Posted By
Csabo
on 2011-05-25
10:14:28
|  Old school gamers - Spy vs Spy testing needed
So, is there someone who actually has a copy of Spy vs Spy, the original C16 title from Tynesoft on tape? And if so, do have a time to test something out on the real iron? Besides dusting off your machine and loading the game, it should only be about a minute or two.
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Posted By
Luca
on 2011-05-25
10:27:43
 | Re: Old school gamers - Spy vs Spy testing needed
Do you mean an original one, no reversed .TAP image? What's the objective?
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Posted By
Csabo
on 2011-05-25
11:00:32
| Re: Old school gamers - Spy vs Spy testing needed
Yes, original original  I'm guessing, or maybe hoping, that our TAP files and PRG files are bugged.
"Real Iron(tm) - the only way to be sure"
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Posted By
Gaia
on 2011-05-25
12:21:37
| Re: Old school gamers - Spy vs Spy testing needed
I think Lando has it What's the bug? Could it not be that (another) bugged game was released commercially back in the day?
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Posted By
Csabo
on 2011-05-25
13:55:30
| Re: Old school gamers - Spy vs Spy testing needed
Yes, it's likely that the game has a bug. Certainly isn't the first time. Might even warrant a new tag/section, to list the bugged games with details of the bugs. I'll be more than happy to reveal more info once someone responds that they are willing to check
"Real iron(tm) - for that authentic Plus/4 smell"
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Posted By
Chris
on 2011-05-26
11:45:47
| Re: Old school gamers - Spy vs Spy testing needed
I have the game at home, could load it up this weekend if you still need it doing?
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Posted By
Csabo
on 2011-05-26
13:22:29
| Re: Old school gamers - Spy vs Spy testing needed
Oh cool and yes we do! So, here are the steps:
- Dust off your machine, shoo everyone out of the room and load Spy vs Spy.
- Choose 2 players (with the F1 key) to keep things simple. You can control the white spy.
- Choose level 5, that's the one with the suspected bug.
- Here's the map of level 5:
#-*-*-*-*-#
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* . . *-* *
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* . #-*-*-*
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*-*-*-* . *
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* *-* . . *
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@-*-*-*-*-#
Just go down to the room in the lower/left (I marked it with @) and see if there's an item there. There should be 5 items per level, the other 4 are marked with #. Without the 5th, this level cannot be successfully finished. Looking forward to hearing the result
"Real iron(tm) - over two decades of frying eggs on the power supply"
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Posted By
MIK
on 2011-05-26
23:06:28
 | Re: Old school gamers - Spy vs Spy testing needed
lol Yes I do have it and I created the original .tap from that very tape so I would imagine it's a bug.
the tap does not lie unless it's a bad image, (I snapped my Terra Nova tape trying to make one - proper mare) or an emulator is having a funny 5 minutes.
If Chris is up for it then I'll leave it in his good hands as it's not a game I played much, kinda took one look and never went back. 
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Posted By
Rüdiger
on 2011-05-29
16:34:41
| Re: Old school gamers - Spy vs Spy testing needed
That was the bug. I've tested level 5 with the bug, then once again with the update and added it to the game.
Next time I create a bugfixed new copy, with 2 joystick option too ...
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