The Spectrum Games Database

- It's only a matter of time before we lose them -

Organised and Maintained by Stephen Smith - stevo@jonlan.demon.co.uk

But with help from more people than I could list.

This is a link to a list of all the Spectrum games that I and everybody else can remember, in alphabetical order. If you know of any more that are not on the list then please email me and tell me!

This list includes the name of the game and the publisher (if known). If there is a person's name after this on the same line, then it means that they are the one who will be writing that entry for the database, so someone has beaten you to it!

Please pick a game (or three) that you know something about (that hasn't got a persons name next to it) and write the entry for that game.

The information we are looking for on each game is as follows:

Name
Publisher
Author(s)
Year of release, and re-releases
Description, including general category (adventure, arcade...)
Controls - Keyboard, joystick
Instructions
Cheats, including pokes, hidden games, walk-throughs etc...
Sequels, prequels and any other related games.
Inlay card text (esp. for Ultimate games!)
Scores received in magazines.
Snapshot URL's - Where to get the game
General Facts - The name of the music etc...
Notes - Anything that won't fit into the above categories.

Basically all there is to know! Although we don't need to know everything immediately. Don't be put off if you don't know every single poke for a game; the entries can be added to later by other people who do know. Just put down what you can - we need to build up the database first.

There is an example available to show exactly what we are looking for (Manic Miner in this case).

Thanks in advance to everyone who helps! All comments to me please - everything is gratefully accepted. I will be posting a periodical update to comp.sys.sinclair to show how we are getting on.

If you would like an entry, then they are available via ftp from ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/sinclair/docs/game-database/. Then just select the letter of the alphabet that the name of the game you want starts with.

Alternatively, and more easily, if I have set up the links correctly, you should just be able to click on the name of the game in the list below to obtain it. If you see any problem with the links (e.g. a typing error on my part) then please tell me.

The Web

I am going to start converting some of the entries into Web pages. This will improve the presentation of the entries, and also make them more accesible, rather than just via ftp. However, I will only be converting entries for the more famous games, and only entries that have been pretty much completed, with the Original Inlay Card text, and that have scans available to make use of the webs graphic ability.

Spectrum Master WWW Page

Stephen Smith - stevo@jonlan.demon.co.uk - With a little help from his friends.