From: Chris White [EMAIL PROTECTED]
These YS Articule's , are they online anywhere ??
Yay! Plug time!
I'm the webmaster of the Your Sinclair Rock'n'Roll Years, which can be found at:
http://www.the-den.clara.net/ys/cover.htm
It's has all sorts of things on it, including around 600
Look at details:
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Defenders - graphics reasonable,
..actually, i thought the graphics in defenders were some of the best ever
seen on the sam,
and don't forget when we did defenders there was not one single game out !
Yes, Defenders is very old. Maybe the first one.
The graphics
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From: Rob Holman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: 29. èervna 1999 12:06
Subject: RE: Enigma Variations
So how long have you been around sam-users then?
just the last 4 days ! :o)
...did a search for sam things in a moment of boredom the other
Does it mean Gameboy has something to do with Z80?
The gameboy processor is based on the Z80, but it has no
IY, or IX instructions, no in/out ports, and it has a few
extra instructions.
If you're interested, have a look at:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/3938/z80gboy.txt
-Andy
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Aley Keprt wrote:
and don't forget when we did defenders there was not one single game out !
Yes, Defenders is very old. Maybe the first one.
Defenders Of The Earth was indeed the first commercial Sam game, no
question about it...
The graphics doesn't look absolutely
From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just think Defenders is about nothing.
Maybe it is old, and it was hadr work to do, but this cannot
change the situation.
Do you think Manic Miner has brilliant graphics? I think no.
And if you say it is very old you are right, but compared with
From: Aley Keprt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oh yea, Prince and Klax are from Domark. What is Domark? Or Tengen?
Is it another Enigma-like company which did a few great games in 1990?
Domark have been in the Speccy business since about 1984/5, probably most famous
for geting the James Bond licence and
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Aley Keprt wrote:
Do you think Manic Miner has brilliant graphics? I think no.
And if you say it is very old you are right, but compared with
Dan Dare III or Savage it simply looks badly.
What has Manic Miner got to do with anything?
Andrew, you haven't
From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Generally, the big companies (like Domark) paid very little attention to
the Sam, and it was only when little companies (or individuals) programmed
their Sam games for them that anything actually got released.
Indeed, and usually only following the Chris
Indeed, and usually only following the Chris White Method, which is to
write
the conversion secretly, then get a licence to sell it. Sometimes it
worked,
sometimes it didn't, in which case the gameplay was tweaked here and
there,
graphics changed a little, and the end result is sold as a game
At 11:09 am +0100 28/6/99, Rob Holman wrote:
rob :o)
Woah! The one and only Rob Holman! We are not worthy! We are not worthy!
So how long have you been around sam-users then?
Andrew
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Date sent: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:11:44 +0100
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:RE: Enigma Variations
Send reply to: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
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Mark Greenshields is currently up here in bonny Scotland, as a director of
Steel Monkeys. Apparently.
C.
All of the peeps @ Enigma where self employed , and they all went on to
setup there own companys ( Twilight Hookstone where 2 off em ) , the rest
still work in the industry ( Climax ,
So how long have you been around sam-users then?
just the last 4 days ! :o)
...did a search for sam things in a moment of boredom the other day, and was
surprised to find an active list ! I didn't think anyone would remember the
sam,
let alone be writing emulators and stuff for it ! :o)
On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 06:11:44PM +0100, Andrew Collier wrote:
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^ missing space, if I'm not mistaken.
My other
.sig is a
PDF file
I
On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 01:28:02PM +0100, Andrew Collier wrote:
So there is. Hmm, that's bizarre. I'm sure it's in there this time...
It appears to be.
It was a joke, Ian.
Yes. As was my comment.
imc
Just a quick message to say I have several Enigma Games, and very good they
are too.
The programmers deserve a lot of credit for having faith in SAM in the early
days, when most companies virtually ignored it.
Phil Glover.
All of the peeps @ Enigma where self employed , and they all went on to
setup there own companys ( Twilight Hookstone where 2 off em ) , the rest
still work in the industry ( Climax , Rtd , Rare , Bitmap Brother's and Ea
are the ones i know of)
The bod who ran the offices ( MArk Green I think )
Look at details:
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Defenders - graphics reasonable,
..actually, i thought the graphics in defenders were some of the best ever
seen on the sam,
and don't forget when we did defenders there was not one single game out !
music only 3 channel mono (why?),
..you've had the sam now for 8
All of the peeps @ Enigma where self employed , and they all went on to
setup there own companys ( Twilight Hookstone where 2 off em ) , the rest
still work in the industry ( Climax , Rtd , Rare , Bitmap Brother's and Ea
are the ones i know of)
The bod who ran the offices ( MArk Green I think )
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