he still teaches to this day. He sat at the PC and coded
stars... That's it. when Blade and I decided to do
magazine /Miracle, the first issue was published in April 1997/, to us
a thought came to mind: Velichutin should have had some
materials prepared for Speccy-8! Oh how many times have we traveled
and looked for him... but never found him...
"time Sop adventure game"
Brigade: Moonsoft
You all probably remember very well the demo version of “Time Cop”,
which spread in 199b with incredible speed throughout
Russia and CIS countries. How many enthusiastic
responses, how many requests there were to finish what was started... and after all, people from
Moonsoft really wanted to release it! What happened?..
Oooh... This is standard: the PC is to blame... First I moved away from
of all things, the main coder of the project, and the rest followed him.
many Chelyabinsk groups wanted to finish Time Sor, but no one did
and did not see the originals, they were buried in the same grave with
by the authors...
"x-files game"
Brigade: loki, Smoke, Bytic, Voodoo, Jam
At first the game was conceived as a “star legacy” type, but
Soon plans changed dramatically. It was decided to make an arcade,
like "Rick Dangerous 2". Was developed in every detail
The script for the toy /it is still in Smoke's possession to this day/. Bytic already
started drawing graphics, Jam started writing
musical compositions... why didn't the game come out? This
no one knows. Even the authors. ;)
"Imperio of Dreams game"
Brigade: x-Raizor, Wizard, Ironman.
This game was supposed to be a complete copy of a similar toy
with AMiGA. This space flying shooter with a good plot and
very beautiful graphics. as you can see, this was another one of
x-Raizor's numerous projects... by the way, the sources of this
I still have the games at home. who knows, maybe she will
will come out ;)
"Chess Board gektodemo"
Brigade: Mr.key, Ironman.
One of Mr.key's projects /aka keysoft/. like you probably
You already guessed by the name, demo is not simple. It's completely
dedicated to the "chess board" /Chess Board/, i.e. mass
all sorts of effects are somehow connected with this. There was even
A trial demo was released, it was called "Chess Board Coming"
Soon", maybe someone saw... Mr.key wrote an enormous amount
effects, and some of them would look good in
present time. there were also ed chess board cube, rotating chess
board, moving chess, all sorts of flying boards with approximations,
distances, deformations, bending, jumping chess
balls, and a lot of other things... but none of this is anymore
exists...
"Pop timextasy"
Brigade: Mr.key, Ironman.
I think many of you remember very well one Chelyabinsk
musical project called "Rave time xtasy". It was
Quite a collection of Ironman's compositions. But it was thought
release several similar collections, each of which
your topic. after writing "Rave time xtasy" Mr.key hatched
a huge number of various plans, including
included "Pop time xtasy". Ironman wrote a lot of music, and
some of his lines were written specifically for this
collection. but... Mr.key got an Amiga and all the previous plans and
dreams were gradually forgotten. Soon he sold his Leningrad 128 and
completely devoted himself to the Amiga...
"Second Breath ultrademo"
Brigade: Dream teams, Ironman, etc...
About this last, unborn child of the Dream team,
everyone has heard about it since time immemorial, so why talk about the “Second
breathing" makes no sense. but I think you're still interested
find out why no one finished it?.. tried... If
If you list how many hands a deme has gone through, then you can count it
get lost. u what is the result? Oh nothing! it remains as it was.
although maybe a couple of extra bytes appeared somewhere... Now demo
hangs in the air, and can break at any moment / no, to
unfortunately not on our heads.../. Will we ever see
full version of "Second Breath"? who knows...
"Dark World game"
Brigade: Crite
You can't wait for this realtime strategy, it's so colorful
painted in Miracle_e. The author lost all interest in her.
Now Crite is once again hatching plans to create more
more sophisticated and better game. Will it come outshe? If yes, then
when? Crite, ah!!!
"Chip'n'Dale game"
Brigade: Pastor, Bytic
Another pretty little toy, described in the same Miracle_e.
What is this... Have you noticed that of all the advertised
in the project log, none of them came out! :( ) maybe on this
influenced by ternary cycles curling around Miracle_three ternary
spirals? Damn, it went somewhere in the wrong direction... hehe, sorry...
so, let's return to our sheep, i.e. to "Chip and Dale". What is it
the reason why Pastor threw away the very idea of creating this
games? After all, the graphics were ready, and most of the game was in
assembler files. it seems the reason is the same as for krait with
his "Dark World". although who knows, maybe we’ll finish it...
At the moment, a demo version of "Chip'n'Dale" has been released / or rather, it has been released
relatively long ago/, but no one outside Chelyabinsk
saw. And you don’t need to see it. there's only one chipmunkYou can race around the level, jump on poles, windows, wires. All
Enemies in the demo version are immobilized. In general, the game was designed
for two players. In the source code, enemies run around, you can use them in boxes
sausage, you can grab all sorts of objects... but here’s the complete
version... To be or not to be?.. Pastor said not to be...
"Work Bench disk cover"
Brigade: Vader, Wocen.
I think many of you have seen "Work Bench" on the Amiga, and you know,
that this is not even a bad OS. so, Vader was conceived with
Wocen back in 1997 to do something similar on
Spectrum. Many plans were made, countless
number of sheets of paper and text files. Was dragged from
Amiga most of the graphics for Work Bench. it was thought out
almost everything, right down to the “omnivorous musical gramophone” and
"a fucking text editor" /a la "Word" on PC/. Already
We started writing basic codes, but realized that everything
this matter may take more than onea year / and not for two, but
much longer/, but besides “Work Bench” there are other hunts
things to do. In general, this project was solemnly closed
and forgotten. All that remains of it is the window interface
used by Vader in "SED" /"Sprite Editor"/ and a disk with
all kinds of icons...
"Battletech game"
Brigade: Vader & freedom.
Another global project organized by Vader, exit
which was in question from the very beginning. First "Battletech"
was conceived as a turn-based strategy of the "last Battle" type.
Soon / as is usually the case with all projects... / it was decided
make a crazy mash-up of all the different game
directions. This is a turn-based strategy, and a realtime strategy, and
part like "star heritage", and action / like "Battletech"
on Sega, where the robot walks / with several missions. Soon Vader
realized that he was the only one like thiscan't beat the game. some time
later freedom was created, which included some groups
and individuals from all over our vast country and countries
CIS The work began to boil with renewed vigor... which gradually
faded away, then resumed again with renewed vigor. u here... U
Vader got the PC he /as he said earlier/ wanted
use only for fIDO. Soon Vader began to carry
toys, and gradually increase the pussy. some time
later he sold his Profi and all his disks... Now he has
All that was left of the Spectrum was the monitor, covered with centuries-old dust,
which he still can’t send to anyone... That’s it, Vader
no more! What about the other teams taking part in
spelling "Battletech"? No way! It looks like everything has died down...
tightly...
"Robo the comic game"
Brigade: Brokimsoft, Vader.
Oh-ho-ho... what kind of thing is this?tortured project!.. You
were probably surprised to see the creators standing next to each other
Brokimsoft and Vader? Am I right?.. so, first things first:
a few years ago Vader saw a demo version of the game "Robo", and so
I became a fan that I wanted to support this with all my might
truly wonderful project. Soon he contacted the panda and
Jim, and offered them his help in creating this masterpiece.
Brokimsoft thought and agreed. Flew to Chelyabinsk
parcel with Roba's sources * some graphics, with details
a description of this whole matter. and here is the treasured parcel
received! Vader started writing a map editor, then
I thought about it and added a sprite editor. Working on the editor
dragged on for a year... Soon "SED" was released. And then as you know
Following the example of "Battletech", Vader retired from all matters related to
Spectrum... but Vader didn't want to ruin such a game, so he
Orion group recruited several promising individuals from
Chelyabinsk region, involved Mr.key in this case, who
started rendering animation for "Robo" on the Amiga... and here... These
the guys from Orion group disappeared somewhere, and completely!!! nobody
I haven't seen them for over a year, and no one knows what's wrong with them
happened!.. but it seems to me that Rob has been given a hard time.
but I carefully keep all the sources of this game,some graphics and
one animation... who knows, maybe it will come in handy?..
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