Editorial: Scene+ #28

SCENE+

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Hello, SCENE+ readers.

Unfortunately, I am a bit late with SCENE+ once again, but this time the cause wasn't some error that crashed my Spectrum, but simply and purely the WoS CD, a review of which Thomas should be publishing soon. It contains so many programs I hadn't seen before that I simply had to test everything, and I uncovered quite a few treasures.

Some of them were stored in the ingenious TZX format, which unfortunately is very slow and which the Z80 emulator doesn't support. X128 does recognize it, but on the 386 DX 40 I was given, it runs miserably slow at just 74% of original Spectrum speed, whereas Z80 manages 250%! Besides, the latest Z80 version doesn't understand multiple .TAP files, even though an earlier version had no problems with them.

Particularly interesting were the loading screens of games. For example, I own an original copy of Nebulus, but I had never noticed a title screen on it. On the CD itself I found the missing screen, along with many others. It's a true treasure chest that I intend to explore more closely over time.

I included some of the pictures in the galleries because readers had requested them. Among them are some of the most beautiful and rarest title screens around; if someone is searching for a very specific picture, I am more than happy to look for it in my collection.

Since I also received many calls for help regarding NEBULA, I converted the manual (unfortunately English only) for this interesting game from the WoS CD—hopefully this proves helpful to you.

Due to time constraints, I couldn't finish writing the Vortex story and history, so it has been omitted for now. In return, the picture gallery consists exclusively of beautiful or rare title screens, and there are once again more games included, including (yet another) exclusive title: the English version of Bitwa o Wyspe II, which I translated myself.

I hope that despite a few omissions you will enjoy the issue.

Oh, by the way! The next meeting in Filderstadt will take place on Saturday, September 19, 1998. The next issue of SCENE+ will be ready by then!