News - Spectrum is Alive! "Navigator of the game world" #9 - a large article about the Spectrum.

(C) Vyacheslav Mednonogov, 1998.

       
       
       
       
       
       


  So, finally, "Game World Navigator" #9
got to St. Petersburg.  And indeed, on p.
48-51 - a large article about the Spectrum (author Peter
Davydov).  The first part of the article traditionally follows
dedicated to history.  There is no point in bringing it up, because...
everyone respects the history of Spectrum + K. Sinclair
Sinclairist knows himself by heart :)).
  The second part has a rather loud name -
"ZX Spectrum. The Path to the Future". In a well-meaning
telny manner (although P. Davydov is famous for his
devastating reviews :) tells about us -
the cost of Spectrum in Russia and its prospects
development. I won’t retell it (whoever needs it,
read it yourself), here are a few quotes:
  "... ours took the baton in its production
country.  Let's start with what is now in St. Pe-
Petersburg not only carries out mass production
production of Spectrum-compatible cars "Scorpion",
but the development of a new computer is ending
generation "Sprinter".
  "Further - more... in Moscow now there is-
There is a whole network of spektrumists, ZX-Net. Counting-
"It's about 600 people."
  "...unfortunately, into the Internet itself from the Spectrum
You can’t go out yet, but who knows what will happen?
in about six months..!”
  “There are a lot of Spectrumists in our country.  According to sa-
According to our approximate calculations, in the CIS there are currently only
there are four to five thousand. In Moscow
approximately 500people , in
There are more than a thousand in St. Petersburg..."
  "What kind of conversions are there?  UFO 1 and 2, DOOM,
Warcraft, Mortal Kombat... Among the original
games, “Star Legacy” especially stands out.
The game should appear soon... "Black Vo-
ron"..."
  "...new things are being actively created for Spectrum
software. Mainly for
networking."
  "...an international festival is held annually
Val, which attracts spektrumists from all over
world... in August 1998 in Moscow will be held
festival of Russian spektrumists, FunTop 98.
We strongly advise you not to miss it - you will learn a lot
new."
  The following is a list of the most famous
electronic publications on ZX.
  The article ends with the statement “because
famous Moscow spectrumist Sergei Nov-
kova":
  "Create in the full sense of the word on PC
it is impossible.  You can't achieve anything alone, but you can
The new program gets lost in the crowd of the same or
even the best. Others need work on the Spectrum,
they respect her. It's easier to achieve on the Spectrum because
fame and respect from others. Everything is here
yours..."
  At the end, the author expresses gratitude to “everyone
spektrumists who took part in the discussion.
They were: Sergei Novikov, Roman Alexandrov, Wla-
dimir Bulchukey, Andrew Savitchev, Eugene Tuka-
ev, Vladimir Kacev, Alexey Ivanov, Tim Kelly,
"Alexey Logotin"
  Well, it's nice thatthe big press remembers
small Spectrum. It’s doubly nice that
The article appeared precisely in the "Game Navigator"
world" - in the thickest and most prestigious magazine,
dedicated to gaming software.

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